The Daily bulletin., 1889-10-02
ENTERTAINMENT.
Gathering of Men.or- wars Men at
the ". n, G.. A.

being represented. lhc room was
most tastily decorated with Hawai-
ian, American and English flags,
while on the platform stood potted
plants of different kinds. Besides
the sailors there was large attend
ance of the members of the Y. NJ.
G. A. and their friends. The hall
was crowded in every part.
The proceedings opened with
few remarks by Mr.. +. j. Lowrey,
who bid the sailors all hearty well
come. Some had been there before,
while others we're there for the first
time, but all we're welcome, and he
hoped the entertainment would give
them pleasure. Miss Dora Dewsett
then gave song with much taste,
Miss Kate McGrew playing the ac-
compartment. r. J. Welch of the
Alert sang, "No one to welcome me
home," and was loudly applauded.
A viGlin solo by Mr.. j. w. Yarnd-
ley followed. 1t was magnilceatlJ
played, Mr.. Myron II. Jones accom-
panyirg on the piano. Chas. Poul-
ter of the Caroline rendered Take
me back child again" after which
Mr.. Arthur Tibbs gave the song,
"The poor washerwoman," in char
acter and was compelled to respond
TO an encore. W. Very sang .'IIer
bright smiles haunt ME STILL" in
good style.
Rev. H. II. Gowen was called
upon to deliver an address. He
said that he represented the English
element on the platform and ex-
pressed the pride every Englishman
had in America. A famous Cornish
wrestler, when told that his son had
whopped all the parish, replied,
Gay, l should think he would, why,
he's whopped me afore now" So
when Englishmen hear how young
America goes ahead, we are proud
to recognise that even if they have
whopped us afore now it was the
| English blood that did it. But there
was something better than whopping
one another to do. When those
men got off the Nipsic into deep
water again, it made him think of
another ship which was meant TO
hold all nations, and to push out
into the deep open waters of human
life-the Ark of Christ's Church.
But, as it has been well said, that
ship was only half ahoat, one end
sticking on the shore, the other end
bobbing up and down in the water,
while men were fighting among
themselves as to who should be cap
tain, and who should have the state
rooms, and throwing each other
over the side because they could not
agree about the points of the COM
pass. Instead of this, and instead
of lying off in the long boat, or the
jolly boat, or the captains gig,
waiting for the old ship to break up,
we want every hand at the pumps.
Every man helping to clear out the
bilgewater, the idle ballast, and the
rotten cargo, and then the great
vessel will soon be the saving ark OF
humanity. And, to do this, be sure
Christ wants our lives not gloomy
but bright. AS the song on ship
board carries along the work-so
the heart of praise is necessary in
Christ's service. The speaker illus,
trated this by The story of the tailor
who took his men on successive
nights to tragedy and comedy,
and found that under the influence
of the bright songs they did double
the work that was done under the
spell of the slow strains of the
tragedy. But it is necessary also
to make brightness-to be bright
even when earth's clouds are gather
ed thick around, to be able to cheer
as the ship goes down, as we'll as
when it goes merrily along. Illus
trating this by the story of painter
who exposed his pictures to public
criticism and found that when he
asked for the bad points to be noted
his picture was covered with marks,
and when he asked for the good
points to be marked, the marks were
just as numerous, he said that man
may make life full of misery or full
of joy as he will. What is TIE
secret of this joy? 1t is faith in the
port. You who are going home
know what that means. No man Of
you believes that your voyage is al
aimless one round and round, til
the timbers rot and fall apart or yor
drop dead on the deck. You have
faith in the port, and while in YOU
earthly port you may be disapPoint
ed, may find graves where you lef
homes, and vacant chairs where you
left the prattling little ones, we cal
none of us be disappointed with the
safe port of Heaven, where all may
meet, mo wanderer lost, one family il
Heaven What little things ma,
prevent your reaching the homeport
Look at the map and see how tw,
rivers rising within few inches o
one another, yet turned aside b,
some stone, may tiow-one into tn
Arctic Ocean, the other into tn
Pacific. SO is it in life,. little thing
may turn our course and make ou
life flow in different directions
Have faith in the port, boys, an
meanwhile, while life's voyage last