https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/30554d155ee66c017ec0b93e3c62f83b.pdf 2c35a4a3a9d52296ff94bc95c968af66 PDF Text Text WAIMEA (HAWAII) STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Unsigned (Lyons)--------------------- 1854 Lyons, L ------------------------- ------ 1855 Lyons, L [statistics given for 1856]1857 Lyons, L -[statistics for 1857]--------1857 Unsigned (Lyons)--- ------ ------------1858 Lyons, L------- ---------- May 1,----- 1859 Unsigned (lyons)-— -— --------- -— - 1860 Lyons, L ------------- --- ------ ---- -1861 Unsigned, (Lyons) Abstract --------- 1860 Lyons, L ------ ----- ------------------ 1861 Lyons, L---- --------- — — --- ------ — 1862 Lyons, L-----— ----- --- -— ---- ---- — 1863 �Report of W aimea Station Hawaii for 1854 -That I am permitted to make a report for 1854 is a privilege not granted to all who presented their reports at our last annual meeting, & calls for gratitude to Him who has prolonged my life. While some of our number have bee n called to close their missionary labors & to enter into rest. I have been allowed to toil on in the good work to which I have devoted myself. some interruptions. Not however without Two sabbaths found me not in my accustomed place - the pulpit, in consequence of some bodily indisposition. One sabbath was indeed a day of rest — a day in which instead of occupying the place of the preacher - I occupied that of listener a luxury which kuaaina [back-woods; country] missionaries seldom enjoy unless we come to the metropolis. But while my own health has been such as to cost but little loss of time & labor that of Mrs. L. has been such as to occasion many suspensions of her or­ dinary labors - both on the sabbath & on w eek days. Labors. These may be divided into internal & external or interior & exterior, or in the house & out of the house. Those of the first class, I find on looking them up to be quite numerous -- so much so that perhaps I ought to apply for a higher salary, in imitation of some of others. 1. In consequence of the frequent illness of the mistress of the house, the duties of the master receive quite found in the kitchen & among the children — an accession — for when one member suffers, the others must have something to eat & the children must be looked after. �Waimea Station Report - 1854 2. 2. As our houses are much like our earthly tabernacle the body — they have taken up considerable time & attention — new dresses - new teeth &c — The body needs so our houses require new coats of paint - plaster, paper, white wash &c &c — & if they are not listened to they will utter their complaints or engage lawyers to utter them for them. So for the sake of peace, as well as of com- fort & decency, one should yield to all thereasonable requirements. 5. Having various pecuniary matters to attend to — been employed in keeping the requisite accounts — &c — much time has making reports As head of the domestic department I must keep an account of domestic expenditures in order to keep them within proper bounds — & prevent my neighbors from calling me a spendthrift or a non econ­ omist & keep my creditors from feeling uneasy & wondering h o w I a m going to pay my debts & also to avoid becoming a bankrupt. As head of all the benevolent departments, the 16 adult & 16 children missionary societies, the pas t o r ’s fund, church erection fund, & general charity fund — much labor has been expended in keep­ ing the account of receipts & disbursements — and making out 1/4 ly & annual reports. As treasurer of the school fund for two Districts — the taking in money, counting it and doing it up in packages of tens for the tax gather[ers] never do that, paying it out & hence accounting (?) it, to some 20 teachers, as many trustees, to school inspectors - to workmen on school houses & yards &c — three times a year & reporting l/4ly on the same -As land agent -- selling land, receiving & keeping account of land moneis ( !), sending it off -- & all the labors & vexations �Waimea Station Report - 1854 3. connected with that agency — land given up & money returned — &c As book &c seller, receiver of Elele [Messenger] money - the &c ordering, receiving, putting up of books &c brushing off the dust & mould — giving them out — taking in pay — money, fowls, provisions &c - & then properly apportioning the receipts, crediting some to the Am. Board - some the Am. Bi. Society, some to the Am. Tract Society, some to the Min. of Pub. Instruction -- & charging to family expendi[or there ?] tures, what belong, these — And w h e n it is remembered that these 160 subscribers for the Elele & some dozen or more agents - from whom Elele money is rec'd & each one of the subscribers as he pays for his paper must be marked as paid — & that there are 20 schools & 16 parishes i.e. some 600 children & their teachers & some 2000 chh members & others calling for a supply of school books - bibles testaments - slates - paper - pencils - & making payment for the same — can it be supposed for one moment that the demand on my time & patience is small? — of As recipient & administrator ofgov. medicines among the numerous patients that 3 districts of 3 or 4000 people must furnish to whom the description of the prophet may well apply, the whole head is sick & the whole heart faint; from the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it - but wounds & bruises & putrifying sores -- Hardly a day has passed in which there has not been a call for medicine & often several calls a day My circle of epistolary correspondence has become so large that the performance of its labor has consumed not a little time & thot. To enter into detail here would weary your patience. I am obliged �Waimea Station Report - 1854 4. to have communications with the 15 subpastors in my field, with the school inspectors, teachers & trustees - Elele agents - purchasers of land, tax collectors, magistrates, governors -- Ministers of Pub. Instruction & of the Interior — benevolent societies — secular agents, treasurers of difft must order books, mediciens, Eleles &c &c -- This correspondence is principally on business — correspondence w i t h my Missionary brethren — I will not mention That has been small - & perhaps too much neglected - But if any brother is inclined to find fault - perhaps by looking about a little he would find the sin lying at his own door — I am a little disposed to think that some of the brethren living in & about the centre of the world do not sufficiently provoke their more remote & hence barbarous brethren to carry on a brotherly & profitable correspondence. have too many other irons in the fire - But like myself I suppose they But all this, as a relief by way of episode. As head of the Post Office department of Waimea another portion of my time has been in demand. A weekly mail between Kawaihae & Hilo was established some months ago - & ourself was appointed postmaster for Waimea — Of course I must attend to the receiving - opening - making up of the mail for Hilo & Kawaihae - Oahu &c Distribute Waimea letters & papers - count out - put up & send off Eleles to 14 districts - &c -Another branch of interior labor has been the receiption & enter­ taining of visitors, such as circuit judges, district attorneys, dis­ trict magistrates, minister of Public Instruction, governors & lieu. Governors - & various other officers of government - besides a goodly �Waimea Station Report - 1854 5. number of foreigners of no particular office perhaps — & natives without number at all hours of the day not often however at night or on the sabbath. The latter of course have some pilikia to r e l a t e — I must talk about that, be it about body or soul — disease, debt, law , land, money, As many call for medicine quarrels, repentance, & salvation — I must of course inquire about the disease — it. & hear what is said about And when the diseased come themselves I must examine them — As I have the charge of different moneys - as related above - I am about the only one to w h o m natives & foreigners apply to have their gold exchanged for silver fr a 2 1/2 to a 50$ peice ( !) - & these applications are by no means few — & the attending to them takes up much time & occupies many steps. - Some calls are on the subject of matrimony either to enquire whether it is best to marry or to be married, & this from two districts - & 16 parishes - including protestants, & Mormons & Catholics — house — As all marriage ceremonies are performed in my or entertaining room rather - & at all times of day & night - sabbath excepted - you can imagine how much time the necessary in­ quiries - ceremonies &c must require. bride would neither say yes nor no - One couple was rejected - as the So any question asked — In trying to marry a chinaman the officiating minister thot he would be obliged to give up -- couldn’t for a long time make him understand what to do - he performed various evolutions & involutions - turning right abouts - throwing up his hands &c — but h e finally succeeded in getting him so fixed as to tie the knot. Another branch of the in the house labor has been teaching. When the mistress has been unable to attend to the studies of her department - �W aimea Station Report - 1854 they have devolved on me — 6. when at home — But besides this, when not on tours, I have devoted a part of 5 days or a part of each of the 5 days to teaching Latin & Algebra to one of the children -- This I have found a peculiarly refreshing exercise — it brings up old times & revives the almost forgotten knowledge of both branches — I would recommend the exercise to those of the learned fathers who are not persuing ( !) it. Various reading might be mentioned as another part of internal work — This has occupied most of my evenings — family reading we call it - one reads & the others listen - & work besides. This has been peculiarly advantageous to the work driven wife & mother — but little time to read herself - so burdened with house w ork she is furnished with an intellectual entertainment by the evening reading. I advise all husbands whose wives are so encumbered with the things of the world as to get no time for reading themselves that they so arrange their business as to leave the evenings for family reading. If you are all following this course I am glad of it, & my advise ( !) is But the amount of reading required, must, if performed, consume no small portion of time — Being called to act as physician - medical books m u s t be consulted - or law case comes up - the people wish to know what to do - & hence the law books must be tumbled over to releave ( !) the/ d ifficulty & so of various other things — then there is the reading necessary to prepare one for his ministerial duties <— Another & a quite important interior w ork has bee n attended to the revising of the hymn book & the preperation of an A i o ka la for 1856 assigned to me last year. Some of the old hymns have been al­ tered - & about 40 new ones added. The printing committee wished more written on different subjects - but I wrote to them that the �Waimea Station Report - 1854 7. muses had taken their flight & there was no knowing when they would return — Tho’ according to their request I resolicited their in­ spiration & they came back - but evidently very reluctantly & gave me but an half of an inspiration as you will see by consulting some of the last hymns. But if the brethren recommend it, I will consent to try the muses again & be making slow prep(er)ations for another edi­ tion w h e n the present one becomes exhausted. There are I find many typographical errors in the ne w book - you will not attribute them to the p o e t . As to the Ai o ka la I have it in manuscript — Some advised to make it on the subject plan -- others on the historical plan -weighed I the reasons on b o t h sides - & came to the conclusion that the successive (?) histor[ic]al plan was best for the people at pre­ sent They have had a 2 years A i o ka la on subjects — jects are a good many you will find — & 104 sub­ & it would require more time & study & use of the eyes to get at 52 new subjects & confirming texts than I deemed it most of the out districts — in me to furnish. The people in & especially the reading children you will find very ignorant of the historical parts of the bible — Let them have an Ai o ka la for several years on the historical parts only leaving out most of other matter — till they get a pretty good knowledge of the historical incidents contained in the Scriptures — then take up other portions. Hence supposing that the Ai o ka la last year on Genesis & the Haawina baibala on the same book would answer for Genesis. I have commenced in Exodus — about finishes the historical parts of that book — & the year 56 I propose if agree­ able to this body to go on in the historical parts for 1857 & so on. 1857 I think will about finish the pentateuch. Aia no nae ia oukou �Waimea Station Report - 1854 8. Ina a ae oia, a i ole oia iho lanohoi -- I might state as another branch of interior labor the preperation for preaching, bible classes, sabbath schools - funerals &c &c — But I have detained you long enough on this class of labors. Now I would inquire if you do not think it no more than right that my sal­ ary should be raised so much at least as to allow me to employ a clerk to perform some of the chirographical labor? Perhaps this might be done by the allowance of a certain percentage on what is given away & what is sold, for it is about as much trouble to give books & medi­ cines away as to sell them. You are doubtless thinking that I am inclining a little towards meanness & avarice. devising some way to releave ( !) the Board — calling on that — By no means — I am to get a support without That is certainly true benevolence — But he is not in earnest you are saying, well let it go at that; which brings me to the 2d class of labors -- the external, or exterior or out of house labors 1. Gardening — This is a v e ry important branch — we all ought to have a good garden & devote some considerable time to its cultivation in company with the wife & children. sake - for its good effect on the This is necessary for health's industrial system of the children, & its devoting influence on the mind & the affections — But while I have not neglected this work altogether, I have done nothing worth reporting, tho’ Mrs. L. & the children might present, if allowable, quite an interesting report on the subject -2. I have spent some time in the workship - We are always having more or less tinkering to do — things go to decay — & need renew- �Waimea Station Report - 1854 9. ing - & new articles or improvements must be made - This affords exercise, prevents dyspepsy, & saves money — 3. I will not descend to such particulars as bell ringing - t h o ' I might say that most of the bell ringing for meetings & sabbath schools & bible classes is done by myself — It is a good exercise just before meetings — 4. Visiting the sick & the poor & from house to house in Waimea has been another branch of external work — - This has not been performed so faithfully & so extensively as I could wish — Other labors have prevented. 5. Calls to attend funerals have required some of my time — has b e e n among the people both natives & foreigners — met a singular fate. 2 foreigners One was found one morning in the street lying in an insensible state by the side of his dead horse — the day - Death he died during The other was found on a certain morning lying dead in a stream with his head much bruised. These died in all probability as they had lived, enemies to God & all righteousness. Another for- eigner or rather half cast - son of old M r . Parker - died in a differ­ ent state. He lived some 7 or 8 miles distant. I visited him during his sickness - he had become a new creature in Christ - His death was peaceful - it was a pleasure to attend his funeral - held in a meeting house built by his orders to a c c o m m o d a t e the people on his father's premises - who there assembled every sabbath to listen to the truth proclaimed by some good deacon invited there from different parts of my field — & from Kohala — The grey headed old man felt the stroke very acutely - & was like one that refused to be comforted. Would that he might look to the proper source for consolation — The celebration of the obsequies of the late King required a sermon �Waimea Station Report - 1854 in both native & english. 10. A great congregation assembled to show their respect for their departed sovereign. corum were exhibited thro'out the exercises — ism — in Waimea — out their hair — The utmost order & deno outbreak of heathen­ There was a little of it in Waipio. Some plucked kakaued [tatooed] their bodies , knocked out their teeth, & one man bored the septum of his hose & put a strong or a ring in it - in honor to his King. That there was so little exhibition of scenes of old times shows that the people are not what they once were. 6. They have reached no small height in the scale of civilization. Meetings &c on the sabbath I have attended 4 exercises - a sab­ bath school - a public meeting a chh meeting & sabbath school - a bible class, & on We d pm a bible class & chh session — - Our monthly concerts are on the sabbath — 7 Tou rs. I have made 3 tours thro' each of the 3 districts. In Waimea I spend 3 days on each tour - in visiting & holding meetings in the 3 divisions, on the 4th day is a fast - a chh meeting &c pre~ paritory to communion - & on the following sabbath is the communion service -- In Hamakua I spend 2 sabbath each on tw[o] tours & 3 on the 3d tour -- in order to have time to attend to the Temperance festivals & annual meeting of the Missionary society & native subpas­ toral association. tour — In Kawaihae & Puako - I spend one sabbath on each On each of these tours I attend among other things to the examination of the schools - for being paymaster for one thing I wish to know what the state of the schools i s -- in order to guide me somewhat in the payment of teachers & trustees & inspectors. And then apart from this, I am an old friend o f the children - I love to see them together & talk to them - & labor for their good & stir them up �Waimea Station Report - 1854 11 . to do something for themselves & for the children in Fatuhiva & Micro­ nesia &c -- No matter what changes take place - we must hold on to the children — They are our hope & the hope of the nation -- This is a general & concise or diffuse statement of my external la­ bors — 3. Tho' all are not included — State of the schools — this — I d o n ’t know as I need to say much about The minister of Pub. Instruction in his report has been suf­ ficiently particular & lucid. could b e expected. The schools are quite as prosperous as They have their ups & downs — sometimes advancing - sometimes apparently receding - sometimes suspended in some places for want of teachers or of funds. It is so every w here — But that the native schools in my field have b e e n a failure I have yet to learn — What does a failure mean? I suppose if a man should try to go to the moon in a balloon & should not succeed in getting there that w o u l d be a failure — or if a merchant should t ry fo r years to be rich & should turn out bank rupt. that would be a failure. The missionaries came here, learned the Hawaiian language - found it not so rude & chaotic & senseless as some supposed - they reduced it to writing, hence it was reducible — - as Owhyhee the Kows Atowai - Woahu ? corrected barbarous pronunciations Mowee - Honnalulu — The H ? &c - not so pronounced by the natives, they always pronounced their own language correctly & speak it grammatically - In attempting to learn the language the Missionaries did not find it a failure they acquired it - that is as much of it as they need­ ed or as they needed it. They found it or find it a very extensive language - apparently inexhaustible - unfathomable - we haven't reached the bottom yet - & probably never shall. It is a good - a great, a smooth - a vigorous a poetical language - The bible the book of books �Waimea Station Report - 1854 has been all translated into it — language? 12. Does that show it is a meagre That the learning of it has been a failure? The wisest heads that could be found here have written law books - Statute, crim­ inal &c - employing the hardest technical law terms found in the Eng. language — They have all been translated into the Hawaiian language does that show that It is a poor meagre insipid good for nothing lan­ guage — The sooner it i s banished from the world the better? the acquisition of it been a failure? Has Has it prov ed an impossibility to converse & write intelligently in it & carry on / business in it, preach & legislate & teach in it? But if the acquisition of it on the part of Missionaries has not been a failure it may be said or has been said that the teaching of it to the natives that is the whole educational course in the native schools has been a failure. How is this to be made out? Have the natives failed in acquiring the art of reading & writing their own language. Have they failed to acquire a knowledge of arithmatic - Algebra Geometry, philosophy, surveying &c in their own language? — are they unable to act as Kings, governors, magistrates - tax collectors, as clerks in stores & govt. offices teachers /^ & keep accounts in their own language — Have the thousands taught In the native schools no advantage over the untaught tribes of Fatuhiva & other Isles (?) of the sea? asking such questions? But why spend my breath in or exhaust your patience in listening to them? The teaching the Hawaiians in their own language — ie the system of native schools heretofore in use - has not been a failure - but has accomplished great & wonderful things the full glory of which will not be repealed till the second coming of the son of the son of man - �13. Waimea Station Report - 1854 when the mouth of the fault finder shall be shut, & the tongue off the slanderer (shall be) dumb . English Schools. I am unable to report on the success of these - as they have not as yet been established in my diocese As I was appointed a trustee of these schools in the 6th & 8th districts of Hawaii I of course endeavored to do something towards their establish­ ment - But with all the efforts I & my colleages ( !) could make or did make — we could not get even the promise of funds enough to jus­ tify us in opening a school -for scholars at 10$ per head. enthusiastic. I believe w e obtained 14 subscriptions Perhaps I have not been sufficiently Yet we had parents & children together & whole neigh­ borhoods & had warm & flaming debates on both sides — - & some of the natives to carry their point ie to show the importance of Eng. schools [speak in a foreign language] would make use of what few Eng. words they had got & namu / away much to the amusement of all. But their eloquence was unavailing — Now are the people in my field to be blamed for not coming up to the help of those who think that nothing will save them but the knowledge of the Eng. language — Are they not rather to be praised? I was going to say that I am not a very warm advocate for teaching the natives English. I predict no very wonderful success to the Eng. School system. The natives will get a smattering of English that may be of some use to them temporally considered - but may be of great injury to them in a spiritual point of view. The results of even the royal school under its first teachers may be pointed to me as demonstrative proof of what English Schools can do. mate results of that school - But w e have not yet seen the ulti­ True it has furnished us a King that seems to promise well & w e all hope the best from him — our hope is mixed with trembling. but of course However let the experiment be �W aimea Station Report - 1854 14. made - let us see what Eng. schools can accomplish for the nation — Nothing like trying — But I would by no means allow my zeal in these to diminish my interest in the well established system of native schools. Long live the native schools — Language -- long live the Hawaiian those who seek to blot that out of existence - seek to blot the nation as such out of existence. Perhaps that would be a praiseworthy act, if a better nation should be made to take its place. But that I am not altogether opposed to the natives learning English is evident from the fact that I have 5 scholars in the Hilo Boarding School paying 10$ per annum for being instructed in this language -I hope they will make something - & all others seeking an Eng. educa­ tion. 9. State of the church. on this subject. I d on’t know as I have anything ne w to report The church members have had trials from Mormons & from intemperance, & from licentiousness & other enemies. While some have yielded, the Lord knows how many, I don't, others have stood firm so far. That there is much sin in the church I have no reason to doubt - but much reason to fear. mistake or thro' wrath. It leaks out sometimes thro' But there is doubtless a frightful m ass covered up - -awaiting to be revealed at the day of Judgement if not before. I sometimes fear that the whole chh fabric in my field is built upon the sand & will one day come tumbling down to the destruc­ tion of multitudes & the confusion of the pastor. But the Lord knows who are his & I hope & trust he has placed his seal on some of the 2000 professed disciples in my diocese — I have done what I could to save them - but a Paul may plant & an A p o l l o s may water, but God must give the increase. There have been some hopeful appearances - some little awaken­ �Waimea Station Report - 1854 15. ings, some professed conversions - some apparently cheering additions to the different chhs under my care -— and some few fallen & apostate members it is hoped have been brot to repentance & restored to chh privileges. Benevolence How much heart felt benevolence or true charity as described in the 13th chap of 1 Cor - there is in the chh. is not for m e to say — generally 1. Perhaps however there is as much in my chh as in chhs ; The people have done something for the poor among themselves but nothing comparatively to what they should have done. The poor are much neglected, especially where they have no particular relatives. 2. They have done considerably towards building chhs — wind blew down 4 or 5 chhs. been floored with plank — A strong Kona One was a framed building & had just The w ind came & took the roof off & set it nicely & uninjured on the ground, beneath which meetings have been chh held ever since. Two of the fallen chhs have been rebuilt - one/has been rethatched yes two — & considerable preparations have been made for putting up three framed chhs — In one parish the people had drawn their timbers - some very large to the site of their old meeting house — had it all hewn & morticed - then concluded to desert the s pot & build by the public road some mile or two mauka -- all up hill. timbers Their carpenter told them they must carry the timbers on their shoulders - lest the mortices should be injured — They tried 2 or 3 timbers - but did not carry them far before they gave out - & concluded they must give up that plan — But being told it would not injure the mortices to drag t h e timbers, it being up hill they went to w o r k on that plan — 2 other parishes joined In to help them, men, women & children - & so they succeeded in getting their timbers to the new site. I think �Waimea Station Report - 1854 16. they will have a house a new house of worship in a year or two, if they persevere — Another parish has subscribed about 200$ for the carpenter’s work &c on their chh. They intend to have a nice meeting house - & the luna wished me to solicit aid for them from my brethren - which I promised to do. 3. The various missionary societies adult & juvenile have made out to contribute something - for missionary purposes in Fatuhiva & Micronesia. While they are to be commended for [what] they have done they deserve to b e rebuked for what they have not done. The kokua subject seems to have become an old story - & hence like other things among Hawaiians has lost its interest. But I keep to work trying to do my part by stirring up the chh members to love & good works, & so something is given. That no more is given while it makes the pastor’s heart feel safl, yet it is no great wonderment. The people are poor, burdened as they think with taxes - ignorant, don't know how to do - how to give have very few ideas if any about benevolence or the object of giving. They are children & less than children in their ideas on this subject, & it has been a mistake to call them kanaka maku a s . But perhaps some of them on this point are approaching to the stage of manhood. We hope so at least. 