https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/0a804475d6f2268b37088feaf796f63e.pdf 6dc2f77b71a21a64f6bf4c26649da5a7 PDF Text Text C O NT E NT S WAIOLI STATION REPORTS W. P. Alexander " * " " - - - - - - - - - -- ---------- ----- Unsigned - Schedule of accounts - - - 1835 1836 1837 1838 Johnson, Edward------------------- 1839, 1840 W. P. Alexander " " 1840 1841 - - - -- - - -- - - " " -- _ - --- 1843 Edward Johnson - - - - - - - ---1844 G. B. Rowell 1844 (accompanied by school stat. by E. Johnson) G. B. Rowell 1846 - - - - - - - - - - - Edward Johnson - Church. Statisticks " " - inc.-school stat - " " _ inc._school stat _ _ " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " - - Abstract - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ " " " " " " " " 1847 1848 1849 1851 1852 1852 1853 1854 -- -------- ----- --- ----- 1857 ---- ---------- 1858 -- -------- _ _ _ _ _ 1859 ---- ------- -------- ----- 1860 -------- ----- _ _ _ _ 1861 - - Abstract - - - - 1862 ------------------- ------- 1862 _ _ ---------- --- - _ 1863 �C OPY [June 1835, in pencil] Waioli STATION Kauai. REPORT After making a tour of Kauai & carefully inspect­ ing the two unoccupied posts in P una & Haleiea, Waioli was chosen in preference to Kapaa, because more peop l e can conveniently assemble there to hear preaching than at Kapaa, & because they were also the most destitute, being the far­ thest removed from the. other Stations; & because of the prospect that the population would increase, not only by persons removing thither from a distance to be near the Mission­ ary, but also for purposes of commerce, which the good har­ bor of Manolau surrounded by so fertile a country strongly invites July 20th: A spot was selected for a dwelling, which was ready for our reception Aug. 22d, to which was soon added a cooking hou se, study & house for natives - Davida, an excellent member of the Waimea church, accompanied us, as a helper in building up a new Station, & with him his train, making in all 75 - T hey have built a City on the Waioli plainwhich they call Bethlehem The labours which have been performed at the Station have consisted in preaching, conducting prayer-meetings, teach­ ing school, distributing books, together with many domestic matters which all understand who have comm enced new Stations. Preaching has been maintained at the Station three times a week, twice on the Sabbath & on Wednesday afternoons. I have been absent from the Station but one Sabbath which I spent in Koolau. Many profess to be enquiring after the way. of Life, & though I fear most of them are. hypocrites, having no higher aim than to get into the Church, yet I hope some are sincere & are travelling in the path which grows brighter & brighter till the perfect day. Many listen to the Word spoken with an eagerness which encourages us to hope that the seed sown will yet bring forth fruit unto Eternal Life. During the year a substantial meeting house has been erected; 90 feet long by 40 feet wide, covered with Lauhala - & most of the timbers are ready for a School house. Since the meeting house was erected, the congregation, Sabbath forenoons, has usually amounted to 800 or 1000 & afternoons about 600 - Wednesday afternoons about 400 attend Since the first of March, we have had daylight prayer meetings, usually attended by 300 or 400 The monthly concert of prayer for the con­ version of the world has also been regularly observed. Oct. 19th/34: Br. Whitney assisted in organizing a little Church at Waioli, consisting of ten members, five of �COPY Waioli - Kauai Station Report. [1835] whom were from the Church at Waimea, & five received on ex­ amination, who had been propounded at Waimea At which time the Lord’s supper was administered. We have since had two communion seasons - Viz. Jan. 4th, when Br. Whitney was again with me; & March 8th, as­ sisted by Br. G ulick. Three schools have been kept up at the Station, dur­ ing the year a school for teachers for Women & for Children The schools kept by natives have done something dur­ ing the year, though not so much as was desired. At the last examination the whole number of readers in my bounds was 1206, & of writers 270 I have been astonished at the eagerness with which the people demand new books They have often brought the price beforehand to secure a wished for book when it should arrive The Kumu Hawaii has been sought for with eagerness 700 now take it in my bounds It was pleasing to see the mountains illuminated by night, by those who encamped there for purpose of preparing pia to pur­ chase a copy. What we do for the people must be done quickly, for they are rapidly melting away During the 8 months from Sep. till May, the proportion of deaths to births within my bounds was, as 2 to 1 - the number of deaths 122; & of births 61 The whole population according to the former census was 3749, & according to a census taken last April 3603. The people of Puna, part of whom now come into my bounds, most earnestly desire a teacher And perhaps there is no unoccupied post in the islands where a missionary could go with so cheering a prospect of immediate usefulness, & I am not sure but it is the duty of some one now stationed to remove & occupy that post. (Signed) [Station Report, Waioli, June 1835] W . P . ALEXANDER �Draft found in Alexander & Baldwin Collection, folder #78, August, 1979 . STATION REPORT OF WAIOLI June KAUAI 1856 Statistics of Church, schools, population, &c. 1st of the church 4th: Population Whole no. admitted to the ch. on Whole population May 1835 - 3 107 12 examination - 6 Do. on certificate Born Died Now in good standing 18 Admitted, on examination 7 do. on certificate 1 From May,35,till Sep. 35 From Sep,35,tillJan. 36 From Jan,36,tillMay 36 Total in one year 6 Decrease in one ye a r ---- 1 Ratio: of decrease,a little less than ( Candidates total children baptised 26 40 22 51 25 43 73 131461 Average congregation on the Length of generation Sabbath Marriages from July 35 till May 36 2d: of schools Examination Sep.1835 Readers Writers 1125 ---- do Jan. 1836 1263 278 do May 1836 1143 273 3d: Books on hand He A Nuuhiva — 2000 paper (30 in paper Helunaau 40 stitched Anahonua — 40 Hoikeholoholona — Ui Kamalii-----Bukehuamua Lunakanawai — 23 years 800 300 50 120 13 40 [Last section of statistics has been inked out by the author] 1 50 �During the past year, affliction has often reminded those of us who live on Kauai, that our breath is in our nostrils & our days like a shadow. Sickness in my own family and in that of my brethern have in no small degree affected my labors during the past year. During this period I have made seven trips around the pali in consequence of the illness of Sister Whitney. The illness of my youngest child in JanY almost wholly occupied ay time for a month. In April in consequence of exposure to the rain I was seized with a severe cold, & laid aside for nearly two weeks. In the midst of all our afflictions, however, we have had abundant reason to praise the lord, because, his mercy endureth forever. His fatherly love was manifest in all. Soon after we returned from the genl. meeting, bro. Gulick & I held a protracted meeting at Wailua on the East side of the island. Though I (hole in paper) fruits of the meeting yet I don’t believe (hole in paper) published in vain. My preaching has been almost entirely confined to the station. About 1000 have usually attended preaching Sabbath mornings, but commonly not more than 600 in the afternoon. paper — hearers? The great majority of hea(hole in heathen?) appear to listen eagerly to the word, yet so thick is the darkness which envelopes their minds, that I fear very little truth enters. Even the most intelligent & diligent hearers of the word discover most lamentable ignorance on subjects that I have labored most to make plain. We had a protracted meeting commencing the last day of March: bro. Whitney assisted and although it rained almost incessantly during the meeting; & most of the men were absent at Koloa doing work for government, yet the audience was usually about one thousand. The eager attention with which they heard the word was encouraging, & I trust the seed sown will yet produce much fruit to the glory of God. �(3) Daylight prayer meetings have been kept up during the year, & attended with interest; yet I was sorry to find that in many cases they have interfered with or become a substitute for private & secret devo­ tions. Perhaps this evil is not confined to one station, & it may be worthy of our consideration how it shall be remedied. On our return from the last General Meeting, we found a general religious excitement all around Kauai, And I think the Holy Spirit was moving on the hearts of some. One of the most pleasing evidences of this, that I witnessed, was the concern manifested by church members, & the sweet union of feeling which was produced. tender another. Their consciences were & they were ready with tears to confess their fault one to The great mass of the people were greatly excited, a few of whom appeared truly concerned for their souls. There has been no case of discipline in the church at Waioli since it was formed; yet there is an evil among us, which I suspect is not uncommon in all our churches, & it calls for unanimity on our part to suppress it. It is an aspiring to be TEACHERS OF RELIGION founded in selfrighteousness & selfimportance. No sooner does an individual enter the church than he seeks a commission to perform some ecclesiastical function; to hear manaos, or go from house to house & warn the people to repent & obey the gospel. Mot infrequently do they desire to hold religious meetings & some have requested the favor of being sent as instructors to distant posts rarely visited by the missionary. This evil in my bounds is increasing, & as it is calculated to increase spiritual pride in the ignorant, weaken the pastor’s authority & open the door for fanaticism & heresy, it calls for wise measures to suppress it. �I am unable to say what number of people in my bounds commit the Ai o ka la; about 400 recite it regularly every sabbath at the station, besides which there are meetings held at two outposts for the purpose of hearing this recitation, We have also a sabbath school for children, under the care of Mrs. Alexander; besides committing to memory the Ai o ka la they commit also a tract, which is made the ground of special instruction-: — Common schools have been low during the year past, indeed they can hardly be said to have existed, except for a few weeks previous to examination. There are probably several causes for this decline, The want of school houses, & the want of suitable teachers have doubtless contributed. But the load with which the people have been oppressed has been the main cause. The men have been from home doing public work at Koloa between three & four months in the year: & when at home, they were liable to be called upon to work every other week for the governor; to which add heavy taxes of kapa, o lona, pia. hogs &c, all of which combined have caused them to groan being burdened, so that they had little disposition to obey the sound of the schoolmaster’s horn. For the same reason, also, books have not been so eagerly sought for the past year, as that preceding. Three schools have been kept at the station 1. A school for teachers, 50 in number - subjects of instruction natural History, Arithmetic & Composition-2. A school for children 70 in number, of whom 40 can read. Those who can read study Nat. hist. & arithmetic 3d. A school for women, 60 in number, they read the scriptures. — The two last have been mainly under the care of Mrs. Alexander — �(5) I have also for some time past devoted a portion of each afternoon to the instruction of two boys preparatory to their entering the High School. The experiment of instructing adults, in my hands, has been so discouraging that I do not intend to resume it next year; but I hope to employ the time, I spend in that way, in instructing children. time however which I can afford for this purpose is altogether in­ adequate, & there is most pressing need for a school master wholly devoted to the work. Respectfully submitted W . P. Alexander The �ANNUAL REPORT MAY OF WAIOLI STATION 1837. In presenting this report, I am called upon for de­ vout gratitude to God for the almost uninterrupted health enjoyed by the family at the Station, during the year past. We were cheered in our loneliness by a short visit from Mr. Tinker & family in Aug. & enjoyed the counsel & aid of Mr. Bingham & family during the whole month of Oct. According to your advice at the last annual meeting, a comfortable dwelling has been erected at the Station; the superintendence of which has materially interfered with other duties. The schools taught by the old set of teachers, still exist - most of them have so far run down as to meet their teachers only on the Sabbath. Of these schools I have held three public examinations during the year at which I counted readers & writers as follows; Viz . Readers In Sep. Jan. Ap. 17, 1836 8 7 3 11837 - 1077 1027 1232 Writers 222 254 257 So far as I or Mrs. Alexander have labored personally in schools, our attention has been mainly devoted to children. Our Station school for children numbers more than 100 pupils of whom 67 (?) can read. Those who can read have been en­ gaged in N at. Hist., Arithmetic & Geography. There are also three other flourishing children's schools in the district; one of which is under the care of a teacher from the High School, who has acquitted himself well. I have kept a register of the deaths & births & find the mortality has not been so great as reported last year. Births Deaths 22 16 22 37 28 19 From May last till Sep. there were Sep. Jan. 1837 - Jan. Ap. 17,1837 - - For the Year -- ----60 84 �-2COPY - Annual Report of Waioli Station, May 1837. Which shows a diminution of nearly /(paper smudged with ink) of the whole population - Last year the diminution was about 1/40 — During the year I have solemnized 51 marriages. Though not cheered with a revival of religion, yet we are not without great encouragements to labor. Multitudes are professedly enquiring the way to Heaven, & if I could consent to it the whole of my time might be occupied in conversing with them. Of the great mass of this multitu­ de their minds are so dark & grovelling that the most simple exhibitions of truth is rarely apprehended by them; Some en­ courage as to hope that they have been taught of the Spirit, have seen their wretched condition & fled to the Cross for help. The number who come out to hear the Gospel preached is about the same as reported last year, & would average about 1,000 Sabbath mornings & 500 afternoons. Ten persons have been admitted to the Communion of the Church during the year, & one suspended. So that there are now 27 in good standing. Agreeably to a recommendation of the Association in 1831, I laid before the Church of Waioli, the importance of select­ ing a few individuals to aid their pastor as an Ecclesiastical Court, that they might be instructed & eventually set apart to this work. Three individuals accordingly were chosen by a majority of the votes of the Male Ch. members, who now con­ stitute a Committee to aid their Pastor, in transacting church business. The letter assigned me to be written to the South Sea Mis­ sion, has been sent, a copy of which is in the hands of the Scribe. The work on navigation has been begun. Its preparation has been materially retarded by the cares of building. (SIGNE D ) [Waioli Station Report, 1837] W. P. ALEXANDER . �C O P Y [WAIOLI STATION] - 1858. Value of book sold by WAIOLI STATION and appropri­ ated to the support of family, and otherwise applied during the year ending Marsh 31, 1838. $ cts. 36.00 Buildings and building materials, - - - 20.00 Labor, cultivation of land, & c. 3 7 .00 Fences, - - - - - - 3 .00 M i scellanies, 21.00 Ditto on hand not included in the above - 21 .00 (Viz. 535 lbs. pia & ) ( 725 " fish ) T o t a l ------- 138.00 Of the above received in Cash, $00.50 The above is referred to following accounts:American Board, Ameriean Bible Soc iety, - - American Tract Society, - - - $ 124 .00 00.00 14.00 $138.00 $ 69. Avails of land, herds, & c . (Milk & Butter & Garden Vegetables) of Services, - - 3 .00 Presents from Chiefs and people - - - - - 4 0 .00 Presents from foreigners at the Islands - -Presents from all other sources, which in­ dividuals may think proper to acknowledge — — Total - ------- $ 4 3 .00 2 1 .50 Should it be deemed expedient that the presents from foreign- �COPY [WAIOLI STATION] - 1838 (Continued) ers, or any part of them, should be communicated to the Board to be acknowledged in the Herald, the name of the donor and value of the articles should be stated. (UNSIGNED) (Printed Form, probably filled) in by M r . E. Johnson. In addition it is requested that a Schedule of native books on hand should accompany this Statement. (Probably Mr.Chamberlain’s) handwriting. (UNSIGNED) [Report of Avails of Books from Waioli Station] [ Rec'd during the year ending March 31,1838.] �Report [Mr, Johnson, 1839] My labors, & those of Mrs. J., so far as health & the cares of the family have permitted, have been directed, as the last year, to the Station-Schools, & to the Schools at Out-Posts. During the first part of the year, I visited the Schools at Out-Stations frequently, like the previous year, but during the last two terms, the cares & labor of erecting a dwelling, have prevented, either a constant attention to Out-Schools or to constant labor in the Station-School. On the Sabbath, I have had during the year, a Sabbath-School for the children at the Station, in the Havina Kamalii, & a Glass of Adults, varying perhaps from one to two hundred, in the Ai o ka la. ( !) I would say, that from Apr. 1838 untill the present time, the Station-School has been kept up, with the exception of about four weeks vacation, at three different times. In July, I visited Oahu & spent a few weeks in collecting materials for building, and have visited Koloa twice, of a few days each time. During these absenses ( ! ), the Station-School has been sustained by native Teachers. During the first part of the year, the Station-School con­ sisted of about 200 pupils of both sexes, in regular attendance. The number is now reduced nearly one half. The reasons for this decrease are various. The establishment of a new School at an out-station, has taken away some, many have been reduced to servitude in the train of a C h i e f ,& few have stopped at home, because they desire not instruction. In my last report, I spoke of the Schools in our field of labor as being in a prosperous condition. They are not now as prosperous. Whence this difference? From a want of interest on the part of him wfao superintends them? or from some other cause not in his power to remedy? Perhaps from both. I learn that many of our Schools at the different Islands are