https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/85171122f5857a22f6d04752b6ef89ea.pdf 12eee92684badfb83bb1fe9df8fcf71c PDF Text Text KEALAKEKUA STATION REPORTS (HAWAII ISLAND) CONTENTS Cochran Forbes................................ .... ... .......... ,1839 Cochran Forbes................................. ........... . Mark Ives.... 1840 ....... ..................................April 27 .1840-41 Unsigned (C, Forbes) ................... ... .......... . .............1841 Unsigned (C. Forbes)..... ................. ....................... 1842 Mark Ives...... .... ...... ......................... ............ .. 1842 Cochran Forbes. .............................. ... ....................1843 Cochran Forbes............................................. ....... 1843 Cochran Forbes................... ....... .................... . .1844 Mary lves, Report of South Kona [Kealakekua]...... ..... ............. 1846 Mark Ives....... — .......... — ,. — ............... ....... . 1846 Mark Ives, Letter to Chamberlain explaining lack of statistics....... .1847 John F. Pogue ............... .................. ................. 1848-49 John F. Pogue..... ..................... .... ........ .„.... ...... .1851 John D. Paris................ ........... .... ...... . (last part only) 1855 John D. Paris................. ............... ........... 1856-57 (A folder "Report of 1844" is in file of originals, the report, however, is missing.) . See also South Kona Station Reports in another binder. �Report Of the Station at Kealakeakua for the Year ending Apr . 30/39 In the report of last year, it was stated that the location of the station had, for particular reasons been changed, and those reasons were then given. The present location therefore is at Kea- lakeakua ( !) instead of Kaawaloa. 1 Religious labors The ordinary labors of the station as to preaching attention to the sick., holding religious meetings &c have been pursued much as in former years. I have been permitted to preach usually twice every sab. & once on Wednesdays. I have not found it practical (hole in paper) to (?) itinerate during the past year, being only one at the station., except one tour through Kau, when I took my family with me. I exceedingly regret the necessity of neglecting the outposts, because they are encourag­ es ing fields of labor; yet do not see any alternative while alone at the station. My labors beside preaching, have been 1. Attention to the sick - visiting them when practicable & giving out medicine as far as I knew how. 2. Conducting two sabbath schools, one of adults, containing perhaps 1000 - one of children containing 250. 3. A special meeting for awakened Sinners, every Monday afternoon. 4. A singing school (or what we call one) every Wednesday evening. 5. A meeting with the chh every Saturday afternoon. 6 The monthly concert; which has been uniformly maintained. . 7. The superintending of some public buildings for the cause. Mrs. F. has also held meetings with the females whenever the state of her health would permit. time to take charge of a school. She has not been able at any �Kealakekua II. 1839 2. The church and state of religion among the people. We have been blessed as we believe, during the year with much of the gracious influence of God's spirit. Many of the Chh. have appeared unusually awake and the importance of the soul to be felt. Hence no trying cases of dis cipline ( !) have occurred. No flagrant defection of Christian character has come to our knowledge. Several cases of discipline have occurred however some formerly excomm­ unicated have been restored and a few deaths have occurred. I would here state that my chh. statistics were by some means mislaid after I had made them out, and not having the means at hand to supply the defect, I must defer particulars till my return. Our congregations during the year have been large and solemn. Multitudes have been awakened who before were habitual neglecters if not despisers of the house of God. Some hundreds profess to have submitted themselves to all the requirements of God. Among them are several children.' A manifest influence is exerted over the whole neighborhood. Where tobacco fumes & revelling formerly dis­ gustingly prevailed, now quietness & a pure atmosphere are blessing the neighborhood. Of those who profess subjection to Christ I have after examination, & being satisfied with the evidence given, admitted to chh. privileges about 300 during the year. III. Marriages I have married during the year 95 couples. IV. Benevolence & voluntary effort among the people. It i s a practical custom with the church to contribute accord­ ing to their means in tapas wood &c, at every monthly concert. This is usually applied to the support of school teachers. Besides their monthly concert contributions during the past year, They have subscribed individually according to their means, some $5, �Kealakekua 1839 3 . . some $2 , some more & some less for the erection of a new meeting house. In addition to which they volunteered to procure 22 cubic fathoms of coral for limestone, and burn it, also to work each, one day every week in procuring stone for the building. Then they go about 5 miles to the mountain to draw down with their own hands all the timbers for the building.Whatever they do is altogether voluntary. No chief is asked to nor desired to use any authority & I believe no compulsion has been used to order or direct even the lifting of a stone, as involuntary benevolence is only another name for slavery. V. Improvements at the station. These consist in a stone dwelling, house 40 x 24 on the inside, one story high, which we occupy, with a stone cook house & out houses for the natives. 2 . A frame dwelling house 24 x 30, one story high formerly occupied by Bro. Van Duzee. To this are also attached a number of outhouses, and a stone school house 24 x 60, which was covered during the past year. Each of the dwelling houses is surrounded by a good stone wall which incloses a good yard. Some of these buildings were erected during the past year & some in the previous year. 3. The walls of a new stone & lime meetinghouse of one story are nearly complete. 4. It is 120 by 54 feet on the inside. A native building used both as a school house and meeting house for the present. 5. A good road from our houses to the sea; also one from our houses up to the former location on the hill, which latter may be about 27 miles. VI. Schools It will probably be expected that I should here give some report �Kealakekua 1839 4. ■ of the state of schools in my field as there has been no one else to attend to that department. But my being alone at the station is the reason I must assign for not giving a report on that subject. I have found it Impossible to attend to the schools, and discharge my other & primary duties. There is a great field of usefulness there in the department of schools, But as I am not sure the mission re­ gard that post as vacated I cannot of course apply for more aid at present. Laboring alone at the station, is encumbered with so many disadvantages, as already remarked, that I do not believe it possible for me to attend to the duties of both departments, nor indeed that of a Pastor efficiently. If therefore the Mission regard the school department at Kealakeakua station as vacated, I shall confidently look to this meeting, as an act of justice to see that it be supplied if they hold me under any obligations to continue a. station there. C . F orbes April 30, 1839 �C. Forbes Statistics of Chh. ed |Addressedt o : Rev. L. Smith, HonoluluJ Dear Bro Smith. I am obliged to do in a great hurry what I do, you will therefore excuse my brevity. I think I gave the marriages 1 0 0 Admitted to the chh, the past year on letter on profession Now in full communion 4 262 266 385 Excommunicated the past year 8 Deceased the past year 5 Dismissed the past year to other chh 2 Restored 2 who had been formerly excom. Now under discipline but not excommunicated 17 Baptized 180 children This is as perfect as I can make Much love to Sisr Smith, from us both. passage, but very rough; the wind strong. We had a quick But God brought us safe. Find things well here Sincerely Your bro in Forbes Kealakeakua July 23 [1839] �Report Kealakeakua Aprl 26, 1840 During the past year we have experienced much of the goodness of God. Sister. Ives tho' very feeble at the commencement has been able to attend meetings often and is now comparatively comfortable altho' not fully rid of her complaint. Bro Ives has had one or two severe attacks of fever and is at present not vigorous. Mrs. Forbes has been at times able to attend maternal and other female meetings and, much of the time too unwell to leave the house. has been continued as usual. My own health I have been able to preach every sab. twice besides attending sab. school and meetings during the week. During the year I have made two tours through Kau and preached a number of times besides other labors. The following means have been used for promoting the cause of Christ in this field the past year. 1) Religious meetings, always twice or thrice on sab. Once on Mondays with the recently baptized and once with those who profess to renounce all for Christ. On Wednesday with about 500. with church members for reading the scriptures. On Friday On Saturday after­ noon with Church members a social meeting for searching the scriptures. On the first Monday evening of every month for concert of prayer. Mrs. Forbes & Mr s. Ives have had meetings with the mothers specially and with the female chh. members generally. 2) Preaching the word. Preaching has been regularly maintained twice on Sab. and once on Wednesday at two different places. 3) Sabbath schools. The sabbath school at the station has flourished thro' the year and has manifestly been blessed. children average attendance 200 to 220 children. It contains 260 Of the sabbath school at Kealia Bro Ives will report, also of the day schools which have been more prosperous than in the previous year. �Kealakekua 4) 1840. 2. Church ordinances. The Lord's supper has been regularly admin­ istered at intervals of 2 months with manifest profit to the Church. Baptism has. been also administered to 378 adults who have taken on them the vows of the Lord & for the most part adorn their their ( !) profession. 5) 151 children have also been baptized. Church discipline. This has very manifestly been blessed of God for advancing his cause here. We have endeavored to follow the scrip­ ture standard for purifying the chh. viz. "If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one, no, not to eat." Again - "Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh dis­ orderly." The consequence has been that we have had a larger number of cases of discipline and we think It has prospered the cause. 6 ) W orks of benevolence. Much labor has been expended on our new meeting house which is not yet completed. have been erected. Several new school houses Contributions at monthly concert are regularly made which have amounted during the year to about 2 0 0 dollars nomi­ nally, in wood, money, tapa, &c. which have been usually divided out among the schools for the'support of the Teachers. about 20 Teachers in the field. There are The contributions are divided out among them according to their merit and perseverance. This system we find keeps up quite an Interest among the teachers who look for­ ward to their monthly stipend with some hope and take more interest in their work than on the old plan of working without recompense & finding themselves. religion. Most of the Teachers are now professors of Besides this the church members in several districts furnish most of the food for their Teachers and we design to have them entirely support their Teachers soon. �3. The following is a statistical table as correct as I have means at present to make it. The whole numr received to this chh. on examination is The whole number received on certificate Received the past year on examination Received the past year on certificate Whole number received the past yearWhole number dismissed to other churches Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased Whole number deceased the past year Whole number excommunicated Number excommunicated the past year Whole number in regular standing Whole number of baptized children Children baptized the past year Whole number of baptized children deceased " " " " " Deceased past year Marriages the past year (by C. Forbes) Excommunicates restored the past year 851 25 385 21 406 18 3 26 14 26 13 758 364 151 11 [no figure] 58 5 Mr. Ives will report for himself of the schools and of the number of marriages performed by him C. Forbes As I shall not be present to present my wants I will state here that I wish to apply for aid from the building fund first to pay for my study & bathing room which I have erected & for which I am in debt $100 For erecting stairs and finishing off a chamber over head 70 $170 I wish to remind the meeting that I have never called on the build­ ing fund for more than $350 towards all our building at this place. I would not call now but that I am necessitated in order to render our house comfortable C . Forbes �Kealakekua April 27th 1840. From Mark Ives To the Moderator of General Meeting. Report of Labours &c. Sir I regret that the time in which I must make out my repor t is necessarily limited to so few minutes. The general report was that there would be no General Meeting till this morning we heard that it was decided there would be one. The only canoe that carries letters must sail in a few minutes or suffer the vengeance of the Tuesday chiefs for sailing on po elua [second day ?]