Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
Sums Up Work of Past Year
and Outlines Needs Of
Mission District


sion district Of Honolulu. delivered
last Sunday in St Andrews cathedral,
Ri. Rev. Henry Bond RestariCk, bishop
Of Honolulu, spoke, in part, as fol-
lows:
Consider Whole Church
When we meet in Annual Convoca-
ton we have to consider in a way th .
whole church. We are not an isolated
missionary district. We are related to
the whole American church, to the
whole Anglican Communion and fur
ther everything that affects the whole
church OF God, affects US. II anything
is wrong with any portion Of the body
the whole body suffers II finger
aches II affects the health Of the ell.
tire body and the disposition Of the
entire mind and spirit. A felon on the
finger, a pain in the stomach, an ache
in a tooth will disturb the entire body
Laity Was Generous
The most remarkable thing con-
nected with the church in the past
year has been the response II the
appeal to the laity for the church
pension fund OF the clergy. Hereto
fore the care Of the aged and unfirm
clergy had been left to voluntary
societies and the most that these
could do was to allow about $500. 90
a year for a priest who was unable to
work. Bishop Lawrence, who by birth
and training t. a business man, and
belongs to one OF the most conspic-
uous business families in America, be-
came the head Of the committee. on
the church pension fund and at once
set to work to put the whole matter
on a scientific basis. He called in 10
his aid the best known actuaries in
the United States, who are in the hfe
insurance business. They calculated
at once that It would take q fund of
$5,o00,O00.00 in order to carry through
any system which they had in view,
and pay the accrued liabilities. l
very much question whether anyone
else could have done the work which
Bishop Lawrence did. In the first
place he was in the set, II we may so
use the term, of the rich business men
Of the United States. When one OF
the first gifts was a million dollars
is showed the confidence Of the veal.
thy business men in. the plan. And
when 1t was announced that the
$4,000, 10000 had been secured there
was an expression Of wonderment
throughout the whole business and
church world, and then later it was
stated that the fund had been over
subscribe so per cent and that there
was on hand $500, 10000 for the &C
crued liabilities it was a record of
voluntary subscription. which had
never been reached in the history OF
the Christian Church.
Now we shall have to enact
canon which will assess on every
parish and mission, IL per cent Of
the amount which the said parish or
mission pays its clergy. The board
Of missions in New York will pay that
Z 1-2 per cent on such salaries as they
pay to missionaries in the United
States and / believe that the local
board Of missions will have to pay the
Z 10 per cent on such amounts as
they contribute towards the salary of
any man. It is only in this way that
the future OF. the church pension fund
can be maintained and that clergy car
get q pension In proportion to the
salaries which they have received
during their life time. The minimum
pension viii be $4,000 a year with
50 much allowance for widows and
children under age It is a Just and
eQuable system end this church MAJ
we'll be thankful that 1t has set the
example In providing for its clergy
in this way.
Needs Are Outlined
For. the general review of the
church let us come to our own needs.
Il would call the earnest attention
Of the clergy to the keeping of the
parish registers. According to Canon
16, Section 3, every minister is bound
to keep not only a list Of baptisms,
confirmations and .burials, which
every one does, but also the names
Of all communicates within his cure
and list Of all families and adult
persons, for the use of his successor. |
The most interesting event of this I
year will be the 50th anniversary Of
the founding <of St Andrews Priory
School for girls which occurred on
May 30th, 1867. Ascension Day came |
Oh Iuol 0dSo IN IHdI year. we Q0- |
layed the anniversary until the con- !!
vocation in order that we might mark |
II in q strong way with the clergy and |
laity Of the islands.
Sometime ago / called together a |
committee of men consisting OF |
Messrs. l.. T. Peck, John Guild, Bob
bins B. Anderson ald VIM. Thompson |
and these churchmen with myself |
have quietly but persistently WORKED !
for an endowment. There have been
many unforeseen -hindrsnces since we
began. One is the campaign for $780,
100000 for the Y. NJ. C. A. army and
navy building and the other has been
the advent of the war But while
this appeal for 100000 for the
Priory may be delayed yet we are
confident that we shall ultimately get
the amount we desire. Constantly
We hear from all hind of sources the
esteem in which the priory is
held. In one day recently the parents
Of four girls came and besought us
to allow their girls to enter the school
and when we said there was No room