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REPORTS PROM IAHAINA, MAUI
Station Report
Statistics & incomp. Rep.
Station Report
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Wm. Richards
Eph. Spaulding . . . . .
1834
Station Report
Unsigned, but
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writing of Richards) . . 1835
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$ Spaulding ’
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| Gov. Hoapili against selling rum to seamen) A
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Station Report
Unsigned, but Richards. . 1836
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D. B a l d w i n .......... ....1837
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D. Baldwin . . ......... 1838
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D. Baldwin . ............1839
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D. Bald?ri.n . . . . . .
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D. Baldwin . . . . . .
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1843
Addition to above rep,
D. Baldwin . . . . . .
. 1843
Station Report
D. B a l d w i n ............. 1844
(No Meeting 1845)
Station Report
D. B a l d w i n ............. 1846
Statistics only of church & s c h o o l s .................. 1847
(No Meeting 1847)
�[Lahaina [1832] Station]
In compliance with the requirement of the Mission the
members of the station at Lahaina present the following
report.
I.
That the mercies of God to the different members of
the station and also his smiles on its genral [sic.] con
cerns demands their most devout acknowledgement and
warmest gratitude.
II.
Health of the members of the station.'
The health of
Mr. Shepard^ while lie resided 'at Lahaina was perhaps a
little better than during the latter part of last year, so
that he was able to perform some labour in copying Manu
scripts for the press &c.
Mr. Richards was attacked with a severe disease on the
first Monday in March by which he was soon brought to a
state of extreme debility, but through the mercy of him who
[sic]
doth not afflict willingly no^grieve the children of men, he
is now far restored though still quite unable to enter on the
duties of his station.
With these exceptions, health has
genrally [sic.] prevailed among the members of the station.
III. General labours.
In addition to those who regularly
occupy the station Messrs. Tinker and Shepard^ have resided
there
the last half of the year.
The labours common to the different stations have been
regularly performed during the year.
During the season in
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which, the whaling ships were present, Mr. Tinker preached
regularly every Sabbath-in English and in several instances
to large audiences.
A religious conference has also been
held during the last half of the year which has usually been
attended by about eight foreign residents one of whom is a
church member— another is propounded, a third gives consid
erable evidence of piety and others are serious and attentive.
During the first half of the year there was preaching
at Wailuku seven sabbaths, one sabbath at Honuaula and
several sabbaths at Kanapali.
During the last four months
in consequence of the great assemblage of people in Lahaina
from the back parts of the Island there have been regularly .
two or sometimes three congregations on the sabbath.
In
consequence of this and Mr. R ’s sickness the station at
Wailuku has been entirely neglected.
IV.
Labours assigned by the Mission. Of what was unfinished
Lsic]
the
at the last
meeting^,
Epistles of James, Peter,
John, Jude and the book of Revelations have been reviewed and
put to press.
The Geography has also been reviewed— some
additions made and put to press.
The book of Numbers though
more than half of the year in our hands is only about half
reviewed.
Nothing more has been added to the Gamut, of musick, as
it is concluded to publish the tunes here at the Islands and
it must be a considerable time before they can be prepared.
The review of Mark has not been commenced.
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Of the new assignments at the last meeting, the last 74
Psalms are translated.
Nine chapters also from the hook of
Judges.
The Sermons which Mr. Richards was requested to collect
and prepare are not collected.
Different members of the
mission were early requested to furnish one or two sermons
each but only two were received.
The sickness of Mr. R. and an unhappy occurrence in the
church whieh will hereafter be alllraxlMi to and the removal of
Mr. Andrews to take charge of the High School are the only
reasons to be offered why the appointments made by the Mission
have not been more perfectly fulfilled.
V.
Increase and state of the church.
During the year there
have been added to the church in Lahaina sixty five persons
and-there-have been three deaths.
into the church 153.
142.
Whole number?; received
Whole number now living in the church
Thirty six more now stand propounded.
It should also
be added that on the 15th Oct. the sacrament was administered
to those members of the church who reside at Wailuku and the
names of 22 more proclaimed as preparatory to the establish
ment of a church at that place.
The sickness of Mr. R. and
other circumstances have prevented carrying the design into
execution.
In the general state of religion there has been nothing
unusual.
The church as a Taody have as far as is known in a
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good degree adorned their profession.
There has however been
one case of discipline of a distinguished member of the
church which for a ’
season overwhelmed the station with dark
ness.
It is believed however that the wandering shee.prH©.1i
only heard the voice of the shepherd but knew it and returned.
No general evil appeared to result from the example of the
unhappy wanderer, but the great headr of the church has no
doubt overruled it for good.
VI.
Marriages.
During the year there have been solemnized
at the station 464 marriages making the whole number 2860.
VII. Schools.
The following is a list of the schools.
Kahoolawe are 56 scholars.
On Maui 11,170
On Lanai 496.
On
On Molokai 1,173.
Total 12,895.
VIII.Miss Ogden teaches an infant school of 160 scholars
every morning from 6 to 9 o'clock, 20 of whom are writers.
On Monday of each week attends a class of 63 in Ninauhoike.
Also a school of 30 in writing and arithmetick on Tuesdays
Wednesdays and Thursdays.'
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JLahaina Report of StationJ
Lahaina June 1st 1833
Number of marriages during the past year 1
221
Readers in all the schools connected with the station
Admitte [sic] to the church on their own profession
42 persons
On Recommendation 3
Candidates
Translation finished.
Review partial.
�As to stitcliing Mr. R. says that for himself he should
prefer to have it done at Honolulu for this reason— detention
and danger of mistake.if not done there.
He thinks however
that Mr. Shepard's time should not be taken up in stitching:
he might superintend the work.
If books are folded and
gathered at Honolulu and put up in such a manner that a bun
dle may be put into the hands of a native so as to be stitched
without danger of mistake the objection would be nearly
obviated.
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Since the examination in the fall Mr. R. has given away
of the Ka pi-a-pa for the purpose of establishing new
schools on Maui, Molokai and Lanai the number of 6512.
There have also been distributed by Kekauonohe on Molo
kai a good many books perhaps 400 of books left by Kalaimoku.
The increase of scholars Mr. R. is of opinion has been
greater than of half the number of books given out.
In all the Schools are perhaps 2500 who may be called
readers: more than this number probably would be able
to find out the meaning of a new book.
Meetings conducted by natives.
A few natives, church members go out occasionally to
the neighboring villages to address the people on the
Sabbath.
The halawai of Saturday evening is of church
members only and persons propounded for admission.
A Thursday afternoon meeting is numerously attended
all who choose may be present and it is commonly more
fully attended than the Wednesday lecture conducted by
M r . Richards.
The Congregations on Sabbath morning average from 1500
to 2000 in the afternoon not so large.
There is at
present no special attention to religion
Belonging to the Church
19
Propotinded,
18
hopeful persons who will probably be brought
forward before long, from 5 to 10
�Report of the Lahaina Station
For the year ending May 50th 1854
In commencing the report of our station it becomes us
to speak with gratitude of the health, with which Providence
has blessed the most of our number while at the same time
we recognize his afflictive dispensation in the continued
debility of those who were feeble at the last general meet
ing.
No change has occurred in relation to our health
worthy of special remark.
The general business of the mission has been Conducted
according to the system common at the stations.
There has
been regular preaching only 5 times a week, vis'.- twice on
the sabbath and once on Wednesday, together with the month
ly concert at its regular return.
There has also been_ a church meeting regularly on Sat
urday eve, conducted principally by the missionaries, but
mad-e a familiar meeting for questions & remarks by members
of the church.
The bible class has during the year consisted of memibers of the church only recitingon Sunday noon, the verses
of.the week, according to the verse a day system, and the
members of the church) have been employed as teachers to
hear those out of the church who commit the verse a iday,
and recite the men on Thursday and women on Friday.
The
whole.number of those whose names are enrolled as com
mitting the verse a day is about 900, but the avarage [sic]
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number of those who attend is about four or five hundred.
The church has also been divided into classes of about
30 persons each who meet in sepparate [sic] places on the
evening after the sabbath^ for conversation, particularly on
the subjects of the sermons, though other subjects are not
excluded.
These classes are attended in rotation by some
of the missionaries^ and as far as our observation has ex
tended^ has appeared to have a very good influence^ affording
as it does a very good opportunity to make more peiss’oiial
application than can well be done in public & fixing more
in the mind what might otherwise be quickly forgotten.
There has however been a change in the meetings which
will probably be prefered as a permanent arrangement.
That which has hitherto been considered as a bible
class is now enlarged^ a.& as to embrace all who commit the
verse a day.
They meet immediately after the morning
service on the sabbath & all the recitations take place
under the immediate supervision of the missionaries instead
of being left to the natives as on the other days of the
week.
A new meeting is established on Tuesday for the purpose
of questioning the people on the subjects of the sermon
during the week.
Those who attend the class-meeting on
Sunday eve are the assistant teachers in this meeting.
It
is but just established & whether it will be permanent or
not is uncertain.
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Some special exertions have been made during the year
to collect together that class of persons who have been
openly immoral & have kept alojfif from all instruction.
It
was found easy to get them together & they assembled weekly
for some length of time, but evils were discovered not un
like those which have attended the kapu meetings & they
were discontinued, though quite a number who then commenced
learning the verse a day & attending meeting on the sabbath
still continue to be punctual.
During the year 18 persons have been received to the
church out of 42 who were propounded near two years ago,
all of whom were thought to give evidence at the time they
were propounded & still appear well.
Of the 7 church members who were suspended at the time
of the last general meeting, two appear truly & have been
restored.
The other 5 still stand on. negative ground, being
neither openly unchristian, nor yet exhibiting sincere
repentance.
In addition to the above, there have been during the
year 6 new cases of discipline.
Kapiu— for adultery drunkenness & apostacy.
Kekuelike— for intemperance.
Kaunakakai— for intemperance and adultery.
Kamainalsu— for general unchristtsan deportment & contempt
of those who went to converse ’with him.
Maluoo & Hahee— for adultery.
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Of the above Kapiu appears perfectly incorrigible.
All the rest have made public confession & Kekuelike has
given such evidence of penitence that he is restored to
church fellowship. The rest give various evidence of sin(sic)
eerty in their confession, some being almost satisfactory
while others are far from it.
The whole number now sus
pended from the church is 10.
There are others who are
far from exhibiting a Christian spirit, tho. they do not
them
pursue such a course as to lay toms- open to discipline.
But even while the church has been in such a state,
(sic)
it is to be hoped that the truth has been produced some
beneficial effects on those without.
The number of those
who have attended on a preached word, has not been greatly
diminished: & the attentive countenance has often afforded
encouragement to the preacher.
A few ’show by their countenance on the sabbath— by
their constant & persevering attention on all the means
of grace within their reach & by their conversation too
that they are deeply interested in the cause of religion,
& we have little reason to doubt but trhat the all seeing
eye perceives among them a goodly number who are Israelites
indeed.
The state of the church however we feel to be deeply
afflicting & while we would look perseveringly to it its
great head,.who we hope will still acknowledge it as his
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own, we feel also that we need the prayers as well ks the
advice of our brethren in the mission.
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On the subject of schools we have not much to say.
They have been far from being prosperous the past year,
especially the school for adults.
The schools for child
ren have done as well as could be expected considering the
character of their teachers.
It is believed there are very
few children on this part of the Island who do not attend
school apart of the time.
The children in Lahaina while they
have enjoyed superior advantages, have also superior temp
tations to encounter.
During a lacgg portion of the year their
attention is materially taken off from their school by the
ships & not a few of the promising scholars enlist as sailors
& thus all they learn in school is turned into the worst
channel & they return from sea without any taste for fur
ther instruction except such as is to be obtained in com
pany like their own.
But we proceed to speak of our out stations of which
we have 25, Kanapali & Oloalu.
The meeting house in Kanapali
is 9 or 10 miles from Lahaina will accommodate lg> tc3 1500
people & is pretty well filled when it is known that there
will be preachihg.
Preaching has been maintained regularly
every other sabbath.at the out stations during the intervals
of shipping.
At other times they have been supplied with
native speakers from Lahaina.
Kanapali with an adjoining district has a population of
nearly 4000 souls and affords abundant encouragement for
missionary effort.
Oloalu & aukumehame are- small districts
so situated that the people about 1000 in number can ‘
ane'et
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conveniently at one place to hear the gospel.
There is no
meetinghouse but the head man & people are anxious to build
a house more durable & permanent than the ordinary grass
houses.
The place for meeting is 7 or 8 miles from Lahaina.
Mr. Spaulding with his family moved to Oukumehame about
<
the middle of January & affer spending one month moved to
01®alu & spent another month more in the center of the popu
lation.
Preached 3 times a weferk— held 2 bible classes one
for men &udnother for women when the Ai o kala was recited
&.;remarked upon— one school for children on Sab.
noon
& a school every evening from 15 to 40 to recite the verse
for the day, listen to remarks & attend prayers.
During the week except on Sat. there were 2 schools
every day ©nbf’a.SiBig nearly 5SD0 scholars, men women & child
ren,
All the interest was manifest that could be expected
& we were convinced of the importance of living among the
people if we wauldddo good among them to advantage.
When
health of our families & other circumstances will permit
we intend one of us to live alternately at Kanapali & Ooalu (sic)
during the intervals of shipping.
The number of marriages during the year is— —
Whole number since the station was
— — 106
— ------ — 3181
Readers
1791
Number of children in school but who cannot read
641
Admitted to the church
ST8
Whole number admitted
225
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Dead_____ __________ '
_____________________ _20
Excommunicated_______________________ ____________
l
Suspended_____________________________ ___________ 11
Removed to other stations__________
____________15
More are residing here from other stations than have
"been removed from the church.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed)
Wm. Richards
(Signed) Eph. Spaulding
�Qtfr. Richard’s handwriting to middle of page 8 ; from then on,
Mr. Spaulding’s
Annuaal [sic] Report of the Station at Lahaina.
T1835J
In many respects the station at Lahaina has been in deep
affliction the last year.
The health of those two members of
the station, who had been laid aside from the ordinary duties
of the missionary, even from their first arrival on mission
ary ground, as reported the last year, is still- so low as to
share
give little promise for the future. If they t a ® not our
labour here, they surely do our sufferings in no ordinary
degree, and may &t last be more worthy than their associate
of the welcome, ”well done good and faithful servent. 11 Csic|>
They need and deserve the most feiment prayezs of the mission.
Miss Ogden too, was for a number of weeks laid aside from her
ordinary useful labours, by a threatning [sic] disease, but
in the kind Providence of God is apparently quite restored.
The family of Mr. Spaulding has been entered by the great
Cornelius B. during the 6 months & 16 days of
entwined
heart
his residence on earth esstosdsasti himself around the
destroyer.
o;f his parents and those who saw his sufferings and his
smiles, & then took his departure, leaving an affeeting
lesson not only for the parents and the children of the sta
tion, but also for us all.
The other children of the station have most of them,
had severe attacks of disease of threatning [sic] character
croup
which it was feared would end in emHsgix by which the children
of Messrs. Clark and Armstrong were removed.
The remaining
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members of the station have enjoyed their accustomed health,
though Mr. Spaulding has in two or three instances been laid
aside for a few days at a time.
The last of Dec. Mr. and Mrs.
R. were under the necessity of removing from the station at
Wailuku where they remained untill [sis] the 14th of February.
The labours of the station have been on the sabbath
among natives.
1st
A morning prayer meeting at sunrise attended by from
4 to 6 hundred persons at which either a sermon has been
preached, or remarks made from some text of scripture.
2nd
Preaching at. 9 o ’clock A. M.
3rd
Recitations in the verse a day, until February when the
Huliano by Mr. Dibble was instituted.
This class con
sists of 500 persons, more than 3/4 of whom are usually
present.
The class might of consisted of 200 or perhaps 400
more if books could have been obtained.
The exercise
is a very popular one and as far as can be judged by a
few months experience is very profitable. This mode'of
seems
studying the scripture sj^ssbkkkmuch better adapted to
the people and much more profitable than the verse a
day provided the exercise can be attended by a mission
ary, but at out stations where a missionary can not
regularly attend, the verse a day is prefered.
4th
The fourth exercise of the sabbath, preaching at 4 o'
clock P.M.
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5th
eveng (sic)
Class meetings of the church in the ©swaagsp, for the ob
ject of conversing on the subjects of the sermon and on
various subjects.
These class meetings the pastor attend
in rotation when he is able.
The attention to public worship has been pretty uniform
even for years. Though there was a smaller congregation
fore
we
during the M r part of year than/have known at Lahaina
for a length of time.
About the middle of the year the
number greatly increased, but is now rather small again,
though not materially diminished.
The other religions exercises of the week have been mere
ly, the monthly concert, the weekly lecture, a weekly
church meeting.
(sic)
The monitors of the bible class however have meet/once
a week, at which meeting it has been the object as far
as possible to prepare them to communicate instruction
to the classes.
There have been 5 additions to the church during the
year.
Of those who were suspended at the time of the last general
meeting, 2 have been restored.
The rest (who reside in La
haina) remain in the same state, neither exhibiting that
hardaes [sic] which would justify full excommunication, nor
that penitence which ..would justify their restoration to the
privileges of the church.
There have also been several other
Hauwa
new cases of discipline. ..'EtoeKHBa, a native of Huihini who is
(sic)
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so extensively known in the mission and in the Christian
w or 3_d
a man who has heretofore exhibited a uniformity of
Christian,character, such ks has adorned his profession and
rendered him extensively useful—
He too has been guilty
of that crime which so emphatically renders the land a sink
of pollution.
The birth of a child but a few months or weeks
after his marriage made his guilt certain and laid it out before the world.
We rejoice however to be able to say that
such is the evidence of sincere penitence and contritian
that he will probably be restored to his standing in the
church at the next communion.
It ®ay be proper to mention in
particular, the case of the Princess which has pained not our
hearts only but 1000 ‘s of others in various parts of the world.
Immediately after her fall in July last, her pastor ad
dressed her a letter and sent messenger on purpose to be the
bearer of it.
It was kindly received, seamed to receive a
little feeling for the moment, so much so that during the
resume
stay of the messenger Sir hours, she did not
■her wicked
conduct.
Between that time & January of this year several
letters passed between her and her Pastor.
On her arrival at
Lahaina, all the missionaries stood entirely aloof from all
they
that freedom of intercourse with her which/indulge even with
the wicked who are not members of the church.
The Pastor
being at Wailuku and being unable to visit Lahaina at that
time, addressed a letter to the church, stating their duty
to keep entirely aloof from their fallen chief, and avoid all
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iniquity
familiar intercourse with her while she lived in aasaefcf and
stating fully the scripture reason for this course.
This
letter was read in publick, & seemed to be approved by the
church.
Soon after this the Pastor visited Lahaina for the pur
pose of going on the course of discipline which had been coneven
she
vened by letter. Henrefused however/to see her while -tek&genemy
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was a professed
of Christ. Her case was laid before
the church and a day of fasting and prayer observed on the
occasion, she did not listen to the committee of the ehurch
and a leter of excommunication prepared.and the hour appojntread
ed for it to be <a=eaa*. The prospect of immediate excommunicaishej
tion produced a little feeling so that/spent most of the night
in conversation with some church member, who previous to her
fall had been her companion and adviser.
On the next morning
which was the day appointed for her excommunication, she sent
a message begging that her excommunication might be post
poned, and promising full and immediate reform.
Her request
was granted and in the evening her pastor -had an interview
with her.
She renewed her promise, and when she returned to
her house burnt her cards— threw away her puu-ili— called her
women,iand told them of her promise, & that she intended to
keep it and forbade every kind of immorality in them.
During
the few days she remained at Lahaina and for a short time
after her arrival on Hawaii'/ she kept her promise, and exci
ted some faint hope, that she did really design to reform.
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But the design did not result from a deep sense of her guilt
or her danger, for after a few days she again plunged into
former excesses
her
essesassa®, though in a more limited degree and in a
more private manner than before.
During her whole residence
on Hawaii she showed that she was an enemy of Christ, and a
friend of the world.
As soon as she returned to Maui her
case was again laid before the church and on the 23 of Mai
the letter of final excommunication was publicly read.
Several other members of the church give but too much evi
dence that they have no right there, and several will be sus
pended before another season of communion.
One who has been a long time suspended and who has been
residing at this place, is worthy of excommunication and it
is understood by the church at Lahaina, that the letter will
be given him before we return.
The state of religious feeling has varied considerable
fore
during the year. During the ■IPsrtfesg- part of the year it was
unusually low.
The news of the Princess fall created consid
erable excitement and it was thought a favorable occasion for
a protracted meeting.
After a series of church meetings and
a day of fasting and prayer the 8 days meeting was commenced
on August 14th. It was an interesting season, and though
were
there -wae- none to whom we could point and say, this man was
set (?)
converted, yet we have no doubt but the truth was -art home to
the hearts of some by the Holy Spirit and that when the Lord
shall right up the people he will count that this and that
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born
man were
there. The number of those who attended
worship increased, until about December, when it was nearly
double what it was
traced
to no other
assignment
public -argUHtoa-t of
in June last. The increase could be
cause
-e-euroo but the protracted meeting. Of the
more left undone.
In the month of Sept. Mr. E. visited Lanai
the mission something has been done but
where he spent 9 days, made a tour of the island and made a
geographical survey of it, & preached 12 sermons.
He has also
visited that island 3 times since, whole number of sermons
preached there during the year 27.
It is an encouraging field
of labour.
The number of marriages during the year has been 135.
The greatest evilsfelt in relation to the subject have arisen
from the fact that there are so many native sailors there,
some of whom on the week of their arrival from sea present
themselves for marriage, and perhaps the next week are gone.
Six months or a year after their wives being weary of wait
ing for their return present themselves again for marriage,
and perhaps some 10 or 20 days or more after the right is
solemnized, the former husband returns.
These are serious
evils at Lahaina.
Among the records of the station it should be mentioned
that about the last of Nov. the brethren of Lahaina luna and
Lahaina lalo, met at the house of Mr. Richards to take into
providentially
consideration the case of Mr. Dibble who had been
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called to this place, for medical aid.
Considering
tlie state of his own health and the circumstances of his
family it was thought inexpedient he should return to Hilo.
Similar reasons lay in the way of his joining the station at
&
Wailuku or Haiku,/we thought it inexpedient that he should
convene a new station, without a prospect of its being per
manently maintained, even though we might have selected a
spot which would have been favorable to his health.
We
therefore advised him to remain at Lahainaluna until general
meeting, and do what he could to assist the teachers of the
high school.
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As it regards the schools of Lahaina & the districts
belonging to that station, under the care of native teachers,
it may be said that little has been done the past year & of
that little no definite account can be given, as we have not
marked
-saake-dr the progress of their labors by examinations as has
been customary in times past.
We have ceased to expect much
from many of the old teachers & have taken no pains to revive
the schools nominally under their care.
The most efficient
aid has been rendered by 8 or 9 scholars from the High School
who have taught in Lahaina, Haanapali, £)loalu & Oukmnehame.
Three of the number have had schools in the two districts
last mentioned on Saturdays & have engaged in S. S. on the
Sabbath.
On Saturdays they have had two schools one for children
& another for adults, but the number of their scholars cannot
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be reported.
On the Sabbath, one has had. a school in the
"hull anoTI just before the morning service of about 80
scholars, another has had a school on sab. eve in which the
"Ai o ka la" has been reeited,
Immediately after the morning
service, all have assisted in the children’s S. s. consisting
of about 100 scholars.
They have assisted also in hearing
the recitations in the Ai o ka la school immediately preceeding the afternoon service.
After the recitations an explanation of the verses re
cited has been given in a catechetical manner.
At first from
2 to 250 committed to the verse for the day & were pretty
regular in their attendance till their teacher was obliged to
leave them by the return of ships.
Since that time the school has been nearly extinct.
For various reasons we have had no station school for
teachers the past year.
Our efforts in teaching have been
bestowed principally upon the children.
Miss Ogden as usual has been indefatigable in her labors.
Immediately after the last gen. meet, shte3commenced a school
of 150 scholars, about 60 in writing- 30 in arithmetic & all
in reading & learning to read.
Prom 8 till 11 A. M. were the
hours for school, tho a little more than two hours were usu~
ally spent in the schoolrooms.
She had also a daily school of about 60 girls from 2 to
4 P. A. [sic] for sewing & writing.
Both these schools were
continued 5 days in the week, with little diminution of
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interest- till about the last of Kept, when they were dis
missed on account sickness in Mr. Spaulding’s family.
Mr. Spaulding resumed'the childrens school with 150
scholars, about the first of March which continued to average
120 till some time in April.
After the death of his child the childrens school was
divided.
All the girls who were able to read, including most
of the writers, from 70 to 80 were taught in sewing & writing
by Miss Ogden.
All who were unable to read, except a dozen
or more of large boys whose attendance was very Inconstant,
were under Mr. Spauldings care.
The number was about 60 tho
the average attendance would not exceed 40. Theseoschools were
continued till just before.we left for gen. meeting.
The S. S. of which Miss Ogdem has had the charge for a
long time, during the past year has been under the joint care
of Dr. Chapin & Miss Ogden.
the eare of Dr. Chapin alone.
For nearly. 6 months it was in
The school for nearly 3 months
consisted of about 150 scholars.
Since that time the scho
lars have been inconstant & the school has been more or less
prosperous.
Except during the visits of ships preaching has been
maintained pretty regularly at Oloalu principaly by Mr. Spauld
ing.
The walls of a new stone meetinghouse 55 ft. by 28-
10 ft. high & nearly 5 ft thick have been put up in 4 days.
The walls were laid up in boxes, using earth instead of limesuperintended
whegfr-i-ntended by Mr. Spaulding. The stones were collected
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almost entirely fey the women.
As the house stands nearly on
the dividing line of Oloalu & Oukumehame, the people of each
district perform their appropriate half of the labor.
It is
designed to have it plastered & thatched with ti leaf & when
finished will answer the two fold purpose of meetinghouse &
schoolhouse.
It is believed that ways can be devised by which
the people may defray the whole expense without applying to
the mission.
They have a mind to build a house for the Lord
& if they can have anyone to guide them it may soon be finish
ed.
