https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/db77b5fa015c9d4fd8a8017e95b611f5.pdf 4aad33fe89bf6fa974020eb7ec1d2626 PDF Text Text KOHALA STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Isaac Bliss.......... ......................1838 Isaac Bliss............... ....... .........1839 Isaac Bliss............. ........... .......1840 Unsigned (Isaac Bliss)........ ............ 1841 Elias Bond................................. 1842 Unsigned (E. Bond)................. ..1842 - 1843 (2 yrs.) Elias Bond.... .................. .......... 1844 Elias Bond (Letter accompanying report).... 1844 Elias Bond......... ......... .......... 1845 Elias Bond..... .......................1846- 1847 (2 yrs.) Elias Bond....... ....................... 1848 Unsigned (E. Bond)............. ............1849 Unsigned (E. Bond) Abstract of report for... 1850 Unsigned (E. Bond) ...................... . 1851 (This report Is dated Jan. 1851, is a report for the year 1850) Unsigned (E. Bond).............. ............1851 Unsigned (E. Bond)Abstract of Kohala Church. 1851 Unsigned (E. Bond) ..... Statistics........ 1852 -Elias Bond ......................... . 1853 Unsigned (E. Bond).................. .......1854 Elias Bond (first page missing)............ 1855 Unsigned (E. Bond)................... . 1856 Elias Bond ................. ......... . 1858 Unsigned (E. Bond)............. ............ 1859 Elias Bond ............................ 1860 Unsigned (E. Bond)......................... 1861 Unsigned (E. Bond) ........ ........... 1862-1863 �Nunulu Kohala May 7th 1838 In reviewing the past year we feel ourselves under obligations to God for his many mercies towards us . When apparently near to death God appeared for us and has restored us to health and strength - yet in consequence of sickness - we were detained from entering on our field of labour and did not arrive at this island until in Sept. We were still detained from entering in our labours for want of buildings so that I was not able to remove my family to our appointed sphere of labour until in Nov. So that the present report embraces only a period of 6 months. Daring this time God has appeared in mercy for us - Our meet­ ings on the sabbath have been well attended - from 3500 to 4000 us­ ually attend on the Sabbath in the morning - at first not more than half of this number in the afternoon - but of late - the meetings have been well attended through the day. attended. Sabbath schools have been well Soon after I arrived the meetings began to become more and more interesting & solemn - God poured down his spirit upon us - We have had two protracted meetings. At the first a Church was or­ ganized of 22 members from other Churches to which 15 more wore added at the 2nd meeting 4 more were added from Waimea Church & 614 by pro­ fession making in all 26 on recommendation from other Churches. 629 1 4 650 231 77 on profession of their faith dismissed to join other churches suspended for smoking tobacco N ow in good standing Children Baptized. Married Multitudes more profess to have turned to the Lord for which we would give him the glory. We have erected temporary native buildings for our present accomo­ dation ( !) - But being in a cold r a i n y ( !) region we feel in great need of some permanent buildings - our Clothes - books &c are injuring �Kohala 1838 ' ' 2. in consequence of the dampness of our houses & besides I am fearful that my house will fall before a long time in consequence of high winds. We hope we shall be able to build soon - as to materials and facili­ ties they are as good now as they ever will be - We think that we can obtain stone near us - lime must be brought from the shore some 6 miles & sand still farther. The sum necessary for building we are unable to state I would here say that I have written to the Mission of Southern Africa agreeable to appointment Isaac Bliss �Report of the Church At Kohala [1839] Since the commencement of the station at Kohala, which was about one year & a half ago - we “have occasion of unfain [unfeigned thanks, to the Giver of all blessings. Our health has been good almost without interruption, and God has poured out his Spirit in our midst. Early in the year of 1838 we felt that the Lord was in our midst in power. Meetings were thronged to overflowing. Our meet­ ing ( !) house which would accomodate about 4,000 was sometimes too small; hundreds could not get into the house. Solemnity & an inter­ est was given to the preaching of the gospel. And I trust many were converted to God. The interest continued until some time last sum­ mer when the work declined. Causes of the decline of the work Many things have combined to retard the work of God & grieve his Spirit - some things I will mention 1st Want of deep feeling and faithfulness on the part of the mis­ sionary himself 2nd At the time the church was organized the Chief woman was not received on a c c o u n t of some unchristian conduct & feeling mani­ fested on her part. She therefore neglected meetings herself & thus by her example encouraged others to do the same 3 During last summer some difficulties existed in relation to our­ selves & the Chief - She endeavouring to thwart all our plans and undertakings, which induced many to take the same stand while others took an opposite course 4th The famine that has existed for nearly a year past has had an unfavourable bearing on the cause as the people mostly live at some �Kohala 1839 distance from meeting & have hut a little or no food as formerly to carry with them to meeting. 5 One cause has been. The people have been much engaged in the cultivation of tobacco, and almost without an exception those who have engaged in this employment have forsaken the means of grace, & are decidedly opposed to the truth 6th Our meeting house has been prostrated by the wind, and we have no place that will a ccommodate but a few people for meetings. Besides these various causes the people are much scattered so that unless there is some especial interest, it cannot be expected that our meetings will be so much thronged as they were during the revival Meetings During the first part of the year from 3500 to 4000 attended meetings on sabbath morning,, but probably not more than about 2,000 or 2,500 have been the average attendance on sabbath morning during the year - there not being so many as that since the destruction of the meeting house During the first part of the year I had a Bible class of adults on sabbath morning using the ai o ka la, & preaching twice ~ Br. Bailey having a sabbath school of Children during the intermission between the morning & evening services. But as the people live at such a distance it was found that they did not generally get together in season for the Bible class in the morning. I have omitted it at that time of the day & now have introduced the ai o_ ka la as the text for the afternoon p u b l i c exercises. The monthly concert has been regularly attended, meetings on W ednesdays & a Church meeting once a week either at the station or at their respective lands ~ conducted by themselves - I have visited the different ( !) lands & �Kohala 1839 3. h eld meetings in the several school houses throughout the field Discipline (!) I have had several instances of discipline for various offences some for a d u l t e r y deception - - some for smoking tobacco - some for One for stealing - others for stupidity. I feel it to he highly important that discipline should be promptly administered & have intended to act accordingly. ascertain In order to conduct of the different members living more remote I have appointed one or more in each district, whose duty it is to occasionally visit from house to house & to watch the conduct of all in their respective districts - & report to me - I have im­ pressed upon them the wickedness of hiding the sins of others & they have been made to feel it In a good measure Contributions &c The Church have aided much in the support of the station During the past year they built a large school house at the place we formerly occupied as a station - They have also aided in removing our station about 3 miles by taking down our houses and a teachers house in all 4 houses & rebuilding them - also they carried our effects - for us - which has been a great assistance - They have also supplied myself & family & domestics - with almost our entire food & much of the food of our associates though it has been a season of great scarcity of food. Besides the above they have contributed mats & some kapas &c Removal of station When we first went to our field we selected a place deemed the most eligible (eligible ?) for a station but in application to the chief of the district & the Governor of the island, we were forbidden in settling ( !) there; we were not allowed to go only at one place �Kohala 1839 4. which was near the center of the field, but only a very few people living near. us. But (?) finding that next to nothing could be done in schools at that place, and that we could not become acquainted with the daily conduct of the people - we decided upon giving up the station on condition that we could not obtain permission to move. Thus by taking a decisive stand we obtain permission to move & have accordingly located ourselves at Ioli ( !) about 2 miles from the windward shore. Buildings Though we obtained a grant the last year to build permanent houses, yet we have been hindered and have not erected our permanent buildings - We have obtained our lumber &c - Also we have got some stone, but they will be of no use to us as they are at the old sta­ tion. We have been to but a little expense in any other respect. We shall be in need of good buildings soon - as we have much wind & at some seasons of the year considerable rain - and the native build­ ings do not last long Statistics Since the commencement of the station embracing a period of one year & a half - the statistics are as follows viz Whole Number Marriages Admitted to the Church on Examination do By letter Dis. & joined other Churches Died Suspended Excommunicated I n good standing Children baptized Restored During the year 183 Married 106 772 71 Admitted on Ex letter 149 46 21 9 62 7 750. 285 6 Joined other Churches Died Suspended Excom ... Restored Children baptized Isaac Bliss 20 7 64 7 6 62 �Report of Kohala Station for 1840 In reporting concerning the past year I am called upon to speak of the mercies of an ever watchful Preserver, who has watc(h)ed over us. Though he has seen fit to visit us in this afflictive dispensa­ tions by laying Mrs. Bliss on a bed of sickness and great pain - Yet He was a kind Physician and raised her up again, showing that in the absence of medical aid, He is a God who restores life. At the same time that my dear companion was thus visited with a fever Mr. Bailey (who had not then left the station) was also visited in a similar manner good. Also my own health for some days was far from being Thus we have great occasion to speak of the mercies of God in restoring to us health & blessing us with a good degree of bodily strength for the most of the time since - which has rendered our soli­ tude more pleasant - though we have felt sometimes a degree of despon­ dency & gloom in view of the great moral & temporal calamity of the people - which has been left comparatively without any means of refor­ mation. Labour at the station Comparatively but little has been done for the benefit ( !) of the people. Being alone & with a very imperfect knowledge of the lan­ guage of the people, & having all the temporal concerns of a station on my hands, I have done but little. I have however, sustained meet­ ings on the sabbath, The Monthly Concert, also a meeting on Wednesday, & a Bible class & church meeting on Friday of each week - besides now & then occasional meetings. On the sabbath I have preached in my feeble manner in the forenoon Then attended a sabbath school for chil­ dren & then for the afternoon exercise I have used the daily food as a text book conducted in some respect like a Bible Class. �Kohala 1840 2. During some part of the year the meetings have been well attended considering the want of a suitable place of worship. Our house for meetings is a very poorly built native building capable of holding perhaps a little more than 2000 persons only one part of which leaks so bad that in r a i n y ( !) seasons is unfit to be occupied This house has often been filled to almost suffocation & hundreds unable to enter w ithin its enclosure - During the first part of the season however the meetings & schools were in a great measure broken up for a few months by the heavy burdens laid upon the people by the Governor. The people, teachers & many of the children were ordered away to Kawaihai ( !), to erect a large stone building for the Gov. besides building one or two houses in Kohala for him. While at the work the people were obliged to be absent from their homes for weeks together & consequently away on the Sabbath. Before this burden was laid upon the people the sabbath school began to be in a flourishing condition - but this circumstance came near breaking It up. But it has since revived & became fully attended and for some time when it has not been r a i n y upwards of 500 have at­ tended from sabbath to sabbath, sometimes upwards of 500, something like 700 or more different children have received sabbath school In­ struction. But the average attendance during the whole year has not been but little more than 300. Schools In the business of school teaching I have not done any thing personally, I have endeavoured to persuade the people to sustain them but they have been poorly sustained. I have made one tour through the field, being accompanied part of the time with Mrs. Bliss. ing this tour I examined all the schools not present. Dur­ Many of the children were There were however present as follows 815 chil’n - of �Kohala 1840 - -- these there were readers - 459 - - 3. There were present at this examination 1506 adults of these there were readers 1094 I have endeavoured to ascertain something near the number of in­ habitants in the field and the result has been as follows — Children 2185 Adults 4286 Total 6471 Schools at the station Mrs. Bliss has had a school of girls for the most part of the time since her sickness which has numbered upwards of 50 scholars though she has not usually ( !) had more than from 20 to 25 perhaps ordinarily. A Graduate from the Seminary has a school for the boys - who has had about the same number as the school of girls - though the average at­ tendance perhaps would fall short of 20 - - The two schools have had u pwards of 100 different scholars. A much larger school however probably might be sustained, if we had officiant ( !) teachers & if the Government would encourage learning as there are more than 200 children In the bounds of the station school Religion As to the state of religion I have not much to say - only it has been much of the time low. During the month of January last, there was m u c h better attendance on meetings than had been previously which has kept up most of the time since - Many also professed to forsake their sins & turn to the Lord at that time - Some who had been hardened ( !) smokers of tobacco forsook this vice & have attended upon the means of grace since I am unable to say - But how many have been truly converted During the month of March Bro Coan & Lyons came & held a protracted meeting of 6 days with us a large number of people attended many of whom listened to the word preached with �Kohala 1840 attention - 4. The results of this meeting I leave to be ( !) seen hereafter - & to be told In eternity - as I am unable to say whether any or how many have been benefited — statistics In looking at the following statistics you will perceive that large numbers have been received to the Church on Certificate - A greater part of these have been received from Waimea Church - consisting of persons belonging to Kohala who have attended the meetings of the Pastor of that Church & have been received there - About 100 more have been recommended from that church, but have not been received some of them have died & some have fell ( !) into open sin - while the remainder never presented themselves to the church - and excepting a very few of them I have not seen them though I have had their names for about 9 months, I mention this that it may be seen that there are more in this field who are called church members than what are here enumerated 858 352 80 282 362 38 17 41 32 38 43 47 40 25 1065 342 57 89 About 2000 Whole number received on Examination " " " Certificate Received the past year on Examination " " ' " " Certificate Whole number received past year Whole number dismissed to other Churches Past year " " Whole number deceased past year " Suspended past year Now suspended Whole number Excommunicated past year " Now Excommunicated Now in regular standing Whole number of Children Baptized Past year " " Marriages past year Average congregation in pleasant wea ther ( !) �Kohala 1840 ' 5. Many who are now out of the Church profess to have been converted, but I hesitate in receiving them to the communion as I learn by experiance ( !) that many who profess piety probably are entire (?) strangers to holiness Conclusion In concluding this report I will submit the condition of the people to Kohala to the consideration of the brethren In the mission and would appeal to their love for souls & the temporal & eternal welfare of their fellow beings, to supply them with another Pastor who shall be able to feed them & teach them the way of life - I would ask What can I do alone with an imperfect knowledge of the lan­ guage among the thousands of Kohala? You may be aware of the thousand things that are demanded of one in my circumstances selling books dealing out medicine - & attending to this & that call &c - & Watching over a Church of upwards of 1000 souls & in attending to this & that difficulty - And then of the 2000 or 3000 Children !! - can be done for them? I ask what I would appeal to your benevolence to send them another missionary - I would not call upon the ministers In America, but I will look to a source where the people are better supplied with ministers than a large portion of that favoured land is - & I would, call upon you to consider this subject in view of meeting those thou­ sands in eternity & knowing the liberal & enlarged views of this mission I trust they will make a speedy & favourable response. I . Bliss �Report of Kohala Station for May 1841 It will he recollected that at the last General Meeting that I felt very unwilling to return to Kohala without an associate, conse­ quently I was located at Molokai - and br. Baile y ( !) at Kohala but after the adjournment ( !) of the Gen. Meeting an arrangement ( !) was made for Mr. Bailey to go to another station and leave Kohala destitute of any missionary. had made this arrangement. to return to Kohala. Of this I was notified by a committee who I was then asked if I would not be willing Though we had made all arrangements to go to Molokai and had sent a part of our goods to that place, yet we felt that it would be a serious loss and injury to the cause of the mission to leave this large and interesting field destitute and feeling a deep interest in behalf of this people, and hearing it reported that if we did not return the Catholics intended to establish themselves here, we felt it our duty to undergo the self denial of returning alone - We accordingly consulted with all the brethren then at Hono­ lulu and others - and they unanimously approved of our returning, assuring us that if we would sustain the station alone for a year or two that we should probably in time have some associates Especially this was the opinion of Br. Bingham - We accordingly returned and w e feel an assurance that it was with the approbation of that he 'has approved of our efforts for the advancement the Lord of Missions, who has not left us without a witness of his cause - and has sustained us in our solitude and comforted our hearts in our labours in endeavouring to lay a more permanent foundation for his Church in this place Feeling it important to permanently sustain this one of the most important and largest stations on the islands and also feeling It would be improvident to live longer in our thatched house, we thought best to make arrangements for erecting a permanent house at the sta- �Kohala 1841 2. tion agreeable to the vote and appropriation ( !) of 1838, but I was told by the brethren at the depository that it would not be consistant ( !) to deliver to me that appropriation as I was located at Molo­ kai. I then consulted with various individuals - nearly all of whom advised me to proceed to erect a house, presuming that the mission would approve of the same and defray the expense, and all who have visited us have decidedly expressed their opinion that we needed a permanent and comfortable house and have approved of my course - I commenced collecting the materials during the latter part of Aug and in Jan. last it was so near finished that we moved into it. I cannot here refrain from noticing the kind hand of our heavenly Father In furnishing us with a safe shelter just in the time he did for in about 2 weeks after we took up our residence in our new house (and before we had moved all our effects) we were visited with a Kona wind which came nigh prostrating our old house. It was so near prostrated that we should not have felt safe to remain In it, but should have had to flee to some other place in the storm had we not been provided for in a firm house. You are all aware that much time and thought must necessarily be spent in secular employment while building - and it has been peculiarly so here as all the materials for the house were to be brought by the hand of natives at a great distance — But I have succeeded far better than my best expectations. I found the natives ready to labour for a reasonable compensation and usually ( !) they laboured faithfully - My thoughts have been also much occupied in devising plans to obtain means for carry ( !) forward the building being straightened in funds - But the Lord has prospered me - and I have also been enabled to labour for the immediate benefit of the Church. I have sustained the meetings on the sabbath a sab­ bath school - the monthly concert a weekly lecture and a weekly �Kohala 1841 3. Church meeting I have also laboured to ascertain the daily walk of the individuals of the Church, but it is impossible for one man to know the daily conduct of the Church scattered abroad as this is. I have frequently enquired of the leading members of the Church concern­ ing each individual and have thus found out much that was wrong in the Church, but facts frequently show that it is difficult and im­ possible to know all that is done. It will be seen from the statistics that a large number have been suspended. Though the Church is now far from what I wish it was, and many will still fall under, the curse of Meroz for not coming up to the help of the Lord yet there has been a better state of feel­ ing in the Church for three or four months past than previously to that time. There are a number of names on my list who profess to have turned to the Lord & who are the regular attendants on the means of grace, especially on the sabbath. The meetings have not been so fully attended for the most part of the year as formerly, though for three months or more past there has been a better attendance - & for about one month past there has been no place large enough to ac­ comodate ( !) the congregation. This is owing in part to the Increase of children who have come out to attend the sabbath schools - This leads me to notice Schools, both district & sabbath Schools Previous to the enforcing the new school laws the district schools became extinct. The teachers were obliged to work for the chiefs &c - and the children were scattered. The sabbath school consequently declined and I had on an average only about 175 children to the Sabbath School previous to the revival of the daily schools. But since then it has much enlarged and I have now between 700 & 800 children present at a time, enough to require the whole mind and �4. energies of one missionary without preaching to the congregation at large. There are now collected in the daily schools upwards of 1100 children and many more ought to be gathered into school, for as near as I can learn that many are detained from school who are required to attend by law. Some of them are kept away to be taxed & to work and some are kept away because they have not been accustomed to send children so young to school Here it requires all the energies of an able bodied & energetic mind to visit these schools & get out the children to schools &c. It requires more attention here than it would at an older station It is very difficult to find men who are suitable for trustees of the several s c h o o l s a n d but a few of the teachers would be allowed to teach at most of the older stations. I have been desirous to have a school for teachers - but I cannot find time to commence one myself as yet But in reviewing the past year I feel encouraged to go on The state of things (?) are becoming more permanent and settled owing in part at least to the fact that I have erected a permanent house. The people' now feel that the matter is settled - that the station is to be sustained and they are collecting materials for a stone meeting house - which will be a very heavy job at this place but very important and by timely aid & encouragement I hope they will be able to accomplish (it). The following are the statistics of the Church 873 Whole No. received on Examination 362 Certificate 1235 Whol No. that have been received to the Church 15 Received past year on Examination 10 Certificate 47 whole No. dismissed to other Churches �Kohala 1841 9 69 22 375 403 57 10 39 677 356 19 103 5. Past year do do Whole No. deceased Past year " Suspended past year Remain suspended Whole N o . Excom Past year Remain Excom Whole No. in regular standing Whole No. of Children Baptized Past year Marriages past year (Note on side:) Upwards of 30 individuals whose names are on record a s in good standing have gone to other places to live s ome with letters some without - some have been gone for- a long time but I do not hear that they have been received therefor I, have numbered them as in good standing here. There are now in the church those who are not punctual in their attendance on the means of grace though the proportion is not so large as it has been, there has been a more punctual attendance of late yet there are those who give evidence of want of love to the ordi­ nances of God's house (Unsigned: Isaac Bliss) �Kohala Apl. 30 1842 Report It wd be unpardonable in me, in presenting you my first report, were I to omit the distinct mention of the signal mercies with wh. a Kind Providence has visited us during the period thro' w h . we have occupied our present field of labor. Of a truth, the good hand of the Lord has been upon us to bless us with unwonted mercies, Not only have our lives & our health been made the objects of His continual care, but He has also b r o 't us safely thro' severest trials, unforeseen, & to meet w h . we were utter­ ly unprepared Thrown as we have been beyond human aid we have been constrained to cast our care upon the Lord & he has been with us, a Friend & a Brother to succour us, in the season of our deepest necessities - & He has also we trust given us increasing desires & an increasing determi nation to devote our energies to his service, among this needy people. We entered our field of labor June 26 '41 accompanied, by Bro. Ives who very kindly offered to aid us in our first efforts among the people of Kohala. He remained with us a fortnight (until called home by the sickness of Mrs. I .) rendering both to us & to the cause very important service With his aid I performed the tour of a portion of Kohala wh. was afterwards completed in company with Bro Lyons'. Of the comparative state of the schools at that time I was unprepared to form any estimate. Fr. subsequent experience however I am led to suppose that the number of scholars then said to be in attendance was much greater than the facts wd warrant - Nearly 1100 were reported to be attending school, but subsequent examinations have shewed that the teachers were wont to report the largest number that had at any �Kohala 1842 time previously attended. This statement may account for the apparent diminution in the No. of pupils during the year. Further experience will enable me to speak with more confidence on this point, however. The state of our Schools is low, whether more so than in past years, I have no means of ascertaining. Our great lack is in teachers compe­ tent to the business of interesting & instructing the children. Two only of our teachers are graduates fr. the High School at L. luna & these I am sorry to say are in no wise more successful than their Brn. in the same employment, owing chiefly perhaps to their having become absorbed in getting a living or rather getting money - perhaps. The pittance al­ lowed the teachers by the Gov’t is manifestly of little avail towards t heir support, even were it always punctually - but in this field, very few of the teachers have been able to obtain it at all. The vi­ sit of the Kahukula fr. wh. we were expecting some good results, avail­ ed us nothing. As a last resort & indeed the only one in my power, I established a Teachers' School about 4 months since, in the hope that the character & interest of our schools might thus be elevated. hope I think will not prove to have been a vain one. This The school embraces our entire number of teachers & has so far sustained both its number & interest undiminished. It is held on Wed. & Sats of each week. The studies are Arithmetic (Helu Naau) with the blackboard. Geogra­ phy & "Noike Uhane” - Most of our time is devoted to Arith. In Geog­ raphy we are straitened exceedingly both for want of atlases & also for lack of a suitable geography. This lack we shall feel more deeply still in a school wh. I am about to open for qualifying some of our most promising boys to become teachers, & enter the Boarding School at Hilo. Can any method be devised by the Brn. of the Miss. to supply this lack wh. I am assured is widely felt? About two months since Mrs. Bond opened a school for the more promising girls of our vicinity. �Kohala 1842 Its expediency I at first doubted, but our experience thus far h as given us assurance that the labor will not be lost. It was proposed to rec. 20 pupils - but more came & begged to be be ( !) admitted until the number was swelled to 40. Fr. these she selected about 30, who re­ main, & most of them manifest a very laudable desire (to) be instructed in their daily studies. As many as 8 or 10 of these come 5, 6 & 8 miles daily, or rather 4 days in each week. Studies pursued are Arith­ metic, "Little Philosopher”, "Ai o ka la” & the Bible. The statistics of our schools I had forgotten to say are as follows