2 10 16 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/8a7191047f36115b58d8ac6098eed869.pdf 06c5cc8f99cdf1f3c9aa12eb695897bf PDF Text Text TABLE OF CONTENTS STATION REPORTS Kailua & Kaawaloa . . . . . . K a ilu a: . . . . . . . . . . . Unsigned . . . ” " (Thurston) " " " " (Thurston) " . . . ” ( S .L . Andrews) . . . A . Thurston Statistics . . . Unsigned . . . . . . . . . . . " ( S .L . Andrews) . . . . A . Thurston ........................................ Seth L. Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . A . Thurston ....................................... Seth L. Andrews . . Report of Schools . . Unsigned ( S .L . Andrews) . . . . . . . . . . . A . Thurston ....................................... Seth L. Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . A. Thurston . . . . . . . . . . . Seth L , Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . A . Thurston . . . . . . ................ Seth L . Andrews No Meeting 1845 . . . . . . . . . . . Unsigned (Thurston) • . • • • Church Statistics....... A. Thurston ..................................... A . Thurston No Meeting 1850 . .................... . . . « A. Thurston . . . . . . . . . . . Unsigned (Thurston) . . . . . . . . • • • A . Thurston Abstract. . . . . . . Unsigned (Thurston) " " . . . . . . . . . . . . A . Thurston A b s t r a c t .................... Unsigned (Thurston.) ....................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abstract ............... .. . . Unsigned (Thurston) . A . Thurston . Unsigned (Thurston) . A. Thurston • • • 1851 1852 1855 1834 1855 1856 1857 1858 1858 1859 1859 1859 1840 1840 1841 1841 1841 1842 1842 1845 1845 1844 1844 1846 1848 1849 1851 1852 1855 1855 1854 1855 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1860 1861 �[June 1 , 1831] State of the M issio n at the Stations of K a ilu a and Kaawaloa. Members of the Church re c e iv e d at K a ilu a since the la st meeting - - - - - - - ----- Members previously received - - - - - - - - - 31 43 Total members of the church 74 Deceased 3 Suspended fo r u n c h r is tia n conduct 2 Remaining i n f u l l standing 69 Persons propounded to be re ceiv ed at the next communion - - - - - - - - 24 Kaenaku the female formerly suspended has since been r e sto r e d upon p ro fessio n of repentance. Members of the church received at Kaawaloa since the last general meeting - - - - - - - 41 Members previously re ce iv e d Total - - - - - - - 17 - - - - - - 58 Deceased Suspended fo r u nchristia n conduct Remaining i n f u l l standing - - - - - - 2 - . 3 53 The in d iv id u a ls suspended la s t year for u n c h r is tia n conduct, v i z . Hopu & Kamakau w ah in e, have since been re sto red upon th eir repentance . The number of couples m arried at K a ilu a sin ce the la s t general meeting i n Jany. 1830 is 180. �Kailua and Kaawaloa - 1831 2 Th e marriages at Kaawaloa have a l l b e en performed by N a ih e , of which we have no re c o rd . The number of in fa n ts b a p tize d at K a ilua is 1 8 , and at K a a w a loa 1 4 . Translations — have been made since the last general m eeting of the 2d E p is t le to the C o rin th ian s, the E p istles to the G a l a t i a n s Ephesians & P h i l i p i a n s . The trac t from the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy Is tr a n s la te d and ready to be reviewed. Some progress has also b e e n made in the Hawaiian A rithm etic. Schools at K ailua & v ic in it y I n January of the present y e a r , there were examined 5 0 sc h o o ls , containing Men & boys - - - - 1520 Women - - - - - - 1728 Children - - - - - 566 3814 May 3d our la st examination was h e l d . re v iew , 52 schools p assed under containing as follows Men & boys - 1119 Women - - - - - - 1232 Children - 540 2 891 - - - Of these 722 adults could re a d In the Gospels w ithout a prompt­ e r, & 42 8 e x h ib ite d specimens of w ritin g on the s l a t e . [UnsignedJ [ On back] : Report For K a ilu a June 1831 �Report of the S tatio n at K a ilu a f o r the year ending June 1 , 1832 Whole no of schools attached to the s ta tio n Whole no of scholars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 3450 Of these there are ab le to read — Adult males Adult fem ales 509 - -- - - C hildren able to r e a d , D o . unable to read - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 511 - 125 - - - - 378 U nable to re a d except i n the elementary book Adult males - - - Adult females - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 96 0 967 Members re ce iv ed Into the church during the y e a r, men 2 2 , women 16 ----- t o t a l 38 Whole n o . received to the church - - - - - Of these have d ie d - - - - - Suspended and not yet restored Members i n f u l l standing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 112 4 2 - 106 Persons propounded to be received at the next communion - 26 Marriages performed during the year 179 - - - - Translations have b een made of the books of 1 Sam uel, & 10 chapters of 2d Sam. The Book of Deuteronomy has been re tr a n s la te d e n tire , and the Gospel of Matthew r e v is e d . Also a t r a n s la t io n of Colburn’ s F ir s t lessons o f Arithm etic has been completed to the 150th page, besides a M .S . of 180 quarto fo olscap pages of a r it h ­ metic have been com piled, which was afterwards returned by the com­ mittee and l a id a s id e , {Unsigned} [ On b a c k :] Report 1832 K a ilu a �Report for Kailua June 1855 1. Preaching. Public re lig io us meetings have b een r e g u la r ly h eld by us both here and at Kaawaloa on the Sabbath a lte r n a te ly , u n t i l w it h in a few months, M r. Forbes has preached h a l f of the time a t h is statio n . I t i s presumed he w i l l be able soon to take the preaching Into h is own h an d s, when we propose to occupy two new p reaching statio n s w ith in our bounds, v i z . one at Keauhou about 7 m. South of th is p la c e , and the other at Kaelehuhekulu about 15 m iles to the north. 2. Translations have been continued as b e fo r e . The Gospel of M at. has been reviewed anew & tr a n s c rib e d , and is i n the hands of the other tran slato rs, awaiting th eir r e v i s i o n . Numbers & Deuteronomy have b een fin is h e d & sent to the P rin tin g Committee. The T ran s la ­ ting of the 1st & 2d Saml , have been f in is h e d & r e w r itte n , ready for the review er. The Gospel of John has been r e v is e d , and some parts re t r a n s la t e d , ready to be reviewed by the other tr a n s la t o r s ; and some progress is making in t r a n s la t in g Colburn’ s Sequel for the b e n e fit of the H ig h School & others more advanced i n t h a t s c ie n c e . 3d. Sch o o ls. During the year past there have been three general examinations of Schools attached to the superintendence of this S t a t io n . At the l a s t examination in A p r il there were present as follo w s, 1099 Adult readers 867 Adult learners 28 3 Children o f both sexe s. 2249 t o t a l . Considerable atten tio n has b een p aid to schools by ourselves the past y e a r. We have reason to b e l ie v e , that altho ' the number of readers & learners have d im inished, yet the attention of those disp osed to �Kailua 1833 2 le a rn h as been more f i x e d the past year than the previous one, and in many a commendable ( ! ) progress has been made. A new school-house has been put up and covered fo r the use of the m issio n aries. our exp en se. The doors and a w r itin g desk fu rn is h e d at Three days i n a week has been devoted by Mr. B . [ BishopJ to the in stru c tio n of the teachers i n a r i t h m e t i c Geography during n in e months of the past y e a r. ( !) & A new set of maps on a scale of 6 inches to 10 degrees, drawn on c lo th by M r. Spaulding & le tte r e d by Mr. B . has just been completed for the use of our schools. Two c h ild r e n ’ s sc h o o ls, one fo r boys and the other fo r g ir ls under the immediate in stru ctio n of Mr. & Mrs. B . have been kept up fo r about 7 months p a s t , and considerable progress has been made in learning them to re a d , and in teaching them the Helu K a m a lii. B esides the above schools Mrs. B . & T . have had each a school of adult females in a r i t h m e t i c four days i n a week; and a b i b l e class of fem ales on each afternoon of F r id a y . There is also a b i b l e class of adult males at the same hour, which one of us re g u la rly atten d . The average number present is about 4 0 . Our S a b . School on the "Verse a day system" continues though with dim in ished numbers. 4. R e lig io u s meetings during the w eek. Our Tabu m eetings, v i z . the Poalima & the N inaninau have both b e en d isco n tin u e d , on the ground, that we fe a re d they were considered by numbers as stepping stones to g et into the ch. Other meetings fo r prayer & exhortation have been in s t it u t e d in t h e ir ste a d , & the exercises adapted to the p ec u lia r state of things here e x i s t i n g . The Friday evening prayer meeting was very f u l l y attended fo r �Kailua 1833 3 a tim e, and an apparent solemnity was v i s i b l e . But for some months p a s t , th ey have been very th in ly attended, and whether the suspension of Tabu meetings & su b stitu tin g others in th e ir place has been productive of good or otherw ise, we are at present unable to s a y . 5. We have married during the year seventy s i x couples. 6 . Present state of the church and congregation. Whole n o . received into the church - - - - - Persons cut off or suspended - dism issed ( ! ) to other churches D ied - - - - - - - - - Remaining in f u l l standing - - - - - - - - - - - - 104 11 13 - - - - - - - 4 28 - - - - - - - 76 No adm issions have been made to the church during the past y e a r . The twenty-six in d iv id u als who stood propounded at the time of our la st annual report have been set a s id e , in consequence of the d i f f i ­ cu ltie s in the midst of u s , & because many of them appeared less engaged i n r e l ig i o n than form erly, w hich led us to fe a r that th e ir pretentions to p ie t y were not w e ll fo u n d ed ; and the conduct of some of them has since proved, that our susp icio ns respecting them were not without fo u n d a tio n . A few of them appear w e l l , b e s id e s a number of o th e rs, who have not been examined, and may h e rea fte r b e admitted to the church. But when they w i l l b e brought forward is u n c e r t a in . The portentous c r i s i s , w hich appears now to be approaching upon t h is n a tio n , w i l l probably f u r n is h a bette r test of t h e ir s in c e r it y when it a r r iv e s , than any thing they yet have f e l t . The past has been a year of t r i a l and h u m ilia tio n to the m issionaries and church at K a il u a . Soon a fte r our return from the general meeting in July l a s t , we discovered a d e fe c tio n i n some of �Kailua 1833 4. ( !) our church members, and i t was currently rumoured, that se v era l had been deeply involved i n g u i l t . ' As every precaution had been taken to conceal facts from us by those concerned, we entered upon the in v e s t ig a t io n of the business w it h no ordinary concern fo r the resu it. During the course of a protracted series of church m eetin gs, the w hole matter was brought to l i g h t . the commencement of the e v i l may b e dated back several y e a r s , to soon after or before the time of the f i r s t admissions to the church. I t appears to have o rig inate d in one woman and her paramour, who were among the f i r s t admitted. She is a person of uncommon t a le n t s ; who learned to re ad in two weeks from the time she began her l e t t e r s . She possessed great influence over o th ers, h av ing been from the f i r s t a leading in d iv id u a l among the serious class of fem ales. We have reason to suppose that she was sincere in the com­ mencement of her r e l ig io u s course, though we cannot now reg ard her as having possessed true r e l i g i o n . She had the art (? ) to conceal her r e a l character so as to possess the entire confidence of her teachers, who considered her as a pattern in improvement and i n t e l l i ­ gence. Her a ctiv ity i n furthering plans for the b e n e fit of the female part of the peo ple , her apparently contrite and humble con­ fe s sio n s of i nward s in f u l n e s s , the good name she bore ( ? ) w ith a l l c la s s e s , & her care of her ch ild ren more than any oth er, attempted to imitate the m ission f a m il i e s , I n w hich she In keeping them from the corruptions of the la n d , a l l served to conceal a h ea rt of p ride & h y p o c r is y . I t w i l l be unnecessary to go into a d e t a il of the d isg u s tin g means which she used to decoy others into her n e t . say, S u ffic e i t to that the power of g i n , and the doctrine that adultery was no sin i f i t could b e concealed, overcame the scruples of three other �Kailua 1833 5. women, and. induced them to come into the embraces of h e r paramour, & one other person, who constituted the secret junto, w hich spread the leaven of p o llu tio n around them. The 2 men and one woman of this company had been p r e v i o u s l y detected and suspended for adultery w it h others; but upon t h e i r p u b lic ly professing repentance, and g iv in g evidence that they were sincere in i t , they were restored to the church a fter a separation of about a y e a r . I t appeared however, a fter th is a f f a i r t r a n s p ir e d , that they had concealed every thing except what had been proved against them. There were others also i n v o l v e d w ith them, who knew only of their own crimes but were not admitted into the se cret. At the close of the In v e s t ig a t io n , seven persons, v i z . 3 men and 4 women were solemnly cut o ff from the church, u n t i l such times as i t s h a ll appear, th at they are tru ly p en ite n t. Since that time two more in d iv id u als have been separated from the church: there one a chief woman fo r a crime committed at Oahu, w h ile on a v i s i t ; and the other the husband of the woman who was the leader I n the i n iq u it y ; who, b eing over awed by the th rea ts of h is w i f e , concealed has knowledge o f her crim es, declaring th at he knew nothing of the a f f a i r . When these facts became p u b lic , there was great r e j o ic in g in the camp of the enemy, and i t became the theme of every o n e’ s t a l k . The very boys In th e streets would s in g out in s u lt in g ly to the members of th e church, as they passed along; and th o s e , who f o r shame had been compelled to hide th eir heads on account of th eir crim es, now came out b o l d l y , & exu lted in the d i s t i n c t i o n , th at they might now claim church members h i p f o r t h e ir a ss o c ia te s. The e f fe c t of these things upon the church as a body was to humble them and lead �Kailua them to more watchfulness and p ra y e r. 1833 They have appeared much b e t t e r since than form erly, and we b e lie v e a goodly number of them are d a ily growing in grace . But whether such be the truth or not i s known only to the Searcher of h e a r ts . We d esire to speak w i t h c a u t io n , & re jo ic e over them w it h fear and trem bling. Our house of w orship on the Sabbath is not so w e l l f i l l e d as form erly. The congregation is not more than h a l f so numerous as i t was three or fo u r years a g o . The average attendance i n the morn­ ing is from twelve to f i f t e e n hundred, h a l f of these absent themselves. serious worshippers among u s , and in the afternoon n ea rly There is an evident decrease of and an. inc rease of those who are w aiting the signal to throw o ff a l l moral r e s t r a in t . Hereafter the pono must b e sustained by moral suasion and the e ffe c t of God’ s word upon the h e a r t , without assistance from the arm of c i v i l power. I t becomes us therefo re to g ir d an our armour and prepare f o r the c o n f l i c t . What is before us we know n o t . We do know however that the promise of God w il l b e f u l f i l l e d , th at the h ea th ­ en s h a ll be given to the Son fo r h is in h e rita n ce ; & though we may be c a l l e d to wade [march? ] through p ersecution in the discharge of our d u t ie s , y e t the end is sure that a l l these isla n d s w i l l one day become a part of the peaceful kingdom of our Lord & saviour Jesus C h r is t . [Unsigned] [Probably Thurston] �Report fo r K ailua May 1854 Since th e la st general m eeting, we have been perm itted through the mercies of our Heavenly Father to pursue without in t e rr u p tio n our accustomed labors among the peo ple ; and we d esire to f e e l our renewed obligations to a K in d Providence fo r continued h e a lth and a b il i t y to preach the w ord and instru ct the ignorant in the way of life. Since the f i r s t of Jany. one of us has preached every t h ir d sabbath at Kaawaloa. in order to enable Mr. Forbes to exten d h is labors to a part of h is charge about 10 m iles distant to th e south of Kaawaloa. We have also performed a Sabbath' s labor at 2 stations each side of us every other sabbath d uring the y e a r , one at Kaelehu- luhulu 15 miles n o rth and the other at Keauhou 6 miles south of [us] at which we have uniformly preached to considerable au d ien ces, and esta blish e d sabbath sc h o o ls , which continue f l o u r i s h i n g . When we have preached a t Kaawaloa our planes at one of these station s have b een su p plied by the members of the church. Besides these regular services we have attended 2 p ro tracted meetings at Kaawaloa and held one a t K a il u a . Of those h e l d at K a ­ awaloa we w i l l leave the pastor of that church to sp eak . The one at K a ilu a was continued 4 days, commencing on the 11th of May & closing on t h e 1 4 t h . p a r t ic u la r ly . Of the r e s u lt of t h is meeting we cannot at present speak The meetings were a l l attended to the l a s t , and the state o f f e e l i n g m anifested was such as to warrant us i n the conclu­ sion that some good by the b le s s in g of God has been e ffe c t e d . The people were g e n era lly a tte n tiv e , and some of them solemn. Forbes was w ith us 2 days and besides preaching a s s is t e d in the exercises at the prayer m eetings, of w h. we had three each d ay . Mr. �Kailua 1834 So far as the e ffec t o f these meetings re la te to o u rse lv e s , we can speak decidedly in t h e ir fa v o r . Our own souls have been r e fr e s h e d by them , and we are led to hope, that th eir influence on th e church & people have been no less sa lu ta ry . The general r e lig io u s aspect of our congregations at the present time we think is more promising than it has been fo r a number of years p a s t; and our sabbath school has increased considerably sin ce the commencement of the y ea r. I n these the Governor takes an a ctiv e part and hears a class of his people repeat their v erses. The present state of fe e lin g among the members of the church g en era lly we th in k is of a more encouraging character th an i t has been f o r several years p a s t . There is a greater degree o f harmony among them, more circum spection, more C h r is t ia n w atchfulness over each other, and more fervency in p ra y e r, and their s o lic it u d e fo r the conversion of souls seems to have in c re a se d . There are 9 of those suspended from the church 2 years who s t i l l continue in the same state of se p a ra tio n . desirous to be re ceiv ed a g a in , Of these a l l b u t 2 are some o f whom appear to b e p e n it e n t . But one of those suspended at the time above mentioned has been r e c e iv e d . There have been 20 persons received into the church dur­ ing the y e a r , v iz 9 males & 11 fem a les, and 13 stand propounded for admission at the next communion. I n a d d itio n to our former s o c ia l m eetings, we have a d a ily morning prayer meeting, between daylight and s u n r is e . is w e l l atten ded, This meeting and it s b e n e f i c i a l e ffe c ts are v i s i b l e by the increased seriousness of a l l 'who a tte n d . Our schools have not been i n very vigorous operation fo r 2 or 3 months p a s t. I t is a time of great scarcity of food on the �Kailua 1834 3. western part of the is l a n d , and th is has been the means of s c a t te r ­ in g some to other p a r t s , and drawing away others into the country to c u ltiv a te the so il sin ce the r a in s set i n . The schools w hich we teach ourselves have been continued though w ith dim inished numbers. The great obstacles to improvement i n our schools are the want of competent teachers, the in d isp o sitio n of a great m ajority o f bo th adults & c h ild r e n , to attend upon in s t r u c t io n with any r e g u l a r i t y . The f i r s t of these obstacles it i s hoped w i l l be overcome in the course of y e a r s , and when th is is e ffe c t e d , the others w i l l become less fo rm idable. For when the native instructors s h a ll become able to teach in t e llig e n t ly & under standingly so as to in t e r e s t the f e e l i n g , o f th e ir p u p i l s , the in d isp o sitio n to attend school w i l l be dim in ish e d. It is our earnest d e s ir e that something be d e v ised at t h is meeting for the more e ffe c t u a lly instru ctin g of the c h i l ­ dren, over whom we have been able hitherto to exercise but l i t t l e or no salutary in flu e n c e . The works tr an s late d during the past year are the f i r s t part of C o lb u rn 's Sequel to A rithm etic, and W o rcester' s sc rip tu re geog­ raphy f o r the High School. We have also re v ise d and re w r itte n the f i r s t & 2d Book of Samuel which is now in the p r e s s . The tr a n s la tio n of 2d Kings has progressed as fa r as the 6 f i r s t chapters. The E p is t le to the Romans has also been r e v is e d . Schedule of a Report of the S tatio n at Kailua for the Year ending May 31 1833 1. Church members Received in a l l - - - - - - - - - 117 R eceived d uring the year - - - - - - 20 Candidates propounded 13 �Kailua D ie d during th e year D ie d in a l l - - - - - - - 1834 - - - - - - Suspended i n 1832 & not yet restored Members remaining II. - - 9 Schools examined - - - - - - 38 Readers examined - - - - - - 928 - - - - - 619 Total i n schools 1547 - - 7 108 Marriages., 70 couples - - 3 - Learners examined - 4. - The whole number b elo nging to the s a b . schools at K a ilu a and the two out stations is not exactly known, but supposed to be about 1000 who commit a verse each d a y , according to the verse a day system . [Unsigned] [On b a c k :] Report fo r 1834 Kailua �Report of the S ta tio n a t K a ilu a For the year ending May 3 1 s t . 1835 The p ast has been a year of labors and of m ercies. not been marked by any sp ecia l outpouring of the H . S . T h o' i t has [Holy S p ir it ? ] s t i l l we have been enabled to h o ld on the usual tenor of our way, and we trust that souls have been converted from the error of t h e i r w a y s. Sickness has twice v is it e d one of u s , and deprived him of the p r iv ile g e of laboring in th e work assigned him for n in e w e ek s. By th is means the schools under h is in stru c tio n have been stopped dur­ ing that tim e, and much that he had intended to perform in t r a n s la ­ tio n s has been l e f t undone. S t i l l something has been done. Our labors on the Sabbath have b een extended when h e a lth perm itted to the outstations through the year. One of the 2 out statio ns has been v i s i t e d every Sabbath eith e r by ourse lves, or when p r o v id e n tia lly prevented by sick n e ss , by some of the leading ch . members from K a ilu a . For more than 2 years they have been kept up, and w e ll attended by the people e s p e c ia lly on th e Sabbath mornings. S ev era l appear to give hopeful evidence of p ie t y . Schools have been taught by each of the male & fem ale members of the m issio n , some 4 days in the w eek, and some 5 & others every day of the week. P a rtic u la r attention has been p a id to the teachers & c h ild r e n , though our schools have no t been confined to t h e s e , but have embraced a l l who were q u a lifie d & f e l t disposed to come. Mr. Thurston’ s embraces ad u lt teachers & others Mrs. T ' s - ad u lt females - - M r. T ls sin g in g sc h o o l, adults & c h ild r e n — M r. B ’ s adult school teachers & others — �Kailua Do 1835 2. Boys school - - - M rs. B 's adult female - - - Do g i r l s school - - - I t w i l l be proper to mention that we have been m aterially a s s is t e d i n th e instru ctio n o f the ch ild ren by several church members & others, who have bestowed their labors g ra tu it o u s ly , altho a l l of them have made considerable s a c r ific e s i n so d o in g . The tran slatio n s have been as fo llo w s: The 2d Book of K in g s , f in is h e d , the Book of E zra t r a n s la te d and t h e Book of Numbers re v ised & the omitted passages of the B k . of Numbers tran slate d by Mr. Thurston. The gospel of Matthew revised & r e w r itte n , the la t t e r p art of C o lb u rn 's F ir s t lessons re v ised & re w r itte n , & the Sequel r e v is e d for the p res s, the Book of Genesis r e v is e d , translated & w r i t t e n , & about 40 pages of C olburn’ s Algebra tran slate d by M r. B is h o p , b esides w r itin g nearly 40 columns for the Kumu H a w a ii. As to the state o f R e lig io n at K a il u a , tho there has b een no r e v i v a l , yet a p leasing atten tio n to our religio us meetings has p re v a ile d throughout the y e a r . A s p ir it of grayer & unanim ity has ex isted in the church, and been s t e a d ily inc reasin g for more than 2 years p a s t, & the sabbath has been s t r i c t l y observed by a l l the serious portion o f the so ciety as a day sacred to the L o r d . There have been no new instances o f church d is c ip l in e for 2 years or more, and but one o f the c h . members has b een accused of im m orality, but for want of evidence the case was not prosecuted. We have also esta b lis h e d a Wednesday lecture at Holualoa a v illa g e about 3 m iles to the south of K a il u a , w h . has been kept up through the y e a r , so that each of us have re g u la rly preached 3 public �Kailua 1835 3 discourses on each w eek. But in the midst o f these encouraging smiles of pro v id en ce, we have to mourn the w orldly mindedness & apathy of some p ro fessin g C h r is t ia n s , the f a i l u r e of our hopes w it h regard to others who once h i d f a i r to become hopeful subjects of renewing grace, and the stu­ p i d i t y , deadness & obstinate hardness of heart m anifested by the mass of immortal beings around u s. Deaf to the word of God sounded i n t h e ir ears from sabbath to sab b ath , unheeding the c a l l s of con­ s c ie n c e , they s t i l l p e rsist to harden their h e a rts , and are ru sh in g headlong to eternal m isery . The d is t in c t io n between the people of God & the world is yearly becoming more marked, & the lin e s demarcation more d i s t i n c t . of As the patronage of kings & c h ie fs is withdrawn, the hypocrites f a l l o f f , the w orld sets i t s e l f more bo ld ly against the t r u t h , & true r e l ig i o n ris e s i n the ch u rch . Al- tho we have fewer hearers by n e a rly or quite one h a l f than w ere in former d a y s , when Kaahumanu was at the head of a f f a i r s , s t i l l it is our opinion that D iv in e truth is taking deeper ho ld upon the h earts of the f a i t h f u l few that rem ain, and that there is less danger of b ein g imposed upon by h y p o c r itic a l pretenders to r e l i g i o n than f o r ­ m erly . The cause o f God advances w ith more c e r ta in ty , and the truth is professed w it h more p u r it y , when we are taught to l e a n w holly on the D iv in e power, than when any human authority is perm itted to in te rv e n e . The n o . of readers at the la s t examination w e r e , Marriages during the year Admitted to the church Ch. members d ie d - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole n o . of members in f u l l st a n d in g . [Unsigned] 850 67 32 4 119 �Report of the S tatio n of K a ilu a June 1 8 3 6 . During the past year the labors of t h is Station have been conducted, -without any other interrup tio n than what has been occa­ sion ed by the absence of Mr. Bishop and fam ily from the l a s t of D ecr . to the latter part of Febry on an excursion to Hilo & the volcano i n quest of h e a l t h , and by the absence of Mr. middle of March u n t i l the present tim e. T. and fa m ily from the During these seasons of ab­ sence the meetings at the' 2 out stations have been kept up by the deacons on each alternate Sabbath. Our place of Worship at K a ilu a h aving b een consumed a year ago we have assembled in a school House enlarged by -wings on each sid e & i n f r o n t , but the p lac e has been much straitened and many i n the morning have either sat i n the sun or gone away. Sabbath. Our congregation has v a r ie d from 1000 to 15 00 on each A new stone b u ild in g is b ein g e rected , 120 fe e t by 4 8 , and is now ready to be sh in g le d ; i t is expected to be f i n i s h e d in the course of th e summer. The state of R e lig io n has been on the whole such as to a ffo rd encouragement to b e lie v e that our labours have not b een w holly u nblest i n the conversion of s o u l s . A good attention to the preached word has been apparent, and a few instances of hopeful conversion have occurred. The Sabbath School on the verse-a-day system numbers about 800 pupils at the 3 stations attached to K a i l u a . There has however been no s p e c ia l atten tio n to r e l i g i o n , and the people having had so much employment in procuring m aterials for the erection of a new ch apel, that we have found them less at le is u r e to attend to the souls concerns th an fo rm erly . Our morning prayer meetings have been continued through the y e a r, but w ith fewer numbers than form erly, owing to the frequent absence of the men in the mountains & other­ where i n quest of timber & m aterial f o r the new c h a p e l. No new �K a ilu a June 1836 2. measures have been put on foot the year p a s t , in pro secuting our labors w ith the p e o p le , except the employment of 2 hired, teachers fo r the boys schools in K a ilu a . Upwards of 50 b oys have b een under more or less in stru c tio n fo r 10 months p a s t . The g i r l s school su­ perintended by Mrs. B . has averaged about 120 scho lars, s e v e r a l o f whom have made encouraging progress in read in g w riting and a r i t h ­ m e tic . The d is t r ic t schools attached to our statio n remain on the same fo o tin g as they have continued for se v e r a l years p a s t . say , they have l i t t l e more than the name to l i v e . That is to A few weeks before the examination a rriv es they are re vived in order to prepare for exam ination, a fter which they again sin k in to to ta l n eg lect or very n e a rly so u n t il the season returns fo r another m u s te r .. 3 general examinations during the y e a r . We have had The Sabbath scholars number upwards of 800. T ran slatio n s. 1 We have completed the past year th e Books of C h ro n icles, and the Minor Prophets from Hosea to M alachi in c l u s iv e , which books are now ready for r e v i s a l . The In tro du ctio n to Algebra has also been r e v is e d & forwarded to the press of the High School. The s t a t i s t i c s of the S tatio n are as follows Whole n o . of members received to the church Received la st year - - - - - - - - D ied i n a l l -- Dism issed to other churches One suspended Remaining Suspended 164 21 I7 - 20 2 Excommunicated 1 Received from other churches 1 �K a ilu a 1836 3. Present n o . of ch . members i n f u l l standing 12 8 D ied the p ast year 2 Couples m arried the past year 47 The follow ing are i n answer to the c irc u la r of Messrs Chamberl a i n and Tinker fo r K a ilu a M issionaries at the Statio n - - - - - - - - - - 2 Native p reachers, none Teachers receiving pay f o r services ----- - Places for stated preaching on the Sabbath 2 - - 3. 1 at K a i l u a , 1 at Kaelehuluhulu & 1 a t Keauhou. A stated weekly lecture i s also h eld on every Wednesday at H olualoa. Boarding schools - - - none Free Schools. 2 fo r boys & one fo r g i r l s at K a i l u a . boys have been taught by Hopu & Kapae. of 5 0 . The The n o . amounts to upwards They are not en tirely regular in t h e ir attendance, & the schools su ffe r for want of su itable school-houses. The g ir l s school amounts to 1 2 0 , and is much b e t t e r attended than those o f the boys, and consequently much better progress is made i n le a r n in g . M ission Property at Kailua 2 houses, valued at - $25 00 25 heads of ca ttle 200 100 goats 2 horses - 100 - - - - - - - Household f u r n it u r e , supposed w orth Out houses - - - - - 80 1000 100 # 2d Book K in g s , E z r a , Gospel of S . John, copied fo r the p r e s s . The Tract on Numbers re v ised . [Unsigned] �Kailua S ta tio n Report. May - 1837 . I n giving an account of the labors & c . of the past y e a r , we desire to speak of th e goodness of God in continuing to us that degree of h e a lth as to enable us to perform a part of the customary duties of the S ta t io n , b ut probably w ith less e ffic ie n c y than form erly. The M ission at our last Gen. Meet­ in g reduced us one h a l f as to numbers, & more than that as to strength & e f f i c i e n c y . I t was expected of course, that many things formerly attended t o , would be neglected or l a i d a s i d e . We have had no school f o r adults & teachers as i n former y e a r s . That part of Job assigned me by the M ission fo r t r a n s la t io n has been completed; & also that part assign ed to Mr. Richards has been tran slated, by h is request & a d v ic e , when at our S t a t io n , previous to h is leaving the i s l a n d s . At two d iffe ren t times I have been a f f l ic t e d w ith a c o l d , at which periods I was d isa b led from preaching two Sab b aths, one at each season. In th e la tter ease my c o ld was accompanied w ith a cough, from which I have not e n tire ly recovered. W ith these exceptions I have preached r e g u la rly three times a w eek, twice on th e Sabbath, besides attending the sabbath sc h o o l, & once on Wednesday. Two other weekly meetings have also been atte n d e d , one on Monday afterno o n, & one on F rid ay evening. These meetings have generally been w e ll atten d ed , & I trust have had a good i n f l u ­ ence on the minds of most who have been accustomed to come to­ gether on these o ccasions. Besides these m eetings, I have during three or four months p a s t , devoted one h a l f day each week in conversing w it h a l l who �Kailua - 1837 2 come to my house for r e lig io u s in s tr u c tio n s . None however are perm itted to come oftener than once a month, except somethingsp ecial should render i t necessary . I n order that the people might le a rn to respect my rig h ts & w is h e s , as w e l l as t h e ir own & those of each other, i t was necessary to have some lin e s very d is t in c t l y marked. I therefore d iv id e d the la n d , over w hich I have a p a r tia l superintendence, into four p arts, whose boundaries are d is t in c t ly d e fin e d , & w ell understood. Those in d iv id u a ls belonging to one of these d iv isio n s who w is h to converse w ith me about th e sa lv a tio n of th eir so u ls, come to my house the same h a l f d a y , & so of those belonging to each of the other d i v i s i o n s ; so th a t once a month I see a l l , or n early a l l , who are d esiro us of r e lig io u s in s t r u c t io n . During the month past upwards of 380 have been to my house for the object above stated . Before the above arrangement I had no command of my tim e what­ ev er; no hours were sacred, except those of the Sabbath. But since I have had no d i f f i c u l t y ; for I t o ld the people p l a i n l y , that that ( ! ) those who broke in upon the hours which they knew were sacred to me, I should regard as thieves & ro b b ers. The new meeting-house was dedicated on the 4 t h of F e b . last. Since that time the congregation has b een co nsiderably la r g e r , owing to the f a c t , that no meetings have been had on the sabbath at our two out stations since that tim e. Previously meetings were conducted at those places by members of the ch h . The g re a t­ er portion however of the p eo ple , who attended at the two outs t a t io n s , do not attend now at K a i l u a . The more serious part of the people in those regions only a tte n d . The state of the people gen erally has been more than u su ally �Kailua 1837 in t e re s tin g during most of the y e a r, & i t is hoped that some have been born of God. The church as a body have appeared w e l l , & some of the members have been more than u su ally engaged. have however been some cases of d i s c i p l i n e . There Five have b een sus­ pended during the y e a r, four of whom have been restored on e v i ­ dence of repentance. restored. m unicated. One previously suspended has been also Two s t i l l remain suspended; & one s t i l l remains excom­ Twenty nine have been re c e iv e d to the chh. on exam­ i n a t i o n , & 3 by l e t t e r , from other ch h ’ s . S ix have b een removed to other c h h 's . during the y e a r . Death has made h is ravages among the members of our church. Seven have deceased since la st June . I t has also been a dying' time among the people of K a ilu a & its v i c i n i t y . Many have f i n ­ ish e d th eir e arthly , & entered on t h e ir eternal s t a te e ith e r in heaven or h e l l . Most of the church members who have d i e d , e x ­ h ib i t e d evidence of b eing prepared fo r th eir change. The number of children that have been baptized d u r in g the year is 2 8 , one of whom has d ie d . The whole number of c h ild r e n that have been baptized at K a ilu a is 9 5 . The whole number that have d ie d is 6 . Schools. Some of our old schools have been re v iv e d a l i t t l e , & an increased interest has been m anifested i n them. The c a lls f o r books have been more numerous, e s p e c ia lly fo r the N .T . The people are not h a l f su p p lie d w ith this part of the word of God. The s ix teachers, graduates from the h ig h sc h o o l, have each an in te re s tin g school of c h ild r e n , of 1 6 8 , one of 8 1 , one of 8 0 , the largest o f which consists one of 5 9 , 2 of 5 1 , e ach . One taught by Thomas Hopu of 2 9 , & one other sc ho o l, w hich contains �Kailua 23. 1837 4. There are a few c h ild re n attached to some of the other scho o ls. The school fo r g i r l s at K a ilu a superintended by M rs. T . in which three of our children have each a small c l a s s , consisted of 140 at the last exam ination 14 have have ( ! ) com- menced the study, 17 in the Helunaau, 47' in the Helu K a m a lii, 64 can read in the N .T . 30 in Iekemua, 29 in the Kumumua, & 17 are i n the A lphabet. The second exam ination t h is year there were 180 in t h is school. dim in ishin g i n numbers. Since that time the school has been Some have removed to other isla n d s & to other parts of H a w a ii, some liv e two or three m iles up the country & unless urged by th e ir parents do not a tte n d ; but most parents, that liv e considerable distances from sc h o o l, do not f e e l s u ffic ie n t ly in tere s ted in the in stru ctio n o f t h e ir ch ildren to urge them to attend, & of course th eir children rem ain at home. Those p a r e n ts, who a re not awake themselves to in s t r u c t io n & to the salv atio n of th eir tous to have their own s o u ls , w i l l not be very s o l i c i - children taught. We think however th at par­ ents generally are becoming more impressed w ith the importance of this su b ject, & the prospect that c h ild ren & youth w i l l be co llec ted into our schools is becoming more encouraging than in former y e a r s . Our monthly M aternal & Paternal meetings have b e e n r e g u la r ly kept up through the y ear, 8c they have had a good in flu e n c e in th is r e s p e c t, & parents are becoming b ette r inform ed resp ectin g t h e ir duties to th eir c h ild r e n . There are a fe w C h ristia n fam i­ l ie s in which the children are regarded w ith much s o l ic it u d e , & are managed w it h considerable s k i l l & judgment. fa m ilie s are very rare among u s . But such Most parents manage their �Kailua 1837 5. c h ild r e n as though they w ere the o ffsp rin g of the b easts of the fie ld . I t is encouraging however to witness a gradual improvement i n t h i s re sp ec t. befo re them. Young parents do much b e tte r than t h e ir fathers Many generations must, however, pass away b efo re fam ily government can be any thing ( ! ) l ik e what i t ought to b e . During the year our morning prayer meetings have b een kept u p , & we think have h ad a b e n e f i c i a l tendency. The two monthly prayer meetings have also been reg u la rly attended, the f i r s t & t h ir d Mondays; & the last Thursday in February was observed as a day of f a s t in g & prayer for c o lle g e s , schools & c . Besides the meetings before mentioned I have r e g u la r ly met the church on Saturday evening of each week; & since February I have s e t a part one h a lf day i n each week for the purpose of a more p a r tic u la r conversation w ith the members of the chh. than I have at a general m eeting of the w hole. could I therefore d iv id e d the church into fo u r p a r ts , & one of these d iv isio n s come to my house on each week; so th at during a month, I can see & converse w ith a l l the members of the chh; that is a l l except those who may be ill, or absent at the tim e. In t h is manner I have endeavoured to asce rta in the s t a te of th e ir m inds, and to arouse their souls to thought, to f e e l i n g & to a c t io n . These seasons of fam iliar conversation w it h the members of the church I have enjoyed much m y self, & I am w e ll persuaded have had a happy influ en ce on the church gen erally . ly more There is e v id en t­ of f e e l in g than form erly; mor e watchfulness over each other, & over them selves, & more s e l f exam ination, and comparing themselves w it h the word of God, & looking at the �Kailua 1837 6. terms of d i s c i p l s h i p which, the great Teacher him self requ ires of h is fo llo w ers. For four or f i v e months past the members of the church & others disposed have contributed in wood to the amount of 6 or 7 co rd s. The av a ils of t h is is to be appropriated to a s s is t n a tiv e school te a c h e r s , & to a ss is t i n b u ild in g & f u r n is h in g school ho uses, & c . This monthly c o n tr ib u tio n , t h o ' sm all, may amount to considerable in the course of months & years should it be co ntinued. I t would b e more v alu a b le i f we h ad a r e g u la r market for wood & other a rtic le s a t K a i l u a . On the whole we think the cause of C h rist advancing i n our r e g io n s, & we have grounds fo r the b e l i e f that the gospel w i l l glo rio u sly triumph i n these i s l a n d s . I need not state here that more laborers are needed i n our part of H a w a ii, s t i l l we present no claims to deprive other & more d estitu te regions of t h e ir h ig h e r claim s. We have f u l l confidence that the meeting w il l so balance the claims of d i f ­ ferent parts of this m issionary f i e l d as to give to K a il u a & it s regions a due share of importance. 58 marriages d u r in g t he year 29 received to the church on exam ination . 3 do by lette r 2 1 4 Whole number received on exam ination. 6 do by letter 7 d ie d during the year 23 in a l l . 6 dism issed to other churches d uring the y e a r . �Kailua 1837 7. 36 do in a l l . 5 have been suspended during the y e a r , 4 of whom have "been received again. 1 formerly suspended has been re c e iv e d . 2 remain suspended. 1 remains excommunicated 15 8 in re gular standing 28 children have been baptized during the year 1 has died this y ear, 6 is the whole number of the b a p t iz e d ch ild ren that have died at K a ilu a . 2000 congregation Sabbath morning 43 schools in a l l 34 for adults 9 for children Sabbath school 600 [unsigned] [ Probably Thurston] �Seth L . Andrews Report [18 37 /3 B ] I arrived at K a ilua after having spent several weeks at H ilo early i n September. Since my a r r iv a l I have g enerally had as much medical p ractice as I could w e ll attend to co n siste n tly w ith other d u t ie s . My practice has been c h ie f l y among the n a t iv e s . I have not sin ce my a r r iv a l at K a ilu a been called from my s t a t io n by dangerous i l l n e s s . There have been three cases of severe and dangerous il l n e s s in the m ission fa m ilie s of Hawaii during the year. Mrs, Lyman was fo r a few days in Au g. in a very c r i t i c a l state. Henry Lyman during the w in ter was so i l l that h is l i f e was despaired o f , owing to the d istan ce I was not sent f o r . In March Mrs. Van Duzee was brought to the bo rd er of the g r a v e . A ll these have by the k in d hand of our heavenly Father b e e n r e ­ liev e d. tio n . Mr. Knapp has been obliged by il l n e s s to leave h is s t a ­ Other members of the m ission have b een in some measure a f ­ flicted ; at present a l l are i n a greater or less degree r e l ie v e d . I n review in g the year we have abundant reason to b le s s God th a t none from t h is Is la n d have b een removed by death & that so good degree of health has been enjoyed. The Schools connected w ith th is s t a t io n have b e e n under my care during the l atter part of the y e a r. in s tru c tin g except i n the S a b . Sch o o l. I have not engaged in I have however v i s i t e d as much as other duties would perm it. The last examination was held during the f i r s t week of A p r i l , the r e s u lt is ex h ib ite d in the fo llo w in g t a b le . �Seth Andrews' Report ~ Kailua Adult Schools Males 2. 23 Hoike honua 293 1838 57 Helu naau 51 Helu kamal i i 13 Females 340 T o ta l 633 Q u e s t. on Map 23 Sacred Geography 37 Readers 627 Not Readers 6 Schools for Children Boys 215 Girls 293 Readers in T est. 249 Not Readers Ho ike honua Sacred Geography 28 Helu naau 41 Helu kamal i i 100 236 Ike mua 23 137 Total Qu e s t . on Map 10 508 18 The adult schools are not thought to be making any advance. The c h ild r e n ’ s schools are making some advance. E ig h t schools are taught by graduates from the Sem inary , one is taught by Thos. Hopu & one by an e f f i c i e n t church member, he is in q u a l i f i c a ­ tions no w hit behind some others. The teachers m anifest a good degree of in tere st in t h e ir w ork. Some have spent much time in preparing maps for t h e ir s c h o o ls , i n w hich they m anifest no l i t t l e sk ill. Some who do no t understand preparing maps have employed others to do it for them. A l l or n e a rly a l l the schools are in this way in some measure supplied w ith maps upon a large s c a l e . �Seth Andrews Report - 1838 3. The teachers have been supported almost e n tire ly by the parents of their pupils;- a very l i t t l e cloth has been fu r n is h e d . cations have been su p p lie d to a l l ; The new p u b l i ­ such other books have b e e n given out as were needed. One teacher & two te a c h e r ’ s wives have been r e cd , to the church during the year. Mrs. One teacher has lost h is w ife by death . Thurston w ith the assistance of her two oldest daughters has sustained a school d uring a part of the y ear. S a b . Schools. hundred, Mr. mostly a d u l t s . Thurston has a S a b . School of about f i v e The A i o ka l a is the text book. A goodly number of the members have been subjects of the work of th e Holy S p irit, and many who have b een awakened have b e e n brought into the school. Mrs. Thurston w it h her daughters have a Sab. school embracing about f i f t y young fem ales. I have a Sab. School for ch ild ren embracing between 200 & 300 p u p ils . The Huliano is u s e d , but w i l l be exchanged f o r the Hawaina K a m a lii. I have also a B ib le class of a d u lts . 100. in g , They use the H u lia n o . Their number is about The S a b . Schools have a l l been i n t e r e s t ­ apparently to b o th pupils & tea ch ers. A l l the schools have shared i n the re v iv a l which has b e en i n our midst for months p a s t . Some preparations have been made for b u ild in g a large stone school h o use; it has been stationary fo r some months, but we hope i n due time to have a commodious house, fo r sc ho o ls, S a b . Schools & occasional m eetings. Gov . Adams cotton manufactory although not d ir e c t l y connected �Seth Andrews' Report - Kailua 1838 4 w it h the m ission may yet claim a n o t i c e , as showing some advancement i n the people fo r whom we la b o r, some f r u it of the to ils of those who have labored here so many y e a r s . Gov. A . built a large stone house fo r the accomm o dation ( ! ) of the spinning hoping to have Miss Brow n's a ssista n c e ; he also had manufactured a dozen -wheels, to which ten were afterwards added, a l l of n ativ e workmanship except one. As i t was not deemed a d v isa b le that Miss B . should leave W ailuku, he obtained the assistanc e of three females -who had learned something of spinning at L a h a in a . The work was commenced w ith th e commencement of the y e a r . ners are females from 12 to 40 y r s , o ld . They have made much b e tte r p r o fic ie n c y than could have been an tic ip a te d . left in the back ground as to s k i l l ; The s p in ­ The teachers were soon some a fter two months p ra c tic e made yarn of a superior q u a lity , the threads are as f i n e & even as would be made by experienced sp in n ers. of a good q u a lit y . A ll, I think nowmake y arn Some weeks since a s u ffic ie n t quantity of good yarn h ad been spun to make 80 y d s . of cloth* A weaver (an American) has la t e ly been procured who i s s a i d to be master of h is a r t . loom w i l l soon be i n op eratio n . [Unsigned] A �K a ilu a May 1 8 (? ) 18 38 Report I t becomes us i n g iv in g a report of our last y e a r ’ s labors to speak o f the kind providence of God, which preserved our number e n t ir e , the h e a lth of some has been f e e b l e at tim es, & there has been an a d d it io n of one to the number of our ch ild ren at this s t a t i o n . This year has been one of deep & solemn in t e r e s t . Since the la st of D e c . there has been more than u s u a l atten tio n to r e l i g i o n here. The Holy S p ir it has been w it h u s , & souls have been converted to God. Hundreds profess to have turned to the Lord since that tim e, & many of them exhibit evidence of having done so in t r u t h . of the most hardened & p ro flig a te are among the number. Some The work of the Lord here embraces a l l a g e s , from the hoary head to the c h ild of eight or ten years. The f i r s t of Jany. a protracted meeting of eight days was h e l d , which was much b le s s e d ; and many date their f i r s t r e l ig io u s impres­ sions from that p e rio d , & some give evidence of having g iv e n t h e ir h earts to God during th at m eeting. Subsequently the work extended to d if f e r e n t parts of this f i e l d , & i t s t i l l continues to p ro g re ss; that i s , new instances of seriousness are frequently o c cu rrin g . see no diminution of in te re s t among the people at p r e s e n t. I Our congregation an th e Sabbath morning is probably not fa r from 2 5 0 0 . We would ca ll upon our s o u ls , & a l l that is w it h in us to b le s s & p ra is e the Lord for the displays of h is mercy & grace among u s . We have seen the the ( ! ) glory of God & we s t i l l see it in the tu rn in g o f men from the service of Satan to the serv ice of God. �2. Kailua - 1838 To the chh. here 62 have been added sin ce our last General M eetin g, two of whom had been b a p t iz e d i n childho o d, the f i r s t c h i l ­ dren of the chh. that have been re ceived at th is p la c e . There are a few others of the b a p tiz e d c h ild r e n , who exhibit evidence of having given th eir hearts to the Lord since the commencement of the r e v i v a l . There are more c h ild r e n , who have not been b ap tized , who are serious i n q u ir e r s , but [ few ? ] than those who h a v e . But i t w i l l be remembered, that ch ild ren comparatively have been b a p tize d : 12 8 o n ly , of these 34 have been b a p t i z e d this y e a r. 283 the whole number re c eiv e d to the chh. here - 7 o f whom by lette r 38 in a ll - dism issed to other churches; 2 of -whom d u r in g the present y e a r. 30 in a l l have deceased. 7 the present y e a r . 3 are now suspended, & one excommunicated. 212 now in re g u la r standing 65 marriages th e present y ear. None of those who have been re c eiv ed to the chh. d uring the present year have been of the number of recen t converts. Most of them date their f i r s t serious impressions from about the time of the d ed ica tio n of the chh. a year la st February, & some previous to th at tim e , — They have a l l however re c eiv e d anew ( ! ) impulse in the state of t h e ir fe e lin g s since Jany. l a s t ; & have given more decid ed e v i ­ dence o f p ie t y , - have come out b o ld ly on the sid e of the Lord. The chh. as a whole was never in a better state than at p resen t. Some of the members are thoroughly awake, & others are waking u p , & we are expecting to see more of the displays of God’ s power & glory than we have yet seen h e r e . The Holy S p i r i t , we t r u s t , w i l l �Kailua - 1838 continue to work on the m ultitu d e, that 3. s t i l l remains in impenitence & u n b elief. I have spent most of my time sin ce Jan . in conversing w ith those u [n ]d er serious im pressions, d ir e c t in g th eir minds to the Lamb of God who tak eth away the sin s of the w o rld . It has been a h arvest time h e r e , & souls have been gathered into the garner of the L o r d . The c h h . is obeying the voice of her God. ” A r is e , s h in e , fo r t h y lig h t is come, & the glory of the Lord is r i s e n upon t h e e . " ris in g , She is she i s sh inin g , for the glory of the Lord is i n the midst of h e r . The members of the chh. & others d isp o sed , bring in t h e ir monthfish ly co n trib u tio n s; some i n wood, some in ta p a s , some in & some in s a l t . The f i r s t of Jan. a co n trib u tio n was made by the chh. & others for the Boarding School of boys at H i l o , amounting to about 75 d o l l s . , according to Haw aiian v a l u a t io n . This was a s p e c i a l e f ­ fo r t for the b e n e fit of th at sc h o o l, & i t i s hoped that the chh. here w i l l do something y e a rly fo r i t so long as i t sh all be co n tin ued. The a rtic le s contributed, consisted of ta p a s , s a l t , & 15 y d s . cloth v a lu e d at 15 d o l l s . fu rn ishe d by Mr. R ic e , th is c h h . a foreigner & member of The Gov. gave i n tapas & s a lt to the value of 13 1/2 d o l l s . He also furnished his schooner g r a t i s to convey to H ilo the c o n tr i­ butions of th is p la c e , Kaawaloa, & Waimea. re tu r n , anchored at Kawaehae & sunk. The schooner, on its I t had been i n a leaky con di­ t io n f o r some tim e, but it i ncreased very much on t h e ir r e t u r n , they arrived at the place above mentioned. till The men were t ir e d out in th e ir constant labor at the pump; & they a l l camped down i mme­ d ia te ly on the deck. They h ard ly had time to get to sleep b efo r e the v e s s e l went down, & the[y] found themselves f l o a t in g on th e w ater, �Kailua - 1838 & immediately made for the shore, 4. 'where they a l l reached in s a fe t y . Had the v essel gone down on t h e ir way from H ilo to th at p l a c e , they might a l l have p erished; but th ro ’ the providence of God they were a l l preserved. [Unsigned] [ Probably Thurston] �A Report in part of the Statio n at K a i lua . [ 1 839] Through the mercies of our ever gracious God, we are perm itted a g a in to appear before this M issio n i n General M eeting, & g iv e some account of ourselves, of our la b o rs , of the State of the ch h . & of the people generally & the future prospects of the S t a t io n . D uring the year our fa m ilie s have been v is it e d w ith S ick n e ss; but the mercies of God have been about u s , & by the tim ely a id of a p h y sicia n w it h h is b le s s in g on the remedies used, h e a lth has been i n a measure re sto red, which demands a tr ib u te of g r a t e fu l p ra is e to our Heavenly F a th e r , not only from a ll belonging to the S t a t i o n , but from the M issio n g e n e r a lly . We would mention the kindness & sympathy of our a ss o c ia te s, not only of our own but of n eigh b orin g s t a t i o n s , who v is it e d & a id e d us on the above occasions; & note the providence of God which b r o 't to our doors our elder p h y s ic ia n in 11 days after the date of our l e t t e r s . As the d e ta ils of t h is sub­ ject belong rather to D r . A ’ s (Andrews, Seth ) department, I pass it over without further rem ark. The labors of the S ta tio n appropriate to to ( ! ) my department have b e e n performed w ith but l i t t l e in terr u p tio n . P ub lic in s tru c tio n has been re g ularly given in the house o f God on the Sabbath, Wednes­ day & Friday of every week; b e s id e s the morning prayer m eetin gs, which, have b een continued through the y e a r. At these meetings exhortations have been given by some members of the chh. Most of these I have attended m yself, & always make some rem arks, g e n e ra lly p refaced by some passage of S c r ip tu r e . These meetings I have found u s e f u l to my s e l f & I th in k they have b een b e n e f i c i a l to those who have been �Kailua - 1839 re g u la r attendants. 2. They have served to keep aliv e a flame o f devo­ t io n i n the members of the chh. Others, also have b een s t ir r e d up to t h in k more se rio usly on the subject of r e l ig i o n . The monthly prayer m eetings, the f i r s t & third Mondays I have re g u la rly attended, at w hich o p p o rtun ities, these considerations have b een presented, w hich su ited those occasions; such as the im­ portance not only of p ra y in g , but of a id in g in efforts fo r the con­ v e r s io n of the w orld, & also of a id in g i n the support of scho o ls, of b u il d in g school-houses, & supporting teachers; - endeavoring to e n ligh te n the minds o f the people on these important s u b je c ts , & s t ir r in g them up to increase their e ffo r ts to help them selves, as w e l l as to a ss is t others in t h e ir ex e rtio n s, to r a i s e , save the w o rld . The la st Thursday in February was observed as u su al as a day of fa stin g & prayer for schools, e s p e c ia lly for those at K a ilu a , e n lig h t e n , & in these i s l a n d s . seminaries & co lleges &c - This was an in t e r e s tin g day & it is hoped that some prayers were offered acceptable to God through f a i t h i n the Redeemer. We have had two special meetings during the y e a r: one of four d a y s, the four f i r s t days of January, & one of three days the f i r s t week i n A p r i l . These were seasons p e c u lia r ly in t e re s tin g & solemn, & i t i s hoped some good may have b een done through the agency of the Holy S p i r i t , without which a l l efforts to convert souls are v a i n . To the Lord belongs the p r a i s e , if any were savingly & l a s t in g ly b e n e f i t e d by these means. The r e v is in g of Is a i a h has been the amount of p u b lic labor performed in my department during the past y e a r . I expected to have had the p riv ile g e & labor of tran scrib in g the t r a n s la t io n of a part of the Men or Prophets; b ut as there was no time a fte r they were �Kailua - 1839 3. re v ise d fo r the performance of th is s e r v ic e , they were passed on to the P rin tin g Committee w ithout this being done. I f e e l m y se lf, however, fre e from blam e, that they passed into the hands of the Committee in the uncouth & imperfect s t a t e , I n which they were l e f t . I n regard to th e church a t K a il u a , i t has been necessary to exercise d isc ip lin e on some of its members. Twelve have b een suspend­ ed during the y ear, most o f whom have been received again on p ro fe s­ sio n & evidence of repentance. There have been re c e iv e d to the chh. t h is year 121 — 92 by p ro fessio n & 29 by l e t t e r s . 27 from the ch h s . on Haw aii , 2 from H i l o , 7 from Kohala, W a i o l i on K a u a i. 18 from Waimea, & 2 from I n some cases there h a s , I f e a r , b e e n an increase of numbers, w ithout a proportionate increase of strength & p ie t y . We are a l l it Is presumed aware of the l i a b i l i t y of b eing deceiv ed i n regard to Hawaiian professions of p ie ty ; e sp ecially when the whole mass of the people seem to be moved, - a great outward change is v is ib le ; and In some cases the outward appearance is the true & genuine index of the state of fe e lin g w it h in , w hilst i n other cases It is no deeper than sympathy. I say we are doubtless aware of the l i a b i l i t y of being deceived i n regard to these appearances, & when also great numbers are re c eiv ed to the c h h ., & where the opportunity for the t r i a l & personal knowledge of th eir characters i s very lim ­ ite d . Besides the ignorance of the people on r e l ig io u s subjects renders them more l ia b le to self d ec ep tio n . S t i l l they are pretty w e ll versed in the art of deceiving oth ers. On these accounts much wisdom is necessary as w e l l as much prayer on the part of those who receive persons to the chh. There should be opportunities affo rded for the t r i a l of ch aracters, fo r exam ination & for appropriate i n ­ stru ctio n & that too f o r some length of tim e, before a correct & �Kailua - 1839 4. r a t io n a l judgment can be formed of the nature of th e ir thoughts, fe e lin g s & actio n s. Unless some such course is pursued, there w i l l always he a l i a b i l i t y of b e in g deceived in very many c a s e s , many more probably than we have been in c lin e d to think p o s s i b l e . A fter a l l the ca re , which it is deemed important to take on the su bject of r e c e iv in g to the chh, some w i l l be found to have entered without the r e q u is it e q u a lific a tio n s - without the wedding garment. The whole number of ch ild ren that have b ee n b a p t iz e d at K a ilu a is 2 2 5 , 95 the present y e a r . During the year past we have h ad encouraging evidence that our labors have not been in v a in in the Lo rd. The Holy S p ir it has been w ith us to b less the word, & some souls we hope have been converted. Our place of worship has been w e ll f i l l e d on the Sabbath. Although many, who were se rio u s, & apparently seeking the Kingdom of heaven 18 months ago, have returned to th eir former st u p id ity , s t i l l others have been waked up, & led to in q u ir e , what sh a ll we do to be saved? Some of the chh. have sle p t, & they continue to s le e p , & they w i l l probably sleep on, t i l l th e ir Master s h a l l come, & c a ll them to his aw ful t r ib u n a l , & then there w i l l [b e ] an end to t h e ir slum bers. Of those, who w is h to converse w ith me, I have re c e iv e d one company d a il y during f iv e days of the w eek , & sometimes I have r e ­ c eiv ed one company a f t er t h e s e cond service on the Sabbath. On these occasions I never spend less than one hour, more fre q u en tly two hours w ith each company, generally questioning each in d i v id u a l , making remarks, & givin g in stru ctio n s u it e d to the state of their minds so f a r as that can be ascertained from th e ir appearance, & from the r e p l i e s , w hich they make to questions proposed to them. From these companies which in a ll now contain about 4 0 0 , I select �Kailua - 1839 in d iv id u a ls 5 occasionally fo r chh. membership: - those who give the most satisfa cto ry evidence of having been horn of God, & who have appeared w e ll f o r some tim e, & w ith whom I have fre q u en tly conversed, & this too i n connexion w it h the testimony of o th ers, that th e ir characters stand f a i r before the w o rld . which has been pursued from the f i r s t , been r e c e iv e d to the chh. Such is the co u rse, in regard to those who have I have even b een more cautious i n admis­ sions to th e chh. since I have been l e f t i n a measure to bear the r e s p o n s ib ilit y alo ne. The fa c t also that some of [the] b rethren have pursued a d iffe re n t course on this s u b je c t, - that of r e c e iv in g almost immediately a fter supposed conversion, has rather served as a check to my f e e l in g s i n re c e iv in g to the c h h ., & perhaps I may have erred on the other s i d e , - that of delaying too lo n g . I have done, however, according to the b e st of my judgment on th is s u b je c t , & agreeably to the convictions of d u ty . The members of the chh. & others have continued th eir monthly contributions through the y e a r . in former y e a rs . These have amounted to more than Some assistance has been afforded to the Boarding School at H ilo from these co lle c tio n s . Some has been appropriated to t h e b u ild in g of a stone school-house, e s p e c ia lly wood f o r the b u r n in g of lime. th is source. Some of the school-teachers have been a s s is t e d from Some has been appropriated to one of the p u p ils of the Sem inary, & i t is hoped that during the coming year some a id may be affo rded to these o b jects. The prospects of the S ta tio n are on the whole encouraging, & r ich er harvest may be expected i n fu tu re y e a r s , h ith erto b een g athe red . than any that have In order, however, that th is expectation be r e a l i z e d , it may be deemed necessary by the M ission to remove the �6 superannuated ( ! ) and p a ls ie d members of the statio n to make way fo r those more f u l l of vigor., more sound in lim b, head & h e a r t , more f a i t h f u l , more devoted to t h e i r Lo rd, in short, more f u l l of f a i t h & of th e Holy Ghost, & who can accomplish more i n 19 months than these have done in as many y e a r s . 3 69 whole n o . r e c ’ d to the chh. by p ro fe s sio n . 35 by letters from other chhs. 4 0 4 in a l l . 9 2 received the past year by pro fessio n 29 do. - - - - - - - by le tte rs 12 1 in a l l . 4 1 in a l l dism issed to other chhs. 3 do the past year 33 in all deceased 3 the past year 12 have been suspended d uring the year 2 remain suspended. 1 remains excommunicated. 327 present n o . 225 whole n o . in regular standing of children baptized 95 the present y e a r . 87 couple married the past year 20 0 0 average congregation A . Thurston May — 1839 — �Boys readers 128 D o .D o .n o t 123 G irls readers 190 128 318 D o . Do 111 not Hoikehonua Do 103 P alapala Hemolele 87 Helunaau 98 Helukam alii 81 Whole number of Scholars 558 S t a t is t ic s of C h ild r e n ’ s Schools in Kona North d i v i s i o n . A p r i l . 1839 �Seth L . Andrews Report May 1 8 3 9 . I n reviewing the past year much of a f f l i c t i o n & much of mercy is brought to m ind, but a l l is from the hand of a k in d F a th e r . Among the n a tiv e population my c a l l s fo r m edical a id have been constant & numerous. Since December la s t there has b een an unusual amount of sick n e ss, p a r tic u la r ly during the last few weeks since the mumps have b een introduced among u s . W hile some have b een c a lle d to g iv e up th e ir account, in many cases the means used have been b le s s e d & many sic k restored to h e a lt h . At Kaawaloa I spent some weeks l a s t summer on account of the fe e b le h ea lth of M rs. F o rb e s . Mrs. F o rb e s’ youngest c h ild was attacked w ith a severe inflammation of the eyes at a time wh e n I was myself confined to my b e d so th at I could not v is it him . Mrs. He has been m e rc ifu lly restored to h e a lt h . Thurston was attacked w ith p araly sis during the l a s t summer, & brought near to the g ra v e , so that fo r some days h er l i f e was despaired o f . God in mercy has resto red her h e a l t h . a f f l i c t i o n we sent to Doc t . I n t h is Judd requesting a v is it' from h im , by the b l e s s in g of God he a rr iv e d at the e a r lie s t period we could reasonably have looked for him . A l l the members of my own fam ily have been a f f l i c t e d w ith s ic k n e s s , but we are at present a ll i n much better h e a lt h than at the commencement of the y e a r . I have not been ca lle d to v i s i t the remaining s t a t i o n s , as there have been no cases of severe i l l n e s s . Several of the members of the m ission fa m ilie s of Haw aii who commenced the year w ith fe e b le h e a lt h , f i n d th e ir h e a lth much im­ proved or quite resto red . Sabbath S ch o o ls. Mr. Thurston has sustained a S a b . School f o r adults about f iv e hundred in number. I t has been conducted upon �Seth Andrews - Kailua - 1839 the verse a day system. 2. M rs. Thurston & daughters have h e ld a school fo r g ir l s on Sabbath e v e ; the number of scholars has been about f i f t y I have superintended a Sabbath school fo r children of b oth sexes. The average attendance was nearly 300 u n t i l my sickness in J a n . l a s t ; for two months I was unable to attend the school at a l l ; during that period the numbers were reduced to l i t t l e more than h a l f of the former number & the number has not been resto red . The Lord has not l e f t us to labor in v a i n but has brought many to a serious consideration of etern al t h in g s , some of whom we trust are born of the s p i r i t . For some weeks past I have attended a weekly meeting w it h the c h ild r e n , the number present has g enerally been about f i f t y . Common Sch o o ls. The Schools for adults continue much as a t my l a s t re p o r t, having a name to liv e but are l i t t l e better than d e a d . The schools f o r children are eleven in number. Two of the teach era h av e reed their education in common schools one in America & the remainder at the M ission Seminary. They gen erally m anifest' a good degree of in t e re s t in t h e ir w o rk . The pupils m anifest a lamentable thoughtlessness & want of d e s ir e fo r knowledge. th is , There are however, I th in k , exceptions to a few seem actuated by a r e a l d e s ir e fo r knowledge. W hile the c h ild r e n are careless the parents are equally so, and many are ready to move th e ir children from school for the slig h te st ca u se . They are also v ery prone to oppose the efforts of the teachers to in t r o ­ duce a s t r ic t & salutary d i s c i p l i n e . W ith every disadvantage there has been some advance. The number of scholars examined in A p r. 1839 was 40 more than the number examined in Apr. 1 8 3 8 , & this increase under the disadvantage that �Seth Andrews - Kailua - 1839 3. the la tte r examination was h e ld at the statio n w hile the former was at the se v era l d i s t r i c t s . The teachers have b een supported en tire ly by the people w ith the exception of a very small amount of st a tio n a r y . support Is t h i s , The method of each fam ily pays to the teacher one d o llar and a l l u n ite i n fu rn ish in g him w ith f o o d . Two or three feeble d i s t r ic t s have reed a l i t t l e assistanc e from the church. The people a s s is t the teachers I n other things as needed; for instance, one d i s t r ic t has l a t e l y put up a house for their te a c h e r. Some months since I commenced a w eekly meeting w ith the teachers i n which I endeavoured to give them some instru ctio n i n governing t h e ir schools and upon the best method of communicating in s t r u c t io n upon various branches. Although our meetings have unavoidably been interrup ted during a great p o rtio n of the the ( ! ) time since they were commenced yet I th in k they have been productive of some good effec ts. I omitted to mention in i t s proper p l a c e , that the number of readers present at the examination I n Apr. of the present year was greater by sixty eight than the number present in Apr. [UnsignedJ 1838. �Report in part of the S tatio n at K a ilu a May - 1840 I t was our expectation when we la st met to have been ere th is in the land of our f a t h e r s . However g r a t ify in g i t might have been to have r e a l iz e d this expectation, yet we do not f in d i t in our h earts to be d i s s a t i s f i e d w ith the arrangement of Providence, which has kept us on these shores another y e a r ; & we should not be d isc o n ­ tented i f duty was made p l a i n , s t i l l to abide here, where we spent twenty eventful y e a r s . I f as many more years should be a l l o t t e d u s , we d e s ir e to devote them a l l to the service of our Lord fo r the bene­ f i t of th i s dying peo ple . We know not what may be the design s of our heavenly Father respecting u s , as to our future course. or what this meeting may determine The importance, desirableness as w e ll as the duty of placing our ch ild ren in circumstances more fa v o ra b le to th e ir education, & to preparation fo r future u s e fu ln e s s , are becom­ ing more pressing the longer they remain h e r e . We are prepared how­ ever to re ceive new lig h t in regard to our future course, m o d ific a tio n of the re so lu tio n past our re tu r n to the U . S . w ith ch e erfu ln e ss. or any ( ! ) last year on the su b ject of We desire to know our duty, & then to do it The thoughts of leaving this people, though for the lim ite d period of a year & a h a l f or two y e a r s , & perhaps for ever, is ine xp re ssib ly p a i n f u l , e s p e c ia lly at the present tim e. P asto ral cares have increased, s t a t io n s . and are increasing d a ily at a l l our At no time since the commencement of the m issio n was the c a ll f o r an increase of la b o re r s, both of pastors & teachers more pressing than at the p rese n t. To leave a chh. of between s ix & seven hundred d es titu te of pastoral care & w atchfulness, in connexion also w ith f i v e or s ix thousand p eo p le , would seem very u n d e s ir a b le , p e c ia lly in th e ir present s t a t e . They may, i t i s es­ true, be su p plied �Kailua - 1840 with, occasional preaching on the Sabbath. 2. Preaching however i s but a small p art of the d u ties devolving on a pastor who is to watch fo r s o u ls , as one who must give account. The most i n t e l l ig e n t of the chh. are mere children i n understanding, knowledge & judgment, & need to b e t r a in e d , & watched over as c h ild r e n . important at the present t im e , guide of a pasto r, I t i s sp e c ia lly that they should have the care & since the insidious & treacherous man of s in has appeared among u s , with his brazen as f r o n t is , concealing h i s cloven f o o t , c a re fu lly however that he may be the more sure of h is prey. S h a ll the l i t t l e f l o c k , that i s gathered, & is being g a th e red , be l e f t without a shepherd i n the midst of wolves? - Be l e f t without a voice to w a r n the u n r u ly , comfort the fe e b le m inded, support the weak, & guide the more firm & e s ta b lis h e d b e lie v e r to fu rth er v ic t o r ie s & to preparedness fo r heaven? I t appears to me sometimes, as though I could not leave, unless some one is appointed to take my p l a c e , & perform the labors, & su stain the r e s p o n s ib il it ie s o f a pastor at the S t a t io n . I t is But i f i t must be so, the w i l l of the Lord be d o n e. our duty to fo llo w the leadings o f Providence, whatever may be its d i r e c t i o n . on th is s u b je c t . But enough, & too much perhaps I have already s a id The m ission must decide on our future cou rse. The last y e a r , so f a r as respects the chh & p e o p le , has been one of p a in fu l as w e l l as joyful interest to u s . P a in f u l , i n as much as i t has b e e n the duty to' exclude many, at least fo r a se aso n , from the p riv ile g e s o f the chh. About one i n seven have been suspended during the y e a r , i n a l l amounting to ninety n in e . pended; F if t y nine s t i l l remain su s­ among them is the Gov. o f the i s l a n d . As h is ch aracter is exten siv ely known, I suppose it unnecessary for me to state the of­ fe n se s, f o r which he was set a s i d e . Lest however i t should be thought that we acted u n w isely , i f not r a s h l y , i t may not be improper to mention a few t h in g s , which w e r e ---- ----- --... ................. . �Kailua - 1840 - ostensible & real ground of his suspension: One thing I would men- tion is this, a great degree of indifference on religious subjects, [great indifference] a palaka loa & seldom attending meetings. This state of health may have been a sufficient reason for occasional absence from the house of God; yet he doubtless absented himself many times without any reason, except the state [of] feeling within. Another very prominent fault is the love of money, which is the root of all evil, & cove­ tousness, which, is idolatry; two things very nearly allied. Another thing is oppression, 'seeking his own interest without regarding the interests of the poor people, or rather out of the interests of the people. Another article of some importance is, charging the mission­ aries with the guilt of shutting up the Kingdom of God against men , preventing them from entering, who were desirous of it. Another thing is, marrying persons that ought not to be married, - marrying chh. members with unprincipled foreigners; - marrying divorced persons, contrary to the laws of the land, & the word of God, - marrying those whom the missionaries could not in conscience marry, & seemingly, at least, doing it many times, because it was opposed to their wishes. He is also the chief & firm supporter of the wearing of leis, finger rings, earrings & other ornaments of the lake nature. The wearing of these the chh. at Kailua regard as inconsistent with that inward adorning, which the scriptures require of pious men & women, especially of the latter; and I am happy to state, that there are now no lei members in the chh. in regular standing. It may be remarked here, that the Gov. & those that were set aside with him thirty four in number are all voracious dog-eaters. We do not however regard the eating of dog’s flesh as morally wrong. The rearing of of ( !) dogs however as an article of food is considered as an evil of some �Kailua - 1840 magnitude. They destroy much property in the course of a year. If all, which has been devoured by them since the commencement of this mis­ sion, could have been saved, it would liquidate the the ( !) national debt, & leave some thousands in the treasury, sufficient perhaps to satisfy the demands of another French frigate. I have told the people that we regard the eating of dogs much the same as they would the eating of rats, & mice, & lizards; & that civilized people do not make use of them as an article of food; and if they intend to become a civilized people they would do well to lay them aside. All who have entered the chh. at Kailua for two or three years past have been respectfully requested to lay aside the rearing & eating of dogs; & they generally do it with great cheerfulness. I would state here that no one has ever been suspended from the chh. for making use of this article of food, though one would think it sufficiently heathen­ ish to warrant such a procedure. Those who were set aside with the Gov. are among the principal people of the village & most of them attached to him & his interests, & lean upon him as their teacher & guide, in a considerable degree. The faults of character attached to him, are in a great measure attached to them, & some others of which he is not guilty. were emphatically the drones of the chh. The[y] They were palaka loa [very indifferentJ - conformed to the world, & such conformity too, as could no longer be endured with safety. The best interests of the chh. required, that they be set aside. Since they have been suspended, they have most of them proved by their conduct that they were as destitute of piety as Simon the Samaritan magician, & even more so; for he, when the state of his heart was made known immediately satiated the prayers of the apostles that his sin might be forgiven. �Kailua - 1840 Not so however with most of these. sin to sin. 5. But they have gone on adding Most of them now smoke openly, & drink fermented po - tatoes, & play at cards and are lilo i ka lealea [completely given over to pleasure] , & exhibit no signs of penitence. A few of them have manifested repentance & have been restored to the chh. Gov. appears much as he used to do. repentance. The I see however no evidence of He is doubtless sorry that he is suspended from the chh. & is desirous to be restored to favor; but I wish to see some better tokens of penitence than I have yet discovered before my consent is given for his restoration. These are some of the things of painful interest which have passed in review before us during the year that has closed. It was a bold step, I will grant, if desired, to set aside 35 individuals at one time with the Gov. at their head. Some may term it rashness. We had forborne till forbearance seemed no longer a duty. I had been inquired of some time since, whether some surgical operation would not soon be necessary in the Gov’s case; and as other members of the body seemed to require a similar operation, it were better, perhaps, to do the business at one, than to endure the pain occasioned by repeated operations, especially as the main body seemed in a healthful state, and capable of sustaining the operation though se­ vere, if but once to be endured; whereas repeated operations, if necessary to be performed in quick succession might have endangered its safety. We endeavored to ascertain what was duty in the case, & performed it fearlessly without regarding consequences being confi­ dent, that the Lord would take care of that part of the subject. The effect of th i s act of discipline upon the chh. & people, �Kailua - 1840 so far as has been observed, I think has not been unfavorable to the cause of truth at our station. Our meetings have been as fully attended as before; & I presume there are but few, if any individuals in the chh. who have not subjoined a cordial amen to it. I know of none. The other cases of discipline which have occurred have also been numerous, amounting to 64: 28 for smoking - 13 for quarrelling, - 6 for breach of the seventh commandment, - 4 for neglecting the reg­ ularly appointed meetings, & ordinances of the chh. 3 for traveling on the Sabbath, - 2 for falsehood, - 2 for rum drinking, - 2 for leaving the island without sufficient reason, leaving their parents to take care of themselves, - 1 for concealing crime, - 1 for stealing sugar-cane, - one for playing at cards, - one for making use of the form of baptism in a trifling manner, placing the hand o n the head of another, and repeating the form. - This completes the number of offences, which have appeared in the chh. at Kailua; - a dark cloud, which has passed over it. These are the amount of the things, which have pained our hearts so far as my department of labor has been con­ cerned, during the months of the past year; for every month not to say every week we have had trials of the like nature. .Though such has been the apparently unfavorable state of things, yet we are permitted, on the whole, to report progress in in ( !) our work. Though darkness has been visible, still we have had light in our dwellings. The Sun has shined on us from on high. We have felt & been cheered by the gentle breathings of the Spirit. - Souls have been converted. - A larger number have been added to the chh. than during any previous year; three hundred & seventy two have been received to the chh. on examination & forty one on certificate, since �Kailua - 1840 our last Gen. Meeting: four hundred and thirteen in all. Last year there were in the church three hundred & twenty six members in regu­ lar standing. This year there are six hundred & twenty eight; so that the chh. has increased in numbers, strength & union, notwith­ standing the numerous defections. on us, & we are blessed. The Head of the chh. has smiled I have no fears for the safety of the chh. so long as strict & impartial discipline is exercised. I say impar­ tial, because I fear we have been inclined to favor the rich & the great & winked at their faults, instead of exercising that discipline which the purity of the chh. & the cause of Christ generally demanded. But if they are a scandal to it, why continue them there? It may be feared perhaps they would turn against the chh. if the same disci­ pline were exercised on them as on the poorer class. But we are required to act impartially on the principles of the Gospel. is not good to have respect of persons in judgment." "It It may be feared too that they would go over to the side of popery, & what then? If they are the pope's men let him have them. his people in our chh’s. & who are not. We do not want We wish to know, who are the Lord’s people, We have not as yet been troubled on Hawaii with the pope’s missionaries. main long In quietness. I suppose however we may not expect to re­ But the Lord reigns, & blessed be his name, he can cause the wrath of man to praise him & the remainder thereof he will restrain. In looking over the last years labors, travels, & trials we have abundant cause for gratitude to the Lord of Missions for his presence & blessing which have been vouchsafed us during the period of our pilgrimage. It has been a time of peculiar trials as well as of spe­ cial encouragement & support under them. In the month of August we �Kailua - 1840 made a tour of the island, - visited all the Stations, - encamped two nights by the side of the great volcano, went down & passed around & stood by the side of the liquid, f i e r y ( !) lakes, & the blazing cones, emitting flame & smoke, and occasionally spouting forth their liquid masses, - collected some specimens, & passed on our way. The various labors of my department at the station have been performed as in years past. Our yearly, monthly, weekly & daily meetings have been attended in their regular order, & have been attended with happy results. We would finally call on the members of this mission to help us praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth ever. 740 - Whole no, rec'd to the chh. on examination. 77 - Whole no. on certificate. 372 - Whole no. rec'd the past year on exam. 41 - Rec'd on certificate 87 - Whole no. dismissed to other chh's. 47 - Dismissed the past year. 41 - Whole no. deceased. 8 _ Deceased the past year. 99 - Suspended the past year. 59 2 - 0 - Remain suspended. Whole no. excommunicated. Remain excommunicated. 630 - Whole no. in regular standing. 515 - Whole no of children baptized. 290 - Baptized the past year. 16 4 66 2060 - Whole no. of children deceased. Deceased the past year. Marriages the past year. Average congregation. A. Thurston �[Dr. Andrews' Report - 1840] At the close of the last Gen. Meeting I embarked with my family and the Brn. from Hilo for that station, the health of the families there requiring medical aid. We remained at Hilo until the 9th of Sept. when we left for Waimea. Our route ( !) was over land between Mauna Kea and M. Loa. The first part our [trip] was through the forest and impracticable for horses; we therefore requested Mr. Lyons to send them to meet us above the woods. After travelling two days and a half we emerged from the forest, but no horses appeared and we had no alternative but to make the best of our way forward on foot. We pursued our way and on the afternoon of the fifth day arrived in sight of Waimea when Mrs. Andrews became so much fatigued that she was unable to proceed, and a man was sent forward to procure a conveyance. A manele met us at sunset & in a short time we were kindly welcomed to the habitation of our Br. L. sent the wrong road. Here we found that the horses had been Mrs. A. was much fatigued but suffered no per­ manent injury from the journey. By t h e good hand of God upon us we were sustained for which we would praise his holy name. After a few days rest we proceeded to Kohala. Br. Bailey and Sist. Bliss were just recovering from severe attacks of fever. After a short visit at that station we returned to Waimea from thence to Kailua where we arrived early in Oct. About the close of the year 1839 Mrs. A. was attacked with a severe illness which confined her for some weeks to the house & during a portion of the time to her bed. With the exception of a few visits to Kealakekua I had no further calls to other stations until the first of March, when I again set my face toward Hilo. I was accompanied by Br. Forbes into Kau & was permitted to witness the interest and pleasure with which �Kailua - 1840 - Andrews he was received by the people of his charge in that district. 2 I was much pleased with the appearance of the people. Having spent 4 or 5 weeks in Hilo., late in April I returned to Kailua by way of Hamakua & Waimea. Having reached Kona on my way home I commended the examination of schools and had nearly completed the work when the arrival of vessels summoned me to embark for Honolulu. Thus more than half of the past year, seven months, has been spent away from home. The health of the miss, families fen Hawaii has in general been good yet there have been several cases of sickness some of them severe, Mrs. Ives who it will be recollected was in a very low state at our last Gen. Meet. is still feeble & in a precarious state of health but is much better than at that time. My practice among the native population has continued in ( !) as in years past and presents nothing worthy of special notice. It will be readily seen that having been at my station only five months of the past year, & that interrupted by sickness in my family & repeated visits to another station the schools have not been materially benefited by my labors. nations and had commenced a third. falling off in the number of pupils. I have however held two exami­ The results shown a considerable The teachers are still support­ ed by the people chiefly by the parents of their scholars, they have however reed, a portion of the monthly contributions. There is a lamentable want of interest on the subject of education among parents who of course put forth but little exertion to induce their children to attend school. The Sab. School for children is still continued. The number of pupils is more than 100 but is seldom that more than 90 are present. We use the Hawaina Kamalii. �Kailua 1840 Andrews 3. Mrs. Thurston and daughters have a Bib. Class for young females. They number about 50. The Sab. School for adults in the Ai o ka la is in the care of Br. Thurston. There are about 600 scholars 100 hundred ( !) more than last year. Mrs. Andrews has when health permitted taught a school for young females four days in a week. The number of scholars has been 54. A census was taken in Sept. last by which it appears that the [is] whole population of the district/5943, 14 less than in 1835. It is probable- that this decrease is the result of removals. During the first nine months of 1839 the number of births was 123. The number of deaths was 91. 