The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-03


become less rich and the poor less poor.
sordid want would d sappcar, and the |
smiling faces of all the people, the Ia. |
borer and the employer, the teacher and |
the pupil. the cook and the eater. |
women and men and the little children |
would tell the story of the new era OF |
olqdness under the sway of the Golden |
Rule.
"Is this practicablei Is not some.
thing like this the platform of frater.
nal societies the world over, and do |
they not approximate il within their |
memberships That even an approach |
to ideal living among a limited number |
of persons banded together for the ex-
ercise of brotherly love, cannot fail to |
influence all who witness it, we are
convinced of in the new and vigorous |
organizations that are forming from |
time to time on similar lines. Win the |
dream of a fraternity with the same |
relation to those in need of succOr as |
! that of the Good Samaritan to the |
man beset by highwaymen, with de.
tail of minute men for instant service, |
ever come truei There may be, and
probably are, difficulties, economic and
otherwise, in the way of such an en-.
terpris6. But does not the opportunity
and the desire to serve fellow members
betoken coming opportunity and de-
sire to serve those outside of the fra.
ternities whose nearness, need and un.
succored condition make them their
neighbors7
Gift Of Sympathy.
"Thc greatest gift is sympathy, and
the gift of charity for pressing need
without this, although meritorious, is
nf l,,,l q
gift without the giver is bare One
great need of the world is opportunity
Opportunity to be man, to be indie
pendent, to make IS own way; and
those who contrive this for their fell
low men are by the very nature of the
enterprise, making themselves part
and force in the upward movement OF
mankind.
"'The practise of your fraternity
and others, of secret beneficcnce by
committee toward members and those
/ outside of the order, so that those bene.
= fitted may only thank God for His
, bounty, and the rest of the order and
the rest of the world never know that
certain persons have been assisted, pro.
l claims the good time coming when the
g left hand shall not know what the right
Z
, somewhat weary of the occasional pub.
t ished lists of donors and gifts to pub
, lie charities2
1 ''Tho churches with their large pro
+ fessions and their wider field, face a
/ difficult moral campaign. Their fra.
: ternity tentatively includes the human
: race-a prospect to inspire heroic en-
thusiasm, and that it is inspiring it,
4, H.. Al L., 41.,A
$ EitaIian, educative and evangelical work
G has been taken up in recent years by
r their laymen. The burden of church
$ activities is left to the clergy less than
, formerly.
e "There is an advantage in the limita-
q tions of the fraternal orders. The in
/ innate relations of the members give
v opportunity and favor mutual watch
" fulness ana the active exercise of pro.
a. tective influences. Instances of af
r fectionate care which have come to me
e very apparently escaping with Difficult
N " from the reticence of the orders
$, have shown patient and self-sacri,
Y fcing devotion that may well be an
N inspiration to any organization foi
Ut human welfare of whatever name
IN And when it is considered that such
IS ways Forthcoming from the member
ir ship whenever the necessity arises, W,
lie may award to such orders their du,
p share-and n high share, in the move
al ment for universal brotherhood.
'r His Spirit Abroad.
- els the millennium impossible?
- have been accustomed to hearing il
:, religious meetings, prayers that Go,
~ would pour out His spirit upon TIN
'e world and revive his work among men
y as if it were up to God to do something
II rather better than He had been doing
. should like to suggest without dogma
IL tizing that the silent and effective in
II huence of the Supreme Being is al
ways abroad and about us and within
II, our reach, like the winds of heaven o
nj the sunshine on a bright day we ma,
y raise our umbrellas or shut ourselve
u up in houses and then when we suffe
81 for want of light and air we can hard
er ly pray that more sunlight and NOR
&c air be given the world; we only hay
a. to open the doors and blinds or 90 on
is of the house. So 1T is up to us to opel
al our hearts to the divine influences, AM
y, see to it that the race for wealth, tn
Us quest for fame the pursuit of pleasur
81 or any of the passing interests of lif
er shall not shut ont these greater thing
~ that are waiting for us.
~ If the happy golden age is ever T.
H. to come, when all shall have opportun
n ity to make their way, when brotherl,
Mt love shall be universal, when iustic
shall be done to all and when eaua
rights shall really belong to every per
~ son, it must be through more united am
k. consecrated effort by the makers o
err public sentiment the world over, urge
at on by the obligations of inherent per
to sonal character. God is all the tim
Il. doing. His share of the work
it Taking the past with the present
xt the world is responsible for its defec
" tive conditions. The same may be SAT
c. in measure in regard to each com
is munity. Honolulu of today shares wit
It. the Honolulu of the past the response
IA bility of its present condition; and tina
ig portion of its population which has ha
of the advantages of education and trave
at and good bringing up, must shoulde
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