https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/d559db6b2e4bbb92fa39644e1464aab4.pdf b4f055a29cec2418b49fefac1631c44e PDF Text Text TABLE OF CONTENTS STATION REPORTS Hana - - - - Unsigned - D.T. Conde - - - - 1839 " " D.T . Conde - - - -- - - 1840 -- -- 1841 ------- -- ------- 1842 Unsigned - D.T. Conde - - - 1843 D.T. Conde - - - - - - - - 1844 No meeting 1845 (Statistics Only) No meeting 1847 Report by Unsigned D. T. Conde— — - 1846 and E. Whittlesey -1847 Unsigned - D.T. Conde 1848 E. Whittlesey - - - - 1849 No meeting 1850 Unsigned - Whittlesey -- - 1851 - - ------- 1852 ------- ------------ -- 1853 " (Abstract Only) " " W.O. Baldwin - - - 1856 " 1857 " 1858 1859 S.E. Bishop " " - - 1862 - - 1863 �Report of Station at Hana including an account all things except sch o o l s . [1839] This report covers the space of two years, because there has b een no opportunity to report before, since our arrival at these Islands. At a meeting of the Sandwich Islands Mission in May 1837 we were designated to f orm a n e w station at Hana, on East Maui where the gospel h a d seldom b e e n preached. At the close of the meeting, therefore, we proceeded on our w a y thither, as far as Lahaina where we took up our residence, for a few months, in the house formerly occupied by R e v Mr Spaulding. During our stay there, our time was chiefly spent in studying the native language, and in labouring as opportunity offered among seamen and foreign residents [b e r ] of w h o m there was a goodly num.-/in the place most of the time we continued there. As soon as the health of our families permitted, we proceeded with all our goods to Hana, the field assigned us by the mission, where we arrived safely and in good he a l t h about the first of Jan. 1838. We were very kindly w elcomed by the people of the place and w i t h manifest indications of joy at the idea of our settling among t hem as their Teachers in holy things. The sight was affecting, and awakened with i n us not a little sympathy for their spiritual and eternal welfare. They immediately conducted us to the houses w h i c h they h a d kindly erected �1839 - 2 for our accommodation. These of course were built and furnished in native style, w i t h the exception of not being quite so good as those they generally erect for themselves. However we were glad, and we trust thankful, to find a shelter, poor as it was. The first two weeks after our arrival, were chiefly spent in fitting up our houses and in a r r a n g i n g our goods, not a long time surely to be occupied in this manner considering the many interruptions occasioned by [quarter] the multitudes that crowded around us, f rom every quater, to see the strangers, and to get, if possible, a glimpse of the wonderful things they had brought wit h them. After bestowing considerable labour and some expense [habitations] on our slender h a b i t i a t i o n s , to render t hem comfortable, we enjoyed them but a few months, w h e n god in his righteous providence, saw fit to take them from us. A fire broke out in our book house w h i c h was not discov e r e d until all efforts to extinguish it proved futile. The firery element r a g e d ( !) w i t h indiscribable rapidity, so that w i t h i n a very short time, all our houses except one, occupied by our domestics, were reduced to ashes, together w i t h considerable property to the amount perhaps of 250 or 300 dollars. About every­ thing of any value in bro Ives house was saved. This accident occured on the 21st of March 1838, near night, w h i c h rendered it still more trying, especially, to our families. But fortunately there was not far distant a �Hana report 1839 93 newly erected house and w h i c h h a d not as the n been occupied. We therefore obtained permission to take up our residence there. being, however, It quite small and open & w i t h all ( ! ) situated in a very windy place we suffered not a little b o t h for the want of sufficient room and f rom severe colds. W e soon had pleasing evi­ dence, that the people were not regardless of our circumstances, nor destitute of sympathy for our temporal comfort. They immedi­ ately proceeded to make preparations for erecting ( ! ) n e w houses for us which they completed w i thin a few months. These houses are better built and are also more convenient than the former. However all that can be said of them is, that they are mere temporary haexhibit bitations. They already e x h i b i t signs of decay and are beginning to lea k very badly. We shall not be able to live in them even another year, without considerable inconvenience and perhaps, I might say, danger of being buried beneath their ruins, for it should be recollected that the wind blows v ery powerfully in that regio n sometimes, tho, n o t very often. On our return therefore, it wi l l i t w i l l (! ) be absolutely necessary for us to proceede ( !) imme­ diately to the erecting of permanent houses. In fact considerable preparation has already b een made for this purpose. E n o u g h coral and timber, have been engaged for two dwelling houses, for in native books. and paid The greater part of these articles, a state of preperation ( !) to be used, the spot where they w ill be needed. to collect stones for the walls. are in although not gathered on Not h [ ing] as yet has bee n done There is, however, a great plenty of materials of this kind, within a half a mile of the Station, and �Hana Report 1839 4 can b e conveniently obtained by means of a yeoke ( !) of cattle. W e are happy to state, that, notwithstanding the dif f i c u l ties disadvantages, under which we have laboured, houses, such as the loss of our an imperfect knowledge of the native language &c, we have, as w e trust, through the blessing of God, bee n of some little benefit to the people in a religious point of view. We have endeavoured to labour according to the extent of our abilities. On our arrival them among the people we found them generally very ignorant, but quite accessible, and willing to receive instruction. For several months ( !) our houses were litterally crowded, every day, excepting Sabbath, w i t h persons apparently anxious to hear and understand the truth as it is i n Jesus. These opportunities, for explaining to them the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, were, of course, improved by us, as far as our imperfect qualifications would admit, and we n o w look b a c k upon these feeble efforts, with m u c h satisfaction, lieve that the Spirit of God was bot h w i t h us and the people, and b e ­ and that some impressions were made, even then, which have since resulted in tru e convertions ( !) to God. Soon after the commencement of our labours and just before the loss of our dwelling houses, the r e l i ­ gious aspect of the people became such, that it was thought advi­ sable to commence a series of religious meetings for their more a & that rapid increase in th e ( !) knowledge, ( !) the truth might have a better opportunity to affect their hearts. A c cordingly about the first of March 1838 a protracted meeting was h eld at the Station which was continued 4 or 5 days. The meeting was very fully attended, even from the mos t distant parts of our field. appeard ( !) attentive and solemn. The congregations It was, to us especially, a �Hana Report 1839 refreshing season, 5 and w e have r e ason to believe that the truth was understood by many and that not a few were much enlightened if not savingly impressed. Ag a i n during the latter part of the following July w e h e l d another meeting at the Station of 4 or 5 days continuance. Breth­ ren Andrews & Armstrong laboured during the whole of this meeting to w i t h great acceptance on the part of ( !) the people. Many we hope w i l l bless God to all eternity for having been permitted to enjoy the prayers and u n exertions interesting season. than the former. of these b r e thren at that This meeting was perhaps more fully attended The truth appeared to fall w i t h weight, u p o n the congregation, w h i c h was very large and attentive. We have comfortable evidence that many found the Saviour precious to their souls at that time. At the close of this meeting (29th of July 1838) a church was organized, consisting chiefly of members f r o m churches in differon ent parts of the Islands. Only 3 united at that time b y ( !) profession. Since that meeting there has bee n no special effort of the kind, m a d [e] at the station. The church, however, has somewhat increased since its first formation. in all, 53 males and 18 females. It n o w numbers 71 Many of them date their conversion b a c k to some time previous to the commencement of our labours among them. They h a d he a r d the gospel preached in other places, where they formerly lived or where they went to visit their friends, met w i t h a change of heart as they suppose. and They all, thus far, have afforded pleasing evidence of rea l conversion to God. How �Hana Report 1839 the chh as a body wil l compare w i t h other chh's on the Islands we kn o w not, nor should it concern us, if they only exhibit the Spirit of Christ and conform their conduct to his bl e s s e d gospel. They however appear ( !) as well as the generality of those w h ose ( !) who have at different times visited us f r o m other church es. We have had but one case of discipline in which it was n e c e s ­ sary to excind the member in question. more or less imperfection in all. It is true that we see But they manifest a very good degree of willingness to do as well as they know how. The most enlightened are as yet ignorant of many things w h i c h b e long to the Christian character. Of course if must be expected that they will at times do things which ought not to be done and leave undon(e) some, w h i c h ought to b e performed. beginning to walk alone. They are like children just They have b o t h the desire and the d e ­ termination to persevere but they are very liable to stumble and even to fall. They, therefore, need a great deal of watchfulness and instruction from those placed over them in holy things. Many them of our church/members ( !) reside in some of the most remote parts of our field. It is n o t therefore, expected that they all wi l l attend religious meeting at the Station every Sabbath but only On the first Sabbath only ( !) of every m o n t h - then they all are in the practice of coming together and usuly util ( !) after the monthly concert. ( !) do not return, On these occasions a l so ( !) they have b e e n in the practice of contributing something for the suport ( !) of boarding Schools, none in operation in different at parts of the Islands. Mats and tapas have been the principal �Hana Report 1839 articles of contribution. 7 Since the formation of the church, whh is about 8 months, there have b e e n about 22 dollars w o r t h contri­ buted. This of course is a small sum, but it should b e remembered that they are as yet v ery young and inexperienced in matters of this k i n d . But ( !) In addition to the above the people h a v e f r o m tributed the beginning considerably (! ) m u c h towards our Support. Perhaps by 4 far the greater part of our provisions have been given to us. Sometimes provisions have come in so abundantly that we were under the necessity of sending considerable quanties Station. Perhaps it should be stated here, ( !) to an other ( !) that we have never been in the practice of soliciting presents of the natives. However the importance of contributing for the support of schools has several times b e e n suggested to them. Among some, the spirit of liberality is encouraging, but they constitute only a small part of those who might do considerable in this way, if their hearts were truly on the Lords S i d e . P r o m the commencemement ( !) of our labours among the people, the gosp e l has b e e n preached from 3 to 4 times every S a b b ath and for nearly a year past, at 2 different places for nearly a year p ast - at the Station and at another place about 5 miles distant. A mee t i n g for prayer and exposition of the Scriptures has been Sustained every morning at sunrise during the week, till w i t h i n a few weeks past when it was thought proper to discontinue it for a season. Also a Wednesday afternoon lecture and a c h u r c h meeting on Satur d a y afternoon. It should likewise be added that the Sisters have for many months past met with the females once and sometimes �Hana Report 1839 8 twice a w e e k for the purpose of imparting to them religious in­ struction. All these meetings have been as well attended as perhaps we co u l d expect considering their frequency. The congregation ( !) on the Sabbath especially, has generally b e e n very large, But since the erection of than formerly. our new meeting house, it has been some w h a t s m aller rather thinner The cause is not definitely known, Perhaps the habit of staying at home during the time that we h a d no convenient house for public worship combined w i t h rather a low state of religious feeling w h h prevails at present, may be the true cause. To arrouse the people and induce them to come out to meeting, considerable has been done by w a y of visiting from house to house - conversing wit h every individual and holding meetings in the different neighbourhoods; and there is reason to believe that such visitations h a v e in many instances had the desired effect. What has th us f ar been said respects more particularly the labours performed at home, of Hana. among the people living in the district There are 3 other districts included in our field. Koolau on the n o r t h and Kipahulu and Kaupo on the south. These p l a ­ ces have been repeatedly visited, and 2 protracted meetings of from 2 to 12 days continuance, hel d in each of them. meeting(s) were attended w i t h considerable Two or 3 of these interest - people very attentive and solemn and the Spirit of God was evidently present to gi v e efficacy to the wor d spoken. We trust that the Lord has some in all those places who have really be g u n to serve him. A few items of minor importance remain to be mentioned. Namely, 2 A large class of Adults in the Ai o ka la has b e e n instructed, �Hana Report 183 9 every Sabbath during intermission. week. 9 A singing school twice a Solemnized 100 marriages and baptised 37 children whose p a r ­ ents are members of the church, of some one, of others both. Be­ fore closing this report it should be remarked that we consider our field one of great importance, inasmuch as the people are quite numerous and so situated that they cannot derive any advantage com­ paratively from even the nearest station on the same Island. They also as a body esteem it a very great privilege to enjoy the society and instructions of missionaries. Besides as far as the climate and scenery are concerned it is rather a pleasant place to live at. True, it is a v e r y considerable objection t o the place, in the minds of some, that it is so retired, parlies [p a l i s ] by water. and so surrounded by ( !) that, it is almost entirely inacessible except This viewed by itself, is indeed a very great objection, for it is natural f or us ( !) to love society and to dislike soli­ tude and perhaps there is no station so seldome ( !) visited, nor so difficult to b e visited, and none so h a r d to get away from, after arriving at it, as Hana Station. Yet there are considerations which render it b o t h a desirable and an important station and there­ fore it should b e by all means sustained, Our h e alth has probably b e e n as good as it w o u l d have been in any other place and thus far the L ord we think has sanctioned our feeble eforts ( !) and made us b o t h contented and happy and w e would ascribe to h i m all the praise and glory. [On paper c o v e r :] Hana Station Report 1839 �Report of H ana Station for the year ending May - 1840 In reviewing the past year we recognize many things c a l cula­ ted to swell our bosoms w i t h gratitude and love to the Author of all g o o d & the disposer of all Events. yea r to us of unparalled labours Although it has b e e n a (! ) and fatigue f or us, (!) yet the good hand of t h e Lord has conducted us safely and ver y happily to its close - often causing our hearts to rejoice on account of the sensible manifestations of himself to our souls. A n d w e would ever acknowledge his kindness w i t h a tribute of praise and thanks­ giving while we confess and lament our imperfections & s h o r t ­ comings in duty. ■ After spending a little more than 3 months of the first part of the year at Le-luna [Lahainaluna?] for the purpose of enjoying the and kind of (l) offices of Dr. B - but ( !) where I myself was able to do b u t little more than to assist bro Andrews, occasionally, in preaching - We were permitted to return to our heme ( !) S tation w i t h an accession to our little family, of a healthy and very quiet little daughter w h o m w e call Susan Huntington. Our B r o t h er & Sister Mr. & Mrs. V a n Duzee, w h o m the Mission stationed w i t h us at their last meeting, returned w i t h us but not to stay. After tarrying a few days to pack their goods, they went b a c k to Lahaina and shortly embarked for the Unit e d States, where, w e trust, they have b e e n permitted, i n the good Providence of God, to land ere this. What ever may be the minds of the Mission generally respecting Mr. & Mrs. V a n Duzee leaving Hana I must improve this opportunity to state that as muc h as both myself & Mrs. C desired their continua- �Hana Report 184 0 2. been w i t h us, we could n o t feel it our dut y to urge it. For the state of his m i n d was such that he could not be happy himself nor contribute ver y materially to the happiness of those connected w i t h him. It was his impression that he could do far more, the general cause of religion, in the land of his nativity, for than in these Island[s] ; and we hope that his expectations will he fully realized. The Mission in their deliberations at this m e e t i n g for the g o o d of the chhs & schools under their care, will, I trust, b ear i n mind that the Station w h h b ro V was expected [to] occupy is now vacant - And perhaps a more important station for usefulness does not exist in the Islands. I do hope therefore that some change in location may he effected, w h h shall result in the appointment, of some of our number to that interesting field of labour. It is h o p e d also that the fact of our being all ( !) alone in the midst of a population of perhaps 8000 people and In a place too, very retired and difficult of access, will aid a little, at least, to Influence this respectable b o d y to look about for some one to comfort us i n our loneliness, and to aid u s ( !) in the cultivation of so extensive a field. overlooked. Nor should the request of our people be One of the objects for w h h they have p r a y e d w it h the most earnestness and frequency during the past year has been the location of another missionary among them, to educate their child­ ren, and youth, and t o point them to the Saviour who has said " S u f ­ fer little children to come unto me and forbid t h e m n o t ." My time d u ring the past year has b e e n variously occupied, but scarcely any has b e e n devoted to reading or study. Not, however, because I have had no inclination to spend a portion of it in this �Hana Report 1840 3. way, b ut because other duties have rendered it impracticable. (It is probbly ( !) known to all that) after our r e t u r n to Hana Station ( !) we proceeded to erect a permanent dwelling house, whh T h e h o u s e ( ! ) is now nearly completed except plastering & painting. F r o m this source we have b e e n burdened w i t h no small labour and anxiety. Our reasons for engaging in this u n d e r t a k i n g , just as we did with but little or no ( !) prospect of b e i n g f urnished w i t h as­ sociates very soon, ought to be stated here, perhaps for the satis­ faction of the mission. 1st During the last Gen. Meet, it seemed quite evident to us that the Mission felt it their duty to sustain the Sta t i o n at Hana, even if some other station should h ave to b e abandoned. W e therefore thought it h i g h time that a comfortable house was commenced, in as m u c h as our grass h o u s [ e ] was very poor and could not render a family comfortable for mor e than 1 y e a r longer. 2nd The Mission at their last Meeting gave p e r m ission that two permanent houses might b e erected at the Station, and granted two appropriations to begin said houses - promising to appropriate the remainder at some future time. 3rd Wh e n we returned to our Station we found about all the lum­ ber nece s s a r y for a permanent house on the spot, it h a v i n g bee n taken brought there by bro VanDuzee. Besides all the doors & w indow sashes - door frames & window frames - floor boards and some other articles for a house bad already b e e n made. We thought therefore that it w o u l d be more economical on the whole, to b u i l d immediately than to defer to some future period, as no missionary f a mily could be expected to live there wit h o u t a cumfortable ( !) house. Such are some of the considerations whh influenced us, on �Hana Report 1840 4 our return, to proceed immediately to the erecting of a permanent dwelling house at our station. I have stated the m here for the satisfaction of the Mission; because whe n bro V- left u s advised us not to build while others were - - our building immediately. ( !) some ( !) in favour of Of course, by doing as we have, we do not f e e l ourselves under any more obligation to sustain the sta­ tion all ( !) alone, than if w e had not built at all. We hope however to be always satisfied w i t h the advise ( !) and direction on the subject of the Mission as a b o d y in relation to being alone and on all other matters w h h involve the interests of the Redeemers Kingdom. We think w e are willing to continue alone if necessary, but it would be exceedingly gratifying to us and our people to have associates for the purpose of aiding to diffuse the light of truth and salva­ tion throughout that dark region. Although secular business has necessarily consumed considera­ ble of my time during the past year, yet I have in the m e antime preached as much perhaps, of Hana, at the station, and throughout the district as I otherwise would have done. My usual exercises on the Sabbath have b e e n preaching at sunrise - superintending a Sabbath School of between 200 & 300 children, besides many adults at 9 o'clock - preaching again at 11 oclock and closing the exercises of the Sabbath in the afternoon by asking questions and l ectur­ ing on the daily food of the previous w e e k To whh exercise is also connected the discussion of some questions in t h e o l o g [y] such generally as are calculated to expose the absurd and unscriptural tenets of the R o m i s h chh. The question always havi n g been g iven �Hana Report 1840 5. out one w e e k before han d to be examined in the light of the Scriptures. By means of this latter exercise a ver y encouraging Spirit of inquiry after "what saith the Scriptures", is "beginning to "be awakened in man y of our people. Our religious exercises during the w e e k have "been, a conference meeting every morning "before sunrise, generally conducted "by myself a lecture every Wednesday afternoon at the Station, and one on Thur­ sday afternoon in some one of the school districts, ta k e n in their proper order. Also on Saturday afternoons a meeting for conversa­ tion wit h chh members and such others as m a y present themselves, on experimental religion. O n the 1st Monday of each of each ( !) likewise m o n t h there has also ( !) been a meeting for prayer and exertation. Our religious meetings have not generally been as fully attended as we could have wished. But a small part of the inhabi­ tants of the district of Hana are in the habit of attending any of our meetings on the Sabbath. They go in great multitudes to work for the King & chiefs on Paahao days, but the Sanctuary of God is never entered by the great mass on the Sabbath. However there are a goodly number who attend upon the preached word, on every convenient opportunity. On Sabbath forenoon the congregation is large and on Sacramental occasions our meeting house is very full. weeks before w e F o r some left our congregations were larger than at the beginning of the year, And the state of religion more encouraging. I have not been able to make frequent tours through the remote districts of our field during the past year, last, w h e n we h a d associates. as I did y ear before I have made but one short tour through the district of Koolau on the north t h e p a s t y e a r . ( !) �Hana Report 1840 6 It has not been convenient to visit K ipahulu & Kaup o at all. A great many however from all those remote places, have frequently attended our meetings at the Station on the Sabbath & other days. Unless we can ( !) have associates it cannot be expected that I can wi l l ( !) labour m u c h in either of those remote places. The state of r e l igion has at no time during the past yea r been so interesting as it was several times during the 1st ye a r and a half that we spent among the people. But the Lord has not left us to labour without any encouraging signs. W e think that his w o r d has b e e n in some measure blessed to the people who h a v e a t ­ tended u p o n the ordinances of his house. The desire for a knowledge of the Scriptures in the people ( !) generally is m a n i festly increas­ ing. The church as a body we trust are standing fast in the Lord. Some making more and others less improvement in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Their attendance at all our meetings of religious worship is uniform an d punctual. live in the district of Hana. I m e a n those who Those who live in the remote part of our field, have about as many meetings by themselves as we who live at the Station. On the first Sabbath of every other month the Lords supper is observed, whe n all the chh members throughout the field attend meeting at the Station. There have b e e n 2 cases of discipline during the past year in t h e c h h . ( !) One was for the great sin of the land, the other for stealing an article of small value. pended. The former was excommunicated and the latter merely s u s ­ One that stood suspended at our last g eneral meeting, has since been restored. There have bee n 80 individuals received �Hana Report 1840 7 to the fellowship of the chh during the past year, 58 by p r o f ession & 22 by letter. Of the 22 received by letter 1 was from the chh in W aimea, 7 fro m the chh [in] K ohala, 3 from the chh in Wailuku, 3 f r o m the chh at Lahaina, 4 from the church at Hido ( !) [H i l o ?], 1 from the 1st chh at Honolu l u and 3 f rom the 2nd chh at Honolulu. regular standing is 150. past year is 10. The whole number in The number of children baptised during the The number of marriages 90. The various articles contributed by church members and others in our field for the benefit of schools &c &c amount to about seventy dollars $70. In regard to schools I w o u l d r e mark that they were generally in a very low condition, during the former part of the year, b u t during the last five months they have been improving. our field are 23 in number. The schools throughout Each of these schools has a teacher. the teachers however are v e r y poorly qualified for their office. are barely sufficient to keep a kind of school in e x i s t a n c e . port t h e m s e l v e s . All They They sup­ The Government however have relieved them f r o m working on paahao [ tax] days. as usual. But the ordinary taxes they are r e q uired to pay ( !) The avarage ( !) number of schollars in each school is not known. I have not bee n able to visit the schools much during the past ( !) year but I have held a meeting expressly for the teachers and s c h o l l a r s on every other monday, in the Station meeting house. thus far b een v ery good. schools, The effect has What we very much n eed is teachers for our and perhaps the only way to get them is to go to w o r k and educate and raise them up o u r s e l v e s . To wait any longer to have them furnished by the High School or any other boarding school in the Islands would be vain. Mrs. C 's h e alth has usually been good. Besides superintend­ ing her domestic affairs She has b e e n able to hold a m e e t i n g with the �Hana Report 1840 8 native females every tuesday, besides teaching a class every Sabbath morning of 30 young girls. She has also taught a class of 20 grils ( !) taught about 2 hours every day in the week. The branches pursued ( !) in h e r c lass have [been] Arithmetic, Geography - childs book on the soul, reading and vocal music. In the latter branch par t i c u l a r l y , h er schol- ( !) lars have made very commdible ( !) proficiency. Sewing and making b o n ­ nets have also b e e n part of the exercises of her class. [ On back sheet] : Mr. Conde's Report Hana. 1840 �Report of Han a Station for the year ending May 1841 - In reviewing the incidents of the past year it becomes me first to acknowledge w i t h adoring gratitude to God the watchful care he has exercised over me and my dear family, and the many t e m ­ poral and spiritual mercies he has bestowed - upon us f r o m d ay to day'. My own health w i t h the exception of a few short seasons of illness has b een very good during the past year. C ’s and the children has not b e e n so good. That of Mrs. During the former part of the year Mrs C. was attacked by a fever which incapacitated her entirely to attend to any of her domestic concernes ( !) for several weeks - Our trials - if such they may be called - were at the time considerably aggravated by heavy rains and the poorness of our thatched habitation. Since her recovery fro m that sickness she su ffered much and long fro m ill h ealth. has s o o n c a l l e d t o pass t h r ou g h another season o f g r e a t d i s t r e s s which continued f or several m on t h s and by wh i ch she was so far reduc ed at one time that fears w e r e entertained that life could n ot be sustained untill the trying season should have passed. But God the goodness of God, however, was better than our fea r s . Through his great and u n - - — ted g ood all our lives have been preserved, A n d to h i m alone we w o u l d render all the praise. Owing to sickness in the family, and being without associates in a place far removed from all medical and friendly aid s o d essir a b le in su ch circumstances as of affliction , I have not been able to accomplish as much during the past year for the good of the multi (tu)des of souls about us as I might have done in more favourable circumstances. A great deal of my time and energies have necessarily been employed about home. Our dwelling ho u s e cost me �Hana Report 1841 many wearisome days of care and h a r d labour. 