The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-17
CENTRAL UNION
MEMBERS MEET
Interesting Reports OF Years
Progress at Annual
Gathering.

Nearly -FOUR hundred IleuIpSiS va
Central Union church attended the an
nual roll-ca1l meeting held in the sun
day school rooms of the church last
night, at which a chowder dinner was
served and the reading of the various
reports listened to. The serving of re-
freshments at the annual roll-calls OF
this church are regular biennial affairs,
although none have been so we'll at
tended as that of last night. The re-
freshments were served on long tables
arranged in the Sunday school and
board rooms, the head of each being
occupied by a patriarch of the church,
while opposite him, at the foot, was one
of the matrons of the congregation.
A number of the boys from P Riders
mission in Kakaako occupied table
of their own in one corner and were
not among the least happy during the
hour set aside for the dinner.
At the conclusion of the chowder the
reports of the years progress of the
church were read, none of the reports
proving OF an unsatisfactory nature.
Rev. DR.. Sylvester, pastor of the
church, outlined the course he proposed
to follow in his work, that OF organiza-
ton of the influences at his command
and the concentration Of their efforts.
Central Union is, he said, fruitful
tree, but no church can move forward
on the momentum of the past nor live
on the reputation gained before. 1t
must be moving through the effort of
the present and ever working. To the
future DR.. Sylvester looked forward
with confidence and hope. AS assis-
tants he had been given efficient, force
full and earnest workers and with their
aid he expected to make of Central
Union the power for good it had ever
been.
w. w. Hall, the church clerk, re-
ported a slight loss of membership
during the past year, the number of
removals by letter having been excep-
tionally large. The net loss had been
S6, leaving the present membership
a94.
The total collections taken up dur
ing the year, which had been devoted
to benevolent purposes,
were reported by W. O. Atwater the
church treasurer, as $63S7.25, all of
which had been used for specified pur-
poses with the exception of balance
If 1913.
The report of the trustees was pres
snted by Jonathan Shaw, showing an
income of $11, Salts, of which a balance
If SAP was carried over into the pres
emit year. The estimated expenses for
he present year were given at $13.670.
Of the total membership of 339 single
persons and the 174 heads Of families
n the church membership, there were, |
lie reported, $50 who did not enjoy the |
of contributing towards the
'unning expenses of the church.
In moving the adoption OF e report |
md the acceptance of the estimate of |
he expenses for this year, P. C. Jones |
made a short address on the duty of |
contributing on the part of all the |
members according to their means. a |
luty which was a privilege and a /
pleasure to live up to.
Among the other reports read, all be-
ng without exception of a most inter-
sting nature. were the following: BIZ I
lie school superintendent report, |
" Rev. z. B. Turner; Bible school |
reasurer's report, by w. J. Forbes; the
aides society, by Mrs. 2. K. Myers;
Board of Missions, by Mrs.
}. Scudder; Missionary Board of
by Mrs. Wilmington: Chris
ian Endeavor Society, by J. Dutot.
nd the Palama Settlement, by J. A.
sath, the latter being a particularly
Interesting report, dealing with the
eople amongst whom the settlement
tofkers were laboring.