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In regard to seamen the same may be said in general, that
we reported at the last meeting, tho there have not been as
many ships at Lahaina during the last year as there were the
year previous.
Last fall there were 45.
This spring there
have been 10 or 12 .
Our intercourse with seamen has been cordial & pleasant,
distance
That
of feeling which has formerly been manifest
seems to be gradually subsiding so that now no obstacle lies
in the way to prevent intercourse with them to any extent
desirable.
As there have been no ardent spirits to be ob
tained, except in such small quantities & so secretly as to
be seldom noticed & as they have little to divert their
attention, aside from their ordinary business, a wide door has
been open for doing them good.
Meetings have generally been well attended.
There have
^ been with some exceptions, three sermons a week, one on the
sabbath at the meeting house & the other two on board ships,.
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generally on sabbath & Wednesday or Thursday evenings*
Meetings on board have become so common or perhaps we may say
so popular that no hesitation is felt in asking any master
for his ship, for this purpose.
This pleasant state of things
we attribute in part to our reading rooms which continue to
be acceptable & consequently popular.
The cost of the buildings were estimated at $750, but
at the close of the season last fall we took the subscription
paper from the table having reeieved tsid enough as we
supposed to cover the whole expense of making no allowance
for our time & trouble.
We have had a respectable supply of papers istpon the
tables of which a number of files have been furnished by the
Atheneum
Barllet
at Andover & by vote of that society
are to be continued.
A valuable box of books & tracts for seamen estimated at
(sic)
$50 wa.s reeieved by the Velocity from the Am. T. Soc.
(sic)
Another box of Bibles &c. has just been reeieved by the
Hellespont
■¥e4^e=sfeottt from the Philadelphia Bible boc.
A circulating library has been commenced among seamen.
The books are loaned by the season to be returned.
Bibles
& tracts have been often called for & a considerable quantity
of each have been distributed, but as no particular account
has been kept, no definite report can be made.
We have reeieved three letters from the Secretary of
the Am. S. 0?. Soc. in two of which he intimates that at no
distant period a seamans chaplain may be stationed at Lahaina.
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Preaching has been maintained regularly at Oloalu &
Ukumehame, except when ships were at anchor.
The population
of the two districts, according to the recent census is but
718— Oloalu 440 & Ukumehame 278.
This is 586 less than the
number printed in the geography which was doubtless incor
rect .
A stone meetinghouse 53 ft by 28 thatched with ti leaf,
plastered & whitewashed, will be dedicated as soon as the
sash & doors can be made.
The pulpit is to be, not a box
high in the air after the old fashion, but simply a platform
2 ft. high with a table upon it.
The house has been built voluntarily by the people,
without the authority of the chiefs, or aid from them or the
mission except that Hoapili gives $15 which is the wages of
a sailor’s iniquity.
The schools in these two districts have been under the
care of two scholars of the High School, one of whomehas been
dismissed for laziness & the other, am^ active efficient
young man to whom we had looked as a permanent teacher for
both districts, is found to be corrupt having been long
& repeatedly guilty of the sin of the land.
The schools are now placed under a recent graduate of
the High School"& arrangements are made for immediately
building two stone school houses, one in each district &
-•-also a stone house for the teacher at about equal distances
between them.
The stones for this house have been collected
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with the Ai o ka la,
•
In Lahaina, Miss Ogden commenced school immediately
after the last gen. meet, which was continued without interruption till sometime in April.
(?)
She taught from 8 till 11
o*clock A. M. .5 days in the week & had an average of 120
scholars.
Fifty of this number are pretty good readers— 20 were
learning their letters & the other 50 may be regarded as
learning to read.
They were more punctual in their attendance than usual,
& in this respect gave better satisfaction to their teacher,
tho their general improvement is about the same as in former
years.
She had another school also of 40 small girls from 2
to 4 o'clock P. M. 5 days in a week, learning to read & sew.
This was continued till April.
The Sabbath School under Miss Ogden’s care has been
continued during the year., 2s has been in a more interesting
state than formerly.
The scholars 160 in number have been
more regular & punctual in their attendance.
Thirty used the Ai o ka la after it was recieved.
The
remainder who were able, committed & recited, the scripture
handbills, one each week.
more oral inspection.
Those unable to read recieved
Dr. Chapin assisted in the Sabbath
School till he left Lahaina.
Miss Ogden has also met the maternal Association every
Saturday afternoon, till the other schools were dismissed.
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This consists of 15 members.
Mis. Baldwin occasionally met
in the As. with Miss Ogden & for a few weeks had a school
of about 20 females in reading, arithmetic & sewing.
Mr. Spaulding commenced school on the 28 of Dec. 1m of
such young men & lads principally as were attending no school.
\
There are more than 60 on the list tho the average number
would not exceed 45.
After the examination on the 9th of
March, some of the small scholars left, but the larger
scholars averaging about 30 were quite regular in their
attendance & made satisfactory improvement.
This was con
tinued till just before the teacher left for gen. meeting.
Some young men objected to attending school because they
wished some time or other to go to sea & they supposed that
if they united with the school, there would be an obstacle
in their way, as they took it for granted that they could
not then go without the consent of their teacher.
After the Ai o ka la arrived, fir.. Spaulding had a school
every evening in the sailors Reading Room.
For some ti#e
the house was full to over-flowing, each reciting the verse
Sc. but some grew negligent & when we left for gen. meet,
the school had dwiiad&Mt'tolless than 20 .
At the examination of the schools in Lahaina on the 9th
of March 1271 were examined, 936 of whom could more or less
intelligibly.
This is a larger number of readers than has
-been found at any previous examination.
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Since that time in view of another examination, which
was then appointed, there has been considerable interest in
the native schools, both among the teachers & scholars &
a great demand for books.
A second examination wkscheld on the 23 ult. & the
appearances were much the same as at the examination in
March.
Of 7 graduates from the High School, one is to have
the charge of the Princess school wherever she may be, one
is stationed at Oloalu & Ukumehame, one at Kaanapali, one at
Lanai & three in Lahaina; one at each end where arrangements
are made for building two dobie schoolhouses & David Malo
at his own residence where he designs to have a boarding
school for boys who shall live & sleep in his own yard & be
under his constant watch & care.
Seamen.
It gives us pleasure to state, that, during the past
year we have witnessed much encouragement to continued effort
for the benefit of seamen.
From July 25 to Dec. 39 ships
visited Lahaina & during the last two months 9 more making
48 during the year.
two weeks.
Each ship on an average has spent about
There has been preaching to seamen three times
a week with rarely an exception; twice on board ship & once
at our meetinghouse immediately after the morning service
jon the Sabbath.
These meetings have been well attended,
especially those on board ship.
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The Masters have uniformly manifested a willingness to
have preaching on board their ships & have generally taken
much pains to make suitable accomodations.
have been really splendid.
whatever the motive nay be.
Some preparations
They manifest a pleasing interest
One Master suggested that they
must all unite & have a light canvass awning made for the pur
pose.
The Lord has been pleased to bless the means of his own
operations
appointment & last fall we were permitted
to see
of the Holy Spirit in the conversion of sinners.
The revival
dif such it may be called, commenced at sea through the distri
bution of a few tracts by a pious Master.
Capt. B. spoke a ship & Oapt. R. made him a visit.
As
he was about to return, Capt. B. requested permission to
send a few tracts on board for his men.
But says Capt. R.
11It will do no good- they will not Bead them- they are a hard
set of fellows" .
"Let me write each man’s name on the cover11
says Capt. B. "& I guess they will read them.
He did so &
one had entitled, "The incorrigible sinner forewarned of his
doomT1, happened to be addressed to the most incorrigible on
board.
God blessed it to his conviction & soon to his joy
ful conversion.
When his eyes were opened & he had found
peace in believing, he was faithful to warn his ship mates,
some of whom became serious & one in a few days hopefully
converted.
Capt. R. soon spoke another ship of which his brother was
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Master & the newly converted sailors told their fellowseamen what a Saviour they had found & warned them to flee
from the wrath to come at the same time giving the tracts
which God had blessed to them.
God blessed this effort also
& when the ships arrived at Lahaina, two on board each ship
others
were rejoicing in hope & some -fehoy were serious. These con
verts appeared uncommonly well.
Gapt. W. arrived about the same time under serious im
pressions & we labored hard & in vain to remove his diffi
culties & help him to the Saviour.
A meeting was held on Wednesday evening on board Capt.
B.'s ship, where after a short sermon, Capt. B. his pious
carpenter, a pious sailor, & the four new converts addressed
the audience.
Awful solemnity prevailed.
The Holy Ghost was
there & Capt. #„ who had shrunk away into one corner was cut
to the heart.
He returhed to his ship, entered his state
room, fell upon his kneBs & contrary to his expectations soon
found the Savior to be precious.
He scarcely knew what to
got
make of it, but he felt so full of joy & praise that he
but little rest that night.
At daylight he hastened to tell
Capt. B. how glorious the Savior appeared to him & how happy
he felt.
They both kneeled down in the cabin, the door &
skylight being open & rendered thanks to God for his pardon
ing mercy.
Eeesoon came on shore & as he entered Mr. Spaulding's
house, he Was so overcome with joy that he was unable to
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to speak hut shrunk away into his seat sobbing aloud.
Before
he had time to tell what the Lord had done for him, he began
to preach the gospel.to an aged sailor who had called for a
bible.
"Old man" says Capt. W. uy°U- must repent— you can re
pent— don't.say you can’t.
I was decieved.
ask him.
I thought I could noty but, 0 ,
God has helped me & he will help you if you
0 I rejoice in the Savior.
to judgment-—you will soon die.
Old man you are going
0 go right to the Savior now—
don’t make any excuse11. In this simple strain the gospel was
preached & the old sailor sat silent in tears.
The next Friday evening a large congregation assembled
on board another ship, where after a sermon Capt. W. looking
up to God for strength, related in a most feeling manner what
God had done for his soul & urged all to flee to Savior.
He said he had been out of health most of the voyage
dut was stupid, scarcely thinking about his soul or death.
But God restored him to health contrary to his expectations
& his surprising goodness to him affected his heart till he
became serious & was led to inquire what he should do to be
saved.
Some others were more or less serious tho we find scareeFew
ly time~"bo find them out before they were gone,
seamen
expressed hopes whose minds were first impressed while their
ship was laying at Hilo.
Was not very clear.
The evidence of their conversion
This spring we have heard of no partieutho ’
lar cases of seriousness,
our meetings have been well
attended as usual.
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Bibles Tracts & papers have been often called for & more
than 50 volumes lent out from the circulating library.
We are encouraged to expect more Bibles & testaments from
the Philadelphia Bible Soc. & also Tracts & books from the Am.
Tract Society.
Our reading rooms are constantly visited & are obviously
acceptable & afford a great accommodation to our sea faring friends.
Some donations have been made for keeping the buildings in repair,
tho 1 the subscription was taken from the table more than two years
ago.
Temperance is making increasing progress among seamen.
Of
the 48 ships we know of no one which has had ardent spirits on
board for sale in the Pacific tho’ we have not been particular to
inquire of every ship.
If any have had it for this purpose they
have been ashamed to acknowledge it & the fact has been concealed.
Ship owners are becoming wiser.
Pew (?) comparatively put
the pbison on board & ship masters, during the past year have done
a little at Lahaina to aid the cause of Temperance in the Pacific.
Ardent spirits had been conveyed to Hawaii in a small schooner
for sale & the owner not being able to dispose of it all there &
having about two barrels left, declared that he would sell to
Seamen at Lahaina 1,law or no law".
This information reached La
haina & the chiefs before the vessel came to anchor.
As soon as
one of the orniers of the vessel came on shore, he was called to
the Captains Reading Room & assured by some of the masters that if
he sold one drop of it to their men., they would unite in a body go on board his schooner & pour his liquor into the Sea.
The
vessel was also watched & there is no evidence that any was sold.
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On Sunday &c. (see printed letter)
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Three hundred copies of this letter were immediately printed
& all have "been circulated.
After the Fliberty Gibbett ( l) left some natives were detected
with ardent spirits & were fined.
During the last month the 3d officer of a ship while walking
on shore was asked by a native if he wished for some rum.
He con
ducted the foreigner to a retired place among the sugar canes &
as he was about to pour out a glass, says the Officer.
pour it out.
He took the bottle & says "tabu" .
"Let me
The native.attempted
to escape but the bottle was carried to the chiefs & the native
detected & fined six dollars.
About the same hour in the day the steward of the same ship,
who had broken into the rum & drawn a bottle of brandy from the
Captains medicine, became intoxicated, fell from the railing &
launched from time into eternity drunk I He never rose & on account
of the strength of the current his body was not obtained.
Two days after a sailor from the same ship stoped (1) a shore
over night - two natives sold him three dollars worth of rum i.e.
12 glasses.
This produced intoxication.
He became noisy & trouble
some - was taken to the fort & put in irons.
The next morning he
told the chiefs that he got the rum on board his own ship & they
decided that if the rum came from the ship, the Master should pay
6 dollarsj but if from the shore & the sailor would tell who sold
it to him, the six dollars should not be required.The seaman knowing that if he persevered in his falsehood the
6 dollars would come from his own pocket, pointed out the two men
who sold it to him & the next day they were publicly flogged in
the fort.
(Read before general meeting at Hon.
June 8 th 1836 )
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f:pU>£K#XLAHAINA, ISLAND OF MAUI, NOV, 17, 1835.
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On Sunday, the 15th. inst. the $libbei>y Gibbet^ a small schooner,
arrived from Oahu, with ardent spirits for sale among seaman (1).
On
monday evening, a number of sailors were found to be intoxicated,
and to day, the number rapidly increased; whereupon, the following
letter, drawn up by the Masters and signed by all then in Port, was
presented to the Governor.
Lahaina, Nov. 17, 1835.
Governor Hoapili,
We, the undersigned, have come to this good country to refresh
our ships with fruit and vegetables.
These we find in great abun
dance, for which, we leave you our dollars and cloth.
We do not
any of us like to go to Oahu, because bad.men sell rum to our
seaman ( l).
We like your Island, because you have a good law,
preventing the sale of this poison.
But now, after lying here in
peace for some weeks, a vessel has come among us from Oahu with rum
for sale.
Our seaman ( I) are drinking it, and trouble is commencing.
We now look to you for protection.
lie think, as these men have
violated your wholesome regulations, and given your visitors so
much trouble, they should be punished by fine, or otherwise, and
sent immediately from the Island, after having all the rum thrown
into the Ocean.
Franklin Riddell.
Christopher Allyn.
Philetus Pierson,
Henry Lewis*
Charles G. Barnard.
George Alley.
David Baker.
Isaac Brayton.
John Henderson.
Edward Harding.
Timothy W. Riddell
Rodolphus N. Swift.
James Pierson.
Elijah Davis.
George Haggerty.
James B. Wood.
Richard Weeden.
George Allen#
�Printed letter continued
LAHAINA Nov. 18.
This morning, the C-ovemor has sent forth
a crier prohibiting all the natives, henceforth, from trading with
the Flibberty Gibbett, until the Captain has paid damages.
The
schooner was ordered away last night, by Government, and has left
the place, leaving a prospect of usual quiet to the ships which
remain.
Lahainaluna.
High School press*
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STATISTICAL TABLE OP MARRIAGES, SCHOOLS AND
CHURCHES, FOR THE YEAR BHDIHG JUNE, 1835'
Marriages .
■
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________________ ______________________ 135
Readers. ___________ _______________________ ___________1813
Learners. __ _________
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___________ ______ _______
2543
Admitted to the church on profession. _______________
Admitted on recommendation. .
Candidates. __________ •
_______________
________________________ _____
227
7
5
Whole number admitted from the formation of the church. 234
Removed. _____
Excommunicated.
,
_____ _________________________ ___
_______ ^
_________ .. .
Died.
Pres ent number of chur ch members.
__________ ____
17
2
20
195
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�Report of the station at Lahaina
for the year ending May 31s^ 1836
At the commencement of the year the station at Lahaina
was occupied by Messrs Richards, Spaulding, Chapin and their
families together with Miss Ogden.
Mrs. Baldwin also with her
children took up her residence there during the absence of her
husband at the Society Islands.
On the return of Mr. Baldwin,
Dr. Chapin being about to remove, he went into Dr. Chapin's
house, where he remained until the fore part of March.
During
his residence there he attended to the medical wants of the
station, went out to preach at out stations perhaps 5 or 6 times,
assisted in reading 10 or 12 proof sheets, and preached at the
station a few times at the station ( I) when the other members
were absent.
As however he was not located by the mission at
Lahaina he will probably himself report the particulars of his
labors.
The general division of labor at the station has been
essentially the same as in former years.
Mr. Spaulding has attended to the English department of
labor for seamen, has also managed the out station at Oloalu,
has during most of the year had a school of one hour for the
three eldest children of Mr. Richards, and during a part of
the year has had the care of a station school (.)
The particu
lars of his labors will be detailed In their proper connections.
Mr. Richards has attended principally to the pastoral duties
of the station, and during about 7§- months of the year has de
voted a portion of each day to translations.
The last 2
months
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he has done nothing in that department.
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Besides these parts of
the New Testament which were behind last year, the Book of
Esther has been translated, the book of Isaia ( i)> and the
greater Part of Jeremiah, the two former of which have been
printed and Jeremiah as far as the 32nd Chap.
Genesis and
Ezra, the translations of brethren Thurston and Bishop have
been.reviewed, not however with that particular care which has
been customary but rather in conformity with the views of the
mission as expressed at the last General meeting, viz. that the
parts of the Old Testament might be printed at the discretion
of the translators without being reviewed.
And the books
translated at Lahaina have not been reviewed except as they
passed under the observation of those who assisted in reading
the proof sheets.
The first 20 chapters of Exodus have been
revised for the press and a part of the remainder translated.
This would have been finished before unassigned books were
taken up, had the state of the printing department allowed of
its being printed immediately.
There have been married at Lahaina during the year past
117 eouplev-
Much trouble has been experienced In consequence of
frequent applications to be married from persons who ought not
to be united In marriage*
Ex. Old men with young girls - old
women with boys - church members with partners of no established
character, or none that is good.
Children of not more perhaps
than 12 years old have been brought forward by the chiefs as
suitable to be married, and the irregularity of the holokahikis
is still a sourse of much trouble.
It is desirable that this subject be examined by the
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Mission, and a uniform rule of practice adopted.
The census of the island of Maui has been taken as correct
ly perhaps as can be expected until some of the present preju
dices of the people are removed.
The population according to
the present cans us amounts to 24,248., instead of 35,000 as
published in the Geography.
The reason of this difference Is, first, the over rating
of the people at the last cenees ( i) Second, the under rating
in the present census. 3d- A real decrease by death, and 4^-tl
A migration of the people to Oahu.
The proportionate number of births and deaths on the
island has not been satisfactorily ascertained.
At Oloalu and Oukamehame, they have been equal, viz 11
births & 11 deaths.
On the island of Lanai there have been
since Jan. 9 births and 19 deaths.
It is hoped that these records may be kept more correct
ly hereafter.
During the year there have been received to the church
on their own profession 15 persons, and 5 have been received
from other churches.
Nine persons now stand propounde ( 1).
Eighteen persons have {been] dismissed and received by other
churches, and five have been excommunicated.
Of those who were suspended last year 3 have been restored,
and two more will probably be restored at the next communion.
N
To the number suspended five new ones have been added.
Whole number, received to the church in Lahaina
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On recommendation
12
Whole number dism issed
31
of •
Do
4
241
On profession
Do
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253
26
Deaths
Excommunicated
7
*
7
Ho. now suspended
182
Now i n regular standing
To enter p a r tic u la r ly Into the cases of excommunication
would requ ire more time and room than can be allowed to a mere
sta tio n re p o r t.
The number of children b a p tize d during the year i s 2 0 .
As to the general sta te of the church d uring the y e a r , i t
may be remarked that the lin e of d is t in c t io n between those who
r e a lly love the Savio u r, and those who do n o t, appears to be
growing more d i s t i n c t ; and it C^s a3 matter of p a r tic u la r
g r a t if ic a t io n th at those who have f a l l e n the past year have been
persons whose character was previously su s p ic io u s .
As fa r as
we know the character of every in d iv id u a l which stood f a i r
f o r p ie ty at the beginning of the y e a r ,
stands f a i r still*.
The g en e ra l sta te o f religio us fe e lin g was thought during
the last w inter to b e more than usually encouraging,
and had we
not been so fre q u en tly disappointed we should have been con
siderably animated.
Meetings were, attended in greater numbers,
and Some of the church appeared more than usu ally aw ake.
We
do t h in k ,
that
and f e e l
considerable degree of co n fid e n c e,
at the great day when &ea*ts sh all be re v e a le d , i t w i l l appear,
that notwithstanding a l l
the overwhelming in iq u ity which pre-
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v a i l s , the utter f a l l of some of our church members, the un
ch ristia n conduct of others, and the u nfaith fu ln ess
of a l l ,
there have s t i l l been a number of conversions during the
year.
And we have cheering hope that some of the domestics
of our own fam ilies are among the number.
already propounded to the church.
Of these o n e 'h a s been
There have been a few rather
s t r ik in g cases of persons who have been v io le n t opposers, who
now now ( 1) appear to b e truly p e n ite n t.
have been conducted as u su a l.
R eligio us meetings
The Bible class r e c it in g the
Huliano during the la s t part of the la st y e a r , and Ai o ka la
during the fore part of the present y e a r ,
consists
of 467 persons,
and o f these about §- or 4 / 5 are u su ally present at the same
tim e .
The out station a t Lanai is s t i l l prom ising.
v is it e d during the year 6 times by M r. R ich ard s,
I t has been
and tw ice by
M r. Baldw in, and 48 sermons have been preached to congregations
of something more than 300 persons.
We know of no p lac e where
labors appear to b e better rewarded than at L a n a i.
The opinion
of M r. Baldwin f u l l y corresponds w ith that of Mr. Richards in
th is re sp ec t.
There is a very marked lin e of d i s t i n c t io n between
the enemies & the frien d s of tr u th on that Is l a n d , and w it h in
a few months there has been a large increase of the l a t t e r .
There is quite a number who shew suoh a knowledge of the s c r ip
tures as to prove that they have not been careless readers* o®
h ea v e n s.
Among those re ce iv ed to the church the past year
4 were from Lanai — now 7 church members on the i s l a n d , and
one more is propounded.
So large a proportion of the whole
population have renounced the use of tobacco that i t i s very
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d i f f i c u l t fo r those to escape detectio n who would be g la d to
use i t .
Owing to the neglect of the Gov. the census of Lan ai has
not been taken.
The c a l l fo r books at the st a tio n d u rin g the year has b een
encouraging.
None of consequence are on hand, and many more
would have been s o ld ,
The Kuma
could we have obtained them.
Haw aii has been c a lle d for to some ex te n t.
About 150 copies are read, and by those who read them, they are
p rized
much ffrsrsrx-gr'g#, as much as any books we c ir c u la te .
{On back}
Statio n report
presented by Mr.
Richards
1836
�Report of Lahaina S ta tio n . 1857
It
is w e l l known toy a l l the brethren of the M is s io n ,
that
the station a t Lahaina has suffered great changes, in regard
to labourers, during the past y e a r .
Some of these changes were
p a r t ia lly an ticip ated at the la st general m eeting, & some of
them were wholly unexpected.
Both its located m is s io n a r ie s ,
who have been e f f i c i e n t labourers in past y e a r s , & have found
t h e ir hands f u l l of work, have le f t the f i e l d for Am erica.
At the close of the last general meeting Mr. R ic h a r d s , w it h
most of h is fa m ily , w ent,
spent some weeks.
for a v i s i t ,
to K au ai, where they
When they returned they staid perhaps a
month at La h ain a, when they sa ile d for Haw aii & made the tour
of that is la n d .
After they returned again to th eir s t a t io n ,
they had but a short season to spend & that f i l l e d w ith the
b ustle of preparation f o r a voyage, when an opportunity of
embarking for America was offered on board the w h a le sh ip ,
Danl W ebster, Capt. Philetus P ie rso n .
28th & reembarked at Honolulu D ec. 8 t h .
They le ft Lahaina Nov.
The short voyages about
the islands had been of great service to Mrs. R . ' s
h ealth -
& they hoped fo r much further b e n e fit to i t from the long
voyage to Am erica.
The business w ith whh Mr. R . was charged
by the m ission had g reatly augmented in importance in h i s v iew ,
So that they embarked w ith very f u l l con fid ence, that they were
in the path of duty.
As a pledge of t h e ir speedy return to the
i s l d s _, they l e f t the two youngest of their 8 c h ild r e n ;
the
elder of the two in Mr. G re en ’ s fam ily ; the tender i n f a n t , torn
from its mother’ s embrace, b efo re i t was 8 months o ld , under
Miss Ogden's c a r e ,
in our own fa m ily .
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Mr. Spaulding, on his return to Lahaina from our l a s t general
m eeting, immediately engaged in w r it in g communications to Am
e r ic a , & in other la b o u rs, whh, together w it h his previous
precarious state of h e a l t h ,
proved too much for him , & probably
commenced the breaking down of h is h e a l t h .
He was soon p ros
t r a t e , & was prostrate & convalescent, by t u r n s , & constantly
engaged in plans f o r doing good, & in labours B^rond h i s strength
t i l l D e c . 3^-, when he was taken w it h bleeding at the lu n g s .
This was repeated several times whh reduced him very lo w .
viewed h is
state as c r i t i c a l , & wished him,
for h is own sa k e,
& h is fa m ily 1s , to have a ll the m edical advice, we
him .
h elp.
We accordingly sent for Doct.
I
fu r n is h
Judd who came soon to h is
His urgent advice was for b ro .
Spaulding to take
a voyage
This he consented to do; - but the only opportunity whh seemed
p ra ctica b le fo r doing t h i s , was on board a w haleship bound to
Am erica.
He accordingly embarked w ith h is fam ily on board the
A d e lin e , C apt. Buckley, D ec. 26 th , less than one month a f t e r
M r. Richards had le f t the s t a t io n ; & they reembarked at Honolulu
on the last day of the y ea r.
