The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
TALKS TO
JAP ANESE
Miss Murcutt Tells Of
Love and Charity.
WOULD ERADICATE EVIL
Gives Statistics Concerning Impor-
tation of Liquor and
Wines.

MISS Murcutt addressed large Japan
csc congregation last night at the Jap
anese church on Nuuanu street, Rev. Mr.
Mitamura first spoke to his assembled
mock, introducing Miss Murcutt and wel.
coming her to the church
Mrs. kishemoto acted as interpreter.
and Miss Murcutt spoke at some length
relating stories of her travels and draw
ing from them morals against the evils
of drink
Il have come to you stranger in a
strange land" said she. land 1 speak
another tongue than yours, but the word
of God brings a message in the unIver.
sal language, the language of divine love
and human charity. 1t is with this mes
sage that l come to you tonight. You
have already heard the story of the Saw
Tor, and you know how He gave His pre-
cious life-blood that we might De saved
Your good minister speaks to yoa from
the Holy Book and teaches you His wis
dom; these things you have heard and
are still hearing, and it is a great bless
ing, but L come with a special message
and l wish to speak to you tonight of a
great evil that is in our City; this great
evil comes into our homes and taxes
away our boys and girls and leaus Them
down into deep trouble, into misery, and
crime and disgrace; it seeks our boys ont
on the streets, and it is waiting every
where for victims; it comes in bright,
dazzling forms, and sometimes we do not
know it is an evil thing until it has fast
ened its clutches about US, and we are
all but lost!
'.Oh, my friends. that evil is strong
drink, and l want you TO help me sht
il. want you to stand for what is right
and noble and to deliver yourselves and
your children, and your friends and your
neighbors from this great curse / want
you to reach out the helping nand and
snatch away the glass of destruction
from the lips of him who would drain
it. Such a lot of woe comes of strong
drink, and it is strange that people will
drink it, is it not? 1t makes them so
unhappy, so miserable, SO wretched; ana
oh, what sorrow it brings to the home.
How many poor mothers are weeping for
lost sons, how many for daughters that
have fallen into lives of living DEATH Oh,
tell you, my friends, we should guard
our children carefully, and instil in their
minds the love of what is sweet and
wholesome and pure, the spirit of the
Savior. Jesus Christ.
They say this is a great wicked City.
and l myself know there are terrible
evils within your gates, for 1 have gone
about and 1 have seer such sights as
have made me aShamed-ashamed that
human beings, who were created in the
image of Him on high, should fall SO low
and become so STEPPED in disgrace and
crime. Sometimes it seems SO great
task that one almost despairs; it is such
a big, big world, and sin and wretched-
ness is everywhere; wherever the bless
ed word of the Savior penetrateS there
also penetrates the great evil of strong
drink, and it drags, drags, drags its VIC
tins ever downward; it's influence seems
to overwhelm and almost put out the lit
tie ray of light that we carry into the
darkness.
1--WE must labor, and continue to labor,
individually and together. Each one OF
us can help those about us; we can help
our children by teaching them to shun
the curse; We can help our friends by
going among them and telling them the
sweet spirit of Jesus who died for us; we
can love them into the kingdom of the
blest, and we can do so much for our
poor, miserable fellow-creatures by
touching the tender chords or their
hearts with kind words. Oh, let US all
be ready TO give the word of warning
when we see a soul tottering blinoiy on
the verge OF QeStruCllOU nave lidNci-
ed far and | have seen much that is great
and marvellous and beautiful, and l shall
tell YOU about some of these things, but
when it is all done, my friends, my
heart aches with the remembrance or
tha sin and trouble and despair that is
through it all, caused in the greater part
by the curse of drink.
Miss Murcutt then Described many
places she had visited and told number
of interesting stories of people she mad
met In foreign countries. She gave also
some statistics as to the great importa-
tfon into every. country of wines ana
Honor and drew comparisons as to the
number of drunkards made by the wines
and the number Of converts made by the
missionaries She appealed to the Cnris-
tanned Japanese to work among Their
countryrnen and to tell the story OF sal
walton for all.
At the close of Miss Murcutt's address
Rev. Mr.. Mitamura thanked her on pe,
ba1s of his congregation and dismissed
lthe meeting with his blessing.