Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-01
CHRISTIAN E1gGAllESUBJECTlT
DISCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

80 -. I'll 49, -tt5AttS1ot 0E0fIlf =
manil 1aticns Of the Holy gEitp
Uonsefted Service, Unity EIs.
stitutlo1 and the Spirit. .ReIaions
Of Ern4yef and Employee ..SIrit.
uai hesel and New Visions. = In
bis intrtIetoTy remarks, BisIiop lss.
taT1eK DE reference to the bss
which baen suffered BY the Eis.
copai cf'ch during the past var
through ne death Of four pfeiakz.
nameiy, Rev. Henry Douglas RS.
tnsnn, bilop Of Nevada 1T. Rev. WI
liam Wfce Niles. bishop OF Hdv
Hampshi Rt Rev. John Scarb..
rough, bop Of Nevada,. and Rt rel.
Charles SPnnich. retired.
The 0ipp then spoke as followsl
I beiie that here in Hawaii wd
all see this church is admirably
suited pykr elastic methods to do thk
missionaiI work such as we find1i /,
open to in these islands. BY out
Sunday aoOls and day schools al
present y reach a large number 81
children We are leading them I'd
baptism confirmation, With ali
that i m4s IN the training df Chris.
tan charters. As | 60 here and
there, steyidenoes Of the work Of
our school which are delightful and
encourati4 II Is hard work, said
a Japanesd atechist to me, to change
the older les, but the children are
eager to lrn and the parents are
gladtto hay them instructed.
Just asle begin to wonder what
line the VIZ OF extension will take.
We find opfngs IN many directions.
The cstechf IN many instances are
overwhelme with children eager TO
come and Il IN. : found 126 children
IN our Sund; school at Waiakea, Hilo.
and assistinl the catecllist Is q most
energetic Jhneso iayInan devoting
much q hiaime TO this and to an
other Slndal school Of so and to
other upliftil work smong his peo-
pie.
! We face. letAren interesting and
difficult cont lions. In some locali-
| Ties the lossIf white commandments
| is trying anlthe work seems small
but 40 sevel Instances tho work in
a district has assumed larger proper
tions IS the fspeetife was changed
and the child have been reached.
We rejpica with Cur brethren Of
st. Peter's inbe progress OF thor
church buildi1 ST Peters. we are
confident. Wi1Nnfpf tinon 4 new ora
Of real tempt ] and spiritual pro-
gress When occupy their new
church ana I'll buildings connected
with II. q
I'VE shall aIfeel thankful at the
reduction sf til ebts which a few Of
our CHURCHES ONide Of Honolulu have
had. Our total pts On Maui and Ha.
waii are pow q than $1,000.
The ofefing| of missions are FAR
larger than befq In temporal way
we have been Used by q prosperous
year. In cure lexpenses OF IN pay
ment Of dues ndpne 81 cur parishes
Qr missi6ps - inquent Oslfz fnsEi'
tutions have pa their expenses ana
not one Of them q debt. This shows
not only careful management. but 4
healthy and a v.rous condition
The number ybaptisms has been
larger than In I previous year and
the condemnation om cgnvocatioH TO
conyocation hage een more than In
any other like bel b The increase Of
ccmmunicants Ia cen eight per cent
while the whole rch in the United
States counts "A crease OF two per
cent Of these |nfirmed one-third
have been HAwaii|s and part-H laval
ians. the rest Ia fder Of numbers.
white. Chinese, lpanese, K0feans.
Many Of those conf he'd have had pre-
yious religious afkations including
Roman Cathode, Cotregational. Meth
odist Lutheran. esbyterian and
Mormon.
so far we havalealt with the
outward and Isiblaigns Of the con
ditions Of the ehurd Ict Dis now turn
70 the real. the spinal aspect 81 tho
work.
We were otaigedIo consider tenn.
pOral affairs when 5 came here be-
cause II was neeess3 to have build
ings for church sciol and mission
work. / believt tha It is now time
when we should ] ikebose Of old. wait
in prayerfull exIectatn for the out.
pouring Of the Holy Ipirit # we do