The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-02-02
IN THE CHURCHES,
Bishop Willis Pays a Tribute
to His Late Royal
PariShiOn0r.
Evidences of Kalakaua $
Christian Faith.
Reference to the Nations Less by
other Preachers.
Reference to the Nations Less by
other Preachers.

tHCe W Luc uttGh VI ming N"'"h"""'
The royal pew and the next one had
been upholstered in mourning mate
rial of black with white trimmings
In the second pew sat His Excel
lqncy J. l.. Stevens, United States
Minister Plenipotentiary, and Mrs.
Stevens Their EXcelencies Chas,
n. Spencer, Minister of the Interior,
with Mrs. Spencer; and A. P. Peter
son, Acknowledgement. Leaning
against the pillar, at the left of the
royal pew, was the royal arms be-
longing to the Sisters, its frame
draped in mourning.
The services were full choral, Rev.
W. H. Barnes, who assisted the
Bishop, intoning the litany. Psalms
80 and 80 and lily mn lS4 were sung.
The first lesson was in the third
of Genesis, the second in the
fourth of |. Thessalonians. His
Lordship preached the special ser
mon, and tie portion referring to
His late Majesty is printed below in
full.
Bishop Willis chose his text in
| Thessalonians w., 10: THAT We
sorrow not even as others that have
40 hope" The chapter of holy
scriptures read In their ears contain
ed the record of mans fall. Death
had passed upon all men. All down
the stream of time had been heard
the voice Of lamentation and mourn
Ing, as children beheld their parents,
and parents their children, rulers
their subjects and subjects their
rulers, depart hence and be no more
seen; and so would the voice of
weeping be heard throughout the
earth, until the hour comes when
there shall he no more death, nei-
Their sorrow nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain, for the form
err things are passed away His
Lordship spoke at some length of the
hope of triumph over death kept be-
fore humanity in the gospel, and pro-
ceeded as follows
With that hope we mourn for Da-
vid Kalakaua, who for seventeen
years has sat on the throne of this
island kingdom. In other places
and from other lips you will hear the
record of his reign, the advancement
of his kingdom during it, the recital
of the honor he received abroad, and
last of all the deep respect with
which the American Nation, on
whose shores he died, returned his
lifeless remains to his island home.
But here we cherish his memory as
a member of this church, and the
faith that he testified in the Redeem
er is the ground of the hopes we en-.
terrain,
In 1862, when at the invitation of
Kamehameha ". mission of the
Anglican Church was sent out to
these islands under my predecessor,
the late King was one of the first to
unite himself to it. His knowledge
of the English language and his love
of reading had enabled him to ex-
anime toI~himself the claims of the
Anglican Church to be a true branch
of the Church Catholic. In the re-
gister of combinations the first entry
is the name OF Col. ID. Kalakaua con-
tirmed on Dee. u, st, Thomas Day,
1862, and receiving his first com
munion on Christmas Day following.
OF the ten who received the laying
on of hands the SAME day, all but
one have preceded him 10 the grave,
1t is not my purpose 10 attempt a
review either 1T the lite or character
OF our departed sovereign, Rather
would furnish you with one or Two
statements 81 tact which viii enable
you 10 reply 10 those who may give
expression tO doubts regarding lhu
sincerity ~ bis religious uilh "
may Doe said that kalakwm was
suprnlituus, lir Il pig, II b. uu
pruut thal q man haa put umhWud
lhr uup talh hpmuar hp Ban ua
HluIll uWun.paiul fum lW .nlU
rHaauf lhp uIHHHn u ma iHlNWu |
HH ml mi lNaa 4 llW ! Nm.l
IaHnl plIhgl H lhu nrpfl hnH'H