The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-23
ANGLICAN
MISSIONS
Woman's Auxiliary Hear
Some Interesting
Reports.

The regular business of the Anglican
Convocation was devoted to the an
nual meeting of the woman's Auxil-
larry and Guilds at ST. Clements church
yesterday afternoon, following the
luncheon at st. Clements Parish
House, at which over one hundred
visitors and delegates were the guests
of Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. osborne.
Mrs. osborne, president of the Aux
Hilary, presided over the meeting with
Bishop Restarick. The report of the
society was presented by the secretary,
Miss Castle, showing substantial
balance of nearly $1,000 on hand after
much necessary work had been done
in assisting the various missions
The Bishop in accepting the report
thanked the ladies for the earnest work
they had done and for the interest
they had taken in it. He then an
nounced the reappointment of Mrs.
osborne as president and of Miss Cas-
tie as secretary, who is to be assisted
by Miss Elsie Schaefer.
"a Aoi 1iDiC paper oli I1dy ct was
contributed by Rev. Mr.. Fenton-S Smith,
who warned his hearers against the
so-called new thought modern religion,
Mary Baker Eddyism and theosophism
and the other cults which were draw
ing people away from God.
Rev Shin Yin Chin presented an
ingenious report of the work he was
accomplishing at Kula, explaining in
several places the disadvantage he
was under in not having a horse The
need of church and school building
was felt very much in that district and
when he told his pupils that the prom
ised church was coming they quoted
the Chinese proverb, I'VE have heard
the thunder for years but the rain does
not come The speaker exhibited
long red string, given him by his peo-
pie in recognition of the good work
he was doing.
In answer to the apparent wishes of
Mr.. Shin Yin Chin for a mount,
was named to devise ways
and means, which accomplished it's
purpose before the close of the meet
ing.
A bright report from the Junior Aux
Hilary of st. Andrews was presented by
Miss Won Holt and Miss Restarick.
The accomplishments of Christianity
in improving the home life of the
Chinese among whom it has been in
troduced We're explained by Mrs. Kong,
and Christian work among the Japa-
nese was treated on by Philip T. Flu
kao, who has been two months in the
work in Hawaii. Mr.. Fukao touched
on the question raised as to the eff
cacy of Christianity when the suppos
Czl,,
defeated by the avowedly heather ma
ion of Japan. He declared, however.
hat the national spirit of Japan was
I'd by the changed conduct in that
towards Christian missionaries
md converts and by the treatment by
he Japanese of the Russian prisoners
md wounded
Bishop Restarick referred to the Ad-
-ertiser article advocating the services
# a resident nurse for Honolulu and
announced that such person had al
eady been engaged by the church,
Hiss Mahoney, who would be here very
hortly to begin her work along the
cry lines outlined in the Advertiser.
The various schools and classes in
onnection with the st. Elizabeth mis-
ion and the good work being done
here were enumerated and reported
n by Rev. w. E. Potwine, and the
tory of the conversion of Daniel Gee
hing Ng the president of a local !
onfucius club. was told by himself. I
Owing to the illness of Mrs. Folsom
he report from ST. Mary's Moiliili was
FAD by Miss Won Holt, and reports b
rom the Guilds at st. Andrews, ST.
lement's, ST. Augustine. Kohala Good
hepherd. Waikiki and Christ church, !
ona, We're read. '
Rev. Carlos S Linsley spoke briefly .
I the loss to the church through the 5
sstruction of San Francisco. His v
inject was to have been Pioneer E
rork in California, but his heart was :