The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-06-04

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building committee who bad devoted
50 much time ami talent % tbr work,
and who were .o faithfully carrying
out the conditions of some OF the
largest contributors that thr building
should Toe uf stone The church was
not being put mp ~ sptllt oi rivalry
to Guido their neighbors, but be be-
licvcd solely for the honor and glory
of God. il Wa. for % proper place
where they and their descendants
should worship God for gen 'ra-
tons. SO long as this church
should exist, might there be no other
gospel preached within its walls,
save Jesu, CHRIST and him cruciliad
Mr.. Jones spoke cXtempore aud with
much impressyeuess,
Hon. A. f. Judd, speaking fer the
deacono, quoted the apostolic dies.
cription of what those officers should
be. As one Of the deacouate he
congratulated them that the eijlice
going up was Of stone, not Of wood, or
hay or stubhle. 1t would he type
OF the invisible church Of Christ,
The first church erected by their
fathers in Honolulu was OF grass,
the next with wise torethOught wa,
Of stone. They built today of stone
the lava rOcll-as firm aud i'm
perishable as the granite of New
England. He congratulated them
that the church was buaulllu, as the
house of God should be. lit should
be symmetrical, tasteful and com
Portable, that all its parts and its
very atmosphere lead the wOrshippeT
into spirit of true devotion. Not
too ornate lest excess of adOrnmcnt
attract the attention Of the Worship
per to his environment, and distract
him from the service OF God. When
it shall be completed we shall leave
the old structure which has been our
church home for forty years with
tender regret, for memories Of the
past will crowd upon US, bringing
back to us the faces of those sanity
men and women whose pray ers we
there listened to, all Inspiration to US
and our children. Hi, Honor con-
Guided with an eloquent adaptation
of the rejOicings of the Israeites
over the laying Of the foundation Of
the temple.
Rev. S. +. Bishop spoke with
feryid eloquence on behalf of The
standing committee. He wished to
say a word first for the Old Bethel
Union Church. lis members rejoiced
that new edfice for their united
worship should be built. The com
mittee having in charge the spiritual
growth Of the congregation would
beseech them mot to forget that
neither costly and noble architecture
nor interiors ornate and c0mnJdiOus
constitute either the glory or the
power Of church nor do they in
themselves render any church pleas
ing to Christ, or SeryiCcable to his
Kingdom among men. 1t were better
far, to assemble in the rudeet barn,
with Jesus love richly glowing in
our hearts, and with lives radiant
with gracious laborS for men, than
TO luxuriate in a costly hall holding
ourselves in the least unOving and
aloOf from the struggling world out
side. With sucn Il noble fame as
this now rising before Us, comes the
great temptation TO become absorbed
in our pride and state, and to cease
to follow our Master into lanes and
ways"
Rev. w. 3. Oleson represented the
congregation, His address was
plea for keeping constantly in mind
the true purposes OF church. 1t
was not to be a clubhouse for the
enjoyment of a coterie. Social rank
or intelligence, or other human dis
must not hold sway there.
There was 10 more imperative or ac-
ceptable service possible for Chris
tians to render unto God than that
of making his house attractive and
hoopitable and homeike to every
form of human need.
Mr.. j. T. Warehouse addressed
the assemblage IT'S representative of
the Sunday school He referred to
the alacrily with which the people
to the appeal of King
joash for means to repair the temple.
They filled the chest again and again.
On the first Sunday of every month
this Sunday school contributed to-
ward the furnishing of their new
room, and after that day no doubt
they would work with new zeal. If
they gave willingly and freely God
would pour out blessing on them
50 that there would not be room to
receive.
The Sunday school led by Mr.. W.
W. Hall, now sang, Coward Chris
tian Soldiers.
Rev. j. X Kekahuna, moderator
Of the Hawaiian Evangelical Associ-
alton, spoke in Hawaiian, as a sub