32 more births than deaths. Seth L. Andrews �Report in part of the Station at Kailua Hawaii May 1841 — In drawing up a statement of my labors, & of the condition of the chh. & people in the Northern division of Kona, I would, in a special manner, make mention of the kind providence of God, which has sustained me in life, & permitted me to labor another year among this people, without interruption from ill health, or other untoward circumstances, except for a single Sabbath, the first in April; at which time I was afflicted with a cold, which so affected my voice as to be unable to speak distinctly. day were conducted by Dr. Andrews. The morning services of that In the afternoon I performed the Sacramental Service with some difficulty. Those who were with me at our last Gen. Meeting - whose voices were heard in our morning & evening devotions, as we surrounded the family altar, are with me no more. They are not however forgotten in the lonely prayer of the husband & father. Their cheerful counte nances will not soon be effaced from memory, tho' I may see them no more. I would also praise the Lord that they were carried on their voyage to the South Sea Islands in safety & in good health & Spirits whence communications have been received from them. Perhaps also it [is] deserving a note of thanks, that there were no words of com­ plaint in any of their letters or journals, in regard to their accom modations or fare. They had probably learned some lessons of prac­ tical wisdom by living on these islands; & their recent tour around Hawaii may have served to imprint them on the mind. Paul says, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Some have probably this lesson yet to learn, & we should all do well to look at it occasionally; as it lies at the foundation of much of our social & individual happiness. The last sentence in a communi- �Kailua 1841 2. cation found in a writing desk, after the sailing of the Flora is this: 'Let us endure hardness as good soldiers.' not new. It is as old as the writings of Paul. The sentiment is He exhorts Timothy, "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." It is not said, Endure hardness as a soldier, but, endure hardness as a good soldier. There are many soldiers that are deficient in some important characteristics, while but few are entitled to the epithet good. I hope that those, whom the Board have now sent out to our aid, may prove themselves entitled to all that is implied in that little word good; & to have been appointed to this battle ground by the Great Captain himself. — The Mission will excuse this digression from the m a i n subject. The labors of my department have been performed as usual: two sermons on the Sabbath - a lecture on Wednesday; - the Sabbath school, Ai o ka la, -which I superintend & give a brief exposition of the verses at the close. This school consists principally of adults, & numbers nearly one thousand., including those at the out-stations, of which there are now four: one at Kik olo, - one at Kaeleluluhulu - one at Kalawa, & one at Keauhou. At the first of these places meet­ ings are held every Sabbath, except on those days, when the sacrament is administered. The people of the other out stations attend meeting alternately there & at Kailua. On Friday of every week there is a meeting, conducted princi­ pally by natives. On Saturday of every week there is a meeting of the standing committee of the chh. at 8 o'clock A.M. to attend to cases of discipline & other business of the chh. At four o'clock P.M. I meet with the teachers of the Sabbath School. ing of the chh. for exhortation & prayer. At 5 - a meet­ The morning prayer-meetings I attend on every day, except the Sabbath. - The monthly prayer �Kailua 3. 1841 meetings, the first & third Mondays, the annual days of fasting & prayer; the first Monday of January, & the last Thursday of February, have been regularly attended. The above, with occasional visits among the people, & almost daily visits from them, comprise & general outline of the labors of my department the past year. During my ab­ sence at Oahu, the people here were favored with preaching on the Sab bath by the brethren from Kealakekua. On my return from Oahu after an absence of nearly four months, I found that about thirty of the chh. members had gone astray, like sheep without a shepherd. A few had been guilty of adultery, some had been tattooed, & had their front teeth knocked out, after the former heathen custom of these islands, & some had turned to their former practice of smoking; & all were guilty of gross conformity to the world. Meetings were but thinly attended, & a low state of rel­ igious feeling in the chh. generally; & but few seemed to be awake & mourn at the sad state into which they had fallen. Efforts were made to collect our scattered forces, & restore things to their accus tomed order; & our efforts were not altogether unsuccessful by the blessing of God. A new out station was fixed upon for holding meet­ ings on the Sabbath by the most intelligent chh. members; & there has been generally very good attention given to these meetings by the people of that region, & it is hoped that a few there have been turned to the Lord. There are 27 members of the chh. belonging to the congregation there, & a few others may be admitted soon. This station from Kailua by water is about 30 miles, & by land about 20, & there is a passable horse road to the place. Another out-station has recently been fixed upon, about 12 miles N . East from Kailua inland; where meetings are holden on the Sabbath once a fortnight. At this station there are 30 chh. members. Some have fallen & others �Kailua are tottering. 4. 1841 It was thought desirable to establish a meeting there as the distance is too great for the people to attend regularly at Kailua. The fact too that the catholics are making inroads among the people of that quarter is an additional reason, why some counter influence should [be] exerted there, if possible to check the progress of Romanism in that region. The chh. generally, tho' not awake as it should be, yet there are some praying souls among them. Many have fallen a prey to temptation (! , ) & have been suspended during the year. Two hundred & fifty eight have been / set aside, & one hundred & nineteen remain suspended. During, the months of February & March 177 were suspended for smoking; 128 of whom have manifested repentance & have been received again to the chh. & I have no doubt that most of them will return to the chh. Some few will probably haokuakaeo loa & cut themselves off entirely from the privileges of the chh. Lord have mercy on such. -- The These are some of the facts in regard to this chh. which we have had the pain to witness. - We have many times compared the chhs. in these islands to the Israelites in their journeyings from Egypt to Canaan: one day trembling before the fiery mount, & the next making a golden calf, & dancing before it. At one time praising the Lord for their wonderful deliverance from the Egyptian army, & at its entire destruction; and again murmuring against Moses, & against God. turning back to Egypt. At one time going forward; at another Similar fickleness & depravity to that ex­ hibited by the ancient people of God, have been found in the chh. here; & other chhs. in the islands have given indubitable proofs of like traits of character. It is not however any ground of re­ joicing, that others are as bad as we are. We should rather be led �Kailua 5. 1841 to weep & humble ourselves at these exhibitions of fickleness, & depravity & to admire the wonderful forbearance of God towards his professed people. - Notwithstanding these unfavorable things, which it has been deemed desirable to mention, there are some others of a more cheering nature. There have been received to the chh. on examination one hundred & seventy five, & twenty three on certificate 198 in all. — The recent, tho' not altogether unexpected discovery of so many smokers in the chh. had the effect to lessen for a few weeks the numbers that have been accustomed to attend our morning prayer-meetlngs, & also the congregation on the Sabbath. But at present the attendance at our meetings is much as it was before the haunaele [disturbance] , & in some respects the appearances are even more favorable, & it is hoped, that it will eventually tend to the progress of truth, & to the purity & stability of the church. "We know, says the apostle, that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them, who are the called according to his purpose." It may tend to the benefit of the pastor, to increase his vigilance, & that of those, whose special business it is to watch over the interests of the chh. & to ascertain the state of feeling that exists among its members. It may also tend to increase watch­ fulness, prayerfulness & self examination in those, who have remained firm to the present time, lest they also should fall into temptation, & a snare & into many foolish & hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction & perdition. - It may also have a tendency to prevent that indifference, & death-like state of stupidity in regard to the interests of the undying soul, which are frequently seen attached to individuals in our chhs. & which are a sure & graphic description of the state of feeling within, & a fearful presage of a death that �Kailua 6. 1841 will be unending. - It may serve also as a check to those, who would enter the chh. while in the practice of those evils, which they solemnly profess to have forsaken, & with the hope of escaping de­ tection under the cloak of religion; it may prevent hypocrisy. — Should these results follow the above development it may be happy for the chh. & for the people generally. The French priests made their boasts, when so large a number were set aside, that they would all go over to. them; but none have as yet gone. One woman, who had been previously suspended, has joined them, & I am not without fears that some others may. Two priests, it will be remembered established themselves here during my absence at Gen. Meeting. There are now three on this island. menced operations at Waimea. They have com­ How much they have done there, the watch­ man of that region will be able to give some account. Me are ex­ pecting a full supply of Romanists hereafter on this island, & doubt­ less we shall not be disappointed in this respect. We may be con­ fident that they m i l press themselves into every nook & corner of these islands, if permission should be given them. His holiness has no want of men or means to carry on his operations. Many of the people of this region have gone after them. number I am unable to state. The They probably amount to several hundred. The school laws are such as that the priests & their adherents cannot or will not submit to. They refuse to send their children to our schools, or assist in supporting our teachers. The priests are determined to have schools of their own order, t ho' they have nothing to teach but a small catechism, containing some of the peculiar doctrines of Romanism; & this is to stand in the place of all that is taught in our schools: B - a - ba - Ikemua Helukamalii, Helunaau, �Kailua 7. 1841 Helukakau, Hoikehonua; Inahonua, & all other books, with which the islanders are now furnished, even for the Bible itself. It is their object to keep the people in ignorance, & to teach them nothing but the mumeries ( l) of popery. I hope the government will do something to secure a regard to the school laws & thus secure the instruction of the children & youth of the nation. The people however had better remain in entire ignorance than to be cursed with the schools of popery. Idolatry is the softest name that can be given to their modes of worship; & I cannot but think that by and by those, who have gone after them, will be led to see their errors & forsake them. Let us trust in the Lord, look up, & take courage. He is mightier than all the hosts of Romanists throughout the world; and if there is any truth in prophecy, Babylon will soon fall to rise no more. The Lord hasten the accomplishment of his predictions respecting the man of sin. In disposing of the new reinforcement the Mission will not for­ get the claims of Hawaii. Kohala must not be forgotten, as that will probably be the next place for the Romanists to establish themselves. The islands will probably be furnished with a full cargo of French priests before another year shall have past, & doubtless Hawaii will receive a due share of attention from them; hence the importance of strengthening the stations already occupied on this Island, & of establishing, at least, one new Station: ether ( i) at Kau, Puna, or Hamakua. The claims of the N . part of Kona for additional labor­ ers may be given up for the present, provided the present physician remains there; & we see not how his services can be spared, both as physician & superintendent of schools; & it is a current opinion here that the new physician should be stationed on Hawaii. We see �Kailua 1841 8. not how the stations can be supplied with necessary medical attention without this arrangement. The Mission will however look at the wants [ing] of the whole field, not forgetting the special & press/claims of Hawaii. That you may be guided in all your deliberations & measures by heavenly wisdom is the prayer of your brother, A* Thurston Statistics. 915 Whole no. admitted on examination. 100 On certificate 175 Past year on examination. 23 Past year on certificate 198 Whole no. past year. 103 Whole no. dismissed to other chh.. 16 Dismissed the past year. 48 Whole no. deceased. 7 Deceased the past year. 258 Suspended the past year. 119 Remain suspended 0 Excommunicated the past year. 2 Whole no. excommunicated 0 Remain excommunicated 746 Whole no. in regular standing 649 Whole no. of children baptized 134 20 4 52 1500 Baptized the past year. Whole no. of children deceased Deceased the past year. Marriages the past year. to 2000 Av. no. of congregation on the Sab. It will be necessary that some repairs be made on my buildings during the year, probably to the amount of one hundred dollars or more. A. T. �Kailua May 6 1841 During the past year I have not been called to visit any other station except Kealekekua. weeks at each visit. of Mrs. Ives. There I have been called twice & spent several The last visit was occasioned by the sickness She was a few weeks after confinement, attacked by a fever which prostrated her strength, & for some weeks it was doubt­ ful whether she could survive. By the blessing of God the fever was rebuked & she has been restored. Since that time her health has slowly improved, and although still feeble she is apparently better than at any time previous, since her arrival at Kealekekua. Mr. Forbes has also suffered an attack of fever which confined him some weeks. There have been some cases of illness among the children with one or two exceptions not serious. The Lord has merci­ fully preserved the lives of all the members of the mission upon this Island, and of their children. I said I had not been called to visit any station except Kealekekua; I should have excepted one call to which I was not able to attend on account of the feeble health of my own family. I rejoice however to say that the blessing of God has supplied abundantly my lack of service. Among the native population my labors continue much as in years past. A rival in the field in the form of a Romish priest, for a time drew away some patients and during my absence acquired some celebrity by giving medicine which was not bitter. His fame has diminished however and most of those who for [a] time employed him now come to me, as formerly. In the department of schools I have only been able to exercise a general superintendence. ( !) During the first half of the current year the state of the schools waxed worse & worse. The people seemed to have lost all interest in �2. Kailua 1841 the subject. much reduced. Some schools were entirely forsaken, & all were very The teachers under such circumstances even with full pay could hardly be expected to manifest much zeal. But they received almost nothing from the people, and working for nothing & boarding themselves quite dispirited them. After the publication of the new laws they were immediately put in force by, & have constantly received the countenance and support of the executive. The old schools were all immediately reorganized & several new ones were established. The teachers, invigorated, by full schools and a prospect of some remuneration for their services, are more efficient. The school committees have performed their duties as faithfully as could have been expected. The people, although some have talked about oppression, have in general yielded a prompt obedience to the law, have sent their children to school, & cheerfully complied with the requisitions of the committees in laboring for the teachers & for building school houses. Six or eight school houses have been erected since the pro- mulgation of the new law, a part of these however were in progress before the law came into force. The Roman priests have constantly resisted the execution of the school law, & have forbidden their followers to obey the directions of the committees. In several Interviews with Gov. Adams & in one with Kekauluohi they have obstinately refused to yield. True, they said, "if the king says stop we will stop," but It was accompanied with a warning that French power would be put forth to punish the offence. Although they maintain that the law is an infraction of the treaty, they have claimed the right of acting under it. They have claimed & exercised, �3. Kailua 1841 in opposition to the Government, the right of giving certificates to teachers, of establishing distinct schools, & maintaining their own koele's [a koele is a small division of land] . Most of their fol­ lowers have utterly refused to assist in erecting school houses or in laboring for the teachers; on the same days in which they were called out they have engaged in erecting school houses for their own teachers or in planting for them* In two instances their partially erected school houses have been demolished, by the owners of the lands, because they did not wish the land taken. committee. Nothing of the kind has been done by any school One of the houses was torn down two or three times, & if I mistake not, the timber at length taken away. The priests claim the right of selecting a spot for a school house or for planting, [the man in charge of a piece of land] making it known to the konohiki and it becomes the kings, whether the konohiki consents or not, he has nothing to say in the case. They claim this right from the last clause of the third Sect. of the school law. Perhaps they are right, but I had supposed that the ob- ject of making the selection known to the konohiki was to obtain his consent, and have, acted accordingly. Many of the children who for a time left the schools through their influence have returned. The whole number now detained from the schools by them does not exceed 70 so far as I have been able to ascertain by the teachers. The monthly contributions of the church have been devoted to the school at Hilo & to the assistance of the teachers. The amount con­ tributed has not been accurately estimated but will not fall short of 40 dollars at the native valuation. Contributions to the amount of $50 have been sent to the Board­ ing school at Hilo, which Mr. Lyman acknowledges as availing in cash �Kailua 1841 $31.41. 4. A large proportion of this donation was contributed previous to the present year. The Sabbath school for children previous to the commencement of 1841 had, during my frequent and protracted visits to other stations, become very much reduced in numbers. exceed 40 or 50. The average attendance did not Since the revival of the district schools the Sabbath school has gradually increased and now numbers two hundred, average attendance. There has been no special interest in eternal things among the pupils. Seth L. Andrews Gov. Adams cotton manufactory is still in operation, but is not very efficient. �Report of Schools at Kailua May 1841 Examination and when Nov. 1840 No. of children in the whole field [no figure] Number of boys " " Number of girls " " Number of schools Number of teachers Number of children enrolled 1940 1002 938 9 16 11 26 [no figure] Average ( !) number of attendance " Number of readers 153 Number of writers April 1841 " 1070 [no figure] 296 [no figure] 55 Number in Geography 26 55 Number in Mental Arithmetic 51 269 No. in Written Arithmetic No. of deaths during the year N. B. — [no figure] " " [no figure] Pastors, who have the charge of schools, are requested to fill up this blank for the use of the Hawaiian Association of Teachers; also state such other particulars as may be interesting to said association. The first three columns are taken from the tables of the Lunaauhau made out a year ago; he has not completed them this year. [This is a printed form filled in. On other side of the sheet is:] S.L. Andrews Report Kailua May 1841 �[Seth L. Andrews - Kailua - 1842] The past year has been to myself and family one of mercy. The commencement of the year found Mrs. A. in feeble health but by the divine blessing she has been restored & during most of the time good health has been granted to us & our children. The other members of the mission on Hawaii have in general en­ joyed such a degree of health as to make but few calls upon the physician. The only cases of severe illness which have come under my care upon Hawaii were those of Mr. Bliss & Mr. Munn. The former arrived at my house after Gen. Meet. ill with fever and was confined to his bed for six weeks. Mr. Munn arrived soon after Mr. B. left in feeble health & much depressed in spirits. He was soon attacked with inflammation of the lungs which confined him to his bed for a short time. By the blessing of God both were restored. I was called to visit Mr. Bond soon after Mr. Munn left us & spent some weeks there on account of the delicate state of health of Mrs. Bond. At Kohala my labors were not confined to my profession. Mr. B. not having acquired a knowledge of the language I was enabled to render him some assistance in his parochial duties. In schools I have as in years past been able to do but little, other duties have precluded that attention to them which is very much needed. The schools which were reported last year are all still sustained. The number of pupils is somewhat lessened. By a comparison with the statistics of 1841 I find a small increase in the proportion of read­ ers. In other branches there Is no advance in numbers. �2. Dr. Andrews - Kailua - 1842 There is some defect in our schools, and having reached a cer­ tain point no advance is made. Having acquired a few questions in Geography & passed over a few chapters of the He lunaau there is generally but little farther progress. The teachers have recd, some aid from the parents and a little from government. But after all it is far from an adequate support, & they are not well pleased to labor for so poor a compensation. In general however they manifest a commendable degree of patience & perseverance. Notwithstanding defects I regard our teachers as valuable men, and have no doubt that they are rendering important aid in the work of enlightening this nation. (!) The Catholics have drawn away a few of our s c h o l a r s . Many however who were drawn away a year since have returned. I have made it a point to furnish every pupil who could read, with the testament. Five or six school houses have been erected two of which have stone walls. Two others of stone are in progress which when completed will be substantial houses and well built for natives untaught in such work. Sabbath Schools. The adult school which is under the Care of Mr. Thurston numbers several hundred. The Ai o ka La is their Text book. I have under my care a Sab. School for children in which we make use of the Scripture lessons as a text book. is about 150. The number of pupils Mrs. Andrews has a bible class for young females in which they are taught from the Catechism (! ) prepared by Br. Forbes. The number of scholars is from 40 to 50. Seth L. Andrews May 1st 1842 �Kailua - Andrews ~ 1842 [Addendum] The Sabbath Schools have shared (?) in the revival at Kailua. Pew however of the younger class of Boys or those under 16 years of age have b e e n subjects of the work. 3 �Report in part of the Station at Kailua Hawaii. May - 1842 The missionary year just closed has been one of varied & ab­ sorbing interest not only to myself & mine, but also to the people among wh o m I am permitted still to labor. The communications from my family have been of a nature to excite the tenderest emotions, & they have called forth the sympathies of my fellow-laborers in this field, for -which I would return my grateful acknowledgments. The Lord has been merciful to me & mine, & has carried me through the varied trials of this year. Tho' his hand has been heavy upon me, yet he has sustained me, & caused me even to rejoice, while drinking (! ) the cup of affliction; & I have been enabled to say with the Psalmist, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." In performing the labors of my department the past year I have had continued occasion to speak of the goodness of God in the evi­ dence afforded of this gracious assistance, & of the success which has attended the preached word, & other appointed means of salvation. The influences of the Holy Spirit have descended upon us in gentle showers, refreshing & vivifying the different parts of this field, though not all parts at the same time. by unblessed. No division has been passed ( !) Many have given evidence of a change of heart. The subjects of these gracious influences are of every age from the hoary head to children of 10 or 11 years. We have held no protracted meetings, tho’ instruction has been given daily to anxious inquirers. The state of religious feeling in the chh. has been as cheering as at any former period since its formation. - There have been fewer cases of discipline this year than there were during the last, & �2. Kailua 1842 the greater part of these have been for smoking. Many who have been suspended have been restored on evidence of repentance. It will be remembered, that in the statistics of last year's report, there had been 258 suspended during the year, & 119 remaining suspended. - Of these 41 have been cut off - the greater number of them have been received again to the chh. Seventy three have been suspended during the year, & forty two remain suspended, & twenty seven remain excom­ municated. One hundred & twenty three suspended & excommunicated members have been restored during the year. A greater number have been received to the chh. this year than in any former one. Five hundred & one on examination, & thirty on certificate - 531 in all, have been admitted to the chh. this year. standing is 1,253. The present no. in regular That all these are the true disciples of the Lord Jesus is more than we can say; but none have been received without frequent examinations, or conversations, & without obtaining evidence satisfactory at the time that they had been b o m of God, I am satis­ fied however, that I have been deceived in some instances in regard to Christian character; & what missionary or what minister of the gospel, who has been blessed with revivals of religion, has not been deceived in this manner. respect. The apostles themselves were not infallible in this They undoubtedly received some to the chhs. which they planted, who were in the gall of bitterness, & bonds of iniquity. We have however the best reasons for believing, that there will be a precious number of immortals redeemed from these islands, who will enter heaven with songs, & everlasting joy. The Romanists have made considerable progress this year in this region. They have probably not far from 700, who have been baptized, including men women & children in Northern Kona. T he �3. Kailua 1842 The suspended member, mentioned in the report of last year as having joined them, has come back, & has been received again to the chh. During this year six suspended & excommunicated members have gone after them. - Some of their converts have left. them. I know of 16 who have left them. Some of these have shared in the revival, & have been hopefully converted. Two have been received to the chh. - Many of their adherents are wavering in their opinions, & will probably leave them before long. Some are waiting for the return of the bishop with a cargo of goods, when they are to be supplied with all kinds of necessaries. Should they be disappointed in their expectations, they will probably leave them. A great proportion of their adherents have been bought in this way: some have obtained money to pay their poll-tax; & some obtain a garment (?) or the promise of one; & besides no change of character is required in order to become a good catholic, except it be to hate & condemn Calvinists, as all Protestants are called. At present Romanism appears to be rather at a stand in this part of the island. it is probably increasing. But in other parts They have commenced .operations in all the principal districts except Puna & Kohala proper. Naihe has had 4 the boldness to forbid their commencing operations there. May the Lord in his providence put a stop to the further progress of this destructive error. The mission will not forget the claims of Hawaii to a due share of. attention in disposing of the reinforcement. which need aid: There are many parts Kohala, Hamakua, Puna, Kau, or the Southern part of Kona, in case Mr. Ives should be removed to Kau. have 284 disciples in that region: The Papists men, women & children, & they will have a station there so soon as a priest arrives to occupy it. �Kailua 4. 1842 They are building a chh in Kau, & they are reported as having a host of followers there. - The Lord is permitting them to prosper & apparently to triumph, & is thus trying the faith & patience of his people, & by this means to bring to light the hidden things of darkness & to make manifest the counsels of the heart; that it may be more clearly seen, who are, & who are not the children of God. The Lord will get glory to himself by the introduction & spread of Ro­ manism in these islands. Every effort, however, consistent with the, principles of the gospel should be made to check its progress especially should we look up to the hills, w hencecometh our strength, & whence cometh our confidence, that Babylon will soon fall to rise no more [Postscript] : As most of the Stations on Hawaii are not represented this year, I would just state, that we are not prepared to vote for' the removal of any of our present number from this island; neither are we desir­ ous of changes, or exchanges, except such as may have been proposed by some of the brethren of this island. We shall welcome, with great cordiality, to this part of our common field, any additional laborers which the Mission designate for us. A.T. Statistics 1,416 — Whole N o . ad. on examination. 130 — On certificate. 501 — Past year on examination 30 — Past year on certificate. 531 — Whole No. past year. 149 - 46 — Whole No. dis. to other chhs. Dismissed the past year. �Kailua 75 — Whole No. deceased. 27 — Deceased the past year. 73 — Suspended the past year. 42 — 41 43 1842 Remain suspended. -Excommunicated the past. — 27 — 1,253 Whole No. excommunicated. Remain excommunicated Whole No. in regular standing 949 Whole No. children baptized 300 Baptized the past year. 31 — Whole No. children deceased 13 — Deceased the past year. 38 Marriages the past year. From 1500 - to 2000 Congregation . — A. Thurston �Report of the Station at Kailua on Hawaii. May - 1843. Through the tender mercies of our Heavenly Father, we are permitted again to report, respecting the state of things in our part of this missionary field. The goodness of God has followed us thro’ the year, and we have had continual occasion to speak of the kind care of Providence in preserving our lives and our health though one [of] our number he has taken to himself: daughter of Br. & Sister Andrews. General Meeting. the infant This was however during the last Though our hearts have been pained at this bereave­ ment, yet we are comforted in the hope that kindlier arms, than those even of parents, received her departing spirit, and that it is well with the child. sustained the parents. The same hand, that took the dear one, has Their other remaining child was seriously ill for a time, but the Lord spared his life, lest they should have sorrow upon sorrow. The return of a part of our female deputation, to the U. States, with our two youngest children, all in good health, is also matter of grateful acknowledgment to the Author of all our mercies. He has protected them twice across the mighty waters, and on the evening of the 24th Oct. last, they arrived at Kailua. He has carried them through the vicissitudes, & various trials of the last two years & more of their pilgrimage. mercies to them, & to us all. The Lord be praised for his Though one of the number, who went out with them is no more, yet the circumstances attending her removal, especially the evidences of her preparedness for a better world, were most cheering to those who were witnesses of her last hours. God be praised for all the good impressions which may have been made by the event, & for the hopes of glory, which the dying sufferer pos- �Kailua - 1843 2. sessed. The favorable circumstances in which our other to (! ) children are placed in the land of our fathers is also another cause of grat­ itude to Him who provides for all. He has opened the hearts of individuals there to afford them some assistance in obtaining the objects for which they were left in that land; and we would earnestly request the prayers of this mission for those children, that they may duly appreciate and wisely improve the privileges granted them through the beneficence of friends there, and that they may be fitted to bear a part in the world's conversion, & for the glory that is to be revealed. We would also in a special manner praise the Lord of Missions for the recent intelligence of the hopeful conversion of Asa, during a revival of religion in Monson Academy, where he is pursuing his studies. "The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad," To him be all the glory. The state of things among the people has been most interest­ ing, & encouraging. The influences of the Holy Spirit have been most manifest, and numbers it is hoped have turned to the Lord. 779 have been received to the chh. including 40, on certificate, since June last. - There have been fewer cases of discipline in the chh. than usual during this period. The Lord has done great work among the people of this region, and there are still evidences of the Spirit's influences in some parts of this field. of awakening are occurring - New instances There is about one hundred and fifty on the list of inquirers, some of whom may be received to the chh. hereafter. The Lord is carrying on his own work in these islands, and we are confident that he will get glory to himself in the sal­ vation of a multitude of souls from among this people — �Kailua 1843 Statistics 2,155 — Whole no. ad. on examination 169 -- do. 739 — 40 on certificate. Past year on examination -- Past year on certificate. 779 -- Whole no. past year 207 — 58 Whole no. dismissed to other chhs. -- Dismissed the past year. 131 — Whole no. deceased. 56 — Deceased the past year. 51 — Suspended the past year. 59 — Remain Suspended 0 -- Excommunicated the past year. 43 15 1,912 -- Whole no. excommunicated. — Remain excommunicated — Whole no., in regular standing. 1,360 — Whole no. children baptized. 411 -- Baptized the past year. 46 — Whole no. chil. deceased. 15 — Deceased the past year 22 — Marriages 1,500 do - do -- Congregation A. Thurston. �[1843J S. L. Andrews Report Since our last General Meet. I have been called to visit all the stations on this Island for the purpose of rendering profession­ al aid. At most of them my visits have been protracted, so that most of the year has been spent away from this station. Yet we have to bless our heavenly Father that no fatal dis­ ease has visited our families, & that all the members of the mission are enjoying such a state of health as to be able to attend, in some measure at least, to their ordinary labors. Among the native population I have continued to afford med­ ical aid as usual. While at Waimea I witnessed an unusual amount of fatal disease chiefly cases of dysentery. Since my return to Kailua there has been much sickness, & I think greater number of deaths than usual. I have done but little for schools & have been unable to have a full examination. Of course I can give no statistics. however appear to be in a prosperous condition. I think has not diminished. The schools The number of pupils The number of readers must have con­ siderably increased & also of pupils in arithmetic. The Sab. School for children has been sustained during my absence without diminution of numbers, which has not been the case heretofore. The number of pupils, attending here & at out stations is not far from 400. two hundred. The average attendance at the station is about During a portion of the year there has been an -unusual attention to religion among the children & some have been hopefully converted. Teachers of the day schools have been but partially paid, as the Kahukula could not obtain sufficient property from the Luna auhau. �Kailua - Andrews - 1843 Several school houses have been built during the year. 2. One is a substantial stone house laid up with mud & painted with limemortar. Seth L. Andrews Kailua May 1st 1843 �R eport of the Station at Kailua May - 1844. In bringing in our report of the last missionary year, It is not only our privilege, b ut our duty also, to mention, in the first place, the goodness of God in sparing our lives* & in adding one to the number of our children. children. W e are now eight including parents & Though sickness has invaded our families & all both parents & children have been more or less affected yet we have all through Divine mercy, been restored to health. Where gentle chastening of our heavenly Father have as we trust had the ef­ fect to increase our gratitude & our devotedness to him & his cause in which we have labored for many years; & through the whole course of our efforts he has given us most cheering evidence of his faith­ fulness to his promises & of his readiness ( !) to hear & answer prayer & to succeed our efforts for the benefit of this people. The providences of God toward this nation have been strongly marked in their favor from the arrival of the first missionaries to the present time; & their recent deliverance from the unrighteous reign of an English Lord Is not among the least conspicuous inter­ positions in their behalf. A few years of such proceedings as char- acterize those/the British Commissioners during the five months, in which they had the control in the government, would have been quite sufficient to have reduced these islands to a state far more to be dreaded than that in which they were found in the year 1820. The abrogation of good & wholesome laws & the regulations adopted & enforced by British authority as well as the subsequent state of things, were all of a nature to make philanthropy weep & Christian ity to bleed at every pore & heathenism itself to blush & hide its head. It would seem as though the old dragon himself, in the person �Kailua 1844 2 of an English. Lord, had made his appearance -with a determination, if possible, to reduce this fair portion of God’s heritage to a state of physical & moral pollution & death, unknown in ages that are gone by. That such would have been the legitimate result of this state of affairs, had it continued, no one it is presumed will question. But the Lord cut short the period of this triumph of wickedness. Had it not been for his timely interposition, we know not who would have escaped uninjured. Every part of the islands have felt the deleterious effects of this reign of licentiousness. I envy not the happiness the British commissioners may feel, in reviewing their public transaction, in the Sandwich Islands. The state of things in the N. part of Kona during the year past may be said to be marked, on the part of the people generally, by a laxity of feeling & effort for the eternal interests of the soul, which was unknown in some previous years, or in the year im­ mediately preceding. There has been a greater rage for moving to the leeward islands, than I have ever known before, & I presume a greater number have left during the past year than in any previous year since our residence on the island, judging from the number of ch. members, that have left during this period. Many things have contributed to induce this state of feeling & these movements among the people. One, & not among the least, is, the political state of the nation: the changes of the government, & the great, if not unparalleled excitement consequent on these changes. All seemed moved as if by an electric shock to go to head quarters to witness the movements of the new order of things; & the fact too, that crime was not only made honorable & lawful, but lucrative with all, acted as a powerful magnet to attract the people of Hawaii to the metropo­ �Kailua lis, the centre of operations. 3. 1844 The fact also, that the people were required to pay their taxes in money was another inducement. This could not he obtained on Hawaii, except to a very limited extent. They must go therefore to the two principal places, where the shining dust can be obtained; - some for honorable labor, but more, as a reward for crime. Many who go are led astray by the temptations which assail them from every quarter. It requires more strength of principle and more fixedness of purpose than most Hawaiians can be rationally supposed to possess in order to pass uninjured such a fiery ordeal, even supposing some of them to be real Christians. Another inducement for removing is the means of support are much more easily obtained here, than on Hawaii, at least, than on the Western part of Hawaii, Here their food is at the door; - there it is four or five miles, in the country, & the labor of backing it down is very great. After all the dollars & the cloth are the great things which attract the people of Hawaii to Lahaina & Honolulu, & draining our great island of its inhabitants, & those who remain on the lands will be still harder pressed to obtain the wherewith to meet the demands of the tax officers. There is however some hope that the people of Kona may be more justly dealt with hereafter, as the man who was honored with the offices of tax-collector & judge is cashiered. The obscure schoolteacher, who was the principal agent in bringing into more public notice, the oppressions, & unrighteous & unlawful decisions of this officer of government, is worthy of double honor, & ought to be well rewarded. The simple & unaffected statement of the facts in his case, written by himself, & which appeared in two or three nos. of the Nananana will be recollected by all who have read it. �Kailua 1844 4 The state of religious feeling in the oh. during the year past has not been of that decided & encouraging character, which would be desirable to witness. There has not however been much falling off in their attendance on the Sabbath; yet there has been more laxness than in some former periods, & the attention given to the word preached has not been marked with that interest & seriousness which has sometimes been observable. The cases of discipline have not been much more numerous than formerly. The number admitted on examina- tion has been twenty eight, & nineteen on certificate, forty seven in all. Seventy five have been dismissed to other churches & forty nine have deceased. The ch. has therefore diminished by about the number that have been dismissed. Twenty three excommunicated & suspended members have joined the papists since the commencement of their operations in 1840. About sixty, to my knowledge, have left them since that period, & twenty seven of these have been received to the ch. some during the past year, & some during the previous years. The ch. at Kailua may. be regarded as in a state of comparative safety so far as the influ­ ence of Romanism is concerned. of the nature of a safety valve. It may perhaps be regarded something It will be a refuge for some of our disciplined ch. members & for all who wish to go to heaven in their sins. The novelty of popery Is past, & there does not appear at the present time much of a disposition among the people to engage again in the worship of idols. There are a goodly number of praying men & praying women in the ch. who are decided & stand firm on the Lord’s side; - who are struggling onward to mount (?) Zion, & who I have no doubt will eventually arrive there. Some I have as little reason to doubt have entered the place of rest & commenced the nobler & holier services of the upper Sanctuary. �Kailua 1844 5. The contributions of the ch, have been small, amounting only to about forty dollars in Hawaiian articles. Some progress has been made towards the erecting of four places of worship - Some of the ma­ terials have been collected; the walls of one of them are laid in mud, & they are to be painted with lime mortar. of this house is about 80 ft. by 40. The dimensions One of the others will be as large if not larger than this, & the other two will be smaller. Such are some of the facts in regard to the state of things among the ch. & people of N. Kona. Though there are some things calcula­ ted to dishearten there are more of a cheering & encouraging charac­ ter. We feel bound in view of them to thank God & take courage, not doubting, that In due season we shall reap if we faint not. Statistics. 2,183 188 28 19 47. 282 75 180 49 64 86 9 43 10 1,813 1,436 76 59 13 58 1,300 Whole No. ad. to the Chh. on examination Whole No on certificate. Past year on examination Past year on certificate. Whole number the past year. Whole No. dismissed to other churches Dismissed the past year. Whole No. deceased. Deceased the past year. Suspended the past year. Remain suspended. Excommunicated the past year. Whole number excommunicated. Remain, excommunicated. Whole number in regular standing Whole number of children baptized. Baptized the past year. Whole number of children deceased. — Deceased the past year. Marriages the past year. Av. No. of congregation on the Sabbath. A. Thurston �Kailua May 2 1844 Dear Brethren By the blessing of our heavenly Father we are brought near to the season of another Gen. Meeting & although I am not permitted to unite with you in person on this occasion, I may in heart unite with each in praises to the great Author of all our benefits. Since our last Gen. Meeting several cases of scours (? ) & some of dangerous sickness have occurred (! ) in the families residing upon Hawaii, but by the blessing of the great Physician, all have recovered or are convalescent & our number remains unbroken. In view of the medical wants of this island I would suggest the propriety of continuing to urge upon the Am . Board the great need of another physician to be stationed upon it. If, as we hope, our numbers shall be increased by the new reinforcement, the call will be still more urgent. A new instance of what has so often occurred in years past, the urgent need of medical aid at different & distant stations at the same time, is a new argument to press our claims upon our patrons in America. Schools continue much as during the previous year. They cannot be called flourishing, not yet do I consider them by any means in a languishing state. There is doubtless some advance in knowledge, yet the advance is not I fear as it should be in an in­ creasing ratio or at best but in a very small degree. Teachers have recd a portion of their pay from the public treasury & are referred (?) to the parents for the remainder. It is discouraging to teachers that when the Government have undertaken to pay their wages it appears to be done grudgingly, & if the lunaauhau is so gracious as to acknowledge their claim, he turns them off with worthless refuse, or if property of value, at a much high­ er rate than he would receive it again in payment of taxes. When �Kailua 1844 our teachers were last paid off, they were so much dissatisfied that they resolved (?) to leave the schools hut at length determined to make an appeal to the chiefs before carrying their resolution into effect. In consequence of their appeal D. Malo visited Kona & so far satisfied them that the greater number continue their occupation. It is highly desirable that while the government engage to pay the teachers, that they should do it cheerfully as a just re­ ward for valuable services rendered, not as If bestowing a favor & that the teachers ought to be thankful even for the refuse of the Treasury. Perhaps this fault is only in the lunas, if so let the Gov. manifest their determination to execute the laws upon them & doubtless the evil will be remedied. I would suggest the propriety of a respectful address from the Mission to the Government upon this subject. Allow me to unite with you in welcoming to this field of la­ bor the b r e t h r e n & Sisters of the new reinforcement. May the great Head of missions be in your midst, & may all your doings redound to his glory. Seth L. Andrews To The Moderator of th e G en. Meeting of Sand Isl. Mission Honolulu �Report of the Station at Kailua May 1846 Since our last Gen. Meeting we have all been once, twice, thrice reminded that this is not our . Three of our number have found their last resting place; a resting place for their weary bodies - a house, an everlasting home for their weary souls. For, we have the best reasons for believing that they have entered their Father's house on high. Their work is done. Their voices are no longer heard in the great congregation, pointing the people to the Lamb of God. They no more engage with [us] in the business of this Gen. Meeting, - no more meet with us in the social prayermeeting, & unite with us in commemorating the dying love of Jesus; but we . trust they have entered on the higher - nobler services of the upper Sanctuary ~ All tears are wiped from their eyes. They are at rest in the bosom of the Savior. In reporting the Station at Kailua, a few facts will be stated both in regard to ourselves & the people of that region. We have had considerable sickness in our families. We were all more or less affected with the influenza which prevailed through the islands, I was myself seriously affected with it; & in conse­ quence was unable to preach, or perform other missionary labor for three months: from the first of April to July, when I commenced preaching again, & since that time I have been gradually regaining to my health, so that I am now as well as previous tothat serious attack. I would praise the Lord for his restoring goodness, & permitting me still to labor among this people, though unworthy of such a privilege ' On the 13th of August, continued 21 days. '45, Mary was attacked with fever which She was subsequently restored to her usual health tho' she remained in a feeble state for two or three months, but she does not possess that vigor of health which the older members of our �Kailua 1846 2. family enjoyed while they were with us. Dr. Andrews' family have "been seriously afflicted in the removal of their little daughter, & in his own protracted illness, now of almost a y e a r 's standing. that he is slow ly recovering. We are encouraged however to hope Still on account of the nature of his disease, & frequent relapses & its long continuance, there is ground for solicitude in his case, & a fear that he may not regain his former health & usefulness. His professional services in our fam­ ilies & among the natives are of great importance, & the loss of his active services the year past has been severely felt, & will be still more so, should he not be restored. The Lord knows what is best for us, & for him, & may he prepare us all for his most holy will. There has been much sickness & many deaths among the people since our last Gen. Meeting, among whom was the Gov. of the Island. His ruling passion[s] were strong during most of his last sickness, & it is to be feared that he loved his money better than he loved his Savior. 122 church members have deceased since we last met & but 12 have been received to the church on examination. During the first months of the last year, an unusual degree of stupidity prevailed among the people generally. were less fully attended than formerly in the preached gospel. Religious meetings less interest manifested There was no special awakening among the impenitent, during most o f the year ’45, & there was also much lax­ ness on the part of professors. During the three last months of the year there was a little making up among the members of the chh. Some few of the impenitent were brought to reflection & were very attentive listeners in our meetings on week days & on the Sabbath. Many backsliders were reclaimed, & we were encouraged to hope for �Kailua 1846 3. a brighter day. Among the means used to induce a better state of feeling & action in the chh.. were a series of meetings with the different divisions of the chh., during the last three months of '45, which were held with the assistance of the deacons, my own better health, enabling me to be more among the people in pastoral visits, & we were not destitute of the tokens of the Lord’s presence with us. Another means, which God himself has been using for many months past to bring the people to reflection, & cause them to feel their dependence on him, is his withholding the rain of heaven. heavens have become brass The over our heads, & the earth i r on under our feet, & vegetation has been dried up. This has had a tendency to lead the thoughts up to him whence all our blessings flow - the people have been greatly pinched for food during six months past, & are so still, & this causes them to think more of that food, which always abounds, & which will endure unto eternal life, & which the Son of man gives to all who ask It of him. Should the present dis- tressed circumstances of the people lead them to seek the salvation of their souls, they may be regarded as among the richest of heaven’s blessings to them. That it has had this effect in some instances I have no doubt, & in some cases it will doubtless be the means of hardening the heart. The judgments of God, if they do not soften, serve to harden the heart. The contributions of the chh. during the year '45 were greater that That in any former year. They have for the first time assisted directly in supporting their missionary. They contributed for this object $114.68, & it is hoped they will continue to aid in support­ ing him the present year; & that they will regard it not only as a duty, but a privilege also to aid in supporting religious institu­ �4. tions among them. If they look at the subject in all its important hearings & interests, they will not feel themselves the poorer for having thus aided with their mites in sustaining the preached gos­ pel. They will feel that they have saved from the sacred treasury of the Lord to the amount of their contributions, to assist in sending the light of salvation to the more destitute regions of the earth. They will experience in their own souls the truth of our Lord’s de­ claration, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." On the 21st Dec. '45 the meeting house, spoken of in a former report as being erected, was dedicated to the worship of God. It is seated around the walls, & a platform & railing at one end for a pulpit ; & there are several moveable seats besides. At some future period, the whole may be floored & seated (sealed ?). The expenses of the building, If the labors of the people, the money & articles of trade paid out, were all to be reckoned, would probably amount to between $6 - $700. The people of the dis­ trict, for whose special benefit the building was constructed, con­ tributed in provisions & Hawaiian articles of trade to the value of $78. But the principal expense was defrayed by a foreigner, Jeremiah Martin, who resides in the village where the house is erected. is a member, & one of the deacons of the chh. in money & articles of trade. donations: He contributed $279 A few other foreigners gave small Rev. S.C. Damon $5, Mr. E. H. Boardman $5. $5, & some others $17, in all $32. clusive of labor was $389. He Dr. Andrews The whole amount expended, ex­ The house is an ornament to the village, & may It prove the gate of heaven to the people, for whom it was especially designed. It will stand as a monument of the liberality of the principal contributor & laborer in its erection. �Kailua 1846 5. The above are some of the most important facts in relation to the state of things, among the people at the present time. Though not of a nature so cheering as could be wished; yet they exhibit some progress, as a ground of encouragement to future efforts, & future success. Statistics 2195 - Whole No. received on examination 223 - On certificate 12 - Past two years 35 - On certificate 47 - Whole No. two past years. 336 - Whole No. dismissed to other chhs. 54 - Past two years. 302 - Whole No. deceased 122 - Deceased the past two years 447 - Suspended the two past years 371 - Remain Suspended 0 - Excommunicated the two past years. 43 - Whole No. excommunicated 10 - on examination. Remain excommunicated 1399 - Whole No. in regular standing 1511 - Whole No. children baptized 75 - Baptized the two past years 52 - 500 - 600 Marriages - Average congregation (unsigned) (Marked on back as Mr, Thurston’s) �Church Statistics from May, '46 to May ’47 2202 Whole No. reed on examination - 234 7 11 On certificate Past year on examination On certificate - 18 332 46 - Whole No. past year Whole No. dismissed to other churches Past year 373 - Whole No. deceased 71 - Deceased past year 41 - Suspended past year 102 Remain suspended - Excommunicated past year 6 - Remain excommunicated 1573 - Whole No. in regular standing 1546 - Whole No. chil. Baptised 35 - Baptised past year 78 - Marriages 600 - Congregation A. Thurston Kailua May 1847 [Written on other side of page, in corner]: A. Thurston Sept. 14, 1847 chh. Statistics. entd. [Written on other side of page, center]: Messrs. C.C. & Hall, Honolulu, �Report of Kailua Station May - 1848 - Since our last Gen. Meeting, we have been called to part [Mrs. Seth Andrews] with one^ who was dear to us all; & who might truly be styled the sun of our little circle at Kailua, & whose almost uniform good health, & firm constitution afforded a fair prospect of her continuing with us for many years to come. The Lord’s ways, however, are not like ours, nor his thoughts like ours; for he saith, "as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, & my thoughts than your thoughts." We are not allowed to question the wisdom of his dealings with us, or his right to take what was his own. Her departure was sudden, & unexpected, both by herself, & by us all. But it is well, & we cannot doubt that our loss is her unspeakable gain. How im­ pressively are we taught by this Providence to be always ready for the coming of our Lord. In one year, three months, & five days, from the decease of his mother, after struggling for months with a disease which baffled every effort of kindness & skill to subdue, the dear little Charles left us to unite, as we trust, with his Sainted mother & his two little sisters, in swelling the everlasting song of heaven. The bereaved parent has received a due share of sympathy from his brethren & friends on the islands, & he has been sustained in his feebleness, as we believe, by the same hand that has thus repeatedly, & severely smitten him. The usual labors of the station devolving on the pastor have been performed without interruption from ill health: preaching twice on the sabbath & superintending the adult Sabbath School, a weekly �Kailua 2. 1848 lecture on W ednesday; generally attending the evening prayer meeting, & kept up four days in the week, a meeting with the deacons on Saturday morning & a church meeting in the evening & occasionally visiting & preaching at the outstations. The schools in the N. division of Kona may he said to he in a prosperous state, though they have been kept up hut half of the time for more than a year past, in hopes by this means to lessen the sum still due to the teachers. The labor tax however, is found to be but little more than sufficient to pay the teachers, without much diminishing the debt of former years. If a regular tax were sub­ stituted for the labor days I have not much doubt that the amount collected would be sufficient to support the school system in most, if not in all its branches. The teachers have done pretty well; & there has been an in­ crease in the number of scholars, & an additional interest in the schools on the part both of parents & children. The No. of Protest­ ant schools is eighteen & twenty two teachers - No. of scholars 975, — 806 in attendance the last examination. 119 in Fowle’s Arithmetic, - 210 in Colburn’s First lessons, 102 in Colburn’s Sequel, - 125 able to write - 192 in Geography - 402 able to read; 119 good readers, & 404 unable to read, or are in their first lessons. The No. of Roman catholic schools is six, & 215 pupils & 6 teachers. I do not think that Romanism is on the increase in our region. have commenced building a stone church at Kailua. They Perhaps when their new house is completed & adorned with images they will rally again. The church perhaps appears as firm & energetic as at any former period. We have been blessed with something of a revival since our �Kailua last Gen. meeting. 1848 3. It commenced in Dec. '46 & continued to progress for about 9 months. Since that time it has gradually diminished & now there are not more than 30 or 40 on the list of inquirers. We have r e c ’d to the chh. as the fruit of this revival one hundred & thirty seven; Most of whom as yet appear to run well & stand firm. The contributions of the chh. the year ending Dec, '.47, amounted [to] $104.72, $71.80 for the support of the gospel & $32.92 monthly contributions mostly expended for taking care of the chh.; the former consisted mostly of money, - the latter of Hawaiian productions. The amount is small, & the ability of the people is also small; but tho small it is worth something. It manifests a disposition to aid in the support of religious institutions & it is hoped that their means, & their disposition also to assist in the support of the gospel, will be increased as years roll on. It should also be kept in mind, that we have no men of wealth on the island, in the Ha­ waiian sense of the phrase. In regard to the state of the people generally, it may be stated, that there appears to be a gradual advance in intelligence, civilization & moral principle. There are no chiefs of high rank now on Hawaii either to hinder or help on the people in their desires for advancement. All the principal officers of Govt are from the common people, & received their education hainaluna. in the Seminary at La- It is something new in the history of Hawaii, to have the Gov. & his aid, & the principal officers under him, selected from the commoners. Such however is the fact, & we are not insensible to the benefits which may be derived from this new order of things. The people have an impressive example before them of the important advantages to be derived from education in connexion with a good moral character. Chiefs are not of course to be the rulers of the �Kailua 1848 4. people, unless they possess the requisite qualifications; & parents & guardians are "becoming more solicitous to have their children taught. Although there is a great degree of Ignorance & apathy on this subject, & desires for physical, intellectual & moral improvement are very feeble, yet we are encouraged to hope, & to expect even, that more enlightened views will gradually prevail; & these with corres­ ponding energy, & effort, & with aid from on High may be the means of saving the nation. Statistics of the Church &c 2,339 - Whole No. rec'd on examination 250 - Whole No. do on certificate. 137 - Past year on examination. 16 - do do on certificate. 153 - Whole No. past year 399 - Whole No. dismissed to other chhs. 17 - Past year. 436 - Whole No. deceased 63 - Past year 34 - Suspended past year. 136 - Remain suspended --- -_ Excommunicated past [year] --- -- Remain excommunicated 1,678 - Whole No. in regular standing 1,680 - Whole No. children baptized 107 - Baptized the past year. 54 - Marriages 5 - or 600 Congregation. The census taken in 1847 3,828 80 73 - No. of inhabitants Deaths. Births. [Mr. Thurston's handwriting] [Unsigned] �Report of the Station at Kailua Hawaii April 1849 The past year has been one of deep & solemn interest to this nation. The hand of the Lord has been lifted up. passed thro the land. among the living. - His judgments have Hundreds - yea thousands have been swept from Some, we trust have gone to people the king­ dom of light, - have entered the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens; while others, we fear, have gone to people the king­ dom of darkness, & have commenced the agonies & wailings of the sec­ ond death. The period of laboring for them is past, & the account, that they & we must render will soon he presented. What will it he in regard to us & to them? The labors of the Station have been performed as usual with the exception of three sabbaths in January, when the influenza pre­ vailed, during which time the public services of the Sabbath were performed by the deacons of the chh. Dr. Andrews & his only surviving child left us on the 7th of Oct. for Oahu on his way to the U. States, with health somewhat improved from what it was at our last Gen. Meeting: - once a valued helper & may he again with confirmed health. The rest of the family have been favored with their usual health, except the period, when the influenza prevailed, & then we were all more or less affected. The state of religious interest in the chh. has been rather low the past year. There have been no additions on examination. Twelve have been received from other chhs. - 67 have been dismissed to other churches. 138 have deceased since our last Gen’l Meeting. Surely death has marched triumphant through the land. The hand of the Lord has been lifted up, but the people have not seen it. In the midst of the ravages & reign of death, a stupidity has been �Kailua manifested truly appalling. 2 1849 The judgments of heaven, instead of producing their legitimate effects, have seemed to have an opposite tendency: - instead of softening they have seemed to harden the heart. It is an alarming fact, when the visitations of Heaven do not produce reflection & amendment. When such is the case, there is reason to fear that some more terrible judgment may be in reserve, than the one that has recently swept through the land. - But there is hope in the case; - there is a respite & the church & the people may be brought to reflection, to repentance & reformation by the bless­ ing of God on the faithful & untiring efforts of his servants. The schools In our district are, on the whole, In a prosperous state. The interest, which parents, teachers & pupils feel in them appears to be increasing. They have kept up, as in last year, only half of the time, & in consequence the sum due from the Govt, to the teachers is nearly paid up. There is n o w to be a vacation of two months or more in order for building or repairing School houses, when it is hoped they will be commenced again with renewed interest, vigor & success. There are 17 schools - & 27 teachers & 982 pupils: In the Alphabet & first Lessons 326, Readers 432, - In Fowle’s Arithmetic 149, - In Colburn’s First Lessons 200, - In Geography 224 philosophy 29. In Moral In Natural Theology 10, - In Singing 53. The Romanists I do not think are increasing in our region They have 6 schools & 6 teachers & 217 pupils. In the Protestant schools there has been an increase of 5 to the number of teachers & of 7 to the number of scholars. In the Romanists schools the num­ ber of teachers is the same, but a diminution of 1 in the number of pupils - not so great an increase in the former as to become a ground of boasting, - nor of diminishing in the latter as to become a ground �Kailua 1849 3. of discouragement. Such are some of the facts in regard to the state of things our in/part of the field. Statistics of the Church. Whole No. rec'd on examination 2,339 262 do 0 12 Past do on certificate year on examination, on certificate 12 - Whole No. past year 466 - Whole No dismissed dismissed, the past year 67 575 - Whole No. deceased 139 Deceased the past year 33 Suspended the past year. 95 remain suspended 1,465 - Whole No in regular standing 1,692 - Whole No of children baptized 12 Baptized the past year. 22 Marriages 4 - to 500 - Congregation A. Thurston Contributions for the support of the pastor in 1848 - $18 �Report of Kailua Station May - 1851 - The last missionary year has been marked with changes, as every year of our lives Is fraught with changes of some sort. I have been left alone for about eight months of the year, a change however with which I was made familiar in the years ’40, 1 & '2. On the 20th of Sept. Mrs. Thurston, with our two youngest children, left for Maui, Mary & her mother there to wait for an opportunity to embark for the U. States & Thomas to enter the mission school at Punahou, where he is now residing. These changes in our family were for a long time under con­ sideration, & the consent & approval of all concerned duly obtained, except that of the Mission, & this we doubt not would have been read­ ily given had time & opportunity been afforded; but it was deemed unnecessary; indeed we suppose we had virtually their approval, es­ pecially since the case had been presented to the Board & their consent in due form obtained. There were two prominent reasons for this undertaking: one, Mrs. Thurston’s State of health requiring a voyage in hopes of restoring it, - the other to secure for Mary some of the advantages of education, which other daughters of this mission & of other mis­ sions have enjoyed, & are now enjoying in the U. States. On the 25th of Nov. having secured a passage on board the Barque Croton for the U . States, they left Lahaina for the port of Honolulu, designing a short stay here. But they were almost four days to this place, having encountered a rather severe southern gale. On arriving here, some repairs were found to be necessary, after which, with some other delays & a second repairing of the vessel, on the 9th of Dec. they left the harbor & put out to sea. I rejoice to state that Mrs. �Kailua 1851 Thurston's health was somewhat improved on leaving the islands, & she was hoping, if her health continued to improve on the voyage she would not need a protracted stay in the States on that account, & that in one year from her embarkation, if prospered of the Lord, she might commence her return voyage to her home in these islands. Letters have been received from them from Raiatea one of the Society Isles, whence they sailed on the 10th Jany, If the Lord shall have pro s - pered them they will have arrived in the States before this. We wait with some solicitude to hear of their arrival there. By the blessing of the Lord the labors of the Station have been performed as in previous years. No interruption from ill health. The services of the Sabbath have been equally divided between the station at Kailua & the out stations, of which there are now five, one more than in the previous year. The meeting house, designed also for a school house which has been in progress a year or two at Kalaoa has been covered, & on the second Sabbath in January it was dedicated. Meetings are now sustained there every sabbath by native assistants, & one Sabbath in ten I attend myself, unless some unfore­ seen occurrence prevents. The same also at the other outstations. The yearly, monthly, & weekly meetings at the Station I en­ deavor always to attend. The daily prayer meeting I generally attend. These last meetings are not very fully attended, never less however than two or three, sufficient to secure a blessing if engaged in with union of feeling & with faith in the promises of God. The state of the chh. has not been distinguished for activity. Rather a lax state of feeling & interest has been apparent among the greater, part of chh. members. There have not however been m a n y cases of exclusion, & some previously excluded have been r e c 'd again �Kailua to the privileges of the chh. worship of God on the Sabbath. 1851 3. Some occasionally neglect the public This is more marked on the afternoon service, when the congregation is diminished one third & perhaps one half. This laxness an the part of chh. members is evidence of a low state of pious feeling in the heart, & the consequent need of the reviving influences of the Holy Spirit. These in a great measure have been withheld, tho' it is hoped that some from the ranks of the impenitent have been converted. A few have been added to the chh. at each of our communion Seasons, during the year, principally from those long on the list of inquirers, and mostly children of the chh.. in all fifty three. The contributions of the chh. for the year '50 were considerab ly less than in the previous year, which is also another evidence of decline of piety & active benevolence. This diminution has not resulted from a decrease in the means of giving, for in this respect there has been a considerable increase. There has been no want of rain to make the ground productive; those who have cultivated their lands have been well repaid for their labors. Schools. The number of schools is twelve, & 15 teachers, 5 (?) less than in the previous year & the number of teachers less by ten. teacher. Two or three schools have united under one There are a greater number of assistants not under regu­ lar pay by the government. This arrangement was entered upon by the superintendent at the commencement of the current year, in order to lessen or liquidate a debt of 3 - or 400 dollars. A long vaca­ tion of two months, & they commenced again in March with two days in a week. Some of the teachers continue their schools a greater number of days, tho’ they receive no compensation for the extra �Kailua 1851 4. days * The schools of the Papists are four with four teachers & 171 pupils. Their stone edifice at Kailua is nearly completed, & is I understand to he consecrated this month. What the effect will he on the minds of the people time will develop. There is some progress in civilization. Some are building better native houses - obtaining some furniture - some beasts of burden & the backs of the people are considerably lightened on that account. There is more money in circulation; but few however know how to make a right use of it. expensive for their means. Most of it goes for clothing too A few however are learning to appropriate it In a better manner, & are coming to a better understanding of their true position. These are some of the facts in regard to the Station at Kailua: some encouraging, & some discouraging items. The promises of God remain the same, but a stronger & more vigorous faith is need­ ed, on the part of the pastor & the chh & we all need the Influences of the H. Spirit to enable us to be more faithful, & successful in winning souls to Christ. �Kailua 1851 Church Statistics. 53 Received past year on examination. 2,396 Whole number rec'd on examination 268 Whole number rec'd from other' churches 602 39 Whole number dismissed to other churches Deceased the past year 3 Chh. members excluded deceased the past year. 636 Whole number deceased 25 Excluded past year 74 Whole number remaining excluded. 1,248 32 1 ,749 17 Now in regular standing Children baptized the past year Whole number baptized Marriages the past year. Population of the field. 1 fourth. Proportion who attend public worship. School Statistics. Schools 12 Teachers 15 Scholars 832 Readers 333 Writers 166 Arithmetic 495 Geography 232 A. Thurston �Report of Kailua Station May -- 1852 Through, the kind & ever watchful providence of God, we are permitted to assemble again in Gen. Meeting. The only representative of the Station at Kailua, & in fact of the neighboring Station at Kealakekua, would express his grateful sense of the goodness of God, in preserving his health & life, & thus prolonging his term of ser­ vice among the Hawaiians, & especially would he praise the Lord for his protecting care of his better self, in crossing the mighty . waters, & in her safe return to these shores with improved health, which by the blessing of God was the great thing hoped for from the voyage. And he would with all others of the mission bless the Lord for the return of two of our former fellow laborers with their com­ panions, & with two daughters, natives, of this land, who, in all their wanderings since leaving these shores, have probably found no spot of equal interest to them, as their pleasant residence at Waiohinu in Kau on the island of Hawaii. We would rejoice also in the renewed tokens of God’s love to the inhabitants of the isles in the young Pioneers, now with us, who are to proceed on their way to the isles South West of us & there plant the standard of the cross. The regular routine of labors at the station have been per­ formed as in years previous; giving one half of my Sabbath labors to the out-stations. Besides my labors in my own field, I have four times visited the Station at Kealakekua, spending three days at each visitation; & they were all days of much interest as well as labor­ ious ones. There has been more than usual religious interest in both parts of Kona during the past missionary year. In some portions of the field the interest has been greater, & in others less; & there are some places, which seem to have been left to continue in their �Kailua 1852 2. former, stupid condition, with "but few, if any indications of alarm, or of awaking up to a due consideration of their Spiritual State. But in most parts of Kona North & South, we have been blessed with the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit on the minds of the people both old & young, & many have given evidence of a change of heart. Soon after our last Gen. Meeting there were indications of the Spirit's influences on the hearts of some in our congregations on the Sabbath, & on week days. Meetings were more fully attended, & many apparently seeking the salvation of their souls. Many of the wandering, suspended chh. members have been restored to the privileges of the chh. on evidence of repentance. The evidences of the Spirit's influences have continued with some abatement to the present time, & new cases of seriousness are frequently occurring, & meetings are well attended in most parts of the field throughout the district of Kona North & South. been r e c ’d to the chh. at Kailua 111 — 195 during the year. There have to the chh. at Kealakekua Those re c ’d to the chh. at Kailua are young persons, & mostly children of the chh. They appear well thus far. May the Lord preserve them in all their ways, & fit them for his king­ dom of Glory at last. These chh's, as a body exhibit a more wake­ ful interest for the good of others & for the glory of God, & for the peace & prosperity of Christ’s kingdom. There have been but few cases of discipline, & the prospective state of these chhs. is much more encouraging than in the preceding year. great things for us whereof we are glad” The Lord has done & we would pray & call on all to pray for the continuance & for an increase of these heavenly influences on the chhs. & people of this part of Hawaii, till all shall be brought to submit to the reign of the prince of peace. �Kailua 1852 3. The contributions of the chh. for the pastor & native assistants have amounted to about $175. Besides this about $200 have been collected for the repairing of our meeting-house. The schools have been kept up during the year two months in each quarter, with from three to four days of schooling each week. It has been the object of the school inspector ( !) so to manage the funds as not again to become involved in debt to the teachers, which occasioned much perplexity in some years that are past. The schools on the whole are in a prosperous state, & some progress has been made during the year. There are many obstacles to be overcome before the cause of education can be prosecuted with entire success. We want better school houses, better qualified teachers, & higher wages, but there Is some progress in these respects, & we hope for still greater in this direction. - One of our best schoolteachers has been set aside for improper conduct. Makaike also, who was a school teacher, a school inspector, circuit judge, & assistant minister at the Station at Kealakekua, has been lately fined for breach of the seventh com­ mandment, so that he has now no business, but that connected with the office of circuit judge. I was opposed altogether to his taking the (!) office, & told him it was incompatible with the duties of his office as a teacher of religion; but he was not persuaded to relin­ quish it. The appropriations for rebuilding & repairing have all been expended & between $4 - & 500 beyond, which now remains a debt to be discharged by somebody, & I would motion if this were the proper place to do it, that the mission-body liquidate this debt, or in other words, that I be credited on the books of the mission to the amount of $1064. If this can be done, I shall be free from �Kailua 1852 4. debt & there will [be][ a little remaining, sufficient perhaps to purchase a barrel of flour, a little rice, a few pounds of sugar, & a bar of soap, to take home with us at the close of the Gen. Meet­ ing; but if otherwise, I shall be on debt to the depository to an amount beyond my present year's salary. Statistics 111 - Rec'd on examination the past year 2,497 - Whole number rec'd on examination. 285 - Whole number rec'd from other chhs. 608 - Whole number dismissed to other chhs. 658 - Whole number deceased. 19 - Deceased past year 9 - Suspended past year 41 - Remain suspended 1,475 - Whole number in regular standing 47 - Children baptized past year 1,796 - Whole number baptized Marriages past year 4-or 500 Average congregation. Births in 1851, 91, Deaths 105 Births 50, Deaths 26, the first quarter of the present year. Church Statistics" of Kealakekua May — 195 - Rec'd past year on examination 2,906 - Whole number rec'd on examination 97 - Whole number rec'd from other chhs. 10 - Past year from other chhs. 858 - Whole number dismissed to other chhs. 6 - Dismissed past year, 632 - Whole number deceased. 1852 �5. 5 - Deceased the past year. [0] Suspended past year to] Remain suspended 314 - Restored past year 1,172 48 1 , 121 - Now in regular Standing - Baptized past year - Whole number baptized Abs tract of the Report The health of the only incumbent has, by the blessing of God, remained good during the year, & the labors of the station have been pursued without interruption from ill health. Besides the usual efforts as in past years, the Station at Kealakekaa has been visited four times during the year spending three days at each visitation including the Sabbath, & on each Sabbath the Sacrament of the Supper was administered, & on three of the Sabbaths there were admissions to the chh. The chhs. The work of the Lord has been revived in these churches, & many backsliders & suspended members have been reclaimed, & sinners have been converted. 306 have been added to the chh. on profession* & there has been joy & rejoicing in the hearts & dwellings of many of the people, & we trust also there has been joy in heaven at repentance of sinners. To God be all the glory. The work is his. Contributions. About $400 have been contributed by the two (!) chhs. of Kailua & Kealakua, for benevolent objects during the year. Schools. They are prosperous, & have been kept up through the year with one month vacation at the close of each quarter, �Kailua 1852 & from three to four days teaching each week. There is a great need of better school houses, more competent teachers, more & better books, & higher wages for teachers. Romanism. No apparent increase in the number of adherents to this error, as I should think. The Cathedral at Kailua has been finished, & furnished with idols & consecrated, 4 or five individuals joined them on the occasion, but most of them have returned, repenting of their folly, & have been received again to the fellowship of the chhs. In South Kona there are quite a number of Romanists among the recent converts, Some of whom have been rec'd to the chh. at Kealakekua. The Spirit of the Lord is a destroying enemy to Romanism - the rays from the Sun of Righteousness, are producing a scorching ( !) influence on the adher­ ents of the man of Sin. [Unsigned, but Mr. Thurston’s] �Abstract of Kailua Report Health of the Station - [1853] There has been considerable ill health during the first eight months of the year, principally confined to Mrs. Thurston having had repeated attacks of the fever. But though [through] the mercies of God, health is now restored, & with the exception of a few Sabbaths the labors of the Station have been performed as in past years. Churches . The work of the Lord has continued through the year in some parts of the field, tho’ not in all parts at the same time. Many wandering chh. members have been restored, & many of the impenitent hopefully converted, some of whom have united with chh. among whom are about 20 from the Romanists. Contributions. These have considerably increased, es­ pecially since the formation of a a ( !) home & foreign missionary Society united in one, & the executive committee of the Society have promised a salary of $600 for the Support of the pastor. Whether this sum will be realized may be regarded as doubtful. Between $3 - & 400 have been received into the treasury of this Society since its organization, & over 300 has been added to the fund for repairing of our house of worship. schools ( !). These have been continued as far as funds would allow, & are prosperous. Romanism. This it is believed is not gaining strength, either by interest or numbers. �Report of Kailua Station May - 1853 Through the ever watchful care of our Heavenly Father we have been preserved during another year; & have been enabled to perform our usual labors among the people, with the exception of a few Sabbaths during the prevalence of the fever & influenza. In my own case the fever was of short continuance; in Mrs. Thur­ ston's case it was protracted, having repeated attacks for many months, which left her in a feeble state. But for two or three months past, she has been gaining strength & vigor; & now I am happy to state enjoys her usual health. We have had trials too of another kind, the want of effi­ cient domestic aid, which we were unable to obtain, & this was probably one cause of Mrs. Thurston's protracted ill health, being obliged to go beyond her strength in domestic concerns, a case however of not unfrequent occurrence with missionary females through­ out the world. But in all our trials of various kinds we have had abundant cause for gratitude, & to speak of the loving-kindness of the Lord, & to praise him for his ever abounding goodness. Throughout our field there is evidence of a slow onward progress. There is nothing startling in the appearance of things, but still some indications of advancement, some waking up, some growing towards a state of manhood. In rebuilding their houses they put them up in a neater & better style, more conveniences, ( !) & some pieces of furniture are not unfrequently seen. On entering a dwelling you may be furnished with a chair or stool or some kind of a seat. Some improvement in the style of dress; beasts of burden are multiplying; & some other things are making their appearance, which have a look towards civilization. But as I �Kailua - 1853 2 remarked above, there is nothing startling In the improvements that are made, & are being made; there is nothing like the speed of the cars. - the Steam ship - the caloric ship, or Electric telegraph; nothing like these is yet apparent, & we do not see the zeal, energy, fire, & persevere- perseverance of the AngloSaxon; but there is a little opening of the eye, a little warmth in the system, a little circumspection, a looking about - a little inquiry as to the why, & wherefore & the wherewith; - a little waking up to their true position; - all which appearances, though in their incipiency & of small amount, are still evidences of of ( l) progress & grounds of encouragement. The missionary year now closed, or since our last Gen. Meeting, has been one of t e m p o r a l & spiritual prosperity to the people of N. Kona. It has been a period of General health. Wo wasting disease has swept off the inhabitants. There was an increase of births over the deaths in every quarter of the year '52, & the excess of births the first quarter of the present year is eleven, -- The rain of heaven has also been abundant, & the earth is covered with a beautiful green, & the roughness of the region as seen in former days, is scarcely discernible from the Shore at Kailua; & there is abundance of food for man & beast. But in addition to these temporal blessings bestowed in rich abundance by a beneficent providence, the influences of the Holy Spirit have shed down on us In different parts of the field, t h o ' not in all parts at the same time. Some places that were left dry & barren the previous year, have been watered & refreshed, & made fruitful this, & others have received still larger mani­ festations of Divine grace. Many wandering, backsliding chh. �Kailua - 1853 3. members have been reclaimed, & restored to Christian fellowship; & many of the impenitent have given evidence of having forsaken their sins & turned to the Lord. Some Romanists among the number. Of these 273 have been received to the church; principally from the young, & mostly children of the chh. re c ’d hereafter. our eyes." Some others may be "This is the Lord’s doings & is marvellous in To Him be all the praise. "Not unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but to thy name give glory glory ( !) for thy mercy & for t h y truth’s sake." The schools have been continued through the year as far as the funds would allow, & some progress made. the month of April. a week. Vacations during They commence again this month; two days In Some of the school houses have been rethatched & some other repairs have been made; but we have no school house, as yet furnished with seats & writing desks. We still however live in hope that we may have some hereafter. The Schools are doing as well as can be expected under existing circumstances. The contributions of the chh. for benevolent purposes have always been small at this station. In the year '52, $74.22 were contributed for the support of the pastor, which is something less than they have done in any previous year in which they have contributed directly for his support ( !). At the commencement of the present year, some plain things were said to the people in regard to supporting their own insti­ tutions. It was stated that the A. Board expected that the mis­ sionaries would be supported hereafter mainly, If not entirely by the people for whom they were laboring, & for whose benefit they had been laboring for a third of [a] century; & that it ought �Kailua - 1853 4. to be expected, that children at the age of 33 1/3 years would be be ( !) able to stand u p , & walk without a staff to lean on; & they have been looking about to see what can be done & to try their strength. In the month of Jan. a missionary Society was formed em­ bracing the Home & Foreign departments, auxiliary in part to the Hawaiian Missionary Society. All the contributions for the year are put into the treasury of this Society except the monies collected & which are being collected for the repairs of the meeting-house, & which is a separate fund, & now amounts to about $600, & between 3 - $400 have been collected for the missionary. From the funds of this Society the liabilities of the Home depart­ ment are to be met including the salary of the pastor, which the executive officers of the Society have put down at $600. This with rigid economy, & a sum added for the repair of buildings. travelling expenses &c may be sufficient for a support, including of course the things contained in the 7th resolution of the Board in ’48. We shall henceforward depend on the people for our main support* commencing with the year '53. Perhaps however this statement is not exactly in place here; for the manner of our support has been previously determined on by the Board, & the thing is to be fixed at this last Gen. meeting of the mission, as I understand the Subject. The manner & amount of our Support are yearly to be determined hereafter, either by the directors of the missionary Society, or by a committee chosen for that purpose. I stand therefore ready to have the amount of any salary determined on by the above named committee for the year '53, not doubting that we shall be able to continue our labors among the people & �Kailua - 1853 be comfortably supported whatever may be the sum fixed upon. Statistics of the Church 273 — 2,770 — 299 — Rec'd on examination p a s t year. Whole number on examination Whole n u mber from other chhs. 624 — Whole number dismissed to other chhs. 685 — Whole number deceased 27 -5 — 30 — 1,730 132 Suspended past year. Remain Suspended. -- Whole number in regular standing — Children baptized past year. 2,028 -45 — 400 Deceased past year. — 36 — Whole number baptized Marriages the ( !) in the year '52 Average congregation at Kailua Births the 1st of '53, 25 deaths. A. Thurston. �Report of Kailua Station May - 1854 Another year has past with all the thrilling incidents, which have marked its progress from the beginning to its close. The fearful pestilence from the hand of the Almighty has passed through the land, & swept away the righteous & the wicked, & they have gone on to their final account, & their states fixed forever, not to he altered by the decisions of the last, great day, except from a less to a greater degree of happiness or misery, & which are to go on increasing during eternal ages. Yes, the fearful history is written by one who never mistakes, & written too in the books, that are to be opened on the day appointed; & every one's case decided by the things written in the books, & the saints, standing at the right hand of the Judge, & witnesses of the scene, will say, amen to the sentence that will consign all to bless or woe that is to be eternal. Our own history too has been written, not of the last year only, but from the first pulsations or breathings to the present hour; & a few more days, weeks, months, & possibly years, will complete the ,story, & it will be laid aside to be presented to the high court of heaven at the final day. What will be the character & items of that exhibit? will be the history of the last year's labors? What It is all written down in that other book, & perhaps in a little different style, composed of different items from those which we might select; & arranged in a different order. the history of our own labors. How incompetent we are to write But we have been called on in past years to give some account of ourselves, of our labors & of the State of the people for whose salvation we have been, & still are toiling. And I suppose it is expected of me, to give some account �Kailua - 1854 2. of my efforts in North. Kona on Hawaii during the past year. 1. I have tried to do something for the great Master. But I have not satisfied myself, much less can I hope to have satisfied him. My own heart condemns me; but God is greater than the heart & knows all things! The outline of duties has been gone over but I fear not with that spirit which the gospel requires. I have trusted too much to myself, & too little to the Savior, though he has said "without me ye can do nothing." trusteth to his own heart is a fool." f,He that Still we are inclined to this kind of foolishness, & fo(r)get the counsels of heavenly wisdom, as well as the teachings of experience, & place too much dependence on the creature. We have seen & felt our impotence & that of all human efforts to stay the progress of the plague" that has swept off its thousands. dwellings. Yet it has not come nigh our The merciful & protecting care of our heavenly Father has kept us from being smitten by the destroying angel. Oh, what gratitude is due to the great Author of all our mercies; & the giver of every good & perfect gift; & how should our spared lives be renewedly devoted to his service & glory. The people have seen the scourge of the Almighty smiting down their friends & neighbors on the right hand & on the left. But they have not humbled them­ selves, repented of their sins, & turned to the Lord, & devoted themselves to his service. It would seem that the judgment of heaven have had the effect to harden rather than to soften their hearts, & thus preparing themselves for some more fearful exhibi­ tions of God's anger against sin, either In this or the future world. It should however be the great concern of God's servants to prepare the people for his coming & for his kingdom. We should �Kailua - 1854 3. therefore put forth our most strenuous efforts to save the rem­ nant of the people before they pass beyond the reach of our influ­ ence & are lost forever. 