Whole ” " " " ” " no. ” " # l ” " Whole no. schools Pupils Teachers Readers Writers Helu Kamalii Helu Naau - 31 882 45 399 110 242 73 # By ”Readers” I mean those who can read fluently in ordinary reading Of the state of religion with us, it can only be expected, that I say it is dull, very dull. Situated as this field has been for the past 2 years, without any valuable pastoral labor bestowed upon it, it wd indeed be strange were it otherwise. The last year of my pre­ decessor’s residence here was occupied entirely with building & un­ initiated as I have been into the mysteries of the native tongue, it cd hardly be supposed that my labors wd be of much avail. I have how­ ever performed 3 tours thro this field since the last Gen. Meet. first two so far as I know were entirely unproductive of good. meetings & examinations were very imperfect & fruitless. hihia ( led astray, ? The Our Cases of ) multiplied continually & none returned fr. their wanderings to take shelter anew in the fold of God. During this last tour altho' the declension of the chh appeared much more alarming, yet on the whole the state of things appeared more encouraging; We had several weeks previously established morning prayer meetings in every land, & I doubt not the prayers of the people of God were heard - �4 In some portions of the field Numbers returned to confess their sins & seek admittance once more to the chh, both these who had never been disciplined & those who had, & a large company of professed penitents also met me, seeking to be enrolled among the people of God. With the help of Bro. Lyons who very generously offered to come over & help me, I spent a day & a half in examining professed converts & fr. among them we selected a portion for admission to the chh & They were ad­ mitted on the 3d Sabb. of the present month profess repentance is daily increasing. The number of those who I meet a portion of them twice each week & have established meetings twice a week in each land con­ taining a school house, for the better accommodation of all. The number of those who have fallen into hihla (for I cannot say open sin in all cases) is large - both those who are still under a course of discipline & those who have not been disciplined at all. Of the latter class there are some 2 or 3 hundred I sh judge l/2 of whom are accused of tobacco smoking only. - & I confess to the Brn. my un­ willingness to subject these to the rigor of chh. discipline, yet something must be done, inasmuch as law exists & has existed for years, forbidding this very thing & it cannot now be abolished. the thing to be done? Brn what is Smoking tobacco, here is certainly productive of many sins & the people know it - yet I have found may cases, -where this filthy habit has been induced by the severe measures taken to prevent it. Our meetings at the station have been, on the whole, well attended. On the Sabb. our house has uniformly been crowded (save in very stormy weather) & usually, quite a company have been obliged to remain out­ side. The people have always given very good attention to the word whether read or spoken. It was only on the 1st Sabb. in Feb. that I was able to commence preaching in native. The delay was long - but was �Kohala 1842 ‘ unavoidable, (at least so it appeared to me), 5. by reason of peculiar providences wh. placed my time for 3 or 4 mos. beyond my own control. Our Sabb. school we have recently reorganized, & divided into classes, by wh. means an unusual interest has been excited in all minds & new efficiency is imparted to the school as an instrument of good. Some of the pupils have committed & recited to me more than 80 verses of Scripture, in a week (besides attending School daily & re­ citing its daily exercises) others have committed 40 & others 20, in­ cited by the offer of Bibles, Tests (Testaments ?) &c. wh. offer I was induced to make by the great destitution of the Word of God, among the people & also by the resolution passed at the last Gen. Meet. recommend­ ing the speedy supply of the schools with the Scriptures That some new effort was needed to create an interest in favor of the Scriptures, evidence may be found in the fact that for the first 4 or 5 month(s) after our settlement here, we had not more than 2 or 3 calls of any kind for the Bible or any portion of it. For the last 3 months, I am very glad to say an increased desire to, obtain the Book of God has manifested itself - whether it is read much more than formerly I do not know. We have disposed of a great many books the past year, but we do not, I regret to say, find a proper readiness to pay anything for them. Not deeming it expedient to give the books out­ right to the people, lest they shd in consequence seem of little worth to them & thus be worse than lost, I have reduced the prise of the Bible Soc.’s books, to 1/3 of the former price & so rendered it easy for any one to procure a book & pay for it, who desires to do so. Whether the neglect to pay the small sum required is my fault or theirs, I can better decide when like my older brethren, I shall have had more experience. Our Mon. Concert has been very thinly attended the past y r . We �Kohala 6. 1842 hope its recurrence in time to come, will call together more of the Lord’s people, to pray for Zion’s increase - Meetings have been estab­ lished in every school house throughout the field Contributions at the Mon. Concert, have been nothing of conse­ quence. They were quite large as Mr. Bliss informed me, previously to our coming hither, but for reasons wh. need not be mentioned here, I have tho’t best to say nothing to the people until the present month. We hope they will do something in future. The new meetinghouse wh. has been so long in contemplation is in no immediate prospect of being commenced. Shd the matter be left en­ tirely in the hands of Gov't, it is to be feared the stones destined to constitute its walls will yet enjoy a long & undisturbed repose in their native v a l l e y s Romanism, so far as I know has made little effort & little progress in this field. I know of 1 or 2 converts only, made by some natives in Lel e i o h o k u ’s train. We have been favored with several visits fr. the priests of our neighboring fields & have lived in constant expec­ tation of seeing an Establishment formed at our side, but the Lord has in great mercy kept this pernicious evil fr. our midst, during the days of our extreme infancy in the language - May He still keep this poor people fr. the soul-destroying pestilence. But tho free fr. Catholicism, we have not been without grievous trials fr. without. The chiefs of Hawaii have made our immediate vicinity their place or rendezvous during 5 or 6 months past. them has been extremely baleful. The influence of a portion of Numbers of our Chh. members & members fr. other Chh.s in the train of the chiefs have fallen into gross sins Drunkness ( !), adultery & horse racing, were, for a season, every day occurrences in our midst. Leleiohoku being the ring-leader in �Kohala 1842 iniquity - 7. But God. has delivered us fr. this Evil also - We pray it may not again return upon us — In conclusion I can only add, we feel grateful, or try to, to the gracious Providence that has bro't us hither to labor. in our work. We are happy We know the work is a good one & that the Lord Jesus Christ will yet reign in the hearts of this now ignorant & degraded people, as he reigns in the redeemed hearts above, spite of the mighty obstacles wh. to our view now obstruct the progress of his Kingdom With this assurance, we hope to live & labor & die & repose our bones beneath Hawaiian soil - if such be the will of God concerning us Respectfully submitted E. Bond 975 373 124 14 138 51 2 82 8 3 316 3 48 41 866 355 27 57 1500 Whole No. added to the Chh. on Examination Do. Do. on Certificate Do. past year on Examination Do Do on Certificate Whole No. 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 No. Excomm. Remain Excom. Whole No. in regular standing Whole No. Children Baptized Bap. past year Marriages past year Average No. of congregation on the Sabb - This table will be found to differ considerably fr. the report of last year - All I can Say by way of excuse, if excuse is needed, is that I have taken all the pains possible, by personal examination to render a correct table of chh. statistics The estimate of the av. Congregation may be large. My impression is however that it is small. Several gentlemen who have met with us upon the Sabb. have concurred in the estimate I have given - Mr. Bliss tho’t it larger, i.e. the Congregation E. Bond �Report of the Station at Kohala Hawaii 1842-3 The Lord’s mercy has brought us to the end of another year. H i s rich favors have been, shed down upon us in all our various rela­ tions; for wh. we owe Him unfailing gratitude & praise. Zion also has been made to rejoice, we trust, in her King. Her bulwarks we hope, have been strengthened. As a chh. we are not alive & awake, as the Saviour’s cause demands of us - yet it can truly be said, we do not all sleep, as hitherto. Some, yea many, during the six mos. past, have been very earnest in doing the work of the Lord among this people, So far as has been made evident to their understanding & hearts. For the first six mos. of the miss. year, we had little interest manifested in the things of Christ's Kingdom. A few indeed appeared as inquirers for the way of life & our meetings on the Sabb. were full Yet in my tours among the people, rarely any came to meet with us save the chh. members & very frequently, not all of these. Meantime the enemy were beginning to come in upon us to practice their seductions upon this unwary people. For the better keeping of the Lord's vine­ yard, therefore, in this part of the field, at our quarterly meeting for the Chh. lunas, in Oct. we effected a division of our whole ter­ ritory into seven districts - one to each Deacon & his sub-lunas, with instructions to prosecute the Lord's work vigorously. This, it is be­ lieved they did, to the extent of their ability - & the consequences of increased faithfulness were soon visible. Tho' our regularly appointed meetings have not been multiplied - voluntary meetings among the chh. members have since been very frequent & very fully attended, & the number of those who profess to be setting their faces Zionward, has greatly increased. �Kohala 1843 The Spirit of the Lord, we hope, is still with us, calling the ungodly to repentance. That scores turn fr, these calls to greater hardness of heart & more bitter hatred towards the things of Christ's Kingdom I hardly need add. It has been so fr. the beginning & so I doubt not it will be to the end - that wicked men turn light into dark­ ness - the Savour of Life into a Savour of Death. Since Oct. 300 have been added to the chh. - the larger portion of them, the fruits of the present revival. None of these have been reed in less time than three mos. fr. their professed repentance for sin & fr. their having been enrolled as penitents had been of fr, 5 & 6 mos. to a year’s standing - Whilst some of them Nearly 300 now stand propounded to be recd if the Lord will, on the first Sabb. in April. The appearance of those who have united with the chh. has been in general, so far, beyond my expectation. Many of them appear greatly interested, & engaged in the Savior's cause - but how many of them all, will, at last be found at the right hand of the Judge is known only to Him who sees all things fr. the beginning. lasts to labor & pray for them - We hope while life It is His, to adjudge their final destiny - & He will do it righteously. The general character of this chh. is, I think, considerably better than at any previous period of our acquaintance with its affairs. More of spiritual vigor & personal interest in religion is now apparent than has been before witnessed. vows chh. There is less open violation of covenant Most of the suspended have been recd anew into the bosom of the Our meetings possess more of apparently hearty interest. On the Sabb. our meetings (tho’ very slightly diminished in number, for a few Sabb. this the.influence of popery) have been very fully attended as have been several meetings on the Sabb. at our most distant outposts. Morning meetings have been sustained in our various school houses �Kohala 1843 during the year as have been also all our regular meetings Gases of discipline have been rare. chh. have likewise been attended to. Monthly contributions of the The am't thus contributed during the year, is according to a fair estimate about $230.00. A portion of this has been in food for my school, fish, kapas &c & the remain­ der in work & building materials, for school houses. Our Sabb. school has not been very flourishing during the year pastfr. want of time to devote to it. The attendance has however been good - For the first six mos. of the year the average attendance was 301 During the last six mos. the av. has been 546. Schools. To the cause of Education among this people, I have devoted as much time & effort as has been in my power to give, consis tently with more important duties. 1st My teachers' School has been continued thro' the year (with two vacations rendered necessary by our peculiar situation) on the same plan as during the last year, i.e. two schools pr. week, on Weds & Sats. & with very satisfactory results in regard to some of our teachers - whilst in regard to others, any am't of labor wd be in vain. 2d A select school for boys - 14 in number - This school I com­ menced about eight mos. since, with two objects in view i.e. to prepare boys for the school at Hilo & to prepare also some teachers for our own immediate wants. Preparatory to the commencement of the school we had one house put up sufficiently large to contain 100 persons for a school house & an occasional place for business meetings of the chh. - two sleeping houses & two other houses - partly built by kokua & partly by purchase. These accommodate us very well at present. The school is necessarily limited to a small number in consequence of my inability to care for a larger number such as I shd like to be preparing for usefulness in �Kohala 1843 this field - 4. These have been partly supported i.e. supplied with food, calabashes &c by the chh. & wd have been, entirely, had circumstances required it. The boys labor a part of each day when labor is to be supplied - for wh. they rec. a small compensation per. hour - & with the avails of their labor, they purchase garments for themselves. The progress of the pupils in the various branches of study to wh. their attention has been directed, has been very commendable - so much so that I feel amply rewarded for my labor on their behalf - Our studies have been Arithmetic, "Hoike Uhane", "Akiakamai" , "Mooolelo Hawaii", "Ui", Compositions weekly, vocal music & daily recitations in Scripture. 3d Common schools. These are 33 in number, embracing upwards of a thousand pupils, under 39 teachers. During the past year I have had three local examinations of all the schools, & the Kahu Kula, for this part of the Isl. has likewise had two general examinations. There has been some advance in Knowledge, tho' it is not possible that any great progress can be made in some of our schools until we shall have been supplied with some more intelligent teacher. During the most of the year our schools have been kept in a pretty good state. The appointment of a new KahuKula has, so far, been very greatly for our benefit. The new Kahu has done every thing, here for the cause of education, that cd be done - so far as I have been able to perceive. We "thank God” for this new acquisition & "take courage". Catholic influence has had an unfavorable effect upon several of our schools - yet we hope not a permanent one. The sole tendency of that scheme of abominations - popery - so far as developed among us, h as been to hasten back the midnight darkness & the shame of pure heathenism. They labor & injure the cause of education as at present prosecuted, without offering any substitute whatever whereby to relieve �Kohala 5. 1843 the minds of the people fr. the gross darkness in wh. they are shrouded. Whilst however the enemy labor to pluck up the foundation of vir­ tue & knowledge, something is being done to enlarge these foundations & to render them sufficiently permanent for the noble superstructure wh. we believe the Almighty is designing yet to rear upon them for His own glory & for this enthralled peoples’ salvation - physical as well as spiritual. Great credit certainly, is due for the efforts made the past year, by this people, for the benefit of the rising generation. Not less than 24 permanent stone school houses have been commenced & the most of them are already finished & occupied. The word of God has also been introduced into our Schools, the past year, so far as has been practicable - & the proportion of scholars able to read it has consider­ ably increased. In regard to the general influence of papacy among us, little need be said - The system boasts, & with unquestionable truth of its un- changeableness thro’ all the periods of its existence. We find it therefore in Hawaii, at the present time, just what history assures us it has been, in the past centuries of its existence - the steadfast opposer of all advancement in knowledge, both human & divine. The only converts they have yet secured in Kohala as far as my knowledge extends, I can with truth declare are the incorrigible opposers of our schools, the contemners of the law of the land & the known friends of all vice - the persons, who, I doubt not, wd rejoice to whelp anew & forever, this entire people in all the horrors & abomina­ tions of the moral midnight fr wh. they have been so hopefully & happily emerging. The new movement in behalf of our schools i.e. the erection of substantial houses for their accommodation has given to popery most of �6. its converts in this field. Determined not to aid in this good work, they escaped to the enemy for shelter, taking their children with them whom they were more than willing to rob of the benefits of school, that they might go back & live unrebuked in the most degrading ignorance & in the shameless commissions of every brutal vice. One fact, in relation to the popish converts, is worthy of men­ tion, being indicative, I imagine of the real nature & tendency of the system — I refer to the fact that they have built their houses for meetings, without exception, at the farthest possible remove fr, the light of knowledge & civilization - going back into the wilderness almost as far as any vestige of human life is found. They have built several of these houses tho' none of them are large. The progress of this system has not been rapid or great, as yet The pri(e)st fr. Waimea has made quite frequent visits of late & bap­ tized some. I am unable to state the number - memb. have gone over to them. A very few of our chh. Perhaps 10 or 12 - not more; & these all, I think without exception, hihia - We have reason to bless God that the mass of the chh. stand firm in the truth We pray that He may still keep them. The means used to secure converts. Native converts who have been taught by the priests, continually itinerate in great number - thro' the field. These present all possible motives but good ones, to the minds of this credulous people - assuring them that the fish will cease to bite at their hooks & their food also to grow unless they speedily abandon us & turn to the God of the papists. That these & many similar stories have an effect upon many minds, none need doubt who knows any­ thing of that greedy credulity (wh. swallows as strict verity, all the dogmas of the Romish chh. tho’ equally opposed to reason & their own senses) existing in the most enlightened papist communities & individ­ uals to be found on earth. Yet we know the truth is mightier than all �Kohala 1843 7. error combined & that it will ultimately establish itself in the minds even of this benighted race - tho' perhaps not without a severely con­ tested struggle for the mastery. Church Statistics 1378 412 467 81 548 60 9 118 36 32 168 8 60 20 1419 418 61 72 1500' Whole no. added on Exam Do on Certif. Do past year on Ex. on Cer. Bo Whole No. past year Whole No. dismissed to &c. Dismissed past year Whole no. deceased Deceased past year Suspended past year Remain suspended Excomd past year Whole no. Excomd Remain Excommunicated Whole no. in reg. stand’g Whole no . of children Bapt Bapt. past year Marriages past year Av. no. of the Sabb. Cong. Statistics of Common Schools No. No. No. No. No. NO. of of of of of in Schools Teachers Scholars Readers Writers Arithmetic 33 39 1144 585 210 400 This is the result of my last local examination, in Dec. '42. At the general examination of the Kahu-Kula in the present no. (March) 1000 pupils were present - some having (been) detained by the distance & the rain. (Unsigned; E. Bond) �Report of the Station at Kohala (1844) The year just passed has, since its commencement, been, to us, as individuals, as well as in our relations to this people, one of prettyconstant & at times of severe trial. We have, however, to acknowledge, much of ordinary & extraordinary bounties from our Heavenly Father wh. have tended to remind us continu­ ally, that in Him, both temporally & spiritually, "we live & move & have our being." At the period of our leaving our Station for the last Gen, Meet­ ing, there was an unusual apparent interest among this people the things of Christ’s Kingdom. in This interest was continued with per­ haps a slight abatement, until after our return from Honolulu, Meet­ ings were fully attended & the members of the chh, seemed, in general, awake to duty. But little more than a month had, however, elapsed sub­ sequent to our return, ere a succession of rains, the like of wh, we had never before seen, set in & continued with almost no intermission for more than six months. The natural consequence was the cutting off, for a long time, of almost, all intercourse between myself & the people, both in meetings & at other times. Our Sabbaths, too were uniformly so unpleasant as to prevent the large assemblages of the people, from all portions of the field, wh, we had previously been wont to enjoy; & we were repeatedly unable to hold any regular services in the house of God, in consequence of the dilapi­ dated condition of the building & the inadequate shelter it afforded in our season of cold & rain. Thro' the Divine goodness I have been able to perform the usual amount of ordinary labor among the people, tho' not without a somewhat unusual amount of drenchings, Four tours have been made throughout the field, attending, as in years past, to the state of the chh,, preaching, �Kohala 1844 examining schools etc. In one of these tours, performed in Dec. five days were spent, in as many different portions of the field, in meetings for fasting & prayer - without, however, any visibly encouraging results. The at­ tendance upon these meetings was good, save at one post, where, in con­ sequence of there being no house in wh. to meet, we were obliged to meet out of doors exposed to the inclement winds & weather. The Church. As may be easily inferred fr. what has been said above, the pre­ sent state of this chh. is any thing but cheering - & for the most part its members manifest but little desire for better times. It is however gladdening to know that a few of our lands, form exceptions to the general stupor wh. prevails. Our chh. lunas report the usual meetings to have been regularly sustained in all our school houses save two or three, tho' in the grea­ ter portion of them the attendance has been very small. The smallness of our Sabb. congregations has already been noticed & perhaps it is but just for me to add in reference thereto, that the absence of opportunities during the past year, to assemble, frequently as usual, & the want likewise of a suitable shelter under wh. to as­ semble, may perhaps be considered as two of the natural causes wh. have operated most powerfully to produce this state of things & to dim­ inish, in general, a proper interest, in things pertaining to religion. But besides these, an irresistible, & to multitudes, a fatal tide of emigration to Oahu, has been throughout the year, sweeping away hundreds of the most hopeful portions of this community - both of the chh. & also of our schools & to me I confess, this is the most discouraging & alarming of all the unfavorable influences with wh. we have had to con­ tend hitherto The entrance & operations of popery also have tended, specially during the former part of the year, to keep portions of our people �Kohala 3. 1844 from their usual attendance upon the preaching of the Gospel. Disc ipline Cases of discipline have, the past year been somewhat more fre­ quent than in either ,of the two previous years of my labors here - tho' not so much more frequent, as the subjoined table of statistics wd indicate. With very few exceptions, the excommunications & many of the sus­ pensions, were cases of long standing. Nearly all (9/10) of the for­ mer, were cases suspended by my predecessor more than three years since & during this time they have been waited on, with repeated exhortations to repentance (when they have been accessible), until it was found worse than vain to exercise longer forbearance towards them. We have still remaining, perhaps a hundred similar cases, yet to be cared for persons whom I have never seen - some of them living, at present in Honolulu, some in Lahaina & others still, in this part of Hawaii. On recurring to our chh. Records, I find the names of 15 among the excommunicated, who have deserted us since the entrance of popery among us, & gone to the foe. These are the only names, who have thus apostatized free fr. chh. censure & these are represented as living in open violation of covenant vows now & as having lived in secret violation of those vows, previously to their leaving us. It may not be improper for me to say, in connexion with this sub­ ject, that we are helplessly & hopelessly subject to incessant trouble in this chh. in consequence of the established practice of disciplining for the use of tobacco. On reference to our books this is found to be the cause, directly or indirectly, of the great mass of the cases of discipline administered fr. the organization of the chh. In taking, indifferently 154 cases fr. the list of chh. members 75 of these are distinctly stated to have been for tobacco I Yet large as this ratio is, �3 a. [To be read where marked on page 3] How many of the censured members of this chh. have gone into the delusions of popery I am unable to state. is that few have thus gone. My impression however �Kohala 1844 4. I hope I may be pardoned for saying that it wd not probably be very difficult to find a Hawaiian chh. in wh. the cases of discipline for the use of the same article, bears, at least, twice this proportion to the whole number !! For the sake of true religion in these Islands it were most de­ voutly to be wished that that work of zealous supererogation - making that, sin, wh. in the judgment of God's word & in the honest belief of 99/100 of the enlightened Christian community is no sin - had never been performed. Then had these infant chhs of dark Hawaii, never been made to groan under a heavier yoke than Christian men, in Christian lands are able to bear; & some of those who ”watch" over this wayward people, wd have been spared the unhappy increase of labor & trial, occasioned by laws wh. now can neither be shaken off or evaded. Additions Of additions to this chh. we have had very few, since the last Gen. Meeting - about 40 in all. The mass of additions stated in the table of statistics occurred previously to that time, tho' within the current Missn year. A class of inquirers - catechumens - 150 - 200 has attended upon the meetings appointed for them, fr. time to time during the year, but it has not been deemed advisable to receive many of them into fel­ lowship with the chh. in our present low estate. Sabbath School . Our Sabb. school has been regularly sustained thro’ the year, tho' the same unfavorable influences, wh. have affected other departments of labor, have borne equally upon this. The average number of pupils during the year has been but little more than two hundred. Our Sabb. School is held after the A.M. service & the labor of it �K ohala 1844 5. falls entirely upon myself - After the P.M. Service, immediately, we have, now, a Bible class for such as live in the vicinity & choose to attend. This class has been established several months. of the more intelligent males usually remain ted in the exercise. A few only these appear interes­ Our text book is the Catechism in Hawaiian. Schools. The number of our common schools is one less than the number last reported - two small schools in the same neighbourhood having been united. Of all these, there have been four examinations, the past year, viz, two general examinations by the Kahukula myself . & two local E x ’s by At the general examinations a larger number of pupils was present than is indicated in this report. Yet the number here stated is far greater than has constantly attended our schools during the larger part of the year. The appearance of the schools indicates, in the examinations, some advance in knowledge & general intelligence. Such is my impression - tho' as to numbers I am unable to say whether we have advanced or retro­ graded in knowledge, as Bro. Cooke omitted the larger portion of our school statistics in the last years "Minutes” . The whole number of pupils in our schools, it will be perceived has somewhat diminished. The causes of this decrease have inciden­ tally been referred to already, viz, a general declension of the peo­ ple in relation to all elevating enterprise - The strong tide of emi­ gration hence to Oahu wh. has taken off many, particularly of the more advanced pupils; & finally, the operations of papacy among us. This latter-cause has perhaps operated indirectly more than di­ rectly. Thus far it has actually taken away to its own fatal embraces, few of our children (& most heartily do I regard this a matter of un­ affected gratitude towards God) - yet by shielding these taken & their �Kohala 1844 parents fr. the penalty of the law, & thus openly & with impunity putting at defiance all the authorities of the Gov’t. the priests & their disciples have excited a most direful influence upon this people & set before them an example wh. if followed unrestrainedly, must speedily reduce all law & all authority to a mere nullity save indeed as they themselves turn them to account as instruments of proselytism in favor of their own pernicious dogmas. Following the unhappy examples set before them, the children have in great numbers forsaken all r egular attendance upon schools, & the parents in like manner have suffered the walls of several stone school houses to stand a year unroofed & crumble in pieces, because forsooth there is no authority to coerce them to labor & finish the work. The Kahu-kula has indeed repeatedly commanded the work to be done not to speak of my own repeated exhortations to the same effect, yet whilst they see others, in their midst, trampling with impunity upon all law, & countenanced by a foreign priest, nay ordered by the priest so to do, how can it be expected that they will do otherwise I On the whole so far as is now perceived, until wholesome laws already existing or hereafter to exist, shall be made to be equally respected by all, no matter of what name or condition, we may hang our hopes for Hawaiian schools, here in Kohala, upon our Kukuis, to be blown about in our ever sweeping blasts - as well as upon efforts for their benefit. Fruition, I conceive will about as speedily be real­ ized in the former case as in the latter. Our school for teachers has been continued as usual during the year - two sessions having been held each week - on Wed. & Sat. Within two months, however, we have had but one session per week; & shall have no more than this probably until the labor on our meeting house shall have been completed - Studies have been chiefly confined to arithmetic �Kohala 7. 