4. Pastor's Support. This is something the people can see - It is optical & tangible & present - It being a matter of sight they take more interest in it than i n other matters of this kind. Their pastor is with them & if they give their kokua to him or for his support they know where it goes to. They have brot in their contributions for this object as often as I have made tours. Each one has be e n called upon to give something - ie each of the chh members — many have given �Waimea Station Report - 1854 17. something & as many more have given nothing & all added together at the end of the year made 600 dollars - you see without the nothings, it would only be 6 dollars — When the people come to hear the sum­ ming up of their rials, quarters, & dollars — instead of seeming pleased they seemed to b e vexed that they had given so much — That at least was the expression on the countenances of some, t h o ' none with one exception, had given much over 2 dollars each - for the year & many not more than a hapa ha [a quarter]. I suppose those who had given nothing feld convinced that they had done right. given this year I am unable to guess. What will b e The first contribution is less than the first contribution last year. But the next may be greater- yet the people find it very difficult to obtain money. Civilization. I need say nothing on this subject - Sometimes I think there is progress. When native letters pass thro my hands superscribed My dear M r s &c - Rev Lyons Esq. - that looks like an approach to refined civilization - a step onward -- Others superscribed Hawaii Waimea N au Na — seems to show a step backwards — But then - I have seen as great blunders made by men of more civilized nations — Temperance & Intemperance — intemperance among the natives. light. There has b e e n no outbreak of A few cases only have come to the How much drunkeness is carried on in the dark I know not. Judging from reports I fear there is considerable ti root beer & awa & fermented potatoe drinking. If so it will come out ere long. "Be sure your sins will find you out." as in ancient times. extensive notice. doom. must be fulfilled in these Intemperance among the foreigners needs no Its victims are gradually meeting the drankard's The 2 cut down so suddenly belonged to this class. have had a very narrow escape — Others yet they heed not the warning. �Waimea Station Report - 1854 Catholicism. 18. I had almost forgotten there was any of this religion in my field till assured (?) of it by the fact that some few protestants, in consequence as they thot, of being unjustly fined by the magistrate, had applied to the catholic priest on his late visit for admission into his chh. Mormonism. This seems to be just the religion to please many, & many have embrased it. It has made great inroads into 2 or 3 par­ ishes & threatens to make still greater ones. Foreign teachers from Salt Lake came in among the people & work aw ay till they get a little foothold - get a family to entertain them & there they stay paying & paying - on one side & on the other - till one yields & then another & then another & so on — is some 170 or 180 — Their whole number of desciples in my field I should not wonder If one half of the chh members should follow them — They are making preparations to flee to Lanai as a place of refuge from the destruction that is soon to visit the remainder of the Islands — The foreign mormons tell frightful stories about the famine in America — that Curtis has written that he had been so n e a r stained to death he was obliged to go to Salt Lake -- where he now is — the natives -- that I know it but conceal it from Three months remain before the final destruction of these Islands — Births & deaths. For the first time since I began to keep any register of births & deaths, I am able to report an excess of births over deaths — there having been 129 births & 97 deaths - excess, 32 — Whether this is a matter of rejoicing & betokens good I can't say, but am rather inclined to the contrary view. to die off as fast as possible - N ot that I wish the people Long live those now on the stage - but let us not pray for an increase of the race unless it is of a better �Waimea Station Report - 1854 19. stamp, & this is not to b e expected from the training Hawaiian parents are giving & destined to give their children. To have a different training the race must be remodeled & to have a different race the training must b e remodeled. Oppression I was going to say something on this subject. perhaps my report is already too long. But Besides it would be of no very great use to you to know that there is not a little oppression in my field, from magistrates, Konohikis, land owners — themselves — from the people each one seemingly oppressing his neighbor getting him into trouble in law — into debt &c &c — I sometimes feel almost sorry that I ever had anything to do towards helping the people get kuleanas, lands &c — privileges — they make as bad a use of their rights & But then it is so everywhere — & we hope for better times, when the new order of things comes to be better understood & the remembrance of the old order are blotted from the mind. have need of much patience & perseverance. be done in a day nor in a generation — We The work to be done cannot We should beware of being discouraged, should always be buoyant with hope - & always abounding in the work of the Lord & for this good reason — that we know that our labor is not in vain in the Lord. — The time is short - Since I last reported, one of my fellow laborers on the same Island, one wh o m I loved most ardently, & we all loved him, has fallen — his joys & his sorrows — and yet another — not with us — he is not here to tell us of his toils, He has gone to report to a higher court — her toils & troubles - are all ended - Another is he has gone to save his life - but may never return - & yet obtain a longer life. Ere another anniversary of this kind ar­ rives , the hand that has penned this report may be motionless - & the �Waimea Station Report - 1854 voice that has uttered it be silent in death. May he remember this & act accordingly — [Unsigned] Lyons Statistics for 1854, recd to the chh on exam & certif " " " " on exam " " on certif on exam in 54 on certif " Whole No. dismissed - - - - - - - - - " in 54 Whole No. deceased in reg. standing " in 54 perhaps Deceased among the excluded Excluded in 54 Restored Whole no in regular standing Remain excluded in the field " " in other places ) whether dead or alive, restored or not) is not known ) Children baptized in 54 Whole no. children baptized Marriages Births Deaths Catholics Mormons Schools all protestant Pupils Whole no " " For Pastor's support for Missionary purposes f r . adults - 235.00) Total fr. children 55.00) For building of chhs - cash 40.00 in work -- not known 6986 6458 518 53 32 1322 30 2022 57 1000 153 28 1892 400 350 63 1497 54 couple 129 97 155 160 20 571 603.00 290.00 40.00 �Report of Wiaimea Station Hawaii for 1855 In presenting another annual report before this Association, it would be ungrateful not to say irreligious to neglect to acknowledge the continued goodness & lovinging ( !) kindness of Him to whose cause I am devoted. Unworthy & insignificant as I must appear in his eye He has not withheld his aid & his blessing. Life & health have been preserved & ability granted to perform the customary duties of another Missionary year. What these duties are I need not stop to specify, for I am addressing those who are not ignorant on this subject - & repetition will be a waste of time & paper & patience. My field you well know is large — comparitively speaking, ie where the comparision is confined to the Hawaiian Isles. Bring in Asiatic missionary fields & comparision will sink mine to the low­ est depths of insignificance. our own Isles. But we will confine the resemblance to I might persue ( !) the course of some by saying my field is divided into 16 parishes & subparishes, 16 churches with their subpastors & begin with No. 1 & tell all about it & then take up No. 2 & 3 & so on to the end of the chapter. But this would be too much like working by the day, a slow & tedious process — the uku pau system I imagine will be more acceptable. Taking my field as a whole it has not differed much the past year in its general characteristics from previous years. Perhaps the long spell of w arm & pleasant weather may be an exception. For this some believe, right or wrong, we are indebted to Madame Pele who has been most lavish even to prodigality of her warming & burn­ ing influences. Our people have perhaps made some progress on the part of some there has been an increase of industry, which has resulted �Waimea Station Report 1855 in some agricultural improvements. The constant trouble & vexation arising from the inroads & exroads of quadrupeds became at length so intolerable as to drive those who had any notion of cultivating to do something by w ay of self defense. They must have some kind of en­ closures or all their labor will be lost. Hence in some districts May be seen stone & wood enclosures of more or less extent. Some incipient steps have been taken towards the formation of Agricultural Societies. With what success time will show. It is rather doubtful whether Hawaiian civilization is sufficiently advanced to warrant the expectation of much good from such societies. The spirit of suspicion, exclusion, & selfishness is not yet sufficiently subdued & controlled to allow a communion of interest. Each one seems fully bent on getting as much he can & of the best quality without any regard to his neighbor. process. But then there must be a forming Precept & example must sho w the way & in due time the people will be seen walking in it. To wait before undertaking to form civilized agricultural or any other Society till the people are pre­ pared for it, would be the counterpart of the fool who resolved he would not attempt to swim till he had learned how. Our people begin also to show some progress in the art of making money, some in one way & some in another. Some as lawyers & some as doctors & doctor- esses -- of which latter class there are upward of 100 in all my field, quack doctors of course — sorcers & conjurors — I lately met one of the latter trade -- he was going to get something he said to give to the pastor by telling a friend where she might find her stolen property — The people of Kawaihae have earned several thousand dollars from their Irish potatoes, & Waipio cannot be far behind judging from �Waimea Station Report 1855 3. numerous pairs of pack bullock that may he seen passing into & thro Waimea & other places loaded with food for any who may wi s h to pur­ chase. If amount of work is any criterion of industry then the fe­ males of W aimea have strong claims to b e ranked among the industrious. You will hardly credit me when I report that the number of quilts made by them during the year is some 300 some very large & nice. Quilting is all the rage among W a i m e a ladies. tertainment with them — Laziness finds no en­ Trading Chinaman ( !) furnish work for women & children in Hamakua such as the gathering of fungus — on what the natives, call pepeiao, an excresence from decayed w o o d . use it as an article of food. Chinamen On inquiring of a certain foreigner how it was used he said they cut it up & pailed it with pepper & other "grievances" for soup — sold. great quantities of this article have been The people of Hamakua have also been quite successfully employed in the manufacture of kukui oil, which they put up in bottles & sell at a quarter of dollar each. In this way they not only furnish themselves but their neighbors also wit h lamp oil & oil for painting if called for. But I have said enough on this subject to show that the people in my field are not such a lazy good for nothing set as Hawaiians are often represented to be. Education. I hardly know what to report under this head. thing exists in name. The That must most certainly be inferred from the existance of a Board of Education for the benefit of the whole Hawaiian group. This Board has schools in my field taught as they used to be under the Minister of Public Instruction. They are managed by 2 Inspectors some 20 teachers & as many trustees & a treasurer. The old Inspectors were so inefficient they were removed & others appointed to fill their �Waimea Station Report 1855 places — 4. One is a first rate Lah ainaluna graduate — make things go right any way — He will will at any rate know enough to keep the book right end up to the scholars when he is examining them. So thot I in my ignorance. Alas how deceived ! He kuhi hewa maoli ka i a .[ ] On the first trial the new Inspector was seen holding his book bottom upwards to the little AbC pupils & earnestly showing them how to pronounce the letters . The book was righted but no sooner was I out of sight than topsy turvy it went again. Well whats the use? will never do any thing as it ought to be done. thought I. They But then perhaps when the English language displaces the Hawaiian there will be such a revolution as to set books right end up. a smattering of the Olelo Beretania — Yet this Inspector had enough one would think to turn this book half way round but it was not so — be but little hope there. So there seems to In some respects however the inspectors do very well. In September I had all the teachers together to give them some instruction in the New Arithmetic -ematical minds — Some showed considerable ma t h ­ in the solution of questions in Cube root. imagined all would come to dead sett ( !) there & so they did. I La- hainalunas as well as the rest, tho' the rules were all in the book & as explicit as they could be in the Hawaiian language they were a perfect wilderness to them. But by a little showing they saw thro' draw ahead & came out Victorious, ie - some 2 or three of them. It was supposed that the everlasting drilling on the old helu naau & helu kekau had nearly run the schools out & dried up all (Colborns arithmetics) �Waimea 'Station Report 1855 the intellects of the scholars — 5. A new b ook a new arithmatic that carried the numeration from trillions to decilions & thro' the laby­ rinths of cube root & book keeping would put new life into the school system & resuscitate the p u p i l s expiring mental capacities. The new book has been introduced into the schools for 2 terms. the last tour of examination I was looking out for wise heads, On smart scholars - as the result of the introduction of the new arithmatic 9 & the new atlass so nicely painted off. Well, some few were found who could count up to decilions & had made commendable progress - & some could even substract a large sum from a smaller one & have considerable remainder, & the Inspector seemed not to detect the error. But while a few had done very well — I could not find any whom I could exactly recommend to go to Hilo boarding School. Tho' I may send some without recommendation. Where is the difficulty? Is it in the teacher or in the scholar? Partly in both & partly in neither. Where is the remedy? In English schools perhaps some will say. On E n g . schools I have nothing to report. We are far behind the times in this matter & likely to be, & yet the people at Kawaihae & Pueko seem to be getting hold of Eng words & pride themselves on their attainments in the olelo haole. You may sometimes hear them jabbering away in it with one another, to the no small amusement of listeners, Mormonism. When I wrote my last report, Mormonism was in all its glory in my field. The New Jerusalem had come down on Lanai & m an y were preparing to leave their friends & doomed Hawaii for the city of the saints -- Some went & on their arrival there found nothing to eat or drink - or next to nothing. Pouring their curses on the Mormon priests for seducing them there to starve to death - �Waimea Station Report 1855 6. some of them returned forthwith & made such an evil report of the New Canaan & Mount Zion that it put an end to the further progress of the Mormon delusion. year — I have seen b ut 2 white Mormons during the Inquiring where they were bound -- to Waipio — going there I suppose to turn the people into Mormons, i e into devils — exactly" — before. Is your name Lyons? Yes — "not 0 we have heard of you But have the professed mormons come back into the chh? very few — No -- They attend our meeting, i e many of them, but have no disposition to repent of their folly & return to the chh. They will probably come back when the spirit moves them. It is wonderful how suddenly the progress of Mormonism stopt. It was from the Lord. Catholicism — That had long remained seemingly dead. & schools had about died out. But the 1260 days had not ended. The old beast I suppose bethought himself of that — dying before the appointed time signs of returning life. Meetings i e that he was so he has lately b een giving The bishop has got 2 schools into opera­ tion of some eight or 10 pupils each which are supported by the pa­ rents. I believe the teachers have 12 dollars each per annum. Some few accessions to the catholic chh have been made during the year. An apology for a chapel is going up by the side of a new protestant meeting house — the preist ( !) of wh, a native, is about the only one to attend it when finished. The chh. What new thing can I report on this? The chh — the great thing after all & should have a w o r t h y notice. the chh particular & the chh universal — invisible. is There is the chh visible & the chh Of the chh particular, i e as applied to course am to speak & of that part or side wh is visible. field I of Of this �Waimea Station Report 1855 7. it m a y be said as of the bride of Solomon - I am black bu t comely as the tents of Kedas, as the curtains of Solomon — is black? — is she to be dispised? pise me because I am black — Look not upon me, i e to dis- because the sun has looked upon me. The chh under my care has many' faults. otherwise. And what if she It could not well be Sometimes it seems that it was made up ofnothing else but faults & foibles & the pastor is led to exclaim, if there is any thing of the true chh about it it is all invisible. He is obliged to look about him to see whether he can patch up a cloak of charity sufficiently large to cover this multitude of sins. In doing this he considers the rock from whence the chh was hewn & the hole of the pit from whence it was dug. they? Their fathers & grandfathers what were What their training what their privileges what the present means for being better christians? They have the bible - the new testament, they hear sermons occasionally - receive instruction -But how are they to understand? what construction do they put upon the terms used to express Christian duties? be humble; what does this mean? They look to more experienced Christians to their teachers, probably. carry watches — They are told they must They are well clothed - wear gloves perhaps, rings breast pins, dashing ribbons & flowers -- live in nice houses - into which especially the pastor - no poor native, unless he is a chief - a noble - or a representative is seldom allowed to enter, seen at their table to imitate it. that mean? A native is seldom This they say is humility — They are required to be meek — & they endeavor aka hai — what does They look to the example of their teachers for illustration. A domestic or some one commits some error or inflicts an injury & receives a sound blowing up for it - that is meekness. And hence �Waimea Station Report 1855 forward 8. an erring child or an offending brother feels blast after blast of the imitated meekness. The native Christians are exhorted to be benevolent to bestow their goods on the poor - to consecrate their substance to the Lord - to give liberally of their substance fr the spread of the gospel abroad, to beware of laying up treasures on earth, of increasing houses & lands & herds & flocks &c — how are they to understand the drift of these injunctions? again refer to their teachers. well, They must They see they are pretty well off, have plenty of land & herds & money & dwell in fine houses . They infer that to be liberal & benevolent does not mean to be self deny­ ing - that to give up all for the Lord and the good of others does not prevent a man from keeping back a good part for himself & to abstain from laying up treasures here below does not exactly mean what it says. A different construction must be given to the w ords — Yet I am happy to say the native Christians are not altogether governed by the example of others. denial in order to be benevolent. They practice not a little self They don't wait till they are supplied with an abundance of the good things of this life before they exercise their benevolence. The chhs under my care have been more than usually active the past year — Notwithstanding the scarcity of money & the straits into wh the people were driven b y the new regulation of the taxation system the chh members have managed to raise 500 dollars or more for the support of the pastor s ome 200 dollars for foreign missions. The female sewing Society has worked both for Missions & the home. Besides there have been expended in labor ? & c some 1550 dollars on meeting houses. Two good framed chhs have been erected - 4 native chhs put up in native style - one nice stone chh is on the way — considerable preparations have been �Waimea Station Report 1855 9. made towards another chh to be a wooden building, clapboarded & finished off in style within, to cost beside native labor some 800 dollars Other chhs are resolved on — especially one for Waimea — It is with sorrow or rather joy that I announce to this association that w e are without a meetinghouse. W e toiled hard & long to get the one we have occupied these 14 years — witnessed many refreshing seasons — It has done a good service for which we would be grateful — But having served its time & generation & manifesting signs of decay & threatening to destroy us if we longer worship in it, we have aban­ doned it as no longer safe for use, & have resolved to pull it down & erect out of its ruins a building more modern in style & more worthy of the name of a house of God, at a cost not exceeding 4000 dollars, to b e completed if possible within a year — tum is mon e y . Where is that to be had? Now the great decidera- There is enough of it in the world & by prayer & faith & effort we feel confident it will be forth coming. The brethren of this association are all invited to come forward & lend a helping hand — in which we are all interested The cause is a common cause -- the work a great & noble one — the house is the Lord's house — of W aimea — one let us arise & build it. natives & foreigners will do what they can — are a small & poor & feeble folk. The people But we The out districts are all engaged in building chhs for themselves & hence cannot be expected to help ours. Accessions, Of these I am not able to report numerously - but tho' small the number recd to the chh - the day of small things is not to be despised. There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth on earth. Then over the 57 that have been red [rec'd] to the chh on profession & over the 37 restored to its privileges on �Waimea Station Report 1855 10. repentance if sincere in their professions there has been heard a loud shout of joy thro' all the heavenly hosts. is mingled with trembling. not been numerous — ly deserved it. But the joy on earth­ The number of cases of disapline ( !) has Doubtless many have escaped the rod, that rich­ But they will not escape in the great day of trial to w h ich pastors & chhs are b o t h hastening. On the whole the state of the chh is encouraging. It is on the ascending scale in point of knowledge, energy & piety. I was intending to say something in reference to our visit to K ohala where I was invited to preach the sermon at the dedication of Mr, Bonds new meeting house. I had been invited there 9 years before at the dedication of Its predecessor — But that dedication for some reason d i d n ’t prove valid. There was a defect somewhere for at the end of 4 years the house blew down - a wind from the Lord overthrew It as In a moment. pleased — The Lord was dis­ he wished a better house -- & took this course to obtain it, & succeeded beyond even the expectations of the pastor. Does any one a s k for proof that H awaiians have energy - perse­ verance & benevolence & that Missionaries do any thing for the civi­ lization of the people - let him pay a visit to the chh of Iole. A visit there would do you all good; give you some new ideas- n e w joys & new incitements to labor. Waimea has been honored during the year with a visit from his Majesty & suite — & tho they did not reach Waimea till late Sat night they were not so much fatigued but they could attend divine worship on the sabbath. The people were much gratified with the speeches of his Magesty & others on a subsequent day —— �Waimea Station Report 1855 Statistics — for 1855 Whole N o. recd to the chh 7065 " " " on profession 6535 ” ” " on certificate 540 " " " on profession in 55 57 " " on certificate 22 " " Dismissed " " " " " Deceased " " " " " excluded " 1345 in 55 23 2075 in 55 53 55 64 Whole no in regular standing 1868 Children baptized in 55 34 Whole no. children baptized 1531 Marriages past y ear 53 Respectfully submitted L Lyons �Report [1857] A quarter of a century of Missionary service ! Let us see. Old Averick w i t h its cargo of what has proved to be on the whole pretty tough Missionaries. in May 1832. Can it be possible? Anchored in the harbor of Honolulu You can easily make out the rest. boring to enlighten & save Hawaiians : 25 years spent in la­ This is just one half of my whole life - That I have been spared to labor so long calls for the exercise of the liveliest gratitute. ened. But I beg you not to be fright­ It is not m y intention to inflict o n you the pain or the task of hearing a report 25 years long. With the labors & results of 24 years you are already familiar; if not you can refresh your memories by recurring to the Archives of the Mission, a thing I d o n ’t imagine any of you will do, nor would I advise it. that are behind. Better forget some things My report will be principally confined to the last of the 25 years. 1. The past has been a year of sorrow. have missionaries theirs. Paul ha d his sorrows, & so Among the things calculated to produce sorrow may be reckoned 1. The fall of our meeting house. That such an event was feared I mentioned in my last report. & this fear had been realized even b e ­ fore my report was read - tho' the sorrowful tidings did not reach me till some days afterwards. On the 20th of May the attention of the people of W aimea was ar­ rested by an unusual noise, thot at first by some to be that of an earthquake, but soon discovered to be the falling in of the massive roof of Imiola. gable ends stone. The building was 125 ft long by 50 broad - side & The roof contained an immense amount of timber thatched originally with lauhala & 2 or three times subsequently �Waimea Report 1857 with grass - & hence had become very heavy - & consequently wh e n it fell, it must have been with a startling crash. And many a passing traveller stopt to view the me ss of ruins - & as he gazed exclaimed in mourning accents — Ua haule Ka I o Imiola. Its glory has departed, for glory it certainly had, tho' of a humble character, yet for many years it has satisfied our eye. When we reached home it was sat. pm - we had been riding against a wind t h a t blew a hurricane all the way - as if sent on purpose to delay our approach to the scene of desolation. Being obliged to dis­ mount once - I had to tie the horse to keep him as it were from being blown away, & then it seem(ed) almost impossible to remount. As we neared our home, our eye caught in the distance the ruins of our Zion, & then was the commencement of that internal commotion, that breaking up of the internal fountains w h I would not if I could describe — Arrived at home, I improved the first leisure moment to visit the re­ mains of our once loved Imiola -- there they laid, a sombre & desolate he a p . Wh e n I deserted this house for fear of its falling, it was with a kind of a stoical coldness - when I heard of its fall, my feelings were a little excited. When I saw it in actual ruin - need I say my feelings refused all control. If the pious Jews could be excused, when they sat down by the riv ers of Babylon to weep over at such a distance from the spot, the desolations of their temple, wh was 7 years in building, could I not be excused for weeping on the spot - over the ruins of our temple - w h was nearly as long in building as that of the Jews? — That indeed was a sorrowful afternoon - & many a sorrowful hour followed - as we were engaged in clearing away these ruins, more precious than the ruins of Nineveh. And our sorrow was renewed as often as the Sabbath returned. The �Waimea Report 1857 3. sound of the chh b ell was no longer heard by a portion of Waimea. They worshipped at a distance and the portion that heard it was not summoned to appear in their accustomed place to worship on the sabbath but in a small contracted school house - & an entertaining room — which necessarily divided the congregation & consequently the attention of the preacher — a very inconvenient position to both preacher & hearer — & this, while the former contrived to endure -- detained the latter often at home. But tho' we were in a sorrowful fix, we sorrowed not as those who have no hope. The belief in a no distant resurrection of Imiola exerted a sustaining influence. 