now in rather a low state. The causes are worthy of investigation, I am inclined to the opinion that a want of funds for the support of teachers, has much to do in the matter. Teachers educated at the Seminary, have been instructed that to settle down in poverty & wretched­ ness while their Maker has given them powers for bettering their condition, is sin. This is good instruction. But after all this teaching, will they be content to labor for nought & live like their poor neighbors arround ( !) them? Especially when pressed by the calls of hunger, will they still labor contentedly with no means for bettering their condition? Surely not. It is not my purpose to propose any plan for the support of our teachers, but rather speak of what has proved a failure with our Schools. The Gov. of Kauai gave a tract of land to each of our Schools, �M r . Johnson 1839 2 & authorised ( !) each Teacher to require of each Boy one hour’s work per day to keep the land under cultivation. In order to ensure ( !) success, h e made each teacher a Lunakanawai for his respective School. It is now no part of my plan to speak of the b earing of these laws & c . on the freedom of those concerned. Suffice it to say, for a time the plan operated tolerably well. But at length the pupils began to feel tired of their constant labor. The result was they [that ?] many of them left the Schools. The teacher must now week them at their homes. They were perhaps returned, but they run away again. The teacher gets discouraged. He thinks this a hard way to get a living. His interest in the School now ceases, & the land grows up to grass. His wish is to leav e this business & labor where he can get a better living. What I have School, for the present time, & cultivation for said will but partially apply to the StationManual Labor system has been kept up till the there is now about four acres of Cane under the support of teachers. I would here say, that I am more & more convinced that bourding-Schools ( !) are the thing needed by the children of this nation. After laboring hard & long for my pupils, I have often felt sad at beholding the counteracting influence that is exerted upon them by their Parents & associates while out of the Schoolr o o m . I am not certain that I shall not attempt a Self supporting Bourding School at our Station on my own re­ sources & responsibility. Our out-schools , four in number are now each taught by HighSchool-Teaahers. But from their discouragements & scanty pay, they are at present doing but little. As for the sale of Books, that comes under my department of labor. I have little or nothing to do. There is little call for them. Our shelves are loaded. Our framed School-House was prostrated by a Kona in Nov. last. It is now again, erected, & has been covered by the free will of the people. They were however three or four months in doing it, & at length a Monthly concert was devoted to the Kaupaku (?), where 100 men had previously engaged to w o r k . Thus we see that men in bondage will not act as free-men. We may dislike that assistance which appears to be from the people, but which is really the command of Chiefs or Head-Men, & we may desire to see the people bestow their charities of their own free-wills but this we never can see untill ( !) the rights of free-men are granted unto them. May this time speedily come ! I have erected long, by 20 wide. the outside, & the room in the Garret a framed-dwelling, since N ov. last, 45 feet It Is covered with North-West-Pine boards on roof with Grass. It is one story, with one for a Study, It is nearly done. �Mr. Johnson 1859 - 3 Any one acquainted with the weather at our Station, especially in the winter & Spring, can congratulate us in getting a place to shield u s from the inclemency of the weather. And now, in conclusion I would say, the families at the Waioli Station have enjoyed almost uninterrupted health during the past year & have been permitted to pursue their accustomed labor with little hindrance. I may however say, that after the departure of Bro. Alexander & family for Honolulu in Apr., our little daughter was taken with a severe attack of Disentary ( !), & we were truely (! ) grateful that a physician could b e called in the short space of 22 hours, rather than a sail to another Island of a voyage, perhaps of as many days. By the Goodness of our Heavenly Father she was restored. May w e trust Him for the future, & praise him for present favors. E. Johnson Waioli Apr. 1839 ( !) Statisticks not before given. Whole number of scholars in all our Out-Schools about 300 Average attendence ( !) about 200 Whole number of pupils in the Station-School for the year, about 250 Average number, about 150 �[ E . Johnson’s Report for 1840] At the close of our last Gen. Meet. the wood-work of a new house was nearly completed, but lathing, plastering, & painting remained. It was completed so that we moved in on the first day of A u g . Immediately after this I commenced the erection of a permanent Cook-House which occupied a considerable portion of my time, as I did no small past of the work with my own hands. During this time I spent as large a portion of the time in the Station-School as was consistent ( !) with the care of build­ ing . During the past year our Schools at the Station & at out­ posts have been in a low state. They are 7 in all, but two or three of them are nearly or quite extinct. I would say that in my view, one of the principal reasons of a decline in the Schools of Kauai is that laws before regulating our Schools have this year been considered as no longer in force. "Na make k e ’lii, aua pau kona mau kanawai.[ ] " While in many portions of the Islands, we have heard of a destitution of Teachers, we have found it difficult to obtain pupils. Although our teachers have had hut a scanty support, yet for the most part they have held on to their work. The people have given between 40 & 50 Dollars at Monthly Concert & this has been distributed among our teachers, which we can easily see is but a very scanty support. During my residence at Waioli I have had at one time more than 200 pupils in the Station-School, while during the past year I have had only from 50 to 75; & about in the same proportion h as been the decrease in numbers at out-Schools. Most of the children of the Station-School have attended a Sabbath-School & I have had a Class of adults in the Ai o kala of from 50 to 100, Besides these Monthly Concert contributions our people have paid a debt of 100 contracted for our Station-School-House & a hundred Dollars or more remains to aid in erecting a church. We have had no special out-pouring of the Spirit in our field during the past year but the word has been listened to with good attention, & we hope, by the blessing of God, that the way h as been preparing for an increase of strength in the Church. None to my knowledge have been received into the church, but some are considered by the pastor as candidates for Church membership. As to the Statisticks of the Church, I cannot give them, & I regret that I have no means of giving the Statisticks of Schools, having left the Station with, no expectation that there would be a Gen. Meet. The families at the Waioli Station have enjoyed a comfortable degree of health, for which I trust we have not been unthankful, [the above phrase within commas inserted in pencil] �E . Johnson - 1840-2 & thereby been permitted to prosecute their labor with little hindrance from that cause. May 1840 Jan. 1840 Oct., 1839 E . Johnson Examination & when 585 No. of children in the whole field 309 Number of boys 276 Number of Girls 6 5 Number of Schools 7 7 Number of Teachers 216 250 Number of children enrolled 153 175 Average num ber of attenders 132 175 Number of Readers 60 80 Number of Writers 40 Number in 88 130 Mental Arithmetic. 6 9 Written do 8 Geometry 6 Astronomy �C O P Y Waioli May 18th 1840 Dear brethren, I had supposed there would he no Gen'l Meet­ ing of the Mission this year, hut I have just learned that you are assembling, & I regret that I cannot enjoy the privi­ lege of meeting with you. May the Spirit of Christ rest upon you & make it a meeting long to be remembered with joy. N ot having expected a gen’l Meeting I have no report of my station in readiness, nor have I time now to do more than make a few brief statements & get down some statistics. You however have br Johnson with you a living Epistle from our station, who can make up the deficiencies of my report. With few exceptions we have all enjoyed good health during the year. My labors have been mainly those of Pastor & Physician to the people. Besides preaching occasionally in other parts of the field, I have preached steadily at the station & at Kauhakake an outport nine miles distant. The attention to the word has been good. Many profess to have forsaken their sins & to have turned to the Lord Yet we have admitted none on profession during the year, though some now stand propounded. Three have been excommunicated for licentiousness, one of whom died suddenly; the remaining two give evidence of repentance & will probably be restored. Contributions have been made, at monthly concert, to aid in supporting teachers, & the various articles contribu­ ted may be estimated at about $50. A field of cane cultiva­ ted to aid in the erection of a house of worship has been manu­ factured, but what it will avail I am not yet able to state. As the facilities to acquire property increase, I find it in­ creasingly difficult to get contributions of property or of labor for public purposes, & the period when they may be ex­ pected to do anything substantial towards supporting their own Missionary, is in my judgment, very distant. In Aug. last the church here chose three of their num­ ber ruling Elders, who were accordingly ordained to that office, & in the latter part of Dec. the Presbytery of Kauai was organ­ ized, by whose order a new church was organized on the Eastern part of the island, consisting of members from the Waioli & K oloa churohes, & br Lafon was installed their pastor in March From the report of the Lunaauhaus, officers of his Majesty Kaukiaouli, it appears that death is still making rava­ ges among the people. They have not only taken a complete census, but they also keep a record of all the births & deaths in their respective districts; One of them told me that in his district there had been, since the first of Jan. last, five �-2C O P Y Station Report; Waioli,May 18th,1840; by W.P. Alexander, to the Brethren, Honolulu; Continued. deaths to one birth ! If this or anything like it be the ratio of decrease, it is evident that what we do for the nation we must do quickly STATISTICAL TABLE Whole No. rec. to the Ch on examination - Whole N o . on Certificate2 6 Rec. past year on examination " " certificate - - - - - - Whole N o . rec . past year - - - - - Whole No. dismissed to other Chh's - - - Dismissed the past year Whole N o. Deceased Deceased the past year Suspended the past year - - - - - Remain suspended Whole N o Excommunicated - - - - - - - - Ex com. the past year - - - - - - - Remain excom. - - - Whole N o. in regular standing - - - - - Whole No. of baptized children Baptized the past year - - - Whole No. Bap. children deceased - - - - Deceased the past year Marriages the past year - - - - - - _ Average congregation - - - - - - - - 8 0 70 00 10 10 16 3 3 0 0 3 3 2 77 26 2 2 1 53 I trust the apology I offered at the beginning of this communication will secure your kind indulgence for the haste with which it has been prepared And that the Spirit of Wisdom & of Unity may direct your counsels is the prayer of your brother in the Gospel (Signed) (Addressed, W. P . ALEXANDER To the Moderator of the Sandwich Islands Mission) Honolulu Oahu �C O P Y WAIOLI STATION REPORT MAY 1841. Statisticks Whole N o. admitted to the Ch. on Exam. - - 85 " " " Certificate 28 " " " Past Year ----- -on Exam. - - 16 " " " " " Certificate 4 " " Past Year - - - - - 20 " " Dismissed to other Chs. - - - - 13 Dismissed the Past Year - - - - - - - - 1 Whole N o. Deceased - - - - - - - - 5 Deceased the Past Year - - - - 1 Suspended the Past Year - - - 5 Remain Suspended - - - - 4 Excommunicated the Past Year - - - - - - 0 Whole N o. Excommunicated - - - - - - - 4 Remain Excommunicated - - ---- - - - 2 Whole N o. in Regular Standing - - - - -— 90 Whole N o. of Children Baptized - - - - - 38 Baptized the P ast Year - - 3 Whole. N o. of Children deceased _ _ _ 3 Deceased the Past Year - 1 Marriages the Past Year 42 Average Congregation on the Sabbath - - - 500 In a c ivil(?) point of view, the people of our station, are undergoing a rapid change. Though greatly secluded still the enterprise which is moving the nations of the Earth has extended its influence to them. The whole aspect of society is under­ going a rapid transformation. industry is taking the place of idleness, & activity of sloth, & the people are learning how to derive many comforts from sources hitherto concealed from their observation. Meanwhile the cause of truth & holiness is not stationary, though its progress is not so apparent,"for the Kingdom of God Cometh N ot with Observation." The knowledge of Divine things evidently increases & the line which separates the friends & the enemies of Christ is becoming more and more apparent. The No . who come out to hear the W ord is not so great as in some former years. This may be accounted for in part by the consideration that our house of worship is very uncomfortable; but the main reason, I apprehend, is to be found in the fact that formerly many came through t h e influence and authority of Head-men and officers of Gov’t. Yet the No. who now come from a sincere �COPY ~2Waioli Station Report - May 1841. desire to hear the Word is probably as great as at any former period. I usually preach three times on the Sabbath at the Station, (Br. Johnson has change of the Sabbath schools) & once or twice during the week - Once a week at an outStation nine miles distant, besides occasional tours to the more distant parts of my field; and as far as my other duties would allow I have visited the people from house to h ouse, which I am encouraged to believe is a most important method of communicating instruction to this people. In the month of Oct. we had a very interesting protracted meeting aided by Br. Whitney, during which the church was quickened & I have reason to hope some were brought out of the darkness & thraldom of sin into the light & liberty of the children of God. I have taken special pains to enlighten the church & congregation on the subject of Romanism. In the early part of the year taking Faber's difficulties of Romanism for my text book I delivered a series of discourses on the sub­ ject, & subsequently when Mr. Armstrong’s pamphlet came to hand I took up the subject anew & went over it again. That work was widely circulated & I have reason to believe was extensively read and understood. So far as I am informed, however, there are no Romanists yet in our field & though we have every reason to expect them & should buckle on our armour for the contest, yet I trust the time is near when it shall be published by a mighty and strong voice: "Babylon the Great is Fallen - is Fallen.” It will be perceived by the statistics at the head of this report that few have been added to the Church during the past year. There are a considerable N o. concerning whom I hope they have become sincere disciples of the Lord Jesus, but while the desire is so urgent in multitudes to become church members as a paramount attainment, I have felt like adopting the sentiment of the great apostle to the Gentiles. "X. sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel.” For if any are truly converted, they will not be shut out of heaven, though they be not registered in the visible church, whereas an unconverted church member is of all sen in this community the most hopeless. And the doctrine that church membership as an ultimate aim is an object worthy of ardent pursuit may well be reckoned among the deadly errors which are destroying the Soul of this people. I am happy to state that we have a prospect of soon assembling to worship God, in a more comfortable house. Our framed meeting-house is erected & covered. The frame is sub­ stantial and well put together, is 70 ft. by 35. The timber was collected more than a year ago, & last year a field of cane was manufactured which had been cultivated by the people for the purpose of raising funds for building this & the schoolhouse. One hundred & three dollars derived from this �COPY -3 Waioli Station Report - May 1841. source was paid for the erection, of the schoolhouse, leaving a balance of about $ [sic] for the meeting h o u s e . In addition to this Mr. Whitney contributed $50.00 & the congregation Kukui n uts valued at $90.00, Mr. Gulick $36.00, Mr . Titcomb $20.00 - besides other smaller sums. The walls are to be lathed and plastered inside and out & we hope in a short time to have it completed. Much of my time has been occupied in superintending the work & seeing that the various materials were ready when needed. A considerable portion too of my time has been secularized in building an addition to my house. The plan of my house was such that the addition was necessary for the comfort of my family, but especially as a means of removing my children more perfectly from native influence. During the last four months, I have spent many anxious days and sleepless nights in the sick chamber. My dear wife was more than once brought, as we supposed, to the brink of the grave & was enabled to realize the value of the great & precious promises of the Gospel. Our Merciful Father sus­ tained us in the hour of trial & delivered us from our fears & she is here with us in comparative health a monument and witness of His goodness. Her labors among the people have been limited by sickness & the care of a large family. She has, however, as she has been able, attended a maternal meet­ ing, also a weekly meeting with females for reading the Scriptures & religious instruction & a weekly prayer meeting with the female church members. In compliance with an appointment of the last Gen’l meeting I have commenced the preparation of a system of Geometry - I chose that of Legendre (?) but owing to many hindrances, which have been alluded to in this report I have not been able to complete the work. The first two books & part of the third have been translated & I hope the remainder will be in readiness as soon as needed. We have been highly favored during the past year in hav­ ing our two eldest sons at schools whose improvement bears the most unequivocal testimony to the diligence & skill of our dear sister who had charge of them. But this brief privilege, so highly prized, renders us more sensible of the sadness or our destitution. We have now no prospect of a school for our children & what we shall do for them amid all the weighty duties which