https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/792d6071685c9acb57d4c37754966c01.pdf 52a243dd1b76d6e5e302b8a72f8f1c88 PDF Text Text HONOLULU (KAWAIAHAO) STATION REPORTS CONTENTS Unsigned fragment [Bingham].............................. .......... . [1830's] Unsigned [Bingham]............ ......................... ....... .. — [1831] Unsigned [Bingham].......... ............ ................... — ..... [1832] Unsigned [Bingham]............ ......... . — — ..... . — ...... . ,. .1833 Unsigned[Bingham]............. ............. ............... ....... 1834 Unsigned medical report[ Judd]................... . — ................[1830's] Unsigned[Bingham]................ ..... ......... ........... ..1835 Unsigned [Bingham]..................... ..................... ..1836 Unsigned[Bingham]....... ............................... ........ . .1837 Tinker, R ......... ............ ............................. . 1837 Unsigned [Tinker]............ ...... ............ .......... ........ .1838 Unsigned [Bingham]............... ......................... . — Unsigned draft [Bingham]........................ . — ..... .1839 ......... ...... 1840 Unsigned [Armstrong]........... ............... ........... ......... 1841 Armstrong, R ........ ....... ................. ......... ...... . — .1842 Armstrong, R ...... ........... ...... .............................. 1842-43 Armstrong, R ............. ............. . — .-......... ............ 1843-44 Armstrong, R ......... ........ ............................ . Armstrong, R.............. ............. ............ ........... . .1846(2 years) 1846-48 Unsigned[Clark]................................. ........ ......... 1849 Unsigned [Clark]............................ ........... ........... 1851 Unsigned[Clark]...................... .......... ...................1852 Unsigned abstract[Glark]............. ........ ......... ........... 1852 Unsigned [Clark]................... -........... ........ ........... 1853 Unsigned [Clark]......... .............. ......... ....... .......... [1854] Unsigned [Clark]............. ...... ....... ............. ......... .1855 Unsigned abstract........ ...... ................................... [1855 ] Armstrong, R........... ................. . — ..... ........ ........ 1856 Unsignedf Clark] .......... ................ ........... ......... . .1857 Unsigned abstract[Clark]...................... ...... .......... ... 1860 Clark, E. abstract......... ...... ................................ 1861 Unsigned church statistics................... ..... ............ . .1862 Unsigned [Clark]........... ........................ ............... 1862 Unsigned [Clark].......... .......... ....... .......................1863 , '^ C ’ro (xra wdrO ^ ^-huiru^ u^luch k/M/e- bem IrCpofvH, �Honolulu, Station Report fragment, 1830’s . . . chosen him § his service § his salvation, whose sincerityt i m e ^ temptation must prove but none of these have yet been brought forward or propounded for admission, as we usually allow years of trial before receiving to membership those who profess repentance § hope § appear to live reformed lives. The admissions to the church during the year have been 20. -18 natives § two foreign residents, Mssrs* Colcord ^ Anderson, both of whom appear to take a decided stand in the cause of temperance, § religion in the midst of Honolulu even in troublous times. An application was made to Mr. C.' purchase of him a large iron pot]for the purpose of distilling rum. would not sell it for that purpose. had their relation remove gold. He said he Some of our members have lillegible] fill:’it with and have been organized with other into a church at the other station on this island, at W'aialua one of them: 'Kuo'Koa, being interested with the office of deacon. He with Laanui have proved themselves efficient missionary helpers § coadjutors of Mr. Emerson, § have shewn that native chri:stians are capable, of doing good in extending the infloience of Christian institu­ tions in their own country'. We have had more occasion the last y'eaT to. e^ceycj.se the dis­ cipline of the church, the las-t year that^sicy heretofoxe ^ owing in part as we believe to •[the s'uccessive cargoes of rum int'lros duced among the people, and the leisure given to sell, and the inducements- held-out to use it by wiclcedness in high places. One of our members has been ■excommunicated the motJon for excision proposed -in church meeting without a dissenting voice, FourJ?] others have been suspended from the communion two of whom on apparent repentance have been restored, and t.-wo -who were previotisly suspended have also been restored one of -whom is known to the Mission gennerally', Samuel M i l l s » 'Wb-O though he does not give all the e-yidence of decided piety, that could be desired, yet having reformed, and made a full § B.umble public confession, and given as good evidence of repentance as at any- former period, of his life or whi.le in America where he was baptized it was judged best after long trial to restore him to the fellowship and privileges of the church f| �Honolulu, 1830’s p. 2 the affectionate [?] fulness of h.is brethren whom he had ex­ ceedingly grieved. Religious meetings distinct from the ordinary public preaching and ordinances at the church. The monthly concert prayer meeting for the conversion of the world, with the natives at the church, and for the same object in English at Mr. . The monthly concert for Sabbath schools, at Mr. Johntones, and the monthly concert for seamen at the reading rooms some of us usually attend § assist. A weekly meeting for ourselves § foreign residents at on Wed., are at Mr. Chamberlain’s, -- a quarterly, [?] ■ at Mr. Clarks -- a monthly meeting of the church, for business The Friday improvement. been continued in the female part of which thevefs^ada^ystem of attending to the scriptures has been J[?J § the members have usually been assisted by Mrs. B. Bible classes § sabbath schools An [?J of about 400 have attended to the verse a day system, meeting at 8 o clock sabbath morning, partly at the church' § partly a schoolhouse in the Ivicinity] of the village, these have been attended by Mr. Clark § Dr. Judd. At each place a bible class on Thursday has been attended, where the subject of the Wednesday lecture was reyiewed, § the Ninau hoike in some cases I?] forming part of the lesson. These classes have been attended by Mssrs B. § C, A sabbath school of about 5 0 who I sic’ ] lesson h-as- been to convert to memory a page a week, of the N e w Testasijent -v. th,a^s has been instructed by Mr, Cha-mberlain, at 2 p.m. Mr. Rogers and others have paid some attention to children on the sabbath. Mr, § Mrs. Johnstone hav^e had the sabbath, school of children in some sense a branch of our missionary work, distinct.from the Oahu Charity school tho the same pupils are embraced. Station Schools |c A station school for teachexs -^as commenced soen ,a;fteT the last general m.eeting § continued till Oct,' - t. Attendance i^'Xegula'r �Honolulu 1830's p average about 40 studie reading. Arithmetic Geography, opened again in March, first lesson in Geometry introduced. The school was much embarrassed, for want of a suitable home -- which the scholars are now correcting for themselves, who will need the last year appropriations from the mission ^ perhap.s -more to aid them in finishing it, Mr. Clark aided by Dr. J. have the charge of this station school. Another station school house of earth bricks is in building by the natives, who have contributed liberally in natives labor and money for its erection. Dimension 54 feet by 30, walls 11 feet high. Mrs. Judd has had a class of 24 women, whom she had read the scripture once a week -- Mr. Bingham another class of 67 for reading the scriptures, reciting the Ninau Hoike, §c.The sisters of the station have engaged also in a Maternal association embracing those female members of the church who sustain the re­ lationship of mothers. Labors abroad -Mr. Clark has held a meeting twice in the J?] most of the year, cong. fr. 5 0 to 200, has preached some sabbaths at Waikiki, about 17 at Esp., at W'aipio ^ two at Wailua {?] 5 at Kauai .-The congregation at Ewa, not exceed 300 .or 400., during this [?] haunaele [panic, commotion] Perhaps more would attend at Waiawa, where at present th:ere is more good order, by no suita­ ble house of worship. Mr. Bingham spent about a week at W'ailua, has preached once at Ewa, § once at Kolau. tour of this island and J?J Dr, J. ha,s made the Wailuku on Maui, Admissions to the Church during the year 2Q, Suspended from the com 4 two of whom have been restored two previously suspended, restored One has been excommunicated Whole no, admitted to the church do, do. # Died Removed Excom. 229 15 5 1 “ leaving 2 08 �Honolulu 1830’s p Average of the readers who appeared at the several exam­ inations -Palikolau 2.44 Waikiki 1.32 Honolulu 6.79 Ewa 2.56 13.11 Marriages 71 Contributions. -- couple. Monthly Con. Outfit for Marquesas Mission 84.50 cash 66,50 in supplies Cash for schoolhouse Total, [?] bution for new 151.00 355.00 = 5.06 the contri­ .[?] of the gospel commenced [?J 348,12 cash . .6.6...50 supplies 414.62 Adding ca±i for schoolhouse which is part in aid of the mission . 35.5..0.0 769.62 �Report of the Station at Honolulu [l83lj The oause of religion has heen gradually advancing at this station since the last general report. The n u m h e r o f serious inquirers & hope­ ful converts have greatly increased. more thronged. Our meetings were prohahly never Several meeting houses have "been erected in different parts of the Island & dedicated to the worship of God. In most or all of them public worship is regularly conducted hy native members of the church. Our congregation at this place has so much increased^ that a separate meeting has heen held for those who could not find admission to the meeting house. Numher received to the church since the last General Meeting 40. IWiole number received at the station 106. Deaths 5. Expelled or dismissed none. Propoimded 30. The nuniber of scholars in our schools has considerably increased during the period under review & very perceptible improvement has been made in reading & writing. school 5^443. Schools 250. Alphabet & Spelling 4^893. Teachers 250. Readers in Whole number of scholars 10^336. The ladies of the mission have spent considerable time in instruct­ ing with good incouragement. Something has been, done in the way of raising the qualifications of teachers, & some improvement m.ade in the examinations which.'promise to be useful. Marriages 437 Some changes have taken place in the political affairs■of the nation, which have a very favourable bearing upon the cause of morality & religion at this station. For the operations of the press see report of the printing commit­ tee. y Mr. Shepard's health has been declining. The health of other members of the station has been for the most part comfortable. �[Honolulu 1832] The general labors of the station have heen carried on as usual.. Our assemhlies on the sahbath have embraced from 1,000 to 4 thousand hearers. Other more private meetings both male & female have been well attended. During the year .preaching has been m:aintained ten or twelve sabbaths in other parts of the island under very favourable circumstance. The number of,persons who give evidence of external reformation has considerably increased during the year. to our church at every commimion season. to the church during the year is Additions have been made The whole number admitted [no figure given] . Fow, stand pro­ pounded [no figure givenj Our school operations have gone on very much as in times past. There has been a considerable increase in the number of learners on the island, & especially in the number of readers. At our last exam- ination 6^26. An Interesting school of children under the superintendance of the females of the mission has been kept up at this station. consists of about 200 children. The school They are taught on the monatorial plan, & have made good progress in reading & y/riting. commenced Geography & natural history. Some have also The school bids fair to be highly us eful. The number of marriages at this station since June 15, 1831 has amotmted to 384 couple. Of these 11 individuals are foreigners,. marriage of foreigners has occasioned us.considerable trouble. The We have endeavoiored in all cases to adhere as strictly as possible to the regulations adopted at our. last meeting. For the operations of the press see report of the printing # Committee. The two catholic priests, who have caused us so much soli­ citude left this place in the Waverly Dec^-24. out for the purpose by the chiefs. The vessel was fitted �Report of the Station at Honolulu 1833 The work of the mission in the various d.epartments of labor which fall to this station have been carried forward, during the year t h o ' we had some illness and some untoward circumstances of anxiety (?) & embarrassment. •The arduous duties of the general secular agency of the mission have been discharged by Mr. Chamberlain, & he has also paid some atten­ tion to schools, . More than ordinary attention to the medical department has been given by Dr. Judd, on account of having more convenient rooms & having relinquished the intention of preaching - He has also devoted some attention to schools, to engraving & teaching music, & to the verse learners, a part of whom he meets between the first & second bell for morning services - on the sabbath - & in connexion with Mr. J<. to the drawing of maps Mr. Shepard tho feeble & declining has been associated with Mr. Rogers, in carrying on the printing which this year amounts to more than 9 million pages - Mr. Rogers has moreover superintended the binding which has very much increased its operations as facilities and demands have multiplied! Mr. & Mrs. Johnstone have been engaged in schools, and [are^ now engaged chiefly in the instruction of the Oahu Charily School for the instruction ot the children of foreigners containing about 50 pupils. English preaching at the station has amounted to about 2 sermons in a week chiefly by Messrs Armstrong Tinker and Alexander. From three to four sermons a week in the native language have m 'been preached, chiefly by Messrs Bingham & Clark, Mr. Clark preached about 5 months at Waialua, and Mr.