The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-28

The meeting held by Mr.. Yatman
at Y. NJ. G. A. Hall yesterday after
noon was a rare treat to those per-
sons present His text was taken
from the tenth chapter of jeremiah,
11th to 14th verses, inclusive The
speaker referred to these words in
connection with revivals, words that
were spoken six hundred years before
Christ came and which had been
spoken to people who had wandered
from him. He also compared the
third chapter of Genesis with the
third chapter of John, adding that
they could never be separated. He
knew that there were people who op-
posed revivals, revivalists or evangel-
lists. There were some in Honolulu
who did that, but it was all right.
Revivals are not new thing. Mem
ton of them would be found all through
the old testament and the history of
the new testament begins with the
revival by John the Baptist. His
meeting may have been small at the
beginning, just as small as this one,
but by and by they grew larger, and
sometimes royalty could be seen
there. Herod, the king, went and
gladly listened, but he would not be-
lieve, because John would not arrange
certain parts of his teachings to suit
him. The people of Jerusalem at
tended; even those who had gone
about the streets crying "Crucify
Him." had attended revivals and
many of them were converted to
Christ.
You often hear people-church peo
ple-say they are going to
''get up revival" Let me
get up revivals. Revivals don't come
up; they come dOwn-a revival means
turning unto God. The idea that
religion or revivals mean long faces
is a mistake; it means broad ones, like
this. (And the speaker drew his hands
apart as far as he could.) You don't
have to look miserable sim ply because
you are religious; look within your
selves if you want that If you want q
distracted expression, look about you;
but if you want to look happy, look
up.
Another thing, people get mixed;
they think-that is, some people
think-that poverty and religion go
hand in hand together; that it is ut
terly impossible to reach heaven ex-
cept in a calico skirt, but it's mis-
take. God made silk worms so that
we could have silk; some people like
silk, [ do; and some people like linen,
so God made fax that we may have
it. The Lord Will take you to his
heart, my friends, no matter what
your raiment is. The great Kimberly
diamond fields were made for a pur-
pose. Good people wear their prod
uct as well as bad ones. | like dia-
mOnds. / think they are beautiful,
but | can't afford to wear them. We
could all get along without them, just
as we could get along without the
beautiful flowers aud without the song
birds. | dare say we could reach
heaven without any Of these things,
but God gave them to US that our
pathway through life might be pleas
anter. Revivals, my friends, come
from God that your hearts may be
cleansed, so that you may realize and
enjoy the blessings He has sent you.
A revival means separation from
sin. There is no prosperity in sin but
it sometimes takes a revival to make
people realize it. Sin is black spot
and a blight on your lives and you
must get relief from God.
During the service Mr.. Yatman
spoke of the necessity of faith in the
Bible, without it there could be no
Christianity. Speaking of his expert
ence in different parts of the country
he related an incident that happened
somewhere in South Carolina during
a boys meeting.
a little boy who had been convert
ed attended two or three meetings
after he bad confessed Christ, but the