The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-14

|" HE enthusiasm OF the Mormon
jubilee celebration was in no
wise abated yesterday, as was
attested by the crowded house
- when the morning exercises
J opened at the Orpheum, accord
i ing to program, at 10 o'clock, with the
congregational hymn. How Firm a
Foundation. The combined choir. ag-
gregating sixty voices. having had the
benefit of the previous days practice
: was much improved and sang together
with force and harmonious unison. An
) impressive opening prayer was offered
by Kamahai and the program began
with the "Hallelujah Chorus" by
tn. I.aie choir
Chas. Bush. in a few well chosen
words. made an Introductory speech for
z the visitors from Utah, a number of
whom responded with short addresses
l expressive of their pleasure and appre-
citation of the hospitality with which
they were being treated by the
churches and people of the Islands
:, A sextet composed of NJ K Make
kau, Chas. Broad. Clarence Kinney
Dan Kalauawa, Lima and Palili sang
The Watchman," followed by an. or
: gan solo. Under the Double Eagle" by
speeches occupied an entertaining half
: hour among them that of Edmund
4 Eldredge, who was announced by Mr..
Bush as the pioneer companion of Pres
ident Cannon in the early settlement of
: Utah.
u Mr. Eldredge is a few happy words
L expressed his pleasure in the present
= occasion and said that while he came
as stranger, there We're no strangers
u in the great fraternity of a common
3 faith and religion. He dwelt reminis-
> Gently upon the early trials of himself
Il and Mr.. Cannon in the year 1S47 in
3 Utah, the peril of the dread Indian foe
e the difficulties of OK team travel across
2. the unexplored plains and the manifold
y .hardships Of the pioneer in. religion and
/ in the settlement of the country. He
a spoke also of his interest in the Ha.
- " allan people, first aroused through
f meeting a number Of them in Utah am
81 subsequently through his experience.
during trip to the Islands a few
.Iyears later He concluded with al
earnest expression of his feeling o
Christian fellowship and a blessing 70
the Hawaiian people.
v pretty duet, Come. Merry Bird
| of Spring" by Ivy and Hattie Kekuk
was followed by a soprano solo, "Beau
tiful Eden,' Minerva Fernandez. San
uel Lua sang Rocked in the Cradle ,
)T the Deep" and few numbers of II
program were omitted. as it was four
that the time was growing late.
Abraham Fernandez spoke extemp
raneously, his words being of a CO.
gratulatory nature. a trio, 20 Res
less Sea-" and the anthem, II Wait
Patiently concluded the morning =
- ercises. the principal feature being t
' address of George y. Cannon, delive
TEA ed partly in English and partly in {
nc native tongue. The address of N
Cannon was in substance as follows
To- My brethren, / am rejoiced to me
do. with you TO-DAY. L have rejoiced ire
- yesterday morning until the prese
time. / am rejoiced and / am Thanks
de- to see SO great a concourse of peoI
res gathered together to participate in
glorious work of this kind, and L am
expressibly glad to observe the Va
a improvement and the great advant
- ment in the work of God and I
'e Church of Jesus Christ here in tn.
leir beautiful Islands / would that
or might speak to you fluently and az
feel in your native tongue, but | /
ilu, that you will understand the spirit
ta= my words, even though l cannot {
81
cky feel To-Day more than ever tne
g, that bind the people of God togeth
- the spirit of the Lord that makes Us
'i9' love each other, irrespective of race .
as condition, bound together with
ted blessed ties of a common religion.
nd must be so the world over, where p
oha pie come to oelieve In the gospel 9
go down into the waters of baptis
they grow to love one another, a
that, my brethren, is the great prin
pal pie of divine love and religion. 1t
ton the principle struggling
F. ispread abroad among the peoples of
rod earth We are soon to have missi
, % aries in Japan and the day will 81
tcome when we shall reach out to G
ma and Russia and Portugal. and
ioie the corners of the earth. We m
work fast, for the second coming of
sus is near and it is a great labor.
want to implant in the heart Of each
our converts that great desire to spr'
San the blessed message and increase
the ljoy and the blessings of the Church
AIRY Jesus Cnrlst Inat is our work-to
lime d ausd ST. 81 assssa r, ~" of ,ha aosna,
aI the Lord, to prepare for that gr
,lst, event which will be another such
the that of the flood.
in Let us be ready. Let us labor.
!, an us struggle hard to make the people
the earth as one great family in q
- to bring the unenlightened into
light, to baptize and teach the faith
pe the gospel. Let us work and look I
'ugh ward in joyful anticipation to
is a time when great peoples shall dwell
ack- gether in one family, without strife
the contention, perfect in love. The da,
coming. but it will be the milenni
my brethren. The prophecy of the
ture means much labor and much
in the great work of bringing PEI
ltogether-the peoples of the EARTH
cred happy state of harmony and Il
where they shall not deride one ano'
ter land shall dwell in peace and unive
love and all shall be filled with Oh
ro,s joy.
ldone. then will be the time to clea
rist- the earth, to forgive sinners that