2 The w o r k was in a state of considerable progress ["advance" crossed out] at the last general meeting. The walls were up and the roof finished, but the finishing of the inside extended into the year which has just closed. w i t h difficulty that we obtained carpenters to do the work, It was and when obtained they were very deficient in many important p a r ticu­ lars. Their skill in architecture was so imperfect that they r e ­ quired my constant oversight. After labouring some months very deliberately [two words crossed out] they became homesick, presume, owing I to there ( !) being no other foreigners in the place for them to associate with. They abandoned the job and returned to Lahaina. I then undertook to finish our house myself rather than make another effort to procure new w orkmen wit h little or no probability of suc­ cess. But toiling for weeks at the work be n c h from m orning to besides attending to all the duties of the Station was not a little fatiguing to one so unaccustomed to such labour in earlier days. There was however no other alternative. I neglected my more appropriate duties In some Instances as a missionary. B ut the necessity of the case is a sufficient justification - The comfort of my family imperiously demanded it. Nor do I apprehend that the cause of religion among the people suffered materially in a (!) consequence as all appointments of importance were s c [r]upulously attend[e d ] to. Except wh e n prevented by sickness. In the construction of our house we have studied economy as far as our circumstances would permit. No more has b e e n expended upon it than a regard to comfort and durability seemed to require. The �Hana Report 1841 The dimentions ( !) are 32 feet by 28 inside. below and 2 above, one story high. Containing 4 rooms Besides, there are a kitchen and study both attached to the mai n house. good ranai 3 The house has a l s o a ( !) all round except on one side, w h i c h was thought necessary, not only for the comfort of the children, but ( !) b ut About all also to preserve the walls of the building. The w h ole ( !) of the w o r k except the w o o d w o r k and part of the plastering was performed by natives. They put up the walls as neatly and as substantially as foreign workmen wo u l d have done it. of the expense. And for less than one third But, although all the w o r k was done at a low price, the whole expense of building is far more than I anticipated. I am n o t prepared at present to tell precisely how much h a s be e n expended. However this much I have learned to my no little surprise is that besides expending all my building grants upon it I a m ( !) in debt to the Depository more than two hun d r e d dollars. If I a m re- quired to pay this debt out of our yearly stipend we shall be poor indeed and suffer the w a n t of many things necessary for our comfort. I trust, however, the Mission will be as kind to us as it always has been to its members from the beginning, ie, grant us enough to b u i l d ourselves a comfortable house over and above our yearly stipend. In this particular the doings of the past should be consi­ dered a precedent, at least until some modification of the rule has bee n formaly ( !) e s tablish[ed] by the Mission or its directors. As to morals and r e l igion among the people generally, I must confess the aspect of things at times and in some sections has been quite too unfavourable. prevailed in the church. A great deal of stupidity at times has And multitudes of all ages out of the �Han a Report 1841 have church at one time ( !) 4 during the past year turned to the foolish and he a t h e n i s h pr actic (e) of tattooing their bodies. However the rulers endeavoured to turn all their folly to some g o o d account and put the perpetrators to improving the roads. Some other vices also have prevailed among some classes not, however, w i t h impunity, excep ( !) where the g u i l t y have escaped detection. But while I refer to some of the sins w h ich have b e e n quite too notorious during the past year in all parts of our field I am permitted also to speak of some redeeming virtues. All things considered the m o r a l and religious aspect of the church and people generally has presented ( !) afforded many bright spots to comfort and cheer our souls and to assure us that our labour thus far has not been in vain. During some parts of the year the attention to religion has bee n truly gratifying. It was especially so at the commencement of the year and for several months which succeeded. On our return f r o m last glow general meeting a xxxxxxxxxxxx of affection beamed fro m every coun­ tenance, attended by such expressions of kindness on the part of all as plainly bespoke the gratitude they felt at meeting once more with their religious teachers. They appeared to have b e e n apprehensive, that we might not return again for want of associates. But they said they staid ( !) themselves u p o n the arm of God in w h o m they h a d been taught to trust, and observed several seasons of fasting any and prayer that the Lord would not leave them destitute of some ( !) one to br e a k to the m the bread of life. been returned in answer to their prayers. And they thought we h a d Nor could we avoid b e ­ lieving that there must have been considerable prayer during our absence w h e n we perceived the interesting state in w h i c h they �Hana Report 1841 appeared to be. 5 There was evidently more religious feeling among the people than w h e n we left 5 or 6 weeks previously, ( !) A n d sub­ sequent results showed that our opinion was not incorrectly formed. All our religious meetings began and continued to be w ell attended, and very great n u m b ers came from all parts of our field to listen to the preached gospel and to converse w i t h us about the concernes of their souls. (! ) We have reason to believe that the concerns which many expressed during that awakening was genuine and eventually resulted in their conversion to God. During the yea r past I have h e l d a meeting every Saturday to converse with and instruct all who professed to be anxious for their souls whether in or out of the church. who have been in Of those out of the chh the habit of attending these meetings there have been as many as 400 different individuals. attended all at the same time. These of course have not Our field consists of 4 districts and non e but the professedly anxious of a particular district have b e e n permitted to attend at the same time, except in a f e w instances These meetings have generally been interesting and I trust b e n e f i ­ cial to many. The Scripture knowledge of m a n y w h o-have ( !) has b e e n considerably improved by attending these m e e t i n g [s] . Those who we hope are passed from death unto life appear humble and penitent for their sins. Their views of Christ as the only Saviour of lost men, and of a life of holiness, as essential to salvation accord very well with the instructions of the bible. The number of hopeful converts received into the church by profession during the past year is 88. The whole number ( !) By �Han a Report 1841 letter from other churches 10. The whole number r e c e i v e d into our church from the time our church was organized w h i c h was 29th 1838 is 255. Of this number 50 have been received by letter f r o m other churches. Excommunicated the past year 3. number excommunicated f rom the b e g i n n i n g 6. year 6, Three of w h o m have been restored. The whole Suspended the past And 3 rema i n suspended. The whole number dismissed to join other churches 5. past year 3. July Die d in all 4. Died the past year 2. number in regular standing at present 237. babtised ( !) the past y ear about 40. D i s m i s s e d the The whole The number of children The whole number f rom the beginning not precisely known, about 100. 70 past year §8 couple. Married duri n g the Our church and people have been in the practice f r o m the b e g i n ­ n i n g of contributing something every year for benevolent objects besides making us various pressents in our support. ( !) wh i c h have aided us some But presents during the past year have b ee n rather few and far between. The church and people however have contributed any year before more the past year for other objects than ever . A ll their cot r abutions to $74.10. ( !) exclusive of presents to the family amount Of this sum $46.50 are cash and the remainder in kapa olana w ood &c. They ought to have done much more and it is hoped they will another year. to themselves. Our people have but little time It is surprising to see h o w they are kept on the go, labouring for the chiefs, konohikis, teachers & c . W h at time they have to themselves is so cut up into small parts that even the truly industrious can accomplish but little in the course of the year for the good of themselves or for any other object. I find �Hana Report 1841 7 it h a r d to call u p o n t h e m to contribute for benevolent object[ s] while I see that in addition to extreme poverty they are constantly oppressed by the chiefs and others. It is impossible for the m even to support their own institutions of learning and r e ligion at the rate they are now taxed. It may be thought by some this government has b e e n modified of late for the better. It is true that it has been systematized and red u c e d to something of a tangible for m by the drawing up and publishing of certain laws and that t h e code contains some things conducive to the moral a n d religious interests of the people but as far as it relates to t a x a t ion of every kind the Government is more oppressive if possible than wh e n there was no written code of laws. The burden of our people, least, has not b e e n lessened but rather increased. themselves and often express it in so many words. at They think so W h e n then will they be able to support their own institutions of learning & r e ­ ligion. I must say that since my arrival at the Islands I have not percieved ( !) all things considered the least approximation towards such an ability on the part of the common people. I never expect to see the d a y when I shall be willing to depend u p o n any of our churches here for a n entire support unless the government changes greatly f o r the better and that too very soon. B ut b u r ­ dened as our people are they are about beginning to collect m a ­ terials f o r a stone meeting house. How they w i l l succeed in the undertaking is not easy to tell, unless the Kin g a n d others afford a liberal assistance. It is desirable also that some churches that should are able will ( !) lend a h elping hand. My missionary labours at the Station have b e e n substantially the same during the past year as in years preceeding. My uniform practice has been to preach and expound scripture 3 times every Sabbath. Besides superintending a Sabbath school of about 300 �Hana Report 1841 8 schollars. My practice also ( !) has also b e e n to h o l d 3 meetings n o w a n d then during the week at the station besides preaching often ( !) in the different neighborhoods about us. except when prevented by ill health, Mrs C - has uniformly, or ( !) held a weekly meeting of the females besides instructing a class of youth and adults 30 or 40 in number on Sabbath mornings. I have twice, spent a we e k at a time from home on tours through the remote districts of our field during the past year. The meetings I h eld while performing those tours were well attended and the people seemed hung ry for the word. During the former and latter part of the year the meetings on the Sabbath have bee n very wel l attended. I am not able to tell the avarage ( !) number of attendants. The dimentions ( !) of Our are Meeting house is ( !) 50 by 135 feet. This sometimes is crowded to overflowing. entirely full. But usually, it m ay b e said, it is not to be ( !) Our practice has been to observe the Lords supper once every two months. At these seasons all the church members throughout our whole field are present unless providentially prevented. I have experienced no difficulty in getting all the church members within 8 or 10 miles of the station to attend m e e t i n g w i t h us Every Sabbath w h e n in ordinary health. Those also w h o reside in the remote districts as uniformlly ( !) assemble for religious worship on the Sabbath in the place appointed. Prayermeetings (! every morning before Sunrise have bee n regularly sustained in as many as 20 different places throughout our field during the past year. As far as I have been able to learn, all the church members b een attended together with have quite regularly attended at these meetings and at t i m e s , ( !) ages out of the chh great numbers of all cla sses have a t t ended have a l s o attended ( !) �H a n a Report 1841 9 A great many of the professors of r e l i g i o n with some others are likewise in the practice of assembling in some places twice in other places once a w e e k for the purpose of improving in reading. In some instances they take lessons in mental arithmetic and ge o g ­ raphy. Those wh o read well, n e w generally ( !) commit to m e m o r y a verse every day in the Aiokala and repeat it in the m o r n i n g m e e t ­ ings for prayer. Thus they are abundant an d quite regular in ex­ ternal duties, b ut I often fear that w i t h ( !) the great mass have m earl y ( !) the f o r m without the power of Godliness. It is there­ fore my constant aim in every discourse to teach t h e m what reli g i o n consists in - warning them to beware of hypocrisy and of trusting in outward performances merely as the only means of salvation. receiving candidates In into the church I have in all instances endeav- oured to observe the utmost care, b u t in spite of all m y vigil( !) ence I am well aware that many m a y have b e e n received who are still stranger to renewing grace, and our constant prayer is that all s u c h may fee ( !) realize their condition and repent before it shall be forever fee ( !) too late. I see more and more the importance of observing strict dicipline ( !) in the church. I often remind them of what they have solemnly coven[an ]t e d before h e a v e n and earth to do, and if any are detected in outwardly violating their vows, they are either suspended or excommunicated according to t h e nature of their offence. Our church government is as purely congregational as the circumstances of its members will admit, nor do I think, that for many years to come, any other form of government can b e safely adopted. �Hana Report 1841 Besides 10. the labours aready ( !) reported I have superintended the concerns of all the day schools throughout our field. I have repeatedly v i s i t e d and examined the schools of Han a during the past year. Those in the remote districts of Koolau, Kipa- h u l u and Kaupo I have visited and examined but once. I have however had frequent interviews w i t h the teachers, in m y study to consult the the ( !) interests of their respective schools. The number of schools in our field is n o w 29. They are all in operation and perhaps more flourishing than ever before. The whole number of children and youth in all these is 1477. 523 are able to read. beginning to read. ginning to read. schools The remainder 954 are just Hana has 11 schools 160 readers 291 just b e ­ Koolau has 8 schools 134 readers & 172 just beginning to read. Kipahulu has 4 schools 40 readers 195 just beginning to r e a d . K aupo has 6 schools 190 readers and 296 just beginning to read. There are 29 teachers and a suitable n umber of assistants. Most of the teachers however are very incompetent. Others may be said to be suitably qualified considering the small proficiency generally advan c e of the children in reading & c . As soon as the n e w school laws were promulgated the specified number of lunas were appointed for every school & their duties explained to them. Teachers w ere then sought and placed where they were n e e d ed & suitable wages promi s e d to each according to the directions given in the laws. The lunas have not succeeded in all places in obtaining lands for the teachers owing to a want of accomoda­ tion on the part of Konohikis. Where land cannot be obtained �Hana Report 1841 11 some other arrangement is contemplated for paying the teachers. As far as I could observe the school laws were adapted w i t h a good degree of cor/diality on the part of the people generally. I have perceived no opposition. I n fact All ( !) The people generally have b e e n willing to w o r k for the teachers as far as they have b e e n called u p o n to do it thus far. All the children of a suitable age w o r k of ( !) their teachers according to law. This practice hov/ever has obtained in our field f r o m the beginning of our labours among the people. If the Children do not attend school, they or their parents are fined according to law. school they are frequently And if they are very disorderly in (perhaps not in all cases) delt w i t h according to the directions given in the law. ( !) I h ear of no complaint on the part of the children or their parents that the school laws are too strict or too severe as to the p e n a l t y annexed. Since there ( !) adoption teachers have b e e n more faithful, more ( !) schollars have attended school regularly a n d thus far they hav e made v e r y commendable proficiency in their studies, All things considered. I am happy to r e mark in conclusion that we have h a d several visitors during the latter part of the past year. In the m o n t h of November we were honoured w i t h a visit from His Hawaiian Majesty, t h e K i n g o f t h e S a n d w i c h I s l a n d s w i t h whose urbanity and sociability we were very muc h gratified. in our field, He made many inquiries about the schools and the attendance of the people on religious worship on the Sabbath; also about their morals - all of w h h was calculated to convey the impression that his Majesty felt interested in the measures now in operation to inlighten ( !) and christianize his subjects. But I did not succeed in getting h i m to consent, to �Han a Report 1841 12 have the people collected in the meeting house, dress t h e m on these subjects. that he mi g ht a d ­ After spending a part of one day in our house and dining w i t h us, he, together with the few who accom­ panied him, proceeded on his w a y to Lahaina by water on canoes. later A few weeks afterwards ( !) we h a d the pleasure of a short visit f r o m b r s Clark a n d Bailey. At a W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n t h e peopl ( !) were v e r y m u c h gratified with a discourse from b r o C The next day the schools of Hana assembled in the mee t i n g house and after a slight examination listened very attentively to addresses f r o m b o t h bro B & C - W e regretted that the brethren were n o t able to spend the following Sabbath with us. Still later we enjoyed a good visit of several days f r o m Dr. Baldwin, w i t h w h h we were muc h gratified although a s ( !) as 2 individuals, ( !) none of us, were in special need, at the time, of his medical advice. He spent the Sabbath - preached to an attentive audience and afterwards assisted in administering the Lord's supper. It was a good and profitable day to us all I trust. account of all the ( !) foreign Society society ( !) we hav e had during the past year. Respectfully submitted D.T. [On bac k ] : Such is an Hana Station report R e v . D.T. Conde 1841 Conde �Hana May 2nd 1842 Dear Brethren Through the k i n d providence of our Heavenly Father, we as a family have been favoured during the past year w ith a degree of health and buoyancy of Spirit during the past year ( !) so m u c h greater than that of any preceeding year, that we esteem it not only safe but a privilege to remain at home engaged in the d e l i g h t ­ ful service of our Divine Master, while some, perhaps the greater part, of the Mission are assembled in council to deliberate u p o n general the ( !) interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom in the Islands of the ocean generally. ( !) It is however obligatory on me to report, as in former years the state of my church and people and my labours among the m during the past year. But the time alloted me for the p e r ­ formance of this duty is so very limited that I shall have to be more concise in my statements than may be desirable. In fact I have only time to present the statistics w i t h a few general, d esult­ ory remarks. The whole No. ad. to our chh on examination is 317 On certificate 42 Past year on examination 95 Past year on certificate 8 W h o l e number past y e a r Whole No dismissed to other churches D i s m i s s e d past y e a r Whole No Deceased 103 11 6 11 Deceased the past year 7 Suspended past year 7 R emain suspended 5 �Hana Report 1842 2 Excommunicated the past year 2 Whole No. excommunicated 8 Remain excommunicated 8 Whole No. in regular standing 314 Whole No. of children baptized 186 Marriages the past year 53 Owing to the peculiar circumstances of the Family we were under the necessity of b e i n g absent from our station about 4 months at the commencement of the past year, including general m e e t i n g time So long a separation from my chh & people was indeed a source of no small regret to me at the time. I have reason to think, however that our detention so long at Honolulu was very beneficial to Mrs. C's health, and that consequently we have accomplished as m u c h for the good of our people as we might have done, if we h a d returned immediately at the close of general meeting. On our r e t u r n I found the church in a commendable and prosper ous state. In v i s iting different parts of the field and inquiring into the condition of the members it was truly gratifying to per­ ceive that they were all to human appearance, with the exception of ( !) 