The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-26
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the national Greek church the associa-
ton is known as the society tor Pro-
noting the PHYSICAL and Moral Devel-
opment of Young Men"
The Protestant League or England
has 294 pledged members of the new
Parliament on it's rolls, who will vote
in favor of Protestant principles if the
rituaIistic issue comes before the House
IF Commons in it's way.
A wealthy mine owner in Colorado
gave Evangelist Bitter some time ago
100 acres of mining land, which has
turned out bonanza. Mr.. Bitter is
building church in Chicago, to be
known as Good VIII Temple. o.
Thirteen thousand dollars in Ameri-
can currency is being raised by the
Presbyterians for buildings and lands
for mission at Manila, and to erect
a chapel in Erruita or Malate for the
EngIish-speaking residents
Bishop Faure, of Picking, China! will
visit France next month to place an
"ex vote" at the shrine of Anne d'Au-
ray in honor of M. Henry. a young
Petang against the Boxers
Captain F. 3. Clark, of Hyde Park
Los Angeles county, who recently do
mated ten-acre tract to the Spanish
Mission, is building a church . edifice
which is to be a memorial of his
daughter. The new building is nearly
completed, and will seat $50 people,
Bishop McCabe left New York to
preside at the South American confer
ences at Iquique and Montevideo,
which will be held April 7th and March
18th respectively. Bishop Hamilton will
hold conference in Mexico January 18th
and will return to California March
LIST.
One hundred thousand dollars was
raised by California Methodists last
year for Christian education, $60, 00O for
paying debts of the University of the
Pacific, and $4,000 given by Mrs.
Hough, of Los Angeles, to the Unlver-
sity of Southern California
Rev. DR.. George B. Smith, formerly
president of the Anglo Chinese College
at Fanchow, has been appointed agent
on the Pacific Coast for the Missionary
Board of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and will make his headquarters
at Sacramento. He is expected to begin
his work some time this month.
Grand President Levi has been asked
to issue mandate for the organiZa-
ton of a B'nai Birth Lodge in Paris.
France, which it is proposed shall
number among the charter members
/ the leaders of the Alliance and of the
| Jewish Colonization Association and
! also the grand rabbi of France.
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! Rev. Joseph Cox, prominent Jesuit
father connected with the observatory
at Manila, left for that place on the
Hancock on January 1st. While at
San Francisco he went to Santa Clara
and met the six Filipino students whom
he knew on the islands. The observa-
/. tory is now under the management of
/ the government.
| During the last fifty years the Cali
! fornia Bible Society has distributed
over 100000 volumes Its benevolent
I work in the last ten years includes
gifts to 1876 children and youths, BIZ
bles to 17,721 families and to 5,6O5 sail
ors in fourteen different languages.
! Chaplain Miller of San Francisco
now in the Philippines, writes to the
Congregationalist that saIoon-ke keepers
in the Philippines strongly advocate
the abolition of the army canteen, as
the canteen has done much to close up
drinking places that surround army
i camps.
Money is being collected by the Jew
ish women of San Francisco to defray
the expenses of Miss Piexotto, who is
chosen delegate to the National Coun-
ell of Jewish Women, to meet at New
Orleans next February. Members of
the local organization were assessed go
cents apiece.
J Rev. E. S.. Hume, of the American
board, has returned to his labors In
India. Before he left he made an adj
dress in the Center Church, New
Haven, in which he said it was the
dream of his life to build church edi-
flee in Bombay. Before he sailed $4,000
was put in the bank at his disposal to
make his dream reality.
Rev. A. B. Case, superintendent of
California Spanish mission work in
Southern California, acknowledges a
big Christmas gift from Captain F. B.
Clark, Congregational deacon, consist
ing of five acres of town lots, and IN
addition, five acres adjoining the mis-
sion for the purpose of settled home
and school The captain has also
promised $4,000 toward the prospective
building.
Instead Of burning Christian chapels
and cathedrals, the Chinese are begin
ming to destroy their own IDOL temples
for they say they trusted. the idols
and they could not help; hence all thelI
calamity. Rev. w. H. Murray, a mis-
sionary In Picking, says: Among these
is the Yunk Hue Kung, that immense
Lama monastery, inhabited by the
most insolent (and vile) lamas in the
city 1t has been burned to the ground
1t contained one huge image of Bud
dha about forty feet high
For the first time in the history OF
Portland, Ore, the Methodist, Baptist
Congregational, Presbyterian, Jewish
Episcopal and Unitarian churches unit.
ea in a common service to welcome the
new century. The services were hello
in Marquam Grand Opera House. Bish.
Eop Cranmer of the Methodist Episcopa
church presided. DR.. Elliott Unitarian
spoke on Things We Hold in Com.
mon;. Dr. Morrison G,piscopaD, OF
America for the World" Rabbi Ste
phen S. Wise on The Outlook" Lead
ing parts were taken by all of the 9th.
er representative churchmen.
The Boston Congregationalist says
in part, of foreign missions of French
Catholics, that 7.745 French mission