The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-04

cali TINS guiding the symbol OF
the awakening of Kalihi,' said Rev.
w. b. Oleson, superintendent of the
Hawaiian Board of Missions. at the
dedication of the new Kalihi Settle
ment church last evening. "It speaks
of the new energy, the new resolution,
| and the new life of this community.
and it augurs we'll for the future. l
am not prophet, nor am 1 the son
of prophet, but [ viii say that 1
| firmly believe that within the next
| five or six years, Kalihi will be one
| of the most thickly- populated districts
| in the city of Honolulu. / am conf
| dent of this because of the spirit
| the right kind of spirit-that has been
| displayed by those who are now resi-
! dents Of Kalihi, in the erection of this
| building. | predict a great future for
this growing section of the community,
aid | am convinced that / have be-
fore me the justification for the predic-
| ton. The building of this beautiful
house of worship is, without a doubt,
| the first great forward stride in what
] call the awakening of Kalihi. -
Honolulu's newest church was dedi-
Gated last night. and over two hun
dred and fifty dollars were raised by
subscriptions and cash donations to go
towards the deficit of $500 which still
hung over the building. W r. Castle
took charge of the meeting when the
| financial question came up, making an
eloquent plea for aid in lifting the
| debt that remained. Before actual
subscriptions were called for, he stated
| that lady, who was unable to be
I present, had promised to give one
dollar for every ten given by those of
the congregation. When the final
amount was almost collected, Rev Do
remus Scudder produced cheer
check This was Immediately put up
| at auction and on it the sum of ten
cents was realized. The cost of the
! new church was approximately $4,000,
and until last night a deficit of about
5000 remained. Through the generosi
ty Of the congregation, the sum of
| $3.50 only is now unpaid.
| Altogether, the meeting was de-
cided success. An excellent program
was rendered. Rev. Dir. Scudder de-
| livered the sermon of the evening, TAX
|
| Man - He was followed by P L.
| Horne, who read the report of the
building committee. To Rev. Chamber
lain, the speaker gave all the credit
for the vast labor incidental to the
securing of funds for the construction
of the building. He had worked hard
/ and conscientiously, and to him be-
| Ionged the honor instead of to the
building committee.
Passers-by on King street have no.
ticed for several months the erection
of this neat, roomy meeting house and
| have wondered what it meant. 1t goes
back no less than forty-one years in
origin, to the time when the Kalihi
Moanalua church was organized by the
| father missionaries AS its name inn
plies, this church was not satisfied
| with one name or one habitat. 1t To-
called itself in two places. Some
three years or SO ago it began to feel
the pressure, so strong in every Ha-
waiian church today, for English ser
vices to satisfy its young people and
to care for the English-speaking of
other nationalitles in its nelghborhood.
Hence the Hawaiian Board engaged
! Rev Horace w. Chamberlain to coop
crate with Rev W. K. Poai, the pas
tor, and at once things began to move.
A new parish house was annexed to
! Kalihi church. services on the Waikiki
side of KaIihi stream in another tiny
chapel of this lively church were found
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he had held since July 1, 1907 He
will proceed, via Washington, d. C., to
San Francisco. TO sail for Manila on
Jan. 9. Tt is expected that Captain
Nazro will receive his commission as
a rear admiral during his visit to Wash
ington, he having successfully passed
the examinations preliminary to promo
ton to that grade. At Manila Captain
Nazro will take command of the Cavite
Naval Station, which is being develop
ed into an important repair yard for
the Navy. His nomination for rear
admiral was sent to the Senate this
week
Rear Admiral T. F Jewell, L. s. n,
and Mrs. Jewell will sail for Manila
from San Francisco on Jan. ,, and af-
) ter visiting that place and spending
some months in Japan will return to
the United States via the Suez Canal
/ and Europe.