The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-13
THE ADDITION To
81. ANDREW
Is to Be Completed by Easter
The History of the
Work.

! Bishop Restarick has issued an ap-
peal to his people for funds to pay for
the addition to the cathedral which is
expected to be completed in time for
the Easter services. In this appeal he
says:
| Shortly after coming to Honolulu I
said in a sermon that we must use
every effort to extend the cathedral
/ building. To that end on Easter day
| 1903. asked the people to pay the debt
of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars
still due on the structure The response
was generous and the debt was paid.
Not long after this a building com
mittee was appointed and inquiries
We're made by letter and in person in
the United States and in England in
regard to suitable stone. The delays
were vexations but persistent effort was
made until at last it was decided to
use the sandstone found on this island.
BY this decision a great difficulty was
overcome.
In 1904 and again in 1906 appeals were
made, and on the Easter days of these
years, offerings were made reaching a
total of twelve thousand dollars for the
building fund These offerings were
general ones, all seemingly taking an
interest and giving according to their
ability. No money at any time has
been sought from the mainland for the
cathedral, my policy being to ask out
side aid for mission work only
On November 23rd, 1905, I laid the
foundation stone of the addition to the
cathedral which is now nearing COM
pletion
Before Easter 1907 it was seen that
there would not be sufficient money on
hand to pay for the completion of the
work SO another appeal was made, and
on Easter day 1907 another offering was |
taken, which made the total sum con-
tributed to the fund from it's begin
ming in 1904, about fifteen thousand dol
lars.
1t has been impossible at any time
to estimate with ANY degree of exact
ness what the total cost would be- since
with which men here were unfamiliar
The building committee determined to
have the work well done and if stone
when cut was found to have blemishes |
characteristic of the Island sandstone |
it was often discarded and better stone |
quarried.
Then again in the original rough esti- |
mates the west front was not consid- |
cred. The committee decided that the |
west end should present good ap-
pearance but should not look as if an |
attempt had been made to finish 1t. /
The committee has been painstaking |
and has given much thought to every
detail of the work and the Bishop /
thanks them for their active, intelh- |
gent and constant interest.
Now to the point of this letter. I'm |
less something unforeseen occurs the |
addition will be ready for use on Easter |
day. When we enter it for the services /
on that Queen of Festivals there will i
be hanging over our heads debt of /
eight thousand five hundred dollars. /
You as much as I desire that provi- |
sion for the payment of the whole |
amount be made as soon as possible.
While 1 call for the aid of each bap- |
tized man, woman or child in the t
Church to give as he is able, l would /
also ask attendants and friends of the !
Church to give if they to do so, to- |
wards the object in view, for 1 believe |
that the construction of this cathedral !
is a matter of public interest. |
One feature of the money which has
been given is that it has been a willing |
offering, no subscription list of any |
kind has been circulated.
L.