The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-21

II HAT the Jesuit mission which has
been conducted in Honolulu for
the past two weeks by Fathers
Boarman and Megevney has been sue
cessful one. was amply demonstrated
last night when the concluding lecture
was delivered by Father Boarman to
an audience which tested the capacity
of the immense church. Many persons
were compelled to stand about the door
ways and even at the gateway leading
to the principal portal. The audience
| included Catholics, Protestants and
Buddhists, all of whom listened with
rapt attention to all that was said,
Father Boarman expressed himself as
rewarded for the labors of himself and
| brother Jesuit during the short time
| they have been in Honolulu. and he
heartily thanked all within the sound
of his voice for aiding in the success of
the mission He said he would take
away with him the fondest memories
of his visit. and he called for blessings
upon the holy men who had given up
their lives to remain here in the islands
to instruct and lead those of the Catho-
| lie faith.
At the conclusion of the address,
which was rather more brief than those
preceding it, the Papal penediction was
1 a IS 10
blessing of the Pope was granted to the
Society of Jesus to be said at the end
of every mission. The service is soul
| inspiring, interspersed as it is with
| beautiful music and while the large
cross was raised before the audience
/ by the Jesuit and the benediction said,
solemn stiffness perYsded the Cathe-
dral The Bishop of Panopolis assisted
in the service at the altar clothed in
vestments of rare beauty.
One of the salient features of Father
Boarman's lecture last night was his
aggressive treatment of the liquor ques-
ton. He came out strongly against the
use of liquor by men who have no need
Of it whatever, except under the direc-
ton of those who prescribe it for bene-
fit as q medicine. His denunciation of
the men who use liquor merely as
means of brutaliZing their. minds and
bodies, was severe and sincere. Father
| Boarman's peculiar trait in his address
| is his plan speaking, no beating
around the BUSH" and saying exactly
| what is in his mind. He protested
against the saloon where men remain
! for hours doing nothing but filing
1 ? no coIr rxitl, ir1fn n
ed the men of the Catholic church for
permitting themselves to be led into
the evils brought on by drink, and it
tered a protest against the drinking of
the native brew. swipes. as partaking
of the vilest of mans evil habits. So
far as the drinking of swipes was con-
cerned, he would rather man would
send to Kentucky and get the real
thing" rather than that a man should
| taste one drop of the native decoction.
His talk upon the evils of intern
perance was a surprise to the congrega-
ton, but the reverend father showed
that he was acquainted with his subject
and with the innumerable evils result
| ing from the use of intoxicating liquor.
In language, forceful and to the point,
Father Boarman led his audience along
the trail of abuses wrought by the use
of liquor and implored tie Hawaiiaus
as n race to let it alone. He said De
was an American of Americans and he
knew what the invasion Of the Ameri-
cans meant to the HaWaiians here. He
pointed out to them that the American
was shrewd Yankee and that the
more the Hawaiian drank, the sooner
would he lose all the land he ever pos
sessed and be a candidate for the poor
house. Father Boarman said, in part:
We arrived amongst you three weeks
ago, and scarcely had we landed than
wer We're ushered into the pulpit, and
from that time to this We have been in
structing and exhorting you If we have
been a source of edification to you, we
must acknowledge that all we have done
here has been a source of editcation to
us. We can never sufficiently thank God
for having been permitted to live here
for three weeks amongst. these holy
fathers who have been working for
many years for your salvation. l have
felt We have been amongst apostolic
men, men who have given up all for
God, men who at moments notice
would be willing to lay down their lives
for you; men who have given up their
fortunes, all that the world can offer
! theI1 and came from another world, so
to speak, to live and die here for your
salvation. We have learned to love them,
and so we have the native people; who
cannot but love them, with their sweet
and gentle and mild disposition? We
have regretted that We have not been
able 10 learn their language and pour
forth our souls to them. But have
learned the word Aloha. a beautiful SEN
t.ment. We have been edited at their
devotion and also that of Portuguese.
They have shown that .hey hold the
faith as strong here as back in their
earlier home. We thank God that our
American Catholics in Honolulu have re-
sponded to the grace of God an that
they have made the mission
From the opening Of the mission We
have spoken to you on the doctrines of
the church. We have laid before you the
great truths Of religion and spoken OF
mercy of God and we have laid before
YOU the truth that the man who served