The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-14


and Foreign Missions. To the Theology
ca. Seminary of San Anselmo he be-
queathed 100000, subject to the life or
two OF his heirs.
Trinity Church, New York City. Is
said TO be the richest church in the
world. IL was started as a mission by
the London Society for the Propagation
OF the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
The Church of England gives about
A,5OO.0Oo annually for foreign missions.
The London CITY Mission supports 45S
missionaries. OF this number S35 are
engaged In domicilary visitation.
Rev. Henry Kingman, recently en-
gagged In missionary work in China, has
accepted unanimous call to the pas
torate OF the Congregational Church OF
Claremont, the seat Of POMONA College.
Owing to the failure Of crops the Jews
or the country districts of ROumania
are absolutely starving. Although the
government has established relief
works. IL is forbidden to give Jews en-
ployment.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. South, appointed July ID
Sth as a season for fasting and prayer
and named the closing Sabbath as a
time for taking collection for the
twentieth century fund.
Rev. l.. l.. Writ returned to Alaska
last week. His trip was highly success
full, and he goes back to Nome waln
funds sufficient to warrant great i'm
provement in facilities for his church
and hospital work there.
The Woman,s Christian Temperance
Unions annual midsumm& meeting
will be held at Pacific Grove fr m July
18th 20 August Sd. inclusive. Miss Den
ton of Japan Is announced to talk on
the White Ribbon work in Japan.
The American Bible Society has au-
thorized its agent in MARTHA, Rev. Jay
G. Goodrich, to proceed at once to en-
gage suitable men to prepare tentative
versions of the gospels in Pampanga,
Visayan, Cebuan, Zambol and Ilocano.
Bishop F. w. warne of India was
booked to sail from Vancouver for the
Philippines on July 9th. He expects 70
spend August in the Philippines. visit
Ing in Manila. with a view to establish
missions. and will then proceed to India.
The Episcopal diocese OF Massachu-
setts has taken action providing an al
lOwance of $500 per annum for every
clergyman who has worked in that do
cese for twenty-five years, who may
wish TO retire from the work at the age
of 50.
Rev. ]. M. Lewis. who has been for
four years on the Island Of Maui, en-
gagged in missionary work. has returned
TO California. Mr.. Lewis is a Pacific
Theological Seminary alumnus. He ex-
poets TO take ost-graduate studies al
Stanford.
Fifteen hundred persons were present
at the first services in the gospel tent al
broadway and Fifty-sixth street. New
York. William Phillips Hall. the bust
/ ness mans evange list, and Rev. s
Hartwell Pratt took a leading part IN
the meeting.
Rev. T. +. Burnham. pastor Of the
/ Presbyterian Church at Vallejo, and ed
itor OF the Occident. is reported serious
| ~ III. On June 10th he was stricken
with congestion of the lungs. He seem
ed 90 be recovering for time, when a
turn for the worse set in.
California Conference Is i'm Michigan
and will spend the summer in the East
working in the interest of the Inter
national Epworth League Convention
to be held i'm 1901. He Us warmly com
mended by bishop Ninde and others.
! Mokelumne Hill will soon have a new
/ Catholic church. The foundation ha:
been finished, the corner stone laid ant
the contract for the balance of the worl
let. The church will have a 60-foo
steeple. an. the edifice from founda
tion to apsx will be about ninety feet.
Rev. Father Connelley OF San Fran
cisco has received ten cars OF granit
from Healy's quarry. Loomis. Place
county. The corner stone, a large Ak
block. was also received. The laying o
the corner stone will take place 500
after the return Of Archbishop Riordar
The Austrolian Conference of tn
! Methodist Church have agreed to unit
I'm a request that the Wesleyan body /
England shall send Hugh Price Hughe
as fraternal delegate to Australia 1
. Parks or some other like prominer
layman.
President +. F.. Clark, founder OF I'll
, Christian Endeavor movements, and h
. wife are attempting the journey aero.
, Siberia t4London via the new Siberia
. railroad. They will be among the fir
, to have crossed that vast country ov'
. the railroad. DIR. Clark expected
: reach London July 4th.
$ Plymouth Church, Los Angeles. r
ports a good day on June 18th. Aft,
: sermon at either service an effort W;
q made to raise $500 TO clear the debt {
= the property. Before the Doxology WI
o sung the entire amount was assure
a This Is the first time for years that Il
u church has been free from debt.
In Crajova between fifty and six
young Jews have determined to lea
- for America and as they have no fun
!, they will tramp to Hamburg. Anoth
= party Of tramp emigrants has been c
ganized In Galatz, and 100 young men