3 or 4, standing fast i n the faith of the Gospel, dilligently using the means of grace as far as they were accessible to them. It will be seen by the statistics that we have h a d ( !) b e e n c a l l e d in a few cases to the unpleasant but important duty of church discipline. W e have bee n under the necessity of excinding but 2 the past year, one and that f o r ----- ( !) had previously b e e n suspended for attempting to deceive on (?) this condition he removed to another part of the �Hana Report 1842 3 Island altogether b e yond our influence where his conduct as reported to us seemed to require that he should be droped ( !) entirely. The other was excinded for removing f r o m our field - never giving any account of himself and forsaking the worship and ordinances of Gods house. Both originally united w i t h us by letter. who have been lasscivious suspended the past year, 4 have Of those ( !) are guilty of ( !) conduct, 1 for great and general stupidity and the remaining 2 for unchristian treatment of each other. A f ew months since there was a season of great and very general stupidity, on the part of the people. The chh also seemed to partake of the apathy though not to the same degree. meetings were poorly attended. discouraging. Our religious The prospect was in many respects A few baptised Catholicts ( !) came into different parts of our field and exerted themselves very m u c h to g ain p r o s e ­ lytes to their faith. To counteract this downward tendency and to awaken a greater attention on the part of the people to the concerns religious of the soul I h e l d m orning ( !) meetings in different parts of H a n a almost every morning during the week. This soon awakened a very general interest throughout the districts thwarting in a great measure the efforts of catholicts ( !) to propagate their religion. More recently I have held 3 protracted meetings in the remote dis­ tricts of our field. I have still one in contemplation. meetings I think have been blessed to the good of souls. the state of things is rather encouraging. All these At present Besides those who have b e e n received on examination the past year there is a large number who profess to be anxious and many of them thus far have given us reason to hope that they are Christians. �Hana Report 1842 4 The chh. and. people have not contributed, as m u c h during the past year as they did two years ago. Perhaps their cause ( !) di- ficiency in this respect may be ascribed to their Pastor's not urging the duty of liberality upon their attention as often as he did the as well preceeding year. I learn that on this subject especially the y ( !) as on all others that pertain to godliness they need "line u p o n line and precept upon precept" and I shall try to supply their need hereafter in this respect. The amount contributed the past year are is a l m o s t ( !) $77.72 of which $13.53 is cash, the rest consists chiefly in olana - some Kapa &c & c . The contributions of these 2 years past are designed to be devoted to the purchase of a Bell for our Station. Besides these cotributions ( !) Our chh & people are n o w and then occupied in gathering materials f o r a permanent house of worship. Mrs C. has b e e n uniformly engaged in the same exercises for the benefit of the people as in years preceeding - such as holding religious meetings w i t h the females instructing a large class on Sabbath mornings and teaching singing every week. I must not forget to remark that Br & Sister Rice f o r m a valuable accession to o u r station. in m a n y respects. They have afforded important aid He will doubtless report for himself. We sincerely hope that Providence will permit h i m to become connected w i t h this Mission and permanently located with us at this station. No place needs his services more. Several brethren of the Mission have visited us during the past year by whose society we felt very ( !) m u c h refreshed & bene- �Hana Report 1842 fited And it is hoped that the Brethren & Sisters too will favour us frequently with such visits. D . T . Conde [On separate cover sheet] : To Moderator of Gen. Meeting Honolulu D. R. Conde, report 1842 �Report of Hana Station for the Missionary y e a r ending May 10 1843 W h e n I reflect how many in this wide world have b e e n the victims of poverty, w h i c h have disease, pain and death, during the 12 months just terminated, it is highly suitable for me to feel and express the deepest sense of gratitude to Our Heavenly Father the Author of all good - for preserving us as a family f r o m all these and similar misfortunes and for crowning our lives w i t h lov­ ingkindness and tender mercies. of our experience. No pinching want has b e e n any part No incurable disease nor racking pai n has dis­ turbed our repose by night or our regular routine of business by day. Not one of our little number has been called away by the "grim Messenger" into the world of Spirits. Not one has even b een startled by an apprehension of his probable proximity to our doors. Health and prosperity have as a general thing b een inmates of our dwelling. It is true, however, that Mrs C - and I might also say, the children, have been more or less indisposed a few times, but so effectually were the remedies, used, blessed to the restoration of health, that now, after the lapse of so long a time, these dispensations are scarcely regarded by us as afflictive. about I have the satisfaction of having performed as ( !) as m u c h direct labour, during the past year, for the good of our chh & people as perhaps any former year of my residence among them. I have preached 3 times on the Sabbath, till within a few months since, when m y exercise in the morning, at sun rise, was discontinued, that Bro R might occupy the house w i t h his large & interesting class of all ages i n the Ai o ka la. I have also made it a practice of h o l d ­ ing f r o m 3 to 5 religious meetings during the week, besides instruct­ ing a large class of adults weekly for some time, in chh. history. �H a n a Report 1843 2 I have likewise made several tours - h o w man y does not occur to me at present, in the remote districts of our field preaching 3, 4 sermons and sometimes 5 times ( !) per day. I lament, however, that a sore toe, unfitting me for pedestrian excursions, has prevented me from visitin g those distant places as often as I h a d designed. have not been entirely neglected. But they Besides the tours w h h I have bee n able to make myself, b r o R- has spent several Sabbath(s) in those different remote districts at several ( !) times, holding forth the word of life, to the edification and spiritual benefit, no doubt, of ma n y people. Our chh. & people still continue respect for the w o r d of God. attended as usual. to manifest a very commendable Religious meetings have b e e n as fully No diminution has bee n observable in this res­ pect. True our large house of worship is not always ful ( !) on the the administration of Sabbath except on special occasions suc h as sacrament a l o c c a s i o n s ( !) the Lords Supper &c w h e n it is always considerably crowded. people live very scattering, as all know who have v isited us - and generally a great distance from the Station. This circumstance is unfavorable to a v e r y full attendance every Sabbath, in the afternoon. Our especially, The people manifest a reluctance to travelling a great distance to publick ( !) worship especially w h e n the prospects for fair weather are not good. more cultivated fields. And perhaps But I have always this is not u n c ommon in observed that when the gospel is to be proclaimed in their respective neighborhoods they exhibit a readiness to assemble in great numbers. Hence our meetings abroad have generally b e e n well attended by all classes from the oldest to the youngest. - There are morning meetings for prayer �Han a Report 1843 3 and repeating the verse in the Ai o ka la for the day, h eld in not less than 20 different places in our field. And from frequent in­ quiry respecting these exercises I learn that they have been generally well attended by chh. members and many others. In some places they have been crowded m u c h of the year. - These meetings I bel i e ve are regarded by some as of doubtful utility, and as rather m e r i t i n g dis­ approbation than encouragement. I am i n c l i n e d to the opposite opinion from watching their tendency among our people these four or five years past. They have b e e n decidedly favorable towards p e r ­ petuating a lively sense of the importance of religion in the minds of the people. Besides as t hey are conducted with us, those who attend commit to memory much scripture or other religious truth of w h h they would always perhaps remain ignorant were these exercises n o t observed. Hence it has been my practice to encourage t h e m in various ways, and endeavor to get all who are favorably s i t uated to attend them, although I do not attend regularly myself as I was in the habit of doing for two or three years at the beginning, w h e n m y circumstances were favorable. I have not the pleasure to report any powerful r e v i v a l of religion in our field during the past year. of religious feeling m a y b e considered rather low lamentable as I have witnessed it. however, At present the state , b ut n o t so In the former part of the year, the aspect of things was somewhat cheering, and we hoped that part of our field, viz. the district of Hana, where I have itinerated most - experienced a slight refreshing from on high. There was a very sensible increase of attention to divine things. Religious meetings were very fully attended and new inquirers were �Hana Report 1843 4 frequently met with, while those of longer standing seemed consider­ ably revived. Church members also appeared more awake and engaged than t h e y had been for sometime previous, in visiting f r o m house to house to converse w i t h the careless and unbelieving. I am sorry to say that no such indications have bee n observed in the other d i s ­ tricts to s how that the inhabitants have been favored w i t h the special influences of the Spirit. Accessions have been made to the chh fro m time to time, during the year, amounting, from other c h h s . any previous year. in all, to 170 by profession and 12 by letter This is a m u c h larger number than has b e e n received But it is hoped that, whatever be the results of the Judgement day, in r e l a t i o n to any of them, the blame of hasty admission will not attach itself to the Pastor or to his chh. It is m y impression that all had stood on tr i a l and were subjected to frequent examinations from 6 months to 2 and perhaps 3 years. We have endeavored to practice a strict discipline during the year as the result and 7 suspended. in the churc h of which, 5 have been excommunicated The whole number excom. & suspended f r o m the b e ­ ginning is 24, of w h om 10 have b e e n restored to chh. fellowship leaving 14 still under censure: of these only 6 continue to reside within our field; the remaining 8 have long since removed to places far beyond our influence. All but one or two of those who still reside w i t h i n our bounds, w e hope, w i l l b e restored some time h e r e ­ after. As formerly our chh & people have been testing, the past year, our Saviour's declaration that it is more blessed to give than to �Han a Report 1843 receive; 5 doubtless and they, n o d oub t , ( !) have experienced the t h ruth ( !) of it in their own hearts. The purchase of a Bell and the erection of a permanent house of worship are the chief objects to w h i c h they have b e e n directing their benevolent efforts these three years in­ cluding the past. About the middle of last year I circulated a subscription paper stating the objects for w h h their contrabutions were solicited. obtained. $10. (! ) W i t h i n a few weeks a great many subscribers were The individual subscriptions varied f rom 12 1/2 cents to Nearly all have redeemed their pledge. The sum already paid in b y the natives exclusively - mostly chh members - is - $140.73 are of this $65.56 is ( !) cash. The remainder $75.17 consists in olana [olona - a kind of fiber use d for rope, etc.] and a small quantity of kapa &e all of which may easily be converted into cash. All that has been contributed the past year, including the donations of the different members of the Mission families at the Station, amounts to $192.73. Besides these direct contributions our church & people have performed considerable labour in collecting stone, wood, coral, and in cutting timber, all for their contemplated house of worship. If Providence permit w e hope to increase our subscriptions the coming year. But I apprehend that the work of erecting a pe r m a ­ nent meeting house, at our station, will press very h eavily upon our people before it is completed, considering their extreme poverty and disadvantageous circumstances - unless their b r e t h r e n in other churches kindly step forward and aid them. I would r e m a r k in this connection, that whatever any of the Pastors m a y get their churches to contribute in aid of this object, w i l l be most greatfully ( !) �Hana Report 1843 acknowledged; 6 and certainly there Is no Society in the Islands that needs aid from abroad more than ours. The G o v t . are just beginning to aid i n the work, but what their assistance will amount to I know not. We hope to b e g i n putting u p the walls some time in the course of the coming year. We wish to expedite the w o r k as m u c h as possible. Our present house of worship, is not very inviting nor comfortable. To those w h o are acquainted wi t h the great extent of our field and the difficulty of visiting some portions of it, particularly Kaupo & Koolau it must be quite evident that we need n o t only p h y s i ­ cal but also moral aid in the cultivation of it. helpers Could not native - intelligent and energetic m e n - be obtained by the mission and appointed one to each of those districts? If the proper persons could b e procured and persuaded to locate in those places it i s p r e ­ sumed that enough might be collected annually on the g r o u n d and in other parts of the Island to render t h e m more than comfortable. The people i n those districts are numberous and need more labor performed among them than w e are able to render. of the catholic chh in bothe There are also a few members ( !) those places who are exerting anything but a salutary influence upon those in their v i c i n i t y . Nay they have already led off numbers after the Beast, a n d it may be expected that the evil will continue to augment and r a p i d l y too, If there Is no one to expose the error and hold forth the w o r d of life from Sabbath to Sabbath to enlighten the pathway to heaven. I think the good of the cause imperiously demands that something should be done immediately to sowe a n d cultivate the good seed of the word in those districts more abundantly than it has even b e e n done h e r e ­ tofore. If they are not preoccupied they will eventually become the �Han a Report 1843 7 strong holds of the adversary for the Island. They are advantageous­ ly situated for that purpose and will, doubtless, be improved by by ( !) h i m as soon as he comes really to locate himself among us. Among the greatest apparent obstacles with w h h we m e e t in raising our poor people f r o m ignorance degradation and r uin to habits of civilization and r e l i g i o n are tobacco and a w a . The use of these narcotics - filthy and disgusting in the extreme - most evidently lie at the foundation of m u c h crime. It hardens the heart stupifies the conscience and creates an aversion to public it w orship & to the society of the moral & religious; while/sinks those who practice it deeper and deeper in vice and heathenism. deleterious E v e n the influence of the kind of R o m anism wit h w h h w e are blest or rather cursed is the more dreaded from the fact that it is asso­ ciated w i t h and favours the cultimation trafic ( !) and u s e of these contraband - I mean prohibited by reason by reason ( !) conscience and the w o r d of God. Strange that "the church" as they choose to denominate themselves - are not as ready to apply the laconic and pithy saying, repeated by the Apostle "touch not taste not handle not" to these things as to many other articles & practices which are not only innocent in themselves but beneficial in their influ­ ence. Everyone in our field as far as my knowledge extends who professes to be a catholic uses either tobacco or awa or both. These however constitute a small part of those in our part of the Island who indulge in this practice. B o t h the plants in question are evidently cultivated more largely and u sed by greater numbers tha n formerly. Men are frequently seen carrying Awa in great quan­ tities fro m place to place, exposed too, to the view of all they �H a n a R eport 1843 meet. 8 Formerly they kept it concealed in leaves and w h e n questioned about the nature of their load they would call it food or something else as harmless. The use of it is also becoming more public. In­ dividuals are every now and then seen w h ose trembling motions dull w a t e r y eyes and scaly appearance alas, make it quite to(o) that they are slaves to one of the worst of practices. evident P r o m the exhibitions w ith which we meet occasionally It would seem that public opinion is not so strongly arrayed against these vices as formerly. I witness, however, no abatement in the church. Our professors of re l igion have always b e e n unanimous and d e c i d ed in their opposition to the cultivation and use of bot h of these articles. A n d as far as the morality of actions is concerned they w o u l d perhaps as soon excuse the "great sin of the land" as "puhibaka" or "inuawa” . Nor have we any w r i t t e n prohibitory law in the chh. on the subject but they have been taught f r o m the beginning to regard the use of these articles an immorality. There are other important obstacles to the rapid spread of truth and rightiousness in our field which time will not permit me to notice particularly, b u t which ar e more or less experienced by all of us being common to all places in the Islands; such as pround (! ) ignorance - deep seated depravity - a p(r)oneness to depend upon external works and a connection w i t h the visible church for accept­ ance with God &c &c. All these are constantly met wit h whenever we go and they doubtless oppose a strong barrier to the salvation of thousands. The labors of Mrs C- during the year have been v e r y similar to those of former years; such as teaching vocal music - holding a �9 Hana Report 1843 weekly meeting of the females and instructing a bible class of b e ­ tween 30 or 40 women with several young girls every Sabbath morning. All these exercises have been interesting and productive of sensible benefit to those who have attended. I would, notice here what ought to have b een recorded in a less advanced stage of my report, that the concert of prayer for the conversion of the world has been regularly and quite fully attended during the year by about all our chh and many others. These meetings are observed by us in the morning of the first Monday of each month ( !) instead of the afternoon and are always pr eceeded by the administra­ tion of the Lords Supper on the Sabbath before. This arrangement affords an opportunity for all our church members to atte n d the exercise together in our station meeting house - for the whole chh always come together on sacramental occasions and do not disperse to their several homes till sometime on the following day. I think these concerts of prayer &c have been among the most interesting and b e n e ­ f i cial exercises w h h have b e e n observed by us during the year. They have greatly tended to awaken gratitude in the church & people to their benefactors in America and also to create a spirit of liber­ ality in contributing of their substance for benevolent objects. It should also be stated that our chh have observed 3 fasts the past y e a r . Two were held previously to observances of the Lords Supper and exclusively with reference to a preparation of heart to celebrate aright the dying love of our once crucified but n o w risen Saviour. The remaining one had reference to the schools in the Islands. They were all fully attended and we think w e r e beneficial �Han a Report 1843 10 to us all. My excellent associate, bro R will report the state of the schools and his labors among them together with Mrs R ’s . But per­ mit me to stat(e) that we fondly anticipate the Mission locate them permanently with u s at Hana, and also grant them an appropriation this session sufficient to erect a convenient and comfortable house to live in. Their present is a thatched one and will hardly be habitable after the expiration of another year. I would further state that we have made some repairs on our dwelling house a few months past but which are not yet completed. 1st Our room appropriated to the reception of natives when they call for conversation medicine &c became quite leaky overhead, besides it was quite t o [o] small for some purposes for which we wished to use viz, teaching singing school & Bible class - holding female meetings and meetings for chh business &c. That we have extended some 8 or 10 feet in length and rethatched the whale roof. All that remains to be done is to put on the inside plastering on the walls a mat is to form the ceiling over head. 2 Our Kitchen. The original fireplace and oven were such great niusances whenever we attempted to kindle a f ire in them, that we were compeled ( !) to abandon them and use a stove which also smoked very much. But it failed in the cours[e] of last year leaving us in rather straitened circumstances as to cooking apparatus. We therefore had the whole chimney fireplace and oven taken down to the foundation and rebuilt them extending the kitchen a few feet beyond its original length, which by the by increased the expense but very little. The inside plastering together with the floor of the new part is all that remains to be done. We have used the fireplace �Hana Report 1843 11 and oven a few weeks and the former to our great satisfaction works admirably. The oven also proves to be good; but while being heated, it suffers some smoke to intrude into the room, to the annoisance of the cook and others. ( !) The evil, we confidently hope, m a y easily be remedied, by enlarging the flue, and running it into the chimney at a higher point. The repairs on the native room as we choose to call it were performed by 3 natives of Hana. One of the m h a d a little experience in the business, but his habits of "inuawa" &c rendered h i m by far the least skillful and efficient of the three. The repairs on the kitchen were performed b y the other two alone except what I did m y ­ self w h i c h was to build the fireplace and oven, And we think they have done the work admirably although they h a d not the least exper­ ience in the business w hen they commenced. Their wages w e r e 18 pence per day and that of their tenders 12 nearly all in trade. The greatest number of days any one mason work e d on all the repairs was 36. The expense of all the repairs thus far including the lime n o w on h a n d and wh ich will probably suffice to finish the plastering amounts to about $25 in cash. all that has been commenced. I think about $25 more w i l l complete It may thus be seen that the expense of repairing our kitchen w i l l not amount to the value of a good cook stove which w e would have had to purchase had not these repairs bee n made for our old stove long since became quite unmanageable. If therefore the m ission will be so kind as to allow me an a ppro­ priation, this year, to meet these expenses, it will be most thank- f u l [ly] received. Could I have defered ( !) these repairs till �Hana Report 1843 after the advice of the Mission had been obtained on the subject, I would have done so, but our circumstances rendered it necessary to commence them when I did. [Cover page]: Hana 1843 Statistics of the chh in Hana for the year ending May 10th 1843. Whole No. ad. to the chh on examination On certificate Past year on examination Past year on certificate Whole No. past year Whole No. Dismissed to other churches Dismissed the past year Whole number deceased 435 65 170 12 182 16 3 17 Deceased past year 6 Suspended past year 7 Remain suspended 5 Excom. past year 3 Whole No. excommunicated 11 Remain Excommunicated 10 Whole No. in regular standing Whole No. of children baptised Baptised past year Marriages the past year Contrabutions ( !) past year 452 [no figure] 118 89 $192.73 �[Hana Report] May 1844 My labors during the past year have been considerably inter­ rupted by ill health in my family. On leaving home for last Gen. Meeting I was myself attacked with fever which confined me a few weeks at Lahaina and prevented our arrival at Honolulu nei till after the close of the Session. I had then our supplies to procure in whh I could make but slow progress on account of the debilitated state in which my previous indisposition had left [me] ; And after completing my business of this kind we were detained - still long[er] for want of a vessel to convey us back to our Station. It was not therefore till the latter part of July or the first of August that my labors were resumed among the people of my charge. After the lapse of 8 or 10 weeks - during which time I labored - under great disadvantage - the entire care of our little ones devolving upon me I was again under the necessity of being absent better than 2 weeks in order to go down to Lahaina and accompany Mrs C- home who had been absent on a visit of 2 months & more to the Island of Kauai for her health. From that time - I continued to labor with mor[ e] or less interruption till the latter part of Feb. when Mrs C - became so much enfeebled, that we felt it our duty - having been previously advised by our Island Physician - to visit Wailuku & Lahaina, hoping that Society - a change of scene and medical aid, might afford es­ sential relief - nor have we been entirely disappointed - Her great depression of Spirits has in a good measure been removed by the course pursued and consequently her health is better in some respects than when we left our station. But the prospect of her ever enjoying com­ fortable health again at Hana for any length of time seems very dark to her. The experience of the past throws a gloom over the future. �Hana Report 1844 2 And if she ever returns to our lonely yet in many respects peleasant ( !) abode it will be with increased reluctance. The experiment whether she is adapted to that post, has been long and faithfully tried and without success yea (?) to the irreparable injury of her constitu­ tion - it is feared - And now it seems - although late in the day important that some more suitable place should be sought for. Ex­ perience teaches us that she needs more Society - a dryer climate and more convenient access to the services of a Physician than our station affords. As it respects myself, there is not a place or station in the Sandwich Islands which I prefer to Hana yet there may be places where I might have labored with less interruption from ill health in my family if Providence had located us in some one of them. In order to prevent as much as possible the loss of time and any considerable injury resulting to the good cause in our field from my absence - I have endeavored to keep up as much intercourse with our people as our relative circumstances and duty to my family would permit. Once I made a visit of 2 weeks among them - at another time a visit of 3 weeks - leaving my family in the care of the good friends of Wailuku while on the former, and in the care of the good friends of Lahaina while on the latter, to all of whom we feel very much indebted for their unwearied attention during our sojourn among them. It is also due to Bro Rice, my associate, to state that he kindly officiated in my place, at least, on the Sabbath, besides attending to his own appropriate duties during the first 6 weeks of our absence. Since his leaving the station which was about the first of April, at my sugestion ( !) Kaauwai of Wailuku spent some 2 or 3 weeks in our field holding forth the word of life to the people. �Hana Report 1844 3 And it is hoped that they now have the assistance of Haili another intelligent native of bro Clarks chh. I t will therefore appear that our people have been in part, at least, supplied with religious in­ struction during my absence from the station. While at home my labors have been similar to those of the year preceding. I have usually held 3 religious meetings on the Sabbath and 4 during the week, besid.es instructing a large class in vocal music. This latter department was formerly occupied by Mrs C- but owing to feeble health she has attempted little else - by way of di­ rect effort, than to meet with her bible class on Sabbath mornings and occasionally with the religious meeting of females. As our field is extrusive and the population scattering preach­ ing tours are necessary in order to bring the gospel within the reach of all. Of these I have made four the past year - holding meetings in almost every neighborhood - looking into the character & daily health of chh. members and conversing with such as might be anxious for their souls. I have also had considerable business of a secular nature on my hands - such as building a stone house and mounting our Bell upon it - gathering materials for a permanent meeting house - laying the foun dation and getting the walls under way - waiting upon the sick and dying - dealing out medicine &c &c. In short I have endeavored to keep employed in whatever it was thought would most further the good cause whether my time has been profitably spent or not the results of eternity will determine. Our church & people have been contributing, as formerly, of their substance for benevolent purposes. $200. They have subscribed about and it is confidently expected that at least $180 of this sum will be paid into the treasury - in fact nearly all was either �Hana Report 1844 paid or said to [be] ready 2 months ago. 4 They have also performed more or less labor every week on the walls of our meeting house or in furnishing materials - such as timber wood - coral - sand & stone. However the work thus far has progressed slowly on account of the peoples' not having a mind to work and make sacrifises [ !] as they ought. year. But we hope the house may be finished within the present As the church is beginning to exhibit more energy and a stronger determination to persevere (?) than formerly. The example of our two neighborning churches is having, I think, a good effect upon them. A spirit of ambition something like that which induced the Isrealites ( !) to ask for a King - though directed to a more laudable object - is being awakened in their bosoms. They have not only resolved to performe ( !) all the work, on their meeting house, for which they may be competent gratuitously. But they have likewise expressed a unanimous wish to support their Pastor and thus relieve their American friends in part from sustaining the institutions of religion among them. feeling. I have labored some to induce such a state of But considering their poverty - their great distance from market and a hundred other inconveniences of obtaining property under which they labor - it will not be practicable for them nor ought they ( !) to be asked to aid in supporting their Pastor untill the works of improvement in which they are now engaged are completed. When these are finished it is presumed that they will not suffer themselves to be surpassed by any of the neighboring churches in supporting the preached gospel within their bounds. We have received important help from abroad for 2 years past towards erecting a permanent house of worship. And I would Improve �Hana Report 1844 5 this opportunity to acknowledge publicly and with gratitude in be­ half of our people the several donations which friends have made to this object. $22.50. The church at Wailuku $100. Rev. Mr. Whitney $25. $10. and Conde $93. 