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/. 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