https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/22f74cd9c26ac2b843981e39a53408c4.pdf b83c3c8dacc7f8523cfc9d09845b2fed PDF Text Text Report of the Station . at Lahaina May 1848 At the general Meeting in 1846, the Mission located Mr. Forbes at Lahaina with special reference to seamen. He continued to labor among seamen & foreign residents, preaching twice each Sabbath till Oct. 1847. Then, having by correspondence, obtained the approbation of the Mission to return to the U. States, on account of sickness in his family, he emharked on board the A Z?3 H. Howland, as is already known to the Mission. Besides preaching & other labors for foreigners, he as­ sisted in a select school at the station, & also superintended a Sabbath "school embracing most of the children of Lahaina. He assisted some in preaching to the Natives. were very acceptable & useful. All his labors As neighbors & associates we valued them highly, & would fain have detained them; but they thought that duty plainly called them back to the land of their birth. Health &c We that remain to occupy the station continued in 1846, 1847, the usual round of labors which we have been engaged in for twelve years. We were not tired of our work, nor discour­ aged, & had no thought of deserting our post. Indeed it was hard tearing away from the people, at a time of more than or­ dinary interest. But Mrs. Baldwin's health failed very sudden­ ly in Aug. last. We removed to Mont Ball, with full confidence �1848 - 2 that the retirement there & the cool invigorating air would, soon restore her. In this we were disappointed; for tho' she did improve for a while, yet, by Jan.. of this year; the case seemed to be growing desperate; & with the advice of our Brn & Sisters whom we could consult, on the 21s^ of Jan. we left the station to try a change at Honolulu & to consult Physicians. The Physicians advised us to keep on.to Kau&i, which we did. We visited all the stations there, sometimes going by land sometimes by water - & had an exceedingly pleasant visit, the more so, as we had never seen the Island before, in the seven­ teen years we have been residents in this group. We had the benefit of Dr. Smith’s skill & kindness, residing a month in his family. The climate & everything there seemed favorable to Mrs. B ’s.. recovery & she has recovered to some extent, for which we would feel thankful. But the disease, which appears to be of a nervous character mainly, is not wholly removed^.] We have many anxieties about the case; but feel we can leave all the fuiure in the hands of Him who can & will do all things well[.) State of Religion & Congregation The ordinary course of labors was persued (I) at the station as long as we remained there; & we would hope the means of grace have been attended with a blessing. We have many signs, that light & truth are progressing, & that souls have been converted. The state of Religion was, during the whole of the past two years as favorable as at any former period, when there was no special outpouring of the Spirit. While residing at M t . Ball the pastor descended to the shore nearly every day in the week to aid fin the Select school & attend to other labors �1848 among the people. - 3 He also spent the whole of his Sabbaths there, so that his labors were not then essentially interrupted. We think we have seldom seen more encouragement to labor for the people than we have seen the past 2 years C O The meeting­ house has been uniformly well filled, both morning & evening, on the Sabbath - the people have all appeared attentive - more of the young have been steady attendants on divine worship hardened sinners have not always forgotten the house of God some such are perhaps regular attendants there - Dispisers ( i) of God & religion there are undoubtedly - but we have heard of none who speak out reproaches against relegion (I); & even of dispisers ( l) we would hope there are not a great number who do not sometimes find a place in the Sanctuary of GodC.J Revival Prom the commencement of the present year, there were many signs of an increasing interest- in the congregation at Lahaina. Our Meeting house will contain about 2000 people; & the two last sabbaths we were there, especially, it seemed'unusually crowded. It was the first time since the house was rebuilt, exceedingly that it seemed absolutely full. We felt .eja.ejp.e.a.siB.giy reluctant to leave the people at such a time - but there seemed no other way. Soon after our leaving, we: heard through natives, & letters from different members of the ch'h, that there was a still greater religious excitement among the people. ch'h seemed awake. The Some who had been far from righteousness were thoroughly awakened & confessed their sins to the con­ gregation to the astonishment of all. Meetings were held �1848 every day & have continued so to this day. - 4 The spirit of God has evidently been there, & is still at work; hut the pastor not having been at Lahaina would not decide how far the excitement has been the work of the Spirit of God, or what other elements have been mingled. We can tell better when we see whether it leaves the abiding fruits of the Spirit. Prom the time we left Brn Alex. & Hunt have preached on Wednesday & generally twice each Sabbath. They speak of a full house - good atten­ tion & much excitement among the ch'h & congregation - but did not mingle enough with the people to form an opinion of the state of feeling. David Malo has preached & attended meetings when his health has been such as to allow it. But since we have been absent, he has been very wll most of the time. Meeting House. Since our last general meeting, our meeting house has un­ dergone a thorough repair, or, more properly, it has been re­ built; two thirds only of the original wall being all that was left standing. One third was found defective, tottering & ready to fall & was built anew from the foundation - the roof was framed & raised anew & shingled - the galleries were re­ framed in a better style - & a steeple built which raises the bell some 60 feet from the ground - The whole building is con­ formed, as far as we were able to do it, to the general style of churches in the U. States. it was before. It is far more convenient than The building is finished except that it needs a new pulpit, flooring below, & seats above & below. The ex- �1848 - 5 pense Incurred thus far & paid, or nearly so, has been a little more than $4000 C.] $2000 more are necessary in order to com­ plete the building, nearly all of which Is already subscribedC.J $499 of that already paid, was contributed by the government from a legacy left by Auhea for such purposes [.} Of the remainder, nearly all, both of that which has been paid, & that to be raised, comes (not from chiefs) but from the common people, who have contributed it with great cheerfulness, besides what they have given in labor. All that they could accomplish by their own labor they have done. can be made. Of this no accurate estimate It would doubtless amount to several thousands more. Church The ch'h in Lahaina has not been increased, in numbers, since our last general meeting, or, at most, by only a few names. Only 11 have been added by profession, which was on the 4’t'il of April 1847. They were all from an out station. This small number, however, must not be understood as indicating a want of feeling in the chh, or among those out of the chh. The pastor does not think there has been less religious Interest than in former years. In the latter part of 1847 a considerable number of candidates were conversed with, with a view to their admission to the ch'h. Our being obliged to leave our post interupted ( !) the work. Probably as many as 200 may be admit­ ted to the ch'h in three or four months if there is an oppor­ tunity to attend to them. As to the character of the ch'h. There are members for �1848 whom we have no charity as Christians. live, hut are dead. - 6 They have a name to The mass of the ch'h however, I sincerely "believe, are the children of God - converted-truly pious. As large a proportion of them, I judge, to he truly converted as are found in what are called good ch'hs in the U. States; & believing this, I have never said, that I knew that only one in a hundred was pious. Inconsistencies we' often see in these Christians, who are so much like .grown up children ~ but not - a w - -<*g - -m u -v h - rfF & G ssa- -ja o -y greater perhaps than we sometimes see in good ministers of the Gospel, in the U. States.- I have more confidence in the piety of Hawaiian professers (I) of religion than I had ten years since. Not a few lessons have been taught me on this subject. I can name not a few, in my field, of vfhom I have thought it impossible, that they were pious - & yet they have proved to be the salt of the Earth, beyond the question of any body. Out Stations There are three outstations connected with Lahaina viz, Kahakuloa 20 miles N.E.; Island of Lanai 10 miles west; & Olualu 6 miles South. Between 250 & 300 members of the Lahaina ch'h reside at these outstations. The whole population con­ nected with these three outstations is not far from 1000 It is too a scattered population so that not more than half that number would be found ordinarily In the meetings at all these outstations. The population of Lahaina being 3500 & the congre­ gation large, there being also a bible class & 2 Sabbath Schools to be maintained, the, pastor has not thought best very often to leave the Station, to spend the Sabbath elsewhere. He has, however, aimed to spend about one Sabbath a year at each of these �1848 places. Each outstation has its own Native preacher. - 7 David Malo, who is our superintendent of schools, has visited the outstations at times; & we have an arrangement, by which two of the native brethren from Lahaina go to each outstation the last Sabbath in every month. This measure has done much to en­ lighten the out-districts, & to keep up a religious interest. It has done not a little good also to the ten or twelve individ­ uals who have made these visits, & who are the most pious & influential members of our ch'h. Four times in a year all the ch'h members from our outstations come to Lahaina to unite in celebrating the Lord's supper. Sabbath Schools &c There are sabbath schools at all our outstations. there are four. On Lanai All these are somewhat ineficient ( I) but Ai £ ka la (daily food) Sabbath School at Lahaina, after the morn­ ing service is more efficient. natives. It is conducted entirely by The Bible class at 1 P.M. consisting of 4 or 500 adults & children the pastor generally attends. pleted the Old Test, in course (.•] They have com­ But our most interesting Sabbath school is that of the children at 8 o clock Sab. morning then It was last year Superintended by Mr. Forbes, & i&SKsxjbii: num­ bered 500. With the increase of our day schools, it had in­ creased to about 600 when we left; & the house proving too small orders were left to divide it into two schools. It contains the mass of our children & youth, their work is to commit to memory & hear explained the Holy Scriptures; & if the school can be efficiently conducted, w§ may hope, that many, at least, of the pupils will be trained up to knowledge & usefulness. But, �1848 - 8 in order to fdoj this, they must have matter to learn - they must have hooks suited to Sab. schools, llhat Lahaina needs, every station needs; & it is to be hoped that this meeting will not separate, till they have secured the speedy publication of a series of Historical, Doctrinal & practical Sab. school question books, similar to those used in the U. States. Common Schools There are 5 common schools on Lanai, 2 at our South outsta­ tion; one at the North & 14 in the village of Lahaina, making 22 in the whole field. All these have increased more or less, in the number of scholars, the past year; or rather since the government took upon itself the sole support of the schools. The number of scholars in Lahaina schools has greatly increased [.] At the commencement of 1847, we had 10 schools in Lahaina. In that year two of them increased from 70 or 80 to 150 scholars each. Two others increased from 50 or 60 to 100 or more. These -fiW 4 were divided, each into two; so that now we have 14 schools instead of 10'. The 4 additional teachers were furnished from the first class of the Select School, which has now been taught at the station 2 & years. It has been conducted by the pastor, & Mr. Porbes assisted in it, till near the time of his departure for the U. States. All these schools are as ef­ ficient as their teachers are able to make them. But the great law of nature can never be broken, that the stream shall not rise higher than the fountain. The fountain In this case, can be raised as high as the Missionary is pleased, or is able to raise it. The want of knowledge, in our teachers, or of skill in communicating it, seems to be the great reason why a certain �1848 - 9 portion of their scholars do not make a much more rapid advance in knowledge. Till the last year, we have had no teachers who could he said to he thorough masters of the whole of Colburn's Sequel. All the teachers at Lahaina have 25 cts each per day - one or two have more. promptly paid. All the teachers of our field have been No debts are due to them, or to others on ac­ count of the schools. The avails of the labor tax, at Lahaina, in 1847, which is all devoted by law to the aid of schools, was $1257.62^r. Of this $197.80 were expended in building & repair­ ing school house, $809.30 in paying teachers, $230.51 was given to aid the schools of East Maui. Several new school houses have been erected at Lahaina the past year. The ten original schools have comfortable houses - the 4 new ones will soon have. Every house is furnished with a good clock, or soon will be, from the government fund; but floors & suitable writing desks are generally wanting, except in our cen*tral schoolhouse. Such conveniences are very desirable in all our schools; but we have never found materials substantial enough to make them. Our last public examination of schools was in Nov. 1847. It showed them somewhat in advance of what we had ever seen them before. We having been absent from our post, the school statis­ tics are left there; £c I can only state from memory, that the schools of Lahaina & Olualu furnished 837 schoolars (I); all of them neatly clothed; a large proportion of them in unbleached cotton, which our good Superintendent, who has been accustomed to wear cloth of of ( I) his own manufacture, had 'urged them to adopt, as the most durable & economical material for native �1848 clothing. - IfcO We think of urging all our native ladies to adopt the same kind of dress, & shall probably succeed, if our Mission­ ary ladies will only set them the example. The calico's & silks & satins of the natives £ of which they have too many, not too few) swallow up much of their means, which ought to be laid out in making good houses, educating their children, or in the cause of Benevolence. At the close of the above examinations, the same schools of Lahaina & one outstation united in a public celebration & feast, At which were present 1000 children, all of whom sat down to good substantial koa tables, made in the best style bf For­ eign carpenters, furnished with foreign plates, knives, forks $ &° & c } & loaded with the richest dainties the land affords; in chairs of foreign manufacture or settees of their own; & they had their all {.?] clothed parents for waiters. One native, a mere common native, once a missionary cook, set a line of tables himself 100 feet long killed a bullock & several hogs to supply it. His own eleven children were there, & their young ru muddy looking mother with them & his half dozen hired men, all hired by the year were there. The feast was honored by the presence of the Governor of Maui & the Missionary brethren of Lahaina-luna with their fami­ lies; & we all sat near the head of the table of the Mission­ ary cook. Lest any one, from the above, should think, that this native spends all his earnings in feasting I will add, that he is a hard laboring man - all his children are t&aQght to be in­ dustrious - A few years since, say ten, he could not have owned fifty dollars worth of property - now he has a competency, �1848 - 11 which, he has gathered by steady industry, notwithstanding he has a feeble constitution & is very often troubled with asthma & bleeding at the lungs. He clothes all his numerous family of children - they are always clothed - they are all sent to school - he has as good a house as many Americans £-J has given $150 to the repairs of the ch'h the last 2 years, & is pledged to give 100 or 150 more the present year. He is a mason by trade, has built many of our best'houses & has laid up the beautiful walls of our stone ch'h with his own hands. We have many natives among us who are industrious Sc thriving, & are be­ coming good & valuable members of society; the above individual is perhaps one of the best specimens of them all. But to return I would truly add, that all the tables at our feast, if set in one continuous line, could not have measured less than 12 or 1400 feet. Some of our respectable foreign residents, we after­ wards learned, had taken a post of observation in the upper where part of the ch'h, Tsdass: they could overlook the whole feast, & they were highly delighted. Previous to sitting down to this feast, all the schools were assembled in the ch'h & were addressed by the Governor & by the Missionaries present, & they then solemnly pledged them­ selves for ever to abandon all intoxicating drinks, tobacco smoking, cani playing, & other vices. with their teachers rose by schools About 1000 children, & assented to this pledge. Popery Since the fall of 1845, we have had a Papist priest at Lahaina, & lately 2 of them. out of their own little yard. the name of either of them. We seldom hear of their being I never found a native who knew I have thought this a little re­ markable, as Barenaba the Christian name of one, is easily �1848 articulated by natives. - 12 The name of the other I have never known myself, tho' their place is about 40 rods from my door$r Of their operations we know nothing at all, except that, when we have a religious meeting, they are likely to have one too When we examine our schools their school at Lahaina must be examined too. This course they persue ( i) merely to keep their followers & pupils out of our meetings & schools. I have often remarked, that I really had the appointment of all popish meetings & school examinations. A Bolling ( I) Alley adjoining their yard is their place of worship, tho1 a long uncouth build­ ing for such a purpose. How many they number among their fol­ lowers is more than we can say. The novelty which at first, occasioned some flocking to their meetings, is all gone; & I should be surprised to learn, that more than 15 or 20 ordinarily attended meeting with them on the Sabbath. They have few Po­ pish ceremonies, as far as I can learn; no sin pardoning, ex­ treme unction, or praying souls out of purgatory - & I am in­ clined to think, that they do not keep their candles burning ■ either by day or by night. How they reconcile these neglects with faithfulness to the souls of poor Hawaiians, I am utterly at a loss to tellC .J So far as I can learn, not an attempt has been made, in all these Islands, to get one poor Hawaiian out of Purgatoryi Ought not we Protestant Missionaries to report these soul neglecting priests to the Pope? I have never taken the attitude of opposition to them, as that would help them into notice. At first, I took great pains to expose their errors in my own pulpit but since then have only made occasionally an allusion to them. No member of a �1848 - 13 Protestant ch'h in my field, has joined them, & hut few who ever had anything to do with our meetings or schools. know to have left. Some I A young woman who lately left them said to me, that the priest asked her to go away with him alone to con­ fess her sins - She was afraid of him feared she should commit more sin there, than she should confess;' & so she left. Last year they had in all my field, four schools, if a few scholars without a teacher, or with a teacher who knows nothing could he called a school. The school at Lahaina is taught by the priest himself, & has dwindled down from 25 scholars to 8 or 10. The other 3 schools, at or® outstations, have had a name - but, probably for lack of teachers, I sus­ pect they have s&ifedom met, or had any school house to meet in. This is strictly true of the school on Lanai, where 15 children that constituted the school have now all returned to the Pro­ testant' school. Singing The art of Singing has made considerable & a very desirable progress, in our congregation the 2 past years. Several natives have contributed much to this end; & we are much indebted to Bro. C. B. Andrews, whom we induced the past year, to spend two £choir ?"] or three weeks in teaching our chMin {^children]. Most of the teachers- of our common schools, are singers £.) Singing is a part of the exercises of the school - Br A. visited the schools of the village to aid them in this art. Many of the scholars are coming forward well in this - some of them already belong to the choir. Ought not more pains to be taken to introduce singing into all the schools of the islands? Until the young are trained to this art, & trained too in great numbers, we cannot expect to have anything like decent singing in our Oon- �1848 - 14 gregations. I have statistics of births & deaths, for the past two years, in most of our field; If we had returned, as we expect­ ed to have done, to our station previous to gen. meeting, they would have been at hand. The deaths have not been numerous; but as far as known, have a little exceeded the births. Statistics of Lahaina Church May 1848 Whole number admitted on examination Do " Do Do " 1029 on Certificate 266 " on Examination & Certificate Admitted on Examination May 1/46 to May 1/47 ,T " Tl " 47 to do 48 On Certificate from May 46 to May 47 r. it » it 47 t o .i 1295 62 11 21 48 22 Whole no. Admitted past 2 years 116 Whole no. dismissed to other churches 157 Dismissed past 2 years 21 Whole no. degeased Whole N° do 204 two past years 18 Suspended in 2 years 14 Remain suspended 17 Excommunicated last year 5 Whole N° Excommunicated 59 Remain Excommunicated 34 Whole N° in regular Standing Do Do 883 of Children Baptized 1052 Do Do Do Do past year Marriages past two years 54 f 62 = Average Congregation on Sabbath 53 116 1800 CD. Baldwin} �REPORTS PROM IAHAINA, MAUI Station Report ” 11 Unsigned, Baldwin . . . . 1848 D. Baldwin . . . . ... 1849 Unsigned, Baldwin . . . . 1851 D. Baldwin . . . . 1853 (No Meeting 1850) Station Report " " ... Letter about above report D. Baldwin . . . . . . . 1853 Station Report Unsigned, Baldwin . 1854 » n 11 " . . Dwight Baldwin . . . . Abstract . 1855 D. B a l d w i n ............. ....1855 Report of Seamen's Chaplain .S.E. Bishop ............ .. 1855 Station Report D* Baldwin . . . . . . . Report of Seamen's Chaplain S.E. Bishop . . . . . Station Report D. Baldwin ............ ... 1859 « « " " 1858 . 1858 D. B a l d w i n ............. ... 1860 Abstract D. Baldwin . . . . . . . 1860 Report of Seamen's Chaplain S.E. B i s h o p ............ ... 1860 Report of Seamen's Chaplain (Abstract) Station Report Abstract S.E. B i s h o p ......... ..... 1860 Report of Seamen’s Chaplain (Abstract) Station Report Abstract Unsigned ......... ... S.E. Bishop . . . . . . Unsigned, Baldwin . . . 1861 1861 1862 " lr D. B a l d w i n ............ .... 1863 " " Unsigned, Baldwin . . . 1864 �Report of Lahaina Station. 1849 In commencing a report of the station for the year past, we come to the work with feelings ■with which we never did this work before. God's hand shd always he seen & felt in what is going on around us. But, the last six months, he has displayed it among us, in various providences, & in a way, that the stupid & careless could not but see & fear. Like all the members of this mission, I shall find it impossible to describe the successive scenes of affliction & distress whh have passed before our eyes & preyed on this people - impossible to give utterance to the feelings of sorrow upon sorrow -which have pressed on all the friends of this na­ tion, as wave after wave of desolation has swept over it. Who can tell the varied effects of these dispensations of Prov­ idence on this people, on their bodies, their minds, their families, plans & prospects - many a parent written childless many a house has sent all its occupants to the grave. The mor­ tality has been small compared with that of an Asiatic pesti­ lence - but heavier than at any previous time since the Gospel came. Who will attempt to fathom the meaning of the Omniscient in these his doings? How often have we triumphantly recounted the wonderful interpositions of God in behalf of this nation blessing efforts for their good I favoring the pious & the cause of righteousness - building up the institutions of religion in spite of enemies. But now we have him before us apparently pulling down what he h!ad builded up - blasting the long cherish­ ed hopes of this nation - destroying the garden in which we had �I hoped he delighted. feeble sense.” 