The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-16

church on the cathedral grounds regular
services are held every Sunday by the
Chinese priest, the Rev. Kong YIN let.
There is a second parish in HonolulU
recently created. ST. Clements. with the
| Rev John Osborne as rector. For this,
too wisdom has been shown in selecting
an attractive and ample site, and Though
| new, the parish has group or butlulnSs
i in it's pleasant church, tasteful rectory
and parish building. which cannot fali
to gather around the energetic rector a
strong and growing congregation from
the beautiful residence section in when
they are situated. And in Honolulu there
is disposition to bring out as far as
possible the resource of the church and
turn it to account, both in membership
and means. to the furtherance OF the
progress of the missionary district All
of his gives promise of good heart ac-
ton at the centre from which work can
be extended. more and more Vigorously
to the other islands,
Forecasts of the New Pacific" are al
most lsewiidering in their scope ana easily
become visionary but it does seem that
nothing can prevent the swelling of the
streams of commerce and travel 10 the
larger and more accessible islands ana
once the beauties and rnaryeis of the ta-
waiian Islands are better understood, the
native sentiment of the Leis and the OLD
customs Of the Luau. the unboundlng
bcSD5tality the refinement and culture to
n0th fer the resting spell and the resi-
dcrce and with it all the recitation OF
the great advances made and being made
in tne comfort Of tnet ocean trip IN the
y. -s-gsr '.lisier.s.t- I2ay-lnts,d and Cook VIII
hep the island trip 10 the California
trip and, with only few weeks added
Il, the time, many and many one Will
70 their joy, add new and absorbing
chapter of travel to their lives. and some
wiH end in becoming dwellers IN the
- e-rfsfrs-' flfOfg q TCF1l eR-
pressiom which rests on the swelling
bosom Of the Pacific Ike d water lily.
A steady pilgrimage viii set III to the
place of palms and cOcoanuts and the
tropical garb Of nature. The ChuFch
should be ready both to meet and TO gain
strength by all this.
| In APOSTOLIC times. outlying points sent
| collections to Jerusalem and in modern
times We should not overlook striking IN
! staflces Of returns made by mission fields
TO the older centres Of Christianity. One
3such striking instance was the tribute
i paid by the present Bishop of Salisbury.
DR.. Wordsworth. to the foreign mission
aries saying that it was due in good
measure to data he had gained from their
researches that he was enabled IL write
his hampton Lectures OF 1881 on ne
One Religion" Another instance comes
/ from these very Hawaiian Islands. II was
recently stated that it was justification
enough for the existence of Williams
iConege to have produced General Samuel
| Chapman Armstrong. and it was justin
cation enough for the institution General
! Armstrong founded-Hampton Institute
! to have produced Booker Washington.
j That strong tribute TO the sterling con-
| tribution to the solving Of home prob
lens, it is to be noted. is gken to one
born in 1899 on the Island of Maui. the
son OF one of the leading Congregational
Missionaries Ard so a mission II the
/ Hawaiian race gave back mission Of ma
!. tional importance TO the African race IN
America. And there are, We may well be
lievc today in the mngling Of races 50
marked in the Hawaiian Islands opDor-
/ tunities TO find there for our own com
rnllrion bright boys who can be trained
up to go back to their own China and
Japan and help in the deep race problems
there. as well as In the Pacific, speaking