The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-19
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his diocese. esneciallS of the negroes;
j but Cisneros, Gomez, and the extreme
viii have none of him because, he is
I not Cuban. The Havana correspond
ent of the New Century (Roman Cath
/ Ole, Washington, December 81 appears
I TO believe however, that the bishop
Will hold his OWN, and that even Gomez
viii finally be. Won over.
/ The Reformed Christian Science
Church is a new organization compos-
ed of persons who do not approve the
prominence given To Mrs. Eddy and
her book. The founder of the Reform
Church is Colonel Oliver C. Sabin of
, Washington While the church en-
/ courages the reading of all sound
Christian Science literature, it's only
textbook is the Holy Bible, and 1t
bows the knee TO God only.
Arrangements are perfected for TAX
| ing the religious census of the city of
Los Angeles. Representatives Of thirty
| church organizations met in the Young.
Mems Christian Association building
| and reported work SO far done, and
/ various subcommittee were appoint
census in one day with an even 1,0ol
canyassers, and if possible. secure the
religious opinion of every adult in the
city.
Nearly half a million copies of the
Bible. or portions Of the Bible, were
circulated in China alone last year,
by the good work of the American
Bible Society. Agencies have
been recently opened by it in
Cuba, Porto Rico and Manila. For
twenty years its annual issues have
averaged about a million and a half
| copies of the Scriptures. Our readers
when asked to contribute to this socie-
II, should reflect upon the fact that
oil of our missions and missionaries
are indebted 80 it for cooperative help
Annual grants are given to our work
: ers, and to ali Protestant workers, in
every land where mission work exists.
In many tongues, in many lands, and
r by many agencies, its fruitfut and liter
: ally worldwide work is carried on.
The Simultaneous Mission is the
significant title given to the evan
gelistic movement projected by the
l. ! National Free Church Council of Great
Britain for the incoming opening year
n of the new century. The greatest
i evangelists and the most notable
: preachers of the country are to take
}. part in it; the largest halls and church
g eS in the land are secured in advance;
g the towns and cities, including the me-
n tropolis itself, are laid out into dis
d tricts and the task of assigning skill
g ed lay workers to these is now being
o undertaken. The plans are more care
fully considered, elaborate. and ex-
e tended than ever before adopted, and a
spirit of expectation grows everywhere
to the effect that England. Ireland and
u IA NJ a he ave of a
= awakening.
!, Among the new sisterhoods of the
u hour, one has just been organized fol
Christian and patriotic service-the
ter-Denomfnati onal Council fol
D Women, with Mrs. Darwin r. James
|. of Brooklyn, as president. Its frs
:, aim will be to awaken public senti-
= ment andfcryatallize popular and leg
: islatiye action, so as to secure the
adoption of constitutional amend
. ment whereby polygamy Will be by the
. organic law of the land prohibited az
: a crime, under proper penalties. Meet
ings are to be held in the large cities
" and the services of Miss Sarah ]. Ell
; lott, a missionary deaconess of Sal
Lake City have been secured as on,
of the speakers. She is unusual,
is qualified, by means of her observations
e experiences and insight, while laborins
'e in Utah, to advocate this movement.
4 A movement has been started in Chi
/ cago looking toward the closer unifica
> ton of the various Protestant demon
:, nations for charitable work, in co
II operative evangelism, and in broth
Il erly intercourse. A committee of TWEEN
:, tyfive, representing all phases of tn
-. Christian life of the community, ha
been appointed to formulate plans TO
A effective organization. This though
and this committee grew out of con
le ference of workers recently held Il
lie that city, to consider institutional
y methods of Church work. The tenden
u cy toward closer fellowship among tn
denominations, thus = accentuated il
this plan, is clearly gaining headwa,
in this and other lands. In due time
= when recognized officially and organi
" cally by all the Protestant bodies, i
[. viii become more and more a facto
20 of the growth of the kingdom
0. The city of Sydney, New SoutI
Wales, was recently moved to it
10 depths by an incident which arraye
., the ProteStantS of the community sol
,e idly against the utterances ond claim
Ia of two or three Roman Catholic pre-
10 lates. At the dedication of ST. Mary
IS Catholic Cathedral in that city, tn
,e archbishop of New Zealand, Dr. Red
IN wood, preached sermon, the printe
report of which contained an attac
upon the morality of the leaders O
the Reformation, and a declaration
Is that Professionalism had been, ever sine
he the days Of Luther, the helper an
m instrument of the worst foes of Chris
al ,tianity." The governor of the PROVING
lie and the mayor of the city We're presen
S: in their official robes, and as the grea
ol body of the people are Protestants, tn
II utterances, when read created intens
N indignation. 1t was then ascerraine
that the preacher had omitted the NOR
offensive paragraphs from the sermo
l. as preached, but that they had nc
re been erased from the copy given GU
lie to the papers for publication. Imme
y diately two great meetings were helt
d in which all Protestant denomination
y took part in the person of some G
~ their leading men. AT one of thes
~ meetings six thousand people assem-
III bled, and in the overflow about tw
j. thousand crowded into the church. TIL
speakers gave notice to the officers i
question that, whatever they might d
m as private individuals, they must neye
ne again compromise the Queen and tn
n people whom they represented in sue
en- a manner They also protested in