2. The 2d source of sorrow is the outbreak of wickedness that has occurred in some parts of my field - not exactly amoung ( !) the wicked, for that would be no strange things. wax worse & worse. It is their nature to But it is the chh that has been invaded by Satan & made the theatre of such displays of wickedness as have startled even the wicked themselves. The old work of distilling rum from the ti root & c - has been resumed & was carried on for a long time most clandestinely - & to a most fearful extent. But a vigilant & fearless constable finally succeeded in finding the hidden place of this iniquity & arrested some h a l f dozen of the perpetrators who had the comforting fine of 100 dollars imposed on each. Whether fines & imprisonments will effect the destruction of this Satanic nest remains to be seen. Of course as the means have existed, there has been much drunkenness. Some has been confessed but much denied & concealed. I will not stop to relate common place wickedness, such as quarreling, card playing, horse racing, sabbath breaking, tobacco smoking & chewing - every day slander, witchcraft, t h o ' no table moving, & many other like things — It is a matter of sorrow that these prevail so extensively. �4, Waimea Report 1857 2. The past has been a year of trial to the pastor's faith & patience. The outbreak of iniquity here & there, the backslidings of the professed followers of Christ, the backwardness of some & the utter refusal of others, to engage in the work devolved upon them, & numerous & compli­ cated & perplexing labors, have called into exercise all the patience the p a s tor possessed - & allowed it to have its perfect work - but worked at times rather imperfectly. Faith too, has found abundance of room for manifesting its existence & its character. The inquiry would come up - is it possible that with all these obliquities, delinquencies, this downright wickedness, there can. be any Christianity or any ground for hope there will yet follow repentance & reformation? And with the house of God in ruins & with no tangible or perceptible means before us - with hearts cold as the snows of Maunakea - & wills & hands so much devoted to Mamon - so unaccustomed to be employed in any great benevolent work - can we succeed in raising funds sufficient for rebuilding our Zion? Faith, t h o ' sometimes wavering, yet on the whole gave an affirmative answer 3. The past has also been a year of toil, of extraordinary toil. This was to be expected/if the faith in exercise was of the right stamp. Faith without works would most certainly prove an unavailing means of procuring a desired object. Of ordinary toils suffice it to say I have preached every sab­ bath & that without the least aid from a b r o . minister. Yes bro Strong made some remarks in Eng. at one meeting which I interpretted into Hawaiian - a greater labor perhaps than that of preaching in the usual way. All my usual sab Schools & bible classes have been attended to - & all my customary tours performed & quarterly & annual meetings held — Nothing peculiar about the tours - except I was detained 3 days at one �5. Waimea Report 1857 parish, by a storm that so swelle d the streams, that I could get neither one way or the other, a much longer detention than I had ever before experienced on a tour -Of toils extraordinary I might speak quite lengthely & eloquently — My brains have been fully occupied & that to the utmost stretch, in forming plans for our house of worship - What kind of a house shall it be, how large, of what materials - what the Architectural work, the pulpit, seats & color, How & where & when can means & materials be obtained, how can the work be done - who will do it - how kept in progress? And then these hands & feet can testify how they have been employ ed. F rom the time old Imiola was deserted till the time of leav­ ing for Honolulu all my spare hours & some that I could not well spare have been devoted in some way or other to work connected with the new chh . At one time you would have seen me aiding in tearing off the ceiling of the old chh - & taking the pulpit & seats to peices ( !). Again I might be seen mounted on its solid walls with ax & hammer in hand engaged in the work of demolition - amid wind & dust, & rain for a change & at the same time giving directions to 2 or 3 companies of chh members employed below in clearing away ruins & laying up the stones in the walls that were to form the enclosure of New Imiola. Ag ain I might be found searching after carpenters & sawyers, & when obtained - giving them directions - receiving & measuring lumber attending to the seisoning ( !) of it - spreading it out & turning it over & gathering it up & looking out & waiting impatiently perhaps for the distant first appearance of a cloud of dust far off on the moun­ tain road indicating the approach of another load of lumber - a sign that often proved deceptive, which is quite cloud like. Then again - I might be seen running from one store to another to get something �Waimea Report 1857 6. that was wanted - or from one house to another to get men to work or to procure funds for carrying it forward — If the needed article could not be found here - & of course this was generally the case, an order for it must be despatched ( !) to Oahu or somewhere else How numerous such orders have been our patient agents can testify as well as how troublesome they have been — Now my pen was employed in w r i t i n g begging letters to my brethren portraying our wants in glowi n g colors & moving strains & thanking them with all its powers of utter­ ance when cheering responses were received, but silent naturally when the contrary or no response returned. Now I would be found by the side of a native carpenter, aiding & telling him how to make the steps of the new chh. or construct an arch gateway to its enclosure & at the same time urging the to make all haste in getting the enormous quantity of rubbish out of the way And when the chh was framed & covered day after d a y found me at the paint bucket with brush in hand - painting myself & initiating natives into the business, & this included both the exterior & the interior work. But the chh at Waimea is not the only one that has occupied my thots & time. No less than 10 other chhs in my field have been set in motion, & some have made considerable progress. on these I could not personally superintend Of course the work yet the planning & es­ timating the amount of materials & probably cost & writing for mater­ ials - such as windows &c - & giving various advise ( !) & directions devolved on me. Among my toils I might mention those that arise from my being school treasurer - & trustee for Eng schools — quire a particular notice - But these do not re­ And yet in incident connected with the �Waimea Report 1857 7. latter may be of some interest. A foreigner appeared before me as a ( !) applicant for the office of a Eng schoolmaster. amine you to ascertain your qualifications to teach. this sentence & parse it. sition or pronoun? a man of talents. what that is hand — Here please read What part of speech is of? It must be a pronoun. I know & yet I d on ' t know. Well I must ex- What is orthogrophy? What is etymology? What is syntax? Adverb - prepo­ I think that must mean Well, I think, — no I can't tell Let me have a sample of your writing — - now write some coarse hand — Well, writes fine writes fine hand again with a plenty of capital letters interspersed. W ell I guess you are not com­ petent to teach a school worth 800 dollars — good afternoon. But you may wish to know, as there is so much said about the importance of Eng schools for natives whether any have been established in my field. Well I applied to head quarters, for a permit to open such a school, myself the teacher, notwithstanding my numerous other labors, stating as what I regarded a commendable motive for teaching myself that it would furnish me with funds for carrying on the building of our chh — any lawful & popular way for getting money when you want it. my application was met with -— Aohe lala But alas! mamuli paha I mention this to show I have made an effort to get up an English School, t h o ' glad enough it did not succeed & if there is not one I am not to blame — But another man, a molatto ( !) has releived ( !) me from the necessity of renewing my application by opening an Eng School on his own hooks as he says — the govt — having no connexion with He has taught several months, & gives very good satisfaction I believe - t h o ' he is not very well satisfied himself with the kind of pay he receives. His pupils are mostly half-casts. �Waimea Report 1857 4 8. The past has been a year of joy. Notwithstanding all the sad­ dening & disheartening events - & all the trials of faith & patience tugging & all the toiling & t u ggi ng above mentioned - the year has by no means been devoid of incidents & events of a joy giving charac­ ter. 1 It was a matter of joy - that old Imiola did not fall till after it was deserted & hence no one was injured - Had it fallen when full of worshippers - multitudes would have been crushed to death — for attempting to flee the only way they could have fled, they would have met falling stones & timbers & perished beneath their weight -— .2 It was a matter of joy that no more injury was done to the timber, ceiling, windows, pulpit & seats of the chh when the massive roof came down. The part finished off as the meeting house apartment was left almost entire — broken or a board split — scarcely a light of glass or a seat damaged. The worshipping room, as I entered it over the ruins outside, looked very much as it did when I left it - only it was drenched with rain & darkened by the heaps of rubbish piled against the doors & wind o w s . While the timbers thus rescued were mostly not of a character to b e worked into the new meeting house, the lumber of the ceiling, seats &c were of great service. 5 It was a matter of joy that our old meeting house fell. The progress in civilization demanded a new & a better house. The Hawaiian Isles had long been regarded as elevated to an equal­ ity with christianized & civilized lands. They were producing high literary institutions & learned men, lawyers, ministers, supporting pastors & sending missionaries abroad — pastors, They could �Waimea Report 1857 9. boast of a King & queen & premier distinguished for their acquain­ tance with the Eng language, & their progress in the sciences & their high style of living — Hawaiians were putting on the dress of gentlemen & ladies - dashing (?) out in broad cloth, silks satins & all the pharphenalia ( !) of the rich & the great, & their missionaries had made great improvements in the humble appearance they at first exhibited both as to the style of houses & of dress &c- I can well remember how we looked lived 25 years ago. My old grass house, carpeted with Hawaiian mats, I ceiled with mamake kapa, blackened with smoke as it ascended from the central stone fire place & finding its way out thro' the thatch, lighted by windows of 8 small panes - - entered by a rouph batten door with a platform of poles sometimes for a bedstead - & a dormitory for natives in one end - answered my purpose very well in that age of barbarism - But times have wonderfully changed - T h o ' I myself to outward appearance have but half emerged from my grass dwelling, others have effected a complete escape & now luxuriate in what might comparatively be called princely palaces. The advancing state then of civilization was urgently demanding an improvement in the style of chh building In Waimea. Chhs in other places had assumed a style corresponding to the spirit of the age. We were falling behind & were threatened with being left far in the rear. But we were in an unfavorable predicament. worshipped in was a very comfortable one — beautiful koa, the cedar of Hawaii. why think of building a better house? The house we it was even ceiled with It is good enough for Kuaainas A new chh built to corres­ pond with improvements elsewhere will cost thousands of dollars, which we have n o t . Now , h o w were w e to be dislodged from our �Waimea Report 1857 10. present comfortable worshipping place, & how obtain means for erecting a better one. Both of the objects were accomplished by the fall of this fondly cherished me eting house. Whilest ( !) its fall drove us entirely out of it, it led us to enquire what we ourselves could do towards replacing it w ith an improved appearance & at the same time awakened the sympathies of friends & moved them to come up to our help. 4 It is a matter of joy that I should be considered worthy to toil & to make sacrifices & endure hardships for such a good & honorable work as that of building a house for God, an honor denied to good King David, th o ' he sought it, & t h o ' he was a man after God’s own heart - & Isreal's ( !) sweet singer, & simply be­ cause he was a man of war - & hence, as I have received the honor, it may be inferred I am a man of peace or a peaceable man. 5 It is a source of joy - that the work notwithstanding the numerous & formidable difficulties seen & unseen that encompassed it, has advanced so far towards completion. The last of a some less than a thousand orders for materials has I trust been issued. Already the old chh bell rejoicing in Its elevation from its sombre grass dwelling, where it had for 15 years contentedly hung, sends forth its cheering sounds from the glittering tower of New Imiola the time for putting on the last finishing stroke approaches & when completed the house may well be pronounced, the beauty S: joy of all our little world & such It will be, if God owns & fills it with his glory — 6 It is a matter of rejoicing & thanksgiving that God has disposed so many to come forward to our help - - N a t i v e s & forreigners, pastors & chhs, the righteous & the wicked Catholics & �Waimea Report 1857 11. protestant friends & strangers have united in furnishing the means necessary for beginning, carrying on & completing t h i s house of worship - Had I a thousand tongues & a thousand hearts I would employ them in expressing thanks to those who have helped us. haps, by including my people, Per- our united tongues & hearts will amount to this number. — 7 But my matter of joy is not confined to Waimea chh. Two other districts have built themselves comfortable worshipping places, or rather they have commenced, & got their buildings so far on the way that they meet in them. On my tour in Aug much of the timber was then growing, on my tour in Dec - we worshipped in said houses. Timbers, some very large - had been cut, hewn & dragged to the sites for building - a foreign carpenter employed to frame & put them u p . weeks. One was framed put up & thatched with lauhala in three Men, women & children worked at the latter, some times even by moonlight, & again when the rain was coming down in torrents. This chh is furnished with 6 nice windows - & sawyers are getting out lumber for finishing it off in a chh like style. Some 18000 ft of lumber are engaged & in the process of being sawn for 2 other chhs. The women in 3 or 4 districts are contributing money for the purpose of purchasing bells for the chhs. when finished. some are not disposed to wait so long. the sound of their bell — Indeed They are impatient to hear The thot of having a line of chh bells from one end of Hamakua to the other is quite elating. But, may I prove a false prophet - if I predict a long & changeful interval ere such a cheering result shall crown the hopes & labors of these worthy Hawaiian females, providing they are obliged to wait the slow & apparently joyless & hopeless movements of the men in carrying forward the part they have engaged to do. to build such chhs as are contemplated. It is a great work It is a great work �Waimea Report 1857 to raise funds. 12. But even if frunds w e r e raised sufficient to pay for the materials & for building the houses, an almost insurmountable difficulty would be how to get the materials to the places where the buildings are to be erected. But money can accomplish wonders — give us enough of this & I will pledge, should my life be spared, that the chhs shall be bui l t . what then? Who will preach in them? consideration. 7. And when finished off in chh style - ( !) That is a subject for after One thing prepares the way for another. Another scarce of joy - & this not least, tho next to the last, is to be found in the apparent success that has attended our labors in the line of preaching — The building of chhs has not absorbed all our time & thots, to the exclusion of the more important & appropriate theme of preaching. Some of our meet­ ings on the sabbath in some places have been very interesting — One I recollect was 8 hours long with a f e w short recesses. The Spirit of the Lord was there, & angels were hovering over us, & clapping their wings for joy - as a long row of converts m o s t l y children & youth stood up before the great congregation & coven­ anting to serve the Lord were solemnly received into the visible chh. And a few months after, another scene of the same joyful character w as witnessed in t h e same place — In other parishes, seasons of refreshing th o ' not so marked have been enjoyed furnishing the pastor w i t h the privilege always welcomed of adding to the chh. such as is hoped angels rejoice over - & will eventually receive to a participation of angelic blessedness, A few wanderers - have been reclaimed amoung ( !) whom are catholics & Mormons — On enquiring of a returning Mormon why he deserted Mormonism - he replied - he had got out of patience in �Waimea Report 1857 13. entertaining Mor m o n priests & especially since they had become so impudent as to use his shawls & sleeping blankets as towels to wipe their dirty feet with. — 8. Lastly, it is a joy giving matter that the benevolent element in the chh, has been kept in exercise, th o ' not without much effort on the part of the pastor. Hawaiian benevolence is not after all that spontaneous evolution, that cant be helped display of benevolent acts, that it is reported to be in some of the printed publications of the day, Hawaiians are not naturally benevolent as far as my 25 years observation goes — Like all the rest of the human race they are naturally selfish - prone to seek their own interest to the criminal neglect of others. Hence if there is a germ of benevolence - or - manifestation of a benevolent principle - it is the result of the operation of God's spirit on the heart. But I was saying that this principle had shown itself in my chh - the p ast year - whether spontaneously or by constraint I will leave to the judgment of a more charitable Being than I am — The chh. members have devoted many days to hard work on their chhs & for their chhs & their enclosure - without any compensation & they have contributed in money for the same, according, perhaps, if not beyond their mean s . I am unable now, nor is it a matter of any great importance to report the amount of work performed on chhbuildings. (Since writing the above a native handed to me 200 dollars toward his chh.) The chhs have done more towards the sup­ port of their pastor than in the preceding year been done by the children for the Morning Star. Something has Several - not quite a hundred have paid a hapamalu & taken their certificate -- or palapala kila, as I have called it - & this they consider entitles them to the privilege of taking passage on board for nothing. �14. Waimea Report 1857 One good elder, he at first thot of procuring a palapala kila for his daughter - but on a second thot, concluded it would b e of more pecuniary advantage to procure one for his son. It is a new thing, you know - they dont yet understand it, & I did not stop to en­ lighten them — L i g h t will enter as they are able to bear it. They will find out by & by what the Missionary ship is for & why they contribute for it. The females have been quite active in some districts, in making bed quilts to send to Fatuhiva & Micronesia — 4 large bed quilts were made in Waipio in 3 weeks - including the cutting, peicing ( !) & quilting — Another was made in another parish, in less than that time I think, by a few women. To help these good women along i n their good work, an individual, a chh member in Waimea had made a set of quilting bars out of stolen lumber & when found out expressed great sorrow that his partner should be guilty of such a thing. Foreign Missions. W e have brot along 7 bed quilts for I prophecy ( !) the quilting frames will now have a long respite. The men have contributed money to a small amount & some broad cloth coats pants - shirts - & vests — send abroad — to I believe one of the vests is minus buttons; the contributor probably found some private use for them. things have occurred even in dear America. Well - such We have not forgotten the character of some of the contents of benevolent boxes from fatherland — If we have a peep into some of our trunks upstairs w e 'll awaken our recollections — Well has the Preacher said there is nothing new under the sun — 9 what is, has been already - - I thot I had come to the last matter of joy - but on further examination I find another matter that came near forming a �W a i m e a Report 1857 15. sourse (!) of joy - but proved premature. At our Annual meeting of teachers & subpastors in Jan, the inquiry was made who will go as our missionary to Micronesia? for the missionary service? Are there any among us qualified 2 or 3 men arose & declared them- sleves willing to go, if they were considered qualified, but their grey hairs & furrowed cheeks - were regarded as objections to their going. A young man a teacher & a school Inspector - a graduate of Lahaina luna ( !) & his wife educated in our family were finally selected as the only suitable pair for this work in my whole field. They expressed a willingness to go. They were told they might re­ gard themselves as candidates - we would look at their conduct a few months & if unexceptionable - we would recommend them to the Directors of the Hawaiian Miss Society -- On the succeeding Sab­ bath I sent said candidate to attend a meeting in an Out district he was accustomed to such work — A few days after it was reported that after meeting he found it convenient to attend to a little secular business. Stepping into a dwelling house - a lady - a famous bedquilt maker produced some bedquilts. He thotlessly or, as he thot, harmlessly, examined one & another, & that ( !) quite publicly inquired the price, & tried to get her to reduce i t . A man of the world, who was a spectator remonstrated against such doings on the sabbath. Well this was thot, not to be a very good introduction to his state of probation & he was consequently i n ­ formed that his probationary period was ended. candidates for Foreign Missions in my field. some future time. Hence there are no We ma y have some at Such at least is our hope & prayer. �W a i m e a Report 1857 16. C andidates for the Pastoral Office My field, you are well aware, is divided up into several difft parishes, over wh good men are placed whom I denominate sub- pastors - as they are under me the only real pastor. 13 who bear this name. There are Now these are the very best men I have & I regard them all as good pious men. But are any of them qualified to be invested with all the responsibilities of the Pastoral of­ fice - If I thot they were, I would most certainly call together some of my ministerial brethren to aid in laying hands upon them to induct them into the ministry & install them as pastors over their respective chhs. (that is if this was agreeable to the wish of the chhs.) And that would most certainly indicate that something had really been accomplished in a 1/4 of a century - that there was a coming up to that climacteric point in the result of missionary labor which is the main proof of complete success, & if not reached, the missionary enterprise is deemed by some as a failure. Some of us are ratherseverely or kindly censored for being so tardy in coming into the full possession of what is conceived to be the spirit of missions - in that we have no native pastors in our dioceses. What! for that office? labor 25 years & not produce a single man fit Why, Paul labored but a few months, & had bishops ordained in every place, but his not Hawaiians. converts were Greeks & Romans, & But I for one am willing to have a deputation, the best that can be selected, only acquainted wit h the native language & native character, sent up to Waimea to examine into the subject, to ascertain whether there are any among my best men who possess the requisite qualifications for the pastoral office, & I will abide by their decision. I am as anxious as any one to see my field filled with native bishops, but not native novices, clothed �Waime a Report 1857 with this Title, erected? 17. But h o w shall a supply of Hawaiian pastors be Doubtless there exist materials enough - but the diffi­ culty is to get them moulded into the right shape — To affect this the influences of the spirit are most certainly necessary. But we need more. A theological training in something like a Theological school, seems indispensable in the present enlightened & civilized state of Hawaiians, to prepare Hawaiians to be pastors of Hawaiian chhs. The Seminary at Lahainaluna is doing what it can towards raising up candidates for the ministry. is not sufficient. But its agency It is not the design exactly of that Institution to raise up ministers. It is a govt concern & designed to furnish govt officers & teachers, for Govt schools — Call that if you choose a c ollege - & take measures at once for establishing a purely Theological Seminary. The thing can be done if we set about it in earnest in prayer & in faith. If we were conveniently situated or could command the leisure we - I mean, the clasical ( !) body - we the pastors of Hawaiian chhs - might persue ( !) the course persued ( !) by our forefathers when there were no theological Seminaries - by taking promising individuals into our families - in order to give them a private course of theological instruction. But who or where is the pastor that has the time for this? N ot myself — Perhaps they may be found amoung ( !) those who are teaching Eng schools. Besides this would b e behind the times - & could not be endured. I had it in my mind to report my views on another subject personal & mental & Missionary rights - or non intervention - But I an prevented by the intervention of my table of statistics that occupies the next page — having previously fixed the bounds �W a i m e a Report 1857 beyond which I could/ not go Statistics for 1856 W hole no. recd to the church o n profession " " " " Certificate 566 " " " in the year, 56 on profession 114 " " " " " " " " " " " " 6649 " " Total " " " on certif 26 " 140 Dismissed to other c h h s ___________ " 56 " " " 28 D e c e a s e d _________________________ 2114 56 39 Apostates deceased [no figure] Excluded in 56 4 Remain excluded [no figure] Whole No. in regular standing " " 1373 1989 Children baptized 1566 " in 56 35 56 54 Married Respectfully submitted L Lyons �Church &c Statistics for 1857 Whole no. recd recd Recd " Whole no. recd to the chh on profession on certificate on profession in 57 " certificate " " Whole no dismissed to other chhs dismissed in 57 6,777 582 128 16 144 1,383 10 2,175 61 4 [no figure] Whole no. deceased deceased in 57 Excluded in " Remain excluded In regular standing Jany 1 - 1858 2,100 Whole of no of children baptized 1,585 (!) Baptized in 57 Married 29 51 couple " Contributions in 1857 For support of pastor " Foreign Missions " building chhs in cash, trade & labor Total $588.38 232.00 2,150.62 $ 2,971.00 �W a ime a Report 1858 In making out the present annual report I shall divide the year into three principal sections — 1st commencing to the 1st of May & ending Aug 31 - 2d " " 3 " " 1 " " " of Sept & " " of Jan & Dec. 31 " May 1. section The first past of this section was occupied in preparations for leaving home to attend the H.E. Association the actual leaving the attention & the return. To many of you there may appear to b e nothing in this section deserving of notice & hence let it be passed over in silence. Permit us to hold a different opinion. There is something attending this part of our work - that is try­ ing, pleasureable & instructive. To break up & pull up, & pack up & nail up & lock up & take up - & give up - & be off bag & baggage not knowing what evils may befall y o u by the way - or whether you will ever see home again, or in what circumstances, you may see it, if ever at a l l ------ Oh ! there is something here that amounts to a trial - & even a self denial. Then to emerge from the depths of a rustic - a country life - where one is accustomed to act just as he pleases - be as uncouth, eccentric - unpolished untrammelled as he pleases - into the polish - the precarious - the politeness of the highly cultivated circles of city society - Oh, how it makes one tremble all over & almost wish he was something else than a man — He is afraid to move lest he trample on some fashion, or violate some rule of politeness - & hence call forth some bull of excommunication from the social circles with which he may wish to mingle. Then again there is something pleasurable in this part of our �W a i m e a Report 1858 work — 2. To leave home with all its cares & toils & troubles - & 10000 vexations, your books & papers & medicines & patients - the little things with all