- B; labored a: week' at Kauai, when there appeared to be a work of the Lord in progress. - Mr, Clark �Honolulu 1853 2 . . lias a part of the year has ( I) preached, attended a bihle c l a s s & the Ai o ka la on three different days weekly in the rear of the village of Honolulu. A few small publications have been prepared (?), as the Buke a^a m u a , the Ai o ka la, the Olelo no ka mare ana & The A Nuugi^fe The Psalms from the 25^ to the 75^.^ have been translated, & the first book of Kings begun, tho much labor is yet to be bestowed on these before they can be ready for the press. Dr. Judd has translated the epistle of James, to a Koble Land in the Brittish Parlamant ( l). . Schools Since the Western, Northwestern, and. Northern districts have, been set of to Vi/aialua station including about 10,000 inhabitants & ■ , ^ s. half the territory of ,-bhe.idand , -:■> only, the Eastern, the remaining three district two Southern containing about 20,000 inhabitants are regarded as belonging particularly to Honolulu Station. The register of the annual examination of the schools in these districts about three months subsequent to the unfortunate effects from High authority to relax the restraints upon folly and wickedness shows the folowing ( l) i-esult[?]. Pal:jJs:oolau, & Waikiki on the Eastern end of the Island 9S5 readers, 725 unable to read = 1650 learners - 1111 Molowa [lazy] Honolulu - 1498 readers, 106 unable to read = learners, 246 Molowa From Honolulu to Barber's Point 677 readers - 333 unable to read ^ 1010 learners - 682 Molowa Station 3100 readers - 1195 unable to read - 4295 learners 2039 fallen off Of those connected with the schools 440 were under the more im­ mediate instruction of the members of the mission families, besides �Honolulu 1833 3. besides those called poalima, poaha and Ai o ka la. The school of teachers commencing with 170, and ending 114 was instructed a part of the time by Messrs Armstrong, Judd, Chamberlain, & Johnstone - and a part of the time chiefly by Messrs Clark & Chamberlain, Tinker[?’] has rendered kind assistance there;: - They were taught reading writing, Arithmetic & Geography, There have been different classes of children, & of women, taught at different':, times by different individuals in which most of the sisters have taken a part, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Tinker, Mrs. Johnstone, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. Judd & Mrs. Bingham. At the last examination Mrs. Clark presented 9 infant children of the mis­ sionaries - Mrs, Judd 25 native children, taught in writing arithmetic & geography A 70 women[!]. Mrs. Bingham presented 61 children & 75 women - Dr. Judd 25 smgers the king, & Kinau',: Mr. & Mrs. Johnston*'s[!] school were not examined. including They are taught in English « from 4 to 7 hours-a."'day-and a considerable part of them attend on[an] English preaching and Sabbath school instruction. The building, they occupy, was built by subssription at the expense of 2,000 doll. It has a steeple and bell; is of stone; well finished and furnished, with comfortable seats and a pulpit -affording pleasant accommodations for public worship for foreigners. Mr. Johnson [sic] has the offer from ■£her;tTus.f.e.es'.of'the s.ch.QQi^ of a salary of 500 doll, as the means of his support, that he may be exclus'.ively devoted to its interests. Persons who attend the exercise of Ai oka la at. Honolulu wey-e at one 'tiine,vabout year after it commenced, - was 180 0- -- It is now about 600 -- should our political excitement cease^ the number will probably' ixLcrease. 1163 persons are reported as having forsaken the use of tobacco. State of the church 8 Admis'sions during the year It V. Deaths " Children baptized 3 u 30 Deaths among bapti.zed children whole number 11 It 209 12 u 11 106 It It 6 . The church, appears to stand hej: ground. . They aneet .weekly for prayer among themselves, T>ro have, been suspended, irregular walk. § two have made confessions, for �Ii.QP,ol,ulu 1835.; Marriages p_ 4 286 -- besides those celebrated by Gov, Adams § otherwise. Cash contributions, for a bell $200, about $100 for schoolhouses, § $2 80 for Missionary purposes particularly to aid the Marquesan Mission. 10 doll, of which met the pecuniary expense of printing the A. 'NuuhiVa. The contributions for the bell and for Missionary purposes are committed to M. Chamberlain of which he has an account on the books of the mission. The arrival of Rev. Mr. Diell as Caplainjsic] to seamen is, matter of congratulations. �HONOLULU 1834 [Note at top o£ page illegible.] Translations The principle labor in this department, has been a thorough revisal [sic] o£ the revised translation of Matthew, a careful in­ spection of the translations of the latter half of the New Testament ^ more particularly 8 of Pauls Epistles for the New Edition now in press. a revision in part of John § Luke, a careful revisal of the translation of Judges a laborious revisal of a [?] § large additions, a revisal of part of an [?] preparation of several new ones. for the [?] with many hymns^ with the work in hand- agreeably with the joint views of Messrs Richards § Bingham and the approval of the printing committee the translation of 13 chapters o'f first book of kings' § the preparation of a Marquesan spelling book, of 8 pages a few hand bill tracts[?3 § some alterations, much less- than could Be wished, to a grammar of the Language, Xn spea,king of these preparations for the press it may Jbe] proper to say that the I,?] assisSed in the illegible^ work. are assumed by Dr, Judd who has also The rest of these labors .[next ^ew words § explain of what has been done to 1 kings by Mr» Clark -- have(!falien chiefly on Mr, B. who has usuallypreachedd 2 a week when M t . Clark has been at Honolulu^, § 3 times has preaclied at a distance. Seamans’ chapel r e a & ^ g rooms have been erected at this place ^ proven to be successful. \?e still hope the Inext few words illegible] will ultimately be useful, though it has yet fully assumed what was expected at the out set, I't appears to us-, § probably to the people, to be a kind of half­ way' zone between, the world^ § that holy devotedness to the things of God § heaven which Missionaries ought unceasingly to inculcate. There are now 11 professors of religion at this palce, deemed orthodox, who are not connected with us § two or three others, w h o ■ are not regarded as orthodox. The apparent conformity of some to the world, in some respects § their claims on the privileges pf the Lord's table with us, have o'ccassioned us some solicitude § make the �Honolulu 1834 advice o£ the mission desirable on that subject. p. 2 We invite all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity;', who are members of his churches in regular standing, and whose lives adorn their proffessio.ns. Parties for cards § dancing, § the entertainments of the theater, opened at this place, at which the king § company is himself ^ the urgency with which foreigners maintain the trade in ardent spirits invite the attention, advice § sympathy of our brethern from abroad. We are here unanimous in objecting to the traffic, in ardent spirits, and the use of them as a drink -- and have made some efforts to combine with our own the influence of foreigners friendly to the temperance cause, and we hope the exertions made in this cause by Mr. Diell who is obtaining individual signers to the pledge of abstin­ ence, will be the means of much good. Very great obstacles, by the change in the government have been thrown in way of the temperance measures adopted by the more sober part of the natives, both chiefs and people but their temperance society is not discouraged, and it is hoped it will live till satan yields his iron grasp and the people are delivered from- his power. �Report of medical labors for the Station at Honolulu. These were continued as usual for about 6 weeks after the conclusion of our last Annual Meeting until the 27th of August when they were interrupted by calls from distant stations and only resumed for a few days at a time part of January, a period of more than four months. until the early During this period a visit was made to Hilo via Lahaina & Kawaihae, To Lahaina and to Waialua. The last half of the year has been employed in direct labors for the benefit of the natives in Honolulu, where sickness & death in all their forms have been making fearful progress. Ne-aeeeaafe-feas-beei^ept-ei-fehe-iiuiBfee?[T] The patients have been numerous and the services they have rendered including (Detail) Several important [ ? ] operations have been well appreciated by multitudes. It is desirable that something more systematic be done to save this dying people. (Detail) No labor worth speaking of have been bestowed on foreigners, during the year half a dozen [ ? ]. I have taught no schools. Foreigners, no schools. [The preceeding paragraph was "X’ed" out on the original manuscript]. The work on Anatomy has been prepared, tho the [in pencil, very hard to read] information received from Dr. Chapin that he^iad interested himself in the S ■S''/ business of procuring cuts for the work & that they would be ready for the briVrg -fnewhich might [ ] Missionaries;’’. They have not however been received. The work on Temperance has been partly reviewed. As heretofore I have attend­ ed to reading the first proofs of work, done in the Printing Office-., when I have been at home. [Unsigned, not dated] [Probagj^ Judd, 1830’s] il. 1 § 3 6 �Honolulu 1835 Church No admissions though a few 7 have been suspended from com­ munion and one o£ these restored on evidence o£ repentence. The rest have all professed repentance, but have not yet given sufficient evidence to entitle them to a seat the Lord^s t ab 1 e . Two others in the train of the Princess, now at Lahaina are not in regular standing, Kanauna has been more that a [sic] r suspended, tho he made such professions of repentance before he left this place, as led to the hope that he might be restored, His wife has since proved herself unworthy the communion from which I have recently learned she has been debased [?] at that place. The church has suffered much the last year from the ravages of death. Nine of our members have died. Several of them active and particularly valued members -- All apparently in the fa-ith of the gospel. Three from other churches have died at this place, who also gave evidence that their hope of heaven was not without foundation. 181 Marriages 1115 Readers New Testament I have carefully reviewed M. Richards translation of Mark, have made a new traslation of Luke, and seen Matthew safely conducted through the press, § read a proff of one third of Mark. Have paid.some attention to Mr. Thurstons translation of John, and devoted much labor to the first half of the Epistle to Romans, both to facilitate its preparation, for the current edition of the New Testament, § to supply the' -ai o' ka la, which the ill health of Mr. Baldwin led him to request me to prepare in his stead, even t h o ’ I should omit or postpone some other assignments With his request however I could hardly have complied, had I not supposed that every hour I devoted to it was aiding another object which the Mission have in view, a new edition of the N btv Testament, T have endeavored to be two months ahead with the ai o ka la, that it -might �Honolulu 1835 P* 2 reach the stations abroad in season,. [?] the Kumu I have had the use o£ the improved translation by Mssrs Thurston § Bishop, § have studied the pages o£ Professor Stuart and endeavored to follow'at a respectful distance in the wake of that able expositor. In this laborious service, I have been kindly en­ couraged to go on, particularly by Mr. Bishop. As to the Old Testament I have done little more than attend carefully to the proofs of Judges § Ruth § first § 2 Samuel, since the last general meeting I have done but little to the grammar, on which I intend to bestow special attention as soon as the Hymns § the New Testament shall cease to claim my principal care, aside from the duties of Pastor, # �Report o£ Station at Honolulu June 1836 The progress in the various departments o£ labors, § the succession o£ changes at this station for last missionary year, have been much of the same character § style as in former years, the kinci of service, many, the changes various § frequent, § the progress in the good work by the blessings of God gradually onward tho less rapid than we could wish. We have been allowed to shake hands with a missionary who crossed the Rocky mountains to seek out the fort on the Banks of the Columbia, § to greet the friends from Europe who are visiting in their own vessel the inhabitants of various islands in the great Pacific, and laboring for their conversion to God, ^ who are still endeavoring to cooperate with the laborers in this field. Preaching has been maintained as usual'. preached 3 times a week. 82 native 35 English Mr. Bingham has usually Mr. Tinker as.follows. He, with various other laborers, has edited 2.3 numbers of the Kumu Hawaii. Our congregation, especially since Jan. has been very large. .Sometimes supposed to be 4. 