. I must therefore be brief & my report of schools is in an un­ prepared state. In October brother Forbes & myself made a tour through Kau & found the people in an interesting enquiring state. desirous indeed & very importunate for a teacher. not been visited for nearly two years. The schools had Many of them were without teachers & others no better than w ithout. weeks. They were very We staid, there above two On my return I found Mrs. Ives health quite low from another attack in her chest. Consequently I have not thought it prudent to leave home since; such being the advice of the physician. Brother Forbes attempted to make another visit there but was called home in consequence of sickness in his family. We sent the best man we had in the field there but his child was taken sick & died; & consequently the schools there have been but partially examined with reference to a report at this General Meeting. There are in the field 24 schools & upwards of 800 scholars making an average of about 33 scholars to a school & these are gen­ erally supplied with a teacher of some kind. I have visited twice. The schools in Kona Building has taken up much of my time. have put me up a cook house & pantry a building 26 feet by 2 2 . I I �Kealakekua 1840 Ives 2. need yet a study to give me a spare room for strangers & a bedroom for my little boy which I hope will soon be completed provided an additional grant from the building fund can be allowed. I have a school here of from 70 to 100 scholars. The first class have been as far as the 5th chapter of the Helunaau & together with the Helunaau are now making good progress in Geography. I generally have spent from 2 to 3 hours a day In school. I have generally been out about 8 miles to spend the Sabbath & on Wednesday had a meeting out about 4 miles. Mr s. Ives health has been improving for several weeks & we are in hopes that we shall hereafter do more, "Forgetting the things that are behind & reaching forth unto those that are before we would press toward the mark of the prize of high calling In Christ Jesus our Lord." Yours Mark Ives. - �Report for 1840-1 [Kealakekua ] The past year has been with us one of chastisement. There has been no part of the year, when I could be absent far from my family among the people. Mrs. Ives gave birth to a son Aug. 18th the care of which devolved almost entirely upon me for the first six weeks; as he was so crying a child, that it was impossible for any of our natives to quiet him. On the 27th of September, Mrs. Ives being much fatigues from very little effort; took cold as she supposed, which resulted in the continued fever. For weeks she was unable to raise her head in bed. Our little ones were carried to the family of Bro. Forbes; which together with theirs, made a family of six children, besides adults, care of the sick, &c. I cannot also but mention father Thurston; who in the commencement of our afflictions, showed his happy face, & watched with Mrs. Ives, the most of two nights, in succession. Dr. Andrews was here also, as soon as the health of his family would permit, & unremittingly gave his days & his nights to the care of the sick. Bro. Lyons & wife rendered us their assistance for two weeks; & on their return took away our two little ones, which very much re­ lieved Sister Forbes; whose health was much suffering; under the pressure of accumulated labors. The younger child was given Into the hands of sister Bliss; as she had previously made the generous offer, of taking care of it. The older one, sister Lyons - which was an expression of her continued kindness - took under her own pater­ nal roof. Delicacy forbids that I should carry the subject further; & I only add that we had all the attentions, that the kindest asso­ ciates, & the best of fellow laborers could bestow. It was nearly four months after our children were taken away, & nearly five months �Kealakekua 1840-41 2. from the time that Mrs. Ives was taken; before our physician would permit me to leave her to go after them. She appears now to be slow­ ly gaining in health; & is able in some measure, to oversee her house­ hold affairs. The least fatigue however brings her down. W e were in hopes of being able to attend Gen. Meet. this year, & our antici­ pations were considerably raised at the thoughts of meeting again our brethren & sisters; but Dr. Andrews has put his tabu upon it in such unqualified terms, that we dare not undertake it. My spare time during the week has been employed in schools. I have spent my Sabbaths at Kealia, about five miles from this place; where we have had our house of worship filled both forenoon & after­ noon; & it holds from five to six hundred people. Sometimes it is so crowded in the morning service, that near all do not get in. We have a Sabbath school of children, which sometimes numbers 240. The general average is perhaps 200. About one half of them, have by heart a few verses from the Haawina Palapala Hemolele; & most of them a hymn from the children's hymn book. This they get during the week, by all repeating together before their teachers. # Marriages during the year 26 My only means of getting to this place, is either to go in a canoe, or walk by land without a foot path; over uneven rocks, & huge points of lava. I go down Saturday P.M. & the health of my family is such, as to induce me to return on Sabbath evening. The head woman of this place, together with her husband, are at heart C a t h o l i c s . Their course of life is such, that they would gladly seek shelter under their doctrines; if they could believe them true. A I have had some warm disputes with them on the subject; & the last Sabbath I was there, they both came out to meeting in t h e afternoon, which was something new for them. A few miles below this, a man was found in the "back woods �Kealakekua 1840-41 3. country"; w i t h several children around him, teaching them the Catholic primer. When I saw him, he had consented to give, up his Catho- lic hooks; & was very much pleased with a New Testament, which I presented him in Bro. Forbes ' name, & also with some school books. I spent the following Sabbath near his place, where he came down with his scholars to the Sabbath school, & also attended both services. On Monday I had an examination at the sea-shore, when he came down quite unexpectedly to me to have his scholars examined; & then accompanied me some distance to the examination of another school, & finally left me with much friendly salutation. On my way home I called at another place, where the natives said there were Catholics ; but f ound them not at home. on. I left my aloha for them & came I have since made them a visit. On seeing me coming they hid. The natives made quite a search for them, but finally of their own accord they made their appearance. There were two of them, a teacher - as he called himself - & his pupil. I asked them if they had turned to the Catholics . The elder one replied that they had "turned a little, not much". He said, that he had been to Kailua, & the popish priest had told him; that with them was life. I asked him whether they prayed to Mary; he said "No"; they "only asked her for things & pr aised her" & with that he repeated a long string & praise & supplication to Mary; which showed that he had not been altogether an idle scholar, in the popish school. After conversing with him a while, I found, him as I thought rather wavering in his belief ; & asked him whether he would leave the Pope, if I would give him a New Testament. He said he would but he must go to Kailua first, & get his name erased & carry back his books. We finally agreed that both he & his pupil should give their books to me in exchange for testaments, to which I readily consented; & the next Sabbath he was �Keal akekua 1840-41 4. seen at meeting, & came & gave me his aloha. These are all that I have met with in our field that are called C a t h o l i c s . There were others in these places who were not then at home, but who as report says have now left their popish doctrine. There are more off at a still greater distance, & some who they say are baptized. terest of this people is quite excited on the subject. word poe pope will frequently arouse the dullest hearer. The in­ The Almost any work printed on the subject, which the people can understand would be generally read. Besides the meetings on the Sabbath which I have mentioned; I have when circumstances would allow, had a meeting on Wednesday in some of the neighboring villages. the schools. My principle business has been with I have had three examinations with the schools in Kona of our field, during the past year, Kau I am not able to say much. with respect to the schools in It has been utterly inconsistent for either of us to visit them; the past year. been — Our examinations have one in July when I visited the children at their school houses; one in December when the schools met at the station; & one in April when I again visited each of the schools. has been fluctuating. The condition of our schools Last July our schools were barely in existence The chiefs had compelled all the teachers except two or three from Lahainaluna, to attend their koeles (fields); & not a boy in the field that was supposed to be over fourteen was exempt. The parents were forbidden by the tax-officer from giving to the teachers, either by monthly concert or otherwise. About this time the spirit of tattooing arose; so that it is now difficult in many large villages, to find children that have not been tattooed. Under all these discouragements, we could but just say that the schools lived. We had about u s , five or six active �Kealakekua 1840-41 5. intelligent teachers, that have never seen the high school. We presented the case of our schools before Gov. Adams; but the manner in which it was received was. chilling indeed. It really seemed like laying a subject before a lifeless stemp. Upon 'the arrival of the new laws things became more encouraging. These laws were to our schools as life from the dead. We have had to contest the point inch by inch with the under chiefs: but the first four chap­ ters of the Helunaau, & making good proficiency in geography & the scholars interested in their studies, from day to day; to have the brightest & most advanced of these scholars, called out by the chiefs, & their interest in the school broken up; I felt that Providence called me to some other department of labor. Should it please an all-wise Providence, to smile on our health & on our labors; we may hope the coming year for better results. Since Mrs. Ives has re­ covered in some measure her health, I have c o m m o n l y ( !) spent two hours in in ( !) the forenoon with the children; & as many in the afternoon with the teachers. But the effort to instruct some of our old teachers, seems to be a hopeless one. For our 34 schools, we have only five teachers that have been at Lahainaluna or Hilo; which leaves 29 schools, in the hands of men that have picked up their knowledge, where they could get it. Some of them have been at the station school, & are very well qualified for their work; but many of them are unable to do much more than keep the children together. The scholars that come out from the Mission Seminary, & from the school at Hilo; will not be sufficient for many years, to supply the demand. How we shall be able very soon to supply this demand, is a question of much importance. It must be done by laboring, in some way, to the best advantage at a station �Kealakekua 1840-41 [insert on page 5] 5-a by enforcing from the pulpit the duty of submission to the higher authorities, & by enlightening the teachers & people into their rights; we have been enabled to make these new laws, bring out among us some glorious results. The field which nine months ago, brought forward to the examinations only 246 children; has this month produced with their happy faces, 829. Thus you perceive that the number of children that at­ tend school, has been nearly quadrupled. It is not to be expected, that many of these, with all the hindrances we have had, should be able to read. We have been enabled however at the present examina­ tion, to number among our readers 325, That these are 241 apparently making good proficiency in mental arithmetick; 71 writing on slates; 41 in written arithmetick; & 31 studying geography with the maps: shows that there is not in our teachers a disposition altogether to be idle, had they been left unfettered. It has been utterly imposs­ ible for me, to get the statistics of the schools in Kau with suf­ ficient exactness, to include them in the above data. The following is the condition of schools in our whole field, so far as I have been able to ascertain. Number of Schools, Children enrolled, Readers, Writers, In Geography, In Mental a r i t h m e tic, In Written a r i t h m e t i c , 34. 1,837. 522. 80. 50. 356. 45. We have not been able to accomplish as much at the station school, as we could have wished. When I had under my care, 70 scholars; with a class of four boys & two girls, ready on any question in [continue on page 5] �Kealakekua 1840-41 school. And here It will not be out of place for me, to state some of the obstacles that lie in our way. It is well known that; as a general thing, teachers are unwilling to leave their friends, to go among strangers to teach. It is even so now under all the encourage­ ment that is given to teachers. And were it not so, we have not many boys now at the station, that are promising for teachers. They must be brought in from the lands where they will be needed. But who will supply them with food? Their friends have not much of the time sufficient for themselves. They might live at the station & raise their own food, but there is no place near where food will grow. They must In that case, be absent a day or two in a week; to cultivate their land & to bring their food. And when they happen to be out, what shall be done? For one quarter of the past year, we have had to buy the food for our own natives from Heana; because it seemed utterly impossible to get it here. When they want water, they must go a mile for It to the sea shore; or should they be a little more fastidious & require fresh water, they must go five or six miles to some puddle on the mountain. Add to this the prostration of the strength & vigor of their teachers; who born & reared on the bleakest hills of New England, are ill prepared to withstand the scorching, stagnating effects of this burning sun. at Kau. How widely different from this, is the climate I am very sorry that I have so few statistics of that delightful region. According to the census of 1835 it contained 4,700 inhabitants. They are so remote, that they have not been much contaminated with foreign influence; & the land teems with children, They inhabit a soil scarcely surpassed for fertility, �Kealakekua 1840-41 7. on the Sandwich Islands. A fresh stream of water; that, on these islands, that can boast of no superior; & perhaps not an equal; passes near the centre, through a delightful plantation. From this a man may ride on a level horse road, into almost any part of the field. Not a missionary that I know of, has stepped his foot onto this field the past year. Since I was there so many things have oc­ cupied my attention, & so many cares have been pressing upon me, that the few days I spent there, appear like a vision of which I have but a very faint recollection; & so doubtless they do to that people. One thing however remains very clearly imprinted on my memory; & that is, their earnest supplications to God, that he would send them a missionary. So strong were their entreaties that I should stay; that I should almost certainly have remained permanently among them; had not a stronger sense of duty urged me back to my family. The climate is such, that the health of most foreigners would be far better there; than it would at this place, or at Kailua. One would feel more vigorous, & be able to do far more labor. A man with a family of an ordinary constitution at Kau, might have full swing, at labor; with a plenty to eat, & good water to drink. It is true; that to be so shut out from one’s fellow laborers, would be very self denying. The communication between even Kealakekua & the other islands, is very infrequent'. You add to this 40 miles of almost unimpassible lava, over steep precipices & down deep descents; & you will get to a place, that is indeed, shut out from the world. But vessels sometimes touch there; & access may be had from this place, by canoe, on a sea that is seldom ruffled with the wind. We have the language of this people & a bible for them; but how shall they hear its contents, without a preacher? Shall we suffer the slight impediment that lies in our way; to deafen our ears against �K e a la k e k u a their call? Shall these numerous families with their progenies of children, he left through our neglect to perish? Shall the roaring lion travel unchecked in those regions, seeking whom he may devour? The farther we go towards Kau; the more we meet with men, who call themselves C a t h o l i c s , that are teaching the children the Catholic primer. The principle teacher of Kau, remarked to me several months since; that there were many there who called themselves followers of the Pope; "tho" he adds "they do not know what popery means." They either know now, or soon will; & what might "be kept off at this time with a very little labor; will soon form one of those insuper­ able harriers, which protestantism hitherto has found so impossible to shake. I think I have said that the people in this part of Hawaii seldom see foreigners. They do occasionally see them. The men of this world, will travel over pathless mountains, & across the sharp & rugged lava, suffering the privations of hunger