1844 & geography with the Atlas. The Select School of boys wh. I commenced nearly two years since, has been in successful operation thro' the year. The number of pupils has been but 12, as no more cd he found during the former part of the year, such as I chose to receive. Soon after the last Gen. Meet. five of our boys entered at Hilo & two became teachers in our own Schools Studies - Mental & written arithmetic topographical geography, Hawaiian,History, Natural Theology, daily recitations & Catechism & Scripture, composition & vocal music. At least two hours labor are required per day, of each pupil. The amount of my own time devoted to the school depends entirely upon the amount & nature of other demands upon my time & attention. Whatever time can be saved fr. other more urgent duties is given to it. I have, fr. the commencement of the school had the services of a native teacher who has been fully qualified to discharge the duties re­ quired of him. N o small amount of difficulty & trial has beset us, the year past. Early in its progress the native teacher was convicted of forgery & his connexion with the school was necessarily dissolved. We thought ourselves highly favored, however, in obtaining a very promising stu­ dent fr. Hilo to fill his place. The latter proved himself very capa­ ble & very useful for a short season, when to our great sorrow, he fell, or rather deliberately went into the sin of fornication & became lost to us & to the cause of truth & virtue in these islands. After much trouble & perplexity a graduate fr. the Missn Semy was procured to assist us. He left the Semy under circumstances, not the most favorable for his reputation tho' not under positive censure; �Kohala 1844 yet as the question was one of life & death to the school, & as the latter idea was not congenial with our notions, he was employed - & thus far does well. The morals of the pupils have not been unaffected by the unhappy events thro' wh. we have been passing. Strange indeed had they been. Yet n o one of them has, as yet committed any overt act of opposition to our rules. Fr. the first, the small number of pupils, has enabled me to keep them constantly under my own notice; & they have even mani­ fested a good degree of docility in all respects. i In consequence of the circumstances above named & also of the scarcity of food through the larger portion of this field, caused in part by the superabundance of rain & in part by worms, it fell to my lot to purchase a large proportion of the food for the boys during several months - They are now supplied as before, by the contributions of chh. members. Owing to these obstacles in our way & to the increased demands upon my time, of a more indispensable nature, wh. Providence has been making for most of the past year, it has not been without the utmost effort & some doubt that it has been kept in operation. Yet this branch of effort has so come to be part & parcel of my duties towards this people & likewise to add so much to my own happiness that the idea of abandoning these pupils to return again to their former habits of life, unorderly & only sensual, is very painful & difficult to be entertained. Meeting House We have suffered extremely in this field for lack of a suitable shelter under wh. to worship God. suffered & not we alone. The whole cause of Christ here has , I had been waiting & hoping that some measures wd be taken by �Kohala 1844 Gov’t & the people to begin to provide us a house; but had waited two years & a half in vain. And after having preached six mos. in the rain & finding the papists also coming in upon us, I proposed as the only alternative, to provide means for the erection of the house, on condition that the timber, shd without delay, be hewn & drawn down to the spot for building. $600 at least will be required to render the house suitable for meetings. This must be paid in cash or its product. There is no money here & nothing so far as I can devise, by w h . th$ people can raise it. The freight of all articles procurable, here, wd be much more than their marketable value in Lahaina or Hon. save perhaps the single article of fire wood - & the nearest point at w h . this can be obtained is 12 or 14 miles fr. the place of shipping We are clearly a poor people here in Kohala, having need of much & yet possessing nothing. However, if God will, we hope, in due season to have a house for His service. The character of the house proposed, is like that in Hilo , viz, a substantial frame, thatched; with a v e r a n dah all around. An agreement has been made with a foreigner to erect the frame & the timber & other materials are nearly all upon the spot. Contributions. The labor of the chh. members upon materials for the meeting house hitherto, is its chief item. low estimate is $250. This together with food &c recd, at a The food consumed by the school. Popery. In my last report popery cd hardly be said to have entered this field, in earnest. During the year past however its operations have been prosecuted with much zeal - Specially during the former part of it & the new things said & done by them (the priests) attracted much atten -tion & drew many after that abominable system of the Adversary, as Spectators & some as adherents to its image worship & false doctrines. �Kohala 1844 10. The novelty of the thing now seems for the present to have passed away &, so far as appears, little is now said or tho't of it. The mass of those who have called themselves by the name of the "Beast” are persons who have never associated with us & with whom of course, I have never had any personal intercourse. They are represen­ ted as living in the habitual commission of since forbidden by the Gospel & as being very naaupo [ignorant; dark-minded] in general. Some of them have been publicly convicted & sentenced for adultery - & yet so far as is known, their standing as papists has not been at all af­ fected by their crimes. We have as yet, no priest permanently attached to this field; but we have been abundantly favored with the services of the priests fr. Waimea & Kailua & also with one visit fr. the priest of Kau. To the latter two Gov. Adams gave permission to erect a meeting house directly by the side of ours - wh. unless an overruling Providence shall favor­ ably interpose, will be a source of perpetual & most unhappy distur­ bance to the quiet & harmony of our weekly worship. We are not without some hope that our new neighbours may be kept fr. blocking up our doors, at least, the consent of our Christian Govr. thereto notwithstanding ! Respectfully Submitted E. Bond �Koh a la 1844 ....... .. .......... ................ — ------------ ------ 1 1 . Statistics of theChh. Whole No. recd on Examn Do do on Certife Recd past year on Examn. do do on Certif. Whole number past yr. Whole no. dismissed Past year do Whole no. deceased Deceased past yr. Suspended so do Remain Suspended Excomd past year Whole no. Excomd Remain Excomd Whole no in regular Stang Whole no Children baptd Past year do Marriages past year Average No. of Comgn 1670 445 297 27 324 94 34 177 53 54 102 126 197 148 1575 552 173 74 750 School Statistics Whole Do do do do do no " " " ” ” of Schools Teachers Pupils in Reading in Arithmetic in Writing 32 35 731 453 453 77 �[Accompanying Station Report of 1844] Kohala Apl. 15, 1844 Dear Brethren, It being inexpedient for me to associate personally with y ou this year in Gen. Meet. Suffer me to take this method of saying a few words to you on the subject of the new reinforcement, now expected fr. the U.S. Until recently , I had not the remotest intention of troubling you with a word of mine on this subject & indeed shd not now, were our own individual happiness alone, to be consulted. those of a mere private nature constrain me - But higher interests than So I write. The claim of the cause of Christ in this portion of Hawaii, to the services of one of the new Brn. may not perhaps have any thing peculiar to itself in distinction fr. that of several other portions of our common field. Nevertheless its claim is an urgent one - & more urgent now than it ever can be at any future period, unless help is now afforded. My impression is that a crisis big with good or evil is rapidly forming in the affairs of this people; & to take suitable ad­ vantage of this state of affairs we need a more efficient instrumen­ tality than is now available, in this field. Something more must be done for these 6000 or 7000 souls scattered over these hills & shores, than has yet been done. in their behalf. But little in fact has yet been attempted They are heathen still - the mass of them - without God & without hope having really no true apprehensions of their rela­ tions to God or of Salvation thro’ Jesus Christ. Our own labors are perhaps nearly to the extent of our ability, tho’ not to the extent of our desires & not a tithe moreover of the efforts demanded by the necessities of the people. We are but single handed; & the sum total of our labors is unavoidably small - very small �Letter from E. Bond accompanying Report of 1844 in consequence. 2. On this account too, we often labor at great disad­ vantage both to ourselves & to others, wh. we most sensibly feel but wh. we have no power to remedy. Again, whatever is to be done here shd be attempted without delay. The leaven of popery - that too fatal extinguisher of all hope, In behalf of its proselytes for time & Eternity - has been zealously & widely infused, the past year & is beginning to work. Under God, the progress of this iniquity may in a great measure be stayed & the prey snatched fr. its very teeth - But to human view it can only be done effectually, now, before its victims are, beyond delivery, fast in its fatal embraces. We have no priest here permanently yet - but shd probably have had one ere this had not the heavy hand of the Almighty probably sunk freight that of moral pestilence in the depths of ocean. By that in­ scrutable act He has granted us a short respite fr. the presence of marshalled foe. We need ability to improve it. The papists take great care to get the children under their influ­ ence. They know that their hopes as well as ours, depend upon the ris­ ing generation. But the children of this field are very nearly all, at this moment, under our influence. To keep them so is the great desideratum - but how can one individual whose whole time & energies, cannot serve a half of the demands of this large chh. do all this? But independently of papist movements, we need some one devoted to our schools & we must have some one soon or we may throw to the winds our hopes for this people. 1st We need a vigorous system of common schools, in w h . to enlighten & train to the love of knowledge & virtue these hundreds of y outh about us, so rapidly coming forward to maturity & active life. 2d We need - The Cause of Christ needs an efficient high school �3. Letter 1844 in this field, sufficiently large & attractive for all its promising young men. We are suffering every day for lack of such a school. Our young men of premise are leaving us to be poisoned & doubly ruined in the pestilential atmosphere of the metropolis. These we wish to retain & we can retain them by engaging them in the pursuit of knowledge & in preparation for honor & usefulness among their own countrymen. I have the germ of such a school, now in existence - but it is doubtful, much as I desire it, if by any possible effort it can long d be sustained as it now exists - yet it sh not perish I feel assured - Then we need another preaching post - 6 or 8 miles fr. this where a large congregation easily be gathered weekly to hear the word of life All these we need & much more wh. you ean imagine more readily than I can here recount them. I have said nothing of a Separate Sta­ tion to be erected here in this district. That question wd be better determined, perhaps after consultation on the ground & with those who appreciate the wants of this people. Truly yrs, With aff E. Bond. �Report of the Station in Kohala for 1845 Nothing very peculiar has marked our history during the past year. The blessings of Divine Providence have been abundantly vouchsafed to us, without any untoward occurrences to interrupt materially the ordi­ nary prosecution of our work. The church has enjoyed usual quiet, tho’ the convincing & convert­ ing energies of the Holy Spirit have been wanting to build us up. During the former part of the year we suffered greatly from lack of a house of worship. Our meetings on the Sabb. were under the broad hea­ vens; & as we were always exposed to violent winds, with the addition of either hot sun or rain the number of those who formed our congre­ gation was very small - rarely exceeding two or three hundred. On the first Sabb. in Sept. however, just six months after the first blow of the carpenters axe was struck, we assembled beneath the frame of our new house. A part of the end exposed to the wind was thatched so as to afford us a very partial shelter, & there we began the services of the Lord’s Sanctuary. From that time the congregation increased until our house was so far finished as to afford us a comfortable place of worship. Since then (Novr ) the house has been filled every Sabb. with an orderly & attentive assembly of worshippers - of from 800 to 1000 souls. As will be seen in the accompanying table of statistics this chh. has decreased in numbers during the two years past, Very few additions have been made during this period, whilst in 1844 more than 200 were cut off from the chh. whom we regarded as hope­ lessly lost to a religious life. These were chiefly cases of those who had been absent from Kohala from two to six years without having given any intimation of their places of abode or of their manner of life. �2. In relation to a great part of this number, we could learn nothing, whilst many of them we knew, were on other islands unconnected with any chh. & leading lives of ungodliness. It was only after long delay, patient consideration & prayer for Divine guidance, that they were cut off fr, the fold of the Redeemer. Yet our perplexity is not at an end with the erasure of their names from the records of the chh. The root of the evil still exists, & probably will exist, in the unsettled habits of the people. A great portion of the entire population of K o- hala nei is perfectly nomadize in the modes of life - & there is great reason to fear that at no distant day, but a small remnant of this chh. & people will be left upon the soil. I have no sufficient statistical data upon which to base a correct calculation of the decrease of our population during any one year neither an estimate of the cause of the decrease. But from casual ob­ servation made from time to time & the limited data furnished by our chh. Records, I am satisfied that the almost sole cause of decrease in this population is Emigration. My impression is that there is little if any diminution of the population c a u s ed by the preponderance of deaths over births. In some of the lands of this district, the number of chh. members has diminished one half, whilst very few have been cut off by death or by discipline. The ordinary means of grace have been observe among us as usual during the year past. I have performed three tours over the whole field, discharging the usual duties attendant upon such excursions. The contributions of the chh. for benevolent purposes have been used towards our house of worship. it would be difficult to determine. The amount contributed in work The labour has been drawing tim­ ber, thatching the house & enclosing it with a spacious stone wall of 160 ft square painted with lime. The contributions in other ways, �Kohala 3. 1845 have been in such articles chiefly, as as ( !) could most readily he obtained here. All the cash given by the chh, towards our house amounts to but $40. Several hundreds, were subscribed by them but the nominal value of all subscriptions yet paid is about $200. The available value however has been trifling owing to want of a market for articles bro't in. Our new meeting house, to which reference is made above is an unusually strong framed house thatched on the roof with cane leaf & mat tied on the sides & ends with ki leaf. Its size is 86 x 45 ft. with a lanai all around it of 6 ft in width. The house has four large doors, 12 windows of 35 panes 8 x 10 glass each & is well floored. The end exposed to the wind is likewise ceiled up on the inside with boards, as is likewise 34’ft. of the sides & a portion of the beams overhead. The house is entirely filled with settees in number 130 - of a uniform length made by these who occupy them or purchased of native manufacturers at $6 each. Thro' the kind agency of Mr. Cheever who visited the islands in 1844 we have at the time of writing this report (April) - just received the valuable present of a b ell weighing 210 lbs, for which a bell house is already in progress. The whole expenditure for the house has been about $1600, nearly one half of which has been paid in cash. We have recd much unexpected aid in our work both from the friends of the Redeemer in the islands & from friends likewise in the U.S. Those Bren. who have had experience in the matter of building such houses on these islands will understand all that is meant when I say that the labor has been exceedingly arduous, particularly that required �Kohala 1845 4. in drawing the large timber which is not to be had at a less distance than 8 to 12 miles; & in situations so inaccessibly cut up by preci­ pitous ravines, that human muscles alone could be set to the task. The drawing of some single sticks cost us two, three & four days of labor with fr. 80 to 100 men. Added to the ordinary difficulties which lay in our way, a distressing scarcity of food pressed us sorely for 3 or 4 months - besides wh. in time of our most urgent necessity the leveling epidemic of April had to be encountered entire population for three weeks. It prostrated the But out of all our troubles the Lord delivered us & at length He set our feet in a large place. The ameliorating influence which a clean & orderly house of wor­ ship has exerted upon the demeanour & external appearance of our people on the Sabb. is almost incredible. The improvement has been very rap­ id as well as great - so that it is with difficulty that I can realize that my ministrations are now to the same people with whom I sat in the dirt but six months since. How, at length, on the Sabb day, we can urge a very respectable claim to fraternity with decent people. I may add that a superior native meeting house has been erected at an outpost of this Station, in the past year. Our Sabb. school has been continued as usual thro' the year. It now numbers nearly 300 pupils - more or less of whom recite portions of Scripture & hymns, committed daily to memory. Of our public schools I have but little to say, having had almost nothing to do with them for the greater part of the year. The Gov't, or its officers have manifested a fixed determination to swindle our teachers out of the fraction of their just dues, which, after many unfair deductions, they finally receive annually, from the Kahukula & there is no redress. Our teachers have sought redress - but public pledges are vain, since the public ear is closed to the calls of its �Kohala 1845 5. defrauded i gnoble poor. After hoping in vain for a long time, that the teachers would receive at least the shadow of justice I did not feel it my duty to be found fighting against the "powers" that "are ordained of God” & hence I relinquished, tho’ reluctantly, the foster­ ing care over the schools which I had endeavoured according to the best of my ability to exercise. On the same ground some of the best of the teachers abandoned their schools - for none of us could doubt, that whatever may be the professions of the Gov't its policy actually pursued, is to crush the common school, unless indeed teachers can be fed on straw & find themselves in that. still pursue their gainless work. A portion of the teachers Of our 31 school districts, 12 have been for the greater part of the year without school, or teachers; and the remaining 19, save two or three, are schools only in name. The children of the district generally, receive no instruction whatever, as very few of them attend any school. The teachers' school which had been under my care nearly or quite four years, was discontinued for a season in April last - in conse­ quence of the pressure of other labor. It has not been resumed for reasons connected with those mentioned above. My select School of boys has been sustained as usual with 13 pupils. Owing however to other cares I have been able for the larger part of the year to devote very little attention to it. A native teacher has had the chief control of its exercises. Popery has made no noise & no proselytes during the year - We have rarely been visited by a priest & heard little said in any way of that crafty scheme of Satan. E. Bond �Kohala 1845 Statistics Whole nub er rec'd on Examination P " " " on Certificate Past year on Examination " " Certificate Whole number past year Whole number dismd to other chh. " " " past year Whole number deceased " " past year Suspended past year Remain Suspended Excommunicated past year 1673 468 - - 17 17 130 13 268 58 52 127 25 Whole number excomd 312 Remain excomd 270 Whole number in regular Standing " " children baptized " 1164 618 Baptized past year 30 Marriages past year 50 �Report of the Station In Kohala - 1846-7 Daring the period of two years embraced in this report, nothing has occurred to render it a period peculiarly marked by circumstances, either prosperous or adverse. Our course may be said to have held in between these two extremes in a state which, tho' by no means to be desired as best, is notwithstanding better than that of the worse ex­ treme. We have to record our new obligations to God, that tho' He has not vouchsafed to us, in any extraordinary measure, the converting operations of His Holy Spirit, He has nevertheless not left us without evidence that our labours have not been utterly in vain, either as regards the temporal or the Spiritual Interests of our people, A gradual but steady progress towards a better condition in both respects is clearly perceptible, among them or I wrongly judge. At the same time however it must be acknowledged that great numbers of our population seem more than willing to live & die as their fathers lived & died before them. They appear to see nothing desirable in the work & truth of God & they seek no fellowship therewith. The light indeed shines, but it penetrates not the murky darkness of their souls. They remain & doubtless many of them will remain to the end, children of the night not of the day - not of light - but of darkness. From the desolating incursions of wicked men & devils, which in years gone have occurred to mar the peace & well-being of the community in general & of the chh. in particular, the Lord has preserved us during the period now under review. Ho instance has been witnessed of those paroxysms of savage frenzy which in other years have occasionally developed themselves in scenes of revelry, intoxication & licentious­ ness, The articles ordinarily used for the production of intoxicating substances have been devoted to their legitimate uses. So the strin- �Kohala 1847 2. gent laws against the production & use of intoxicating liquors, we, are, under God, undebted for the almost perfect freedom we have latter­ ly enjoyed from the developments ( !) of these vices in our midst. The institutions of Religion have been conducted as usual. the means of grace there has been a regular & full attendance. Upon Our house of worship has uniformly been filled by the Sabb. by a well-clad & orderly congregation & this not less on our frequent stormy & incle­ ment Sabb. than on those which are ordinarily esteemed more favorable for attendance upon the house of God. Something like a fixed habit of honoring the Sabb. appears to have been formed & a permanent regard for the stated ordinances of religion implanted in the hearts of the people. The chh. have contributed for Foreign Missns during the past year $515 - about one third of which has been given in cash. The remainder has been in rope of native manufacture & cloth at the usual market value. From the whole amount, we shall have realized in cash - after the disposal of a balance still on hand - about $350. Of this sum a part has been remitted to the Treasurer of the Am, Board & other Societies & the balance will be forwarded upon the first suitable opportunity. In our endeavours to convert the contributions of the chh. into cash an enormous percentage is unavoidably lost owing to the disadvan­ tageous situation we occupy with reference to markets. But even this discouraging process & result are beyond question to be preferred the best interests of the people considered - to inaction on the im­ portant subject of Christian benevolence. A Sabb. School of 600 - 700 children & youth has afforded a pleasant & profitable field of labor during the period referred to. Great numbers of the pupils have frequented our meetings for in­ quiry. With the exception of 6 or 8 individuals however, none have �Kohala 1847 3. been received to the fellowship of the chh. My convictions are deep & strong that the admission of children to our chhs. in large numbers, is at best, a hazardous experiment. thing, it has verified this opinion. If past experience has proved any The reasons, are obvious & need here no repetition. Our public schools for a part of the time have been prosperous But not particularly so during the latter half of the year just closed. Our Kahukula early proved himself unworthy of the trust reposed in him & his occupancy of the office of Kahu has operated unfavorably upon the interests of education in the district. Owing to the protracted illness of Mr. Richards a better man cd not readily be procured to fill that office. The number of pupils present at the final examination for the year was nearly a thousand; & more than that number were pre­ sent at a feast held on the last day of the year - at which also were present several hundreds of adults. My own school of boys has continued as in previous years, tho' it has been impossible for me to devote to it so much of my own time & attention as I once could, & would still gladly do, were it in my power. The school is always under my own eye, however, & immediate superintendance. It has numbered during the year 17 pupils - 12 of whom are still with me. As to schools generally, further remark hardly appears necessary. Their character is sufficiently well understood by all. That this is essentially the same here as elsewhere on the islands, may be taken for. granted. The difficulties of past years are those with which we still contend - tho’ they are becoming less & less formidable, with gratitude we may add indifference of parents to the subject of Education, Destitution of suitable houses, Want of order in the Schools themselves, Lack of discipline, Imperfect qualifications of teachers, �Kohala 1847 . 4 are however obstacles to the complete success of Hawaiian schools wh. will not speedily or easily be surmounted. To toil & that in hope, God has made ours & we may not devote reluctant energies to the work, tho’ He give the victory & the fruition only to those who come after us. The cause of popery has made no advances whatever, so far as I have been able to ascertain, during the two years last past. A priest (for a portion of the time two priests) has been stationed here for most of the time. children. He has been engaged in teaching a small school of He seems to be a remarkably quiet specimen of (Jesuitism. But I know little about him. We have never met. I endeavour to pur­ sue a straight course, neither going out of my way to avoid or to attack him. I consider it no part of my duty to call that system of error or its teachers into notice, by making them, subjects of special inquiry or of special hostility in my labors among the people. The cause has lost its novelty here & my impression is that their numbers are decidedly less now than two years since. They have three small schools in the district in which, at the examination in December, there were about 50. pupils'. One of the teachers is himself a child & the other two have no legal qualifications to teach. The Kahukula assures me that he gave them commissions because he feared the wrath of the priest, who shook his fist at him & made some threats in case he re­ fused licenses! In conclusion it may be added that nothing untoward has occurred to interrupt our labor among the people, since our last report. The course pursued in our work has been similar to that of former years, as has also the amount of labor bestowed upon our people. God’s mercy has hitherto upheld & strengthened us & to the praise of His great name, we would here erect our Ebenezer. E. Bond �Kohala 1847 Statistics of the Church in Kohala - 1846-7 Whole number recd on Examination " " by letter Past two years " on examination " " " " by letter Whole number " past two years ” " dismissed to other chhs. Past two years ” " " Whole number deceased Past two years deceased W hole number Suspended past two years Remain Suspended Exeommunicated past two years Whole number excommunicated Remain Excommunicated Whole number in regular Standing " ” children baptized Past two years " Couples married past two years Average congregation " Statistics of Public 1765 536 92 68 160 169 39 370 102 85 96 52 354 297 13 69 766 148 136 900 Schools in Kohala 1846-7 Whole number of schools " " Teachers " " pupils enrolled " " present at examn in De c . 