The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-01-31
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Substance of Sermon Delivered
by Rev. DR.. Reed.

by Rev. DR.. Reed.
The following extract from the S. F.
Bulletin is given of the funeral services
held in San Francisco over the dead
body of the late King Kalakaua:
The music was under the direction of
j. II. Stewart, who presided at the organ.
The choir consisted of the regular quar-
tet of the Trinity Church, augmented by
a large number of voices. The num-
bers were for an opening voluntary,
Beethoven's Funeral March, Burial
Psalm, chant by FELTON,, hymn, "Jeru-
salem the Golden )" hymn, "Asleep in
in Jesus" and fer postlude Chopin's
Funeral March.
AT l :25 the bell tolled briefly to an
nounce that the services in the church
were about to commence. By this time
the church was completely filled, except
ing in the very last pews, by the invited
guests. When the half-ho was reached
the funeral procession entered the church
headed by the clergy of the city and the
guard from Troop l, Fourth Cavalry.
Everybody rose as Rev. Sanders Reed
began solemnly, ri am the Resurrection
and the Life" The coffin, borne by six
marines, was placed on the waiting bier.
1t was shrouded by large American
flag and surmounted by elaborate and
beautiful floral pieces. Then the choir
| chanted, "Lord Let Me Know My End"
After the chant Rev. DIR. Spaulding
read the lesson from the fifteenth chapter
| of Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians, be-
| ginning, Now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the first fruits of them
that slept"
Then followed the hymn, Jerusalem
the Golden"
SERMON OF REV. DR.. REED.
DR.. Reed delivered the sermon, in sub
stance as follows:
Most of US have been in the habit Of
thinking that death came into the world
by the sin of Adam. Fossils teach US a
different story. We know that long be-
fore the age of man, animals and insects
lived and died. Death did not come into
the world by chance. Death is the con
dition of existence on this earth of ours
But for death it would long ago become
uninhabitable. Death is as natural as
the falling of leaf. Life has it's root ir
death, which does not break the threaG
of our existence:
Here lies before US the body of ar
honored king. Presently it will begiI
to fall away and will return to it's native
elements. We do not believe that death
destroys the personality of the man
That body which is to be taken away t.
its native land will some day undergo i.
process of development. Its element
will appear in the flowers of the garden
of the Hawaiian Islands. By certain
words, certain actions, this man devel
oped certain character. That charac
ter will go on continually developing; i
will live forever. Man in death is tn
same as he is in life. Oh much more sc
Hawaiians, your dear King has bee
taken away, l believe, because Go
thought that by longer residence O
earth would not tend toward his spirit
ual benefit. Therefore he took hiI
nearer to Himself 80 that he could be re
fined and at last stand purified by fire.
And now officers of the fleet, on beha
of this church, and, trust, of the peopl
of San Francisco and the United States
We bid you take the remains of tn
royal man back to his native islant
Garry with you the assurance of our Sill
cere sympathy. We thank God thu
seventy years ago there were raised u
missionaries that converted the native
of the Sandwich Islands, and since ths
time monarch after monarch has bee
, baptized in the Christian faith, inclut
ing this man. In the providence of Go
he was taken away, but his body wi
now be sent back to the island he love
80 we'll and for which his heart eve
yearned.
The sermon ended, the choir sar
Crock of Ages" which was followed b
the repetition of the creed. After til
benediction the audience followed tt
, cortege out of the church, the choir SIM
ing " Asleep in Jesus" as recessiona