https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/179557fc02fb020bf23e9cba48ae3e41.pdf 05375b9ea6e2e26735af48d509a59908 PDF Text Text STATION Waiohinu REPORTS Kau J .D . Paris (Unsigned) In form of letters to - - - 1842 "Brother Chamberlain" 1 . General conditions 2. Includes expenses 3 . Includes order for supplies J .D . Paris (Unsigned) - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ 1843 " " " _ _ ------------------- ----1844 No Meeting 1845 " " " -------------- 1846 T .D . Hunt -------------- J . D . Paris Church Stati sti cs-— J .D . Paris Henry Kinney ------- [1847] ----- 1848 1849 Henry Kinney (Unsigned) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " " " " (Abstract) ----------H. Kinney 1851 1852 1852 1853 W .C . Shipman (Last page only) - - - - - - - - - - - - 1855 " 1857 " " (Unsigned) - -- -- -- -- -- - " " " ------ " -------- ----- ----- --- 1 8 5 9 --------------------- _ 1 8 6 0 (Unsigned) - -- -- -- -- -- - - 1861 " O .H . Gulick 1863 MISSION STATION REPORTS �MISSION STATION REPORTS No. 1 Waiohinu Kau April 20th 1842 Brother Chamberlain, Dear Sir We had purposed visitin g Hilo about this time & from there I expected to s a il fo r Honolulu to attend the Gen. Meeting; - but the state of things in this f i e l d is such at present, that we have concluded to forego the pleasure and profit we had anticipated from such a v is it & remain where we are. For some weeks we have been in a strait between two opinions having a desire to be with you & feeling that it was actually necessary that I should be there and at the same time the interests of the Redeemer’ s kingdom & of this people seemed to demand our presence. The thought of leaving them to the tender mercies of the Papists for 3 or 4 months perhaps and that just at the time when we begin to be able to communicate a lit t le instruction, and when great numbers are inquiring what they must do to be saved, was too painful. True we have the language very imperfectly & are poorly qualified to preach the "unsearchable riches of C h r is t ," & bear the responsibilities of such a station; yet we do fe e l that humanly speaking, much labor & many souls would be ir re trie v a ­ bly lost if the f i e l d were left destitute. Perhaps at no future time would the absence of a missionary be attended with so great a lo ss, or his presence be so much demanded as at the present c r is is . The Catholics are planting themselves on our right hand & on our l e f t , & ransacking the f ie l d from one end to the other; knowing that we are weak, that the people have had but lit t le lig h t, & that there is a general interest among them, they .seem to be bending a ll their energies here. They have already gained much ground, some whole schools have been broken u p . Many of our teachers are not at all qu alified for their work & not receiving a �MISSION STATION REPORTS competent support . W a io h in u A p r. 1842 2. Most of the schools are miserably sustained. We have hut one man i n the fie ld who has been to the high school & he is a poor excuse for a teacher. We have hardly a good school house in all Kau; most of them are miserable shelters & in some districts there are none. Consequently the children are wandering about like sheep without a s h e p h e r d & become an easy prey to the enemy. Bro. Forbes w ill probably report to the Mission the state of the church & the f ie l d generally, but as he has not v isited us in the last three months & can know but little of [the] state of things at present; I w il l state briefly the present state of the church & the f i e l d . For the last 2 months there has been a waking up among the chh. members, our church meetings have been more fu lly a t t e n d e d & much more solemn & in t e r e s t in g ( ! ). The attention on the Sab. has been much greater than previously & especially during the last 3 or 4 weeks, there has been a stillness ( ! ) & solemnity altogether unusual a m o n g this people. The two sabbaths preceding our last communion (the 1st sab. in this month) I baptised upward of 80 persons who had been propounded to the chh. some months previous; this ordinance & the exercises connected with the administration of it were deeply solemn & interesting; - but the day of our com­ munion was s t ill more in t e r e s t in g ( ! ); it was manifest that the Saviour was in our midst; every heart seemed to be melted into deep contrition before God. I think it was a day of heart search­ ing' with this chh. & that many of its members have begun anew as it were in the service of the Blessed Saviour. On the morning of the Sab. 125 were propounded to the chh. to be admitted at some �MISSION STATION REPORTS W a io h in u A pr. future time should they appear to be f i t persons. 1842 3. These have been selected from a great number of inquirers who have been examined as t h o r oughly as I was able to do i t , again & again, but how many of them are genuine converts & are born of the H. S p irit God only knows. I am aware there is very great danger of enlarging the chh. without increasing her strength, of building her up of such material s as w ill only retard her progress. But situated as I am single handed & alone, with multitudes of perishing souls inquiring after the way of l i f e I have pursued the best course I could de­ vise with the Bible fo r my guide. The number of inquirers at present is some 3 or 400 perhaps. There are cases of new awaken­ ing every day. Our Sab. School at Waiohinu averages about 30 0. The school appears well when we consider the instruction these children r e ­ ceive at home and the kind of teachers they have during the week. We are almost entirely destitute of books for children, both in the Sab. School & in the Com. Sch. The people are also to a great extent destitute of the Sacred Scriptures & especially of the New Testament; they have been supplied to some extent with a part of the Old Testament, but there are very few copies of the New to be found. The demand for it now is so great that I think a thousand copies might be disposed of in a very short time. I f they are to be had, this people ought to be supplied with the blessed gospel & that speedily. I f the good s e e d is not scattered abroad the enemy w il l sow tares. The people are eager for books & the Papists w il l soon distribute their erroneous doctrines throughout this region. [Unsigned] [Paris] �MISSION STATION REPORTS No. 2 Waiohinu - April 20th 1842 Dear Bro. Chamberlain When I wrote you some months since I remarked that nothing more should he expended in building u n til we had authority for going forward. Soon after the date of that letter Bro. Ives visited us, and fearing the consequences of our liv in g in the house we then occupied ( ! ) , he wished me to allow him to go \ on with the building which we had proposed erecting. It was not without some reluctance that I accepted h is proposition, and he became responsible to the Mission for a ll expenses. The expense of fix in g the native house we f ir s t occupied ( ! ), erecting a cook house etc. & getting our goods from the $ 500 00 shore For erecting a stone house 19 feet square outside with a good cellar & fir e place Carpenter’ s b i l l Mason work, lathing & plastering . . . . 70 « • * « 78 121 /2 • Lime $ 3 5 . wood for burning 1 5 .7 5 Sand 1 6 .5 0 Stone 1 0 .0 0 50 75 boards & timbers 24 . . 50 50 Thatching 1 5 .2 5 . hearth, steps e tc. 8 .1 2 1/2 house for natives 23 372 /1 . ................................ Stone fence round the lot with a gate 84 10 00 • • • • 84 00 • $ 416 75 The members of the chh. have contributed for monthly concert - in lime, sand & t h a t c h i n g house to the amount of 2 1 .2 5 .... ................... ... 21 25 I have paid out in cash for materials & work 25 00 �MISSION STATION REPORTS W a io h in u - A p r il 2 0 t h 1 8 4 2 N o . 2 2. I owe Bro Lyman to the amount of forty some odd dollars which he wi l l probably wish t o receive at the Depository on my account. The remaining expenses w il l be met out of the stores we had from you including the expense of As I had no b i l l of the b oards which were sent on w ith us, of course I took no account of them in reckoning the coast of materials for building; also of nails glass etc. With regard to supplies for the coming year & materials for erecting permanent buildings should we remain, I hardly know what to sa y . I f there is no arrival from America this Spring the Oregon question w ill probably remain in doubt, consequently the Mission may f e e l as they did last Spring that they have no right to make provision for us. I w ill however make out a lis t of supplies for the year and also of materials for building in case the Mission see f i t to make an appropriation for that purpose. Doubtless the Mission w ill make an appropriation fo r building & sustain the Station whether we remain or not. They cannot be so b lin d to their own interests & the interests of C h rist's kingdom and the salva­ tion of precious souls as to abandon so important a f i e l d . But should the Mission think differen tly , & fe e l that they are not authorized or could not consistently make an appropriation for this Station, then we should not think i t duty to remain & would be glad to return to Honolulu as soon as convenient. I f a missionary is stationed here (as we are assured there w ill be) it is actually indispensable that buildings be erected as soon as possible; - for it is impossible for a family to liv e , cook, eat, study, see the natives, sleep etc, a ll in a room of �Waiohinu - April 20th 1842 No. 2 about 14 feet square with any kind of justice to themselves or the people; and the climate is such, that for 4 or 5 months in the year a native house is hazardous to the health & lives of m ission­ a r ie s . We have already suffered not a lit t le in health & conse­ quently loss of time & strength which was greatly needed for the labors to be performed. For Supplies we Shall want i f we remain Flour 2 b ls . i f it is good. 1/2 bl molasses l /2 doz bags sugar. 30 lbs coffee, 10 do. Tea. lb of cocoa beans. 6 do, sa llera tu s. 1 do. A lspice. 12 do. P ia . 50 (ditto marks) of r i c e . 20 4 do. Ginger. 1 do. Pepper. 3 Boxes brown Soap. 1 Brass kettle as large size as you have. 1 dinner pot do. 1 Pr smoothing ( ! ) irons. 1 Sieve fine 3 Chinese b r ic k s. a good iron mortar. 1 milk strainer 2 bake pans for small ( ! ) stove. 1 good Sacking bottom. 1 mosquito netting. 1 Table cover. 2 pieces Diaper 2 dust pans. 2 good brooms. 1 iron furnace. 1 funnel 2 good umbrellas. 1 good carb. bridle b i t . 1 / 2 doz white dinner p lates. 2 bowls. 2 stone ja rs. 2 pr. slippers, 7 1/2-. 5 yrd of the best material you have for thin (?) pants dark. 2 hoes for garden. 1 glue pot w it h 1 l b . g . 1 bottle of the best varnish. 2 small brushes. 3 papers saddler' s tacks. 1/2 lb . ro sin . 2 Tin canisters. [Unsigned] [ Paris] �MISSION STATION REPORTS & warm is frequently called for by the natives for pantaloons. There is also a greater c a ll for the brown cotton than any other cloth. We also need a good supply of Calico. Of small articles we shall need 1 l b . white cotton thread. 1 gross needles 2 doz Pocket knives mostly large. Some side combs. Pencils lead & slate, 1 /2 Reim ( ! ) good foolscap paper. shoes stout. Some buttons for pants & sh irts. i f you have them. 12 saw f i l e s . 12 pr l / 2 doz umbrellas Should you have any pants very stout & warm which would not be in demand by missionaries one or two of our most efficient men would be glad to obtain them. doz p r. suspenders. 2 glass lanterns. Hymn books, school & other books. l/2 A good supply of Testaments Some Hymn books for children. 1 bunch q u i l l s . 12 1/2 doz large white plates . k n ife . 12 knives & fo r k s . 1 iron dinner pot largest size . Teaspoons germ. 12 iron spoons, do silv er. [German silv er, a silver-white alloy essentially copper, z in c , and nickel -Dict Materials for Building We should need N West Boards White pine 1 Inch thick . . do . . . 11/2 . . . . do . . . 2 inch.... Glass large 4 boxes Butts inch & h a l f 6. suitable. 1 butcher 2000 feet 500 do . . . . do inch 18. do 3 /4 1 2 . with screws 2 large locks for outside doors with knobs I f you er have them & latches if you [have] no t. Small/do for inside doors �No. 3 . 2 . w ith knobs or latches 12 brass knobs with buttons for closets. l / 2 doz small locks for presses etc, Three k e g s mix i t . ( ! ) of white lead with oil & spirits of Turpentine to Chalk for putty 15 or 20 lbs. 1 keg ( ! ) flooring n a i l s , 6 lbs small brads. 20 do for lathing. & 10 do & 2 bars of iron 5 f t . 14 ft (?) 4 in . of zinc for sa fe. The materials for building are at so great a distance from the station & there being no f a c ilit ie s for getting them, only by n atives, they must be very expensive. We found it d i f f i c u l t to get lime for 50 cts per barrel & sand for 37 1/2 c t s . inaccessible & expensive. Timber is also I f there could be a yoke of oxen with a cart sent here, the expense would be much less, or oxen alone. In conclusion I would say, that we feel more & more that we have been sent here by the special providence of Almighty God & we trust our labors w ill not be in v a in . We fe e l s t i l l more deeply interested for the spiritual interests of this dark & be­ nighted people. We should be exceedingly sorr y ( ! ) to leave them destitute, but we stand ready to go or stay as God in h is provi­ dence may direct. but the la b o r e r s The harvest here truly is great & already w hite, ( ! ) are few. this solitary & extensive f ie l d ; An associate is greatly needed in it would be desirable to have one who would take charge of a school & at the same time take charge of the chh in the absence of the Pastor. [ Unsigned] [Paris] �Waiohinu Kau Ap 2 8 , 1843 Annual Report of Kau In presenting our report for the past year it is with f e e l ­ ings of devout gratitude to Almighty God, that we c a ll to mind the way in which he has led u s , and a ll his r ic h & unspeakable b le s s ­ ings vouchsafed through Jesus Christ our Lord. The past has been a year of deep interrest ( ! ) to us, not only because it was the f ir s t whole year we have spent on Miss. Grounds, but because it has been a year of the right hand of the Most High. While we have been called to pass through some of those privations & t ria ls common to missionary life & especially in the more remote & inaccess­ ible fie ld s of missionary labour; yet we have ever r e a lize d the preciousness of that promise, "Lo I am with you always even 'unto the end of the w o rld ." We have abundant reason to bless God & take courage for we have not laboured in vain nor spent our strength for naught." It w ill be remembered that I sent in to you last Gen. Meet­ ing some account of the state of things in Kau at that tim e. We were then enjoying a precious season of rev ival, or rather I might say, of awakening. Many sinners were inquiring after the way of l if e & some precious souls we trust had already been born into the kingdom of our blessed Lord. Since that time we have had s t i l l greater & richer displays of the grace of Almighty God in awakening subduing hearts of the dark & benighted to him self. & turning the Tho s t i l l small of voice of God's Spirit has been moving upon the hearts of the People. Great multitudes have been brought to tremble in view of their lost & ruined condition as sinners before God, & to inquire �W a io h in u 2. 1843 earnestly what they must do to he saved. Notwithstanding the Enemy has come in upon us like a "floods & threatened to overturn & destroy every thing good in their course:- They have raged & raved & threatened, boasted & defied; hut the Lord has l if t e d up a standard against them. hut no farth er." He has said "hither to shalt thou come and we "believe he has already caused the wrath of man to praise his Glorious name, & "the remainder of that wrath he w il l r e s t r a in ," While we mourn that so many precious souls have believed a lie & gone after the " Beast" , & especially so many of the dear children of our f i e l d ; - yet we believe that more good has been done, more souls saved than if the Catholics had hot been permitted to enter the f i e l d . Since the great noise & persecution of the Papists the members of our Chh. as a general thing have taken higher ground, been more awake to the interrests ( ! ) of vital Godliness, more decided & active for the salvation of those around them. Never have we had more abundant & cheering evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Chh. than at the present time. The standard of piety in the Chh has been raised very much during the last 6 or 7 months, & many of our Chh. members just emerging from the darkness of heathenism & the bondage of sin & satan would shine as for simple hearted piety would be ornaments in any Christian Chh. During the years this work of grace has been steadily ad­ vancing throughout the whole f i e l d . The number of inquirers has been continually increasing, while we have had at the same time increasing evidence that they were drawn by the influences of the Holy S p i r it . m ultiplied. The number of hopeful conversions has daily been Persons of all ages from little children to decrepit �Waiohinu 1843 3. old age have been subjects of this glorious work of God's Grace. The eyes of the blind have been opened, the ears of the deaf un­ stopped, the lame forgetting their infirm ities have walked & leaped praising God, & the tongue of the church has been made to sing fo r joy of heart. The whole number gathered into the Chh. in Kau during year ending Ap 1843 w ill be seen in the following ta ble. Statistics The whole no. add. to the Chh. on examination . . . 917 On Certificate 180 The past year on examination ................ . ................... 845 Past year on certificate Whole No. the past year 60 .................................................... Whole no. dismissed to other Chh s 905 . . . . . . . . . 20 Dismissed the past year 20 The whole no. deceased ................ .... 16 Deceased the past year 16 Suspended the past year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Remain suspended 23 Excommunicated the past y e a r ................ ....................... .... 14 Whole no excommunicated 14 Remain excommunicated . . . . . .................... . . . . . 14 The whole no. in regular standing 1024 The whole no. of Children baptized . . . . . . . . . 130 Baptized the past year 130 Whole no. of Children deceased. Deceased the past year Cannot t e ll " ” �W a io h in u 1 84 3 The whole no. of marriages past year 35 Av. no. of congregation on the Sabbath 1250 Av. no. at Punaluu where I spent one Sab. every month 600 That every one apparently renewed by Divine Grace w il l prove to have been born again cannot reasonably be expected. There are hypocrites & self deceived in most i f not in all our Chhs gathered from among the heathen as in more enlightened countries. There have been & there probably w i l l always be tares among the wheat until the end of the world. But we confidently hope & believe that many of this dear people have passed from death unto l i f e , & in the last great day, w il l be found among the people of God, having been washed in the precious blood of Christ & having their names written in the "Lambs Book of l i f e . " In examining candidates for admission to the Chh, a ll pos­ sible vigilance has been exercised in order to ascertain their true characters & manner of l i f e . These persons have a ll been conversed with frequently by the pastor both in private 8; public & instructed from week to week in the doctrines & precepts of the Gospel, while they have at the same time been watched closely in a ll their movements by some of the most pious & leading members of the Chh. Those who have given evidence of faith in Christ & repentance toward God, & have broken o ff their sins by righteous­ ness exemplified in their daily walk & conversation, have then been propounded for admission to the Chh. These candidates have stood propounded from two to s ix months according to circumstances, some more & some less; & there have been a few exceptions of persons being received in a shorter time, & without having been propounded at a l l . �W a io h in u 5. 