1847 " " in Kumu Mua " " Readers " " in Atlas " " in Helu Naau " " Helu Kakau " " in Spelling " " Geography 26 30 1164 872 321 550 241 499 146 35 50 �Dear Bro. The statistics of this chh. for 1846 are as follows 1697 504 24 36 60 152 Whole no. rec. on Examination " " " " Certificate Past year on Exam " " " Certif Whole no. past year " " dismissed other churches Past year Whole no. died Past year Suspended past year Remain suspended Excommunicated past year Whole no. excom. Remain " Whole no. in regular standing " children baptised Past year 22 309 41 57 90 42 344 298 1352 696 78 With this goes a report to the secretaries of the Board wh. please f o r .d . In it is contained the forgoing table of statistics, but I suppose you are designing (?) to make out a table in form - hence I send the same statements to you The treatment we rec.d by the officers of the "Hope" wd bespeak of the shame­ ful violations of God's law, I hope will not soon be forgotten. want of food was all a lie. - I found more than a dozen bundles of food in the hold when our frt (freight ?) was nearly all discharged. The box of soap and keg of nails I have been unable to get fr. Kawaihae hitherto. and are not willing to go away with the canoes now. the course of the year. The pretence of Our people are fishing Hope to get it sometime in But it is rather too late in the day to expect us to endure quietly such lack of management fr. these coastal vessels. mind to get the officers of the "Hope" I had 1/2 a prosecuted for a violation of the statute law - but they w.d lie the matter out of sight - I suppose - so it w.d be of no use to meddle with it. Be so good as to tell me if you know of any vessel bound to U.S. soon. I wish to send a small box or two. July 26 [1847] With this I send a box for Mr. Chamberlain. Will Br. Hall c h ’g the amt. to my a/c & o b l i g e . Heard from Kealakekua on the 21 int. Castle ma then there waiting a vessel sailed the 6th int. this. If he is in Hon. !!! Bro. May be off on will Bro. H be so good as to say to him, let that draft remain undrawn till I write again. We are all as usual Very aff. & hastily yr E Bond �Report of the station in Kohala for 1848 Both with the missy & the people of Kohala the year 1848 has been emphatically a year of blessings & chastisings. The ingredients of joy & sorrow have each entered in unusually large proportion, into the combination of Providences which forms the history of the period now under review. For the former part of the year we cd speak of uninterrupted success in the prosecution of the work which God had committed to our hands. In domestic relations as well as abroad with the people nothing untoward occurred to check the steady, tho' indeed slow, progress of affairs onward towards the ultimate object of our labors & our prayers. Since July however, rains, excessive, beyond anything in our past experience in this district, & continued to the close of the year, have considerably impeded the successful execution of our plans; & since Oct. all departments of enterprise, throughout the district have been utterly prostrate. Our state has been that of being & suffering rather than that of doing. Like a noble ship with all her canvass spread to the prosperous gales of Heaven sudden­ ly thrown upon her beam ends & left an unmanageable wreck, so it was with this district & our labors, upon the introduction of the measles. All Kohala was a hospital & literally every inhabitant was a patient therein. The discharge of such offices as were indispen­ sably necessary to sustain life were not as is usual In seasons of sickness thrown upon the well - for none such were to be found but upon those who had sufficient strength spared to drag themselves thro' such services for a brief season - until others could in turn relieve them. In houses where all were exhausted & helpless, extreme �Kohala 1848 suffering & death, were the consequences. But it is unnecessary that I detail the history of the period embraced between Oct. & the close of the year. It is but too well known to you all, written as it has been by the hand of the destroy­ er in characters too vivid & mournful to be soon effaced or forgotten by any of us. I only add that to visiting & caring for the sick all the time at my command was devoted until the entrance of the disease into our own family forbade my leaving them to administer to the necessities of others. Church In the time specified above, death has made extensive ravages in this chh. 130 have deceased during the year, chiefly within 2 or 3 months. Some of these beyond a doubt, are now in Heaven - thro' atoning blood conquerous, tho’ in the unequal conflict they fell. They were the bright & shining lights of our chh. & district - adorning the Gospel of God their saviour by well ordered lives & a godly conversation. We feel their departure to be our loss, yet we cannot regret the event which has brought to them eternal gain Of the salvation of others of those who have exchanged worl(d)s in the year our hope is quite as sanguine as it could be for the great mass of the professed followers of Christ, whether on these Islands, or in lands which boast a larger measure of civilization & general refinement Whilst of still a third class of those who have gone, it must be confessed, the hope that they have entered Heaven is no stronger than it wd be in the death of multitudes in all nominally Christian lands who have a name to live, whilst, judged by the Gospel standard, �Kohala 1848 they must he pronounced, dead. There has been nothing peculiarly deserving of remark in the spiritual condition of this chh. during the past year, unless indeed it he the humiliating fact of our remissness in the discharge of solemn obligations to our Lord & Master. No special influences of the H . Spirit have been vouchsafed to us. A few indeed & but a few have been recd to this branch of the chh, on profession - but they were cases of long standing in the list of inquirers. Others likewise of long previous standing among the inquirers have continued to frequent the meetings appointed for their benefit - to the number of about 200. These D. V . will gradually be bro't into the chh, if they shall prove steadfast in their present purpose of seeking the truth as it is in Jesus, The amount of discipline demanded this past year in the chh. has been about the same as has been usual with us in years past. We would record herein our gratitude to God, that although He has not granted us the. reviving influences of His Spirit, He has never­ theless, not forsaken us utterly as by our unfaithfulness in His service we have tempted Him to do. The interest of the chh. in good things has by no means ceased to be or to be felt - as our congregations & the general attention to means of grace have abundantly testified. It must however be confessed with shame & humiliation that many of our people who live within very convenient distances from the House of God, are seldom seen within its walls, whilst others on the contrary though living at remote distances come up regularly to worship in the courts of Jehovah. Our meetings have been sustained as usual during the year viz. the meeting at the Station & at three outposts on the Sabb - �K o h a la 1848 ...... together with two prayer meetings on each week, the Mon. Concert female prayer meetings & morning prayer meetings in several districts, until the general prostration by disease in Oct. Our contributions for missionary purposes have amounted to $300 in the year, about one half o f which was bestowed in cash. tion of the goods contributed still remains on hand. A por­ The cash realized hitherto has all been remitted to its destination according to vote of the chh, chiefly through the Board, We should have raised a larger sum had not the sickness rendered our plans abortive. Our Sabb, school has been large & interesting, tho’ the average has not been as large quite as during the previous year. It has been nearly 400 notwithstanding the unusual number of rainy & incle­ ment Sabbaths. Our text books have been the Bible & Himeni Hoolea. A Bible class on the Sabb. after the P.M. servicewas sustained during the former half of the year. Since then, circumstances be­ yond our control have caused its suspension Schools During the first nine months of the year, our schools gave evidence of steady advance towards the end proposed in their main­ tenance. The f ormer, annually increasing debt of $1000 which for years lay like an incubus upon all our educational interests, paralyzing ( !) the energies of our teachers & discouraging us all, has been liqui­ dated & the receipts from the poalua tax have sufficed for an ample & punctual remuneration of our teachers & for as many school houses as our necessities have demanded, besides leaving a large balance in the hands of the authorities. Seven new school houses of stone with mud mortar have been �Kohal a 5. 1 84 8 erected; & besides, considerable repairs upon several others, three additional bouses have been commenced. The character of these newly built houses is somewhat in advance of our school houses in past years. None save stone houses are now built & the extreme difficulty of procuring coral, alone prevents our using lime instead of mud for mortar. Several of our new houses are furnished with doors, lock & key & slatted window frames , whilst inside they are neatly matted both on the sides & floor & provided with tables & seats. Black­ boards are found yet but in about one half of the houses. The rev­ enue of poalua ought in my opinion, to be applied to purchase at least a part of the furniture absolutely essential to the success­ ful management of any school. The parents & pupils w d in such case unite to purchase the remaining part. The pupils have far more generally been supplied with books in the past year, than ever before. Some entire schools have planted food, others have brought wood - others food supplied by their par­ ents, to purchase books, besides engaging for a portion of the day in whatever work has offered, for a moderate remuneration. In this way several schools have procured black boards as well as books & some are now seeking the means to procure chests for the safe keeping of their books when not in use. The great desideratum with us is a supply of competent teachers. We are not without the expectation that this difficulty will gradually diminish under the present school laws, efficiently executed as they are by our excellent Kahukula. Under his supervision the standard of qualification required of candidates for the teachers' office has been very considerably elevated & will bear a still greater elevation ere it reaches in fact, the requirements of the law. �Kohala 1848 6. To the literal demands of the law, the standard must speedily he raised or our schools will flag & die. They cannot remain sta­ tionary whilst progress attaches to all things else; & to the fact that we have been willing to leave the schools of our district sta­ tionary, is to be ascribed their almost utter good-for-nothingness as places of education, in former years. For two years past we have been gradually superceding the old set of teachers & supplying their places with those better qualified to set as instructors ( !) of the rising generation. But the supply of suitable teachers is so inadequate, that the removal of all the old & illiterate incumbents will require time. One half of the present number of our teachers have gone out from my own little school, most of them having had the subsequent advantages afforded by an attendance of a year or more in the excel­ lent High School of our Island, And to this latter institution we are clearly to depend for our future supply of teachers - taken in connection with our own individual efforts. The Semy at Lahaina- luna can supply but a small fraction of the number needed & even if the small number who are graduates at that school, but few remain in the employment of teaching, so far as my observation has extended. Vocal music has been introduced into four of our schools with some considerable success - Indeed with vastly greater success than I should have dared to anticipate. This branch of study shews itself a civilizer & moral cultivator not less among these half-fledged Hawaiians, than among the wild shoots of the matured civilization of our native land. I should rejoice were we able to introduce it as a regular study in all our schools. That the time will come, & that ere long, when we shall be able thus to do I doubt not. A further remark I add with reference to the personal tidiness �Kohala 7. 1848 of teachers & pupils in our schools. Efforts made to secure more regard to personal appearance, have not proved in vain. Marked ad- vance d has been made in this particular unless I greatly err - But not so great, that there remains no room for further progress in this particular, by any means. Justice requires me to say of our Kahukula, that he is a most indefatigable officer. He shrinks at no labor however troublesome or toilsome, that promises good to the schools of Kohala. For the meagre sum of $20 (a sum I am ashamed to mention in the same category with his name) it is verily believed he performs more hard labor than any public office of the district, altho' the salary of the latter is $100 or $150. That incorrigible curse of the Hawaiian -.viz i n e r t i a , which all specifics hitherto applied have utterly failed to exorcise from the nation, & save here & there an insulated case, from the individual, has neither part nor lot in his person. And without any designed effort to eulogize Kahu - a species of employment upon which I have neither the inward nor the outward call to enter - I may add & with heartfelt gratitude to God, that he is a modest man - a species of the genus h om o (I hardly need say to my Brn.) almost as rarely to be discovered on Hawaiian -territory, as the gems which enrich the soil of Golconda or Brazil. Of our present school system, I wish to speak, briefly as I may. It works well in our district & continues to recommend itself by its admirable simplicity & adaptedness to the wants of the people. Both Protestants & Papists have, under its authority, all the liberty laws can give, in their respective spheres of effort. So far as my knowledge extends no dissatisfaction is felt on either side, with its actual operation in Kohala - though I confess that I have no special acquaintance with the views of the priest stationed �Koh a l a 1848 8. in the district, having never h a d the honor of meeting the gentle­ man & having never been called to meddle in the papist’s affairs in any way, since they first commenced operations in that section of the Islands. They had 3 schools in K ohala, but at the present time, they have but two & the prospect now is, if the laws are fair­ ly administered, that they will not be able to sustain another for some time to come. My conviction is that there ought not to be any essential change made in the present school laws - I mean soon. We need time to give a full & fair trial to the present laws & to demonstrate their inadequacy ere they shall be amended either for better or worse. A slightly defective system of public education is surely preferable to one that is altered so frequently as net to allow time to d e v e l o p either its excellencies or its faults, fully & fairly. If God will I trust those in authority may hold on to Hawaiian rights & neither curtail or elongate a single syllable of the present laws to favor or gratify any individuals or factions of men. For one, were the responsibility resting on me, rather than amend a single section of the present laws to suit the obtrusive & insolent demands of any party of men, I see the whole Hawaiian system of education leveled with the dust. As it is, in its integrity & under the perfect control of Ha­ waiian authorities, it is (a) mighty instrument for good to the race & be the national existence prolonged to a greater or less extent, it may be made a vastly more effective engine for blessing this people than it has hitherto proved - God’s added favor always pre­ supposed. Of the existence of my own little school this is the seventh year. It was continued as usual until Oct. & since that time to the �Kohala 1848 . 9 end of the year, three several attempts were made to commence studies anew, with as many failures, caused by new accessions of disease. The school has been sustained only with the utmost diffi­ culty incessantly driven as I have been during the entire year with other duties. Had we any other source whence to expect a supply of teachers for the schools of the district I should not have regarded it as a part of my duty to continue it, since it has been impossible to pro­ cure any assistant without depriving some one of the public schools of his services. The number of pupils connected with the school during the year has been 27. None of these entered the high school in Hilo, in Sept. last - 3 were dismissed on account of sickness, 5 for general lack of promise. The remaining 10 are still with me. The support of the pupils might easily be provided by their own efforts, but for the fact of my inability to superintend any syste­ matic labor. The annual expense of the school, independent ( !) of teachers wages is about $300 in goods equal to about $175 in cash. The sale of books belonging to the Missn supplies a part of the food consumed by the boys, that article being the circulating medium of the dis­ trict. In concluding this portion of my remarks, I should add that a good deal of advantage has accrued to our schools from the visits of the Minister of Pub. Instruction, during the year. It is by no means too much to say, that he effected more of actual good for edu­ cation & good morals by the labor of two days in K ohala, than he could have accomplished by as many months spent in correspondence with reference to the topics acted upon. My earnest hope is that Bro. Armstrongs visits may be at least �Kohala 1 0 . 1848 annually repeated. General remarks One chief source of trial to us in our labors among the people has ever been the utter lack of anything bearing the slightest re­ semblance to true independence of character. The most insignificant species of brute creation will Instinctively defend itself from in­ jury, with a spirit which inspires us with a regard for its rights, if not with respect for its being, albeit its corporeal dimensions may not be of sufficient magnitude to attract particular attention. But ages of gross oppression had robbed the Hawaiian of that admirable characteristic of the brute creation - suitable regard for Its own rights - ere yet the Gospel of Jesus Christ came hither to pour its blessed light upon the eyes of the blind & to proclaim true liberty to every captive soul. More than a quarter of a century has elapsed since the messengers of the cross first preached the religion of Christ to this people, & the present condition of the Hawaiian na­ tion Indubitably testifies that this period has not been passed, by the religious teachers of the people in slothful inactivity - and yet the Hawaiian may learn of the ant - the ( m a n ? ) of the brute - re­ spect for himself & his Individual rights. To preach liberty to Hawaiians & to labor with the ability God has given me, to inspire them with respect for their own, as well as others' rights, I have ever conceived to be a part of my commission as a Christian teacher. Frequent collisions with the petty authorities of the district and also occasional controversies with the higher authorities of our Island have been the undesirable result of the course it has appeared to be my duty to pursue, in efforts to benefit our people. I am glad to say have not been the only results. But these Our people, unless I am deceived, are beginning to know & to appreciate their chartered �Kohala 1848 11 privileges & to understand likewise the means of obtaining redress for their grievances, when attempts are made to wrest these privil­ eges from them. The Gov't when appealed to has, I am glad to say, evinced during the past year, the most laudable readiness to aid our people in their legal efforts to protect themselves from the oppres­ sive measures of their petty lunas & it has granted redress for grievances, the complaint of which, two years since would have re­ ceived not the slightest notice. It needs no lengthened process of argumentation to assume us that -whilst men remain either physically or mentally enslaved, they are incapacitated for making any considerable advances in civiliza­ tion or Christianity. To be efficient Christians Hawaiians must first be made free men. This high privilege is accorded by their Gov't to all its subjects - but the inferior officers of the land, wield a powerful influence, over the people, hostile alike to justice & freedom. Submission the most abject, to all sorts of oppression, had become so much a matter of course to Hawaiians, that it is only with extreme difficulty that they are led now to feel & assert a freeman's rights. Whether some of our Ecclesiastical laws or regulations have not tended rather to repress a spirit of genuine independence in Hawaiian Christians, than to elevate the man in them, is an inquiry deserving of serious consideration. It can surely be of little ultimate ad­ vantage to the cause of Christian freedom that we shackle these spiritual children of ours with burdens which neither we nor our fathers have ever been able to bear. For ourselves, moreover to retard in any measure, the very work which we are professedly labor­ ing to hasten to its ultimate results & that too in the speediest manner, indicates little of the w i s d o m which is from above. �Kohala 12. 1848 God speed the day of deliverance from every species of thral­ dom & oppression, to the Hawaiian race Some progress has been made during the year towards a final adjustment of the land claims held by the people of our district. The evidence thereon was taken in Sept. last. At the special re­ quest of the Land Commission, I consented to aid in that service, with the hope that the speedy settlement of these claims would oper­ ate favorably upon the interests of the people. It w d free them from the power of the Konohikis who are little better to Hawaiians, than the task masters of the Israelites were to them, during their sojourn in Egypt. The possession of a fee simple title would like­ wise secure the natives from much of the injustice now practised by the Lunaauhaus. That it would operate also as a new incentive to industry, there is perhaps some hope, tho' it must be confessed that the latter result can be looked for to any considerable extent only with many misgivings Popery The state of popish interests in Kohala I can represent only from my daily observation of their operations. upon which to rely. I have no statistics The priest who formerly resides in the district was transferred in the former part of the year to some other sphere of labor & one of a new reinforcement was designated to his vacated post. The latter is a young man & very active among the people. During the months of sickness, he was busy applying his holy water to the persons of all such as would consent to receive it, assuring them that such only as submitted to its application would recover He had a few medicines, as was said, during the later weeks of general disease, but he steadfastly refused them to all who would not consent �Koliala 1848 13. to be baptized into the chh. of Rome. He said they might & would die. The papists as has been said have two schools in operation in our field embracing about 60 or 70 pupils. They have children be­ sides scattered thro' the district in small numbers, who are obliged to attend the established schools of the land. I have never deemed it. any part of my duty to meddle In their affairs unless indeed at times #ien they have encroached upon our rights. We have however had no trouble with the papists. Our Kahu Kula is judicious & the law is plain. Events which have in the Providence of God transpired upon the European continent, have not been without their influences for good, morever even in our remote district. Priestly insolence received a check therefrom from which it is earnestly hoped there may not soon be a recovery - But after all it is not in man, priest or laic that the cause of truth is to stand or fall in these Islands. He whose we are & whom we have vowed to serve, will care for His own cause & His own people here, if we shall prove ourselves good men & true, to this end. There has (been) little if any increase in the number of pa­ pists in Kohala in the year past. has been none. I am not prepared to say that there That there are no more papists however in the field, than there were three or four years since, I hazard nothing in as­ serting. What the activity & energy of the present occupant of the popish station in the district is to effect remains to be seen. That he will do all that human vigilance & unremitted toil aided by higher evil influences can effect cannot be doubted. But God rules. The Earth is His & the fulness thereof & The gates of Hell shall �Kohala 1848 never p revail against His chh. This we know, & hence may never despond even tho’ the scourge of Rome should again be commissioned to sweep ever us, as it swept (over) our fathers. punishment. Our sins deserve And why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins. Tho' God slay us, may it b e o u r s to trust Him to the end & to perform faithfully the work he has given us to do Kohala Decr. 31 1848 E. Bond Statistics of the church In Kohala for the year ending Dec 31, 1848 1791 547 26 11 37 188 19 500 130 23 80 23 377 307 1264 793 27 80 900 1600 Whole number recd on Examination Whole no. recd by letter Past year on Exam Past year by letter All recd past year All dismissed to other chhs. Dism. past year Whole no. deceased Deceased past year Susp. past year Remain suspended Excom. past year Whole no. excom. Remain Excom. Whole n o . in regular standing Whole no. children Baptized Bapt. past year Couples married past year Average Congregation at the station Av. congregation in the field Statistics of Protestant public schools in Kohala for 1848 1116 1029 383 649 581 233 280 287 60 3 20 Pupils enrolled Present at examin. In letters & spelling In reading Mental Arithmetic Written Arithmetic Geography Writing Vocal music No. of Examinations N o . schools �Report of the station in Kohala, Hawaii, for 1849 The year 1849 like its immediate predecessor has been marked as a year of disease & death & of much consequent interruption in the missionary work. The deaths occasioned by measles in Jan. & the first half of Feb. were as many as in the last month & a half of 1848. Subsequent to the middle of Feb. new eases of measles were very few. The di­ sease however left multitudes of the people in an enfeebled condi­ tion, so that they either sunk gradually to the grave in consequence or else were carried off by an attack of Influenza wh. occurred as an epidemic shortly after our return fr. Gen. Meet'g in May. Dur­ ing the entire year there has been no period of ordinary healthful­ ness among us. We have suffered fr, repeated attacks of Epidemic Influenza & fr. prevailing fevers almost continually. The number of deaths has not been quite as large however as that reported for 1848. The protracted suffering under disease has operated unfavorably upon the people physically & mentally, & it ought perhaps to be added, morally. The little spirit of enterprise wh. was in process of development has manifestly recd a check, as has also a previous­ ly improving condition of social & domestic life. In many, a list­ less, care for nothing spirit seems to have been engendered, with regard not only to the conditions of life, but also to life itself. This however, is not true of all. Notwithstanding the draw­ backs on our prosperity with wh. an Infinitely Wise & Gracious Prov­ idence has afflicted us, some progress it is hoped has been made in the work wh. God has given us to do - & results, so far as they cd be expected under the circumstances, have not been wanting for �K oh al a 1 8 4 9 our encouragement. ' 2. It is not however to be concealed, even fr. ourselves that a vast work is yet to be done here, ere Hawaii nei can fairly be inscribed among those nations who hold the lowest rank even, in the scale of civilization I.e. if by the term civili­ zation is to be understood any thing positive. That this people are not as they once were is clear - that they have been elevated vastly above their formerly purely savage state & that towards a bitter, even a civilized state is equally plain & this, if one is hard pressed for an imposing & agreeable colouring to his picture, may be called a state of negative civilization. But if to the term you attach the usual positive idea, & regard it as involving an initiation, however partial, into the practise of the habits & manners of regular life, nothing is plainer than that it cannot be predicated of this people - as a people. What acts, what comforts of even a tolerably well regulated life, can be said to have been acquired by this people. The task of naming one, the acquisition of wh. can be claimed for more than here & there an insulated individual, is a task we shd not readily impose on ourselves. Whether we are even to behold any considerably advanced state of civilization amongst the Hawaiian race has In the providence of God become extremely problematical. A nation twice decimated or nearly so, in two successive years - & with all the agencies of decay still in vigorous action, hardly promises much for the future. If all we may effect by our labors, under God, in years to come, so far as civilization is concerned, shall amount to much more than a bare holding on to results wh. we have already realized, we shall have cause I apprehend for fervent gratitude to God & partake of a most happy disappointment. The sinking condition of the native �Kohal a 1849 ' 3. race will inevitably operate with an increasingly adverse influence upon the cause wh. we & many good men with us are laboring & praying to advance. The Christianization of the Hawaiians it is matter of common notoriety has outstripped its civilization & strangely enough Mis­ sionaries have been held accountable for this supposed anomalous & faulty state of things, & stigmatized as narrow & bigoted in their views & teachings, because forsooth it exists. But it may safely be assumed as an incontrovertible fact, that this result of Missy labor, here witnessed, instead of being faulty & unnatural, Is the only order in wh. Providence develops a sound & healthful civilization. The Bible comes first with its authoritative & solemn claims upon each individual man. And it is one of the most blessed charac­ teristics of this holy Book, that Its chief behests, weighty tho' they are as Eternity & involving interests vast as infinity, can yet be comprehended by the mind & obeyed by the heart of a savage; al­ beit he might be months or years even mastering the first idea of civilized life. The simplest teachings of the Gospel once believingly received, they become the corner stone of civilization upon wh. may be reared a symmetrical & enduring superstructure. Such a superstructure we might with the Divine blessing yet behold in these fair Islands, but so far as the aboriginal race is concerned, the material is wasting away too rapidly to admit our indulging in any so pleasing anticipations. The foundation has been laid, the arts & comforts of systematized life are beginning to appear & when we have said that, we have said all that can now be averred, & probably nearly all we shall ever be able to aver of civilization among native Hawaiians - Because �Kohala 1849 4. 