As for m yself, i t is w ell known, that two years
since I
went to Lahaina to try the effec t of the climate on my lu n g s .
Last year I went partly fo r the same re aso n , & p artly on account
of some of the fam ilies who were a f f l ic t e d w ith s ic k n e s s .
From
the time of general meeting to D ec. of la st y e a r , I devoted my
time almost exclusively to m edicine.
The last of Nov. I
commenced preaching a g a in ; & from that time to this I have con
stantly preached once, & generally tw ice ,
n a tig e or E n g l is h .
When b r o .
each week,
either in
Spaulding was p ro stra te d , a ll
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as w e ll as the
other cares of the statio n & the oversight of the congregation.
There
seemed to be no other way but fo r me to f i l l
the p lac e
as w ell as I ca ; - & contrary to my own expectation,
as w e ll
as that of others, in stea d of breaking down under the w eight
of care whh had previously been d ivided between three men,
my health has gradually improved from that day to t h i s .
For
the la st four months, except when I have overdone i n speaking
or s in g in g , or been two much exposed to a damp atmosphere, I
have had no uncomfortable fe e lin g at the lu n g s .
I have great
occasion to bless God f o r h is in te rp o sitio n in my b e h a l f , &
d esire to f e e l my increased o b ligatio n to be more devoted to
him in fu t u r e .
So far as means have been used for my r e s to r a
tio n thus f a r , I
say, I have taken but littlejmedicine -
scarcely any at a l l .
The means have been 1st a s t r ic t l y tem
perance d ie t - one of the lig h te s t k in d ,
avoiding meat almost
e n t ir e ly , & using m ilk as far as po ssib le - 2^- Bathing in cold
w ater every day. & 3^ What has perhaps done as much as any
thing e ls e , the pressure of secular cares, whh has kept me
almost constantly on my f e e t , during the day.
Miss Ogden has continued her labours as usual a t the sta
t i o n , & been perhaps more exclusively devoted to the work of
teaching than h e re to fo re .
Her schools have b e e n ,
one fo r g ir ls
taught i n the fo reno o n, & one for boys, taught in the afternoon
each 5 days i n the w eek.
for most of the y e a r ,
In the g i r l s ’ school,
there have been
60 or more scholars; & la t e ly they have
increased to 130 pretty regular attendants.
In the b o y s 1
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scho o l, there have been , most of the y e a r , about 50 - & la t e ly
th eir number has Increased to 8 0 .
Miss 0 . has had i n b o th these
schools two female & two male a s s is t a n t s ;
the two la t t e r from
the High School, & one of them among their most promising
grad u ates.
The branches taught in both these schools have been
r e a d in g , w r it in g , arithm etic & geography, & the elementary
books.
Miss 0 . has also a Sab.
school every Sab. morning at
8 , where the elementary works,, reading Scrip tu re, & the D a ily
Food are attended t o .
Mrs. Baldwin has also had a school of g i r l s ,
fo r the most part of the y e a r , s u b je c t , at tim es,
to in t e r r u p
tions from fam ily cares & sickness of our ch ild r e n .
Both of
them have also engaged, to some extent, in teaching the women
& g ir l s the art of sew ing.
Before b r o . Spaulding was la id a s id e , he had p lan n ed , &
considerably advanced the b u ild in g o f , four doby school h o u ses,
two in d iffe re n t parts of Lahaina, one at Ciualu & one at Qkumeham e..
Something has been gradually doing to these b u ild in g s
s in c e ; but none of them has as yet been completed.
b u i l t by the people themselves, req u irin g l i t t l e
the m ission;
They are
or no aid from
or rath er they are b u il t by the c h ie f s ,
the poalua
or c h ie f s 1 working day having been regularly turned to that ob
je c t .
For these school houses, we have already se lec ted 5 or
4 graduates
of the High School, who are a ll members of the chh.
Some of them have commenced their schools,
though the houses
are u n fin is h e d , & most of them, we th in k , prom ise, as teach ers,
to do w e l l .
Last year the chh people of Lahaina purchased lumber to
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f i n i s h t h e ir central stone school house; & this year the chh
h a v e , w it h t h e ir own h an d s, la id in it a good f l o o r , & also
made seats & desks t i l l th eir lumber was exhausted.
also on the N .
The people
end of Lanai have been b u ild in g themselves a
stone school house, whh is probably near completion.
They have
also b u ilt a grass house nearer the centre of that i s l a n d ,
intended for meetings on the Sabbath.
Mr. Richards appointed
a Sabbath to go & dedicate this b u ild in g to the Lord; but the
ship c a lle d for him too q u ic k .
I also once or twice appointed
a time to go, but medical c a lls from the fa m ilie s prevented my
g o in g .
There are two teachers on L a n a i, from the H igh Sch ool,
who are doing something to enlighten the p eo p le , & t r a in the
ch ild ren - but there have been no examinations of sc ho o ls,
connected w ith Lahaina S ta tio n , during the past y e a r .
The region of Kaan apali, 10 miles N. of La h ain a ,
together
w ith the schools t h e r e , have been under the care of Mr. C la r k ;
& the fo llo w in g is his report of them.
Preaching has been m aintained by Mr. Clark at Kaanapali
during the y e a r .
the same p lac e .
He has also conducted a B ible class at
A Sab.
from the High School.
500.
school has been taught by a graduate
The usual congregation has been about
There has been no sp ecial a tte n tio n to r e l i g i o n during
the y e a r.
There are 14 chh members at this s t a tio n connected
w ith the chh at L a h ain a .
One chh member has been under d i s c i
p lin e w ith m anifest b e n if it
( i) to h im se lf & o th ers.
A good meeting house has been fin is h e d & dedicated during
the y e a r .
I t is 78 feet by 30 i n s id e , b u i l t of d o b ie s , w ith a
good t i le a f r o o f, glass w indow s, p u l p it , & c .
The expenses de-
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frayed by the people themselves*
A good school of children has been kept here by the grad
uate from the High School.
He has also several other schools
under h is superintendance.
His in flu en ce has been h ig h ly sal%
utary in various w ays.
He has recently united w ith the chh at
L ah ain alun a.
He has r e c d a few dollars in books & clo th from
the m issio n .
The s iz e of the congregation at Lahaina has been
much the same as i n years p ast.
have been the same as formerly;
A ll the exercises on the Sab.
the Wed. le c tu r e , S a b . chh
prayer meeting, & monthly concert have been continued as b e fo r e .
A nativ e member of the chh has gone once each fo r t n ig h t , during
most of the y e a r ,
on the S a b .,
to O lu a lu , 6 miles d i s t a n t , where
a congregation has met of about 2 0 0 , & where a good meeting
house of dobies has been fin is h e d & dedicated during the past
year.
The Sab. School a t Lahaina,
embracing perhaps 40 0 or 5 0 0 ,
who consist of the chh & more serious part of the congregation,
have attended every S a b . to the Ai o ka l a ; the te a c h e rs , 15
i n number, I have instructed regularly each Teus.
( I) evening;
& they have each met their c l a s s e s , on some later day of the
w eek,
at such time & place as each has found co nvenient.
Mr. Hitchcock & h is
family re sid e d at Lahaina during the
months of D ec . Jan . & most of F e b .
During th is tim e, he did
the largest share o f the p reaching.
A ft e r h is return to Molo
k a i , Mr. Andrews preached re g u la r ly ,
at L a h a ln a la lo ,
(except
when h is place was su p plied by Mr. C l a r k ,) two sermons on the
S a b ., leaving generally to me, a fter the commencement of sh ip
ping season, one sermon on S a b . e ith e r in Eng. or native§
& the Wed. le c tu re .
These d u t ie s , together w ith attending
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the prayer meetings & sabbath sc h o o l, the medical wants of the
fa m ilie s & n a t iv e s , In d iv id u a l c a l l s , the sale of books, d i s t r i
b u tio n of Kumu Haw aii & Kumu K a m a lii, the numerous secular cares
of the statio n , & superintending the b u ild in g of school houses
& c . & , a fter the 9th of March, g iv in g a large share of my time
to the concerns of the sh ipp ing , a l l these have kept upon me
about as heavy a pressure of business as I ever found r e s t in g on
me at any time of my l i f e .
through i t ,
But the Lord has enabled me to go
w ith more ease & comfort than I cd have exp ected. -
There has been no regular d is c ip lin e of the chh at Lah ain a
attempted, since the departure of M r. R ich ard s; & none admitted
to the communion of the chh.
Some offences have been known in
the chh - but none o f a very aggravated character have come to
lig h t.
iAll that has been done,
salutary a d v ic e .
tobacco.
in these cases, was to g iv e
The members are a ll under a pledge not to use
Two or three have been reported to me as g u ilt y of
v io la tin g t h e ir p le d g e .
There have b een two communions sin ce
M r. R ic h a rd s’ & S p a u ld in g 's dep arture.
At the f i r s t ,
one
member was advised to stay away, because he had used tobacco,
& one also fo r other u nc hristia n b e h a v io u r .
At the second com
munion, one was advised to stay away from the L o r d ’ s t a ^ l e , be
cause of reported a d ultery .
No regular t r ia l was h e l d in these
cases, & they were made to understand,
la r ly suspended from the chh.
that they were not regu
Jealousies & contentions have
p rev ailed to some extent in the chh the past y e a r ,
I n years b e fo r e .
as well as
But so f a r as they have come to my knowledge,
they have been amicably s e t t le d .
Eight in d iv id u als were admitted to the chh, by Mr. R ich a rd s,
i n Aug. 1 8 3 6 .
Five are recorded, by him , as suspended, during
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the year - 3 as restored - & 1 as excommunicated.
on the suspended l i s t ,
of two or th ree .
The number
when he l e f t in Nov. l a s t , & ,
rem aining there s t i l l , was 1 1 .
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o f course,
Of th ese, I have thought w ell
Some of them are re sid in g at other p la c e s ; & I
have not been acquainted w ith them a l l .
I cannot t e l l how many of the chh died between our la s t
genl meeting & the departure of Mr. R ich ard s, as h is record does
not d istin g u ish such from those who died b efo re.
departure,
Since h is
8 have d ie d , besides the princess who d ie d w ith out
the pale of the chh - making an average of nearly two d u r in g
each month of th at p e rio d .
The fu n era l of Nahienaena was a t
tended, at Lah ain a, w ith great m ilita r y parade, but w ith much
s t il l n e s s & order, a few days before we l e f t the s t a t io n .
After making the above deductions from the chh, I f i n d
209 s t i l l on th e chh record as in regular
standing.
This num
b e r , however, must include a number, who reside at M o lo k a i, &
others who belong to W ailuku re g io n .
My impression i s that
there are somewhere about 176 in regular stan d ing ,
at L a h a in a .
There have b e e n , during the y e a r , 2 4 baptism s, & §5 mar
riag es.
Of the la t t e r ,
num ber, had not the
there w^- have been a somewhat greater
enforcement of th e marriage law h in d e r e d
some from entering into that contract. V io la tio n of the marriage contract & of the laws of chas
t it y have been frequent - b u t , I know not that they have been
more frequent than in years p a s t.
been sustained;
The salutary laws have
th e ir penalties have been promptly ap p lied to
a l l known o ffen d ers, whether natives or fo reigners without
respect of persons;
& the general m orality of the people
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has "been secured.
p a r t,
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But one crime has been committed, in that
of a higher order than the common sins of the l a n d .
This
was a murder, or rather a case of manslaughter, whh took place
at E a a n a p a li,
some four or fiv e months sin c e.
I t o rig in a te d
i n the Hawaiian method of co llectin g pay for damage done i n the
p la n ta tio n ; v i z . by k i l l i n g the animal that did the damage.
This gave r is e to a quarrel in whh b o th parties used stones .
& c lu b s; & the older & weaker of the two f e l l before h is younger
& more a th le tic antago nist.
Ought we not to urge the c h ie fs &
k in g to adopt some enlightened & just method of c o lle c tin g debts
& damages?
Intemperance has but rarely made its appearance among u s .
Wherever it has been known, the s e l l e r ,
o&
d r in k e r , has been
compelled to pay h i s $>6 . according to law; & every quan tity of
a rd.
spt. i n whatever form whh has been found on sh o re , has
(I).
been promptly d eized by the m ajestrates.
In these statem ents,
however, I shA except the liquor & drinkers of the K in g .
There has b e e n ,i n g en era l, a th rivin g condition of our
■section of M aui, as to the comforts of l i f e .
A l l the ship
m asters, whom I have heard speak on the s u b je c t, say the mar
ket is w e ll supplied w ith refreshments for th e ir ships - Many
of the leading inhabitants
are b u ild in g
dwellings - some of the arts
themselves permanent
of c i v i l i z e d l i f e are re c e iv in g an
Increased attention - sugar & molasses were never made i n
greater abundance than the
past year - & what Is
also w orth
adding, o f the three sugar m ills at La h ain a, 2 are owned by
common n a t iv e s .
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The sugar & molasses o f the h ig h er ch ie fs are
a l l made at the m ills of the common n a t iv e s .
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10.
Of the labours assigned to me at the la st genl m eeting,
I
have f in is h e d the essay on Temperance, & I t has been about two
months in the hands of the re v ie w e r.
to me were w ritte n & sent,
A l l the lette rs assign ed
except one to the S e c . of F o reign
a f f a ir s of Great B r i t a i n , fo r reasons assigned to the m eetin g.
Sale of books.
I fin d on the books of Mr. Spaulding & myself an account
of 429 Testaments s o ld , at La h ain a , the past y e a r.
This does
not include those sold for ready pay, nor any disposed of by
Mr. R ich a rd s, who does not seem to have been in the h a b it
k eep ing regular accounts.
of
There are now on hand probably not
less than 400 - whether our having so many on hand is owing to
having had more than our share, I do not know.
quently called f o r .
They are f r e
The new Hymn book has been in h ig h demand -
a l l we have rec^ have met a ready sa le - Even a bundle rec^-,
as we were on the point of embarking for th is p la c e , w^- a l l
have been gone, had I had time to attend to these who w is h e d
them.
Large q u a n tities o f the Geography, the Hoikeholoholona,
& other school books have been sold.
I t is thought,
that the
d esire for books has been greater the past year than i t has
been in previous y e a r s .
We have s t i l l on hand a few Ikemuas & H oikeholoholonas, a
part of the H u lian o s, Nehemias & Kumu Muas whh have been sent us
a pretty f u l l supply of the Hoikehonua & Helunaau, a l l the Hinauhoikes whh have b e e n sent fo r the la tte r part of the y e a r ,
at l e a s t , & some other books of whh I cannot now g iv e a p a r tic u
l a r account.
The Kumu Hawaii had not been ta k e n , by y early su b s c r ip tio n ,
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at Lahaina t i l l w it h in s i x months p a s t.
150 subscribers.
But it i s
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There are now about
im possible to say , how many copies
w i l l prove a s u f f i c ie n t supply, as there i s ,
even among the
most en ligh ten ed, a d is p o s it io n to take a ll the numbers at the
end of the y e a r , rather than to have them come l i t t l e by l i t t l e .
There are above (about) 100 subscribers
to the Kumu K a m o lii;
& the names for both this & the Kumu Haw aii are constantly in
c r e a sin g .
Seamen’ s Cause at L a h a in a .
The f i r s t w haleship at Lahaina,
9th of March.
this
season,
anchored the
Except the two f i r s t Sabbaths, E n g lis h preaching
has been re g u la rly kept up every Sab. on shore, for the b en e
fit
of masters & seamen.
Mr. Clark preached to them once or
tw ice - the r e st o f the preaching was d iv id e d between Mr. An
drews & m yself.
As a general t h in g , masters & o ffic e r s have
been p rese n t, & a goodly number of seamen; & some good, we
h o p e, has been done.
No evening m eetings, or meetings o n .b o a r d ,
have been attempted, fo r want of help in preaching.
Up to the time of our leaving the sta tio n ,
ships v is it e d the place,
there had 12
one h a l f of whh had gone.
A l l the
Masters have shown themselves kind & f r ie n d l y ; & what I am glad
to add,
all or n ea rly a ll have seemed to take a good stand on
the subject of Temperance.
l i e v e , are f u l l y
^American C ap tains, at l e a s t , I b e
convinced, that they cannot manage their men
in a p la c e , where ardent s p ir it is to b e found.
During the month of A p r i l , the largest share of my time was
devoted to arranging papers for the two reading rooms of Masters
& Seamen; to arranging the Seamen’ s lib r a r y & giving out books
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to such as w ished them; to p utting up tracts & papers for ships
to carry to s e a , & a great v arie ty of other matters connected
w ith the shipping & th e ir intercourse w ith the p e o p le .
W hile
we were at the s t a tio n , a ll was order in this department;
l e a s t , to the external observer l i t t l e
at
of a contrary k in d was
to h e seen; & i f here & there a seamen ( 1) was known to v io la t e
the laws of the la n d , the penalty was forthw ith coming, without
fe a r or favour.
What may take place in the absence of any
m issionary, & while the king & a l l h is adherents are t h e r e , &
liq u o r probably to be h ad , none of us can t e l l .
I
have spent as much time as I cd command, i n conversing
w ith o fficers & seamen,
on the great concerns of t h e ir s o u ls .
" But that tim e, a fter a l l , has been b ut l i t t l e .
p ie ty we have met w ith , even in w h a le s h ip s , & ,
Some cases of
in other c a s e s ,
i t has been pleasing to s e e , that the im pressions, made by an
early r e l ig io u s education, were f a r from b e in g a ll e f f a c e d .
There is great hope in labouring for th is
class of our fellowm en.
Before closing th is r e p o r t, I must add, that P ik a n e le ,
the head man of Honuaula,
on East M aui, wished me to ask the
m issio n to locate a m issionary among them.
They have 3000
or more people.
The people of Lanai also have often entreated me to ask fo r
them a m issionary; they have 1200 p eo ple .
Probably 200 on that
is l a n d wd derive as much b e n e fit from preaching as 10 00 or 1200
in almost any other p la c e .
D . Baldw in
�Report of Lahaina S ta tio n .
June 1 8 3 8 .
The important changes at the s ta tio n , the past y e a r , have
been the ad d itio n of b r o . & siste r McDonald to the la b o u r e rs ,
b eing located there at the last genl m eeting; & the re tu r n of
Mr. Richards on the 8 th of A p ril l a s t , a fter an absence of
one y e a r , four months & eleven d a y s .
The members o f the Station have much cause of g r a titu d e
to God for his unnumbered m ercies; & reason too to be humbled
under h is mighty h and.
There has probably been as much sickness
at the station as in any previous y e a r .
has been v a r io u s .
Mr. McDonald’ s h e a lth
Several times during the nine months he has
been at the statio n he has been attacked w ith h is former com
p l a i n t , bleeding at the lu ng s, but has not been reduced so low
as a t some former p e rio d s;
- & a short time since he was s e iz e d
w ith p le u r is y , whh ( i) fo r a tim e , brought h is l i f e into s t i l l
greater jeopardy.
Mr. B ald w in ’ s h e a lth has been f a r b e t t e r
than c^ have been expected, co nsidering the labours whh ( 1)
have devolved on him, & e s p e c ia l l y , the amount of preaching he
has done.
But sickness is not a l l we have had to humble us &
teach u s .
©eath has
come among u s .
The 3 d ch ild of M r. & M rs.
B . was taken w ith f e v e r & a complaint in the bowels - on the
5th of la st D e c .; & a fte r a lin g erin g i l l n e s s of seven w e e k s,
weeks of much an xiety on the part of the p aren ts,
moved from their s i g h t ,
on the 26th of Ja n . l a s t .
she was re
This was to
them a trying ev en t; but they t r u s t , God meant i t fo r t h e ir
good, & the promotion of h is cause.
Other members of the
statio n have s u ffe r e d , at tim es, from sick n e ss .
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Mr. B . & fam ily with. Miss Ogden reached the s t a t i o n ,
t h e i r return from genl m eeting, last y e a r ,
on
on the 18th of June;
& one of the f i r s t things we attended to was an
Examination of the C h ild re n ’ s Schools of L a h a in a , O lu a lu ,
Okumehame, Kahoolawe & L a n a i.
The schools of the above places
on Maui occupied the last week i n June.
was devoted to those on L a n a i.
The f i r s t week in July
The follow ing is a schedule
of those exam inations. Miss Ogden’ s school of g i r l s ,
school of boys 104 in number.
145 in number.
The cen tral
The School from Olualu consisted
of 97 c h ild ren .
That of Okumehame of 6 7 .
That of Kahoolawe of 2 0 , b eing a l l
\
the c h ild ren , that belonged to the i s l a n d .
At the close of th is exam ination,
a day was devoted to
examining David M alo' s d iffe ren t sc ho o ls, at whh ( I) wej?e
present the c h ie f s ,
a ll the chh ( I )
& many others.
The f i r s t week in Ju ly , the three schools of c h ild r e n on
Lanai were examined,
one of whh ( 1) contained 84 c h ild r e n ,
another 4 2 , & the th ird 21 = 147 i n a l l .
During the f i r s t part of the y e a r , important aid was
rendered by the chiefs & people towards organizing r e g u la r schools
throughout the f i e l d .
The walls of fo ur doby school houses had
been b u ilt by them p reviously; one at the H . end of Lahaina one a t the S .
end - one at Olu alu; & the fo u rth at Okumehame.
D uring the month of Ju ly ,
these b u ild in g s ,
they bestowed much time & labour upon
in covering & otherwise f i t t i n g them for th eir
intended use - H oapiliw ahine su p erin ten din g, i n perso n,
the work
of those in Lahaina - In A u g. they were ready to be occupied,
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when the schools of the two o u t d is t r ic t s , whh ( I) h ad b een
p reviously in operation, were removed to the new b u i l d i n g s ; &
new schools were organized in those at each extremity of La
h ain a .
At this time we also obtained one of the most worthy
graduates of the High School, who has superintended the South
school of Lahaina, & ,
for a large portion of the y e a r ,
cen tral boys' school a lso .
the
Miss Ogden l e f t Lahaina f o r W ailuku
about the middle of the y e a r .
Her school has since b een con
tin ued by fo,ur n a tiv e fem ales, three of whom are members of th e
chh.
A ll tiaese schools have been continued during the y e a r .
There has also been a nativ e b u ild in g erected on the Western
part of Lanai fo r the accommodation of meetings & schools & a small stone school house, on the Eastern side of the same
has been b u i l t this y e a r , en tirely by the children them selves,
under the superintendence of t h e ir teahher.
David Malo was much engaged in teaching the a d u lts, &
espec ially the chh the f i r s t part of the year - he had a school
i n chh history - one in geography - one in arithm etic - & one
i n the Kumu H a w a ii.
At a l l these the ch iefs attended & were
much interested - but they did hold out through the y e a r .
For remainder of report on schools,
see report of tea ch er.
The church.
There have been but two members admitted to the chh from
the time th at Mr. Richards l e f t the s ta tio n to the present not but that there were probably some more who belonged to the
household of f a i t h who shd have been adm itted.
part of the time Mr. B .
But the f i r s t
considered h im se lf but im perfectly ac
quainted with the people; & the la st part he was expecting the
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congregation soon to f a l l into the hands of t h e ir former p a s to r.
Added to t h i s , he has "been obliged, during the y e a r ,
to v i s i t
a l l the st a tio n s , on Maui & M olokai, except Hana, fo r m edical
a i d ; has had an unusual share of the same work at the s t a t io n ,
& has attended to the numerous calls for medical a id from "the
p eople,
duties whh, of course, take the precedence of a l l
others
these w ith many other cares & labours at the s ta tio n whh were
almost equally indispensable have not l e f t him that time to
attend to the d u tie s of pastor whh seemed d e s ir a b l e .
The record
of the chh then for the year w ill b e as follow s 2 admitted during the y e a r .
3
received by letter from other c h h s.
None excommunicated.
1 . dism issed to Molokai chh.
4 . dism issed to K a ilu a chh.
4 . deaths i n the chh.
Of the 1 3 , who were on the suspended l i s t at the commencement
of the y e a r,
suspended.
two have been restored - & 2 new ones have been
The whole number now in r e g u la r standing i n the chh
is 1 7 2 .
A minih er of the members of the Honolulu chh who have r e
s id e d at Lahaina, & one from W aialua chh have been suspended at
the request of th e ir resp ective p asto rs.
drin kin g either wine or ardent s p i r i t ,
or shortly a f t e r ,
Their offence was
c h ie fly at the time o f ,
the K i n g ’ s f e a s t .
The state of the body of the chh at £ahaina is probably as
good now as In times past - but a considerable number, perhaps
as many as. h a l f a dozen, w i l l probably require the hand of
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ex c isio n whenever the pastor is ab le to attend to the w o rk .
Thirteen c h ild re n have "been b a p tized during the y ear 4 of them children of the m ission.
M arriages»
There have been 98 marriages at the statio n during the
year.
Labours in preaching & c . M r. Baldwin was a b le to m aintain preaching as u su al on
W ed. - also to preach twice on Sab. during the year - These w it h
the Sab. school & other customary meetings of the statio n were
sustain ed re g u la rly ; & the congregations were perhaps as large
as usual & exhibited their ordinary in t e r e s t .
commenced t i l l
No new meetings were
about the middle of F e b ., when we commenced a
m eeting, at the meeting h o use, to be h e ld every morning before
s u n r is e .
An encouraging degree of in t e re s t was m anifested in
th is meeting.
The house was generally w e ll f i l l e d .
About the
same time, a committee of 12 of Lahaina chh, & 6 of Oahu members
re s id in g among u s , was appointed to v i s i t & converse w ith the
whole p o p u la tio n 'a t their h ouses.
They did their work as f a i t h
f u l l y as cd "be expected; & the reports they brought back showed,
that the Spt ( I) of God.was already at w ork.
Many confessed w it h
t e a r s , that they had never attended the m inistratio ns of tjie
Gospel,
shores.
except, from c u r io s it y , when i t f i r s t came to theirThis measure had also th is good e f f e c t ,
that i t brought
fo rth many of the h a l t , the lame, & the b l i n d , whom none of us
had seen b e fo r e ,
to attend the protracted m eeting, whh commnsnced
the 6th of March.
