The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-11-05
IN MEMORIAM.
The Centennial Celebration At KawAia-
hAn Chnrch.

papers, the KawSiShSo Church WAS filed
with 5 large audience Of foreigners and
natives, convened 10 participate in the
memorial services. The front OF the
choir gallery wss tSStily decorated with
fo-sl wresths surrounding the dates
I7Se and 1852. worked in flowers, and
between the dates WAS portrait OF the
elder Hiram Bingham. Below the gal
ls-y were pictures Of the two g-aSs build
i-Ss used a churches. The first, erected
II lSsl and destroyed by IRE in 1924.
wAs quite small. Snd held only 800 per
suas. That erected IN 1872 WAS l96 feet
loc- by - fest wide, and would accom-
rnoiA,e 4.Ooo. This Was also 8 thateh
building. and both stood on or near the
ste q the present stone church. There
were then no fences OF walks surround
M the church, bur 1t was all an open
common.
On the platform Wednesday was seated
D-s- Hyde and Smith, Revs. Il. Bingham,
q Il Parker and Joseps, whodeIivered
the address in the church. The address
and exercises were II Hawaiian. The
singing Was excellent, by iuu choir,
win NJ. Bsrgsr presiding ST the organ.
A. the close o. the exercises IN the
church, the audience adjourned TO the
i-o-t Of the eiI6ce, where platform hSd
bes1 crested near the memorial slab. at
- -fa.e. :
with 5 Hawaiian iSs. His Majesty the
King and Il. 4. Il. the Princess Iiliuo-
kz-a1l were present and appeared much
Interested N the p-oceeChngs.
Rev. NJ Parker opened the outdoor
exercises. with few remarks iulroduc-
IN Rey. Il Bingham. who made short
address relGtive - the work q his father
A. the close O. his remarks, Mr.. Parker
I1--cioce5 General James +. 3. Mar
snail, who : one q the oldest pioneers,
having arrived here about the year 1850,
when g-lts 5 Young man, and who was
here OF and On. for some twenty years.
he spoSs IN English. Mr.. Parker inter
p-e-l1s rs remarks into Hawaiian.
General Marshall Szii. 1t Is : great
p-ivi-ess sitter lairJy-one wears absence
t-1n these Islands, 20 De present on
va s. with that most beautiful word OF
sanitation O any lzngu&ge-AlohA.
Wien first came 70 Honolulu hall
; century Sgo. the huhiuS Nui Kinau
wzs lylnE N STATE IN the palace, and
heard NJ Bingham preach her fun
en- s5-uo1 II the large grass church
winch then Ssood within this enclosure.
l k1eE Snd esteemed Sll the early mis-
slo1Srles thS- were here 81 thSt time.
hs4r1 NJ. Bingham preach here. znd
S-So Gfts- rs return % his native land.
he ASc tine l net him wSS IN Boston
8 me funeral q james HunueEell, the
Honolulu merchant Who founded the
Am win which Vas connected, and
EE1 Ess always 5 warm friend Of the
rZ-SSlo1ErlsS aud the Hawaiian people.
bu- though I have been absent over
-nz-.y years have not lost NY interest
- ny love for Hawaii
Fer twenty years hSye been SSsoci-
$50 with General Armstrong, 3 son Of
EzE2-. whose fSrhe- succeeded Mr..
b--slz- - pastor o the church, whose
scLoCl n Virginia for Negroes Snd In
clzls hzS : worldwide fzme. Every
EzEsIA1 nay vel Dc proud OF this mis-
slo1GrES son VINO has Inst received )
h-Eb ho1o- from Harvard University,
81 q whom " lIrrl5- CCr eminent poet
sad I think General Armstrong i
dong D1ce good than any other man N
~ cCC--ry To loOk upon this gath
5--cE u HzWEI-zrS- the largest I have
sen sl1cs ny arrival, makes ne feel IS
Z 1 wsrs renewing NY Youth l say
zEal-. Aloha 0ukou-
NJ David kra wzs the next speaker,
G-1 Re give rs address II jul. L having
ben delivered IN English.
-O-s hundred years &So to-day vas
born c-s uz1 who laid the foundations
u It's house Fifty years ago he, with
Is tzl1hi1l workers, laid the corner
s-1-s- Re and his colleagues brought
- or people the greatest gI-I that heaven
rs bestowed upcC mankind, ! Z Christian
tz1-h and s Clrisclzl civilization Hiram
B--zlGu and his colleagues have passed Z
I'm L-Ez1 vls1lC the PAGES that once
Ky then know them no more But .
r-e wCrz they began here VIII never
cs1Ss- Inst Wurx takes hold On the I.
rlC-s that Ere lasting They preached F.
~ Themselves. b1- Jesus Christ the {
L-c- q a. IleF cane MT ID See I'd 7
-z-s-zl k--zi11- They came % plant .
rA= >5et Il > spIrI-u1l kingdom that T.
sL1-l give LIE % = all They looked /.
1-- ~ TIE -l-1ES Ell-1 zre seen; Tor the .
rl-1-s Ehlc1 are seen are temporal, but .
-1s -l-z-s ELlcL are not seen are
s-5r-L- Elz saei which they planted 4
III -rcT On cCCzl1-J-Ls-v because It
rzkss L-l1 On tle things that zre unseen .
E11 s-=ruz-
-1---s three pioneers II the great work
W. as lsEC- here II $50. Mr. " nit
usF sent % Ms res - Lz1zI1aI11z Mr.
T1-7s-11 Ezs aid away IN the beautiful
NJ Vale. E1Ile M Bingham died .
az zEzy t-o1 here II his native land.
Hz5 ls been permitted . choose where
Il s1oz-1 close TINS mortal lie doubt
- be Eould have SAID, Let ms lie
6u<u z-o1g the I1ved people with whom
I have Lzoore,l"
7 : E--nZ therefore, that We shOGld
p-zcs here by the SIDE q the eCruer stone
q -hs c1-rch Which he VIII his people
lid --re rhzn fly vszrs zgu this tablet
= Uzuorv u Hiram BinEhau- Let u
1zTsr 5oresr the Ersr message that he
6e-lFzrsE % TIE people u this L4nd-
-FsE 11r, t-r, beholi I brI1g T0G good
ci1zs q graf Joy, Ehich snail De Tor
A. peoP-e-
Let - 4-So ever cherish the Rsmory
q these good Ans and their people,
WISE Ezue LIS coue down % Is from
5 t1rUzr -euerz-loC. Lke sweet SAVOY.
Is Crszrns1-n that Garner stone L cop
uer ulzrz Upou EnI-h i the first euZrav-