https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/2d217331400945301880ff9d67586d2b.pdf 10b42a6260c254fed8153fc9c04ede06 PDF Text Text WAIMEA, HAWAII, STATION REPORTS CONTENTS [See also Station Reports - Waimea, Hawaii, ABCFM, Xerox copy] D w ight, Baldwin.......................................................................................................June, 1832 June, 1833 Lyons and Dwight Baldwin, (includes Kohala)....... . Lyons, Lorenzo, (rough draft in form of letter)........ . Oct., 1833 Unsigned (Baldwin?)............... ............... 1834 U nsigned (Baldwin).. . ...................... ...... 1835 Lyons, Lorenzo .............. ........ . May, 1836 Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft of report to ABCFM, see notes on report)........ ................. ........ 1837 Lyons, Lorenzo (first two pages of manuscript missing).... . 1837 Lyons, Lorenzo (final draft, see notes on report).........May, 1837 Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft of preceding report)........ May, 1837 Unsigned (Lyons) ............................................ 1838 L yons, Lorenzo .........................................April, 1839 Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft with first 10 sections miss­ ing, see notes on report)............... April, 1 840 Lyons, Lorenzo (statistics only)........... ........... . May, 1840 Statistics only (from a printed form)............... ...April, 1841 Lyons, Lorenzo May, 1841 Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft, see note on top of report) Sept., 1841 Lyons, Lorenzo,...... ............................... . April, 1842 Lyons, Lorenzo .............................. ......... .April, 1843 Lyons, Lorenzo.......................................... 1 8 43-- 1844 Unsigned (Lyons) Report of Hamakua Station........ . Unsigned (marked Mr. Knapp) Report of Schools in Waimea and Hamakua.......... 1835 1838 �Report of the Station at W aimea on Hawaii June 1832.__________ It is well known to the brethren, that I was necessarily detained at this station, & could not proceed to Waimea, the station assigned me, immediately after the last genl meeting, as was intended. Mr. Bishop, of course, appointed as a temporary associate, pursued his labours at his own station. When we reached the station, whh was in Jan. of this year, we found comfortable houses ready for our reception, & the house of God in good repair. We saw proof enough, that it was a new field. darkness covered the people. Gross But we cd see traces of the labours of those who had been there before us; & the assistance the people gave us in transporting our effects to the station, the welcome reception they gave us, & the plentiful supplies they furnished, were tokens, that some took an interest in the message we had brought, & that the field was ready for the harvest. At that time the head men of Hamakua & Waipio with their fami- ( !) lies & most of their people were residing at Waimea, attending to the work of the Governor. The head woman of Kohala, with many of her people, came soon after & resided there some months. tion was then large. The congrega­ The chh, whh is said to contain about 3000, was filled &, on some occasions, more than filled, especially at the morning service. In the P.M. there was a great diminution. Since the return of those from the neighbouring districts to take care of their lands, the congregation has varied from about 1000 to 1,500. There has been some improvement among them that is encouraging - none more so than the fact, that for a month or two there has been but little falling off in the P.M. Mr. Bishop did most of the preaching, �Waimea Report 1832 while he staid - 2. Since he left, (the middle of April) I have en­ deavoured to do it, as well as my knowledge of the language would permit. Besides the two services on the Sab. the Wed. lecture & mon. con. have been attended - the numbers have been small. There have also been prayer meetings Sab. morn. & noon, whh I have sometimes attended - that in the morn to pray for the Sab. School. A chh was formed, at the Station on the 5th of Feb. to whh 8 were admitted, some of whom seem to give good evidence of a saving change. All the members from the neighbouring districts, who belonged to the chh at Kailua, amounting to nine only, united with us, in the communion, on that occasion. We organized a Sab. school the first Sab. we were there whh has consisted of most of the congregation & whh I have superintended. We have found this a good place to sow the seed, but the great want of well qualified teachers, together with the laziness & indifference of some of them, has greatly abridged its usefulness. The verse system, — To remedy, in some measure, the ignorance of teachers, Mrs. Baldwin has had a school of female teachers every day in the week, except Sab. when it has been turned to a prayer meeting. During most of the time also I have held a school three days in the week, for the male teachers, & all others, who could read, & chose to attend it. Of other schools, Mrs. Bishop had a large one of females every day in the week, while they continued there. I devoted the month of March to a school of the teachers from all the neighbouring districts, & was gratified, with the interest most of them manifested, & the improvement they made. Mrs. Baldwin has taught a school of all the children we have been able to gather every day in the week. She has �3 Waimea Report 1832 also, two days in each week, had. a school of about 300 females, from Waimea & the neighbouring places, most of whom are unable to read. The progress in these two schools has not been great, owing, in some measure to the indolent habits of the people; but still more to the practice they have had heretofore of reciting in concert. This prac­ tice we have done all we could to abolish; &, so far as I know, it is professedly abandoned in all the schools of that part of the Island. While we have seen much to try us on the subject of schools, we have seen some gratifying things. They have built a large school house at Waimea & the people have many of them shown a becoming interest in education. The precise number of schools & scholars I am unable to state on Examination soon after we arrived - Readers only 2000 in number. We have also spent ,some portion of two evenings, every week, to the improvement of singing, lost of the responsibility of this school has devolved on Mrs. B. I cannot state the precise number of marriages, because the record is behind. It is not far from 130. There have been some breaches of this contract in the region of Waimea - but many more in the districts of Hamakua & Kohala. Some of these were among the teachers of schools - & there have been several dissolutions of the marriage contract for this crime. But it has been pleasing to see some public sentiment against it & the promptness, with whh the rulers have executed the law upon all the offenders. While we have been using means to enlighten & save the people, we have met with many obstacles. a small one. The darkness of their minds has been Their indolent habits a great one. This combined with other causes has led to the great neglect, for some years past, of cultivating the land. This neglect to frequent famine, irregular attendance on schools, & a long train of evils. �4. Waimea Report 1832 The scattered state of the population of Waimea has prevented my exerting all that influence by visiting, I cd have wished. Still I have endeavoured to devote one day in each week to this employment, & have found my conversations with the people at their own houses, far more satisfactory to myself & I trust, more useful than any I have have ( ! ) had with those who have come to tell their thoughts. As to the results of these efforts, whh have been continued 4 1/2 months, we cannot now give much account. Something, we think, has been done to raise the standard of education. Some too have been enlightened, in a measure, on the great concerns of the soul - Some seem to have been seriously impressed - but decided cases of conviction for sin, or evidence of conversion we have not seen. We need the out­ pouring of the Spt on ourselves & on the field. As to future prospects I can only say, the field is wide enough, & there seem to be all the facilities there whh we can reasonably expect in any part of the Islands. The leading persons in all the three districts are members of the chh & ready to enter into any measures, that are proposed to improve the moral & religious condition of the people. The district of Kohala has 8000 people - Waimea more than 2000 - & Hamakua less than 5000 - in all 15000. A large chh is nearly completed in Kohala whh will hold about half the people of that district - & a road is in slow progress, whh will bring the chh within 3 hours ride of Waimea. I visited the place not long since, & preached to about 1000 people in the open air. At Waipio, there is a small meeting house. & preached once on a a ( !) week day. more properly called, Hamakua. I have visited there I have also been at what is There is a very good house of worship there.. But another is soon to be commenced, nearer to Waipio, whh will accommodate the 1000 people there & most of Hamakua besides. �5 Waimea Report 1832 This house as well as that already built in Hamakua, will be within about 10 or 12 miles of Waimea, & will make the 2d outstation, bring­ ing the whole of that part of the Island, in some measure, under the influence of the station at Waimea. I may also add, that many of the people of these out-districts have built houses, this season, at Wai­ mea, with the intention of residing there, a part of the time, & we have some hopes, that the place will, in time, become more thickly settled, bringing a more dense population immediately under the eye of those who reside at Waimea, D. Baldwin �Report of the Station at Waimea (Hawaii) from June 1 1852 to May. 29 - 1833 -First of all we would lift up our hearts in thanksgiving & praise to God for his manifold favors to us during the year that is expiring. A wide field has been opened to us & providence has so far blest us with health that our labors have been prosecuted with but little interruption — 2 Schools As to native schools we have not much to say that is encouraging. At the out districts they have been continued & the same may be said as to many of the schools at Waimea - some however at the latter place have been discontinued for some time past from various obstruc­ tions — The want character in teachers is one hindrance to prosperity in schools. As to the schools under the immediate instruction of ourselves & companions - These were at first promising - both as to number & attention - but of late from some cause or other, the number has diminished - We have from the beginning had a school consisting partly of teachers & partly of scholars (!) of Waimea — There are about 60 names on the list. The average number is much less — Reading arithmetic & geography have constituted the studies — Besides this,we have had a school for the teachers of our whole field -- This continued 6 weeks - only about fifty attended - Their attention was directed principally to geography with maps - prepared on canvas — They completed the Hawaiian geography & went over with most of the printed questions - & at the close it afforded matter of encouragement - to observe the progress they had made - as a whole. The interest which they manifested in the study was truly ( I) pleasing — The female & children's schools under the instruction of Mrs. Baldwin & Mrs. Lyons, have been well attended some of the time — �2. Waimea Report 1833 There have been as many as 50 pupils on the list of the female schools & 40 on the children’s list — The average number is now much less — (!) Reading writing arithmetic & geography have been the studies -Examinations — In November was a general examination of all the scholars of this field — It occupied parts of three successive weeks 1 at Waimea - 2d at Kohala - 3 at Hamakua — Whole number of adult readers 2468 - 2565 not readers - children 68 readers - 389 not readers - whole number of schools 150. In May was another examination of the readers only, of this field. It was held at Waimea, about 2000 were present — schools & parts of schools did not attend. Several 3000 readers would not be out of ‘the way — The congregation on the sabbath - at Waimea has varied from 500 to a 1000 - in the morning - in the afternoon the number has been much less -Since November last we have preached more or less at Kohala, Hamakua & Kawaihae - as providence has permitted — The congregation at Kohala since the completion of the chh has varied from 2 - to 5000 - afternoon less — Their appearance on the sabbath is what might be expected from those unaccustomed to meetings. the congregation is small for want of accommodation. At Hamakua 8 or 900 perhaps less in the afternoon - a larger meeting house will be in readiness before long. The congregation at Kawaihae embracing the people of Puako, has averaged about 400. Sabbath schools — Immediately after the morning service is a sabbath school at all the several districts - in which the verses for the week are recited - & questions asked on the same at the class — children's �Waimea Report 1833 3. sabbath schools are likewise held at the same time — There is not that attendance at these schools as is desirable ( !); though, on the whole it is encouraging — Other meetings On Wednesday afternoon is a stated (?) Lecture on the 7 verses for the week — This meeting is generally thinly attended — Poaha has been discontinued throughout this field — its tendency — The from a view of from the same reason the tabu has been taken off of the Poalima & this meeting declared free to any body that chooses to attend .-- At Waimea we have changed the Friday meeting into a kind of a school in which the texts of the previous sabbath are recited & questions asked respecting the meaning — selves in this meeting — We preside our­ This change we find is attended with a good effect - as it leads the people to consider & to a better understand­ ing of the preached word — At the other districts, the exercises at this meeting are as formerly — We have no ninaninaus - no tabu societies - except the church unless it be a prayer meeting on sabbath mornings which none but church members attend — A regular singing school is attended Thursday evenings - some of the pupils have made pleasing proficiency — The monthly concert is regularly attended - though it has not abounded in numbers — Church members In September 11 members were transferred from the church at Kai­ lua to this. - which added with the 8 previous members, makes the whole number 19. We cannot report the cheering intelligence of a revival of religion as some of our brethren can — As to the appearance of the members - some of them appear well & are undoubtedly Christians, others judging from their fruits give �4. Waimea Report 1833 us pain — Perhaps we shall toe under the painful necessity of excoming cluding one from the/communion — Reported adultery is the crime — Marriages 174 couple have been united in marriage during the past year — The number of violations of the marriage contract is probably not a few Tobacco reformation Some efforts have been made to induce the people to abandon the use of tobacco. We have met with considerable reluctance on the part of the people to give it up — The Church members - most of the teachers & some others have had their names put [on] a paper that requires total abstinence 520 The -whole number of names obtained is . Present aspect — Though there are many things that are of a discouraging character - such as indolence - oppression - drinking of sugar cane & fermented potatoes - adultery, namu & other kinds of wickedness - yet we see a wide field open before us & are encouraged from the past to go on knowing that our cause shall finally prevail — Need of help — Such is the extent of our field & the greatness of our work that we feel the need of assistance & do expect that an additional labourer will be furnished us - provided the Marquesas mission is not taken. Baldwin & Lyons �(Facts respecting Kohala &c) [June ] (1833) It was mentioned in the report of Waimea Station that an ad­ ditional labourer was needed in this field - This will appear evident from a view of the field ( !) in its several parts — Waimea is well known & hence but little need be said about it — The population including Kawaihai ( !) & Puako is not far from 2000. There are scattered over a wide extent of territory — A missionary here must expect to meet with various obstacles - yet he will be convinced that this station can by no means be abandoned — The number of Foreign residents at the beef establishment should not be overlooked — They are bone of our bone & flesh of our flesh & therefore they should share in our instructions. Kohala Is another portion of this field situated in the northern part of the Island — Many things call for a Missionary station here - population is large embracing 8000 & more - The They are scattered in villages more or less populous over a very extensive field — Facilities. The facilities are about the same as at Waimea - Provisions &c can be landed at Mahukona, which is said to be about as convenient landing place as Kawaihai — The distance from that place to Kohala meeting house Is considerably less than the distance from Kawaihai to Waimea - Vessels can anchor here - or canoes can go from Kawaihai or Puako for the purpose of carrying all necessary articles. The conveyance from the shore will be by the hands of natives or by cart, when a road is made which can be done without much difficulty Besides these facilities, there are other things of encouraging character — At Nunulu a central Village is a large native meeting house holding 4000 souls & upward — A convenient native house has likewise been erected for a missionary family & the head woman who �Facts respecting Kohala 2. is a member of the church is anxious to have permanent teachers There are two or three other church members residing there — A large number of children are scattered over the district more or less of them are collected into different schools under the care of native teachers — Other schools are numerous though lying nearly desolate at present. The wickedness in this district is perhaps without a parallel on the Islands — heathenism — The population Is but a step above the lowest To this day may be found the relics of idolatry — It is distressing to view this great mass of iniquity & degradation — The sabbath is awfully violated — True thousands attend public worship & that with much order during worship - but dark iniquity is plotted even in the sanctuary of God - & when the congregation is dismissed the noise & confusion that follows show that they are far from being civilized. [One line and part of another undecipherable.] Let it be understood that the body of the people are most thoroughly versed in almost all kinds of iniquity — Therefore there is so much the more need of permanent missionaries among them. about the climate &c — that of Waimea. shore — Something might be said The climate is not materially different from In some portions it is warmer being on & near the The rain is about the same. The wind is probably stronger at seasons than at Waimea; but all things considered, the physical ( !) aspect is inviting — Hamakua This district is N .E. of Waimea - & has a population of some­ thing less than 5000 souls — of Waimea. The climate is warm more so than that Like all other tropical climates it may sometimes be un­ productive comfortable — Much of the soil is — Included in �3. Facts respecting Kohala Hamakua is the valley of Waipio -which contains about 1200 inhabitants the most promising part of the field - Many of the particulars stated in relation to Kohala are applicable to this district - Vessels stand in at Waipio sometimes — Besides, articles might be carried from Waimea to a station at Hamakua. Waipio & one at Hamakua. There is a meeting house at Both are small. A more commodious one is about to be erected in the latter place — places are members of the church — exceedingly low -- The head men of both native schools are numerous but The population is sunk in pollution & sin — hence calls loudly for more help — & It must be seen that two mission­ aries stationed at Waimea can have but little influence over Kohala & Hamakua. Were their efforts confined to Hamakua & Waimea including Puako & Kawaihae ( !) something more might be done - Hamakua should be connected with Waimea in preference to Kohala in as much as it is considerably nearer & much more accessible ( I) than Kohala -- besides, provisions &c can be carried to a station at Kohala with but little difficulty, which would not be the case In reference to a station at Hamakua — We conclude that a separate station should be established at Kohala as soon as possible — Then the missionaries at Waimea might have reason. to pray for & expect success, as their labours would be made to bear upon a smaller space — Baldwin & Lyons — Waimea June 5 - 1833 — �Waimea Hawaii Oct 25 - 1833 Dear Sirs In speaking of this station we shall in the first place say something in relation to what has been done during the past year & in the second place mention something of what remains to he done. Schools Of these a very encouraging account cannot at present be given. The school spirit has been for some time past (?) diminishing, & this might naturally be expected from the inefficiency of the pre­ sent system. Yet something has been accomplished both by ourselves & native teachers. We shall first speak of schools under our own instruction & that of our female assistants - These embrace children & adults of Waimea - A number of children have learned to read & this number with some others are pleasingly interested in the study of Arithmetic & Geography & in exercises of writing on slates The children likewise in connection with a few adult women have given some attention to sewing & braiding &c - Reading, Arithmetic Geography & writing both on slates & on paper have been the studies of the adults in wh these different branches some have made quite satisfactory proficiency all things considered During the months of March & April a school was opened for the instruction of the native teachers in this field - Out of 140 50 or 60 attended. Geography constituted the principal study. maps used by the pupils were prepared at the station. The The school was discontinued in consequence of the difficulty of procuring pro­ visions for the scholars - This arose from the great distances at which they resided from the school. Of the schools superintended by native teachers, those consist­ ing of children are the most efficient & promising. The number �Waimea Hawaii, Oct 25, 1833 of children examined not long since 405. 2. Of these 71 are readers. Of schools consisting of adults there have been 2 examinations during the year the one including both those who could read & those who could not read - the other the former only - The whole number called readers by the native teachers is about 2500 - by us however not more than l/4 of this number can be called intelligible readers The others can read - that is give them time & they can make out a sentence in any of the printed books - & perhaps understand its im­ port - Hence we are justified in calling them all readers & most might with perseverance, become good readers - But perseverance is not a very conspicuous characteristic either of a native scholar or a native teacher - A few exceptions may be found Distribution of books The desire for books is generally in proportion to the desire for instruction - This is not always true - Many in our field desire books - but it is not that they may learn their contents but because to have a book is a fashionable thing - & is supposed to constitute a part of religion & therefore this class must have a book as they wish to be considered on the side of religion - Were we to distribute books gratuitously, our stock would soon be exhaus­ ted by the pressing calls of the multitude - but as books are not thus distributed it being thought more desirable to sell than to body give away - they are called for but little by the great / of the people. Tho by the mass books are painfully undervalued - there is a class of a different stamp - by this class the work of God seems to be somewhat sincerely desired & their desire is evinced by the distance they come to purchase it neither, with work or such ar­ ticles of trade as they may chance to have - This is the class that is most generally found in the school house - & in the house of prayer - �Waimea, Hawaii 3. Meetings Meetings have been held at Waimea, Kawaihae, Hamakua & Kohala. At all these places are native houses of worship - none are very commodious except one at Waimea & the one at Kohala is one/capable of seating nearly 3,000 & the other 4,000 souls in the native style. The congregations on the sabbath depend very much on the character of the weather. Rains or the prospect of rain fre­ quently detain many from the house of God — In this they are. somewhat excusable when their distant ( !) from the place of worship and their kind of clothes are taken into consideration gregation at Waimea varies from 100 to a 1,000. 1,000 except on some particular, occasion - The con­ There Is seldom a The number in the morning both here and the other districts is much larger than it is in the afternoon - wh is partly owing to the indolent habits of the people - & partly to the rains which not unfrequently fall in the latter part of the day. The congregation at Kawaihae varies from 100 to 500 - that at Hamakua from 200 to 700 - This is not as large by a 1000 (?) probably - as it would otherwise be were there a larger house Our largest congregation is at Kohala which is 20 miles distant at this place Mr. Baldwin & family have lately spent nearly have 72 months - 4,000 out of 8000 souls -/sometimes been assembled on a pleasant sabbath morning whose conduct on the whole has during service been becoming though when the congregation was dismissed much noise & confusion followed at first as might naturally be expected from an almost wholly untutored people - More stillness (?) & order are now to be observed & this will increase as the people increase in light & knowledge - as the novelty of meetings at this �Waimea, Hawaii place is wearing away, the number that attend them may gradually diminish which by the way would not he a very discouraging cir­ cumstance — a good effect may he procured on a large congregation during the sermon hut when the exercises are closed the effect seems to be drowned in a moment by the noise of the multitude. The exercises of the sabbath are as follows - a church prayer meet­ ing in the morning after which the shell blows & the people assem­ ble for the regular morning worship - when this is closed the sabbath school immediately follows, at which the 7 verses for the week are recited to the different native teachers - & where one of us is present questions are asked & remarks made on the same. In the afternoon are two meetings at one of. which a sermon is preached one & at the other/an explanation of some portion of scripture mingled with exhortation exhortation ( !) has been the principal exercise. In all our preaching we have aimed to exhibit terms set & to urge men to an immediate compliance with the terms of salvation - whether any have complied is known in heaven but not to us at present. Yet we trust that to some the gospel has proved a savior of life unto life - none [have] given as yet sufficient evidence of piety to be admitted to the church - & none stand as candidate for admission (& here we would record the painful fact that one of our little for improper conduct church of 19 [or 17?] members has been/suspended from the privi­ lege of church communion for an indefinite time.) Besides meetings on the sabbath meetings are regularly held on Wednesday & Friday afternoons - at one the 7 verses of the week for most of the time have been expounded & applied - & at the other the texts of the previous sabbath are searched & such questions asked & remarks made as may interest & profit the the ( !) people — The monthly concert of prayer [for] the missionary cause has been �Waimea, Hawaii 5 . regularly attended - the monthly concert for sabbath schools has also been observed but not regularly -- The number present at these week day meetings is small. On Thursday evening we have a regular singing school the utility of which is sometimes (?) very apparent on the sabbath in giving an aspect of civilization to the congregation & adding to the solemnity of the sabbath exercises Visits among ( !) the people Scattered as our people are over a very extensive territory we find that preaching in public assemblies will not bring the multi­ tude within the influence of the gospel - Many will not hear the joyful sound nor by its power be raised from their dark condition. Hence we have devoted some time to visiting among the scattered population - we have gone from house to house & from district to district (searching out the special wants of the people) - among those capable of reading we have distributed tracts which are always readily received & we have generally found a disposition to listen to our instructions. In all these visits we have found some light - we have also found enough to convince us that we are surrounded with heathenism, darkness & degradation [Lyons’ handwriting] �The Station report of Waimea (Haw.) 1854 Through the kindness of Providence, we have generally enjoyed good health & been permitted to pursue our labours without interrup­ tion during the year. Some exceptions have however occurred. Mr. Baldwin was confined between one & two months at the commencement of the year, & spent a month at another station toward the close of it. Our field, it is well known, consists of three separate districts, of whh Waimea is far the least populous ( !). We have wished therefore, that, as far as possible, one of our number should reside in one of the other districts, whh we were able to do for about half the year. Mr. Baldwin spent the months of Sept. & Oct. at Kohala & Mr. Lyons four months (from Dec. to March) in Hamakua. So far as our experience goes, we find a decided advantage in residing among the people for whose benefit we labour. Schools. Our station school at Waimea has suffered some interruption in course of. the year, owing partly to our removal from one station to another, together with occasional absences from the station, & the peoples' being occupied with work. It has however been continued most of the time, & been more flourishing towards the close of the year, taught We have also/schools of teachers & others at the out stations during our residences there, whh have been easily maintained & seemed to be productive of good. The studies have been, besides, reading & writing, Arithmetic, Geography, drawing maps, &c. Our female helpers have generally kept up a daily school for women at Waimea, & always during our residence at the outposts - they have also taught a school of children every day at Waimea & during our residences at the outposts. The childrens’ schools have seemed �Waimea Report 1834 specially to prosper. The number who have attended regularly has commonly been from 20 or 30 - most of them have made commendable improvement. Me have also had singing schools wherever we have resided. The schools of native teachers are not generally in a very flour­ ishing condition. as they ever were. Some of them, however, have been as efficient ( !) The school houses of Kohala have many of them been rebuilt lately, & there is a prospect, that all whh need it will be soon. We have held two examinations at each of the districts the year. A few new readers appeared at Waimea, & about 50 at each of the districts of Kohala & Hamakua. We have also held, at each of the three districts, an examination for children - 500 were examined, of whom about 90 were readers. Our examinations have seemed to increase the demand for books This has been especially the case of Kohala & Hamakua, at each of whh places the demand has increased during the year. Our cong's on Sab. have been much the same as to size, as here­ tofore - There has been some improvement, we think, in the order & attention in them especially at Hamakua. That at Waimea has been generally small - at Ham. as large as could be accommodated - some­ times larger, the meeting house whh was commenced there, not having been built. Our Wed. & Frid. meetings have been more poorly attended. Sabbath schools have been attended, during the intermissions between morning & afternoon services, at each of the stations, where we have resided, in whh a goodly number have recited the verses of the day, & been questioned as to the import. That at Hamakua was flourishing as long as the station was occupied. A considerable number of children were connected with it, who were attended to by �Waimea Report 1834 Mrs. Lyons. 