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STATION REPORTS
KAUMAKAPILI
L . Smith..
1838
L. Smith..
1839
L. Smith..
1840
L. Smith..
1841
L. Smith
1842
L. Smith..
1843
L. Smith..
1844
L. Smith..
1845/46
�(Kaumakapili
)
Report of the Station at N.W.H. (Northwest Honolulu),
May 21, 1838
At the close of our last general meeting, I resumed my labours again in the
School at the Mission, assisted by Brother & Sister Cooke.
I continued my connect
ion: with that School till the examination in Oct.; though for the last six or
eight weeks I was necessarily more or less absent to Superintend the erection of a
dwelling house & School house at the new Station.
It was obvious however at the examination on the 19th of Oct. that the Scholars
had made far more improvement during those two terms than during the same length
of time the preceeding year.
Mr. & Mrs. Cooke now took the entire charge of the School & my whole time was
devoted to the business of the new Station.
I wanted remark (!), by the way, that I commenced preaching lectures in the
neighbourhood of the new Station every Saturday P .M. as early as the month of
August.
Some 90, or 100 usually attended; though no special takers of seriousness
appeared till after we removed to the Station.
Our dwelling house & School house being finished, we removed & commenced oper
ations there on the 19th of December.
At 3 o'clock that
P.M. the people assembled
to dedicate the New School house to the Lord. Br. Bingham favoured us with an in
teresting & appropriate sermon on the Occasion.
The house which will hold about Six hundred was full, & some two or three hun
dred out of doors.
On the following Sabbath as many as eight or nine hundred were
present, the most of whom had not been in the habit of attending meeting (!) at
the mission chapel.
I
endeavoured from the commencement to make it clearly understood that I
had been located at this part of the village to seek after those who did not at
tend School or meeting at the mission, & that I did not wish Br. Bingham's haumanas to come to this place of worship, except a few who were ready to assist
impenitent
in labouring with the
to attend upon the means of grace.
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Brother Bingham appointed a protracted meeting to commence on the first of
January.
I advised the people in our part of the village to attend.
Many of
them did attend; & during the meeting Several church members were appointed to
go from house to house through the village, & talk with those who would not
attend the meeting.
our neighbourhood.
This visiting was blessed to Several hundred(?) cases in
The meeting was also blessed to the awakening of many, &
some few think they truly repented on that occasion.
At the close of that meet
ing I commenced morning meetings, & endeavoured to follow up the impressions of
the meeting as far as practicable(! ).
The Spirit of God has evidently been moving
upon this congregation from the close of that pro- meeting to the present time.
The congregation has also increased every week, till we now number a bout two
thousand; 19/20 of whom did not attend upon the means of grace, previous to our
labours at this new Station.
Childrens School
I commenced a School for the children & youth on the 9th of January; 114 child
ren the first day.
Efforts were made to call out all the children in this part
of the village; & during the term some 460 were enrolled as Scholars of the
School.
Some 270 only proved to be regular in their attendance.
sent however at our examination in April last 331.
dress & manners , was truly encouraging.
There were pre
Their improvement in learning
Owing to my abundant labours among the
people, I was obliged to leave the School in the hands of native teachers.
Kaio
has had the principal charge of the School; he has been popular with the Scholars,
& has given good satisfaction.
I provided him with one male & five female assist
ants who have also given good Satisfaction.
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Protracted Meeting
On the 19th of March I commenced a protracted meeting with the children & youth of
the School.
Brother & Sister Cooke also joined us with their pupils; in all a
congregation of about 500.
The meeting continued five days, & though many of them
were rude & noisy at the commencement of the meeting, still they became quite
sober under the plain & pointed exhibition of divine truth.
Three female teachers & about 20 of the Scholars were hopefully converted at the
time, & now Stand propounded for admission to the church.
There are others quite
serious & thoughtful, & perhaps penitent.
The effect of the meeting upon Br. Cook's (!) School I know not.
His report will
probably inform the meeting on that point.
Our School is somewhat diminished this present term, though the number is
still quite too large for profit.
I ought to have remarked ere this, that Brother Wilcox, providentially at
this place, very kindly tendered his Services & taught a class in the School for
Several weeks, & also assisted us in the childrens protracted meeting.
Hours for School & c.
The girls meet every A.M. at 9 o.clock, & the boys every P.M at half past 1.
Each
School is usually continued from 21/2 to 3. hours - five days in a week.
Besides this they have a Sabbath School every Sabbath morning at 8. o.clock,
which School I usually attend myself.
Remark .
I remark here that the parents
very cheerfully contributed the last term for the support of the native teachers,
& I think it will not be necessary to make any draughts hereafter from the de
pository for the Support of teachers.
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Ministerial Labours
Since the first of January, I have attended five protracted meetings, one week
each,
The first was held at the Mission chapel at Honolulu — the Second at
Waialua -- the third was a childrens meeting at this Station — the fourth at
Kaneohe, & the fifth a meeting with the adults at this Station.
During this
meeting, Br. Bingham preached for me once & Br. Tinker twice.
When at the Station, I have uniformly preached three Sermons every Sabbath -a lecture every Wednesday P.M. & preached a Sermon, or expounded Scripture at every
morning meeting during the week.
And I am happy to state that my labours have not
been in vain.
On returning from the meeting at Waialua, many of the people were anxious to
converse with me; & I divided off the lands from Honolulu village to Moanalua into
Small districts, or apana's (!), & set a part a day for each apana to call & con
verse.
The first time round about 1,000 persons came; & it was very obvious that
the Spirit of God was Stiring with very many of them.
Some were unquestionably on
the old hoikaikaing (! ) ground, & had not the fear of God before their eyes.
After a few weeks had elapsed I allowed the apanas to call again, & the number in
creased this time to fifteen hundred; (ie) 500 more now wished to converse with me,
who were at least indifferent & many of them violently opposed to religion & its
ministers & professors but a few weeks before.
the
And since our protracted meeting
last of April, I have conversed with them individually again, & m ore than 500
more have come out from their abodes of vice & profess to be Seriously inquiring
the way to Zion.
I have already remarked that 19/20 of of (!) these people were not in the
habit of attending meeting formerly.
The effect of our labours upon the people around us is quite obvious in sev
eral respects.
Several who made & vended(?) ardent spirits, & others who drank
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it to great excess, have abandoned their vile habits & are now constant attendants
upon the means of grace; & Some of them give evidence of penitence for sin.
Truth
having made such rapid progress in the minds of Some of the people, I thought it
expedient to organize a church; & accordingly did so the first Sabbath in April.
Twenty two persons, 12 males & 10 females were received by letter from Br. Bingham's
Church —
two from the church at Ewa, & one from Waimea on Kauai.
Making 25 re
ceived from other churches.
Forty nine were also admitted on profession of their faith in Christ; making
his
in all a church of 74. Br. Bingham kindly favoured me with
assistance on that
interesting occasion.
The following Sabbath April 8th
I propounded —
--------- — 106
& on the 22nd of April --— --- 56
& on the 6th of this month --- 84
& on the 13th "
"
"
--- 102
& on the 20th "
"
"
--- 85
So that there now stand propounded
to this infant ch u r c h ------- 433.
Some 25 of these are Scholars & teachers of the Station School.
There are others who think they consecrated themselves to the Lord during our pro
tracted meeting in April.
I was much pleased with the Spirit of prayer that pre
vailed among our church members during that meeting.
I have never seen the like
at any of the protracted meetings that I have attended on the Islands.
from
I felt very much Strengthened also myself
the truth of God which reads,
"The Lord’s arm is not Shortened that he cannot Save, nor his ear heavy that he
cannot hear."
Another passage of Scripture has weighed heavily upon my mind since
we commenced at this Station (viz)"According to your faith be it unto you."
We have abundant occasion for gratitude & humility before God for his loving
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kindness to us at this new Station; & for his removing, in part at least, the
mountains of obstacles that presented themselves to our minds one year ago.
Nothing
is too hard for the Almighty & with him, "all things are possible."
Our congregation constantly increasing, we feel very much Straightened in our
present place of worship.
Not more than 1/3d of our usual congregation can be ac
commodated in the School house.
The people have built a ranai(!) in front of the
School house, which will accommodate ten or twelve hundred in pleasant weather; &
by standing in the door, the preacher may be heard by the most of them.But we all
know that it is a great tax upon the preachers lungs to preach in the open air.
Hundreds of men are ready to rise & build a doby meeting house forthwith; & would
do so, were they not called to work for the chiefs.
With our present/inconveniences.
in view.
We must hoomanawanui a while
I take up a monthly collection with this object
The value of the collections in March & April each exceeded $60. & the
one for the present month was rising of a hundred dollars.
The women contribute
monthly in Sugar bags to the amount of 35. or 40. dollars.
And Some 250. or 300.
men go one day in a month into the vallies(!) to cultivate potatoes & beans & c.
for the Shiping (!) market —
building a house for the Lord.
& hope to/realize Something in that way towards
Some prefer to pay 12% or 25 cts in cash monthly.
"Deo volante," we hope in due time to build a comfortable house of worship, not
withstanding we are poor.
Mrs. Smith is much better than at any former period since the failure of her
health.
She is able to visit some from house to house, & to hold a meeting once
a week with the women & explain to them the duties devolving upon them as wives &
mothers, as well as their duties & relations to God.
The consequence is that there
has already been a very considerable change in the external appearance of the fe
male part of our congregation.
About 500. females attend this meeting —
between three & four hundred of them
make a monthly contribution in Sugar bags* the product of their own industry.
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Mrs. Smith also has a class in the Sabbath School
Singing School
I Spend an hour two afternoons p r . week in a Singing Schoo
l
About 80 Scholars.
Marriages
I have Solemnized about 50 marriages.
Lowell Smith
(Written on last page, sideways):
Rev. L. Smith's report
�(Honolulu 2d Parish)
Station Report
May 1839
(Kaumakapili)
(1) Health,
Our report concerning health the past year is favourable, & calls
for devout acknowledgements to our Heavenly Father.
My own health has been
firm as usual, Mrs, Smith has not been so well for five years as during the
year past.
She has been able to walk from our place of residence to any part
of the village, & even up to the families of the mission.
March She gave birth to a Still born Son.
On the last day of
She is gaining Strength again now;
is able to ride out in a carriage & it is hoped She will Soon be able to re
sume her labours among the females, & in the Sabbath School, & to visit more
or less from house to house as usual.
(2) Congregation
Since the awakening during the winter & Spring of 1838 our congregation on
Sabbath mornings has uniformly been about 2,000. until within the last two
months.
Since that time there has been a great falling off from religious
meetings, not only during the week, but also on the Sabbath.
This I attribute, not to a desire to forsake the "pono," but to the prevailing
epidemic in the place; & also the death of Kinau.
been Sick with the mumps & influenza.
The people have nearly all
And Kinau1s death, instead of waking
them up to be more attentive to meetings, & to do with their might what their
hands find(?) to do, realizing that there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge
in the grave whither (!) they, as a people are all fast going; it had an effect
just the reverse.
It has been very trying to me to See the tide thus Set back.
But when I look
at the Subject in all its bearings I am not so much Surprised that things have
taken this retrograde course.
