The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-14

can know it was for the other fellow.
There are some people who come to
church and just grab up things to get
offended about, whether it belongs to
them or not. 1 can't help it if offend
that kind of people. There are lots of
young men away from home in Homo
lulu, God bless them, lots sof 'em, and
there are hemely married men here, too,
with the blessings of their wives, and,
say-every mothers son Of you'll want
you to sign the pledge, won't you? You
had better do it; don't you know young
men go to pieces drinking beer in cli-
mate like this? I am not saying that If
you don't sign the pledge you will go
to ruin; maybe you won't; you can take
a drink now and then, and keep on doing
it. and not be a drunkard either. but
there's one thing sure, If you do sign
the pledge in earnest, God bless you, you
won't drink any more. tell you what,
my friends, there is not a fellow among
you, if he drinks, that is not dissatisfied
with himself, and that wouldn't like to
be better.
| "Come on tonight and sign the pledge,
it only charges you to have malice to-
wards none and charity for all, and
pledges you not to drink, and that you
will use every fair and honorable means
in your power to help your fellowmen not
ito drink. There are lot of you fellows
that need to sign that pledge; it will do
you good-yes, bless you, it will do you
lots of good. And there are a lot of you,
too, I know, that have got church let
ters in your pockets, and tell you what,
you had better present 'em before they
get worn out in your pockets.
There is another class OF fellows
here I want to talk to; it's the fellows
that are just learning to drink, just
learning to drink, you know, and getting
a little dizzy, and oh! how smart you
think you are, don't you? I want to
catch some of you and turn you over to
the ministers here and let them salt you
down for awhile. There are whole lot
of you want sailing down. You are so
young and fresh and enthusiastic. and
you're just bubbling over with lifei o
what a pity it is, God love you, what a
pity it is that you think it's so smart a
thing to learn to drink. 1t isn't smart,
my boys, no it amt. And don't you
Know it makes young man have an
awful breath to drink beer? I got a
blast of it the other day and it-why, It
staggered me-almost made me drunk
myself Oh for pure water boys, pure
water! Don't you know it is the best
policy of all?
why, If you want to get the best po-
sition and the best pay, you have got to
stay sober. And when you have gotten
over all the tempetations and are saved
from drink, don't you know it's a glo-
rious thing-the consciousness of being
free from such a vile bondage? Ah. .t's
the victories we have won that make us
feel good-the victories we have won =
and. if we have lost the victories we
have lost are very bitter, my friends.
Some old poet has said, We only know
the life we have lived and how true,
how true it is! Some people start out
and everything they touch seems to turn
to gold, and others, alas, everything they
touch turns 10 ashes. All, but if we do
our best, no matter what misfortune
comes to us, we have got that great re-
ward-the glorious consciousness that
we have done the very best we could.
and that means much. And wealth is not
everything anyway; when wealth comes,
why fashion often comes along, and
fashion is a touchy thing. It sometimes
stands In the way of the souls saliva
ton. / don't know if any of you here
tonight are very wealthy, or If you are
troubled with fashion. I don't see much
evidence of either: you are a plain. SEN
sible-looking crowd. Thank God for the
simplicity of love. I am not sure but
that fashion has not done as much harm
to the church of God as anything else