The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-24
EXTENSION OF ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL
Laying First Stone of
the Long Delayed
Wing.

Promptly at S:45 yesterday the pro-
cession of clergy, choir boys, the boys
of Iolani, the girls of st. Andrews Pri-
DRY and the children of ST. Peters
School marched from the old pro-
cathedral to the foundation of the wall
of the cathedral upon which the first
stone of the addition of two arches to
the nave is to be added. A large num-
Der of persons had already gathered at
the place, among them a number who
had been present at the laying of the
cornerstone of the cathedral on March
5, 1857, by Kamehameha V. Among
these were noticed Mrs. S. S. Robert
son, widow of Chief Justice Robertson;
ton, Gov. Cleghorn, Mrs. Robert Ry-
croft, Robert Ryeroft, w. R. Castle, w.
w Hall. Sisters Beatrice and Alder
tina did not come to Honolulu from
Lahaina until two weeks after the stone
was laid in 1867 They stood yesterday
near Mrs. Robertson and Gov. Cleg-
horn.
When all was in order, the Bishop,
the Ri. Rev. Henry B. Restarick, ID,
began the service by reciting two
verses of the 127th Psalm: Except
the Lord build the house, their labor is
but lost that build it. Except the Lord
keep the city, the Waterman waketh
but in VAIN
Then the Gloria Patri was sung, Mr..
Bode leading at the reed organ placed
on the ground for the occasion. Here
followed the hymn 1.-The Church's One
Foundation" Then the Saith Psalm was
read by the Bishop and the people and
after a brief lesson from Ezra Ill, 10th
and 18th verses; the Apostles Greed
was said and prayers were offered ap-
propriate to the occasion.
Then Mr.. Mackenzie. acting for Fred
Harrison, the builder, spread the NOR
tar in place and swung the stone into
position. The Bishop stepped forward
and Smoothed the mortar, the stone
was lowered, and the Bishop striking it
three times said: I'm the name of the
Father and of the Son and Of the Holy
Ghost. Amen. l lay this first stone of
the addition to this cathedral dedicated
to ST. Andrew and the memory of Ka-
mehameha w, and devoted to the SER
NlCc u <ailii5hly Soe S@SNOA NAii, ~ viz
doctrine, discipline and worship of the
Holy Catholic Church in the United
States of America"
The Bishop
THE BISHOPS ADDRESS.
After some sentences from Scripture
the Bishop made short address. He
said in part: My dear friends, at this
time yesterday we had not thought Of
this service but it seemed appropriate
that the first stone of this addition
should be laid with a religious service.
Forty years is a long time and yet as
1 look around me I see the faces Of
many who were here when Kameha-
meha ". laid the cornerstone. What
memories must come to these, of hopes
and fears, encouragements and disap-
pointments, of new faces and of many
who have departed this life and who
are now in the Rest of Paradise.
Great changes have occurred since
then, but the Church Of God is the same
In every age, 1t is true, there is a new
presentment of the faith, a bringing Of
truth in its apprehension into harmony
with present knowledge, but the faith
is the same. The Greed. called the
Apostles, upon which all Christians
were united once, and upon which only
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