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WAIMEA (HAWAII) STATION REPORTS
CONTENTS
Lyons, L , (not complete and not identical to
the other 1860 report, see in another folder)
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Lyons, L
(see another folder for another
1862 report, quite different from
this one)
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Lyons, L
(not complete, evidently part or
draft)-------------------- ------ ----1863
A song of welcome to Dr. Anderson, sec'y of
ABCFM, composed by S. Nahuka and
sung by the Waimea choir--- --- -----1863
Lyons, L (unidentified report, not complete,
seems to be part of '62-63 report)
�Report for 1860
[Waimea, Hawaii]
The year 60 opened with a burden upon my heart & shoulders that
to human apprehension was truely overwhelming.
Can it be sustained?
Shall I come out from under it with a son of triumph?
man I shall be crushed if on God I shall conquer.
If I depend on
In the strength of'
the Lord of hosts I will go forward, & will continually rely on Him
for help & success.
Besides the ordinary rotine ( !) of missionary
labors the completion & dedicating of Seven houses of worship were on
the program of work for the year -
Three of these were well on the way -
on 2 a commencement had just been made - the forms of 2 were yet to be
seen.
The lumber of some of them was still growing in the mountains
of Hawaii & Oregon & that of others was waiting in Honolulu for my
order & presence.
In Jany I made a trip to Oahu by authority of the
chhs. to purchase a cargo of lumber.
shipped.
The lumber was purchased &
It was to be landed at a hazardous place -
What shall we
do, inquired one of the owners of the ships if when off the landing
place the sea is so tempestuous that the lumber can't be landed.
to the Lord to calm the sea.
Pray
The vessel sailed. (I returned on
another vessel.) when she came in sight of the landing place (Waipio)
the ocean was wrought up into a perfect fury -
The people caught a
glimpse of her - & she immediately disappeared - being driven back by
the tempest.
The lumber was for 2 chhs -
The chh members met &
prayed for the safety of their precious cargo -
For 3 days continual
prayer was offered - & on the 4th fasting was united with prayer.
The ocean became calm & on the morning of the 5th day the vessel hove
in sight to the unbounded joy of the waiting & anxious people
the lumber was safely rafted to the shore over the continually swell
ing surf.
On another vessel was lumber for 2 other chhs -
These being
on the leeward side of the Island, there was no difficulty in landing
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the lumber.
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The carpenters work went on - (sometimes not fast enough
to suit me - once I got so provoked at one of the carpenters for b eing
so slow - that I threatened to turn him off & went & procured another who concluded it was best to let the old one work on but under him.
I
staid ( !) & helped for 2 weeks - sometimes aiding the carpenters sometimes the masons I went to this place - to do the inside
[of]
painting/the chh expecting to find the carpenters & Masons' work donebut as it was not done there seemed to be no other way of despatching ( !)
[the] business but by pitching into it myself.
Hence I remained to
drive thro the Carpenters & Masons work - & then the painting, putting
down the matting on the aisles & pulpits - putting up the window curtains, & giving orders to have the cushions to the slips [pews ] in
readiness & the bell, then at Waimea carried over by dedication day,
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In Feb & March the work of the carpenters on 2 of the chhs -
Puako on the West - Eleio on the # - being completed I devoted 3
weeks to the painting &c of the interior.
After wh they were respect
ively dedicated the one on the 21 - the other on the 28 of March with
appropriate exercises.
A festival preceded each dedication the object
of wh was to obtain contributions towards paying off the debts on
said chhs.
These were joyful days -
The new chh bells sent out their
joyous sounds for the feast time over hill & plain, & the old shells
listened in silence & grief that the shrill notes would be heard no
more.
One of the bells had to be carried some 12 miles by means of
poles borne on the shoulders of the natives.
The bell was fastened to
2 poles, the ends of which rested on the shoulders of the bearers .
was rather a grueling (?) job.
It
Frequent change of hands was necessary.
The bell of another chh was carried some 20 miles by means of 2 poles
crossing in the center at right angles - the front & rere ( !) ends
resting each on the shoulders of a native while the ends of the other -
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at the right & left rested each on a steady horse - guided by its
rider.
Quite an original contrivance.
The dimensions & cost of these houses These houses being disposed of I devoted the first 2 weeks & in
Ap [April]
up/to a school for the improvement of the teachers in my field after which I made my first tour of the year, which occup[i]ed me till
the 2d week in May.
tour.
There was nothing of special: interest on this
The time for the annual meeting of the Ha E Ass [Haw'n Evangel
ical Ass'n ?] had now come - & I consequently left home for a season
to attend it.
A
laborious,
time of it - houses all occupied - scarcely
l/2 an hour for social visiting or even calls -
A part of my work was
to prepare & see shipped more meeting house lumber.
On my return the
2d week in June I girded myself anew for the work before me, which
seemed quite formidable.
A tour must be made a meeting house finished
in Ap must be rescued (?) from a great debt or sold at auction to pay
it
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other meeting houses must be got ready & then the dedication &
accompanying services, festivals & all in July & Aug -
There was no
other way to do but to go to work & so work till the whole was ac
complished in the prescribed time.
their work on the chh edific es.
The carpenters were driving on
My work was to see they were furnished
with lumber & the lumber & carpenters were paid - That chh that was in
danger - caused me much fear & anxiety.
original estimates.
Hence the debt that remained to be paid seemed
a mountain - 1000$ Can it be done?
sold -
Its cost had far exceeded the
or must the beautiful house be
Its whole cost was about 2000$ - a fine edifice - surmounted
with tower - spire - ball & vane - & a fine sounding bell.
2d
On my
tour I got permission from the builder to meet in it - & while
meeting we concluded that the best way t o do would be to dedicate it
to the Lord - & call on Him to help us out of our present embarrass
ment.
The house was consequently dedicated on the 22 of July after
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which the key was returned to the builders -
The whole burden of
rescuing the house from being sold rested on my shoulders - Here was
an end to be obtained that required work & faith -
Suffice it to say
that in about a month’s time the house was rescued from the hands of
its builders & delivered up to the people to their great joy.
The
whole of the painting of this chh was done by the carpenters I bestowed no manual work on it.
Hence
I had agreed to do the painting of
the interiors of the 4th & 5th chh in order to diminish expenses on
the part of the people.
The carpenter's work on them being out of the
way I devoted about 3 weeks to the superintending of the painting,
after which they were dedicated the one Makela Kawaihae Uka on the
15th of July - the other Waipio On the
8
of Aug. with exercises similar
to those of the previously mentioned dedications.
Mrs. L. accompanied
me to these dedications - the first time she has ever visited these
districts - The Waipio chh is a beautiful building - the largest in my
field -
It is surmounted with a 2 story tower - spire - 2 balls -
Vane - &c
In one story of its tower hangs the largest of the
shipped from Boston at one time for my field.
3000$.
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bells
The whole cost about.
The Makela chh. has a tower spire & bell, a very pretty chh.
it cost 1000$ . The Puako Eleio & Makela chh are all paid for - &
there is but a small debt on Waipio 2 chhs remained, Kaalaia in K.U. - & Paauhao in Hamakua.
We have re
solved in May to meet in the Kaaleio chh on the last day of Aug tho' it w a s not then commenced -
And that resolution was kept - on
the appointed day we met in the house - tho its floor was not laid & this completed the labors of my
tour - which Consisted of paint
ing & dedicating chhs & the other more appropriate exercises of a tour
The 7th chh Paauhau was in progress - the work on that commenced in
May I think.
The first week in Sept was court week -
the seat of a superior Court.
Waimea is now
Formerly there was but one seat for the
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annual superior court on this Island, that was at Hilo.
.
In consequence
of the difficulty in getting to Hilo from all parts of the Island - it
was resolved to have 2 courts one in Waimea in the 1st week in Sept.
& the other at Hilo in the following week - attended by the same
judges
- The existence of these higher courts marks progress in ci
vilization.
Suffering not a little from a number of decayed teeth, I resolved
to seek relief by going to Honolulu to get the dentist to extract
troublesome
the guilty
ones. I left home on the 19th of Sept. on this
errand
expedition - The dentist devoted 2 days to this work & as the result
I found myself perfectly toothless.
best I could.
I was obliged to talk & eat as
The job was completed on Sat - after which I called to
see my bro Armstrong, who had been thrown from his horse 2 or 3 weeks
previously & badly injured -
He appeared to be improving & said he
should be about his work in a week - was very cheerful .
On Sab
Morn I was summoned to his house as he was said to be dying.
arrived the spirit had already departed.
were weeping around his bed side were some distance from home -
When I
The mother & 3 daughters
the sons were not present.
They
Ah that was a sad & mournful day - &
so was the following th e day of the funeral -
I was glad I was there
to see my brother while alive - at death & to follow him to. the grave.
He was one of the 19 that formed our reinforcement - a laborious
missionary when he was a missionary & when disconnected from the
mission - in order to accept of the invitation to become Minister of
Pub. Instruction & afterwards President of the B of Ed [Bd. of Education]he was just as laborious in performing the duties of his new
office -
Nor did his missionary work close till he ceased to live.
His loss is deeply felt by the govt - the chh - the schools, the
community of Honolulu & the domestic circle I embarked the next day after the funeral on the steamer Kilauea
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for Kawaihae.
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This was my first experience of steamer sailing -
I
liked it very well till we got on to the reef at Lahaina & like to
have been lost - or rather the steamer like to have been lost.
