Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-01
FULL OF GOOD WORKS |
II. ANDRtN', MEMORIAL
fON MRS. MiCklNI0SR
BISHOP RsSTRRiGk DELIVERS
ELOQUENT ADDRESS - THE
CHURCH FILLED WITH
HER FRIENDS.

dral. Easter lilies decorated the chan
eel and filled the departed's accus.
toned pew-lillies and white carna.
tons. The sacred edifce was filled
with those whose affection and respect
led them there. a large and meditatlye
congregation Arthur Mackintog,, son,
and Cecil and Godfrey Brown. broth.
ers Of deceased, Mrs. Cecil Brown,
Miss Ada Rhodes. Mrs. Chapman,
Judge {. f. Hart, Miss Irene Dickson
and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn occupied tho
mourners' pew.
Parts of the impressive burial ser.
vice were read and large choir rem.
fered fayorite hymns. Five clergy
besides the bishop were present.
From Bishop RESEARCHES address the
following is taken:
Acts ix:36. This woman was full
Of good works and almsdeeds which
she did"
Acts vi:5: Full of faith and of the
Holy Ghost"
The first describes the one in whose
memory this service Is held and tho
second tells the source of the inspira.
ton and the power of her life. The
last gives the cause the first the effect.
We often hear in this day something
Ike this-"lt does not matter what you
believe as long as you do right" Ii
this means that right action IL Of more
Importance than any mere profession
OF belief, then no sensible man will in
this day deny it. A right acting un.
believer Is better in the sight of man
and of God than a vicious believer.
But II the words are intended TO mean
that right belief is of little or no i'm.
portance In life then they are utterly
false. Any one who thinks must recos.
niZe that faith Is by far the most pow.
erful factor in human life and char.
acter.
But God has not ceased TO teach us
by the lives OF saints. Up through the
centuries the Church has never been
without her saints. Among that great
multitude which no man can number
are not only patriarchs. prophets, apps.
ties. martyrs. but there are our own
dear departed Of our own age and
knowledge. who have lived by faith,
who have struggled on and have toiled
and suffered, directed and made stead.
fast by living faith.
Faith! Why II Is as natural as love
and as universal! II IL the soul seek.
ing its own. II Is the spirit of man
finding its affinity in the spirit of God.
II Is the child finding satisfaction in
the Fathers love. 1t Is the son recog.
nizing its sonshlp.
The life of the one In whose memory
this service Is held was the expression
OF her faith. Christian saintliness has
marks Of its own
] have spoken on more than one oc.
casion in public CT my estimate of the
many noble and sanity women in these
Islands to whom under God Is so large.
ly due the best life represented In liza.
wall mel. Whatever have been the con.
ditions around them their ideals have
always been clear. their faith steadfast,
and their hope sure. In spite of every
"''"' "i's t"es nave ocIleNeu IN huhlanl'
" ana nave seen the real good in men
ana women behind their sins and their
iauI's' Ihey nave been sorely tried
out they nave Kept on bravely seeking
10 give the very highest and best to
their sons ana their daughters, and II
these iat'er nave failed in character
the! nave Deeh faithless children OF
most ialthiul mothers. thank God
that ! nave mad the privilege OF know.
ing many Oh these noble women the
mothers Oh THIS generation. To learn
some Oh the lessons from one of these
il'es we are gathered In this church to-
day.
II were TO begin to attempt to tell
OIL the directions her helpfulness took
should nave TO tell OF men and wo'
men all over these Islands and OF many |
now IN lahds far distant. Everywhere
/ 20 ma nome In which | am told
Win anectionate gratitude, OF sympa. |
ths' cordlal interest and kindness,
SHOWN 10 men, women and children, !