Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-01

Probably never before have there
teen so many great religious gather
| ings arranged for any one year as
will take place in 1918. Many are in
the interest of church unity, several
are for the cause of foreign missions,
others will have historical significance,
and more will enact church legisla-
| ton. In connection with number OF
conventions there will be pilgrimages
around the world, or a good way
around, in the interest of Christianity.
Aside from these definite gatherings
of religious workers, general religious
movements due to individuals will be
in the forefront. All of this is thought
to show that "13" has no superstition
for religious leaders.
Perhaps the chief religious event OF
the year just born, one which will az
feet the greatest number of persons,
will be the celebration of the sixteenth
century of the peace of Constantine,
which will center in Rome. The
faithful" will go to the Eternal City
from the four quarters Of the globe to
assist in the observance. On October
rs, 312, Constantine, the Roman en-
peror, met and conquered Maxentius.
his rival, at the Milvian Bridge, and
later issued the edict of Milan by
which Christianity was officially es-
tablished as the religion of the Roman
empire. Pope Plus X some time ago
appointed superior council to ar
range for the celebration OF the ami
versary. Part of the observance, it
is proposed, will be a Church OF Mar
tyrs" near the Milvian Bridge, to be
built by gifts from all lands.
Sunday School Convention.
The seventh Worlds Sunday School
Convention will be held IN Zurich.
Switzerland, with delegates from
every country on the earth, represents
ing 10000, 900 children that every Sun
day attend Bible school. Already
eight tours have been arranged to
Zurich, three of which include the
Holy Land The Zealand has been
chartered to leave this port June %.
There will be about 1000 delegates
from the United States. it is expect
ed The Rev. DR.. John Henry Jowett,
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, is expected to deliver the con-
sention sermon.
William N HRrtshorn, of Boston,
is chairman of the Worlds Executive
Committee. The convention will be
held from July s to July Is. Three
years ago this body met in Washing
ton, d. c. Forty-seven countries then
were represented. The triennial gath
ering before that was in Rome, and
the meeting previous to Rome was
in Jerusalem. The Worlds Sunday
School Association is the nearest ap-
proach to church union in the Prot
estant communities that exists.
The International Reform Associa-
ton will meet June 20 to July 6 in
Portland, Ore This is an irterde-
nominational Organization which
stands for the observance of Sunday.
the doing away with divorce, the
wiping cut of the liquor business and
ali other causes which affect the
moral welfare of this country. The
president is the Rev. DR.. Henry Collin
Minten, a Presbyterian minister, of
Trenton, N. j. The headquarters are
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
The quadrennial meeting of the
Pan-P Presbyterian Alliance viii be held
III Aberdeen, Scotland, in July. and
chartered vessel will take all the
many delegates from this country
there. The president of this alliance,
which includes all the branches of
the Presbyterian and the Reformed
communions, is the Rev. Dr. David j.
Burrell, pastor of the Marble Collegi-
ate Reformed church, this city. The
secretary for the western continent
! is the Rev. Dr. William Henry Rob
erts, of Philadelphia. The western
section of the alliance viii meet in
/ Montreal, Canada, next month.
The one hundredth anniversary of
| two great missionaries will be oh
served. One is David Livingston, who
took the gospel to Darkest Africa"
and the other is Adoriram Judson, the
| pioneer Protestant missionary TO
| Burma The Livingstone centennial
will be noticed by Protestants of all
communions throughout the civilized
| world. A movement is on foot in
Great Britain to distribute millions
OF tracts with the purpose of reaching
persons with the gospel who never
enter a house of God.
Two around the world Judson CEN
tenRial tours have been arranged. the
leader to be the Rev. DR.. Fred p.
Haggard, home secretary of the
Baptist Foreign Mission Society. As
Adoriram JudSon was converted to be-
lief in immersion On his way out to
2onsla. this anniversary concerns
ipSfeicularly the Baptists. One tour
starts from San Francisco on August
23, and the other leaves Boston about
October % There will be Jadson
/ centenary meetings in Rangood and