The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-24
Dedication of the Beautiful
Union Church at Waikiki

ueu CdJlOu OF the new Walluku
Union church on Sunday afternoon
was the fruitlon of six years of untir-
ing missionary work on the part of
Rev. Rowland b. Dodge and of the
efforts and energies of a whole COM
munity for more than a year Six
years ago this church had just one
member; now it enlists the interest
of all Maui, and the services of dedi-
cation on Sunday attracted more than
300 men and women from every part
of the island, besides the delegates
and visitors from the other islands.
1t was probably the most ambitious
undertaking in church building that
the islands have seen outside of Ho-
nolulu, and there have been no dis
appointments, no suggestions of fail
ure. The dedication was, in its way,
a ceremony Of triumph to which the
visitors of all denominations and ma
tionalities gladly paid tribute and con-
tributed their enthusiasm.
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meeting of the ecclesiastical council
Saturday afternoon, before which the
minister was examined and by which
he was approved for re-installation.
The dedication services were held
Sunday afternoon, and Sunday night;
a union service was held in the
,bVrob l., Erp01iob Cbipaeo Tau,oi;o,
and Japanese. Monday night Rev
Robert Elmer Smith lectured on "The
Philosophy of the Hustler" Tuesday
morning the minister of West and
Central Main held their monthly
meetings, which was followed by n
luncheon in the town hall of Wailuku,
and this was, in brief, the program.
The Dedication Services.
At the dedication services, which
began at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
the seating capacity of the new
church, augmented by chairs and
benches, was strained to the utmost.
BY way of prelude an organ voluntary
was rendered by Hugh Howell, violin
list, and Miss Mary Hoffman, organist,
followed by the singing of the doxol-
ogy.
Rev. A. S. Baker, NJ D., of the Cen
trail Kona church, then delivered the
invocation, which was followed by
the baptism of children, the installa-
ton of deacons and deaconesses and
the reception of new members into
the church.
The children baptized were John
Louis Thomas Rodney West Alice
Male Watson, James Ezra Watson
and Ruth Backus Dodge. Rev. Row
land Dodge administered the baptism
to the first three children and Dr.
Doremus Scudder of Honolulu per-
formed the ceremony for the minis
ters little daughter. The babies, con-
trary to all baptismal tradition, be-
haved with unusual decorum, seeming
to realize the special honor and dis
tinction of being the first to receive
baptism in the new sanctuary
Hon. s. b. Kingsbury, elected dea-
con of the church for period of two
years, and Mrs. Charlotte l.. Turner
and Mrs. Clarence M. Roberts, dea-
conesses, were then installed by DR..
Scudder. The following persons came
forward to be received into the
church: Affirmation of faith AleXan-
der John Mcleod; reafiirmation of
faith, Miss Emma r. Picard, formerly
a member of Waiohina church, Kau;
Charles julius Schoening, formerly a
member of the Lutheran Evangelical
church of Chicago; Mrs Augusta Mar
garet Schoening, formerly member
of the German Lutheran church OF
WATERFOWL Wis; affirmation of faith
by letters of William II, Engle, Mrs
Cora c. Gossin and Edith Leilaui
Dunn.
The keys of the church were ther
presented on behalf of the trustees
and builders by H. b. Penhallow
chairman of the board of trustees
and w. r. Patterson, who has beer
architect, contractor and builder o
the new structure.
81 thank you,' said Rev. r. j
Dodge in receiving the keys, go
your kindness, for your help and TO
your work in building this church t
the praise of God. May it stand as
test of what God can do through mel
and as a symbol of the unity of tn,
men of this community in goo
works, For my part shall under
take to do my best as a pastor ant
minister. May we be more closet
bound and love one another more be
because of this dedication
The act of dedication, a RESPONSIVE