the great things - to cast them all off & leave them all behind for awhile - what a world of comfort this yields! You feel as light & buoyant as a bird - & if you haven't wings you can take sails & wit h a good wind you soon find yourself peradventure in the metropolis of the Hawaiian Islands — In the midst of brethren clergymen - missionaries, friends - strangers, the good & the bad — Of the advantages derived from a short sojourn in the metropolis I need not speak — As great as they may be one is glad to get back again to his plain simple & quiet country home. But I said, this part of our work was also instructive. One unaccustomed to this annual business of breaking up & pulling u p & packing up & quitting home might become unmindful of his pilgrim state & settle down in a kind of belief that this was his permanent home. But accustomed as some of us are to these annual breakings up & migrations, we are led to look upon them as/monitors - proclaim­ ing in our ears - such is life — this is not your home — ting ready for the passage over Jordan. be get­ And when you return to your home & get settled once more - you are led to look forward to the time not far distance when you will reach the heavenly home & get permanently & blissfully settled there. So much for the first part of the first section — The second part of this division was of a little different character - that was devoted to the completion & the dedication of our new house of worship. After a day or 2's rest from the fatigues of my visit to Honolulu I resumed my work as painter as easily as if I had �Waimea Report 1858 3. b e e n at i t a l l t h e t i me , & to t h i s & o t h e r w o r k c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e c h h I w a s d e v o t e d t i l l t h e 1 6 t h of J u l y j u s t 2 5 y e a r s s i n c e I first p l a c e d my foot on W a i m e a soil w h e n the c eremonies of t h e d e d i ­ c a t i o n w e r e w i t n e s s e d - a day l o n g to b e r e m e m b e r e d — I t b e i n g t h e A n n i v e r s a r y of m y a r r i v a l - i n the p l a c e I w a s n a t u r a l l y c a r r i e d b a c k i n i m a g i n a t i o n t o t h a t t i m e — the m e e t i n g h o u s e t h e n i n b e i n g — The p e o p l e a s they t h e n a p p e a r e d - & c o n t r a s t i n g t h e p a s t w i t h t h e p resent, h o w c ould I h e l p exclaiming, h o w g r e a t the change c o m e s e e , w h a t the g o s p e l h a s w r o u g h t . ful day. The day w a s T h e h o u s e w a s c r o w [ d ]e d w i t h w o r s h i p p e r s . a most delight­ Several for­ eigners, gentlemen & ladies were present amoung whom w a s a vener­ able old man a much older resident than myself who k n e w w h a t the people w e r e i n t h e days now were — they T h e e x e r c i s e s w e r e w h a t e x e r c i s e s g e n e r a l l y a r e on such occasions part of i d o l a t r y - & c o u l d s e e w h a t T h e c h o i r o f s i n g e r s w a s s e l e c t - c o m p o s e d in of s o m e o f the b e s t s i n g e r s , L a h a i n a l u n a h a s f u r n i s h e d -- They performed their part most admirably - Our children by playing on the melodeon - aided them The d e d i c a t o r y s e r m o n w a s b y m y n e i g h b o r b r o B o n d f o l l o w e d by an a d d r e s s i n E n g . b y m y s e l f - e x e r c i s e s s e e m e d h i g h l y i n t e r e s t i n g to a l l g r a t i f i e d wa s the o l d m a n a l l u d e d to above, The So e x c e e d i n g l y t h a t h e c a m e to m y h o u s e after the exercises were over & p l a c e d a d o n a t i o n of 50 d o l ­ lars in m y h a n d s - t h o ' h e h a d b e f o r e c o n t r i b u t e d 2 5 0 d o l l a r s t o ­ wards the house. The house is c o m p l e t e d & p a i d for - & the seats are all free. A l l w h o h a v e a i d e d i n b u i l d i n g this h o u s e h a v e m y s i n c e r e thanks, & t h e thanks of m y w h o l e chh. As y o u a l l k n o w w h a t y o u & y o u r p e o p l e h a v e d o n e , i t is n o t n e c e s s a r y f o r m e t o w e a r y y o u b y g o i n g �Waimea Report 1858 4. into details. The third part of the first section was to consist of a tour, commencing in the first week of Aug. & closing the last week. All the requisite notices had been given out & the work commenced but was soon interrupted by the appearance of the awful epidemic, influenza & the month was occupied far differently from what was proposed. All our plans were rent asunder - our counsels turned into nought - A greater than a tour was here - his mandates none could resist - all must yield - there was no getting excused — And such a time — such distress - such desolation ! — Business was suspended - the streets deserted - no one to be seen - except here & there one trying to drag his slow length along to our house after medicine. in its tower — For 2 sabbaths the bell of Imiola hung silently & the lone chh moaned dolefully because no one entered its arched gateway or trod its carpeted aisles or occupied its cushioned seats or gazed on its fringed pulpit desk, or looked out of its curtained windows. The p astor himself was so severely attacked & dealt with by this ruthless epidemic, that ha d not the Lord proved the strongest, he must have fallen a victim to it. But the Lord appeared & rescued (?) him - t h o ' he did not recover entirely till on his tour. This first section then closes with the people convalescent - not dead 2d section of the year commenced with Sept. 1 & ended Dec 31 The first part of the section was occupied in making the previously broken up tour — as soon as the people h a d sufficiently recovered from the effects of the epidemic, notices were again sent over the field & the tour recommenced The state of the chh. The chh appeared well. The amount of �W a i m e a Report 1858 5. disciplinary matter was small. The chh members in s o m e places had done something on their meeting houses. was dedicated on this tour. One ch h . had been completed & It is a small framed building - boarded, shingled, floored, has 4 nice windows a nice door - a nice pulpit & table - & seats - & cieled •( !) over head with cloth — It is painted inside & whitewashed outside - has a belfry & small bell — the whole cost some 600 dollars. ance in Hamakua. It makes quite a civilized appear­ Another chh had been furnished with nice windows & partly floored -Contributions, As the people had just recovered from sickness, they were not in a condition to contribute much - yet the amount of contributions for pastor’s support &c was more on the whole than was anticipated. Labor. Previous to the appearance of the Epidemic the people in some districts had been very industrious. Several thousand acres of land had been enclosed for cultivation - & large tracts had been planted with the Irish potatoe - Homes (?) were deserted & whole weeks spent in the potatoe fields - Great preparations w ere being made to meet the demands of the whaling fleet in the coming season. Kalo &c had been cultivated where there had been none before & furnished poi to those who could not obtain it elsewhere. Beans also were receiving considerable attention. Schools. The children had not been much disturbed by the epidemic - & the teachers had in most districts managed th o ' half dead wi t h the influenza - to keep up their schools -be lost. The 1/4 per day was too much to The Schools passed as good an examination as usual - nothing very extraordinary. There was one School that exhibited writing on paper - another tried to - but didn't make out much — The Eng �W a i m e a Report 1858 6. school taught by a Molatto ( !) - alluded to in my last report became defunct about this time - no pupils - no w a g e s — The 2d part of this section was devoted to a school for the teachers - which continued months — 2 weeks - & accomplished as much as some schools taught 2 In the meanwhile I was carrying forward my scholar in Latin & surveying -- After the school closed some miscellaneous work, such as painting & c on the house of our domestics - took up some time. I have long wished to improve the appearance of the domestics habitations - to get them up from the dirt & matted earthen floor & give them more the air of civilization & this desideratum has been obtained. The 3d & last part of this section was filled up with another tour — The influenza drove the tour of the 1st section into this section & I concluded it was not best to allow the appropriate of this division to be shoved into the next term. tour The other was the Lord's doings & hence right - this would be my own doing & hence might be wrong. Everything in its proper place & time if possible. This was in some respects a rather remarkable tour. part was occupied with Waimea. & out of it. The first There was a little waking up in the chh The 1st sabbath in Dec. was communion season - was full of communicants - & before the whole body. The chh 5 stood up for the first time & pledged themselves to be the Lord's forever — The emo­ tions of the pastor's heart were with difficulty repressed, for three of the five were his own children. rested on the whole assembly. A more than ordinary solemnity For some reason I was led to anticipate a more than usually interesting time on my tour. On the previous tour tho' the Lord had smitten the people with the rod of sickness & laid them all prostrate - yet on their recovery they repented not of their sins & wanderings. On that whole tour only one was recd to the chh. On the present tour the Lord visited the people not in judgment - �W a i m e a Report 1858 but in mercy. 7. The spirit came down, not like a mighty rushing wind - but in a still sma l l voice - & whispered in the ears of sinners, n o w is the accepted time, turn ye - for why will ye die? ened & obeyed. They list­ Many turned - principally children & youth. ones had turned before — In every district some fruit was gathered - some additions made to the chh. The largest accession to any one chh was 18 & the whole number added on this tour was about 100. Catholics & Mormons were reclaimed — as could be expected. The old Some Contributions were as encouraging The tax gatherer had just been round collect- ing taxes, & hence I did not expect much in the line of benevolence — But I was agreeably disappointed — The chh members had found em­ ployment in catching cattle & selling their hides which were in great demand & bringing a high price, & from this source some 4 or 5000 dollars were obtained, & hence the people after paying their taxes &c &c had something left for their pastor & foreign missions. thing had be e n done on the score of meeting houses. of 2 stone chhs were laid with appropriate exercises. was excited on one of these occasions - Some­ The corner stones Some suspicion While preparations were making to deposit a bible &c under the corner stone - some got a notion somehow, that it was not after all a bible that was to be de­ posited - but some dead or living m a n ’s bones. So they were all called to see & feel for themselves - that it was a real bible, & that there were no bones there. not I dont know. Whether they were all satisfied or What a stupid & foolish people - h o w slow to learn --As the former tour had 2 beginnings, like some tunes, so this had two endings, or rather its aiding was quite diversified — In Waipio the people had made great preparations for a great temperance or thanksgiving festival to which guests were invited from all sec­ �W a i m e a Report 1858 tions of m y field. 8. When I reached there, which was the last district to he visited, I saw some of the preparations. Two native ovens of prodigious dimensions, the largest I ever saw, were waiting to receive their victims. Into one were deposited 7 whole bullock, I d o n ’t mean skin & all - but the flesh & bones, & into the other some one or fowls o f various kinds - dressed in native fashion, 200 On the succeed­ ing day a vast number of calabashes of poi were properly arranged under a temporary verandah, erected for the purpose. The guests to the number of 1500 perhaps, formed a procession composed of cavalry & footmen - arrayed in their different uniforms & under flags of various kinds with officers equipped in military style - & marched with music in their front to the place of the feast — Before partaking their ( !) were some religious exercises - the singing of an original hymn - by a choir trained for the occasion. The neat & tasty dresses of the singers & the correctness of their singing drew forth the ad­ miration of some white spectators from Honolulu — was a novelty to them - The whole scene They had no idea that Hawaiians had attained to such a height of civilization, or that there existed on the Islands such a sp[l] endid valley as W aipio. After these religious performances were over, the feasting commenced in earnest — The ovens were un ­ covered - & their smoking contents brot forward - but unfortunately the one containing the beef, proved not to be hot enough to cook thoroughly the enormous quantity — However the guests feasted on till they were called to stop to attend to the addresses that were to follow - I had previously learned that there was to be an exhibition of the King & all his ministers, & a Generalisimo of the Hawaiian Army, but I discouraged such a display, & was anticipating nothing extra­ ordinary. But when the company was all seated for meeting what should I observe but a band of soldiers with their officers - the General - �Waime a Report 1858. 9. Major, Captain & what not all rigged in complete uniform, caps, swords & epaulettes - some realities & some imitations. They paraded about with great pomposity - & seemed intent on keeping order & showing off. One address was made & another commenced - when the clouds that had been gathering during the exercises discharged such torrents of rain as broke up the meeting & scattered the numerous guests in all directions. The clouds, had previously been summoned to show their displeasure if they were opposed to the exhibition beneath them. Thus ended the first general temperance festival in my field -In the evening was a business meeting to prepare w o r k for the day following - which was the Anniversary of the convention of subpastors &c The next d a y passed away very pleasantly. Reports were read by the difft subpastors, addresses made - subjects discussed & various resolutions passed - one question was how can a hundred dollars be raised for Hilo ch h ? executed. A plan was proposed & carried — & subsequently Plans for supporting the pastor & collecting contributions for foreign missions - & our own meeting houses &c & c &c - were proposed & discussed & passed — Chh officers for the year appointed. One item in the report of the Waimea subpastor was quite startling as it was announced & drew forth an involuntary interrogation pehea la ia? [how could this be?] A mother had given birth to five child- ren at once, 3 keiki haole [white; foreign] & 2 keiki maoli [native] - & all lving & doing well — I was on the point of disputing such an item - having heard nothing about it, but the explanation giving it a spiritual meaning was very satisfactory - & for once I had a display of Hawaiian wit — Well done — pass on. This annual meeting was very well attended - & was on the whole very interesting as it showed a decided progress. �Waimea Report 1858 10. The succeeding day w as saturday - & was devoted to the examination of the 4 schools of Waipio — district — & a meeting of the chh afficers of that The Sabbath followed with its delightful exercises, the children’s sabbath school, the public meeting - the communion service with the admission of new members — diction --- the contributions — the bene- Such was the first ending of this tour. The second ending - or call it the appendix - or supplement was in Waimea — or as the surveyors say at the place of commencement. This was a two days convention of the teachers thro'out my field (no catholics of course). The 1st day was devoted to the payment of the teachers, & the annual meeting for hearing reports, giving in con­ tributions, &c - - The 2d day was devoted to the annual festival public exhibition, giving of premiums - & a business meeting. The ( !) exhibition passed off finely. W e had a Salutitory & a Valedictory address, between which were music - speeches - a dishortation specimens of the Russian - German - French - Spanish & Eng languages by an Austrian homopathy or atomic doctor & the presentation of grafhs (?) - with the addresses & responses — closed with hia Aloha in Chinese. The Valedictorian Thus ended the appendix of this tour & this section of the year The third & last section or division or term rather of the year commences with the 1st of Jany - continues thro the 1st of May — This like the others has its subdivisions. The first part was devoted to preparations for sending our children away from home, the actual sending of them away accompanied by their mother, the consequent de­ serted state of the homestead, the desolation of the solitary occupant the experiences of a bachelor's life - the return of the mother the taking into our broken up family 2 small girls, a Hawaiian & a �1 1 . ..... W a imea R eport 1858 Half Hawaiian to fill up some of the deeply felt chasm — &c & c - - During this period, instead of having time to bewail my desolate condition I was more occupied than usual — was actually overwhelmed — The entertaining of visitors for a day or 2 - the attending to 10,000 little things, of whose existence I was previously almost unconscious, the care of the sick & the dying & the dead — for I was called to attend no less than 3 funerals 2 of foreigners, & one of the father in law of a foreigner - at all of which I preached in both English & Native — & c &c where was the time & space for sorrowing? never felt so sad & desolate in all my life. - Yet I The 2d part of this term was spent i n miscellaneous work in making some improvements on our dwellings for our own & the accommodation of visitors - &c I have taken it for granted all along that you would understand that the ordinary clerical duties on the sabbath & week days were duly at­ tended to. They require no particular notice. The last part of this term was devoted to the third & last tour of the missionary year — Like the preceding it was a very cheering season. to be in an interesting state industrious. The church was found Some of the members had been very I n Hamkkua whole families except perhaps the school child- ren had deserted their homes during the w e e k & gone to the mountains to gather pulu - for which there was a great demand — They put up 6 temporary huts for a shelter during the/working days of the week & for the sabbath too, t h o ' in some cases they spent the sabbath at home. Foreigners, Chinamen - more especially, had been round amoung the people exposing for sale their wares, the richest of silks & c allowing anyone who chose, to run in debt & pay in pulu — There followed such a rushing for silks - & consequent rushing to the woods for the pulu — only goods — that things appeared quite lively. but they created the greatest stir. Silks were not the So in my con­ �12 W aimea Report 1858 . gregations in the pulu region there was a great dashing out in silks from little girls to gray headed women — A dress cost from 20 to 30 dollars - but the women were not satisfied with one dress — Now was their time, & they labored with all their might to fill their ward­ robes — ie their chests or their poles suspended in some corner of a grass house where native kapa or brown cotton or blue c a l i c o would be more becoming than such gorgeous dresses. I was not expecting much by way of contribution - yet here I was disappointed tributions were larger than usual — for the con­ In another part of my f i e l d , in Kawaihae u k a , the people h a d bee n permitted to realize the fruits of their previous labors for supplying the whaling fleet with Irish po­ tatoes — Fifty six whaling ships had within 2 or 3 months touched at Kawaihae & carried off nearly 6000 bushels of potatoes - & leaving 6000 dollars cash to be divided amoung some 150 m e n . than they ever received before. some must have recd 1000 This would average 400$ each - but dollars -- & yet the contributions here were no greater than in other places — appeared — The money had in most cases dis­ Some had been expended on clothes — in purchasing cattle — A much larger sum some on food — much had been begged away. some N one had been expended in improving the internal appearance of their houses, how much was horded ( !) up I cannot say — This is a vice or trait to which the people are not much addicted. Anyhow, the people - mostly chh members, had demonstrated that they were not lazy — with sufficient inducements, they can be as industrious as men of other nations — The great fault is the magority ( !) dont know how to use the fruits of their industry. Since my last tour some progress had been made on the meeting houses already on the way. The bodies of the two houses whose corner �13. W a i m e a Report 1858 stones were then laid were nearly completed, the door & window frames in - the windows in readiness — In 2 other chhs the frames & windows & doors made their appearance & the floor of one was laid - & money had been contributed for the purchase matereal ( !) a bell &c. needed from abroad, & it is hoped it will b e obtained. for it anyhow. But help is We will call As others have helped us when w e were without a house of worship - so our people have been disposed to reciprocate favors. It was proposed as stated above to raise 100 dollars to help on the Hilo chh. On this tour the hundred dollars was obtained. The greater part of this sum was given in quarters & rials by the chh members & the school children thro ’out my field. It seemed to come from willing hearts, & they have commissioned me to present in their behalf as their small but cheerful offering to the treasurer of the building committee & thro h i m to the pastor these 10 golden eagles to be wrought as so many polished stones into the temple that, it is hoped, w i l l be greater & longer enduring than Solomon’s. (Here make the presentation) And thou too, Modest Koloa — th o ' thy voice was but that of Koloa - hast not quacked (?) pleaded for help in vain — Our people could not think of putting thee on a level with the great Hilo — that would be esteemed too humiliating to the one - & too exaltative to the other. of Hi l o ’s — So they have made up an offering of just half the amount 10 golden half eagles — May they constitute 10 small polished stones in what may prove the beautiful chh of the Modest Koloa. This tour I have said was an interesting one — The meetings were well attended - the spirit of the Lord was amoung the people — additions were made to several of the chhs - amounting in all to 36, �W a i m e a Report 1858 14. & a few wanderers were restored. 9 Cases of discipline were very few -- 2 or 3 mormons were cut off - & a man & woman excommunicated for their most heaven daring wickedness — experience — I have seen nothing like it in all my pastoral If the unpardonable sin can he committed in these days — they have committed it. On this tour I devoted much time to the examination of the schools, found some 2 or three worthy of all commendation. & most orderly school I ever saw. in the field — One is the stillest The teacher is next to the youngest a Hilo graduate - & spent a short time at Lahainaluna. This teacher has also the best school house in the whole district. Such is the report of my labors, successes &c &c for the year ending May 1 - 5 8 . I have great reason to be thankful - take courage & go on, if God in his good providence shall permit me to resume my labors. [Unsigned; Lyons] �XXVIt h Annual Report of the W a imea Hawaii, Missionary Station May 1 - 1859 Perse ve nantia, V incit omnia. Twice lost, once in a fog, & once in an attempt to think out a plan for a report, I have at length emerged from both, & am happy to find myself safely here by the old stand that has witnessed w i t h joy or sorrow the varied proceedings of a long succession of general meetings. The Missionary in sitting down to write his annual report finds that his position has been much like that of the patient horse in the tread mill — obliged to tread on in the old beaten track, unable to strike out into any new orbit, the centrifugal & centrifical forces being so evenly balanced as to render any other than the old track im­ possible. Yet tho’ the horse keeps treading in the same place without seeming to move, he is both moving himself & moving others - Progress is made. So it is wi t h the Missionary. He has been treading seemingly in a very contracted space, sometimes he goes forward a little & then retraces his steps. He goes to his p reaching stations & returns, & goes again & again returns. them over again. He makes his rounds of visits, & makes He studies, makes tours, he repeats, over & over & over again. preaches, teaches, & this Yet at the end of the year he finds progress has been made, he has moved forward one year towards the end. One year of time has been past ( !) over, that is certain. But then whether a years work, ie missionary work has been done - is not so manifest. A year's amount of preaching & other missionary labor may or may not have been performed. The secular & the clerical, the selfish & the benevolent, the home & the foreign - the school & the church - the temporal & the spiritual departments may have been une­ qually divided - & the duties pertaining to each received some more �W a i m e a Report 1859 2. & others less of attention than they deserved — & others treated with indifference or entire neglect. A report, however, is expected - a moral necessity is laid upon the Missionary t o give an account of himself & his doings & woe unto h i m if he fails. Submitting then to this necessity I will no longer detain you with preliminaries - b u t proceed at once to the work before me, The plan that most naturally suggests itself for a report is some­ thing like the following — 1 3d Our labors 2d Results Miscellaneous matters I Labors Labors of various kinds have been performed & for the privilege, ability, & disposition to perform them we would, in the outset, express our gratitude to God. These labors may be classified in the following manner. 1. Daily labors. by no means few. A minute enumeration of these would show they are There is the daily prayer meeting in some places, the daily school taught by natives, the daily & almost hourly adminis­ tration of medicines & disposition of books & stationery, the daily reading & epistolary correspondence & ten thousand other dailys - which are directly or indirectly connected wi t h the missionary life. Of these duties some have been performed - some omitted - & others have received a partial execution. 2. Weekly labors. Amoung ( !) these are the stated labors of the sab­ bath, ie the children's sabbath school in the morn. & at noon, the public meeting, the chh prayer meeting - the advanced bible class, & the neighborhood gatherings. The w ed afternoon meeting, the friday female prayer meeting, the Saturday Theological school for a part of �3. W a i m e a Report 1859 the year - & the weekly reception & distribution of the govt m a i l . 3. Semi monthly labors. Of these I can think of but one, & this n ot exactly of a missionary stamp, & yet its tendency is often to in­ cite resusitate ( !) & promote the christian & missionary spirit. I refer to the reception & distribution of the semi monthly private mail - which generally contains the foreign mail & hence much religious & missionary intelligence & other matters having a present or remote bear­ ing on the kingdom of Jesus Christ. 4. Monthly labors. Amoung these stand conspicuous the monthly concert observed on the first Sabbath in the month at the noon Church prayer meeting. The monthly meeting of the church sessions for reports & transaction of chh business. Many of the monthlies - formerly obser­ ved - & observed probably elsewhere such as concerts of prayer for sabbath schools, seamen, slaves, temperance peace &c &c have for some unaccountable reason fallen out of the catalogue. 5. Quarterly labors. These are mostly of a financial character - & hen c e not particularly missionary - & yet devolved on the missionary for the want of qualified secular men — I mean the payment of the govt teachers - & making out the treasurers 1/4ly reports - &c &c & deliberative meetings for teachers. Other Quarterlies I am sorry to say call for no notice. 6. Thirdly or tri yearly labors. These are more numerous, occurring once in four months or rather commencing at the end of three months & occupying about four weeks each. They are composed of pastoral visits tours, school examinations, meetings, preaching, administration of the Lords supper, meetings of chh sessions - chh trustees, for examination of candidates for the chh - & all other chh business, amoung which stands preeminent the matter of church erection, I should have �W a i m e a Report 1859 4. said next to the means to be used for gathering in the still ungathered souls. 