Had
not the ocean been remarkably calm - or had it been as rough as it
was of the day previously, it is thot that it must have gone to
peices ( !) - as it was it was 9 hours before she was got off the reef.
Remarkably we reached Kawaihae Thur (?) night without farther acci
dent.
Without this accident we should have reached Kawaihae in 24
hours from Honolulu calling at Lahaina & 2 or 3 other places -
The
steamer has since gone into the hands of a company whose President
is our good br. S.N. Castle, & she brings us a weekly mail.
On my return in a toothless condition the people hardly recog
nize their old kumu [teacher] - & wondered why I did not get new
teeth -
I told them new teeth - upper & under set would cost
& I have not got the money -
200$
Not exactly satisfied with a teacher
without teeth - the people have agreed to give a rial each including
children to raise the 200 dollars for a new set.
Having some bodily
infirmities that rendered it imprudent for me to be out much amoung
the people except on the sab & Wed meets, I devoted the spare time of
Oct & Nov to the revising & enlarging of the native hymnbook a work
committed to me by the H.E Ass. & of writing hymns for a new children's
hymn book wh Messrs Bond & Rowell are designing to publish Recovering from these bodily infirmities I was able to devote
December to my
tour - We had heard of the revivals in other parts
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of the Islands & had prayed that the Lord's work might be revived
thro out this feild ( !).
revival -
Nor was prayer the only means used to obtain
In Waimea & several other parishes, the chhs members were
very active in visiting from house to house - & this week aft week & reports came from most quarters that the Spirit of the Lord had
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reached them - meetings were well attended - sinners were turning &
backsliders were returning to the Lord.
On my tour I found it even so - Of the 14 chhs most of them were
enjoying a revived state.
The houses of worship were well filled -
Wanderers came forward & professed repentance & were restored -
Some
of them had been hard cases - almost hopeless - catholics mormons &c Sinners professed to be converted - some who had resisted the influence
of all previous revivals - were amoung them -
The converts consisted
of young & old. one foreigner one half caste ing season.
I had a most interest
My heart swelled with joy for the privilege granted me
of receiving some to the chh in every place.
At the end of my tour
I found I had recd 102 to the chh on profession & restored 72 - W aimea
& Waipio are the largest shares in this revival -
The work I trust
is still going forward.
On this tour the
6 th
& 7th chhs were dedicated the one on the
8 th
the other on the 20th of Dec, which completed the number to be dedi
6 th
cated in the year 60.
Paauhau the
cost is about 2100$ .
It is not yet painted inside this I am to do
in Ap. nor is it yet freed from debt.
is a noble structure - its
It was dedicated before hand -
in order to get it freed - i.e. to procure help from the Lord -
The
7th chh - Kaalaaa K.W. is not finished,inside, but will soon be - &
the ins ide painting I have promised to do in May chh of the 10 now built that has no bell as yet spire -
This is the only
It has a tower &
a bell will be obtained sometime we hope - The cost of this
house will be about 900$.
4 more chhs remain to be t o m down & built
over or rather replaced with houses similar to those already described But how soon this will be I am at present unable to say Besides other things on this
tour - I gave the schools a
thorough examination - Some of them I found in a prosperous state &
others only needed different teachers to make them prosperous -
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Contributions -
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The year has been distinguished for a scarcity of
food & hence an increase in the price - & for a diminution of the
sources of wealth to the natives -
The articles - potatoes & pulu
on which they were very much dependent for money - have not been in
very great demand - The people have not been so poor or come in po
ssession of so little money for many years as the past.
Hence the con
tributions of the chhs have fallen short [of] those of previous years & this is likely to be the case in future The contributions for 1860 are as follows
Census -
�Report for 62
[Waimea, Hawaii]
It is a little later in the year than usual for making out my
annual report.
The reason is the hand of the Lord has been upon me -
&
[indecipherable]
were put off into Jan - not knowing at the time of the postponement
whether they would be performed or not.
But the Lord was gracious &
so far restored me as to encourage me to undertake the performance of
the postponed duties.
of uncertainty.
Whether I should see the completion was a matter
But the event has shown the accomplishment.
parish however I was obliged to leave -
One
My health was not sufficient
to allow me to make the tedious visit -
Poor secluded & tediously
approached Waimanu must wait another year perhaps before I can visit
her - perhaps the privilege of again visiting her may never be allowed me -
Bless the Lord I am better now than when I commenced my
last tour on the 27 of Dec. - & I may yet be entirely restored, if
such is God's will.
With such a large feild (!) on my hands & so
divided up into parishes, each having its own subpastors & chh of
ficers, it is difficult to plan a report that will prove satisfactory
either to myself or the reader.
Perhaps the best or rather a good
plan will be to report breifly ( !) on each parish & seperately & then
write whatever May apply to them in
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Waimea
Much might be written about this district, & yet nothing espec
ially interesting.
On the sabbath exercises [this word guessed at]
have consisted of a children sabb
chh meeting, adult bible
[indecipherable]
[indecipherable]
immediately after the public meeting has on the first sab
of the
month been converted into a monthly concert of prayer &c for for.
missions.
The bible class is designed more especially for the in-
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struction of the chh officers & leading men -
There has been a
meeting every Wed. for bible instruction & biblical studies - &
chh business & prayer - The females have held a weekly prayer meeting There have have ( !) been 4'ly district meetings on the approach of
communion seasons - for conversation & prayer with the chh members &
a
4
'ly united chh meeting & fast as preparitory ( !) to the communion
exercises - & the 4'ly communion -
There has been more or less of
visiting from house to house to stir up the people &c -
The meetings
have sometimes been very well attended & again very poorly attended
& the spiritual aspect has on the whole been rather discouraging.
The great delinquency in chh members has led to the exclusion of many
delinquents from the chh -
The pastor has mourned & grieved & wept
over the spiritual slumber of the people, & has often been cast down
to the lowest depths of discouragement & almost ready to give up all
as lost.
But this would not be scriptual.
sabbaths from ill health heaven daring.
The pastor has lost 3
The wicked have been quite active &
There has not perhaps been a year for a long time in
which wickedness has been so rampant - the devil has triumphed thro'
his most submissive
agents (?)
.
Drunkenness, sabbath breaking,
housebreaking, stealing, horse racing, prize fighting,adultery &c
have been the crying sins.
fathom just.
But the depths of iniquity God only can
Should Waimea experience the fate of Sodom, it would be
That she has escaped may be because there are at least 10
righteous ones.
In looking over & at Waimea at the present time -
I must confess I see nothing that betokens a coming better state - all
Is dark as midnight & a still deeper darkness is coming on.
But we
must hope in God even against hope.
We formerly had several white females in Waimea, but by removals
& death, they are now reduced to those of my own family, consisting
at this time of Mrs. L. & one daughter - the other daughter being at
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Oahu College - The loneliness of these remaining females could only
be endured as a missionary duty,. & whatever is duty should he a pleasure -
But Mrs. L. is sinking prematurely into the grave for the want
of a little more congenial society.
But then solitude is better than
war -- The Missionary has his & her trials & Christians at home have
theirs, & some very severe & b itter ones -
Such is life on earth -
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Puako
from 13 to 18
& consists of
This parish is 13 or 14 miles SW on the shore - a pleasant little
several small villages
village - made so by its tall cocoa
groves neat white chh &
white school house - &c -
It is the smallest of my parishes. There
has been nothing of extraordinary interest during the year -
The
chh members have stood well for the most part, tho' some have fallen There have been some painful deaths - a mother & daughter were so
badly burned by the falling of their burning house as to die soon
afterwards the mothr ( !) we trained in our family - she was a member
of the chh. so was the daughter - there is hope for them.
The car
penter who built their chh. a great sufferer at the time & ever since both in body & mind, has gone to his rest - he was a good man - his
enemy who stole his wife from him & married her - he could freely
forgive - but alas for the hardened apostate - there is no relenting
in him - his brow is brass - his heart, is iron - he seems abandoned
of God There has been much declension in the attendance on meetings in
the
Puako chh -
While they have kept the interior looking very neat -
they have deserted God's house - but few have been found there even
on the sabbath & meetings on other days have been given up - But they
promise to do better t h e coming year There is a very enterprising man at P. about the only one anywhere
& tables - chairs
about, he has a nice stone house, 2 bedsteads &c - & yet he will eat
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on the floor like other natives -
Besides the hardened apostate
above - there is another who is his equal The people of Puako are oppressed with taxes, & the population
is gradually diminishing in consequence.
Their sources of wealth
are fishing, making salt & mats -
some of whom are industrious but
rough
salt cant be made nor fish caught in st o r m y & r o u g h weather - It
is rather a poor place.
There is a school there - but the teacher
is an old man & not very efficient 3
Kawaihae
About 12 miles due west - on the shore a seaport - a place of some
business - one store - there once [were] 3 - a few foreigners The port has been pretty regularly visited by the steamer - once a
week - once in
10
days - except when laid up for cleaning - a great
convenience. K is the hottest place in my feild ( !) - & the people
feel the effects of the heat it makes them lazy - sleepy - on the
sabbath many stay [at home] andsleep - tho most are chh members - God's
house is greatly deserted - no meetings on week days - a reformation
is promised - a stirring man is needed to wake them up particularly
the H Spirit -
The subpastor is the School Inspector - & rather of an
inefficient officer - but no better can be had - & so we must take up
with what we can get.