The exercises during the 6 days spent in this protracted
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m1g were much the same as in other m’ gs of the k in d - preaching
3 times d a ily - one m’ g d a ily w ith ch ild r e n ; & occasional meet
ings w ith the chh.
The brn ( i) of W ailuku & Lahaina-luna d id almost a l l the
preaching during these 6 days, in about equal pro p o rtio n s; & ,
as we th in k , w ith evidently good e f f e c t .
Every sermon seemed
b le s s e d not only in awakening in d iv id u a l s , but in in c re a sin g
the genl seriousness of the congregationl
A fter the close of the protracted meeting, the morning
meetings were continued - Mr. B. also met the people of c e rta in
la n d s , every afternoon, where the time was spent in personal
conversation, prayer & exhortation from him self & some of the
members of, the chh.
His house was also thronged from morning
to n ig h t without interrup tio n - I t was often a scene of ^.weeping,
& one apartment of it of fre qu en t, & some days, we might say,
of almost continual prayer from some of the female members of
the chh.
We gave ourselves up wholly
to the w ork,
allow ing
n o thing to divert our m inds, in the l e a s t , from the p e o p le .
The afternoon meetings were continued t i l l b ro . R i c h a r d s 1
a r r i v a l , & the morning meetings are continued s t i l l , b esides
whh we have had frequent meetings for the grey headed. The meeting house was generally crowded to excess d uring
the protracted m 'g - 2000 or more - & so i t has b een g en era lly
since on Sab. & every morning t i l l 2 or 3 weeks p a s t .
The
King attended most of the m 'gs those 6 days & pretty frequently
afterwards - but has grown more n egligent l a t e l y .
The young
men around him began to attend at the protrd m eeting, & a fte r
that meeting attention to meetings became gradually more general
among them.
For some tim e, there have been very few probably
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of his tr a in who have not generally attended on the means of
g race .
A few weeks after the protracted meeting for the congre
g a t io n , we spent a week in meetings for the children - th is
means seemed to he b le sse d beyond our h ighest expectation*
E ffe c ts *
If
it be asked what were the e ffe c ts of a l l these means
among the people, it may be answered, that there w a s , a t the
time of the protracted m eeting,
a general seriousness
minds of the great body of the p o pu latio n .
on the
And th is seriousness
increased in extent & in t e r e s t , g rad u ally but very p erce ptibly
for many weeks afterw ards.
In d iv id u a l cases were coming to our
knowledge every day of a more & more In te r e stin g k in d - the
most stone-hearted, in many instances,
down to tears,
at le a s t , were m elted
i f not to penitence - men who had apparently
looked at the Gospel, fo r 15 y e a rs , as an id le sto ry , novf for
the f ir s t ft im e j, began to view it as a r e a l i t y , & to wake up,
In some degree, to the worth of t h e ir souls - tobacco pipes
were abandoned, by old & young, as i t were spontaneously, w hile
not a word was said on the s u b je c t .
a ffe c t e d than the a d u l t s .
The children seemed more
Some of the most d isso lu te of the
k i n g 's tr a in were among those who were awakened very e a r ly One or two of those, we th in k , give decided evidence of p iety & probably many of them think they have found the Sa v io u r.
The
k ing has appeared to be much exercised at times - has uniform ly
favoured the tu rn ing of h is people to r e lig io n - b ut never
seemed f u l l y ready to engage in earnest h im s e lf.
His w i f e , at
f i r s t , seemed to take a stand of opposition - but of late appears
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more interested than the k in g ; & professes to he horn a g a in .
We hope a goodly number of adults & some ch ild ren are
truly converted; hut we think,
have been born a g a i n ,
that hundreds & hundreds more
the work have been fo llo w ed up
properly f o r a few months lo n ger.
This ed not be done by u s ,
as from the day of Mr. R ich ard s' a r r iv a l I was taken w it h a
co ld , whh prevented my preaching altogether - & Mr. Richards*
absence f i r s t at W ailu ku ,
then at the meeting of the b rn of
Maui & Molokai at L ah ain alun a, & la s tly at Haw aii l e f t him
but l i t t l e
time at the s t a t io n .
For one Wed. & one Sab. during
h is absence on Hawaii I attempted to preach - but f e e l i n g the
ill
effects of i t ,
I
p rese n t, alto g eth er;
thought i t prudent to d e s is t ,
for the
so that for most of the time s in c e Mr.
R ’ s re turn, the meetings have been conducted almost e n tire ly
by n a t iv e s .
During the last month, the diminution of i n t e r
est in the congregation has been v ery apparent.
I omitted in its proper place to m ention,
that immediate
ly a ft e r our f i r s t protracted meeting I a ss is te d in a p ro trac
ted meeting a t M olokai; & also that shortly a ft e r Mr. R . ' s
ar
r i v a l , we held another protracted meeting of three days w ith
the people.
During the whole period of excitem ent, at L a h a in a ,
deserves to be mentioned,
it
that a few in d iv id u a ls of the chh
seemed truly awake & endued w ith a s p ir it of prayer - of p er
severing prayer - & but few , compared w ith the whole chh seemed
to p articip ate at a l l in the work.
When speaking of schools, I omitted to m ention,
that our
S a b . School had not been enlarged this y e a r , because we had
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only about h a l f a supply of the ai o ka l a .
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Hundreds have
c a lle d for i t & b een sent-empty away - as they have l a t e l y
f o r the Old & New T e s t, in v a i n .
The demand for books,
es
p e c ia lly the Scriptures & Hymn book has greatly increased for
months p a s t .
p eo p le .
This has especially been true of the k i n g 's
They have been eager for the word of l i f e ,
b ec a u se, as
one of them remarked, 1Tthey have h ith erto read nothing but
ru m ."
They have brought th eir money, & other things to pur
c h a se , & it has been w ith great p a in ,
dreds of times over,
that I have s a i d , hun
there is n either Buke k in o h i , nor
Kauoha hou remaining at Lahaina.
We commenced taking up mon. concert contributions in D ec.
last.
The contribution that month, consisting of money only,
was twenty two ( $ 2 2 . )
the contributions
d o lla r s .
In Jan . i t was proposed, that
consist of work certain days on the school
houses whh was done.
During the month of F e b . the people
expected to contribute food fo r the scholars of the Seminary but an unexpected supply from the region of W ailuku p revented
t h e ir givin g as they expected - & my hands were soon too f u l l
of work to prosecute the business fu r th e r .
No regular wages have been p aid to teachers during the year
but something has been g iv e n in cloth & otherw ise,
to each
teahher from the Seminary.
S eamen1s Pep ar tment.
During the season of shipping the la st f a l l , & also this
sp rin g , I have endeavoured to take care of the Reading Room,
& attended to many other matters connected w ith that d e p art
ment .
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When we returned from g en l m’ g la st y e a r , M essrs. Conde
& I v e s , returned w ith u s, & re s id e d at the s t a tio n ,
end of the y e a r .
till
the
They did most of the preaching to the seamen,
h o ld in g m eetings, as had been customary, on Sah.
at 11 A .M . -
& Sab. evening & on Thur. evening on board sh ip.
B r o . Mc
Donald also conducted some of the m eetings.
B ro . Oonde devoted much time to the study of the n a tiv e
language - but bro . Ives gave him self up mostly to seamen,
during the season, putting up tracts & papers fo r them to
carry to s e a , supplying them w it h B ib le s & T e s t ’ s - conversing
w ith them at tim es, & loaning books to them from the Seam en’ s
L ib ra ry .
That Library now numbers about 600 volumes, most
of whh are flo a t in g on the ocean.
During the v i s i t
of ships th is sp rin g , bro . McDonald has
conducted many meetings both on shore & on board - b ro .
Richards has also preached to them some.
I have looked a ft e r
th e ir Reading Room, given out B ib l e s , d is tr ib u te d Tracts &
papers to them, as fa r as other duties wd allo w , & also r e
ceived & loaned the books of the Seamen's L ib ra ry .
D uring
both these seasons, several pious masters have been a t
p la c e .
the
I have [a j lette r from a s a ilo r of one of them, g iv in g
an account of the conversion of one of the men - Three of his
men were decidedly pious b e fo r e , & a l l In the h a b it of attend
ing public w orship.
We have reason to t h in k ,
that the number
of pious is increasin g among this class of our f e llo w men & that opposition to the G-ospel is becoming more & more unpop
u lar.
D . Baldvrin
�Report of Lahaina S t a t io n ,
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May 1st 1 8 5 9 .
The commencement of our past m issionary year found us in
the midst of a precious outpouring of the Spt of God, whh we
w ere , at that tim e,
en jo y ing, in common w ith very many s t a t io n s ,
throughout the i s l a n d s .
The work commenced in March p rev io u s;
though we thought we could perceive the f i r s t movings o f the
Spt fo r even a month or more earlier than t h a t .
So f a r as
means w ere b lessed in introducing the work, besides the ordinary
means
of grace, they were the v is it i n g of a certa in number of
se le ct chh members at every house throughout the p la c e ;
sp ecia l
conversation with in d iv id u als wherever we had opportunity;
the
establishment of some extra m eetings, where truth might be brought
to bear upon the people; & e s p e c ia lly of morning meetings w ith
a view to prepare the minds of the people fo r a protracted
meeting to be h e ld in March; but above a l l we look upon that
protracted m eeting, at whh I was a s s is t e d by brn from L a h a in a
luna & W ailuku,
as having done most in commencing the w ork.
During that meeting there was evidently a deep solemnity r e s t in g
over the whole p la c e .
I t was days, & even w eeks, b efo re the
fe e lin g s of the m ultitude came out f u l l y to l ig h t ; but as they
became more & more developped, the minds o f a l l c la s s e s ,
& of
the entire population of that region appeared to b e engrossed
In the g re at things o f salv atio n .
One of the f i r s t signs whh we w itn e s s e d ,
ment became g e n e r a l, w a s ,
after the ex c ite
that people, in every d i r e c t i o n , were
throwing away t h e ir tobacco p ip es, w h ile nothing was s a i d on
that subject - as i f the use o f tobacco was a b a r r ie r between
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them & sa lv a tio n .
2
Many of those who had in years past stood
aloof from the Gospel,
befo re
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perhaps I ought to say a ll that had
acted the part of scoffers & re v ile r s were broken down
& came w ith tears confessing t h e ir sin s; & no class of the
people were more a ffe c te d than the c h ild r e n .
The f e e l i n g among
them also was almost simultaneous w it h that of a d u l t s .
The arriv al o f b r o . & s is t e r Richards at the statio n in
A p r i l , w hile the work was in progress was very seasonable &
welcome; the more so as I was at the time almost exhausted by
incessant labo urs.
Owing to my taking cold & to a p a r t ia l loss
of v o i c e , on that account, I was a fte r that nearly l a i d a sid e
from labour for a tim e.
From this f a c t ,
together w ith Mr. R . ’ s
b eing absent on a v i s i t at W ailuku & at H a w a ii, besides having
h is attention taken up with the Is l a n d & delegate m e e tin g s,
there was so great a want o f labour in the congregation,
that
f e e l i n g began ev id en tly to d eclin e; & we feared the Spt was
about to take h is 'departure.
disapp o inted.
But i n this we were wonderfully
There had been an evident s p ir it of prayer in a
goodly portion of the chh, & their w restlin g was not y et at an
end.
As soon as the d iv e r tin g causes above named were removed,
& we were able to g ird ourselves again to the work, God s t i l l
showed him self near at hand & ready to convert sin n ers.
The
r e v iv a l went on w ith undiminished interest through the summer,
during whh time we h e ld a t h ir d protracted m eeting;
through the
f a l l also there did not appear to be any abatement i n the work;
r e l ig io n was s t i l l the great concern among a l l c la s s e s ;
insomuch
that strangers who came there could not but remark the s t i l l
ness & solemnity that reigned over the p lace;
the s t i l l n e s s
along
the shores where hundreds of c h ild re n used to p lay ; & the empti
ness & s t illn e s s of the market even when 20 or 30 ships were at
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anchor & taking in th eir r e c r u it s .
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I t was a new thing fo r the
people to w itness so many ships at anchor, & yet no apparent
dim inution either In the numbers or interest of our d a ily meet
ings .
W ith the exception of occasional flu ctuatio n of f e e l i n g , &
perhaps,
at p articular tim es, a dim inution of i t ,
may say,
that this in t e r e s tin g state of things at Lahaina has
continued to the present tim e.
I t h in k , we
The u n iv ersal prevalence of the
mumps, however, among the people, & an unusual amount of other
sickness have, fo r two months p a s t, made great Inroads upon our
co ngregations; & perhaps the d iv e r sio n of fe e lin g produced hy
these causes has b een such, that there was much less in t e r e s t
at the time we le f t than there had been b efo rel
I f i t be asked by what means the work has been co ntinued at
L a h a in a .
We must answer, that next to preaching of the Gospel
& the other ordinary means whh we have
used , shA be named an
uncommon s p irit o f fa it h fu ln e s s , on the part of a goodly portion
of the native members of the chh.
A b le s sin g has doubtless
attended the ze a l & f i d e l i t y w ith whh they have carrie d the
truths
of God to the cottage & the p r iv a te c i r c l e .
e ff ic ie n t
But the most
of a l l the means they have used has been prayer for
the S p i r i t .
Many o f our native members, I have reaso n to b e
l i e v e , have been powerful in prayer & have p r e g a ile d w ith God.
I have neve r,
in America,
seen any C h ristia n s, even the most
devoted, & g i f t e d , take hold of this work w it h so much apparent
sim plicity & f a i t h ; nor have I
ever seen any others hold on to
i t with such unwavering perseverance.
They have been often
encouraged to b e l i e v e , that as long as they continued to pray,
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the b le s sin g wd continue to come.
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They have read the same -
"A sk & ye shall r e c e i v e ,” - & they seem to have taken God at
h is word.
The manner in whh some of them have persevered in
pleading fo r the S p ir it to carry on h is work, i f f u l l y brought
to the light of day, w &, I have no doubt, put the most f a i t h f u l
of a l l our number to the b lu s h .
Some of those to whom I have re fe rr ed as having e x h ib ite d
a s p i r i t of prayer have been b u t babes in years as w ell as babes
i n C h rist.
Perhaps no part of the population of the place has
f e l t more of the influ en ce of the Spt than the central g i r l s '
school whh has numbered about one hundred, & was form erly under
the care of M iss.
Ogden.
I t is now about 15 months that these
g i r l s , w ith th e ir pious native female teachers have met fo r
prayer every day e it h e r before or a fte r their scho o l;
& from what
I have heard, I .sh^- judge, that those seasons of prayer had
o ften been seasons of refreshin g from on h ig h .
The la rg e r part
of that school are probably truly converted to God.
We trust much good has been done in this work of the Spt
of God - good whh w i l l last as long as e t e r n it y .
& th ir ty one have been gathered into the chh.
One hundred
A part of these
have doubtle§§ been b o r n a g ain the past y ea r; & of othei’s , we
have reason to suppose they were r e a l l y the L o r d ’ s long b e fo r e ;
but have b een roused to a higher degree of s p ir it u a l l i f e
i n t h is
time o f r e v iv in g ,
communion was the w if e
Among those admitted a t our last
of the king as well as many others who
were formerly h is d issip ate d companions.
named, are 30 o f the g i r l s '
Among the 1 3 1 ,
school formerly M is s .
above
O g d e n 's .
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These we cannot hut look upon as the most precious of a l l the
f r u i t s of the h a r v e s t.
Their advantages have b een better than
those of t h e ir mothers before them; & ,
may hope they w i l l be
i f truly converted, w§
e ffic ie n t coworkers in the cause of
G h r i s t ; that they w i l l be mothers in I s r a e l ; & Sfcfifcpt© as p il l a r s
in h is temple, & become at length as stars in the firm am ent.
But the good done has not been confined to a few .
A new image
seems to have been stamped upon the whole face of s o c ie t y .
Those who b o ld ly stand aloof from the Gospel, or who can l i f t
up t h e ir heads as sco ffe rs or r e v i l e r s , we are to ld , are now
rarely to be fo u n d .
So f a r as I can judge,
there appears to be
i n the minds of hundreds .& thousands, yea perhaps of the whole
population as a mass, a deeper & more tangible co n v iction than
befo re both of the r e a l it y & importance o f the C h ristia n r e l ig i o n
& this i s great gain to the Gospel.
The chh also has re c eiv ed
new l i g h t ; & we may expect the t r u ly pious in it w i l l h e r e a ft e r
be more in t e llig e n t coworkers in b u ild in g God’ s h o u se .
hope also ,
We w^
that besides those already received to the chh, hun
dreds of others w i l l prove truly born a g ain , who may in due time,
be gathered Into the fo ld of the Great Shepherd.
And may God
grant that what he has hitherto done may be only the b eginning
of greater & better things to come.
Mr. R ich ards,
as he has reported, has done the preaching
on Sabbath & on W ed.
The congregation t i l l of l a t e , has been
thronged, numbering probably from 1500 to 2 , 0 0 0 .
I have g enerally attended the adult Sabbath sc h o o l, & also
a meeting for the children every Sabbath.
The f i r s t part of the
year I attended se ctio n a l meetings every afternoon of the week,
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when there was not some more public e x e r c is e .
h ain a was d iv id e d Into sixteen d iv isio n s
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The whole of L a
one of whh I met each
day in regular r o t a t io n .
For the whole of the year I have attended morning m eetin gs.
The meetings have commenced, when i t was f a ir l y l i g h t , have
"been h eld at the meeting house, & pretty f u l l y attended.
They
have g en erally b een sh o rt, but s t i l l long enough to admit of
s i n g in g , two or three prayers & an exhortation adapted to the
state of the p eople.
Owing to want of su ita b le accommodations
I have been able to do f a r less in p rivate conversation w it h the
people than I could have w ished.
B e s id e s ' labouring as pasto r, I might mention, that I have
been more or less engaged d a ily in Im parting medicines to the
peo ple.
I have a l s o , to some ex ten t, attended to the m edical
wants of the several f a m il ie s ; but the la tte r part of the year
I have received c a lls for a id from Molokai & W ailuku to whh the
situ a tio n o f my own fam ily rendered it utterly im possible fo r me
to a tte n d .
In case of severe sickness In one of M r. G re en 's
c h ild r e n , b r o . Richards went several times to W ailu k u , & by the
blessing?
of God on th e means used, the c h ild was re sto red to
h ealth.
The females at the s ta tio n have also been engaged i n h e lp
ing forward the work of the Lord.
For some part of the year M rs. Baldwin has h e l d three
weekly meetings for conversation, prayer & c .
- On Monday a f t e r
noon she met with females who were not members o f the chh.
Teus.
On
( I) afternoon, w ith those -who were members of the chh; &
on Thur. afternoon with the ch ild ren .
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Mrs. Richards has enro lled the names of a l l the females of
L a h a i n a ,'f o r the purpose of meeting w it h a certain p o rtion of
them,
every day, for personal r e lig io u s conversation & p ra y e r.
These meetings were attended w ith many b e n e f i t ,.n o t the le a s t
of whh is Its b ringing one to be acquainted with those of a l l
classes & conditions In the f i e l d .
The-work of communicating in stru c tio n to those at our outstatio n s has been l e f t ,
the past y e a r , much more to the labours
of native members of the chh than in years p revious.
The fo llo w in g are the s t a t is t ic s r e la t iv e to the chh & c .
-
The whole number admitted to the chh from the commencement is
382.
Admitted the past year on p ro fe ssio n ,
131 -
Received by le tte r from other chhs mostly scholars
returned from the Sem. -
4
D ism issed to other chhs
5
_ _ _ _ _ _
D ie d in a l l from the commencement —
48
D ie d the past year
8
Children b a p tiz e d from the f i r s t ,
C h ild re n b ap tized the past y e a r,
Marriages the past year
265
—
—
81
126.
I have not the means of knoviring the number now in regular
standing in the chh, because of those who, in former y e a r s , have
removed to Molokai & the region of W a ilu k u , I know not how many
have had their names regularly tran sferre d to the chhs in those
p la c e s, & how many s t i l l stand on the l i s t at L a h a in a .
fmembersj
Five of the chh/who stood suspended the la s t y e a r , h a v e ,
t h is y e a r , been re sto re d .
Three of the same c l a s s ,
who have been su sp e n d e d ,) hav e,
( v i z . those
this y e a r , fo r the a d d itio n a l
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crimes of a d u lte ry , l y i n g , & c . been excommunicated from the
chh.
Near the commencement of the y e a r ,
a member was sus-ended
fo r adultery who was shortly afterwards restored; & two others
were suspended for drinking ardent s p i r i t , who are not y et
re sto r e d .
No new case of d is c ip lin e has occurred in the church
fo r about the period of elev en months.
Honolulu May l s^ 1839
D . Baldwin
�Report fo r Lahaina
Station
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I n reviewing the conerns of the statio n at Lahaina fo r the
past y e a r , i t w i l l he proper f i r s t to notice the d ea ling s of
God towards u s, & the admonitions he has given us of our f r a i l
ty.
Death had repeatedly heen commissioned to v i s i t
i n previous y e a r s .
the statio n
One a fte r another of the precious l i t t l e
ones had heen c a lle d away; hut the last year is the f i r s t when
any a d u lt has heen taken away.
You have a l l heen inform ed of
the death of h r o . McDonald on the 7th of Sept. l a s t .
He died
of inflammation & abscess of the lu n g s , the disease under whh
he was laboring & of whh he was extremely feeble at our la st
genl m eeting.
Prom the time of h is severe attack previous to
the meeting last y e a r , he probably indulged no hopes of l i f e ’ s
b eing lengthened out very long.
He continued to f a i l g radu ally
through the summer, often w ith great su ffe rin g of b o d y , t i l l a
week previous to h is d ea th , when a v io le n t attack of haemorrhage
from the lungs, we supposed, w1^ re lease him at once from a ll
p ain .
But he survived this attack & a sim ilar one the succeed
in g d a y .
Through this last week we were expecting h is
depar
ture d a ily & sometimes h o u rly , & he h im self often expressed
intense desires to be gone; to throw o ff the body of s in &
death & to be w ith C h r is t .
He re t a in e d his reason & the powers
of h is mind most p erfec tly to the l a s t .
Not only d id he r e t a in
h is mental powers, but the same great & important matters whh
had engrossed h is
thoughts , when in h e a lth , h e l d p erfect pos
sessio n of h is mind, t i l l he had no longer s u f f ic ie n t b reath or
stren {g^th to express them.
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As to his piety i t appeared to be much of the same cast
near death that it exh ib ited during h is l i f e .
When asked some
days previous to h is death respecting h is f e e l in g s , he r e p l i e d ,
that he did not think he had a l l the glow of fe e lin g s
that some
p ossessed; that h is r e l ig i o n had always been more of the i n
t e ll e c t u a l character.
H e, however, expressed an unwavering hope
in Jesus C h rist; & on another occasion, he s a id , none of us
need be concerned but that a l l was w e ll w it h him a f t e r he was
gone.
His habits of mind were always decidedly of the i n t e l l e c t
ual stamp; but h is fe e lin g s were notwithstanding stro n g , & the
d is in t e r e s te d character of them in regard to the great sub
jects connected with the M issionary en terprise, & e sp ec ia lly
the strength of interest whh he always m anifested in some p ar
t ic u l a r branches of benevolent e ffo r t leave us no room to doubt
but that the grace of God had found a home in his h e a r t , & that
he has now found a home in a better world than t h i s .
W ith the exception of Mr. M c D .'s c a se , most of the members
of the Station have enjoyed pretty uniform Jhealth; & been able
to atten d to th e ir several spheres of labour during the y e a r .
Nearly the same r o u t i n e / of labours has been fo llo w ed at
the statio n as has been reported in years p a s t.
services of the Sabbath, the Wed. le ctu re ,
The re g u la r
the monthly concert &
the chh prayer meeting on S a t. have been kept up as hereto fo re The morning m eeting, communcing at d a y lig h t , has also b een con
tin ued ever since i t s commencement in 1 8 5 8 .
I t h a s , however,
been conducted the past year by leading members o f the chh.
The S a b . School in the Ai o ka l a , & the c h il d r e n 's meeting
every Sabbath, at the chh, have also gen erally been conducted
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by members of the chh; & the c h ild r e n 's Sabbath Sch o o l,
on
Sabbath morning, has been sustained by the teachers of the common
schools a ll united together.
A fter going repeatedly through
w ith the Haawina K a m a lii, a ll the older part of th is school
have attended to the Ninauhoike - w hile a younger set have used
up over & over again a l l the small c h il d r e n ’ s books; & there i s ,
among u s , a sad scarcity o f such small books as are f i t
Sabbath day.
for the
A l l these schools have been v i s i t e d o ccasio n ally
& conducted & superintended by the p astor.
Mr. Richards has done a share of the preaching when he
has been at the s t a t io n .
Owing, to h is frequent absence & to
other causes, we have not ourselves been able very fre qu en tly
to v i s i t
our---outstations.
This lack of service has b e e n ,
in
a good measure, made up by fiv e or s i x of the n a tiv e members
of the chh whom we esteem very competent to conduct p u b lic
m ee tin g s.
Our congregations,
at the S ta tio n ,
on Sabbath & at other
tim es, have not apparently dim inished in numbers or i n t e r e s t ,
during the past year; nor is there any very strikin g d iffe r e n c e
between the congregation of Sab. morning & that of the a f t e r
noon.
They are nearly the same.
The chiefs at the s t a t io n have
gen e ra lly been regular attendants at the house of God on the
Sabbath - & on Wed.
We must, hovfever,
except the k in g who has
not b een at the sanctuary during the year on Sabbath,
t i l l the
afternoon of the second Sabbath of the present month (M a y ).
There may be on the -whole less f e e l in g in the congregation than
there was a year ago .
Probably the relig io us f e e l i n g , among most,
has been gradually d e c lin in g for more than a y e a r .
S t i l l we
are not without proof that the word of God is quick & pow erful.
We often see evidence that our labours are not in v a in in the
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Lord.
Besides the other meetings Mr. Baldwin h is conducted a
B ih le cla ss,
the past y e a r,
the tim e, on F r i d . a ls o .
every Teus. afternoon & a part of
A ll who could read f l u e n t ly & w ished
to jo in this class have been allowed so to do - though a l l
the chh & as many others as chose, have been in v ite d to a t t e n d ,
as l is t e n e r s , whether they co u ld re ad w e ll or n o t .
