The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-22

first came to America I went to wOrh
On farm and the Yankee put me &c
drlVlng oxen. ! didn't Know any more
. A. Out driving oxen than the man in "a,
MOON Wen. / saw this man giving hhf
oxen nubbns OF corn. aud they feilowed
HIM about and loved him.
'rheto was another man that beat MS
oX,a aud never fed them uubbins OF
corn, and those oxen were ugly and
cross. and there was no love in their
hearts FOR the master. oh, II pays TO be
kind when you know tnnt a dumb beast
can be maze TO love you through kind
uess. don't you think 1t is safe to try IL
on "a human bcing2 Well, one day that
Yankee went away and left me to drive
the oxen. and / had to put the Jokes on.
was afraid OF the bug fellows, but l
was onto the corn business. ! went into
the shed, and | didn't see the buns full
OF nubb.ns Il corn: ! just saw a lot OF
big ears OF corn hanging on the wall, so
got 'ein down and nlied my pockets full
OF EN- and when | handed one out to an
OK he reached out his cherry tongue and
he just took II and smiled all over his
face | didn't have any trouble after
that; | got the Jokes on, and they fol-
lowed me around looking for more corn.
/ / loved them and they loved me. all Tor
n little kindness
| zone day l was fixing. the oxens' yokes
on 'em. and the Yankee man came out
Of the shed and he says, Say, do you
know where that seed corn Is that was
hangin' up?' Well, 1 BOXED at the oxen
and they looked at me, but the oxen new
or said a woodland 1 didn't. | tell you
those two oxen were my first friends IN
America, and ! never will forget them.
one day that Yankee, he played a joke
ON me. On those Yankees, they are full
of mischief Maybe there are some Yam
KEGS here tonight, and II you are Yam
kee l can tell you, you are fond OF your
fun: II you had a poor lrfshman on your
farm, now I'll just bet you, you would
have some sport, wouldn't you? Well,
that Yankee man, bless his neart, he got
me to milk a COW. He put me at a COW
that had a reputation all over the coun-
try for kickin, and he gave me a one
legged stool, and l didn't know how /
was going to manage that piece of fur
niture. The Yankee man, he was over
In the other side Of the corral. and he
was watching me out of the tail of his
eye. and he was mlkin' away like this
(Mr. Murphy here gave IA ludicrous imi
tation of an expert milkman at work.. L
said, 'Bossy, so, SO, Bossy'; l hauled up
my stool cautiously and got up to the
COW, and then | started in. Next thing
| didn't know anything. That little COW
lifted up her foot and set it down very
swiftly somewhere about my chest, and
twenty feet 1t took me some little tine
TO come to myself, bless your heart, and
l was kind of daZed, but that Yankee
man was laughing: oh, he was enjoying
that joke. Say, the pail hasn't been
found yet. / don't know where 1t is!
Il tell you when l saw that Yankee
man laughing j prayed Tor him. Yes,
did, but / hope the good Lord didn't an
swer the prayer said in respect to him!
Say, did you notice that last on the in
vltaton card that Christ has given out?
1t says, And / will give you rest'-rest.
isn't that n nice word when you are
tired? Just ask poor soluier who has
tramped, tramped, oh, 80 long,
and he can hardly keep up with his reg
iment, and they come into camp and the
poor fellow drops down-ask him II rest
isn't a sweet thing. He will tell you,
God bless and pity him! Ask the poor,
brave, weary. little mothers that toll in
the nighttime, and sacrifice. that their
little ones might be clothed and fed; they
can tell you. too / have often seen my
little mother at her spinning wheel,
spinning and spinning when I'd wake up
In the night. l would say, Mother,
aren't you tired and. bless her dear
heart, she'd say, No, not Bit Never
and always working, her
burden was love, and that made 1t easy.
/ tell you, religion Is rest. that's what 1t
is and it's religion that Christ means"
Mr.. Murphy related number Of little
humorous and pathetic, and
drew from each a pretty moral. He told
of his own conversion, and his first
night in prayer meeting; how he knelt
with the rest, and, in praying by turns,
the prayers kept coming closer and clos
er to him. He said he was frightened.
and kept saying to himself. ITS coming
closer, It's coming closer. oh Lord. it's
90 1>n ~ a
10 him and he started out timidly. but
he wound up with such prayer as ne
lad never dreamed OF making: 1t was
prayer for himself and all his com
AIDES, and 1t aroused such feeling that
here was a great meeting. and people
,aid there had never been such a prayer
service In the building before.
Speaking of those who criticize the
church and its ministers. Mr.. Murphy in
sted anyone who thought they could do
better to come ahead and to mJuus tho
pulpit and take the task off the minia-
ters' hands; II they could do 1t better,
they were welcome to do It, He related
/, little story of n wrestling match at
school. In which he was having a hard
lime to keep his feet. and some boy not
n the match kept calm out. why don't
you use the cross-toe trick. Frank" He
said that boy didn't know what he was
alking about. because II he had tried
% use the cross-toe the other fellow
would have landed him on his back. He
rev a comparison between the boy VINO
'elled and the people who stayed on the
outside of the church and cricised the
Mr.. Murphy concluded his sermon with !
strong appeal in the cause OF the
hedge, and while the invitational hymn
vas sung he continued his appeal. Many
men, women and children came forward
,lacing their names on the pledge and
accepting the blue ribbon. 1T was
,lorious meeting" said Francis Murphy.
Rev Kincaid also made a brief but
trong address. The collection taken up
mounted to sl6i. The meetings will ,
ontinue Monday. Tuesday and wednes- ,
lay evenings; whether or not they will
10 kept up longer has not yet been de-
ded upon.
May Be Rescued,
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