1 84 3 The labors of the pastor have been distributed as follow s: Three Sabbaths in each month have been spent at the Station at Waiohinu, & the fourth Sab, at Punaluu, or in some remote part ( !) of the field. One, two or three days have usually been spent among the people in connection with the Sab. when absent from the Station. Once i n three months regular tours have been made through­ out the whole extent of the f ie l d from Kan to Puna. These tours have usually ( ! ) been performed in ten days or two weeks, v is it in g & holding meetings in a ll the principal villages ( ! ) & conversing with individuals & lit t le groups in their houses & by the way side wherever they were found. The Communion has usually ( !) been administered on the Sabbath & sometimes on week days for the bene­ f i t of the aged & infirm & those members of the Chh. liv in g at a great distance from the Station. Monthly Contributions Our monthly concerts have usually been very fully attended, & the people have taken a deep interrest in these meetings for hearing missionary inteligence ( ! ) & praying for a world conversion. Perhaps no meetings can be made more interresting & profitable to native converts than the monthly concert & surely there is no time when we have more reason to expect the blessing of Almighty God than when Christians are united the world over in supplicating the Divine blessing. Our people are very poor & destitute of means, but s t i l l they have contributed something, & that something cheerfully. About $50 have been contributed in such things as natives are able to obtain such as tapas, mats, calabashes, potatoes, kalo, f i s h , chickens, olona, wood, stone etc. About one h a lf of these �W aio h in u 1843 articles have been expended for the support of a Teacher who spends much of his time for the good of the people. The remainder with a donation from the Chh. at Kealakekua is designed to a ssist in erecting a house of worship. Some preparations have been made for erecting a larger & more permanent house of worship at Waiohinu; - a part of the ma­ terials are now on the ground & the male members of the Chh. are now spending one or two days each month in getting timbers from the mountain. During the past year the native house in which we now worship at the Station, has been enlarged nearly one h a l f . The stone meet­ ing house at Punaluu has been roofed, fenced in & prepared for meetings; and a small stone house for the accommodation of a missionary & his family has been erected & put under cover; this h a s been done by the voluntary contributions of the Church. Improvement i n the appearance of the people The improvement in the appearance of the people is very fast perceptible. The mamaka [mamaki] tapa is/being la id aside for cloth made up in European style, & there are probably 10 garments where there was one 18 months ago. The increase in the no. of hats worn by the females in the last six months is more than 100 to one. Many of them have also improved very much in their personal appearance & habits of cleanliness. This has been effected chiefly through the influence of Mrs. P . on the female members of the Chh. with whom she has had regular weekly meetings. Common Schools The Common Schools in our f ie l d are at the present time in a very low state; chiefly for want of teachers q u a lifie d to �MISSION STATION REPORTS W a io h in u 1843 7. instruct & i n t e r e s t ( !) the children & for want of a competent support. Men cannot, they w il l not labour efficie n tly in their schools any where if they must at the same time dig or beg for a bare subsistence. During the year a large number of ch ild, have le ft our Schools & gone after the Papists, & others wishing to throw off a ll restraint have taken advantage of the occasion, left the sch ools ( !) & run as sheep without a shepherd. The whole no. of schools in Kau is . . . . The no. of teachers & assistants No. of children i n the Schools . . . . . Readers . . . . . .. The no. in childrens & mental arithmetic Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 22 600 340 160 50 A school was opened some 8 or 9 months since for the bene­ f i t of Teachers, which has been continued four days in the week 3 hours a day, when I was at the Station. it stops for want of an assistant. When absent on my tours This school has been under­ taken only from stern necessity; the teachers cannot sustain the schools with their present attainments; & the demand & importance of having good fa ith fu l & efficie n t teachers just now is probably greater than it w ill be at any future time. I f our schools are not revived soon, & carried forward by a better qu a lified & more vigorous set of teachers, the Catholics w ill have a large propor­ tion of the children, & then we may have teachers but no children. During the past year 7 schools houses have been erected by Government. Many more are needed if we had teachers to put into them. S . school Our Sabbath School at Waiohinu has been w ell attended & gradually increasing in interrest during the past y e ar. The �Waiohinu 1843 8. Average no. attending the School has been from 275 to 300 pupils. These have been divided into classes of from 12 to 20 each & com­ mitted to teachers the best qualified & most fa ith fu l to be found. I have taken the general super intendance of the School & spend some time each Sabbath in examining the lesson and making such remarks as I thought best for both teachers & ch ildren. Indeed most of the instruction in our School is communicated in this way. Mrs. P. has had an interresting class of young g i r l s , which she has taught most of the year. Av. no. of the class from 10 to 16 mostly members of the Chh. There is also a S . School at Punaluu. attending 140. The average no. There have also been several smaller schools in the outskirts of the f i e l d . I have been trying to teach a Class of some some ( ! ) 25 or 30 the f ir s t rudiments of music, but must con­ fess that I have not been so successful as some of my predecessors who were so very fortunate as to find natives with " sweet musical v o ic e s ." Even i f I were a musician myself & had ever so much time to devote to the Science, with natives, I should despair of having good singing for many years & perhaps generations to come. [Unsigned] [Paris] �(1 8 4 4 ) MISSION STATION REPORTS Report of Kau The state of things in Kau during the year ending April ( ! ) 1844 has in many respects been very d i f f e r e n t ( !) from that ending April 1843, Then the members, of our Chh were a ll alive to the interests of r e lig io n , hundreds were inquiring what they must do to be saved; while the enemies of v it a l godliness were quite as active & zealous in opposing the truth of God & in persecuting h is Chh. Every individual out of the Chh, or who was n o t numbered with the inquirers, seemed to be arrayed on the side of Popery. This however is far from being the case at present. our return from Honolulu last year, after an ab On sence of several months, we found the state of things very much changed. A general stupor seemed to prevail throughout the whole extent of the f i e l d . A large proportion of our Chh, members gave but lit t le evidence of Spiritual l if e ; while others Laodicean like were paa loa i ka palaka. [steadfast in indifference ?] The great majority of those who had been among the inquirers, had sunk down into a state of careless indifference & some few had joined the P ap ists. excitement of Popery had also died away. The The Priest seemed to think his apostate & excommunicated Bro (as he calls him) had gone, & he had nothing to do but lie s t i l l , eat p o i, smoke tobacco & re­ cruit for another Campaign. Thus things continued for several months. Owing to the h a r a s s in g cares & labours of building I was unable to spend as much time as usual ( ! ) among the people. U ntil January my labors were mostly confined to the Station at Waiohinu, with occasional hasty tours through other parts of the f i e l d . The last four months I have been more free & have spent much of my time in v is it in g & holding meetings catechizing chh members throughout the f ie l d . �K a u 1 8 4 4 While I have had much cause to mourn & weep over the moral darkness & spiritual death which s t il l prevails to a considerable extent - s t ill I have been encouraged to find so many who give decided evidence of having passed from death unto lif e & are growing in grace & in the knowledge of God. I have been not a lit t l e encouraged to find recently an increased interest in reading the Sacred Scriptures & also to know that some of our people do pray to God in Secret. This I think we have reason to fear is neglected by great numbers of our Chh. members. Our meetings on Sab. and week days at the Station during the year have not been so fu lly attended as the year previous. The Congregations at Punaluu & other out posts have also been much smaller than u s u a l. There has been less novelty & excitement to draw the people together; consequently our congregations have been made up mostly of those only who had a desire to hear the word of God, For some four or five months the attention on the Sab. has been very good & there has been an increasing solemnity in the house of God, & especially at the Station. weekly lecture on the I have also had a which has been w ell attended & in which the people have been much interested, & especially in that which relates to the rise & f a l l of Anti-Christ. We have also had a weekly meeting to read and expound the Hele Malehine in which a number of our Chh, members have been very much interested and e d ifie d . During the year Popery I think has been rather on the decline among u s, although they s t ill continue to make some con­ verts. Thirty five or 40 have left their ranks & attended our meetings for inquiry; and twenty who have been papists have united �Kau w ith our Chh. their meetings. 1844 3. Of these two were formerly Teachers & leaders in One of these was induced to renounce popery be­ cause the Priest wished to marry him or rather re-marry him, he opposing on the ground that he had once been married according to God's law & it would he to he married again. Our Common Schools continue to suffer much for want of competent & e ffic ie n t teachers:- most of them we think however are more flourishing than last year. The School for teachers has b een continued most of the year one day in the week. I have also met twice a week to instruct those who are sent out to hold meetings on the Sab . Our Sabbath School at Waiohinu has averaged about 2 0 0 . Not so large as last year, but s t il l a good number, when we consider that more than half the children come from 5 to 10 miles & more than half the time drenched in r a in . Some of our teachers are good fa ith fu l men devoted to their work — and the children are an interesting group gathered from the wilderness. We pray & hope that many of them may be gathered into the fold of Christ & numbered among the lambs of h is flo ck . .Mrs. P. has continued her Bible class on the Sab. with the younger members of the Chh. She has also a weekly meeting with the female members of the Chh for religious instruction & prayers. Sabbath School at Punaluu has averaged from 75 to 100. School near Kapapala 45. tained during the year; Three other Sab. Schools have been sus­ the number who attend not known. �Kau 1 84 4 4. The number of Common Schools in Kau - 20 No. of Teachers 24 No. Children in a ll - - - - - - 555 Readers 276 Those in Arithmatic ( 1) & Geog. 254 The Contributions of the Chh. for last year may be e s t i­ mated at about $160 or 200. Twenty three dollars of this has been in tapas, olona etc, and (?) has been paid out to native helpers & teachers. The remainder has been contributed i n labor - viz - dragging timbers for meeting House - enclosing the lot where it is to stand by a stone wall - fin ishing & enclosing a small stone house at Punaluu, About 300 has been subscribed for the erection of a frame house at Waiohinu. The whole No, ad. to our Chh on examination has been 1038 The No. on certificate 188 Past year on certificate 8 Past year on examination -. - - - - _ - „ The whole number past year 119 Whole No. dismissed to other Chhs Dismissed the year past - 111 - - 35 - - - - -- - 15 Whole number deceased 59 Deceased the past year 43 Whole number now under Chh. Censure 30 Excommunicated the past year 13 Whole number Excom 27 Remain excommunicated - - - - - - - -- - - The whole number in regular standing Whole number of children Baptized - - - - - - - 25 1046 236 �MISSION STATION REPORTS Kau 1844 5. Baptized the past year 106 The number of marriages past year Av. No. of Congregation on Sab, at Waiohinu 33 - 1000 350 Average No. at Punaluu - In conclusion we have abundant reason to make mention of the loving-kindness & tender mercy of our Covenant keeping God. He has been very gracious to u s , preserved our lives & health & sustained us amid all the cares labors & trials to which we have been called. We would set up our Ebenezer and say; "hitherto hath the Lord helped us" blessed forever blessed be his Holy Name. [Unsigned] [Paris] �May 5th 1846 Report of Kau Station "Lo I am w ith you always even unto the end of the world” . This precious promise of our blessed Lord, to us has been doubly precious during the past y ear. In the mysterious ( ! ) providence of an all-wise & holy God, we have been called to pass thro' many trials & afflictions He hath caused us great & sore troubles, yet hath he had compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. The same Fatherly hand which hath been stretched out to in flict chastising strokes of love upon his children hath also been extended for their support. God has been our refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble u s , hath never left nor forsaken us. He hath been w ith We have passed through the f i r e , but have not been consumed, - & through the deep waters of a ffl ic t io n , but they have not overwhelmed u s . The loving kindness & tender mercies of our Covenant keeping God have followed us at every step & he hath dealt w ith us only in love & in mercy. State of r e lig io n The cause of our blessed Lord the past two years has not been so cheering & encouraging as we could wish. We have had to mourn & weep over the spiritual apathy, stupidity, - in stability & worldlimindedness ( ! ) of many professing Christians among u s . The love of many has waxed cold - Some who run w ell for a time, & for whom we had entertained hope that they had passed from death unto l i f e , have given painful evidence that they had neither part nor lot i n the matter. Wh ile others (judging by their fr u it s ) have given so lit t le evidence of v ita l Godliness, that we stand in doubt hoping for them but with fear & trembling. S t i l l while we have had no general outpouring of the H. Spirit upon our people as in years past & nothing which we call a revival of re lig io n - �Kau 1846 2. Yet we have great reason to bless God, that there are so many among us who amid a ll the snares & temptations to which they have been exposed, & the transformations in external circumstances through which they have passed - stand firm & give increasing evi­ dence that they are not of th is world. They show by an humble & holy l i f e , by their walk & conversation, that they are strangers & pilgrims - That tho babes, s t il l they are babes in Christ & love the sincere milk of the word. The cause of truth & r ig h t ­ eousness we think, has been steadily advancing among u s . While some i n our Chh have been Laodicean lik e , neither cold nor hot, slumbering & sleeping, living at ease in Zion, - others have been watching, praying - waging a warfare against Sin - growing in grace & in the knowledge of God & of his Son Jesus Christ. The s t il l small voice of the Spirit has been leading them into " green pastures by the s t ill w aters,” & their Christian graces have been more fu lly developed than ever before. They have been constrained to come out & be separate, not only from the unbelieving world, but to take a higher stand, be a "peculiar people," & separate themselves to some extent from lukewarm, stupid, la zy , id le , time-serving pro­ fessors of re lig io n . Formerly our Congregations on the Sab. as a general thing were very much larger than at the present time. Then, when the weather was good, the people came from a ll parts of the f i e l d , some from the distance of 20 & 25 m iles. But many of them were inconstant, nor could i t be expected that they would come regularly from such a distance. Now we have meetings established at different points throughout the f i e l d , conducted by natives. We think the means of grace, - such as the preached gospel, Sab. School, Bible �Kau MISSION STATION REPORTS 1846 3. class & prayermeetings are much more highly prized, by numbers of our people, than they were two or three years ago. Many of the members of our Chh, who live within 6 or 8 miles of the Station are always in their places & at their posts on the Sab. By them the Sab. is not regarded merely as a tabu, but as a day of sacred re st , & refreshing to their souls. They h a il its returning light with the sentiments "Welcome Sweet day of rest That saw the Lord a r is e . " &c Some of them can say by experience, with the Psalmist. "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of w ickedness." Some of our meetings on the Sab. during the last year & also weekly meetings have been very solemn. There has been a good deal of deep feelin g among the people & we have felt that God was in our midst moving upon their hearts. Some precious Souls have we trust been born into the Kingdom of our blessed Lord. The whole number received to our Chh since our last Gen. Meeting on examination is 119. 9 have been added on Certificate from Sister Churches - And 15 stand propounded to be received at our next communion. Our inquiry meetings have been kept up weekly at the Station, besides frequent meetings with those living in remote parts of the fie ld . The number attending these meetings has been sometimes larger & sometimes smaller, varying from 15 to 75 or 100. Popery we think has made but lit t le advance since 1843. M ost of their converts for two years have been f r om disa ffect­ ed Chh members who have been under discipline & their children. In some instances the children of Protestant parents have been �Kau 1846 4. MISSION STATION REPORTS enticed & drawn away into the Snare of the d e v il. They have always held out as an inducement to the children that they would he free from restraints of schools, & to the parents that they would throw off the heavy burden of helping support the Teachers. They have tacked ship & p u r s u e altogether a different policy from what they did some two or three years sin ce. Then they accomplished their object by threats, persecution, boasting & roar­ in g . But now transforming themselves into angels of light - They are making the most strenuous efforts to insinuate themselves into the good graces by their astonishing lib erality - their love for Protestant m issionaries, the Bib. & c . S t il l With a ll their Satanic stratagems they have made but lit t le progress. & gewgaws. They want more gold Hawaiians are too lazy naturally, even to serve the devil actively & constantly without reward. Jesuits unless they are well paid. disappointed in Kau. They make poor I n this they have long been Not long since the Priest wished to bu ild a substantial house of worship. they would take hold & h elp . He proposed to his people that But they turned upon him & charged him w ith having told them, that it was wicked for the Protestants to in sist upon their people to help build meeting houses - that there was " no kokaa.” [ ] , no carrying stone or lime or sand or timbers in Catholic Chh - No monthly concert contributions. We have laughed at them & abused them & you taught us to do it & now you come & ask us to do the same thing. So the plan fo r a meeting house was poho [lost] - given up for the present. About 25 or 30 who have left their ranks some two or three years since, have been received to our Communion. Some of them so far appear very w ell - There are others who attend our meetings for inquiry & not a few who say they have left the Popes but they �............. Kau 1846 ------- 5 . MISSION STATION REPORTS wish to noho malie [live i n peace; let things lie] . These probably w i l l a ll raleigh ( ! ) again when they fin d there is a reinforcement of Priests & waiwai [goods; property] . Sabbath Schools These have not been so large as formerly. This owing f ir s t to the fact that there are a larger number of Schools kept up i n differen t parts of the d is t r ic t . And Secondly, a n o th e r ( ! ) reason i s , that some parents are too indolent or too poor to clothe their children & the children are ashamed or too proud to be seen in their native tapa, while their neighbors are rigged out w ith lole haole [foreign cloth] But another & s t i l l more serious cause is the removal of so many parents with their families to Sea-ports [ parts?] & other posts of the I s l s . Many parents go to Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo & other points where ships touch, & take their Children w ith them, & in some instances the parents return, but we seldom see their children again - in nine cases out of ten they leave them behind. Our Sab. School at the Station at Waiohinu has averaged most of the year about 2 3 0 . from 6 to 10 m iles. These children come the distance of A part of the year we had no house not even a shelter large enough to contain them, s t i l l we continued our S . School i n the open a ir . Many of the children have made good progress in studying the portions of Scripture & verses assigned them. Some of them we trust have been born into the fo ld of the Good Shepherd. — We have had also a large class of adults who have been in the habit of meeting every Sab. morning for the study of the B ib le. The ai o ka la . Mrs.. P 's class of young misses, has continued to meet un til within a few months when she was compelled to give it up. �Kau 1846 6 For the last six mos. it was confined to the members of a Select School for lit t le g i r l s . This school she fondly hoped to continue for many years to come - Most of these lit t le girls give hopeful evidence of a change of h e a r t . The Sab. School at Punaluu during the year past has averaged over one hundred children - also a class of adults. Decrease of Population & the Cause The population of Kau from all the information I have been able to gather, has been gradually diminishing for years but during the past year & especially the last s ix months it has been much more rap id. The influenza swept off a great many of the aged, the more feeble & infirm , & la id the foundation of disease ( ! ) on many of the strongest & most healthy constitutions which has greatly swelled the lists of mortality ever since. Long and pinching famine for the last few months, has also contributed not a little to increase the number of deaths. i f any have died of actual starvation. Few, But the sufferings of the very poor, the aged & the sick , have been very great, & the nature of their food has been such as to produce diarrhea ( !) & other diseases ( !) which have terminated in death. Mortality has been very great among the children. An other cause of depopulation has been the course pursued by Government o ffice rs, in reference to taxes. They require that a ll taxes be paid in Silver & gold & nothing e ls e. is no silver in Kau. It does not grow there. But there The so il is good but is not adapted for the cultivation of silver & go ld. quently all our able bodied men have gone money hunting - Conse­ Some with their whole fam ilies & not a few of them have taken up their abode in the Cities of dollars & cents. I f the people are com- �Kau 1 84 6 pelled to pay their taxes in money only, I am sa tis fie d it w ill b e the cause of draining Kau of its inhabitants. This w i l l also be the case with a ll districts similarly situated, they w i l l be depopulated, to enrich the Government & their inhabitants w il l be­ come hewers of wood & drawers of water to a foreign people. Cause of Benevolence The most of our people are extremely poor. They have lit t le or no property & having no market they have no money. For nearly a whole year they have been pinched with famine, & for many months nearly the whole population has subsisted on the fern & k i i t i ] roots. [ki or Sickness, drought, famine & fir e have all followed one on the heels of the other. S t ill our people have done something, & many of them done what they could. "Their deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their lib e r a lit y . For to their power I bear record, yea, & beyond their power they were w illin g of themselves," to bestow of their substance for the house of the Lord, Our people have collected voluntarily near[l]y a ll the materials for our new meet­ ing house besides doing much of the work. All timbers for b u ild ­ in g, including plates, posts, heavy jo ist s, rafters, sleepers, door & window frames, lath ahos [small sticks used in thatching] &c - These timbers together w ith lime & wood for burning have been dragged & carried the distance of from 3 to 12 m iles. The s t o n e a ll carried to the spot & the house thatched by voluntary labor of chh members. They have also enclosed a lot round the meeting house of some 4 or 5 acres with a good stone w all. They have also subscribed & contributed to this object to the amount of a lit t le more than $250 in articles of trade. Many others have subscribed who have not yet paid up, & some perhaps �Kau never w i l l . 