1849 - 2 Still we will not "judge the Lord by It may toe the design of the Lord, even in these dark & trying times, & toy these mysterious means, to touild up & strengthen this nation, notwithstanding all has seemed so contrary to our wishes. At the close of our last gen. meeting, we returned to La­ haina. My first efforts were to do up a variety of ecclesiasti­ cal & other business which had lain undone & accumulated, during our absence of five months, from the station. This was scarcely accomplished when the Lord,was, unseen, preparing for us other labors & cares. In Aug. we had a pleasant visit from the U.S. Ship Independence whh had been at Hilo. We were pleased with the short acquaintance we had with the Commodore & his officers; & they seemed delighted with our dusty place. The sailors were quiet & orderly - they did honor to their country. In 100 who were on shore at once, only three got in­ toxicated; & that was on Cologne water or tobacco. We were gratified with such a visit & did not once suspect, that there was any "death in the pot'1. ■ They left us. Soon after, that Is, about the middle of Sept. letters reached us from Hilo announcing measles; &, at the same time, some cases of it appeared at Lahaina. This is a disease whh had shown great virulence, at particular times, &, in certain places; It was natural, therefore, for us all, on its appearance among such an ignorant & foolish nation as this, to be solicitous as to what it was to do among them. We warned - advised & did all we could to allay groundless fears. After witnessing a few cases, & nothing dangerous appearing, we �1849 - 3 ventured to assure the people, that, with suitable caution, all w&:igo well. A pretty universal attention was given to direct­ ions, & by the end of Oct. we considered, that our population of 3000 were safely conducted through the measles; & so far as our knowledge extended, not a single death had occurred from that disease. eight. All the deaths in the place in Oct. were only We hoped soon again to see our streets full of happy faces & cheerful voices. But no, the Lord had not done with his chastisements. Our people had now pretty universally abstained from their favorite dishes for more than a month. The danger from measles they deemed to be over; & they fell too eagerly at eating raw fish. Perhaps also their kindled appetites led to a too free indulgence in all kinds of vegetable & animal food. Unfortu­ nately, at that time of universal sickness, when food was not brot in from abroad, hundreds had little but animal food to eat - Another misfortune was, that one of the worst species of fish eaten in these islands, the Opelu, appeared, at that time, in great abundance in our waters. A diarrhea came over the people. Most of the population were affected with it - & some even struck with death before we were aware of its existence. It raged fearfully, though wonder­ fully under the control of medicines, where the producing causes were not continued. Nov. was a dreadful month - It saw 166 of Lahaina people laid in their graves. The disease, continued, in a degree, through Dec. & only disappeared gradually afterwards. The hooping ( l) cough came among us in Oct. proving fatal to great numbers of children - though �1849 it disappeared afterwards as suddenly as it came. - 4 And now, after all this breaking down of the people, in Dec. came a severe influenza whh affected the whole population, not except­ ing mission families. These diseases too gave rise to many other maladies, or increased their severity where they already existed. So that many sank away to the grave under a combination of diseases who might have withstood the power of any one of them. The very elements seemed to war against the people. Never before have we seen our rainy wintry storms commence so early. In Dec, when the consitutions & spirits of the people were broken, many prostrate, & influenza adding its uncomfor­ table weight, the rain was pouring, for almost the whole month, incessantly, melting down their adobie walls, & adobie & stone houses. One of our chh found her death under their falling hous e . And now when four successive afflictions had sent so many of this people to the grave, had so prostrated the strength & spirits of those that remained, & had cast such a black cloud over the'prospects of this whole nation, when, in short, no strength or courage were left to sustain themselves, in Jan. came a gen. letter from Boston demanding, that they not only sustain themselves, but sustain the Sandwich Island Mission too. Men can endure a vast amount of misfortune & disease & not be crashed or killed. But the keenest of all heaven's judgments, the most unendurable - the most unreasonable, is, that when one is reduced by misfortune & disease to their last extremity, to have their best friends talk of deserting them. We stood aghast, & wondered, in ourselves, what Job's messengers �1849 would next "bring to this withered & blighted race. God. had loaded the man of his children - 5 As if, when with sore disease, had taken away so far as human ken c^- reach, had blasted all his earthly hopes, as if this were not enough; but he must allow the devil to Influence the minds of his friends, & even of the wife of his bosom, that they might withdraw their aid, never more needed, & so add the climax to all his sorrows. How else can we account for the appearance of such a document on these shores, at such a crisis as this 1 In speaking thus far of the dealings of God with the people, it may easily be inferred what have been my labors for most of the year, lever before was my time given so exclusive-- ly to the medical wants of the poor people. It was, for months, the only subject whh pressed on me by night & by day. I felt, that, if I c* save their bodies now, at some future time, I might benefit their souls. When medicines for diarrhea were likely to fail, we used a tea made of fresh cocoanut fibres, & also one of guaver ( 1) leaves, both of whh are often very effectual in that disease. Many other articles are doubtless growing around whh we sh^- have found out, had we been driven to great extremities. Two competent physicians who have, for years, practised successfully at Lahaina, had left before the sickness, one for the U.S. - the other for California - a third who had practised much among the natives, was then almost devoured by the demon, intemperance. He is now in his grave. So that I felt, for the first £time}, in years, that what efforts I c^make to stay the ravages of disease among the people wd be �1849 nearly all the aid they c1^ receive. - 6 Many doubtless were saved by medicines administered but in the months of Oct. Nov. Dec ♦ & Jan. there were in Lahaina 329 deaths. Many are still lan­ guid & suffering & deaths are still more frequent than in times past. When we left the station in Jan. 1848, there was evident­ ly more than usual religious interest; & we heard more of the excitement after we left. Of this I spoke in my last report. We returned the latter part of June. The people never gave us more pleasant proofs, than at that time, of their joy at our return. Most of the adults of the village, as well as the children of the schools, came to express their aloha, each one bringing something for us to eat; so that, for a month or six weeks, we did not lack any of the good things whh the land pro­ duced. Their gifts were not so very valuable in themselves - but they seemed a sort of proof that they felt some kind of in­ terest in the aupuni o ke Akua. When we had leisure for more familiar intercourse with the people, as to real depth of religious feeling, in the chh or out of it, we did not dis­ cover any thing more than we had seen in years past. There were, however, a few individuals who had never before made any pretensions to seriousness who now appeared to be awake in re­ ligion. They have appeared well ever since, & give now substan­ tial proofs, that they are truly converted to God. A few weeks after our return, about 150, candidates of long standing, were propounded for the chh. Fifty two of these were received to the chh in Oct - & 38 more in Jan. of the present �1849 year. - 7 Never "before since the formation of the chh have so few cases of discipline occurred as during the past year. None have "been excommunicated - some 3 or 4 have been suspended for different offences - & a large proportion of those previously suspended have been restored to the fellowship of the chh. During the months when sickness prevailed, the congrega­ tion varied much according as sickness was more or less exten­ sive & severe. It often dwindled very low. It was not till a month or two past, that it has returned to near its former size. Attention to preaching has been pretty uniformly good. Still I might speak with other brethren of apathy in the chh & tell you, that the judgments of God have not waked the people up to righteousness, but incr§ased their stupidity. not believe that such has been the fact. But I do I do not believe, that God's dealings have diminished the piety of the chhs, nor . the value whh they set on the religion of Christ. The truth is there has been a deadness over the whole community - a tor­ pidity of body & soul; the natural & unavoidable effects of natural causes. Disease after disease banished buoyancy of Spirits & energy of body & mind - & their diminished strength has been spent on coffins & graves, watching the sick or search­ ing for remedies, when, in other circumstances, it might have been exerted in efforts to secure their own or others' wel­ fare for time or eternity. Palsied energies have appeared in all the employments of the people. The adobie walls of Lahaina almost universally lie where the rains of last Bee. iheft them their kihapais are nahelehele - plans of gain are abandoned as well as plans of doing goihg good to Souls. When their �1849 - 8 thoughts are necessarily absorbed, in personal wants & suffer­ ings & afflictions, how can they go out in acts of benevolence towards others ’ . Schools . We have now 12 schools in Lahaina & nine or ten at outstations. Mr. Steele who kept an Eng. school at Lahaina has had a shock of palsy & lost his voice. All these schools were suspended about three months on account of sickness - hut they have been resumed, & bid fair to prosper as in former times. Three of the school houses have been prostrated by the rains, & have not been rebuilt whh is a great inconvenience. The schools are not encumbered with any debts, & we hope the labor tax under the new law may be sufficient for their support in future. The schools have been visited by the superintendant & pastor; but no public examination of them has been held during the year. Except during the prevailing sickness, books have been in good demand. Notwithstanding the many months we were absent, about $200. were received in cash for books in /48 & has been credited on the books of the Depy. Papists. We have had two papist priests at Lahaina, & some times, I think, but one. They are perfectly quiet, & still in all their movements, if indeed they have any movements. They generally keep within their own yard, formerly a boiling ( 1) alley & disturb nobody. Our natives do not come into collision with them as at times, formerly; nor do the priests act as if they expected to make conquests. They keep up some kind of service on Sab. as I see half a dozen or more passing thither through our street. They have two schools in my field - one at Lahaina - one at Ukumehame - one in the Forth East part �1849 of the field Toeing now in Mr. indrews1 field. - 9 They had one on Lanai of 15 scholars who 106081116 papists mainly "because their protestant teacher was unfit for his place - after being left one or two years unvisited by the papist priest, they went in a body to our school. One of the priests said, two months since,, to an Englishman whom he mistook for a Frenchman, that they might not stay long. up. What said Mr. H. are you going to give The priest replied, "No. But protestants here have every thing & will have all in their own way. We can do nothing - & probably we shall be sent for.,r This probably referred to their operations in all the islands. We sometimes report improvements in houses, -lands, &c* But more houses have tumbled down at Lahaina the past year, than have been built ihsxgKsixysa; up - more fences have been laid level than have been built anew, more roads have been ruined than have been made - Our meeting house is just in the condition where it was a year ago, except that a debt of $600. has been paid - But all these lacks leave great room for improvement in time to come. Our people continue to supply the whaling fleet as far as their lands are capable - a Sugar mill is in good operation & many natives are preparing respectable fields of cane. Notwithstanding all the ravages of disease, some of the younger have life enough left to engage in foreign enterprise; or rather, I shd say, since disease is all the fashion, they have caught this new disease, the yellow fever, & have gone to California. Fifteen members of Lahaina chh have gone thither in four different vessels, & how many other natives I cannot say. A religious teacher appointed over them all, left this �1849 place, in the Plymouth on Teus. of this week. - 10 They were strong­ ly exhorted to carry with them wherever they might go, the Bible, the Sab. temperance, the fear & worship of Jehovah, that so they might secure his favor & blessing. Some of these may secure some wealth & become more useful - but for the mass we have many fears, lest they shd not become wealthy & happy but vicious idlers. We wd rather have kept them all at home - But that w^ not have been possible, after a dozen of our former mechanics a few months since poor & pinched, had spent the winter with us as gentlemen, not one at work, but all finels dressed, & at perfect leisure. One, at least, who brought two thousand from California had not enough to pay his passage back. To conclude, the past yr has been eminently one filled with events & rumors of events. The middle of July, all foreigners, at La­ haina, were fully armed, for several days & nights expecting, every momeht, that the natives w^ rise & slaughter them & take the kingdom, in imitation of the great kingdom of France. Even those sick in bed, lay with loaded pistols in their bosoms. This was a rumor merely, & not an event. crowded upon us, faster than even rumors. But real events have Never before has a year made greater changes in the face of Society & business. Our foreign population are nearly all gone - but not all to California. While vessel after vessel has filled for the gold regions, death has made his demands upon them as well as upon the natives. Several who have held high rank among that class, but who have stood entirely aloof from every thing connected with religion, have been called away, some of them suddenly, �1849 to test their sentiments & practices at the bar of God. influence has been evil. - 11 Their The ruin of souls & blasting of all earthly good has followed in their train. But they have done - ’’the wicked is driven away in his wickedness" - & none who are left behind take warning & seek a refuge. D. Baldwin April ll'k-11 1849 See statistics on next page. Statistics of Lahaina chh, April, 1849 Whole number admitted on examination 1119 Whole number admitted on certificate 307 Admitted past year, on examination 90 Admitted past year on certificate 22 Whole number admitted past yr, 112 Whole number dismissed to other chhs 222 Dismissed past year 48 Whole number deceased 363 Died the 126 jh st year Suspended the past year Remain suspended 5 20 Excommunicated the past year Whole number excommunicated 0 59 Remain excommunicated 33 Whole number in regular standing Whole number of children baptized, 762 1105 Baptized last year 53 Marriages last year 55 �Report of Lahaina Station, May, 1851. In reporting the station at Lahaina, we wd. mention, with gratitude to the Giver of all good, that a good measure of health has been allotted to us since the last meeting of the mission. Death has not been suffered to enter our windows; nor has sore & dangerous sickness fallen to our lot. The in­ valid of the family has, in some measure, recovered her health. For a large portion of the past year, she has "been able to oversee & direct her domestic concerns, sometimes too in the midst of a great amount of company, a work she C& not have done in either of the two preceding years. For all this we w^ he duly thankful, not only for the need a youthful family has of a mother’s care, hut for what she has been able to do for the people. Our two eldest children we have sent, the past year, to the United States. They sailed, with others of the mission, from Oahu, in the Bk Croton, on the 9th 0f D ec< 1850. We have letters from them, dated Raiatoa, Soc. Isis, where they touched & spent a few days, the first part of Jan. If they are prospered, we hope to hear of their safe arrival in the U. States, in two months more. Conn. They are destined .to Bridgeport, We have recd from our friends, in that place, many kind letters respecting the children, & some from entire strangers, encouraging us to send them; & also since'they heard of their sailing, expressing wishes for their safe arrival there. All these letters take it for granted, that there is a great nec­ essity for sending our children home for education & for other �1851 - 2 reasons - None of the writers seem.to have heard of the late Boston discovery, that the Sand. Isis is the "best place to train the children of the mission - nor even of the Sand. Isd dis­ covery of the same doctrine. Of the people of Lahaina, I w^- say the interval of two years, since our last general meeting, has been a time of mercy to them - No unusually sad changes have passed over them. Neither war pestilence nor famine have been sent upon them; & yet over 400 of the people of Lahaina village have been laid in the grave since our last general meeting. Since July 1849, we have had an accurate record of births & deaths kept for Lahaina & for other parts of the field. As we are watching now the destinies of the race we have toiled for so long, it may not be amiss to exhibit their prospects in this respect. The following is the account for Lahaina only, for the of 1849 Births Deaths July 4 28 Aug. 0 17 Sept. 1 16 Oct. 2 26 Nov. 3 8 Dec. 14 37 24 132 24 Total = Diminution in 6 mos. 108 (18 per mo. �1851 % 1850 Jan. Births 8 Deaths 25 1851 Births 10 Deaths 11 Feb. 3 12 Jan. March 7 18 Feb. 3 14 April 6 21 March 7 11 11 21 April 4 15 June 7 13 Total 24 July 11 24 Aug. 6 13 Sept. 7 16 16 22 6 18 Dec. ■ 11 9 Total = 99 May Oct. Nov. Diminution 12) 4) Summary. Births Deaths 24 132 99 212 212 99 113 S 108 51 24 27 (6--4 24 per m o , 24__________ 51 I per mo. Total 147 in 1 yr & 10 months 395 147 (Diminution in 22 mos. 248 In Olualu & Ukumehame, in 1850, Births 8, deaths 7. Three first mos. 1851, for Lanai, births 6, Deaths 6. The picture for Lahaina is a somewhat dark one, especially as the past winter has been the most decidedly favorable for health of any winter we have seen there. The number of births for the 22 mos. is to the deaths about as 1 to 2-g-; & in only one month in all the 22, did the births exceed the deaths. There is one favorable aspect in this report. The rate of diminution, for these 22 mos., has been gradually declining; showing that the ill effects of the measles has been passing �1851 - a off, & that the people are gaining vigor. The first 6 mos. of th.ese 2 2 , the diminution averaged 18 per mo. was 9-5/12 per mo. The next 12, it The last four, 6-f per mo, — In most of the months where there is an increased number of births, there is also an increased number of deaths, show­ ing that infants probably go to swell the number of deaths. I think a large portion of the children, born at the present time, die under one or two years old. One cause of this is the eagerness of parents, thatr their children shd live. As many are living childless, there seems to be an Increasing desire in those who have children to save them. They are more ready, therefore, to stuff them with food & medicines. I have known cases, where, without a single symptom of illness perhaps in the child, upon the mere word of a native doctor, that some mysterious disease lurked within, the anxious parent has allowed him to commence his therapeutic operations. The doctor’s word is always seen to be true; for the latent disease never fails to develop itself externally in a few days. There are many signs among us, that seem to show, that the native race is going out of existence. The want of proper dietetic knowledge, & dietetic rules, I judge to be the cause of the largest proportion of deaths among them, both as to adults & children. We can do something towards disseminating right Ideas among them. BuB we can probably do nothing whh will, In the end, tend so much to save the race, as to get them all, men, women, old & young into habits of regular employment. As before remarked, the two past years have been years of mercy to the people. We have had during most of these years, �1851 - £ the rains of heaven & the sunshine - & with a prevalence of health, all departments of labor have gone forward as usual. The productions of the earth w& have been abundant, had they not been carried off faster than the earth could bring them to maturity. Vessels after wessels have puured in upon Maui, till it seemed as if they w<3- carry off the soil itself. For about three months past only has there been any diminution in the number. Never before were there years in whh such an amount of temporal motives pressed on the people, to spur them on to in­ dustry. All kinds of labor meet with a plentiful reward. Un­ der all these motives, habits of industry are becoming more general, &, it is believed, the temporal condition of the people is improving, or, at least, of that portion of the people who are most under the influence of moral & religious instruc­ tion. But we have not seen their condition improved exactly in proportion to the amount of their money. Abundance of money does not always lead natives to improve their land, or to buy or lease lands, or build substantial houses. It much oftener appears in finery about their persons in more & finer horses, -in better saddles & bridles - Sometimes in pictures, daguer­ reotypes, &c. If we c* see the land filling with comfortable houses in foreign style, good convenient furniture introduced more rapidly, &, above all, education rising in proportion to increase of means among the people, we might have some hope for the Hawaiian race. But natives do not get most of the money whh comes into the country. movements. They are generally slow in their Multitudes who came to Califomia to get gold have failed of finding it & many of them have no better way than to �1851 keep on to the sunny islands. - % They are dipping into every kind of business whh promises to he lucrative. We have, at Lahaina, just as many new comers of this kind as can find employment, & others pass on to look further; so that what natives get is what they gather on a small scale. They are ready to demand high prices, & high wages; & often throw themselves out of employment by so doing. But there are very few of them that lay large plans for accumulating wealth. One obvious effect of the California trade has been, with us as in other parts of the islands, a vast increase in the price of produce. In many cases it bears three or four times its former value, & sometimes we have found it extremely difficult to procure the necessaries of life at any price. But this high demand for the products of the land we take it for granted, will, in the end, make such productions more plentiful; yet it is very doubtful whether they m i l ever return to their former prices. Wages have become high - in many cases enormously so. All who depend on native labor have had to exercise patience, as well as pay out money more freely then heretofore; but we do mourn most sincerely, that any shA have thought to make up for lack of native service by increasing the most effeminate & immoral class of all that we have in the land. Good immigrants we shall always be glad to see; men who will aid in laying a foundation for a pure & prosperous nation in the islands. But it is an ill omen that any of the most obstinate & hopeless of the heath­ en shd be brought in,' & that too when the non-execution of laws against immorality is proverbial among us. It may be asked what has been the effect on the chh & �1851 - <7 people, of our being brought into such close contact with other nations, & of all these new influences whh are brought to bear on this people? It is not easy to describe the change whh has been already effected in our region, from being brought so near the U.S. & the whole world too, we may say, that we feel the movements of their steamers, railroads & telegraphs, almost as if they were among us; much less can we predict the influences whh these causes will exert In years to come. Some of our chh & people have already found their graves in the U. States. Others have been given to the Sea monsters between the islands & California. Our most dissipated foreigners caught the impulse for gold very early & made a universal rush. Many of them sunk; at once be­ neath the fiery flood of rum whh were pouring over that land, & some still remain there, a pest to any part of the world where their presence is. A merchant of Lahaina, in some respects, a very worthy man, & fifteen others, mostly Americans, went to the bottom probably without a moment's warning, in the Schooner whh carried them. So much for the cost of Mammon's service. So far as the influence of all these was evil, we & our people are delivered from it. But then disappointed hopes & the disgust of many with ill success, or with vice, has brought down upon us a greater host of foreigners than love of gold took away - some worthy men #10 will do something for the benefit of the nation, & others just such as we wd gladly see taken off by another c yellow fever epidemic, as the auri sagra fames is called. eign influence mostly of the Janerican kind, has greatly in- For­ �1851 - r8 creased the two years past in my field, & still more on other parts of Maui, & it bids fair to make farther advances in years to come. ' As before remarked, a ready market & high prices have given an impulse to industry among the native population, such as they have never had before. avarice will increase. With an increase of industry Many will be drawn away into that power ful vortex to their eternal undoing. Souls will be bartered for filthy lucre as in all enlightened countries. But still we have no reason to regret the prevalence of industrious habits. Industry & enterprise, among our people, will not, in the long run, injure the nation, or the kingdom of God, in the nation. They will furnish the means of temporal comfort, & the means of sustaining the institutions of the Gospel; & we shall have no more to fear from the avarice whh accompanies Industry & enterprise than from the covetousness whh are found with Indo­ lence, poverty & want, & whh make up so large a share of the evils in a heathen land. As to the Influence of the new state of things on the chh, some worldly minded members have doubtless become more worldly minded. The love of gain too may have taken too deep a hold of the minds of some real Christians, & chilled their zeal in the cause of