2. The general, moral aspect of things is not of the most encouraging, neither is it of the most disheartening kind. At the outstations, five in number, I have given one have (I) of my labors on the Sabbath; that is, every other Sabbath I am away from the station. The people appear attentive to instruction wherever I go, & I am always received with great apparent cordi­ ality, & they generally attend meeting on both parts of the day, though not with all that wakeful interest which one desires to see in an assembly of immortals, bound to the judgment of the great day & to their final account. The outward forms of reli­ gion are pretty generally kept up; but not with that zeal & engagedness, which indicate the earnest longings of s o u l s after conformity to the blessed Savior. Much mast be done for them before they are fitted for heaven. In some parts of the field there has been a degree of zeal & wakefulness, which are en­ couraging, & again in other parts there has been a degree o f in­ difference & laxness in regard to the interests of the soul, & of the kingdom of God. in days of old. There are true & false disciples now as There are tares among the wheat, & they will gro w together till the harvest, when there will be, a final separation. Gases of discipline have not been numerous, & some previously set aside have been restored to Christian fellowship. There have been added to the chh. by profession during the past year, 56, & 14 by letter, making 70 in all, making an increase of 9 members the past year. �Kailua - 1854 4. The schools have been kept up during the year, 2 or 3 days in a week with a month's vacation at the close of every quarter. They have done as well as could he expected from the amount of labor & treasure bestowed upon them. The number of schools & scholars are less than they were the last year. The contributions of the chh. the year past have been between 4 - $500 dollars. The place of worship at Kahaluu, one of the outstations, has been covered, furnished with a platform & desk, but not seated, & it was dedicated in Dec. last. There are now five outstations, where divine service is performed every Sabbath. From the funds collected for the repairing of the place of worship at Kailua, & from the funds of the missionary Society there has been expended about $1100; $600 towards the support of the pastor, $500 in repairing the chh. $10 to the Hawaiian Missionary Society, & 50 for rebuilding the school house at Hilo. That they will be able to do as much the next year i s very doubt­ ful. But it is hoped & expected they will continue to afford aid in sustaining the institution of the gospel among them. [Unsigned] [But undoubtedly Mr. Thurston's] �Report of Kailua Station May - 1855 Through the continued mercies of our Heavenly Father w e have "been preserved another year, fraught with trials peculiar & blessings great. On the 12th of Sept. Mrs. Thurston was wonder­ fully sustained during a painful surgical operation, which how­ ever left her in a very weak & feeble state, from the loss of blood, & the effect which it gave to her whole physical system. For a week subsequent to the operation, little hope was enter­ tained of her recovery. But from that time a gradual amendment began to appear, & she is now as you see in comfortable health; though not so strong, vigorous & able to endure hardship as for­ merly. This however can hardly be expected at her period of life. Nothing but trust in the Savior, & aid from on high could have sustained & restored her thus far to health. We would praise the Lord for his distinguished kindness & mercies to us the past year; & we therefore rest in hope to be carried through the future days of our pilgrimage; & as our day is, so our strength will be. "All our appointed time will we wait till our change come! " The routine of pastoral labors have been performed as usual dividing the Sabbath services between the station, & other parts of the field. I was absent from the Station from the 12th of Sept to the first of Nov. which time I was here on account o f Mrs. Thurston's severe illness. She was left here to be under the care of her physician till the middle of Jan. when she returned to Kailua with other members of our family, some of whom were out of health, especially Mr. Taylor; but I am happy to say that his health has somewhat improved, & he is encouraged to hope that he �Kailua 1855 2. may obtain comfortable health, tho' perhaps not to resume his labors as a preacher. I have been employed for five months past as a substitute ( !) for a teacher of the English language. The last term of two months there were between 50 & 60 in attendance. Some of them have done very well in getting the correct sound of the letters & in the pronunciation of words, & from my little experience I see no grounds of discouragement, or for the belief that, with a compe­ tent teacher, the Hawaiians may not be taught to read, write & speak the English language. The common schools have been kept two or three days in a week, but are now suspended for want of means for carrying them on. The Sabbath School has been continued t h r o u g h the year, though with smaller numbers & less interest than the previous year for want of a suitable text book, or the "Ai - o - ka la" There have been no additions to the chh. except by letter. Pray meetings ( !), weekly & daily ( !) have been continued in most parts of the field & religious meetings generally have been pretty well attended, not however with that interest which one would wish to see. The convincing* quickening influences of the Spirit have not been shed down upon the people & the chh. revival of religion. There has been no Of the natural rain we have had an abundance, but the spiritual rain has been withheld; ’Pools have not appeared in the desert, nor springs of water in the thirsty land.” is parched & dry. All Yet there are some weeping in secret places at this state [of] things. And we know that the Lord is a hearer of prayer* & will answer in due time the prayer of faith. �Kailua 1855 3. There have not been many cases of discipline during the year. There has been some drinking of the f ermented ( !) potato in our region, & a few chh. members have been drawn into the snare, mostly by those without the chh. The contributions have been smaller than in the previous year. For the support of the pastor $288.45 have been received, the remainder of the $600.00 is $311.55, a small part of which may yet be paid in. $40, have been contributed to Hawaiian Missionary Society. Some has been collected for the repairing of chh. building. The whole that has been collected for benevolent & other purposes will amount to about $500. The repairing & finishing of our house of worship, at an estimated cost of $5,000. is the great desideratum with the people at present, & will be for some years to come; & on this account, they think & say that they can do n o more for the support of the pastor, till this Is accomplished; & I know not how they will be able to do this, without help from abroad. The people are poor & need help, especially assistance from on high. Statistics of the church Kailua 2826 318 0 5 659 17 769 23 25 43 1673 2150 60 11 — _ _ _ — — - — — — — — Whole No. on examination Whole No. by certificate Past year on examination. Past year by certificate. Whole No. dismissed to other chhs. Dismissed past year. Whole No. deceased Deceased the past year Suspended past year Remain Suspended Whole No. in regular standing. Whole No. children baptized. Baptized past year. Marriages for 1854. A. Thurston Haw. �Abstract o f Report Kailua [1855] The incumbents of the Station would render thanksgiving to God for his sustaining hand., & restoring mercies to them. With hope for the future, they buckle on anew their armor; & trust for strength to endure & labor on to the close of their pilgrim­ age. The usual routine of labors at the Station & other parts of the field have been performed, except in the absence of the pastor for nearly two months at Honolulu. The common schools have continued till within a month or two past. For want of means to carry them on they were dismissed for three months, to be commenced again as means are obtained. The Sabbath School has been kept up, though with diminished numbers & interest, for want of the usual text book, or the daily food as it is called. An English school has also been commenced & continued for five months past with some degree of success. The chh. has diminished some in numbers. profession, & but few by letter. No accessions by Rather a low state of religious interest among professors; though cases of discipline have not been numerous; & religious meetings have been generally pretty well attended throughout the field. Contributions have been less than in the previous year, amounting to not more than $500. for benevolent & other objects. No wasting sickness. inhabitants of this region. General health prevails among the Fewer deaths than births. A slow & gradual progress in civilization. [Unsigned, but marked as Mr. Thurston's.] �Report of Kailua Station May - 1858. We have every year more & more occasion to make mention of the mercies of God to us & ours. We have this year special reasons to speak of a Providential deliverance. On the 8th of March I was thrown, from my horse & seriously injured by the pomel (! ) of a Spanish saddle, producing a rupture, & by the violent fall to to ( !) the ground. The Lord be praised that my life was spared, & that there is a prospect of a partial recovery, & that I may be able hereafter to perform some feeble service among the people of my charge; though I have no expectation of being able to endure what I previously could. The usual amount of service among the people at the Station & out-stations has been performed up to the period above named. Since the first of Apr. I have met the deacons of the chh. once a week in my study as heretofore, & may have been of some service to them & through them to others. But I have not been able as yet to engage in any public service. I hope however on my re­ turn, if the Lord will, to perform again some of the more public duties of the Station, should my health be sufficiently restored. The chh. members have not been so wakeful to their Spirit­ ual interests, & progress in holiness, & to the salvation of souls around them, as they should have been; but there are many, who stand firm on the Lord's side; do honor to their profession, & will we doubt not continue to the end, & receive the crown of life. Though we cannot speak of a general revival of religion among the people, yet in some parts of our field there has been �Kailua 1858 2. evidence of the Spirit's influence on the minds of many; & some, we trust, have been heartily turned to the Lord. Among those who have appeared & professed to have been converted, ninety have been received to the chh. most of whom have seemed to run well thus far, & some we trust will continue their course to the end. expected. There are hypocrites in every chh. on earth as well as self deceivers. members. But that all will do so, can hardly be None that are free from unworthy & useless There are tares among the wheat, fig trees with leaves only, & vines, whose useless branches must be lopped off as they make their appearance. Discipline must not be neglected. There is need however of caution in the laborers of the Great Landholder, lest they root up the wheat with the tares. In some cases we must wait till the time of harvest, - till the reapers come, & then the separation will be made to the mind of the great Owner. The barren fig tree must not b e cut down, till every effort that wisdom & love can put forth to produce fruit-bearing; then, if no blossoms or fruits appear, let the axe be laid hold on. The contributions of the chh. for 1857 have been a little in advance of the previous year, amounting to $456.59, including $23.18 a small collection towards a sum for the purchase of a bell; an article which we very much need. The remainder of the debt to the pastor for 1854, has been paid, & $450 promised for his support the present year; of which the two first quarterly hills have been paid $225.00, & I am encouraged to expect that the amount for the two l ast quarters will be obtained; & I am hoping that the same amount may be contributed for his support for the coming year. I shall need therefore the same amount from �Kailua 1858 3. the Board as is granted the present year. The chh. I think are awaking up a little to the importance & duty of contributing for the support of their religious teachers & institutions, though they are by no means feel ( !) so much in­ terested as they ought to feel on the subject; nor so much as I hope they will feel & do hereafter. There are but few individuals in our chhs. that exhibit evidence of that entire consecration of themselves & their all to Christ, which would guide them in their contributions for the establishment of God's Kingdom here & else­ where. But we must not however despise the day of small things; but pray & strive for an increase of that devoted & benevolent spirit both in ourselves & others, which alone can fit us and others for the service of God on earth & in heaven. Phillip, our school inspector, teacher, & preacher, has now been with us about two year; & has lately been married to one whom we hope may prove a help meet for him. He makes himself useful among the people, & is very acceptable as a preacher. fault as a public speaker. He has one His enunciation is much too rapid, & in a large audience he would not be understood by them at a distance. Most however of our places of worship are small. He is [hole in paper] the most substantial aid we have had from the graduates of the Seminary . - Under his superintendence the schools are better regulated than formerly, & more prosperous. On the whole in looking over the services of past years & in w itnessing the success which has attended them we have abundant occasion to bless & praise the Lord. We have also ground of en­ couragement for future efforts, confident that our labors will not be in vain in the Lord. [Unsigned] [Undoubtedly Mr, Thurston's] �Kailua Report May - 1859 In the fortieth year of missionary life, I am permitted, in the good providence of God, to meet you once more. As was hoped when we last met, I have been able, though in feebleness, to do something for the Spiritual benefit of my charge in N orth Kona; but by no means all, that was usually performed in previous years. My labors have been mostly confined to the services of the Sabbath; preaching twice on each da y sometimes only once & principally at Kailua. The three first quarterly communions were attended at Kailua only. The last in April I was enabled to visit all the out-stations & administer the sacraments at each, at which times there is generally a full attendance. The above & meeting weekly with the deacons solemnizing forty-five marriages & conversing with individuals as they come to my study include the amount of public & pastoral services performed during the year though with much feebleness & much imperfection. The experience of our family the past year has been deep & varied. Another member of our house has been making a home in North Kona; so that there are now three places of residence* with­ in from two to ten miles of each other. Yet in each household* the father & support of each has so felt the pressure of disease that hardly any one of us could truthfully inscribe upon our banner* "Faint yet pursuing.” Our Sixth & seventh grandchildren have have ( !) both been baptized in our own houses at family gatherings. In the midst of one of the most furious storms we have �Kailua 1859 2. experienced for years, all our family, with the exception of Thomas, including also our grandchildren, were collected at the old homestead Laniakea. family interest. Preparations were made for an occasion of No friends were present aside from our own circle. A religious ceremony was performed, which added a son to our family in all the vigor of strength & manhood; & the natural consequence of thus obtaining a son, we parted with our daughter Mary. was our only remaining one at home. She Probably we shall see her face again no more. Two events have taken place the past year, which may have an important bearing on the future of Kona. selected Kailua as a place of residence. First, the King has The house formerly belonging to Gov. Adams is undergoing a complete repair for his accommodation. Secondly. Volcanic fires have burst forth within 16 miles miles ( !) of the shore inviting the scientific, intelligent & curious to come to behold its wonders. Now with Majesty on the shore & volcanic action on the mountains it may be that North Kona will be so forced up in the scale of progress as to approach to a level with neighboring dis­ tricts. Our experience however of the presence of Royalty & its influence have not been of a nature to produce raised expectation of an upward tendency, but rather the contrary. Among the members of the chh. as a body there is not that watchfulness unto prayer, that humbleness of mind & that spiritual­ ity which are so important & desirable, & which afford evidence of growth in grace, & of actively struggling after fitness for heaven. A spirit of slumber in regard to the soul’s salvation, seems to �Kailua 1859 3. have fallen upon the people generally both in the chh. & out of it. Still our congregations are much as usual on the Sabbath as to numbers, but there i s not that fixed attention, earnest look, & tearful eye, which are seen when the Spirit of God fastens conviction on the soul, & prompts the inquiry What shall I do to be saved? There are few if any inquirers of this character among us at the present time. There is however one redeeming item which may be put down to their credit. Notwithstanding this moral stupidity & darkness which seems to b e brooding over the chh. there is a common/increase in their contributions. The sum contributed in 1857, was $456.57, as in the report of last year. For 1858 the amount is $760.69, which is $304.10 in advance of the previous year. $500. is promised toward the support of the pastor the present year. Should this be fulfilled at the close of the year, the $50. of the $450, from the Board, will be relinquished or refunded, for I be­ lieve it has already been a p p r o p r i a t e d by our agents for the purpose of securing a part of my last year's indebtedness to them; for we know they keep a sharp as well as a correct eye on their debtors & when any thing comes within their reach which they may lawfully & justly take they are not slow to secure it. I write not this to their discredit, but rather the contrary. Whether the chh. will be able to raise the $500, toward my support the present year I have my doubts. The principal depend­ ence of the people of N. Kona to raise money to pay their taxes & contributions is their coffee & their oranges. But a blight is coming over these & may greatly diminish the avails which they expected from these sources; & should it be so they will be greatly �Kailua 1859 4. pressed to meet their engagements. The Govt. Schools are carried on with much the same ef­ ficiency as during the previous year & perhaps a little in advance . A School for the teachers by the Sch ool Inspector is kept up one day a week. Romanism still continues in our field; hut it is believed there is no increase in the number of its adherents or i t s fluence. in­ The principal priest at Kailua lately deceased; the younger & more efficient of the two. In looking over our field from East to West, from North to South, the great thing we need is, the influence of the Holy Spi­ rit to wake up the sleeping, raise the dead in sin; restore the wandering, & to bring all to the gospel standard of consecration; & this faith & prayer of the right kind, accompanied with earnest & appropriate efforts will obtain for us. Statistics 3,101 339 3 5 8 698 10 911 40 32 75 1,748 1,334 23— 45 — — — — — — -— — — — Whole number on profession. On certificate. Past year on profession. On certificate. Total past year. Whole number dismissed. Dismissed past year Total deceased. Deceased past year. Excluded past year. Remain excluded. Now in regular standing -- Total children baptized Baptized past year. — Marriages A. Thurston �Report of Kailua Station May - 1860. During the past year, we have been sustained in our varied trials, & are permitted to meet you once more at this annual gather­ ing. The Lord be praised, though he has smitten & woun ded us with one hand, he has sustained & healed us with the other. cast down, we are not destroyed. Though In all our afflictions his loving-kindness has never failed us. Our Son Asa for months & years had been a great sufferer; & during the few last months & weeks of his life he endured his sufferings with much patience & resignation. For a few days previous to his departure the good Shepherd led him through green pastures & beside the still waters. He passed smoothly along, till on the 17th of Dec. he fell asleep, in the house of a friend at Honolulu with whom he resided for the few last weeks of his life. His mother was with him at the time. I was at Kailua in my own lonely home, making some preparation to come down to see our dying child. On the morning of the 19th, I was attacked with paralysis on my left side, I immediately sent for a physician, about 10 miles distant, & informed also Mrs. T aylor, who soon came to my relief. Alarming symptoms were soon mi t ig a t e d ( !); but it was nearly two weeks before I could volun­ tarily move any of the fingers of my left hand. Previous to this attack, Sarah & the little boys had been sent for to take passage on board the Kekauluohi for Honolulu to witness the last hours of the dying husband & father. Accordingly we took passage for Ho­ nolulu with judge Andrews & Dr. Herrick & arrived there on the 25th, but he whom we came to see, had passed away. one week in the grave. We see his face no more. He had been God's will be �Kailua done. A short pilgrimage. 1860 2. He has left his earthly house &, as we trust, entered the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Prom Honolulu we returned to Kailua, & since the 20th of Jan. up to the time we left Kailua for this Convention we have resided in Mr. Taylor's family as hoarders, & rode on h o r s e b a c k 5 or 6 miles every day. Up to the time of my illness the various labors of the Station were performed as in previous years. have refrained from preaching. Since that time I I have performed the service of two Seasons of Communion; baptized some ten or 12 children, & solemnized marriages; Held a weekly meeting with the deacons of the chh. & a weekly meeting with the teachers of the Sabbath School. After our return to Kailua, we had but one preaching service on the Sabbath; in the afternoon, we have a congregation­ al Sabbath school. All attend who are willing & can be induced to do so, young & old, & since this arrangement, a greater number have attended the service in the afternoon than formerly. A simi­ lar arrangement is pursued at all our Out-Stations. The Sabbath school is superintended by two intelligent natives, & Mrs. Thurston is always there & may be regarded as the general Superintendent. The Bible is our class-book. We commenced at the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, & proceeded in course 10 verses ; paper torn] a week. [ The people for the present appear to be more interested i n the School than they formerly were in a preaching service; so far as numbers are an indication of interest. I do not know how long this interest may continue, But we hope it may �Kailua 1860 3. continue by th e blessing of God on his own word. There have not been many cases of discipline among the chh. members. There has been no general revival of religion, hut there have [been] a few hopeful conversions. Nine have been admitted to the chh. on on ( !) profession; & nine propounded for admission hereafter, if they continue to give evidence of Piety. Philip our school Inspector, has made himself very acceptable as a preacher, For the time being however, he has discontinued this service for the present. Through carelessness as an Assessor, he got himself into trouble, & I suppose it will not be over till after the Circuit Court at Waimea in Sept, next, to which he is bound to appear to answer for the crime of perjury. While we were absent for two or three days in the country, our house was broken open & about $200.00 in money 8c some articles of clothing were taken. The culprit was our own household servant. His relatives & our friends informed against him, & he was brought before the district justice & proved guilty. is to be tried at the circuit court at Waimea. He confessed all, & $140.00 was found in his house, the rest was scattered here & there among his friends. Statistics 3110 342 9 3 12 701 3 958 47 15 65 1724 1356 22 — — — _ _ - 32 $600. 00 Whole Number r e c ’d on Profession " " on Certificate Past year on Profession. " on Certificate. Whole Number past year Whole Number dismissed ( !). Dismissed past year Whole Number deceased. Deceased the past year. Excluded past year. Remain excluded Now in regular standing Total children baptized Baptized past year Marriages Contributions [Unsigned] [But undoubtedly Thurston's] �Abstract of Kailua Report, May - 1860. ' In looking over the months, weeks & days of the past year, we have great reason to mention the mercy & loving kindness of. the Lord. In all our affliction & trials, sickness, & death in our family circle we have been sustained. The Lord be praised. During the first half of the year, the labors of the Station were performed as in previous years, & during the last half, our labors have been greatly lessened from necessity. to the extent of our ability. We have labored Some things have suffered, & some have not b e e n pushed forward to the extent which seemed desirable There has not been many cases of discipline in the chh. Some who had been previously excluded, have been received again to fellowship, & a few during the year have been hopefully converted, & 9 have been rec'd to the chh. on profession, & 9 stand propounded for admission at some future period. The Government schools have been kept up with their usual Interest & success. The sabbath school also has b e e n reorganized & now takes the place of the second preaching service; as many as are willing to attend do so, & many attend with a good degree of interest. The contributions of chh. $600.00 $450 have been appropriated toward the support of the pastor [Unsigned] [But undoubtedly Thurston's] �Kail ua Report . May 1861 As we are unable to be with you in person, we send you a short report of our state & doings. Our health generally is pretty good; though we have had seasons of illness, especially Mrs. Thurston, who, about a month since, was attacked with the Maui fever, which confined her to her bed for about a week & which left her in a weak & feeble state, & she is not yet entirely recovered, though able to be about. The past year we have been called to part with our beloved Persis & her children. T h e y have gone to unite again with the husband & father, from whom they have separated about two years. A great wave passed over us, when they left, though we were not overwhelmed, our heads have appeared above the water on the other side of the wave, faint yet; pursuing; & hoping to be able, in the strength of the Lord, to buffet the billows that are still to roll over us. We rejoice however that they have gone to a more congenial climate; a place of usefulness, & of brighter prospects for the future. Our labors the year past for the spiritual good of the people have been small & mingled with much imperfection. The pastor has been able to preach 36 sabbaths, visited all. the stations once, & administered the ordinances at each, 6 in number including Kailua. Twice the sacrament of the Lord's supper has been administered at Kailua, when the whole chh came together, & once at three places in this field. During the few last months of 1860 there was considerable drinking of the fomented potatoes & other fruits & vegetables, & many of the chh. members were engaged in it; & some of them have �Kailua 1861 2. been fined by the magistrate there were about 20 belonging to Kahaluu one of the divisions of this field. They were all ex­ cluded from the privileges of chh. fellowi sh. till repentance shall be manifested. This division is the principal place where drinking has been most prevalent. Some few have repented of their wicked­ ness. Since the commencement of the present year there has been but very little if any drinking among the members of the chh. state of things is apparent. A new There are now daily prayer meetings in most of the divisions of this chh; & the members generally are active in attending & sustaining them. The Holy Spirit is evidently breathing upon the slain, & quickening the dead in trespasses & sins. Between 40 & 50 profess to have given their hearts to Christ* some of whom may be received to the chh. at our next communion season. For two or three months past we have established a weekly meeting at each of our preaching stations successively, 6 including Kailua. These meetings are conducted by the deacons of the chh. & Philip our licensed preacher generally attends. It is designed as a kind of pastoral visitation & most of the day is spent in visiting from house to house & one "meeting in the house of worship at the station, These meetings are fully attended; & we are praying & hoping for an increase & continuance of the reviving influences of the Holy Spirit. The Lord be praised for what he has done & is still doing for the salvation of this people. To Him be all the glory. The Sabbath School has been sustained with a good degree of interest about 400 in attendance at all the Stations. �Kailua 1861 3. Contributions received in cash for various purposes $593.96. Debt for services the previous year $139.67 Debt for the bell 201.90 To the bell ringer & sweeper of the chh 13.00 To Philip for 3/4 of the year 45 For Sabbath Services at Kiholo 11.25 For wine &c. for the Lord's Supper 18.75 For the support of the pastor 164.39 Should there be a surplus of funds the present year the deficiency in t he pastor's salary may be made up in part. I leave the committee of appropriations to decide the amount of the Board's appropriation for my support, the coming year. A. Thurston Statistics 3118 350 7 8 15 714 13 984 26 29 59 1710 1392 36 44 Whole number on profession 11 on certificate Past year on profession " on certificate Total past year. Whole number dismissed Dismissed past year Whole number deceased ““ Deceased past year — Excluded past year -- Remain excluded — Now in regular standing — Total baptized children — Baptized past year — Marriages — — — — — — � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Kaawaloa - Kailua - 1831-1861 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/134e8c717d5a471913963ee47ff845bc.pdf be801380ddfaa2cd260c3098e352f473 PDF Text Text KAAWALOA STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Cochran Forbes............................ .......................................1833 Cochran F orbes........ . „ . ............. ............... .............. .. 1 834 Cochran Forbes............ .................................... ................ 1835 Unsigned (Fo rbes).......................... .................... .......... .1836 Cochran Fo r b e s ......................... ........... ...1837 Unsigned (Fo rbes).......... ................ ............................ .. .1838 �Report of the S tatio n a t Kaawaloa for the Year ending June 1 s t , 1833 The m ission are aware o f the d i f f i c u l t i e s under w hich the labours of th is statio n have been conducted during the past y ear One of the m issionaries i n i l l h e a l t h most of the time & the other en tire ly Ignorant of the language & customs of the p e o p le . For the most part the duties of the p u lp it have b een d isch a rg ed by M essrs. Thurston & Bishop from K a i l u a . During the f a l l & w in t e r of 1832 they v i s i t e d us 2 sabs, out of 3 for the purpose of p reaching to the n a t iv e s . In th e ir absence the meetings were conducted by Mr. Ruggles or one o f the natives most competent. After the f i r s t of January Mr. F . preached occasio n ally . The Lord’ s supper has been re g u la rly adm inistered - i n July 14 were re ceiv ed to the communion & so f a r as we have had opportunity of observing have m aintained their p r o fe s s io n . Other candidates have stood propounded for more than a y e a r , but have not yet b e e n r e c e iv e d as much caution was deemed necessary . general are w e ll known to a l l . The reasons of w h ich b eing During the year one member has been suspended for d rin kin g ardent sp ir its & 3 others s t i l l rem ain unre­ stored t h o ’ one of them gives good evidence of his humble p e n ite n c e . To that there s t i l l remain 79 members in f u l l stan d in g . Since the commencement of the S ta tio n have been r e c e iv e d 85 members in a l l 3 have d ie d leaving good evidence of t h e ir C h ristian h o p e . Of marriages 117 were celebrated the la s t year & the marriage contract appears to b e regarded with solemnity & c a re . Of the state of r e l ig io n among the people we have l i t t l e to say that is very encouraging. We fear for t h e p ie t y of some who bear the name of Christ and lament that the state of r e lig io u s f e e lin g is fa r below what we wish to see i t The reason why more have not �Kaawaloa 1833 b e e n a d m it t e d to C h r i s t i a n communion h a s n o t b een owing to a w ant o f d e s i r e on t h e i r p a r t . F o r w h i le we b e l i e v e a fe w a r e s i n c e r e l y - I n q u ir i n g w hat th e y s h a l l do t o b e s a v e d , s t i l l w ere we t o e n c o u ra g e a l l , h u n d red s p r o b a b ly w o u ld v i s i t u s e v e r y w eek w i t h t h e i r manaos [ t h o u g h t s ] as empty a s the w in d , whose o n ly o b j e c t m a n i f e s t l y i s t o g a i n our f a v o r & t o g e t i n t o th e ch . The services of the sabbath have been much more t h in ly atten d­ ed sin ce the death of the C h ie f. has also had g r e a t ( ! ) influence i n decreasing the numbers that attend the house of God. the le a s t & n o n e The ab o lishin g of Kapu meetings But between two e v il s we should always choose can doubt ( ! ) the e v il tendency kapu meetings on the p lan on w hich they have been conducted h ere to fo re[ . ] Schools for teachers have been m aintained in which we in stru cted personally 4 days out o f the w eek in r e a d i n g with geog. & mapping & found at our exam ination that our labour was not lost as many of the scholars h ad made respectabl geog. e p ro gress, e s p e c ia lly i n a r i t h . & Besides these schools Mrs. Ruggles had a school o f females who made decent p ro g re ss. while her h e a lth perm itted. Mrs. F also attended a class of ch ildren We are happy to acknowledge the services of D r . Chapin in teaching a school of teachers for near 3 months besides fu rn is h in g our statio n with a complete set of maps w hich was to us a g r e a t thing h im s e l f . ( ! ) r e l i e f as Mr. Ruggles was too fe e b le to do any­ Of th e other schools we have l i t t l e to say except it be that they s t i l l hang together and have been the means of teaching some to r e a d [. ] But lament that the number of readers do not increase that we can perce iv e and in many schools there is a m anifest declen­ sio n . T h eir demand for books is much decreased. At our la st general examination in may [!] we v is it e d every school as near as p ra ctica b le �3. for the purpose of a sce rtainin g the number of readers and s t ir r in g them u p , we found only about 1 ,3 0 0 readers among 36 sc ho o ls. This exam ination does not include Kau or the south point of the Is la n d where there are about 5 ,0 0 0 inhabitants 25 schools & probably 1 ,2 0 0 readers. I t is very m anifest that schools w i l l do but l i t t l e good t i l l we can give them Teachers who have read beyond the papa [pi-a-pa alphabet, or elementary lessons] & who can have some encouragement & some inducement to take the care o f a school on them. Probably no Statio n on the Islan d s is worse situ a ted f o r access to the people than i s Kaawaloa. There is no way o f g ettin g from v illa g e to v il l a g e south o f the bay, but i n canoes, unless we climb over vast shaggy beds of la v a , and the people mostly coming under our charge are strewed along a shore probably 40 miles i n length ( ! ), besides some 5 ,0 0 0 who l iv e on the south point of the I s l a n d almost inaccessible unless one go and re sid e among them* Accordingly we think th at one o f us should constantly occupy ( ! ) Kau or the south point wh i c h is to be reached only by a v essel or i n a canoe by a journey of 36 hours which w i l l leave a population of 5 or 6 ,0 0 0 souls scattered i n v illa g e s along a coast of 30 or 40 m i l e s , over whom he can exert but a very in d ire ct in f l u e n c e , owing to the above h in dran ce, but a small portion of the people allotted to Kaawaloa statio n has h ith e rto come d ir e c t ly under M issionary i n f l u e n c e . Pro­ bably 1000 may be s a i d to come d ir e c tly under M issionary in flu en ce which leaves 9 or 1 0 ,0 0 0 d estitu te as the wh o le d i s t r i c t includes about 10 or 1 2 ,0 0 0 so u ls. Of those who reside near round us we can see the m anifest improvement both moral & n a t u r a l . others. G Forbes But not so w ith �Report of the labors at the S tatio n of Kaawaloa during the year ending June 1st 1834 God i n h is inscrutable providence, soon a fte r the commencement of the l a s t year seemed to he saying to our beloved associates that t h e i r labors at these Islands were near an end, Not long a fte r our return from la st gen. m eeting, M r, R ! s h e a lth became so fe e b le th at he began se rio u sly to meditate a departure from the I s l a n d s . The fe a r that he would b e able to do but l i t t l e more ac tu al la b o r, prevented our mak­ ing those arrangements we had prem editated, that w a s , that e ith e r he or I w ith the fam ily should spend 3 or 4 months at Kau. So we con­ tented ourselves w ith m aintaining the labors of the S t a t io n w it h in our more immediate re a c h , which were the supply of the p u lp it at Kaawaloa twice every sab. and a lecture on Wednesday b e s id es a v i s i t once in a month or oftener to a n outpost ten or 12 m iles o f f at K e a lia and m aintaining statio n schools. I n the month of November we were called to r e a l i z e we had a n tic ip a te d — ( ! ) what th eir departure from the scene of t h e ir labors & from the people to whom they f e l t themselves ardently atta ch ed. To a l l th is was a t r i a l , and to none perhaps greater than to th e ir associates who f e l t themselves e n tire ly incompetent fo r the labors of the whole s t a t io n . But we fe l t twas God who spoke and twas ours to obey & leave consequences w ith h im . We then in v ite d the Brethren from K a ilu a to renew their v is it s to Kaawaloa once i n three weeks which they did from the f i r s t of January fo r the purpose of allowing me to m aintain the outpost we had already e s ta b lis h e d . About th e same t im e we commenced a d a y l i g h t p r a y e r m e e tin g w hich h as b een k e p t up e v e r s i n c e and I t h i n k w i t h d e c i d e d a d v a n ta g e to our s o u l s . Twas u s u a l l y a t t e n d e d b y t o r c h l i g h t as t h e p e o p le w is h e d to go t o p l a n t i n g b e f o r e s u n r i s e . �Kaawaloa 1834 2. On th e 5th of Jany. commenced also a protracted m eeting which was continued 6 days without interm ission having fiv e services every day, on that occasion Brothers Thurston & Bishop from K a ilu a & Baldw in from Waimea favored us w ith their a s s is t a n c e . Some Souls i n the c h . appeared to h e aroused - & a few without gave evidence a fte r w a r d s , in v is it i n g from house to house that the S p ir it was at work i n t h e ir h e a rts . One man referred ( !) to the very n ig h t , about the close of the m e e t in g , when he s a i d he was so tro ub led that he could not s le e p . I have marked him since & see him always present at our Meetings r a in or sh ine , late or e a r ly , tho' to a t t e n d ch. Xt [C h r is t J . the nativ es say he never or ra r e ly used His w alk is sober & consistent & he thinks he loves S t i l l I do not think there was anything to j u s t i f y the use of the term r e v iv a l in the technical ap p licatio n o f i t . Tho' I think those of us who watered d id f i n d our own s o u ls r e fr e s h e d , while we could not but lament to see many of our ch. members apparently as sound asleep as Satan could w ish to have them - Our good ch ief Kap io lan i c h a ra c te r is tic a lly entered into the s p ir it of our meeting with h e r whole so u l & went from house to house to talk to them about their s o u ls . The good e ffe c ts of our meeting were so v i s i b l e that we determined on another in may, ( ! ) which owing to the d is ta n c e most of the people h ad to come & the sc arcity o f p ro v is io n , & c . only 4 d a y s. was continued The attendance was not so crowded as the f i r s t meeting th o ’ encouraging, & the church members seemed to f e e l more ——The r e g u la r labors of th e s t a t io n have been 2 sermons on S a b . a sab. school, a meeting at n ig h t , a lecture on Wednesday - A sermon down a t the sea on Friday ( ! ) - a meeting f o r ch. members every s a t . and another meeting on Sat. n ig h t besides our statio n sc ho o ls, which have been re g u la rly m aintained. We have made an e f f o r t to c o llec t I n th e children as well as Teachers; when we came away l e f t a childrens �3 . school In K a p l o l a n i’ s charge o f about 70 ch ild ren from 4 to 14 years of age - Children are the most promising w it h us - Our n a tiv e tho' not d isco u rag ing , are not so encouraging as we w is h — for books has not dim inished much — schools The demand At our la st exam ination found the number of readers to be about 1500 — None were examined who could n o t re ad any portion to which they might be pointed — The Teachers school Is v ery important w it h us and the Kau Teachers liv e so f a r o f f that it was w ith d i f f ic u l t y I could p re v a il on them to leave t h e ir fam ilies &c to attend School. I hope the meeting w i l l so dispose of us that I s h a l l be at lib e r t y to spend some months at Kau w it h my fam ily this y e a r . I t is m anifest to a l l , acquainted w ith the lim its of the s t a t io n t h a t , one Missionary is very f a r from the proper proportion for that f i e l d — There ought to be a llo t t e d to that f i e l d at least two able bodied as w e ll as able h earted men — There have been no admissions to the ch. during the past year — One has been excommunicated and two suspended w ith in the current year. There are a number on what the natives c a l l the hoo ik aik a [to make strong] l i s t many of wh om appear better than the body of those i n the ch. which has made me a f r a i d ( ! ) to admit them, lest they should partake of the sleepy s p irit m anifested by some ch . members — Two or three children have been baptized and 80 marriages by m yself — many by B r . Ruggles I am not able to s a y , perhaps 30 or 4 0 . C Forbes # (in p e n c i l ) : There [a re] now four on suspension How �Report of Kaawaloa Statio n for 1835 The Lord has been m erciful to us during the past year i n per­ m ittin g us to m aintain the labors of the Statio n w ith only s lig h t interruptio ns on account o f i l l h e a lth — We have both b e e n b le s s e d w ith usual h e a lth . Preaching has been m aintained as usual twice on the Sabbath, besides a third meeting at which the lead ing subjects of the two previous sermons were u su a lly c a lle d up & urged afresh e ith e r by m yself or some of the most competent natives — A re g u la r lecture on Wednesday has b een preached during the year and fre q u en tly a sermon on Friday ( ! ) at an outpost from three to 5 miles o f f — Our monthly concert also has been uniformly kept up w ith in t e r e s t & p r o fit as we th in k . At that season contributions are brought in once i n three months, of t a p a s , & c . — This course has not been long in operation b u t thus fa r they have done w ell & I was going to say according to th e ir a b i l i t y , but that would not be true as I f i n d by reference to the l i s t that more has been given by the poor & labo rin g class than by c h ie fs & those who liv e at e a s e [.] Our Sabbath School also has been more promising w i t h i n the la st 6 months since we altered the time from 12 o'clock to 9 in the morning and making some other a lte r a tio n s . Our present number of sabbath scholars is about 300 adults & 100 ch ild ren who commit the a i o ka la reg ularly t h o ' perhaps many of them very im p erfectly . Schools The Statio n Schools have been m aintained 4 days i n the week & about 3 hours a day for most o f the y e a r. Mrs. F . has b e e n able most o f the year to attend to a class of g ir ls perhaps 14 years o ld , �Kaawaloa 2 wh o have made commendable progress i n read in g w r it in g , arithm etic & Geography & s i n g in g . The smaller c h ild r e n , I took under my charge, a ss is te d by natives -- In my school there were 150 ch ildren from 4 years old to 14 d ivid ed o ff under 12 teachers a l l in one house. They appeared in te re s ted in t h e ir school and very few of them f e l l o f f , notw ithstanding, I required them to renounce smok­ i n g , promiscuous bathing & such lik e v ic e s . We though [t] we had s u ffic ie n t evidence that the small ch ild ren can be in t e r e s t e d and in s tr u c te d . schools ; On the whole we f e l t much encouraged w ith our c h il d r e n 's — Before that they never attended sabbath school n o r preach­ ing but now most of them are present. — Of other, schools I can say nothing encouraging simply because there are no teachers f i t to conduct them in an encouraging manner One or two however have done pretty w e l l i n t h e ir schools & th eir scholars manifest a desire to le a rn . I have made no attempt to enumerate a g ain the readers as i t is f o r the most part only a nomi­ n a l th in g and but l i t t l e r e a l understanding of the progress of schools can be learned from such statem ents. — W ith in the la s t three months, K a p io la n I & Kamakau have v is it e d Kau fo r the purpose of reviving schools there. v is it, I encouraged th eir simply because I thought it the least of the two e v i l s , I .e . bad schools b e tte r than none, as they s a id Kau was oki lo a [cut o ff lo n g ; at a great d is t a n c e ? ]* Tho I expect nothing from i t , except it may b e the sa le of books w ill b e increased & perhaps here & there one may le a rn to re a d w ith l i t t l e more effo rt that ( ! ) It would cost him at home. People are t i r e d of n a tiv e schools i n our part & I d o n 't wonder at i t , fo r i n many places the teachers have b een as tyrannical as the konohikis Books [head men] — �3. Kaawaloa A l l the new books have been disposed o f . 150 Saml s - p rob. 500 or more ai o k a la — b esides some hundreds of other t r a c t s . Also I have disposed of about 100 copies of the Kumu H a w a ii and there have been many in q u ir ie s for the long promised, bound N . T e s t . The oppressive taxes of the ch iefs however are urged by the people as objections to pay tapas for books. Of marriages I have celebrated 111 the past year & found some of the same d i f f i c u l t i e s of which other Brethren complain. The church During the past year who appear w e l l . tracted m eetings. 8 new members have been admitted to our chh. Some of them we regard as the fru its of our proOthers have been longer se rio u s. Three more have b e en suspended and the three who stood suspended a year ago have been excommunicated as they not only gave no signs of penitence but had a l l indulged farth er in crim e. we hope are w ith C h r is t . dence. Four have d ie d - two of whom Of the other two we had not so good ev i­ One member has been dism issed to Waimea - two to East Maui — One to K a il u a , & one to Honolulu We have now 66 members i n f u l l communion, many of whom adorn t h e ir p ro fe ssio n and some of whom we are sorry to c a l l professors — Mrs. F . has also e s t a b lis h e d a mother’ s Society which has h ad a salu tary e f f e c t . — The truth i s we have bent most of our e ffo r t s the past year to the b e n e fit of the ch ild ren who we perceived were growing up heathens around u s , but being alone of course the tenth part of the f i e l d was not cu ltiv a te d -C Forbes �S tatio n R eport Kaawaloa June 1835 [ Printed Form, f i l l e d in in ink] SCHEDULE OF SCHOOLS A N lD TU ITION. S ta tio n : Kaawaloa M issionary Teacher C. Forbes Total number of scholars taught by the m issionary 200 Men 20 Women 20 Children 160 Attend to reading, w r i t in g , geography and a rith m etic. 100 No. of weeks contin­ uance of the school 40 No. of days in the week. 4 No. of hours in ­ stru ctio n per day. 3 Average number of Sabbath Scholars 400 Average number of Bible class Scholars 25 No. of nativ e teachers 15 Scholars under them 300 Adult Scholars 200 C h ild re n . 100 Largest n o . of readers at any p u b lic examina­ tio n . Sabbath School scholars under n a tiv e in s tr u c to r s , d o n ’ t know a few R .D . Forbes �Report of Kaawaloa Statio n for the Y ear ending June 1 s t , 1836 I n presenting the report of the s t a t io n this year I s h a ll have l i t t l e to o ffe r which w i l l m a teria lly d i f f e r from th a t of la st year — We have to acknowledge the goodness of God in fa v o r in g us w ith h e a lth & so many opportunities of doing good. — F ir s t the labors o f the S t a t io n . The appropriate labors have been much interrupted by necessary a tte n tio n to secular concerns during most of the past y e a r. usual. Preaching has been m aintained as Two sermons on the Sabbath, a lecture on Wednesday and frequently at an outpost on Friday ( ! ) — The labors o f the Sabbath have been a S a b . School, of about 200 adults & 100 c h ild r e n , in the " ai o k a la " at 9 in the m orning, occupying an hour & h a l f & sometimes more. This e x ercise I have sometimes thought more p ro fitab le to the people than form al preach­ in g . At eleven, a l l assemble fo r p reach in g , from 600 to 800 u s u a lly U n io n Questions a tte n d . At 11/2 o'clock a B ible class in the huliano [ on the B ib le Perhaps 50 on an average attend this e x e r c is e . when 3 or 400 are u s u a lly p resen t. At 3 p reaching a ga in Schools four days in the week fo r male & female children sp e c ia lly have been m ain tained . c h ild r e n were gathered i n from 6 The years old to 16 or 18 and classed according to t h e i r knowledge, w ithout any reference to age or stand­ in g . [ Some i n th e K umumua [ a primer] - some i n the ike mua ] - some i n n a t. h isto ry & a rith m e tic . — a primer These schools we always attended i n person and found i t neces­ sary to take charge ourselves of the more advanced sc h o la rs . Even one who had spent 4 years at the h ig h school & came home w ith h is diploma some 6 months ago found h im self so much p u zzle d by our �Kaawaloa - 1836 2. m ilk boy & other boys about 14 that he could not get along w ith the class i n arithm etic. Our school however has been but f lu c t u a t in g , averaging perhaps f i f t y or 60 sc h o la rs, sometimes as low as 35 or 40 & sometimes as h ig h as 80 or 9 0 . We have never yet since my going there had any house f i t to teach school i n . But hope to make an effo r t this year for a h o use, between the effo r ts of the people and the assistance offered by the B o ard . — A Tolerably comfortable meetinghouse has been erected and ded­ icated the past year so that our place of assembling on the sabbath is now much more comfortable than fo rm erly. — B esides the labors already mentioned I had a weekly m eeting of the most inte restin g youth for improvement i n m usic, of which they are extravagantly f o n d [ .] Our schools also were also uniform ly closed w ith sin gin g & prayer — A meeting every other S a t . n ig h t w ith the chh. M rs. F . also kept up a prayermeeting on Thursdays and a mother’ s meeting on Friday every two w eeks. m anifestly been attended w it h good. ( ! ) fo r females This l a t t e r has A few at least b e g in to f e e l that t h e ir children hold a higher rank th an t h e ir dogs & cats and are attem pting to t r a in them more lik e moral beings — Our monthly concert has been re g u la r ly observed and I have t r ie d to make i t a season of more than ordinary in t e r e s t . S t i l l some w i l l yet pray as i f it s only object were to render thanks fo r th eir lives being protracted another month -- Once in three months we have a c o llec tio n of such a r t ic le s as they can g iv e , as I d e s ir e d them to f e e l that they had something to do in common w ith a l l C h ristia n s — These a rticles are placed I n the hands of a chh. member. One tour th ro ' Kau has been made during the year and many of the ch ild ren there have b een co llec ted into school and appear as w ell �Kaawaloa - 1836 3 as could, be expected under nativ e teach ers. I have h e l d no examina­ tions w ith reference ascertaining the number of readers as we u su ally know about as much a fter examination as befo re where there is no compulsion for them to a tte n d . The church -— During the year 8 new communicants have been added to our church and many more might have been., had t h e ir wishes been regarded. The people are anxious to get into the church and I should fe e l encouraged indeed could I see equal evidence of th eir an xiety to be u nited to C h rist. But I consider the two things as e n tire ly d istin c t among th is people & th erefo re have been a f r a i d to admit more. -— Baptism s. Have b a p tized 8 adults and 8 ch ild ren d u r in g the y e a r . Have had no no ( ! ) new cases of serious d efe ctio n d u r in g the past y e a r. yet. The three who stood suspended at that tim e, remain so Some signs of repentance appear i n two of them. w i l l probably have to be cut o ff -- one dism issed The other m arriages 8 0 . [ C . Forbes' h an d w ritin g ] [not signed] �Report of the S ta tio n at Kaawaloa for __________the year ending A p r il 3 0th , 183 7________ __ We would here acknowledge the goodness of God to us during the past y e a r . L it t le serious interrup tio n occurred t i l l towards the la st when the i l l h e a lth of Mrs. Forbes o bliged her to abandon a l l effo r ts in schools. For several months past she has not b een able to engage in any duty req u irin g much e ffo r t of body of body ( ! ) or m ind. I h a v e b een a b l e t o p r e a c h t w i c e e v e r y S ab b ath d u r i n g t h e y e a r , b e s i d e s s u p e r i n t e n d i n g a l a r g e sa b b ath s c h o o l. Have p r e a c h e d once e v e r y Wednesday ( !) a f t e r n o o n and f r e q u e n t l y on F r i d a y s (!) a t an o ut p o s t , some t h r e e m i l e s o f f , b e s i d e s o c c a s i o n a l t o u r s when I p r e a c h e d s e v e r a l t i m e s a day — Schools — 1st Sabbath sc h o o l. We have had g r e a t ( ! ) encouragement from our sabbath school which has been flo u r is h in g a l l the y e a r . I have often thought i t a b e tte r opportunity for im pressing truth on the mind than the occasions of formal p reaching. had on an average ( ! ) 200 adults and 200 We have u su ally children who meet at 9 o ’ cl o k i n the morning to re cite the d a ily fo o d , when appropriate ques­ c tions were asked & remarks made. The sab school for adults & c h ild ren has thus fa r b een merged i n one because we h ad no no ( ! ) one to d iv id e the labors & Mrs. Forbes was unable to a s s i s t most of the y e a r . I u su ally spent., i n s a b . school, from an hour to an hour & h a lf every sab b ath . D uring th e interval between morning & afternoon s e r v ic e , I attend �Kaawaloa - 1837 2 a B ib le class of about 60 in d iv id u a ls in the "H u lia n o " w hich make four s e r v ic e s . — Common Schools Our station school consists c h ie f l y of c h ild r e n , from 4 to 14 years of age and numbers 120 on the l i s t . about 1 0 0 . The average ( ! ) attendance This school we deem much more promising than our former adult schools. Part of the time, it has been conducted tw ice and part only once, two hours at a tim e. For the la s t fo u r months I have been obliged to commit i t p r in c ip a lly to n a t iv e s , merely v i s i t ­ ing it once a d a y , owing to the feeble state of Mrs. F ' s h e a l t h . Formerly, th is school numbered about 200 scholars but two branch schools have since been e s t a b lis h e d , taught altogether by n a t iv e s , each of w hich numbers 50 or 60 ch ild r e n . In our statio n school the older boys & g i r l s study g eo g. mental a r i t h . & a few of them w r i t in g . Under pretty w e l l . 8 years o f age there are about 20 who can read Many others are just beg inn in g to re ad and many of them only just in th e ir le tte rs -Besides the statio n schools, several schools i n other parts of the f i e l d f o r children & adults have been kept u p . I n these schools many children have learned & are learning to re a d , b e s id e s those who attend to geog. [paper torn h ere] . One teacher from the "H ig h School" has spent about one year i n Kau & is doing good. But he very much needs the presence of a m issionary on the ground to d ire c t h is labors & encourage them. I have co n fine d my report p r in c ip a lly to c h i l d r e n 's sc ho o ls, because we have confined most o f our effo rts to those schools. We have however h a d many adult schools a fte r the old fa s h io n but they are worth very l i t t l e . — We f e e l much encouraged in laboring for the c h ild r e n . The �Kaawaloa 1837 3. improvement is very m anifest and their minds expand w i t h the lig h t they r e c e iv e whereas the adults remain stationary in the m ajority of cases. I have brought along 3 lads selected fo r the M issio n Seminary & boarding school from the most promising of my sc h o la rs . — Meetings - F ir s t I have had a meeting fo r i mprovement in sacred music once & sometimes twice a week which was w e ll attended & has proved b e n e f i c i a l by promoting a taste at least for that s c ie n c e . The meetings on Sabbath & Wednesday have already been m entioned. On Friday ( ! ) evenings we u su ally have a meeting for sabbath school teachers & c . On Friday ( ! ) afternoon also we meet w it h th e parents every other week together w it h th e ir c h ild r e n , fo r the purpose of stim ulating them i n domestic Improvement & fam ily government. The grand object is the proper education of their children & then as subservient ( ! ) to t h a t , the judicious management of domestic a f f a i r s , v i z . that they disallow a l l obscene language, conduct, & even gestures in the presence of the ch ild ren — That they treat them as r a t io n a l beings and instruct them by means of reasonable reproofs & encouragements instead of kicks & c u f f s . — That they i n a l l respects show more regard for th e ir children than fo r d o g s . That they pro h ib it promiscuous bathing and a l l going Into the water in a state of n ud ity where exposed to public ( ! ) g a ze . — That they b u i l d them comfortable houses and p a r titio n o ff sleeping, apartments, and allow no t promiscuous sleeping in th e ir h o u s e s. a l l Id le lazy f i l t h y h abits & c . paternal so c iety . quite encouraging, [That] They abandon Such i s the object proposed by our I t proposes much & so f a r , our s u c c e s s , has been th o ' not commensurate w ith our w is h e s . Besides this m eeting, Mrs. F . has also had a maternal meeting u s u a lly on the Intervening Friday ( ! ) which was attended w ith go o d . She has also �Kaawaloa - 1837 4. attended a weekly prayer meeting w ith the fem ales. — Every Saturday night we have a prayer m eeting. The monthly concert has been always attended when contributions are made of d i f f t articles. Frequently at those seasons we have l i t t l e p ro trac t­ ed meetings from Friday night to Monday n i g h t . We th in k the Lord has b le s s e d those m eetings. During the eight weeks I spent here alo n e, w hile M rs. F . was at Oahu under the hands of the P h y s ic ia n , I found much seriousness prevalent among the y o u ths. The meetings were solemn & many hardened sinners confessed th e ir alarm. A few I trust were b o m a g a in — Others under conviction seem w il l in g to do anything rather than submit to C h r is t . During the year I made one tour through Kau & preached several times & examined the schools & c . The Church As already remarked the state of r e l ig io u s f e e lin g i n the chh. & congregation has b e e n encouraging during the past y e a r , yet I have f e l t at lib e rty to admit only a few of the many who d e s ir e adm ission. Only 4 have been admitted during the past y e a r . propounded. as a luxury. Nine others stand No in t o x ic a tin g substance is used by any of the chh. The use of wine - tobacco - ava & a ll such things are re q u ired to be abandoned. --Three members were excommunicated la s t year soon a f t e r our return, two of whom now appear better than they ever d i d i n the chh. Four now stand suspended f o r d i f f t o ffe n c e s , O n e of whom resides at Honolulu & has never yet appeared f o r h is t r i a l . The u su al e f ­ fe c t of chh. d is c ip l in e has been salu ta ry in almost every ca se . Five have been dism issed to other churches during the year 2 to H ilo - 1 to K ailua 2 to W ailuku and two under d is c ip l in e at la st �Kaawaloa - 1837 5. ge n . meeting have been r e sto r e d . The Chh. now stands as follows Total re c e iv e d from commencement Now in re gular standing - 110 - - - - - - Excommunicated the past y ea r - D ie d during the past year - 72 - 3 - - 1 Now under d isc ip lin e 4. R estored 2 R eceived - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Marriages & baptisms . The number of marriages which I performed during the past year was 6 7 . Several other marriages were performed by b re th r e n i n my absence. I b a p tized d uring [ the past year] 6 children 4 adults The average ( ! ) congregation a t Kaawaloa i n the morning i s about 800. We have one schoolmaster who Is a member of the church. We employ 3 teachers who devote their w hole time to s c h o o ls . Received at the S ta tio n during the la st year books as follows On hand Bound T ests. - - - 1000 - 200 Helunaau f i r s t part - - 400 - Bound hymn books - - 90 - 150 - - Huliano - - - - - - Samuela - Holoholona - - - - - - Nehemi a A io kala - 600 - Geographies - - - - - - 50 - - 300 _ _ _ 50 - - - 700 - - - - - - - 450 - - none - - - - - -434 _ 350 - - 370 - �Kaawaloa - 1837 One house for M issionary — value - - $1000 Two or three out houses for natives &c - - $ 5 0 S ix or - $ 100 8 cows. 2 goats one horse 2 pigs 0 Forbes �Report of Kaawaloa S ta tio n for the year ending A p r il 3 1 , 1838 The labors of the Statio n have been much interrup ted during the past year by reason of i l l health i n our fa m ilie s — On our return from Oahu the question of b u ild in g p resen ted i t s e l f as the f i r s t year seemed the most appropriate season f o r b u i l d i n g . A fter much d e lib e r a t io n i t was concluded that permanent b u ild in g s could not be ju d icio u sly erected on the h i l l . Mr. Van Duzee w ished to complete h is b u ild in g during the f i r s t year and f o r t h is purpose moved to the seaside in August that he might make preparations for a permanent b u il d in g . We made application to the Overseer (? ) of a land who ch ee rfu lly granted each of us as much as we asked w hich was a spot to b u il d a house & enclose a y a r d . arations f o r b u il d in g . We then commenced prep­ The r e s u lt is M r. VanDuzee has e rected a permanent b u ild in g of frame 24 x 36 fe e t one story h ig h , w ith t i le a f & surrounded by a v eran da. estim ated at $ 4 0 0 . covered Expense of the whole is Mr. Forbes has erected a stone d w e llin g one story h ig h 24 x 40 feet in the clear w ith a stone cook house attached 20 x 14 feet in the c le a r . The dw elling i s surrounded by a veranda & the whole covered w ith ti l e a f , estim ated expense $ 6 5 0 . tion of these b u ild in g s together w ith other cares The erec- inseparable from moving to a new place and sickness in our fa m ilie s has much i n t e r ­ rupted our labors. — During the year Mr. VanDuzee has spent 2 months at K a ilu a . In August M r. Forbes made the tour of Kau exam­ in in g the schools & preaching a number of tim es. �Kaawaloa - 1838 2. [or ?] I n October also Mr. Vanduzee & Forbes v is it e d Kau & examined a ll the schools and preached a number of tim es. Schools have not b e e n as e ffic ie n t as we could w i s h , owing to the fa c t that it was im practicable to devote to them that labor they n eeded. Mr. Forbes had a se le ct school d uring the former part of the y e a r, the Scholars of which made g r a t ify in g p ro g re ss. . Mr. Van- duzee had a flo u r is h in g school at the sea also for some time but was o blige d to disband i t for want of accommodations. has also b e e n f l o u r is h in g . - Our sabbath school The[y] attend w e ll and seem a t t e n t iv e . The other labors have b een u su ally 2 sermons on th e Sabbath & fre q u en tly a meeting for children in the in t e r v a l. f o r a d u lts at the close of the morning se rv ic e . — at 9 in the morning. A lecture on Wednesday. evening for improvement in sacred m usic. A sabbath school One f o r c h ild ren A school on Thursday The monthly concert has been regu la rly attended and contributions fo r support of schools or what­ ever we deem most a d v isa b le . I n th e month of December & January, a more than u s u a l solemnity p re v a ile d among the people and on the f i r s t of Jany. a m eeting was appointed to continue a number of d a y s . Not a very larg e number attended, but deep & solemn in te rest was m anifested and many were awakened and a few professed to be converted. I h e ld a sim ilar m eeting. re sted as I th in k . A short time a fte r On these e ffo r ts the b le s s in g of God An e n t ir e ly new state o f f e e l i n g has ex iste d from that time to t h i s , much o f which we trust is the r e s u lt of the holy S p i r i t ’ s in f l u e n c e . at the s e a , but not The people have erected a house fo r worship s u ffic ie n t ly large fo r a l l . We hope soon to have a good school house & be able to enter on our labors w ith e ffe c t & without the d istr ac tin g cares of the past y e a r . I t w i l l be p er­ �Kaawaloa - 1838 3 ceived from our report that the former locatio n of the statio n has been abandoned and we have i n fact formed a new statio n , as to lo c a t io n , tho' among the same people. some of the reasons for such a s t e p . I t may be w e ll here to state F ir st. The decid ed o b jectio n of many of the m ission a g ain st Mr. Vanduzee’ s b uilding on the h i l l a [and ?] their referen ce of the change to our own d e c i s i o n , w hile we p la in l y understood them i n private as recommending the change. 2nd The g r e a t ( ! ) im probability of the v il l a g e on the h i l l ever increasing much more. On the contrary its decrease seemed probabl e ; considering that N aih e , dead. Kamakau old & feeble the founder o f the v i l l a g e , was (he is since dead) & K a p io la n i might d ie or remove. The m ajority of the n ativ es would be by that means satisfied . Besides the m ajority of them prefer the sh o re . 3 . The body of the people w i l l be more accessible to meetings on the shore than on the h i l l . The comparative population stands as fo llo w s : On the h i l l - - - - - - - At the sea on the same lands - - - 361 - - - - - 320 Whole population at the sea on both sides the bay 1900 (? ) We b e lie v e we can i mmediately exert a much more exten siv e i n ­ flu ence on the people from the present centre of a c t io n than from the h i l l . In changing the location therefore we had reference to the fu tu r e re su lts b e lie v in g that in our short l i v e s , we are bound to do what we attempt in the best manner. moval, a very g r e a t Since our r e ­ ( ! ) change apparently has taken place among the people for miles along the shore. (? ) by w r itin g a tract on I have f u l f i l l e d my appointment �Kaawaloa - 1838 4. As to schools we are not prepared to report anything d e f i n i t e . The number of marriages celebrated , is 110 Relative; to church m atters, I have admitted on exam ination " 81 on le t t e r " 1 Excommunicated 5 Dism issed 2 Deceased - - - - - - - - - - Under d isc ip lin e at the present time Baptisms - - " adults - children - 4 4 75 - 14 I have w ritten & sent a ll the le tters appointed me to w r i t e . A con trib u tio n was made by our church fo r the H ilo b o a rd in g school amounting to about$ 0 6 in Hawaiian reckoning. [Unsigned but in C. F o rb e s' handw riting] � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Kaawaloa - 1833-1838 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/4b957795aa9a3e61627b2b121b3f3714.pdf 4558f286777930019eba7bf7d36fcabb PDF Text Text CONTENTS HILO STATION Bill of expenditures from July 1828 to the last of April 1829, unsigned, addressed to Levi Chamberlain. Expenses of Hilo Station for 11 months, ending April 30, 1837. Report of D. B. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 3, 1838, Chamberlain & Castle to Messrs. Inventory of articles left at Hilo by Rev. J. Goodrich, Nov. 18th, 1835. Resolutions dated June 25, 1835, signed by Levi Chamberlain, Gerrit P. Judd, Sheldon Dibble & David B. Lyman re: Hilo Station �C O P Y bill of expenditures 3938 feet plank lanoe 12 1 2 1 &c from July 1828 to the last of April 1829 . Paid cotton, calico, nankin, knives &c. to the amount of (including Mr. Bishop's Bill) yds calico piece Nankin files dog knife 32 3"84 1"75 60 9 6"28 ------- - - 7 Days labour on the drain, Cotton, nankin, & c , 41 / 2- do blacksmith (6 yds cotton ad 20)- (4 do striped 21) 7 do sawing plank do 6 yds cotton, - 1 knife 70 do cabinet Maker 32"28 (14.25 of which only from) ( the Depository ) Labour Hewing & sawing house frame, cotton &c. 24 sleepers for lower floo r 8 slates 54 sticks for studs 10 slates 1.96 2 yds cotton .42 2 knives .29 2 "67 107.98 6.28 2.32 1.84 1.75 32.28 9.25 1.24 2.67 8 slates for out houses 12 Ki fence cts 27 Ditch for the pasture fence 18 for timber) those 63 to be deducted 231/2 average price )--because reckoned in 30 plank cts $ 80 sundries ) other things 15 4"70 20 Mr. Ruggles - 4"70 - - - - 4 for Ditch for pig pen 11 for stone wall for a cow yard 9 remaining 2"11 * - - 2"11 2 1"61 21"61 36"69 15"08 156 15.08 Bureau Map Sundries - 13 2 44-43 Mr. Ruggles gave out to natives cotton nankin also 1 1/2bbl of beef do. - - - - - - - - - - To my Domestics cotton & nankin - - - - - - - - - 14 3/4yds at 26 cts)-for a traveling tent & a pair of 5 1/4 do do 21 ) sheets ------- - 8 yds striped @ 18 cts 6$ to purchase some tin pots & pan & Iron hoops - 13. 2. 44.43 8.00 12.00 5.00 4.91 1.44 6.00 277.47 �-2 — C O P Y BILL OF EXPENDITURES & c FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829 ;Con t' d NATIVE PRESENTS: Tiopio 17 yds of silk @ : Opiia 1 h og @ 6 H olulu. 1 hog and 3 talo Maalo and others 25-75 3 S Making a fence for the cow pasture Kekauonohe a shawl 4 Drawing down my house timber - - 17.00 6.00 11.00 25.75 59.75 6. 0 0 4,00 8.25 78.00 FOREIGN PRESENTS : Capt.Upham of the Marymitchel Dried apples 30 lbs. of rice Capt. Harris 5 1 1 2 2 o 1 2 2 1/3 - 20 50 50 25 - 6.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 12.50 12.50 3.00 1.50 3 .84 8.34 8.34 Foxhound bbl of flour old iron yds. calico @ 32 Capt.McKenzie 1.00 .50 .50 .25 Warren’s Doz. porter - brass knob door locks ld iron canister of powder stone jars galls of oil Capt. Emrnit 1 1 1 8 3 1 Mayflower Vials oil spruc e (?) @ large pitcher tea pot small mugs Capt. Bliss 12 1.00 1,00 - Minerva Smith hat cheese 20 lbs bbl of flour yds checked bls of steel wash tub 2.00 2.00 9.00 1.60 .63 .75 15.98 15.98 4 1 .07 �COPY BILL OF EXPENDITURES &c FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829;Con'd FOREIGN PRESENTS: (Continued) (Brought Forward) Capt. Gardner 1 ~ 41.07 Dawn Bread flour gall of brandy 1.00 1.50 2.00 4.50 4.50 V Capt. Capt.Coffin - Logan lbs glauber salts Dried apples raisins 2 Dutch cheeses 3 lbs each gals gin 1 bottle essence of spruice 9 Fresh Cod, or Stock fish powder - 20 2 • Capt . S. Bunker, - 12 2 1 12 1 2 - 1.00 3.00 0.75 3.00 2.00 13.75 13.75 Alexander 1 bbl of flour 8 lb sperm candles © 2 cts 2 1/2gall. oil soap 20 lb of sugar 14 yds checked 8 galls of oil 70cts Capt. Fisher 2.00 1.00 1.00 9.00 2.24 .76 2.00 2.80 5.60 22.40 22.40 Almyra vials oil sperm @ 20= 2.40 glass lamps 4.00 oil stone 1.00 lbs coffee 3.00 bag hops - 10 lb @ 15= 1.50 galls of oil 1.40 13.30 13.30 95.02 �-4 C 0 P Y BILL OF EXPENDITURES &c FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829 -Cont’d SOLD Wood to the amount Kapas $21. - - - - - 21.00 sent to Oahu. A Pretty good supply of trade on hand remaining. (UNSIGNED) (Addressed, Mr. Levi Chamberlain) H onolulu, Oahu. (The Original MSS. on the reverse side: "HILO of the above document is inscribed Ann. Acct., May 17, 1829.") �C O P Y EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MONTHS APRIL 30, ENDING 1837. Permanent Buildings (Painting & repairs) - - - - - - $ 66.00 To the above add the cost of the Zinc taken by Mr. Coan from Honolulu & 20 sheets from Mr. Clark at Lahaina in July 1836, also 50 pounds of White Lead & the Oil contained in the can & one of the Jugs received by the Clarion in April. Native buildings for domestics Furniture - - - - - - - - - Fences - - - - - - - - - Fuel King’s taxes - - - - - - - Provisions (for Books) - - ( " ) - - Labor Miscellany ( " ) - - Presents from natives - - Avails of Herd - - Avails of Land - - _ &c. 11.8 080 26. 00 53. 40 14.0 000 6. /621 1 2 6 2 / 22. 00 15. 00 16 .50 18. 00 12. 00 10. 00 Station Schools: Wages of native teachers 35. 00 Value of a building fitted up & devoted to Station Schools - - - - - - - - - 175. 00 (The above is the building erected) (by Messrs.Green & Dibble which,af) (ter taking out some things, w e (have fitted up at an expense of (about 28 dollars, so that 147 dol (lars should be deducted from what (has, heretofore, been set to the (item of permanent dwellings at (this station on account of that (h ouse.) B oarding School: Avails of Books appropriated to the school - - - - - - - - - - - $20.45 Articles from Depository - - - - - 243.05 263.50 263.50 To the last item please to add the expense of the following articles of Table furniture: �-s - C O P Y EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MONTHS ENDING APRIL 30,1837. 11/2 doz. Blue edge Dining plates 1 " Pint White Mugs ---1-1/3 ” Knives & forks - - 1-1/6 " Iron Spoons 2 " Tin pint basons l/4 " Tin Lamps - - - 2/ 3 " White pint bowls - 2 Large Platters - - - - - - 2 Tin Soup Turines - - - - - - 1 Lamp filler - - - - - - - - Avails of Books as exhibited in the expenses of the Station. Provisions - - - - - - - - Labor - - - - - - - - - Miscellany - - - - - - - - Articles appropriated to the Boarding - - - School 73.95 To the above add the following articles received for books, but not expended at the Station: Viz. A barrel of Pia sent to the Depository in August, all the Pia put on board the Clarion when here in April; also the Pulu sent to the Depository during the year, & Pulu sent by Mr.Coan to Dr. Judd, which Mr. C. estimated at 12 or 15 dollars. Please to transfer from the acc't of Hilo to that of other stations, as follows: go Lahainaluna 44 dollars money & 270 yds. of the brown cotton received by the Clarion in April. To Wailuku $7.30 To Honolulu about 7 dollars Cash acc ’t for wood sent by the Packet in August, (per­ haps the exact expense was mentioned at th e time,) & 45 yds of the brown cotton last received, paid for wood sent by the Clarion. To Waimea on Kauai Cash for lumber. 75 dollars for a double canoe. �-3 - C O P Y EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MON T HS ENDING APRIL 30, 1837. (Continued) In estimating the expenses of the Boarding School I hav e added 2 cents per yard to the cost price o f the cloth purchased at Honolulu, & 12 per cent to the money appropriated to the school, also to the price of the few articles which I purchased at Honolulu for it. In making out the value of Mr. W ’s canoes, the articles paid for one are set the same as they are charged on your books, & for the other I have taken it for granted that the Brown cot­ ton received by the Clarion was about 13 cts per yd. & the calico 15. (Mr. & Mrs. Lyman have, during the year,) (received articles from personal friends) (in the United States, worth 35 dollars.) In behalf of the Station (Signed) Hilo Hawaii May 20, 1837. (Addressed, Mr. Levi Chamberlain) D . B. LYMAN . �Report by D. B. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 3, 1838, to Messrs. Chamberlain & Castle C O P Y of COPY Hilo Jan’y 3, 1838. Messrs, Chamberlain) & Castle Dear Brethren, In compliance with a request of Bro, Castle bearing date the 11th ult., accompanying a bill of articles charged to Hilo Station from April 10th to Oct. 1st 1837, at the Depository; we state that most of those articles have been, or will be expended, as follows: for HILO F or & STATION family use By Mr. Coan —- - " Wilcox - - L yman - - - - $ 190.23 125.41 196.84 512.48 Station Schools - - - - - - - Boarding School - — - - - - - Building department - - - - - Our proportion of general acc’t - Order in favor of Mr. Mack - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- -- — - - - - - - - - - - 512.48 58.34 104.05 167.28 138.93 35.62 1016.70 KAUAI for Mr. Whitney's canoe - - - - - - - - - - 21.18 HONOLULU Wood sent by Clarion in April V ol anic Specimens for Messrs.Castle c Cloth used by Messrs. Dimond & Castle & Locke - - 5 .63 1.25 2 .52 - LAHAINALUNA Cloth for lumber & poles 33.75 KAILUA Lumber for Dr. Andrews - ~ - - - - - CARRIED FORWARD See explanations. . _ - - 5.67 1086.70 �C O P Y of COPY (Report by B .D.Lyman, Hilo, Jan.3,1838, to Messrs. Chamberlain) & Castle, Continued.) AM’T BROUGHT F ’W ’D - - - - 1086.70 3 Items on the prs. Shoes - 1.40 - - - 4.20 bill which we Coat (Spalding) - - - - 3.50 do not rec- (2 axe handles 25 - - - - .50 ognize as hav- (323/4 yds. Bro. cotton, 18 5.91 i n g b e e n re, 14.11 ceived. ( 1/2 - - barrel clean pork we purpose to return - - A m ’t accounted for Ain’t charged on Mr.Castle's bill - - 14.11 11.25 - - - - - - 1112.06 - 1112.06 We wish you to understand that the preceding statement cannot be used as a guide in making out our annual acc't. Not far from 140 dollars of the articles charged on the bill were expended previously to April 30th & went into our last year's acc’t. A part of the sum appropriated to Station schools was to pay debts remaining from last year which were in­ cluded in our last annual acc ’t. More than 30 dollars of th e sum, new, set to the building department was included in our acc ’t for the year ending with April 30th 1837, The order given to Mr. Mack belongs entirely to old acc’t, & the amount of it should be added to the item of general expense of the station for last year; the annual acc’t having specified the sums to be charged under each of the other heads. There are 3 prs. shoes & 2 Axe handles entered on the bill m ore than we have seen, & more than have been specified on any former bill. Were they not entered twice by mistake ? Respecting the coat we know nothing. Mrs. Lyman rec’d in June 1 piece 5/4ths Bro. Sheeting 34 yds. The bill of articles, sent to the Station at the time, mentioned 2 pieces 34 & yds. from which it was inferred that one of the other fami­ lies at the station had received the second piece. The last bill is the same as the one first sent, but on inquiry it ap­ pears that no one at the station has any knowledge of the second piece. Feb. 9th The preceding is a copy of our report so far as it related to the articles entered on the bill of Dec.11th. The 6 boxes of Soap which were omitted on that bill, you will please to charge one of each kind to each of our three families. Some explanations, contained in our report respecting arti­ cles which we supposed to have been omitted by mistake on the bill, �CO P Y of COPY (Report by B .D. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 5, 1838, to Messrs, Chamberlain) Castle, Continued.) I do not new copy, because It appears from Bro. Chamberlain's of Jan’y 8th that they were omitted by design, & that no ac­ count of them is requested. The report was sent by the Sch ooner of Gov. Adams, & we have recently learned our letters were all lost when she went down at Kawaihae. The report wa s approved by the members of the Station. I suppose it unnecessary to be at the trouble to obtain signatures anew. It may be that a letter, forwarded more recently than the report which I wrote in reply to yours of Dec, 22nd/37 & Jan'y 8th/38 contains allusions to things in the report which I have not thought it necessary to copy. My impression is (paper torn away) that if such is the fact; yo u will still be able to separate the relevant from the irrelevant mat­ ter of that letter, I retained no copy, & do not recollect distinctly its contents. Yours truly, (Signed) C h a rg e d t o " rt " " " " " " M r, " " Coan Ly m a n B u ild in g s B o a r d in g S ch ool s c h o o ls Wi l c o x - - - - D . B. LYM AN. - 2 1 5 .1 4 2 1 8 .2 5 1 6 7 . 28 1 0 4 .0 5 4 7 . 54 1 2 9 .0 1 $ 8 8 1 . 27 This amt to be credited to Hilo as included in the above charges - - - - 27.71 853.36 (Addressed, Messrs. Chamberlain & Castle,) Honolulu Oahu, Per Br Wilcox.) (The Original MSS of the above report is inscribed) ( on the reverse side: "REPORT OF HILO STAT ION, ) ( previous to Oct. 1837." ) �Inventory of Articles left at Hilo by Rev J Goodrich Nov 18th, 1835 9.00 1 5.00 1 Bedstead - - - - 3.00 50 cts each. 1 .0 0 1 do 4.00 13.00 1 do 5.00 18 chairs @ 50 cts each 1 2 Looking Glass do do do 3.00 1 Beauro ( !) 1 Stand - - - - - - 1.50 1 Bell 1 Lantern 1 .0 0 1 Dust pan .3 7 2 Clothes Brushes .50 1 Jerk Knife .52 6 Spoons . . - - - .50 1 Corn Mill - - - - - 5.00 1 Tinder Box &c .25 1 Terrestrial Globe 5.00 2 Night Lamps - - - - .50 1 do of domestic fabric 2 .0 0 1 .50 6 Deep Dishes 2.50 .75 2 Glass Jar 3 Combs _ _ - - - - - ---- .25 do -- do - - - - - 1 .0 0 2 Bonnets 1.50 1 Bowl & Pitcher 1.25 1 Table 3 .0 0 3 Mash Bowls 1.50 1 do 4.00 1 Pitcher .60 1 Kitchen do - - - 3.00 1 Demijohn 1 Gall 2 old - - do - - - - 1.50 2 Decanters 1 " Beauro 6 .0 0 2 Settees - each. 5$ 1 Cracker Machine 1 .0 0 1 Trundle bed - - - - 1 .0 0 6 Muffin tin .50 1 crib 1.0 0 6 Breakfast Plates - - .50 10 .0 0 1 Dusting Brush .50 2 Calabashes - - - - - .50 1 Clock 5.00 1 Cupboard - - - - - 4.00 - - 2 .0 0 10 Wine Glasses 4 Tin Pans 2 do 1.0 0 1 .0 0 26 Dinner Plates 12 Tea - - 1 .0 0 do - - do 12 Cups & Saucers - 4 Mugs [ a second figure of 3.00 given in margin] 3.25 1 .0 0 .10 1.25 .50 �2. Goodrich Inventory 4 Gravy Butter Boats .37 1 2 Plates .10 2 7 Cups .42 1 Lamp filler .25 .66 2 Coffee Pots .75 .50 5 Tin cups .20 11 Saucers 4 --Quart Bowls - - do .25 6 Flour castors 3 --Pint do .30 6 do 61/2 do do .50 6 Pans 6 do do large - - - .75 .75 3 Pitchers 1.13 3 Tin Pails .37 17 Tumblers 2.12 1 Sausage Filler .25 2 Salts - - - - - .10 4 Pans .32 4 Tin Pans .50 3 Pepper Boxes .10 1 Glass plate .50 2 Tinned Porringers 1 Pair Glass Lamps - - 4.00 1 do do do 1.25 1 do do do 1.00 1 Glass Jar 1 Waiter 1 - - - - do 7 Stone Bottles 1 Brass - - do - - - 1 Tea chest .25 .25 1 1/2 pint Tea Kettle .50 1 Chopping knife .25 .25 2 .75 .75 2 Tin Plates .50 3 Seives (!) .75 .21 4 Pudding Boilers .37 3 dippers .25 .50 1 Sheep Shears .12 .50 1 Grater .12 5 Brethonise (?) Teapots 3.50 3 Jappaned Lamps - - Canisters - - - .10 3 Tin Funnels .25 12 Knives & Forks 5 Powder Canisters .15 3 1/2Doz Bottles 1.19 6 Spoons .30 3 Iron Pots 4.00 2 2.00 1 Shop Axe - - - - - 2 Skimmers 4 Hingham Boxes 1.50 .12 1.00 do - - Kettles 3.00 1 Bake Pan - - - - - - 1.50 2 Frying Pans 1.50 �Goodrich Inventory 1 Gridiron - - - 1 Shovels & Tongs 1 Sliding Brass Bolt 1 Covered Chamber 1.0 0 !1.00 .75 11.00 1 do — 3. 2 .0 0 d o ---- 2 Rakes .50 1 .0 0 1 Sythe (!) 1 Cross cut Saw - - - 1 Carpenters Square 3.00 2 Grind Stones 1 Hatchet - - - - 1.00 8 1 Tenou (?) Saw 1.50 2 Gouges 1 Jointer 1.00 9 Old Moulding Planes 1 Jack Plane - - - . 1.00 1 Spoke Shave ~ Old Chisels 1 .0 0 3.00 1 .0 0 (!) .25 - 3.00 .50 1 Jointer .75 1 Wrench 1 Jack Plane .75 2 Coopers Punches .50 .25 1 Jointer L.50 2 1 Hand Saw - - - - 1.50 100 Rivets .50 1 Coopers Draw Knife hollow - - .50 1 Chain .50 1 Bucket .75 2 Soldering Irons .50 2 Steel Saws .25 2 " 1.50 " Setts (?) - - " " 2 .0 0 1 Large Dividers 1 .0 0 1 Pia Tub 2 .0 0 1 do Container (150 feet of boards) 9.00 1 Blacksmiths Pinchers 1.00 2 Hammers 2 .0 0 1 Sledge 2 .0 0 1 Salt do — 100 do do Oil nut mill 4.00 1 Barrel Churn 2 do -------- 1.50 1 Pick Axe 2 Gimblets 5 Ship Augur 4 Cannon Balls .50 10 lbs Iron Hoop 10 Sugar Drainers .60 15.00 2 Molasses Casks 4.00 2 Pieces Whale line 2 .0 0 2 1 .0 0 .25 1 Coopers Vice 2 Tap Borer 2 .0 0 - - - - .12 .1 2 Hoes 5.00 .50 1 Brass Kettle 1 do do New 3 Old Coffee Mills 5.00 5.00 .28 1 1/2 Bbls - - ---- 1.0 0 1 Shop Bench & Vice -- 3.00 �4. 1 Oil Can - ------ - - -• .50 2 Molasses Tubs 1.50 1 Clothes Frame 1 .0 0 .50 1 Bucket 7.00 1 Crow Bar 1 Sugar Mill 50.00 1 Lathe 50.00 11 Turning Tools - ~ 2.50 3.00 2 Ley (Lye ?) Tubs 10 .0 0 1 Pit Saw 1 Old Hand Cart 3.00 1 Framed Saw 1.0 0 1 Broad Axe 3.00 - - 30.00 1 Double Canoe [no figure] 1 Plough ) 1 Anvil) Belonging ) to 1 Vice ) Mr Ellis ) Library Missionary Herald 9 Vols 9.00 Cleavelands Mineralogy 2 vols 2 2.0 0 Jameisons Sac. Hist .5 0 Barclays Dictionary 2.00 Versiety .25 Religious Intelligence 2 Vols. Sermons .25 1.00 Wilsons Heb. Introduction .50 Henrys (?) Chemistry 2.00 Mem of Rogers .5 0 Buchan - - - - 2.00 do — .50 Scotts N . T. 2 vols 2.00 Brown's Dictionary 2 vols — 2.00 Panoplist Evangelical Magazines of Mills 1.50 Blairs Lectures .5 0 Lockes Essays 2 vols .75 �Goodrich Inventory Gatlins Theology .37 Rasselas to Fuller 7 Weekes Poems .25 Henry Obookiah 5 Philips Mineralogy .25 Night Thoughts 10 Watts Logic .25 Zions Pilgrim 06 .25 Clark on Promises 06 Mem of Coleman .25 Duty of Women 06 Gairdiners Life .25 New Olive Branch 09 Hopkins .12 Baxters Call Phyche to Scrp. History .12 National Hist. 12 Mrs. Huntington .25 True Guide 01 Edwards against Chauncy .25 Popes Essay on Man 02 Butlers History .15 Burns Poems 01 Tour of Hawaii - - ~ .10 Murray's Sequels .12 Morses Geography 2 vols Trumbull on Rev. .12 Evangelical Magazine Mem. of Dr. Scott .25 Plague & Yellow Fever Fabers Sermons .75 Cullens Practice Enticks Dictionary .37 Anatomists Vade Mecum Mem of Lady Guion .12 Robinsons Bib. Dict. 3 old Singing Books .37 Fullers Gospels Dunas Selection .10 Hymn Books Cottage sketches (!) .10 Longer Catechism .05 Cowpers Poems 2 vols .75 Fanny Woodbury .12 Wards Letters - - - " - - - - Popes Works 2 vols .25 Sermons .13 Old School Books Masons Works 2 v - - 1.00 .12 13 .12 - - _ _ _ Mission Library Books �The Committee appointed- to take into consideration the difficulties of maintaining the Sections of East & North Hawaii & to devise means of obviating them beg leave to submit the following resolutions: 1. That the brethren at Hilo should ever be remembered by us as r e siding at a station peculiarly lonely & secluded & entitled on that account not only to a era & sympathies but also to every reasonable effort which we can make to alleviate the self-denials of such a situation. 