The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-07

possible at my age of eleven with my
nearly entire ignorance of the native IAN
guage. There was a great multiplied
ton of religious meetings, attended by
enormous congregations. Our great
church on the hill would hold 1000 peo-
pie. with 400 more standing in the en-
crcling verandahs. 1t finally became
necessary to cover the north side of the
. church yard with a ANAL, which would
seat 500 people. On several occasions
this space was we'll filed. the preacher
standing near the church door. so as to
be heard by those sitting inside of the
| church.
h One Sunday morning, before the re-
moval TO outdoors an impression still
! Vivid was made on my mind by strange
Intensity of tone, and exaltation of feel
Ting in my father in his pulpit. Ordinar-
i lily he had forcible eloquence, his
usual manner being rather mild and col
i loqltial On this occasion, he was entire
~ carried out of himself, and spoke in
an impassioned strain of intense fervor,
finally calling out in strange thrilling
tone to the crowd of sensual sinners be-
fore him, ''U'oki, u'okit'' (Stop! stopD I
have always felt that he was for the time
a vertahle prophet, uplifted above his
human capacity by a supernatural inspir-
alton. l have many times afterwards
witnessed such a Divine afflatus taking
possession of preachers in times of Re-
vival. when the Holy Spirit was present
in great power At similar times il has
been my own experience TO be in the
same way uplifted quite out of M uSu-
Tally inefficient delivery, and to la swept
forward upon Divine tide which seized
upon hearers and preacher alike. The
supernatural and Divine character of the
phenomenon Is matter of personal con.
viction and certainty.
During those marvellous months, tina
strange and wonderful mental and spir
itual uplift pervaded the whole Hawaii
an nation to its remotest extremities. Ev
!, cry missionary experienced 1t in his Owl
field and his own spirit The reviva
spread like fire from island to island
enveloping the whole people 1t was
veritable national Pentecost in which
hundreds and thousand every week wer
; converted to Christ, with intense mani
II. festationS of feeling. In my father
: great congregation, such emotional eX
citement was not attended by any out
: cries or noisy expression, but there wa
much weeping, as ! recollect II. AS
, recall those days I do not seem to hay
, participated in the popular excitemen
except as a much interested chiIdis
! spectator. Ny mother seemed nue.
troubled about my hardness of heart
which was mere Juvenile incapacity
Four years later, in Rochester, 1 becam
: intensely wrought upon under the preach
ing of Finney
very notable incident of those day
was my fathers administration of bap
stism TO four hundred converts on on
Sabbath morning, the ordinance occupy
ing two hours time. Each person re
2 ceived a Christian baptismal name. at
tended by the application of water to tn
l forehead. There had been a thoroug
preliminary organization of the 400 pee
Z pie into groups of ten or twelve eacf
l Each group was in charge of luna. VIII
y held list of their names in the order /
= which they sat These forty groups oC
\ cupfed large space in the great lana
4 The pastor moved among them with a
; attendant deacon carrying the font. tn
. sponge being in the minister's hanC
: When he approached a group. they kne
. down before him. Taking the prepare
n list ne named them in succession applS
ing the wet sponge to the forehead c
ii each person when named. thus: JOIN
:. Zebedee. Martha Timothy, Dorcas etc
o l baptize you all toukou apau) into tn
It name etc" Generally each convert ha
/ selected Bible name for himself. tn
/ pastor correcting any injudicious choic
+ such as Iscariot, or Herodias, or Beelzc
f bub
e The ordinance was deeply impressive,
t and was witnessed by $500 people frol