It is natural that is should be so from the
existing State of things.
Sickness is regarded as a good excuse at all times for not attending public
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worship.
And when a high chief dies, the people under him or her, die too; (ie)
their houses & lands & taro patches & c are all liable to be taken from them &
given to others.
System
No marvel then that the blood ceases to circulate, & the whole
bemused a s with a paralysis.
Signs of life however Still remain, among us, & we hope to recover Soon from
our present
Shock; though Sound & vigorous health is out of the question while
the present State of government continues.
Schools
I Superintended the Station School myself last year two or three terms; but was
oblige(!) to employ Some five or Six Assistant teachers; for we collected between
four & five hundred ignorant, wandering children & youths; though only about one
half of them became regular attendants.
These made commendable improvement while
I continued to Superintend them.
But as the religious State of things became more & more interesting & my labours
increased among the people, I gave up the School to Kaio; a man from the Seminary,
who did well for two terms.
He was then taken ill, & Palana, another from the
Seminary took the Superintendance.
He Succeeded well for one term; but for the
last term he has had not more than 30. or 40 Scholars.
One grand reason why the
Scholars have forsaken the School, is the fact that they or their parents have
been requested to make a contribution for the Support of the native teachers.
Mrs. Smith & myself paid Some 60. or $70. from our own Stipend to Sustain the
teachers till last fall.
We were then obliged to withdraw our aid, & the School
has been very inefficient Since that time.
We most ardently desire that Some
measures may be taken by the General Meeting at this cession(!) to Secure a
Salary —
for good, faithful, native teachers.
Will not the King & chiefs obli
gate themselves to do Something for teachers who ought to be patronized?
Our Sabbath School which was So flourishing last year, has greatly diminished
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in point of numbers.
Mrs. Smith however has a very flourishing class of girls,
30 in all who are very regular in their attendance & have made good proficiency
in their Sabbath S. lessons.
I have also a bible class of 80 adults who take
much interest in the verse a day System.
I think of making another effort to revive the School at the close of this meet
ing by teaching an hour or two daily myself.
Ministerial Labours
Besides preaching three times regularly on the Sabbath, attending a Sabbath School
at 8 o .clock A.M. & a Bible class at 2. P.M. & occasionally preach in English at
The Seamen’
s chapel; I have attended the morning prayer meeting almost daily the
year round; & a regular church meeting every Saturday P.M. I have also attended
three protracted meetings on this Island Since the first of January last.
The
first with Br. Bingham, the 2d with brother Emerson, & the 3d with brother Parker
at their Several places of public worship.
We have not held a protracted meeting at our Station the present year.
Our
present place of public worship being very inconvenient for Such a meeting; more
over, those who wished, had the privilege of attending br. Bingham's meeting.
There were Several hopeful conversions among us Soon after Bro. Bingham's meet
ing; & two or three hundred persons came out to meeting in those days for the
first time.
The excitement however has by no means been So powerful & extensive
this year as it was last.
Still large numbers have been anxious to talk personally with me; & I have
Spent such time in close personal conversation.
I have conversed with more than
3,500 during the year & with many of them at three or four different times.
Some
of the natives abuse this kind of instruction, & often times, discover great guilt
Still I know of no better way to teach them the way they Should go, or ascertain
their minds on things pertaining to Salvation.
In Some cases I have been decieved.
But the Lord knoweth them that are his.
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Church.
The whole number admitted to the church Since its organization the 1st of
April 1838 is 754.
Thirty three of whom were recievedby letters from other churches
& the remainder on profession of their faith in Christ.
20 Church members have died during the year!
13 have been dismissed to join
other churches.
Eleven have been excommunicated = 5. of them for adultery —
bacco & lying exceedingly about it —
one for Smoking to
Two for weawea & lying —
one for abusing
& forsaking her husband, & two for intemperance & lying.
Some two or three of these persons give more or less evidence of repentance.
Three others are Suspended at the present time.
died —
Deducting therefore 20 who have
13 dismissed to other/churches -- 11 excommunicated & 3 Suspended, there
remains 707 in regular Standing.
Some 290 now Stand propounded.
those admitted to the church.
I have Baptized 188 children, the offspring of
I have Solemnized during the year 116 marriages.
I have a Singing School of about 50. Scholars who meet twice a week.
Mrs. Smith
has held a meeting regularly every Friday P.M. with the females -- from four to
five hundred usually attend.
She has also held a meeting with a portion of the
female members of the church every Monday afternoon.
One grand object which She
has held up before them is industry & cleanliness both as it respects their persons
& habitations.
She appointed a visiting committee who have visited the habitation
of every female ch. member & reported to her; which was a great advantage to her
in her meetings.
The good effects of these efforts are already obvious; though
comparatively little has yet been accomplished compared with what yet remains to
be done.
Meeting house
We have done Something towards building a dobie meeting house.
When we commenced
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it last year, we intended to have finished it before the rainy Season commenced.
But being detained at least two months by the chiefs, after the dobies were all
made, before they would decide where the house Should be located we were over
taken with the rainy Season before we could get the walls up
We commenced upon the plan of voluntary operations.
& the roof covered.
I, in the first place, Spread
out the Subject before the church & congregation; & told them as near as I could,
what the labour & expense would be of building a dobie meeting house.
quired who were ready & willing to under take the work.
unanimous
I then in
The church were very
in their vote to arise & build at once.
A Subscription paper was then circulated, & the ch members generally Subscrib
ed $1, apiece.
Some few Subscribed $2 —
Some $3. —
a few $5.
One $15. one
$20. & one $50.
Some out of the church Subscribed $1. each.
12 1/2cts.
Some 50 cts —
Each one according to his ability & disposition.
amounted to about $1,300. —
Some 25. & Some
The whole Subscription
One thousand of which has already been collected; 1/2
perhaps in cash, & the other half in goats -- pigs-
fowls —
most of which Mr. Ladd has taken & paid us in lumber
potatoes &c the
nails —
glass &c.
The churches at Ewa & Waialua have contributed to aid us in this building.
Ewa church has raised $62.12 1/2 cash for this object.
in fowls —
Waialua ch have contributed
turkies(!), fish, tapas &c. to the amount of about $84.
Besides this Br. Emerson contributed ten dollars —
Br. Castle ten dollars —
$25.
Dr. Judd five dollars, Br. Parker $14.50.
Br. Gulick 8 dollars.
Ladd &Co.
Br. Cooke ten dollars —
Br. Knapp
Br. Whitney proposes to give us an order of $50. on
Sister Dimond has contributed a piece of cloth worth perhaps $5. &
Mr.(?) Calkins $4.
The contributions from those two churches & the brethren & Sisters mentioned,
amount to $287.62 1/2
I employed men at Waialua to go into the mountains & cut the timbers for the roof,
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& deliver them upon the beach at that place.
They have Since been brought round
in vessels to Honolulu.
As it respects the walls, each male ch member has made 40 dobies twice over.
I
say twice over; for in the first place we proposed to build the walls high enough
to put in a gallery.
But we found that the walls would not Sustain themselves;
they began to crush about the doors & Windows; & moreover the heavy rains material
ly injured the wa lls before we could get a roof on.
We were of one mind to take
the walls down & build them over again, leaving out the gallery.
Hence I Say the
burden of the walls has been to make 40 dobies twice over, & lay up the walls
twice.
The house is 125 ft. by 60 ft. inside, the walls are 13 ft. high.
The roof &
verandah are raised & the people have commenced thatching it; & we hope to have
it completed ere long.
Statistics
Whole number recd to the church Since its organization----- ---- ----754
Recd . on profession within a year
"
by letter
"
672
"
8
D i e d ---- ------------------------- — - - ---- ----------------------
20
Dismissed to other churches
13
Excommunicated
------------- ------ --------------------------- .
---
11
Now Suspended
------ —
3
Now in good Standing —
— — ~--- ------------------- --------- —
—
707
Now Stand propounded ----------------------------------------------------
290
Children Baptised -— --------- ------— —
189
Marriages Solemnized--- —
116
Bible C l a s s ----- -—
— —
----
80
Average
S. School --------- ----- —
100
attendants
Station School --------------—
70
during the
year
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(signed, in pe ncil): ( Lowel
lSmith)
(Written on last page, sideways):
Honolulu 2nd
Congregation
�Station Report
(Kaumakapili)
In making out the third report of the Station at the N.W. part of Honolulu village, we have occasion to record the
goodness of God as it respects health.
Mrs. Smith who has been feeble the greater part of the time Since we came to the
Islands, has been very much better for the last two years.
Since her Second con
finement & Second bereavement however, wh. occured on the 8th of Feb. last, She
has not recovered her usual Strength; though She is comfortable & able to look
after her domestic affairs & attend to her Sabbath School.
I was unwell myself Some 8. or 10. days the first of Nov. in consequence of a
violent attach of cholick.
again.
I Soon made a tour of Oahu wh very much revived me
Except this Short interval, I have been enabled to-attend to the ordinary
duties of the Station through the year. —
As it respects the fruit of my labours
in the conversion of Souls, I cannot report So favourably this year as I did last.
The deep interest manifested in Spiritual & eternal things the first two years of
our residence at this Station, had materially abated in the minds of our congrega
tion previous to the last Gen Meeting.
I attributed that unhappy State of things
to two apparent causes; (viz), the mumps, a prevailing epidemic at that time, &
the death of one or two of the high chiefs.
Another circumstance wh
has operated unfavourably upon Some of our ch
&
congregation this year, was the doings of the French Frigate, L Artimese Capt.
Laplace; who arrived here on the 9th of July, Soon after tbe close of last Gen
Meeting.
As the unjust, illegal, belligerent & most oppressive conduct of Capt Laplace
has been published by Br. Castle, & probably read by all this mission, I pass over
this part of the Subject, & proceed to notice Some of its effects upon the people
in our part of the field.
The French, by the aid of a large frigate, having extorted permission from the
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S. Isls govt. to commence the catholic worship at Honolulu, there was a great an
xiety on the part of the people; especially those who had not been enrolled as ch
members, to go See the new teacher, & his mode of worship, & ascertain on what
terms they might receive "bapatima", & be called good people.
On the Sabbath, the
14th of July 1839 Capt Laplace & Some 200 of his men came on Shore & commenced
public worship in the catholic religion in one of the Kings houses near the re
sidence of the British consul.
Mr. Walsh, an Irish Priest, who had been cloistered
(?) up here for Several years, came forth in his Pontificial robes & officiated on
the occasion, & administered a military mass.
To see men worship with guns & Sword, & drums, & hear them mutter in an unknown
tongue, was Something new.
To know too that these belliggerent ( ! ) worshipers
practiced little or no Self denial; that they drink wine, brandy & other inebria
ting drinks, Smoke & chew tobacco according to their pleasure; that they bow &
worship before images & pictures wh are Seen & temporal; that they discard the
Bible as used by the American Missionaries; these & like considerations ignited in
the minds of those who were wedded to their sins & unwilling to renounce them; &
hence that class rushed after the Beast.