are resting upon us is a question of momentuous interest. I will leave Br. Johnson’s report schools in our field. The new school epoch. Under their influence the old vived & enlarged, & new ones have been hamlet. to tell you about the laws form a bright schools have been r e ­ established in every �C O P Y -4 - Waioli Station Report - May 1841. The teachers are encouraged by the means of support se­ cured to them by the laws & take hold of their work with cheerful activity. During the former part of the year, the schools were evidently in a languishing condition. The contributions at our monthly concert amounting in the year to about $30.00, together with $50.00 appropriated by the Mission, constituted nearly all the compensation for all the teachers in our field; And, as might have been expected, the laborers so poorly paid did not work efficiently. Comparing the past with the present we are certainly encouraged to la­ bor with activity & zeal in the cause of schools, that knowledge may increase & multiply, & the rising race grow up in the knowledge & fear of God. [Signed] [Waioli - W. P. Alexander. Mr. Alexander's Report, 1841.] �ALEXANDER'S REPORT - MAY, 1843 My labors & movements have been unusually diversified during the past year. I was suddenly called away from the last general meeting by the sickness o f my family. Early in July I visited Koloa, to look after the L ord’s flock in that place. During t h e same month I made a voyage to Honolulu, for the purpose of bringing one of my sons to the Punaho u school. In the month of Aug. I removed my family to Koloa , & a b o d e six weeks, dividing my la­ bors between the church there & that at Kalaiala-mea. R omanism did not appear to be making any progress. Some were re­ turning who had g one over to that party. Intemperance from the use of an intoxicating beer made from molasses was extending & doing much mischief. The church officers at Koloa are excellent men & are exerting a very salutary influence. I administered the Lord’s Supper both to the church there & at Kalaialamea, in the month of September, & attended to some cases of discipline in both ch ur ches. In my Waioli field, my labors have been very similar to those of former years - preaching the word at the Station & out­ posts, overseeing the flock, attending to the medical wants of the sick, & a great variety of miscellany. The apparent in­ terest felt among the people on the subject of religion has been as great during the past year, perhaps greater than at any period since I commenced my labors among them. 68 have been received to the Church on examination & 6 on Certificate; 14 children have been baptized. One person has been excommuni­ cated from the Church & 7 have been suspended, some for the of­ fence of quarreling & fighting but most for the prevailing sin of the land. Four Church members have died during the year, & among that number Davida Papohaku, a ruling elder of our church, one of the most decided Christians & substantial helpers that have been raised up in our Polynesian Zion. His end was peaceful & triumphant. About the middle of N ov. while attending a protracted meeting at an cut-post, tidings of my wife’s illness called me home. She had alarming symptoms of pulmonary disease - Dr. Smith came over & gave us medical advice. The remedies em­ ployed appeared unavailing in the damp climate of Waioli, & we embraced an opportunity of coming to Honolulu, in the latter part of Dec. Made a tour around Oahu, & in the latter part of Jan. went on to Maui, with the intention of proceeding to Kailua, Hawaii. Boisterous weather induced us to stop at Lahaina, & we abode there about three m o nths, during which time I preached as I had opportunity at Kanapali, Lahaina-Luna & L. lalo, & spent two Sabbaths at Wailuku, & rendered some service in mat­ ters pertaining to the Seminary. �COPY - Alexander’s Report - M ay, 1843 . Mrs. Alexander’s health has been greatly recruited by the excursion. Meanwhile my associate br. Johnsen, has had a heavy burden to bear, his own select sch ool & the g e n ’l superintendence of sch ools which was itself too much f or the best interest of his health, together with the care of the Church He has, however, f or the last f our m onths been doing as much as in him lay the w ork of two men. But as he, doub tless, will report fully in regard to his own labors, I need n ot enter into particulars. We have received a bell during the year for our meet­ ing h ouse, in payment for which I have received from the people $70. & h ow much m ore br. Johnson has received since I left home, I am not accurately informed. I have n o doubt, h owever, b ut the whole sum which is $150. will yet be collected. Owing to my diversified labor s & travels, I have been unable to prepare a text book on Theology, which was assigned me by the last Gen’l Meeting. The f ollowing table of sta­ tistics will close my report:Waioli Kalaialamea Whole No. adm'd on Examination _ _ 174 3 ” ” "" " Certificate 41 65 Past year on Examination - - - - 68 1 " " " Certificate - - - - - 6 Whole N o . Past Year - ------- -- 74 1 Dismissed Past Year Wh ole N o . Deceased 11 2 Deceased Past Year - - - - - - - - - 4(? 2) 1 Suspended Past year - - - - - - 7 1 Remain Suspended 7 1 Excom ’d Past Year 1 1 Whole N o . Excom ’d 7 12 Remain Excom ’d - - 3 12 Whole No. in Regular standing - - - 180 47 Whole No. of Ch ’n Baptised 58 16 Baptised Past Year - - - - - - - - - 14 Whole N o . of Children Deceased Deceased Past Year - - - - - - Marriages Past Year Average C on g ’n on Sabbath - -: - - — — 500 200 (UNSIGNED) handwriting apparently that of Mr. Alexander] �C O P Y [E. JOHNSON'S REPORT - 1 8 4 4 ] In reporting my labors the past year, I will say, they have been of a more miscellaneous character than of former years, owing to my having had all the labors of the Station on my hands 'till the arrival of our excellent associates, Mr. & Mrs. Rowell. Still I have been able over and above all other labors to keep my select school in progress. The school has embraced from 55 to 63 boys who have made commendable progress in all the studies persued. In Jan. last I commenced a Glass of 18(?) in Eng. which has been taught 1 hour, commencing at daylight in the morn. ; 5 & sometimes 6 days of the week. Most of these boys have made as good progress as could be expected for the limited time devoted to them; Still, I am of opinion that a long time must elapse before a good knowledge of the language can be obtained, unless more time & attention be given. I have no doubt but the language can be taught the native boys, so that they can read & speak with ease & fluentness. Manual labor: I am more than ever convinced that manual labor is important in connection with literary & religious in­ struction, in raising the native population & that the children are the appropriate ones to commence upon. The boys of the school have devoted eight hours per week to manual labor since Jan. last. School exercises have been from 3 to 4 hours per day. The school have entered into an en­ gagement with Mr. C . Titcomb, a Coffee planter in our neighbors hood to take charge of this coffee plant, after they are set out. They are furnished with H oes & the privilege of planting beans between the roes of coffee, for their own profit, and gives them besides, what is equal to about $500. in Paper Currency or Trade. I do not think their studies are impeded by this sytem of labor, & I am sure that the habits of industry & the health acquired, will more than compensate for ail the pains taken to teach them to work with their hands. Means of Support for the Boys: The boys, selected as they are, from the different parts of the island, have been boarded & fed by the people in our neighborhood, but during the last three months there has been a general scarcity of food & some of the recitations have been lost on account of the hunger of the pupils. I fear this difficulty will be increased, rather than diminished for time to come. I am looking to the time when the Mission. will think best to allow a small sum to aid in buildings &c. to get the school on the boarding plan. It is, however, for the mission to decide what shall he done. Sabbath Exercises: I have two Sabbath Schools & a Bible Class for adults on each Sabbath. At 9 A.M. General child. Sab. School of about 100; Adults in Aiokala, from 1 to 200, at the close of afternoon meeting. I meet my own �[E . Johnson's Report - 1 8 44 ] COPY Sch ool separately about 4 P.M. Studies-Catechism-lesson , recited during the week at opening of each School. Schools of the Field: By a v ote of the last Gen. Meet. the Station at Lihue has been divided between K oloa & Waioli, by this arrangement the number of Sch ools in the field is increased from 14 to 19. These Schools have been in constant progress & have done as much good as could be expected from the poor qualifications, & the small pay they receive, in most cases not l/2 the pay of c omm o n day laborers. The Assignment of the last year to write a Spelling Book, has been attend. to, & the copy lodged with the Printing Committee. In closing my R eport, I cannot but acknowledge the kind Providence of God,in the preservation of our lives, & in giving us. such a comfortable degree of health & strength as to be able to attend to the duties of the Station. (UNSIGNED) [Inscribed on reverse side "1844 - E. JOHNSON'S REPORT."] �COP Y [G.B.ROWELL’S REPORT - 1 8 4 4 ) My report of labors at , Waioli & the outposts during the past year, will extend over only h alf of the year, protracted illness in my family preventing my reaching my field till Sept., & the subsequent departure of Bro. Locke, to his final rest, occas­ ioning another absence of several weeks in N ov. & Dec . My imperfect acquaintance with the language also, has of course restricted me to a less amount of labor than I should otherwise hope, with the blessing of God to perform, especially at the out-stations. Perhaps, however, I am permitted to believe that the Lord has made the absence of human skill & talent an occasion of manifesting to some extent the independence & might of His Saving Grace, thus making it evident that He only is to be praised. Since the 1st of Jan. I have been able to make the weekly excursion to Kolau, which was established by my predecessor, & have m ade two visits to the people of Puna (one, however, since the 1st of April.) The regular meetings at Waioli Station have been - three services on the Sab. - one on Wed­ nesday consisting of the reading & explanation of Bunyan, and the Ch. meet, on Saturday, at which has been finished, the Catechism on the Creed &c. I have also taught Singing on 3 days of the week, for two or three months. The religious interest at Waioli, has been at least, en­ couraging for the last few months. We enjoyed a protracted meeting about the 1st of Jan., the services of which were con­ ducted chiefly by Br. Whitney. At that time there was much apparent Solemnity in the countenances of those who listened to the Gospel, which continues to the present time. Many of the Ch. members have seemed to gain a new impulse of Faith & ac­ tivity, & there are many inquiring the right way with apparent sincerity. But how much of it is sincere, is known only to the Searcher of hearts. Yet, since we know not that it is all hypocrisy, we are compelled to hope that some of the ef­ fects we have seen are the result of the influences of the Spirit, quietly, but effectually moving upon the community. The state of feeling at Kolau, has been similar to that at Waioli, fluctuating, but generally encouraging. At Puna the attention to Spiritual things has been in ­ creasing for a few months. During my absence in N ov., Bro. Whitney held a series of meetings in Puna, but found there a lamentable hardness & inattention even among the professors of religion. But from that time the prospect has brightened, & the subsequent visits of br. Johnson & myself to their field have revived our hopes that there are numbers there whose names will �COPY - [G. B. R owell's Report 1 8 4 4 .] be found written in the Book of Life. There are numbers in all the districts comprised (?) in the field, who may perhaps be regarded as promising candida­ tes for reception to the ch. but none have been received during the year. But the shades also are mingled with the lights in the picture, the unpleasant with the pleasant, & in a report should receive their share of attention, not because they are agreeable to relate but because they are true. While we trust many of the ch. members in our field have advanced somewhat in knowledge & in Faith, there are many others on whom the severest rebuke & the kindest entreaty are alike ineffectual to arouse them from their spiritual indolence; thus showing that while the Church is the nursery of life to some souls, to others it is the cradle of perdition. Painful evidences too of hypocricy & deception on the part of many who are seeking an entrance to the Church, are at all times and in all places apparent. About the time also, that the King was on Kauai, there no small rage for Awa planting & awa drinking, & multitudes were drawn into the vortex of drunkenness, some ch. members not excepted. Some others also have fallen into other crimes, showing that though they may perhaps be pure "yet n ot all. " was I am not aware that the Catholics have made any advance in our field the past year. N umbers of the priest' s followers forsook him in the early part of the year & I have heard of no new accession to his ranks. An exchange of priests has been made the past winter in consequence probably of the unpopularity of the former one. Whether the exchange will prove favou r a b l e to their interests in that field remains yet to be seen. The Statistiks of the Ch . at Waioli, from Ap. 1st,1843, to April 1st, 1844 - are as follows:Whole N o. admitted to Ch. on Exam'n - _ " " " Certificate - - - - ----Past year on Examination - - -- - ----- - - - - - - - " " " Certificate ---------------- ------ -- _ - Whole N umber, past year - - - - Whole number Dism. to other Ch'h - - - - — - Dismissed past year ------ — --------- - - - -— Whole N o ., Deceased - - D eceased, past year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Suspended, past year - - - - - - - - - -- Remain suspended - - - - - -- - - -- 182 41 000 4 4 12. 3 15 4 6 7 �-3COPY - [G .B .R owell's Report - 1 8 4 4 ] E x c o m past year - - - ------- - - - - - Whole No. e x c o m . - - - - - - - - - - - Remain excom . - - - - - - - - — - - - - - -Whole No. in regular standing - - - - - - Whole No. Child’n baptized - - - - - - - Baptized past year - - - - - - - - - - Marriages past year - - - - - - - - - - Av . N o . Cong. on Sab. - - - - - - - _ _ -3 10 -(paper torn) -182 -67 -9 -41 _ 300 A part of the Kalaialamea church, has been under my care, but the records not being in my hands, I am not able to give statistics. Acknowledgements are due to my associate, for the valuable assistance he has given me in the various labors of my department. (UNSIGNED) [Inscribed on reverse side "G. B .Rowell’s Report - Waioli, KAUAI, 184 4 .] REPORT OF SCHOOLS AT WAIOLI, KAUAI, MAY, 1844. Examination and When No. o f Schools --------- - No. of Teachers N umber of Children Enrolled --N o . of Readers N o. of Writers - - - - - - - N o. in Geography - - - Number in Mental Arithmetic -Number in Written Arithmetic - H oike Uhane— - Akeakamai -- - - - - Hoike Manual o ka P .Hemolele -Ui - Hui Hua - - - Poe A. A ug. 1843: 14 : 16 : 408 : -----------254 : 130 : 31 : - - - 238: - - - 25 : 26 : 14 : - - - 8 : _ 63 68: - - : : (UNSIGNED) [Handwriting apparently that of] [ E. J O H N SON . ] : Jan.. 1844 19 21 598 324 154 70 265 33 - — 17 92 165 �REPORT OF WAIOLI STATION [1846] I have much occasion for gratitude to God, for the comfortable health which myself & family have enjoyed the greater part of the time for the past two years, - & that I have been e n a b l e d to perform the usual labors of my Station with but slight interruptions from any cause. I can report nothing extraordinarily, favorable oru n favourable, in regard to the state of religious feeling in my field since the last General Meeting. There have been tides in the state of feeling at different times in different portions of the field but nothing which I would call a revival. N either has there been any general apostacy , though there have been a few painful cases of defection in the Church. There are in the field hundreds of persons, both in the Church & out of it who , I hope, (since I cannot know the c o ntrary have the seeds of spiritual life planted in them; but there is but one record, where their number & their names can be written, & that record is "on High". P opry has made no advance in the field for the two years past. ' The painful fact of the decrease of the population of my field has forced itself on my attention for the last few months. Through the school teachers of the different lands I obtained a Census of the d i s t r i c t about the close of the last year. According to that Census the whole number of people of all ages from K e a l i a to Kalalau, was 2 5 12. Of these there were:1007 826 379 300 men women boys & girls That is, there are a little more than four-fifths as many women as men, & nearly four-fifths as many girls as boys. While the number of the children, is only three-eighths of that of the adults, according to a Census of 1840 , of wh ich brother Johnson fur­ nished me a record, the population then was 28 8 9 Decrease since then, 3 7 7 . D e crease of men 142 " " women- - - - - 209 " " boys - - - - 5 " " girls - - - - 21 Proportion of Children to 1840 - 32 & Adults - n ow 37; in �-2COPY - Report of Waioli Station STATISTICS OF [1846] CHURCH Whole N umber Received -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 260 " " " " By Profession - 207 " " " letter -- -------- ----53 Last two years, by profession - - - - - 25 " " " letter ----9 Whole number Excommunicated - - - - - - - 14 Excommunicated last 2 years -------------------3 Remain Excom. - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- - - 11 Whole N o. Suspended -----------------------32 Suspended - last two years - - - - - 7 Remain suspended --------------------------4 Whole No ., Dismissed to other churches - - 20 Wh ole N o ., now in Regular standing Whole No . Children baptized - Baptized last 2 years - M arriages last 2 years - - - - -— Congregation Sabbath Morning - - (Signed) - - — - - ----- - - - - - 178 76 8 108 250 G. B. ROWELL [Inscribed on reverse side - "Mr.Rowell’s Report, May 1846."] �C O P Y CHURCH STATISTICKS OF WAIOLI KAUAI FOR ONE YEAR ENDING JUN E Whole On Cer­ Ho. tifi­ On Examina­ cate tion Waioli K oloa 221 250 71 87 Past Tear on Exami­ nation. 14 9 Whole Whole Past Dismiss­ : Year No. N o. dis­ ed P ast missed : On Past Certi- Year to Year fi cate other Churches: 18 14 Remain Excom- Whole Sus­ pended Sus­ munica N o. pended ted Excom­ Past Past muni­ Year Year cated Waioli Koloa § 9 0 1 30th /47. 