The meeting house adds much to the civilization
of the place - the school house has a decent appearance - & the school
is better than some others -
There are several good houses - wooden
& stone - so that you feel like being among civilized beings there subsist
How the people subsist is a mystery - some make salt - some fish some depend on hire - but it is a poor place.
The steamer furnishes
work for some some do nothing but lounge about one of the deacons has
fallen into a gross sin - & yet won't confess it - Can't say much in
favor of this parish hope for better times.
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Makela
This is i n Kawaihae U k a i.e. the interior, 10 miles NW from
Waimea, & 7 miles from the shore - The Subpastor is not a very good
or smart man - but as he has the whole sweep of things & sways the
people as he pleases - we seem to be under the necessity of retaining
him.
The people in this district live generally in the woods near
their Irish potatoe plantations - some [indecipherable] from their
chh - But they go to chh on [the] sabbath, - & when I visit there
some return [to] other residences near the chh to accommodate me.
With the exception of the meeting house there is nothing inviting
in the place - It is a most cheerless & desolate looking district The school is taught in the chh - & the teacher is none of the smart
est - nor liveliest - His scholars will not make much progress under
him - but he is the best to be had - The people depend on their po
tatoe crops for means of living &c -
There is one foreigner in this
district - a moral sort of a man - but not religious - never attends
meeting - has a farm & dairy - ie makes butter in his dairy house makes a respectable appearance but it is beyond the woods - not in the
vicinity of the chh -
He has a native wife & has 4 children 2 of whom
are married - but No meetings in this parish but on the Sabb —
nothing very
encouraging.
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Kaalaia
This is 3 miles N. from Makela - an awful road - & a great gulph
between them - The aspect of the region much like that of Makela
Nothing attractive but the chh - The people cultivate Irish potatoes which they can sometimes sell - & sometimes not - & then they are very
poor - for they are their principal means of subsistance - they raise
the potatoes not to eat but to sell - to Honoluluians - they purchase
poi from the avails - some raise it -
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The only religious exercise is meetings on [the] sabbath - the
people are scattered all about
[indecipherable] & on -
& cant make it convenient to attend weekday meetings -
Old Elijah is
the subpastor a firm old christian & chh officer - nothing can move
him - but his attainments are small - & is not what his office requires
but then - we take the best we can find.
may do better -
He has some young helpers who
The school is taught in the meeting house - a very
good school - a good school master - no foreigners in this parish & nothing holds the people together but the potatoe business These 5 parishes, constitute S. Kohala - wh is the 6th school
district & tax collection district of Hawaii - there being 8 in all 6
Waimanu
This is a valley in the most
part of Hamakua difficult of
access - rich in Kalo land & patches & during the past year - rice
has been tried - & did well but the rats & mice destroyed it - & it
will be tried no farther - Kalo does better -
2 foolish foreigners
thot they could make their fortunes there in pulu - Kalo - rice &c & hence rented the place - but one after trylng it awhile cleared out
deeply in debt to the other - & the other is getting himself so deephave
ly entangled with difficulties that he must h a v e to get out - &
the people will have the valley to themselves again & that is as it
should be - A good efficient man [is] needed to manage the parish but such a [person] is not there - & hence chh matters are not well
managed.
One part of the district seperated ( !) from Waimanu by the
ocean but accessable by canoes, swimming, & walking on the shore - is
mostly catholic - here is taught the only catholic school in my
district - but in this school more of the new testament was committed
to memory the past year than in any other school -
In Waimanu there
has lately been quite a turning to Mormonism - some hot headed Mormons
from Waipio - (natives) - have been beseiging the poor Waimanuians -
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day & night & giving them no peace till they were plunged into Mormonism.
Some of the chh members have goone ( !) - some of the scholars
in the Waimanu prot. schools - I regretted that I could not visit the
place & try to reclaim the ignorant wanderers.
The people are collect
ing money for a chh - & a decent chh may one day take the place of
their present lauhala thatched building — The men of this district
have worked like good fellows to get a good road from Waimanu to Wai
pio - & the road has been considerably improved this year - a horse
can now get along comfortably - but you wont catch me on a horse over
some of the way - too hazardous 7
Waipio -
The beautiful valley of Waipio I shall not describe - This parish
contains more chh members than any other in my feild - & it is by far
the richest portion - But the people have to work hard to get their
money - very hard -
The valley was leased (?) to the people by the
chiefs who owned it - for 5 years - but they did not make it go - so
it has returned to the landlord & things go on as in old times - but
much improved however.
The subpastor of this chh - I think was the first licentiate on
the Islands - he fell, but repented - but was never restored as a
licentiate.
He is not qualified for ordination - will never rise
higher than a subpastor -
He has been subpastor for some years - but
instead of improving - goes backwards - like all the natives - as they
advance in years they lose their vivacity - their mental powers fail & they become stupid - inefficient - some exceptions - They don't think
enough
- they are strangers to deep thot -
Waipio chh is on the whole a very good chh - meetings on the sabbath
& week days are better attended here than elsewhere - the people live
near together - & can' easily meet - There is one resident foreigner who has a store - a Spanish saddler - an English piper a mulatto who
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has an Eng school during the year - ie taught native chil Eng - no
great affair - & will result in smoke - but for awhile there was
nothing like it - There are 2 native schools - a good school house has
been built the past year - which supplies Waipio with this article Mormonism is pretty strong - they have a bishop [part of this
word is obliterated], a native - Lanai has been leased (?) to them
& they are going there to set up - Gibson is there - their head man 8
Eleio -
This station is under the superintendence of Nehemia Keau, sub
pastor for many years - He is a good & substantial man - & the most
enterprising native in Hamakua - has a fine garden, a great coffee
plantation - a great herd of cattle & horses - a wooden house - thatched
&c is tax collector.
The chh under him is a very good chh - more
civilized than many - some good people in it The meeting house being stone has been plastered outside & white
washed & hence much improved in its external appearance - The people
attend meetings pretty regularly, but some who once attended have
entirely deserted the house of God - But then they have not gone to
the catholics or mormons - & may yet wake up -
The school is taught
in the chh for the reason that the parents wont build a school house
without a great price. A murder came nearly being committed on a
poor chinaman by a drunken native - escaped by hiding in the indigo &
darkness A candidate for the ministry is promising 9
Kapulena
Old Peter W. has charge of this parish one of the first graduates
of L.L. - a quondum teacher - a subpastor for a long time - first Puako & then here.
But he is getting old & imbecile in body & mind &
is not in very good repute - has a little too much familiarity with
fermented sweet potatoes - as report (?) goes -
He has an associate
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subpastor who is young & a promising character - he is the teacher of
the public school - & does well - has a good school - is an efficient
officer of the chh - & may be regarded as a candidate for the ministry tho his intellectual qualities may prevent in the chh -
The school is taught
The parish contains prot - cath. mormon - & is dis
tinguished for potatoe drinking, & all are implicated but the prot charge it all on the Mor & Cath - There are some good people in the
chh work -
The people are poor tho they might be well off if they would
The chh is without a bell, but one is on the way & the people
are getting money to pay for it filled on sabbaths -
It is a nice chh - & pretty well
A long stone wall the principal work to divide
pasture & cultivated land - sweet potatoes the principal prod - some
coffee & upland Kalo 10
Kawela.
The subpastor of this parish is a young man, a graduate of Hilo
B S. & a teacher there for some time - a fine promising man - is the
teacher - & stands as candidate for the ministry - i s quite popular does well - has the best school in my field people in this chh good -
There are many good
meetings are pretty well attended - contributions
The debt for the chh all paid during the year - & the people
quite jubilant over it -
This is the chh wh cost 800$ more than the
contract - & hence a great embarrassment - but they are now all free The people have depended on their pulu heretofore & neglected [part
of this word, obliterated] culti vation - but pulu is down - & cultivation being resumed - one store here - a native clerk - no foreigners the firm that built this & the next chh is a wreck - one party dead the other a drunken shiftless concern - their vessel is lost - the
wicked shall not always prosper - But God uses them as instruments
for his cause -
The school taught in the chh -
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Paauhau
This chh for a part of the year was one of the best in the field no outbreak - regular attendants on God's house - house filled - a
very good & intelligent man for superintendent with good assistants good deacons a drought came - then a plenty - the people feasted a
whole month night & day - ie as long as their drought continued ate
themselves into a famine - till they finally concluded it was best
to repent of their gluttony - &
go to cultivating again -
This
behavior was a great grief to me - it came unexpectedly - no confidence
can be placed in the best Hawaiian chh - no knowing what will come
next - sudden & overwhelming falls occur - but the Lord is gracious & tho the righteous fall 7 times they will rise again - Such are chhs
gathered from among the heathen
& must be expected pray & labor on -
- It was so in Paul's time, Is so now
We should feel disappointed or discouraged - but
The school is/taught in the chh - the teacher - a
fine singer, had a good choir - but he is now an invalid lolo [helpless
- unable to get out of the house - may never recover - a new teacher
may do well - a fine company of children No foreigners - a foreigner once lived here - was magistrate boasted of his wealth - became proud despised the people - would not
help them build their chh - derided their chh building enterprise lost all - became abankrupt - is now in the states somewhere - his poor
wife in Paauhau - hears nothing from him.
