The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-04

in favor Of the local option law, which
WAS voted down by the last Legisla-
tire, and the one before it. He hoped
the Young Peoples Societies would go
ou1 into the precincts and work with
retiuons 70 get the opinion Of property
Wners and residents on the liquor
question. He believed they would feel
there were entirely enough saloons at
the present.
Mrs. Jensen. who was asked TO sing.
spoke first Of her career If fifteen years
in the Salvation Army. when she visit
ed the slurns of cities and found that
the worst places We're the homes #
drunkards She drew dark and miser-
able picture of conditions surrounding
a drinking husband. She found that
the Higher Power, God, had much TO do
with reforming men from the drink
habit. She sang a sang about the
drunken husband. Her voice. clear ana
resonant, without any accompaniment
Of organ or piano. was filled with pa
thos and she made a deep impression.
Mrs. s. z. Damon, who, since the
terrible tragedy which deprived her
husband Of life more than year aso,
has given up her life to the missionary
cause. was the next speaker. Her ad
dress was OF deep interest to the con-
gregation. It revealed a former So
ciety woman as a speaker of rare tai
ent. Her diction was as near perfect
as one would desire, her enunciation
soft and heart-seeking. carried sincerity,
in every word she uttered. The audi
ence listened in rapt attention while
the courageous little woman told of
incidents which she has encountered
since she began laboring for missions,
and especially when she arraigned So
ciety. She said in part:
They say that a woman speaks best
out Of her heart. and tonight the few
words I shall speak will go right out
of my heart. You see before you a
bunch of flowers" and she pointed
to little withered bunch she held
in her left hand as it rested on the
pulpit Shall I tell you how they came
here? Last night there was a meet
ing, held in the name of Jesus Christ,
and there staggered into the hall
drunken man, one of those Mr.. Trent
described tonight, to whom no liquor
could be sold in saloons because he
was an habitual drunkard. This man
staggered in and sat down, picked up
a hymn-book and tried to sing a song.
He failed and babbIed on. He was
finally led Quit. and the man
who took him out came back with
these flowers which he said came from
the drunken man. He wanted to give
them TO the Mission. Friends, drunk
as that fellow was, the spirit of God
had never left him.
Therefore, say it is the will of God
that men and women should give up
this awful evil of drink. My heart
cries out to think it is possible that
any child of mine may become like
that.
This is a Christian community, So
called, and yet [ wonder whether or
not the ground on winch these saloons
rest belongs TO Christians, or publicans
and sinners. Is it a Christian who
rents that ground for the purposes of
the drink traffic? Is it possible that
a man, who follows the Cross of Christ
could do it?
oh. brothers and sisters, we have
read and seen that this evil is spread
ing a great deal to the Chinese and
japanese and I presume to others, and
going on and on.
IN SOCIETY HERE THERE IS A
GREAT DEAL OF DRINKING, OF
WHICH I KNOWi 1T MAY NOT BE,
NEARLY SO VULGAR OR OPEN AS
THAT WHICH WE SEE IN THE
PUBLIC STREETS, BUT IT IS
THERE ALL THE SAME.
Men and women are happy as long
as there is enough material satisfac-
tion in life. but let a sudden, terrible
how quickly they are tempted to go to
the wine cup. How quickly they will
drink to make their blood Jingle, which
will destroy their souls and lead them
down to a he'll here on earth. Take
UP your cross and deny yourselves
Make an example, not by turning up
your noses at the fallen brother or Sis
ter. but by helping them.
There must have been some good in
this drunken mans heart to have given
these little flowers to our Mission
There was enough of God still left in