The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-25

cajoled, one court where justice always
reigns. God is a holy God. That is
nearly equal to saying that he can
always be found
! Isaiah did not say of God, Mighty,
mighty, mighty though that was true
nor was it Prudent, prudent, prudent.
nor Kindly, kindly, kindly 1t was
Holy, holy, holy There can be no
| compromise between God and sin. 1
cannot consent to theology that
counts man as a semi-idiotic or
puerile creature. I must have a reli-
gion that accounts a man a very re-
sponsible creature
Il can give several reasons why God
will not permit a man to cover I'D his
sin. When a man tries to cover up his
sin he makes his intellect the slave of
his sin. But God is always on the
side of intellect and will not allow
a mans intellect to be the servant of
sin. The second is that a man who
covers up his sin becomes a slave of
sin lest he betray himself. Whose
ever covereth UP his sin shall not pros
per-
THE Scripture says that if a man
breaks one of the laws he is guilty of
breaking all. That is precisely United
States law. A man don't have to COM
nit all the sins on the calendar to be
a lawbreaker. One is sufficient. One
little sin puts a man into a position
where he must either be punished or
pardoned. There is where the love of
God comes in to save men.
Another thing, God will not allow
a man to compromise with~sin. Why?
Because a compromise with sin is a
permission to degenerate. Suppose you
could picture God compromising, where
would the race go? How low has it
sunk now? Compromise-then degen-
eracy. That is what drags men down
into the mire.
I'VE do not need to have God COM
promise with wrong. What we need is
the prayer of the publican, God be
merciful to me, a sinner We want
to take away sin and the love of sin.
A man must lose his sins but he must
also get a love for. right. Some men
say oh men get the love Of Jesus, but
how about their everyday ives?', If
a man is really Christian he win
pay his debts and live right with his
fellow men. There are a good many
standards of respectable gentlemen.
But if you are tempted to say, If that
man is Christian, don't want to be
one Just think that if he is such
a poor specimen as a Christian, how
much worse he would be if he were not
a Christian. And try to help him.
Don't criticise-boost,
"Sin really, in its essence, is separa-
ton from God. He says. Come join
with me- No priest nor ritual. i'm
portant as certain forms may be, can
do it for you. A man must get right
with God in his own soul. Jesus comes
to us in our worst need and saves us
by his grace. That is the gospel. Let
the prayer come from many hearts,
God be merciful to me, a sinner.
DR.. Ostrom then offered prayer and
Mr.. Butler sang Where Will You
Spend Eternity?" During the singing
of Revive Us Again the men in the
audience retired to the chapel for an
after meeting while the women re-
manned in the auditorium for a similar
service.
THE DAY SESSIONS.
There We're over $50 people present at
the sunrise prayer meeting at Central
Union yesterday morning. The service
was led by Miss Yarrow. Another wifi
be held this morning at $50 a. m. AT
$3.50 a. M the prayer meetings for the
the different races were held. These
were followed by addresses by Mr..
Wadman and Dr.. Ostrom. In the after
noon there was a brief business session
and this was followed by an address by
DR.. Ostrom on the ''Evangelistic
Church. The speaker said that a
church could not depend on sociabili-
-. ~ Of hot
on music for the concert companies
could Guido it in that line, in oratory
for the lecturers could draw more peo-
pie but that its business was to preach
Jesus Christ and save the people from
their sins. The address was inter
preted by Rev. s. L. Desha.
THE AFTER MEETING.
After the service last night the men
gathered in the chapel of Central Union
for a brief service. DR.. Ostrom spoke
earnestly for a few minutes and then
during the singing of a hymn many
came forward and signified a desire to
start Christian life. There were many
young men and among the number
We're some sailors from the transports.
Many of the 'bluejackets are showing
great interest in the meetings and are
welcomed to them all.
CHANGE OF HOUR.
Owing to the great amount of ground
to be covered the prayer meetings this
morning will begin at 8 o'clock in
stead of $50 in order to give addition
al time for conference on different
problems. Also the afternoon confer
ence will begin at 2:30 p. m. instead of
s. Friday afternoon there will be an
Old Folks Meeting at Central Union.
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