The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-16

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Catholic prelate, has just paid tender
tribute to the memory of the late Bish-
op Ninde of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Japanese bookstores until recently |
have been unwilling to keep Bibles in
stock for fear of offending their Budd- |
hist patrons. The demand for Bibles.
however, has so increased that they are
now kept in all the prominent book
stores in Japan.
/ The treasurer of the Methodist
Church Extension Society reports for
the fiscal year ending October 81, 1900,
Ia total amount for use during the year
of s543, 694 90; total receipts from 1865 to
1900, ss,s45, 969.o7; total number OF
churches aided, list.
In 1898 the increase of Christian con-
verts in Japan has been marked. For
ty-one thousand adults were baptized
in the evangelical churches, $1,000 IN
the Russian mission and $4,000 in the
Catholic churches, which counts chill
dren as we'll as adults.
In 1900 there were only 100 Catholic
churches in the whole United states.
: Now there are 10,339 and 1,723 chapels.
} There are five times as many Catholic
! children in Catholic schools as. there
were members of all Catholic churches
one hundred years ago.
Cardinal Gibbons is preparing to visit
Rome and make his decennial visit to
1.-THE Pope. Since 1870 he has visited the
Vatican four times. The Cardinal in
tends to leave New York for England
Immediately after Easter and expects
to be absent for several months.
The contributions of the Pilgrims to
Peters Pence this year amounted to
s.. 900 600 and the other offerings reach
ed Sc, 100000. The principal large
amounts were given by the Emperor OF
Austria, Queen of Spain, King of Bel
ginm. Duke of Norfolk and other kings
and princes. The American offerings
Together amounted to 100000 francs
tt Is less than sixteen years since
missionary work was begun in Corea
"a There are now some 300 Chrlstlai
churches, besides as many more organ
izations that hold weekly worship. CIV
ing to the impossibility of obtainlns
foreign help to meet the call for Chris
tian work it has become the PRAGUE
for each local church to set apart on
or more of it's best men for ltlneran
missionary work.
The question whether Catholic priest
shall be permitted to give religious III
struction in the public schools IN IN
Philippines is discussed by the presto
ing elder of the Methodist Mission l
the Philippines in a letter TO zion
Herald" of Boston He says that IL
nossible for the United States Govern
ment to make too abrupt a chahs
from religious to secular teachins, an
that already the evil effects of SEVERN
religion and education are appareh
ON and "multitudes have already Dee
he spiritually shipwrecked and are no
he adr,ft on the sea of inf1delity.
IN Ultra liberalism of this schooi NOV
,t- ,oant !" he says, sis the entering "eos
re- Rome cannot cope with IT, ana u,,e
he Professionalism can master the PROBE
art ond adjust a religion of conscience d,
IT, free thought to the free school IDEA, u
fuI e,.et graduates will be largely socle
If inf1dels free thinkers and ana
cb;ets" He intimates, too, that Z
ot.racter of many of the teachers w
oct have gone out from this country
nc 4aach in the schools is not above su