Paauhau is a great land
containing some 100,000 acres or more - all belongs to a foreigner
an old resident on the Island - was here when the Miss. came - he is
a great landholder & a great favorite of the natives - befriends them is very benevolent giver but I fear he does not love the Lord This is a good land - the people might be well off if they would The chh is a great improvement a bright shining light in the land the only Am [American ?] house there - 2 other houses have windows -
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11.
but one is not inhabited - the other was once owned by the magistrate but is now occupied by a wicked native & his company - a disgrace to
some 50$
the place - The people are still in debt for their chh - but hope to
get out this year - they will have a jubilant time 12
13
Hanakamalii
Kaohe
These names are to be no more used - as the chh is to be no
longer a distinct chh -
The subpastor has long acted - old Lyman
Haina a very good & substantial man - but not qualified to be pastor He has a son in law that may come in amoung the candidates - a fine
young man - a graduate of Hilo B.S. - once a teacher - but did not
do very well, & hence was put out - but he has since improved - &
is redeeming [h i s ] character - is one of the trustees of the chh &
assistant subpastor building a new chh -
The people of this parish long contemplate
they had a lauhala thatched one - with windows -
they collected some funds but were very slow - & the prospect was they
would never get funds enough to build a separate chh -
It was pro
posed that they unite with the chh above - & build a joint chh - The
wooden
chh ab ove had a very good building - it was the 2d of the new chhs but I never liked/it the carpenter made an awkward looking thing of it outside & in - tho' it was far in advance of any other chh in Hamakua
then -
I was determined to have it improved somehow - Now was the time
to propose a union of the 2 chhs - let both pull down their houses &
unite & build one nice one somewhere between the 2 - This was a g r e e d to
- & both went to work in pretty good earnest to raise funds - & funds
being raised the time came to purchase lumber - in July we met for
the last time in the 2 chhs- after wh lumber was ordered & procured the carpenter commenced his work - the 2 houses were torn down to be
used up in the new -
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Mauna Lukiia
This parish is formed by the union of 2 parishes heretofore known
by the names of Hanakamalii & Kaohe -
Long have they existed as dis
tinct chhs under their respective subpastors & chh officers - Kaohe
had outstript Hanakamalii in the matter of chh building - having already
a very decent chh edifice.
But times had changed - several chh had
since been built far excelling this in every respect -
Hence to
correspond with these other chh' this needed to be made over.
Hanaka
malii had a framed lauhala thatched chh with windows - but had been
striving somewhat to get means for the building of a nice chh -
But
means came in very slow ly & the prospect of having a better house
grew fainter & fainter 2 chh.
Now was the time to propose a union of the
Both parties were at first quite reluctant to the union — but
finally yeilded ( !) to the stronger reasons on the side of union The union agreed to - both parties went to work in earnest in procuring
means to build the united chh.
for ordering the lumber -
Means being raised - the time came
Farewell meetings were held in the latter
part of July in each of the existing meeting houses -
The lumber was
purchased & landed - the new chh commenced the old meeting houses torn
down to be used in the new.
The carpenter's work went on - & In Jany
the house was finished at the cost of about 1000$ including the bell
now probably on the way -
It stands in a very conspicuous place -
can be seen at a great distance & w i n s the admiration of spectators on the 25th of Jany the dedication took place - As the edifice occu
pied a new site & the chh was a new chh formed by the combination
of the 2 formerly separate ones - & as the public school was also to
be taught in the building - the dedication exercises were somewhat
varied from those of an ordinary ded of exercises -
Allow me to give a programn ( !)
Speakers had been previously selected & different parts
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assigned to them, & a choir of singers prepared for the occasion 1
Singing.
2 invocation - 3
the uniting of the 2 & appropriate
addresses - 4 the dedicatory sermon - prayer & hymn 5
remarks on
the manner of the proper treatment of & conducting in God's house
6
Presentation of the new pulpit bible & address - 7 charge to the
subpastors
8
charge to the deacons & elders - 9 charge to the
m people congregation 10 charge to the board of trustees & delivery
of the key 11 charge to the people & chh members
12
charge to the
parents children teachers & pupils & delivery of the agreement to the
trustees
13
charge to the singers & presentation of the new pulpit
hymn book 14 charge in reference to strangers who may come to the chh 15 charge in reference to the proper observance of t h e Sabbath before
as after meeting - 16 contributions for paying the balance due on
the chh & bell
all paid but 28$.
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17
singing & benediction -
A great & joyfull day - long to be remembered. The chh & a
few other-white wooden buildings keep the place quite an air of civi
lization -
The subpastor owns one of the wooden buildings & it is
clapboarded shingled painted outside ceiled with koa within & varnished
Another of the wooden buildings is a store -
The magistrate an Eng.
lives within a mile & has a pleasant place a garden of peaches &c .
I now take my farewell of Hanakamalii & Kaohe names Mauna Lukiia is to be used -
Instead of their
But the name of the chh is Mauna
Hoano - Sacred Mountain 13
Kaala
This is the last parish in Hamakua & joins Hilo - Waimanu is the
1st parish in Hamakua & joins Kohala -
Waimanu & Kaala are the only
Parishes in my field that now worship God in native thatched houses They are slowly accumulating means for building neat attractive &
comfortable houses of worship Ao
"The Morning Star".
The name of Kaala chh is to be Hoku
She may be seen rising over the eastern height
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of Hamakua & sending her rays of light into Hilo, the coming year.
But this will depend on the energy of the people.
much can be said in favor of Kaala.
At present not
The effects of the want of a
decent meeting house are very perceptible in the general neglect of
all religious services.
There is a school taught in a miserable school
house - the lowest school in the field - But I hope things will
improve here & hereafter —
There are no foreigners in the district -
The people depend on fungus for a living - a few make arrow root.
The chh is not a very promising one - bad reports are in circulation
respecting drinking &c
-
The Lord send his Spirit down to produce a
reform Tours I have made 3 tours thro my field - performing the labors I am
accustomed to perform - except the examination of the schools on my
last tour - my health would not allow this.
Annual meetings
There have been 3 annual meetings.
The annual meeting of the
subpastors of Kohala - 2d that of Hamakua — 3
teachers -
that of the
The acts of these meetings consisted of the reading
of annual reports of subpastors & teachers - essays - addresses reports of committees & various resolutions passed in reference to
the schools & chhs for the coming year.
Contributions
In all 1646.00 in cash
Churches - no revivals - some additions
Catholics - Mormons - the new religion
Tours -
Tours are pleasing episodes rural visits continental or
foreign recreation to the missionary -
He leaves home - all its
cares, burdens vexations as well as pleasures - casting on his wife
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who is ill able perhaps to bear them all the numerous demands,
medicines - books &c - & the duties of the post office & outdoor domes
tic concerns & petty annoyances of domestics - & thus freed, as he
necessarily must b e from his otherwise pressing domestic cares - he
launches forth into the open campaign [of] missionary work, on foot
or on horseback as he can bear -
But in all the missionary tours I
have made — the first on horse back has been performed during the
year. -
Ill health occasioned a postponement -
then fears sprang up
that my touring labors were over - then the trial of pedestrianism peradventure it will be a success. - Contrary to the advice of all remonstrances
& disregarding the fears of all - doctors, ministers, & family the postponed tour was undertaken on horseback - & continued amid
fears (?) & shrinkings (?) - & much debility - but it ended in victory,
thro the prayers of God's people.
Labors performed on tours - First
of all notices must be sent out all over the feild when to expect me
then 2 baggage men must be secured -
On the first tour in July &
Aug - the labors were somewhat various -
Meetings with the subpas
tors deacons & elders general[ly] two in a parish - the first for
calling the roll of chh members, apostates & non professors, to
ascertain their whereabouts, state, condition, persuits ( !), order
disorder - firmness, delinquency - do husbands & wives live together
or seperate ( !) & for what - who is to blame - & what is to be done to
rejoin them - how many quarrel & beat husbands & wives - have the
fallen repented - or are they incorrigible - how many have gone &
where are they & how living - how many have died - & how did they die?
- Are there any converts & who & where & how. do they appear, any
penitents to be restored - any converts to be recd - what have you been
doing the last 1/4 - what meetings - how attended - how supplied with
bibles & newspapers, who wish to take newspapers - & which - How much
visitations from house to house - & have any of you been to other
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parishes to stir them up - how about the contributions - for pastor &
other lands - what progress on the new chh - what is to be done the
coming 1/4 - what meetings, schools, visitation - meeting housess
& how to be obtained
& school houses &c to be built - what contributions & how much who
to be assisted - who [to] furnish the communion elements - who food
& meat &c for the missionary & his baggage carriers 2
Examinations of the schools.
The bell rings at 9 paha [perhaps] -
the pupils teacher trustees parents, some, assemble, prayer isoffered absent
roll called, to see where the children are— who have gone - sick newcomers,
dead, Cpls married - & births recorded - the number of pupils during
the term- - readers - writers - Arith - Geog - singers - new readers
how supplied with books &c writers &c singing - examination proceeds in the different [categories]
interspersed with singing where that is taught - & it is taught in
nearly all the schools - an exhortation is sometimes given at the close.
3
Public meeting, preaching - admissions t o the chh - baptism of
children - administration of the Lord's supper assisted in remarks by
the subpastors - contributions for pastor - foreign missions, chh
building dismission. -
4 - 2d meeting of subpastors, deacons &c.