14 28 32 23 27 74 7 8 45 : 35 : Re ­ Whole Whole Bap. No. main No. Past Exin Bap. Year com- Regu­ Child­ lar muniren cated Stand­ ing 11 203 181 81 155 Whole Died No. Past De­ Year ceased Marri­ ages Past Year 5 10 39 9 4 Av. Con. On Sab. 250 (See over) (NOTE: The words "See over” are written on the original M S S , but these words have no explanation on the reverse side of M S S . ) Dear Brethren, I have written above the Statisticks of the Waioli Church for the past year ending June 30th/47. Bro. Wilcox will doubtless forward you the Statisticks of the Schools. - Yours truely, _________ (Signed) EDWARD JOHNSON____ �(E.Johnson, Report, Waioli - Apr. 1848.) C O P Y In reporting the labors of the past two years, I would commence by acknowledging the hand of our Heavenly Father in mercifully preserving the lives of all embraced in the Missionary families of the Waioli Station. Still we have not been entirely exempt from sickness: but the Lord has sustained us & ours, even wh en threatened with the heavy stroke of his chastening hand. Bro. Howell removing to the Waimea station in July 1846, left the Waioli Church in my care, where I have acted as a stated supply (according to a note of the Hawaian Association) untill the present time. Bro. Wilcox at the same time took charge of the Waioli Select School previously under my instruction. Although my health has not been quite firm, (at least a part of the time) yet I have been able to hold two, and for the most part, three services on the Sabbath, a weekly Wed. M eet., a church meeting on Saturday, a Thursday weekly meeting in K oolau, 11 miles from the Station, and occasional meetings in the neigh­ boring villages. I have however been frequently prevented from visiting Koolau on Thursday on account of rainy weather and bad roads . The above mentioned labors together with the distribu­ tion of books and attention to the medical wants, of the people, have closely occupied my time. I have been absent from the Station in other parts of the field, at Koloa, Waimea, and Honolulu several Sabbaths during the past two years, at which time the services of the Sabbath at the Station were sustained by M r . Wilcox, aided by the elders of the church. Sabbath SehooIs. The Sab. School for children & a Bible Class for adults at the Station, have been under the care of Bro. Wilcox, who will doubtless report his labors in that depart­ ment, Three or four Sab. Schools have been sustained at out­ posts where meetings are held on the Sabbath. CHURCH AND CONGREGATION. As it regard s the church & people of the Waioli field I may say, there has been no very special awakening among them dur­ ing the past two years, that ma y properly be called a revival, still we have not been left entirely destitute of tokens of divine influence. In K oolau & onward to the extremity of the field to­ ward Koloa, a more interesting state of things has been noticed �Report by E. Johnson, W a i o l i April , 1st, 1848 - Continued. than at the Station. Especially is this the case with Kealia, formerly an extremely hardened & unpromising village. Here a native doctor was established, who practised the art of "KUEHU " or the brushing away of disease with a handkerchief or Kapa. His establishment was thronged by the sick, & also by the well, who forsook their own homes to congregate there & feed upon the Hogs & food given by the sick as pay for the wonderful cures promised by their Kahuna. N o effort seemed capable of re­ moving this nuisance from the community. But on the peoples of the village becoming interested in religion & leaving this store-house of dissipation & vice for the meeting of prayer, the doctor too, like Simon of old thought best to fall in with the new movement among the people. The result has been that his craft has been endangered, & his establishment broken up. The meeting-house at Koolau capable of holding from 200 to 250 has been full to overflowing, especially the last part of this year. A protracted meeting was held at the Station of 4 day’s continuance, commencing on the 29th of March last, which was well attended, & which I have reason to believe resulted in good, to some, at least, of those who attended. Bro. Pogue assisted at this meeting, at the close of which the Lord’s Supper was admin­ istered. Breathren Rowell, Alexander, & Pogue have officiated at similar seasons during the t ime I have had charge of the Waioli Church. Common Schools. At the desire of Bro. Wilcox I have retained the charge of the Common Schools, & will briefly report them, with a Statistical Table. The Schools of the Waioli Field, all things considered, are in as prosperous a condition, or perhaps more prosperous, than at any previous period. Through the exertions of the General Superintendent, the old debt to teach­ ers has been nearly paid off up to Jan. last, & that of the pres­ ent year is in a fair way to be diminished. A very few of the children in the field, of a suitable age to be in school, are not actually there. Still the Schools are far below what we hope they will become, ere long, should the present system be continued. We 19 Teachers, Lahainaluna, are of those Alexander. Cath. Prest. have in the Waioli Field 16 Schools, taught by 4 of whom are graduates from the seminary of & 5 from the Waioli Select School. The remainder instructed in former time, by Messrs. Whitney & Of the 16 Schools, one only is under the care of the This numbered at the annual examination in January �-3C O P Y Report by E . Johnson, W aioli. April 1 s t , 1848 - Continued, last, 31 pupils, but is now smaller. STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE SCHOOLS. WHOLE I N NUMB- A . B. ER C. 614 49 READ­ CHIL D 'S MEN T A L WRITTEN IB IN WRITERS SYLL­ ERS ARITH­ ARITH- ARITH- GEOGMETIC ABLES: METIC METIC RAPHY & WORDS 92 144 220 1 6 7 219 173 CHILDS BOOK ON THE SOUL 68 CATHOLICISM: The progress of Catholocism in the Waio li Field during the two past years, has rather diminished than increased. Between 20 & 30 persons have l e ft their worship for that of the Protestant, while none to my knowledge have gone over to their ranks. There is, at present, b ut one Priest in the f i e l d , but a new station is about to be taken by them on the Plantation of Rhodes & Co. at Hanalei. A Priest is expected for that new station, who is said w ill probably start an English school. I learn, a Priest has already pledged him self to an Englishman in our neighborhood, that he w il l teach any re lig io n parents may desire to have their children taught I There is about to be erected a new framed Cath. Church at Maloaa, & I also learn that there is to be another of the same character erected at Hanalei. CONTRIBUTIONS: The church being small, & the people generally extremely poor, I have been deterred from pressing the duty of benevolence as much as might have been done under more favorable circumstances. About $3 0 . - have been contri­ buted the past year, at the Monthly Concert, besides a consider­ able amount of labor in repairs on the Church and yard - - - CIVILIZATION: Every school Examination and fe s t iv a l, as well as t h e weekly appearance of the people in their place of publick worship, shew, that their progress is onward as it �-4C O P Y Report by E. Johnson, W a ioli,April 1, 1848 - Con t i n u e d . regards the comforts of civilization. B ut I need not remark that there is much r oom for further progress. CHU R CH m o m N o. ON EXAMINATION WHOLE No. ON CER­ TIFI­ CATE 81 PAST TWO YEARS OS EXAMINATION PAST TWO TSARS ON CERTIFICATE STATISTICKS . WHOLE N o. PAST W TO TSARS WHOLE No. DISMIS SED TO OTHER CHURCHE S DISMIS SED PAST TWO YEARS WHOLE D IED No . PAST DE CEA- TWO YEARS 47 10 29 REMAIN EXCOM- WHOLE SUSPEN­ MUNICA ­ N o.EXTED DED COMMUNICATED PAST TWO YEARS 1 EX C OMMUNICA- WHOLE NO. IN REGU­ LAR STANDING WHOLE Ho. CHILDREN BAPTISED BAPTISED PAST TWO YEARS 237 90 10 (Signed) Waioli 1st April 1848 SUSPENDDED PAST TWO YEARS MARRIAGES PAST TWO YEARS E . JOHNSON 64 AVERAGE CONG. ON THE SAB­ BATH 300 to �C O P Y REPORT OF E . JOHNSON, WAIOLI STATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDIN G APRIL 1st 1849 The scenes of the past Year, with us, have been mingled with prosperity & adversity, - with joy & with sorrow. In the month of Sept. our hearts were gladdened by the gift of two infant sons to our embrace, & in Feb, of the present year one of them was taken from us by the same merciful hand that bestowed them. By this sad bereavement were our hearts made to bleed; still, we could say "It is the Lord, let him do as seemeth to him good. The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away, & blessed be the name of the Lord.” Although called to mourn the loss of our dear depart­ ed child, yet we would not call him back from the bosom of the Heavenly Shepherd in whose embrace we cannot doubt he is, & expose him to the snares & temptations of a sinful world. N ot our own family & associates alone have been called dur­ ing the last six months to drink the cup of sorrow & of af­ fliction. The native pop. among whom we dwell & for whom we labor, have experienced the same visitations. The prevailing diseases that have called so many of this people from time to eternity, & that have so greatly curtailed the direct labors of our Mission for their spiritual good, commenced their ravages with us about the first of Nov., & continued with greater or less force for Four Months. I need not inform you how much of my time & strength was directed during this time, as you all have passed through the same scenes, trials, & labors. STATE OF RELIGION. On our return from the last Yearly Meeting of the Mission, I found the meetings in our field well attended, & they continued to be so until! the commencement of sickness among the people. During that time of general sickness, the meetings were very thinly attended, & much labor was bes­ towed upon the bodily wants of the people. I am sorry to be obliged to say that the chastening hand of the Lord upon the people had the opposite effect upon them from what we should naturally expect V iz; that of rendering them stupid in the concerns of religion. From this stupidity the people had not fully recovered on my leaving my field for this meet­ ing. Foity persons have been received to the church on pro­ fession since our last Meeting, including those then propounded. N one remain propounded, though some exhibit signs of repent­ ance. �REPORT OF E .JOHN SON, WAIOLI STATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1st. 1849 - BENEVOLENT Continued. EFFORT More has been done by the Church & people of the Waioli field, in this department, the past year, than in any one year since the Station was taken. I mean, by way of Cash Contribution. Our Mon. Concert contributions amounted to $43. A collection was taken up in Oct. last to aid the Waimea church & people in erecting a house of worship & in helping to pay the Salary of the Native Preacher at Koloa. $115. was contributed, $80 of this sum was given to aid the Waimea church, & $15 . to aid the Koloa preacher. The re­ mainder goes towards repairs on our own church & Bell. Of the Mon. Con. money $40. has been given to the A.B.C .F.M. At the earnest solicitation of some of our leading men, I opened a subscription j ust before leaving home, to raise funds to put a shingle-roof upon our church. Probably about $200. had been subscribed when I left home. I little expect we shall succeed, unless materially aided by other churches. SCHOOLS The Schools of the field have been well sustained dur­ ing the past year, & the debt to teachers all paid off. About $200 worth of goods hare been taken from Depository & paid over to the teachers, & thereby saving nearly that amount to the Schools. POPERY At out last Gen. Meet. I reported a new Station about to be taken by the Catholicks on the Plantation of Rhodes & Co, at Hanalei. A house was built for the Priest but that part of the plantation on which it was erected reverting again to the Gov. the house was bought for the King’s Head-man. A meeting has been established a month or two past, in one of the houses of the Plantation, & it is said a Church is to be erect­ ed on the land leased by Mr.Dudoit. So far as I know, no progress has been made by the Catholicks in other parts of the field. �C O P Y REPORT OF E .JOHNSON , WAIOLI STATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1st, 1849 - Continued. Statisticks of the Church. RECEI­ VED ON EXAMINATION THE PA ST YEAR WHOLE DISMIS­ WHOLE N O. SED so. ON EX- PAST DISMIS AMINA- Y EAR SED TION 40 292 29 1 CHILDREN IN REGU­ LAR STAND - BAPTIZED PAST Y EAR IN G 20 WHOLE No. EXCLUDED PAST YEAR 78 4 WHOLE N O. REMAIN EXCLUDED 17 M ARRIAGES PAST TEAR 102 12 269 DECEA- WHOLE SED NOL PAST DECEAYEAR SED 40 Statisticks of Common Schools. SCHOOLS TEACHERS SCHOLARS READERS WRITING ARITHMETIC GEOGRAPHY 16 291 19 LETTERS & MORAL SPELLING PHI. CHILD’S SACRED ALGEBRA BOOK OF GEOG. THE SOUL Census T o t a l 24 67 198 Men Women Boys Girls Foreigners Blind & Deaf 214 881 768 302 306 48 30 2,335 of 4 21 Field M ales 1,183 Females 1,074 Foregners 48 Deaf & Blind 30 T o t a l SINGING 2,335 Deaths from to Oct. From Oct. Dec. Jan. - - - 93 to - - - 123 Deaths Births 216 57 �C O P Y REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30th, 1851. In reporting the labors of a new year, it becomes me to commence with expressions of devout gratitude to the Author of our being for His unnumbered mercies to the families of the Waioli Station. Death has not been allowed to enter our dwellings, nor continued sickness to waste us, but with a tolerable degree of health have we been permitted to pursue our work, not however, without being often reminded by the ills that flesh is heir to, that we are mortal. The labors of the Station have been continued as in former years, but with some changes. We are s o c i a l b e i n g s , & it is natural for us to be more or less influenced by the thoughts & actions of those with whom we come: i n contact. And if a body is undergoing material changes, it is not surprising that the different members of that body feel the effect of those changes. Our Mission is undergoing changes, and the tendency evidently is towards a larger share of secular business. So great indeed has been the change, that a degree of attention to secular matters that may have sent a member of our Mission to the land whence he same, might now be applauded both by ourselves and our pa­ trons. I will first speak of the secular work that has claimed a share of my thoughts and exertions the past year, and afterwards my more direct Missionary labors. Secular Work: During the last Missionary year, I have negotiated for, and purchased 5 0 0 acres of land in the district of K oolau, about 9 miles to the East of the Station, and about two miles to the westward of the out-post of that district. It is mostly a wild tract covered with the Pandanus tree, with here & there a Kukui or Wiliwili interspersed, and enough of the Indigo to seed the whole. I presume it will be confidently expected by some of our number, that because I have been enabled to acquire the possession of s o large a tract of land, I shall therefore soon be able to get a support independently of the Board. I be­ lieve that gold & silver is to .. got from the Hawaiian soil, and that nothing but time & strength is necessary to its acqui­ sition. Had I health, with all m y time to call my own, and a plenty of Yankee labor saving machines, in the shape of ploughs, cultivators, carts & c., I could get a support. But I lack the first of these important articles, Time. I have a church to care for, the Gospel to preach, Schools to superintend, and enough work to occupy my whole time. �-2- COPY - Report of the Waioli Station for the year ending. -April 20th, 1851. I have sometimes thought that I had mistaken my cal­ ling; that the field & the plough were my appropriate sphere, but while I pretend to teach the people I cannot enter to any great extent into secular matters, without injury to myself, and to the people of my charge. Still, I cannot deny that I have done more secular work the past year, than in any previous year of my missionary work. I have acted as treasurer for the school money of the H alelea & Koolau districts, and have spent about 60 days in the labor of taking evidence in land-claims, copying that evidence& . c My direct missionary labors have been not materially different from that of years past. I have preached twice on the Sabbath, and since the departure of Bro. Wilcox, have also had charge of the Sab. School for children and the adult class in the "A i okala." The Sab. School for children at the sta­ tion has numbered about 20 teachers, & 150 Scholars. Sab. Schools are also sustained in other parts of the field embrac­ ing probably a majority of the children in the day-schools. The Aiokala class at the Station, has carried from 150 to 50 or 60. Adult classes are kept up also at other places in the field. The Wed. and Sat. meetings have been kept up at the Station, and the Thurs. Meet. at Koolau. The latter place I have not visited as often as in former years, partly because, there is a more competent Luna at post, than there was formerly. He is a graduate of the Seminary and acts as Teacher, Kahu Kula & Elder of the Church. The monthly Concert has been kept up, and such other week-day meetings held as time and opportunity have allowed. Morning meetings have kept up at the Station, and in other parts of the field, but generally sustained by the natives alone. On the whole our meetings have been well attended, both at the Station and in other parts of the field. We have enjoyed no special revival the past year, yet we have not been without tokens of the Divine favor. POPERY: There has been no special change for or against catholocism the past year. I think there has been a decline rather than otherwise. A Cath. Church that was talked of on the Plantation of Rhodes & Co., two years ago, has been erected, but it has progressed extremely slow, & is not yet completed. N o church member has gone over to the ranks of Popery, while a few have been received from their ranks to our communion. Not, however, 'till there had been a long trial of their walk & conversation. �COPY - Report of the Waioli Station for the year ending. April 30th. 1851. CONTRIBUTIONS : The contributions of the people of the Waioli field have been on the increase for several years past, They have amounted this y e a r to about $500. dollars As f o l l o w s : for Mon. Con. $14 6 .20, and for shingling our Church $353.80. About $250. of this latter sum was originally intended by the people for the support of the pas­ tor. They have ho w ever, at my suggestion, consented to turn it towards the repairs of the Church. The Mon. Con. Cont. have also been appropriated for the same object. COMMON SCHOOLS: There are 11 Prot. and 1 Cath. S chool in the field , embracing 400 pupils, - about 20 of whom are Catholicks. The schools are o n the whole prosperous. The teachers are promptly paid, and there is some 3 or 400 Dollars in the treasury, s o m e of which I hope will soon be expended in improving the School houses. WAIOLI SELECT SCHOOL: This school has been under the superintendence of Mrs. Wilcox, since the departure of her hus­ band to the U .States. It is taught by a pupil of the Seminary, who does as well as could be expected in that post. The School has numbered the last term a little over 30 pupils, some 6 or 7 of whom graduated at the close of the term. STATISTICKS OF THE On Examination the past year Whole No. on Ex. From other churches the past year Whole N o. from other churches - Dismissed Past Year Whole No. dismissed Deceased Past Year ■ Whole No. Deceased E x cluded Past Year Restored " " Remain Excluded In Regular Standing Children Baptized Past Year Whole No. Baptized Marriages Past Year CHURCH — -. - - —— -r — [Handwriting apparently that of Mr.Johnson] [Inscribed on reverse side "Report of Waioli, 1851.] 