Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-08-18
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Two interesting accounts IT The recent dcdi
c,iion " The Chinese Church ~ Kolialh hty,
been received one from 81 G. H." the
other ltom "iI /. S." The following &C.
couni !. made up from both though chicn,
from that Of MI sheldon. Zach correspond
cni give ml credit to the ,ealous aud indie
htignhlc efforts u Mf Frank Damon, VIM hn,
been more Immediately instrumental than any
one else In the prompt and satisfactory com
plcliun ut The ,mpouant work
sunday, August ,lh, was q "red letter
day iut The Tristan thincsc ~ tins datuct.
the occnsinn being The formal dedication " the
new church recently erected lot them at kai.
upihi. The lot VI land was generously donated
los the purpose by the kohlla Plantation
Company, while the Other planters generally
without particularly mentioning names
have literally contributed ~ the building fund,
which has reached M, sum Of b1,7Gs. The
Chinese here and In Honolulu have given
1000 Sioo was donated 10y the native church
tRcv MI Hond's) while foreigners generally,
but more particularly in Honolulu. have con
lrlbutcd generously loI this worthy purpose.
The entire cost of the church building and the
adjacent parsonage ~ estimated NJ about
h}IOp having u balance " little over 5000
to hc provided Tor, which, 1t Is hoped, therc
will he ne serious difficulty in obtaining The
church building " So feet long, exclusive nf
vcstilnlc and pulpit recess, by 10 feet wide.
The ordinary seating capacity IS three hun
dfcd The structure " remarkably pretty
ono, the plans having been drawn by Mr. &.
!. Wall, the Honolulu architect and the work
executed 10y Mt Wong lice, Chinese
builder, in as wofkmanlikc and thorough q
manner as could have been done 10y the
mechanics Of any nationality. The style Of
the building is Gothic, The outside sheathing
Is OF T. and f. boards set pcrpendiculnrly, and
surfaced ON both sides, as all Of the framework
of the house is exposed within, but surfaced,
and painted somewhat light color, with
darker trimmings, while all the raitcrs and
braces overhead are painted dark. The
shingles are laid ON I. and 4. boards, with The
surfaced side turned inward.
The building is surmountcd with n nca,
lnt,iccd bclfry. On the west end Is poriico,
and on the cas-, end is an acoyc forming the
pulpit, thus giving the audience room the en-.
tire body Of the chuicc. On either side oi the
pulpit are two large tablets, some Ans OF there.
nbouis, facing the audience, the one contain.
ing the ten commandments, and the other the
creed and doSology; and over the pulpit
Repent yc, ior the Kingdom OF heaven is at
hand All in Chinese.
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finished in abou, two weeks.
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from the Basic and Rhensh missions in
Chin,
" %n the dov @, ,he dedication tho u,,.
church was fairly crammed with representatives
of three rnces-ibe Chinese the Iiav,i;,n AMI
" ", ""'eHe' '"e 'i'"'h'n anu
tne CAUCASIAN u was interesting and i'm
preSSIvc To note, that several familiar hymns
such as Coronation, All Hail the Power of
I.,u,, NJ. - ~ ..,t,is - A,
N'"'' '''" '''ee"'"'' ny ""ulli'Hh
ana inc poNoiogy-wcre sung IN three different
languages nj the same time n was n n,ttr,
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present: There could not have been less than
iiiiy; all were neatly dressed, and one OF them
played quite slillGnlly an the n,,Io, n,r,n
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the audience were number Of foreign lndc,
OF the district, who evidently took much in
tcrcst in the proceedings. The interior of the
church. in front of the desk nnd the desk it.
self, had been beautifully and tastclully decor.
ated by these ladies with flowers and ever.
greens.
The recess behind the desk or ros,rum was
occupied by the Rev. DR.. Damon, Rev. Mr.
Bond Mr. i. W. Damon and the Chinese
colportcurs and evangclists, Messrs. Kong let
Yin, Tsen Ten Eel and Sit Moon. Rev. Mr..
Houston, of the foreign church, came in later.
The following was the programme % the dcdi
cation exercises
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a. lnyoe,tion ~, Mr. kong re, N YIN
3 Scripture Reading Kings, $50; hebrew, 70,
Il, =. Mr., sen len te
q ''s'"s NI a ,ns,, IN, rowcr Of Jesus Name
s. Responsive Reading ................7.thP Psalm
O. Remarks in English and Chimes Mr.. W Damon
rbr,ie, SlMse'' " hnssh rp,peenng ,he
g. Reading of declaration OF dedication, in rnaSb
by Rev. Dr. Damon; in Hawaiian, BY Rev. MIR
I hond; IN Sh'n'se' by Mr. hong let I'm O..
~. sinsing th,s's sh'ir
II. Address to the Chinese ~. Mir Kong lea Yin
~ Singing Missionary Hymn :; CONGREGATION
- nnpna KEY Ut, Damon
i,. Benedetion Rev. Mr. Houston
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