The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-11

Again. my brothers, we have peculiar
and trying conditions with our varied
population. But those who get below
the surface find beneath all the out
ward differences that the human heart
is the same, resents the same injuries,
and is moved by the same passions and
responds to the same love, that they
are brother men and children of God
If we would reach them we must recog-
nize this and not dwell upon their
worst qualities as we are SO apt to do.
Don't judge men at their worst
Don't judge races by their worst. That
is not the way God judges us. 1t is our
plain duty to keep on working, pray
ing, teaching, training, leaving the re-
suits with God. Little did your
fathers know when they We're toiling
| here that they We're conducting an ex-
pertinent station for missions and that
many of these experiments would
I revolutionize methods of missionary
work. Experiment stations are costly,
as our planters know, but results JUS
tify large expenditure. The first in
dustrial schools were those at Lahaina-
luna in 1881 and Hilo in 1897, and these,
and life here. were the inspiration of
Hampton Instituee and later of Tuskee-
Washington is the result of the ex-
pertinent station here. Men have gone
from these islands to do aggressive
work in many parts of the world. One
here tonight was a martyr in the Gil
bert Islands and others have contrib
uted works of the greatest import
ance to the work of missions. The stu
alton is unique. Our work here touched
the wide world. The Japanese boy who
interpreted for Perry in Japan had been
a castaway who trained here. Reform
ers and many other progressive men
in China had the light kindled in their
souls and their minds emancipated
here. We are working out problems,
as Professor Blackman of Yale says,
of the deepest Importance to the human
family. We must be faithful to our
trust
Again the situation is unique in many
ways from a religious standpoint. The
social atmosphere, if we will breathe
it, seems to soften the religious asperi-
ties of those who live here long. To
me the greatest drawback to missions
is the unhappy divisions of Christian
ity which we pray at every service may
cease. But l have never lived in any
place where / have met the comfy
which exists here between Christian
people Soon after l came here, l had
a reception on another island and the
Roman Catholic priest stood by my
side introducing the people to me. And
say here that everywhere the per-
sistent faithful arduous Iabors of the
Roman Catholic priests are acknowl-
edged by all and should be an example
to us ALL There is no other land in
which those who have means are so
ready to give to the support Of relig-
ious bodies not their own If there is
need, and If there is a prospect Of good
being done Again and again am I
surprised at the gifts made and the
being given quietly in these and
other directions Of which the public
never knows. Sometimes I feel that if
the public did know, their remarks
would often be tempered with greater
fairness.
Now all the above being true and
many old misunderstanding having
gone why could we not be an expert
ment station for another movement.
that is. the movement for Christian
Unity, the desire for which. thank God.
is burning in the souls Of Christian
people over the world. / know of no
place where the conditions are as fav-
orabIe. for here many Christians are
already in Union churches. and some
phases of division are practically elm
mated.
The world seems charged with the
feeling for Unity. The Greek church
and our own have had many exchanges
II courtesy and cordiaIity. Tn Eng
land and Canada and in the Eastern
states. Christians have lately held
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