The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-14
CONSECRATE
CATHEDRAL
Plans for Service
on Mid-Lent
Sunday.
HISTORY OF THE
BUILDINGS GROWTH
Used From Time 1t Was Started
AImost-Great Changes
in Design.

secrated Sunday, March sth, by
~ Bishop Willis. assisted by all the
clergy, licensed in the diocese, who can
be here for the ceremony. The decis-
ion to have the ceremony performed
during his incumbency was reached by
Bishop willis recently, and arrange
ments now are being made.
The day chosen for the ceremony is
Mid-lent Sunday, and in addition to the
conservation ceremonial. which is fully
set forth in the Book of Common Pray
er, there will be the observances OF
that day, so that there will be made OF
the principal morning service. that OF
1O:3O o'clock, a most impressive occa-
sion. The conservation will be under
the forms of the American church.
The consecration of the Cathedral
follows at a long interval the partial
completion of it, and at much longer
one the authorization of it's construc-
ton, for the cathedral dates back near
ly forty years. 1t was in the early SIX
ties that Bishop StaIey began to work
for the diocese, and the plans for the
cathedral were made in accordance
with his views. The plans upon which
the cathedral has been constructed are
not the original ones al all, but there
have taken place such alterations as
have reduced the prospective cost by
large sum. AS it is there has been e&-
pended upon the cathedral something
like $50 900, and yet there is not one
half the work upon 1T completed. The
first plans made in London by Carpen-
ter now Carpenter & Ingelow. call for
a building which at the pulpit was to
have a lantern arch of stone with
transept and chapter house on the wal
kiki side and a tower opposite. which
would afford space for robing rooms
When it was seen that the plans call
ed for a building too great for the dlo-
cese, the building committee at once
went in and changed them, making
plain arch at the pulpit, doing away
with the waikiki embellishments of de-
sign and providing for perfectly PLAIN
sided cathedral, with an ornamental
front and two great towers on the
western face of the building This
means, too, that there shall be some
great changes in the interior arranHo-
ments and these as made will provide
for the nave without any transept, sim
ply a straight building.
Before the conservation of the build
ing there will be several changes made
in the interior arrangements OF Inc
structure Thus there will be a rails
ing of the floor from the steps at the
pulpit back 10 the altar and the NOV
ing forward of the various sections.
Thus the altar will be moved to the
front until the rail is opposite the next
row of pillars. The altar itself VIII
come to the front by a foot or more.
This will necessitate the removal OF
the choir stalls, and these will be
brought TO a point almost to the line OF
the pulpit. The floor Of the nave will
remain itself and there will be no al
teration of the arrangements in front
of the pulpit. These improvements VIII
constitute all that will be attempted
before the conservation, or during the
incumbency of Bishop Willis.
When the cathedral was first opened
for public worship there was completed
only the first section, or that which eX-
tended to the point now occupied BY
the pulpit This caused the placing 90
the altar back against the rear wall
and the pulpit and lectern at the mrs.
arch. Ihen the congregation hoN 49,
difficulty in getting into the small room
thus made The building Of the cathed-
raj has been carried forward under al
ficulties. at one time the church penn
incumbered by a debt of sfOoo' A'
which loan the trustees had TO pay
per cent But now there is not 81
gle lien against the property bls'D
Willis advanced the sum winch
been borrowed on mortgage years
there being only a resolution which re-
ognized the loan as debt OF mn
and this has been reduced .Io'- t ,,,,..
time until now there remains noI . li,g
.han t,,a- NAM of the original amount
Tba 1Ta" church GlrT n authorities are making q
a,rea+ :. re- Effort to have this cleared off be-
fore the conservation, believing Inas
- lii ne found some beneVolehi
'iiei ~ the church who will want
.-Hae the cathedral turned over to tne
.,,erican church absolutely free from
Ion this small debt Of honor.