The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-01

CONVOCATION
BISHOP REsTARICK ON BUILDING
PROGRESS-REPORT ON BDUCA-
TION-THOSE PRESENT.

Sunday, Bishop Restarick said:
THE cost of the cathedral as it exist
ed in 1902, was $6S, 79O. There has been
expended since on improvements, seats,
lighting, building, the sum of $4,000,
bringing up the cost at the present
time to about $4,000 exclusive of the
gift of the land by King Kamehameha
w,
Adjoining the cathedral the Theophi-
lus Harris Davies Memorial building
grows every day and begins to show
what will be when completed. In
another direction the old picturesque
buildings of st. Andrews priory are
doomed, for there is $685. 900 in sight
for the new structure, ten thousand
dollars of which came from the mems
thank Offering.
q suggest that on next Easter Day
throughout the diocese an Offering be
taken for a Bishops house. 1t is a
necessity, and my mind is directed to
the matter by the fact that the Bishop
will soon have to move from the house
which he occupies in order to make
room for the new building of st. An
drew's priory.
But it is not at the Cathedral alone
where signs of progress are shown. st.
Clements has paid off more of it's debt,
st. Peters has added to it's church fur
&c
small debt upon it's clearinghouse. AT
Lahaina the church has been painted
within and without and furniture has
been added. At Wailuku on Monday
in Easter week the tearing down of the
old parsonage was commenced, the
money having been raised for new
| one to cost $4,000 At Hilo the money
( is on hand for a new church and a
| thousand dollars has been paid on what
was due on the lot. Improvements
have been made at other points on
! the Island of Hawaii. At st. Paufs
church, Makapala, Kohala, a house has
been built for the Rev. Woo Yee Bew,
| the guild of which has been interested
! in providing this Chinese priest with
residence.
/ During the year the deed has been
received for the land on which the
| school building of St. Andrews prlory
stands. This has been decided to the
church corporation by the Society or
the Holy Trinity in England with the
consent of the charity commissioners.
THE property was at one time held
in trust by the late Dr. Pusey, and was
set apart for the school in the presence
of Miss Sellon, the founder of the So
ciety in 1867. The only charge at
tending the transfer was that OF the
I solicitors fee, which was paid by a
friend in New York.
Another large gift came from the
mems thank offering. 1t was SlO,OOO
toward the building fund of st. An
drew's priory This with the $l5,OOO
which has been subscribed in the
islands by generous friends will, we
believe, enable us to commence build
ing at an early date"
Bishop Restarick deplored the small
attendance at church services. While
the Sunday schools were well attend
ed, it gave MIN pain to see the chill
dren focking home after dismissal IN
stead of waiting for worship He de-
pIored the existence of two or three
small churches of the Protestant faith
in places where there was barely room
for one, announcing his purpose OF
working for Christian unity by church
extension and fraternal conduct.
At the opening meeting on Saturday
one of the most interesting reports
presented was that of the committee
on education, which showed that the
Sunday school attendance for the year
had increased over that of the preced-
ing year by thirty per cent. The re-
port dealt with the value of the edu-
cation given to the young Chinese boys
In the church schools, many of the
students returning to China, where
their influence for good was great II
was stated that the grounds of the
Iolani College were to be enlarged anc
the equipment bettered. The statistics
with this report showed that the Sun
day school attendance in the various
districts was 9O4 this year and 675 las
year, while the number of teachers
had been increased from 81 to 76 anc
the enrolment at the day or nigh
schools had risen from 300 to BIS
Those present were the Right Rev
erend Henry Bond Restarick, Rev
Woo zee Bew, Rev Kong Yin Tet, Rev
p Canon William Ault, Rev. Canon Johl
I osborne, Rev. A. B. Weymouth, Rev
! w. H. Fenton-Smith, Rev. Albert L
: Hall, Rev. w. f. Potwine, Rev. ID
, Simpson, Rev. Joseph w. Gum, Rev
William H. Bliss, Rev. Robert Hilton
Rev. Shin Yin Chin, Rev. Leopol
Kroll, H. M. Won Holt, d. w Ander
son, Thos Sharp, Robert Cation, l
Howard Hitchcock, VIM. Thompson, 4
G. Keene, W. II. Mex. Harrison, 4