82 407 2 0 30 7 92 5 1 23 351 28 137 46 �C O P Y E . JOHNSON'S REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION MAY 1st, 185 2 . In making out my 14th annual report of Missionary labors, I would commence with expressions of devout gratitude to our common Parent for all His manifold mercies to the families of the Waioli Station, and to the people of that field during the year that has passed. N o wasting disease has been permitted to fasten upon any individual of our quiet households laying them in the embrace of death, nor the pestilense to destroy in all our borders, as in years gone by. While I thus speak, I would not forget to mention that general debility has to a great degree curtailed my own la­ bors, & rendered them, otherwise pleasant, a burden.. Still, the labors of the Station have been sustained, much in their general character, as in former years. My Sabbath labors have usually been, 2 Sermons, Children’s Sab. school, & two adult Schools, one in the Aiokala, & the other in the U i .(?) My week day meetings have been, the Mon. Concert, a regular Wed. Meet. at the Station; the Thursday meet­ ing at Koolau; Tues. Meet. at another outpost, & such other week-day Meetings as circumstances have allowed. I have not been able to attend these meetings regularly, but they have been sustained in my absence, by native Lunas. Besides the above mentioned meetings, the people have sustained a regular morning meeting at the Station, and in many of the other villa­ ges of the field. I have spent several Sabbaths at out-posts during the year, at one of which I have administered the Sac. twice to that part of the church embraced in the Koolau region. They on ce united with the other part of the Church at the Station. In the month of June I spent 5 days, including a Sabbath, in the Pali at the West part of my field. There is a popula­ tion of from 60 to 75 persons in Kalalau, & the region contiguous. This i s about 12 miles from Waioli, six miles of which distance is over a road never yet passed by a foreigner. In several places there is scarcely a foothold along the sloping pali , where one mistep would pereipitate the traveller to the distance of a thousand feet or more into the foaming billows or upon the rooks of the shore. I always make the trip by water which is not particularly dangerous if a favorable time is sought in the summer months. There is a small school in that isolated, mountain retreat, �COPY - E . Johnson's Report of th e Waioli Station,May 1,1852. and the worship of God is attended upon the Sabbath. There are 9 church members, and nearly all the people assemble in their place of worship where they read the Bible & sometimes a sermon The CHURCH: The Church has been generally quiet, & but a few cases of discipline to attend to, still, the great need has been that of the Spirit of God operating with power on the hearts of His people. This has apparently been felt but to a limited degree. I fear that many of those who profess to seek the Lord know b ut little of the elevating & enlightening influences of the Spirit. And I have often been led to feel that n o good thing can come out of the Hawaiian Nazareth. These desponding feelings have greatly added to the burden of Missionary work. While I thus speak and feel, I would n ot forget that there are many good people in the Hawaiian Church es, and those who, to all appearance, love the lord & his cause. State of the PEOPL E : A goodly number have been found among the en q uirer's after the Way of Life. On the whole, the meetings at the Station & at the out-posts have been well at­ tended. There are meetings held at five different places, or outposts on the Sabbath, at all of which a good share of the population are assembled. We have great want of good men to act as leaders or lunas for conducting these meetings. While I thus speak I am of opinion that the number of those who absent themselves from the means of Grace, wholly or in part, is increasing. The number of such is increased by the Chinese laborers who have been lately brought into our region. There are about 40 of these in our neighborhood. They some­ times come in to our Church on the Sabbath, but not under standing the language, soon get tired & hence they are dis­ posed to wander about and also to trafic with the natives on the Sab. We have enjoyed no special revival during the year, still in a few villages, more than a usual attention to religion has existed. In one village of about 200 inhabitants, about 20 have been added to the church during the year. Fiftyseven in all the field by profession, & 13 by letter. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BENEVOLENT OBJECTS: The contributions to benevolent objects during the year 1851 amounted to the sum of $521.36. Of this sum $121.56-1/4 were contributed at the Mon. Consert. Of the remainder, a part was c ontributed for repairing of church & a part for support of pastor. By a vote o f t h e Ch. the whole of the contributions of the year were devoted to the repairs of the Church. Of these repairs it may be proper for me to speak m ore at length. The great amount of rain at the Station renders it very desirable that permanent & tight roofs be enjoyed. Our thatched roof needed frequent repairs, & besides it was usually so badly put on as to produce constant leaks. By that means the entire plaster- �-3COPY - E. Johnson’s Report of the Waioli Station,May 1,1852. ing overhead was destroyed. In the months of Sept. & Oct. last, I was enabled by the kind aid of our Dep. agents, & by the efforts of my people, to remove the rotten-thatch, & replace it by a good Shingleroof. I devoted a good part of two months to superintending & aiding in the work. The whole cost of repairs exclusive of native labor rendered gratuitously, was $1,330.50. We commenced collecting contributions for this object, in 1849, & I am glad to be able to report the debt all paid off. The whole amount of expense was defrayed by the Ch. & people ex­ cept about $200. i.e. over $1,100 has been con. by the Ch.[sic] & people since 1849. I should however say that almost all our contributions have been devoted to this object. Of for­ eign aid I would mention M on(?) Con. contribution of Koloa $29.the 2nd Ch. in Honolulu $25.- and about $145. from services rendered to the Land-Commission, and as treasurer I am aware that I may be considered dis­ of School funds. orderly in appropriating such funds without consulting the Mission. I had purposed to send in no bill for services ren­ dered the land Commission, & kept that purpose, up to the time of Paying off my carpenters. I felt straitened for funds & found it convenient to give them an order on the Land-Commission Which I did to the amount of $125.35 POPERY: The Catholicks, though seemingly rather inactive, have not been idle upon the Island of Kauai. They have not gained ground at all in Koloa or Koolau, their old posts of Op­ eration, but have carried their efforts into the back places. Some gain has been acquired by them at Haena, near the western border of my field, & I learn also near Waimea, in Bro. Rowell’s field. SCHOOLS: The native pub. schools, in general have been kept up with as good teachers as could be had, & a commendable progress has been made in most of them. There is only 1 Cath. School in my field. This is small, numbering about 15 or 16 pupils. This school I have never meddled with except to pay the teacher as other teachers are paid, the complaints of Catholicks notwithstanding. WAIOLI SELECT SCHOOL: As Bro. Wilcox has but just returned from the U . States & .may not report to this meeting. I will m e r e ­ ly say, that the School under the superintendence of Mrs. Wilcox & the instruction of a native teacher, has done as well as could be expected. About 40 pupils have been connected with the School the past year, who have been orderly & made quite commends able progress. WAIOLI CH. STATISTICKS Whole N o. on Examination - Whole N o. on Certificate - - - - - - Past Year on Ex. - - - - -- - - - - - _ - - 464 57 �COPY — E. Johnson's Report of the Waioli Station, May 1 ,1852. WAIOLI CH. STATISTICKS [Cont'd] Past Year on Cer. - -— _ Whole No . Past Year - - - - _— - Dismissed Past Year - Whole No. Dismissed - - _ _ _ _ _ _ Whole No. Deceased - - - - - Died Past Year Suspended Past Year - - - - - - Remain Suspended - - - - - - - - - - Excom. Past Year — Whole N o. Excom. - _ Remain Excommunicated - _ In Regular Standing - - - - - - — - — Whole No. Child. Bapt. - - Bapt. Past Year - - - - - - - - - - - Marriages - - - - - - - - - [UNSIGNED] [Report of Waioli, 1852] 13 70 2 8 2 99 7 5 8 3 - 26 24 404 165 26 28 �COPY All ABSTRACT OF E . JOHNSON'S REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION, [Apparently for 1852] The M i s s i o n families of the Station enjoyed good health as a general thing, though the labors of the pastor h a v e been somewhat curtailed by general debility. General character of labors as in former years: 2 Ser­ mons on the Sabbath, also a Sab. School, & 2 adult schools. 3 or 4 meetings during the week. No special revival has been enjoyed, yet a goodly number hare been foun d seeking the Lord. 57 were added to the church by profession & 13 by letter. The Church generally quiet & few cases of disc ipline. CONTRIBUTIONS -TO BENEVOLENT O B J E C T S :$521.36 have been contributed during the year 1851. Of this $121.55-1/4 at Mon. Concert. The rest for repairs of Ch. & support of Pastor. All of th e contributions were devoted to repairs on the ch urch. Whole cost of repairs $ 1,330.50. POPERY; N o perceptable advance at their old posts, b ut renewed efforts at some points. Only 1 Cath. S chool in the field of about 16 pupils. SCHOOLS: Schools well sustained, & generally in a prosperous state. Waioli Select School: About 40 pupils who have been orderly & generally made commendable progress. (Inscribed on reverse side of MS. "Abstract of Mr. Johnson’s R eport".) [Pencilled - "1852" ] �COPY E. JOHNSON'S REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING Ma y 1st, 1853 . Another year, with all its joys and sorrows has passed, and we are again at the usual period for assembling together, as a Mission, to review the past, and to devise plans of op­ eration for the future. Although we have, as a family, received many mercies from our Heavenly Father during the year that is past, for which we should be grateful, yet we have been called to drink, from the same benevolent hand, the bitter cup of affliction. Ours was no common affliction. It was one of those mysterious providences that lead us to feel that we are short sighted mortals. We cannot penetrate the unfathomable debths of an infinite mind, and understand the reason for His dealings with us. But, with one of old, we can say ”It is the Lord, let H im do as seemeth him good ." Our dear first-born son slumbers in the deep. In the vigor of boyhood, with buoyant hopes for the future, in a few brief hours he was laid low in his Coral-bed, never to rise, till the Archangel shall sound the assembling trump for the Judgment. It was on the morning of the 7th of August last that the disaster occurred that snatched our dear boy from us. On the eve of the 5th, he left the paternal roof, - had taken a last look at home and friends, and was soon expecting to r e ­ sume his seat among his associates at school, when he was aroused from his quiet slumber on that fatal morning to witness the dangers of the deep. For about 7 long hours he was struggling with the foaming billows, hoping doubtless to reach the shore. As the weary company neared the land, - the rocks, the native dwellings, and even the people upon the shore were seen by the eager eye of the dear one, and as a word of encour­ agement to his associates in peril he exclaims - "they will some soon, for I see the natives walking upon the shore ! " Y es, had they come but a little sooner, the dear youth might have been saved, and again placed in the embrace of parents, of brother, and of sisters. A few more waves would have set them upon the beach, when, under the eye of our Merciful Father he was permitted to wash from the boat to which he was clinging, and to sink beneath the dark blue waters to be seen no more by mortal eyes. I need not say that we were east in the deep waters of affliction. It seemed too much for flesh to bear. Earth lost all its charms. We had consolation, if the sympa­ thies of kind friends could give it, for we felt that we m ourned not alone. We mourned, too, not as those without hope. We have some reason to believe that what is our loss is his gain. But the result we leave with that Merciful Parent who "gave, and has taken away.” My health, that had been poor for some time previous to �COPY E. JOHNSON'S REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 1st, 1853. that calamity received a shock that it seemed impossible to rise from. I however struggled on with my labors till January last, when I became convinced that I must either give up my labors entirely or take measures to recruit. I accordingly left home for a visit to Maui and Molokai on the 20th of January and was absent till the first day of April. On this trip I visited all the stations of Maui and Molokai, spending one night at Halawa on the latter Island, and two at Kalai. I would here express thanks to all the dear friends of those Islands and of Oahu, from whom I received so many marks of kindness, as well to Hawai ians as to our Missionary brethren. Especially to Kauw ealoha and Kamaiheretane, am I indebted for peculiar kindness. The trip did me much good. I returned revived in spirits and recruited in body. I felt assured that the benefit received, far overbalanced the sacrifices made. My general labors, so far as I have been able to perform them, have been much as in former years. I have usually preached twice on the Sabbath, and attended the Children’s Sabbath School, and the adult class In the Aiokala, when able. The last part of the year I have generally given up these schools to the native lunas. I have kept up the Wed. Lecture at the Station, and also a Church Meeting on Wed. morning, - a meeting at Wainiha on Tues. P.M. and the Thursday Meeting at K oolau. The meetings at out-posts are attended by the natives when I am not able to be present. Bro. Wilcox has sometimes assist­ ed at the Station when I have been ill, and has also assisted the native lunas in my absence from the Station. I have administered the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at Koolau, twice during the year, and they have once united with the other part of the Church at the Station. I have spent several other Sabbaths from home during the year, among which was one at Koloa, one at Waimea, and one at Niihau. THE CHURCH AND PEOPLE: On my return from General Meeting last year, I found a good state of feeling among the people, and a goodly number came out and were propounded for the Church. Ninety-six were admitted to the church, the past year, on pro­ fession, among whom was Sarah Elisabeth our eldest child. She present state of the people is not so encouraging, though the Church has generally been quiet, and but few cases for discipline. CONTRIBUTIONS : The contributions of the people have am­ ounted, the past year, I mean for 1852, to the sum of $432.20 Of this sum, $221.20 was raised to cancel the debt of the church, for late repairs; $104.25 was raised at monthly concert; and $106.75 was contributed by the Waioli Missionary Society. Of the $221.20 raised to cancel debt on the Church, $167.34 was �COPY -3- E. JOHN SON'S REPORT OF THE WAIO L I STATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 1st, 1853. applied towards that object; $30.00 towards the Salary of Pastor, and the remainder of $ 18.86 is now on hand towards repainting the fence - the fence of the Church yard. Of the $104. 25 collected at Monthly Concert $37 .25 was appropriated to the Micronesian Mission; $50.00 to the A.B. C.F.M., and the remainder of $17.00 to the Waimea Church. One hundred dollars of the funds of the Waioli Missionary Society was appropriated to the Micronesian Mission, through the Hawaiian Missionary Society. Besides these contributions the people have built, and are now in the act of building three substantial native Church edifices. POPERY: I do not t h i n k there has been a gain on the whole, during the past year, on the side of the worshipers of Mary, though in some points of the field there has been some gain, and in others a loss. They have at length a Church edifice at the mouth of the Hanalei River. It i s the build­ ing erected by M r .Hubertson as a store. I do not learn that there is any especial rush of the people of this region towards their ranks. SCHOOLS: The schools have been kept up all the year with the exception of short vacations, and are on the whole quite prosperous. There is still quite an amount of funds in the treasury, and has been from the time that a School Treasurer was appointed. -WAIOLI CHURCH STATISTICKS. Whole N o. on Examination - - - Whole N o. on Cer. - - - - - _ Past Year on Exam. - - Past Year on Cer. - - - Wh. No. Past Year - - - - - - Whole No. Dismissed - - - Dis. Past Year - - - - - Whole No. Deceased - - - - - Died Past Year - - - - — Sus. Past Year R em . Suspended - - - - Excom, Past Year Whole N o, Excom. Remain Excom. In Regular Standing : Whole No. of Child, Bapt. Bapt, Past Year - - -- - — Marriages past Year - - - - - - - [Waioli Station Reports, read b y ] - -— - - - - _ _ - - - - - - 560 _ 96 4 ............ 100 86 ------ - - - - 4 - - - - - 107 - - ----- - 8 5 9 0 26 _ 23 495 166(?) 