The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-03

boys arm was filled with unsold pa
pers, and there was little prospect, at
that time of night, for them to be sold.
Beecher walked out into the cold, went
up to the boy, patted him on the back
in a good-fellowship manner, saying:
Little bit cold tonight, isn't it, old
man9' At the same time he smiled
heartily and purchased paper.
1t was cold before you came, ,
said the boy, 'but it s warm now
eff any of us begin to think that
religion is preaching from the pulpit,
IS sitting in pew, or being member
of church, we are wrong. / have
had great sorrow in my own life, a
sorrow that almost snapped my heart
strings. A very great friend at this
time came to me, put his hand in mine,
and simply said: Il am sorry for you.
I would stay with you, only I have
an engagement this evening which /
can not break That man was j. M.
Studebaker, the great carriage manu-
| facturer, of South Bend, Ind, and the
man with whom he had an engagement
| that evening was one who earned less
than $40 per week. Mr.. Studebaker
| found the man sitting beside the tiny
casket containing his only son. He
placed his hand on the man s shoulder
and said with great sympathy, Tom,
you have my sympathy. | am sorry
| for you' He talked with him few
minutes, and when he shook hands, on
leaving, placed bill of large denomi-
natien in the man s hand. That was
being a Christian. You thought being
Christian was sitting in pew every
| Sunday. in subscribing for ereeds,
didn't you' Your Christianity should
be in the home, in your business, every
where, for love never fails.
81 believe we are on the eve of a
world wide revival, beginning in the
| foreign field as well as the homeland
| If this is true-and | think it isl
have no hesitancy in saying that it
will be worth little unless the Chris
| tianitv of Jesus Christ is brought into
practical use.
Gone year ago Christmas I took my
| children to New York, and, thinking
perhaps that they would learn by see
| ing how Christianity was preached
| other than the way they had always
heard me, / took them to the Salvation
| Army headquarters on the evening
when great gifts of food were given IN
| baskets TO the poor. Outside the build
| ing as far as the eye could reach the
poor people were lined up waiting thelr
| turn. Inside the room was piled high
with gifts. And the giving-it was
| wonderful. One negro, a cripple, secur-
| ed his basket, made as if to go away,
| then came back and said, 'Thank you.
| That was Just like Jesus. Another
poor soul, a woman, this time, showing
| in her face the marks of one-time re-
| fnement and present absolute power
| ty. stopped down and kissed the slip
pered foot of the dispensing lady,
! thanking her. Then / thought how each
Christmas at my church $500 worth Of
presents were given away to children
! and people who did not need them.
Maybe you don t have poor people here,
and. for that matter, maybe you don t
have to give to the poor. But if you
are going to impress Christianity upon
the people you must live like Jesus.
And that brings me to the example OF
love.
SIT does not take me many words,
of course, to say that Jesus is the great
example OF love. Old you ever inquire
out the difference between example and
patterna Pattern is something that you
must follow exactly; example is some
thing that You can follow in spirit.
And Jesus is the example which You
can follow in spirit. Wash t He match
less. WASH I His love matchlessa There
was the woman in sin whom the people
would stone even as they jeered her.
She stumbled down the road. rose with
, her bleeding face-to see Jesus. She
fell on her knees, and he raised her,
free from sin. Some say that Jesus
bent over. with flushed face because
she was a woman in sin. when he spoke
to her. That is not right; Jesus look
| ed straight into the most sinful face.
'sThe field for love is right where