The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-13
The Anglican Church Chronicle -
Church News.

The April number of this publication
comes to hand fresh and crisp after Easter
the issue having been delayed for the pur
pose Of inserting report of the religious
| services during Holy week.
From it we learn that the walls of the
chancel of st. Andrews Cathedal are ready
for tie roof, and that further sum of $780,
900 is needed to complete the two bays of
the nave. An appeal for funds will probably
be made at no distant date.
The sale of spirits and other intoxicants is
opposed. The Church Chronicle says: owe
do not profess to enter the field of politics,
but we do profess to have a great love for
the Hawaiian people, especially the people
indigenous to this land. We know their
weaknesses and we know their capabilities
pretty well, and we have no hesitation in
saying that the granting of licenses to sell
spirits by retail anywhere is very pernicious
to this race. No doubt those who are de-
termined to buy intoxicating drink will get
it under any circumstances, b&t the fact
that glazing signs, musical sounds, dancing,
and the other attractions which licenses to
sell intoxicants bring in their train, are
placed in open temptation before people very
weak and much inclined to intemperance, is
sure to lead to much harm. We deprecate
anything which savors of tyranny or de-
privation of the perfect and true liberty of
a subject, and we claim equal rights for
everyone, whatever the color of his skin,
hut We must confess to such an adherence
of the sin of drunkenness as would cause us
to frame the most stringent laws for it's
suppression, even if they had the semblance
of infringing on the rights of a legitimate
business, and even when il is only the few
who suffer-"
This is a manly and fair expression of
opinion. So is the following & We think
the Friend is little hard on skating Kinks
in the April number, and trust our pleasure
loving young folks will endeavor to use this
kind of exercise so moderately that no harm
VIII come of it,"
The following notes are from the Church
Chronicle: The Rev. r. Wainwright of
Kappa, Kauai, has been seriously i'll for the
past month, and his physician has advised
him to leave the islands for the sake of his
health. He has therefore sent in his resig-
nation to the Bishop, and will leave as soon
as he is able to travel
Mrs. Glynn of Seagrove, Ryde, Isle of
Wight, England, has sent notice that she
has sent Christ Church, South Kona, red
and violet altar frontals, and a super frontal.
She has also paid f3 to the Central Agency
for Foreign Missions, for the endowment
fuDd Of orr church
A bishopric is to be constituted at Fiji.
The Anglo-German Society for the Propa-
CATION of the Gospel will give FL 900 towards
the establishment of a Bishopric of Fiji. A
sum of f1O, 900 has also been promised.
In the course of divine service at St.
Georges Church, Hobart, the Primate re-
quested the congregation to pray for Great
Britain.
The Rev. William Alexander Swan, who
arrived in Auckland on January 14th from
the diocese of Honolulu, has offered his ser
vices to the Bishop. Mr.. Swan was a stu
dent at st. Augustine College, Canterbury
The two eldest daughters of DR.. Staley, a
former Bishop of Honolulu, have opened a
school for boys, to prepare them for admis-
sion into public schools, such as Eton,
Harrow, Winchester and Rugby. These
young ladies graduated in high honors from
Cambridge University.