https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/4e8dda990e3cb62b9cf73f9b75484514.pdf 73b7f8e6a574363a023caaddba3a4048 PDF Text Text KAANAPALI E. W. Clark .................. .................. ..... 1841 Unsigned (E. W. Clark)..................... ...... ......1842 E. W. Clark ................ ..................... ....1843 J. S. Emerson ................... ........... ..... .... 1844 J. S. Emerson....................................... .. 1846 T. D. Hunt................. .... .......... ........ . T. D. Hunt 1847 ......... ............ for.2.yrs. .ending.... .1848 C. B . Andrews ....---- -— -.July 1 to April ............ 1849 HAIKU Schedule of School and Tuition Unsigned..... ...............................1835 HONUAULA S.W. Nueku ............ ............. ................. 1861 MAKAWAO J. S. Green........................... ........... .. 1843 �Report of the out station at Kaanapali Maui May 1841. An out station at Kaanapali has been maintained for 8 or 10 years. Since my residence at Lahainaluna, the principal care of this station has devolved on me. The distance from Lahainaluna is about 7 miles by the mauka road. The distance from Lahaina is about l/2 of a mile more. A good dobie meeting house was completed about 4 years ago. A dobie school house has since been built, & a dobie house for the teacher with a room for the temporary accommodations of the mission­ ary who supplies the pulpit. These have all been built by the people with the exception o f the doors & windows of the dwelling house. During the absence of Mr. Dibble, I was able to preach but seldom at this place, as the care of the church in the Semy devolved on me. On Mr. Dibble’s return to Lahainaluna in June last, I resumed regular preaching at Kaanapali, which has been maintained during the year. The usual audience in the fore noon ( !) has been about 500. The labors of the sabbath have consisted of two sermons, a Bible class & occasional meetings with the church & with inquirers. Until the past year most of the church members residing at Kaanapali have been connected with the church at Lahaina. During the past year, it has been thought best to form a church in this place, as it was very difficult for Mr. Baldwin to perform the duties of a pastor towards them, while they were under the special care & Instruction of another. There were also obvious advantages In having a church connected with the station. Accordingly on the 5th of Sept. a meeting was appointed for this purpose at which Messrs Andrews & Dibble attended, Mr. Baldwin being necessarily engaged. A church �Kaanapali Report 1841 2. was formed consisting of 16 members, 15 from the Lahaina church & 1 from Lahainaluna. On the following sabbath Sept. 6, the Lor d ’s Supper was administered & 12 persons admitted to the church on profession. At two different communions since 24 more have been admitted on profession & 5 by letter. One member has died & one has been dismissed to another church, leaving 55 now members of the church. A few more are candidates for admission. cated or suspended. teresting. None have been excommuni­ The state of religion has been on the whole in­ No very special attention, but a considerable increase of hearers since the commencement of the year. Those admitted to the church have been candidates for a considerable time. A considerable number more give more or less evidence that they are on the Lord’s side. Previous to the several communions, I have spent some days at this place with my family examining schools, candidates for the church &c. The people have contributed something on the first monday of the month, principally in work, which has been turned towards the support of the teacher, building dwelling houses &c. Children baptised 42. Marriages, since June 1st, 26. Schools. Kaanapali embraces 10 or 12 miles of coast & containing 1341 inhabitants by the last census. In this district, there are 6 schools. These have been examined 3 times duping the year. ination there were 274 children present. sent. At the last exam­ A few were reported as ab­ Some impulse has been given to the schools by the new laws, but there is still much room for improvement. A small grant is needed from the Mission in aid of schools. E . W . Clark �Report of the Station at Kaanapali May 1st 1842. This out Station is on the N orth West part of Maui, about 8 miles from Lahaina. It contains about 1500 inhabitants. The district is not well supplied with water except in the rainy season. Kalo, therefore, is not abundant, & the people are generally p o o r . A church was organized here last year of 16 members which has since been increased to 88. Preaching, a Bible class & sabbath schools, church meetings &c have been sustained here during the year. Catholics have as yet made no inroads upon the district. I have preached here every sabbath except when prevented by sickness, or some other cause, & attended a bible class & church meetings. I have been absent 6 or 7 sabbaths since last Gen. Meeting. about 10 days here also in vacation with my family. I spent There have been no special excitement, but a pretty good attention to the means of grace. There has been no serious cases of church dicipline ( !). A good many are ready & waiting to make a prublic ( !) profession of their faith, but we have kept them back. 31 have been admitted during the year on profession. About $30 have been paid towards a bell, besides a monthly con­ tribution in mats & labor amounting to $15 or $ 20. We have been deprived of a very comfortable meeting house a few months since. During the rainy season, the doby walls not being very well secured gave way. The roof is not materially injured & will answer for another house which has been commenced. There are six schools in this district, the oversight of which has involved considerable time & care. school. Most of the children attend The schools have been examined three times during the year. �Kaanapali 1842 2. The following is the statistics of the schools. 6 Schools, 6 Teachers, 307 Scholars, 204 Readers, Writers unknown, 104 in Arithmatic, In Geography 38/ Statistics of the church Whole number admitted to the church on examination 67; certificate 21, Past year on examination 31. On Past year on certifi­ cate none, Whole number past year 31, Whole No. dismissed to other churches 1, Dismissed past year none, Whole number deceased 3, Sus­ pended past year 2, Remain suspended 2, Excommunicated none, Whole No. excommunicated none. regular standing 82. past year 34. Remain excommunicated none, Whole No. in Whole No. of children baptized 76, Baptised Whole No. of children deceased 2, Deceased past year Marriages past year 13 couple. Avarage ( !) No. of congregation on the sabbath 400. (Unsigned) (On b a c k : ) E .W. Clark report of labors at Kaanapali 1842 �Kaanapali [1843] Preaching has been sustained at Kaanapali during the year as of heretofore. During the absence/the pastor on East Maui about 4 months, his place was supplied principally by Mr. Andrews, for which the people have made or expect to make a small compensation. There has b e e n no special excitement on the subject of religion, nor has there been any outbreaking ofevil. the district. Popery has made no inroads upon Attention to the ordinances of the Gospel has been much as in former years. The new stone meeting house which was com­ menced last year has been finished, & was opened for worship in Feby . Twenty three persons have been admitted to the church during the year - 20 on profession 23 by letter. There have be e n no cases of discipline - 2 su(s)pended members have been restored. Statistics Church. Whole no. a d . to church on examination 87. Past year on Examination 20. year 23. On certificate 3. On certificate 24. Whole number past Whole number dismissed to other churches 2. Whole number deceased 5. Deceased past year 2. none. Remain suspended none. none. Remain ex. none. Past year 1. Suspended past year Ex. past year none. Whole no. ex. W hole number in regular standing 104. Whole number of children baptized 93. Past year 17. Marriages past year 12. Schools. The schools are in much the same state as last year - a small Increase in the number of scholars. 