Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-13

~. ,rnera Prom Fort street church tact
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THE IITE D. %. MN
H,s Funeral from Fori-Street church tact
UedHesddy.
On the front OF the pulpit Of Fort Street
Church, last Wednesday, were spread the
white wings OF a floral dove The desk, the
pulpit and the choir wore a proiusion Of pale
flowers and grccnery. In front Of the pulpit
reposcd a coffin. clad in sable Grape; within
which lay all that is pefishable Of Edwin Oscar
Iiall-good husband, good parent, good citi.
zen, good ssn. The church bells had been
tolling solcmnly, at intervals, before the church
began To- I'll. Many business houses had been
closed at two, and before PM. the large audi
forum Of the church was filed with the imme-
diatc mourners, the friends and the acquain.
tances Of one Of the best known and best re-
spcctcd citizens OF the Hawaiian Islands.
There were many gray.haircd men and not a
few gray.haircd women in the mournful congre.
cation. There were men and women who had
stood shoulder to shoulder with their dead Co
worker in the battle the missionaries had waged
against the cruelty and the liccntiousness of the
now so nearly civilized Hawaiian race There
were inc young men ana young women VINO
had been his Sunday school pupils, his business
associates, his employees And-more than on
similar occasions i, seemed that something of
personal loss had come to all those present r.
whites, IIawaiians and Chinese young and
old.
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'nousn 'hefe was an ehtlfe absence OF Pain'ul
sensation They were as iolowsi
Organ Voluntary ..,..................R Beethoven
Reading ......................... Psalm CXtI
Voluntary by the choir Jesus. Son of MARY, Hear
Ranks.
Prayer By the Pastor.
Singing. Iesus. Lover Of nv Soul,
Reading ....... Selection. from New T.s,,r,r,
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singing. :" peac. r,o,h,sd Soul :
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organ Fo'uh'afy''''''''' LEAD Mareh III saul
The sermon was as follows;
Along the northern coast If Furone n, the
evening time dense fog sometimes suddenly
envelopes sea and coast and the fishermen
have no means of finding their way to the
land. Their wives come down to the shore
and sing as only woman can. when her beart
thrills with love for her dear ones. And as
the simple home song of the 6sherfoIk passes
out to sea. the fishermen catch the strain and
steering their boats bv il. with answering SONG
come safely TO the land and their loved ones.
To-day, our little boats float upon LIES
waters drifting with the graveyard setting
tide Our ewes are blinded by our tears we
cannot see The headlands. Our brother
stands in the clear sunlight upon the heavenly
shore. Perhaps were our ear, not so heavy
and could we understand the heavenly Ian
puare and music. we. too. Nigh, catch the
notes. and words of chant of triumph. and of
comfort. COMING ont of the unseen. and in ,ha,
chant we would catch the tones of voice
familiar To us nll-silen, here for evc,m,re.
| I do catch a message. which seems tn me IN
come waited over heavens ba,tlements-ond
STRANGE nc !, may seem in con,ros, with your
sorro,y6,l faces and robes of bl,cl and acbing
bc,rts-;t Il a ,ovg NJ J,.S,,,1tb ami ;oy
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sweetIv sounding through The S.ies +?
10 the angelic hos, rejoices
Heavenly hallelujahs rise
We gather in this church, which he so loved,
and look with ear.dimmed eyes, and aching
hearts, upon his coffin, and we say '' II. o. Ha2
! ;s denJ :" The ANGELS who in innumerobIe
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must so strongly move his hart and draw out
his love toward us, saw. az. O. HgY has inst
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While we weep over him as one gone they
rejoice over him rs another of eartb's wan.
dercrs lust come home.
As Iohn Bunyan's pilgrims drew near the
gate Of the celestial CITY a great company came
out TO meet them. and the Kings musicians
saluted them with ten thousand welcomes
They were escorted up the gates by the plo.
rious ,hrong. amid the singing of choirs and
the notes of instruments, while all the bell, of
the city rang out glad welcome. The hearts
of the pilgrims were enraptured.
Wednesday. September 10th, heavens bells
rang out a JOYOUS welcome as another pilgrim
haltingly neared the gates another glorious
throng passed out to escort within the new
Je rusalem another citizen.
He is not dead. refuse to look DOM
upon the coffin and the emblems of death.
look M. This is not death: tits 6iyfh. 1t is not
might it is the rutldy blaze Of MORNING. 1t is
not rest even it is a new strength and power,
and new and glorious activity. He hassimply
been unclothed Of age and disease and clothed
upon with immortal youth and vigor
{" Has, ,bop no, elimoses !, tn. ,,iligb, her.
OF mountains where immortal morn prevails
Comes there not, through the silence 10 thine ear,
A mtiruur v.afte ed from that glor,ous shore
OF streams that water banks for ever fair,
And voices of the loved ones gone before,
More musical IN that celestial air r
I lock vp, and | remember the words Of
Christ - those blessed words about His
Father S House and its ''many mansions. "
One OF them has new occupant. Shall we
weep because he is not still 'stranger" anda
wanderer1" new harp has been strung
shall we wish it silent A new voice chants
hallelujahs shall we weep because he does
not still sing our poor earth songs Another
heatt Is hlieu with the peace tnat passeth
| understanding shall We wish to call him back
to the sorrows of Garth ? Another son hath