The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-29
DOCTOR SGUDDER
EULOG|ZEs WORK .
Of CENTRAL UNION.
Splendid Growth Of Spiritual and
SoclaIlniluence Outlined
lnAnniialR Report
YEARLY SESSION ATTENDED
By IMMENSE GATHERING
Election Of Officers Held and Re-
rs suits WIN Be Announced
Next Sunday
tFrom Thhtsday AavertIser.l

A splendid growth OF the work Of
Central Union church, its Increasing
activities in the social welfare of Ho.
nolnIu ana the community. and the part
Il has actually played ~ International
affsirSduripg the past year, fine com.
plimeht to the associate pastor and the
secretary and tribute TO the work of
the various activities of the church are
part Of the annual report Of DIR. Dore-
mus Heudder, pastor Of the church,
which was read last night.
Meeting In Parrish House
The meeting, held in Central Upioh
parish house, was the annual gathering
Of the congregation TO listen to reports
from the various officers and commit
tees, aud TO elect officers for the en-.
suing year, The nominations previous
ly had been received on ballot blanks
which had been mailed to all members
of the, congregation. The election was
held last night, but the ballots were
not counted, owing to pressure Of other
business, and the results were not
known. They viii be announced from
the pulpit next Sunday
chowdsr supper Served
A chowder supper, provided by q
committee Of the Women 3 Society, was
ready for the church members when
they. began to arrive, about six o clock
Seats were provided for three hundred
persons, and the parish house was filed
with long tables When the supper was
served, at about haIf.past six o'clock,
all the tables were filed. Men and
women Of the congregation served the
tables and waited on their brethren
and sisters. &.
Many Reports Submitted
The business Of the evening was not
taken up until an hour later. Among
the reports, besides those of Doctor
Seudder and Associate Pastor Al. A..
Bbersole, were those Of =. T Chase,
ehpfch clerk; Jonathan Shaw, treasurer
Of trusteest q. II. Tracy, church trus
nrerj WI. Forbes, Sunday school treas
urer; Miss II. VI Cprrier, for the Clean,
ers; Miss Marion Brown &C. D. Gage s
report), ON the Christian Endeavor;
Mrs. B. +. billing CHAM, for the Woman a
Board OF Missions; WA. Bowen, for
the Foreign rniseions committee; Mrs.
Al. Il. Andrews, for the Women's 30
ciety; W.. c., Furer George r. Carter's
report, ON the Mems League; Prof
A. p. Grihiths, for the religious ed
ueatiOnal committed; Vaughan Mac,
caughey, for the Bible School
Doctor scuddsr.s Report 4
1g The pastors report, read by Doctor
Scndder, showed an unusually prosper
GUS year, both in the growth Of the
church work and in the church finances.
His message followsa
although 1914 opened with gloomy
financial prospects and IL was voted
for the first time in the history Of the
church to dispense with q printed an.
ndal report and TO cut down the calen-
oar to skeleton, we expended 1929
more ON ourselves; and gave to others
$7l74 more than n 1913 The totals
are $i8,038 for our own self-support
and $40, $50 for benevolenee. We fell
s3e73 short or 1879, orr banner year
in giving. Considefing the hard times
of the first half Of 1914, this is fine
showing. Ee
Membership increases
Additions to church membership
were small ffty.nine, Of whom
thirty were on. confession, fifteen men
end fifteen women. Eight men and
twenty-one women joined by letter.
We number 445 men and 7l3 women,
or 1l58 members all told.
Your minister united ten couples
in marriage, baptized twelve children
and conducted twelve memorial serv.
ices. Owing to Illness in the home
and TO his absence ON the mainland,
which prevented pastoral visitation for
i've month";, he madegonly 725 calls, or
an average Of 1903 a month.
Ehicient once Work
"The increased work done in the
church Office is one Of the notable dew,
elopments Of the past year. The fine
efficiency Of our secretary has made
the Office a center of all sorts OF helpful
ministry. Persons come there for every
kind OF help, and get it. The various
organizations Of the church have devel-
oped manifold new wants which add TO
our efficiency. All Of these activities
centering in the Office have made II
necessary at times to call In the aid OF
outside stenographers, normal students,
kawaiahao girls aud others. | wish II
were possible for the trustees to engage
a stenographic Office assistant TO bear
this extra. burden. piss
Japanese Question Discussed rs
A striking evidence of Central
Unions growing influence beyond the
confines Of these islands, was the rel
quest for its participation in the main,
land campaign for justice to Japan, by
the loan Of Its minister for three
months, II Is too early to tell what
the eject Of this movement has been
alt there are many signs that the tide
has turned aud that wemay look in the
near future for the development of
more genuine friendship between Amer
lea aud the Orient than ever before.
, His absence gave opportunity for many,
both In and out OF the church, TO share
some Of the burdens Of our work and
showed moro than ever the fine quail.