The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-16

To this charge and Annual address
! append my journal, which is made G
part of it.
It i not necessary for men to 90 into
/ details in regard to material progress
/ They are matters with which YOU are
/ more or less familiar Since we last
met the TheophIus II. Davies Memorial
Hall and Parish House has been SET
| apart for the us,s for which it was
given. st, Andrew 5 Priory has been
opened and is free from debt. At Iolani
a dining-room and kitchen have been
| erected which relieved the overcrowded
| buildings.
/ Al Wailuku plans have been prepared
| for a new and commodious church, and
the congregation of St Peters, Homo,
| lulu, is anxious to enlarge or build
| and hndered for lack of room.
\ parsonage at Lahaina has been
erected.
! ST. Clements has been freed from
| debt and has been c0nsecrated.
\ gift of 1000 has been received
| for the endowment of canonry in the
| cathedral.
A valuable piece of land has been
given for the use of the priory.
At kohala they are prepared to re-
build the parsonage.
In every one of our churches gifts
have been made which ada to their APP
pearance and beauty.
The debt on the parish hall at Hilo
| has been met and beautiful memorial
pulpit and lectern have been put in
place.
There is six thousand dollars on hand
for a bishops house, and in cash and
pledges the committee on the Alice
Macintosh Memorial Tower reports
over fourteen thousand dollars, and the
tower is soon to be commenced.
There is growth along all lines. Those
who are counted as communicates are
only those who have received the Holy
Communion within rea> enable time,
unless reasonably hindered.
The combinations are not quite 80
large as last year. but this is due to
some large classes being deferred until
this month"; which, if presented sooner,
would have made this year S number
equal to the last.
As we review the situation, the spirit
prevailing and the hard work done by
the faithful clergy and laity, we have
every reason to thank God and take
courage. There are local difficulties
which impede and often annoy, but our
plan is to do the work as we see ii to
the best of our ability according to our
principles and the Spirit of Christ, and
to leave the results with God.
| believe more fully than ever in the
Importance of parochial visitations. In
talks with people, singlv or in families,
great good can lie done. 1t is a diff
cult thing in a large parish, but it is
something that can not be neglected
without the work suffering. What did
our Lord mean when He said, THE
Good Shepherd knoweth His sheep and
calleth them all by their names?
Among the Orientals we have eight
faithful catechists working. They are
not only holding service, but preach in
camps and other places. In one village
the sheriff told the clergyman that the
Koreans used always to be in trouble,
but that this work Of our catcchist had
told so that there had not been an ar
rest for six months. And so the work
among the Chinese and japanese and
other races goes on, and it is only lack
of men which prevents our opening
work in several places.
Brethren Of the clergy and laity, let
us 90 forth from this convocatIon with
the fullest confidence in the truths for
which this Church stands and with the
authority which personal holiness gives,
that our lives may preach with power,
that men may learn through us that
God is with us and that we are with
God. That men may he drawn by the
spirit of sacrifice, of peace, of charity
and all the power Of the spirit, shown
in US by conservation on the one hand
and activity for God and man on the