7. Annual labors. Amoung these stand as the most important - The meeting of the subpastors & their assistants the deacons & elders thro'out the field, for hearing the subpastors reports, for discussion, deliberation - & passing working resolutions which are never observed the actual execution either falling short or going beyond. Next in importance is the annual meetings & festival of the public school teachers & Inspectors for reports, speeches, discussion, social & mental improvements & thankful festivity. Another annual performance has b e e n a normal school for teachers to which I devoted 2 weeks ---- And the last tho' not the least of these labors - may be found in t h e devotion of one w e e k of the year & hence an annual labor to the painting of Kawaihae chh. This is not strictly a missionary w o r k & yet the savior - the Great Missionary teacher - thot it it ( !) not derogitory ( !) to his Missionary character to b e found at the carpen­ ters bench; & why should a disciple esteem it beneath his Missionary or clerical dignity to be found in the besmeared garb of the painter? Besides the painting of a ch h - especially the improved appearance tends much to the missionary & clerical enjoyment. II. 1. Subjective. Results Of non performance & unfaithful execution of our labors - the results to us have been: regret, self reproach, self abasement, diminution of peace & happiness, repentance. Of the performance especially when there was a trial to be faith­ ful, peace, joy, happiness, an increase of knowledge, if not of holi­ ness. �W a i m e a Report 1859 2. Objective. 5. Of the results of the non & unfaithful & faithless performance of duties, who can form the fearful estimate? An increase of poverty, of sickness, o f death, of wretchedness & misery & woe, of ignorance & wickedness, a diminution of knowledge & happiness on earth a diminution of conversions & the consequent diminution of joy on earth & in heaven & the loss perhaps of souls, & hence a fearful accession to the realms of woe. Ob jective results of labors actually, vigorously, & endeavored to be faithfully performed. Of these it is as difficult [a] matter to form a correct estimate as of the former. Who can penetrate the future & enumerate the positive & far-reaching results of a y e a r ’s labors, faithfully executed? But secret things belong to the Lord. Suffice it for us to deal with the perceptible & revealed. 1. An increase of knowledge - The people with the enjoyment of a years instruction, must certainly know more than they did at the commencement of the year, to whatev[e]r departments that instruction has related. If otherwise the fault must be their own. But that there has been an increase of knowledge secular & religious amoung the children & adults is a matter in our mind that should not be controverted. 2. Civilization has received an accession to its ranks, quite a pe r ­ ceptible one in some districts especially where the decent external of a school house greets the eye, & where the chh tower rears its head, & the chh. bell sends forth its joyful sounds. 3. A diminution of wickedness & crime, of poverty & misery & indolence & woe. 4. An increase of activity, of energy, of civil, moral & Christian enterprise - of righteousness, contentment & happiness. 5. Revivals of relegion ( !). Lor d has been revived. In several districts the w o r k of the Gentle visits of the Spirit have be e n enjoyed. �W a i m e a Report 1859 6. But more especially in Waimea there has been what may be called a great revival - nothing like it since days long gone by. This district, as you have often been informed, had been one of the hardest, wickedest, most discouraging & most hopeless spots in my field. The foreign in­ fluence, & satanic agency, combined with human weakness, seemed des­ tined to rule & destroy. The new house of worship, so nice, so beauti­ ful, so inviting, erected to check the progress of immorality & crime & draw the wicked into the Kingdom of Christ seemed to have produced the contrary effect. All its imposing attractions seemed unheeded & the sound of its summoning bell fell on listless ears, & its inviting seats remained unfilled. We began to think a nice & pretty church is not after all, the thing for saving souls. The chh. session met time & again & prayed & deliberated & resolved to pray more for sinners & apostates. An hour was fixed upon to unite all over the district in prayer & supplication in behalf of the uncon­ verted & unreclaimed. The neighborhood & the names of individuals were specified for which united prayer should be offered. When all the neighborhoods had been gone thro' with, then we would g o back t o the beginning, & go over them again in the same order. This course continued for a year & yet there was mo revival, but here & there one converted. We then resolved on another course, some­ what similar to the one persued ( !) in the Fulton St. prayer meeting. Written requests were sent in to the Sabbath noon prayer meeting - in­ dividuals were mentioned by name, prayers were offered up for them & meetings in private houses were multiplied. some time & the good results became manifest. increased in numbers & interest. This practice continued for The prayer meeting The house of God began to fill up - the Spirit of the Lord was evidently in our midst, inquirers multiplied, �Waimea Report 1859 7. sinners came out of their lurking places, old hardened apostates began to wake up — f e e l , confess - repent. of souls was gathered. I n a word quite a r ic h harvest Some 50 of the converts were added to the chh on the 1st Sab. i n A p r il, & some 20 apostates restored. converts are many wives & workmen o f fo reig n ers. progressing. Amoung the The good work is s t il l To the Lord be a l l the glory of this great & good work, for it is his work, & not m an's. I t came so unexpedtedly after a ll on the part of many, that i t was a marvel. 6th Result - Progress in chh erection. You are aware, perhaps by this time, i f not you soon w i l l be, that I have a great zeal fo r chh building So much so that I have resolved on having good, neat, pleasant, & im­ posing houses of worship thro' out my f i e l d . to be agitated in Ap. 1855. The subject f i r s t began And the agitation has been kept up by myself & my people for like preist ( ! ), like people, sometime w ith a f a in t despairing s p i r i t , again with a buoyant hopeful tone - t i l l at length - our resolution has become firm & unwavering, that w ith the help of God added to that of man, we w ill carry on the work to its complete accomplishment. My pen, my tongue, my prayers, my soul & body time & spare substance are a ll enlisted in this chh buildin g enterprise. Now for the results so far observable. 1 Waimea, Kaohe & Kawaihae chhs. have already been completed & dedi­ cated. Of Waimea & Kaohe chhs, I have given particulars heretofore. I must say a word in reference to the chh of Kawaihae. As the result of the contributions obtained from ray brethren last year added to those of the people & others, this chh e d ific e was completed & on the 15th of Jany 59 it was dedicated to the worship of God, with interesting & imposing ceremonies. South Kohala were invited to attend. A ll the good people of Notice had been circulated that there would be a dedication f e s t i v a l , one object of which was to pro- �W a i m e a Report 1859 8. cure contributions for the paying off of an incumbent debt. Accord­ ing to previous arrangements- the Waimea & Kawaihae Uka people proceeded to the place of rendez vous, which was near the new house of worship, in a somewhat martial style, mounted on horses, with appropriate banners flying, & cheered on b y the commanding tones of the leader & the music of flutes. Arrived at the place of the feast, they came to a half, hats were taken off - a n appropriate speech made & prayer offered, & all dismounted, & were soon absorbed in the pleasures of the dedication festival. This over, speeches followed, original songs adapted to the occasion were sun by choirs from the respective districts, statements made in reference to the receipts & expenditures — the balance due a moving appeal made to the sympathies & pockets of the guests, a collection taken which, counted, was found to the joy of all to be sufficient to pay off the debt, & prayer of thanksgiving was offered. The procession reformed & marched up the steep & rough ascent to the top of Puu Kohala to the sombre & smouldering ruins of the old heiau, where an appropriate speech was made followed by singing & prayer. The procession then retired to the recent place of worship where a fare­ well address was delivered in wh touching allusions were made to the original founders now deceased, an original hymn sung & prayer offered & then the whole company of residents & strangers, w i t h quickened step & jubilant souls ascended the radiant hill of Keola Hou the name of the new chh, the chh was entered & crowded with many outside when the more appropriate dedicatory services were performed, & all dispersed to their homes "glad & merry i n heart for the goodness that the Lord had showed unto David & U ziah & the whole Israel of Kawaihae. Uziah are the names of the subpastor & his assistant.) (David & But there was one thing wanting - the chh exhibited a bell tower, but gave forth no �Waimea Report 1859 9. signs nor sounds of bell. forming that part. The old native horn had the honor of per­ It was not long however before a bell was procured by a resident foreigner for 100 dollars. This was placed in the bel­ fry, & the people were very well pleased with it till the arrival of a bell at Kawaihae designed for Waipio chh. As this chh was not yet be­ gun, the Kawaihae people resolved on getting its bell, & they succeed­ ed by offering 30$ above its cost. Preparations were immediately made for removing the first bell to give place for the new one. Then succeed­ ed the funeral obsequies of the old horn, whose shrill & uncouth notes had, for nearly 40 years served to call the people to school & to meet­ ing, for which services he must needs be strangled & buried & hence put t o silence forever. I fear the attendants forgot to mourn or failed to pronounce a worthy eulogium over the deceased. They were all im­ patient to hasten to the ceremony of installing the more worthy & ad­ mired successor, the bright, fined ( !) toned bell right f r o m the Foundery ( !) in Troy. When successfully installed in its place there burst forth such peals of bell, such shouts of joy rolling along the coral sands & reverberating from the adjacent hills & the swelling sea as old Kawaihae has not heard since the downfall of idolatry, & doubtless producing a great hubbub amoung the ghosts of the ancient gods, still hovering as superstitious credulity will have it, around the old temple ruins of Puukohala. I spent the last sabbath in April at Kawaihae. The sound of the ch h going bell, the neat, cheerful, radiant devotion inspiring appearance of the interior of the chh, the goodly deportment & civilized aspect of the congregation & choir of singers, made it seem so homelike - so God worshipping like, so something heaven like, that I was fired with a new zeal & determination to carry my purposes of ch h erection thro' out my field. �W a i m e a Report 1859 2. E 10. leio Church - I am able to report progress on this edifice. Eleio is near Waipio & Waipio is near Eleio. The building of this chh. was commenced a year or two before that of Kawaihae was thot of, ie in 55. The people there have h a d a hard struggle, the history of which might furnish materials for an interesting novel. But as I have heretofore alluded to & perhaps particularized on said history, I need not now repeat it. The building has advanced so far that the koa shingled r oof with its corniced projections & the mounted tower with its green window blinds & modest spire have made their appearance & tell y o u a temple for God is there planted. The interior & bell remain. But I am com­ missioned by the trustees to procure while I am here & send on the materials for the one, & to send to America for the bell, with funds not yet sufficient to meet the expenses but with a firm trust in Provi­ dence that the balance will come from some quarter. upon for the completion - dedication of this church. December is fixed The old but vener­ able subpastor Nehemia Keau has long groaned under his burden & sometimes feared he should sink under it & b e obliged to give up all for lost. But he now begins to rejoice in the brightening prospect that success ( ! ) will finally crown his indefatiguable exertions to bui l d a suitable house for God. His soul has long panted for the privilege of worship­ ping God in this completed temple at least once before he dies. 3. Paauhau church - This is a framed building - has windows - a floor & pulpit - And is thatched with lauhala. A doubt long existed whether the original intention respecting it, ie to finish it off in chh style would ever be carried out as it seemed to involve an almost impossibil­ ity to procure funds & materials. hope would sometimes preponderate. But we did not entirely despair, We continued prayer & supplication to the God of temples, that light might break in upon our darkness & �W a i m e a Report 1859 11. a fountain might be opened whence the needed funds might be obtained & the materials procured. And the Lord heard us & light came, & a fountain l ong concealed was opened in the adjoining mountains bearing some resemblance to a golden placera ( !). The bags of pulu that had clothed the people with silks & broad cloths, it was discovered could be turned towards the building of churches in Hamakua. Paauhau goes in for 700$ worth of pulu which A. Harris & Co. have agreed to take & in return furnish materials for the completion of their house of worship with its belfry & bell. 4. Kawaihas Chh. This also is a framed building like that of Paauhau, & thatched with lauhala - & windows purchased but never put in. And there the work ceased till last Dec. when a n effort was made to raise money to allow the w o r k to be resumed & carried forward. was obtained but that was but a small part of 1200 $. Some 80$ Despair began to settle upon the brow of those most interested - & they vainly attempted to smother the apprehension that they must die like David without seeing their house of worship completed according to their earnest wishes. But all of a sudden the dark clouds of despair were seen breaking up & dispersing, & a flood of light succe[e]ding & joyful hope urging on to action. The same firm alluded to above proposed to complete their chh according to their wishes — to furnish all the materials - even to the bell - & do all the work & take their pay in pulu. The trustees have accepted the proposition - & a contract has been made w i t h the firm to build a house - not, when completed with bell & all - to exceed 1 ,200 $. The trustees of Hanakamalii, Kaala & Kapulena chhs have already entered or will doubtless enter into similar contracts w ith the �W aime a Report 1859 12. same firm, for building their chh edifices. 5. Puako Chh. I reported this chh last year as on the way - the stone walls up - laid in mortar - & windows procured. This is the poorest parish in my field, rendered still poorer of late by the frequent rains that have prevented the people from making salt - one of their chief dependencies - the wind - rough weather, & the heat of the volcanic stream that entered the sea near this place have killed or frightened away all their fish the of wealth. 2nd source There remain the fruit of a few coc oa nut trees, & the lauhala from the leaf of which the women busy themselves in making mats. The men can sometimes find a job of work that will bring them i n something, ie if they can manage to obtain food, all of which comes from a distance. One such job they have found. They have built a stone school house plastered inside & out & surrounded it with a stone wall, & turned all the avails 120$ into their chh. The avails of the wome n 's mats are disposed of in the same way. With the funds obtained & any others I may be so fortunate as to secure by begging or otherwise, I a m authorized by the trustees to purchase materials for the roof - floor &c to take along with me. We have resolved to have the roof & belfry on & floor laid by the next communion season - which is the last wee k in Aug - 6. Kawaihae Uka Ch h - field. Kawaihae Uka is the richest portion of my N o greater proof need be required than the fact that within a few months past, it has received 7000$ cash for Irish potatoes. There are two parishes in this district, but neither is very large. It was resolved some months ago - to have 2 meeting houses one for each parish. But on a more thoro examination of the subject, it was considered inexpedient & unwise to have 2 chhs, that it would be wiser & less expensive for the 2 parishes to unite & build but �W aime a Report 1859 13. one chh. to be larger ( !) enough to accommodate both parishes when it was desirable to meet together - as on communion seasons & c . vote to this effect was lately past. A The edifice is to be of wood, surmounted with a steeple & bell - the whole cost not to ex(ceed) 1500$. I a m to purchase materials while here. December is fixed upon as the time for completion & dedication. But one more ch h remains to be noticed, for I will leave out of the question for the present the lone, hidden, & still laborously approached valley, of Waimanu - & pass on to 7. Waipio Church. What ! is there to be a new, neat & imposing chh edifice in the deep, lone, remote, concealed valley of Waipio enclosed with high towering precipices & washed by the restless surf of the sea? Why not? It is the grandest, the most romantic - the richest valley on the Islands, if not in the world, with a population of some 600 individuals. All Waimea - Kawaih ae, Hamakua & even Kona & Hilo & even Honolulu at times, are dependant upon it for the salvation of the body, & is it not worthy to contain a de­ cent house of worship & thus furnish means for the salvation of the soul? Do not infer there has been no house t h e n of this kind here before. It has enjoyed the benefits & pleasures of a lauhala house at first & those of its more inviting successor - a stone building, roughly laid up in mortar - with windows, door - settees, chairs, a matted floor & a lauhala roof - a chh. of which the wor­ shippers were once proud. But it was going to decay - & was falling far behind the spirit of the age - & a reform was demanded. The question of a new house had long been agitated - & some progress made in the collection of funds, but it was slow - & m o s t of the �Waimea Report 1859 14. funds collected had b e e n unwisely expended for lumber never received. The 18th of April - the anniversary of my own birthday - I spent in Waipio in warm & earnest discussion with the trustees, chh of­ ficers & all the male members of the chh - in reference to the new chh edifice — The following are the results of the discussions of that long to be remembered anniversary of the p a s t o r ’s birth (tho' he lost his birthday dinner) (& his voice into the bargain) Resolved 1. To pull down the old stone chh leaving enough for the foundation of the contemplated one. 2 O n this foundation rear a framed building - which w i l l be 66 x 33 x 14 ft. As a building of these dimensions & finished off in chh style, will cost according to a previous estimate - some 2,500 - therefore Res. 3 that Waipio chh agree to raise 2,000$ for this purpose, leaving 500$ to be raised by contributions from abroad — 4 - In order to facilitate the raising of said 2,000$ the number of seats be ascertained - & the more desirable ones sold at once before the house is built, at auction, putting them up at a minimum price, & the others be appropriated to those who will hereafter occupy them, at a p rice for each - which with that of those sold at auction will amount to 2,000$ that each one may know how much he is t o get. 5 That in order to obtain the required funds - the ch h members & all interested in Waipio for three months to come sell all their food for nothing but cash & appropriate the 2000 6 avails towards the $. That when the funds are raised one be appointed to go to Honolulu & procure the materials & have them landed at Waipio. �Wa i m e a Report 1859 7. 8 That 15. he the Carpenter & his wages he now agreed on - That the first we e k in May, 60 b e fixed on as the time for the completion & dedication of the new chh. to he accompanied wit h a festival to which all the chh officers thro'out the field he in­ vited with the expectation that each guest will give a certain sum towards liquidating any deb t that ma y then he remaining. These resolutions were unanimously past ( !) & already a commencement has been made to carry them into effect — We shall he very happy to see any of our brethren & better halfs down in that valley - at the dedication — Mrs L who has never been down there hopes - but — --- The female chh members of Waipio had previously obtained by their funds - a chh bell - but as related above sold it to Kawaihae chh at an advanced price, & h ence will send forthwith for another to b e out by the time o f dedication. Let all the good people pray for the success of Waipio chh & make their prayers weighty, as many as are thus disposed, by a temple offering. (Here exhibit the plan) III Micellany ( !) Auwe! 6 sheets nearly & yet the third division untouched! — As I have already wearied your patience - I must leave the beginning & middle of this division, ie - all I intended to report on P o p e r ythe departed glory of Mormonism, the treacherous calm of the unsurpassed beauties of the crookedest road in the world - the amazing developments of the English language - such as, for example, to the , the lot of surgery in phials of medicine - Jayne's experiment - the disease that had ignited somewhere, & to ease which a combustible medicine was called for — the haunted house whose occupants were long vexed & tormented by �Waimea Report 1859 the reigning spirits, some being killed outright - some knocked down - others threatened & finally all driven from the house -the great volcanic eruption - of which many of yo u have heard so much & others know so little - & many other suchlike things some in & some out of memory. I say, these, forming the beginning & middle of the 3rd head I m ust leave amount the unfinished & postponed portions of my report & pass on to the ending of said division which embraces the more important past, the Chh. &c, Statistics of Waimea Hawaii F or 1858-59 to May 1 - 59 Whole no. recd to the chu r ch on profession up to May 1, 59 " " " " " " on certificate " Total received " " recd on prof in 58 6953 600 7553 107) recd on certif. 18 Total r e cd past year 194 Whole no. dismissed 1496 Dismissed past year 113 Whole no. chh. members in regular standing deceased 2274 Deceased apostates 1168 Total deceased 3442 Deceased past year & up to May 1, 99 Excluded past year 62 Remain excluded in the field abroad Total 284) 200) Whole no in regular standing up to May 1 484 2131 7553 Whole no. of children baptized 1611 Baptized past ye a r 26 Marriages in 58 41 couple Adults & youths fr 15 years old & upwards who have never united with the church 288 �W a i m e a Report 1859 Contributions in 1858 $700.00 230.00 For the support of Pastor " Foreign Missions " Church building in cash 1120.00) in work 435.00) Total 1555.00 150*00 For other purposes Total $2635.00 "Perseverantia vincit omnia" Quod erat demonstrandum Agite Domino Gratias Respectfully submitted Lorenzo Lyons �Report of Waimea (Hawaii) station from May 1, 59 to May 1, 1860. In the opening sentence of the present report, I feel like exclaiming in the language of the eloquent prophet, "O Wheel !" The wheel that has borne another missionary year to its close and b r o ’t the missionary to another annual convention has rolled on wit h lightning speed regardless of all impediments thrown in its way. Yet viewed in some aspects as that of labors, toils, cares expect­ ations, anxieties it has seemed long since it commenced the revolu­ tion just completed, the events of the first part of its circuit having almost faded from memory. While viewed in other aspects, as that of results, successes, it seems but the revolution of the earth on its axis, & the disappointed & still pursuing (?) mission­ ary, gazing intensely on this wheel in its rapid flight, feels almost disposed to cry out, like Joshua to the sun, O wheel ! stand thou still in thine orbit till the plans of the year are accomplished. But paralyzed be the hand & dumb the tongue that would retard the velocity of the Missionary wheel. For as a consequence of its vel­ ocity, I am here today, we are all here. No, we are not all here; the wheel has left some behind that were here last year, & brot up others, who were then not here, some even afar off. Bless the Lord for bringing so many of us together again, each to report in matter & manner as seems to hi m best. Let me then proceed to give a brief report in reference to myself & field. 1. Work to be done. My field of labor is to be reached that always dreaded Hawaiian channel re crossed, 6 chhs. to be built, materials, & bells to be ordered & got to their different places, & money to be procured to pay for them. Schools & chhs are to be �Waimea 2 1860 looked after watched over - sermons are to be preached, sinners to be warned & converted wanderersto be reclaimed saints instructed, enlight[en] ed, confirmed, prepared for glory. due attention. The sick must receive Funds must be procured for pastoral support & for sending the gospel abroad. The education of our children must go forward. 2. Doubts & fears & anxieties in reference to coming work. Will that fearful channel be safely crossed? Will the bells if ordered & forwarded from America ever reach us? or will some ill fated Fleetwood or Washington Alston hold us in long suspense or disappoint our expectations? The lumber too for the chhs, if purchased & shipped, will it ever reach the windward shore of my field - where there are no safe harbors, wh e r e lumber has never been landed before? May not fearful & unskillful natives, & irre- sponsible captains combine with strong winds, & high swelling bil­ lows & furiously rolling surf to render all attempts at landing unavailing, & scatter the lumber to nobody knows where? And sup­ posing the bells come safely & the lumber reaches its destined shore, it is a long w a y yet to some of the chh. sites, the shore is rocky, a steep & giddy & almost inclimable precipice is above, up which & over which & beyond which the lumber is to be hauled & carried by hand or on horse back, no carts or cart roads existing. carried? Will It be And the ponderous bells, who will have will & energy & love enough to carry them on their shoulders 8, 12 & 20 miles over muddy roads, thro' thick woods, up steep hills, down tedious palls? Will lumber if got to the different chh lots, ever be converted into neat & beautiful chhs? Will the bells ever send out their cheer­ ing sounds, from their imposing towers? Hi c labor, hoc opus est ! �Waimea 1860 3. How the poor missionary must labor ! how [he must] travel t h r o ’ rain & mud & wind from place to p l a c e ! how his pen, his tongue, his hands must exert themselves ! The money too, what comparatively vast sums ! how can it be obtained? none. Gold & silver mines there are Mercantile & mechanical & sugar establishments we have none. The rich the great the noble, where are they? begging? To beg I am not ashamed. touching be heard? open? Shall we resort to But will any appeals however Will the ear hear the heart move - the purse I know the injunction "bear ye one anothers burdens["] . But to this another injunction may be opposed "let each one bear his own burden." again. But then begging has been tried with some success, try it But try our own resources first. patches, but they may dry up — ness. Kalo potatoe plantations, they may fail, or the demand for their produce be small. that too may run out. What are they? the pulu traffic — Besides, that is considered a ruinous busi­ Will the energy, patience, perseverance & love of the natives & the Missionary hold out? But what if the chhs are built & finished off in true chh style, whence the visitors to these remote, isolated, concealed vallies & shores — to admire them? Who will fill them? or The people are all dying off orgoing of[f] . Those who remain will they go to meeting any more regularly than they did in their old grass houses? Will any more souls be saved? Will the sound of the bell draw out more than the sound of the old shell? while where will be the ears to catch its notes? what more remains to be preached? up. And in a little Preaching too — Almost every text has been used And weary with a 1000 other things how can sermons be prepared; & if prepared will the people come out to hear them? & storms & colds & sickness & May not winds indisposition make vacant seats �W aimea & thin congregations? 