This is designed for a theological school - texts of scripture are
discussed & lessons given in sermonizing &c
Texts are sometimes
given out before hand ( !) to be explained &c - Where sabbaths come
of wh there were 3
in - Sabbath schools are attended & some other additional labor a daylight prayer meeting - a chh meeting &c -
We had 2 farewell
meetings ie met for the last time in 2 meeting houses to be torn down
&c -
It is only once in 7 years I thus descend to particulars - by
way of refreshing the memory Second tour - A similar course was to be persued ( !) & some additional
exercises introduced.
Ther e were to be 4 school exhibitions 2 in
Hamakua & 2 in S Kohala - several schools were to
unite at each -
great preparations were made — doubtless the exhibitions would have
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17.
passed off to the satisfaction of all - But alas the high hopes that
were raised were doomed to disappointment - except in Waimea -
The
Lord laid his hand on the Missionary who planned & urged on the thing
& prevented the execution except in Waimea -
On this tour nothing was
done with the schools except the sabbath schools - but little was done
with the chh officers - preaching & the administration of the Lord's
supper & reception of the contributions were the principal things
attended to - yet the tour was distinguished fr the other by 2 addi
tional things - the remaining of the Missionary at one of the stations
2 sabbaths to superintend the painting of its new chh to attend the
anniversary of Hamakua subpastors &c & the dedication of the chh - The
feeble health of the pastor prevented him from visiting on this tour
&
the remote/difficultly accessible parish of Waimanu the annual visit
to wh. the pastor has never before been prevented from making 3d tour -
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Entertainments -
holidays - amusements
We are not devoid of such things - that is, we are not so puritanical
or rigidly austere - or of such morbid temperaments as to reject or
regard all amusements &c as sinful -
The 4th of July w e did not ob
serve - hardly Americans enough for it - the 31st the memorable
restoration epoch - was observed by some in a proper manner - a civil
feast & appropriate meeting - by others in such a disgraceful manner
horse racing, prize fighting - drunkenness revelry &c -
The prize
fighting set in motion by the foreigners was a new thing - a Hawaiian
& a l/2 nigger were the pugilists - the Hawaiian with his first blow
�Waimea, Hawaii, 1862
18.
nearly knocked the breath out of the body of the poor 1/2 caste nigger which roused the constables who seized both pugilists & took them to
the magistrate who cooly turned them off by saying - it was not a
triable case -
Thanksgiving day was religiously observed but not as
a day of festivity or social calls notice is taken by us of this day
Christmas
It is n ot of ten much
but this year Exhibition at Waimea,
was quite a day of intellectual & social entertainment - the 2 Waimea
schools came in procession, with flags flying & entered the chh sung original songs, examined on several studies - repeated chapters
of scripture committed to memory & hymns - some of the pupils declaimed
original peices ( !) - some exhibited in English - A festival was provided a la ha ole - parents & children seemed much gratified & all the
lookers on - & pleased with the progress made.
Christmas -
it is not
often much notice is taken by us of this day - but this year it was
quite a pleasant occasion - All the teachers were assembled at Waimea
at the 1/4ly & annual meeting, & having spent the day in reading re
ports essays, &c
they were invited to the house of the Missionary
in the eve to witness something new - something they had never heard
of before - a Christmas tree, loaded with gifts - & dispensed by old
Santi Claus of grey head & doubled spectacles - a kerosine ( !) lamp
& oil exhibited - an entertainment on [and ?] cake - a nu hou loa a very new thing
[
a very strange thing
] - The poor teachers & school in
spectors didn't know what to make of it - or whether to laugh or keep
sober - or whether their puuku [steward] was crazy or playing a hoax
on them - but on the whole it answered for an amusement - a pleasing
mental relaxation - a respite after the severe intellectual labor of
the day New Years -
The introduction of the new year ought certainly to call
forth joy & thanksgiving & festivities.
The day was most delightful
�Waimea, Hawaii, 1862
& hence most favorable for the appointed festivities -
19.
A great feast
was prepared by a foreigner & all Waimea invited as guests, to
they marched with the firing of guns & displaying of banners - Poi
at once
was served & steam enough got up to cook in
the great steam boiling
pot all the animal food a mixture of beef & pork necessary for all the
guests -
The amalgummation ( !) however was anything but agreeable to
their palates - Their tastes were a little too civilized or refined to
relish the combination & hence resolved they would not again be de
pendent on foreigners as cooks for a New Year's festival Circuit Court .
The monotony of quiet Waimea has been broken by the
return of Court week - quite a holliday (!) - That Waimea should be
a locality suitable & worthy for the sitting or session of an annual
superior court speaks a volume - a small one - on the score of her
advanced civilization - & then when the business of the court is
examined & reported it is found that there were no civil or criminal
cases fr Hamakua or Waimea - S. Kohala, that speaks a larger volumn for the elevated morality of their population
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of the feild ( !) under L Lyons
While others may have abundant material for an interesting annual
report, I am compelled in my search for material to cry out "my lean
ness, my leanness," For this no one can feel a deeper regret than
as I am anxious to contribute my share towards the edification
of the brethren & others here assembled am oung whom sits preeminent
our venerable & beloved secretary [Rufus Anderson] - an event of a
very rare occurrence - & well might be compared to angel's visits.
My want of material does not lie in the narrowness of the sphere
allotted me to revolve in -
My sphere is certainly large enough, &
the difficulty may be it is too large.
But I must be careful in my
search lest something of real interest be overlooked - or underrated & lest dark shadows be cast over spots to other eyes or on a closer
inspection are all radiant with light.
1
The different divisions of my feild - Of these there are three.
1
Governmental or civil divisions
2
Educational or school divisions.
3. Ecclesiastical or church divisions.
Of the first, there are two, South Kohala & Hamakua, or the 6th
[&] 28th districts of Hawaii -
These divisions have reference to
numberation, taxation, & administration of justice.
Of the second
division there are two general ones & sixteen local districts.
Of
the third, there is one general & 13 local departments.
The governmental or civil division is under the supervision of
2 numerators or assessors, 2 tax collectors - & 2 district justices
& 2 courts of appeal, held in Waimea, the one monthly, & the other
annually, & a posse of sheriffs & constables.
The educational or school department is under the superintendence
of 2 school inspectors, 1 school treasurer, 16 teachers & 16 trustees.
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The Ecclesiastical or church department is under the supervision
of 1 pastor or bishop - 13 subpastors, 13 benches of deacons & elders
& 13 boards of trustees - besides numerous assistant preachers &
exhorters.
As I have been turning my thots towards Hawaii in 1820, it will
be pardonable in me should I occasionally allude to the past in my
report -
In 1820 the office of numerator or assessor was not known
& there was but one general tax collector for all Hawaii - aided by
his deputies.
In 1820 the population of Hamakua & S. Kohala must have
been not far from 10,000.
Now it is something over 3000.
In those
in embryo days all were taxed men, women & children, even children unborn
Taxes consisted in kapa, olona or Hawaiian hemp - sandal wood, salt,
fish, hogs, dogs, feathers - working days, &c & were for the benefit
of the King, chiefs & konohikis or landlords - the common people
being excluded.
There was no road tax -
The first work on roads was
performed by criminals about the year 1831.
Taxes now are confined
to males only & those between the ages of 16 & 60.
Females however
who have taxable property are liable to a tax. Taxes now are for the
benefit of both chiers & people, & consist principally in money tho'
salt & fish &c are p a i d to landholders by the tenants.
also can be paid in labor -
The road tax
In 1820 there were no property constituted
magistrates, there being no written laws, justices were not necessary.
There were however some, oral laws - & chiefs & people took the execu
tion of them into their own hands - each one judging deciding &
executing as it seemed good in his own sight.
The office of magistrate
did not come into existence till sometime after the arrival of the
Missionaries.
In 1820 there was no school department -
A few months
after the landing of the Missionaries at Kailua an English school was
commenced at Kawaihae the
the whole group -
school on the Island & the 3d or 4th on
d
2
This was soon discontinued & it was not till 1825
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3
'29
or 26 / that schools in the Hawaiian language were established in
South Kohala & Hamakua by native teachers & visited occasionally by
brethren Thurston & Bishop.
But when once established, they rapidly
increased & in 1832 they numbered at least 40 & in 36 & 37 included
nearly all the inhabitants.
The Missionary then was the only super
intendent, there was no Board of Education, no school funds, & hence
no school treasurer, no school trustees.
The schools are now reduced
it is seen to 16 & confined to children only & not necessarily or
governmentally dependent on the missionary only in his capacity as
receiver & disburser of the government school funds, & yet he has the
liberty & this he uses according to his ability to watch over the
schools - examine them, & give good advice to inspectors, teachers,
trustees, pupils, parents, & his study is furnished with books, slates
&c from which the schools are supplied.
In the ecclesiastical department, 13 churches only are stated.
This is 3 less than it was a few years since & 1 less than it was
last year.
It is not to be understood that my feild is diminishing
in extent or area, & becoming narrower & narrower.
The missionary
has the whole original territory to travel over but has fewer schools,
fewer churches fewer people to look after, & the number is constantly
decreasing & this might seem to indicate the approximation of a con
summation a winding up of missionary & human affairs in my feild.