2. That as a great expense would be required to secure the regular visit of a vessel to Kilo, we therefore recommend as some little alleviation to the seclusion of the station & as a means of supplying some of its lesser wants, that a line of communication be established by means of car­ riers & canoes between Hilo & the other stations on Hawaii, & if practicable, between Hilo & Lahaina on the Island of M a u i & also between Lahaina & Oahu whenever expedient. 3. In view of the distressing circumstances of Hilo & of many other portions of the Sandwich Islands for want of medical old, now more especially felt than heretofore in conse­ quence of the contemplated return of Dr. Chapin to America & such failure of brother Baldwin’s health, as to require a removal from his Station, resolved; that a committee be chosen to draw up an appeal to the Board for more physicians & that a copy of it be sent across the continent by the opportunity, which it is expected, will soon offer, & that a duplicate of it be forwarded in the Hellespont by the route of Canton, and that should, a physician, or physicians arrive that we consider the Station at Hilo as having a demand for the first supply. 5 . T h a t whereas, in accordance with the approbation ex­ pressed by the Mission at their last general meeting of the return of Ms.Goodrich & his family to America, he has signified to our secular agent his desire to embark the coming Fall & requested that enquiries might be made for a favourable opportunity of so doing; & considering that there is no reasonable prospect that an opportunity will be presented of embarking directly from H ilo, but good reason to expect that such an opportunity as desired will be offered at this place; & considering also that Providence precludes the possibility of sending a physician to Hilo, in ac­ cordance with his application to bestow the medical attention which his family will need in the month of August, therefore re- �(Of Resolutions, dated June 25,1835, and signed by Levi ) Chamberlain, Gerrit B. Judd, S. Dibble & D.B. Lyman. ) Continued. solved that our secular agent be instructed to procure for M r . Goodrich & his family, as seen as practicable, a conveyance to this place. 6. In view of the inland situation of the Station on N orth Hawaii, subjecting it to great inconvenience in the re­ ception of supplies, considering the want of a house at the place f or the comfort of a missionary family, & considering also that it is extremely undesirable that a family should re­ side alone so remote from any other station & that with our present numbers it cannot be reinforced, therefore resolved that for the present the Station be relinquished. (Signed) " Adopted June 25, 1835 " LEVI CHAMBERLAIN GERRIT P . JUDD S . DIBBL E � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Hilo - 1828-1838 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1828, 1829, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b301deed12a398712dad61f2a063ee94.pdf b105cc3dc983feb358b67c7d6d730243 PDF Text Text HILO STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Coan, T, ------------------------------------ 1851 Coan, T , ------ --------------- -------------- 1852 Unsigned abstr a c t --------------------------- 1852 Wetmore, Chas.H. ----------- a b s t r a c t ----- 1852 Wetmore, Chas.H. --------------------------- 1853 Coan, T --------------------------------------1853 Wetmore, Chas. H . ---- ------------------- — 1854 Coan, T --------------------------------------1854 Coan, T --------------------------------------1855 Coan, T, --abstract------------------------- 1855 Wetmore, Chas. H, ------------------------ -1855 Wetmore, Chas, H. — a b s t r a c t --------------1855 Coan, T --------------------------------------1856 Unsigned, Coan's writing ----------------- 1857 Wetmore., Chas. H. --------------------------1857 Wetmore, Chas. H. --------------------------1858 Coa n , T. ------------------------------------ 1858 Coan, T. --------------- -------------------- 1859 Coan, T. ----------- -------------------------- 1860 Unsigned, C o a n ’ s ------------ ab stract -1860 Unsigned but marked C o a n ' s ------------ '--1861 " " " a b s t r a c t ---- 1861 Coan, T --------------------------------------1862 Coan, T, s y n o p s i s --------------------- --- 1862 Unsigned but Coan's --------------------1863 Coan, T. Description_of_Puna----- n . d . , - ________ _________________ �Report fo r Hilo from May 1 , 1850 to May 1 , '5 1 I t is good to give thanks to the Lord, him for health & f o r s ic k n e s s , f o r & adversity - in hope & in fe a r , It is I t is good to p ra ise joy & for g r ie f ~ fo r prosp erity At a l l times & for a l l t h in g s . good to mark his hand in a l l h is p ro v id en tial movements; to n o tice the progress of events., and e s p e c ia lly to record the c o n flic ts & the triumphs of truth - the passing h is t o r y , the present con di­ tio n & the future prospects of Emanual kingdom around u s . Personal. D uring the 16 years of our residence at Hilo we have enjoyed a more comfortable & uniform state o f h ea lth than most m ission fa m ilie s of our acquaintance. The past year., however may p erhaps, be taken a s an exception to th is statement. Mrs. C . has s u ffe r e d more from general d e b il it y than in former years, besides b ein g prostrated at one time fo r several weeks with dangerous i l l n e s s . Out l i t t l e daughter Sarah E l i z a was also brought low w ith a compli­ cated & dangerous fev er - fo r (? ) weeks she lay in a most c r i t i c a l s t a t e , - a p a l id , emaciated form - at the door of the tomb. None but parents who have been led through the like t r ia l s can know the tender yearnings & the anxious watchings of those tedious days & nights of sorrow. On bo th occasions of our severest t r i a l , our f a i t h f u l & sympathising physician was absent on p r o fe s sio n a l d u t ie s . In t h is , however , we could d is t in c t ly see the hand of the L o r d . I t was designed for our good & it was good for us to be thus a f ­ flicted . Our great P h y s ic ia n , our ever present F r ie n d , was n e a r. He subdued the sorrows of our h e a rts . our tab e rn a cle . our S o u ls . He l i f t e d the cloud from He spread lig h t through our h a b it a t io n & joy over We s t i l l liv e to praise him. �H ilo 1851 2. General improvements. The face of nature is undergoing a gradual transform ation at H i l o . In some places the w ilderness is sile n tly d isa p p ea rin g before the hand of the c u ltiv a to r, & w ealth is b eing developed where a l l was waste b e fo r e . s ils D w e llin g s, fu r n it u r e , d r e s s , u t e n ­ of various k in d s , a l l in d ica te a decided advance on former . y e a rs . Our roads too - our high-ways & low-ways, are making hasty & s u rp ris in g progress. They are w inding along through jungle & d e ll - into streams & over slag & s c o ria , & h i l l & p l a in - p er­ fo ra tin g f o r e s t s , creeping up & down the sides of r a v in e s , rocks & leaping bald p r e c ip ic e s . s c a lin g True they are not rail- ro ads, but to r id e over them reminds one impressively of r a il - r id in g . S t i l l there is progress, for in some places where a man could once hardly walk, a donkey w i l l now almost t r o t , and in places where a king - lik e Nebuchadnezzar - once went "on a l l fo u r s 1' a p l a i n p lebian may now stand erect, ly looks & seems less g ro v e lin g . on two only. T h is , c e r t a in ­ The sense of elev atio n is i n ­ creased & the fe e lin g of degradation ( ! ) is less p o s i t iv e . Another feature in our roads marks the movement of matter and the march of mind a t H i l o . scratch on the sides Every successive year produces a new of our ravines & over the h i l l s & v a l l i e s traversed by our public high ways; so that nearly a l l our "banks & b ra es” are scarred by two, three or four p a r a l l e l , divergent ( ! ) or diagonal l i n e s , presenting a curious variety of geom etrical diagrams fo r the contemplation of the s c ie n t i f i c tr a v e lle r & the c i v i l en g in ee r. This p lu r a lity of ro ads, a l l c lu ste r in g in a brood, may, at f i r s t s i g h t , seem a mistake and a sad waste of time or w ealth & energy. But to the patient philosopher such a con- �H ilo 1851 clu sio n may be deemed h asty . no good & no w h e r e ". "It 5. is an i l l wind that blows A ll these d iffe r e n t essays represent mind & matter in an improvable s t a t e . They s h o w a d i s s a t i s f a c t io n with past attainments & a struggle a fter p e rfe c tio n . Each succes sive road-master sees im perfections in the labors of h is predeces so r , & , even in h im s e l f , &' every returning year reveals the fo l l y of the past & prompts to new efforts in the path of improvement. B e s id e s , these d iffe r e n t roads f u r n is h the tr a v e lle r w it h v a r ie t y , & e sp ec ia lly w ith the opportunity of ch o ic e. One may ascend a precipice on an angle of 1 0 , another of 2 0 & another s t i l l of 35 degrees. One may take a lo n g e r, another a sh o rter, one a direct & another a sinuous rout ( ! ); & i f two cannot w alk together because they are not agreed they can separate. One more advantage must be n o ticed before we leave the sub­ je c t , These d iffe r e n t scratches have a higher use & one less akin to matter and mundane objects. They are way marks, hour glasses - d i a l s - marking the f l i g h t of tim e, & rem inding the w ayfaring man of the revolutions of years & of h is own progress through the world. As some n a tu r a lis ts can t e l l the age of a horse by looking into his mouth, the age of a bullock by h is horns & the years o f a tree by its bark, so we can mark the age of improvement & determine the number of years of public labor on the roads by the number of scratches & ditches along the sides of our h i l l s . Another mark of improvement must not be omitted in th is con­ n e c tio n . We allude to the construction of b r id g e s . Of those we have had some 7 or 8 ; but "one is n o t ", another i s gone - a th ir d has disappeared, and some of the remainder must continue �H ilo 18 51 but for a l i t t l e space. 4. Some f e l l by th e ir own. g r a v ita tin g law - some because the lower stones in the abutments growled at bearin g the burden of the upper ones - some because none of the stones would keep s t i l l , & others were made giddy b y the mad ru sh of w a te r s , plunged into the hurrying stream & were seen no more. Three or four are s t i l l standing, & others are being constructed o r r e c o n s t r u c t e d , & for these we bless the Lord. A bridge fo r horses & oxen now spans a stream which we have often crossed w ith great p e ril & which once cost us three hours of p a s s in g . onds . hazard . in Now It can be crossed in the h ighest floods in 10 sec­ A l l the m istakes, the f a ilu r e s & losses in our roads & b r i d g e s , like losses in g e n e r a l, are attended by some l i t t l e g a in . Experience is a severe & expensive teacher, but the only one to which many minds w i l l submit, & happy w i l l i t be for our H aw aiian c o u n s e llo r s , governors, & commissioners, i f they hasten to p r o fit by the sad mistakes & heavy losses of the p ast. Making a l l due abatements for mismanagement ( ! ) & losses in the road ta x , s t i l l much has been done. bridges The idea of roads & is in the heads & the feet o f H aw aiians; their blunders 'have taught some of them u s e f u l lessons, & may we not hope that they w i l l yet mend th eir ways, making the crooked stra ig h t & the rough smooth - le v e llin g the h il l s & r a is in g the v a l l i e s , & preparing the land as a h a b ita tio n for the righ teo us. Temperance, alia s intem perance. We have no formally lic en sed grogeries at H i l o , & yet we have drunkeries in abundance, from the h is s in g adder, the v ile turbid beer- barrel, to the r e fin e d cosmetics of the merchant, the ethereal s p ir it u a l essen se s, the t in c tu r e s , the colognes, etc. �5. Here we f i n d the phials of wrath which s c o r c h great h e a t . ( ! ) men w it h These are the s p ir it s of d e v ils going forth i n th e ir b e g u ilin g drapery to madden man & to curse the la n d . The e v il of which we speak is not confined to H i l o , but i s experienced in other p o rts. As yet it i s c h i e f l y , w ith us at l e a s t , co n fin e d to sailo rs & foreign lo a fe rs ; hut there is danger that it w i l l spread its in fr a c tio n (? ) among the n a t iv e s . I t is also a m ani­ fe s t evasion of law & c a lls fo r prompt attention & correction from some quarter. Should not this m ission memorialize the gov­ ernment on the subject? The e v i l is not so much in the la w , fo r 'nothing which d istrac ts the b ra in is licen sed at H i l o , but in the want of honest & v ig ila n t ju s t ic e . ( ! ) o ffic e rs to bring offenders to Our port surveyor ( ! ) , the man appointed to prevent the smuggling of liquors & to a rr e st transgressors, was the f i r s t man in whose house a case of e v il s p ir its was found. Thus the extinguisher became the incendiary - the suppressor the e x c ite r the surveyor the Purveyor; and yet so fee b ly is ju stic e adm inis­ tered t h a t , to this d ay , the offender has not been punished for his treachery. A number of instances of potato d rin k in g have recently occurred among the baser sort of natives many of them connected w it h & encouraged by Mamakea, our Luna auhau. l i t t l e brushes, Sev eral or inc ip ie n t riots have also occurred in' connection w ith the labor on ro a d s , a l l occasioned by the in d is c r e t io n & wickedness of this same in fa tu a ted o f f ic e r whose i l l odor ( ! ) has spread through a l l H ilo & Puna & excited the lo ath in g & the retching (? ) of a l l decent men. And y e t , strange to s a y , Hilo has long since vomited out the o ffe n d e r, he i s ciously ( ! ) re ta in ed i n o f f i c e by h is appointor. though s t i l l p e r tin a ­ �H ilo 1851 6. Meeting h o u s e s . Of these some ten have been b u i l t , re p a ire d d uring the past y e a r . & the r e s t nativ e b u ild in g s . rebuilt or essentially- Pour of these are of rough stones Preparations are now being made to b u ild a substantial framed meeting house some 70 by 36 ft.- at one of our out S ta tio n s . On these b u ild in g s our people have expended not less than $ 2 0 0 0 .0 0 S ch o o ls. Our Common Schools have been in operation as usual through the y ea r. A l l the children of a su itable age are brought into these schools, & many of them have made good progress In s t u d ie s . School houses have. In some instances been improved, and teachers have b een better p a id . There has also been an increased e ffo r t on th e part of teachers & pupils to supply the schools w it h books. S t i l l , the system needs more attention - Some of the teachers are incompetent & some are u n f a i t h f u l . A ll the Schools need more thorough supervision & more energetic promptings. mote residence of our M inister of P . I . The r e ­ - h is engrossment w ith m ultifarious business & h is non-circulating h a b it s , have l e f t our schools without any e f f i c i e n t le g a l head during the past y e a r . A hasty note once in s ix months i s about a ll the help we can get from that source. S t i l l our schools keep on - h a l f under church & h a l f under state - by the voluntary & the le g a l - by coaxing & by d r iv in g we manage to keep a flo a t. We have had several examinations and eleven grand cold-water celebrations during the y e a r . These anniversaries went o ff w ith great d isp la y o f d r e s s , b anners, m archings, counter-marchings, & other unm ilitary evolutions - w it h dinners or p o i, p uddings, p oultry, p ig s , f is h & non-descripts - w ith songs & speeches & r e j o i c i n g s . �H ilo 1851 7. Papacy. This d elu sio n seems to be losing of many of its d i s c i p l e s . ( ? ) its charms in the minds A few hold on to it w ith t e n a c it y , but many have le ft it and others hold i t lig htly . Two or three teachers of their schools have come out from them w ith nearly a l l their sc h o la rs . Two teachers le f t them b e ­ cause the priests forbade the use of our books, testament, in th eir schools. e s p e c ia lly the Two or three only o f t h e ir schools are now in operation in H ilo & Puna, & these are small & la n g u id . Many o f their l i t t l e meeting houses are f a l l e n or blown down, & there does not seem to be energy enough in their body to r a i s e them up again. Two p r i e s t s , however remain in the f i e l d , still sanguine in the b e l i e f of conquest, & apparently looking to the s word o f Prance & not to "th e Sword of the S p ir it " dominion. to give them May the Lord give triumph to the truth & carry , the counsels of the froward (? ) headlong. Seamen. (? ) More than 80 v e s s e ls have entered our port during the past 12 months. There have been Men of W ar, w h a le rs , merchant men & coasters, Several thousands of sa ilo rs have thus been thrown upon our shores, but for the most p art order has p rev a iled & the peace of the community has not been e s s e n t ia lly d istu rb e d . Still a silen t & insidio u s p e stile n ce is spread among the people by many of this class of v i s i t o r s . Something has been done for Seamen by way of p reach in g, p r i ­ vate conversation, the d i s t r ib u t io n of B ib l e s , t r a c t s , papers etc, as time & strength & other duties would perm it. And we are not w ithout evidence that some good has been done in th is dep art­ �8. ment; that impressions have been made & resolutions formed w hich, through grace, may hear f r u i t unto etern al l i f e . cast upon the waters is not a l l l o s t . The b read thus We have often found it a fter many days, as the simple & touching letter of many a p e n i ­ tent & g r a t e fu l sa ilo r w il l t e s t i f y . To u rs. Of these the pastor has made s ix during the year v i z . three in Hilo & three in Puna. The usual labors of such tours have been performed. & w it h u s ­ u a l encouragement & su c c e ss. u s u a lly been f u l l , Congregations on such occasions have often crowded, & a t t e n t iv e . had it s r e str a in in g , The Gospel has c o n stra in in g , co n v ertin g, e n ergizing & , we tru s t sa n ctify in g influence on many. as, Numbers have b een g a th e r­ ed into the v is ib l e f o l d , who, we hope w i l l , bring f o r t h f r u i t unto everlastin g l i f e . Sabbath S c h o o ls. These have been more f u l l & have b een sustained w ith more vigor & interest than for many years p a s t . Several hundreds have attended the school at the S t a t io n , & nearly a l l the c h ild r e n w ith m a n y hundreds of a d u l t s , attend at the d iffe re n t out s t a t io n s . Many of the children have been among the in q u ir e r s , & num bers, we trust, have passed from d e a th unto l i f e . For no department of labor does the pastor fe e l a deeper interest than in th is juvenile ( ! ) class. contributions to fo r e ig n objects of benevolence. These have exceeded th e contributions of any former y e a r . The whole nominal valu e received from May 1st 1850 to May 1st 1 8 5 1 , is about 1000 d o l l a r s . The r e a l , o r c ash value is 820 d o l l a r s . Of this 100 d o llars have been sent to the A . B . S . (?) 50 do llars �H ilo 1851 9. go to the A . Temperance So ciety , 50 $ to the A .F . E v a n g e lic a l U n io n , and 620 to the A . B .C .F .M . The cash contributions fo r the year ending May 1st 1850 were $ 7 0 7 .0 0 Although the population of Hilo & Puna is d e c r e a sin g , & the number of chh, members le s se n in g , yet the contributions are annu a lly in c rea sin g ; and what i s , we t r u s t , b e t t e r , these o ffe r in g s are made with increasing cheerfulness & a more in t e l l ig e n t sense of o b ligatio n to the great Head of the Church. [Godward] our hope to God ( ! ) word in th is m atter. At l e a s t , such is The Church. It s general state has been peaceful & harmonious. tions Some por­ of it have been active & s p ir it u a l & have enjoyed the p re­ sence of God. There have been re vival influences at various points & at d if f e r e n t tim es. A goodly number of b a ck slid e rs have been restored, many slumberers awaked, & many of the strong & the strong (?) handed have waxed stronger. Every year strengthens the evidence that a great work of God has been wrought among the people. Every year adds confirming testimony that h undreds, & we t r u s t , thousands, have been born o f the S p i r i t . ca lle d to weep over the coldness, S t i l l we are the ignorance, the s e n s u a lit y , the hypocrisy & the apostasy ( ! ) of many for whom we had hoped b e t ­ ter th in g s. We are made to f e e l that the utmost z e a l & the most w akeful & v ig i l a n t ( ! ) scrutiny of man cannot secure a spotless chh. on e a r t h ; & our most sanguine hopes of Haw aiian p e r fe c tio n have been b la s t e d . We fe e l abased before God & man, th at, as a Church of C h r is t , we have f a l l e n so immeasurably below the standder [ standard] so, b u t , of duty prescribed i n the g o sp el, and not only in knowledge, lo v e , f a i t h & good works, we f a l l fa r b e ­ low the standard erected in our own re so lu tio n s . Some of us are �H ilo lik e the Galations L a o d icean some- l ik e the Corinthians, some lik e the and some lik e Is r a e l in the w ild e r n e s s . word o f God has taken no e ffe c t among u s . ites indeed - Many wrestling Jacobs. 10 1851 Not that the There are many I s r a e l ­ Many liv e ly stones - Mary who are called & chosen & f a i t h f u l - Many who belong to the h ouse­ hold of f a i t h & to the royal priesthood - Many sheep whom the great Shepherd w i l l lead & bring w it h him - M any sons whom Christ w i l l prepare unto g lo ry . I n conclusion; though o ften oppressed with cares & re ady to f a i n t in view of our own u n fa it h fu ln e s s , and the much of m ournful Ignorance In sp iritu a l t h in g s , & the many sad tokens o f depravity which remain among our flock,, s t i l l we have abundant reason to thank the Lord & take courage in view of a l l his mercy and of a l l the great things he has done fo r u s . He has been m ercifu l to our unrighteousness, p atien t in our provocations & a helper in our in f i r m i t i e s . He has been be tte r than our f e a r s . great things f o r u s . you" He has done He has v e r i f ie d h i s promise, "Lo I am w ith - He has chided our u n b e lie f - He has revived our hopes - He has strengthened our hands. He b id s us ra ise our E b en ezer. He calls upon us to thank the Lord & take courage - He commands us to g ird up our loins for the remainder of the ra ce , our armour for fu tu re c o n f l ic t , is i n v i s i b l e , to burn ish and to endure as seeing Him who " And th is w i l l we do i f God p e rm it.” S tatistics. Received past year on Examination Whole number received of ( ! ) examination Whole number received from other churches Whole " dism issed to " " Deceased the past y ear - - - - - -— Excluded members deceased past year Whole number deceased 109 9980 447 565 143 3 3922 �H ilo 1851 Excluded the past y ear _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Whole number remaining excluded - - - Now in regular standing - - - Children baptized past year - - ■ Whole number baptized - - - Marriages the past year - --— Population of the f i e l d - - about proportion who attend public worship Whole number of b a p tiz e d children deceased - - - 20 335 5539 90 3329 146 9000 -> - 8 526 Contribu tio ns. For meeting houses in la b o r, m a t e r ia ls , goods & cash _ $ 2000. Titus Coan Pastor. �Report for Hilo for the year ending May 1 , H ilo s t i l l i s . It s beauteous 1852 ( ! ) Bay s t i l l r e fle c t s the bright solar rays & the s ilv e r moon beam. Its lim pid waters s t i l l lave it s crescent beach & foam in fleecy w hite along it s b e e tlin g c l i f f s . It s gay green landscapes s t i l l laugh & r e jo ic e under the sunlight and the showers o f Heaven. It s f l u t e d slopes sparkle & sing & shout w ith the murmuring r i l l , & the thundering cascade. verdure. the rushing riv er It s f i e l d & forests wave in perpetual Its atmosphere is s t i l l salubrious balmy & b la n d . mirror lakes s t i l l flash in bright undulations through the deep fo lia g e o f the B r e a d fr u it , It s heavens are It s the c o c o n u t ~ the Kukui & the Pandanus. s t i l l v e ile d in gauzy vapors, adorned w ith convo­ luted & caressing (? ) clouds or studded ( ! ) w ith golden gems. It s mountains s t i l l r i s e in heavy majesty against the western sky It s awful fire s burn harmlessly at a d is t a n c e . It s occasional subterranean throes give h e a lt h fu l monitions that man is weak & needs an Almighty Protector, Y e s , b le s se d be the l o r d , H ilo s t i l l remains notwithstanding the sta r tlin g earthquake & the t e r r i f i c volcano have threatened to engulf & consume, & notw ithstanding their awful tokens have clothed many a face w ith paleness & f i l l e d many a heart w ith f e a r . The Hand that planted these m ountains, th a t measured the deep, & that adorned that landscape s t i l l pro­ tects. The look which makes the earth to tremble is s t i l l the w atchful orb of love & of protection to the s a i n t s . The breath which kin dles the e v e r l a s t i n g f i r e s & melts the mountains sets bounds to the f ie r y as to the watery f l o o d s . The fin g e r w hich touches the smoking h i l l s points to a place o f s a f e t y ( ! ). �H ilo 1852 2. Temporal improvements . H e re, as in former years, we are able to report p ro g re ss. To some this may not appear to he a legitim ate su b ject fo r M issionary re p o r t. S t i l l , as i t i s a subject which e ffe c ts M issionary bone, & m uscle, & h e a r t , and as i t is the u s u a l accom­ panim ent, & often the d ir e c t result of true C h r is t ia n it y , i t may not be amiss to cast a passing glance in that d ir e c t io n . Since last general m eeting, many m iles of good road have been constructed i n Puna, and before the close of another year we hope to be able to. report a. complete horse road through the whole d i s t r ic t - a c irc u it of not less than one hundred m ile s. E ssen tial improvements are also being made in the roads of H ilo . Most of our precipices have b een made easier of ascent-& descen t, Several b rid g es have been constructed, and others w i l l , we tru st, soon be done. As to d w e llin g s , fu r n it u r e , c lo th in g , etc we need say n o th in g . ca ttle , h o r s e s , cash The same improvements and mis improvements which are seen-at other points of the Islan d s are going forward at H i l o . Morality & O rd er. Though we have nothing to boast of & very much to re g ret on th is score, yet we have a l s o , much, very much, for w hich to be th an k fu l. Our streets a re, u s u a l l y , exist th e re ; q u ie t; No licensed man k il l e r s Our Sabbaths are p e a c e fu l, and intemperance & open vice seek the darkness fo r concealment. These statements apply to the st a tio n w it h occasional excep tio ns, and these exceptions originate in the unruly & base passions of fo reigners who are de­ termined on indulgence at any expense. Throughout the d is t r ic t s �H ilo 1852 of H ilo & Puna great quietness & order p re v a il both on the L o r d ’ s day and at a l l tim es. [ Here two sheets cut out and h a lf of third page crossed o u t.] Papacy. This inveterate foe of God & men of l i g h t .& tr u th , has long m aintained a desperate struggle in our f i e l d . Sometimes these powers of darkness seem to g a in a l i t t l e ground & again they lo s e . But the d ev il is never weary in i l l d o in g s. though he reaps many a harvest of w rath. disappointment do not deter him; He never fa in ts Shame, discom fiture & and h is indomitable perseverance may w e ll repress a l l who are in c lin e d to f a i n t in a b ette r cause. D uring no year since the introduction o f papacy into our f i e l d have more art and energy been used to push it forward than the last. S t i l l , we th in k i t has gained no ground, & on the whole we are in c lin e d to b e lie v e the cause has retrograded. i t has advanced at one point i t Whenever has r e c e d e d at another; often its b e s t ia l & seeming success is but momentary. and Not i n f r e ­ quently the carnal weapons i t uses to promote its in te res ts r e c o il upon i t s e l f , as was evidently the case in the late p o l i t i c a l campaign at H i l o . A l l our r e fle c t in g & candid people are thoroughly convinced of the subtle wickedness of the Beast and they hold him in ever deepening abhorrence. B u t we grapple w ith a determined fo e - w ith a Hydra not to be d esp ise d , & w hich cannot be decapitated at a s in g le blo w . Our enemy is tenacious of l i f e , & in our warfare w ith him there is no discharge t i l l death . are here emphatically c a lle d to be sober, to [be] v ig i l e n t to be w i s e , patient & unconquerable. We ( !) - Nothing but the grace of God can save our r e lig io u s & p o l it i c a l in s t it u t io n s from sub­ m ission through the intrigues of j esuitism . �Hilo 1852 4. S ch o o ls. No m aterial change has taken place in our common scho ols. They move on as usual except that the q u a lific a tio n s of teachers is gradu ally r i s i n g & the schools are b eing better supplied w ith books. A l l the children of le g a l age are enrolled in our schools except the few w ho are h e ld under the b eg u ilin g influ en ce of the p a p is t s . For want o f funds there has been l it t l e improvement in our school houses, a l l the money r a is e d by the school tax being required to pay the tea ch e rs. Meeting Houses. Three comfortable houses of worship have been b u i l t by our people during the y e a r , & others are in progress or i n contempla­ tio n . Seamen. About 50 ships have re cru ited at our port during the present season, and 76 ships and some 60 smaller vessels have v i s i t e d us during the past y e a r . During the shipping season our streets & houses have been thronged w ith hundreds of seamen, & some effo r ts have been made by preaching, conversation, the d i s t r ib u t io n of B ib le s , books, t r a c ts , papers & other re lig io u s r e a d in g s , them good, w ith what success eternity alone can r e v e a l . the ships to do Some of are commanded by pious Masters - One numbered several professed converts, & a few Masters were in c lin e d to take a stand against Sabbath w h a lin g . Perhaps no class of men i n Christendom calls more loudly for the prayers & the effo rts of C h ristia n s than Seamen. Sabbath S c h o o ls. A large & in te restin g S . numbering about 5 0 0 . S . has been kept up at the S t a t io n , This school has been high ly in t e r e s tin g �H ilo through the year, 1852 5. and. many of its pupils have grown in knowledge & grace - and some, we t r u s t , have there passed from death to life. Sabbath Schools are also kept up at a l l the Out S tations of H ilo & Puna, attended by an aggregate, probably, of 3000 sc h o la rs, including a d u lt s . It is common fo r a ll the week-day scholars to attend the Sabbath School. Public Labors at the S t a t io n . These have b e e n , on the Sabbath, S . S . at 9 A . M. at 10 1/2- - a meeting for inq u irers &c at 1 2 . 11/2 P .M . and, Preaching Preaching ag ain at in Shipping time, preaching in the E n g lish Chapel at 3 1/2 P .M . Two or three regular lec tu re s, besides occasional preaching during the week. These public s e rv ic e s, as a l l experienced M is­ sion aries know, include but a small portion of the weekly labors of the teacher & p asto r. To u rs. Of these the usual number have been performed v i z . three through. Puna & three through H i l o , besides shorter excursions around the S ta t io n . On these tours efforts have been made to know the state of the flock & to bring sinners into the f o ld of God. The r o ll has been ca lle d - the wanders ( ! ) sought a fte r - the weak strengthened - the strong encouraged - the b ack slid er reclaim ed - the p enitent restored - the- ignorant taught - the diseased bound up the w ick ed warned - the children gathered - infa n ts b a p tize d the s i c k v i s i t e d - funerals attended - the mourner comforted the in q u irin g directed to the Lamb of God - the gospel preached d i f f i c u l t i e s se ttle d - d iv isio n s h ealed - enemies re c o n c ile d consultations h e ld - mistakes corrected - instructio ns given contributions taken up - the L o r d 's Supper adm inistered & c . �H ilo 1852 6. Cold Water Army. T h is has been ag ain c a lle d out in ten grand d i v i s i o n s , number­ ing about 2 0 0 0 children in a l l . Each d iv is io n has had its banners - its mottos - it s uniform its marchings - it s brig h t faces & its songs - its f e s t i v a l - its speeches - its joyous h e a r t s . Each succeeding anniversary shows a decided improvement on the former in dress & i n the com­ forts of l i f e . Conventions. The day fo llo w in g our great temperance fe s t iv a l at the S ta tio n a convention was h eld for the d iscu ssio n of subjects such as the follow ing Merits & demerits of the Pualu , Taxation. Which has made havoc the greater in our work man or alcohol? W i l l the erection of fo rts & the b u ild in g of warships tend to promote the peace & prosperity of the Hawaiian kingdom? &c A large number of people were assembled to l is t e n to these d isc u ss io n s. Several animated speakers took part on the occasion & an intense inte rest was kept up through the day. For about a week from t h is time our grand annual convention met & h e ld its services (? ) for two days - This convention con­ siste d of a l l the school teachers in H ilo & Puna - about 50 of the School trustees and of most of the leading members or o f f ic e r s of the church & a l l others who might w is h to attend. Some 200 were present - reports were made - subjects of great in terest to re-lig io n & education discussed - resolutions adopted - business t r a n s a c t e d & c &c . Governor Kapeau (? ) was present at a l l these deliberatio n s & took an active part in the d iscu ssio n s him self an i n t e r e s t i n g .& shrewd debater. He showed �7 2 5 8 1 ilo H. L a d ie s ' F e s t iv a l. A semi-annual L a d ie s' during the past y e a r. F e st iv a l has been held at the s ta tio n This gathering was prepared, arranged & managed by the native fem ales. On the day appointed a long table is spread in the church and loaded w ith a great v arie ty of e a t­ a b le s . Along the sides of th is table from 50 to 60 Haw aiian Ladies are seated in neat a t t i r e . A deputation w aits on the pastor & his fam ily informing them th at a l l is ready & req u estin g th eir attendance. table. Seats are reserved fo r them at the head of the A ll prelim inaries thus arranged a short address is made - thanks offered and each one addresses h e r s e lf to the ta sk in h and. P ig s , poultry, puddingy p o i, lu au , f i s h , cakes. & a l l H aw aiian vegetables & edibles dance on the forks & fingers of the f a ir ones, and disappear i n a t r i c e . The whole upper surface of the table seems a liv e as in a w altz and a l l keeping time to the merry music of the v o c a l is t s . This cheerful duty over., a paper i s put ’into the hands of the pastor' containing the names of a l l the members of this a sso ciatio n . The r o l l is now called when each member comes forward & deposits her co n trib u tio n . th eir own No one contributes less than 25 c t s . By a r u le of This done - free remarks are made - questions proposed - topics sometimes discussed a hymn sung - prayer o ffe r e d , & a l l adjourn. At the two g a th e r­ ings during the past year about 40 dollars were contributed and t h i s , by the unanimous voice of the contributors is to be appro­ priated to the. Micronesian M is s io n . B enevolence. Taking this term in i t s comprehensive sense, we have much of which to be ashamed on this sco re. S t i l l fo r what has been ac­ complished in some of i t s branches we had occasion to thank God �H 2 5 8 1 ilo & take courage. On the Sabbath immediately p r e c e d i n g . ( ! ) the f i r s t Monday in each month the Pastor uniform ly preaches on some subject connected w ith M issions or w ith the general course of b e n e fic e n c e , on which occasion a c o lle c tio n is taken u p . c o lle c tio n s , These including the mites which have come in from out p o sts , have averaged more than 50 dollars a month. I t has been an object steadily kept i n v ie w , to tr a in our people to habits of in t e llig e n t b e n e fic e n c e . For this purpose we have used " l i n e upon line & precept upon p re c e p t"; and although our progress is slow, y et we hope & pray that i t may be sure . We w ish not our people to give from mere impulse, but from an in t e l l ig e n t conv ic t io n of d uty , & from a deep desire of the h e a r t. a re , as y e t, r e a liz e d but i n p a r t . g re ss. Our desires S t i l l , we trust there i s pro­ Not only are our contributions slowly increasin g from year to y ear, but with t h i s , we th in k there is an increased d esire to give ~ As to increased a b il it y there i s no m istake. The fo llo w ­ ing is a review of our contributions to fo re ig n objects during the past fiv e y e a r s . In May 1848 we reported $ 3 1 7 . 50 " " 1849 " " # 1850 " $ 7 0 7 .0 0 " " 1851 " " $ 8 2 0 .0 0 And f o r the past year we report $ 11 0 0.0 0 This sum would have been several hundred d o llars g reat e r ( !) could a l l the a rtic le s contributed in trade have b een reduced ( ? ) to cash without a d isc o u n t. The a b o v e includes n o thing of what has been devoted to domestic or home o b je c ts . �Hilo 1852 9. The Church. I n the history of the church at H ilo nothing remarkable has occurred during the period under review . much like previous y e a rs . The past has been F a llin g & r i s i n g - sleeping & waking - back- sliding & repenting - wandering & returning - dying & l i v i n g . This has been the chequered histo ry of Gods v is ib l e church i n a l l ages ~ Most of our church members have., h o w e v e r run w e l l ; & many have given us great joy by their steadfastness in the fa it h by t h e ir attendance on the ordinances o f the gospel - by th eir love of the truth - by t h e ir s p ir it of prayer - their ch arity th eir s p ir it u a l it y - their growth in knowledge & grace & th eir active efforts to save s o u ls . The comparative number of cases of discipline ( ! ) has not been l a r g e , & the church as a body has h e ld on its way w ith l i t t l e defection., w ith encouraging z e a l & w it h increasing stren gth . It embosoms many precious sp irits who are ripening for glory - A t least such is our trust to God-ward on t h e ir b e h a l f . R e v iv a l s . Doubtless i t i s our S in that we are not able to say more, & to speak more decidedly on this eventful to p ic . We can report no general awaking on the great subject of r e l i g i o n . th ro' Still, the great mercy of our God "th e day Spring" has v i s i t e d many portions o f our f i e l d , and, h e a r ts . as we t r u s t , shined into many There have been seasons when an unusual " S p i r i t of grace & supplication" seemed to rest upon many of our people at d i f f e r e n t points in the f i e l d . By some portions of the church, sp ecial meetings have been h e ld fo r prayer & c o n s u l t a t i o n & s p e c ia l effo rts have been made to awaken the careless & to p u ll sinners �H ilo out of the f i r e . 1852 10 . I n some cases meetings of th is kind have "been h eld by the church for two or three days in su cc e ssio n , and many have gone from house to house to arouse those who were at ease in Zion ( ? ) , & to plead w it h sinners to flee from the w rath to come ( ? ) . These labors have been blessed, and numbers who were careless & hardened in sin , have given hopeful evidence of a change of h ea rt. One hundred and 92 have been added to the church on co n fessio n of f a i t h in the Lord Jesus , & others, are converted. as we hope, At some points there s t i l l appears to be a r e v iv a l s p ir it & we trust the Lord w il l never leave us without w itness of his saving love. Population. This is constantly decreasing from death & em igration - Some go to sea - Many f a l l into the grave, & a larger number s t i l l leave our island fo r Honolulu w h e re. they are often swallowed up as i n a maelstrom. as a d i s t i n c t , There is p a in fu l in d ic a tio n that the n a t io n , ab o rig in a l ra c e , i s d y in g . As in the la st struggles o f the human frame a l l v it a l it y rushes to the h e a rt, to support for a b r i e f moment, the w asting energies of the system at that p o in t , so i t is w ith a dying n a tio n . Everything rushes to the centre - the extrem ities are le f t cold & torpid - pulsatio n ceases in the limbs - an unnatural throbbing is f e l t in the heart & death ensures. T h is , we th in k , is th e present condition of the Hawaiian r a c e . Our people are destined ( ? ) become a dead language. places unknown. to pass away. Their language w i l l Their names w i l l be forgotten - th eir D e s o la t io n 's wand w i l l wave over them - D e s t in a ­ t i o n 's besom w il l sweep them away. on - s ile n t ly y et surel y . This process is now going No mortal hand can arrest i t . No �H ilo human policy can stay i t . f i a t of Jehovah. 1852 11. The f i a t has gone fo rth & i t is the S t i l l we have no cause of discouragem ent. No occasion to abandon the f i e l d - no c a l l to r e l a x our e f f o r t s . These Islands w i l l be peopled - A m ingled & mighty race w i l l t i l l these f i e l d s , tread on these mountains, f e l l these fo re sts & f i l l th is land w it h c itie s & ham lets. The k eel of commerce w i l l plow these seas, and the w ealth of d ista n t e l ix ir s (? ) w il l flu x through a l l the arteries of this land. And allow me to advance the opinion that G o d 's work here is but just begun ~ A l l that has tran spired is prep arato ry .( ! ) C h r is t , sh ore s. through his Church, has s t i l l a mission to f u l f i l on these Schools seminaries & colleges of a new & superior order, are to rise h e r e . planted - Enlightened & energetic churches are here to be Permanent temples are here to be erected - benevolent and humane in s titu tio n s to be formed. - The gospel trumpet is s t i l l to be blown h e r e , & from these shores the herald of s a lv a t io n is to go fo r t h , & the light & love of the Gospel to rad iate & to bless those who are s t i l l b enighted. Sh all we then f a i n t ? S h all we then fa lt e r ? S h a ll we abandon our posts? our f a it h ? or r e la x our to ils? Or languid in our prayers? S h a ll we doubt? or grow weak in To my m ind, this m ission never before stood on ) so h ig h , so important & so holy ground now. as God, i n his providence has brought us to a c r is is where we can n either go to the right hand or to the l e f t . To draw back is recreancy, t o go forward our only a lte r n a tiv e . The Lord grant us grace to f u l f i l our solemn m ission - to run w e ll our race to accomplish our warfare - And when c a l l e d to our account may we a l l be found on the b attle fie ld w ith girded loins w ith clashing armor, & with sp irits w aiting fo r the coming of our Lord. �S ta tistics. Whole number received on Examination 1 0 ,1 7 2 On C e r tific a t e 472 Past y ear on Examination 192 Whole number the past year 218 Whole No. dism issed to other churches 618 Dism issed the past year Whole no. 53 4 256 deceased 263 Deceased the past year 40 Suspended the past year 278 Remain Suspended Excommunicated past y ear none Whole n o . Excommunicated 125 Remain Excommunicated Whole n o . 35 5 458 in regular standing Whole no. of ch ild ren b a p tiz e d 3 395 96 B ap tize d the past year 538 B ap tized children deceased Deceased past year 12 Marriages the past year 74 Contributions . American Peace Society $100.00 Amer. & F o r. Anti Slavery S . #100.00 A . B . C . F .M. $ 9 0 0 .0 0 T . Coan [On b a c k ] Report of H i lo 1852 �Abstract of Report for H il o . 1. [1852] Temporal Improvements These have been ste a d ily advancing as in years p a s t . 2. Morality & Order have fo r the most part prevailed at the statio n and throughout the f i e l d . Papacy. This we think has made no progress. Vigorous e ffo r ts have been made by p rie sts to push i t forw ard, but without su cce ss. 4. Common Schools, have b e e n as prosperous as in former y e a r s . Q u a lific a tio n s 5. of te a c h e r s g radually r i s in g - Pay b e t t e r & su rer. Three comfortable Meeting houses have been b u ilt at out s t a ­ tio n s & preparations are b e in g made for b uild ing more. Expended on M eeting houses during the past y e a r, in la b o r, m aterials and c a s h not less than 2 0 0 0 d o l l a r s , 6 . Seamen 76 Ships 260 smaller vessels have v i s i t e d Hilo d u rin g the year and efforts have been made to b e n e fit Seamen by p rea c h in g, conversation, & the d is t r ib u t io n of books, 7. tracts, papers & c . A Sabbath School of about 500 members has been kept up at the S ta tio n & some 3000 adults & children have attended at out S t a t io n s . 8 . Tours, have been performed as usual in Hilo & Puna, the flo c k has been cared for & sinners led to the cross of C h r is t . 9. Two Conventions have been held at the S tatio n for the d i s ­ cussion of su bjects important to r e l ig i o n and education. 1 0 . The Cold Water Army has been c a lle d out in ten d iv is io n s about 2 0 0 0 strong. 11. A Semi Annual Female F e stiv a l has been h e ld at w hich 40 dollars were contributed in b e h a lf of the M icronesian M issio n . �H ilo Abstract 1852 12. 2 Benevolence I t is hoped that t h i s is g a in in g an enlightened h o ld on the hearts of many. The contributions the past year have averaged more than 90 dollars a month. Comparative view of contributions to fo re ig n objects stated Contributed f o r 1847 13. $ 3 1 7 .5 0 " " 1848 5 4 0 .8 7 " " 1849 7 0 7 .0 0 " " 1850 8 2 0 .0 0 " ” 1851 11 00.00 The Church has been peaceful for the most part & prosperous. Cases of discipline ( ! ) not numerous. 1 4 . R e v iv a ls . No general re v iv a l has been enjoyed, but s p ir it u a l In flu ences have been fe lt in several parts of the f i e l d . Many C h ristia n s have been watchful, prayerful & a c tiv e , & numbers, i t have been born a g a in . 15. Appropriation of Contributions. A . B . C . F .M. $ 9 0 0 .0 0 American Peace Society Amer. & Forn $ 1 0 0 .0 0 Anti Slavery S . $ 1 0 0 .0 0 is hoped, �Abstract of Chas H . Wetmore' s Report for 18 52 . I n reviewing the past year we f i n d occasion f o r h e a r t f e l t gratitude to our God f o r h is sparing mercy & goodness to u s . Mrs. Wetmore's h ealth has been quite in firm , - so much so that she has not been able to teach her E n g lis h school but h a l f of the y e a r ; when she w i l l be able to teach a g ain is an unsolved problem . P ra ctice . There has been l i t t l e aside from th eir common d is e a s e s , sickness among the nativ es except during the la t t e r part of February & the early part of March - then an In flu e n z a p re v a ile d that kept me b u s ily employed for three or four w e e k s. - Several s u r g ic a l operations have been performed the past y ea r, number than in eith e r of the two p r e c e d i n g ( ! ) years. - more i n The sum of $ 1 2 3 . has been r e c 'd the past year for medicine & m edical serv ic e s ; - $13. of which was paid by n a t iv e s , & mostly from voluntary contributio ns. Schools, - M rs. Wetmore's school has made commendable progress in the common branches of the E n g lis h Language; o f pupils 1 3 ; whole number of weeks taught 2 6 ; fo r her labors $ 1 0 8 . the y e a r ; - average number - amount re c eiv ed The Sabbath School has been su stain ed through - one of i t s exercises has been the committing to memory of the 1 0 commandments; most of the scholars have learned a l l of them. My ’’Normal School" fo r teachers & advanced scholars has been I n se ssi on twice during the year - we hope to see good resu lts from i t. I have made a tour through both H ilo & Puna w it h in the year to examine the schools ~ Some were very backward, very w e ll i ndeed. others were doing �[Wetmore, H i l o , 1853] We are reminded of the r a p id flig h t of time by another perio d ic a l waymark; the time f o r preparing another report has again returned; Would that I had more to say about missionary work per­ formed; but, alas ! I have to acknowledge that many plans for doing good remain unexecuted; other p lan s, though not forgotten, have been too poorly carrie d into e f f e c t ; - the Lord give grace and strength that we may be more d i l ig e n t , c e s sfu l i n fu t u r e , f a i t h f u l e f f i c i e n t & suc­ so long as He may spare us to labor in His v ineyard. The past year has been to us a year of mercy; feeb len ess has been the lot of my companion during most of the y e a r , b u t the Lord has f u l f i l l e d His precious promise to h e r , "As thy d a y s , thy strength b e " ; so s h a ll - we are now r e jo ic in g over her re turnin g h e a lt h ; we also have another source of joy, - to w it, the g i f t of a l i t t l e son, whom we hope w i l l liv e to be a great blessing to h is parents & to the w o rld . P r a c tic e . - The only epidemic of a physical nature that has pre­ v a ile d among us the past year was that of a Bilio- Catarrhal Fever; it was p ecu lia rly im partial in its character, sparing none on - account of age, rank or profession; it is unnecessary f o r me to dwell upon its nature or it s e f f e c t s ; - s u ffic ie n t w i l l i t be for me to remark that not a sin g le ca se , uncomplicated w ith other d is e a s e , proved fa ta l at H ilo n e i . The common diseases of the land of a fo re ig n o rig in are s t i l l preying upon the v it a l s of the n a tio n it is a lamentable fact that these diseases are e n ta ile d to so great an extent upon the r i s i n g g eneration, or are being contracted by them; in many cases i t is p o sitiv e ly affirm ed that there is no "hewa" in the m atter, & that too when apparently nothing but pure, �H ilo 1 8 5 3 , Wetmore 2. g u ilty i n o c u l a t i o n could have produced such re su lts; some of .my worst cases are those that have b e e n under the treatment of n a tiv e p ra c titio n e r s ; many seemingly had rather almost die in such hands than be cured s c ie n t i f i c a l l y I When, I a sk , w il l the ravages of these baneful diseases be c u rta ile d at these f a i r Is la n d s ? No t, I f e a r , u n t il that great moral pandemic sh a ll cease to prey upon the heart I Not u n t i l that great panacea for s p ir it u a l dise a se s s h a ll be administered in a more copious measure. The whole amount o f money received for medicine & m edical se r­ v ices th e past y e a r , is $ 2 7 0 ; together w ith c o lle c tib le b i l l s now on hand only thirty one & a f r a c t io n of this was re c eiv e d from n a t iv e s , which is a l i t t l e more than twice as much as was c o n t r i­ buted by them the preceding y e a r. Sch o o l. - My school for teachers has been conducted much as u s u a l . Map-drawing has been the princip al branch pursued; - the younger class o f teachers deserve commendation, & the older class d id perhaps as w e ll as could be expected. At Brother Lyman's s o l i c i ­ ta tio n I devoted a part of my afternoons for a few weeks to the same branch in the "Hilo Boarding School" w ith even greater success than i n the Normal School; - an hour each Sabbath has been spent in the same school during the y ear; one passage or more of scripture has been re c it e d from Sabbath to Sabbath by each pupil in answer to some gen eral question, which is given out at the close of each school for the ensuing L o r d 's day; - after r e c it in g those that they had committed to memory, an opportunity was affo rded for them to read any other p a r a lle l p assages, which they had se le c te d ; - I have often been surprised at fin d in g them so w e ll prepared for th e ir e x e rcise s, esp e c ia lly when taking into co n sideratio n the �Hilo 1 8 5 3 , Wetmore fa c t that they have no helps in t h e ir language. 3. The ex ercise has fa m ilia rize d them w ith the Holy Scriptures which are a b le to make them w ise unto sa lv a tio n , through fa it h which is in C h rist Jesus R esp ectfully submitted to the Sandwich Islan d s M ission by their fellow- laborer H ilo Hawaii May 3 , Chas. H . Wetmore M .D. 1853 [At bottom :] Dr Wetmores Re port for 1852 Read May 23 by Mr Castle �Report fo r H ilo from May 1 , 1852 to May 1 , 1853 . ( C o an) In presenting this my 17 th and, perhaps - my la st - annual report to the Hawaiian M ission allow me f i r s t of a ll to p ra ise the Lord for the many mercies of the past y e a r. Rarely have, we experienced a year attended with less p h y sica l or moral disturbance than the l a s t . Neither famine nor w astin g p e s tile n c e , nor outbreaking wickedness have disturbed our peace. H e a lt h , plenty & order, have generally p re v a ile d , & the ra tio of m ortality has been sm all. The year has b e e n crowned, w ith goodness,. & b l e s s i n g s , s p i r i t ­ u al & temporal have been shed upon us abundantly - for a ll of which we would c a ll upon our souls & a l l w it h in us to bless the Lord. G eneral improvements have gone ste a d ily though slowly fo rw ard. The temporal circumstances of the people are growing bette r & th eir prospects are b rig h ten in g from year to year. ful, W ith the w ake­ industrious & provident the comforts of l i f e are in c r e a s in g , and some are b eg inn in g to aspire after it s lu x u r ie s . of tolerable road have been constructed, bridges b u i l t . Sev eral m iles and some 8 or 1 0 temporary I say temporary, for h a l f of them have already been swept away and as f o r the rest who can t e l l how long they w i l l abide the t r i a l of our raging f l o o d s ? But even here there is progress, fo r as we lose by m istakes we g a in by exp erience. Our public Schools have been conducted as usual & although I do not propose to report in th is department yet I am happy to say that these schools have been conducted w ith as much e f f ic ie n c y as might be expected. 7 new Meeting houses have been b u ilt in the f i e l d during �H ilo 1853 2 the past year - 5 of rough stones & 2 of su b stan tial frames at a v alu a tio n of about 1700 dollars - Several other houses of worship are commenced. A su b scriptio n has also been opened fo r a new meeting house at th e statio n - about 2 0 0 0 dollars su b sc rib ed , some 700 of which have been paid i n . is The b uild ing of churches quite a tax upon the people but. in many places they take h o ld of the work w ith earnestness. Besides the b u ild in g s named our people have put up a large number of small houses for d a ily prayer, reading the S c r ip t u r e s , conference etc. These are to accommodate l i t t l e neighborhoods & small circles who reside at a distance from the regular place of w orship on the Sabbath. I n these synagogues and in our larger meeting h o u ses, classes have been organized for reading the S c r ip tu re s , at least one day in the week. Papacy has received a decided check during the past y e a r . Three of their teachers & perhaps 50 of th eir d isc ip le s have l e f t them, and they now have but one school in a l l Puna and two, perhaps in H ilo . Several of t h e ir meetings are broken up, and a l l of them have dwindled & languished. No year of the la s t 1 0 has given more d ecisiv e evidence of the waning of th eir cause than the past. Their houses of worship are becoming d ila p id a te d & d e s o la ­ tio n is w ritten on many of th e ir t h r e s h o l d s ( ! ) , wh i l e ghosts of departed hopes howl from th eir windows. S t i l l they hold on w ith stubborn tenacity to th eir dying cause, & n o thin g but the S p ir it of t h e Lord w i l l prevent th e ir r e v iv a l and extention among our ignorant & unstable p eo p le. Here is our only hope of a f u l l & f i n a l triumph over the man of s i n , as �H ilo 1853 3. w e ll as over a l l other devices of the d e v il . There have "been about 80 arriv als o f ships & more than 50 of brig s & schooners at the port of Hilo during the past y e a r ; the but th ro u gh/v igilen ce of th e p o l ic e & the re strain in g in flu en ces o f the gospel our stre ets have been quiet & our houses safe from fear, Perhaps our shipping seasons have r a r e ly , i f ev er, passed . w ith so l i t t l e of n oise & d istu rb a n ce . Regular Sabbath services have been kept up for seamen during shipping seasons; t r a c t s , books & papers have been d is t r ib u t e d , & r e lig io u s conversation h e ld as circumstances allowed; & we have had the happiness to b eliev e that these means have not been used without success. Some p ro fessing C h ristians among seamen have been awakened to a sense of danger & of d u ty , & some sinners have been led to resolve on a new course of l i f e . S t i l l , for the most p a r t, & dreary. - the prospects of the s a ilo r are dark Separated for most of h is time from the so ften in g & w inning (? ) sympathies of domestic & C h ristian love - wooed by the seductive breezes of temptation - r u f f l e d by the cold storms of unkindness & hardship - tossed on a sea of in te rn a l p assio n as restless as the element on which he roams, how sh a ll the s a i l ­ o r ’ s w ild heart be tamed & his wandering s p ir it be brought to re st on the bosom of Eternal Love? I t has long seemed to me that a vastly increased amount of lo v e, f a i t h , prayer & w is e ly d ire c te d e ffo rt must be put in motion by the C h ristia n world b efo re the abundance, or the tythe even, of the sea is Could the converted to G od. sorrows of the Sea be embodied in a book they would t h r i l l the world w it h a deeper sympathy than a l l the graphic rehearsals ( ! ) of " U ncle Tom's Cabin" - and could the sins - the �H ilo 1853 4. ■blasphemies - the dark passions - the massacres - the. d i a b o l i c a l deeds of the sea be brought in t e r r i f ic review before our minds, they would crush our hearts w it h horror. W hat more can we do fo r this class of our common brethren? Can we not think of them more? more; Love them more? and seek & improve opportunities e n lis t the prayers Pray fo r them to do them good? of our people for seamen? & can we not add a mite from our funds to a i d those so c ie ties & in stitu tio n s f o r the good o f th is Can we not class of our f e l l o w men? organized I t appears to me that the claims of the A . S . Friend S . takes too fa in t a hold on the hearts of C h ristia n s. W hile its receipts ought to be counted by hundreds of thousands they are only about 2 0 , 0 0 0 - w h ile it s chapla in s should be counted by the 1000 they number 19 - and w h ile its p ublicatio ns should cover every sea & be wafted on a ll th e winds of heaven, they are confined almost to a sin g le monthly jo urnal & an Annual Report. Our labors at the Station have been performed w ith comfort & encouragement. Meetings have been w e l l attended & more or less r e lig io u s interest has prevailed - The ordinary labors of the Sabath ( ! ) are two sermons, a Sabbath School, & a meeting of the church S es sio n . a meeting for e n q u ir e r s , Our Sabbath School is f u l l & w a k e fu l, numbering about 5 0 0 . Our regular weekly services are B ible Lectures on Wednesdays & Saturday s. These w it h monthly co n certs, attendance ( ! ) on fu n e r ­ als & other occasional meetings make up the public services at the S t a t io n . But they are lig h t compared to the d a ily cares & p rivate labors which come upon u s . On one Sabbath during the past year the pastor was prevented, by sickness, from preaching, & th is is the f i r s t and the only time �H ilo 1853 5. he has been thus prevented d uring h is 18 years residence at these Is la n d s . I t is n o t new h o w e v e r to t e l l you o f 6 tours - 3 in Puna & 3 in Hilo - of tr a v e llin g over burning lav a - of wading & swim­ ming riv ers - of p e rils ing in the woods, in canoes - of climbing mountains, of s le e p ­ of soaking in rain-storms, & c &c - A l l these things have become so fa m ilia r that their rehearsal ( !) becomes tame, i f not tedious - S u ffic e it then to say , that there has been no a b ate­ ment of these duties during the year under review - A l l parts of this wide f i e l d have been repeatedly v is it e d - the chh. r o l l has been c a lle d - the s ic k v i s i t e d - the mourner comforted - the w an­ dering sought, & restored to the fo ld - the f a l l e n r a is e d - the b r u ise d healed - the sleeping aroused - the weak strengthened the doubting confirmed - the ignorant in stru cted - the oppressed v in d ic a te d - the hardened warned (? ) - the enquiring d ire c te d to the Lamb o f God - the dying pointed to Him who is the r e su rre c tio n & th e L ife - the gospel preached to the poor & to a l l . Nor have these labors been unattended w it h h o p e . Few years of my m issionary l i f e have passed more p e a c e fu lly & jo y fu lly away. The precious seed sown has sprung up & y ie ld e d a glad h a r v e st. The Lord has crowned a l l w ith h i s goodness, & the sower, & the repear have rejo ic ed together. And this leads me to say that a gentle s p ir it u a l in flu e n c e has seemed to rest upon most parts o f the f i e l d d uring the. greater portion of the y ea r. m u lt ip lie d , Cases of outbreaking depravity have not been there has been peace & order i n the chh. brotherly love has been m a n ife s t, a s p ir it of grace & supplication has re ste d on many. A love of souls has p re v a ile d , m ultitudes have b een ready to �H ilo work in the vineyard of th e ir Lord; 1853 the s p i r i t o f benevolence has in c rease d , many have been hopefully converted & more than 40 0 have been added to the ch u rc h . s ig n a l prosperity to the In many respects i t has b een a year of church, & a year long to be remembered to the praise of D ivine Grace. I n a l l parts o f the f i e l d meetings have been w ell attended, & nearly a ll the c h ild ren w ith large numbers of the adults have been re gular attendants in our Sabbath Sch o o ls, of which we have 26 in the p arish . The monthly & annual contributions of the church have also b een more In t e l l ig e n t l y , more f r e e l y & more lib e r a lly bestowed than on any former y e a r. Progress here is truly cheering. Almost a l l give something, & most seem to g iv e w ith great ch e e r fu ln e ss. About 1800 d o llars have been co llected for the cause of Christ b esides what has been bestowed on meeting houses & in private c h a r i t i e s . The females at the st a tio n & in some other parts of the f i e l d have held their Semi Annual f e s t i v a l s , where a l l has been conducted w ith decorum, where God w as acknowledged in prayer & p r a is e , & where lib era l contributions were taken up in b e h alf of the heathen - H ow w e ll these assemblies w i l l compare in th e ir tone o f p iety & C h r is t ia n s p ir it w ith the "La d ie s F a ir " at Honolulu I am not able to s a y . He trust however that our f a i r s is te rs in the M etropolis w i l l set a safe & holy example for the sable & benighted females of th is la n d . [ The part bracketed crossed out in p e n c il .] Our annual convention of teach ers, school t r u s t e e s , church leaders &c met, as u su a l, in January, and fo r three days discu ssed subjects of great interest to education, c i v i l progress, s o c ia l interests & r e l i g i o n w ith zeal & wakeful & well su stain ed in te re s t These conventions have a most happy e ffe c t In developing facts �7. under the form of reports, of quickening in t e lle c t by d is c u s s io n , of enlarging the c irc le of knowledge, & of awakening the so c ia l & moral a ffe c tio n s . Time is always too short fo r our H aw aiian ora­ t o r s , & however t h e ir stock of arguments may be exhausted, t h e ir stock of words always holds good to the end. Our cold water army came out as u su al in ten grand d i v i s i o n s , numbering some 2 0 0 0 juveniles and an equal number of attachees of a l l sorts & s i z e s , & of every rank & p ro fessio n from the Judge, the doctor the parson, the savant (? ) to the cook, the. scavenger & the shoe black - and arrayed i n a l l the party-colored drapery that the a g e , the clim ate, ry could produce. b rillian t, the shops, the cash & the fancy of the count­ These were grand gala days, the scenes were . often f a n t a s t i c , & many a face beamed, and many a h eart beat w it h jubilant ( ! ) joy. These were seasons of r e la x a t io n from the ste rn er duties of l i f e . They were breaks & interrup tio ns in the d u l l monotony of a H a w a iia n 's b e in g , & they served as way-marks to stimulate in prospect & to fu rn is h m aterial for thought & chat in the retrospect. The foregoing are some of the o u tlin e s, the more prominent fe a t u r e s , the warp of missionary l i f e at Hilo. The w o o f, the f i l l ­ in g u p , the d e t a il , we leave to be su p plied by those i n lik e c i r ­ cumstances & of like experience. Our d a ily & hourly - our constant routeen ( ! ) of duties can never be put on p a p e r . A minute journal of a single year would make a book that the world would n e ith e r read nor con tain. �8 . S tatistics. Whole number received on Examination " n on C e r tific a t e Past year on Examination " ” on C e rtific a t e Whole number dism issed to other chhs Dism issed the past year Wh o le number deceased Deceased the past year Suspended the past year Remain suspended Excommunicated past year Whole number excommunicated Remain Excommunicated Now i n regular standing Whole number of ch ild ren baptized B aptized the past year B ap tized children deceased ” " deceased past year Marriages the past year 10614 504 442 31 686 68 43 85 129 45 285 none 125 20 5742 3520 125 543 5 100 Contributions the past year A . B . C . F .M. H aw aiian M. Society — A . Tract S . — A . & F o r. Christian M ission A . S e a . Frd Soc. Am. B ible Society Am. Tem. Union Am. & F o r. Anti Slavery S o c ' y 1000 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 - ---- -- -- -- -- I n conclusion I take the lib e rty to repeat our great o b lig a ­ tions to Almighty. God f o r that grace w hich has been so s ig n a lly bestowed on an unworthy pastor and people during the past y e a r . And should this prove our last meeting under the Old Covenant let us enter into a New Covenant with God & w ith one another and may this covenant be the law of Christ w r itte n on our h earts &. in our m inds, so t h a t , whenever our m issionary bands, s h a ll sunder the bands of e v erlastin g love may draw. & b i n d us. in one; a n d so th a t , when our earthly- toils are ended - our warfare accomplished - our pilgrim age closed - our meetings & partings our greetings & tears are over we may a l l meet with a l l our natural & s p i r i t u a l children before the throne of our a l l glorious K in g , & hear h is gracious voice say - "W e ll done good & f a i t h f u l servants enter ye into. �H ilo 1853 9. the joy of your L o r d ." Appendix. D esecratio n of the Sabbath. As one of a Standing Sabbath Committee M eet, appointed by the Gen. of 1852 I beg leave to make a few statements and rem arks. A most remarkable quiet has been observed on the L o r d 's day, b y most of the people i n H ilo & Puna, during the past y e a r . No fa cts in re latio n to travellings noisy d iv e r s io n s , unnecessary l a ­ bors &c have come to my knowledge on the la n d . a decided improvement in this r e s p e c t. There seems to be Many of the church members have been v ig il a n t & f a i t h f u l in watching & w arning, & thus much open v io la t io n o f that sacred day has been prevented. I mean among the n a t iv e s . S t i l l the Sabbath has been openly desecrated by numbers in three d is tin c t forms. A number of boats owned by n a tiv e s & foreigners were em­ ployed in taking o ffic e rs & seamen to & from whaleships for pay on the Sabbath. This was a mere mercenary business & e n tire ly unn eces­ sary as a l l the ships were wel l supplied w ith boats of t h e ir own. 2d ships The employment of our people in p il o t boats, & in t a k in g - out of the harbor on the Lo rd 's day. 3d The shipment of our people in Sabbath profaning w h a le r s . For a l l this wicked practices the precedents of H onolulu & Lahaina practices were quoted, as also the t a c it or avowed assent of our head of p o lic e . So soon as these fa c ts came to my knowledge " I contended w i t h the ru le rs & the people" & took up a r i g i d & determined discipline i n the church. ( !) The f i r s t & second forms of the e v i l were at once checked - a l l who had been g u ilty solemnly & p u b l i c l y ( ! ) pledging �H ilo themselves to cease at once & forever from this n otice to our police magistrate t h a t , in 1853 sin . I also gave case of a r e p e t it io n of these transgressions of law I should enter a complaint before him . Those who have gone to sea I cannot reach u n t i l t h e ir re tu r n , when those who are chh. members w i l l be dealt w ith according to the rules of C h r i s t 's house. I f my views & my practice are wrong on the points p resen ted, I wish to be corrected - I f rig h t, to be sustained by a l l the moral power of this m issio n . I know not what measures are adopted at other parts of this kingdom to suppress this growing s in , but sure I am that u nless we are u n it e d , "prompt & determined in rebuking & exterm inating the p ractices named they w il l spread lik e a mortal p estilen c e in our churches, uprooting sound do ctrin e, b lig h tin g true p ie t y , p erv e rt­ ing simple & so lid f a i t h & c a llin g down the wrath of heaven upon pastors & people - upon the rulers & the n a tio n . May we a l l awake to the subject before It is too l a t e . T . Coan Pastor �D r . Wetmore’ s Report t o the Sandwich Islan d s M is sio n for the year 1853 & 5 4 . The year that Is past and gone has been to us a y ear of mercy & goodness; - as a fam ily we re jo ic e that we may send up to the annual meeting of our M is s io n a goodly re p o rt. The Lord has been w ith us - His hand has sustained us continually & we would w ith g ratitu d e here p u b lic ly bear record of what he has done fo r us. - Our h ea lth has been on the whole bette r the past y ea r than what i t was during the year la st repo rted; - s t i l l I regret that n ecessity compels me to say that M rs. Wetmore is y et f e e b l e ; - she i s s t i l l subject to those i l l turns w hich have so long kept in her from engaging inany d irect m issionary work; - at times we have fea re d that she would never regain at the Islan d s her wonted h e a lt h & strength; - hence we have serio usly thought of asking perm ission eith er to spend a w inter upon the W estern fro n tier o f our n a tiv e land or to turn our faces homeward; - the tedious voyage, the u n ­ avoidable expenses, as w e ll as the necessary a b s e n c e ( ! ) from our f i e l d of labor consequent upon either course we greatly d ep rec ate ; - we would far prefer to labor on in our present sphere so long as our services are re q u ired as A ssistan t M issio naries of the American Board on the Home Missionary b a s i s . P r a c tic e . — My p ro fe ssio n al labors have been more arduous the past year than d u rin g any previous year of m issionary l i f e . - H ilo & Puna have not been exempt from the awful scourge that was commissioned by a High Authority to do a sa d , destructive work at fa ir these fairi s l a n d s ; - ere we could learn d e f i n i t e l y that there were cases of small pox at H o no lulu, two cases developed themselves in the D is t r i c t of H i l o ; - early measures were taken to prevent it s spread, w hich, by the b le s sin g o f God, proved more e f f e c t u a l than the strength o f our f a it h could have w arranted. — In H ilo D is t r i c t �H ilo 1854 (Wetmore) 2. there were 161 cases of. sm all pox, - of whom 6 8 recovered being of the m odified type. h alf ered. At the statio n we had only s ix c a s e s , - of these d i e d — the other h a l f , w hich included m yself recov­ In Puna the whole number of cases was 7 5 , - 38 of these sur­ v iv e d being cases of V a r io l o id . I n the summer season most o f my time was occupied in vaccinating ( ! ) & re-vaccinating the p e o p le . Soon a fter the small pox made i t s appearance in H ilo I d ecided to make an e ffo r t to instru ct two young men, h e a lin g a r t , hoping to q ualify them, (H a w a i i a n s ,) i n the ( i f t h e ir services should be n e e d e d ,) to labor among th eir s u ffe r in g fe llo w men during the p re­ valence of the f a t a l epidemic; - through the Providence of God th e ir services have not as yet been needed. E n g lis h language, They have been le a rn in g the in w hich, considering the lim ited in s t r u c t io n they have r e c e iv e d , they have made commendable p r o fic ie n c y ; both of them have been through a f iv e y e a r s ’ course of study at Brother Lyman’ s Boarding School. They have been very serviceable i n compounding m edicine & in putting up simple p re s c rip tio n s ; - in surgery they even now render valuable assistanc e; - in minor surgery I leave them to dress the wounds, w hich , I am happy to say they can do not uns k i l l f u l l y . - I have long fe lt i t to be very desirable that there be more artisans among the Hawaiians - true there are many carpenters among them -, but where are there any who have learned other trades? - There are but few - very few foreigners who have a d isp o ­ s i t io n & patience to te a c h a native a trad e, except so f a r as it may subserve the interests of the M aster; - h e n ce , having used my f a t h e r ’ s tools during vacations in my school-boy days, I have u n ­ dertaken to i n i t i a t e one of my students into the art of shoe-making; - he progresses w e l l , & is hoping by d ilig e n c e in h is business to r a is e enough money ere long to purchase a patch of Government land fo r which he has already b argain ed. �H ilo 1854 (Wetmore) 3. Calls for practice i n the lin e of Surgery are in c r e a s in g ; - several tumors have "been removed the past year - the most important operation was performed about a fo rtn ig h t ago at Eau; - I there su ccessfu lly removed a fibrous tumor from a native woman’ s cheek about the size of a butternut - it r e q u ir e d an in c is io n two & three fourths inches long; - in less than s i x days a fter the operation the wound was n early h e a le d . During the year I have made two p ro fe ssio n al tours to Kau & one to South Kona; - these have m aterially dim inished the amount that would have b e e n r e a l i z e d fo r Services & m ed icin es; - b u t , as you are w ell aware, I came to do m issionary work, & of course you w i l l not regret that the dollars & cents are less w hile the labors of my c a llin g have thereby been in c rea se d . - The whole amount r e ­ ceived f o r services of medicines the past year is $ 5 9 8 . 7 9 ; - of t h is sum $ 4 1 .5 8 was p a id by n a t iv e s , w hich is $ 1 0 . more th an they gave last y e a r . - The f i r s t amount is nearly double that w hich I reported fo r 1852 & 3 . I am, Dear Brethren, As e v e r, a ffe c tio n a t e ly & tru ly y r s , H ilo Hawaii ) ) May 2 - 1 8 5 4 ) To the Brethren of the Sandwich I s l a n d s ’ M issio n , th is report is hereby re sp e c tfu lly submitted Chas H . Wetmore �Report for H i l o , May 1st 1 8 5 4 . I n presenting our 19th annual report to the Body, ’'W hich was & is not & yet i s ” we have nothing s t r ik in g to r e l a t e . The current of events during the past year has flowed smoothly along r e f l e c t ­ ive ing only ordinary O h je c ts & bearing only ordinary rip p le s on its surface. These remarks are true in g en era l, e sp e c ia lly as a p p lie d to p h y sica l improvements, education, m orality & r e l i g i o n . I n one r e ­ spect however, the y ear has been p e c u l ia r , not at H ilo m erely, hut throughout the Is la n d s . I allude to the ravages of th at f e a r f u l p e stile n ce w hich d esolate d many houses, hushed the voices of many a h am let, f i l l e d many a charnal ( ! ) h o use, sent consternation to many a h e a r t , shook it s dread scepter over a l l our dw ellings & threatened to invade & consume the la n d . This b a l e f u l A ngel v i s i t e d H ilo ,& Puna & soon removed more than 150 of our people from the shores of tim e. But a gracious God shortened the days of wrath & perm itted not the dread messen­ ger to destroy throughout a ll our coasts. The disease was c o n fin e d to three p rinciple points & in a few months i t was thoroughly er ad ic a te d . With t h is exception h e a lth & peace have been enjoyed i n a l l our borders. Temporal improvements are moving slowly on as in former y e a r s . Steady progress has been made in the construction, of new roads & bridges & in the improvement of old ones. I n Puna some 70 miles of good horse road have been completed during a few past y ears, & many of the streams o f H ilo have been b rid g ed . As to learning & science I leave th is department to the Bu­ reau to w hich it more appropriately belongs to r e p o r t , simply r e ­ �2 m arking, th at our Schools h a v e , fo r the most p a r t , gone on as u s u a l , except the sad in te rru p tio n in our Boarding School caused by the burning of the b u il d in g s , bo o k s, apparatus ( !) e t c . And here let me sa y , i n p a s s in g , that it i s our d e s ir e & con­ fid e n t expectation that the loss sustained by that school w i l l be promptly & ch eerfully repaired so th at the worthy & long- tried teachers - re-assured of the confidence, sympathy & e f f i c i e n t sup­ port of the friends of learn in g & of the school may enter w ith fr e s h hope on th is important work & go on th eir way r e j o i c i n g . Census. By the recent census i t appears that the total p o pu lation of Hilo & Puna is 7793 - O f these 6 6 5 are p a p is ts , 113 f o r e ig n e r s . I n 1850 the population was 8034 - showing a decrease i n 3 years of 2 4 1 . For 3 or 4 years past the apostles of Mormonism have made r e ­ peated excursions th ro u g h our f ie l d w ith designs to p r o s e ly t e ; but a l l t h e ir effo rts were s ig n a lly u nsu c cessfu l - not an i n d i v id u a l follow ed them - u n t i l w ith in a few months p a s t . L a te ly , however, they have broken ground at 2 or 3 points in a d i s t a n t ( ! ) part of H i l o , and a few vicio u s foreigners and a number of n a tiv e s of the baser sort have been en tice d to fo llow the h e r e s ia r ch s . But the whole matter is y et of too recent a date & the f a c t s , numbers, prospects e tc . are too in d e fin it e to warrant a formal re p o r t. yet, As their numbers are sm all; but th e ir ignorance, impudence, as­ surance & falseh o o d are g r e a t , & none but God can t e l l to what lengths they may g o . One power alone can r e s t r a in them. My d a ily & weekly labors have been performed as i n other y e a r s , & I have also been enabled to make my u su al number o f ex­ tended tours v i z . three i n Hilo & three in Puna. �H ilo The ordinary labors 1854 3. of these tours have been so o fte n described in former reports that i t may seem superfluous to r e p e a t . same may also be said of the common d u t ie s at the s t a t i o n . The S u f f ic e i t tho to remark, that in a l l these labors there has b een no abate­ ment. At the Statio n & on my tours the congregations have b een f u l l & in t e r e s te d , & there has been a pretty general attendance on the external means of g race . Our Sabbath Schools have called out n early a l l the c h ild r e n & great numbers o f adults - The school at the statio n numbers some 400 or 5 0 0 . Our P uali inu w a i , or temperance celebrations were attended w it h u n fa lte r in g in te rest a l l over the f i e l d , & we trust t h e ir s o c ia l & moral in flu e n c e is happy. Our Annual Convention of teachers & church lunas was attended by 200 d e le g a te s . The sessions continued for two days w it h w akeful interest. Ho special & g en era l interest on the subject of r e l i g i o n has p re v a ile d throughout the f i e l d , but many Christians have been ac­ tiv e & e f f i c i e n t . The S p ir it has operated in some h earts & some h a v e , as we t r u s t , been born o f God. No extensive d e fectio n has p re v a iled in the church. About an ordinary number of cases of discipline ( ! ) have occurred. 176 have been added to our num­ ber by p r o fe s s io n , while a s t i l l greater number have been removed by death . The number of vessels which have v is it e d our port during the past year i s 1 1 5 , but in consequence of the absence of A lcoholic liquors we have w itnessed l i t t l e disturbance from s a i l o r s . The �4. only exception to this was the case of a G a llic f i r e sh ip w hich poured out a few v ia l s of wrath upon the sea & scorched many of the s a i l o r s . Our Contributions for the cause of Ch rist during the year under review have been as fo llo w s , v i z . P a sto r’ s Salary - - - H ilo Boarding Sehool - - - H ilo Meeting house -- ---Haw aiian Missionary Society - A . B . C . F . M. ------Am. Peace Society - - - - - Am. Tract Society - Am. B ible " - Am. & F o r. C h ristia n Union - Am. & F o r. Anti Slavery - Am. Seaman’ s Friend - - - - 1 0 0 0 .0 0 2 0 0 .0 0 5 0 0 .0 0 4 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 Besides the foregoing the people have contributed i n ca sh , m aterials & labor on meeting houses not less than 1 0 0 0 d o l l a r s . They also b u ilt two commodious houses for a h o s p ita l during the prevalence of the small pox among u s . Considerable a ssista n c e has also been rendered to the poor, the decrepit & the f r i e n d l e s s , i n re p a irin g h o u ses, c u ltiv a tin g vegetables & in donations of food c lo th in g & money. I n the amount of free contributions there has been a happy advance on the p r e c e d i n g ( ! ) and on a l l former years We trust also that an intelligence & cheerfulness in g iv in g has increased. S ta tis tic s Total received on Examination " " " by le tte r Past y ear on Exam ination ” ” by le tte r Total dism issed by le tte r Dism issed past year ” ” Whole number deceased Deceased the past year Excluded the past year Whole number remaining Excluded Now in regular standing Total of children b a p tize d of Church & c . _ _ - - — - 1 0 ,7 9 0 514 176 10 718 32 4727 342 65 350 5509 3624 �H ilo 1854 5. 105 597 44 98 B ap tized the past year B a p tize d children deceased Deceased the p a s t year M arriages the past year I n Conclusion., though we have many things to lament & many fo r w hich to he penitent & humble b efo re God, s t i l l we are c a lle d upon to thank the Lord & take courage fo r the m u ltip lie d mercies o f the past y e a r . than our deserts As a chh. & people we have been chastened less ( I) w hilst our cup has been f i l l e d w it h b l e s s i n g s . To God be a l l the glory through C h r is t . Titus Coan Pastor of the Chh. at Hilo Haw aii [On b a c k :] T . Coan’ s Report . �P astoral Report of H ilo f o r the year ending A p ril 3 0 , 1 8 5 5 . Twenty years have ro lle d away since our eyes f i r s t h a i l e d the heavy h i l l s of H a w a ii. During this period changes have come over u s . Then our morn­ in g sun was ascending in strength & glowing in prom ise. Today ( !) he is d e c lin in g behind the western h i l l s & giving tokens of the approaching shades which terminate our earthly p ilg rim ag e. On our part these 20 years have been marked by u n f a i t h f u l n e s s , ing ra titu d e & tran sgressio n - On our Redeemer’ s part by p a t ie n c e , loving kindness & tender mercies raim ent, L i f e , h e a l t h , re aso n , fo o d, sh elter, p ro tec tio n , dom estic, s o c ia l , c i v i l & r e lig io u s b les sin g s have been bestowed upon us f r e e l y , & goodness & mercy & love have followed us thus f a r . And why shd we not p raise the Lord fo r all? Changes have a lso come over our p eo p le . Hawaiians were 20 years ago. H ilo Hawaiians are not what is not as Hilo was in 1 8 3 5 . True our mountains r is e in sublime grandeur as in days of yore - An d, as i n ancient days their heads are wreathed in fle e c y clouds & pow­ dered w ith the pure dust of heaven True, the awful thunder r o lls along our h i l l s & crashes i n our v a l l i e s as in former y e a r s . True, our volcanoes o ccasio n a lly disgorge th eir burning f l o o d s , and subterranean b a tte r ie s discharge frames t h e ir s t a r tlin g e le c t r ic it y along the mural w alls ( ! ) & iro n frame nerves ( ! ) of our mundane abode. True the clouds & the winds of heaven career above & around u s , and the ocean s t i l l roars and breaks in snowy foam along our rock ribbed co a st. Our r i l l s & riv e r lets also murmur & sparkle & dash along th e ir �H ilo 1855 2. rocky beds as i n other days w h ile our laughing landscape s t i l l shines i n a l l it s primeval beauty - a kaleidoscopic picture of the hues & forms of n ature i n her lo v e lie s t ro b e s. H i l o , n e v e r t h e le s s , has changed. I. P h y s ic a lly . Once we had no roads but the w il d m an's t r a i l - Now we have a hundred miles in H ilo & Puna over which men trav el comfortably on horseback. Once no b rid g es spanned our ra g in g streams, now we have a d o z . & more in prospect. Twenty years ago we had but one framed house i n H i l o , now we some h a v e /4 0 or 5 0 . Verandahs were a comfort then unknown to our peo­ p l e , now no one b u ild s without this appendage - Our v il l a g e was then w ithout form, a w ilderness of w eeds, w ild grass & b u s h e s ; now i t begins to show th e outlines of order & improvement in s t r e e t s , sid e w a lk s - fe n c e s , gardens, & cu ltiv a te d tr e e s . Then h o r s e s , h o m e d c a ttle , goats &c had hardly b een introduced among our p eople; now they are counted by hundreds or by thousands. A d o lla r then was as rare as a diamond ( probably I d i d not see ten d o lla rs i n specie i n the hands of n a tiv es during my f i r s t 5 years residence at H i l o ) now, gold & s ilv e r circu la te lik e the a ir & the w ater. Then the m alo, the pau & the N ih e i told the wardrobe of male & female - a fu ll suit of European fa b r ic being rarely or never seen i n a congre­ gation of 5000 - Now a l l , or n early a l l , are com fortable, d e c e n tly , & many ric h ly clad in the manufactures of a l l c i v i l i z e d nations Once the calabash, the stone p e s t le , the pai-board & a few mats were a l l the furniture the native hut affo rd ed - Now the neat dw elling presents it s c h a ir s , ta b le s, s o f a s , d esk, its $4 0 bed­ stead, i t s hangings, its culinary & table fu rn iture & a hundred other l i t t l e comforts unknown to a former g eneration. Once our vegetables & f r u i t s were confined to some 5 or 6 �H ilo v a r i e t i e s , now they are numbered by scores. 