The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-04

meetings } held meetings In three
churches, also spoke at the Chinese Col
| lege also held meetings In the native
quarter where | had been scouting
! with view to opening up native
work"
| IL hear you had a very unique meeting
at the State Prison there
"Oh, yes; / must tell you about that.
There Is very large tree in the prison
yard, and | was invited to hold "a meet
ing among the prisoners assembled be-
meath this large tree, like a big umbrel-
la that would accommodate nearly l.
900 people. The men were so eager to
attend that they went without dinner
until after D. m. so they could be pre-
| sent. AT the close of the meeting five
men sought and found the Saviour. We
| have a number of soldiers in there who
have become such since being imprison-
| ed They were given permission to
| prepare dinner for us who went to
conduct the meeting. Major Harris,
myself and comrades, together with the
imprisoned comrades, all sat down to-
| gether to dinner. The bill of fare
would have done credit to the Waldorf.
1t was certainly beautifully gotten up.
The warden is a very humane gentle
man, and does all in his power for the
|
work of the Army among them"
You went to the other islands, did
you not?"
Yes, l went to Hilo from Honolulu.
| The trip across the bay was very rough
The boat did everything almost but
! turn somersault. / tell you it was qnite
an experience. We held our meeting
there in the native church and had
good time, even though we had to land
under such trying circumstances in
small boats to get there. We have
! some beautiful cases of conversion in
| Hilo that have helped the work a great
deal. Boother Todd who is half ma
/ tive, is a real miracle of Gods saving
| power, also another comrade. who was
race-horse dealer and Jockey. but
who has been belssedly saved. is stand
| ing true"
ut there any native work in Hawaii.
| Colonel?"
| Yes. We have a native outpost near
Hilo which is doing WELL"
Where was your next stop?"
I'VE then went to the island of Maui.
| Captain Lewis has his headquarters at
Waikiki. This is an outrider circuit,
and needs plenty of hard work and
! push to make things go. On this cir
cult the officers time is fully occupied
as there is so much to do. When you
remember that there are $1,000 Japa-
nese and over % 900 Chinese besides "a
| 600 natives and $4,000 whites on these
Islands, you can readily understand
that there must be peculiar difficulties,
| as among the whites are people of all
nationalities. Our officers there must
needs be able to deal with all kinds of
people"
THE Army song,
Red or yellow, black or white
Does not matter in His sight
Jesus died for all the people in the
world.
can be sung there with interest, then,
| Colonel"
Sure. That describes the situation
exactly. BY the way, we have a Japa-
nese boy in training from the Island of
Maui in our Oakland Training Home.
The Japanese are an interesting peo-
pie, They are much in love with the
War Cry. We get the Japanese War
Cry nd other literature for them. l
spent Saturday scouting around and
then went back for meetings on the
second Sunday in Honolulu"
How is the new opening doing in
! Ewa?"
"Oh, splendidly! Captain Mcleod mas
had good success during his few weeks
here He has sworn in over forty SOL
diers, most of them being Porto Ricans
and during the week ] was there on the
islands there were thirty souls at Eva
One advantage the Captain has here is
that he speaks Spanish, so he can deal
with them effectually.
Il hear that after these people gel
saved there is quite a number who have
to be married. Why is this?"
We'll, you see they live in such dark.
ness and ignorance that they live to.
gether unmarried, but after they gel
saved they want to make these matters
right and honorable and would like tC
add they make real good, devoted sol.
diers"
How are Major and Mrs. Harris ?"
They are very happy, and feel very
much encouraged. Mrs. Harris has
improved very much in health, ant
takes quite an active part in the meet
ings,"
How is the Rescue Home doing?"
Very well. They have passed quite
large number of girls through since
it was opened. At present there are
, eleven adults and six children in the
, Home, and these represent seven ma.
tionalities."
ut there anything else we can add
of INTEREST,""
Yes. On the night l sailed for the
mainland 1 was invited to address the
united Y. p. S. of Honolulu. This was
special meeting for this purpose, and
had the privilege of speaking to over
1000 young people of many nationalties
There are splendid opportunities there
for whole-hearted workers. l forgot
to say that we held a small council
with the few officers who could gather,
and spoke of and prayed for the work
we love so much"
How many places are meetings held
in on the islands?"
About twentyseven in ALL"
This is splendid. And now, Colonel,
one more question, please. Are you
sending any reinforcements there?"
Il am glad to answer that Adjutant
and Mrs. Coe. who have had over a