Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-08
CHURCH FAREWELL SOCIAL
MAKING IT PLEASANT FOR REV.
J. M. MONROE's DEPARTURES.
Entertaining Program Followed By
Presentations ana speeches ut
the Christian church.

1t hardly looked like a farewell
social, until the speeches carrying
the idea began to be spoken, at the
Christian church last night. With
the elaborate decorations amidst
the flooding electric light, the
scene more suggested Christmas
festival. Thomas Mcclure was
the decorator and never has
prettier work of the kind been
done in Honolulu-symmetric
and tasteful, every detail beautiful
and nothing tawdry. Besides
foliage of palm, banana and ii
plant, with variety of ferns in
pots, at the front, there was a
distinct feature of golden shower
plumes depending from MALE
vines, these being hung in fes.
toons along the baptistery screens
and upon the electric light bran
ches. Aloft behind the desk was
a pair of palm fronds in the form
of outspread wings, and in midair
below a star of white carnations
bearing in red the loving saluta-
tion "Aloha Oe."
1t was gathering of members
and friends of the church and
Sunday school to take farewell of
Rev. j. NJ. Monroe, the pastor for
more than year, who intends
leaving for the United States next
week. The church was filled
from platform to door, and among
the friends present we're Rev. DR..
Bingham, Rev. and Mrs. o. II.
Gulick and Rev. A. J. Bell the
evangelist. DR.. Burgess of the
! city and Mr.. Vanderveer of the U.
S. s. Philadelphia kindly assisted
in the preliminary exercises, as
will be seen by the program here
given, which was called off by
Deacon Z. p. Harris, presiding.
Prof. Cook was plano accom-
panist:
Prayer. 80. 80. Rev. A. J. Bell
Reading Amy Roe
Song. Kamehameha Glee Club
Recitation. ... Melville Harris
Duet. :. Louise Boardman and
Bessie Hopper.
Song. Charles Rice
Recitation. Agnes Lowell
Recitation. ..... Eva Matthews
Piano Solo. Miss Ada Gertz
Recitation. ...... Miss Matthews
Song. Kamehameha Glee Club
Recitation. Mr.. Boyne
Recitation. Mr.. Vanderveer
Song. 49,. DR.. Burgess
Song. Kamehameha Glee Club
Club Swinging. Miss Matthews
Deacon William McCandless,
at the close of the program, came
forward and in a few words of
affection and regard presented
Mr.. Monroe with a purse of gold.
| Mr.. Monroe said in reply: 81
am sure that l needed no testl-
monial such as this of the appre.
citation of my friends. The gold
that is in this purse is symbol
of the character Of the friends l
have met here. l think l have
never met people anywhere that
are more like pure gold, both in
this church and in other
churches" Mr.. Monroe thanked
those who had so beautifully
decorated the church, and then
spoke of his sensations on arriv.
ing in Honolulu. 81 found a
state of things that l never met
anywhere else-nine different
nationalities among which to
minister. A person coming here
will find his abilities tested by
working among 80 many diverse
races and mother tongues. In
writing home to my friends l told
them this was like the apostolic
church, where there was neither
Jew nor Greek, bond nor free"
Mr.. Monroe gave figures to show
that there had been 81 accessions
to the church, or one for each
week but one, since he began his
pastorate here. He warmly
thanked the ministers and mem
bers of other churches for the
hand of fellowship. There was a
peculiarly inviting field for
Christian work in these islands,
which, situated in the middle OF
the Pacific, he believed had a
great destiny ahead. On this line