The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-11
.HAWAnANS
IN EUROPE
Journey Of Rev. Alex.
Macintosh.
SEES THE PASSION PLAY
He Meets Several islanders During
His Varied and Interesting
Old World Tour.

Following is from the current number l
Of the Anglican Church Chronicle:
I see by the December A. C. C. that .
left you in the middle of the wonderful
Passion Play Il was Waiting Ior .hae
number to see how far l had related my
travels Certain indications prove to me 4
that I cannot trust so much to my MEM
DRY as / have done hitherto and that
must commit things to paper while they
are hot Postal arrangements in every
country are so good nowadays that it
is difficult to understand why you did
not get my last effusion in time for the
November issue. If I am correct, post
ed it about the middle of September. l
had to give up all my intentions to write
in railway trains. l never saw such
crowded trains. Even the slowest trains
on the "Snail-ways''-as they are face
tiously named-were full of people, and
one was too damned in to write. Then
there would always be some interesting
persons to converse with. Journeys OF
three. four and five hours length passed
with the proverbial speed OF time. NOW
in the voluntary captivity of ship, I
though the Atlantic is not as pacific as
one would like, viii take up my tray
els and speed the narration to you as
soon as we land at New York.
Since we saw the Passion Play at Ober-
Ammergau, it has been very interesting
to read the varied impressions it has |
made on different beholders. Some have
/ gone SO far as to condemn it utterly as
profane. while others have urged that
lasting memorial of gratitude OF the
members of the Church of England
should be raised in the village of Ober-
Ammergau and subscription for that
purpose has already been started, the
! Church Times agreeing to receive the
money from subscribers In this months
issue of the Church Times there is an
account of the division of the receipts Of
the Passion Play which we clip out, hop
, ling that it will prove interesting to many
of our readers. 1t will disabuse some OF
} certain erroneous impressions they have
! formed with regard to these funds.
At 1 o'clock the vast audience again
, assembled and was seated almost noise
, lessly. Punctually to the hour the Chor-
} agus marched on the stage with his
} band, and laid bare the program of
I events to follow in the most appealing
I and pathetic music we have ever heard.
J I It was most absorbing to trace the cause
, of all the enmity towards our Lord or
, the chief priests and Pharisees to His
Z casting out of the money changers and
4 them that sold doves from the Court of
4 the Temple The Mammon of upright
, eousness did not like being disturbed in
. the Sacred Place. so lucrative to its wor-
9 shippers Who was this disturber OF
= joyed so long, being winked at by the
= eve Of the law! Angrily the money
. changers and dealers made their COM
. plants to the chief priests, and stirred
= them up to that prosecution OF Jesus
= which ultimately led to His cruclhxion.
= How one warmed to the faithful Nico-
. demus and the manly Joseph of Arima-
. thea as they pleaded before that hard
!. Sanhedrim for the Innocent, Who did al
things well. We were disappointed tc
have no Interpretation put upon the In
cident of the young man who lett his
/. garment and fled. The events of the last
week of our Lords life on earth, His
steps to the Cross were delineated witt
ID great power and exactnesS. The actua
h crucifxion of the Christus was almos
10 uncomfortable to us, and the poor maj
u himself must have suffered tremendous
w. Very literal was the Resurrection
. and also the Ascension, but again wer'
we disappointed not to see any construc
u ton put upon that pregnant text in ACT
al II, which tells US that our Lord walked
~ and talked with His disciples for fort,
days, speaking to them of things per
tanning to the kingdom of God.
~ About 5 o'clock the whole drama wa
concluded For ourselves we hurrie
" away from the scene with confiictin
emotions. and took a long walk into tn
X country beyond. 1t was stupendous I
think that all the world of created be
saved from pain and woe and brough
to perfect bliss by the events which W
had just seen so truly depicted-that
these events by the wise providence G
God, could be truly and indeed com
pressed into the simple acts of breakin
! bread and prayer-but that these simpl
acts required a whole life of devouo
and obedience to the will and command
ments of Him who suffered, to max
them of good effect. And what sufferini
what love, what willing sacrifice, whs
self-government would such life d.
mand! We shall always rejoice that "
saw the Passion Play, but no inducemer
\ could prevail upon us to go to see
again AS we returned from our wall
we met another crowd of people comm
I from the railway station to see II
play on the next day. Three times
succession these poor players had to pc
, form their arduous task.
~ The next morning we bid farewell
Ober-Ammergau. and left by train I
Munchen. Here we were met by M
and Mrs. Renjes and Miss Ehlers WI
escorted US over this lovely city and ir
tiated US into some of the mysteries
the Hof- Brauerei and other good thing
They then brought us to the station al
saw us safe in the train. With NAL
shakes and waves we parted from the
|tQ and soon they were out of our sigf
|hO We had no sooner started than
for our sleeping-car. Both showed TIT
tickets with our No. II on it. but as
were good-natured about the pilikia
tn harm came of it, and though the ira
was D. to Paris and crowded we fou
accommodation and enjoyed the splene
and rapid ride to the French metropoi
SITS. How history foated before us as
- dashed through Augsburg, Ulm, Stu
gard, and darkness left US to contel
plate Luther and the mighty struggles
the Reformation. In the morning
were in France-that exciting, roman
i vs. land which has played so great pa
cue y. in the world. At o'clock on Tuesds
IN August g. we arrived in Paris. We we
to the Hotel de Calais in thesRue {
Capucfnes, very commodious and &C
eoF. trail place, from which all the princil
features of the city were easily {
ear preached, and the Exposition grour
o. were not far away. Notwithstanding {
attempts to be systematic in bur dol
- Paris and the Exposition, our excitemi
often led US to abandon our plans.
the mornings we visited the histori
places, the Tuileries, Column Vendor
Palais de Justice, The Madeleine, I
Site of the Bastile Notre Dame