thirst & cold, expose their lives to danger; to see the volcano or some other cur­ iosity; while the souls of this people; objects so worthy of notice in the sight of heaven, are left by us unnoticed. Shall we not at least provide so far, that they may be visited I Shall we not by calling upon some of these souls, that are sick & in prison; visit the Savior I But why not do something more, than merely make them a visit? Why not send laborers among them! Why not draw off from some of the old places, where the people have had line upon line, & precept upon precept; where sinners have heard the warnings of the Savior, & refused & rejected them; & where many are now hardening themselves under the gospel light, & adding condemnation to condemnation! Why not draw off from some of these places, to give the gospel to those who are far more destitute; & who we have reason to �Kealakekua 1840-41 9. believe are ready to listen to the truth? Why leave a part of Hawaiian souls unheeded & uncared for? are now in troublesome times. We We need now if ever, the presence of the Savior - to mark out for us our path - to stay us up - & to put to flight before us the opposing enemy. But let us remember that with the promise "I am with you al| ways” is connected the command "Preach the gospel to every creature . " Mark Ives. Kealakekua May 6 th 1841. Kealakekua May 7th, 1841 Mr. Moderator This is the second Gen. Meet. in succession which is has been utterly inconsistent for me to attend. As this report is of moderate length & will embrace all the time I shall consume of your body; I trust you will give the sentiments con­ tained therein that consideration which you & the Brethren think may deserve. Yours Respectfully Mark Ives �Report of Kealakekua Station for the Year ending May 1, 1841 In reporting on labors for the past year w e have many mercies to acknowledge and also afflictions. The health of Mrs. P. has been at times such as to require my whole attention and time at home. August I was laid aside the whole month with a fever. In Soon after Sister Ives was attacked with fever, from which we for a number of days, entertained no hope she could recover. But the Lord mercifully restored her after being confined to her bed for about 8 weeks. In January I with my family visited Kohala hoping the relaxation and journey might benefit Mrs. P. who was then prostrate. with Bro. & Sister Bliss, 1. Labors on the Sab. We spent 5 weeks agreeably my ordinary labors have been I have usually preached twice every £ab. On Sab. morning superintend a sab, school of 250 scholars in the Haawina Kamalii. Frequently a catechetical school during the interval between morning & afternoon service. Every Monday I meet with the class who profess to renounce all their sins & turn to Christ. In this meeting the chief design is to ascertain if possible the character of each individual. I usually question them on practical & doctrinal points, such as repentance, faith, sin, righteousness. Prayer, on praying to Mary & others. meeting I have usually spent 2 or 3 hours each Monday. In this From those who attend this meeting and give satisfactory evidence of genuine re­ pentance we usually select the Candidates for baptism & admission to the chh. On Monday I also meet with the children who are members of the chh, to give them instruction suited to their capacity, more par­ ticularly than they get on the sab. On Wednesday at 11 I meet & spend an hour or two with my singing class for their improvement in music. �Kealakekua 1841 2. At 3 lecture to a promiscuous congregation on the prophecies relation to popery. On Friday meet with the [members? ] parts of the field. who are from the different W h en the character of chh. members in the sev­ eral villages is inquired into and the accused who have been notified are expected to attend that' their cases m a y b e attended to, and that they may meet their accusers face to face. rule is to discipline no member. Until this be done our A t this meeting also, candidates for admission to the chh are examined before the session. On Saturday afternoon I have had a Bible class with those of the chh. members who live in that vicinity. Those things with visiting the sick, attending funerals, attending &c to calls for medicine &c constitute the chief of my labors during the year among the natives. I have however made occasional short tours for preaching & visiting out districts of 2 & 3 days time. not been able during the year to visit Kau, labors have been confined to Kona. But have so that all my personal Kau is a distinct field by itself with a population of over 4000. . It is about two days 2 days journey from Hilo and one days journey from our place when the weather is good. But in bad weather 3 & 4 days journey. fessors of religion who. are mem There are now in Kau 130 pro- of my chh in regular standing, be­ sides about 60 who are members of [the] Hilo church. When once in Kau the whole population is perfectly accessible on horseback except it may be a very few villages & scattering houses. They are anxious to have the gospel, and those of them who are members of my chh. are faithful in attending the meetings among themselves every sab. besides other meetings & at communion season, they are uniformly prest altho' they frequently come at a sacrifice & with much risque. communion several persons were cast away coming from Kau. At our last I have not �Kealakekua 1841 3. yet heard -whether all got safely ashore. The fact that two invalid families are placed at our station aids us but little in doing anything for Kau, as neither of us can leave the feeble & sickly long enough to make such a tour which cannot be performed with any effect in less than 10 days and often 15. The church members in Kau have erected two meetinghouses and are now putting up a house with stone walls in hopes of having a missionary to reside with them. I hope the mission will seriously consider the claims, of that interesting field. The papists have, yet not got many disciples there, altho' they have sent on some crosses & beads &c to prepare their way. Popery in our part of Kona has made but little progress yet. They have about 10 baptized persons in south Kona, 'tho a number of others are inclined to follow them because they hope to get lole [cloth ?] , Only one excommunicated chh. memr that I know of has gone to them from our field. Some who were regarded as their haumanas [disciples] have renounced them & their books on being kindly & faithfully informed of the nature of popery. I do not think popery is making much advance in any part of Kona at present. The cause of benevolence I think progresses among us. During the past year our monthly concert has been regularly attended and at no time do they fail to make contributions. They have besides ordinary contributions erected 3 grass meeting houses, worth at least $100. They have finished our new stone chh 125 feet by 60 plastered Inside & overhead worth $219.49. $5000. The ordinary contributions amounted to This was uniformly divided among the Teachers of the schools every month until the introduction of the new school laws. Altho’ this afforded but a small compensation when divided among 20 teachers, still it was a stimulus to them in their work, and was the means of �Kealakekua 1841 4. keeping our schools together and of giving them quite a spur. They have been more encouraging the past year than for several previous years. Nothing has been done in the way of raising a support for their pastor the past year as efforts to erect our new chh. swallo w e d up every other thought and indeed drew heavily on my own time for I was obliged to superintend the whole work myself besides contributing from my own stipend over $100. Our kind friends at Newark, Reading and Mobile also aided us to the amount of $150. An Austrian traveller (perhaps a roman catholic) contributed $10 cash. Cap. Brown of N.- Bedford contributed a barrel of flour, and a few others contributed. patience trying smaller sums. It has been a hard and patience trying undertaking, but thank God, is now completed & dedicated altho we have not yet got the glass for the windows. Statistics of the Church Whole numb. Received on examination " " " on certificate Recd, past year on examination Past year on certificate Whole number past year Whole no dismissed to other chhs Dismissed past year Whole no. deceased Deceased past year Suspended past year Remain suspended Excommunicated past year Whole numr. excom. Remain excommunicated Whole num. now in reg. s t a n d g Marriages past year Average congregation on the Sab. Children baptized past year Whole number of chiln baptized [Unsigned, C. Forbes] 1228 39 337 14 351 27 9 48 22 191 41 52 78 71 1080 91 1400 167 531 �Report for the year ending Apl 1, 1842 of C. Forbes for Kealakekua Station In reporting my labors & the state of this field for the year ending March 31, 1842, I shall divide the field into three portions. My reasons for this course will be discovered as I proceed. In the first place I would remark that my general labors during the past year have been much the same as in preceding years. Preaching twice on the Sab. & once on Wednesday and monthly attending a meeting of the chh. on Fridays. Every Sab. morning from 9 o'clock to 10 I spend in the children's sab. school which numbers over 400 children, who are divi­ ded off into classes a n d instructed in the catechism, children's hymns & portions of the mane lani which they commit to memory. This school is interesting and many of the children appear to be serious. o'clock I have a bible-class with about 150 adults. At 12 On Monday morning I have usually spent more or less time in a meeting with those who profess to be penitent & to renounce their sins. These together w ith visiting, dispensing medicines to the sick and holding occasional meetings in the out districts have constituted my chief labors. God has mercifully permitted me to labor without any serious interruption. Mrs. F. though feeble in health and at times protrate has been able much of the time to hold meetings with the mothers and female members of the chh. Sister Ives altho’ very frail has managed to allow Bro. I. to be absent much to labor at an out post. But I will "speak more definitely of this by & by. It will be remembered that heretofore this part of Kona together with Kau has always been reported under one, but a s already mentioned I shall speak of Kau separate, and shall also divide this part of Kona into two divisions. 1. Kau - contains a population of over 4000 souls all quite accessible The missionary may ride on horseback to almost every village in Kau. �Kealakekua 1841 2. There are about 14 schools, some of which are flourishing and some but poorly managed. There are about 250 church members there who are now set off from this chh. and form a church by themselves, of which I hope Bro. Paris will take the pastoral charge. He has now been labor­ ing there several months, with great joy to the people who have long desired the gospel. Formerly they could enjoy its blessed privileges only by coming to this station or going to Hilo, either of which was a journey of two days in good weather and if the weather was rough then four or five days were necessary for the journey. Notwithstanding these discouragements very many of them prized the gospel enough to leave home and surmount all the difficulties that they might enjoy it, as is manifest from the fact that there are 250 or more chh. members there who joined the chh. at this place except those who joined at Hilo. There has been much attention for 2 years among the people to the subject of religon, and when I was last in Kau there were over 100 inquirers a few months ago. The door of usefulness appears wide open and the harvest ripe, and should Bro. Paris remain as I trust he will, there is a fair prospect of great success. field, But should he leave the the papists stand ready to thrust their idols on the half en­ lightened people and close the door against the gospel, now so invi­ tingly open. There is a priest now in Kau I learn wh o goes to baptize all good & bad who will string an image on; their necks & pray to Mary. He will probably bapetemo 100 before he returns and boast that he will in a few years convert all Kau. What the mission would have done for Kau should be done now, or half the opportunity is lost. "Strike while the iron is hot", is a maxim none the worse for being old. Bro. Paris has the advantage of being acquainted with the people, and judging from what I saw after spending near 6 weeks there on dif­ �Kealakekua 1842 3. ferent occasions I should say he has gained their esteem & affection which is of more importance to his success than even the language. Kau should immediately be supplied with two laborers for various reasons. 1. The field is large enough both in extent and population. 2, It is too remote from any other station for a family to reside alone there, especially in sickness. 3. One man cannot do the work fast enough. Bro. Paris has obtained liberty from Gov. Adams to build on his land and has accordingly walled in a pleasant building spot at W aiahinu, where he has commenced building, on the conviction that the station ought to & will be kept up, and that if ever he should even­ tually leave, the Bd will furnish a man for so important a field. On the subject of building I presume Br. Paris will state his own views. I may be allowed however to say a word as I am acquainted with all the circumstances. In the first place, I would say, no one who knows the circumstan­ ces will doubt one minute whether he ought to have a permanent house. The weather there is much like Kohala weather, It may not be quite so cold at Waiohinu. 