The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-21

yesterday marked DflBnJ spot III
the history of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Hawaii Though organized
here for much less than two decades,
the pioneer congregation witnessed
the laying of the corner stone of it's
second house of Worship the first one
having been outgrown. Concrete sue
.ceeds wooden construction in further
evidence of peTmanency. Moreover,
from the single little band of wor-
shippers in the nineties there have de-
veloped a number of mission congre-
cations, in several languages,
Throughout the islands. The meeting
Of the district conference has been
the greatest local event of the past
week in Honolulu, Bishop Hughes
and other notable lights of Methodism
coming from the mainland to attend
it.
THE BISHOP BREACHES
Bishop Hughes sermon at the NJ. E.
Church yesterday morning was a mas
terpiece. His text was taken from
! 1 Thess., Ais: Comfort one another"
He said that when Jesus said he would
send the Comforter he used precisely
the same expression that Paul used in
the text. From that he drew the con-
clusion that we are to live Holy Spirit
lives. Since the spirit is the biggest
part of the man we should have a spir-
Iitual attitude toward one another, but
most people had a material attitude.
| If we should read in the morning pa
Iper that one man had the night before
come into possession of half a million
dollars, and that another man had ac-
Icepted Christ and through doing this
come into possession of eternal life,
/ the great majority of us would con-
Igratulate the man who had come into
THE possession of the material wealth
Within fifty years most of us will lose
that material wealth We may now
have. 1t will pass into the possession
Of some other man; but the man who
has a claim on life eternal will hold
that claim forever and forever.
We should also have a comforting
attitude toward one another Some
men must have their hearts broken
before they can amount to anything or
Ibe of service to their fellow men. |
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in the shadow of the great Paul. His
name was changed from Joses to
Barnabas because he was the son of
consolation and comfort. Many a time
a person hungers only for sympathy.
! A little girl was found by one of her
playmates sobbing bitterly Her mo-
Their had died, and the little girl in
her loneliness had left her other
lplaymates and was found with her
head upon the desk crying. Her little
friend put her arm about the neck of
the child who was weeping, laid her
head beside that of her playmate and
in sympathy for her wept too. NAM
ma" she said, when | did that she
felt better. Why" She asked a
question which has puzzled psycholo-
gists, but nevertheless discovered a
truth
In being like the Holy Spirit we
can also convict men of righteous
ness, judgment, etc. We can hold up
Igood ideals rather than rebuking too
often and thus guide people into
truth. We could show men things to
come, You think have come to a
stone wall, but l am right this time.
too and l will prove it,
To do SO he related two Incidents A
few years ago in Boston, Mass, a
man came into his study and after
a snort conversation he detected the
smell of liquor on the young mans
breath, whereupon ghe said: Il know
your father, is a drunkard and that
your mother also drinks but l thought
up to this time that you did not drink
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be a wreck" Three years after the
young man smothered out his wretched
life in the ryer. The second &as like
wise the story of a young man but it
illustrated the other side of the ques
ton. This young mans ideals were
high. He predicted for him success in
business and in every way. This pro
phecy came to pass almost to the
letter.
If you are like the Holy Spirit you
Will glorfy Jesus, for that is the office
of the Spirit. If ! hear a man using
the name of the Holy Spirit continually
and leaving out the name of Christ
know that man has not found out al
there is for him to know about the
Holy Spirit.
There are two great lights that light
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