Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume I, Number 4, 29 September 1880 — OUR CHURCHES [ARTICLE]

OUR CHURCHES

Aftbc Betbcl on Sunday morning laet, the Btev. "Mr. FofheB aēēisted at tbe usuaī mōrruiig ; I 8ervice. He took his text in Exodus. cb. xx and v. vlii.: " |lemember tbe Sabbath day, to keep it boly." Tbe reverend gentleman deprecated tha anti-Bcriptural eoneeeeione made by certain Cbris- ' tiape to the anti-Sabbatie tendency of this era. fle Htppd by_ ihe phun trutl:8 ol .iiispiration. w lueh , elearly indieated the 8eventh day ae one not to he devotcd to merc phy eieal reet and perHonal cdn- I venience. fiut aē eon8ecrated to the \vor8hip and 8erviee ol' Cod. Ihe tpx.t did not say : Kemeinher the Sabbath day m order tb lay ofi', and take a reet. or, r.einember the Sabbatb day an a eonvenieDce for caeting up the accounfs ot thc week, or, reineniber the Sabbath day aBa lei.eui'e opportanity to adjuet some particular busine8H. Not fO, but raid " reuieniber tbe Sabbath day kpep K b.>ly . " Tbi8*rt>ligiou8 ob«ervauee til tlie ■ day wan no duubt a divmc law of tbe patriarchal cra, and wae 8imply rc-enacted during the period oi the ExoduH. Sabbath observanec. aeeording ■ ■*■ to tbe divme reVelation, \vas an eenennal oi the wornbi[' o! .Jehovah, and true Chri-ti uih must keep the Loid'8 J)ay holy.At St. Andrew'B Epineopal Churr!i ,<: theev"ii,tog 6erviee, the Kigbt Kevr thc Bi8b"[i of llono. . lala ofhciated. and thc Rcv. T. Blackhurn was Ihe preaeber, taking lor hin text. •• Wb.it thmk you of 0hri8t?" Mathew: chajj. 8. 4nd vcrse. 'i'hie que«tion the preacher urged, is one whieh we 8hould nll doAvell, l'rom time to time, to eon«ider and addre88 to ourHclves, "ndeavormg to

frame ah anbwer to it. ']'here was a pielimmary ,'pie8tion loopwhieh needed antiwer, "I)o we thmk ot Cbri8t kt all ? How many who havc their l opinions lormed on politicB, bu6ine88 pleaBure, 1 dre88 l'aHhion or literature put a8ide thi8 8ubject : of no moment ?" Tbe preacber then compared : , - , tbo different view6 takeri of Cbri6t by tho8e who | did. or'did not belicve him to be all that he him- ; neli elaimed to be, by tbo8e who did or.,did not ! aeeepl him hh a Redeemer, and Hhowed the effect : of tbeir oppobite ways of anHwering the que»tion I propounded in thc text upon the hves of eaeh. ■ Eirially lie exhorted all to think oT Ch.riHt one ' pre»ent with them, a livmg Saviour. j , At Kawaiahao (Jhurch the quarterly ■exercineB J of the Sunday SchoolB topk the pilace ot t,hc J oerxnon. The eliildron gavc,rcoitation« fror/i the I Hihle, and repcatod liymnn, qtc. ,Mr. S. B. i)olo, the Superintender)t of the Hehool, dirccted thene , ejtercitieB, a prograinme of wliieh had beeri prc- , • riared beforehan(J and printed for tbo uee ol the I •. ' y «ongregatjon. j ' ^ '' At Kaumakapili Cbureh, the Helmol Exeroieoe . '„■'/< > -»l«o replaccd thc msrmon. Thoy wero co/irJuctcd ' " uDder the direct)ori of the Jlov. Dr. Jlydo. Evoryt . • *'' ,th)ng wont Hmoothly, gīving ovidorrco of rapid ii,dvan«;H in Kihle knowledge by tbe yourrg of the native race. , _jl. — -- r - ; - I'athor Anbrot *prcached to phe native eorrgrc- • gatiorr at the Koman Catholic Ohurch. Tho ncrmon wa« a gonoral oxhortation, oarnekt nnd cffiective.— Thero wore lour haptiHme. A zaar>iagft wiui alfto colebrnted durir»g tho day. - ^ 55

