The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-13
HAWAIIAN
IN ENGLAND
Rev. Alex. Macintosh
Abroad.
HAD A PLEASANT JOURNEY
The Rector Of the Second Congre-
cation Writes Of Experiences
in His Native Land.

The following interesting letter from
Rev. Alexander Macintosh is publish
ed in the Anglican Church Chronicle for
September:
Wells. Somerset. August g. 1900
'ProCrastination is the mother of inven-
ton is a combination of two proverbs,
but IL expresses a truth beyond dispute
for IL requires all ones powers of inven-
ton To- escape from the difficulties
brought about By the thief of time. l
have been putting of until a wet day
/ my communication with you, but Plu-
vius has withheld her tears until today.
Sunshine has reigned. with scarcely a
cloud Co darken IL all through our voy-
age. but now We are having taste
Of real English winter weather, though
IL is but August. / am not ashamed
to wear a heavy overcoat towards even
ing. because / see very few men without
such a covering.
after our uniformly pleasant voy-
age across the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way we reached Montreal just five min
utes before the stated time. We just
had time To snatch a bite at the hotel
and then left for New York. The or
deal Of the custom house was passed
easily. to our great comfort. for our
baggage and trunkage. so appropriate
~ called in England luggage, are very
cumbersome anu the contents WOulO
delight "A general dealer At Montreal
we parted with our pleasant travelling
companion. Miss MacKinnan. She lef
the continent from Quebec. and We from
New York. We awoke early to see AL
bany and other large cities of New
York state. Here we left our coo
weather. for New York was a dye.
hOuse-steamy hot l read very com
ical article in The Day a very bright
paper. on the remarks on the humidity
" the atmosphere made by friends "A:
they meet each other. This periodical
should b. known in Hawaii. for IL Il
remarkably good our rooms at tn,
Fifth Avenue Hotel were nice, but no
; well ventilated. but the extreme civil
/. ity We met with from everyone com
pensated for any defect i'm the building
10 was satisfactory To find our order
for tickets across the Atlantic all right
. Messrs. Thee. VI. Davies. through thei
agent. Mr.. Irvine. had taken ever!
, care Of us. and We found our rooms OF
, the Servia very comfortable. our sta.
In New York being so short and tn
weather SO hot. we We're not able to d
or see much. | ran down To Philadel
phia to see my friend Mr.. John Marston
who received me with open arms. w
called on Bishop Whitaker and had
lovely Interview The Bishop is a ma
Of Tine presence. VefN keen. but YER
Iaffectionate in manner. lie is one of tn
committee appointed by the House a
\ Bishops 20 consider the matter of tn
Honolulu Diocese and the Church {
America. but like the rest of US
knows very little of what will happe
with respect To- the church in Hawai-
The voyage across the Atlanti
ocean was phenomenal. Not once di
we have the fiddles on the tables. Yer
soon the stiffness which exists anon
the passengers began TO disappear, an
: a more jovial company never sale,
The captain read the service the neS
II day II IL "A special form adopted b
the Cunard Steamship Company frol
the prayer book. and includes a beaut
ful prayer from the Scottish liturgy f,
the families of those travelling by W;
ter. / suppose the captain was igno
ant that there were three clergymen
the Church Of England among his pa
scngers. or ne would have asked OF
Of them To perform the service.
asked me To do IL the following Sunda
The Rev. Mr.. Woods read the lesson
The congregations filled the Social Ia
The choir was excellent. led by MI