6. Whole number of scholars 322. Arithmetic 123. Geography 79 . Number of schools 6. Teachers Readers 189. Writers unknown. E.W. Clark Pastor �Report of Station Kaanapali for May 1844 — The Station at Kaanapali has been supplied with preaching from Lahainaluna since last Gen. Meeting, a few sabbaths only excepted. During several sabbaths, when the pastor was unable to leave his family, the desk was supplied by Bro. Alexander. Schools in the field are not remarkably flourishing; they are however doing good, & the teachers, with one or two exceptions are trying to do well. The people are poor & inclined to indolence, not ready to pro­ cure books for their children, which is quite an embarrassment; the want of maps for the study of topical geography is also an evil. The pastor has attended three examinations, all of which have indicated that there are many children to be taught, & much room for improvement in the instruction of them. The chch. at Kaanapali is a pleasant little community, & as yet quite remarkable for its freedom from quarrels & disorderly conduct. A protracted meeting was held among them in the latter part of January last, at which Bro. Alexander assisted me. The meeting was commenced on tuesday & continued till the close of the sabbath fol­ lowing . Some of the obvious results of the meeting were an increase in the congregation on the sabbath, more frequent calls for the Bible, a disposition to pay old debts, & a wish to talk with the pastor on the subject of religion. A change in the habits & course of life of a few has been quite marked & pleasing. The congregation is rather uniform in its size, rarely so small as three hundred in the morning & never perhaps larger than six hundred generally more than 400. �Kaanapali 1844 There are no papists in the parish; except it be that a company (!) in Honokohao, a remote corner of t h e parish, who set up ava drinking, praying to departed spirits, reveling &c on the sabbath may be called papists. Some of these I was informed were desirous of joining the papists - but the papists were forbidden by Auhea to hold meetings or erect a house for the purpose among them. She said let those who wish to join the papists go where the papists are, but let not the papists come into Kaanapali, as that is yet free from them & the land is mine. The Seven verses for the week have been committed by a goodly number in Luke, the Doctrinal Catechism is also studied with some interest by the people. The people have paid about $25. for bibles the past year which sum has been reported to the Sec. Agents. The(y) have made promise to do better the coming year; but the close of the year will better tell the fulfillment of their promise. Statisticks Schools 9 106 Teachers 9 29 Scholars 370 19 4 23 Av. attend. 265 Readers 240 Whole no. dismissed 4 Writers 147 dis. past year 2 Schol in Geog deceased in all " past year Suspended past year 7 Arithmatick The Chch. Ad. on examination " on certif. Ad. past year on ex. " on certif Whole no. ad. past year Perm. susp 0 150 2 1 Population 1469 �3 Excom 0 Whole n o . in reg. s t . 131 Children bap. 101 Bap. past year 28 married past year 14 Average cong Elderly men 118 elderly women 114 Young men 405 Young women children Deaths past year 332 500 25 Births 400 32 Respectfuly ( !) Submitted J.S. Emerson The grant of $150. has been economically expended in repairs & in painting the dwelling house which I occupy. There remain however about $8. unexpended which are on hand in lumber. The additional room has not been erected as the grant allowed was merely adequate for other needful repairs. �Report of Station Kaanapali May 1846. Nothing of a peculiarly marked or very interesting character has occured ( !) among the little chch. & people of Kaanapali during the past two years. The preaching of the Gospel has been enjoyed by all who wished to hear it nearly every sabbath during this period. When, from peculiar circumstances, I have been unable to visit the station on the sabbath one of the brethren at Lahainaluna has exchanged labours with me; or otherwise one of the Theol. Class has been sent to their assistance. About the time of our last Gen. Meeting some would be papists were making an effort to divide the people; & their success for a time created some alarm, & some efforts to check their progress; but all efforts to check them only tended to increase their strength & enthusiasm. Soon however they were let alone, & being let alone, their power left them, their numbers diminished, & their meetings became so unimportant that for the past 9 months or a year I have been hardly able to learn whether they have h ad any meeting at all in the district. The number of their proselytes has not increased for nearly two years. Sickness. During the epidemic that prevailed 12 or 14 months since - the people of Kaanapali suffered extensively; all were sick; many died, & a number were siezed with coughs, which have since terminated in consumption. severely. The aged & the children suffered most The affliction did not however in any case, which has come to my knowledge lead any to repentance; an other ( !) illustration of the fact that people do not always learn righteousness when the judgments of God are abroad in the earth. Benevolent efforts. While absent at Gen. Meeting two years �Kaanapali 1846 since a subscription was started for the support of the Gospel; the people subscribed liberally, & a few paid promptly & to the extent of their subscription, but the mass of the subscribers found it more convenient to promise than to pay. only were paid. Over $200 were subscribed & $56 But as no one was allowed to pay his subscription who did not pay it within the time specified, those, who did not pay learned a lesson of mortification which will be of permanent benefit to at least a few of them. A want of fixed purpose & regard for their word, when once pledged is a great drawback upon the good estimation of the people. It is pleasing however to observe among the professed followers of Xst here a few who appreciate his injunction to support his or­ dinances & extend the knowledge of his Gospel. Since January 1846, the chch. have agreed to contribute monthly the m e n 12 1/2¢ & the women 6 1 / 4¢ unless sickness prevents. to be paid in all cases promptly It is the understanding of the chch. that, if any one fails to make out his contribution, without a good reason he subjects h imself to the censure of the chch. Attendance on publick worship. The congregation was unusually small during the summer of 1844, but, during the past six months, it has been on the average about as large as in former years; the afternoon meetings are always smaller than those in the fore-part of the d a y . Discipline, & receptions to the chch. Twenty only have been recd to the chch. by profession during the past two years, & these, after having a long probation; there are also a few others who are promising candidates, but who will not be recd till there is further trial of their attachment to the cause of the Saviour. �3. Kaanapali 1846 The number of cases of discipline from the first, have been but few; in all but ten, one for adultery, three for quarreling, & six were cases in which females went from their husbands to other Isls, to visit friends &c - contrary to the advice of their husbands & of the chch. There are at the present time three only who have ever been chch. members, who are under suspension from its communion & fellowship. No individual has ever been disciplined in the chch for the use of either rum or tobacco, & I know of no individual member of the chch who uses either. Schools. Our schools have been but very indifferently watched over by the Kahukula the past two years - Teachers have been but partially paid, & as a consequent ( !) have but partially performed their duties as teachers. Attendance of the children has been quite irregular, & their supply of books very inadequate to their necessities; as a consequent ( !) to all these evils the schools with a few exceptions have been rather unprofitable & the money expended upon them well nigh thrown away. He that can not get a sufficient amount of food for his work will rarely earn the little that he does get. The ai o kala has been committed to memory by the chch. generally & by the larger scholars in the better instructed schools. On the first day of the present month we had an examination of the schools at Kaanapali; & connected with it a feast & an exhi­ bition of musick ( !) from about 20 children, who have been taught the art by one of the scholars of the Seminary. The music was very respectable - & the school has been quite advantageous in h elping keep up an interest in publick worship. �Kaanapali 1846 4. Statistics of the last examination are as follows Number of schools Number of teachers Scholars in the schools Readers Writers Arithmetick Geography 11 11 242 17 3 110 12 6 82 The number of scholars as reported two years since was 370 i.e. 128 or 1/3 more than at the present time. The reason of this diminu­ tion is stated by the teachers to be in a