3. A much larger number, amounting to several hundreds were attacked to that at Kohala but they could not be kept together, when the post was left with only an occasional visit from a mission­ ary. An exposition of the seven verses has always been given at the third service on the sabbath. A morning meeting commenced at Waimea in Nov. last, commencing at light in the morning & always closing at sunrise. It has continued till this time, with rather increasing numbers & interest. has varied generally from 30 to 50 - often more. The number This we have called a goodly number, considering the frequent rain storms, the cold, & naked condition of the people of Waimea. Morning & evening meetings also were attended daily by Mr. Lyons, during his residence at Hamakua. A Protracted meeting has also been held at each of our three posts, & been repeated at Waimea - they have been continued from 4 to 8 days each. The exercises have been much the same as those of other similar meetings on Hawaii. The numbers who have attended these have not been large - but at each meeting, except perhaps the last at Waimea, we think, some souls were born again. We have found them a good means of arousing our own souls, as well as of raising the stan­ dard of piety among Christians & enlightening all who attended. The monthly concert has been attended as usual - & also the month­ ly fast on the frid. previous - in whh the members of the chh. at some Waimea &/others have united with us. We have visited & preached to the people some at their several school districts during the year past & found it one of the best means to proclaim the Gospel to the great body of the people. The whole of Kohala & Hamakua have been visited in this way - some parts more than once. �4, Waimea Report 1834 As to the tone of feeling in our chh. we cannot report any thing very different from what has existed in times past. One member was reported as suspended the last year, who still remains in the same condition. Two more were soon after suspended - one of whom on appear­ ance of repentance, & making a public confession, was restored to the fellowship of the church in April last. Two new members were admitted, & two more propounded, at the same communion in April. The whole number now in the chh is 21, including the two, who still remain suspended. Several children have been baptized. The whole number of marriages by us, during the year, has been 168. We have continued to keep an eye on the tobacco cause, & hope, it has not, on the whole, been retrograde; though owing to the shelter whh some of the people have seemed to feel under the wing of the Governor, we have not prosecuted it so vigorously as otherwise we could have wished. Of the 600 or thereabouts whh have signed the pledge of total abstinence, most, so far as we are informed, continue firm. But we have considered the amount of moral principle among the people so small, as to make a pledge of very little value, unless there were pretty strong external inducements for them to observe it. As the station was selected originally as a retreat for health, it may be proper to remark, that our experience is very decidedly in favour of the healthfulness of the climate; not merely in preference to other stations; but so far as we have observed in preference to any other region in that part of Hawaii. Owing, however, to the diffi­ culty of access from the shore at present, & the winds & rains whh often prevail there, It has not proved a very inviting place to transient visitors. Mr. Gulick & family spent some time 4 months �Waimea Report 1834 5 there during the past year, without any benefit, that we know, to his health. We have nothing more to add at present, except what wd he obvious almost without any mention; viz. that we greatly need a third helper. This is especially treu, if we continue, to maintain Waimea as a preaching station, & place of residence. Daring the past year, it has been our object to keep one of our families as large a part of the time as possible at one of the outposts. But owing to the confinement & absence of one of us a part of the time, together with the situation of our families, we have only been able to keep one family at an out station but six months in the twelve; leaving Hamakua with nearly 5000 people, & Kohala with more than 8000, destitute the other half of the time; & when one of us resides at one outpost & one at Waimea, the other outpost is of course entirely destitute. For six months, during the past year, Kohala, (with its 8000,) has been with but one sabbath's preaching from us. — whh is quite too little for a people who have just, (after great labour), completed a meeting house, whh. will contain 3000 or 4000 people; & are sometimes ready to fill it. A road is already completed from Waimea to Hamakua; & one making from the shore to the meeting house in Kohala, whh will greatly facil­ itate misy. operations in each of those places, the people are wait­ ing; & we hope we shall soon see them furnished with something, at least, like the stated means of grace. (Unsigned) �Report of Waimea (Hawaii) Station. 1835 After our return from general meeting last year, both, our families continued to reside at Waimea with, the expectation that one wd very soon remove to Hamakua & perhaps the other to Kohala. For a month we preached at Waimea & occasionally at Kohala or Hamakua, Before how­ ever arrangements cd he made for removing, I had an attack of sickness whh laid me aside from labour, & it was thought best that both families still continue at the station. So we did till near the close of Sept. when I, with my family was called to Kaawaloa to attend to the sick, where we continued till Dec., the labours at Waimea, till that time, all devolving on Mr. & Mrs. Lyons. Soon after our return, Mr. Lyons removed to Hamakua, where he has continued since, & we have attended, as far as able, to the duties of the Station. Meetings, previously attended, have all been continued & I have generally attended them as before, except the morning meetings, whh I was obliged to give up to the management of the native chh. members they have dwindled down to a small number. The wed. meeting, devoted to examination of the sermons delivered on the Sabbath, have also been small. Meetings on the Sabbath have been as encouraging as ever before- sometimes pretty full on pleasant Sab. mornings; but less in the after­ noons, & in rainy weather. About Nov. of last year, Gov. Adams took up his residence at Waimea, & many others, from Kailua mostly, so that meetings & schools have been some larger since that time. Our Sabbath school has not been flourishing, owing partly to having different instructors, & sometimes none at all; & the uncer­ tainty of our staying there permanently, has been so great as to hinder our making great efforts to increase the number who shd attend; because when left, they wd mostly fall off. Both meetings, schools, �2 Waimea Report 1835 & sabbath school wd doubtless have flourished better had I possessed health to visit among the people. But I have done nothing at that kind of labour - the weather very often rendering it improper, & other duties whh seemed indispensable to the Station, being always as much as I thought myself able to bear. Chh. There has been a single addition to the chh. during the year; one who seems as yet to give good evidence of being worthy ©f a place among the flock of Christ (,) one by letter also from Kaawaloa. Of the three mentioned, last year as suspended, one has been restored; & appears, in most respects, as well as ever before. One other indi­ vidual was set aside, from a single communion; but it happened too near the time, when we were called from the Station, to attend to the case any further. Ho other eases of discipline have occurred, tho. 1 am far from supposing none wed, had the whole conduct of those in the chh been fully brought to light. The sin of concealing one another's faults, in the chh, it Is to be feared, is one of the crying sins of these islands. The state of feeling in the chh is lower probably, than it was a year since. part. Some however give evidence that they have chosen the good The great majority, within the pale of the chh though guilty of no known immoralities (none of themsmoke tobacco), & often zealous in putting down such vices as the laws of the land condemn, cannot, in the judgment of us, who have watched them four years, be placed among those who belong to Christ. They give too much evidence, that they love the world more than they do God. Among these, however, there has been one case, the past year, of apparently genuine awaken­ ing, produced by the Holy Ghost. The seriousness continued several weeks, & we began to hope we had been mistaken in judging of his chr, �Waimea Report 1835 3 & that hereafter we might find ourselves mistaken in regard to many others. But all soon passed away, as a morning cloud, & all was as dark & unpromising as before. Without the chh, there is a consider­ able number, ready, in their own estimation to enter. have generally thought well. Of a few we But the longer our acquaintance has con­ tinued, the more we rejoice, that they have hitherto been debarred from the sacred table of the Lord. The mass of the people are still wedded to their lusts - not only far from the Kingdom, but perhaps fast growing more so. They are exposed to many temptations, from the two beef catching establishments; & their poverty is one reason, why they often yield( !), A few of the foreigners of the place connected with these establishments, have been in the habit of frequently attend­ ing our native worship on the Sabbath; but most of them are exceeding­ ly vile; & when sometimes a vessel from Oahu brings a cask of rum, they become still viler. They need some one to follow them affection­ ately & fearlessly , from day to day , with the bread of life; & so do all the people of that benighted region. The marriages of the station, during the year, have been 109, whh added to those already reported for Hamakua, will make the number nearly as great, as that reported, for the whole field, for each of the former years. Violations of the mar. contract have not apparently been more frequent than formerly. Of the labours assigned me by the Mission a report has already been made. The Ai o ka la & letters I did not prepare for lack of health, & the same, I may now add was the reason, why I have written but part of my share for the Kumu; & not want of disposition, as I some times began & was not able to finish. Schools. As to those of the Station, we can say, I think, they �Waimea Report 1835 4. have never been more flourishing or their good effects been more apparent than the past year. The number of scholars was considerably increased by those who removed thither from Kailua with the Governor. The school of adults male & female taught 3 days each week has gener­ ally averaged 40 or 50 - & sometimes less.. Their studies besides reading & some minor matters, have been Geography & Arithmetic in whh most have shown interest & made improvement. For the last half of the year,, original compositions have been required of them, once a week. The benefits of attending of this branch have been, some improvement in penmanship, besides learning to divide words aright, use points, capitals, &c, matters of no small moment for this people to learn. The children’s school has generally averaged from 40 to 50, since the accession from the new residents. spelling, Helu K Studies have been reading, , Helu naau, writing, Geography & singing, with which & prayer the school has always been opened & closed. We have no conven ient school house as yet but the Gov. has promised to build one. There has been but one regular examination of schools during the year, owing to my ill health & occasional absence from the station. This was attended at Waimea, Kawaihae & Kohala, Of native schools, there can hardly be said to be any at Waimea, but some in the district of Kohala have been somewhat flourishing. Books have met with an encouraging sale; but owing partly to apathy of the people, & partly to heavy taxes, valuable articles of trade are seldom procured for them. They have furnished us with our food, mats & some other necessaries of life. Above 50 have subscribed for the Kumu Hawaii at W . & Kohala - No special pains were taken to obtain subscribers, or their number might doubtless have been quadrupled without difficulty. �Waimea Report 1835 5. As to the effects of all whh has b een done in our field, I can say but little. It will be seen, that the large district of Kohala, has reed little or no attention at all. By labours at Waimea, some have been benefited - but the mass have perhaps, grown worse rather than been profited, by the Gospel among them. In whatever way it is to be accounted for, it is a fact, open to the eyes of all, that for the last half of the past year, there has been more iniquity among the people than in any other year since we have resided there. Drinking much sugar cane & potato has never before been genl or practiced/in that district. Why this has been suffered to overspread the region at this time I know not. Reports abroad say, it is because the Gov. does not think it a crime to drink fermented potatoes - people at Waimea say, it is through their anger at heavy taxes, suppression, &c. to avoid koeles, &c. If the latter was the reason, some of them have been sadly worsted, as they have been put on the road, to work each a month, & with strict orders that when koele day came they were to work there also. This was done not by the Gov. but by head men —- As to the comparative importance of Waimea, as a station, I may be expected to say a few words as the state of my health has compelled me to leave it, at least, for the present. Four years ago, the census of our field was taken & Waimea was supposed to contain about 1200 people. since. No enumeration has been made The Gov. has selected it as his place of residence; & as was to be expected in such case, a considerable number have been added to the population, many buildings put up, & the place assumed a somewhat new appearance. Gov. Adams says, the present population cannot be over 800 - perhaps not so many. He ought to know, as he has sometimes called out all, men, women & children (sick excepted) to work on the �Waimea Report 1835 land. But I have little confidence in his data drawn from this source or his tapa taxes, as there is no one branch better understood by the people of that region, than running away from, & otherwise evading the orders of their chiefs. If he cd count 4 or 500 tapas, at a single tax, probably there are still a thousand people. less, they have immortal souls & need the Gospel. Whether more or There are connected with the chh & among the new residents some 20 or 30 chh members re­ siding there. What little has been done will apparently soon be lost, unless followed up. There are many foreigners - they wd soon fill that place with sin, & make it a radiating centre of pollution for all on the Western shore, with a population of some hundreds, that part of Hawaii, Kawaihae & Puako,/must depend on Waimea sta­ tion for the Gospel, or never have it. Kohala is yet unsupplied; & whether Hamakua will or ought to be occupied, while neither Waimea or Kohala has a Missionary, is a question yet to be settled by the Mission. All these points have a bearing on the importance of the station, & will help determine what shd be done in relation to it. (Unsigned; but Baldwin's) �Report of Hamakua Station for the year ending June 1 - 1835 After our return from general meeting we spent 4 months at Waimea attending to the various duties of the station such as preach­ ing, teaching visiting &c - Dec. 6. we left Waimea & took up our residence in Hamakua in a native house belonging to the head man of the land. Here we resided till the last of April when we removed to the native buildings which we had by this time been enabled to put up for our accomodations - They are situated near a fine stream of water about 3/4 mile from the present meeting house - 1/2 mile from the shore, - 2/3 of a mile from the eastern pali of Waipio 12 miles from Waimea & 24 miles via vessel (?) from Kawaihae ( !) by way of which we receive our supplies &c Through the smiles of Providence we have enjoyed a good measure of health - at least such a measure that with the exception of one sabbath - there has been no interruption to the ordinary routine of labors Schools Three schools have been taught at the station men's school women's school & school for children. 1 Men's school - This is composed of teachers & others of a promis­ ing character & numbers about 30. The studies which have been pur­ sued are the bible - Kumu Hawaii - Helukamalii - Helunaau - anaho nua - & occasional recitations from geography principally from maps To this school 3 afternoon in the week with some exceptions have been devoted. The proficiency made by the scholars has been as en­ couraging as could be expected from the various hindrances which have occurred - Two of the scholars have been sent to the High School - . 2 Women's school - This is under the instruction of Mrs. Lyons �Hamakua 1835 ...................................... & numbers about 20 scholars - — .. . They have attended to reading in the Testament & Kumu Hawaii, & also to Arithmetic sewing & knitting Nothing has been more difficult than to get the women into school others ( !) things have seemed to them of more importance & hence this school has been taught but one day in the week - The prospect however at the time it closed was rather encouraging than otherwise. 3- Children's school - The children's school taught at the station by Mrs. Lyons commenced with 7 scholars & gradually Increased till it numbered about 40 - These are divided into several classes. The first class may be called an infant class - They learn the al­ phabet & words of two letters & are taught the 10 commandments & simple hymns & questions translated from the infant catechism & other things such as are suitable to this age & capacity 2(nd) class, read & spell in words of 3 & 4 letters, learn hymns & questions from the catechism 3d class read In the Ikemua & answer questions from that - learn hymns & are more or less familiar with 2 or 3 chapters of the Ui kamalii. 4(th) class read in the Ikemua & ai o ka la, have learned various hymns & several chapters of the Ui & have attended to the Helu Kama­ lii - palapala honua & writing on slates - All the other classes have been more or less exercised in the Helu Kamalii, & some have tried to scribble characters on the slate - Writing & cyphering on the black­ board has been practised to some extent - The larger girls have attended to sewing - & the larger boys are somewhat strong at manual labor - The time devoted to the school Is most of the forenoon of every day except Wednesday - The school is generally opened with singing in which all the children join - & closed with prayer Great efforts have been made to improve the bodies & the minds of �Hamakua 1835 3. of the scholars altogether. Tobacco has been partially forsaken, but not The example of parents has prevented. Parents have repeatedly been told their duty, & some have endeavored to keep their children from the influence of pernicious habits - & have in part succeeded - but others have done nothing of the kind, but much to the contrary Beside the school last mentioned there are six children's schools in the neighboring districts which are under the instruction of native teachers - Some of these I have endeavored to superintend myself - when circumstances would permit - In the 6 schools there are about 100 scholars - some few have learned to read & have learned hymns - the commandments & questions from the Helu Kamalii & Ui There are not many children in the vicinity of the station - . The majority of those of a proper age, are mostly gathered into school - We meet with many obstacles arising from the scattered state of the children, the influence of parents, some of whom try to frighten their fond offspring from the school by telling stories about us - Other obstacles arise from the want of school houses, school apparatus & a more efficient system, & we are often led to enquire what shall be done? - Why not try a boarding school? Examinations Of these there have been two - one in Jany & the other in May At the last there were present - 265 adults - all readers 123 children - 20 readers - Most of the children have attended school more or less - during the year - The majority of the adults - have not attended except on the sabbath - & some few days previous to examination The number of readers - rather the amount & quality of reading �Hamakua 1835 4. is in some cases diminishing & in others increasing - where there is no wood the fire goeth out Books Books have been in as good demand as could be expected - though they would probably have laid still up(on) our shelves with the ex­ ception of some kinds - had we not used special efforts to get them into the hands of the people - for but few come to our house to buy & one reason of this is, the reading class are pretty well supplied with such books as have been printed & are waiting for more, & yet the books disposed of have mostly furnished us & our domestics with native provisions - wood, mats &c - As to the disposition to read, of this there is but little if we except teachers & a few others such as read the Kumu Hawaii - of whom there are not far from 100 (The number of copies taken - about 50). of God is seldom read formerly - By the remainder the word It is not even read at the family altar as This altar by the multitude has been thrown down & of course the bible is neglected, though no doubt it is read & desired as much here as in many places in the United States Meetings Of these there are the daily morning meetings designed for the explication & application ofscripture & attended by 30 or 40 The Wednesday afternoon meeting designed for the reciting of texts & marriages, the weekly female meeting attended by Mrs. Lyons - sing­ ing school & ai o ka la meeting every Friday & Saturday afternoon a meeting for chh members occasionally Saturday evening - The monthly concert of prayer - & the concert for sabbath schools - have been encouragingly attended - Tuesday ( !) & Thursday afternoons meetings & have been held 2 at places 2 - 3 - & 5 miles distant The exercises of the sabbath are 4 meetings & 2 sabbath schools - �Hamakua 1835 The regular morning meeting in common with other days. The public assembly at 9 o'clock - which is followed by the sabbath school con­ sisting of adults & children - The 3d meeting is held in the valley of Waipio - after wh is the 2d sabbath school - The 4th meeting is held at the station & is a lecture on the 7 verses for the coming week - A 5th meeting has sometimes been held in the evening at can­ dlelight The plan now adopted - ie - of spending a part of the sabbath in the valley, tho very fatiguing & laborious to me - gives a good congregation both parts of the day - The meeting in the afternoon is becoming the largest - Which is a new thing under the sun - at least on Hawaii The plan was adopted because the people of Waipio with few exceptions would not come up the frightful pali to attend meeting at the station - & if the people will not come to the light - the light must be carried to them - Perhaps both congregations there are 7 or 800 people & sometimes more - sometimes less — The con­ gregations are small, but they are about as large as can be accommo­ dated in the present houses of worship - & may be said to be on the increase The sabbath school at the commencement numbered 18 children & about 40 adults dren. The num ( !) has increased to 157 adults & 70 chil- The regular children however are those belong to Mrs. Lyons week day school & are under her instruction on the sabbath - The adult school at the station & some of the children attend to the verse a day system - The school in the valley to the questions printed at Lahainaluna - The schools are always under my own su- perintence & a suitable portion of time & attention I endeavor to devote to the children - Most of the scholars seem to be much �Hamakua 1835 6. interested in the school & have made a commendable improvement -Visiting Two days in the week or parts of 2 days have generally been devoted to visiting among ( !) the people - several tours have been made thro Waipio ways preventing - Long tours I have not taken, circumstances al­ Sometimes the people have manifested a willingness to hear - & sometimes they would rather I would pass on, leaving them oven undisturbed - in their sensual enjoyment - a smoking oven full of taro or potatoes possessed in their view more charms than the gospel of xt ( !). Some on the approach of the preacher have taken to flight One of the objects at first aimed at visiting was to get the names of all th e people - men women & children - that I might become familiar with the flock committed to my charge - But it was con­ jectured that there was some trick in the matter & hence some were disposed to give false names & others refused to give any name, on the whole the project was treated with so much ridicule, that it was abandoned. There is no better way to find out what the people are than to be often among them, not among them as on the sabbath day or at meeting - but among them at their houses - in their houses - taking them unawares at their different employments or at no employment at all - looking on &c - In this way not only ,the wickedness of the people but their wants will be found out. The sick & the lame & the maimed will meet the eye in almost every direction & hence op­ portunities will offer for benefiting the body & this will open the way more effectually for extending relief to the perishing soul Marriages I have celebrated 96 marriages - 63 at Waimea & 33 at Hamakua. Of the marriage covenant I have heard of but few violations, �Hamakua 1835 7. yet this will not be certainly known till revealed at the day of judgment. Tobacco Wot much has been done on the score of reformation on this point Talk to the people about giving up their pipes - & they immediately refer to chh members - I mean chh members belonging to other stations - chh members smoke - & hence many who once forsook - have returned - & those who have not forsaken will not forsake - Chh members deal it out to the people - sell it - order it planted &c Yet some will not obey - they will have nothing to do with tobacco tho they so lose their lands by refusing - I have said to the public, if there is ever a chh at Hamakua - there shall be no tobacco smoking in it to my knowledge - & no traffic of any kind in the article yea nothing to do w ith it except by way of opposition. Deaths I have been called to attend many funerals - The number I cannot recollect - Nor am I acquainted with the number of births - but I infer from what little knowledge I have that the number of deaths is by far the greatest Church No chh has as yet been formed at the station. 4 individuals have been propounded as candidates - 4 chh members reside in the region 2 belonging to Waimea chh - & 2 to that of Kailua - one of the latter I may never see again in the flesh - but I trust we shall all see her in heaven - The 4 candidates were perhaps the result of a protracted meeting held a year ago last March - Many others appeared to run well at that time - but it has proved it is to be feared that they were running the wrong way - Of a few of them �Hamakua 1835 8. however I have yet some hope that they are Christians - One individual- a female of a more than ordinary mind - & I trust of ardent piety has been called to give up her account - It was at the protracted meeting that we suppose she experienced a change of heart — The manner of her death was so remarkable that it attracted the wonder of all who witnessed, her dying moments - Her was spent in exhorting sinners to repentance & just before she breathed her last she seemed to see a convoy of angels coming to convey her to heaven - If one soul has gone to glory thro my feeble instrumentality to God be all the praise - I have been a thousand fold recompensed for all my toils During the past year the Lord has not visited us with the re­ viving & regenerating influences of his spirit & hence & sinners are plunging unconcerned into the bottomless pit why it is we cannot say - no doubt there is a fault somewhere Conclusion There are many things of an unfavorable appearance. Many of the people have been guilty of intoxication on potatoes & sugar cane - & other kinds of iniquity some of the criminals have been put to work upon the road. The incessant calls of the chiefs have occasioned an almost continual interruption to meetings & schools in particular few attend schools or have any regard for books - But The number that attend meeting is small - 7 or 800 out of 5,000 - Beyond 4 or 5 miles from the station the people have not made their appearance at the house of God - Hence a territory of 25 miles long perhaps has been little or nothing benefited by missionary influence. There is no school house or meeting house at the station except a small build­ ing used for the purpose & just ready to fall down - When a meeting �Hamakua 1835 9. house will be erected is not certain. Timber was procured 2 years ago - & the building actually commenced - but some governmental orders interfering, the work ceased, & there were no Nehemiahs to ask why it should cease or say let us rise up & build - However word went forth just before we left - for the recommencing of the every work - But the day chosen to be devoted to the work i.e./Friday till finished is such an unlucky one that it may toe as long in build­ ing as the second temple was. Yet we are not discouraged - we are engaged in a cause which shall finally triumph & here is the of our hope & consolation (Unsigned; L. Lyons) �Report of Waimea Station - May - 1836 Labors 1. Secular - the erection of a permanent dwelling house - during the year at Waimea — 2 - Religious -(1) meetings - as follows - 2 sermons on the sabbath meeting Wednesday afternoons - church meeting sabbath evening - weekly female prayer meeting - semi monthly meeting for mothers - quarterly meeting for fathers & mothers - monthly concert - monthly meeting for sabbath schools - & occasional meetings as on fast days &c — (2) schools - bible classes &c 1st school for adults sometimes 6 days in a week, sometimes 3 days - sometimes not at all 2d school for children - 5 days in a week - constantly - sometimes twice a day 3d. sabbath schools - one for adults - & one for children 4. singing school one evening in the week 5 - a daily bible class at sunrise (3) Examinations - of these there have been two - one in Sept - & the other in Jany Present at the first 1325 adults 393 children Total 1,718 - 1375 readers - (4th) Tours - One tour has been performed through Waimea - Kohala & Hamakua - besides other occasional pastoral visiting (5th) Distribution of books - upwards of 4,000 books of various kinds & sizes have been disposed of in some way or other, during the year The Kumu Hawaii has about 250 Subscribers - about 150 more than the preceding year (6th) Census - The people of all the region have been numbered accord- �Waimea Report 1836 2. ing to the resolution of last general meeting — (7th) Marriages - 116 couple have been married (8th) Church - 4 individuals have been received to the church on examination - 2 suspended members have been restored & one has died one member stands still suspended - Present number in regular standing 2 5 - 6 children have been baptized — Effects of labors — 1 - A large neat native school house has been erected at Waimea by the orders' of the governor - & furnished at the expense of the mission A large & elegant lauhala meeting house has been completed at Hamakua & dedicated to the worship of the living God Kohala has been undergoing repairs — The meeting house at A few good native school houses have been erected In some of the out districts at the expense of the people — 2 There has been an increase of numbers in schools & meetings both in Waimea & at the out posts - The sabbath school at Waimea at one time numbered over 300, & the children day school about 80 - The average number much less 3 - There has been an increase of knowledge - about a hundred new readers may be reported - The schools at Waimea have made some attain­ ments in natural history, topographical geography, writing - arith­ metic, geometry - music & the scriptures - Church members & others have derived much instruction from preaching & the bible classes 4 Some probably conversions - though no decided cases - 5 - Prevention of wickedness - though not much positive good may have been done - much positive wickedness has no doubt been prevented Wickedness had broken out, like a volcanic fire, & was spreading over the whole region - But since the return of the missionary, iniquity �Waimea Report 1836 has not dared to appear in such unblushing boldness The prospects are on the whole encouraging L Lyons �Report of Waimea Station In writing a report of Waimea station for the past year I feel hound, to begin by acknowledging the goodness of God in giving me strength to perform the various labors in which I have been engaged. Some in­ terruptions have been experienced from sickness & death in my family of which I have heretofore spoken & to which I may make farther allu­ sion before closing the report - No year of my life has been more replete with interesting & solemn incidents. I closed my last report by stating the awful havoc sin had been making with my church. — One third of my little flock had been separated from the fold & turned again into the wide & wicked world. That was a blow to Zion’s inter­ ests that brot sadness & desolation over the soul. But it was no time to stop & weep - - There was the greater urgency to gird myself anew to the work to which I had been called — to do — And this I endeavored The labors which I have performed may be divided into sev­ eral departments . 