https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/a94bd802063e1540089f9c99ef3536e5.pdf b910eccf496a298812f0bd89f6961ae1 PDF Text Text ��Letter Reference: 1826_Dec05_Laanui-Loomis Date of Letter: December 5, 1826 From: Gideon Laanui To: Mr. Loomis Content Summary: Gideon La‘anui writes to affirm that Mr. Loomis and all the missionaries are blameless and that he is devoted to Jesus and the word of Jehovah. Typescript: [Page 1 of 1] [Archival Note] No. 213 Oahu December 5 1826 Good will to you Mr. Loomis together with all the missionaries from Hawaii to Kauai. These are my sentiments for you all. I do not know of you having done wrong. Not in the least have my eyes ever seen any thing blameable from the first even down to the present time. Here is the fault concerning which the world is angry, the word of Jesus. To the wicked it is an evil word, but to those who believe in Jesus, it is the mighty word of Jehovah. It is the good thing you have brought to us- the salvation of our souls- Jesus, he it is whom you have preached to us. Our hearts have looked and beheld the real salvation, and the certain truth. Then the eyes saw the wickedness crowded out by the entering in of the good. Now the wickedness is without, because Jesus came �to take upon himself our sins, and he gave also his body to be food for us, and his blood to be the means of cleansing away the evil of our hearts, and his powerful spirit to be that means of enlightening ^the means of enlightening the mind, and the mind his word to be that^ by which to become straight. The sentiments for you is finished. Affection for you all. Gideon Laanui Mr. Loomis [Page 2 of 2] [Cover Letter] Translation of Laanui letter July 14, 1827 Laanui Dec. 5, 1826 Translation Notes: 1. Mr. Loomis - Mr. Loomis - Elisha Loomis was in the first missionary company in 1820 and became the first printer in Hawai‘i. 2. Gideon Laanui - Gideon Peleiōhōlani Laʻanui was a native of Waimea, Hawaiʻi who was partly raised in the court of Kamehameha I and married Nāmāhana, a sister of Kaʻahumanu. He was an early Christian convert and became an active member of the church, living in Waialua, Oʻahu. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Laanui, Gideon - Ali`i Letters - 1826.12.05 - Loomis, Elisha Description An account of the resource Gideon La‘anui writes to affirm that Mr. Loomis and all the missionaries are blameless and that he is devoted to Jesus and the word of Jehovah. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Pacific Islands Missions Records, 1819-1960 (ABC 19.1-19.7). Houghton Library, Harvard University. Used by permission of Wider Church Ministries Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laanui, Gideon Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Puakea Nogelmeier Translated by Awaiaulu Foundation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1826-12-05