great measure owing to the large number of boys who have gone on board whale ships. Receipts for books b etween July 1844 & Jan. 1846 To the credit of the Bib Society " Tract Soc. " Am. Board $18.00 5.42 17.25 $30.67 All of which have been rep. to Sec. Agents. The Elele is promptly paid for in cash. Benevolent Contributions from July 1844 to May 1846 - - in cash - - - $92.93 which have been expended as follows To To To To To cover (?) an old debt to seminary procure bibles for the poor Olomana for services among the people fixtures & repairs at the station a contribution to the chch Waialua 11.56 10.00 8.00 26.00 30.00 $85.56 Leaving unexpended $7.37 Statistics of the Chch. Whole number recd to chch. on examination " " " 159 on certificate 30 Admitted in 1844-5, 11; in 1845-6,10; on examination " on certificate 1844-5 3; 1845-6, 0; - - 21 3 Dismissed to other chchs. whol(e) number 9 Dismissed in 1844-5, 3; in 1845-6, 3; - 6 �Kaanapali 1846 5. Whole number deceased 20 Deceased in 1844-5, 6. in 1 8 4 5 - 6 , 7 , Suspended in 1844-5, 3 in 1845-6, 3, 13 6 Remain suspended 3 Excommunicated 0 Whole num ber in Reg. Standing 127 Whole number of children baptized 147 Baptized in 1844-5, 8; in 1845-6, 14, 22 Baptized children deceased 14 " " deceased in 1845-6 Marriages in 1844-5, 64, in 1845-6, 20 Average cong. on sabbath 6 84 300 Deaths to births about 2 to 7 May 6 1846 J.S. Emerson �[Kaanapali] Lahainaluna Sept. 9th 1847 Dear Bro. Chamberlain; According to your request I return a statistical report of the small church under my care. I have been pastor of the church at Kaanapali a little more than 14 months. My labors among that people have been confined almost entirely to the sabbath owing to my duties in this Sem'y [Lahainaluna] during the week. I have, however, occasion- aly visited the different villages, & during this period have conversed several times with about 300 inquires. During the first 10 months of this period, a theo- logical student of this sem'y labored on Saturday in the different settlements & on the Sabbath preached at Honokohau, the last but one of the largest villages in the district. His labors were very acceptable to the people, & were in many ways productive of good. The church paid him one dollar cash each week for his two days' services - During the last 4 months they have enjoyed the constant services of a graduate of this sem'y & a candidate for the ministry. given evidence of high promise for future usefulness. Thus far he has He will ere long be licen­ sed to preach the Gospel & should he continue humble & zealous & prove himself a good workman, of whom he himself & we need not be ashamed. it[!] is proposed ulti­ mately to ordain him & instal[ !] him over that people. The church at a recent meeting cordially undertook his support, which will be for the first year $100. cash. He married a graduate of the Female Sem'y at Wailuku, who, though not a professor of religion, is nevertheless an excellent young woman, & appears to enter with interest upon the duties incident to her station. There has been dur­ ing the year past some feeling in the church, while the number of inagaurated have greatly increased. There has not however been what could be considered, in the usual signification of that word, a revival. The schools in the district are not flourishing. of well qualified teachers. The cause is in the wan t The inadequate pay, & even the failureof that for the portions of the year, have contributed to make even the poor teachers more inefficient & delinquent. On the whole the year has been a prosperous one for the church. The attend­ ance on pubic worship has been good, while the cases of discipline have been few. They have rethatched their meeting house, while the church members at Honolulu have built & furnished a thatched house for my accommodations when I go among them & are now getting timbers for a roof to the stone meeting house whose walls have been up for 4 or 5 yrs past. Perhaps the whole district of Kaanapali numbers 1200 people, stretched along the coast 8 miles in length & 2 or 3 in breadth. The Catholics have made but little progress -- in this field & are now at a dead stand, probably on the retrograde. The people of the whole field are �[Kaanapali] 2. Lahainaluna 1847 are contiguous to Lahaina market, is reaping many of the advantages with but few of the disadvantages of such a port. My labors there are an advantage to me, as they keep on & in use my ministerial armor, which, as an Instructor merely,would get off or get rusty; while at the same time they afford an agreeable variety to my employments, both refreshing & healthful. Members of the Church in regular standing - 213; (105 females) (108 males ) Admitted during the period of this report, on profession - 96 " " by letter-6 " " both by profession & letter 102 Suspended " ----2 Excommunicated for idolatry (in 1846) — 1, who was restored to the church Sep. 5th 1847 Number of children baptised - -115 Adults baptised: (who joined the church) 93 Number of schools. -- ----7 Number of scholars ---- -------253 Number of church members, died 3 ” " dismissed to other churches 3 Suspended members restored 1 Amount contributed in cash to support the Gospel $72.75 being a great advance upon preceding years & it being the intention of the people to raise the sum of $100 & more. We have reason to bless God & take courage [ T. D. Hunt] �Report of the Church at Kaanapali I. of Maui For two years ending May 1848 The pastor of this church is but little more than a "stated supply." His residence is 8 miles from his meeting house & 14 (?) respectively from the ex­ tremes of his field. This distance in connection with his employment as teacher in L'luna Sem'y puts his work in a double sense at arms length. His pastoral labors have occupied necessarily but little of his time & thoughts & hence have engaged but partially his affections. pastor. He has been their preacher but not their They have seldom seen him except on the sabbath & in the pulpit. Of course the attendance has not been great, & duties which need the constant & care of a present pastor have failed or dragged in their performance. classes & sabbath school particularly have suffered from such neglect. cumstances to must necessarily affect the preacher. of the congregation to whom he preaches. guidance Bible Such cir­ He is comparatively ignorant Hence he cannot as well adapt his preaching to the state & circumstances of his people. He is obliged too often to draw his bow at a venture & trust to the particular Providence by which alone such shots are guided to their object. The vigilence of the church officers among a people like this amounts to but little in the habitual absence of their pastor. Hence the ocassional tours generally afford him as much pain as pleasure. He sees so much to be done which he cannot do, but which would come within the compass of a real pastor, that he cannot enjoy even the good that is accomplished while he labors under the oppressive apprehension that secret sin is at the root of even that which appears good. But these evils could be less could the interval labors of the nominal pastor be regular. But for the two yrs. past my pastoral visitations have been subject to frequent and protracted interruptions. For instance, this year I was in my pulpit but once respectively for the 3 months of Jan'y, Feb’y & March. This absence was unavoidable but on that account none the less unfortunate for my people. instance was an extreme one but forcibly exhibits the disadvantages under This which such pastoral labor is performed. But the particular in which the inadequateves (!) of such labors is especially felt is in the admission of candidates to the church. them which my circumstances would permit, Yet the best knowledge of yet I would be painfully ignorant of them. Though favorable impressed by two or three interviews at long intervals. &Z informed of their regular attendance at the sectional meeting as well as their orderly & pious deportment before others yet after all what have I known of them in view of the hypocracy of the race & their greediness to get into the church. �Kaanapali, Maui, station report , May 1848 Hunt 2. This embarassment distresses more or less every pastor however favorable situated to become acquainted with his people. But it is particularly trying to one resid­ ing out of his field & whose opportunities of visiting his flock are both infrequent & interrupted. And still he has the work to do. There are inquirers. In the ex­ ercise of charity that be ieves all things he hopes the hearts o f a few are renewed by the Holy Ghost. He pursuades