The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-09

classical trio of the entire session and
will be separately published by the
Board In philosophic spirit and with
exactitude they defined the aims of
Christian education and justified its
great achievements in these Islands.
DESHA'S TRIUMPH.
No account of the meetings would
be complete without a reference to the
splendid oratorv of this giant from Hilo.
again and again he has been called to
the stage and every time he has stirred
all hearts by his great thoughts framed
in eloquent speech. Singularly honest
and open to- conviction in the business
sessions he has been a tower of strength
to the advocates OF progress.
BACK TO THE EARTH.
Saturday brought us and to lovely
spot at that. through the kindness of
Rev. and Mrs Hans Isenberg a train
consisting of ID rooted sugar cars was
fitted with seats and by 9 o'clock Satur-
day morning 225 young and old crowded
on board and were wheeled over the ia
nous Lihue plantation to the falls of
the Wailua In a trice the deep pools
were peopled with merry bathers explor-
ing the 'bubbling caverns, searching out
petites in trim for the abundant luau af-
ter which song and speech radiant with
wit completed the universal Joy. In
the evening Hawaiian concert render
ed by troups of youths and maidens
gathered all the way from Hanalei to
Waimea and eliminating in represen-
tation of Balaams famous episode, an
| gel, prophet and ass performing IN ryth-
/ mic response to the music of little girls
rounded out the work of the week and
prepared the Association for
A SUNDAY OF SPIRITUAL
POWER
The children as usual held the first
place, all the Sunday schools of the
Island but one turning out en- force. A
/ thousand HawaiianS recruited from
every Kauai community congregated in
and about this, the most picturesque
church in tfawau nei and for three
hours RECALLED one another with songs
and Rotations. Meantime over in the
Town Hall the haoles gathered some
hundred strong for an English service
while the Japanese in their church sang
and talked OF the goodness of God in
the pure speech of Yanato. A band of
young Buddhists had just come from
Honolulu preaching far and wide the
gospel of hate, stirring up their people
by asserting the rottenness of Christian
teaching. its inability to produce men of
character, and denouncing Christian
schools as nurseries of weaklings. For
tunately
| OKUMURA OF HONOLULU
was on deck with his magic lantern and
on Sunday evening the Hall was crowd
ed to the doors, the little brown men
squattIng all over the floor and hanging
III at the windows to see what the Chris
tlans could say in reply TO the cham
plons of Buddha. Without a word of
controversy. ready to grant all the good
points OF the old Hindu system. Mr..
/ Okumura pointed out that the first battle
OF he present war had been won by
Admiral Jryu. one OF the leading Chris
tlaH5 Of the Empire. touched upon one
and another OF Japan's Christian heroes
and then threw on the screen a view of
the Christian Boarding School in Ho-
nolulu which showed the BOYS at gun
drill, the young generation OF soldiers
preparing to fight the battles of either
The sun Flag or the Cross With this
! stirring bit OF militant Christianity. a
late afternoon communion service in
spiringly conducted by Rev. E S. limo