The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30

that voice and follow IL. to save GU
country from the final bitterness Of
clearly evidenced national dishonor
Once more. I would have you not
that the Christian church has entere,
. upon an era OF general criticism an,
fault-finding. Not only are the peopl.
whose interests are opposed to tn,
triumph of the church, against it--that
would be expected-but the friends o.
the church. those within it's own sanc.
tuary, are most prodlgal in their judg.
ments OF its efficiency as moral and
spiritual force In the world. We fail
To see that this universal practice OF
elf-condemnation springs largely out
of more highly developed social con-
science. 1 venture that there is some
hope when the church becomes dis
satisfied with itself; and would be the
last one to endeavor to lull you into
the dreamless sleep of those who are
so perfectly saved themselves that
there is nothing more to do. And yet
l would not have you interpret every
ecclesiastical sound as that of thunder.
Surely, God still speaks through his
church, and they who listen, with souls
attuned, may hear the divine voice.
Speaking for myself, l am becoming
very weary over all this unhistorical,
unphilosophical, unchristian, unjust
and utterly untrue criticism of the
church. / hold no brief for the church
and l care nothing whatever for 1t as
an institution apart from its religious
significance. 1 will so further and say
that l would be perfectly content to
see 1t crumble down into ruins, so that
the cause of religion might prevail
among men-the kind of religion ex-
pressed in those old words: What
doth the Lord require of thee but to
do justly, to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy Code" Common JUS
tice, however, requires It to be said
that the church is the chief agency In
the world today by which and through
which. such religion is being developed
in the lives of men.
l sat once in the audience room Of
that wonderful institution I'm Chicago
known as the Commons and listened
while man after man, awaiting himself
Of the utter freedom of speech that
there exists. INDUCED in the most Bit
ter and prejudiced denunciation Of the
anu S'''i'S there h"eW that
very or'ck IN the eoihce' ana every
timber pehea.h noor ana roof, ana eV-
cry nail in the building was paid for
W 'ne Cnris'iah men OF Chicago' VINO
'a III inc pe"s Oh the despised
'hurches'
oi' aho'her occasion was one OF an
'uu'ehce that packed the great Audi
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"a u''ques'ioiieu sihcerity ana elo-
iuehee uehouhee the CHRISTIAN church
saw the thousands go larry mao with
'ppiause AT the climax OF one or his
,p'ehuiu PERIODS OF oratory' but knew
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