1846 8. Some of our best people have also subscribed for boards to floor our house & a few have paid their subscriptions. Most of our monthly concert contributions have gone to collect materials & labor on the meeting house. Some $25 dollars we have now on hand which w i l l go to help pay up expenses incured ( ! ). Our people have also built two thatch meeting houses at out stations & put a new roof on the house at Punaluu. The chh members, or at least a part of them in that part of the f ie l d did something more or less towards building a house for Bro Hunt ma [and fa m ily ]. Since that time they have been much discouraged & done but l i t t l e . On the whole we think that while some among us have stood aloof from a ll active benevolence, others have done nobly. [On back of page 4] The whole number added to the Chh in Kau on Examination - 1268 On Certificate 197 The past two years on Examination - - - -- -- - On certificate 9 Whole number past two years 128 Whole number dismissed to other chhs. Dismissed the past two years - - - 92 -- -- - - - Whole no. deceased - -- - - -- - - - Remain Suspended 89 14 Excommunicated the past two years - - - - - - - - 40 excommunicated Remain excommunicated 57 138 Deceased the two past years Whole no. 119 - 67 - - Whole number in regular standing -- -- - - - - - 55 1167 �Kau MISSION STATION REPORTS 1 84 6 9. Whole number of child, baptized 325 Baptized the past two years 84 Marriages the two past years 22 On this subject I would remark that the arrangement of the Governor of Hawaii relative to giving certificates of marriage has been most intolerable & oppressive to the people. instances amounted to prohibition. And has in some All who wished to enter the bonds of matrimony must f ir s t have a certificate from the magis­ trate In Kau - travel with his intended to Kailua & obtain an other letter & after one month return for a second. [ On back of page 5] : Labors of the pastor The labors of the Sabbath. Sabbath ( ! ) School & Bible class in the morning commencing at 9 o'clock. or 11 a.m. Inquiry Preaching at h a lf past 10 meeting from 12 u n til 1 o'clock. again at half past one P.M. Preaching A part of the time I have a meeting for prayer & consultation with our lunas & Deacons. We have had our regular weekly meeting at the Station every Thursday. In th is meeting we have gone over most of the Psalms expounding & lecturing. There has been also a regular weekly meeting with the females at the Station. I have usually ( ! ) held from one to 3 or 4 meetings on Wednesdays in neighborhoods distant from 3 to 8 or 10 miles from Waiohinu. My custom has been to make four tours during the year throughour the whole fie ld - preaching in all the principle ( ! ) villages v isiting from house to house & conversing w ith in d iv id u a ls. On these tours I usually administer the Lords supper in some 4 or 5 places. At the Station we celebrated the Lord's Supper once In �Kau 1846 10. MISSION STATION REPORTS three months & usually have a meeting of 2 or three days in connection ( ! ). The monthly concert we have always kept up & it has been a meeting of great interest. [o n b ack of page 7. ] Common Schools These are rather poor things, & some of them scarce deserve the name of Schools. But they are quite as good as we could expect er while the Government take no deep/interest in sustaining & encouraging good & fa it h fu l teachers & in erecting comfortable School houses. The Teachers in our f ie l d have all been trained up ( i f they have any training) on the Island of Hawaii - Some of them are poorly qualified for their work & make miserable teachers, & get poor pay. Others are energetic industrious men, have made themselves w ell acquainted with the branches they pretend to teach - their schools are well governed & their children have made proficiency in their studies. The whole number of Com. Schools is 2 0 . The whole number who attend regularly in these Schools 334. The Papists have what they call Schools but their whole business is to teach their catechism & prayers. ch ild, who do not attend Schools. [Unsigned] [Paris] There are many �MISSION STATION REPORTS T. D . Hunt’ s report On the 11th of Sept. 1844 we were welcomed to the station & home of our dear Bro. & Sister Pa ris. We found ourselves in a retired but pleasant location in a large & n e e d y fie ld . It having been left with Bro. P. & myself my department of labor & my place of residence, we soon fix e d upon a division of the f i e l d . A church of 300 members was set apart in a district habitable 6 miles along the Sea-Coast, about 12 on the mountain s id e , & from 3 to 5 miles broad; embracing a population of perhaps 1500 souls. Bro. P. soon introduced me to the whole f i e l d , particularly to that part which was to become my special charge. I was pained at the poverty & apparent ignorance & degradation of the people, was shocked & disgusted with their nakedness & the filth in ess of their h abits. I was surprised & disappointed at the vacancy of their stare, at the indifference & listlessness of many & the brazen hardness of others. Some heard w ith gladness, while-their cheer­ fu l aloha & friendly but rude shake of the hand told of joy & hope at the sight & voice of their new teacher. Throughout this fir st tour I addressed the natives in E n g ., Bro. P. acting as interpre­ ter. That fir s t tour gave to the missionary work a new aspect. Romance took a fin a l f l ig h t . The work in the dress of self- d enial, toilsome - protracted, crushing in it s weight, increasing in its cares, & overwhelming i n its re sp o n sib ilitie s, presented it s e lf before me. It was no less than to light up that vacant countenance with intelligence, to kindle in the soul other fires than those of lu st, to eradicate deep rooted p r e j u d i c e s ( ! ), break up low associations & vile habits, direct the thoughts into �Kau 1846 Hunt 2. MISSION STATION REPORTS new channels, & most of a l l , open new fountains of intelligence & joy, as w ell as to purify the old. In short the degraded, man must be made the enlightened Christian, the elements of immortality must be collected from the ru in s, & by Divine power be reformed & reanimated in the image of Christ. I now saw i t , fe lt i t . I t A ll this I knew before in theory. had become r e a lit y . A v is it to Hilo in company with Bro. P. with our fa m ilie s , & thence on to Waimea & Kohala with the same Bro. in connection with Bro. Coan, in which 5 or 6 weeks in a l l were consumed, better pre­ pared me to return to my station & commence my labors. On announc- ing to the people of Punaluu my determination to reside at their villag e their joy was great, & a vote was immediately passed by the church members to erect a grass house for our accommodation t i l l I should b u ild . In determining upon this location I was in ­ fluenced f i r s t , by my own preference to live among the people of my charge, & secondly by the advice of ray Brethren. Having made application for a grant for building, $ 5 0 0 . was advanced by the secular agents in an tic ip atio n of a further allowance when needed. Accordingly I engaged a sawyer & carpenter while at H i l o . Shortly, however, after returning to Kau, letters were received informing us of the death of Bro. Dibble, & of the destitution of Waialua on Oahu through the fa ilu re of Bro. Smith's h ealth . It was also more & more certain that the health of his wife would soon require the removal of Bro. Forbes from his statio n. In view of these removals we were urged to delay our bu ild in g , & seriously to consider whether the occupancy of a new station in the enfeebled state of the Mission present & prospective would be at a l l advisable. It was broadly hinted that Kau would not be our permanent home, that the Mission, had circumstances at Gen. �MISSION STATION REPORTS Kau 1 84 6 Hunt 3. Meeting been as they then were, would never have sent us there, & that another meeting would undoubtedly remove u s . Waialua & Kealakekua were respectively suggested, & even Lahainaluna, as our future location, & further grant for building was cut off un til the voice of Gen. Meeting should vote i t . I had for some time been indulging in doubts of a kindred character, I had been disappointed in the numbers of the people, & doubted seriously my fitness to be long contented in such a f i e l d . I had f e l t , too, from the f i r s t , that a teacher was more needed than another pastor. I had an aversion to teaching, & as my pref­ erence was decidedly for pastoral labor I did not fe e l that I was f i l l i n g the place which the specific wants of that f i e l d demanded. I f e l t that the whole f i e l d was large for one pastor, & too small for two. Not but that two or twice that number would not fin d ample work for all their strength, but that, the whole Islands considered, two pastors were one too many. leaving the f i e l d . S t ill I had not intended The providence of God had cast my lot there, & there I would stay & labor t i l l some providence removed me. Whether I expressed these feelings to any previous to the reception of the above mentioned letters I have no recollection. Certain it i s , however, they proved a damper to what little hope I then possessed. We moved to Punaluu late in February 1845 , but we did not feel that i t was to our home. I commenced labors immediately, going from house to house, & conversing personally with all I could reach, I had from the f ir s t labored as much as the distance from the f i e l d & my imperfect knowledge of the language would permit, but Now I was enabled to enter upon more systematic & continuous �Kau e ffo r t. 1846 Hunt 4. These labors continued only about 5 weeks. had increased from 70 to from 150 to 180. My congregation My weekly meeting of inquiry was increasing in numbers & interest. The papists of one small settlement in lan d , 12 in number, came in a body renouncing their fa ith & seeking admission into the church. the people generally seemed on the increase. The interest of There was ground to hope that the papists in large numbers would abandon th eir ranks. Two years previous not one would have opened his door to the mission­ ary; but in the villages. I v is ite d I entered all their houses, & only in one case was I denied the privilege of praying with the inmates. Two individuals having been previously propounded were admitted to the church. Two suspended members were restored. Two were excommunicated. Two couple I married, & baptized two in fan ts. Two church members died* During this time letters were received from various sources in which a strong expectation was expressed of a Gen. Meeting at the usual time. In consultation with Bro. P. it was thought best, as but 3 weeks intervened, to leave immediately for Kealakekua as a knowledge of that station would be important in case our location there should come up for consideration. We accordingly l e f t . I t was at Kealakekua we received positive information that there would be no Gen. Meeting. his fie ld , As, however, Bro. F . was soon to leave & in his opinion there would be at least a delegation or a locating Committee appointed then, or in the f a l l , to act in reference to necessary removals & existing vacancies, & as the �Kau 1 84 6 Hunt circumstances of my family would require our absence from our station at that time, I concluded, in accordance with advice, to continue on to Hon. & during the necessary detention there v is it the leeward stations of the group. This I accordingly d id , & I am happy to say that I have v isited every Bro. at his own home, & worshipped with him "beneath his own vine & f ig t r e e ." been without p ro fit. It has not My acquirement of the language was not in ­ terrupted, -while i t has given me a knowledge of the statio n s, & of the character & worth of my Brethren which no other course could have so w ell secured. I have admired the love & sympathy so pre­ valent & prominent, no less than the harmony & single mindedness with which so large a number & of such a variety of age & temper­ ament are pursuing their one great object. Circumstances again permitting we had serious thoughts of returning to Kau. That not being thought advisable, my atten­ tion was turned to Waialua. But as the door was not fu lly opened there, I accepted an invitation from Bros. A . & E . [Alexander & Emerson] to assist them i n their labors at the Sem’y t i l l Gen. Meeting. There I have since been, & must refer you to their report for my labors in that In stitu tio n . -I now ask of my Brethren a relocation as a pasto r. T . Dwight Hunt. May 1 8 4 6 . �[ 1 8 4 7 Statistics of the Chh. in Kau Additions to Chh. on examination 1069 Added on certificate from other Chhs. 215 Admitted last year on examination 39 " past on certificate 6 Whole no. admitted last year " 45 " dismissed to other chhs. 131 Dismissed & Pastors have not reported as received 96 Dismissed the past year 75 Whole no. deceased 172 Deceased the past year 59 Suspended past year 32 Remain suspended 20 Excommunicated past year 3 Whole no. excommunicated 69 Remain excomm. 63 Whole no. in regular standing 896 Whole of children Baptised 267 Baptised the past year 31 No. of marriages past year 26 Average no. of Congregations [blank] About as many as go to meeting every Sabbath, which is considerably more then attend the stated weekly meetings- which is considerably less then those who remain at home- which is considerably more than is desirable Yours truly J.D. Paris ] �Report from Kau. May 1848 [of] Once more in the good providence/God, our Heavenly Father, we are permitted to meet together. To come up from our several fie ld s of labour & tell what the Lord hath done: - And to deliberate for the future interests of our Hawaiian Zion. O that the great Head of the Chh. would vouchsafe his presence, preside in a ll our deliberations, & make this a season of Spiritual good to us a l l I Were I called upon to give a history of God’ s providential dealings with me & mine, since our last General Meeting - Or to report chiefly my own experience, - labors, cares, anxieties, a fflic tio n s , & consolations, I should f a il in the attempt. These have been years, fraught w ith interest & experience too deep & sacred fo r utterance. God hath spoken: - and when He speaks, man should bow in silent submission. He hath put forth his hand & "touched" me - I may fe e l & weep. But I w ill kiss the hands, adore the grace & take hold on that Almighty arm which in flic t s the stroke. "The Lord gave, & the Lord hath taken away; - & blessed be the name of the Lord." He hath done all things w e ll. His work is perfect. " T i s God that lights our comforts high,' Or sinks them in the grave; He gives, & blessed be his name, He takes but what he gave." My soul has been cast down & desolate. But God has been my refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble. abundant reason to speak of h is mercies. & very great. I have They have been very many, "From the land of jordan, & of Hermonites, from the h i l l Misar [Mizar] " - I w ill call to remembrance his lovingkindness, & make mention of the multitude of his tender mercies. �Kau 2. 1848 In sickness & time of deep s o l i c i t u d e , when compelled to abandon our people & h ome, the Lord gave us friends in need who have been friends indeed. During many mos. of anxious care, & the deepest solicitude, we had all that Christian affection could give or do. And when we had buried our earthly all in the grave - Desolate & motherless, st ill we have had a home, with a ll that a Brother's love & a S is t e r 's tenderness & sympathy could a ffo rd. "A Brother is born for adversity." A cordial & welcome home has been provided for the bereaved & the motherless; and a mother's would place supplied as nearly as the nature of the case w ill admit. This is not the place, nor do they need to be assured of my warmest & most heart-felt gratitude for a ll their kindness & untiring labors of love. May God richly reward them ! It is now more than two years since we were compelled to leave our home in Kau. Since that time I have been able to spend but a small proportion of my time with the people of my charge. The f i r s t year I v is it e d them bat once. them three times. In 1847 & 8 I have visited The f ir s t time I was with them about two mos. On my second tour, last summer, I spent about 5 weeks. And on my third & last v i s i t I was with them a lit t le more than two months. Making in all a lit t le more than five mos. devoted to labor among my people from the last of March 1847 to the f ir s t of March 1848. The intervening time I have spent mostly at H ilo . Much of it has necessarily been devoted to my children & other domestic cares. - While at H ilo , I have at the invitation of the Pastor preached once or twice on the Sab. alternating in native & English in the Shipping Season. And in the absence of Bro. Coan on his �Kau 3 1848 tours, I have done what I could to f i l l his place at the Station. Since the year 1845, the work of depopulation in Kau has gone on with fea rfu l rapidity. It w ill he remembered that the distressing famine which prevailed in 1845-6 together w ith the sufferings occasioned by f i r e , which over-ran the Country, drove many of the people to other parts of the Islands. The effects of the sufferings then experienced have not yet ceased. The early & the latter rains have returned in their season; the h ills & vallies are clothed with verdure & beauty; and food abounds through all the d is t r ic t. But the graves are m ultiplied. The silent work of death, the fru it of extreme sufferin g, has been going forward. borders. The old & the gray headed are seldom seen in our They sleep beneath the clods of the valley. There have also been other influences operating to draw the people from this d is t r ic t , such as have been f e l t to a greater or less extent in a ll the remote districts of the Islands. A very large proportion of a ll who have left within the last two years, are children & youth. I think I may say, that more than two thirds of all who have left that fie ld to reside permanently in other places, are children & youth, eighteen. Prom the ages of eight to Thus our schools have been greatly affected. Com, Schools Owing to the small no. of children now in the d is t r ic t , the number of schools have been reduced from 2 0 to 1 2 . Protestant Schools. I mean And so far as I can learn there has been no others worthy the name for more than a year. The Papists have had nominally 6 schools, with as many Teachers; and report 304 children. �Kau 1848 MISSION STATION REPORTS The whole number of children in Protestant schools 4 4 7 . The no readers writers &c &c see by turning to the Report of the Kahu Kula. These schools on the whole are in as flourishing condition as they have been fo r years. than in years past. good men. I think they are doing more good Some of our teachers are industrious fa it h fu l They do what they can to instruct., elevate, c i v il iz e & exert a good moral & Christian influence over their p u p ils. Teachers & s c h o la r s ( ! ) begin to sit on three legged sto o ls, chairs without backs & hewed slabs such as were used many years ago in the smoky school houses of Western Va. Teachers begin in some instances to wear pantaloons on week days, & even to stand on their own feet while they instruct & pour forth their knowledge & wisdom into the minds of their young d is c ip le s . Sab. Schools During the year past the children of Kau have been collected into 9 different schools throughout the d is t r ic t. Considering the small no. of children, these schools have been very w ell at­ tended. About all the children of Protestant parents & a s u it ­ able age attend the Sab. School. The parents in many instances attend with the children & it is greatly to be desired that every parent & every adult in the land be brought under the in ­ fluence of Sab. Schools. They are a ll children & need children's [imparted? ] food, The Sincere milk of the world, as imported to children. The regular exercise in our schools, has been to repeat the ai o ka l a . After which the Superintendent or Pastor, expounds, illustrates & endeavours to make practical & bring home to the conscience the lesson for the week. — �Kau 1848 5. MISSION STATION REPORTS The children of the Sab . School are also in the hab i t of repeating a Hymn in Concert which has been committed to memory during the week. In some three or four of these schools, the attendance has been punctual, & the attention unusually good. During the past year many of the child, have been serious & thoughtful & inquiring the way of l i f e . God, we trust, has been moving upon their young hearts by his blessed S p ir it ; - Convincing of Sin , & leading them in the way of l i f e . Some of them, we hope, have been made new creatures in Christ Jesus. Most of the Protestant children in Kau, have formed them­ selves into a Temperance Society - pledging themselves to abstain everlastingly from a ll that intoxicates. Prom that horrible practice o f/su c k ­ ing & blowing on to a filt h y smoke pipe — They call themselves - The Shining water. "Puali ina wai wale no, "A puhi baka ole n o "! [ General meaning: An army of water alone; won't smoke tobacco] Cause of Benevolence. You have heard over & over again just what you don' t want to hear - viz - That our people are poor. It always pains your ears to hear the story of poverty. Could I tell you of the wealth of Kau - Their noble acts of benevolence - How much they had done to support their Pastor & native preacher & send the gospel to the far distant heathen. Then every ear would prick up, & be charmed with the music & every heart re jo ic e . But I have no such te llin g s. I wish I had. I know it is more blessed & more Christ lik e , to give than to receive ( ! ) But the poor ye have always with you - & seeing a ll the c h h 's. in the land have become rich & increased in good perhaps the Lord has left this little corner to famine & deep �Kau 6. 