1 Efforts to reform the domestic habits of the people - It has often been reported that the people as a general thing were but little elevated in their habits of living above the brute creation. Their houses are nothing but the rudest hovels — one door not 3 feet high. These are entered by This is often an open door. If the occu­ pants wish to leave they close this passage way with brush or a mat or some such like track. Now & then a kind of a door rudely made of rude materials will be found -- The inside of these hovels is too filthy to be described, or even mentioned. Man comes down to a level with the beast - Men & beasts eat & sleep & live together. Often on attempting to enter one of these abodes of filthiness, the smoke of the kalo oven rushes out in such dense columns that you are obliged to retire. Night comes on - men, women & children, the married & the unmarried lie down to sleep - a single mat on the ground is per­ �Waimea 2. haps the only sleeping place - no partitions [partitions] to divide a part from the rest - In this respect all things are common — Morn­ ing comes, all sit down on the ground floor, covered perhaps with dry grass & sometimes a mat -- the great calabash of poi is placed in the midst out of which all eat in unison - one hand after another enters the dish first & then to the mouth & so on till all are filled -The same hands too are employed at the same time in devouring the raw fish sometimes just as it comes from the ocean — The hand is all the knife that is used, a jack knife may occasionally be seen — Break­ fast ended & the great wooden pipe is filled from the tobacco horn & lighted & then goes the round from father down to the son - of four years old — But I will not enlarge. My soul has been stirred up within me at the sight of such pollution & degradation. I have en­ deavored to persuade the people to live more like human beings - to put away the numerous dogs - give up the use of tobacco - build them better houses - furnish them with mats, partit o ins [partitions], & sleep­ ing places - make them tables, seats, separate dishes - make fences about their houses & cultivate the soil more extensively than is usually the case. Nor have my efforts been altogether in vain - Church members & some others of the better sort have built them neat & comfortable houses - & have .improved in some degree their manner of living — Some have furnished themselves with tables, seats, wooden dishes & wooden spoons. They have also made them good yards about their premises - & have given more than ordinary attention to the cultiva­ tion of the soil — 2 Efforts to improve the intellectual & moral dondition of the people— Under this head I shall speak 1 of Schools — The last report stated that the schools in this region were �Waimea, Hawaii 3. rising & increasing. pointed. The hopes then entertained have not been disap- I was determined to make one great effort, & that was to gather all the children in my field into school -kept steady in view. This object was The 4 teachers who had just graduated at the seminary took a deep interest in this enterprise. We united our ef­ forts & energies & by patient perseverance in well doing we nearly ac­ complished our object — The burdensome yet interesting task of super- intending 79 schools embracing 2598 children soon became a part of my work — About 1000 of these may be called readers 900 of whom have learned to read during the past year. Their reading books have been the testament, other portions of scripture, geography, Natural history & the Kumu kamalii - ( children's Newspaper) - Recitations have been from Natural history, scripture catechism - hymns & Fowler's Arithme-. tic ( !) - About 300 children have attended to writing, topographical geography & Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. The teachers have assembled their scholars twice a day for the purpose of giving instruction. The school conducted by myself & Mrs. Lyons has been unusually ( !) prosperous, & considerable proficiency has been made by some of the scholars -- The teachers from the Sem­ inary have been very active & energetic. Their pupils have made a commendable progress in the studies to which they have attended. regret that I have not more teachers of a similar stamp. I There are a number of other teachers whose schools are no dishonor to them in point of improvement. But the generality of teachers have spun out what knowledge they have acquired & will find it necessary to procure a new supply before they can proceed much farther — Until that is done many of the schools will remain stationary or rather go back. Several of the schools have devoted some time to manual labor such as the cultivation of the soil, in payment of school books — �Waim ea, H aw aii When the schools went into operation aboutout a year since, it was found that a majority of the scholars, was in the habit of using to­ bacco. This filthy & abominable practice has been urged to abandon; at first there were many obstinate cases. But the teachers have final­ ly prevailed & now nearly all the children belonging to the schools are enrolled on the side of entire abstinence. The pernicious influence of parents however may induce some if not many to return to their former pollutions -Some of the teachers, having heard that wreaths, & beads & jewels & other superflous ornaments of the body were contrary to the spirit of the gospel & hence ought to be abandoned, prevailed on their schools to lay them, aside. Thought ( !) the children have been collect­ ed into schools, & have made improvements in many respects, yet they are raised but little above the veriest heathen. There is still vast room for further improvement, Especially where their moral condition is taken into account. 2500 children, instructed in the word of God, yet sinking to perdition!! What a solemn & awful thot ! & how it should call into exercise the vast affections of the soul & lead to the most strenuous efforts to save their deathless souls! Nor have children’s schools alone risen & prospered the past year. Adult's schools have also received a new impulse. Those that were altogether extinct have revived, & others in a declining state, stren­ gthened. The fathers & mothers seemed unwilling to have their child­ ren take the precedence in knowledge — Hence they plied themselves anew to their almost or entirely forsaken schools & books — The number of adult schools is 79 The number of adult readers - 2,318 The number of writers about 700 Some 200 or 300 have given some attention to geography & Colburn's Arithmetic. . . . My own school of adults besides attending to these studies have �W ai m e a , Haw aii 5 . devoted some time to writing letters & original compositions. One adult school, conducted by a native teacher is. rather, amusing. It consists of 120 Konohikis, ei, head men of different lands - some by the way are women - for Paul's injunctions are not observed on the Sandwich Islands - Women often usurp authority over the men & hold the reins of government over large districts - What is amusing about this school is about one half of the pupils cannot read, & many cannot even tell the letters of the Alphabet & only one quarter know anything about forming letters with a pen — But then as strange a thing as this has happened even in the United States ! The superintendence of 155 schools embracing 5010 scholars has required not a small portion of my time — I stated in my last report that I intended to examine the schools for children as often as once a month. But this I found impracticable. aged one a month — Yet the examinations aver­ ie, one month I examined the schools of Kohala the next month the. schools of Hamakua & lastly the schools of Waimea & then returned to Kohala - & pursued ( !) the same course as before — In this way all the schools were examined once in three months - The adult schools not so often -In the children's schools, there it was peculiarly interesting to notice the gradual increase of members & of knowledge, from the first examination to the last - arising from 200 scholars to 2500 & from 100 readers to 1000 -- - Singing schools - Of these there have been 2 in a week -- embracing about 40 pupils - The number has now increased to about 80 — Much interest is excited in this school - & our singing has been consider­ ably improved within the year past — An interesting class of girls form the principal portion of female singing on the sabbath — can sing in as high a strain as any youth in America. They But there is a �Waimea, Hawaii 6. lack in that sweetness & softness of voice which composes the beauty of music — �[Waimea, Hawaii - 1837] & to cap the climax of examination excellence something called a hymn has sometimes been pualued (put together) the chief beauty of which exercise seemed to consist in performing it with perfect unin­ telligibleness to all Some efforts have been made to dissuade children from the use of tobacco nor have these efforts been altogether unsuccessful for 1606 have either abandoned or never known the use of the abominable thing i.e. some have abandoned it & others have never been tainted with its pollutions - & perhaps by this time nearly all may be ranked on the side of entire abstinence. Omit then the pernicious example of parents - with this we are all familiar - & know what to expect from it — The school at the station under our own instruction & those under the instruction of the High School graduates - are of course of a somewhat higher order The former embraces about 80 pupils 30 of whom constitute an infant class. In this school the following branches have received some attention 1 Reading - The scriptures, Natural history, both large & small - Ninauhoike, kumu kamalii - Ikemua & Kumunua 2 Recitations - from Ai o ka la in the morning - a verse in the afternoon from another portion of scripture - geography - geome­ try - helunaau - halu kamalii - hoike holoholona, ninauhoike - kumu kamalil, Ikemua Hi kamalil - & hymns 3 Writing - sewing & singing & infant school exercises. Some proficiency has been made in the above branches but there is room for much more — The schools taught by the graduates embrace about 250 children - �Waimea 2. who are instructed in reading writing arithmetic geography &c — These schools are prosperous & we only regret that we have no more teachers of like stamp -- The generality however of teachers are better qualified for their work than those heretofore employed — and a small compensation such as a copy of the various hooks that are printed has proved a great stimulant to exertion. The children in all the schools are called together generally twice & in some schools three times a day for instruction tees — There are probably many absen­ for there have been no laws - except in a few schools - re­ quiring attendance or punishing non attendance. We have 8 or 9 pupils preparing for the High school - Some may enter this year -2 Adult schools — These have also taken a new start the past year - no doubt from the example of the children - fearing perhaps lest the children should outstrip their fathers - The whole number of adult schools is 76 - number of readers present at examination 2,318 — The majority of these have attended to nothing but reading - some 300 perhaps - have given some attention to Arithmetic - writing & geography - these more especially taught at the station & by the graduates — The station school has devoted one evening in the week to the reading of original composition - one to arithmetic & one to recitations in geography from the book & from maps — No great progress can be reported. 3 Singing schools - Schools of this description are held twice a week - & embrace about 40 pupils — considerable progress has been made in this department compared with former years - because we have not been obliged to make brick without straw as heretofore - in other words the new hymn book with its black & white notes has furnished employment for the eye - & as well as for the ear - & how much better a man can know the way by seeing it than merely hearing about it — But we have nothing to boast of in the of music - as we do not �Waimea 3 .... profess to know much about it ourselves - practically at least -4 Sabbath Schools — The number belonging to all the S. schools in the several districts is not far from 5,000 including children & adults — The ai o ka la - other portions of scripture - small catechism & hymns - have occupied the attention of the scholars - The sabbath schools at the station under our own superintendence ( !) are two - one for children embracing 220 pupils & the other for adults consisting of 230 individuals - The children's school is much more flourishing than it ever was before. Not more than 50 or 60 scholars have heretofore been reported - Now early all the children in the district belong to. the school - Those principally remain who are too young to come the distance they would be obliged to travel providing they should attend — miles Many come the distance of 3 & 4 & perhaps 5 But they seem to make no objections to that.- Sunday morning at 8 o'clock generally finds them in the school house ready for the sabbath school lesson - and when school is ended they are requested to remain at meeting which many if not all of them do — The adult school too is unusually ( !) prosperous - There are not more than 700 adults in Waimea & 230 the number attending school includes the greater part of the reading portion — The number Is small compared to other schools but It Is large compared to the popu­ lation & to the distance many have to come — The sabbath schools at the out districts are doing as well as could be expected — Those conducted by the teachers from Lahainaluna are the principal schools of importance 5 Bible classes - A daily bible class has been in existence for more than a year past attended about sunrise. The lessons have been confined to the Gospels & to the Acts of the Apostles - & practical instruction has been communicated & the results have been encouraging �Another bible class has lately been established on sabbath after­ noon immediately succeeding the afternoon meeting. the text book -- The Huliano is The number of pupils is about 60 -- The new book excites much interest & there is reason to hope it will do much good — Three other bible classes in the Huliano are conducted by the graduates at the out stations - As they have attended to this work in the High School - they are somewhat qualified to instruct others in the same — Examinations Children's examinations as follows — Waimea 3 - 1st Ex - Hamakua 5 - 1st " Kohala 4 - 1st " Adult examinations - 143. 2d 190. 3d 223 97. 2d 143. 3d 346 251. 2d 463. 3d 4th 507 5th 648 1197 4 t h 1240 Of these there have been 3, one at each district Meetings - These may be arranged under weekly - monthly & quarterly meet­ ings 1. W e e k l y ( !) - These consist of three meetings on the sabbath, one of which is in English for the benefit of foreign residents of whom there are not a few - A meeting Wednesday afternoon which for the first half of the year consisted of lectures on Isaiah last half of lectures on the marriage state - but the the duties of parents & children - husband & wives - external & internal, physical, (!) intellectual, moral & religious Meetings on Tuesday, Friday & Saturday evening at candle light - the first a religious conference & preaching designed for all disposed to attend - the second a lecture on the Ai o ka la - designed principally for teachers - others however not excluded - the third - a chh payer ( !) & conversational meeting - confined to the chh & candidates for the church — A female �Waimea 5. prayer meeting on Saturday afternoon - ( !) Monday, Tuesday & Friday. afternoons meetings have been held in the different neighborhoods from 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 miles distant — 2. Monthly meetings - Of these are two monthly concerts, one for missions & the other for sabbath schools - & monthly meetings com­ mencing on the Friday preceding the first Monday in the month & closing on the following Tuesday (!) morning - The object of these meetings is to furnish the means of instruction to chh members & others religiously ( !) disposed who live at a distance - Many come together on these occasions from all parts of the field & hear the gospel from the lips of the living preacher & return, some savingly benefited - some seriously impressed - & some more hardened in sin. The church members are particularly benefited by these seasons Living at a distance from the stated means of grace they are liable to become stupid & dead - Where no wood is the fire goeth out - Hence the importance of furnishing occasional supplies of wood that the fire where it has been kindled may not go out but burn with intenser heat Maternal meetings were held monthly the first half of the year but they have been superceded by the weekly lecture on the same & other subjects -- They will however be reestablished ( !) the coming year — 3. Quarterly meetings — Of these are church facts, preparatory lectures & Communion exercises-All of the meetings have been very well attended, all things considered - The congregation on sabbath morning is perhaps 700 - at any rate it is as large as the house of worship will accommodate & not unfrequently many are obliged to sit out doors for want of room within - When a meeting house is built (for the only meeting house now is a school house) the congregation may be somewhat increased -- �Waimea 6. As to that however there is no certainty — As to the meetings at the out stations they are principally con­ ducted by native chh members & according to the report of the natives they are quite as fully attended as could he expected — They do some good & prevent some evil ~ & hence are not to he despised. The people are waiting for better teachers & hope to obtain them from the present reinforcement — Books The demand for books has of course been increased by the increase. of schools. The demand has been much greater than the means of supply - Schools are suffering for the want of books - Children have learned to read but many are destitute of any thing to read - Many more might have now been ranked among the readers - had there been books to. excite an interest in learning -Eight hundred new testament ( !) have found a speedy sale - so so that there is not/much as one left - & the call for more grows louder & louder — The whole number of books disposed of the past year is upwards of 10,000 i.e. including books of all descriptions from the piapa Kamalii up to the Buke - How much good the books are doing I am un­ able to say -- No doubt they are doing good to some, & to some they are as a thing of little use — Benevolence We are able to report something on this subject built The people have 3 dwelling houses for the graduates & another on the way 50 school houses, native style of course 150 Kapas have been contributed at monthly concerts &c for benevolent purposes - & they are now procuring materials for erecting a native dwelling house for a new missionary - Most of the materials are procured - & the the ( !) people intend to finish it - which will �Waimea 7. be a contribution of 100 dollars or more to be called a monthly con­ cert contribution - I call the above benevolence - because the people have acted from their own accord - not from the authority of chiefs Konahiki ( !) in some cases have spurred them on, very much as agents spur up the chhs in America to contribute to the objects of charity. Visits Three afternoons in the week have been occupied in visiting the schools in Waimea - giving Instruction to the teachers & pupils hearing lessons In reading & recitations ( !) from the catechism - after school parents & others have been called in & a meeting held with them & the children - which are the neighborhood meetings re­ ferred to above One tour has been made thro the principal part of Kohala - the sick have been visited & many families have received some pastoral attention - Funerals have furnished occasion for visiting the house of mourning & giving such instruction as the occa­ sion demanded - But in all these duties the pastor acknowledges de­ ficiency (Visits of schools by the graduates - Division of Waimea into visit­ ing districts to ascertain the physical - intellectual & moral condi­ tion of the people - ) Church The church has had seasons of darkness & seasons of light one period saints & sinners with few exceptions were alike dead a volcano was under ground preparing for an eruption - At But The eruption took place -- Wickedness in the bosom of the church was brot to light Nothing more than had been expected - but from a different quarter in some cases from what had been even imagined — A chief guilty of drunkenness & of drinking intoxicating liquor for many years past others guilty of drunkenness & adultery - one of whom confessed that �Wai m e a 8. h e h a d bee n guilty of four adulteries while he was persevering at a neighboring station to get into the chh - Th e s i n s of others were less heinous & heaven daring - b ut crimes notwithstanding - Disci­ pline was applied & 10 individuals were set aside f r o m the privileges of the church - That was a season of darkness & trembling - of h u ­ mility & repentance — (Some may call it a season of rejoicing - but h o w can we rejoice over that w h i c h causes the savior's cause at ev e r y pore) - But the Lord intended it for good - fallen c h h members have been led to repentance been t r u l y to bleed Some of the others perhaps have ( !) converted having never known what conversion was - All profess repentance -of the church - Five have b e e n restored to the communion But more than this — The Lord we trust has been in the midst of the people by his Almighty spirit - convincing them of sin & leading them to set for salvation — 21 have b e e n received to the chh on examination & 20 stand propounded as candidates - We rejoice but w i t h t r e m b l i n g - the Lord's & to h i m be all the glory — added to the chh on certificate regular standing - 45 5 suspended 1 dead Baptized children the past year ■ The w o r k has been Three individuals have been Whole number of chh members in - 14 died -1 32 the present number 4 died in all Miscellany. Under this h e a d I shall only mention two or three things 1 Study — - Saturday I generally devote to preparation f o r the sabbath tho sometimes I am prevented f r o m commencing till after dinner 2 - Something h a s been done towards furnishing a portion of m a t t e r for the Kumu Hawaii - & Kumu Kamalii - nothing however of importance enough to mention 3 - The h y mn book for children embracing 60 or 70 hymns has been �"Waimea 9. prepared & is printed. - It is no great affair - but may do for children - as some think anything w ill do for them C onclusion Something has been done - A vast deal more remains to be done The field is all white to the harvest - the 3000 children in school call for help in tones that must be h e a r d & obeyed or they p erish in their ignorance - The thousands of adults too in Hamakua & K o h a l a - who have no missionaries/lift up their imploring hands - & ask who will come to live a m o n g us & show us the way The time is short, must be done quickly. No the w ork to be done is great - of life Wh a t we do The devil & his servants are all activity. slumbering spirit retards &c. - N o o f examinations - 15 - 3 for adults Members of bible class -150 Books disposed of - 11000 No. children Schools - 79 Whole No. chil - 2,125 Benevolence 50 school houses Reders ( !) in S .S.C) 3 dwelling houses 317 = 922 ( !) Natural history & ) 612 150 kapas materials for a house Ikemua ) 1203 - 400 in letters Reders in Piapa & Kumumae Geog - - - - - - - - 69 W r i ting - - - - - 104 Congregation 700 Pastoral visits N a t u r a l history) N i n a u h o ike ) . . 10 Marriages 152 Suspensions 5 & Anahonua ) Admissions 24 Helu naa u 82 Hel u k a m 2125 M u l . table & 30 pp Candidates 20 Ui kam - 2125 - fro m to the end Children bapti z e d 14 N o w h o u s e ) 1,606 " died 1 No tobacco) No chil. About - 467 Readers 62 79 = 155 N o adult schools 76 2592= 5010 ( !) Reders (l) - - 2 , 3 1 8 Writers ) Geog ) 300 Helunaau ) Composition - 20 Whole no who ) attend sabbath) 5,000 school ) Members of singing school - 40 �Report of Waimea Station - Hawaii, May 1837 Preliminaries. During the past year we have received m any favors f r o m the Lord not however w ithout afflictions Our first b orn was once brought near the borders of the grave, & our last born, the sweet infant of nearly five months old - sleeps quietly in the lone grave - or rather lives our broken hearts wo u l d fondly trust in the/bosom of h i m who s a i d " suffer little children to come unto me & forbid t h e m n o t for of such is the k i n g d o m of h e a v e n . " Mrs L has also suffered from indisposition which has occasioned a suspension of two months from her ordinary labors — Notwithstanding occasional interruptions, done - & what w i l l n o w be stated — something has b e e n . Secular department Some external improvement has b e e n made - the e r e c t i o n of a stone cook house, store house at Kawaihae & the building o f a substantial stone wall around our premises - Much has been said to natives on the subject of having b e t t e r houses & c , & som e improvements have b e e n made — The beef establishment has lost some of its charms; & the atten­ tion of the people is more directed to the cultivation of the soil a great portion of Waimea is being surrounded by a stone wall - to f o r m an extensive garden from w h i c h all graminivorous animals are to be excluded & which is to be cultivated by the people for their own benefit as w e l l as that o f the chiefs Medical department - It cannot b e said that it has b e e n sickly the past year or that there has b e e n a great number of deaths. Yet there has been sickness hence & medicine has h a d many demands - Many have b e e n he a l e d of �2 Waimea Report 1837 their diseases &c &c . from all parts of the field — Marriages - One hundred & f i f t y two couple have b e e n united in marriage — Of the marriage contract there have b e e n not a few violations, murder amoung ( !)the rest - one The murderer was tried & e x e c u t e d at Waimea, the first thing of the k ind on Hawaii since the introduction of the gospel. Schools 1 children's schools The following is the number of schools & children embraced in t h e m Schools Scholars Waimea 7 283 ) Readers Hamakua 22 786 ) 9.84 Kohala 50 1523 ) 79 2592 884 of these have learned to r e a d the past year The attention of the scholars has b een directed to reading, helu kamalii & U i Kamalii. The school at the station consists of 80 children, 30 of whom constitute an infant class Exercises as follows 1 Rea d i n g - scriptures, natural history, scriptural h i s t o r y &c - 2 Recitations f rom the Ai o k a la - & other portions of scripture Geography, Geometry, arithmetic - natural & scripture history, catechism & hymns - 3 Writing, sewing, singing & infant school exercises - Schools have b e e n taught 5 days per week - twice a day The teachers f r o m the H i g h School have r e n dered m u c h valuable assistance Eight or n ine pupils are nearly or quite ready for entering the Seminary - �3 Waimea Report 1837 1606 c h i l d r e n use no tobacco 2 Adults schools - quite flourishing - whole number 76 - scholars - 2,318 — Adults at the station have attended to writing, composition arithmetic & geography 3. Singing schools - taught twice a wee k - pupils 40 - h a v e made considerable progress 4, Sabbath schools - These are numerous - embracing 5000 scholars - including children & adults - The Ai o ka la - other portions of scripture - small catechism & hymns - have occupied the attention of the scholars The sabbath schools at the station are two, one for children embracing 220 pupils, & the other for adults consisting of 230 in­ dividuals Both schools are flourishing, never more so 5 Bible classes - Ther e are two bible classes - one daily, about sunrise - the other sabbath afternoon in the Huliano - consisting of 60 or more pupils Examinations Childrens examinations as follows W a i m e a 3, 1st 143 2d 190 3d 223 — Hamakua 5 1st 97 2d 143 3d 346 4, 1st 251 2d 463 3d 1197 4th 1240 — Kohala 4th 507 5th 648 — Of adult examinations there have bee n three one at each district Meetings These m a y be arranged under weekly - monthly , & quarterly — 1 Weekly - namely - 3 on the sabbath - one of wh i c h is for foreign residents - a meeting W e d n e s d a y afternoon - consisting of lectures on Isaiah - the marriage state, duties of husbands & wi v e s - parents �W a i m e a Report 1837 4. ( !) & children - domestic economy - Meetings on Tuesday - frid ay & saturday evening for various purposes - a female prayer m eeting on saturday p.m. — M o n d a y - Tuesday & friday p.m. - meetings in different neighbor hoods 2 Monthly meetings - 2 monthly concerts for missions & sabbath schools - & monthly meetings commencing friday previous monday in the m o n t h & closing on the following teusday to the first ( !) The object of these meetings has bee n to furnish the means of instruction to chh members & others religiously disposed who live at a distance Monthly maternal meetings the first h a l f of the year 3 Quarterly meetings - namely - church facts - preparatory lectures & communion exercises All of the meetings have b e e n very w e l l attended Congregation on sabbath morning 700 - as many as the house will accommodate - sometimes more Books Great demand for books - muc h greater than the means of supply schools suffering for the want of books — 800 new testaments disposed of - calls for more g r o w louder & louder — Whole number of books disposed of the past year f r o m the piapa kamalii up to the buke - is upward of 11,000 — Benevolence 3 dwelling houses built for graduates - a f o u r t h on the w a y 50 school houses - all in native style of course 150 Kapas - contributed at monthly concerts A large native house is n o w building for a n e w missionary - �Wa i m e a Re port 1837 5. to be a monthly concert contribution - value 100 dollars or more Pastoral visits - &c Three afternoons in a wee k have been devoted to visiting dis­ trict schools One tour has been made thro t h e principal part of K o h a l a The sick have been visited & ma n y families have r e c e i v e d pastoral instruction - man y funerals have be e n attended - tho there has been no prevalent sickness in our field Church 10 Individuals have been set aside f r o m the privileges of the chh - crimes, drinking intoxicating liquor, drunkenness - adultery - lying, unchristian conduct - 5 of these have b e e n r e s t o r e d on giving evidence of repentance. The Lord has g ranted us a refreshing season the past y e a r - 21 have b e e n received to the chh on examination & 20 s t a n d propounded as candidates Besides these, 3 individuals have been received to the chh on certificate The number of children baptized the past year 14 - one of w h o m has d i e d Whole no. chh members in regular standing - 45 Present number of ba p t i z e d children — Suspended 5 32 died - 1 Died 4 Miscellany Something has been written f o r the Kum u Hawaii & K u m u K a m alii & the hym n book for children has b e e n prepared & is p r i n t e d - �W a i m e a Report 1837 Conclusion Something has been done - m u c h remains to b e done, laborers, lest we faint b y the w a y L Lyons - give us more �[Waimea, Hawaii - Lyons] 2 Schools & bible classes &c - Schools at Waimea station are as follows - a school for adults - 4 evenings in the week - a school for children twice a day Saturday excepted - In these schools a graduate from the Highschool renders important assistance - A week­ ly singing school & 2 separate Sab bath schools - one each sabbath mo r nin g for children - the other - sabbath noon for adults - & a daily bible class a substitute for the morning meeting At the out districts there are 10 schools for adults - & 15 for children - under the instruction of native teachers - three of w h o m are graduates fro m the High school - & may be r e g a r d e d as efficient assistants ful The children's schools are in m o r e success­ (?) operation tha n t hey have ever been before - Those instructed by the graduates are taught from 4 to 6 hours per day - The adult schools are not very flourishing at present - for reasons hereafter to b e noticed - The sabbath schools at the out districts embrace perhaps from 1,000 to 3 Examinations - scholars. There have been 3 general examinations of all the schools in t h e whole field - i.e. there have b e e n 3 examinations at Waimea - 3 at Kohala - 3 at Hamakua - & 2 at Kowaihae m a i n i n g one of Kowaihae was hel d at Waimea - ( !) - the r e ­ The greatest number that attended any one of these examinations was 1718, 393 of w h o m were children. Since that time the number of children has increased to about 500 - My plan n o w is to have monthly examinations of the children's schools - beginning at Waimea & going thro the whole f ield every m o n t h - Examinations of adult schools are to be q u a r ­ terly - This is my plan - I may sometimes fail of accomplishing it — 4 - Books The schools & examinations h ave created considerable de- �Waimea, Hawaii ................................................. m a n d for books f r o m different parts of the field - one kind or another have been disposed of. 2. About 5,000 of The new testament has many calls not many h owever from Waim e a - they are m o s t l y f ro m the out districts - Some come the distance of 25 miles to procure the n e w & neatly bound volume - bringing the pay on their backs - But perhaps their pains arise not so m u c h f r o m a desire of ( !) after the w o r d of God as a desire for a book - Yet some we trust act from better motives The Kumu Hawaii Hawaiian newspaper has quite an extensive cir­ culation. The number of subscribers this year exceeds that of the past year by a 150 not say - H o w muc h good the paper is effecting I can some r e a d it & are profited by it - others do n ot read it- They are keeping it till it. is large enough to be bound into a volume Indeed one reason w h y some take it is that they may have a b o o k 5 Rusults of schools & books At W a i m e a . The scholars taught in the schools at W a i m e a have made some attainments i n the studies to w h i c h they have attended such as reading - writing, mental arithmetic - topographi c a l geography, geometry, biblical history &c - The lessons of the bible class have embraced most of the old testament as far as acessable the natives - & the historical part of the gospels — ( !) to The lessons of the sabbath school have embraced the verse for the d a y s y s t e m ­ & select portions of scripture printed on separate cards - a biblical catechism & hymns for. children - In the art of singing some proficiency has been made-n e w hymn boo k w i t h m u s i c creates The some interest & there are a few who can read musical notes with as m u c h fluency as their teacher But to give the notes their proper sounds that they cannot do so easily. �Waimea, 3 Hawaii The children are the most successful in this department - At the out districts - about 100 adults are reported as new readers - The number of children who have learned to read the past yea r - is not far fro m the same - some of the adults & some of the children besides attending to reading have acquired a little k nowledge of m ental arithmetic - writing & geography - The degree of attainment h owever is so small as to be hardly worthy of mentioning - yet we ought not to despise the day of small things. - Whether any souls children or adult, have bee n savingly benifitted by school instruc­ tion, 6 I c a nnot say - the judgment day will make it clear - Obstacles to schools. aspect of the schools ~ But I have only spoken of the encouraging There are many things which are of d i s c o u r a ­ g ing character - (1 ) - Parents, for the most part - take no interest in the instruction of the children & to them it is the same thing whether they go to school or stay at home or play the truant on the way - Hence the teacher must expect to find many vacant seats - & that repeatedly (2) Children lose m u c h of the salutary effects of religious instruc­ tion by mingling with their parents & others & observing all. their h e a t he n i s h & polluting habits & practices - With suc h a tide of heathenism & vice bearing them on to perdition what progress can they be expected to make in the way of civilization - knowledge - virtue & salvation? (3) Another obstacle arises from the want of something, in prospect, ledge. cians objects to stimulate the pupils on in the acquisition of k n o w ­ They do not look forward to the office of ministers, phisi( !) - lawyers - magistrates or any post of respect - honor - or usefulness (?) as is the case w i t h children in our own country. What motives have they while in an unconverted state to urge them �Waimea, Hawaii on in scientifical persuits ( !)