himself that some have repented of their sins & forsaken them & he hopes & prays that they may be rewarded & made more fit for fellowship with the saints. He looks at those already in the church & comparing themselves among themselves, he at length concludes that if they were fit to enter these new seekers are also fit. So with a joy almost all of trembling he opens the pressed door and takes in the besieging group. I can truly say that in my inquiry meetings & at my communion sessions my anxieties have exceeded my joys. Another difficulty I have experienced has been the want of a pastoral habit i. e. that frame of mind & aptitude in my labors which daily pastoral work secures. I have gone to my little flock not always with the smiles of a shepherd to his flock, but too often with the frown and sternness of a & truant class. schoolmaster to his dull MY mind has been occupied during the week with the dry instructions of Golburn & Euclid so that, the fountains of my heart have hardly been broken up to refresh my people when they were again sealed up in the cold regions of un­ relished duties. In other words not happening to like the employment of teaching my spirit has been vexed 6 days to prepare or rather spoil me for the seventh. Another & still greater embarassment has arisen from the growing conviction that I was cultivating a field I was soon to leave. not fasten there. Of course my attachment could I tried to do what I could, yet who can plant & water & prune & multiply attractions at a place of sojourn as he would at home. In truth I have all along sighed that I was a pastor only in name, & as I urged myself over the plains & down the ravines of my half-cultivated field, longed for other labors. scenes & I have tried, however, not to let my feelings influence my conduct; but I am aware that I am human & can but feel that I have not done all I would have done had my heart been more enlisted. But not withstanding these discouragements there are some pleasing features to the work. The duties connected with the pastoral office there are healthful. They afforded needed excercise after a weeks confinement. calms & The change from the heat of the leeward to the windward side of the Island, from the sea breeze to the bracing trades has been both a luxury & a benefit. The duties connected with that station, though at arms length & often inter- �Kaanapali, Maui, station report, May 1848 Hunt 3. rupted & painfully inadequate have neverthless a great relief to one who vastly preferred such work to his daily tasks. They have served to keep an uneasy schoolmaster from being absolutely rebellious. They have helped,too, to keep alive the little missionary spirit which re­ peated disappointments had well nigh extinguished. Yes, Brethren a spark is left & I hope that devotion to the work I prefer coupled with contentment in a field of my choice will kindle that spark to a flame, & secure both heart & hand in warm attachment & energetic action for this race. Acquaintance too with that little flock has convinced their pastor that, how= ever much chaff there may be in the Hawaiian churches, there is some wheat. I rejoice in the conviction thus gained that however many may at the last day say "Lord Lord" & stand unadmitted at the door of Heaven,yet I hope to unite there with a multitude of this poor people, gathered from the huts & caves, & some though few, from the palaces of Hawaii. I have also had this to encourage me, that though I could do but a tythe of the work, yet that tythe was all gain. It was so much real benefit a people who would otherwise have been left very much to the enemy. Something it is hoped has been accomplished. vanced but little. The schools however, have ad­ Causes, incompetent teachers & poor pay. The papists, too, have made a beginning, but their success has been very small & very doubtful. They have gathered a few of their own kind from among the old, the vicious & the secluded. But even these have been thinned by apostates, & but one church mem- bet has fallen into the snare. These sly agents, however, are on the alert. They call for vigilence & Instruction on the part of the pastor & prayers & activity on the part of the good & true. So far they have, on the whole, done us no harm. During the period now reported, there have been received to this church on profession 118 by letter 8 126 Total There have been suspended from the Church 3 Of these there has been restored 1 Excommunicate d Restored 3 1 Dismissed to other churches 4 [?] Deaths in the church 8 Number now in regular standing 230 �Kaanapali, Maui, station report, May 1848 Hunt 4. Of this 116 are males - & 113 are females Number of children baptised Marriages 144 57 [? ] Number of schools Number of scholars 7 198 There is one Catholic school of 20 scholars. Cash contributed for the support of the Gospel $144.75 In addition to this, the meeting house has been refroofed & the adobe house of their na/tive preacher rebuilt. A grass house was also built in one of the dis­ tricts for the accommodations of the pastor on his occassional tours. The meet­ ing house also has been furnished with new mats. Money rec'd for books the "Elele" $11.25 There is little disposition among the people to buy books. I have seen with pain the struggle on the part of many to provide themselves with gay clothing,while they would go without means of mental culture, & even deprive themselves of the Word of God, except furnished them gratuitously. times in silks but destitute of Children well dressed; & some- m ost common school books presents a strange but [?] frequent spectacle at our examinations -. The people of the district are evidently diminishing the deaths exceeding the births. advance has been made in civilization. While but little if any There has occured no special revival of religion though there was more than ordinary interest felt in the fall & winter of 1846. This is to be attributed instrumentally to the labors of Naiapaakai, then a member of the Theological class in the Sem'y at Lahaina, on Saturdays & Sabbaths. field. Sabbath & week class meetings have been maintained throughout the The church have supported a native preacher the whole time, to which the money raised for benevolent purposes has been appropriated. On the whole the church has experienced two prosperous years. has more than doubled. Their number Their contributions have considerably advanced upon those of previous years. In relation to the Sem'y the church is of great importance. It affords past­ oral labor for a missionary who would otherwise have no ministerial responsibi­ lity. It is important as a place of exercise for the theological class of the Sem’y. It affords a rare opportunity for training a promising licentiate for the high functions of an ordained minister. This training has been commenced & it is hoped that whoever succeeds the present pastor will be encouraged gradually to �Kaanapali, Maui, station report, May 1848 Hunt 5 advance Kauwealoha on to ordination - & installment. In conclusion let me commit my little flock to the paternal care of this mission. In providing for the Sem'y make good provision for the smallest, though not the youngest of HAwaiian churches. T . Dwight Hunt Pastor. �Report of Kaanapali Church & Congregation from July 1 to April 1849 [ Andrews] C . Shortly after arriving at L'luna last year my predecessor informed me that he was ready to introduce me to my new parish. It took me by surprise, as I had returned from the meeting last year light hearted in the feeling that being stationed at L'luna I was to be free of ministerial duties & responsibilities. By what auth­ ority, I asked "do you favor me with a new parish?" "By that of the Hawaiian Assoiation." I demurred to the authority, especially as I had previously supposed, Kaana­ pali religious interests were to be attended to by the young licentiate just hired by them from L'luna, Kauwealoha by name. But as Mr. Hunt had informed them Analu no Molokai was to be his panihaka & Kauwealoha sent saying they were expecting me. I went out there about the first of July & preached. & came around me The people appeared pleased "a la Hawaii," to shake hands. It was evident they had a warm attachment to their former pastor & that I might not succeed in acquiring his influence over their minds. How different they appeared from Molokai people. The children would roll about on their mats in church, or lie down flat & sleep. After the 1st SAbbath few came to the afternoon service, & my bodily presence & speech were too much like that of a preacher of old to command their presence or attention. I had previously been