The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-05
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES
MRS. BARNEY TALKS on PRISON
REFORM At CENTk L.UNION.
Thirty-One People Received Into st.
Andrews Cathedral--Rev. ID. p. Bir-
ME on Short Sightedness.


of the World Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, who comes from
| America with the highest of recon-
mendations, including that of Mrs.
Frances Willard, spoke before the
evening congregation at Central Union
church yesterday on prison reform.
Being of pleasing address and talk
ing upon an interesting subject, Mrs.
Barney had the attention of her listen
ers from the start. She spoke of the
many hundreds of people who fall to
the depths of utter ruin because there
is no one to care for them. Women
! lives to the downfallen in order that
they might bring them some happi-
ness. The police stations, iails and
sorrowful households were their call
ing places. Mrs. Barney related quite
fully a meeting which she had had
with an elderly woman in one of the
large prisons in the States. The UNI
| fortunate woman was confined in Il
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strength of four men to put her. She
refused to go into court, but upon
Mrs. Barney's kind solicitation, she as
scented. From the woman Mrs. Barney
learned that she had been in prison a
great many times from the time she
was sixteen years of age. She had
been kicked and cuffed by nearly
everyone and there was no one who
seemed to care what became of her.
At the police station she received the
toughest treatment, until she became
almost desperate. Mrs. Barney knelt
down and prayed with the woman in
her cell, and when the two walked
into court arm in arm, a picture was
presented which dumbfounded the po-
lice, for the woman had sworn that it
would take six men to take her there.
4 sentence of six months in the
work house was imposed by the police
magistrate. The woman served out
her time and became a good woman.
She died shortly afterwards devout
Christian.
Mrs. Barney is the guest of Mrs. DIR.
Whitney. She will leave Thursday on
the Mariposa for Australia.
The Bishop of Honolulu admin
istered the rite of confirmation to thir-
ty-one people-nineteen males and
twelve females-at the morning SER
vice in ST. Andrews Cathedral. The
Candidates were presented to the
Bishop by Rev. Alex Macintosh and
Rev. V. II. Kitcat. Rev. John Osborne,
the new vice dean of the Cathedral,
who arrived from Canada with his
family last week, assisted in the con-
firmation service. Two special hymns
were sung by full choral service.
Wray Taylor presided at the organ
and rendered excellent music, includ-
ing the Tannhauser march as the con-
gregation left the cathedral.
There was an unusually large at
tendance. Capt. Macvey Napier, Off
GERS and men of the Wild Swan were
present. SIX
Before a large congregation yester-
day morning, Rev. Douglas p. Brine,
of the Central Union church, spoke on
a subject in which he gave plain facts
and practical ideas. where There Is
No Vision, People Perish, was the
theme. He said that as a people we
owe duty to our neighbor. A man
would be shortsighted to overlook this
fact. An individual devoted to self
culture is short of vision and bound to
come to ruin. \ nation that does not
aspire above financial and CONNER
cial basis is also shortsighted and des-
tined to come to ruin. There is dis
tinction between the wilfully blind
and the ignorantly blind, yet the re-
suit is disaster. The heavenly vision
and the true relation of man to man
is through Christ alone. Mr.. BRINE
says that international difficulties and
luton and the only road open , is
through Christ.
For his morning text Rev. II. W.
Peck took the 18th verse. third chap
ter of the Book of Ephesians: $50
know the love of Christ which passeth
knowledge that We might be filled with
all the fullness of God"
} The thought of his evening sermon
is indicated by these texts:
Forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against
! u.s.
with what measure We mete it shall
be measured to you again.
God who is rich in mercy"
He hath not dealt with us after
our sins, nor rewarded us according
to our iniquity."
"Be We merciful as your Father in
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