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

of the s. P. G.
Honolulu. st. Andrews Day, 1900
CHURCH NOTES.
More than $50 members have been ~
Gently added to the Christian church
Albany, Ore.
Ex-Secretary of State John w Fac.
ter has been elected president of IN.
American Bible Society.
Rev. c. D. King, by request of III.
Christian church, will remain pastor in
Concord, Contra Costa county, another
year.
The five Methodist Church South con.
ferenees of Texas have so far raised
$40, 900 on the twentieth century funi
offering.
Rev. DR.. c.. III. Hobart of the First
Baptist church, Oakland, has accepted
the call from the Baptist church, Pasa-
ruary.
| Recent statistics show that the Meth.
odist Episcopal church has preacher
for every It's members. and the Metho-
dist South church has a preacher for
every 245 members.
Rev. E. S. CHAPMAN, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League in Califor-
MIA, has arrived in the Hawaiian Is
lands. While on a vacation he does
not intend to be idle.
The membership of the First Metho
dist Episcopal church, Los Angeles,
has increased 210 since September Goth
and the attendance of the Sunday
school almost reaches the 900 mark
Rev. Summer 7. Martin of Omaha has
received a call from the Board of City
CHARACTERIZATION of the Christian church,
! for Greater San Francisco, to take
charge of the church extension work
in its district.
Rev. Clarence r. Gale of Boston, who
has been called to succeed Rev. Will
liam Davies, who resigned to take up
Rev. L. L. Wirt's work in Alaska, has
accepted the charge of the Second Con-
lgregational church, Spokane.
A Catholic paper states that Protes'
tantism in France will have entirely
! died out in another decade. One CEN
ltury ago Professionals numbered 2,o0o,oN
To-day they do not-amount to 600 NJ.
Merle d'Aubigne claims only 500, 900.
Owing principally to the need of bet
ter educational advantages the rector
of the Episcopal church at Newton
Ore, has accepted call to Benicia
Rev. Mr.. Dawson will assume his
charge about the first of next month.
Rev. C. P. Dorland, pastor of the Eas
Side Congregational church, Los Ange-
les, reports every department of wori
! prospecting. Forty-five new members
, have been added during the year; al
bills are paid and a balance of ovel
! 500 is left in the treasury.
A site has been secured for St Paur'
Episcopal church, Sacramento. The loi
+
, streets. The present edifice has beer
closed for some time, having been con-
i demned as unsafe for public worship
t A parish house will be built on the lo
at once.
The West Side Christian church, Sal
Francisco, reports a resident member
ship of lib; nonresident ia, or un
) known. Forty-seven have been added
, during the year. The church treasurer
, showed receipts from collections and
subscriptions and other sources fol
s3,915.41.
AS their part of the twentieth cen
+ fury fund, the Presbyterian church
! Redlands, has started a subscription fo
: $4,000 to pay off the debt Two-thiro
4 of the amount has already been pleds
t ed. Twenty new members were Wei
coined into fellowship at the last com
munion.
E On the last Sunday of 1900 the Con
: gregational and Methodist churche
n united with the Episcopal church II
0 Benicia In a service conducted by Bish
S OPP Moreland of Sacramento. The con
: gregation overlooked the audience
/. room. The sermon dwelt on the lessons
!, to be learned from the old century
Rev. S. Parker Cadman, pastor OF th'
t Metropolitan Methodist church OF New
Y York, has received a call to the pastor
S ate of the Central Congregations
n church at Brooklyn to succeed the la'
q DIR. Behrends. DIR. Cadman is the MAJ
: who, in the last general conference ui'
: more than any other member to remo''
! the time limit.
n Rev. J. 2. Silcox, well known in Cah
e fornia, having had four pastorates !
: the state. writes from Winnlpee
f There is only one Congregations
d church between here and Vancou'ei
400 miles west. We will receive TWEEN
{ ty persons next Sunday on confesso,
:, Of faith. 1t is 40 degrees below ger
!. today and makes one long for the OF
f. ange groves Of dear California"
I6 Reorganizing old Christian EndeasU
/ societies into Baptist Young Peopls
y unions is going on quietly over Z.
: whole Coast as well as in the easy.
!. states. Southern states have orsai.i]s
. Baptist unions almost exclusively. Loo
n month the Senior Christian Soelets
7 the First Baptist church, Los anger
e by unanimous vote, resolved itseh NV
/ a Baptist Young Peoples Union ,.rt,
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