Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-05-04
DR.. 0strom Begins
His Series Of
Revival Meetings

with song ami prayer and address
the first meeting Of the series in the
great revival meeting Of the series In
! the great revival campaign was held
last night In Central Union Church.
The audience did not quite All the
church. but It is safe to say that to.
night there will be capacity crowd,
for DR.. Ostrom and his companions
have the power to attract and to hold
when once attracted.
DR.. Ostrom's appearance last night
fully sustained his reputation as q
great evangelist. And the work Of
his companions, John P. Hills end
Fred Butler, In the song service, was
scarcely less powerful. Both are nat
urally endowed with splendid voices,
trained to q point Of perfection rarely
heard OF the professional operate
stage. In fact. Mr.. Hills at one time
was q member of the Alice Nelson
Opera Company and has sung on the
English stage. Last night he had the
picked chorus Of forty voices.
DR.. Kincaid presided at the meeting
last night. He welcomed the evange
lists, pledging the cooperation and
support Of the churches and the Chris.
uan peOple Oh hawaii.
After the singing Of hymn led by
John p. Hills, John @. Woolley, the
prohibition leader and evangelist, made
the opening prayer. In heart felt
words he asked for sane recognition
Of Christianity as a fact, not myth.
and for true, simple Christian living.
Then DR.. Ostrom advanced to the
edge Of the platform, earnest, vigorous
and magnetic In his bearing and per.
sonality, direct and powerful In his
speech. He spoke with the conviction
Of faith In his work. In few brief
words he spoke Of the great evangelis
tic movement now sweeping over tho
country.
in journey covering more than 49,.
900 miles," said Mr.. Ostrom, I'VE have
found everywhere people owning to
God and the Bible. We have reached
q new era. I have been nearly twelve
years In this work, but I have not seen
anything to begin to touch the mani.
testatlon Of Gods spirit last year. We
do not come to show you how. We
come as extra harvest hands, to work
with vou."
DR.. Ostrom then paid a magnificent
tribute to Mr.. Woolley and his work,
and to his own fellow workers, John
p. Hills and Fred Butler.
with these and with the Bible wo
shall have great revival In these
islands," he concluded.
Fred Butler then sang THE Voice O,
Conservation" his powerful voice an.
ing the lofty vaults of the church with
deep throated melody.
DR.. Ostrom read scripture selec.
lions. after which Mr.. Hills led In
song. DR.. Ostrom then spoke q few
words on REVEALS. There Is a kind
Of revival that ought to be discouraged.
Like the stimulus of alcohol, there Is
a kind Of religious revival, a kind Of
religious intoxication, but from such
az that may God keep u.s.. II is TEN.
porary; It will not last. May the
Lord send us q revival SO that men
will do their work better. with q clear
brain. a steadier hand. There are sew.
eral reasons why we should have re-
vtvals SO often. Coming into manhood
or womanhood the young person needs
a kind Of tone, a quality, a SAVIOR In
his or her character. and In no place
can this be gained as In the atmos.
phere Of sweet Christian revival Of
heavenliness or spiritual realization.
The devil is not yet dead. l krow
II don't sound very up-to-date to talk
about the devil. but the spiritual enc
my is not yet silent.
This is winning cause whether
YOU he pre-milennialist or a post.
milennialist. We mean to win. Defeat,
opposition. strife. will be fought.
I'VE need a great awakening today
In Bible study. We are running short
on actual study of the Bible. Bible
study will solve q great many mys-
teries Of the commentators. Opinion
Is good, information is good. but give
us the Bread! Let us start this Bible
study tonight.
Second. we need a great awakening
today on prayer. In the average United
States church II you give an oyster
stew or a chicken pie social. with q
little wit and humor thrown In, charge
twenty-five cents. you get pretty
good turn out! It's different at pray.
er meeting. II the pastor sees thirty
per cent Of his church out he will 10
home happy. The people know more
about oysters than they do Of prayer
meetings. Lord send US prayer revi.
val.
1--WE need a great awakening today
on the subject Of real religious enthu.
siasm, not noise nor display, certain
ly not gush, but real. earnest, divine
enthusiasm. They've told me for years
that we're out of that-educated out
of It. don't believe 1t. No people
in this country are SO lightly enthu.
siastic In religion as college professors
and seniors. It's absurd to say that
education taken enthusiasm out of pao-
pie. It's the same way with business.
II the average man would put as much
dash In serving his Christ as he does
toward indulging his sins these islands
would have great awakening before
another sun goes down"
DR.. Ostrom followed his address with
sort prayer, after which Mr.. Hills
sang.
DR.. Kincaid announced that there
will be no afternoon meeting this week
Tonight another union meeting will
he held at the Central Union Church
At noon today the executive. committee
will meet at the Y, M. G. A.. at which