? Without motives, is it a matter of wonder that they should evince a want of application? love of knowledge is a sufficient motive for some - The But all have not this love (4) Other obstacles arise f r o m the government - Parents & children are taxed in articles that cannot he obtained in the n e i g h b o r h o o d they must go in search of them at a distance fro m home - requiring an absence of several days or weeks f r o m schools - This draws away the children It is so also with respect to work - F o r instance V men & w o m e n are ordered by the chiefs to build a w a l l or 20 miles distant f rom their place of residence - some 10 The children in this case must leave the schools to accompany the parents (5) Foreigners draw m a n y awayfrom schools - But the establishment of boarding schools w ill remove all these obstacles as far as boarding school scholars are concerned, ,& hence we rejoice that such schools are going into o p e r a t i o n in different parts of these Islands V 1 Meeting department Meeting houses - Waimea meeting house was blown d o w n some time d u r i n g the past year - & great was the fall - since that time meetings have b e e n held in the n e w school house which is sufficiently large for accommodating the present congregation - The prospect is that in the course of a f e w months a stone meeting house w ill be erected by the assistance of Gov Adams who has been absent for some months at Kailua superintending the erection of a stone church at that place - Whe n that is completed the church at this place is to be built At Hamakua a neat & commodious house of worship has been erected & dedicated to the living God. at the expense of the people. It is a thatched building & all done T h e native meeting house at Kohala �Waimea, H a w a i i 5. is now undergoing repairs w h i c h will soon be completed (2) Meetings - Meetings at Waimea are as follows - 3 public m e e t ­ ings on the sabbath besides the bible class - & sabbath schools a regular church meeting sabbath evening (now suspended) - a regular lecture on Wednesday afternoon - a weekly female prayer meeting a semi monthly meeting for mothers (now monthly) - a quarterly me e tin g for fathers & mothers - monthly meetings - commencing friday mo r nin g previous to the first m o nday of every month - & closing w i t h the monthly concert - designed for the benefit of church m e m ­ bers & others residing in the different out districts.- & a meeting every second m o nday in the month for sabbath schools - The meetings are not attended by great numbers but the number is sufficient to encourage us to labor though w e sometimes t hink we might be more u seful somewhere else - There is so much foreign influence at this place - and that of the worst kind that great numbers are drawn away f r o m the house of God as well as fro m schools & are going swift to destruction - Unless the Lord interpose W a i m e a ere long will become as sodom - It is n o t far f r o m it now - I sometimes f e a r the judgments of God will come suddenly upon us & b e autiful plains be converted into a vale of salt The meetings at the out stations are principally confined to the sabbath & are for the most part conducted by native church m e m ­ bers VI Pastoral visiting - To this branch of missionary labor I devote some considerable time - though with a multitude of other things pressing upon me, I find it impossible to visit as mu c h now as in former years - When I go out I generally take a b u n d l e of tracts for gratuitous distribution, they are always k i n d l y received wherever given - It is frequently the case that I f i n d but few �6. Waimea, Hawaii people at home - The sick & the aged are generall[y] all that are left - the rest are off some distance at their w o r k - or for some other object - Pastoral visits have also c e a s e d to produce the effects which were formerly produced - ie - Formerly this method was very effectual in drawing out people to meeting & the sabbath school - It is not so n o w except in a small degree - No doubt there is some deficiency in these visits - if faithfully p erformed they would probably produce the same & e ven greater effects than at any former period - The object of all visits should be to save souls - & if souls are not saved but little is accomplished t h o u g h we m a y free our own garments f rom their VII Marriages - n ot far f r o m 100 contract - (?) blood - The number of marriages the past year have b e e n There have b e e n many violations of the marriage In one case the husband wishing to free himself f r o m the marriage oath could devise no other way of effecting his object than to murder in c old blood the partner of his b o s o m merely because he w i s h e d to m a r r y another individual tried & executed at this place. A nd why? He was Thousands of people collected to­ gether to witness the horrible death of a fellow creature present to address the multitude & the criminal. All was solemn. The stillness of death reigned over the vast assembly. sight never before witnessed on this I sland duction of Christianity. I was It was a since the intro­ It is the first murder that has been committed or at least detected since Hawaii has been vis i t ed w i t h the light of the gospel VIII Church. The Lord grant it may be the last - Would that I could tell y o u of wonderful or at least of some accessions to the church in Waimea - But of these there have been none since my last communication. There are m an y as worthy of numbership as some of the present members — �Waimea, Hawaii . 7. Many come f r o m a great distance even (?) 20 & 25 miles, w o r d of God & to converse on the subject of religion. to hear the Of some of these I have hopes that they h ave been b orn of the spirit & are pre­ p aring for heaven - But I have not thought it expedient to receive th e m into the church at this place because living so far distant I could exercise but little pastoral care over them & without the frequent inspection of the pastor they w o u l d be liable to go astray & bring reproach upon the cause. Hence I have been differring the matter till such individuals are furnished w i t h pastors who can exercise a constant watch over them - There are 2 or 3 individuals at Waimea who give some evidence of piety - But I have no confi­ dence in the piety of any one - even o f the majority of the church members themselves — And for this I have some reason - W h i l e some stand f irm & appear to let their light shine around them - others exhibit no signs of spiritual life but on the contrary give awful evidence that they are still under the bonds of spiritual de a t h & hastening on to the poison of eternal death. My soul has b e e n distressed in view of the desolations of this church & while I have b een praying the Lord of the church to show me w h a t to do, whether to dissolve it or let it grow on the tares w i t h the wheat; he has bee n making present duty plain, b y bringing out the character of several of the church members - O! my heart bleeds while I mention it - Intemperance & adultery have entered m y little flock & brought upon it the reproaches of the world & the anger of a holy God - The leader in this in[i]quity is a chief (Mrs. Young) & has been regarded as an influencial ( !) member of the church B u t she has fallen & two others w i t h her by the other sin In the latter, Intoxication followed are the crimes. A n other ( !) individual is under church censure & I hear others have b een quilty of indulging in forbidden drink - The Lord bring good out of this �8. Waimea., Hawaii unexpected & overwhelming defection in leading us to deep humility & the offenders to true repentance IX Miscellany. Besides the public duties above ment i o n e d there are others of a more private character - I mean those of the study I generally devote Saturday to preparation for the sabbath - P o r ­ tions of other days are employed - [in] epistolary writing - g e n e r ­ al reading - religious conversation wit h natives who m a y chance to call - writing for the Kumu Hawaii - & of late I have b e e n preparing a book of hymns for children. Hereafter I shall have an occasional piece to write for the Kumu kamolii (children's newspaper) one of the editors - as I am I have but little time to devote to studies requiring close application - For this purpose I hope to have more leisure when the number of missionaries in this field are increased so that my labors wil l b e more contracted There are many other private duties wh i c h it is not essential to mention. I only mention the above, that you may have some little knowledge of the manner in wh i c h the time of your missionary is employed X Conclusion. station. I have thus given you an account of things at this Something (?) has been done. A vast deal remains to be done for the time in which to labor is short done quickly. slumbering. What we do must be The devil & his servants are all activity. No �Waimea Hawaii report Labors — 1838 Meetings 1 - Ordinary meetings - I have preached twice on the s a b b ath - once on Wednesday afternoon - h e l d a chh meeting sat p.m.2 meeting for c h i l d ’n - during the w e e k - & monthly concert - a weekly female meeting attended by Mrs Knapp 2 Extraordinary meetings (1) Protracted meetings - of these I hav e h e l d 8 - f r o m 2 to 12 days long — preached 4 times per day m u c h of the time & the rest of t he time was spent in personal conversation -- These meetings w er e h e l d in different places - 2 in Kohala. The spirit of the Lord was poured down at every mee t i ng & multitudes as I trust converted to God (2) Anxious & conversational meetings These have b e e n numerous & irregular sometimes occupying whole weeks together - & again confined to particular days or parts of days - sometimes embracing children & at other times confined to adult s 3 Schools &c - I have devoted a portion of the sabbath to a sabbath school of adults in t h e ai o ka la - & another portion to a bible class i n the Huliano For most of the time I have attended 2 singing schools during the w e e k - one mo n t h I have s p e n t in assisting br K n a p p in teaching a select school - 3 hours per day — I have assisted in conducting 4 examinations 4 Books - N o small portion of time I have occupied in selling & otherwise disposing of native books - 5 or 6000 perhaps in all 5 Medicine - While at home I h ave s e ldo m past ( !) a day without �W a i m e a Hawaii Report 1838 2. being called u pon to render more or less medical assistance - I a m h a p p y to say that to my recollection I have lost no patients - no thanks h o w e v e rto 6 my m e d i c a l skill - Tours - I have taken one tour thro Kohala in company w i t h Kohala ( !) b r e t h r e n - with a view rather to spie out the land than in reference to p r e a c h to the people - t h o ' I occasionally preached - 2 tours I h a v e made thro Hamakua - during one of which, 3 of the above m e n t i o n ­ ed protracted meetings were held 7 Assignments of the last general meeting - The '52 pri m ary lessons - have b e e n w r i t t e n & printed - 2 other appointments fulfilled. 8. Contributions - a considerable of a contribution was made at one t ime to assist Hilo Boarding school &c - Several patches of taro ha v e been planted for benevolent purposes 8 ( !) Marriages - I hav e generally b e e n called upon to m a r r y one or more couple - a s often as the marriage meeting returned - H o w many couple I do not know 9 Church - The church has received frequent additions - whole n umber received on examination the past year is some over 2600 - To the God of revivals be all the glory - I should have said, of these are children or belong to childrens schools - about 300 They have been gathered f r o m all portions of the fi e l d - from one end to the other. 5 individuals stand excommunicated & 7 suspended 10 Present prospects - The station is at present weakened by the ill h e a l t h of Mr. Knapp w h i c h places h i m under the necessity of leaving the station - While I exceedingly regret the n e c e s sity of parting w i t h my much esteemed a s s o c i a t e I hope be taken to supply his place - some measures wil l �W aimea Report 1838 The prospect of a permanent meeting house is at present encouraging - stone lime & door & window frames are all i n r e a d i ­ ness — Another encouraging thing is the work of the Lord was still going forward at the time I left. (Unsigned, h u t m a r k e d as Mr. L y o n s ’s) �Report of Schools i n Waimea & Hamakua (1 ) 3 8 I arrived at W a i m e a on the 18th of July 1837 and on the fol­ lowing monday Mrs. K & myself commenced teaching the Scho o l at the Station. We w e r e much pleased w i t h the appearance of the School together w i t h the five other Schools of Waimea, all of w h i c h came together in one place and w e r e examined before we took charge of any of them. After a Short time I undertook a weekly vi s i tation of each School in Waim e a leaving the Station School in the care of Mrs. K. This School having b e e n more immediately under the & Mrs. Lyons was far in advance of the other Schools, care of Mr. and for this reason I thought best to give my own a ttention principally to them. This course I pursued about three months visiting w e e k l y the S i x schools non e of wh i c h was more than four miles d i s t a n t . I did not labour in vain. The teachers and scholars w e r e apparently m u c h pleased w i t h m y visits, the latter particularly so w i t h singing pa k o li at the close of the school. I always found t h e m attentive r e a d y to listen to what I could say to them. were irregular in their attendance. bro. L. on a tour through Hamakua. separately, was 22. The scholars however In December I acompanied ( !) The number of schools we examined, The w h o l e number of scholars of children only) about 1 3 0 0 . considerable I think (I am n o w speaking We felt that many of the m h ad made improvement since the time w e previously e x a mined them. W e thought however they were not likely to progress m u c h farther, unless the teachers themselves wer e b e t t e r qualified for their work, therefore we proposed to have a school for Teachers & commenced such a school on the 1st of Jan. We also selected some of their Scholars (males only) to a t tend this school. The average number of attendants perhaps, wo u l d not. exceed 40 or 45. The School was exceedingly in­ �Report of Schools I n W a i m e a & Hamakua 2. teresting to me & I think also to all the scholars. I do not know that I ever taught a School, with which on the whole I was better pleased than I was wit h this. But there w ere some disadvantages connected with it, the greatest of w h i c h arose from the fact the Scholars were under the n e cessity of providing food for themselves. This i nconvenience we intended to remove by having a B o a r d i n g School. Some of the timber has been collected for this purpose, a n d some taro patches have also b e e n planted for the same. The school was kept up five days p e r w e e k until about the 10th of April, when the state of m y h e a l t h required that I should dismiss it. The scholars exceeding­ ly regret their be i n g left without a Teacher, and are strongly hoping that I m a y be able to return. Bro . Lyons taught this school d u r i n g the first month of its existance, one 1 2 / the day, & thus r e ndered me m uch assistance, the benefit of wh i c h I continued to experience after he left. Mrs. Knapp h a d an accession to her school, about the 1st of Jan, w h i c h consisted of females only. of the field. They came f r o m every part The school was very interesting. The scholars made a striking improvement in their conduct in school & also proficiency in their studies. She continued her school five days per week, until the 1st of March, a short vacation excepted. I h a v e h a d some manual labour to p erform in fitting up a n e w native house doors, windows, tables, seats & c . Have taught singing school twice per w e e k for the most part during my stay at Waimea. I have also attended the child­ r e n ’s Sabbath School, two &, for a f e w weeks three times each Sabbath. We have been very happy living with our excellent Associate & have b e e n in the midst of a Revival continually. We f eel m u c h attached to the people & are h o p i n g to be able to r e t u r n to our accustomed labours among them. (Unsignedb marked "Report of M r . K n a p p " .) t u Waimea & Kohala 1838 �Report of W a i m e a Station on Hawaii April 24, 1839 - The missionary at this station would re port as follows On the 18th of July, he returned from Delegate meetings - &c & resemued his wonted labors. N o associates had been appointed to fill the place of those who h a d bee n removed. Yet u n e x p ectedly & contrary to the usual method of proceeding one was p r o vided not by any votes of an extra meeting but by the loving kindness of H i m who said "it was not good for man to be a l o n e ." Labors 1 At Waimea. The missionary has taken great pains to ascertain the exact number of the people. Hence he has made frequent & parti­ cular inquiries & w r i t t e n down the names of all the individuals report e d to him - both adults & children - placing the h u s b a n d & wife & children - if children there were - together. The children have b e e n carefully seperated ( !) - those capable of attending school placed in one column - & those too small to attend school in another column. This was done for various reasons - first, that it might be known who were married & who not - & whether the married ones were living together or seperately ( !) - & w h e t h e r their children if they had any - attended school or not - & if not - wha t were the reasons &c - secondly that it might b e known h o w many were amoung ( !) the enemies o f God & who they were, & where they lived - that parti­ cular efforts might be made to reclaim them. Thirdly, that a correct census might be obtained. V isits The missionary has visited ne arly every f a mily in Waimea & made inquiries concerning the different members - conversed & prayed w i t h the sick & the dying - w a r n e d the impenitent - exhorted the aged called upon the professor to be up & doing - some 7 or 8 days at �W a imea Station 1839 2. one time were thus spent - Some families w e r e found who h a d never been v isited before Meetings -Two public meetings on the sabbath - meetings n e a r l y every day in the week at different places - At the week day meetings the names of the church members have been called over - enquiries made as to their manner of living - their attendance at meetings &c Backsliders & the impenitent have been g a t h e r e d into these meetings & efforts made to save t h e m - Monthly concerts - & m o n t h l y fasts - on friday preceding monthly concert - or communion season - at which time the church assemble together to confess/their sins - humble themselves - & pray for forgiveness - Some occasional meetings - for parents - for seamen - slaves schools &c - & for chh members f r o m abroad Schools &c - 1st Sabbath school - 2d Bible class - 3 d a theological school - once a w e e k - not very regularly attended - d e s i g ned for qualifying some individuals to be more efficient helpers - 4th a w e ekly singing school Books & medicine - Books have b e e n distributed - as m a n y as could be obtained - & many more called for - & medicine has b e e n adminis­ tered to many of the sick & dying Such have b e e n some of the labors of the missionary at W a i m e a The m i s s i o n a r y ’s associate would report as follows Visits - two - one to Kohala & one to Kawaihae - & some f e w amoung the natives at their houses Schools - Day schools 2 , 1 for children - & 1 for w o m e n & children of more advanced age - number of days devoted to these schools, 121 5 hours per d a y - studies - such as others have in their schools Average number of scholars - 25 or 30 - 3 examinations & 3 vacations �W a i m e a Station 1839 3. 2 Sabbath schools - of these she has two - one for children sabath ( !) morning - embracing about 1 5 0 - pupils - altogether & one at noon for w o m e n who cannot read - embracing some - 40 or 50. Meetings - A weekly female prayer meeting - an occasional maternal meetin g - on Wednesdays - & a meeting sabbath afternoon for children Miscellany - some time has been devoted to teaching knitting & sewing - 2. Labors at the out stations - In looking over his journal the missionary perceives that h e h a s spent 95 days away f r o m Waimea. Of these, 21 days w e r e spent at Kohala - in assisting the brethren there. Labors - preaching - visiting fro m village to village - &c - 49 days were spent in Hamakua & 25 at Kawaihae & the adjoining places Labors at these latter places - have b e e n various - One no very small labor has consisted in travelling - sometimes over burning sand & craggy lava - sometimes up & d o w n steep & fatiguing palis - & some­ times on the ocean while the waves w e r e dashing furiously & threat­ ening to destroy canoe & all in it - This was particularly the case w hen sailing to the secluded valley of Wai m a n u - Hamakua has b e e n v i s ite d 3 times - & Kawaihae & vicinity 4 times - The distance traveled is not a little - f rom Waim ea to the upper r e g i o n of Hamakua on the eastern shore are not far f r o m 35 miles - & f r o m thence to the lower extremity is not far from the same distance & thence b a c k to Waimea are some 18 or 20 miles - & f r o m Waimea to the southern boundary of the field on the western shore are about 20 miles & thence to the northern boundary is nearly the same distance; & thence thro the upper regions of Kawaihae to Waimea - is a distance of 18 or 20 miles. Such are the distances from one place to another - �W a i m e a Station 1839 4. But mere travelling is of b u t little importance. be left & other labors mentioned - Hence let that The other labors are no doubt all anticipated ere this - so that it w o u l d seem almost superfluous to speak of them. Preaching the gospel - visiting from house to house to some cases - & some whole regions in order to find out the sick the blind, the lame the aged &c - h olding frequent church meetings - calling over all the names of the church members - enquiring about the m - searching out cases requiring discipline - confirming & establishing believers - Wiling - & wrestling for the conversion of sinners examining & baptizing those who resolved to forsake their sins & who profes s e d to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ wit h all their heart & this was done in the house & by the way - by day & by night - at all seasons & in all places - even according to the example of the Apostles Schools too both of children & adults have been visited - stimulated, examined - & various things proposed for the prosperity of schools & the church The names of the people in all the field wit h t h e exception of a f e w inconsiderable places - have b e e n obtained & w r i t t e n down on paper - & arranged according to the method pursued in Waimea, as above mentioned - Hence it is known h o w m a n y are in the chh - & h ow m a ny out of it - the number of adults & the n u m b e r of children who are parents & who are not - & many other things - And a true census is obtained. Such are some of the labors at the out stations 3 Church - Many additions have b e e n made to the church - of such it is h o p e d as w ell be saved - The company of believers has b e e n �W a i m e a Station 1839 5. gradually increasing till the pre s e n t time - -whole numbers received to the chh - is about 4900 - of w h o m 2,300 were r e c e i v e d the past ye a r - some 54 have died 122 have been dismissed to other churches 100 or more have gone to other places without any letters of recommendation 250 are under chh censure - Remaining 4 ,474 - in regular standing as far as is known Of those who h a v e died 1 was suspended - & 3 others died in the midst of the violation of their covenant vows - one after a fit of intoxication f r o m smoking - another after decking h e r body w i t h w h a t she h a d promised to abandon & the third suddenly soon after he h a d quarreled with h i s wife. These 3 deaths were regarded by t h e natives as judgments fro m heaven - As to the remaining chh m e m b e r s who have died - most of them it is hoped have g o n e to h eaven Some gave a pleasing evidence of a preparation for the rest Let Jesus have the praise - above - Of those dismissed to other churches - f r o m some the pastor has heard, & fro m others he has not h e a r d 0 ke Akua ka i ike i ko lakou noho ana - Nana hoi lakou e malama ( Of those wh o have gone to other places without any letters of recommendation - some of them got into the church rather dishonestly & some left rather dishonorably - & the pastor hears b a d reports respecting t h e m - & this might be expected - The Lord knows who are his - & he w i l l be v e r y careful that no hypocrites enter h e a v e n As to those under censure their crimes are adultery - smoking quarreling - lying - stupidity - Those who neglect meetings s ab­ ba t h afternoons - w e e k day meetings, monthly concerts 'c - ie those who habitually do so - are placed w i t h adulterers - & excluded from the ch h - if they w i l l not w a k e up & do their duty Of this number some have r e t u r n e d to the w o r l d w i t h a determina �6. Waimea Station 1839 tion to live & die in their sins - Many however profess repentance - & the probability is that they wil l soon b e restored As to the 4400 & upwards i n regular standing - the pastor would say that their names & their characters are all known to the Lord, & that as many of them as by patient continuance in w e l l doing seek for glory & honor & immortality, life 4 on them shall be b e s t o w e d eternal - Contributions - of Christ - The church have done something for the k i n gdom The first monday In the mo n t h has bee n d e v o t e d to work of a charitable nature. meetin g house - Something has b e e n done tow ard a stone The work was commenced b y the orders of G overnor Adams at a time w h e n there were but few in the chh - a quantity of stone & lime & timber were collected - Then the work ceased - The church took it up - laid the foundation - 120 feet b y 50 inside collected sand & stones, lime, wood - & reared the walls to a proper he i g h t - & there the work returned into the hands of the governor The chh & state will probably unite & complete it i n due time - A commodious school house has been built at Waimea - some hundreds of kapas & mats contributed - some 20 or 30 patches of Kalo - p o ­ tatoes & sugar cane planted - some contributions of w o o d & food &c 5 Schools &c - Schools are in operation all over the field b o t h for children & adults - The missionary has examined t h e m - some once some twice - some three times - b u t has preserved no account of numbers - &c - In order to excite an interest in schools - a feast has been proposed after examination for those & those only who attend school more or less regularly - The effect as far as has been perceived is good especially in the station school - �Waimea S ta tio n 1839 Conclusion - 7. Something has been done - how much w i l l b e b e tte r known at the day of judgment. Much remains to be done - A large chh t o be train ed for heaven Some 700 adults professedly on the side o f the d e v il - & n a rly as many children of a proper age to know t h e ir duty - Of the adults - many seem given over to p e rd itio n - nothing moves them - sickness & the near prospect of death gives them no alarm - They have reso lv ed to continue in r e b e l l io n against God & make their b ed in h e l l . Such determ inations have been expressed by t h e ir own lip s some however there i s hope - that they w i l l yet tu rn . ers & effo r ts sh a ll be made for - For Constant pray­ them w hile l i f e & b e in g la st - Per- adventure God may give them repentance - But the c h ild re n who remain in an unconverted state - fu rn ish a promising f i e l d of labor - for the Lord d elig hts in the young & c a lls upon them to remember him in th e days of th e ir youth - & promises that those who seek him early s h a l l f in d him L Lyons - �[This appears to be a rough draft, w ith first 10 sections missing. See ABCFM Xerox, Station Reports - Waimea, Hawaii, April 1839-April 1840, for complete report] XI Church 1 There are in the whole field 17 churches - all under one pastor - This may s e e m strange & incredible - But such is a fact - The church is so situated & so arranged that instead of b e i n g one it is many panies If separate sets of deacons & elders & separate com­ of chh members & separate meetings - b o t h on the sabbath & w e e k days - separate monthly concerts - separate schools - if t h e s e separations compose the essentials of a separate chh - then it f o l ­ lows that these are 17 separate chhs in my field — On the sabbath & other days - meetings are held in 17 different places - conducted b y 18 (!) different sets of elders - Communions are h e l d at 17 dif­ ferent places - the elements are distributed by the appropriate elders & deacons of each place — m a n y different chhs — The largest chh contains about 350 members - & the smallest 12 members — hundred) 2 For these seasons I call t h e m so (The whole number embraces, some 19 See table — Apostasy — apostasy — The past two years have been distinguished for Multitudes have fallen — the brethren — This was expected by most of feared b y the pastor - & it might b e said predicted by apostles o f old -- Hence that such a thing has taken place - is not a matter of astonishment - Apostasies have occured (!) in heaven - in Eden - in Israel in Christ's own chh - in the chhs of the inspired apostles - strange they should not occur in the Nazar e t h (?) of Hawaii - in the chh of one who is a w o r m & no man — The extent of the apostasy - It has b een thro the whole field g e n ­ eral & sweeping. The character of t h e apostasy - It has b e e n like other apostasies I suppose - Those who formerly w e n t w ith us - & appeared to be the �L. Lyons, Waimea 2 disciples of Jesus - went out from us & walked no m o r e w i t h us - t h e y became lovers of their own selves — | covetous - boasters - proud - unholy - fierce despisers of those that are good - traitors - lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God - wrathful - revengeful scoffers - worshippers of idols - infidels - persecutors - forsakers of all religious meetings - smokers - adulterers - revelers - tenfold more the children of hell than ever before — or members of the chh - were seen approching W h e n the pastor ( !) - or were known to be on their way to their houses - they would abandon their a b o d e s for the wilderness or some spot in w h i c h to hide themselves - When providence threw them in the w a y so that they would be addressed on the subject of salvation - they would manifest the utmost stub b ornness - & the most unaccountable hardness - They would express in the strongest terms their resolution to serve the devil & go to hell Tho t h e y were in the very a g o n i e s of death their resolution would remain unchanged & they have expired still cleaving to it -- This is the character of many of the apostates - though not of all Others appeared more like reasonable beings — Causes of apostasy - External causes - persecution - influence of rulers - - sympathy - power of temptation - indiscretion & want of meekness - brotherly love in chh rulers - & want of kindness & wisd o m in the exercise of chh discipline 1 - persecution - This cause was confined to only a small portion - that of W a i m a m u & Laupahoehoe - Tobacco & awa wer e the f o undation - This must be planted - orders came f r o m h i g h authority - & were executed b y an apostate chh member — If they were not obeyed the disobedient must be turned off of their lands - & out of their houses - & dragged to see ( !) & drowned there & obeyed - this led to their apostasy - Many were frightened Many refused to obey �L. Lyons, Waimea 3. some of whom, consequently h a d their lands taken away were not drowned - But yet They remained firm to there ( !) purpose - After awhile t h e i r lands were restored - some left the place 2 - Influence of rulers - the pastor & a certain chief in the chh - h a d so m e conversation which chanced to be a little too public - on the subject of planting tobacco &c — F r o m the conversation it was inferred that the chief was in favor not only of planting tobacco but of smoing also - ( t h o of the latter not a syllable was uttered) This inference soon spread far & wide - And as a consequence many returned to smoking - & many who h a d practised it secretly, came out openly — Some head men & ru lers of importance - having more r e g a r d for man than God - forsook the chh on the g r o u n d that they could not serve God & Mammon 3 Sympathy — falls, Church regulations were too strict for them — The power of this principle is well known - a friend - a subject - a dependent - follow on — revival - many turn because they see others turning - w h e n one As in a So i n an apostasy - Many fall - because others are falling - & they wi s h to go the w a y of their friends & neighbors 4 Power of temptation -- One sinner does m u c h hurt - one apostate - filled wit h the spirit of the devil - seemed bent on the perdition of all w i t h i n his reach — The weapon he used was t e m p tation to smoke - Armed with this he went from house to house & f r o m place to place it would seem presenting pipe & tobacco & urging all to smoke — Many yielded - & he afterwards brot them all out in a fit of anger 5 indiscretion, want of meekness & brotherly love in chh rulers -- I n e e d not explain on this point - Native deacons & elders - like lunakanawais are sometimes very watchful & zealous in the cause of detecting sin - A n d in their great zeal t h e y will accuse where �L. L y o n s , Waimea there is b ut little g r o u n d - they w i l l exasperate by their frequent insinuations - they will condemn without w i l l provoke an innocent man to sin - sufficient evidence - they They w i l l blaze abroad a man's sin even before it is proved - w h e n one falls they t h i n k but little about restoring h i m in the spirit of meekness - They wil l spend their b r e a t h in talking about his fall wherever t hey are & e h w rever they go Whole number of apostates - 2,000 & upwards tatized ? - have none stood firm? But have all apos­ Thanks be to the h e a d of the chh - m a n y have stood unshaken & unmoved amid the fall & c r a s h of others - They seemed to take a firmer stand - & give a b r ighter light -- (Amoung those who have kept their garments pure - are the deacons - elders - class leaders - teachers. of the fallen is small the chh? - ) - Amoung them the number But how w i t h those received h a s tily to There has bee n but little difference between the hasty & the cautious receptions - The apostasy has embraced those of all grades of probation - f r o m those who stood for years down to those who were received to the chh as soon as they professed to be conver­ ted. chhs. It has also embraced those who were formerly members of other At some places where great caution had been u s e d - nearly all have fallen - at other places where admissions wer e hasty - nearly all are as yet in regular standing. Therefore I have not p l a c ed hasty admissions amoung the causes of the great apostasy - They would h a v e apostatized h a d they remained without the chh - ie they w o u l d have gone b a c k to the w o r l d & to the devil after they had p r ofessed to turn to the Lord - & promised before God & man to obey the gospel of Jesus Christ A n d I ask if there are not thousand of such apostasies on these Islands? & in other lands order to apostatize — It is not necessary to join the chh in �L . Lyons, W ai m ea 5. R ev i vals - The Lord has not forsaken this field lo! I am w i t h you always - The promise is Multitudes fell - were lying in the horrib l e pit & mirey clay - & wrath was hanging over the m - & fires rolling under t h e m - what shall he done? give up? Is the Lord's a rm shortened - is his ear heavy - is his power gone - is his mercy removed for ever? of h o p e excluded? is the door of salvation closed? & every ray when - bible for that - w h e n a man's h o u s e falls No down shall he leave it in its ruins - or b u i l d it over again? If a m a n falls into a pit - shall he be left there? or shall efforts be made to dra w h i m out whether there be any life in h i m or n ot If apparently dea d may he not be revived? tions is plain — it - They were building a meeting house The answer to these ques­ The chh members at Paauhau in H amakua u nd e r s t o o d — The w i n d seemed to be displeased - for when the posts & rafters were all up - the w i n d came & blew down the rafters & broke them & others procured & all was These were m a d e over soon up again - & the that c h i n g commenced & more t h a n hal f completed - & another w i n d came & b lew over a great portion of the work give up? This was worse than the first - W h a t then? no - try again - & they t r i e d again - then the r a i n came & continued several days if not weeks - at the very time when they w i s h e d to work - but did they give up then? No they went forward & completed it - win d & rain against the m - called It Manaoio If the chh falls [faith] - set about raising it up again - If m a n apostatize seek to reclaim t h e m If - the devil comes & carries away captive many of the daughters of Zion - u p & persue ( !) after t h e m - & if possible rescue t h e m out of his hand - & restore t h e m to Z ion's hill - Such is t h e course that has b e e n per s u e d at W a i m e a - & the Lord has given it success - Regarding the apostates in the light of those w h o have b e e n awakened i n a revival as thousand often are but afterwards go b a c k - grieve the spirit & become harder than - �L. Lyons, 6. Waimea they ever were before - the pastor & the chh feel that something must b e done - they m ust not b e left to p e r i s h without any farther efforts to save them We remembered certain kinds of evil spirits that could not b e cast out except by prayer & fasting - Hence not knowing but that there were such spirits we fasted & p r ayed - we toiled & wept - we went out into streets & highways - into lanes & hedges - into the wilderness & secret places - seeking the wanderers & the lost & urging them to r e turn - In the season of these special efforts the Lord came down in the power of his spirit - & caused the rocks to melt & the mountains to flo w d own at his presence - He thundered from h e a v e n & roared out of Zion - His voice shook the foundations of his enemies they were seized with fearfulness & trembling - anguish fill e d their souls - They saw it was a vain thing to contend w i t h the Almighty - They gave up the u n e q u a l , f o o l i s h , guilty, ruinous contest repented of their a p o s t a s y & returned to the place f r o m whence they h a d fallen & to the. savior f r o m who m they had departed — claimed The whole number of apostates r e ­ is some hundreds I do not know h o w many the past year. But these revivals have gone farther - they have reached n o t apos­ tates only but those who had never come w i t h the chh - & m an y of them probably had never before been awakened revivals har d & unmoved - They h a d pass e d thro former They were amoung the relics - the refuse, the offscouring as it w e r e of the whole f i e l d - But v e r y little hope was indulged that they would ever be converted & saved -- But the Lord h a d more in store for them - They were sought out - the truth was brot in contact w i t h their hearts - the sword of the Spirit was made to enter their souls - they fell before its omnipotency - gave up their sins - their idols - the devil - his cross & became the disciples took up the of Jesus - Of these about 450 have united �7. L. Lyons, Waimea with the chh - during the past 2 years - 40 the past year - This has been a b l e s s e d & glorious w o r k - to God be all the glory - There are n o w left in an unconverted state about 400 adults in all the field I mean those who have never been received to the chh - & about 600 children of a suitable age to b e converted - 1000 ! besides 2000 apostates & several hundred suspended members time for rest? (Is there any What rest - w h e n devils are all awake - & all to w o r k seeking to drag these deathless souls down to the d a r k caverns of hell - The Lord forbid we should rest before we reach the h eaven­ ly Canaan - time enough to rest the n - even an eternity of rest D e aths - Deaths have been rather numerous - 140 chh members have b e e n called to give up their account within a year have died as the f ool dieth - Some of these They were members of the chh - but a lie was in their right h a n d & hypocrisy in their hearts sins tho concealed came to light after their death - Their The sins of some were known at the time - but the pastor far removed f r o m them h a d been unable to discipline them - so they probably w ent from the b o s o m of the chh to the depths of hell - But of the greater part of those who have died there is good reason to believe they died in the Lord & have gone to inherit the kingdom prepared for them b e ­ fore the foundations of the world. �Lyons Missionary field & statisticks W a i m e a - May 1840 - Divisions Tours &c Large districts — 5 Smaller " 12 Smallest " 30 Whole population 6,271 Tours t h r o ' the large ) districts at diff(er) ) ent times ) 9 Visits to the smaller district s " " " least " Days absent on tours &c Church statisticks 114 160 90 Miles traveled on tours &c 1250 Whole number received to) the chh on examination ) 5326 Whole number on certificate R c'd the past year on exam " on certificate 57 419 25 Whole no. red the pas t year 444 W h o l e no. dis- to other chhs 670 dis- the past year - 542 Whole no - deceased - 182 D e cd - the past year - 129 Suspendeded ( !) & excom­ municated the past year Restored Remain s us & ex c o m — 2016 889 3,404 �W aimea statisticks Intellectual department 1840 Schools 30 Examinations 26 Readers — — 2397 Writers 1141 Arithmetic 1036 Geography Scriptures possessed 412 Number who possess the whole bible 174 " " " " " " " 1 " " " " 1st & 3 vol only "2 & .,3 vol " " " 1 & 2 " " "2 " " 95 62 " 3 1 " 27 " 2 " 10 " " 3" 682 Whole no - who possess the) scriptures in whole & in ) parts ) 1053 Ignorance Whole no of readers altogether) destitute of the scriptures ) 1500 & W h o l e no des - of the O .T 2200 Destitution " " " Old people not " " able to r e a d 1384 1748 Youth & middle aged not able to read 871 Children able to attend school) but not able to r e a d ) 700 Blind people 110 Deaf Maniaes 15 (stupid ones ?) 15 �W a i m e a statisticks 1840 3. Whole no. of children in the field 2041 Boys 1082 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Child r e n Girls - - ----- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 959 Baptized ----- -- ----- - - 760 Baptized the past year - - - - - - - 150 Chh members 500 - - - | Able to attend school - - - - - - Attend school - or have attended) school ) N o of schools - - - - - - - - - " " readers " " writers 1230 932 22 529 211 • Arithmetic - - • Geography - - - Deaths - - -- - - - - - - - - -- -- - 382 122 Deaths during the year Children - - - - — - chh members - - - - Apostates - - — 40 -- - -- - - - Impenitent - never in the chh Births - - - - - - - - - - - -- Contributions i n kapa - mats - salt) meeting houses & school ) house taro patches &c &c &c) 129! 22 30 ___ 221 169 $1600.00 one thousand & s i x hundred dollars — I h a d w r i t t e n a report of some 8 sheets in length - b ut as providence prevents me from attending the meeting I have concluded to se n d only the statistics — L Lyons — �[Waimea S c h o o l s , 1841 - Printed For m ] Examination, and when April l/41 No. of children in the whole field 643 N u mb e r of boys 331 Number of girls 314 Number of schools. 15 Number of teachers. 15 Number of children enrolled 502 Averaged number of attendance 502 Number of readers 308 Number of writers 200 Number in Geography 285 Number in Mental Arithmetic 205 No. in Written Arithmetic 300 �Report of Waimea S t a t i on Hawaii from M ay 1, 1840 to May 1841 The year was commenced w i t h devout thanksgiving to God for what seemed a wonderful interposition of P r o v i d e n c e . Y o u all k n o w to what is alluded - You praised God in general meeting for the same inter­ position. The first thing, done after returning to Waimea from Kawaihae where 2 weeks were spent in waiting for a conveyance to H o n o l u l u was to plan out work for the year both at home and abroad. The plan then devised has been pretty nearly accomplished w i t h the exception of one tour which Providence prevented fro m being made. An. unexpected absence however o f 4 weeks from home on an errand of b e nevolence will make u p for that. That plan has embraced the following particulars I Labors at the station - 1. Meetings. Amoung these have b e e n (1 ) meetings on the sabbaths a sermon in native in the mor n i n g (2) a lecture in the afternoon on a portion of the Pentateuch - On a pleasant morning there h ave been perhaps 300 hearers. But few have attended the afternoon service except chh members & 3d a sermon in English for a few sabbaths - The latter has been interrupted by the monster intemperance - R e ligion & intemperance could not h o l d communion: w i t h each other - But it is hoped the late formation of a t e m p e r a n c e society will permit the return of the English exercise 2. W e e k l y church meeting held on Wed. p m - members in W a i m e a only - This embraces the chh T h e exercises have b e e n various - first, the texts of the previous sabbath were recited & what was remembered of the s e r m o n s - 2 d - the tract on the character & attributes of G od formed a text b o o k for several meetings - 3d the tract containing questions for self examination was introduced & that is the text book for the present �Waimea, Hawaii 3d 1841 A weekly f e m ale prayer meeting held on friday pm - this has been superintended by M r s . L 4th A weekly m e e t ing of the chh session - on W e d p m - previous to the chh meeting - for transacting chh business & for instructing the elders in the knowledge of the bible & the duties of their office - for h e a r ­ ing reports of their labors - reports of committees previously appointed & compositions on subjects previously given 5 Inquiry meetings, h e l d for the most part on sabbath n o o n immediately after publ i c service - This has embraced enquirers both f r o m amoung the impenitent & f r o m amoung fallen chh members - At the time appointed some n e w subject has generelly ( !) appeared - yet not always - The pastor has some times been grieved because there appeared to be no n e w case of returning prodigals - of anxious inquiry for the salvation of the soul 6, District meetings - meetings held in districts from 1 1/2 to 4 miles distant - on teusday ( !), & friday p m - Rain & other things have sometimes prevented - very few besides chh members have attended these meeting ( !) - But then even amoung such a synagogue of s a t a n has been found. The pastor can recollect o n e instance when nearly all present were found involved in sin & on its being revealed, several immediate­ ly resol v e d on the fatal step of apostacy - Amoung these w e r e some of w h o m the highest hopes were entertained 7 Monthly concert of prayer for the conversion of the w o r l d - This has been regularly observed - & has generally been an Interesting meeting - at least the pastor has endeavored to make it so by previous preparation. Such extracts f r o m the Missionary Herald & other p u b l i c a ­ tions have been selected & read & such pictures presented as seemed calculated to make an Impression on the m i n d & lead the chh members to feel & pray & act for the dying heathen - Sometimes there has �Waimea, Hawaii 1841 been a contribution & sometimes n o t - This subject w i l l be mentioned in its proper place 8 Meetings for children - Thes e have been monthly for the most part - though latterly they have bee n weekly. They have b e e n designed for all the children of Waimea - but a small portion however has at­ t e n d e d - During these meetings the pastor has endeavored to converse w i t h each child - as well as to preach to all collectively, Some of the meetings have been s olemn - & some have promised to serve the Lord but there is only one chh member amoung the wh o l e - & no others who seem to give satisfactory evidence of conversion to God - It is to be feared m uch of the blame lies at the door of the pastor - yet somehow or other there seems to be but very little hope of the salvation of the children in Waimea of i r o n - The devil seems to hold them fast in chains But as Peter's chains were broken so the same power can. break theirs 9 Chh class meetings - station are divided into The chh members immediately a r ound the classes - Previous to every communion a m e e t i n g is hel d with e ach of these classes - for p e r s o n a l c o nversa­ tion & examination & prayer - The pastor generelly ( !) finds them interesting - & derives f r o m the exercise m u c h encouragement - True some manifest much ignorance & dark heartedness - w h i c h is distressing yet many discover muc h Christian knowledge & appear to be the sincere children of the kingdom 10 Chh f t s a - Previous to communion which is once in 2 or 3 months a day h a s been devoted to fasting & prayer as preparitory ( !) for this season - on these days there have b een two meetings - one for the whole chh. assembled in Waimea in one place - & the other for different p o r ­ tions of the chh. assembled in different places - sometimes there has b ee n an additional meeting for c h i ldren - or for elders - meetings have been well attended & generlly, profitable - These �W aimea, Hawaii, 1841 11 Communion seasons - Of these there have been 6 - f rom 200 to 250 communicants - at all the communions hut one some were either rec'd on exam - or 12 recd Funerals - on certificate- These have furnished occasions for preaching the gospel to the saint & the sinner - the old & the young - The number of funerals has however been small 1 5 . Meetings with parents &c for appointing school trustees - a somewhat new species of meetings to the natives - & somewhat difficult to b e understood at first 14 Finally - A meeting composed of all the elders in the w h o le field - this mig h t properly be called - native presbytery. There have been two meetings of this kind - about 50 present at the first & over a h u n dred at the last meeting. The time occupied about 2 days each - exercises - giving reports by the different elders - some verbal, some written - committees appointed - addresses delivered on subjects previously given out - resolutions passed respecting the regulations of the chh - assignments for next meeting - elders ordained &c - d i s ­ orderly elders disciplined interesting - The meetings were very orderly & very They are to b e semianually ( !) 2 Schools - (1) Adults - a weekly school on Mondy ( !) p m - in Arithmetic, writing, composition, Biblical history - & popery - This was in progress for about six months & then abandoned because the people c o u l d n o t find time to attend it (2) A weekly singing school for about hal f of this year - abandoned for want of sufficient encouragement to proceed (3) 4 5 6 A weekly school for instructing sabbath school teachers A sabbath school in the Ai o ka la A monthly school f o r exhibiting composition for some months A semi monthly school lately established for instructing elders �Waimea, H aw aii 1841 5 in the knowledge of the scriptures - . These schools have embraced fro m 6 to 100 pupils — 2 d C h i l d r e n ’s schools — Of these there have been two at the station - one consisting of readers - the other of n o n readers has b e e n taught by Mrs. The former L w i t h the exception of 2 months taught by myself - time devoted to it 5 days per w e e k - f rom 3 to 5 hours per day - studies reading - wri t i n g - arithmetic - g e o g r a p h y - N a t u r a l history - scripture history - Hawina ( !) Kamalii - Ui K amalii - Himeni Kamalii - Besides sewing & knitting have received considerable attention - & other m a nual exercises - The other school has b e e n taught by a native teacher -[a.m.] 3 Sabbath schools - 2 sab. A m - one superintended by myself - & the other by Mrs. L. - & one p m ( !) - under t h e care of Mrs. L. - studies Huliano - Hawina ( !) [Haawina] Kamalii - Himeni Kamalii - committing . portions of scripture 2 singing schools per w e e k for the last few months - Number of children in these schools from 20 - 100. (3) A sabbath evening school designed for domestics 6 in n u m b e r - A portion of this number has committed to m e m o r y the whole gospel of John - has been instructed in its meaning There have b e e n 2 or 3 examinations at the station Pastoral visits Considerable time has b e e n devoted to pastoral visiting. Most of the houses in Waimea have been visited once & about h a l f twice - & some several times - But t h o nearly all the houses have been v i s ited not all the people [have been] for while the houses were where they should be the inmates were somewhere else - During these visits the sick have been particularly sought out - wandering chh members also & the impenitent & apostates - Many w ere seen & conversed & prayed wi t h who have forsaken all the ordances ( !) of religion, even meetings �6. Waimea, Hawaii 1841 on sabbath morning, & are living like the veriest h e a t h e n - Sometimes I have met with encouragement expecial l y ( !) from the sick & aged & occasionally fro m the return of some wanderer some impenitent sinner. - the conversion of But I have also met with much, oppo [s] i t ion & coldness & all m y labors with a great multitude have seemed thus far to b e lost. Some Yet the seed sown may yet spring up - & bear fruit - of my last visits seemed to be accompanied wit h more success than ma n y previous ones — Mercy still lingers - & so there is hope — 4 Disposal of books This has accupied a considerable portion of time - I do not know what amount has been disposed of - since the n e w school laws have gone into operation the demand has been considerably increased - & I have bee n put to my wit's end to know h o w to supply it. — all the schools are suffering — A n d after The Baibala has f o u n d a ready sale - something has been paid for books - but the greater part is yet due — I feel it vastly important that the people have the word of God - they must have it or famish. Hence I have not been particular as to what is brot for pay - or w hether they pay n o w or hereafter - I a m not afraid to trust t h e m They generally pay after awhile - and the pay or may b e an article of no use to me or the mis s ion whe n b r o t may in my v i e w amount to a mere trifle/- yet to t h e m it may be the same as gold - It is what they have & perhaps al l they have & the principle on which I have acted is to require of m e n according to wh a t they have, & not according to what they have n o t — many readers great measure There are still destitute of the word of God, the fault is in a their own - They have no desire for it. M a n y are wait­ ing for the n e w edition of the bible - are asking frequently - ahea puka mai k a buke nui palahalaha? 5 - Medicine There has been considerable sickness & hence calls for medicine - �Waimea, Hawaii 1841 7 which have occupied another portion of tim e. I t would he a great r e ­ l i e f i f there were a medical man at the statio n - There are a few m edical b ooks - & a small v ariety of medicines - but no m edical man There are some native doctors whose practice is quite e x t e n s iv e . They study the virtues of roots & herbs somewhat, but make great use of cold water - Many of the natives resort to them in preference to the m issionary from a suspicion or rather b e l i e f that our m edicine es­ p e c ia lly calomel & tartarem etics are formed of dead m en's hones w hich are c a r r ie d by our physicians & v isito rs from Waimea caves I I Labors a t the out stations - Here I am dependent on my Journal - from w hich the follow ing particulars & generals are gathered May - spent 12 days w ith my family at Kawaihae - w a itin g for a v e s s e l to take us to gen eral meeting - but none came - preached 25 times to adults - attended 2 c h ild r e n 's meetings - 2 adult sabbath schools - 1 meeting of elders - 1 monthly concert - v is it e d about a ll the houses in the place - conversing - exhorting, e n tre a tin g , &c — praying suspended 7 chh members June -- spent 10 days in Hamakua - trav eled 74 miles - 9 p ub lic meetings - 11 meetings with e ld e r s , attended some continuing t i l l m id­ n ig h t - 2 sabbath schools - 12 examinations - 6 of ch ild ren & 6 of adults - scholars - 260 ch ild ren - 270 adults - suspended & excom­ municated 148 chh members - administered the Lo rd 's supper to 2100 \ communicants - restored 16 - r e c d 5 to the chh on examination & 6 from other chhs - married 15 couple - re g iste re d 60 deaths - ascer­ ta in e d that 95 dolls had been contributed for May & June at monthly concerts - In attempting to go from W aipio to Waimanu on a canoe I was swept out of the canoe into the raging s u r f, & should probably have lo st my l i f e - had I not been siezed by nativ es & carrie d to the shore it s The Lord be p raised - o ffic e - My watch very soon r e fu s e d to perform Alas for it was borrowed - The ocean becoming s t i l l �W a i m e a, H awai i 1841 8 more /tempestuous I left the canoe & proceeded by land. Here let me speak a little of the way to & f r o m this portion of my field ag a i n refer to my journal - May 8 Arose early - took a canoe at Waipio for Waimanu & the adjoining places threatening - seasick - I must the waves were high & In 2 or 3 hours landed at Honopue - finished my w o r k - & commenced m y return - sending the canoe on before me - I wa l k e d myself along the rocky shore beneath the lofty p a l i s - towering several hundred feet above m y h e a d - the surf dashed violently against the shore & sometimes drove me into the caverns in the impending rocks sometimes I was borne on a native's ing waves - shoulders thro the r o a r i ng & f o a m ­ Above were water falls in some places pouring their limpid streams over the giddy palis into the ocean below. the towering blufs Between them & ( !) over w h i c h they poured, I made my n e w & fearful way - an umbrella served somewhat to screen me from the he a v y spray that was dashing about on every side Laupahoehoe Waimanu - In about 2 hours I reached My wor k performed here I took the canoe & s a i l e d to A native could get along without a canoe by swimming, but in no other way. severe d r e n c h i n g - The waves were high & in landing they gave me a Having accomplished my w o r k at Waimanu, for Waipio - the mountain road - I ascended the first pali - required about an h o u r , & nearly exhausted all my strength. palies I set-out ( !) some 5 or 6 in number were less formidable - this The other A b o u t m i d way & far f r o m what one would think to be the abode of human b e i n g s , I came to a small cottage - occupied by a man & his wife - to w h o m I preached Jesus Christ. - The m a n b e l i e v e d & was b a p t i z e d - the woman c h o s e to go on in s i n — I have seen this convert of the mountains several times since he w a s baptized- & he was still holding fast the profession he h a d made — In 4 or 5 hours I reached the valley of W aipio - to go by a canoe requires one hour - & sometimes not that. �Waimea, H a w a ii 1841 9 But this is describing only one of the mountain roads. I will briefly describe another wh i c h I traveled from Waipio to W a i manu supposing it to b e a shorter way - as there was b ut one pali. Feb . 11 - started off for Waimanu via mauna - descended into Waipio some 3 or 4 miles from the shore - obtained a guide - proceeded up the valley over stones & thro streams some distance - & then commenced ascending the pall - difficiles ascensus - hoc o p u s - hic labor est - the hands proved of great importance for it was only by their grasp on stones & roots of t r e e s , that I was enabled to proceed - I finally succeeded In reach i n g the top at least what seemed to be a top - f o u n d myself curiously situated - behind was the valley of Waipio, before the valley of Waimanu - & on either h a n d was a tremendous pali r earing Its lofty h e a d far into the clouds - so that while I stood on the top of a stupendous pali I was in the midst of a most romantic valley the descent was before me - But I said to the guide, the worst of the way is past I suppose - he replied the past is nothing, the worst is before - Hearing this I commenced the descent with trembling, I might as well have been at mast head as where I was. the frightfulness of the way increased - As I proceeded The rain was descending from above - & an awful chasm was opening below soon enveloped in a dense fog - for But its awfulness was The path was becoming slippery - & in some places it w a s almost a perpendicular descent over rocks so arranged as almost to preclude the possibility of advancing - for there seemed to b e nothing on which the foot or hand might fasten — To turn to the right hand or to the left was out of the question, & to retrace o n e ’s steps would have been about as difficult & dangerous as to proceed — At some places I was obliged to pull off my shoes - & send t hem with my staff on a h ead ( !) - & crawl along on m y hands & feet as I could - Much of the way I found It n e c e s s a r y to turn around & proceed backward. After awhile I reached the foot of the �Waimea, Hawaii, 1841 1 great & terrible, pali, hind. 0 shuddering w ith horror, as I cast a look b e ­ But all was not over. I travelled on. The pat h lay over stones & rocks & s t r e a m s - on I hurried for two hours, two thirds of the time wadi n g thro water from one to three feet deep - & uncomfortably cold -- It was the most dreary & dismal & dangerous way I e v er tra­ v elled - I finally reached the house of Elishah ( !) a chh m ember - h aving been six hours fro m Waipio pali - It was true there was but one But in attempting to shun Scylla I f e l l into C arybdis (!) - But w hy be at so m u c h pains & hazard to visit Waimanu? B ecause there is wealth there to o b t a i n forwhich Jesus Christ shed his b l o o d & he has left the command - go ye into all the world - & that is a portion of the w o r l d bracing about In that & the places beyo n d are 3 churches em­ members - Besides these about 100 children & 300 adults out of the chh - This place has b e e n visited 3 times since the last general meeting — July - Three days were spent at Puako & Kawaihae - 4 public meetings - 2 meetings of elders - 1 meeting & examination of children visited most of t h e houses - September - spent 10 days i n Hamakua traveled 80 miles - hel d 22 public meetings - & about the same number w i t h elders - some continuing till midnight - attended 8 exam­ inations of children's schools - embracing 180 children - called the roll - found 1440 chh members in good standing to w h o m the Lord's supper was administered - restored 7 - rec'd 2 on examination - s u s ­ pended & e xcommunicated 668 - recorded 33 deaths - contributions months $60.00. for 3 married 10 couple - Oct. spent 3 days at Puako & Kowaihae - travelled 42 miles - h eld 7 public meetings 2 meetings w it h elders - one examination of children & adults - ascertained the standing of all the chh members - suspended 88 - r e c d one on exmination - administered the emblems of the savior's body & blood to some �11. Waimea, Hawaii, 1841 h u n d r e d chh members - 20 dolls contributed - weeks at Kaawaloa & Kailua wit h my family. Oct & N ov e m - spent 4 Object, to a i d the sick - preached 15 times - aroused the w r a t h of the catholick s b y one sermon Dec. - spent 2 days at Puako - one day observed as a day of fasting & prayer visited every house in the place - h e l d several meetings ex­ communicated 66 - suspended 3 - restored 3 - h e l d a communion season 45 communicants - ascertained deaths, births, - & the present population - removals d u r i n g the year Dec - spent 8 1/2 days in Hamakua - traveled 92 miles - h e l d 24 meetings some till midnight - examined 3 schools of 176 children - suspended 378 chh members - restored 51 r e cd 4 individuals to the chh on examination - administered the Lord's supper to 1100 communicants - baptized 15 children - 293 d o l l s . contri­ bu t e d the past three months - dedicated 2 meeting houses - f o u n d another nearly completed - & another on the w a y - dimensions about 60 by 30 married 10 couple - attended to the choosing of trustees for all the school districts in Hamakua - read the school laws - & laws r e s pect­ ing intoxicating drinks & meats - ascertained the n umb er of deaths, births, removals - immigrants &c during the year - & the s t a nding of each member of the whole community - Jan. - Absent 6 days - a part of the time attending presbytery at Kohala & the rest of the time making a tour thro Kawaihae, traveled 58 miles - held 12 meetings ascertained the state of the chhs - suspended 48 - restored 5 - ad­ mi t t e d 1 - found 324 in goo d standing to w h o m the Lord's supper was administered - baptized 7 children - 45 dolls - contributed the last 3 months - trustees chosen for 