The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-24
MONDAY SERVICES
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horses sought to tear him asunder, and
yet turns away is not the coward, but
the strong man. l know that l can
never become a great general, and
probably few Of you ever will, and we
can each of us be greater than Sher-
man on his march to the sea, than
Napoleon than Kamehameha First,
men who contended and struggled, and
accomplished great things. For we
can each of us rule our own spirit.
But a greater exercise Of power than
this is in addition to this to have in
fluence; to impress on others my view
of politics, my views of business. Char
acter is what God knows us to be. Re
putation is what men say we are. Men
may be mistaken or speak falsely, and
hence character and reputation for a
time may be separated. At Cleveland
the Lake Shore Road divides. But at
Elkhart 1t united again So there
comes a time, If we are true men, when
our character will become known and
recognized by our fellow men and our
character and reputation will be one
and the same thing.
"Our reputation is our stock in trade.
II is the means by which we influence
others. Our effort should be then to
have the character Which will one day
be the reputation which will give us
influence. Bishop Whipple, whom some
of the older Of those here may have
known when he was here with Bishop
Stanley, made up his mind that il
should be his effort to bring the Sioux
and the Chippewas of Minnesota to
Christ. AS he thought of the means by
which he could do this, he made up his
mind that he would establish among
them a reputation for truth and
straightforwardness. He did and be-
came known among them as "The
Straight Tongued," and it was his
privilege to see great numbers=of these
red savages brought to the gospel.
mo man can truly say that he does
not care what others think of him. II
ought to be a great concern of ours
what people think of us. We ought,
in a right sense, to seek to be popular.
I stood one day in great railway sta
ton into which several roads entered
There were a great many people go
| ing through a narrow gate, a thousand
| perhaps, for it was an excursion. The
man at the gate required everyone
man and woman to show his ticket.
The people did not like it. They said
many things about the man which
were not kind. A friend who was
with me said to him You do not seem
to be very popular today No I dc
not he replied I wish were. 1 should
like to have the good opinion of al
these people. 1 should like them t.
say pleasant things about me. Blu
l don't want to be popular with then
at the expense of popularity with my
superintendent. He told me to be sur,
and see every ticket and punch it az
a measure of justice and mercy: Jus
tice to see that people did not make {
mistake and take the wrong train
mercy that other roads should not b,
at the expense of returning people whC
! had taken the wrong train
80 we ought to strive to be popular
with our fellow men, but not at tn,
expense of our popularity with GU
Elder Brother Jesus Christ"
! Archdeacon Weber thanked thos,
who had attended for the oppOrtunit!
they had given him to address them
He pronounced the benediction and thu
meeting closed promptly at 1925 will
the Doxology.
1t is announced that the meetings viii
begin and close promptly, and a cor
dial invitation is extended to all mel
to attend.