The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-12
MOTHERS DAY
F|TTINGLY
OBSERVED
Mothera of the Pnture.

The other scene Is the description
Of the Spirit Of Motherhood, whom the
two children recognize as something
more beautiful and wonderful than
their Mother, and yet Mother after all.
SO sometimes in our own life, il our
mothers are sometimes tired from over
much baking or hospitality or commt T..
tee work, let us see through all this the
Spirit Of Motherhood, the love that
never fails, that Is with us wherever
we go, and which we can never forget.
= II we wish picture Of ideal moth
erhood, ! think the S;stine Madonna
by Raphael meets the need. We got
the suggestion that she has come
through all the eterni.ies bringing tbs
Child to the world
What Of the mothers Of the futuref
IL depends not only upon the girls, but
upon the boys MS we'll what these moth
ers shall tie. As the boys cherish high
ideals Of mo heihood, 30 will the id as
IN the hearts Of the girls rise to meet
them, and thus will they work out the
pattern Of ideal motherhood. .
Spirit Pervades Regular Service.
The spirit Of Mothers Day pervaded
the regular church service as well. AL.
though the sermon by Doctor Scudder
did not bear directly upon the subject
or motherhood, he referred to IL most
impressively both In his pastoral prayer
and in the body of the sermon.
The music by the quartet choir, which
consists of Mrs. Chas. L. Hall (soprano),
Mrs. Walter M. Kendall (alto). Thos.
u. Bolton (tenor) aud DR.. s. d. Ba mes
(bass), was unusually inspiring. For
the opening anthem the quartet sang
These Are They That Came Out OF
Great Tribulation, by Starr, ard rs
response to the pastoral prayer. s1God
OF Mercy, Hear Our Prayer BY Los
lie, The pure, lyric tenor voice Of Mr..
Bolton was never heard to better ad.
vantage than in the solo, "a Song Of
Praise by Gonblier, which he rem.
dered as an offertory. 81
Doctor Scudder's sermon sub ject was
the single commanding word rtFor-
ward. Z He took for his text the words
in Exodus, xiy:15: "And Jehovah sal |
unto Noses, Speak unto the children Of
Israel that they go forward" z
The particular application of the text
which Doctor Scudder emphasized in
his sermon was that the sitta ion in
Central Union Church at this tine ~
in many respects very similar 10 the
situation of Israel at the time this word
of command came to them Israel as
a nation had come to turning point
In her career. She was moving out Of
the narrow confines of Egypt into the
larger liberty of Canaan, which they
were TO receive as their heritage, but
lust at the time the MESSAGE came from
Jehovah to Moses the people were hesi.
tating, and by their hesitat on w re- in
danger Of losing the larger experience
which lay, just ahead for them.
Broader Policy Adopted.
Central Union Churc',y Doctor
Scudder went on to say, 'has but he.
Gently decided upon a new AMI broade.
policy in the change which il has ma ie
in its basis of membership, but now
there is danger that as church W,
hesitate at the very threshold Of our
great opportunity, and thus fail after
all IN moving on into really larger
Hepointed out four respects In which
Central Union Church should now move
forward. Fgas
First-In a union of prayer for 9th
ers, that they may yield their hearts
to Christ.
secoid-In campaign Of personal
invitation TO others to confess Christ
and unite with his church.
Third-In a deep concern on the tari
OF parents for their Oh lren that tn y
nay early in life have deep and vita
experience of God; and %t15H
| FOuIth-In an All cor snnnino zaal n,