The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-20
ST. ANDREW
A Successful Musical Festival
Held There
Sermon by the Rev. Alexander
Macintosh.


Choir GCild Of London, England, are
as thoroughly successful as the one
held last evening at st. Andrews
Cathedral then the Guild is doing a
grand work in elevating the standard
of the choral worship of the Church,
one of its principal objects. This
institution has very distinguished
list of patrons, and numbers among
it's members the leading Organists Of
England. A large number of prom
inent church choirs are also enrolled
under it. The Warden is DIR. j. Fl.
Lewis, organist Of Twickenham Par
ish Church. 1t has branches in
America and the Australian Co.
onies
Notwithstanding tbs Indictment
weather which has prevailed the past
two or three days, the attendance at
last evenings service was exceed
ingly large, the cathedral being well
filled by IL congregation that in
cIuded many of our most prominent
citizens. In the royal pew were His
Excellency the Hon. A. S. Cleghorn,
Governor Of Oahu, and Major Jas.
w. Robertson, II. MS Chamberlain.
1t was the Queens intention to be
present, but the stormy weather pre-
vented Her Majesty from coming in
from Waikiki where she is at present
staying.
The Rev. Alex. Macintosh, an ex-
cellent musician himself, intoned the
service, which was fully choral. The
choir consisted OF the following
ladies' and gentlemen: Sopranos, Mrs
E. ID. Tenney, Misses Dora Dowsett,
S. r. Patch, Kulamanu Ward, Katie
McGrew, LAM Atkinson and Edith
Mist; altos: Mrs. DIR. Campbell,
Misses M. Won Holt, Mali Nowlein,
Ethel Wodehouse and May Atkinson /;
tenors: Messrs. Il. May, Hon. G. Z.
Iaukea, g. e. Smithies and L. E.
Wall; basses: Messrs. T. r. Walker,
L. M. Starkey, S. E. Pierce, Chas
Crozier and L. NJ English, b. A;
Mr.. Wray Taylor, f. g. G. G., pre-
sided at the organ.
The service opened with the sing
ing of the hymn "All people that on
earth do dwell" to the tune "Old
Hundred" The confession was sung
to a special setting and the responses
were Tails festival. The 134th
psalm was chanted to double chant
by DR.. Chipp, and the 15Cth psalm to
single chant by w. Savage. Eb
don's Magnifcat and Nunc Dimittis
in G were we'll rendered by the choir,
the solo parts being taken by Miss
Won Holt, Hon. Mr. Iaukea and Mr.
Starkey on the Cantoris side, and
Mrs. Campbell, Mr.. May and Mr..
English on the Decani. There was
fine volume of tone in the choruses.
The anthem was "The sun shall be
no more thy light by day." rare
composition by the Rev. Canon
Woodward, Mus. BAG, and one of
the Vice Presidents of the Church
Choir Guild. 1t was excellently
sung. Dudley-Buck's TIE Deum in
b minor is full of the most beautiful
harmonies,. and received a splendid
rendition by the choir. The solos
were most effectively sung by Mrs.
Tenney, Hon. Mr.. Iaukea and Mr..
English. After the sermon which
is given below, hymn 1876, ''Hark the
sound of holy voices chanting at the
crystal sea" was sung, during which
a collection was taken up for the
British Benevolent Society which
amounted to SOL. As the congre-
cation left the cathedral, Handel's
Halleluiah Chorus was played on the
organ. The entire service was most
enjoyable, and finer choral singing
has rarely been heard in this city.
Throughout Mr. Wray Taylor accom-
panied on the organ with much taste
and skill. The members of the choir
are deserving of the highest praise
for the musicianly manner in which
they rendered the entire service.
Rev. Alex. Macintosh preached
the sermon taking as his text Psalm
104 V. 80:
az will sing unto the Lord as long
as l live: will sing praise to my
God while have my being"
The reverend speaker said: Is il
not n pleasant, nay rapturous thought
that it is possible, and most probable
that we can please the Almighty God
of Heaven and earth; the beneficent
Creator and Giver of all good things
by singing our thoughts to Him il
words of human speech; that our gra
titude for all His WOndrOuS mercie:
towards us, can be shown by lifting
up our voice in song-and that in this
way we can evince the sense of GU
obligation to our Creator? OF cOurs,
it must be the heart that is inditins
or bursting forth with the good words
We can employ our time in many
more useful ways-if we are Onl!
singing for our amusement. Th,
praises of God must be sung with tn
heart by some for another reason. |
is not given to them TO sing witt
their mouth, and no amount of train
ing or education can produce Il not
of music from their lips. Again Their
are others who say that they reall,
dislike music aud absent themselve
from the public praise of God, becaus
music forms so large an element i
it. It certainly wise provision tina
these are very few in number We d
sometimes also hear persons say tn
words which Shakespeare puts into tn
mouth of Jessica:
az am never merry when | hea
sweet music"
When she is eXhOFted