religion. But in regard to the great mass of our chh members, I cannot believe that the tone of their piety has been lowered the past two years; on the contrary, I W& hope, that a very large share of them have been learning that most difficult, & yet most necessary, of all Christian lessons, viz. how to be active in the things of the world, &, at the same time, zealous in the things of religion; how to ,rbe diligent �1851 in business & fervent in Spirit, serving the Lord." mass out of the chh, & especially the young it - @ As to the seem, that regular secular employments are a great advance towards Christian­ izing as well as civilizing them. Industrious habits, even when they lead to love of filthy lucre, m i l not make the impenitent so deaf to the calls of the Gospel as will indolence & the thousand forms of lealea o Hawaii nei. Pres. Dwight said, "he never knew but one lazy man converted, & he became industrious from the day of his conversion”. Our meetings, on Sabbath & week days, have been kept up with interest, both at Lahaina, & at our two outstations; & there are Sabbath Schools & Bible classes at all these places, maintained, of course, at the outstations entirely by natives. We have made some progress in repairing the chh at Lahaina. The upper part of the chh is now filled with convenient seats whh is doubtless one reason why our congregation has filled up some the past year. At both the meetings, at Lahaina, on Sab­ bath, we usually have a full congregation. We have, in the last two years, procured a good seraphina, whh, since our children left for the U.S. is played by a native. The singing is main­ tained by the natives, & is spoken of by visitors, from abroad, as respectable. Concerts for prayer. The monthly concert, for the conversion of the world, is observed, the first monday of each month at Lahaina & at each of our out stations; & we also keep the last monday of the month as a concert of prayer for the extinction of slavery in the U. States, & throughout the world. A goodly number attend each of these concerts, & they are, we trust, not wholly uninterested in the respective objects of each. �1851 - 3.0 New Meeting Houses. Two new meeting houses have been completed, the past year, on Lanai; one of stone whh has been some years in building; & one a thatched building erect to supply the place of one blown down by a storm during the year. The Church. The chh, at Lahaina Station, is not materially different in size from what it was when reported, at the general meet­ ing, two years ago. Only 63 have been admitted to the chh in two years; among them was one of our own children, the daughter who has left for the U. States. There are, however, on the island of Lanai, about 100 persons who are considered suitable candidates for admission to the chh; & about 50 more, at Lahaina & Olualu may be received before long. be in a revived state. high. The chh cannot be said to We all need a fresh unction from on But a goodly portion of the chh always exhibit a uniform & consistent zeal in the cause of Christ. Never before had we more proofs, in the chh generally, of an intelligent apprecia­ tion of the worth of the Gospel, as a remedy for their own evils, for those of the nation & the world; & there appears to be, of course, a steady determination to have the institutions of the Gospel maintained among them. In March 1850, the chh voted to support their own pastor, commencing with the year 1850. They had many fears lest they shd not be able to raise a salary Since that time, I have received from the chh & people $228.20 - My present expectations are to live on what the people raise for my support, & to aid my children In the U. / States, to some extent, from the same; or to make up the de- �1851 - ig. ficiency in some other way than by applying to the funds of the Board. I do not expect to receive any thing from the Board except such advantages as they grant alike to all. Yet I have not asked a dismission from them - It is not an easy thing for a 20 year old branch to separate from the parent stock & set up for independence. But I may do it before long, especially if the strong advocates for adhesion, sh1 ^- abandon the doctrine. Contributions. In Aug. 1849, $76.00 were raised for the relief of the French Protestant Misy Soc. In Sept. /49 - a donation was made to aid in erecting a chh on Lanai, $35.00 In 1850, the chh & people purchased & paid for lumber enough to floor & seat their meeting house Cost about $900.00 - but some of the funds were on hand pre­ viously. In 1851, they have attempted to collect $1000.00 to com­ plete the building. One half has been paid. The other half may come slowly. f The first week of each month, a collection is made whh has usually amounted to from $60 to $80.00 a month. The first collection of this kind wgs given to the French - the next to Lanai chh - several to pay $200.00 for the Seraphina of the chh. When not otherwise appropriated, it is understood to be devoted to a fund for the support of the pastor. The females of Lahaina are accustomed to meet quarterly to recite catechism or some other book whh they have learned, & to make a contribution. couragement of industry. It is properly a Society for the en­ It is doing good by bringing the �1851 12 younger under the influence of the older who are pious. Their contribution at a single meeting in 1849 was 19.12^ At two meetings, 1850 174 . 374- Two meetings in 1851, 195.871- Most of these donations are yet unappropriated. — The people gave our children $48.00 on their leaving for the U. States. At the Anti-Slavery- Concert, the last Mon. of each month, we always take up a collection to aid the Am. & Foreign Ant. S. Society. In 1850 we sent them $50.00. Since that time the collections monthly have been from $10. to $20. & we now have on hand for them over $125.00 - If those now In power in­ crease their efforts to blacken up the character of abolitionists, we shall try to increase our contributions. These are about the amount of our contributions to benevolent objects. We have given nothing to the theatre, the opera, nor to horseraces -not much to the circus - & nothing to Jenny Lind’s concerts, whh last we w^- cheerfully have patronized, had she come round our way. We have had no balls, nor celebrations, nor illuminations - not even Union Meetings or slave catchers among us, though we have had some of the "Fugitives from Service.” We have had no duels nor murders on Maui, whh is greatly to be wondered at, as many of our people & the haoles have been drunk on beer poisoned, it is said, with Cologne water & tobacco. I hope, we shall hear of no duels among the members we have sent to the Hawaiian Congress, nor fist fights in their sittings. It wd grieve us to have them descend to a level with Christian nations. With all our agricultural reputation, we have sent nobody to the world's Industrial Convention whh shows how sadly we are �1851 - IS behind the times. Schools. All our schools have gone on with, their usual prosperity, & no special interruption. None of our teachers have forsaken their work; & whenever a vacancy has occurred by the death of a teacher or otherwise, there have always been applications for the place. Considering the low rate of wages, (generally 25 cts per day) compared with what all other labor commands, this may appear strange; but the schools are not taught so many horn5 a day as some of us think desirable. The Kahukulas have reported all the schools; but I have not seen their reports. In the village of Lahaina we have 14 schools, (not counting a papist school, if Indeed there be one) The total number of scholars in all these schools Is 459 the regular attendance somewhat less. The following Is the number in different branches. In the alphabet Spellings 61, 121, Readers - 277 Writers - 183- Geography 326 Mental arithmetic 172 Cyphering - 150 Algebra - 7 Singing - 338 Child's arithmetic - 127 One of our Schools is without a house - whh we hope will not long be the case. �1851 - ia The Mission assigned me a work, designed mainly for schools, on history. My wish that we might have something of the kind for natives led me to undertake the task - I then hoped I c^ prepare it without much delay - hut on looking I found we had no "book of whh it w& answer to make a translation for natives. I sent to the U.S. for one - it came, "but was still less adapted to our wants - I then sent for the Jm. Encyclopaedia, with the aid of whh I have gone through the worst portion of ancient history. I have had many interruptions - "but hope I can, after a few months, give the printer a "brief ancient his­ tory, if the mission think it desirable. But I must ask them to lay the modern part on some one else. It is too pondersome a task for me in my situation. Statistics of the chh for 2 years. Whole number admitted on examination Whole number admitted on certificate, 1 yr. 1182 342 Admitted past 2 yrs on examination, 63- 57 Admitted past 2 years on certificate 35- 11 Whole number dismissed to other ehhs 247 Dismissed last two years to other chhs Whole number deceased 25- 15 474 Died last 2 years, to May l/51 67- 39 Suspended the last two years 8- Remain suspended Excommunicated last 2 yrs, 19 9- Whole number excommunicated 68 Remain Excommunicated 26 Whole number In regular standing 4 758 3 �1851 Whole number of children baptized, - IS 1183 Children baptized last 2 years, 78 - 47 Marriages last 2 years 105 - 42 If the word Excluded, introduced into the last form of chh statistics means the same as Excommunicated, it can be sub­ stituted for it. I did not us e it because, I ddid not recollect what meaning was supposed to be attached to it. Yours truly, D. Baldwin �To the Moderator of Genl Meeting, Assembled at Oahu Lahaina May 1 2 ^ 1853 Dear bro. I herewith forward my report of Lahaina- Station whh has been ready some days but I had no opportunity to Send it. I do not think of any thing omitted In my report, except that I sh^ have Spoken of the assignment made to me of a his­ torical chart & a history. I have done most of the work to­ wards preparing two historical charts, one of ancient, & the other of modern history. I shd have finished them, had I learned from Mr. Rogers, that they c<3- have been engraved. They are on a plain Scale, whh can easily be engraved. If the mission can provide for the engraving, I c^ finish them, & provide, as an accompaniment, a brief -outline, mostly questions. The two together, I think, w^ give our Schools a general know­ ledge of the course of history - Particular portions of history, or of interesting nations, C& be brought out as necessity, or our ability might warrant from time to time. That the Lord may be with & bless you in all things, Is the prayer of Your fr<3- & bro. D. Baldwin �Report of Lahaina Station May ls^ 1853. to Through, the goodness of God, we are able stillAreport ourselves alive, & in a good degree of health. illness has befallen us the past year. No serious Mrs. Baldwin has been much better the past year than in either of the four preceding years; & we are not without hope, that, by suitable means, she may entirely recover her health. We are also permitted to hear frequently of the continued welfare of our two children in the U. States. The climate there has proved beneficial to them; neither has been ill - both have gained in flesh & strength. Our daugh (I) is in Mt. Holyoke Sem. with plenty of Hawaiian company - our Son about entering College. I do not intend to write a very long Report this year. I made a full one last year; & as it was not used, at all, in the minutes, some of the facts will still answer for this year. One subject, fully reported there, will need some modification in this report, & that is the intemperance of our place. evil has greatly abated among us. This It is very rare, that we see a native intoxicated - & but few of the foreign residents are intoxicated openly - Still the steady drinking habits of many of them but too clearly Indicate what will ere long be their end - A number of this class, for filthy lucre, still pursue the illegal & cruel work of getting Seamen drunk; & a whole­ sale license in constant operation, among us has furnished the means. The govt officers do what they can to. bring offenders against the laws to the appointed punishment - I think, not much less that $1000 has been collected from foreign residents, in �1853 - 2 twelve monthts}, for illegal sale of ard. Spt. - Some 250 or 300 gals of ard Spt. from California has "been seized after it had "been' smuggled on shore, & the stringent laws of the nation carried into full effect on the heads of the operators. How much longer they will find it profitable to aid the devil, in this line, we cannot t§ll. The usual course of labours have been pursued at Lahaina, during the year, & also at the outstations; without any parti­ cular interruptions from sickness or other causes. The Gospel has been preached - congregations, on the- Sabbath, & on other days, have been as full as at former times, & have appeared attentive. We may hope, that Christians have grown in grace - have increased in knowledge & strength, & that some sinners have been converted. The part of our congregation whh excites most temptations fears is the youthful portion. They meet with many in such a place as Lahaina, & it is impossible, that many of them should not be affected by these snares. Besides regular preaching on the Sabbath, we have a child­ ren's Sab. School, an adult Sab. School, & a Bib. class for both, each Sabbath. As mentioned in former reports Lahaina is divided into nine Sections. In course of 1852, I met with each of these sections, chh members & all others who chose to come. IDn con­ nection with these meetings, I took a census of all the chh, intending to embrace those absent as well as those present According to my report of 1852, we shd now have, in regular standing, 690 members. The census I took would bring the chh within three of the same number, whh shows, that we have not �1853 reported too many members in past years. - 3 Still, of this num­ ber, probably not less than fifty are mostly abroad at other stations, & Islands - many of them, doubtless, ought to be transferred to other chhs. There has not been a great amount of discipline in the chh' the past year. A considerable number, however, remain sus­ pended, whose cases have not appeared clear enough to admit of their being restored, &, unless they are known to live in im­ morality, we have not thought best to cut them off entirely. Forty two were rec^ to the chh in Jan. last - 29 stand propounded, & about 100 more may be considered suitable candi­ dates to be received to the chh the present year. Schools. Our Schools were in operation the first six months of our misy year - during whh time I visited them all, meeting parents, & examining scholars. The next four or five months, they were all suspended for want of funds - They are now again revived & are, we hope, doing well. The kahukula has often visited & examined the schools, at the school houses. There have been two public examinations during the year, one in 1852 - t h e other, last March. At the last examination we found 442 connected Olualu with the 9 Lahaina Schools - 35 with 9h«.iu, & 26 with Ukumuhame Schools, making 503 scholars in all. At the close of the March examination, we held a Juvenile Temperance Celebration, & had a feast connected with it. Our meeting house was filled with teachers, Scholars, parents & others. The meeting was addressed by our police magistrate, who never used intoxicating drinks from childhood up - by the �1853 - 4 Rev. Mr. Alexander, myself, & six natives, including our two circuit Judges, John Richardson & Kamakau, our representative, Timoteo, the Kahukula, Upai, Local Judge Kenui, & one other. The music was appropriate & well performed. It was an occasion of interest - All the children of the Schools renewed their pledge to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, & from one thing that is even more absurd & filthy than rum, that is, tobacco. Romanism. I am not aware whether Catholics have kept up meetings, the past year, in Lahaina or not. For most of the time, I think, they have not had a priest residing there. Some sort of a school is continued, & they have also one at Ukumuhame, with a few Scholars. They do not seem to be attracting attendsxonrj. or making %ny efforts to gain proselytes. Mormonism. When the Moimons first came to Lahaina, in the fall of 1851 perhaps, they made great efforts, among foreigners only but never made but one convert. From that time, for nearly a year, they disappeared from Lahaina, working in the region of Wailuku, Kula, Koolau, &c. There they gained several who had been Scholars at Lahainaluna to their Sect - Having themselves a perfect acquaintance with all sorts of vileness, they have influenced a certain sort to join the Mormons. One of them worked long at Lahaina & prepared a few for Mormonism. In three successive Sabbaths, the foreign priest, who came to gather in the harvest, baptized 7, 20 & 3. Many of these, per­ haps all, were among the vilest of our population. The three last baptized were persons we had excommunicated from our chh for living, as we supposed, in licentious habits - They �1853 continued but a few Sabbaths with the Mormons. - 5 The priests used every kind of statement, among the people, whether true or false whh, they supposed, might aid their cause. At one time, they told the people they should work miracles as soon as they got the native language, told what an angel had informed them, what miracles had been wrought in other places, that Mr. Hunt & his chh at San Francisco had become Mormon, &c. &c. When they first came to Lahaina, they denied, that any such thing as polygamy existed at Salt Lake. Lately they justify it. One has said, that Jesus Christ had two wives, at least, perhaps many others; or, if not, that .he evidently lived with Martha & Mary, as wives without ever being formally married to them - another said, "As God had a Son, he, of course, had a wife, & many other child­ ren, doubtless - that he enjoyed the family relation the same as men did. All these & many other things were too much for our excommunicated persons. They came to an open rupture with the priests in their meetings, first disputed, then ridiculed & forsook them. Whether they had already gone the length of their tether, or whether the three apostates brought them into discredit, is not clear. From that time, we hear little said of Mormonism in Lahaina. Except the 30 baptized, at first, I know not, that any others have joined them. I look upon them only as a seive, to sift out the vilest dregs of the people, perhaps because God sees they are ripe for destruction. Benevolent Contributions. The chh of Lahaina voted to sustain their pastor - the Sum contributed for this object, at the monthly concerts, from genl meeting in 1852 to the present meeting, amounts to �1853 - 6 $509.85 - Lanai has contributed, for the same object, during the year, $23.50. Several hundreds have been collected & disbursed for work on the meeting house, whh is nearly completed. They have sent to the American & Foreign Anti Slavery Soc., at New York, $182 .40 during the year. For the Micronesian Mission they collected, & I paid over to Mr. Castle, $362.85. They will be willing, & probably able, to collect as much more, the present year, for sending the Gospel to the Marquesas islands. I hope, we shall send back Matunui, with, at least, two good native teachers; but if we do, we may have requests from other islands in that group, & of other groups for similar aid; & having put our hand to the plow, there may be no chance to look back till every Island, in this ocean, has the Gospel. We shA doubtless make up our minds to follow up the work we began last year. We shall never feel like refusing the lamp of life to any body that has a Soul, & especially when they come to us & beg for it. If sending the Gospel to Fatuhiva this year shA bring suppliants for Salvation from half a dozen other Islands, next year, & our resources sh^ prove insufficient, God can augment our resources or our example may rouse native chhs in Samoa, New Zealand, & other islands - There are hundreds of chhs in this ocean whh have piety, but it has not yet become working piety; & If the poverty of Polynesian chhs is not sufficient to convert Poly­ nesia, we must send for the wealth of American chhs, & for their Sons also. �1853 - 7 Our future. Nothing remains for me to Sp©ak of except a few words about the future. I hope the gen. meeting will have wisdom to select a suitable name for what was once called the Sand, island mission, though it matters less what name we go under than how we do the work of the Lord. I gladly join in the delibera­ tions of the meeting, were it practicable. As for myself, my dismission from the Board, on the basis of the 7th resolution, took effect Jan. 1. 1853. Of course I expect no aid from them unless I come to pinching poverty. As for my brethren, still dependent on the Board, I hold it wise for the Board to make liberal provision, that they may have less excuse for turning aside from their work. We must be sustained & have something to feed & educate our children. Mind uneducated sbA not be tol­ erated among us, in this age. I take a deep interest in Punahou School. (0 Dont transform it into a bubble that wonOlt do any body any good. A college (0 may grow up with necessity - but cant be manufactured as a ■ pair of shoes can. Let us still have Punahou a mission school. I care as much about the chr & habits of our children as I do their amount of knowledge. That School has been owned of God. We owe the teachers now there a debt of everlasting gratitude for their efforts & watchful care over our children, & I am glad that my own far off children remember school & teachers with deep affection. the School. I go for Sustaining -Mr. Dole & all now there in Mr. D. is eminently qualified to teach the class­ ics & other branches; he is known & read of all men for kindness �1853 forbearance & moderation. - 8 New modes of teaching will come up in these days of Improvement. Gan the present teachers at Punahou learn nothing of their neighbors? needs an additional teacher. But the School greatly When he comes, there will be no difficulty in determining his position in the School. He sh& be able to take the whole department of music & other branches. If one is not sent, the lack shA be supplied, as well as we are able, by such as are now in the islands. Yours as ever, D. Baldwin Statistics of Lahaina church, May 1. 1855. Whole nuntoer admitted on profession - 1224 Whole no. by certificate - 355 Past year by examination - 42 Past year by certificate, - 2 Whole no. past year - 44 Whole no. dismissed to other chhs - 268 Dismissed past year - 7 Whole no. deceased, - ' 509 Died past year - 17 Suspended past year - 8 Remain suspended - 36 Excommunicated past year - 2 Whole no. excommunicated - 81 Remain excommunicated (now in the field) - 27 Whole no. in regular standing - 690 Whole no. of children baptized - 1236 Baptized past year Marriages past year Average Sab. Congregation - 24 37 1200 �Report of Lahaina Station, for 1854 - May________ In presenting to the Mission a report of Lahaina Station, for the past year, it becomes us to Speak, with gratitude to the Giver of all good, for the amount of health he has granted to us during the year. Mrs. Baldwin has been among the in­ valids for about six years - but her health for the past year has been better than in either of the preceding five. The asthma, a frequent visitor in former years, has been less troublesome this (year) - At times, especially in winter, other troubles have taken its place. Our children, who are with us, have pretty uniformly enjoyed good health; & we have been per­ mitted to hear the Same frequently of the health of those in the U. States. Of the native population also in our field, we must say, they have been highly favored. The seasons of 1853, & thus far in 1854, have been uncommonly fine; & this is doubtless one reason why no serious diseases have prevailed among the people. We have not even had our customary influenzas in winter. Cases of severe fever or bowel complaints I have never found so rare in former years. The health of the people the last year, must be set down as one of the wonders of this part of the world; for indulgence of the appetite has been considered one great source of disease, & the past year has been proverbially one of plenty, especially in the line of fish. In the summer of 1853, the alalauwas began to fill our seas - they are still found, though not in so great abundance. During all that year, .a few hours w 1 ^ secure to a fisherman bushels of the sweet �1854 tasted fish. - 2 The common price of a canoe full was a dollar. Several other kinds of fish have abounded by turns, so that it has often been remarked, that the Lord was feeding the people as he did the children of Israel in the wilderness. These re­ marks on the health of the people are in accordance with the record we have kept of the mortality. In the district of La­ haina, in 1851, there were 148 deaths; in 1852, 159; in 1853, 121. And the census lately taken shows the population to be about the same as it was two years ago. - The births in those same years were, respectively, 92,76 & 84. The births & dealhhs, in the same district, for four mos. of the present year, are as follows '5 Jan. Born 4 - died 10 Feb. 8 - 4 Mar. 7 - 9 Ap.