The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-29
Mr.. Al TELLS
Of HIS MISSION
Speaks Twice Sunday on the
Worlds Student Christian
Federation Conference.

Board of Education and editor of IL
Kuokoa, spoke yesterday morning j
Kawaiahao church and evening in Kal
# makapili church, giving an account G
q the conference of the Worlds Studer
n Christian Federation held in Toxic
d Japan, April 81 instant. Rev. E. "
Thwing and Mr.. All represented Hs
n wall In the conference.
A large amount of ground was coy
e cred by the speaker. He began wit
e a description of the conference, givin
g a list of its officers as follows: Ka1
Fries, Sweden, president; Yoitsu Honda
Japan, vice president; John R. Mott
United States, secretary; Garfield vii
g liams, England, treasurer
twenty-five nations and parts of ma
. tions were represented, viz: Grea
Britain, United States, Hawaii, Ger
many, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Swift
zerland, Canada, France, South Africa
E India, Australasia, Denmark, Finland
Russia, Siam, Philippine Islands, Chi
ma, Korea, Formosa, Italy, Japan, Tur
key and U. S. A. negroes.
The delegates from abroad number
ed $50, honorary delegates "A, japanese
men 245 and women 45, foreign teach
ers and missionaries As, conference of
icials ga and unclassifed II, the mum
Der of individuals present being 627.
From forty to fifty addresses were
delivered, there being side meetings
held. Sherman Eddy of the United
States, DR.. S. Mofoda of Japan and
E. T. Cotton of England gave a SYM
postum on the evangelization of the
students of the world on the opening
day, in the afternoon of which a re-
ception was given to all foreign dele
gates by Viscount Hayashi, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, at his official resi-
dence, and in the evening the formal
opening of the conference held, when
welcome addresses were given by DIR.
Sasamori, representative of the Japa-
nese student movement; Hon. S. Ebara,
representative of the forces of Christi
anity in Japan; DIR. Greene, representa-
tive of the missionaries; the Mayor of
Toxic and the Ministers of Education
and Foreign Affairs; and responses
made by the chairman and general
secretary of the Federation.
On April 4 a reception to all dele
gates was given by the American Am
bassador. Next day a reception to all
foreign delegates was given by promi-
nent citizens of Toxic at the Mobiles
Club. A garden party was given at the
LONE of Count Okuma on Saturday the
18th, and another the following Mon
day by Baron and Baroness Goto.
The movement in general and among
particular nations was ~exhaustively COW
ereG in the program, together with de-
votional topics, and the list of speak
ers includes eminent men of many coun-
tries. John R.. Mott, well known
throughout the world, delivered the
farewell address.
The platform of the Federation, as
framed at the institution of the move
ment in 1895, in the ancient castle
of Wadstena, on the shores of Lake
Wetter in Sweden, sets forth the fol-
lowing objects: "C) To unite stud
ents' Christian movements or ~organiza
tions throughout the world and pro-
mote mutual relations among them. CD
To collect information regarding the
religious condition of the students of
all lands. (3) To promote the fol-
lowing lines of activity: To lead
students to become disciples of Jesus
Christ as only Savior and as God; to
deepen the spiritual life Of Students;
to enlist students in the work of ex-
tending the Kingdom of Christ through
out the whole world.'
A feature Of the conference men
toned by Mr.. All in his addresses was
that of the greetings from ~organiza
tons and notable personages through
out the world. At the closing session
kilograms from King Edward of Eng
land and Prince Bernadotte of Sweden
were read, and at the reading of the
from King Edward the entire
rose and sang Good Save the
King
Mr.. Al spoke enthusiastically of the
religious fruits of the great c%onven-
tion and of the progress of Christian
lty in Japan, concluding with an APP
peal for the organization of a branch
of the Federation in Hawaii.
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from the lower chamber were always
IN attendance at the meetings of the
while the Senators were
never in full strength. The main con
tention in the Territorial Salaries bill
was the pay of the heads of depart
ments, which the Senators wanted to