Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-16

1t is said that when Mr. Moody first
went to London he met the 1900
clergymen of that city, and was sub
jected to cross-fre ,cf questions, and
one asked els it your purpose to
preach the Gospel to the miserably
poor of Londcn7" eyes," answered the
great Evangelist, "and to the miserably
rich also p The Fort-street Church,
under the lead of Pastor Cruzan, has
successfully inaugurated a movement
which has this for its object, to give
the Gospel to all classes of the people.
On Sunday evening the pews are free
to all, large choir, assisted by cornet,
violin, organ, and other instruments,
leads the congregation in singing popu-
lar hymns, while the selections rem
dered by the choir alone are music of
high order. On Sunday evening,
January 18th, in addition to the popu-
lar music, the choir will sing from
Spohrs Cantata, We hundred thousand,
God is Great" and "Thou Earth Watt
Sweet Incense" and Mrs. ]. E. Han
ford will sing as solo Eternity"
Pastor Cruzan's sermon will have for
its theme; "A Serious Charge The
Witnesses The Sentence. All will
be cordially welcomed.
They say: That dead men tell tales,
greatly to the confusion. of the living;
that the trial at the Supreme Court
yesterday developed some interesting
evidence; that the Government party
leaders are scared when they see such
men as Mr.. ]. o. Carter being in
dorsed by the natives; that the Queens
Own held an interesting Opposition
meeting, which the Government lead
ers tried to capture with gin; that the
Premier does not like to see his before
time utterances in print; that the poll
tical meetings of the Government are
now being held in out-of-the-way shops,
where the effects of the gin will not
attract public attention; that the indis
criminate use of water at fire drills
ought to be stopped; that the concert
at the square this afternoon will have
several unique attractions not down in
the programme; that the St. Paul in
tends to make the trip up this time in
nine days; that the street cleaners ought
to let politics alone, and do some street
work once in a while; that the butter
question is still unsolved; that the poll
teal question is ditto; that the new
religious meetings will cause much
difference of opinion before they are
through; that the Queens Own will be
turned out of doors, even before cleo
ton, if they don't behave themselves
in more Government-like manner;
that the little games of the Factotum
and "Shyster" are cut out of the same
piece of political cloth; that the King
doesn't care which party wins, so long
as he is supplied with ready cash; that
one of the Opposition candidates gave
one of the Government lesson in
bookkeeping yesterday; that the lesson
was given at the request of the Govern
ment man; that it is hoped that the re-
suit of the lessons will be given to the
public this morning in the Government
organ; that it is sad thing to see a
shady character brought to Hawaii to
be refurbished, and then watch it
turn shade darker under tropical
political sun; that the natives are about
to start an Opposition daily newspaper;
and that the current opinion of the
natives is against the Administration,
but in favor of the King.