And for Several Successive Sabbaths there
was such jargon, confusion & uproar, beating on old tin pans, flying of kites, &
hallooing of the rabble in the yard of the catholics, that the neighbours in the
vicinity of this house of Dagon were very much amazed.
To our Sorrow, we Soon ascertained that there were Some five or Six in our ch
who were at heart one with the catholics.
And like the goats of the forest they
unceremoneously(!) leaped the fold of Christ & Joined themselves to the ranks of
the
worshipers of the virgin Mary.
On hearing that one of our male ch members
had gone to their meetings, I Sent for him to come & talk with me.
He Sent back
word that he Should not come; that his new teacher had told him it would be his
death, if he Should come & inform me of his purpose to leave this c h & Society &
Join them.
I then went immediately to his residence, in company with Several ch_
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members, & enquired into the reason of his unchristian conduct; of his violating
his covenant vows; of his abandoning the Bible; of his ceasing to pray to God, &
of his praying to the Virgin Mary &c?
bacco.
He Said it was because he/w
ished to use to
I asked him if his new teacher Smoked with him?
no ia, alaila ua haawi mai i ka ipu ia makau.
wine & brandy with you?
He replied Ae, ua puhi
I inquired further, Does he drink
He replied "I mai la oia, ua pono no ke inu i ka waina,
a me ka ruma a me ka Barani, aole nae pono ke inu a ona.
I inquired what his (new teacher Said about his reading the Bible?
He Said
that he forbid it entirely, Saying, "If you do read the Bible G. will See you; &
if I Should See you reading the Bible it will be your death."
pray to G. now?
He Said, no.
What is your G. now?
Said I, do you
He replied, "tobacco." With
all the arguments & entreaties that I could use, I could not persuade him to re
turn to this church & congregation.
So with 5. others, who without consideration
leaped into the dark, I Sought them all out & laboured with them individually; but
having made a league with the prince of darkness, they regarded themselves a s bound
over forever.
mai."
They Said, "Ua ae makau mamuli o' ka Pope, nolaila aole e hiki ke hoi
I asked them if they had not promised before G. & man that they would be
the Servants of Jesus Christ, & work in communion & Fellowship with this church?
They replied that they had, but, that they had Since consented to become catholics
& that there was no discharge in this war.
I ought here perhaps to remark that our church has elected a c h committee,
consisting
of 10 persons, who, together, with myself, look into all cases of ch
discipline, & our decision, after having consulted all the parties concerned is
regarded as the voice of the church.
Our committee took up the case of these
wandering & offending members, & came to the following conclusion concerning them.
(1) Ua haalele lakou i ka olelo a ke Akua, o ke kauoha kahiko a me ke kauoha hou.
He ku e hoino loa ia i ke Akua.
(2) Ua hoopunipuni lakou; no ka mea, ua haalele lakou i ko lakou manaoio i ke
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Akua a me kana olelo; a ua uhai lakou i ko lakou berita me ke Akua, a me keia
ekalesia no hoi; a he hoopunipuni ano e no ia.
(3) Ua hoomana ku lakou ia Mari a a me na haipule e ae i ka lani.
He hana ku e
keia i ke kanawai mua o na kanawai he umi a ke Akua i haawi mai ai.
Akua e ae imua o ko'u alo."
"Aole ou
Nolaila ua pili mai ka hewa o ka hoomanakii ia
lakou.
(4) Ua hele aku lakou no ka manao ma uhane.
0 ka baka, a me ka rama, a me ka
barami, a me ka awa, a me na lei, a me ka lealea; oia ko lakou mau manao i ko
lakou haalele ana i keia ekalesia.
mea ku e i ke Akua."
A "0 ka manao ma ke kino, he make ia; a he
I mai ka palapala hemolele peneia(?); "Hele e aku la lakou
mai o kakou aku, aka, aole loa lakou no kakou; no ka mea, ina lakou no kakou, ma
ua noho lakou me kakou i maopopo ai,
aole lakou a pau no kakou.
I. John 2:19
No ia mau mea, ke manao nei kakou, he pono ke oki aku i ua poe la a eono a pau."
Accordingly they were all excommunicated for the reasons above assigned.
I am
happy to State however that one of them Soon Saw her error & the awful mistake
Wh She had made; & came back, confessed her Sin before the ch committee & also
before the whole church, & She was restored.
This occurred by the way before any
of them had received "bapatema." Mr. Walsh, on ascertaining that one of them had
returned, & that one or two others had Sent us their aloha, proceeded immediately
& bapatema'd the remaining five & thus bound them fast.
I lost no time in calling a ch meeting; & after exhibiting plainly the re
quirements of the Bible, & pointing out Some of the more obvious errors of the
Romish Church, I called upon every one by name, & inquired who was for Christ &
who for the Pope?
And there was no one who expressed a wish to join the catholics
but all promptly Said they were on the Lord’s Side. And from that time until the
present, I have heard of only one person in our ch inclined to Popery, & I have
not Seen him as yet to talk with him on the Subject.
The general Sentiment expressed by our ch members concerning the catholics is,
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that they are "he poe hewa, a he poe hoomanakii."
Considerable of a number who attended meeting with us during the months of
religious excitement, but who never gave evidence of true penitence, have gone to
the catholics.
Ten or twelve of this class have come back again; Some of them
because they are required to kneel So much that their knees ache; others because
they dirty their clothes, having no comfortable place to Sit or kneel except in
the dirt.
One woman on being asked why She had left our meeting & gone to the
catholics replied, "when I went to Mr. Bingham's meeting house, I looked all
around, but I Saw no God.
God.
So when I went into Mr. Smiths meeting house I Saw no
But when I go to the pule Farani I See God; no ka mea, aia, ke kau mai la,
ke ike maka nei au ia ia.
I have been thus particular in mentioning Some of the obstacles thrown in our
way Since last Gen Meeting, that the brethren at the out Stations may know Some
thing of the wind & tide with which we have had to contend against.
prospect of late grows Still darker.
Kolau(!) &
And the
An imposter has recently arisen up at
calls himself the Mesiah, & professes to be able to heal all manner
of diseases with a word.
And though he utterly fails in 49 cases out of 50 &
perhaps 99 cases in a 100 So that the halt
& the lame & the blind & the dumb
& the deaf & the bald headed return with all their infirmaties & diseases upon
them; yet So completely are Some of the natives under the influence of Satan,
that they regard him as Superhuman, & able to do all things.
Meeting house
Our new dobie meetinghouse which was in progress at our last Gen Meeting, was dedi
cated to the worship of the one only living & true God on the 29th of August.
Br
Bingham preached on the occasion to a large & attentive audience from Gen 28:17.
"This is none other but the house of G. & this is the gate of heaven."
It is a
very pleasant building, easy for the Speaker, & will hold about 2,000 people. —
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On the following Sabbath, Sept. 1st we celebrated the Lord's Supper, at which
time 267 were admitted to the fellowship of the church on profession of their
faith in Christ.
Several were Suspended & a number were excommunicated on that
occasion.
Protracted Meeting
On the 16th of Sept. we commenced a pro meeting wh. continued one week.
average congregation during the week was about 2,000.
The
Solemnity & a good degree
of attention pervaded the assembly; though the feeling both on the part of the
ch. & others was by no means So deep & pungent as on former occasions of the kind.
Brethren Bingham, Emerson & Parker assisted me in the meeting.
During the meeting
a few who had been excommunicated & Some who were Suspended came forward & ex
pressed penitence & a desire to return to the privileges of the ch. but the repentence of most of them was that which heeded to be repented of; for they Soon plung
ed again into vice & plainly showed that the truth of G. had no place in their
hearts.
At the close of this meeting, I Set apart a day or two to converse with new
cases, (ie) Such as had never told me their thoughts, & 150. persons presented
themselves for the first time.
I then proceeded to talk with those who had for
merly been Solicitous, but had not give Satisfactory evidence of true penitence.
I found that the meeting had been apparently blessed to a goodly number of this
class.
Such I propounded to the church.
171 to the church.
And of the 1st Sabbath in March we recd
On this occasion we restored three Suspended members, & one
who had been excommunicated.
We excommunicated 18. who had been for some time
Suspended, & Suspended Several others for the common vices of the land.
I observe here, that the conduct of many under ch. censure has been truly re
markable the past year.
Formerly if any one was Suspended for any one or more
offences(!), he would frequently come to my house & feign repentance at least
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whether it were genuine or not.
wise the past year.
But with a few exceptions it has been far other
When they have made up their minds to return to any one or
more of their former vices, at that moment they renounce apparently all anxiety
for their future character or Standing in the church.
Ask them what their ob
ject is in returning again to the practice of adultery, rum drinking, card play
ing, rolling nine pins, Smoking tobacco, wearing leis; quarrelling with & for
saking their husbands & wives, oppression &c?
no ia oe." (or) "Aia no ia oukou.
no ia oukou."!!
And they imprudently reply, "Aia
Ina i manao mai oukou e aki(?) mai ia'u, aia
Ask them which they prefer, providing they cannot have both;
their rum & brandy or their Standing in the ch?
& leis, or their Standing in the ch?
their cards —
ninepins, tobacco
to live peaceably with their companions ac
cording to their marriage vows, & to deal justly & love mercy, or be removed from
the church?
And they reply that they are resolved to drink rum, play cards —
Smoke tobacco, wear leis, forsake their husbands & their wives, & take away others
lands whatever may be the consequence as it respects their future connection with
the church. —
In Such cases we have felt justified in Suspending them, & if they
did not reform from one communion Season to another, we have cut them off from
the church.
whom
Consequently we have excommunicated 43. during the year, four of
have been restored.
One of these four however (viz) Kalunaaina has been cut
off the 2nd time.
It is a lamentable fact, that he & nearly every other Chiefish character in our
ch, & even those too who follow in the train of the chiefs give but little evidence
of having
the love of G . Shed(?) abroad in their hearts, or the fear of G. before
their eyes,
Schools
At the commencement of last year, we were in debt to the depository over $100.00 &
there being no appropriations for Schools from the funds of the mission, I thought
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we could not Support a native teacher.
Schools has been trifling the year past.
The contributions of parents to Sustain
I resolved however to do what I could
myself in this department, even if I neglected other important duties.
But in
our extremity the Lord was pleased to provide, & he opened the hearts of brother
Ives & brother Cooke to make us a donation from their family appropriations.
I
immediately employed two teachers from the Seminary, (viz) Kaio & Kapooakamoku.
The School flouished well the first term; the average number of Scholars being
about 100 daily —
the girls A.M. & the boys P.M.
Towards the close of the term
however, Kapooakamoku left the School St returned to the Seminary with Br. Clarke
(!), on his return from China; & Kahoohano & Kalili Supplied his place till the
examination which took place on the 25. of Oct.
During the vacation, Kaio was
taken Sick & has done nothing in the School Since that time.
On the 2nd of Dec I commenced School again with Kahookui, the teacher for
merly employed at Lahaina, to assist me.
& has given good Satisfaction.
He taught until our recent examination
During the illness of Mrs. Smith, I was not able
to attend to my class in the School, & Dr. Judd employed Kalama, the celebrated
Scholar at the Seminary to teach in our School house for the term of a year &
three months; with the understanding that each of his Scholars were to pay 25cts
tuition pr. quarter; & the balance of his wages was to come out of the funds of
the mission.
ill.
