The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-01
4 NEW MINISTER.
Rev. H. 81 Govvcs to $fS""
First sernso.s In trinity
Church Next SUNDAY

Pev. II H CS0wen. +. Il. o. =. wv
has succeeded the late Dean NasS~a
rector Of Holy Trinity parish chuFeh' tl's
city, arrived here Wednesday eVe'als
and Will preach his first sermon - IA; =
sshu~cu newt sunday morning. tie =
Shaving. ksr ts-s crescent, with BsrnaFa
Pelly. Twelfth avenue ana Uifioa street.
Rev. Herbert H. Csowen w6s born ~
Great Yarmouth. England, in the year
lisa From 1888 10 1876 he was al 81 Az
CUISINES COLLEGE. In the latter year ne
left England and proceeded TO Honolulu
Hawaiian islands. having previously grad
uated FIRST class at the unlversitys eA-
animation for holy orders. AT honolulu
he was ordained deacon and priest by
Bishop Willis, bishop OF Honolulu under
whom he YVES eurats st the Cathedral
and missionary TO the Chinese. Leaving
Honolulu in 1890. he fstarlied 20 England,
where he became curate AZ the parish
church, Great Yarmouth, 1SS0-als In 1879
he was In the diocese Of New Westmin-
ster. r. c. After spending few weeks
in charge OF the church at Ladners. near
the mouth of the Fraser river. he became
curate AZ the Holy Trinity cathedral, New
Westminster. This wss also the parish
church. Mr.. Governs work included the
care of small mission church In the
western portion OF the city. There he
gradually gathered together a cOngrega-
ton. which. by 1891. had become strong
enough 10 support its own clergyman.
The late Bishop Sillitoe accordingly sub
divided Holy Trinity parish, and appoint
ed Mr. Gowen first rector Of the new par
ish.
For three years past Mr.. Gowen has
been Protestant chaplain 10 the British
Columbia penitentiary. So much real in
terest has been taken by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gowen In the men confined there that a
weekly singing practice has been one of
the enga gements OF the week that might
not except for urgent reasons, be inter-
fered with.
As a churchman Mr.. GoweD is sound
and thoroughly orthodox. Although at
St. BarRabas' church the ritual was very
plain. il lacked nothing in earnestness.
The singing at the services OF the church
is distinctly congregational music and
ritual being always wisely adapted TO the
needs and the views of the larger number
OF the congregation. AS a consequence.
harmony marked the church life. and diff
feTences, such as sometimes retard
church progress. were notably few
In the pulpit Mr.. Gowen Is distinctly
good, his sermons being carefully pre-
pared and committed TO memory, 50 that
the use OF manuscript is dispensed with.
Earnest and eloquent, with q clear deliv-
cry and ready flow of language, his
sermons compel attention. fte mas uc-
cided views, forcibIy expressed in choice
terms. and aptly Illustrated by almost pro-
fuse quotation.
AS writer Mr.. Gowen is possessed of
a high order Of ability. lie has written
1.-THE Paradise of the Pacific and The
Kingdom of Man. The first of these
was written in Honolulu and describes life
In the Hawaiian islands. The merit of
this was recognized by the Royal Geo
graphical Society. OF London England,
which In November. 1895. elected Mr..
Gowen fellow OF the society. thus ac-
cording him a distinction then borne by
only one other resident In British Column
bia. During the past year Mr.. Gowen com
pleted another work. Memoirs OF the
Fourteen Years Episcopate Of the Late
Bishop Silltoe," which is now in the pos
session OF the Society for the Promotion
OF Christian Knowledge. England. for
publication. He has also contributed
numerous articles to magazines and, too.
several short but interesting Hawaiian
stories TO a provincial newspaper.
In 1894 a few lovers n art, science and
natural history organized in New West
minister the Royal City Art and Scientific
Association" with Mr.. Gowen as its presi-
dent.
Mrs. Gowen. with her two young chill
dren, Is at present in England having only
q few weeks ago gone there on a visit TO
relatives and friends. She may rejoin her
husband about May or June next.