The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-27
DIR, OSTROM CLOSES BIBLE Conference
Honolulu Makes This
Evangelist Feel
at Home.

With last nights mass meeting al
Central Union Church the Bible Con
ference, held under the direction of DR..
Ostrom, came to a close. The meeting
was largely attended, cosmopolitan in
its makeup, and enthusiastic.
DR.. Kincaid called attention to the
announcement made the previous even
ing concerning the collections to be
taken up during the evening and on
Sunday, for remuneration of DR.. Os-
from. He stated this would be the
only remuneration the evangelist would
receive. The pastor said he had been
through many revival campaigns. but
he did not believe there had been
greater or more earnest enthusiasm
than has been seen in Honolulu and he
thought that every man and woman,
boy and girl had received benefit. and he
asked those who believed they had re-
ceived some blessing to respond to the
call for a free-will Offering.
The pastor called the ushers to dis
tribute the pledge cards. He said he
had heard that many could not make
their offerings, in reality, until after
tie first of the month, but that p. c.
Jones had stepped forward and said he
would pay the face value of all pledges
so made by church people and they
could reimburse him afterward.
Announcement was made that owing
to the illness of Mrs. Rath, the pro-
Mission had been indefinitely postponed
by Mr.. Rath.
Among other announcements was one
to the effect that there will be a union
meeting of the churches engaged in the
evangelistic movement at Central
Union Church, on Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock. The several pastors will
conduct the opening service. Mr.. Fred
Butler will sing THE voice of God in
creation" Mr.. Hills will have charge
of the chorus music, and Rev. DR.. Os-
from will deliver the address.
On Sunday afternoon there will be a
union meeting of all the Bible Schools
of the city, to which old and young are
invited. Mr.. Butler will sing and Dr.
Ostrom will speak.
In the evening there will be a gospel
mass meeting at 7:30, at which the
members of the Grand Army post will
attend in body to listen to special
Decoration Day services.
Dr. Ostrom spoke last evening on the
great historic event of the crucifXion
of Christ and its meaning to the man
who should show some appreciation to
the One who died that he might be
redeemed. An apt illustration was
made to the effect that if a man pawn
ed his watch and failed to redeem it. it
would become an unredeemed pledge.
should some one redeem the watch for
the man and return it to him, the
owner of the timepiece would undoubt-
edIy show his gratitude and apprecia-
ton in some or many ways. So it
cross that the sinners might be for
given and that the world, the whole
world. should be redeemed.
DR.. Ostrom prefaced his remarks by
referring pleasantly to his visit in
Honolulu. He would remember 1t as
long as life remained in his body. He
had Ionged to be in some part of the
Christian world where he could near
five or six different tongues spoken and
all lifted up in praise to God, ana mere
in Honolulu. he had found his wish
gratified. He had never been IN at
tendance at Bible Conference where
he found deeper and more earnest en-
thusiasm for the work. than in Homo
lulu. He believed the prayers in the
heart of many these days are to be
rightly answered and that there is