1st Church of Honolulu Mr Buel $2. Mr Rice $21. Mr. Cooke By referring to our accounts I perceive that there is a balance of some $300 on hand exclusive of what is neces­ sary to pay for Our Bell and the expense of mounting it upon a good stone house. This is to he devoted to our meeting house and the deficiency made up by the people & a few friends who have already volunteered, it seems, to help us. The state of religion in our field was anything but encouraging during the former part of the year. There did not appear to be any considerable falling off from religious meetings nor much going astray of chh members from outward rules (?). But stupidity and listlessness characterised ( !) the great mass of those who are in the habit of attending on the means of grace - while a spirit of opposition - a desire for new things and an utter recklessness of character were observable on the part of the more wicked and ignorant class. Awa and tobacco were much cultivated and used to excess or carried to Lahaina and sold to multitudes either residing at or visit­ ing that place. a while. Romanists also attracted considerable attention for They organized themselves into societies in some 3 or 4 different places - built houses to meet in on the sabbath and per­ form their fooleries or rather blasphemies - such as smoking tobacco drinking awa - crossing themselves praying to the Virgin Mary &c. There are but few however of this class in our field who have received the rite of "Bapetema" only some 25 perhaps in all and these are from abroad for there never has been as yet a regular priest of that order �Hana Report 1844 In our field. 6 Some attempt was also made to revive the ancient Idolatry of the Islands. A man of Hamakua - which is included in bro Greens field - commenced a tour of our part of the Island, giv­ ing out that he had been authorized by the King to prescribe for the sick and to revive the "Pule Anana". He was listened to by some of the most ignorant and degraded for a season. But before he had time to complete his tour he was apprehended by the authorities and taken before the Governor - who It is said placed a heavy fine upon him for his wicked deception and sent him home with strict orders to keep the peace. The Impression however was entertained by some, who were sadly in love with Idolatry, that His Magesty favored their cause. They proceeded so far as to form a large company and called upon him with presents of Fowls - eggs &c hoping to be kindly received. They styled themselves the "Po e pu pule" - acting of course, as they wandered from place [to place], in a manner correspondent with the name they had assumed. How far their conduct was influenced by the examples of the King at that time it is not easy to judge. But two things are evident 1st They wished to revive the heathenish prac­ tices of their Ancestors And 2ly they hoped by feigning insanity to be exonerated from all taxation. Such was the unpromising state of things during the former part of the year. The cause no doubt must be ascribed to the native depravity and extreme obduracy of the human heart of the existance ( !) of whh we have abundant evidence among our people; but there was nothing perhaps whh contributed so much to the development of the latent evils of the human heart in the forms here complained of - �Hana Report 1844 7 as the visit of the Carysfort and the unjust proceedings of its commander - Capt. Paulette in reference to this government. The wicked and abandoned supposed - and correctly too - that they had found a friend in the English Lord who was opening a wide door for the gratification of all their violated propensities. The[y ] became bold, and for a season it was evident that their hearts were fully set in them to do evil. was comparatively short. behalf of his cause. But this openly triumphing of the wicked The Lord in his providence interfered in The restoration of the Hawaiian flag and the subsequent acknowledgement of the nation's independance by the great powers of the Earth - as the news of it was disseminated among the people - served to check them in their career of folly and madness and to restore order & tranquility. Since that church members have shown more engagedness in the subject of religion. The experience of the past affords to their minds demonstrative evidence that the Lord is watching for good over the interests of the chh in these Islands and that the gates of hell shall never prevail against it. Romanism has greatly declined for some months past. Its adherents In many places have utterly abandoned their sabbath meetings and reunited themselves with the protestant party. of late respecting the favorers of Idolatry. Nothing is heard The enemy has again retired to his secret lair, there to slumber, as we would hope, the sleep of eternal death. There has also been and Is still quite a stir among those who were formerly indifferent about the interests of their Souls. A large number - about 200 in all have professed­ ly turned to the "Pono". I hope their reformation will not prove as the morning cloud and as the early dew. �Hana Report 1844 8 It is also worthy of remark that our people are improving in externals. It is plain in regard to many that their comforts are multiplying about them. Considerable stone wall is being built enclosing small farms for cultivation. market than formerly. More produce is carried to One of our chh members has cultivated during the past year some 15 barrels of Indian corn. Others half as much & some less. The consequence is the people are beginning to be better clad. But their advancement in this respect as well as in religion is quite too gradual. Would that they could be made to quicken their pace an hundred fold in every improvement that is calculated directly or indirectly to benefit their mortal and im­ mortal part. And to this end it is desirable that their Teachers should be multiplied. Two more stations should be taken in our field immediately in case the Mission is reinforced this year. The people of Kaupo were particularly urgent that I should present their claim for a missionary. They say that they will build him a house and feed and clothe him - in short do all in their power to render him comfortable and happy. The people in Koolau have also conversed with me in the same strain. There is no doubt but that the good people in both places would afford important assistance if their pe[ti]tions should be granted. In preparing my report since I came down I perceived that my church records are missing - They have either been left at home or unfortunately lost during my last tour. to present my statistics. I am therefore unprepared I hope however to hand them in before the minutes of this meeting shall be printed. D .T . Conde �Statistics of the chh. at Hana from May 1844 to May 1846 Whole no. ad. to the chh on Exam. 539 On certificate 84 Past two years on exam. 54 Past two years on certificate 15 Whole No. past two years 69 Whole No. Dismissed to other chhs Dismissed past two years - 22 6 Whole No. deceased 54 Deceased past two years 24 Suspended past 2 years 13 Remain suspended 11 Excommunicated past 2 years 5 Whole No. excom. 40 Remain excom. 17 Whole No. in regular standing 523 Children baptised past 2 years 111 Marriages past two years 197 Donations - aside from considerable manual labor performed on the Meeting house amount to (see Report) �Hana July 16th 1847 In making this my first report of labors as a pastor I can only state things as they are now seen and mention what has been done during one year with­ out making any comparison with former years. Morals. The morals of the people have been good so far as I have been made acquainted with them. During the past year we have enjoyed the outpouring of the Spirit by which many have been led to attend to the eternal interests of their souls, some of whom have been admitted to the visible church. remain apparently unconcerned courses. Others who have doubtless been restrained in their sinful The Judge of the two Districts told me that he thought that there was a less number of criminals than in former years. The use of Potatoe Whiskey and Awa has occasioned more trouble in some parts of the field than any other form of vice. I mean so far as the law of the land is concerned. Education. ficial. The effect of the regulations in the School System has been bene­ There appears to be a desire on the part of the parents as well as the children to obtain books. have paid in full. A great many books have been sold for which many Several Globe maps have been purchased for the Schools. In examination the scholars appear very well and teachers manifest an ambition to urge on their pupils in the acquisition of knowledge. There are 10 schools in the whole field containing 491 scholars. A good number of the children attend the Sabbath schools though not as many^ go to the day schools. There were 120 copies of the Elele taken during the past year. Benevolence; There has not been much contributed at the Monthly Concert. Being unable myself to attend regularly, the people have not any one to plan for them and lead them on in their benevolent operations. At the beginning of the year it was proposed to build a stone church in Kaupo & the members came forward and pledged themselves to contribute for its erection; but a little has been paid. They have hewn the corner stones & brought them to the place for building a [A page seems to be missing here] They have not done anything towards getting the timber on account of rain & not being supplied with axes. The people in Kipahulu are erecting a new that­ ched house of worship. As my statistics are for one year only my table will be different from the others. �Hana 1847 2. Admitted the last year on examination 96 Deceased the past year 3 Suspended 5 Remain suspended 5 Whole number in regular standing 236 Children baptised past year Average congregations 49 200 E. Whittlesey [Written on the back of the last page]: E. Whittlesey's Report in answer to Circular, July 23, 1847 �Statistics of the chh[!] in Hana & Koolau May 1/46 to May 1/47 Whole No. ad[!] to the chh on examination 503 11 On certificate Past year on examination 163 Past year on certificate 1 164 Whole no. past year Dismissed the past year 3 Whole no. Deceased 31 Deceased past year 8 Under chh. censure 25 453 Whole No. in regular standing 38 Children baptised past year Dear Brethren, The above are the statistics of the church of which I am pastor. scattered over two districts - Hana & Koolau. off for Mr. W. - It is Kipahulu & Kaupo having been set The above Statistics are not so full as are usually made out by the brethren of their respective chhs. tial for the public to know. But they contain all that is essen­ They are sent to you in accordance with a printed circular which I had the honor of receiving from you some time ago. I hope I have not defered[?] attending to it too long to be incerted[!] in the report which you design to send to Boston this/ year. Yours truly D.T. Conde [Written on the other side of the page]: Messrs S.N. Castle & E.O. Hall Honolulu Oahu [Writteon on the other side of the page, sideways]: D.T. Conde Aug. 12, 1847 �[Hana, 1848] [D.T. Conde] The establishment of a missionary station in the district of Hana on East Maui was assigned to us at the general meeting of May 1837. On the 8th of Jan following we landed on the ground took up our abode in a thatched house and the next day I preached my first sermon in hawaiian to a numerous & apparently interested assembly. We have therefore occupied our present post some ten years & more. During this time we have had no less than four different associates besides living alone at different times from a few months to two years. Although we have suffered not a little as a family on ac­ count of sickness general debility and great depression of spirits induced chiefly by our isolated position - the want of congenial society & the extreme humidity of the climate - still we recur with gratitude to the many distinguished favors whh we have received at the hand of our Heavenly Father in the progress of each successive year. In fact when we consider our desserts in connection with the actual dispensations of Gods providence we are constrained to say that goodness and mercy have followed us at every step - that our lines have fallen to us in pleasant places and that we have al­ ways had a goodly heritage. Our bread & water have been sure. We have never lacked raiment nor a comfortable habitation to shelter us from the scorching sun or the driving storm. In short a kind and liberal hand has constantly administered to our every want. In our labors we have been encouraged by tokens of the divine presence & special cooperation prospering the work of our hands; And In sea­ sons of bodily indisposition and perplexing trials we have felt comforted & cheered by the assurance that all earthly afflictions will ultimately contribute to the benefit of those who commit them­ selves to the direction and disposal of Him who ruleth all things �Hana 1848 2 for his own glory. My missionary labors during the two years whh has elapsed since my last report have been similar to those of former years. They have consisted chiefly in preaching the gospel - administering the sacrament - conducting prayer - meetings - directing inquirers visiting from house to house & conversing with the inmates - teaching the youth to sing hymns of praise to God their creator and in super­ intending Sabbath Schools. Some of these labors have been uniformly attended to on the Sabbath and the rest on w eek days. My Sabbath exersises ( !) have usually been a school for children and youth at 9 A.M. Preaching at 11 A.M. followed by a School in the Ai o ka la for all classes and at 3 P.M. another meeting chiefly devoted to the exposition of the N . Testament by course. bors of the day. This terminates the la­ The exercises during the week are the monthly concert observed on the first Monday of each month. Wednesday afternoon at the station. ture in some other part of the field. A lecture on On Friday P.M. another lec­ A singing school on Thursday and on Saturday a meeting for inquirers followe d at 4 P.M. by an assembly of the chh & others for prayer & religious instruction pre­ paratory to the Sabbath. The Lords Supper is observed 3 times a year at the station and usually the same number of times at an outpost in the district of Koolau. Kipahulu & Kaupo were severed from my field 2 years ago by the Hawaiian Association & transferred to M r. Whittlesey. These districts have therefor e been under his special and exclusive care during the past two years. Owing to ill health in the family and to frequent & long continued rains (an obstacle never so common as during �Hana 1848 the time under review) 3 I have not been able to make as many tours as I have wished nor so many as I used to formerly. The importance of itinerating among the people of my charge for preaching & religious conversation from house to house is fully appreciated. The awaken­ ing and salutary effect of this kind of missionary labor has often been observed and I have always deemed it my duty & privilege to perform as much of it every year as weather - health & the more paramount duties at home usually permit. Aside from my regular missionary labors there have always been a great amount of secular business to be attended to at our station. My labors of this kind have never been more arduous than during the past two years. The superintendance of the work & work men on our meeting house which has been In building for a number of years past has pressed with unusual weight on my shoulders. With­ out enumerating the various kinds of business of this nature which have received my attention I would say that there is scarcely anything comprisable within the whole circle of the mechanical arts but what I have been obliged to do with my own hands. Nor have I regreted ( !) the necessity of engaging in labors of this kind although fatiguing & perplexing for the time being as they all have more or less con­ nection with the furtherance of civilization and religion. The example thus furnished to the people is calculated to awaken their ingenuity and to prompt them to acts of laudable enterprise. At our last meeting in this place I had the pleasure of ann­ ouncing the existence of a religious awakening in my field which resulted In a large accession to our numbers. Some months after �Hana 1848 4 our return home this awakening entirely subsided. Since that date the there has been nothing of/kind discoverable in our midst. On the contrary great stupidity together, with a criminal inattention to the duties of religion have generally characterised quite too many of our chh members. Some on whose christian character we used to reflect with pleasure and approbation have in a measure disappointed our expectations & presented evidence that the genuineness of their con­ version to God is at least doubtful. Others have entirely gone out from among us and returned to some if not all their former sinful indulgences like the dog to his own vomit and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. In a word so imperfect has been the Christian character exhibited by the chh generally that it has been difficult to avoid the suspicion that far the greater part have merely the form of religion without the power - that they have only a name to life while their souls are dead in trespasses & sins. However no conviction to this effect has ever become settled in my mind notwithstanding all that I know from heresay and actual obser­ vation derogatory to the profession of piety made by so great a number in the respective fields of labor in these Islands. promises of God are sure. The Says the Apostle ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Hence where the good seed is so assidu­ ously and unsparingly sown as in these Islands and so often & so copiously watered from on high & so signally guarded by the Master of the vineyard it cannot be but that some nay many seeds have sprung up & are now growing & will finally produce as much fruit to the - praise of God. Yes there are doubtless many in all our churches that now occupy although it may be an humble place in the �Hana 1848 5 Saviours Spiritual Kingdom and that will finally be transfered ( !) to his blissful presence in heaven. In this their preparatory state little else but dross and imperfection may be discovered by our limited powers of perception but who knows but there liesxxx concealed within this rubbish (if so it may be called) the pure metal whh when divested of its doubtful exterior will shine as brightly to all eternity as the souls of Payson Newton and many others of whose piety when living none doubted. If the state of religion in my field is lower than that of some other places may it not be accounted for in part at least from the fact that our people have more to contend with on one hand and on the other more to render them remiss in spiritual things than exists else where. It is known that for some years past I have been trying to erect a large stone meeting house by the voluntary efforts of our chh members. During the two years whh have now elapsed they have been strongly urged by their Pastor t o press forward with the work to a speedy completion, Which however has not yet been realized. Hence aside from the ordinary tempta­ tions to declin[a]tion in religion our chh members being poor & bur­ dened with heavy money & labor taxes for the support of government & schools have had not only their natural avertion ( !) to personal ef­ fort in behalf of our house of worship to overcome but also the distracting and secularizing effect of this & all their other bur­ dens. All these things combined have served powerfully to dampen their zeal in the Lords Spiritual Service. Some have doubtless willfully deviated from the path of Christian rectitude to order to subject themselves to chh discipline and by that means escape the duty of aiding in this work of benevolence. Many also that were formerly candidates for chh membership have retired into the back �Hana 1848 6 ground & ceased expressing any desire for salvation lest by entering the chh they too should he required to labor & contribute of their substance for the promotion of this object. The labors & sacrifices necessary to erect & complete a meeting house however great cannot considered of course have any tendency in themselves/- like that of the practice of known sin - to harden and unfit the heart for the reception of truth and the cultivation of piety but as long as there exists any remaining depravity in professors of religion they will make such things to a greater or less extent the occasion of neglecting the exercise of watchfulness & prayer. This fact the most enlightened Christians know from personal experience. And if it be true with regard to the wisest & best informed how much more so with regard to the most Ignorant & undisciplined. And if the former are in the least excusable for declention ( !) in in ( !) religion from such causes how much more the latter. These things however should not be thus. They are discouraging to the missionary & to the patrons may of the missionary cause as far as su ch things ( !) receive publicity. The only way for me to reconcile these sad imperfections in indivi­ duals and even Whole chhs with the supposition that they may neverthe-less be christians is to view them as mere babes in Christ who altho feeble in religious principle will finally be reared up thro the abounding mercy of God and made meet for an inheritance on high. It is not like God to bruise the broken reed or quench the smoking flax. Although I have felt constrained to dwell a little on the dark side of the picture in order to develop the true state of the case still I shall not be just were I to withhold commendation where it is due. With regard to the mass of our chh members better things �7 may be said. They have stood firm. They have not only been regu- lar in their attendance on all the duties & exercises required of them but they have uniformly manifested a heart felt delight in the observance of them. Many have labored faithfully and contri­ buted to the extent of their ability for the .erection of otm house of worship. They also exhibit a becoming concern for those of their number who by their indifference dishonor the profession of reli­ gion and also for those who are out of the pale of the chh. They actually mourn & are sad that their fellow creatures about them are in such numbers & with so much heedlessness pressing their way down to perdition. Our chh & people have during the two past years contributed about 110$ ( !) in cash and 15$ ( !) in kapa & c besides performing considerable manual labor for benevolent purposes. meeting house was nearly inclosed when we left home. Our There is also on the ground lumber & coral sufficient to complete the house or nearly so. But we have expended all the funds contributed by the chh & many other friends in the Island and are now in debt to the amount of 130$ ( !). The state of morals in my field generally is I have reason to think in advance of what I have known it to be in former years. Good order and general obedience to the laws of the land is every where observable. so much cultivated in some parts of Hana & Koolau three & four years since is not used now but to a limited extent - nor can it be while the present law exists - still the inquiry arising from this source has not entirely ceased - Many will manage to use it secretly until the cultivation thereof is entirely prohibited by law. I[n]dustry is evidently on the advance among �Hana 1848 all classes. 8 Much more work is done than formerly. the comforts of the people gradually increase. part are generally well clad. Consequently By far the greater Some few are even acquiring property. The disposition however whh they sometimes make of it is far from being wise. Many exhibit an eagerness for horses and gay apparel which if directed to the building of good houses and the enlargement & better cultivation of their farms would result in great benefit to themselves and their children. Formerly the people - many of them - raised corn beans & various other articles for market in exchange for which they received cloth & some money. At that time there was an increase of of ( !) cultivation on their owm lands. But since Foreigners have come in and begun the growing of sugar cane corn, beans & coffee the people have droped ( !) their own plantations and are now laboring for these new comers ( !) at the rate of 1 yd of poor cotton cloth per day. It is manifest that by so doing they labor much harder & for a much less compensation than when they applied themselves to the cultivation of their own lands. It is therefore my opinion that the settlement of foreigners in our place is no particular benefit to the native population in a pecuniary point of view. W ere the natives to confine themselves to their own farms and raise such things as the market demands I apprehend that it would be much to their advantage. Most certain­ ly it would be better for their morals which are beginning to suffer from the influence of foreigners. I fear there is no higher des­ tiny for the great mass of the Hawaiians than that of servants or hirelings to whites that come here to seek pleasure & pecuniary profit. Foreigners will be favored by the chiefs & principal land �Hana 1848 9 owners as they possess the ability to buy or lease land. They also are supposed to have the enterprise that will contribute to the support of government. The natives on the other hand will be slighted - crowded off from all the most desirable lands and compeled ( !) to locate in remote and unproductive places. This will occasion discouragement and sink them still deeper in all the common vices of the country by whh their extinction will be rendered the more sure & rapid. Such may by ( !) the final result of the state of things now in progress however much it may be depricated & guarded against by the friends of the Hawaiian nation. But if such is the will of Him - who ruleth all events for his own glory it should be cordially acquiesced in. The people who are destined to succeed may for aught we know be better calculated to perform a part in the great work whatever it may be that God has yet to accomplish on this earth than these Haw aiians. are nevertheless precious. Their souls And what is done for their salvation must be done soon. The schools in my field are 16 in number. The children & youth connected with these schools respectively range from 20 to 115 - Total 650 - About all these schools have been in constant operation with the exception of the ordinary vacations. In some of the schools the children are taught but half of the day - the other part being devoted to manual labor in whh the Teacher unites with the Scholars. among themselves. The avails of their labor are equally divided This arrangement is doubtless praiseworthy as it tends to promote industry as well as intelligence. The schools have been statedly examined and a grand school celebration has been �Hana 1848 10 observed the past year in two different places at whh all the children & youth subscribe the temperance pledge discarding the use of everything that intoxicates. It is not supposed that all who took this step have maintained the pledge inviolate altho there are no facts to the contrary - Still the proceeding was calculated to awaken public opinion against the use of awa tobacco & all that inebriates whh may continue indefinitely to exert a salutary influ­ ence. The schools in my field altho as prosperous as at any former time labor under many disadvantages. The teachers in general are deficient in knowledge and government. There are only 2 of the 16 that received their education in the Mission Seminary. rest were educated in common schools. All the These however perform the office of instructor with as much credit to themselves & profit to their pupils as the former. But there is great room for Improve­ ment with respect to all of them. supplied with the necessary books. The children are also poorly Altho a competent supply for all the schools is constantly kept on hand and at a very low price still their appreciation of such things is as yet so Imperfect that Parents are unwilling to make any sacrifise ( !) to furnish their children with them. A great many seem to think more of gratifying their appetities with a quantity of Poi & fish than they do of procuring the means of storing their own & their childrens minds with useful knowledge. How to remedy this defect from which the children & youth in our schools suffer so much is an important question equal if not paramount to that whh relates to the equitable support of teachers & for whh government professes to make ample provision. For the Mission to furnish the necessary amount of books �Hana 1848 1 gratuitously or even at a price very much below the actual cost would require an expenditure that would not meet the approbation of its Patrons at home considering the present stage of operations in these Islands. It is high time for this nation to assume the support of education in all respects. Besides to give the people that which they ought to purchase & for whh they are abundantly competent will tend to make them indolent - ungreatful ( !) and troublesome - it would serve to perpetuate the nation in a state of imbecility and childhood than which nothing can be more impol­ itic. They should be urged forward to assume the strength and responsibilities of manhood. It would [be] better to have the people destitute of books for a season than to supply them without pay for by so doing the intrinsic value of a book might soon be felt by all classes and this would lead to proper efforts on their part to purchase all such things at the reasonable price for whh they are offered. Romanism in my field cannot be said to be advancing. On the contrary It has sensibly declined during the past two years. Such at least is the opinion of those who have considerable opportunity to know the condition of that Sect. in all where meetings are sustained. They have some 3 or 4 places The attendance however is small I am told except where the foreign priest officiates and even there the congregation does not exceed perhaps 150. Those who attend their meetings are to a man of the lowest class whose morals are anything but good. Some of the most corrupting vices are said to be winked at and even encouraged by their Priest who manages to keep all the Kai k o 's [policemen] in his little community under his �Hana 1848 influence. 