The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-20
18th ANNIVERSARY
OF the Honolulu Branch
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ladies une1 nj the home OF the pres
iSent. Mrs J. NJ Whitney, a. the an
-zzI meeting Of the W. C. 7. T.. It's
ffteenth anniversary. Mrs whitney
conducted the devotional exercises
giving a very interesting taix upon the
hopeful signs o! the universal acrept-
snce Of the Christ in the world. The
encouraging view was drst In n. Ysace
congress, which would have been i'm
possible a few years ago; second, in
the effort which IL being made in be-
half Of Temperance aud purity. There
are Just as many saloons and broihels
bg; public sentiment Is aroused and
awake 10 the importance of suppress
ing them or AZ least by Segregation
making them less harmful to the socia.
fabric Again the canteen law was a
great step in advance and although the
Aftorney-General decided against its
operation the fact that Congress pass
ed such a Law with very little oppose
ton shows that temperance sentiment
10 getting a strong hold of the people.
She spoke of the Dreyfus case as show
ing that the conscience Of the world
is keenly alive to injustice. Sympathy
for the man and denunciation for his
prosecutors II the universal feeling.
Christian unity h smother marked Sign
LOT the coming universal peace. Creeds
and dogmas are relegated to the dim
pass and the golden rule Is coming to
be the only test applied Is fitness for
church membership. The religion Of
Christ Is embodied In that the
of God and the brotherhood
o. man is the religion of today.
The secretary's report was then read
showing some very good work done.
Especially in the Flower Mission de-
psrtment. Thousands Of small bou-
lqCets each with a scripture card tied
to IL with a dainty white ribbon have
been distributed at Buena Vista. Camp
Mckinley. on board transports and at
the prison. Not only flowers but fruit
and literature have been quite freely
distributed among the soldier boys
The report of the treasurer and
several Of the superintendents o: de-
rartments were given.
Mrs. Angie Newman who has been
visiting in Honolulu several months
gave an eloquent address. Her re-
marks we're almost wholly confined to
pleading for the soldiers who SOP
here on their way to Manila. She
Recognised the fact that we had do1e
a marvellous work In the early par; oi
the war and that II could not be kept
up indefinitely, but a kind word OF
any little attention In SO appreciated
by them a. she has found by exper-
fence. She related many little Incl.
dents Of singular interest and am sure
that We all felt that in the future we
would give to as many as came within
our reach little mother love to cheer
them on their way. perhaps. TO their
death. II 10 sad to see these boys. for
many Of them are only boys. going
out to fight for American supremacy
In that far OF region. But II Is not for
that alone. They will carry To those
poor mistaken PiIipinos the suprems
blessing Of American liberty. Mrs
Newman II q very magnetic speaker
and her audience were entbused with
the spirit Of her subject.
After the meeting closed the iadis,
were served by body Of pretty youns
ladies with delicious cake and conss
and most saloysbIs social hour vs,
sIeDt on the lanai and Ia the spacious
psriors sgd thus closed one Of the mos
delightful ssDiysrssrlss IN the NE q
the womsa's Christian TsmpsrsBes
linton NJ the BsvslisD Islands,
N. A. HILTON GREENE,
Recording Secretary
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