The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-13
DOES NOT
OWE A cen
PuuIoa Church is
Dedicated to
God.
CONTRIBUTIONS
WERE GENEROUS
A Deficit of $40 Raised B fore
the Conservation -LiIiuoka.
lani Present.

The dedication of Puuloa church near
Pearl Harbor, took place yesterday.
Queen Liliuokalani being among those
present from Honolulu. More than 200
people, mostly natives who live in the
neighborhood, were in attendance and
dedicated the little church to God. Rev.
Mr. Timoteo, the native clergyman, de-
livered the dedicatory sermon, followed
by Rev. O. P. Emerson, who offered
cluded by the serving of luncheon, in
which both the visiting townsfolk and
the natives participated.
.Puuloa is a little village on the east
ern side of the mouth of Pearl Harbor,
where native fishermen reside, earning
their living by selling their catches in
Honolulu. It is about two miles and
half from the little Puuloa station to
where the natives live, a very quiet
place, directly facing the ocean and
close by the entrance to Pearl Harbor
Sometime ago Hon. Henry Water
house spoke of building little church
there for the people. who ordinarily
had to travel many miles to attend SER
vices. To start the work he gave 500.
With this the members made plans for
building the structure, succeeded in col
lecting $223.0 90. They built the church,
and when completed, found it had cost
s393.50, leaving a deficit of s170.53,
which was a large amount to collect
from the poor people of that district.
Yesterday large gathering of towns
people and some from Eva came to see
the church dedicated Shortly before II
O'Clock Queen Liliuokalani arrived
there in her own carriage. and soon af-
ter those who came on the train from
town arrived in buses.
The exercises were very interesting.
The Puuloa choir opened with a hymn,
which was very creditably rendered.
EAfter the singing Rev. o. p Emerson
Offered a few words of prayer. Then
the choir and the congregation all
lainited in singing hymn appropriate
for the occasion. Next was the reading
of the committees report, which show
ed that they were $170.53 ia debt for the
completion of the building. Rev. E. S.
Timoteo, pastor Of the Kaumakapili
[church, read the Scriptures and offered
| a prayer Then came the offerings
Rev. Timoteo called the attention of
those present to the s1I0.53 left unpaid,
and said that he did not feel that ii
was best for him and those present to
dedicate the house of God when it was
| not all paid for and was not wholly
Theirs. On hearing this those present
gave as much as they could afford
Much credit is due the Queen, Mrs. All
rens, Mrs. Paris. Mrs. Richardson
Theo. Richards, o. P. Emerson and
others for helping pay this deficit. The
whole amount was contributed. and a
little more, by the few that were there
with means.
a very appropriate hymn. Much credit
has shown In teaching such difficult
pieces of music. The music was well
rendered, and the choir compares fav-
orally with those in other native
churches.
Rev E. S. Timoteo then delivered his
ldedicatory address. He spoke of the
necessity of building a little church for
those there who wanted to worship
God Not everyone could build tenn
pie to God David wanted to build the
temple at Jerusalem. but God chose
Solomon to finish the work. 1t was
we'll to find a place where people could
worship God "The people Of Puuloa
have Travelled miles to do this, and they
have a Zion of their own close by, and
what they ought to do is to fill the
church every Sunday with those de-
sirfous of communing with Jehovah
the king of kings. You must not keep
him inside and stay on the outside
but must do your part. 1t took head
carpenter with a few other carpenters
to build the church. Christ is the
head carpenter for souls and we are
the helpers If we want to make our
bodies temples of God we must ask
Him to come and build and He can do
it."
The congregation listened attentive
ly to the sermon, and all were pleased
with the words of cheer. Rev. ]. M
Ezera then offered a few words OF
prayer.
By this time everyone was hungry
and longing for the many nice things
awaiting them. They all came to the
big tables, which were loaded with
the best OF Hawaiian dishes. A special
place was reserved for the Queen and
her party, and all did justice to the
feast. Everyone ate heartily. and
enough was left over to feed hundred
more.
Among those present were: Queen
Liliuokalani, Mrs. Ahrens, Mrs. olds,
Mrs. Paris, Mrs. Richardson, Miss Rose
Kaukaha. Mrs. Pa. Mrs. Rice, Mrs.
Capt, Peterson, Misses Katy Sullivan,
Hattie Defries, Jennie Jones, Rev. and
Mrs. z. s. Timoteo, Theo. Richards,
Rev. o. p Emerson, Rev. J. NJ. Ezera,
Henry Meemano, B. s. Kapu, Jas.
Hakuole, Isaac Harbottle, John
Bickerton, William Kapu, D. Kane
wanui and VIM. Laa.
The natives appreciated the presence
of the Queen, who came so many miles
| to show her interest in the good work
being done amongst them. Her pres
ence was great source of inspiration
to the Hawaiians.