He commenced on the 2nd of March & taught 2 1/2 days & was then taken
After an absence of about a week, he commenced again, & after teaching 8.
or 10. days he was ill, & left the School again; & So he operated till the close
of the term.
And the consequence is, his class have been So irregular in their
recitations that they are unwilling to pay their tuition.
fail, but I apprehend
I am Sorry to have him
that he will not Succeed in teaching School, especially
in our district.
There never was a time when efficient Schools were more needed at these Is
lands than the present.
Blind leaders of the blind have obtained permission to
do what they can to extinguish what light there is, & conduct the people back to
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ignorance, idolatry & all its accompanying abominations.
Souls has come.
The day to try many
Ignorance, deception & hatred of the truth is their Strong hold
Light, knowledge, truth & justice is our strong hold under God.
We must Spare
no pains to put the Bible into every family & teach them how to/read, & understand
it.
I do not know that funds can be appropriated by this mission for Support of
Schools; but it is my earnest prayer that funds may be raised from Some quarter to
Sustain our Schools vigorously the present year.
And I hope, brethren, that this
Subject will have a due Share of our deliberations during this meeting.
I ought to remark however that there has been a School of Children at Kalihi
for five or Six months, & the teacher has been compensated in part at least by
brother Cooke.
At our examination in April, the teacher came forward with 76
Scholars, Some of whom I Should think had made commendable proficiency.
—
There
has been another School for children at Moanalua the last three or four months, &
the teacher is nominally Sustained by the parents.
district attended the April examination.
occasion was 187.
Do. of adults 236.
Thirty Six children from that
The whole number of children on that
Making in all 423.
We have had a childrens Sabbath School through the year, who have assembled at
8 0 .clock in the morning.
Ninety (90) has been about the average number.
Br.
Dimond has had the charge of this School; & I have had a class of from 40. to 60.
adults at the Same hour who have been reading Matthew by course.
This has been
rather a catechetual exercise, as I have called upon them to give the meaning of
every verse as they read, & where they misapprehended the import, I have explained
it to them.
This has been a very profitable & interesting exercise to them.
At
the Same hour also, Mrs. Smith has had a class of about 30 girls in the Hawina
Kamalii.
This class has done remarkably well & given great Satisfaction to their
teacher, till within the last 2 or 3 months.
During this time Some of them have
become very "palaka"& have left the School.
I have also an Ai o ka la class of about 80. adults & a few of the youth who
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meet every Sabbath at 1. o . clock.
I have also kept up the form(?) of a Singing School during the year, two
hours pr. week.
Pastoral labours
Besides the regular routine of preaching two Sermons every Sabbath & attending to
the Schools & Bible class
above mentioned, I have alternated with Mr. Bingham in
preaching in the Seamen’s Chapel Sabbath evenings Since Mr. Tinker left last fall.
I have attended two protracted meetings; one at the Station & one with Mr. Bingham
in his congregation.
We have held morning prayer meetings daily through the year; these I attended re
gularly myself till the 1st of Nov.
Since then I have attended only on Sabbath
mornings, Wednesday mornings, & the mornings of the monthly concert.
We have held a regular ch meeting every Saturday P.M. through the year.
Spirit of Enterprise
The following are Some of the improvements that have been made in our neighbourhood & congregation during the last 2 1/2 years.
When we first commenced at our
Station there v/as no School house & no meeting house —
grog shops.
except Some five or Six
There the people assembled, male & female, foreigners & natives &
bowed together before the Shrine of intemperance, licentiousness & debauchery &
practiced every evil work.
Now there are no grog Shops in the neighbourhood -- we have a comfortable
School house, & a Spacious & very pleasant meeting house.
During the winter &
Spring our people have built a respectable bridge across the Stream which comes
down from Nuanu(! ), & passes but a few rods North of our meeting house.
The
bridge is about 100 ft. long & 12 ft. wide & Strong enough to cross with horses
& carriages.
Their contribution in labour, timbers & cash for the bridge
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amounts to $150. dollars.
Some of the residents in the village contributed the
plank & Spikes to cover it with; they also paid the carpenters bill.
And with
their aid also we have made three gates & four Small plank bridges & four or five
Small Stone bridges, & thus we have opened a comfortable horse road to Kalihi;
consequently those who wish to ride to Ewa or Waialua are now Spared the neces
sity of wading through the arms of the Sea & the fish ponds.
We hope the day
is not far distant when a good carriage road will be built from Honolulu to Ewa.
Something has been Said of late about making a carriage road up through the
s
valley of Nuanu, a continuation of the road wh. runs directly mauka from the
Store of Ladd & Co. & passing a few rods east of our meeting house; & coming in
to the old road a few rods east of the Mauka School house built by Mr. Hall.
I understand also that Nahinu & Pikoi ma have already commenced cutting &
blasting a road up the pari(!), hoping to make it passable for horses & mules.
By a little encouragement from the chiefs & foreign residents, I think this con
templated road may be made & I hope the enterprise of 1840 & 41. will bring it
to pass.
The external appearance of our congregation has materially changed also dur
ing the two & half years of our residence among them.
Their dirty & tattered tapa
garments have been exchanged for clean white dresses, & instead of dissheveled
hair & heathenish leis, they now generally wear hats & bonnets.
A goodly number
of our congregation have provided themselves with Seats & benches for the Sabbath.
Some of the females have become quite Skilful (!) with the needle in making
garments —
Some are Skilful in braiding & Sewing bonnets, & nearly all can braid
mats & Sugar bags, by wh_ means they obtain many comforts at the Store both for
themselves & their families.
A number of neat dobie dwellings have been built in our part of the village, &
others are in progress.
Those who live back in the country upon the lands, have
been Slow to build permanent houses, knowing, as they did, that under the old
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dispensation they were liable to be striped of both houses & lands at any time.
And whether their rights & privileges are really improved & more Secure under the
new laws, & new governors, time will Show.
Statistical
Table
Whole number recd to the chh on examination
"
"
"
on certificate
Total received ------- — - - - — — — — —
1159
53
------ -------------- 1212
Recd the past year on examination—
438
"
"
"
" " certificate —
20
Whole number recd the past year______________________________________458
Whole number dismissed to other churches —
Dismissed the passed year —
Whole number deceased
30
1
7
45
Deceased the past y e a r ---- 25
Suspended the past year
51
Remain suspended
24
Whole number excommunicated
"
"
past year
Remain excommunicated
55
44
51
Whole number in regular Standing
Candidates
1062
10
Whole number of children baptised
320
Baptised the past year
112
Baptised children deceased
Marriages the past year
No record
134
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Average congregation
1500
Average number of Scholars at the Station School
Do.
"
" at two district Schools
90
100
Average number in the Ai o ka la & Bible classes
130
Contributions in taro, potatoes, fowls & eggs for Schools
$ 10:00
Contributions in vegetables for Support of pastor
$ 10:00
Contributions in labour, lumber & cash for building a
publick bridge ---
$150:00
Contributions towards liquidating the debt of our Meeting house
$200:00
Now in debt for the Meeting house
$ 80:00
Whole number of contributions
$450:00
(in pencil):
80.00
370
L . Smith.
(Written on the back of the last page, sideways):
Mr. Smith's
Report
Honolulu
(in pencil):
1840
�Station Report N.W. Honolulu
(Kaumakapili)
May 12/41
At the close of our last Gen. meeting, I organized adult Schools in each of
the 10. divisions of my parish for ch. members & others, for the purpose of Study
ing, reading, & expounding the Bible.
This plan was adopted in order if possible
to counteract the influence of Romanism , which had planted its footsteps & raised
its brazen front in the midst of us.
"The weaponry of our warfare are not carnal."
Darkness is to be overcome by
light; ignorance by knowledge & error by truth.
These Several Schools I met once in two weeks with but few interruptions till
the first of Jan., when a Series of protracted meetings & other labours prevented
me from attending them longer.
These Schools, insconnection with a Series of lectures on Romanism delivered
by Br. Armstrong, appeared to be blessed to that portion of the church who regu
larly attended.
Four however of our ch. have joined the catholics during the year.
One who
had been a long time Sick, professed to turn unto them in order to be healed* but
died Soon after.
The other three joined them in order to indulge in Sin, & drink
in iniquity like water, & Still be called good people.
Intemperance prevailed to an alarming extent for 3. or 4. months after our
last Gen. meeting.
ed.
In this whirlpool a number of our church members were engulf
It Seemed for a time as if the very elect would be Swept away by this enemy
of all righteousness.
A kind of mania Seemed to possess the minds of all classes,
until Satan acted out himself in the person of two natives in Such a horrid deed,
that the arm of Civil Justice Suspended them by the neck till they were dead!
Kamanawa, a low chief had for Several months been living in adultery with
another woman, & wished to put away his lawful wife & marry her.
Lono, who for
Several years had been Capt. of the Hoikaika told him how it could be effected.
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They mingled poison with poison & gave it to her, which caused her death in a
few hours.
They were both Suspected, tried, & convicted, & on the 20th of Oct
were executed upon a gallows erected upon the top of the fort, & in the presence
of 10. or 12. thousand people.
Brethren Armstrong, Emerson, & myself were pre
sent on that awfully trying occasion.
But though there have been from 20. to
30. grog Shops in the village from that time to the present, yet I have seldom
seen a native intoxicated in the Streets Since that time.
Tour to Hawaii
Feeling much the need of relaxation & having never visited the Island of Hawaii,
Mrs. S. & myself proposed to embrace the first good opportunity & go to that Is
land.
Accordingly on the 8th of July we embarked on board the Brig Clementine
bound to Kawaihae.
Had a comfortable passage —
with Br. & Sister Lyons.
Spent the 1st Sabbath at Waimea,
Mrs. S. had purposed(!) to accompany me to Hilo across
the land; but it was thought by our Waimea friends that the jaunt would be too
much for her, consequently She Stoped(?) to try the efficacy of the Waimea cli
mate, while I passed on to Hilo.
After refreshing a few days with our kind friends at Byrons Bay, I proceeded
in company with brother Wilcox to the new Sand hills & eruption of lava in Puna thence to Kilauea —
& thence back to Hilo again, much gratified with beholding
the works of creation & providence, & Sufficiently fast(?) sore & fatigued with
my pedestrian journey to enjoy anew the hospitality of our beloved brethren & Sis
ters at that place.
After the Sabbath I returned again by the way of Laupahoehoe, narrowly es
caping in two instances being overwhelmed beneathe(!) the rolling billows.
On
Wednesday arrived at Waimea having been absent from there just 2 weeks.
On Friday, Set off in company with Mrs. Smith for Kohala.
Spent the Sabbath
with Br. & Sister Bliss; & on Monday returned to Kawaihae, expecting to take
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passage that evening for Honolulu; but unfortunately for us, the vessel was de
tained & we did not Sail till Saturday evening.
We arrived at this place the
next Monday morning, Aug. 10th, having been absent from our people one month &
two days.
Mrs. Smith's health has been about as usual the past year.
My own health has
not been good for the last 2. or 3. months, owing in part perhaps to a want of
relaxation.