1848 MISSION STATION REPORTS poverty that you may have a channel ( ! ) for your ch arities, your gold & silver may not become a curse. that But i f you w i l l bear with me, I w ill t e l l you what our people have not done. 1. They have not hanaied supported their kahuna (? ) prie st; pastor?] nor made any attempt that way. 2. They, have not paid up the debt on meeting House. There re ­ mains a debt of 150. which was advanced by one who fe lt a deep interest in their having a good & permanent house of worship. 3. They have not supported any no. of native preachers, except to hoo-kipa them [give them hospitality} as they pass on their way. Neither have they sent forth any missionaries to Californ ia (!) China or Turkey. Nor have they done any thing for the support of the American Anti Slavery S o c ., Colonization or moral Reform. They have however done something. 1. They have of their own accord erected & completed, two good & comfortable houses of worship, thatched, made doors, seats & rude pulpits. The old crooked mud & stone house at Punaluu they have let fall to the ground, which was no hard matter. They have also a plan & have resolved to bu ild a new house of stone la id up in mortar. To make it a good substantial house & never rest until it is fin ish e d . 2. Our people have built a Bell house of stone & mortar, & hung a fine Chh. Bell which was presented to us by the good people of the Alen Street Chh N. York. We were all delighted with the sweet sounds of the Chh. going B e ll, & none more than myself. I t was like an old friend in a strange land calling up a thousand sacred & th rillin g associations. Its tones echoed & re-echoed �Kau over h il l & dale, 1848 7. joyfully surprising the natives & waking them up from the slumbers of a thousand generations. good house of worship at the Station at Waiohinu. remains unplastered. ready for plastering. We have a very But it s t i l l The greater part of the house is lathed & But it was not advisable to go forward & plaster the house while there was no resident missionary. We have recently floored i t , partly with hoards & partly with hewed stone & lime. Put in pews for singers, & the people are now going forward to seat the whole house w ith seats of uniform s iz e . The stone for the pavement were carried by chh. members, men women & children the distance of from one to seven m iles. Thus they take pleasure in her stones & favour the dust thereof. 3. During the past year our. people contributed over one hundred dollars in goats, goat skins, olona &c for monthly concert. To reduce these articles to cash however we lose more than one half. I now hold in my hand $3 4 .6 5 to be given at my discretion to some young man who is preparing to preach the gospel; & it hoped that this is only the f ir s t fruits of what our people w il l do from year to year. Civ ilizatio n A great change has taken place in the external appearance of our people. In 1842 there were scarce a dozen persons to be seen in a large congregation who wore foreign cloth. Now I see but few persons on the Sab. who are not clothed in European manufacture if not style. latest fashions. And many of them are rigged out in the I venture (?) to affirm that the w riter for the "P la in Dealer” never visited them. Our Ladies almost to a man of them, all wear from two to 4 dresses at the same time & I am much �Kau 8. 1848 MISSION STATION REPORTS mistaken if many of them are not more virtuous than those with whom that "Niger" had met. There is some improvement in the structure of houses with ranais [VerandahsJ & apartments. Enclosed yards & gardens in some instances add greatly to comfort & cleanliness. The houses are also furnished many of them with a table, chairs, ftron pots, bowls, plates, knives, forks - spoons &c &c - some clocks &c -Popery To all external appearances, popery has been steadily ad­ J for more than two vancing haekewa ( ?)[ years. The great champion of Hawaii - The Kahuna hai [ j[ of Kau, has been called to a higher post; & his successor don't seem to have been fu lly in itiated into a ll his Jesuitic strata­ gems & diabolic p lo t s . He is however a young man & is taking lessons of his father & grand-fath er, & in the course of time w i l l undoubtedly be w ell q u a lified for his work. Not a few of their leading & most substantial members have left them. have but few meetings & these are poorly attended. They Quite a large number of their disciples have attended our meetings, & are among the poe hoikaika & a few have been received to our chh. State of Religion We have abundant reason for gratitude to the great Head of the chh. that he has not left us to labour in v ain or spend our strength for naught. The early & the latter ra in has been given to our dry & thirsty land - Our h ills & valleys have again put on their beautiful garments & the cry of famine & distress is no more heard in our borders. But what is far better, the refresh- �Kau 1848 9. ing influences of the Holy Spirit have been shed down upon u s . Not as the mighty showers which cause the streams to swell & overflow, sweeping every thing in their course, But silent & gentle as the dew of Hermon on the mountain of Zion. Our Sab, & other meetings have been well attended. has been good attention & solemnity. There And we have f e l t that God was in our midst sweetly subduing & melting the hearts of his people. & revived. Professing Christians have been greatly quickened Baptized a fresh w ith the_ Holy Ghost. Their f a it h has been strengthened & increased - their hearts enlarged & drawn out in prayer & supplication & active efforts for the salvation of sinners. Laodicean professors have been' aroused from their slumbers & stupidity & brought to repentance. Backsliders have been reclaimed and many who had hitherto lived without God & without hope have been brought to see their lost condition & y ie ld their hearts to the Saviour. About the beginning of last year there was more than usual interest manifested in some parts of my f i e l d . were then awake to the interests of their souls. Some of our people I spent some two mos. in meeting & conversing with a ll the members of the chh. personally, I had my children with me & was unable to get out much from the Station. But the chh. members were requested to meet me at the Station, & I spent from fiv e to six hours daily in expanding Scripture, religious conversation & prayer. This course affords an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the real state of every heart & giving to each according to his necessity. Here the ignorant may be enlightened, their blin d ­ ness & prejudices removed - The timid & doubting strengthened �Kau 1848 10. MISSION STATION REPORTS & encouraged - the stupid aroused, & the hypocrite exposed & made to tremble in view of the judgement. Early in the summer last year; without any advice or suggest­ ion on my part, morning meetings for prayer & conference were re­ vived or established in several neighborhoods. In one or two out districts these meetings have been exceedingly in terestin g. At the cock crowing every body men women & children may be seen flocking to the house of prayer with their lamps in hand. spend an hour in prayer singing & exhortation. Here they Then return each to his own house & joyfully offer the morning sacrifice around their family altars. The spirit of love joy peace & harmony manifest in these meetings is very d e lig h tfu l. Old professors, who had backslidden confessed their sins, & sought forgiveness. Hard & stubborn hearts were melted & many were led to inquire the way of salvation. Every house became a house of prayer; & we hope it may be found in the great day, that many hearts have become f it temples for the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. I con­ fess that past experience admonishes me not to be too sanguine. And while I rejoice in view o f what God has done for u s , fear & trembling. endure to the end. rich grace? it is with How many have been truly regenerated, and w ill God only knows. But why should we lim it his He is able & w illing to save to the uttermost, & some, yea many, of the most degraded, ignorant, & unstable of the human race, have been redeemed & made trophies of his rich & sovereign Grace. The commission is to preach the gospel to every creature - And, "Lo I am with you always, even to the end of the world" - Let us my Breth, taken our Master at his word. Preach h is gospel:, & preach It in fa it h & hope. I t is the power �11. of God & the wisdom of God & he w ill make it effectual in pulling the stronghold of sin & establishing his kingdom which is not of this world. I have on the whole, never had greater reason for hope & courage. The Christian s p ir it , growing graces, sta ­ b ilit y & firmness of many of my little flock gives me great joy. I have great reason for humility in view of my own unb elief & unfaithfulness; - and unfeigned gratitude & praise to God for his sovereign & unmerited grace. I never had such an overwhelming sense of sadness & desola­ tion as in passing through my f i e l d the last time. dead & gone into eternity ! many fam ilies broken up I So many So many familiar faces wanting. So many widows & fatherless I So Such a multitude of houses u n o cc u p ied - and so many whole villages utterly forsaken without inhabitant ! Never have I felt so deeply the importance of m inisterial faithfulness I & him crucified - Of preaching Christ Pointing this sinking dying people to the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world. Of doing with my might, quickly what can be done - Bending my energies to one point. the Salvation of Souls. Statistics Additions on Examination " On Certificate ” Past two years on Exam. " Past two years on Certificate 1198 217 129 4 Whole No. past two years 135 Whole No. dismissed 210 " Dismissed past two years 80 �Kau 1848 MISSION STATION REPORTS Deceased 247 Deceased past two years 75 " " Excommunicated two past years 3 Whole No. Excommunicated 72 Remain Excom. 57 Whole No. in regular Standing 1101 Whole No. of Children baptized 370 Baptized two past years 71 No, of marriages ( !) two past years 43 Average No. of Congregation on Sab -------Aole akaha i 'a u [not known to me ?J Respectfully submitted J .D . Paris �MISSION STATION REPORTS Report in part of Kau Station. [ 1 849] Dearly Beloved Brethren of the Sandwich Island M ission, convened in General Meeting, 1849. Being convinced that duty calls me to remain & labour in the fie ld assigned me, rather than to attend this General Meeting extra, I shall he deprived of the pleasure of associating w ith you, & of the privilege of being present when questions of vital interest are debated. I suppose you w i l l expect me to give some report of the fir s t year of my missionary labour. Having been but a few months in the fie ld I have not much to report; & as Bro. Paris has been with us nearly all the time & continued his labours among the people, I leave him to make the s t a t is t ic a l report of the church. Perhaps it may be gratifying to you, to have us state some of our fir s t impressions in regard to missionary life & labours. As you are aware, we, after remaining in Honolulu 4 months embarked in the schooner Amerlia for this Island, on the 26th of June, & after a prosperous voyage, arrived at Kealakekua on the 3rd of July, -where we remained a week enjoying the h o s p it a li­ ty of Bro. & Sister Pogue. Prom thence we set s a il at evening, on board the rude craft belonging to that station & reached Kapua at daybreak; where we met a company of natives whom Bro. Paris had kindly sent us, to a ssist us on the land journey to the station; where we arrived before noon on the 2 nd day, & met a joyful welcome from Bro. B. & his daughters. On this journey we met w ith a kind of missionary t r ia l of which we had before formed no definite idea; neither do friends of missions generally in the U . S . A . , who are accustomed to the splended steamers, & �Kau 1849 2. r a i l road cars & the fin e roads of that country; with every sort of convenience at hand as they journey from place to place; have correct ideas of the inconveniences we are compelled ( ! ) to put up with in traveling here; such as packing up bed & b oard & cooking utensils; & to being confined for days & often weeks to small, & filthy vessels; tossed from side to side while enduring the horrors of seasickness, w hile making a voyage, which they there can make in a few hours; & then to make a nightly voyage on the billows of the P a c ific , seated on a rude frame work e l e ­ vated between two hollow logs; with men almost constantly b a ilin g to keep them from f i l l i n g ; & then again when landed on the naked sand beach, instead of hearing the ’’w ill you have a carriage s i r ," we must set out on foot, or be carried by natives, over a road as rough as nature can form i t ; & after traveling all day to have no other place to rest our weary limbs than a huge lava formed cave. But you brethren have long been accustomed ( ! ) to these things; & they do not now strike you as forcibly as they once d id . Probably experience w ill teach us these things are not to be numbered among the greatest trials of the missionary. thing we had not been accustomed to see in the U . S . , Another that is captains of vessels pray before their passengers & crew, night & morning, - & also other men employed on public conveyances, as stage drivers; meet to sing & pray together as did a ll the ten men, on our land journey, morning & evening at the cave -- We had a feelin g of security in the hands of such men, & indeed we were prospered i n our journey both by sea & land. Blessed be the name of the Lord. The people among whom we are called to labour, gave us a �3. kind reception - they volunteered ( ' . ) to bring our goods o n their shoulders from the sea, several miles distant. They seem to ap­ preciate the value of Christian privileges - They express in var­ ious ways their gratitude that t e a c h e r s are sent to them. Though they are few & scattering; & wasting away, yet i f there are reasons why this church of nearly 1 0 0 0 members should be left without a pastor, there are stronger reasons, why nine tenths perhaps of the churches i n the U . S . should also be left destitute of a spiritual guide; for the number of Church members in many of them is not larger than in several of the villages in this d is t r ic t . The apparent piety & consistency ( ! ) of professors of r e l i­ gion, have rather surpassed than f a il e d to come up to the stan­ dard I had previously fixed in my own mind. The attendance on the stated & special meetings has been as good as could be rea­ sonably expected; & so we may say of their appearance & behaviour in our religious meetings. The Lunas of the Church seem to fe e l their responsibilities & to act accordingly — Some of them I trust w ill be of great service to me if I am left alone before I become skilled in the language, & also afterwards. Nearly a ll of them have been spared from the ravages of those disea se s, which w ithin a few months have swept off scores of the members of this Church. A more intimate acquaintance with this people may make a change in my impressions in regard to their moral & physical improvement, but now it appears evident to me that missionary labour has been w e ll spent in Kau; especially when the recent settlement of a missionary here, & his interruption on account of �Kau 4. 1849 deep a fflic tio n in his family, are taken into consideration. The Lord has greatly blessed the labours of his servant, & given him many souls as the crown of his r e jo ic in g . His labours are s t i l l very much needed here, & we shall claim him t i l l duty calls him elsewhere, Bro. P. has been of great assistance to us; enabling us to go forward with the aid of several years experience. It is also a great comfort to us to have him & his daughters w ith us at this lonely statio n . During the year we have been very much interrupted in learn­ ing the language - we made lit t le progress during our stay in Honolulu - since necessary traveling & preparations for house­ keeping, have occupied considerable time. I have not been able to preach much yet, being s t il l hemahema [ unskilled] in the lan­ guage . That I may give myself to the study of the language is one principal reason why I do not attend the G.M. We desire very much to become fluent in the language, that we may be more useful to the people among whom we liv e ; we are by no means displeased with the missionary work. I f it be the w ill of the Lord, we are w illin g to remain in this f ie l d , & to do what we can for the spiritual & temporal good of this dying people. You have indeed questions of great interest to discuss at the present meeting. While I so regard them I feel it to be be­ coming me, who has but recently joined the m ission, rather to leave their decisions to the wisdom of age & experience; feeling that you will have the best interest of a ll concerned, & the glory of God, in view; & that you w ill be guided by heavenly wisdom in a ll your decisions. �Kau 1849 5 . Permit me however to say, that i t was my strong co n v ic tio n , on coming to the Is l a n d s , that as a g en eral t h in g , it would he te tt e r for the m issionaries & their f a m il i e s , to remain at the Is la n d s , or at least this sid e of the Rocky Mountains, than to return to the U . S . ; that the frien d s fr e e ly a ssist them here than t h e re ; are better here than there; of missions would more that th eir pecuniary prospect[s] that t h e ir influence as C h ristia n s are more needed in t h is part of the w o rld , & that those who do remain should f o rm a community, s u f f ic ie n t l y large to s u s t a in a church, a good school, & eventually a College perhaps; hut that the great object aimed at should not be merely to enrich & edu­ cate the ch ild ren , but to prepare them f o r future u s e fu ln e s s ; that th eir in flu e n c e may be f e l t not only on these I s l a n d s , but on others in t h is ocean; & on the contiguous c o asts. And that in order to secure this o b je c t , e ffo r t s should b e made to procure from th e government, a tract o f good la n d , b efo re i t goes into the hands of other fo re ig n ers. I f e l t disappointed & g rie v e d that something d e f i n i t e was not done at the last G .M . As it regards taking the oath of a lleg ience ( ! ) to t h is government, let each Bro. do so who w ishes to; & that no obstacles be the thrown in the way of others pursuing their labours as b e f o r e , who w ish to rem ain as they a r e . As for m y se lf, I p refer to remain as I am fo r the p re s e n t. I see strong reasons why the expected P h y sic ia n should be sent to H aw aii, there not b e in g a re g ular p h y s ic ia n on the whole I s l a n d , but s t i l l we have not yet had any reaso n to complain, for we obtained from B ro . Coan a ll the medical a id needed in the hour of t r i a l . We sh a ll always remember with g r a t e fu l fe e lin g s �Kau 1849 6 . the k in d & unwearied ( ! ) attentions of Bro. & S iste r Coan, bestowed without money & it hout p r ic e , & that too at a time when th eir w own fam ily was a f f l i c t e d w ith two d is e a s e s . They v o l u n t a r i l y took upon themselves responsibilities, which very few in t h e i r circum stances, would have assumed - B ro . C . showed him self s k i l l f u l , & was su cce ssfu l in performing the duties of the phy­ s ic ia n -H ilo ; The Lord prospered us in the object of our v i s i t to & permitted us to return in due season to our home, r e j o i c ­ in g in the accession of a sweet l i t t l e daughter to our num ber. Yet we f e l t reluctant who were before born e to increase the cares & labours of those down w ith th eir w e ig h t; nor is i t a d e s ir a b le thing to leave home under such circum stances, a fa tig u in g & perilous journey of 4 