The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-27

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CHURCH NOTES.
Statistics of the Southern California
CO inference show an increase of member
ship for the last year of 36I; value OF
church property, $4S, 200; increase on |
churches parsonages, $102, 263: increase on
amount paid on old Indebtedness, $10.975
The present movement to amend the |
State Constitution of California to
exempt churches from taxation originated
with the Presbyterian Synod of Califor
mia at San Diego, 1898. A wealthy man
from the East proposed to build 100000
memorial church in that city. The con-
gregation was small. The taxes would
have been $500 month. They were oblig-
Ell to decline the gift
| Mr.. Hale of New Haven, Conn, be-
queathed the greater part of his estate,
] 10000. to the Adventist Christian Publ
| ca ton Society of Boston to be used to
combat the doctrine of the immortality
of the soul. The heirs will contest, con-
Iterding that the will is invalid, it pro-
vides for something that is inimical to
public policy, combating, as ii does
basic principle of Christianity.
The Los Angeles Presbytery at its re-
1 cent meeting in Los Angeles, after an
animated discussion which lasted nearly
nf s6
Ives, 26 to %. on the fourth question, which
lis as follows: do you desire a dismiss al
Iof the whole subject, so that our doctrin-
lal standards shall remain as they are
without any change whatever, whether
lrevisional. supplemental substitution
lal?'
The religions of the Dominion accord
ms to the census of 1891. give a list of
sixteen denominations. The Unitarians
! have LIZ, Universalists 1885, Quakers. A.
$50, Adventists- 6.354 Jews 6,414, United
Brethren IL ,637, Protestant Methodist r.,
253, Disciples 12,763, Salvation Army 10 ,949
Congregationalists 2s.157, Lutherans $685.
Baptists 303,S39, Church of England 646,-
, o59, Presbyterians 755,326, Methodists SAT.
49, Roman Catholics 1,992,017.
| The Missionary Herald says: $50 many
missionaries are arriving at Kobe Japan
, that 1T was necessary to keep an oper
house DIR. Pettee writes of it a con
tinuous club on the family PLAN Within
la fortnight after the club was opened
. July 12th) exactly 100 names were regis
/ ltered. and of these about two-thirds wer,
: refugees from China. Not long after th
!. the number had increased to ESQ.,
e It is not generally known that for mucl
: lover a thousand years-so long that n
4 iactual tradition of the first settlement
leXtant-a community of Jews called tn
Benz Israel has existed in thespeninsul
lof Hindustan. 1t is believed that the
n lcame from Arabia early in the presen
5 lera, and were shipwrecked upon the west
d ern coast of Asia, where settlements @
c the older members still remain. TIL
= American Hebrew august 2D relate
II some interesting facts epncerning them.
n At the annual meeting of the Californi
congregational Home Missionary Societ!
q held in Cloverdale, it was unanimousl
- voted to assume. self-support beginnin
April 1, 1901, changing its relation to til
national society from that of a benef
lie ciary to that of an auxiliary. The teri
rs tory of the society embraces Norther
10 and Central California and Nevada
l. is the first State society of it's kind
:, become self-supporting. Rev j. X Hal
~ rison was elected secretary and superb
er tendent.
e. the United States to bring out Pa
- lsion Play" The Liebler COMPANY
New York has under consideration =
as vival of the Salmi Morse play first DC
US formed in the Baldwin Theater s;
it, Francisco in 1882 and later suppress
n on account of Protestant clerical int
no ference 1t is said that the audien,
which came to scott, remained to be II
p1 essed, and that in it's short career t
ISL play won the respect of thinking poop
The large success of Ben Hur," 80
,at Nadis, and THE Sign of the Cross h
led theatrical people to think that pre-.
dice has decreased in latter years
oIe The Presbyterian church in the Unit
1t States of America, commonly known
ife, the Northern Presbyterian Church. &C
RI sists of 232 Presbyteries OF these
!. a. Presbytery of Los Angeles holds the fl
place among the first ten. The number
our commandments in the Presbytery is Z.
al Its contributions last year amounted
ard Ss355s for local work and expenses, {
ing 700 for benevoience. The territory
the Presbytery covers the counties of
Angeles. Orange. San Bernardino, Riv
Jul side and San Diego. Three fifths of
1t membership, 1857 communicates.
of Los Angeles county, 3.l52 Of these in
yer city.
o,d Ruskin was once asked to aid in
:, =, fraying some expenses incurred by a C
10 g1egation who had built new chapel
last answer to the request he wrote.
the sir: j am scornfully amused at V
lber appear 10 me, OF all the people in
900 Iv2rld the precisely least likely to
ave and bovs who cara 70 be.r ~ - 81
us lget into debt. Starve and 90 TO hea
d to hut don't borrow. Try first begging
, 90 don't mind if.it is really needfuI, st
80 ing. But don't buy things you can't
IKE lfor! And Of all manner Of debtors. %
-ald. lpeople building churche. tbsy can,t
fo- are the most detestable nonsense
,. me. Can't you preach and pray be-
wa the hedges-or in sand-pit-or c
ikols-nrst?"