12 In this w ay his people practice many kind of wickedness with impunity as I am informed. It is well known that many of that order attend our meetings as much as they do their own and some others not a few have forsaken them entirely and returned to us. Some of their schools during the time under review have become extinct and the children have returned to ours. Their Teachers are far more inefficient than the p [r] otestant teachers. scholars have no Books except what they purchase of us. Their This they have been allowed to do by their Priest of late more than formerly. He doubtless finds that it is the only way to retain the children which remain in their connection. containing about 200 schollars. They have some 7 or 8 schools ( !) Statistics of the chh of Hana & Koolau Whole no. received on profession 580 Re'd the past 2 years 203 Whole No rec'd on certificate Recd on certificate past 2 years 23 4 Whole No. suspended 72 Suspended past 2 years 34 Whole No deceased 48 Whole No. restored 35 Remain suspended 37 Whole No. Dismissed to other chhs. 15 Whole No in regular standing4 3 0 Whole No of childn baptised Baptism past 2 years 211 80 �Hana Mar. 22, 1849 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; & that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun, at least so far as I have seen the past year. If the call is made "Watchman, what of the night” I cannot say that the day breaketh; but rather that darkness covereth the land and thick darkness the people. If I were to enter into the min­ utiae of my labor and speak of each effort made to benefit the flock over which I have been placed as overseer or were I to por[been] tray all the obstacles which have/found in our way, there might not be seen on the one hand any thing worthy of imitation or on the other any thing to excite joy for your escape from the same. Labors. At the beginning of the year when it was known that there was a new porter at the door of the fold there was a weekly gather­ ing of those who sought admission to the church. I met with them on Wednesdays in the afternoon until the sickness dispersed them. We endeavored to excite more interest in the Bible by having the older part of the church, and others who wished it, attend the Sab. School. For a while our meeting house was well filled with children and several classes of adults both male & female. We used the Ai o ka la for 1847 for those who could read, while the little child­ ren were taught from the Haaw ina Kamalii. Mrs. W & myself have attended the school from the beginning for the sake of example as well as to assist. There was quite an interest manifest in those who attended. As the �Hana 1849 Whittlesey 2 natives have no habits of punctuality we were troubled by tardiness of the teachers. the scholars. They were more frequently absent or tardy than After the public services in the afternoon I had a class of adult males in B r . Alexander’s book of Theology and Mrs W . at the same time had a Bible class with the females. Mrs. W . has continued the Tues. female prayer meet. established by Mrs. Conde. I attended a weekly meeting on Friday in some of [the] school houses about us. The Mon. Concert was observed in the afternoon at which time by the aid of the Missionary map I endeavored to instruct the people regarding the condition of other parts of the heathen world. The attendance at the concert has not been very large, at any time & since the sickness, owing to rainy weather and in one case to my absence it has not [been] so well attended. Benevolence. The contributions during the past year united with what has been received for marriages amount to about $55,00 ( !) These contributions are applied to pay the debt of the church which amounts to more than $70,00 ( !). Although this is placed under the head of Benevolence I would say that the people do not manifest & spirit of X X X X X X benevolence if they are to be judged by their willingness to labor that the church may be completed. advanced some. However the work has They burned one pit of lime in Oct. and gathered a quantity of timber for furling but to be consistent the timber was as crooked as they were and only about 1/3 of it could be used. �Hana 1849 - Whittlesey 3 The sickness left them so feeble that they have done nothing at collecting timber since Oct. The carpenter who framed the roof put in the windows and the doors as soon as the requisite trimmings could could ( !) be procured from the Depository after we discovered what was lacking. Being the only carpenter whom we could employ and having work of his own besides some for foreigners to perform he was unable to w ork constantly on the church. In Dec. when he had hewed the furring that was suitable and with my aid had lathed one space he hired out to Mr. Fixsen by the year on account of some rumors which he heard whereby he thought we had tried to injure him. When I explained the matter to him he told me he would not have left us if he had not heard those slanders. So we are destitute of a carpenter once more. Two natives have since put up the furring that was on hand & covered it with lath. The lime is at present being used in plastering over the walls. Schools. These have during the past year been quite feeble on account of the teachers not getting their pay as they wished it. The wages are low; but from the unfaithfulness of the Govt taxgatherers ( !) they are hard to be collected. Several new school houses are needed which will soon be built if the people are strong enough to do the labor. Statistics On Exam. past year Whole No. on Exam 28 P. Schools 16 C . — [no figure] 953 Scholars 464 — Children baptized p.y [no fig .] 626 Whole N o. Bap. Dismissed past year 276 2 Marriages past year 78 �Hana 1849 " whole No. 58 Whole No 98 Excluded past year 10 " w hole No. remaining 51 In regular standing Pop 5587 4 20 Deceased past year " - Whittlesey 566 Deaths Births 450 97 A select school has recently been commenced at the station under the care of the school Superintendent. at present. There are about 30 scholars The Bible Catechism, Geography, Arithmetic Hulikanaka & Singing are branches taught. [Moral Philosophy] E.Whittlesey �[Whittlesey] Hana May 6, 1851 In making another Report, I find nothing new, wonderful or alarming to embody in it. The Lord has been mercifu l and gracious to us as a family & as a people, merciful in sparing our lives, and gracious in the gifts of His providence. Neither the moan of famine nor the wail of bereaved sorrow has been heard in our borders. Our own health has not been very (?) vigorous attributable I think partly to a lack of variety in our diet, and partly to the climate. In Jan. of last year I suffered from some affection of my head arising, I think from exposure to the sun, which would nearly deprive me of consciousness at times. It commenced in the morning as I was arising from the bed by dizziness which was so severe that I could not distinguish objects in the room. For two days I was confined to the bed as the least motion would bring on the vertigo. It gradually abated; but for about three months I could not look upwards without a return of the dizziness. Notwithstandiag our feebleness of body the Lord has prolonged our lives in His service. State of the people. In regard to some things I say there is prog­ ress, while in regard to many other points the advance is not so apparent. The small number of those who read the Elele shows that the desire for knowledge is not increasing. Intemperance which abound to a great extent in some parts of the year, indicates that their hearts are fully set in them to �2. Hana - Whittlesey do evil” . East Maui is still a dark place. 1851 Foreigners who have lived in other parts of the Islands give the people there the name of being different from other natives, that they are meaner in their dealings, and more indolent in their habits. Still many are furnishing themselves with more and better clothing and in other ways increasing the comforts of their homes. The number of those who own cattle, horses and donkies is increasing. Previously to the last anniversary of the Restoration our school Superintendent made a law that the teachers & parents should provide themselves with certain articles of househole furniture, such as tables, plates, knives & forks. At the feast there was such a- display of those articles as was very creditable to the industry & enterprise of the people. It looks more like civilization being forced into them than like their imbibing it naturally. The number of foreigners is increasing in our neighborhood. Two young men from California during the year past have ap­ plied for land at Honomaile and commenced a sugar cane plantation which is the third in that end of the island. These plantations give proof of something either that the people are possessed of a competence and need not labor for others, or that they are so lazy, that they will not work. Each establish­ ment would employ more hands but they are not to be had. Schools. In regard to these there is not the advance which encourages �Hana 1851 - Whittlesey us. 3 The parents feel but little interest to have their children instructed and the teachers know that other employments are as easy and more profitable. ficient. These combine to render the schools inef­ Some of the scholars have labored with their teachers and realized a profit in cash from their industry; but the amount of the avails I am not able to state. The children buy more of their books than they did formerly, and we give fewer books yet I believe the schools are well supplied. It would be well if each teacher w ere obliged to spend a part of his time in the field with his pupils since the habits thus formed would be good capital for the nation were the children to spend even less time in the use of their books. For the want of funds the schools were suppended entirely during the first quarter of this year. They are taught now but three days in each week for the same reason. The Catholics increase the number of schools under the shadow of the Law which authorizes a school to be established wherever 15 Scholars can be obtained. They divide a school which one teacher might manage move a part to some place agreeable to native indolence so as to shorten the distance and commence opera­ tions even if only 8 or 10 children are present. The distance being no objection other children are soon found to complete the requisite number. When arrived at this state the Superintendent is applied to for a teacher's certificate. However stupid the teacher may be naturally he is as competent to teach the little children wh. compose the schools as those who have passed their term of study at Lahainaluna and therefore he must be paid the same wages. �Hana 1851 - Whittlesey 4 This increase of teachers renders the funds inadequate to the constant support of the schools. The following table shows the relative strength of the schools. Protestant Catholic Teachers " 41 Scholars 23 " 872 528 Readers " 476 234 State of Religion. There is a great stupidity on this subject. The people seem to be left without the influences of the Spirit to live as the flesh desireth "and for this cause many are weak, and sickly, and many sleep;" so that many of the visible church absent themselves from the week day meetings. Several members of the church have been suspended for intemperance. The prayer meetings are but poorly attended. The contributions of the church for the support of the pastor since our last meeting amounts to $221.75. The labor on the church is going on more vigorously at present so that there is a prospect of its being completed in a short time. At the time of the Kona a year ago in Dec. the roof was in­ jured to some extent and greatly endangered. The Catholics are active in proselyting, though I have not heard of any of the church going after them. The plain gospel truth seems to be no match for their intri­ gues when allied with the ignorance of the heathen. There is great need of more labor in my field than one man can perform and considering that I am not very vigorous I am con­ strained to ask for another laborer to be located at Kipahulu. would not ask for an associate merely. I �Hana 1851 Whittlesey Statistics. Received past year on examination Whole No. " " " " [no figure] 63 5 from other churches dismissed to " 52 46 Died past year 15 Excluded " 27 Remaining " " [exluded] In regular standing 104 484 Baptized past year 3 W h ole No. baptized 282 Marriages 58 �[Hana Report 1852 - Whittlesey] Hana A p . 1852 The past year has been a year of mercy & goodness to us as a family and of grace & judgment to the people. We experienced some benefit to our health from the visit we made on Hawaii at the close of our last meeting. My own health has been better since that visit than it was the year previous, but Mrs. W. does not see much improvement in her strength though the visit has served to relieve the monotony of solitude by its pleasant recol­ lections . On our return to Hana in Aug. we found that the people had stopped the work planned for them or rather had not commenced it and had given themselves to prayer. Such was their report. The meetings on the Sabbaths were fully attended by eager attentive ( !) listeners, and the members of the church seemed watchful and prayerfully anxious. The meetings for those who desired instruction in the inter­ ests of their souls and the nature of Christ's Kingdom were very interesting. Previous to our observance of the Lord's Supper in Oct. a series of meetings was held during three days when there was a sermon in the forenoon & prayer meetings in the afternoon held in different places in the district. Some of the church members in Koolau have been admitted to the ranks of the Mormons. Thinking that their ignorance had proved their snare I expostulated with those who did not hide from me showing them their error, and waited for them to return. But one or two returned & the others were separated from us. There have been 19 cases of discipline during the year. �(Hana - 1852 - Whittlesey) 2 Since 1848 there have been 74 cases of church discipline of wh. 34 were for the use of fermented potatoe. Wishing success to all measures of reform which those high in rank & possessed of acknowledged talent are inclined to pro­ pose I regret that facts no more encouraging can be found within my reach. For if in the number of professors of religion Intemperance with all the present barriers (?) of law & public sentiment against it finds so many victims what would be the condition of the people were all restrains removed? Either no law is better for the suppression of vice than stringent laws or else the advocates for stills & a reduction of duty on liquors are wrong. No report on schools as they have been inactive for the most of the year for a want of funds to pay teachers. I said that the past year had been one of judgment to the people. A severe drought prevailed in this region from April till Sept. in consequence of which the Kalo crop was rendered unfit for use. The potatoes were destroyed by a worm in the root. I have often heard the cry of famine there but never before really saw the people destitute of food. Money has been very scarce among them so much so that some have used the Castor oil berry for light because they could not buy oil. When asked to contribute for the Mon. Concert many who would have given said they had no money. Only $95.50 have been contributed for the support of the Gospel. An Auxiliary Missy Society has been formed but has done very �(Hana 1852 - Whittlesey) 3 little in raising funds aside from the fee of membership. Those who were appointed to collect funds did not seem to know that any thing devolved on them, and when asked why nothing had been done said they were mere children and altogether ignorant. Statistics. Received past year on profession Whole No. " Suspended past year Restored " " Received by letter In regular Standing Marriages " 58 693 19 9 3 527 50 �[1856] Hana - Station Report [W.O. Baldwin] At the meeting of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association held May 1855, it was voted that Mr. & Mrs. Wm. O . Baldwin be located at Hana, East Maui, and they in accordance with this vote sailed for Hana at the earliest practicable opportunity, where they arrived [1855?] June 20th 1856, and received a most cordial greeting from the native brethren who assembled to [give] their aloha to their new teachers. Mr. & Mrs. B remained at Hana until about the first of Sep­ tember when Mrs. B's circumstances rendered it necessary that she should be placed within the reach of Medical Aid. They accordingly repaired to Lahaina where board and lodging were secured at the House of Rev. S.E. Bishop, when Mr. Baldwin returned to Hana to superintend the repairs then in progress on the mission house; where he remained until October 4th or about one week too long; for on that day a messenger arrived from Lahaina informing him that his presence was indispensable at Lahaina. He accordingly repaired thither as speedily as possible where he found Mrs. Bal­ dwin and her infant son comfortable but in need of constant atten­ tion. At the end of six weeks they set out on their return to Hana, but were compelled by the rough weather and the consequent intense sufferings of Mrs. B. to stop at Kawaihae and finally to return to Lahaina; where under the kind care of her former physician Dr. Dow, she soon recovered sufficient strength to start again for Hana. This last trip was made with comparatively but little suffering. Soon after their arrival at Hana Mrs. B. reopened her English school �[ l856] Hana - Wm. O . Baldwin which had been commenced the July previous. 2 This school has 50 pupils and appears to be doing very finely. Mr. B's labors have been somewhat promiscuous, such as re­ pairing house building cistern, learning the Hawaiian language (which by the way he has not acquired perfectly yet,) and in preparations for the pulpit, which demand much time and some pa­ tience. Mr. Baldwin is hardly yet recovered from the effects of a fall with his horse; and he feels that he has especial reason to thank God that his life is spared. This accident compelled him to relinquish all effort of body or mind for about three weeks and then to labor with great caution. right shoulder & ankle. His injuries were in his head, He does not fear that any permanent in­ jury has been received. During the past year the mission house has been new ( !) shing­ led and otherwise extensively repaired though not yet complete. The roof also of the meeting house has been entirely reconst­ ructed. New timber has been purchased for all places where it was needed so that the frame is good as new. It is at present thatched but it is designed to shingle it as soon as practicable. The church has paid in money for timber and carpenter work $669.50 besides doing the entire thatching and carrying a large portion of the timber from the beach to the house on their backs. When the appeal for aid to send a vessel with supplies to Fatuhiva reached them their pockets were almost empty but, said they, we must do something; and by carefully searching they found h apahas, kapawalus, & kapaumis (quarters, 12 1/2 cent pieces, & dimes] �Hana - Wm. O . Baldwin 3 (1856) to the amount of $25.00 which they cheerfully devote[d] to that object. As soon as Mr. B. had acquired a sufficient knowledge of the Hawaiian language to render such a work practicable he began to inquire into the records of the church, which were found to be in a very confused state. Some things in the past history of this Church are probably entirely lost. The best that could be done seemed to be to begin anew, by making an entirely new list of names of the members in regular standing now living which has been done by the aid of the church Lunas at their respective stations. In Nov. while Mr. B. was detained at Lahaina, Rev. Mr. Alex­ ander visited Hana, administered the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, excommunicating in concurrence with the vote of the lunas for good and sufficient reasons thirteen of the members. On the sixth of April the Sacrament was administered again and 69 new members admitted and four who had been suspended were restored. It was an occasion of much interest. The Sabbath service has been generally well attended in the forenoon, but not so well in the afternoon. The Sabbath School has been kept up though not so fully attended as it should have been. Its text book h as been the Ai o ka la. In consequence of his lack of acquaintance with the Hawaiian language Mr. B. has of course been able to preach but little , but the natives have always listened with attention to what he has had to say, and he, on the other hand, has tried to speak with great plainness, and has had some proofs that he has been under- �(1856) 4 Hana - Wm. O . Baldwin stood in some measure at least. Mormonism seems to be rapidly declining several have become disgusted with it and have returned to our worship. The Lord in mercy turn them all from that foul abomination to the God of purity and love ! Catholicism is struggling terribly. in the end is yet to be revealed. What it will bring forth They have recently started an English School at about half-price, of which Dr. John Rae is the teacher. This school contains about 40 (?) pupils. The native schools have not been very efficient during the past year but a new Kahu [teacher ?, superintendent ?] has been recently appointed and we hope for better things, for the coming year. Statistics Whole number admitted on Profession Whole number " " Certificate - Admitted past year on prof. " " " by certificate Whole number past year Whoe ( !) No. dismissed to other churches Dismissed past year unknown unknown 73 2 75 unknown 15 Whole No deceased unknown Died past year unknown Suspended past year Remain suspended Excommunicated past year Remain excommunicated 0 unknown 13 67 ( !) �Hana - Wm. O . Baldwin Whole No. in regular standing Whole No of Children baptised (1856) 1167 unknown 1 Baptized past year 67 Married past year It is with no little regret that we present such an imperfect table of statistics as the preceding and we intend to make another effort to rouse from their tombs these forgotten statistics of the past, that we may know on what vantage ground we stand. Our contributions have been already in part reported, but we will repeat them for the sake of bringing them all together. They have been as follows: viz. For Repairs on church $669.50 For the Fatuhivan Mission Total cash contributions 25.00 $694.50 In addition to this they have given all of the potatoes con­ sumed at the mission house, about twenty five barrels. These are worth among us one dollar per barrel making therefore --- $25.00 They have also thatched the church this is 110 feet long by 50 wide. Value not estimated They have also labored an indefinite amount of tim e in the mission garden lot, value not estimated, not great however. Respectfuly ( !) submitted Wm. O . Baldwin On back: Station Report Hana E . Maui �Abstract of Report of Hana (1853) The people are in a low state as regards enterprise in things temporal, or interest in things spiritual. Perhaps it is an indi­ cation of advance that they are so engaged In worldly labors they cannot attend the weekly meetings. It does not however indicate that they have a right appreciation of the value of their privi­ leges or of their obligations as Christians. They seem interested in the Micronesian Mission though the contributions at Mon. Concert have been very small during the year. They are now making an effort to raise funds for putting a permanent roof on their house of worship and while they are so engaged they cannot do much for the support of their pastor unless the business of the Islands should make money more abundant. The schools are not carried on very vigorously owing to a lack of funds. There is but little desire apparently on the part of the parents to have their schools kept up for the benefit of their children. The health of our family has been such as to confine my la­ bors principally to the duties of the station & some few week day meetings in other places. Statistics R e cd on profession past year 693 W h ole no. on " Suspended " " Restored Received by letter " " " Died past year In regular standing Baptized past year Marriages in 1852 00 " 9 00 1 7 511 38 45 �(1856-1857) Hana Station Report. Another year has fled; - another year of missionary life. Another season appears when a report Is expected from each member of the mission. But my dear Brethren of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, it is not without conflicting emotion that I now attempt to give you some idea of what has been going on here at Hana since our last general meeting. At the commencement of the year here reported, there was a good degree of activity in the church; the meetings were well attended, and much seriousness was manifested. Large numbers presented themselves as subjects of regeneration and applied for admission into the church. These candidates were examined with watchfulness and prayer, and all that caution which seemed avail­ able