day s. We are also l i a b l e at any moment to be seized by some dangerous d ise a se , a id of a regular p h y sicia n is indispensable to take ( ! ). v&ien the The m ission fa m ilie s on th is Is l a n d , have the strongest claim on the new p h y s ic ia n ; & we may hope that the Brethren on the other i s l a n d s , w i l l not refuse us the p r iv ile g e s , which they p rize & e n jo y . As it regards the question of d iv id in g the M issio n into 4 separate m issio n s; I do not see what d ifferen ce i t w i l l make w it h the m issionaries on H a w a ii, whether that is done or n o t ; fo r they are so inconveniently s itu a te d , fo r "co n su ltatio n & social actio n " that they would seldom meet even i f they were set o ff by them selves, as a separate m ission — The S ecretaries ( ! ) of the Board would not have given th e a d v ic e , which they have i n the General l e t t e r , in regard to this q u e stio n , i f they had made one or two tours around th is Is l a n d . We s h a l l , Dear B rethren, d uring the m eeting, remember you (!) �Kau 1849 7. MISSION STATION REPORTS & the Cause you advocate, d a il y at the Throne of Grace; that the Great Head of the Church may he present in a ll your c o u n c ils , to give you a ll needed g ra c e , & wisdom; that in a l l that you do, the Glory of God & the interests of h is Kingdom may he promoted. We also beg an in t e re s t in your p ra y ers, that the Lord would render us f a i t h f u l & e f f i c i e n t labourers in h is moral v in e y a r d , & that He would guide us by His counsels & make us instrum ental in carrying forward His cause in this f i e l d ; & that in a l l our t r i a l s & temptations He may be present to comfort & su st a in u s , "B r eth r e n , pray for u s . " Yo u rs, Dear Brethren, in the bonds of C h ristian fello w sh ip Henry Kinney W aiohinu March 20th 1 8 49 , [Addressed t o :] To the General Meeting of the Sandwich Is la n d M ission, to convene in A p ril 18 49 . �A p r i l 1851 Report of the K au S t a t io n T h is , dear brethren is the f i r s t time I meet w ith you in General Meeting, to represent one of the Stations of th is m is­ sion — Three years have r a p id ly passed away since our r e in fo r c e ­ ment came to share w ith you the labours & r e s p o n s ib il it ie s Sandwich Islan d M issio n . of the Then we were strangers to you & this p eo p le , & time has shown us that we were also strangers to our work. On re c eiv in g from you our d e s ig n a tio n , My Dear Companion & m yself proceeded to our d ista n t & lonely f i e l d to be a sso c ia te d fo r a season w it h the former P a sto r , to be aided by him to enter into h is labours, which he was called to leave by an a f f l i c t i n g disp ensatio n of Divine Providence -- We have always f e l t that it was not only a great Comfort, but also a great advantage to u s , to have Bro. P . w ith us the f i r s t year of our lab o urs. We regretted very much to have him & h is daughters leave u s . During our m issionary l i f e thus f a r , our Heavenly Father has dealt b o u n tifu lly w ith us in bestowing upon us h e a lth & the comforts of l i f e — i n our fam ily c i r c l e , Two precious " o l i v e plants" have sprung up a ric h source of comfort to us in our lone­ lin e ss -- #No dangerous illn e s s has v i s i t e d us — Yet the labours, c are s, & p e rp le x itie s of m issionary l i f e , have sometimes proved a w eariness to the f l e s h ; - but we have not yet f e l t desirous to leave the S tatio n & work assigned u s; & i f it s t i l l be the w i l l of the great Head of the Church, & of th is m issio n , we w i l l will# This was w ritten before the late illn e s s of our l i t t l e daughter �Kau 1851 2 . in g ly return & resume our labours in Kau, The m ission fam ily must s t i l l liv e is o la te d ( !) from a l l c i v i l i z e d so c ie ty ; not being a fam ily of fo re ig n ers in the f i e l d there Were i t not for an occasional v i s i t from our m issionary frien d s & others & also fo r p e r io d ic a ls , we should be quite shut out from the c i v i l i z e d world — On account of the irr e g u la rity of Hawaiian m a il s , we are kept fa r behind the age. from Honolulu, as i t Often our news is as long coming is on the way from New York to that place — His M ajesties C ircular r e la t in g to observing the 31st of D e c . as a day of thanksgiving, arrived in March -- But we hope that this e v il w i l l be remedied soon; & that some respectable & pious people w i l l come & settle the rich unoccupied land of Kau, a ffo r d in g us s o c ie t y , & ex c itin g a s p ir it of industry among the people; & a id in g the Cause of morality & r e l i g i o n . As it regards the conditions of the people, we have observed a little change for the b e tte r , since we have been i n the f i e l d — they are getting better h ouses, & more of the n ecessaries & comfo rts of l i f e — C a ttle , ho rse s, & goats are becoming numerous; the la tter affords them the p rin c ip a l a r t ic le of export — hun­ dreds of goats salted & dried might be exported m onthly, v e ss e l would come for them at a set time — if a We see nothing but a bad report of the sa fe t y of our harbours, to prevent them from coming & doing a f a i r b u s in es s. Now a ll the produce must be carrie d to Hilo on the backs of men or animals — The C a lifo r n ia markets of late have had almost no influence in Kau -about a year a fter the ravages of the measles ( !), a scarcity of the Common food of the n ativ es — From there has been Many were compelled ( ! ) to resort to w ild food; but now food is p l e n t y ( !) again -- for a few months p ast, the people have been unusually �Kau 1851 a ctive in planting tar o, potatoes & onions, having b een encouraged that vessels w il l come bye & bye for their produce. There has been considerable improvement in roads, i n the past 2 years — They have been worked nearly the whole extent of the d is t r ic t — This year the people have made a horse road to the borders of Kona, over the far famed lava d i s t r i c t , never forgotten by those who have once traveled over it — excellent horse road near the statio n . mobs, We have an While we have heard of riots & rumors of war, in other parts of this Kingdom, the people here have ch eerfully y i e l d e d that be to the orders of the powers The Papist priest came over, & opposed th eir people going to work on the road kept back th e ir luna kulas [ school superintendents ] , but afterwards repented & sent them on. There has not been much sickness among the people during the past year - yet death has been at work, & has carrie d o f f some of our b e st inhabitants There have been a large number of birth s - n early a ll have lived & seem h e althy , & g e n e ra lly provided with some garments — We have made sp e cia l effo rts to induce the parents to take bette r care of th e ir c h ild r e n . There is one Cause calcu la ted to reduce the p opulation of th is f i e l d , that i s the strong inducements h e ld out by h ig h prices of produce & labour in other parts of the Is la n d s This would in a great measure be remedied i f a few en terp risin g foreigners should come & set up b u s in e s s , State of r e l ig i o n was rather d u ll — T h is , among them. t i l l w ith in about 8 months The inquirers were mostly ch ild r e n & youth — Yet the meetings were pretty w e l l attended - few f e l l in to gross sin s — nearly a l l the children attended sabbath schools — The �Kau 1851 outward forms of r e l ig i o n were pretty w e ll sustained - but there was wanting the clear m anifestations of the presence of the H . S p ir it — There was a want of active p iety & a consistency o f C h ristia n Conduct. ( !) On tak in g f u l l charge of the church we were surprised to f i n d that smoking tobacco, was a common p ractice among church members — progress of this we have made efforts to stay the e v i l , but w ith p a r tia l success; they b eing surrounded by hosts of p a p is ts , w h o s e most conspicuous bage [badge ?J is the tobacco pipe -- Indeed we f i n d th at those of our people, who liv e nearest & asso ciate most w ith the p a p is t s , a r e , as a general t h in g , the most backward & inconsistent of a l l our Church members — ( !) they tempt them to d rin k rum, smoke tobacco, withhold th eir aid in supporting the gospel, & to f o r ­ sake entirely the way of l i f e -- Here the truth has to stem a tid e of opposition — Last Aug. there appeared some signs of the presence of the H .S . i n some parts of the f i e l d -- Christians became more active & p ra y e rfu l. — our weekly meetings for inquirers became crowded a large part of the new seekers were a d u l t s a sort of remnant of former revivals -- several of them were papists -- se v era l back­ s lid e r s also attended those meetings — At the same time the number of morning & other small meetings became in c r e a s e d , & also the number attending them, t i l l at almost every place where there was enough to su stain a morning m eeting, they were commenced The inq u irers continued to come re g ularly to the inq u iry meetings some several m iles -- As a r e s u l t , 45 persons, n e a rly a l l a d u l t s , were admitted to the Church, at a union communion seaso n , in Jan . �Kau last. — 1851 5. at the same time several were restored — b a p tise d — 8 new deacons i n s t a l led ( ! ) into o f f i c e , has since d ied , one of whom the 3rd of our good deacons, who have d ie d during the y ear, whose loss we lament — At present the new members appear w ell — in another part of the f i e l d , new cases of adult in q u ir e r s . does not [ seem] 30 c h ild ren there are se veral — While the re lig io u s in t e re s t as great as i t was a few months ago, the meetings continue to be w e ll sustained The labours of the Pastor oh the sabbath are d ivid ed between the people at [ the] s t a tio n & other parts of the f i e l d . On Thursday, beside the meeting for inquirers & an exeg e t i c a l lecture, we have a meeting of the lunas from d if f e r e n t parts of the f i e l d — This m eeting, we regard as h ig h ly bene­ fic ia l — it enables us to hear from a l l parts of the f i e l d , weekly — I t tends to keep the church u n ite d , & gives us f r e ­ quent opportunities to consult on the common interests Church — of the Though none of the native helpers are from L . Luna [ La h a in a lu n a ], yet some of them are valuable assista n ts — The whole f i e l d is d iv id e d up into s e c tio n s , each of which is under the s p e c ia l care of a deacon, to whom is given a l i s t of the Church members in h is Benevolence. section — This plan seems to work w e l l . Though we cannot report of hundreds of dollars ra is e d t o support the go sp el, yet our people have out of the abundance of th eir poverty done something — during the la st year they contributed in cash , & in other things reduced to cash mostly at M. concert $ 1 5 2 .3 8 Beside th is they are b u ild in g a new frame meeting house at Keaiwa - a stone one 33 �Kau by 4 9 , 1851 6 . at Punaluu, & also fin is h in g the one at the s t a t io n , which they have rethatched, & c e il e d overhead w ith cloth & f i n i s h e d p lasterin g the walls [&] — These labours they are c h ee rfu lly doing are lik e ly to complete soon, w it h the timely a id of $ 7 6 from our C h ristian frien d s in Honolulu, which we acknowledge w ith h e a r t f e l t gratitude — These houses of w orship, we hope toy the b le s s in g of God, to complete during the coming y e a r , & then we s h a ll toe pretty well supplied with meeting houses in the most important parts of the f i e l d . S c h o o ls. These, w ith the exception of short vacations have been continued throughout the year -- The teachers w ith a few exceptions, have not enjoyed the advantages of the h ig h sc ho o ls; & consequently are poorly q u a lifie d fo r their statio n — look to the H ilo boarding school fo r better teachers — We shall We regard the prosperity & improvement of our schools as in s e p arably ( ! ) connected w it h the continuance & prosperity of the Hilo school — I f that most valuable school should go down; for better teachers & b e tte r schools would be b la s t e d . our hopes Lahaina Luna graduates are too h ig h minded to work in such a back place as Kau — d is t r ic t The Governor lately appointed one to the o f f i c e of j u d g e , b ut he refused to accept the humble s t a t io n — Therefore as f a r as our f i e l d is concerned, the H ilo school is of more value than that at L . Luna, For the want of competent ( ! ) teach ers, the scholars are not making that advancement i n t h e ir studies as is d e s ir e d — The parents are backward in supplying their ch ild ren w ith school b o o k s. Many of the school houses are not worthy of the name — The best one the only frame house in the f i e l d except that of the �Kau m ission premises — down last Winter 1851 7 . the frame of which alone cost $1 2 5 — was blown — The new stone one at the st a tio n has had to be p a r tia lly r e b u ilt — The school funds on hand are more than enough to pay a l l debts now e x istin g — The recent laws respecting paying taxes in Cash only, reduces as f a r as it is carrie d [ out ?] funds our school one th ird , & the prospect is that a debt w il l soon accrue, i f some course i s not taken to reduce the expenses o f the sc h o o ls . On the 1st day of the present month, a school c e le b ra tio n was h e ld at Waiohinu — A fter marching with the u su al d isp lay o f banners, hundreds of ch ild ren & parents assembled in the b e a u t i­ f u l grove to feast on the good things of the land — f i r s t , & the parents served — c h ild r e n ate Prom thence the m ultitude pro­ ceeded to the Meeting house, where several appropriate speeches were d e liv e r e d -- As it regards the number of dishes & neatness of dress displayed on the occasion there was a marked improvement. The s t a t is t ic s of the schools are the fo llo w in g — Number of schools " ” Scholars Readers " Arithm etic W riters Geography Hilikanaka By comparing with those of 1 8 4 9 , 12 385 211 207 123 132 116 these s t a t i s t i c s , we see there has been an increase of the number of those who study Arithm etic & Geography & also of readers & w r i t e r s . Temperance We have no temperance society in operation at p resen t, nor since we have been in the f i e l d , y et as far as we know, cases of intemperance have not been numerous — excepting land in one ease we have seldom had to discipline ( ! ) ch. members for �Kau 1851 8. t h is s in . The fo llow ing are the s t a t i s t ic s of the Church — Received past year on exam ination - - - 58 Whole number on exam ination - - - 1390 Do -- from other churches not able to learn Do -- dism issed to other churches Deceased past year Excluded church — — 251 — 38 ( ! ) members -deceased 3 Whole number deceased in re gular standing Excluded past year — Restored past year — -- — — Whole number b ap tised Marriages past year -- — — 53 — Whole number i n re gular standing Children baptised past year 29 — Whole number remaining excluded — -— — — — -- -- — Proportion who attend public worship 59 973 48 443 -- 40 Population Jan. 1st 1850 in the f i e l d Papacy — 43 8 2406 about 2 /3 The p apists are s t i l l numerous in this f i e l d -- Whole v i l l a g e s ( !) are devoted adherents ( ! ) of Rome -- In ignorance, b ig o t r y , & prejudice to the tr u th , they are genuine p a p is t s . But the lig h t shines & some open their eyes to it s soul saving influence — Since we have been in the f i e l d a g o o d l y number have le f t the delusions of the Man of S i n , & entered the church of Christ — ( !) Their numbers is evidently decreasing — There is no p r ie s t stationed s t a t i o n e d permanently ( ! ) in Kau — the one at H ilo comes over �Kau 1851 9. occasionally to e s t a b lis h them in th eir opposition ( ! ) to the truth — & to quarrel w ith the government o ffic ers ( !), & to oppose them in the re gular discharge of t h e ir d u t ie s . [U nsigned, but w riting of H . Kinney] �Report of Kau S tatio n for 1852 Owing to the remoteness of this s t a t io n , the time occupied by Gen. M eet. shortens m aterially the time of actual labour in the f i e l d . The past year has seemed very short to the p asto r; & as nothing of special In terest has occurred ( ! ) during that p e r io d , he w il l not be expected to present a lengthy or interestin g report. He would record w it h gratitude the goodness of God, towards h im se lf & fa m ily , in g iv in g them a good degree of h e a l t h , fo rts of l i f e , - the so c iety o f fr ie n d s ; the com­ & in warding o ff from them, the f ie r y stream which recently threatened to deluge a neighbouring s t a tio n , & creating there great anxiety & alarm . For weeks our horizon was illum inated by its g la r e . w ith Mr. F u lle r, I n company I v i s i t e d the eruption when its a ctio n was the most m agn ificen t. Thus it was my p riv ile g e to witness one of the most wonderful displays of Almighty power, which i t is the p r i v i ­ lege of mortals to s e e . The ordinary labours of the p astor, both on the Sabbath & other days have been performed as u s u a l , being d iv id e d among the d iffe r e n t preaching p lac es; two or three e x e r c i s e s ( ! ) on the Sabbath, 3 on Thursday & sometimes lectures on other d a y s, the neighbouring v illa g e s ( !). at Mrs. K. has h e ld weekly meetings w it h fe m a le s . S ch o o ls. Owing to the decreasing number of c h ild r e n , & the want of f u n d s , the number of protestant schools has been reduced from 12 to 7 — the number of scholars is about 3 0 0 . Some of the s chools are doing poorly, others very w e l l ; the oldest & best scholars have l e f t , some of on account of the new law , �Kau 1 85 2 2. re q u irin g them to pay school ta x ; fo o lis h ly refusin g the in s tr u c ­ tion s of the te a c h ers, wages. simply because they aid in paying th eir According to t h e ir own re p o rt, the teachers teach nearly every day in term tim e; they would have it understood, that the days they did not teach were those when the m issionary took them by su rp rise, absent from their schools, There are 5 p ap ist schools. Some of them appear to be doing pretty w e l l . It is to be fea re d that Haw aiian schools w i l l retrograde, unless some s p e c ia l e ffo r ts are made to revive an interest i n them. Perhaps nothing would do th is more e ffec tu a lly than the introduction of the E n g lis h la n ­ guage. In Sept. last Mrs. Kinney commenced an E n glish school for boys, e sp ec ia lly designed fo r the b e n e f it of a few h a l f casts ( ! ) -- these soon l e f t the p lac e, & the school was c o n tin ­ ued w ith native boys only -- the number of these increase d to 1 0 . They m anifested more in t e r e s t, & their progress was more r a p id than was antic ip ated -Temperance. Some have bought nice E n g lis h testam ents. There is now no r e g u la r ly organized temperance So ciety in operation in the f i e l d during the past year; y et there has not come to the knowledge of the pastor a single case of in t o x ic a t io n , among the n a tiv e s; one reason for this may b e , b e ­ cause they have not been induced to d rin k by the corrupting i n ­ flu enc e of drunken ch ie fs & fo r e ig n e r s . C iv iliza tio n . The people of th is f i e l d being so fa r i so- lated ( ! ) from the influence of the better class of fo r e ig n e r s , it cannot be expected that they should make as r a p id improvement in th e ir h abits & appearance, as may be found in more p r iv ile g e d d i s t r i c t s , y et i n some important r e s p e c t s , there i s a m anifest improvement; this is obvious in the dress of the p eo ple; the f u r ­ �Kau 1 85 2 nature of th eir d w e llin g s, & in t h e ir manners g enerally — The number of horses cattle & goats is increasin g — Besides improving the old roads through the d i s t r i c t , a new cart road i s nearly completed from Kealualu bay to the t i l l a b l e la n d s , over 7 miles d is ta n t. The route being near the s t a t i o n , i t w i l l be a g reat advantage to i t . making efforts to buy land; deeds. I t is Many of the people are some have already received th e ir to be hoped that the purchase of land, & the greater f a c i l i t y of taking produce to m arket, w i l l in a measure stem the t tid e of emigration which threatens to depopulate some portions of the f i e l d . A w e ll disposed & enterprisin g ( ! ) fo re ig n er is very much needed to aid & encourage the people in a g r ic u lt u r a l p u r s u it s . Benevolence — During the year the meeting house at the s t a ­ tio n has been at len g th completed; i t is now c eile d & p ain ted & presents an appearance of neatness ( !). A su b sta n tia l frame house has also b een completed at Keaiwa. procured fo r a stone one a t Kahuku -n early completed last Gen. M eeting; work has not been resumed. M aterials are being The meeting house was then the mason d ie d ; & the The w a ll b e in g le ft exposed to the w in try storms, are now tumbling down; & probably w i l l have to be r e b u ilt from the foundation — The people do not seem to be discouraged, but are disposed to enter anew upon the work of re b u ild in g the w a l l s . Besides these effo rts to supply themselves w ith good meeting h o u se s, the people have contributed to the support of pel mostly at the monthly concerts, about $300 in ca sh , the gos­ ith w the exceptions of a few d o l l a r s , p aid to a man fo r t a k ing care of the �Kau meeting house, this s io n , 1852 4. sum is designed to aid the M icronesian M is­ The children of the school at the s ta tio n , co n trib u ted at one time over $6 — at other tim es, less sums, a l l the fru its of t h e ir own in d u str y . The people seem to prefer to contribute