The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-24
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Following the sermon the prayer of
installation was delivered by Rev. vii.
liam Brewster Oleson, of Honolulu.
The ceremony of extending the right
hand of fellowship to the minister, the
charge to the minister and the charge
- the people we're performed by Rev.
! Henry p. Judd of Kahului, Rev. Collins
| G. Burnham of Lahaina and Rev. r
Elmer Smith of Honolulu respectively.
/ The ceremony was then ended with
the minister's benediction and an or
gan postude by Miss Mary Hoffman.
Council and Visitors.
The members of the ecclesiastical
council and other visitors who were
in Wailuku during the ceremony Of
dedication were. DR.. Doremus Scui-
| der, Honolulu; Rev. A. V. Soares. Ho-
nolulu; Rev. Henry p. Judd, Kahului;
Mrs. b. F. Dillingham;, Honolulu; Mrs.
H. b. Weller Kahului; Mrs. II. p.
Baldwin, Makawao; Rev. F. b. Kaume-
heiwa, Wailuku Rev. Stephen l.. Des-
ha, Hilo; A. Fernandez, Hilo: Rev. A.
S. Baker, Kona; Rev. DR.. ]. f. Cowan
Kohala; Miss c. b. Bond, Kohala; Y
Yonemoto, Waikiki; ]. Fukuda, Wal
luku; Rev. c. G. Burnham, Lahaina;
Rev A. B. Weymouth, M. D., Lahaina;
Rev w. S Short Wailuku; Rev. r. E.
Smith, Honolulu; Rev. w. B. Oleson,
Honolulu; Rev. DR.. John w. Wadman
Honolulu; Rev. William D. Wester-
welt and William H. Rice and wife Of
Kauai.
The Church Building.
The church building is a compact
little structure which sits almost in
the great portals of lao valley. From
its front door it commands a view Of
Waikiki, and from the rear door, look
ing up lao, one looks upon a more
sublime sermon-with all respect to
the men who have preached and will
preach there-than will ever be heard
within the walls Partly Gothic and
partly Norman, the church is of such
a mould that it will some day fit snug
ly and comfortably into a setting of
trees and shrubs and assume the
aspect of an ancient and venerable
chapel. The walls are of lava stone,
cut in the surrounding fields. the floor
fe AF 10 aff nn1
furnishings have been imported. All
of the Gothic windows, of stained
glass, are memorial windows. The in
terror effect, where dark beams and
trusses contrast with white walls un-
adorned, is simple and pleasing, and
incidentally the pews are the most
comfortable that a congregation ever
sat in.
The new church is almost opposite
the little wooden structure which the
present congregation outgrew under
the leadership of Mr.. Dodge. When
that minister came to Maui six years
ago as a missionary of the Hawaiian
board he found that there had been no
existing congregation in the old union
church for more than six years, and
he discovered one man and one only
who claimed membership in the
church. He had at that time the sup
ervision of no less than thirty-seven
churches on Maui, Molokai and Lanai,
and his travelling until very recently
averaged eight miles a day on horse
back. Yet he found time to organize a
church, conduct services and gather
together a congregation in five years
which was willing to undertake the
erection of a 100000 church; and,
moreover, they have done it.
The first missionary to come TO
Wailulu was Father Green, who lived
in a grass house on the present site
of the William and Mary Alexander
parsonage from 1882 to 1912, where
he translated four books of the Bible
and taught the natives to cut stone
and build stone houses. Other mis-
sionaries who have lived and worked
in Wailuku were: Rev. Richard Arm
strong, 1S35-4O; Rev. e. w, Clark,
1S43-4S; Miss Maria ogden, 1883;
Rev Daniel Toll Condo, 1S4S-55; Rev.
Reuben Tinker, 1925; Edward Bail
ey, 1S41-49 Rev. w. p. Alexander last
of the missionaries of the American
board, 1S57-S2.
The first church building of the
Union church was erected in 1867 and
the first pastor was Rev. Thomas G,
Thurston. The papers of incorporation
of the church were issued October 10,
1866, and the Waikiki Union Church
was organized January Is, 1867, with
Rev. W. P. Alexander acting as mod
orator of the council. The succeeding
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