1855 3. Once we produced no sugar or coffee & but l i t t l e arrowroot; now we ship o f f hundreds of tons annually. Then some 5 or 10 stra g g lin g w h a le rs , or other vessels explored our unknown harbor, annually 200 Now from one to s a i l v i s i t us during the same period Once not a s in g le merchant vended his wares in H i l o , Now we have h a l f a score of lic e n s ed ( ! ) r e t a ile r s besides uncounted hawkers on the w in g , crying th eir wares over h i l l & dale through a l l the land Once we had no c r a f t s m a n among u s ; now our artisan s are p ly ­ ing t h e ir trades on every hand Once we had scarce a fo re ig n re sid e n t except the m issionary How we have between 100 & 20 0 fu n c tio n a r ie s ; now our place is is Then we had no public fo r e ig n the seat o f ju stice for H a w a ii & the proper residence of the governor & s u i t , o f an American Consul, a Circuit & Police judge, a S h e r i f f , D is t r ic t Attorney & c . Once we had no fo r e ig n Ladies except the wives of the M is s io n ­ a r i e s ; now we are constantly cheered by the presence of numbers e ith e r of permanent or of temporary r e s id e n t s . Once Hilo was considered as on the utmost confines o f s o c ia l life, & our dearest friends shed tears of p ity & condolence fo r our e x ile d & sad c o n d itio n ; now the world has come nearer to us & we are congratulated because ” The lin e s have f a l l e n to us i n p l e a - sant ( ! ) p l a c e s .” Notwithstanding these facts we have men s u f f i c ie n t l y bronzed (? ) to assert th at H ilo has made no progress - That the M ission here is a f a i l u r e ; that the people have fewer comforts than in ancient times that they are more & more indolent & that there is f a r less work done than when the m ission was f i r s t e s ta b lish e d h ere. �4. To such, audacious assertions it were v ain to re p ly except to a s k , whence th is increase o f w ealth a 1 0 0 or a 1 0 0 0 f o l d except by the effo rts & t o ils of the people? N ot to dw ell longer on this point we pass on to a second p rop o sitio n v i z . II. Hilo has changed in t e lle c t u a lly during our sojourn t h e re . The people know more of "good & E v i l " than they once d i d . There is a hundred f o ld more of mind & of knowledge among them. And i n this proposition we do not confine ourselves to t h e ir know­ ledge of re ad in g , w r i t in g , arithm etic & other branches taught in our sc h o o ls, for though there may have been advance in these spe­ c i f i c studies yet it is not in these c h ie fly that change app ears. Their sphere o f general knowledge has greatly enlarged - They know more of the world - its geography, h is t o r y , laws ( ? ) , maxims, cu s­ toms, d is t in c t io n s , p re ju d ic e s, manners, a r t s , a vo c atio n s, d iv e r ­ s i o n s , v ir t u e s , vices & gen eral c h a r a c t e r is t ic s . They know more of the r e la t iv e numbers, knowledge, w ealth , in flu e n c e , power & prowess of the nations of the ea rth . From year to y e a r the great panorama of humanity has been passing befo re them in a l l its kaleidoscopic changes of hue & form while th eir mental v i s i o n has been quickened, their f i e l d of ob­ serv atio n widened & th eir in t e l l e c t u a l horizon extended. Many a H a w a iia n 's l i t t l e fin g e r now has more knowledge of the w o r ld , its fa cts, its business e tc . than h is whole body had 2 0 years ago. W ith but two eyes we had thought, t h a t , at l e a s t , some o f the " prim itive id e a s " of these developments might be traced to Haw aiian scho o lin g , but we stand corrected by the gentlemen of a hundred Eyes whose v is io n must be more extended, clear & pen etratin g than our own. At Hilo we had thought that our common, Select & Board­ �Hilo 1855 5. ing Schools, - all ’’Hawaiian Schooling” - had developed & dis ciplined ( !) mind, enlarged the circle of useful knowledge & enstamped traces of improvement on the past & for the future. We had flat­ tered ourselves that our labors in this department had been an entire failure - That Some, at least, of the many pupils who have been trained with so much care, expense & toil, had become respectable & useful members of the community. How then do we stand confounded when the keen-sighted & the wise assert that, " ” There is not a Step on record in our national development & well being of which the primitive idea, or the matured conception can be traced to Hawaiian Schooling" ! (See "New Era” Ap. 12, 1855) One consolation remains to us - viz. Assertion is not proof, III Moral Changes have also been effected at Hilo. And these have been for the better & for the worse. Moral character is much more distinct & positive and moral sentiments more intelligent than in other days. All know the right, and many seem to choose it for its own sake. Such are intelligent, stable, active & growing Christians. Of these we have scores & hundreds who strengthen us by their prayers & cheer us by their steadfast faith & ready cooperation. They grow in wisdom - they grow in grace; their minds & their hearts being enlarged by the truth & the love of God. All know the right but many choose the wrong. And they choose it intelligently & heartily - Skill in violating law & in evading its penalty is constantly increasing. Many can do wicked acts now of which they were once wholly ignorant. And these have all been taught in English or European Schools, by teachers who have been active & vigilant ( !) in their -work - And many have made rapid progress in this kind of education so that they will �Hilo 1855 6. now nearly rival their white teachers in the arts of seduction, guile, fraud, intemperance, profanity, Sabbath-breaking & infidel­ ity. And thus it has always been in our lost world - While the gospel, with its attendant enlightening, energizing, elevating & purifying influences becomes a savor of life to one class it bec o m e s a v o r f l i e t o n c l a s i t b e ( !) comes also a savor of death, to another. It is strictly true then of Hilo that w e have more of good & more of evil than we had 20 years ago. The 10000 Sermons & lectures, & the unnumbered other teachings which have been scattered broadcast, like seed, over the field during the last 20 years, not forgetting the many & faithful labors of preceding ( !) years, have not been in vain. God's hand never returns void - but its object, for weal or for woe, is surely accomplished. But to be more particular we will speak, IV Of some of our labors etc during the past year. Tours. These have been, as in former years six in number viz- 3 in Puna & 3 in Hilo. The detail of these labors, such as preaching, church discipline ( !), examining & receiving candidates, baptism of infants, calling chh. roll, taking collections, & a thousand nameless duties, would be too tedious for a report like this. Station Labors. At the Station the pastor usually preaches 2 Sermons in native & one in English on the Sabbath, besides attending a large Sabbath School, & a meeting for inquirers, consultation, church discipline ( !) & prayer The public weekly labors are two regular lectures besides many occasional & special ones. After all, the detailed & daily labors of the Pastor for his �Hilo 1855 people form the greatest & heaviest part of his work. 7. These come upon him at all times, in great numbers & variety and with little interruption or relief. Mrs. C. has "been a faithful co- worker in the cause - She holds a weekly meeting for females, & in a thousand ways lends a hand to the work of the Lord - Her patience & self-denial in looking after the household affairs during the many & long absences of the pastor, & the constant cheerful­ ness in which she engages in domestic & missionary duties for his comfort & aid can only be appreciated by those who know them. Without this kind & necessary cooperation the efficiency of the Missionary must be lessened two thirds. Our worthy Associates also are not only active in their re­ spective departments, but ready to lend a helping hand to the pastor in times of need - conducting meetings in his absence & in other ways contributing to the furtherance of his work - Dr. Wetmore conducts a flourishing Bible Glass for Hawaiian youths, male & female. Mr. Stevens & Mr. Austin also teach a sabbath school for for­ eign & half-cast children &, with Capt. Worth they unite with us in our weekly prayer meetings, assisting also in the Bethel Services when the pastor is absent. Our English Bethel is pretty well attended, both in shipping seasons & during their absence. We now have quite a little foreign community at Hilo as fair a proportion of whom attend public worship as i n most communities. V State of Morals & religion. Most of the members of the church who have been steadfast in former years have remained so to the present time - Quiet, order, & external morality have been generally prevalent through all the �8 former part of the year, & up to the present time there has been little open vice in Puna & the outposts of Hilo. Just around our bay, however, there has, of late, been considerable disturbance from drinking sour potatoes, beer &c. The evil has been confined chiefly to one small section where potatoes are grown & to a set of native sailors & others who are trained to mischief. The practice broke out about the time of the King's death, and the present laws for suppressing it seem inadequate. But our great danger lies in the want of vital, spiritual energy in the church. Many seem in a degree, awake, and our reli­ gious services are well attended - Still, there is not, vitality, faith, power enough in the church. We all know that there is but one remedy "when the enemy comes in like a flood”, & yet we are slow to feel our wants & to plead that "the Spirit of the Lord will lift up his standard” for our help. Swarms of Mormon priests, from 2 to 12 in a company, have traversed all parts of Hilo & Puna almost constantly during the year. On one occasion they made a few converts in Puna, but ere long all left them so that now the poor proselyters have not a single friend in that district. been more successful. At a few points in Hilo they have Numbers "of the baser sort” follow their foolishly devised fables— how many I do not exactly know. their cause vacillates (! ) ominously ( !) in Hilo - They gain & lose proselytes ( !) alternately & their building in [is] sand. But on quick­ They are a fan in the hand of the Great purifier and a "Sieve of vanity" shaken by the Almighty. As to the papists they seem at a dead stand - They have not, I think, a single school in all Hilo & Puna - Their houses of worship are going to decay - timber collected for a Cathedral at �Hilo 1855 9. Hilo is rotting on the ground - their meetings are almost deserted & I hear of no new converts made to their faith. Still the devil is not dead, and our warfare with his legions is not ended. In some parts of our field, especially in Puna there has heen a wakeful spirit through the year. In several sections there has not been a single case of church discipline ( !) during the period under review, while a goodly number have been added to the church. The whole number received on profession during the year is 95. VI. Christian & benevolent Enterprise. During the past winter the great winds prostrated numbers of our meeting & school houses. Several of these are being rebuilt in a more substantial form, marking a decided improvement. Numbers of private dwellings have also been built for the poor & unfortunate by the voluntary & unprompted efforts of the church. Taro patches have, in some instances been cultivated in the same way. The total amount of cash contributed, including the pastor's salary & collections for meeting houses, is about $3000.00 This, aside from the above specifications, has been appropriated & dis­ bursed to various objects of benevolence in other lands & at the Islands. We do not feel that we have done what we ought but we bless the Lord for enabling & inclining us to do so much. We have no chiefs, & no rich natives at Hilo, & the church, though nominally large is widely scattered & poor, most of the members living from 15 to 75 miles from market (?), & with poor roads & no means of conveyance except the ancient mamaka or shoul­ der pole - About 1000 of our chh. are always absent in other �1 i 5 10 o 8 l H . districts & on other islands - Some 2000 are old, sick, children & poor people who can do little or nothing, & many of whom need constant help from their friends, & another 1000 at least may be put down as drones, unmoved by any motives to the discharge of Christian & beneficent duties. So that, after all we have only about 1000 efficient & reliable Christians as our working force in active Christian enterprise. VII Ships, Seamen &c About 108 sail of vessels have visited our port during the year & much time has been spent with Masters, Officers & Sailors. A bundle of tracts, papers & small books has been distributed to every ship & a large number of Bibles, Testaments & other religious books have been given to individuals. We have also preached the word to seamen, in season & out of season, in the Bethel, in our own dwellings, in the market, on the bridge, by the wayside, on the beech (!) & in the eating house, the beer shop & the bowling alley — Many interesting scenes have occurred in this department wh. cannot be here detailed - Bread has been east upon the water with the sure promise of Him who Is faithful & true. VIII Statistics. Whole number received to Chh. on Exam - - " " " by letter Received the past year on exam " " " " by letter Whole number past year " " dismissed to other churches Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased Deceased the past year Suspended the past year Remain Suspended Excommunicated past year Whole number Excommunicated Remain Excommunicated Now in regular standing Whole number of children bapd Baptized the past year Marriages the past year T. Coan Pastor. - 10,885 521 95 7 102 734 16 4 931 204 71 370 none 125 20 5 351 3 700 75 85 �Abstract of Mr. Coan's Report. [1855] The many changes of the last 20 years. I Physical - These have been many and marked. Few things remain as they were - Change & Progress are everywhere seen. II Intellectual changes are apparent ( !). Mind has developed ( !) The mental horizon has been extended - the circle of knowledge wi­ dened - Conceptions or good & evil are more distinct - & mind has been gaining preponderance over matter. III Moral changes are distinct. than they once were. Men are better & men are worse The distinctions between good & evil, are seen & men choose more intelligently & heartily - The good are better & the wicked are worse. (!) The gospel has been a savor of life & of death. IV Labors of past year. Much as in former years. Touring, preaching, church dis ci- pline ( !), Preaching to seamen - conversations - Distribution of books, tracts etc. V State of morals & religion. Peace & tranquility have generally prevailed. Meetings well attended - Evidences of the Spirit in some parts - in other parts too much stupidity. VI Christian & benevolent Enterprise Several, new meeting houses built & in building. done for the poor, sick & unfortunate. Something About 3000 dollars contri­ buted in cash for the various objects of Christian enterprise, in­ cluding pastor’s salary VI I Ships, seamen &c More than one hundred vessels visited the port during the year. English services kept up regularly on the Sabbath. Bibles, books, tracts etc - distributed - Opportunities improved for conver sation. �(Hilo) D r . Wetmore's Report for 1855 Again, Dear Brethren, I must send up instead of carry up to you my annual report. Would that I could meet you & confer with, you from day to day as you assemble together, - but such, a privil­ ege will not be mine this year. A year ago we feared that on Mrs. Wetmore’s account we might be obliged to visit a cooler clime; - the year has passed away & we still remain at our station; - her health is poor, much as it was when last reported; - at times we wish we were in our native land, where, humanly speaking, a cold & bracing climate might re invigorate her system, - but for the present Providence seems to indicate it to be our duty to remain at our posts, - hence our plans are all laid for staying. Practice. — The past year has been very unlike the one last reported; - no "pestilence has been walking in darkness” - no "destruction has been wasting at noon-day" - true - we have had several rumors that the "noisome pestilence" had re-visited us, but happily they have proved false alarms. — The fell Archer has here & there aimed his fatal dart & sum­ moned a few to the retributions of eternity; - others have been visited with sickness & the blessing of God has given efficacy to the means employed for their recovery. — Encouragements and dis­ couragements have as usual been realized in the line of my profes­ sion; - some natives have applied with an "hookamani" (hypocritical] spirit for medicine while they were under the treatment of native doctors, while others have come & like men paid their bills; others no doubt have turned away because charges are made; - one old man came a few months ago & asked for medicine but was unwil­ ling to bring any remuneration - he excused himself by saying he �Wetmore Hilo 1855 2. was unable to do it, because a certain sum was "lilo" [transferred] to his "kahuna pule", priest] - more to the "luakini", [house of [ worship] , &c.; - I remonstrated,. - telling him that what he gave to such objects was not "lilo" if he did it with a proper spirit; he disliked my reply & then objected to taking the medicine on any condition; he has lately returned more pliable & his wife is fast recovering. — Several surgical operations have been performed dur­ ing the year;- among them was one which caused me a good deal of solicitude; it however proved less serious than I somewhat antici­ pated. The whole amount received the. past year for services & medi­ cines is $690.91; about $91. of it- was from natives, which is more than double the sum realized from them last year & more than quad­ ruple that which I received from them four years ago;- is not this encouraging? Schools. -- An hour of my time a day has been devoted to teach­ ing English in the Hilo Boarding School when my other labors would admit of it, - which, by the way, has been more than half of the school year. - I have also had a Bible Class under my tuition a large part of the year; I think I may say it has been mutually beneficial to all concerned; - one of our number is about to offer himself to go forth as a Missionary of the Cross of Christ; - his attendance has been punctual & constant, & his attention has been apparently undivided. I have also taught another class of four or five in English almost daily the year round. Kau will probably be reported from another quarter, - but as I have just made a hasty visit there you will allow me to say a few words respecting that station; - the Mission premises seemed extremely d e s o l a t e to me - I greatly missed that dear Brother �Wetmore Hilo 1855 whom I had so often met there & with whom I was wont to hold sweet converse; - the house looked natural but the dear family was not there to make it really natural, but the change was, to the absent one whose clay lies upon the Western frontier of his native land, a happy one, though it saddened the hearts of not a few; - I found that he had a good many mourners among his ”little flock". - I saw a good many things which, spoke loudly of his absence ( !), yet on the whole, they were apparently doing as well as could be ex­ pected. - I met the people on the Sabbath & dwelt upon Mr, Kinney's labors among them & tried to show them wherein 'he being dead yet speaketh”; - the congregation, (which was as large as I have been accustomed to see there, except on extra occasions,) listened at­ tentively to the discourse & a good degree of solemnity pervaded the assembly. . I am, Dear Brethren, as ever most truly yours Hilo Hawaii May 5th, 1855. Chas. H . Wetmore �[1855] Abstract of Report. The health of Dr. Wetmore's family is nearly as it was when last reported; - Mrs. Wetmore is feeble, but we desire to thank God for past mercies & take courage. Practice. - No devastating epidemic has been among us the past year; though false alarms respecting the "noisome pestilence" have not been very unfrequent. performed as in other years. Medical & surgical labors have been Encouragements & discouragements have been realized in the line of my profession. During the year $600.16 have been received for services & medicines from foreigners, & $90.75 from natives, which is more than double the amount obtained from this source any previous year. Schools. - Dr. W. has taught English in the "Hilo Boarding School" an hour a day for more than half of the term time. An interesting Bible Class of fifty young Hawaiian men & women has been taught on the Sabbath a large part of the year; one of the number, a promising young man, is a missionary candidate for Micronesia. Tour. - One hasty tour has been made to Kau. A goodly number of the people were found mourning the death of their pastor. About the usual number was present at the meeting on the Sabbath; they listened with attention & solemnity. [On back] : Abstract of Dr. Wetmore's Report 1855 �Pastoral Report of Hilo, for the y ear ending Apr. 30 , 1856 Hilo is on the eastern slope of Hawaii. hills & valleys". It "drin keth water of the rain of heaven” - God careth for it. end of the year. It is "a land of His eyes are upon it from the beginning to the He has dressed it in robes of perennial green - He has watched over it amidst the convulsions of nature - The tem­ pest - the flood - the earthquake - the fire have not destroyed it Famine, pestilence, & strife have not wasted it. Under the smiles of Heaven its fields& v a l l e y s & hills sing & rejoice - Its bland breezes dispel noxious vapors; its lovely landscape charms the eye - its rills murmur melody while its snowy cascades thunder as the "voice of many waters1'. God has preserved Hilo & to Him be praise forever. The people of Hilo are sinners. Man there "is vile" - more so, it may be, than the inhabitants of the doomed cities of the plain - We deserve rebuke - We deserve "indignation & wrath" - God threatened us terror over us - He unsheathed a flaming sword - He shook it in For anxious months it seemed ready to fall upon t us. He looked upon Hilo & it trembled - He touched our hills & they smoke ( !) - He came down & trode ( !) upon the high places of our land & the mountains were molten under him - The hills melted like wax before the Lord & the rocks flowed down at his presence - A fiery stream issued & went forth before him - The breath of the Lord like a stream of brimstone kindled in our thickets and con­ sumed our forests - He has turned our rivers into a wilderness - & our water springs into dry ground. To us it is no figure when he says "I will make waste mountains & hill, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the river islands & dry up the pools. As when Jehovah gave the law on Sinai "the mountain was alto- �' Hilo, 18 5 6 2. gether on a smoke”, and as "the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount" so it has been with us. His drapery of smoke & sulphur ( !) has hung around our horizon. His pavilion of clouds & darkness has been spread upon our mountains - His thunders have rolled along our hills - His lightnings have flashed in our land & for more than 9 months a deluge of liquid fire has rolled down from the summit of Mauna Loa, rending, melting & consuming all in its way until it had approached within 5 or 6 miles of our town - And here the fiat went forth, "No further" and here the fiery waves were stayed the morning of the This was on th of Feb. since which time no progress has been made by the lava towards Hilo. The great mountain furnace, remains, however, in full blast, and immense quantities of incan­ descent minerals are being sent down to form hills, & cones & ridges near the terminus of the stream. Thus the Lord preserves us, & to him we [give] our unmeasured praise. The length of the stream is supposed to be from 60 to 70 miles, its breadth varying ..from 1 to 5 miles & its depth very unequal - In some places it may be 200 or 300 feet. That this fiery flood should approach so near without coming down upon us seems marvellous - While our danger appeared eminent, (!) & while many were devising plans & making arrangements for removal, others were earnest in prayer. A day of fasting was also observed both by natives & foreigners, & we ought to believe & do believe that the Lord heard the prayers of his people, - and although there is much sin at Hilo yet we do believe that the place contains more than 10 righteous men. may However this may be we pray God that we never be left to forget his mercies in sparing us, & in not blotting from the book of nature so fair a landscape as Hilo. �Hilo 1856 3. The year at Hilo has been one of unusual health both among natives & foreigners. Temporal prosperity has attended our people & physical improve­ ments have made steady & perceptible progress. No mental developments have startled & astonished the world, & yet there has been intellectual progress ~ "The march of mind" seems slow; but we rejoice to feel that in this department there is movement. We shall, however, leave this subject to be eluci­ dated by those whose more direct labors are teaching “the young ideas how to shoot” My labors at the Station have been as usual - viz. On the Sabbath at 9 A.M. a Sabbath School of several hundreds of children Adults. At 10 1/2 preaching to the native congregation - At 12 m. meeting for inquirers & chh. Session - At 11/2 P.M. native sermon - & at 3 1/2 P.M. English Services in the Bethel. Two regular with occasional lectures, funerals etc. make up the public duties of the week - The rest of the time is fully occupied ( !) in distributing books, receiving the numerous calls, listening to the many thoughts and attending to the varied wants of uncounted numbers of natives, sailors etc., in visiting the sick, in attending to pastoral & evangelical labors; in making little excursions for preaching in the vicinity of the station; in read­ ing & writing, & need of a , in eating & sleeping. Time brings no relaxation of the daily toils & cares which come upon me at my post of labor. My extended tours have been, as usual, six, viz. three in Puna & three in Hilo - These have been divoted to all the varied labors of the pastor, teacher, counsellor & evangelist ( !). they are seasons of vital interest to the Christians & people And �Hilo 1856 scattered over the "broad fields of Hilo & Pima. 4. We have, also, held three special conventions of teachers and delegates during the year, viz. one general one at the Station for all Hilo & Puna one local one in the centre of Hilo district & a similar one in the heart of Puna. These conventions were devoted to prayer, to the free discussion of important topics & to consultations on sub­ jects pertaining to the interests of Christ's Kingdom. These dis- cussions exert a stimulating & healthful influence on the minds & hearts of the members in attendance, & through them, on the masses of the people. External morality among our people has been much as in former years - Pew overt acts of transgression have come to our k n o w l e d g e Most of the cases of conviction in our legal courts have been for drinking potatoes & adultery - and such cases of conviction have been mostly confined to a few localities, & they have not been unusually numerous - Great stillness & quiet have marked our Sabbaths & peace & safety have reigned in our borders - Much sin has, doubtless been committed, but the gospel has driven it into dark places so that it does not meet the public eye in all its boldness & turpitude As for pure & undefiled religion, or spiritual and active piety, we have far too little of it - Our Sabbath congregations are large and other meetings are well attended - There has been also no little visiting of Christians from house to house with exhortations & prayers - and in some parts of the field a wakeful revival spirit has been manifested. There have also-been enquirers during the year & more than 80 have been received to the chh. on profession of faith. Still, there have been indications of spirit­ ual apathy in many parts, & large numbers of the chh. have been �Hilo 1856 5. inclined to drowsiness & inefficiency in the work of the Lord. Both pastor & people have needed the quickening power of God Mormonism seems to have rum its race with us - We consider it as good as dead in Hilo while it cannot "boast of a single disciple in Puna - Its doctrines & practices are in decidedly ill odor among our people Popacy holds on with dogged tenacity of life; but we think it does not hold its own - Its priests are still - their labors feeble - their disciples dead & their cause at discount - We ap­ prehend that they feel this, as we hear nothing of their former confident boastings - May the Lord consume their cause with the breath of his mouth. As usual, we have labored for Seamen & foreign residents as time & strength have been granted us - Our meetings for these classes have been unusually well attended, & we have often been cheered by evidences of the Spirit’s work on the hearts of some who have heard the word bn the Sab. or with whom we have conversed in private - We have witnessed the earnest, anxious look, we have seen the falling tear & heard the confession & the expressed resolution to serve the Lord Many Bibles, Testaments, hymns, tracts etc have been distri­ buted among seamen - Every ship has been supplied with religious reading & in various languages - Bread is thus cast upon the waters with the assured hope of finding it again after many days. Seamen have been remarkably accessible during the past season They have called in large numbers & in many cases have made spon­ taneous offerings to the pastor - No noisy riots have disturbed' our peace during the shipping season. But there is a dismal shade to the sailor’s life & while a �Hilo 1856 6. few may be reached by the living power of the gospel, the masses are being driven onward by the minds & floods of passion to the gulf of woe - Nothing arrests - nothing checks them in their swift progress to ruin In objects of Christian enterprise our people have done some­ thing - The whole amount of voluntary contributions for such ob­ jects is more than $3000 - besides something extra for objects of secular improvement The $3000 have been contributed in cash while a considerable amount has been given in labor & other articles to various worthy objects. We have arrived at a new Era in our missionary life - Two of our dear children have embarked on the deep to visit the land of their fathers. It is our first trial of this kind & we bespeak the prayer & the sympathies of those fathers & mothers in our Israel whose experience in these matters has been greater & deeper than ours. We are all passing rapidly through the different stages of our short earthly pilgrimage - We toil & rest - We hope & fear - We wrestle & figh t - We meet & part - and we are all look­ ing forward to the day when our toils & fears, our wrestlings & fightings shall be over, & when we shall meet to part no more We will then, as fellow travellers strive to help each other along the pilgrim path, that our feet may stand together on the heaven­ ly hills. �Hilo 1856 7. Statistics Whole number received on examination " " " By letter 10,968 . 535 83 Received past year on Examination " " " 14 by letter Whole number dismissed to other churches 747 13 Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased 5,117 186 Deceased the past year Suspended the past year 45 375 Remain Suspended [no figure] Excommunicated past year 125 Whole number Excommunicated 17 Remain Excommunicated Whole number in regular standing 5,247 Whole number of children baptized 3,791 Baptized the past year 91 Marriages the past year 83 T . Coan - Pastor. | �Pastoral Report of Hilo for the year ending Apr. 30, 1857 Twenty two years ago we first trod the scenes of Hawaii. soil & viewed the Varied & interesting have been the dealings of God with us & our people during that period - We have seen years of sorrow & toil & of joy & triumph. During the past year, few events of a peculiar or striking character have transpired. Our labors have been much as in former years and there is nothing new or strange in the results. The year has been one of general health throughout our field, and the mor­ tality has b een less than in several past years deaths in the church amounted to 342. In 1854 the In 1855 to 204. In 1856 to 186 and during the past year to 171. Every succeeding year gives distinct evidence of progress in human knowledge & in what are esteemed worldly interests - It is a fact, however much disputed, that more thought & more labor are bestowed on the improvements & comforts of life, than in former days. There is an increased wakefulness & a doubled energy in securing the opportunities of traffic ( !) & the advantages of industry. External morality has, also, been the rule - outbreaking vice the exception. Our Sabbaths are quiet, our days & nights peaceful, our per­ sons & property secure - our laws respected & feared - our houses of worship well filled, and everywhere is witnessed the supremacy of law and order & the triumph of truth & justice. Though many love transgression, & though sin lurks in secret places yet it is a consolation to know that the power of the Lord holds the wicked in abeyance and clothes truth & righteousness with �Hilo 1857 2. Our Schools have been sustained throughout all Hilo & Puna & nearly every child of legal age has been brought into them. There is some evidence that their general character is improving. At outstations considerable has been done to improve houses of worship & some new ones have been erected. Perhaps $1000. in cash, material and labor may have been expended in this way, and this work is still going slowly forward. We are, also, "making haste slowly" in collecting materials and funds for a good and substantial church edifice at the station, and we hope to commence building before the end of time. We do not, however, intend to precipitate the work, or commence building until we feel able to finish lest all that behold us should begin to mock But through the grace of God, there will arise, in due time, a ternpie at Hilo for the worship of the Almighty, and all help cheerfull y ( !) given to this object will be thankfully received. Hitherto we have begged of no one out of our own field, yet God has stirred up the hearts of several to give spontaneously to this work & their generous free will offerings will be thankfully acknowledged in the proper time My 6 annual tours - 3 in Hilo & 3 in Puna - have all been performed in their season & with happy results ~ By this careful supervision of the outposts, in detail, the church has been kept in peace, in unity & in a good degree of efficiency; while sin has been checked in the bud, a number of backsliders reformed, and sinners hopefully converted to God. We have, also, held three conventions, consisting of about 200 delegates each, viz. one at the Station, one at our outpost in Hilo & one in Puna. These continued two or 3 days, & were devoted to prayer, consultation & discussions, all tending to the further- �Hilo 1857 3. ence ( !) of the cause of Christ Of papacy & mormonism we have little to say - I think there is not a single school under the control of either of these sects in Hilo' & Puna, & the prospects of each are anything but flattering. Still the priests hold on with wonderful tenacity, making every shift to sustain, a sinking cause Our labors at the Station have been unremitted, the several Sabbath services occupying ( !) the whole day with two regular weekly lectures, besides funerals & other occasional services. Most of the time during the 6 week days has been occupied ( !) in attending to the many pastoral & missionary duties incident to a Station like Hilo so that the pastor has had little rest except during the hours of sleep. Most of the children & hundreds of the adults in Hilo & Puna assemble every Lord’s day in Sabbath School - The Station S.S. is quite large & interesting. attend it. Several hundreds of children & parents At the same hour Mr. Lyman meets his pupils in S.S. for religious instruction - Dr. Wetmore also conducts a Bible class for youths & Mr. Stevens a S.S. for the children of foreigners, so that we have four well sustained schools at 9 A.M. on every Sab. These schools are, we trust, by the grace of God doing much for the youthful population of Hilo. Mrs. C. has sustained a weekly meeting for native females besides many & almost daily efforts for the good of the people. Seamen & foreign residents have not been left without care Every ship has been supplied with Bibles, Testaments, Books, papers, tracts etc. as they have needed. Of vessels of all classes about 100 sail have visited our port during the year. Seamen have been accessible & much time has been spent in personal labors for their - �4. spiritual good, and not without many encouraging tokens - One English service has heen sustained on the Sabbath during the year, &i perhaps no foreign community can be found where a larger proportion attend public worship than at Hilo - We are encouraged also to hope, that, through the grace of God an improvement is going for­ ward in the morals & manners of our foreign community and that some have passed from death to life During the fall shipping season Bro. Taylor preached for me 7 or 8 Sabbaths much to the satisfaction of the foreigners, who testified their obligations by making up a purse of $350.00 for his services. Since then they have taken incipient steps towards securing the services of a permanent chaplain. Doubtless we will all agree in the feeling, that it is of great importance to regenerate, to associate & to mould into Christian form the heterogeneous foreign elements of society on these shores. It is a toilsome work, but under the influence of faith, patience & love it may be carried for­ ward, & no time should be lost. Ministers & Christians should meet foreigners at every point, & by kind, earnest, discreet & patient effort endeavor to save them, & to save them now from those baleful influences, those demoralizing associations & debasing surroundings which threaten, not only their temporal & eternal interests, but also the social, civil & religious institutions of the nation. In conclusion we will say, that while our physical & social condition has been blessed, while our schools, congregations, contri butions etc., have been sustained; while our labors have been un­ interrupted, while the Spirit of truth & of power has not been utterly withdrawn; while some backsliders have been reclaimed, & more than one hundred professed converts gathered into the church, �5 and while hundreds of our people are laborious, prayerful & stead­ fast in the faith, still we would confess with grief, that we have not acted up to our privileges, our resolutions & our vows; that we have tempted God & limited the Holy One of Israel by worldly minded­ ness & unbelief. That the pastor & chh. have not shined with that light which should be reflected from those who have received such favors from Heaven We will, nevertheless, praise the Lord for his mercy and trusting in his grace go forward in his work, laboring in hope that his cause may yet triumph more & more until all hearts shall yield to the claims of Jesus and the dominion shall be the Lord's. Statistics. Whole number received on Examination " " " by letter Received the past year on Examination " " " " by letter Whole number received past year Whole number dismissed to other chh. Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased Deceased the past year Excluded the past year Remain excluded How in regular standing Whole number of children baptized Baptized the past year Marriages the past year ' Contributions to all objects [On back page:] [Also]: Report of Hilo Church for 1857. Mr. Coan's Report 1857 - - - ~ - 11073 563 105 28 133 761 14 5288 171 29 352 5235 3856 65 84 $ 3500 �[Chas. H. Wetmore, 1857, HiloJ To The Hawaiian Evangelical Association, Dear Brethren, Sustaining, as I do, a connection with your Association, you will, I suppose, expect a report from me though it he but a brief one. I am happy to say that health, that best of all earthly bless­ ings, has been vouchsafed to us as a family during the past year to an extent beyond that which we have enjoyed before for a long time; we would therefore "praise the Lord for His goodness." In regard to Medical Practice I can say that natives have contributed more than they have done any previous year for medicine and for our support; while at the same time I see a decided tendency among them to go back to Hawaiian Doctors and to those practices, which ought only to exist in heathen countires; - but, alas ! ery and jugglery find their votaries the world over. quack­ I might point you to him, who, though intelligent and sane on every other subject, is ready to swallow any nostrum which comes to him sufficiently puffed with certificates for its healing virtues for all the ails that human flesh is heir to, - or to him, who, believing in that new doctrine, that "like cures like", takes his infinitesimal ( !) dose and really imagines that it accomplishes wonders; is it any more inconsistent for a person far more ignorant to kill a white fowl or a black hog and imagine that by feasting on them disease will in some strange manner take its departure? - And here, permit me to tell you that Allopathy, (which is the ano [likeness] of our entire Hawaiian practice,) has cured disease, relieved suffering, and cheered not a few in this vicinity during the year now closing; One missionary brother will not soon forget the swift errand of �Hilo, Wetmore, 1857 2. mercy which, he summoned me to perform, and which to all human ap­ pearance prolonged the life of his companion; - one native man brought, unsolicited, his five dollars as a testimony of his grat­ itude for having been rescued from a premature grave; another man too will always remember with a good degree of gratitude the healing of that leg, which he had well nigh lost while under the treatment of Hawaiian practitioners; one woman came to me not long since with her three-dollar free-will-offering, - and why? - because she felt that she too had received more than an equivalent for it, viz. health I might go one and weary you with descriptions of those who have been greatly benefited by the healing art, and who have given tangible proof of their gratitude, but I forbear. There has been no unusual amount of sickness about us during the past year, & but comparatively few deaths. Those diseases which most abound are gradually reducing our population. Awa-drinking has increased rapidly since the law in relation to it was altered; - our Governess is disposed to use her influence in extending its use in order to increase her finances; if she would merely confine it to those cases where it is absolutely needed as a medicine, we would object less to the course which she has adopted. From the natives I have received one hundred and eighty dollars since the date of my last Report. There has been a growing disposi­ tion on their part to increase their donations from year to year, and I notice that it has been advancing in nearly a two-fold ratio. This, however, is not a fair criterion from which to judge of my practice among them; - in the early period of my labors here, there was but little money in circulation; as that medium became more abundant they brought it in, in return for what they received; �[Hilo, Wetmore, 1857J 3. another reason is that up to the time when I came here they had received their medicines gratuitously, & it has taken some time to lead them to feel that our medicines are worth something. The Hilo Bible Glass under my charge and consisting of fifty Hawaiian Young Men and women still meets from Sabbath to Sabbath to study the Holy Scriptures. There has been more regularity in atten­ dance since the new year commenced than during the latter part of the old year; - Would that I could say that there is an unusual amount of seriousness among them, but, alas I I cannot. - One thing, how­ ever, I can say which speaks well for them; it is this, - at my suggestion they have entered on a plan of Systematic Beneficence; a contribution-box has been prepared for them, into which they drop their monthly subscriptions to "hawai" their "Kahuna pule"; - they have already raised in this way forty two dollars and fifty cents for this good object and they appear to have done it cheerfully; a few of them give no more than they were accustomed to give annually when reckoned at the same rate; - a few others, who had given nothing are now found among those who delight in aiding the propagation of the gospel in the home field; while a larger number of the class have, by this arrangement, more than doubled their former subscrip­ tions. It has been very pleasing to see them come forward with promptness & smiles, saying, as each deposited his or her little sum, "Eia ka’ui Eia ka’u !" — ["it is mine"(?)] — When I first proposed the plan, I feared that it would diminish their monthly concert Collection, but thus far it has not affected it unless it has been by way of increasing it. - I find that natives are more ready to give little sums frequently than larger ones at more lengthened intervals. - �Hilo, Wetmore, 1857 4. And now, Dear Brethren, my prayer is that the Lord will he with you in all your deliberations . May Wisdom from above guide you in all your meetings & bring you to such results as shall be for the promotion of that best of all causes; & although I shall not be able to meet with you in person, be assured, I shall be with you in spirit, and my prayers will day by day ascend for you and for that cause which you will strive to further by your daily gatherings. Most respectfully submitted to the Hawaiian Evangelical Association by their unworthy brother in Christ. Chas. H. Wetmore Hilo, Hawaii H.I. May 4th 1857. [On back:] Report of Dr. Wetmore 1857 �Hilo 1858 Wetmore To the Hawaiian Evangelical Association held at Honolulu Dear Brethren, In my report this year I have nothing of special importance to communicate. — Mercy and goodness have followed us all the time of our sojourn at Hilo. In the midst of dangers seen and unseen, our lives have been preserved; in view of which, we would call upon our souls to praise and "bless the God who has thus cared for us and sustained us. Foreigners and natives, landsmen and seamen, have been min­ istered to in the line of my calling, as usual; many of them have been benefited, while others, whom we would gladly have kept with us longer, were called suddenly and unexpectedly away from time to eternity. My Hospital for Seamen has had about its usual number of in­ mates; the average for the year ending with the last quarter was a fraction less than six, and eleven patients was the largest number in the Hospital at a time during said year. - I purchased the hospital buildings and premises last October and have since fitted them up in in ( !) a comfortable manner. When there have been sev­ eral sick ones who were -unable to attend public worship on the Sabbath I have occasionally spent an hour with them not unprofitably in religious exercises, Brother Goan has looked with a com­ mendable degree of faithfulness after their spiritual welfare - I have been led to feel that some of them have at least been grateful for the religious instruction which he has from time to time im­ parted. From the first of my residence at Hilo, I have felt very de­ sirous that there might be hospital here for natives; - at one time �Hilo 1858 Wetmore2 . 2. I indeed talked of urging the natives to build one; - I was however early dissuaded from the undertaking; there seemed to be insuperable obstacles in the way. — The importance of such institutions is now fairly before the public and I hope it will continue to be agi­ tated until the wants of this entire group of Islands are supplied; I am more and more confident that they would be patronized by the people, provided, that the terms of admission were brought within their scanty means. On looking over my account books I perceive that I have received three hundred and fourteen dollars from natives the past year, mostly for medical services and medicines, - which is nearly double the amount received last year from the same source; and the increase has, all along, been in about the same ratio. Who can say that this does not indicate an increasing demand for foreign medicine & foreign practice? The Bible Class, which has been under my care for several years, is still continued; Mr. D. H. Hitchcock has been associated with me in conducting it during most of the past year. The members of the class have contributed quite liberally for the support of their Pastor and also for benevolent purposes. Some of them have yielded to temptation and contributed more bountifully for a less praise­ worthy object. Efforts have been made to obtain a Seamen's Chaplain for Hilo; a deficiency of funds for his support both here and in the States is all that will prevent our having one. A few months since, the Secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society wrote me that they should "keep the subject before their Board till times are better, their treasury in a little better state, & the right man is presented. I have devoted much time the past year to raising Pastor's �Hilo 1858 Wetmore 3. salary and obtaining materials and money "to build a House for the name of the Lord and a House for His kingdom". It's a great and a good work and we long to see it completed and dedicated to Him, who alone is to be worshipped in it; - but before this can be ac­ complished we shall need at least four thousand dollars more than we have yet collected. We trust., that He, who has a right to control the silver & the gold, will provide for Its completion. I am, Dear Brethren Very Respectfully Your obt. Serv't Chas. H. Wetmore M.D. Hilo, Hawaii, H.I. May 14th in 1858 �Report Of Hilo Churoh etc. for the year ending April 30th 1858. A peaceful year. attended & crowned it. A year of grace. Goodness & mercy have No sickness & no revulsive events have interrupted our labors - In health, in quietness & in hope our months have rolled on while we pursued the even tenor of our way. Never, perhaps, have -we passed a year of less disturbance in our work or more harmony among our people. Every year, as it evolves facts, so it develops ( !) character among this people. That some should prove themselves ignorant of the truth that sanctifies, & of the love that saves is no strange thing. That others should hold on in the way of righteousness - grow stronger, wiser, better - give more evidence of a new creation within, & of an ordaination ( !) unto eternal life, is also, no matter of morvel. The history, the power, the promises of the gospel all inspire hope, expectation — assurance of such a result. Labor in the Lord is not labor in vain. is sure - To believe is to receive. To the obedient the promise To sow according to the command is to reap according to the promise - Obedient seed sowing brings joyful harvesting. Do we not find it so? & Master faithful? Do we not find every promise of G o d in Him yea & amen? the promises? Do we not find our Lord Do we not find that by faith & patience we inherit That to work in faith, or to trust in the Lord and do good - we are preserved & fed in the land, with the inspiring hope that we shall, ere long, reach a better country with the spiritual children God has given us through that gracious covenant �Hilo 1858 Goan made and made eternally sure in Christ? 2. The experience & observa­ tion of every passing year, though attended with many things painful in the history of our Time (?), do nevertheless confirm our faith in the true conversion and the progressive elevation & sancti­ fication of a great multitude of our people. Like the righteous, they hold on their way and like him that hath clean hands they wax stronger. We are not disappointed or discouraged at the backsliding, the unbelief & the apostasy of some. pected. This was to have been ex­ Forewarned by Christ and the Apostles & by the whole his- tory of the church we anticipated such a result, sad & direful as it may be, in many cases. death. To some we are a saver of death unto All this but confirms our faith, as it proves by fulfilment & by contrast the truth & the power of the gospel. Planting our feet therefore upon the Rock of truth we will enquire What if some did not believe? out effect? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God with­ God forbid. It is in Jehovah’s plan to develop ( !) good amidst evil - to purify virtue in conflict with sin - to prove it & to brighten its luster by contrast with its opposite - to throw chaff & wheat, cockle & barley, dross & pure metal, gold & stubble, saints & sinners together for a season. Amidst our daily & constant succession of duties we have found no time to notice & to sketch the passing panorama of events and our general and common place report will be too dry to interest or profit. But as it is made our duty to say something we will pause to state first, that although Hilo & Puna have been visited with no special disease, & though great health has prevailed among our �Hilo 1858 Goan 3. people yet, The Bill (?) of Mortality, has been unusually great. No less than 287 members of our church have died during the past year, besides many children & adults not in the church. This bill is greatly swelled by the sudden & mys­ terious disappearance of that ill-fated vessel the Kamamalu - This event transpired In March 1857, probably in the channel between Maui & Hawaii. That vessel coffined 58 members of the Hilo church besides numbers of children & others not on our chh. list. While the event remained dubious, hope, fear & painful doubt held sway among hundreds of our people; but when time brought no relief the requiem commenced & the solemn death dirge rolled over all our field, for there was hardly a hamlet in Hilo or Puna which had not furnished its victim to this sacrifice. By a Providence both mysterious and gracious some of the mission families were saved from the heart wasting pangs of that disaster. Mr. & Mrs. Austin with our daughter Sarah in charge, had determined to take passage in that vessel from Honolulu to Hilo on her fatal trip. All arrangements were made to that effect, when some apparently trivial circumstance changed their minds & they embarked in another vessel for Kawaihai ( !) where they arrived in safety & from whence they proceeded overland to Hilo. Addition to the church. While death has thus thrust in his sickle & gathered a multi­ tude of our people, the Lord has graciously, as we trust, added some new-born souls to our number. Eighty one have united with this church by profession, and some others are candidates for admission. �Hilo 1858 Coan The State of Religion among us - or the spiritual state of our people - is not what it ought to be. But this is a very trite and common remark - And, often, I apprehend, it affects the semblance of sincerity & humility, while it is only an apology for the lack of faith and fidelity, & a soothing unction to a conscience ill at east. I suppose we are as spiritual as we wish to be, all things considered - or, to use the terse Saxon of the immortal Edwards “The will is as the greatest apparent good is" . I have said that the church & people have been quiet & peace­ ful, & I will also say, that there have been evidences of the Spirit's work in some places & in some hearts. Had the pastor and a goodly number of the church been sufficiently awake to spir­ itual things - had the powers of the world to come exerted a due influence over our hearts & lives we should have been able to report more distinctly and joyfully the conversion of sinners & the grow­ ing graces of the saints. As it is, God has dealt graciously, granting us more than we have properly asked of Him. Of our Schools - I shall make but a passing remark. Our Common Schools number about 30. Some of them are conducted efficiently, by competent teachers & others are more languid. As a whole however, these schools rank much higher in knowledge & order than 10 years ago. In number of pupils they are greatly reduced, while they are improved in efficiency. At the Station we have a school of 60 pupils who are being taught English by Mr. Watt. Mr. Watt also teaches a school for the children of our Chinese residents. By the parents of his scholars he is paid at the rate of about 700$ a year. In Material Improvements we "make haste slowly" . �Hilo 1858 Coan 5. There is, however a perceptible progress from year to year. Most of our people are busy from day to day & the means of physical comfort increase. Every year adds to the number & style of decent & comfortable houses, to furniture equipage &c - Probably our people handle 10 fold more money now than they did 10 years ago & a 100 fold more than ( !) 20 years ago. Other material comforts multiply proportionately. Pour large sugar plantations are in progress in Hilo. These call for many laborers and increase the resources of the district. The article of pulu, or fern-down, has become very important in Hilo & Puna. Hundreds of tons are collected by the people - at from 4 to 6 cts per pound - and sold to merchants for goods or cash. Most of this product is purchased by Harris & Swain, pressed in bales & shipped to San Francisco where it is used in upholstery ( !). Men women & children engage in collecting this article & you will sometimes see most of the rural villages of Hilo & Puna de­ serted for months while the people are in the jungle collecting Pulu. Like our more enterprising brethren of the U.S. we will say a word on Church Erection. A new interest is awakened in our field on this subject. At several of the out Stations decided improvements have been made in houses of worship - in other places such improvements are being projected or are in progress. Framed houses, with glazed windows, floors, seats, doors, locks etc. are taking the places of the old native style of building - and in some poor out-stations the people begin to talk of zincd- roofs, towers, & bells. All these will come in time - Patient toil will bring on the results. One small congre­ �Hilo 1858 Goan 6. gation have just voted to raise 1000 dollars in cash to improve their meeting house. A new church edifice has been commenced at the Sta­ tion during the past year. It is 50 by 75 feet - 20 feet high, with a tower 16 feet square at base & rising 36 feet above the ridge. The house is now enclosed & painted & its external appearance would not disgrace any city in Christendom. shall correspond with the exterior. & Richardson. We intend the interior The contract is with Williams The work is neat, plain & substantial. the. building will not be less than $12000. The cost of Of this we have collected $8000. and we trust that the Lord, whose temple it is, & whose are the silver & the gold, will help us to obtain the balance. Our native females have resolved to raise $500 for a bell, and, the Lord assisting, they will do it. Mrs. Wetmore & the foreign Ladies have undertaken to raise $200 for a pulpit, & this also, D.V. will be forth coming, for Ladles rarely fall in business, though gentlemen often do. In time then, we hope to have a good, substantial & respectable house of worship, where, we trust the Lord will meet his people from age to age. This alone can crown the Lord’s house with glory. With­ out this vital consummation all our efforts would be lost & we should look with longing recollection to the old rough Sanctuary where we have so often seen the power & glory of our Redeemer. Tours. You are aware that my parish stretches ( !) more than a hundred miles along the eastern & South-eastern shores of Hawaii. To the south my flock is scattered over a region of more than 70 miles of dry lava with verdure sprinkled here & there, but without a single running stream and only an occasional pool of permanent �Hilo water. 1858 Coan 7. For 30 miles to the north a most enchanting landscape is clothed in eternal green, & broken by numerous ravines and echo­ ing with the voice of many waters. This whole field has been visited 3 times since June 1857 - making 6 long tours in all. My last tour in Puna is memorable from the fact that I was able to ride the whole circuit of 130 miles, a good road having been just fin­ ished up a precipice of some 2000 feet on an angle of about 30 degrees. This, with a field of 15 miles of lava was formerly im­ passable on horse back; but by the energy & diligence of our road supervisor a comfortable road has been made & for the first time after 23 years of severe travelling I had the luxury to keep my saddle through the whole rout ( !). Travelling in Hilo is still severe & often dangerous - Many of the streams are not bridged & many bridges once erected are broken down, and remain neglected by our road Supervisor. On one of my recent tours I had to resort to ropes for crossing the rivers as in former years. On the whole however, the contrast between the present comforts & safety of travelling in Hilo & Puna & those of my early missionary life, is great and encouraging. In all my tours I have been cheered by the cordial feelings of my people & by evidences that they appreciate the gospel. Conventions. It has, for many years, been our habit to hold an annual Con­ vention at the Station. This assembly is composed of all the School ma&lbers of Hilo & Puna, of most of the School trustees & of dele­ gates from all the congregations in the field. on the roll is about 200. our gen. Meeting. The usual number At this meeting reports are read as in A list of Overtures is prepared, & subjects bearing on general or special improvements in civilization & religion �Hilo 1858 Coan 8 are freely discussed, and often with great interest & evident profit. Besides this general convention two special ones are held dur­ ing the year, viz. one at an out station in Hilo & another in the centre of Puna. The Sessions of these conventions continue one, two, 3, or 4 days, as the case may he. They are not limited to day. The old & the new Man of Sin: It seems to he a stereotyped idea, that we must discharge a battery at Rome & Salt Lake City. Through the grace of God itwould record with thankfulness, that the struggle against these forms of sin has been blessed among my people. Most of the inhabitants of Hilo & Puna look upon these institutions with indifference, pity, or contempt. There is not a Mormon in Puna & but few are left in Hilo, and these few are ashamed, shy & almost silent. Their impudent swaggering & their confident boasting have ceased, & I know of no aggressive movements on their part. Their meetings are neglected, their altars overthrown, their Synagogues nearly all prostrated, their converts either remain secluded or attend our meetings, they wander for lack of bread, & their boasted Zion sits in Sackcloth. Nearly the same is true of the papists. Their priests who were once busy bold officious, boastful & arrogant are now retired & silent. They are rarely seen in our streets & I have not spoken on e of them during the past year. I think they have not a single school in all Hilo & Puna - Once they had ten. We pray God to consume this error by the breath of his mouth & destroy it by the brightness of his coming. Let all the professed disciples of Christ on these Islands be filled with love, & faith & holy boldness in the work of the Lord & Popery & Mormon delusion would vanish as �Hilo 1858 Coan 9. the shades “before the rising sun & the wicked would he silent in the grave. Station Labors. These are varied, monotonous - regular, irregular - elaborated, extempore, planned, unanticipated etc. etc. The regular are, two weekly lectures which have been sustained from the commencement of our labors at Hilo, and in which nearly the whole Bible has been expounded in course; besides lectures on Papacy, Chh. History, Pilgrim's progress, Moral Philosophy, Evidences of Christianity, & scores of occasional or collateral subjects. Pastoral visitation, preaching in the environs of Hilo, visiting the sick, attending funerals, receiving numberless calls, attending to uncounted cases of difficulty between man & man or man & woman - visiting the hospital, conversing with the enquiring, warning the careless or the unruly; reproving, rebuking, exhorting, pleading, urging &c - these are some of the daily duties which come on the Pastor, to say nothing of the other thousand secular, domestic, social & Spiritual labors which call for attention. The ordinary Sabbath labors are, 1st Sabbath School at 9 A.M. 2d Preaching at 10 1/2-. 3. Church Session & meeting for enquirers at 12 M. 4th preaching at 11/2 P.M. 5th Preaching In the English Bethel at 3 1/2 P.M. These labors are uniform, & through the mercy of God the Pastor has been able to sustain them through another year. Seamen & Foreign Residents, So far as ability has been granted I have acted as Chaplain for these classes of our friends. Nearly one hundred vessels of different classes have visited our port during the year, & we have endeavored to do what we could for all - Many Bibles, Testaments, religious books & tracts, have been distributed. More than 200,000 �Hilo 1858 Coan 10 pages of religious reading have been scattered among this class of men during the year, and many hours have been spent in close per­ sonal conversation with them on the great interests of the soul Many are the sailors who have wept and promised to forsake sin & cleave to the Lord - Many consciences have been stirred on the subjects of Sabbath desecration, profanity, intemperance & licen­ tiousness - Many have seemed honestly to desire to break the chains of sin wh. bound them. But the surroundings of the Sailor are awful & who among them will reach heaven? In visiting our Marine hospital I have been often comforted with the evidence of the Spirit's power - The silent tear - the simple confession - the tender conscience - the sign for peace and the expressed resolution to serve the Lord, have been a blessed reward for the many hours spent there in religious conversation & prayer. We do trust that that house has been a Bethesda & the gate of heaven to some. There is no house in Hilo where I so delight to visit. Our English services on the Sabbath & our weekly prayer meeting are well attended, & often a tender solemnity pervades them. On the 6th of March an event transpired which threw a solemn aspect over all Hilo. This was the departure of Mrs. Pitman. Young, vigorous, beautiful, surrounded with luxuries, with beaming hopes for the future of life she was suddenly summoned away, leav­ ing a distracted & almost frantic husband with a tender and defense less ( !) baby & a company of motherless children. Rarely has a blow seemed so crushing, or its effects so annihilating to the fond desires & hopes of a family. But we hope & pray & trust that God will bring joy out of anguish & life out of death. How wise, �Hilo 1858 11 Coan how gracious - how unsearchable are his ways - The bereaved hus­ band prays & seems determined to doubt & linger no longer on the subject of salvation - Time, or eternity will reveal the results of this painful event. Sabbath Schools. All the schools of Hilo & Puna with hundreds of the adults are collected from Sabbath to Sabbath in the S. S. At the Station my S. S. numbers 200 or 300. Beside this Dr. Wetmore conducts a Bible class of youths, the foreign children are also collected into a S. S. now superintended by Mr. Austin, & Mr. 4 Lyman assembles his pupils for S. S. instruction. All these/schools meet at 9 A.M. on each Lord's day. Of the influence of this regular teaching in S.S. I need not speak as the S. S. Institution is know ( !) & read of all Christian philanthropists. Of Mrs. C's labors I shall say little - Though more silent yet they are more varied & more abundant than those of the Pastor In meetings with females, in conversation with individuals - in influences for the good of all - in active sympathy in all good counsels & works - in the gentle domestic offices, in care for the poor, the sick, the stranger & the friendless & in the 10000, 1000 ( !) quiet & unseen acts & influences so peculiar to the sex she has done what she could to lessen the amount of human sin & woe & to increase comfort & joy in the world. Thus all our Associates are co-workers with us & through the combined influence and mutual sympathy of the laborers at this station we trust that the work of the Lord is advanced & the Body of Christ edified. In all things we are blessed Immeasurably above our deserts, �Hilo 1858 Coan 12 . & from all our experience of the past we have abundant reason to thank the Lord & take courage. It is true that the nation is wasting away & that many for whom we long & labor in the gospel will perish in unbelief - yet a rem­ nant will be saved - Those who are ordained to eternal life will believe, & all faithful labor performed in the name & in the love of Christ will meet its reward. We would, therefor be steadfast in faith, patient in toil always abounding in the Lord's work, humbly relying on his grace, & rejoicing ever in the hope of his coming. Contributions to the cause of Christ, The past year has been marked by special activity in this department of Christian enterprise. Payment of the pastor's salary has been prompt.- Monthly concert contributions have been liberal, amounting to 1284 dollars - domestic objects of charity have been attended to & much has been raised to build or improve houses of public worship. The amount bestowed on all objects, domestic & foreign, for the furtherance of the cause of Christ, is about 4500 $. In ad­ dition to' this more than 600$ dollars have been paid in towards the pastor's salary for the current year - So that really their efforts during the year ending April 30, 1858 amount to 5000 dol­ lars - though the last named sum will be passed over to the salary of another year. On my last tour in Puna, a district of lava fields, and without a white inhabitant, a store or a harbor, the people contributed 400$ - and in a more recent tour through the outposts of Hilo more than 700$ were contributed - 266 dollars of this was given in �1858 Hilo Coan 13. one day at a small meeting house at our outstation. In view of this fruit of the gospel we have cause of deep gratitude & encouragement in our work. Exports. This term looks secular, but I take the liberty to mention a few articles produced in Hilo & shipped hence coast-wise as kindly furnished by our Collector, Mr. Pitman. Pulu 210,000 Lbs. value Coffee 45 000 " " 5625" Arrow Root 12000 " " Hide " 1500. 45000 " Goat Skins 5000 16800$ 720" - " 4500" 1500” Am o u n t 29145 I have no data of wood, timber, Sugar, syrup, molasses etc. The value of these articles as shipped from Hilo may be equal to those above named. Remarks. It will be seen that more than one half of all who have been received to the Hilo Church are dead. Of the living 1000 are always absent in other parts of the group. Another 1000 may be reckoned as invalids from age, infirm­ ity & disease. While another portion are drones. Thus the effective force of the chh. is not more than one half what it nominally appears to be. This portion exhibit vitality & work nobly. Pew, perhaps, in any clime are more generous or more efficient in proportion to the abilities with which they are entrusted. We trust they are God's workmanship, created anew in Christ Jesus unto good works which God had foreordained that they should walk in them. They are our glory & joy. �Hilo 1858 Coan Statistics for the year ending Ap. 30 /58 Whole no. on profession - - - - - - - - " " " Certificate - - - - - - - Past year on profession ” " ” - 573 - - - - - - - - 81 by letter - - - - - - - - - - - 10 Whole No. past year ---" 11154 Dismissed 9 1 - - - - - - - — 772 - - - - - - 11 - - - - - - - - 5575 Deceased the past year - - - - - - - - - 287 Excluded the past y e a r - - — - - - - - - 20 Dismissed the past year - — Whole no. deceased - - - Remain Excluded - - - - - - - 335 Now in regular Standing --- 5045 Whole no. of children baptized - - - - - Baptized the past year - - - - - Marriages since Jan. 1, 1836 ” the past year Contributions " " 108 - - - - - - 2500 - - - - - - - - - 60 to Cause of Christ $4500. Approximate amt contributed in 10 years " 3964 of exports from Hilo - past yr. T. Coan Pastor $ 30,000 $ 48000. �PASTORAL REPORT for Hilo for the year ending Ap. 30/59 Years roll on, stamping impressions on all things physical and Spiritual. To note time’s work; to record its way-marks; "to give it a tongue were wise in man." But this wisdom is too wonderful for me. A few scattered footprints of the past year are all I am able to retain. For the common ( !) blessings of life we have abundant cause of thanksgiving to God. Health, peace & general prosperity have been granted by a kind Providence. We think there are distinct marks of temporal improvements during this year. But we will not stop to point out these in detail. Morals - In most parts of Hilo & Puna, the public morals have b e e n encouraging. The people generally have been quiet, indus­ trious & harmonious - Some of the vices which have so much dis( !) turbed some portions of the Island, have not been developed among our people. Scattered cases of some of the common sins of the land have existed as exceptions to the general appearance of order & so­ briety. In the district of Puna, where no foreigner has ever resided, there has been great quietness & peace. In no former year has the peace of that region been less disturbed by irregularities than during the past. Religion. By this we mean evidences of increased spirituality, or growth in grace among Christians & of conversion & reformation among sinners. On this point we have much to mourn & much for which to be humble & penitent. Evidences of the Spirit’s power among us have �Hilo - Coan - 1859 been too faint & few. The forms of godliness have been more gener­ ally manifested than its power. fort. 2. Still we are not left without com­ A very great number of individuals, scattered through Hilo & Puna have manifested the true life of God in their walk - in a daily study of the Scriptures, in fervent prayer - in increased de­ sires- for instruction in the truth, & in faithful labors in the vine­ yard of the Lord. Some sections also, especially in Puna, have b een much revived, so that meetings were frequent & solemn - prayers 'fer­ vent - confessions humble & tearful, exhortations faithful, bene­ volent action cheerful & all the obvious duties of religion attended to with promptness & decision. In such places nearly every careless individual was aroused to attend meetings, & some profess to be b o m again. But the additions to the church during the past year have not been numerous. By statistics you will see that they amount to [no figure given]. Tours. tours. It may seem superfluous to speak annually of these They are, however a distinct & essential feature in the labors of a pastor at Hilo. They are vital to the harmony & progress of the church, if not to its very existence ( !). They are seasons when the numerous sections of the church are surveyed in detail when all cases of discipline ( !) are carefully attended to, children baptized, the Lord's Supper administered, general or particular in­ terests of the people looked after, & counsel & instruction given in all things pertaining ( !) to life & godliness. duous but it is all important & often cheering. The work is ar­ Three such tours are annually made in Hilo & three in Puna. Conventions . Of these assemblies we have had, as usual, three - viz one �Hilo - Coan. - 1859 3. general one about New Year, & two local ones - i.e. one for Puna & another for the outstations of Hilo. These Conventions are com­ posed of one to 200 or 300 leading individuals of Hilo & Puna. They usually spend 2 or 3 days in sessions, & are well organized & order­ ly bodies. A great variety of topics are freely discussed, relating to both spiritual & temporal interests. Plans of action & improvement are proposed - resolutions adopted, harmony of feeling is secured, unity of action is promoted & the general Interests of Christianity advanced. Papacy & Mormonism. The former of these errors still holds on with great tenacity of life but with no increase of numbers or of vigor, so far as we can learn. feeble. We are inclined to the opinion that their cause waxes In most parts of Hilo & Puna where they had meeting houses & schools these have gone to decay & been abandoned - and the meet­ ings they now keep up are composed of 5 to 10 individuals. I think there is but one exception to this in Puna & one in Hilo, which Is at the Station. Here, where the priests reside there is more acti­ vity; but nothing which affects the-masses of the people. Aside from the school under the Immediate care of the priest we are not aware that a single legal Catholic school is sustained in all Hilo & Puna. But no wiles & no efforts are spared by the priests to proselyte ( !) to their church & their school. As for the Mormons the Salt Lake war seems to have scattered them. I have not seen a Mormon priest or prophet for the past year. Formerly we met them everywhere & from 2 to 7 at a time - but I think no one of them has been in Hilo or Puna during the last 12 months. A very few of their proselytes ( !), too Ignorant to know their �Hilo - Coan - 1859 4. state or too much ashamed of it to come out & confess, hide them­ selves from my observation - hoping perhaps like the blinded jews ( ?) that their true prophets Messiah will yet appear. Of the Common Schools in Hilo & Puna I hardly need speak. They are under the care of ( !) native Superintendents & teachers & they have been conducted much as usual. They are not, however, what they should be or what they might be under a more careful & rigid supervision. Both the Super- intendents are members of the Legislature & both hold the office of Collector so that their time & attention have been little directed to the condition of the schools. From the little observation I have made I judge that although some of our schools have been conducted with a good degree of vigor, yet many of them have suffered greatly for the want of care & con­ trol. This has been in two ways, first in allowing many children to play the truant & second in the inefficiency of the teacher with­ out the stimulus of a watchful supervision. Still, we trust, that the general cause of education is improv­ ing although the number of our Schools & children is decreasing. We certainly have more competent teachers than in other years & some of our boys & girls make noble progress. Our Sabbath Schools have been sustained, especially at the Station, with interest. They have also been kept up in the out stations of Hilo & Puna; but for want of a text book, like the Aiokala, they have not sustained the interest of former years. Far from the Missionary & with teachers imperfectly qualified to expound the Bible many of the schools have suffered for the want of self-explaining lessons like the Aiokala - & we hope that this �Hilo - Coan - 1859 5. lack will be supplied ere long. The S.S. under my immediate care has been well attended & its interest sustained. My respected Associates have been diligently & efficiently engaged in their departments of labor of which they report to you. Mrs. C. in addition to many domestic & incidental car es has devoted much attention to counsels & instructions among the females of Hilo, & not without encouraging indications. Had our Missionary ladies more relief ( !) from other cares they would, undoubtedly, make a more decided impression upon this important class of our people. We all feel that Hawaiian females need a helping hand to save them from degradation & ruin. New Church Edifice. To Hilo, this may, perhaps, be called the event of the year. For a long time we had looked forward to the day when we should put off the old & shattered tabernacle & should worship God in a new & substantial edifice. For years we toiled for the means to erect a house of prayer for our God. To us poor Hawaiians the work was greater than that of Solomon in building the Temple in Jerusalem. We lacked money - we lacked material - we lacked workmen lacked skill & experience - We We lacked everything but the desire & the determination to have a neat & substantial house of worship. But the Lord has granted us our desires & to Him be the praise. We will not weary you with the history of this house, for we have seen too many weary months in watching its progress Sc in planning & toiling for its completion to wish to inflict upon you any detail of the case. will all rejoice. But in the consummation of our wishes you �Hilo - Coan - 1859 6. When the house was near c o m p l e t i o n we found ourselves out of funds & in debt some 1300 dollars - The Lord helping us we de­ termined not to worship In a house for which we had not paid. dedication was appointed for April 8. The Meanwhile it was resolved to invite all who attended to bring a thank offering to the Lord. The Idea was a popular one. The time came - Preparations were made for the occasion. The rains had fallen for many previous days - the floods lifted up their voice - the rivers raged - All access to Hilo from the north was cut off, so that the people could come in only from the distance of a few miles - Prospects looked dark. A small rain fell during dedication day, but still a large audience assembled - many more than could enter the house. Puna, where there are no rivers. Many came from A collection was taken up amount­ ing to more than 800$. The people in the distant parts of Hilo sent a request that another day might be allowed them. The 27th was appointed; but again there was the noise of many waters in the gorges of Hilo Many, however, determining not to be defeated swam & waded the rivers & struggled through rain & mud, & the house was again filled. On this occasion & including scattering -contributions which came in afterwards we realized between 400 & 500 dollars. Thus the debt was swept off and a burden of care rolled from our hearts. The whole cost of the. house with its appurtenances, including the Bell, steps, labor on enclosure (?) &c &c is dollars. {not filled in} This does not Include a vast amount of labor in collecting staves, coral, fuel, sand, etc. in burning lime, & In a great many other services in wh. the people engaged voluntarily. be estimated at 1000 dollars more. Perhaps this might �Hilo - Coan - 1859 7. Bell. On the 21st of July 1858, the women of Hilo & Puna met by previous arrangement in a grand Convention to assert their rights in good works. The specific object of this Convention was to raise funds for the purchase of a Bell for the new Church. The sum speci­ fied as desired was 500 dollars; but beyond our expectations the contributions amounted to 852 dollars. Five dollars were p a i d i n afterwards - 20 dollars were gained by exchange making the amount of the Bell fund 877 dollars. Less than half of this was expended for the Bell. The balance went to defray the general expenses of the M. house. A bell of 1000 lbs. was ordered and promptly sent. By the kindness of the owners & of Capt. Sisson of the Ship Coral N. Bedford, the Bell was brought to Honolulu free of charge. From thence it was shipped to Hilo where it was received just in time to be mounted in the Chh. tower before dedication. There it now hangs & from thence its musical notes peal out & roll over the hills & valley s & waters of Hilo calling upon all to come to the House of Prayer. The packet which brought the Bell from Honolulu arrived in the night, but a native learning the fact went at midnight to tell the news & in the morning multitudes rushed to the beach ( !) to see it landed. When it was brought to the shore the people lashed it to spars & bore it in triumphal procession & with shoutings to the door of the church. The natives generally had indulged unreasonable expectation as to the loudness of the sound of the Bell. W h e n first rung, the atmosphere was unfavorable for the transmission of sounds & it was not heard at so great a distance as had been anticipated. Immediately murmurs of disappointment arose among the people �Hilo - Coan - 1859 8. & some hasty tongues reported that the Bell was a hoax & that the money paid for it was lost. Papaikou, a place some 5 or 6 miles distant on the coast of Hilo had been mentioned as the limit to which the sound of the Bell might reach; hut for a few days it had not b een heard at that point. The increased the murmurings. At length however, a more favorable atmosphere with, perhaps more skillful ringing sent the peals of the Bell over Papaikou & rolled them on to regions a mile or two beyond. This hushed all complaints - public opinion changed & a multitude of tongues proclaimed that it was a noble Bell & the best ever heard at the Hawaiian Islands. Thus this little squall passed over & again the sun shown kindly upon us. Pulpit. It is due to our excellent sister Mrs. Wetmore to state that by her suggestion and efforts a subscription was circulated among the foreign Ladies of Hilo to build & furnish a pulpit. On this sub­ scription $184.50 were collected & a neat & commodious pulpit was built. Most of the Foreign residents of Hilo, including numbers of the Chinamen, contributed cheerfully to aid us in this work. We are also under many obligations to many of our Missionary brethren & sisters, & to other foreigners & natives, in different parts of the islands, Including Their Majesties the King & Queen, for generous & timely aid. All these helps acknowledged in another place. Thus the Lord has raised us up helpers beyond our expectations, & supplied us with means for building his house where we did not an­ ticipate them. He has opened fountains In the desert. us that the silver & the gold are his. He has shown He has been better to us than �- . Hilo - Coan - 1859 our fears. He has exceeded our hopes. He has encouraged our faith. 9. He has chided our unbelief. He has challenged ( !) our gratitude and to Him he praise & glory forever. Meeting Houses at Out Stations. At several of our Out Stations the houses of worship have been repaired & improved. nent style. None of these houses are finished in a perma­ In Puna they are mostly built of rough stone with thatched roofs - and furnished with rude pulpits & seats such as the natives are able to make for themselves. In Hilo they are mostly framed houses, some of them floored & seated, but all thatched on the outsi d e . Pastor's s a l a r y . (!) This was promptly & cheerfully paid (?) for the year 1858, and a balance of 220$ was passed over to account of the meeting house to aid its funds. Contributions. Under this head we include what the people have done during the past year for the cause of Christ, in its different departments. At the regular monthly concerts they have contributed in cash 1624$, and the whole amount, mostly in cash, for all objects 6000$. In this estimate we do not profess to be exact, but we think It is not an over estimate. Most of our data are definite; but we have not kept an exact account of cash paid in during the past year on the old subscription list of the Chh. i.e. we have not kept these sums distinct from subscriptions paid previously on the same list. Labors in English. For lack of an English Chaplain I have endeavored to preach once on each Lords day, when at home, to Foreign Residents & Seamen. Besides this what time & a t t e n t i o n could be devoted to seamen �Hilo - Coan - 1859 during the week has been devoted cheerfully. buting Bibles 10. In securing & distri­ , Books, Tracts etc - and in entertaining & conver­ sing with Seamen no little time has been spent, & not without some comforting evidence that the labor was not lost. But with all my other cares this labor is too heavy & it is to be hoped that the Lord will, in due time release ( !) me by sending one better qualified for the post. In Conclusion, we would most devoutly thank the Lord for the distinguished mercies of the past. He has crowned the year with his goodness, & we owe him a deep debt of gratitude. We would, also, be humbled before him in view of our, sins & the sins of the people & pray for the awakening and purifying influences of his Spirit to prepare us for more faithful & acceptable labors in his vineyard. Statistics. Whole number received on profession " Certificate 587 Received the past year on profession 48 " " " " " 11202 " " " Certificate Whole number received past year " " Dismissed 4 Whole number deceased 5790 Deceased the past year " " 62 776 Dismissed the past year Excluded 14 215 " 35 350 Remain Excluded Now in regular Standing 4873 Whole number of Children Baptized Baptized the past year Marriages " " " Contributions to Sundry Objects T. Coan, Pastor. 