The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-14

IL L. I1O"IduU I5s bs De GIRLS QlLQ
self, spiritual evangelist. who hail,
from San Francisco. He came on the
last Australia, In the steerage, anC
his arrival was heralded by half
column account of him in the Sar
Francisco Examiner. That paper
stated that he had tried to Jump" 6
doctors bill of S1675O. which he
owed for the professional services oil
DIR. Townsend, OF that city.
Mr.. Rowland has kept himself
rather quiet in this city since his ar
rival, with the exception of q short
talk that he gave at the Y. N. c. A.
last Sunday evening. But it was only
the calm before the storm, for he
does not intend to remain quiescent
by any means.
Dir. Rowland WAS seen by an AID.
yKRTIsER man last evening at his
room on Fort street. Though it was
only s o'clock, the evangelist had re
tired for the night, but was rudely
awakened from his virtuous slumbers
by the knock on his door. When the
reporter entered, Mr.. Rowland could
not be seen, but a womanish voice
asked him to take Il seat.
Yes, am tho Dir Rowland men
toned In the Examiner" said this
voice from the depths OF volumin-
ous mosquito netting, land 1 am a
martyr-a martyr t. the Christian
aud spiritual canet, a'.d to the YOra
city of the San Francesca newspaper
men for news Let ue tell You my
story.
Il am a spiritual Christian-pro-
baby the only spiritual Christian in
,he world today. By that term,
mean one who combines spiritualism
with Christianity. L do not believe
have departed this earth, but con
verse with them nevertheless. 1 am
a regularly ordained Baptist minis
ter, aud have been holding meetings
at st. Georges hall, at 9O91 Market
street, for the past four months.
my brother, who has been In San
Francisco with me, has chronic ill
ness, from which be suffers for six
months of every year. He was taken
Ill in San Francisco some time ago,
and 1 called In DIR. Townsend to see
him. His treatment was very effica
cious, aud my brother rapidly re-
covered
"Then 1 decided to come to Homo.
lulu to continue my evangelistic
work
You know" said the voice from
the depths OF the netting, ''that in
the east physicians never think Of
charging a minister OF the gospel for
any professional services, so when
DIR. Townsend presented his bill,
through a collector, / was astounded,
and supposed it was either joke or
that the collector was trying to beat
me . of my money. at any rate 1
paid no attention to the bill, but went
on with my meetings until the time
came for me to sail for Hawaii.
The day the Australia left,
went out to the livery stable where 1
kept my little horse" (the reverend
gentleman spoke as though it was a
shetland pony that he had), ''and L
found that it and my buggy had been
attached by an emissary of the doctor.
was a-tounded, for 1 thought of
course the physician understood how
/ felt about this b+.1, and that L
didn't want to pay Ii.
my first thought was to let my
little horse go, but then L thought
that ] would not let my enemy
triumph, so 1 paid the bill and re
leased the horse"
Just how this kept the enemy from
triumphipg was another point that
Mr.. Rowland, evangelist, reserved.
Then 1 sailed for Honolulu,
though / at first thought that. IN
view of what had appeared in the San
Francisco paper, / would remain
there. But 1 knew that L had done
no wrong, from my point OF view,
and resolved not to allow any such
thing to deter me from my purpose.
II will commence my spiritual re-
yiyals here next Tuesday night, open
ing at the Arion hall. / am not
common revivalist. / combine my
Christian teachings with giving
spiritual seances, telling the future
and past by means of palmlstry and
also practicing psychometry."
This last word was too much for
the understanding of the newspaper
representative, and he asked MIR.
Rowland to explain himself. With
long drawn out sigh, he said that 1t
would take too long to enter into
dissertation of the mysteries of his
long-named art, but if the ADVERTISER
man would call tomorrow, he would
be pleased to do so.
By a glance at the dictionary the
meaning of the mystic word was re-
yealed. 1t means, according to Web
ster, the art of measuring the durs-
ton of mental processes. What this
has to do with Christianity is prob
ably only known to the evangelist
himself, but il he had made 1t apply
to the art of measuring the duration
of legal processes he would have been
S167 80 better off than he is today.
Il may sell my little horse" said
the doctor, in conclusion, latter en-
ter into my work next week. / keep
him for my own comfort and for my
bl others, and we both need the out
door exercise that he gives Us.
II am confident of reaping a large
harvest of souls in this city. I went
to the Y. nj. G. A. last Sunday even
ing, and was not at ali pleased