2n d He ought to have the means of immediately erecting a suitable house, and I hope the brethrn. will not subject him to the necessity of dragging out another year of cruel exposure of health without provision for a comfortable dwelling. Even should no decision arrive from Bos­ ton this May, he will not proceed to Oregon till the Board refuse con­ sent to his remaining here, which they will not do, The question then is, shall this mission deny him a house & the means of doing good, simply because we have not yet heard, what we are almost certain we shall hear. Brethren Paris & Rice are in fact members of this mission, the addition of their names is all that remains. �Kealakekua 1842 4. It is true, building in Kau will be expensive ie it will be more so than at some other places and no more so than at Waioli on Tauai ( !) and many other places. Bro. Paris' place at Waiohinu is ab­ out 1 0 miles from the shore or landing at the nearest place where goods can possibly be landed and all his materials must be carried up on the shoulders of men as there are no teams in Kau, altho’ an ox team might be used with good effect there as there are pretty good roads for Hawaii. Since last August I have visited Kau 3 times and spent about 2 weeks at a time with Bro. Paris in labors among the people. The congregation on the sabbath was usually about 2000. On or­ dinary occasions however it would not perhaps average over 1400, per­ haps 1200. Over 400 children were then in the Sab. school. The or­ derly sober appearance of the people together with their eager at­ tention to preaching, seemed to promise success to the labors of a faithful missionary. They have shewn their interest by already assis­ ting Bro. P. in various ways. Mostly all his goods boards &c they carried for him gratuitously from the shore which was no small job. besides other acts of kindness, Bro. Ives proposes removing to Kau that he may have a location more favorable to the state of his family than his present sphere. Should he go that will supply both posts in Ka u . II) I come now to the part of this field in which Bro. Ives has spent most of his labors the past year, which by itself forms a field of labor large enough for any one man. It commences at Kealia and ex­ tends to the borders of Kau & is 15 or 20 miles in extent. The popu­ lation is near 2 0 0 0 . In this district which is called Kapalilua there are 10 schools containing 400 scholars all of which are now in an interesting condi­ �Kealakekua tion. 1842 There are 450 church members In Kapalilua including Kealia. They have lately been set off from this chh to form a separate church by themselves. district. There are also about 300 more inquirers in the same The mission will recollect that a missionary for Kealia which would be the place for a Station in Kapalilua has often been called for. As already stated Bro. Ives has spent the most of the past year in laboring at Kapalilua with very encouraging success. But In order to labor with effect he was necessarily much absent from his family, sometimes 2 weeks at a time which has thrown all the family cares night and day on Sister Ives, and is more than her feeble frame can sustain. would be lost. Y et, unless he labored among the people much of his labour Bro. Ives is not willing to sit at home & see souls perishing and in Sister Ives' state of health he cannot consistently leave his family long enough at a time to accomplish much among the people. They therefore propose moving to Kau and leaving this field open to a family who can take charge of Kapalilua. This I cannot object to, as he can have a field In Kau where one days ride will carry him to the limit a n d need not be much absent from his family. It will be easily seen however that if while I take the full charge of this chh. and this half of the field, Bro. Ives cannot take charge of the other half without unjustifiable absence from his family, that I cannot possibly take charge of both fields leaving my family alone when no one is at the station to aid me. If Bro Ives leaves I see no way but to abandon Kealia station unless the mission will supply his place. There are no buildings at Kealia. Bro. Ives resides here in the thing called a house erected by Bro. Vanduzee for $400. [Footnote:] It will be recollected however this was not an allowance, but from his stipend. Kealia is about 8 miles by water and ten or 12 by land �Kealakekua 1842 6. over a bad road from this place. Should Bro. Ives remain he ought to b e allowed the means for erecting a good house at Kealia, then he could take charge of the church in Kapalilua without being absent from his family very much. Kealia will compare very well with Kailua in every respect except that the village is not so large and it is not quite so barren. The papists are making strenuous efforts in Kapalilua a few miles below Kealia and the prospect is that unless this field can be faith­ fully attended to they will draw away multitude[s] after them very soon and thus close the door against the gospel. Nearly the whole of three lands have been ensnared by them and they are now building the second meeting house about which they have made much difficulty and though forbidden by the heads of the land they go on, prompted by the priest who shields himself under the "ae Kuikahi" [treaty] of. Cap. Laplace. I do not know the number of their followers in Kapalilua. Probably however about 250 all bapetemoed since last may. fore submit this question to the mission I there­ Will you Brethren abandon that field to Satan or which is the same thing, to the papists. Of course you will not expect that my unassisted labors will sus­ tain it. Ill) It remains to report the district of which Kealakekua is the station and which has been the principal field of my labors the past [Kiilae? ] year. The limits of this district are from Kiilai to the borders of Bro. Thurston's field, about 6 miles each way from Kealakekua. whole population is about 2600. condition. [Marginal note] There are 11 schools in a prosperous (Whole number of scholars in school 553) The teachers mostly take a warm interest in their schools. - The This dis- trict has seriously felt the loss of Kapiolani who was indeed a mother to us & to the people & a nursing mother to the chh. here. Never did �Kealakekua 1842 we k n o w how much the cause was indebted to her exertions her example & her prayers till the Lord deprived us of her. probability that her place will ever be filled. There is at present no But God who thus af­ flicted us has not left us without consolations, he has not taken from us the blessed influences of his Spirit. Multitudes of the parents and many of the children profess to turn from their sins. There are now about 300 inquirers and nearly 800 church members in this district, all of whom are of course like so many children that must be watched over, advised instructed, yea taken by the hand and led carefully along. This is work enough for two missionaries, so that when I have exhausted all my plans and efforts on them, the work is of course very superficially done. I find no time to farm and but little to keep my own mind from becoming a nahelehele [a wilderness] . The papists have about 30 followers in this field but do not at present increase much. Monthly conct contributions have been kept up. The whole amount in this field was nominally about 70.25 besides acts of general bene­ volence. The effort of the men are not included in the $70 which is only In native reckoning in tapas, fowls, malos &c. For marriages & baptisms see the following table of statistics. This table Includes all the marriages & baptisms whether by Mr. Ives or myself whether here or at Kau. �Kealakekua 1842 8. Kau Kealia Whole no adm. on exam. On certificate Kealakekua 1517 Total 1705 58 64 289 361 19 27 308 388 29 29 2 2 Whole no deceased 59 59 Deceased past year 11 11 Past year on ex. 72 Past year on certifi­ cate Whole no. past year 8 . 80 No dismissed to other churches Dismissed past year Suspended past year 2 91 93 Remain suspended 2 120 122 Excommunicated past year 2 47 49 Remain excom. 2 106 108 914 1553 614 614 447 # Whole num. in reg. stand.#192 No chiln. baptized 83 Baptized past year Whole num. of chiln. deceased not known Marriages past year Average congregation Whole num. excommuni­ cated Excommunicated restored 83 70 1200 800 2 past year 1400 125 127 12 # This does not include those who reside in Kau but have not yet been dismissed from the chh. at Hilo also some from this place who will remain permanently in Kau. of the three chhs. formerly one chh. [Unsigned; C. Forbes] �To the Moderator of the General Meeting to he convened at Honolulu May 1 8 42. Sir Our reasons for not attending this year are these. now to abundantly own our labors. God seems There is not a tour I make but what numbers of new ones are brought onto the list of enquirers & our meet­ ings are filled to overflowing. A Catholic priest here too is visit­ ing from village to village & drawing after him whatever he is able. Bro. Forbes has divided off the field into three different churches viz; one here, one at Kapalilua & one at Kau. My labors have been confined mostly to Kapalilua. in that district is not quite 2 0 0 0 . The population I have now on my list of enquirers above 400 & above 120 have recently been connected with the church. One whole district where we had a school last year of 30 scholars among whom were 8 readers has gone over to the C a t h o l i c s . A large number has also turned to them at another village about 10 miles this side. Four church members have also joined them. But there are many church members that were in a deep sleep & whom we could not but w ish out of the church that are now awake & ready for every good work. Two of the Catholics that have been bapetemoed have joined our enquiry list. Also a boy that had been bapetemoed has been persuaded to leave them & been got into school; & a sick man that had been bapetemoed for the sake of being cured, says that he intends to have nothing more to do with them. The revival has extended about these Catholic villages & into their midst so that instances are frequent where the husband is divided against the wife, the father against the son &c. In our labors with the catholics we drop all disputed points & labor to impress upon them the idea that there is no salvation except by a purity of heart & newness of life. They give a verbal assent �Kealakekua 1842 2. to this kind of instruction & frequently acknowledge with an expression that tells more than words that they are in the broad road to death. It has been our object to carry the gospel into their midst by such a life in its followers & such an energy in its word that Cathol­ icism could not stand before it. With this object in view we commenced at the church & after arous­ ing them, set the most prominent ones among them to work to turn sin­ ners to the truth. The blessed influence has been carried into every village & to almost every house, & we were in hopes that it would eventually be­ come so powerful that Catholicism would yield. with this narration. But I must stop short Mrs. Ives' health has suffered from my absence & my labors in that region must be suspended. Bro. Forbes has divided it off into a church by itself & requested me to become its pastor; but in consequence of Mr s . Ives’ ill health, I cannot reasonably consent. The nearest borders to that field is 7 miles distant & if I take it & live where we now do my whole time must be spent away from my family. If therefore we take that church & field we must build. But if we build both Mrs. Ives & myself prefer to go to Punaluu a village in the eastern part of Kau. Our reasons for this are the following. The field at Kapalilua extends along a sea coast of 20 miles & sometime 4 or 8 miles inland up a mountain. The villages there can be reached only by canoes & there is doubtless no place in consequence of bad landing where a meeting house will ever be built except near the two extremities of the field. Kealia lying entirely at this extremity ( !) is the most convenient place where the people may assemble. That is the spot where one would build. I could not think of reaching �Kealakekua 1842 from that place the people some of whom live 25 miles distant without being from home much of the time. I must spend a part of my Sabbaths & week-days at the other extremity of the field. And besides for Mrs. Ives to recover her health or keep it where it is, she needs daily o u t d o o r exercise. She wants opportunity either of riding on horseback or working in a garden. B u t there are no roads at Kealia for a horse to go nor Is there a probability that there will be any. There is also no place there for a garden - the soil being composed of lava rocks & dry dust. Were there no Catholics in the field & the chiefs friendly one man might by sanding out native help stay at home & take care of the field. But when there are Catholic priests going from village to village & chiefs often ready to assist them it needs some one that can go himself - that can leave home at any moment & be gone for days. You put us down at Kealia & you consign one half of that people to the Catholics & Mrs. Ives probably to a premature grave. It is our request to be stationed at Punaluu if in the opinion of Mrs. Ives' physician that place will answer. Bro. Paris has above 4000 people in his field about the same number that both Bro. Forbes & I have. Punaluu is situated on the shore 18 miles from his place & the field there would take in not quite half of the population. I should not infringe upon Bro. Paris & have about the same number of people that I should have at Kealia. With these I could come in daily contact without being absent over night from my family. Mrs. Ives could keep her health by taking exercise either on horse back or in the garden. It ought not to be overlooked that the people at Kau are very ignorant & that Catholicism there will take rank hold. Especially is such the case about Punaluu. We had never before Bro. Paris' arrival been able to get a deacon �Kealakekua 1842 4. or teacher who would stay there & oversee things. The last man that Bro. Forbes put there w as enticed away by the Governor to Hilo. You can easily perceive the need of a missionary being put there immediately. A Catholic priest is now in Kau going from village to village doing what he is able. We look to you for di­ rection to know where we can best apply our little energies against the beast. Would you approve of our going to Punaluu & putting up a small stone house this year with the idea of enlarging it the next, Mrs. Ives would either stay where she now is or with Sister Paris while the house is going up. The air at Punaluu Is cooler than it is here, the winds are more strong but the rains are not frequent. I trust that the mission will not forget to give a grant for putting up the building which has been commenced at Waiohinu. We all see that that station whether another one is taken or not must be sustained. And Bro. Paris' time, even if he leaves, cannot be better employed than in over seeing that building. The evils of living in such a place in a native house we have some of us learned by bitter experience. The weather there is far more damp than it is at Punaluu. With respect to schools I am not prepared now to report not hav­ ing recently visited many except those at Kapalilua. The present state of feeling has had a salutary effect upon them so that they are now generally doing as well & In some cases much better than they were last year. Since writing the above I have spent a Sabbath at Kealia. I have 30 more added to my list of enquirers so that there are now about 450 on the enquiry list at Kapalilua. The fields there seem already �Kealakekua 1842 white for the harvest. 