1860 4. or if these is a good congregation, will the truth be listened to? after all be lost labor? Will souls be converted? Will it not Then the schools must be attended to. But why labor longer to instruct Hawaiians? Will not many make a wrong use of their knowledge if they get any. Besides what have all past efforts to educate & civilize & christianize accomplished? especially for young females? Has it not been asserted that they have utterly failed to make them virtuous? utterly failed to prevent them from falling to the lowest depths of immorality? Then the school books, what an indifferent variety & no funds for increas­ ing it. The poor beneficiary missionaries having absorbed what there was for want of a competency from other sources. school houses — And the what uninviting things ! many of them are; & to think of enlightening the mind as dark as chaos in such gloomy & sombre looking structures, is it not all nonsence? teachers, & school inspectors, & such schools — big & small, & so miserably taught. tolerate them? so few children Will the Board of Education Will they not be given up & the funds used for the support of English Schools? If so - what will become of the scores of children thus cast off? that be promoted? The Missionary cause, how can whence the funds? The people are all poor — how almost cruel to be urging (?), give, give — nothing to give — are small — And then such where there is And yet if nothing is obtained — or contributions it will be said, o your people are going backward becoming lazy, worldly, covetous, & need to be disciplined — The pastor is to be supported -- but how? Shall he depend on his people? they the means? This is a delicate subject. Will they take care of him? Will they fulfill their promises? have if they fail �Waimea shall they be sued? if they are sued will they ever come again in sight of the pastor? pulu traffic? 5. 1860 But where can money be obtained from the but this is denounced by some as most demoralyzing ( !), worse than Slave holding, Taking the wages of pulu for a support might expose the pastor to excission. Do the best he can the pastor will often have to take the last & only shilling the poor giver has. This savors of extortion, oppression. to the Mother country? support it — But what must he do? look to the benificent Board or the chhs that But they seem to have become tired of helping us — with one hand they give — with the other they hold a sword saying we stand ready, waiting longing to sever the cord that has bound you to u s so long. We trust the time i s not distant. affairs are embarrassed. Our financial Besides you must bear in mind that if you wish us to continue on helping you you must bring forward Hawaiians a little faster into the ministry & pastoral office (?). If after all these years of labor there are not suitable materials from which to manufacture ministers, that will be a reason for withdrawing our contributions from you. But there are suitable materials. Of this we have good evidence. Ah (?) - here lies my great fear. acquainted with my people. I fear I shall never become Here I have been some 28 years in close contact with them, & yet I don't seem to know half so much about them as I ought or as others know. but how & where? Our children are to be educated - The prospects of Oahu College are anything but cheering -- no endowment yet, the pupils are leaving — ident resigning -- if he leaves — & Ichabod be written on its walls? the pres­ will not the institution die Can another man be found that can fill his place? (who can come after the King?) Then the expenses �Waimea 1860 6. are becoming so great, how can they be met? Repairs are to be made on our houses, but of what use will that be? I am to have no successor. The sick are to be doctored - but if any charges are made - any compensation recd, the missionary unless an M.D. is liable to be fined or thrown into prison. Tours are to be made but then it may storm or the pastor may be sick or his wife sick or something prevent, & the discomforts can they be again endured? These were some of our doubts - fears & anxieties. 5. The disposal of these difficulties & c . The process of disposal needs no particular description - as it must be familiar to you all. on lightly. Yet a part of the process I will touch In removing the objection to building chhs in remote, unvisited places & where the population is diminishing -- we had recourse to the method persued ( !) by nature & the Missionary. Nature builds stately structures In desolate remote & hidden places. Listen to the voice of the poets. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear Pull many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air." "Are there not Crystal palaces beneath the seas? Are there not gorgeous cities in the deep, Buried with flashing gems that brightly sleep Hid by the mighty sea? Are there not costly things & sweet perfumes Scattered in waste o'er that seaquent [sequent ?] of tombs?" Missionaries build comfortable - yea even nice & stately houses on bleak hills, remote spots, in the wilderness, & lone vallies. Does not God require as good as fine as stately a house as the Mission­ �Waimea ary? 7. 1860 The people who remain, while they remain want & ought to have decent houses of worship. Missionaries who are getting old & ex­ pect to live but a little time longer, wish & ought to have good houses to spend that little time in. While the wind & the fire & the earthquake of fears about schools, chhs, & female virtue were blowing & hissing & quaking about the cave in which we were hid, a voice like the whisper Elijah heard spoke to us, saying what doest thou here - Missionary, pastor — teacher, away w i t h thy doubts, fears, suspicions, Knowest thou not that I have reserved for me 7000 Hawaiian females who have not bowed the knea ( !) to Hawaii's Baal or Astoreth — T h o ’ those who perish may be as the sands of the. sea yet a remnant shall be saved. "Up & be doing. Obey your orders, results are 4th Work. Doubts - difficulties fears being removed, the work to be performed was commenced, orders for bells sent off, chh building materials purchased & shipped - The pastor sets out for home - the fearful channel is safely crossed - the shore of Kawaihae joy­ fully greeted, lumber for 3 chhs landed, the people fr o m the hills of Kawaihae after waiting several hours to help land the [lumber] had nearly all deserted. hence the burden fell on a few — quorum fiu water. pars it was 9 pm when the last board was dragged from the On the succeeding day home w as reached - what a scene pre­ sented itself ! "Inpardam senovare dolorem" — the wasted & ghostly form of a companion, the insensible & apparently dying state of a guardian child whose lively step & smiling eye & cheerful voice had heretofore greeted the return of the guardian father. But God was good & restored her - & the guardian mother recovered from her exhaustion. �Waimea 1860 Now the real tug of war begins - 8. There is a ship bearing lumber for one of the windward chhs. the first trial - public prayer is offered for a calm sea - the vessel comes in sight, night is near — the people know not what to do, one is for sending to the capt. to wait till morning -- another says that will never do, the vessel can't anchore ( !), & it won't stay off out there, exposing itself to peril, the lumber is already over board — let us be off for[ th] with after it. where is our canoe — And off they went. The lum­ ber was dragged to the shore & safely landed amid the joyful acclamation of the people. at that place. It was the first attempt of landing lumber But before the lumber reached the chh it was to be taken up a long a steep precipice — which was accomplished — Another ship load of lumber was ordered for Waipio, where the roar of the surf is always like the sound of many waters. Many prayers are offered in different places - the vessel heaves in sight, the rain is descending in torrents, the ocean is boiling furiously, no canoes, no boats are sent out. amazement — The people all stand in silent finally one man ventures out to the vessel - the captain is furious, swearing, threatening, yet waiting. It is raining most drenchingly, the surf rolling most fearfully prayer is at lenght ( !) heard - the rain ceases, the ocean becomes quiet. canoes venture out - the people lose their fears & put forth their energies - & after a long & toilsome & hazardous struggle the shores of Waipio receive their first shipment of lumber amid the wild & joyous shouts of her surf & mountain bound sons. weary & exhausted, But many were cold & shivering at the end of the work. And the Captain put on an extra charge of 200$ for detention by the inclement weather & the fearful & inactive natives, tho' thro' the �Waimea 1860 9. intercession of the pastor it was reduced to 40,$. Materials for two other chhs in Hamakua were landed at different places, even more difficult & hazardous than that of Waipio. was eye witness of one landing process. unstrung. I My nervous system was all O how the poor natives toiled with all their mighty with out clothes, amid the dashing waves, save in a narrow spot - & that every moment threatened to be deluged. The landing place was at the foot of a steep & to me in the descent inaccessible precipice. The ocean was at that time calm outside. Tho' often lashed into fury, yet whenever vessels were bearing lumber for these 2 chhs, as they approached, it was so calm, that a landing was effected on the first attempt. Providence most obediently interposed. bell for one of the chhs did not succeed so well. The That went past & on to Hilo & back to Honolulu, but on the 2nd trip was safely landed. The 2nd shipment of lumber for Waipio chh was purchazed ( !) - & the pastor came to Honolulu for the purpose in Jany — month genrally ( !) a rough the owners & captain of the vessel hesitated — what shall we do they enquired - if we get to Waipio & find the winds & waves against us? replied, & they obeyed. Trust in Providence — go ahead the pastor The vessel came in sight of Waipio, but the ocean was a perfect temptest ( !). Waipio could n o t be approached -- the vessel disappeared for several days a perfect gale all the while Ah - that was a trying time -- there was the lumber purchazed ( !) by the hard earned money of the people for the completion of their in picture beautiful chh, exposed to be lost - & if lost - will not their courage perish with it? But the people continued to pray - & finally united fasting with prayer — wind went down — the ocean became calm — At lenght ( !) the the vessel again hove �Waimea 10 1860 . in sight - the lumber safely waslanded - great was the joy of the people. Materials being obtained for chh building & brot to their respective locations — the presence of the pastor was necessary to direct & help on the wo r k both by counsel & manual labor -- Hence he was on the move - performing chh building as often as circumstances would allow & devoting sometimes a week - sometimes 2 weeks to a single chh. Besides the past o r ’s accustomed tours have been performed schools examined meetings attended, sermons preached whether prepared or unprepared - often the latter. Tracts have been distributed, medicines administered to the sick - a teachers' school taught & other deeds included that go to make up the general r o [u] tine of missionary labor -4 peared Results Some of the results of our labor have already ap­ They have not been all that was desirable, or aimed at or anticipated. Schools have been but little orany improved - the progress of sin & error but little stayed, but few sinners converted, but few wanderers reclaimed — But little if any advance, it is to be feared - has been made in true holiness -- In short the domestic social intellectual moral & religious aspects have been but little changed. But then something may be recorded in the tab le of results. Some sinners have been hopefully converted - others more hardened in s i n . Some have been aroused to more activity in good works - others sink into deeper lethargy — Many have been disposed to contribute for the promotion of benevolent objects both in money & work - hard work too - others have been disposed to withhold their money & refused to work for benevolence or to get means for being benevolent — Hence when called on to give - they feel they are per­ fectly exempt from the duty to give & from blame for not giving. �Waimea 1860 11. With regard to chh erection results are quite cheering. The 5 bells ordered have been rec'd, & have all reached their respective places but one — together wi t h the 6th bell purchased by the build- ers of one of the chhs. Puako chh. whose walls only were up last May & Eleio chh. whose walls & roof only were up at that time have been finished & dedicated. Kawela chh - that was not commenced till September has been built & finished. prevented its dedication. A balance of debt has Waipio chh. commenced in the latter part of Nov - has been built & completed outside according to the plan presented to this meeting last year (here it is again), & the work is going on rapidly inside -p- Makela chh commenced in Dec. is completed outside & floored - & waiting for lumber which it will soon have for completion — Paauhau chh was commenced in April & will be completed by the 1st of July — nished with bells c o s t i n gsome $ 1 0 0 each — commenced — All these chhs are fur- Another church has To be finished outside by 31 of Aug — still another will probably be commenced — mence sometime — just been at which time leaving 3 more to com­ My contribution lists are still open. Contribu­ tions either to help pay off remaining debts or to carry out the chhs now in process to completion or build new chhs — solicited & will be most gratefully received. are earnestly For the help hereto­ fore r e c ’d from the members of this body & their chhs — the pas­ tor & people feel under great obligations. I was intending to refer to the haunted house of last year — to tell you how a great coil of rope was purchased even by myself — the ostensible object of which was to remove the house If not to hang the ghosts, how the spirits cleared out either from fear or something else — Hence the house stands there still — but I think �Waimea I will pass this over 5 1860 12. — Present & future prospects — While climbing up a steep pali on my last tour & revolving in my mind whether it was best to say anything in reference to the future - or treating (?) itas I do when climbing palis, avoid looking up from fear of being discouraged - all of a sudden my head came in contact with a projecting rock. That decided the question. It is better to look up - look ahead. has been reported but in part. The present state of things The unreported part, all who have the acquaintance with the native population that I have can under­ stand it, & if pictured before the minds of the others, of what par­ ticular benefit will it be? Will it help me get contributions? Will it draw forth more prayer? Will it rouse a missionary spirit, & lead any of them to engage in propria persona in strictly mission­ ary work?-— Should I assume the office of prophet & portray the future when Hawaiia[n ]s become the successors of the present foreign mi s ­ sionaries - I might make some mistake, so both in view of the past, present & future my wisest course will be to cheer us on in the lan­ guage of a poet Come let us persue ( !) Our journey anew In spite of all our distresses. At home from Abroad F rom the American B oard Jehovah his faithful ones blesses. [Unsigned; but Lorenzo Lyons] �[1861] 29th A n n u a l Report of Waimea Station Hawaii In presenting this annual report, I am compelled at the outset to pause & wonder. I wonder why I am permitted to tread once more this consecrated floor & again utter my voic e within these ancient walls while a member of this Association of far more prominence than myself is not allowed to be here - His long familiar countenance greets us not, his lively step is not heard on this floor — heard in our counsels, alas ! it is silent. his voice so often My brother - the sharer of the few pleasures & the multiplied perils of a long & tedious voyage over three oceans - the partaker of the joys & toils of our youthful missionary life - why art thou not here? I left? Why hast thou been taken & Thou art not here to report on the state of the schools, the prospects of the rising generation nor to tell us w h a t thou hast seen or what thou hast been doing since thine exit from this world. Art thou in heaven, with Jesus - with the angels, & the spirits of the just made perfect, then thou art far more happy than any of us who remain, & tho' we deeply mourn thy loss, we would not recall thee to resume thy toils on ear t h . Thou art at rest, rest on till we too, if found worthy are called up to join thee in that same glorious rest that remains for the people of God. I wonder also not only that my life has been continued while that of others has b e e n taken away, but that a good measure of health has been granted me & freedom from pain & suffering. Not an appointment has failed of being fulfilled in con­ sequence o f sickness, not a labor omitted. voice was not heard in the pulpit. Yes on one sabbath my The ruthless hand of the dentist had performed an operation which deprived me of every tooth in my head - & consequently rendered speaking at first a rather difficult �W a i m e a Report 1861 performance. 2. In attempting to pronounce Shybboleth or Lybboleth words - I might have been taken for an E phraimite, or a Hawaiian or neither. Nor can I even now escape from such a suspicion. For some weeks I was confined to the house & small space adjoining, extending to the ch h - in consequence of a bodily - or a limb infirmity, & one of the expressions of sympathy I received was, this is a matter of rejoicing - it will keep you from building meeting houses, & allow time for communion wi t h the muses. Mrs L . tho’ a great sufferer has for much of the year enjoyed more comfortable health than was anticipated. The children at home - or rather at Punahou - can speak for themselves, or their countenances can speak for them. The Son in America who was expected to complete his theological course this month & come forth or go forth as a mi s ­ sionary, has for some mysterious reason been arrested in his course & thrown upon a bed of sickness. this year — He has not seen the Theol. seminary For months past, h e has been unable not only to read, but even to hear letters read from home. After months of silence, we were rejoiced to see his h a n d w r i t i n g - though it was but the sign­ ing o f his name to a note written by another hand — Allow me to request the brethren to continue their supplications for the entire recovery, if that be the will of the Lord, of this son who has been so near the gates of death. I wonder that our dwellings have b e e n preserved by angels. No fire has injured them - no fiendish thief or incendiary has disturbed the peace & quietness of the night - or abstracted ought from the poor missionary’s treasury t h o ’ unprotected by an iron save ( !) - while some of my brethren are pained to report about attempts to burn them up - houses broken open - property stolen. Am I better than they? �Waimea Report 1861 5. Have the guardian angels been more faithful in watching over my preises than those of others? No, I am more wicked than any of you - so wicked that the angels would be perfectly justified in withdrawing their protection from my humble dwellings. But enough of wonder & preliminary remarks. Foremost in the body of my report must be placed Church buildings. What, church buildings again? ing on that subject thes e years past. You have b e e n report­ Ahea la oe e hiki aku i ka hopena?( ) But don't allow your patience to end before/ m y building of chhs is ended. Solomon was 7 years in building one temple. in building 10. pleted — I have not been 7 years It may be 7 years ere the proposed number 14 is com­ But who shall say ought against my chh. building enterprise? A m I a man of war like David that I should not build ch h for the Lord? The building of chhs is a good - a noble, an ellevating ( !), a civil­ izing - a christianizing work. [The following a note on a separate small piece of paper, starred as belonging in this space] : If David regarded one day i n the Lord’s house as better than a 1000 elsewhere, & preferred, to be a door keeper of God’s house to dwelling in the palace of a King or tents of wickedness - am not I perfectly justified in spending a few years in building & adorning houses for which the King & sweet Psalmist of Israel expressed such unbounded prefference? ( !) Five chh edifices have been on my hands during the year 1 Kawela chh in Hamakua. This was finished last May, & we held a meeting in the adjoining school house - & like Israel’s weeping cap­ tives by Babylon’s streams, we gazed with tearful eyes on its beauti­ ful & imposing form - but its doors were closed - & its bell hung silently in its tower. A great debt - a crushing weight was upon it. �Wa i m e a Report 1861 4. Its doors could not be opened nor its bell send out its cheering tones - till this weight was removed. The people strove to pay it - but the weather was bad - & formed a hindrance were also hindrances. The hearts of some Time was flying - the debt remaining - the builders threatening to put the chh under the hammer of the auction­ eer — Now was the time for prayer - faith & effort. With these weapons I formed a resolution to rescue this beautiful house from the hands of the advancing Vandals — I obtained the key - opening the long closed doors - rung the bell - on sabbath morn — the people to their utter astonishment & joy assembled in their n e w house the house was dedicated the Lord was entreated to protect it from the assaults of the enemy, to open the windows of heaven — the hearts & the pockets of the benevolent & furnish the requisite means for paying off this all crushing debt. The meeting closed - the people left the church - the doors were locked - the key returned to the builders - Prayer continued - faith was strong, & efforts for the rescue unwearied — The god of temples aided. Within 3 weeks the house was rescued - the key delivered to the trustees - the gates of Zion, the name of this chh. thrown open & Kawela’s liberated captives took joyful possession & have worshipped there joyfully from sabbath t o sabbath ever since - ie since the 1st of September. But they are not altogether triumphant -- They are somewhat in debt to 2 neighboring districts who lent them their chh funds to help them out of their embarrassment. I should not omit to mention, in favor of the firm that built this edifice - that they threw off on e hundred dollars of the debt & all the interest. the chh 2000$. [On small slip] : The cost of Nor would I refrain fr o m expressing our deep felt thanks to all the brethren who by their contributions & prayers, came promptly & cheerfully to our rescue. �Waimea Report 1861 5 2 . Makela chh in Kawaihae Uka. This was ah out half finished at our last meeting. Its entire completion was in July. I spent a week in painting the inside & the 2d coat of the outside, returned to Waimea for Mrs L & some of the children who accompanied me to the dedication which took place on sabbath July 15 a pleasant time - the house thronged & the hearts of all beat with the most joyous emotions. A few weeks after the dedication there was a benevolent festival to raise funds for paying the debt. The name of this chh is Sinai, its cost Including the bell about 1000$ — debt all paid. It is well filled sabbath after sabbath. 3. Waipio Church in Hamakua. meeting of the association. This chh was enclosed at the last The inside work went on till July - when the carpenter’s work was finished & on my tour in July I spent 8 days on the painting of the interior & outside, in putting down the matting, hanging the curtains, adjusting the pulpit trimmings Returned to Waimea & on the 8th of August Mrs L & 2 daughters accom­ panied me on horses t h r o ’ the awful road of the woods & the wilder­ ness t h r o ’ fields of entangling Oi & Indigo, down the long diagonal road of Waipio pali , Mrs L being the first white woman that ever visited Makela in Kawaihae Uka - & the 3d I think that ever descended into the Valley of Waipio, beneath which was the residence of the fabled Milu, with his paradise for the good & his Gehenna for the wicked. The aperture thro which is the descent into this Avernum is said to be not far from the road that leads into this splendid valley, but we were fortunate enough not to stumble Into it in our descent. in Waipio. The 9th of Aug - was a great - a long to be remembered day There was such a display as Hawaiian s delight to make on such occasions. Great preparations had been made for the festival �6. W aimea Report 1861 that was to accompany the dedication of Sana Paulo . A long & imposing procession was formed, of men women & children, strangers & residents, decked out in their best - the men on horses - a company of women & girls on foot in their crinolines - marshals & officers dressed in full uniform, cresent ( !) caps, swords - & epaulets muskets & drums - & flags of various kinds flying. the chh — They marched to sung, speechified - prayed - dismounted, went into the sanctuary to make their contributions for the payment of the debt on the chh. After all was quiet I went in - the pulpit was guarded by 2 officers one on each side, w i t h swords & epauletts, & flags — quite a military aspect - the contributions being ended, I made a few remarks, told the people this military parade might be pardoned as the house was not yet dedicated - but when they returned to the dedication - they would lay aside all this display & appear in their simple dresses, &c — An original hymn had been prepared by a Lahaina luna graduate for the occasion - before sung I wished to see it I cast my eye over it & saw one line Hip, Hip, huro ( !) no Sana another line was about the hooped women Paulo -/ I told the bard - that might be sung outside - but not inside of Sana Paulo . The festival followed & the great multitude feasted to their satisfaction. After which were the dedicatory exercises. On the dispersion of the crowd, the trustees of the chh held a meeting & passed some laws which might be called Waipio blue laws. Ho woman was to come into the chh without some sort of a bonnet - no flower wreath was to be admitted - no man was to appear with an over shirt on h im - &c &c - with the imposition of a dollar fine for each vio­ lation — When these proceedings came to my knowledge - I told the trustees - we had no such laws in Waimea - & they h a d better be abrogated or your nice meeting house will be deserted - which advise ( !) was listened to. This building is the largest in my �Waimea Report 1861 7. field - & cost about 3000 dollars, & I am happy t o say it is nearly or quite p a i d for. It has been well filled with worshippers since its dedication, & meetings have been held daily in it. To the inquiry w hy do you have so many meetings - the reply was, we wish to enjoy our house while it lasts - & to get the -worth of our money expended on it. The bell also I observed was rung along time & for the same reason, I found - They had paid for it, why should it not be rung loud & long as a compensation for what it cost? All this sort of logic is allowable in Hawaiians, who after all you can say to the contrary are but a race of children. 