[pgp* PreBident Hayes arrived in San Franci8co on j ;he 9th inst. . Deputations frotn-San Franci8CO, Oak- i and iind Sacramento met the Presidt'ntial party at i ^ Colfax, and welcomed him to the State of ralifornia. | [ A most fatiguing progranime of receptions lnul been J l prepared for the Pre8ident, n respite trom whieh he ! 1 entreated without succe88. He landed at the Market street wb.arf late in tbe iiiiemuou, just iu time lo 1 , eūjoy one of San Francisco's bracing togB.- It had , < been arranged tha.t Governor Perkios.should reeeive| ' him on behalf of the city, tbe reception committeēj( being anxious, by any means, to prevent Mayor J Kalloeh from baving that office. The Goverrun' howcver eseaped froni the-.posj.tion on *the p<ea »lmt he had already acted in the satne capacity tor the whoh' State at Colfax ainl Saoramento When a teh'gram to this effect-was reoeive<] ■ -Mayor KnHochwas sent< for to do the hon-ors, but as he did not choose to turn ' up, the supervisors had to appoint one of their own , number to act as substitute. Except tbe sid aeei- | dent at Oaklaud, an accoout of whieh is given elsewrhere in tbis issue, the whole proceedings passed ofi in the pletlsantest manuer possible. The President was to attend the State Agricultural Fair at Sacramento on thc2lBt, and \yould afterwards proeeed to Oregon. ■ - Mii.nuin' ()!;uamz\th)ns (ii mi: Kauhom. — This is the tr IV ot uii ui'tielt* in ' !r appeudix uf the lluwuuun JJirecturi/, wi'iuen b_v ,r well-known eiii zeii ol llonolulu. H ooiK.nii- liiueli inloiin.mon whiek will he read wiih in:ere.st by resulents hei'e \ve i . as bv S',i,ingers 'i "e ailiele is very eompii'ie, ,uh1 el.ihni ate. aiul iu > i"c- • ol inloi in.ition -eeiiis lu h,ive bi'''n b'lt un-o n eiieil. The aeeoillH ol oar eai'liui' uiiiit<Ary oig.uii/.i;ioii>, given by tbe auilui;-. coiitains ni.i ttcr whieh \v;il be iiew to iiiati_V who have lieen heie lor y<',u's. ln saving tbis. \ve may add an expcessioii e-: <iiir hoiie. that 1 1 j • - n'in.uk will no: be tnisnHei'i)r<"' (! .e a eunil.u' one ili l!)e ai)vb;KT1SHK ,1[)[ii',11>. to li. iv" heel). ,uid wliai l- mt"irtied as a v o >:r }) i i m n ' !,, 'he a n T h o i* oll the coni|j!etenevs ol hi> r<caren i.iken t,o ij" an imputaiion o! )n,H:euracy, ^

A ThriujING Scene. — When Presidetit Hayes was passing througb Oakland as the procession moved down Broadway street, every available post of ob'servation was called into requisitiou. All along the Broadway iouteof the prooession the buildings on either side presentedan animated appeiirance of men, women and children indīscriminately grouped ou house-topB, haleoniea, awnings and verandas. Tbis was particular)y noticeable in the block-bounded by Sevcnth-street Htation and Eighth street, where certaiuly ii ot les8 than two hundred people look possesHĪon of the balcoiiy of, tho building ocpupied by the Pi,epublicarj County Central Committee Thc baleoniee are conBtructed lightly, with the sole purpose 6f affordirig ehade from the sun fo t passer8 by, and are loOBeiy connected by their joiets running from a ciohb plank againet the building tp the edge of the Ktruoture, A eaaual glance would 8atiflfy one of tho danger to thoHO.who had takerr such a poBt of obBcrvation. Bcmeath, tho 8treetH wcre den8oly crowded by a 8urging mnm, forg«tfuI of tho impending danger in thcir anxio|y to «ee tlie Pro»idont. 8uddeuly, v/ithout tlie UHual warning of creaking or, ftwingīng, the balcony fell with its liuman i)urdon upon the hcadH of thoHi; Htiitioneii holow. 8hrickB, crie« of agonizcd victimB, tl»<? waili; of tho wounded, too plainly told tho 8cquel of a end tale, Tbe orowd whioh had takcn poBBCBB)on of tho ntreet prevontcd any knowIedge of the affair till ]orrg aftor itn ocourrenee, except hy ihone irr the irwnedjato vioirrity, — H. l'\ (Jall, ' . „ [(/orifiidering the fteri6ue nnturc of tho uooident, ihe cftfluiiltien wero not nurnoron«, hut two of Hiem wore 80 eeriouH n« to )eave fearn for the live« of the victirno,] %Tf~ The tax payer« of Han i'rancieco haverejeoted , tho,propoHcd_newX/hurter by a vote of J«,270 agairrflt to 4,140 for , There wuii a large majority againftt the Oharter in every one of the twelve ward« into whieh ; ihe oity jo divided, | Vi <■ ( 1 - ,/