at the Monthly Concert, to any other way. Nearly 3 years ago an e ffo r t was made to do something for the support of pastor — at a l u n a ’ s meeting over $10 0 was subscribed f o r that purpose -That was published & went the rounds of the papers in th e U . S . About one third o f th is sum remains u n p a id . Popery, This dangerous error does not seem to f l o u r i s h in th is its strong hold as in former years. manently in this f i e l d — No priest r e sid e s p er­ those of Hilo come over o ccasio n ally to secure their people in th eir refuge of l i e s . D urin g the year a new effo rt has been made to erect a stone e d ific e fo r th eir "Notre Dame", but w ith poor success; the ra isin g & smoking of tobacco, agrees better with th e ir fe e lin g s than dragging timber & d iv in g for c o r a l. State of R e l ig i o n . give The pastor is unable to g i v e as encouraging a report of the work of g r a c e , as i n former y e a r s . There has been no sp ecial religious interest during the y e a r , & the number of those who attend inq u iry m eetings, has decreased — some morning prayer meetings have been d isco n tinu ed ; & the love of some has waxed cold; yet a few converts have b ee n gathered into the church, whose hearts we trust have been renewed by the Holy S p i r i t . The Meetings on the Sabbath have continued to be attended about as usual — The contributions of the Church, for benevolent purposes have been almost double of those of former ( !) y e a rs . S t i l l th e r e is a great need of the a fr e s h outpouring �Kau of the Holy S p i r i t , 1852 to re v iv e the drooping graces of both pastor & p eople, that they may pray more ferven tly e ffe c t u a l l y , in that f i e l d , ( ! ) , & labour more that Jesus may be honoured, in the resto ratio n of wanderers, & in the sa lv a tio n of many, e s p e c ia lly of the r is in g g en era tio n . The Pastor hopes & prays that h is communion with h is brethren in Gen. Meet, may be b le s se d to h is own s p ir it u a l good, & that he & his companion, may enter anew . upon t h e ir labours, & that their labour may be b lessed in the salv atio n of many souls during the y e a r . Of the 890 church members, out of the f i e l d , — 130 are l iv in g permanently ( ! ) 62 whose return i s do ub tful, leav in g only 775 now liv in g in the f i e l d . The present residences of those r e s id in g elsewhere, are, i n nearly a l l c a se s, recorded in the church re co rd s. [Unsigned] H . Kinney �[Kau — A b stract — 1852] The pastor would record w ith g ratitude the goodness of God towards him self & fa m ily , during the past y ear; in b le s s in g them w ith a good degree of h e a lt h , & w it h the comforts of l i f e , & in protecting them from the f i e r y stream, which threatened to deluge a neighbouring s t a t io n . It has also b een a season of h e a lt h & prosp erity among the people. The pastor has been enabled to perform the ordinary labours of the Church as in former years — on the Sabbath; two or three e x e r c i s e s ( !) three on Thursday & more or less meetings on other days. Schools These have continued through the year — them are doing w e ll others badly been reduced during the y e a r : p ap ist schools. some of The number of schools has there are now 7 protestant & 6 Mrs. K . has h ad , a part of the y e a r , an E n g lis h school for half-cast ( ! ) & n ative boys of 10 scholars. Temperance — There is no temperance society in o p e ra tio n . No case of in to xic a tio n has come to the knowledge of the p a s to r, during the y ear. C iv iliza tio n . to y e a r . A m anifest improvement is going on from year The people are becoming more c i v i l i z e d in the manner they dress & live g en era lly -- yet in some respects their progress is slow ; many are more disposed to g r a t if y vanity than to seek for those things which are r e a lly u s e f u l . W hile the people are having th e ir lan d secured to them, & good roads are b eing opened, they need the influence of some fo reig n ers of the r ig h t s o r t , to encourage them in ag ricu ltural p u r s u i t s . Benevolence — Besides aiding in b u ild in g 4 meeting houses, they have contributed towards the support of the g o sp el, about $ 3 0 0 ; nearly tw ice as much as in any former y e a r : - n e a rly a ll �Kau a b s tr a c t th is 1852 sum, i s to a i d th e new m issio n . Some of the school ch ild r e n have done nobly in a id in g that enterprise Popery. 2. ( ! ). This does not seem to f l o u r is h as in former y e a rs ; more or less leave them y e a r l y . -- They have been making, for a long time an u nsuccessful attempt to erect a large meeting h ouse, No p r i e s t resides permanently in the f i e l d . State of R e l i g i o n . There has been no special r e lig io u s in t e re s t during the year — The love of some has waxed cold — few have f a l l e n into gross sins -- A Yet the re lig io u s meetings h a v e been pretty w e l l attended: - a few hopeful converts have been added to the church; & some backsliders re sto red . - �MISSION STATION REPORTS Report of Kau Statio n f o r 1853 . The time included in th is report begins & closes w ith the year 1853 —- formerly it began & closed with the 1st of May; but owing to the remoteness o f the s t a t io n , the report was lia b le to f a i l of reachin g Oahu in time fo r Gen. M eet. as was the case, la s t y e a r . To the p a s t o r 's fa m ily , the year 1853 was one of m ingled hope & disappointment ( ! ); sweet "May f l o w e r ", joy & sorrow. appearing in the S p rin g , & u n fo ld in g its b e a u t ie s , & shedding it s fragrance; & Our precious babe - our f i l l e d our hearts w ith hope joy — but in the Autumn it began to droop & fade away — In the Winter it was cut down by the icy hand of d ea th , & .disappear­ ed in the cold grave; from thence to be transplanted in the garden of the Lord, there to bloom fo re v e r . The centre of our earthly a ffec tio n s has been taken away; & our hearts made d e s o la t e , & our lonely home made more lo n ely . who have no hope. But we do not mourn as those We doubt not but that our "H a t t ie " is now in the bosom of the "good Sh epherd", forever free from the e v ils of th is s i n f u l world. The Lord has a f f l ic t e d us for the w isest purposes, & we would submit w ithout a murmur. re sig n a tio n — We f e e l to say w ith "The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away; b le s se d be the name of the L o r d ." Our dear frie n d s i n the m issio n & others have comforted us not a l i t t l e , by t h e ir k in d & consoling l e t t e r s , fo r which we f e e l very g r a t e f u l . Our other c h ild r e n , Mrs. K . & myself enjoyed u su al h ea lth — I t was a time of general h ea lth among the people. The Lord, in great mercy has thus fa r spared them from the d eso latin g e ffec ts of the small pox, which has been so fa t a l in other parts of the �Kau Is lan d s. 1 85 3 2. No case has occurred in Kau to our knowledge. P astoral Labours. W ith the exception of a short v i s i t to H ilo in the Autumn the labours of the pastor were continued in the u su a l manner; on the Sabbath they were divided between the st a tio n & other parts of the f i e l d . igio u s e x e r c i s e s Thursday was devoted to r e l ­ ( ! ) & to church b u s in e s s : lunas of the church & others were in attendance from d iffe r e n t parts of the wide ex­ tended f i e l d — These meetings are of great importance to the prosperity of the church. On Wednesdays, I often attended meet­ ings at d iffe re n t v i l l a g e s ( ! ) & sometimes on other days — A meeting for females was also held on Thursdays, which Mrs. K . u su a lly conducted. Monthly concert was observed. State of R e l i g i o n . There was not as much r e lig io u s in ­ t e r e s t , nor as many hopeful conversions as in some former years -There was no sp ecial outpouring of the Holy S p i r i t ; yet the r e lig io u s meetings were generally pretty w ell attended, & some we hope were gathered into the fo ld of C h r is t . The alarm ing reports of the ravages of the small pox produced a momentary se n s a tio n , but i t soon passed away. Since then there has appeared to be an increasing stupidity in r e lig io u s th in g s. The space given for repentance has not been improved [improved ?] ; & the ( !) c h a stizin g rod is s t i l l to be fe a r e d . Benevolence. In the abundance of th eir poverty our people d id something for the support of the gospel — About $ 2 0 0 were given on the 1st Sabbath of the year -- at the monthly concerts during the y e a r , $ 2 7 2 . 45 1/4 — At a womens fe a st $ 4 1 .8 7 1/2 — for re b u ild in g the houses of the H ilo School, about $ 7 0 ; making in a l l $ 5 3 6 . 70 1/2; -- of this sum $25 0 were devoted to support p asto r. - �Kau 1853 3. MISSION STATION REPORTS $ 4 1 .8 7 1/2 to the "new m issions" — & the Hilo School. -- the remainder to the A . B . C . F .M. The average ( ! ) y early increase of the contributions of the people since we have been in the f i e l d , has been about $ 1 0 0 , A considerable sum in cash & labour, was g iv en to b u i l d meeting houses — A large stone one, w ell b u i l t by a fo r e ig n e r , was nearly completed & paid f o r , during the year —Another smaller but b u i l t w ith greater inconvenience, was made ready fo r roofing — the m aterials, even the stone & Water to mix the mortar ( ! ) w it h , were brought a long d is t a n c e . the stones for both inside & ou tsid e, were hewn. Most of Our stone h ale hookipa [ lodging house; house for strangers; h o s p it a lit y house] needed to be r e b u i l t ; the people volunteered ( ! ) to brin g lim e, sand & tim ber, & mix mortar ( !) ; & also to thatch i t . n ic e commodious b u i l d i n g . It is a They also made a beginning to a i d in procuring shingles for the roofs of our dwelling & m eeting houses Schools For want of funds these were kept up only about two th ird s o f the year — w ell; Some of the schools seemed to do very others, mostly p a p is ts , were mere substitutes for schools - Most of the larger scholars, either attended u n s t e a d ily , at a l l . On the whole there was l i t t l e b ette r or worse — or not change in the schools for Mrs. K 's E n g lish school was continued a part of the year -The best thing to revive an interest in the common schools, would be the introduction of the E n g lis h language. Most of the scholars attended Sabbath sc ho o ls, & many committed to memory the ” d a ily f o o d ." Papacy; Their numbers s t i l l continue large & th eir p r e ju d ic e s , strong — more or less turn to protestantism y early �Kau 1 85 3 4. No p riest resides permanently ( ! ) in the f i e l d . Mormonism A few mormon p riests have v i s i t e d Kau , teach the people their th eir ( ! ) absurd doctrines — to but they met w ith no success. Improvements. The people on the whole appear to be progressing in c i v i l i z a t i o n , & in acquiring the comforts of life: s t i l l t h e ir advance must be slow as long as they remain so fa r separated from market — comes to Kau for produce; I t is very seldom that a v essel it is w ith great d i f f ic u l t y that we can procure our supplies — The n a tu r a l r e s o u r c e s ( ! ) of the d is t r ic t are considerable, & doubtless the time w i l l come when they w i l l be developed; but the p r o s p e c t is that there w i l l not be much change for some time to come. H . Kinney Honolulu May 1854 Pastor of the Kau Church �[Kau 1855] [ This appears to be only the la st page of the report] We have the b le s s in g of God's number of b a c k s l i d e r s — s p ir it among u s . Quite a persons who had formerly b een suspend­ ed from the church, have been resto red . Two church members have been suspended. S p ir it among u s , or this church w i l l d i e . We must have G o d's I am commencing more earnest and d irect efforts as a means to secure this b l e s s i n g . I n about two weeks I commence v is it i n g w it h the Lunars [ Lunas] of the church, from house to h o u s e . Our people in th e ir co n trib u tin g , considering t h e ir poverty, do w e l l . Their contribution during the year have ( ! ) amounted to 6 7 5 .0 0 , besides a small sum which has been paid in towards s h in g lin g the church. of $ 1200 or 1 5 0 0 . The whole cost of this w i l l not f a l l short The church members think that they c an accom­ p l is h i t , I however fear that it w i l l be somewhat burdensome to them. S t a t is t ic s Actual number of church m e m b e r s in r e g u l a r standing u n c e r ta in , probably about 800 Admitted to the church 11 Suspended 2 Contribution to Mrs. Kinney $ 1 6 0 .0 0 For support of Pastor "3 8 1 .6 0 Foreign Missions , 1 3 3 .4 0 May the Lords S p ir it be w ith you in your meeting together, is the prayer of your brother in C h r is t . W .C . Shipman �[Kau 1857] Report Another year has past and gone, and by the m erc ifu l kindness of God we are brought safely to th is hour and perm itted to brin g another annual report before this A sso cia tio n . As to the dealings of God w it h us the past year we have to r e p o r t, but kindness and mercy. He has v is it e d u s , drawn n igh unto us in a f f l i c t i o n , but has regarded our sorrows, and a p p lie d the rod only in gentleness & k in d n e ss . our fam ily has been good. The general h ea lth of My own health never was b e t t e r . The health of the native population has also b e en g o o d. There has been no p rev a ilin g sickness & but few deaths; and these mostly from diseases long since contracted in in iq u it y . The labors of the past year have been abundant, no time has b een found to spend u s e l e s s l y , but a l l the powers of s o u l, mind, and body have been brought into r e q u is it io n , and work enough l e f t undone to have employed several more such powers; and we almost regret on looking over the la st y e a r , that we have not been able to do more fo r a people who need so much to be done fo r them. Our p rin c ip le ( ! ) work has been preaching the g o sp e l, yet much other labor has been performed; such as is common to my brethren in this m issio n . The Sabbath and week day re lig io u s ( ! ) exercises of our d i s t r i c t , have a l l been kept up w ith slig h t a lte ratio n s as was p racticed by my predecessors. One h a l f of the sabbaths are spent at the s ta tio n wher e is much the largest congregation. The other h a l f of the time is d ivid ed among the out-stations in such a manner that a ll are v is it e d once in about s ix w eeks. is a day of m eeting. Thursday We have a general communion at the Station �Kau once in three months 1857 2. . The general attendance on our r e lig io u s d in a r il y good, though not what i t should b e , p la c e s . exercises i s or­ especially in some In some portions of the f i e l d however, the in t e r e s t is in c r e a s in g , meetings are more f u l l y attended & better a tte n tio n is given than was a few months s in c e . There has been a decided increase of interest in some of the Sabbath s c h o o ls; the attendance is more gen eral, and more in te re s t is taken in the lesso n s. The Sabbath school at W aiohinu numbers about 150 Scholars, includ ing only ch ild ren ; whereas a few months since it d id not number more than one h a lf th a t . Our admissions to the church have been but few during the two past y e a r s . i n t h is m atter, otherw ise. I have from the beginning stepped ( ! ) cau tiou sly and have not seen s u f f i c ie n t reasons for doing We have not had the power of Gods S p ir it among u s , and there has been apparently ( ! ) but few i f any co n v ersio n s. There has been 19 persons taken into the church by p ro fe s sio n during the two years and 8 the la st y e a r; others stand d e s ir in g of whom we cannot see s u f f i c ie n t evidence of a change of heart to warrant their coming into communion w ith the sa in ts of God. The cases of outward disorderly conduct among church members has not been g re at. There has been during the past y ear 23 p er­ sons suspended 15 of these were for drinking p o t a t o rum; and were a l l liv in g at one p la c e ; the hardest place in the whole f i e l d A few have been d is c ip lin e d for adultery & some fo r going to law w ith their brethren on small matters of disagreem ent. We f i n d not much outward immorality; but I th in k that there �Kau 1857 3. is much which is kept covered both in and out of the church. Kau has the name o f having poor D is t r ic t schools; but we hope that there is a better day dawning upon us in this r e s p e c t . The in t e re s t of common schools is already in c re a sin g , both w it h p ar­ ents and teachers c h ild r e n . and better progress is made. Schools are more f u l l y atten ded , To keep the common Schools in a healthy and prosperous co n d itio n , i s no small or unimportant item of labor devolving upon the m issio nary. As I have from experience learned t h i s , my labors in this resp ect have been in c re a se d ; for the past few months I have engaged more earnestly in t h is work & can see the f r u i t of my e ffo r t s . in the lack of good teach ers. One great d i f f ic u l t y is found Three d iffe re n t teachers have been employed for the D is t r ic t school at Waiohinu w ithin the la st four months and was f i n a l l y l e f t without any teacher. I have therefore taken the s c h o o l under my own charge & f u r n is h i t w ith teachers from the E n g lish school. The interest is greatly in c r e a s in g , the former number of scholars was but 15 or 2 0 , now the number is nearly f i f t y . and The teachers take ho ld of t h e ir work w ith much i n t e r e s t , and b id f a i r to do w e l l . We have also an E n g lis h school of 50 scholars making the whole number o f scholars a few short of 1 0 0 . The E n g l is h school has been in operation about one year and a h a l f . engaged in t h i s , We have both Mrs. S . according as her time and strength would p erm it. We f i n d the work a hard one, but f e e l p aid f o r our labor in prospect the progress which has been made; and in the prospect of future good. Manual labor has been connected with it both fo r boys and g irls, but not so system atically as we hope i t w i l l be in the �Kau fu t u r e , 1857 4. i f we are permitted to continue our efforts r e c t io n . in th is d i ­ Two hours per day has been devoted to labor by the boys when proper work could be found & circumstances would permit i t , the av a ils of which they have re c e iv e d . The g ir ls have sewed for the b e n e fit of the Micronesian M ission. The want o f su ita b le h elp to carry on our school is a great drawback to u s . As much other labor can be found here as we are able to do, but as there is no one who can be found to perform this part of the labor we f e e l in duty bound to engage in i t our­ s e lv e s , and consequently we cannot do as much other labors as we otherwise could, n either can we do as much for the school as we would w is h . Our strength and time is d iv id e d , and d istr ib u te d we think in that way which w i l l accomplish the most good. We consider the schools as no unimportant part of our la b o r. I t i s no small co n sideratio n for a m issionary to have under h is immediate instru ctio n & influ en ce would b e , ( ! ) 100 c h ild ren , who otherwise so f a r as h is in s tru c tio n , and influence over them is concerned, almost lik e the w ild goats of the f o r e s t . I f i n d that I know but l i t t l e of & have but l i t t l e influence over the children of my f i e l d who are not connected w ith my school. the importance of To my m ind, educating, and t r a in in g to habits of in d u str y , the "H aw aiian" youth, cannot be estim ated. The co ntributio n of the church & people for the past year 5 8 5 .6 2 1/2 has been in a l l , f o r s u p p o r t o f p a s t o r & m o n t h l y c o n c e r t $ 4 2 7 .5 1 S o m e c o n s id e r a b le h a s b e e n g iv e n t o w a r d s r e p a ir in g t h e C h u r c h a t t h e s t a t i o n , a j o b w h i c h w i l l c o s t s o m e $ 1 0 .0 0 o r $ 1 2 .0 0 . T h e people give tolerable w il l in g l y so fa r as they have the means. �Kau It m u st b e rem e m b ered th at 1 85 7 5. Kau is not a place of money. c a p ita l consists in Goats & Goat s k in s . It s The natives might have much more to give it is t r u e , were they more industrious & more ca re fu l of what they do g e t. Much of th eir time & money is on those things which are of no use to them. spent Much of the l i t t l e that they do get is no better than thrown away. As to temperal ( ! ) matters among u s; that improvement is b eing made: but gradual & c e r t a in . it may be s a fe ly sa id the improvement is perhaps slow The natives see more clearly the connection between labor and its reward, consequently they are more in d u s­ trious & labor more u n d ersta n d in g ly . An a g ricu ltural Society has been formed during the past y e a r , and interest is on the increase i n th is department of la b o r. I t may be sa id that farming has a c t u a l l y ( ! ) commenced in Kau during the past y e a r. W ith in this time the f i r s t plow has [ in] been brought/& the f i r s t ground ploughed. Corn, b e a n s , w heat, &c has been planted & the t r ia l is b eing made. Two years ago there was n o t, nor ever had been a cart in Kau, now there are three ox carts & a ll in u s e . s t e n c ils Ox yokes, bows, c h a in s, & other farming ( ! ) have been brought in and are used. Improvement is b eing made in the manner ( ! ) of l i v i n g . of the natives are d e s ir in g better houses of d w e llin g . Some Two new frame dw elling houses are now being erected by n a t iv e s , & others w i l l probably follow the example. We have reason to hope that a better day is approach­ ing fo r Kau, i n point of morals r e l ig io n ( ! ), por a l ( ! ) good. education & tem­ �Kau 1857 MISSION STATION REPORTS 6 . Our great want is the out pouring of God's Holy S p i r i t . As was said above we have not had the power o f the Holy S p i r i t , and the effects of th is d e f f i c i e n c y is clearly seen & f e l t . Our m eetings, sc h o o ls, societies & labors may be compared to a great machine a ll ready for work but lacking adequate moving power. We greatly need the out pouring of G od's Holy S p i r i t . Un­ less we have it we fe el that success w i l l not attend our e f f o r t s . We have at times thought that we discovered signs of an increased in t e r e s t , — in d icatio ns of a commencement of a r e v iv a l , & we b e l i ( e ) v e that the hearts of some have been wakened, but not gen­ erally . We have some praying so u ls, some whose whole powers are engaged in their masters cause, tho many are cold c a r e l e s s , w o rld ly . Our prayer is that God may revive his work; that C h r is ­ tia n s may be in tere ste d , & sinners saved. Married 25 Admitted to Chu on Profession past year Suspended — — —■ -- -- Restored — — — — — — — 23 -- 13 [no fig u r e j Dismissed D ied 8 — — — — — — — Baptized 17 16 Whole number of Ch. Members about 900 Contributions Whole fo r the year and $ 5 8 5 ,6 2 1/2 [Unsigned, but Mr. S h ip m an 's] �Report of Kau Church [1859] The time for another annual ( ! ) report of my m issionary la b o rs , fin d s me in circum stances, which render it inconvenient ( !) for me to be present at the annual meeting of our A s s o c ia t io n . This I much regret but must s a tisfy m yself, by subm itting my report to the Association to be read by it s secretary. I can scarcely r e a l i z e that it i s twelve months since th is a sso ciatio n last met & heard our annual r e p o r ts. Truly " time f l i e s . " W ith us things have moved on as in former y e a rs . The usual m issionary work has been performed, and the ordinary re su lts have fo llo w ed . We have had but l it t l e to interrupt our lab o rs. various other d u t ie s , sickness or other obstructions Preaching, teach ing, and v i s i t i n g , w ith such as n a tu r a lly f a l l to m issio n aries in our situ a tio n have f i l l e d up the tim e. Our interest in p reaching the word of God to th is people does not d im inish. I feel it a thing more & more d e sir a b le to be perm itted to remain here to d eclare ( ! ) the unsearchable ( ! ) riches o f the blessed G o sp el. We cannot but p raise God that he has called us to so d esir a b le a work. I t is not however one which has no discouragem ents; trust is i n God; but our to whom we look fo r b lessing s on our fe e b le e f ­ forts. The older and more f a i t h f u l ch. members, who fo r years have been reported as standing firm in the f a i t h , path which leads to l i f e . are yet treading the Some however have during the past year " f in is h e d their course" . Others w i l l shortly fo llow them. The fathers are fa st passing away. A ll those who are now our most r e l ia b l e ch. members, w i l l in a very short time have fin is h e d �Kau th eir work. 1859 2 . The q uestio n, who w i l l f i l l th eir p l aces often a rise s in our m in d s. We have many sad thoughts when we consider the prospect of the fu ture condition of' r e lig io n ( ! ) among Haw aiian s, I t is true that God has power to r a is e up those who s h a ll fill their p la c e s. members or n o t , w o rld . The younger portion of our people whether ch. is almost en tirely given to pleasure and the The r e l ig io n o f th eir fathers they do not d e sire & of course it has but l i t t l e power over th eir l i v e s . Our re lig io u s exercises are perhaps as well attended now as they have been at any time since we have been laboring among them, but the power to produce e ffe c t is not w ith u s. now n eed. I t is what we The uncultivated & unsubdued heart of Haw aiian youths cannot be turned by the eloquence of preaching, or the power of mans wisdom. The l ib e r a l it y of the people i n support of the gospel among themselves & in b e h a lf of other benevolent o b jec ts, is probably the same as it has been in past y e a r s . than form erly; The amount given is greater the number of people is also l e s s ; but t h e ir means have increased. I see no improvement in the general interest in ed u ca tio n ; but few parents care enough for the education of their ch ild ren to send them to school; by f a r the greater part p refer to le t them do as they p le a s e . The number of our schools, as w e ll as the number of scholars in the several schools has decreased since we came h e r e . I t is w ith no l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y that our schools are su stained. Our Catholic neighbors are str iv in g h a r d to hold fa s t �K au 1859 th eir own, but they evidently are not able to do i t . have lost ground d u rin g the la st two y e a r s . have ( ! ) been reduced from f i v e to two. They Their schools have They were not able to sustain them & the scholars have been taken into the protestant schoo ls. In one case the teacher has him self turned protestant and u nited w ith our church. Some 5 or 6 others have l e f t them & u nited w ith us w ith in the y ear. At some of my preaching places i t is not a thing uncommon that nearly h a l f of my audience are C a t h o l ic s . Our fo reig n community is sm all. ing in the d i s t r ic t ; h is There is now but one r e s i d ­ an ignorant man & comparatively harmless in influence over the n a t iv e s . The temporal ( ! ) condition of the people is improving; There is a gradual, but slow improvement in the mode of l i v i n g . More comfortable dw ellings are erected, & more conveniences in h o useho ld comforts are sought. Wealth in c re a se s, farms are fen c e d , land cu ltiv a ted & roads improved. The c u ltiv a tio n of wheat in th e d is t r ic t has given a new impetus to industry. I t is cheering to w itness the energy w ith which the n ativ es have taken hold of the b u s in e s s . They can now work 6 days in a week; from early sunrise to l a t e sun set. About 150 acres has been sown by church members. fluence of th e ir industry tr ic t . The i n ­ is f e l t in every portion of the d i s ­ �Kau 1859 4. MISSION STATION REPORTS S t a t i s t i c a l Report Number admitted the p ast y ea r, " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " on p ro fe ssio n by lette r " — 10 — 3 Suspended 9 " Restored — 7 ” B ap tized — 8 Married " 30 D ied — 9 C o n trib u tio n s. Monthly Concert 1 7 8 .5 6 Hanae [Hanai ?] Kahuna [ support of pastor ?J 1 5 2 .2 3 Repair on church 5 9 4 .3 5 9 2 5 .1 4 [Unsigned, but W .C . Shipman's Report] �W a io h in u May 22nd. 1 8 6 0 Report of the Kau Church In many respects a report of my church and people for the la st year must he v arie d from that of any previous y e a r 's report w hich it has been my lot to w r i t e . Although in some respects there has been h u t l i t t l e v a r ia tio n from the usual course of th in y et on the whole the year has been one of change and ev e n t. The health of the m ission f a m il y , & that of our people has been good w ith the exception of the long and severe sickness of Mrs. Shipman. For se v e r a l months she was confined to her room, and for a time her illn e ss was of such a nature as to leave but l i t t l e or no hope of a recovery; but the Lord who l a i d low h is servant ( ! ) , has again re sto red ; although not to her former h ea lth & strength, yet to a comfortable condition w ith the pros­ pect of an entire recovery; for which we fin d great cause of p raise and gratitude to God. O w in g ( !) to th is sickness I have been more co n fine d than usual to my home and fa m ily . For three months at a time I was unable to hold meeting at any of the out statio ns, than a month not able to preach at the S ta tio n . and for more Otherwise my labors have been as in years p a s t. We have had no sp ecial m anifestatio n of God's s p i r i t during the y e a r: Consequently nothing unusual in the r e s u lt of our labors has been w it n e s s e d . fu lly , Our endeavor has been to labor f a i t h ­ in season and out of season, b e l ie v in g that no e ffo r t w il l be w ithout its reward at length i f not immediately. Our Sabbath m eetings, I t h in k , are not on the whole quite as w e ll attended as they form erly have been. This cannot alto- �Waiohinu 1860 ______ gether he accounted fo r i n the f a c t that our population i s dim­ in i s h i n g , by death and removals. There is evidently a growing in c lin a t io n on the part of some to absent themselves from Church on the Sabbath. There are those in some l o c a l i t i e s , who were once regular attendants on the worship of the Sabbath, who now seldom or never attend, & there are others who o ccasio nally atten d . They are persons, who though in many instances have been church members, have never had grace in the h e a r t , attractions of a temeral [ temporal ?] and those k in d which led them to attend church are in some degree weakened, w hile on the other hand allurements to a general s p ir it of w orldliness are more & greater. There is a s i f t i n g p r o c e s s ( ! ) going on in our com­ m unity, people are m anifesting there ( ! ) true characters; more d i f f i c u l t for them to r e t a i n the mask. it is C h ristian s are more firm and decided; while h y p o crite s, the deceived, and u n b e l i e v in g ( ! ) are more cle a r ly known. I do not however conclude from t h i s , that the careless and worldly are any more hardened or depraved than were those of fiv e or ten years ago; n e ith e r does it appear a s u ffic ie n t ground for us to conclude that a less number of them w i l l be saved by a conversion to true C h r is t ia n it y but I would rather hope that there might be less of h y p o crisy . That temptations of a worldly n ature, inducing them to seek ad­ m ission to the church, b eing few er, those who do seek and are admitted, to b e (though the number might be sm all) might be more lik e ly C h r is t ia n s . During the year we have been c a l l e d upon to d is c ip l in e somewhat exte n siv e ly . Many Church Members have been suspended who f o r a long time have been of a doubtful character. Others �W a io h in u 1860 who for years have been under censure, 3. showing no signs of repentance, have been excommunicated. The s p ir it of l ib e r a l it y I think does not quite keep up w ith the times, notwithstanding there has probably been more g iv en for benevolent purposes during the la st year than any previous year since the form ation of the church; but giving does not increase in proportion to th e increase of f a c i l i t i e s for getting means to giv e. E ffo r t is now being made to f i t up our churches, one new one is to be b u i l t , & three others to be shingled f l o o r e d & seated. We hope to take advantage of the Pulu [soft m aterial co llec ted from large tree ferns] trade & secure something towards our church­ es. Our schools are in an improved c o n d itio n . President of the Board o f Education d i d good. The v i s i t of the We have also been able for a few months past to g e t better teachers than fo rm erly . The number of schools during the last four years has dim inished from 12 to 7 . The number of scholars however has not dim inished in like proportion; since in several instances two schools have been merged in one & the scholars r e t a in e d . two Catholic Schools in the d i s t r i c t , There are now but one of which is of a poor order, while the other i s one of the best that we have. The Catholics were very busy some months since in the d i s ­ tr ib u tio n of th eir tracts among our people; but from observation it was evidently labor spent in v a i n . I think that the course taken by the Hoku Loa [ a p u b l ic a t io n ] , & the p u b lic a tio n of (! ) certa in Tracts has had a tendency to a r o u s e them, and make them more v ig i l a n t . When we step asid e to enter into controversy w ith �Wa io h in u 1860 4 them; we are then just wh e r e they would have us be; and g iv e them opportunity to use th e ir weapons w ith increased e f f e c t . The temporal ( ! ) condition of our people has improved in the la st 2 years . They are g e ttin g better & more comfortable h o u s e s ; th eir houses are better fu r n is h e d , th eir clothing is more abundant, d ecen t, and comfortable. The culture of wheat commenced some 3 years s in c e , promised w ell u n t i l the d i s c o u r a g i n g ( ! ) prospects held out by the Hawai­ ia n Flour Company; & the commencement of the Pulu trad e. has been started w it h in the last twelve months, This and has put an end to a l l a g ric u ltu ral p u rsu its; even the c u ltiv a tio n of ta ro ; the " s t a f f of l i f e " to H aw aiians, i s g reatly n eglected. The greater part of our people are now engaged in gathering pulu.-The e ffe c t - on them i s not good; not that the pulu is not a source from which they might secure comfort to themselves and fa m il ie s , but the actual r e su lt is the re v e r s e . They are offered goods to almost any amount, to be paid for i n p ulu, this to a native is a strong temp­ ta tio n to go into d e b t . Consequently many of them are deeply in debt & almost a ll to some ex te n t. The policy of the traders is to get them i n debt & to keep so as long as possible.. By th is means they are induced to purchase many things e n tire ly useless to them as a means of comfort & blessin g to their f a m il ie s , they also purchase much which might easily be dispensed w it h . When once i n th is c o n d itio n they ( !) are almost en tire ly under the c o n t r o l o f t h e ir cred ito rs; and are compelled to live in the pulu r e g io n s , at the p e r i l of lo sin g their houses and lo t s , and whatever other property they may p o ssess. Thus t h e ir homes are almost in r e a l i t y d e serted , grounds u n c u ltiv a te d . Education of children neglected, meetings unattended, and to a �W a io h in u 1 86 0 5 . great extent removed from the watch and care of the m is s io n a r y . The e ffe c t is d e t e r i o r a t i n g ; an u n c iv il iz e d s t a t e . the tendency is to carry them back to Against the course pursued we l i f t up our voice hoping that it is not altogether in v a in . When my last report was w ritten I could report but one fo reign er in the d i s t r ic t . Now there are more than twenty. Their in flu e n c e is such as is usual from that class of people in other p l a c e s . are but three of the whole number who attend church, There although the most of them are fa m iliar w ith the native language. Their s p irit of business & enterprise has a good in flu e n c e on the n a t iv e s , but they would do us much more good were their moral & religious principles correct. Ten months since there was not a r e t a il store in the D i s t r i c t , now there are seven & a good amount of trad e ; one store on an aver­ age se lls over a $ 1 0 0 0 . worth of goods per month. I n conclusion of my report I would say that notw ithstanding there i s prosperity in many r e s p e c t s , among our people yet there are some d i s c o u r a g i n g ( ! ) things., there has been but few a d m i s s i o n s church during the past y ear; or is more clearly s e e n . a s p ir it of w o r l d l i n e s s to the in c r e a s e s ; A great number of church members have shown themselves unworthy of the name "Hoahanau" (p r o fe ss o r of r e lig io n ) . My f a i t h is b eing constantly weakened in the genuine­ ness of the f a i t h of a great share of our church members. There are those i n whom one cannot but have the utmost confidence as true C h r is t ia n s . in our la b o r. There are those who cheer our hearts & encourage us We greatly need Gods s p i r i t , may we not hope for its influ en ce on our people, it to u s , our churches & ourselves? May God grant that h is cause may be honored & h is name g l o r i f i e d in the salv atio n of sin n ers. W . C . Shipman Pastor of Ch. Kau Haw aii �Waiohinu 1860 MISSION STATION REPORTS S t a t i s t i c a l Report 1859 & 60 Number Admitted to the Church 6 " Suspended " Restored " excommunicated 26 Children B aptized 20 Married 25 33 5 Ch. Members remaining in good standing 762 Contributions Monthly Concert Support of Pastor $ 3 3 3 .9 1 2 3 7 ,5 9 �[ Kau - Shipm an, 1861] The missionary labors of the Kau Statio n have not been interrupted during the past year by fam ily sickness as i n former y e a r s . In fa ct no year since our settlement in Kau has b e e n so fre e from interruptions of th is kind as the p ast. There has been no p re v a ilin g disease or contagion ( ! ) among the n a tiv e population, yet there has been a great amount of sickness & a large number of d e a t h s . A great number of ch. members have died some o f whom were persons of d is t in c t io n & influence among the n a ­ tives. The providence of God in his dealings w ith us i n t h is respect has been m ysterious. Our hearts have often been made sa d , and f e e l ­ ings of desolation & almost despondency comes over u s , as one a ft e r another from the number of f a i t h f u l ones f a l l s in our m id st. The ordinary missionary work has been performed as in former y e a r s , v iz. Preaching, Pastoral v i s i t i n g , Supervision of s c h o o ls , B u ild in g & re p a irin g churches & c . There has been no uncommon desire shown on the part of the people to hear or attend preaching; yet the atten tio n has been good & in some l o c a l it ie s & at certa in times I have thought that interest m anifested was more than u su a l. .The attendance on these ex er c is e s, as w e ll as on a l l of our r e lig io u s ( ! ) E xercises is gradu ally d im in is h in g . This can be accounted for in part from the fa c t that the people are dim in is h in g . We have recently in s titu te d a plan which encourages me to b elieve that our meetings i n future w i l l be more f u l l y atten ded. Thus fa r the r e su lt has been highly s a t is f a c t o r y . I am endeavoring to habituate our people to concentrate themselves on the Sabbath, more than form erly, to one place of w orship, that is that we hold not so many neighborhood m eetings, but u nite at the sta- �Kau 1861 2. t io n . Heretofore i t has "been the custom of those out posts 6 or 8 miles dista n t from the st a tio n to meet only occasionally at the s t a tio n when the pastor is th e r e , but to h o ld neighborhood meetings & depend upon the m issionary to spend an occasional Sabbath w it h them. this From custom many of the people were f a l l in g into the h a b it of not going to the statio n at a l l on the Sabbath. My audiences at the station were not nearly as large as what they should b e , & m a n y who might & ought to attend the statio n preaching only o ccasio n ally heard the gospel preached. My present plan is not to preach at these out posts on the Sabbath at a l l , or at most very seldom. There is no good reason why the greater part of the people cannot attend preaching at the s t a t i o n . Our roads are good, weather u su ally f i n e , & horses are p le n ty . Again I have Lunas appointed in each neighborhood, Each of which has under h is supervision a certain number of f a m il ie s . These he is to look a fte r & do what he can to brin g them to church. I f any one under h is charge neglects to attend church on the Sabbath without an apparent good reason, he is to w ait on such persons during the week, & in v it e them to attend on the coming Sabbath. f a i t h f u l but few remain at home. Where these lunas are As a h elp to make them f a i t h f u l they are called upon to report at our Thursday ( ! ) m eetings, or such ones o f them as is thought necessary. I have not been able to do that amount o f pastoral v i s i t i n g which has seemed d e s ir a b le ; n either has the apparent re su lt been as s a t i s ­ factory as could be w ished. The greatest perceivable ( ! ) b e n e fit derived from i t has been a more thorough acquaintance w ith the people, & their re lig io u s s t a t e . I have seldom found a fam ily which acknow- �Kau le d g e d s h ip ; 1861 3. themselves to be l iv in g in h a b itu a l neglect of fam ily wor­ By fa r the greater part of them m aintain constant fam ily wor­ ship night and morning. Many of our good people I b e lie v e are also in the h ab it of p rivate devotion; p r a c t ic e . at lea st such they claim to be their I f i n d a lso that there is a great neglect of B ib le reading among our people. Many of those who claim to m aintain fam ily w orsh ip, acknowledge that they but seldom read the sc riptu re , as a part of these e x e r c is e s . Many fam ilies I found d estitu te of the E n tire word of God. Nearly a l l however have some p o rtio n of either the old or new testament. Many have nothing but the New Test; such as the Psalms, Isaiah ( ! ), others copies of the old E d it io n s , some of the Books of M oses, & some a fragment of the En tire E d it io n , while others are w ell su p p lied . I have been led to remark the frankness & honesty of our people [in] in reply to my in q u ir ies as to th eir r e lig io n /e v e r y day l i f e ; when on these v i s i t s . learn [ or warn ?] I think that there is no way by which we can so w e ll -our people, as that of v is it i n g them at their homes. Many of those ( I learn) who are church members are not liv in g con­ s is t e n t ly w it h their p ro fessio n . Their influence over t h e ir ch ildren & neighbors is not on the Lords s id e . s h ip , Yet they m aintain fam ily wor­ occasionally read the B ible & attend r e l i g i o u s meetings & d id we know them only as they appear in p u b lic , we should e n tertain eroneous ideas as to their re lig io u s ch aracters. W ith our native schools there has been but l i t t l e during the y ear. i f any change We f i n d it as e v er, Extremely d