4th Kaalaia church in North Kawaihae Uka — chh. is the result of a secession spirit. The building of this The north & the south had united & agreed to build a ch h together large enough for both but when the work commenced - the north held back - the b u r d e n was found to be falling on the South. alone. to arms. The south could not sustain it A separation was advised & peac[e]ably effected. No resort The result was 2 small chhs instead of one. Kaalaia meeting house was commenced in July - & so far enclosed that we held a meeting in it on the last day of August — we met in it again. In Dec. It was enclosed - floored & ceiled overhead -- Having no funds to go on with we concluded it was best to dedicate it, & call on the Lord to open the way for getting funds - by sending whale ships to take the produce waiting for them &e &c — immediately ordered, enough for its completion — Lumber was it came, was car­ ried up the 7 or 8 long & steep & scorching & wearisome miles - to the top of Mount Horeb the name of this chh. The carpenter resumed his w o r k - & when finished I remained there on my last tour & did up the painting & attended a festival with the people to get funds to �8. W a i m e a Report 1861 help them out of debt. The festival cost 100 dollars, & the receipts were 13, besides 500 dollars w orth of rejoicing that they had finally obtained such a neat nice, pretty, beautiful temple for whi c h some of them had toiled with a patience & perseverance which would acknoledge ( !) no retreat. The whale ships in the meantime were coming in - leaving their money for potatoes, & thus enabling the people to pay for their house, And I have the satisfaction of reporting Mount Horeb all paid for. This temple stands like a city on a hill - & can be seen from afar on the ocean. A painful & mournful circumstance occurred at the time of the festival — a prominent & active resident, a near & dear relative of the individual appointed to be superintendent of the festival ceremonies, was summoned to eternity in the vigor of manhood. attended his funeral on the morning of the festival day. weeping met together. Such is life. I Joy & But no bell from Horeb tolled the departure of this highly esteemed brother, for, t h o ' there is a belfry & spire - there is no bell as yet — but she must have one before another general meeting - the Lord & man helping — — 5th Paauhau Church. The announcement of the name Paauhau may elicit from some the inquiry, is this the Paauhau land containing some 50 or 60,000 acres, & sold for 600 dollars, & concerning which there was a long suit, which resulted in the restoration of the land to the original owners to the great mortification & loss in money & character of the purchaser? Yes - this Is the identical Paauhau. But is there any connexion between the chh on the land & this law suit & the disasterous results to the defendant? Most certainly. In the height of his glory, wh e n he perhaps felt like Nebuchadnezzar & could exclaim is not this great Babylon - Paauhau - mine? he was invited to join in with the people on the land & aid t h e m in building �Waimea Report 1861 9. this chh. - which would most certainly be a great improvement to his vast dominion — not a b it of help would he render - not a particle of pulu would he allow to be gathered from his land for the chh. - without pay. And more than this he derided the thot of building a chh for such an ignorant & depraved & worthless people & ridiculed the poor people for their, as he hoped, fruitless efforts to get a decent house of worship. The God of heaven who has an eye on such matters & knows ho w to deal with such characters, has brot about the predicted consequence. When will men learn to fear God & aid in the building up of his Kingdom at least refrain from oppo­ sing it. Paauhau church was in progress at our last meeting. progress was more of a fearful than a rejoicing nature. But the I had used my efforts to stay the progress to prevent the descent of the threat­ ening storm. cloud. But onward went the work, & darker gathered the storm In the meanwhile the dissolution of the building firm occur­ red, the cloud lifted, became lighter for a season — i ts former blackness. but soon resumed The carpenters work w e n t on - the people tried to gather their pulu for their debt, the clouds & storms fought against them. The house was finished all but the inside painting - the time for paying for it was drawing to a close. were aroused — The fears of the people If the house is not paid for in D e c - it is to be sold at a u ction for the balance of the debt. December came - the debt is not paid by a large amount - I sued for a postponement of the time - the remittance of interest, & the key for opening the house just for one meeting. All was granted. The house was opened, & I improved the time for dedicating it, & calling on the Lord to help us out of the present difficulty. The people promised to work �hard till the expiration of the renewed armistice. I then formed the resolution of rescuing this 2d house of worship from impending destruction, & assuming the responsibility of paying the debt on myself the people were allowed to meet i n their house. Time flew on eagles wings - & the clouds poured, down rain - the people in some mysterious way worked in their pulu & dried some of it. But the rains subjected them to a loss at least of 100 dollars. Hence the weight of my burden was accumulated. The Armistice was . about expiring — 3 or 400 dollars must be paid in or I must be sued - & reduced to bankruptcy — however staggered not — the Lord had delivered [me] out of 9 troubles, will he desert me in the 10th trouble? call on the brethren - except on 2 or 3 of them — favorably to my call - the Lord reward him — reply a cup of cold water. house rescued. My faith No. I did not One responded another gave me in Nevertheless the debt was paid & the Having chh building money in my hands belonging to other districts not yet ready to go on with their chhs, I took the responsibility of applying it towards the liquidation of this debt, the trustees promising to refund it w h e n needed. triumph. Here was a joyful The people rose from beneath a crushing b urden & breathed freely once more. I spent the last week in April in painting the interior of this chh edifice. This is the 8th chh painted under my superintendence & for the first time have my native painters been thievish. Here they stole paint for their hats trunks trinkets doors & what not — Wh e n I ascertained the fact - I sent off a chh officer to tell the thieves if they did not return their stolen paint & repent of their sins - the 1st of May, the great festival day would be so stormy that all their festivities would be drowned by the rain. This 10th chh is about the finest, the prettiest, the most �W a i m e a Report 1861 beautiful of the 10. 11* If you doubt it just satisfy yourselves, by a personal inspection — Mount Carmel — Its cost is about 2100 dollars, its name It has a fine sounding bell, and h o w do you think it was transported from Waimea t h r o ' the woods & over the mountain, plains & valleys to Paauhau? o riginate. In a way which none but Hawaiians could It was borne by 2 poles, crosswise, the ends of one rested on 2 horses one on each side - mounted by men - the ends of the other rested on the shoulders of 2 men one in front & one in the rear — On my remonstrating from fear the horses would run away & break their bell all to peices ( !) are perfectly tame & obedient — of a Rasey influence — — they replied no - our horses They must have been under a kind The bell reached its destination without injury in 2 days - distance about 30 miles. Having finished the painting of this building I remained in Hamakua to attend the dedi­ cation & benevolent festival on May 1. Much prayer had bee n offered that the day might be a pleasant one, a comfortable one, not stormy not hot, as the feast was to be under the open canopy of heaven & the people had been invited to attend from all parts of Hamakua, & would of course appear in the best festival robes they could procure. The prayer was answered, which was perhaps an indication that the people had repented & were forgiven - at least that the Lord for w h o m their temple was built looked with approbation on the festivities of the day. With the exception of a little dash of rain just as the v ast procession of horsemen & footmen residents & strangers reached the chh. which served better than marshals to hasten the m into the meeting house, the day to the close was all that could be desired. The house was crowded & many could not get in. A portion of the 18th chap. of 1 Kings was read touching the gathering of the Israelites �Wa i m e a Report 1861 on Mount Carmel, 'c - 12. Carmel is the name of this chh. A hymn com­ posed for the occasion was sung most admirably - & its pathetic strains produced a thrilling sensation — The house was then solemn­ ly dedicated, after which the people made their contributions - & then all went out of the house & gathered under the different flags that were floating in the breeze & inviting the guests of the dif­ ferent sections to the bounteous feast prepared for them. All were seated & partook to their joyous & complete satisfaction of the ponderous calabashes of poi & of the 7 capacious ovens full of beef & pork. After which the guests returned to the chh to listen to appropriate speeches & singing, the latter calling forth universal applause. The vast assembly was dismissed & the multitude despersed - many carrying with the the poi & beef they could not devour at the feast. Some I perceived ( !) were pretty heavily loaded. This I think is about the best dedication festival I have attended out of eight. We had no festival at the dedication of Waimea chh. The people of Waimea regarded themselves as too much civilized to descend to such frivolous festivities. The festival of the dedication of Kawela chh is yet to come off. These dedication feasts are the last I entend to recommend. When the four remaining chh. are finished if they ever are & their dedicatory festivals are over - that winds up Hawaiian feasting in my field - as far as I am concerned, Thus 10 chhs of the 14 are finished & off of my hands - as far as manual work is concerned - for the present in building them 5 years — The time occupied The aggregate cost of the 10, including voluntary labor is about 18,800$, Balance of debt about 400$. the people any poorer for what they have expended on chhs? means; richer if any thing. Are By no Have they given less for other benevo­ �13. Wa i m e a Re port 1861 lent objects - support of pastor, &c, than they would have given had it not been for the building of these temples? By no means — they have given more if any thing, for other objects. Have they been oppressed & compelled as it were against their wills in what they have given & done in chh building? they have acted voluntarily - & cheerfully - - Far from it — It was their own choice to have nice chhs - they were the urging forces. They sometimes moved slowly some even hanging back - & required to be spurred up, sometimes pretty sharply - & some would contrive somehow to shirk out But still the exercise of the voluntary/principle has been prominent & prevalent. Has the building of these chhs so secularized the minds of the chh members as to drive away the spirit & leave nothing but an empty form of piety? of piety. By no means. It has been one of the main springs This constant employment in the rearing of outer temples has doubtless served to prevent many from falling into sin & aided in the rearing, expanding, & furnishing & adorning the inner temples. Four chhs remain to be built. One of these has already received its name, the Morn ing Star - Hoku Ao, as it is the most eastern one in m y field - to correspond with another in the most western part of my diocese, named Evening Star - Hoku Loa. Whether this Morning Star will ever arise to enlighten & cheer the people of Kaala is a problem the solution of which will depend very much upon the course they persue ( !). It is our resolution to build & finish off one of the four this year. We must not go too fast lest the missionary find himself at too early a period without one of the sources of enjoyment & activity allowed him these years past. We have dwelt long enough on the external state of the chh - �W a i m e a Report 1861 14. ie on material chh. building. II We will n o w speak of The internal or spiritual state of the Chh. D u r i n g the first third of the year there was nothing especially interesting in the religious aspect o f the chh. The C h urch members as a general thing attended meetings on the sabbath - & that was pretty m u c h all. There was but little feeling - little prayer, little effort in be h a l f of sinners, There was no great outbreak of inquity - there we r e some local defections - some liquor making, some fermented potatoe drink­ ing - some cases of the Violation of the 7th commandment — occurren­ ces w h i c h indicated but too plainly the luke w a r m - the low state of piety. The pastor w a s not allowed the privilege of adding even a solitary convert to the ehh. t h o ' some few were on the list of professed converts . But the Lord h a d spiritual blessings in store for us. During the 2 d third of the year, a better state of feeling commenced - a spirit of prayer was awakened - inquiry was made - h o w can we longer live in this cold dying state? - w i t h sinners around us going to hell - & our own souls In danger of going w i t h them. Little prayer meetings were multiplied & a system of house visitation s t a rted w h i c h continued week after week. waters — Lor d — prayer was heard — professedly a t least — There was a moving on the stagnant sinners were seen turning unto the wanderers, backsliders - apostates - catholics & mormons confessed their defections & apostacies & hard heartedness - & came b a c k to the good shepherd's fold. This revived religious state received a n e w impulse f r o m the observance of the 8 days of united prayer for the w o r l d in January, the commencement of the 3d third of the year. revived. All the 14 chhs in my f i e l d have b e e n On some the Spirit has f a llen like a r e f r e s h i n g shower �W a i m e a Report 1861 15. on others like a gentle rain - & on others still like the drops of the evening dew. The hearts of G o d 's people have been filled with joy - & their songs of praise have gone up from the souls' deep recesses to the Father - Son and Holy Ghost whose is the work & to whom all the glory is to be ascribed. The results of this gracious visitation so far is the admission to the visible chh of 167 individ­ uals on profession & the restoration on repentance of upwards of 100. How many of these are recorded on the pages of the book of life, is known only to him who is the Keeper of that hidden book. Our prayer Is that they & all of us may be found recorded there. II I Church contributions. The spirituality of a chh is wont to be measured by the amount of benevolent contributions. A state of de ­ clension in the Am. chhs depletes the treasury of the A m Board while a revival of religion i s expected to replenish it. But this p e ­ cuniary standard of piety will not answer for Hawaiian chhs. No matter how high the Spiritual pulse beats - that will not beat money into the pockets or handkerchief corners of the poor dependent resourceless Hawaiian chh. members. Multitudes like the poor widow lauded by the savior when they have given their rial or quarter have cast into the Lord’s treasury all their living - all their money at least. A revolution in Waimea, which displaced a man who scattered money by handfulls over the district by giving employment to almost all who asked for it, & installed a substitute of a different char­ acter - cast a deep impemitrable gloom of ( !) our pecuniary pros­ pects. The poor people of God cried out, what shall we do now? We wish to contribute - we love our pastor & the F atuhivan missionaries but where now are our means for helping them? But the natives are wonderful in their contrivances for getting money — They seem �W aimea Report 1861 16. to have the magic power of the philosopher's stone - by which they convert r ocks, sands, seas, woods & mountains into dollars. The pastor glances his eye over his wide field, surveys the deep poverty of his people - enumerates their thousand pilikias - g ov e n ’t taxes konohiki taxes - land rents, numerous debts foolishly contracted, & wonders how he is to get any thing for his gospel abroad. support or for sending the The tax colle ctor has perhaps just gone over his field & picked up all the money - what can there be left? The m i s ­ sionary follows on in his steps, & at the close of his tour he is agreeably disappointed in the amount of benevolent contributions. While the people had rendered unto Cesar ( !) the things that were Cesar’s ( !) - they had reserved or managed to get something to render unto God. The people’s pastor having been subjected to an operation that superinduced rendered him toothless & prematurely / the phig (physiognomy ?) of a withered up old man — it was debated whether to let h i m remain so or get up an extra contribution for the restoration of his former self - for some seemed to doubt whether this was really their old teacher. It was decided that the chh members & children contribute a rial each for the latter purpose. Hence arose an additional de­ partment to the contributions - viz. the dental or nihi contribution. Since this commenced, some of the contributors have bee n inquiring whether the teeth have come - expecting they would be sent up in the mail when they were paid for. Their contribution so far is encouraging But to come to the different contributions & amounts, For Pastor’s support " Foreign missions [ n o fig.] [ " " ] For chh building [no fig.] " tooth contribution [" Total " ] �W a imea Report 1861 IV Tours. 17. The supervision of 14 chhs & 20 schools & the painting of four chh edifices have naturally required the pastor to make tours east & West usual three. The number of circuits t h r o ’ the field has been as She complicated nature of my work led me to take ad­ vantage of these circuits for combination, to diminish the amount of travel which in my field is very tedious, body killing & sometimes very difficult - from bad roads - oi & indigo. By prolonging the time for touring - not only can the pastor’s m ore appropriate duties be performed - such as preaching, baptizing, holding communion seasons dlscipling ( !) &c - but he can examine schools & paint meeting houses. Hence on these tours - the schools have been examined - & three meet­ ing houses painted - the pastor remaining long enough in the field to allow the paint to dry & to dedicate the chhs. As a general thing the weather on these tours has been very favorable & the health of the pastor such as to enable him to perform every appointment almost to the hour. The remote valley of Waimanu forms an exception. of three circuits. So the plan This district has been visited but once. The new road from Waipio to Waimanu 12 miles for 3 direct had been com­ pleted after a 9 years tug on it. As I walked over it I counted about 30 acute angles - most of them as acute as those of the letter W. Oftentimes while I was going one way - the men wit h me would be going right the opposite - we would pass each other - & yet all going to Waimanu. One of these angles on the pali of Waipio - might be taken at a distance for the jumping off point of the world — on the road is both grand & terrific. Another place A steep precipice is before you over which a torrent of water like a young Niagara is pouring. The water passes across the road you are travelling - & rushes down an awful chasm beneath you. I trembled from head to foot as I made �W a i m e a Report 1861 18. my careful way over this frightful spot - A severe storm would of course render it impossible to advance — It had been resolved at the meeting in Waimanu last year that if the road was completed within the year the completion should be celebrated by a festival. The festival was observed & the road consecrated with appropriate exer­ cises. The speaker on the occasion took for his text, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. The people ha d performed the first part of the command very well - - but in the latter part they had deviated from the command by making the paths most awfully crooked. Horses & cattle were, constantly passing & repassing over the new road rendering it already almost impassable for footmen till a few days after my visit a most tremendous storm broke away the road on the Waipio side & spoiled it for the passage of horses & cattle & men too in a degree - & filled up with rocks & dirt the fish ponds & kalo land below. Alas the consecration was not effectual, there was some error about it, & the eloquent speaker on the occasion was soon after summoned to walk not the wearing zigzag & hazardous road of Waimanu, but the paved avenues , the golden streets of the New Jerusa­ lem — for he was a man of God & God has taken him. Why was he taken & the one who offered the consecrating prayer left? V Schools & school houses. In adverting to this part of my report a feeling of sadness pervades my soul, & dark shadows gather over me. My quarterly reports as treasurer & virtual superintendent of the schools of the 6th & 8th districts of Hawaii are no longer directed to the but lately active, energetic, & loving head of the Hawaiian schools — The 1/4ly envelopes bear another name. The treasurer, in­ spectors, teachers & pupils have lost a sympathizing friend - one whose name is indellibly engraved on the hearts of multitudes. Sadness & �Waimea Report 1861 19. sorrow in clouds of gloom encircle me as my pen touches on the subject of schools, both as I look upon the past - present & future. But the past is past, the present we see - the future belongs to the Lord who does all things well — midst of sorrow. Look up to him & rejoice always even in the It was a mournful satisfaction to me that I saw the late Prest of the Board of Education - the day before his death at his death - & as he was sadly & slowly let down into the dark cold grave amid a weeping throng, there to rest till the morning of the resurection ( !). But to my schools & school houses. There were 20 schools in operation at the commencement of the year. These have been reduced by combination & want of pupils to 16 which average about 20 pupils each — I have given most of these schools 2 thorough examinations & some of them three. For want of time I had been unable to attend the examination in the first part of the year, & hence left this work altogether to the Inspectors. But I found the schools were going to destruction unless I took hold on them cum toto corpore, et vi et animo. The examinations held on my last tour gave cheering evidence that the schools as a general thing had revived - & were enjoying a comparative state of prosperity. There is one teacher however - a graduate of Lahainaluna & late member of the Legislature - who th o ’ he has been teaching 10 years perhaps, & may teach 10 more, can never have a prosperous school. He was never cut out for a teacher & the sooner he is out of the teacher’s chair, if he ever sat in one the better. But he is a fine singer & teacher of m u s i c . On my last tour I sought for candidates for the H i l o Boarding school but found but 2 or 3 I could recommend — There has a something - a some kind of blight come over the native intellect in my field - that seems to threaten its extinction. What shall be done to remove this mental �Waimea Report 1861 20. blight? School houses - These are improving with the improvement of meet­ ing houses, both on the combination & the separate system, on the separate system we have four good houses, 2 of stone & 2 of wood — One of the latter is in Waipio - by the side of the new meeting house — It is clapboarded, shingled, glazed, floored, seated & desked all around it - with a teachers platform & desk — schools combined in one. & has 39 pupils - 2 On the combination system, ie the system that combines the chh & the school house we have five houses. The chh allows the school to be taught in the meeting house in consequence of a certain sum paid by the Board of Education towards the expenses of the building. Other school houses will be improved as time advan­ ces, providing the children hold out long enough in sufficient numbers to warrant the propriety of the union of chh & state, in this matter. The annual meeting of the teachers was held in Dec. for the read­ ing of reports discussion of educational questions - speeches - exam­ ination &c — & passed off very pleasantly & resulted in stimulating the teachers to resume their w o r k with renewed zeal & vigor. VI Sickness & Mortality . N o year for a long time has b e e n so marked w i t h cases of sickness & mortality as the past. Various kinds of diseases have been prevalent, to a more or less extent - cold, influenza, mumps, measles, whooping cough - raging fevers - & some unnameable maladies. Hardly a day has passed without calls for medicines - some days from early dawn to sundown — especially amoung ( !) children. Many cases have proved fatal, One child, a daughter of white parents 6 years old, had a most violent fever & some complaint about the head - when getting a little better she called for an article of diet which was denied her as being improper, on which she declared she would go to sleep & never wake up to eat any more — She soon �W a i m e a Report 1861 21. fell into a sleep & slept on a week - nothing could awake her & tho she roused a little, yet she never awoke again to b e sensible - & died I think within 2 weeks. Two foreigners one a French doctor a recent comer into the place & the other an old resident - have been numbered with the dead - intem­ perance was doubtless the destroyer. Oh what fearfullness & trembling & horror overwhelmed them as hope of recovery departed & the cold sweat of death gathered on their brow. Lord have mercy - H o w they cried for mercy - But alas the day of mercy was gone, they were falling into the drunkard’s grave - the drunkard’s hell. While sickness has carried off many - accidents have borne others suddenly to the tribunal of God, on some the raging sea surf has dashed till life departed, amid unheeded cries for help. Others have been thrown from their affrighted animals & killed, & others still have been hurled from some cragged pali into eternity, warnings to survivor(s) to be ready at all times for the coming of the Son of God. VII Hymnology. The work assigned to me with others - the revision of the hymn book - has received the little attention w h i c h I could give it amid all the other varied work on my hands . That bodily infirmity for which I received such Jobish comfort - a visit of Mrs L to Lahaina & Honolulu - some unoccupied moments at home & on tours amid painting & preaching - have been improved for persuing ( !) the work of revision. The old book has been torn to peices ( !), a new arrangement of the hymns made - some old hymns thrown out - others altered for good or for worse - & about 10 new hymns added — not as good as the old ones. perhaps Some brother advised me to wait till a Hawaiian Watts should arise & give us thrilling strains of Hawaiian poetry — I waited till a Spirit seemed to pass by - perhaps �22. Waimea Report 1861 it was that of the inimitable Watts himself - & whispered as it were in my ear there was no Watts before me - nor will there ever be one after me, go on & do the best you can, have not the pride of ing or attempting to equal me.” think­ In obedience to this whisper real or imaginary I have been going on with the work - without expecting or endeavoring to satisfy all my advisors - especially the one who ad­ vised 100 additional revival hymns - & hymns on Anti slavery industry, temperance &c — slavery &c — N ot that I did not make any attempt to poetize on To show that I did try my hand at a hymn in Hawaiian on slavery - & how it went - & how I gave it up as i n c o n g r u o u s to spiritual songs - here is the first verse as a specimen — There you see what the effect would be in an enlightened congrega­ t i o n — would you advise a continuance? I had no idea of ending my report in this way -- Nor will I — for here is the statistical department — From May 1 60 - do May 6 - 1861 Statistics Whole no. recd to the chh. on examination " "" " " certificate " " " 646 — 167 R e cd the past year on examination " 7,184 certificate 16 - 183 Whole no. dismissed 1609 Dismissed past year 96 Whole no. deceased 2409 Deceased past year 73 Excluded past year 56 Remain excluded in the field 270 7,830 �25. W aimea Report 1861 Present no. of members in regular standing 2087 W h o l e no. baptized children 1686 Baptized past y e a r 46 Marriages past year 53 couple Adult n o n professors 180 Children" 144 ” over 10 Catholics 120 Mormons 50 Contributions For Pastor's support 731.00 " F o r e i g n Missions " Church building 180.00 1614.00 D e n t a l Contribution Tot al 100.00 $ 2 ,626.00 Respectfully submitted L Lyons �Chh. Statistics - for the year ending May 1 - 1860. (Waimea - Hawaii) Whole no. of chh. members recd on examination Whole no. r e cd on certif R ecd on examination last year 64 " on certificate " " 30 Total recd ” ” Whole no. dismissed Dismissed past year Whole no. deceased Deceased past year Exeluded past year Whole no. remaining excluded 7017 630 94 1513 17 2336 62 70 310 Present no. of chh. members in regular standing 2094 Whole no. children baptized Baptized past year - 29 Marriages past year ie in 59 75 couple 1640 Contributions For pastor’s support " Foreign Missions " Differt (?) avails " ch h building Total 700.00 142.00 97.00 4780.00 5,719.00 L. Lyons Pastor �Abstract of the Report of W a imea Station. (Hawaii) May 1860. 1. Labors. Besides the general rotine ( !) of Missionary & pastoral labors a great amount of work has been bestowed upon the building of suitable houses of worship. 2. Results. These have not been all that were desirable or antici­ pated, but still they have been of a cheering & encouraging character. An improvement is seen in the exterior & interior of some of the school houses - & some of the pupils taught in them have made commendable progress. Three houses of worship have been completed, two of which have been dedicated. Three more church edifices have been carried on to their exterior completion, & the interior work is making good progress. Six church bells have b e e n procured, five of whi c h are already sending out their cheering sounds from their imposing towers. Some of the churches have been revived, some wanderers have been re­ claimed, 64 have been added to the different churches on profession. 3. Prospects. These are of a mixed character, partly encouraging, & partly disheartening. All our hope is in God, & from Hi m all our help must come. 4. Statistics. See table - �Abstract of Report of Waimea Station H a w a ii. May 1861 The usual work o f the Missionary has been prosecuted without any special interruptions. 1. Church building. Five church edifices have been completed & dedicated during the year. They are a ll fine b u ild in g s, neatly f i n ­ ished o ff & w ith one exception are furnished with b e lls . w ell f i l l e d with worshippers. They are The people seem delighted w ith the elevation to which they have attained in the line of meeting houses. 