The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-21


The report that has appeared In several
religious papers that DR.. w. c. Gray had
retired from the editorship of the In
terror, the leading Presbyterian journal
| in the eWst, published in Chicago, is de-
MED by Dr. Gray himself in recent is
sue of his paper.
The report that has appeared in sew
eral religious papers that DR.. w. c.
Gray had retired from the editorship of
the Interior, the leading Presbyterian
journal in the West, published in Chi
cago, is denied by DR.. Gray himself in
a recent issue of his paper.
! At an annual cost of 100000 the Saliva
ton Army in the United States shelters
in it's 200 social institutes 5000 poor peo-
pie Its forty-four industrial homes give
constant employment to 600 persons. For
maintaining all departments of it's work
the army expended last year $1,250,oeo.
OF the four Chinese students who re-
Gently entered the University of Cali
fornia two are the sons of the Congre-
, gational pastor at Hongkong. All these
young men have advanced studies in
the University, uaoiniy in the line of
j., jurisprudence, mining, civil and mechani-
cal engineering.
The first Japanese church on this con-
tinent was built in San Francisco In 1884
and s3,voO was contributed to it by the
japanese. DR. Harris says the japanese
connected with the Methodist missions
! on this coast have given 5000 during the
last seven years for benevolences anc
D 900 for the support of their own work
The Missionary Herald for September
organ of the American Board says tina
the Department of State at Washington
: has formally acknowledged the receip
Il from Turkey of the indemnity for tn
= losses sustained at the time of the mas
:. sacres in 1895. The distribution to tn
:. several claimants will be made as 500
r as practicable.
:. The American edition of the Revise
l. Bible was placed on sale in chicago o
e August 18th. Sales were popular an
II large at once. One of the striking feat
ures of the edition is the use of the wor
Jehovah" almost uniformly in place c
IT God" and Lord" 1t is conceded tina
1t the American edition is more faithful
l. the original text.
3. There are more than $4,000 Indians an
Eskimo in Alaska, of whom 1000 al
Protestants 3D. 735 are under the care
T, the Greek church and about 800 are Gait
4 olics. Ten Protestant societies are
IT. work. Presbyterians, Congregations
n. lists, Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalian
o. Moravians. Quakers and Swedish ID
" therans are the leading societies. tt
e, Greek church receives 100000 a YET
from the Russian Government, and y
it is steadily declining.
P. Rev w. M. Leftwich, who succeed
n Rev. H. W. Knickerbocker after
ay went over to the Unitarians, dropp
C. dead at the parsonage August IL
Leftwich, as pastor of the TRIM
Methodist Church South, Los Angels
n. had made a very promising beglnnir
IT Seven Christian Endeavor societ
at have been organized among the DC
III prisoners at ST. Helena, with ESQ mel
bers, and four societies among Be
prisoners at Ceylon, with 420 me-
~ bers.
n,, Rev DR.. Patton of the New Hebrit
ID group reports that the people the
selves, with a single exception. ma
provided for the whole cost of publis
ED ing in twenty-five distinct languas
a. spoken on the islands some portion
&C. all of the Bible. This has been dc
by cultivating and preparing arrowro
Low which has been sold chiefly in CIR
Britain.