Tour of Oahu
The early part of Nov. I made a tour of Oahu, accompanied by 8. native ch. mem
bers.
I preached 26 times.
Spent the Sabbath at Kaneohe & by the request of
Mrs. Parker, (her husband not having returned from the coast), I administered
the ordinance of the Lord's Supper to that church.
interesting.
The occasion was Solemn &
I found things in rather a discouraging State however on the
Kolau(!) Side of the Island at that time.
Some had turned to Popery - & others
had been drinking awa, potatoes & melons &c—
Thanksgiving
The 1 st day of Jan. we observed as a day of thanksgiving.
My native congregation
was as large on that occasion, as it usually is Sabbath mornings.
After public
worship, the people all retired quietly to their Several villages & homes, & par
took of the bounties of a kind providence, & I did not hear of an instance of in
toxication or improper conduct in consequence of the feast. —
We missionaries
contributed to a common Stock dinner, & had a Sociable, refreshing time; a time
when we called to mind our thanksgiving days in the U. States; a time too when
we felt to thank God & take courage, notwithstanding the obstacle that oppose
themselves to the cause of Christ in which we are engaged.
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Protracted Meetings
I Have laboured in three protracted meetings since the first of Jan..
The 1st
was with Br. Armstrong the 1st week in Jan.y -- The 2d was in my own congregation
the 1st week in February.
I was favored with the assistance of Br. Armstrong &
Emerson on that occasion.
The 3d. was at Ewa with Br. Bishop the 1st of March.
Brethren A. & B. will of course report concerning their respective meetings.
As it respects our own meeting, every external circumstance was peculiarly
favourable, & it was most obvious that the Spirit of God accompanied the word
Spoken during the meeting, & for Several weeks afterwards.
A number of the child
ren were Serious & prayerful for a time, though I do not feel Satisfyed(!) that
any of them were truly converted.
Some of our ch. members were much engaged, others exhibited but little inter
est in the meeting.
Over 100 new cases came forward immediately to talk with me
for the first time as the fruit of this meeting, numbers of whom appeared to be
truly converted(?) of Sin; Some of whom appear well thus far; while others have
gone back.
The meeting was also blessed to a number who were under ch discipline at
that time, & who have Since been restored to the fellowship of the church.
A goodly number also who expressed hopes during the Great awakening two years
ago, appeared well, & have since been propounded for admission to the church.
I remark here that each morning meetings have been held at the Station through
the year, conducted principally by the ch. members themselves.
It has been my
practice to attend every Sabbath, Wednesday & monthly concert mornings.
Besides
this we have a regular ch. meeting every Saturday P.M.
Schools
Our Schools for children have flourished far better this year than any previous
year.
The King's School law has operated favourably with us in two respects; 1st
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It has greatly multiplied the number of children in our Schools; & 2d it employed
a large number of teachers; but it has furnished no aid whatever in Supporting
them.
By the voluntary aid of Some of our ch members, & various donations from
other Sources by making draughts from the depository which make us very much in
debt there, we kept up the Schools till the April examination.
Our people have contributed the year past about $90:00 for the Support of
School teachers.
They ought unquestionably to Sustain the whole expense; but I
have not been able as yet to make them See & feel the extent of their obligations
in this respect.
At the public examination or celebration of Schools in Oct., we numbered only
255 children.
The public dinner on that occasion had a very happy effect upon
them, & also upon the parents.
Consequently the number of children immediately
increased, previous to the promulgation of the School law .
So that at our ex
amination in Jan. we numbered 393, & at our examination in April we numbered
470 —
one half of whom are in the first rudiments, & the remaining half have
made very commendable proficiency in a number of branches. (4 Schools & 9
teachers.)
Our Schools are quite too large for profit. (ie) we need more S. houses & more
teachers & also more funds for Sustaining them.
My prayer last year was that funds might arise from Some quarter to Sustain
our Schools vigorously.
That prayer has been answered in part at least.
I now
prefer the Same petition again for the coming year, for, So far as our instrument
ality is concerned, I see nothing of So great importance, or likely to be So effectual in Saving the nation from Romanism, idolatry & rui n as education, light,
knowledge & a correct understanding of God's word.
Let the Schools then be Sus
tained among the children & youth; & let even the adults be encouraged to revive
their Schools again, & learn Still more about the way & plan of Salvation.
Our Sabbath Schools meet at 8. o. clock Sabbath mornings —
about the Same
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number attend who attend the day School.
Br. Dimond has the charge of the Boys,
& I take the charge of the girls, except about 30. of the more intelligent, who
are in Mrs. Smiths class.
Between the morning & afternoon Services I have a Bible class, this has been
quite flourishing the most of the year.
I have also kept up a kind of Singing School two hours pr. week during the
year.
Mrs. Smith has held a meeting with the women every Friday when health & other
circumstances would permit.
The number who have attended has varied from two
to four hundred. The women have recently contributed $40:00 to aid in building
a church at Waialua.
Volume of Native Sermons
I have Superintended the printing of a volume of 30. native Sermons.
The edi
tion is 5,000; & I trust they will be bound ready for distribution before this
meeting Shall adjourn.
to print.
The volume has been greatly delayed for want of Sermons
Several of the brethren appointed to write, did not Send in their
manuscripts till a late hour; & others have not Sent in theirs yet.
Only one
Sermon has been rejected, & that because of its treating more or less on the
Subject of infant baptism, the object having been to print the volume with the
funds of the Tract Society.
Should the brethren think it advisable to print another volume, I would re
commend that we do it with the funds of the Board, that there be no obstacles in
the way to our printing on any doctrines of the Bible, regarded by us as im
portant.
In conclusion I wish to remark that we have built a doby house 28 ft. by 20.
for the purpose of accommodating our friends Gen_Meeting time, & other times when
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they may providentially call upon us. Hitherto we have had no convenient lodging
place for friends.
The whole expense of the building is $240:00.
Besides this we have been ob
liged to rethatch our house for domestics, which cost $10:00.
The Bill then which
we wish to have footed from the Building fund is $250:00.
Statistical Table
Whole number recd to the church on examination
Do
"
" on certificate — —
Total Recd
"
1274
62
1336
Recd past year on examination
Do.
-
" on certificate
Total recd past year
115
9
124
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
52
Dismissed the past year
22
Whole No. deceased
77
Deceased the past year
32
Suspended the past year
88
Remains Suspended
45
Whole No . excommunicated
88
Excommunicated past year
33
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Remain Excommunicated
68
Whole No. in regular Standing
1094
Candidates
187
Whole No. children baptised
353
Children baptised past year
33
Marriages past year
130
Average congregation
1500
------------------------------
---(!)
Contribution of the ch. & people for Schools
$ 90:00
Contribution of the females for Waialua meeting house
$ 40:00
Contribution for an out fit of a native & wife for the
Oregon Mission
$ 20:00
Paid off our last years debt for our own meeting house
$ 80:00
Total
$230.
Children Schools
Number of Schools
4
Number of teachers
9
Whole number of Scholars
470
Average number of children who have attended School
360
L. Smith
(Written on the back of the last page):
Honolulu
2nd Cong.n
1841
Mr. Smith
�Honolulu 2d Parish
Station Report, May 1842
In presenting the 5th annual report of the Second parish & congregation in
this village, we have occasion to bless the God of missions for the good degree
of health with which we have been blessed the year past.
My own health has been much as usual (ie) I have been enabled to fulfill the
duties of my Station with very little interruption during the year.
The last of March however I felt So much debilitated in consequence of a
Series of protracted meetings held in different parts of my field Since last
December, & other consequent labours of a Similar character, that I deemed it ex
pedient to take a Short trip to Some one of the neighbouring Islands.
Accord
ingly I took passage on board of a while Ship to Lahaina, & thence over land & by
canoe to Hana.
I returned again Somewhat recruited, having been absent nearly
three weeks.
Mrs. Smith has not enjoyed So firm health Since our arrival at these Islands,
as during the last 9. or 10. months while nursing her infant son.
For this two fold favour, we have felt exceedingly grateful, & we indulged the
fond hope that we Should be permitted to train him for future usefulness in the
church of Christ on earth.
But God's ways are not as our ways.
For in his wise
providence he has caused a heavy wave of affliction to pass over us, by removing
our precious boy from time into eternity. —
On Wednesday the 27th ult, he ac
companied his mother to the maternal meeting, apparently well; but, as Brother
Armstrong remarked at his funeral, he returned home from that meeting to die!
That night he was taken with a diarrhaea(!) or dysenterry(!), which defied all
medical prescription.
The disease raged with little or no abatement till half
past 11. o.clock on Saturday night, a little more than three days & nights, when
the little Sufferer ceased to breathe.
us in this unexpected bereavement.
The hand of the Lord is very obvious to
His Sickness & death was not occasioned by
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the carelessness or neglect of his parents.
We have no reflections to make for being located at Some out post, far re
moved from medical aid, & kind & Sympathizing friends.
We dwell in the midst of
friends, & had the counsel & advice of three Skilful(!) physicians.
But the number
of his months & days were determined by the Lord & beyond these bounds he could
not pass.
"The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."
Schools
We have held three public examinations of Schools during the year.
first was in July, the Second in Oct & the third in March.
children enrolled during the year is 601.
ance is 427.
The
The whole number of
The average number of regular attend
The number of deaths among the children of the Schools is 6.
For further particulars of a Statistical nature, See the Schedule filled out
[at the three Several examinations.
At the examination in Oct, we devoted the most of three days, concluding with
a dialogue, two orations & a few pieces of vocal music.
appeared more promising than on that occasion.
Our Schools have never
On the fourth day, or the day
following the examination, we united with the Schools in the 1st_ parish, & formed
a procession & marched tip to Pauoa & had a public dinner.
children on that occasion, & about as many adults.
We mustered about 500.
The King & Chiefs joined the
procession & feast; & at the close the King & Auhea addressed the youthful con
gregation with much apparent interest.
Our Schools have flagged(!) Some the last quarter, owing to the fact that the
government have been Slack in paying the teachers.
I very much apprehend that
unless we missionaries keep our Shoulders at the wheel for years to come, the
Schools will ere long entirely run down.
The powers that be can enact laws for the benefit of Schools; but of what use
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are law s without efficient agents to execute them?
I taught a writing School for three months Soon after our last Gen Meeting,
which made commendable proficiency.
Our Sabbath Schools have embraced about the Same number of Scholars as have
attended the day Schools.
Brother Dimond has Superintended the Sabbath School
for boys, in the School house,
I have had the Superintendance of the girls in
the meeting house, except about 30. of the most intelligent who have met with
Mrs. Smith in my Study.
I have also a Bible class of from 30. to 90. who have
met regularly at one o clock.
Substitute the Ui.
This class I propose to Suspend for the present &
I Shall probably have a class of five or Six hundred in the
Ui.
Besides her class in the Sabbath School, Mrs. Smith has held a weekly female
prayer meeting on Friday P.M.
She has also visited more or less from house to
house in the village; & in the month of Jany , by the aid of Some of the more
active female church members, She Sought out the destitute, aged, infirm & help
less, & contributed in clothing & native tapa to their immediate wants & neces
sities.
