The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-01

do not realize, oh, we do not realize
what a great starving city we have
about us, starving for the bread of life.
Maybe on the very street where you
live, perhaps next door to your home,
there is some one furnishing, for they
are all about. Oh, let US give the bread
of life and continue to break it and pass
it among the multitudes OF those who
are hungering for it. This is the great
mission of this new and beautiful
church-to give the bread of life. Let
us emulate the divine example of Him
who never sent any away
"Ah, if the Savior had sent away the
multitude that day we should not be
here today; we should not have had the
gospel; we should not have our great
churches; we should not meet together
in worship in His name today. Thank
God He never sent any one away. Re-
member His words, Let him that
thirsteth or hungereth come unto me.
Whosoever cometh unto me I will in no
wise cast out
What l want to say to the churches
of Honolulu today is this: That we
must stand together and face the starv-
ing multitudes. A heavy responsibility
is ours and we cannot shirk it or put
ii upon others-we must give the people
the bread of life. Let US not, like the
disciples, when the day is far spent and
the multitudes are in desert places,
send them away. Let us give them to
eat of the bread of life. It is the one
great food for the furnishing soul. There
is on life apart from the Savior, and
the bread of life is His life. Away from
Him the soul will languish and die.
I'VE believe we possess the bread of
life. Let us break 1t that it may multi
ply and let US pass 1t to the hungering
ones. In the reopening of this histori-
cal old church let us keep its mission
before us. It Is the duty OF every one
of US to- give the bread Of life. God
grant that we may keep the mission al
ways before US and remember the Mas
ter's command, Give we them bread
whereof to eat"
At the conclusion of Rev. Mr.. Kin
caids address, Rev. Mr. Parker an
nounced hymn by the choir. after the
singing of which Rev. Mr.. Timoteo Of
fered a prayer, and another anthem
followed. Mr.. Henry Waterhouse then
addressed the congregation speaking
in the Hawaiian language and occupy
ing some ten minutes. The kawaiahao
Sunday school of little girls then sweet
" sang one of their hymns, the pretty
words of the old verses. Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star" being changed to
express sacred sentiment.
Rev c. S. Timoteo and Rev. Mr..
Westervelt then made short addresses,
both speaking In the Hawaiian Ian
guage and endorsing the point made by
Mr.. Kincaid that the new church was
to be dedicated to the spirit of active
Christian work. Rev. Mr. Westervelt
told the story of the pulpit which is
now the property of the new chapel.
1t is large, handsome pulpit of dark
wood and is the same from which the
famous Rev. Leonard Bacon preached
many sermons in New Haven, Connect
cut. Many years ago, when the mis-
slonary work in the Islands was still
young, the famous old minister sent the
pulpit to Kawaiahao church: it came
IN sailing vessel around Cape Horn,
and when it reached Honolulu was
placed in Kawaiahao church. where If
remained until it was removed to IA
Moiliili church. Recently it has not
been used at all, but with the reopenine
of the old chapel made new the old pull
pit has been restained and placed upon
the platform, TO do service for many
more years, during which the speaker