About 300
have been enrolled who have g en erally been punctual in t h e ir
attendance.
The object of this class has been to dissem inate
a knowledge of the B ib le .
The parts of the B ible whh have been
attended to are the books of D a n ie l & R e v e la tio n s .
These books
have been se lected w ith sp e cia l reference to the contest b e
fore us w it h ” the mother of harlo ts & abo m in atio n s.” - Wo other
books give so f u l l & clear descriptions of the beast as t h e se ;
& no others deal out such aw ful denunciations & plagues whh
are soon to come upon him.
I t has been a part of our p lan that
members of the chh who occasionally go & hold meetings at our
outstations shA communicate what they le a r n ,
to the most d istan t parts of our f i e l d .
in th is
e x e r c is e ,
The meetings of th is
class have been deeply in tere stin g & we think have been p ro
ductive of good.
I n all our m eetings, on the Sabbath & at other t im e s , where
prayer has formed a part of the e x e r c is e s , it has been an i n
v aria b le ru le w ith us to have but one praying aloud at o n c e .
W i l l the m ission t e l l us whether th is is proper;
or whether the
praying aloud of 4 0 , at once, in the same m eeting,
is more
according to Scripture & more favourable to the o peration of
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the Spt of God.
If
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so, we ought to adopt i t .
As to the state of the church, there is evidently a good
proportion who have not declined in p ie ty for these two years
past.
They have lo st some of the glow whh ch aracterized their
fe e lin g s In 1 8 3 8 ; hut they received an impulse at that tim e, &
gained light whh they m anifest to t h is day - & there is no
p ro b a b ility that they w i l l
ever lose what they then g a in e d .
They are more zealous than b e f o r e ; & more e f f i c i e n t , not merely
because of greater z e a l , b u t because they understand b ette r how
to w ork for C h r is t .
They give evidence that they have been
taught of the Spt.
The past year has not been one of t r i a l & d i f f i c u l t y i n the
chh - at le a s t , there has been nothing p ecu liar in t h is r e s p e c t .
There has been f a r more order & q uiet in the conduct of our
members than one would suppose from the number actually under
d iscip lin e.
The fo llo w in g statement w i l l e xh ib it the s t a t i s t ic s of
the church.
Whole n o . admitted to chh on examination
from beginning
Number admitted on examination the past year
Admitted on c e r t if ic a t e past yr
Deaths i n chh past year
Excommunicated
Suspended
Dism issed to other chhs
Now in good standing
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Marriages the past year
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131
22
12
2
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Children b a p tize d the p ast year
513
16
10
426
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99
140
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Of the 16 mentioned above as suspended,
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two are old mem
bers who have long been considered as unprom ising.
F iv e are
young persons g u ilty of gross o ffe n c e s , four of whom g ive
some evidence of repentance.
at Waimea on H a w a ii.
at H i l o ,
since
One is a young man from the chh
One is a young woman recd from the chh
The remaining seven are young females recd two years
on examination h e r e .
Their crime was' that of l i v i n g on
more sociable terms with scholars of the Seminary than was
thought to be f o r the good or s a fe t y of either p arty .
I t is
b e lie v e d , that there has been no ground of complaint a g a in st
them in th is re sp ect, since the time of th e ir suspension..
In the 12 deaths mentioned in the above s t a t i s t i c s ,
the
m ission w i l l remember that that of our lamented governor H o a p ili
is included.
He died Jan.
3d 1 8 4 0 , of dropsy in the bow els.
A few words only can b e sa id
of him h e re .
I n h is la st d a y s ,
h i s piety shone out w ith a more glowing & heavenly flam e than
any of us had expected to w it n e s s .
m il i t y ,
His deep & u n a ffe c te d h u
expressed in more ways than any of us could have d e v is e d ,
h i s sens-e of o b lig a tio n to Christ for renewal & pardon of s i n ,
i
& h is longing to b e gone & be w ith Christ were such,
cd possibly mistake th e ir meaning.
God,
that none
His love to the house of
(whh had always been uniform) h is love to the work of
prayer & p r a is e , & h is interest in the cause of truth & r i g h t
eousness were such as showed he was r ip e fo r glo ry.
Even while
we were looking upon him as almost gone, he wished to pray once
more - rose upon h is knees (whh to us seemed im p o ssible) & then
punred out his soul to God;
- when through, he sa id ,r]tfa pau" -
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His anxiety fo r the future welfare of this n a tio n , h is warnings
& entreaties to the King & the tears he poured out over him
were almost as much as even h is m ajesty could endure; they
spread a sacred awe over the -whole p la c e .
We need not a d d , that
we remember him w ith affe ctio n & in t e r e s t , & that we g re atly
deplore h is loss as a c i v i l r u l e r .
The Lord ra is e up many such
to preside over th is p erishing people I
Prom the time of Mr. McDonald1s death, the superintendence
of schools has devolved on the p asto r.
As much a tte n tio n has
been g iv e n to them as was consistent w ith other d u t ie s .
School
committees have been appointed in a l l the d i s t r ic t s whose
business was to awaken interest among parents & s c h o la rs ,
to
collect contributions fo r the teachers & attend to such other
matters as the prosperity of the schools r e q u ir e d .
We have some
men who have taken great interest in the work.
We have eleven
schools in our f i e l d , not including K a a n a p a li.
None o f them
have been e x tin c t the la tte r h alf of the past y e a r ,
though some
have had to struggle for existence; & several have done w e l l ,
considering how l i t t l e patronage they have had from the govern
ment.
This has been p artic u la r ly the case with David M a lo 's
school in the centre of L a h in a , to whh he has devoted h im s e lf,
w ith great patience & f a it h f u l n e s s , for the last s ix months.
The Seamen’ s Chapel, at La h ain a,
though not f i n i s h e d , was
opened for p ub lic worship f o r seamen in the f a l l of 1 8 3 9 .
During that shipping season, & the season th is sp rin g , the labour
of that department have devolved on M r. B aldw in.
w h ile ships were i n ,
He has preached
once every Sabbath in E n g lis h - has d i s t r i
buted tracts & Bibles to seamen, loaned books from the Seam en's
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l i b r a r y , & used such other means as time & opportunitles have
perm itted.
When there has been a service in E n g lis h , & Mr.
Richards has been present a t the statio n , he has preached to
the native congregation on Sab. morning.
a b sen t, at such tim es,
When he has been
the n a tiv e services have been conducted
i n the morning, w ith acceptance, by David Malo, or some other
n a t iv e .
Notwithstanding a l l the darkness whh hangs over seamen
we often f in d signs of encouragement & hope among them.
There
is now a seaman, at th is p la c e , perhaps converted here who
has been 12 months under deep co n v ictio n , formerly enormously
w icked, now in the midst of much profanity & r i d i c u l e , & In
a ship where there is no one to d irect him in the way of l i f e .
As the committee on Temperance were not called on f o r
a
report last year & probably there w i l l be no report th is y e a r,
i t may not be amiss to mention, that subject h e re .
As soon as the re su lt was known of the v is it of the French
fr ig a t e in July 1 8 3 9 , a ll the frie n d s of intemperance took
courage.
The general Impressions among them, on th is i s l a n d ,
was that a ll laws against ardent s p ir it were broken down.
Therefore liquor soon found it s way h e r e .
In one month a ft e r
the King signed the French treaty to permit ardent s p t / on
shore, we saw more staggering drunkards in our st re ets than
we had seen in a l l the is la n d s , fo r f i v e years b e f o r e ; b ut not
a Sandwich islan d native among them a l l .
This in t o x ic a t io n d id
not continue long as the supply f a il e d - The f i r s t
A p ril,
of last
a certain fo r e ig n residen t brot l|r brls to th is place
whh was soon a ffe c t in g the g a it
of many r e s id e n t s ; b u t as fa r
as our observation extended of no n a t iv e s .
Lately w haleships
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are sa id to have furnished some; for instance 6 b r ls from a
sin g le
ship.
A l l Masters cry out again st its "being g iv e n to
t h e ir crews - yet Some are so conscience
seared as to he able
to f u r n is h the deadly drug to the crews of others.
The brandy
part of the French treaty has outrun the popery part as i t
respects our f i e l d .
T i l l w it h in a few d a y s, it was not known,
that a sin g le d iscip le
of popery had reached this part of M aui.
A work was assigned to Mr. B. to be e n t it le d a chh member’ s
guide some time s i n c e .
Such a work was needed & Mr. B .
apology for not fu rn ish in g i t .
owes an
The only excuse is a perpetual
press of work whh has not allowed him to s it down to s t u d y .
He has now befo re him the outline of a tract on that su b ject
whh he hopes to f i l l up ere long.
I t w i l l then be p laced at
the disposal of the p rin tin g Committee,
so that it may not be
best to continue the assignment any longer on the p rin ted
minuets ( I )
of the M issio n .
One other subject may be mentioned h e r e , v i z .
that of
p ro v id in g, at this p l a c e , of means fo r landing & conveying on
board passengers & such goods as are to be landed here or shipped
from th is place.
We have now no conveyance at our d is p o s a l whh
is thought s u f f ic ie n t l y safe for the valuable lots of books &
boxes of goods whh come here for the d if f e r e n t statio n s on Maui
& Molokai; nor,
can a very safe conveyance be e a sily h i r e d .
Some suppose a small but strong double canoe wd -be the convey
ance needed.
I f so,
cost 200 or 250 d o l s .
t h is , w ith a house to keep I t ,
might
The m issio n , together w ith the members
of the stations most concerned, can determine whether It w i l l
or w il l not be best to lay out that sum f o r such an object at
L a h a in a .
May 1 4 th 1840
�Report of Lahaina Station, 1841
Through the k in d n e s s o f Pro v id en ce an unu sual m easure of
h e a l t h has b een enjoy ed at the S t a t i o n the past y e a r ;
o r d in a r y la b o u rs
in terru p tio n .
h e r e t o fo r e v i z .
& the
of the S t a t io n have b e e n co n tin u ed w it h o u t
P r ea ch in g has been m a in t a in e d r e g u l a r l y as
t w ice on S a b . & on W e d .
a fte r to o n ( i ) .
m eetings have b e e n as r e p o r t e d i n ye ars past - v i z .
i n p e n c i l from "w e e k ly "
m onthly concert —
[in se rte d
to nco n c er tnJ w eekly prayer m e e t in g ,
a m eeting for
sch o o l for c h i l d r e n , &
c h ild r e n on the S a b .
also f o r a d u lt s
- a Sab.
in the A i o k a l a .
L a t e l y a ls o an hour has b e e n spent each S a b . by a d u lt s
r e a d in g & e x p la n a t io n o f the B i b l e ,
Morning m eetings
at
of the y e a r ,
at K ahakulo a & at two on
the a d u lts have h a d ,
m eetings or schools
& f o r the
there were a lso d a i l y morning m eetings
but for the l a s t h a l f o f the y e a r ,
m orning m e e t in g s ,
the
every day have been m a in ta in e d a t th e
three o f our o u t s t a t io n s , v i z .
La n a i;
in
commencing w it h G e n e s i s .
s t a t io n conducted by the le a d in g members o f the chh;
fir s t half
Other
several tim es
in s t e a d o f t h o s e
at our fou r o u t s t a t i o n s ,
in the a ft e r n o o n o f each w eek,
i n order to r e a d the B ib le through from G en . to R e v e l a t i o n .
M r. R ich ard s has co n tin ued to do one h a l f o f th e p r e a c h in g
a t the S t a t i o n .
have
When no sh ip s have been at L a h a in a ,
commonly spent the S a b . a t O l u a l u ,
W hen one of us h as not b een t h e r e ,
one of us
6 m iles S . o f L a h a i n a .
that m eeting h as b een s u s
t a i n e d by some member of the chh from L a h a i n a .
Sab.
m eetings
have also b e e n h e ld r e g u l a r l y a t the three oth er o u t s t a t io n s
by such as have b een a t the Sem inary & are now lo c a t e d there
as t e a c h e r s .
�1841 The w eekly B ib le
2.
cla ss a t the s t a t io n has b e e n continued,
w i t h no loss o f I n t e r e s t .
About th ree hundred of our most en
lig h t e n e d & i n f l u e n t i a l chh members & others have r e g u l a r l y
a tte n d e d t h is
class.
We have been th ro u g h w it h D a n i e l & R e v
e l a t i o n , & c a r e f u l l y re v ie w e d b o t h ; m aking I t
a sp e c ial
o b je c t
to examine a l l they have g iv e n us on th e s u b je c t of p o p e r y .
We have a ls o b e e n over the tr a c t on P o p ery .
no p apal o p era tio n s on Maui or L a n a i ,
expect to b e thus fa v o r e d ,
- As y e t we have
though we do n o t lo n g
as the D e v il has d o u b tless
some
f o llo w e r s among us whom he w i l l be g la d to put under the f i r s t
p o p is h priest- that
o ffe r s to t r a i n them up more t h o r o u g h ly f o r
h is purpose.
Our co n greg atio ns on the S a b . are much as in y e a r s
past.
Perhaps our morning & a ftern o o n con greg ations have n e v e r b een
n e a r e r a lik e
than they are at p r e s e n t .
The c h ie fs
g enerally
a tt e n d m eetings both morning & a ft e r n o o n on S a b . - & the K in g
o ft e n e r t h a n he has a t some form er p e r i o d s .
good sig n fo r
It
perhap s a
the con test that i s to b e m a in ta in e d w i t h p o p e ry ,
that a l l t h e h i g h c h i e f s , whether good or b a d ,
opposed to i t .
does not h e lp
is
seem d e c i d e d l y
The manner i n whh popery was in t r o d u c e d p ro b a b ly
them love i t ; nor is
there any th in g
( I) i n the
o p p o s it io n whh p a p is t s are now making to the laws whh i s
c u la t e d to make the r u l e r s w ish i t .
to the b e a s t
We t h in k t h e ir
i s becom ing more & more s e t t l e d .
cal
o p p o s it io n
S t i l l we know
t h e i r weakness & f i c k l e n e s s & must put no t r u s t i n man.
[singular is t r u e copy]
The shipmate^ o f po p ery , rum & in tem p eran c e, have fo u n d more
of an abode at L a h a in a th is y e ar
years.
The trade is
than I t has b efo r e f o r many
deemed d i s g r a c e f u l , & no one owns th at he
�1841
sells
i t - "but s t i l l s a i l o r s
sometimes
-
5.
stagger & f i g h t i n the
s t r e e t s - the n a t i v e p o p u la t io n has p a r t i c i p a t e d h u t l i t t l e
d r in k in g the a b o m in a tio n .
d eg rad ed themselves
h a s been t h e c a s e ,
A few m asters o f w h a le s h ip s h a v e
so low as to s e l l rum t h e r e ;
& when such
they have not b een a s s a i l e d so v i o l e n t l y b y
m is s io n a r ie s as they have by t h e i r own b ro th e r M a s t e r s .
w ork of f u r n i s h i n g rum to s a i l o r s
g r a c e f u l by a l l
We s t i l l
th ere
two
or n a t iv e s
s e n s ib le men who s a i l
see
in
among us
is deemed d i s
the oce an .
d e c id e d f r u i t s
of the work of God
- & three y e a r s s in c e - We hope too th ere
y e t s ig n s that the S p t M t
The
are
of God has no t w ho lly f o r s a k e n u s ;
b ut yet works i n co n v ertin g s i n n e r s . S t i l l as a g e n e r a l t h in g
th e f e e l i n g i n the co n g r e g a tio n has p ro b a b ly b e e n d e c l i n i n g f o r
a y e a r or two p a s t .
426 were r e p o r t e d l a s t year as i n r e g u la r
s ta n d in g i n th e
chur c h .
86 have been r e c e iv e d the y e a r p a st on e x a m in a t io n , & 44
from other c h u r c h e s .
A ll 130.
3 members, fo rm erly s u s p e n d e d ,
have b e e n r e s t o r e d the p a st y e a r ;
& th e r e have b een 7 new
cases of s u sp e n sio n d u r in g the y e a r ;
l e a v in g 13_ now on the
l i s t of suspen ded members.
3 have b een excommunicated d urin g th e y e a r ;
13 have d i e d ;
& 25 have b e e n recommended to other c h h s .
599 i s the w h o le number whh has b een a d m itted to the chh
at La- ( I) L a h a i n a , on e x a m in a t io n ,
t i o n i n 1 8 2 3 ; & 239 is
other chhs.
r e g u la r
s in c e i t s
o r g a n iza
the whole number r e c e iv e d by l e t t e r from
70 o f a l l these have d i e d .
s ta n d in g .
first
5 13 now rem ain i n
£The f o llo w in g in s e r t e d i n p e n c il^
Ohh
�1841
-
4. -
p le d g e d to a b s tin e n c e from S p t , w in e & to ba cco .
4 6 3 c h il d r e n have b e e n b a p t iz e d s in c e the f i r s t
tio n
of the ch h .
102 of these were b a p t iz e d the p a st y e a r ; i , e ,
or about 2 / 9
of the w h o le ,
almost
the past y e a r , when only 86 new
members were r e c ^ to th e ch h .
The y e a r p r e v io u s ,
b a p t i z e d when 1 3 1 i n d i v i d u a l s were r eed
is
o r g a n iz a
9 8 only were
p-^ _
P o p u la t io n
perhaps i n c r e a s i n g .
There have b e e n 93 m arriages a t the s t a t i o n - T h i s , how
ever,
does not
in c lu d e a few perform ed by Mr.
R ic h a rd s.
For 2 or 3 months every s p r in g , & f o r a lo n g er p e r i o d i n
the f a l l ,
making about
once each S a b .
6 months I n the y e a r , I ha v e p r e a c h e d
to seamen & to such fo r e ig n e r s as h a v e a t t e n d e d
w i t h them - have also fu r n is h e d t r a c ts
h a v e anchored at L a h a i n a , & B ib le s
to n e a r ly a l l s h ip s whh
to such as have n ee d e d them.
A f r i e n d l y s p i r i t has b een m a n ife s te d g e n e r a lly by m asters
a l l who b e lo n g to
ships - & t h is
sp irit,
I t is
&
b e l i e v e d , has
b een more & more apparent of late y e a r s .
M asters & ' o f f i c e r s ,
w hether b e l ie v e r s
are g e n e r a lly
fo u n d in the house
in C h r i s t i a n i t y or n o t ,
of God,, & are fr e q u e n t i n t h e i r
c a lls
to b e
upon
us.
A Seamen’ s Chapel has been b u i l t a t L a h a i n a , & i s
w it h the e x c e p tio n o f a fe w a d d i t i o n a l s e a t s .
It
com pleted,
i s t h e upper
*
story of a b u i l d i n g 4 6 f t lo n g ,
by 2 8 b ro ad - the exp ense has
b een m ostly d e fr a y e d by s u b s c r ip t io n s from M asters & o t h e r s ,
&
a s u b scrip tio n l is t
Is s t i l l k ep t open f o r
com pleting the b u i l d i n g .
the pu rp o se of
We have u s e d it as a p la c e o f m eeting
f o r f o u r s u c c e s s iv e s e a s o n s ;
the two l a s t of whh the a tte n d a n c e
�1841
h as b een b e t t e r than t h e two f i r s t .
-
5.
Hie g e n e r a l e s ta b lis h m e n t
o f b eer shops throughout the p l a c e , w h h ,
i n many c a s e s , a r e
u s e d s e c r e t ly as rum shops f u r n i s h a s i t t i n g p la c e on S a b . f o r
many a poor s a ilo r who m ight otherw ise have b e e n drawn to the
Sanctuary.
Cards have sometimes b een u s e d at such p la c e s
on G o d 's h o ly d a y , & we have no t had H o a p i l i 's
thorough adm in
i s t r a t i o n to put them to f l i g h t .
I have g iv e n more a t t e n t io n to our system of s c h o o ls t h is
year
than g e n e r a l l y I n p revio us y e a r s .
12 schools - v i z .
We h a v e ,
i n our f i e l d ,
5 i n L a h a in a & 7 at o u t s t a t io n s , n e a r l y a l l
o f whh are taught by members of the c la s s whh f i r s t g r a d u a t e d
at
the H ig h S c h o o l;
& most o f them are managed w i t h some good
d eg ree of e f f i c i e n c y .
The want o f thorough government i s an
e v i l in many o f th ese
s c h o o ls, g r e a t l y Im peding the p r o g re s s
o f scholars - the want o f new s u p p lie s o f r e a d in g m a tter is
an e v i l i n a l l ,
t e n d in g to make the schoo ls
d u l l & t ir e s o m e .
We have h e ld 2 g e n e r a l exam in atio ns of the schools d u r i n g
the y e a r ;
the f i r s t
in June 1 8 4 0 , when 7 1 6 c h ild r e n w e r e
ex
amined - the second in J a n . 1 8 4 1 , when 849 were e x am in ed .
Most o f t h e s e have attend ed the sc h o o ls p r etty r e g u l a r l y .
the In t e r v a ls b e tw e e n these ex a m in a tio n s ,
In
some of our most en
l ig h t e n e d chh members have o c c a s io n a lly b e e n se n t to v i s i t
the
scho o ls
con
at the
o u ts ta tio n s to s t i r them u p , & re p o r t t h e ir
d itio n .
The new school law has brought such c h i l d r e n in t o
the
schools as d i d n o t a t t e n d b e f o r e , & has in oth er ways been
b en efic ia l,
though perhaps in no part o f our f i e l d has i t b een
c a r r ie d into thorough o p e r a t io n .
["The f o llo w in g to end o f para-
�1841
schools
6.
-
graph. In s e r t e d in p e n e i l j
A d u lt
Geography i n the s c h o o l s .
W r it in g on S l a t e s , A r i t h m e t i c , & c .
About 2 months s in c e we formed a B i b .
I t was made to b e
s ib le.
as e n t ir e l y
—
S o c ie t y a t L a h a i n a .
every c h ie f who
every K a u k a u a l ii & w e a lt h y man $ 2 .
who is w aiw ai i k i $>1. - a woman i n
cts
a poor man 5 0 .c t s
No
a v o lu n ta r y a s s o c i a t i o n as p o s
The c o n s t it u t io n r e q u ire s
$5- y e a r l y ;
enco u rag ed .
jo in s to pay
each;
a man
s im ila r circum stances
& a woman 25 —
50
c h ild r e n 12-ir c t s .
The c o n s t it u t io n had not been c ir c u l a t e d among c h i e f s when
we l e f t About $ 2 5 0 h a d b een s u b s c r ib e d by the common p e o p l e .
The
g r e a t e s t s u b s c r ip t io n by any one of the common p e o p le was $ 1 0 .
Many others-were $ 5 .
each.
i n th e c o n s t it u t io n i s
The o b je c t o f t h is
the same as
of a l l B i b .
S o c ie ty ,
g r a t u it o u s
as s t a t e d
S o c ie tie s
b ut the immediate o b j e c t , most t a lk e d of among u s ,
is
-
—
the
supply o f a l l our s ch o o ls w it h the New T esta m en t,
an ob ject whh we hope w i l l b e accom plished w ith out much d e l a y .
Our S o c . i s
a u x il ia r y
to the Am. B .
a u x i l i a r y to the S a n d . I s l d B .
I
have co m p leted ,
Soc.
S o c . b ut ex p ected to b e
as soon as one i s
the past y e a r ,
fo rm ed .
an a d d it io n to my ho use
o f two rooms; one f o r a stu d y & d is p e n s a r y - the o th er f o r a
bedroom .
The
cost has b e e n $ 6 0 0 .
fo r the w h o le .
sum was d e fr a y e d by a g ra n t made me, fo r
M is s i o n , y e ar before, l a s t .
the p u r p o s e , b y the
the past y e a r ,
have been spent in the' purchase of a d o ub le
put u p .
o f t h is
Of the 2 5 0 g ra n te d to b u i l d a
canoe house & purchase a c a n o e ,
canoe is not ye t put
$250
in order fo r u s e ,
about 7 5 dols
c a n o e ; b ut
nor is
the
the b u i l d i n g
A l l of the fu n d g r a n t e d fo r t h is o b j e c t ,
except the
�1841
-
7.
75 dols above m en tio n ed , has b een expended 'in f i n i s h i n g my
own b u i l d i n g ; & b e s id e s
o b jec t,
th is,
I
am in a r r e a r s , fo r the same
at the Depy [ D e p o s i t o r y ] , betw een 90 & 100 d o l s ;
m aking
me i n d ebt to the Depy & the m is sio n about $ 2 7 5 . whh sum I
s h a l l be o b lig e d to a s k of the m is s io n ,
& perhaps some more a ls o to a i d in
at the p r e s e n t m e e t in g ;
the e r e c t io n of a cook house
whh is now p a r t ly f i n i s h e d .
D.
H o n o lu lu May 1 8 ,
B ald w in
1841.
S ta tis t ic s
W h o le number adm itted to chh on exam in ation ---- •--- 599
A dm itted on c e r t i f i c a t e ------------------------
89
A dm itted p a st y e ar on ex a m in a tio n — -------------
86
P a s t y e ar on c e r t i f i c a t e ■
— ------------ -------- -
44
W hole number p a st y e a r ------ -— --------------
130
Whole number d is m is s e d to other c h h s -----------
80
D is m is s e d p a st y e a r -------------------------
25
Whole number d e c e a s e d ------------------- --- -—
70
D e c e a se d p a st y e a r ----------------------------
13
Suspended past y e a r ---------------------------
7
Rem ain s u s p e n d e d -------------------------- -—
13
Excommunicated p a st y e a r -----------------------
3
Whole number e x c o m m u n ic a t e d ---------------------
16
Remain e x c o m m u n ic a t e d ---------------------- ---
16
Whole number in r e g u l a r
s t a n d i n g ----------------
513
W hole number o f c h i l d r e n b a p t i z e d --------------
463
C h ild r e n b a p t i z e d p a st y e a r — ---- ------- -----
102
M arria g es past y e a r ------------ ------ •-- -■----
93
A verage number o f co n g reg atio n 1 0 0 0 to 1 50 0
�Report
of L a h a in a S t a t io n May, 1 8 4 2 .
