Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-12
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4 large audience. made up not
! only OF representatives from Central
| Union church and the Young Peoples
| League but from the Kawafahao and
! Kaum akapili churches as WE'LL greet.
ed Rev. r. c. Brooks, who spoke We'd.
nesray evening in the auditorium af
the Mission Memorial building:
Rev. Akaiko Akana, head OF the
Young Peoples League. and Rev. John
| l.. HOpwood. chaplain OF the Kameha-
meha Schools. conducted the service,
which was most interesting. After
Doctor Brooks had spoken Rev. MIR.
Akana gave resume of the address
in Hawaiian for the benefit of the Ha-
waiians in the audience. At the close
of the evening an informal reception
was held which enabled the audience
To meet the speaker of the evening
and TO greet those present.
In opening his study of. The Re.
ligion of the Spirit,' Doctor Crooks
called attention again to verses found
in his Scripture reading tEphesians
3:14-t9) For this cause bow my
knees unto the Father. from whom
every family in heaven and on earth
is named. that he would grant you. ac-
cording to the riches of His glory, that
We may be strengthened with power
through his Spirit in the inward man;
that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith; to the end that We. be-
ing rooted and grounded in love. may
be streng to apprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length
and height and depth, and to know
the love of, Christ which passeth
knowledge, that he may be filled unto
all the fulness of God"
Taking this as his text, the speaker
called upon his hearers to consider
with him three simple, yet funda.
mental questions. which enable the
Christian not only to understand but
to live in accordance with the spirit
of Christ: - 49,.
l. What is the nature of the
Christian life?
2. What may we expect to make OF
ourselves as Christians?
3, By what power shall we be able
to do this?
In answer to the first question
Doctor Brooks took Paul's answer
Christ dwelling in your hearts by
faith" for tfs second. the formation
of character in which the spirit OF
Christ shall be the common spirit OF
ones common life; third. again Pauls
answer-'tha We may be strengthen.
ed with power through his spirit in
the inward man."
Doctor Brooks continued, in part,
as follows:
There are three ways in which TO
come to the knowledge of Christ.
through the senses, the reason, and
through experience. The first discip-
les of Christ knew him through thu
senses. They saw him, heard him.
knew him in all the walks of life.
Indeed when they wished to fill the
ranks of the disciples the require
ment was made that the new men,
Der should have known the Master.
This close and intimate fellowship had
wonderful privileges, but had it not
also its disadvantages? May not Christ
have had this in mind when he said 1t
is to your advantage that I go away.
You are depending too much upon my
physical presence If any man lives
In this world he belongs to family.
That is all some people want to know
about him. Here was Jesus, son OF
Joseph. the carpenter, that was all the
neighbors needed to know.
Some people who have not seen
Jesus have come to cherish great con.
victions concerning him. II is true
hat reason-what we think about
christ--is one way of coming to know
him. A creed has It's value and its
limitations. Every man has to have
great convictions by which to work,
he businessman has his creed, the
needed. A man is not Christian be-
,ause he has convictions about Christ.
Tor a church Christian because IL
claims the name The best way to
get this knowledge is through expert
sncing Christ Christ in a man Is
christianity. As Paul SAYS in
Romans. III any man have not the
spirit Of Christ he is none Of Christ's'
ind There Is no condemnation to
hem that are in Christ Jesus, or in
Colessians Christ in you the hope Of.
glory
"Of what use is the Christian, and
what is his function in the world?.
Iesus calls the Christian salt, light.
leaven.s He has great mission. q
,reat responsibility.
The spirit of God is the universal
,ower felt by every life, consciously
# unconsciOusly, working all the
fme.. everywhere, upon every human
ife." =. -