The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-11
Large Attendance at All the
City Churches.
OF WHITE WERE SHOWN
Special Choirs and Extra Music.
DisCourses for the Day-Congre-
cations Too Sig for Buildings.

For at least one service Yesterday
each church of the city was overcrowd-
ed. Usually the largest congregations
were in the forenoon. This was notably
the case at the Central Union, Roman
Catholic and English Churches. At
each of these extra chairs were brought
into requisition and then many who
wished TO enter were compelled to
remain outside. The day was beauti-
! full one and the costumes of the ladies
were bright and fetching. At each
church there was a musical program
which had occupied weeks in prepara-
| ton. One church was opened for the
first time There was pretty incident
at the Central Union in the evening.
A handsome little child was baptised.
At the morning service for the Bishops
Congregation in St Andrews the con
IgregatiOn included a rally of the oldest
Inative members, a number of whom be-
came communicates when the church
was first established here AT all the
churches the decorations were elabo-
rate, white and green being used for
the most part.
CENTRAL UNION.
AT the Central Union there were
sixteen voices in the choir and the in
strumental music included cello, violin
and organ. The sermons, morning and
evening, were by the pastor, Rev. D.
P. Birnie and were appropriate to the
season. In the evening the young ladies
of Kawaiahao Seminary and the pupils
of Frank w Damon's Mills Institute
were in attendance. The floral deco
rations included two crosses OF white
flowers draped with green vines. The
solo in the morning was by Mrs. r. F.
Woodward and in the evening by Mr..
H. F. Wichman. ALI the music was
directed by Prof. J. w. Yarndley.
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.
His Lordship Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis, |
Bishop of Honolulu, conducted the ser
vices for the First Congregation of
St. Andrews Cathedral In the choir |
were men alone. The Bishop was as
sisted by Rev. V. II. Kitcat and Rev. |
Mr.. Lane. The attendance upon the |
communion service was particularly |
large. The sermon by the Bishop was |
an able one and is to be published.
SECOND CONGREGATION, ST. AN
DREW'S CATHEDRAL
Rev. Alex. Macintosh of the Second |
of St. Andrews Cathedral |
was assisted during the services by |
Rev. Mr.. Thompson, chaplain of the |
L. S. Training Ship Mohican. Here
the music was Of the highest order. !
Mr.. F. NJ. Wakefield of Hilo was at the |
organ. In the choir those who sang |
solos were Mrs. G. B. Cooper, Mrs. E.
d. Tenney, Mrs. A. M. Brown, Miss !
Kulamanu Ward, Judge w. L. Stanley !
and Mr.. Arthur Davies. The carol and !
te deum were features of the morning |
program. In the evening there were
and occasional hymns by |
a choir Of surpliced Hawaiian boys.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. G. L. Pearson, the pastor,
preached at the Methodist Episcopal |
Church in the morning on THE |
GlOFOuS nope anu IN the evening /
on The Resurrection Both sermons |
were excellent. The church had been |
neatly dressed with the emblem of the |
day and white flowers and green vines. |
1t was found that the church was quite /
too small for the numbers gathered /
for the two services of the day.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. |
There were large crowds Of worship !
pers about the grounds of the Roman |
Catholic Mission all of Sunday, as well |
as within the large building. The Pom |
tifcal High Mass at 1920 in the fore
noon was the event of the day and !
during its celebration no less than 1000 !
people were assembled in the large |
auditorium. His LOrdship RI. Rev /!
ROpert Gulstan, Bishop of PanOpOlis, /
directed the mass and was assisted /.
by Rt. Revs Frs. Francis and Gle !
ment. For the service there was (
rendered mass by Millard and an /
Easter hymn of Cherubim In addi- |
ton to the very large choir led by FIR. |