The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-04
81. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.
Impressive Opening SerVices-LHFge
COnSreSatiOns-Stat of
the Church.

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by the completion of two bays, was
opened on Sunday, June 3, for divine
worship The ceremonies consisted OF
united services of the two Anglican con-
gregations, and were full OF interest.
Decorations were profuse and lovely, the
chancel presenting, wherever the eye
rested, wealth of floral adornment,
while vines encircled the massive pill
lars, hanging also in festoons between,
from which depended baskets or bou-
DUETS of flowers.
Since the completion of the two bays
the chancel, in which the worshipers
have hitherto been accommodated, has
been re-arranged for its primary pur-
poses, giving the clergy and the choir
abundance of space for their respective
offices. The opening services comprised
HOLY Communion at 80 and Lltany at
9 80 a. m, and united service OF praise
and Thanksgiving at II rs a. M. and
again at p. IN.
At the IL Is a. m. united service the
edifice was crowded with a representa-
tive concOurse A double row of chairs
in the main aisle was inadequate to seat
all who came after the pews were filled.
Their Maiesties the King and Queen
were present, attended by Colonel the
Hon. Curtis P Iaukea, II. NJ. Chamber
lain; also Princess Kaiulani, with her
father, Hon. A. S. CleghOrn; several
members of the Diplomatic and Consul
lar corps, and a large number OF prOmi-
nent residents out of other denOmina-
tional bodies.
Following is the order of service, the
clergy participating with the preacher In
the conduct of devotions being Revs.
Alex Macintosh, II. II. Gowen and Y.
H. Kitcat:
Professional Hymn.
Venite .................... Savage in &
lie Deum NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. jackson IN i
BenedictuS. ...... ......... ....... tanart IN +
Ferial Responses. -. -. .......... Tails
Anthem-Break Forth into JOY. Barnby
Hymn-Ten Thousand Times.
Sermon-Rev. Geo. Wallace, b. ID.
Hymn-The Churchs One Foundation.
Organ Postude- War March (Athalie)
Recommendations. Mendelssohn
Rev George Wallace prefaced his SER
mon with the following statement re-
garding the status of the Cathedral:
bring to you this morning a brief re-
port of what has been given and done in
the building of this church.
and two bays of the nave. That which |
has been done is well done, and will be |
adequate for many years to the needs of |
our communion in this city. We are |
thankful to a kind Providence that no |
serious accident has happened to any |
workman while this structure has been in |
building. The work has been honestly |
performed. There are no shams anywhere |
in it, and everything is just what it pre-
tends to be. 1t is an honest building from
gable to foundation.
A simpler building that could have been |
completed twenty years ago might have |
been better A wiser management might |
have secured it, but to-day we are too full |
for this noble temple. We shall go on in !
good time to furnish it worthily, and leave |
to pOsterity its enlargement when there |
shall be need.
The Building Committee have re-
ceived from legacies. ...........$ 1893 08 |
Donations from England ........ ID ,688 SO |
Subscriptions and donations IN
Honolulu ...........'..........2 20, 269 50
Fairs and sales of work by the
women ................... 1884 Is
OffertOry collections in church.. /, 1913 IS |
Interest and sale of stone .. 801 OF |
$57 $40 90
There is still remaining due to the con-
tractor the sum of $4,000 Towards
meeting this we have subscriptions which
we hope soon to collect to the amount of |
50 900; cash in the hands of the treasurer,
81 800; the promise of the S. p. g. K of
Church of England to complete payment,
50, 500.
The amount of $1,000 needs still to be
obtained. We have confidence, dear
in your generous aid to provide a
large portion, if not the whole, of this sum
at an early day Our aims this morning
will be given to that end. Your gifts in
the past are our best pledges tor the pres
ent and the unfailing earnest for the future.
Give, and it shall be given unto you
good measure pressed down and running
over"
Mr.. Wallace took as his text Genesis
% :2-"Surely the Lord is in this place"
After a quarter of a century faithful
souls there could say they had waited
for this day. After patient waiting they
saw the happy opening of this splendid,
even if uncompleted, edifice The
preacher discoursed at length on the
true sight canoe of a church building,
what makes genuine churchmanship,
and the symbolism of ecclesiastical
adOrnments and sacred
furni, hiDgs. He paid a high tribute to
the memory of the devoted King and
queen, Kamehameha ". and Emma,
who had devised this great monument
Of Christianity in this Kingdom. The
discourse was eXtempore and delivered
with an eloquence that held the congre-
CATIONS rapt attention throughout.
The combined choirs of the First and
second congregations, all clad in sur
Dlices, rendered the service of praise
with power, Mr.. Wray Taylor presiding
1t the organ with his well-known ability. =
A company of British blue Jackets,
headed by platoon of marines, from
4. B. M. S. Cormorant, attended the
service in a body, marching to
and from the church.
There was another large congregation
1T the evening service, when The order
If devotions was as follows:
Professional Hymn.
Ferial Responses ........... Tails
Magnificat-Single Chant