The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-01
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UNION SERVICES
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cation, ana the mueit under the Qirec'
iion Of Reginald Carter, organlst and
choirmastef, was c1ccllently rendered
by the large choir. Tho anthem,
praise The Lord, o My SOUL was
especially good.
The Sermon
Bishop RostRrick was the preacher
OF tho day and he took az his text
Happy Art Thou o Israel
lie said in part;
"The day Is a national one. For a
long time its Observance was confined
to a portion Of the country, but its
roots lie far back in religious history.
When most OF what n man ate he grew
himself, no felt deeply his dependence
upon God, for the fruits OF tho earth.
Our American Prayerbook has provi-
sion for Thanksgiving Day in case
the civil authority fails to set one.
1t is true that we might speak of the
large crops of corn and wheat and the
immense growth in industrial pursuits,
but these things only interest me as a
cause Of thankfulness that the people
generally are well clothed and fed.
What does interest me and what IL
much more important is whether the
ideal Of the founders of this Nation
are being maintained as they should
be.
SIN the text Happy Art Thou o
Israel We have brought before us the
wonderful position of this little nation
living in Palestine. The history OF
Israel is important, because it is q
parable of God g dealings with all ma
tions. To every nation God has al
lotted.a gift and its destiny depends
upon the use of that gift.
"Israel was never conquering ma
ton, nor a colonizing nation, though
its people. went far and wide for the
purposes of trade, yet there is no natior
in human history which has had 81
profoundly deep and far reaching in
fluence as the Hebrew nation.
FtThe reason of the influence o.
Israel is its conception of God. 1t wal
| unalterably opposed to any idea o.
gods and all through the sacred writ
ings is brought out more clearly Al
time passes, the truth of God as 1
living, loving, just being, who look
for and demands righteousness from
man.
"When the hopes Of the people an,
the promises to them were realized il
the person of Jesus Christ, the peopl
were so blinded by prejudice and tradi
ton that they were unable to know
! God when he was revealed to them. 1,
| the great crisis of its history the,
failed, because they were false to tn
truth.
"Today Individual Hebrews or con
panies of them have immense influence
especially in the money markets of tn
world. It is said of one or two firm
in Europe that no war could be wage
if they refused to lend money. The
have had in our generation also, gres
influence as statesmen and have show
as musicians and artists, but they 10!
the leadership in pure religion. The
rejected the Holy One, who in HI
person exemplifed all the law and I'll
prophets.
ffThe question for us is, VIII;
charge from God has the United Stat,
full to our trust. The history of I'll
American people is a wonderful on
The settlers who came to Jamestow
came with professed high and loft
purpose. Those who landed at Pl
mouth came with moral and spiritu
impulse which earned for them Il
; name of Puritan in an age whit
: needed, as every age does, the prote
of strong, moral, conviction. Bo
North and South, men and womI
: braved the passage of the almost u
{ known ocean in small vessels i'll fit
for so long a voyage, and when tn
= landed and Parson Hunt erected /
Church of boughs at jamestown,
: when in the North they fell upon the
n knees in thankfulness to God, the
d were the beginnings of Christi
z. religion. 1t was not long befo
e starvation decimated their ranks DO
q in Virginia and Massachusetts,, and
q both colonies reinforcements of pro
d sions saved them from abandoni
II their purpose. In both colonies
t. fierce enemy, the most cruel a
% treaeherous the world has know
q killed them in the field and their hon
or tortured them in their cam
North and South there grew up p
pie who had passionate love ,
liberty, who had strong faith in G.
S who sought to maintain purity in fla
, lily life and had reverence for won
a. WHICH WIS uulQue. WIN bhiS Tn
was growing understanding that g
N eminent was not for the benefit Of 1
ID class, but for all men. 49, ,.,a
t, "Great men of the United Sta
IN have been those who sought to embC
these principles in their, lives. Az
40 think of the rulers of people in the r
rs of the world, believed that noSVh
Id has been, found greater reverence
t. woman; or an earnest desire TO me
'e, tain Justice in human rights than
ed the Presidents of the United States
"What has made this country or
he is not extent of territory, is not e.
I'd or cotton. or beef, or pork, or steel,
all silver and gold; what has made the
to tion great mas been its struggle to mi
he tain Ideals
Is, "WhileI believe in the deep al
Mt ing faith of a great mass Of the !
ne pie of the United States, yet it q
seem to me that there is growing
difference and earelessness, and /
sanuant dVvin1iino of faith One 4