Of
the nearly 8000 church members on record, but some over 2000 remain Is this a dark shadow - a gloomy picture - casting over the soul a
cloud of sorrow & despondency? -
Then look back to 1820 - when there
was no church no pastor, no bible here - look back to the time when
the angels might have wept over the dark & seemingly lost condition
of these 8000 souls - & then witness the change from weeping into
songs of joy thro' all their countless hosts over their hopeful con-
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version & songs renewed as the portals of heaven have opened to receive
one after another of the thousands who have departed in the Lord &
shall from this time onward open to welcome those who remain.
Would
it not be pleasant for pastor & flock to depart pretty nearly all
together for the heavenly Canaan?
Would it not toe rather unpleasant
for their pastor to leave b ehind a great number of his flock to b e
devoured perhaps by forth coming wolves? Then on the other hand, if, the people, as some would have it,
are a hopeless set, the children amoung the rest, should it toe a
matter of regret that they are passing so rapidly away?
Should we not
rather exclaim, the sooner they are all gone the better? From this perhaps unpardonable digression I now return In reference to the 13 churches or parishes of my feild - each
one might be considered seperately ( !), but this course would exhaust
the patience of the audience, & that with little or no profit.
Waimea the station proper may perhaps claim a seperate notice & some of the outstations may present subjects of interest.
Waimea on
Hawaii is always an interesting name - for it was here the last battle
was fought between the defenders of idolatry & its destroyers, in which
under Hoapili, Gov. of Maui, the latter were victorious.
scenery of Waimea is always interesting.
Then the
There are the adjacent hills
on the North of unrivaled beauty, & on the South & S. Ward the distant
mountains of unsurpassing grandure.
And where on all the Islands is
there a plain of such extent & beauty, whose verdure never fades, &
whose streams never dry !
Then again the Missionary associations of Waimea render it a
never to be forgotten locality.
It was selected for a health retreat,
or a retreat for invalids, o r broken down or worn out missionaries.
A somewhat misnomer as it has proved that none but those of lion
constitutions could endure the rigors of the climate.
The first
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missionaries permanently located here with whom I was soon after
associated, were compelled to leave after a few years trial to save
themselves & so it was with those who were afterwards associated with
me.
The constitutions of all during their short stay were much af
fected.
But the names of Bingham, Judd, Ruggles, Bishop, Baldwin &
Knapp & their labors here - Messrs. Bingham's & Bishop's translations
of Psalms & Epistles invest my station with a store of interesting re
miniscences.
The battle feild of which I have spoken is now covered with the
tall oi [name of a small tree] amoung which joyfully or grumblingly
sport flocks of sheep & herds of horses & cattle.
grass cottages nearly every one has disappeared.
Of all the fromer
But in Waimea proper
there has been perhaps an increase of houses, & of a better sort than
their predecessors.
More foreigners reside here than in all the other
parishes put together.
character.
But they are of an evanesant ( !) & changing
Nearly all the old residents, especially the drunkards
have died off.
Not long since we numbered several white females, when
it was quite pleasant to Mrs. L. to occasionally exchange visits with
them.
But they have vanished - & only those of the mission family
left.
Of the present resident foreigners, some are merchants, some
tanners, some carpenters, some blacksmiths, shoe makers, some farmers graziers, & one is our magistrate.
Oh one establishment is a steam boiler, for converting whole
bullocks, minus hide & intestines, into tallow.
to receive 15 or 20 head at once.
It is capacious enough
At the Waimea store a variety of
merchandize ( !) is exposed for sale, & sold about as cheap as in
Honolulu.
Of the moral character of the foreigners I need not speak -
it would doubtless be much improved did they enjoy gospel ordenances ( !)
from sabbath to sabbath.
The native chh is open to them, but they are
not disposed to attend, pleading as an excuse that they derive little
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or no profit from preaching in the kanaka language, not aware perhaps
that the preacher understand English a[nd] might if they were present,
deal out some gospel truth to them in their own language.
But they
all treat the missionary kindly - bestowing favors as occasions re
quire, & when they are sick & dying or dead, he is sent for to admin
ister medicines for the body & the soul - or to attend the funeral
obsequies.
Labors &c at the station
The exercises of the sabbath have consisted of a children's sab
bath school, public meeting, church meeting, adult bible class &
neighborhood meetings & one sabbath school -
The chh meeting which
comes immediately after public service is designed for prayer,recita
tion of scripture, exhortation, singing - & on the first sabbath in
the month communications are read from, different missionary feilds &
prayers offered up in their behalf.
The bible class is designed for
the instruction of the deacons & elders.
Meetings have been held Wed.
p.m. - for prayer, biblical instruction, chh business &c -
Various
methods have been devised & practiced to draw the people out to the Wed
meeting - but with little success. But few are disposed to attend meet
ings on week days.
The females have held a weekly prayer meeting -
but it has been but thinly attended.
number.
Our praying females are few in
Female piety is at a low ebb & the male piety is but little
higher.
The Lord's supper has been administered four times at the station& these occasions are generally interesting & pretty well attended.
the approach of these seasons, district meetings have been held for
conversation & prayer with the chh members personally - & a day set
apart for preparitory ( !) exercises, such as confession, humiliation,
repentance - prayer - exhortation, &c Of
There has been more or less
pastoral & chh visitation - to stir up the people to attend meet-
On
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ings & seek the durable riches of heaven instead of the perishable
things of time, & reclaim wanderers & put down iniquity.
little purpose.
But all to
The house of God has sometimes been pretty well
filled, but oftener neglected by many even of those residing so near
the house of God that the sound of the chh going bell has often
peirced ( !) the ear & disturbed the conscience till the ear has become
so deaf & the conscience so profoundly asleep that nought may arouse
them save the blast of the archangel's
trump & the roar of a
burning world.
Iniquity has abounded more or less as in other years.
The
sabbath has been desecrated - Intoxicating liquors have been imported
in part & in part manufactured by natives & foreigners.
enclosures the earth will one day rise up &
In some
burst open the dark
subterranean vaults the avenues to a darker hell, where she is now
concealing these workers of iniquity who contrive to elude the vigi
lance of government officers.
The fate of Sodom is perhaps only delayed
by the prayers of at least 10 righteous persons.
Over the wickedness
& the spiritual slumber of the people, the pastor has often mourned
& greived ( !) & wept & been cast down to the lowest depths of dis
couragement & almost ready to give up all as lost.
pray always, & never faint.
But pastors should
Light may at length come & the dark clouds
flee away.
In addition to the above meetings &c - there has been a singing
school for some months of the year which has somewhat improved our
church music, tho much room still remains for improvement.
The number
of public schools in Waimea is two consisting of about 30 pupils each one of the school houses is on the Mission premises & its appearance
entitled it to its name - The teacher - one year ago, was one of the
best in my feild, but his conduct caused his removal & his successor
is of a very inferior stamp.
The other school house is a grass
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structure - & ought to blush - or others ought to blush for it that
it so meanly represents its design.
But then there is hope that tho’
now mean &. abused, it may in due time be exalted.
young man & does very well.
The teacher is a
In these schools are some interesting
scholars, tho' no very promising ones, & none who are hopefully pious,
& hence there should be the more labor & prayer for their conversion.
The number of chh members in Waimea in good & regular standing
is about 160 & their contributions the past year for support of pastor,
foreign missions, are about 200 dollars.
The females with the help
of Mrs. L, have made some 5 quilts & a dozen pillows for Lahainaluna
Seminary.
The females of W aimea are distinguished for their industry
in making quilts.
In some houses companies of women will be found busy
at work around a quilt - & the sides of the houses will be hung with
the quilts they have gotten off.
The natives are universally poor -
they have no very permanent sources of income.
Some few carry on shoe
making on a very small scale — some depend on teeming ( !).
They own
carts & oxen - get wood & draw it for those who wish it - & do any
other carting that is called for.
shephers, cowherds
Some depend upon their wages as
& other employments under foreigners.
Some get
a partial living by trading in horses & cattle hiring out horses carrying baggage - some grow a little coffee & c o m , sugar cane for
sale.
Some do nothing, & depend for sustenance on what they can sponge
from their neighbors.
Some are kahuna lapaau, or doctors - & their
medical practice yeilds ( !) them some profits, in black & white pigs,
fowles (! ) fish — money &c -
One native smarter than his neighbors
is a carpenter - & this is sometimes a source of profit to him -
Some
of the native houses have stone wall enclosures & filled with mul
berries, peach trees -sugar cane - bananas &c - But there is very
little cultivation food - Kalo - potatoes.
Nearly all the food comes
from other places, & oftentimes the people are compelled to suffer
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from hunger - being unable to-get food from any quarter.
2 Puako.
This parish is from 13 to 18 miles- S W of Waimea & consists -
of several small villages, one of which is Puako.
These villages are
mostly beautified by tall waving cocoanuts ( !) groves - the lauhala
the loulu or low palm tree - & Kou tree - & some other shrubbery There are also fish ponds where the delecious ( !) mullet &c sport &
valuable salt grounds, that furnish employment for both sexes.
The chh numbers about 70 members present & in good standing which embraces nearly all the adult population & some of the children.
5 have been added to the chh the past year -
The subpastor, of Kahu,
Barenaba Kauwewahine, is the best man there for the
[office] but
he is very poorly qualified to perform the responsible duties of a
Kahu or superintending elder.
He is assisted in the management of chh
matters, by his deacons & elders, some of whom, are good & worthy men.
But none of the chh officers possess the proper requisites, & hence
meetings on the sabbath & other days are not well attended.