The h e a l t h o f most in our f a m i l i e s
good.
M rs . R . ,
h o w e v e r, h as b e e n i l l
the past y e a r h as "been
at times & b e e n r e s t o r e d
to h e a l t h b y an o c c a s io n a l r e s id e n c e h ig h up the m o u n ta in , where
the tem perature i s g e n e r a l l y 15 degrees lower than a t the
M rs.
B . has
shore.
also b e e n l a i d a sid e more or le s s w it h s ic k n e s s
d u r in g a la rg e p a rt o f the y e a r .
w h ic h h a v e ,
in consequence,
b e e n a g reat h in d ra n c e
The a d d it io n a l c a res & la b o u rs
d evolved on M r. B . h a v e ,
of c o u r s e ,
to labours among the p e o p le .
The i n
t e r r u p t io n s from other causes have been the same a s
in years
p r e v io u s .
He has b e e n c a l l e d o fte n to g iv e m ed ical a d v ic e to
the fa m ilie s & o c c a s io n a lly to v i s i t
of M rs. B.
other s t a t i o n s .
p r e v e n tin g h i s going to Hana on account o f one of
the fa m ilie s
t h e r e , M r. R ich ard s went & spent a f o r t n i g h t i n
F e b . o f t h is y e a r .
M e d ic a l a t t e n t io n to the n a t iv e s
s t a t io n r e q u ir e as la r g e a sh are of a t t e n t io n as
on some accounts more a t t e n t i o n ,
c in a t in g
The h e a l t h
at th e
ever b e f o r e
-
inasm uch as the w ork o f v a c
the n a t iv e s has b e e n r e g u l a r l y fo llo w e d up by M r. B .
f o r the l a s t s i x or e ig h t m onths.
The in t e r r u p t io n to labo urs fo r t h e n a t i v e s ,
v isitin g
o c c a s io n e d by
of w h a le sh ip s has always b een c o n s id e r a b le a t L a h a i n a ,
b ut g re a te r fo r the p resen t year th an ever b e f o r e .
ships i n the f a l l ;
& we h a v e a lre a d y h a d 36 t h is
Me h a d 46
sp rin g ,
g r e a t e r number than we have h a d any s p r in g b e f o r e ;
a
& we expect
many more b e fo r e the s e a s o n is
end ed .
y e a r i n F e b . in s t e a d of A p r i l ,
as has b e e n the case h e r e t o f o r e .
The f a l l
season a ls o is
The season began t h is
exp ected to commence a month e a r l i e r
in
�1842
fu t u r e than i t has fo r m e r ly ;
ships
9 months i n the y e ar
b e e n th e c a s e .
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so th a t h e r e a f t e r we exp ect whale-
in s te a d of s i x ,
T h is change i s
as has g e n e r a l l y
owing to a change in the b u s i n e s s ;
a change Tifaich w i l l b r in g i n upon us & upon other p a r t s
Islands,
in fu t u r e ,
ha v e h e r e t o fo r e
the w hole f l e e t
of F r en c h w h a lesh ip s
w hich
c r u is S d i n the r e g io n of New Z e a l a n d .
A l l that has b e e n attem pted i n la bo u rs here fo r
has been preach in g in E n g l i s h a t
fu rn ish in g
o f the
the Chapel
seamen
once each S a b b a t h -
the R eading Room w ith papers & good b o o k s ,
out s u c h b ooks as b e lo n g to t h e Seam en’ s l i b r a r y ,
T ra c ts to each s h ip as
they were
fu rn ish in g
ready for. s e a , & th e B i b l e
such as were d e s t it u t e & w is h e d to r e c e iv e i t .
could not be attem pted w ith
g iv i n g
to
More than t h is
our p r e se n t amount of s t r e n g t h .
The Chapel has g e n e r a lly b e e n w e l l a t t e n d e d , e s p e c i a l l y by M as
ters & o ffic e r s .
W hen, a t
r i t h a s been most a b u n d a n t,
some parts
o f the y e a r ,
ardent s p i
the b e e r s h o p s , as they a r e
w h ic h a re numerous & have f u r n i s h e d ardent s p i r i t ,
a more po w erful a t t r a c t i o n to s a i l o r s
I n t o x i c a t i o n among them has b een as
called,
have proved
than th e house o f G o d .
common on the S a b b a t h as on
any other day .
N a t iv e s .
The o r d in a r y course of l a b o u r s ,
pursued h e r e f o r e f o r the
n a t iv e p o p u la t io n , has b een kept up the p a st y e a r .
The amount
of p r e a c h in g r e p o r t e d i n years p a s t has b e e n the same t h is y e a r .
Our m eetings on the S a b .
the same.
M eetings
up on the S a b .
o f the church.
in g
& on oth er days have g e n e r a l l y b e e n
also as our fo u r o u t s t a t io n s h a v e b e e n kept
g e n e r a l l y , h o w ever,
a tte n d e d by n a t i v e members
M r. R ich ard s has u s u a lly
done h a l f
to the n a t i v e . co n g reg atio n on the S a b b a th ;
a t t e n d e d any of the m eetings d u rin g the w e e k .
the p r e a c h
but has not o f t e n
H is
d u t ie s
as
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t e a c h e r of the c h ie f s have a b s o r b e d most o f h is a t t e n t i o n .
We cannot s a y that we have had any t h in g l i k e
outpouring
of the Sptfiit among us the past y e a r ;
a s p e c ia l
& y e t we t h in k
the p reach in g & other means of g ra c e here have not b e e n w it h o u t
s a v in g
effect.
Our con greg ations have d im in ish e d n o t h in g i n
numbers or In t e r e s t from what they have e x h ib it e d i n y e a r s
past.
The r u le rs
of the n a t i o n , a s
a general t h in g , have been
p r e t t y punctual In t h e i r a ttend an ce on the p u b lic means of grace
We have m a in t a in e d a S a b . School & a B ib le c la s s
at the S t a t io n every S ab b ath ;
fo r a d u lt s
& have had three S a b . Sch o o ls f o r
c h il d r e n i n La h ain a in s t e a d of one as in p revio us y e a r s .
P ro b
a b ly three t im e s ,a s many c h ild r e n have a tte n d e d these t h r e e
scho o ls
as a t t e n d e d the one p r e v io u s l y .
The p astor has co n v ersed w it h a l l who w ish ed to co nverse
on t h e s u b je c t o f r e l i g i o n ,
t io n ,
throughout L a h a in a ,
once d u r in g the p a st y e a r ;
extent a t the o u t s t a t i o n s ,
a t t e n d e d w ith good e f f e c t .
in regu lar rota
& has done the same to
some
an e x e r c is e w hich has seemed to be
Two o f our m eeting houses at
o u t s t a t io n s have f a l l e n d u r in g the p a st y e a r .
the
One has b e e n
r e p a i r e d , & two f i n e sto ne meeting ho uses are I n a g ood degree
of p ro g ress on L a n a i , w h ic h we hope may be com pleted the p resen t
year.
The people a r e p o o r , b u t are w i l l i n g beyond t h e i r a b i l i t y
I n one r e s p e c t , w e have been h i g h l y fa v o r e d on a l l M a u i.
We have h a d no f o r e i g n J e s u it p r i e s t among u s ,
three who m erely la n d e d f o r a day or tw o .
a n est h e r e of such a s c a l l
except two or
We h a v e , h o w ever,
themselves p a p i s t s ,
g a t h e r e d by the
n a t iv e who was ed ucated i n Prance & by c e r t a in p o p is h d i s c i p l e s
who have come h e r e ,
from time
to tim e ,
from O ahu.
They may
amount to 50 or 60 & keep up m e e t in g s , whenever we have m eetings
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S im il a r clu sters
are
to b e fo u n d in other parts
So f a r as I can l e a r n ,
m eetings or schoo ls
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of the
islan d .
few of them e v e r h a d any t h in g to do w i t h
i n tim e past - they know l i t t l e
abo ut the
G o s p e l, & s t i l l le s s about po pery ; b ut w i l l undoubtedly f u r n i s h
the n u cle u s f o r a p o p ish c o n g r e g a t io n , w henever an a r t f u l
f o r e i g n J e s u it s h a l l t a k e up h is abode h e r e .
we expect to do a l l we c a n , by s c h o o l s ,
t in g the B ib le & B ib l e k n o w led g e,
I n the m eantim e,
p r e a c h in g ,
& d is s e m in a
to root out the seeds
p o p e r y , w hich were v e g e t a t in g h e r e long b e fo r e e it h e r
of
the name
o f t h e pope or o f the B i b l e h a d r e a c h e d the Sandw idh I s l a n d s .
Schools .
We t h in k our schools have b e e n more f f l c i e n t
the p a st
than
i n any p revio us y e a r , though I n t h is r e sp e c t some o f them d i f f e r
w id e ly from o t h e r s .
The schools
are 18 i n number under the I n
s t r u c t io n of about 4 0 teachers & a s s i s t a n t
teachers.
The num
b er o f s ch o la rs n o m in a lly connected w it h the schools i s p r o b a b
ly the same as l a s t y e ar 1 1 2 0 now be a s c e r t a in e d .
was
in S e p t .
June n e x t .
last.
The average atten d an ce cannot
The only ex a m in a tio n h e ld d u r in g
That u s u a lly h e l d i n A p r il was d e f e r r e d to
We a r e very d e s t it u t e of school houses
L a h a i n a ; but w e have
by th e governm ent.
the y e a r
the prom ise
A l l the
ju s t now at
of h a v in g 5 or 6 e r e c t e d soon
scholars a b le to r e a d i n the s c h o o ls ,
throughout our f i e l d , have b e e n s u p p l ie d the p a st y e a r , w i t h
the New T e s t , by our L a h a in a B ib l e S o c ie t y , w h ic h s u b s c r ib e d
fo r t h is
ob ject about $ 4 0 0 .
—
T h is
s u p p ly , we t h i n k , has done
g r e a t good - by communicating d ir e c t l y much B i b l e kn ow ledge to
th e c h i l d r e n - by f u r n i s h i n g them a permanent r e a d in g b o o k , &
by e x c i t i n g In th e schools
a d e s ir e to le a r n to r e a d .
Many new
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r e a d e r s E H &H &ix have "been add ed to a l l th ese
whole number of r e a d e r s
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s c h o o ls ; b u t the
cannot now be a s c e r t a in e d , as w e have
n o t b e e n a b le to o b t a in a supply of the New T e s t , f o r such as
have lea rn ed to r e a d during the y e a r .
Number l a s t y e a r 5 8 4 .
Cause of Temperance.
Three ye ars s i n c e ,
the l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s
of t h i s
p la c e
a llo w e d no ardent s p i r i t to b e brought on shore a t t h is p l a c e .
From the time t h a t th e F ren ch t r e a t y was made,
to la n d i t - very s e c r e t l y at f i r s t
grown b o ld e r & b o l d e r .
Last y e a r ,
s c a r c e ly an e f f o r t a t concealm ent;
le s s
shame than ever b e fo r e at
- b u t they have g r a d u a l l y
i n some fo r e ig n e r s
b e e n opened i n every part of our v i l l a g e
in g v e r y common.
c a r r i e d by n a t iv e s
( i ).
Beer shops have
- most of w h i c h ,
I t was an every day occurrence to s e e
to the fo r t f o r f i g h t i n g ,
p ects of f o r e i g n e r s , b o th v i s i t o r s
The k i n g ,
r io t s & the l i k e ,
h u la s
had started
These w ere c a r r ie d to g r e a t e x c e s s ,
o ft e n kept up n ig h t & d a y , by him & some o t h e r s .
n a t iv e s
The p r o s
seemed s c a r c e ly b e t t e r .
i n a n t i c i p a t i o n of the b ir t h of a c h il d ,
a so n , was b o r n J a n .
some
& r e s i d e n t s , seemed d i s m a l .
part of our v i l l a g e
the a n cien t h u la s & m e l e s .
we
Drunken s a i l o r s w ere becom
& others c a r r ie d by t h e i r comrades to t h e i r b o a t s .
That of th e n a t iv e
th e re was
& t h is year they showed
the t r a f i c
s u p p o s e , k e p t the p o iso n f o r s a l e .
some h a v e v en tu red
14th & Feb.
The c h i l d ,
1 4 t h I t d i e d , b e i n g , as the
some.times express i t , h u l a d out of e x i s t e n c e .
But the
d id no t even t h e n cease even thoug h the k in g h a d prom ised
from the b e g in n in g to stop them soon; & many scenes o f i n t o x i
c a t io n were w it n e s s e d among those h i g h i n a u t h o r it y & among
others.
Our prospects were nev e r darker h e r e only as we lo o k ed
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up to the Lord f o r l i g h t , & b e l ie v e d the clouds w^- ere lo n g
b r e a k away - how , we knew not - som etim es, we thought the Lord
w ^ come d ressed i n v e n g e a n c e , & s c a t t e r the leaders
i n th ese
a b o m in a tio n s.
seemed to
us
"When the l i t t l e
the b e g in n in g .
one was cut down, i t
But, perhaps the Lord d id not
h a d other d e sig n s whh we knew not
c a s e , from what has s in c e
see as m an, &
of - such wd seem to b e the
o c c u rr e d .
B efore the end of M arch,
the k in g was brought to prom ise
to put an immediate end to a l l h i s h u la s & every other h e a t h e n
i s h p r a c t i c e , never to r e v iv e them afeain; & to abandon h i m s e l f
u se of a l l i n t o x i c a t i n g d r in k s ,
T his
was a great
never to resume t h e ir use
a gain .
step for one who h a d pursued the course he h a d ,
& we cd not doubt t h a t
It was i n
answer to the pray ers
o f those
who lo v ed the L o r d , & who had poured out t h e ir h e a r t s b e f o r e
h im .
A ft e r s u i t a b l e d e l ib e r a t io n w i t h the other c h i e f s ,
were here con cluded to ta k e
t o x ic a t in g d rink s
a l l who
the same ground i n r e l a t i o n to I n
- a p u b lic m eeting was c a l l e d A p r il 2 6 t h -
Our n a t iv e m eeting house was f u l l
- a ft e r
some r e m a r k s ,
t o t a l pledge was p r e s e n t e d , & the K in g stepped f o r w a r d ,
a fe w ap p ro p riate rem arks,
a temade
in whh he s a i d "h e was p l a c e d as
a f a t h e r over t h is people & he meant to b e
a fa t h e r to t h e m ,"
& then put h i s name to the p ledge - the other c h ie fs a l l f o l
low ed - t h e ir p e o p le , hulum anuTs & c .
the
t e t o t a l m ark.
the
all
came at once up to
We r e j o i c e d , b ut r e j o i c e d w it h a stran ge &
p a i n f u l m ixture of t r e m b lin g , as we saw the v e r i e s t v e te ra n s
i n the army of o ld Bacchus vowing b e fo r e a great c o n g r e g a t io n
& b e fo r e God t h a t they w1^ have n o t h in g more to do w i t h t h e ir
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d ru n k e n ,
abominable God.
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i&fter the c h ie f s & most o f t h e i r
peo p le h a d g iv e n t h e i r nam es,
the m u ltitu d e gave t h e i r s ;
though
a second day of m eeting was a p p o in ted b e fo r e even the l i s t
th o se n e a r the K in g & c h ie fs was com pleted.
The p le d g e has b e e n
s ig n e d by upwards o f 1000 - Perhaps a l l M a u i, & , we h o p e ,
the other is la n d s w i l l yet s ig n i t
to g e t
- but we are n o t
to keep
The Lord alo ne i s
them.
The fo llo w in g are s t a t i s t i c s r e l a t i v e to the c h h .
Whole number adm itted on e x a m in a t io n ,
653.
Whole number on C e r t i f i c a t e
124.
-
Past y e ar on exam ination
Past y e ar on C e r t i f i c a t e
54.
-
W hole number past y e a r
33
'
87
Whole number d is m is s e d to other chhs
93
D ism is se d the past y e a r
11
Whole number d eceased
D eceased past y e ar
-------- —
90
-------
10
Suspended p a s t y e a r -------
18
Remain suspended
19
Excommunicated past y e ar
9
Whole number excommunicated,
25
Rem ain excommunicated --
24
W hole number in r e g u l a r s ta n d in g —
558
Whole number of c h i l d r e n b a p t iz e d
525
B a p t iz e d p a s t y e a r —
a l l of
so anxious
the m u ltitu d e p le d g e d as we are to have the l e a d e r s
t h is work stand fir m to t h e i r p u r p o s e .
of
62
in
a ble
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M arriages past y e a r -----
p en d e d lorijg hegoxjB.
8
96
A verage number o f C o n g reg a tio n on
the Sabbath
-Most o f th o se
-
1500
excommunicated the past year h a d b e e n su s
Many o f those suspended also h a d b e e n s u s
p ended and r e s t o r e d b e fo r e - some o f them r e p e a t e d l y , e i t h e r i n
c o n n ectio n w ith t h e k i n g 's
fea st,
or fo r some other c a u s e ;
so
th at e n t i r e l y new cases of d i s c i p l i n e have not been numerous
d u r in g the y e a r .
The l e t t e r s a s s ig n e d me, v i z .
to the Tonga I s l d M i s s i o n &
to the M is s io n in Greece were w r it t e n & fo rw a rd ed e a r l y i n the
year.
The Chh Member’ s G u id e ,
ly w ritte n .
a work a s s i g n e d me, has b e e n p a r t
I t has b een d i f f i c u l t
i n t h e midst of
to s i t down to such a work
a l l my la bo rs & c a r e s ,
& the a d d i t i o n a l
care
of my fa m ily whh s ic k n e s s has d evolved upon me.
The g re a t
d iffic u lty
( I) c o u ld b e
of t h is has b e e n ,
that so few m inuets
at my command a t any one tim e .
no w b e fo r e I
But I hope i t w i l l n o t b e long
can f i n i s h the w o r k .
b u t may answ er, i n some m easure,
We g r e a tly n eed more h e lp a t
a id s
I t w i l l be but a t r a c t the end d e s ir e d .
our s t a t i o n .
M r . R ic h a r d s
i n p reach in g on the S ab b ath - but d u rin g the days
o f the
e n t ir e ly d evoted to the w o r k o f h i s
week even th en ,
as he is
own departm ent,
too many labo urs & cares d evolve on the p a s t o r .
Bufi> the g r e a t e s t d i f f i c u l t y i s when he I s g o n e ,
& s h ip s
are h e r e .
as h e o f t e n i s ,
Two c o n g r e g a t io n s , & most o f the la bo u rs
connected w ith two c o n g r e g a t io n s ,
then devolve on one m an.
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The h e lp we need is i n p r e a c h in g ,
s in c e ,
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fo r most p a r t o f the
y e a r , we have two co n g r e g a tio n s a t the s t a t i o n , & much p r e a c h
in g ought to h e done a t the o u t s t a t i o n s .
D.
B ald w in
�Report o f La h ain a S t a t io n
1845.
Through the b l e s s i n g
ha s
of God, the f a m il y at th e S t a t i o n
e n jo y e d , d u r in g most o f the y e a r ,
almost u n in t e r r u p t e d h e a l t h .
No s e r io u s case of i l l n e s s has occurred among us t i l l now n e a r
the c lo s e
s een f i t
of the y e a r .
D u rin g the l a s t month the L o r d has
to a f f l i c t & bereave u s .
y o u n g est c h i l d , excep t on e,
d ia r r h e a or d y s e n t e r y .
About the l 3^ o f A p r i l ,
our
(D o u g la s s ) was taken down w i t h
For a tim e ,
d e f ia n c e to a l l r e m e d ie s , b u t ,
some m easure, e o n t r o le d ( 1) ;
the d is e a s e
at le n g th ,
it
seemed to b i d
seemed to b e ,
& we hoped the l i t t l e
one
in
soon
/
recover.
d ise a se ,
But w h e th e r, d u r in g the g r e a t e s t v io le n c e of the
some f a t a l in j u r y
took p l a c e ,
or w h eth er,
from some
other c a u s e , he sunk away under the d is e a s e & d ie d on the 3 ^- o f
M ay.
This has b e e n ,
w ou ld not f o r g e t ,
-things w i s e l y ,
to th e p a r e n t s ,
a sore b ereavem ent;
that the Lord has done i t .
& we pray fo r
but we
He does a l l
g r a c e , that we may a c q u ie s c e i n
h i s h o ly w i l l .
D u rin g the i l l n e s s
o f t h is
little
o n e,
such was
the b u rd en
on the mother from the care o f the c h il d s t i l l y o u n g e r ,
& from
oth er c a r e s , t h a t the a t t e n t io n of M r. B a ld w in to th e s i c k was
r e q u ir e d almost c o n s t a n tly by n ig h t & by d a y .
For n e a r l y a
month h e almost e n t ir e l y abandoned m isy w o r k in the c o n g r e g a t io n .
One month a ls o
of the y e a r he sp en t w it h h i s
to a f f o r d m ed ic al h e l p to the f a m il y t h e r e .
tio n s ,
& a few l e s s e r in t e r r u p t io n s
p ro fessio n ,
m isy l a b o r .
he has
spent the year
fam ily a t W a i l u k u ,
W it h t h e s e
excep
from a t t e n t io n to the same
i n d i f f e r e n t departm ents of
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D u rin g th e in t e r r u p t i o n & absence o f the p a s t o r ,
2
some one
or other of the L a h a in a lu n a b rn has p reach ed on the S a b b a t h ,
t h a t the Sabbath e x e r c is e s & Wed.
m a in t a in e d .
le c t u r e have b e e n r e g u l a r l y
Our con gregations have b e e n more r e g u l a r l y f u l l
fro m b e g in n in g to the end o f the y e a r than ever b e f o r e .
ha v e p e r c e iv e d but l i t t l e
in
d if f e r e n c e betw een the c o n g r e g a t io n
the morning & that o f the evening o f the S a b b a t h .
f a c t s & others we a r e
encouraged to h o p e ,
(I)
no t d is p e n se d not a lto g e t h e r i n v a i n .
B esid es
a c h i l d r e n 's
Prom th ese
that the w ord is
the two r e g u la r s e r v ic e s on th e S ab b ath we have
Sab.
S c h o o l, as in former y e a r s ,
a i oka la school fo r a d u lts at no o n ,
a d u lt s in
We
the a fte r n o o n .
endeavors to a t t e n d .
This B i b l e
The work i n
l y the B ib le i n c o u r s e .
S a b . m orning -
& a B ib l e c la s s
fo r
c la ss the p a sto r g e n e r a l l y
it is
to r e a d & expound b r i e f
The class h a v in g commenced a t G en esis
have a lrea d y proceeded through a fo u r t h part o f the S a c r e d
vo lum e.
t io n s
is is
in
A s im ila r e x e r c is e is a tte n d e d a t each of our outsta-
fo r the purpose of r e a d in g
( i) to R e v e l a t i o n .
t h is w o r k .
the B ib le through from Gen-
Some part of every Sabbath is
spent
M afnjy o f the people h a v e , , e i t h e r in p r iv a t e or
i n t h e i r f a m i l i e s , f i n i s h e d the r e a d in g of the whole B i b l e
course - some o f them many times
in
over - but as to the mass o f t h e
p e o p le , we know o f no w ay i n whh a knowledge o f the S a c re d
o r a c le s
is l i k e l y to be advanced among them than by form ing
among them B ib l e c la s s e s
conducted on the above p r i n c i p l e s .
The monthly concert has b een m a in ta in e d at the
w e l l a s a t a l l our o u t s t a t io n s ;
s t a t io n as
& , d u r in g the p a st y e a r ,
we have
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commenced observin g the 2 ^ monday of ea c h month as a con cert
fo r
schools - the 3^- monday f o r Seam en, & the l a s t monday o f
the month as an A n t i S la v e r y c o n c e r t .
These pray er m eetings
we expect to m a in ta in i n f u t u r e the same as they are m a in t a in e d
by a p o r t io n o f th e
churches i n C h r i s t i a n l a n d s .
b e in g t h is y e ar l e f t
alone at the s t a t i o n ,
im p o s s ib le f o r him to v i s i t
o u t s t a t io n s ,
h im to preach a t them on the S a b b a t h .
up ,
I n some m easure,
of the Schools
by D a v id M alo ,
The p a s t o r
i t has b e e n almost
& e s p e c ia l l y d i f f i c u l t fu r
This la c k has b e e n made
who is
the s u p e r in te n d e n t
of Maui & the a d ja c e n t i s l a n d s .
He h a s made
fr e q u e n t t o u r s , & they have always been more or le s s
p r e a c h in g to the p e o p l e .
& w e have many f e a r s ,
tours
of
For many months past he has b e e n i l l ,
t h a t h is
s e r v ic e s
in the cause o f C h r is t
w i l l not con tin ue v ery- lo ng .
Our s c h o o l s ,.w e
any p rev io u s p e r i o d .
t h in k , a r e In as prosperous a s t a t e as at
We see many signs
among the people to g iv e t h e ir
of an i n c r e a s i n g d e s ir e
c h ild r e n e d u c a t io n .
We h e a r few or no com plaints h ere among t e a c h e r s ,
are n o t p a id fo r t h e i r w o r k .
The r u le r s
seem to have come up
to t h e law they have made so f a r as p a y in g teach ers i s
The s u p e r in te n d e n t r e p o r ts
p a i d to the teac h er s
p a id i n money, b u t
the
of t h is
that they
concerned.
sum of $2 ,45 8|r as h a v in g b een
is la n d by the governm ent; not
in o t h e r kinds
of .p ro p e rty ; & h e r e p o r t s
same amount as h a v in g been r a i s e d by
the p e o p le .
the
We have r e a s o n
to b e l i e v e t h a t sup p lyin g our s ch o o ls w i t h the New Testam ent
has b een g reatly f o r t h e i r a d v a n t a g e .
Of the new r e a d e r s we
have s u p p lie d many t h i s y e a r - b ut many are y e t u n s u p p l ie d for
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want of Testaments.
One thing we ought to b e g r a t e f u l fo r - The p a p is t s have
d ev o ted very l i t t l e
Even a
few that
of t h e i r
e n erg ies to our part o f the f i e l d .
c a l l e d them selves p a p is t s at L a h a in a
have vanished - or i f
seem to
they s t i l l b e lo n g to that S e c t , we h e a r
n o t h in g of them.