1st death is cutting short our work prematurely, but 2d if it were otherwise the continually augmenting influx of foreigners, w d of itself, in the existing state of things be sufficient to seal the destiny of this people, as to its further social elevation An intelligent & enterprising foreigner settling on the Islands will inevitably create about himself an atmosphere of intelligence & enterprise - & that by the shortest & surest method. That method is manifestly associating with himself foreign laborers. The Gov't may by conservative legal enactments, such as now exist, oppose temporary obstacles to the immediate immigration of foreign labor­ ers on an extensive scale, but these enactments will prove but tem­ porary, in their influence. The intelligent labor wh. will be de­ manded - wh. is now demanded - will be h a d . Neither in agricultural, mechanical or mercantile enterprises can any substantial dependence be placed upon the native population. Notoriously the Hawaiian has little vigor & altogether extremely little efficiency of character. He lacks the fixedness of purpose & the resoluteness wh. alone wd enable him to compete with the haole (foreigner) in object of pursuit, & hence as a bulrush before the wind, so he bows before the indomiwill table energy, the iron will of his foreign competition - coveting rather the place of a menial, laboring to aggrandize his master, rather than assume the labors & responsibilities of any independent enterprise w h . might bring wealth & honor to himself. national character. fact - Such is the We may, as we do, deplore the existence of the We may we we have - & God helping us, as we will, labor to improve this undesirable condition of the race, but, my Brethren, we shall never effect any radical change in Hawaiian character & condition. The very elements necessary to such improvement are not possessed - the stamina in wh. alone the glory of manhood can inhere �Kohala 18 49 57 (are ?) is ( !) wanting & neither nature nor grace will ever create it. (them ?) ( !) To these unwilling conclusions we are forced by the daily oper­ ations of God’s providence, before our eyes & we must yield to them whether we w d or n o t . Now It strikes me, Brn., as essential to our highest usefulness in all time to come, that we fully & definitely apprehend the posi­ tion we now occupy, with its relations both to the past & the future. The history of the past we know - It has been written by the finger of Providence & spread out before our eyes. We have only to study it & be made wiser & better for the present & the future. In our present position there is surely nothing wh. ought to dis­ courage us, in our work. So teaches the past - & neither, to the eye of faith, does the future reveal ought to enfeeble the Christian soldier in his toils or send decay to the vigor of his hope. The remembrance of the past shd strengthen for the events of the future. Under God this Missn has accomplished a work on these Islands, the magnitude & consequences of wh. ho finite mind can fully comprehend Yet the purposes of God concerning the Islands are by no means exe­ cuted. An enterprise is yet to be prosecuted & achieved here, wh. whether regarded in itself merely or in its relations, is to surpass the work already effected, whilst it will demand at our hands, we may be sure, no less of self-denial & faith, resolution & zeal, than we have hitherto had in exercise. For years yet to come it is to cost us no slight effort coupled with no feeble measure of faith, to sustain our hopes & hold up our work & ourselves in our work. With our people sinking rapidly to the grave, despite every effort of human skill - our cherished ex­ pectations disappointed - the house of God gradually deserted - �Kohala 1849 6 . ourselves & our stations solitary, it will be indeed marvellous if at times our hearts despond not & our zeal never flags. And when besides all this we shall be called to fight oyer again with an ungodly foreign race, the battles for truth & righteousness wh. have already been fought with the native heathen population & in an important sense now, we shall have need to keep a fast hold of the great Captain of our Salvation lest we faint ere our work is done. This struggle we are to sustain, but it is to be in Christ’s name & His is to be the glory of the final issue. enabled to quit ourselves like men ! to be destroyed ~ May we in this work be The foundations surely, are not As the Jews saw the glory of their former temple laid waste, so we are to behold the superstructure first reared upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets, in these Islands decay but the foundation will never be moved. Better materials are to be built upon it, and these are to form a more symmetrical & a more per­ fect spiritual temple, to the glory of God. As individuals we may be gathered to our people & with them be quietly at rest in the' soil of our adoption, ere the "top stone” of the Kingdom shall be bro't forth - but as God lives our children shall hear resounding fr. Kau to Kauai the shoutings of "grace, grace unto it” Connected with our history for 1849 is an event wh. brought sadness to all our hearts On the morning of the 21 Dec. the Sanctuary of God, wh. we had occupied but four short years was swept fr. us by a violent gale fr. the S.W . The stroke fell with a desolating power upon our hearts. were totally unprepared for the afflictive dispensation. We The frame was of very large timber & as we believed, unusually strong - bidding �Kohala 1849 7. fair to stand for a century yet to come, sheltering & blessing those who might remain to worship God in His earthly courts. But our ex­ pectations are disappointed - our hopes are overthrown & we are be­ reaved, desolate, forsaken - & so is Zion, the heritage of God. To human view so vital a point in all the interests pertaining to the Redeemer's Kingdom, wh. have been committed to our care, in this district, cd not have been touched besides. The house was the central point around wh. clustered the affections & the hopes of those who love God, throughout the district & - I need not add, it afforded the most effectual medium of communication possible, with our people. In its loss a dark cloud is thrown across our future, for The right arm of the Missy is paralyzed, & hope labors heavily in fulfilling its appointed mission. Yet we may not distrust the lovingkindness of the Lord. He who has bro't us thro' six troubles, will, if for His glory, bring us out of the seventh - The future must reveal -what the present cannot tell us of His purposes. Just one week after the fall of our house, we met & cleared away fr. the floor the broken timbers & rubbish - Then we sat down there; & on the spot where we had been expecting, on the next Sabb. but one, to unite in commemorating afresh the love of our crucified Savior - we prayed ted. wept remembering M o n - Zion desolate & afflic­ There also we consulted & resolved, with help fr. God to com­ mence the preparation of materials for a new house, without delay. In building our former sanctuary we had solicited aid fr. others now we determined to go forward, trusting in our own resources & in God, whose are the silver & gold, & who, if we shall need it, will not fail to move some hearts to aid us in this toilsome enterprise. Since that meeting nearly two months have now elapsed & hitherto �Kohala 1849 8. Providence seems not to have smiled upon our efforts to prosecute our work. With one exception all of the 8 or 10 days.then set apart, in these two months, to dive for coral (of wh. our lime is to he burned) have been such as to forbid all attempts to engage in that employment - so that instead of having at this momen t, the whole of our lime prepared, as we designed to have, we have but just begun to gather the coral. Epidemic disease also has again invaded our people & death is doing its office, carrying scores to the grave. The result of our efforts & our plans, are therefore alone with God. It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The annual history of our Church is soon told. We have enjoyed no seasons of reviving fr. on high, neither has there been any in­ stance of sudden &. general declension among us . In the diminished average of our Sabb. congregations however, the fact of a gradual decline of spiritual interest, is but too plainly read. Our house has in good weather, been comfortably filled, but it has rarely been crowded as in years past, and likewise on stormy sabbaths we have.always had a respectable audience, but not the large congregations wh. in previous years loved to brave the storm & wait upon God in His house. The average attendance in our Sabb. School has likewise been less than on the preceding year. It has not reached an average of 300 during the past year. In the matter of chh. discipline we have accomplished about as much as usual - probably not so much as the highest good of the chh. has required - yet all that has seemed to be demanded fr. time to time, all things considered In the department of benevolence, we have done more than in any previous year. Our contributions have amounted to $441.16, �Kohala 1849 nearly all In cash. 9. Of this sum $ 1 6 1 . 1 2 1 has been given for Missy 2 / purposes & $280.04 for the support of the Pastor. This last mentioned sum, it shd be added, has been contributed -within the last seven months of the year. It is the result of our first effort to sustain our own religious institutions Our Educational interests made some advance it is hoped, during the year, tho' the progress has been extremely small compared with that of previous years. The truth is, our strength has been chiefly expended this year in getting our schools back to the position in w h . the measles found them in Oct. 1848, & in the struggle to hold them there. As has been said, sickness & death have made successive breaches upon us, taking away many of our children & youth, laying aside our teachers for longer or shorter periods, & sending one of the most promising of them to the grave. In addition to all this the gale wh, prostrated our meeting house, destroyed 5 stone school houses & the only two thatched school houses of the district. The schools usually taught in these houses will suffer much f r . the necessary delay in rebuilding. Our Kahukula has held on his way, the same faithful & inde­ fatigable laborer as In previous years. To his vigilant care & guardianship the schools owe chiefly, whatever of good they may have been made to accomplish for our children & youth during the year. Popery still retains its hold among us. If however it has made any essential progress, among this population, I have been unable to ascertain the fact.- The priest appears to be busy in his work, but finds it no easy task I suspect, to arouse the minds of the people to the claims of that species of canonized heathenism wh. he teaches. Were he engaged in a better work, I wd bid him God speed. As it is, �[Abstract of Report for 1850] Kohala The Missionary at this station has labored under great embarrass­ ments, the past year, in consequence of not having a place of worship that could contain the people. Hence, in a measure, the difficulty of exciting anything like a general enterprise among the people. Hence too, in part, the low ebb at which religious interests have stood through the year. During the former half of the year his la­ bors were quite as frequently interrupted by prevailing diseases & by excessive rains, as in 1849. Deaths were frequent. Ere the end of June 200 of the people had been carried off. The people have advanced in industry & in acquisition of proper­ ty, A market accessible to the larger part of the population has af­ forded a channel for the disposal of any amount of produce & operated as a wholesome stimulus to labor, Whilst earnestly engaged in seek­ ing the things of this world, those who bear the name of Christ have not ceased to remember that the claims of their Lord & Master were still upon themselves & their acquisitions. Their contributions for the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom have amounted, during the year, to $800 in cash. The schools hold on their way, gradually, it is believed, im­ proving in efficiency, though decreasing in numbers. �K o h ala 18 49 10. I trust the Lord has better things than the prevalence of popery, in store for this people & that this may appear in His own good time by the total & final banishment fr. the Islds of that system of abominations. [Unsigned; E. Bond] �Jan. 1 1851 Report of the Station in Kohala, Hawaii — In our report for the year 1850 but little can be said of progress in the Missy work. been been ( !) made. Apparently little or no advance has The tide of our affairs has by no means run smoothly & pleasantly on, as it has been our joy to report in some of the by-gone years. Interruptions & disappointments have beset our way - mingled indeed, it must be added with manifold mercies that demand a never ceasing tribute of thanksgiving at our hands. If of matters purely secular, this report were to speak, it might, with truth be said that a liberal measure of success has crowned our exertions. A market accessible to the larger part of our population, has afforded a profitable channel for the disposal of any amount of produce, & operated as a continual & wholesome stimulus to labor, throughout the district. That good will result from the quickened industry of the people we cannot doubt, even tho' for a season, here, as in all lands un­ der heaven, the increase of wealth cause a large measure of evil to be mixed with the good. One excellent & important result of the prosperous state of our temporal affairs, is the purchase of lands by individuals, for their own improvement - a result which with God’s blessing Is to produce further & most important benefits to the the individual & thenation. Indeed we can have little hope of further essential progress in the social condition of Hawaiians, unless they can be brought to occupy some position superior to that which they now hold - as virtual servants or serfs of their Landlords. Serfs they will inevitably be & nothing better, as to the mass, so long as they are as they now are & ever have been, in an important sense, under the authority of these unprincipled & despotic chiefs. I �K ohal a 1 8 5 0 - 2. speak with, all soberness & with due consideration in saying unprin­ cipled & despotic, f or such the chiefs of this nation are, with two or three noble exceptions that serve but to Show in a clearer light the incorrigible & hopeless wickedness of their class - & this too shame were it to be said - of even those who have a name & place amidst the host of God’s elect. From the power of these despots, if God will, our people must be rescued. otherwise. They perish inevitably, They may indeed perish with a title to the soil they occupy in their hands - But .there will then remain the consoling assurance that they died freemen - not slaves ! During the former 1/2 of the year our labors were quite as fre­ quently & as extensively interrupted by prevailing diseases & by excessive rains - as in 1849. desolation unchecked. Death meantime pursued his work of Ere the end of June, 200 of our people had fallen - trophies of the fell Destroyer’s power. Subsequently a greater degree of healthfulness has prevailed & the ordinary avoca­ tions of life have been discharged with no unusual hindrances The duties of the year have been discharged under disadvanta­ geous circumstances & it must be added in truth, with far less of personal enjoyment than in years past. A great amount of effort has been needful to effect the least important objects. All that has by God’s help been done has seemed but as a handful of corn cast upon the broad expanse of waters - quickly gone - perished from the sight. Thus to. sense - again after many days. To faith alone the seed shall spring Lord, increase our faith ! Save for a brief interval in 1844 we have never been destitute of a place of some sort in which to assemble & worship God together, until the past year. Acting simultaneously upon the masses gathered from all parts of the field, as in former years it was my delightful �Kohala 1850 5. privilege to do, & that too under the most favorable circumstances, the Missy work in all its branches was ever light & ever welcomed. But the scene h a s changed & sorely we feel it. Like the coals of a cheerful fire, swept suddenly from the hearth-stone & scattered to the winds, so we now lie separated - expiring. God only knows if ever again these dry bones shall be re-united revive & live. On the usual quarterly tours meetings have been, in many of the divisions, but thinly attended - whilst on the Sabb. no induce­ ment has existed to draw persons from a distance to the station meeting - since not 1/2 of those living in its immediate vicinity have been able to get access to the house in which our services have been held, the house admitting of no more than 200 when crowded. Hence in a measure the exceeding difficulty of exciting any thing like a general interest in any enterprise among our people. Hence too in part, the low ebb at which religious interests have stood thro’ the year. N ot that there has been n o regard for spiritual things - or that the Sabb. has been generally trodden under foot - or that there has occurred any thing like an outbreaking of iniquity & a conse­ quent defection from the truth among the people of God - Nothing of this kind has occurred; & yet the love of many has waxed cold. In a portion of the divisions of our district, as already in­ timated, the means of grace have been poorly sustained - & generally, the high prices offered for the productions of the soil, have but too successfully held out temptations to our chh. mem­ bers to look more earnestly upon things seen & temporal, than upon those unseen & eternal. It Is pleasant however, amid other & unfavorable indications �Kohala 1850 4 . to record the fact that whilst so earnestly engaged in seeking the things of this -world, those who hear the name of Christ, have not ceased to remember that the claims of their Lord & Master were still upon themselves & upon their acquisitions. Their contributions for the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom, have amounted during the year to $800 in cash. The larger proportion of this sum has been given re-erection to aid in the of our house of worship. Nothing has been collected towards the support of the pastor - it having been tho’t unadvisable to distract the minds of the people by placing too many objects at the same time before them. I am now by no means satisfied that this was not an erroneous view of the whole matter. The amount of chh. discipline exercised has been in nothing re­ markable. Doubtless the well-being of the chh. would have required more thorough & efficient action in this line, but the careless manner in which a portion of our number do, or rather leave undone, much of the business essential to the purity of our chhs. places it out of our power to prosecute a radical & systematic course of dis­ cipline, however essential we may regard it to the vital interests of truth among us. Several years since, we undertook a thorough expurgation of this chh. called thereto by the stern voice of duty. But after having sus­ pended & excommunicated some 500 delinquents, the larger portion of whom h a d been on our list of absentees for years, we learned to our dismay that some of them were In good standing & some were lunas in other chh. on the Islands I We have now on our hands another array of names embracing several scores of absentees, whose suspension or excision the voice both of expediency & duty demands. proceed. not stand. Our hands are tied. But we cannot A Kingdom divided against itself can­ Many of these individuals are reported & doubtless truly �Kohala 1850 5. so, as in communion with the chh. where they reside - but inquiries tho' repeated time & again, have entirely failed to procure any response from the Pastors of those chhs Were it "expedient” as it is "lawful” I w d utter a solemn pro­ test against this slovenly way of getting along with our chh. busi­ ness. If our Master’s work is worth the doing it is worth doing well. In our last report mention was made of the then recent loss of our house of worship & of plans formed for its speedy re-erection. To what was then said after the lapse of more than a year, little can be added. Not a stone of our house is yet laid! We have had enough of plans - but hitherto they have proved only human - not divine God has put them all to nought. He has sent disease & death - floods & tempests - snatching from our grasp the lime stone which piece by piece & with extreme labor had been obtained from 5 & 4 fathoms of water & in the most inclement weather - all to teach us what we ought always to have remembered; & now I trust shall never forget that it is of Himself - not of man, to will & to work. What He in Infinite wisdom has willed & shall deign to work for us thro1 our own instrumentality or that of others He in His own good time will indicate. Meantime under Him, we shall try to complete the gathering of our materials & proceed as He in His providence may direct to rear the walls of a new house for His praise & glory. We may not fail here to recognize the loving-kindness of God to us-ward the more remarkable taken in its connexion with the adverse dealings of His providence with us previously noticed. Whilst thwarting our plans & efforts here, He has stirred the hearts of many of Zion's friends & ours to remember us in our adversity & to shew their sym­ pathy by imparting generously of their substance for our relief Without the slightest intentional hint of any desire for ex­ �Kohala 1850 6. traneous aid it has freely - generously come both from different parts of these Islands & from parts of our native land - tho* to what extent I am unable to state, having recd no definite advices with reference to the am't to be expected from U.S. But however large the am’t to be recd from our father land - no demonstration of sympathy with us in our calamity, have fallen more delightfully upon our ears or come home with a warmer welcome to our hearts - & none will be more affectionately or more gratefully garnered in the store houses of memory, than those that have come to us from several of our sister chhs of Hawaii nei - a 1000 fold the Lord restore their seasonable sympathies & their fraternal benefactions into their own bosons Of our schools little need be said - since nothing new or of special promise can be said of them. They hold on their way gradu­ ally, it is believed, improving in efficiency tho' decreasing in numbers. Of Popery too I say little - for we may live along upon what we have already said in time past. These several years we have had Popery in articulo mortis (all but dead ?) in some of our fields yet instead of the thing dead, buried & epitaphed, we may have this year, if report says truly, Popery redivivus, & rejoicing in its vigor. With a single stride, from the doors of its sepulchre, it seats itself firmly In the councils of the nation before our aston­ ished vision I Of this hydra headed monster therefore I neither predicate nor prophecy aught. It has an end to answer on these Is­ lands & till that end be accomplished, it will survive & work Enough for us if it but teach us lessons of wisdom & inspire us with a becoming Zeal in our Master’s work. �Koh ala 1850 - All recd on Examination " Letter Past two years Exam. " " Letter All past two years All dismissed t o other chhs " Past two years All deceased " Past two years Suspended past two years Remain Suspended Excomd past two years All Excomd Remain excomd All now in regular Standing All childn baptized Past two years " Couples married past two years 1806 586 15 39 54 251 63 677 177 36 24 36 413 337 1103 819 26 166 Statistics of schools for 1850 Whole no Prot. schools Teachers Pupils Readers Writers Arithmetic Geography Deaths in the field 1850 Births " " Catholic Schools Pupils in do 19 19 843 524 296 453 146 300 122 2 49 (Unsigned; E. Bond) �Report of the Station in Kohala for the year 1851 The past year has been remarkable for the dryness & salubrity of the atmosphere. No previous year of our abode in the district has been at all similar to it in this respect. The absence of a portion ordinarily of our/superabundant rains has added to life fresh sources of enjoy­ ment throughout the entire period - & the diminution of suffering & death in consequence has been marked - as the table of statistics will shew But tho’ in the Divine Goodness, the year has been singularly favorable for health & general comfort - it has not passed without its share of disappointed hopes - particularly in worldly matters. The year 1850 left the people in the midst of unexampled prosperity; & with brighter prospects, the commencement of the past year found them. But their sanguine expectations were doomed to utter disappointment & all,' as none can' doubt, in the wisdom & paternal goodness of a Hea­ venly Father. Great preparations were made to supply the expected de­ mand f or produce - Never, since our knowledge of Hawaiian affairs had so great an amount of labor been expended on the soil - But at the time of harvest, came the rumor that no produce cd be sold. The stagnation of business in California & the consequent depression of affairs in the great wants of the Islands destroyed the demand - & left the crop of thousands of barrels to rot in ground. The prostration of trade was sudden & so total that vegetables wh. had a short time previous been steadily sold at $6 to $8 the barrel were not worth taking to the shore. Relying with confidence upon the continuance of the demand for their produce, multitudes of the people had been tempted more or less deeply into debt - & the ill effects of their subsequent inability to �Kohala 1851 pay, has proved a source of much trouble to numbers of our people At the present time the ability of this people to contribute to the cause of benevolence & to the maintenance of our religious institutions is exceedingly limited - though doubtless larger hearts w d find larger means, than most are supposed to possess. It may safely be presumed however, that tho' in mere pecuniary interests, many were losers by the trying vicissitudes in the affairs of the past year ~ the loss sustained was vastly less than the gain secured. The people were getting wild with prosperity - beside them­ selves with the flood of money wh. was pouring in upon them almost without effort. Men who in the entire course of their lives had never been able to claim the ownership of an aggregate of $10 in cash, now counted their hundreds. Every where & at all times the sole all-en­ grossing theme of conversation was the price pr bbl. of potatoes & onions. It was so on the Sabb. day even, the moment they were out of the house of God & no exhortations cd stay the downward, tendency. But things impossible with men are possible with God. He had a lesson to teach us - a lesson we had need to learn - & sure I am that no lover of Zion's welfare in these Islands can regret its having been taught us so opportunely as it was. We certainly need have no fears for the result. The King & suite visited Kohala in Novr . or 3 weeks. He remained there 2 For once I felt to thank God for Hawaiian m olowa [indif- ference, laziness ?]