5 # It does seem that if labor was followed up there w e might see; breakings up among those papists. I did resolve when I saw the promising state of things there on the Sabbath that I would go into that field again this w e e k but when I come b ack & see Mrs. Ives weak state of health I cannot go. Mrs. Forbes is no better able to be left alone than Mrs. Ives & what shall be done w i t h that field? We are not able to b e at Gen. M eeting to urge upon you the need of another laborer here, one that is able & healthy, we here in this dull way of written communication throw upon your consideration & mercy the case of those 2000 people at Kapalilua who w i t h lifted hands are n o w begging for the bread of life. Will you give them over to the beast who stands w i t h gaping jaws ready to devour them? Will y ou let the Papists come & revel there with n o influence to counteract them? Pray for us & for this people. W e also shall not cease to pray for you that the Holy Spirit may guide your deliberations, - that no root of bitterness may spring up among you; & that no subject may be discussed that may tend to lessen our love for the Board or for each other. So far as I am concerned with the Board I am ready w i t h all humiliation for past offences to meet them as my Brethren & my Fathers & confess to them my errors & beg of the God of mercy that he would strengthen us together in the same band. We need such an influence. It is B a b y l o n the great that we are endeavoring to besiege; neither is he revelling in drunkenness with his gates unguarded. Ought w e not to look above for strength w i t h an importunity that takes no denial. I have a w o r d with respect to Gen. Meetings. Could not business �Kealakekua 1842 6 . be done by delegates or in some other way so as to take less time & expense? It has been now three years since we have been to Gen­ eral Meeting & I may not very soon be appointed to attend a delegate meeting; yet I would give my vote with all my heart for delegate meetings. Will the brethren at Honolulu wh o see the importance of such a & move b e restrained by feelings of delicacy from urging it; will those who are wise to see far into such matters & who doubtless would be the ones to be appointed for delegates be restrained on this sub­ ject from false delicacy or fear of responsibility? W hy on this as well as on every other subject ought [we] to deliberate w i t h an eye single to the glory of God. It is perhaps a question worth asking whether such a move would not make our calls for money, meet with a more hearty response from the Board & the churches. To conclude - The arrival of the L'Artamise ( !) drew the eyes of the Christian world upon us & they are now fixed here to see what shall be the result. I have not the least doubt from the Bible & f r o m what my eyes have lately seen, that if w e gird ourselves with all our might to the work but that the result will be exactly w h a t we may wish, Respectfully Yours Mark I v e s . Kealakekua April 4th 1842 �Kealakekua Apl 29/43 Dear Bro Ives, I have had several opportunities for writing but have been so hurried that I have written little. to labor w i t h comfortable health. ever since you left. The Lord permits me still Wife has been on the invalid list She does not appear so well as before we left home in the fall. Keawepaaikamaha is no more she was sick when you left. Mahue kept an open house & mistresses for those caps & their men who left when you did. her. I do not know that Cap W v isited There is a good deal of interest and I fear a good deal of want of interest among the chh. memr s . The sab. school keeps up well and I believe the other schools do also. in since you left. spreading popery. There has been a french ship I have not heard that they took any interest in But they had r u m . but none of them with r u m , 4 other American ships have b e e n in I am trying to get these roads mended. Tell bro Paris I have sent for the crowbar as I found it almost im­ possible to get along without it. If he needs one he h a d better get a new one as we will often need this at the station. I took the liberty to get one of your koa boards and 9 feet of white pine to finish two doors I am getting Barrett to make, for a native house I am putting up. Naipu & wife live in your native house and profess to take good care of the holoholonas [animals] & the yard, I believe he d o gs pretty well. You will soon no w be in the toil of gen. m. to do all things right & (?) for his g l o r y . M a y God give grace I hope to see you home by the first of June & yet cannot say my hope is strong as my desire, when I look at previous years. �C . Forbes to M. Ives . 1843 2. I was obliged to hurry off my report and fear there are errors in the statistical p a r t . Will you be so kind as to examine and compare it with the following and correct that by this Church at Kealakekua Whole no. ad. on exam ” " " " certificate On certif past year Whole no. past year dismissed to other chhs past yr ) including Kealia memrs ) Members in Kau now dismissed Whole no. dismissed to other chhs. Whole no. i n regular standing 2054 70 Kealia 355 570 513 513 1083 558) 165) 752 1156 1057 6 The above are the points i n which I suspect I have miscalculated. I w d thank you to examine them and put it straight before it goes to the hands of a committee. All the above may not differ from the first report, but I put them down not being certain. Love to Sisr Ives & the chil n . Mrs. F. will probably write Sister I. Very truly your bro C . Forbes �Report Apl 1843 During the past year God has blessed us in many ways. Atten­ tion t o meetings and the preached word has continued with interest through the year. It was impossible to collect our people into one c o n g r e g a t i o n . The field was therefore divided into three congregations. lakekua ranging from 1000 to 1500 on the Sab. 800 on the Sab. bath meetings. One at Kea­ One at Kealia of about One at Kapalilua of about 500. These are stated sab­ There are besides them occasional meetings h e l d by deacons i n the school houses in out districts. Kealakekua is supplied by Bro Ives & myself and the outposts visi­ ted by one of us once a month. In our absence they are supplied by natives. We have one native assistant who devotes his whole time to labor­ ing at the out posts, and receives a regular monthly compensation from the monthly concert. We have found the labors to increase on our hands, so that much was necessarily left undone, Early in the year I perceived symptoms of debility and soon found that I could not sustain the 4 services of the Sab. sermons; the sab. school and a Bible class. That is two Most of the labor therefore fell on bro Ives after the first of September. Early in November I left home with my family being advised by our physician to leave my labors. For 4 months I was absent from the sta­ tion, During which time bro Ives labored alone. I feel called on here to express my deep sense of the kindness shorn to me and my family by the brethren at the different stations I visited. grateful. For their many acts of kindness I trust I shall ever feel �Kealakekua 1843 2. Early in March, God permitted us to return to our post, w i t h my health much improved, and to enter once more on our labor. The various means employed to spread the gospel among the people, have been preach­ ing, sab. schools, bible-classes, concerts, visiting &c. Our Sab. school at the station numbers 420 and has averaged about 3 4 0 The sab school at Kealia averages 120 chiln . about 90 chiln . children. The one at Kapalilua In these schools the children commit & recite the catechism & hymns. Monthly concert Our monthly concert has been regularly observed In each of the three congregations and frequently contributions made. Indeed we hold it up to them as a principle that it is every Christian's duty to do all he can for the spread of Christs gospel. past year amount to $121.32 nominally. The contributions of the This was contributed chiefly by the women, and applied in various ways to spread the gospel. The male chh. members have built five meeting houses during the year, one of them is laid up in stone & lime, and one with merely dry stone walls. The other three are grass houses. A few days of government work were laid out on them. Pop ery has made very little if any progress in the field, during the year. Near a year ago I passed t h r o u g h the. whole field & took down the names of every papist man woman & child & found the whole number from Kau to the borders [ of] bro Thurston's field to be about 2 9 0 . This includes parents and Children, so that they cannot have over 150 adults in this field. During the past year I can learn of not more than ten who have joined them from this field, members of our churches. 3 or 4 of those had been Of the candidates admitted by us the past year 9 had been papists & left them. So far as our experience goes, rigid discipline has no tendency to drive our people to the papists. On the �Kealakekua 1843 3. contrary I believe a more lax discipline would bring us so near the papists that many would slide over almost imperceptibly. It should never be forgotten however that the wolf is among the sheep and that too in sheep's clothing. at every opportunity. He is only waiting to destroy Here we are w i t h two churches scattered over a country 40 miles in extent very bad travelling, only a part of it a c ­ cessible on horseback and only two feeble missionaries for the whole field, where there is work enough to exhaust the energies of men. 4 hale We have felt greatly relieved the past year that the mission has taken Kau off our shoulders. labors alone. But what is to be done? There bro Paris Will not the mission do h im the justice, and the people, the 4000 people in that extremity of the earthy the kindness to appoint h i m an associate. Among all the brethren who shall assemble at Honolulu is there one who w i l l take up his cross and go labor single handed and houseless in Kau? If there be, let h i m show his faith b y his works. I would here say that we at this station are concerned, in getting goods safely to Kau, -which may be landed here or at Kailua for bro P. It will be the duty of the mission to make provision for that additional expense ( !). If we are to attend to that duty, and I do not see but we must, the mission must provide us the means. It will rarely be safe to convey dry goods on a single canoe & we have no double canoe. Statistics of our churches Whole no. admitted on examination " " " on certificate " " " on examination past year " " " on certificate past year Whole number past yr Whole no. dismissed Dismissed past year Whole no. deceased Deceased past year Excommunicated past yr At Kealakekua Kealia 2054 70 349 510 505 570 6 355 66 37 83 24 5 8 575 9 9 7 7 3 �Kealakekua 4 1843 Remain excom. Whole n o . excomm. Remain Suspended Whole numr in reg. standg. Whole no. children baptized Baptized the past year Marriages W h ole number of children who are in our Sab. schools Average attendance of childn 102 130 31 1619 707 93 3 3 7 1049 142 142 51 750 550 C . Forbes �Report of Station at Kealakekua for Year endg May 1, 1844 Through the goodness of God w e have been permitted to spend another year at our post. during the year. No serious occurrence has interrupted our labors But we have been able to pursue our accustomed duties. Although there has not been that general and deep interest throughout the field which characterized the 4 preceding years; still we have had evidence of the holy Spirit's presence. God has not left us without the cheering tokens of his blessing on the truth. wanderers have been reclaimed. Many backsliders & Many of the wicked profess to have r e ­ nounced their errors and embraced the gospel, and. many in the c h h . manifestly grow i n grace. But the vast labor of instructing 2000 chh. members without any efficient aid from the members is sufficient for five pastors and cannot be performed by two! Twere folly to pretend it. The people are not fed they are starved of necessity, It is not therefore strange that so few grow i n knowledge & grace and even those few grow so tar­ dily . Neither is It strange that multitudes around us are fascinated by the pomp of popery, seeing they get so little from any other source. Popery promises them everything they want in this life & the life to come, full indulgence here and full salvation hereafter; no matter that they cannot perform what they promise. and that is all they desire. They ensnare the people The priests themselves apparently keep quiet, but their emissaries are continually prowling about, seeking whom they may devour. They are doubtless well recompensed for every proselyte they make. I have known the priest to make large offers of money to some if they would turn and teach school for him. One kono- hiki has spent most of the year In missionating ( !) for the priest, with no small share of Jesuitical cunning, leaving his lands to labor for the ’ ’ pelani" . If any protestant konohiki sh ould do so for Christ's sake he would soon be ejected; yet the lands �Kealakekua 2. 1844 of the above papist are held by Protestants. The schools in our field have b e e n maintained during the year, by main effort on our part and self denial on the part of the teachers. More than once would they have abandoned their thankless office had we not interposed. W hat little pay they did get was often an imposition, being such unavailable govt funds as no other agent of govt would accept, worthless remnants of cotton or old motheaten tapas, or hogs at double price or food in the ground which the very mice no longer cared for. A r e not worthy teachers as important to this govt as secretaries & subsecretaries of foreign affairs? Then why is the one endowed with a fat income while the other is starved? N ay; by govt agents shaved of what the law declares to be his due. Either the unfaithfulness of lunas, or the inconsistency of the school laws, or both together, have done much to disaffect both parents & children in this region. The laws are indefinite or the lunas make them so, and there is dissatisfaction both with parents & teachers. This people have not breathed the air of civilization long enough, to feel the importance of educating their children, hence when protestant lunas and protestant teachers exact of them l / 2 a d o l l . each for the teachers support a feeling of repulsion & disaffection is at once pro­ duced. The odium wh i c h ever follows exactions, falls on the teacher, because he or his agents must collect the tax. The feeling is soon caught by the children, who join with their rents, and their teacher is regarded as an oppressor instead of a friend & instructor. Close by is a thing called a school where some fellow teaches his class to cross themselves and chant prayers to Mary. He asks no pay from t he parents, and taking advantage of the excitement produced by the zeal of the luna and the teacher to collect the "tithes" , very generously offers to teach gratuitously all who will go to his school. (The �Kealakekua 1844 3. evil is the lunas recognize such, cabals as schools) To avoid the tax & evade the law which requires every child to go to school, multitudes of children come under the papists & enter their “s chools." Thus it is the direct efforts of protestant lunas drive the childn to popery. Hence popery is increasing among us. Aside from the above cause I have n ot known of one person of any moral principle, joining the pa­ pists . We have 4 sabbath schools in the field, one at the station with 400 chiln enrolled the average attendance is about 320 others which, embrace about 300 children. There are three It is among the children we must look for the permanent influence of the gospel, from them just come the future members of our churches and if they cannot be kept under the influence of the gospel, we comparatively labor in vain. On this subject the papists are cunning and strive principally to get the affections of the childn . We need more some system to retain the affections & confidence of the children than we need the a r m of the law. Statistics of the chhs. At K e a l a k e k u a ______ ______________ 2096 Whole number admitted on examination 78 Whole no on certificate 42 Past year on examination 8 Past year on certificate 50 Whole number past y e a r 768 Whole no, dismissed to other chhs 16 Dismissed past year 117 Whole no. deceased 34 Deceased past year 43 Remaining under discipline 24 Excommunicated past year 154 Whole number excommunicated 122 Remain excommunicated 1089 Whole no. in regular standing 62 Marriages past year in the whole field and________Kealia_____ 586 513 16 - 16 12 3 36 29 60 16 19 17 965 I w i s h here to record my vote in favor of nothing being done at the Seminary L . L . in any department unless it can be done thoroughly. If a ten years course be necessary for doing the w o r k thoroughly �Kealakekua 1844 4. I hope the mission w i l l instruct the professors to keep the boys years. 10 We have had children's play long enough. I also record my vote in favor of teaching the b oys English not to smatter a little, b ut to understand what they read and hear in English. effort. Thus will we have teachers and Theologians worthy of our It is better to do less and do it well than spoil all. Request I proposed last year to put a thatch roof on my house, but have altered my mind & design putting on shingles. 1. Because a shingle roof will be permanent. 2. It will be much more comfortable. 