reminded on Molokai of my ill adaptedness to the office of bishop & now I began to realize it. But something must be done even at a venture. I straitened [!] up the children by telling them that J. C. whipped such violators of his worship out of the house of prayer. From the older sleepers I proposed to levy a subscription to buy pillows, & with the remainder hire a carpenter to partition off part of the house for a "Keena hiemoe." This was to touch their shame & their pockets & being often reiterated by one another out of meeting has helped to keep off sleep during service. But the greatest difficulty was to maintain a respectable congregation at P.M. service. To attain this I often requested at noon the church members (something crossed out) to tarry after the next service & tried to for their consideration there. invent interesting topics To make the Sab. & sanctuary service attractive to the people generally I used to go out Fri. & Sat. & more gather singing schools, contriving so to raise their enthusiasm, that they the younger portion would come on Sabbath to attend a singing service between sermons. I made this a kind of mixture of r e l i g i o n & singing instruction, by singing hymns in full & commenting on them to tunes which we had practised in the previous days of school. Many wild little fellows would come & stay through morning meeting for the sake �Kaanapali July 1 - April 1849 [C. Andrews] 2. of hymn-singing, at noon, & that continuing until the P.M. meeting, most would then stay until it was concluded. The usual division of the field has been into two parts for preaching, one 8 mls.[miles] from L-luna the other 16. The average cong. during the 1st part of the year was 300 for the nearest & 200 for the part farthest away. the licentiate & I would alternate at each place. Kauwealoha His preaching has seemed ac- ceptable to the people. Thus I began, & after struggling for a few months [!] thought I could see some faint traces of improvement, when the epidemics came,with consequences similar to that felt in other places, only worse, because the people of Kaanapali are fisher­ men, & by fishing they get all their living. To give you an idea of the months during the sickness, permit me to read some of the records of the church. [Blank page] Such is a general outline of Kaanapali religious operations to which I will add a few items. 1st Kan.[Kaanapali] has never had a mission family to reside there & the people evidently shew[show] the destitution. from 8 to 16 mls. distant. Its pastors have always lived at L-luna They have never had a mission lady there to organize direct, & carry on religious labors among the females. There is much vacuity laziness, listlessness, among the females of that region than among any that I am familiar with. There are few good helping women. 2nd. The pecuniary condition of the people. 1/2 of the people of my field live entirely from hand to mouth by fishing. The whole country is fertile, large districts being good arable land, but the cattle & horses, of Lahaina pasturage have broken over & roamed without barrier over the whole ground for 2 years. hog pen as The inhabitants might as well plant corn in a potatoes or any eatable on their grounds, & as they are too poor to own cattle of their own, & cannot controll[!] those of Lahaina, their only means of living left is the sea. Some of the brethren think the law of trespass is a hard one, $1. dol. fine where an animal merely intrudes on/his neighbor's premises, especially if the tresspasser was a mission cow or horse, but let me say, beware how you put a straw in the way of that law, if you do not wish your fields to to[!] resemble Kan. Natives decrease & animals increase here as these [Isles?] , & the in­ terests of a drive of a rich man's cattle are much more likely to be attended to than are those of a village of poor natives. Of course the people of K. are poor, miserably, poor & they always will be so, under the present system of obtaining a livelihood. �Kaanapali July 1 - April 1849 [C. Andrews] 3. 3rd. No benevolent effort has been set on foot among them this year. They have partially supported Kauwealoha & he has received 15 dollars from the Mon. Con. of the Sem.[!]. 4th.Statistics, The censuses as taken by the natives & handed to the Kahu Kula, before I saw it. I can therefore give only an approximation to correct statis­ tics from my own observation. Since Kahakuloa was added to Kaanapali, it numbers from 12 to 13 hundred all told, of whom nearly 2,50[!] are school children. In two of the larger villages whose census I knew, The mortality has been l/9th of the population for the whole year. The reason of this great mortality is, the inhabitants support life e ither on fish which they had to go & catch during the time of sickness when/they ought to have been in the house, - or no food at all - at times alternating with old/or indif­ ferent poi, brought along to be exchanged for fish. It is a miserable sustenance at any time, but a destructive diet for the sick. The no. of ch. members is 230, to whom I have as yet added nine by profes­ sion, though I shall venture to take in a few, appearantly[!] very consistent persons at the next Sacrament. The church records do not shew the statistics of those suspended & excom[!], to & I cannot give them. Finally should it be asked, "Are there any available & probable means by which together with what they now have the people of Kan. could be saved from ex­ tinction & could be raised to a pleasant civilized & social conditions." I would answer thus, Were it given to me to accomplish that object I should try 1st to get a good warmhearted missionary with his family to settle among them, not one divided between them & his family living at L-luna (for Kan. is long & its people scattered) & would require all of his labors.) [!] one who with his helper would abound with human kindness & be father, brother & sister to the poorest & mean­ est of the Kanaka nation in his field. I would then try to induce Govt to compound with the natives for their petty land claims, by laying off to the few left there, a strip of ground each in villages, where the whole could be fenced with a strong barrier giving each a portion there in fee simple side by side, & then require them to fence it strong, at the same time giving each a right of pasturage say for 15 animals' [?] each on the plains rising in the interior. This would be a great saving of cost, labor & vexation to the Govt & to the natives also, recover to them some land out of the range of herds upon which to raise the staff of life, & at the same time leave vast tracts as a source of revenue, & pasture for natives from wh. now not one farthing is gained to either. No region I have seen at the islands, unite so many advantages both for an arable �Kaanapali July 1- April 1849 [C. Andrews] 4. & grazing country where natives could prosper, & now none is so destitute. If their claims are granted it will do nobody any good, & continue a great deal of harm for these petty claims lie scattered here & there, in the midst of this vast range & one man's 1/2 acre of potatoes, must lay an embargo on ground where 10,000 cattle & horses could luxuriate the year around & bring in as many [as] dollars yearly to Govt. [End] [Unsigned] 10,0000 �Report of the Station at Haiku (1 8 3 5 ) The station at Haiku in Hamakualoa was taken about the first of September 1834 - On the arrival of the missionary and his fam­ ily at the place selected for the station a native dwelling-house & small cook-house were in readiness for him. The natives gave him a welcome reception, & their kindness has hitherto been uni­ form in supplying him and his family with such of the necessaries and comforts of life as they possessed. The only place of worship at the station, during the first four months was an old native house in a falling and ragged state, the thatch principally off the sides & partly off the roof, and withal not large enough to contain more than half the people who usually attended worship on the sabbath. school-house for the first few months: This was also our only But a new native house 100 ft long by 26 ft wide has been erected for public worship & was dedicated to God in December. were conducted by Mr. Clark; The services of this occasion A large number of people assembled and gave good attention to the word; Gov. Hoapili was present with a number of ch. members from Lahaina, which in part accounts for the great concourse of people. Labours: The public labours of the station (aside from the schools ) have consisted usually of two sermons on the Sab. and a lecture