The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-01
CHURCH GOING
AND CHURCH UNITY
ConVocation Sermon by Bishop
Restarick at ST.
Andrews.

| 4-AoA WAS deilFereQ at ct. Andrew s ia
thedral yesterday morning TO a very
large congregation In the evening
there was a united service at the Ca
thedral in the interest of church exten.
sion. Rev. E 7. Simpson gave an ad-
dress on 1.-The Distinctive Message OF
the Church in These Islands . Rev
Leopold Knoll of Lahaina gave an ad-
dress on Ny Field Opportunities and
Needs -
The business sessions of the convo-
cation of the missionary district of
| Honolulu viii be resumed at 5 0 clock
this afternoon. At 2:30 O'Clock there
viii be a meeting in the Cathedral
Sunday-sehool room at which there viii
be papers and discussion on 1.-The
Modern Sunday-ScAool -
Bishop Restariek in his convocation
sermon spoke of the four bishops of the
church who had died during the past
year. de gave an account of the tenn
poral and spiritual condition of the
Episcopal church in these Islands: dis
cussed church attendance and the neg
lect OF 1t; and had some things to saw
regarding church unity. The sermon in
part was as follows:
You rejoice with me that we meet
today in our Cathedral-the Cathedral
of the people Of this island diocese. We
owe 1t to those who have preceded US
that, in spite of great difficulties, they
held on TO the idea that the building
should be good one, of good design
and honest material and of the best
workmanship proeurable Day by day
while l watched this building being
constructed I realized that those who
had charge Of the construction of the
choir and first two bays had to strug-
gle against difficulties: 1t was true that
they had the cut stone brought here;
1t could not have been worked in the
Islands at that time. But the Difficult
ties were great even then. We regret
that our predecessors were obliged to
change the plan and leave out the
transepts, but we are thankful that
they gave US what they did. and to
kamehameha ", who gave the land |
to Kamehameha V, who laid the cor
nerstone; TO Queen Emma, who pro-
cured so large an amount of the needed
funds; to Bishop Willis, who saw so
largely to the work, and to the build |
ing committee, some Of whom are still !
living in Honolulu, and some have pass |
ed away from this world, is due from |
US honor and gratitude.
STANDS FOR TRUTH.
The lay members of the present /
building committee gave freely of their |
thought, their time and labor, to the |
work. which was delegated to them, |
and have turned over to the diocese a /
building in which you can take honest /
pride as being in this day of shams /
and limitations a structure which stands /
for truth. A church or a school or pub
church, should stand not for
in construction and material. Ruskin
in his Seven Lamps of Architecture
deals with the subject at length. He
Says: "The meagerness of poverty may
be pardoned, but what is there but
scorn for the meanness of deception.
Surface deceits as to material is dis
honesty of the grossest kind, and is
sufficient reason for its absolute and
surrender. -
The only thing which may appear az
a sham are the walls separating the
sanctuary from the ambulatory. These
are of wood. They should speedily be
with stone. and the sanctuary
and choir floors should be made of
stone or tiles OF some suitable material.
There are many opportunities in the
Cathedral for the presentation of me-
MORALS of the departed, all of which
would be useful and would serve to
beautify the house of God, which should
have in it offerings OF the best mate
rial and the best workmanship which
we can procure The stone altar, which
stands for dignity and permaneuee and
not for any theory of the eucharist, Is
ia place, and a gift of a font cover and
ever are an illustration of what can be
done.
The cost of the Cathedral as it exist
III in 1902, was $3.50. There has been
expended since on improvements, seats,
lighting. building, the sum of s27 900.
bringing up the cost at the present time
. about soc. 900 exclusive of the gift of
he land BY King Kamehameha ~
Adjoining the Cathedral the Theophl-
rs Harris Davies Memorial building
yrows every day aud begins to show
What it viii be when completed. In t
mother direction the old picturesque !
buildings of St. Andrews priory are q
doomed. for there Is $4,000 in sight
or the new structure. ten thousand |
iolIars of which came from the men s :
hank offering.
A BISHOP s HOUSE.
I suggest that on next Easter Day 5
throughout the diocese an offering be
AIKEN for a Bishops house. 1t is
leeessitv. and nv mind Is directed to
he matter by the fact that the Bishop
yiH soon have TO move from the house
which he occupies in order to make :
Dom for the new building OF ST. An
rev. priory.
But it is not at the Cathedral alone
where signs Of progress are shown It. !
'lement 5 has paid off more Of its debt,
i. Peters has added TO its church fur
.ishings. ST. Elizabeth 5 Is paying OF :
small debt upon its lodginghouse. At :
.ahaina the church has been painted .
within and without and furniture has
,een added. At Waikiki on Monday
n Easter week the tearing down OF the
IL DorSoua ra was commenced the