The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-31
LAST RITES FOR
CHAS. NJ. COOKE
CFrom Mondays Advcrtiscr.)

the date Charles Montague Cooke, in
the historic missionary plot in Kawaia.
hao churehyard yesterday afternoon,
the plaintive notes Of % Aloha Oe' and
Of "Sweet BY and By caused many
eyes to fiji as they razed at the last
resting place of the deceased son of
one of Hawaii's early missionary
fathers. Surrounded by sorrowing
relatives and multitude of friends,
with beautiful floral offerings on every
hand, the urn was deposited with sim
pie ceremonies in the old Cooke plot.
The funeral services were held in
Central Union church at $3.50 clock,
the edifice being filed. There were rep
resentatives of many nationalities pres
ent. The urn rested upon a small table
at the foot of the pulpit platform, a
silver embroidered cloth covering the
table. Banked about the platform and
choir loft were wreaths, clusters of
lilies and roses, and many pieces com
posed of violets.
The front pews were occupied by the
pallbearers, who were p G. Jones, Rev.
Hans Isenberg, S. b. Dole, Robert
Levers, William r. Castle, George r.
Carter, DR.. A. B. Clark, E. Faxon
Bishop, w. o. Smith, and j. A. Ken
| needy. Behind them sat Mrs. Cooke,
her sons, Montague Cooke, Clarence
Cooke, George P. Cooke, and Richard
Cooke, their wives, and near relatives.
The choir, composed of Mrs. Bruce
Mackall, Mrs. Wadhams, H. F. Wich-
man, and Stanley Livingstone, sang
"Abide With Me-" following which
Rev. Doremus Scudder, pastor of Cen.
trail Union church, paid high tribute
to the deceased.
DR.. Scudder said this was the sixth
time within year that the congrega-
ton had assembled to pay honor to the
ashes of members of the second genera
ton of the early missionary families
who came to Hawaii to spread the
| gospel. 1t is just that we should call
the members of the second generation,
he added, the saviors of the new Ha-
| wall. "Many times criticism has been
| passed upon the missionary withdrawal
in 1868, which proclaimed that new
| Christian nation had been born in a
single generation, and that the island
churches could be left to themselves, -
said DIR. Scudder. "We must remember
that that policy had the support of the
|
Islands in those days. If, humanity
speaking, a mistake was made, we
realize how wonderfully the Father of
all overruled that mistake and out of
it caused a new chapter to be written,
as full of wonders as that earlier chap
ter, for the world has been treated to
a record of Christian giving almost I'M
paralleled in the history of Christ Is
church.
"They were but handful, compare
lively speaking, in 1868, upon whom
was to devolve the continuance of the
work, and how nobly have they dis
charged their responsibilities. 1t il
one of the wonders of the Islands, thi.
chapter of spiritual and mateIia
achievement here. These young mer
and maidens went to the East for theil
education, when possible. Where theil
resources We're too limited, they cou
, fined themselves to the work here
They all had faith in Jesus Christ
, They devoted themselves to perpetual
ing, charging and deepening the worl
of their fathers. They loved the truth
and opened their minds and Hawaii t.
, the truth They entered into the agri
cultural development of the Island
and they brought here all that scienc,
could give to develop the resources O
the soil All the latest discoverie
We're welcomed here.
There was no bigotry in their lives
There never was a heresy trial in thes
', ! Islands. The members of the secont
generation were in thorough accor
n with the views of their fathers, an
e came back from abroad with view
o possibly slightly changed, but loyal.
Not long ago gentleman, his eye
filed with a vision of the future, sal
to me: Il have wondered how it
y that those who have earned so niue
r in these Islands, have not erected NOR
a palatial mansions, or invested thei
', wealth in identifying. the city NOR
u by identifying their own surround
r ings. I said to him: 1T is becaus
n they have esteemed the upbuilding c
q character more than they have the VI
building of mansions for their ow
residence. / think that brought o,
Characteristic in the lives of thes
t, men and women which will stand OIL
t. all the more brilliantly as the days an
y years go by. They have realized thi
: Hawaii is a mission field for the worl
II In giving to these Islands they gay
Al TO the larger work also.
,e "of this noble company, Charles
Cooke was not the least. Nothing nee
be said about his genius to see cor
mercial opportunities, genius
RS develop the opportunities While
a used these powers to the utmost,
&c was not in his mind as his life wor
n, He had dedicated his life, in his BIO
" hood, to the kingdom of Christ, al
y his motto was to give.
I'd On the evening of February Is, 1sf
with other young friends, @. M. Coo
presented himself to the committee
the Fort street church and signif
he his determination of taking upon hi
ms self the creed of Jesus Christ. T'
at weeks later the church voted 10 !
% ceive b, Bond, Geo. p. Castle, A.
~ Cooke, C. NJ. Cooke aud s. w. WileS
On / wonder what the church history
r. these Islands would be If these
young men had not come forward a
dVen thamaalvaa tn the service