during the week - a Sabbath-school for the children on Sab. morning & a Bible-class in the afternoon, besides a catechet­ ical exercise in the evening in reference to the sermons delivered on the same day. A prayer-meeting was held on Saturday evening exculsively ( !) for ch-members, and since the erection of our new meeting-house morning meetings for prayer have been regularly held, �2. and usually well attended considering the scattered situation of the people. Attendence on the services of the Sanctuary has been encouraging. The congregation on Sab. has (been) respectably large for that region. It has varied some on account of the storms which prevail there, but since the erection of our new-meetinghouse in good weather it has usually been well filled on the Sabbath. As to the effects of these labours I can say but little that is encouraging. There are a considerable number of persons about the station who give good attention to the word preached, are orderly in their daily walk, and profess to be seeking the "pearl of great price", and a few give considerable evidence of having passed from death unto life, but in general the seed sown seems to have fallen by the way side, among thorns, or on stony places, & perished. No church has been formed at the station, though there are some 10 or 11 ch-members residing in that region, belonging to the churches at Lahaina & Kaawaloa ( . ) Of this number one is under censure, another is suspected, and of the remainder I can only say they are neither cold nor hot and therefore little can be said either for or against them. Schools; During part of the year 3 schools have been sustained at the station, 1, A school of from 30 to 40 teachers and others, who attended to geography, arithmatic ( !), writing & reading, but principally to the last. The reason for their attention being directed more particularly to reading existed in the fact that not over 5 individuals could be found within our limits who could read either the word of God or any other book with facility or much profit, and 4 of these were formerly scholars of Mr, Greens at Wailuku. To this school I devoted 2 hours a day 4 days in the week - �Haiku 1835 2. 3. A school of women taught by Mrs. Armstrong. This school was commenced with about 30 scholars & increased to 70; The studies pursued in this -school were the same as those of the male school, with the addition of some attention to needle-work & bonnet-making in which the native-ladies manifested much skill but not so much industry - Two hours a day for 4 days each week were devoted to this school. 3. A childrens school, to which my attention was given 2 hours a day 3 days each week. to 140; It commenced with 70 scholars & Increased A great majority of the children knew not the letters of the alphabet when they entered the school & none of them could be properly called readers; Of course our first object was to teach them to read & in this we have only partially succeeded. The children appear to be attached to the school, & for the advan­ tages they have had have made commendable improvement. Our labours during the first months of the year were sustained with great disadvantages, arising from the want of a meeting-house or school-house & more particularly on account of ill-health in our family. About the first of January, it became necessary to leave our station on account of sickness & remove to Wailuku. Since that time our school operations were entirely suspended until the first of April when they were again for a few weeks resumed with an increase of scholars. The labours of the Sabbath, with the exception of a few Sabbaths, have by the assistance of several of my brethren been sustained since the station was first taken. In December the Governor of Maui paid us a visit having sev­ eral objects in. view, collect taxes, establish prayer-meetings & proclaim the tobacco-law. On the evening of his arrival he assem­ bled the people, proclaimed the law, declared Its penalty, then �4. gravely called on all who were willing to give up smoking tobacco to hold up their hands; their h a n d s !! So they all, with one consent held up But the law, though proclaimed by the Governor in person has fallen far short of producing the desired reformation. There is probably not much less smoking now on Maui than there was before the law was proclaimed. Tobacco is not only used in the pipe, but is cultivated & grows abundantly in many places on the island. popular; The proclamation in regard to prayer-meetings was more Morning & evening meetings have been held in most parts of east, if not of West Maui, the teachers & Konohikis usually taking the lead in them whether they made any pretentions to ser­ iousness or not. These meetings we have regarded as having an evil tendency, and therefore frequently expressed our disapproba­ tion of them, but until recently did not succeed in breaking them up such was either their popularity or the regard the people had for the injunction of the Governor. As to the state of the people about our station, we have no particular report to make. It is well known that the mass of them care not for the things which belong to their everlasting peace. In Hamakuapoko which has long been notorious for its wickedness, many of the people have been practicing the _,_ and in Haiku a company have been convicted of idolatry & are now working on the roads On the 6th of May I set out on a tour of East Maui & returned to Lahaina on the 20th. The object of this tour was twofold; first to preach the Gospel to the people in those dark & destitute parts of the island, and more particularly to preach for several days in succession in some populous & central place, and 2 - To make a thorough examination of the schools. — The place I selec­ �Haiku 1835 5. ted for a protracted meeting was Hana. Here I remained for 10 days & preached twice each day besides holding daily meetings for conference & Prayer. Previous notice having been given, a number of persons came from the adjacent districts Koolau & Kipahulu, & remained during the meeting. On the two sabbaths the congregation was quite large & it was respectably so during the week. Good at­ tention was given to the word preached and some individuals were ap parently in some measure convicted of sin & penitent - Such was their profession & their appearence ( !) indicated solemnity of feel ing. But the conviction for sin appeared to be too superficial, to hope much from them, unless God by his gracious spirit should deepen & strengthen it, & cause it to result in a radical change of heart - During the past year wickedness has greatly abounded at Hana drunkenness, adultery, & heathen sports have been most common, but the law being rigidly inforced ( !) & the leaders pun­ ished, things have been restored to their former order. In regard to the schools on East Maui it can hardly be said that there are any. So far as I could ascertain the people do not assemble in any place for instruction unless it is on the Sabbath; then they in some places meet & recite the catechism, & perhaps read a little. Multitudes who formerly attended examinations have forsaken their books & schools, and many others appeared with the old pa-pa, which was all committed to memory, but they could not read a line in another book. In some places, there are as many teachers as scholars, & they are in many instances not a whit in advance of their Scholars; It is not infrequently the case that the Konohiki is the teacher, though he performs none of the duties of a teacher directly, and more frequently still the case, that �Haiku 1835 6. one individual has the care of all the schools in a large district, and appoints whom he pleases to do the teaching; The inspection of the schools in every place is calculated to lead one to mourn over the faults & disqualifications of the teachers to he wondered at that the schools do not flourish: It is not It is rather a matter of wonder that the people learn to read as well as they do considering the oppertunities ( !) they have for instruction The readers on E. Maui are as follows - Hamakualoa, Hamakuapoko, Haleimaile, Makawao, 600 - Koolau 22 2 , Hana 211, Kipahulu 166, Kaupo 213, Kehikinui 77, Honuaula 178, Kula 115 (In all 1782) These are called readers not because they can read well b ut be ­ cause they can read at all. A person is rarely to be found on E. Maui who reads well. The number of marriages at our station during the year is 99. Of the Kumu Hawaii I have sold about 30 though I might have sold more had I thought they would be profitable to those who ap­ plied. The demand for books has not been great until within the last few months, when I could not obtain books enough to meet the demand (At end:) Station report. Hamakua loa June 1835 �SCHEDULE OF SCHOOLS AND TUITION (Printed Form) Station Haiku Missionary Teacher R . Armstrong Total number of scholars taught by the Missionary 250 Men 40 Women 70 Children 140 Attend to reading, writing, geography and arithmetic. 