The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-10

| SET IN intention lot the service %
God. whether the formal act of con
= secration has been performed or not
1t is already Gods house, and =
mortgage it would be an act of sac
riiege. a repetition of the sin of Anan'
las and Sapphire.
II any ever contemplated such III
act as this. you may thank God from
the bottom of your heart that SO ter
rible possibility is now averted.
5. Another objection has been raised
The present bishop being about to re-
tire ought to-have left the consecra-
ton 70 his successor. The objectoI
doesn't say why. Are the principles you
adopt in secular matters to be discard
ed when you deal with that which Is
sacred? In secular matters do you not
hold that man worthy of blame who
having a business to hand over to arr
other does not leave its affairs as COM
plete and orderly as is in his power to
do? And you'd you in Divine things
see matters left unfinished and ar
Il tangled. God forbid. Every true
I hearted member of the church will to-
day rejoice al this fitting consumma-
ton of the work of thirty years
Yet one more objection is raised. The
building is not completed. The conse-
Grafton of a portion of a building Will
act as a preventive to its completion
I On the contrary, the Solemnlty of this
day should stir all hearts with fervent
. @teii ~ Sohc III IdIu It's II.
II you want a precedent for consecrat-
ing portion of a cathedral, let me
refer you to the history of one of the
grandest cathedralS in Europe, that of
Cologne. which dating from the ninth
century. was only completed a few
years ago. The first structure was de-
stroyed by fire in l24S. The foundation
of the present cathedral was then laid.
seventy years later, in 1922. the choir
was consecrated, the nave heing not
yet built. But the work of building
continued to advance until it was
checked at the reformation, and was
not resumed till 1912.
Having thus disposed of the objec-
lions that have been raised to this
days work, which have in them a
SAVIOUR of the articles employed in the
days of Ezra to hinder the rebuilding
OF the temple, and the wall of Jerusa-
lem, let us go back to the text
The faith which bore the first preach
ers of the word of God through the
Red Sea of martyrdom is the faith in
which this church has today been con-
secrated Jesus Christ, the same yes
terday and today and forever. ITO !
whom belongs the title OF the Rock. as |
the type of that which endures ur-
changed from age to age. and who |
referred to Himself under this title in |
those memorable words: Upon this |
Rock l will build My church.
And so first of all this cathedral IS
n witness to the church's unity For
one foundation of the Universal
church. And other foundation can no
man lay than that which lies there, not
laid by human hands. eternal, immu-
table. And while we deplore the
broken unity. and the Suspen- |
sion of communion between it's three
great branches, Eastern. Roman and
Anglican. let us note that they still
are one in holding the Nicene creed;
1ne i'm the three-fold order of the min
stry: one in celebrating the sacraments
IF the Gospel. Today'S soIemnity will
Je an abiding witness of the perfect
lnion subsisting between all parts of
he Anglican branch of the Church Of |
'hrist. Lovers of division and disun-
on have endeavored to draw a line Of |
iemarcation between the Church of
England and the branch of the Angli- |
an communion in the United States of
america. Such persons look upon the |
hurch as the creature of the State. |
md subject to the viciSSitudeS of po- |
itical change. The necessity of bring
nS our external organization into con
ormity with our new political envir-
nment involved no change in that
which is essential to our being as a
locese OF the Anglican communion.
FOR al! that was neceS airy has been
arried To completion by our own body
pht Wilhiti. anu let me repeat again. |
mar nave elsewhere written. that ii is
great mistake for any to suppose
nat change in the occupant of the
zee was necessary step to bringing
he Anglican church in Hawaii into
Mon with the American branch of the
anglican communion. OF this the evil
ence is before your eyes. For today
MS church has been conSecrated for !
he worship of Almighty God accord
lS TO the use and order of the church
I the United States. while the conse- :
rating bishop was one who received |
IS Episcopal orders from the Arch =
ishop of Canterbury. and the bishors
the Church of England.
And SO, first of all. this cathedral =
-ands today as "A witness for unity.
hat being so. it was essential for its
ell being, and the we'll being of the
hole diocese that there should be no
lnfiict of interests in our household
faith, but that all who worship here
diversities of Ian 4
laSe, should be united in one body
nder one ministerial organization, as
is today. Those who have gone about |
ssuading some of our brethren from
lining in this days worship need TO =,
= told that it is a serious and danger
Is thing to trifie with those things III
lat belong to the Lord our God 1t
not the servant whom they are dis
1noring by their absence, but the
ord and Master Himself. who has NJ
i'd. Them that honor Me will "
Inor. and they that despise Me shall LIZ
, lightly esteemed
Then, next. this cathedral stands as III
witness of unchanging faith Times
ON century to century, human oDin-
lange. manners and customs change