3 schools tained Sum total of labors abroad --Absent f r o m home - 84 d a y s --Traveled 680 miles -- Held 168 meetings - - births, deaths &c ascer­ �Waimea, Hawaii, 1 841 Administered the Lord's supper in 17 different places, 3 times in each place - h e l d personal conversation w i t h most of the chh members attended 25 examinations — [III crossed out] IV Benevolence The church members have b e e n urged to acts of benev o l e n ce & t h o u g h nothing can be told that will make a splended ( !) show, something, as already mentioned has been done - - yet I am not able to tell all - but of what I know I will speak Monthly concert contributions - very seld o m a monthly concert passes without some kind of a contribution either of kapa, wood, provisions, cloth, work o r something else. As the monthly concerts are scattered all over the field instead of all u n i t i n g in one at Waimea, as was once the case, it is not so easy to keep account of what is contributed on those days. The following is an estimate Hamakua - m e e t i n g houses - kapa, mats- provisions - &c - Kawaihae & Puako - In similar things 85.27 W aimea - in w o o d - kapa cloth - &c This $451.00 50.00 586.27 amount extends only to the 1st of Jany - Besides the above Waimea has subscribed about 100 dolls towards a ruff ( !) for the n e w meeting house — & is also collecting materials for bui lding a native house for the missionary. A considerable portion of the above contributions has been appropriated to the support of n a t i v e teachers V Children & Children's schools - The whole number of children in m y field is 1600 f rom infancy to the age of 14 years - & about 500 fro m 14 to 18 years about 950 are capable of attending school - Of the former The ■whole number n o w �Waimea, H awaii, 1 8 4 1 collected into schools teachers about 50. is about 1000. Whole number of schools 22 - Before the late schools laws went into operation schools in most places were very low - & in some places none at all. T h e law came & schools r e v i v e d last examination - 560 - No of writers 250 - in geography 100 perhaps C h u r c h members but few - there were No of readers at the No. in arithmetic 560 - Births 90 - deaths 30 - baptisms 35 - Many who were formerly chh members have gone bac k to the w o r l d - made shipwreck of their faith & are evidently plunging into perdition. Some few amoung them profess repentance since the rev i v a l of the schools VI Census A correct census has been taken b y myself of the whole population of m y .field - Results as follows -- Waimea 771 adults 287 children -- total 1058 Puako Kawaihae 508 " 218 " Hamakua 3110 4389 " 1080 1585 " " " 726 4190 5974 This is about 300 less than it was last year — This is a pretty correct census - for great care & precision have been us e d in obtaining i t. I have on paper the names of e v e r y m a n & woman & child in m y field - These names I call over at the e n d of every year - noting deaths - removals - & recording births & immigrants - & inquiring into the character - manner of living &c of all. The whole field is divided into sections - & each section committed to the care & superintendence of as good & competent men as can be found. them I gather my stati s t i cks. From The number of deaths the pas t y e a r exceeds 300, the number of births is not f a r from 90. In the above census - foreigners & their children are not i n ­ cluded - There was a time w hen the foreign population n u m b e r e d about �W a i mea, Hawaii, 1841 14 70 - & their children 30. But the number has considerably diminished & it is always fluctuating - sometimes more & sometimes less. They b e- long to 6 or 7 different nations & are variously employed - beefcatchers - sugar manufacturers - shoemakers, merchants - tanners lawyers - blacksmiths - -combmakers - masons - doctors - saddlers farmers & what not. v e r y goo d man - One is a member of the chh & appears t o b e a some 2 or 3 others are in the habit of attending native meetings. But the majority live like the veriest h e a t h e n - & exert such an influence on the native population as might be expected VII L abors in the study__This should have been mentioned before & hence is misplaced. Some time has b e e n spent in the study. day & sometimes the sabbath - the whole W h e n at home a part of Satur­ of it has been devoted to preparation for Tho I have written but one whole sermon, yet I have made it a practice of studying m y subjects - sermons - lectures sabbath school lessons &c - for the d ivine direction is - [" ] give attendance to r e a d i n g , to exhortation, to d o c t r i n e , neglect not the gift that is in thee, - meditate upon these t h i n g s , give thyself wholly to them, that they profiting m a y appear to all - study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to b e ashamed, rightly dividing the w o r d of truth." But the labor that h a s r e q u i r e d m u c h time & patience in the study has bee n that of arranging chh. & people's records & keeping them in order, recording marriages - admissions to the chh - suspensions, ex­ communications - restorations - baptisms, deaths, births - removals contributions & c &c poet - h o c Here again I m u s t repeat the language of the opus, h i c labor est VIII Native l a b ors These have been somewhat anticipated - I mention t h e m a g a i n to �Waimea, Hawaii, 1841 15. give the m more prominence for I consider t h e m of great importance One great object at which I a i m is to k e e p the chh to w o r k - for the command is diligent in business, serving the Lord - always abounding in the work of the Lord - situated as my field is, or as I am in r e l a ­ tion to it, m u c h has to b e done by native helpers - or n o t d o n e at all To facilitate native agency & render it as profitable as possible m u c h regard has b e e n paid to system & o r d e r - My field is divided into distinct sections & each section is placed under the s u perinten­ dence of o n e man - or set of m e n - as the case may be - The superin- tendants go by the name of elders & in m a ny cases they are the teach­ ers of the sections assigned to them is about 150. 1 Schools - Wh o l e number of n a t i v e helpers Their labors are as follows day & sabbath schools - for children & adults - studies on the sabbath - daily food - & other portions of scripture - hymns, catechism &c on other days - reading, writing, arithmetic - geography natural history, & the scriptures 2 Meetings - Meetings on the sabbath - or W e d p m - & on teusdays & fridays at some places - daylight meetings occasional fast seasons - monthly concerts - In some of these meetings, the tracts on popery - character of God & self examination have r e c eived some atten­ tion - as also of late the printed sermons - The elders also h a v e meetings amoung themselves for prayer & consultations 3 Visits - The elders have visited more or less from house to house warning, arousing, reproving, inviting, searching out the condition of the peop l e - bringing out hidden i n i q u i t y &c. these respects have bee n valuable. Their labors in They h a v e been the means of r e ­ claiming many that might otherwise have perished. ticular fears they would do too much. I have h a d no p a r ­ I have rather given t h e m full liberty & urged them on to duty - or rather the Lord Jesus Christ has done this. �Waimea, H awai i , 1841 16. IX Temperance & Intemperance Intemperance has spread more or less thro the whole field. Tobacco - awa & fermented potatoes have been the principal intoxicating substances amoung the natives, & rum the foreigners. - brandy, wine - gin &c amoung With respect to intoxicated natives they have kept themselves very quiet while in that state, & but little evil has seem­ ingly arisen from their inebriation except that some in a fit of in­ toxication or tobacco smoke have fallen into the fire & burned to death. But foreigners - when intoxicated have not been so quiet - Quarrelings, fightings - devourings - bruised eyes - ears bitten off blood spilled to the amount of 4 gallons from one man - the air filled with clamours - & curses - & such like things have attended their drunken revelries - Of many of which - I have been ear & eye witness - At one time while conversing with some natives an intoxicated foreigner came along - took my hand & swearing in the most awful manner - de­ clared he would give me enough of it. He had a knife by his side, I expected the next moment it would be plunged into my bosom - But another foreigner came along just at that time & took him away — But the late laws respecting intoxication has ( !) removed the evil in a great measure from the natives - & a temperance society has been formed amoung the foreigners - which may tend to check the evil there. Mr. Bliss has been quite active in the temperance cause - procured several subscribers to the temperance pledge. Whole number is 1 2 , all of whom as far as I know are still cleaving to their pledge. uhi [hidden] [with double Other prevailing evils have been Kakauing [writing] meaning] lele kowali songs] [jumping rope] - puhenehene - na mele kahiko [ancient [a gambling game] They have run like wild f i r e t h r o the whole field & drawn many simple & ignorant souls into apostacy & the man & woman of grey, hairs - They have infected the child But the fever has about subsided. �Waimea, Hawaii 1841 17. X Popery This as might be expected has found its way to Waimea. A Catholick priest has been there some six months - & has commenced operations on a small scale, intending no doubt to enlarge to have an interview with him. - I chanced He of course endeavored to bring me over to his side - offered to lend me any books he had in his possession that would serve to enlighten me on the subject of popery heard that he has obtained many followers. have as yet fallen into his arms (?) to f o l l o w I have not N one of the chh members & the apostates are far from making haste the new religion. Cannot tell what they will do hereafter One thing is certain the cause of truth will prevail XI Secular department I had forgotten till now to mention the secular department - I have been obliged to be somewhat secular some of the year - This necessity arose from a resolution to build a native room & study - as an addition to the original premises. Being somewhat poor I was under the necessity of being chief workman myself, or rather the su­ perintendent of the whole work in this perplexing business. Hence many days have been occupied But it is now pretty m u c h off of my hands & I feel amply rewarded for all the time trouble & expense it has cost. Yet no man that warreth should entaggle himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." �W aim e a, Hawaii 1841 XII Statisticks Adults Children 4389 1585 5974 Whole no. recd to the chh on examination Whole no. " on certificate R e cd the past year on exam e cd on certificate R o h Wle no. dismissed & r e cd to other chhs Dismissed the past year Whole no. deceased Deceased the past year Suspended t h e past year Remain suspended Whole no. excommunicated Excom - the past year Remain excom Whole no. in regular standing Hamakua Puako & Kawaihae Waimea In different fields not recd to other chhs 5366 86 40 29 450 22 317 140 697 600 2792 1189 2123 1102 369 225 281 1977 Whole no. of children under 14 years 14 to 18 Boys Girls Baptised Baptized the past [year] Chh members Able to attend school Attend school No. of schools No. of teachers No. of readers in Jany '41 " writers In Mental Arithmetic In writen ( !) Arithmetic In Geography Deaths during the year Births 1585 500 1085 1000 795 ... 35 100 perhaps 1450 1000 22 22 560 250 560 5 100 perhaps 30 90 Whole no. of deaths in the field during the year Marriages the past year Contributions the past year 300 103 couple $586.27 13 Contributions of the Missionary For the support o f native schools Aid to the people in Waipio towards building a meeting house For framing the roof of Waimea meeting house Whole no. recd the past year 42.00 besides the grant of 50.00 10.00 200.00 cash 69 �To the American Board " " Am. B ib le S o c ie t y " " Am. T ra ct S o c ie ty P u b lic road Study & n a t iv e room Support o f 4 n a t iv e 1 5 .0 0 5 .0 0 5 .0 0 5 .0 0 2 3 2 .0 0 b e s i d e s the g ra n t of 2 0 0 . 0 0 4 0 .0 0 $ 5 5 4 .0 0 g ir l s M is c e lla n y — unknown Apart from the r e g u la r s t ip e n d a llo w ed the m i s s i o n a r y , he has r e cd $ 8 0 . 0 0 perhaps from d i f f t sources — N a t i ve economy I t has b een a s c e r t a in e d that n a t iv e s 2 dome s tick s have an allow ance of 5 0 . 0 0 purchase a l l t h e i r p r o v is io n s can econom ize - Our a year - - c lo t h in g - & c - c o n t r ib u t e m onthly concerts. - & f i n d 1 2 . 0 0 rem aining. -p ro b ab ly in c r e a s e the Waimea M r . Lyons report 1841 Out of t h is coming y e a r - they at The o v erp lu s w i l l �[This seems t o be a rough draft of L. Lyons' letter to Rufus Anderson, Waimea, Sept.13,1841. See ABCFM Xerox file "Station Reports-Waimea,Hawaii" See also Waimea Station Report [Waimea; L. Lyons] Report, 1841,to GenMeet] [Sept.1841] 1 Schools 1 Common schools, or schools taught by natives - At the close of my last report - common schools were in a declining state - Teachers were poorly supported & children but little inclined to attend instructions - The chiefs of the Islands at their annual meeting in April & May - feeling that something must be done, or the darkness of former ages w o u l d again invelope (! ) the land, enacted some laws for the benefit of schools - Provision was made for supporting teachers & for securing the attendance of children at school These laws when they took effect - put new life into schools. Trus­ tees were appointed, in every district where 15 children & upwards could be found, teachers were procured - school houses erected where they were needed & schools & schools ( !) were again put into successful operation - There was a general examination in July & Aug of all the schools in the field - & the following results were obtained - see second only - These schools have reference to children Of adult schools as taught by natives there are none - ex­ cept those taught on the sabbath of which there are in the whole field not far from 15, embracing some 3 or 400 pupils - Their principal study is the daily food - ie the 7 verses for the week There is also an exercise on Wed pm of something of the nature of a school - The less on i s in something like a Christian catechism - help f o r examination - popery &c - The children belonging to the day schools - are mostly collected together on the sabbath - in something like a school to receive religious instruction schools had gone into successful operation - I said the common This must be understood with proper limitations - Should a stranger enter them & cast his eye around upon pupils - & accommodations - he might not be led to - conclude schools were very successfully taught there. The pupils �Wa ime a - Lyons 2 . for the most part wore nothing but a kapa - which does not perhaps cover more than half of their body - The school house is a grass building, rough & uninviting - having as a general thing no floor but that of dry grass - n o seats - no tables - no school apparatus the scholars sitting in wild disorder - one talking, one laughing another reading with a loud abc — one playing - others quarreling - some running & climbing about the house - another crying &c- - the teacher unconcerned or storming & fretting about trying to produce order - but no one regards his authority - he uses the rod but with so much indiscretion as to produce no effect - except it be to drive the scholars from the school - & excite real commotion amoung the parents - All the schools & school houses however are not exactly of this descrip t i o n - In some there is a difference. There may be mats on the floor - a seat or two - a table of rough materi­ als & roughly made - A map of the world may be seen hanging up - a few slates also - a calabash in which books are deposited - There is after all but little difference & it is a wonder that the pupils ever learn any thing. learned - Yet it will be perceived that something is When however it is reported that there are so many writers, let it be understood that the writing is performed on slates - for the schools are not furnished with paper - or ink or quills - & the teacher has no penknife - & if he had one, he would not know how to use [it] - I mean most of the present teachers - can not be procured - in this region - These things They could be procured at Oahu - but then - the people have nothing with which to purchase them - All the articles of this description they obtain is from the missionary - & he has but a scanty supply thing about the schools again - There is another It is to be feared they will soon go down Though there are laws for the promotion of schools - yet �W aimea - Lyons 3. they have not as yet been thoroughly executed - teachers complain b itterly - & unless they meet with better encouragement than that which they have met the past year they will be obliged to give up their schools for want of support - However- we will not take thot for the morrow, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof Popery too is doing much injury to schools - 2 schools in my field are altogether broken up by the catholicks. The children have been drawn into the net - & they are at work in many (?) other school district[s]. - trying to do produce (?) the same havoc — however rebuke them & prevent their success - The Lord So much for common schools 2 Station schools - My school for adults I have been obliged to suspend not because I could not find time to teach but because the adults as a general thing could not find time to attend it at his farm one another at his merchandise - all trying to get a little something for the support of the frail body - but little time for the undying soul - Yet there has been something in the form of a school for a certain portion of adults - for deacons, elders & others. In­ struction communicated in this school has been mostly of a religious nature - the study of the scriptures &c - The children's school has been continued - In this from Jany to about the first of May I spent 3 hours per day - 5 days in the. week - It then past ( !) into the hands of a native teacher while the. mission family was about to attend general meeting. On our return - the school was resumed by Mrs L - & is taught twice a day - Since general meeting I have established a school for teachers - ie to qualify Individuals to be teachers. This embraces about 25 pupils - gathered from all parts of the field - some of them are already teachers - school hours one hour before breakfast - 3 hours from 9 to 12 - & 2 hours from 2 �W a i m e a - Lyons 4. to 4 pm - I do not spend all these hours with the pupils - they pre­ pare their lessons - & then I go In to hear their recitations - ie. I spend about 4 hours with them - I have an assistant teacher who renders considerable teaching (?) Singing schools - Of these I have had two in week - composed mostly of children - I now/have 3 - one new class of beginners. have pretty much given up. much in music i t pass Adults I I do not succeed in getting them along The young - some of them at least - do very well - they do better than, the adults - There are none as yet who will (?) for independent singers - But they aid in the devotional exercises of the sanctuary Sabath ( !) schools - of these there are 2 kinds, very much as when I last wrote - one for adults - pm - the other for children - I have the children one on the sabbath & part of the time Mrs. L has 2 schools for children - one am - & one pm - Numbers have lately in­ creased - yet all do not attend 2 Meetings Meetings have continued without much alteration since my last report - 2 public meetings on the sabbath - Wednesday pm meeting meeting of the session (?) district meetings, chh class meetings female meeting childrens meeting, monthly concert - chh fasts meeting meeting ( !) for sabbath school teachers - & inquirers &c at the same time - funerals - semiannual meetings of all the elders in the field - &c - These meetings have been ly attended - & the pastor has endeavored in all of them to p e r f o r m what seemed to be his duty - tho no doubt he has fallen short — 5 Tours I have made 3 tours thro Hamakua - & 3 thro Puako & Kawaihae — in which I spent not far from 40 days - & traveled not far from 400 miles - In making these tours I had several objects in view - �W a imea - L y o n s 1 to preach the gospel to old & young - rich & poor - saints & sinners [See p. 5 .-a] 2 to aid in electing trustees for schools - appointing teachers putting schools into operation & when in operation to examine them stimulate teachers - pupils - parents - &c [See p. 5 .-a] 4 to Ascertain the contributions of the chhs - & give out work for the future - My time during these tours has been wholly occu­ pied from daylight to midnight sometimes - hardly allowing time enough to eat - I have a family of children at home - & I cannot be about as long as I once could - I have no associates to whom my family can look in my absence .- These tours are very destructive to the flesh - b u t profitable for the soul - They show me the condition of my field - call forth more feeling - more p r a y e r - produce some­ times great sadness - again a return of joy & gladness - Pretty much all the instruction the chh & people of the out districts secure from the missionary is given during these tours. will be perceived the necessity of having more laborers. Hence it Hamakua most certainly needs one at least. - How long ere he will arrive? Soon the present missionary will not be able to visit her population The powers of nature will not always hold out 4 . Pastoral visits. This department of missionary labor has been continued as formerly. The sick have been visited - or at least I have endeavor­ ed to visit them. I often hear that such an individual is ver y sick - I take my staff & travel [to] his house - But on inquiry, the sick is not there - he is either well or gone no one knows where with all his sickness cleaving to him - More frequently he has gone after some food - for his children or himself - this may be a mile or two distant - The sick receive but little care from friends & �Waimea - Lyons [insert before No. 2 on preceding page; the number "2" is repeated] 2 to ascertain the state of the chhs - reprove, discipline, excommunicate suspend reclaim - restore - converse personally with chh members - give exhortation & consolation & encouragement - examine candidates - administer baptism [to] children & adults - & the Lord's supper - hold meetings with the elders, instruct them &c - [insert before No. 4 on preceding page] 3 astertain the number of deaths births - removals &c & take a census of the people - �Waimea - — Lyons relatives - They are placed perhaps in the most unpleasant part of the house - & on the poorest mat - his bed & pillow are perhaps no softer than a board would be - They have no proper food - they will lie days sometimes without eating anything - if they can get a piece of watermelon they r e g a r d that a great luxury at such times - Some­ times they are left a whole day all alone - & sometimes die alone oh it is wretchedness in the extreme - I often weep over the poor miserable natives when I go out amoung [them] to see their poor miserable cottages - w i t h o u t an article of comfort in them - full of filth & smoke - & offensive odours forbidding an enterance ( !) & even an approach - I have sometimes found a sick & apparently dying indi­ vidual in such a wretched place that I could not get into it - & would be obliged to stay without & talk & pray there - smoke & heat & filth & contractedness would not allow me to enter - It is a wonder that the sick can get well - & that the well keep well so long -- Let it not be understood that all houses are alike - In some few there is a difference - But most are sickening enough - I said I had visited the sick - But this is not all - I have endeavor­ ed to heal them by the administration of medicine & have sometimes tried to do something for their comfort in the article of food - But it is so difficult to do anything of this kind - that is dis­ couraging to undertake - whatever is done must be done at our house we must provide the dish - the spoon - the water - the fire the pia the flour the milk the. sug a r - prepare the article & send it - & then it is not certain that i t will be given to the sick - others who have more of something e l s e than love may devour it. - It is difficult also to deal out medicine - there is nothing to prepare it or send it in These things are at times very trying - Such is heathenism. But not the sick only have been visited but all others - the �Waimea - Lyons 7. old - & young - the righteous & the weak - the wanderer & backslider It is hoped some good has been done by visiting - how much will not be known till the judgment day - The pastor is not the only one that visits - the elders also go out occasionally to visit from house to house -5 The Church. Soon after my last report - there was a general outbreaking of sin thro most of the field - Sins long concealed were brot to light - some repented - b u t many apostatized altogether. They were neither suspended nor excommunicated but of their own accord they went out from us, plunged headlong into sin - from which no efforts have as yet been able to reclaim the great proportion - It was a fearful plunge - for them there seems to remain no more for sin but a certain fearful looking for of ( !) judgment & firery ( !) indignation Yet the Lord has not forsaken this chh - the wild bore ( !)of the woods has not devoured it altogether - It is a vine wh ich the Lord's own hand has planted - he will not leave it to be utterly destroyed - Some 250 of former backsliders have been restored - & some 30 or 40 have been received to the chh on examination Upwards of a hundred have died in the Lord it is hoped - There now remain some 2000 member[s] in regular standing 6 Contributions The chh have not been altogether inactive done on the score of benevolence - Something has been 2 or 3 meeting houses have b e e n completed & dedicated to the worship of Jehovah - kapas - mats salt fish &c have been contributed - the poor - the widow - the fatherless - the stranger have been aided - about 100 dolls sub­ scribed towards our meeting house frame - a house for the missionary �'Waimea - Lyons 8. commenced - 4 benevolent societies formed - viz - Missionary Bible - Tract & Education societies - I will tell more about these societies next year - the Lord w i l l [ing] just been formed plexity. They have but The subject of benevolence occasions much per­ The chh is very poor - Money they have none, cloth they have none - i .e . none to give - they can just make out with all their gettings to clothe themselves a little decently - a great many of them cannot do this - they have no land to grow — no herds or flocks n o market they do? The most of them are poor in the extreme - What can My heart often yearns with compassion for them - & it seems as if I could not call u p o n them to do any thing for objects of benevolence - Yet I remember the proverb - there is that scatter- eth & yet increaseth & there is that withholdeth &c - - & the en­ comium pronounced upon the widow who gave all her substance - So I urge them on to works of charity. The whole amount of work & contributions of a benevolent chr during the past year is not far from dolls - This has been variously appropriated. 6 ( !)_Popery About a/year ago - a catholic priest found his way to this region - he has established himself about a mile or so from the mission house - Since that time he has been joined by another priest. They have been prosecuting their plans - ha v e established schools in Waimea & Hamakua are the teachers. as mentioned above - Some of the converts Some few adults & children have gone after them - They are mostly apostates & their children I know to be a very vile man - One of the ringleaders They create much disturbance & com­ motion - refuse to obey t h e laws of the land - & seem determined to act independent of the government - I do not know of any chh �W a i mea - Lyons 9. member in Waimea who has turned catholic - some 500 have gone over to that side in Hamakua - How may will eventually go - the Lord only knows - The only reason why any go there is that they may find a broader road to heaven - & obtain a little more of the wea l t h of this world on the way -- They use their wiles - throw open their doors & yard spread their tables w ith good things & invite the children to eat with them - & then ask them if Lyons ever did so - & when they are riding along by the way & see some small children - they will dismount & put some of the little ones on to their horse - & ask if that is not good - & if L y ons ever treated them so ----- &c They tell them that Lyons & all the missionaries are great de­ ceivers - & leading them all to hell -- &c 7 Intemperance & Temperance There has been much intemperance among the natives not on distilled liquors - but on tobacco - awa - potatoes &c believe it is not very prevalent now — But I The chiefs have established some l a w s prohibiting the use of intoxicating materials - & im­ posing a fine where used liquor Foreigners have brot intoxicating l i q u o r here & drunk and are drunk - & beat one [an] other & cursed & stormed one like to have bled to death from a bruise over a drunken sot But many of the foreigners have been induced to form themselves into a temperance society & have signed the temperance pledge — are 12 or 13 members - I have h e a r d but of one who has violated his pledge & he promised repentance 8 There Census �Report of Waimea Station - for the year ending April 1842 - I Labors at the station — 1 Secular department. That every missionary has more or less business of a secular nature to transact, is well known. & pens & kahus provided, Cows & goats must be looked after, As the domestic circle enlarges, houses must also be enlarged or multiplied. As the physical, intellectual & moral condition of the people requires new plans & extended opera­ tions, secular thoughts, creased. cases & efforts, must necessarily be in­ The secular department, I perceive on a review of the year, has occupied no inconsiderable portion of my time. Opportu­ nity has b e e n furnished for displaying the skill of the painter, & the wisdom of the carpenter & mason in planning a dwelling for native girls & cook room - in putting up rafters & posts to the long ago begun meeting house, & in planning a house for & aiding in hanging, the newly received church bell. But with these & other seculars y o u are all acquainted — 2. Medical department. Through the goodness of the Lord, the medical wants of my own family have required but little time or attention. There has how­ ever been considerable sickness amoung the natives, & applications for medicine have been frequent. To these I have endeavored to attend according to the best of my medical ability. But you all know the length - & breadth of this matter. 5. 1 Schools. Intellectual department. It was not till the middle of Aug. that I could get matters so arranged as to commence school. the more advanced girls of the station. School then opened for The 1st of Sept. a school �2. Waimea Station 1842 was opened for the instruction of native teachers & promising youth selected from the different schools in the field. Benevolent church members at the station opened their doors for the reception of pu­ pils as boarders. Those at the station of course boarded themselves. Those from abroad, provided as a general thing their own food, either by purchasing i t of me or by going home after it. Friends however would sometimes bring it to them. The length of the 1st term was 3 months. Number of pupils - 40 Hours taught in a day - 5, 6 & 7; working hours - 2. Days " " a week 5. Studies - Reading, writing Mental & written arith - Geography, civil & sacred - Child's Book on the soul, Nat. Theology, Hawaiian Code of laws, - Church catechism & singing. Examination occupied 2 1/2 days - & showed commendable progress. In this school I had a native assistant some of the time, & this allowed me time to go out some afternoons, to hold district meetings. Dr Andrews also for several days rendered some assistance in the girls department. Mrs Lyons devoted a portion of every day, unless prevented, to the girls & boys of the station school. She however employed much of her time & strength in giving instruction to our children, & to the 4 native girls in our family who may be regarded as boarding scholars. After a vacation of some 6 weeks, which afforded time for tours &c - the second term commenced - this term continued 9 weeks — Number of pupils under my instruction 50 Number of hours per day - 5 & 6; working hours 2. — days - week 5 - �Waimea Station 1842 3. Studies - Reading, writing, mental & written arithmetic - geography - astronomy - singing. The examination occupied 11/2 days - & was rather partial - in consequence of the starving state of some of the pupils. teacher gave me some assistance a part of the term. A native And Mrs Lyons was employed about as last term. 2. A portion of time has been devoted to visiting & examining the schools of Waimea under native instruction. 3 Another portion of time has been occupied in furnishing schools with books &c. But these things are all familiar to y o u - why should I report them? 4. 1 Meetings. Moral & religious department. I might dispatch this part of the report by saying - meetings have condtinued about the same as to number & character as they were l a s t year. But if you wi l l have patience to hear - it will not require a very great amount of your time to listen to a repetition. 