Church
The first five or Six months of this last year was a time of Spiritual de
clension in our church.
And while the influences of the Holy Spirit Seemed to be
withheld, the Spirit of iniquity prevailed in the hearts of a portion of the
professed friends of Christ.
The consequence was that a considerable number
wounded the Saviour in the house of his friends, & have fallen under church dis
cipline.
Perhaps I lack in gospel, charity, & labour under a mistaken view of
things in ruling , or taking care of the Church of God.[A hundred or more were on
the list of church discipline during the first half of the year.
Clouds & dark
ness hung over us.] But my opinion was & Still is, that if a pastor wished the
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blessing of God upon the church & people under his pastoral care, he must not
connive at the Sins of the professed friends of Christ.
The time of God's winking at Sin is passed, & he now commandeth all men, (not
even excepting hypocrites in the church) to repent.
If I made a mistake in re
ceiving certain persons to the church; that can be no apology for making another
Still/more fatal to the cause of Cht by conniving at their known & aggravating
Sins.
The leaven of iniquity indulged in one member, will Soon infuse itself
through the whole body, & a State of Spiritual apathy will come over the church
more to be dreaded than death itself.
The children of Israel fled before their enemies because of the Sin of Achan;
but as Soon as he was publicly disciplined & punished, the Lord interposed again
for his people Israel.
The little bark which was carrying Jonah across the Sea contrary to the will
of the Lord, was pursued by a tempest, until they cast the disobedient prophet
over board, & then the Sea ceased from her raging.
Paul wrote to the Corrinthian(!) Church, & commanded them not to eat, or keep
company w ith a man who was called a brother, providing he was guilty of open &
known Sin.
It is very trying to a pastor to be obliged to excommunicate, or even Suspend
the professed followers of Christ; but Still/more trying to retain them in the
church, & have their unchristian/conduct & influence Spreading like the plague &
paralizing the whole church.
Experience, as well as the word of God, has con
vinced me that the path of duty is the faith of peace & prosperity, as it respects church discipline.
For, while with an aching heart we were engaged in
this all important work;
"Methought I heard the Saviour Say,
Dismiss thy fears, the ark is mine.
The winter Season has been Sharp,
But Spring Shall all its wastes repair."
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Protracted Meetings
At the close of the fall Shipping in Decbr I commenced a Series of protracted
meetings of 3. days each to be held in different parts of my field.
The first
we held at Moanalua; the Second at Kalihi; the third at Kapalama; the fourth at
Pauoa & the 5th & last at the Station,
This last was continued Six days.
The
neighbourhood meetings had all been more or less blessed & the way was well pre
pared for the meeting of the whole parish.
Br. Armstrong assisted me in this meeting & I think it was on the whole, the
best protracted meeting that we have ever had at our Station.
There was not So
much animal excitement & noise as during the revival of 1838 & 39.
But apparently
far more enlightened & Sober conviction for Sin as committed against a holy God.
The church as a body were quite waked up & appeared to feel both for themselves
& others.
Those who have been called hoikaikas Since 1838 Seemed to obtain new
views & a fresh unction from on high; & of this class I have propounded 306. to
be held on probation five or Six months at least before they are admitted to the
fellowship of the church.
There has also been quite a Shaking among the dry bones.
At least 200. have
come forth from their hiding places for the first time, as the fruits of our
protracted meetings, & Subsequent evening conference meetings, held in different
parts of the village; Some of whom giver very Satisfactory evidence of the work
of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts.
But I have thought it advisable not to
propound any of this class at present.
Thirty, who had formerly belonged to my congregation, but who had wandered
after the Beast & false prophet, have returned during & Since our protracted
meetings; Some few of these appear truly penitent for the Sin of idolatry & other
accompanying vices.
But the most of them have returned with all the confusion of
him who Saw men as trees walking.
I am fully convinced that Popery is a delusion,
more fatal if possible than heathenism itself.
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Some 30. or 40. also who were under church discipline have been restored
again to the fellowship of the church as the fruit 6f our Meetings.
And 15. or
20. others are expressing penitence & a wish to be restored previous to our next
communion Season.
Temperance
We have recently made Some efforts among the children & youth on the Subject of
Temperance.
530 have signed the pledge of total abstinence from all intoxicating
liquors & drugs, not excepting even that most delicious, & most difficult to aban
don of all narcotics, (viz) tobacco!
I have not yet called a temperance meeting for our adults; though I probably
Shall, Soon after the close of the General Meeting.
I do not apprehend that Such
a Society will be of any material benefit for our church; for we have ever acted
on the Strictest principles of temperance ever Since its first organization.
But
it may be of Some use to the cause at large; it may help to Strenghten the King &
Chiefs to abide by their pledge - And it may help to dry up the fountains of in
temperance in this wicked village.
Prayer Meetings
Daily morning prayer meetings have been held at the Station during the year.
I
usually attend on Sabbath, Wednesday & monthly concert mornings.
We hold a weekly church cession & prayer meeting every Saturday P.M. at which
time all cases for church discipline are reported & acted upon.
Contributions
Our people have contributed this year as follows.
For Church bell
To aid in building the Stone Church at Waialua
$ 80:00
38:00
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Do. to aid the Stone ch. at Kaneohe
$ 86:25
For contingent expenses
23:00
Total =
$227:25
Conclusion
In conclusion I remark that the year past has been with us one of trials —
Sorrow & of joy.
of
On the whole, we think the cause of truth & righteousness has
gained ground, & we are encouraged to hope that the coining year will witness
Still greater triumphs of truth in this village & its vicinity.
Statistics
Whole No. admitted to the church on examination
Do, on certificate
Total received =
Received past year on examination
Do on certificate
Total recd past year =
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
Do. past year
Whole No. deceased
D o . past year
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated the past year
Whole No. excommunicated
Remain excommunicated
Whole No. in regular standing
Candidates propounded
Whole No. children baptized
Do. past year
1458
56
1514
184
18
202
72
20
112
35
53
23
50
138
160
1201
306
327
75
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Marriages the past year
Number of children & youth who have joined the
Temperance Society
Average No. congregation on the Sabbath
530
1500
Contributions for Church bell
Do. to aid in building the Waialua ch.
Do. "
" "
"
" Kaneohe ch.
For contingent expenses
Total =
$ 80:00
38:00
86:25
23:00
$227:25
L. Smith
(Written on back of last page, sideways):
L . Smith report
Honolulu 1842
�6th Annual Report —
Hololulu(2)(!) May 1843
For about Six months Subsequently to our last general meeting, I enjoyed my
usual health & Strength & performed the duties of a missionary, pastor & physi
cian &c. to the best of my ability.
During the last Six months I have been more
or less unwell, especially during the months of January; & February, & was obliged
to call for medical aid Several times.
I am however about as well as usual at
the present time.
Mrs. Smith has been unusually feeble during the year, & is So Still.
On the
9th of Apr il She gave birth to a daughter who Survived only 48 hours.
The dealings of our Heavenly Father with us in referance(!) to our children
are quite mysterious & unintelligible.
This is the fourth child which God put into our hands & taken again unto him
self within as many years.
We have the unspeakable consolation however of believ
ing that they are taken from the evils of time to the bliss of heaven; & though
bereaved & Sadly disappointed, we would not dare to recall them again if we could
Our Lord & Master Sees the end from the beginning, & undoubtedly does all things
well.
Tour of Oahu
The last week in November, I made a tour of this Island -- & laboured four days
including the Sabbath at Kolau(!) in company with brother A.B. Smith.
were kind & attentive, & I trust it was a profitable Season to many.
The people
We re
stored ten persons to the church who had previously been excommunicated, receiv
ed 14. on profession of their faith in Christ, propounded 20 more, baptized 16.
children & administered the Lords Supper. -- The people there desire & very much
need a good missionary to be located among them.
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Schools
The children & youth appeared well at the examination in August & also in Octo
ber.
At the October examination there were 607. present.
My opinion then was,
that our Shools(!) never had appeared better; & my fear now is, that they will
never appear So well again.# During the last Six months the government have ta
ken two or three of our best qualified & most efficient teachers into their em
ployment; & not only So, they have been very remiss in paying those whom they
have not removed; & hence they have laboured with empty Stomachs & heavy hearts.
Parents have lost Some of their zeal in sending their children regularly to
School, & the lunas have partaken of the Same lethargy.
As to the effect of the recent political revolution upon the Schools & ris
ing generation, my brethren can prognosticate as well as myself.
#At the January examination very few children were present, it being a very rainy
day -- And on account of Mrs. Smiths illness, I was not able to attend the April
examination.
But of this I am confidant, the number of children in our Schools is
diminishing.
Temperance
In addition to our church, who have pledged themselves to abstain from all intoxi
cating liquors & drugs, we have the names of about 600 children, making in all over
2,000.
On the 27th of Oct the cold water army, embracing both children & adults
from the 1st & 2d congregations in this village, held a temperance celebration.
The occasion was one of much interest to all who were present; & it was confident
ly believed that the cause of Temperance received an impulse on that day of last
ing benefit.
Very few cases as yet have come to my knowledge either of parents
or children having returned to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs.
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Church
It will be remembered that over three hundred Stood propounded at our last gene
ral meeting; these & a few others have been admitted to the church during the
year.
I have not held a protracted meeting the year past, though; the church were
anxious to hold Such a meeting, & at one time began to make preparations(!) for
it.
My ill health was the grand obstacle in the way, —
I felt that I could not
Sustain the extra labours of Such a meeting.
During the last three or four months, a distressing apathy & Spiritual insen
sibility has come over the church & congregation. Such as has not existed before
Since the Station was commenced Six years ago.
The recent political revolution
has contributed largely in diverting the minds of the people from things Spirit
ual & divine, to things earthly, Sensual & devlish.
It is impossible to foretell how Sad & desolating the revolution & all its
concomitant circumstances will be upon the church & people in this village & its
vicinity.
The great mass are So much like children, that it takes but little to
turn them from the path of d u t y . A nd when one of the important laws of the land
is annulled, many take it for granted that all law is dead.
Consequently other
crimes besides adultery are breaking forth on every Side; Such as drinking awa,
card playing, & gambling in a variety of ways.
If this State of things Shall
long continue, the cultivation of lands will be neglected & a famine will ensue.
Some church members have already begun to touch, taste & handle forbidden objects;
& there is much reason to apprehend that the pastors on Oahu will have much painful
work to do the current year.
My only hope that any will Stand fast is in the Lord.
If he has a people here, he will cut Short the reign of the man of Sin for his own
elects Sake.
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Contributions
Our people have done Something the year past in the way of contributions.
Their
first art of this kind was to aid the government, then in debt, by rethatching
the Station School house worth $40;00
(2d)
Aid in building a Stone church on Molokai to the amount of $80:00.
At
the commencement of the present year, I proposed to them that they do Something
this year to aid their missionary in building a Small dobie house at the entrance
of Nuanu(!) valley, as a retreat for us during the hot Summer months.
A goodly
number of them appeared to appreciate the object, & they have already contribu
ted to the amount of ($100:00) one hundred dollars; 75. of which is in cash.