There
are 5 exercises on the sabbath including the children’s sabbath school
& two on week days, besides a small singing school.
When the pastor
visits .the parish to administer the Lord’s supper &c - the chh members
come out pretty generally & the house of worship is pretty well filled.
Contributions are recd on such occasions for pastoral support &
missionary purposes - & amount to about 50 dollars for the last year.
The people are very heavily taxed by different landlords &c & are very
poor - one of the chh members is one of the most enterprising natives
in the feild.
He has a stone house, in Waimea another at Puako - both
shingled & pretty well finished off inside & furnished with tables,
chairs, settees, bedsteads &c -
He has also houses & land in Kohala,
Hamakua, & H o n o l u l u -lives here &. there & nowhere long at a time,
& this spoils all the beauty of his enter prizing ( !) spirit.
But he is an old man, & will soon get it is hoped to that more permanent
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There have been several deaths of chh members, 2, a
mother & her daughter were produced by w o u l d s & burns received while
attempting to escape from their burning & falling dwelling.
lovely in life, they were not seperated in death.
United &
Another of the de
parted was the carpenter who built their chh, a deacon also, a good
man - a great sufferer in body & mind - meek & unrevengeful he could
freely forgive the perfidious wife, who basely deserted him, & the
baser & more feindish ( !) paramour who by intrigue & perjured witnesses
succeeded in obtaining a divorce for the infamous woman, & then then ( !)
married her & lived with her for years, in the very presence as it
were, of the innocent & vitally injured husband.
It grieves me to
say the man & woman who could commit such great wickedness were chh
members, & consequently excommunicated, & no shadow of penitence has
darkened or saddened their brow from the committal of the act to the
present.
The stone chh, with its whitened walls, & reddened roof & humble
spire give the place an air of civilization & religiousness, & the
school house in close proximity with its similar walls tho' thatched
( !)
roof, makes something of a show, & indicates the existance of a
school.
The school when I last reported, was taught by a smart young
man - but he fell, & an old man has taken his place, whom the last
examination shows to be incompetent for his position.
The poor
scholars 18 in number, some of promising appearance - deserve a better
instructor.
Sources of living.
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conventions
Annual meetings 1
[mentions Dr. Anderson's being h ere]
Amoung ( !) these is
The annual meeting of the. School teachers & superintendents held
Dec. 24 - 26 - in Waimea.
This is a great day, here is learned all
that has been done for the schools - the condition - progress &c
1
The first business on the docket is the reading of reports
by each teacher, superintendent, & treasurer -
The teachers report
what they have done during the 4 1/4 of the year the number of scho
lars, studies - attendance - conduct - progress - supply of books work of the pupils - & avails - encouragement - discouragement,
births deaths - desertions - the character of parents - & the trustees new hours - days taught - wages -
The Inspectors report the number
of schools - & scholars - & examinations & their character - supplies,
school houses &c &c --
disbursements
-- The treasurer reports
the financial condition - receipts - disbursements - balances - remarks
on teachers - inspectors - trustees - parents & children - makes
suggestions 2
The reading of essays on various subjects - connected with
science - literature - schools - teachers - pupils 3
Disputations, which are generally quite exciting - some of the
subjects - the study of the Eng. & native - the office of teacher &
of lawyer - magistrate - farmer - which the preferable, &c
4
Addresses - salutatory & valedictory &c
The exercises are
interspered & enlivened with singing - original & selected hymns prayer 5 -
A business meeting in which various topics connected with
schools are discussed - & various resolutions passed In reference to
the coming year 6
Examination of the teachers - tho' this was omitted this year
in consequence of ill health -
All very literary -
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Annual ecclesiastical conventions -
subpastors - & their delegates -
composed of the pastor -
Of these conventions there have
been two - one for S . Kohala & one for Hamakua. The exercises were after prayers 1 The preliminary business - choosing of Moderator - scribe committee of vestures - & various other committies 2
an opening address -
5
Reading of reports by all the subpastors - in which each reports
what he has done - meetings, constitutions- meeting hours - character
of the chh &c deaths &c 4
Essays, discussions - addresses - skeleton sermons from candi
dates 5
business - resolutions for the coming year
in reference to contributions - how much
shall each district - parish or chh. raise for the pastor - how much
for Missions - how much for chh building & repairs - reports of com
mittees & action thereon 6
Attention t o any appeal cases from lower bodies - if such
there be 7
Appointment - reappointment - & confirmation of chh affairs -
subpastors &c
8
Closing address & prayer - All quite ecclesiastical & theologi
cal in character - & exhibiting marks of progress in the
conduct
of such conventions Evangelical Association of Hawaii delegates attended.
I did not -
Dr. Anderson's visit - reception a visit extraordinary
Catholicism - F esit Babalonia - Sic Nausit gloria Babalonia Catholicism was - & the catholic preists ( !) could boast of the rapid
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progress of their work in my feild - in schools - & chapels scattered
about - distinguished by the crosses that surmounted them & the rude
defamed
altars 8- images that adorned or polluted their interior - & they were
bold to predict the retirement or expulsion of Protestant preists
& the predominance of catholicism.
The
or the remains of
their labors - glorying - predictions - are 2 9r 3 very humble grass
very
chapels distinguished by no cross on the exterior attended by a few
worshippers - & one school in remotest part of the feild - of 12 or
16 pupils who are taught the new testament
& commit more of it to
memory than any other school - which I myself have the pleasure of
hearing the rehearsal -
There is no priest in the feild - one from
Kailua occasionally visits here - lic transit &c Mormonism - From the fact that there are 2 Mormon bishops, natives,
in my feild - it might be inferred that Mormonism is in the ascen
dency - that there must be converts - & many converts - & perverts.
But one of the bishops having no curates & no disciples left his
field for Lanai - where he is following the plow perhaps - the other
a Lahainaluan has a few curates under him & a number of followers They have made most strenuous efforts to draw the people into their
net - & some are simple & foolish enough to allow themselves to be
ensnared -
All the mormons go annually from my field to attend a
great Mormon convention at Wailuku presided over by the renowned
Capt. Gibson - what they do there Wailuku folks know better than I
do -
When the King's bishop arrived at Honolulu the Mormons claimed
him as their head & the King as brot over on to their side The Mormons in my feild are mostly confined to Waipio & Waimanu other places have more sense & piety [than] to follow them or rather
have not been so strongly besieged -
�A song of Welcome to Dr. Anderson
Sec'y of A.B.C.F.M. composed by S . Nahuka& sung by the Waimea Choir
To the tune of Farewell Translation
Auwe ! Auwe ! Aloha la,
Ka malihini hou
Ka Keia la hauoli nei
Ua hui pu kakou
Auwe ! Auwe ! Aloha la
Ka malihini hou
A eia la ua komo mai
O ! O ! our welcome to you sire The stranger we now greet
Upon this gladsome, joyous day,
We here together meet.
O ! O ! our welcome to you sire
The stranger whom we've heard
Lo ! now with us he enters here
'Ka luakini nei.
The temple of the Lord.
Auwe ! Auwe ! Aloha la
O ! O ! our welcome to you wire
Ka malihini hou
A na ia nei i hoouna mai
Na misionari nei
Auwe ! Auwe ! Aloha la
Ka ekalesia nei,
Kane, wahine, kamalii
Kokua pu kakou.
The stranger to our land,
T'was you who loved & sent to us
The Missionary band.
O ! O ! the salutations, sire
From all the brethren here,
Men, women, & the children, sire,
Unite in love sincere.
Auwe ! Auwe ! Aloha la
O ! O! our welcome to you, sire,
Ka makua o kakou
Our father, & our friend,
Aloha a mahalo pu
Ka malihini hou.
Our best respects & wishes for
The stranger to our land.
[See p. 147, Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands , by Mary E. Anderson]
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Nani ke aloha la !
Warmest salutations flow,
Ne ka olioli pu
Mingled with rejoicings too,
I ka malihini hou
To the stranger just arrived,
E aloha aloha oe.
Welcome, welcome, to you sire.
Holo oia a maanei,
He has come a long, long way,
Nai Amerika mai no,
From far off America,
Eia no, uakomo mai;
Lo ! he makes his entrance here,
E aloha aloha oe.
Welcome, welcome to you sire.
A ma keia la maikai
Here on this delightful day
Hui aloha pu kakou
We in love would meet & pray
Na ka luakini nei
In this temple, shout & cheer
E aloha aloha oe.
Welcome, welcome to you sire.
E hauoli oli pu
Glad & joyful now appear
Ena hoa hanau apau
Kindred all assembled here
Kane wahine keiki no
Men & women, children too,
E aloha aloha oe.
Greet & welcome, welcome you.
Na iu nei i hoouna mai
This is he who kindly sends
I na Misionari nei,
These our Missionary freinds ( !),
E ao mai ia kakou nei,
To instruct us what to do,
E aloha aloha oe.
O !W e ’ll welcome, welcome you.
E ala oli kakou pu
Come then all arise & sing,
A kokua aloha no
And. our. grateful tribute bring,
Ka makua o kakou
To our father; o'er & o ’er,
E aloha aloha m a u .
Welcome, welcome evermore.
