The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-20

MAN TALKS
Made Three Talks
Yesterday in
Town.
He Talked, Sang and
Whistled at
Church.
Considerable Money Rsised in
Collections to Assist Preacher
on His Travels.


life line in three different places in Ho-
nolulu yesterday. He talked in the
morning at Kawaiahao church. in the
afternoon at Oahu Prison and in the
evening in Central Union church. He
got good returns in all three places for
he had large audiences at each. Spe-
cial collections We're taken at the
churches for the travelling missionary,
though naturally there was nothing of
the kind at the Jail. Mr.. Ufford in his
talks says that he depends upon the
Lord to assist him in carrying the life
line around the forld. He is not sent
out by any missionary society but is
conducting an independent campaign
for saving men. Though he talks a
bout the Life Saving Service of the
United States and illustrates his talks
with apparatus used in that service,
this theme is used only as a means of
comparison with his real business of
saving souls.
At Kawaiahao church there was
large attendance in the morning. Near
ly all of the prisoners attended the
services in the Jail in the afternoon.
Mr.. Ufford's remarks We're interpreted
nd IJox 10 ha fTaV-
cling missionary also exhibited pho
tograph to the prisoners of boy whom
he said he hoped to meet on his trav-
els and restore to a waiting and an
xious mother in Portland, Oregon. 1t
is her lost-long son and his name is
MILFORD Easterbrook. No one present
seemed to know the original and the
photograph was restored to its place
of safety. Wilfred left his mother three
years ago and is also supposed to be
a sailor.
At Central Union church the main
was crowded when the au-
thor of Throw Out the Life Line"
spoke in the evening.
Rev. Mr.. Meserve who returns to San
Francisco on the Siberia gave a little
talk before Mr.. Ufford was in
troduced Mr.. Meserve announced that
the usual offering would be taken for
the work of the church" while the spe-
cial offering was for Mr.. Ufford. Two
were therefore taken, the first
being considerably the larger.
Mr.. Ufford was attired in his semi |
nautical uniform and had with him
all the apparatus of the United States
Life Saving Service. He described
the work of that heroic body very in
He said he was glad to
have the privilege of speaking in such
a distinguished church and that it |
would remain long in his memory. He
saw in the hearts of those present a
response to cheer him in the message
which he is taking around the world.
He exhibited first the red wig wag flag
which is used in signalling to ship
wrecked sailors on the Atlantic coast.
At the close of each sentence it was
waved three times as denoting a full
stop. Then he exhibited two bags of
powder, one containing three ounces
md the other four ounces. The first,
lie said would send a projectile con-
aiming eighteen pounds of rope coo
ards. and the second would do 10
ards better. Then there was a little
ail-board containing instructions to
he shipwrecked mariners which went
annon, a life buoy. hawser and other
ecessary appliances. the use and con-
of which was fully explained
Y the speaker. A megaphone and a
here was also a heaving line through ;
hitch seven men had been saved. This
what led to the writing of the famous I
ymn Throw Out the Life Line At
hat time, said Mr.. Ufford, he was in
barge of a church of seventy-five peo- {
lie a few miles from Boston He i'm
returned home to his study Z
nd sat down and thought of the sea s
AYERS. and their little red building. !
nd saw the breakers and story of the
cean. In fifteen minutes he had writ I
IN the words that made him famous q
hen sitting down at his organ and y
ithout mental effort he completed the G
usic in five minutes more. +
The author then sang The Gospel
hip which he had also written ac- L
himself on a little organ. g
e said that his mind seemingly ran Y