186 - - - - - - - 21 -— - - - - - 17 [unsigned ] ________ �COPY E . JOHNS ON'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING M AY 1st,1854 In making this my 17th. Annual Report of labors at the Waioli Station, I would begin with expressions of devout grati­ tude to our Heavenly Father for the Mercies of the year. lenc Though death has been near us in the form of the pestie and in other more protracted forms, among our people, yet the Mission families of the Station have been preserved. My own health, though far from being firm, has been be t ­ ter than the last part of the previous year, and I have been enabled to prosecute my labors with few interruptions. During the last yearly meeting, a graduate from the Theological class of the Seminary, D avida N uuhiva, by name, took up his residence at Waioli, as an assistant in the Waioli field. He has proved himself thus far, a valuable h e l p e r . He assists in the week day meetings at the Station, and at out-posts. And he usually supplies my place, when I am absent from the Station on the Sabbath. When I am at home, and able to preach twice on the Sabbath, he usually supplies an outpost in the afternoon. His instructions are well received by the people, and he bids fair to become a valuable assistant in the work of the Lord wherever his lot may be cast. On our return from the General meeting of last year, we found the small Pox [sic] had entered the field, by a single ease of the disease brought from Honolulu. This case was soon succeeded by others, till we had twelve cases, and four deaths in the region of Waioli. Shortly after this another case of the disease was introduced into the region of K o o lau, from the same source, which resulted in ten cases more and five deaths - making in all about twenty-two cases, and nine deaths in the Waioli field. Added (?) to the care of the sick, and the keeping up of a strict Kapu, in the r e g i o n of the disease, the labor of vaccinating and re-vaccina ting was not inconsiderable. In this work I was aided by brother Wilcox; and received some assistance from N atives. Quite a number of the cases above mentioned, were milder cases of the verioloiete (? ), showing the great benefit of vaccination, at the time, and in previous years. In one family 6 individuals were thoroughly exposed to the disease, and in no case did even slight verioloiete result. But even here it would not be easy to refer their protection to recent vaccina­ tion, as nearly all of them had been vaccinated years before. From my observation during the prevalence of the disease, I judge that at least 3/4 of the adults in Waioli field were �E . JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 1 s t , 1854. secure, at least In part, from the ravages of the disease by previous vaccination. I am disposed to think this would hold true of the whole Island of Kauai. My labors have been much as in former years. The Morning prayer M ee ting, has been kept up through the year, and generally with quite a good degree of Intrest. I have a meet­ ing, at an out-post on Tuesday, the Wednesday meetings at the Station, and a Thursday Meeting at K oolau. This, together with the Monthly Concert, & other occasional weekly meetings makes up the list of meetings. The Sabbath School, and Aiokala classes at the Station have been more generally attended by N uuhiva. The former num­ bering regular attendance of about 100, & the latter varying from 50 to 150. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1853: These have amounted in all to the sum of $481.0 7, which is $ 4 8 .8 7 more than the previous Of this sum $104 .79 was contributed at Monthly Concert. year. 6 $5. by ths Waioli Missionary Society, and $311.22 was contri­ buted for support of pastor, and assistant. Of the Monthly Concert Con. $27.32 were expended on Churches in the field. $37. was given to aid the Lihue & Waimea Churches, $40.47 to the Hawaiian Missionary Society. Of the Contributions of the Waioli M i ss. Society $40. w a s devoted to the M i cron esian Mission. $ 2 0 . to Wa tuheia (? ) & $6 . still in the treasury. Besides these contributions, the people have aided in the erection of a framed dwellinghouse for Nuuhiva, and are collecting materials for two framed houses of worship, in the district of Koolau. CHURCH AN D PEOPLE: There has not been so great an in­ terest am o n g t h e people in religious things as in the previous year. Yet, for a part of the year the meetings were well a t ­ tended & a goodly number have been classed with those w h o pro­ fess to love the L ord. There have been, as seen by the Statistches [sic] of the Church, 67 received on profession, & 5 by letter. 10 have died & 3 have removed to other Churches. 5 have been excom­ municated, & 4 suspended. TEMPERANCE : Scarcely a case of intoxication has come to my knowledge during the past y ear. The few cases of the use of spirituous drinks h a s [sic] been generally among foreigners. The only intox. drink among the natives, seems to be AWA. The law allowing the sick to drink the bitter drug is doubtless taken the advantage of in some cases, as among their fairer skinned brethren from America, in the shape of bitters (alias brandy) from the more skilled medical profession. ERROR: Error has crept in to our midst in the shape of "Mormon doctrines", & quite a number, mostly from the more vi c ­ ious, & profligate have joined their ranks. �COPY E. JOHN SON 'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING M A Y 1st, 1854. It seems as if the Lord were sifting the Hawaiian Churches by the seive of the arch enemy, & good will doubtless result to the honor of His Blessed N ame. Popery remains about in statu. quo. There is only one Cath. School of about 9 or 10 pupils in the field. EDUCATION: The schools have been in pretty efficient operation d uring the year, & a very few children between the ages of 4 & 14 are not constant attendants. One great lack to the efficiency of school instruction is the want of some of the primary school books, especially atlasses, & good School Houses furnished with floors and seats. These defects I hope will ere long be remedied. The common schools owe much of their efficiency to the Select School of Waioli, still in successful operation. (The Schools) in the field are 12 in number; only 1 of which is Catholic, numbering about 10 pupils as before mentioned. Whole N o. by profession Wh. N o. by Certificate - Past Year by Prof. Past Year by Certif. - - - - - - - - - - - - ._ Wh. N o. Past Year W h . N o. Dismissed Dis. Past Year - - - - - - - - - Wh. N o. Deceased - - - - - --- - - - - - Died Past Year - - - - - - Suspended Past Year - - - Rem. Suspended - - - - - - _ - ----- — Excommunicated Past Year - - - - - - - - - - Wh. N o. Excom. Remain E x . - - Wh. N o. in Regular Standing - - - - - - - - - - Wh. N o. Child. Bapt. - - - - - - - - - Bapt. Past Year - - - - - -- -- Marriages past Year - - - - - - - - - - - - - Average Congregation - - - - - - - - [UNSIGNED] [Waioli Report by E.Johnson,] May 1st, 1854. 627 67 5 72 89 3 140 18 4 8 5 26 20 527 201 15 20 700 �COPY E . JOHN SON 'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR EN D I N G M AY 1857 . last At the/yearly meeting of our Association, I was on my way from Tahiti to Honolulu, returning from a visit to the U . States. I was absent about a year and a half. The primary object of the voyage, as is known to the Association, was the improvement of my health. I enjoyed the visit but indiffer­ ently, on account of my state of health. But the meeting once more with fds[sic] from whom I had been nearly 20 years separated gave me much pleasure, and I need not say afforded them not a little gratification. Especially was this true of my aged P arents. This I regard as almost a sufficient compensation for the sacrifice made, on my own and families[sic] account. But I am happy to report an improved state of health, especially on the return voyage. It was a long one of about 170 days, including the time spent in port at Valparaiso & Tahiti. We were 18 days at Valparaiso, and 10 days at Papeete Bay, Tahiti. At these ports I collected some items of information that may not be uninteresting to report. The City of Valparaiso is decidedly Spanish in its character, & numbers from 60 to 80,000 inhabitants. The people are mostly Catholics, & like those of all Catholic countries, are opposed to Protestant influence. There are only two Protestant Societies in the City. One is principally for the Americans or those joining them, & the other is in the Episcopal form of worship supported principally by the English. The great numbers of Seamen who frequent those shores, render Valparaiso an important field for effort in that di ­ rection. The first Protestant effort that I hear of having been made there, was about 10 years since, when the ’’American & Foreign Christian Union” sent out the Rev. Dav i d Turnbull (? ). He started a service for the foreign residents, and at the same time acted as Agent for the "American Seamen's Friends Society." in distributing tracts & c . A Church of some 40 members has been gathered, and quite a snug little congregation is convened on the Sabbath. Obstacles have been thrown in the way of having an edifice erected for the publick worship of God by this society, and they have up to the Spring of 1856, worshipped in a private room. The Spanish authorities look upon Protestant effort with a jealous eye, and are opposed to the erection of a Church edifice that compares at all in neatness to their own. But I am happy to say that a neat little Church was completed during the last summer. It cost about $7,000, & the grounds about as much more. The building is neat, though not extravagant, & will seat about 300 persons. There is a Sabbath School connected with the Society that numbers about 40 to 50 pupils. They have two services on the Sabbath & a prayer meeting on Thurs. evening of each week. �-2COPY E. JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING M AY 1857. Mr. Tembull/is a good preacher, & a very pleasant man. He is one apparently well adapted to do good in that post. The Episcopal service I heard but little about, only that it was well attended respectably sustained. Besides these religious Societies, there is a prosperous effort made in the matter of Education. There are three Protestant Schools kept by pious Americans. One of these is Mrs.Tremhall(?), who has a boarding School of from 15 to 2 0 Spanigh girls. The Rev. M r . William s & a Mr. Marshall have each a school for the same purpose of teaching the Spanish children English. These schools are quite popular among the Spanish people generally but are watched with great jealousy by the Cath. Bishop. Well may he thus watch, for many & probably a majority of the children are from Cath. families. Several of the Girls in M r s . Temhull's (? ) school have already been h o p e f u l l y converted to the faith of the Gospel. From what I could learn, these schools are doing much towards undermining the Cath. doctrines. Hence the efforts of the Bishop to retard their work. But the seeds of the truth are being cast in, and we may hope that it will act as leaven to "Leaven the Whole Lump." So near is our proximity to the Society Islands, and information is so easily obtained, that I hesitate in taking up time in remarks relative to Missionary operations there. It is well known that since the occupancy of those Is ­ lands by the French, the labors of the Missionaries have been greatly retarded. Such restrictions have been laid upon them by the Govt. at the instigation, doubtless, of the Cath. Priests & Bishop, as mush to enfeeble their efforts. Some left the field, others held on. Of those now in the field some are supported by the Society at home, while others have accepted salaries from the Go v 't. The 6 Missionaries now in the field are distributed as follows:Mr. Simpson at Molea, or Eimeo(?); Mr. How & M r . Orsman at Papeete; Mr. Barling 9 miles from Papeete; M r . Barff at Huahine; & Mr. Chisolm at Tahaa(?) & Bolabola. Mr. Orsman was on a visit to Australia for his health. Mr. H o w e (?) having opposed the French rule, & stood up at all times as a champion for Protestantism, has incurred the indignation of the Bishop, Priests & Gov 't. Such is the feel ing of hostility to hi m that he is forbidden to instruct the natives in any manner whatever. His labors are therefore con fined to the foreign population, to whom he preaches on the Sabbath. Of his law suit w i t h the Catholic Bishop, you are already acquainted. The Bishop published a Catechism, about 5 years ago, in which the Protestant religion was violently attacked. Mr. Howe(?), aided by native converts, published an answer, in which the prot. religion is vindicated & the false statements of the Bishop corrected. The result of this l a t - �E. JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR THE Y EAR END I N G M AY 1857 . ter work, appeared to be the almost entire suppression of the Ca t h . book, which had before begun to be received with some favor by the people. This enraged the Bishop, & he prosecuted M r. H o we(?) for libel. Mr, Howe(?) has stood his ground manfully, & after 4 several trials, has come off victorious. The sympathies of the mass of the population, foreign and native, appeared to be with Mr. H o w e (? ). Even many of the French favored his cause as apparently a just one. I could learn that the Catholicks are making many proselytes among the natives of Tahiti. There were 4 Sisters of Charity at Papeete, who were teaching the children, & attempting t o g a i n an influence through that channel. The native Schools are entirely under the control of the French G o v 't; yet I did not learn that the French interfere much in matters of religion in the Schools. Mrs. Howe (?) had a small school for the children of for­ eigners & h a l f castes. Aside from this, I know of no truely P r o t . School at Papeete. After this long digression, I will return to a report of my labors among my people since my arrival from the U . States. My labors have been much as in former years. I have been able, a larger part of the time, to preach twice on the Sab. The Sab. School is superintended in part by myself & has numb­ ered not far from 75. The "Aiokala" is generally expounded by a Church Elder. Besides my Sabbath duties, I have kept up the Wed. meeting at the Station, & occasionally visited K oolau on Thursday, & held other meetings in different parts of the field, as I have been able. The Sacrament of the L o r d ’s Sup­ per has been administered twice at Koolau & 3 times at the Station. The Monthly Concert is regularly attended by a min­ ority of the Church, I am sorry to say, & the morning prayer m e e t . is each day held by the natives at the Station, & with more or less regularity at other places in the field. I have a regular monthly meeting of Church Elders & Lu na Apanas of the field, which I regard as very valuable to the in­ terests of the Church. The object is to assemble the Lunas from the whole field, & get reports from them of the state of things in the different apanas, and we have usually two Essays read by the members, from subjects given out at the previous meeting. After the reading of the Essay, free discussion is had on the same subjects. We aim at choosing subjects bearing directly on Church discipline, on Christian duty & the like. Here, too, any matters of Church discipline are reported & a t ­ tended to. Also any deaths, or removals from th e field report­ ed. The cases of Church discipline have been rather more than previous years, arising partly from the fact that little was done in the matter of discipline during my absence. Five per- �COPY -4- E . JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 1857. sons were set aside from th e Ch. at one time, for attending the Horseraces, & staking money at the same. I have r e c e i v e d b ut one person to the Ch. on profession & 2 by letter, since my return. There are persons regarded as seekers after the way of Life, some of whom show signes of penitence, & are apparently fit subjects for the Ch. & will ere long be received. I can report no special revival, & in some parts of my field the people show signs of too-much [sic] fearful stupidity & worldliness. Yet there is no outbreak of sin & the ordinances of the Gospel are sustained. We need the breathings of the Spirit to quicken & revive. Davida N uuhiva, who is a licensed preacher, & who had aided me for a few years past in the labors of my field, accepted the Office of District Judge, just before my return from the U . States. He is also Kahu Kula of the district. He still preaches occasionally & is a considerable help in the labors of the field. He has lately expressed a willingness to be held as candidate for one of the new Missionary Stations, to the westward. Whether he would actually forsake his offices of trust in the Gov't & go if selected by the Missionary Board, would be to be seen. And considering our deficiency in efficient native helpers, it might be a question whether he be taken, even if thought q ualified for the Missionary field. I would acknowledge the kind aid to my people, of Brethren R owell, Smith, & Wilcox, during my absence in the U. States. The ordinances of the Ch. were administered by the two former, and Bro. Wilcox aids in sustaining the preaching at the Station when I am absent at other posts. D uring my absence in the U.S., little was done by my people in the matter of benevolence, aside from the erection of Church edifices. One framed Ch. was completed & another begun which has been completed since my return. The contributions of the Church & people for the year 1856 were as follows:To the Waioli Miss. Society - - Monthly Concert - - - - - - Support of Pastor - - Building Churches [about] ~ ~ $49.00 ~ - 39.82 - 164.62 ~ - 100.00 $353 .44 During the present year, up to this time, there have been contributed in Clothing & Cash, for Missions of Micronesia & Fatuhiva, what was valued at $150.00 Shares in the Morning Star 9.00 $159.00 �COPY -5E. JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 185 7 . EDUCATION: The Waioli Select School has been in pretty efficient operation d uring the past year, & will be reported by its head. The general native schools are very well sustained, & in most cases we find no difficulty in procuring competent teach­ ers at from 25 to 40 cents per day. There is, however, a lack of some books necessary for the prosperity of the Schools. There is also a decided dim un ition in the numbers of Schools & of pupils. This results in part, as I judge, from the fact that the children leave the school much younger than they used to, & in part from the actual dimunition of children born & arriving at the age to enter school. This decrease of pupils has rendered it necessary to di­ minish the number of Schools. Where we formerly had 15 schools, say 15 years since, there are now only seven. At the Station where the schools then numbered almost 100, we have now scarcely 40 ERROR: Catholocism holds on about as it ha s been for several years past, no great perceptable change. Occasional y l one of our people, & even a few from the Ch.,when under