The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-26
Fine Meeting at the Hall Last
Night.
REVIVALIST WHO REYIVES.
\ small Audience but a Good Talk.
The Duty of a Christian-Work
Needed Here - Arrangements for
the Week-ActiVe Work in View.

The y. VI. C. \. hall was not as
well filled last night as it was ex-
| pected, probably because his ad-
vent here was unexpected to the
majority OF the church people but
the few who were there heard words
that went direct to their hearts, for
Mr.. Yatman is a forcible speaker
The services opened with the
singing of a hymn and Mr.. Lowrey
asked the blessing of God upon the
gathering and that benifcent good
might come from the visit of the
revivalist. At the close of the
prayer Mr.. Lowrey spoke of the
agreeable surprise and pleasure he
felt at having Mr.. Yatman here,
and gave his reasons for the small
ness of the meeting. He felt GER
tain that during the coming week
the numbers would be largely in
creased. After song service and
worship, NJ. Yatman said: By a
special Providence the bible had
been divided long years ago so
that every one, be he rich
or poor Christian or Jew could get
it. Like bread upon the table it
was broken into fragments so that
every one could get them and for
their eternal good.
In speaking of revivals he said
that "a successful revival is not
alone in numbers nor in the people
but in God reviyals are not al
ways known by numbers. He re-
membered a revival meeting where
$50 of the people present professed
conversion to God, their hearts had
been open to receive the word and
great was the Joy, loud were the hal
leluiahs in heaven at the result,
The next meeting there was but
one soul saved, one heart, that in
the breast of David Livingston
ready to receive Christ and to be
lieve in His word, but the Joy was
not less or the hallelujahs fewer.
Specifically it might be said that
the first meeting was the most
successful. But it was not so
in the eyes of God. In His eyes it
is the quality of the religion, not
the quantity. You know and l
know and every one knows how apt
people are to get converted to the
pastor, not to Christ, and when it
happens that the pastor leaves they
find their hearts free from religion
such as God asks. The preacher
has gone and their religion went
with him. They become converted
to a church, to a creed, or to
preacher-nOt to God. Their hearts
must be true to God before they
can be Christians; that's what re-
ligion Is for. Their hearts must be
touched that i what Is needed in
Honolulu.
1t is necessary that sin should be
shut out from our sight; ii Is told US
in the bible that the wages OF sin Is
death and the wages have never
been cut down. Sometimes people
say that men are hardened: that
they are beyond the reach OF the
voice OF God. It's a mistakei
They are never so; it takes work,
hard work to reach them some
times, but that's what we are here
for. to work for Christ, TO teach the
ignorant, to make the unbeliever
believe, to bring him to realiza-
ton of what God demands of Us
that we may have everlasting life.
The divine laws must be OBJ
served; the penalty for breaking
them Is even greater than for break
ing any of the hygenic laws. An
infraction OF any of the latter may
result seriously, except in instances
OF sudden death. The laws must
be kept And these laws are for Us
all alike, the pagan and the Chris
tian; there Is no difference. Gods
law Is one. Here in Honolulu you
have all classes, and Gods law
covers all, for each possesses a hu-
man soul. and If one OF those souls