. Upon the mass of the population the presence of the King produced an extremely slight sensation. In the minds of the more substantial of our people a thorough disgust was excited; whilst with a certain but small class of the community, iniquity f r . a royal cup, was drunk in as water. foreign companion The King, two young chiefs & their worthy - it must be acknowledged spared no pains to set be­ �Kohala 1851 3. fore the people of the district the advantages of rum drinking & of the most unblushing beastly licentiousness. Not a single decent man, so far as I saw or learned, was in the company. Together, they consti­ tuted a living nuisance - a moving pestilence, defiling & destroying every good thing in their march. The Lord vouchsafe to the nation a c hief magistrate & an heir ex­ curse pectant whose presence shall not curse with the mildew of corruption, whatever it overshadows Of our schools little of fresh interest can be added to past reports - They hold on their way with gradually decreasing numbers as in times gone by. All idea of further advance in interest & effi­ ciency is forbidden by the lack of books - particularly of a good Georgraphy & accompanying atlas. A new edition also of the Elements of astronomy w d be a valuable acquisition & perhaps a very limited & judicious selection of some other Elementary books. Unless we can have these books provided, specially the Geography & Atlas, it is idle to expect any thing in the way of improvement in the character of our Public Schools. The "working system" introduced two or three three ( !) years since into our schools, halving with us, had its day of usefulness, has spent its strength for present good & is now upon the shelf - doubtless however to be revived again with profit at some future day My own little school has been continued thro' the year The church has slept on thro" another year in its lukewarmness. A few of our number give indications of life - but there has been noth­ ing like a deep or general interest in the great concerns of the soul. Several inquirers of long standing have been admitted to chh. privil­ eges - And we have to acknowledge with praise to God, another year’s preservation from grass & outbreaking sins - tho’ temptations in high �4. Kohala 1851 places & in low places have beset the members of the chh. they have been kept by Divine powers from falling & thereby bringing reproach upon the cause of the Redeemer. About the usual amount of discipline has been exercised. More perhaps would have been required by a spirit of strict obedience to the teachings of the word of God; but whilst so many of our churches persist in the rejection of every thing approaching a system of interchurch discipline, it is impossible for others, how much soever dispos e d to do so, to preserve obedience to any law human or divine. is, it need not be reiterated, no option in the case. There One might sup­ pose that the somewhat startling disclosures of the last Gen. Meet’g in regard to the condition of some of our churches, might possibly excite a suspicion that we were in need of something like a system of inter- church discipline - but so far as appears hitherto, no such suspicion was excited. And hence our statistics are still as in years gone by to no inconsiderable extent a pious humbug upon the community. The ordinances of the Gospel have been sustained among us, as in previous years. Four meetings besides that at the station have been regularly held on the Sabb. at places convenient for the population; & these have been well attended. At the station a thatched house of worship about 60 ft. long has been erected to answer our necessities until better accommodations can be had. Our contributions for the year have amounted to $744.83 in cash of which sum $297 were for foreign (& domestic) missionary purposes $191.13 for a new house of worship & $256.70 for the support of the pastor. (Note:) new meetg house. This additional to the labor of preparation for the The sum contributed for our support was considerably larger than this - but as we were able thro' the blessing of God to �Kohala 1851 5. get thro' the year without the whole am’t & were moreover not unwilling that our people shd know that we were not particularly greedy of gain at their expense we preferred that the am ’t shd stand as it now does - for our support. I am pained to report for the second time that a stone of our new house of worship has not yet been laid. build I know not - How soon we shall begin to We are at length ready to have the work entered upon without delay & if a Kind Providence shall send us a man to com­ mence the work immediately after the close of our meeting, we may hope to serve God once more in His earthly courts, ere the current year has passed away - But I, have made so many calculations only to be disappointed & indulged so many hopes only to be indefinitely de­ ferred, that I have no anxiety to for m new plans or to fasten new hopes upon the uncertain events of the future. & do it as we can - We shall do what we can Per the rest we leave it with Him who knows our necessities & those of His cause better than we know them ourselves. I trust few of our Brn. living away fr. the centers of business& obliged to depend for labor of preparation upon natives will be called to rebuild their Houses of worship. It was a great task In 1844 - but vastly greated & in all respects more trying in 1852 Our Sabb school, it shd have been added above has continued as usual thro' the year. Our only text books are the O. & N. Testaments & the Hymn book. In regard to Popery, but few words are needed, stationed in the district. field - No priest is One makes an occasional tour thro' this But no stir of any kind has been made & I have heard of no accession to their ranks. So far as I have had occasion to know the characters of those who call themselves the "Poe Pope", they appear �Kohala 1851 6 , quite friendly & come as readily to me for aid in cases of difficul­ ty, as do our own people, & quite as readily receive me into their houses. They have two small schools numbering at the present time "between 30 & 40 pupils. (Unsigned; E . Bond) �Abstract of Kohala Church for 1851 The past year has been remarkable for the dryness & salubrity of the atmosphere, & for the good health of the people. The year 1850 was a period of great prosperity in worldly matters - the past one of disappointed hopes & prospects — adversity has followed prosperity & all as, as none can doubt, in the wisdom & paternal goodness of God. The consequence has been that the ability of the people to contribute to the cause of benevolence, is exceedingly limited. Adversity in worldly prospects, has tended to stem the flood of worldliness, whose injurious effects was too manifest on the piety of God's people. Schools ports - N othing of special interest can be added to past re­ They are suffering for want of suitable school books; & while this is the case much improvement cannot be expected. The working system, introduced two or three years ago, has spent its strength. The private school of the pastor has been continued through the year. The Church warmness. This has slept on through another year in its luke­ Yet there have been some indications of spiritual life, & a few have been added to the church. The ordinances of the Gospel have been sustained, as in previous years. Pour meetings held on the Sabbath, besides that at the station - these have been well attended. Benevolence - The contributions for the year have amounted to $744.83 in cash - Of this sum $297.were for foreign (& domestic) missionary purposes - $191.13 for a new house of worship; & $256.70 for the support of the pastor. The pastor is pained to report for the second time that not a stone of the new meeting house has been laid; the work might be commenced immediately if a suitable workman could be obtained. Papacy. No priest is stationed in the district. One makes an occasional tour through the field but no stir has been made - Their adherents are not strongly prejudiced in favour of the Man of Sin. [Unsigned; E. Bond] �Statistics [Kohala, 1852] Church Whole number recd on Exn do by letter Past year on Exn do by letter Whole number past year " dismissed to other chhs Past year do Whole number deceased Past year " " Suspended Remain " Past year Excommunicated Whole number " Remain " Whole number in reg. stand'g ” children Baptized Past year ” ” couples married Average congregation 1830 598 24 12 36 258 7 703 26 22 18 36 449 370 1079 879 60 73 250 Schools Number of Prot. Schools Whole number pupils Readers Writers Arithmetic Geography Vocal music 28 832 529 485 485 288 123 Births in the field Deaths " " 110 128 �Kohala 1853 The year now past means to us two phases of unusual prosperity - It has been a period It has also been a season of trial & per­ plexity As a church we have much to remember with devout thankfulness. We have been graciously kept by our Lord & Master fr. internal dissentions & fr. the aggressive efforts of the enemy without. In look­ ing back thro the entire period, cheering evidence of substantial ad­ vancement in wholesome views of truth & in a practical r e a d i n e s s to comply with its demands is very obvious to my own mind. My own labors have not been extended so generally & frequently to the portions of the field as usual, owing to the cares & entangle­ ments of building, both a house for the Lord & one for our own use under Him - My own lack of service has however been partially - per­ haps entirely made up by the increased zeal & activity of members of the chh. in all portions of the field. In consequence of the work on our house of worship, our people have been much with me, & thro' them, I have had a particular knowledge of the state of affairs within our limits In the month of August we were graciously visited by the influand ences of the Holy Spirit, to an extent andin a manner not for a long season, felt among this people. An unusual gathering into meetings - a spirit of earnest prayer & a greatly awakened interest in the study of God’s Word - were the first indications we had of a revived condi­ tion of affairs in our midst. I know not that this precious visit of God’s Spirit had any relation to any immediate efforts of ours - but possibly a well sustained Bible class - a series of particular dis­ courses which the Providence of God seemed to demand - united with �Kohala - 1853 2 the active zeal of our people in sustaining the out-station Meetings immediately preceding, for some time - had some relation thereto. But this matters little to us save in the fact that we are curious, when possible, to trace effects to their causes either final or instru­ mental or both. God knows all however & that may suffice us, who see but thro' a glass darkly, at best. Our meetings for inquiring were thronged subsequent to a tour in August & preceding the usual season of communion - But 66 however were recd to the chh. during the year, on profession & yet truth comp e l s me to state that the mass of those who professed to be seeking the way of life, appeared remarkably well so well, that for the first time in 13 years I was able to speak of heartfelt & earnest delight in 3 or 4 laborious days of conference with this class of our people. The meetings were solemn & the replies to Interrogations were in a large measure drawn from the word of God & of course intelligent. The old cut & dried formulas of "pule me ka mihi" & such like, for once were forgotten & it was because they had been forgotten that I cd feel assurance of some reality in the work I was doing. Since the commencement of the current year we have recd- 59 to the chh., additional to those previously mentioned as the result of the reviving in our midst. T he contributions of t h e chh. for the year were Missy purposes Pastor’s Support For Meet’g house $358.00 ) 666.00 ) 559.00 ) = $1583.00 in cash - In addition, a sum not yet appropriated of about $100 & constant work, bringing timber, sand, fire wood for lime burning, stones &c &c one day in each week, for the necessities of the Lord’s House In the latter part of June the small pox was introduced fr. Hono­ lulu. With God's blessing we were enabled to hedge in & confine the �Kohala 1853 disease so effectually that but seven persons fell victims to it in this part of the district - 18 others died in that portion border­ ing on Kawaihae, making 25 in all. On this subject I have made a report to the Royal Health Commission. The Small pox was the immediate precursor of another disease whose distinctive power seems greater just in proportion to its abom­ inable absurdity - I mean Mormonism. It made priests immediately of one of our chh. members then recently excommunicated for living with another man's wife in adultery; & of a young villain who fled fr. Honolulu to evade punishment for forgery - & of several others of like character & these with several of like feather bro’t fr. Maui, together with several foreigners, have been diligent in the work of making proselytes. Their chief measures are a vilif y i n g of the Missionaries - promises of healing the sick & promises of relieving the people of taxes. The latter promise they bid fair to redeem, if they go on as they began, making priests by scores & forties ! The recent census of this district gives in all, Mormons 248 Papists 2859 giving 3413 as the entire census - Since Jan 1. there has been no special change I judge. 328 Protestants The papists & Mormons have been having a battle on their own account in consequence, of the turning of the former in considerable number to the latter. It is a curious fact to be noted, that many of the Mormon Converts turn "just for the fun of it" as they say baptized. They are coaxed until tired & then consent to be With the exception of exposing the delusion to our people I have, personally, had little to do with it - because reasoning & warning, where absurdity & bare faced falsehood are more than evident to all minds, seem out of place. As to the coaxing people to be re­ ligious or to be called Calvinists in distinction fr. Papists or Mormons, I have no gift in that direction, not having so learned �Kohala 1853 4. Christ. Mormonism is one of the facts of the cycle to wh. we belong an Anti-type of corresponding facts in previous cycles of human af­ fairs. Its very absurdity appears to be Its chief merit whereby it commends itself to many, perhaps most minds. A mince of the Spiritual & sensual it possesses a delicious flavor for the palates of sensual natures & in this but follows Mohammedanism, the refined systems of Paganism & not doubtfully Romanism. It will have Its day as its types had in their day - & when we see it gathering Its converts by thousands in Great Britain, Prussia, & U. States, we need not wonder that amongst these credulous Hawaiian children it makes considerable progress - Six or eight of our chh. members have been drawn off by the agency of friends, to this delusion Nothing special need be said of Popery holds its own. It presume it about Some of our professed converts of the past year were fr. that party, but not enough probably to affect any essential di­ minution in their numbers - Popery seems to have become one of the excrescences ( !) fixed on the body politic & we may safely presume it will not soon be eradicated. Our schools are miserably low & we may as well write it down as a standing item in all future reports - until a change comes - that our Kohala schools are hopelessly past reviving until we can have some books - some more books Our House of worship is not finished - I wish it were. But somehow it has from the beginning, been an up-hill work - in more than an ordinary sense. The elements have contended with us for the materials & then for their composition in the walls of the house Something is wrong - What is it? Has been my frequent inquiring & my motives have undergone repeated examinations in vain - I don’t feel at liberty to be discouraged & yield the contest in despair, so long as a gracious God shall give me health - & so we hold on - �Koh ala 1853 faint, yet pursuing. Perhaps the time will come by & by - time - to favor us in this onerous enterprise. Gods own Brethren pray for us - I send accompanying this report two tables relating to the sub­ ject of licentiousness in the chh. & in the entire district. The latter I made out fr. the poorly kept records of our district Justice as far back as they extend, the former is as perfect as any human Records can be - taken fr. our Chh. Records. These tables show demonstrably that 1st The sin of licentious­ ness is decreasing among this (i.e. of this district) people - 2d that it is decreasing in the chh.. 3d- that the proportion of overt impurity in the Chh. is less than that in the community generally say what scoffers may - The proportion in t h e chh. for the first six reported years after its organization was one suspension in every 65 chh. members - whilst in the last five reported years it has been but one in 106 - Or in first 7 years 1 in 59 - In 2d 7 years 1 in 107. Figures speak for themselves - say what Jesuits or Ten Eyck, it id genus omne - may Hawaiians have in fact sufficient dause of reproach in this business & there is no necessity of slanderously adding more. I have written the Board on this subject & forwarded the tables knowing that it w d not be possible, for me to meet with you - this year E. Bond Church Statistics 1919 On profession 647 On certificate 66 Past year on- profession ” on certificate 18 84 Whole number past year 331 Dismissed to other chhs 19 " Past year 802 Deceased 68 ” Past year 4 Suspended past year 1853 Remain Suspended Excommunicated p. year Whole number Excomd Remain excomd Whole no. in regular Stand'g Children Baptised Past year " Couples married p. year Av. congregation 11 2 459 366 1055 941 42 52 250 �Convictions by the Justice of North Kohala Tear Adultery & fornication 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 Years Whole number in the Chh. Suspended Drinking intoxicating breaking compositions Offences 42 41 52 95 23 15 77 72 50 33 26 2:4 Sabbath All other 0 si Tattooing & knocking out teeth 11 9 15 12 17 11 10 10 5 1840 1841 1842 1843 677 866 1424 1575 25 # 9 17 21 1844 1845 No Report 1164 31 13 1846 No Rep't 24 1847 1848 1369 1264 24 13 1849 No Rep't 9 V o Sundries 12 21 20 30 67 12 6 Quarreling 1850 1851 1852 1853 1103 1079 1038 1055 18 13 6 3 # 1841 was the year of our arrival - There was no such thing as proper discipline pos­ sible & the same cause - ignorance of the language operated tho’ in a decreasing ratio , in the two- following years Since my connection with the Chh. not a case of proved licentiousness has passed without formal suspension from the privileges of the chh. In first seven years proportion In second " " " 1 1 in 59 " 107 chh members " d �Kohala 1854 The year 1854 now past has been marked by nothing of special interest in the history of our affairs - The Lord has been gra­ cious to us & by His mercy we are hitherto b r o 't to erect our Ebenezer - & recognizing His paternal guidance & care all the year thro'. The year has been a season of unbroken physical toil, to the pas­ tor & to those of the flock who, in addition to the name of Christian, have also had sufficient love to Christ to move their hands in His service. W d it were possible to speak of the majority of the Chh. as thus practically shewing their union to the Head - but truth to tell, it is now as it was in 1845 - only the small minority who bear to Christ & the Interests of His Kingdom sufficient attachment, to lead them to share in its cares or venture one drop of sweat in its service. In January the Chh. commenced a system of mutual visitation rather of general visitation, throughout the district. Those chh. members deemed fitted in character for the profitable exercise of the employment, were selected on the first of each month, two & two, to go thro’ every land In the district distributing tracts, conversing & praying with every family. This was followed during the first half of the year with no permanent marked results however so far as known Some however were thus stirred up for the time being, to more diligence in Christian duty & particularly in searching the word of God. During the latter part of the year there has been but little spiritual life indicated amongst those called by the name of Christ. Yet no outbreaking sin of any sort has been suffered to trouble our Z i on - or to make inroads upon the peace & order of the community. The contributions of the chh. have been less than during the pre­ vious year - tho' more than we had reason to anticipate - considering the extreme scarcity of money — �Kohala 2 1854 . The sum of contributions for the year is $1038.51, viz Pastor’s Support Meet’g House Monthly Concert $525.121 2 / 360.91 152.48 The work also has been continued on our House of worship as before In May last - after a trying delay of 8 months during wh. time we sought in vain for a carpenter - the Lord graciously sent two carpenters to our aid - to prosecute the work on the House. Both , were employed for 4 months & one, constantly since that time so that I am enabled to report the House in a state approaching completion. Our progress is however slow at best, owing to delays & interrup­ tions wh. none can well appreciate, who have been accustomed to the conveniences & facilities afforded in all such enterprises, by the permanent appointments of all settled & civilized communities. We are now hoping to enter our house early in the latter part of the year, if God will. Of our Schools, I need only say, that they are continued as usual - tho’ still-suffering the want of books. They are almost en­ tirely directed by our faithful Kahu - my time not sufficing for any material services in their behalf Papists - make no stir - but continue on as usual. however suffered some loss by the efforts of Mormonism. system or scheme of evil has had a special favor for us. They have This latter During the year we have had always two & usually 5 & sometimes 7 foreign priests busily employed here, besides fr. 2 to 4 native priests. They have made some additional converts yet but few compared with the efforts put forth & none so far as my knowledge extends have been proselyted by the foreign priests - wh. has been true fr. the beginning. The native priests alone appear to have the skill requisite to make Mormons - The numbers who adhere to this name are very nearly the �Kohala 3. 1854 same as those reported last year, some having forsaken them & others having died or left the Island. S t a t i s t i c s of Church On profession On certificate Past year on professn Past year on Certife Whole number past year Dismissed to other Chhs. Dismissed past year Deceased Deceased past yr Suspended past year Remain suspended Excommunicated past year Whole number Excommunicated Remain ExcomdWhole number Regular Standing Children baptized Baptized past year Marriages past year Av. congregation 2025 695 106 48 154 353 22 850 48 14 14 28 487 474 1129 1013 72 63 250 [Unsigned, but marked on front sheet: E. Bonds Report for 1854] �[Kohala 1855, first page missing] to any good purpose is lessened. ; . The cause of Christ in this ocean, needs something more than the exhibition of a fitful beneficence. It demands a steady tide of contributions poured from hearts whose deep springs are habitual­ ly moved by unaffected love to God & to souls. W e would strive to enkindle a zeal in this good work - but to be reliable it must be a zeal with Knowledge. people then, the Knowledge. Give us, for our Then only may we demand & expect a zeal according to Knowledge - a Christian & enduring zeal which will honor God & instrumentally save men. The Am. Board could hardly afford to dispense with the "Missy Herald” & rely upon the scanty fragments of Missy intelligence to be gleaned, by the churches, from the religious & secular papers of the day - & yet they could better afford that, than we can to leave our people without a definite & tolerably extensive acquaintance with Missionary operations of the present day - Not less with those of other lands than these of our own If as has been suggested, an occasional Missy paper be published & scattered abroad amongst our chh. members, say quarterly or to the a m ’t of four numbers per year, something will have been done towards obviating the serious evils of the past - But let us bear in mind Brn, that if we are really intent upon bringing our people up to the help of the Lord, in the Missy branch of His service, such a paper should be regarded but a beginning of better things, an earnest of larger hopes for the future. May not something good In this line of things, be expected, as the result of your, collective wisdom - during the present or coming year? God grant it. E. Bond �o Kohal a 1855 Statistics of Kohala Church for the year 1855 — 2057 Recd on profession 714 " on Certificate ” past year on profn " " " Certifie 21 55 Whole number past yr. Dismissed to other Chhs " 52 392 17 past year 891 Deceased 30 past year " 3 Remain suspended 3 Suspended " Excommunicated past yr. 27 Whole number E x c omd 529 Remain Excomd 415 Whole number in ) Regular Standing) 1072 Children Baptized 1074 " Marriages " past yr. " Average Congregation " 61 47 300 �Kohala The past year has yielded little to be noted as matter of in­ terest in our history. The Divine goodness has indeed been to us- ward as free & abundant as in the years which, preceded this & most gladly would I record the fact, if fact it were, of our. having made some suitable return, by a corresponding diligence & faithfulness in our Master's service. But this I am not able to say - We have in truth passed a year noted & marred by an unusual stupidity - es­ pecially its latter half of 1856 - In contributing for the support of the Gospel both at home & abroad, the Chh. has not perhaps fallen below its wonted measure, but in personal attendance upon the means of grace there has been a state of marked declension - not indeed so apparent at the Station save in a very general desertion of the Lord' s House in the P.M. - but very marked at all our out station services Bat this, I must say to the praise of God's grace, has neither re­ sulted from, nor ended in the indulgence of any prevailing species of open wickedness. From all sorts of outbreaking sins the good Lord has yet another year delivered us - Blessed be His holy name. The class of professed inquirers has numbered between one & two hundred, but the prevailing spirit of apathy in the chh. was apparent in ihs effects: upon the inquirers & I could not feel it duty all things considered, to receive any into the fold of the Good Shep­ herd During the latter part of this period there have been indications of better things than we have seen during the greater part of the year After careful inquiry, I- cannot ascertain that Mormonism has made a single convert in this District for months past - Many have dropped away from them, after patiently looking for some great & �Kohala 1857 2. promised worldly advantage, till weary & disappointed - in vain. Popery has been revived & put on new strength in the remote border of the District adjoining Kawaihae & four of our chh. members relatives of the prime mover in the revival - have fallen away to that error. In other portions of the field the condition of Popery is much the same as it has been in years past - in a quiescent & grad­ ually wasting state We have one candidate for service in Micronesia - A young man who was a member of the first class in my school, having entered in 1842 - He subsequently entered the Semy at Hilo & since leaving that school he has been employed in teaching - a short season in Honolulu, but for most of the time in this District. He is not one of our "Smart" Hawaiians - but is reliable, if an unblemished character of 14 years can justify such language. None of the Hawaiian sins have ever been charged upon him - but if they had been, I hesitate not to say that I never cd conscientiously recommend him to go amongst the heathen as a teacher & guide. He is a modest young man & I hope will have mental ballast sufficient with God's grace to enable him to maintain a humble bearing, in passing thro’ the ordeal necessary for his new & honorable work - but if not, we of white skin & more Knowledge must not be surprised as tho' any new thing had happened unto us - since we have frequently been witnesses to a little ex­ cusable elevation in some of our favored Brn. who have been to gather fresh inspiration from the wisdom & wonders of our father land & returned to tell our open ears of the same Luhian's wife bears a character free fr. any gross blemishes, having never been connected with any scandalous vices so far as is known. She is rather a wife for her husband, than In herself promis­ ing to make an energetic missionary - Yet in thus saying, I by no �Kohala 1857 3. means intend any disparagement. I speak thus fully, as I shall not he present to present my tho’ts to the Brn. in Gen. Meet'g I may be allowed a word regarding the recent letter fr. the Missy House - I read the letter with unbounded astonishment asking myself all the while "Whence came these extraordinary views & pro­ ceedings"? The wisdom of the Missy House has assuredly tripped this time - & unless I utterly mistake the characters of the Br n . they, assembled in Gen. Meet'g will not fail to say so emphatically ~ I think It ought to be understood by this time in Boston as well as at the Sand. Islands, that, God helping, we who know best our own circumstances & necessities can manage them without any unsought directions, whether in the form of peremptory commands or authorita­ tive suggestions. If the Prud. Comm, wish our love & respect, let them tread carefully upon ground, not theirs but ours In this most extraordinary manner they can if they will grossly outrage all sense of right & propriety, by ejecting long tried & faithful Brn. f r . their own agency, but they cannot meddle with our chhs. & our Missy Society & our Ecclesiastical affairs with Impunity or I am a stranger to the sentiments of my Brn. I confess that this letter fr. the Missy House, has filled me with unbounded amazement Shall I speak inadvisedly if I say, with no slight degree of indigna­ tion. Whence have sprung these singularly erratic proceedings, I again inquire? Contributions in cash for 1856 by this Chh. Hanai Kumu [Pastor’s support] Mahina Hou [Monthly Concert] S.S. children for Missy Ship Domestic " " Total For Chh. Statistics - See over $ 477.00 259.00 70.00 20.00 $ 826.00 �Kohala 1857 S tatistic s R e c d on P r o f e s s i o n " - W h o le num ber C e rtific ate " P " " fo r 1856 2057 720 rofn past year C e rtif. W h o le num ber " 6 " 6 D ism issed Past year 412 " W ho le n o . deceased Past year " " " 20 916 25 Suspended R e m a in 11 " 8 E x c o m m u n ic a te d P a s t y e a r " 16 W hole n o . 