i f f i c u l t or (? ) rather impossible to f i n d a f a it h f u l & e ffic ie n t set of teachers the most f a i t h f u l are perhaps those who know the l e a s t . It is also �Kau 1861 4. d i f f i c u l t to secure any thing like a f u l l & r e g u l a r to our schools of any great number of c h ild r e n . to the inattractive condition of m a n y attendance This is owing in part of our school H o uses, to the want of interest ( ! ) on the part of the teacher in the w e lfa r e & hap­ piness of the c h ild r e n , and more than a l l perhaps to the low estimate which many parents h o ld as to the value of educating t h e ir you th. Much has been done during the past year in improving our school Houses. We now have 3 c i v i l i z e d school rooms, & hope that in the space of 12 months, a l l our stone p ens, thatched, u n flo o red , unseated, d a r k , & uncomfortable houses w ill have given place to neat comfortable ( ! ) & a ttra ctiv e rooms. Some attention has also been p a id to the improvement of our church build ing s. One dark, uncomfortable thatched house has been p u lled down & a neat wooden house erected in it s stead, another enormously large dark & unpleasant [one] has been p a r t it io n e d , r e p la s t e r e d , w ell lig h te d & made comfortable & a ttr a c t iv e . The natives have taken hold of the work cheerfully & with commendable energy ( !) We have other houses which need a lter atio n & re pairs & we hope by steady & persev­ ering effort soon to complete this kin d of work, w it h our people free from debt & without ta x in g the l i b e r a l i t ie s of our benevolent n e ig h ­ bors . The d o n a t i o n s of our people have been good some have gone beyond th eir means others have doubtless f a l l e n sh o rt. More of our c o n tr i­ butio n has been appropriated to the b e n e fit of our own church e d ific e s than has been d e s ir e d ; but we th in k that on the whole the best thing has been d one. The prospect now i s that a l l our churches w i l l soon be in a state which w i l l ca ll fo r no more o u tlay . In that case our remittances for fo reig n missions w i l l be much larger than they have �Kau 1861 5. MISSION STATION REPORTS ever b ee n . The interest of our people on the subject of fo reig n m issions does not abate. Monthly Concerts are sustained at which meetings the sub­ ject of missions is discussed intelegene [ in t e llig e n c e ] on the sub­ ject communicated & prayer offered fo r the success of the m issionary e n te r p r is e . The Hoku Loa does much to increase ( ! ) in te re s t on this s u b je c t , & i t is hoped that i t may be su stain ed , & published more fr e q u e n tly . It is increased i n s i z e , just what our good people love & what they n eed, not merely its missionary character b u t also its r e lig io u s & moral te a c h in g s . On the subject of n ative m inistry I can say but l i t t l e . an a s s is ta n t - a graduate of Lahaina Luna. I have I have no grounds of doubt as to h is honesty & fa it h fu ln e s s ( ! ) as a Christian man, but he is somewhat lacking in e f f ic ie n c y . I am not certain but had he the r e s p o n s ib ilit y of a church, he would prove him self much more e f f i c i e n t . I should be glad d id it seem practicable to have him or some other man i n s t a l led ( ! ) over a part of my flo c k , as their pasto r. of native m inistry is one worthy our consideration. The subject I fo r one am anxious to have churches d ivided from our large fie ld s & n a tiv e min­ iste r s se ttled over them. Let us try the t h in g . mencement & the thing w il l succeed ( ! ). Let us make a com­ No doubt some m i l f a l l & disgrace themselv e s , but many efficient ( ! ) & u se fu l ones w i l l be fo und. The plan suggested by Bro. Emerson in h is re p o rt; v iz the settlem ent of n ativ e m inister and plan of itinerancy strikes me as perhaps a good one. Let however the change be made according to circumstances rather than by any fixe d r u l e . The temporal ( !) prosperity of our people is in c r e a s in g . No time since we f i r s t went to Kau has shown so rapid an increase in th is respect as the past 18 months. Several comfortable & tasty wooden �Kau 1861 6 . MISSION STATION REPORTS houses have been b u i l t during that tim e. Most of them are large & comfortable costing from $40 0 to 800 or a $ 1 0 0 0 . They are p a r t i­ tioned o ff into rooms, & in some cases quite comfortably fu r n is h e d . The catholics have been more than u su a lly active during the past few months, but I am not able to see any sp ecial su cce ss. I know of none of our people having turned to them, but a quite a number of them have u nited with us. They do not as a church, stand very h ig h in the estim ation of our people. The most even of those of us who are ex­ communicated, & attend church w ith the c a th . refuse to u n ite w ith them. They say ”E aho i ka noho w a l e ". [ l t is better to s it id ly ?] I have however fears that many of our young people, unless we are f a i t h ­ f u l & get an influence over them, may eventually be led to u n ite them­ selves w ith the the ( ! ) c a th o lic s . We do not fe e l as w e ll s a t i s f i e d w ith the re su lt of our years labor as we could w is h . There has been no special awakening of th e p eople. We had hoped to see a r e v iv a l of r e lig io n ( ! ) , but have n o t . has been [ an] in d u strio u s, & quite [ quiet] state among the people. Sometimes there has been some i n d i c a t i o n s est. There of more than u s u a l in t e r ­ Some are h olding on to the habits & custom of t h e ir old fa th e r s . There has been much sickness & many d e a th s, & many have c a lle d upon the native doctors & trusted th e ir j u g g l e r y ( !) & falsehoods ( !). There are many who have a f i x e d unchangeable determ ination to f a i t h f u l l y serve the Lord. & do good. They w alk consistently before the world Others there are who have a name to liv e but are dead. The d i f f i c u l t y of inducing parents to keep th e ir own ch ildren & to t r a in them up in a C h r is t ia n manner s t i l l e x i s t s . This seems an almost unsurmountable obstacle, & c e rta in ly cannot be over come but by degrees. Our youth have no wholesome family -culture, & but few �Kau r e s t r a in t s . 1861 MISSION STATION REPORTS They acknowledge no parental authority & know hut l i t t l e i f any respect to p aren ts. Hence it is almost impossible ( ! ) to b rin g them under any system of permanent C h ristia n t r a in in g , & but comparativ e ly ( ! ) l it t l e good can be done them, since home t r a in in g portant) is w anting. 14, A great many of our youth at the ages of 1 2 , 16 & so on leave, u s , they wonder ( ! ) o ff to Honolulu, some go a w h a l i n g more. (so im­ L a h ain a , ( ! ) & others to parts unknown, many to re tu r n no Some return sore diseased in body & soul; & f i n d an early grave. This is one of the most d i s c o u r a g i n g ary w ork. ( ! ) phases o f our m issio n ­ The fact that the population i s d i m i n i s h i n g & w i l l have probably run its course, before reform ation in th is a l l important p ar tic u la r can have been wrought, leaves us without a b r ig h t & pro­ m ising f u t u r e . Our work (? ) must be to save the present generation ( ! ) . We cannot as in growing and prosperous states of our western country expect to do so much by way of laying foundation for coming genera­ tio n s. The question constantly arrises ( I) how can we b rin g the Hawaiian youth under our care & so educate them as to secure t h e ir future influ ence in favor of th e ir nation S t a t is t ic s Admitted on profession Restored Suspended D ie d Excommunicated Number reported la st year Whole number ( ! ) now i n good standing & for the cause of C h r is t . 15 8 4 35 23 762 762 - 23 = 739 Contribution ( ! ) Monthly concert Support of pastor Church b uilding Total 4 5 5 .0 7 2 0 0 .5 0 7 2 4 .2 0 $ 1 3 7 9 .7 7 [Unsigned, but mar k ed on back as Shipm an' s] �Report of the S tatio n of Kau June „ 1863. On the recommendation of the E v an gelical A ssociation of the H aw aiian Islands h eld in 1 8 6 2 , and upon the in v ita tio n of the Church of Kau we set our faces th ith e r w a rd and landed at the port of K aalualu on Saturday Sept 27th 1 8 6 2 . We were happy on our arriv al at Waiohinu to meet fa th e r Coan, who i n h is own c h a ra c te r is tic a lly kin d manner upon the f i r s t Sab­ bath., introduced us as he had done most of the former pastors of the Kau Church - to the people of the p a r is h . From the people we received the most hearty welcome. Such of our Waiohinu frien d s as owned ox-carts sent them at once to the la n d in g , - a distance of eight miles from the s t a tio n , and had our baggage and fu rn iture a ll s a fe ly d e liv e r e d at Waiohinu in fo urteen hours a ft e r we landed. - Though the quantity of fu rn itu re neces­ sary to commencing house keeping in a wide house w ith a fam ily of te n , was not sm all, these kind people would receive no compensation for th e ir se rv ice s. On the 12th of Oct at the meeting of the E v an g elical A sso cia tio n of the Is la n d of Hawaii I was ordained to preach the gospel - by the laying on of the hands of Messrs Lyman, Coan and P a r i s . Though not aware that these fathers are able to trace their succession from St Peter I am f u l l y s a t i s f i e d that as m uch virtue p ertained to the ceremony as human agency is able to impart. From that memorable day I have endeavored to set fo rth Christ & him c r u c ifie d to the people of my charge. �Kau - G u lic k 1863 - Drunkenness - D uring the period that elapsed between Mr. Shipman’ s death and my a r r iv a l at Kau the Kau people had acquired an unenviable rep u ta­ tion fo r drunkenness. fallen . Into this sin many of the church-members had At the communion seasons of Oct 1862 and Jan 1863 seventy fiv e church-members were set asid e, - or suspended, by vote of the church - for the offence of drunkenness alo ne. Of this number a part have since been restored while a part are s t i l l w a itin g the evidences of. th eir pen iten ce. W hile on the way to attend a Wednesday meeting at P unaluu, passing a house by the ro a d sid e , our attention was drawn to some persons, braw l. - one of whom was a church member - engaged in a drunken Giving inform ation to the police of what we saw, they at once arrested the company. The church member confessed in court that he was the manufacturer of the t i rum upon which the house h o ld had been in d u lg in g . He was accordingly f in e d $ 6 0 . the others who were drunk w ith him were f in e d $ 6 . each. - w h ile I was p ained at being brought u n in ten tio nally into the performance of p olice duty toward a brother church member; but f e l t that my duty as a c i t i z e n no less than as a C h ristian that I should inform the a u th o rities of such flag ran t transgression of law when i t came under my n o tic e . The poor man was of course at once suspended from the church. Were such justice stea d ily administered in a l l our courts, drunkenness would soon become a crime almost unknown upon the Ha­ w a iia n calen d ar. But alas for Kau, the f a c i l i t i e s a ffo rd e d for the escape from punishment for such offences in the C ir c u it Court, encourage many to set the laws at d e fia n c e . - The d isso lu te portion �Kau - G ulick 1863 3. of the community have been i n suspense d u r in g the past year,, fe a rin g lest Judge A u s t in 's c irc u it should be extended to Kau: - as it was proposed la st Legislature that there should be but two C irc u it Judges fo r the isla n d of H a w a ii, and that the t h ir d one be dropped. Their fears have not yet been r e a l i z e d , though i t is the earnest desire of the sober and orderly part of the Community that they should b e . — Sabbath K e e p i n g --- The manner in which the Sabbath is observed in any h o u s e h o ld may generally be taken as a good index of the character of the r e l ig i o n of the members of that fa m ily . Judged by the manner of Sabbath observance it i s probable that the p iety of the m ajo rity of the Kau church members would be set at a low f i g u r e . The time table of the Steamer has been so arranged that every other trip she shall touch at our port on Sabbath morning, d i s ­ charging and taking i n fr e ig h t and passengers and then proceeding on her way to Kona. This has proved a snare to our people and in the long run may prove an incalculable curse to Kau. The active church members are united in th eir purpose to oppose a b o ld front to th is f i r e of the enemy, but some weak members have f a l l e n . - --Famine --For two years famine has raged in Kau: - that is & poi have been scarce. to say taro This has been owing, firstly to the drought, secondly to the fr e e range of cattle and horses over lands once devoted to c u lt iv a t io n , and lastly to the pulu t r a d e . The e ffe c t of the fam ine has been to send many of our people to H i l o , Kona and Oahu to sojourn. Puna, S t i l l there is but l i t t l e s u ffe r in g from the fam ine, as the mountains contain a b o u n t ifu l supply of pala �Kau - Gulick 1863 MISSION STATION REPORTS fern and ti-root which affo rd a tolerable su b stitu te for the t a r o . Amid a l l the famine many are becoming ric h fo r Hawa i i a n s , some g iv e lib e r a lly of th eir Substance to the Lord. and There are in Kau not less than sixteen wooden-framed houses owned by n ativ es which have cost their owners from $ 5 0 0 . to $ 1 ,0 0 0 .- each. — F inances- I n business matters the Kau people are in some degree prompt and e f f i c i e n t . Upon my a rr iv a l they had on hand of c o lle c tio n s of 1861 & 1862 Monthly Concert Money 250.- For M inisters salary - - - - - - 232.- For church B u ild in g - - - - 168.$ 650.- Since my a r r iv a l w it h them they have p aid from the above amount and from subsequent contributions as fo llo w s, To the Treasurer of the Haw. M iss­ ionary Soc. Mar 9 ----$300.To the E state of W .C . Shipman Balance of Salary due him at h is death - - 8 4 .5 5 To P i ' he lic e n t ia t e at Punaluu B al due 1861 60." Their present Pastor quarter ( ! ) ending Dec. 31 ' 62 75." " " " towards ” " Mar 31st 63 69 144.$ 5 8 8 .5 5 -— H e l p e r s -The pastor has f a it h f u l and e f f i c i e n t helpers in the w ork, in the persons of two young men - P i ' he & Kauhane, who are h is l i ­ censed preachers, receiving th eir commission to preach at h is hands from w eek to week. They w ith the deacons h o ld fo rth from Sabbath to Sabbath in the several out Stations churches, or when the pastor is at an out statio n - occupy his p u lp it at W aiohinu. Their sermons �K au - G u lic k 1863 5 . are good sense and sound doctrine and their services acceptable to the p eo p le . They have d eclin ed receiving any compensation from the people i n f u t u r e , and prefer very n a tu rally under the circumstances to stand upon the same footing as the deacons. Our judge - K'om a is also an acceptable preacher and very earnest i n every good work. D uring the past three months my brother Theodore W. G u lic k has been laboring among us doing the work of an e v a n g e list, and rendering me great a ssista n c e. w aiians His accounts of C a lifo r n ia and of the Ha- and Indians there excited great interest among the p eo p le. — Two thirds Sabbath Services & c . -— of my Sabbaths have been spent at Waiohinu and one third at the out statio n s of Kahuku Punaluu & Keaiwa. The average number of attendance on Sabbath worship at Waiohinu is about one hundred and f i f t y , of whom six ty are c h ild r e n . Less than two thirds of the church members residen t w ith in three miles of the Waiohinu meeting house and probably less than h a l f of the church members in the d i s t r i c t are regular and h ab itu al attendants upon Sabbath w orsh ip . The average number of attendance upon Sabbath services at the outstations is from fo rty to six ty each. I t has been my ru le to hold a Wednesday meeting at one or other of the outstations every week . at W aiohinu. Thursdays a stated meeting is held The former are attended by from 10 to 2 0 , and the la tter by from thirty to f i f t y . A prayer meeting attended by from f i f t e e n to th ir ty women is also h eld weekly by the l a d ie s . A fte r the Thursday meetings we have a class in Mr. A le x a n d e r 's �Kau - G u lic k 1 86 3 6 . MISSION STATION REPORTS Theology. — State of R e lig io n There is but l i t t l e evidence to be found in the most o f our p eople, of r e lig io u s interest or of S p ir it u a l l i f e . W orldly minded­ n e s s , & eagerness ( ! ) for g a in have possession of many i f not of the most who profess G o d liness. The large number of professors of r e l i g i o n who take no inte re st i n w orship, - in week day or Sab­ bath m eetings, indicates a sad need of the influences of the Holy Sp irit. I n January last a sun-rise prayer meeting was started at W aio­ h in u , the attendance upon which v ar ie s from ten to tw enty. There are a few f a i t h f u l , who have not bowed the knee to Baal and who are we think praying earnestly fo r the b lessin g of the S p i r i t 's in flu e n c e s . These few are the hope and r e jo ic in g of our h e a rts . -- Catholics — The Roman Catholics have a strong hold in Kau. One t h ir d of the school c h ild r e n , one hundred in number attend Catholic Schools and are under the influ en ce of the p r i e s t . Of the names upon the church re co rd s, of those now liv in g in the d i s t r i c t , as f a r as yet a sc e r ta in e d , f i f t y seven in a ll have le f t us and jo ine d the C a th o lic s . As the records do not f i x the date at which they le f t their f i r s t fa ith , a ll th at can now be ascertained from inquiry is th at some l e f t years ago and some more r e c e n t ly . Many of the number went over whi l e the church was without a p asto r, and many of them were those who had been suspended from church communion fo r t h e ir ir r e g u ­ lar conduct, or who knew that they ought to be suspended. �Kau G u lic k 1 86 3 7. MISSION STATION REPORTS Our church-member mentioned above as having been f i n e d $ 6 0 . for making ti-rum informed me five weeks after that he had been v is it e d f i v e times since that d a te , by the p r i e s t , who used every in flu en ce to induce him to jo in th eir r a n k s . Thus they have r e ­ c ru ited t h e ir numbers from f a l l e n church members. ------- M o r m o n s - — Of Mormons we have but three names upon our books. One com­ pany of Hawaiian L a t t e r d a y S a i n t s , from W a ip io , passed through the d i s t r ic t some months s i n c e , on a tour around the is l a n d . They made | but l i t t l e s t ir and so fa r as we know gained no fo llo w e r s . — Female Family Boarding School I n January we commenced a female family boarding sc h o o l, which at present numbers nine scholars; - two of the ages of four and f i v e , and the remaining seven of ages varying from nine to fo u rteen years. These g irls are bound to us by th eir parents or guardians for a term of years which w i l l expire when the several p a r tie s arrive at womanhood or at six te en or seventeen years of a g e . The younger ones being bound fo r a longer and the older ones fo r a shorter period. The ladie s my w if e and Sister-in-law, take the entire care of the school except that of providing food for the s c h o la rs . In s t r u c ­ tions are given in domestic labors - inc lud ing that of w eeding taro patches - dry taro ; schools, — also in a ll the ordinary studies of H aw aiian in B ib le t r u t h s , and in the E n g lish language. V i s it o r s . —- During the past few months we have been favored w ith the v i s i t s of three d istin g u ish e d stran gers, namely, Bishop S t a le y , sionary Kanoa, and D r. Anderson. the m is­ The Bishop passed through Kau on �Kau his way from Kona to H i l o , - G u lic k 1863 8 . spending but one night in our v i c i n i t y , lodging at our h o sp itable neighbor Spencer’ s . Kanoa spent a Sabbath w it h us intere stin g our people much w ith accounts of the Kingsm ill Islands and Is l a n d e r s . What is very remarkable fo r a modern Hawaiian he and h is fam ily performed th eir journey on fo o t. The v i s i t of D r. Anderson and o f h is daughter was a season long to b e remembered, and lik e angels v i s i t s was such an one as we can not expect to b e often enjoyed in a sin g le l i f e tim e. Our people looked w ith v eneratio n upon th is apostle of Haw aiian m issions who fo r the f i r s t time they were now perm itted to s e e , with d e lig h t to h is the Board. and l is t e n e d accounts of h is v is it s to other m issions of He w i l l not soon be forgotten by the Sabbath school ch ild ren who had the pleasure of shaking hands w it h him . -- S t a t is t ic s from Church Records -T o ta l of Members from the f i r s t 1841 to 1863 Deceased " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Absent from the p arish - but not dism issed by letter - On the record & l iv in g in the p a r is h at this date - I n g o od standing and now r e s i d e n t in Kau total - - - - - Under discipline ( ! ) not including Catholics Names of Catholics found on records Names of Mormons ” " ” ----- Suspended 1862 & 1863 for drunkenness 75 " " " other offenses 6 Restored to church Com. 1863 Admitted on Profession of f a i t h 1863 - " on c e r t ific a t e ( ! ) frm Hilo Dism issed by lette r to Hilo - - - - - - - - - L e ft f o r other parts w ith out letters Marriages celebrated Children of the church B aptized O. H. G ulick. 1477 550 207 720 565 95 57 3 81 21 5 1 1 many. 5 7 � 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 - Kau - 1842-1863 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1842, 1843, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863