https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/93f99f8425971793bbd246b5817bd97a.pdf 99ba28fe3204c2517f0bc2a2cf186286 PDF Text Text HAUULA STATION REPORTS C O NTENTS M. Kuaea, Abstract.............................1861 Unsigned (M. K u a e a ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1862 �H auula M. Kuaea. [Abstract 1861] This church is under the united pastoral care of b r e t h r en E m e r ­ son & Kuaea. lier part There was a good degree of Christian energy in the e ar­ of the year, Congregations large, meetings frequent, & atten­ tion good. Contributions to shingle & repair the meeting-house at H a u u la were promptly made - the church has been peaceable & orderly. not unlike former years. Schools The sabbath school attended by a small number, w h o are regular attendants. near the close of last year, The church largely increased a few have been added, the present year. Mormonism not much known, & papacy exerting but little influence. Contributions of the people in cash the past yea r - - $ 1069.87 �Hauula Station report, May 1862 The Station at Hauula has been sustained the past y ear by the ordinary amount of pastoral labor. The public worship of the Sanctuary has b e e n uniformly maintained on the Sabbath, & daily m o r n i n g prayermeetings have been held at some of the places of gathering m ost of the year. The finishing & furnishing of the meeting house at the Station, wh i c h was nearly completed at the last general meeting, has been fully accomplished & paid for. So that we now have at Hauula the most spacious & well finished house on the windward side of Oahu. There is no debt on the church f o r the house, but there are funds, on hand, nearly sufficient to procure a bell, which has b e e n ordered. There have b een four communion seasons for the chch. the past year, w h i c h were attended by the joint pastors. These communion seasons ocupy ( !) each about five days of my time including travel to & f r o m Hauula, & involve more or less labor inversely to the amount of religious interest in the Church. There have been no additions to the Chch. at Hauula the p a s t year, except one by letter, 19 have been cut off from the chch, 13 dismissed to other c h c h s ., & 4 have died. Consequently our number of communicants is 35 less n o w than at the beginning of the year. The monies collected at this station the past year were as follows, For sup p o r t of pastor, For foreign missions " mee t i n g house at Kahana " Meeting house at Hauula In all $ 7 4 5 . 80 $134.55 47.12-1/2 35.00 529.12-1/2 of wh i c h $268 were contributed from wit h o u t the parish at a feast held at Hauula to pay off the debt for the meeting house. This feast was a splendid occasion, no doubt, about w h i c h much might b e written; but as the senior pastor was not present, he can only �2 Hauula 1862 say it was r e p o r t e d to be a grand affair, & money was h a n d e d in liber­ ally. The Chch. at Hauula, like many others, contains too m a n y members who give to benevolent objects from impulse & not from principle. They give where a display can be made in giving even where they withhold fro m a creditor his honest due. T h e communions of t h i s Chch. have b e e n thinly attended the past year. The pastor's salary has not been half paid, owing in part to the effort for the meeting-house, & in part to their inability to dispose of their produce, & in a larger degree to lack of interest. Changes. The past year four or five new & foreign families have entered this part of Koolau loa & are calculating on permanent resi­ dences among the people. Laie, the best land perhaps in Koolau loa, has b e e n purc hased by Capt. Howland & is occupied b y h i m & Mr. Spencer & their families. Dr. Ford w i t h one or two families is engaged largely in the cultivation of Rice at Punaluu. A Chinaman Aa - ki (?) owns Kahana. Mr. Wilder is in possession of Kaawa ( !), & Judge Moffit is at Kahuku. So that not far from 3/4 of the land in Koolau loa is owned by foreigners or is under lease to them. The native population is extensively employed in the s e r v ice of foreigners, as hired laborers, shepherds, cattle-drivers, cooks & stew a r d s , or else paying a partial service for t h e pasturage of their many, morse than worthless, horses. What wil l be the r e sult of this state of things time will develope. At present it is obvious that they are gradually losing t h e i r independance, & their ambition to cultivate