The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-06-24
St. Andrews Crowded to
Its Utmost Capacity.
Able Sermon by Rev. Alex. Mack
vice by 80 Voices.

of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The
service was announced for 10 O'Clock
but long before that hour people be-
gan to arrive. Messrs. Give Davies,
A. st. Nj. Macintosh, Henry Smith,
H. NJ. Mist and others acted as ushers
! and as a consequence there was not
! the slightest confusion in the seating
arrangements. In the front pew were
| II. B. MS Commissioner and Consul
General Mr.. A. G. S. HAYES, President
Dole, Mr.. I. r. Walker, British Vice
Consul and Mrs. Walker, while on the
opposite side was the Queen Dowager
Kapiolani, attended by Prince D. Ka-
wanakoa and Mrs. Nahaolelua. There
were also present Minister and Mrs.
H. E. Cooper, Minister and Mrs.
]. a. King, Minister and Mrs. w. o.
Smith, Hon. II. M. Sewall, American
Minister, Mr.. Shimamura, japanese
Minister Resident Senior Canavarro,
Portuguese Commissioner, Mons. Vols
son, French Commissioner, members
of the Consul Corps, Admiral Boards
lee and the Captains and officers of the
United States ships Philadelphia and
Marion, Capt. Kuruoka and officers of
H. /. J. M. Naniwa, Mrs. Alex. Mackin-
tosh, Mrs. ]. osborne, Mrs. Kitcat, Miss
Gay, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. S. NJ. Damon
and others.
The order of service printed in gold
and blue was distributed by the ushers.
The service commenced with the sing
ing of the British national anthem as
the British Commissioner entered the
church and proceeded to his seat, and
it was rendered in the hearties manner
by the choir of eighty voices the con-
gregation joining in. The voices were
drawn from the supplied choir, the
two choirs of the second congregation,
and the pupils of ST Andrews Priory.
The music was under the direction of
Wray Taylor, who also presided at the
organ.
The Rev V. H. Kicat intoned the first
part of the service and the special
hymn was read one verse by the min
mister another by the people. The pro-
per psalm, ''The King shall rejoice in
thy strength was sung by the sur
Dliced choir alone, to a single chant.
The first and second lessons were read
by the Rev. John osborne. The re
Deum was a festival one by J. M. w.
Young. 1t was magnificently rendered
by the full choir the harmony parts
falling to the mixed voices. The jubi-
late was the composition of the organ
list, and the choir of the second congre-
cation rendered it with fine effect, The
pretty solo being beautifully sung by
Mrs. E. d. Tenney.
Special collects of thanksgiving
were read by the Rev Mr.. Us5o ne
The hymn following Rejoice today
with one accord" was grandly sung to
the German choral Elm feste Burg.
The sermon was preached by the
Rev. Alex Macintosh, and is given In
full as follows:
/ Samuel V. "a. And Samuel said to all
the people: See we Him whom the Lord
hath chosen, that there is none like him
among all the people,? And all the peo-
These words were shouted and said by
of a reign, but today not only one nation
is shouting them, but nearly all the
Ga and tSe or OF reign
at the end of 60 years; and that reign by
Gods greatest blessing, still going on: 1t
is a sign of the permanence OF Chr1stl-
anity in this vaccillating world of ours |
that men initiate its. customs and usages
in their earthly matters, that it adopted |
this setting apart days of commemora- |
ton; that days are snatched from the Ia |
bors and cares and anXieties of this driv- |
and forward, and to contemplate the |
wonderful works which God has done |
are not lost to all serious thought, in the |
gaietieS of this present festival But this |
need not be cloud over our
joy The heart that loves, and the brain |
that thinks must be moved to the great |
est joy; our whole being must CULVER and |
pulsate with the happiness which is the |
outcome of GO years of a reign of glory |
and honor. Victoria was the name of all |
others to give to the Queen whose vic
tories have covered every year OF her |
reign. Men pay much respect to the out |
er man, the outward appearance, but they |
soon wears off. and if the inward man is |
not clothed in righteousness and true
the more the glitter, the more
the sensation OF diSappoint-
ment. Saul, the first King of Israel, was /
a man in stature, head and shoulders
above his fellows, imperial in height; he
pie, at the first sight of him, shouted:
God save the King; let the King live:
He began his reign we'll. He was not
lifted up beyond measure by his wonder
sion, and he showed bravery in the bat
ties against the enemies of his people.
This last trait in his character seemed
to be all the Israelites desired They
wanted a leader, a military commander,
to enable them to conquer their national
far more momentous occasion, when
they rejected the King of Kings and
We all know the result to Saul of those
unwise and wicked desires; he forgot the
of 40 years turmoil, misery, wickedness,
and death in an unsuccessful
battle, followed by the exclusion from
the throne of his descendants and the eX-
termination of his family See the con-
trast: y youthful girl, comely and &C
,ompliShed with no more idea of being
the sovereign of a nation. though of roy
al blood, than Saul, the plebian, had of
being. King of Israel, is chosen monarch;
She began well-for 60 years, a period
that few sovereigns have reached. She
has continued well, and by Gods grace,
she will end well, because God is with
her. She has never foTsaken the God of |
her fathers. She chose gOdly, and one
Of the wiSeSt of men for her husband. !
Together, they were beautiful in their
ives-their undivided thought for the wei
fare OF their people. Their whole inter-
course with their ministers and their sub
ects seemed to be governed by the wish
'or their happiness, and TO reap their own
n that of their people. So careful We're
hey that they might have heard the
saying of the French statesman, who,
when commanded by his Sovereign to do
something very hurtful to his feelings,
said: Your Majesty is the guardian of