The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-16
NEWS OF
CHURCHES

~ 7 LAST changes have been
made in topics announced toE
the week of prayer. IL Is an
innovation made after several
n years OF protest The Evangeh-
cal Alliance for the United States, Il
is understood, took the responsieiiit!
Of the changes. both IN its influence
with the English Alliance and IN It's
ou-n aDpeaI TO American churches
The alliance here recommends speciai
uraver on the last Sunday in Decem-
her. the holding OF vatch-night ser
vices and then the following for the
week Of prayer. January 10 IL: On
the two Sundays involved, appropriate
sermons and services-a marked
change from the recommendation u
former wears: Monday. better realiza-
ZION OF spiritual truth and better est
mate OF spiritual realities; Iuesday'
for the church: Wednesday, Christian
character and life and personal re-
Hgioa: Thursday, relations IN society
and the nation: Friday, international
relationship and action: and SATURDAY
missions. The appeal is sent out over
e signatures of ex-President Harrl-
SON. Associate Justice Brewer, PTesl-
dent Clark OF the Christian Endeavor.
the Methodist bishops Andrews ana
( GALLOWAY. Generals Morgan and How
/ ard this years Presbyterian moder-
ator. Dickey. Robert E. Speer. eX-GoV-
ernor Northen and Booker T. Washing
ton.
Great preparations are making IN
! most parts OF the country for the hold
ing of watch-night meetings some
services of this character were heid
a wear ago under the impression that
that date began the new century.
( These services are now 10 be enlarged
unon. Calls are making upon leaders
for suggestions about the character
of such services. and upon the per
sonal services of famous diylnes IN
cir conduct So far as can be learn
ed this far in advances these services
are 10 begin in many churches on sun
dav December Both. when the end III
the century is to be coasidered-what
has been accomplished since lSoo
Tnen the following day anu night, the
last of theB century. are TO be devoted
10 praver' for the century about 10
omen. The Evangelical Alliance sug
gas.ions. which for the first time are
nra ctical and up-to-date. are TO be foi
= lowed quite generally. II is SAID III
many cities neighborhood unions are
forming. in order that the brother
: hood of man may be emphasized anc
Christian comfy be practiced-
phase of the religious world thu;
autumn is the remarkable lack OF VIVA
e NAV be called. without international
uiscourtesy. new schemes. AS gen
! eral thing there crop up each fall
score or more men and women pelle'
5 ing themselves to have IN charge SOM
short cut to righteousness. Inc col
umns of the Saturday dailies are biaz
oned with big type advertisements
: persons recognized as formerly belong
: ing to some recognized religious bod,
who have left their old religions AM
| are preaching and teaching sometnln'
quite new. often something Jun.
queer. This fall search of daily news
paper columns in all principal cltle
, fails TO show more than a traction
I and n small one at that, OF the numoe
/ usually seen. Even Boston. which i
e the Headquarters of nostrums. rehg
q ous medical and otherwise, escape:
J. Whether improved business times ar
; resnonsihIe for the change noDod
/ seems 10 know. But there is chang
/ TIE man or woman who wants to &c
' TO heaven this year must follow ID
old road.
The English papers. some of thel
i secular. are filed with details OF IN
V forthcoming National Simultaneou
4 Mission. which is to open in Londo
x on January 26th and to continue ther
e for ten DAYS. On February 18th an
T. for another ten days all oil the prll
e cipal cities of England are to have mi
IT sions Lastly. for ten days IN Marc
every settlement. however small,
is all England is to have some sort OF
@ meeting. Communities have been car
o fully divided up and thousands OF me
d. have been enlisted in the details III
st movement is confined strictly to u
" free churches. Advances We're mac
Id 70 learn If historic edihces like Yves
= MINISTER aDDey anu 81 ""A
10 oral could be had. bat the estaoils
If ment promptly made it understos
N that such advances were useless. III
IS most that was accomplished was Il
d securing of Guild hall. municipal ar
he not religious building. Appeals ma
" been made from time 10 time for ti
inauguration of such simustaneo'
work in the United States. letters
e hundreds having been received
American ministers from ministers
e, England. many of them from unknoV
ol- writer's. To date however, nothii
tn has crystaiized here.
nd q @
be recen, conference held a. the Bill
House in New York determined
us now appears-to abolish all depo
IN taries which have not been SUGGEST
'u- in disposing of the American Bible
Iciety's publications. There are in {
I'D United States 1887 local Bible soc
ties which collect funds for and d
&c tribute the literature of the ms
body. In many places these bran
'e organizations maintain offices
stores known as repositories. when
he Bibles are sold or given out 1t
pears that though some of thesesplas
!, are doing we'll enough, others are
!. eomplishing nothing at all, and TO
away witt. this latter class was c
lof the objects of the conference abe