__________ 5________ -_______ 11 24 - 34 These have generally been the unhealthy months; & yet, at the rate of these four months, the mortality wd "be only about one hundred, the present year'. I have not accurate returns of births & deaths in our two out districts, Olualu & Lanai; but in both, births reported have exceeded deaths reported, for the three previous years. The population of Lanai, by the late census, is just about the same as it was in 1845 & 1846. From the small pox so fatal in its ravages in many places, we were mercifully preserved in a great measure. Considering that we c^- not be isolated, as c^ more remote districts, we �1854 did not expect so great an exemption from the plague. - 3 Prom the time the Charles Mallory arrd at Oahu, with a case of the small pox, we made up our minds that we must all grapple with the giant; & yet probably we had it from some other source. We looked around us immediately for means of renewing vaccina­ tion. As soon as we c^ obtain good vaccine matter, our two physicians went to vaccinating in earnest. They worked long & hard, & without pecuniary compensation; & the misy pastor scarcely did anything else, for five, or six months, but use his efforts to protect the people from the threatening destruc­ tion, he being one of the three subcommissioners, to manage such matters on Maui, Lanai & Molokai. Some have doubted whether vaccination w d protect Hawaiians. With us it proved far more effectual than the most sanguine expected. Considering how careless natives sometimes are in breaking kine pox pustules before they are matured, the reck­ less ( i) bathing of others whh w^ turn a kindly pustule to a shocking ulcer, & the diseases whh exist in some, our phy­ sicians expressed great astonishment, that the people were so much protected. Of 63 who were innoculated with small pox, only 5 broke out at all; & they but slightly. About twenty in­ dividuals, from Oahu, broke out in our midst, exposing, at each time, a larger or smaller family circle, not one of whom took the disease. ■unknown to us. proved fatal. But 9 of our people took the disease, in some way Most of these were light cases; but two of them These two, with 7, from Oahu, who died at the Lahaina pest house, were all the fatal cases whh occurred. Our whole list, including our own & those from abroad, were �1854 Of cases of genuine sm. pox - 4 21 cases of varioloid 7 Those who had it by innoculation 5_____________ Total 33 — 9 deaths. All who broke out among us were promptly removed out of town to the place provided for them. At first, we burned houses where it broke out; but finding, those exposed did not take the dis­ ease, the law was relaxed. fered most. The district of Hana on Maui suf­ There were 118 cases & 63 deaths - mostly papists & others of the very lowest order. 118 102 cases Kipahulu, add -- 63 27 Kaupo 29 17 Kahikinui 11 5 Hamakua 10 3 Wailuku 3 0 Waiokula 3 1 Lahaina 33 9 Total sm. pox on Maui -309 cases - 125 deaths. The first case whh occurred on Maui was at Lahaina June 23^ Our last case was well about the close of Oct. lingered a little longer. At Hana, it On Maui, the districts of Koolau, Makawao, Kula, Honuaula, Waikapu, Waihee, Waiehu & all the district from Lahaina to Kahakuloa together with the islands of Lanai & Molokai, escaped the disease entirely. They es­ caped by vaccination, & regular & constant fighting. In common with all the islands, our census was taken, by the govt, in Dec. last - probably a more reliable census than �1854 any previous one. - 5 The results are published. - I will only mention some, that relate to the missionary field. The -whole number of natives in Lahaina district is 2973. Of these 83 are half casts. men. In the same district are 27 China­ All other foreigners, including missionaries, their children, & a few foreigners in a district North of Lahaina, are 122 — making a total population of 3122. Of the native population — 238 are reckoned as papists - & 77 as Mormons - or Papists & Mormons 315 - Deduct 315 from 2973 & we have remaining 2658 who may, in a certain sense, be de­ nominated Protestants. We have a Papist priest some of the time - Of all our foreigners, a Mormon priest & his wife are all that belong to that sect. In Olualu is a population of 185 65 of them are under 20.. Catholics 0 Mormons 1. In Ukumehame are 209 - under 20 are 92. Protestants Catholics Mormon 136 - $2 1. On the island of Lanai are a population of 602 Summary Of these 515 are Protestants Lah. 3122 Ukum 309 Mormons 9- 10________ _ Olualu 185 602 Lanai_____ 602_________ 4118 in the whole field. Papists - 77 total. �1854 - 6 The usual round of misy labors has been pursued at Lahaina during the year, now past, with no other interruptions than those whh have been referred to. Two sermons have been preached on the Sabbath - a Sabbath School for children has been kept up one for adults in the Ai oka la Bible class also. a portion of the year, a The Sanctuary has been well filled on the Sabbath, & the attention of the congregation such as to afford a well grounded hope, that the truth is not proclaimed In vain. We think there is also an increasing interest in the instruction given in Sabbath Schools. At the Wed. lecture, whh Is held Wed. afternoon, the congregation is not so large, owing, doubt­ less, in part, to the numbers who are engaged in the business of the place. Our Monthly concerts, the first mon. of every month, are well attended; & the anti Slavery concerts for pray­ er, the last Mon. of each month, are about the Same. The com­ mencement of sending out missions to other islands of this ocean has given new interest to our concerts of prayer for missions. The pastor has preached occasionally at Olualu. He also goes twice a year to the island of Lanai, to look after the in­ terests of the chh there, & to administer the Sacrament to about 100 members of the chh who live on that island. In Oct. 1853, when he Visited the island for this purpose, their grass meet­ ing house had been levelled by a storm. We found a place for preaching & for the Lord's Supper, under the shady kou trees on the shore. The last Sab. of April, this year, was also spent on Lanai, for the same purpose. The people had -united, with �1854 - 7 commendable zeal, & erected a new house instead of the one whh. had blown down, & in a far better location. They have also selected a site for a stone chh, on the East side of the is­ land, & they have agreed to unite, the present year, in making a road over the summit of the island, so that the people of the opposite side may more easily reach the newly located meeting house, whenever a Missy visits them. The population, as before mentioned, is 602; & if they continue united, & attend, as they ought, to their temporal affairs, they might soon be in a situa­ tion to support a native pastor who sh^ devote himself wholly to them. Such a change w d be very desirable. The last Sab. of each month some of the leading chh members of Lahaina spend at Olualu & Lanai; but all these means do not supply their wants. They evidently need some controlling spirit among them every Sabbath, & during the week. For want of it, they fall into many collisions & broils whh hinder the v/ork of God among them. But they are scattered & poor, & whether they will ever be any better off in temporals, seems exceedingly doubtful. years ago, they made a great discovery. They found out that they c^ oarry horses over to their island on canoes. begged horses of their Lahaina friends; Three Some some bought them with fish;- others went to the mountains & burnt coal, till they c^own some sort of a beast. Horses are multiplying, & will soon have possession of the island, whether natives have plantations or not. They find they are a great convenience in travelling; & they often travel for the sake of giving exercise to the horse. From their manner of using the animal, one w^- think they had �found out an analogy between the horse on shore, & the old boards with whh they rode on the tops of the waves. We see many things in the foreign & native community around us whh are not as we cd wish they were. We have many foreigners who have no regard for the Sabbath - are never found in the house of God. They have not yet begun to see any reality in the Bible. Living to the lusts of the flesh will bury any man In darkness - Natives too, with the same principles, will fall into the same ways - Our butcher shops are open Sab. morning - eating houses have abundant custom, & the beer bottles are not wanting. other. As many sailors reel Sab. evening as any Our highest Govt authorities have ascertained one truth whh they have committed to memory; & that is, that it is absolutely necessary for us to commit all the sins whh are committed in Honolulu. Nor is Sab. breaking our only sin. There is, doubtless, much secret licentiousness;■& some are not ashamed of an open course of pollution. The signs by whh we see the existence of covered abominations makes our hearts sigh. But notwithstanding all that pains our hearts, we see signs of en­ couragement - The wicked show many signs of being reproved; & that they are often ashamed of a course whh they have not courage to forsake. limits. Even Sab. breaking is restrained in its We rarely see any one, in our village, on horseback, on the Sab. Horses are not used to carry people to the Sanctuary on Sabbath. Our whole village Is quiet, so much so, as often to call forth remarks from men of civilized lands (.) Some are bent on ruin; - & ruin they must follow till they find it. of the wicked falls on some such every year. The doom But we think, the �1854 - 9 number is increasing, every year, even among foreigners, of those who do reflect on the downward course of sin - who see that a sinning community can never he a prosperous one - who value a good name - & who set some value on the institutions of religion. The Gospel is a leaven of great power. Its power is seen in gradually moulding the mass of our native population under its influence, the -whole mass are certainly, though slowly, adopting the ha hits of civilized life. Christians we see "be­ coming more enlightened & consistent - more settled in Ghristian principles & better able to defend them; &, of course, more to be depended on for supporting the Gospel, & for taking a stand, ■under all circumstances, on the side of Christ. Some of the wicked are merely restrained by the means of grace. we hope, have been converted. Thirty seven have been received to the Lahaina chh since our last Gen. meeting. stand propounded; Others, Seven others - & from 100 to 150 others are candidates, a large proportion of whom may be received the coming year. The past six months have been considered a time of uncommon re­ ligious interest at Lahaina. Many who have been looked ono only as hardened sinners, who have shunned the pious, have ap­ parently changed their course - they frequent religious meetings have called on the miss’y, & profess to have abandoned their sins. Time must show ?fhether they are sincere, & their reforma­ tion one that will endure. Schools. We would speak of the schools in our field as in a prosper­ ous state. So they are; & yet, if our degree of advancement �1854 - 10 is to be judged of, by the state & efficiency of our schools, we shd not take a very high stand in the scale of civilization. The schools have done all the past year that cd have been ex­ pected of them; but not all whh we c^ have wished them to ac­ complish. In the first place, for 4 or 5 months of 1853, when small pox was flying as thick as flakes in a snow squall, we suspended all schools in Lahaina, in order to diminish, all we cd , the amount of intercourse among the people. When we found, dthat the mass of the people, though expose^, did not take small pox, we renewed the schools, & they have been steadily maintained till the present time; but I must add, in the second place, that for want of funds, for a large portion of the year, the schools have been kept but two days in the week, while scholars have been allowed to wander where they pleased four days, a sufficient time to lose all they cd gain in the two. Some of the common people seta proper value on education, & will pur­ chase it for their children at any price. people have low ideas on this subject* But the mass of the They can appreciate what will fill their bellies; but not "what will enlarge the minds of their children, & give them an influence among en­ lightened nations. If the people, without govt aid, are to take up the Schools, they will only take them up to let them die, & to let the nation die down into the grave with them. All, therefore, who wish the welfare, & perpetuity of the Hawaiian nation, will implore of the Legislature to make immediate, steady, & efficient provision for the common schools. If they will vote us the $5000., for schools, in 1854, whh they propose to give us, for a breakwater, whh might do us more hurt than �1854 good, we will ask no more. - 11 If they had given us, for 1853, the $4000, or, rather $6000, whh was sunk in a rotten scow, whh lies on our sand beach, a monument of the wisdom of some govt adviser, we c<3- have reported more progress. About $40,000 were laid out, In 1852, for two prison buildings, in Lahaina, whh are now about empty - If schools prosper, we shall not expect to use them much for Hawaiians;- $6000 more are to be appro­ priated to build a wall around them. Better have saved three fourths of the sum to create intellect among the young, whh wd soon make the nation look up. If govt will give us our share of what they are expending to raise a standing army to defend our coasts from fillibusters who are probably not yet born, there w^ be no lack of go-ahead in education, & we w^soon destroy all the food for fillibusters except what we are raising up in our brothels & grogships. We have in Lahaina eight common Protestant Schools, with a aggregate of 308 scholars. numbers 29. There Is one Papist School, whh We have also a select school of 41 scholars,: who are pursuing such branches as are taught in a higher class of schools in the U. States. iAt Olualu is a Protestant school with 26 scholars - another at Ukumehame with 33. At the latter place, two years since, the Papist school numbered nearly as many scholars as the Protestant. It is now suspended, for want of the legal number to make a school, ten only being found willing to attend it . At Lanai, there are 6 schools, (one of them Papist,) with about 100 scholars. �1854 - 12. The whole number of Schools, therefore, in my field is 18 viz. 16 Protestant & 2 Papist. pist 49. Protestant Scholars 408 - Pa­ I am not aware, that the Papist Schools have any other books than those furnished them by the Protestant Missionary; but they have never applied to him for any part of the Holy Scrptures. In 1853, we had two examinations of all our Schools, & the Papists always examine theirs whenever we do ours. At the last examination, whh was in Dec., #5 held a public celebra­ tion of the schools whh was followed by a feast. Some of the Scholars of the select school gave us specimens of their compo­ sition & declamation. It was attended by the Minister of Pub­ lic Instruction, Our Chief Justice, the Governor (,) teachers of the Seminary, Native Judges, & others, who made appropriate addresses, to teachers, Scholars & parents. Our meeting house was crowded; & both the occastion & the exercises awakened gr§at interest & were calculated to do good. On this public oc­ casion, the Schools showed their Improvement in nothing so much as In music. One of the Scholars played the Seraphina. We have now nine who can do it. The best singing was by the Selected Choir, mostly teachers & Scholars; but some hymns were given out to the whole body of the Schools, & it w^- seem, that almost all attendants on ( t) our Schools have become more or less acquainted with the art of singing. Benevolent Contributions. So far as giving to benevolent objects is a sign of sincer­ ity in religion, the chh of Lahaina perhaps give as much proof of being true-hearted Christians as most Chhs in more enlight- �1854 ened countries. There are no chiefs among them. the island is, by birth, a common native. - 13 The Gov. of There are none that can be called rich among them; but though poor, they live in a market town, & often have more means at their disposal than falls to the lot of poor men in more remote ds|itricts. When they do have means, many, at least, seem to take delight in giving to any object whh helps forward the cause of Christ. In former years, they have raised considerable, each year, for repairing their own church. this object. In 1853, they raised nothing for But the present year, it will call for aid again, as the work is to be completed, & they have already a man at work to paint the inside. The chh commenced the work of supporting their own pastor the first day of 1850 - They supported him for two years, ex­ pecting him to be dismissed from the American Board, but as he was not dismissed, the pastor fell back, in 1852, again on the funds of the Jm. Board, & received no salary, that year, from the people. He had requested anew a dismission, from the Am, Board, as was mentioned in his last Report, whh dismission was received in March, dating from Jan. l3^ 1853. In order to raise a salary for the pastor, the chh & people have taken up a contribution, during the monthly concert week of each month. a month. This generally varies from 40 to 60 dollars For the year 1853, it amounted to $578.25 - The Treasury of the Society having had a surplus left in it the year previous, they were able, in 1853, to pay the stipulated salary of 1000 dollars. They will also be able to pay the same sum in 1854, without any other means than that raised by their �1854 monthly contributions. - 14 The sum raised during the five months of the currSnt year already past, amounts to 306.50 - In Nov. 1853* $348.00 were raised for missions in the Pacific Ocean, & forwarded to the Treasr of the Haw. Miss. Soc. A contribu­ tion has been taken up at the Ant. S. Concert, & $60. forwarded, +■: '' for the year, to t'lie' Am. & For. Ant. S. Society. %\ The women of L&haina have two meetings a year, at each of whh a collection is'"t'aken up. The one in Aug. /53 & Jan. /54 amounted to $225.00, whh was devoted to different objects, ac­ cording to their direction - $100 of this was sent to our two children in the U. States - $73. sent to purchase a melodeon for Hawaiian children to practise on - & the balance devoted to future repairs on the native meeting house of Lahaina. Seventy five dollars were contributed for a church in Kau. $75.00 The people have also lately undertaken to raise $200.00 for a permanent building for Mr. Lyman's boarding School at Hilo. This collection is not yet completed. They are also trying to raise a still larger sum for re­ building their own Sectional meeting houses in Lahaina. For the central house, which is also used for the Select School, they have already raised $300. This is to be expended in tearing off the ti-leaf thatch, & covering it with Shingles. This work, with other repairs whh the building will require, will doubtless cost some f*600. or $800. There are also six other buildings on whh much labor & money must be expended. These houses are mainly for sectional religious meetings, where different divisions of the chh & people can meet without the �1854 - 15 necessity of using the School houses. The amount of the above contributions, then, is ~ For 1853, for pastor, $578.25 For the Haw. Miss. Soc. Anti Slavery Soc. 348.00 - 60.00 Women's Contributions Contributed in 1853, 225.00_____ $1511.25 Contributed 5 first mos. of 1854, Support of Pastor, $306.50 Hilo B. School house,200.00 Chh in Kau___ Total in 5 mos. 1854 75/90 = $581.50 Statistics of Chh. Whole no. admitted on Profession, Whole no. adm^- on certificate 1261 368 Past year by examination 37 Past year by certificate 13 Whole no. past year 50 Whole no. dismissed to other chhs Dismissed past year 273 5 Whole no. deceased 524 Died the past year 15 Suspended past year Remain Suspended, Excommunicated past year, Whole no. excommunicated 6 31 0 81 �1854 Remain excommunicated - - 23 Whole no. in regular standing - 740 Whole no. of children baptized - 1285 Baptized past year - 49 Marriages past year - 45 Average Oong. on Sabbath - 1200 (D. Baldwin) 16 �Report of Lahaina Station May, 1855. In regard to labors at this station, the past year has been a broken year. My health became poor soon after general meeting In 1854; & was so much so in Sept. that I was obliged to desist from preaching. I still attended to the other cares & labors of the station, till the end of Nov. when I embarked for Kauai, to try the effect of rest & freedom from care. The experiment was beneficial. I spent about six weeks on Kauai, & at Punahou, & returned Jan. 13"kk, to Lahaina, with health much Improved. I have gained in health, & ability to 1 abor,r gradually from that time to this, but very slowly - with many admonitions, not to "do with my might," but rather to let my moderation ^e kncwn. The brethren of Lahainaluna did most of the preaching in my absence, or rather from the time I was un­ able to preach till I felt myself able again in Feb. For most of the time since Feb. I have been able to preach, & have not appeared to sustain much injury from it. The health of Mrs. Baldwin has been better the past year than in most of previous years, with many times of exception. Our children who are in the islands have enjoyed uniformly good health. The same also has been true of those who reside in the U. States. Though we speak of our own Illness, we do not forget, that we have constantly cause of gratitude & praise to God. While speaking on the subject of health, I w d add, that the past has been peculiarly a year of health among the native �185& population. - 2 During a residence of twenty years at Lahaina, I do not think there has ever been sixteen successive months when health has so universally prevailed among natives,, as it has, in all my field, frcrn the beginning of /54 to the present time. An accurate account of deaths in Lahaina shows this - In 1851, there were 148 deaths - in 1852, 159 deaths - in 1853, 121 - in 1854, 108 C O average for each month w d be for 51, lSi/3 - 52, 13l/4 - 53, 10+ - 54, 9 a month, while the population of Lahaina has remained all the while about the same. The births for the same years are 92,67,84, & 95. The births & deaths, each month, thro. 54, in the district of Lahaina, with a population of about 3000 are as follows. Born died born died Jan. 4 - 10 July 12 Feb. 8 - 4 Aug. 1 0 - 6 Mar. 7 9 Sept. 6 Ap. 5 Oct. 8 - 1 0 Nov. 4 May - - 1 1 - 8 8 June________ 9____ -_____ 8____ Dec._______ 14 Total 1854 = 95 - 9 - 14 - 9 - 10 - 108 My returns from the two outdistricts of Lanai & Olualu are imperfect. The births at Lahaina the first four months of 1855 exceed born died the 'deaths - Jan. 13 - 12 Feb. 5 Mar. 5 - 1 2 Ap. - 1 11 - 6 34 - 31 �1855 - 3 The usual round, of labours has been pursued at the station, & outstations, except that week day meetings have oftener been conducted by natives; & they have sometimes conducted the meet­ ings on the Sabbath. The children's Sab. School, at 8 Sab. morning has fallen off to some extent - partly because the only convenient hour to hold It is an hour, at whh I can never attend; partly also because our day schools have had many interruptions; & still another reason has been, that many of our day schools are taught by young teachers, who do not exert the religious influence, whh is exerted by older teach­ ers. Our adult Sab. .School has greatly felt the need of the Ai oka l a . For lack of it, I have given out, to the school, the Ui by Mr. Armstrong. Neither the interest, nor size of our Sab. congregations, or week day meetings seems to have diminished. We have gen­ erally pretty full assemblies on the Sabbath both forenoon & afternoon - those who profess to be pious, & some others are generally present at the Wed. lecture, & also at the monthly & anti Slavery concerts. There is always good attention to the preaching of the word, & there are many proofs, that preaching is not in vain. There are those that show no Interest in religion - who show, that they have never relinquished their ruling lusts & Others, who are notoriously wicked, who are pretty uniformly in the house of God; & occasionally such wish to have their names enrolled among the serious. On a much larger number who have been moral, the Gospel appears to be exerting gradually its transforming power . �1855 - 4 Eighty have been admitted, the past year, to the chh, & a goodly number appear to stand fair as candidates to be ad­ mitted the present year. Our schools have been prosperous under the management of a faithful superintendent. An English school was commenced about a year since, with 40 or 60 scholars, & was taught in one of the rooms of the palace. The two last quarters were under the new act, for the encouragement of Eng. schools. Pour hundred dollars were paid by the people to the teacher, for the two quarters; &, according to the law, the teacher redd the same amount from' the govt. The teacher was a lady. She succeeded very well in communicating English to the native children, though she scarcely knew a word of the Hawaiian. She was from California, & has now returned thither; so that we are, at present, desti­ tute of an English teacher. Meeting Houses. The native chh, at Lahaina, has undergone some repairs the past year; but it is greatly in need of still more. The steeple leaks badly, & has for years, so that some of its timbers have become unsound, & the structure is no longer safe. The plan is to tear it all down, & rebuild it the present year. Our house for chh prayer meetings, &c. has a thatched roof whh has become very leaky. was to put a shingled roof on it. The plan, at first adopted, But the chh have just voted, that the walls are too old fashioned to be tolerated in these go-ahead days. So they are all to be torn down, the present month, (May,) & to be rebuilt from the fouhdation, at an expense �1855 perhaps of $2000. 