The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-04
CHURCH WINDOWS
ARE UNVEILED
Dedication of Beautiful Memorials to
Hilo's First Mission
aries.
EARLY HISTORY IS RELATED
Hundreds Gather to Honour Memory
of Fathers Titus Coan and
d. b. Lyman.

HILO July Probably the most
important event of the past week.
and one extremely interesting from
a historical point of view, was the
service held at the Hail church on
Sunday, at which time were unveiled
two memorial windows, dedicated res
pectively to the two principal found
ers of evangelistic and educational
work in Hilo, Rev. Titus Coan and
Rev. David b. Lyman.
The church was crowded with peo-
pie who listened eagerly and without
lack of interest to the addresses and
other events which occupied nearly
three hours. Not the least interest
ing of all was the baptism of fifteen
infants at the font recently presented
by Mrs. Irene Ii Holloway, of Homo
lulu
The three principal addresses were
given by Rev. s. l.. Desha, Rev. S.
Kapu and Rev. w. b. Oleson.
Mr.. Desha told the history of the
Hail Church from the days when the
first missionaries erected "a lanai near
Waialeale, a structure of grass and
leaves, through the cracks of which
the curious natives peered at the
| strange ceremonies taking place with
in. A second lanai for worship was
| later built where the Coney house
now stands.
The first substantial church edifice
was built on what are now the Hotel
| grounds, a building 200 by IS feet in
size. At the dedication Kaahumanu
and Kamehameha III, the latter then
young man, were present. In 1S41
a violent storm destroyed this struc-
ture
In 1912 another church capable of
holding 1000 people was erected on
the site of the Richardson homestead
on Church street, and there they wor-
shipped until the completion of the
| present building which was dedicat-
ed in 1859. The cost of this was
$4,000. Last year the building was
renovated at a cost of $1,000.
Rev. Mr.. Oleson delivered an elo-
| quent address on the life and work
OF Rev. David b. Lyman. In the es-
adjustment and organization of the
|
and Goodrich were the pioneers, be-
ing joined later by the Rev. Mr.. Dib-
bic, and still later by Messrs. Lyman
and Green. Mr.. Coan came after Mr.
Lyman. Two other missionaries were
| afterward stationed at Hilo; one, Rev
Mr.. Wilcox later removing to Oahu
and one, Dr. WetmOre remaining per-
manently at Hilo as a medical mis-.
sionary.
Albert Shaw wrote; The finest,
soundest, and most effectual educa-
tional methods in the United States
are to be found in certain schools Tor
Indians and .,egros. But the pioneer
leader in those schools was General
Samuel c. Armstrong, and he said that
he got his ideas from the methods he
saw, when a boy in Father Lymans
school at Hilo.
The work of Rev. Titus Coan was
described by one of his former pupils,
Rev. S. Kapu, who spoke in Hawaiian.
Mr.. Kapu is now a teacher at Lahaina-
luna. He was educated at the theolo-
gical school in Honolulu through the
kindness of Mr.. Coan.
The ceremonies closed with the I'M
yelling of the two memorial windows,
which are at the south end of the
church, one on either side of the or
gan. The one at the mauka side is
dedicated to Mr.. Lyman, and repre-
sents "The Good Shepherd" That on