the soil for themselves. Children are decreasing in numbers & are more rapidly leaving the schools to do service as shepherds & herdsmen. Between Waimea & Hauula there were ten years since 8 schools & ten �Hauula 1862 teachers where there are n o w but two teachers employed w i t h two schools each, to w h i c h they devote 12 hours per week. By a record of the past I see that in 1846 there were in Koolau loa 20 Schools & 396 scholars at the examinations; there are now but 3 or 4 teachers & less than 100 scholars. Probably the average daily attendance at school is not over 50 scholars as most, if not all, these schools are taught but 3 days per week. But 50 scholars daily when there were 17 years ago 300 ! Imp r o vements. making b ut few. W h i l e foreigners are making many, natives are Many of the houses that are built apparently by n a ­ tives are either on the foreigners land, or w i t h the foreigners capi­ tal, in whole or i n part, so that the foreigner has lien u p o n them, & can dispossess the native often at his pleasure, Every n o w & then a native sells his kuleana, er is generally the purchaser. if occasion presents. in which case the foreign­ Not unfrequently a native builds a house in his friends yard in the city, & as a consequent ( !) the kuleana must be sold to foot the bill & the family remove to Honolulu or its v icinity, the great Maelstom of the race. But I have bee n casting about for a bright point with w h i c h to close this report & here it is. Our people have to a great extent ceased f r o m litigation, what one judge in h i s court confirms the next above h i m is almost sure to destroy by his verdict & so the people have very generally concluded to leave off litigation & settle their wrongs in a cheaper & better way. Habits of the people. The number, who are suspected of living in adultery, is alarmingly great. the constaple But if the judge, the lawyer, & ( !) are supposed to be, & some of them are known to be, in the same category, it is not an easy matter to get laws executed, if we have any on the subject; - & where there is no civil law, it is not common for ignorant m e n to feel that there can be moral tr a n s ­ gression. It is beyond the ability of our people to conceive that, if �4. Haaula 18 62 it is right for the government to tax them to raise a p r e m i u m to b e paid to a certain class, who choose to live in the v i o l a t i o n of the commandment, 7th it should he wrong in t h e m to commit the same violation without a premium for doing it. The C h c h .organized at Kahuku in 1848 h a d in 1854 increased to 126 members under Kekela. But it now has no longer a name to live, & but few of its members are in good standing in any other church. Meetings are held with them, almost every sabbath by some one of our deacons; yet rarely more than 20 or 30 persons can be collected in any one place for worship; & on a week day rarely can more than ten or 15 be got together. Statistics Wh o l e no recd to the Chch on prof " " " on Certif " " past year on Prof " " past year on certif Total past year Total dismissed Dismissed the past year Total decea s e d Deceased the past yea r Excluded the past y e a r Now in regular standing T o t a l children b a p tized Baptized the past y e a r Marriages ” 644 37 0 1 1 73 13 242 4 19 262 168 3 13 (Unsigned) (M. Kuaea) �Kahuku Station [Abstract] Gen. Improvements. The people although m u c h cramped (?) in their circumstances & deprived of the greater portion of their lands have made commendable progress in industry & improvements. Benevolent efforts - A good stone w all about 1/ 10 of a m i l e / in l e ngth to aid in enclosing a parsonage - Also (?) a good framed Meetinghouse w i t h doors & w indows has been erected & p a i d for by the people - They have also paid their pastor in cash $117.75 for his support. Schools have been w e l l sustained But they have been r e p orted in the schools in Koolau. Popery - This evil has vanished f rom the field - there is no papal school & only one or two persons now in the field, who profess to be papists. State of religion - Attendance on public worship good - sabbath schools are attended wit h adults & children & are useful Meetings are attended on sabbath & on weekdays with success. � 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 - Oahu 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 - Oahu - Hauula - 1861-1862 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861, 1862