5 Two sectional meeting houses have been built, the past year, in Lahaina. progress. - Three others are now in The past winter has been one of storms, & long con­ tinued rains. As the heavens have poured down torrents of water, our adobie houses & fences have turned into unsightly piles of mud & rubbish; so that, hereafter, Lahaina people will build their fences & houses with wood or stone. A stone meeting house is also in progress on the East side of Lanai, whh, we hope, will be completed the present year, ■ Benevolent Contributions, There seems to be, in the chh, a disposition to aid benevolent objects as far as they have the ability - The most discouraging thing, in this matter, Is the little skill & energy the people have for getting means; & their economy, in using what they get, may well be compared to that of little children. but little. l^ Their money too often goes for that whh profits them The collections made at the monthly concerts, the mon. In each month, whh goes to the support of the pastor amounted to $5713,43-J in 1854. The Salary of the pastor is $ 1000,00 — Collected, same way, l3^ four mos. of 1855 — 224,25 Women's collection, Aug. 1854 & March, 1855 — 218.18-§ Sent to Am. & For, Ant. S. Soc. Jan. 1855 — Collected for repairs on Lah. native chh_______ -Carried over $ brought forward Contribution of Lah. chh to a meeting house in Kula, Lanai people, collected for a stone chh Beginning of Collection for chh m'g house Contribution for Lah. Section meeting houses in cash Total $ 108,00 169.70 1433.57i 1433.57^ 200,00 400,00 440,00 450,00 2923,57t �1855 The labor expended voluntarily, on these houses, by members of the chh & others, cannot easily be estimated f .J) Popery. Popery, with us, seems to be a system whh has about worn itself out, & now attracts the attention of nobody. it never did gain much attention. In fact, They have a school in La­ haina, taught mostly, I think, by the padre, though, much of the time, no priest resides there. One thing, however, they have whh is new. ceived a bell, & huhg it up in a kukui tree. They have re­ Some poor faith­ ful native rings it, every morning & evening, at about sunrise & sunset; for what purpose, I have never been able to learn. It rings also at other hours, on the Sabbath. Their meetings are held, inhere they always have been, in an old adobie Bowl­ ing alley. I heard, six mos. ago, on Oahu, that they were about to build a Cathedral, at Lahaina, 100 feet long. We have heard nothing said about it at Lahaina. On the Census taken Dec. 1853, the Papists were 238 in number. Some of the names I knew as men who belonged on a dis­ tant part of the island. How far they made up this number, by gathering in proselytes from outdistricts of the island, I am unable to s a y . Mormons. There Is a Mormon priest at Lahaina vfho is a shoemaker by trade. When they commenced operations there, some years since, quite a number of the lowest class of the natives joined them - also three excommunicated persons of our chh. three soon left them in disgust. Those By the census, Dec. 1853, �1855 they numbered 77. now. - 7 I do not think they have half that number The priest does not practice according to his preaching; for he preaches the duty of taking a multiplicity of wives, while he says he has taken but one himself; for he says, his wife pre­ fers, that he sh^ not marry another. He speaks of polygamy as a Christian duty, but once acknowledged, that some good Christian ?fives of the present generation found it a hard doc­ trine to submit to. A more perfect generation may come when it will be very easy. For many reasons, the Mormons can never make much advance, with their peculiar system, unless they can form an independent community by themselves. Their customs run counter to the laws of every Christian nation, &, therefore, in order to carry out their principles, they must have a secluded or independent location, in whh they can manage both chh & state. There is no doubt, that they have searched for such a place on these islands . Whether they have pitched upon the spot I cannot say; but numbers of their priests have been over to Lanai, & they have hired a land there, of one of the chiefs. A few foreigners & perhaps natives have gone to live there; they have sown wheat whh, they say, is doing well. whh the peelua has eaten up. They have planted Irish potatoes I know not, that they have built even a grass hut; but they have begun to talk about the City of Joseph, in the valley of Ephraim. If they shd choose Lanai, for agriculture & a city, it w& display about as much wisdom as they have shown in the formation of their creed. �1855 8 Statistics of Lahaina Chh., May l3^ 1855 Whole number admitted on profession, 1541 Whole no. on certificate - 378 Past year by examination - 80 Past year by certificate - 10 Whole no. past year - 90 Whole no. dismissed to other chhs Dismissed past year - 10 Whole number deceased - 530 Died past year - 6 Suspended past year - 11 Remain Suspended - 28 Excommunicated past year - l Whole no. excommunicated - 82 Remain excommunicated - 22 Whole no. in regular standing / Whole no. of children baptized - 830 - 1342 Baptized past year - 57 - 41 Marriages past year . 283 . Dwight Baldwin Pastor at Lahaina. �Abstract of the Report of CD, Baldwin] Lahaina Station, May 1. 1855.__________ Owing to ill health* the pastor has been able to preach only about half the year. His lack of service* in this respect* has been made up by the teachers of Lahainaluna Seminary. year has been one of unusual health among the people. The There has been no prevailing disease* & deaths have been less frequent than in any preceding year - births a little more frequent than of late years. In the district of Lahaina* pop. 3000* there were in 1854* 95 births* 108 deaths. In the first four mos. of 1855* the births exceeded the deaths. There have been about the usual amount of labors* at the station & outstations. The Sab. congregations* at Lahaina* both forenoon & afternoon* have been full - the Wed. lecture* missionary & anti Slavery concerts well attended. Schools have prospered - An English school of 60 scholars has been maintained at Lahaina* through the year. Meeting Houses. The native church at Lahaina has under­ gone some repairs the past year. The Steeple needs rebuilding. Two section meeting houses have been built - three others are in progress - also a stone church on the Island of Lanai. Benevolent Contributions V Monthly Con. Contributions 1854 for Support of pastor, $713.00 Same 4 mos. of 1855* 224.00 Collections at two women's m'gs, 218.00 �Abstract 1855 - Contribution for Am. & For. Ant. Slavery Soc. 5-08.00 Collected for Repairs on Meeting house, 169.00 Confc. for- a Meeting house in Kula, 200.00 Lanai people collected for a stone chh, 400.00 Con. for a house for chh prayer meetings, 440.00 For Section meeting houses ____ - Total Contributions Popery - 2 ____________ 450.00____ $2922. — There is a papist chh at Lahaina - Popery excites no attention - appears to be on the wane. Mormons - There is a Mormon priest, who makes shoes - & preaches polygamy. He has a few followers, among natives only. �I Report of S.E. Bishop, Seamen's Chaplain, Lahaina, 1855 J The Seamen's Chaplain at Lahaina has to report with grati­ tude to God, that in continued good health, he has "been able to perform the duties of his charge without interruption. Preaching has been maintained every Sabbath morning in the Bethel, except on a few Sabbaths when the severity of the weather & the impassable condition of the street prevented the congre­ gation from assembling. During that large porti-on of the year while no ships were in port, the attendance varied from 15 to 30. During Shipping season the house was well filled, and with a larger proportion of common seamen than during previous seasons. A regular Exercise in the Scriptures has been held with a few children of our congregation each Sabbath P.M. In addition, a visit has been regularly made to the Am. Hospital at 4-§- or 5 P.M. & a Bible Class or Preaching service held if convenient, or the work confined to individual conversation. A few times the Chaplain has preached in P.M. on board of Ships in the harbour, on one occasion 75 Seamen & officers were present. These are the most interesting & apparently effective services held. But they are attended with great difficulties, 6 only with much effort can the opportunity be secured without failure. Were the harbor small & smooth, it would be easier both to gather the hearers, obtain the ship, & conduct the services. Too few foreigners in Lahaina "call upon the name of the Lord,” to make a church organization among us practicable. Nor while the sickness of the missionary to the natives prevents his attendance, can even a prayer meeting be sustained. Thus �Bishop - 1855 - 2 deprived of the support of the love & sympathy of a church, & for months without hearing the voice of prayer from any brother in our own tongue, the chaplain must find a substitute for these means of grace in the special help of God, & the prayers of his brethren elsewhere asking this In his behalf. A large & indispensable part of the work consists in indi­ vidual intercourse with seamen. They must be sought in the street, in the Reading Room, on the beach, in the hospital, their confidence gained, their feelings, characters wants, in­ quired into, advice given them, & the Gospel preached to them. I consider this the most Important & fruitful, as well as laborious part of my work. are full of interest. The incidents connected therewith The most impressible subjects of this influence are the steady, prospering men, the young sailors fresh from home, & the sick. Yet often will a word in season affect the hardened & the dissolute. It has been my duty the past year to commit to the grave many who died in the Hospital. Several of these gave good evi­ dence before death of repentance & faith in the Saviour, who knew him not when they came there, while in one instance a good profession of some years standing closed in a triumphant death. The sailor in a strange land, alone perhaps dying, without a gentle hand to comfort him, is peculiarly accessible to the influences of the Gospel. Less so, is the sailor long detained with slighter ailments among the temptations of the beach & corrupted by them. The Portuguese Spanish & French sailors with Germans & Swedes, foim interesting subjects of missionary effort. An �Bishop - 1855_- 3 acquafi}ntance with their language is wanting to do them the good desired. But tracts & Bibles are largely distributed to them, & will be preserved & prized by them, while no spiritual tyrant is at hand to take them away. The social & moral state, of our town is about what it has been. A time is looked forward to with hope, but distant we fear, when the commerce we enjoy shall have created an indus­ trious, enterprizing intelligent Foreign community, such as might be sustained by the fostering of such a trade as we have. Then we shall have an organized body of Christians [.] will flourish. among us. Schools Good social & domestic influences will prevail Vice shall be made ashamed. But as yet, our society is in an unformed state, & the vile, & abandoned feel but little rebuked by Its elevated & restraining influences. So much the more need for the Gospel to work both on shore men & seamen. In conclusion, It may be said, the experience of the past year adds to the conviction that a good work is going on among sailors, slowly but with certainty - that religion is growing in regard that gradually more humane & rational views are gaining ground respecting their treatment, & that a day is at hand when they shall with the rest of mankind honor God & be blessed of him. [On back) Report of S.E. Bishop Seam. Chaplain Lahaina £The date 1855 was given to this report due to the reference to the illness of the missionary (Mr / D." Baldwin )'.J �At a meeting of the native chh & Soc. held at the native chh, in Lahaina, Feb. 22d - 1858, held to consult respecting the chh, the roof of whh[which] has just been taken off by a whirlwind, it was voted, First, That as half the roof still remains, we wd[would], in future, hold our meetings there. 2. That the bell be carried to Upai's yard & so hung up, that it may be rung, 3. That a Separation be made of shingles, boards, & timber whh may be used in rebuilding the chh, & such as cannot be so[?] used, That the latter may be sold. 4. Kahook'ano Sd[said] that the Halealo [page is torn off here]...some of the timbers who[torn]...out; upon whh Timoteo,[torn]...were chosen[torn]...Com. to j Sell to Kahookano, for Halealoha, such timber as the former can spare[torn]... latter may need. 5. Voted to do the selecting to-day, the native carpenters being judges of what are good & bad timers, board, &c. 6. It was moved by Moku, &.passed, that each of the 6 larger apanas raise, as Soon as they can, for repairing the chh, $200 & each of the three smaller ap.’s $100. - 7. Chose Kahookano, Kenui & Upai, a building Committee, TtComite hana hale", to see to all the work of repairing itfig chh, to make contracts, procure mater­ ials, &c. 8. Voted that it devolve on the building Com. to decide what means are neces­ sary to be used to preserve the pulpit, seats, &c. While the house is without a roof. 0. Voted that on Gens.[?] morn, all the 9 apanas come together to do what the Com, hana hale may decide necessary for the above purpose. 10. Voted, to choose Rev. D,[torri] [Baldwin] to keep all monies [torn]... pair of the chh. TeusT!]. Dec. 28th. The Lah. chh & Soc. met to deli[torn, probably deliberate] on the unfinished work of the meeting house, Voted to accept of Mr. Chamberlain's offer to do all the remaining work of the chh for $300, viz. the clock tower of the Chh steeple, & blinds & cleise shutters Glass windows for to the bell tower - also a wheel & hangings for the bell, & other needful work on the steeple - finish & paint the upper ceiling of the chh - repair the pulpit gallery, &c, also repair seats, make new ones, repair windows & whatever is ne­ cessary to put the chh in complete repair. The Treasr. D. Baldwin, made a report of all the money received & expended in [torn] [re]pair [of] the chh, how much paid to [torn]...All pd[!] to carpenters & assistants [torn]...[2]3.37-| - $300 more complete the work. Voted also to �£ahai4§;|i-85'8l give [torn] old koa shingles of the meeting house to Kahookano for $70. The same [torn]...applied to dimim.sh[torn]... debt [of] $234, whh the chh & Soc. owe[d] him for work 'On Hale Aloha. [End] [Unsigned] �Report of Lahaina Station, May, 19th 1858. Owing to ill health, the advice of physicians, & with the consent of the mission, the pastor of Lahaina chh & his wife have made a visit to the U. States. Jan. 2 6 ^ , They embarked, at Honolulu, 1856, in the Bark Bhering, with Mr. & Miss Sarah Clark, as a part of the passengers; & they arrd at New London, Ct. May 22 ^ - after an absence from that country of more than 25 years. • They visited friends In various States of the Union, until Nov. 5 1857, utien they, in company with their daughter Abbie & Miss. Mary Parker, left New York, in the Steamer, for the Sand. Islands, by way of the Isthmus & California, having ( i) about 1200 fellow passengers. They had the company of Dr. Arm­ strong & Wm. D. Alexander, from San Francisco to the Isis, in the Fanny Major, & arr^ at Honolulu, Jan. 2^- 1858, & at La­ haina Jan. 13th.. They enjoyed their visit highly; it seemed very short; but they are glad to find themselves seated down at home once more, in the midst of Hawaiian friends, & in the midst of misy work. Both of them improved much in health by the visit & by rest from labor, & both feel richly compensated for all the privation of voyaging &c. by all the new things they have had opportunity of seeing, as well as by meeting relatives & friends & renewing our acquaintance with them. Six days before we left New York, our eldest son, with his wife, left Boston, In the ship Eliza & Ella, for these Isis. They arr'3- at Honolulu, March 8 "kh^ & a t Lahaina, Mar. 18th, so that our family after the separation of two children, for eight years, & ourselves �1858 - 2 for two, have been all united, together again, for whh we w d praise the Great Giver of every good. Rev. Mr. Pogue acted as Pastor, in the absence of the pastor, & it will devolve on him, therefore, to report the labors of the station for two thirds of the past year. I wd say, however, that Mr. Poguers labors, consisting mainly in preaching the word, were highly acceptable to the chh & people of Lahaina, as were those of the brn. who assisted him. The congregation appeared to have been well kept up, & we found, on our return, much that was interesting among the people, nothing more so than the evident conversion of the only Son of our Gov.; whom we had left an amiable, but a dissipated & wicked young man. The prayers of a devotedly pious grand mother had perhaps been answered in his sudden conversion, & preparation for heaven. He exhibited, in all his conversation, a wonderful maturity of Christian character. We were hoping for great good, especially among our youth, from his zeal & faithful­ ness, when God took him away, by a very Sudden death, about two & a half months after he showed his first signs of seriousness. We hope there have been other conversions, especially among the young; & some also among those older, who will hold out to the end. But in regard to Schools, a Supply of books, Sab. Schools & c . we c^ not but see, that the station had suffered some, from not having had a misy to reside among them. There is much that is interesting among those in the chh & out of it. We do not call it a revival; but we hope, that It may result in the Salvation of many souls. �1858 - 3 I have preached almost every Sabbath, & generally twice each Sab.; but Mr* Pogue has often preached one part of the day, since our return; & I have occasionally had help from the other brn. I have been somewhat cautious In entering again upon the labors of the station, lest I sh^- overdo. but little pastoral work as yet. I have attended to But I do not perceive, that any labor, thus far, has been an injury to me. We have met with a great loss In the unroofing of our chh. On the 2 0 th of Feb. last, during a severe Southern blow, a violent whirlwind, whh spared nothing in its course, demolished the steeple of the chh & the half of the roof opposite to the steeple end, piling the wreck of both In one common mass on the East side of the house. The timbers of the house were mostly Hawaiian & were broken up very badly. The bell, whh fell a hundred feet from the place where it hung, was uninjured. Thankful (Ve] were, that nobody was Injured in this catastrophe. We have searched the resources of the Islands to procure tim­ bers to repair the chh; but cannot find them - We have therefore sent an order for all the timbers we need to PugetTs Sound. It will be some months before we can receive them, & some months more before our house can be enclosed. We have several smaller meeting houses in Lahaina, but no one will accommodate our con­ gregation; so we continue to meet in our wrecked sanctuary, notwithstanding, under our burning sun, it is an inconvenient place for preacher & hearers. chh will be about $3000. The whole cost of repairing the We shall make a great effort to raise one half the sum the present year, so that we shall hardly be /■' able to do what w§- otherwise be our share for missions in the �1858 - 4 Pacific. Our two outstations have also the work of building them­ selves meeting houses the present year. That of Lanai has nearly completed the walls of a stone chh on the East side of the Island. They have had with them, for three years, a young graduate of Lahainaluna, as a preacher. He seems to be doing pretty well - has lately been licensed, & may, in due time, be ordained over the chh there, if he gains the full con­ fidence of the people. The other outstation (Olualu) have their stone meeting house in a good state of forwardness. They are exceedingly poor, but there seems, of late, to be a waking up among them. Bro. Pogue has lately spent two Sabbaths among them. Schools. The number of pupils in our Schools has greatly diminished from what it was a few years since. Pupils are generally young the older ones having left School, perhaps because they get employment easier than in former years. We have lately held a public examination of all our schools; the Pres, of the Board of Education has made us a visit, & we hope, our Schools will do better. Our children's Sab. School Cha’so] been suspended for want of a house. Mormonism This absurd & polluted Sect seems to have vanished from among u s . �1858 - 5 Popery The Papists have built a large ohh in Lahaina. wooden building & makes an imposing appearance. finished entirely inside. It is a It is not yet Whether they will be able to fill it.with proselytes is yet to be seen. They are making greater efforts, among the people, than they have ever made before. They attack our chh members wherever they meet them, & all others, of course. Pour of our suspended members, deep in in­ iquity, have been persuaded to join them - & one has gone to them who was not suspended, giving as a reason for going that awaawa things were not kapu, among papists, & they had no contribu­ tions there. The Papist school has 14 scholars. Oontributions. During all our absence from Lahaina, the chh continued their monthly contribution, whh amounted to about $1100 for two years, & whh went for the benefit of the pastor. continue it for the same purpose. They still They have expended much on their Section meeting houses, but are now bending all their efforts to raise money for the repair of the chh. They ex­ pect to raise $ 1 0 0 0 each year for the support of their pastor; but how the deficiency is to be made up the present year is not yet clear. I have made no estimate of labor on their sectional meeting houses. It w d amount to some thousands. The central one, intended for chh meetings, &c. & called Halealoha, Is a noble building about 30 ft by 60. In Feb. the chh collected between one & two hundred dollars, whh they laid out for clothing or cloth, with whh they filled two or three boxes, & �1858 - 6 forwarded them to Mr. Castle at Honolulu. Statistics of ohh & c . Whole number admA to ch. on profession, 1370 I/'/hole number admA on Certificate 419 Past year on profession 6 Mr. Pogue admitted in two years 27 Past year on certificate 16 Total past year 22 Whole no. dismissed 292 Dismissed past year 6 Total deceased 544 Deceased past year Whole no. excluded Excluded past year 9 91 0 Remain excluded, 40 (suspended) Now in regular standing 822 Total/ children baptized 1407 Baptized past year 41 Marriages by Mr. Bishop fr. May l/57 to same /58 By pastor 28 34 6 Mr. Pogue's not included. These statistics built on preceding Report. A census pf chh. makes it about a hundred less. Born Lahaina, 1856 66 »______ 1857_________ 87_______ The truth somewhere between Deaths Excessof deaths 114 48 155 ________ 46___________ _ Diminution in 2 yrs = 94 Made good from other districts. D. Baldwin �{"Report of S.E* Bishop, Seamen's Chaplain, Lahaina, May 1858J The work of the Seamen's Chaplain at Lahaina has been varied little by any extraordinary incidents. Yet there are many things of interest to be noticed in connection with it. First, Labors among Seamen. These have consisted of the regular Sabbath services at the Bethel, occasional preaching at the U.S. Hospital, occasional visits to ships in port, inter­ course with seamen in the street, on the beach, at the Hospital, and at my own house, and the bestowal of Bibles, testaments, religious books, and tracts. About thirty ships were visited the past year. In our spa­ cious roadstead this is attended with difficulty and expense, but seemed a very effective way of getting at the people, and leading them to attend church & visit my study. Books were chiefly distributed at my own house; many most interesting in­ terviews were held with the pious, the penitent, the awakened, the troubled and oppressed. French sought books. Many Portuguese, Spanish and During the Season of ships the Reading Room has been supplied with papers and served to attract many Seamen into the vicinity of the Bethel. The attendance there of sailors has been small, although as good as in former years. Labor at the Hospital has been profitable, although not favored in the conversion of any soul there the past year that I know. There have been several deaths out of the large no. of patients., but chiefly Portuguese & Catholics. Preaching has re­ ceived good attention, when not too often repeated. But sailors become fearfully demoralized by a Stay of a few weeks or months in Lahaina, amid the gross temptations existing there. �Bishop - 1858 - 2 Many who at first were friendly, "become sullen & hard in a short time under the influence of evil companions. At the present time there are several young men in the Hospital of an unusually & often the prayer meeting respectable character, -who attend the Bethel r e g u l a r l y , a p ­ pear to "be under some concern, though perhaps not deep. The moral condition of seamen of all classes from Captains down, is generally a most deplorable one. The evils practiced are so immense, it seems almost a desperate undertaking to reform it."" Much might doubtless be done by lopping off evil branches; but nothing except a powerful work of the Gospel can reach the root. The state of religion in our foreign community has been low. Perhaps some faint streaks of light could of late be per­ ceived amid the darkness. There has been a marked increase of attendance at the Chapel the past few months - and lately a more serious attention to preaching was to be noticed. Since the return of Dr. Baldwin & family, weekly prayer meetings have been sustained, chiefly by three families, with a few others oc­ casionally attending. We have enjoyed some good & lively seasons in that way, especially since the news of the Lord's work in America has reached us & lent more hope to our efforts for good. We have a fine melodeon in the Chapel, and now a number of excellent singers, with the aid of a superior organist, so that our praises sound loud & clear if not fervent - not struggling for life as formerly. A small Sabbath School class has been taught comprising the children of white families in town. A good library for their use has been provided by the exertions of Mrs. Baldwin while in �Bishop - 1858 - 3 the States. The character of Society in L. is slowly improving. I may instance the fact that when I first arrived in L. 5§ years since, there were hut two church going families "beside those of the missionaries & now there are five such. The obstacles to moral & religious progress are immense. Yet we do not despair. Vice on one side, & self-vs. irreligion on the other hold our people entrenched from the Truth. Lord has power to beat down all these their strongholds. He come speedily among us in power. The May �Report of Lahaina Station, Mgy, 1859. By Rev. D„ Baldwin In making our report to the Association, for the year past, we feel, that we have great occasion to bless the Lord, for the measure of health we have been permitted to enjoy. nesses have been, in a good measure, removed. Former ill­ No great or dis­ tressing sickness has come upon us; nor has our number been dimin ished by death. Instead of this, one has been added to our fam­ ily circle, the beginning of a new generation, a generation which we hope & pray