The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-09
THE CROSS
IN HAWAII
SaIvationArmy's Record
Here.
REPORTS BY MAJOR WOOD
Nearly Fifteen Hundred War Crys
Sold Each Week in These
Islands.

| The following from the Salvation Army
paper the War Cry, is written by Major
Wood, the Army leader in Hawaii, who
has returned from tour of Kauai:
| I was booked for four more days on the
Island with meeting on Kekaha, Maka-
well, Koloa and Lihue, but early the
nj xt morning Rev. Mr.. Massie came over
to the friends where l was staying with
the news that was wanted in Honolulu
al once, for Mrs. Wood was dangerously
i'll 1t came upon me like thunder-clap
so unexpected for all was well when I
left home. Mr.. Massie kindly took right
hold while tried to pull myself together
and get ready for the journey. He ascer-
tanned that a small steamer was leaving
Kilauea, fifty-five miles on the other side
Of the Island, that night, and by tele-
lphone arranged for my transportation.
Saying goodbye to dear Mr.. and Mrs.
| Fossoth, who had so kindly looked after
my welfare, the Adjutant drove me over
to Kickapoo, where Mr.. Francis Gay had
one of his teams and carriages waiting
for me. They took me the first stage to
! Laval, twelve miles on the road; here an
Other carriage, sent by Mrs. Rice, met me
and took me on ten miles to Lihue, where
II transferred to the third carriage, fur
nished by the same kind friend. This car
! ried me sixteen miles to Anahola, where
I made the last change into the convey
| ance sent by Mr.. Ewart, the manager of
the Kilauea plantation. With this we
lowered the last twelve miles, and found
the "Waialeale'' lying in Kilauea Bay.
/ shall never forget the great kindness
and sympathy of these friends. I know
that God will reward them.
On arrival in Honolulu next morning, /
found that Mrs. Wood had been removed
to the Sanitarium. and my heart was
; lgladdened by the news that she was a
little better. The Honolulu friends had
done their utmost in my absence to make
her comfortable. She is still confined to
3 her bed, but / am hoping that by the
E goodness of God she win be around in a
4 few weeks. i sure our comrades will
3 pray for her.
Caps. Bamberry's last letter was very
cEeering. Fcrty-seven japanese had been
forward in his meetings during the pre-
; vlous week processing conversion. Meet
8 lirgs had been started the Kihei plan
q ltatiCn; things looked very encouraging.
2 The Hilo news was equally as bright
: The recruits are doing well. Another
Z company of Juniors has been formed
3 with one of the recruits in charge. This
g makes four, their company names being
3 % Aloha dove; (2) Kanakila (victory); g.
8 HanoH Goy); and (D Manaolana (hope)
3 War Crys and Young Soldiers are go
8 ling up.
g Honolulu is also very much to the
z front; forty-four souls last month were
Z recorded. Last night We had three for
g ward. One used to be slum soldier ir
3 Philadelphia when l was there. Since
e then he has been an officer in England
= and after being Jonah has got righ
z orce more. May God keep him right.
: We had very good meeting last nigh
/: here in Honolulu. Nine hands Were rails
8 ed for prayer.
lpoa0 bp
z fduring this meeting. The first was thu
g unique one, which We held in the open al
8 while out of a hall, when five were takel
z in the second took place during the Sc
= RES of re-openings, when two were sworn
4 lin. Between times the Captain has en-
g rolled over four herself, and again it wa
2 my privilege to accept six more, thu
g bringing the roll call up to 6S.
q Like all seaport corps, many of thes
e are sailor boys, travelling the high sea
3 and carrying the tidings of salvation t
3 ali parts of the world, but at the sam
g time the record of our open-air operation
q she WIS that a real permanent and loca
g work is being accomplished. During tn
3 last three months of last year, before tn
g plague broke out-Oetober, November, De
= cember-the average weekly attendant
q of soldiers in the open-airs was IS; Will
g the same for the last three months
= March. April and May-shows Ill, or jus
q double.
q Then, again, it is very gratifying to GU
q hard-working comrades in the Islands, t
g know that the soul-saving work goes o
g iapace. Last month 81 souls professe
g conversion, while the three previou
e months show an average of 40 per month
g for the five corps.
g The War Cry circulation was never a
= such high notch as it is at present. w
g dispose of LBS of our own Coast Cry, 81
& Japanese Crys and "a German, and gu
g orders for these, besides the Young Sol
g der and 'Harbor Light, are continu
. ally increasing.
eS And yet this was accomplished on fiv
q small Comparatively speaking) islands
g stretching across 400 miles of ocean an
= having total population of only 1900
g and of whom only Is per cent can spea
g the English language. This explains
g few of the difficulties which, by the hel
8 of God, we are conquering. Almost
y IEationalites are represented amongst tt
g seekers for salvation-Hawaiiau, Chimes
= and Japanese; American, English, Gel
q man, Portuguese. Scandinavians, POLAND
8 lers, etc. Surely here we are proving tt
- truth of that old song:
g ut doesn't matter whether
70 We are black or white
s. Captain Bamberry has been having
q new experience. For several days he W;
g quite under the weather and was kept o.
q of two or three meetings. He hard
S knows what to make of such state
= affairs as this; it is certainly somethii
g new for an Irishman to be sick, but
& has good Colonial looking after him al
g trust he will not allow it to happ'
8 again.
% The boys write very encoura gingly
y Maui. They have had sailor boy saw
g and he evidently intends to be soldit
q Maui has always been considered one
q the particularly hard corners; but ha
g work, faith in God and holy living a
q bound to have their effect. Oh, that
g could get the people to make a couI
e mere circuits on this Island!
8 After resting for two months, Lie,
s Elliott Is returning from Kauai to Hor
y lulu. The Captains will hail her retu
g with delight, for they have missed I
q help very much, and almost need to
q on rest themselves.
3 Our friends. 1 am sure, will be glad
= know that Mrs. Wood continues to
g prove, slowly but surely, for which all
q glory is due to our Heavenly Father.