The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-24
A NEW CHURCH.

i
The Chinese Cosgregssio. ~ Sc. An
drew's Cathedral Co Erect . Neat
Building-A Brief Description Of H. |
The plans Of the new Chinese church
in connection with the Anglican Mission |
are now complete. and work viii be |
commenced It once. The site chosen fog |
the new edifice is the lot given by the
late Queen Emma to the Anglican Min
sion, situated at near the Emma street
entrance TO the st. Andrews Cathedral
grounds. and granted for the purpose by
the trustees Of the Anglican Church in
| Hawaii.
The new building will be Of wood upon
foundations of brick, and will measure
81 feet in length by "A feet in breadth.
1t will afford seating capacity for over
one hundred and fifty persons. The
Rev. j. Morris of Makawao, was the
architect, and he has certainly designed
very pretty little church, most convent
emily arranged. The chancei is apsidal
in form, and is separated from the body
Of the church by an arched screen.
Within the chancs i which communicates
ON the right with the vestry, Will ne the
choir seats, arranged on either side On
the left hand of the Emma street end, q
porch projects from the main building,
forming the base for graceful spire,
seventy feet in height, surmounted BY q
cross. The elevation of the Emma street
end shows q beautiful three light window
eighteen feet in height. The builder oi
, the new church will be Mr.. E. Thomas,
a sufficient guarantee that the work will
be done in the most thorough manner.
The members of the Chinese church
are to be congratulated on the accom-
plishment in the near future of their de
sire for q proper church building. They
are also to be congratulated on havin,
such an earnest and hard working pastor
as the Rev. Herbert H. Gowen is. Hi,
untiring efforts have helped in q grea
measure to reach this desire.
: 1t is just three years ago this Taste
since the Chinese first began to meet il
the portion of the old ro-Cathedra
;, screened off from the Sunday school
e About two years ago the FIRST meeting
6 was held in furtherance of their desire 4
; dred dollars were at once promised b.
U the Chinese members. This has beef
i collected month by month in SINAI
), amounts. At the Chinese Fair held Las
Christmas a welcome addition was mad
q to the fund of $l,Ol7. This, togethe
Il with money from friends in England
> and several local donations, has all bu
). completed the necessary amount, 30 this
- the building will be commenced withou
mourning debt.
r A word or two may here be said abou
\ the work of the Chinese Mission. Looh
ing over the published report of Cattle
: dral expenditure it will be seen that tn
!, total amount spent on Chinese work i
- 1889 was under four hundred dollars, 6
= that it was impossible to expect yer
! large results. However, the growth hs
i been satisfactory, if slow. and the COZ
gregation now has communicate 70
of forty-two in constant attendance ut til
:. Sunday and Wednesday evening se
= vices. Many others. not yet commun
= cants, attend the services. There is ais
a. Sunday school for the children, an
= from the beginning of the year da
- school in which the English departmel
is superintendent by Miss Payson, an
=; the Chinese taught by Mr.. Ten Yong.
- There is no doubt that the building
=. the new church will give real impet,
y to the work, and its completion is anx
~ ously looked forward to by the member