may be more devoted to the Lord's service than any of the generations of their fathers. The usual round of ministerial & pastoral labors has been pursued at the Station. There has been regular preaching on the Sabbath, & on other days. Whenever I have been absent on the Sabbath, my place has generally been supplied by one of the brn from Lahainaluna, or by their assistant teacher. The destruc­ tion of our meeting house, which 1 mentioned last year, & the unfinished state of our Hale aloha, (the church & prayer meet­ ing house,) broke up our Sabbath Schools, in some measure, for 1858. But we have recommenced them in 1859; &, for lack of our Ai o ka L a , we have adopted Clark on the Promises, as our regular Sabbath School book. Our Wed. afternoon lecture is de­ voted to an explanation of the seven verses, which form the lesson for the ensuing Sabath (I). During the year, I have spent one Sabbath at Olualu, & two at Lanai; & administered the Lord's Supper, each time, at the latter place. I should have gone to both places much often- er, had it not been for the total lack, In either place, of a �1859 - 2 house of worship, a lack whh we hope to see supplied, before the close of the present year. Besides the ordinary labors of the station, the past year has been filled with extra-ordinary work & care, beyond any other mis'y year we have seen, except the year 1853, when we were contending with the small pox. When I arrived at Lahaina, from the U. States, in Jan. 1858, I found, that Prince Lot had taken possession of the road, leading directly to the front of our native church, which had been travelled as a road, probably from 1800 or earlier, &, from that time, down to the present day. It led through the premises whh he had leased to the jAm- erican Consul, & whh he fancied w d be more valuable without the road. I found the whole congregation travelling to the chh, through a narrow, round about way, in which the dirt was trodden up like an ash heap, by the tramping of horses. This road led the people to the side & back of the house; but the Prince & his lawyer told us, that the hot, dirty, indirect road was all sufficient for our purpose. There was much sensation among our people, on account of this; but they knew not what to do. They soon, however, held a meeting, & voted to return to the road, & travel It, till they were regularly ejected by law. The Prince then brought an action against certain individuals, for tres­ pass, & "for injuring the flowers & other ornamental trees," as they passed through to meeting. Some of our people were so con­ scientious & tender hearted to chiefs, that they wd not pass that road, even after a vote had been passed by the congregation. The case was tried at Honolulu, in Oct. of last year, before the judges of the Supreme Court; but it was not till the present month, (May) /59, that we have received a decision in favor, of �1859 the road. - 3 I mentioned, in my report of last year, the destruc­ tion of our chh, "by a whirlwind, Feb. 20ttL 1858. do without a house of worship. We could not Through all the summer & fall, we held our Sabbath meetings, within the naked walls, under the open canopy of heaven. But we felt compelled to rebuild the chh before the rains of winter shd set in; & yet it seemed a work entirely beyond our means. ing funds. We set our chh teachers to collect­ Most of the writing & planning devolved upon me. As there were no timbers in the Islands, suitable for the roof, we sent an order to Pugetfs Sound, & recd a noble set of tim­ bers from thence in July. Other materials, whh were, at the time, in the forests of California & Maine, came along in due time. We procured two foreign carpenters from Oahu, & furnished four native carpenters to work with them. They began the work, the middle of Sept. & before the first storm of winter, the building was well enclosed. In a few days less than a year, from the time the chh was thrown down , the whole work of re­ pairing was complete, except the inside painting, whh is not yet done. The building is one of great strength - 1400 lbs of iron hold the frame work together. We had many fears of the effect whh the taxation, necessary to repair the chh, w^- have on .the people, just at the time when the Papist chh was complete & they were besetting chh members & all others, on every side, t join them. A few may have gone to the Papists on that account. But, in general, the chh & others have contributed, for this ob­ ject, with great cheerfulness. From the end of March /58, to the end of Sp. /59, or in �1859 13 mos. the natives of Lahaina contributed $2874. - 4 One hundred & nineteen dollars ($119) were raised from the sale of old lum­ ber - Near $400. were given by foreigners * including mission­ aries - & $910. were borrowed. materials & work, $4304. So that we have paid out., for The whole cost, thus far, has been about $4700 - so that we have a debt, (including $ 1 0 0 0 . of bor­ rowed money & interest) of about $1300. When the work of the house was finished, our debt was over $ 2 0 0 0 - but, on the 31st of March, we had a formal dedication of the house, &, on that day, took up a collection of $716. Outstations. We have two outstations connected with Lahaina, Lanai and Olualu. At each of these we have finished the walls of a good substantial stone meeting house. Ihen the people are a little more in funds, each of these is to be shingled and floored, and will be very convenient places of worship. A native preacher was stationed at Lanai, but did not get along well with the people, and so Lanai falls back upon our hands. them as often as we are able. We shall visit Some one of Lahaina church teachers visits Olualu every Sabbath. Schools. Our schools are in as prosperous a state as they have ever; been. In November last our faithful kahukula, Upai, died. His death was a great loss to the schools, but a greater to the church, and cause of Christ. He was an active and zealous Christian. Our son, Dwight, took the English school in the fall, which now consists of seventy or eighty scholars. He has since been �1859 appointed kahukula for the district. - 5 I need not describe the schools particularly, as they are all to be remodelled under the new code of laws. Our kahukula leads the music of the congregation, and has had several classes of pupils on the melodeon. He thinks the natives are apt scholars in music. Revival. I mentioned, in the report of last year, an unusual reli­ gious excitement among the natives. and went on increasing for months. It was then in progress, For a time it seemed as though the most wicked and thoughtless of our population would all be converted. At many of our prayer meetings, not a word of exhortation was heard from any except the notoriously wicked, ■which exhortations they brought out in confessing their sins. There were always more persons ready to expose the blackness of their lives, than we had time to hear. Among them were two deaf and dumb persons, who always showed as much zeal as any others in addressing the congregation.. This was a scene of things altogether new to us,- and we hardly knew to what It would grow. We looked steadily at all who professed to have found the Saviour, for a year or more, and, on the first Sabbath in April, of this year, 103 of them were received to the church. A few other candidates remain in Lahaina, and many in Olualu. I mentioned our addoption ( I) of "Clark on the Promises” , or the^Olelo Hoopomaikai", as a Sabbath-school book. This little book was gathered by Mrs. Baldwin, from the Hawaiian scriptures, and printed, by the American Tract Soc., for the Sand. Islands Mission. Only 1000 copies were printed, which �1859 - 6 have been received in good order; but the plates are laid up in the Tract house, and a larger edition can be printed at any time, if it is thought desirable, or the plates themselves can be sent to the Islands. Popery. The papists have made a greater show at Lahaina the past year than ever before, and perhaps have made some real progress. Instead of an old bowling alley, for a church, they have erected quite a handsome edifice, 70 or 80 feet in length - finished, in fanciful style, by French mechanics; and it is said to have been built at the expense of the French govt. They have put two bells, of three hundred pounds each, in the tower of the church, with which they ma&e a terrible noise. Their church was dedicated on the 8 ^ of last September, and all the papists of Maui, and many of Oahu, with the bishop and priests, were assembled together. Our people laughed at their mummery, and they did not seem to gain many proselytes. Still it was a trying providence to us, that their house was made attractive, while ours lay all in ruins. spared no pains to gain followers. The papists have Some few members of our church, who have been long suspended, and two or three who were not suspended, have gone over to them making six or eight in all. Some young men and others flock to their house, out of curiosity, and it is impossible, at present, to say how many proselytes they have gained. Of the 103 received to our church, three or four had been members of the papist church. Mor monism. It is well knoiTO. that the mormons selected a land, on �1859 - 7 Lanai, which was to "become the New Jerusalem of the Sand. Isles, and Lanai was to he spared when all the other islands were swallowed up in the ocean. Famine soon scattered most of the saints to the four winds, but a remnant still remain, strong in the faith; fully believing, that parched up Lanai will yet monopolize all the markets of the Islands, and supply, with vegetables, all the ships of the ocean. In the art of lying they cannot be out done. Temperance. The efforts of our rulers to fasten grog shops on Lahaina, and make ardent spirit free to natives throughout the Islands, produced a deep sensation among our people. They regard these efforts as nothing less than efforts, blindly made of course, to ruin the Hawaiian race. The attitude of the chiefs on this and other subjects, led the church of Lahaina to call for a monthly day of fasting and prayer. The last Friday of every month has, for a long time, been devoted to this ob§ect - that of supplicating for the con­ version of the rulers of the nation. The idea, that any article of the Hawaiian Constitution is violated, by an extra fine on those who sell intoxicating drinks to natives, or even by a total prohibition, Is, to all our people, simply ridiculous; unless it can be proved, that rum is a real blessing to the Hawaiian race. If our rulers, who are trembling for the safety of the consitution, choose to put the controversy on this footing, let us, the people, join issue with them, and the sooner the battle is begun, the better. If Judge Lee, who drew up the constitution, did not understand it, we may well �8 1859 despair of its being comprehended by our school boys. Benevolent Contributions. Contributions of natives for meeting house'in 12 mos. ,r for support of pastor " $2874. ” 800. 3 boxes of cloth & clothing, for Marquesas Isles 150. 3,824 No estimate of native labor on their chh. Statistics. Whole No. admitted on. profession It tt ri tr certificate Past year n u 1473 461 IT tl profession 103 tl It certificate 42 Total past year 145 Whole No. dismissed 296 " " " past year 4 Total deceased 558 Deceased past year 14 Excluded past year 7 Remain excluded 42 Now In regular standing 942 Total children baptized 1469 Baptized past year 62 Marriages past year 38 Births & Deaths of Lahaina. Born Died 185 6 66 114 1857 - 87 133 -1858 - 69 103 Olualu, 1858 Born Died 4 - 1 1 �Report for Lahaina Station, May , 1860 The past year has been, at Lahaina, generally, a year- of health. The only exceptions, whh need be mentioned, are a felver, whh prevailed somewhat, for a month or two in the spring of 1859, & a species of elephantiasis, affecting mostly the & face aisui hands, of ufoh there have been many troublesome cases during the last two years. Both these diseases have often proved obstinate, but neither has often proved fatal. Me have had an unusual number of deaths in the chh, mainly because there have been an unusual number in the chh, who were enfeebled by age, or by frequent attacks of disease. In the mission family, we have had our usual amount of health, & more strength for labor than we had any reason to expect. The Pastor has been able to preach twice every sabbath, & to conduct the adiilt Sab, school; leaving the children's Sab, school to the management of the natives. He has also attended all the weekly & monthly prayer meetings, & occasion­ ally visited the two outstations. Our Congregations, at the station, have been full & always attentive; & we may hope, that, by all the means used, some good has been accomplished. Mrs. B., though feeble has generally been able to attend a select meeting of females, held on Prid. of each week. They pray for such an outpouring of God's Spfebit, as shall break up all the great fountains of wickedness whh are pouring pollution over the whole nation. Our good people mourn sincerely, that so many in authority, are not, In any sense, "nursing fathers" to the chh of God. �1860 - 2 We have had, at Lahaina, during the past year, a royal tragedy, of a most singular character, of whh probably all have heard. On the night of Sept. ll^k 1859, the King, probably through jealousy, shot his private SecY, through the chest. Prom that day to March 2 7 ^h i860, almost seven months, the wound­ ed man lay there patiently on his back apparently wasting away. His case excited the sympathies of many. It threw a gloom over our whole community; but the saddest part of the gloom was the danger to the morals of the place, from the visitors it brought, & the immense impulse given to the work of our abominable grog­ shops . Wickedness, too often seen In high places, sometimes unconcealed & unblushing, & a thousand chanels by whh It makes its sure & deadly way to all parts of the nation, have led the chh, at Lahaina, to set apart the last Prid. of each month, as a day of fasting & prayer; Wickedness in men of rank is es­ pecially corrupting & ruinous to the young. The wicked are put into office, the last place where immorality shA be found our laws, intended to restrain evil, too often lie as a dead letter; &, with such a state of things, what but speedy ruin lies before the -whole nation, unless God shall interpose to save it I W^ it not be well for every chh, in the Islands, to have frequent days of fasting & prayer, to intercede for our rulers? Meetings for parents. Of all subjects brought before the people, by the pastor, for two year past, none have been insisted on more frequently, than those whh might aid parents in training aright their child- �1860 ren. - 3 The great desideratum in Hawaiian Society is the rearing up of well ordered families. We often see pious parents with vicious children; & we have mothers among us -who have had 10, 12, 16, & 18 children each, who are now almost as desolate as those who have had none; & we have one who has h o m e 36 child­ ren, & has now hut one left. Hawaiian parents are more ignorant of the economy of the human body even, than they are of proper moral training. When I found some of the grossest errors, on this subject, prevailing among the people, I called a meeting of parents to correct them. We afterwards held several similar meetings, in whh various matters were discussed with some ad­ vantage, I trust, to the people. Debt for Rebuilding chh. I reported, last year, the rebuilding of our chh. work was completed previous to the last general meeting. The whole But so heavy a work could not be accomplished by so poor a people, without borrowed funds. At that time, they owed, for borrowed money, building materials, freight, &c. over $2000. besides some hundreds whh w^- be due on the pastor’s salary. The people have shown a commendable zeal, In paying up these debts. The idea of being free from debt, after being so heavily encumbered, was to them a delightful one. was paid of the chh debt. In Ap. last, the last dollar They have also nearly paid a small debt, due on Hale Aloha. The whole cost of rebuilding the chh has been $4741. in cash besides native labDi?. About $400. of this was contributed by foreigners, mostly of Lahaina & Honolulu; leaving $4341. to be paid by the people themselves. When we commenced the work, �1860 it was a mystery where the means were to finish it. - 4 But all the means have been furnished voluntarily, & meet cheerfully; & God has verified to the people his promise, ’'Give, & it shall be given, good measure,11 &c. God has more than repaid them for all that they have given to his cause. When we were in the States, they had no market for most of their produce. The past year, their crops have been abundant, & the demand has been greater than they could supply. Prom Dec. ls_b 59 to Ap. 1 st, of this year, 6000 brls of Lahaina sweet potatoes were sent to California. These were all purchased at $1. a brl. Between one & two thousand brls more have been sold to whale ships, at Lahaina, Kawaihae, & Honolulu; some of them at $1.25 a brl. because they had become so scarce. All this looks as if the Lord intended to help the people out in a good cause. There is no probability, that there will be a similar demand for their produce in any year to come. They have been scattering & increasing; & their increased means have given an Impulse to industry & more liberal expenditures. Some are getting better houses, more furniture &, of course, better saddles. One pious man, who has been most liberal to the chh, rides to meeting in a Boston carriage, another in one made In Lah. We now have, In the place, eleven carriages of all descriptions, owned mostly by foreigners, Including a milk cart. I need not add, that when means are at hand, that the ladies improve their dresses, & some of ours have lately come out to meeting, in those latest & greatest wonders from en­ lightened lands. �1860 - 5 Schools The native schools of Lahaina & the district have had a thorough overhauling under our new Kahu kula D. Dwight Baldwin. The Protestant schools have been reduced, in number, from 6 or 7, to 3 schools, containing now 173 pupils. Inefficient teach­ ers have been dropped, & the scholars given to those of better qualifications. The Papist school has on their list 45 scholars. Our central school house, called Hale Aloha, has been fitted up, in good style, by the Govt, for the English school, at an ex­ pense of $600. - The number of scholars has been Increased, the past year, from 40 or 50 to 140. Besides the Principal, there are 3 assislsant teachers, & two side recitation rooms. The whole reminds one more of a good Boston school house than any thing I have met in the Islands. The branches taught are Reading, writing, spelling, & speaking the English language, also arith­ metic, Geography, Oomposition & Declamation. is also given to vocal music. Much attention Out of school, some 30 or 40 of the children & youth have been taught to play on the melodeon; an art, in whh their progress, to a certain extent, at least, is as rapid as that of almost any American scholars. Our son, David Dwight, is Agent for a new & superior kind of melodeons ( I), made in New Haven, Oonn. He has imported a considerable number, & several of our native as well as our foreign families have been supplied with them. Popery I mentioned, last year, the completion of the papist chh, some 50 feet by 70 or 80. This has proved far more acceptable as a place of worship, than the old bowling alley, where the �1860 disciples had to kneel in the dirt. - 6 How far their unhounded efforts have succeeded, in gaining converts, I cannot say. I think but few have joined them, & those only of the lowest grade, & of very suspicious moral characters. The whole number who have belonged to the Lahaina chh, & have gone to the Pa­ pists, from the beginning, is twenty one, (21). Some of these had long been excommunicated - a greater number were on our sus­ pended list, - & a few were in regular standing, when they left us. Of these 21, one has lately been restored to our chh. Pour papist members, on the last sab., renounced popery, & requested to be considered candidates for our chh. The Papists of Lahaina meet morning & evening, of most days, & no pains are spared to retain their naaupo followers. the poor natives groan over so many genuflexions. But Even the powerful solace of tobacco cannot reconcile them to aching knees. They have in front of their new chh a little kapuahi more attractive than the chh itself, where a few coals are prepared, as holy water Is Inside of the chh. When the time comes for meeting, they first gather round the coals, & raise a glorious cloud of tobacco incense. They puff at the foul to­ bacco pipe, till they reach the chh door. I have seen one hand lay hold of the door handle, while the other slipped the pipe into the pocket. Smoking is not deemed proper in such a sacred place 1 We cannot see why. I cd report fehitt mormonism, with us, is dead; but that a set of men, mostly from other places, still cling to sun-burnt, parched up Eanai, the picture of desolation. They are ashamed to leave; & so they insist most pertinaciously, that Lanai Is �1860 - 7 to "be the happy New Jerusalem of the saints & that all the other Islands are soon to'be buried in the Ocean. A very few only are to escape, when this deluge of God’s wrath is poured out, & they some of the vilest dregs of the land. D . Baldwin Chh Statistics, Lahaina, May 1 4 ^ 1860 Whole no. admitted on profession, on Certificate, Past Year on profession on Certificate Total past year 1504 468 31 7 38 Whole no. dismissed, 305 Dismissed past year, 9 Total deceased 587 Deceased past year 29 Excluded past year 10 Remain Excluded 33 Now in regular standing, Total children baptised 970 1519 Baptised, past year 50 Marriages past year 40 �1860 Births & deaths May 1/59 to May l/60 Mos. of the year. deaths Births Lah. Oloalu, outstation Bir ths Deaths 0 3 May/59 - 11 - 12 - June - 6 - 18 - 0 - 0 July - 12 - 10 - 1 - 0 Aug. - 9 - 12 ' - 1 - 1 Sept. - 3 - 10 -■ 1 - 2 Oct. - 8 - 16 - 0 - 2 Nov. - 4 - 12 - 1 - 2 Dec. - ' 8 - 10 - 2 - 1 Jan. - 2 - 11 - 0 9 0 Feb. - 6 - 9 - 1 - 0 Mar . - 1 - 13 - 3 - 1 8 - 6 - 1 - 0 - 78 - 139 - 11 Lah. 1856 ~ 66 - 114 1857 - 87 - 133 69 _ 103 1860 Ap. Total 1858 - 12 D o . Oloalu -■ — ------ 1858 -4 11 - 8 �Lahaina Report. [Abstract I860] There has been a good degree of health, during the year, in the mission family, & among the native population. There have been some cases of fever, & also a species of elephant­ iasis , very difficult to cure. The usual round of missionary labor has been performed. In addition to these, the last Prid. of every month has been observed, by the chh, as a day of fasting & prayer for the con­ version of our rulers. A select weekly meeting of females have also prayed for the same object. Meetings have been held for parents to teach them to rear up healthy & virtuous families. We have many mothers among us who have lost all, or nearly all, their children. Rebuilding the Meeting House. The rebuilding of thqir chh has cost the people, in cash, $><3341. besides $400. contributed by foreigners, mostly of Hono­ lulu & Lahaina; & excliislve of all their labor contributed. The Lord has verified to them his promise, "Give & it shall be given". Necessity gave a spur to industry, & an unexpected market was opened for their produce. In four months, more than $6000. worth of potatoes was furnished by them, for the Calif­ ornia market. Schools. All our native schools have xmgDesxxE improved the past year. The English school of Lahaina has been increased to 140 pupils, & is conducted after the model of the best Am­ erican Schools. I Popery. Papists have been zealous & active, but have lost rather than gained during the past year. �1860 - 2 God has given us many signs of reviving his work among us, hut we have not yet seen the windowp of heaven opened. Church Statistics. Whole no. admitted on profession, tf " on 0ertificate Past year on profession ,r 1504 468 31 certificate Total past year 7 38 Whole no. dismissed 305 Dismissed past year 9 Total deceased 587 Deceased past year 29 Excluded past year 10 Now in regular standing 970 . Total children baptized 1519 Baptized past year Marriages past year, by pastor Births at Lahaina during the year, Deaths " " 50 40 78 139 Births at Oloalu, the year 11 Deaths 12 11 " COn hack] Abstract of Station Report Lahaina, D. Baldwin 1860 �Report of Labors at Lahaina by S . E. Bishop, Chaplain to Seamen. 