in the case, and a large part of them were rejected, as not giving satisfactory evidence of having passed from death unto life. Quite a number however were received, and probably some found their way into the church whom the Lord knows to be yet in their sins. May the Lord forgive us wherin we have misjudged. The renewal of a stated ministry among them, however imper­ fect, and the efforts of their new pastor to do what he could In their behalf, seemed to awaken something like real thankfulness on their part, which they were not slow in expressing. Quite a large number of Mormons and Catholics left their respective parties and attended our worship and some of them were admitted to the church among the number mentioned above. �(Hana Report, 1856-1857) 2. As the cold season came on the frigidity of the atmosphere seemed to enter the souls of nearly all the church members, and when there will be a thaw the Lord only knows. Bright and beauti­ ful Sabbaths have returned to us - the trees are exchanging their old garments for those of a more beautiful green, but alas ! Where are the disciples of our Lord? Echo answers, Where ! Z i o n ! How do thy highways mourn for solitude, and thy O temples for desolation ! At the commencement of the year the church here at Hana was often near(l)y full. 300 to 500. Now it is from 100 to 150 or 200 in the morning and perhaps 50 in the afternoon. mine. The regular attendance was from Perhaps dear brethren the fault is I am Inexperienced in Hawaiian character. counsel. I nead ( !) Come and help us, for we are in trouble. The church is ready to promise anything, but ready to do nothing. is we cannot rely at all upon their engagements/ the church as a body. are) exceptions. The result I mean (of course There are, thank God, a few (and few they But I am afraid I shall soon come to the con­ clusion of my predecessor viz: that I have mistaken my calling, unless something is done to lighten this terrible burden which so presses down the feeble pastor of this great church. A Movement. I should do great injustice to this church and to all who feel any Interest in its welfare, did I fail to report the recent movement of this church towards settling the present incumbent as their pastor. It was my privilege to go in company with Puhi & Kaakaaina, two of our Church lunas, to Wailuku to witness the Installation �Hana - 1856 - 1857 S of Bro. Alexander and also to perceive tokens of the Divine presence among that people. The two lunas became very deeply in­ terested in what they saw and heard at Wailuku, and came back with the determination to do what they could to effect the same object at Hana. They consulted with their brother lunas, engaged their coop­ eration and rode forth to canvass the field, and with native haste returned to report. Early in March a letter was put in my hands (the letter had no signature) inviting me in very strong terms to become their fixed pastor; pledging the church to support me by a salary of $1000 per year and requiring me to pledge myself not to leave them without the consent of two thirds of the church members included in this Station. I reminded the lunas who brought me the letter that it had no signature, and [they] replied that they wanted to know what I thought of it before they attempted to get signatures. I had asked them to raise $200. (?) for the pastor' s .support during the year past and they had found great difficulty in collec­ ting it - have not indeed yet quite succeeded. raised is $186.77 1/2. The sum actually Therefore I did not feel very confident that they would succeed in raising $1000. during the year to come. Again, while this work of canvassing the field and inviting the pastor to settle was going on the church seemed more dead than ever. The number of church goers diminished; cases requiring discipline multiplied, and general stupidity prevailed. And I felt as though a proper desire on their part to settle a pastor must necessarily involve some increase of activity on their part, �4 Hana Report - 1856-1857 or at least some degree of wakefulness in spiritual things. Otherwise, the settlement of their pastor would only prove a means of perpetuating their spiritual slumbers. I therefore told them (or tried to) that though dollars were an absolutely necessary part of a pastor's living, they were by no means the greatest part, that Piety, wakefulness, and activity were of the first importance and that without these $2000. or any sum w o u l d not suffice to render a true pastor's life a h a p p y one. I reminded them of their inactivity and told them that if they w a n t e d a fixed pastor they must wake up, - that n othing short of that would suffice. I told them that the failure of the En g li s h School after all their pledge to support It was a great disappointment to us; not indeed that Mrs. Baldwin expected to continue the school herself, but to commit it to other & perhaps better hands. I reminded them also of the premature d e a t h of their Agricultural Society, because that they who voted the constitution w h i c h was prepared would not sign it because of the h a p a h a required for the initiation fee, although this was fully u n d e r s t o o d whe n the constitution was adopted. I also reminded them of their failure to furnish potatoes & c to the pastor's family according to their previous promise, asking them h o w I must u n d e r s t and n e w promises while old ones yet remained unfulfilled. I told them as kindly as I could that wit h such a heap of difficulties before me such that I could neither see through nor around the m I could not consent to become their fixed pastor without further advice and consultation w i t h my Brethren the missionaries. (They w i shed �Hana - 1857 to h a v e the installation services the first Sabbath in April) I could not say: Y es, give me a thousand a year and I w i l l not trouble your s t u p i d i t y . Brethren, did I do right in hesitating under such ci rcumstan­ ces, or not? I felt that the step was a great one and ought not to be taken hastily. Please advise us in your w i s d o m for the case is before y o u in f u l l detail. We are willing, to labor w i t h all our might in Hana or any where else where the Lord our God shall place us. Do not mistake us on that point. But do not leave us, still strangers as we are to grope our w a y alone and unadvised. The Sabbath school was reorganized in January, and for awhile seemed more flourishing, but that seems to be waning now. The only work t h a t seems really to have gone forward aside f r o m the increase of numbers in the church is that of improving the condition of meeting houses. At Wananalua nei, the church has be e n floored at an expense of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $359.00 At Wailua Koolau, a new stone church has been commenced and in some places the walls have been carried to nearly the proper height. Expense thus far - - - - - - $127.00 At Keanae K o o l a u a n e w stone church is also in progress. The money raised thus far for this church is - - $311.00 actually expended u n k n o w n At Kipahulu also a n e w stone church has been commenced. Money actualy ( !) paid out - - - -- - 5 8.87 1/2 $ At Kaupo the brethren have been preparing stone f o r a new church, though no money has yet been expended. �Hana - 1857 6 I ought perhaps to say that for the last six months there has been more interest manifested in the native schools t h a n for­ merly. The Introduction of n e w blackboards throughout the dis­ trict has apparently exerted a good influence. The E n g l i s h school is at present stopped partly for lack of a teacher, a n d partly for lack of a sufficient number of scholars. The progress of the natives here in the industrial pursuits has not been marked. I have already s p oken of the agricultural Society and of its death while yet in embryo. The planting of tobacco, however, has not been neglected by the brethren, n or yet the smoking nor the chewing. And I firmly believe that this tobacconi zing is the great and leading cause of the stupidity in the the ( !) Hana church. So also think that portion of the church who are somewhat active, whose eyes are not so b e d i m m e d w i t h tobacco smoke that they cannot see. Brethren, I beg pardon for the length of this report, but I w is h e d to speak plainly, and fully, of facts, that y o u m a y see Hana at the general meeting and consult for her future and eternal welfare. And may the Lord guide you into all truth. Respectfully, Wm. O . Baldwin Hana April 13, 1857. �Hana 1857 Statistical table Church members in regular standing at the commencement of the year here reported - - - - Ad d e d on profession during the year - - - - ----" by letter " " " - - - - - - " " " " Restored " " " 7 " Excommunicated _ _ _ _ _ _ " " 4 _ _ _ ------- -- _ Births in this district - - - - - - " 10 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W h o l e number in regular standing at the present time - - - — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Deaths 401 1 Dismissed during the ye a r Suspended 1167 --------- — — 14 _ 1560 — 174 - - - 140 Marriages 58 Children Baptized - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 115 Contributed for repairs on the several churches during the year $ 5 44 . 87 1/2 For the aid of Foreign Missions 30.00 F o r the Support of Pastor - - - - - - - Value of provisions for pastors family Amount contributed for benevolent purposes 188.50 25.00 $ 788.37 1/2 The $311.00 raised for the new church at Keanae is not included in this estimate. That would make the entire sum Wm. [On b a c k s h e e t : Hana ] Report for 1856 & 1857 W. O . Baldwin 0. Baldwin $ 1099.37 1/2 �(1858) Han a Station Annual Report To The Hawaiian Evangelical Association D ear Brethren: It w o u l d n o t perhaps be strange if the annual report from this station should find y o u waiting w i t h some anxiety to learn the progress of events in the great field w h i c h that r e ­ port is expected to cover. There was perhaps enough of discouragement expressed in the report of this station for the last year to give rise to serious apprehensions respecting the future. At any rate, such apprehensions did exist in the m ind of the pastor; and he - as he supposed an honest m a n should - laid open the whole state of the case to those whose right it was to counsel, direct, and repr ove according to the w i s d o m God had given them; and, whose advice and counsel he ho p e d and expected to obtain. And no one fact in his short H a w a i ­ ian history has produced a keener sense of disappointment than the utter failure of that report to secure to the pastor one word of response from any one of all his missionary brethren and fathers. But the pastor begins to feel that, perhaps it was best after all, that that appeal should prove a mere dead letter, and he be compelled to make his appeal to a court which always hears, for: "When my father and my mother forsake me, then, the Lord will take me up." The pastor by no means wishes to b e understood as saying or implying that all things are now as he w o u l d have them; far from it. "There remaineth yet muc h land to be possessed." �Hana 1858 2 W e returned to our home after our recruiting visit to Honolulu in June and July last, w i t h the purpose of increasing our effort f or the spiritual g r o w t h of this people. And, through the k i n d ­ ness of our heavenly Father the former hindrances to our personal efforts have been in some measure removed. Pastoral l a b o r s . measure The labors of the pastor have b e e n in some increased during the past year. He has visited all of his outstations five times and two of them six times during the. year. In two instances he was accompanied by his wife. On r e t u r n ­ ing fro m her visit to Koolau the pastors wife fell from her horse while descending the steepest part of the steepest p a l i in our field. But as merciful Providence w o u l d have It, she fell u p o n her husband, who was, at the time, leading her horse; and neither of them received the slightest injury. The pastor's health has been so continued that he has b e e n able to preach every Sabbath since his return to Hana in July. Also to attend the weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays, lecture occassionally ( !) on Fridays. and to At the Wednesday prayer meeti n g a portion of scripture previously given out is read, of w h i c h the pastor gives a practical exposition according to his ability. He has also just completed a n e w tour throughout his field for the purpose of searching out the wandering sheep, of correcting the and also church rol l wh i c h was thought to be imperfect. It was found that many, whose names stood undisturbed upo n the roll of the Church, h a d either entered upon their eternal state, were no longer known to the lunas of the Church. The result or �Hana 1858 3 of course is a new church r o l l in accordance w i t h which the statis­ tics of the present report w ill be made out. There were also a few who gave undoubted evidence of church membership whose names h a d b e e n omitted in the former imperfect record. It is not sup­ pose d that the record is yet entirely perfect, but the pastor intends to spare no pains to make it as nearly perfect as possible. About the first of October, difficulties at Kaupo, w h i c h h a d their origin years ago, h a d assumed such shape that it was thought the proper time had come for some decisive action. The pastor therefore removed J. Mawae the licensed preacher laboring there to Koola u the opposite extremity of his field, for the reason that, while he greatly needed the the ( !) assistance of one or more subpreachers in his field he was fully convinced that har mony could never exist in the Kaupo church while Mawae remained as preacher there. The removal seems thus far to have worked well. The pastor has also acquired an undesired and un d e s e rved fame f or medical skill w h i c h has drawn largely upon his time. He is also expected to know what will reconcile mutually offending parties, re-unite the fragments of a family jar, how peace and happiness mutual love. can be found in the marriage relation without And, besides no one but he knows h o w to h e a l failing spectacles and lamps, and correct refractory clocks. This may seem strange work for a pastor, b u t wh e n a good old deacon comes with his spectacles and says: "Please men d them soon, for I cannot " r ead my Bible until they are repaired, This very thing occurred last week. why, what is to be done? In such cases the Hana �Hana 1858 pastor mends the 4 spectacles. State of R e l i g i o n . The state of religion in this field at the commencement of the year, might wel l he called a spiritual death. The house of God seemed well n i g h forsaken. A deathlike stupor seemed to hol d as it were spell hound the great body of the chu r ch. This was the state of things at the time the last report was w r i t t e n and gave its peculiar character to that report. state 1858. This of affairs continued w i t h no material change u n t i l January At that time the Sacrament of the Lord's supper was a d m inis­ tered at the several outstations in succession. E a c h of these seasons was preceded by a season of fasting and prayer during which, cases requiring discipline were attended to of which there were a truly alarming number, and the larger part of these were among the older members of the church. The whole number set aside at this communion was 45. In April a communion season for the united churches of this field was held at Hana, preceded as before by fasting and prayer and Church discipline. On the first day of the fast, w h i c h con­ tinued two days the roll of the Hana church was called, and inquiry made into the condition of each absent member. 10 we r e set aside. At this communion The pastor h a d previously told the church, that such a state of indifference to the demands of the Gospel could not and w o u l d not be allowed to continue, and that though he h a d heretofore deferred employing all his functions f r o m a want of acquaintance wit h their language, he dared not defer any longer; and that a refusal to comply with the plain demands of the Gospel wo u l d subject t h e m to discipline; and, the actual commencement of �Hana 1858 labor with the unruly, in earnest. activity, 5 seemed to convince them that the pastor was And they have awakened to something of commendable for w h i c h all thanks to the Great Shepherd whose power has blessed our feeble efforts. The Church were moreover constant­ ly remin d e d that the fear of discipline was not the true motive to Christian effort, b u t that a higher, nobler principle was ever present, urging the true disciples on to devotion and to labor for his loving, yet suffering Lord. Our meetings are n o w better attended than they have ever been before, and we hope for yet better things to c o m e . And while recording the Lords doings among us, we cannot omit to mention that the Lord of the harvest has seen fit to gather some of his Ripe F r u i t . their rest. Three of our church lunas have recently gone to The last of these was that old, long tried, loving friend of the cause of Christ, loved, and "Abia H o p u " , our brother in adversity and our comforter in distress. He died on Sunday the 2nd inst. rejoicing in hope of the Glory of God. It was my privilege to converse frequently w i t h h i m during his sickness; and a firmer more unshaken trust in Christ I have never h e a r d expressed. He said to his wife a day or two before his death that he wanted to die on Sunday, and he believed the Lord w o u l d grant his wish; and so it proved. At the ver y hour w h e n the brethren were entering the house of God below, he entered the congregation of the redeemed on high. Would that they who call the Hawaiian Mission a failure could have witnessed the death of Abia Hopu. �Hana 1858 Benevolence. 6 W i t h i n the last f e w months the b r e t h r e n and sisters have shown an increased interest in the cause of Missions. Their cash contributions have not indeed b e e n great, for they are r eall y poor; but wherever they could labor and see that their ef­ forts were of real service to the cause, they have engaged w i t h a truly commendable interest. Consequently their thoughts have been turned tow ards giving such articles as they possess or can readily obtain wh i c h w i l l be of real service to the missionaries at Fatuh i v a and Micronesia. They have contributed money w h i c h has been devoted, in part, to the purchase of cloth which they w i t h some little assistance have c ut and made into garments to be sent to the above named missionaries. forwarded. Micronesia. A part of these have already b e e n More wil l be ready when the Morning Star sails for They have in this way prepared upwards of one hundred garments. We have estimated the labor at $ 11.50 a ready sale amount to $ 75.10 making an aggregate of $ 86.60 Their contributions of money and articles finding The first contribution for the support of the pastor's family was made Feb. 20 and amounted to - - - $ 0.50 Since that time more commendable exertions have b e e n made and the whole amount received from the Church during the year in mo n e y and labor is The pastor is expected to collect $200. $ 158.25. of his yearly sup­ port from the people, but he has not yet been able to do it. The balance due for the last two years if $ 55.25. He hopes, however, and expects that greater exertions will �Hana 1858 7 be made during the coming year than have b e e n during the past. Certainly greater efforts are necessary to render permanent the pastor's residence at Hana. Morality. The general morality of this people has undergone very little change during the past year. The pastor has i t is true, come in contact with more of the fruit s of vice than formerly; but he sees no reason to suppose that vice itself has essentially incre a s e d in his field during the past year. There have indeed been some alarming developments especially of Int e m p e r a n c e . We have already alluded to the great number of cases of discipline In our field. Fortyfive of the fifty five cases were for drinking fermented potato, and thirty five of these were at Kaupo. Many others besides Church members were of course guilt y at the time. The temptation, indeed originated among the Catholics and Mormons. And, the whole thing began and almost entirely subsided in the space of a single month. But a foreigner f r o m Honolulu appears to be about setting up a beer ma n u f actoring in the parts, and we greatly fear that the evil spirits w h i c h will enter in and dwell there will outnumber those of the swept and garnished house of Scripture. Mormonism. Elders, Mormonism is at a low ebb. All Its foreign but one, have left for Salt Lake, and that one is n o w at work by the m o n t h on the plantation. Catholicism. The catholics have recommenced their church at Puuiki and s e e m likely to complete it. Beyond this this ( !) they appear to b e exerting no new influence; but doubtless the new church w h e n completed will attract some to leave us. But It is �H a n a 1858 good to f e e l that the Lord knoweth them that are his, 8 and will preserve them f r o m the worship of the beast. Idolatry. Church, and the Two men, one an expelled member from the Makawao other, a member, at the time in regular standing, in this Hana Church, brought up a rock f r o m the ocean, built a house for it, and placed it therein and anounted it their god, offering their sacrifices to it and placing food before it, which was devoured (by the ants & rats) and the whole affair seemed under fu ll headway before it became known to the pastor and l u n a s . But it was soon disposed of. Two of the lunas suddenly made war against it, broke down the image and reduced it to fragments in spite of the protestations of its devotees and in defiance of the w r a t h of the insulted god who in coming time. threat. Alas ! (they said) would avenge himself And not a few were actually terrified by their for poor w eak human nature! We believe however that God has m a d e even the w r a t h of m a n and the Devil to praise h i m in this very thing. It has shown these poor natives their weakness and caused them to pray more earnestly for strengthening grace. May God in mercy hear their prayer. Hana Maui May 13: 1858 Respectfully Submitted Wm. O . Baldwin (On b a c k page:) W.O. Baldwin's Report for 1857 & 8 R e cd. May 21, 1858 for Hana, Maui �(1859) Hana Station Annual Report Once more the season has arrived when it becomes m y duty to report the progress of events in the k ingdom of our Lord, as they have transpired in Hana. The year we n o w report has had its lights and shadows, its Joys and its Sorrows to encourage or sadden the heart of the lone­ ly missionaries at the Hana Station. Not that the pastor himself has severely suffered personally, f r o m loneliness; that b u r d e n has been b o r n e by the pastor's wife, until she has staggered beneath its crushing weight. Those long seasons of anxious watching w i t h the little sufferer, whose aching head is at last at rest on his Savior's bosom, h a d well n igh ruined the constitution of h er w ho gave it birth. She left home about the first of April, to try the effect of change of air and climate and has not yet returned. The usual amount of pastoral labor has been perf o r m e d in this field during the past year, w i t h the exception that the pastor has travelled, personally, somewhat less than during the past year, among his outstations, in consequence of the circumstances of his family. But the wants of the people have not been neglected. The ready activity of Kamakahiki, who has b een employed as assistant, has done m u c h to supply the defect in pastoral visiting. Joseph Mawae still remains at Koolau, and has bee n doing well, though less faithful in reporting than I could wish. W e have as yet no assistant permanently located at Kaupo. Our hopes have been sadly delayed in that quarter. At the close of the Seminary year of Lahainaluna in 1858, one of the graduating class, a good scholar, and o f good standing In the church, re- �Hana 1 8 5 9 2. turned to his fathers home in Kaupo. He was immediately employed as subpreacher there, but sub­ sequent e v e n t s led to his dismissal f r o m that office, he h aving in t h e p a s t o r ’s estimation shown himself unworthy to h o l d It. The brethren at Kaupo, also h olding the same opinion. The state of religion among us is very difficult to describe without going very m u c h into details. The field as our brethren are aware is made up of several parts almost entirely separated one f r o m the other. u al life, As to spirit­ these parts seem entirely distinct from each other. Kipahulu seems almost dead. Kaupo seems about to w a k e f r o m a long sleep. Hana has opened her eyes and is trying to find out where she is. Koolau is awake, standing, clothes and in h e r right m i n d but struggling with d i f f i c u l t i e s . Distinct and separate, however as these different parts of our field are, there is one evil which has been common to all parts & which has most sorely tried us. It is that Bacchanalian feast known at Han a by the name of Lau l i m a . I know not whether the nature of this feast is w e l l understood by any now in this mission, found although the evil is an old one. We it there on our arrival nearly four years ago, b u t d id not t h e n understand its character. Further time, however has served to make it plain, and the evil has b e e n increasing among us casting Its withering blights on every effort to arouse the C h u r c h fr o m Its dream of security in sin. Fully believing that nothing could be done effectually to puri f y the Church with that sink of pollution In her midst, I �Hana 1859 3 called together our lunas and laid the matter before them, having previously written out a pledge wh i c h I thought all the members of the church ought to sign as a prerequisite to c o ming to the Lord's table. This pledge required an immediate and entire abstinence from all further participation in the iniquity of the Laulima. Horseracing, The more prominent of these evils were Adultery, fighting, card playing, a n d the Hula, but as sorcery was being practised together wit h a renewal of sacrifices to their ancient deities, these were also included in the pledge. This pledge was read before the lunas; they were then asked if they w o u l d give the pastor their support and cooperation in requiring it of every member of the church as a prerequisite to coming to the Lords table f rom that time forward. The lunas all offered the pa s t o r their support and unhesitatingly signed the pledge. W i t h that we went forward, and the greater part of the c h urch have already gi v e n their names, and others are waiting the opportunity. Some however, as was anticipated, have refused to sign, and are indignant that any attack should be made on their orgies. The effect of this action, thus far, has been an almost e n ­ tire suppression of Laulimas in that District; and f rom that time forward there has b e e n more of spiritual life manifested in the church than has been befo r e for the last two y e a r s . It was said that Kipahulu seemed n o w almost dead. This is true, but the cause is not the Laulimas at this time. At the time of the election of the n e w representative from our District a person w e l l known in this kingdom who h a d been excommunicated from the church at Wailuku, came to Kipahulu and �H ana 1859 4 by dint of cunning succeeded in inducing the lunas to invite h i m to b e their preacher for the Sabbath preceding that election. They wel l knowing h i m to be an excommunicated m e m b e r , The pastor immediately called the Kipahulu lunas to an account for s u c h a violation of all rule & order. They saw their error, p u b licly con- fesse d it with a full promise never to do anything of that kind again. The violator of the pulpit was, of course very angry with the Han a pastor, and as this move has some influence in Kipahulu, their present condition