Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
DIR. SCUDDER DELIVERS HIS.
annual MESSAGE To Church
During 1915, S42,455 Was
Given to Others; 0rganiza-
tons Expenses $17,268
Given to others, $42,455.
Spent on itself, $17,26S.

Union church were handled In 1913,
according to the annual message OF
DIR. Doremus Scudder, the pastor,
which has been printed and sent 10
All members OF the organization.
Throughout his message. DR.. Scud.
der emphasized the success with
which the church met last year. The
message, in. part, is as follows:
From the point Of view of pastoral
activity the year 1915 has been the
most crowded with duties Of any your
minister has. known since the begin
ming Of his service In Central Union
church. The skeleton features OF the
years ministry which are all that can
be tabulated are: Number OF mar
riages solemnized, IL; number of fu.
neral services conducted, IL; number
OF children baptized, IA; number OF
pastoral calls, 1873.
"The last figure represents by an
excess OF 10 the highest figure ever
reached in one year and means l2s
calls per month. Your minister has
never more fully enjoyed this form
OF service and has found II more help
ful than ever. When the fall opened
IL was evidenced that there was a
readiness for deeper spiritual ex'
perience in the hearts OF many OF our
people. Hence when William Water.
house arrived In the city with his
unique proposition to present the
church OF his early years with a
Christmas gift OF an evangelistic cam
l,aign under Messrs. John Edward
Brown and c. p. Curry, 1t all seemed
&c fit in with that which had already
been silently progressing among our
constituency.
Campaign Results.
THE Chief result Of the two weeks
service seems to be the growth OF
a larger spirit of welcome among a..
melting of formality into cordially,
a new conviction OF the value of the
great Christian fundamentals and q
readiness to make the church more
truly all things to all men. The En-
ueavor Society in especial has been
thoroughly stirred.
'During the fan we have had larg.
er prayer. meetings than ever before
since this passionate began. This
seems due to three features that have
been introduced into the scheme OF
the mid-week service. BY breaking up
our membersh D. into four classes and
asking each SIS to be present once
q month, We lave presented an old
time duty in fresh and practical
light. BY devuting the opening third
OF the hour To prayer and communion
we have spiritualised the entire SER
vice. BY laying out a definite pro-
gram of selected subjects and secur-
ing the cooperation of many people In
unfolding the topic. We have given
variety and deepened interest.
AFTER careful pruning oar member.
ship figures show a net gain of 80 in
an. accession Of 70. Among the new
colners the men lead the women by
AZ to SO. or the 40 who united on con-
feSsion "a were men. We have for
years slowly been moving in the di.
recticn of more accessions from the
sterner sex This is to be expected in
q city where men so largely predomin-
ate in numbers, as they do In Homo
lulu.
Beneveient Record.
s. "Our benevolent record is a good
che. Special offerings like those for
the Nauru Bible and hymn book and
for Armenian relief raised our foreign
total over that of 1914 by $2449. In
1916 we ought to return to our pledge
!, OF $4,000 as a regular offering for the
American Board. The unusual pros
perity enjoyed by the islands should
- ~ &hf. na-ft,, ,-~-cthIa ra~R vaap
we failed by $207s to reach this fig.
ure. Our contributions to home mis-
sions totaled $29.013-less IN 1915
than during 1914 by $685.. This was
due to some special extras in that
year. This cuts our total beneyolences
to $42, 1856, reduction of $6801, but
leaves us giving 1915 more to others
than In 1913. We spent on ourselves
$17,26S, less than last year by $40.
"The growth of the ministry of our
church is shown IN part by the de-
man6s made upon our office. These
have so increased that we find il i'm
possible at times to carry the load
without resort to extra help which has
had to be engaged. Few of our peo-
pie realize the very large amount of
work that Central Union is doing.
Musical Needs.
First of all We have come to the
pass where We must have a musical
director to take over the entire con-
duct of our church music. Last year
we paid $4,000 for music at our church
services and in the Bible school. What
did We get out of It? Not a little,
pleasure for lovers of music among us
and some inspiration for those trained
TO appreciate the spiritual side of har-
monte sound But neither our church
nor Bible school made any appreci-
able progress towards realizing the
aim of church music Our singing is
net whit better. Our children have
not been trained as they should be.
When recently we called for a chorus
very few responded. In fact our
church is musically dead. And it costs
us usually about $1,000 a year to keep
it from being resurreeted. The rea.