The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-20


| On Christmas day. 1885 the chanceI of
the Cathedral was opened for divine
service, and in June. 1888 the Bishop
writes that the nave of the Cathedral
was nearly completed. The choir and
| two bays of the nave were consecrated
by Bishop Willis just before his depart
ure for Tonga
The cost Of the building had been
! $4,000. of which Queen Emma collected
in England large part of the SIG, 500
/ contributed there.
/ On my arrival / spoke of my inten-
ton of going on with the work The
history Of this is familiar to you. We
found we were able to use the island
stone. With the Davies Memorial
! building, the Cathedral, and the new
Priory buildings Emma Square will
present an appearance which will be
unique in the Pacific. One thing is
needed and that is a tower which T
hope will be built in memory of one
who was a tower of strength to hun
dreds of souls.
| APPRECIATIvE WORDS.
In this work of building the addition
consecrated today / wish to bear testi-
moay to the gifts which Christians not
of our name--would to God there were
no names, none but the name Christian
T have given. 1t is only an Illustration
OF the existence of good feeling, and it
is one of the joys of my life that it
exists. have tried to be fair and Just,
TO appreciate the value of the work of
others. to rejoice in any work done for
God and man, to avoid all which would
make for misunderstanding. Though I
believe with all my heart in the Church
and her ways, it is my delight and in
spiration to know of the sacrifice and
devotion of work done in the past NV
friends of other Christian names know
| that am loyal and positive Church
man, but am sure they know also that
/ try to lead the church from bigotry
and narrowness to a catholic vision of
all who serve the Lord God The
Churchman and the Puritan have lost
their old quarrel. Some of you have
seen on the panels of a wall in the
British House of Parliament a series
of pictures representing the heroic ac-
lions of the race. One of these pictures
is the landing of the pilgrims. The true
Churchman appreciates worth. 1t is in
Westminster Abbey that on the tablet
to John Wesley are his words: 1.-THE
world is my parish" I'm ST. Marga-
ret's, Westminster, is the magnificent
window to Milton, the Puritan. In old
Boston's, England, when the old St
Butolph's, church was rebuilt there
was placed in the tower a tablet of
brass inscribed to the memory of John
Cotton, the Puritan preacher of new
Boston in Massachusetts. When the
church was opened after the restora-
ton, the flags of England and America
f1oated together from the church in
token that the old quarrel was passed
and the Bishop of London, the sue
cessor of Laud preached from the text:
Let US build with you for we seek
God as you do We are here to do
our best to win these islands for God
May the holy spirit help US to do the
work and to seize opportunities. But
one thing is certain; this work will not
be done well unless it is done in love.
The greatest thing in the world and the
greatest thing in the universe is love,
for God is love.
Brethren, we have now set apart for
sacred uses the addition to the Ca
tlzedraf,s which you have built with your
free offerings There are those pres
ent who saw the foundation stone laid
by the King; there are those present
who were on the first building COM
n1ittee or whose fathers were members
OF it. They rejoice with us in seeing
the work go on. This building is par
able of the whole work of the Church
itself. 1t goes on from generation to-
generation. We must do our part in
our day. We have a beautiful church.
We have given to this House of God
the best material and the best work
a + IL G1.
a parable that this building OF stone
shall represent the living temple OF
which we are living stones.
This building stands as the outward
expression of our faith in Jesus as
God made manifest in the flesh. We
can be tolerant, charitable, liberal. If
you will, but we dare not tamper with
the faith once for all delivered to the
Saints" This faith receives of neces-
sity in each generation a new express
sion in the language of the enlarged
knowledge of the age, but in funda-
mentals is Interchangeable. It is not
found out by the cunning of mans
brain, but is revealed in the person of
Jesus the Christ. Negations and spec
ulations can not satisfy men. 1t IS
positive and definite faith that wins in
the end. Fads and PHILOSOPHERS come
and go in every age but the Church
of Christ remains and will remain.
This church stands for the faith OF
Vancouver. the educated navigator and
Young, the unlearned sailor. 1t stands
for the faith OF the men who sought to
establish this church here and those
who brought it. 1t stands for the
faith of saints and martyrs, of apos-
ties and prophets. With the diversity
Of views and differences of opinion and
variety of practices which she has; her
formularies and her unchanged and
Interchangeable creeds bind her to the
past and inspire her for the present.
God grant that our lives and our works
may show forth this faith in this spot
where the races meet so that men of
all tongues as they gather here may be
drawn to say: I'VE would serve God
with you"