4039 75 51 $6000 �Report of Hilo Station for the year ending April 30, 1860 The -past year at Hilo has been distinguished by no remarkable incidents. The days & months have passed quietly away, loaded with mercies and calling for gratitude. Silently, slowly & surely, changes are being effected in the physical, intellectual, social, moral & religious condition of that district. Every year contributes something to this change; but although the progress of a year may hardly be noticed on the scale of improvements, yet the aggregate advancement of one fourth of a century is distinct & striking. Through the mercy of God we have been permitted to mark some of the works of his Providence & grace at that station for the last 25 years. We do not, however, propose to notice all these changes in our present report. Want of time, & want of due preparation, occasioned by recent interruptions & extra cares will forbid anything like a full & elaborate expose of the progress & present state of the christianizing & civilizing work which God has wrought for that region & that people. Were we to compare the present Physical state of Eastern Ha­ waii with what it was 25 years ago we might say that the Lord had made "A new Earth" , True, old landmarks & old landscapes remain. The Sun & Stars look down on the same mountains & hills - the same forests & fields - the same rivers & floods. Sunlight & shadows, verdure & desolation - black scoria & living green - igneous and aq u eous streams chequer the mountain sides, the hills & the val- ' ley s, as in former years. But when we come to the habitations & haunts of man all is changed. The houses, the roads, the streets, the bridges, the fences, the gardens, the fruits, the flowers, the plantations, the animals, the employments, the furniture, dress, �Hilo commerce, material possessions etc - 1860 2. almost all things are changed reminding us of the voice which spake from the throne ~ "Behold I make all things new." 25 years ago all Hilo & Puna could "boast of b ut one framed house, and that belonging to a missionary 100. now we have more than Then we had not a single street in our town or a road in the country - Now our town is well provided with good streets & we have some 200 miles of tolerable horse road in the country. Then all our streams must be forded or swam, or left to run by - now numbers of them are well bridged, & we have hope that all the dangerous ones will, ere long, be thus spanned. Then you could hardly find a native, male or female, who could produce a dress of foreign fa­ bric - now it is as rare to find one, who cannot. Then the house­ hold furniture & the tools for industry could be told in the calabash ( !) - the mat, the poe-board ( !) & pestle - the kapa malet & oo, the Iron hoop adze & a few other traps. Now we see chairs, tables, trunks, costly bed-steads, cupboards, bureaus - table furniture, carpenter's tools - hoes, spades, axes, wheel-barrows etc etc. Then horses & horned cattle were rarely seen - now every body is mounted & cattle are - Then a silver or gold coin was almost as unknown as a Cyclops - Now cash is scattered by thousands & tens of thousands. Then we had no stores & few purchasers of g o o d s ; a doz. or more of the former & every man is a customer. now we have Then we had almost no manufacture or commerce - Now our exports in sugar, molasses, Arrow-root, coffee, fungus, pulu & other articles rival those of most districts of the islands. Then our schools & our worshiping assemblies all occupied rude thatched buildings; now we �Hilo I860 3. have at the station a neat framed school house, a commodious sem­ inary building & a church Edifice which would not dishonor a res­ pectable congregation in an enlightened city, besides many improved school & meeting houses in other parts of the field. In all these & many other respects a great change has been effected during the last 1/4 of a century Intellectual progress - Were we to enquire whether mind had marched or remained dormant ( !) & inactive during the period under review, we find the same evidence of elevation & progress which marks material improvement among the people.' The influence of schools, the teachings of Christianity, the progress of legislation, the supr emacy of law - the enlargement of business - the contact with men of skill & knowledge, the running to & fro of multitides the reading of books & newspapers - together with a thousand nameless influences, have conspired to arouse & expand the once dormant minds of the people. The amount of knowledge on the past history of the world or its present state, its activities or moving forces, its prospects, & upon a thousand subjects which interest man, Is, to that of 25 years ago as the river to the rill. Many minds among the people are exceedingly active & inquisitive ( !), and such minds gather & scatter knowledge like the forest leaves. We have now 600 subscribers to newspapers, & perhaps, several thousand readers. Many of the natives are nearly as well posted on the news of the day, foreign & domestic, as we are. Everything around the native is stirring him up to listen, to look, to enquire, to think & to know - The time of ignorance, so long winked at, is fast passing away, & light is pouring in from every point. Social changes are, also very apparent - Formerly the social, �Hilo 1860 4* like the intellectual state of the people was a gloomy chaos And although many dark features of the old state remain, still there is cheering progress - Individual & social distinctions are being defined & understood, & the social duties are better discharged by a greater number of the people. Very much, however, still remains to be done in this department of improvement and there is here scope for the action of the wisest head, the purest hearts & the brightest examples of the legislator, the philanthropist & the Chris­ tian, Past progress calls for gratitude & hope & patient effort on the part of all who love the Hawaiian race. Industrial habits. Superficial and uncandid reporters have often asserted that the present generation of Hawaiians are more indolent than the former, & that much less labor is now performed by the natives than 20 or 30 years ago. This assertion is not true; & to refute it we might simply point to the hundred, yea, thousand­ fold increase of property among the people, both personal & real. Whence their lands, of 50, 100, or 300 acres with allodial titles Whence their horses, cattle - Whence their full wardrobes, their improved houses, their furniture, their fenced gardens & fields; their ready cash, & their enjoyment of more of the comforts & some of the luxuries of life? These things have not come of chance nor of the indolent willing of the natives; but from thought, desire &, in many cases, of vigorous & patient toil, such as w as unknown to the ancient Hawaiian. It is, doubtless true, that a smaller proportion of our people now cultivate the soil, than in former times - And the reason is, that a thousand other objects of pursuit have been introduced and consequently other avocations are multiplied - Division of labor �Hilo 1860 5. was once hardly known here, now nothing is more obvious & few things more distinctly mark the progress of civilization among the people. Specification on this point were superfluous. In Morals also we note the same advancement - Public sentiment feels the invigorating power of truth, & it rises like a besom to sweep overt acts of sin from the face of day. Much sin that was once practiced by the multitude is now practiced by the few - and much that was once done openly & unblushingly now seeks the covert of night & the shield of denial to screen it from the eye:.;& the reprobation of the public. Intemperance - licentiousness, gambling & kindred vices hide away in such places to shun thegaze they cannot bear. Once it was not so - Ships could then Vice then stalked openly & defiantly abroad. gather a harvest of vile females on board & riot & gloat in debauch­ ery - & boast ever of their exploits in pollution & in the ruin of virtue & hope - Now those halcyon days are past with the repre­ sentatives of foreign civilization, & they are put to the incon­ venience of practicing their arts silly ( !) & in secret or of fleeting off to darker realms where the gospel has not yet made its revelations & its conquests. Perhaps it may be said with truth, that nowhere on Earth is there more quiet & a more constant sense of security to life with all its blessings than on Hawaii. But the crowning grace for which we should never cease to adore the Lord is The Spiritual advancement of the people. More than 30 years ago a good work was begun at Hilo - Fallow ground was broken up - good seed was sown in patience & watered with tears. Fruit was also gathered - A few were organized into a visible church & more may have been gathered Into the invisible �Hilo kingdom of the Lord. 1860 But these were but the first fruits of a coming harvest, harbingers of a brighter day - prelibations from an opening & rising fountain. The church has increased nearly 300 fold in numbers, & we do trust, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, in spiritual knowledge & life & power. Of the 11256 members gathered into it, the great majority have run well - better than friends had dared to hope & immeasurably better than enemies had prophesied. God has created & sustained ”a chosen generation” who have watched & prayed & toiled in his service - whose light has been seen - who have endured to the end, or are now holding on their way, & who show forth the praises of Him who has called them out of darkness into his marvellous light. All this, has, of course, been attended with fightings & fears from without & within - with the fall & rising again of many, & with the apostasy and wreck of others. But that so many have died in hope, & that such numbers still hold on their way, waxing stronger & stronger, is matter of devout & unceasing thanksgiving to God And we must & will say nThe Lord has done great things for us where­ of we are glad." The present state of the church is peaceful &, in a good degree prosperous. There is not that wakeful & spiritual interest in some branches of the church & in many of its members which should be; & yet there has been no scism ( !) [schism ?] or wide spread evil in the field— No temptation has taken us but such as is common, & all the church discipline ( !) has been of the ordinary kind, & no more than may be generally expected. Reviving influences have appeared at some points - Some have been among the inquirers, and 54 have been added to the church by profession of repentance toward God & faith in our Lord Jesus Christ - While some church members �Hilo 1860 7. have fallen under censure others who were previously suspended have made confession & been restored, so that the books about bal­ ance each other on this point. But death & removals are fast thinning our ranks, & decrease of numbers seems to be written as our destiny - Numbers of our young men go to sea, many of our people are drawn to Oahu or other parts, & the grave annually closes over 100 to 300. Consequently, as those out of the church are not numerous our ranks may diminish still more. But if the fruits of righteousness may but increase & abound in the living we will not mourn for the dead, or be dis­ heartened from the diminution of numbers. With our people the romance of religion is past & its facts, its foundations - Its principles, Its claims remain abide - - its realities Those who choose It Intelligently & with the heart They are the good-seed, rooted & grounded in truth & bring­ ing forth fruit with patience. Of these there are many - they are our joy & our crown, & we bless the Lord by whose grace they are called out of darkness & led into the light of life. The general labors of the past year have not varied widely from those of former years. In consequence of absence on the voyage to the Marquesas, one tour In Puna & one in Hilo have been omitted. T o u r s have been performed, viz. two to the South & two to the north. On these tours the chh. roll is called & each member is enquired after individually - instruction is given In detail, & all the ordinances of the gospel are administered to the numerous branches of the church at all the out stations. It is matter of consolation & encouragement that the members of the church in the rural & distant parts of the field, those who are seen by the pastor �Hilo 1860 8. only 2 , 3 or 4 times a year maintain as orderly & consistent a walk as those near the central station & who enjoy 20 fold more privileges . The reason, however, is obvious. With less religious instruction, the converts in these retired places have less positive & powerful temptations to sin. This is especially true of Puna. Not a single white man lives in that district & there is not a ship's harbor on the whole coast of 60 to 70 miles, And we think it may be said in truth, that there is no field, of our acquaintance where the masses of the people live a more quiet & peacable ( !) life, or where there ( !) is more evidence of a sincere & primitive piety. If there is genu­ ine hospitality, true friendship, & simple faith anywhere, we think it may be found in Puna intelligence. Nor are the people behind in general They have much Intercourse with Hilo & other parts of the islands - they read much in our books & papers, & they are ( !) inquisitive & communicative so that the knowledge of the one is extended, like leaven, to the mass. Some of our best schools & most interesting S. Schools are in this district. Our old practice of meeting the teachers & principle church officers in annual convention has been kept up the past year - One general meeting of this kind has been held at the Station, besides two local ones, one for the distant portions of Hilo & another for Puna. With us the grand Convention has become an important insti­ tution. It is a deliberative Christian body where reports are read, references entertained - all Important church questions discussed, church business transacted, resolutions adopted & counsels given. It is also attended with much prayer, & it assumes something of the character of a series of prayer meetings. Station Labors have been as usual. Two sermons in native, �Hilo 1860 9* one in English, a Sabb ath (! ) School exercise and a meeting for the church Session, for inquirers, for church discipline ( !) etc - com­ pose the regular routine of duties & fill up the day. During the week we have two regular lectures, "besides M . Concerts, funeral & other occasional public exercises. The rest of the time during the 6 week days is filled with countless & nameless miscellanies, such as no one can know but by experience - The full journal of a single day would often fill many sheets, & give a picture more diversified than any landscape - Thus the days, & weeks & years flow on - full of cares & toils - and full also of hopes, encouragements & consolations. Our Sabbath Schools have been sustained during the year. The children’s S.S. at the Station has been very well attended, but for want of the Aiokala or some good text book, the schools at out stations, have not, we fear, been as efficient, as in some former years. We have , however taken great pains, to keep up these schools, & have never been absent from one of them on the Sabbath. On the Common Schools we do not propose to report, further than to say, that we have repeatedly seen them all ~ have examined them in some of their exercises - have conferred much with the teachers have used our constant influence to stimulate them in all good, & that, on the whole, we think that many of them have been conducted with a commendable degree of fidelity & e f f icacy ( !). It may be expected that I will allude to the stereotyped subjects. Mormonisms ( !) & Popery. Of the former heresy I have not seen a Priest or Prophet during the year. peared. "Head & tail - branch & rush” - all seem to have disapA few, however, of the disciples of that delusion hide �Hilo 1860 10 . themselves from observation, hoping for a revival of their cause & waiting for the consummation of their hopes With the papists it is otherwise life like the Apocalyptic dragon - They are tenacious of Never have the zeal, the bold­ ness, the impudence & the audacity of the priests been more conspicu­ ous than during the past year - They are everywhere compassing sea & land - & entering hamlets & houses, scattering wide their poisoned doctrines in the form of catechisms, tracts, papers, etc. & backing up these papers by personal efforts in the form of expla­ nations, disputations, denunciations, promises, flatteries &c &c They are also collecting materials for building a cathedral or church which, we understand, is to eclipse the plain synagogue of their heretical neighbors. But with all this extra effort, this assurance & this fiery zeal they have made no impression upon the protestant ranks, i.e. so far as we can see; and we are not aware that their numbers or their influence is increasing. We may be mistaken, but such is our trust in the Lord. In the female department there has been much to encourage Mrs* C. has held weekly female meetings & had much consultation with that portion of the church & the fruit of these efforts is obvious in their better attendance on public & private duties. It has tended to increase industry, cleanliness, care of dwelling & of children and a general improvement in manners & in morals. Visiting from village to village & from house to house, at & around the Station, has, also, been practiced to an unusual extent during the year, & always with happy results. Every such visit seemed to tell for good in some form & each one led to the desire of more time for labor in this department. In this way the sick, the poor & the friendless are found & comforted, the careless �Hilo 1860 11 awakened, backsliders reformed, the tempted & deceived succored & taught & neglecters of the public worship of God brought into the house of prayer - This is a service which, above all others does the heart good - And the blessing is twofold. - direct & reflex - It is scattering to increase - giving to receive - losing to find. The pastor Is happy to express his obligations to his respected Associates for their sympathy & ready cooperation in all that tends to elevate & bless the people. This influence is constant & reliable & it is, under God, a great comfort and a decided help. Beneficence. As we have had no special interprise before us during the year we have done nothing extra in the way of giving. The building of our new church cost us much toil & effort & when it was completed we all felt, perhaps too much, like resting awhile from any new & arduous undertaking. It seemed like rest after hard toil - after a journey, a stormy voyage or a warfare - Our con­ tributions have not, therefore run as high as for the year previous Still they have been like the constant dropping or as the gently running rill - The pastor's salary has been paid - been appropriated to the H.M.S. 500 $ have 200$ to the H.B. & Tract Soc - Several hundred dollars to foreign objects of benevolence, & something has been done for church erection in our own field & in other parts of the islands; -while the poor, -who are always with us have not been entirely forgotten. Our Monthly Concert contributions have avar- aged ( 1) about $100 through the year We feel that we have but poorly discharged our obligations in this as in all other duties, & yet we will bless the Lord for the grace which has led our people to communicate what they have. �Hilo 1860 12 . Labors in the English department. Perhaps it will he expected that I say a word on my labors for Seamen & foreign residents. In this field I have endeavored to do what I could so far as me time & ability. One English Service has been maintained on the Sabbath during the year, & a great amount of time has been spent during shipping seasons, in looking after sailors, in receiving their calls, in personal conversations, & in selecting & distribu­ ting among them, Bibles, Tests. & other religious books & tracts. I have taken unwearied pains to keep myself supplied with Bibles in all the languages of seamen who visit the islands & also in the religious publications of m ost of the leading benevolent Societies of the U.S. and from this variety every ship that visits our port, is, with rare exceptions, supplied with a liberal bundle of reading matter. How much good is done to seamen in these ways, eternity must reveal - Sometimes we feel faint in looking at this great class of wild & wandering men, & distressed that so few of them seem to realize their position in the world & the destiny which awaits them While Jack (?) seems to care little for himself he also may say with too much truth, '’No man cared for my soul” But we do not labor for seamen without hope. There are stars In the midnight sky - and there are some among the seamen who reflect a few rays of light, & who appear as harbingers of a future day yet to dawn upon the Sea ~ No season passes without revealing some things cheering among Seamen - Some are struggling upwards - Some are feel­ ing for the light - Some appear pious - some tender - some candid & some determined to seek the Lord. On the whole we have great �Hilo 1860 13 reason to praise the Lord for the goodness & mercy which have attended his servants & his people during the past year - To Him be glory forever. Statistics of Hilo Church. Whole no. received on profession " " " - - - - " Certificate 593 Past year on profession " " " - - - Certificate - 788 Dismissed the past year 12 Whole no. deceased - 5915 Deceased the past year " " " 125 - - 30 Remain Excluded Now in regular standing 370 - 4776 Whole no. of children baptized Baptized the past year 4076 - - - Marriages the past year $3000 T. Coan Report of Hilo Church for 1860 Rev. T. Coan 37 43 Contributions to sundry objects [On back] : 54 6 Whole no. dismissed Excluded 11256 �Abstract of Hilo Report [Coan 1860] I Changes during the last quarter of a century 1 Physical - These have been great - Almost like a new creation, 2 Intellectual - In this there is a greater advance than in physical facts - 600 newspapers are taken - & general intel­ ligence spreads through the field - 3 Social Relations - These are better understood & better enjoyed - 4 Morality. Public sentiment is more pure & more vigorous - Vices, once open & unblushing now hide in secret places Nowhere is there more quiet peace & safety than on Hawaii. 5 Religion. In this the Lord has done great things for us - The wonders of his grace call for our highest admiration & most ferv ent thanks. Of the 11256 who have been received to the church, the greater part have witnessed a good confession - Many have gone to their rest & many, we trust, are now on their way to glory II Review of the past year. General peace & prosperity. Reviving influences in some places. Added to the church 54. Sabbath Schools well sustained Tours among the outposts all attended with good results. Contributions for the general cause of Christianity some 3000 dollars. Labors in the English department as usual - Preaching in English every Sabbath Distribution of books & tracts to all ships etc. �Abstract of Hilo Report 1860 Statistics Whole no. " " on profession 593 " Past year " " " profession " certificate Whole no. dismissed Past year ” Whole no. deceased Past year "" 11256 " Excluded Remain " 54 6 788 12 5915 125 30 370 Now in regular Standing 4776 Whole no. of children baptized 4076 Baptized past year 37 Marriages 43 " " Contributions to Sundry objects $3000. �Report of Hilo Chh. etc. for the year ending Apr. 30, 1861 Time moves. Years roll. Seasons come & go. in the present & retire into the past. Events appear All things are full of labor To number days - To mark events - To improve Providences - To trust to pray - to work while the day lasts - is to be wise. But to record & report the scenes & the facts of a single year is beyond the power of man - God alone comprehends all - Our work is, to select a few points - & to jot down an occasional fact General Observations. Nothing of a remarkably striking character has occurred in our field during the past year. There have been changes, physical & spiritual - some it may be, for the better & some for the worse. But the general aspect of things has been even & quiet. External peace & order have prevailed to such an extent that all who would were able to live quiet & peaceable ( !) lives in all godliness & honesty. State of Education As this does not strictly fall under my department I shall not make it the subject of a report. As an observer & friend, how­ ever, I may be permitted to testify, that the year has not been with out its fruit, in this department. Our common schools have been conducted with as much ability as in any past period. Perhaps more. Our Boarding School has been full & prosperous as you will see from its report. A large English School for native children has also been in successful operation under the care of H. R. Hitchcock - assisted by Miss Sarah Clark. We think that this school has done well, & is in an encouraging state. �Hilo - Coan - 1861 2. General Intelligence. This is decidedly & rapidly increasing. Not so much, from books, for of these there are few in the language, & those chiefly for schools & religious instruction. But the circulation of more than 600 News papers, the running to & fro of the people, & their increased intercourse with men of business & intelligence, have awakened the observation, quickened the intellects & increased the general knowledge of multitudes. It is not uncommon to find natives who are well posted on most of the great facts & events of the day. Sabbath Schools. These have been well sustained, both for children & adults. Four schools, numbering in all 300 to 400 meet every Sabbath morning at 9 o'clock, at the station. Besides these about 20 others are conducted by natives at outstations. In all these more or less good, w e trust, has been done. Tours. The pastor has been permitted to make his usual number of tours - viz 6 - Three to the South through Puna & three through North Hilo - These have been cheering in their results. The large flock has thus been seen in its divisions & sub-divisions, & looked after in detail - The roll has been called & inquiry made as to the state of every individual. Mortality. The calling of the church roll reveals the mark of death Everywhere we see his foot-prints & count his victims - Our whole field is strewed with the bones of the departed; & in walking over my parish I seem to be walking over a great & continuous graveyard. 234 members of this church have died during the past year and I move �Hilo - Coan - 1861 3 among the tombs of 6149 of my flock, besides the many little child­ ren & adults who have died without coming into the communion of the church. It is a solemn thought to survey this great congregation of the dead - to compare it with the lesser & wasting one of the living to think how soon all of us will sleep together in the dust - and to look forward to the day when we shall awake to the awards of the judgment. While we fear that some will come forth to shame & everlasting contempt we have hope that many will rise to everlasting life. One of our test men, Nakai , has "been recently called away He was a man full of years & full of faith & the Holy Ghost. Dili­ gent in his Master’s work, fervent in prayer - firm in faith, he endured to the end. We mourn for him as for a father - But he rests from his labors, & we doubt not it is well with him. Reviving Influences. On this subject we would speak with care, & yet we would mag­ nify the grace of God with thankful hearts. We cannot say that a great & powerful revival has swept over our field; but we do say that the Lord has not left us without witness of his power & love - In many parts of Hilo & Puna an unusual spirit of prayer & of activity has prevailed A gentle & subduing influence has been felt - Meetings have been full & earnest - Many of the careless have awaked - backsliders have returned with confessions & tears, & some of our most hardened & hopeless people seem to have become new creatures. The interest has not been uniform & universal through all the field. In some places it has been more distinct & pervading & in others, less so Had there been more faith we should have seen greater things. we cannot be unthankful for what the Lord has done for us. But �Hilo - Coan - 1861 4. (?) Ever since the world’s concert a daily prayer meeting has been sustained at noon - at the station. A meeting for prayer & confer­ ence is also kept up every evening. While we have reason to blush & be ashamed at our little faith yet we will praise the Lord for this reviving in our bondage - and for all the grace he has bestowed upon his people. Contributions. The free will offerings of our people have been only of the ordinary kind. No great & extraordinary object has been before them to call for extra efforts. Still, they have done well. The amount of their public contributions to the various objects of Christian enterprise is about 3700 dollars. Besides this an indefinite amount has been given by indivi­ duals in a quiet & private way - Many have done cheerfully & nobly in this work. Papists. The devil is not dead - Neither are his angels & ministers asleep. Never, in the history of the Hilo church, has there been such a well concerted, determined & persistant ( !) onset of the papists as during the past year. The building of a new & attractive synagogue & the issuing of numerous papal tracts have been made the occasion of a most vigorous effort to proselyte our people The priests and neophytes go everywhere & use every motive in their power to entice the natives ~ They visit the old & the young the well & the sick - & urge them to abandon their faith & join the papal ranks - They may be classed with those who creep into houses & lead captive, not silly women only, but foolish & men & ignorant children - But their success, hitherto has not been in proportion to their efforts. If they gain at one point they lose at �Hilo - Coan - 1861 another, & whether they 5. have really gained at all, is uncertain. In Puna & North Hilo they have, evidently, lost ground. They have not a single school in these parts, & only two in the whole field. These are at the Station, & here they are making their most desperate efforts. I know of none who have joined them except some of the most worthless characters. Organization of an Ecclesiastical Association. In Oct. Messrs Paris, Bond & Shipman with the Hilo mis­ sionaries, & native delegates from all the churches on Hawaii, met in convention & organized an Ecclesiastical Association, de­ signed to secure the unity, cooperation, order & improvement of the churches on the Island, & to increase their influence for good in the general cause of Christ. This Association continued its sessions one week & with great harmony & Christian love It was a season of spiritual good, and we trust the influence thus happily commenced will continue to flow on to future gen­ erations. All the discussions of the meeting & its resolutions & records were in the Hawaiian tongue. This gave great inter­ est to the native delegates & spectators, & Its influence was, evidently for good. Church Convention. This annual convocation of delegates from all the branches of the Hilo Church In Hilo & Puna, has become an important institution. fulness. It is a season of great Interest & of much use­ All questions relating to the interests, the enterprises & the usefulness of the church are there freely discussed, plans of labor are adopted - moneys appropriated. �Hilo - Coan— 1861 6. The Convention seems to have "become a fixed fact. English Department. In consequence of a great pressure of labors we have felt obliged to relax In some degree our labors for foreigners. English preaching has been sustained during the shipping sea­ sons & at some other times. Much private labor has., also, been bestowed on Seamen & others, in conversation & in the distri­ bution of tracts & books. But it is exceedingly difficult to look faithfully after this department in addition to all the other cares of the pastor. Obstacles to our Work. These are not, perhaps, peculiar - Human depravity is developed everywhere - & this is the great enemy with which ministers & Christians conflict within & without. Hilo is a port visited by more or less foreign seamen, & we all know the direct & vigorous & persistant Influence of a large part of such visitors on our native churches & people. Sometimes it seems as if they would trample & consume every plant in the vineyard of the Lord & destroy all the fruits of missionary toil & care. But the Lord of the vineyard helps & we still praise Him, & we shall yet praise Him. Local temp­ tations to vice also increase with the increase of a foreign population, of business & of means of carnal indulgence - Our people are being taught new forms & new modifications of vice, & every effort is made on the part of ungodly men to weaken their faith in the Bible, in the Instructions of their teachers & in the retributions of eternity. Quite a class of �Hilo - Coan - 1861 foreigners at the Islands are determined, if possible to destroy the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath - & to trample on all the laws which protect chastity & temperance. The weakness of the marriage relation, is also, a pain­ ful evil In the land - Cases of conjugal infidelity are nu­ merous & the forsaking of husbands & wives seems not to be diminishing - So far as we can see - most of the civil officers of the land are very slow to execute the laws on this subject & also in relation to Sabbath desecration. �Hilo - Coan - 1861 8. Another disheartening fact is the continued decrease of the people. It seems mournful to pass over large tracts of country once filled with villages, occupied with a numerous population & jubilant with the noise of childhood, hut now solitary and silent. The roaming habits also of the people is a great drawback on the comfort & encouragement of the spiritual laborer. Honolulu like a great maelstrom, seems to be drawing in the people from all the extremities of the land, only to engulf them. It is like Pharaoh's seven lean kine which devoured the well favored & fat & yet remained lean as before. It seems too much like the final rush of the blood to the heart, to sustain for a little while its last heatings. About 700 members of the Hilo church who have not yet been transferred to other churches are permanently absent; besides perhaps an equal number who are absent temporarily. This reduces our actually resi­ dent & working force to about 3000. Encouragements. These are many & great - and chiefly the promise of our almighty Savior - Lo ! I am with you always. With the sustaining fact that the Lord r e i g n e t h . These promises, coupled with long experience of His faithful­ ness, & connected with all the evidence of his renewing & saving grace in the hearts of this people impart strength & hope to the fainting spirit & encourage us to go on our way rejoicing in the Lord & feeling the assurance that through faith & patience we shall inherit the promises. �Hilo - Coan - 1861 Statistics. Whole number received on profession " " " ," Past year on profession ” " - - - - Certificate 604 - - .- Certificate Total the past year Whole number dismissed - ~ - 45 6149 Deceased the past year - - - Excluded the past year Remain Excluded - - - Total children "baptized - - - Hilo Station - 1 Rev. T. Coan 4162 86 - -- Contributions to various gospel objects Report of 340 4644 Baptized the past year Marriages the past year 234 20 How In regular standing 1869 117 833 Total deceased [On back:] 106 11 - - - Dismissed the past year 11362 48 $3700. �Abstract of Report of Hilo Station - May, 1861. General order & peace have prevailed throughout the whole field. All the interests of education have been cared for & prosperity has attended this department of labor. General intelligence is diffused & increased among the people, not only by means of books & schools; but by the circulation of more than 600 copies of News Papers & by an increasing communication with men of business & Intelligence. Sabbath Schools are sustained In all parts of Hilo & Puna with encouraging interest. Tours, three to the North & three to the South part of the field, have been performed with happy results. The Bill of Mortality has been rather large:- though no remark­ able sickness has prevailed. 234 members of the church have died, & the pastor moves among the tombs of 6149 of his flock. There has been a gentle & precious revival of religion over most portions of the field. The church has been aroused & encouraged backsliders reclaimed & sinners have been hopefully converted. [On back:] Abstract of Hilo Report 1860 - 1 . �Abstract of Rep. of Hilo - 1861 2 Contributions for gospel objects have been well sustained though no special interprise has been before the people - The amount contributed is 3700 dollars. ■ The papists have been determined & persistent in their efforts to proselyte but without the success commensurate with their zeal & perseverance. Taking the whole field into view it is not clear that they have gained ground. An Ecclesiastical Association of pastors, delegates etc. for Hawaii was organized at Hilo in Oct. 1860. The regular annual Convention of delegates from all the branches of the Hilo & Puna church was held in Dec. 1860. So far as the pastor has been able he has attended to preaching & other labors in the English department. Among the obstacles to the work of the Lord in Hilo, may be mentioned the strong influence of irreligious foreigners, & the de­ creasing state of the Hawaiian people. The encouragements are the promises & power of an ever present & ever faithful Redeemer. �Report of Hilo Church ~ for the year ending May 15 - 1862. How often we are called upon to say to our Lord "Thou crownest the year with thy goodness - " In a world of changes, of trials & of sorrows, Hilo has been preserved, with few exceptions, in peace & prosperity - During the last three months there has been more or less sickness, hut cases of mortality have not been numerous The year has also been marked with the general prevalence of outward morality & order. Public peace has not often been disturbed by out-breaking & scandalous transgressions. One foul crime has startled us robbery of John Ely & wife - We refer to the murder & For the first time during a residence of 27 years have we been called to mourn for such a tragic crime committed in our field of labor - Thefts & robberies have been rare, & life has been considered more secure than in the most civil­ ized & Christian countries on earth. Who the actors were, in this bloody crime, we are not yet permitted to know - A mystery hangs over the scene which may not be removed in this life - The case is in the hands of a just & holy God Aside from this unhappy outbreak of depravity, we have had unusual peace & quietude - But we have been startled by the trump of death in another quarter. We have been suddenly summoned to weep over the dust of our departed brother Shipman - God called him away on the 21st of Dec. 1861 in the 38th year of his age, in the vigor of his manhood & in the midst of his usefulness a clear sky - The blow fell like a bolt from So sudden & so unlooked for was it, that none of the �Hilo - 1862 - Coan 2. missionary brethren or Sisters were permitted to reach the scene of mortal strife until the conquering Spirit had taken Its flight to a brighter world - We were only permitted to mingle our tears & prayers with the widow & the fatherless; to counsel & condole with the bereaved church & people, & to preach in saddened joy & hope over the grave of our departed brother The widow & children have been removed to Hilo where they are sheltered & cared for & they are commended to the prayerful considera­ tion of their brethren and sisters of the mission. Our Schools have been in successful operation during the year, & they have been conducted with as much efficiency as in any former year. Besides our Boarding school we have a large school of native & half- c ast ( !) children, taught in English by H.R. Hitchcock & as­ sistants - Also a smaller school, of 30 pupils, who are taught English by Kua, a son of the missionary, Kaaikaula Our common schools have done very well through the year so far as we have been able to judge of them. Sabbath Schools for children & adults have been sustained through­ out the field. As to the church, it has, perhaps, had fewer cases of discipline (! ) than In most past years. But it is also true that it has not been so spiritual as it should be or as it has sometimes appeared to be. Worldliness bewitches many, & new objects of interest & enterprise draw away the heart from the Savior & produce a spiritual lethargy which endangers the soul - In some places religious meetings have not been so fully attended as they should be - in other places, a lively and active spiritual state has prevailed My Tours have been as usual, viz. three through Puna & three in Hilo - All these have been attended with circumstances of mercy, �Hilo - 1862 - Coan & all have appeared to yield fruit - 3. The whole roll of the church has been called & every individual member enquired after. We have, also, held our Annual Convention of delegates in which important subjects have been discussed & church business trans­ acted. The Hawaiian Association met at Hilo in Oct. but several of our ministerial brethren were providentially prevented from attending. At this Meeting the Licenses of Pilipo, Kauhane & Pihe, our three Hawaiian licentiates, were renewed Here also the subject of the domestic intellectual & religious education of Hawaiian females was earnestly discussed, & our lamented brother Shopman was appointed to commence a school for girls in Kau, with the understanding & implied pledge that said school should be the foster child of the Association & of the churches of Hawaii Brother Shipman returned from this meeting full of zeal & courage, and soon commenced the building of a small school house & the collec­ tion of funds for the opening of the school - The house was nearly completed & the time for opening the school was appointed when the messenger came & called him to a house not made with hands. His work ceased & we saw his face no more. He went to Punaluu, an out-Station, to spend a few days, with his family, & here in a little cottage under a burning sun, separated from the ordinary comforts of home, & without a missionary friend near him, he sickened & died - Thus the plans of our Association for the establishment of a female School were broken up. Still, however, we bear the subject on our hearts, & look with unabated interest for an indication of Providence that something of the kind may yet be established on our island Mrs. Coan has had two or three native girls under her care as �Hilo - 1862 - Coan 4. domestics for most of the year, "but her strength & time are inadequate to the task of conducting a school of this character. We are still hoping & praying that the little, unfinished school-house In Kau may yet he ocupied ( !) by the daughters of Hawaii, under the fostering care of some true sister of charity. Prom all the data at our command we are led to the con­ clusion that the natives of our field are still decreasing. The whole number gathered into the church by profession, during the year is 72 while those removed by death are 188. Our rec­ ord of deaths also greatly ournumbers our baptisms. Will this ebbing tide of being ever change & the return­ ing flood again fill all the life-channels of Hawaii? Besides six regular tours among his people the pastor of Hilo has been called away unexpectedly & suddenly to other points: first, as has already been noticed, to Kau, by the death of brother S. and next to Punahou on account of the severe Illness of our son - Consequently an unusual portion of his time has been spent in travelling & in labors abroad In all these things the hand of the Lord has been clear and his mercy great. Our ordinary public labors at the station are - 1st Sabbath School for children & adults at 9 A.M. 2d Preaching at 10 1/2 - 3 Meeting of chh. Session, of inquirers & of fallen church members at 12 M. 4th Preaching at 11/2 P.M. 5th Preaching at some out-Station or to prisoners at 4 P.M. On Wednesdays, Saturdays & monthly concert days lectures at 4 P.M. �Hilo - 1862 - Coan 5. Two days previous to leaving Hilo for the present meeting the pastor lectured on the last chapter of The Revelation This was the close of a series of lectures embracing every chapter & verse in the Bible & extending through several years To the pastor the exercise has been a delightful & profitable one, & we hope, through grace it has blessed others also. During our ministrations a t Hilo we have also delivered a series of lectures on "The Pilgrim's Progress" - Another on Papacy - A third on Church History and a fourth on M oral.Phil osophy, besides, the Ui fa catechism] & the Aiokala. Some 10,000 other lectures & sermons on almost every doctrinal & practical theme Very many hours 8c days are also spent In visiting the sick & in preaching the gospel from house to house, & in prisons & by the way side No reasonable efforts are spared in looking into schools, in endeavoring to g u i d e children & youth in paths of peace & in distributing books, tracts Sc papers among the people - We usually distribute 400 to 600 News papers in our field with no small amount of labor Sc care - These are probably read by several thousands. We have built no distinguished church edifices during the year - Some old ones have been repaired & several hundred dollars collected for churches in anticipation - Our movements in the line of Chh. Erection are not rapid - and perhaps for two reasons; we are slow to dig & ashamed to beg reason is, of course, no honor to us. The first �Hilo - 1862 - Coan 6. Our contributions have been, fair, amounting, for all Christian objects, as churches, pastor's salary & missionary purposes, to about 3600 dollars We have had less seamen during the past than in previous years. With those who were accessible I have labored person- aly ( !) as in former times - & have also furnished all ships with tracts & other reading matter. I have also preached in English when ships were in port - but have not felt able to keep up English preaching through the year - My native exer­ cises being always four & often five on the Sabbath. But what has been lacking on my part the Brethren have supplied in keep­ ing up an English exercise for reading, prayer & praise on the Lord's day This service has been attended by our Christian neigh­ bors & sometimes by others The papists still exert all their energies to lead our people Into their toils. A few have joined them during the year, & as many, probably, have forsaken them ~ They have no schools in Hilo & Puna except two at our Station - They keep up a small congregation in town, but scarcely a vestige ( !) of one remains in the other parts of the field church is nearly completed the natives. Their new It is designed to dazzle & attract Its consecration will soon take place, & this will, probably, be an occasion of much display & of strong efforts to draw in proselytes Our District Attorney, Chamberlayne, has united with them during the past year. This is in keeping - as he is a strong Secessionist, & a stranger, as we fear, to all sympathy with �Hilo - 1862 - Coan true & rational freedom - 7. [This paragraph crossed out in pencil.] The Mormons have, also made new & vigorous efforts to revive their decayed cause in Hilo - They have resuscitated ( !) some of their old disciples, rebaptized them for the 2d & in some cases for the third time - evidently "washing them to fouler stains." They have a few converts only at two or three places In Hilo, hut none in Puna - Their repeated & vigorous efforts to disciple In that district have all failed m an in Puna will listen to them. Not a Some of their leaders in Hilo, carrying their foul doctrines into practice, have been convicted by the laws, fined or thrown into prison. On a careful review of the past year we have great reason to bless the Lord & to humble ourselves - To bless the Lord for his great patience - for the peace & harmony he has vouch­ safed to us, & for all the multiplied tokens of his care & love in things temporal & in things spiritual. To humble ourselves for our failure to appreciate his mercies & to improve (?) his blessings in a proper manner May the good Lord pardon & continue to bless his people. Statistics. Whole number received on profession - - - - - - - 11,434 " " " by certificate 626 Received the past year on profession _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 72 " " " " by certificate 22 Total the past year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 94 Whole number dismissed 857 Dismissed the past year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 Whole number deceased 6337 Deceased the past year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 188 Excluded the past year 18 Remain Excluded 338 Now in regular Standing 4528 Whole number of children baptized q q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4210 Baptized the past year 48 Whole number of marriages 2540 Marriages the past year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 Contributions to gospel objects $3600.00 T.. Coan Pastor - �Synopsis of Report of Hilo Church. Amidst the vicissitudes ( !) of time & the convulsions of E m ­ pires Hilo has enjoyed a year of peace & prosperity. To the above remark there has been one sad exception. For the first time during a residence of 27 years has the blood of murder stained our soil - The tragic death of John Ely & wife filled us with surprise & consternation. All our Schools have been in successful operation during the year - An increased number of children are learning the English language. Sabbath Schools have been sustained throughout the field, both for children & adults. Comparatively few cases of discipline ( !) have occurred in the church - In some places there has been a wakeful interest in spirit­ ual things & in other places worldliness & spiritual apathy have too much prevailed. Tours through the -whole field have been performed as in former years and with like cheering results - The state of every individual member of the church has been made the subject of Inquiry. Annual Conventions of the Hilo church & also of the Evangelical Association for Hawaii have been held in Hilo with much interest. Much has been desired & something attempted in the line of female education. Prom the data at hand we fear that the decrease of the people still continues. Something has been collected for the building of new houses of public worship - & the contributions to all objects of Christian enterprise amount to about 3600 dollars. Papists & Mormons have made desperate efforts to disciple to �1862 - Synopsis of Hilo Report their errors, but with little success - No Mormon & only two papal schools exist in Hilo & not one in Puna. Fewer Whale Ships have visited Hilo than in former years - but efforts for the good of this class have not been neglected. In the present state of the field there is much to encourage, much to deplore & much to challenge the prayers, the hopes, the love & the patient efforts of the pastor. T. Coan The pastor has just [finished] his last lecture of a series embrac­ ing every chapter of the Bible. �Report of Hilo Station for the_ y e ar_ending May_ 2 5, _1863_ Time speeds. Days, months, years pass as arrows from the how which spans eternity. "We spend our years as a tale that is told" - & we tell the story of a year as the dream of a night. Prom our scattered towers around the walls of our Hawaiian Zion herald calls to herald & watchman echoes to "Watchman what of the night" . In our present report we notice, first a few outlines of The field under review. Hilo & Puna lie upon the Eastern coast of Hawaii between the bases of the mountains, Kea & Loa and the "great Sea" - having Hamakua on the N.W. and Kau on the South - being about 100 miles by coast-line, in length, & embracing about one third of the island of Hawaii. " Hilo is a land of clouds and rain - of rivers & cascades and of the ceaseless noise of many waters - It is a land of hills and valley s - of ridges & ravines, of forests & jungle & mud It is, notwithstanding, one of the loveliest landscapes on which the sun shines or the clouds scatter pearls - It is a land of al­ most unrivaled luxuriance ( !), & tropical beauty. Puna on the South - lies under the shadow of the great vol­ canic dome of Mauna Loa, embracing a portion of the fiery Kilauea with scores of pit & cone c r a t e r s , mostly extinct, but some of them still smouldering & emitting steam & sulfurous ( !) gases ( !). It abounds with springs, & pools & caverns of hot water & in a thousand places it exhibits the presence of volcanic fires at no great depth below the surface, & it is liable at any time to dis­ turbances from the throes of the old & capricious goddess Pele. �Hilo 1863 2. Along the shores & to some distance inland Puna Is almost a dead lever;; but it Is diversified with forests & jungle, with fertile soils & vast fields & floods of lava - sometimes smooth & lustrous & often scariform & jagged, and scattered ( !) & heaped in wild con­ fusion - Not a river or a stream of living water refreshes this district in its whole extent of 70 miles. Population. The latest census makes the population of Hilo 4800 and that of Puna 2000. This is less than half the population when we commenced our labors in the field. "Life & immortality" have en­ lightened the people & yet the Angel of death has hovered over the land. We now notice some of The Moral Aspects of the field. W h ile the omniscient ( !) Eye sees all the corruptions of the heart, & while much sin is found among our people, still we have great oc­ casion for joy & thanksgiving to God for giving to the blessed gospel such restraining, as well as constraining power that gross vices & outward demonstrations of depravity, such as once came forth with bold & shameless front, now retire to the shades, unable to bear the rising light -- Perhaps in no community are the outward manifestations of defiant vice less common - or the general quiet & order of the people more manifest than in Hilo & Puna - Our Sabbaths are undisturbed - our streets are free from tumult - our houses safe from fear - our lives & property are sacred - Law is respected & feared - the balances of justice hang out in the sight of all - All personal, social & civil rights are protected, &, above all the dearest rights of conscience are in free operation We lie down & rise up, & we go & come without fear - Truth, right­ �Hilo 1863 3. eousness & religion are invested with a charm, a dignity, a glory, which, where they do not the heart, inspire men with, an admiration & an awe which holds at hay the profane transgressor. Such, substantially, has been the external state of our community during the past year. We will now look for a moment at The Church. "In the peace of the land" says the prophet "shall be your peace" This has been true of Hilo - Probably no one of the past 20 years has called for less discipline ( !) for overt acts of sin in the church, than the past. Christians have not been remarkably spiritual or active in the work of the Lord, & yet cases of discipline ( !) have not been numerous. As light increases among them a greater number act from principle; and as public opinion gains purity & power it throws a stronger barrier around the right, & becomes an aid & a guardian of good morals. Wholesome law, also, is a shield & a handmaid to virtue; while the gospel, with its promises & its sanctions, alone reaches the heart & touches the vital springs of life. And this gospel has not been without Its effects during the past year. While the church, under its power, has been, generally, peaceful & harmonious, many of its members have appeared to grow in grace & in the knowledge of God. Many have led quiet & -peaceful lives in all godliness & honesty. Many have searched the -Scriptures daily & many have been active & stead­ fast in the work of the Lord. More than 50 hopeful converts have been added to our communion from the ranks of the world. The benevolent contributions of the church do not suffer by a compari­ son with former years, more than 3000 dollars having been given for various objects during the period under review.- �Hilo 1863 4. But with all our cause for joy & praise, we still have reason for grief & shame that no more has been done for Christ. not done our duty - We have Our faith has been too weak - our love too feeble., our zeal too cold, our hearts too selfish. & our efforts to ( !) few & fickle In our Master's work. Education. In using this term I do not intend to speak on all the elements & agents which it comprehends; but merely to state in p a s s i n g ( !) a few facts in relation to our Schools, leaving my worthy and laborious associate to give you a more perfect view of the subject. At Hilo Station we have 1st. The excellent & efficient Boarding School, of which you will hear a report from its Principal. 2. The Anglo Hawaiian School - of about 70 scholars - taught ef­ ficiently by Mr. R.H, Hitchcock assisted by Miss Mary Jane Alexan­ der 3. A small school of the children of foreigners, taught by Miss Bixby. 4. A family school, taught by our widowed Sister Mrs. Shipman. 5. Our public Station School, taught by an active & intelligent native. 6. A Common School taught by a papist. All these are In the town of Hilo - and beside these we have 6 other schools within about 2 miles of the Station, all taught by natives & under the care of the government. In North Hilo & Puna we have 21 more government Schools, making our whole number of daily schools 33. As a general remark these schools are doing a good work for our children, & bringing the means of a useful education within the reach of every child in Hilo & Puna. The teachers are all professors of religion & moral �Hilo in their lives. 1863 5. They pray in their schools & teach their pupils useful knowledge coupled with Christian truth & virtue. Most of these children are, also, led by their teachers, to the S. School & to the Sanctuary on the Lord's day - and among these pupils we have found cases of hopeful piety during the past year. It is the habit of the pastor, to visit all the Schools on his tours through Hilo & Puna, Of the 33 schools mentioned only 2 are taught by papists Se­ th ese are at & near the Station. In most of our Schools the art of singing has been taught and many of our children show a fine taste and capacity for music. As indications of progress, or marks of comparison, we may be allowed to say a word on The Temporal Condition of our people. It is an established truth, that "godliness" promotes temporal prosperity - Of the former virtue we have too little, &, conse­ quently, there is still too much of indolence, & weakness & want among our people — Many are unthrifty because they do not make the fear of God the essential element of life, or the great governing principle of action in all their daily business. But weak, wayward, indolent & Improvident as many of our people are, there is an in­ creasing class who aspire to a better condition in temporal affairs, & who are acquiring more skill., industry, energy & perseverance in reaching this condition. . . _ The amount of lumber used in Hilo, has greatly increased, & the number of respectable framed dwellings is con t a n tly being multiplied among our natives. The same is true of furniture, �Hilo both useful & ornamental - 1863 6. We cannot say that Hilo is finished. As our Island is not yet completed, b u t is rising & extending under the creating hand of Omnipotence, so, we trust, our civilization, in affinity with Christianity, will rise to a higher level, expand to a wider circle, & improve from year to year. We might speak of improved streets, an increased number of good bridges etc - with ample room for further improvements in this line, of two established ferries - of 2 rail-roads commenced of a third in contemplation, if not actually under contract; of a greatly increased amount of sugar-cane under cultivation, & of sugar manufactured - But we will not enlarge, for, with all our marks of progress we are still "a feeble folk”, & our signs of poverty, weakness & ignorance are more prominent than the opposite tokens. There is, however, as we think, advancement. Papists. Never has the papal power made such determined demonstrations at Hilo as during the past year. During the building of their new temple the priests, seculars, or carpenters, & other agents were full of zeal & confidence, using every art, argument & opportunity in their power, to proselyte our people. Great preparations were made for the consecration of their temple on the 9th of July. The Bishop & staff were on the ground days beforehand and arrangements were made to collect the priests and, proselytes from all parts of Hawaii & from other islands of the group. The church was decorated - attractive music: was provided a great feast was announced - sports, fire works etc. were promised new disciples were to be baptized & confirmed - M a s s celebrated, �Hilo processions formed &c & c . 1863 7. Every effort was made to charm the senses, & everybody was desired to attend,, every knee to b e n d & every tongue to swear before the images of Jesus, of the holy Virgin, of the blessed Primate Peter, of St. John, &c. The day came & went - A multitude assembled from different parts of the group & the house was consecrated with pomp & ceremony & the whole programme of masses, baptisms, anointings, chants - invoca­ tions, orations, processions, feastings, fire-works, horse-riding etc. was completed. In a few days the Bishop & priests returned to their posts, the people scattered & all was quiet. What number of proselytes were added to the papists by this persevering demonstration w e do not know - Quite a number, doubt­ less; but we know of none of our worthy natives who have joined them - Several natives, notorious for nothing good, were drawn into their ranks. A number who joined them under excitements have since returned to our meetings - The ordinary papal congregation is, I am told, small, & ours has not been diminished by their efforts. But we all know that the papists are determined, unscrupulous, arrogant & indefatigable. Probably they are the most subtle adroit & formidable foe to truth with which we are called to con­ tend; & they are an enemy not to be despised. Silently & surely they seem to be gaining power at the Islands - & no human skill or force will dislodge them - Our hope is only in the Lord - & our weapons are "The whole armor of God" - None other will ever prevail "When the enemy comes in like a flood" we know the only "Standard" to which we can repair. The Lord will destroy the Man of Sin by the breath of his mouth - truth - consume him by the brightness of his coming or by the clear revelations of his gospel through the demonstra- �Hilo 1863 8. -tions of the Spirit. Mormons. Of these few remain in Hilo & none in Puna - Numbers of their teachers have traversed our field during the year, laboring to disciple the people & collecting cash, horses, cattle &c wherever they could obtain them - Several of their proselytes have left for Mt. Zion, (Ranai) with other men's wives, assured by their blind leaders, that, in-two years, they will all shake hands with God in heaven. Ordinary Labors at the Station 1. Sabbath Labors. These are - A S.S. at 9 A.M . consisting o f 100 to 200 children & adults. interest during the year. This has been sustained with much Second - preaching at 10 1/2A.M. Third - A meetings at M. with the lunas, with inquirers & with any under church discipline ( !) - Fourth - Preaching at 1 1/2 P.M. a meeting at some out Station at 4 P.M. and sometimes Occasionally preaching in English 2. Week-day Labors. First. Lectures in Series, on Wednesdays & Saturdays - In this way we have, in past years, gone through the whole Bible The Pilgrims' Progress - A Compendium of Church History - Moral Philosophy ( !), some 25 Lectures on the History, Doctrines, Dogmas etc - of the Papacy - and I am now lecturing on Theology. Second - The ordinary & extraordinary miscellaneous labors of the week. These can hardly be named or numbered. Besides hours in the study & calls for books, for counsel & consultation in church business & In matters of difficulty between man & man, too often, between man. & wife, parent & child, teacher & scholar the pastor visits the sick - prays with the suffering, attends �Hilo 1863 funerals & labors from house to house as he has time & strength for the work. And these miscellaneous labors occupy a large proportion of the Pastor's time, and constitute the largest &, probably, the most important part of his work Tours. Of these the pastor has made three in Hilo & three in Puna during the year - The Circuit of Puna, ie - going by the shore & returning over the highlands, or visa versa - is more than a hun­ dred miles, & an ordinary tour occupies from 2 to 3 weeks The distance through Hilo, in going & returning, is 50 to 60 miles; but on account of the numerous gorges, the rapid streams, & the mud the travel is often equal to 150 miles on a decent road, and sometimes the roads & streams are perilous or impassable No one who has not witnessed like scenes can tell, the fearful fury of our swollen streams - and no one w ho has not struggled in such, dark waters can know the effort & peril attendant on crossing our rivers when high In Dec. I was stopped suddenly by a rapid rise in the rivers, & obliged to wait nearly two days for the waters to run by - At length the storm abated and, with the assistance of a number of bold & powerful natives, my horse was hauled over the rivers & I went on my tour. In April I was again shut in for two days be- twixt raging streams which the most expert & powerful natives dare not attempt to pass. I had been hauled, by ropes, across several made rivers - had travelled for a week in soaking rains & through deep mud - had stopped for the night in a deep valley, & in the morning when I awoke I was shut in on all sides by raging waters - Here I remained for two days & three nights, amidst;a scene of amazing grandeur - The dark clouds came rolling in from �Hilo 1863 10. the sea & shaking ( ?) floods from their heavy wings - The winds howled & a denser & still denser "pavilion of dark waters" hung over us - Near by "The deep uttered his voice & lifted up his crested waves on high and thundered upon the shore - Cataracts dashed in fleecy foam down lofty precipices; "the overflowing of the waters passed by" & mingled their roar with the roar of the sea, all the hills & precipices were hung with the dark drapery of clouds. The sight of the ocean rolling in majesty - of the foaming cataracts leaping down the. precipices; of the cold & turbid waters rushing along their rocky channels and of the clouds overhanging our little valley, together with the loud roar of the ocean, & the confused din of the rivers, the cateracks ( !) & the storm altogether formed a scene of grandeur ( !) & sublimity not often witnessed. But the storm passed, the clouds scattered - the waters subsided & sung in softer tones, & the great Sun came out in his robes (?) of light,- beckoning us on our way, & reminding us of the beautiful strains of the old Hebrew poet "As the clear shing after rain" Visit to Kau & Kona. In October I attended the annual meeting of our island Associa­ tion in South Kona, Spending a Sabbath in Kau i n going & another in returning; two Sabbaths in Kona, & taking Puna on my way back - This trip occupied five weeks. In Kona we ordained our Christian brother O.H. Gulick, & I was happy to see the auspicious commence­ ment of his ministerial & pastoral labors In Kau, & to enjoy a season of Christian fellowship with him & his family & people at such an interesting time - This was unexpected & providential Convention. Our Annual Convention was at Hilo, as usual, & during four days �Hilo 1863 11 consulted, discussed & prayed on matters pertaining to the Kingdom of Christ. This Convention is well attended by Lunas & teachers & full of interest. Helpers in the Gospel. You are aware that the chh. of Hilo & Puna is scattered over an extended territory ( !) & composed of more than 20 subdivisions, forming as many little congregations of worshipers on the Sabbath & other occasions. These meetings are sustained & these sub-par­ ishes looked after by a class of men called Lunas, usually headed by one as leader or president or chairman - These Lunas or Help­ ers, I instruct from time to time in the duties of their calling* as the Lord gives opportunity & ability, & some of them acquire skill In teaching & governing the church - Their labors are of immense importance - they are invaluable & indispensable ( !) They, however, need much instruction & constant supervision; to prevent mistakes & to keep them, awake to their duties. At the quarterly meetings of our Teachers, I usually, when at home, spend a day or two in Biblical Lecture for their instruc­ tion - and many of these Teachers are among our most efficient Church Lunas. We have another class of helpers among the Females. At the Station 'Mrs. Coan meets, instructs, directs & superintends a class of females who are very useful among the sick, the poor, the Ig­ norant & the wayward - and there are also females all over the field whose influence f o r good is not inferior to that of the males Female piety & female influence when appreciated & properly di­ rected, is a working element of vast importance in the Chh. of Christ, here & everywhere - �Hilo 1863 12. Evils Remaining. Indolence is one of the besetting sins & one of the curses of the people. It is the mother of vice & the mother of misery. But it is not s o general as it once was It has decreased won­ derfully, as all observers with clear eyes & candid hearts will testify - I do not stop to prove this position though abundant facts are at hand Licentiousness still abounds. This is provoked & aggravated by a class of men well known to us all - Still we believe that, notwithstanding the assertions of the enemies of virtue & the fears of its friends, this evil has been checked, and that pollution & moral degradation are not universal among our natives. Disease is a great & desolating evil among the people - This arises from a thousand causes, often complex & undefinable Sometimes it is hereditary - Often it is traceable ( !) directly to scandalous ( !) vice - Indolence begets It; but ignorance of & in­ attention to the laws of physical life is the hot bed which fills the bones & blood & muscles of this people with the seeds of the graveyard Superstition & idolatry ( !) still remain in the hearts of many, but they are not universal, our brethren of "The Reformed Catholic Church" to the' contrary notwithstanding - At any rate if these evils are universal here they are universal over all Christendom, over all heathendom & over all the earth. The Remedy like the disease is compound - physical & moral - If the rising race could be trained to industry, neatness & temperance in all their habits, the physical functions of the people would, ere long, assume vitality, & life would be more extended & happy. �Hilo 1863 13. But Moral forces are those which are to move & renovate the world in all things physical & spiritual. "Godliness has the promise” of the present as of the future life - Let us first christianize & we shall be sure to civilize this people. If the root be godliness, or true piety, the branches & the fruit will in time show a healthy civilization - But let us attempt to en­ graft civilization upon a rotten root & root & branch will fall together - Faith, hope, courage, fidelity, humility, weakness, patience, love - these fruits of the Spirit, these seeds of sal­ vation scattered wide & planted deep in the hearts of the people watched with vigilance & watered with tears, will, through the Eternal Spirit, renovate & and ( !) save the Hawaiians. else will do it. Nothing There must be a vitality In our preaching & in our lives if we would both save ourselves & those who hear us. I have given a rapid & superficial glance of the field, where Providence has permitted an unworthy servant to labor for 28 years. I say superficial, for I see only the surface of things - I deal with facts as Providence evolves them - with facts as they appear with present facts - not the past or the future - with those near not far off - "For that which is far o f f & exceeding deep who can find it?" "Secret things belong to God" - We do not search the depths of the sea or explore the bowels of the earth - So we do not sound the depths of depravity & the abyss of:darkness in the human heart - We see enough of the wickedness of our people & of our own wickedness to pain & alarm us - God in mercy spares us the full sight - But we will thank him for all the sunshine which falls on the moral landscape before us - We will bless him for all. The Encouragements he affords us in our work - - �Hilo 1. 1863 14. In his clearly revealed purpose to evangelize the world - Laboring in this work we labor in union & sympathy with the Eternal God, & who would not have courage to labor with such a Lord, & in a cause so sure to prevail & so glorious withal. 2. us - The Commission, Instructions & Promises of Christ cheer "Go teach all nations - "Lo I am with you always. Who can faint under such a Commission? Who can fear, or falter, or grow weary under such pledges? 3. We are also encouraged by The Power of the Gospel as seen in Its past history - Its conquests have been many, marvel­ ous & mighty - I need only to allude to them -. This glorious Gospel has lost none of its power - This fire & this hammer of the Almighty still melt (?) & break - This W ord is still quick & power­ ful - This bright Sword of the Spirit still separates ( !) the joints & the marrow. 4. We are encouraged in view of what God has done for Hawaii - His work here is marvelous in our eyes. We are amazed at it - & its very magnitude almost confounds us & stuns our faith - We are surrounded w i t h living, moving witnesses of the power & grace of our Lord Jesus Christ We have fathers & mothers, brothers & Sisters, sons & daughters, by hundreds & thousands, in this land, so lately darkened with the pall of death, & bouting (?) with heathen orgies. We have friends who would lay down their lives for Jesus & the gospel, & even for us - We have stars to deck the diadems of our unworthy heads - And again we say We wonder & adore - w e are amazed & say to all ’’S e e wh at hath God wrought." Let the blind, doubt the mid-day sun, & let the deaf deny the crashing thunder; but let us not doubt the work of God on these shores. Shame on us if we faint in this glorious warfare or lay off our armor till our Great Captain calls us from the field. �Hilo 5. 1863 15. And what cause of encouragement we all have from car own personal experiences of God's care & faithfulness has he left us? When & where In fire & floods - Upon the sea & the land - In fears, trials, temptations - Amidst flatteries & Everywhere & always, Christ, has been faithful - & his love & care have been our song in the night-watches; our balm in sorrows, our peace in tribulations - What has he not done for us as individuals & families - As husbands, wives, parents, children & in all the social relations of life? Ever our afflictions have been bless­ ings, & whenever ’’weeping has endured for a night joy has come in the morning" - Was ever a community more blessed in all things than the Sandwich Island Missionaries? 6. Allow me to add one thought more - The whole character of Him whose we are and whom we serve, inspires us with Encouragement to go forward in his work - True, righteous, faithful - holy, wise Omniscient ( !), gracious & Mighty to serve, we serve a perfect, an infinite & eternal Lord, to whom we can look at all times & for all good, with the assurance that our heavenly Father careth for us, & that if w e ask we shall receive, & that He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly - "He that spared, not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?" Statistics. Whole number received on profession " " - - 636 Received the past year on profession - - 57 - - - 10 - - 67 " " " 11491 Certificate " " - - - '" " Certificate Whole number the past year �Hilo 1863 Whole number dismissed to other churches 869 12 Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased 16. - - - Deceased the past year 6535 - - ~ Excluded the past year - - - 12 - - 540 Remain Excluded : Now in regular standing 198 - - -• 4383 4262 Whole number of children baptized 52 Baptized the past year Marriages the past year - - 38 2578 Whole number of marriages Contributions to Sundry Objects. " Pastor's Salary - - - - & 1200.00 Hawaiian Miss. Society - - - - 600.00 A. B. C. F . M. ---- -- 300.00 Church building & repairs - ---- 440.00 Lahainaluna Seminary - - - - Miscellaneous - Sick, poor, e t c . ~- - - - 90.00 80 .00 500.00 Cash on hand Whole amount 3210.00 Paid for News Papers & Books In March we enjoyed a precious visit from our venerable & distinguished Secretary Dr. Anderson, attended by his most worthy wife & daughter. This visit was exceedingly gratifying to our native people, & profitable, we trust to all. �Puna Is about 50 miles in extent on th e coast The whole population according to a census just completed is 4371 Most of the people live in villages along the shore though many hundreds are scattered over the interior from 5 to 20 miles from the sea. There are now nearly 3000 chh. members in good standing in Puna. There are two good locations for Stations about 20 miles apart and about 30 miles from Hilo. Each of these locations is now an out-post with a grass meeting house & a congregation of about 1000 souls. There are no harbors in Puna, but boats & canoes can land at many points in a still time. There are no foreigners in the district & hitherto the people have been comparatively free from foreign Influence. The present pastor even supposing his health & that of his family t o be good, can visit the district only 3 or 4 times annually. Physician for Hilo. 1. No physician can now be obtained in less than one week - perhaps two weeks. 2. A physician might supply Puna & Kau should stations be taken at these places. 3. He (?) might do much good in teaching or superintending schools. [T h i s is in written/pencil, and labeled on back: "Mr. Coan on Puna & Hilo"] � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Hilo - 1851-1863 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/42869eed1b8703d03afff61aa76f0497.pdf 3cb95a00037da38b5c4e8fbaa95d1ae2 PDF Text Text HILO STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Unsigned........................... ........ .......... 1831 Unsigned... .............. . ...........................*♦-.......... 1832 Unsigned.................... .............. . — Unsigned. .............. — .................... 1833 .......... .......... *........♦........ .. 1834 Unsigned, handwriting of D.B. Lyman.............. .................. 1835 Coan, Titus and Lyman, D.B..... ........ ........................ ...1836 Coan, T.... ............... ................................ ........1837 Goan, T. and Lyman, D.B..... ................. ..................... 1838 Coan, T .... ..................... ..............*................... 1840 Coan, T .... ............. ........ -................................ 1841 Coan, T................................ ............................ 1842 Wilcox, A, Report of Schools........................................ 1842 Coan, T....................... ........................................ 1843 Wilcox, A, Report of Schools.... ................................... 1843 Coan, T ........ ...... ............................................ .1844 Coan, T .............. .. .(for two year s.).......... .................. 1846 Coan, T, Statistics of Hilo Church & Schools.............. ..1847 Coan, T ........ .... .... (for two years)................... ......... 1848 Coan, T ................ ........................................... .1849 Added 12/87 Wilcox, A. ------- Report of Schools 1839 (2) 1840 �[Hilo - 1831] , A very interesting state of enquiry has continued the year past a goodly number give pleasing evidence .that they have met with a happy change. A number of the head men of differen[t] lands have left their homes for a short season & built houses near us in order to enjoy the advantages of the preached gospel. The greater part of the year past the state of anxiety has been such, that [on the ] day set to. attend to their enquiries that ( !) my house has been crowded from 2 o' clock P.M. till 9 in the evening by those coming & going to enquire the way of life. church membership 13 eight, 22 Admissions to children of the church members baptized stand propounded for admission the number of marriages 261. The number of schools is 83, scholars 1077 children, males,, 3347 females 3163 total 7587. Our time being being (! ) short the exact number of readers not ascertained, as near as we could estimate one third of the whole 2529. [Unsigned] [On reverse side] : Hilo 1831 �Report of the station at Hilo Hawaii from June 1831 to June 1832 In speaking of the state of things at Hilo we cannot conceal the fact that our hearts are pained by the daily exhibition of an indolent ternpre among the people; that there is a manifest and strong aversion among the many to thorough-going instruction, and that of the thousandswho attend upon the means of grace, few give satisfactory evidence of being savingly benefitted. How­ ever imposing to an occasional visitor the sight of the assembling and assembled multitudes may be, they who address them from Sabbath to Sabbath, and visit them from house to house and see them daily know full well that they may be likened to the bones in the Valley of Vision - "Very many and exceedingly dry" ! Yet we believe that a change has been effected during the past year, I [Roman numeral] in their habits. They are becoming more industrious. than formerly. There is less lounging The people are many of them building themselves better houses; the women manufacturing bonnets; and they spend more of their leisure time in reading [.] While we have in­ culcated the duty of being industrious, we have given them work amply sufficient to occupy their attention while not laboring with their hands. With the breaking up of their indolent habits, we believe their domestic happiness is increasing. We have, during the year, celebrated 120 marriages, and have not heard of a single breach of marriage covenant. Indeed, the change in the habits of the people in regard to illicit intercouse with �Hilo - 1832 foreigners within the last 18 months, is striking. 2. The blessing of GOD on labors directed to this point, hath changed a polluted slough, sending forth deadly exhalations to pollute the atmosphere, to a land of purity & health. II. In their attention to instruction imparted in schools. The want of industry, skill and enterprize in native teachers we sincerely deplore. Yet we believe that they are all rising some of them rapidly in these qualifications, and that the people are many of them awaking to the value of instruction. Since the last report, constant attention has been bestowed (?) on teachers. Of the people, some hundreds have learned to read, and among them some of the chiefs, who six months since did not know their letters. In January we admitted to a public examination those only who could read and we numbered 1987 exclusive of the teachers. The call for books has been unusually loud, so that we have disposed of nearly all at the station. III. W ith regard to the attendance on the means of grace, and the apparent effects produced, we have nothing specially favor­ able to report. Preaching on the Sabbath has been uninterrupted during the year, and our congregation large and attentive. The lecture on Wednesdays & the monthly concert have been decently (?) attended. We have, at present, no occasional meetings, except a meeting for the chh. on Saturday evening. Our ninaninau [a class for questioning (?) ] we recently dissolved believing it to be in­ jurious in its influence on those who belonged to it. Our po elima [Friday night meeting (?) ] , we regard & treat as a school W e a l s o have a school during the intermission between �Hilo - 1832. divine services on the Sabbath both for those who can read & for the ignorant. This with our Bible class which is deeply interesting, and our Sabbath school which is well attended, so completely fills up the Sabbath, that the people find no time to sleep. Two evenings each week we devote to singing. Since the last general meeting we have surveyed our entire field of labor. We have made the tour of Puna, and preached from village to village & we have again & again walked thro the length of Hilo, examined schools, and proclaimed the glad tidings of a Savior. In these itinerary tours we have preached 70 times, and have had much intercourse with the people. We have also taken two new stations - one in Hilo, and one in Puna, each 10 or 12 miles from Byrons Bay. There we have agreed to visit once each month to spend part of Saturday in instructing native teachers, and to preach on the Sabbath. We have thus widened the field of our la­ bors, and we cherish the hope we may be instrumental of good to multitudes who are in a great measured deprived of the means of Grace. The people are now building large and commodious houses for worship at each of these places. When whale ships have been in port, we have had preaching in English. This in connexion with private instruction and Christian intercourse, we trust has been blessed (?) to the conversion of our master; and we hope good impressions have been made on the minds of others. In January we admitted to the church three persons who were propounded previously to the last meeting. another. In April we admitted At present there are none propounded. We greatly need divine Assistance in the prosecution of our labors. We need the �Hilo - 1832 4. Spirit's influence to bring sinners to the Savior's feet. "Brethren pray for us." Results. Habits slowly improving (?) Schools - rising Readers Admission to the chh Marriages 1987 4 120 [Unsigned] �C O PY SANDWICH ISLANDS JUNE - 1833 We hav e been obliged during the whole year to mourn the absence of the converting & sanctifying influences of the Spirit. Though the word has been preached from sabbath to sabbath & a few individuals have manifested some concern for their souls, & perhaps two or three hundred have apparentlylistened to the word with as much attention as is usually mani­ fested by congregations in the United States, yet the great mass of the people who are found in the house of God, seem to have little more conception that the word preached is designed for them, than does the house in which they sit. To a stranger they might for a single sermon, seem to give the best attention. Only a partial acquaintance with them however is requisite, to enable any one to see, that what he might at first have mistaken for the silence of an attentive audience, is almost any thing rather than that silence which arises from a sense of God’s presence & a desire to hear M s word & that what, at the first glance, he might have mistaken for the look of fixed attention, is for the most part only the idle gaze of almost thoughtless mortals who at the close of a sermon can give no account of a single thought it contains. -— No additions have been made to the church during the year & but one individual propounded. A few others seem to give some evidence of piety, but considering the general de­ sire to become members of the church & the proneness of this. people to deceive, we have not such evidence as we wish. -We have been called to the painful duty of suspending four in­ dividuals from our little flock one for repeated instances of defamation aggravated by falsehoods made in order to conceal her crime; -- the other three for a violation of their promise in respect to the use of tobacco & bold & repeated de­ nials of their guilt. — One of this last number confessed her guilt more readily than the others & by her subsequent con­ duct evinced such repentance & humility as justified in our view her restoration. She has been accordingly restored to the privi­ leges of the church. — Our little fleck has also been diminished by the re­ moval of one of its members by death, so that the present num­ ber in good standing is only 15. — In respect to the sabbath we are able to state that there has been a cessation of labour on that day & that a con­ siderable portion of the inhabitants in our neighbourhood have attended divine worship in the morning. The remaining part of the day has been spent by them in sinful indulgence. We have had melancholy evidence that the attention given to the Sabbath is generally just that sort of observance which might �C O P Y SANDWICH ISLANDS JUNE - 1833 (Continued) fee expected from a people who could be more easily persuaded to lay aside their ordinary business two days in a week than to labour industriously one. This has been evinced also of late by a disposition to leave the house of God altogether & to spend the whole, of the Lord's day in sleep & heathenish sports. — In short, we ought to state that during the past year we have had every month & every week conviction more & more painful that we are in the midst of a depraved & degraded people, a people who without a more abundant outpouring of the Spirit than has been here witnessed willlive& die heathens. To say nothing of the outbreakings of sin & the evident desire of multitudes to return to all their old ways, the mass of the people are heath­ en in many of the more important traits of character. In res­ pect to their Imbecility of mind, to their ignorance of Christi­ anity, to the absence of serious desire for instruction & in respect to the family relation, they are emphatically a heathen people. — In regard to the external respect paid by the people to o f f the gospel, we are able to state that the morning service on the sabbath has been fully attended though the congregation has been usually less than last year. For a month or more past there has been quite a perceptible diminution. Our afternoon service has continued this year as last to bear deplorable testimony of the peoples preference to sleep & pleas­ ure rather than to the truth of the gospel. — At four o ’clock we have had a Bible class which two or three hundred have usual­ ly attended. It has been conducted in the form of a lecture; thalesson the verses for the Sabbath School the week following. We have had a Sabbath School during the year of about 350 scholars, — lately some dimunition. The classes have con­ sisted of about 12 scholars each — Most of the mission family have usually attended & after the teachers have explained the lesson one of our number has questioned the whole school. The scholars have been interested & we encouraged. — Wednesday afternoon instead of being devoted to a lec­ ture as formerly has been the past year occupied in reviewing the sermon & Bible class lesson of the preceding Sabbath. — The mental character of this people being what it is, we think they are much more benefitted by a review of the sermons they hear on the Sabbath than they would be by hearning another ser­ mon without a review. - The monthly concert, a Saturday afternoon prayer meeting a female prayer meeting Thursday morning & the observance of Friday previous to the Communion as a day of fasting & prayer complete the meeting of a religious character which we have held with the people, — At the commencement of the yeas our two out churches, one �-3- C O P Y SANDWICH ISLANDS JUNE - 1833 (Continued) at Hakalau(?)about the centre of Hilo, the other at Kuolo on , the border of Puna were dedicated to the great Jehovah. The former is the most important field, there being 16 or 18 hundred people within two hours walk; one third or perhaps one half of whom usually attend when there is preaching there in pleasant weather. — At that church we have preached 14 Sabbaths. One of the causes which has prevented our preach­ ing there so much as we otherwise should have done is, the streams in that direction are frequently so high as to render it difficult to pass them & sometimes impassible. Another cause is, the distance & ruggedness of the way is such that Mr.Goodrich has not always felt able to go there when he could go to Kuolo. Of those who meet at that church about two hundred commit scripture an the verse a day system. — At Kuolo, public worship has been conducted by us 22 Sabbaths. Rarely over 500 attend. Its principal recommendation for an out station is, that we can without difficulty go there Sat. P.M. & return Mon. morning, while there is no other place in that part of our field where we can go advantageously to preach without being gone several days. There are at that out church 50 or 60 who commit their verse a day. -Our field has also been visited in every part & the gospel preached in all the principal villages. Mr. Goodrich has gone through the whole field in making the tour of the island for the purpose of correcting the map, which object however did not prevent his preaching, In addition to this the tour of Puna has been thrice taken & that of Hilo once. By these tours the preach­ ing of the Gospel has been brought within the reach of all who wished to hear it. But after all we regard their influence in strengthening, encouraging & exciting our native teachers to action as by no means their least important effect. — We have devoted no inconsiderable part of our time & strength during the year to keeping school. At the beginning of the year we called in all our native teachers & com­ menced instructing them in reading, arithmetic & Geography. To provide for their sustenance we procured of the chiefs a spot of ground on which they are permitted to build their houses & raise their food. — In the mean time the native schools were left under the care of such individuals as each teacher chose to select from his own school. -The school for teach­ ers continued till the first of Jan’y & succeeded as well as we had anticipated. Their dispositions & previous habits were such that our efforts to induce them to build themselves houses & plant food coat us more thought & patience, & not less time than that required to instruct them in school. — By at­ tending the S . S. & hearing the gospel regularly preached, their scanty stock of religious knowledge was considerably in­ creased. In their studies our expectations were answered. Their reading was much improved. In mental Arithmetic, they �SANDWICH ISLANDS JUNE - 1833 (Continued) became able to answer questions, as well perhaps, as common children 10 or 12 years of age in the United States who have & tolerable acquaintance with Colburns First part. In Geography, considering the fact that most of them at the com­ mencement of the school supposed the earth to be a plain & these islands to constitute a large part of it, their progress was very considerable. The more intelligent of them as many as we could furnish with geografies for their scholars were instructed in drawing maps & succeeded so as to carry with them to their schools a map of the world & of at least one of the four quarters of the globe, drawn with sufficient correctness to answer the purpose of instruction. At our last ex­ amination of native schools, some classes were examined in geography & quite a number in arithmetic. Immediately after the return of the teachers in Jan’y to take charge of their schools we commenced a school for persons who wished to be regarded as candidates for teachers in order to supply every native school with two teachers, that each in his turn might teach the school & be taught by us. -In their in­ struction the same course was pursued as with the teachers the term previous. — We had the same trial of patience in ef­ forts to lead them to be industrious in their habits. Their number about 90. At their late exhibition in May they ac­ quitted themselves much as the class of teachers the previous term. We have also sustained most of the year a school of Chiefs & head men & some others in all about 40. In this school there has been taught reading arithmetic & Geography. As might be expected from the character of the persons comprising this s c h o o l , some individuals have improved much more than others. By the sisters of the Station a school has been taught in reading, another in writing & reading, & two select classes one in geography & arithmetic & another in Geography simply, & a sch ool of child­ ren in reading, arithmetic writing & Geography. — In all of these schools an encouraging improvement was exhibited at the last examination. — We have endeavoured to do something for children through­ out our field. Formerly the children under 12 or 15 years of age had'- but very few of them attended school. — This we felt to be a great evil. As one step towards removing it, the chiefs at our Station, in compliance with our suggestion, exempted the teachers from taxation, to which they were before liable in common with others, that they might teach a school every morning exclusively for children. On experi­ ment it is found that a large proportion of the children of suitable age are pleased to attend schools exclusively their own. The influence of these schools is already visible in �SANDWICH ISLANDS JUNE - 1833 (Continued) taming the children & leading them to church. These schools have been taught but one term. The number daring this term who learned to read is 107 — We hav e during the year through the agency of our teach­ ers taken the census of our field. We find the number of people considerably less than we had supposed, the whole number of seals being only 12,775; over 14 yrs of age - 3625; under 14 3150. -The whole number of readers at our last examina­ tion 2859, — 868 more than reported last year & between 1 /4 & 1/5 of the population. The number of marriages performed by us during the year 2 01 — We would close this imperfect report of our labours the past year by requesting the prayers of our brethren that the Spirit of God may decend upon us & upon the people of our charge, that means otherwise ineffectual may be attended with abundant success, & that the praises of our redeemer may go forth from our remote but important Station. (unsigned) (The original MSS, of the above document is inscribed on) the reverse side "HILO , 1833.") �[Hilo Station Report 1834] At the commencement of the last year of our missionary la­ bor at Hilo, it was found that the native schools were hut poorly attended & that not a few of the teachers had gone after lealea [joy, pleasure] . It was, therefore, concluded to suspend the native schools & increase our efforts for the instruction of the teachers. We taught them regularly 6 days in a week from the early part of August till the middle of May with the exception of a vacation of about two weeks. The number who attended during the first half of the year was about 50, during the latter half about 60. It is now almost two years since the teachers at our station have been ex­ empt from taxation. The same length of time has elapsed since most of them began to build themselves houses & cultivate food within half a mile of our residence. The principal branches in which they have been instructed are reading, Scripture, history, Arithmetic, & Geography. Most of the scholars have been regular in their at­ tendance, & have made such proficiency as to answer our most san­ guine expectations. A school has also been kept up most of the year for head-men & others. The number of scholars has not been large. They have also been so irregular in their attendance that their teachers thought it not best to examine them. A female school has been taught through the year. During the first part of the year the number of regular scholars was 60. Since December it has usually been about 80. Most of these scholars have been instructed in reading, & Scripture history only. 15 have been instructed also in Arithmetic & Geography. About �Hilo - 1834 2. Some feeble efforts have also been made for the children. But owing to the scantiness of our efforts & the want of a proper system we are unable to name any special results. Our schools have occupied a very considerable part of our time, & engrossed many of our thoughts. We have thought that the indi­ cations of Providence called us to direct our efforts in that channel. All the scholars of our station schools have belonged to the Sabbath school, & but few, who have not either belonged to the Station schools or been in some way under the influence of those who did, have attended regularly either the Sabbath school, the afternoon meeting on the Sabbath or the Wednesday or other meet­ ings during the week. The gospel has been regularly preached on the Sabbath & Wed­ nesday afternoon at our principal station through the year & an interesting Sabbath school has been kept in operation. During the first part of the year we preached frequently at the two out church­ es on the Sabbath, & weekly at two places about 4 miles distant from our residence. The last part of the year we have preached much less frequently at any considerable distance from our principal station. The reasons for this are, first, we thought it best to concentrate our efforts more than we had previously done; & second­ ly, the health of some one or more of our number has most of the time been infirm. About the middle of Dec. we held a protracted meeting which continued a week. manifest. The good effects of this meeting are still A few of the most forward scholars in our station schools who had previously never made any professions of seriousness, gave �Hilo - 1834 3. pleasing evidence of being created anew during that & a few sub­ sequent weeks. Our Sabbath school which bad dwindled down to about 180 regular scholars was increased to 350, & the morning congrega­ tion on the Sabbath was increased from 800 to 1000 or 1200 souls. Since Dec. we have held a daily morning prayer meeting with the natives. This meeting has been well attended. We have found the people much more ready to attend regularly at this than at any other hour of the day. Our meetings in the afternoon have also been fre­ quent during the last few months. # Four ships have recruited at Hilo the last year. When in port we have always considered it a privilege to address to them also the words of eternal truth. We have also supplied destitute Seamen with Bibles, Tracts, & other religious books so far as our scanty means would allow. What we have done in this way, has always been received with apparent thankfulness, & we most sincerely re­ gret that we have not had the means of doing more. The number of marriages solemnized by us during the year is 125. Of the three church members under suspension at the time of our last meeting two have been restored & one excommunicated. others have been excommunicated, & one has died. Two So that the record for the year is one died, three excommunicated, 22 admitted to church fellowship, whole number now in the church 37. [Unsigned] [Added on next to last page, cross-wise] : # It should have been mentioned that the tour of Puna has been made 3 times during the year, & the gospel preached to all who could be induced to listen. �-1- C O P Y (Unsigned Hilo Station Report for the year 1835.) During the last year, the station at Hilo has been unusually afflicted with sickness. The labors of Mr. Dibble were very much interrupted either by his own ill health or by that of his children most of the time from general meeting till he left the Station with his family the last of Oct. From that time till the last of December Mrs.Lyman was confined to the house, & most of the time confined to the bed with a fever. Mr. Goodrich's health has failed rather than improved during the year. Our labors for the year have been a religious meeting at day-light every morning; on the Sabbath, two sermons, a Sabbath School, & a meeting for explaining & applying the verses for the ensuing week; on Wednesday, a lecture; on Saturday a church prayer meeting. These with the monthly concert, a weekly female prayer meeting; & a monthly meeting for mothers, the two latter conducted by the ladies, complete the list of our stated meetings. We have occasionally held meetings during the week at places from one to three miles dist­ ant from our residence. The tour of Puna has been made twice during the year. The tour of Hilo has once been attempted, & relinquished, only two thirds completed, on account of high water. Besides these tours, one of our number has spent several Sabbaths at places from 6 to 18 miles from our residence. To the instruction of our school for teachers we have devoted no less time probably, the last, than during any pre­ ceding year. We have been greatly embarrassed in this school for want of books & apparatus. The average number of scholars has been about 45. The studies have been Anahonua, Hoike Honua no ka palapala n emolele, Helu naau, & cyphering on slates. From this school 9 have entered the High School at Lahainaluna. A school for females was taught the first half of the year by a native teacher under the supervision of one of our ladies. The last part of the year it has been merged in a larger school for both sexes taught by five of our best native teachers. This school has been near us, & we have paid par­ ticular attention to it, We cannot say much with regard to what has been accomplished by it, we are persuaded, however, that under existing circumstances nothing is lost by employing under our own eye, as many teachers as we can find possessing suitable qualifications, & not much gained by employing such teachers as we have at any considerable distance from us. A Station school for children has been in operation 8 or 9 months of the year. The number attending �C O P Y (Unsigned Hilo Station Report for the year 1835.) the former part of the year was small, at no time exceeding 40 in a day. This school was remodelled in January & some special efforts made to increase the number of scholars. From that time till the last of April, the average daily at­ tendance has been 90 or more. Our success in this school has been such as to encourage us to labor for children. We feel compelled to say, however, that comparatively little can be effected for children till more is done for them than our strength has permitted us to do the past year. We feel it to be a very great evil respecting our la­ bors, that they are not sufficiently concentrated, & yet we see no way in which we can render them more so without aban­ doning labors, which would seem to our enemies, to our friends, & to ourselves like relinquishing important advantages already gained. Our station schools require all the time & more than all the strength of those of us who have been engaged in them, on the Sabbath as well as during the week. Were all our strength devoted to preaching & pastoral labor within one hour’s walk of our residence, it would be but a partial supply to say nothing of about ten thousand people living more remote & need­ ing missionary labor as much as any class of people on the Sandwich islands. Our congregation has been about the same in number the last as during the preceding year, No very marked atten­ tion to serious things has been witnessed. the commencement of the year there were 37 native church mem­ bers. One has died & gone, as we believe, to join the communion of the church above. One has been excommunicated. Of the remaining 35 Six are either members or wives of members of the High School, six others have taken up their residence at Honolulu & Lahaina in obedience to their chiefs, twenty three remain at Hilo, not walking in the commandments & ordinances of the Lord blameless, but giving as a body, per­ haps, as much evidence of piety as they have ever done. Of those residing at other places one or two are said to be proper subjects for church discipline. There are some individuals not in the church for whom we entertain the hope that their names are written in the La m b ’s book of life. None have been received to the church however during the year. The number of adult scholars in our Sabbath school has been considerably diminished the last year by removals, the district occupied by more than half of our congregation having repeatedly changed owners the last six months. The present number of adult scholars is about 250. During the last few months about 150 children have �-3C O P Y (Unsigned Hilo Station Report for the year 1835) Continued belonged to our Sabbath School. The number pres­ ent at one time varies from 90 to 130. About 50 of the children commit their verse a day. Since the middle of Jan. 15 native schools not before mentioned have been taught in our vicinity. In five of these were 80 children, in the other ten were about 400 readers. The most that we can say of their influence is that we think it has been on the whole favorable. They have been the means of bringing out some parents to meeting & some children to the Sabbath Sc h o o l . The demand for books during the last few months has been encouraging, exceeding the supply. The demand for the Kumu Hawaii has amounted to between 90 & 100. The number who have given their names to pay for t he paper is about 80. The number of marriages previously to the middle of last month was 195, How many of them were unsanctioned by the laws of God & of the king we do not know. In conclusion we would only add that the station at Hilo is, in our opinion, too important to be abandoned without an evi­ dent & urgent necessity, & yet that it would be better to aban­ don it entirely, than to continue to occupy it, unless some important changes can be effected in relation to it. UNSIGNED) (Undated) (The original MSS. of the above document is unsigned and un-) (dated but the reverse side bears the inscription: "STATION ) (REPOST OF HILO, June 1835.") The handwriting is apparently) (that of D.B. LYMAN.) �- CO P Y 1- (Hilo Station Report. 