The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-20


tie woman sing Mothers Prayer" It
was the first time for years that some
of the men had looked into the face
of a woman. The silence which fol-
lowed her singing spoke eloQuently
and every prisoner was thinking OF
his home and mother. At the conclu-
sion Of this service thirty men acr
cepted Christ
The next prison meeting MI. and
Mrs. Asher held was for those known
as tho hardened criminals and degen-
crates. It seemed impossible to get
attention at first, but very quickly at
ter the prisoners canght the import OF
the message, the broke down and
wept. Three prison chaplains were
present and also the governor OF the
jail They all said they had never
seen anything liFe it and would have
said such results were impossible.
Scores asked for prayers.
Meetings have been held by the Ash
ers In the big jam factories and other
similar places.
Meet In Chinatown.
A. midnight meeting in Chinatown.
Melbourne, conducted by Mrs. Asher
was another feature OF this campaign.
| The service lasted until 4 o'clock In
the morning Mrs. Asher said the
girls were more thoroughly degraded
than any she had ever seen in Ameri-
ca. The woman workers were In and
out all night. They would go out ev-
cry few minutes and return with two
or three girls. In this way thirty were
reached tire first night.
The missioner will spend three
months in tho large cities of Austria
liza and then go to the PHILIPPINES.
China, Japan and Korea. Mr.. and
Mrs. Asher will remain In the Phillip
ines three weeks longer than the 9TH
ers, and will rejoin the party again
at Hong Kong. The evangelists will
return to American the first OF jan
uary.
The Chapman-Alexander party
which is now in Australia is 1000
miles away from New York. While it
is day with them. it is night with us.
They left Vancouver, last March, on
the Makura and the great loneliness
of the vast Pacific was unbroken, save
by the steamers call at Honolulu and
Suva, enroute for Australia Not
ship was passed in all those days,
except one.
A voyage across the Pacific differs
from a voyage across the Atlantic al
most as much as a journey through
the Desert of Sahara differs from a
trolley ride through the throbbing life
of Cairo.
When the party arrived at Honolulu
a large delegation of Christian work
ers were at the dock to give the party
a cordial welcome Automobiles had
been provided. and through drench-
ing rain the party was driven through
out the city which, even under cir
cumstances such as these. was moth
ing short of beautiful
A. Honolulu.
Services were held in the Union
church, both afternoon and evening,
with an interval for luncheon when
the party was entertained at Young's
hotel, by the Honolulu reception COM
mittee These services were marked
by the same intensity OF spirit that
has characterized every meeting con-
Quoted by DR.. Chapman in recent
years.
At the evening service DR.. Ford c.
Ottman of Stanford, Conn, gave an &C
count of the Boston revival, and this
was followed by one Of those marvel
GUS addresses of DIR. Chapman which
held the audience spellbound to its
finish.
The ship sailed at midnight. Minis
ters and people saw them aboard and
implored the evangelists to return
and conduct extended missions. Some
day this may be done.
Not an incident outside the ordinary
routine of sea travelling broke the uni
formity of the days between Honolulu
and Fiji, until April 10 when. at five
minutes past eleven in the morning,
the ship. the Makura. sailed over the
1S0th meridian and one whole day was
cut out of the calendar. In single
moment they glided from Saturday in
| to the same hour of Sunday morning.
and lost a day that must be regained
lmore slowly as they make their pro-
gress around the world. That mag
Iinary line is a weird thing. where a
whole day-depending upon which
way one is sailing-is either lost or
gained.
To work for Christ on shipboard,
number of religious services were con-
Quoted by DIR. Chapman, Mr.. Alexan-
der and other members of the party.
Also the "missioners" published lit
tie four page newspaper on the ship,
THE Makura News" through the en-
terprise and liberality of Mr.. Alexan-
der.
| More than 500 copies of each issue
were printed. 1t was distributed free
of charge among the passengers and
crew. Each number contained a fam.
iliar talk by DR.. Chapman. one of Mr..
Alexander's gospel hymns and the
news of the ship
In Fiji islands.
| After Honolulu the next port into
which the Makura steamed was Suva.
The Fiji group numbeIs something
like two hundred. and has been con-
stituted into what is called a Crown
| Colony
| At Cuva tho marty was mot nv a