[See p. 141, Scenes in the Hawaii n Islands, by Mary E. Anderson]
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The Reformed Catholic religion -
Of this I have nothing to say -
as it is not yet been introduced into my feild Meeting of the Evangelical Association of Hawaii - delegates
attended - I was prevented
State of religion -revivals &c The state of religion may be inferred from what has already
Lardisean
been said - The Laodecean chh might well represent the condition
of our chhs dead -
They have a name to live but are for the most part
While there are a few names that have not defiled their gar
ments & for this we would be thankful & take courage -
There are
many who as to all spiritual things are dead - to spiritual joys &
enjoyment they are strangers.
Prayer - praise, sanctuary services -
the reading of God's word awaken no spiritual aspirations - no pantings - longings after. God & Jesus & heaven -
Multitudes also are
fluctuating between life & death - they are neither cold nor hot like the Laodecean chh -
in a luke warm state - which God abhors -
The ordinances are attended - family worship - secret prayer & many
labor for the salvation of others - but a painful lukewarness, leth
argy - indifference - want of energy, earnestness in prayer & ex
hortation & conversation, want
of a unction of the spirit - a list
lessness - or want of deep serious attention in the services of
God's house - & a holy reverence for God's word & God's day -
these
are the characteristics of the religious state of the greater part
of the chh members -
Hence no revivals can be reported - far distant
will be a revival while things are thus - God grant they may not much
longer continue so I cannot report revivals - yet there have been evidences t h a t
the Spirit has not altogether withdrawn his influences -
There have
been some hopeful conversions - some additions to the chhs - some
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wanderers reclaimed & restored - some chhs more or less revived - some growing Christians -
Contributions.
attention -
The subject of contributions has rec'd more or less
It is something gained that the people have been brot
to feel that christian liberality is amoung the Gospel injunctions the support of Gospel institutions - the ministry - foreign missions,
the poor at home &c -
Benevolence is a part & a fruit of true re
ligion - & on some vines It hangs in clusters & on others a berry or
two is seen on the branches - sometimes of stunted growth nearly
withered blasted - but it is there - not so much as there ought to
be 1
Pastor's support -
The people love their pastor - or profess to -
& do something for his support - they have but one pastor to provide
for -
This is done systematically - by the proper chh officers -
I.E. the trustees - amount given 2
Foreign Missions -
3
Chh building
4
Lahainaluna
5
Waipio contribution for Lancaster -
6
The poor & needy -
�Kawaihae Kai. The next parish in order is Kawaihae Kai some 6
miles N. of Puako containing one small village.
This place deserves
a notice & long remembrance for being once the residence of the
great Kamehameha - his foreign counsellor John Young & prime minis
ter Kalaimoku for embosoming the hay whose waters were the first to
receive the first Missionary ship, for presenting its soil as the first
to feel & welcome the tread of the first missionary - & for being
the 2d school locality o n Hawaii - one of whose pupils still holds
his residence here duced -
Yet it contains a chh of 75 members in good standing, which
includes5
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year.
Once a very populous village it is n o w much re
of the adult population.
But one addition during the
The subpastor D. Nanuia is a very good man watches over the
flock - he is a very good preacher - or rather he gives the people a
good many thots - but they complain of his prolixity - dullness, want
of eloquence - & get to sleep under his preaching.
too much under the fear of man
He is a little
not enough under the fear of
God - [his] word may sometimes deviate from the truth, & hence his
veracity is not always to be confided in -
But he has long been
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deacons has fallen - one is a most excellent old man
the borders of heaven -
on
There are 8 exercises on the sabbath &
these they seem to regard as sufficient for the whole week as there
are hone on week days - & it is to be feared the sanctuary has cause
of complaint for its numerous desertions - the sound of its bell falls
unheeded on the ear of many - But a reasonable excuse may perhaps
sometimes be found in the sultry heat & debilitating famine of the
place & the dullness of the preachers.
When the pastor visits, the
place - to attend communion &c the chh is pretty well filled The school#
There
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is one store with wh several decently appearing dwellings are con
nected - a cupola on one from which a b ell rings to all the people
to work when needed -
These buildings together with the chh & school
house & several other buildings & the regular visits of the Island
steamer & inhale ships for supplies throw an air of pleasantness over
the place & makes one feel like being in the pale of civilization.
20 or 3 foreigners reside here. -
The steamer Kilauea.
The village of K. has some attractions some pleasant things some
stir & hustle of business.
When the shrill notes of the steamer's
whistle are heard, the previous stagnation & monotony are broken there is a move towards the landing place - a waiting for the news,
freight, friends, a getting ready to embark - passengers come from the
interior - freight also is brot them on carts & bullocks bullocks (!)
come from K Uka loaded with potatoes - from Hamakua loaded with food baggage - coffee - Mangos ( !) &c -
Horses & cattle & people throng the
shore - the depot & store - & you would imagine yourself for a while
in a brisk business place -
The steamer sails - All is quiet again -
13 whale ships have visited
since May last
& they made a stir amoung the potato
for supplies,
growers & their plantations &
added to their wealth & social pleasures -
Minus the shipping excitement
there is an oppressive dullness, & the eye glances on the back ground
for something pleasing - & meets at first a dreary & desolate waste over which stones & rocks & mosses (?) seem to have had nothing to
do but grow & multiply without number from ages beyond the creation.
But the eye finds relief
as it looks upward & gazes on the skirting
hills of the interior - once as naked & desolate as the fields below
but now clothed with verdure & forests - & from their sides the 2
chh spires glitter in the sunbeams or hide their glory in the thick
�gathering clouds # There is a school of 18 pupils - & taught by John Bunyon & hence ought
to be a good one - & indeed it is better than some others - but im
provement can be made.
Contributions
Makela.
Next in order is the parish of Makela 6 or 8 miles in
Kawaihae Uka inland -
The name of the Chh is Mount Sinai - & as you
ascend from the shore, you, might be reminded of Moses' Ascent into
the Mount - by the mists & clouds that anon hang over the Mountain tops
& conceal them & the chh from view & by the ledges of lava
- stones -
rocks volcanic hills - & cooled lava streams that tell us that the
mountains once heaved & quaked & poured forth smoke & fire & sounds of
trumpets - & all listening nature trembled.
The chh reached - with
a few exceptions of small cultivated patches the eye finds nothing
in the immediate vicinity [upon] which to gaze with delight - but
In the distance are the proud mountains of Maunakea - &c - & the broad
ocean, on whose morning & evening glories the eye roves without
tiring - & on whose bosom are often seen vessels floating to & fro
the Island proud steamer Kilauea &c & whale ships & anon a foreign man
of war.
Put the chh is the great thing.
This consists of
members nearly the whole adult population & some children - only 2 or
3 adults that have not united with the chh - & of the chh members only
______ remain suspended or excom — - The chh is under Iosepa as suh
pastor & a man of great influence among the people - but not a very
good man - nor intelligent - nor a wise instructor or shepherd - but
he has some good assistants - Martin Luther &c.
There are 8 exercises
on the sabbath - & 2 on week days - meetings, not very well
attended - contributions good.
The school is taught in the chh -
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not a very promising one - a very inferior one - a better teacher is
needed.
it.
The meeting house looks the worse for having the school in
There is one foreigner in the district who keeps a dairy &c he
never attends chh - but is not a very b ad man.With the exception of
the chh - his dairy & entertaining house is the only civilized house
in the district -
The native houses are grass & very inferior generally.
Sources of wealth -
Potatoe growing - & wood -
A company for
cutting & drawing wood to the shore has just been formed - a cart road
made - & teams are at work conveying wood to the beach to sell to the
steamer -
Most of Honolulu Irish potatos come from here & the other
district - & whale ships are furnished from them -
Kalo - sweet po
tatos & coffee & bananas can be grown.
Next in order
Kaalaia - the next parish is Kaalaia in K. Uka - whose chh bears the
name of Horeb still higher up that [than?] her sister Sinai In
the mountain region & thro whose desert roam herds of sheep & cattle
tended like those of Jethro by men & women & on whose mountain sides
the Industrious husbandmen may dig gold & silver from their r i c h
potatoe feilds. -
The avails of potatoes from the 2 Kawaihae Uka dis
tricts during the year have been about 4000 $ The chh numbers 90 in regular standing - & the under shepherd is
good old Elijah - a substantial man - has always stood firm - a man
of God - but he is getting old & infirm & some guardian angel some
whirlwind or chariot of fire may soon be commissioned to take him up
to join his namesake in the better land -
When he ascends may his
mantle fall on Elishah his assistant - who needs more of his stabil
ity -
A false prophet frightened him & his family & relations from
the place by predicting its destruction by a volcano -
The time of
�fulfilment past, but the v ocano came not
the frightened ones be
came again frightened by severe sickness &c in the land of their
flight & returned to their former homes -
This parish has enjoined a
little refreshing - some 10 have been added to the chh by profession 2 or 3 have fallen -
a few catholics in this district who unite with a
few in Kohala & have a kind of chapel on the boundary of my & Mr. Bond’s
feilds -
I don't know which should claim it -
Sab exercises - a sab
school & 3 or 4 meetings - the people so scattered - no week day
meetings -
contributions about 70 dollars.
The chh is still without
a bell but one is soon expected in the chh -
The school of 40 pupils is taught
crabbed
a young & very good teacher - but is too cross to be
loved - he pretends to teach singing - is a very good singer himself or murder
but his pupils make havoc of music -
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Mission Station Reports - Hawaii
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Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Waimea - 1860-1863
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1860, 1862, 1863