Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
"etLL or CHRIST" TO -. -.
! BE SUBJECT OF FINAL
SERMON BY DR.. BROOKS

The last talk in the series of Sun
day evening services held by the Y.
W. G.. A. and the Y NJ c. A. VIII be
given by Or. r. c. Brooks tomorrow
night at the OPERA house. Doctor
Brooks will speak on THE Call OF
Christ = III . .-~ ="
Tho popuiaSAnatdre of the meetings
has been bringing out large crowds
curing the, sf1tweeks.' 1t is expected
thnt the many friends Of Doctor
brooks will attend the last service.
The meeting will be featured by a
special musical program. The Ka-
mebameha glee club. has prepared a
special number for the closing service.
fererce in social standing between
the men who formed. the audience five
nights in the week at the evangelistic
meetings and the men who would at
tend a lecture or discussion meet.
ing. Now that difference has almost
vanished Night after night sub
stantial men fill the hall to listen to
the gospel Sometimes the Chinese
preacher talks, occasionally the mis-
sionary. Or the vigorous old man, an
official loved and respected under the
Nanchus, who devotes his whole time
now to the gospel, without thought OF
wages. Or that young fellow, mem
Der of the best known family Of the
north suburb, under the shadow of the
pagoda, who first studied the gospel
at the chapel, and is now deacon IN
the church. Or that other young man
who came into the church not many
months ago from one of the lfterat1
families; and has no other thought but
the gospel. He is head of the Sunday
school at the chapel on Sunday after
moons, an eager teacher of the way.
Night after night, too, when the
meeting In the front hall is ended, or
even simultaneously with it, a group
of men gather for prayer and informal
Bible study in the smaller room at
the rear. It has been difficult to get
men to do consecutive study. By day
they are busy, and at night apt to be
irregular in attendance. But, toward
the end of 1915, plan was tried that
had long been in the missionery's
mind Instead of the tradition
tstation-class'' that meets for month
by day, a night class was opened for
course Of six weeks. Half the time
was spent in a regular course of
Bible study. The remainder was divid-
ed between classes in geography, in
hygiene, and in current events. r..
Twenty-Five men enrolled their
namesi completed faithfully the course
OF study, and received diplomas at
Christmas time So vigorous and in
terestinG was the instruction given
that many who were enrolled came
each night to sit and listen. Already
there is demand for another such
class. with promise OF far larger en-
rollment. .r.. ~ ..-...
Though evening is the time when
citizens of the Ship City find it easiest
20 attend the chapel, yet the chapel
is open all day long to men who come
to the city to do business. and who
like to come in to listen to the
preaching, or to chat while about
the Way. .. r..
Chapel and Church.
Slowly men are being won through
that little meeting-place in their
midst, open by day and by night.
which they all understand and to
which they all go, to enter the great
church that stands two miles away on
the edge of the Ship City. in a quiet
place which mems wives and daugh.
tiers are also at liberty to attend. to
worship with them. Fifty men from
the chapel entered into that church in
the year 1918. There will be twice
rs many in the year that lice ahead
of us.
ITO De continued) .*