000. Average f©r the year 2000 to 2500 . The protracted meeting in last week of Jan. was well attended. We have reason to believe the spirit of God was present, that much.good was accomplished. § At this oneeting, the resident missionaries were kindly assisted by Mssrs- Smith, Emerson, Parker, Wheeler, § Lee, § several lay brethern. repeatedly filled to overflowing Our laTge church was Good attention appeared to be gxven to the word. Several natives distinguised themse.lyes by the force § p r o ­ priety of their appeals to their countrymen, among whom were Bartimeus, John Ti § Kekapala. Several have represented thejij--- selves as having chosen Christ for their saTior at this period § �Honolulu 1836 p. givent.themselves to him. [?] must decide whether their choice § surrender, has been cordial happy. Church members. Number admitted during the year by examination § profession of faith 39. By letter from other churches[?] 18 Lahaina 7 Hilo 4 Kailua 1 Kaawaloa 1 Waimea 1 Lahainaluna 4 Two from Hilo, § one from L a ­ haina, recommended, have not been re­ ceived. The whole number received this year 57 The whole number on profession from the onissionary church 268 6 by letter from native church’V'.1,8" 292 Deceased the last 4 Excommunicated 3 Dismissed § united to other ch.: Suspended 16 4 -- 3 for ad.^ § one for idolatry- Of the seven who stood suspended at the last General Meeting 2 have been excommunicated, 2 restored, three have made profes­ sions of penitence and reformation but are still suspended from communion. Present number suspended 7. made confession. All profess penitence. all have including also 2 excommunicated m e m b e r s . One of the excommunicated members, gave some evidence of repentance § reformation, was soon laid on a sick bed § died, without being formally restored. One of the excommunicated persons seems to remain stout­ �Honolulu 1836 p. 3 hearted § rebellious, § is to us as a heatheii man, § publican. Church On profession from June 1835 to 1836 Whole no. on proof Transferred from Miss. Ch. Rec. by letter last year Whole no by recommendation from other church Whole no. receid Propounded Died last year Whole no deceased Dismissed to other churches Excom last year IVhole no ex Suspended Goodstanding Child baptism this year Whole No. chil Bap Ch died last Ch. died Whole No. 24 292 2 4 30 25 3 4 7 226 22 168 4 22 Marriages -- 258 39 26 8 6 18 Schools Examined April 1836 = 2665 Hon. ) Men 791. § Moan) lua Women 949 Boys 119 girls. 252 = 2111 .Re.aders Honolulu - - Honolulu aina 743) 467) Moanalua - Waikiki - - 305 .554. 1210 2069 Mrs. Dimonds girls school 45 Mrs. Halls girls school 50 Dr. Judd Boys school ) taught by native teachers ) 56 Mrs. Tinkers Wome n ’ 's class of readers in the Kumu 38 Mr. Chamberlain's Sabbath School 1244 average number of atten-^ dance, from 2 to 4 p.m. # Mr. Bingham’s Bible class 250 �Honolulu Station Report for the year Ending May 1, 1837 By the gracious aid of our unfailing helper the labors of this Station in its multiplied departments has been gradually carried forward during the very short but interesting missionary year, and every department has been attended with such success as to cheer the hearts of the laborers in their'.toil, to extend obvious benefits to the people, and to demand a special :tribute to the glory of God on whose blessing, all the desirable results of of[!] our plans & exertions, exclusively defends. His blessing has been granted, amidst our toils, changes, & affections , and we have more encouragement to trust in him, commit our way to him, roll our burdens on him, & to spend & be spent for him, than at the commence­ ment of the year. Feeble then as our strength is compared the the[!] demand, on our care & toil, we would thank God & take courage. Preaching at the station The ordinary course of preaching , has been three’sermons a week by Mr. Bingham chiefly [here?], & by Mr. Tinker, chiefly it'at,Waikiki- & Moanalua out posts, & a 2 By Smith, usually [?] the children within the bounds of this district which extends .from the Eastern end of the island to Moanalua about 20 miles, and embraces a population of about 13,000 souls. The principal congregation at Honolulu may be estimated at 2500, which usually gives attention to the preached word & ordinances, of Christ.[Note: On the original manuscript,'■.this line had an "X'-’ over it.] Soon after the general meeting Mr. Bingham made a tour of this island with his family, occupying four weeks, preaching as he had opportunity, on which tour a protracted meeting was held at Waianee[!], attended , by Messrs [Bishop?] Emerson & Bingham, where less missionary exertion had been made than in any other part of this island. This was it is believed attended with obvious go.od[?] to the people there. In that lonely district Mrs. B. was attacked with alanmng illness arid after a few days was brought on a litter[bed] across the mountains to Ewa, then on a canoe to this place. Mr. Tinker spent a week in making the tour of this island in company with two of our church members, held more than 20 meetings, at which, from 30 to 300 people attended. He also with his family made a tour of Kauai during the months of August & Sfeptemher preaching;?as opportunity offered. Mr. Bingham was required to visit Kauai, where with his family he was absent �Honolulu 1837 8[?[ weeks. 2. These tours with the illness of his family have occupied about one third of the time from the close of the last gen. m.[meeting] to commencement of the present[?], but a part of that period not devoted to direct labor among the people was occupied in preparing, or assisting to prepare several documents connected with Brother Richards visit to the United States, a memorial on the subject of political economy[?], & Letter of instructors to Mr. R.’. & a letter of introduction to the Board stating the objects of the visit & soliciting their kind cooperation. Since his return, he has reviewed 6 forms of the Hymn book with music, & prepared the same hymns for printing without notes, with the title of Himeni Hilea, with an introductory essay or epistle to the ['. ?’ ] designed to show the nature, and object of the book and &[!] to teack and encourage the people to use it advantageously, as a help in the service of God and in preparation for heaven. [The preceeding paragraph was "X’ed” out on the original manuscript.] with a table [ ? ] out hymns neatly printed in an edition [ ? " ] to- the''character, has been of 10,000 cop. 24 mo. & can be afforded to the purchase for the small consideration of 25 cents. toil of preparing This work The compiler feels that the these little works for the nation, has been a pleasure & a privilege, of no ordinary value,' & he has watched them through the press with ■' much care & vigilence, with the cheery hope that with the blessing of God, They would prove an [ ? ] & valuable [ ? ] in the hand,of every missionary in these islands, in leading the people directly, pleasurably & entirely to Christ, & contesting them heartily & undistainingly in his service. admit no human, that would not afford some [ ? He has endeavored to ] of useful light[?] to the understanding, some evangelica;i’ motives to the seat, and some means of expressing [ ? ] feeling in honor of God, & not a line that could not be [ ? ] with ■.tolerable ease, S'not a syllable that must cross a consonant in order to find utterance on its proper note. In the last edition the names of several tunes are often named for some hymn, but always one of them accounts with the tune printed with the hymn, & much care has been taken that the style’ . 'of the hymn,& the tune should agree otherwise book[?] would prove unsatisfactory. There may be more exceptions. '^Feeling that the Masons Missionary hymn was not sufficiently tender & compassionate for a lamentation over the ruin of milions[?] of [ ’’? ] be hastily sketched an-:', other which be brought more nearly adapted in tenderness to Aloha ko na mauna, that of [ ? ], but' then, unwilling to bring it competition with his, even to its exclusion ‘ ’"especially as that was already known,the new one was laid wholly �Honolulu 1837 3. • aside till the new missionary [* This section ’^X'ed" out; also, a page seems to be missing here.] He has attended to other proof reading, to considerable extent, & translated about 3/5 of the Book of Leviticus, which has'it^ put in type, and made some ad­ vance in the Hawaiian Grammar in English & translated about 3/5 of the book of Leviticus which has been put in type, having been reviewed by Mr. Bishop. [Unsigned] [Bingham] [Written on the back]; Report of Honolulu Station May 1837 �Tinker's Report [1837] The Editor of the Kumu Hawaii has been hindered in his work from the want of paper. Only 13 numbers of the Kumu Hawaii, and 5 of the Kumu Kamalii have been issued since the first of last June. He has edited also the minutes of the Gen Meeting for .1836j/an^^the minutes of the Hawaiian Association from its first formation in 182 in]. [not filled Also Catalogues of Books in the libraries of the Sandwich Islands Mission and the Maternal Association, A portion of time has been devoted t o ,the printing of the Missionary Circular and reading proof sheets of some other works. He tes preached ordinarily twice on the Sabbaths & at other times in tour of the Island &c as follows . At Waikiki 12v ” Honolulu 16 - Chiefly during the absence of the pastor. . A Kaneohe 9 ^iMoanalua . 4 Ewa 3 Circuit of Oahu 20 At. Kauai. 13 77 English __8^ 85 Attended 12 funerals, one of them for a foreigner drowned in the harbor by intemperance. He has attended three protracted meetings one at Waimea,, Kauai, in Aug. last one at Honolulu in Feb. — one at Kaneohe in March. Mr. Tinker and family were absent on a visit at Kauai in Augt and September. He made the tour of the Island, and visited some parts of it several times, preaching as there was opportunity. He also made ,t^e tour of Oahu in December in company .with two �Tinker 1837 native members of the church of Honolulu. meetings consisting of from 3 0 to 300^ He held more than twenty and was employed in the Circuit one week. Prom December to the present time he has been subject to interrup­ tion in his labors by inflamed eyes - a part of the time entirely laid aside - the rest of it^ able to read and write more or less. Honolulu j May , 1837. Tinker , �Mr. Tinker’s Report, for the delegate meeting of 1838, at Laiiainaluna.. Hindered during the.year past hy weak,eyes. Edited 26 nuniTDers of the Kumu Hawaii, 7 numbers of the Kumu Kamalii, which has been discontinued for want of fund s. Taupht a school of 11 weeks, for missionaries children. Visited Molokai, Maui, and Lanai. Protracted meetings, ^ present at three, Honolulu, E?/a, and Laie. Preaching. Vfed. Lecture 12 for I.tr. Diell 11__ In native, at Waikiki . . Honolulu . . for Itr. Smith . . . Kaneohe . . Laie^ ... Ewa . . . . Nuuanu . . . Waialae . . . Moanalua . . Waialua . . . Molokai . . . . Kanapari . . Wailuku . . . 1 23 24 14 11 10 8 8 9 4 2 2 3. 2 98 121 Married . . 11 couple. Appointments Translation. Glass of iihiskey, done by the hand of Mr. Thurston. Correspondence. Temperance. Letter to Amherst College . . . . I4r. A. Bullard . . . . Mr. Delevan, (for ^.:l!ack ' No report ready . . . . During the year Nuuanu has ceased and perished, and the Honolulu have been shut, except two. liquor sold, a:nd the ninnber of drinkers Written Written of knowledge) not written. the Distillery at grog shops at The quantity of not known. �1 Congregation Honolulu 1839 In the good providence of God the undiminished labor of the Station have been carried through another year with little variation from the ordinary routine which is generally pretty well understood. The lord graciously working with us, and as we trust securing to himself the glory if any good has been accomplished by our instrumentality. The plan an[d] nature of the preaching has embraced perhaps more than an ordinary share of what may be termed strong meat, the higher doctrines and duties of the Christian, and prepared with some reference to a work a Christian doctrine for the pop.