Over the temperance cause a t L a h a in a there hang many d ark
clo u ds - in t e r m in g le d with spots
d o u b t fu l in d ic a t io n s
o f b r ig h t
sky that g iv e no
of clear w eather In tim e to come.
The
d a r k e s t cloud that has r is e n upon us was the d e c is io n o f th e
B r i t i s h Commission to l i c e n s e ru m sellers at L a h a in a .
T h is
r a i s e d alarm among us - alarm t h a t has no t y e t s u b s i d e d .
We
im m ediately f a n c i e d our s tr e e ts r eso u n d in g w i t h p r o fa n e oaths
& filth y
songs, w i t h b r o ils
& f i g h t i n g , & not a l i t t l e
h a s proved r e a l i t y .
When w i l l law makers a l l l e a r n ,
h a v e no moral r i g h t ,
except as
the d e v il g iv e s
l i c e n s e persons to t u r n r a t io n a l b e in g s
c r a zy fie n d s ?
o f t h is
t h a t th ey
them r i g h t ,
in t o s i c k l y p o l l u t e d ,
Three l ic e n s e s have been g iv e n to s e l l
ard ent
s p i r i t - & perhaps
it
Temperance c a u s e s ,
that two of t h o s e who have b een l i c e n s e d
should b e m entioned as a good omen fo r the
are r e p u t e d the lowest & most d egraded of any b e in g s
ever set foot
on our s h o r e .
Of the t h i r d ,
so l o w , a s e a f a r in g man l a t e l y s a i d ,
l i c e n s e to d e a l i n ardent s p i r i t ,
any other man to corrupt
place.
have fo r
to
though no t
who have
counted
& that when he h ad not
that he was doing more th an
the morals
of those who v i s i t e d the
Now to a l l th e eminent q u a l i f i c a t i o n s whh th e s e people
s e rv in g the d e v i l , why the power of rum has b een a d d e d ,
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can b e
accounted for only on th e p r i n c i p l e
down w i t h great power w hen he knows h i s
is
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5
that the D e v i l comes
time to b e s h o r t .
It
among the good s ig n s fo r Tem perance, t h a t the K i n g , & c h ie f s
& p e o p le who signed the pledge seem to stand f a s t .
A fo reig n
S o c ie t y f o r t o t a l a b s t ic e n c e has b e e n form ed a t L a h a i n a .
Between 30 & 40 of the r e s i d e n t s have s ig n e d the p l e d g e , &
some of them have b ro ken i t .
In c l u d in g those from s h ip s
s o c ie t y numbers above one h u n d r e d .
s ig n s
It
the
is among the c h e e r in g
o f the d a y , t h a t th e Temp, cause is making s u ch r a p i d
strid es
i n a l l e n lig h t e n e d l a n d s ;
& as m ight be e x p e c t e d , the
in flu en ce
is f e l t I n s h ip s l a t e l y from t h e U . S t a t e s .
One
( 0
s h ip touched a t L a h a in a w i t h a t e t o t a l S o c ie t y of 20 on board an o th er w it h 27 - another w ith 2 9 .
the p le d g e .
sh ip s,
It
On a n o t h e r ,
a l l h a d s ig n e d
-CO
is owing m ainly to the t e t o t a l I n f l u e n c e
In
that w h ile rum abounds on s h o r e , & we have h a d t h i s
s e a s o n already over 90
s h ip s , s t i l l a good degree o f q u ie t &
order has p r e v a il e d on s h o r e .
W hether w e lo o k a t the
it
Temp, c a u s e ,
is matter o f devout g r a t it u d e to God,
dawning on the sons of the ocean.
N antucket
& other
seems
R e v iv a ls a t New B e d f o r d ,
Two ships have h a d a r e v i v a l on b o a r d
when w i t h i n a fo r t n ig h t s
s a il of L ah ain a.
were h o p e fu lly c o n v e r te d , whh made,
& man.
that a new day
and the V in e y a r d have g ath ere d i n many shipm asters
s e a fa r in g men.
I n several
or w hatever good c a u s e ,
other ships
in a l l ,
I n one of them t e n
20 p iou s on b o a r d .
there have b e e n pious m a s t e r s ,
One l a t e l y there h a d a p iou s m a s t e r , & e ig h t
h a d then p ro fe s se d to be b o m
a g a in .
o ffic e rs
of the men
We h e a r o f many others
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w here God d w e lls .
6
-
One, i n p a r t i c u l a r , w i t h a p iou s C a p t . &
stew ard from home, has h a d 20 others con verted on the v o y a g e .
The Mary F r a z i e r , w h ic h b ro ugh t out a la r g e rein fo r c e m e n t
m is s io n a r ie s
in 1 8 3 7 ,
now a w h a lin g B a r q u e ,
of
is a B e th e l where
God i s a d o r e d , & where the S p i r i t is poured o u t.
These f a c t s
speak of g lo r io u s tim es to come on Seam en, & g lo r io u s tim es fo r
every ca use over whh seamen have an i n f l u e n c e .
S t a t i s t i c s f o r L a h a in a chh.
W hole number a d m itted to chh on e x a m in a t io n ,
758
Whole number on c e r t i f i c a t e
157
P a s t y e a r on ex am in atio n
105
P a s t y e a r on c e r t i f i c a t e
33
W h o le number p a s t y e a r
W h o le number d is m is s e d to other
138
ch h s ,
97
D is m is s e d past y e a r
17
Whole number deceased
1 12
D e c e a se d past y e ar
22
Suspended past y e a r
7
Rem ain suspended
19
Excommunicated past y e a r
W hole n o .
1
excommunicated
26
Rem ain excommunicated
25
W hole number in r e g u l a r S tand ing
6 57
Whole no',
663
of c h ild r e n b a p t i z e d
B a p t i z e d p a st year
138
M arria g es paast y e a r
Average C ongregation on S a b .
L a h a i n a May 9 th 1 84 3
67
1600
D.
B a ld w in
�Addition to the Report of
Lahaina Station 1843
I n the report
of L a h a in a S t a t io n no m ention was made of the
assign m ents made the l a s t y e ar & "before.
A chh members gjuide was
a s s ig n e d to M r. B a ld w in some y e a r s s i n c e .
At the commencement of
l a s t y e a r h e began to prepare some th in g l i k e a Tract on t h a t
je c t,
s u fficien tly
la rg e to b e u s e f u l i n th e H a w a iia n c h h s , & had
h o p ed soon to complete i t —
p e r y was
sub
a ssign ed him —
b u t at th e l a s t m eeting a w ork on Po
th is,
it was th o u g h t, was more im m ediately
demanded t h a h th e o th er work —
at the same
time Mr.
Arm strong sent
him a sm all w o rk, w r i t t e n b y an E n g l i s h P r o t e s t a n t a g a in s t p o p e r y ,
t r a n s l a t i o n of whh, h e thoug ht, wd be a f u l f i l l i n g
m ent.
of M r . B ’ s a s s i g n
He w is h e d the same t r a n s l a t e d fo r t h e Nonanona.
was a t t e n d e d t o ,
a
H is r e q u e s t
& t h e catechism on popery was p u b l is h e d i n s u c c e s
s iv e numbers of th e psp er —
The work has c o n s id e r a b le p o in t &
s t r e n g t h on the s e v e r a l p o in ts of c o n te s t w i t h p a p is t s
-- b u t
still
i t is n o t i n a l l r e s p e c t s p r e c is e l y w hat i t wd have b e e n h a d i t b een
p r e p a r e d o r i g i n a l l y f o r t h is p e o p l e .
r e a d i t more o r l e s s ,
i t to b e
Most of the brn h a v e d o u b tle s s
& they must d ecide whether i t i s b e s t
to p r in t
c ir c u la t e d in t h e form o f a t r a c t .
H a v in g devoted co n sid erab le tim e to t h i s w o rk, & have h a d to
devote,
as a lre a d y m e n tio n e d , an u n u s u a l amount of tim e to m e d ic a l
d u tie s,
& h a v in g had an in c r e a s e d b u r d e n from other s o u r c e s ,
b e e n u t t e r l y out o f
the q u e s t io n fo r M r. B .
the Chh member’ s Guide --
i t has
to resume h is work on
He i s now somewhat r e l i e v e d by M r. A ndrew s'
b e i n g employed to p r e a c h at the S eam en's C h a p e l, & what he can do
t h i s y e a r i n th at way is y e t
to be s e e n .
�Addition to the Report of Lahaina 1843
2.
L a s t y e ar $ 1 5 0 w ere a p p ro p ria te d to "build a canoe h o u se a t th is
place.
A spot was procured i n the
m aking the ro a d a d j o in in g
d atio n p a rtly prepared.
edge o f the Sea on c o n d i t i o n of
i t , whh has b e e n done in part.,
& the fo u n
About 100 d o l l a r s have b een e x p e n d e d & the
r e m a in in g 50 w i l l be as soon as m a t e r ia ls c a n b e p r o c u r e d .
1 5 0 w i l l prob ab ly about complete the fo u n d a t io n —
It
The whole
is h ig h ly
d e s i r a b l e th at the b u i l d i n g be f i n i s h e d as we have now no house fo r
our c a n o e s.
t io n I s
The b r n from t h is p la ce can t e l l w h a t ,
p r e p a r e d , w i l l b e need ed to put up the h o u s e .
be w e l l to m ake,
b u ild in g
&
a ft e r
for the o b j e c t ,
the fo u n d a
Perhaps
i t wd
a somewhat i n d e f i n i t e g r a n t .
shd be b e tw e e n 4 0 & 50 f e e t
The
long & of p r e tt y g o o d w i d t h s ,
shd be w e l l secured in fr o n t w it h clo se f o l d i n g d o o r s .
I t i s w e l l known t o the b r n r e s i d i n g
in t h i s v i c i n i t y ,
t h a t M r.
B a l d w i n 's house does not f u r n i s h any spare room fo r the accommodation
of v i s i t o r s n o t w it h s t a n d in g the s t a t io n
many c a l l s ,
& he w d be
is
so s i t u a t e d ,
t h a t h e has
g lad to f u r n i s h them w i t h good accom m odations,
e s p e c i a l l y as most o f them a re w e l l sea-worn by the time they a r r i v e .
I t was h is
in t e n t io n th e p a s t year to have f i n i s h e d a sp are room i n
a p a r t of the store house a t an expense of about 100 d o l l a r s
—
b u t he abandoned the o b je c t because he fo u n d he cd not a c c o m p lis h i t
w it h o u t b e in g about 1 0 0 dols i n d eb t at the
le a v e s
end o f the y e a r .
He
i t w it h the m is s io n to say whether th at sum ought n o t to be
g r a n t e d him to f u r n i s h b e t t e r lodgin gs to those who a r e u n d er the
n ecessity o f ,
or who c h o o s e , c a l l i n g at t h i s p l a c e .
{TJnsigned, b u t B ald w in * s j
�R ep or t of Lahaina,
June
1844.
F o r the l a s t two y e a r s only one misy fa m ily has r e s i d e d
a t L a h a in a ,
A ll
the la b o rs
o f the s t a t i o n & of the t h r e e
s t a t io n s con nected w i t h i t have d evolved on M r. B a l d w in .
the f i r s t
of th ese
two y e a r s , b e s id e s
a tte n d in g
w ith some h e lp
For
to the n a t i v e
co n g reg atio n & to th e m ed ic al wants of Maui & M o lo k a i,
as i n h is power, h e ,
o u t
as f a r
from o t h e r s , m a in t a in e d
p r e a c h in g once each Sabbath in t h e Seam en’ s c h a p e l, f o r m early
the whole
of t h e y e a r .
D u rin g the p a st y e ar M r. Andrews has
b een engaged to preach to Seamen - b ut M r.
d iv e r t e d from h is
labors
wants
any previous y e a r .
than d u r in g
y e a r he & h i s
B . has b e e n more
as p astor by a t t e n t io n to m e d ic a l
One fo u r t h o f th e l a s t
fa m ily were a b s e n t from the s t a t i o n .
h a l f months of t h is tim e were
spent a t W a il u k u .
Two & a
D u r in g t h is
time the p u lp it was g e n e r a lly s u p p l ie d on the S ab b a th by one
of the b reth ren fro m L a h a in a lu n a ; b ut the amount of m isy la b o r
perform ed has b een far from adequate to t h e w ants
T h is w i l l be more r e a d il y
understoo d when i t is
o f t h e p e o p le .
added,
th at the
number of ships a n n u a lly v i s i t i n g L a h a in a has in c r e a s e d from
60 or 7 0 to 250;- thereby d im in is h in g
the amount of la b o r Tfihich
a m isy could give to t h e p e o p l e , & in c r e a s in g the n e e d of such
la b o r.
For a part of th e y e a r , the h e a l t h of the fa m ily a t the
s t a t i o n h as b e e n good - b u t fo r a s t i l l la r g e r p o r t io n o f the
time more or less I l l n e s s has f a l l e n to t h e i r l o t .
h a d o c c a s io n a l tu rn s
l a s t g e n e r a l m e e t in g ,
of i l l n e s s ,
M r . B . has
& a few days p r e v io u s to the
one o f t h e i r l i t t l e
ones was removed
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g
-
by d e a t h .
The common ro u n d of m isy la b o r at th e s t a t io n h a s b e e n
p e r fo r m e d , b o t h on th e S a b .
& d u r in g the w e e k .
We cannot speak
of any s p e c ia l o u tp o u rin g o f the S p i r i t - b ut s t i l l as i n many
other y e a r s ,
c o u r a g in g .
to the
t h e a t t e n t io n to the means of g ra c e has b een e n
We would h o p e ,
t h a t these means have b een b l e s s e d
co n versio n of many; & we see many p le a s in g p r o o f s , t h a t
r e l i g i o u s knowledge & in t e r e s t a re
in c r e a s in g among a l l
of th e p e o p le , & t h a t , throughout our f i e l d ,
there I s
c la s s e s
a grow
in g c o n v ic t io n o f the r e a l i t y & w o r t h of th e G o s p e l.
The c o n g r e g a tio n a t L a h a in a whh has g e n e r a l l y b e e n e s tim a ted
at 1 5 0 0 , has b een as la r g e the past year
fu ll.
There i s
as u s u a l - perhap s more
a lso a g e n e r a l u n ifo r m it y in the co n g r eg atio n s
o f one Sabbath compared w i t h another;
& that o f the S a b . morning
is much th e same w i t h that of the a ft e r n o o n .
There is more
r e g u l a r i t y in the a tte n d a n c e of t h e k in g and c h ie fs t h a n i n
some form er y e a r s ; & where i r r e g u l a r , t h e i r example has
power over others
M eetings
n ativ es,
less
than fo r m e r ly .
are m a in ta in e d at each of th e fo u r o u t s t a t io n s
by
on the s a b b a t h , & on Wed - a ls o the concert f o r p r a y e r
each monday.
But the s i z e
of the
c o n g r e g a t io n s ,
or t h e
of good e f f e c t e d cannot b e v e r y d e f i n i t e l y s t a t e d .
s t a t io n s have b een v i s i t e d
amount
These o u t
only a few times b y the m isy the p a st
year.
The sc h o o ls
in that part of th e f i e l d have b e e n as f l o u r i s h
in g as in years p a s t ,
& the c a l l s f o r books about the sam e.
D a v id Malo is prob ab ly the most e f f i c i e n t
in a l l
the i s l a n d s ,
school s u p e r in t e n d e n t
& h e has done what h e could fo r t h e i r
�1844
p ro sp e rity .
It
is
owing m a inly to h i s
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3
effo rts & z e a l ,
t h a t th e
government have f u l f i l l e d t h e ir engagements
in p a y in g wages to
a l l th e teachers
teachers t h e y have
of M a u i.
H a lf the pay fo r
c o n s id e r e d as due from the p a r e n t s .
d o u b tle s s b e e n g r e a t
sence
d e fic ie n c y .
I n p aying t h i s ,
t h e r e has
Owing to the i l l n e s s & a b
of the m is y , but l i t t l e h a s b een done the p a st y e a r in
way o f examining s c h o o l s , except by n a t iv e s
s e le c t e d f o r the
purpose.
No a d d it io n s have b e e n made to t h e church d u r in g the y e a r ,
p artly f o r
a t t e n d to
the want
it.
a l l b e lo n g in g
of more time & s t r e n g t h i n th e p a s t o r to
S ix t y s t a n d propounded fo r a d m issio n to t h e ch h ,
to one o f the o u t s t a t io n s .
& La h ain a may f u r n is h
c i p l i n e the
1 50 more c a n d id a t e s .
The other o u t s t a t io n s
The cases
of d is
past year have not been num ero us.
C o n t r ib u t io n s .
The church & peo p le have done som ething,
a p a rt
o f th e y e a r ,
more reg u la r i n c o n t r ib u t in g v eg eta b le s & c . to the m isy than
i n any previous y e a r .
T h eir
c o n tr ib u t io n s have a v a i l e d some
t h in g towards the support o f the p a s t o r .
t h e s e has not b een g r e a t , b u t
The r e a l w o r t h
of
t h e ir g iv in g has b e e n commendable
inasm uch as i t has "been .e n tir e ly o f t h e i r own a c c o r d ,
& as
all
t h e y have c o n t r ib u t e d has borne a h i g h p r ic e i n the m a rk e t.
The chh at L a h a in a h a v e ,
during the y e a r , b u i l t
one s c h o o l h o u s e ;
the government 2 or 3 o t h e r s .
The peo p le o f L a n a i have done
/
something towards t h e i r two m eeting houses - b u t they a r e not
y e t completed - & the peo p le in the w h o le f i e l d h a v e b een en
couraged to g iv e i n support
of t h e i r
own school t e a c h e r s .
The church & p eo p le of L a h a in a have c o n tr ib u t e d ,
year,
$ 4 0 0 f o r th e com pletion of
m eetings & other p u r p o s e s .
the p a s t
a house fo r church & p r a y e r
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The B ib le S o c ie ty has commenced it s
sent y e a r ; b u t
T h e ir
i t cannot y e t be to ld what
vote at t h e i r l a t e
th e ir fu n d s ,
4
c o lle c t io n s
the p r e
they w i l l
amount t o .
annual m eeting was to a p p r o p r ia t e
the present y e a r ,
to s u p p ly in g new r e a d e r s
s c h o o l s , w i t h the New T e s t . - to f u r n i s h i n g the N .
some o f
& to
Test,
the most needy of the s ch o o ls of other parts
g iv in g the B ib le
chase I t
e n tire
i n the
a lso to
o f M a u i,
to some s u c h as are un a b le
to p u r
for th em selv es.
C o n trib u tio n s a re also going fo r w a rd i n the
at L a h a in a f o r
the iAmerican B oard .
have b e e n p a id i n f o r
c o n g r e g a tio n
Over one h u n d red d o l l a r s
t h is o b j e c t .
It
hundreds have b een s u b s c r ib e d - b u t i t
w i l l be c o lle c t e d d u r in g the y e a r .
is
supposed th at
several
cannot now b e t o l d what
W hether i t w i l l
amount to
a support fo r
the p astor or not w i l l b e b e t t e r known at the c lo s e
of
There appears
the y e a r .
to b e
among chh members & others
a commendable d e s i r e to give for the
of the
support 'of the
in s titu tio n s
G o s p e l.
Of Improvements among the people i n p o in t of c i v i l i z a t i o n
there are some s ig n s .
Many a t L a h a in a are b u i l d i n g b e t t e r
h o u ses - many a re p ro curing b e d s t e a d s ,
& b u re a u s ,
ta b le s, ch a irs,
& a few have clocks & w atches to h e lp them improve
t im e .
Chh S t a t i s t i c s
W hole number adm itted to chh on e x a m in a t io n ,
758
W hole n o . on C e r t i f i c a t e
179
on exam ination
0
P a s t year on c e r t i f i c a t e
22
W h o le n o . past y e a r
22
P ast y e ar
t ru n k s
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Whole number d is m is s e d to other chhs
D is m is s e d past y e a r
---
Whole number deceased
----
D e c e a s e d past y e a r
---- ---
-
1 14
5
138
26
Suspended past y e a r
------Rem ain suspen ded
----Excommunicated p a st y e a r
-----
7
20
2
W hole number excommunicated
28
Rem ain excommunicated
----------
W h o le n o .
I n r e g u la r s t a n d in g
W hole n o .
c h ild r e n "baptized
25
---- -
637
-----
B a p t iz e d p a st y e ar
------
M arriages past y e a r /
---
Average c o n g r e g a tio n on S a b b a t h ,
5
725
62
117
'
1600
1 2 2 4 in c lu d in g m en, women & c h i l d r e n at La h ain a pay t a x e s
-
& the whole p o p u la t io n probably amounts to 2 6 0 0 or 2 7 0 0 .
Two
or t h r e e y e a r s s i n c e there were le s s t h a n 2 9 0 0 ,
b e e n s e v e r a l d im in u tio n s s i n c e .
th e r e ha v e
The m eeting house at L a h a i n a ,
when w e l l f i l l e d , h o ld s 2000 p e o p le .
D . B a ld w in
�Report of Lahaina Station,
May 1 8 4 6 ,
During
the two y e a r s s in c e the l a s t g e n e r a l m e e t in g ,
Lo r d has k in d ly p r e se r v e d the l iv e s
L a h &In a .
of a l l
the
the m isy fa m ily a t
He has n o t s u f f e r e d d e a t h to la y h is h a n d upon any of
t h e i r num ber, as he has done i n
some p re v io u s y e a r s ,
& th e ir
h e a l t h has been more unifo rm ly good th an i n almost any two
p r e v io u s y e a r s .
T h ey , h o w e v e r, s u f f e r e d ,
in common w it h
every i n d i v i d u a l i n the I s l a n d s , i n March & A p .
almost
1 8 4 5 , fr o m the
influen za.
Between 30 & 4 0 o f t h e n a t iv e s
at L a h a in a d ie d of the
d i s e a s e , m ostly such a s h a d b een p r e v io u s ly d e b i l i t a t e d b y other
d is e a s e s .
There were two d i s t i n c t a ttack s
March 2 0 t h - t h e
second In A p r i l .
- the f i r s t
commenced
The f i r s t was by f a r
the
most se v e re , & the only one w h ich much a ffe c t e d any o f the
m is s io n fa m ily .
During the summer of 1 8 4 5 , M r . Forbes & f a m i l y , who h a d
l e f t K ealakek ua,
on account, of the i l l n e s s
of M rs. F o r b e s ,
took
up t h e i r r e s id e n c e at L a h a i n a , i n the ho use form erly o c c u p ie d
b y M r. R ic h a r d s , & h e has s in ce b een a s s o c ia t e d i n t h e la b o rs
o f the s t a t i o n .
a t the s t a t i o n ,
years.
9 A .M .
The o r d in a r y round of labo rs has b een p u rsu e d
the
two years p a s t ,
These have c o n s is t e d ,
the
same as i n a l l p revio us
on the S a b b a t h , o f a sermon at
and another always at 4 P .M .
the
same hour i t has been
from the commencement o f the s t a t io n - a S a b . s c h o o l f o r c h i l d r e n
& y o u th a t 7 A .M .
the a i oka l a S a b . s c h o o l , a t 11 A .M . & a
B i b l e c la s s at 1 P .M .
The two sabbath schools have b e e n l e f t
to the management of n a t iv e s
- the B ib le
c l a s s / / has g e n e r a l l y
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b e e n a tt e n d e d by the p a sto r - has b een w ell a tten d ed & a p p a r e n t
ly p ro d u ctiv e of much g o o d .
g e n e r a l l y a tt e n d
s e rv ic e
The m is s io n a r ie s & t h e i r c h i l d r e n
at the S eam en's Chapel at 1 1 A .M .
The m eetings d u rin g th e w e e k ,
p ray er
every mon. a t 4 P .M .
P .M .
- a s in g in g
school F r i d .
every S a t . a t 4 P .m .
have b e e n a concert fo r
- the W ed.
male p ray er m e e t in g s , by s e c t i o n s ,
-
le c t u r e at 4 P . M .
thro ugh L a h a in a ,
4 P .M .
Fe
Thur. 4
- & the chh p r a y e r m eeting
- The b u sin e ss m eetings
of the
church have
b e e n h e l d T e u s . ( I) 4 P .M .
The n in e s e c t io n s of L a h a in a meet
im m ediately a f t e r p reach in g
cn S a b . & a f t e r the le c t u r e
each s e c t io n at t h e i r
teacher.
own m eeting h o u s e ,
& under t h e i r
on W e d .
own
Their m eetings are f o r q u e s t io n in g on the serm o ns, f o r
e x h o r ta t io n & p r a y e r.
These are a l l the s ta te d m e e t in g s ;
s id e s w hich the p a sto r h a s sometimes met w i t h d if f e r e n t
of
be
s e c t io n s
the church - or o f ca n d id a te s f o r the church - or w i t h those
who are suspended from the chh - & sometimes w it h committees
o f the chh on b u s i n e s s .
S a b . m e e t in g s , & S a b .
s c h o o ls , W e d . m eetings & the mon.
con certs have b e e n a t t e n d e d a t the fo u r o u ts ta tio n s
of the f i e l d
by n a t i v e preach ers
of the misy
(not., l i c e n s e d )
- b u t the v i s i t s
at th o se o u tsta tio n s have b een f a r b etw een owing to h i s
•alone at
the s t a t i o n , & h a v in g many d u t ie s b e s id e s
p a sto r r e s t i n g upon h im .
the s t a t i o n ,
S ince the r e s id e n c e
each misy has v i s i t e d
The pastor has b e e n
of the n a t iv e s
He h a s ,
s t a t io n s
& a lso
for this
the
those
b e in g
of
o f M r . F o rb es a t
outposts more f r e q u e n t l y .
o b lig e d to a t t e n d to t h e m e d ic a l w ants
of the m is s io n f a m i l i e s
purpose,
- one at H a n a ,
i
to some e x t e n t .
o c c a s io n a lly made v i s i t s
to other
at the commencement o f 1 8 4 5 ,
was pro-
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lo n g ed to s i x w eek s.
