The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-31

Christ. under the text Behold the man, "
John xix: 10.
In illustration of the beauty of the
Saviors life and how It appeals to the
human heart, the evangelist told of his
visits to the masterpiece sacred paint
it had aroused in other visitors and the
effect of the beautiful portrayal of the
Perfect Being.
In Buda-Pesth he stood before the
painting of the master Munkacsy, Be
hold the Man." looking upon it for hours,
as did others who had come to see. the
tears streaming down the faces of the
visitors as the power of the painting
brought before them the SufferinSs of
the Savior. In Brussels he had visited
the WiertZ Gallery to see The Triumph
of Christ and in Belgium, Ruben's mas
terpiece, THE Descent from the Cross, ;"
had appealed to him with wonderful
power from the walls of the Antwerp Ca
thedral.
The gentleness of Christ. His patience
and unselfishness, and the great beauty
of his life of suffering were wildly por-
trayed by Mr. Giel, and when he repeat
ed the oft-told story of the CrucifiXion
there were number of his audience
Who wept.
n opening his lecture Mr. Giel read a
short~l lesson from the fifth chapter of
Iosbua on the leadership of Joshua in
the obstruction of the city of Jericho,
drawing a number of morals from the
incidents conpscted with the silent march
around the city Tor SIX Gays ana tne
great shout that vent up on the seventh
when the mouths q the soiuiers were
unsealed and the pGi'-up iorce VI me
demonstration terrified the popuiatlon OF
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straight ahead of him and DESTROY the
wall that was in front" Saaid Mr. Giel
land each man did as he was toia; 1hat
was the way to do; the great VANS leli
How many OF us are contens 10 go
straight ahead OF us and attack tie WIN
that is in front? That is why so fe" are
great workers for Christ; they don't Want
to go straight ahead and do the tEiiis
that is there for them to do. So mauy
people want to go out into foreign felda
to work. They think they can save more
souls by going into a foreign country,
just as if there weren't enough for them
to save at home. Why, l tell you that
unless a man can save souls at home, he
will not save many abroad, and l
/ wouldn't subscribe 1--WE cents to send a
man to China or Japan, or anywhere
else. if that man couldn't save souls
right in his own home
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Judas Is
CARROT will be the lecturers subject, and
there will be the usual evangelistic ser
vice this evening. The lecture for to-
morrow evening will probably be Mr..
GieFs copyrighted account of the funer-
al of George Muller, the great orphan
philanthropist. Mr.. Giel says that he
was the only stranger admitted to the
orphans service. anu that the lecture has
hpap received wit a mn oiaf in
all the larger cities of the Eastern
States.
On Sunday morning at IL O'Clock the
evangelist will speak at the Christian
Church. at 1870 he will speak through an
interpreter to the Hawaiians at Hawai-
ahao Church. AT p. m. he will preach.
on THE Man in a Shadow to men only
in the auditorium of Central Union
Church. and Sunday evening there will
De a farewell mass meeting, at which
MIR. Giel hopes to arouse much enthu-
siasm.
WEDNESDAYS MEETING.
Evangelist Giel's lecture Wednesday
afternoon at Central Union Church on
was one of the most interest
ing from a historical standpoint, that
has been heard in Honolulu.
Mr.. Giel. in his preliminary talk,
spoke briefly of his visit to the island
of Patmos, which, in the time of the
Apostle John, was by no means des-
ert isle, as is often popularity supposed,
but boosted population of 100000,
governors palace, a circus, and at least
two magnificent temples. one of which
was the shrine of Diana of Ephesus,
At the present time the population
has dwindled to $500, and there are
364 church buildings in the territory,
or one to every ten inhabitants. The
islano is about eleven miles long and
five miles wide, narrowing to, In one
place. some 300 feet across. OF the $500
all are protesting Chris
tians but twenty, who are the repre-
sentatives of the Sultan of Turkeys
under whose control the |
island is nominally managed. Patmos
is one of the few holy places of the
Christian religion whose authenticity |
is certain. There has been an unbrok- |
en- history of the Isle of Patmos hand |
ed down since the year 400 b. c.
During the reading of the 46th Psalm |
Mr.. Giel remarked that the second /
verse was the one used by John Wes- |
ley in 1850, during the great earth
luake in London. Therefore will not |
we fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried |
INTO the midst of the sea"
Commenting further, the verse, BE
still and know that 1 am God brought
to the speakers recollection the time
Of the assassination of Lincoln, when
amid the tumult of excitement that ran
through the country, at the New Jer-
sey railroad station was suspended an
banner with this verse upon
It. Someone, those days" said Mr..
Iiel, had sense. When a certain man
named Dewey, came lately to New
York, there We're triumphant arches
erected and crowds gathered, but not
very much seemed to be thought of
God in regard to that victory. During
he procession on Fifth avenue, how
ever, half a dozen bands, by a seem
ngly common impulse, started to play
Onward, Christian Soldiers and i'm
$4,000 voices took up the
words and tune; so that the Lord does
manage to get some notice once in a
While these days, despite the newspa-
Yers.
The heather ragged, John Parker
vas once asked why the heather rag
ID, and replied. because they were
leathen.'
There is one thing I particularly +
want to call your attention to. I have 4
,een accused of fault-fnding. Why, b
bless your hearts, am not fault-fi find r