is not perhaps strange. "One sinner d e ­ stroyeth mu c h g o o d . ” The number of cases of discipline has been quite large this year, showing that w e have great reason to pray that these poor Ignorant creatures may not be led into temptation. Twentyfive have been excommunicated from the Hana churches during the past year and seven suspended, making thirtytwo in all, 14 at Hana, 4 at Koolau, 2 at Kipahulu and 12 at K a u p o . Three have b e e n regularly dismissed, and five wanderers restored. One has bee n received by letter and 14 on profession of their faith thus diminishing the roll of the church by 15, and 16 children have b e e n baptized. The number of deaths was not r e p o r t e d to the pastor and hence is not reported here. In the matter of contributions the church have somewhat changed their course; not however at the recommendation or suggestion of the pastor, but at their own option. The amount contributed has been rather more than it was last year, b u t less has b e e n g i v e n for Foreign Missions, a n d more for �Hana 1859 5 the support of the pastor's family. The contributions for Foreign Missions w e estimate at 50 dollars of w h i c h $30. have b e e n in money. The amount paid in for the support of Pastor during the yea r is $293.40 w h i c h is more than has b e e n received before by about $ 1 0 0 . The amount expended in Church erection is more difficult to estimate. It has been the labor of willing hands and earnest hearts amid great discouragements. in progress. Four new houses of w o r s h i p are n o w Of one of these the walls are now nearly complete (Wailuanui) of another (Keanae) they are about 6 ft. high. Of another (Kaupo) they are now engaged in collecting the materials. The stone are ( !) nearly all cut. The other is the church at Kipahulu which has been interrupted by the action of the man on whose land the natives h a d b e g u n to build it. He h a d agreed to sell t h e m the land and the deed was made out, but w i t hheld by the seller, as it appears, bec a use the pastor did not give h i s influence in favor of electing h i m to a seat in the house of Representatives, at the election before a l ­ luded to. The church purpose removing the materials already collected on said grounds to a piece of land on w h i c h they have a claim, although the situation is less agreeable. The house where the pastor has b e e n heretofore entertained is on the land of the same individual, who owns the old Church lot, and the brethren assisted in building it on the condition that it should be a house of entertainment for the pastor, b u t the pastor is now forbidden to trespass upon those grounds or to enter that house. I mak e this statement that my brethren of the Hawaiian �Hana 1859 Missi o n may see how huhu [ angry] the Hon. 6 exmember of the Hawaiian Legislature can get w h e n his plans are frustrated. M a y the Lord cause the w r a t h of even this man to praise him, and the p eople learn that "it is better to trust i n the Lord than to put confi­ dence in princes." The schools in this District have made commendable progress during the year, better than during any preceding year of the present pastor's residence among them. Mormonism seems dead, although four of our church hav e left us to join t h e m d u ring the year. Catholicism has made no new demonstrations here except in its strenuous efforts to circulate the new catholic paper. Idolatry has again appeared among us. be A woman professing to endued with divine power and skill to give light to the blind and soundness to the lame, if they w i l l follow her directions which quite a number have b e e n attempting to do. She directs t hem to sleep in a haleakua [g o d house] built by her directions, a n d to pra y to the god that inspires her, and acts through her. O w h e n shall Satan's empire be demolished and the d a r k night of ignorance and superstition no longer b r o o d over the poor Hawaiian. May 14, 1859 Wm. O . Baldwin �Hana Report 1862 Hana Station Report of S. E. Bishop In all, three months and a h a l f have been spent in the present field of labor during the past year. One visit was mad e in June 1862, in company w i t h Father A l e x a n d e r , to the different portions of this field; at this time the churches of Kaupo and K o o l au were organized as distinct from that of Hana, by direction of P resby­ tery . In September another visit was made in company w i t h Dr. lick, who everywhere advocated the cause of missions, Gu- awakening a great Interest. My labors as Chaplain to Seamen at Lahaina closing on the last day of N o v e m b e r , I then proceeded to Hana, and spent one m o n t h in the field, returning to my family at Lahaina on the 1st of January. On the 17th of that month a daughter was b o r n to us. On t h e 12th of March w e bade farewell to our home of 9 years abid­ ing at Lahaina, and proceeded to our n e w abode. Our route was by steamer to Makena, thence four days travel by land via K ahikinue, Kaupo and Kipahulu. We arrived here on the 17th. A schooner w i t h our goods which sailed from Lahaina on the same day w i t h ourselves, was driven back by stormy weather, and did not reach H a n a until the 19th. We were soon comfortably settled in the M i s s i o n House, wh i c h w e found convenine t , and in tolerable repair. Since then, some h a r d wor k has been performed chiefly of a tentative and preliminary nature. Preaching upo n the Sabbath has thus far bee n confined to this Station and n e ighboring villages. Congregations here averaging about 110 Sabbath a.m.; p.m. about 5 0 ; �H an a 1862 Wednesdays about 30 (?). 2 At Village meetings from 30 to 50. During the past m o n t h I have preached every Tuesday at Nahiku, and each Thursday at Kipahulu, ride e a c h way f r o m the station. places about three hours Hereafter these points are to be visit e d each fortnight, and intermediate points at other times. The quarterly visits are now due to the churches of K o olau and Kaupo, w h i c h are under the same pastoral care as Hana, but supplied w i t h stated preaching b y L. Kaono, and H. Manase, tiates of the Presbytery licen­ of Maui a n d Molokai. A system of visiting has bee n commenced, which has n o w extended about two miles each way from the station. personally visited, and standing noted. Every house has been and all persons found conversed with, & names This course is adopted for the sake of a better mutual acquaintance between people and pastor, personal knowledge of their condition. a n d of a It is hoped to e x tend these visits through the whole field. In the districts visited, about 55 perct. of the a d u lt po p u ­ lation are found to be Protestant church members, Romanists, connection. about 22 per ct. 11 percent Mormons, and 12 per ct. not h a ving any church I should take this to b e nearly the p r o p ortion t h r o u g h ­ out t h e field. As to comparative Intelligence and character, the Protestants comprise the great majority of the best in these r e s ­ pects, w i t h few of very low condition. The Catholics f o r m rather a m e d i u m class, wit h few very prosperous or intelligent, and some very degraded. The Mormons as a class, appear to belong to the most degraded of the community, w i t h a few active intelligent persons among them. Among the Mormons, there appears nearly total absence of moral instruction. to be a �H a n a 1862 Yet of our 3 though so far superior to others, h o w low is the condition own church members . This visitation has satisfied me that vice is prevalent in the church. It would appear that a majority of the church frequently fall into adultery; in it habitually. and many of t hem live It is believed that more than hal f of them would easily be induced to connive at the prostitution of their daughters These things they have b e e n strenuously taught are wrong; in a slight degree learned the lesson. with t h e m fro m infancy, and have Still having b een familiar and practiced them unrestrainedly in youth, their dull consciences are but slightly awakened on the subject, and the offence is regarded as but slight and venial. Yet, except in cases where the sin is habitually persisted in, may w e not hope that Divine grace may be truly and effectually wor k i n g to restrain and cleanse. ment For one, I w o u l d exercise the same charitable towards these wea k c h i l d r e n of a degraded race, as our more enlightened brethren, who judg­ towards so commonly yield to what they in their turn consider the more venial faults of w a n t of candor and strict honesty of dealing. Perhaps the enthroning of chastity as a cardinal virtue is to b e one of the last triumphs of the Gos­ pel a m o n g this people. Because Its claims are yet unrecognized, it does not prove that Divine grace is not truly working in m u l t i ­ tudes of souls, nor that the work of the Gospel is not successfully proceeding. For the past three months, drunkenness has bee n v e r y prevalent W i t h a r i c h and exhaustless soil, and almost perpetual moisture, lack of food exists through neglect and Indolence, have b e e n compelled to dig ti-root to eat. tation to ferment the juice. and the people This affords a t e m p ­ I have evidence that a m a j ority of a �Hana 1862 the church indulge more or less tobacco 4 in this practice. is quite open and general among them. The culture of Awa is extensively cultivated by some church members, and bought and sold b y others. I believe that few of t h e m use it. It is thus apparent that there is a strong call f o r disci p l i ­ nary measures. The discipline of the church has n aturally b e e n neglected in the absence of a pastor. A prominent church member the brother of the preacher Kamakahiki, has been for more than a yea r cultivating awa, yet no one would disclose the f act to me; nor w h e n on penetrating the interior I discovered his plantation, would the chh. members tell to whom i t belonged, and I was indebted to a Mormon f o r the Information, a disclosure which appeared to give h i m much satisfaction. The elders afterwards reluctantly owned that they knew of it. The Bible or N. T e s t . is found in the houses of a m a jority of Chh. members in the vicinity of the station. but little read by most of them. ture at family worship. It appears to be A small minority read the Sc r i p ­ Other books are rare. Tracts, newspapers or Hymn books are found only in a small proportion of their houses. In a few cases, c h u r c h members were found, who h a d not yet seen their new pastor, scarcely he a r d of him. away by age or feebleness, Some h a d been kept others by indifference. In a few cases the visitor's character was not disclosed, until various e xperi­ ments wer e tried, in every case eliciting an utter infirmity of belief and lameness of practice. former was startling. The latter was expected - the A n entire confidence was expressed by aged and seemingly worthy Christians in Mormonism, Romanism, and Cal­ v i n i s m as alike pono [ the right] , and acceptable to God - a degree �Hana 1862 of liberality of sentiment, free thinker. pinion. 5 such as would gratify the most sensitive It seemed to be the expression of the g e n e r a l o- The preference for the "pono Kalavina" was founded on personal connections & habitual attachments; not on any conviction of truth. Is this, or not, the common state of feeling among our churc h members? Industry is somewhat active in the immediate vicinity, under the auspices of Messrs. Needham & Co. who are establishing a Sugar plantation. Koolau, selves. The people are buying largely of Poi and f i s h from as well as planting taro & potatoes extensively for them­ The leading crop of the season throughout this r egion A trifling attempt has b e e n made to cultivate seems to be tobacco. rice. Two persons have a few choice cotton plants. four lots of coffee trees in bearing. The whole district is well adapted to a great variety of productions. b eyon d the supply of immediate wants. I have found Yet very little is done Improved houses are rare. There are four framed & clapboarded houses in this village owned by natives, and but one other in the whole field. few houses with windows. Very rarely, There are a a table or chair is to be found. In the entire lack of assurance as to the sources of my future support, I have felt constrained to make some provision by b e g i n ­ ning to cultivate a portion of the Mission land w i t h Sugar cane, say 10 or more acres . teams in t h e district. per m o n t h and food. The ploughing Is done by natives owning Plenty of good hands can b e h a d for $5. This work promises to furnish means of support w i t h less diversion of time and strength from Missionary wor k than any other. Yet with the wide and varied calls for pastoral labor on every side, it is h ard to be obliged to spend any time in �Hana 1862 6 other p u r s u i t s . Christian L i b e r a l i t y . The people of Hana completed the roo f ­ ing and repairs of their church a year ago, at a considerable ex­ pense. They have never paid anything to Kamakahiki, who has zealously labored among them in the Gospel, according to his ability, and has had to maintain himself besides. buted a small sum to Missions through Dr. Gulick. They c o ntri­ Together with the people of Kipahulu and Nahiku they have formally a g reed to raise $400. for the support of their new pastor, and have organized measures for that end. I have good hopes of receiving about half that sum. The people of Kipahulu have built a fine stone chapel about 50 by 30 ft., w i t h shingle roof, floors pulpit, first of February. all paid for by the The church of Kaupo have also n e a r l y completed a similar building, having lately r a ised more than the remaining amount needed at a great feast held for the purpose. The Koolau people are building two similar houses, at Wailua, and at Keanae. The people of Nahiku are also preparing to build. vity thus appears in c h u r c h building. A special a c t i ­ Kamakahiki has b e e n the m o v i n g spirit in this work, for w h i c h he appears to possess a p e ­ culiar genius. Kaupo and Koolau c h h s . have only paid in part the meagre sti­ pend of $ 1 0 0 . per annum, promised to their preachers, w h o are able and laborious y o u n g men. Schools are in a tolerable condition, means so far as I have the of judging, not having yet instituted any special examination. There are some active teachers, h o w able I know not. been seen to show them to be a great means of good, Enough has i f but In instilling a sort of order and thoughtfulness among otherwise �H an a 1862 7 vagabond children. Statistics of the church and of contributions I am quite unable to furnish in the present Report. present a confused aspect. rectify the confusion. The Church records Nor has there been time to u n r a v e l and Another year it is hoped will find these things arranged. I have sought to give a faithful and impartial picture of the condition of the church and population of this field; wit hout em­ bellishing what is good or magnifying what is evil. Y e t in con­ cluding this report, the leading impression is, how m u c h there is that is good, what manifest progress is manifest out of h e a t h e n i s m towards Christian civilization. and grace steadily at work. W hat evidences of Divine power At present the state of R e l i g i o n Is dull and cold. But this can and in a breath by the power of the Spirit of God. May he soon breathe upo n us, that w e m a y live. S. E . Bishop Hana, M a y 4, 1862 Abstract of Report. Three months and a half have b e e n spent In the field. labors as Chaplain at Lahaina closed on the 30th o f Nov., My and our removal was effected on the 12th of March. 3 Tours have been made throughout the field. held latterly at two distant points. house has been begun, W e e k l y meetings A system of visiting every and extended two miles each way. So far 55 per ct of adults are found to b e Protestant church members, 22 per ct. Papists, and 11 per ct. Mormons. �Hana 1862 8 A great prevalence of vice i s found in the church, vastly less than outside of it. though Drunkenness is very prevalent. Awa is extensively cultivated and trafficked in. Discipline has been long neglected. The Scriptures are found in a majority of Protestant houses. Pew read them. -Pew books or papers are found. Industry is advancing. A sugar plantation is being established and the Pastor himself is trying to raise some cane. The Hana house of worship is repaired. completed. Also one at Koolau. 2 i n progress. That at K i p ahulu just At Keanae a n d Wailua in Koolau are But little has been paid for the support of preachers. Ho Statistics ready. - �(Hana 1862-3) Report of Hana Station, 1862 - 3. S. E. Bishop The missionary has completed his first entire year of labor at this Station. There has been no interruption f r o m sickness of himself or family. The regular Sabbath labors have been maintained, at the Sta­ tion, including a 4 o'clock service at some village w i t h i n a few miles . An occasional Sabbath has been spent w i t h the people of Kipahulu and Nahiku, o'clock service stations at three hours distance, w i t h a 3 at Puuhawa on the road bac k fro m Kipahulu. been endeavored to make It has these visits regularly each quarter w i t h the administration of the Sacrament at those out - s t a t i o n s . The regular Quarterly visits have b e e n made to the Churches of Kaupo and Koolau, each occupying from Thursday until Monday. Every Thursday the pastor visits Nahiku or Kipahulu alternately, holding meetings and classes of instruction, w i t h occasional meetings and other labors at inter­ vening points. Each Tuesday noon, is hel d a Bible Class and Prayer Meeting of the Women, at the Pastor's house. On Wednesdays, are held, at 10 A.M. a class for instruction of Candidates for church membership at 11, the regular Services of worship, followed by a class in the Class-book of Theology. These have b e e n the routine duties of the parish a n d field, besides the numberless occasional and incidental ones familiar to every missionary. Besides these pastoral labors, the planting and cultivation of a field of ten acres of Su g a r -cane has been superintended. This has prospered in growth, b u t the manufacturing of the crop is an ■uncertainty, on account of the small capacity of the works �H a n a 1863 at the Hana Plantation. 2 The missionary has found this w o r k at times a serious impediment to his pastoral labors, the one or the other b e i n g necessarily slighted. 150 bushels of corn were also raised among the young cane, in order to help meet expenses of planting. About 400 dollars of debt wil l have b e e n incurred in this w o r k b e ­ fore the crop can be realized, a n d if every way prospered, m ay be obtained for the crop, possibly $1200. thus to combine secular w i t h spiritual the Treasury of the Board, $1 0 0 0 . It may be a duty labors, in order to relieve and probably there is no w a y in wh i c h it could b e done w i t h less care & more prospective profit, but it seems an undesirable thing in a large and neglected field which needs a man's whole energies of soul in uninterrupted activity to impel the torpid mass of heathenism. It could be done w i t h less loss to the work, w h e n that work was thoroughly organized and in effective progress. Straitened pecuniary means have laid too heavy a weight of domestic labor u p o n the pastor's wife, having compelled her to work-basket spend over the stove, the sewing m a chine ( !) and the ironingtable, much time that should have been occupied in learning the Hawaiian language and instruction of females, and n e u r a l g ia has already p l a c e d its stern veto upon any increase of h e r labors. Two of the most promising half-caste pupils of her former boardingschool at Lahaina are still members of the family, and w i t h our own children, receive what b o o k instruction the mother's time and strength allow. The pastor has performed the principal labor in the children's Sabbath School at the Station, w h i c h has b e e n considerable, from the lack of any religious books of any sort whatever on a level w i t h children's capacities. Hence oral instruction has been almost �Hana 1863 solely relied on, 3 the use of a book being followed by immediate listlessness and disorder. Portions of the Catechism hav e been read by the teacher, repeated by the children, and expatiated upon. Repea t e d & continued efforts have failed to secure the committing of anything to memory by mos t of the scholars; it has only driven them awa y from the school. They have during the year b e c o m e fa m i ­ liar w i t h a considerable number of Bible stories, and w i t h several chapters of the Catechism, including part of the Commandments. An attempt was made to hold a Bible Class for adults in the morni n g after the c h i l d r e n ’s Sabbath School. It was found di f f i ­ cult to secure their attendance so early, many living at a great distance, and the uninterrupted labor was found to unfit the teach­ er for the later duties of the day. Hence the afternoon service has latterly (?) b e e n changed into a general Bible Class of the whole congregation. eagerness. About one half remain, and engage in it w i t h The other half decamp, being those church members, who having had least interest in the Word of God, are the most In need of Instruction. The W o m e n 's prayer-meeting and Bible class has b e e n attended by f r o m 8 to 12 females. Portions of Scripture have b e e n selected for instruction, bearing upo n the duties of women, of the Holy Women of old. immediate vicinity, ages. Those who attend, also the histories are m o stly f r o m the and are the best classes in the church, of all There is manifest among them a desire for improvement. of t h e m pray fluently. Many But all have shewn extreme ignorance of the scripture and Divine truth. young woman f r o m Lahaina. The only exception w a s that of a �4 Hana 1863 The Class for Hooikaikas, Catechumens, or Candidates for church membership has existed for about three months. Many of the members h a d previously attended the women's meeting, but it was found that the same persons presented themselves again and again f o r Chh. privileges, w i t h [out] progress in knowledge, although r e commended as bringing forth other fruit of good works. It has b e e n slenderly attended, proving that the hooika ika [to make stong] was rather n a w aliwali [wea k ] , although three or four individuals have b e e n quite constant. Only six persons have been found during the year who have b e e n judged worthy to be admitted to the fellowship of the Church. There are several others who are promising. admitted since the commencement of my labors in Hana, Of those several have stood substantially well, and none have given cause for Exclusion, although a majority have relaxed the attention they previously manifested. The class in Theology using Mr. Alexander's Class-book has been maintained since last August, Chapter 9. and have proceeded as far as The members of th i s class are about 12 in number, con­ sisting of some of the church lunas, and some of the most intelli­ gent young men. They constitute the elite of the church. are truly intelligent. They have all received a great deal of B i b ­ lical instruction from former pastors. through this book. All Some have previously be e n It is almost the sole exercise of the pastor w i t h his flock, which i s not a dealing w i t h inveterate ignorance and stupidity, to the sore weariness C ongre g a t i o n s . of the flesh and spirit. The average congregation on the m orning of the Sabbath at Wananalua, has been about 100, rather over than under, In fine weather occasionally rising to 130, and on Commun- �Hana 1863 ion Sabbaths to 150 or 180. 5 Afternoon services have averaged 60. At the 4 o'clock preaching at an outpost, there is u s u a l l y an audience of 40 to 60, many of them having been unable or indis­ posed to attend the services at the Church. At Nahiku, a congregation of 40 has been found u p o n Thursdays, and of 70 upon the Sabbath. At Kipahulu, Thursday, and 120 on the Sabbath. about 40 on Sabbath. of 20 besides schools on At Puuhawa, a m o u n t a i n hamlet, Occasional instruction has b e e n gi v en to hooikaikas at Nahiku a n d Kipahulu, and usually to school-children. A class has just been formed at Kipahulu in the book on Theology. Our Wednesday services were conducted until last February, w i t h lectures in course, and were very thinly attended, n o t w i t h ­ standing every effort to render them interesting. a dozen would come. Often not over In March, a change was made, reverting to what was at that time learned to have b een the former pastor's method, for which a general desire was expressed. A test is a s s igned on the Sabbath, upon w h i c h the members of one fourth of the church are expected to prepared themselves and explain, patiate on Wednesday. and corrects the whole. expound and ex­ Other members follow, and the pastor adds to There has been a greatly increased atten­ dance of about 50 as the result, muc h talent has b e e n c a lled out, m u c h investigation of the Ss. [Scriptures? ] incited, attention has b e e n stimulated and fixed on important scriptures, and the pastor has h a d opportunity to study the min d & views of his hearers instructions and effectively to adapt his remarks ( !) to aro u s e d minds. Tried by a critical standard, much of the brethren's speeches consists of mere verbosity & strugglings for thought, without actual birth of ideas, yet often an idea is actually b rought to light, and a good one, and the very effort has b e e n profitable to the �6 speaker. Many of them display much industry in collecting collat­ eral passages. Usually one or more of our accomplished lunas aid with valuable comments and applications, so that sometimes the pastor finds little left for himself to do. Special attention has been paid to securing D e c o r u m in W o r s h i p , and a great improvement has b een visible in this r e s p e c t , in all parts of the field. of the Elements Formerly, at the time of distribution of the Lord's Supper, there was great confusion, disorder and merriment. All this has now ceased. A general q u i e t ­ ness pervades the house, during prayer, and even the children are gradually learning to kee p their seats and be quiet. Our si nging continues to be in a wretched condition. The pastor has no skill In the art, w herewith to promote an amendment, nor is there any competent choir-leader. Hence irregularity in distressing attendance of the singers, and constant ( !) break-downs in performance. Houses of W orship. That at Wananalua continues in the same substantially good condition as before, rough but commodious. It is planned to get it furnished with seats during the coming year, in place of the present crude (?) and break-down settees. At Kipahulu there is an excellent house, as reported last year. At P u u h a w a , M u olea, H a o u , M a k a a l a e , and H a m o a , are rude meeting houses, of stones and thatch, used also some of them as schoolhouses. At Nahiku is one of the very best of the latter class, wh i c h the people are preparing to replace by a plastered and shingled one. Support of Pastor. this duty freely. The people have not yet learned to perform They agreed, through their leaders, & those �Hana 1863 present at a public meeting before my settlement, per annum. 