Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-22

III America is awake as never before
TO its duty In regard to missions. The
apportionment was only adopted in
1901, yet the system has trebled gifts
to missions.
The Forward Movement.
THE forward movement has taken
hold of many cities and diocese and
now church after church Is adopting
the every-member canvass, or the du-
pick envelope system, where the one
who makes an offering gives so much
to missions and 30 much to the parish.
| believe that here a canvass of every
member in each parish and mission is
the best method and recommend its
adoption. We must enter into touch
with the spirit which Is leading tho
church to do large things for the ex-
tension of the Kingdom OF God. The
increase of offerings to the board
gives much cause for thankfuness. !"
He took up briefly the objections
sometimes raised that the Episcopal
church is an English church,
This church was in America long
before any settlement was made in
Massachusetts" he remarked. THE
Congregational. Methodist and Pres
byterian bodies all originated in
Great Britain. and are as much Eng
lish as we are. No body Of Christians
in the United States can show so long
a list of notable Americans among
her sons as this church can"
What these Islands = what the
world needs today" he declared, "is
the power, the inspiration. the touch
with the life OF God through Christ"
Materialistic Spirit.
Referring TO the materialistic spirit
OF the age as being a hindrance to the
work of the church, he said
There Is no use trying to gloss 1t
over; we are all more or less affected
by 1.-THE comforts and conveniences,
the things of life, becloud the spirit
ual How many people whom we meet
day by day care for anything higher
than things? How much fought of
God is there in their lives? What
vision OF the Kingdom of God on
earth?
"A layman recently, in speaking OF
conditions among the young here.
said: The trouble Is there is too
much money to spend here; the young
people here have too much TO spend
or course II is not what they have to
spend, but how they spend It which
tells the story Of life's upward or
downward movements. Spent only on
self, disqualification, self-comfort,
selfish luxury, eating, drinking, maxi
ing merry. then II must mean In the
end decadence. II Is not what we
have, but how we use what we have
which makes character,
The convocation continued a large
part OF yesterday with an evening
service. The program for today be-
gins at 2:30 o'clock in Davies Mem
orial Hail. and is as follows:
Meeting in the interest of Christian
education.
l. The Sunday School and the Duty
OF Parents and Sponsors, as to the
Training of the Child In the Church,
Mrs. Arthur Smith.
2. Sunday School; Religion In the
Home, Mrs, l.. Il, Folsom.
3. The Bible In the Home. T. Give
Davies. &fIlflli
4. DO Day and Night Schools Pay
in Results Seen? Canon w. E. Pot
wine.
8. Do Church Schools for Young
Orienials Justify the Expenses and
Labor2 Miss Sarah Chung.
G. Night Schools as Means OF
Reaching Men. The Rev. Mr.. Hori.
T. The Oriental Girl: Can She Be-
come Americanized? Miss Annie
Kong.
s. The Oriental Boy; Can He Be
come Americanized2N Mon IA Chung
seyen-forty- D. m. The conyoca-
/ tlon assemblies 10 hear from the mis-
siOnaries Of the district board aud
for business The Rev W. n Fen
on-smilh, the Rev \ W Gum, the
Roy, u. n. Wallace, also 10 hear from
The Rev J X Bodel and the Rev w
y Short
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