3. It will furnish us with fresh w ater most of the year, which of itself Is a sufficient reason here where there are neither wells nor streams. Of the sum granted last year I saved a part from repairs and have expended i t in getting part of the materials for a shingle roof. Having made a calculation I suppose $150 more will enable me to finish it. My request now is that the Mission will grant me this year the sum of $5150 to put a shingle roof on my house and keep the rain out. All which is respectfully submitted this 1st day of May 1844 C . Forbes �Report of South Kona Hawaii [Kealakekua] During the latter part of the year 1846 the state of religion was d i s c o u r a g i n g ( !) and the schools have not recovered from the in­ fluence of the famine the previous year. For more than a year past the moral aspect has been more cheering. Teachers have been more en- ergetic, more willing to pay for books, scholars have shown a commen­ dable zeal for improvement. And although a debt of eight hundred dollars hung as a weight upon the officers of the school fund, more than five hundred of said debt has been paid off, without suspending the schools or Interfering w i t h the claims of the present teachers. For a few months past meetings have been more fully attended, and many backsliders have returned, about 50 of whom have been received back to the church. Meetings on the Sabbath are sustained in seven different villages, and are attended by about eleven or twelve hundred persons. The deacons who conduct these several meetings are in the habit of meeting their pastor once a week, in order to talk over their duties, and also to receive doctrinal instruction. The schools have usually been examined b y t h e pastor once in three months. Statistics of the two churches at Kealakekua and Kealia - South Kona Whole no on examination at " Certificate Past two years on examination Past two years on certificate Whole no dismissed to other churches Dismissed the p a s t two years Whole no died Suspended past two years Hawaii Kealakekua Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Keala Kealia Keala --Kealia 2107 587 94 513 3 5 18 0 795 30 34 20 315 200 6 14 �Kealakekua 1846 2. Remain suspended R estored to church, fellowship past year Excommunicated past two years Whole n o excommunicated Whole no in regular standing Marriages past two years Keala, Kealia Keala, Kealia Keala, Kealia Kealakekua Kealia Keala, Kealia W h o l e no of scholars last examination about 200 of them were Papists 167 100 50 3 8 0 183 68 714 715 50 996 Average attendance on the Sabbath at Kealakekua from 200 to 250 Including all the out station from 1100 to 1200 — Mary A Ives �Report of the Station at Kealakekua [1846] We have to acknowledge the goodness of an overruling Providence in preserving the lives of all at our station the past two years; t h o ' in the mean time we have become two bands. Shortly after our return from General Meeting 1844 the health of our associates was such that they were obliged to journey for their health which left us alone at the station. The health of my family in the mean time was such that I was u n ­ able to leave them to labor much at Kealia over which church I had recently been appointed pastor. I spent my time mostly in holding meet i n g s &c. among the people at Kealakekua not going more than once or twice to Kealia expecting shortly the return of our associates which in their visit to Hilo & Honolulu was protracted till the 5th of Decem­ ber. At the time of their return we h a d a plentiful rain which flooded our streets for the t ime being with water. till the 15th of F e b ., we h a d no rain. F r o m that time We had however on the 19th of D e c . a terrific confligration ( !) which almost instantly levelled 13 houses with t h e ground including our canoe house canoe & other property. It was i n that part of t h e village where boats from whale ships gener­ ally land & where in shipping season may be seen at most all hours of the day idle natives in great numbers mingled with foreigners & spending their time in anything but imparting & receiving good. The drouth aforementioned was followed by the epidemic common to all the islands & by a scarcity of provisions scarcely before known even at Kealakekua. The consequence was that numbers flocked away to Kau & other places where they found sustenance & among the rest our dear associates visited with the judgements that seemed to rest on that unhappy place �Kealakekua 1846 2. made good their retreat apparently to their no small advantage. During the winter of 1844 & -5 I spent most of my time in visiting through the field of Kealia but divine truth was not received with that i nterest that it was the year before. The people not having had much effort made among them except by natives had sunk down in a measure to indifference from which nothing but God's Spirit seemed able to arouse them. On the last Sabbath in June 1845 all the people both of Kealia & Kealakekua were requested to be present when the Lord's supper was administered. Bro Forbes not able to say much, made a few closing remarks, & bid the people farewell telling them that I was hereafter to b e their pastor. To tell the truth the very unusual amount of secular business at the station together w i t h my own ill health a part of the time & also that of Mrs. Ives have consumed about all my time the past year. In the prevailing epidemic a year since Mrs. Ives was attacked with rheumatic pains in her teeth & face, which came on afterwards at inter­ vals & h e l d on for weeks in succession producing pain through the day & wakefulness through the night. After trying the medicines of our physician & the different ph y ­ sicians that visited our house from whale ships & in Jan last the bracing air of W aiohinu together with the journey thither & b a c k her health has been restored. Perhaps she has not enjoyed better health since she has been at the station than a few months past t h o ' she is not vigorous. She has been able in this time besides her domestic concerns to attend a weekly meeting with the women. My own health during last summer & fall was poor but for several months past it has been very good. I have been able to preach twice on the Sabbath, attend the Sabbath school, preach �3. once in English, when the seamen were in, attend the Wednesday meeting at the station & a meeting with the deacons on Thursday & occasionally meetings at a distance. On Bro. F o rbes’ leaving, as our house was in a very leaky condi­ tion, we moved into his & we have during the past year finished an additional building the walls of which had previously b e e n laid up by him. We have also built a cistern at the expense of about $30 that holds 110 barrels which appears tight & durably. This together with a smaller one that w e think we can now build for less than half that expense will furnish us a b u n d a n t water for most of the year for both ourselves & cattle. 2 This appears to us a great luxury as we have been obliged for months in succession the past year to depend upon whale ships for our drinking water the people who lived 8 miles distant where we were accustomed to send in former dry seasons for water now came down past our house for the purpose of getting brackish water. very little rain for seven months. Indeed we had but It is now impossible for many of the natives to get taro & p o t a t o tops to start their plantations; such has been the devastation. A spark of fire dropped ( !) into the leaves would immediately kindle & the consequence was that the country from Onouli to Kapua & onwards a distance of 30 miles Including all our arable land except here & there a small patch where the owner with uncommon vigor defended it, was burnt over & the food thoroughly baked. Often the man after watching his plantation a whole night would leave it supposing it past danger when some sudden turn of the wind would change the direction of the fire, & before he could again reach It, his whole plantation be consumed. Never before have the people at Kealakekua experienced such a famine as now, the severities of w h i c h they were feeling when I left them. �Kealakekua 1846 4. Money has no power to command food. Our governess undertook to remedy the evils of the famine by giving orders to the constables, as they report, that all food offered for sale below such a price should be forfeited. the market. As for t he products of plantations there were none for A native ventured along w i t h some sticks of the fernroot 5 of which he sold for a dollar & immediately there was a seizure by the constable. for weeks. That was the last of food's being bought or sold there Finally some natives from Kohala hearing of our truly dis­ tressing condition came down w i t h a canoe load of poi taro. They were met by canoes in the bay & most of it sold before they reached the shore. They landed however 11 bunches of it weighing mostly from 20 to 24 lbs per bunch & deposited it w i t h their friends. The constable however heard that it was to b e sold for 25 cts per bunch & he seized the whole & threatened also to seize the owner's canoe. in this case. Our constables are not always as efficient as they were Most of our criminals are confined for the sin of adul­ tery & the only overseer they have is a man who has just worked out his time for the same offence & the fiends of Hell could not ask for more unrestrained liberty than they have with a constable living on about every side of t h e m & the judge but a few rods distant. When however money tempts they sometimes venture out as in the case of a runaway sailor whom they laid hold of & put in to t h e prison. The crews however from 7 whale ships then in port took h i m out & so scared the constables that they all concealed themselves among the rocks. N ot a constable was to be found that night in all that region. As to schools we have nothing encouraging - the teachers are poor­ ly paid & they with the children are now for the most part scattered here & there hunting for something to eat. �Kealakekua 1846 5 . The following are the statistics of the schools. Number of children in the whole field including papists Protestants Gone to the papists with the two or three past years Gone to Lahaina & Oahu (This was taken some weeks past) Deaths during the past year , Of the 762 Protestants there are Boys Girls Schools That on an average attend Readers Writers In Geography M e n t . Arith Written Arith 857 762 35 150 10 399 363 25 410 318 150 125 266 56 There has been a decrease of children in our field the last 5 years of upwards of 250. This has been occasioned partly by removals but the teachers say that older scholars get married off & there are not small children enough to come in to supply their places. population in our field is diminishing. among us where it is on the increase. The There is no place probably Kaawaloa which in 1835 numbered 460 inhabitants has n o w only 160 either on the land or considered as belonging to it. Onouli a large land adjoining it has experienced about the same diminution. The famines too are thinning off our in­ habitants. There are two or three vessels constantly plying between our place & Oahu & every vessel that left for several weeks was loaded down with passengers so as scarcely to afford a foot room for the captain. But a part of these will ever get back. They are trusted for their fare to Oahu & when they return they are required to pay the fare for both ways. Their lands in the mean time lying uncultivated they w i l l have nothing to eat should they return; besides the tendency so strong to the descendants of Adam to crowd to the metropolis. �K e a l a k e k u a 1 8 4 6 6. Concerning church, affairs myself not being the regular pastor at Kealakekua we have got along with making no innovations either as to the church covenant or the manner of discipline & with disciplining as little as possible. There has however been a very great lack of attending meetings contributing at monthly concerts & a great prevalence of smoking with its concomitant evils. We have within the last year had 32 whale ships anchor in the bay some of which we liked to see & others with an abun­ dance of r um & spending weeks in port w i t h nothing to do b u t practice iniquity . The church statistics for Kealakekua are as follows. Whole No received to the church on examination On certificate Past two years on examination Past year Past two years on certificate Past year W h ole No in two years Whole No dismissed to other churches Past two years Past year Whole No deceased Deceased past 2 years Suspended past 2 years Past year Remain suspended Whole No excommunicated Remain excommunicated Excommunicated the past 2 years Past year Whole No in regular standing Baptized the past 2 years Past year Married by me the past 2 years Average No of cong. on the Sabbath # Average cong. in the morning 180 The congregation varies from 60 to 200. One cause of the decrease of our congregation is: crease of the inhabitants. 2,107 88 11 None 10 None 21 779 12 5 206 89 273 184 229 178 175 24 3 -715 69 1 36 140# the great d e ­ Another is that we have other meetings in different parts of the field. There are now seven places where meetings are held on t h e Sabbath besides the one at the station. �Kealakekua 1846 7. Another cause Is the stupidity of the people. We have disciplined as little as possible & not get out of the beaten track. There are now 234 whose names are given that have been reported to me as openly smoking tobacco in in ( !) direct violation of their covenant engage­ ment & generally as absenting themselves on the Sabbath f r o m the worship of God. Had they been called up before the church session & examined as others both n ow & in former years have been they w o u l d probably have stood suspended. The church Statistics for Kealia are as follows Whole No received on examination On certificate Past two years on examination On certificate Whole No past two years Whole No dismissed to other churches Past 2 years Whole No deceased Deceased past 2 years Suspended past 2 years Remain suspended Whole No excommunicated Excommunicated past 2 years Remain excommunicated Whole No in regular standing Whole No children b a p t i z e d Baptized past 2 years 586 513 None None None 16 4 105 69 59 100 68 49 67 782 268 There are n ow 51 in Kealia church that are reported as openly smoking, tobacco in violation of their covenant engagement & universally absenting themselves on the Sabbath from the worship of God. Had not their scattered state & my distance from t h e m prevented they would ere this have been brought to trial. I have recently visited the places where they live but they & the deacons were scattered searching for food. May the great Ruler of the church open the windows of heaven & there pour us out a blessing so that shall not be room enough to receive It. Kealakekua May 9 - 1846 Mark Ives �Kealakekua Sept. 19 1847. Dear Brother Chamberlain, I have just received your letter & am glad to see a line once more from you. The Lord indeed had graciously spared your life to your family. This loving'- kindness & tender mercies to those who trust in him are manifold. The statistics which you request in your letter I must say I am not pre­ pared to give. This large church or rather these two large churches when I look at them, hang upon me as a heavy weight, an undesirable weight. now has been so for months back. This if not the case When we received orders from the rooms & from the Depository to give the s t a t i s t i c s [!] I had then been obliged to spend several weeks at Maui in consequence of the health of my family & I did not think it possible in accordance with my other duties to make out those statist i c s [ ! ] & I have not attempted it.[Written in the left margin, sideways]: Give our love to James. We remember his visit here with pleasure.