The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-16


+ when Francis Murphy open
ed his Bible and read the
story of David and Goliath. During the
sermon that followed his congregat ton
were transported from laughter to
tears and from tears to laughter again
as the magnetic speaker slipped from
Irish wit to gentle pathos and from a
bit of absurd acting back into elo-
quent seriousness.
He pictured the comedy and tragedy
of little things in home life so that the
simplest heart might understand, and
from little children to white-haired men
and women his audience was in sym
pathy and understanding.
] Mrs. DR.. Mcdonald sang a sacred
solo, and after number of hymns by
the choir and congregation, Mr.. Muir
ply took up the Bible.
'It is our compass, this good book, y
said he, "the compass that we can't
get along without sailing across the
sea of life. am going to read to you
about a brave boy that is told about in
this book. He was an Israelite and
the 1sraelites were in fear and trem-
bling because of great army of Phil
listines. These Phillistines were on
the hill tops and hillsides. and at the
head of them all was a great giant
called Goliath, and this great giant
would come out and shout, Give me a
man and l will take his flesh and feed
it to the fowls of the air. and then
the poor little Israelite would shake
and tremble and be so scared, like this:
(Mr. Murphy gave dramatic illustra-
tion Of the frightened Israelite quak-
ing in fear). Why, that giant was SO
big his voice made the mountains
shake, and no wonder the Israelites
We're afraid. They hadn't anybody
brave enough to go forth and fight the
great Goliath, and poor Saul was cry
ing out in vain for some one to go out
against the Phillistines.
8 Finally came this poor little boy,
David, and what does he say? Listen:
II have been a herder of my fathers
sheep and there came lion and bear
and took away a lamb from the flock,
and I went out and delivered it out of
against me I caught him by the beard
and I killed both the lion and the bear,
and this uncircumcised Phillistine shall
be as one of them What a brave
boy! His father had put him to defend
the sheep, and see how he had done it.
He had choked the lion and made him
give up the stolen lamb, and he had
killed the lion and the bear, and now,
x.yhn o1ca afraid this
brave youth tells Saul, Thy servant
will go forth and fight the Phillistines.
Why, Saul looked at him and said.
What, you! Why, You are only a
youth; you can't go out there and fight
the giant He looked down at the
boy-bless your heart, the boy had been
sent out by his father with a pail Of
doughnuts and cheese, and maybe some
sausages and ham sandwiches, to take
the lunch to the soldiers, and 10 and
behold, he was the bravest one among
them. He was brave enough to go and
fight the giant. Oh, men, be brave.
It's cowardice that loses us our sal
walton! Why, lot of you are not
brave enough to join the church, and
you would sign the pledge but you
haven't the courage. A whole lot OF
you get laughed out of church, laughed
out of your better self, and laughed out
of heayeni Just little ridicule takes
away all your courage; oh, isn't that
too bad! 1t don't take so much cour-
age if you only knew it. Why. men,
you don't have to resist a barrel Of
whisky; you only have to resist a little
glass of it. God will give you strength
as He gave this boy! oh, but wait a
minuteI Here's DR.. Whitney, and he
is going to speak little bit before
) go on. Here, Doctor, take my place.
DIR. whitney stepped to the front.
MY friends" said he, true enough
II promised Mr.. Murphy I would say
something before he spoke. I am very
lglad to see SO many of you out tonight
to hear what Mr.. Murphy has to say
Il thank you' With this he sat down.
Now wasn't that nice Speech" saiC
Mr.. Murphy, rising. He kept his prom
jise, but he didn't say much, to be sure
He's like the boy that some one asked
lif his father was church member. oh
iyes,' said he, me dads church member
but he amt workin' much at it just now.
"As 1 was saying, some of you &c
laughed out of the Kingdom of Heaven
laughed out of church. laughed out o
lprayer meeting, and laughed out of max
ing the declaration of trying to live