The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-23
MEMORIAL SERVICE
For the Late Emperor William of
Germany.
Held at st. Andrews Cathedral Yes
Eerday-A very Large Attend
anee, and am Impressive
Service - Address by
Rev. Geo. Wallace.

| oSty william L, Emperor OF germany,
| was held yesterday at IL o'clock at ST.
| Andrews Cathedral. The stone pillars
| in the chancel were draped in mourning,
| and every preparation had been made
to accommodate large audience. Capt.
| H. w. Mist, r. N, and Messrs E. w.
Holdsworth and Edw. Hutton oficiated
as ushers. The Royal Household troops
were drawn up in front of the main en-
trance, and acted as guard of honor. The
Royal Hawaiian Band was stationed out
side of the building, and played solemn
music before and after the service.
Among those present were Their Maj
estes the King and Queen, I'll. R. H.
Princess Liliuokalani, III. r. III. Princess
Kaiulani, His Excellency Governor
J. O. Dominis, Hon. A. S. Cleghorn,
His Excellency Geo. w. Merrill, U. S.
Minister Resident, and Mrs. Merrill !;
Major J. III. WodehOuse, III. B. M.
Monsieur Laurent Cochelet, Consul and
Commissioner for France; Senior A. de
Souza Canavarro. Consul and ComInis-
sioner for Portugal, and Mrs. Canavarro; ;
Mr.. Taro Ando, Diplomatic Agent and
Consul General for Japan, and Mrs.
Ando; His Honor Chief Justice Judd
and Mrs Judd; Mons. Belanquet,
French Chancellor: Their Excellencies
w. L. Green, Premier; Jono. Austin,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; L. A. Thurs
-, g Tt ~
Ashford, Attorney General; Mr.. Justice
McCully and Mrs. McCully, Justices E.
Preston and r. F. Bickerton, Lord Dali
rymple; Mr.. III. w. Schmidt, Consul for
Norway and Sweden, and Acting Ger
man Consul for the day, and Mrs.
Schmidt; Mr.. j. ii. Putnam, United
States Consul General; Mr.. F. A.
Schaefer, Consul for Italy, and Mrs.
Schaefer; Mr.. E. Muller, Consul for
Belgium Mr.. A. J. Cartwright, Consul
for Peru; Mr.. r. w. Lame, Consul for
Mexico and Vice Consul for Spain; Mr..
F. P. Hastings, Vice and Deputy Consul
General for the United States; Mr.. G.
Alec, Chinese Commercial Agent; Mr..
Goo Kim, Assistant Chinese CONNER
cial Agent; Col. G. P. Iaukea, II. MS
Chamberlain, and Mrs. Iaukea; Hon.
@. z. Bishop, Capt. Kempf of U. S. S.
Adams, Capt. Dyer of the U. s. s.
Marion and officers of both vessels, Col.
w. F. Allen, Col. Boyd Of His Majesty's
staff and Major Holt of the Governors
staff, members of the Privy Council and
Legislature, Lieut.. Col. V. V. Ashford,
Major II. F. Hebbard, Adjutant Geo.
Mcleod, Captains J. Fl. Fisher, w.
Unger and J. w. Pratt and other officers
and members of the Honolulu Rifles,
and large number of our leading Ger
man and other citizens. The cathedral
was crowded in every part. His Majesty
the King wore the uniform of Prussian
General.
few minutes after the hour appointed
the service commenced with a funeral
march on the organ, followed by the
singing of the hymn, "Eine feste Burg list
unser Gott." The Bishop then said the
Lords Prayer and the Versicles. Psalm
%, "The Lord is My Shepherd" was
next sung, and then Psalms 113 and 143
were read responsibility by the Bishop
and the people. The first lesson was
Ecclesiasticus A, read by the Rev. FL.
Fl. Gowen. Following this was the
singing of the Goth psalm from the
burial service to an appropriate chant.
The Rev. H. Fl. Gowen read the second
Ynk~ b
Then was sung the Nunc Dimittis, after
which the Rev. George Wallace read
the Apostles Greed, versicles and sew
eral appropriate prayers, including the
two following:
Almighty God, with whom do live the
spirits of them that depart hence in the
Lord, and with whom the souls of the
faithful, after they are delivered the bur-
den of the flesh, are in joy and felicity, we
give Thee hearty thanks for that it hath
pleased Thee to deliver Thy servant Will
lam out of the miseries of this sinful world
beseeching Thee that, at the general Resur-
rection in the last day, he may be found
acceptable in Thy sight; and receive that
blessing which Thy well-beloved Son shall
then pronounce to all that love and fear
Thee, saying, Come, We blessed children of
my Father, receive the kingdom prepared
for you from the beginning of the world.
Grant this, we beseech Thee, o merciful
Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator
and Redeemer Amen.
Almighty God, who rulest over all the
kingdoms of the world, and disposest of |
them according to ThV good pleasure we !
yield Thee unfeigned thanks, for that Thou |
art pleased to place Thy servant Frederick |
upon the German Throne. Let Thy wis
dom be his guide, and let thine arm
strengthen him; let justice, truth and |
holiness, let peace and love, and all those
virtues that adorn the Christian profes- |