1859-60 In presenting this report of labors during the past year, acknowledgements of peculiar gratitude should first be rendered to God for the signal mercies in the experience of which the Chaplain returned to his post of labor just one year ago, the 13th of May, from an absence of ten months on a visit with his family to California and the Atlantic States, laden with the rich memories of many social and spiritual enjoyments, and many enlargements of experience. During that absence, Rev. C. B. Andrews of Lahainaluna supplied the'Chaplain's place in his pulpit and otherwise. His earnest labor infused fresh life' Into these services, crea­ ting an interest which has not ceased to be felt. My Sabbath labors have proceeded through the year without interruption, save one Sabbath of absence at Molokai In Febru­ ary last. To the other services, an Evening Service at the Bethel has been added since last October. The attendance at the Bethel has been good, shewing a large increase upon the earlier years of my ministrations there. In the absence of ships, the average congregation is about 40. During Shipping seasons, it sometimes exceeded 100. The Tues­ day evening prayer meetings have shewn a marked increase of interest. The attendance is from 15 to 20. present from the Seamen's Hospital. Some are usually A Sabbath-School for white children has been regularly held by Mrs. Bishop. Labors among Seamen. Nearly all of the 90 ships that have �Bishop - 1859-60 2 lain in port have been personally visited by the Chaplain and multitudes of Seamen invited to the Bethel, and exhorted to seek Salvation. These visits have generally been welcomed; and have been fruitful of visits in return to the Chaplain's study; where many have been counselled - some prayed with - and many Bibles, testaments, books and tracts have been distributed to them. Many cases of peculiar interest have come to view. Es­ pecially so, are those repeated instances of pious sailors, maintaining a Christian conversation among ungodly and profane shipmates, and commanding the respect of all, while winning some to the side of religion. Some of these persons were subjects of grace during the late Revival In the United States. Labors at the U.S. Hospital for Seamen. A service has been held at the Hospital every Sabbath 5, P.M. at i/faich there have been from 15 to 20 usually present. There has been a constant and stimulating call to comfort, counsel, & exhort the sick. Five have been buried by me, two of whom died in hope of salvation through the Redeemer. Many who have recovered and gone forth have seemed to bear with them deep and serious impressions from Divine truth. The interest of our Public Worship, has been augmented materially by good singing, for which much praise is due to-the aid of Mr. D. D. Baldwin’s services. The organization of a Church from our Foreign Community, has not yet been judged to be an expedient measure. There are two native churches, to which several of our congregation be­ long. The whole number of professi[njg Christians Is very small, while our community is subject to constant changes. �Bishop - 1859-60 3 These facts would render the organization of a church very difficult. Morals of our Foreign Community. While our people as a whole, are growing better, at least externally, there are many wicked, who are growing worse. The general decline of business has diminished the illegal liquor traffic. natives Is a i d to increase* Lahaina. The sale of beer to Temperance is the great need of We need a strictly enforced prohibition of the sale of all that intoxicates. The diminution of trade at Lahaina is the most prominent feature of change. The business done with Whalers is less than half of what It was five years ago. All business interests have E’ohsequently declined, and many of our Foreign Residents are leaving. Hence will result a diminished support of the Gospel and of attendance on its public ministrations. The amount contributed by Foreign Residents to various objects connected with our work is as follows. For Support of Chaplain For Chapel Expenses $185. 60. $125. has also been given for the maintenance of the Reading Room for Seamen, which was established last year at an expense of $160. previously contributed. It remains to report the Boarding School for Native Female Children under the care of Mrs. Bishop with the aid of Miss Abby F. Johnson. In the family have been received since Jan'y 1st, 11 promising native and half-caste girls, from 5 to 7 years of age. Their bills, $100. per annum are paid, in part by �Bishop - 1850-60 - 4 parents, and in part by the liberality of Foreign Residents. Their schooling is conducted in the English language, in the use of which they are making good progress, while learning the decent and desirable habits of a Christian household. The work Is one of much labor, but as we hope, of most valuable fruits. �A b s t r a c t o f R e p o r t o f ILiLbprs a t -tfee Lahaina, for 1859-60-, by S .E. Bishop Chaplain to Seamen at that port. The Chaplain, resumed, his labors, just one year ago, May 13th, having experienced many mercies during ten months of ab­ sence with his family in the Atlantic States. Owing to the earnest labors of Rev. C. B. Andrews, fresh life was infused into the work during his absence. The Usual Sabbath services.have been continued, with but one interruption during the year. The attendance has increased An evening service has been sustained since last October. A Sabbath-School for white children has been taught by M r s . B. The weekly prayer meetings have been well attended with a marked increase of interest. The same has been the case with the Sabbath services at the Hospital. Of the ninety ships that have visited the port, the maj­ ority have been visited. Many Seamen have visited the Chaplain Business in Lahaina has declined with the diminution of the whaling fleet. Great changes in the Foreign Community are threatened. By Residents, $185., has been contributed to the Chaplain' support the past year. $60., for Bethel Expenses - and $125. for the maintenance of the Reading Room for Seamen. Since January 1st, a Boarding School for young native fe­ male Children has been maintained by M r s . Bishop, with 11 pu­ pils. One half of their support is furnished by the benevo­ lence of foreign residents. �Abstract of Lahaina Station Report, 1861 The past has been a year of many mercies. The mission family have enjoyed their usual health, & it has been a year of health among the people. No epidemic disease has appeared ' among them, except a light form of the measles whh has been confined to young children, & never proved fatal. All the usual labors of the station have heen performed, without interruption, during the year. These have consisted in two sermons each sab.; also a Sab. School for children, & another for adults; a Wed. lecture, a monthly Concert the first & last monday of each mo., besides whh, in each of the nine different sections of our village, a prayer meeting has been held, at daylight, every morning. These means of grace have not been without a blessing. have seen many signs of the Spirit's working among us. We About forty, we hope, have been converted, though none of them have, as yet, been propounded for the church. Oases of discipline have been more frequent than in most previous years. these have been old offenders. Some of Iniquity has abounded around, & has infected some wlho have vowed to be the Lord's. Benevolent Contributions. The monthly concert collection is usually about $60. goes to the Pastor's salary. Remainder made up by special con­ tributions, three such, in the year, amounted to $499.50. for Micronesia $125. Hanging new Bell, $50. butions about $1550. Society in debt for a new bell $406. Box Sum of all contri­ 4~ Gov This tax for Lahaina & district, to be pd in cash, $7000.+ �Abstract 1861 Schools well looked after, &doing well. Births in Lah. last 12 mos. 78 Deaths during same period, 87. Oloalu same time, Births Do " Lah. 1860, births Do. " deaths - - 10 - 10 78. deaths 139. Oloalu, ” births, 11. Do. deaths 12. u - 2 �Lahaina - Seamen's Chaplain {Abstract 18611). S. E. Bishop About 60 ships at Lahaina the year past. The reduced trade has diminished the foreign population as well as the number of seamen, and opportunity for gospel labors are lessened. The average congregation on the Sabbath has been about 35. Weekly Prayer meeting well sustained}., also the services at the Hospital Sabbath P.M. Five deaths at the Hospital, in two of which there was de­ lightful evidence of salvation. Some interesting tokens have been found, of the work of the Holy Spirit, converting and sanctifying the hearts of sailors while at sea, making some of them faithful witnesses for Christ in the midst of wickedness. Mrs. Bishop's boarding school for Hawaiian female children, opened January 1860, has prospered. The number of pupils for last six months was 13, aged from 5 to 9 years. Their progress in the civilization of the Family, and in order and purity of habit, has been very marked, as well as in school studies. English Is habitually used by them. �An Abstract of the Lahaina Mis'y Station Report, for the Minutes of the Hawaiian Evang, Association. May, 1862. The health of the mission family has been better than in some years previous. All the usual labors of the station have been attended to, without interruption, during the year, & our two outstations have been visited. The last two months of the year have been spent by the Pastor, in a voyage to the Marquesas Isis, at the request of the Directors of the Haw. Missy Soc. Meanwhile, the pulpit at Lahaina was supplied by the Teacher of Lahainaluna & the Rev. J. Bicknell. The past year has been one of general health among the people. We have, however, lost an unusual number of our church members. During the 13 mos. now reported, 39 have died. This increased mortality has been owing, mainly to the fact, that one half of our chh, lil^e their Pastor, are getting to be old men & women. Of those who have died, are the three best of our chh teachers, Kaiwioni, Timoteo Keaweiwi, and Akula Moku - All these were shining ornaments of the chh, fathers in Israel, leaders of the people. ■army. They were tried & faithful veterans in Christ's We mourn their absence, & look around, in vain, for some to fill their places. Births & deaths in all Lahaina & Oloalu for the last 13 mos. as follows, Lah - Oloalja., Births 58 " 6 - Deaths 139 ” 5 We have had, at times, pleasing evidence, that the Spt of God was among us. There have been some interesting conversions, �Abstract 1862 - 2 & some of the subjects have united with the chh. Besides our ordinary meetings, we have established a weekly prayer meeting for youth & boys, & a similar one for girls & young women, both of whh seem to promise great good. Benevolent Contributions. Formerly the chh of Lahaina maintained a regular monthly contribution. This year it has been irregular from want of means. Whaleships, formerly the chief dependence of Lahaina, have nearly ceased to visit us. $560. The people are embarrassed. They have paid of the Pastor's salary for 1861; nothing on 1862. They have also paid, this year, the debt for their bell, viz. $475. ■ They gave $50. or $60. to the blind preacher from Hivaoa, & have sent a box to the Marquesas mission. The people of Lahaina are now turning their attention to the culture of sugar cane, which, in time, may prove a source, of income. [Unsigned but presumedly Dr. Baldwin^ �Report of Lahaina Station May 15 1863 - by D. Baldwin A year once seemed a long time to us all; but the years are growing shorter. They fly swifter. It seems but as yesterday, that I was looking at the missionary work in Fatuhiva. turned, found you gathered at the .^Anniversary here. We re­ And now behold the time has arrived, for another general meeting, fflhere has the year gone? Fled forever; swifter than a weaver's shuttle, but not like the weaver's shuttle, to come back again. "Well, if our i/iears must fly We'll keep their end in shight (I)" - and try to be grateful for all the good they bring us. The past has been a year of many mercies, to the mission family at Lahaina. own health has improved, certainly in some respects. My My wife too, who had been for many years, subject to wearisome nightly attacks of asthma, has been now for one and a half years, free from it, cured by a medicine wh. all the world may have. In the mean time she has been gaining in flesh and strength, so that she has quite renew§d her youth. Our children have been spared thus far, and their children seem to be thriving, growing up as we hope and pray, to be future helpers in the cause of the Redeemer. We have no greater ambition for them, than that they should be helpers in his work. Miss. Labors. The usual course of labors has been pursued, at the station, without interruption, during'the year. Two sermons have been preached each Sabbath, in wh. work I have often had the assis- �1863 tance of Messers Pogue and Aholo of Lahainaluna. - 2 Pour times in the year I have preached, and administered the sacrament to that section of our church, wh. is at Oloalu, seven miles south of Lahaina. A Sabbath school for the children of Lahaina.held Sabbath morning, has been managed by my son, and native teachers; and one for adults at noon, I have attended myself. Our week day meetings have been, the mon. concert, the first Monday, and the Antislavery Concert, the last Monday of the month. The Wednesday lecture, and the Saturday church prayer meeting. All these have been attended by myself at 4 oclock P.M. The females also have 2 or 3 prayer meetings each week wh. are generally attendee by Mrs. Baldwin. Besides these there are prayer meetings, at each of the nine Section meeting houses, of Lahaina, held at sunrise every day; attended by only a few, but serving generally as a nucleus, the most pious, of each section, together. Attendance on meetings Where there are so many meetings through the Sabbath, and through all the days of the week, it is impossible for church members generally, to attend them all, even if they were dis­ posed to do so. The morning prayer meetings are thinly attended, for many reasons 1st They are seldom made interesting on the part of those who conduct them. 2d Of all hours in the early morning is the time, when those who work out in this hot climate, should be on their lands. Many are hired by the month, and cannot atten[dj[ week day meetings. 3Q Its cannot be denied, that religion is at a. low ebb, amg. most of our community. An outpouring of God's spirit wld. fill �1863 - 3 up these meetings, without hindering any of the business of the place. At our mon. concerts, and weekly prayer meetings, we always expect about 100 individuals; wh is sometimes increased to 150, including some youth and children from the schools. If to these we add a large number confined at home by age and infirm­ ity, and others who are detained to care for thefmj, and their children, others again who can not leave their work, and some of the pious also, who are absent on other islands, say, 100 for all these, we may call this the "Kingdom of God" at Lahaina. Of most of these I have grt. confidence, that they will hold on their way, and abide by the ark, till they get through the wil­ derness of this world, into the land of Canaan. Of our congregations on the Sab. I'need say but little. They have been rather increasing in size and Interest, for the last 2 years; but we have not yet got back, so full a congre­ gation, as we had previous to the destruction of our church, at the commencement of 1858. That was to us a dark day. On Sat. at noon, a whirlwind demolished the steple ( I), and roof of the church. On Mon. we commenced carrying the timber and lime rubbish, out side the walls. There was no other building in the place, where we could hold our services; and, therefore, unsuitable as were the naked walls for the purpose, we were com­ pelled to hold our meetings there for almost a year, before we could get a new roof over our heads. The pulpit was left. A mat was raised over the preacher, and the people took refuge from the burning sun, as well as they cld. under the still standing galleries. Such as had little love for the house of God were �1863 - 4 sure to stay at home. The tide of more open immorality, wh. commenced ahout 1855, was, at that time, exerting a deliterious influence on the. people, and even invading the church. But probably that wh. produced the most depressing influence of all, and lost us many friends, was our calling for large sums every week, in order to rebuild the church. The church and people pay^dd, for this pur­ pose, in about 2 years, $4300.00; and this too, while their resourses ( I) from the visits of whale ships, (their only market formerly) were diminishing constantly, to almost nothing. Al­ most all Hawaiians can willingly bear heavy contributions, for sensual gratifications, and for a new fashion; and those whose hearts the Lord has turned, will give cheerfully for the support of religion, when they have the means. Dr. Anderson's visit On the morning of March 10n we had the pleasure of welcoming to our home, Dr. Anderson, and family, for an hour or two, and they took breakfast with us. They were on their way to Hawaii. Apr. 30" they reached our place again, on their return fr. Ha­ waii; and after attending the examination and exhibition at L. luna, he devoted himself to the interests of Lahaina. were busy days. They Sab. May 8^- was our regular communion season. Dr. Anderson addressed the congregation in the morning; it was somewhat increased by individuals fr. Oloalu, Kanapali, and scholars fr. L. Luna. All were deeply interested In the Luna nui, who had spent more than 40 years in sending out missionar­ ies, and had now come to see, what were the fruits; Interested too, in all he had to say of the countries he had visited. In - �1863 the afternoon, he assisted at our communion. - 5 On Mond. at 10 A.M. he addressed the children of Lahaina schools - a t 8 P.M. attended our Mon. concert, and made further communications on missions; at a dinner party at evening at our son D. Dwight's, Dr. A. baptized his 3 children. On Tues. we visited the La­ haina sugar Mill; on our return went over the Catholic church; finished up our talking, and, the same eve, Dr. A. and his family, embarked for Oahu. good. His visit has done us and the people As long as they live, they/ will remember'"the .good man with a white head,'1 as a little girl of 4 years called him. Results of misy. labor. This is a heading, always expected in our reports, but nothing is more difficult or uncertain, than, at the close of a year, or even a series of years, to recount the fruits of o.ur labors. They must not be judged of by the number we have re­ ceived into the ch. nor by the hopeful candidates we may have, by the amt. of contributions, nor always by the numbers who are ready to hear the word. In such a vin[e]yard as this, the most promising fruit, often proves blasted in the end; and on the contrary, we often find, that some seed w h . w e have sown is springing up unto everlasting life, in places where we had not dared to hope for any good. We need always to keep in mind, that the Word of God is not of our manufacture. It was made in heaven, and sent down to earth, quick and powerful, and wonderfully adapted to convict and convert sinners. If used right, and accompanied by prayer for the Spi’rit of God, we should always expect to see the enlighten- �1863 - 6 ing and purifying power of the Gospel. While the Gospel has "been preached, and all the ordinary means of grace used, a goodly number of our ch. have seemed in earnest, praying for the out pouring of the Spirit of God, well knowing, that we need the spirit's influence, more than our thirsty plains ever needed the showers of heaven. At times we have hoped, that God was about to revive his work, But hopeful appearances have passed away, and wickedness in some of its forms, has prevailed to an extent we have never seen It before. Still we wld. not feel that our labors have been in vain. In the midst of the contest vto. Is always going on amg. us between light and darkness, between purity and polution, the preaching of the Gospel has doubtless, done much to enlighten, and strengthen and embolden the pious, in their warfare against sin; and we may hope, that, in a thousand ways unknown to us, it tends to check the progress of iniquity, and make the wicked ashamed of their downward course. But, besides these general effects of the word, we are sometimes permitted the joy of see­ ing the truth, made effectual to the salvation of some individ­ uals . In the year 1858, the most dissolute and depraved young man in all Lahaina, become converted, showing that God's grace is omnipotent here, as everywhere. He came out, not as a young convert, but as a full grown Christian. Without waiting for an invitation, he went fr. one part of Lahaina to the other, ad­ dressing all classes, but always most in earnest with his former companions in sin. It was the beginning fxff a grt. excitement, as the fruit of wh. in Apr. /59, we gathered 103 into the chh. �1863 Most of them had heen the dregs of the place. - 7 Some of them are bright examples of piety to this day; and some have turned back, to be dregs again. Christian earnestness. That young man was a noble specimen of I thought I had in him a real helper. But God had higher labors for him. Two short months was his whole Christian career, when death came suddenly upon him. For nearly 3 months, just past, we have had among us an Interesting case of piety, in a youth 16 years of age. When yet a child, he exhibited a character of mature reflection, and conscientiousness, often reproving his father for his irregularities. As he grew older, the uniform sedateness of his char­ acter seemed rather remarkable. He was quick to learn, and was an Interesting and promising scholar of the English school. Early the present year, he was taken with bleeding at the lungs. This followed by a cough, wh. soon after confined him to his room, and to his bed. His pious feelings were early known to his mother, who was his constant companion; but did not attract our attention, till within 2 or 3 weeks of his death, wh. occured ( I), the 12'tl1 of May. At first he expressed a strong desire to live, and rejoin his school. As disease advanced, he showed entire resignation to the will of God. His sense of God’s goodness, his expressions of love to the Savior, his love for prayer, the interest he.took, to the last, in his parents, his companions, and his schoolmates, and the absence of all fear of death, were such as showed us, that the grace of God had pre­ pared him for a higher sphere of action. This Is the 3d case within as many years, of children in our schools, who have first shown clear evidence of piety on their dying bed; and we some­ times reason with ourselves, that if God is preparing some dying children for death, may it not be, that he is preparing others �1863 - 8 to live, to labor for Christ, & perhaps to preaoh his everlast­ ing Gospel? In contrast to these cases of living piety let me fmenjtion the case of the oldest living member in our Ch. Daniel II, once a licensed preacher on E. Maui, Mr, Richard's right hand man in the ch. twice a judge under Kam III Hoapili1s favorite, for more than 36 years having adorned his profession in Lah. ch. now lying there on his last sick bed, in a little grass hut by the side of the road, more prostrate with old age, than by any disease. He is 74 years of age, in full possession of all his mental faculties, full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, desiring, waiting, longing to depart to be with Christ, but still praying earnestly, that God wld. raise up the young, to fill the places of those that are going. Half a mile from this spot, the next oldest member of Lah. ch. is confined to his house, Kuakainauna, about the same age; once the second native doctor in the Islands. Hhen he professed religion he gave up the practise of medicine. He has been 35 years a consistent- Christian, much respected by chiefs and people. His faculties are now grtly decayed, his hearing im­ paired, & his stay with us can not be long. Statistics and state of the chh. Previous to the last year, there was no list of Lah. ch. except the simple list of those received by profession, or by certificate, in the order of their admission. On this were marked all deaths that occured ( I), and dismissions given. But as the names had Increased to more than 2000, it was diffi­ cult, often, to find names so as to mark deaths and dismissions, & often exceedingly difficult to determinate between names which �1863 were alike. - 9 I have therefore been compelled the past year, to arrange the records, dividing the ch. into 12 geographical sections, by wh. means, keeping the records will become, here­ after, more simple and easy.. No deaths had been entered on the book, during the 2 years of my absence, and many others had been omitted, for various reasons; so that, after investigating the history of every menber, instead of 649 deaths, as reported last year, I must now report 868; 45 of wh., however, have occured ( i) within the last 12 months. There have been admitted into our ch. fr. the commence ment, on profession 1543, on certificate 518, or 2061 in all; deduct from this 339 dism^ & 868 deceased, and we shd have 854 living members; or as in my new list, 848. Deducting f r . this 211, for members of outstations, will leave 614 for Lah. Deduct fr. this, 37 deaths and dismissions the few past mos. 88 who are absent on various parts of the Islands, 78, whom I have marked as very doubtfull members, and 30 who have from the commencement gone to the Papists and we shall have for members in regular standing, at Lah. 376, or 545 for the whole ch. 48 of these, at Lah. are sick, and unable to attend meeting. Many of the sick are old and. infirm, some are blind - nearly all of them, have about finished their work upon earth - they belong to a generation that is passing off the stage. Of the state of feeling in the ch. little need be said. Of those that now constitute the ch. there is a goodly number who give evidence that they are attached to the cause of Christ as large a proportion, perhaps, of true believers, as will be found in most American churches. But they are not very inteli- gent ( !), and are not well educated. Grace they may have, but �1863 gifts are scarce. - 10 There is more hope that they will get to heaven themselves, than that they will take many along with them. They are in no way fitted to be 'leaders in the ch. Within the last 6 years, we have lost about 300 members. Amg. them were not only many good men and women, but our ablest section teachers, champions for the truth; they themselves known and read by all men. A few of these, dated their piety fr. the days of Mr. Richards; but most of them were out of the revival of 38 and 40, born again in times of grt. excitement, and they have been the best, and most useful of all that have turned to the Lord, amg. us; so that we, of all others, have least reason to fear animal (?) excitement. have a few T/iho are promising. If spared, they will in time become fathers and mothers in Israel. ly here, within a few years. Of younger members, we Times have changed rapid­ Religion is less popular now, than formerly, with a worthless rabble; & more of a conviction with those who have character and ability enough to form an opinion. Of converts to Christ now are likely to be modified in their character. May we not hope that hereafter they will be more self denying, efficient, and given to work for Christ, such as the times demand. Let us pray for an outpouring of God's spirit, without wh. nothing can be accomplished. Nothing else can stay the tide of iniquity, & multiply the helpers we need. C ontri but ions Formerly the sole resource of the ch. people for raising money, & procuring such necessaries as they could not produce themselves, was the semi-annual visits of whaleships. These �1863 - whale ships numbered fr. 1 or 200 to 3 or 400 in a year. 11 In those days, we took up a monthly collection, applied mostly to the support of the pastor, and special contributions to aid other objects, as often as we thought best. But whale ships failed us, oil was pumped out of the earth; the few ships wh. came into the ocean, found other places to recruit in. Our monthly contributions first became irregular, and afterwords ( I) were omitted altogether, simply because they amounted to nothing. all contributions. We did not, however, think best to omit In July /62 $262.00 were contributed towards the Pastor's salary of 1861, then greatly in arrears, - $70. more were given before the end of the year. Jan. l" /63 $390.00 were collected, wh. made about $400.00 for /62 - The remainder of our living for /62 is supposed to be pd. by the special grants of the Board. May 21 of this year $252. (?) were col. towards the salary of /63. Thus within 12 mons. $942. were coll. by special efforts, for this object. They have also pd. $42. for necessary repairs on the ch. and #100. more, in a lawsuit, to defend one of our section meet­ ing houses. They commenced a collection to aid L.Luna Sem. - but it was deferred to wait for better times. We have not "dispersed a- broad", but we hope the time will come, when we can do our share in spreading the knowledge of the Gospel over the Pacific. The people of Lah. are now engaged in an enterprise to them, entirely new, - that of cultivating the sugar cane. Sugar Go. was formed 2 years since, and a mill ordered. A Why it �1863 did not come till /63 is a mystery. - 12 A borrowed mill is now taking off the crop, and it is hoped that the large steam mill of the Co. will commence its opperations ( I), before the end of June. Other Denominations A few observations may be appropriate, concerning other denominations amg. us, and, 1. Papists. Until /57, the Papists in Lah. worshipped in an old dobie Bowling alley, quite too dirty to be respectable. In /57 the French Govt, built them a ch. It is a wooden building, about 70 by 40, neatly done off with slips, and hung around with a beautiful set of pictures, decorated too, with an alter ( I), and a sufficient amt. of images inside; besides a life size image of the virgin Mary, and the infant Savior in her arms, wh. are placed high up in frt. of the ch. - the first objects-wh. meet your eye, as you approach the place. With all these attractions, and a plenty of beguiling lies, the papists have made more headway in their new house, than they made in the old Bowling alley. Their ordinary congregation may number about 100, and their every day school has on the list 74 scholars. 