Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-14
REV. K|NCA|D URGES
LESS PHARAsEEIsM
AMONG AL PEOPLE


Rev. w. NJ. KincaId preached a ser
mon on The Pershing Glasses" at
the morning service yesterday which
was especially interesting and has
caused general comment. Mr.. Kincaid
said in part:
There are those in every community
whom we have come to regard as be.
longing to what are called THE per.
ishing classes" and the problem OF
reaching these classes is one Of the
gravest problems OF our times II is
not my purpose, this morning, to dis
Cuss who the perishing classes are. nor
to make any fine distinctions between
the high and the low. the fortunate
and the unfortunate in our midst. But
do desire, II | may, to speak some
words by which all our hearts may be
stirred within us, and by which we
may be encouraged to do what we can
to make the conditions of life better,
and the lives better, OF those who are
not so fortunate as sOmeo ( us are,
whether they belong to what are called
the "Perishing Glasses or not.
take as my text the words OF Christ
which you will find in the Gospel &C.
cording to st. Matthew, the 18th chap.
ter and the l4th verse: 1T Is not the
will of your Father in heaven that one
Of these little ones should perish"
Now. believe that in order to reach
and uplift men. a fOurlold faith Is
necessary.
First, faith in God; faith that the
order Of things Is good that It is
meant TO he good for all the sons and
daughters of men. So long as you be.
lieve the Infamous doctrine that there
are certain ones who are destined by
Cod to he poor; and certain others
who are destined to be wicked; and
certain others who are destined to
perish. Just so long will you fail to
have power by which you may min
lister hclpfully to the needs Of society,
II Is when man believes in God
that he is able to give himself might
lily TO the work Of uplifting men. and
( remedying the evil conditions of their
lives.
The second kind Of faith which, |
believe h necessary In order TO reach
and uplft men, is faith In men, and by
that | mean faith in individual men,
every Individual; faith that not one
human being has been made in vain,
that there is an infinite significance to
the lowest human life.
have had some experience In try
ing to help men to a life OF righteous
ness. and | give you as my Judgment
that what they need is some one to
believe in them. n believed as some
do that certain races were radically
different from certain other races. and
were incapable OF being brought by
the grace Of God into the dignity and
holiness Of divine sonship, ] would
lose my faith in an Infinite Goodness,
and my work for the uplifting Of men
would he smitten with barrenness.
When | hear some peUpie talk about
! their b other man whose skin happens
to be yellow or black, the words of
Shylock about his countrymen comes
. ~ IVY lHlluE dill ~ jew NUN A''
Il Jew eyes2 hath not a Jew hands,
organs. dimensions. senses, affections,
passions? fed with the same food, hurt
with the same weapons. subject to the
same diseases, healed by the same
means. warmed and cooled by the
same winter and summer, as Chris
tan is? II you prick him, does he not
bleed? II you tickle him, does he not
laugh? II you poison him, does he
not die? and II you wrong him, shall
he not revenge? II we are like you in
the rest, we shall resemble you in
that. The villany you teach
us. we will execute; and It shall go
hard but we will better the instruc-
, ton"
Substitute for the word Jew" the
word Hawaiian, Polynesian, Asiatic,
! African--I care not what, Is he not
, just as capable of becoming u son of
God and an heir of eternal life, as the
4 Anglo-SaXon? II not, then let us close
] the Book that teaches MS that the one
God has made of the one blood, yes,
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tUre all nations for to dwell on all the
/ face of the earth Was not Shakes
peare right when he said; Men. might
be better II we better deemed Of
them?"
wish you and who are very apt to
sneer at every kind of Phariseism ex-
cept our own kind wish we could
get the idea into our heads that any
man who stands up and says, 20 God!
| thank thee that ! am not as other
men are" does not have much idea
how other men are, | do not believe
there Is human being on the face
OF the earth so low down in the moral
scale but the power of the grace OF
God united with the power Of low
ing, human sympathy and faith right
eously applied may not be lifted ny
until he shall be worthy to be num-
bered with the hottest in the world.
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