The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-25
OBLIGATORY SERVICES

were held in the Y. M. G. A. build
ing on Saturday night. The Who'll,
of the rooms were lighted and
thrown open, except the unfinished
gymnasium room downstairs. Tho
public were invited to walk up thr
broad staircase and enter the assem-
bly, room, where seats had been pro-
vided for 400. Round the walls
were hung those volcano pictures,
by Mr.. FurneauX, which we have
before described. At the end of the
room was a dais on which were seat
ed the President, Chief-Justice
Judd, the late President, A. Pratt,
DR.. Hyde, DR.. Damon, j. A. CRU
zan, T. H. Davies and p. G. Jones,
ir. Punctually at the appointed
time the exercises commenced with
a brilliant duet on the piano, by
Mrs. L. II. Davies and Miss II.
Dickson. The choir then sang the
hymn, "Jesus shall reign" and DR..
Damon led the Dedicatory Prayer.
The choir, accompanied by Mr.. NJ.
II. Jones on the piano, rendered the
anthem, "H Hark bark! my soul!"
The acoustic properties of the build
ing must be good, as the blending
of the voices was not marred in the
slightest degree. Then the Build
ing Committee, through its Presi-
dent, Mr.. p. c. Jones, jr., made
report as follows:
"This is the final report of the
Building Committee, consisting of
Messrs. j. b. A,herton, c. M.
Cooke and myself. ] would like to
present view of some of tho diff
culties under which we labored, for
in many of them we were misunler
stool or misrei resented. Still not
withstandiug the difficulties we have
the building now sufficiently advanc.
cd for our work TO go on in it. The
selection of site was the first diff
Guilty, and many delays occurred.
Then we had our difficulties in get
ting plans, finally rough outline by
Mr.. c. M. Cooke was shaped by
Mr.. Moore, and the plans drawn as
they now are. Then the day of
opening the tenders had to be post
poned, and when the lowest tender
was known we had to trim our plans
here and there to make it meet our
funds. The contract signed called
for the completion of the building
by the 22nd December, and here it
is only finished now. Still the work
has been faithfully done. An un-
successful bidder told me to-day we
had an honest and square job. The
total cost of the land and building,
etc., was $18,968.75. Mr.. Jones
here presented the keys to the Presi-
dent with few bright words of as
piration MS to the future of the Associ-
alton. The President accepted them,
rcciprocating the wishes of Mr..
Jones. (His Majesty, attended by
His Ex. j. M. Kapena, arrived dur.
ing this speech. and was received by
the audience, standing.)
Mr.. Pratt then addressed the
meeting giving somewhat lengthy
resume of the work alone during the
past year and few of the reasons
why we needed such a building as
this was; (1) VIC need home; (2)
we need building for strangers; |;
(3) we need it for tue young grow
ing up around us. In addressing
them for the last time as body he
urged on them the need of harmony,
enthusiasm and fidelity. We are
one hundred strong, let us see how
much one hundred earnest Christians
can do. Then Mr.. +. w. Damon
read poem written specially for
the occasion by Mrs. b. +. Dilling-
ham, after which the choir sang the
hymn entitled "Crowp Him."