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AUSTIN'S HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.
Echoes of Religious Thought.
Minister for Konn.
By W. K. azbill.
"Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good." That
is, be superior to the provocations
of evil words and evil deeds of vi
cious persons, as one who is wholly
of a different spirit.
"jjc ye angiy, uui sin not; let
not me sun go uoun on tny
WKllii. inis implies Wai u is not
wiong, out cnai ii is nazal uuiis 10
ue augiy. un one occasion Jesus
cm ist looked arouuu on ins assail
ants witn anger; uut He spoke to
tneni with tlie utmost moderation.
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"If it be possible, as much as
lyeth in you, live peaceably with all
men," says the Apostle. By which
he seems to admit that it is nut al
ways possible to avoid pamtul dif
ferences. But the injunction re
quires the utmost concession and
patience with those even who vex
us most.
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"If a man smite thee on the right
cheek, turn to him the other also,"
has always been regarded as a hard
precept to follow. Jesus illustrated
this teaching when, on his trial be
fore the High Priest, a soldier
smote him on the face. He said:
"If I have spoken evil, (they were
before a court) testify of the evil;
but if well, why smitest thou me?"
There is not the slightest sugges
tion of ill will in this response to
one of the sorest provocations a
prisoner was ever obliged to bear.
There are these two ways at least
of viewing "the progress of reve
lation." i. That the all-views em
bracing thoughts of God, expressed
in olden times in the best available
means of expressing thought, are
daily coming more and more with
in the comprehension of mankind,
as godly persons, through know
ledge and experience gradually ap
proach the divine point of view. 2.
That the Holy Spirit, dwelling
within godly people from age to
age, is giving to mankind, 'here a
little and there a little,' such no
tions as are adapted to the wants
of the race at each step of its pro
gress revelations which are to su
persede other revelations that have
served their purpose and their day.
The first view seems to be in better
accord with the omniscience of
God, the nature of man, and the
known history of the progress of
religious thought.
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The Rev. C. B. Pitblado, pastor
of one of the leading Presbyterian
churches in Winnipeg, Canada now
in Honolulu on his return from
India, China and Japan, having
visited the missions of his own de
nomination, especially in India,
and having made careful inquiries
into the work of missionaries, bears
testimony to the great improvement
in sentiments touching Christian
ity. In towns and villages where
a few years ago the Evangelists
were refused admission, they are
now welcomed by the natives; and
in Government official reports
where their work was in the be
ginning sneered at, there are now
frequent kind and most favorable
references to the salutary results ci
their preaching and their charitable
institutions.
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Dr. Briggs still manages to keep
himself in the storm-center of -c-clesiastic
controversy. His ordina
tion to the priesthood of the Epis
copal church is provoking as much
contention as did his occupancy of
a Professor's chair in the Theolo
gical Seminary. The confusing and
misleading thing in all this Brigg's
literature is the side issue which
has been the same from the first,
and which causes nine-tenths of the
irritation, namely, as to whether
the Doctor is right in forcing him
self into the position of a reprc- 1
sentative of men and women who
do not think as he thinks. After 1
all that has been written about lib
erty of conscience and freedom of
thought and of speech, it is doubt
ful if many opponents of his could
be found who really wish to ab
ridge his liberty as a thinker. What
they do object to is that he shall
pose as an accredited teacher in
their communion, since his ideas
do not fairly represent the ideas of
the constituency in whose name he
proposes to sit in the class-room or
to stand in the pulpit.
1 he Church and marriage.
The indecent haste of certain
prominent New York society peo
ple in getting married again im
mediately after being divorced, and
the readiness with which the courts
grant divorces to those in the "up-per-tendom,"
has recently called
forth a storm of indignation from
the religious press of Ameri
ca. Catholics, Protestants, and
Jews alike condemn the prevailing
disregard for marrige bonds; and
the need of a uniform law in the
United States regulating marriage
and divorce, is dwelt on in many of
the papers. The moral right of
divorced persons to marry other
persons than those from whom
they are divorced is discussed with
reference to the New Testament in
junction, "Let them be reconciled,
etc.," or "let them remain unmar
ried;" and even the Reform Advo
cate (Jewish, Chicago), refers to
such marriages as "in open contra
vention of the higher law of moral
ity." It is also charged that minis
ters of religion are not sufficiently
careful to inquire into the proprie
ty of solemnizing marriages in
doubtful cases.
Five years ago Miss Alice Beard
came from her home in Modesto,
California, to Honolulu; and, iden
tifying herself with the Christian
Church in this city, she rendered
valuable service in the Sunday
school and otherwise. After two
years she went to North Kona for
a change and rest, and seeing the
need ot Christian work there, she
uudeitook to sunt and maintain a
aunuay school 111c woik Ucguii
incic itt, upon iiv-i nanus, and
ihii me ciiu ui cciuuii eunuiuu
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u cnnicii una 111c niiiig-iiiiineu
in ivuiiu, uiu cineny wan nci own
means, sue eiecied a nuiise 01 wor
smp ami mine a mission couage.
..Auout a yeai ago she uiougnc out
ii'oin Japan an evangelist ami ilia
wne to uiuor among tnose ol ins
own nation on tne plantations
whcie she adequately suppoited
him. Now through her Uuerality,
the Rev. 1'. Al. bnodgrass, ol ls.1111
beran Heights, lenn., who arrived
on the Done last week, is now on
his way to take charge of this mis
sion and as it is the first permanent
outpost of the Honolulu congrega
tion of Disciples, the churcn and
Miss Beard are to be congratulated
upon the immediate prospect of
regular and persistent work in this
increasingly important field.
Pro and Con,
The British-flmeriean
Steamship Line.
Freight contracted through from
any point In the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands In connection with
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
or Canadian Pacific Railways. Month
ly service from Seattle and Tacoma
with our new A-l, 6000 ton steamer,
the "Port Albert."
A "Dictionary of the Bible," in
tended to take the place of "Smith's
Bible Dictionary" whose articles
were written by conservative schol
ars, is being published in Edinburg
under the management of James
Hastings, editor of "The Exposi
tory Times." Prof. J. W. McGar
vey, President of '1 he Bible Col
lege in Kentucky University, re
prints a commendatory notice of
the new work in his "Biblical Criti
cisms," and paraphrases it as fol
lows: "With such a work as this in his
library, a minister will find himself
pretty well equipped for the study
of the Bible. It is the kind of a
book that is valuable in the library
of a student of the Bible, and we
most heartily commend it to that
class. It is a compendium of the
latest and most reliable informa
tion on Biblical themes, by the
ablest scholars, who have availed
themselves of the results of modern
researches. Higher praise than
this would be difficult to give to
such a work."
"I would amend this commenda
tion by saying, It is a compendium
of the latest and (reliable informa
tion on Biblical themes, by able
scholars who have accepted the
conjectures of modern rationalistic
writers. It is the kind of a book
that ought not to be in a preacher's
library, unless he has carefully stu
died modern criticism, and has
learned how to distinguish between
the true and the false on the subject."
For further information apply to
flenpy Waterhouse & Co.,
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