The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-14
DOCTOR SCUDDER {
MAKES HIS LAST !.
ADDRESS lNC|TY
iT+7 h. r.
Hundreds OF Members Of Bible
School Bid the Pastor
Farewell
LAST COMMUNION SERVICE
CONDUCTED BY MINISTER
Preacher and His Wife win Sail
For Toxic Next
Friday !,
From Monday Adverti.er)


Doctor and Mrs. Scudder were espe
ciully honorcd by the four hundred
members of Central Union Bible school
yesterday morning. Words Of appre.
citation were expressed by A.. Z. Lari-
mcr. superintendent, in the opening ex.
"rcises regarding the splendid work
done by Doctor and Mrs. Scudder for
! the children and young people of the
church and community.
Ed Tuwse, one of the oldest teacher,
IN point of service, paid q glowing trib-
ute to Doctor Scudder's work In the
Bible school during his nine years. pas.
torate at Central Union. He then
called on Doctor Scudder for his fare
we'll message to the school Following
the talk, there was unanimous rising
vote extending heartiest aloha to Doc.
tor and Mrs. Scudder and all good
wishes in their new field in Toxic.
The regular Sunday morning church
service was conducted by the pastor
FOR the last time. There was q recep-
tion of new members at which eleven
persons united with the church on con
fessiOn of faith and seven by letter
from other churches. g..
The Last Communion
A farewell communion service was
conducted, following bis sermon, on the
topic "Ownership." Stanley Living.
ston arranged special music by the
double quartet. Il ~.
DIR. and Mrs. Scudder will sail by
the Tenyo Maru Friday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. John H. Williams will
arrive tomorrow morning from Red
lands, California, to take their places
at Central Union for a period of two
months or longer. Mr.. Williams is
noted as a strong preacher and thinker
and Mrs. Williams as an ideal pastors
wife. Rev. and Mrs. Williams are the
parents of DR.. Robert Day Williams,
president of Mid-Pacifc Institute, =.
At evening worship at Central Union
Church last night Doctor Scudder said
that he considered il especially pleas:
ing and appropriate that his last ser.
mon should be addressed to the young
people of Punahou. "The relations
: cen this church and Punahou have
been very close from the beginning
ne church has derived strength from
the association, for each year sees
growing number Of young men and
young women graduating from the
halls of learning into the responsible.
ties and activities of Christian ife,"
be said.
Taking his text from st. Paul's Epis-
tie to the Philippians, 4:l9. the human
needs Of a Christian life, Doctor
Scudder drew the lesson that, like st.
Paul, men and women have to be tested
through sorrow and trouble before thet
achieve confidence and strength of
character. He illustrated his argument
by reference to Sir Isaac Newton and
his discovery of the law of gravitatiOn,
an idea which Sir Isaac had to test for
many years before he was satisfied Of
it's correctness.
"Ssint Paul had had many hard eI-
periences before he was able to assure
the citizens of Phillippi that my God
shall supply all your needs according to
his riches in glory by Jesus Christ
"That is true today" he said, "be-
cause it has been put to the test. The
needs are human, not animal needs.
They are the spiritual attributes OF
life, and may be summed up in three
headings.
"The first human need is knowledge
gained of experience. Children seek
knowledge first. They want to know
and to experience and the only real
knowledge they get is through expert
cnGe. They ask what is the meaning
of life, why, and whence, and whittier.
''The answer to every question is
Father, as, a child turns to its faith
or for help. Father, is the first, last
and only satisfactory answer to these
questions Of whence and WHITTIER"
A Pioneer Missionary
He illustrated this by the story of
the shipwreck of the bark Hand-in-
Hand on the coast of New Jersey in
l770 when John Murray, a minister to
whom great sorrow had come through
the wiping out of his family and the
loss of ell his possessions, was cast up
on the desOlatC shores of n new land.
Murray had deserted his church. en-
differed by his sOrrows and misfOr,
tunes, cursing that Father who would
visit such bitter vengeance on human
i'y. When the bark Hand in Hand
went ashore, as he was fleeing TO
new land to begin life again Outside
the influence of the Christian church.
he found THOMAS Potter awaiting and
"xTectiRa him, Potter having built a
log church ready for his ministry.
"I know who YOU are Thomas Pot.
tor told John MURRAY. 81 know thnt
YOU have been sent to us through sor.
row and tTOuble.' And so, recognizing
the answer, John Murray turned again
to his God and gave the balance of his