[ulation]. The duty of Christian Churches is to sustain the preaching and R gospel, and to send it to the Heathen has been most destinctly[sic] insisted on, and not without its apparent effect. frugality, and liberality Industry, ener[g]y, have been urg[e]d together apparently tp good advantage. A great increase of attention has been given to agriculture and manufacturing especially in reference to the sugar cane. A great amount of unusual labor has been bestowed in opening, widening, straightening and arranging the streets of the town, and alterations of many buildings for that purpose and gradually labor has been expended in''raising the walls o£ a coral church, to the height of about 20 feet from the foundation. =f'= ‘-r-_ • It should perhaps be distinctly stated about 3 years ago, agreeably with the wishes of the missionaries § the leading members of the native congregations, a general meeting of the district was called to see what could be done towards building 9. permanent church, such as Kaahumanu § Kraimoku had contemplated but were �Honolulu 1839 2. ma,ble to accQjiiplish, - - A t this meeting the king distinguished himself for his liherality, offered 300 0 doll in cash § expressed his wish that the people would kokua. to freely'. This was generally assented It was the .wish of the missionaries that the whole amount o£ lahor to he perforjiied by native hands he as -voluntary gfrfheir contnrihtitions in cash now-, This has heen to. some extent the fact, th.o the chi-e^s have.- taken the direction, if th.ey own it apply a portion of the § feeling that they might lillegibl.ej' to that object ins.tead o,f building ;fortsI?i!' ships, bridges, and dykes for fish ponds. They' have done so freely, § also occasionally the labors of a,bout IQQQ jrien who axe regarded as -minute onen, soldiers, or the domestics or retinue of the chief's.. W'e do not think this would be the best way, § I -regxet that my proposition to take a subscription for stone, timber-,. ^ for labor, as well as; for cash among the. common people was not aceeded to, tho^ the reason for it was the king and ch.iefs preferred to give Ji,llegibleJ that time, of t.h.eir people whfch. they believed mejiibers' '/■' entitled to, I supposed th.is would with, theiy own § the peoples, voluntary contributions of the people would early' accomplish the object which was .generally decided desirable j, § which w.puld be a public benefit, as really § many tim.es extensively as as Isic] would be a fort, a ship of war, needed for th.e defense of the country or the . dignity of the sovereign. The. effort G9,rr±.ed out successfully th.exe is no reasonable doubt ^ would ha've a liappy influence on th.e courage,' confidence and efficiency of the people in .xespect to other great and important plans xequixing the sacrifice of money -and labox. Nay while toiling at this object there is no diminution of the dispostion § ability of the people to do for th.emse.lves, for their pastor, their schools, for foreign objects of benevolence^ �Honolulu 1839 3. but an obvious increase. This would appear from the promptness with which a proposition was met this year to send a printing ^ binding establishment to the Oregon Territory with other suitable supplies the past year. It may be remembered here too that though the house 144 feet long ^ 78 [?] wide, it is at least 12 feet shorter than the chiefs were pretty firmly resolved to have it, but which in deference to our united wishes, ^ compassion to the preacher whose voice was expected to fill it they condescended to take off. It may also be stated that the governor knowing the general wishes of the king § chiefs, said "Ina aole nui ka hale a me ka maikai aole au e hana.*' [The following in Leyi Chamberlain's hand]: The stone squarers have been paid 25^ per-day The native masons from 12 to 32, 50 cents The foreign masons, 1 50 " The foreign, carpenter who is engaged to employ § teach natives. It has been my desire for several years to have the people to provide the means of support for their own preacher & to send the gospel too to the heathen. The latter I have been able to plead, with less embarrassment than the former because I do it with less appearance of personal interest, & because it the object is in one sense more imperiously necessary, more commanding when properly understood, & more likely to pass unnoticed if not isisted on by pointed out. the preacher & the means and opportunity for acting on it I could urge the object too th^more exclusively on the principles of benevolence, & because I believe that if the people can be made to feel that the gospel is of great value to the heathen abroad. It could easily be inferred to be worth its cost to themselves. �Honolulu 1839 4. In practice tQO I peycej,.ye in tJie cause"' o|' cliarity .15, about .^s. e^s.j ,tp cajjy a pg^nt conside'r.a'ble 'amouiit' wKich can be appreciated by' even dull m i n d s , as one of, very s-mall consideration tji.e reasons for which are far less striking. Some years ago, two of the families of the methodist mission sojourning here about 8 months occupied the house of Paahana, which was rented at 25 a day for about 10 0 days making the Is'ic] a little more than 20 dall, I proposed to the members of our church to make a contribution to pay Paahana this sum, 10 doll we-re.'soon paid him 'which he without putting in his pocket donated at once to the building of the church is not yet paid, but most, of the remainder The church, members could perh,aps reason in this way, which/'why should I give a real or a to paahana, for wh.at he could very well afford to allow the missionaries gratis? A, few months ago I proposed to th,e church § congregation to .repeat .thef^. donation the Oregon Mission send them sugar molasses, salt §c, together with a printing § bi.riding establish­ ment wh.at amount of supplies it was to send, § after Mr, Hall had made a selection of the press and all the articles he. 'deemed necessary to commence the work of printing § binding in the, Oregon ,were.:'set before the eyes of the people as matters of great i^pojrtance to be sent/ Ab.out .'50. families [?] paid for the press § one. font of type. About 5 0 menrsubscribed for parts a § general contributions and :1±e parts [illegLbieT printing supplies to the am"^ .of 444 Doll, complete making the printings and bindery establishment There was howeYer a remainder I?J of paper 119 Doll Doll ch.arged to' my personal account with the expectation that the monthly concert contributions should cover it. In getting subscribers to this ob.ject I called on Kinau, who was- confined to hi®: house with sick eyes, § asked her howsmuch �Honolulu 1839 5, she was going to give in she said perhaps 5 dol. I replied others? not in her rank § standing a me [?] give that, who? Well how much should I give A pehea lo o vitoria 2 paha? given that, 0 wai? 0 0 Kenia, Kealoha, ”10 paha” , ”pono no” . -- I said a very little woman has Daiimana'’ -- A pahea lo ka pono o ke kaika- mahine? -- ’’Papalua hoi peha" ’Aer;u'a.rp;ono” thus she gave 14 doll for this object of commanding i-mportance than the whole church, had done the same sum for an obj'ect analo^gous and im­ portant hut of far less moment. My conclusion is that in order to call for the proper degree of energy ^ the proper kind of feeling among the people ohjects, great, noble, § p:^actibable should be often set before theTii, § tha,'t th.eir vigorous § successful effort to accomplish is a grand preparation for undertaking another. l^d'le iinproveTijents in agriculture, in the streets, of the town 9-,nd labors the constitution'of a permanent church, and efforts to s-end a press § th.e gospel to 'heathen people have not neglected this pastor, but have fu>j;nished him with .means of support to the amount of, about 8'QQ. doll., § have planted about 10 acres of cane, ■: . ,th.e 'avails of first', crop of which are in a measure pledged for a pi,Her clock, while the succeeding are. expected to be for the sup­ port .of th.e pastor here or for the cause of be.n.evo.lence more generally. I have usually made i,t a point also in the dispersal of books v to. get' the full V9,lue P:tt.a,ch.ed to them by th.e mission, believing tha.t this is an equitable way in which the people can be called to dimi^'sh, one very considerable item of. expense to the mission, 'X have paid into the depository on the Bible Society account' 4 8 doll c'osti. for. books sold. I have also paid for every article, drawn from the. ’depository during the last missionary year. These facts will show that a missionary of the Board may �Honolulu 1839 6. so manage his affairs as not to prevent the Board (by his drafts) from sending another laborer into the field. better way or not is another question. in these days of experimenting. have a fair trial. Whether this is the It is worthy of an experiment § I am inclined to hope it may It affords at least the people the opportunity of doing what the tenor of the gospel requires of them for the of their Christian teacher [,?] and at the same tione does not subject th.e missionary to that unpleasant uncertainty as to the perman­ ency of support which must attend at present an active reliance on the people :solely or on his own hand s . In connexion with this, independant of the Board's pledge of an economical support so far a.s- needed, I have alluded to the liberality of Kinau, to the Oregon Mission, I might add that h.er .subscription to this stone church no w is but was 40 0 doll in cash,' for the adobe church for Mr S. congregation 2Q.Q., church’ Fe ^deeply feel' her loss as a member of our congregation and as a pillar of the nation, ^ those of h.er frjends who looked at her as a pilot, who had guided the ship in a terrible §torm where '.it was. every hour liable to founder or go to th.e. bottom, will, be-.touched tenderly to see her high h-opes’ cut shorty § h.ersel'f called suddenly away by death, just as th,e peaceful port was so invitingly opening before her. But i^hile she has left the. vessel to. encounter dangers near shore, we trust she has h.erself entered the port of eternal peace, § that, .her prudence, piety, and consistent Christian course will still exert a happy influence to secure the further improvements needed in the la¥s the administration of the government. The emba,'r'ra$'§mentS' to which, the n.ation is. exposed arising from the ■inj.udicious attempts of the Ilomission' Jsic] to establish Pvomanism here,' § the unbending decision of Kinau § her predecessor § to ■ �Honolulu 1839 7. prevent it, we do hope in the mercy of God will not be great or of long continuance but still the extremely hasty measures of the French nation, from exportee representatives, in extorting from the defenseless Tahitions the sum of 3.000 doll under a blockade, and a threat of war, blood shed and conflagration, soon to apprehend that a similar policy here would subject the people § the mission, ^ the friends of the mission here to great evils. God can indeed avert the sharks. The visit of the Fly Capt. Eliot was on the whole pleasant. It seemed to be the policy of the commander to conciliate all contending parties. Whether his advice to Kinau to give Mr [?] F. Pelly a good title to a peice of ground which then affirmed that of Capt. Hinkley, § whether her compliance, which [End of pg. 4 of original manuscript. Page 5 seems to be missing. Next line begins page 6 of original manuscript.] was very highly commended was the wisest course, is not quite clear, because it virtually goes to sanction an unjust claim to the soil set up by strangers in similar cases. This is a d[?] &c. Elliot & Capt. [?] urged by allmeans the release of the natives who were under punishment for hoomanakii [idolatry, image worship] in adhering to the rites of Romanism. The chiefs replied, ."our teachers have given us the same advice,but hoomanakii is contrary to the laws of God and of the king & we know not what to do with the offenders but to punish them." Since this visit we have seen the remarks of a voyage connected with the American Sequoia Com. Kennedy, concerning his visit here, whose influence was some­ what similar to that of Elliot. state some things As the writer has taken the liberty to witl:j(nore than the insinuation that he secured his information fronjme, and as has been rather liberal in his of the mission generally I ma^llude to them and I give my views in brief to my brethern in another place... [The last two pages are written in pencil, very dim.] �Report for the first congregation at Honolulu MAY, 1840 (Note from the transcriber: What follows is a draft in Bingham's hand, with many places crossed out or overwritten. The final copy, if any, has not been located in HMCS collections.) Soon after our last general meeting, this place was agitated and thrown with consternation and distress by the hostile measures, and imperious of demands on this government by an of officers of the French, requiring a deposit of 20,000 dollars in his hands, and a declaration that the Catholic Religion should be free in these islands, and