110 No. of weeks continuance of the school, 13 No. of days in the week. 5 No. of hours instruction per day 5 Average number of Sabbath Scholars 250 Average number of Bible class Scholars 130 No. of native teachers Scholars under them. Adult Scholars. 110 Children 140 Largest no. of readers at any public exam­ ination Sabbath School scholars under native instructors (Last six items crossed out) 600 �Abstract of Report of Honuaula Maui Station, by S. W. N ueku May 1861 Preaching has been maintained at six different places, at Keawakapu, Hoiu, Kanaio, Auwahi, Keoneoio and Kanahena, sometimes at one & sometimes at another. The monthly concert of prayer on the first Monday of the month has been revived; so also have the meetings for conference & prayer on Wednesdays & Saturdays. Some of the church are awake & earnest, yet there has been no special revival. Apathy & indifference present the great obstacle to the success of the gospel. field. The Mormons and Papists are very few in this The people need more constant employment, they spend a great deal of time in idleness. During the dry season, when the sea is smooth they fish; they also braid hats, those dwelling inland culti­ vate irish potatoes. A great evil among them is the habit of getting in debt to the Chinese pedlars. The schools are kept up part of the time. Our school funds are low & hence we cannot get the best teachers. Most of the parents are very indifferent to the education of their children. Contributions for the year Pastor's Salary Finishing the meetinghouse Monthly concert To aid other churches $135.94 286.25 4.37 1/2 4.50 $431.06 1/2 Church Statistics Whole number recd on profession " " certificate on Prof. past year " Whole number dismissed Dismissed past year 8 cert " 269 2 0 (no figure) 3 �Abst r . Honuaula Whole no deceased (no figure) Deceased past year 7 Excluded past year 3 Restored 1 " Now in good standing 265 Children Baptised past year Marriages " 8 24 �To the Brethern of the Sandwich Islands Mission assembled at Honolulu, Oahu, May 1843 Dear Brethren, It is known to you all that my request for a dismission from the further service of the A.B.C.F.M. has been granted. Of course, I am no longer regarded as a member of the Sandwich Islands Mission. The vote of the committee complying with my request not reaching me till six months of the missionary year had elapsed, and as I felt it to be my duty, for reasons which I will state in their place, to remain at Wailuku several months after receiving my make a dismission, it became my duty to^report of my labors at the station up to the time of my leaving. This I should love to do\violi voce but the circumstances of my family and people make it inexpedient for me to leave home for so long a time. By brother Bailey I therefore forward my report referring you to him for any explana­ tions or further information respecting my labors at the station. During the time of general meeting of last year, the teachers being absent, the care of the Seminary greatly increased by the near neighborhood of some 40 young gentlemen from Lahainaluna devolved on me in addition to the station. labors of the On the return of Mr. B ailey, I removed my family to Lahainaluna to enjoy the benefit of a school for our own children. my dismission reached me. My family remained there till after I spent most of my time at Wailuku. removing to our side of the On Mr. Clark's island, I spent an ocassional sabbath at I continued to superintend schools, preach to the people and labor in Kanepali[!] other ways for the good of the people till Oct. 1, when I received a letter from Mr. Anderson notifying me of my dismission. I consulted with brethtren Clark and Bailey on the subject of leaving Wailuku at once. at I had serious doubts whether I could leave once consistently with my obligations to God and to the people and I finally concluded to stay till such time as it should appear duty to go. a few weeks I wrote Mr. Chamberlain inquiring whether I After laboring might expect any things in the way of support for services rendered: in other words, whether he could afford me my "bread and cheese" for work performed while holding on to the station till the mission could send a supply. I wish the brethren here to understand that I did not ask to be hired - I wished to leave and would do so could anyone be sent to occupy my place but If I staid from a sense of duty as I had already done more than a year after asking dismission I thought I ought to be supported. Mr Chamberlain [!] replied with his usual prompness^that nothing could be granted, that I could occupy the station house if I chose to labor something as Dr. Judd was doing.. About this time I received some 300 dollars from the American Female Society for the use of the Seminary. Moral Reform Feeling that I must provide for my family �Makawao & Wailuku, 1843, J.S. Green, letter to the Mission, 2 and that the laborer was worthy of his meat, I applied to the trustees of the Seminary, stated the circumstances of the station, and the means by which I ob­ tained the donation for the Seminary from N. York, and I asked their advice. They recommended "That a portion of the money received from the ladies of the moral Reform Society be appropriated for the supply of the pulpit at Wailuku for the present." I therefore continued my labors till February 7th when I left for my present station. As I have been considered by some of the brethren ? terms for the course which I pursued in relation to Wailuku, I beg leave to state the case as fairly as I know how. It may be easily be supposed that though dismissed from the service of the Board, I should have some attachment to the people of Wailuku among whom I have labored for more than ten years and who were very averse to my leaving them at all. But in ordinary circumstances I would have left them im­ mediately or have sought my support at their hands. The case was this, their meeting house which was nearly ready to plaster when Mr. Armstrong left for Hono­ lulu, was found to be unsafe so far as the roof was concerned, and after waiting, and looking at it and taking advice with everybody who came along, till the walls began to give way, the roof was taken down. In doing this we saved most of the rafters and some of the aho, yet we lost nearly all the lathing, the furring and the beams. The people, as might be expected, were greatly discouraged. It re­ quired all the influence I had to pursuade them to procure timber and put on another roof. This being obtained Mr. Bailey kindly undertook to superintend the work while I assisted him in school. house was soon covered again. We got up a good substantial roof and the After resting awhile from this effort I pursuaded the people to go to the m o u n t a i n ; procure furring and lathe, and complete the building. I promised, on my part, to see that the sash were made, the glass set, doors hung, pulpit made up. Since Mr. Armstrong left we had not had a protracted meeting, and as an inducement to the members of the church to finish the house, I promised that on its completion, such a meeting should be held. In Lahaina, I engaged a drunken carpenter, being unable to obtain a sober one - giving Peck my note of hand for nearly fifty dollars for the sake of obtaining him - entered a grog shop where I found him "half over seas" and stuck by the fellow till he ac­ companied me home, and went to work on the house. received my dismission. In the midst of all this, I For this I was thankful, as I am to this day, but I was not the man to leave at such a time. I had too much affectionate regard for my associate to leave him with this accumulated burden upon his - shoulders. not leave. I did I am glad (sentence crossed over) that I remained at my post till He whom I serve in the gospel of His Son made it plainly my duty to leave. In December the house was finished: my note canceled the workmen paid and the house dedicated. In January we had a protracted meeting; and an arrangement being made with Mr. Clark to supply the pulpit, I left early in February. �Makawao & Wailuku, 1843, J. S. Green, letter to the Mission, 3 The first Sabbath in March I spent at Wailuku - admitted a number of individuals who had stood propounded several weeks, and preached my valedictory sermon