Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22

| The auditorium was completely fill
ed last Sunday evening at the service
conducted under the auspices CT the
j Young Peoples League. The stu
dents of the Kamehameha School for
Girls, the Kamehameha School for
Boys and the preparatory department
and the Kawaiahao school. together
with representatives from the Hawai-
Liam churches Of the city formed an
inspiring audience On the platform
sat Revs. o.. Fl. Gulick, p. p Mahi-
hila, s: h. Kamaiopili, William -ka-
mau, H. P. Judd, H. X Poepce and
A. Akana and Mr.. Theodore Richards.
Special music was a feature of the
program, and addresses were given
by Rev. w. Kamau in Hawaiian and
Rev III. p. Judd in English, the lat
ter speaking on the text Acts 7:49,
Building for the Lord" The splen
did lighting system installed in the
auditorium showed to good advantage.
People went away with the thought
that we now have in Honolulu COM
Portable and beautiful building well
adapted for evening gatherings. The
9Ycung Peoples League will make its
home in the auditorium for the pres
ent and services will be held there
every Sunday morning under the lead
ership Of Rev. Akaiko Akana.
Last week was an unusually busy
one in the history of the board. Not
only was it the time for the regular
monthly meetings of the committees
and the board itself, but also a time
for the preparation of the annual bud
get of the board which was considered
at the quarterly meeting of the ways
and means committee on, Thursday,
April 13. The monthly meeting held
last Friday was fully reported in last
weeks papers and proved to be of
unusual interest. The early days of
the mission were spoken of and the
minds of the members were turned
back to the great work started by the
fathers in founding Christian institu-
tions which have come down to the
present time. ~:..... -. .-..
The dedication Of the building last
Sunday afternoon was attended by a
representative audience. On the plat
form sat the members of the board,
the chorus of the Young Peoples
League and those who gave the keys
to the various workers of the board.
The presentation of the keys was
graphic representation of the numer-
zeal growth of the board in recent
years. Ten years ago the office and
staff workers numbered but half the
present number. Today in the new
building the entire. force in all de-
partments consists of about Is work
ers. isf 4
The first meeting held in the Mis-
sion Memorial building by an organi-
cation other than the board itself was
the annual meeting of the Hawaiian
Mission Children's Society, commonly
known as the Cousins Society, which
was held in the board assembly room
on Saturday afternoon, April Is. The
room was scarcely large enough for
the large number of descendants of
the early missionaries DESTROYS of be-
ing at this most interesting meeting.
Plans for the annual meeting in
Hilo from June 90 to July are rap
idly assuming shape. The program
committee has already met and map
ped ont a program for the week in
Hilo, and it is a safe prediction that
the ninety-fourth annual meeting of
the Hawaiian Evangelical Association
will be fully up to the high stand
ard of recent years. Under. the dt
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