The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-08
THE IDEALS
MAKE THE MAN



ture Vigilant. Then It was soaring on
wings. now it is in the trudge on feet
that are often weary and sore.
FIving. running, walking. Yes. that
$ life summed up in three words. That,
however. does not mean for a moment
that this descent from the sky to com
mon earth is plunge from JOY 10
gloom. 1t simply means that whatever
iov there is must be, not the first Joy
# soaring. bus the JOY of a steady
progress with feet on unpoetic ground,
''Now the glory of the Bible and the
Christian religion it contains is that
they make their promises and their ap-
ppaIs TO life as it is; that their proVl-
sions are not alone for the exceptional
spirits whose conditions are fortunate
and whose life is on the heights and in
the clouds. but for the persistent. monot-
onous needs Of common people. whom
our Lincoln said God must love pecu-
IiarIv because he made so many Of
them The Bible is always splendidly
sane and true. 1t makes no misrepre
sensations. 1t raises no false hopes
L never draws the long bow. 1t brings
life and immortality to light; but did
you ever reflect what restraint it puts
upon itself in dealing with the future?
It is tantalizinglv scant in its details
of the heavenly home. We are in fact
impatient with it that, sphinx-like. it
keeps its lips shut SO tight and viii
not tell rs more. We want to tear the
veil away; but the Bible. while discl0s-
ing enough to give faith and hope. sure
ground on which to stand, barely draws
he veil aside to give mere glimpse
of the heavenly state.
"'That in itself is the best test of
its splendid trustworthiness It viii not
feed mere curiosity. 1t will tell what
one needs to know and no more. The
imposter and leader less worthy fore
sees a policy very opposite. He pan
ders 10 curiosity. He is great on de-
tails. He is not sparing of his colors.
He never understates. He deals in
superlatives He puts the best foot
forward. That is his stock in trade.
Mohammed will draw you a map of
Paradise. He viii fill in every detail.
- They that wait on me shall re-
new their strength--thev shall walk
and not faint-thev shall run and not
be weary-thev shall mount up with
wings as eagles, and soar in the face
of the sun.
'.And the thoughtless would run
after him. The quack ever has his fol
lowing. Pied Piper of Hamline viii
always have trailing behind him the
throng of deluded human children. But
the man who has lived long enough to
understand his own needs will rejoice
that there is one in this great universe
who knows him through and through,
and will follow him as ever present help
as he descends from the clouds and
upper air to do the hard days work
and plod his way ON common sod. Re-
1igion takes each one of these stages
flying, running, walking-in its turn,
transforms it, glorifes it.
''We all have ideals. We all mount
up with wings. The difference is be-
tween the nature of the ideals we cher
kind of wings on which we
mount. Some mount on eagles pin
ions. some on buzzards' wings; and
the difference is all the difference in
the world. They that wait on the Lord
shall mount as the eagle mounts
superblv. The image suggests
purify. worth SufliinIN. heIlU1o0 purl-
fes and exalts ones ideals. Do YOU
tell me it makes no difference what a
man 5 ideals are. so long as his every
day deeds and walk are square, respect
able. generous!
Il contend that il makes all differ
ence. 1t is not what a man does that
stamps his character: it is what he is
irving to do and aspires to be- Above
all, | want to know a man s ideals be- |
fore pronounce Judgment upon him.
They are what reveal character'
Doctor White contrasted two state
ments to show the difference between
the ideals of the great and those of the
small The first was that of Mary !
Lyon, the first leader in the movement |
for higher education among women: !
. Ny one aim in life is to 90 where |
others can not 90 and to do the thing |
that others can not do
The other expression of ideals was |
by United States senator, who said: |
If ! had plenty of money to do with |
as wished, ] would have music PLAYED i
1t all my meals and get cigars made at |
lttN dollars a hundred -