We
do not intend to ask aid from either the building, or medical department, though
our grand object is the promotion of health, & to avoid if possible, & to avoid
if possible(!) the necessity of Spending time & money in voyaging for health.
The distance from our residence in the village is not over a mile & a half —
yet the differance(!) in the temperature is very considerable.
Moreover I can
attend to my missionary labours while residing there with but little inconvenience.
I have Said thus much that the brethren may understand our object, ways, means,
& ends in the matter.
Our people have also contributed this year for the Support of the communion
table to the amount of --- $24:00.
Statistical Table
Whole No. Recd on examination —
Do. on certificate
Total recd to this church
Received the past year on examination
1818
89
1907
360
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Do. on certificate
33(?)
Whole No. past year
393
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
91
Do. the past year
19
Whole No. deceased
159
Deceased the past year
47
Suspended the past year
70
Remain suspended
23
Excommunicated past year
16
Excommunicated persons restored past year
16
Whole No. Excommunicated
154
Remain Excommunicated
106
Whole No. in regular Standing
1528
Whole No. children baptised
397
Baptised the past year
70
Marriages the past year
105
Average No. of congregation from
1200
Thatching Station S. house
ntributions For Molokai Meetinghouse
To aid the pastor in building a cottage in Nuanu valley
o Support the Lords table
T
Total =
to
1500
$ 40:00
80:00
100:00
24:00
$244:00
(Unsigned)
(L. Smith)
�2d parish
Station Report
Honolulu May 1844
At our last general meeting, both the political & moral aspect of affairs in
this village was dark & portentous.
And had not the providence of God interposed
in behalf of this people, they might have been, ere this, in as lamantable(!) a
condition as the Society Islanders now are.
But thanks to the God of Christian
Missions, in an unexpected hour, he Sent us deliverance from the hand of the
usurper & oppressor.
Some of the brethren may not have had as much to weep over during the past
year, as the legitimate fruits of the doings of the British Commission, as I
have had.
It is natural to Suppose that those who reside here at the centre of
operations will be more Sensibly & materially affected by the revolutions to &
fro, than those who live at remote Stations.
Sad as the account is which I am about to relate, it is not worse than what
I anticipated at our last Gen Meeting.
Pastoral Labours
My regular pastoral labours have been much as in former years.
I have preach
ed two Sermons every Sabbath, besides attending to a Sabbath School from 8. to 9.
o clock Sabbath mornings.
Have preached a lecture every Wednesday either at the
Station, or at Some one of the School houses in the parish; have held a church
prayer meeting every Saturday P.M. —
Observed the Monthly concert —
& during
the present year, have had a School five days every other week with as many differant(!) portions of my parishioners, for the reading & expounding of the Ai o
ka La.
I have assisted in five protracted meetings, one of which was held at Koloa
on a neighbouring Island.
The one at my own Station was held the first week in December.
This meeting
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was very opportune, as it respects quite a number in the church.
The example
of high handed iniquity, bold presumption & defiance of the laws of the land,
had been So thoroughly infused into the minds of the people in this village,
that the church also had become Sadly infected with it.
Many had ceased to call
upon the name of the Lord; & the Spirit of the world, which worketh death, was
rapidly Setting down upon the vitals of the church.
The duty of Christians to confess their Sins one to another, & to pray one
for another was early introduced into the meeting; & before it closed, many were
ready to confess publicly their Sins, both of omission & commission, & to enter
anew into covenant with God.
Some confessed that for three or four months they
had lived in the entire neglect of Secret & family prayer; that their attendance
at the house of God was a cold formality, & that they were on the very point of
abandoning the Subject altogether.
To Some of this class, as well as to others,
who were mourning over the desolations of Zion, the meeting was apparently very
much blessed.
But notwithstanding all the moral influances(!) which have been
brought to bear upon their minds the past year, Such as the regular preaching of
the word of God, & the administration of Gospel ordinances - the visiting of the
people from house to house by the elders & others; a protracted meeting; district
meetings; St Schools for the reading & expounding of the daily food, Still we have
been constrained to perform the painful task of excommunicating 122. from the
church; & 40. others are now Suspended most of whom give little or no evidence
of repentance for their Sins, or a disposition to return to the duties & privi
leges of the church.
The following are among the more prominent sins, which have led to the excision
of So many, & of which others also are now under church discipline; (viz) adultery,
fornication, keeping houses of assignation, rum drinking -- awa drinking —
bacco Smoking —
gambling —
Stealing —
to
quarrelling -- & going after the Beast.
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Present State of the church
There is no Special interest among the church & people at this time, though a
portion of the church appear very well.
A great many are Sick.
Some are pro
posing to Serve both God & Mammon, & have imbibed the Spirit of those, who be
lieve that gain is godliness.
And in becoming wise above what is written, they
are obviously forsaking God, the fountain of living waters, & hewing out to them
selves broken cisterns, which can hold no water.
Indeed, the present is a time
to try mens Souls, & naught but the Special grace of God will prevent these
Hawaiian Christians from being overcome & led astray by the anti Christian prin
ciples & practices daily exhibited before their eyes.
Schools
Our Schools have had their trials too, their ebbing & flowing the year past.
At their quarterly examination last July, just before the Restoration, their num
ber was reduced one half -- At the examination in October about 2/3 of the usual
number were present.
But the interest usually manifested on Such occasions was
greatly diminished.
During the winter term, Kapoookamoku, a graduate from the Seminary, & our
principal teacher at the Station, was taken Sick with rapid consumption, & has
recently died.
He was a good native teacher, & we feel his loss very much. —
One grand cause for the decline & inefficiency of our Schools the year past, has
arisen from the fact that the teachers have not been able to perform the duties of
the School room without the means necessary for a comfortable Subsistance.
They
have enjoyed the warm influences of the Sun, the refreshing breezes of heaven, &
the former & latter rain, in common with other men in the employ of government;
but receiving little or nothing for their Services, their barrel of meal & cruise
of oil failed, & Some of them have had nothing to eat for days & weelks together,
except as they begged from their friends.
I have heard no complaint from the
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police, the Scribes -- the militla, or the Sailors; but the poor School teachers
have complained, & I am Sure if I had been one of their number, I should have
abandoned my School long ago.
—
About the 1st of March John Ii was removed
from the office of Kahu Kula, & Keikenui was appointed in his place.
Since that
time the Schools have very much revived, the teachers have received Some of their
pay for past Services, & like every other new broom this Seems to Sweep clean for
the present.
But Such are my present apprehensions, that I shall not be at all
disappointed Should there be another reaction within Six months more disasterous
to the Schools than any that has hitherto occurred.
Our Sabbath School has been kept up during the year & the attendance of the
children & youth has been modified very much by the day School (ie) when the
one has been well attended, the other has been also; & vice versa.
Subsequently to our pro. meeting a number of the children & youth & Some of
the adults have expressed considerable Seriousness & have been attentive to the
means of grace, but whether any of them have been really converted to Christ is
not very obvious at present.
Popery
There has been considerable running to & from the catholics during the year, both
by parents & children.
At the time of our pro meeting, Several returned from them to our congregation,
but like most others who fall out by the way, they go limping & halting, & give
little or no evidence of ever having made their peace with God.
When Keikenui was appointed Kahu Kula & had published aabroad that neither the
parents or children would be taxed hereafter for the Support of the teachers, Some
ten or a dozen children carryback to our Schools.
Nothing can be more obvious than
that the great majority of those who go to the catholics; go because they are un
willing to deny themselves according to the command of Christ.
Rather than re
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nounce their Sins, or contribute in the least for the Support of Schools, or the
cause of Christ, they will go off & join the catholics.
I have not kept debt & credit with them; but my impression is that they have
gained upon us a little this year, in point of numbers.
Death
The messenger of death has visited this church 64. times during the year, & has
removed
Some of our most devoted & consistant Christians.
A good proportion of
them have less Satisfactory evidence behind that they were prepared for their
great & last change.
Zakaio Neau, one of the elders of the church, is among the
number, who died triumphing(?) over the monster death.
He was one of the rare
cases among Hawaiian Christians, who have not fallen out by the way, & for a
time at least, partaken of forbidden fruit.
every good word & work.
He was always at his post, ready for
"The Memory of the Just," Says Solomon, "is blessed."
The fact that a goodly number have died in the faith, & that others remain
Steadfast, & in Some good degree are consistant in their daily lives, is a power
ful impetus to impell us forward in the work of preaching Christ & his gospel,
notwithstanding the fickle mindedness & instability of others, as well as the
many obstacles with which we have to contend.
Health
My own health & that of Mrs. Smith has been much the last as during Several of
the preceding years.
Wants
It is necessary for the preservation, as well as the comfort of our dwelling
house, that it be rethatched this Summer.
We therefore ask that the Sum of $30;00
may be appropriated to our Station for that use.
Or $300;00 for the purpose of
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boarding & Shingling the roof.
Statistical Table
Whole No. received on examination
1818
Whole No. recd on certificate
177
Past year on examination
0
Past year on certificate
61
Whole number past year
.
61
Whole Mo. dismissed to other churches
98
Dismissed the passed (!) year
15
Whole No. deceased
222
Deceased the past year
64
Suspended the past year
180
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past year
40
.
122
Whole No. excommunicated
277
Remain excomnunicated
210
Whole No. in regular Standing
Whole No. children baptized(!)
Baptized the past year
Marriages the past year
Average congregation
1425
406
9
148
1200
(Unsigned)
(L. Smith)
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May/46
Station Report for 1845 & 6.
In making out a report for two years, I would mention first of all, that we
have great occasion for gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the good measure of
health which we we(! ) have enjoyed.
Mrs. Smith's health in particular has been
better than during any other two years Since our arrival at the Islands 13 years
ago.
Our daughter Emma was seized with a violent attack of the dysenterry(!) last
December, which held her on the borders of the grave for two weeks; but the Lord
was better to us than our fears, rebuked the disease, raised her up again - & She
is now in the enjoyment of perfect health.
As it respects myself, I have been able to perform the duties of the Sanctuary
regularly on the Sabbath, with the exception of two or three Sabbaths during the
Influenza in the month of April 1845 besides attending to the almost inummerable
calls of the Sick, attending meetings & two Singing Schools every week.
I perceive however that I am by no means able to perform the amount of mission
ary labour now that I did Some five or Six years ago.
During most of the year 1845 I was very much depressed in Spirit -Some of the causes which operated unfavourably upon my mind I will mention.
First.
The apparent ingratitude of the Hawaiian government for all that the A.
Board & this mission have done to christianze & civilize this nation.
Nearly
Seven hundred thousand dollars have been gratuitously expended for the good of
this people, besides the gratuitous Services of this whole mission for more than
a quarter of a century.
But Strange marvelous as it must appear to every benevo
lent of philanthropic mind for two or three years this government have required
us to pay duties on all our goods imported, whether for our own support, or for
the Support of our printing press & for Schools - books & even for the medicines
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which we have So freely given to the Sick & dying.
And until within three or four months, the prospect has been that we Should
be obliged to prosecute our work & labour of love among this people by continuing
to pay the regular duties at the custom house upon all our goods imported, that
the mercantile gentlemens pay upon their goods, besides paying rent for our build
ing lots, taxes for our herds, horses &c.