a location granted for a catholic church to be administered by priests of their own nation, threatening to commence hostilities on the nation & to bring the evils of the war on the missionaries who might be supposed to have influenced the government, or to have been the authors of the insults offered to France. These demands could not be resisted with safety, & though unreasonable and injurious they were complied with, and a further concession perhaps equally injurious to the native was made to admit the French to bring wine & Brandy into the country by paying the small duty of 5 percent, though,a law had been passed prohibiting the importation of ardent spirits except for medical & mechanical purposes. Then the assessment of damages for the detention of the Clementine, which brought hither the expelled catholics increased the embarrassment of the nation. The people were appalled as by an unexpected earthquake shock, and, as a body, thrown into a state of confusion unfavorable to religious impressions & moral improvement. The minds of many appeared to be unhinged which gave satan a great advantage. The agitation of war has uniformly been unfavorable to morals & religion. The work on the meeting house was suspended and special efforts made to '^'ay the demands both new or old which pressed on the nation. The attention of the Gov. was also directed to the creation of a boarding school for the chldren of the chiefs which has been completed & opened with encouraging pupils. The death of Madam Boki gave occasion for the unsettled feelings of many of the common people to show - 1 - �themselves in the irregularity[?] of kumakena [grief] & folly which required the restraint of the police. I went among the crowd on a sabhath evening at her door and was astonished to see the degree of levity, & dis[?] which appeared among a part to [?] on the solemness of the sorrow, on the solemnity of the occasion, & the [?] of life. In addressing those thus engaged I considered myself speaking to those or encouraged by those who were beginning to attend the catholic service. I spent an hour attempting to restore order, & was in a good measure successful. Hoapili afterwards used his influence and authority to the [sic] stop the excessive wailing. At the funeral the catholic priest Mr. Walsh was placed by my side in the procession but on arriving in front of the pulpit with his [?] hat & [?] hastened to the distance of 60 rods and after the sermon joined the procession again at a distance from the church. Deeming special efforts necessary to save the people from going over in numbers to romanism we held several protracted meetings for their good at the center of the station, & one the valley of Nuuanu. These were all attended with a blessing, and followed with apparently good results, tho not as powerful as some former meetings had been. The business of selecting & and [sic] examining candidates for the fellow of the church and receiving them after a long proba^tion has been continued much in same way as for two years preceeding, and on Sep 1. 124 were admitted on profesion Dec. 2.88 March 1, 62 April [?] 50 This last with another member of the church, both unmarried men attached themselves to the Methodist Mission family for four years. Another member who had just been received by letter from the church at Kailua, enlisted for 3 years at 10 doll per month in the service of the hudson Bay Com as a l a b o r e r ^ on the Columbia leaving his wife here with herBrother. [Bingham has crossed out this last,] Besides the ordinary pulpit and pastoral duties of the station, I have united with Brother Smith in sustaining an evening service at the seamens chapel since the failure of Mr. Diell's health with the exception of Brother Tinkers attendance there & three sabbaths supplied by the Methodists. The attendance there has always been somewhat encouraging. We should notice with thankfulness the pleasant visit of the United States E. I. Squadron to this place the officers of which several of whom appeared to be influenced by the gospel exerted a good influence. Also the visit of the Methodist missionary family bound to the Oregon Territory, who were cheerfully welcomed here, & spent two or three weeks with us, making & leaving a good impression. We were on personal acquaintance better pleased with the s u p e r i n t e n d a n t , Mr. Lee as a serious, wise, & energetic pioneer and evangelical preacher than we had expected to be. He seemed very sanguine in the hope of - 2 - �teaching the wasting tribes of the poor indians to take care of themselves, so as to avoid starvation & disease induced byextreme poverty, & of conveying to them by means of schools & preaching, the saving knowledge of Christ. Two of our people attached themselves with my advice to the family as laborers, expecting to serve 4 years. Another member of the church, Ulu, who had just been received by letter from Kailua, enlisted in the service of the Hudson Bay Company for 3 years on the Columbia at 10 per month, leaving his wife here in the care of her brother. [This is the same incident reported earlier, and crossed out by the a u t h o r ,] [Written in pencil following statistical t a b l e ] : Sam. J. Mills [presumably a Hawaiian who had taken this name] it is known was examined prior to the last gen. meeting — During the last year he made repeated efforts to get married to a woman who had lived with a foreigner who left this place with the squadron — but not finding any missionary or chief who would marry him him [sic] both parties repaired to Lahaina where they were married as we have heard by Mr. B. on the authority of the king — returned to this place sick, employed a native doctor & then died — without giving evidence of repentence, (CENTER)Importance — Besides the progress of delusion through the efforts of Rome, the alteration of a class of people in the district has been by the pretentions of two psuedo Messiahs. The girl lepopo who organized in the vicinity was soon found to be a vile imposter, a malefactor and came to nought. The 2d Ka Hoano, claims to be Messia. & those who have (listened) to him pretend that their diseases when reported to him are relieved by him or by the power of God. Through him much like the case of the faith Doctors of [illegible] I had one [illegible] with him and his attendants 40 or 50 in number — He seemed dull, ignorant and without system or plan. Whether he was partially deranged & believing himself to be what he pretended to be, or whether he was wickedly endeavoring to decieve I could not decide. There was no evidence of his efforts to patronize or arrange [?] vice or [illegible], — But the Gov. thought it advisable to call him & his adherents to account, advise & admonish them but so far as I know did not condemn them to any punishment, & in this he [had] reason to believe he would have our approbation. Especially as Papal Idolatry cannot be restrained by law, we could not see how the idolatry encouraged by this impostor or any other could be consistently punished by law, unless it resulted in the violation of the just rights of the people. Little danger is apprehended from his exertions. I asked him in the presence of the people whether he believed himself to be the Messia the king of the Jews. He replied He hanu wau nona a wa loaa iau kona inoa. With this concession I supposed he would do little harm. - 3 - �Report for the 1st Church at Honolulu May, 1840 ■p !h O 3 O ft rH <D 0 CX3 Statistical Table iH O a 0 o o •H K (Average congregation +J cd Reed the[!] fellowship on ex. CO i)n certif. Whole no ree d [?] f=i o o r--p 275 26 301 Dismiss ed 13 Deceased 24 Suspen - [!] 13 Remain suspended 10 Ex. 1 Child’^. Baptised Bap. Children deceased Marriages R e e d . on e x a m . on certificate 0) -P 6 o <4-1 00 (=! *H 0) a d 0 •H P 00 !=l cu 0) o 1500 Total 109 7 73 1075 87 1163 Dismissed to other[!] 66 Deceased 86 [?] RefflaiH-sttSpended-[!] 10[!] Excom. 18 Regular standing 990 Children Baptised 440 Children deceased 44 , ^ ^ jA ¥ e * = a g e - e e H g i= e g a % i e ii - [ ! ] 1 5 G Q [ !] [.i n p e n c i 1 ] ; 50 candidates �Report of the first church and congregation in Honolulu [1841] It will be recollected that a connnittee was appointed at our last general meeting to take measures to supply Mr. Binghams place, during his absence on a visit to the U. States on the proposition of this committee, after due consider­ ation. I left Wailuku with my family on the.27th of July in the schooner Clarion and arrived at the place the next day. Five days after the Brig Flora sailed for the U. States, bearing away among others the precious freight of Mr. Binghamf and family, Mr. Thurston and 'Children and my own dear child, / my firstborn the beginning of my strength - my Caroline. I need scarcely say, (for some of you have passed through like scene) that this was a season of traial[!] to us, yea, a season never to be forgotten whil^emory lasts, or the heart of a father or a mother continues to beat within our breasts,. We loved the people of our charge in the Wailuku parish, and we were not aware of the strength of our attachment, until we came to part, although it was expected to be but for a season. In return we received every demonstration of confidence and affection that a poor and simple-hearted people could give. If it had been possible, it seemed as though they would have plucked out their eyes and given them unto us. The trial of part­ ing with our people coming so close in connection with the severance of parting with our daughter, we found to be as much as we could bear, and indeed it was not until the lapse of a few days that I found myself in a proper state of mind to take hold of my proper missionary work. The church The first object of attention after I commenced labour was the church. Much dis­ order at that time prevailed, many cases calling for discipline were reported to me within: a few days after my assuming the pastoral charge;there seemed to be a fearful tendency among the members to break out in,:open iniquity, regardless of god or man. I attempted at first to manage cases of discipline in church meetings, as this had been the practice of the church, but soon found that it required a more skillful moderator than I was to keep order. The uproar of the meeting seemed to be at times as great a scandal as that of the offender to be tried. A committee of the church including 9 natives, Mr. Chamberlain and Dr. Judd, was therefore appointed to manage all church business and report when prepared. Three of these, I should say, includipg Dr. Judd, had been previously apart as deacons, but not with the view attending to cases of discipline. Having our committee organised we met regularly once a week while the business of the church required �Honolulu [1841] 2. it and when business was prepared it was reported to the church and any member was allowed to express his opinion upon it, but no vote was taken as a general thing. The results of our proceedings in regard to discipline may be seen by reference to the statistical table at the end of this report, but it may be proper here to state a few disconnected facts in regard to this church, by way of show­ ing its present condition and explaining some of its proceedings. 1. The evil that have disturbed its peace and prosperity. These are principally such as drinking intoxicating drinks of various kinds, cards, puhenehene, adultery lying and quarreling. As usual these gregarious evils have herded together and combined their strength to break through all moral restraints, and send trouble, and confusion through the church of God. Among other intoxicating drinks, wine has done some mischief in this church during the past year. Several members were found during the fall months to be intoxicated upon it, or what they received as wine. This led to an investigation .o.f the subject. A full meeting of the church was called, which was attended by Dr. Wood, Mr, Brinsmade and Mr, Jarves, and a letter was read to the meeting from Dr. Wood, and Messrs. Brinsmade and Ladd, certifying that in their opinion, not one third of the liquor that's brought here and sold for wine has a drop of wine in it, and expressing the probability that a native rarely purchases real wine at the stores. It is nothing but a composition of ardent spirit mixed with various deleterious[!] drugs. The result of this meeting, I think was happy; The Governor was present and took part in the discipline and since that time I have not heard of his drinking wine. He declined taking even a glass, it is said, with the gentlemen of the Vincennes, after her return from Hawaii. It was the general opinion of those who spoke at this meeting, that natives cannot take wine without too much and the only safe course is to leave it off altogether, and yet it is hard to make them see the impropriety of it while they know it is daily used by very prominent and active Christians from enlightened lands. Tobacco continues to be used by a ,considrable number in this church and I am sorry to say, I have had but little success in my attempts [to] dissuade those who use it to leave. I preached on the subject several times, besides presenting it occasionally in connection with other topics. Several meetings also were held for. the express purpose of discussing the merits and demerits of the vile weed, and I have heard of some who from that time ceased to smoke entirely, but there appeared to be danger of the things becoming a root of bitterness in the church producing angry contention, seisur[!], and pharisaical pride on the one side and �Honolulu [1841] 3. complaints of persecution on the other, and on the whole it seemed to me best to bring the'-:fecussi6h'' to. a close, after giving my most solemn, and earnest advice to all to leave off entirely the use of luxury which has done incalculable evil to the Hawaiian race, without one single redeeming quality to recommend it. Before leaving the subject of the evils that have disturbed this church, I would just state that Mokuiki (a member of this ch.