The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-05

ings there is a paragraph upon Mr..
Il Murphy's work but as this tenn
perance advocate was a complete
stranger in our midst, we could not
speak out with the confidence we can
now, after longer acquaintance Since
the writing of the paragraph referred
to, Mr.. Murphy has conducted missions
at Newcastle, Maitland and at York
street Central Methodist Mission, sgd
ney. At the two former places sue
cesses were achieved, to what extent
we cannot say, as we have no particu-
lars to draw from. But of the York
street campaign we can write with the
utmost confidence, having been a wit
ness of the proceedings, and also one
of the workers.
In relation to the Missioner himself,
perhaps no one has had a better OPP
portunity of peeping into and knowing
something of his inner life than the
writer Mr.. Murphy has made this w.
&c. T. L. headquarters his home for sew
eral weeks, and the old adage is, You
must be with a man if you want to
know him" Our friend is just the
same simple sincere, loving
and lovabIe man in the home as he is
when before the eye of the public. He
generally keeps a vigilant sentinel,
wide awake, close to the door of his
lips, lest he should speak unadvisedly,
and be drawn into some intricate argu-
ment. He always has a sword, or
rather the sword, in the use of which
he is familiar, close at hand-the Word
Iof God. And, we have reason, APPROX
ngly, to suspect that he goes forth
from his knees to the battle. In the
home he is pleasant, entertaining and
wisely communicative, especially all
alive on his return from a good meet
ing There is no need to say more with
respect to his home life, and his public
life methods, style and utterances are
now we'll known. OF him we may sim
ply say the man is an adept at imita-
ton but he himself is inimitable. Pub
lie speakers who have heard him are
at loss to know wherein his power
lies. He quotes from the Bible, tells
storiee graphically, makes desultory re-
marks, gives word-paintings of char
acters. suitable to illustrate his sub
jects. with marked effect, and nearly
always winds up his forty minutes ad-
dress with flashes of real eloquence.
Crowds have flocked to his meetings
at the Centenary Hall nightly for
twelve or fourteen nights, and the
MONDAY services have also been well
attended Two very large gatherings
B in he Mr
Murphy gave stirring addresses, and
Mrs. Away assisted admirably at one
of those services. The last Sabbath of
the campaign was a red-letter day in
deed The president of the Wesleyan
= Conference, the Rev. G. Lane, preach
ed a delightful sermon in the hall in
4 the morning, drawing lessons from the
/ patriotism and work of Nehemiah. The
afternoon service was conducted in the
/ large Town Hall, which was crowded
The evening service was held in the
Centenary Hall, and the building was
packed, and hundreds were unable to
| gain admission. The best of all is
hundreds signed the pledge; and, bet
ter still large number came right
out and gave themselves fully up to
Christ. Not for years have we witness
tQ Sucn scenes dS lnOSe we Witnessed
at many of the after meetings, when
stout-hearted men knelt with fearful
| eyes at the feet of Jesus and sought
and found pardon. The whole of the
series of meetings deserved columns
from the reporters pen in the dailies
! and yet but scant notice was taken of
them. 1t is high time that the churches
should unite and have a good, strong,
independent paper of their own, to take
up all the great questions of the day
affecting good citizenship and the
State. Then we could have a fair field
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Miss Maques, appointed assistant in the
same school
! Charles a. Akua, graduate of the
| Normal, appointed teacher at Kaumoko,
! Hawaii.
Miss Ethel Van Deerling, appointed as