The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-16

: a fish chowder supper was served b
e the Ladies' Society of the church I
:, more than 800 people. The sunda
s school room, opened to it's largest capa
q city by the removal of folding door
: was set with long tables, each grace
: with carnations and other flowers. A
: these the supper was served Tn
| service was by young ladies of tn
church. The menu included, beside
D chowder and delicious coffee, sand
wiches and cake.
E MANY PASTORAL CALLS.
; Following the supper the annua
: meeting was held, Rev. Dr. Doremu
scudder. the minister, presiding Dr.
Scudder presented his first annua
message. He said that his 295 pas
toral visits during the three months
of his pastorate had shown him tina
the church directory needed revising
Many of these calls had been futile
because of removals. He estimated
that it would take from three to five
months more for him to find out ex-
| actly where most Of the families who
! look to Central Union church as their
| church reside. He intended, however,
| to persevere, as first-hand acquafn-
lance with the minutiae of the prob
! lens of the church, he considered a
| sine qua non.
| The Standing Committee had re-
vised the church rolls, in an endeavor
| to make the rolls represent the actual
members of the church. This revision
| had reduced the total of membership
! to $50 which was probably, he said,
| very nearly the actual number.
WHERE GOLF WILL WIN.
1.-The Sabbath morning service con-
tinued Dr. Scudder, ''seems to be gain
rather than entertainment is being
steadily exalted. Where attractive
preaching, artistic music, and minis
try to aesthetic tastes are made ends
in themselves, golf and other outdoor
recreations are sure to win
The Sabbath evening service DR..
Scudder says, should become the
church's weekly net drawing. Its pur-
pose should be to attract those who
have not acquired the church habit, to
reach outsiders, to gather young peo-
pie who like to be out Sunday even
ings. Meanwhile direct, informal,
evangelistic sermons without manu-
script, and entirely different in make
up and style from those of the MORN
ing will be employed consistently"
NOISE OF SUNDAY TRAFFIC.
AS a remedy for the noise of Sun
day traffic on Richards street and
Beretania avenue, of which complaint
is made, DR.. Scudder suggests that if.
the church should energetically petit
ton the authorities to asphalt both
streets for a distance east and south.
it would help remedy the matter. He
suggests that the church itself might
bear some of the expense,
The effective work of Clifton Tracy
as superintendent of the Bible school,
and of the self sacrificing teachers and
officers, he spoke of in praise.
In speaking of the Christian Endeav-
or Society, which he praises highly,
DR.. Scudder says: "One of the inter-
esting features of the Endeavor move
ment here is the faithfulness of the
society, shown in their staying away
from it's meetings. Many an Endeavor
society is killed by kindness, the
young folks being overawed, first in
to silence and next into absence, by
the presence and ready words of their
elders. Moral, after graduating from
the Endeavor Society, pray for it, but
instead of attending it's meetings lex
cept on special occasions) carry the
Endeavor spirit into the mid-week
meeting of the church.
In conclusion DR.. Scudder said that
the ideal of a church required some
one definite duty to be assigned TO
every member. He promised that as
soon as all resident members shall
have been located, he would see that
everyone of them had before him
clear statement of the opportunities
for work-and there were plenty of
them-that the church offered.
W. w. Hall, as clerk of the church,
reported on church membership a.
follows: The total membership at the
beginning of the year 1907 was 9S3.
During the year there had been add
ed, by letter Is, and by confession of
faith IA: a total of 90. There had been
dismissed from this church to others
by letter, 90, and there had died S;
placed on the retired list 81; and drop
ped from the roll 2. The total. deduc-
tions were 126, making q net loss in
membership of 81, leaving the present
membership of the church, 1856.
4 record was given of the meetings
of the Standing Committee; Of the
resignation of the Rev. ]. Walter Syl-
vester; of the clergymen who had sup
piled the pulpit of the church, and of
the call and installation of DR.. Scud-
der as pastor.
Mr.. F. J. Lowrey for the standing
committee reported for that body,
dwelling on the need of a Sunday
school building, and asking that au-
thority be voted the trustees to build
such a structure. This was done. A
perspective view and plans of the
proposed building, drawn by H L.
Kerr, were on view in the room.
W. Q. Atwater as treasurer Of the /
church reported that during the year
there had been contributed to the +
beaevolences of the church, s5527. % .
and been disbursed in these benevo-