The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-12-05

loncello, Mr.. Wray Taylor; viola, Mr..
A. Marques; flute, Geo. III. Paris;
piano, Miss Hopper. The piano was
also played during a part of the SER
vice by Miss Dale and Miss Wing.
The music was successful through
out, and the strings and strong chorus
supplied the place of the organ so well
that its absence was hardly felt. The
duet, 81 waited for the Lord" was
beautifully rendered by Mrs. J. H.
Patty and Mrs. A. f. Judd.
The first address was made by Mr..
Oleson. His subject was:
The House for the People.
In erecting this house of worship,
the avowed purpose has been to make
spiritual home for the people of
Honolulu. This was the spirit in
which the cornerstone was laid. 1t
| is the spirit in which this house is to-
day dedicated to the service of Christ.
The founder of our religion dealt with
men on q common level. He came,
under the auspices of no organization.
and by the patronage of no elect class,
| to preach the gospel to the poor, to
heal the broken-hearted, to preach
| deliverance to the captive, to set at
| liberty them that are bruised. This
| is the genius of Christianity. Any
departure from the simplicity of this
mission is departure from the faith
once delivered to the saints. If the
spirit of Jesus is to prevail in our
modern institutions, then those insti-
buttons must wear the same aspect of
hospitality that caused the multitudes
to gather about the person of Jesus.
| ,1,rllia CT ohon16 ho
| freer to the feet that tread it daily,
of our city. This is the spirit that led
to the erection of this noble edifice,
and it is the spirit that opens it wide
to-day. This is your house since it Is
Gods house. This is your house,
since it has been built in obedience to
the spirit of Jesus, who is the Savior
of all men. There is nothing too
good for God to bestow upon his crea-
lures. No man will ever willingly
stand outside the gates of the Celes-
tial City because it is too beautiful
and glorious within. Let no one alb
sent himself from this house of God
because of any real or fancied con-
trasts between what he is and what
this is. 1t is a blessed thing that
those who have not known very
much about the more comfortable
side of life, can freely enter into the
enjoyment of the beauty and comfort
and peace of the house of God. This
is yours. 1t is yours whether you
have tasted of the hope immortal, or
whether you are yet only in the bord-
erland of religious belief. Yea, it is
yours, by the very genius of Christi
anity that welcomes with kindly hos
pitality even the disbelieving SOU
and reaches out in sorrowful love fol
those who rarely enter within it:
gates. 1t is yours because of the mes
sage that it has for you. The religion
of Jesus, so far as it is true to the
spirit of it's founder, is abreast of the
needs and changes of modern life. L
is the vitalizing power in every civil
lied community. 1t is personal
pervasive force that brings strength
and comfort, and helps into the hearts
of the people everywhere. You neeC
this gospel. You need the ministra
tions of this house of God. Whethe
you be men of intellect or men bur
dened with the problem of physica
existence, you need the restful, help
full gifts of the spirit of Jesus. LIE
this house be the home of the people
| III tdC SplllU VI UIIC CAolh Ol - SotS
and Honolulu may we'll bless the ola.
that ever its stones were laid and it
doors thrown wide open to all.
, Address of Rev. O. p. Emerson
The distinguishing feature of th
home is the child life. 1t is the Ger
! ter and gives it distinction beyon
the palace. Fatherhood and mother
;, hood draw their inspiration from i
The church building is the large
e home and children hold to it as clos
e relations as to the private house. Th
y witchery of their presence is for i
,, >, The 'house for the children" or frs
q if you please, the children for til
7. house-the house needs the children
!. Some are afraid of chill to worshi
, in this great stone house. Let tt
y, children once come focking in ar
'o they will break it up. Our hearts wi
soften at the sight of their fair fac
If and at the sound of their sweet vote
childlike spirit. This house was bui
partly for them, yonder Sabbath scho
room expressly so, and this big roo
will need them to help fill it. The
or are to be the congregation of the f
ture. Those who were children for
years ago in the old church, with the
families, form the bulk of the congr
- CATION of to-day. So this house nee
the children as the audience of t.
I'd future and for the perfection of
worship. Again, if the house nee
cx the children, much more do they ne
90 it. This is to be a center of spiritU
life. Children need that life. Sol
will be born here into the family
art God. Children need that birth. Y
will bear them here to baptism, a
m here they will stand to confess Chri
Here will be spoken stirring words
appeal and sweet words of comic
and here will be granted bless
ON communion. Children have need
these things. So the doors of t.
on house stand open to them and 81
them earnest welcome.
ID The House for the Church.
Rev. DR.. Hyde.
This building has been erected as
house of worship for the Cent
Union Church. From final to -four
tee alton stone, the pews, pulpit, pl
ees form, all the appurtenances of
building, mark this as a house
worship. 1t is not a temple, a sac
enclosure for the stated perfor
tor ance of certain religious rites, fir
lge which "the profane and vuli
crowd" are excluded. Its evident
sign and all the details of its arran
ments fifty embody the churcl