The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-27
ME- HOD|sTs HONOR
GREAT HYMN WRITER

| The eighty-eighth birthday of Fam,
/ ]. Crosby, the blind poetess. who's,
! hymns have been for many years 81
| justly popular, alike in the church. il
| cottage meetings and evangelistic ser
| vices. was duly honored in the Meth
odist church on Tuesday evening Of
| this week, in a service of song an6
| short addresses. The hymns used wer,
exclusively Fanny Crosby's, and were
sung in six different languages, by
| representatives of the young peoples
societies of the churches, missions and
the Salvation Army.
County Treasurer Trent presided
and in a brief opening address ex-
pressed his pleasure at being present
on such an occasion, and warmly com
mended the object of the meeting. The
opening service of song, led by Miss
Florence Yarrow, was followed nv de-
votional exercises, earnestly and i'm
pressively conducted by C. ]. Day.
chairman of the religious work COM
mittee of the Y NJ. c. A
Rev. A. C. McKeever of the Chris
tian church. who was the first speak
er, briefly reviewed the lives of some
of the most honored names in re-
ligious history and showed that in
every case affections, prosecutions and
even imprisonments had been the
means used by God to mature and per-
feet the character of these amen and
women and afford them the seclusion
and isolation necessary to prepare the
profound and immortal works which
they had given to the world.
been her privilege to meet and con-
verse with Fanny Crosby, gave an in
teresting account of that meeting, and
of the impressions, never to be for
gotten by her, it had made on her
mind. Her descriptions of the circum-,
stances under which many of the best
loved hymns of her WHORE they were
met to honor, were written and set
to music. made deep impression. To
convey some idea of the great facility
in writing possessed by, this remark
able woman, blind from her eighth
year, yet living in perpetual spiritual
she stated that no less
than three thousand hymns had come
to US from her per.
At intervals the different societies
rendered their tributes of honor to the
noted hymnist by singing one of her
hymns in the language of the coun-
try from whence either they them |
selves or their parents had come.
Expressions of appreciation of the |
lymns; and love and honor for the /
sanity character of Fanny Crosby, T
we're conveyed to the meeting by Rev. |
VI. K. Nakuina, Rev. Mr.. Thwing,
Rev. Mr.. Soares and Madame Rich
rds, representing the Hawaiian, Chi
lese, Portuguese and English churches
sB
The last speaker was John M. Mar
in, chairman of the prison department
f the religious work committee of the
Z. NJ. C. A, who was the leading spir-
t, some years ago, in forming a union
Meeting of all the churches to honor
he birthday Of this greatest of modern
ymn writer's. This day has been an
nnual event ever since. The occasion
TIRED Mr.. Martins well known earn
stness and characteristic felicity of
Expression in a manner such as has not
reviously been witnessed even by his
1ost intimate friends. Perhaps next
o Christmas this is the most sacred
ay of the year to Mr.. Martin whose
ddreSS seemed hitting close to
1eeting fragrant with expressions of
I've for one whose consecrated gift of
ong had brought hope, strength, and
aspirations to multitudes, especially
D such as suffer.
Rev. David w. Crane of the Meth
dist church, pronounced the benedic-
lon. Mrs. John w. Wadman officiated
t the organ.