Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-01
DR.. SCUDDER TALKS
ON CALL OF ASIA

Doctor Scudder preached a most in.
teresting sermon yesterday taking for
his subject the timely topic, THE Call
of Asia" The sermon complete was
Of the great need of Christian hiu.
ence in the new Chinese Empire, espe.
cially at the beginning of the republic,
when all things are practically new
and easy to mold. lie said in part:
1--WE who live in the Pacific world
and who have begun to respond to the
spell of Asia are becoming more and
more deeply conscious that human
progress during the historic ages has
followed two vast Independent chan.
ncls comparable to two mighty river
systems. At times a tiny cross stream
has flowed connecting the two. but for
! the most part they have been separ.
atcd bv impossible barriers. II Is con.
venient to call these two channels the
! Orient and the Occident.
! india, China, Japan, the three
make up the total of this mighty riv.
! or svstom of Oriental life.
'"Not only the philosopher but also
the mystic Is India's contribution to
the Oriental world. That land Is the
paradise of the dcv0iee and the ascot.
iC. II fairly teens with holy men. II
burns to incarnate God in human life.
/ Mystics do not flourish in Anglo-SaX.
OndOni.
But China, how characterize Chi.
ma? If India is the intellect and Japan
the heart, China Is the will of the
Orient.
! "These three mighty powers of the
Orient are surely drawing nearer to.
geathor. They have more In common
with one another than with their
roughor brothers of the OCcident. II
they should ever combine In hostile
federation, East against West, the
clash would mean the wrecking OF
mankind"
The Last MEETING.
Last night saw the end of the Chris
trian Extension Movement so far as
holding meetings at the Empire thea
ter IL concerned, Bishop RestariCR
speaking for nearly an hour to about
n thousand people.
lie took rs his text St. John 1914
which describes the giving of the fin
al order by Pontius plate for the cru
cihxion of Christ. The line spoken bN
plate, where he points out Jesus 'tC
the Jews and tells them, There Is
your King" he made the central poin
of the address.
lie dwelt at length on the fact tina
PLATE had spoken truer words thar
he imagined and that Jesus was II
: reality the King of every person In thu
, world today. what Is a King?" h
asked them. and answered, "lIe is no
: tyrant nor an opprcssor; he Is thu
e peraon in whom all the best ideals %
n nation are supposed to be found, ant
: to whom all people look up aud re
y. spcct."
. The Bishop also pointed out that al
though emotion was necessary al
iunCt In connection with religion
work and was very often necessary I,
i make men take the initial plunge I
!, could not he relied upon altogether
It Is the same, he told them, betweel
] n man and woman; emotion Offer
I leads to marriage and the result 1
8 that the couple are In the diyorc,
J. court very shortly.
During the address Fred. Butler wa
y taken across to the mast meeting o
,. Chinese and received great ovation
for his songs. Bishop Restarick ais
!, went to the Chinese meeting as sool
as he had finished at the BiiOu, am
made an address there.
At the conclusion of the ordinar
meeting II union prayer meeting wa
d held during which many people cam
forward and testified that they woul
try to live the life laid down by Christ