The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-09

farming on the cooperative plan. the
proceeds To go to the benefit Of the
church.
over one-tenth of the Protestant
Episcopal church in this country is
embraced in the diocese of New York, !
which comprises Manhattan, Bronx
and some outlying towns. In the do
cese are 239 churches and chapels, 391
clergy and 1852 communicates.
Judaism as well as Presbyterianism
and Anglicanism has its "old school,
and new school," it's broad church and
high church. although not under these
names. The union of Orthodox Hebrew
Congregations represents the conserva-
tive section of the. Jewish church. At
the recent biennial meeting in New
York resolutions were passed looking
to a conservation of the ancient Jew
lsh rites and ceremonies. The presi-
dent, the Rev. DR.. H. Pereira Mendes,
indicted Reform Judaism in his opening
address. saying that "even laymen, as
trustees of congregations, presume to
introduce innovations" and still worse
that the logical result of this is that
as individuals they carry the principle
or liberty to do as they please into their
homes and personal lives"
1t has been decided to send out new
american expedition to Ur Of the Chal-
dees il sufficient funds can be raised.
me New York Times says: DIR. Ed
gar James Banks. the director of the
expedition, an Assyrian specialist, will
be accompanied by a trained engineer
? and ITy,t& nI
iuralist. New methods of excavating
will be employed, notably. the removal
or the dirt by wire cable, and soon the
entire temple of the moon god, the
most perfect specimen of Babylonian
architecture known, will be laid bare.
map of Southern Babylonia, coun-
try almost UNEMPLOYED, but Of the
greatest interest to Bible students, will
be made: specimens of the flora and
fauna will be collected and the price
less literary treasures of the Babylon
Ian empire of Abraham's time will be
recovered. DR.. Edgar James
Banks. Columbia University, will an
swer Inquiries regarding the work
| The Sultan, 1t is said has renewed
his old decree forbidding Jews to re-
months. 1t is aimed at pilgrims and
/ traders but more especially at the yari-
Gus colonies connected with the Zionist
movement, for the decree expressly for
| bids the acquisition by Jews of landed
property It is believed that the true
motive of this action is to be sought in
st. Petersburg. AS most of the colon
lists in Palestine speak German. their
I mr. Sc
Russians as a means of promoting Ger
man expansion in Asia Minor The
'Novoe Vremya" frankly admits as
much declaring that it is particularly
disagreeable and trying for US Rus
slams" to see how the Germans continue
TO consolidate their position in the near
East. I'VE can live at peace with
Turkey" continues the writer, land
help her to dispose of or to prevent
conflicts between her Mahometan and
Christian population. but that is i'm
possible If in political matters Turkey
has councillors whose interest it is to
fish in troubled waters"
In spite of the iron hand of the i'm
perial Government, the dissenter
swarms In Russia. Among the many
singular sects in that land are the
Subbotnik, which signifies Seventh
day people" OF them The Christian
Work says: These people are Jewish
in almost all the peculiarities of their
worship. They reject the New Testa-
ment, learn to read the Old Testament
in the original Hebrew, attend Jewish
synagogues whenever this is possible,
and attach equal value to the Talmud
and to the Old Testament. sub-va-
riety Of the Subbotniki reject all Scrip
ture except the Pentateuch. On the
Iother hand, large numbers of Molokani
Edisgusted with this Judaizing tendency
among them, are joining the Baptists
and are moving out of their villages to
establish settlements of their own,
chiefly in the province of Baku. The
Orthodox eastern Russo-Greek
church, missionaries, therefore, when
they arrive at the scene of their future
labors, will be confronted with the
original Molokani, with Baptists, with
, the Judiac sects and several other va
rieties of heretics.''