1836.) Since the date of the last annual report of the Station at Hilo, the mission families at that place have been favored with general good health. During the first half of the year the building of one house & the repairing of another made encroachments upon our time which we hope will not soon be repeated. From the census taken in Dec. last, the population of Hilo & Puna appears to have been 12,058. In the business of teaching school we have aimed to do what we could without neglecting other duties equally imperi­ ous. Our school for children has been prospered, With the exception of vacations, amounting in all to 7 or 8 weeks, it has been continued without interruption, The average daily attendance has been from 90 to 100. P erhaps 60 or 70 have been regular attendants through the whole year. There has also been a large number who have attended, some for months, others for a few days only. Names enrolled as members of the school during the year about 300. The number present at the last examination was 145, of whom 108 could read, 40 were examined in Arithmetic, about the same number in Geography, 39 in writing, & a few girls exhibited specimens of needlework. During the former part of the year the most forward of the children were taught Arithmetic as one exercise of the children's school. The last few months they have been instruct­ ed in Arithmetic & Geography as a part of the school for teach­ ers, In comparing the state of our children's school with what it was a year ago, we notice that the proportion of read­ ers is larger, & that the most forward class of girls are more advanced in their studies than any class then in the school; but that among the boys, the advance has been in bringing for­ ward younger clas ses while those most advanced have left the school. The former part of the year our school for teachers was small. Average attendance about 25, & was instructed only 3 days per week, one day by ourselves, & two by a native assist­ ant, Since Jan’y -thisschool has been taught 5 days per week, & the number of men belonging to it has been 50, who with about 40 members of the children’s school have three days per week been arranged in 4 classes & taught by the two missionaries at the station assisted by two native monitors., the monitors almost uniformly instructing the adult classes. The remaining two days, those teachers who have regularly attended the Station school the last four years or who teach within 6 miles of the station, have been employed in teaching their own schools, while those who have recently enter­ ed the school & do not teach in the vicinity, amounting to about 25 in number together with the children already mention­ ed have been instructed by one of our number in Geography. �-2C O P Y (Hilo Station Report, 1836 - Continued.) We have through, the year given regular daily instruct­ ion, at our houses, to one, & a part of the time to two of our native teachers, who are more advanced than their companions. An adult Station school has been continued three days per week through the year, taught under our supervision by two of our best native teachers with such assistants as they have needed; Daily attendance from 80 to 100. About three fourths of whom are females. The number who exhibited as members of this school at the last examination was 141. We have through the year employed three native teachers to assist us in the Station schools, & have paid them one yd. of cotton cloth per week each. It will probably be necessary to make them more compensation in future. With respect to native schools generally, perhaps it is sufficient to say, that there are as many schools as teachers. The first of Jan'y there had been only one school in operation for more than 16 months at a distance greater than 4 miles from our residence except in Waiakea. And in the remoter parts of that district the scholars could not be induced to attend ex­ amination, How, if we may credit native reports, there is some­ thing called a school at most of the places at which schools were ever established. Many of them have been commenced since our last examination. The number of readers exhibited at that examination was 1580, 900 of whom live within ten miles of our residence. The result of this examination taken in its connections, leads us to conjecture that the number of readers in our field is nearly, perhaps, quite as large as it has ever been estimated or about 2,500. , Our chiefs & most of the "luna ohana" cannot read in­ telligibly, Yet there are many places for which teachers are requested. Some request us to give them a teacher who can in­ struct them, & not one who is as ignorant & vicious as themselves. So far as the people are concerned, the present is a very favor­ able time for establishing qualified teachers at all the more important posts of Hilo & Puna. The demand for new books was never greater, probably, in our field than at the present time* While our experience in obtaining books & papers from the presses already in operation leads us to subscribe most fully to the sentiment, advanced seme years ago by our brethren at Kailua, that Hawaii will never be adequately supplied with books without a Printing establishment on the island. For obvious reasons, we have been able to preach but little at out stations the last year. At our residence, we have con­ tinued the morning prayer meeting, a weekly lecture or exposition �C O P Y (Hilo Station Report, 1836 - Continued.) on Wed. the monthly concert, a weekly meeting for the church, a weekly meeting for female members of the church, a monthly meeting for mothers, & on the Sabbath two public religious exercises besides a S, S. for children & another for adults. The general attendance in the S. S. for children has been from 100 to 140. We have regarded this school as claim­ ing our first attention. And were we able to do for it as we would, we doubt not it would soon become a fruitful nursery for the church. One little girl 7 or 8 years of age, a member of the school, died a few weeks ago professing love to the Saviour, & we have some hope that she has gone to dwell with him. The average attendance on our S. S. for adults has been about 300. Next to the S. S. for children we have regarded this as our most promising field of labor. At the date of the last annual report of our Station there were 35 members of the church. Since that time 13 have been dismissed, 6 to Honolulu, 1 to Lahaina, & 6 to Lahainaluna. The number of admissions during the same time has been 23, 20 on profession, & 3 by letter. The present number is 45. The number in regular standing 44, one having been suspended. 14. The number of native children baptised during the year The number of marriages celebrated 163. The number who have attended meetings both on the sab­ bath & other days has been about the same the past, as during the two preceding years. We have seen no general revival among our people the last year. Though for some months past there has appeared to be considerable enquiry on the subject of religion, & we hope that a few have experienced that change of feeling which many profess. During the months of Feb’y & March we made the tour of Hilo & Puna together for the purpose of examining the readers & laboring among the people. In this tour we spent 15 days. We found the people on the whole more ready to listen to instruction than we had anticipated. In the vicinity of Kaimu, Puna, we found a field which seemed truly white for the harvest. Six or 7 hundred assembled. Many listened with attention. And some of them, we hope, are really enquiring to know what they shall do to be saved. We think it exceedingly important that the post should be occupied by a mission family as soon as our numbers will justify. (Undated) (Signed) " D . B . LYMAN TITUS COAN (The Original MSS. of the above report is inscribed on) (the reverse side "REPORT OF HILO STATION , 1836.) �Hilo Sept. 12, 1837 To Rev. H. Bingham Ch‘n of the late Meet, of Memb. of S.I. Mission at Honolulu My dear Brother, The minutes of your late meeting, occasioned by the recent instructions of the Pru. Com. have been duly laid before the members of this station, & at their request I herein send you our unanimous views on the Resolutions contained in that document. On the subject of common stock, we unite with you in abandoning that system which has decayed & waxed old & "is ready to vanish away" . We agree to adopt the salary system, & hope to find it more ex­ cellent way". We object to the language of the 2nd resolution in Report No. 4. It is as follows. "Resolved that we accept the appropriation by the Board of $550" &c. Our objection is this; that the language of the resolution seems to imply that the Board have either fixed a definite salary upon us, or that they have recommended the system to us, with the distinct appropriation of $550 to a family. the letter of the Prud. Com. We do not so construe To us, it appears, that one object of the letter was, to prove to us what they considered demonstrated to their own minds, viz. that $35,000 is all that we need, to carry on the operations of this Mission. In order to do this, they have given us the process of reasoning which led them to the conclusion that we were unfaithful stewards, and that we had wasted nearly one half of our Lord’s money. In coming at the aggregate of our necessary expenses, the Board have examined the items, but when they mention $450 as the probably average ( !) expenses of the families of this Mission, we do not sup­ pose that they intended that sum as a distinct, or definite appropria- �2 Titus Coan to Rev. H. Bingham from Hilo, Sept, 12, 1837 tion, or that they even recommend to us the adoption of salaries. We have the same views in relation to the $100 mentioned as the probably annual amount of the contingent expenses of each family. We have some doubts of the wisdom of attaching that sum to each of our salaries. With these strictures we adopt the Report No. 4. We do not feel tenacious of our objections, & we are willing to adopt the salary specified, & wait until another Gen. Meet. when we will all try to make crooked things strait. On the Report on Overture No. 3 we remark, that we object to the language of one clause of the resolution. It is this - "Resolved that we will urge the people to do all in their power for our support as their teachers" &c. The clause underscored seems to imply that when­ ever we wish to call forth the benevolence of our people, we must present ourselves, their teachers, as the immediate & only objects of their benevolence, with the privilege on our part of ap­ propriating such a portion of our own salaries to schools etc . as shall be an equivalent ( !) for the donations received. We do not believe that your meeting intended by that resolution what the language fairly implies, viz. that instead of presenting our schools & other benevo­ lent objects to their minds, we should always make ourselves the grand object of their bounty. doubtless good. The intention of the resolution was The clause we have referred to, we think unguarded, & probably it implies much more than its framers intended by It. By a little amendment we could adopt the Report. We have no particular objection to make to the Report on Overture No. 1. except it be that the 2d recommendation ( !) may leave too �Titus Goan to Rev. H. Bingham from Hilo, Sept. 12, 1837 3. little discretionary power in the hands of an individual; but as the article is merely a recommendation ( !) & not law, we are willing to adopt the report. Report on Overture No. 2. & to some parts we object. 1st. Schools. or go on. Some parts of this report we approve, We will state our objections. The entire withdrawal of the grants for Wailuku & Hilo B. Your Meeting did not say whether these Schools should stop The inference is, however irresistible ( !) that you in­ tended them to disband; as we naturally infer that a man will not walk when his feet are cut off. But as "necessity” has long since invented wooden legs for such as have lost their lower limbs we may perhaps get some under these Schools and make them go again. We would grav e- ly say, however that we do not th i n k your Meeting wise in abandoning any of the schools already established. We think your mistake lies, not in reasoning incorrectly, but in reasoning from false premises. We apprehend that you reasoned thus. Premises. If the Mission Sem­ inary is sustained the other B. Schools cannot be. the most important school & should be sustained. clusion) the Wailuku & Hilo Schools must stop. The Seminary is Therefore, (con­ Now we dispute the premises. We believe the three school[s] may all go on with as much / vigor as ever. God’s treasury is not exhausted. Christ’s heart is not hardened - His presence, we trust, has not departed. is the point. But this We think you should have given us 100 or 200 dollars for the Hilo B. S. to help us out of our present distress, till we can have time to look around, & collect our energies. We intend to make the people do much to support this school, (now 31 scholars) but we want a little time to concentrate their force. �Titus Coan to Rev. H. Bingham from Hilo, Sept. 12, 1837 4. Our opinion is the same in relation to the Wailuku School. it must die let it not die a violent death. If Two or three hundred dol­ lars might help it to live & go forward for a season, until a thorough experiment could he made to engage the chiefs & people to sustain it; or until some plan might he devised to keep it in operation. These small sums, we think, would not essentially cripple the operations of the Seminary at L.-luna, for a little season at least, and thus all these Schools might retain the principle of life until some 'breath from the four winds should resuscitate them. little help just now, for these two Schools. What we wish then, is a We think the sudden withdrawal of all patronage a rather hasty measure, & we are fully persuaded that it would not have been done had all the circumstances of these schools been fairly before you. It may be too late now to alter what has been done, as it may have the sanction of nearly all the Mission before this time. We have no doubt that you acted honestly & with a desire to promote the greatest good; nor would we suppose that we may not be mistaken & you correct. We only give our present impressions as we receive them at this distant post. 2 d. Your meeting also resolved "That the 1000 dollars appropria­ ted by the Board for the Boarding School be given to the Seminary at Lahainaluna, as that was doubtless the intention of the grant." That you have rightly apprehended "the intention of the grant,” may be true; but to our minds there is no evidence of the fact from any of­ ficial documents we have yet seen. There may be private evidence that such was the mind of the Committee at the Rooms, but certainly it does not appear in their public correspondence ( !) with the Mission. The appropriation was made by the Board for a preparatory B. School. �Titus Coan to Rev. H. Bingham from Hilo, Sept. 12, 1837 No such School exists at Lahainaluna. 5 Perhaps the Board supposed that a school of that character had been established there. Perhaps they thought its location was at Honolulu or Hilo, & perhaps they thought nothing of its location. That they had no reference ( !) to its lo­ cation is a very natural supposition. They would of course leave that to the decision of the Mission, hut the object of the grant is most evidently for a distinct B. School and not for the Seminary. We are not now disputing your wisdom in appropriating the grant, or our half of it at least, to the Mission Seminary, (we should by all means give the whole to that institution rather than let it go down.) but we cannot possibly see your authority for saying, "that was doubtless the in­ tention of the grant.” Now what we ask is, that if possible, you should so far reconsider what has been done, as to grant $200 to the Hilo B. S. & perhaps $300 to the Wailuku School; & we will try to make up the rest from our salaries & from the donations of the people, so that these interesting groups of children, now gathered under the wings of paternal care may not be scattered again to the winds of heaven, & doomed to all the darkness & wretchedness of their fathers. We do not ask this, if the Seminary must fall in consequence. But we trust in God that this will not be the case; nor do we believe that it will suffer even, provided this Mission do not catch the "fearful & unbelieving" spirit of the times. We must foster it. shoulders also. We must cling to that Seminary. We must bear it on our hearts, and on our So we say of our other Schools. them in the time of trial. We must not abandon We must not blow out the few lamps which have been lighted to guide this people to intelligence & virtue. We are satisfied with the disposition made of the $1500 for com­ �Titus Coan to Rev. H . Bingham from Hilo, Sept. 12, 1837 6. mon Schools, unless some part of it could have been saved for the Seminary & B. Schools without material injury to the Com.- School interest. Perhaps you could not have done better than you have in that ease. One thing more. subject of old debts. Tour Meeting did not express an opinion on the Our sentiments are that no part of the $35000 should go to pay an old debt of the Mission; but that it should all be available to meet the expenses of the current year. With the foregoing exceptions & remarks we accede (!) to the resolutions passed in your meeting at Honolulu on the 22, 23 & 24 U lt. On behalf of the members of Hilo Station, Your affte Brother, Titus Coan �Report of Hilo Station for the year ending April 30, 1838 Station Schools. 1. Children’s School, conducted by Mr. & Mrs. Wilcox with Native Assistants. about 100. During the former part of the year this School numbered For the last half of the year it has received great acces­ sions of children so that at the last examination 400 were present. Perhaps the average number has been 200. 5 days pr week. This School has been taught The progress of the School has been cheering. Mr. & Mrs. W. have also taught a writing school of 75 for a considerable length of time. Mrs. C. has also taught a class of children at her residence through the year. 2. Teachers' School. Taught 5 days in a week chiefly by Mr. W. with native helpers, and with such attention as Mr. C. could give to it. This School has numbered about 100. examination. 130 were present at Its last It has been taught in reading, geography, Sacred Hist, arithmetic, the elements of Geometry & astronomy & in writing & com­ position. 3. School for Adults, conducted chiefly by Native teachers. At the last examination this school numbered 195 but its average attendance has been much less. This School has been devoted to reading & a few other exercises. 4. A school for such Chh. members as have never learned to read, has been established during the latter part of the year. This school numbers 64. Common Schools. Of these there are more than 100 for children & adults extend- �Hilo 1858 ing through the length of Hilo & Puna. 2. About 5000 souls are gathered into these schools including a large part of the children in the field. These schools have generally been prosperous during the year. have all been visited examined & stimulated several times. They During the present month (April) they have all been assembled & examined at the Station. About 4000 were examined on this occasion. Congregation. This has doubled during the year. For the last half of the year it has not differed much from 4000 on the Sabbath. Multitudes have flocked to the Station from all parts of Hilo & Puna, & the attention of thousands has been arrested by the claims of the Gospel. The word has been preached daily, and usually from 8 to 12 times a week for the last 6 months; nor has it been preached in vain. To multitudes it has been the power of God unto salvation. Much time has been spent in direct pastoral labors, & these labors have been blessed in the edification & enlargement, & we trust also, in the purification of the Chh. The people of God have been quick­ ened in duty; & for the most part they have been harmonious, prayer­ ful and laborious. Two Protracted Meetings have been held at the Station during the year, both of which were crowned with signal blessings. At the last which was held during the present (April) month the concourse of people was so great that all could not come within the walls of the Meet, house, and on some occasions we were obliged to divide the people & preach to two congregations at the same hour. Six other protracted meetings have been held in different parts of Hilo & Puna during the year. At all of these meetings the "power of God” has been “present to heal." The gospel has come to the people, �Hilo 1838 not in word only, but in power. 3 Fearfulness has seized upon sinners & thousands profess to have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them. Some of the most hardened have been melted. of the vilest have been washed & sanctified. Some Husbands & wives long separated, & indulging the bitterest hostility have been reconciled & restored to their first love. Theft & every other crime a r e far less common than formerly and a new moral aspect is spread on the face of society. The suffering poor have a larger share in the sym­ pathies & the charities of the Church than formerly. The Monthly Concert is attended by about 3000 people & perhaps 2000 contribute of their penury on that occasion. are in wood, pia, kapas, fowls, food, labor etc. Their contributions all of wh. is, by their own consent, appropriated to the support of the Boarding School at the Station. During the year the people have re-thatched our Meeting house, & built a new School house at the Station, & they are now engaged in building a second meeting house 115 by 50 feet. Statistics Whole number united to this Chh. on examination, from its organ­ ization to the present time 720 - died 7. good standing 709 277. Excommunicated 5. Removed to other Churches, 9. Bapt. Childn died, 7. Now in Children bapt. The foregoing facts all refer to the Station from its commencement to the present time. The following are the statistics for the past year. Added to the Chh. on examination 639 Received by letter 5. Children baptized 234. Now propounded 1500 Excommunicated none - Suspended none. Marriages 167. Died 4. Average congregation on the �Hilo 1838 Sabbath 3000. 4 Whole number enrolled in Children’s S. School 1000. Average attendance 400. In conclusion we would say that God has done great things for us & to his name he all the glory forever. the right hand of the most High. It has truly been a year of Sinners have come to Christ "as clouds & as doves to their windows;” but there are multitudes still left in bold rebellion against Heaven. For their conversion, & for the edification & perfection of the “body of Christ” we still pray & long & labor. On behalf of the Station, T. Coan. P.S. There has been an adult Sabbath School in operation at the station through the year, at which during the first half of the year, the average attendance was 400. during the last half the average has been about 1200 . D. B. Lyman �C O P Y M r . Wilcox' report of Schools - Hilo 1839. Our labors in the department of common (schools for the past year commenced on the 10 of July with about 140 children in the station school. But for the last few months the number has at no time exceeded 85, owing partly to the organization of another school near by, and partly to the returning home of ko Hilo and ko Puna poe, who had been residing for a season at the station. Owing to the migratory habits of the people, the population is very fluctuating. We opened, about the same time, a select school, taking such children as we could find at the station, These were in­ structed in reading, writing, geography, Arithmetic, Akeakamai, __ Aohoku. The No. was about 30. But, taking them, as we were obliged to, from families living near, we found too much disparity in age, attainments, and capacities. Besides, it was thought that the school would be more efficient, could a competent number of promising young men be obtained as scholars from various parts of the field who should receive instruction preparatory to their becoming teachers in the out-station schools. Accordingly efforts were made in Hilo & Puna to enlist young men to enter the school. The &ames of only 15 were obtained. These promised to enter the school at a given time, but only 6 of them were ever heard from. With these 6, and the former children, the school was for a time kept up; but the new reinforcement were so frequently absent in quest of food and the means of paying taxes, while at the same time there was so little order kept by the native teachers in the childr, school, that it was thought best, after having continued the school about 4 months, to suspend it for that time. Since then, our time has been employed in the Teachers’ and children’s schools. Immediately on commencing our labor for the year, we made known to the assistant teacher of the Station schools the inability of the Mission to pay them wages as they had formerly done; at the same time urging them to continue their service and make them labors of love. This request, with some murmuring, they complied with for the first week; but at the beginning of the 2d week, they had all disappeared; so that like the Egyptian flies, there remain­ ed not one. This was the means of leading the teachers generally through the field to feel that they could not labor as formerly without any support from the people. This put them upon devis- �C O P Y A.Wilcox' Report of Schools Hilo 1839 (Cont'd) ing some plan for their support, Two of them stipulated with their scholars, that every family should pay them one dollar annually. At the general examination of the schools in Aug, it was proposed by us, and acceded to by every school with an almost unanimous, and apparently hearty vote, that every family (large or small,) enjoying, as scholars, the “benefit of the schools, should pay yearly to the teacher, one dollar; either in food, kapas, or manual labor, at the usual rate. Also, the teachers should have each a house and kihapai given him, the house to be kept in repair by the scholars, and which, together with the kihapai, in case ©f his removal, should remain like a parsonage for the use of his successor. It should here be observed, that every school has 2 teachers, who alternate, and the dollar is divided between them, and the house and kihapai is for both. However, for the most part, it has proved an entire failure They pay their teachers nothing, and generally refuse them any remuneration; and as a consequence, many suffer from want; are alienated from their scholars; and in some cases have left their schools, and are seeking by other employments a subsistence for themselves and families. In several instances the schools have been broken up by the scholars,forsaking the schools, and in most of the schools there has been a great falling off. Many of the teachers in their recent reports of their schools, which till recently were large, report the daily N o. as follows: children 7, 10, 5, 0, 1. Others have 20, 30, and 40 in a day. Several of the adult schools are discontinued. One cause, the first and perhaps the pri­ mary, of this state of things, was the King’s tobacco law. The second has been the fear on the part of many of the people, that if they went to school they should be compelled in some way to pay their teachers. A 3d cause has been, the setting up in trade of 2 or 3 merchants among us, by which great encouragement has been given to the people to traffic in sandal wood and hides. The rage has been great. Men, women, & children; teachers and scholars', have been gone sometimes for weeks to­ gether to the mountains and forests in quest of these things to sell for clothing, and as a consequence, the schools have �1 C O P T A. Wilcox' Report of Schools Hilo 1839 (Cont'd) dwindled, There have been 3 general examinations of the schools in our field the past year. The first in July & August. N o. of scholars examined then, 4531; the no. of Adults 3134; children 1397. The 2d in No. and Dec. No. of scholars. 4060; Viz. 2600 adults and 1460 children. N o of readers cannot be stated with accuracy. The 3d and last was in April, and held at the Station but owing to the heavy rains which fell at the time, and the unusual rise of the streams, only a small proportion were able to attend. 1892 were examined. Of these, 1398 were adults, of whom 1291 are readers; 494 children, and 270 of them readers. The teachers are beginning to feel that all work and n o pay is dull business; and that it is more profitable to go f or hides and sandal wood, The Teachers' school has suffered much of late from this source. Several would come almost every day for leave to go, and urge as a reason their destitution and that of their families urge too with an importunity that would hardly take a denial. All the ingenuity we possess has been taxed to the utmost to invent reasons why they should remain in school. Some have gone without liberty or asking. We think there has been some improvement made by some of the scholars, especially those of the station schools. This is the fact with the teachers school. Some of them seem to have minds of the first order, and capable of being vastly improved; others are so stupid that it almost seems questionable whether the sun, throwing his scorching rays vertically into their brains would be perceived by them. The Adult Sab. School, since the first of August., has been under my care. So, of scholars has varied, I suppose, from 200 to 500. The exercises are usually continued over an hour are commenced with prayer, and closed with singing. A. Wilcox �C O P Y REPORT OF HILO SCHOOLS FOR 1839 [A. Wilcox J There have been within the past year 4 examinations of the schools in Hilo and Puna. At the first, there were examined 1068 children and 2130 adults. At every subsequent examination the No. was not so large. The adult members of the schools are nearly all readers and of the children 2/5 not including however those who join syllables by spelling them. A goodly No. are taught in arithmetic some, tho ' for the want of maps not a large No. are studying geography. When the new Atlas shall have been completed we trust a new impulse will be given to this now comparatively neglected branch provided the price is moderate. Writing has received some attention, tho' less than it would had the people been provided -either with paper and writing desks or slates. The Station Schools have been kept up tho ' they have depended solely on us for support. Nothing has been. Mrs. W. has a part of the time had a class both of teachers and children which she has taught at our house (Given The whole No. of children who have been enrolled as members of the school during the whole or a part of any one term is a little rising of 100 but the average No. of attendants taking one day with another has not been far from 40. They have been scattered here and there Many have run to and fro, tho' we think that knowledge has not been greatly increased thereby, Both in the children's and teachers' schools all those branches of study pursued in former years have received attention and we think there has been a very perceptible improvement in the childrens' school. The teachers’ School has been unusually small. Other objects have occupied their attention. Many of them have families and are under the necessity of laboring to procure the means of support. by the people) Among the many reasons which might be given for the falling off of so many teachers from the schools and turning their attention to other objects two are very prominent 1 st the incompetence of many of the teachers for teaching; 2 d the incompetence of non-pay In all this wide field containing 54 schools for children and as many more for adults there is just one graduate teacher from the Mission Seminary. The remainder for the most part are men of inferior qualifications. These have been picked up here and there and placed over the schools and. taught to live like the chamelion on air if they c-ould not get anything better. If at any time they complained of cold or hunger they have been exhorted to be patient and persevering. But flattery and promises and exhortations will not always succeed in making men work for nothing. "Canst thou bind him with his hand in the furrow, or will �C O PY Report of Hilo Schools for 1839 (Cont'd ) h e harrow the valleys after thee”? Accordingly, more than 50 teachers have left their schools during the past year. Some have been raised to office, some have become land holders, some have left from mere indolence, several have committed crimes, and a few have chosen by the good Brethren either to run before their chariots, or perform other services. In short, they have been made common stock and booty for almost every thing and every body. We know of no class of people who in their circumstances so nearly resemble the JEWS. They are emphatically scattered and peeled. What is greatly needed Is efficient and permanent teach­ ers who shall receive such a-such a support for their services as shall furnish an inducement to devote themselves wholly to teaching. Unless such teachers are obtained the importance heretofore attached by the Nation to Common Schools will be like­ ly to diminish, their interest will abate and their efforts be few and feeble. That which costs nothing is not likely to be greatly valued or valuable. The benefits of schools in order to be appreciated and lasting must equally with our bread be earned by the sweat of the face; otherwise they soon produce satiety, and we complain like Israel "Our soul loatheth this light bread." It is also by giving permanency to the business of the Teachers profession that respect from the people to him and the school as well as real utility from both can be secured. If he come as a teacher to figure a day, and then as a meteor go flitting away, an Ignisfatuus h e ’ll be deemed before long, and become with his school a by-word and song. An effort is now making by the Gov, and some other chiefs to reduce the No. of schools to 16 giving to Hilo 9 and to Puna 7, Also to break up the former system of giving to each school two teachers to alternate in teaching. This of course would break up the school for teachers. The apparent design in carrying this plan into effect is to make the schools larger, to have approved and permanent teachers, and to encourage them by entire exemption from labor on all koele days. The real design it is believed has its origin in selfishness and aims at nothing less nor more than �Report of Hilo Schools for 1889 (Cont'd) securing the labors of the rest who constitute a large majority of the teachers. Should they succeed which we hope they may not it will be giving the death-blow to the schools About past year, 30 school-houses have been built the The adult Sabbath School has been continued. usual N o. of attendants about 70. NOTE ; The foregoing report was unsigned F.V. The �C O P Y R E P O R T OF HILO SCHOOLS (1841 - Wilcox) Soon after our return from last General Meeting I made arrangements for visiting and examining the outstation schools but owing to a severe lameness which commenced about this time I was confined at and near home for which reason that work was committed to native hands. During my lame­ ness which proceeded from boils and lasted 4 months I hobbled once through Hilo & Puna and examined all the schools - those of the former place in Sept. and those of the latter in Nov. The schools have been examined twice only the past year and that before the schools were organized anew under the new laws. In point of Nos. of scholars the examinations were much as in one or 2 of the preceding years. The Teachers' school has been continued only a part of the year Having received nothing for their services as teachers and having had no immunities from government over and above others many of them returned home to their families. Most of the schools however struggled through a feeble existence up to the time of the new organization cheered and urged onward by the hope of better days. It had been for some time known that laws were being made for the benefit of the schools and this tended not a little to keep up the courage of the teachers On receiving the printed school laws the schools were suspended for about a month in order the better to organize anew which we commenced the latter part of Jan. Trustees for the several schools have been appointed and teachers chosen and the schools commenced under favorable auspices There has been a very great increase of scholars. The N o. in many of the schools has more than tripled Some are large enough to employ profitably 4 or 5 teachers. Both teachers and scholars are inspired with new life and courage and we are led to anticipate for them very favorable results. The Station School for children numbers not far from one hun­ dred scholars This was about the n o. the first of April but a considerable accession has since been made to the school. I have had 2 and 3 native assistants to labor with me in the school. A great part of the time I have had a select school tho’ I have had the superintendence of the Whole school generally The scholars are taught the usual branches of school education such as reading writing geography arithmetic Scripture and natural history &c. They have made considerable proficiency. In the out-station schools reading and writing geography and arithmetic have been generally attended to. It is our design to resume the Teachers school so soon as practicable. �C O P Y R E P O R T OF HILO SCHOOLS All the children in the field under the age of 18 years are enrolled along with their parents; and each teacher keeps a register of all the names of all persons in his own district. These are so arranged that with a glance at the register the parent or guardian of any child can be known. Land for only a part of the teachers has been obtained. I am not aware that any of the people have been called out to work for the teachers They may have been however quite recently The support of teachers for the first year is expected to be by a direct tax Wages vary from 2 1/2 to 5 dollars per month according to the worth of teacher. I regret that since the new laws have taken effect ill health in my family has prevented me from visiting many of the out-station schools in person still I have been able to do much towards starting them by visiting those near and by hav­ ing the committees and teachers of the more remote visit me at the station Brother Goan has both at the Station and during his pastoral visits abroad has assisted much in remodelling the schools for which he has my sincere and hearty thanks. Mrs. Wilcox a part of the year has had a sewing school for girls A Bible class for adults I have continued through the year (UNSIGNED) N o. of Children in Station School - - - - - - No. in all the schools N o. of Children’s Schools No. Teachers about 6 - - - 100 2500 0 120 All prosperous and growing (UNSIGNED) (The original MSS. is inscribed on the reverse side :- ) "Hilo - Mr.Wilcox Report 1 8 4 1 ." �Pastoral Report of Hilo Station for the year ending May 1st 1840 In recording the history of the Redeemer’s Kingdom at Hilo for the past year, all praise is due to the Great Head of the Chh, for his continued kindness. all the year. saken her. His care has been over his people through Zion has not been in solitude. God has not forgotten her. His grace has abounded. Her Lord has not for­ His Spirit has descended. He has not left himself without witness of his saving love. The influences of his Spirit have not been at all times equally diffused over all parts of this field, but, at no time have they been withdrawn from our borders. While signs of spiritual dearth were appearing in one part of the field another portion of it was teeming with life & beauty. W hile one division of the army has appeared inactive or ready to flee another division has gone forth to the fight & carried its conquests to the gates of death. God has made steady & sure progress. In short the word of Its triumphant power has been felt in many hearts, & converts have been multiplied. There has been less of physical excitement - less of agitating, overwhelming feeling than was the ease during the preceding year, but there has been no time when solemn, anxious, & trembling sinners were not found in many parts of the field; no week when souls were not hopefully born of God, and no time when many toiling, wrestling, prevailing princes were not found at the throne of Grace. The Chh. as a body, has been stable & peaceful. few have fallen Into scandalous (!) sins. branches of the Living Vine. Comparatively Many appear like living They grow in grace. They bear fruit �Hilo 1840 with patience. 2. They are instant in prayer, strong in faith, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Of some we stand in doubt. They may be trees without fruit to be cut down or plucked up by the roots. "The day will reveal them." &, like all the wicked they will be brought forth unto wrath. About 1500 candidates have been received to the Chh. during the past year. None of these have been received without rigid examination & all the precaution the nature of the case would admit. have been candidates for more than a year. Some of them Others for six month(s) & others for three months during which time they were repeatedly seen, examined, instructed, watched etc. None but the aged & feeble have been received who were not able to read & who had not some part of the Scriptures in their hands. One Protracted Meeting has been held at the Station, and several others at out Stations, during the year. All these meetings have been attended by the presence & power of God’s Spirit. They have aroused the sleeping, quickened saints, shaken dry bones & led sinners to the cross. About one third of the year has been devoted to itinerating among the people. Six separate tours have been made, viz. three in Hilo & three in Puna, besides one through Hamakua & Waimea to attend a protracted meeting in Kohala. These labors have been richly rewarded in the ingathering of souls, & in the edifying of the body of Christ. At such seasons, the disciples have been all collected in their res­ pective villages, their names called & their manner of living made the subject of inquiry etc. etc. In this way the Pastor secures three personal interviews with each member of his flock annually, be- �Hilo 1840 sides collected & incidental meetings. This labor has cost much time and care, but it brings an hundred-fold reward. connecting chain between pastor & flock. 5. It is the great It gives a direct & immediate knowledge of the location, circumstances, standing etc. of every in­ dividual, & it furnishes an occasion for administering such counsel, refroof, correction, instruction etc as the ease of each may require. Once in three months the whole chh. or, all who are able & disposed to come, are assembled at the station to eat the Lord’s Supper. The Word has been preached in season & out of season. No efforts have been spared to carry it to every hamlet, to every cottage & to every heart. times a week. The ordinary preaching at the Station is from 5 to 7 On tours & on special occasions it is from 20 to 30 times. Bro. L. has usually preached once on the Sabbath, & he & Bro. W. have rendered much timely aid by maintaining the regular meeting at the Station during the Pastor’s absence on tours. The regular congregation at the Station is now much smaller than it was one year ago & for obvious reasons. During the times of the highest excitement among the people a large part of the population of Hilo & Puna, besides great numbers of strangers from Kau & other regions, visited the Station, most of them spending many months or perhaps a whole year there. Thus thousands of strangers were often present at the Station at the same time, & for about two years our congregations on the Sabbath were 4000 or 5000. things could not be permanent. But this state of The nature of the case forbids it. The people must return to their houses & lands. They were ordered to return by their chiefs & they were encouraged to return by their teachers. This of course reduced the congregation at the Station. �Hilo 1840 4. It now consists of permanent residents & usually numbers 2000 or 3000. On communion seasons & special occasions it is still immense. At present we are suffering no little inconvenience in the loss of our meeting house "by the wind. The house we now meet in is "but an indif­ ferent shelter from the rain and threatens to fall before every blast. This tends greatly to diminish the attendance on public worship, es­ pecially when there is wind or rain. We hope soon to commence a new meetinghouse - perhaps of stone. Sixteen separate congregations assemble regularly on the Sabbath at out posts in Hilo & Puna. less than 6000 attendants. These congregations number in all not The meetings are conducted by native helpers, and generally with acceptance & profit. In all the villages and hamlets of the people social prayer meetings are held every morning at day light. Besides these several other social meetings are held during the week. This latter class of meetings would probably amount to 50 or 60 in number. Six new meeting-houses, of sufficient capacity to accommodate from 1000 to 2000 each, have been built by the people in Hilo & Puna. Be­ sides these 15 or 20 houses have been built for the accommodation of schools & meetings. This latter class of houses will contain from 200 to 1000 people each. �Hilo 1840 5 Statistical Table Whole number received to Chh. on Examination............ 7463 Whole number on certificate........ .................. Received the past year on Examination.......... . 77 1499 Received past year on certificate........ .. 58 Whole number received the past year . ...................1557 Whole number dismissed to other c h u r c h e s .............. 84 Dismissed the past y e a r ................ ............... 54 Whole number deceased . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 268 Deceased the past year ...................... 213 Suspended the past year • 147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remain suspended......... .. ....................... .. Whole number excommunicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 43 8 Excommunicated the past y e a r .......... .. Remain excommunicated . . . .......................... 25 Whole number in regular standing 7028 Whole number of children Baptized . . . . . . . . . . . . 2316 Baptized the past year .............................. .. Whole number of baptized children deceased . . . . . [no figure] Deceased the past year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marriages the past y e a r .......... ............. . . . Average congregation ........................ 707 11 192 2000 to 3000 The contributions of the people to benevolent objects, in labor, food, fuel, arrow root, kapa etc, would probably amount to 500 dollars. A large share of this has been devoted to the support of Mrs. C's Boarding School, Some has been appropriated to the Board ing School for boys, some to teachers, & to other benevolent objects �Hilo 1840 6. There are also many patches of kalo & potatoes now -under cultivation in different parts of Hilo & Puna. When this food is mature it will he devoted to schools or to other benevolent purposes as the people shall direct. In addition to the above a plantation of sugar cane, the product of Monthly Concert labor, has recently been manufactured producing in all about 5400 lbs of sugar and 400 gallons of molasses besides cane sufficient to produce several hundred pounds of sugar eaten in its raw state. The profits of this plantation are appropria­ ted to Bro. L 's Boarding School. The cheerfulness with which the people labor & contribute on monthly concert days is truly encouraging & could the labor of the chh. in Hilo & Puna be properly superintended & made available, it might amount to 5000 dollars annually, as well as to 500. But this cannot be at present. Planting of sugar cane would be the most productive labor in which they could at present engage, but as most of the people are at a great distance from a sugar mill, they are of necessity cut off from this source of action, and as they have nothing of value to contribute, & as their labor turns to little or no account therefore the amount realized for benevolent objects is as the widow’s two mites. In temporal comforts, many of the people, especially at & near the Station, are rapidly improving. I think it is within the bounds of moderation to say that there is ten fold more commerce & tenfold more cloth among the natives of Hilo than there was four years ago. Two stores are now established at Hilo & three sugar mills are in successful operation there. Sugar cane is being planted to a consider able extent in the vicinity of the mills. There is an increasing demand for native labor, the price of labor is increasing, trade is more brisk, business of all kinds takes a more decided & tangible �7 Hilo 1840 form, and many of the people are approximating to industry & competence. Calls for the Scriptures, especially for the New Testament & for the 2 d vol. of the old, & also for hymns, have been much more numerous than we could meet. We have not had a sufficient number of copies to supply the demand, & many who have come to us for the word of life have been sent away empty handed. Mrs. C’s Boarding School for girls has been greatly prospered through the year. Health & happiness have pervaded ( !) the School. None of the children have died & none have been dangerously ill. The pupils still appear affectionate, amiable & docile. The government of the School is easy, and the improvement of the little girls in Knowledge & manners is very gratifying. Besides the regular studies of the school much effort has been made to instruct the girls in various branches of useful industry. During the last seven months they have made 30 shirts, several pairs of pantaloons, a number of jackets & 50 garments for themselves. They have also commenced braiding the palm leaf, and they have been instructed by rotation in miscellaneous house work under the direction of Mrs. C . One native teacher is em­ ployed to assist in the instruction of the school, and another native and his wife live in the school house, eat with the girls, assist in directing their labors, & acts as subordinate Kahus under Mrs. C ’s direction. The number of scholars is twenty two, and the school is sustained by the voluntary contributions of the Chh. Fourteen of the little girls are numbered among the Lambs of Christ’s visible fold, & some others give hopeful evidence of piety. The Spirit of the Lord has not been taken from the school during the year. Seriousness & tenderness have prevailed among the pupils in a greater or less degree �8 Hilo 1840 at all times. In short we are called upon to thank God & take courage for all his goodness to us & to his people. True, we still see much around us & much in the Chh. which pains & afflicts our hearts. Many things remain over Which we sigh & for the extermination of which we labor & pray. Poverty, indolence, deceit, oppression, stupidity, pollution etc are not yet removed forever from our borders. They are enemies of sterner stuff than to yield to one onset or die at a single blow. They still claim a lodgment in the Chh. & among the people. They are stubborn foes which war against the soul and struggle hard to hold it as a citadel. But these enemies must be met by truth & faith & patience, by love & by prayer, or in other words, by "the whole armor of God, the armor of righteousness." people & from the heart. standard against them. The Spirit of the Lord already lifts up a The Lord gives power to his word. his strength perfect in weakness. He has done great things for us. His arm is not shortened. the work of his hands* He makes He brings light out of darkness, order out of chaos, life out of death. He will do greater. They can be dislodged from the He will not forsake He is able to subdue all things to himself by Jesus Christ to whom be glory & dominion forever. Titus Coan. Pastor of the Chh. at Hilo �Hilo [1841] Pastoral Report from May 1st 1840 to May 1st 1841_____________ On our return from the last Gen. Meet, of this Mission we found that a spiritual declension had taken place In the Chh. The devil had availed himself of this interim (! ) in our labors to sow tares & to stupefy the minds of many. A more general apathy seemed to prevail than we had seen since the commencement of the great work of grace in 1837. Numbers had fallen to smoking, & some into other sins, while the love of many had waxed cold. The greater part, however, of the disciples maintained a regular Christian walk & many were still some­ what active in the work of the Lord. Tours were soon made through Hilo & Puna, the roll of the Chh. was called & efforts were made to ascertain the state of mind & the true standing of each professor. In most villages there was no outbreaking sin & a good degree of harmony & quiet prevailed. rebellion. Still many were asleep & some were in open But the most painful feature of the Chh. & that which most betokened evil w a s .the loss of spiritual unction, or the want of vitality In religion - the absence of that vivid perception of eternal things - that fear of God - that fervency & prevalence in prayer & that trembling under the word of the Lord which had been so manifest for the three preceding ( !) years. These facts gave evidence of spiritual decline & called for humiliation before God & for renewed energy in his work. Efforts were made to bring the guilty to repen­ tance, to arouse the slumbering & to lead all in the upward path. good degree of success attended these labors. A Some of the hardened were brought to repentance, many were quickened, and some who had always resisted the Holy Ghost were brought to submit to the Lord Jesus. �Hilo 2 1841 Two features of the work at Hilo have been more fully developed during the past year than ever before, and these developments, while painful in some of their aspects, have, on the whole, only strength­ ened our convictions of the power & progress of truth among the people. The first feature alluded to, is the fact that there now appears to be a more general disposition to acknowledge certain secret sins than ever before. I allude more particularly to drinking smoking & the like indulgences into which the people so readily fall. During the past year I have rarely found a person who had been guilty of these things attempting to deny it when plainly questioned on the subject, although many who confessed were far from repenting or reforming. Still the fact shows that the guilty begin to feel that attempts to conceal their hypocrisy are useless, & that they may as well confess at once & throw out their crimes to the light as to endeavor at concealment under the scorching rays of truth & the repeated personal examinations they are called to undergo. They can find no dark place where to hide themselves & where their sins will not find them out. It is therefore evident that the proportion of those who practice secretly some of these besetting sins, Is far less than during preceding ( !) years. We therefore hope that we (?) are returning to discern between the righteous & the wicked. The Second fact which I would mention as more fully developing itself during the past year is this. There has been a more decided disposition among the people to choose Masters. The line dividing light & darkness, heaven & hell has been distinctly seen. Novelty in religion & the fervor of animal excitement have subsided & the people have been brought to reconsider their former resolutions & impressions, �Hilo 3 1841 and, while many have as we believe, chosen life, others have as de~ cidely chosen the way of death. Some, however, who for a time seemed apostates, determined in rebellion, have been arrested by the arm of the Almighty & brought to repentance. Thus the Lord has carried for­ ward his work, not precisely under the same visible forms as in prec e d i n g ( !) years, but with the same infallible certainty, and tending to the same final results. I would not be understood in these remarks to affirm that the character of this Chh. is fully developed and that all its members will be comprehended in the two named classes of decidedly pious & openly vicious. There is, as in all Churches, a large middle class between the two extremes, of whom we stand in doubt. But after extended & careful observation, & after making all suitable deductions for the wayward & the doubtful, it is still most manifest that God has wrought a great & glorious work in Hilo & Puna. Thousands might now be selected from the ranks of the Chh. over whom we rejoice with great confidence & hope as the workmanship of the Spirit - created anew in Christ Jesus. Had we never counted any converts except those who have hitherto run well, still our hearts would be filled with un­ bounded joy at the magnitude of the work; and shall that joy cease to thrill our souls because some have fallen & others give but to dubious evidence of having been purged from their old sins? But the proportion of wanderers in the Chh. at Hilo is not, prob­ ably, greater than in most other Mission Churches, nor is the propor­ tion, as yet, greater among the new converts than among the older professors. Five separate tours through Hilo & Puna, have been made during the past year, all of which were attended with favorable results. On these tours, the whole roll of the Chh. was called & the state of every �Hilo 1841 member of the flock made the subject of inquiry. 4 The wandering were reclaimed, the stupid aroused, saints comforted, sinners converted & the hardened warned of their coming retribution. The general labors at the Station have been such as have often been described in former reports. Much valued aid has been afforded by my associates, and especially during my absence on my repeated tours. Our congregation during the past year has been from various causes, unusually fluctuating, varying from two or three thousand to one thousand. At no time has it been so low & at no time has our spiritual horizon been so dark as during the visit of the Vincennes at our Station. For this whole period of three months, there was a succession & a combination of circumstances & events, which it may not be necessary to name, all tending to divert the minds of a semibarbarous & childish people from the great concerns of the soul and to induce worldliness, dissipation & insensibility to heavenly things. Since the departure of that expedition we have been enabled to pursue our work with fewer obstacles, & a more interesting & hopeful state of things now exists among the people than we have before seen since Gen. Meeting. Our Meeting house which will contain 2500 or 3000 people, is now filled on the Sabbath, and the people generally, throughout the districts of Hilo & Puna, attend meeting on the Sabbath in their respective villages, probably to the number of 7000 or 8000 in all. All our out Stations are now supplied with comfortable meeting houses, but we are still suffering great inconvenience for the want of a good house at the Station. The old crazy house we now occupy forms but an indifferent shelter, & the most prominent effects produced on the congregation In the time of rain & wind are uneasiness & fear. �Hilo 1841 5 But through the blessing of God our prospects on this point are bright­ ening. We have nearly enough timber collected for a substantial framed house, 120 feet by 60. We have also enough subscribed to pay for put­ ting up the frame & carpenters are now at work on the timber. All has been done, thus far, by the voluntary efforts of that part of the Chh. in the near vicinity of the Station, no work having been done by the authority of chiefs, &c. As yet, Popery has not made much visible progress among our people. A native teacher & several Romish disciples from Oahu have been at Hilo through the year. These emissaries all find asylum in the establishment of the Chinamen, & they have not been wanting in zeal & effort to make proselytes to their "father". But their work is in the dark, and, as they hate the light & will not come to it, it is v e r y ( !) difficult to trace them, or to tell to what extent their influence is felt among the people. One thing is most obvious, that whatever ground they gain they gain it, not by truth, but by signs & lying wonders & with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. Only a few have as yet openly avowed their attachment to popery & these are all of a class of hardened & determined sinners who seek a road to heaven more congenial to their feelings than by walking in the truth. On a full & calm review of the providential dealings of God with his people during the past, & on taking into account the infantile state of this Church, the power of former habits & old associations, together with their great and unavoidable destitution of religious & mental culture we have cause for rejoicing gratitude that so many hold on their way rather than of fear & despondency that so many are fickle & that so many fall. Should but one thousand, or 500 even, of this great multitude of professed disciples endure to the end & reach heaven, �Hilo 6 1841 there will be more joy among the angels than mortal tongue can express: and shall there not be correspondent joy & correspondent sym­ pathy on earth? Nearly 600 of this Chh. have already, as we trust, died in the Lord, more than 300 of whom have departed during the past year. Over these we rejoice, for we [trust] that many, if not all of them, have gone to swell the song of heaven. morning of glory has dawned. royal robes. Their might is past - Their Their filthy garments are exchanged for Their feeble faith is turned to overpowering sight. Thus we hope & thus we profess to believe. Then who shall forbid our joy? our heavenly sympathies? Who shall check the full tide of Who shall restrain our songs of triumphant praise to Him whose unsearchable love is bringing many sons unto glory even from among the polluted & debased children of Hawaii, What will be our report for the next year is known only to Him who rules in the armies of heaven or does his pleasure among the Inhabitants of earth. To my mind one thing is certain, that things will not remain station­ ary nor events be hereafter monotonous. However long the Hawaiian intellect may have slumbered, there are causes now in operation to remove Its torpor, & moral movements will be rapid, either for good or evil. At Hilo the whole mass of mind & the whole structure of society is being revolutionized. Old things are passing away & new notions & habits, not perhaps always for the better, are gaining ground, and so rapid & great are the changes that the events, or evolutions of each successive year seem to bear little resemblance to preceding ( !) ones. Like the physical convulsions produced by the internal fires of Hawaii, so are these mighty political & moral agencies constantly in operation �Hilo 1841 7. and evolving a new series of phenomena in quick succession. But God’s hand is in all; and our prayer is that he will overturn & over­ turn until the Kingdom shall be given to his Son. Mrs. Coan’s Boarding School has been continued through the year ■with encouraging ( !) success. As formerly, it has been supplied with food by the voluntary contributions of the people. prosperity have attended the school. its commencement to the present time. Health & No death has occurred in it since We are intending to put up a new building for the school this season, as the old one is quite un­ comfortable. Statistics. Whole no. ad. to Chh. on Examination - - - - - - - Do on Certificate - - - - - Past year on Ex. - - - - - - - - - - - - Do on certificate - - - - - - Whole no. past year - - - - - - - Whole no. died to other Churches . -- - 91 -- - - - 154 -- - - - - - - 14 ---------- -- 168 149 Dismissd ( !) past year - - ■ -- ------------------ Whole no. deceased - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Died past year - - - - - - - - - - - 7617 - 65 584 - - - - - - - 316 Suspended past year ---- ------------------- - — 670 Remain Suspended - - - - - - - - - - ------------- 553 Whole no. Excommunicated - - - - - 43 ------ Remain Excomd Now in regular standing - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - 6402 Whole no. of Children baptized - - - - - - - - - - 2474 Baptized past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 108 �Hilo 1841 8 Baptized Child died past year - - - - 135 Marriages past year — 144 Av. Cong. on Sabbath - - - - - - - - 1500 Besides those reported above as under Chh. censure, there are some others who are reported to me as having violated the rules of the Chh. but who, through sickness or absence, have not undergone a formal examination. They are not therefore counted with the sus­ pended as they cannot be condemned without trial. The foregoing report is respectfully submitted to the Sand. Isl . Mission by Titus Coan Pastor of the Chh. at Hilo. �Pastoral Report etc. for Hilo. To the Moderator of Gen. Meeting) ) of Sand. Isl. Mission for 1842 ) My Dear Brother, As the variety & pressure of my present labors seem to indicate that it is not my duty to attend gen. Meet this year, you will permit me, through you, to pre­ sent to the Meeting a very brief report for the year ending April 30, 1842. A brief outline of labors etc. together with statistics of the church, will be all I shall attempt to present. Detail might be both tedious & unnecessary. And first we would present our thank offering to God for almost uninterrupted health & for ten-thousand temporal & spirit­ ual blessings during the past year. Although there have been much worldliness & much stupidity in the Chh. yet there has been comparatively little outbreaking sin. The numbers of those who have fallen under church censure have been nearly five sixth less than they were during the year previous to my last annual report. While we acknowledge a pain­ ful degree of spiritual apathy, especially at the Station where temptations to sin ape more numerous , still there have been, even here, many devoted disciples who have adorned their profession & shed light around them. In Puna, meetings have been well maintained & the Church has stood with remarkable firmness, the proportion of suspended members being as one to 40 or nearly; and most of these are old cases, scarcely any new ones having occurred during the past year. �2 Hilo 1842 No general & powerful revival can be reported, though, the number of hopeful conversions has not been small when we take into account the comparatively few who had not previously professed faith in Christ. Among those who have been brought in during the past year are many who had hitherto been considered as most harden­ ed resisters of the Spirit & of the truth. Popish priests are frequently among the people of Hilo, and popery has been waging a relentless war upon us during the year, but as yet, through the mercy of God, its conquests, so far as we can learn, have not been rapid, & certainly not glorious. A con­ siderable number (how many I cannot learn) have, however, followed that “strong delusion"; but they are of the number who have always said "to God depart from us." A few are apostate Church members. None of "the sheep" have perished. "They know not the voice of strangers." At the Station we have suffered great inconvenience for the want of a commodious meeting house, our old house, while standing, affording little shelter from the rain & driving all from it in time of wind. At length it fell, since which time we have had no place to meet in except Bro. Lyman’s School house which accommodates about 600. We have also had great rains the past year, especially during the latter half of it. Probably more water has fallen during the past year than during any two previous years since our residence at this Station. (!) These rains, together with swollen & raging rivers have rendered it difficult & often impossible for the people gen­ erally to assemble on the Sabbath; consequently our congregation, �Hilo 1842 5 much of the time, has been unusually small, although it has been full during some part of the year. The languid state of religious affection, has, doubtles s, ( !) - as it always has, - had much influ­ ence in diminishing the congregation. Still, amidst all the ad­ verse circumstances of the past year we could hardly expect an average congregation of a thousand, even in a community of 5000 souls who might be strictly styled a church going people. As I learn that some have questioned the correctness of my former statistics relative to this congregation, I shall here de­ cline giving any opinion as to its average for the past year - as opinion is all we any of us give - and shall allow myself only to say that I judge its range to have been from 400 to 2000. Besides the congregation at the Station there are 20 worship­ ing assemblies on the Sabbath in Hilo & Puna. These have been well attended through this year, except where interrupted by rains etc. Reckoning these congregations with the one at the Station it is probable that the whole number of regular attendants on public worship in this field cannot be less than 8000 or 9000. By the help of the Lord I have made six tours during the year all of which have been attended with happy results in quickening & confirming the people of God, in reclaiming backsliders & wander­ ers and in bringing sinners to the cross of Christ. During eight months of the year, while Mr. Wilcox was absent from the Station, the common schools were all on my hands, and these together with the medical wants of the people have pressed heavily . on me and consumed no little of my time, both at the Station & on my tours. My publick ( !) labors on the Sabbath have usually been as �Hilo as follows. 4 1842 At 8 A.M. Sab. School for children. This has been well sustained & has embraced 500 or 600 children in all. A.M. preaching. At 12 a meeting for inquirers etc. At 10 At 2 P.M. preaching - and for some part of the time a bible class or lecture at 4 P.M. Our regular weekly meetings have been, a lecture on Wednesday, one for children on Friday, and a chh. lecture on Saturday. Funer­ als, occasional meetings, pastoral visitations, attendance on the Sick, calls etc, together with numberless & nameless interruptions have so engrossed my time that I could never call an hour my own. The Monthly Concert has been sustained through the year and the people have contributed in food, fish, labor and other things to sustain the little school of Mrs. Coan & for other benevolent objects. For several months Mrs. C ’s Boarding School was suspended In order to re-build the School house. During this time girls expressed a strong desire for the re-commencement of the School. They were also very anxious to be employed in sewing or in some other way during the long vacation. Our new sch. house, through the failure of the contractor, not being completed so early as we expected [,] Mrs. C. assembled her school daily & taught them in a work shop, providing lodgings for them at night among the best families in the neighborhood. They now assemble in the new. School house which is framed, floored in part, glazed & covered with thatch. It is 50 feet long & 25 wide, and with yards, fixtures etc will cost something more than $200.00. The expense will be defrayed by con­ tributions of the Chh; by the generous donations of friends and by our own individual exertions. �Hilo 1842 5. The girls are now employed 8 hours daily in study & labor. Their progress is pleasing, their health fine & their spirits cheer­ ful. No one has died & there has been but one case of serious illness in the School during the 3 1/2 years it has been in operation. The age to which the pupils have now arrived and their Increased liability to temptation render increasing watchfulness on the part of the teacher necessary; but we trust they will be kept through grace & that our labor will [not] be in vain on their behalf. Our new meeting house is raised & nearly covered. Should the Lord prosper us we expect to dedicate it before the close of Gen* Meeting. all sides. It is a substantial frame 120 feet by 60 with a veranda on All the work has been done by the natives except a little superintendence of the framing by a Chinaman, A subscrip­ tion of about 600 dollars has also been raised in the Chh. for the payment of the carpenters & to defray other expenses. Finally; though we have had many trials during the past year, yet our mercies have much more abounded. Our progress has been up hill & therefore laborious; but it has been onward. We have been conversant with "fightings” & "fears", but the Lord has sustained. Though there is defection & stupidity here, still we believe, & that as firmly as ever, that God has done great things for us, that his work has been glorious, & that thousands have been converted in this field who yet stand fast & who will forever stand the monuments of redeeming Grace to swell the song of heaven. As it was not my design to be prolix or to enter much into detail In this communication, I have said all which seems to be necessary to give a general view of my labors during the past year �Hilo 6 1842 & of the present state & prospects of the Chh. & people of this field. My statistics you will see on the opposite page. My heart & my prayers shall be with you in your deliberations. And may the God of love & peace bf with you. wisdom wh. is from above." mission. May you have "the The Lord give unity & power to this The Lord so guide us that we shall neither stumble in judgment nor faint in action. Statistics Whole number received to Chh. on Examination 7890 Do Do on Certificate 128 Past year on Examination 273 ........... . 37 Do on Certificate Whole number the past year 310 Whole number dismissed to other churches 179 Dismissed the past year ........................ 30 Whole number deceased 833 Deceased the past year 249 Suspended the past year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Remain suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Excommunicated the past year none Remain Excommunicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Whole number in regular Standing 6536 Whole number of children Baptized 2600 Baptized the past year ............ . 126 Baptized children dead N ot known Died the past year 23 Marriages the past year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Respectfully submitted Titus Coan Past. of Chh. at Hilo �A. WILCOX'S REPORT Off HILO & PUNA SCHOOLS. 184 2 . In reviewing the past year we have great cause for gratitude to Cod for his tender mercies towards us. H e has spared our lives blended health with sickness stayed his rough wind in the day of the east wind - brought back wander­ ers and sojourners in a distant isle and caused us once more to dwell in a peaceable habitation, in sure dwellings and in quiet resting places. After the close of the last Gen. Meeting ill health detained us at Honolulu until the 9th of Nov. During this time I taught school 2 months. Nov, 9th we embarked on the Schooner Hawaii to return to Hilo. On the 12th touched at Lahaina where we remained 6 or 7 hours and then proceed­ ed on our voyage. We experienced something of a gale of wind and made little headway after the 13th. we seemed to be in great danger, besides, all our provisions failed except a few potatoes. On these we lived till fuel failed also - the sea was very stormy - the rigging several times parted and having at length no further means of repairing it, we put back to Mahu Kona where we landed on the Sat., the 20th of Nov. Thence we proceeded with much weakness by land on our way home which we reached on the 9th of Dec. - a full calendar month from the time we left Oahu, She schooner left Mahu Kona the same day and reached Hilo on the very day of our arrival. We found the schools in operation and doing pretty well. Bro. Coan had looked after them some and examined them in July. In a little more than a week from the time. of reaching home I started on a tour thro’ Puna to examine schools, Bro. Coan accompanied me on a preaching tour. I have just performed another tour through the whole field alone. Since our return from Oahu I have spent 36 days in examining schools, I include however the Sabbaths I spent during the tour and one or 2 days in going to or returning from distant parts of the field on these tours. The schools are more than usually prosperous. The no. of children in them is much larger than at any former period since I have been at the islands. The n o . of readers the past year has been greatly increased several hundreds above what it was last year. In mental and written Arithmetic very good progress has been made and so far as the means have been possessed, in Geography also. But as for maps, there are not half a dozen in the whole field. Teachers and pupils are clamorous for them. But truly in vain are they hoped for from the hills of Lahainaluna. I have had a school for teachers as in years past - the no. �COPY -2- A. Wilcox’s Report of Hilo & Puna Schools - 1842 (Cont’d) of scholars 36. I hare also had an adult Sabbath, school which has not averaged more than 35 or 40 scholars. The labor of distributing school books has been consider­ able besides attending to numerous little wants of the teachers. The bible has not been called for except by teachers - and they expected it as a free gift. There may have been 2 or 3 exceptions to this. STATISTICAL TABLE OF SCHOOLS IN HILO The present No. of children in No. of Readers is Whole number of boys in school Whole No . of girls in school Ho, in Helu Naau is Scholars in Written Arithmetic Scholars in Helu Kamalii No. of writers the schools is & PUNA . - - - 2658 1474 is - - — - - - - - - - -. 