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the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones.
PASTOR: But will God, in very deed,
dwell with men on the earth?
PEOPLE: Behold the tabernacle OF God
is with men, and he will dwell with them
and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them and be their
| God.
PASTOR: Blessed be the Lord, that
hath given rest unto his people and hath
put it into our hearts to build this hou e
to the name of the Lord our God to ded-
icate it to him.
And now, to the praise and glory OF
| God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven aud earth,
ALL: We dedicate this house.
PASTOR: To the faith and service OF
Jesus Christ our Lord, who hath loveC
US and washed us from our sins in his
own blood, and hath made US kings and
| priests unto God and his Father,
| ALL: We dedicate this house.
PASTOR: To the presence and grace OF
the Holy Spirit, our divine remover and
comforter.
ALL: We dedicate this house.
PASTOR: To the worship of the Triune
God, Father, Savior, Sanctifier, in prayer,
and sermon, and song, and to covenant
VOWS and the communion OF saints in the
holy Sacramento,
ALL: We dedicate this house.
PASTOR: To the reverent study of the
Holy Scriptures, which are able to make
us wise unto salvation, and to the bring
ing up OF the children in the nurture and
admonitiOn of the Lord,
ALL: We dedicate this house.
PASToR: To the defense of the truth
as 1t Is In Jesus, to the winning OF the
people to the Lamb of God who taketh
away the sins of the world, to the carry
ing out OF the Great Commission, Go We
into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature, to the help Of the help
less, to the comfort of the sorrowing. to
the sheltering of the tempted, to all hal
lowed ministries i'll the name of Him
who came to seek and to save the lost.
ALL: We, the members of the Central
Union Church and Congregation of Homo
lulu, do now dedicate this house in the
name and to the praise OF God the Father
the Son and the Holy spirit. to whom be
glory in the Church by Jesus Christ
throughout all ages, world without end
Amen.
After the prayer of dedication choil
and congregation sang the following
hymn, the composition of Mr.. PhilliI
Dodge:
Dedicaf0ry Hymn.
My house shall be called the house o
prayer.-Matt. 81 Is.
| Tune: Missionary Hymn; page 332
Hymn Book.
From out their rocky fastness,
Where fires of old have played,
, Are moulded into beauty
, The stones by nature laid
, And fitted for temple,
: With consecrated care,
l Arrayed in grace and beauty,
! Well named house of prayer,
In valley and on mountain
The trees have Bonded low,
And yielded each their portion
OF off'rings to bestow.
From toilsome depths of mining,
> To boughs that waved in air,
A tribute has been rendered
To frame this house of prayer.
t From many lands and nations
: A people joined as one
e Sustain sweet communion
t In fellowship begun
If In deeds OF love and kindness
: The way of heaven prepare,
s Where truth and love are blended
It Within this house of prayer.
I Like gifts of nature gathered
e For temple built with hands,
e Like all these souls assembled
VI From far and distant lands,
,, Thus, Lord, our hearts affections
l. Inspire, and bid them share
u In forming thy true temple,
Re Each soul house of prayer.
~ For we are the temple of the living Go
~ 2 Cor. 6 .16.
le Rev. J. Waiamau pronounced
ii Hawaiian, the benediction, and wi
e. the soft strains of the Postlude Il
ct service came to an end.
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