The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-06
GOO KIM Full
BORNE To REST
Funeral Was Largely Attend
ed and Was an Imposing
Affair.

was held yesterday afternoon at th'
Fort street Chinese church, of which
the deceased was one of the origina
members and founders, 1t was con
| Quoted by Rev. E. ". Thwing, pastor
of the church. There was a very
large attendance, Chinese, whites and
natives being present in large number:
to pay this last tribute of respect to
an esteemed citizen who had long beer
leading man among his race in this
community.
The casket was q plain black one,
with silver mountings, and as it rested
in the church it was almost covered
with flowers sent by friends. The in
terment was in the Chinese plot in
Makiki cemetery, plot which the de-
ceased had many years before been
instrumental in securing for his race.
The procession from the church to the
cemetery was an imposing one. There
were nearly a hundred carriages in
AIuSs 01oSl OIL the CulACSS So1ACeASS u
the city were represented. The order
of procession was as follows: Band.
Cadets of Mills Institute. School girls
of Chinese Mission. Pastor Thwing.
Hearse. Chief mourners. Goo clans
men. Honorary and active pall-bear-
ers. Representatives of lodges and So
cieties. Friends and public.
The Honorary pall-bearers were F.
A. Schsefer, W. Pfotenhauer and
Bruce Cartwright, representing the
consular corps;fw w. Hall, represent
ing the Hawaiian Board; and Mr.. Chu
Gem, Mr.. Chang Ming, Mr.. Ho Fon,
Mr.. Chang Kim, Mr.. William Y. Kwai
Fong and Mr.. Chung Wing Sueng, rep
resenting the Chinese community.
Active pall-bearers were Messrs.
Give Davies, Ho Fon, F. c. Atherton,
VIM. Y. Kwai Fong, Fred T. P. Water
house, A. NJ. Merrill. Chang Kim, Y,
s. Chung.
AT the church those on the platform
were Rev. DR.. d. Scudder, of Central
Union; Rev. III. H. Parker, Kawaiahao;
Rev. w. d. Westervelt, Rev. Kong Yin
Tet, of st. Peters church; Mr.. +. w.
Damon. Mr.. Ho Kswai TAX, Mr.. Mo
Man Ming.
Prayer was offered by Mr.. Mo Man
Ming, Rev. e. t. Kong read the
twenty-third Psalm, and Mr.. F. w.
Damon, whose identity with Chinese
evangelization and education here is
known of all, delivered a short address.
The funeral sermon, by Rev. t. w.
was as follows:
THE FUNERAL SERMON.
1.-The path of the just is as the shin |
ng light that shineth more and more
unto the perfect day."-Pro. 4:18.
We have gathered here today in
memory Of our departed brother Goo
Kim Fui, and to perform the last |
sad because our brother has gone from |
as, and yet this service should not !
be all of sadness. There should be a |
strong note of joy and victory. His |
was the glorious death of a Christian |
soldier, who has now gone above to |
receive his reward. We can believe |
that crown will be given, with the |
words ''well done thou good and faith |
ful servant, enter in TO the joy of thy |
Lord
For more than thirty years this |
brother has been an earnest and faith |
iul worker in the cause of Christ. He |
has sought at all times, here in Ha-
vail and also in China, to bring his |
to a knowledge of the |
truth as it is in Christ Jesus. He be- |
ieved deeply that Jesus is the Light |
Of the World, is the Light of Asia, |
and is the Light of China. In the |
church, in the Bible class, and in his |
own native village. he worked most |
to bring that light to his own |
people. Those who remember him as |
4 merchant, or as an official, or as a |
personal friend, can know him as a |
man who sought to do his duty to the |
best of his ability. All those who truly |
knew him can say, that he was a |
righteous man and one that feared |
God. We can rejoice in the new life |
hat is now his. He was taken from |
MS work in a good old age and full |
IF years. His mortal life has taken |
On an Immortality, and his death is |
up in victory.
His life has been a power in this |
church throughout its entire history. |
He has left an example of a true Chris |
ian life, which should be an inspira- |
ion to the young men who have known |
him. He has had large opportunities, !
md he might have left wealth and |
worldly treasure. But he did not choose |
10 do so. He has left that which is |
IF far greater value, the record of |
much service for others. This is all
treasure for his family and his friends. /
True, it is that the memory of the |
lust is precious, and his faith is now |