544 R e m a in Excom d 428 W h o l e num ber i n r e g u l a r Stand' g 1013 C h ild n B a p t iz e d Past year " M arriages p ast y ea r Av. co n g re g atio n a t 1130 56 55 S tatio n 475 �K oh ala Report 1858 In lo o k in g hack upon the c o u rse n o th in g sp ec ia lly notew orthy, to h e p u t dow n i n a R e p o r t A fe w w o r d s , goodness to to us how ever, ward as s m ite u s , y e t o f events d u r in g a f f e c t i n g the I m ust a t a fa m ily . le ast record in He h a s i n d e e d p ra ise seen f i t the p a t e r n a l h a n d t h a t d e a l t t h e b l o w , the w ound i t s e l f h a d made - num ber & t h e r e b y ga ve us n e w cau se f o r th e p u b l i c He left also erectin g of G o d 's i n w is d o m has to u s g raciou sly an unbroken o ur E b e n e z e r to H i s - s i x m onths th e p a s t o r was e n t i r e l y t a k e n f r . serv ic e s of the San ctuary excep ted - by s ic k n e ss The t h i r d q uarterly to u r w as n e c e s s a r i l y h is work in h is o m it t e d & am ount o f o t h e r p a s t o r a l l a b o r u s u a l l y a c c o m p l i s h e d i n a year appears - For n e a r ly fa m ily cause of r e l i g i o n , - h o u n d up p ra ise the p a s t y e a r , a larg e th e c o u r s e of - A lto g e th e r the year has been p a s s e d i n q u ie t n e s s in d o le n c e & - perhaps s p i r i t u a l s l u g g i s h n e s s /w o u l d more p r e c i s e l y express in the truth As num bers. a p e o p le & a s The a chh. stream w h ic h ever sets slo u g h - H o n o lu lu - appears the y e a r p a s t & am ongst unsung” , are T h is strange & by the our g r e a t H a w a i i a n to h av e d e e p e n e d & e n l a r g e d i t s e l f w i t h i n the many who l e a v e us if a new e v i l under any one "u n w e p t u n h o n o r e d & th e p e o p l e our H a w a iia n exp e c ta tio n f o r w ho se of sake he. f o r s o o k h i s jo y fully l a b o r e d i n th e - & G ospel of Jesus w ou ld i n ­ lo n g se e in g h im s e lf s p i r i t u a l c h i l d r e n whom h e h a s b e g o t t e n fa re he has sun & I t of us K u a a i n a p a s t o r s h a d n o t b r a c e d h i m s e l f h a r d u p to t h e d e s e r t e d by to w a r d s in some w hose lo s s we g r e a t l y r e g r e t & v a i n l y d e p l o r e . i s n o t h ow e v er deed be we a re v e r y s e n s i b l y d i m i n i s h i n g sin ce grad ually earth ly a l l fo r w hose w e l ­ C h rist. �Kohala 1858 2. Y e t we may w e l l leav e these thin gs in s p e c i a l l y may we be r e c o n c i l e d to t h i s , w aste of our c o u n t r y p o p u l a t i o n s , the M a s t e r 's in v iew of the p o r t e n t o u s th e a g e n c y o f w ic k e d r u l e r s h a n g s spiritu ally c h ild less, be c u r s e d by th o s e God s h a l l leav e th e f o r e s h a d o w e d ev ils be more b l e s s e d an h u n d r e d f o l d t h a n t h o s e - Perhaps thousands members are sifted law h as b e e n at o nce the m ea su re & t h e p ro p o f the m o r a l i t y a n ta g o n istic w h i c h i s to t r y fo r sa k e H is own. to e v e r y m a n 's G o d 's pursue la w & th u s w o rk o f w h a t The e l e c t w i l l But I w i l l not For feared. th is surely co n trib u tio n s & c h h . s t a t i s t i c s th e sort e n d u re d isc u ssio n Th e c iv il o f too our la w s more & c risis i t is. to t h e is h asten in g God w i l l n o t end - - s e e th e E. our But v ery o b v io u s ly a r e at w ork wh i c h a r e g r a d u a l l y b r i n g i n g m ore to b e of to ou r common g o o d o u r c h h . as t h e y h ave n e v e r y e t b e e n . many o f o ur p e o p l e , i t may j u s t l y b e ag encies fo r The th e n a t i o n t o n um ber w i t h t h e ir to b e c lo ud over the n a t i o n . ju d ic ia lly in auth ority & su ffer come u p o n u s , w i l l & i n many r e s p e c t s M e l a n c h o l y w h ic h t h r o ' if hands Bond o th e r h a l f sheet. �Kohala 1858 3. K oh ala 1 8 5 8 Church S t a t is t ic s W h o l e R e c d on p r o f e s s i o n W h o l e num ber on C e r t i f i c a t e P a s t y e a r on p r o f e s s i o n " " C e rtific ate " " W ho le num ber W h o l e num ber d is m d to o t h e r chhs P ast year " W h o le num ber d e c e a s e d Past year " Suspended R e m a in " E x c o m m u n ic a te d p a s t y e a r " W hole num ber " R e m ain W h o l e num ber i n r e g . S t a n d i n g " C h ild re n b a p t iz e d Past year " M arriages past y ear A v e r a g e C o n g r e g a t io n Co n t r i b u t i o n s M o n th ly c o n ce rt P a s t o r ’ s Salary Purchase of b e ll For p art of a house fo r m e e t ’ gs 2113 741 17 7 24 490 39 964 18 - in cash fo r 9 7 18 582 450 943 1215 39 26 375 1858 $ 4 2 7 .0 0 ) 6 0 7 .5 0 ) 3 6 6 .5 0 ) Total ) 1 5 0 .0 0 .) $ 1 5 5 1 .0 0 �R e p o r t o f K o h a la f o r the y e a r 1859 Few H a w a iia n M is s io n a r ie s years, t h e h o p es & p r o m is e s p erh a p s, have fo u n d in o f th e p a s t T h e r e r e m a in s h o w e v e r i n t h e m id s t c o n so la tio n a r is in g wh. past, for these apparent f a i l u r e s , w h a t h as f a i l e d W ith u s , or e v e n t s - in th is way, of w h ilst the M a ste r’ s w ork, the serv ice lo o k in g b a c k u p o n the - not w ith o u t r e g r e t to b e a c c o m p l is h e d - t h a t I w d g a t h e r f r e s h v i g o r f o r w h a t o f tim e & d u t y s t i l l r e m a in s the y ea r has to m e . i n no w ay b e e n m a r ke d by im p o r t a n t Yet I wd f a i n h o p e , added its i n th e f o r s u b s t a n t i a l advance i n & p a r t i c u l a r l y u p o n th e y e a r now c l o s e d , & r e n e w e d hopes in g I t is lapse s a tisfa c to rily v e r i f ie d . fr o m a n e n l a r g e d e x p e r i e n c e s u r e ly shd be a v a ila b le s t ill befo re us. of the quota o f v a l u a b le it has iss u e s n o t p a s s e d away w i t h o u t h a v ­ e x p e r i e n c e to the stock p r e v io u s ly in s to r e . I shd , speak of e x p e r ie n c e in e v e r y it e m of we l a b o r . W ith o u t the m is s io n a r y l a r g e s t m e a n in g - i n c l u d i n g , a thorough a cq u a in ta n c e th is, can b e I am more & more p ro d u c tiv e m a t t e r , w i t h how l a r g e & may b e its o f but s e l f - d e n y in g w i t h th e p e o p l e satisfie d th e as it f o r whom effo rts of l i m i t e d p erm a n e n t r e s u l t s , a p ro d ig ality no o f d e v o t io n they put fo r th . J u s t i n p r o p o r t i o n as the w eak p o i n t s r e m a in d i s c o v e r e d or u n a p p r e c i a t e d , in in the ju st enem y’ s d e f e n s e s , t h a t p r o p o r t i o n our a t t a c k s w i l l p r o v e In a d e q u a t e & a b o r t i v e . The s k i l l f u l s u r g e o n owes h i s c o m p r e h e n s io n o f h i s e ffe c tiv e ly , s u b je c t. r e p u t a t i o n to h i s H is k n i f e because u n d e rsta n d in g ly in is m in u t e & t h o r o u g h w ield ed fe a r le s s ly & o p e ra tio n s w here ig n o ran c e & c a r e l e s s n e s s w d be d e a t h . M uch more I a p p r e h e n d shd th e sp iritu al surgeon the M is s io n a r y - �Kohala alth o 1859 in d eed h is of a thought p ersonal rep u tatio n , - yet for h is & f o r h u m a n ity ’ s s a k e , h im se lf as to h i m s e l f , may M aster' s sake, as w e l l , he shd fo r the know h i s sake seem u n w o r t h y of H is p e o p le as w e l l as - He may i n d e e d lo o k down w i t h a p i t y i n g eye upon t h e i r h e may s m ile , at t h e i r , s u p e r s t i t i o n s t i a n h isto ry still ity of 4 0 y e a r s , at th eir of th eir v ic io u s liv e s se rv ic e & If p it p it & w i t h p atien t & ( !) & the m ir y clay, c a r e fa th o m i t s he m ust, a m easure o f c o n f i d e n c e I days speak & years Of t h is , years as gone by & b le hope If more effectually to it. Tim e h a s b e e n , in q u iry . c d so h a v e c e rtain ty , I late, a ffirm e d . allo w T h a t my l a n g u a g e , w as t h r e a d my w a y t h r o ' o f some o t h e r t h i n g s , c h o o se r a t h e r thro' m ore o f my p eo p le & in the su ffic ie n t their w e l f a r e th e a v e n u e s - that le ad in g surely t h o 't . "B u t t e a c h w isdo m ” . of a b il it y yet a cq u isitio n s. exp lo re serio u s i n my l a b o r s f o r w ith t o le r a b le d r a w them of o f hope to t h e i r h e a r t s , L o r d 's has b e e n w it h m e, to a f f o r d go o d g r o u n d s to sen su al­ & come t h u s , o f t h o s e who a re as w i t h t h e i r e n able in d ig ­ but n e v e r th e le ss depths, p eo p le, s u c h as to terrib le o b v io u sly th is i t w as a h o ly s o u l s , he wd f a i n aw fu l a m ore th an u sually a c q u ain ta n c e w it h the do, a C h ris­ sp iritu a l l i f e , w i t h a n u n g r u d g i n g d e v o t i o n to h i s thus k n o w our p e o p l e " ? me to c o n f e s s , when w i t h lo ath e t h i s he may i n d e e d , u n d e rsta n d the c o n d itio n & n e c e s s it ie s "D o I of th eir s t r o n g m eat - h e may f e e l a n u n q u e n c h a b l e l o v e to t h e i r the h o rrib le w eaknesses - he may mourn ,t h a t w i t h c o n d itio n s p r a c t i c es - all h e m u st know them - fr. the demand o n ly m i l k & n o t n atio n cause, to the to b e thus t o a p p l y to t h e i r h e a r t s feel less p o sitiv e than in c h e e r e d on i n my w o r k b y t h e hum ­ be g a i n e d , grace I t h a n by any c o n f i d e n c e o f God, I may b e the p r e c i o u s & co n scien ces, su ffered truths in past to l e a r n of salv ation d iv id in g to e a c h a - �Koh a la 1859 p o rtio n in 3. due s e a s o n , my l a r g e s t d e sire s w i l l have been f u l l y g ra ti­ fie d . 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But c e r t a i n l y n o t on s h i p b o a r d or o n s h o r e , we wd e f f e c t u a l l y the w o lv e s w h . over th e much t h o ’ t , our i n t e r e s t com prehend my m e a n in g if those f e e l & t a l k o v er t h e f a c t t h a t we a r e c o n v e r s a t i o n among h i s fr. in of t h e m s e lv e s & i n p e c u lia r n e c e ss itie s than as s a i d as w e l l as p e r t a i n i n g , to t h i s say ing in 4. duty. that the r e p o r t some a d v a n c e T r u e our money m a r k e t h a s suffic ien tly to p u r c h a s e f r e e l y to said so, chh. in been as to h a v e d e p r i v e d t h e th e m a t e r i a l s fo r o u tw a r d a d v a n c e ­ ment . 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The f o o t i n g s up o f our a n n u a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e -the R e d e em e r p a i n f u l l y o f d u t y & much l e s s in g th u s great is lo w , i n no sense up to t h e to a s i m p l e a p p r e h e n s i o n co-workers w i t h G o d , end fo r w h . giv in g shew t h a t we a re ato n in g in s e c u r in g b l o o d was of calls o f th e p r i v i l e g e as shed. as n on e w i l l d o u b t . cause of be­ s p e e d i l y a s m ay b e , Our p r e s e n t s t a n d a r d The t u b e o f the of our m e te r h a r d l y in- * d ic a te s more than " S t i n g y " C h r i s t d i e d - to s c o r e s lu x u r ie s to p an d e r t o - one r e a l f o r of d o lla r s a p e r i s h i n g w o r l d f o r whom fo r p erso n al g r a t if ic a t io n & fo r depraved n a t u r e s . 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F am ine a l s o , to consequent attend In A a v e ry to r e a c h t h e p e o p l e w i t h i n t h e i r m in d s in s tru c tio n s . lo nger o ur p o p u l a t i o n , p o rtio n , f r e q u e n t l y upon i t s see­ of a t o l e r a b l y w e l l o r g a n i z e d & c i v i l ­ church g o e r s . sp arsely s e t t le d co u n try , as of to h e r a l d u n i v e r s a l v i c t o r y c h e rish e d th e hope g rad ua l but very p alp ab le as - the p oint grace. e x h ib it the spectacle i z e d com m unity o f are th e re in , seem b r o 't u p , a l l hope t i l l w e may b e h o l d i t re jo ic e A t t e n d a n c e u po n means o f p erio d , "e q u ita b le " to h e r a d o r a b l e H e a d , r a i s e d of t h e N ew J e r u s a l e m & t r iu m p h s chhs may b y & b y , b e e v e n i f we m u s t d e s p a ir in g ly fo r e g o C h u r c h ’ s lo v e (t h e b o i l i n g t h a t our e f f o r t , i t does n o t part �Kohala 1859 8 H e n c e i t w as c o n s i d e r e d sm aller i n d im e n s io n the th a t less c a t i o n a l as w e l l se r ie s a re lig io u s m ason. several others o n l y a w a it Some of t h e h o u s e s wood th r o u g h o u t . fo ur of v i e w , of stone l a i d up one h a l f the E x t e r n a l annoyances & never can b e th e p r o g r e s s others so lo n g as th e f l e s h defrayed f r . of l a t e y e a r s , in c r e a s in g p o s i t i o n among us 10 o f t h e s e is of & the d e v i l r e m a i n to su b je c t c la s s to a s p e c i e s e q u iv o c a l & t r y i n g the d o c t r i n e s no p o s s i b i l i t y of g r a c e . in the m em bers, They c a n n o t b e S in c e c o n sists how ever, liv e s c o n stitu te can touched w h ilst of those the be­ "fa s t" o l d fogy- they wd n a t u r ­ seek a s p e ed ier passage in t o v ic io u s I them a s w ea rie d out b y K o h a l a p a s t o r - u po n w h o se m i n i s t r a t i o n s a t t e n d - must n e e d s of extrem e. of re g a rd in g The c l a s s y o u n g H a w a i i a n s , c h i e f l y , w ho se p a t i e n c e , ally of f a i n h o p e to my B r n . of bastard chh. im m e d ia t e ly a b o u t m e . o th e r h a n d t h e r e i s is m o f t h e the e r e c t e d h as b e e n . w i t h t h e o r d i n a r y k i n d o f la b o r b e s t o w e d u p o n u n b e l i e v e r s , in of o f th e t r u t h . r e f e r to a c o n s t a n t l y lie v e rs In any c h h . a n n o y a n c e u n i q u e i n k i n d & q u i t e unknow n I w on t h e of by t h e v o l u n t a r y s u b s c r i p t i o n s - T h e s e a r e n e v e r w a n t i n g to We h o w e v e r h av e b e e n c o u n t 8 or is n e arly C arpenter & in lim e & expense i s as one h a l f o f e a c h h o u s e h i t h e r t o w hose other a in to $ 7 5 0 p e r h o u s e . the I One the movements o f t h e The o th e r s w i l l re sist erectin g but n e at & not u n t a s t e f u l Treasurer. 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The r e v i v i n g a lon e th in k can s o lv e it. - Several years 3 s m a l l m ee tin g h o u s e s w here als regu lar S a b b . were sity , in in to e x h o r t & a r o u s e in flu e n c e s s in c e th is th e l o c a l i t i e s w it h a p eop le lik e F o r once h o w e v e r , a v aluab le - a f f o r d i n g o p p o r t u n it y wh. has v ie w in g saved g reat n e e d le ss I st for n e ig h b o r h o o d s w it h o u t 2d in the b e lie f in such b u ild in g s so ber l e d to t h i s th a t under expended in in g e r e c t e d im p o se s u p o n t h e e xistin g th is em­ s e r v e d us se c o n d thought such. had l e f t w h o le c i r c u m s t a n c e s , m oney i n v e s t e d o th er p a r t s put up - s i n c e of the Pastor unfreq uen ted d i s t r i c t . - c d b e m uch great h arv est a new care w it h ev er s p e c ie s any r e a s o n a b le m an. s m a ll r e p a i r i n g these field - & - i n the fa c t th a t e v e r y new b u i l d ­ d r u d g e r y a d d e d to a n am ount o f t h i s t id y - k e e p in g & the is - d is tin c tiv e ly of p o p u latio n , w h . w it h the p a s t o r ) s a tisfy t im e c o n c l u s i o n w er e f o u n d as w e h a d b e e n d e s i g n i n g to (p e r s o n a lly , to of n e c e s ­ an i n h a b i t a n t . 3d su ffic ie n t th e s t a t i o n We r e s o l v e d on r e ­ w er e n o t n e e d f u l f o r th e h i g h e s t g o o d o f t h e p e o p le more p r o f i t a b l y erect purpose m a te ri­ c o m p u lso ry t a r d i n e s s expense & t r o u b l e . in the constant decrease th is slo w - s in c e the g r o u n d , to b u i l d us m e e t in g h o u s e s Th e r e a s o n s w h . 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(H e h a s made 5 t o u r s past y ea r) Our c h h . a v a il­ to l i s t e n t o t h e G o s p e l & c a r e B e sid e s th e P a s t o r are . y e t thro' Lunas w it h a fe w th e u s u a l the e n tire fo r q u arterly tours d i s t r i c t d u rin g of the o f t h e more C a p a b l e o f o u r C h h . �Koh al a in 1859 9 t h e i r p a t h chh-wards c o n d u c i v e to fo r success h e r e , w here t h e y are k n o w n , in their proud t h e r e n o t b e i n g known e i t h e r v io u sly , are no h i n d r a n c e Now to a l l of Hawn - c h u r c h ly P ara d ise ec c le siastic a l N ., no S . , them i n dragnet no E . , its in to no b l a c k , God, flo ck, in in s ta n ta n e o u s th e y in to o b­ very the b o r d e r , the g r e a t "k n o w s n o in stan tan eo u sly en clo ses c a n mum ble a re t r a n s f o r m e d f r . the - s in s - the - & q u ic k e r than the p r i e s t create h is s h e e p & p u t w i t h th e I b e lie v e Once a c r o s s no w h it e it of t h e i r d e s i r e s . S p i r i t u a l Eldo rado a m b itio n . d im e n s io n s th e p o t e n t w o rd s w h . the fr u itio n th eir o f ' my good B r o . w i t h a c h a r i t y w h . no W . , ample in s ta n t fin d to go e l s e w h e r e f o r g o o d or f o r e v i l to t h e s u c h K o h a l a S o u t h is e n te rp rise they goats Good S h e p h e r d ' s f o l d . c o n v e rsio n - b u t Now b a p t is m a l r e g e n e r a t i o n or r e g e n e r a t i o n e f f e c t e d e i t h e r b y the u n c o n s e c r a t e d m a n i p u l a t i o n s of a p lain p r o t e s t a n t m is s y , sim p le p ro testan t tio n - fo rth chh. is T h en a g a i n t h e s e left ( t o u se or by surely, defence, liv e we f o r y e a r s in ste a d , & so of t h e members that to u n t i e chh. class - a g ain st are thence­ T h o s e who return h it h e r - a company - t h e n l i v e s in t o th is chh. co n sta n tly them & as tim e thus so do, d iv id e d our M a s t e r 's w ork & h o u s e . cease. they But we w er e f e w among us th is have i n t h i s most u n s a t i s f a c t o r y m a n n e r . even i n as cu t t h e k n o t w e f o u n d r e f e r r e d to b u t w d lo n g e r e a most unw elcom e d u t y th u s fa st grew u p o n u s , H a d we n e g l e c t e d so t o E d u c atio n concep­ to " s l i d e " . th e s u p p l y w d i n s e rio u sly , in chh. a A s a m a tte r o f n e c e s s a r y s e l f p eo p le t h a t the num bers e n te rp risin g of th is i n th e abode, g raceless to d i e d . r e c d these c o m p e l l e d to s h u t our d o o r s ou rselv es u n a b le of t h e i r law less, c a m e , h o p in g n o t u n r e a s o n a b l y , fin d in g , once f a i r l y a n e x p r e s s i v e m odern p h r a s e ) m o th erless, d e c l a r i n g - so to a lto g e t h e r beyond o r d in a r y converts c l a i m K o h a l a N o r t h as t h e p l a c e fatherless, the f o r m u l a o f a d m i s s i o n i n t o It been is a p p e a r a n c e to s eem But B r n , what can b e done? �Kohala 1859 10. O ur p u b l i c s c h o o ls num ber 1 5 - one h a l f , w er e r e p o r t e d 19 y e a r s a g o . about 450 years past there has been a constant in the character in these scho o ls. on, an a c t i v e - o n ly one t h i r d The p u p i l s in te r e st w as h o w e v e r c h i e f l y to a f f o r d no Scho o ls, T h is I v ery o w ing c d o n ce r e p o r t . process In lo w l e v e l . in c it e d by th in g . over to th e s o l e eral the p r i e s t s c are o v e r s i g h t - was S in c e S e p t. w i t h th e I of d e t e r io r a t io n g o in g Sept. it the s c h o o l s agents D ist. stead ily p o s i t i o n to w h . of w ere v e r y of sen sitive c o m p la in t Our t e a c h e r s school w h . I our a r r l a t t h e I s l a n d s , to our e d u c a t i o n a l more e f f i c i e n t every them fo r apparatus g o o d to end I have t h r i c e v i s i t e d o f each in I commenced I n all c o n ju n c tio n w it h am m ost t h a n k f u l t o r e p o r t Th ey h a v e n o t & wh. in tu rn in g in d eed r e g a in e d th e y o nce h a d a t t a i n e d , b u t n e v e r t h e l e s s c o n d itio n . the th a t w i l l h ardly b e r e p e a t e d . one c h e e r i n g r e s u l t i n a m ore h o p e f u l ever s in c e d e c rie d - h a v e i n d e e d t h e m o st g e n ­ To t h i s on t h e a d v a n c e . any at t h a t tim e & & had a tho ro ugh e xa m in a tio n t h e K a h u k u l a - A n d as after causes p urpo se u n d e r G o d o f m a k in g I t sch o o ls cd n o t b e ch ild ren in h ave d e v o t e d m uch t im e the them as fr. a gross b lu n d e r c h i l d r e n & our w h o le l a s t u p o n r e s u m in g in te rfe re n c e w it h t h e i r r i g h t s . to f i n d of n a t i v e our several to an i l l - j u d g e d p u r p o s e on t h e M i s s i o n a r y 's c o m p la in o f u n f a i r The w i t h d r a w a l s For are T h e ir d e p r e s s e d c o n d i t i o n p a p i s t s who m ig h t h av e r e a s o n to as m any as in th e s e scho o ls p u r p o s e was fo r m e d a t a tim e w h e n p a p i s t s & w ere has ta u g h t i n ou r e d u c a t i o n a l a f f a i r s t h a t t h e y h a d s u n k to a part as many as nearly , 1842 the were never - the n e x t y e a r w ith o c c asio n al in te rm issio n s b e e n c o n t i n u e d - was r e v i v e d i n Oct. last & has been a t t e n d e d w i t h an I n t e r e s t n e v e r e q u a l l e d i n p a s t y e a r s . A p o rtio n of a n e n e r g y & an our t e a c h e r s h a v e t a k e n h o l d o f t h e i r in te re st d u tie s such a s I h a v e n e v e r w i t n e s s e d i n w ith th e D i s t . �Kohala 1859 before. 11. In a ll H im who h a s of th is I crow ned fe e l greatly encouraged & I (o u r ) feeble e ffo rts w ith trust than k ful to so h o p e f u l a m e a s u r e Success. 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S c h o o l H ouses se d in g are & who w i l l be that ch ild ­ It so is s m a ll s h d be d i s f i g u r e d b y m ore t h a n i n th e fig u re s - But D o u b tless im provem ent to t h e m a t te r o f p r o o f r e a d i n g i n t im e we to com e. E n g lish School in in th is our D i s t r i c t . d ire c tio n . e d u c a tio n f o r g iv e far able e d u c a t i o n - We hav e n o E n g l i s h H a w a i i a n s m ay b e , as t h e m a sses there fo r b e e n made to i n t r o d u c e th is fo r p e o p le a r e p r e s e n t tim e I concerned, - & th e r e s u l t the E n g l i s h any a p u r e l y Hawn am a w a r e , o r d i n a r i l y g o o d s e n s e to t h e w i n d s . of t h i s o th e r w is e at in ev er b e e n any a t t e m p t made To avow a d e c i d e d p r e f e r e n c e ones r e p u t a t i o n to t h i n k N e ith e r h a s in stru c tio n g iv e n so I have never been of the e ffo r t s exte n siv e ly Yet to In to wh. have th e already programme o f �Kohala 1 859 H a w a iia n the S tu d y , h av e hut study w aiian s, to b e , 12 o f E n g l i s h may h a v e b e e n tho’ liv in g a K uaaln a, to a g e n e r a l t r u t h , do n o t h e s i t a t e t i a l b en efit feeble a p p r e c ia t io n of the the n e w ly a c q u ir e d f a c u l t y , to t h e s e a h ig h e r s t y le sources that, i t w hat, I do n o t m ea n to of g a in e d th e E n g . I p a s s in g & e n jo y m e n t it a c tu a lly co nfers the v a lu e - u p o n any n ew e n t e r p r i s e W h ilst reaso n able p ro m ise of of it to s u p e r s e d e (b r a n c h fast ?) d u c iv e to the m ore h a d n o t latter class if b e lo n g t h e g r e a t b o d y o f E n g . that a n ew a c q u i s i t i o n by t h e b e n e f i t tho' t o f a n a tt e m p t c o n v e n ie n c e cap acity such c a p a c i t y , of a u n i v e r s a l E n g . Hawn p u b l i c scho o ls as to b e the G o v t w ill allow , the p e c u n i a r y im p o ssib ility is a g ain st enter u po n a d v a n ta g e to h i m . of argum ent to to d e p e n d u p o n t h e the Hawn , but o n ly o f E n g . o f study in as the p r e m is e To t h i s s u c c e s s fu lly & th is A s we a r e not now s p e a k i n g tin e d known. some h a d n o t language & i f the e x p e d i e n c y is u s u a l l y t h e a g e n t to p r o s e c u t e it s if to am ongst H a w a i i a n y o u t h . Now w e e s t i m a t e of & hence late y e a r s strange s m a t t e r in g t h e r e i n . c o rre c tly u nderstand rep o rts m ade, Students a it h a s in d u c e d a p a r t i a l r e s o r t a f a i r e le m e n t a r y k n o w le d g e o f t h e acq u ire d a to le ra b le secured - th e m t h r o ’ apprehend has r a r e ly b e e n i t wd i n d e e d b e say or e v e n t o o p e n e d to As c o n s i d e r a b l e n u m bers hav e b e e n d e v o t e d o f study Yet I substan­ i n some i n s t a n c e s b e e n of in te lle c tu a l p ro fit o f m an i s h as b e e n o f I treasures or t h a t some H a ­ as th e y are b e l ie v e d sty le o f S c h o la rs h ip , lite ra ry to lik e ly e s c a p e d my n o t i c e . By b e n e f i t , advantage has n o t Q u ite s e r v ic e exc e p tio n s, a c o n v ic tio n l e d t o a h ig h e r o p in io n . of essen tia l these to e x c e e d i n g l y f e w . but t h a t i t has th is have n a t u r a l l y to e x p r e s s t h a t m ere m a t e r i a l even, c o n fir m e d me i n the w ho le th in g. ed u c atio n d e s ­ a c o l l a t e r a l brance i n t r o d u c e d o n l y as it is needless to itse lf th e g r e a t & con­ To th e som ew hat e x te n s iv e �Kolia la 1859 13. i n t r o d u c t i o n o f th e E n g . ded fo r But the one b r a n c h o f s t u d y m e r e l y , a c o n s id e r a b le p o r tio n Th e Gov't d o u b t l e s s W d th e as th e n w d p a s t cap acity study p r o m is e cd affo rt of of it. it ! I cannot t h in k i t w d . o f t h e Hawn m in d to p r o s e c u t e a language a s to s u c c e s s f u l r e s u l t s th e E n g . vernacular afford a d e q u a te c o m p en s a to r y f r u i t s ? By C a p a c i t y we u n d e r s t a n d - the d i s p o s i t i o n or p u r p o s e t h r o u g h w i t h t h e s t u d y & a ls o the m en tal a b i l i t y l a n g u a g e & make u s e any c o n s i d e r a b l e u s e f u l of it T h is p e o p l e as b u sin e ss per? fo r is n o t o r i o u s is a p e o p le W h ith e r s h a l l we p a i n t d e v o tin g t h e ir e n erg ies w i t h the in d o m ita b le to to any steady purpose w h . tho - of id le r s c e n tu rie s w ere c o m p a r a t iv e l y A n d as conquers p aid fo r th u s make i t so m etim es s p e a k of them as i n t e l l i g e n t the m erest lig e n t or s lu g g is h m en tally farther f r . c u rio sity , of of th is as p h y s i c a l l y . to tim e The spoken o f . learn p eo p le - w hat to com­ can b e Strangers & in q u isitiv e the t r u t h . 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Th e v e r y f a c t had o f H a w a iia n s a fa rth in g s v a l u e . a p ra c tic a l b le s sin g are a s judgm en t n o t h i n g i s ever know n to p r o s ­ success? at few exce p tio n s n e e d not b e & W hat We h a v e i n s t e a d a n a t i o n o f H a w a iia n s of of fic k le m in d , who w it h o u t a s i n g l e m i s g i v i n g , w a s t e dearly the end. employment & p u r s u i n g to m e n t a l c a p a c i t y o f t h e m a s se s prehend E n g . to go ap p ro p riate any c o n s i d e r a b l e num bers The t h i n g w as n e v e r dream ed o f . as to com m itted to p u r e l y n a t i v e m anagem ent was q u id d lers p ro v i­ o f our c h i l d n & y o u t h p e c u n i a r i l y . success w arrant so d i f f i c u l t to b e the 6 0 or m ore y e a r s , d u rin g w h . s p e a k in g f o r e i g n e r s , tim e t h e y h a v e they have gathered la n g u a g e b e y o n d a f e w o f t h e more common w o r d s & �Kohala those When 1859 14. c h i e f l y p ro fan e & v i l e , is a p o w e r f u l argum ent c o m p ared w i t h th e p e o p l e o f some o f a g a in st the M ic r o n e s i a n I s l a n d s as r e p o r t e d hy our M i s s i o n a r i e s there w it, as much t h e i r i n f e r i o r our H a w a iia n s in te llig e n c e as appear th e y q u ite (a r e ) c e rtain ly By t h e s e & c o n v i n c e d that f o r s ta te d - I have never a m o ngst u s , fe e lin g e n c o u r a g e d th e & sim ila r c o n sid e r a tio n s, the n e c e s s it i e s C o n d itio n s fu lly t h e i r own v e r n a c u l a r w i t h th e l i m i t a t i o n s in tr o d u c tio n of e x p e r im e n t s School in sharp in natural th is is school fa ilu re . o f so h o p e l e s s I s l a n d wd amply & b est in te r e sts the above an E n g . a s s u r e d t h a t i t w d p ro v e a n i n e v i t a b l e One g o o d E n g . am p e r s u a d e d f o r s p rig h tlin e ss - in m e c h a n ic a l s k i l l or p r a c t i c a b l e , We c a n n o t a f f o r d to w a s t e t im e f o r Character. - fo r th e mass o f H a w a i i a n s o n ly language d e s ir a b l e them . a su ffic e I of the p e o p l e . & prospects o f the p e o p le . Not reasoners. Our p e o p le a r e race. O f th e o f an u n r e a s o n i n g , s im p l e s t an u n th in k in g la n g u a g e show s t h a t S u c h a p e o p le c d h a r d l y be o t h e r w i s e a purely im p u l s i v e p e o p l e . M o tiv e s , sav e t h o s e Such, o b se rv a tio n a ssu res us im m e d ia t e ly s e n s u a l , p r e s e n t e d to t h e i r m inds & h e a r t s . In are very is slig h tly fo r m e r y e a r s I than the f a c t . felt, when in d u l g e d the t h a t our p e o p l e w ere g r a d u a l l y fo r m in g u s e f u l & p r a i s e w o r t h y h abits. stance But h ab it in wh. character to im p lie s in h ere. certain ly some n u c l e u s T h is dev elo ps F ix e d h ab its of a d e s i r a b l e to p o s s e s s . Hence I (t h a n ) a lso they are of form o f g e n e r a l i z a t i o n t h e they n e v e r h a d an i d e a . hope as fo r it i s in part that c l o t h e u p o n - some central p illa r of a l l w ith great ta rd in e ss & v a lu a b le k in d they lo o k r a th e r good h a b i t s . to sub­ p o s i t i v e hum an in H a w a iia n s. c a n h a r d l y be s a i d f o r go o d i m p u ls e s n o w , r a t h e r The l a t t e r a re n o t to b e e x p e c t e d . so g r e a t an amount o f la b o r i s Hence r e q u ire d in �Kohala 1859 15 th eir b e h a lf, to p r o d u c e e v e n the least p o ssib le amount . o f good & perm anent f r u i t . 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Th e ite m s a rtic le s of new s a r e r e m a in f o r l o o k e d o v er i n ou r p a p e r s , b u t th e l a r g e r class u n e x p lo r e d . so u g h t f o r b e y o n d t h o s e n e c e s s a r y f o r I r e g a r d to w i t h one e x c e p t i o n , as to t h i s m a t t e r . g en tly , by ly a s so uls. o f our s c h o o l t e a c h e r s & c o n v ic tio n ch iefly so lic itu d e other agency le s t To s a t i s f y t h i s d e s i r e c o m p u ls o r y but In c a s e w i t h m a t t e r g i v e n to n a t i v e to know t h e i n t e l l i g e n t & o b s e rv in g , at p r e s e n t m o n t h ly & m onths i n n a t i v e h o u s e s u n b e s t o w e d & u n ­ th e in v ario u s w a y s , Th e them to scattered abroad. have b e e n r e a d . little s u c c e s s iv e num bers, f o r w eeks & of H a w a iia n bo o ks. I h a v e f e l t no own h a n d s , u n w i l l i n g to t r u s t to l i e "H o k u lo a " G o d , a b l e s s i n g to t h e i r d is t r ib u t e d the suffered th e Nor s e rio u sly D istric t, doubt fo r the o f 3 5 0 0 more if th e average ann u al sale 19 y e a r s or l e s s p urely - T h is Books so lid e r are n o t e d u c a tio n a l p u r p o s e s . of B ib le s p a s t wd amount t e n c o p i e s t o excludes the th e g r a t u i t o u s e .g . In th is a p o p u latio n d istrib u tio n �Kohala 1 6. 