2. Reformed Catholics This, as all are aware, is a new sect, imported, the present year, from England. Coming, as we were told, they did fr. the body of the English Ch. we ex­ pected in them, something like what we had seen in Episcopalians in our own country. In this, some who were prepared to welcome them, spy, they are disappointed. They call themselves Refd �1863 - 13 Gath, and claim an affiliation with Catholics, or Papists, rather than with Protestants. Their representative in Lah. said in his sermon, the 2d Sabbath of his residence there, There are but 2 sects of Christians in the Is. the Catholics with a few errors, and our ch. - all others who are laboring here, are impostors & deceivers, misleading the people, giving them a Jewish Sab. & c . He is rept. as saying in a private conversation "we were all impostors, and liars,” Such denunciations w&. of course excuse us, by Christs rule, fr. any special intercourse with them, and must excuse me f r . any further account of their op­ erations amg. us. A few have been confirmed - curiosity drew many out to their meetings at first - but, as yet, they do not seem to be in high favor with the natives. They have commenced a girls school, wh. is to be taught by a young lady; and, it is said, are soon to have a boy's school, under the care of a master. 3. sect at Lah. Mormons. I am not aware that we have any of this In the South part of Lanai is the place wh. they have fixed on as the New Jerusalem. not informed. How many there are, I am I only know that the population of the Isd. wh for many years has been abt. 600, was in /60, 649. meetings on the Sab. be their leader. They hold Capt. Gibson, as he is called, is sd. to I cannot learn that he labors much to proselyte the people to Mormonism, he seems to be engaged mostly in agri­ culture, raising poultry and sheep, and in trafficking with the natives. He has leased lands of the Govt. & cheifs ( i), and, I suspect, will soon have the resources of the island, under �1863 - 14 his control. Marriages I have married during the year, 30 couple. Schools The English school at Lah. has numbered abt. 70. It is taught by my son D. Dwight, who Is also superintendent of schools for the whole district, reaching 20 miles North, and 9 South of Lah. In Lah. there are 5 native Protestant schools, numbering in all 207 scholars - 1 Papist school, 74 scholars - has in­ creased the past year, somewhat, at the expense of one of our schools. At Oloalu a Protestant school 30 scholars, a Papist school, 11 scholars, On Lanai 5 schools, with about 140 scholars. The one in the district, where the Mormans reside, has 70 pupils, and is taught by one of our people. Births and deaths in the whole field In Lah. fr. May l"/62 to May l"/63, there have been 61 births, and 116 deaths. At Oloalu during 9 mos. of the year, there were 7 births, 11 deaths. At Lanai in /62, there were 6 births, gl deaths. Lah. Oloalu Births Deaths 61 116 7 11 Lanai______ 6__________ 21 74 148 �1863 - 15 After looking thus far over the history and statistics of the past year, it is natural to turn our thoughts to the future prospects, of the people, and nation. We may often find the future of a nation in their past history, or in their present character. So of this nation. As health or disease prevails,, as their morality is more or less pure, as the religion of the country is real, or degenerates Into a mere formalism, as the Political management is wisdom, or chicanery, so may we augur prosperity and hapiness ( I),, or degredation & woe, as the future lot of this people. Notwithstanding all that has been done, & all the hopes that have been raised for this nation, still we must allow, there are many dark clouds, hanging, over them. ing people, are all around us. and it Is not wise to do so. The signs of a wast­ We cannot shut our eyes to them, If the rulers and people, as a body, even now cd. be filled with wisdom fr. above, the road seems still open for them to take an honorable & elevated place among the nations of the earth. mus.t be in God. But will they be wise? Our hopes When we remember how many prayers have been offered for the nation, we will trust, that the clouds will scatter, and a remnant be saved. I might stop here with my report, but I have not reported all my labors, nor even the most troubelsome (I) of them. In the division of the Bible for revision, the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Job were assigned to me. I have looked over a small portion of these books, enough, however, to see that they have been translated with grt. care; but still need a revision, before another edition of the Bible is issued. I could have �1863 - 16 taken hold of this work with grt, pleasure, hut I have found most of my leisure during the year, swallowed up in a work of more immediate importance. The one to wh. I have already alluded, namely, remodeling the Records of the Chh. To learn the history ( ■ of all the members of the ch. - there present location, and standing,so as to give faithful statistics, I have found to be a task far grter. than I ever anticipated. There is also another work, wh. has taken up still more of my time, and been more exhausting and troubelsome (l), namely, attending to the medical wants of the people. Of all the 32 years, wh, I have spent on missionary ground, in no one have I devoted so much time to medical labor, as during the past year. Our only physician, holds an office under govt. wh. requires him to be absent for weeks, and even mons. at a time. Meanwhile both foreigners and natives call on me daily, to pre­ scribe for their diseases. Of all ordinary complaints, every community has its share; we all have to deal with them, they occupy but little time. But we have some more formidable diseases amg. us. Much of my time during the 2 past years, has been spent in attending to the two diseases wh. follow licentious living. In fact for the past 2 years, - that is, since the enact­ ment of the law, on prostitution - I have had more patients of this class, than in all the 30 previous years of my missionary life put together. I do not consider the prevalence of this disease, owing entirely to the law. They are rather the legi­ timate fruits of a lax system of execution of law, w h . may be almost said to have had its beginning, about the year 1855, when some who were apptd. gaurdians ( l) to the law, were its �1863 greatest violators. When the mission first commenced Its opperations amg. this people, perhaps •§• of the people were afflicted with what we call "scrofulous ulcers", - some of them had them even fr. head to foot. But the wisdom of our physi­ cians taught us so to deal with them, that they have "been almost "banished fr. the land. About the year 1845, our physicians decided that the venereal disease, scarsely ( I) any longer, had an existance (I) in the nation. We were beginiBig (I) to think, that the blood of the nation, was in a measure purified, that we shd. hereafter see an increase of population, and all the blessed fruits of pure morality. A few years after, it was said that there was a fresh im­ portation of this disease fr. the French In Tahiti. may not be so. This may or But fr. whatever source it comes, one thing is certain, that we have going the rounds in these Islands, the disease of more virulent type, and more dreadful In its conse­ quences, than some of us have ever seen before. So far as my observation extends, the most afflicting circumstance connected with this is, that its victims are almost universally fr. amg. the young. It Is owing, no doubt, in a grt. measure, to the l prevalence of these diseases, that we see a diminution of births in these Islands, and a quickened pace given to mortal­ ity. The worst forms wh. I have seen of this disease, come fr . the rural districts of our Island. If all parts of the group, are as much afflicted with this, as the Island of Maui would seem to be, a large portion of this people must go out of existance ( 1). We can only hope, that a t>emnant will be saved, to perpetuate the �1863 - 18 race. I will now mention another formidable disease, wh. is. comparatively new - amg. the people; I mean the disease called the "Mai Pake" and wh. Dr. Hildebrand supposes is the Asiatic Leprosy. 15 years ago, the only case I had of this disease under my care, was the father of the present queen, who died in 1854. When I returned fr. the U.S. In 1858, 6 or 8 similar cases applied to me for help. might be at Lahaina 15. Last year, I supposed there 2 mons. ago, I collected the names of all who had the disease, and found they numbered pO. - 21 women, 49 men. This disease commences by a reddening, and a thicken­ ing of the skin of the face and forehead, and the back of the hands. Generally the progress is slow, sometimes 2 or 3 years scarsely ( l) making any difference in the appearance, but pro­ gress is sure, it holds on its course, and will sooner or later make the Individual miserable & helpless, and carry him to the grave. For 5 years, I have sought for remedies, and tried various experiments, but all v/ith out much success. 3 years ago, I wrote to Dr. Jane for a large quantity of Alterative, wh. I have tried thoroughly on some cases of long standing, and some more recent. It produces some effect on the disease, often seems to improve it; but still it holds on its course uncured. The first grt. question as to this disease is, what are its causes? We have many Chinamen amg. us, and though it is called Mai Pake, none of them have it, neither Europeans, nor Amer­ icans, nor their children born in this country, have taken this disease. Whatever, therefore, may be its causes, it �1863 seems to be peculiar to the Hawaiians, 19 I have supposed that the causes may be eating raw fish, as well as fish that are more or less poisonous. The Opelu abounds amg. us, and always becomes poisonous, after lying several hours. Want of cleanly habits, and of well aired houses may also contribute to the same result; and undoubtedly exposure to burn­ ing s m , has more or less to do with it. .Another important question in regard to it, wh. the learned Doctors must settle, is, whether it is contagious? There is already, grt. alarm about it, amg. the people; many of its victims are amg. our best people. There are so many fears and prejudices on the subject, that more advanced cases, stay away fr. the house of God, or sit down out side the door; while others who have had the disease a shorter period, are found in all our meetings. For my part, I see very little proof, that the disease is contagious. Of the 60 names wh. I have collected, 14 are living 2 In a house, leaving 46 individuals, living in the midst of as many families, fr. 1 to 10 years each, without com­ municating the disease to any of them. If our learned physicians will wake up, and investigate this new disease, they may teach us our duties in regard to it, and confer a grt blessing on the Hawaiian people. # Statistics of Lah. Church Admited. C O it on profession certificate Past year on profession 1543 618 6 �1863 - £Past year on] " " " certificate 25 Total past year 31 " dismissed 339 Dismissed past year 4 Total num. deceased 868 Deceased past year Excluded " " 45 7 Now in regular standing 645 Total children baptised 1631 Baptised past year 21 Marraiges 30 " Of these now in regular standing, 464 belong to Lah. 101 to Oloalu, and 77 to the Is.' of Lanai. U 20 �^Baldwin} • Report of Lah. Station, year ending, June 1. 1864. Another mis'y year has fled away forever - gone with all Its labors & Its cares - its doings all to be reviewed by Him who presides over all things. It has carried with It, into eternity, many of the people, who must each give up a solemn account of himself to God. Sad to think, how many of those who are"cailed away, go apparently without any preparation to meet their God I They have lived after the flesh, while they lived; have sought pleasure of the world, & lived all their days in pain, & then gone down to the grave with the full load of their sins upon them, without hope, because without God in the world. Through the mercy of God, myself & companion are still spared, & have had, the past year, even more health & strength than in some previous years,' to pursue the work committed to our hands. Our children too have all been spared, though some of them have been exposed to great danger - the Lord alone, in the time of peril, opened a way of escape, for which we w^praise his great & holy name. The Lord has also, the past year, added three to the number of our grandchildren, making seven in all; & so far as we know, they are all well & prospering. The past year has been, with me, an exceedingly busy one. A pretty large share of ray time has been necessarily spent in the practice of medicine. We have around us a village of 2 or 3000 natives, & many forreigners ( l); all, of course, liable to their share of sickness. For the last two years, we have had but one foreign physician at Lahaina; & he, being the Circuit Judge of �1864 - 2 the Island, was often absent for weeks & even months together. He has lately left L. & become physician to the King. Under these circumstances, foreigners pretty universally resort to the only medical help that is left as some of them did before. Sickness among foreigners usually consumes more time than we can often allow to natives. We have had no epidemic disease among the people, unless I may mention fevers among children, in the summer & fall of T63 - These have not often been pro­ tracted cases & never fatal. Some diseases, however, have greatly increased, in number & virulence, among the people, for the last 5 or 10 years. attend licentious habits. This Is especially true of diseases that It is awfully alarming to see what multitudes of our youth are perishing before the deadly power of sin. Among the deaths at Lahaina, since our last Gen. m'g, 10 were from this new scourge of the race, which is now called leprosy. Most of them were our worst cases. year,. 60 cases of the disease. genuine leprosy, or T1Mai Pake". places. I reported, last Probably about 50 of them were A few have removed to other We have two or three new cases. The whole list of those among us who now have the complaint, as far as I have been able to collect it, comprises about 50. I have spent much time upon this unfortunate class of patients; & I expect to give them much attention in time to come, whether with or without any success, in the way of during, time alone must determine. We think we have gained much by debarring those who have this disease from our religious assemblies, & by isolating them, as far as possible, in the family. The papists still allow them in �1864 - 3 their meetings. Misy Labors. The usual routine of misy labor has been pursued, at La­ haina, without interruption, during the year. There has been preaching twice on the Sab. a Sab. school for children, another for adults; a'Wed. meeting, a Sat. chh prayer meeting, & the usual monthly concerts, besides whh I have frequently met the people at their section meetinghouses. Once in each three months, I have spent a Sab. at Oloalu, & administered the Communion there. c^- have wished. I have visited Lanai., but not as often as I A graduate of Lahainaluna has conducted the meetings at the only chh building on the Island; & the leading chh members have held meetings on the Sab., more or less regular­ ly, at four other places, because the people are widely scattered over the whole Island. If it be asked, what are the good results of our labors? I w d answer, that we cannot, at the end of the year, gather up the fruits of labor, as the husbandman does the fruits' of his sowing. The germ planted in the heart one year, often requires long after years of watering & nursing to bring it to maturity. Though we all rejoice in seeing immediate effects from our efforts, yet we shd also rejoice in seeing good results from years long past & almost forgotten - Evangelical truth attended by the Spt from on high must always do good. buried long in dust," &c. "Though seed lie It is, no doubt, owing mainly to the public ministrations of the word, that there is, among us, a general respect for the institutions of the Gospel. I have not yet met, in this land, with a native who w^ deliberately own, �1864 - 4 that the days of heathen darkness were better than the days of Gospel light. If there be such, they must be among the lowest dregs of the land, & such generally show their hatred of the Gospel by their works rather than confess it in words. We generally speak of the state of religion among us as low. But this term will not apply to all the chh. Though there are many who ten years ago, made a fair profession of piety, & who have, one after another, turned back to the world, & prac­ tice openly sins which they never did forsake, yet there is a goodly portion of the chh who stand fast In the faith, who give cheering evidence, that they are born from above. They love the courts of the Lord's house/ - do not neglect the reading of the Bible, & are evidently from year to year growing in knowledge & in grace. Some of these, especially among the women, are persons eminent for prayer; & when I look upon them, I think, that God has not forsaken the earth, & has not forsaken the Hawaiian race. inefficient at best. Most Hawaiian Christians are inactive & We have occasionally the satisfaction of seeing one of the inactive kind wakened up into new life & energy. The most active man now in our chh was probably con­ verted a few years since, after being, for many years, worthy member. an un­ Therefore dont give up hypocrites in Sion. We have had no special outpouring of the Spt, but we think we have seen some true convers^ions. ceived to the chh during the year. Twenty two have been re­ About half a dozen of these were youth brought up In strictly pious families, where they have had more watchful care than is found in many native families. They have not been known to be in any immorality, & have been interested attendants on all our Sab. Schools, & re- �1864 ligious meetings for many years. - 5 They come into the chh under much the same circumstances as most of the children of the mission have "been received. May they prove equally worthy of a place in Christ’s house I Of the mass of those -who are outside the chh I need say* but little. Some of them are regular attendants at the house of God, &, therefore, we may hope, that they will, at some day, be brought into the fold of Christ. Others are but seldom found sitting under the sound of the Gospel, & the prospect for such Is, that they will soon forsake it altogether. Of the great mass of the unconverted, we have too much said evidence, that, for the last ten years, they have been sinking deeper & deeper in moral turpitude. The bad examples of some in high places, the responsibility of executing the salutary laws of the land, sometimes entrusted to those who cannot govern their own pas­ sions, &, as a consequence, the almost universal neglect to en­ force those wholesome laws whh were made to help, in purifying the land, all these warn us of the downward tendency of morals in this land. The Gospel has created a public sentiment among the people whh keeps the external of society decent, even whole vice is rampant - but outward decency will never save the nation, if the fires of sin are allowed to burn at its vitals. Licentious­ ness is common, & the victims of its terrible diseases are mul­ tiplying, especially among the young. The Sab. Is the great conservative influence in the land, tending to preserve a pure morality, & to keep up the fear of God before the minds of the people. It does more than any other institution to stamp the �1864 name of Christian on the nation. - 6 The Sab. is usually with us a quiet day, owing to the presence of so many who love the Holy Sab. Ife see no canoes abroad upon the ocean - no carts rolling through the streets as on other days - but few horses moving no stores or shops open, & none of the markets open, except the beef markets early in the morning. And yet any kind of business whh a man may wish to do on the Sab. he may do without let or hindrance from the laws. I have not heard of a prosecution for violation of the Sab. laws for very many years. Doubtless many avail themselves of this license whh wicked rulers give them. But it is a mercy, that they hide their deeds away where they will not offend the eyes of Sab. keepers. They lasso their cattle in the mts - take rides or journies where they are not known, & in stealing God's time, follow, in some degree, the same course they wd in stealing their neighbor's property. Schools. Our schools were all in a state of prosperity, when, about 4 mos. since, the Board of Education appointed a new Kahukula, viz. the Gov. of the Isl. & all Haw. schools were suspended, under the pretense, that they were $200. In debt. He has been asking of the people contributions for continuing the schools, & has probably obtained $2 or 300. We cannot foretell the fu­ ture, but we strongly suspect, that the schools either will not be recommenced, or If they are, it will be to make them depend entirely on the voluntary contributions of the people. Our school for teaching natives English consists of over 50 scholars, Mr. & Mrs. Mason's Boarding school of 26 girls �1864 was imported into Lahaina from Honolulu. - 7 They have also a school of 20 or more boys. There seems to he among our people, an increasing desire fo the establishment of Boarding Schools; but whether there will be among parents,, the thrift & economy to defray promptly even a small part of the expense of their children's education, remains to be seen. English Ohh. They have given us a better clergyman for this chh than formerly; but natives do not flock to them much. Papists. Our Papists hold their own pretty well - do not seem to gain or lose much. The conviction is becoming more & more deep, every year, among our people, that Popery is a dark system. A member of their own chh sd to the priest at Lahaina, not long since, "He mea lapuwale keia pule ana a kakou la Petero ma; e aho kakou e pule pololei aku 1 ke Akua." See Note # last page. Mormons. The Mormon settlement on the South part of Lanai has dispersed within the past 3 mos. Some returning to their old homes on Hawaii, & elsewhere; Others perhaps compelled to find a home, wherever they could. Marriages by D. Baldwin during yr. Births in Lah. repd in 1863,' 61. Oloalu 1863 - Births 7 Lahaina 1864 - Births 62 Oloalu Deaths Births 14 29 Deatha 116. Deaths 131 Deaths 23 11 �1864 - 8 Contributions. Contributed for support of Pastor --- For Kauwealoha at Uapou ” 362.00 150. Kaukau 20. Past salary of Bell ringer 55. Contributed for supt of Com. Schools, For painting chh 200. — 50. Waihee chh--------------------------- --------- 25. | 862. Statistics of chh, 1864 Admitted on Prof. " Certificate Past year on Prof. " " Cert. Total past year Dismd to other chhs " past year Deceased " 1565 524 22 8 30 344 5 899 past year 31 Excluded past year 11 Now in regular standing 622 Children baptised " past year Marriages past year 1661 30 29 Note #. As to the number of the Papists at Lahaina, they furnish about 75 voters in the whole district from Ukumehame to Lah. in­ clusive. In all the district there may be 200 papists; & their congregation (the only one on West Maui) may ordinarily on the Sab. number 100. They are generally among the most ignorant & �1864 9 degraded of the people. During the past year, three who have heen members of the Papist chh., have been recO- to our chh. The Papist priest has., the last year, shown more zeal in schools than ever before. Their school numbers 70, & has two active young men for teachers. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Maui Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Maui - Lahaina - Lanai - 1848-1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864