The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-10
ST., ANDREWS CATHEDRAL
CONSECRATED
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our ordinary and Episcopal authority
separate for the future the said newly
erected portion of the Cathedral Church
from all common and profane uses. and
do consecrate the same as our Cathe-
| dral Church in the city of Honolulu
for the worship of Almighty God. the
administration of the sacramento the
reading of prayers and preaching the
word Of God purely, sincerely, and for
performing all other religious cera-
monies according to the liturgy of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States; and we do hereby dedi-
cate the said church to ST Andrew.
the site of which said church and the
boundaries thereof are more particu-
larry deiineated and set forth in the
plan attached to these presents And
we do pronounce and declare that the
said Cathedral Church of St Andrew is
consecrated accordingly. and thereby
separated henceforth from all unhal-
lowed, worldly or common uses, and
the same ought so to remain according
to this our definitive sentence and final
/ decree, saving, nevertheless, unto our
| selves and our successors our Episco-
pal rights and privileges herein; warn
ing all men that they think not light
iy of our solemn ordinance and decree.
whereby these holy places are forever
set apart and consecrated to Almighty
| God
Signed and published in the Cattle
! dral Church of st. Andrew. Honolulu
aforesaid this 9th day of March, in the
year of our Lord 1902, and the thirty
first OF our conservation.
Quod Attestor.
ALFRED HONOLULU.
EDMUND STILES.
The sentence and signing of the
conservation was followed by commun-
ion.
In his sermon, Bishop Willis said:
considering the issue of their life
initiate their faith. Jesus Christ, tie
same yesterday and today and for
ever."-Heb., xiii:7.
1t is thus that the revised version /
renders the concluding half of the pas
sage in the epistle to the Hebrews /
which in the ancient version is render /
ed. Remember them which have the /
rule over you. who have spoken unto |
you the word of God, whose faith fol-
low, considering the end of their con-
versation- Jesus Christ the same yes
terday and today and forever"
By these words the Hebrew Chris
tians were exhorted to call to mind
how those who first preached to them
the word of God sealed their testimony
with their blood, and by that issue Of
their lives left them an example of
faith which they are called to initiate.
Among those who had first preached
TO them the word of God were the first
martyr, st. stephen. and st. James, i
whom Herod beheaded. With the men,
orics awakened of the blood-stained
path by which they made their exit
from the life below to enter upon life
eternal, the readers of this epistle are
hidden to initiate the faith which sus-
in hnC las hon -Ha,,
the world power rose up against them
and trampled them under foot. That ,
faith thrown out as an anchor into the
invisible world by which they held fast {
through storm and tempest was faith :
IN Jesus Christ. the same yesterday |
and today and forever.
This is the faith which each genera
ion is called to initiate. The faith of {
The church cannot change. The faith ,
IF the Apostles is the faith of the {
church today, and if the world last /
mother nineteen centuries, the faith 4
'nce delivered will be the unchanged (
md unchanging bond OF union be- y
ween the members of the church on q
'arth. and those at rest in Paradise t
In this faith the Cathedrals of Europe {
ose in their stately magnificeuce. /
o the glory of God, bearing witness by Z
heir enduring character to our faith
hat He whom we worship in the unity d
II the Godhead is the same yesterday I
M To-Day ana forever. In mum DIE lnl- [
alton of the faith of those builders il
his cathedral. which has today been il
onsecrated. has been built to be the g
eat of a bishop of the Church of h
'hrist in these Isles of the Pacific 10
ocean. -
Yet voices have not been wanting
hat have raised objection To- this days s
olemnity. Let us review them and T
nswer them. lit ought not to be con- "
ecrated," says one. because there is a W
lortsage on the building" If that G.
-ere the case today's service could a
OF and would not have taken place. n
tut from the day we began to build .
D the present there never has been u
ny mortgage on the land or building: il
or has any contractor or builder or d
ny person whatever. any lien or claim il
ither upon this land or building This b.
bjection is entirely without founda- o,
on. n
2. An objection of an opposite nature is
as been raised. BY the act of conse- h
ration" says an irresponsible news |.
aper. the bishop has made il i'm S.
ossible to mortgage the building in h,
lie. future" The raising of such an b,
btection rs this should make every
ne sensible how necessary, how i'm n
ortant this days solemnity is For fr
hen a church has once been built for cl
lie worship of Almighty God, and has
cen used for that purpose as this mas -
cen for several years. il is already