1859 In d u str y w d Icd A r e we as a p e o p le rep ly in the a ffirm ativ e . r e p l i e d w i t h some c o n f i d e n c e h o w e v e r , w i t h the alon e w ere is but the A few y e a rs c o n d itio n , im provem ent was b u t sin c e I a w h ile a co m p u lso ry n e g a t i v e past, apparent its throughout b ita n t p ro du c e w h . t h e d i s p o s i t i o n to sense greater years ago. in the w ell c o n f i n e th e m s e lv e s in ev ery good p u r p o s e , extrem e. In so to s t e a d y in some y e a r s we r e j o i c e o f the l a z y fit la c k o f fo o d s u c c e e d s . & the all. land l ie s A n d th u s we l i v e u n d e r a n i n t e r m i t t e n t f e v e r - now h o t & t h is I So f a r as am c o n v i n c e d labo r, - they are A gain , neglected & lik e is i n no t h a n i t w as o v er f l o u r i s h i n g cared fo r & in abundance o f food fo r a cc e ssio n ju d g m e n t , at t h e p r e s e n t tim e am ongst t h e p e o p l e As d istric t & b y exhor- then p r e v a il e d . my o b s e r v a t i o n e n a b l e s me to fo rm a c o r r e c t that the character - in d u c e d pro­ o f fa m in e w h . p r e c e d e d i t , fo r t h a t we A m ore g e n e r a l b a b l y by the h a r d exp e rie n c e C a lifo r n ia p rices so a cq u ain ta n c e c iv iliza tio n . te m p o r a r y i n in du stry ? sh d have c h e r i s h e d i n tim e s an i n d u s t r i o u s c e r t a i n l y was f o r of u s e fu l W i t h my p r e s e n t r i p e r The hope was sure r o a d to C u ltiv a tio n - p e o p le & t h e i r allow ed o n e . on th e a d v a n c in g i n h a b i t s fitfu l farm s comes the su ffe rin g a p atien t 19 fo r s u ffe rin g a g a in sh iv e r in g w ith co ld - now s u r f e i t i n g w i t h f o o d & a g a i n p i n c h e d m ost p a i n f u l l y w i t h m e r c i ­ less hunger. One m ig h t n a t u r a l l y fo r a life sup po se o f u s e f u l w ork w d be our H a w a iia n civ iliza tio n . that im p o r te d f r . the latter, t h o s e who e s c a p e le arn of in H o no lulu. a b u r ia l in th e f i r s t But of all on b o a r d w h a l e r s o c e a n - do o c c a s i o n a l l y r e t u r n to u s & s t a y n o t to l i v e some l i t t l e th e g r e a t Many o f o u r p e o p l e rem ove to H o n o l u l u & n o t a f e w s h i p Of the at le a s t o f the i n d i v i d u a l who h a s d isp o sitio n centers ages for of do i n d e e d the N o r t h . t h a t m o st c r u e l o f g r a v e s so a l s o s e am en , of I some who go to have y e t to e v e r b r o ' t w i t h h im a r e a l �17. Kohala 1859 to h is frien d s or f o r h i m s e l f . Those f r . b r i n g w i t h them on t h e i r r e t u r n it is lite rally of la b o r. rare true a fe w d o l l a r s t h a t [they] b r i n g w i t h t h o s e who h a v e ly w it h their so l e f t us, amongst u s , I add that th e there in m a t e r i a l s b le ssin g the & f e e b l e hands fa m ily , attended, abandoned For but because & I I in m onths & sheltered fr th e y r e t u r n at of th eir spare tim e en­ scho o ls u n ­ so c ial & r e lig io u s liv e th e r a i n , - a p u l l up the deso late, short a l l say curse curses I n s t e a d o f o c c u p y in g t h e y o u ght - they curse has than t h e y i n e v i t a b l y make i n a m ost h e a t h e n i s h - a n d a l l f o r a t h o u s a n d tim es w o r s e or im p e r fe c tly they su ffic ie n c y any o t h e r w is e la n d s u n p l a n t e d , h o u s e s & a b s o l u t e l y no' c o m fo r ts & fo rlo r n; part r e m a in as th e g r e a t p u l u th ey save n o t h in g p e c u n ia r il y w h il s t m o rally E n tire ly We h av e or i n g r e a t o f th e p e o p le o f p u lu n e e d b y a s i d e & go away f o r s t y le e n tirely am ongst u s , i n g a t h e r i n g p u l u as cast ou r p e o p l e to any g o o d p u r p o s e . the san c tu ary fo rsaken & p riv ile g e s & as th in g be p o s s i b l e . le a v in g of our p o p u l a t i o n d u r i n g t h e y e a r . the g a t h e r i n g if perm anent­ reason w i l l be u n d e rsto o d . speak i n t e l l i g e n t l y . th e h a b i t s s o c ia l progress to H a w a i i a n s , b le ssin g s its t h e r e w ere n o t p r e v i o u s l y a g r e a t s u f f e r e d to in v a d e not b ecause tire so lo n g as As t h o ’ o f o b s t a c l e s to been settle & s t r u c t u r e - b u t t h e s e w i l l n e v e r b e m uch i n ­ - a m ere n e g a t i v e q u a n t i t y P ulu - are very sub stan tial other resources several d w e llin g h o u se s, c r e a s e d i n num bers are in stan ces e v e r r e t u r n to s t a t e m e n t & a ls o somewhat in t im a t e & h e n c e u p & g o i n g up fo re ig n th e is v ery l i t t l e My a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the p e c u n i a r y & r e g a r d as - of bo th c lasses frie n d s. Wh e n t h e r e f o r e I - but them no v a l u a b l e h a b i t s A nd i t may be a d d e d o f b o t h t h a t in wh. th rift the C i t y do n o w & t h e n th a n n o t h i n g . they lo se m uch. w it h very scanty fo o d le n g th lo o k in g m ise ra b ly do u bt n o t f e e l w o r s e th a n t h e y l o o k . A ll o ld e x h o rta tio n �Kohala 1859 to r e m a in to il 18 in c o m fo r t a b le homes & on t h e i r own la n d s s o c ia l p riv ile g e s G o d t h a t He h as ever - suffered engaged i n h av e gone f r . M o rals. in reports th is part standard fr. th is on u p o n as t h e w i n d . I d ec eiv e good, o u rselv es & am most g r a t e f u l to so p a r t i a l l y h o w ­ "T h e m o r a ls I s no others suppose, of our p e o p l e a r e "W h a t state d a n g e r l e s t we u n i n t e n t i o n a l l y o f m o r a ls as u n q u e s t i o n a b l y it surface. I ported f r . o f n o th in g e x i s t s w i t h u s as c o n n e c t e d w i t h the s u b j e c t of A d e sire the tru e m o r a l state of w a y s , made d i l i g e n t I have th e in q u iry & is to t h o s e d e p t h b e lo w the lo o k in g b e n e a t h the facts r e l a t e d the g r e a te r th e of fem ale in E z e ­ a b o m in a t i o n s e d u c a t i o n - as r e ­ - made n o slig h t im p r e s ­ was t h e r e b y e x c i t e d to know more f u l l y our p e o p l e . exten d b a c k thro th is is better to us who l i v e or l e s s th e A s s o n l a s t y e a r s i o n u p o n my m in d - in q u irie s so l i k e The f u r t h e r the d i g g i n g , the M e e tin g is, v a s tly b e tter than i t t h e i r p a i n s t a k i n g way to a g r e a t e r D is c u ss io n s term s u s u a l l y amongst H a w a i i a n s who d e l v e v isio n - good” has I f we mean b y " g o o d " m e r e l y little surface of H a w a iia n S o c ie t y , as i t our o n l y o f m o r a l s may b e t o o , by thus lo o s e ly u s in g the s t a t e can c o n c e i v e fo rm s s ig n ifica tio n . & q u ite of S o c i e t y o n ly a s m a l l num ber se e in g re p e a te d y e a r a f t e r y e a r am ongst u s " ? In th is once w a s ; But of th e in q u ir y there Beyond q u e s t io n , it I h a v e b e e n w o n t to our I s l a n d s , r e g a r d e d as f i x e d k i e l 's & of the D i s t . c a lle d ” good" c o m p a r a t iv e l y surface of steady th eir r e l ig io u s e v i l to d i s t u r b us of m o r a l s . a c o n sid e ra tio n truth fully on t h e id le sure rew ards c o lle c tin g p ulu - but The D e c a l o g u e , & in fa llib le than as to h o l d th e A l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f our S . W e s t e r n p o p u l a t i o n h a v e b e e n m ore o r l e s s l e d to - is & also secure To t h i s carefu l 5 years en d I o b se rv a tio n . have, in proper In f a c t , these or more - gone c a r e f u l l y t h r o ’ .. e .g . w i t h th e f a m i l i e s - the stead ier �Kohala 1859 19. & m ore r e l i a b l e first in part o f th e p o p u l a t i o n - as n e e d h a r d l y our im m ediate v i c i n i t y & then furth er solely to the g r e a t n a t i o n a l t a i n t radiu s o f 2 m il e s fr. county d i s t r i c t , but m other, two f a m i l i e s or b o t h o f w h . repeated v io la tio n s there c o n c e r n in g vows. It The l a r g e r p a r t d is a g r e e m e n t - & not w ith l i f e its e lf. im m e d ia t e f r i e n d s o f the e v e r k n e w o f the exposure of o t h e r w is e ? I c h h . member or re n d e re d exposure How l e t years p a rtie s a frie n d s' or a s k i l l f u l lic e n tio u s s c a t t e r e d to t h e f o u r w in d s p l a t i o n t o an e t e r n i t y speak of a l l lie f t h a t a s m a ll w ere s t i l l v irtu o u s. sin c e class Few, I at that w it h in if can only cease the - b u t who circ u m sta n c e s of p o l i c y fa m ilie s o ld a g e is - wh. 19 - o m ittin g i n f i n i t e l y worse can n o t b u t expressed w ith a ll in the co n tem ­ t h i n k the p ic tu re c o n f i d e n c e my b e ­ o f our y o u n g u n m a r r i e d f e m a l e s however extra v a g a n t th e i d e a may a p p e a r l e d me m ost p a i n f u l l y b u t u n a v o i d a b l y the r a d i u s , a f o r e s a i d , a H a w a i i a n g i r l a bo ve am s u r e , I have t a k e n no c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h an i n t e l l i g e n t least Now, to my B r n , my i n q u i r i e s e xist in cases c o n d u c t h a s m ean tim e b r o k e n u p & o f l i v i n g woe - & I A gain , a few y e a rs to th e b e l i e f or w hat one or by a H a w a i i a n - stroke gone i n the age there does not o f p u b e r t y who h a s n o t fallen. any g e t b e y o n d the p e r i o d o f s c h o o l a t t e n d a n c e w ith u n s o ile d h ono r. I the c a u s e d d o m e s t ic mean where n o p e c u l i a r sin c e h ad heads not a lready f a r fo re ig n e r la w h a s la p se, or a l l these i n t e r e s t e d more d i r e c t l y i t b e rem em bered t h a t I m o st u n i n v i t i n g . the of c a s e s h a v e b e e n w e l l know n to a n e c e ssity e n t i r e l y th e s c o r e s w h . is e v id e n c e o f them h av e h o w ev e r these in th is e ith e r the f a t h e r s e ld o m p e r p e t u a l b i c k e r i n g s , w h . A ll Talcing a is tru e that h a v e n o t b e e n o p e n ly k n o w n & most p e r h a p s , co g n izan c e . - are now l i v i n g , I have not s a t is fa c to r y o f m arriage said - o f f , w it h reference - lic e n tio u sn e ss our own d w e l l i n g , be g iv e fa c t s d c in e v id e n c e w h . wd s a t i s f y �Kohala 1859 t h e most f a s t i d i o u s on t h i s The more Hawn s o c i a l p oint. & d o m e s t ic life opens up to t h e m ore a p p a l l i n g t h e s c e n e b e c o m e s ; & t h i s , r e f e r e n c e to o v e r t as m ig h t no t o n ly w i t h or c o n c e a l e d l i c e n t i o u s [ n e s s ] , e a s i l y h e made to a p p e a r w er e t h i s by In f a c t , not among a p e o p l e who h e r d b y d a y & b y n i g h t s m a l l room - bo th s e x e s , a ll the w h ile , all o f u n fa t h o m e d p o l l u t i o n may we ages - all In v o lu n t a r ily d rin k in g c o n d itio n s i n the n a t io n poured f o r t h f r . hearts a l i f e - l o n g d e v o t i o n to e v e r y e v i l w ork? cd a t r a c e G o d th e Gospel same c e n tio u s th a t C o rin th ia n s, in flu en ces of H is Our p o p u l a t i o n , its v a rio u s r e l a t io n s the Is la n d s . & q u ie t. are on the eral Is la n d . to th a t Oh, of any o t h e r surface of litig a tio n o u t b r e a k in g - not an in d iv id u a l cut h i s h a i r of the y o u ng acts, fo r m e r l y as teeth pure is o ffic e rs & in on sm ooth I b e lie v e other D i s t . lik e a gen­ any o f i t s m a n i f o l d c h ief K in au , in flu e n ce & o f the d i s t r i c t or k n o c k e d out h i s licen tio u s is we h a v e known n o t h i n g o f d e b a u c h e r y - & a i d e d to o by th e g racio u s c o u n ty d i s t r i c t in li­ preached Gospel ! fo u nd i n any o f w ic k e d n e s s or-, less fo r the our d a i l y l i f e than i s itse lf B u t p r a i s e d be e m in e n t ly c a l c u l a t e d to aw aken t h e or a b o m i­ - f o r by n o i s no r e a s o n t o d o u b t , E v en at t h e d e a t h o f t h e l a t e c ir c u m s t a n c e s M other a life e n e r g i z e now t h i s F o r many y e a r s or p a r t i a l fo rm s. of su c h We a r e f a v o r e d w i t h f a i t h f u l p u b l i c less of s a v e d t h e more r e f i n e d b u t n o t C e r t a in ly the annoyed w ith - the young, stream s of v ir t u e by p re s e r v e d . there as one A n g e lic p u r it y can save H a w a ii n e i . S p irit in o ld i n d e p r a v it y & h a r d e n e d by w d corrupt und er t h e in f l u e n c e s d i n a r y means any m ea n s, th e tim e & p l a c e therefo r. expect w h a t depths our v ie w , under o l d Hawn S p i r i t exam ple of h is e ith e r b u r n e d h is face or com m itted a n y o t h e r i n vogue upon s u c h o c c a sio n s. �Kohala 1859 A ll 21. t h i s may t r u l y b e s a id & so may a l l that. R o m a n ism is tho ro u ghly awake, It i s m o reover a fo e n o t error among us in a ctiv e, v ig ila n t, fan cy in g i n the ten y e a r s cannot av o id the b e l i e f battle lo n g to b e of the crise s cio u s past? in to b e d esp ised . & re p o rtin g The of H is our m is s y w ork We a r e to b e e v e r d y in g or d e a d , so easily.- seems contested. In to b e u p o n u s & sure in any e v e n t , m a n ly if s p e a k in g P o p e r y h a d th e cau se & heart of t r u e to h isto ry fo r advantages o b je c t o f our r a c e d e c l a r e n e c te d w ith th e C ap tiv ity - snare p o ssib le " Jews f r . fact one O ur G r a ­ to m eet lo se s in fo r t h e i r It of w o r s h i p , the h e rita g e somewhat o f presents let Yet to its Hu­ the th e eye corrupt the r e l i g i o u s the p o r tio n out H a w a iia n s feet? & th e w ork o f p r o s e l y t i n g secure. the d e p a r t u r e it w i l l n o t s u r p r i s e me - p a rtic u la rly How c an our f e e b l e la id a & many o f i t s n o m in a l a d h e r e n t s . truth can n ever a v isib le I ourselves o f f a l l e n man a s e e n God - A n d how d e s p e r a t e l y man l u s t s subtle It P ro te stan tism amongs t H a w a iia n s if - n e it h e r m ore, on t h e s e I s l a n d s . g reatly how ever, b e e n an t h a t we h a v e im m e d ia t e ly b e f o r e u s fo u gh t & h o tly own p l a n t i n g p restig e they it there not o ld d r a g o n d i e s n o t to H im t h a t He w i l l n o t f o r s a k e u s wh. Has L o r d a lo n e knows how much w is d o m & z e a l we n e e d successfully . very subtle & u b iq u it o u s . of Egypt of till it con­ the e s c a p e t h i s m ost " W i t h God a l l t h i n g s are - & w hat n e e d we say or d e s i r e m ore? Our w eapo n s a r e n o t i n d e e d c a r n a l - b u t s p i r i t u a l .. a r e m ig h t y t h i s of t h e s t r o n g h o l d s o f th e adversary. w i t h th e m . He t h a t We s u r e l y h a v e battle - v ic t o r y is won. . . God to the p u l l i n g , down already i s w i t h us is e v e r y t h i n g to sure, even Yet. more t h a n t h e y wh o c h e e r us tho' it are on to t h e may n o t b e easily �22. Kohala 1859 I said b y m arriage fr. the changes that P o p e r y w as to a p a p i s t & I active. have h e a r d are u s u a l l y b r o t to d r a w t h e i r a s u b je c t herence of -world - how many I h a v e no means frien d s re lativ e s of converts g a in e d d e t e r m in in g - These teasing o f f r i e n d s th e m s e lv e s make i t g iv e n i n h is Wd that have ever b e e n w i s e r th a n t h e our p e o p le th e t r u t h . c h i l d n of a re fr e e ly c irc u la te d in the d i s t r i c t , little r e a d as p op ery not bec a u se m oved upon f r . a re our sound re aso n s w it h o u t b y own. ch ild n of th is w orld lig h t. 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M a s t e r 's i n d iv id u al C h ris tia n M in is tr y . employment as w o u ld b e u s e f u l b o t h t o h i m s e l f w ell. an duty, as a h o p e f u l y o u n g man w as s p e a k in g d e f i n i t e l y d e sig n in g as a im to do my w ho le s e e k i n g out s u i t a b l e chh.. m em bers, W ith o u t . As a sin g le in ­ Lah ain a lu n a , soon as ou r y o u n g men �Kohala le a v e & (I 1860 & 61 7 the S e m i n a r y , th e y w ish it seek co uld he a d d e d ) some more c e n t r a l p l a c e some more u s e f u l c o u l d h e r e h e a f f o r d e d th e m . rem ark, it Is c e r t a i n t h a t r e t u r n h it h e r & hence our d u e cr y in g out, be f a i r l y fin d a tith e to h e r bouts is o f the se rv ic e ! & su b je c t, done? It is to p r o v id e chh. 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P rospects W h at i s the fu tu re to do f o r th is p eo p le? is an in q u ir y o ften �Kohala & 1860 & 61 15. a n x io u sly re v o lv e d . the field , the exp u lsio n As to th e S o u t h e r n & W e s t e r n p o r t i o n s the q u e s tio n b id s f a i r o f the e n t i r e h ave a s p e e d y s e t t l e m e n t p o p u la tio n . im m e d ia t e ly p r e c e d i n g t h e r e c e n t our p o p u l a t i o n w as n e a r l y to D u r i n g the c e n su s th e r a t e 1 0 0 p e r ann u m . Oahu. The t o t a l of H a w a iia n s d e c rease has a lm o st e n t i r e l y now i n decrease, - w it h fe w the f i e l d in se v e n years of d e c re ase A nd t h i s h a r d l y n e e d b e s a i d was c a u s e d by r e m o v a ls to of it e x c e p tio n s is b u t occurred in tho se parts in 2745. o f the The fie ld j u s t r e f e r r ed t o . The h e r d s su ffered of cattle to ru n a t & horses b e lo n g in g large of cattle e n tire scho o ls, is a ll p o ssib ility of e xp u lsio n , but now t o be of co un try , oft one i n s i g n i f i c a n t r e c u rrin g But th e a v a ila b le In that flo u rish in g f a m in e - s t r i c k e n g a t h e r i n g of ch ild ren or l e s s of t h e D i s t r i c t , fo r grazing slig h t of too less s u b je c t la rg e a purposes, w il l doubtless h o ld annual d e c r e a s e , fo r g e n e ratio n s to community w i l l n e c e s s a r i l y r e m a in p o o r u n t i l t h e a g ric u ltu ra l resources greater w ith la r g e r herds of d ep o p u latio n . d r o u g h ts & fa m in e s & by r e a s o n p o p u latio n w it h but co m e. - a n d th u s fo u nd . p o p u la tio n less its c u ltiv a tio n w h e r e f o r m e r l y we h a d n i n e The N o r t h e r n & E a s t e r n s e c t i o n s to of ere f o r e i g n e r s came i n to c o m p le te th e p r o c e s s tract them selv es, t h r o u g h t h e m ost c u l p a b l e n e g l i g e n c e , h ad w e ll n ig h a n n ih ila t e d commenced t h e w o r k to n a t i v e s extent, of the D is t r ic t by th e a id shall be of f o r e i g n develo ped to a C a p ita l, Rom anism We h a v e k n o w n b u t past. year, The p r i e s t little of popery d u r in g fo r m e r ly r e s i d e n t , s in c e w h i c h t im e t h e i r a ffairs d ie d th e sudden ly , tw e lv e m o n t h early h a v e r e m a in e d i n i n th e Status quo. C o n s i d e r a b l e num bers h o w e v e r o f t h o s e p r e v i o u s l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h �Kohala that 1860 & 61 Chh. have I n th e latter part o f t h e y e a r , s i o n t o P r o t e s t a n t i s m & to a s p i r i t u a l we h a v e , a f t e r trance life . due p r o b a t i o n r e c e i v e d t o t h e to our C h h . h a v e b e e n c o n s i s t e n t l y w is h to e n te r t h e n c e , t h e r e been swept hoods. clean , But it at least is Some o f chh. th is class and c o u ld th e en­ o p en ed to a l l who m ig h t l i t t l e d o u b t bu t p o p e r y w o u l d h a v e fro m o n e of i t s m ost n um erous n e ig h b o u r - h as no t y e t b e e n made c l e a r good P r o t e s t a n t s , however true p ro fessed conver­ the th a t converse p o o r R o m a n is t s make of th is r u l e m ay b e h eld. A mere transfer of E c c l e s i a s t ic a l r e la t io n s has t o me o f t h e slig h te st s i g n i f i c a n c e & as a im to t r e a t the m atter p r a c t ic a l l y . C h a r it y h ad been renew ed i n h ea rt & Chh. as still, already said , a f f o r d no c r e d i b l e change & d o u b tless o f w orship D istric t - the I n due time of cause life of P r o te sta n tism , ju d g m e n t we h a v e r e c e i v e d of to t h i s w h ilst others o f any o t h e r th a n a m ere n o m i n a l revert to t h e i r 1 8 5 3 t h e num ber o f p a p i s t s sin c e seem ed e v e r b e e n my the on p r o b a t i o n , these w i l l was 3 2 8 i n a p o p u l a t i o n [c h a n g e d ] it h a s Some who i n are s t i l l e v id e n c e By t h e c e n su s been e ssen tia lly to o th e r s such, ever of 3 4 1 3 . o ld h abits in th is T h is p r o p o r t i o n h a s n o t th a t tim e , at least not so f a r as we can ju d g e . a dversely �Koh al a 1860 & 61 17 . S ta tistic s K o h a la R e p o r t 1860 B e n e fic e n ce P a s t o r ’ s Salary M on. Concert S c h o o l H o u ses B e l l to w er Total Church $ 4 6 7 .3 0 2 3 9 .6 0 6 8 7 .3 7 1 8 4 .0 0 $ 1 5 7 8 .2 7 P o p u la tio n Of D i s t r i c t 1 8 5 3 Of these H a w a iia n s 3397 .# F o reign ers 16 Total 3413 Of D is t r ic t in 1860 Of these H a w a iia n s 2745 F o reign ers 35 2780 # In c lu d in g a dults [ On b a c k : ] E . B o n ds R ep o rt f o r 1 8 6 0 & 61 R e c d May 7 , 1 8 6 1 & ch ild n 3413 Rec " on p r o f e s s i o n C e rtific ate " p a s t y e a r on p r o f n " c e rtific ate " " Total D i s m i s s e d to o th e r chhs " past year " Deceased " past year Suspended " R e m a in Suspended E x c o m m u n ic a t e d p a s t y r W h o le num ber Excom d R em ain " W ho le n o . i n r e g . S t a n d i n g " C h ild re n b a p t i z e d past y ea r " M arriages past y e a r Average c o n g re g a tio n P u p i l s i n Sabb S c h o o l at t h e S t a t i o n 2171 762 35 . 14 49 550 47 1009 17 17 16 18 602 457 901 1282 31 30 375 200 �K oh ala Report • 1861 The grace o f C h r i s t i a n s u b m is s io n i s n o t r e a d i l y e x e r c is e under h im se lf. a l l th e c ir c u m s t a n c e s To see h i s - to s e e them l e a v i n g or n o t commenced a n d m e e tin g h o u s e s , in their erectio n i n w h i c h a Hawn M i s s i o n a r y f i n d s p e o p l e w a s t i n g away b e f o r e h i s in e x o r a b le n e c e s s it y or r e p a i r s - to ere pass ers thro' it - is beyond o f my B r n . are peo p le - p o o r i n m ore c a t t l e & b y m en, say some so il have is to s e e e n tire ly , that Of a l l b u sin e ss in flu en ce are i n It is w ip e s v a r io u s ways d e p a r tm e n ts fo r th e g r a zin g has t h e wh o l e some oth­ even t h a n of t h is th is - poor to b e of able to sup plan ted c u lt iv a t io n on our S . W . b o r d e r p o p u latio n w i l l b e of the f i e l d , ere e n te rp r is e s fiv e in these Is la n d s e v e ry v e s t i g e of good f r . r e t a i n e d as h e r d s m e n & a s & th e cleaned o ff years I of the shall know of n o n e, so d e l e t e r i o u s u p o n th e Hawn p e o p l e out & than t h a t . sp eedily engrafts as am ong t h e laborers d e g e n e r a t e Hawn s t o c k - m a k in g t h e c h i l d r e n o f th e d e v i l t h a n b e f o r e . gospel as than m y s e l f . s m a ll rem nant se v e r a l m ile s of the b u s in e ss u po n t h e a l r e a d y control o f t h o s e who c o n c e r n i n g whom i t w d b e d e l i g h t f u l , Southern & W estern h a l f g razing . the u t t e r s e n s e s t h a n one - t r a m p le d out b y h e r d s passed & p ro bably sooner whose v a s t l y more p a i n f u l th e 3 or 4 y e a r s p a s t p ro sp ect now i s e n tire p ossessio n w ith one g o o d t h i n g . W ith in o f the em phasis to e v e n b e t t e r p r e p a r e d to t e s t i f y , of t h e s e t h i n g s b y an to a i d school d i s t r i c t s exp ression sad & d is h e a r t e n in g , B u t t h e r e a r e some t h i n g s a n d one takes as i f t h e y h av e b e e n a b l e s e e w h o le in ev itab ly eyes school houses u n f i n i s h e d o n l y here & t h e r e a h o u s e r e m a in in g to g i v e Sense o f d e s o la tio n w h. c a l l e d in to all in that of f e w who the several fo r e ig n v ic e s th em t e n f o l d more T h o se t h i n g s under fo re ig n a re to a l l hum an a p p e a r a n c e s , e n t i r e l y b e y o n d t h e r e a c h of In flu e n c e s. P a s t o r a l l a b o r f o r many o f them i s s im p l y an �Kohala 1861 2. im p o ssib ility , to the Chh. sin c e a c c e s s ib le e ith e r after i n m en , may b e & all, th e p r o m is e s o fte n is swept of away. H im we may - we w i l l among t h i s p e o p le i n a ny other y ear sin c e 1841 - h a n d was v io u s of o u r M iss y l i f e , fo r own d o m e s tic f l o c k . Our g r a c i o u s sure. in o m is s io n o f & death in h e a v y u po n u s . Yet but In in terru p tio n , a tour in d u c e s a l l H is & for the p a r t ic u la r d y in g taken f o r us w ith u s , c o n d itio n s w ith S p iritu a lly , to m ake, I w as as in in s te a d of the - all th in g s even th o ' of b e in g able o f the last o f th e fie ld tours among th em , year are w e l l as as t o a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the of a ffa ir s f o r the t h e p e o p le - in - th e o f the y e a r . p eo p le & [b u t ] lo o k e d to the also w ith m uch m ore f o r more v a l u a ­ them. th e r e h a s early i n first & as most t h a n k f u l , of d is t a n c e i n m ore r e m o te p o r t i o n s & f i n a l tours in tercou rse w as, th e p r e ­ to g i v e on the v e r g e e v e r do ne d e a lin g s th is a fe e lin g A ny to ur p u t s h im up i n h i s T h ere all s i c k & to t h e sev eral days God d i d - as He h a s of t h e p a s t o r much more th e the in it ia l in our f a m i l y . one o f our num ber w as o f t h e y e a r I w as a b l e p a r t ic u l a r l y those m in d Trust a fflic tio n s. The l a s t t o u r f i r s t , w ith o u t c o n fid e n c e (! ) q u a r t e r l y t o u r w i t h p erh ap s h a v i n g r e a c h e d the a p o s t o l i c , a t t a in m e n t to r e j o i c e ble en tirely the c a r e , o f t h e w e l l & we c a n p r a i s e H im f o r not ever we h a d h a r d l y b e e n o b l i g e d t h e two or t h r e e w ho l a y f o r grave. Our has been le s s t h a n perhaps s ic k n e s s a season, m uch o f our tim e & t h o t h g us to of One w as p r e v e n t e d b y The L o r d 's our sure. - & n e v e r know a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t . labo r of another, God a r e He i s The p a s t o r a l tim e or Hopes i n & f o r m e n , may be & d i s a p p o i n t e d , b u t b l e s s e d by G o d . h alf to t h e M i s s y Lunas. A nd y e t , are t h e y are h o t b e e n n o t h i n g v e r y m arked among our p e o p l e . the y e a r , & i n th e l a t t e r part o f the p re v io u s �Kohala 1861 year but w ere q u it e 3 a reviving in a fe w m o n t h s . M ost the h o p e f u l s u b je c ts run w e ll & that they gate that For the l a t t e r part how ever been kept f r . ab ro a d nor a tt r a c t e d in d a ily at t i m e s , th a t p u rg a to ria l e p id e m ic all & Some o f them s t i l l we c a n o n ly th e narrow fire s so o f t e n safely i t m ust i n b e e n no because d e c id e Heaven? to t h e s e h a v in g never s m a ll s im p l y t h e am ount o f sensual d is c ip le s the "b e t t e r w ay” & covenant. & never sin - Y e t we the surer T h i s we know so d a r k . our d y i n g p e o p le them , u n d o n e b y exist One a lm o s t fo r t h e ir b e n e f i t . so d e e p ac­ i n d e e d b e e n known a tte n tio n , o f th e e v e r l a s t i n g - tho' truth be there has in to than sw eep o v er a s p a r k o f g r a c e may s t i l l w ere a v a i l a b l e them , e x i s t e d a more These have n o t i n m ere c h a r i t y go - as w i t h wh. so c ia l l i f e w ith wh. le n g th get sin sin s and y e t Lamb o f God we w d f a i n d i r e c t wd also the y e a r God o v er u s , w e h a v e Who c a n s a t i s f a c t o r i l y w a y - t h r o ’ the b l o o d th e co n tin ued of ever h a v in g p a s s e d in t o any c o n s i d e r a b l e c an w e l l d i s p e n s e w i t h fo r it d u rin g to b e t o l d , good c a r e of p ra c tise s. life , the possessor at c lean ses is th e y e a r t h e r e has By the all of the u n i v e r s a l i t y . w is h e s of i n d o m e s t ic of i n i q u i t o u s v ile n e ss o f them t r u t h o f the Hawn p o p u l a t i o n , k n o w l e d g e d th a t amount Yet to e t e r n a l l i f e . u s u a l a p a t h y among u s . p o rtio n s h ow ev er o f t h a t w o r k . a f f o r d no e v id e n c e lead s of t h e D i s t . of those r e cd in t o t h e C hh . of some o t h e r s say, & some s e c t i o n s . - To To H im we - as w i t h th e m , to b e s a v e d by u n m e r it e d g r a c e . Our m e e t in g s as d u r i n g the on the p r e v io u s prayer m e e tin g s, S a b b a t h h ave h a r d l y b e e n as y e a r - & th e p a rtic u la rly for same i s the true latter h a lf of fu lly attended our w e e k l y o f the p erio d under re v ie w Our S a b b . S c h o o l h as shown an a v e r a g e of n e a r l y 2 0 0 f o r the �Kohala 1862 year. 4 We s a d l y n e e d some books f o r any? is thoh t gs . u a n i n q u i r y t h a t h as the ever & ch ild n S h a ll we ever h ave a g a in p ressed i t s e l f u p o n my Who c a n t e l l ? C o n trib u tio n s h ave been about as u s u a l - (S e e la st p a g e .) S c h o o ls There feel is little little lik e to b e say ing I n t h e l a s t two said any t h i n g can past re p o rt - the c o n t i n u a n c e very averred - existen ce, i n m ore are n e c e s s a r ily storm s; & then i n favo rab le in c lin a tio n the say, is v ery s m a l l ; that a large por­ o f the y o u n g e r classes, tim e , our fr e q u e n t ow ing to other co n d itio n s attend, as I a c t u a l l y m ade, a r e m eager i n d e e d , as are because attendance, in c lin a tio n , a n d t h e a t t a in m e n t s our q u a r t e r l y e x a m i n a t i o n s , of th eir t h e num ber o f p u p i l s th e y do n o t w ea th er & ca n n o t The s c h o o l d i s t r i c t s school, i s m inus — So th a t t h e a c t u a l of f a i r S till o f any c o n s i d e r a b l e p r o g r e s s f a i r w e a t h e r , w hen a l l c o n ju n c tio n there i n t im e s th e c o n d i t i o n s a p ublic - f o r m uch of th e tim e s c h o o l as to s e c u r e i n a t t e n d a n c e f o r much o f th e that o f the s c h o o l s scho o ls. o f the p u p i l s , e s p e c i a l l y those not be to e ffic ie n c y i n order to s a y season of d e p r e s s io n . e xp e c tatio n s p e c i f i e d b y la w to c o n s t i t u t e tio n a lo n g our p u b l i c so l a r g e was a b l e The t r u t h i s , fo r b id the than one h a l f I Or r a t h e r I to t h e m . of my t e a c h e r s B ut any a d v a n c e i n the t r u t h f u l l y be to th e m . in regard o f my r e p o r t s w as some p r o g r e s s u p w a r d a f t e r I in re g ard lim ite d the th u s h ardly need as shown in can b e r e a d i l y understood. It h as b e e n w i t h me a q u e s t i o n o f much i n t e r e s t w i t h i n t h e f e w m onths p a s t - Have t h i n g p erm anent in It is easy to our p u b l i c s c h o o ls r e a l l y the w ay o f a d v a n c e , say t h a t th e y a re more w ith in the a c h i e v e d any la st ten years? e f f i c i e n t now than th ey w ere �Kohala 1861 then But - satisfy in 5. q u ite a n o t h e r t h i n g to g i v e o urselves or o th e r s e x a m i n a t i o n , my b e l i e f scho o ls of t h i s D ist. 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It u n d e r th e g u i s e sp eaks o f a b o u n d in g m e r c i e s u n d isg u ise d of a f f l i c t i o n s . th is v a r ie d d e a lin g w ou ld we reco g n ize from le sso n s It m e a s u r e fr o m t h o s e as o m it t e d i n c o n s e q u e n c e to urs m e e t in g s thro' have b e e n a b rie f the field I am a b l e essen tia lly of p re v io u s y e a r s m o th e r fro m home fo r three i n no w is e hand & in learn th ere­ h o ly w i l l . of thankfulness th a t L a b o u r s of th e y e a r n e c e ssa rily a F a t h e r 's o f n e w o b e d ie n c e to H i s is m a t t e r E q u ally - d iffe rin g th e in k in d or One t our h o w e v e r w as of t h e season in to r e p o r t absence of t h e the w i n t e r a c t u a lly p erform ed. s u s t a i n e d as u s u a l & w ife & - le a v in g but As a teachers fo r the r e s t , school every W e d n e s d a y as t h r o ’ t h e p a s t 2 1 y e a r s . 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Statistics Recd on p r o f e s s i o n " 2269 C e rtific ate " past year " " W hole 797 on p r o f n on C e r t i f i . no. D ism isse d past year " 18 35 to o t h e r Chhs " 17 past year Deceased 597 15 1074 " past y e a r 35 Susp ended past year 1 R e m a in S u s p e n d e d 3 E x c o m m u n ic a te d p a s t y r . 8 W ho le n o . E xco m m u n ic a te d R e m a in W ho le " 441 num ber i n r e g . S tan d in g C h ild re n B ap tize d " " Average 951 1329 past year M arriages 617 " 12 31 C o n g r e g a t io n ) at t h e S t a t i o n ) [U n s ig n e d ] 1863 Ju ne Report K oh ala o f S ta tio n H a w a ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Hawaii Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Kohala - 1838-1863 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863