[End] This is not a d e s i r a b l e state of things to be sure. The field is long & the people scattered, & we live nearly in one end of it. I have the [ ? ] s t a t i s t i c s [ !] for nearly one half of the field & the rest are nearly as they were 18 months ago. Our kahu kula has been so unwell as not to be abl[e] to do any thing & I have taken much of t h a t mark onto my own h a n d s . Our schools are backward. work. T h o ' we do so little yet we feel happy in our I have for a few weeks passed been from village to village & from person to person to persuade them to repentance, & my labors have been kindly received. When I read the account of Mr. Armstrong's death,[Note: Probably means William Richards, who died in 1847; Richard Armstrong died in 1860], I said, he was a good man & I felt inclined to wake up & do more for my Blessed Redeemer. When I met with Mr. Paris & read his account of his wife's death I said Oh that I might be prepared to die. I spent the last week in examining schools & had a communion season yesterday in the remotest part of the field. I shall be ready at the end of this week, D.V. to give more full statist tics of schools in our field than any I have now on hand. I would then if that would answe r make out something as statistics from the church. think that we feel discouraged. You are not to Our last communion season at the station was the fullest we have had since Mr. Forbes left & my meetings out have of late �Ives 2. have of l a t e [ !] been filled of the people attending. M a y the Lord makeus willing to labor where he would have us & do all his will & may he bless you; your family & at last gather us all into his kingdom, M esshe's [Mrs. ] unites with me in very kind regards to Sister Chamberlain with y o u r s e l f &children. Your Brother Mark Ives. [Written on other side of page]: Mark Ives Sep. 27 1847 M r . Levi Chamberlain Honolulu, Oahu. �The Report of the churches at Kealakekua & Kealia for 1848-49 The circumstances under which the missionary year of which the following is a re­ port, was begun by us, were in many respects peculiar. of our own to provide for. A new relation. A family A new field of labor in many respects different from the one we were called to leave by the vote of the Mission. A strange people with whom it was necessary to become acquainted before we could expect to do them much good, and no fellow laborer with whom [we[ might consult in times of perplexity, & doubt. In the midst of these to us novel circumstances we have not been without the tokens of His favor who has said "I will never leave thee no r forsake thee" Three days after the adjournment of out last Gen. meeting I was on my way to Kauai to remove my effects. Being absent one week I was again at Honolulu ready to de­ part to the scenes of my future labor. By the first opportunity which occurred the following week set sail for Hawaii and arrived there after four days having spent a part of a day with our friends at Lahaina with much pleasure to o u r s e l v e s . Made more so from the fact that we met there perhaps for the last time on this side of the grave, all the members of our reenforcement. Having arrived at Kealakekua bay we were met by Capt. Cummings, a resident of that place who shewed [!] us all the attentions which one stranger could shew to others - soon we were surrounded by a multitude of natives who came to see, & say 'aloha' to their new teachers, wnd on whose account some of them the week previous had kept a day of fasting & prayer. There were some of the best members of the church and persons in whom we have found warm friends from that time till the present. stances of their observing this day were these. The circum­ Knowing that they had had five missionaries to labor among them, they were in doubt whether they would have another one sent them. Some of the Deacons of the church met to consult in regard to the matter & resolved to request the church to set a part a day upon which to beseech God not to forsake them but to send them another Teacher. Having thus be­ sought God, they received us as coming to them in answer to their prayers. partaken of the Having hospitality of Cap. Cummings we prepared to go up to the house which was hereafter to be our home. Being lead by a man with a lantern for it was now dark we soon reached the place. Having dismissed the natives who followed us to our abode, I received from them a hearty "aloha" we sought a place on which to rest our weary limbs. The next morning found us surrounded by the same kind hearted men who had proposed to keep the day of fasting and prayer for a teacher. These volunteered to carry our "ukana” [luggage] a mile. from the vessel, a distance of This they did carrying them all upon their shoulders although some of the articles were so heavy that four or six men were required to carry them. D u r i n g this day we were welcomed by many who came with their "taro" potatoes, m e l o n s & to say "aloha." The Sab. came, the congregation was large, for natives �Station report, Kealakekua & Kealia, 1848-49, Pogue page 2 had come from all parts of the field, thus it continued for several succeeding Sab. after which those who resided at some distance from the station remained at their own places, & worshiped in their own house of prayer as they were accustomed to do before, so that the congregation at the station was much diminished. a goodly number who came together. There were however still From that time till this the congregations on the A . M. of the Sab. have not varied much except on communion Sab. The cong. in the P. M. have been more variable, as well as the meetings on week days. The attendance upon public worship at the out stations is much larger than at the station. therefore spent almost every second Sab. invariably met with large & attentive I have at some one or other of these where I have congregations. On Thursday of each week I have h a d a meeting with the Deacons of the church many of whom come from 10 to 15. miles over the clinkers to attend, and go forth on the sabbath to impart to others some of the instruction which they may have received at this meeting. This meeting was well attended until the measles broke out among us, & those who attended appeared to be interested. I am not without hope that some good has been done on these occasions. At the same time that I have had this meeting with the Deacons, Mrs. P. has held a similar one with the Deaconesses. The followers of theman of sin are more awake here than I found them in my former field. They are active, & in some places have influence tho. I do not think they are making many proselytes. a few, but in others some have left them. In some places they may have gained No members of our church in regular standing to my knowledge have gone over to them. The Sabbath school is well attended, but there is not that solemnity of feeling among the scholars which I would be glad to see. During most, of the year Mrs. P. has had a class of young women connected with this school. The contributions for be­ nevolent purposes have been small, tho. the people do something every month in this way. They have contributed twenty dollars towards the church at Waimea Kauai. thatched meeting house has been built A & some preparations have been made towards building a permanent house of worship at one of the out stations; besides these, various articles have been contributed which have not yet been turned into money. Some church members have been suspended for drinking a liquor made of sweet potatoes. I do not think this evil exists to any great extent tho. I feared at one time that it did. We have restored to the church during the past year 17 persons, has been received by letter, 2 are now propounded for admission. We have cut off from the church for the crime of adultery 6 persons, have suspended for drinking a liquor made of potatoes 5 persons, & for smoking & theft 3 persons. to other churches, & 59 members were Deacons. 16 have been dismissed in regular standing in the church have died 3 of whom I have baptised 23 children & married 46 couple [!] In common with other parts of the islands this field has suffered much from sickness. First the measles - secondly the dysentery - thirdly the whooping cough, & then the influenza- �Station report, Kealakekua & Kealia, 1848-49, Pogue page 3 During the prevalence of these diseases there was much real suffering among the people for the want of the comforts, & even the necessaries of life, frequently all of family being sick, & no one able to aid another. a In this time of distress our hearts were often caused to bleed by seeing the people one after another going to the grave, & to the bar of God as we feared with no preparation, but we were often made more sad, if possible by seeing those who were left so stupid, & unaffected. number of deaths in the field during The this year has been 283, & the births 32. It is very evident that the Lord has a controversy with the nation, & that the people are a doomed race, this being the fact it seems to me that the Teachers of the people have a great work to do in a very short time. Our worthy directors are exhorting us to do up the Missionary work among this people, as millions of others are starving for the bread of life, & it is proper that they should urge us forward, but I for one fear that God himself has taken the work into his own hands & that He will make a short work of it by cutting off the nation. However should this be the case I see no reason why we should leave them all to go down to hell unwarned and unlabored f o r , but this should only be a stronger incentive to lead us, if possible, to do more than we have done to save those who have been given by the Father to the Son, & for whom he gave his life a ransom. The schools are prosperous rather than otherwise. They number 27, taught by 27 teachers & containing 981 scholars, 417 o f whom are readers, 207 are learning to write, 276 are studying arithmetic. to sing. 156 are studying geography & 144 are learning The wages of the teachers ranges from 7 to 20 cents per day. debt is $173.84. The present There have been four Popish schools with 4 teachers. ranging from 4 to 9 cents per day. Their wages According to a vote passed at our last Gen. meeting in regard to numbering the people, a census of this field was taken the first week of Jan. 1849. The number of persons reported in the of deaths 283 & the number of births 32. field are 3,484. The number The no. of persons reported in the field in 1847 were 3,642 shewing a decrease of only 158 persons. But facts abundantly shew that the decrease has been very much more than this so that there must be some mistake in the census as taken in 147 or as taken the present year. STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES AT KEA LAKEKUA [!] & KEALIA FOR 1848 - 1849 On examinatipn past year 0000 Whole no. on ex 2,694 Dissmissed past year 16 Whole no. dismissed 841 Died past year 59 Whole no. deceased 574 Excluded last year 14 In regular standing according to the records 1265 *Of these there are only 655 now in the field. Where are they? Children bap. past year Whole no. "" Marriages past year Average con. at the station on the A.M. of the Sabbath Average no. who attend meeting in the field 23 46 300 1000 Respectly submitted John F. Pogue Pastor. �Report of the Station of K e a l a k e k u a (!) Ending March 31st 1851 Including two years "Thou crownest the year w i t h thy goodness” was the exclamation of D a v i d w h e n meditating upon G o d ’ s dealings w i t h him. In reviewing the season of labour included in this report we are constrained to adopt his language - These years have not passed away w i t h out encour- agement in our work, peace in our own hearts, & as we hope joy in heaven over sinners repenting - Neither have they been without seasons of darkness - perplexity & anxiety - As however we now recall these various scenes to mind, we can truly say It is good to be In the hands of so glorious & good a Being as "He who crownest the year w i t h good­ ness" . During one of these seasons of anxiety we had with us our good Bro. Wetmore, who came to our aid just In the right time, & left us rejoicing in another token of our Masters goodness to us - For the kindness of the Dr. during these days of anxiety w e feel under deep obligation The Lord has manifested his goodness to the people in granting them a large supply of the necessaries of life - They have planted largely & reaped a great Increase - so that none have have ( !) suffered with hunger - The surplus of their produce has been taken from their doors at a g o o d price, if not so high as they expected when planting, at least at a price which paid them well for their labour. The noisome pestilence has not entered our dwellings to carry away the Fathers, & Mothers - the Sons & daughters of the land by hundreds as in years past - Indeed the year has been one of general health, & the deaths have been remarkably few - In the outward aspect of our field there has been but few changes - Those however which have been made we hope may b e permanent & for the better - The road which commences at Kailua & which it is thought may some day girdle the Island has been extended south of us some 13 miles - So that we have easier access �Kealakekua 1851 2. to certain parts of our field, & may thus have more frequent intercourse with the people. Another road has been commenced extending from the Bay to the interior, this is a cart road - This road may soon be completed, & when finished will be a great improvement, as well as convenience to persons doing business in the Bay - As there has not been heretofore a cart road from the interior to the Bay The old meeting houses ready to fall upon the heads of those who worshipped in them have for the most part been removed & replaced by good stone houses laid up in mud, & straw - A decided improvement at least in appearance, & may be the means of inducing some to attend meeting who would not otherwise do so - There are a few among our people who seem to take pleasure in making their houses, & yards com­ fortable, & pleasant, but the great majority prefer to make a shew by putting all that they can earn upon their backs ~ gations on the S a b b a t h are well clothed - Hence our congre­ Even old men who formerly came to meeting with a "Kahei" [girdle; b a n d around the middle] only are n ow found clothes with coat, pants, shoes etc etc. - W e have therefore more reason to exhort our people in the words of Peter "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, & of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel" rather than to urge them to get more, or better clothing In a moral point of view we think progress has been made altho there are not so great a number reported as members of the church as there was some years since - We know no w where we are - Who are, & who are not church members in regular standing - The line between those who are, Sc those who are not in regular standing in the church is b e ­ coming wider, & wider every year There has been evidence in almost all parts of the field of the �Kealakekua 1851 3 . of the operations of the good Spirit upon the minds of the people fects lia - The word spoken in weakness has not been without its ef­ In the month of April 1850 we held a communion season at Kea­ The Lord was w i t h us word - The people gave good attention to the Some we hope were pricked in the heart, & have since found the pearl of great price - The church members were somewhat aroused - More prayer than usual was offered to Him whose arm is not short & whose ear is not heavy, b u t who is always ready to listen to the sup­ plications of his returning people. till the close of that year - This state of things continued From Kealia the work spread to other sections of the field so that a greater part of the villages have shared in this awakening. Those persons who were regarded as members of the church in good standing when I came to this place have for the most part stood firm, altho we have been called in some cases to discipline & some we have separated from the Church the church n ow is 664. The whole number in regular standing in There has been added to the church on confession of their faith 17 persons - 30 have been restored, 12 have b e e n re­ ceived from other churches - 5 have been dismissed - & 47 have been suspended The labors performed by the pastor have been preaching upon the Sab. twice - attending the Sabbath-School on the A . M . of the Sab. & the ai o ka la at noon with the parents - Attending a Meeting or school every day in the week except one - Visiting the people as health & opportunity offered, & other other ( !) Missionary Work. The meeting held with the officers of the church on Thursday of each week has been well attended - They appear to be interested in the exercises, & I hope are growing in knowledge some valuable men - Men of prayer & faith - There are among these Always ready for any �Kealakekua 1851 4 . good work. There are seven places In the field where public W orship is held every sabbath besides the meeting at the station the above places I spend every other Sabbath - At one of At other times they are supplied by persons appointed for that purpose at the Thursday meeting. 