1 Meetings on the sabbath - 2 public meetings & one meeting between them which answers 2 or 3 purposes - 1st for explaining the Ai o ka la to the sabbath school teachers - 2d for conversing w i t h inquirers, 3d for conversing with fallen chh members who profess repentance. 2. General church meeting - on Wed. pm - open however for all who choose to attend 3. 4 Weekly district meeting Weekly prayer & conversational meeting for one division of chh members - one division meeting one we e k - & another the next week &c so on. - You all understand it. 45 Weekly female prayer meeting attended by Mrs L - �Waimea Station 1842 4 6 Monthly concerts - 7 Quarterly fast seasons & meetings - 8 Semiannual meetings of all the elders in the field - you about this in former reports. I have told It proves a very profitable' meeting. 2. Sabbath schools. For 5 months I have superintended 3 sabbath schools - & the remainder of the time 2. They have embraced the children of Waimea & my pupils from abroad Ai o k a la - Studies - Huliano - the adults in the Ekalesia - Haawine Kama lie, b oth kinds - Manelani - Ai o ka la - Kuhi Kuhi Palapala Hemolele — Mrs. L has taught 2 schools every sabbath w hen able — 3. Pastoral visits & funerals. You well know these form a part of a missionary’s duty - a part which it is taken for granted he performs, so it is needless for me to report on this point. II Labors from the station It is well known to you - that besides Waimea I have on my hands & shoulders - Hamakua on the east & Puako & Kawaihae on the West. T h r o ' each of these fields I have made 3 tours during the year, the 1st of July & Aug. the 2d in Nov. & Dec - & the 3d- in March & April On my tours thro' Puako & Kawaihae ' extended my travels on to Iole. These at three different periods. I devoted myself to the service of bro. Bond & the people of Kohala - This time embraced 3 sabbaths. With the object of my tours yo u are all acquainted, so I need not expatiate on this topic. Let the following summary suffice. �Waimea Station 1842 Absent Traveled 5. 50 days — 480 miles — Held - 111 meetings of different kinds — Examined schools - disciplined - baptized - administered the Lord's supper &c &c. II I - Church. With regard to the church there have been suspensions, excom­ munications - restorations, additions - dismissions - deaths & c — As it respects suspensions & excommunications, perhaps the most prudent course is to keep silence — If statisticks are given, they may produce such an "astounding effect" on general meeting as to "make you all sick at heart," & furnish matter for another letter for "The Boston Recorder" to b e reviewed by "The Presbyterian". Native schools. The whole number of native schools in my field is 21 — these there have been 3 general examinations — Of the results of which are as follows — write. Mental) Arith ) Schools pupils read. 1 st examination 20 928 409 246 399 2d do 21 901 425 265 403 76 3d do 21 865 445 667 420 15 These schools continue in a prosperous state - Geog 34 How long they will continue so will depend very much on the support the teachers receive. There is great complaint amoung the teachers on this point. Their language is "I ka manawa kanawai ole eoho kik ea no ka mea ua kokua iki mai na mission ie wa - Aka i keia naanawa u'oki loa na k u m u ." ( Something more efficient must be done, or our schools will go down — ) �Waimea Station 1842 6. I should have said there (have) been during the year 240 new r eaders 200 new writers 130 new pupils in Helunaau 30 40 " " " " Helu Kakau " " geography Popery alias Kopery The Catholicks have 4 establishments in this field, 3 in Hama­ kua & one in Waimea - Connected with these establishments I believe there are 3 French Priests. 250. The whole number of followers is about This is not guess work, but pretty accurate work, for I have made particular inquiry. There are 2 schools in operation containing perhaps 10 or 15 pupils each — Whether "the apostaies ( !) in this chh have contributed more towards the establishment of Popery in this field than "five French Frigates" will be better learned by a comparison of the number of Catholic disciples in this field with the number in other fields where efforts have been made to gain them. In Waipio where there are many apostates, the priest has made several visits & several attempts to get followers - but in every instance he has utterly failed - So also at Puako & the adjoining places - apostates - there are many they are frequently visited by the French priests as they pass & repass to & from Kailua - & attempts have been made to draw them into the Catholic net, but in no instance have they suc­ ceeded. Of chh members some 20 or 30 have gone after the Beast. The great reason they assign for thus doing is that they may smoke & be freed from the work on the meeting house. Of course such chh �Waimea Station 1842 7 members are of no great value, & consequently of no great loss to the chh. How many out of this whole field will eventually receive the mark of the Beast - time will show. about nunneries. Sometime ago something was said But of this nothing has been said of late. bear ( !) suggestion excited strong suspicions. The These wifeless priests - seeking virgins to consecrate to the Lord ! ! heaha la ke ano? wahi a lakou. Census. A census has be e n taken from which it appears that from Jan. 1841 to Jan 1842 - there have been 121 births - ) leaving the present population about 300 207 deaths 208 removals less than it was last year — ) ie about 5,700 Statisticks W hole no. recd to the chh 5549 Whole no. in regular standing On certificate Past year on examination On certificate Whole no. past year 99 Whole no. children baptized 170 Whole no. deceased Decd the past year 831 Baptized the past year 36 Baptized children died the past year 17 13 183 508 Whole no. disd to other chhs508 Disd the past year 2226 Marriages 58 457 140 Respectfully submitted L Lyons 51 �Waimea April 14 - 1843 To the brethren of the Sandwich Island Mission assembled in general meeting at Honolulu May 1843 As I shall not be present at your meeting - I transmit to you my report - which is as follows 1 - Though we have abundant reason for gratitude & thanksgiving to the Lord for all his goodness & tender mercy to us during the year yet we have had many interruptions in our work from sickness & other causes. Hence our labors the past year have not been as great & as numerous as in some previous years. idle — Y e t we have not altogether been Through the blessing of the Lord something has been done. 2 - Our labors. -These have been of different kinds - (1) Preaching the gospel - The gospel has been preached as heretofore, on the sabbath & on week days - at home & abroad - in the house & by the way - to the sick & to the poor - to the old & to the young - in the house of God - & in the humble cottage - But one sabbath has past on which I was not permitted to preach. (2) Teaching school department. I have been able to do something in this For several weeks the station school was on my hands - During this time I devoted some 5 or 6 hours per day to the pleasing task of giving instruction to some 70, or 80 children, many of whom were quite small enough - but none the less noisy for that. This latter class seemed wonderfully delighted in learning the numerals in English - & the forms of English salutation - &c A school for teachers has been in operation for several weeks while this continued I devoted from 5 to 8 hours per day to instruction. Teachers came from a distance - & as most of them had families - it was found inconvenient for them to remain long at a time. Hence it was necessary to drive them on in their studies while the opportunity �Waimea Station Report 1843 was afforded - 2. Rapid progress was made in Arithmetic for during these few weeks - many of the teachers completed the whole Helunaau & ad­ vanced in the Helukakau as far as the middle of the 16th chapter Of course being teachers, they knew something about these studies before - Yet some of them had never attended to written arithmetic as a study. Besides these 2 branches - Ecclesiastical History reed some attention. It is now vacation - but it is expected that the schools will be resumed at no very distant period. I would here observe that in all my field there is now but one graduate from Lahainaluna - & he has already taught school so long as to be good for nothing. Sabbath schools for children & adults have remained about as they were - when last reported. (3 ) Examinations - of the schools in the field - there have been several examinations - at least this may be said of some of them of others there has been but one examination. Prom these examinations the following particulars are gathered. 1 - Whole no. of schools - 22 - 15 in Hamakua, 3 in Waimea & 4 in Puako & Kawaihae. 2 - Whole n o . of teachers - 35 3 - Whole no. of children in school - 1128 - of w hom 632 are readers - 498 writers - 522 in mental, 147 in written arithmetic, 94 in Child. Book on the soul - 125 in Chh. catechism - 100 in geography -4 - The external appearance of the pupils exhibited more of a civilized aspect than I had been accustomed to observe In previous years. As I glanced my eye over the schools it was gratifying to see so many pupils clothed in English dresses - out of the whole number I could count about 200 girls dressed in calico & white - & �Waimea Report 1843 3. about 50 boys in shirts & pantaloons. Nor did all that was pleasing in appearance apply to dress only - the manners must have a share Of many it may be asserted that they appeared well when called upon to answer questions - or to recite what they had previously committed to memory. 5. Efficiency of teachers - As an inference from these exami­ nations - I was convinced that native teachers can be efficient, & that 2 things were indispensably necessary to their efficiency 1st that they be duly qualified to teach - 2A that they be paid for teaching. 6. Another gratifying characteristic of the last examination was the goodly number of pupils, who h a d committed to memory a portion of scripture - varying from 4 to 50 or 60 verses - of this class there were about 2 0 0 , & the whole number of verses recited to me was not far from 3,000. 7. Another pleasing aspect of this examination was the stand that a majority of the pupils had taken with respect to tobacco & a l l intoxicating materials - of distilled liquors & their effects many of the children know but little - But with the effects of to­ bacco - and - fermented potatoes & bananas &c they are somewhat ac­ quainted them alone. Hence they nobly resolved - that they would forever let About 800 have made this resolution. The temperance songs printed in the Puali Iniwai were extensively circulated amoung the schools & committed to memory, & this doubtless had some effect towards leading them to form their resolution. The song - beginning "E ko makou makua e Kauikeaoli e E ola kou inoa, K a makou pule nei,” is a particular favorite of the children, & seems as indelibly fixed on their minds as if written there by the point of a diamond - �Waimea Report 1843 8 4. - Another encouraging characteristis of the schools as exhibi­ ted at the last examination was the increase that was observed - both in numbers & in knowledge 250. The increase of scholars has been about Increase of readers - 150, of writers, 200, in mental arithme­ tic about 100, in written arithmetic, 100, in geography 35. The progress made in mental & written arithmetic has altogether exceeded my highest expectations - I venture to say some of the pupils would not suffer from a comparison with an equal number in America of no greater advantages. (4) Pastoral visits in Waimea - A portion of time has been spent in visiting from house to house. This is generally a profitable exercise both to myself & to those who are visited - Not unfrequently some wanderer is reclaimed - some sick or dying chhmember is found, whose pious conversation sends a thrill of joy t h r o ' the soul, & shows that our labors have not been in vain. I am also reminded in these visits that I am still amoung the heathen - amoung the poor & wretched, the miserable & the ignorant, the destitute & the wicked. (5) Tours — Two tours have been made thro Hamakua - & the same number thro Puako & Kawaihae. Hamakua consists of 12 parishes or 12 divisions - over each of which is a superintending elder assisted by other elders - A visit to all these parishes generally occupies from 7 to 11 days - Puako & Kawaihae consist of 4 parishes which can be visited in 3 or 4 days - My labors during these tours are as follows — 1 Examinations of all the schools - 2 Meetings with the elders, to regulate chh matters, to examine them on their knowledge of scripture, & manner of giving instruction in meetings on the sabbath & other days. Here they give examples of �Waimea Report 1845 their mode of explaining & applying scripture. 3. E xamination of candidates for the chh. 4. Conversation with fallen chh members who profess repentance 5. Receiving to the chh - restoring, baptizing children 6 Public meetings & the administration of the Lord's supper 7. C alling of the roll at the end of the year - to ascertain the number of removals - deaths - present number of - chh members catholicks &c - recording births & immigrants. 5 The Church - The true chh. is built upon the rock of ages, & the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. - What portion of this chh. is of this character remains to be decided. That it has been convulsed to its very centre & that many have not been able to stand the shock is a fact which we have witnessed, & which has filled our eyes with tears & our hearts with sadness. But in the midst of the convulsion & consequent apostacy the Lord has had his eye upon the true chh. & has said to Satan "Hitherto shalt thou come & no further." has been a year of distinguished mercy. The past Prayer has b e e n heard in heaven & a spiritual shower has descended upon our M o n . A light from the throne of God, exceeding the brightness of the sun, has shone upon us, dispelling the darkness that had gathered over our spiritual prospects - a light that burst forth almost as suddenly as that which burst upon Saul of Tarsus. We had been praying, & laboring & longing for better times, even refreshing & reforming times, but apparently all in vain. The heavens seemed as brass & the earth as Iron - & Satan continued their desolating work be allowed to go, we could not predict. Sin To what lengths they would But prayer & supplication & corresponding efforts were constantly made to stay the progress of the e n e m y , & to rescue those who were perishing in his grasp. We �Waimea Report 1843 6. knew that in God alone was our help - but help did not c o m e . What shall he done? no more? Will the Lord he angry forever? Will he he merciful It was then, when we were almost sinking in despair, that the blessing came. The spirit descended almost simultaneously over all portions of this field - The valley of dry hones was filled with life, Satan after a long & desperate struggle was at length compelled to relingish ( !) his hold on many of the victims he had taken. These, subdued by the spirit, were seen in all directions, returning to the fold from which they had been allured, & resuming the work which they had for a long time forsaken — Nor has the Spirit operated upon fallen chh members only. His influences have been exerted upon those who were never connected with the chh. True this number was small, a mere remnant, yet not too small to be saved. Some of this number were aged. They had become greyheaded in sin, & had resisted the spirit thro1 successive revivals. They had reached the eleventh hour, & while the minutes of that hour were flying rapidly away, & the last ray of mercy seemed about depart­ ing, the aged rebel, awaking from the slumber of years, cast his eye now for the first time as it were - on the bleeding & long waiting savior, & melted into penitence & submission. Professing to be con­ verted they naturally wished to unite with the people of God. Hence at a convenient time they presented themselves as candidates for ad­ mission to the chh. They were examined for this purpose - & the evi­ dence that they were christians being satisfactory, who could forbid water that they should not be baptized. Hence they were baptized - And when the venerable forms bending under the infirmities of age stood up before the great congregation to pledge themselves to be the Lord's forever - what a melting spectacle was presented ! What evidence too, of the pow er of the gospel ! - We rejoice in the conversion of �Waimea Report 1843 7. the aged, nor is our rejoicing confined to them only. & the young have shared in the glorious work. The middle aged Many in the morning of life & in the bloom of age have apparently fled to the sa v ior as their only refuge from the storms of coming wrath. Of this class, many have been admitted to the privileges of the chh. "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness, from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth." One scene of peculiar interest I would notice. secluded valley of Waipio. before me. It was in the A company of candidates for the chh. stood Amoung them were the greyheaded - the totally blind - the deaf & dumb & the child of 10 or 12 years old. They had been examined together - & were baptized together, & sat down together at the table of the Lord. Some of the number had traveled 6 or 7 hours over giddy palis & deep ravines - to r each the place where the mission­ ary was laboring. - But why receive to the chh a deaf & dumb man? because from all the evidence t h a t could be gathered - from signs & general conduct we regarded him as a christian. He had broken off from former sinful practices - was often found in the attitude of prayer struggling apparently to give vent to his feelings in an audible voice - but poor man ! this privilege was not his - yet doubtless his language was intelligible to the ear of God, Whenever there was a religious meeting, he was usually present, & appeared as devout & interested as any of the worshippers. As he indicated a desire to come into the chh. duty seemed to say, open the door & let hi m come in, "For he maketh the deaf to hear & the dumb to speak." "The eyes of the blind shall be opened & the ears of the deaf shall be unstopt, then shall the lame man le a p as the hart, & the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, & streams in the desert." �Waimea Report 1843 8. The whole number of fallen chh. members who have professed r e ­ pentance & been restored to chh privileges from Jany 1842 to Jany 1843 Is 925 whole no. recd to the chh on examination, 322. were 50 or 60 catholicks, & 2 Americans - amoung these The Lord has done great things for us - & to him he all the glory. For these accessions to the chh, we rejoice & give thanks. But while w e rejoice over the return of some, we mourn over the defection of others. Some who did run well & who seemed to remain steadfast & unmoved amid the great apostacy, have at length fallen, & proving incorrigible - have been excommunicated. Another portion of the chh - has left us - not however to join the ranks of the enemy, but to unite with other chhs on the Islands. And another portion still has been summoned to appear before the Judge of all the earth. It is no longer seen in the little praying circle, in the chh conference - in the solemn assembly or at the table of the Lord. This portion numbers about 200 - making the whole number who have been removed from this chh by death on Jan y 1, 1843, 669. They have gone from the chh below. They are no longer under the eye of an earthly watchman, or an under shepherd. While they lived they were entitled to the privileges of the chh militant. Happy are they if they have found their title clear to the privileges of the chh triumphant. Deducting deaths & dismissions, & excommunications the number of chh members left in regular standing is 2623. Benevolence. A chh. of 2,600 members ought to be able, one would think, to report largely on the subject of benevolence. tain, Were it in Great Bri­ or in the United States or in the more civilized & opulent �Waimea Report 1843 9. portions of the Sandwich Islands, this might certainly be expected, & a failure would be criminal. But in the northern portion of Hawaii, distinguished as you all kn o w for poverty, but little of a benevolent character can be reported. The pastor however has not failed to urge the duty of being benevolent, & the way in which it might be performed subject. Precept has been upon precept, & line upon line on this The state of the world has been presented before the chh. at monthly concerts, & appeals made to their sympathy their com­ passion & their benevolence. But I need not say, that a chh. just emerging from the darkness - the selfishness, & the insensibility of heathenism is not easily moved by the woes of others. But something of a benevolent character has b een done. While the greater part of our charities has been confined to this field other portions of the world have not been overlooked. For the latter 50 dollars have been contributed as a donation to the American Board. I presume none of my brethren will question the propriety of such a donation. I know it is needed on the Islands - yes it is all needed at Waimea - & so the chhs at home may plead that all their charity is needed there. But "there Is that scattereth & yet increaseth, & there is that withholeth ( !) more than is meet & it tendeth to pover­ ty." I will now speak of our charity at home. 1 The labors of the elders who superintend the different chhs or parishes in my field are all gratuitous. By a reference to their reports read at their Semi annual meeting, it will be seen that their labors are almost equal to those of as many missionaries - they con­ duct schools & meetings on the sabbath & on week days, they visit from house to house - attend funerals - direct all the affairs of the chh with the exception of receiving & excommunicating members & adminis­ �Waimea Report 1843 10. tering the Lord's supper - The 16 superintending elders may then be regarded as so many native assistant missionaries, all laboring with­ out remuneration. 2. The poor, the stranger, the fatherless & the widow have been remembered in the charities of the chh. Some chh members report a hundred dollars worth of provision &c as g iven gratuitously to the poor - others report 10 dollars - & others 5, & some one dollar, 3 At some places - the chh members have aided in erecting meeting houses, some of which have been furnished in part with mats, seats & simple pulpits. Here allow me to speak of the meeting house at Waimea. has been long in building. work remains to be done. place of worship. 4 large doors. Nor is it yet complete - This house Much interior But as it is it furnishes a very comfortable Its dimensions 120 ft by 50. It has 10 windows & The part appropriated to meetings has a board floor & is furnished with good & comfortable seats, arranged in 3 rows. The pulpit has nothing to commend it but its simplicity. It has been a Herculian work - which will appear from the manner in w h i c h the materials were collected. The stones, the quantity I could not tell, were collected - mostly one by one by natives from all parts of the field. As the walls were laid up in mortar, lime & sand must be furnished. The former, in the coral state, was b r o ’t, piece by piece from Kawaihae (12 miles distant) on the shoulders of natives, & the wood for burning it was collected in the same way, tho' at no great distance. The sand came from a sand bank about 2 miles distant, b r o ’t by menwomen & children, in calabashes, bags, Kapa & handkerchiefs - some bringing a quart - & some a peck at a time. The timber - with the exception of a portion of the rafters, was drawn by native strength, �Waimea Report 1843 11. the distance, some of it, of several miles sometimes h e attached to one stick. 50 or 100 natives would The lauhala for the roof was brot on the natives b ack, the distance of from 10 to 30 miles. Some of the b oards for the floor were obtained in a similar manner - Na­ tives went to the mountains, a distance of 15 miles & brot them on their shoulders. H o w many thousand dollars the building is worth I c ann o t tell. From a rough calculation however, I would venture to estimate it at from 3,000 to 5,000 dollars. The work has been done, & the expense borne by the benevolence of the rulers, of foreign residents, of chh members & of the pastor. As the original plan of having all the chh members in my field come to Waimea on certain occasions has long since been abandoned - the house now is much too large. Hence one part is occupied as a school room, between wh & the meeting room is a native partition. The new meeting house & the large chh bell - give to Waimea quite a civilized aspect. Popery. Popery has made some progress in this field. The converts to this religion including men women & children amount to about 400. Amoung this num ber are no natives of any great influence. They are mostly apostates - or those whose consciences have become seared as with a hot iron. Popery seems to be a city of refuge bo t h for those who do not succeed in getting into the chh & for those who for their crimes are suspended or excommunicated. There they can drink & smoke, & be allowed almost any latitude in sin they desire. They are under no obligations to attend meetings or contribute for benevolent pur­ poses - There is no discipline for neglect. They can be good Chris­ tians while destitute of every thing that constitutes a Christian. �Waimea Report 1843 12. The catholicks have several schools in this field - one in Waimea & 4 or 5 in Hamakua - Their pupils may number 50 or 60. The 2 protestant schools broken up last year by the influenza (?) are again in operation. I have stated above that about 60 catholicks have abandoned Catholicism, & returned to protestantism - most of whom are now mem­ bers of this chh. L. Lyons �Statistics of Waimea Station - Hawaii for 1843 — Whole no. admitted to the chh on examination " " "" " Past year on examination - - " " " 5,867 C ertificate -- -- ------- _ - _ on Certificate Whole no. past year - - - 322 15 -- ---- ---- -- - - ---- -- Whole no. dismissed to other chhs Dismissed the past year - - - - 337 623 - ------- Whole no. deceased 115 669 Deceased the past y e a r -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---------- 200 Suspended the past year 45 Remain Suspended 45 Excommunicated the past year - - - - ----------- _ - 103 Remain excommunicated ) now in the field) Whole no. in regular standing 925 Whole no. children baptized 2,623 904 Baptized the past y e a r -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---- 73 Marriages the past year 78 Whole no. deaths the past year " " 434 Births 98 Present population 5,576 Schools. No. of Schools Teachers Scholars Readers Writers Arithmetic Geography 22 35 1,128 632 498 669 100 �Report of Waimea Station for 1843 - 44 "Watchman, what of the night” , & what also of the day? This is the enquiry on such occasions as the present, & therefore the watchman come prepared or ought to come prepared to report. of the watchman I must give in my report. As one As to its character, whether good or bad, cheering or disheartening, that will appear as I proceed making out a full & perfect report there are so many particulars to n I he noticed that it is difficult to know where to begin, which to me n ­ tion first & wh last & wh to place in the centre, & how long to dwell on each, or whether some of them are of sufficient importance to be mentioned at all — But then a beginning must be made, & also an end. Let me then begin by saying, the year 1843 has passed away & that part of the world wh. my field occupies remains still. This doubtless is to be attributed rather to the patience & longsuffering of God than to any misinterpretation of prophecy. Nineveh stood some years after it was proclaimed that within forty days it should be destroyed. Not only has the field remained unchanged in its physical structure & ap­ pearance, but the laborers also have been permitted to remain & to persue ( !) their accustomed work as in former years — Sickness & death have been strangers to our dwellings, & interruptions to mission­ ary work have been unknown. This also is to be attributed to the patience & goodness of the Lord rather than to any merit or constitu­ tional vigor of our own. -One part of a report generally has reference to efforts for the promotion of the intellectual department, that is to schools, & the effects of these efforts, whether successful or unsuccessful — I will then devote a portion of my time in giving an account of schools. I can tell you before hand, there will be nothing here that may not be found in other reports. �Waimea Report 1844 2. As to my own schools or schools taught directly by myself not much can be said, nor expected by those who know how I am required to employ much of my time a few weeks at the station & then off on tours in different directions — But I have had schools, one has been what might be called a select school composed of boys & girls — The branches to wh the attention of the scholars was principally directed were geography & the native Anatomy -school for teachers. Another school is called a The teachers from the different parts of my field have been assembled 2 or 3 times at the station for the purpose of receiving some additional instruction in geography, arithmetic &c. That is about the extent of my own schools. I have occasionally visited the native schools of Waimea for the purpose of calling the roll & ascertaining progress in knowledge &c — Our little domestic school has furnished abundance of employment for Mrs L some of my own time has been employed. Here also This school consists of 4 native girls & the 4 children wh we call our own. * Schools under the instruction of native teachers remain to be noticed. Of these, there are 3 in Waimea, 14 in Hamakua, & 4 in Puako & Kawaihae - total 21. Whole number of children instructed in these schools during year Is not far from 1,000. mental Readers 586, writers 447, arithmetic 474, written do, 169, Geography 207. I have had 3 general examinations which occupied a considerable portion of time. At each examination I have given those who commit scripture to memory an opportunity of repeating what they have committed, tho sometimes, there has been so much that I have been obliged to omit a portion. At one examination some 4000 verses of scripture were recited to me, from the different schools. It is rather tedious to be sure, to at­ tend to this part of the examination - yet there seems to be no other w a y y o u can do, if you would have the children commit scripture. They �3. Waimea Report 1844 will not be persuaded to commit it, unless they are pretty sure of having an opportunity of repeating it at examination. a wise arrangement or not, it is rather doubtful. W hether it is What is learned is soon forgotten & then it seems like trifling with the bible to place it in the hands of such wild & thotless children to commit to memory. The man n er of committing, & the manner of reciting, seems altogether too disrespectful. I said 1000 pupils had been taught in the schools during the year, That is correct. But i f I should stop there, I should leave a wrong impression on your minds — speaks w ell certainly. A thousand children in school, that So Job might have boasted of his 7,000 sheep yesterday, while to day not a sheep is to be seen thro all his fields. The schools in my fi(e)ld have not been reduced quite so suddenly, nor so low as this yet there has been a fearful reduction of numbers in some districts. Indeed 2 schools have disappeared altogether & the teachers have taken their flight. One school got angry at the teacher because h e required them to w ork, & went over in a b ody to th e cath o l ics, n o t a very large b ody it i s true, b eing compo sed of on ly 7 m embers/. In th e oth er school th e parents got angry at the Kahukula because he required them to give something to the teacher for instruct­ ing their children. At one time I visited the school & it was the most flourishing school in Waimea, the next time I visited it, half of the scholars had gone to the catholics, & of the other half only 4 could be rallied to attend the school. the school house. Soon after, nothing was left but There are now but 2 schools in Waimea — one of which numbers 5 pupils & the other about 25 o r3 0as regular attendants- - (tho' of this latter one - there are as often 5 as 25) (this material in parenthesis crossed out lightly in pencil) — On my last tour thro �Waimea Report 1844 4. Hamakua - I found most of the schools evidently declining them much more so than others. - some of Though I might say that as yet the schools in that district are, on the whole, as prosperous as might he expected all things considered, yet the next time I pass thro that region I should not be surprised to find them on an equality with those of Waimea. system. There is no permanency as yet attached to the school A school all flourishing one day, is, the next day, a complete desolation. And what is there in the existing state of things that is calculated to give permanency - or continued prosperity to the common schools? - What is there in the appearance of a native school house that presents any peculiar attractive qualities to the eye or to the mind of the child? Why should he turn in there to sit down in the dirt or on the grass among the fleas to turn over a spelling book or answer a question in arithmetic? He can find dirt & grass enough outdoors, where it is far more pleasant than in a dar k & gloomy school house. I a m not speaking at random. houses are on Hawaii. But why not have good & inviting school houses? Oh, that i s the question - why not? house? get it? I know wh at the school Who takes any interest i n a school The teacher would like to have a good house - but how will he The law requires the people to build good school houses, oh, yes the law sounds very well on the subject of schools & school houses. But the worst of it is, it seems to end in sounds — & no w o o l --- — it is all cry But look at parents - should we gather from what we know of their character that schools would be likely to prosper under their influence? Do they wish their children to be educated? Some of them do - but do they use their influence to keep them in school? of them do — some but in spite of them their children wont go to school. But then how many parents there are who have no regard for the education �Waimea Report 5 1844 of their children. They had rather their children would all be cath­ olics, than pay a cent for their instruction. Of this we have abundant evidence. But then there are luna kulas, whose business it is to collect & to keep the children in school — in this way. Yes, luna kulas have done something The prosperity of the schools for 2 or 3 years past is to be attributed in a great measure to them. But it seems from actual observation that they have reached in some places at least, the zenith of their glory & are now descending to the nadir. fallen to the nadir already. Indeed some have It has become an old story — children have ceased to fear them or if they have any fear left, they can be missing when they call at the houses. The luna returns with "I cant find them, they are lurking in their hiding places." become of the law in such cases? - But what has I am sure I cant tell -- I have not seen much of it of late, should think that had become an old story too. — done? Qua cum ita sint? - what shall be done? - what can be that is the question & an important question too — must be done & that soon Something or the recently acknowledged independence of this nation, & the existence of this Mission will at no distant period, come to an end. be done. But I fear nothing of permanent utility will N ay I can n o w almost see the hand of a man writing mene on the walls of the King's palace, — & of our own palaces too. But I must return to my report, Having spoken of efforts for intellectual improvement I come now to speak of efforts of a moral & religious character. Amoung ( !) these may be included 1. Singing Schools. Some efforts have been made to cultivate or rather �Waimea Report 1844 to bring into exercise the musical powers both of adults & children. 