censure, have gone over to their ranks, others again some from their ranks to us. Mormanism is decidedly on the wane, & among us only in name CHURCH STATISTICKS. STATION: Waioli: Whole N o. on Profession - On Certificate - - Past Year on Profession On Certif. Total Past Year - - - Whole N o. Dis. to other Churches D is. Past Year - - - - - Whole N o. Deceased Deceased Past Year - - - - - Excluded Past Year - - - - Remain Excluded - - - Whole N o. in Re g . Standing Whole N o. Child. Bapt. - --Bapt. Past Year [UNSIGNED ] (E.Johnson’s Report of Waioli Church,) 656 135 1 2 51 2 196 6 20 36 508 223 10 �COPY REPORT OF E. JOHNSON FOR 1858. Ti m e in its rapid flight has brought us to this our Annual gathering. While we meet to devise plans of future operation in the field of labor to which we are devoted, it is appropriate to glance at the past. By the goodness of pur Heavenly Father, we, have the past year enjoyed a tolerable degree of own health has somewhat improved. Mrs. Johnson strong as in former years. I have been able to the usual duties of my field, not, however, with unwearied effort that I w o uld be glad to do, did greater degree of health & strength. as a family, health. My is not as attend to that rigor & I enjoy a As a benefit to my health, I have devoted a portion of time to manual labor. A little more than a year ago, I set cored a spot 1-1/4 mile from my Station, where I find the ride to & from, and occasional work with my own hands, together with superintending native labor decidedly beneficial to my health. In a pecuniary point of view, it is a bill of expense to me, as yet, & present appearances look dubious in the same direct­ ion. But while I secure the main object for which I purchased the spot, V iz. - An improvement of health, I am content with pecuniary loss. I am aware that by devoting a portion of my t i m e to secular labor I lay myself open to the charge of ne ­ glecting the more direct Missionary work of my field. But such a charge, if made, is easily disposed of, while I have conscience & the good of my people at heart. T hat I do less for my people by devoting a portion of my time, with my state of health, to manual labor would be very hard to show. I c laim to know better than any other person what mental labor I can perform & the best method for me to perform it. I am con­ vinced, that I do as much, & probably more, Missionary work, while devoting a portion of my time to manual labor, than I should do without it. My labors among the people have been not very different from that of former years. I have usually preached twice upon the Sabbath, & superintended the Sabbath School. The Wed. Meeting has been kept up as in former years, & a part of the year, a class in the Catechism has been taught immediately before the Wed. Meeting. I have not visited Koolau on Thursdays as often as in former years, but have held extra meetings during the week in different parts of the field. The Monthly Luna Meeting has been regularly sustained to which a solid half day has been devoted. I have held one day Meetings in different parts of the field, & sectional Ch. Meetings where I have been able to converse personally with individual Ch. Members. These I regard as important meetings. Of the Ch. & people of the Waioli field, I have nothing especially encouraging to report. Indeed during the first �-2- COPY REPORT OF E. JOHNSON FOR 1858. half of the year , a general apathy pervaded almost the entire Ch . & people. Meetings were thinly attended & many of the Ch. Members were inclined to forsake the Ordinances of the Gospel to great extent, if one except Communion seasons. The past few months, there has been a waking up among some of the Ch., & more enquirers have been found. Especially has this been the case in the Koolau part of the field. Increased effort has been made to get the adults, as well as children, interested in the Sabbath School. The Sabbath S chool at the Station now numbers about 175, & that in Koolau, about 150. Bibles have been called for of late, & many who had long stood aloof from the Ordinances of the Gospel, have come in. Only 3 persons have been received on profession the past year & 4 by Certificate. _ Four persons are propounded for admission, & there are a goodly number on the list o f enquirers, a portion of which I regard as proper candidates for admission to the Ch. & who will be, ere long, received, should they continue to stand fast on the s i d e of the pono. I am slower in receiving to the Ch. than I used to b e , & I fear that I, as well as others, may have erred in receiving too hastily in times past. The Contributions of the Church have been less the past year, than in several of the previous years. They have been as follows, V iz.To To To Waioli Missionary Society Monthly Concert Support of Pastor - - - - - - T o t a l - $5 5.75 41.13 116.50 $213.38 SCHOOLS: The Waioli Select School has been continued. The Principal will doubtless report. The G o v ’t Schools of the two School Districts, N os. 4 & 5, have been in operation through the year. They are in a pretty prosperous condition. One Framed S chool House has been completed during the year, & two others are in progress. ERROR: M ormonism is apparently dead. A number who were at one time zealous i n that new error, are now constant attendands on public worship. I know not that any Mormon priest has visited Kauai, during the last six months. Catholicism lives & fights on, which it will doubtless continue to do till checked by the course of influences �REPORT OF E . JOHHSON FOR 1858. that will ultimately east down the Mother of Abominations. STATISTICAL TABLE. Whole N umber on Profession On Cerfiticate P ast Y ear on Profession on Certificate Total Past Year - - - - -WAIOLI ] Whole Number Dismissed - - S TATION ]_ Dismissed Past Year M AY ] Total Deceased - - - - - 1 8 5 8 ] .Deceased Past Year Excluded Past Year Remain Ex cluded - - - N ow in Regular Standing - Total Chiid.Bapt. Baptized Past Year - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - ----- _ _ _ _ - - ----- - - - - - - - - - - - - (UNSIGNED) [E . Johnson's Report 1 8 5 8. ] - - - - 659 139 3 4 7 54 3 203 7 10 39 509 227 4 �COPY REPORT OF E. JOHNSON, WAIOLI, FOR 1859. After a residence upon these shores of 22 years, I am called upon to notice the good hand of the lord upon me & mine, showering upon us almost constant & unmerited mercies. Chastening from our Heavenly Parent has not been wanting, b ut never when unneeded. And although such chastening may have seemed, at the time, n o t joyous, b ut grievous, nevertheless, it has doubtless resulted in our good. By the usages of this association, I am expected, at this time, to report the labors of the past year in the field where Providence seems to have placed me as a laborer. Had I the ability of narrating from the general routine of labors some thrilling incidents of Missionary life, I might hope to interest you by the novelties of such descriptions. But as I do not hold the pen of a ready writer, I must content m y ­ self with making a prosy statement of the every-day labors of my missionary wo r k . Nothing of a specially novel or thrilling nature has oc­ curred in my Missionary labors the past year. I have labored on with about the usual amount of debility, of successes & dis­ couragements as in former years. N otwithstanding the apparent dimunition of interest, to the things of religion, on the part of some of the people, in & out of the Church, on the whole I am inclined to believe that knowledge is increasing among them, & the Church becoming better acquainted with what constitutes real piety. The line between real & nominal Christians, & between the fr iends of Christ & the World is becoming more distinctly marked. The props & supports of Church - afforded by Chiefs & those in authority, backed up by the influences of former Kapus are all swept away, and religion now stands more upon its own merits. This being the fact, many who seem­ ed to run well for a season, now falter in the Christian course. Much of our discouragement in Missionary work, especially at the present time, results from the transition state of the people. They are not unlike a child who has been all his days kept under the strict watch & influence of the parent, who, when he approaches manhood, is very m u ch inclined to set up too soon for himself, and cast off the cords that have bound him. Reason is not allowed to come in & take the helm, but the bark is set adrift without rudder or compass, & likely to be stranded upon the nearest shore c o a s tM y i s o n a r y f i e l d m b r a c e s a ( vast [sic] of about 30 miles in extent, & not far 2,000 [sic] people. It extends 20 miles to the eastward embracing the K oolau side of the Island, & 10 or 11 miles to the westward, embracing a part of N apali. In the field is one Catholick Priest, residing about 12 miles from the Station in Koolau. He has a framed Church, which is about to be shingled, & has a considerable number of �COPY - 2REPORT OF E. JOHNSON, WAIOLI, FOR 1859. followers, I am not able to state number. His evident policy is to east in t h e leaven of Popery as quietly as possible. He professes great love to the people, & when wanders[sic] from the fold, is ready to take [sic] h i m up & receive him into "the true fold" , erected by Peter of old, & founded upon the Stone, & opened by the K e y . Are any sick nigh unto death he is ever ready to sprinkle upon them the "Holy Healing Water" & enroll their names upon the records of the H oly Apost o l i c Church. My impression is that the leaven of Popery is more widely diffused through the Mass, than we are led to acknowledge or believe, & that they are only waiting for a favorable oppor­ tunity to make extra exertions at proselytism. That time has doubtless already come in their estimation, and extra exertions are being made by the Press & otherwise. In the Pali, about 10 miles from the Station, to the westward, is the land of Kalalau, embracing a population of about 70 inhabitants, at least one-half of whom are members of the Church. This land is surrounded by the high Pali on three sides, & by the sea on the other. It Is accessible by water a part of the year, & by the natives, by land, along the brink of the Pali at all times. This place I visited once during the year. I am always obliged to go by sea, & that is not safe to attempt except in the summer months. The character of my labors has not been materially differs ent from that of former years. Three Communions have been held in XX [sic] the Koolau part of the field & four at the Station. The latter, or rather the 4th being a uniting of the whole Church at the Station, at which time the yearly meeting of our Missionary Society was held. I have spent several Sabbaths at out-posts during the year, but not so many as I should have h a v e [sic] done had I more assistance at the Station when absent. Mr. Wilcox has supplied my place a few times when I were[sic] absent, and at other times the lack has been supplied by the native Lunas. I preach, usually twice on the Sabbath & superintend the Sabbath School; hold a Wed. & Sat. Meeting each week, & the Monthly Concert for prayer, the first Monday morning of each month. The Monthly Meeting of Ch. Lunas is continued & is r e ­ garded by the pastor as quite important to the interests of the Church. At each of these meetings, the members are expected to read a written report for the month, & a sermon is preached by a member previously appointed. Besides these regular meetings, occasional meetings are held in different parts of the field, & sometimes protracted meetings of from 1 to 3 days. While there is much stupidity manifested among the Ch . [sic] �COPY REPORT OF E. JOHN SON , WAIOLI, FOR 1859. in general, there are pleasing exceptions. In some villages there has been quite a waking up of late by the Ch. [sic] & those out of the Church. At Kalihiwai, where there, are some 8 or 10 Ch. [sic] members & a goodly number of people, who seldom assembled for worship, except on the Sabbath, & only a few even then, Morning meetings are now daily held & several of the people are apparently sincere enquirers after the Truth. I hold a weekly meeting for enquirers immediately pro­ ceeding the Wed. meeting. N ineteen persons have been admitted to the Ch . [sic ] on profession & 6 by letter. We have been preserved thus far from the prevalence of the " H u l a " but "Horse Racing" has prevailed to some extent to the no small injury of the people, who are always inclined to go into anything of the kind to excess. The contributions of the Ch. [sic] & people were for 1858 as follows: Monthly Concert - - - - - - - - Waioli Miss. Soc. To Mekela of Fatuhiva - - - To aid of Pastor - - - - - Aid to Koloa Ch. - - - Ch. [sic] Bell for Koolau - " " " Anahola - T o t a 1 - $66.15 64.50 30.00 140.00 20.00 4 2 .00 34.00 - - $396.65 The Schools of the Waioli field, embracing two School Distrlcts, have been in operation during the year, & are on the whole prosperous. Two framed School houses have been completed during the ye a r . They are Clapboarded & floored, & are quite an advance on the old Houses where the children were obliged to sit upon the ground. STATISTICAL [over ] TABLE �COPY REPORT OF E . JOHN SON, WAIOLI, FOR STATISTICAL Whole N o. on Profession on Certificate Past Y ear on Profession on Certificate Total Past Year - - Whole No. Dismissed Dismissed Past Year Total Deceased ' - - - - -2 1 6 Deceased Past Year Excluded Past Year Remain Excluded - — - N ow in Regular Standing Total Children Baptized Baptized Past Year - - — Marriages - - - - TABLE — -- - - _ ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - -— — 678 145 19 6 25 59 5 13 7 - - - - -- - - _1 [UNSIGNED] [Report of Ch. at Waioli, Kauai,] R e v . E. Johnson - 1859. 1859. 514 232 7 �copy B. JOHNSO N 'S REPORT - MAY, 1860. The cycle of time has brought us to another Annual gathering. I am called upon, with others, to recount the mercies of the Lord, ever fresh & oft repeated. Would that I were able to recount acts of obedience & devotion corresponding to the gifts bestowed. My Missionary labors have been prosecuted with compara­ tively little interruption d uring the year now closed. Each day & week have been filled up with their appropriate cares & labors, performed, however, in an imperfect manner. How often do we feel that we "Are of the Earth, Earthy" and need the wisdom & strength that comes from above to a i d us. While we have been led to utter the prayer of the Prophet, at times, with sincerity as we trust - "O Lord R evive Thy Work." Yet we have been left to mourn the hiding of His countenance, & the cause of Zion to languish, because few came up to her solemn feasts. My general labors have been much as in former years. They have consisted in part of two Sermons on the Sabbath, with a superintendence of the Sabbath School. I have received aid, once each, from Messrs Armstrong & R ice. I have been absent at out-posts, & other places about 10 Sabbaths during the year when the services at the Station have been conducted by Davida N uuhiva & other Ch. [sic] Lunas, aided a few times by M r . Wilcox. The week day meetings have amounted usually to 3 or 4 per week, among which are the Wed. & Sat. meetings. The latter is a Ch. [sic] Meeting. A meeting of enquiry has also been kept up, immediately preceeding the Wed. meeting, each week. At this meeting the Ui or Catechism has been used as a text-book. The Monthly Concert for praye r , has been observed at the Station & at some out-posts, at which meetings small contri­ butions have been made towards sending the Gospel to the un­ enlightened. The Monthly Meeting of the Elders & Lunas of the Ch . has also been kept up, which affords the Pastor an opportunity to learn the state of each district, and settle any cases of discipline that may require attention. I have spent several days, including a Sabbath at Kalalau, in the celebrated Pali, district of Napali, during the past year. On that Sab. the Com, of the Lord's Supper was there celebrated. There are. from 70 to 80 people in that valley, about half of whom are members of the Church. They are e x ­ cluded, in a good degree, from the civilized extravagances of placed [sic ] communicating largely with the Metropolis, and are �COPY - E . Johnson's Report - M ay, 1860. therefore comparatively free from the seeds of death there so profusely sown. A few weeks since, two foreigners from the M etropolis located themselves in an uninhabited v a lley in the vicinity of Kalalau, in the Pali, & from all appearances they are get­ ting ready to take advantage of the bill to come before the Legislature at its coming session, allowing the distillation of Spirits. It would not be surprising were they to try their boilers in advance. In the month of July a "Sabbath School Celebration" was held at the Station, w h e r e [sic] was quite a gathering of Pupils, T eachers, Parents & others. We were materially assisted at this gathering by some of our young Oahu friends in the department of vocal & instrumental music that added much to the interest of the occasion. Speeches were also made and tables spread with the good things that the Lord so bounti­ fully bestows upon His creatures. Twenty-two persons have been added to the Ch. [sic] on profession, and 3 by letter. Twenty Ch.[sic] members have died during the year. Much the larger portion of the Waioli Ch. [sic] are elderly people, so that the numbers enrolled, are not a true index of the strength of the Church. CONTRIBUTIONS : The contributions of the Ch . [sic ] people of the Waioli Field amount to $471.06, in Cash, devoted to objects as follows:- 6 0 . 