The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-27

penSable TO christian work. ana ~ S"iN
ling an entrance in the kingdom and en-
7joyments of the hereafter.
( In the evening, preceding the sermon,
! the pastor spoke briefly on the sudden
] termination of Her Majesty Queen Emma's
! life, and then preached the second of
gseries of sermons on the Lords Prayer.
The ladies' prayer meeting was an
snounced for this afternoon at o'clock.
s The church prayer meeting on Wednesday
sevening; the subject: Prayer Ps. l45,
Is. The young peoples prayer meeting
ION Friday evening, and The gospel tenn
Sperance meeting on Saturday evening at
the Bethel vestry. 1t was also announced
that the Morning Star would leave on
1 next Thursday, the 3Oth instant, and that
there would be farewell exercises in the
safternoon on board the vessel, TO VIII ich
all are invited.
s. FoRT-srREET CHURCH SERVICES.
\ large audience was present at Fort
$street Church yesterday morning. 1t gave
q great pleasure to many worshippers to
hear Mrs. Hanford's voice once more in
the choir The following announcements
Efor the week were made: Wednesday
9evening, prayer meeting, with the topic,
'Temptations-Aow to resist and over
gcome them;' Thursday, sailing of Morn
ling Star, with religious services on board
1 at p. M. !; Friday, p. M, ladies' prayer
8mesting, and 1880 p. m, strangers socia-
lble.
al Mr.. Cruzan's sermon to the children
was from Prov. 16: 80, and was upon
A"Ruling the Temper" Children, and
some older people, often fly into a rage,
scold, cry, and the children throw them
selves upon the floor, and the older peo-
pie would like to do so, and often do
other things just as ridiculous. The text
4 says Don't do itr' And there are many
good reasons why we should not; of the
6 number mention two: First, it is dan
u gerous to give way to temper. Two boys
Vim town in New York recently got
sangry over their play, fought, and one
killed the other Byron tells us in his
poem ''Mazeppa," that a man was once
4 stripped of his clothing, and bound upon
5t the back of a furious wild horse, and the
81 horse turned loose. Away the horse
"a crushed through the forests; the cord cut
the poor mans flesh, and the branches
s. and thorns tore his limbs, and every mo-
sment he was in danger of losing his life
IAN uncontrolled temper is like such n
avid horse; its owner at last becomes
3shelpless, and is dashed here and there in
ssconstant peril 1t brings men into dis
grace ana sorrow. visitor in New
Sc YORK prison was struck by the intelli-
~ gent face OF young man in one of the
IS cells. In talking with him he won his
e coincidence, and learned that he was the
IS petted spoiled child" Of a Baltimore
as, millionaire. lie was never made to con-
= troll his temper, and in fit Of passion
81 killed companion, and was sentenced IA
q States Prison for life for mansIauobter
81 One of the saddest places in the world IL
sa4an insane asylum. The physician in
6 charge OF an asylum in the United States
B"ho mas gwen years of study to the
y causes and cure Of insanity, said recently:
"a The cause Of insanity in many cases is
81 that they never learned self-controI. In
q chlldhood they stormed and ragged. When
s. they grew older they went mad, The
q second reason why we should not Av into
q a rage IS that while it is nearly ALWAYS
"a shame and disgrace to get angry. il il
"a great honor to master ones temnor
aIhe world, few years ago, through it's
....A-
q great men and women, honored General
q Grant when he made the tour Of fine
"a world. And now that he is diving the
p world watches his sick room. and Emo
lahus Queen graciousy asks after his
Is health. Why? He is great man and
q great General; he lead great armies and
captured cities. But if that was all. this
s text says that there is not one of YOU who
8 cannot be greater than he. Listen: "He
8that is slow to anger is better than fbe
81 mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than
j he that taketh a city"
81 Mr.. Cruzan's sermon TO adults was
ii from John %, "Whatsoeyer He saith
8 unto you do it, - IN which he maintained
e that the way to JOY and efficiency in Gods
service is to unquestionabIy obey His
: will, and to take Christ both as Savior
and Lord.
In the evening Rev. A. II. Smith de-
llvered the third lecture in the present
series to young men. 1t was bright.
z original, incisive, and Scriptural, and
& held the unfagging attention of all pres
8ent, among whom was large number of
young men.
Yesterday morning at the 8 O'Clock ser
vice IN Hawaiian at the Anglican Church,
81 the Rev. Alexander Macintosh preached
sermon suggested by the death of the
= Dowager Queen Emma, in which he paid
"a fitting tribute to the Christian life Of
6 the deceased, abiding to the deep inter
est she had always taken in the welfare Of
the English Church. as well as of the Ha-
waiian people generally.
Allusion to the sad bereavement of the
Hawaiian race, and to Christian people
generally, by the death of Dowager Queen
Emma, was made in nearly all the ,,uIn;t,,