from Philipians 1: 27. This statement I have made because I felt that my brethren had a right to know why I lingered so long at Wailuku after receiving my dismission. I am willing that the Board, or any other body of men should know why I staid I merely add, that on learning that some of my brethren were complaining of me of the trustees of the Seminary, in and reference to the money contributed by the American Female Reform Society, I wrote immediately to the President of the So­ ciety stating the circumstances of the case, and the reasons which weighed with the trustees in appropriating a portion of the money sent us to the supply of the pulpit. this: I am willing to abide by the decision of the Society. But enough of Of my labors at Wailuku I will now make a brief report. Schools. These have been conducted much as in former years. by a graduate of Lahainaluna, has been continued. in teaching in this field, three nothing, or worse than nothing. prosperous [!] with efficiency. The station school, taught Several graduates are engaged or four successfully. Some others are doing I think the schools are generally prosperous- I mean for Hawaiian Schools.where none of them are conducted I cannot give the statistics of schools for though I have done more than usual in superintending them yet I have no word of examinations. The summer examination I attended, but the account of it I cannot find. The fall examination I did not attend being summoned to Lahaina to bid farewell to Dr. Lafon. David Malo attended this examination which was an interesting one followed by a feast, address & Malo is expected to examine schools again this month. During the year I had a monthly and the latter part of the year a semi monthly examination of all the children within three or four miles of the station, who could read. More than 100 used to meet me on these ocassions. After reading a verse each I commonly addressed them and closed with prayer. Sabbath Schools These have been conducted much as usual. A more\thorough super­ vision would make these schools & much more efficient means of good but the labors of the Sabbath are so arderous that but little time has hitherto been devoted to superintendence. The adult Sabbath School I regard of much importance. While the children are reading or being addressed, the adults, members of the chh. and others are sitting in the house of God and conversing for an hour or two. results in obvious improvement in their knowledge of the word of God. This Books have �Makawao & Wailuku, 1843 J. S. Green, letter to the mission 4 been distributed among the people, old and young, as heretofore. Many more bibles and testaments could have been disposed of. Preaching of the Gospel, Congregation, Church, etc. (?) The state of things on the Sabbath has been encouraging till nearly the close of the year 1842, we suffered for the want of a house, the old meeting house being at that time used for a school house, dirty and leaky. much as usual. The congregation continued On entering the new house, the congregation increased. The people retain their reputation for good behavior in the house of God, and for giving ex­ cellent attention to preaching. better in this respect. the The Romanists have neighborhood of the station. gress in I think no congregation on the Island appears continued to hold their meetings in I cannot asertain that they have made much proselyting to their faith. I pro­ believe they have changed their hour of worship so as to call in some who worship with us, on their way home. Those who have united with them are, without a single exception those who have been proof against the call of the gospel, or those who have been expelled from the fellowshhip of the church. The means of grace have been blessed apparently to the growth in grace of a a portion of the church and to the conversion of sinners. church have given me increasingly Quite a number of the precious evidence of their growing attachment to the person and cause of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are conscientious, humble, devoted Christians, whom I love a[s] dear brethren in whom I hope to spend an eternity of holy fellowship in heaven. praying Christ, and with Of many others in the church I stand in doubt. Some few have been excluded from the fellowship of the church , among whom are Mik/ahala and her husband. The former, it will be recollected, the wife of Auwae the former head man of Wailuku, was one of the earliest members of the church. She is now a most devoted adherent of Kekauluohi, and she is putting up the chief to acts of great oppression. ness is the sin The sin of unclean­ which leads to nearly all the exclusions from the church. more can be done to What save our Churches from this ever yawning gulf of Hawaii? January 1, 1843 twenty-six individuals were admitted to the fellowship of the church and in March one hundred and twenty two. These had all cherished a hope in Christ for a considerable time. In January we held a protracted meeting of nearly a week at the station. Mr. Baldwin was with me nearly the whole time of the meeting, and Mr. Clark one day. The meeting was well attended throughout. state, and many seemed seriously affected. The church seemed in a praying - The results of the meeting cannot no w be known , but I cannot but hope that it will appear in the day of God, that �Makawao & Wailuku, souls 1843 J. S. Green, letter to the mission were savingly benefitted. On the next 5 page I will give you the statistics of the Church. Whole no. all to the church on examination 1080 On certificate Past year on exam. 148 Past year on cert. 8 whole number past yr 156 whole no. diss. to other chhs. Past year ■ 10 whole no dismissed past year 10 suspended past year 3 remain susp. Excommunicated the past year 7 who. no. in reg. stand. 977 Baptized the past year 28 Marriages past year 70 This it will be understood/applies to the church at Wailuku up to the time leaving. of my I have since moved to Makawao the people of Hamakua and Kula having given me a call to settle with them. The Church of Hamakua and Kula has since been/formed, or in other words the members of Wailuku Church residing in Hamakua, Hamakuapoko, Makawao, Halimaile[!]and Kula have been constituted a Church to be known as O ka Ekalesia schools , ? huipuia o Hamakua o me Kula. Of this station chh. you will not expect me to report, and I mention the taking of the station, formation of the chh. merely that the desire and expect to be responsible to the Great mission may understand that I Head of the Church while I am spared for the supply of this station. In closing my communication to the mission, with the members of which I have often, during the past fifteen years, taken sweet counsel, I beg to say, that I shall still rejoice to cooperate with you in whatever may the Redeemer's Kingdom. relate to the interests of On my part, I hope to do nothing to cause a division among the followers of Christ. After fully investigating the claims of duty, I made up my mind that I ought not to leave the islands. I cheerfully left Wailuku because the property of the Board in Seminary and other buildings gave them an undisputed claim to that station. I know not that they have any other claim to Hamakua, and Kula than they have to any other district on the island. mission I make no claim. Upon the I have never expected, nor desire to be hired by the �Makawao & Wailuku, 1843 J.S. Green, letter to the mission mission for a single day. 6 Still I know not by what wiles of logic Christian or heathen, we i.e. I and my brethren who have left the mission, or rather in the service of the Board, honorably, ie[!] permission having' been sought and obtain­ ed with as much humanity as drunkards, I cheerfully proffer my aid as a trans­ lator or book maker, and will stand on the same ground with my brethren, that is, work, for the privilege of having books for my people. And I beg to enquire[!], Can my people be supplied on the same terms as the people of other districts? Will the brethren reply to this inquiry? I make these remarks in the connexion [! ] that the brethren may know in the outset of my engaging in the work of a mini­ ster of Christ among this people, independent of the Board, with what feelings I bid, as I now do, an affectionate Adeiu to the Sandwich Islands Mission "Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all." J.S. Green [Written on the back]: J.S. Green 1843 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Maui Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Maui - Kaanapali - 1841-1849 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1861