1 7 4 $ Monthly C o n c e rt $51.75 Waioli Ch. repairs, &c. - - - - - 104.06 Waioli M i s s . Society 56.00 Contributions to K oloa Ch. - - 80.00 Ch. Bells for K oolau & Anahola - - 45.25 Support of Pastor - - - - - - - 134.00 SCHOOLS: The Schools of Waioli field embracing two districts have lately been united into one. They have also been visited by the President of the Board of Education, wit h in the last six months, on X X X [sic] a quadrennial visit, & he pronounces the Schools, I am sorry to say, in rather a low s t a t e . There is, however, as I learn, a native from the Metropolis holding "Teacher's Institutes" , at present, in the field, which it is greatly to be hoped will give a new impetus to the cause of Education. The Waioli Select School has been in successful operation during the year . �COPY - E. Johnson's Report -- May, 18 6 0 . CHURCH STATISTICKS Whole N o. on Profession on Certificate Past Year on Pro. - - on Certificate Total Past Year - Whole N o. Dismissed - Dismissed Past Year - Total Deceased - - D eceased Past Year - - Ex cluded Past Year Remain E x . - - - - - In Regular Standing Total Children Baptized Bapt. Past Year Marriages — - — - - - - - - -- - -— - - - - - - - - - - 700 148 22 3 25 - - - - - -— - - - - - - - - - - 7 277 20 8 - - - 450 233 1 4 [UNSIGNED] ABSTRACT OF E. JOHNSON'S REPORT FOR WAIOLI STATION, KAU A I , M AY, 1 8 6 0. The Missionary labors of the Waioli field have been prosecuted with comparatively little interruption through the year. About the usual routine of labors have been performed as in previous years. So special work of grace has been enjoyed. Yet some tokens of the Divine favor have bee n ex­ perienced. Twenty-two persons have been added to the Church on profession & 3 by letter. Twenty have died. The Contributions of the Church & people to the various benevolent objects have been more than that of the previous year & have amounted to $471.06 in Cash. [UNSIGNED] [Report & Abstract of Waioli Church, K a u a i ] Rev. E .Johnson, (1860). �REPORT OF THE WAIOLI STATION FOR THE YEAR E NDING APRIL 30, 1 8 6 1 No very uncommon occurrences have transpired in my Missionary labors during the past year, to add peculiar interest to a Report. About the usual amount of Missionary labor has been performed as in previous years, embracing the various mis­ cellanies therein contained. At the beginning of the year, & for some time previous, much c o l d n e s s & indifference was apparent, among the people, both in & out of the Church. Many, especially of the young­ er portion of the community, absented themselves from the Sanctuary, & some even of the members of the Ch . [sic] were seldom seen in the House of God. For a few months past, there has been quite a waking up in certain portions of the field. Many who have not before frequented the Sanctuary for several years past, are now regular attendants, & not a few of them appear to be earnest enquirers after the truth, w ith this latter class a weekly meeting is held, where the Pastor seeks to understand the state of mind of each individ­ ual, & give them such instructions as is deemed desirable. This apparent awakening is confined to certain sections of the field, while other portions, I regret to say, are still in an apathetic state. The repairs on the Church at the Station, which have been entered into with more or less interest by the people, while it has drawn on their liberality, has doubtless, tended to awake up their energies. The house has been floored, seated, & a new Pulpit erected/ at an expense of $444.29 These expenses have been met by the people, aided by some of the Foreign community favorable to the object, & by the very opportune aid of the Waimea Church & people by a dona­ tion of$ . 5 7 A small debt of about $40. still remains which I have reason to believe will ere long be cancelled. The house comfortably seats 400 persons, & has been quite well filled of late on the morning of Sabbath. We entered the house on the 7th of Feb. last, & meetings were continued till Sab. the 10t h . . I think some of present interest among the people dates from that period. Twenty-one persons have been added to the Waioli Church by profession during the year, & 7 by letter. Fifteen are propounded as future candidates. Cases have come to my knowledge, of late, of opposition to the Gospel, that leads me to believe that Satan is not yet bound, & that there is even here to be a hard struggle between sin & its advocates, & the R e d e e m e r ' cause. s I fear for this nation, & for the Ch.[sic] when I am aware that the Marriage �-2COPY - Report o f the Waioli Station for the Year Ending April 30/61 Relation is so little reverenced, & its sacred vows so often broken. I deem it worthy the best efforts of the friends of this people & of their r ulers, to devise some plan by which this growing evil may be diminished. In more enlightened countries w e look to the Church to guide the public sentiment, & to frown down such bold attempts at undermining the foundations of prosperity & of virtue. But, alas, we look in vain for such aid from many of our Hawaiian Church Members, who are but babes in knowledge, & strength of moral character, & who are rather in danger of being themselves drawn into the same destructive whirlpool, rather than rescue others. BENEVOLENT CONTRIBUTIONS. Monthly Concert — Waioli Missionary Society Support of Pastor - - Repairs on Church $ 58.05 58.62-1/2 111.75 148.06 $3 7 6 .48 CHURCH STATISTICKS Whole Number on Profession on Certificate Past Year on Profession on Certific t a e Total Past Year _ Whole N o. Dismissed - - Dismissed P ast Year Total Deceased - - - - Deceased Past Y ear - - - Excluded Past Year - - Remain Excluded N ow in Regular Standing Total Children Baptised Baptised Past Year Marriages - - 727 155 21 7 28 5 304 27 5 441 238 5 [UNSIGNED] (Waioli, 1861) [Handwriting apparently that of E. JOHNSON. ] �C O P Y E. JOHNSON'S REPORT TO THE MISSION - MAY, 186 2 . Twenty-five y e a r s a g o , the reinforcement to the Amr. Prot. Mission of these Islands, by the Barque MARY FRAZIER, were with you for the first time, and were then wait­ ing their destination. On the 7th of June following we first landed at Waioli, where we have since labored. The Waioli Station had been taken three years previous by our first associate the R ev. W.P. Alexander. The Church then under his care was formed on the 17th of Oct, 1834, consisting of 10 members, 5 of who m were received by letter from Ch . of Waim ea, and 5 were admitted on profession of their faith. The Ch. remained in the care of Mr. Alexander, untill he left for Luna in June 1843 , when . L the Rev. G.B. Rowell was appointed to fill the v a c a n c y . In 1846, Mr. Rowell was removed to Waimea, to supply the Ch. vacated by the death of our lamented Bro. Whitney and the care of the Waioli Church then devolved on us. The number now in regular standing is about 450. The Pastoral labours of the Station have not been materially different during the past year from those of p r e ­ vious years. The unusual interest among the people in cer­ tain localities, that was mentioned in our report of last year has rather diminished than than[sic ] increased, and stupidity prevails to a considerable extent. Some few persons enrolled as members of the Ch. have consented to receive Baptism at the hands of the Mormans and some who were feeble in body before verily believe that this new eblution has benefitted their bodies if not their souls. The dimunition of offenses of a demoralizing nature, of which His Majesty speaks in his speech before the legislature now in session, is not founded in fact so far as this part of Kauai is concerned. That the punishment of the crying sin of the land has diminished, the almost empty treasury of the department shows, but that results from the non punishment of crime, rather than its actual dimunition. That increased attention to agriculture may have tendered [sic] in some instances to a d imunition of crime may be true, but certainly not where large numbers of both sexes are congregated for agricultural purposes, and where the evi­ dent policy of the employer seems to be to shield his laborers from the seizure of the officers of justice and not allow the law to bear upon them. The marriage relation continues to b e sadly disregar- �C O P Y - E . Johnson's Report to the Mission - May, 1862 ded, which is evidently one of wasting away of this people. demoralizing causes of the The services of the Sabbath, and the ordinary week day services have been sustained. The attendance on the Sab. is not as large as it was one year ago. Mrs. Johnson has kept up a Friday meeting with the women and by the aid of two daughters has been able to do something towards instructing Hawaiian and half-caste girls - of these we have had three for the past few months. One of these was a member of M r s . Sereno Bishop a family School untill it broke up last summer. By the aid of the Board of Education, a School House has been erected for an English S chool, which the girls above me n ­ tioned attend together with 22 day scholars who are in the midst of their first term. The people of my field are q uite in the spirit of improving their houses of worship. They are raising money and col­ lecting materials for the repairs of no less than 4 churches. $135.have been already collected for that object. I trust the effort the people put forth to help themselves will do them good. BENEVOLENT CONTRIBUTIONS Waioli Miss. Soc. - - - -- - - - - 7 0 .50 $ Monthly Concert - - - - -.- - - - - 70.87-1/2 Hanai K u mu 139.68 To Tract Bible Soc. 12.68 Houses of Worship 155.00 T o t a l CHURCH $ 448.73-1/2 STATISTICK S . Whole Number of [sic] Profession on Certificate - Past Year - Profession - on Certificate Total Past Y ear Whole N umber Dismissed - - Dismissed Past Year Total Deceased - - - - - - - Deceased Past Y ear Excluded Past Y ear -- - In Regular Standing - - - - - Total - Children Baptized Baptized Past Year - - - - - - 759 160 32 5 37 3 - - _ - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - 19 6 4 50 ? )* 262 24 *[The Am t. $450. is taken from Min. Haw'n Evangelical Assoc.] Statistics, for 1 8 6 2 , as this portion of M S . is torn away. [Report of Waioli Station, 1862] �COPY ABSTRACT OF E . JOHNSON'S REPORT TO MISSION . MAY, 1862 The Waioli Station was taken in 1834. by Rev. W .P. Alexander & a Church formed there in October of the same year consisting of 10 members. The Present pastor j oined the Station in 1837, three years after it was taken. The Church now numbers about 450. The Pastor's labors the past year have not been materially different from that of previous years. The unusual interest among the people in some parts of the field, report­ ed last year, has rather diminished than increased. Stupid­ ity prevails to a considerable extent. A few of the Ch. [sic] have consented to Mormon ablution. The Pastor thinks that offences of a demoralizing nature have not diminished, but that there is rather a dimunition in punishing crime. An English School has been started at Waioli, & 3 girls, native & half-caste, connected with the pastor's family, to be trained up in a civilized way. BENEVOLENT CONTRIBUTIONS Waioli Miss. Soc. - - - $ 70.50 Monthly Concert 70.87-1/2 Support of Pastor 139.68 To Tract & Bible Soc. - - - - 12.68 Repairs of Churches - - - - — - 155.00 $448.73-1/2 [UNSIGNED] [Abstract of Waioli Report, Kauai,] Rev. E. Johnson, 1 8 6 2 . �COPY REPORT OF WAIOLI STATION, KAUAI, FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 1, 1 8 6 3. Another year has passed, with almost magnetic s p e e d and we are brought to our annual gathering. We meet under circumstances of peculiar interest, In more respects than one. In the goody Providence of God , the honored Senior Secretary of the A . B. C. F . M ., who has so long corresponded with this Mission, is with us, with a part of his family, and it seems that h e is here at the right time. In no other year since the formation of the Mission, would his presence have seemed to be so important, all things considered, as n o w . The people are: truely in a transition state. The notions of old kapus, and the veneration for Chiefs is almost obliterated from their minds. Light has been so far let into the mind, as to show the opposition that the natural heart has to the solemn truths of the Gospel, and where it is not truley embraced, it is cast aside and reject­ ed. I regret that I have so little of a cheering nature to report from the Waioli Mission field. While there is no great outburst of sin, yet a general apathy pervades the Church. In the month of July, soon after my return from the yearly meeting of last year, I visited the people of K alalau in the Pali, 10 miles to the westward of the Station. It is the most western village of the Waioli Missionary Field, which is inaccessible to most foreigners, except by water. I visit that place but once in a year. It contains some 70 to 75 people, about 20 of whom are now in regular standing in the Church. Ten others, or about 1/3 of all the Church members there, have been recently enticed by their friends to the ranks of Mormonism. A few others have joined them, from L uma h a i & Haena, all of which are villages t o the westward of the Station. While a spirit of enterprise and increased industry is noticeable, especially in the vicinity of the Waioli Station, the immediate locality of Mr. Wyllie's large Sugar Plantation, christened the "Princeville Estate", there are attendent evils of a nature to overbalance the good. The manner the natives live - herded together in small and closely crowded dwellings, and the little regard that is paid to the marriage contract, is truely saddening to those who have the good of the people at heart. Were we to judge of M r . Wyl l i e 's intentions by reading his circular to the people of his lands, we might feel encouraged to hope that a change for good may be wrought. At any rate, he is �COPY - Report of Waioli Station, Kauai, for Y ear Ending June 1, 1 8 6 3. pledged to the sentiments therein expressed and I trust he will do, at least something, towards b ettering the condition of his laborers. Becoming regular laborers upon the P lantations, operates unfavorably, on the people with regard to their attending the services of the Sabbath. Many of these laborers live 4 or 5 miles from their place of labor. After the labors of the week, they return to their homes on Saturday, and instead of frequenting the House of G o d on the Sabbath, they remain at home, and rest preparatory to r e s u m l n g t h e labors of a new week. Many of the Church M embers are either regular laborers on the Plantations, or, are engaged in cultivating and cooking fond for the s a m e, which o p e r a t e s unfavorably upon our week-day m eetings. Besides the regular Sabbath exercises, and Sabbathschool, the Wed. Lecture and S a t . Ch . Meeting and Friday Female Prayer Meeting, are kept up, but the numbers of those who attend are comparatively small. I occasionally hold a meeting in the villages around on Thursday. The monthly meeting of Lunas or Elders has been kept up. This I regard, as an important meeting. It is held on the first Tuesday of each month, when the Lunas report the state of the several districts, discuss subjects of general inter­ est connected with Church discipline, & c ., and texts of Scripture are also expounded by the meeting, having been previously given out. For the better supervision of the C h . [sic] I have lately divided it into small a p a n a s , or classes, of from 10 to 15 Ch. [sic] members in each, with a Luna for each division. We have 37 divisions, and the idea is that these Lunas shall meet at the Station, once a month and report the state o f their respective divisions. The Sabbath School has been kept up, and is held before the morning service but the numbers are small. : Text books, better adapted to the Sabbath-school, are needed, & I trust will ere long be published. The adults and older children commit 7 verses in the New Testament, which are expounded at the close. The Sab, School of t h e Waioli. Eng. School, and the W aioli Select School are held in those respective school-houses , by the Teachers of those Schools. The Waioli Eng. School has numbered about 35 pupils the two last term s, but during the term just closed, quite a p o r ­ tion of the children have been sick of a fever that ha s p r e ­ vailed, and one has died from each of the 3 schools. The School-house of the Waioli Select School, w as burnt probably by an incendiary, on the evening of the 2nd of March last. By the good Providence of God, the fire occurred on a �COPY - Report of Waioli Station, K a ua i , for Year Ending June 1 , 1 8 6 3. very calm evening, otherwise the Station-houses in the imme­ diate neighborhood, would have been exposed to the devouring element. This house has been replaced by a more desirable building than the one destroyed, which is nearly completed. T h e district Schools, of w h i c h there are 7 in the field, are in a tolerable flourishing state, numbering not far from 140 pupils. One of the 7 schools is sustained by the Catholick Priest, and is the only Catholick School in the field. It is one of the smallest schools, Catholicism does not appear to be on the increase, but the efforts o f the local Priest in Koolau, are untiring and silent, and not without fruits. MORMONISM:- has met with more success of late, and chiefly among those who forsake the ordinances of the Gospel, and are willing to remain in a stupid state, even after being adm on ished of the same. The Contributions of the Waioli Church and people, have been less, the past year, than that of preceeding years, and are as follows: V iz. Waioli Missionary Society - - - $ 53.75 Monthly Concert 44.22 P astor's Salary - - - - - - 6 7 .00 Houses of Worship 150.00 Church Repair s Purposes - - - 4 0 .00 T o t a l - - - - $354.97 The resources and wealth of the Waioli Church is Quite limited. The advanced age of a majority of the present members, precludes the idea of much increase i n Ch. [sic] contributions for years to come, but rather a decrease. Nothing but a revival of religion which we greatly n eed, will bring out the benevolence of the Church. There are 4 places of worship besides that of the Station, where regular Sabbath services are held, and oeeassionally also, at two other places. These services are con­ ducted by native lunas, when the pastor is not able to be present. M ost of these are but indifferently prepared fo r teachers. We ha v e , howe v e r , in K oolau, a graduate from the Seminary, who bids fair to be a useful labourer. He now holds the office of teacher and School Superintendent, and preaches on the Sabbath. There is one other licensed preach­ er in the field, who has assisted me occasionally at the Station. The people of Koolau, hav e lately raised $150. towards �-4COPY -- R eport of Waioli Station, Kauai, for Year Ending June 1, 1 8 6 3. the erection of a new Chu rch edifice and a contract is already entered into for its construction. The numbers attending on the Sabbath services are less than in years past, many, especially the young men, are dis­ posed to stand aloff [sic] from religious instruction. I have attended the two meetings of the Kauai A cclesiastical [sic] A ssociation, since our las t Annual Meeting, which I regard as an important auxiliary in our work, and tends essen­ tially to the perpetuity & f i r m establishing of our Island Institutions. CHURCH STATISTICS Whole N o. on Profession on Certificate Past Year on Profession on Certificate Total Past Y ear Whole N o. Dismissed - — - - - - Dismissed Past Year - Total Deceased - - _ Deceased Past Year - -- - - - - - _ _ Excluded Past Year - - In Regular Standing Tot a l Children Baptized - — - - - Bap. Past Year Marriages Past Year - - - - - 777 173 18 13 31 8 21 22 421 2 75 13 2 [UNSIGNED] [Handwriting apparently that of Mr. Johnson] ( 1 8 6 3 - June, WAIOLI, Kauai Station Report.) � 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 - Kauai (and Niihau) 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 - Kauai - Waioli - 1835-1863 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863