The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-18
WHEN A LIFE IS WOUND UP,
IT BEGINS TO RUN DOWN
Father Boarman breaches an Eloquent Sermon
Upon the Wages of Sin and Pictures
the Torment of the Soul.

of man was told of last night by
Father Boarman in powerful sermon
which had for its subject, THE wages
of sin are death" The Jesuit's descrip-
tons of the moments of torture to
man about to die, one who has led life
of sin, were told in such vivid language
and so eloquently, that a stiffness as
of death itself pervaded the church.
The horrible details of the closing of
life full of evil were told to the minutest
detail, and picture in words drawn of
the travail of the soul in the presence
of its maker before it was consigned to
the keeping of Satan and his angels.
Before commencing his lecture Father
Boarman stated that as Sunday was
the last day of the Jesuit mission in
collection would be taken at all services
on that day, for the purpose of defray-
ing the expenses of the priests, and
what was left over would go to the
| fund to assist in educating the 125
youths in the Jesuit College in ST.
Louis. He also gave some interesting
sidelights into the life of the Jesuit
priest He said that it is the unbreak
able rule Of his order that none of the
priests can own anything, having taken
the VOW of poverty when they entered
the service of the church. In the
mother house of the American order
in st. Louis there were 125 American
boys being educated to become Jesuits.
The missionary work which a Jesuit
was called upon to perform would wear
them out in about eight years, SO that
after that they were retired. Others
then take their places. 1t takes fifteen
years to educate a Jesuit after he has
received a college education, and all is
accomplished by the hardest study.
They derived great knowledge, but the
expense of obtaining such an education
was very great.
He announced that the lecture to-
night would explain many of the things
in the Catholic Church which Prot
estants do not understand, and he
hoped to see large number of non
Catholics present. He also stated that
at the conclusion of the mission on Sun
day night the Papal benediction would
be given.
In opening his address last night
Father Boarman stated that it was
sad thing, but still very true, that from
time to time the priests should speak
on subjects that cause sorrow. Some
might ask why they did not always
speak of pleasant things. He con-
tinued:
Why should the priests speak of sin?
Our divine Lord says: Think of thy
last end and thou shalt never see it,
The great majority of men are not wise;
they won't think of their last end, or Of
anything that gives them moment OF
sorrow or pain. Tonight we are going
to speak of something that is sad, but
the result will be, no doubt. that it will
produce joy and gladness by the reform
alton of life which we hope it will pro-
duce In mems souls. Tonight we are go
ing to speak of death. The Scripture
tells us it is appointed for all men once
to die, and after that, judgment Death
is terrible thing. A great philosopher
says: ''Of all the terrible things, death
is the most terrible of ALL"
You find a great many men in this
world that glory in their doubts. You
ask man: why don't you go to
church, and he will probably tell you
with q sneer, II doubt that there is a
church" You may say to another, why
don't you try to save your soul?" He
may answer, II doubt whether I have
soul" You may say to another: why
don't you serve God and avoid help
He may answer: Il doubt that there is
a ha1I Thpv dOnht all other truths in
the spiritual and supernatural order with
the exception of one truth which is so
certain that no man can doubt about it,
and still be called sane man. If you
were to say to q man, Prepare for
DEATH" and he We're to reply, Il DOM
believe / will de- you would pronounce
him insane. Here at last is the truth.
We must all die.
have always found 1t strange thing
that though we are all certain that we
must die and are convinced 1t is the
most terrible of all terrible things, silll
We m Ike so little Preparation for death.
How few men make any preparation at
all. They live as if they believed they
We're to live forever, The truth is that
we don't want to think OF death We
try to hide the truth from ourselves, be-
cause it produces sadness IS il wise TO
do so? 1t is most foolish If there was
a possible chance OF prolonsinE our life
oIe moment beyond Its time, then there
might be wisdom in it. It were we'll. how
ever, that death was certain to come.
Think CT making 10 preparation 10 meet
It Almighty God, who created human
minds and hearts. has determined we
shall think of death and of things re-
n,inding US of death. We rise In the
morning full of lie and vigor. The sun
comes up over the eastern mountains,
sheds its rays upon you, and after a few
hours the sun goes down in the western
sea, and the night comes on with all
ITS gloom and sadness, and the
night is the death of the day,
How often you see the flowers bud
forth only to wither away and die How
often you see friend sleeping, eyes that
are not eyes and ears that are not ears
then, and this sleep is but a picture of
that long, long sleep of death. We are
dying so fast that those who have stud
led the statistics of life and death say
that of all those born one-third die be-
fore they reach the age of six years.
one-half de before they reach the age
or sixteen, and only one of one hundred
mas the chance of reaching the age of
sixty-five years. See how rapidly we are
dying. We began to die at the very mo,
ment we were born. Every breath that
we breathe Is one step to the grave that