The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-01-02

be kept. The day should not be
allowed to degenerate into eating
and drinking, and merry-making,
like the saturnala of ancient Rome.
II should be the aim of Christians
to so observe the day that it would
have benign influence upon them
III all the relations of life. Christ
mas meant that Christianity would
never have been if it had not been
that Christ was born. God might
have sent deliverance to the race by
a different agent--a holder Moses,
a more evangelical Isaiah, q more
holy David; might have used other
means than sending us to Bethlehem
and a little child; might have given
us book as precious rs the Bible
without the story of the incarnation.
But there could not have been the
gospel in all its sweetness, its hope,
power and pathos, without the
manger of Bethlehem, the Goldman
touched with our iniirmities, giving
himself as u sacrifice, rising from
the dead, and pleading forever for
us at his Fathers throne. Such
were some of the thoughts elabo-
rated by the preacher to his at
tentive audience.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
The services here commenced at
4 80 with the celebration of low
mass, which continued till "a. NJ.
At 10 A. NJ. high pontifcal mass
commenced. An immense congre-
CATION of natives and foreigners was
present. Only few minutes after
ten, the Cathedral was all but
packed full, while large numbers
crowded the entrances and occu-
pied the benches outside. The st.
Louis College Boys Band took a
large share in the musical exercises,
and attracted much notice by their
efficiency. The sacrament of bap-
tism was administered after high
mass, to l6 adults and 23 children.
About 90 persons, both adult and
children, were confirmed by his
Lordship the Bishop of Olba, after
the afternoon religious service.
Besides the new converts baptized
at the Cathedral, ten others had
been regenerated and admitted into
the Catholic Church at the Branch
Hospital in the morning.
AT KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH.
The Rev. c. NJ. Hyde preached a
sermon in this church, in native, at
1880, to pretty large audience,
on the subject of "Christ the Uni
versal King" from the text, "Unto
you Child is born, unto you Son
is gwen, and his name shall be call
ed wonderful, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace"
KAwAIAIIAO SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Kawaiahao Sunday school
had q grand muster on the grounds
of the North Pacific Missionary In
stitute. Tables were spread on the
verandahs and in the recitation
room. A tipe collation. was pro-
vided, at which some 450 sat down.
A variety of outdoor sports was
engaged in, and the whole affair
passed off satisfactorily. Mr.. w. r.
Castle superintendent the entertain
ment.
THE REFORNIATORY SCHOOL.
At this institution, the festival was
made red letter day to the waits
whom misfortune, bad parental train
ing and precocious depravity have
thrown upon the care of the nation.
The superintendent, Mr.. Walter
Hill, treated the boys to q feast of
cake, pies, coffee and CONNECTIONS,
to which the lads did ample justice.
After the feast, the rest of the day
was given up to sports and plays of
various kings, in which boys all
know how to dispose of themselves.
The days recreations closed in
native songs rung out upon the even
ing air with that joyous exuberance
which some sixty individuals of the
boy persuasion are able to throw
into their performances when they
are exceedingly pleased. Christmas,
1885, will be day of deservedly
pleasant and gratefuls memories to
the boys of the Hawaiian Reforma-
tory School.
THE BAND CONCERT.
Those having ears for music and
who went to Emma Square in the
afternoon, were RECALLED with supe-
rior programme. The pieces were
arrangedj by Bandmaster Berger,
whose handiwork in this depart
ment is pronounced by connoisseurs
to be indispensable anywhere. The
programme consisted of nine pieces,
three of which were new and com.
posed specially for the occasion. II
is only necessary to convey the in
formation that every performance
was of high order of merit, to say
that it was executed by the Royal
n