[urch]. Then under censure) who was poisoned by her husband Kamanawa and Lonopuakau, for which crime they were executed on the scaffold in last was tempted to take the poison through her love of awa, an evil against which she had|just been faithfully and solemnly warned, and from which she had repeatedly pledged her word to abstain. So true is it that sin when it hath conceived bringeth forth death. 2, Labour for the welfare of the church. Observing during the fall months, a dis­ tressing wrecklessness among church members in regard to open immorality, and a general prevalence of stupidity in regard to divine things, I had the church divid­ ed into ten classes, one of which I met everyday for 5 days each week, so as to enable me to see every member once in two weeks and say a word to each in regard to his own state. These classes met in rotation regularly for several months until a bad cold obliged me to lay them aside. The were conducted simply as Bible class, were well attended, the roll being called each day and absentees marked, and since they were commenced the church has appeared much better as a body that it did before. 3. I have received no persons to the fellowship’ of the church since my labours here commenced, except such as were left propounded by Mr Bingham. 4. One or two cases of discipline may deserve special notice, particularly that of the Governor of this island and Kekauluohi, as their cases have attracted un­ usual notice. The facts in the case were these. In the month of Oct. while the chiefs were all assembled at this place, the husband of Kekauluohi, accused his wife of unlawful intimacy with Kekuanaoa. The subject was investigated by the King and council, assisted by Mr. Richards, which investigation continued for several days. The result was that the accused were both acquited[!], the evidence not appearing sufficient to convict.either of them. A few days after this the Governor told me, although he had been acquited by the Judges, yet in the sight ' of the Judge of all the earth he was guilty, that several months previous to that time he had commit[!] the abominable act of which he had been suspected. Kekauluohi made the same confession voluntarily though it was done in writing. �Honolulu [1841] 4. and on the next day returned to Maui. The Governor came before the session, and acknowled[l] his transgression and expressed a willingness to submit humbly to such discipline as the ch.[urch] might think proper. On the next Sabbath he made a confession before the church, which was accepted and no further proceedings were held on his case. The case of Kekauluohi being unharrassed by difficulties with her husband, was not so easily disposed of, and was in consequence held in sus­ pense for some time, until her scandelous[!] conduct at the Kings feast in January, rendered suspence no longer necessary, and laid her under the censure, which rests upon her at this time, 5. Number of cases of discipline. The number of cases of discipline during the year I am not able to state with accuracy; because there have been some cases reported to me from other islands, which we have not been able to act upon for want of a knoledge[!] of the fact relating to the respective cases, but it may be put down between 60 and 70, including the suspended and excommunicated. Of these 26, have been restored on confession of their sin and tollerabl^[!] satisfactory evi­ dence of repenten:ce. I have been in the habit of appointing seasons for confer­ ence and prayer with those who wandered from the fold, and for several months met them regularly every Monday morning. But few,of the above number have cast off all restraints given themselves up to work iniquity with greediness, although': some did so for a short season. Indeed I know of none who are taking that down­ ward course now, although most of them do not afford much ground to hope that they are persistent or that they have any part or lot in the matter. It was my fear that many would go over to the Romanists, but I have not heard of one’s 'doing so. Labour for those out of the church. Seeing the mass of the people in the parish exposed to so many temptations, and especially to the deadly heresy of Rome, and withal deep and heavy clouds of darkness resting yet upon the minds of the multitude I have attempted to carry out a system of religious instruction which should embrace all of every age, sex and j -class'sAo feel any '^-concern for the welfare of their souls. The classes into which the church was divided I have mentioned; The same method has been pursued with the hooikakas. I have taken the names of all who wish to be regarded as on the Lords side have divided them into 10 classes, 5 for the males and 5\for;'the females, taking the men on the makaainana week and the women on the paahao week, and meeting a class each day for 5 days in the week. This enables me to get round[!] all in the parish once in two weeks, brings me into close and familiar conversation with these catechisms enables me to ascertain their amount of knowledge to impart in­ �Honolulu [1841] ' 5. struction in a familiar way, and as the cases seem to require. These schools are all- conducted simply as Bible classes, for reading and expouriding':the -word of God. Old people who cannot read come and listen. ees marked. The roll is always called and absent­ Those who are slack in attending have their names struck off. This system of schools has occasioned a considerable demand for the Scriptures especial­ ly the N. Testament. The ten schools of hooikaikas contain about 950 scholars. Efforts against Romanism. Besides the tract which was published soon after our General Meeting, and occasional preaching on the subject, I delivered a course of lectures (holding two a week) during the month of August and September. The exercise was pretty well attended not only by the people of my own charge, but also many of Mr..Smiths; and many who attended seemed to be very deeply impressed with the abominations of that Mother of harlots. The tract has been pretty generally read in this quarter. If I were asked what the Romanists have been doing in this vicinity during the past year, I should hardly know what reply to make. For several months after I came down here, there was some excitement on the subject, many ran to and fro, and said lo here! and lo there! the disciples of the French priests as well as the priests themselves were bold and active, and their meetings [The rest of the report seems to be missing.] �Report of the 1st church and congregation Honolulu [1841] Average congregation Rec*^ to fellowship on ex.’^ Bisfflisse4 0n Gertif.^® Whrdle no. rec^ past year Whole no, dismissed to other ch.s 2000 92 [The following paragraph was written lengthwise on the original manu­ script]. 7 99 I made two tours of the island and assisted Bro. Emerson in one pro*^ 70[?] meeting in Koolau. A protracted meeting was held in this congr^ Dismissed past year 5 Whole no. deceased 97 during the 1st week of Jan. results Deceased past year 14 on the whole good. Suspended the past year .60 able to attend a female meeting on Remain suspended 34 friday [i-Jcduring the year. Excom.'^ past year 10 meetings have been sustained regular­ Whole no. excom<^ 28 ly through'-,the year. [End] Remain excom.'^ 26 Whole no. in regular standing Whole no. of chil? baptised Morning No report of Mr. Binghams 1031 511 Baptised past year 71 Marriages the past’ jyear 80 Whole no. rec^ on exn Mrs. A. has been 1167 the amount Miscellaneous items The first day of the year was observed as a day of thanksgiving to God and was an interesting day. The annual concert of prayer for schools and colleges in Feb. was observed by this church. My health during the winter months suffered very seriously from a severe cold on my lungs and the old standing pain in my left side We are preparing for our 2'^ annual School celebration intending to embrace adults as well as children. This creates a demand for books at the present time. Contributions.have not thought it expediant[!] to urge this church and congregation to attempt much during the year by;"way of contributio?i, except for the purpose of completing their stone meetinghouse. This work I consider as not only having the first claim upon them, but as being moretthan sufficient for the means at their disposal. We are all acthally suffering and none more than the preacher, for want of a better house, in .-wh.[ich] to meet on the Sabbath. T6w.a;j4.s'6 this work �Honolulu [1841] Miscellaneous items 2. there have been subscrided[!] 'Tf^'thiir./’■] the past 3 months, something more than $22.000,[!] of which $700 have been collected by myself. by the King and Auhea. $12.00.00[!] subscribed Besides this a little over $30 were contributed in money at monthly concerts, and a considerable amount in vegetables for the comfort of our families. How much I cannot tell. The Exploring Squadron of the U.S. arrived here in Oct. and spent nearly 3 months. Ive had much pleasant intercourse with capt. Wilkes and his officers, particularly capt. Hudson of the Peacock, who I believe won the confidence and affection of us all, by his Christian deportment. But I am sorry to say, the in­ fluence of many connected with that concern, was decidedly bad on this community. I have had but little to do with secular affairs during the past year. Some atten­ tion to the new meeting house and occasional calls from the sick during Dr. Juds[!] absence besides the necessary provi^^ding for my own family make up. [End of report] [Written on a separate, loose sheet]: Honolulu 1st Gong R. Armstrong 1841 �Report of the first church and congregation in Honolulu. [1842] Through the kindness of our heavenly Father we are brought in peace & safety, as a family, to the close of another year. Since my last report my health has been rather better than it has been for four years past. I have had no cough & but very little of the pain in my left side which troubled me for several years. This I \/attribiite mainly to our simple cause viz. a liberal use of cold water, in other words a shower bath every night just before retiring to bed & accompanied by a good scrubbing with a coarse towel. After continuing this practice for a year pretty regularly, it has become a luxury a§ well as a means of healthy Labours My routine of labours week after week with some slight variations has been as follows, On Sabbath visit Sabbath School of children conducted by Mr. Knapp at half past 8, . preach at half past 9:^ hold a catechectical School of hooikaikas, at 11; preach again at half past 2; and frequently hold a short church meeting, at the close of afternoon service. On monday, I have usually devoted most of the day to the Nonanona, reading proof, & preparing the matter & on monday after­ noon meet a class of hooikMkas. On tuesdays, met the hooikaikas of the first & second::apanas for conversation & instruction, visited what I could, attend to cases of discipline“'&c[!]. On Wednesday, preached at or before sunrise, attend­ ed a school of hooikaikas of the 3d apana & preached at Waikiki in the afternoon & usual prayer meeting in the evening.On thursday, laboured in some way among the children, in holding religious or temperance meetings & sometimes preached in Manoa valley; On friday afternnoon held a meeting in Nuuanu, & began my prepara­ tions for the Sabbath, torwhich I have devoted most of Saturday. The great:work on the stone meeting \ho,use has interfered very materially with ssvstbI my labours as preacher & pastor. Indeed for months, until the walls were finished, it required my personal superintendance a large portion of each day. In the division of the labour of the house with Dr. Judd, the collection of the money & superintendance of the native forces fell to my lot, & I can say without dissimulation that I have had my fill of meeting house building. We have often been at our wits end in regard to the work, for want of means to complete it, but by the good hand of God upon us, we have been prospered beyond our expecta­ tions, & hope in a short time to make those walls resound with praises & thanks­ giving to the adorable God, for whose honour they have been erected. �Honolulu [1842] . 