300 - The congregation at the station on Sab. A.M. will number about at the most of the out stations the congregations are larger - At the commencement of this year we removed, our Week-day Meetings to the School-house wh i c h is situated in the midst of the people since that more have attended these Meetings. Mrs. P. has kept up her regular meeting with the women for the most part, & a part of the time she has had a sewing school with the girls - The avails of which were devoted to benevolent purposes - Our contributions for benevolent purposes have increased during the past two years The first year I was in the field the people the people contributed $20, at the Monthly - Concert contributed $50. $63.10. $ 1 6 3 .35 - In 1849 they In 1850 $55.60 & 1 pile of wood worth $7.50 cash During the first 4 Mos of 1851 $ 5 0 .25 Making in all They have also given to support their pastor in 1850 $77.36 - Thus far this year they have given for this purpose $84.50 making in all for pastor $ 1 6 1 .86 - Besides this they have built four M eeting houses, & furnished them with new mats other Meeting-houses - They have also commenced two $15, has been spent on the church at the station- The whole amount contributed in cash - Meeting-houses etc. etc. would amount to something like $700. at a very low estimation mark progress - Here we can I have often been cheered by beholding not only a willingness but a strong desire to contribute out of their poverty to the building up of the Kingdom of God. In this connection I would say that there are no sermons which I preach to w h i c h the people give better attention than they do to those which pertain to the coming �Kealakekua 1851 5, of the reign of the Redeemer, & their duty to aid in the blessed work of preaching the good news to all nations. The great Majority of the children who attend day school are foun d in the Sab-S. Some of the larger Scholars however have somewhat of a feeling I have sometimes noticed in another land viz that the Sab. S. is for children - They, as they suppose, having got beyond that period of life are under no obligation to attend - The exercises of the S.S. are reciting the "Ai o ka la" - the Ui, & h y m ns ( !) from the Children's hymn book. every week. The most of the scholars commit these to memory The prosperity of the day-schools have been impeded by persons coming from other Islands, & secretly enticing the older boys away to go, & work on plantations - In a few cases their designs have been discovered, & the boys prevented from going, but many have left the schools in this way There has been a good deal of drunkenness among some of the people, from eating sour potatoes. I am happy to say however that this has not prevailed among the church members - On one Monday A.M. there were 8 persons fined for this sin, not one of whom were church members - at another time 25 were fined for the same sin, but no church member among t h em - What influence our temperance Society may have had in keeping them from indulging in this vice I cannot say I merely state the fact - The anniversary of our Tem. S o c . was held on the last day of the year 1850 100 0 It was an enthusiastic meeting - There were over persons present, & we hope good w as done There are nominally four places in the field where the Romanists hold worship upon the Sab. but for the most part they have no worship except when the Priest is with them name - Their schools are so merely in cheating the children who are under their influence out of the education they might get were they not under this influence - Their �Kealakekua 1851 ...... " 6. teachers are not competent for their work, & if the strict letter of the law was enforced would not hold their places - At the election in Jan. the Priest offered himself as a candidate for Parliment ( !), altho no subject of the Kingdom tioneered for himself at the polls many church members voted for him. learn from Kona-hema — Took the stump & elec­ He was not however elected altho Not one however so far as I can May they always he a faithful to themselves, & their country as t h e y were upon that occasion Statistics of the Church of K e a l a k e k u a From March 31st 1849 to March 31st 1850 On Examination Whole No on ex. F r o m other churches past year Whole no from other churches dismissed past year Whole No dismissed Died past year Whole No died Excluded past year " R e stored "" Remain excluded In regular standing Children bapt. Whole No Marriages past year 4 2698 75 847 35 605 30 636 11 1052 75 From March 31st 1850 to March 31st 1851 On examination Whole no on " Whole no from other Churches Past year from " " Whole no dismissed " " " " p a s t y e a r past year Died past year whole no died in good standing Excluded past y e a r Whole No remain excluded R estored past year Now in regular standing B a p . past year Whole No. ba p . Marriages past year . 13 2711 87 12 852 5 22 627 17 30 664 21 1073 49 �K ealakekua 1851 Statistics of Protestant Schools Schools 24 Teachers 24 Scholars 841 Readers 412 M ental Arithmetic 325 Written 325 do Geography Sacred Geography Philosophy 244 28 8 Singing 135 Writing 234 All of which is r espect'ly submitted John F. Pogue �[Kealakekua 1855] [Only the last part] And about four hundred dollars for the support of an English School. About 150 dollars worth of Books have been sold & paid for, b e s i d e s a great many that have been given away, & some sold & not yet paid for. My labours have been very much the same as in previous years — Scattered over the whole field — Churches — divided among six giving a portion of my time to the increased demands of our foreign population. The Lords supper has been administered Sixteen times. Forty four have been admitted to the several chhs, on profession of their faith & six by Certificate. We have had more cases of discipline than usual, & in some instances we have seen more stubbornness - hardness of heart & determined enmity against the truth of God. The Gospel is a "Savour ( !) of life unto life & a Savour of death unto death." It is the means of hardening some, & some it subdues & saves. Our churches are being s i f t e d . popular as it once was. The Christian name is not With many from foreign lands, & some in high places, It is a name despised & held in contempt. Hence some who have only "a name" to live while they are "dead" feel that it is gain to be out of the Church. Mr D. H Nahinu has just handed me his report of the Chh at Kealia which I will send with mine. paid up yet by 1 21 His salary ( !) has not been dollars a part of this sum however is collected. He is a young man of excellent spirit & great worth. �Kealakekua 1855 2. My desire is dear Brethren that the blessing of God m a y rest upon you & his Spirit influence & gui d e all your deliberations. I remain Yours in bonds of Gospel J.D. Paris The Whole No. received to Churches in S. Kona on Profession of Faith Past year on Profession Past year by Certificate 3225 44 6 W hole No. Past year 50 Dismissed the Past year 12 Died Past year 16 Suspended Past year 57 Excommunicated Past year 15 Whole No. in regular Standing Whole No. Child. Baptised Baptised Past year Marriages Past year [On back] Report of Kealakekua 1855 1114 1351 33 46 �(Kealakekua Station for 1856 & 1857) Greeting unto the Elders & Brethren of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association assembled at Honolulu. M a y the Spirit of the Lord be with & guide you in all your d e ­ liberations. I regret very much that w e are not permitted t o attend the Gen. M eeting. It is a very great disappointment to me, not to be with y ou this year. not give it up. My heart was set upon it - I felt that I could But there has been no ship for us, & no intimation that we should have a vessel to convey us to Honolulu until yesterday. The Charia, we are informed is on her way to take us, but she has not yet made her appearance & tomorrow the General M eeting is to b e opened. Should we take passage within one, two, or three days from this time, & have an average voyage to Honolulu, all the most important business & meetings of the various Societies would have advanced far before we could share in them. W e therefore conclude w i t h great reluctance to remain at home. You w i l l my Dear Brethren extend for m e the "right hand of fellow­ ship" to our young Bro. Bingham & give to h i m & his good wife a most cordial welcome to our islands & to our good work of preaching the "glorious gospel of the blessed God." I think they have come to us just at the right time. The Lord is always right in timing things. The Prudential Committee have appointed Bro. Clark to be their disbursing A g e n t for the Mission. This I think they had the right to do, but not to the injury of our good Brethren Castle & Cooke. I hope the Hawaiian Association w i ll investigate this matter thoroughly, & see that justice is done to our Brethren who have so long & faithfully served us in the Depository. I have no doubt they will. Now my voice is as follows - �Kealakekua 1856 & 1857 2. 1st - That Bro. Clark is the Disbursing Agent of Prud, Com, at the S. Islands; ~ and in accordance w i t h his own request & the wishes of the Prud. Com. he be dismissed from the Pastoral relation of the first Chh.. i n Honolulu and further more, that the H. Evangelical Association provide h im with as m u c h other good work as he is able to perform 2 .d That in accordance with the wishes of the Church & Congregation the Rev. H. Bingham then (?) be located & installed Pastor of the 1st Church in in ( !) Honolulu 3d Iwould suggest (& vote i f I h ad the opportunity) that the Hawaiian M iss. Soc. choose the Rev. L. Smith as their Corresponding Secretary 4th That with all due deference to the Prudential Com. at Boston the Hawaiian M i ss. Soc. do hence forth choose its own officers. Ma Pau [l'm finished] W e have abundant cause for gratitude to our Father in Heaven for the restoration of health to our family Circle. For many months, day after day & week after week, we had a great deal of anxious solicitude, first about one & then another of the members of our family; - but the Lord has graciously healed all our diseases - "redeemed our life from destruction; & crowned us with lovingkindness & tender mersies”. We have also great cause for praise & thanksgiving, that our pe o ­ ple, after suffering so long, from drought, & famine, are n o w abundantly supplied with "food out of the earth". Sickness & death, has not been so common in our midst, as in the three years p r e c e d i n g , and the no. of births have been greater than the no. of deaths. The State of religion in the several Churches over which I have been made an overseer has not been what I wish. In some of our Church­ es, there has been a dearth in Spiritual things far more withering �Kealakekua 1856 & 1857 3. than that which dried up our fountains & burnt up our fields. A spir­ itual lethargy ( !) seemed to settle down on the impenitent & on some of our Church members from which it seemed impossible to awaken them. We have often like the Prophet in vision as he moved about in the val­ ley of dry bones - seemed to hear the inquiry - "Can these dry bones live?" And our answer has been, "Lord thou knowest. Not by might, nor b y power but by my Spirit saith the Lord." I feel however that I have not watched for souls & been instant in season & out of season as I should. I feel that I have come short in all things & desire to be hum b led in the dust before God. But while in some of our churches the Love of many has waxed cold, & some Demas like have forsaken us, "having loved this present world.” Still even in these churches there are those who "sigh & cry" - who mourn for the ways of Zion, - "Speak often to one an other" & stay themselves on the God of Jacob. These are "living epistles, known & read, of all men." In the Church at Naapoopoo there has been a good degree of Inter­ est on the subject (!) of religion. Members of the church have been more serious in the house of God than usual, & more fervent & impor­ tunate in prayer. Quite a number of young men, & some in middle age have, w e trust, given their hearts to the Savior & made a public pr o ­ fession of r e l igion. The cause of Missions has become dear to the hearts of many among us. Several have offered themselves & stand ready to go when & where ever the Providence of God may direct. Two, a man & his wife - viz John Kamakiai & Ane, have been recommended & set apart for this work. The contributions for Foreign Missions, considering the great scarcity of money - what they have paid for the gospel at home, & to complete their house of worship - shows that they have a deep & growing Interest in this good work. �Keal akekua 1856 & 1857 4. Contributions for Foreign Missions in c l u d i n g $40. by the children for the Morning Star amount to Paid to Nahinu by people of Kealia about Contributed for support of Pastor " For Pews & other work on House of worship at Naapoopoo " Roofing & work on Meeting H. at N aw aw a " W ork on Meeting House at Kealia Making the sum total 6 f $262.00 $100. 420.50 450.00 60.00 75.00 $1367.50 Besid es a great deal of voluntary labour has been performed by the Members of the chh. on the different Houses of worship. Also a Box of Clothing worth some $30. or 40 has been made up by the females for one of our Native Missionaries. My Missionary labours have been very much as in years past. Additions to our churches have not been large, only during the year No. " " " " " " " " On Profession By Certificate Past year Past year Dismissed the Past year Deaths " " " Excommunicated in Regular St anding now Children Baptized past year Marriages " " N.B. 34 4 38 10 13 14 1,115 45 37 When you adjourn this year let the day for the next meeting be fixed, & remain like the laws of the "Medes & P ersians." Praying that the blessing of the Great Head of the Church may rest upon you all Dear Brethren I remain as ever Very affectionately Yours i n bonds of Gospel To the H.E. A ssoc Orange Hill May 12, 1857 J.D. Paris � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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