12 And so I have reported year after year for these eleven years past. But to a stranger the results would not appear so evident. The climate & the scenery of Waimea do not seem to be peculiarly attractive to the Muses. There are mountains, but they have not the charm of Pindus, Helicon, & Parnassus. 2. Sabbath schools. Of these, there have been 2 at the atation one for children & the other for adults — In the adult school Pilgrims Progress has been the t ext book for a part of the time. This seemed to afford gratification to some of the pupils as far as the relation of the stories was concerned. But then the design & application, that was all algebra & oxigen ( !) to their minds. Attempts were made to explain, but how far the explanations were understood it is difficult to determine. Were I to have my choice, I would say give me the pure bible to explain, i llustrate & inform, rather than the Hele malihini. As a reading book amoung my people, it is of no use without a school & even then its utility is doubtful. -- But then it is printed & in circulation & we must make the best of it. In the out districts there are sabbath schools for children & adults in every parish, superintend­ ed by native teachers. In some places however the teachers find it difficult or impracticable to assemble the children on the sabbath for instruction. They are not fined if they don't attend, so they choose not to attend. An attempt has been made to get up a school in chh History. the attempt has not been followed by very good success. But The school commenced, but in a few weeks it disappeared, in consequence perhaps of interruption from tours on the teacher's part, rather than a want of disposition to attend on the part of the scholars. �Waimea Report 1844 3. Meetings, 7. I might despatch this part of the report by saying, meetings have continued about the same as in years past, without much addition or substraction. Some experiments have been made with regard to meetings on the sabbath, but as they failed of accomplishing the end designed, the original arrangement has been restored & things move on pretty much in their accustomed channel. Perhaps however there Is one change, that may be regarded as permanent, that is, the change of the monthly concert of prayer for the world, from the afternoon of the first monday in the month to the afternoon of the sabbath preceding the first monday. The design of this change is evident, to secure a better attendance. It is a very important meeting & should be well attended - & if one time is better than another time for attendance then take that time. There have been weekly meetings on Mondays, We d ­ nesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. — Meetings in the different parishes throughout the field are conducted by native elders & are attended as far as I can learn as well as meetings at the station. Probably a greater proportion of the people attend meeting in the out districts, than at the station. There are certainly more exercises on the sabbath in some parishes than at the station. 4. Not less than 10 exercises are sometimes reported, The Semi annual meeting of the elders at Waimea from all parts of the field - has been continued; & the same good results follow it as have heretofore been reported. When this meeting was established, wh was several years ago, it was an experiment. The field was divided into some 15 or more parishes or districts, & an elder placed over each parish - who was to perform all the duties of a minister with the exception of seeing to & excluding from the chh - & administering the Lord's supper. A meeting was appointed for these elders for the �Waimea Report 1844 8. purpose of hearing their reports & consulting on various topics. The elders were so much gratified by the proceedings of the meeting that they voted to meet again in 6 months, & from that time to the present the meeting has been held once in 6 months. The exercises of the meeting consist of reports, essays, addresses - discussions, appoint­ ments, &c - At first some of the elders were rather awkward in ma k ­ ing out their reports. Some wo u l d begin with a regular text, stating book, chapter & verse. Others with a "auhea oukou e na hoakenau mai Hawaii a Niihau"[ ] & others with a "E Kanona nona" — Some are awkward still - but there has been a manifest improvement. Practice makes perfect. But awkwardness is not the only fault perceptible in their reports & addresses. Sometimes views have been expressed & opinions uttered wh showed mark of a heathenish origi n . For example, an elder, a Lahaina- luna graduate too, in an address on the good things of ancient times, mentioned 3, three, 1st There were but few deaths in those days, compared with the present, 2d a man had the privilege of having many wives, If he had no children by one, he might have by another - 3d They had long feasts then, sometimes protracted even to a whole month, in which there was no work performed, nothing but feasting. a proposition has been made to abolish the tabus in the chh — Sometimes As the tabu system, was abolished in the days of Rihoriho, why should it be revived? Why should tobacco & leis &c be tabued? (Some have proposed, that there be 2 chhs, one for smokers, & the other for antismokers. None however have been very strenuous on these points. On the whole there exists a good degree of unanimity of opinion & sentiment amoung them.) 4. [This material between parentheses has bee n crossed out.] Tours & visits It is my practice to visit from house to house as �Waimea Report 1844 9. I have time & disposition, & also to make tours thro my field as aften as once in 3 or 4 months. A complete tour requires 3 months, not whole months b ut parts of the three. This, you all understand, is in conse­ quence of the government weeks which produce an interruption in the regular course of things. My course of procedure is as follows, The 2 peoples weeks in the first month I spend in visiting & touring thro Waimea - visiting houses - h o l d i n g meetings, examining schools &c — The 2 peoples week in the next month I spend in Hamakua sometimes more & sometimes less. Puako & Kawaihae. A portion of the peoples weeks in the 3d month I spend in On my return to the station I collect the teachers together from all portions of the field & drill them for a week or two on some particular branch. Then the "chores" must be done up such as mending broken windows, writing letters &c &c - & perhaps the semi annual meeting of the elders comes in the interval — And by that time I must be off again on another tour. But I must say something about these tours in their order. In my first tour I found nothing demanding particular notice in Kawaihae or Puako. in a prosperous state. The 4 chhs & the 4 schools were seemingly Some few were added to the chh on examination & some fallen ones restored on profession of penitence. On my visits thro Waimea as I called at a foreigners house I was led to see w i t h what ease & rapidity, civilization can sink down to the lowest heathenism - a once civilized man - live(s) in a house, without floor, bed, chair, table, filled with filth, pigs, hens, dogs & c . Called at the house of a blind man, he h a d heard of my approach - hence it was not a little amusing as I entered to find him arranging the mats on the floor, brushing off the dirt, examining every corner so as to have all right & nice on my arrival. I entered another house, a sick woman was lying on the floor. Presently, I observed her rolling off something of weight from her body. "What's that? a stone, "for what purpose? to keep down the palipitation ( !) ". �Waimea Report 1844 10. A t another house I found a woman afflicted with a complaint she called the Hebasa, leprosy, I suppose she meant. — In Hamakua I found pros­ perity attending most o f the schools & chhs. Several back sliders were restored - & quite a number presented themselves as candidates for the chh - some of whom were recd. 2 of the chhs had distinguished themselves by their benevolent efforts in furnishing their meeting houses with mats, seats, tables, & pulpits. As I have meetings with the elders &c, on such tours, for business & discussion of various topics, at one of these meet­ ings, an inquiry was proposed by an elder, of a rather singular character it was this, Is it right for us to make efforts to convert the catholic priest wh e n he comes amoung us? It is our thot to beset h i m on all sides & try to convert him, but we have some fears." "what shall be done with the children in school? Another inquiry was, " They fight & quarrel & tare off one anothers clothes, & there is no doing anything with them They regard neither parents nor teachers nor trustees." them. Why, punish "Then they will go to the catholics where they can do as they please." It is a sad case to be sure. In the vally of Waipio are 4 large schools - these all assembled for examination in one place filling quite a large meeting house — during the examination the whole body of pupils arose & recited in concert, several temperance songs - after wh they all pledged themselves to be temperance folks, that they would have nothing to do with rum -awa, or tobacco. In the same valley, at the house of the principal woman - I put up for the night - supper came on I observed by the side of the lady of the house, a large white washbowl soon a tea kettle was brot forward, & some one began to pour its contents into the washbowl - What have you there? "he ti no" -- Pretty soon, a bowl & 2 or 3 deep soup dishes together with the washbowl were filled with tea from the tea kettle -- Molasses was used for sweeting, & this �Waimea Report .1844 11. in no small quantities - & the fingers were thrust in the boiling fluid for spoons to stir it up - as there was but one spoon & many guests. This was the last tea party I have attended 2d Visit & tour. In visiting a portion of W aimea to w h I supposed the way was perfectly plain - & to wh I supposed I was in the right way, I found myself at one time in a real entanglement - lost the path, wandered in a trackless wilderness for some time, till I finally found myself at the point where the difficulty first commenced. So some who are pretty sure that they know the way, & are persuing ( !) the righ t w a y may at length find themselves mistaken. who On this visit I fell in w i t h a woman said she was a member of my chh & had been to 2 communions. "What is your name?" she gave it. baptized you?" Jehova. is your thot? "But I have no such name on my book. Meeting a stranger by the way I asked him, what I am from Puna, but what is your thought? & away he went. Who I am going, The chh in Waimea during this time became considerably involved in sin wh resulted in the suspension of some & the excommuni­ cation of others. On another visit in Waimea I entered a house - a sick woman was lying on the matted floor. I extended my hand to embrace hers when out came a kid from under her Kapa -- ascended a hill country, came to a distant solitary region - reached a house or rather hovel, a poor crazyleaky thing, 8 ft by 5, found 6 souls within all apparently given over to perdition - living without God & without hope — I conversed with them, told them I had come a long & weary way - was hungry & tired in consequence of climbing the long hill -- but I had great love for them, & God had sent me there to warn them &c — them I should probably never visit them again -- told I then placed my- self in as comfortable a posture as I could for prayer i.e. a poi board, turned upside down on the threshhold of the door, serving for �W aimea Report 1844 12. a kneeling place - a fire place was under my nose — disturb me — It proved a melting season — but that did not Before I left 4 of the 6 were so far moved as to promise to leave off their sins & serve the Lord. In Kawaihae & Puako - I found a very encouraging state of things, a revival of religion it might be termed. The elders had been unusally(! ) active & the Spirit of the Lord seemed to have blessed their efforts for converting & reclaiming souls — Many hardened backsliders had been brot to repentance - & many of the wicked both old & young had professedly forsaken their wicked ways & turned to the Lord. The bonnets, & English dresses, & meeting house well furnished - with mats & seats - showed the enterprising spirit of the chh m e m b e r s of Kawaihae — But some of the schools were beginning to decline. Hamakua I found nothing of very special interest. In Most of the schools were in a prosperous state - some of them however had diminished considerably in numbers. The chhs in appearance were enjoying a good degree of tranquility & were reported as free from Lihia ( This however was not true of one chh. was much smoking in this chh. ) There was a rumor that there At the time of communion I told the chh I had heard there was much smoking among them. I shall not call any names, but as smoking is contrary to the laws of this chh - it will not be proper for smokers to partake of the sacrament. Let there be therefore a separation in this house between the smokers & the antismokers. The antismokers will please arrange themselves on one side of the house - leaving the smokers to occupy the other. After the separation was made I perceived there was about as many of the one as the other. company. The Sacrament was administered to the antismoking The others were informed that if they wished to return they could do it by repenting of their sins & bringing forth fruit �Waimea Report 1844 13. meet for repentance. But they all left the house with one exception under a high pressure of what might he called anger There were rumors afloat that led me to suspect there was a similar state of things in the other chhs. I do not recollect of any amusing incident in this tour unless it was the necessity I was under at one place of making a pulpit my dormitory. Surely one might sleep well there. 3d- Visit & tour. Began with Waimea. A meeting was appointed at a certain house for the sake of getting at the wicked who resided there, but on my arrival they had all fled but one. Reached a house wh was so full of smoke that I said we cannot have a meeting here -is a house yonder - we will have a meeting there — when I spoke — the door was open but the words had no sooner escaped my mouth then the door was closed — teacher? There But who is this closing her doors against her On obtaining admittance I found it was one of the members of my chh — She had lately become an apostate. Passed on to a cath­ olic region - held a meeting in a private house -- while preaching a woman cried out - you need not preach repentance to us - we are catholics, we shall not repent. I had some good meetings however — Before leaving the catholic region I visited the catholic school — found about 20 children seated with their teacher on the ground. They were reciting a geographical catechism in concert -- The question that was being read when I entered was, what is the torrid zone? — I asked the teacher if he could answer this question? why - why - why, here it is in the book - oia no ka wa mai ke kahi hai hope, a ike kali." What does that mean? We have not yet obtained that. What indeed. Where is your map? What other school books have you? - an arithmetic wh is yet in French — the New Testament, & this little catechism, a part of wh is in Latin" — He then read a sentence or �Waimea Report 1844 14. 2 to show how learned a Hawaiian had become by becoming a catholic Altar After this he showed me the table, the cross & the candles, said the candle was sometime lighted & placed on the table - to illustrate the words of the savior , "Neither do men light a candle & put i t under a bushel, but on a candlestick - & it giveth light unto all that are in the home". In all his conversation the teacher used the peculiar tones o f the French priest, & he succeeded v e r y well in imitating, I should think h e might be made priest soon. As I was about to leave I told him h e must take good care of the souls of his p u p i l s - wh one of the boys replied," it does not belong to man to take care of the soul - that belongs to God. The French cook who was present - rather rebuked the lad for this display of his wisdom. I left the school with peculiar feelings, for, all these children but a short time since were members of my sabbath s c h o o l . --tour thro Waimea occupied several days - This A pretty thorough explora­ tion was made of the physical domestic, intellectual, moral & reli­ gious state of the people. Some things of a gloomy & saddening character, & others of a bright & cheering aspect presented themselves I cannot soon forget the impression left upon my mind as I passed thro a portion of the field, once apparently cheered by the. trans­ forming Influences of the Spirit, but n o w withered by the pestilen­ tial blasts of Romanism. During this time, the chh in Waimea wore a pleasing external garb. For the most part the moral elements were in a quiet state, & a general calm seemed to prevail. "But more the treacherous calm I dread Than thunders bursting over my head" Suspicions arising that all was not as it should be I was lead ( !) to make a thorough investigation w h resulted In some saddening dis­ �Waimea Report 1844 closures. 15. A host of secret smokers was brot to light. denial was all that could at first be obtained. A downright But a confession was finally made, a confession with what might be called a fury on the part of many, for before any steps had been taken towards disciplin­ ing - yea even before the investigation was completed - they arose in a mass & left the house in great anger, returned to their houses, brot out their long concealed pipes & commenced smoking openly & con­ tinue so still. Of this company, I know of none who have been re ­ claimed, tho there has been no want of efforts for this purpose. Of others less fiendish in their appearance some have be e n apparently reclaimed. Schools during thi s period were declining, yet they presented an encouraging appearance. Puako & Kawaihae formed the 2d portion of this tour - Attending this part of the tour - there was something of a peculiarity. panied by my family - I was accom­ A foreigner rigged up his clumsy ox cart on which we all mounted & were safely conveyed to the shore, not all the way however on the cart - for I fear there would not have been much of us left, if we had remained there till the end. Leaving the mother & little ones at the shore, I performed my visits thro Puako & Kawaihae uka - found chh & schools in an apparently good state. One chh however had been a little disturbed by the entrance of popery. For the first time this enemy of all righteousness had found its way into this portion of my field. Its progress however at this time had not assumed a very terrible aspect. — During this tour, 2 thanksgiving feasts were observed - & past ( !) off with great honor to all concerned. Another was appointed at Puako - but the poor people of that place could not raise fish & poi enough for such a purpose — I spent the day there - but neither ate nor drank anything while there, nor the men with me. Having spent a we e k on this tour, �Waimea Report 1844 16. we returned as we went. Hamakua. This occupied 3 weeks. nation of the schools. chhs. The r e m a i n ing part of the tour embraced Much time was spent in the exami­ More time than usual was occupied with the I wished to ascertain the spiritual condition of each chh member — This could be done only by personal conversation. I wished also to examine into the grounds of former rumors respecting the secret wickedness of the chhs. A pretty thorough investigation showed there was much truth in those rumors. There seemed to be a readiness on the part of the guilty to confess. Hence there was not much difficulty in coming at the true state of things. Multitudes confessed that they smoked, & some that they planted tobacco — I did not question them as to their penitence - or their determination to continue or to forsake - but told them & this with the approbation of the elders - that they would be denied the privilege of attending the present communion, but if they wished to be readmitted to this privilege, they knew the way, & exhorted them all to speedy repentance ----Some were angry & threatened to go to the catholics, h o w others felt I had no opportunity then to determine — But the chhs after the exclusion of these smokers - never appeared better — & I never had more convincing evidence that the chhs were the workmanship of God than during this tour. The state of the schools indicated advance in some things, and a decline in others. In arithmetic they did not appear as well as they did a year ago. In topographical geography they h a d made pro­ gress — In numbers there was some diminutiong - & prospect of more. To gratify the desire of the good & to induce the wicked to make their appearance - a thanksgiving feast was observed in nearly every parish. Many of the .wicked came out & thus I ha d an oppor­ tunity of addressing them on the great concerns of eternity, w h I �Waimea Report 1844 17. otherwise should not have enjoyed. What good has followed or may follow I am not able to determine - Nor am I able to say whether I shall think it advisable to persue ( !) another such a course. — 4th Tour. Here I am on the 4th tour. As far as this tour respects Waimea I have nothing of special importance to say. On Hamakua I found a very interesting state of things relation to the c h h s , a state of things that might be denominated a revival — Multitudes of those who were set aside from the communion during my last tour now came forward as penitent. Those whose penitence had been of some time standing were restored, others were put over till the next tour — At almost every place also some presented themselves as candidates for the chh — but as they did not pass a very good exam­ ination but few of them were r e cd — still — The others stand as candidates As it respects schools - nothing was clearer than the evidence of a declining state — stance had been reduced to 20 . A school of 70 for in­ Yet the schools are not yet down -- They are still attended by a goodly number of children. \ In Puako & Kawaihae the intellectual & religious state of things was on the advance in some places & on the decline in others. And the same might be remarked with regard to the state of civilization. At Puako where I have heretofore found houses lighted at night by some artificial means I now found myself obliged to hold a meeting by the light of Venus, aided eventually by that of the moon. While at Kawaihae where the sound of the shell had always heretofore called to schools & to meetings I found something that as it fell upon the ear resembled the sound of a bell. On enquiry it proved to be a sound proceeding from a large hook of iron suspended between 3 poles in front of the meeting house, & struck by a stone or a hammer -- �Waimea Report 1844 18. A real bell we may conclude will be the next advance in civiliza­ tion. Visits abroad. My visits & tours have not been confined to my own field exclusively. In May I visited Kohala where I spent the sabbath in labors for the benefit of that people in the absence of their pastor. In August I paid a visit to the missionary stations in Kona where I also spent a sabbath — In March & April I spent a week in Hilo - wh ought to be of some worth. Certainly nothing but a worthy object could operate as an inducement to climb those innumerable palis - wh no one can well forget who has ever traversed them, in doing wh, another than Virgil might well exclaim "Hoc opus, hic labor est." especially when the passing of the swollen streams is included. My object in this visit was to attend the examination of the Hilo Boarding school.work four days were devoted. To this And I am happy to say that all the performances were of a peculiarly gratifying character. That es­ pecially wh related to the exhibition of the musical powers & attain­ ments of the pupils is deserving of the highest commendation. But the principal of that institution will I trust speak for himself & for his school. — I said 4 days were devoted to the examination of this school I should have said 3 1/2 - for one half day was devoted to the inspec­ tion & examination of the Female Boarding school superintended by Mrs. Coan, consisting of some 26 interesting girls selected from different parts of Hilo & Puna — institution. This is a very modest & unassuming It does not ever pretend to be a branch of the Royal family - & hence makes no claims for a support from the Royal fund -But surely it holds a most important place in the system of educa- �Waimea Report 1844 19. tion on these Islands & as such it has strong claims upon the pa­ tronage of the mission. Let it by all means b e well sustained - & let as many others like it b e established in this mission as there are females of sufficient physical & mental abilities & in suitable circumstances for commencing & carrying them forward — The church or churches. I have already given some account of the chhs in description of my tours. Hence not much remains to be said on this subject. Something however should not be omitted — 1 - T h o ' I have been under the painful necessity of recording much that is unfavorable to the chh — deep humility & prayer — & that calls for the exercise of yet the fact that so large a number still remain as members of Christ's body, furnishes matter for praise & thanksgiving. The whole number now is not far from 2,000 — That these are all in good & regular standing it is not for me to say nor would any one believe it, if I should say it — it myself. I shouldn't believe They probably maintain as good a standing as the majority of this world's chhs. There i s but one pure chh & that is in heaven - How many of these 2000 belong to that chh - none but the heavenly pastor can tell. He knows his sheep & calls them all by name 2 - That so many cases of secret smoking have come to light is not so much a matter of wonder as that there are no more cases of open smoking. How much secret smoking there is in any Hawaiian chh is not so easily determined. That there will be less or that the se­ cret smokers will long be prevented from exhibiting their pipes open­ ly, is not to be expected as long as the present state of feeling continues amoung ( !) the majority of the brethren respecting the subject of tobacco. How many use it themselves I know not - not many I hope, but there are many, unless I am mistaken, who do not regard �Waimea Report 1844 its use as coming within the territory of chh discipline. W h ile there is no more uniformity in feeling & practicing in the mission is it not a question whether the different pastors should not con­ sult together & come to the unanimous decision to blot out the item of tobacco from amoung the subjects of chh discipline? decision be proclaimed in all the chhs — Then let the True a denser & more terrific smoke might follow than ever rose from Kilauea’s smoking crater — yet there would be union in feeling in practice - in practice at least - & union is strength, & might result in a little while in driving all the smoke away. — 3. This chh has not been left to wither & die, & moulder like Ezekial's valley of dry bones. There has been some vitality in it - some moving, active principle — There has been some spirit of prayer & some energetic efforts for the salvation of others, all w h has been attended with the smiles of heaven -- & the operation of the Spirit. As the results I would mention that some 50 or 60 from the ranks of S atan have been apparently converted & re cd to the chh - & some 2 or 300 fallen chh members have been apparently brot to repentance & reinstated in the enjoyment of former privileges. 4. The efficient body of the chh that is the elders deserve praise for the fidelity with which they have performed office. Tho some of them have fallen into sin & deserted their post, yet this number has been small -well — 5. the duties of their The far greater part have stood & proved efficient cooperators in the missionary work. -- Contributions in the chh — The chh has not been altogether inactive in the cause of benevolence — As much perhaps has been done as their circumstances permitted. Something has been contri­ buted in Kapa, salt, f i s h &c for the spread of the gospel in foreign �Waimea Report 1844 lands — 21. But most of the benevolent efforts of the chh have been devoted to the erection & improvement of meeting houses. department some of the chhs have done well, — In this When it was made plain by the Nonanona that meeting houses were not included in govern­ mental work - then the chhs having no where ( !) to lean but on them­ selves, could show by actual experiment that they could accomplish more without than they would with the aid of the state. The chh now is making efforts to liquidate a governmental debt of some 75 dollars w h has been of some 3 years standing. As there seemed no probability that government would ever cancel it. the chh, prompted of course by their pastor, has undertaken the work & will probably succeed. — The amount of contribution in w o r k & various articles stands on my book at $228.00. 6. Deaths - dismissions &c — & dismissions to other chhs The chh has been diminished by death by the former 138 have been removed, making the whole number deceased 806. By the latter 34 have left us, making the whole number dismissed to other chhs, 657. The whole nu m ­ ber of deaths in the field the past year is 277, births 106. Romanism. I have already given some particulars relative to this subject — But I must say more — past year — The catholics have gained some ground the They have increased the number of establishments so that at the present time there are almost as many catholic parishes as protestant. very formidable. of pupils. ours -- The number of converts however has not as yet become Their schools do not yet embrace an alarming number Their school houses do not present any more charms than I mean school house furniture & apparatus. — But there are allurements in the schools of wh the protestant schools are destitute. . The children have the privilege of either going to school �Waimea Report 1844 or staying at home - just as they please & are subject to no penalty. W h en at school they are allowed to conduct [ themselves] according to their inclinations. Behave ever so b ad there is no punishment. They are not required nor ever invited to do any thing in support of their teacher. Parents too have no fines or taxes to pay. ments do not exist in our schools. These allure­ Therefore under existing circum­ stances, the catholic schools can very easily draw in the majority of the children & leave the protestant schools a desolation. And this they will do - unless something be done to counteract the in­ fluence of their present management. W hat shall be done? L Lyons Statistics of Ch Waimea Hawaii Whole No. ad. to the chh on examination " " " " " " Certificate Past year - Examination " " - Certificate Whole n o . past year " " dismissed to other chhs " the past year Whole no. deceased -" past year --------Whole no. now in the chh - not far from Whole no. children baptized B aptized the past year Marriages past year Whole no. schools no. teachers No. children taught the past year No. of readers " " Writers " " Geography " " Mental Arithmetic " " Written do -------- - L Lyons 5,922 131 55 17 72 655 32 806 138 2,000 956 52 109 21 30 1019 586 447 207 474 169 � 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 - Waimea - 1832-1844 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844