The laws are not yet made public, but report now Says that we are to be excus
ed from paying duties -- taxes, rents &c.
Another, thing which weighed heavily on my mind was the apparent want of interest
on the part of government in our common Schools.
points of observation.
This was obvious from various
1st Their neglecting to pay the best qualified teachers,
(graduated from the Seminary) their Stipulated wages; in other words, paying them
only 25, or 50 cts pr. month, instead of $5 pr. month.
The fact too that a Series of Editorials were issued in the Polynesian, that
celebrated, infallible government organ, recommending to Substitutes the English
language for the native in the common Schools, was demonstration proof positive
that their regard for the native Schools was nearly at an end.
And indeed the provision in the new laws for the Support of School masters,
in my estimation is by no means Sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case.
How School teachers can live here without part money for their Services, where
every thing in the market commands the cash, is what I cannot understand.
But
Still I will hope for the best.
Another daily, distressing & incontrovertible fact before my mind was the
rapid depopulation of the people around me —
there being at least, 20 deaths to
one birth So far as I could judge.
Another fact was the increase of grog Shops & houses of ill fame throught(!)
our v illage.
And as a necessary consequence, there was a rushing in of a certain
class of people from all the Islands —
but especially of young females whose ob-
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ject was to plunge into these Sinks of vice & abomination.
Another fact, peculiarly trying to pastors heart was, that a considerable num
ber of professing Christians were overcome of evil & returned again to the beg
garly elements of this vain work.
Lastly -- the Epidemic Influenza, which made Such Sad work last year throughout
the Islands, Seemed to paralize all our energies, & for Several months it Seemed
as if our day of probation was rapidly drawing to a close.
All these dark & portentous clouds hovering around us for months, not only
my courage, but my health began to fail —
I felt like hanging my harp on the
willows, & taking up Jeremiahs lamentation, "0 that my head were waters, & mine
eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day & night for this wayward people,
& for this Sinking dying nation.
In the month of Sept I took a trip to the windward, visited all the families
on Hawaii, & made a Short call, both going & coming, upon the families at Lahaina
& Lahainaluna.
Since my return, my health & Spirits have been rather better.
Protracted Meetings
In the fall & winter of 1844 &5 I held Several protracted meetings of two or
three days each -- one at Pauoa- —
meeting house at the Station.
of Souls.
one at Nuuanu —
These meetings were apparently blessed to the good
But about the 1st of April the Epidemic Influenza came over us & pre
vailed almost universally.
I presume that not one in 40 escaped.
Its effect upon the mind were very disasterous.
couraged —
one at Kapalama, & one in the
deaths were daily occurring.
Every one appeared to be dis
For two months there was on an average
in my church one death every day (ie) within 60 days, I recorded 60 deaths in my
church; besides the great number of deaths among non church members —
Strangers.
Our meetings on the Sabbath dwindled to a mere handful.
children &
Three Sabbaths
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we had no meeting at all.
This was indeed a dark & gloomy time with us.
Besides the pro meetings above named in my own field, I have laboured two or
three days with Br. Bishop in a pro meeting at Waianae —
in his meeting two or three months ago —
& also with Br. Armstrong
This meeting I trust was blessed to Some
of my people two or three hundred of whom attended pretty regularly during the
meeting.
Since that time, I have held conversational meetings & Schools
weekly
with those who were disposed to attend, & I have hope for a few that they are
Seeking in earnest the Salvation of their Souls.
Church
Although the last two years has been a time to try mens Souls here at the
metropolis, Still a goodly number of the professed followers of Christ have stood
fast, & evinced an attachment to the cause of Christ, which the waves of civilized
abomination have not been able to wash away or undermine.
They have not deserted
their posts as Soldiers of the cross of Christ; their Seats have been regularly
occupyed(!) in the Sanctuary on the Sabbaths; they have attended the daily prayer
meetings -- weekly church meetings & monthly concerts, & have been ready to every
good word & work.
-- But I can by no means Say this of all.
Numbers have been
unstable as the wind, & have Shown very conclusively that their hopes for eternity
are built on the Sand.
Some have gone after the Beast & False Prophet; others
have gone after a Species of Idolatry; while others Still have become perfectly
Atheistual, & have renounced all their belief in the existance of a God!! —
I
mention these facts to Show how rapidly things are matureing(!) here where we are
Surrounded with civilized, legalized, & christianized grog Shops, & hotels & bil
liard rooms, & bowling allies, with all their accustomed & accompanying licentiouness.
Sin & death have made large inroads into my church during the last two years;
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65 were excommunicated the 1st & 53 this last year. = (118 in all)
73 deaths the
1st & 68 this last year. = (141 in all)
31 were dismissed the 1st & 28 this last year. = (59 in all)
So that the total
diminution of this 2d church during the last two years, by defection, deaths &
dismission to other churches is 318.
On the other hand, during these two years we have received on profession the
1st year 72 & this last year 27. = (99 in all) & 36 have joined us by letter dur
ing the two years from other churches.
by letter 135.
So that we have received on profession &
This Sum taken from 318 leaves a dead loss of 183.
Contributions for Support of Pastor &c.
In Jan 1845 our church commenced contributing Something more or less, accord
ing to their ability or disposition, towards the Support of their pastor.
But the
Influenza left Such a blight on the minds & bodies of hundreds, that they gave
nothing last year.
The Sum total which I received last year amounted to $200.
In addition to this however, they rethatched the meeting house —
a job con
sidered worth at least 150 dollarsThey have also contributed recently to the amount of fourteen or fifteen dol
lars to aid in repairing the meeting house at Waialua.
But all this is a Small
Sum in comparison with what they might & ought to have done, to Support the insti
tution of religion among them.
Schools
Our Schools continued during /44, & about half of the year /45 much as usual;
the teachers frequently complaining that they could get little or nothing for their
services.
In the month of July /45 all the best teachers in my parish, & Several in
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Brother Armstrongs, entered into a written agreement, & resolution that unless
they could be paid for past Services, & have a pledge from Govnt of regular pay
in future, they would abandon their Schools.
But on the 1st Monday in August,
they received no more Satisfaction than before —
received 25 cts.
those entitled to $5 pr. month,
They again informed the Kahu Kula, that they could not, &
Should not keep School any longer unless they could have pay regularly.
He begged
them to hoomanawanui one month longer, & Said, he would join them in a written
resolution, that if the Govrrt would not grant funds to Support the Schools, he &
they would all abandon the Schools toegther.
hold on one month longer.
The teachers therefore agreed to
They prepared a joint resolution, Subscribed their
names to it, & Sent it to the powers that be, but obtained no Satisfactory reply.
On the first Monday in Sept the teachers convened as usual to receive their pay
for past Services -- & to ascertain on what terms they were to labour in future.
But as heretofore, they received each 25 cts for his month's Services.
When lo,
& Behold, the Kahu Kula had been behind the curtain & obtained new light -- had
broken his resolution, turned a Summerset(!), & began to abuse the teachers because
they would not work for nothing & live on wind & water.
Whereupon, all the graduates & Several other good teachers - in all, about 20
in my field, abandoned their Schools.
The Kahu Kula then appointed Some of the older Scholars as teachers, & as
their wages was about 1/2 what the nominal wages of the graduates had been, it ap
peared that he thought he had made a fine exchange.
But at the recent examination
of our Schools on the 13th of April, it must have been obvious to the Kahu Kula
himself as well as to every other one present, that the Schools had gained literally nothing; but had lost immensely Since last September.
numbered between five & Six hundred.
Formerly our Schools
Now only 294.
When these monitorial teachers were appointed, all the other Scholars immediate
ly left the Schools; the remainder have had neither fear or respect for these ig
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noramus pedagogues, & hence the Schools have made progress in any thing else ra
ther than a knowledge of School books.
haunaele for the last eight months.
The Station School has been a perfect
They have broken down the gate/to the School
house yard, destroyed all their writing desks, Spoiled the School masters table
& Seat; broken out over 100 lights of glass; converted the house into a gymna
sium for Swinging & playing ball, & I have been expecting that the house itself
would Soon be down.
I regret that I cannot report more favourably in referance(!) to common
Schools, Still I think they have flourished as well as could be expected, con
sidering the man & means that have been employed.
Ai o ka La
Since the first of January I have had a School of adults in the Ai o ka la on the
Sabbath, embracing about 150; who have apparently taken a lively interest in the
lessons as they have come along.
Popery
As it respects popery -- there has been considerable running to & from.
Some ten
or twelve of my church have gone after the Beast during the last two years —
about the Same number have come back.
Quite a number of children at Moanalua &
Kalihi are reported as having renounced the cathalic(!)
to ours.
&
Schools, & returned again
The adults who return from that System of lies & deception are generally
as unstable as water, & appear to have lost all Sense of Sin, & fear of God, if
they ever had any.
A pretty large reinforcement of priests have recently come to
hand, but I know not how, or where they are to be located.
The prospect now is
that we Shall have a hand Struggle as a Mission, with the man of Sin.
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Visits to, & labours at Waialua
During the Month of Dec/45 I Spent a Sabbath at Waialua, & administered the
ordinances of the Lords Supper to that church.
The morning congregation was Said
to be pretty large for that place, containing Some 250 or 300 persons perhaps.
One man was received to the church on profession; one by letter; one formerly cut
off was restored; Six or eight were Suspended; Eight children were baptized (!); &
ten couple were married.
About the middle of February, I went with my family to Waialua & Spent about
a week with Br. & Sister Wilcox; at which time my Sympathies became quite enlist
ed in behalf of that poor dilapidated meeting house.
On my return, I resolved to
raise the Sum of $200. if practicable, among the foreign residents -- natives, &
missionaries in Honolulu to aid in repairing that house.
This Sum I have raised,
160. dollars of which I laid out for lumber for beams, furring, lathe, nails —
glass &c -- & Sent round on a Govnt vessell (!), freight free, I then took over
with me three carpenters to put on that roof, one of whom was taken Sick the third
day after our arrival —
& died after an illness of nine days.
The other two Suc
ceeded in putting on the roof Strong , as we think.
I hear that the Governor has been over & Superintended the thatching of the
house.
The way of the Lord being thus prepared, I hope we Shall be able, during
this meeting, to locate one of our clerical brethren there.
Appropriation
We request the General Meeting to grant us an appropriation this year of ($35)
thirty five dollars to enable us to rethatch our hale hookipa, & also the house of
our domestics.
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Statistical Table
Whole No. recd on examination
1917
Whole No.
" certificate
213
Past two years on examination
99
Past two years on certificate
36
Whole No. past two years
135
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
157
Dismissed the two past years
59
"
Whole No. deceased
363
Deceased the two past years
141
Suspended the past two years
108
Remain Suspended
24
Excommunicated the past two years
118
Whole No. Excommunicated
395
Remain Excommunicated
304
Whole No. in regular Standing
1217
Whole No. children baptized
437
Baptized the past two years
31
Marriages the past two years
252
Average congregation
from
800
to
1000
(Unsigned)
(Written on back of last page, sideways):
Mr. Lowell Smith's
Report May 1846
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