7 to pay $400. Lists were made out, and each able member m a l e & female assessed in proportion to ability, at an average of less tha n one dolla r a p i e c e , Probably there has been no great efficiency in making the collections, although there is reason to believe that all have been called upon more than once. As the result, $141.81 have been received by the pastor, during the past year, since May 1, 1862. It is believed that by well-directed efforts, ma y be muc h increased in another year, this amount perhaps as hig h as $ 2 0 0 . Probably that would be the extent of their liberality, u n t i l general progress In knowledge and piety led them higher. heavily taxed for church-building, Should they be it w o u l d probably diminish materially the amount raised for the pastor. General B e n e v o l e n c e . The time and the method hav e not appeared clear for systematic applications for contributions to missions, but the subject is borne in mind, and it is hoped that there will be something favorable to report thereon another year. Church Discipline. At this time last year a general state of disorder existed, fro m drinking ti-root, throughout Kipahulu and Hana. into it. Nearly the entire population were more or less drawn The m a j o r i t y of the church wer e involved in i t including some district lunas. In this state of things, ing was impracticable, nor were the facts a g e n e r a l disciplin­ easy to get at. number of the delinquent were solumnly admonished, worst offenders suspended, including one aged luna, and a few of the of h i g h esteem, who w i t h most of the others, has since been restored. menti o n e d disorders A large The af o r e ­ took place during the protracted absence o f the District Judge, the offenders believing themselves safe from �8 penalty, which, however, afterwards fell heavily u p o n m a n y of them. No renewal of those disorders has occurred. There have b e e n 11 persons suspended for the culture and traffic in Awa, 2 of them Elders, 2 District lunas, all persons of consideration in the church. and nearly Nearly every case was developed by the pastor's own efforts and personal inquiry. All w ere dealt with slowly, and time and means taken to repentance in each case rather than discipline. obtain As the result, several of the offenders abandoned the practice. Since these cases, no open disorders have existed, nor have m an y cases occurred for discipline. There is undoubtedly an enormous amount of criminal conduct In secret among the church, and a great deal that is known to the lunas, some of w h o m screen it entirely, while all unduly delay bringing it before the session, h o ping for amendment, after a period of persistence in sin. There is a t er­ rible reluctance and fear of causing h a r d feelings, while very few of the lunas have any adequate sense of duty upon the subject. The only sin wh i c h they are prompt to discipline is the open and to t h e m heinous one of violent speech and conduct - also such of­ fences as have brought conviction in the civil courts. This brings up the interesting subject of the Character of the C h urch l u n a s . There are now in the Hana church including Kipahulu and Nahiku, 12 Elders and about twice as m any District \ Lunas. All of the former and many of the latter, are m e n of marked appearance of piety, considerable Christian knowledge, ment, and much force of character for natives. some judg­ They are emphatical­ ly the elders and leaders of the people, widely removed, in these respects like an old aristocracy f r o m the great mass of them, and �Hana 1863 even f r o m their own wives and children. effect in good part, 9 I suppose this to be the of frequent official intercourse w ith the pastor, as w e l l as of special Biblical instruction f r o m him, also and of the habit of exercising gifts and authority among the people. The piety and ability of the church appears to b e almost concentrated among these men, some of w h o m are old, m a n y young and vigorous. There are beside a few young m e n who shew signs of p ro­ mise to fill the places of these as they depart. Three of our elders are men of great superiority of character and intelligence, of unquestionable piety, a n d one of them of rare devotion to the things of God, and fine theological attainment. m e n are very useful and acceptable preachers. All of these three Yet, there appears to have bee n among them an impediment to action, idity, or whatever it might be; so that their gifts have until recently, been for the most part unused in diffusing knowledge among the ignorant of the active, of jealousy, t i m ­ out districts. Of late, they have become more and I hope next y ear to see a general system of labor organized to bring Into play all the available energies of our church. We parted last month w i t h H a u u n a , the oldest of the Elders. He truly finished his course with joy. My acquaintance w i t h h i m impressed me m u c h with his pure and simple piety, his love of D i ­ vine things, his single-mindedness, and stedfast principle. At his funeral, P u k i , the ablest of the elders, and his n ear n e i g h ­ bor & special intimate spoke w i t h deep feeling. He told his sense of loss in the departure of one who h a d long b een his com­ panion i n spiritual things, and close counsellor in the labors a nd cares of the church. Also, of the triumphant peace of his end. �Hana 1863 How 10. in his s i c k n e s s , he told him, "It is all light w i t h me." "He malamalama wale no," (What blessed light, to one w h o till 40, h a d dwelt in the thickest darkness of idolatry!) He also spoke of his characteristic unflinching principle, h o w w h e n long ago in Kaupo, he alone of all the session stood firmly w i t h the pastor for the discipline of a corrupt magistrate, of w h o m all the rest stood in fear, & by whom, he in consequence was s ubjected to punishment. The presence of such men as these in the church and community give great comfort and hop e to the missionary in the m i d s t of pre­ vailing carnality ignorance and stupidity. Yet there is observ­ able among these v ery men, what appears like a peculiar lack of sponaneity, and self-direction, bility, an unwillingness to take r e s p o n s i ­ a waiting to be told and directed, a backwardness to give information & suggest courses of action whe n called upon for coun­ sel. During the first months of my residence here, in inexperience and. Ignorance of the people, I found no voluntary help in them, and no information f rom them. Why, is still a mystery to me. Eve n n o w though ready to execute what I say, I find no spontaneity of action. I must set them at w ork, and continue directions or they case like a wheel when one stops turning it. State of Religion. The foregoing statements Imply that while there are many cases of sound and stedfast piety in the church, the general state is very low in spiritual things. their neglect of the sanctuary; w h e n there; It Is seen in in their inattention and slumbering in their general backwardness to speak and to pray; in their unwillingness to study the w o r d of God, or to be instruc­ ted in it, and in their general spiritual inactivity and carnality of life. It is long since the refreshing showers of the Holy �Hana 1863 11. Spirit fell upon this suffering field. In February and M a r c h our congregations were considerably but temporarily augmented, in con­ sequence of some special efforts made to induce a better attendance deed (?) A n d In som e-respects ( !) there has been ever since, a somewhat improved attendance at meetings. Having by the experience and observation of the past year at­ tained some little idea of what needs to b e done in this church, and of some o f the means for accomplishing the work, it is my hope d uring the coming year to organize various methods and systems of operating w i t h the aid of the Lunas, so as to secure a spiritual oversight and instruction to every individual in the church. A general canvass of the church for the purpose of constructing a n e w list, and as far as possible reproducing the old church records w h i c h are imperfect or lost, has disclosed many strange facts, an d the necessity for a thorough & penetrating system of w a t c h & care for members. Schools and Condition of Y o u t h . fr o m Kaloa, Koolau, to Nuu, Kaupo, There are 16 District schools 12 Protestant, a n d four Catholic All are under the superintendance of S. Kamakahiki, who is ener- tolerable getic and faithful in the discharge of h i s duties, and has a/judg­ me n t o f men and their capabilities, in the niceties although not so w e l l versed of school instruction. I believe that w e have no ver y poor teachers n o w in the P r o ­ testant Schools and there are three or four quite g o o d ones. Two of the Catholic Schools are very large, and under the immediate care of very devoted F r e n c h teachers, w ho labor indefatigably, and produce considerable results for show on examination days. For some reason, however, the two schools of theirs u n d e r the care of �Hana 1863 12. their native teachers in out-distrlcts, are the most poor a nd w r e t ­ ched in the whole District. Considerable attention has b e e n given to vocal music in several of our schools. At the examinations, good progress has generally been s h o w n in all the studies. The school houses are in good repair, but generally dark and unfurnished. The g o o d influence of the schools is very mark e d upon the children, who wo u l d otherwise be without restraint, but are now subjected to a certain degree of control and order. And although the amount of m ental discipline which most of them receive appears to be small, not the majority indeed sca r sely ( !) learning how really to s t u dy a book, n o r to take the sense of what they read, yet it is u n speakably greater and better than the absolute blank or defacement of the u n t aught minds, while a considerable minority are in some degree educated and enlightened, and better filled to entertain and apprehend the glo r ­ ious truths of salvation, and prepared to advance to further steps of knowledge in subsequent life as opportunity and incentive may present. There is around us a considerable number of interesting and bright youth of b oth sexes, w h o m I long to see gathered into a goo d school under a truly competent Christian teacher, but how it shall be done I do not yet see. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin did some wo r k of this sort which shows its goo d in the peculiar intelligence and activity of a number of our young men, as wel l as in their higher moral sentiments and better developed religious character. Ignorance. So far as I have h a d opportunity to f o r m a judg­ ment, the people in other districts in the islands are generally muc h In advance of those in this field in respect to knowledge. The majority of the Ignorance of the church ( !) members of Hana C h urch In respect to Divine things is strange and heart-sickening. The average knowledge of the professing Christians is still less in the churches of Kaupo �Hana 1863 and Koolau. 13 . In a multitude of cases it is so small, that it seems to render saving faith impossible. The Being and attributes of God are imperfectly apprehended and but partially belie v e d by them. p o w e r , holiness, The providence and presence of God seem scarcely to have entered the thoughts of many of them, while it is evident that they extensively entertain acti v e habitual fears of the ancient deities and demons. While there is a considerable class who clearly apprehend, heartily believe, and savingly follow the great doctrines of God's word, the majority of those who have found entrance into the church can hardly be b e l ieved to do so. To specify, I find t h e m very extensively ignorant respecting the expiatory character of the Savior's death, and that G o d Is a table Spirit, without Body; That the bread and wine of the L o r d ’s supper ( !) stand for His Body and Blood. That the Savior arose f r o m the grave, and ascended bodily to heaven; that the bodies of the dea d are to rise. I judge that a majority of the church h a d no idea of the Resurrection of the Body, or of Christ's Resurrection. The great defect appears to have b e e n that of Catechetical Instruction, which the majority have evidently not received. Hence they have learned little, They having no ear for hearing sermons. have not intelligence or interest enough to read the Scriptures or any other religious b o o k in the language, w h i c h is sadly destitute of children's and pictorial books meet for such capacities. not read the Scr. in family worship, except in a few cases, They do and when called on to read, their stumbling proves it to be an u n w o n ted exe r ­ cise. The present catechism is excellent, b u t it seems to be too long and d ifficult to secure its be i n g thoroughly learned, understood and f i x e d in the memory. A succinct compend of Divine truth, simply �Hana 1863 stated, is m uch needed by us — 14. mil k for B a b e s , as w e l l as the strong meat for men. After leaving out the class of intelligent lunas n a d others w h o m I hav e named before, who listen attentively to the word, & seek instruction, the rest of the men and nearly all of the w o m e n and y o u t h appear to be profoundly ignorant of the historial facts of the Bible, series, including the miracles of Christ. A " of D a y " so prepared and illustrated that it w o u l d secure b e i n g read, is greatly wanted. I do not think they wo u l d read t h e m if without full Pictorial illustration. Books and N e w s p a p e r s . the past year 6 [or maybe 9? ] includes Koolau and Kaupo. for school use. I have sold about 36 H ymn Books during Bibles, and 60 Testaments. This Most of the Testaments have b e e n bought I have also sold 21 Theologies, and 3 chh. Histories About 50 copies of the "Kuokoa" are taken in the whole f i e l d and 15 "P a k i p i k a " . L i c e n t iousness. of the Missionary. The precise facts are not obvious to the eye Open immorality continues repressed. general sentiment in favor of good morals. But we continue to lament what has always been the Missionary's grief, ness There is a the obstinate f e e b l e ­ of the disapprobation felt for unchastity, and the absence of regard for purity of speech. To illustrate the State of sentiment among our better class of church-members, ( !) Christians, I will put on re c o r d three cases that have occurred during the pas t year. First example. The lunas at Nahiku brought before me the violent language of one of the elders towards a near relative, and refusal to b e reconciled, w h i c h caused them m u c h grief and sense of reproach. On hearing the offenders story, it appeared that he had �Hana 1863 obtained what seemed convincing evidence that his wife while accom­ panied by this relative on a long visit to Lahaina, h a d b e e n h a b i t ­ ual paramours. He h a d therefore forbidden h i m to enter his premises, although previously a member of his family; and as he h a d t r a n s ­ gressed the rule while the husband was away f r o m the house he had threatened h i m severely, and publicly, in w h i c h he firmly persisted. The other brethren felt deeply grieved, and anxious that he should be reconciled w i t h his brother. The offence of his w r a t h and u n ­ yielding displeasure was great in their eyes; the sin of the guilty paramours, which they did n o t controvert, was small. W h e n I justi­ fied the Elder in defending the purity of his home, and d i r e c t e d h i m firmly to persist in his course, I was evidently surprising and dis­ appointing them all, who delighted in being m e n of brotherly kindness Second Example. Kaono, the preacher at Koolau Church was caught by me entering my house at midnight to visit his betrothed girl, w h o m we were keeping for instruction. He confessed that they h a d cohabited previously in the house and w i t h the knowledge of her parents. Her father was a luna, and a pious, sensible Christian. Kaono was profuse and importunate in his penitence and self-reproach, n ot for his unchastity, but for breaking into my house; nor was I able to elicit any other feeling from him. The Christians in Hana and Koolau, were exceedingly scandalized by his conduct, as a burglar but no one ever spoke of the other sin as noticeable. Indeed, the re lation in w h i c h the parties stood, seemed to remove all guilt in their view. Third Example. for census purposes, In making a thorough canvass of the church I found that one member, a y o u n g and very in­ teresting woman belonging to a rather good set of people, h a d been �H a n a 1863 for several years 16. the mistress of a Portuguese in Honolulu, w ho was the father of her child of 3 yrs. visits home, at all our meetings, old. I had seen her on her intimate w i t h our best young people, and a frequent attendant of the women's meetings, and h a d felt much Interest In her. The luna, when asked w h y he had not r e p o r ted her case to myself and the session for discipline, excused it as an oversight, in consequence of her usual absence at Honolulu. S uch cases as these convince me, viduals, that save a very few indi­ our Christian people have made a comparatively small advance f r o m the ancient standard of estimating the crime of unchastity. whole manner of allusion betrays the fact. The The conversation of all classes evinces an absence of shame or conception of decency. The rising generation are being trained in this school of filthiness, and their condition and prospects are exceedingly sad. testimony of the people i s that the School children, hours, w a nder off unrestrained, learned at h o m e . acts, The u n i f o r m out of school to practice the lessons of vileness What can be expected w h e n not to speak of shameless the habitual conversation of pious parents before their chil- r e n embraces the grossest subjects in the most obscene language, wit h free and mirthful discussion of the uncleanness of the neighborhood. There is more prospect of a child growing up into untar n i s h ed purity of life in the Five Points than in the families of our C hristian people, light, the piety of many of whom nevertheless shines w i t h a steady and an ultimately saving influence upo n their children. The saddest effect of this evil condition of things is seen in the state of the sex in w h i c h purity Is most sacred and precious, and its loss the most disastrous to themselves and society. It is In the w o m e n of Hana that the traces of the ancient degradation of the �Hana 1863 land are the most plain and palpable. 17. It is rare to see a w o m a n of mature years whose features are not debased and repulsive. I can think of but few in my congregation who are in t e r esting and in­ telligent Christian women, pious. although I believe that many are truly Many of the younger women appear interesting, lacking intelligence as a class. altho ugh rather As a whole, the women impress me w i t h a disproportionate inferiority to the m e n in knowledge, sense and moral character. Here appears to be the most pressing social wo r k for religion to accomplish In this field, to elevate the character of woman, and develop the finer qualities peculiarly hers, which render the civil­ ized Xn. woman the full equal and helpmeet of man. R e l i g i o n has already laid a solid basis upon which to rear such a superstructure of moral culture. The fear of God and the desire for holiness dwells truly and deeply in man y souls preparing them to feel & r e g ard the obligations of purity, & the heinousness of its opposite, whenever their perverted consciences can be sufficiently instructed and cor­ rected. But Religion needs that her handmaids of social organization, training and education should go forth under her sanction and p r o ­ tection to do the w o r k which is n o w become a possibility. I n o w find our most enlightened people eagerly seconding muc h that I say to them, and earnestly desiring a better state of things. But they are unable individually and alone to make headway against the settled habits of feeling and action in the community. They cannot alone, treat the impure w i t h the needful r epulsion and reproach, and render the sin a disgrace. I would therefore venture the question, do we not need in this matter of Purity, as in that of Temperance, to avail ourselves of the effective means of Association? If the people n e e d Temperance �Hana 1863 Societies, 18. do they not still more nee d Chastity Societies? I would like to have all the g ood people who value this virtue, organized and handed together in promoting it, unit e d to sustain and countenance each other in placing a stigma upo n crime, in repelling the impure f r o m their homes and their social gatherings, filthiness of language and of action. and in frowning down The y o u t h too, mi g h t he or­ ganized in hands of honor and merit; there might he festivals and processions - or these might he omitted as unsuited to the subject. But the conviction is strong that we need to banish all shrinkings of delicacy and attack this subject w i t h boldness and thoroughness, as a nurse or a surgeon goes to work in a hospital to combat d istem­ per. It is the sin and the death of the nation. Health of P e o p l e . There is m u c h sickness. It is evident that Deaths m uch exceed births, as also the official statistics show, wh i c h I have not access now. to There is a constant drain of the younger and more active of the people to the sea-ports. Hence there is a n unuaual proportion of the elderly and aged among us. N o general or severe sickness has been prevalent in the field during the past year. The whole number of deaths in the church has b e e n 50 during the year among over 600 members. Dysentery was very prevalent at the beginning of the year, and the missionary had the satisfaction of being the means of saving the lives of several children. He Is much in nee d of medical Books, Drugs, and implements, w h i c h present means do not permit h i m to purchase. violate the law of the remedies, He has felt compelled repeatedly to land by receiving pay for simple but essential which he could not otherwise provide. Industry. n ot retrograded. No mark e d improvement has been seen. Yet it has A good deal of labor has bee n called for by the �Hana 1863 19. n ew Sugar Plantation, w h ich is now in full and successful operation, and making the very finest grades of sugar. A w a and Tobacco continue to be the chief articles of native produce for export. There has bee n some talk of combinations among natives owning land for culture of cane on their own account. Prices of eatable produce of all kinds continue higher than Lahaina market, except poi. are rather above Oahu prices, Cattle & poultry and very f e w are sold. The Missionary must raise his own produce or be liable to pay exorbitant prices for everything. It is usual for all the people of a district to unite in cultivating a tract of upland taro, w o r k together, and whe n ripe, sumed. or a laulima, in w h i c h they often feast upo n together u n t i l con­ It Is difficult for the native to raise anything and call it h i s own. All friends & neighbors claim to share it. is checked. reason. Hence industry Pew raise melons, bananas or other fruit for the same On the whole, there is no serious difficulty among the people in procuring money for all wants, for taxes and for the support and spread of the Gospel. constant increase. And the facilities have every prospect of The soil is fertile, the climate moist, and land abundant. Other R e l i g i o n s . N o signs of progress have been observed in these, although they still measurably hol d their ground. p a r ison wi t h Bible Christianity, clining. Popery fails In c o m ­ I believe them to be relatively d e ­ to gain any new popularity, or to draw in the intelligent and enterprising. [ The following is a f o o t n o t e :] It has no such class of intelligent men, as I have above described as of ours. Nevertheless among the lower mass of their people, there appears to be a more generally diffused knowledge of leading simple doctrine, than among the same portion of ours. I attribute this to �Hana 1863 diligent plying w i t h creed, may be learned. 20. catechism, and Pictures, whence a lesson Morm o n i sm makes no progress, except in the increas­ ing degradation of its followers. [E n d footnote] The rumor of a ne w hoomana [worship] has reached us, not as of anything acceptable or ensnaring to Christian people, but rather as belonging to the po u l i [darkness; ignorance] . Kaupo C h u r c h . This church has been under the immediate care of the young preacher, Mr. Hezekiah Manase. He has been a good and useful laborer, although impeded in his usefulness by the necessity of spending a good part of his time in teaching, in order to a support, w h i c h the people are backward in rendering him. The inhabitants ignorant. of this district are comparatively stupid and The church members numbering 225 partake of this character. The church has suffered exceedingly by former wholesale admissions of people without knowledge or piety. There is however as elsewhere a body of truly wo r t h y and measurable active Christians. Their house of worship has been floored the past year. During the past two months, there has been a great Increase of activity among the leaders, and of interest among the people. The preacher has felt much encouraged and stimulated. Organization and system are needed to develop the usefulness of the lunas. At the last administration of the Sacrament, u nusual good order and seriousness of deportment were maintained. Two prominent mormons have renounced their errors. Sorcery has b e e n very prevalent of late years in Kaupo. have died in consequence, Many including some of the Kahunas themselves. Many natives have taken lessons in the art. The revival of these �Hana 1863 horrible 21. practices is attributed by the intelligent natives to the extensive licensing of native doctors by K a p u , about 4 years ago. Stimulated by covetousness, these wretches have been the most dil i ­ gent missionaries of idolatry and demonism. Koolau Church. At the time of Kaono's fall, the Lord provided an immediate supply for this promising church in Mr. Samuel Kamakahiki who was then laboring upon their n e w house of worship, and who h a d become already very acceptable to the people as a preacher. He was f o r ­ merly a missionary at Ponape, and subsequently preacher at Hana, and Kahukula. He at once took hold of the w o r k with zeal a n d success. The religious interest in this church has been w e l l sustained. Congregations have b e e n large. The preacher has b een active in visiting outposts, and new interest has b een awakened in dark places. The people are generally i gnorant, but not indifferent. There is muc h spirit of inquiry into God's word. The new and large house of worship at Keanae was enclosed last July and occupied with a great feast, at wh i c h $368 were contributed for the building. The house has been called too large, b u t is often filled. The people of Wailuanui also have enclosed and f loored their house, of somewhat smaller dimensions. In m a k i n g this review of the work and condition of things during the past year, the prevailing thoughts are those of thankful­ ness and hope. The darkness is great, the contest is severe, but (!) progress is made, a n d the way to bitter progress seems visible, and the Lord manifest His gracious presence and power in the hearts of �Hana 1863 22. man y of His people among us. The missionary's most earnest desire is to be enabled to devote his undivided strength to the great and glorious work laid before him; and he views with dismay, any liabi­ lity or possibility that he may be compelled to turn aside to other duties of a secular nature. But this and all other anxieties may safely be cast u p o n Divine Providence, and t h e subordinated w i s d o m of those who have always liberally supported the Lord's work. Table of Statistics Whole no. admitted on Profession " " " ” Certificate Past year on Profession " " " Certificate Total past year Whole no. dismissed Past year do Total Deceased Past y e a r Do. Excluded past year Now in Regular Standing Total Children Baptized Baptized past year Marriages Left for good without dismission Hana Koolau Kaupo [no fig.] [No figure] " 6 14 1 2 8 (!) — - - 14 (!) 1 ) ! ( 2 2 - - 49 18 559 — 20 90 — 3 4 234 6 12 225 - - — 2 8 4 2 -- Contributions For support of Preacher " Church building purposes " General Benevolence $ 141.87 371.00 Total $520.87 [On bac k page:] 1863 June Report of Hana Station 60 600. 44.25 19.69 8.00 $660. $63.94 � 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/. 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