2. CatechuHiens Of these I have nearly 1000 on my list, & my plan has been this year as it was last , to divide them into classes, & meet them in rotation for conference & instruction. Most of them appear to be steady people & truly serious. Their improvements in Christian knowledge for the past year is quite commendable, & their desire for the tilings; of the Spirit, keeps up better than I anticipated. They are generally anxious to make a profession of religion & many of them I have no doubt are worthy of that privilege; but they will loose nothing by a protract­ ed probation, provided they are diligently watched over & instructed. Indeed it is a melancholy fact, according to my observation,that natives are more favorably situated for receiving instruction while they are catechumens, than while members of the church. When admited[!] to church fellowship, they are too apt to feel that they have attained to so high a degree of perfection that it is no longer necessary to strive after knowledge as they once did. They have got their diploma and graduated & why should they be [!] any longer be regarded as babes in Christ? I have been held back also in receiving members to the church by the consider­ ation that I may not remain as pastor of the church much longer & it is desirable as far as practicable, that persons should be inducted to the privileges of the church by the person as to their pastor. Temperance efforts. I have laid out more time & effort on this subject during the past year, than during any previous year of my missy, life; for the obvious reason that the evil of intemperance, [?] seemed to increase to such a degree, as to carry away both the church & the state over the precipice of ruin. . The class of natives most addicted to the use of intoxicating substances & of course most exposed to danger is the chiefs and those about them. I have therefore laid out all my strenght[!] in endeavoring to bring the entire church & congregation to teetotal privileges, & even to abstinence from the use of tobacco. To this end, I have preached on the subject several times in the great congregation but more especially on week days;, have held several temperance meetings for the congregation generally, and during the winter months met the chiefs & persons in authority every Sabbath evening, principally for the purpose of influencing their minds on this subject. What success has attended these efforts time alone can tell.. cannot speak with any degree of confidence. In regard to this I But we have formed two temperance societies on the pledge of teetolatism, one of children & another of adults. That of children embraces over 700 members & includes a pledge of abstinence from �Honolulu [1842] 3. [the] very thing that intoxicates as an article of luxury. Tobacco is included in the childrens pledge, as it is evident that the use of that vile weed in children,especially native children who are under no controul[!], if it does not': actually produce intoxication, it certainly creates an appetitg for unnatural stimulants & prepares the way for the use of substances which can never be used with safety, unless as medicines. In the adult temperance Society there are two forms to the pledge; the one includes tobacco & the other does not. This is the only difference. But I am happy to add that the list of the tobacco smokers is growing smaller & smallir. Quite a number during the past year have been persuaded to give it up & I think with prudent & energetic measures, the church might in a little while be entire­ ly rid of it, without making it a matter of discipline. Wine is included in both pledges, & I have no hesitation in saying that with the natives there is no great difference between the use of wine & brandy. probability is that the wine of commerce in The part of the world is little else than a mixture of ardent spirit with some deleterious[!] drugs. Romanism For the past year the movements of the papists in this region have been rather Silent, but probably not less efficient than formerly. I have not heard of many joining them, which a considerable number of their initiated converts have join­ ed our congregation. their names. How many I cannot now tell, as I did not keep a list of The fact is, although they profess to have forsaken the papists & ' come over on our side, they are generally so ignorant & bewildered in their views of Christianity that are[!]:hot very hopeful subjects to work upon, & I have purposely avoided making much of their conversion to our views, lest they be lifted up with vanity. Two of our church members, one of whom was under censure, have gone over to that party,during the year. They went out from us I suppose, because they were not of us. John li, our school agent for Oahu has met with the same difficulties from the priests during the year as formerly. He has uniformly found them arrogant, haughty, disorganizing & no friend to the school system wh.[ich] the law proposes. I have not.thought it best to make many very direct efforts against Romanism during the year., though I have preached on the subject occasionally, and alluded to it directly & frequently in the pulpit, ksjyou are all aware too I have publish­ ed also a few articles on the subject in the Nonanona. But most of my efforts �Honolulu [1842] 4, have 136611 direct6d to bringning the whole population as much as possible under religious instruction & influence, believing that a mind stored with Christian knowledge & a heart established with grace are the strongest bulwarks against any heresy whatever. In expounding the catechism before my adult Sab. School of 600 catechumens every Sab. morning, I havekept the heresy of Rome constantly in view and endeavor­ ed to show in a simple & clear manner the difference between that heresy & the true gospel. May it not be, that this is one reason why God has permited[!] Romanists to come in among, in order that his own precious word may be more care­ fully studied & treasure of wisdom drawn out of it, which might have lain conceal­ ed for ages, but for these dangers that threaten the church? Another important means of opposing Romanism is t h e d i s b r i b u t i o n of the new Testament. I have made it a rule of late to furnish a copy to every individual who could & would read it, pay or no pay. About all our share of the last edition has been given out & the demand is yet considerable. The Nonanona. This small affair has occupied some of my leisure moments & oh .the whole very pleasantly. I have had a little difficulty in editing it as I anticipated, rather more so. Some of the brethren have been very kind in furnishing matter for it, while others have done nothing at all. Contributions from natives have been abundant, but not so valuable as to justy[!] the publishing of many of them & those which have been published have cost more than half as much labour to pre­ pare them for the press as to prepare the same amount of original matter. have so far 3.000 copies struck off, & they are nearly all called for. We Whether the paper is to be continued after the present year or not; whether it should be altered in its character, or sold for a higher or a lower price will be for the General Meeting to determine. I think it will nearly sustain itself on Oahu, tho. I have not received the amount of receipts for the different stations. , Some of the brethren have paid in advance for their subscriptions. Protracted meetings. We have had no general protracted meeting during the year; not because we did not dpsire one but for want of a suitable house to meet in. Instead of a general pro.*^ meeting for all the parish, I held during the winter months two & three ' ■ days meetings in all the large apanas. results happy. were well attended, and the Many who had long been dead in tresspasses & sins, absenting themselves from the house of God & indulging in beastly vices, were waked[!] up, �Honolulu [1842] 5. brought out,& now are ^receiving instruction in the hooikaika classes. Since these small protracted meetings, the church has been in a better state, and the congre­ gation considerably increased. But my jealousy of the pretentions of natives to be on the Lords side does not diminish & these professed converts, are only put into the ranks where they must undergo a considerable drilling before they are allowed to be enrolled as the soldiers of the captain of our Salvation. Besides the small pro'i meetings, I have assisted Bro. Emerson in a meeting of 5 days at his station in August & Bro. Smith in one in February, & went to the assistance of Bro. Parker in one, but was called away after preaching one sermon. Mrs. Armstrong has been able to do more for the natives during the past year than she has for several previous years. better health. This is owing to her having enjoyed She has kept up a regular friday meeting for females which has been well attended & interesting. It is a great measure-owing to the influence of this meeting, that leis & other gaudy & costly articles of dress are becoming unfashionable in the congregation, & industry & cleanliness on the advance. She has also visited the native females a good deal at. their houses. Concerts The monthly concert for prayer for the convers-|;ion of the world has been regular­ ly observed, & the afternoon of the third Sabbath in each month has been observed as a season of conference and prayer in behalf of Schools throughout the islands. The first day of January was abserved[!] as a day of thanksgiving to God & was a good day among us. The text on that occasion was ^Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.” & &[!] the congregation urged to make a new choice. If any had tried the service of God & found it a hard service, let them go & serve Baal; let them aside & say so. Let them come out & avow their sentiments. But if any were ready to say,The Lord he is God & him will we serve, them come & humbly covenant afresh with him. I have heard that season refered to by persons both in & out of the church-very frequently, as a.season of great good to their souls, & some Y'ery wicked persons from that day have been serious &■ attentive to divine things. m ContributiorS to benevolent objects. These have been as they were during the year previous, almost exclusively confin­ ed to the stone meeting house, & for this object about $lBOO. has been collected on the subscription of the previous year. given by the King & Kekauluohi. Twelve hundred dollars of this was �Honolulu [1842] 6. The Church. T.he following table will'give the statistics of it. Average congregation 2000 Received to fellowship on exam^ 39 Whole number rec 94 Whole no. dismissed to other churches Dismissed past year 34 Excom*^ past year 70 Received to fellowship on certificate past year Whole number excomA 72 1 Whole no. deceased 117 Deceased past year 20 Suspended past year 39 6 Remain excom'^ 82 Whole number in regular standing 1075 Whole no. of children baptised 545 Baptised past year 34 Marriages past year Whole no. rec'^ on exaii£- 61 1237 The cases of discipline which have occured have been chiefly through ihv . temperance. During the former part of the year, the church was in a state of spiritual Ijpl sloth, but about the commencement of the civil year, a better day began to dawn upon us. Meetings began to be full & solemn, prayer frequent & earnest & mutual confessions of delinquency in duty, common. Since that period, cases of disci­ pline have been more rare, & the general state of the church,more encouraging. P .S . 