2. Religious in te rest. During the f ir s t h alf of the year there was much spiritual declension but few inquirers for the good old paths but few turning unto the Lord But during the latter h a lf of the year, there was a great change, a spirit of prayer was awakened, the church members were aroused to their duty, - they prayed, they went from house to house - they toiled in God's service - they labored earnestly for the salvation of souls. out the fie ld — were reclaim ed. God’ s work was revived thro’ Many were professedly converted. Many wanderers More than 160 were received to the church. To the Lord be a ll the glory. 3. Contributions. The people have had a desire to contribute for benevolent objects & have labored to obtain the means for contributing. While they have not done all they might have done, they have done more than could have been reasonably expected from their deep poverty. Their resourses ( ! ) small & seem to be growing smaller. They have given 700$ for support of pastor, & 180$ for Foreign M issions, & quite a large sum for building churches. 4. Schools. Schools have been in progress as usual & some of them quite prosperous, while others possess nothing peculiarly mere- �Abstract of Waim e a Report 1861 torious ( !). School houses have improved in appearance. 2. In some districts school houses & meeting houses are united & hence their improvement. 5. Sickness & Mortality. Sickness has been very prevalent & many deaths have occurred, 6. Popery & Mormonism. The revival has tended to diminish the followers of these religions or sects - but few remain. On a review of the whole, we would bless God for what has been accomplished & feel encouraged to go forward. �L Lyons Abstract report of Waimea Hawaii, station - for Minutes of General Meeting May 1862 Thirty years have elapsed since the pastor reached these Islands. Thirty years of Missionary labor have been performed. lege ! What a privi­ & under what great obligations he is placed to praise God for it & for all the success of his 30 years toil. Great changes have bee n produced, & in order to see something of their magnitude - a brief contrast between 1832 & 1862 will be presented. In 32 the dress of the people with few exceptions, was kapa, which formed but h alf a covering. Multitudes of adults often appeared with nothing but a malo, & children often went about stark naked. In 62, all or nearly all, are decently clothes in English costume. K apa, as an article of dress, has entirely disappeared. In 32 not a native owned a wooden or stone house. Wit h one exception, all the natives lived in thatched houses without any articles of furniture, or any comforts. In 62 there are wooden & stone houses scattered over the field, with many articles of furniture & comforts, & this may be said of many of the thatched houses. In 32 Schools were mostly confined to adults, & these of the simplest character - reading & spelling being the principal things taught - School books were few, & simple. In 62 adult schools are not needed, as most of the adults have been instructed In reading, writing, arithmetic, geography & c - Schools for children have taken their place in which all the branches are taught which are generally taught in public schools, with a good supply of school books. �Abstract, Waimea, Hawaii Report 1862 2. In 32 the whole number of church members including Kohala was but 19. The records of 62 show that 7,892 have been received to the church, excluding Kohala. In 32 the meeting houses & school houses were the simplest grass structures, without windows, seats, &c. In 62 eleven meeting houses may be seen built of wood & stone, with towers, steeples & bells, 2 however have not yet obtained their bells — Their exterior & interior exhibit an advanced state of civilization & christianity. 11 c h u r c h e s has been completed & dedicated the past year. One of the School houses have also much improved. In 32 the common people had no houses or lands, they could call their own. In 62 multitudes can show their fee simple titles to house lots & larger or smaller tracts of land & can feel as secure in their possessions as the King & chiefs. In 32 no money was in circulation, no contributions made to benevolent objects. table In 62 money circulates freely & the statistical shows that the cash contributions for the past year are $1,792.00 So much for the contrast. The general routine of missionary labor has been performed the past year - without interruption — care have been visited, three times, &c. The 14 churches under the pastor’s the Lo r d ’s supper administered All the churches have enjoyed tranquility, no outbreak of iniquity, meetings have been w e l l attended on his tours. has been a revival. ination. In one parish there 43 have been received to the churches on exam­ The schools in his feild ( !) have been examined three times, & appeared as well as usual - Some of them are very good. Mormonism has been revived, but is again on the decline. �L Lyon s ' Report for M ay 1 8 6 2 . Thirty years of toil & strife, Tell me, oh tell me, what a life ! Ere this report is read, 30 years will have elapsed since the writer landed on these Islands. strange. Everything was then to hi m ne w & Of the Hawaiian language he knew but 2 words, Aloha & maikai. Of the character of the missionary life, its work, its toils, its trials, its joys, its sorrow, he had no experience. With the people their habits, customs, practices, dispositions capabilities, attain­ ments, superstitions, he h a d no experimental acquaintance. The course to he persued ( !) in order to instruct the natives, to win their good will, to secure an influence over them, to make them feel he was their freind ( !), that he had come from a distant land for the sole purpose of doing them good, was to be found out by trial. With a few of the missionaries then in the field he was somewhat ac­ quainted, & with the rest an acquaintance was soon formed. They then possessed the true missionary spirit, lived seperate ( !) from & above the world, had but few of the comforts & luxuries of life, nor did covet they covet them or moan over the deprivation. They had left all for Christ; their reward was in heaven. General meeting was opened soon after our arrival. came together as best they could. The brethren Vessels were very scarce, only 2 or 3 running between the Islands, & those of the most uncomfortable character. They were owned by the chiefs, & they kindly sent them to the different Islands to gather the missionaries together without pay. The missionaries were then few in number. An unfinished upper room in Mr. Chamberlain's house afforded all the accommodations needed for the sessions of general meeting. in light coloured pants & roundabouts. The brethren appeared mostly The ladies were tabu, or at �W a i m e a Report 1862 2. least unaccustomed then to attend such meetings. Of the proceedings of that 1st general meeting we recollect b ut very little. is however well recollected. One item The Am. Board had recommended that initiatory steps he taken to substitute the salary system for the Common stock system then in vogue. But the common stock system was so highly esteemed, was regarded as so Apostolic, so primitive chris­ tian like, so beautiful & charming in its operations that the mere proposition to debate the question of a change, was met by some with the most violent opposition. What, said one, with all our other missionary burdens, are they proposing to saddle a salary upon our backs? Abominable! preposterous! horrabili d i e t u ! Away w i t h your nonsense; I will have nothing to do wit h it. And the opposition party triumphed, & the charming common stock system continued on for years, till It came near unmanning & unchristianizing some of the more unconscious ones - an imperceptible influence, of course — The re ­ deeming change came at last, & the ship was saved though some of its cargo had to be thrown over b o a r d . Another resolution of that first general meeting, the writer also remembers & that was: that he should be located In Waimea on Hawaii, with Dr. Baldwin. Missionaries in those days had not the privilege of selecting their fields of labor; they must go where they were sent without a dissenting utterance. Their wishes & feelings were not consulted. A pleasant & truely ( !) apostolic practice then & for a long time after, was, when a family was on the point of departure for their sta­ tion, all the brethren & sisters collected together, & sang & prayed, & committed the departing family to the care & protection of their heavenly Father, during the voyage & f or all the coming year. How delightful, how safe the family seemed to feel after being thus warmly �Waimea Report 1862 3. commended to the care & guidance of the Great Spirit ! Such practices have past away — fast to allow them, the wheels of time move too Honolulu was then but a mere village, with the exception of the houses of the missionaries & a few other foreigners, the dwellings were of grass, the King's palace was grass, the meeting house, & there was but one, was grass. stores, I have forgotten. There might have been 2 or 3 Having spent a few weeks here, we prepared for our departure for what was to be our Island home. We left with the prayers of the brethren for the best of heaven's blessings upon the young & inexperienced missionary couple the one 25, th e other 19, long since in heaven. The vessel on which we embarked was the old crazy Mikapako, a most uncomfortable vessel, crowded with some 300 natives, & lots of goats & hogs. Each one carried his own food. The cabin was unfit to be occupied, h enc e all staid on deck, night & day. to such voyages. There was no cooking apparatus. We afterwards became accustomed M t e r being out many days touching & repairing at Kona, we reached Kawaihae the borders of our missionary field. The grey headed old man, Mr. Young, received us kindly into his stone h ouse with thatched roof. The house still stands, but in a delapi­ dated state & unoccupied. Kawaihae then presented a most barren & desolate aspect. Ther e frowned the ruins of the old heiau, on one of its h ills, where but a few years before the cries & b l o o d & smoke of human victims mingled wit h the wild acclamations of the poor delu­ ded idolators who tho't by thus doing to appease the wrath of the gods & obtain their favor. There the old sombre ruins still lie, just as they were 30 years ago. Beneath this so lately idolatrous bill lay the small village of Kawaihae, the houses were all of grass, with the exception of M r . Y o u n g ’s. No store invited the stranger or resident �Waimea Report 1862 4. to its wares; no wharf to aid the landing of boats - no flag waved on its hills to tell the interior to hasten down with their produce, for the Irish potatoe was not then cultivated or in demand. gospel was there & the native school. But the A rude grass building, without windows, floor or seats - answered for a meeting & a school house, & the shrill shell called the people to meeting & to school. On the sabbath the people came to meeting clothes in kapa with the exception of Mr. Young & wife. Mr. Baldwin preached — - it was all Hebrew to us. The people behaved decently I think. church, long since deceased. There were 3 members of the The sabbath past, Waimea our destined home was to be reached & our supplies, &c from America to be got there somehow. There was some thing of a road from Kawaihae to the interior, for I remember some of our heavy boxes were carried up in a cart drawn by natives; lighter things were carried up by hand. For the ladies rocking chairs were fastened to poles & borne on the shoulders of natives. My self & associate, had a horse between us; horses were very scarce in those days & owned by chiefs. It was a long & dreary road till we got well up into the interior; & tho’ the road has since been much improved still it is as long & dreary now as it was then. But the interior, ie Waimea when fairly reached, what an extended & beautiful plain — Skirted with beautiful hills & watered by pleasant streams; & then the 3 great mountains towering up in the distance how grand I & the sight of snow not enjoyed before since leaving Cape Horn - & the cool bracing atmosphere & the cold sparkling water, & the solitary rose bush by the door of our associates house, & the garden of bananas, & sugar cane & a solitary beet 10 feet high & the green taro patches on the plain & hill sides, a few bounding goats & a solitary cow, all indicated that there was some civilization, & �5. Waimea Report 1862 some attractions encircling our new home. But the natives who b rot up the ladies & the baggage must be paid. What then was the circu­ lating medium? It was not money - a long, long time elapsed before money came into use — Books, slates, kapa, files, flints, jacknives answered the purpose of money, brown cotton cloth & shirts were a little used. The price of one gospel was 25 cents. This paid a man for bringing up a load of baggage from Kawaihae. Slates were 50 cents, Kapa 25 cents each - jacknives, flints, files were high priced & highly prized. Great lots of kapa had been taken in for books & slates by my predecessors Baldwin, Bingham, Ruggles, Judd, Thurston, & were paid out again to natives for work &c & it was several years before the last of them were disposed o f . Kapa & books were the principal articles then used for paying natives. Cloth was paid out only for extra work. It was not th o ’t advisable to civilize the natives too fast, or to clothe them too rapidly, lest it should make them proud & spoil them for work. Tho' the people had had missionaries on the Island for 12 years still they were mostly clothed in kapa & not half clothes with that. An old fashioned red cloak, a few woolen blankets, a few shirts & 2 or 3 w o m e n ’s loose dresses were all the European clothing in my feild ( !) at that time. How not a kapa as an article of dress Is to be seen. The natives being paid off, in books, we commenced setting our house in order. A grass house - with matted floor, rough posts, smoked rafters, a fire place in the centre & smoke oosing ( !) out the thatched roof - damp at night, & clothes so damp in the morning that you could almost wring water from them, the mould, the wood fleas amoung ( !) the mats, the whole sombre interior with its 10000 cobwebs, Ah such is a native house is it? homestead. Most certainly — & such is to be our A mission[ary] should look no higher. �Waimea Report 1862 6. He should be contented to live as natives live. The Savior had no comfortable home not even a place in which to lay his head. Humility is the great characteristic of the true missionary, humility in dress, diet, & dwellings. So we then t h o ’t. But the present style of things, indicates a great departure from our primitive humility & simplicity. The Sabbath came, our first in Waimea. A large grass meeting house had been lately built by the chiefs & people, all gratis. Meeting houses & Missio n a r i e s ’ houses were built in those days by the orders of the chiefs & konohikis without compensation. If any refused to work, his property was liable to be confiscated. Mr. Bingham & the young King Kamehameha III dedicated this house. His Young Hawai- ian Magesty was more religious than his successor. He was not ashamed to imitate Solomon by standing up in the presence of all the people, & dedicating in the solemn act of prayer this humble dwelling to the service of God. The house on this our first sabbath was filled - some 1000 or 1200 were present. other districts. N ot all residents, bu t many from It was customary in those days for the people to come in from abroad & spend weeks near the Mission premises in order to receive instruction & to get into the church. If they did not succeed at once, they would go home & after awhile come again. The Missionary was beset & beseiged by t h o ’t tellers - not by those who were anxious to know what they should do to be saved but what kind of a t h o ’t they should tell in order to get into the church. A system for getting into the church had been adopted by our predecessors. The first step was to break off from all outward sins & live a good moral life. This introduced such into the poa lima [Friday night meeting]. If they continued on as they promised, they were taken into the poaha [Thursday night meeting] & from thence into the church. There were �7. many of these church seekers in Waimea on our arrival - collected from the region round about, & they helped to swell the congregation on the sabbath. We tho't the system unwise & broke it up, but it was a great mistake — It drove the people far away from our dwellings & the house of God, & made many so wild, it took a long time to retame them — Indeed some never were induced to return to the Missionary’s house to talk on the subject of religion. the new ones. The old missionaries were wiser than Here in this great native meeting house, seatless, floorless, a rude pulpit with a glass window behind it, was a mass of people, a part of the 15000 in our whole feild ( !) then including Kohala, (the number now is not 6000). These 15000 were looking up to us to be civilized, enlighted ( !) saved. the means then at hand for doing it? A great work & what were A knowledge of the language, an important means, was yet to be obtained. Our souls burned to preach the gospel to the waiting multitudes, but our tongue was bound. was, the first work - to get the language. That A nd, although in five weeks I was preaching in the Hawaiian language, yet it was a long long time before my preaching was intelligible enough to give much instruction. Nor am I yet a master of the Olelo Hawaii. language. It is a great & endless But there were means for carrying on the work to be done. My predecessors had been at work for 12 years. abolished just before their arrival. Idolatry had been By their arduous labors, the heretofore unwritten language had been reduced to writing & hence put into a tangible state. The printing press had been introduced & the following works printed & in circulation. A primer containing the Alphabet , lessons in spelling & reading, the 10 commandements, Lord’s prayer & a few catechetical questions & answers, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, & John bound up in one book, the history of Joseph - �Waimea R e port 1862 8. a few Psalms, a small adult hymnbook, & a still smaller one for child­ ren - a geography - a small catechism, a Scripture History. The Ai o ka la (7 verses for the week) children’s arithmetic, gospel of Luke, were issued the year of our arrival, & the first part of Galb o r n ’s arithmetic soon after, & some other portions of Scripture in a tract form. There was also a book or pamphlet of 15 pages, ing the then whole code of Hawaiian laws. in circulation. contain­ Slates & pencils were also The fallow ground had been broken up, the deep dark­ ness penetrated, Schools were in existence all over the field, princi­ pally however confined to adults, but few childrens schools existed. The p arents were first instructed, then the children. dults could read, but not many intelligently. But few had advanced beyond reading & spelling & the multiplication table. write on slates. Many of the a- Some few could Geography had not then been introduced into the schools in our feild ( !). The people had yet to learn that the world was round, & turned round on its axis, & the sun stood still. The school & meeting houses were the simplest grass structures, unfurnished not having generally even a seat for the teacher. As soon as a schol­ ar became a good reader, he was made teacher, & schools became very numerous. The compensation of the teacher was very trifling, a few privileges, exemption from working days, a few kapa - fowls & fish, & poi sometimes, tho’ many teachers taught for nothing & supported themselves. The chiefs & konohikis ordered the school houses to be built & kept them in repair. Many of the people, as before remarked, professed to be seeking salvation, & of this number 19 in the whole feild ( !) had been received into the church by my predecessors. Some of these became efficient helpers, & but one turned out a decidedly bad man. He is now living with his stolen wife. The number since received to the church, including Kohala, cannot be far from 10,000. �Waimea Report 1862 9. There were obstacles to the progress of civilization, knowledge & c hristianity. But they were comparatively light. The chiefs & konohikis had the people in their hands & under their control. gave them lands & houses & took them away at pleasure. They They called them out certain days of the wee k to do their work - & they were liable at any time to be called out to work for chiefs. Yet the people had much time that was their own, for attending meetings, schools, & cultivating their lands &c — famines were very frequent. rather oppressive. Yet for some reason or other The system of taxation was regarded as The people were all taxed, men, women children, unborn children, old people - lands, large & small. empted from taxation. Dogs were ex­ Taxes consisted of kapa, hogs, fish, salt, hemp or olona, food, yellow feathers, no money or cloth taxes. in a long time afterwards. These came Large heavy backloads of kapa, food - salt & c were carried sometimes many miles to the appointed place of de­ posit. But I have said enough & more than your patience will endure in reference to 30 years ago. My report for 62 will be comparatively short. The general ro[u]tine of missionary labor has not materially varied from that of previous years. days have been continued — field, Meetings on the sabbath & week Three tours have been made t h r o ' the on which all the customary labors of such tours, examination of the schools, p reaching, church business meetings, administration of the Lord's supper -- baptism of children, reception to the church, contributions, ie were performed. Meeting house building has, as usual, occupied a part of the time of the pastor. One nice meeting house has been completed & dedicated by the name of "Rose of Sharon". A nother church edifice is to be �Waimea Report 1862 10. commenced in a few months, its name to he Sacred Mountain. When this is completed, but two more will remain to he built, one at either extremity of Hamakua. If the extremes could be added or multiplied together, one house might accommodate both. Still there are a 100 church members in each extreme & funds are being collected for the buildings. On my tours t h r o ' the feild ( !), I have generally found the chur­ ches well filled & the appearance of the congregations much improved, doubtless one of the results of the improved character of the houses of worship. The singing in some of the churches is highly creditable. The Church trustees have been unusually energetic & are beginning to understand how business should be done. They have endeavored to secure the contributions of the people before the arrival of the missionary & have succeeded very well. After meeting, & before the people have dispersed, they read their report of funds received for different objects, & if any have not contributed before, they have the privilege of doing It then. At or near the commencement of the year a business meeting is held in which the subject of giving is discussed, & a certain amount proposed as the annual contribution of each seperate ( !) parish, including support of pastor, foreign missions & church building. This annual sum is divided into three parts according to the number of the pastor's tours, one part to be paid on each of his tours. So each church knows before hand what is to be given thirdly, & the trustees endeavor to secure the amount by dividing it lightly amoung the members. successfully. This seems to be a very good plan & it operates quite For the amount contributed &c, s ee Statistics. With regard to the spiritual state of the churches & people, �Waimea Report 1862 11. it is not of that ardent character, that high toned devotion, that is desirable & that coaid claim the approbation of the Savior. has been no general or particular outbreak of iniquity. been any great & powerful revivals. There Nor has there On one parish however there has been something of an awakening that merits the name of revival which resulted in the hopeful conversion of some 15 wild & hardened cath­ olics & mormons. The statistics will show the number of additions. Mormonism, that had become dead as was supposed has been revived in one or two parishes. A new mission of Mormon preists ( !) from U t a h or the bottomless pit pounced down on to sleeping Waipio & se­ duced many of the careless church members to become mormons by being baptized secretly at night. The new mormons were made to promise to follow some new doctrines, rites, & ceremonies something of the old Levitical character. There was great excitement for a time, & it seemed as if all Waipio would be mormonized. But the excitement has subsided & many of the seduced ones have returned. As to secular matters, rice growing, pulu picking, coffee & cotton planting, Newspapers & schools - I will leave them for a future report. For all the pastor has been permitted to perform, & for all the good results of his labors, he would bless the Lord. �Waimea Report 1862 12 . Statistics from May 1 61 - to May 1 62 Whole no. reed to the ehh on examination ” " ” " " 7,237 certificate 665 Total 7,892 R e cd on examination past year " " certificate ” ” Total " 43 19 62 Whole no. dismissed H past year 21 1,630 Whole no deceased in good standing 2470 " apostates say 1220 Total deceased Deceased past year Excluded past year Remain exeluded say 3,690 65 92 477 Whole no. in regular standing 2,095 7,892 Whole no. baptized children baptized past year 39 Marriages in 61 41 couple 1,725 Contributions in cash for pastor's support foreign Missions & meeting houses $1,792.00 Respectfully submitted L Lyons Waimea May 10, 1862: 7,892 �Waimea June 5th /63 Dear Br. Castle Please hand the accompanying statistics to the moderator — and oblige yours L G. Lyons Statistics of Waimea Church Hawaii for 1862-63 Whole no. r e cd on profession " " " " " " " " " " 7267 certificate 670 past year on profession " " certificate Total past year 40 5 45 Whole no. dismissed Dismissed past [year] 1677 47 Whole no. deceased Deceased past [year] 3760 70 Excluded past year 53 Permanently absent &c 200 Whole no. in regular standing 1756 Whole no. children baptized 1752 baptized past year 27 Marriages in 62 31 Cash contributions for all purposes in 62 1650.00 Respectfully submitted L Lyons �1863 Report Waimea Hawaii To the H.E. Association Dear brethren I mast give up all hope of meeting wit h y ou & Dr A. a great disappointment - b u t as it comes from the Lord it is all right & I cheerfully submit. I herewith forward my statistics. to complete my report nor to make an Abstract. to my bed but trust I am improving. I am not able I am still confined Doct Wight has attended me - & he succeeded in removing the pain in my right side - bu t there has been a slight return of the pain yesterday & to day. probably pleurisy. The disease is If the Lord has anything more for me to do (& truely ( !) ! have done but little & much remains to be done) he will restore me to do it. His will be done. You will remember me in your prayers — Salary - I suppose there will be some changes in the salary system If the contributions of the people go towards the support of native pastors & my support comes from the Am. Board - then all I ask is for a comfortable support which is all I have hitherto had. I have no money out at interest, I have none hoarded up - no investments in plantations - no lands - I have a few cattle. In some respects, it costs more to live at Waimea than at many other places. The simple article of wood is about 70$ per annum - Then we often pay enormous prices to get things up from Kawaihae. I think 600$ per annum might furnish a comfortable support for myself & Mrs L -The Lord bless you abundantly dear brethren & guide you in all your present deliberations & conduct you to right conclusions. Yours most sincerely Remember me kindly to Dr A ma & all the Mission families L Lyons Waimea June 6. '63 �Waim e a M a y 27th /63 To the Brethren of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, in Annual Meeting assembled Dear Brethren: I address you, in behalf of Rev L Lyons, who would gladly respond to his own name and in your midst, read his own report. But a Holy Providence has laid him instead, on a bed of sickness, from whence he sends his salutations, to y o u all - with this message. "My report is not ready. That was the work allotted for the passing week, postponed till the years work was done. A short time, with strength, would suffice to prepare the statistics. My essay on "Hawaii in 1820" is ready and I still hope for strength to write the report, and read both, before you.” Should this hope prove delusive, will not all our Brethren "pray for us". In the bonds of the gospel L.G. Lyons. [Note on back] : 1863 Read June 3rd L.G. Lyons Waimea 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 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 - 1854-1863 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863