The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-03
HOLY ROLLER"
AND INSANITY CASE
ANOTHER LETTER ABOUT THE
TEACHER WHO WAS SENT TO
THE ASYLUM.
Kamuela, Hawaii, August 1, 1907.
Editor Hawaiian Star.

Dear Sir / received a few clippings
of your paper in which you stated that
a certain unfortunate Miss Swenson
has been a worker or frequent visitor
at the Nuuanu street meetings conduct
ed by Rev. Turney and others | myself
have been taking an active part in all
of those meetings, an also well ac-
quainted with Miss Swenson Now let
me tell you that Miss Swenson has not
been connected with those meetings or
taking any active part in them at any
time. So your statement that she has
been a wonderful converter at those
meetings and anybody who heard her,
would readily believe that ner reason
was not securely enthroned must be
utterly false, for she has never spoken
in any of those meetings and never
has visited them but once on a Sunday
evening. AS easy as you ascribe her
mania to those meetings l can ascribe
them to being out alone on the streets
nights. After closing our meetings at
IL
coming home evenings | would often
overtake Miss Swenson at the foot of
Hotel street going up; it puzzled me
what she was doing that late in that
part of the town but supposing that
she was holding some night school
down that way. Twice l overlook her
when she seemed too be very scared
and highly agitated and seemed more
too run then walk.
Another gross lie which you have
been please to put in your paper is to
call our convert Rev. 1urney or us
with the so-called "Holy Rollers"
do not care what your paper calls me,
but do care too see Rev. Turney abuse
who's only crime has been too come
here and try to do good as he has
done in other places. 1t is simply alb
surd too connect him in any way with
the holy rollers; the holy rollers as far
as l can learn are a Sect that have a
doctrine of there own or man made
doctrine, Rev. Turner has not at any
time preached but the word of God and
that is: you must repent and be con-
verified quit your SHINING business.
love God with all your heart and your
neighbor as yourself. Never at any
time has he ask anybody for a cent or
coveted anybody's goods The teach
ings of the holy rollers is that you
must give them all your belongings.
About Rolling on the floor, is a other
falsehood or exaggerated statement
with the exception of two men OF
which demons were cast out in the
name of Jesus thereh as been no rolling
around on the floor but if you call
kneeling or laying stretched out on
the floor rolling, then yes everyone OF
us has done so and has caused a great
stir in Honolulu as it is a new thing
there, but which is as old as the hills
in other places in revival meetings and
we read about it in John Wesley Fin
ney and Moodys time, in the great
Welsh revival and for the last year all
over the world men and women getting
stretched out under the power of God
and unbelievers making as much fun
of it now as in j. Wesley times. 1t
is very absurd for your paper ana
other papers but yours has been the
first, too cast a slur on Rev. Turney
name, he is we'll known at the coast
Alaska and Florida and many a hope
less drunkard and many criminals can
testify being led through the efforts vi
faithfully holding up The full gospel OF
Jesus Christ too them too a better way
OF living and too the hope OF a next
life too come. Rev Turney has been a
Baptist minister OF good standing ana
for the last ~ or % years evangelist
and there are morethan tausand peo-
pie can testify having beeing benihtted
In some way through him he Is con
nected al the present time with ths
Apostolic Faith Church which yor
easily could Dad out by NHtlng coo
them ln Ia AnFeles
lOum very iruil