The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-29
YESTERDAY IN
RELIGIOUS CIRCLES
What Was Doing Among the
Active Christian Work
ers He t.

Rev. George c. Adams was on the sub
iect willing and Doing" with the
text from Rom. 7:19, and a large at
tendance listened to the impressive ad-
dress.
Mr. II. r. Wichman sang the offer |
tory solo, jesus, Lover Of My Soul.
The sermon of the evening service
was on The Meaning of Bethel the
text being from Gen. 2S:19.
Mr. Wichman and the choir sang the
anthem, Seek Ye the Lord" and the
call to worship by the choir was Sweet
the Monuments The service was well
attended
sALvATfoN ARMY.
Colonel French of the. Salvation Ar
my returned yesterday morning on the
w. G. Hall from Kauai, where ne rad
been taking a tour of inspection. &c
companying him were Majors Harris
and Wood. Captains Lewis and Nc
Leod, Lieuts. Lyman, Carroll and Nc
Lehman.
On being interviewed about his trip
and the impressions it had made upon
him he expressed himself as very pleas
ed with his visit. After landing at Ma
wiliwili, the party drove to Koloa.
where Sunday school meeting was
held in the afternoon and a public well
come reception in the Army's own hall
at night In spite of the fact that the
roads were nearly impossible on ac-
count of it having rained necessarily
for the past two weeks there was
splendid crowd present. on the fol-
lowing day there was a drive to Wal
nlea. where sinilar program was ar
ranged On the return trip to koloa a
stdf, was made at EIee;e for a Sunday
school meeting. The last enga cement
was a. tea and meeting with the mem
bers of the Army on the Island held at
Koloa. Eight new members were pub
licly taken in by the Colonel; one was
a white man, the second a native Wom-
an, five were Japanese and the other
Chinaman, thus showing, said the Colo
mel, the cosmopolitan work of the Ar
my. The Army has a nice little prop
erty in Koioa consisting of a hall seat
ing $50. with cottage for the officers
quarters 1t is a credit to the local
= corps and the Islands. He could not
help but feel that the Army had a
strong hold upon the affections of all
classes on thai Island, both rich and
poor. A good work had surely been
done as was Evidenced by the show of
EIHeiQUNTS- HtanN OIL WHOM were Tedl
trophies of saving grace, having been
saved from the depths of sin. AS to
the Island Itself, he thought it well de-
served its name of Garden Island -
the Wainea and Hanapepe valleys were
beautiful pieces of landscape, but of
course this was not said disparagf ngly
Of the other Islands, which he had not
yet been able to visit The return trip
A-ae ~, Ia
party suffered from NAL de mer, but
still the program as mapped out for
yesterday was carried through.
AT Il O'Clock the union meeting in the
penitentiary was held. The Y NJ. C. A.
and native churches very generously
gave up their usual time to the sister
organization. The chairman of the Y
NJ. c. a. committee, Mr.. Howard, open
Ell the service and then handed it over
TO Major Wood who took charge for
the Army. Three men who have been
converted IN the Army's meetings in
size the prison walls and are now mem
bels of the Army spoke words of vel
come. while a sextet composed of pris-
oners and a quintet of guards enliven-
ed the proceef7in orc with vocal seIec-
tions Lieut. Carroll, who had put in
two years in this penitentiary before
his conversion. and was known b.
many of the men present. made strik-
iingly effective talk Major Harris SANG
an Army song TO the tune of Just as
the Sun Went Down In introducing
Col French 70 the audience Major
Wood said that he was sure that no
where would the Colonel be better well
coined or his word listened TO with raore
interest LEan right there. Taking as
hIs text, What shall t profit a man
If he gain the whole world and lose his
soul; or what shall a man give in ex-
lchange for his SOUL" he made most
stirring address, which was listened to
most intently
a good crowd gathered at night in the
Kawaiahao Church to hear the distin-
guished visitor. Many w',ite faces
were noticed in the audience. Rev Mr.
Parker introduced the speakers, while
the Army soloist, Mrs. Capt. Jensen
assisted the the church choir with tive
lsolos The Colonel's talk was based on
the parable of the fig tree. the principal
points in the sermon being that every
opportunity brings responsibility Mr.
Parker interpreted the speakers re
marks.
AT the close of this service the Colo
mel and his party proceeded to the Ar
my hall and participated IN the clos
} ing exercises of the evenings meeting
there.
fTonight the Coloners topic is to bt
F"The Holy Ghost" and the meeting
will be in the Army hall.
Young Mems Christian Association.
Lieut-CoL George C. French delivered
the regular Sunday afternoon sermon al
the Young Mems Christian association
hail yesterday, the forces of the Saliva
ton Army and the Association uniting If
services.
Major Wood, who introduced Col
French. said that the party of Saliva.
tionists who have been conducting ser
vices on Kauai had just returned and
reported excellent success with the series
, of meetings held there. Major Harrison
who accompanies Col. French as hi
travelling secretary, sang several solos.
The scripture lesson read by Majo
Wood was from the third chapter of st
PauPs epistle TO the Ephesians, and tn
I'll 1,z-C 81 E-1-or -zyo.