The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
WEEKLY RELIGIOUS review

number of books drawn from them
this year has been $4,000. No fewer
than sixteen branches are taught N
the education classes. Such is a part
of the record of an American army
and American navy, made up of young
American-born men of the middle
West, who can beat the world at gun
merry, and several other things, and
who perform their Christian duty just
about as we'll as do men in the other
lines of active service-perhaps a bit
better than some.
A special meeting of the House OF
Episcopal Church Bishops is called
for New York October 26, among 9TH
er things to create, if it then seems
wise, an independent Episcopal juris-
diction for Indians. Immediate oppo-
sition to the plan arises from the high
church folk. Were it successful it
might mean separate jurisdiction for
negroes, and all this, say the high
church party, is uncatholic in it's ira
dition.
The suggested plan is to elect a
bishop for work among Indians, Civ
ing him liberty to go into whatever
diocese he finds Indians dwelling-a
sort of jurisdiction at large, so to
speak 1t is claimed that there is in
the Episcopal church at present no adj
equate law to allow such, and that
last year, in an attempt to pass one,
the convention showed it's disinclina-
ton to do so, while preventing the
question from coming to a vote.
The case arises through the depart
ure of the Rt. Rev. d. f. F. Johnson,
bishop of South Dakota, where are
most of the Indians belonging to the
Episcopal church, to be coadjutor to
the Rt, Rev. DR.. Daniel S. futile,
bishop of Missouri, and resident in
st. Louis. South Dakota is mission
airy district, and the house of bishops
must elect Bishop Johnson's success
sor. Bishop futile, as senior in the
church, has called the special session.
1t is said that the separate jurisdic-
ton plan emanates from him and
from Bishop Johnson.
The call proposes also the creation
of a missionary district for the Pana-
ma canal zone, but adding to it pos
sibly some small part of Colombia in
South America, and some work in
Central America started by the
church of England, but desired now, It
is said, to be turned over by that
church to the Episcopal church in this
country. If the district be created
bishop will be chosen for it, and he
will be a resident of the isthmus.
The special session will elect new
bishop for a. Japan district, whose
bishop resigned and accepted cleo
ton as bishop of Kansas City, and for
new district in China, for which
President Pott of St. Johns college,
Shanghai, was chosen but declined.
If all these plans are put into effect
no fewer than ten bishops will be the
record for the Episcopal church this
fall. Two of these are for Philadel-
phia, very soon to be consecrated, one
for Eastern Massachusetts, and one
for Arkansas, whose conservation is
already set, and a special convention
is called in October to elect a new
bishop to be an assistant, known as
suffragan, for the diocese of Chica-
go. The special session of the house
of bishops mentions election of five
more. OF the ten, five represent ex-
tension and growth. That is, they
are new positions, and will be new.
More than 100000 pages of litera,
ture will be issued this year from the
Methodist mission presses in Rho
desla and East Africa.
Methodists of the world meet in
conference in Toronto October to
II next, with elected delegates repre-
senting England, Ireland, Australia,
Canada and America, and visitors