The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-12-10
THE NEW CHURCH.
A Plan for the Disposition
of PeWS.

A plan for the disposition of the
pews and sittings in Central Union
Church, adopted by the church and
congregation on December 7, 1892:
The Board of Trustees of the Cen.
trail Union Church desire to secure
three things in disposing Of the seats
in this church:
I. To make this house equally &C.
cessible to all the people, remember
ing how it is written, ssThe rich and
the poor meet together; the Lord is
the Maker of them ALL"
II. To allow all the regular atten-
dants upon our worship, to have per-
manent sittings, so that families may
be together, and 80 that single in
dividuals may have the home feel
ing that comes of having each
place of his own in the Lords house.
Ill. To provide the means of
meeting the current expenses of the
church and congregation, by the free
will offerings of the people, each &C
cording to his several ability.
To secure these ends they have de-
vised and they recommend the fol-
lowing plan to be tried from the 1st
of January, 1895, to the Both of June,
1898, to be continued indefinitely
from that date onward, il found sat
isfactory; or, if not found satisfac-
tory, to be changed as experience
may require.
1. The members of the Church and
congregation having had the four
s5abbaths of December in which to
occupy the house and learn the adap
tatlon of its various sittings to their
needs, will meet in the audience
room of the church on Thursday,
December 29th, 1892, at Z 80 PM, and
select, each family for itself, such
pew as they may desire to occupy;
and each single individual for him-
self or herself such sitting as may be
desired, and signify the same to the
Treasurer, who shall make record of
the name and number; and the pew
or sitting so chosen shall be con-
sidered as assigned to the family or
person choosing it for their use so
long as they shall regularly occupy
of plan before suggested.
e. After this first assignment of
seats, any persons desiring sittings
in the church will apply to the
Treasurer, and may select for his use
any unoccupied pew.
3. The one condition Of this pri-
vilege of permanent sittings shall be
monthly contribution, by each
holder, to the treasury Of the Board
of Trustees for the current expenses
of the society, " every one according
to his several ability" every one as
he purposeth in his heart" and not
necessarily the same amount each
month, but "every one as the Lord
has prospered him."
These contributions may be hand
ed to the Treasurer at any time dur
ing the month, and if, at the close of
the month, any persons shall be
found to have forgotten their offer
ings, the Treasurer shall call upon
them and receive whatever contribu-
tions they may be able to make.
To secure the harmonious and
successful working of this plan,
your Board of Trustees venture to
make two suggestions:
1. Since the funds for the current
expenses of the society will be en-
tirely dependent on the free-will
offerings of the people, and since the
larger work upon which we are en-
tering will require larger income,
the contributors should keep these
facts in mind, and make their offe r
ings as generous as possible.
2. Since in the simultaneous choos-
ing of sittings, it will doubtless
happen that different persons will
have selected the same pew, we re-
commend that each person have
several choices in mind, so that il
his first choice should have been
taken by some one else, he will be
ready with another, and be alto
gether willing to accept his second
choice, or his third, or his fourth, il
need be, having always the same
mind that was in Christ Jesus
whose example and whose teaching
was that we should ''look not every
man on his own things, but every
man aIco on tho THINGS of otharSo