1392 - - - — -- --- 1266 -----994 or Hope Helu -— - - - - 269 -974 --------------------------------------------------------------------735 The No. of schools who study geography is - - - 267 and might be 1500 could we obtain maps Of those who wear more or less cloth there are 1727 Of those who have joined the Catholics there are - 10 The Whole number of teachers is - - - - - - -- 100 The No. of salaried teachers the past year is -— - 78 Whose united salaries form an aggregate of — - - - -490 dolls. She above sum is the Remaining King’s debt of which sum there have been paid uncancelled Whole No. of schools in Hilo & 166 doll - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Puna Of examinations the past year there have been No. of children in the Station School is No . of scholars in the Teachers’ School is 324 dol. - - - — — - — - -------- 3 110 36 �Pastoral Report of Hilo & Puna for the year ending May 1st 1843 The past year, has, on the whole, been a year of peace & prosperity to that portion of Zion contemplated in this report. Although the common vicissitudes of reviving & languishing, have marked the different portions of this Chh. and although many things calling for mourning & humiliation, have been witnessed, still, the march of truth & of light, has been onward. Our glorious Lord has not left himself without witness of his gracious presence, & his saving love. Seasons of repenting have been felt in many parts of the field - Saints have been quickened & sinners converted. In some villages of Hilo & Puna the members of the Chh. have stood fast, almost to a man - their meetings have been well attended and a peaceful & heavenly influence has been shed on the people around. In other places, there has been more of stupidity, worldliness & wandering from the path of life. Still, the whole aspect of the Chh. and of the people, has been more encouraging than during the year ending May 1842. Weekly meetings of inquiry have been held at the Station & well attended. Besides the regular labors of the Sabbath, lectures have been delivered on three days of each week. The Monthly Concert has also been observed & several protracted meetings attended at the Station & in different parts of the field. These have all been blessed, and attended with happy fruits. Our new Meeting-house has been completed & on the 8th of June it was dedicated to the service of Almighty God. It is a substan­ tial & commodious building adding greatly to our comfort and amply rewarding us for the severe toil it cost us. Our Sabbath School �2. of children, has been prosperous through the year. It has embraced 400 or 500 children, many of whom, have given pleasing evidence of conversion to God. These children have also been assembled every Friday to attend to a lecture from the Scriptures. On no depart­ ment of our labors, has the grace of God more evidently rested than on our efforts to enlighten & save the rising generation. Six different tours have been performed in Hilo & Puna during the past year. These tours have been blessed to the conversion of sinners and "to the edifying of the body of Christ." On these tours the names of all have been called and the state of each Indi­ vidual of the flock enquired after. Besides the stated meetings at the Station 27 distinct congregations are assembled on the Sab­ bath at different places in Hilo & Puna, & more than twice that number of social prayer meetings are held at intervals during the week* These meetings are conducted by the more pious & discreet members of the Chh. and in many cases they have been much blessed. During the past year the people of Hilo have contributed about 400 dollars to pay for the erection &c of the new meetinghouse, besides a considerable amount in labor for the support of the female boarding school. Cases of discipline have not been, comparatively, numerous during the past year, and of those formerly under discipline ( !), some have returned & some still remain as they were. Death Is fast removing the members of this chh. from these earthly scenes to the presence of their Judge & to their final reward. Three hundred & twenty have been called away during the past year, & more than 1100 during the 4 years past. ing in the Chh. Most of these have died in good stand­ How many of them have gone to swell the song of �Hilo 3. 1843 the redeemed, is known only to him who renders to every man ac­ cording to his works. If one half of them have reached heaven, the efforts to save them, have met with glorious & unmerited reward. But the rapid removal of the present generation is calculated to admonish the pastor that whatever he does for the members of his flock must be done speedily. Three hundred and 31 have been added to the Chh. by profession during the year, and a considerable- number of others stand as can­ didates. Little, or no success has attended the efforts of the papists in this field, though constant & untiring efforts, have been made on their part through, the year. Besides a numerous and vigor­ ous native agency employed in all parts of Hilo & Puna, 3 or 4 Priests have made frequent tours through the two districts, to draw away disciples after them. Their methods of deceiving & enticing the people are well known & need not be mentioned by me. Bone, however, but those out of the chh. & those chh. members who had fallen into sin, have gone after them. Their cause, however, constantly vacillates - for while some join them others leave them. But one thing is most manifest, that nothing but the Spirit of God can lift up an effectual standard against the all flooding enemy. The pastor would here express his grateful acknowledgements for the very acceptable assistance of several Brethren from other Stations, who have spent some time at Hilo during the past year; as also for the kind aid of his respected associates during his seasons of absence on tours, and at other times. The little domestic School, under the care of Mrs. Coan, has been in successful operation during most of the year. Since Jan., however, it has been suspended, on account of the feeble state of �Hilo Mrs. C's health. 4. 1843 The pupils, have made commendable proficiency in the various branches to which they have attended, and the state & prospects of the School are encouraging. Health & happiness have attended the School from its commencement. has, as yet, died. Not one of the pupils The number of scholars is 22 , 18 of whom are members of the Church. The School has been sustained, as it re­ spects its pecuniary wants, by the contributions of natives, the generous donations of friends, & our own personal efforts. Allow me to say, in conclusion, that this report embraces only a brief and general outline of the labors & events of the past year. The detail would be tedious, and it is unnecessary, inasmuch as the nameless & numberless cares & labors of one individual of this mission are the cares & labors common to most or all of the members. Great & manifold blessings, temporal & Spiritual, have, however, crowned the year, calling for devout thanksgiving to God. Our afflictions have been "light" - our consolations abundant. In view of all that is past we write Ebenezer, and we will engrave Jehovah-jirah on all that is future. �Hilo 1843 Statistics Whole No. received to Chh. on Examination ---- - - - - 8221 Do P Do Do Do a on Certificate 170 st year on Examination ---- -- 331 on Certificate Whole number the past year - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- 373 Whole no* dismissed to other Churches 280 Dismissed the past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101 Whole No* deceased 1153 Deceased the past y e a r - -- - - - 320 Suspended the past year 138 Remain suspended - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Excommunicated the past year Whole number Excommunicated 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - Remain Excommunicated 93 65 Whole number in regular standing - - - ---- - - Whole No. of children baptized Baptized the past year 520 6373 2720 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole number of children deceased 120 102 Deceased the past year 33 Marriages the past year - - - - - - - - - - - _ Congregation on the Sabbath 123 1500 Titus Coan, Pastor. �Report of Hilo & Puna Schools Hilo April 1843 [Wilcox] During the past year, the blessing of health has been con­ ferred in an unusual degree on my family; for which, as well as for other blessings, devout gratitude is due to the Almighty Giver. In consequence of exemption from sickness I have been enabled with less interruption and with more vigor to prosecute my labors for the Schools, School for Teachers This has been continued through the year and has embraced not only teachers but promising lads and young men designing to qual­ ify themselves for teaching. The year has 'been divided into two terms of six months each at the expiration of which those who had schools have returned to teach and their associate teachers who had in the meantime been engaged in teaching have taken their places as pupils in school. The No. enrolled for the first term was about 45 and that for the last six months about eighty. Yet taking one day with another for the last term the average number has only been about 45. This has been owing to several causes. First, The coming to­ gether of so many individuals from all parts of a district one hun­ dred miles in length unavoidably throws many of them among strangers and where with nothing but the tact and providence of Hawaiians they can have no regular supplies of food. Some have gone a whole day as I afterwards learned without food and others have eaten only once a day. In this way they stand it along till they are sick or driven by the imperious demand of appetite to return home for food. The sick­ ness of their friends at home is another great consumer of their time. Yet notwithstanding all this some have been pretty constant in their attendance and made good improvement. Reading writing Colburn’s Mental & Written Arithmetic and Geography are the branches which have �Hilo & Pima Schools - 1843 been attended to. 2. During the last 6 months (!) Having had no as­ sistant teacher I have found it necessary for the last 6 months to have a forenoon and afternoon school and divide the pupils. I have usually spent 5 hours in school. Station School for Children With this I have had nothing to do in the way of direct teach­ ing but have occasionally as I found time visited and counseled it and attended to its wants. The no. enrolled as pupils is about 130 but for a few weeks past some have fallen off. taught by 3 teachers. This school is The usual branches have been taught and the improvement made is encouraging. Common Schools Of these there are 53; and the no. of children enrolled who have attended more or less through the greater part of the year is great nearl y as many as it was last year:- viz. 2658. For a few weeks past however there has been a decrease of a few hundreds; the causes of which I will mention by-and-by. To the wants of these schools and their teachers I have ministered in the way of giving out books pens slate and lead pencils chalk ink and paper. In the absence of the Kahu I have listened to many of the difficulties and disputes of of ( !) the teachers with the people and endeavored to adjust and settle them. Examinations Of these there have been 3: the first in July & Aug. the 2d in Oct. conducted in Hilo by the 2 Kahus only, and accompanied by me in Puna and the 3d in March and April in which I was assisted by the Agent in Puna only. Including the days spent in going & coming and also Sabbaths I have spent 52 days in examining them. The returns for the last examination are as follows ------------------ �Hilo & Puna Schools - 1843 3. Whole no. of Childrens' Schools in Hilo & Puna is No. of Teachers - - - - - - - No. of Pupils at the time of last examination Of Boys- - - - - - - - Of Girls ---- - - - - Of Readers - - - - - - - - - - - - In Helu Naau - - - - - - - - - - In Helu Kakau - - - - - - - - - In Helu Kamalii In Geography - - - - - - - - - - In Writing - ---- 538 Gone to the Papists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New School houses built the past year - - - - - - 53 107 1982 1034 948 1335 947 503 758 552 123 42 The Schools we have considered as in a flourishing condition. It is pleasing to contrast their present examinations with those of former years when reading a verse and answering a question each in the Helu Naau or Kamalii, each scholar too, trained to answer his own question only, perhaps, with a little writing and a plenty of pualu made up the sum total. tion comprises a ten-fold increase of recitations. How an examina­ In the Helu Naau some have gone as far as the 11 or 12th chap. and in the Helu Kakau as far as the 8th or 9th. Each School has a black-board and in the process of of ( !) adding subtracting multiplying and dividing many of the children perform with great rapidity and correctness. There is in the schools generally a lack of some books; es­ pecially of the Helu Naau. This is very much needed and called for but I have had but few to give out the past year. Kakau is also needed. More of the Helu Many of the Teachers are quite efficient and advance their schools accordingly. Others are inefficient through ignorance and laziness and whatever pains may be taken to improve them will never know or do much. Our hearts have been pained by the fall of some of the teachers into sin. Eleven of them among whom are 2 graduates of the Seminary and some of the very best teachers have been guilty of a breach of the Seventh Commandment. �Hilo & Puna Schools - 1843 4. This is rather more than one in ten. The yearly feast has been observed by the schools with a good degree of interest. united Ten schools, Including the Teachers, u n i t e d at the Sta­ tion each bearing an appropriate flag and partook of a suitable re­ past in the meeting-house after which several addresses were made and 2 temperance odes sung by the scholars of the Boarding School with good effect. Owing as I am informed to orders given by the Governor the law requiring parents to send their children to school has not been enforced in the case of Catholics. Consequently they have escaped with impunity and the Kahu and Luna Kulas have done little or nothing towards enforcing it in the case of others. How could they adopt two rules for the same offense in two classes of persons? True the parents of Roman Catholic children have been threatened if they did not send their children to school but it was not till recently they fully understood that those threats were not to be carried into ex­ ecution, The ceding of these Islands to Great Britain also operated unfavorably for the schools. The people got the impression that all law was at an end and some left the schools on this account. Another thing -- The Lunaauhau a short time since visited all the schools to take the names of all taxable children. When finding that small heads would go into the list without pinching rather better than large ones he took a goodly number considerably under 14 years of age. Some parents it is said deceived the Tax Officer representing their children as being much older than they were In order that they might be taxed and be at liberty to leave the school and thereby themselves be released from paying the yearly tax of $1.50 towards the support of teachers which the School Agent has imposed on all parents who �Hilo & Puna Schools - 1843 send to school. 5. At the commencement of the last examination the School Agent began a pretty liberal discounting on their heads but before the examination was half through he was taken sick and has continued so ever since on which account many are not released who otherwise would have been. ally left the schools. Those children who are taxed have gener­ Being the largest and most advanced scholars they were the flower of the schools and their departure has made a sad blank. As far as an opportunity has offered they have been urged to pay their taxes and remain in school till 18 years of age. And we hope that many of them may yet be induced to return. These are the principal causes of the late decrease in our schools. In one thing the people have done well. They have the past year built 42 school houses - many of them large. Many of them too have spacious verandas and play grounds - enclosed by a Ki fence which give an air of neatness to the places and render them an In­ viting resort to the pupils. Many School Districts in our own land might to good advantage take a lesson from some of these school houses verandas and yards. The Adult Sabbath School has been continued] much as last year. In July a Sabbath school was commenced in the jail for the prisoners. About 60 attended at first and the no. gradually in­ creased to about 100. Some Interest if not seriousness was manifes­ ted up to the time of the late disgorging of our jails of their in­ mates on account of the suspension of the laws, when most of the prisoners returned home. The school how ever is continued with some 6 or 8 criminals In the vicinity and it is expected that at the close of the prison vacation the school will be large as formerly. ai o ka la and Ui or catechism have been used as text-books Respt. A. Wilcox The �Pastoral Report for Hilo for the year ending May 1, 44. The revolutions of the past year, have evolved nothing re­ markably new or peculiar at Hilo. The common vicissitudes of our missionary career, have been marked by the ceaseless care of a kind Providence. Health & happiness, have cheered us; & the Lord of the vineyard has smiled upon our labors. With devout gratitude to Almighty God, would the Pastor record, that he has been enabled to pursue his labors with vigor through the year, not having been inter­ rupted by sickness or other casualties; Nor has he been separated from the Sanctuary, by ill health, a single Sabbath, since his ar­ rival on these shores . A good degree of peace & prosperity have attended the Chh. during the year, & the march of truth & of righteousness, has been onward. No special defection has taken place among this flock, & the pastor has been permitted to labor with courage, consolation & success. The Holy Spirit has descended on many parts of the field - Saints have been quickened to watch, & labor & pray, and not a few sinners have been hopefully converted to the Lord. Through the power & faithfulness of our Redeemer "the gates of hell have not prevailed against his chh. ened. Temptations have assailed it - trials have threat­ Clouds have thickened & thundered, but Jehovah still reigns, & on the upper surface of the clouds, there is eternal sunshine. The trials arising from the character of the native converts & from the combined force of a thousand adverse external influences, need not be named, as they are matters of common observation & experience with us all. Some of our most painful trials at the Station, arise from the debasing & brutalizing influences of a class of ungodly foreigners. Still we, probably, have as large a share of quiet & �Hilo 1844 2 good order there, as at the other parts of the Islands. The Pastor's labors at the station, have been much as usual. Four, and sometimes 5 public exercises on the Sabbath - including a S. S. for children & a meeting for inquirers &c - and three weekly lectures. In addition to these, are village preaching, funerals, monthly concerts, occasional meetings, pastoral visitations etc etc. The medical wants of the people, also, make heavy drafts on the time of the pastor, and the prospect of relief ( !) from this pressing and responsible service, seems now more dark & distant than it did nine years ago. Eight separate tours, have been performed by the pastor during the past 10 months, viz. 4 in Hilo & 4 in Puna. These tours have been blessed to the edification of the numerous congregations & sections of the chh.. at a distance from the station. These tours are always arduous, & sometimes perilous, from slippery precipices & raging rivers; & there has been occasion, often, to set up an Ebenezer on the banks of a furious stream safely passed, & on the return from many a weary tour. Aside from the station, there are now nearly 30 congregations of from 100 to 500 worshipers, assembled on the Lord's day, in dif­ ferent parts of the parish. These meetings are all conducted by native helpers, & are visited several times annually, by the pastor, for preaching & discipline ( !), & for the administration of the ordinances of the Chh. Many of these congregations, have been blessed with the Spirit's influences, & have enjoyed a happy state of religious interest, during the year. Others of them have been languid. In addition to these local helpers several native evangelists have been employed during a part of the year, the specific. �Hilo 1844 3. duties of whom are, to travel through Hilo & Puna preaching the word in every village, visiting every hamlet & house and holding religious conversation with every individual of every class. They attend funerals, pray with the sick, assist in social meetings etc. etc. usually spending about a week in each village. These labors are an experiment and an experiment gust commenced. ( !) but Thus far, however, they have been attended with happy results, & there is encouragement to pursue the plan still longer. The laborers thus engaged have received moderate wages, & for the ability to remunerate them the pastor is happy to acknow­ ledge his obligations to Bro. Whitney for a generous donation of 50 dollars & to Bro. Cooke for another of 25 dollars. Could means be obtained for continuing these labors we think the results would amply reward the efforts. The plan, you will perceive, is somewhat similar to that of colporteurs, or city missionaries, now so exten­ sively adopted & with such happy success. The pastor would also do injustice to his own feelings not to acknowledge the repeated & kind assistance of his worthy associates, especially in maintaining the regular services of the station during his absence on tours. Another item in our labors is that devoted to foreign residents and visitors. Since our return from the last Gen. Meet. there has been but one month (Dec.) in which foreign Ships have not visited our port, and, consequently, English services have been held on the Sabbath during a large part of the year, besides all the other la­ bors & interruptions incident to the visit of ships to a port like Hilo. With some few exceptions the Masters, Officers & crews of these ships have conducted themselves with propriety & courtesy while conversant with us, & some have received decided &, as we �Hilo 1844 4. trust, permanent religious impressions. As to temperance, we are, for the most part quiet. No li­ cenced grave digger, no legalized hell (?) feeder is recognized in our little community, and yet we have not wanted men who would en­ gage gratuitously in the execrable ( !) work of consuming their fel­ lows. Leaky casks of fiery ruin have been supposed to float upon our shores in the night, and a few vials of wrath have, occasionally been poured out upon some of the foreign roamers of our place. Of the legal proof of the visitations of this burning scourge, we will now say nothing, and only depose that we have sometimes found men "scorched with great heat & blaspheming the God of heaven”. How long will it be ere the vial of the 2d Angel shall have been emptied? If the sea be not literally "like the blood of a dead man", yet the blood of many a dead man mingles with the sea as the fruit of that matchless curse, alcohol. The body of a poor sailor was recently taken from the surf in Hilo & buried, while it is supposed that his soul was ushered sud­ denly & uncalled for into the presence of his Judge in consequence of ardent spirit smuggled on shore by men wishing to be called gen­ tlemen. If every sailor or every living soul; in the sea has not died of this scourge yet multitudes have, & many more will, before that great voice shall be heard out of the temple of heaven, saying "It is done". Popery has done little or nothing in Hilo during the past year. Probably the cause has retrograded. Priests & native agents have been constantly exerting their influence to beguile the people, but with little success. Their great effort is to disorganize the schools & to draw away the rising generation. Their arts of flat­ tery, their menaces, their vain boastings, and their resistance of �Hilo 1844 5. the legal authorities are well known. It is but a few days since, one of their priests gave open & public Instructions to his disci­ ples in Hilo to butcher & hang upon trees all protestant authorities who should attempt to execute the school laws on any of their people p e o p l e who were obnoxious to them. But the Lord will make their wrath to praise him. One new meeting house of rough stone, has been built in Puna during the past year, of sufficient dimensions to contain a 1000 people, and another somewhat larger is commenced in another section of the same district. (Footnote:) A smaller one is com­ menced at an outpost in Hilo, & a thatched meeting house of suf­ ficient capacity to contain 1500 people is now being re-thatched. On the first Monday in each month the people in Hilo & Puna contribute for benevolent objects. Their donations are in labor, fuel, food, fish, pia, salt etc. most of which articles are appro­ priated to Mrs. C's school. The Female Boarding School, under the care of Mrs. Coan, has been comfortably sustained as to its pecuniary wants, & otherwise greatly blessed during the year. Perhaps it has never enjoyed a year of greater vigor & prosperity than the past. Health & cheer­ fulness have bloomed on every cheek, & joy & contentment beat in every heart. On account of the great number of girls who asked for admittance into the school the teacher has been induced to exceed usual her u s u a l complement by six; So that, instead of 20 her number the past year has been 26. Still, many anxious & promising can­ didates have been rejected for want of room to receive them _(_!) & ability to support them.. The pupils have been uniformly docile, industrious, obedient & affectionate. Their progress, not only in books, but especially in some of the more important arts of �Hilo 6. 1844 domestic & civilized life, has been cheering to the heart of their teacher & has greatly encouraged her to go forward in her work. [The health of all the pupils has been nearly perfect & uninterrup­ ted during the year, and no individual has died from the school since its organization in 1838. A great part of the food & fish used in the school are furnished gratuitously by the native Chh. Clothing and other articles are supplied chiefly through the generous contributions of foreign & resident friends for whose kind & timely aid we shall ever feel under deep obligations. Of the 26 girls in the school 21 are members of the Chh. in good standing, and none of them have called for the rod of discipline (!) during the past year. At the close of the last term three of the girls were married to members of Mr. Lyman's school. The foregoing is a very brief & general outline of the labors & events of the past year. The details would be tedious in a report like this. In conclusion we would adore the grace of God by which we have been brought thus far on our way & cheered by such constant tokens of kindness & care. For all past favors we would be thankful. For our own unfaithfulness we would be humble - and in looking forward to future toils & trials, we would trust with calm and everlasting confidence in Him who has proclaimed to all his ambassadors, "Lo I am with you always" and who has laid up "a crown of righteousness" for all those who love his appearing and kingdom". In his ever blessed work we would "be steadfast, immovable" and all abounding, and to his glorious service we would consecrate ourselves afresh, entirely & eternally. �Hilo 7. 1844 Statistics. Whole no. received to the Chh, on Examination do on 8,526 Certificate 184 305 Received past year on Examination do do 14 on Certificate Whole no. received the past year - - - - - , — - - - Whole no. dismissed to other Churches - - - - - - - 319 314 34 Dismissed the past year Whole no. deceased - - - - - - - - _ 328 Deceased the past year - - - - - - Suspended the past year - - - - - - - Remain Suspended 1,481 153 - Excommunicated the past year - - - - - - - - - - Whole no. Excommunicated - - - - - 570 32 125 76 Remain Excommunicated Whole no. in regular standing - - - - - - - - 6,169 Whole no. of children Baptized - - - - - 2,801 Baptized the past year - - - - - - - - - - - Whole no. of baptized children died - - - - - - 81 142 40 Died the past year Marriages the past year - - - - - - - - - - - _Congregation on the Sabbath A.M. - - - - - - - Respectfully Submitted, By the Pastor, Titus Coan. 134 1,200 �1846 Pastoral Report for Hilo Station S) from May 1, 1844 to May 1, 1846 In surveying the period embraced in this report let our Al­ mighty Maker & Benefactor first be praised for the almost uniform Our labors have not,. health & happiness we have enjoyed like those of many others, been interrupted by sickness nor have any of our number been called away by death. The grand object of our labors mission as of all true Christian missions, ( !) has been to save souls from death. Nor have those collateral ( !) labors connected with this grand object, such as the physical, social & intellectual improvement of the people, been neglected. The obstacles encountered are, in part, such as are common, & partly peculiar. Like all our fellow laborers we are called to contend with depravity in its varied forms of ignorance, indolence, ingratitude, selfishness, lust etc. etc, -'in short with its com­ plex, nameless and numberless ramifications. The extent of the field So its difficulty of access are well know[n] to you all. But another obstacle to our work, and one not the least for­ midable is, the rapid increase of sailors & of unruly & ungodly for­ eigners among our people. We need only allude to this fact - il­ lustration is unnecessary. Still we have all the encouragements necessary to a prompt, patient & cheerful pursuance of our work. The promises "Lo ! I am with you - My grace is sufficient for thee”, and a thousand other like assurances, together with our own experience of the love, , the power & the faithfulness of Jehovah, forbid us to falter, or faint, or doubt, or despond in our glorious enterprise. is "Onward" . Our motto We will now proceed to name a few facts as evidences �Hilo 1846 2. of progress among our people. 1st Civil & domestic improvements. Great numbers of the people & especially those about the station are fast increasing the external comforts of life. Dwellings are being improved, commerce conveniences increases & clothing, utensils, furniture, and other c o n v e n i e n c e s of life ( !) are accumulating. 2d. Knowledge. This also is fast increasing among the people. But this knowledge is of a mixed character, i.e. of "good & evil"; and, consequently, its effects are of a mixed character. viz. good ( !) Our common schools of which we have more than 50 are doing as well as could be expected. Probably they are In as pros­ perous a state as on any part of the Islands. These schools enroll all the children of a suitable age, nearly all of whom attend school more or less regularly. The teachers are not well paid, though some of them get all they earn (?) & all of them get enough to keep them from mutiny & from starvation. They have a thousand defects and yet they have, perhaps, never been in a more prosperous state, & the cause of education has never made more progress in the same length of time in Hilo & Puna than during the last year. Mrs. Coa n 's Female Boarding School, has been in operation as usual during the last two years. 20 & some of the time more. The number of scholars has been The health of the school has been good & its progress encouraging. It has been sustained by the' dona­ tions of natives at monthly concert & by the liberality of friends from & in foreign lands. 3d. Morals &c. The general state of the church & people has been peaceful & encouraging. Except at & near the station where the influx of foreigners multiples snares for the unwary, discipline ( !) has not often been called for. Meetings throughout the field �Hilo 1846 3. have been well attended, & sobriety & good order, have, for the most part, prevailed. Twenty five congregations are organized at out stations in Hilo & Puna. These are all furnished either with meet­ ing houses or with comfortable school houses in which they worship from Sabbath to Sabbath. Some of these meeting houses are carpeted with mats & furnished with plain pulpits & seats by the efforts of the people. The congregation at the station has been uniformly good on the Sabbath when the weather was pleasant. The whole number who atten[d] public worship more or less uniformly in Hilo & Puna may be estimated at about 8000. Twelve tours have been made and six protracted meetings held in Hilo & Puna during the past two years. These meetings, especial­ ly several at the out posts were much blessed to saints & sinners. The Spirit of God fell with melting & quickening power upon many. There have also been evidences of the Spirit's work in many parts of the field during the time embraced in this report. A goodly number of souls have we trust been turned from the power of Satan unto God & been made partakers of the grace of life. Still there has been much stupidity in the chh. & much moral dearth over which to mourn before ( !) God. For public benevolent objects they have done something. Be­ sides considerable labor bestowed on their meeting houses they have contributed in labor, produce, merchandise & cash not far from 800 dollars. This sum, however, has not been realized, from the fact that very much of their labor could not be made available. Many plantations of kalo & potatoes in Hilo & Puna have returned to the ground, or been given away because the distance was too great to bring the products to market & because there was no pur­ chaser on the spot. Of the contributions received, some part has �Hilo 4. 1846 been spent in repairing churches, some in procuring furniture for communion tables; a part has been given to the poor., some to native helpers., some to Mrs. C's Boarding School, & about 50 dollars in cash, lately contributed at the Monthly Concert, will be handed over to some venevolent institution, probably the Hawaiian Bible Society. No special & vigorous efforts have yet been made to raise a support for the pastor among the people. It is probable that this could be done but it has been doubted whether this was the best way to appropriate the offerings of the people for the present. Perhaps the thing w il l be accomplished by & by. We are happy how­ ever, to learn that the experiment has been made with such success in several places, & we say God speed to the righteous enterprise We will follow when the way seems clear. The ordinary round of Sabbath & weekly public labors at the Station has been as follows. On Sabbath, 1st Sab. School. Sermon. 3d Meeting of Inquiry &c &c. 4th. Sermon. English to seamen &c. 2d 5th Sermon in This last exercise is kept up during the greater part of the year. On week days our exercises are a lec­ ture on Wednesdays, another on Fridays to children & a third on Saturdays. are held. Besides these the monthly concert & occasional meetings Our Sabbath School & lecture for children have been well attended, enrolling in all more than 400 boys & girls. This vineyard has been one of peculiar interest & of promise, & it is our joy as well as our duty to cultivate it. Popery ceases to attract attention in our field. The cause seems dead & buried & may its resurrection never come while the earth remaineth or the stars roll. not be too confident - much less On this point however we would would we boast. What new energy the man of Sin will yet exert & what new schemes he will divise ( I) �5. Hilo 1846 to accomplish his dark purposes in this land, we know not. Our only hope is in Him who made heaven & earth. By the annexed statistical tables it will be seen that the whole number gathered to the chh. at Hilo on examination is 9079. Of these 305 were added during the past year and 248 during the previous year, making an addition of 553 since our last Gen. Meet. It will also be seen that 335 have died during the past & 241 during the previous year, making a total of 576 who have died since our last report. The whole number who have been called from this chh. to the bar of their Judge is 2057. Could this pastor feel assured that !!these all died in faith" he would realize a thousand fold reward for all the toil & care & watchings bestowed upon them. But their day of trial is ended - their destiny is fixed, & "the day will reveal it." Their pastor's work for them is also done &, with the rest of his flock will soon go to receive the reward of the faithful or to feel the doom (?) of the unfaithful servant. Statistics of Hilo Chh, from May 1, 1844 to May 1, 1845. Whole number received on Examination ---- ---- ------ - 8774 Do on Certificate - - - - - - - - 223 Received the past year on Examination - - - - - - - 248 Do do on Certificate - - - 39 Whole number received the past year - - - 287 Whole number dismissed to other Churches - - 344 Dismissed the past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Whole number deceased - - - - - - - - - 1722 Deceased the past year - - - - - - - - - - - - 241 Suspended the past year - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Remain Suspended - - - - - - - - - - - - - 497 Excommunicated the past yr none Whole number excommunicated - - - - - - - - - - 125 Remain excommunicated - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 How in regular standing - - - - - - - - - - - 6379 Whole number of children baptized - - - - - - - 2862 Baptized the past year - - - - - - - - - 61 Baptized children died - - - - - - - - - - - 150 do do the past year - -------- 8 Marriages the past year 123 Congregation on the Sabbath from 500 to 1200 �Hilo 1846 6. Statistics of Hilo Chh.. from May 1, 1845 to May 1, 4 6 . W hole number received on Examination - - - Do do do on Certificate - - - - - - Received the past year on Examination Do do on Certificate - - Whole number received the past year - - - - — Whole number dismissed to other churches - - - - Dismissed the past year ------------ - - - - . Whole number deceased - - - - - - - - Died the past year - - - - - - - - - Suspended the past year - - - - - - - - -------------- -Remain suspended Excommunicated the past year - - - - Whole number excommunicated - - - - - - - Remain Excommunicated Now in regular standing - - - - - - - - - - - Whole number of children Bapt. - - - - - - - Baptized the past year --- Baptized children deceased. - - - - - - Do Do do past year - - - - - Marriages the past year Congregation on the Sabbath - - - - - - 500 to 9079 283 305 60 365 357 13 2057 335 32 483 none 125 45 6420 2946 84 212 62 139 1200 Statistics united for the past 2 years ending May. 1, 1846 Received to Chh. on Ex. during the last 2 yrs. -Do do by Certificate - - - - - Whole number received in two years - - - - - - Do do removed to other churches — - - Whole number deceased in 2 years - - - - - - Do do Suspended " " " - - - - - - - Do. " of children baptized " - - - - - Do. " of baptized children died - - - - - Do. ,r of Marriages 553 652 43 576 59 145 70 262 Statistics of Common Schools in Hilo & Puna. Number Do Do Do Do Do Do Do of of of of of in schools - - - - - - - - - - - - teachers - - - - - - - - - - - children enrolled readers - - - - - - - - - writers. - - - - - - - - - - geography - -- - - - - - - - in arithmetic - - - - - - - - - -in children’s arithmetic - - - - - - - - - - 2525 1327 789 - - - Titus Coan [On back]: Mr. Coan's Report for 1845 - 1846 [Actually for 2 years] 52 105 679 1015 704 99 �Hilo, Aug. 17, 1847 Dear Brethren, Through many cares I have postponed my annual Statistics too long I now send them for the year commencing May 1, 1846 and ending April 30, 1847. I had thought of making out a full report of my labors etc, but time passes & I give it up. Of course I report occasionally to the Board, direct. condition of the chh. Schools &c has been encouraging. The general My labors much as In former years with somewhat similar results. The Chh. has been peaceful and most of its members have stood fast - Some have fallen and as many have been restored. converted. A goodly number have,as we trust been Spiritual showers have fallen on several portions of this Zion. thing has occurred to dishearten, much to encourage. No Were our own faith and fidelity as constant as the care and loving kindness of our God we should have less cause for humiliation. Statistics of Hilo Chh. from May 1, 46 to Apr 30, 47 Whole no. received on examination " " certificate 338 Received past year on examination 117 ” " " 9196 by certificate 55 Whole number received the past year 172 Whole number dismissed to other churches 370 Past year to other churches 13 Whole number deceased 2282 Died past year 228 Suspended the past year 45 Remain suspended 495 Excommunicated the past year 00 Whole number excommunicated 125 Remain excommunicated 37 Whole number in good standing 6350 Children baptised the past year 81 Whole no. of children baptised do do 3027 of baptised children deceased 217 Died in past year 05 Marriages past year 92 Sabbath congregation from 500 to 1200 �Hilo, Aug. 1847 2 My statistics of common schools I took with me to Puna and unfortunately they are behind in my calabash, my luggage not having yet come in. Should the vessel sail before the arrival of these papers,(wh. is probable) I will endeavor to send by the next opportunity. Should be happy to write each of you separately but cannot now. Much love to all your families, from us all. In haste but in truth. Your affectionate Bro. Titus Coan. �Statistics of Schools in Hilo and. Puna. 38 No. of Schools d o ■ of scholars " of readers " of writers 2266 1198, 765 " Arithmetic 884 Childn do. 843 Geography 650 s as I received these statistics after I closed my letter in wh . I mentioned thema not at hand. Yours truly T. Coan [Written in pencil, different hand]: with letter of Aug,17 1847 �Report of Hilo Station from May 1, 1846 to Apr. 30, '48 It is always good to recognize the hand of the Lord in all his works. It is profitable to review his dispensations & to mark the progress of his cause. and meditate & reflect. adore the Most High. It is good to pause, now & then, It is good to give thanks to praise & to It is good to remember his loving-kindness, to recount the tokens of his grace & to learn wisdom by all his providential dealings with his Zion. Especially is this exercise appropriate on this bienniary occasion. It is cheering, it is comely it is delightful, after a two years separation, to meet and to mingle our holiest sympathies, our purest love, our best counsels & our most fervent aspirations. It is good to give & to receive - to speak freely of all the way in which the Lord has led us and to communicate the history of his gracious or his afflictive visitations to those portions of Zion over which the Holy Ghost has made us overseers. The general health of our Station has been good, but the Mission have all been informed of the deep sorrow & the exalted joy we have been called to experience in witnessing the early decline & the peaceful & triumphant departure of our beloved Sister Paris. The Mission will rejoice with the bereaved in that calm & firm & unfailing exhibition of faith which sustained the soul of the de­ parted during the severest hours of trial till the freed Spirit soared on its strong pinions to the world of fruition. We will also mingle our tears with those of the mourners, & our prayers shall ascend to Heaven on their behalf. �Hilo 2 1848 In giving a brief & rapid sketch, of the progress and state of things in Hilo & Puna we will, first notice, General Improvements in temporal matters. Although these blessings are not the grand & direct object of Missionary labor, still they never fail, as collateral results, to accompany the faithful and successful propagation of the gospel among savage & barbarous tribes. Consequently, as the results of knowledge & truth we see industry & thrift every where gaining upon indolence & poverty, & comfort & competence taking place of misery & squalid want. It is true with our people as with many In more highly favored lands that all are not benefited by the introduction of light & the accumulation of wealth among them. Of course we still mourn over Ignorance, poverty and vice, the legiti­ mate offspring of mental, physical & moral imbecility. But It Is not so with all. Multitudes have aroused from the sleep of ages, & under the quickening impulse of Christian civilization, are putting forth their energies to rise above the condition of the brutes, & to collect around them & their children those temporal comforts which a beneficent Creator so liberally bestows on those who seek them aright. In the erection of framed houses, in the improvement of the old style of dwellings, In procuring tables, bedsteads, chests, chairs, writing desks, stationary etc. in collecting cutlery ( !), earthen, glass & hardware, including a considerable variety of culinary & domestic utensils; in multiplying agricultural & mechan­ ical implements, in seeking a greater variety of wholesome food, & a more comfortable & respectable supply of clothing; in time pieces - �Hilo 1848 3. in horses, oxen, cows, goats &c. In opening & improving roads; in erection of fences and in the numerous other things we see the marks of constant & rapid progress in civilization and general improvement. Probably the wealth of Hilo has Increased from 30 to 50 fold within the last 10 years - And still, the people are poor, most of them quite so, while none of them are rich. All we would be understood to say is, that their temporal comforts have improved & multiplied rapidly, more rapidly than the most sanguine could have anticipated while there is ample room for still greater improvements. In some sections of Puna, the people, of their own accord, have made comfortable roads through thickets & over lava fields, for the distance of several miles. Meeting Houses. In building, rebuilding, repairing, and improv­ ing the numerous houses of public worship in Hilo & Puna, the Church has shown a commendable zeal. Our houses are all plain & cheap - mostly thatched, with a few of rough stone. On these buildings they have expended during the past year about one thousand and one hun­ dred ($1,100) dollars. In addition to this I have more than $200 in goods, in my hands, contributed to repair the meeting house at the Station. Schools. These are not what we could wish them to be, yet they have, perhaps, never been more prosperous than during the past year. About 2600 children have attended the schools of Hilo & Puna, as will be seen by the subjoined statistical table. Many of these schools have made commendable progress In their studies, and many of the teachers have labored with zeal & patience. We regret to say, �Hilo 1848 4. however that they have not always been compensated as the law directs. Through the maladministration of former Lunaauhaus , {tax collectors} the avails of the labor tax were not appropriated to pay the teachers, cons-equently, at the close of the year 1847 the debt due the teachers of Hilo & Puna amounted to more than $2000. The old lunas have been removed & a new one appointed who gave promise of intro­ ducing a better state of fiscal affairs, but, before he had time to make a full & fair experiment he was called away by death. During the few months of his incumbency, more school debts were paid than had been paid during the three previous years. The pastor has attended most of the school examinations in company with the superintendent, and during the months of Feb. & March of the present year all the schools of Hilo & Puna have been assembled at six convenient points for temperance celebration, public thanksgiving etc. On these occasions the teachers & pupils appeared in their best robes, and with banners & plumes - with-joy­ ful looks & glad hearts marched and sung (?) & feasted. addresses, lectures &c &c. were interspersed - Prayers, In some cases these exercises were continued for 2 or 3 days with happy effect. Tours. Twelve tours have been performed viz. 6 through Hilo & 6 Puna during the past 2 years. These tours are always arduous & sometimes perilous on account of slippery precipices, & mad streams to be waded or swam or crossed by the help of ropes. Not a year passes without bringing Its tidings of some one, native or foreigner, being swept away by these streams, and we would devoutly praise the Most High that no member of our Mission has yet fallen a victim to these raging waters. �5. On all these tours, the Chh, & people have been collected in villages at convenient distances, where their names have been called, their-manner of life examined & such instruction & pastoral care bestowed on them as seemed suited to their characters & wants. On these tours several protracted meetings have been held with evident profit & often with cheering tokens of the Spirit’s presence & power. Two or three protracted meetings have been held at the Sta­ tion with more or less interest; but some of the meetings at out stations have been more distinctly marked by the blessing of the Lord. The Chh. Lunas, or leading members of the Church, have also been assembled at the station, either annually or semi-annually, for consultation, prayer, instruction etc. etc. They have, also, been collected in little divisions on every tour through Hilo & Puna. There are about 25 places of public worship In the field on the Sabbath, and this number is increased for the better accommodation of week-day meetings - These meetings have been well sustained during the past year and there are now some 200 daily prayer meetings In Hilo & Puna. The Church, has been remarkably peaceful &, on the whole, prosperous during the period embraced in this report. discipline have not been, comparatively, numerous. The cases of There is also, as we trust, an increasing knowledge of the nature of Christ’s kingdom, & an increasing respect for the truth & the ordinances of the gospel. We still have a class of ignorant, indifferent, stupid & fruitless professors - We also find a class of impulsive, hot & �6 cold, see-saw disciples - -waxing & waning like the moon, ebbing & flowing like the sea - strong & weak - waking & sleeping - fighting & fleeing - repenting & relapsing - forsaking & embracing sin "resolving & re-resolving and dying the same." We also have a class of decided & determined hypocrites, throwing the guise of guile over all their actions & laboring only to deceive. Of these it can hardly be said that their consciences are seared or defiled, even, for there is little or no evidence that they ever had consciences. nihility or non-entity. With them, such an attribute seems a They have but one apparent object, viz. to appear what they are not, rather than to be what they would be es­ teemed to be. To these sin-ruined souls the light of truth never penetrates. In these hard hearts the arrows of truth find no lodgement. Over all these deluded classes our hearts mourn with heavy sorrow. But to this picture there is a cheering contrast. We find a class, a numerous & increasing class of professors who are consistant, active, steadfast Christians, and who appear to be growing in grace, or in the knowledge & love of the truth. Every year adds fresh evidence that God has a chosen people in this field and every year gives new hope & joy & courage to the pastor. Multitudes who were hopefully born again in the great revival from 1836 to 1840 still stand fast & give increasing evidence of a work of grace on their hearts, & of having been adopted into the family of Christ. Work of the Spirit. During the year 1836 there were no special general indications of the work of the Spirit in quickening the Church & in leading �7. sinners to the Lamb of God. There were, however, during this period, exhibitions of the saving grace of God in several places, and there never was a time when there were less than 50 to a 100 inquirers who professed to be willing to give themselves to the Lord, and more than one 100 were added to the Church during that year. Daring the year 1847 there was a gradual waking up in the Church, and this spiritual motion increased & extended till every part of the field was more or less affected by it. In its commencement it seemed like the first gentle ripple upon a calm & glassy sea till it fresh­ ened into a grateful breeze & extended its refreshing influences over the whole face of society. From the commencement of 1848 up to the present time, a reviving influence has been quite marked and gen­ eral throughout Hilo & Puna. Very few either in the Church or out of it have remained wholly indifferent. Though everything has been calm & gentle, and no strongly excited feelings have been seen, still there has appeared to be, in many cases a deep, and generally an honest & decided interest in those things which concern the Lord Jesus. Many who were not even aroused in the great revival, are now enquiring what they must do. There is a general disposition to attend religious meetings, and daily praying circles, to the number of 200 or 300 are organized all over the field. On the whole there has been no time since 1839-40 when the pastor could report the state & prospects of the church as more cheer­ ing & prosperous than on the present occasion. The Labors at the Station have been much as usual - viz. two sermons, a Sabbath School and a meeting of inquiry on the Lord’s day with 3 or 4 lectures during the week, besides the ten thousand daily etcetera ( !) which we all understand, but which pen or tongue �Hilo 8. 1848 never named. Our Sabbath. School for Children has been very full & inter­ esting, embracing some 500 or 600 scholars. For a large portion of the time one English service has been held at Hilo on each Lord's day. In this Bro. Paris & the writer have usually alternated. Mr. Paris has also uniformly alternated in the native services of the Sabbath when not absent from the Sta­ tion, & the pastor is also under many obligations to this Brother & to Bro. Lyman for taking the entire labors of the Station when he has been absent on tour, as well as for many occasional & incidental labors. Romanism. So far as we can discern this error has been dormant in our field for a long time. Very little zeal or activity have been dis­ played on the part of priest or his disciples. I know of no access­ ions to their party during the past year while numbers have left them. Their meetings have been thinly attended & their schools have been but a shadow & a shame - in fact a misnomer. Not more than one or two of these schools, if any, are now in operation, and the number of scholars in our Schools is not decreased by their efforts. There seems to be a pause in their operations, but this quiescent state may be the prelude to a more vigorous onset as a quiescent state of the atmosphere often precedes a gathering storm or as the electricity slumbers in the charged cloud till it suddenly bursts with a crash & a roar. That the Papists have changed their policy from a stormy and belligerent to a more quiet & flattering one is most evident, but which set of tactics will be most effective remains to be seen. Of one thing, however, we may rest assured, that while we cleave to �9, the Lord in love & in faith, & while the Lord is with this Mission & these churches, we have nothing to fear for the cause of truth; if we forsake the Lord & he forsake us we have everything to fear. Support of Pastor. It was not until 1847 that any efforts were made to collect a portion of the pastor's salary from the natives. At that time the proposition was made & an experiment commenced, but without much vigorous or systematic effort. The subject was mentioned to a portion only of the church to be entirely optional with them. Many came forward promptly & cheerfully & subscribed for the object. The nominal amount collected in trade & cash is $425.18 cts. Re- duced to cash value it stands $317.50 cts. Finally, while we have much cause for humility & self abasement in view of our own unfaithfulness and the sins of the people, we have also abundant occasion for praising the Lord, for trusting him, for taking hold of his strength in prayer and for finding ourselves afresh for his service. The subjoined tables show the statistics of the Church, the Schools etc. Statistics of Schools in Hilo & Puna Number of schools - - - 40 M of Teachers 55 ,r of Scholars 2592 " Readers 1457 " Writers 1058 " Arithmetic 1147 Child's Geography Sacred do do 878 - - - 931 122 �Hilo 1848 Church Statistics for the year ending April 30, '47 Whole number received on Examination " ” ” - ----- by certificate Received the past year on Examination " " " " " " 338 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dismissed to other churches Whole number deceased Suspended " Remain Suspended - - - - - - - - - - - - - " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole number in good standing - - - - - - - - Baptized the past year Whole number of baptized children died - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Congregation on the Sabbath 125 37 of children baptized Marriages the past year 495 none Remain Excommunicated Died the past year 228 45 Whole number excommunicated - - - - - - - - - " 13 2282 Excommunicated past year " 172 370 Dismissed the past year- - - - - - - - - - - - - Deceased the past year 117 55 by certificate Whole number received past year 9196 6350 3027 81 217 5 92 1000 �Hilo 11. 1848 Church Statistics for year ending Ap. 30, 1848 Whole number on Examination 9382 On certificate 577 Past year on examination - - - - - " " - - - on certificate 186 39 Whole number past year 225 Whole No. dismissed 425 Dismissed the past year - - - - - - - - Total deceased 55 2598 Deceased past year 316 Suspended past year 40 Remain Suspended 450 Excommunicated past year none Total excommunicated - - - — - - --- - - Remain Excom. 125 35 Whole number in regular standing 6251 Total of Baptized children - - - - - 3083 Baptized past year 56 Total of Baptized children deceased Deceased the past year - - - - - - - - - Marriages past year Sabbath congregation - - - - - - - - - - 244 27 88 1200 �Hilo 1848 Past two years united. Past 2 years on Examination " " " 303 Certificate 94 Whole No. past 2 years -------------- ---397 68 Dismissed the last two years Died Suspended " " " " " " " " " Excommunicated " 544 85 " Children Baptized " -------- - - " 00 " 137 Baptized children died " 32 Marriages ” 180 Benevolent efforts the past year Expended on Meeting houses &c $1,100 Remaining on hand for do 225 Gratuitous labor on roads 150 Contributed for support of Pastor, trade receipts425.18 Reduced to cash value 317.50 Respectfully submitted, Titus Coan, Pastor �Pastoral & General Report for Hilo for the year ending March 1849 Let the taunting Son of Esau call but of Seir, "Watchman! What of the night." Israel's Watchman may always respond to the haughty Edomite, "The. morning cometh - and also the night." Morn­ ing to Zion - night to her foes. There are times in the history of the Chh. and in the state of some of its local branches, when, to the eyes of man light & darkness, morning & midnight seem conflicting, & when human reason & unbelief predict disaster & overthrow to the kingdom of Christ. And even some of the fearful & faint hearted among the saints, sigh in sadness & despondency, and go backward, enquiring in mournful tones, "By whom shall Jacob arise, for he is small." "But to the upright light ariseth in darkness" & light & gladness are sown for the righteous. The strong, the steady, the clear eye of faith pierces the clouds which envelope the Eternal, Sees: the Great Head of the Church robed (?) in light and clothed with universal dominion, & reads his purpose to fill the earth with his glory - his commission to his ministers, "Go ye into all the World," & his promise "Lo! I am with you always." In reviewing the history of the Hawaiian Church & people for the past year our hearts would all fail us, and we should cry out alas! We have labored in vain & spent our strength for nought, did not faith viewing the bow of God spanning the heavens, rise above the darkening clouds into the regions of serene & everlasting sun­ shine. Perhaps we had all indulged the too fond anticipation of seeing the Hawaiian race, with its language and young literature, & with all the infant institutions of Christianity & civilization, �Hilo 2. 1849 established on a solid basis, & bequeathed as Heaven's best & our last legacy to this people, so that when called to rest from our labors we might feel that these rich, these priceless blessings, would be perpetuated & would remain to the nation, so long as the Sun & the Moon endure. But God's ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not our thoughts - The purposes, the hopes & the expectations of man's heart, and even of the good man's heart, may fail; but the counsel of the Lord shall stand. The mysterious dealings of divine Providence with this people during the past year, though in some of these aspects still dark, are not devoid of light even to our weak vision. The Angel of the Lord has passed through the land with his drawn sword and the nation has been decimated. We have seen the affecting spectacle of a whole people prostrated at once by pesti­ lence, like a forest before a mighty tempest, & our ears have heard the startling death-wail coining up from every hamlet of the land, while the angel of vengeance was destroying in all our coasts. In this amazing providence we see the forestallment of the nation’s doom, and we seem to read the design of God to remove & blot out this people from the earth & from under these heavens; a truth which we can still more distinctly read in the slow, silent, and changeless laws of nature & of being, by which the nations and the tribes that violate these laws shall gradually perish till they are utterly wasted, nevertheless, as the Saints, according to His promise, look for new heavens & a new earth, when the heavens & the earth which now are shall have dissolved & passed away, so we may con­ fidently hope & believe that Christ will have a kingdom & a people �Hilo 1849 3 on these shores, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail a kingdom which shall stand fast & he transmitted to children & to children’s children, long after we shall have "been called from these earthly scenes. Seeing then, that we look for such things we may well give up the of our minds, be sober & hope to the end for the grace which is to be revealed. If we hope & believe in such a result then may we with patience wait for it. If we trust in the promises of Him who has said that Zion's prayers shall be heard & that his work shall be rewarded, then may we be steadfast, im­ movable, always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as we know that our labor shall not be in vain in the Lord. Even though Israel be not gathered, yet shall Christ & all his faithful servants be glorious. Of one thing we may at least be sure - Should the nation wreck & should its social & civil fabric burn, we may save some of its treasures from the deep - We may pluck many souls as- brands from the burning. Were I to describe the scenes of sickness, of want, of sorrow & pain, of mortality, of desolation & of lamentations which have been witnessed in Hilo & Puna since our last Gen. Meet, it would be but a recapitulation of what has already passed in sad & mournful detail before you all. Such a scene of the simultaneous prostration of a whole community is not often witnessed in our dying world. To see 3, 5, 10 & 15 in one house, all panting together with the same disease, & nor one to administer to their wants; to see corpses, multiplied on every side; to look at houses desolated & charnel hous­ es filled; to bury 3, 5, 10 in a day, & sometimes 3 in one grave; to hear the voice of wailing breaking forth on every hand and �Hilo 1849 4. distorting the stillness of midnight; or, more affecting still, to know that sorrow had dried up the fountains of condolence, or that weakness & languor had destroyed the power of weeping among the sufferers; so that the ghostly living often hastened the remains of their dearest friends to the grave with noiseless footsteps & in tearless silence - All this and much more, has passed under your own observation and opened up the deep fountains of sympathy in . your souls. About one thousand of the people of Hilo & Puna have been removed by death during the past year leaving but 9000 in the field. Among the departed were many good men, helpers, examples & pillars in the Hawaiian church. These all died in the faith, & have, me doubt not,"received the End of their faith." in joy & in triumph, leaning on their beloved. Some departed But a larger part of those who have been swept off by this epidemic were of more doubt­ ful religions characters & many of them were decidedly wicked & fell in consequence of their dissolute habits. Although the Mission families, & especially our children, have suffered more or less in the general calamity, still we are mercy called upon to bless the Lord for his great mercy & forbearance towards us. None of us have been called away. No maternal or paternal, no fraternal, no conjugal or filial tear has been shed over a dear departed one - Through grace we remain an unbroken circle. But we do not forget, nor do we cease to feel for those of our number with whom it has been otherwise. Our hearts have sympathized with dear brethren & sisters who have been bereaved, who have drunk of the cup of sorrow & whose tears still flow & who still feel the desolations made in their dwellings & in their hearts. The God of all grace & �5 . consolation comfort the mourner & bind up the bleeding spirit. Of Temporal Improvements for the past year we have little to say. The pestilence which has swept over the land, & the great, the almost continuous & unparalleled rains which have flooded the earth through the winter, have left the people little time or abil­ ity to improve their temporal condition. For half the year labor, except that which was demanded to sustain life, has been almost entirely suspended. The hand of God was so heavy upon the people that they bowed beneath it by thousands without power to raise themselves. Consequently their secular affairs have received a shock from which they cannot soon recover. They are in a less prosperous state than before the commencement of the epidemics. The Schools have been kept up most of the time through the year, but with reduced numbers and with less vigor than usual. They were on a good footing at the commencement of the Missionary year, but the sickness & the flooding rains almost annihilated them for several months, but they are now revived again with a good degree of promise. Teachers have been better paid than formerly; - probably they have drawn more than during three preceding ( !) years. The Labors at the Station, have been much as usual, with the exception, of course, of greatly increased efforts in distributing medicines, visiting the sick & burying the dead. Four Tours have been accomplished during the nine months since our return from the last Gen. Meet. Several protracted meet­ ings & school celebrations have been held at different places in the field and at the station. Four rough stone meeting houses, and one in the ancient style, �Hilo 6. 1849 have been built at outstations by the voluntary efforts of the Church - Other Meeting-houses in the field have been repaired, new seats, plain pulpits, mats &c. have been introduced. All the labor and material which have been expended on places of worship during the past year may be estimated at 1200 dollars. Something has also been done for the poor. The people have contributed from their poverty & in the midst of their sorrow $626.12 in cash and other articles, for the support of their pastor &c. When reduced to cash value the sum is 541 .00. [American Seamen’s Friends Society] $100. of the above given to the A.S.F.S. and $441.00 to A.B.C.F.M. and charged to the pastor on the books of our agent. Romanism, so far as we can see has made no progress during the year - On the contrary, it is our impression that its influence has declined. The priest at Hilo seems nettled & chaffed ( !) by neglect, & by the languishing state of his cause. He has earnestly sought to enter into a public controversy with me, but I stubbornly refused to leave my work on the walls of Zion, to come down & fight on the plains of Ono. Nolaila ua hokaia. In the midst of all her trials the Church has, on the whole, been in an encouraging state. Many of its members have borne their afflictions with Christian resignation. They have appeared to see & to feel the hand of a Father in all their trials, & have evidently grown in grace & in the knowledge of God. Very little defection has come to the knowledge of the pastor, less, probably than during any former year since the great revival. Meetings have never been suspended at the station or in most outstations through the field. Even in the season of the deepest sorrows, a few have �Hilo 7. 1849 been found, who, with tottering footsteps & emaciated form found their way to the house of prayer to lay hold on the horns of the altar. More than 700 of the chh. have gone the way of all the earth since we last met, about 500 of them in consequence of the pestilence which swept over the land. Besides these nearly 200 baptized children of the Chh. have also been taken away during the same period. Our Civil Census also, taken in Jan., presents an affecting fact, viz. that the people are wasting away & must at no distant period, become extinct as a nation. The number of deaths in Hilo & Puna for the year 1848 was 934 while the births for the same period were only 173, and the larger part of these survived their birth but a little while. The decrease of population in the whole field since 1846, is about 1100, and the present population stands at about 9000. But while death has been accomplishing his work, the Spirit of life from God, has revived many dry bones & raised them up to praise the Redeemer. Many members of the Chh. who had wandered wide in the paths of folly and some -who had gone over to the papal ranks, have been brought back to the fold, & have found, with ap­ parent joy, their long forgotten resting place, while 265 have been gathered from the ranks of the world, and a considerable company still stand as candidates for the Church. On the whole, we think the truth is gaining ground that the gospel is taking root in the hearts of the people - that a more solid, enlightened & enduring piety is prevailing in the church, and we have many encouragements to hope, to believe, to rejoice, to labor, & in patience to possess our souls. While we have many things over which to mourn & for which �8 to be humbled, still we are called upon to rejoice in the Lord always; to feel that God has not cast away his people; that he has not forsaken the work of his hands; that he has not given over his heritage to reproach; but that his mercy endureth forever. With his assurance, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee" may we not boldly say "The Lord is our helper" & under his shadow we will live among the heathen. Let us trust in him & do good- So shall we dwell in the land & verily we shall be fed. Church Statistics Received past year on Examination - - - - - - - - - Whole no. on Examination 9647 Received past y r . on certificate - - - - - - - - - - Whole no. on certificate 21 398 Dismissed past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole no. dismissed Deceased past year - - 265 28 453 - - - - ------ - - 703 Whole no. deceased 3301 Excluded past year 25 Whole no. remaining excluded Now in regular standing Children baptized past year - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole no. Baptized 387 5906 108 3191 Baptized children deceased past year - - - - - - - - 183 Whole no. baptized children deceased 427 Marriages past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Average no. who attend Meet, in field 91 1000 �Hilo 1849 Contributions To Pastor, noml value $626.12 The above reduced to cash $541.00 cts. $100. appropriated to A.S.F.S. $441.00 to A.B.C.F.M. Labor & materials for M. Houses $200.00 Civil Census Hilo " Males 2825 Females 2579 Foreigners 59 Total of Hilo Puna - 5463 Males 1807 - Fem . 1761 - Total Grand total of Hilo & Puna 3568 9031 Deaths 934 - Births 173 - Decrease since ’46 - 1098 Schools Mo. of Schools 41 " Scholars 2176 " Readers 1271 Arithmetic 1078 Geography 833 Writers 851 - Teachers, 50 Respectfully Submitted, T. Coan, pastor, April 4, 1849 � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Hilo - 1831-1849 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/5c7de3f5fc5edb14c6f24c62bc0c7862.pdf f7d255e93d1a2dde4de204a782c340ab PDF Text Text CONTENTS HAWAII ISLAND Extracts from Hawaii Island Station Reports 1848 Paris, John D. - -Kau Station---------------------- p. 1 Coan, Titus, --Hilo Station------ ------------ -----p. 3 Lyman, David B --Hilo Boarding School-- ------- -— Lyons, Lorenzo - -Waimea Station— -p. 5 ----------- p. 6 Bond, Elias --Kohala station---------— ------------p. 9 Thurston, Asa - -Kailua Station------------- -------p.11 Ives, Mark --Kealakekua Station, includes Kealia--p.13 �[Extracts from Hawaii Island Reports] 1848] [ HAWAII Kau - Station of Rev. J.D. Paris. The desolating effects of the fires & famine of the two previous years have ever since been felt. They drew after them a dark train of disease & death the marks of which are still visible. But the good hand of God has been heaviest upon the pastor. Lord put forth his hand & touched him. The He called his companion up higher & to the rest of her heavenly home. Though in tears & desolateness & with a heart bleeding over his motherless daughters & his cheerless abode the surviving husband & father can call to remembrance the loving kindness & make mention of the tender mer­ cies of God. the field. This heavy stroke compelled the pastor to retire from His labors among his people have been confined to occasional tours. disadvantages - Of course they have been performed under great Still the pastor has been encouraged with the evident & precious tokens of the Divine blessing upon them. Com. Schools Owing to decrease in population the protestant schools have however been reduced from 20 to 12. There is/evident improvement in the manners both of teachers & pupils. On the whole the schools are doing more good than in former years. Sab. Schools These are 9 in number & well attended. instances attend with their children. Parents in many The regular exercises has been 7 verses of the "Daily Food" - together with a hymn in concert - all committed to memory during the week. Several of the scholars have been hopefully converted. Temperance The children of the protestant families are nearly all �Kau 1848 2. associated in a temperance society, pledge to abstain from all that can intoxicate. To this pledge also are sworn all the church members — Benevolence. The people of this remote & famished, & scathed & often oppressed district are emphatically poor. something. Still they have done They have cheerfully built 2 good thatched meeting houses, & furnished them with doors, seats & rude pulpits. They have also built a bell house & suspended the bell generously sent them by the Allen St. Church, New York. They have also contributed over one hundred dollars in goats, goat skins &c. for monthly concert. Civilization. A manifest improvement is obvious in the clothing of the people. But few persons are now seen on the Sab. who are not clothed in European dress. There is also some improvement in the structure of houses - with verandas & apartments - enclosed yards & gardens. There is too more cleanliness than formerly, & many have provided themselves with a table & a few chairs, iron pots, bowls, plates, knives, forks, &c. Popery - Decidedly on the decline. & poorly attended. Their meetings have been few Many of their leading men have left them & are among the enquirers at protestant meetings. Some of these have been received to the church. State of religion. The pastor was never more encouraged. The Holy Spirit has been poured down upon several districts strengthening the weak, reclaiming the backslider, alarming the careless, & saving the lost. Considering the great disadvantages under which the people have �1848 Hilo 3. lived & the pastor has labored, the stability of very many church members, the revived state of religious feeling, & the accession to the cause of Christ from the ranks of the papists, are truly wonderful, honoring the pastor as the instrument but most magnifying the grace of God. Hilo Station of Rev. Titus Coan Preliminary remarks. This field is the largest & the most difficult of access of all the stations. The labors are mostly performed on periodical tours, which are attended with great fatigue & peril, 6 made in each district the past 2 yrs. Not a year passes but some lives are lost in crossing the mad streams that intersect at short inter­ vals the whole northern section. And the pastor would record with gratitude the almost miraculous preservation which has so long sustained him in his labors. Com. Schools Though not what the pastor could wish, they are more pros­ perous than at some former periods. Debts were due the teachers to the amt. of more than $2000 - which of course discouraged the teachers & injured the schools - A new school superintendent, how­ ever, is rapidly securing the payment of these arrears. Temperance There have been 6 temperance celebrations at convenient places throughout the field. The 2600 children of the districts of Hilo & Puna are pledged to abstain from all that can intoxicate. In this pledge the 6000 church members are also associated. Benevolence About $1,100 have been expended by the Ch. members in building �1848 meeting houses at the out stations - - Hilo 4. & $200 more for repairs on the one at the pastor's place of residence. For the support of the pastor a beginning was made first in 1847 - The efforts are not yet as systematic or vigorous as it is hoped they will hereafter be made. The promptness & cheerful­ ness with which many responded to the suggestion is greatly en­ couraging. The nominal am t. collected in trade & cash is $425.14 -- which reduced to cash value stands $317.50. Civilization. Industry & thrift are every where gaining upon indolence & poverty - Many frame houses have been erected. Very many more have been furnished with the ordinary articles of household furni­ ture. The people are every year getting up out of the dirt, sit­ ting on chairs & at tables & making partitions & fences. agricultural implements also are multiplying. Their Much attention also has been paid to the improvement of roads. Popery To all appearances this error has made no progress. So far as the pastor knows no accessions have been made, while numbers have left them. Very little zeal has been displayed on the part either of the priest or his disciples. thinly attended. Their schools are a misnomer - not more than one or two of them in operation. is known. Their meetings have been But the wily nature of this foe This quiescent state will not continue. expects more active efforts in future. The pastor It is only a change of policy - from the strong & belligerent to the quiet & flattering. With the Lord on his side the pastor has nothing to fear. �1848 -H r B l a i d o 5 / State of Religion. The church has steadily progressed in knowledge & in respect for the ordinances of the Gospel. In common with other churches this also has its share of the ignorant, the stupid, the impulsive, the unstable, the decieving ( !) & the decieved.( !). But in pleasing contrast are a large & increasing class of steadfast & growing Christians. In the year 1847 a gradual work of the spirit commenced which quietly yet powerfully extended over & affected the whole field. Many who were not aroused during the great revival of precious memory were then led to inquire what they must do to b e saved. The pastor has been greatly assisted in the labors at the station by Bro. Paris, the circumstances of whose family compelled him to remove there in 1846. During the tours of the pastor the labors have wholly devolved on this Bro. & Bro Lyman. Hilo Boarding School - of Rev. D. B. Lyman. The school is indebted to Dr. Maxwell of the U.S.S. Cyane for his generous & skillful aid in a time of unusual sickness in the summer of 1847. With this exception the scholars & teachers have enjoyed almost uninterrupted health - There has been no occasion to discipline for flagrant immorality. Twenty five are members of the church. By extra exertions during their few leisure hours they have raised more than $50 for foreign missions. The expenses of the school have exceeded the avails of the boys' labor $430. been constantly employed. But one assistant teacher has The school suffers for want of land, the quantity now available for cultivation being too small to support the School. Fifty six has been the average number of �1848m W a i e 6. scholars for the 2 yrs past, only 13 of whom were connected with the school previously to the one member has died. period of the last report. Only Sixteen have entered the L .luna S em’y. & 24 others engaged in teaching during the period of this report. Waimea Station of Rev. L* Lyons. Preliminary Remarks. The pastor lives remote from the body of his people, & hence has the burden of his work at arm’s length. But he has to recount the goodness & loving kindness of God though His kind hand has planted a thorn in his flesh. He experienced a narrow escape of drowning - inflamation & weakness of the eyes have for 3 yrs given him much pain & at times suspended him from his mission ary work. Sickness, too, of several weeks duration confined him to his house - But he has been raised up & preserved & has been enabled to prosecute his labors. Com. Schools. Though under the supervision & patronage of the gov't yet much of the care devolves on the missionary. The superintendents have on the whole done well - accomplishing much work for a trif­ ling salary - Twenty four teachers in the field, 6 of whom were from L.luna - Some of these 24 teachers are veterans in the ser­ vice - teaching there 16 yrs ago. All of them entered into an agreement to cultivate the habits of civilized life. vary from 12 1/2 to 25 cts per day. Some of them have libraries con­ taining all the books in the Hawaiian language a general thing decently clothed. Their wages Scholars are as Thousands of verses of scrip­ ture are committed by them to memory. & are members of temperance societies. They attend Sabbath schools New school houses have been �1848 _ 7. built in almost every district, and as [a] general thing of a superior character to any previously built. The pastor has superint[end] ed the building of a permanent one at the station. He has himself taught a school a few months for want' of a suitable teacher - He has taught the teachers one month at Waimea. School libraries greatly needed. Temperance. Church members & scholars are as usual pledged to abstain from all that can intoxicate. There are temperance celebrations with the usual festivities &c. Civilization - Constantly progressing, both indoors & outdoors, in clothing, in. furniture, in houses, in manners, in the arts, in property & employment. There are tailors & tailoresses, hat braid­ ers, shoe makers, sawyers & teamsters. There are coffee planta­ tions & flower gardens - & herds of cattle & horses, beside flocks of sheep & goats. There are carts & oxen under native management. Natives are sometimes seen walking arm in arm, & others still riding to church. There are 150 families supplied with the native newspaper - & that too generally paid for. Benevolence years. In this there has been a decided advance on former A beginning has been made to support the pastor. At first only 2 or 3 out of the 16 churches were ready to contribute. From these small beginnings however all have been induced to contribute. The results of systematic effort are $552 in the year 1847 - $40 of which are in cash, the remainder in marketable art­ icles of trade. The contributions for 1846 amounted to $228. The Church members have also erected 3. meeting houses - & furnished them in whole or in part with mats, pulpits, & seats - & enclosed �1848 them with fences. 8. They are now erecting & repairing others, & have done something for the support of the poor. Popery ~ Several years have elapsed since the introduction of popery - & yet but 400 in all have been drawn into the net - 80 of whom have become proselytes the past 2 yrs. & 5 or 6 chapels. They have 5 schools Their desciples ( !), children excepted., are composed principally of apostates from the protestant church. State of Religion. The past 2 yrs. seemed to be God's time to favor Z ion in this field. A,powerful revival of religion has blessed the church & rejoiced the pastor. Places regarded as given over & abandoned of God were the fields selected for the visitation & display of the Spirit’s power. Most of the subjects of the re­ vival were hardened apostates, who before seemed to have been joined to their idols. Eyes that seemed held in eternal slumbers were opened - deaf ears were unstopped, & hardened & frozen hearts subdued & melted. Names were restored to the catalogue of God's people which the pastor thought he had erased forever, & seats in the Sanctuary & at the Lord's table refilled whose vacancy had so long & so hopelessly saddened the pastor's heart. He has joyfully rewelcomed to love & fellowship those over whom he had for years yearned & prayed & labored, but whom he had no faith to reclaim. As the result of the revival some 300 apostates were reclaimed & restored to the church. About' 100 profess repentance & faith among those never connected with the church - 60 of whom have been ad­ mitted, the remainder standing propounded for future reception. Several of the above were formerly catholics. & to Him be the glory. ployed. It is of the Lord Only the ordinary means of grace were em­ The pastor has received (! ) invaluable aid from his native �1848 - Kohala helpers 15 of whom are constantly at work throughout his field. Kohala Station of Rev. E. Bond. Nothing has occurred to render peculiar the period now under review. The pastor has been enabled to prosecute his labors almost without interruption. He once narrowly escaped sudden death, but through the care of the great & good Shepherd the under-shepherd was spared. By most indefatigable efforts the new & comfortable meeting house has been completed, & every Sabbath morning has introduced him to a crowded sanctuary - During the week & on tours he has steadily toiled with none to molest or make him afraid. Com. Schools. Part of the time they have been prosperous. fered in the hands of an unworthy Superintendent. They have suf­ Indifference of parents to the subject of education - destitution of suitable school houses - want of order & discipline in the schools, & imperfect qualifications of teachers - are among the causes that operate all over the Islands to paralize efforts to promote education. Not­ withstanding these obstacles the cause of education advances Nearly a thousand children were present at the examination at the close of the year 1847, & more than that number at the feast held on the last day of the year. The select school of the pastor has continued as in previous years - It has numbered during the last year 17, 12 of whom are still in the school. Temperance. The articles ordinarily used for the production of intoxi­ cating drinks have been devoted to better uses. To the stringent laws against the manufacture & use of such drinks, the district is �1848 10. indebted under God to almost perfect freedom from them & their concomitant evils. Civilization. A gradual but steady progress towards a better condition in the temporal Interests of the people is clearly perceptible. Still it is true as every where else there are large numbers who seem more willing to live & die as their fathers lived & died b e­ fore them. Benevolence The church have contributed for Foreign Missions during 1847 $515 - about one third in Cash the remaining two thirds in articles of trade - In reducing this to cash a great depreciation in value takes place owing to the position of the field with re­ spect to markets. So that the actual available sum would fall much below the amount mentioned. But even this discouraging result is in the pastor’s mind vastly preferable to inaction on the important subject of Christian benevolence. Popery. This error has made no progress, & it is the decided im­ pression of the pastor that the prosylites ( !) to that faith are less in numbers than 2 yrs since. There are but 3 small schools in the whole district embracing but 50 pupils. One of the teachers Is but a child, & none of them have legal qualifications to teach. The Superintendent gave them a commission only because he feared the wrath of the priest who shook his fist at him & made threats in case he refused a license I When the leopard changes his spots,, then the "Beast" will cease to carry his peculiar mark. �State of Religion. There has been no revival - i.e. no general harvest - Yet the pastoral has all along been gathering into the Lord’s, store­ house. A flourishing sabbath school of more than 600 children & youth has afforded a pleasant & profitable field of labor during the period embraced in this report. Great numbers of these have attended the meeting for inquiry - some of whom have been admitted to the Church. The attendance on the Sabbath has been large not­ withstanding frequent stormy & inclement weather on that day. The religious habits of the people are becoming fixed. Kailua Station of Rev. Asa Thurston. Death hath again & again visited the station. Suddenly & most unexpectedly was Mrs. Andrews called to join her babes in Heaven - But it was not till after long lingering on the verge of the grave that her fourth child followed her thither. Dr. Andrews & her first born son & only surviving child are alone left of the once happy family. been uninterrupted. But the health of the pastor has Sabbath & week days have found him in strength & at his work both at the station & at the outposts. Com. Schools. These are in a prosperous state,, though they have been kept up but half of the time for more than a year. This suspension of the schools was deemed necessary to diminish the debt due the teachers. The number of schorals ( !) has increased & more interest is felt in the cause of education on the part both of parents & children. Temperance. No report. �Kau Civilization. 1848 There is a gradual advance in intelligence, civi­ lization & moral principle. There are no Chiefs now on the Island to help or hinder the great work. All the principal offices of Gov’t are from the common people, who received ( !) their education at the Mission Seminary at Lahainaluna. his aid. Such is the Governor & Thus the people have an impressive example before them of the advantages of education & good moral character. This new thing it is hoped will elevate both chiefs & common people - by showing the former that they will not of course be rulers, & the latter that they may by Intelligence & virtue attain to the high­ est honors. Benevolence. The contributions during the year 1847 amounted to $104.72 — $71.80 of which was for the support of the Gospel, mostly in money. The amount is small, but small also is the ability of the people. The good effected is not to be estimated in dollars & cents - but rather in the disposition it cultivates to support their own re­ ligious institutions. Popery. The pastor does not think this dangerous sect on the increase in his field, though he presumes that they will rally again when their new stone church is completed & adorned with images. They have 6 schools with 213 pupils - less than one fourth of the num­ ber in the protestant schools. State of Religion. The Church was never more firm or energetic. A revival commenced in Dec. 1846 & continued to progress for 9 months. hundred & thirty seven were received ( i) to the church as the One �1848 k a e l K u - fruits of that refreshing - 13. Most of these as yet run well & stand firm.. Thirty or forty are yet upon the list of inquirers. Kealakekua including Kealia - Station of Rev. Mark Ives. The labors of the pastor have been very much interrupted. First, sickness in his family took him two or three months from his people. Lastly his own health failed & he has been unable to preach since Dec. of 1847 - Still the Lord has been with him & in a good measure blessed his labors. Owing to ill health but a short report was presented. Com. Schools These have improved during the year past. An eight hundred dollar debt due the teachers has been reduced to less than three hundred - so that teachers have been more energetic, & the scholars more zealous of improvement. Civilization. No report. Benevolence - No report. Popery - No report State of Religion. For mor e than a year past the moral aspect has been cheering. Meetings have been more fully attended - & many backsliders have returned, about 50 of whom have been received ( !) back to church fellowship - Meetings on the Sab. have been sustained in 7 villages attended by 11 or 12 hundred people. � 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii 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 Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - 1848 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848