The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-15
BISHOP To
HAWA|IANS
Episcopal Prelate
In Pastoral
Address.
Missionary District of Honolulu.
r-.L1s-.r Unonl,,Iyr

To all Hawaiians who have beer as
ISOLATED with the Anglican Chui Oh
in Hawaii:
NV Dear Friends: With a cathedral
y hich Is a memorial of one King.
Kamehameha w. the cornerstone OF
which was laid by another King, |
Kamehameha ". the property OF which
was increased by Queen Emma's gifts.
at the font OF which Princes and Prin-
cesses have been baptized and at the
altar OF which they have knelt, some
of your best and most treasured ira
ditions are built into the walls or 81.
Andrews, which bears Its very name
from the death Of Kamehameha ", on
St. Andrews day. November 80 1868.
The four stalls OF the cathedral canons
happily bear the native names, 1olani.
Poomaikelani. Kaleleonalani and Kaiu-
lani, two OF them having been so named
since the American jurisdiction began.
/ need not mention Queen Emma's per-
sonal good works as a communicate,
or the going out OF so many girls from
the Priory and of boys from the Iolani
College, of the worshippers within the
cathedral nave and the choristers In
the cathedral choir. or the several
beautiful memorial windows to Hawai-
fans who have been taken to their rest,
including one to the pathetic life and
death of the little prince of Hawaii,
to recall to You how the cathedral walls
have had and are having the fondest
associations with your race and your
native tongue.
In coming to bring to you all cordial
greetings from the American church,
let me first express to you in the name
of our presiding Bishop. our happiness
in finding that through the labors
OF those who have been here, the
cathedral church does stand for 50
much that is precious to you as a
people. The American church re-
joices that 1t can take up racial as
sociations clustering 80 closely around
| the central church, not to say other
churches of the new missionary district.
AS an earnest that 1t does so the two
| new canon's stalls, already referred to.
have by the American church been
named after Kaleleonalani and Kaiu-
lani, and in using the property every
| endcayor will be made to maintain the
| services and church life of the Hawai-
| ian people with the greatest possible er-
| ficacy for ALL To this end 1 trust that
| all the cathedral stalls may bel more ful-
IL. endowed and all who. can, of those
/ who have been worshippers, or in any
| way connected with the cathedral, the
| priory or college, will rally around the
/
| pices its opportunities and agencies
| for the race. may all the more realize
the legend of the old shield of the do
| cese HE Lanakila ma Ike Kea'-an eS-
| pecialIy fitting motto for this Easter
tide.
1t is pleasant for me to recall the
fact that my predecessor In the diocese
of California, the Right Reverend Doc
tor Kip, was one Of the first or those
r.
vices of our Prayer Book. which was
afterwards translated in your own
| tongue by Kamehameha w, with a
] preface from his own pen, and thar
| another association Of my diocese III
| California with the Hawaiian people
was the privilege OF one OF the churches
of the diocese. Trinity church. san
Francisco. to have within its walls, and
to have their rector minister the las
| rites before the remains were orougn'
| hack 20 the Islands, over King kaia-
kaua at the time OF his death in Sar
Francisco, in January. 1891. and Prince:
Kawananakoa and Kalanianaole have
both attended our st. Matthew's school
San Mateo, California. And TUESDAY
evening. the 22nd, 1 hope to have thu
pleasure of personally meeting as many
as can come to a reception, for whicf
a committee is making arrangement
to be more definitely announced later
IL would add to that pleasure II ali Ha
waiians who have from time to TIM
| been identified In any way with tn
American church would make the en-
deayor to come, and all Hawaiians will
be welcome.
We are told that during the last fey
years OF the reign of Kamehameha
he had within him a desire TO lear
more of that Supreme Being-"The on
true God the Creator and Ruler or Tn
4 Universe" Of whom Vancouver fror
4 England had told him. But the teach
4 er of the true religion" for whor
1 Vancouver asked King George had no
5 come, and the First Kamehameha ha
! to leave 1t for his royal successor
Z Kamehameha w, and the good Quee
Emma to foster the work Of the church
u How they did this in their personal IN
Z terest, their baptism. their confirma
ton. their value Of the Holy Commur
s ion as when after an accident, IN
3 King and Queen being thrown out
& ! their carriage, they had an especif
4 celebration of the Holy Communion q
! six O'Clock the next morning and 1t
2 a happy coincidence that this is tf
y very hour of the celebration in lava
8 | once a month at st. Andrews Catht
dral-the King explaining when "
q have received signal mercies, there
u no higher form by when we can e.
y press our gratitude than the sacrlh'
81 % praise and thanksgiving" We r.
II member how the King sometimes acte
81 as lay reader, how Queen Emma pc
III sonally interested herself in distri
81 visiting societies and in forming guile
"a of Hawaiian communicates, and no
81 both found happiness in standing spol
q sors for Hawaiian children. This a.
"a | peals TO the american church anC ! 2
q | hoping to have one or more of 20
y race chosen later TO be trained In o.
81 ! Church Divinity School in Caiiforn
e for the work of the ministry amor
Il | their people. 1 am sure it viii appe
X to you to use the services and apostol
Il means Of grace in the church to bui
Is I'D true and high character with Il
rs help of Jesus Christ and TO realize no
= IN l,i,rist Iasr,s Heavenly Ia h