In Ap.
last,
-
at the req u est
members of K a il u a s t a t i o n , he made a v i s i t
3
of a l l
the
to D r . A n d r e w s ,
who
h a d b e e n a f f l i c t e d f o r more than n in e months w it h ch ro n ic
d ia r r h e a .
As to the f u t u r e ,
the p a st o r o f L a h a in a ex p e c ts
b e f r e e d from m ed. a t t e n t io n s
M o lo k a i,
inasmuch a s
to the m i s . f a m il ie s
a p h y s ic ia n o f known s k i l l &
from A m erica, now r e s id e s a t L a h a in a .
h a v e g iv e n h im employ, & w ould,
to
on M aui &
e x p e r ie n c e ,
The m is sio n families
of c o u r s e , have a p r e fe r e n c e
f o r one w holly devoted to h i s p r o f e s s io n over one who was encumbered w it h too much other w ork.
As to the state
o f fe e lin g
L a h a in a , we may r e m a r k ,
Sab.
in t h e chh & c o n g r e g a t io n at
t h a t , d u r in g the w h o le two y e a r s ,
congregations have been p r e t t y u n ifo rm ly f u l l
i n g & evening m eetings have b een n e a r l y
t io n unifo rm ly g o o d .
- The Wed.
a t t e n d e d , c o n s id e r in g the
b u s in e s s at L a h a i n a .
- the morn
the same - & the' a t t e n
l e c t u r e h as a lso b e e n w e l l
great d iv e r s io n o cc as io n e d by s e c u la r
Towards the c lo s e
to b e an In crease of in t e r e s t i n the
of 1 8 4 4 ,
th ere
a ppeared
chh & c o n g r e g a t io n , w h ich
appeared much the same t i l l June 1 8 4 5 .
h a d the s a t i s f a c t i o n ,
the
During t h is t im e , we
at i n t e r v a l s , to hear of one & another
d e c l a r in g f o r C h r is t who had b e fo r e appeared i n d i f f e r e n t .
t h i s tim e there was a m a n ifest
p e o p le .
iAbout
in c r e a s e o f f e e l i n g among the
This was e s p e c ia l l y m a n ife s t e d in the a w akening o f a
c o n s id e r a b le number of those who h ad b e e n c o n s id e r e d among our
hardest
characters ~ but who now came out to a l l our m e e t in g s ,
& sought fr e q u e n t o p p o r tu n it ie s
fo r r e l i g i o u s
They h ad b e e n a c q u a in te d w i t h a l l
p r a c t i s e d at L a h a in a ,
c o n v e r s a t io n .
the d epths o f i n i q u i t y as
& they sometimes now exposed the former
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p r a c t ic e s
of them selves & t h e i r com panions.
in g o f the n a t iv e p r a c t ic e
4
One of them speak
of m e d ic in e , s a i d ,
d o c t o r in g was con nected w i t h id o la t r o u s a c t s ,
a d m in is t e r e d the K o w a l i .
-
that
a l l n a t iv e
except when they
Another was so a d d ic t e d to g a m b lin g ,
t h a t , a f t e r h a v in g sta k ed & l o s t a l l h is
little
p r o p e r t y , he
a c t u a l l y gambled away h is w if e & c h i l d r e n & gave them up to
the w in n e r .
Another s a i d ,
f i f t e e n tim es
fo r a d u l t e r y ,
in p u b lic ,
that he had b e e n t r i e d
was g u i l t y i n every i n s t a n c e ,
escaped c o n d e m a t i o n by crafty management.
sailo rs,
or h o l o k a h l k i s ,
Many o f the n a t iv e
seemed to be much a f f e c t e d at t h a t t im e .
A protracted, m eeting was a p p o in ted fo r A u g .
h a d a r r iv e d i n seaso n
- M r. Forbes
to a s s i s t the pastor on that o c c a s i o n .
The e x e r c is e s , d u r i n g the w e e k ,
m eetings of th a t k i n d .
were much the same as at other
The m eetings were f u l l y a t t e n d e d - the
a t t e n t io n was good - & the
feelin g
but
e ffe c t was e v id e n t ly an in c r e a s e
throughout the p l a c e .
of
Numbers then had t h e i r a t t e n t io n
c a l l e d up f o r the f i r s t t im e , d u r in g th a t m e e t in g , who as y e t
seem to rim w e l l .
A f t e r the p r o t r a c te d m e e tin g ,
i n a d d i t i o n to
s t a t e d m e e tin g s , we met o c c a s io n a lly w it h d if f e r e n t
sec tio n s
o f the p e o p le ,
effects.
c la s s e s
or
whh m eetings were a tten d ed w i t h good
The m eeting o f t h is k in d most fr e q u e n t ly a t t e n d e d by
us was in a part of the p la c e most n o to r io u s fo r w i c k e d n e s s .
When f i r s t
commenced, n e a r ly a l l the abandoned fem ales a t t e n d e d ,
& they p r o m is e d , to the number of 50 or 6 0 ,
v i l e mode of l i v i n g
long - so h a rd is
to f o r s a k e
t h e ir
- a promise w hich few o f 'them kept very
i t fo r "t h e Leopard to change h i s
S h ip s soon m u lt ip ly in g upon u s ,
in d u lg e n c e o f l u s t , & the o ffe r s
s p o t s .,r
they c o u ld not w it h s t a n d the
of filt h y lucre,
attended,
as
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i t was i n some c a s e s , w it h rtu$> that f o u l d e s t r o y e r o f sense &
decency.
The I n t e r e s t a t L a h a in a d e c l in e d very s e n s i b l y towards
th e end o f t h e y e a r .
From May l / 4 4 to May 1 / 4 5
a d m itted to the c h u r c h .
receiv ed .
From May l / 4 5
- 62 were
to May 1 / 4 6
- 20)02 were
Probably 150 may now be c o n s id e r e d as s u i t a b l e
can
d id a t e s f o r a d m issio n to the chu rch .
There has b e e n ,
on the part of th e
r e a d in e s s to c o n tr ib u t e to p ublic
the y e a r ending May 1 8 4 5 ,
Board.
Since
church & p e o p l e ,
& b en ev o len t o b j e c t s .
D u rin g
$ 2 2 1 . were c o n t r ib u t e d to th e
that tim e b u t l i t t l e
<Am.
( $ 1 1 0 & over) has b een co n
t r ib u t e d f o r t h a t o b j e c t ,
the people h a v in g turned t h e i r
t e n t io n mostly to r a i s i n g
funds fo r the r e p a i r of t h e i r
For t h a t o b je c t , about $ 8 0 0 .
1845;
&,
were r a i s e d ,
for the same o b j e c t , s in c e
s c r ib e d about $ 1 6 0 0 ,
Jan.
the l a t t e r
exceptio n of 7 0 0 0
b e e n r e c e iv e d from them.
sub
a lr e a d y p a i d .
s h in g le s from A uhea) n o t h in g has
What has b e e n r a i s e d for
t h is y e a r ,
p a rt o f
fo r the church - b u t
has b e e n g iv e n b y the people th em selv es.
In c r e a s e the sum,
at
church.
1 8 4 6 , th ey h a v e
a good p o rt io n o f w h ic h is
The k in g & c h ie fs s u b s c r ib e d something
(w i t h th e
a
It
t h is
ob ject
is ho ped they w i l l
to 2 5 0 0 or 5 00 0 d o l l a r s .
A con
t r a c t has already b een made for new r o o f in g & a tho ro ug h r e p a i r
o f the chu rch ,
tio n s ,
the
coming summer.
B e s id e s
th e people of L a h a in a have p a i d ,
$ 1 8 0 for
the above
c o n t r ib u
t h e past y e a r a b o u t
the support o f the teachers o f t h e i r s c h o o l s ,
& $150
more have b e e n p a id by the government f o r the same o b j e c t .
The p eo p le have a lso o c c a s io n a lly b ro u g h t I n
other a r t i c l e s as were n eed ed in the fa m ilie s
such v e g e t a b le s &
o f the m i s s i o n .
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The s c h o o ls ,
usual.
throughout the f i e l d ,
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6
have b een c o n tin u e d as
They have b een s u p e rin te n d e d by D a v id Malo m o s t ly .
O w ing to h is
a b s e n c e , d u r in g a la rg e part o f 1 8 4 5 ,
they must
An. exam in ation was l a t e l y h e l d o f those
h a v e somewhat d e c l i n e d .
o f L a h a in a & the n e a r e s t o u t s t a t io n . Connected w it h t h i s
o f our schools w ere 668 sch o la rs I n v a r io u s
There are so many tem ptations i n L a h a in a ,
minds of c h ild r e n & y o u t h ,
select
stages o f Improvement
so much to d iv e r t the
that th ey a re i n c l i n e d to fo r s a k e
school at an e a r l i e r age than is d e s ir a b l e
improvement.
p o r t io n
There is needed m uch,
- the b e s t age fo r
therefo re,
a tho ro ug h g o in g
schoo l, w hich should command the a t t e n t io n o f s u c h as
are too o ld to b e drawn In t o the
w ould f i t them f o r the busin e ss
w h ic h b u s in e s s i s
q u ie t place it
once w a s .
It
of a c t iv e l i f e ,
always open b e f o r e them.
About 4 00 ships now v i s i t
of r e c r u i t s .
common schools - a sch o o l w h ic h
the p la ce y e a r l y , dem anding a l l
is not uncommon to have 700
the lo c a l
a u t h o r it ie s
too weak & i n e f f i c i e n t .
f o r e ig n e r s have s o ld
L a h a in a is n o t
the
The w h a lin g f l e e t has g r e a t l y in c r e a s e d
shore upon l i b e r t y , a t the same tim e .
or two p a s t ,
an abundance of
M e a n w h ile ,
sailo rs
on
fo r a year
of the p la ce have b e e n q u it e
For a y e a r
in t o x ic a t in g
or 8 0 0
sorts
or two p a s t ,
d rink s
some 8 or 10
almost w ith o u t
c o n c e a l
ment - a dozen more, have sold more s e c r e t ly - ndme p i n a l l e y s
h a v e b e e n m u l t i p l i e d - c a r d p la y in g & b i l l i a r d s have become
q u it e too common - n o i s e ,
c e r a t in g s a i l o r s
p r o fa n e n e s s ,
in th e f o r t ,
in to x ic atio n & in c a r
have r ag ed at d i f f e r e n t t im e s ,
about i n p r o p o rtio n to the amount o f rum to b e h a d on s h o r e .
S till
it
should b e a d d e d ,
that n a t iv e s are seldom known to take
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i n t o x i c a t i n g drinks;: & awa d r in k in g & awa s e l l i n g have g r e a t ly
d im in is h e d fo r a y e ar or two p a s t .
The in c r e a se o f the w h a lin g f l e e t a t L a h a in a h a s
t h e number o f f o r e i g n r e s i d e n t s .
I t has in c r e a s e d the amount
o f m e r c a n t ile , m e c h a n ic a l, & a l l
has
in c r e a s e d
other k in d s of b u s in e s s
- it
in c r e a s e d also t h e p r ic e of la b o r & p r o v i s i o n s , & made i t
d iffic u lt
to procure the fo r m e r .
whh v i s i t
L a h a in a is
ago,
somewhat la r g e r t h a n 'i t was 10 or 15 ye ars
thereby in c r e a s in g the f a c i l i t i e s
the d i f f e r e n t
islan d s,
ers,
The number o f s m a lle r v e s s e l s
islan ds.
of
communication b e tw e e n
O f such v e s s e ls as cr u ise among the
(not i n c l u d i n g , ho w ever,
some of the s m a lle s t schoon
or any of the numberous boats whh go. from i s l a n d to I s l a n d )
th e re have been at L a h a in a , d u r in g
riv als.
In these v e s s e ls ,
few by l a n d , .in th e
the y e a r 1 8 4 5 ,
in c lu d in g a few by w h a le s h ip s & a
same y e a r ,
there have b een also a r r i v a l s
o f 3 26 m is s io n a r ie s & m i s s i o n a r i e s ’ c h i l d r e n .
p asses w ithout o p p o r tu n it ie s
L a h ain a.
about 4 00 a r
Seldom ^ a week
for s e n d in g to other i s l a n d s
O fte n s u c h o p p o r tu n it ie s
from
o f f e r every day i n the w eek
(S u n da y e x c e p t e d )[ .J
As misy postm aster a t L a h a in a , M r. B ald w in has fo r w a r d e d ,
the y e ar 1 8 4 5 ,
Oahu,
83 l e t t e r s
to A m eric a , 1 3 8 6 i s l a n d l e t t e r s
the postage of w h h , at 6i
91 letters
to H i l o ;
L a h a in a l u n a ;
cents e a c h , tA
1 07 to W . H a w a i i ;
3 60 t o W a ilu k u ;
1 3 8 6 to Oahu & 1 7 5 3 to the s t a t io n s
$86.62|- -
3 4 6 to M o lo k a i;
1 5 7 to H a n a ;
le t t e r s
5 8 8 to
1 0 4 to Makawao;
i ,e ,
'
on M a u i, M olok ai & H a w a ii -
or 3 1 3 9 i n a l l - o f w hich he has w r it t e n 4 52 h i m s e l f ,
l e t t e r s to other S t a t io n s
to
each two d a y s .
This
or 3
in c lu d e s no
sent th ro u g h other c h a n n e ls , nor any whh are
c a r r i e d by
�1846
the numerous m isy & other passengers
t h a t , a t a m oderate com putation,
L a h a in a
o f th e
in 1 8 4 5 .
-
8
to & from L a h a in a ;
4 0 0 0 m isy l e t t e r s
so
p a s s e d thro ugh
T h is w i l l help us to u n d e r sta n d the rem arks
correspondent o f the K L y n e s ia n , about Tlthe p a u c it y of
l e t t e r s w r it t e n by m is s io n a r ie s
one to a n o th er"
— about t h e i r
"becom ing fewer & f a r t h e r b etw een" - & "l e s s e n i n g i n q u a n t it y
& q u a lit y t i l l
May 9 ^
they become mere h a s t y n o t e s ."
1846.
A census was tak e n
of
Jan.
See P o l y n e s ia n
1846.
By t h is
of the p o p u la t io n o f L a h a i n a ,
it a p p e a r s ,
that the n a t iv e p o p u la t io n
has In c r e a s e d about 500 in the l a s t three y e a r s .
ing i s the enum eration of the d if f e r e n t
1
boys,
N ativ es
or 1 06 2 n a t iv e c h il d r e n ;
in c l u d i n g the m is s io n f a m il ie s
n a t iv e p o p u la t io n ,
T o t a l p o p u l a t io n 5 4 4 5 .
I n a l l 1 12 f o r e ig n p o p u l a t io n ,
o f L a h a in a ;
w i l l make a t o t a l
appears,
w h ic h ,
of 5 5 5 7 .
added to the
By the above
that there a r e , at L a h a in a , more n a t i v e
men than women - & more n a t iv e boys than g i r l s .
n a t iv e m a les, a t L a h a in a ,
The excess
over the fem ales is 1 2 9 .
is not c l e a r , t h a t the fem ales
h a in a ,
- 589
88 men - 6 women; or 94 a d u lts - 7 boys -
or 18 f o r e ig n c h i l d r e n .
s ta tem en t, i t
classes.
£5 . 0 *
F o reig n ers.
11 g i r l s ,
The f o l l o w
- 1 1 9 8 men - 1 18 5 women or 5 2 8 5 ^ a d u lt s
475 g i r l s ,
2.
the f i r s t
perhaps not to H o n o lu lu ,
the c o n tra ry n o t w it h s t a n d in g .
So that
of
It
of M olok ai have fl o c k e d to L a
the E d it o r of the P o ly n e s ia n to
See P o ly n e s ia n F e b .
14^
1846.
The number of dogs a t L a h a in a J a n . 1 8 4 6 , was 5 2 8 - or about
one to every seven p e o p le .
fo re ig n e rs;
the
& about
one f i f t h o f them b e lo n g e d to people
c h ie fs.
S h o u l d he
A few only of these b e lo n g e d to
S3
of
�1846
Of the n a t iv e s o f L a h a in a ,
c h i l d r e n ) are kuew as;
i ,e ,
9
(i n c l u d i n g men, women &
have n e i t h e r house l o t s ,
c u l t i v a t i o n o f t h e i r own, & are
sustenance,
1422,
-
dependent m a in ly ,
or la n d fo r
fo r t h e i r
on fo o d brought in f o r s a l e from other p l a c e s .
Progress i n C i v i l i z a t i o n .
The people
of La h ain a h a v e , w i t h i n a few y e a r s , made some
commendable progress
in c i v i l i z a t i o n .
them the m eans, & there has been
use the means they have h a d ,
houses,
bedsteads,
tab les,
k e e p e r s , more c l o t h in g ,
for
th eir
c h ild ren .
Ithaleshlps h a v e f u r n i s h e d
an in c r e a s in g d i s p o s i t i o n to
to procure f o r them selves b e t t e r
c h a irs , k itc h in
( l) f u r n i t u r e ,
time
& c . & i n many c a s e s , b e t t e r e d u c a t io n
The people pay f o r a l l the books they
have.
I n a l l L a h ain a there a re 882 grass h o u s e s ,
h o u s e s , & 59 stone
1 0 9 6 h o u ses;
T h is ,
if
if
t h is w i l l make
or s h e d s , whh are
used
added to th e h o u s e s , w i l l make the num
c o r r e c t , w o u ld g iv e an average of abo ut
t h r e e I n d i v i d u a l s to ea c h house
Y/e have had the t a b l e s ,
&c.
In a l l
& there are a l s o 94 la n a is
fo r h o u s e s , & w hh,
ber 1 19 0.
or wooden h o u s e s .
155 a d o b ie
thro-ughout the p l a c e .
p la te s , k n iv e s,
forks,
a l l numbered - but t h e number is not . at h a n d .
sp o o n s,
As n e a r as
can be r e c o l l e c t e d , about 3 0 0 fa m il ie s a t La h ain a eat a t t h e
ta b le
i n t h e s t y le
of c i v i l i z e d p e o p l e .
W it h in a l i t t l e more
than a y e a r , w e have b een i n v i t e d to one d in n er by n a t l g e s ,
where about 200 sat down & a t e at t h e ir own t a b l e s ;
w here 80 a t e at t h e i r own t a b l e s ;
tables;
at a t h ir d 200 sat a t the
at a f o u r t h th e re were about 1 5 0 .
down w ith 3 5 0 .
The f i r s t
same h o u s e , & among the
to a seco nd ,
& at the f i f t h
we sat
& l a s t of th ese d inners were a t the
same p e o p le .
In all
these
cases I t was
�184 6
a r u le not to "borrow t a b le s or t a b le
bors
it
- & t h e ir
fu r n it u r e
-
10
of t h e i r n e i g h
cooking was g e n e r a l l y w e ll done, & a p o r t io n of
in European s t y l e .
B esid es th e n a t iv e stone chh, w e h a v e ,
s e c t io n a l m eeting h o u se s ,
& n eed fo u r m ore.
5
at L a h a i n a ,
We have a l s o 9
school houses & need one m ore.
H it h e r t o ,
on Maui & L a n a i , we have b e e n a llo w e d to pursue
our misy work w i t h l i t t l e
or no o p p o s it io n from p a p i s t s .
have had no f o r e i g n J e s u it s
or on M o lo k a i.
We
to r e s i d e on e it h e r of t h o s e i s l a n d s ,
This w e have esteem ed a g re a t p r i v i l e g e ,
have b l e s s e d God,
that, w h ile ,
the b rethren have h a d to f i g h t
i n other p a r t s , f o r
& w&
seven y e a r s ,
a g a in s t the man of S i n , we have
h ad no thin g w orse th an the abom inations o f h eathen h e a r t s
deal w it h .
But we expect such a p r i v i l e g e no l o n g e r .
2 1 s t of A p r il l a s t ,
p riests
the Kamehameha I I I
land£ ed]
On the
e ig h t p a p is t
at L a h a in a from Oahu; & on the 2 3 ^ she took fo u r
on to H i l o .
So the great scourge & cu r se
mother of h a r lo t s & a b o m in a t io n s ,"
is
to
of the e a r t h ,
come among u s .
o f them
"t h e
We ex
p ect henceforw ard to have a c o n te s t w it h t h is A n ti C h r i s t .
It
w i l l not be p le a s a n t to come I n con tact w i t h p a p i s t s ;
it w ill
be p a i n f u l to see them draw away poor unwary w ic k e d n a t i v e s
t h e ir snares.
They w i l l 'undoubtedly reap
so many o f the w icked & ign oran t as
B ut i t rem ains y e t to b e
i n a land of B i b l e s .
lo ca tio n is
among
there are among t h is p e o p l e .
seen w hether popery ever
can l i v e lo n g
I t was rum ored, t h a t of th e fo u r p r i e s t s ,
one w^ be lo c a t e d a t L a h a in a ;
one on M o lo k a i.
some h a r v e s t
in to
one a t L a n a i ;
one a t W a ilu k u ;
I t w i l l p ro b ab ly m atter l i t t l e
where t h e ir
- W herever i t i s , w i t h no f a m il y t i e s
to b i n d to
&
�1846
one spot,
-
11
they w i l l d oub tless roam over the l e n g t h & b r e a d t h o f
the lan d.
S ta tis tic s
of L a h a in a Chh May 1 $ 4 6 .
W hole number a d m itted to the chh on exam ination
1021
W h o le number a d m itte d on c e r t i f i c a t e
223
Pa st 2 years
263
on exam ination
V i z . May l / 4 4
to May l / 4 5
-
62
May l / 4 5
to May l / 4 6
-
201
P a s t 2 yrs on c e r t i f i c a t e
V iz.
44
May 1 / 4 4 to May l / 4 5
May 1 / 4 5
to May l / 4 5
-
27
( I)-
•
17
W hole number past 2 yrs
307
Whole n o . May l / 4 4
to May l / 4 5
-
89
May l / 4 5
to May l / 4 6
- 218
Whole, number d is m is s e d to other c h u rch es,
134
D is m is s e d the p a st 2 yrs
(i ,§ ,
l s-k y r 10
20
2d yr 10. )
-
W hole number d eceased
178
D e c e a se d past 2 yrs
(v iz .
40
l s t y r 20
S uspended May / 4 4
Suspended May l / 4 5
-
2d y r 2 0 )
to May / 4 5
to May l / 4 6
-
32
ss
8
Suspended past 2 yrs
40
R e s t o r e d p a s t 2 years
18
Rem ain suspen ded
12
Excom m unicated p a st y e ar
Whole number excommunicated
9
37
�1846
-
R em ain excommunicated
—
34
W hole number I n r e g u l a r s ta n d in g
—
885
W h o le n o .
—
9 35
—
210
--
223
of* c h ild r e n "baptized
B a p t iz e d May / 4 4
to May / 4 5
12
- 71
B a p t iz e d May / 4 4 to May / 4 5
139
^ O b v io u s ly means May / 4 5 to May / 4 6 ]
B a p t i z e d past 2 y e a r s
M ar ria g es May l / 4 4
to May l / 4 5
- 1 24
M arriag es May 1 / 4 5
to May 1 / 4 6
-
99
M ar ria g es past 2 y e a r s
Average C ong reg atio n on S a b .
1831,
1600 f . }
Sin ce about t h e yr
a l l the members of the Chh at L a h a in a have b een p le d g e d
to t o t a l a bs tin e n c e from tobacco sm oking.
It
t h a t many of them v io l a t e that p l e d g e .
they are known to
do
so,
they are d e a lt w i t h ,
ju st
If
is not b e l i e v e d ,
as they wd b e ,
oth er vows.
D . B ald w in
if false
to any
�S t a t i s t i c s of L a h a in a chh. from
A p . 1 . 1 84 6 to A p . 1 . 1847
W h o le n o .
r eed on ex am in atio n to A p .
W hole on c e r t i f i c a t e
.
.
.
.
1083
. . . .
P a s t year on ex am in atio n
Do.
1 /4 7
242
. . . . . . . .
62
on c e r t i f i c a t e ....................................... ....
W hole past y e a r
................................................ ....
W hole n o . d is m is s e d to other chhs
D is m is s e d f r . Ap.
19
.
81
. . . . . . . .
151
l / 4 6 to D o . / 4 7 .......................... ....
Yi/hole n o . d e c e a s e d
.
17
.........................................................
1 86
D e c e a s e d p a s t y e a r .............................................................
8
S uspended past y r .................................................................
Remain Suspended
............................... .
.
26
Excommunicated l a s t y e a r ....................................................
17
W hole n o .
54
excomd .
..............................
19
..................................................................
Rem ain excomd ..................................................................' . .
Whole n o .
in
W h o l e 'n o .
of c h ild r e n b a p t iz e d
Do.
good sta n d in g
............................................
...............................
............................................
Average C ohg reg ation on S a .
969
999
p a st y e a r .............................................................
M a r ria g e s la s t y e ar
48
*
64
58
1600
�2
Schools of Lahaina & outstations — May 1847
S cho la rs
9 Schoo ls
Do.
of L a h a in a
O lu a lu
Do.
.
.
......................
739
cL Schoo l
.
......................
95
Okumehame .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1 S choo l of K a h a k a l o a ...................................
6 Schoo ls o f L a n a i , a b o u t ,
. . . . . . .
T o tal ~
There
is
72
40
1 10
1086
in an E l e l e fo r June perhaps an a c c o u (n )t o f our exam ina
t io n i n May whh w i l l give many p a r t ic u la r s
do of schools —
—
-
hut i t does not
I have not now time to
co n tain L a n a i i f I r e c o l l e c t
r ig h t
& i t g iv es only the number at e x am in atio n whereas the above g iv e s
the whole n o . of S c h o l a r s .
I have made out the above i n h a s t e ,
w i l l no t ensure t h e ir accuracy i n every t h in g —
Your;
b r o . D . B ald w in
B r n at D e p o s ito r y
[A d d re s se d t o :J
M r. L e v i Cham berlain
or
M ess rs . C a s tle & H a l l
H o n o lu lu
Oahu
tNote i n c o r n e r ] :
Dwight Baldwin. „
S & p . 1 0th 1 8 4 7 .
Not a l l accurate
&
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