The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-18
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"Free Coffee" at
Murphy Club
Assured.
MONTHLY MEETING
OF UNION HELD
Temperance People Will Inaugu
rate Experiments TO Offset
Attractions of Saloons.

I Union held in the Central Union parlor /
an appeal was made for the Murphy !
! Gospel Temperance Club. Mrs. J. NJ. |
Whitney, the President Of the Union. !
urged all women of the union who were
! interested in the redemption of men
from the curse of drink, to exer. them |
selves in behalf Of the club. and do
what they can to ameliorate the eondi- |
ton of those who often came stagSer-
ing into the club under the influence of
liquor The appeal was made for funds
with which to establish a coffee house
at the club whereby a hot cup of coffee
would always await any man who en-
tered the doors of the institution. The
Union. While not blessed with a large
reserve fund, appropriated s. for the
present month with which to expert
naent on the free coffee plan. with this
nucleus to the proposed fund, coffee VIII
he served free on Saturday nights to
offset the lunch attractions offered by
the saloons. The project has been one
! Of the pet plans of Rev. w. D. Wester-
welt for several weeks.
The meeting was opened by the pres
lident. who read the 18th verse of the
9Th chapter of Isaiah. which she said
was worlds temperance lesson. The
conditions as expressed in the verse
were the same today IS they were 2OOO
wears ago. To redeem men from drink
was not an easy task. 1t was not POSI-
lhle to accomplish the ends desired with
out Gods help. The more she studied 1t
the more she was convinced that it was
Ian iniouity broader and deeper than al
most any other curse. She thought that
lif the prophet could come into the MIDST
of Honolulu uttering the same words
which Isaiah mentioned in the time OF
Hezekiah, that he would produce eood
effect To make his words more mod
ern. by putting them into the language
Iof the day, she had rewritten the verse
which size read as follows:
"Alas for you who rise up early IN
the morning that you may have your
morning dram. and continue thus TIL
night. when you are wholly overcome
by your constant drinking. Your teas >
are not complete with music and dane
ling. unless You partake of wine unll
Won are unable to understand the
Lords plans. nor to CONSIDER the "oIN-
ing of His hands.
For this reason the Lords people are
carried away into captivity because
: they will not understand His WILL
through their own weakness and SIN.
Their best men are brought to starVa-
ton and the multitude are parched
with their thirst for strong drink.
Behold for this the very grave IS
orened wide and is yawning for you al
your glory and your pomp and wealth.
and the crowd Of those who give them
I mi
down into it. Moreover strong drink
causes the mean man and the great
man to be humbled together. till the
Ioftiest can only see like the lowliest.
"Rut through all this the judgment of
the Lord of Hosts is exalted and the
righteousness of God, the Holy one IS
sanctifed. His judgments are endorsed
by mankind.
For this cause the rich pastures OF
the land shall be given to the stronger
and wanderers shall feed upon youl
waste places.
ALAS for you who harness yourselves
10 iniuuity as a horse to a cart an'
draw sin and vanity therein. who say
let God make speed; let Him haster
His work as you say. that some MAY
see If. O let the result of our doing'
draw near and come as you haV
promised that we may know it!
"Alas. you call evil good and goo'
evil: you put darkness for light an
LIGHT for darkness; you put bitter TO
sweet and sweet for bitter you ar
only wise in your own eyes and pruden
in your own sight You are only might.
when it comes to drinking wine ah'
strong to mix strong drink You take
bride to justify the wicked, ana IN
righteous cause OF the just you VIII no
consider.
therefore as fire devOurs the stubhi
of the field, and as the dry grass ran
down in the flames so shall your roo
be as rottenness and your blossom z
ND as dust. because you have reJecte
the law of the Lord of hosts and de
spised the word of the Holy One OF Is
rael.'' e.,
the address of the national president a
tho Fort Worth convention, whic
spoke of the work of the union IN nav
/, ~. the anti-canteen law passed. Eu
= ropean countries were also taxing hoi
q 90 the matter looking to the prohibitlo
of the sale of liquors In army cam
o,d parrisons. Mrs. Whitney spok
Iii, reference to the increase in tn
solo of LIQUORS in the Philippines an
ia tba+ Il was practically case Q
q. beer following the flag" She also rea
y . statement indicating that proofs ma
been submitted that alcohol was NOT
Good nroperty as had been stated py
Il scientist.
balance of $4S.65 on hand
Misc Green spoke enthusiastically
the Rand of Hope and its fifty or MOI
,.ro Children members. She state