'Ha^e-taaghfe-Hulikefflaka-feka¥=efet-hisfe©£=y-twe-d:ays-eaeh-week. I have tought[i] two schools during part of the year, besides those mentioned: one in moral philosophy at the fort, and another in church history. been intere^sting & useful while continued. Rich^^ Armstrong [On back]: Richf Armstrong report 1842 Both have �Report of the first church, and congregation in Honolulu 1842-43 The review of any portion of our past life is well calculated to fill the mind with solemn reflections. Gratitude for mercies enjoyed, humiliation in view of time misspent, duties neglected, opportunities misimproved § resolutions of future amendment spon­ taneously arise ^ clustre [f] around the heart, while the mind reverts to the events of the past. During the year that is now to be reviewed, the good hand of God has been upon me § mine; we have not all however enjoyed uninterupted health./'^ At the close of our last Gen. Meeting our second daughter was dangerously sick, but recovered § has since been pretty well. During the past rainy season Mrs. Armstrong has suffered much from the old nervous com­ plaint in her head; this was greatly aggravated by a fall from a waggon[i^-cin the month of December. have been gradually growing Since that time her symptoms more alarming § about the first of April she became entirely prostrate. The distress in her head becamefso great as to threaten congestion of the brain apoplexy or s'ome kindred disease. But by prompt § powerful remedies, ^ constant care this desasterous I!] result has been prevented § she is now comparatively •ccDifortable 1 - , though unable to endure even the care of her family. The physicians advise that measures be taken to recruit her general health § before the meeting closes I may have occasion to lay this subject before you ^ ask your advice. Labours. My labours during the past year have varied but little from those of the previous year. I have been enabled to preach twice on the Sabbath without interruption; to visit the Sabbath School for child­ ren under the care of Mr. Knapp pretty regularly; to hold a Sabbath School of adult' cat’echuiriens myself after the morning service, § some­ times meet with the church or a portion of it, at/.the close of the afternoon service. During week days I have attended the usual cons':' certs for prayer, preached on Wednesday morning at the Station re ­ gularly, and at Waikiki, ¥aialae, Wailupe, Manoa, Nuuanu, and Pauoa., pretty regularly., besides attending a series of district meeting for the particular benefit of the church of which I shall say more when I come to speak of the church in particular. My labours have been considerably increased during the year by �Honolulu.1842-43 2. calls for medicine § attention to the sick, which in former years did not devolve on the pastor of this station. These calls have at times made very serious inroads upon my time § drawn so heavily upon my strength as to compel me to say my burden is greater than I can bear. To attend to all the calls for medicine where it is gratuitously given amidst such a mass of people as we have in H o n o ­ lulu, § where there are so many causes of desease[!], it may be. well imagined to be a considerable labour, § yet I confess that I have often regreted[!] that these calls were not more frequent § timely. I have mqt with many cases which proved fatal apparently from their negle];£]t or from relying on native medicine when a simple remedy in the outset might have saved the patient. The Nonanona This little periodical has cost me a trifle more labour during the present year than it did during the year previous; the increase has been chiefly owing to the fact that native contributions have been more ‘ abundant; all these whether good bad or indifferent must be read over in order to ascertain which is most worthy of publica­ tion § when the best were selected they must often be copied before they could be handed to the printer; I was also favored some by the assistance of a native during the first year, which I have not had during the present year. We have also issued a few pages more matter in the 2d vol. than was contained in the first. In regard to "the usefulness of the paper the brethren can judge as well as I . It doubt­ less could be rendered more interesting § valuable by more labour ^ time devoted to it, and especially if we had it in our power to get suitable engraving done. thing much to be regreted. Of this we have no prospect at present, a The only objection I have heard against the paper is its' n a m e ; one member of the mission not now on the is­ land, thought' it a’ subject :of sufficient importance has as you are aware brought out all the resources of his wit, sarcasm § argumenta­ tion to have the name changed ^ has expressed no doubt that it would be changed when the brethren come to deliberate upon it. Ail I would say is if the meeting has any sympathy with those views § do not re­ gard the circumstance of a mere name as too little to require five minutes attention, let it be changed. I have not the slightest ob­ jection to any name that will suit my brethren. So far as I know �Honolulu 1842-43 3. however the name is popular with the natives ^ in my view is not liable to the objections which have been brought against it. Should the paper be continued, it will probably be more convenient to issue it in a little different form. But as an offset to these additional labours § cares, I would mention that the work on the new meeting house was brought to a close about the 1st of July § on the 21 day of that month the house^ was dedicated to the worship of Almightly[!] exercises'.' ' . tion. God with appropriate That was an interesting § joyful day to the congrega­ We had now come to a place of rest after a long § tiresome struggle; many had predicted that the house never would be even roof­ ed, but now we, saw it so far finished, as to afford comfortable § neat accommodations to the congregation, § I trust there were many grateful hearts came up to present their offering before the Lord on that day. The first stone of the hous'e was laid Sep. 18, 1838 § the work was finished as we now see it July 2, 1842. That is 5 years^ 9 daysf!]. The cost of the house as,nearly as we can ascertain from the general data:at our command was $30.000[]]. The whole amount is now paid except about $120, which is already subscribed § only remains to be collected. Without galleries [?] it is rather small for the congre­ gation; during the past winter season it was uncomfortably filled with hearers, but whether the congregations will ever be able to erect galleries [?] , or whether it is to remain so large as to need them are matters of considerable doubt. enough. As it is just now there is room In my view the plan of the house was drawn on a scale too magnificent for the resources of the congregation; the basement story is of some service, but by no means sufficient to justify what it cos-t. To finish the house in a style according with the original --.I plan will require a great deal of labour § expense | the mans lot is not to be envied who has it to do and yet it should be done forthwith as it may never be easier to have it done than now. The only addition­ al circumstance I would mention in regard to the house is that on the day of dedication the King arose before the whole assembly § present­ ed a deed of it to the church which worships in it § to those of like faith who shall come hereafter. Temperance. I have not thought it necessary to present this subject before �Honolulu 1842-43 4. the minds of my people so frequently during the present as during the previous year; for the simple reason that there has been very little intemperance abroad in the native community. Public senti­ ment among natives has been So firmly set against all intoxicating substances since the Kings:rref o r m , that it only needs to be kept where it was in order to expel the evil from society. Perhaps there has never been a year in which there was so little intoxica­ tion among the natives; among them, yet there has been here & there a case and some have been punished for crimes commited while under the influence of rum. ed to an alarming extent, Among foreigners the evil has prevail­ tho perhaps not more so than in former years. During the fall months we held a number of temperance meetings both for adults & for children; attended & addressed. tion of the some of these the King & primier[!] They we also present at our annual celebra­ ’cold w a t e r ’ armies on the 27 of October, 1400 children & youth congregated in Mr. Smiths meeting house, after an hour & a half spent in hearing addresses, ing the praises of cold water &c[!], when about dialogue, & sing­ they marched in two double lines to the music of the Governors hand to our old Meeting house & partook of a sumptuous feast apparently with good relish & good cheer. No one present could think that any thing more stimulating than wholesome food & cold water was needed to give life & h a p pi­ ness to Hawaian[!] youth. Several foreign residents & strangers were present who seemed to be much gratified with the scene. I would only add that so far as I have been able to ascertain, but few of these children & youth have broken their pledges, not even in smoking tobacco which is i n c l u d e d i n the childrens pledge. There have been however some cases of violation & there may be , ; , others of which I am not aware. I would only add on this point that when t h e ’British commission issued a n o t i c e :offering to license a limited number of grog shops I felt it my duty to address them on the subject, advocating the doctrine that the traffic in ardent spirit ought to be entirely abolished. The first draught of the letter is here before me & any one may read it who chooses. �Honolulu 1842-43 5. Romanism. The subject has excited but little interest for some time past. The visit of the Embuscade seemed for a season to encourage & streingthen the Romish[!] boast great things, party very greatly & they were heard to but I have not heard of any accessions to their numbers nor any enlargement of their operations. On the contrary there have been some cases of conversion external at least to Pro­ testantism & I should think the attendance on their services on the Sabbath is generally small. But the priests are very active & leave no means untried wither fair or foul to propagate the religion of the pope. In order to counteract this heresy I have pursued the same course essentially as I did last year, that is endeavour as far as possible to bring the entire population in this field under the influence of divine truth, more especially by a liberal distri­ bution of the N. Testament & other bookstand keeping up weekly re­ ligious meetings in all the large districts. Protracted me e t i n g ( The first week in January was devoted to a serious[!:J of religious exercises in which I was assisted by brethren Alexander, L. Hitchcock [!] . It was a season of much interest & profit. The congregation was larger thro’ughout. Parker & the interest was well sustained The result was a more general & solemn attention to the concerns of the soul in the congregation than we had witnessed for along season; meetings became well attended even to overflowing; many careless sinners began to consider their ways & call upon God and the church because more engaged in the conversion of souls deed, In­ the greatest 'benefit of the Meeting seemed to be its good in­ fluence on the church. We had a very encouaging state of things until the middle of F eb­ ruary when the political trouble of the land b e g a n ’:to engross the public mind. From that time to the present, the interest of our people in the .things of religion has been declining; the congrega-' , tion has decreased some, and there have been a number of cases re­ quiring discipline in the church. On the whole the influence of the political change has been very unfavorable & I fear its',evil ' effects are not at an end. Quite a number of our church members �Honolulu 1842-43 6. are soldiers & now under the training of British officers they are circumstances of great temptation; the life’ of a soldier in any country is hardly compatable with that of a Christian. But the most disasterous influence we have lately felt has arisen from the abrogation of the law of the native government which required the illicit intercourse of unmarried persons to be punished. This event filled us all with surprise and alarm and we have melancholy evi­ dence that our alarm was not without foundation. We hear of whole companies lately plunging into u n cleanness[!] in the most unb l ush­ ing manner & no notice is taken of it by the authorities. Boat! . loads of women are said to go to & from ships in the harbour & the \n offingi^'at pleasure without any fear from the law. If this state of, things is to continue what but ruin, hangs over this poor nation? immediate & inevitable ruin Their prospect was dark before but this event adds' maiiy 'shades to' the darnessT it m.ake it darkness which may be f e l t . But the Lord knoweth them that are his; his elect cannot be lost; when iniquity comes in like a flood the Lord can lift up a standard against it & may we not hope that he will? He pities the poor & the oppressed & if his people cry unto him will he not hear? for years past, One thing is certain & has been growing more so the Lords work in these islands is not'-.to be sus­ tained by human laws nor by the influence of rules. These props are being taken away & the power of truth alone is left to sustain the cause of righteousness. Native ministry. The order taken^n this subject at our last meeting I have not for­ gotten; indeed no subject has been more frequently on my mind during the year; but I havdnot undertaken to instinct any persons parti-^' cularly with a view to their being helpers in publishing the gospel principally for two reasons, tion & 2. 1. The temporary nature of my loca­ the want of suitable helps[!] in the form of books. We have at least 3 Or 4 men connected with this congregation of con­ siderable promise as helpers in preaching & it is high time they were in a state of training, but I have not yet seen my. way clear to commence the work for the reasons stated. In my view this is a subject of great importance at the present time & ought to receive the most careful consideration at this meeting. �Honolulu 1842-43 7. The church. Its condition as to numbers may be known from the following statistical table. Average congregation 2000 Whole no. 1631 rec^ on examination Whole no. on certificate 81 Whole number rec'? past year on exam’^ 394 Past year on certificate 39 Whole no. past year 433 Whole no. dismissed to other churches 80 Dismissed the past year Whole no. 8 deceased 142 Deceased past year 25 Suspended past year 24 Remain suspended 22 Excom4 past year [!] Whole no. excommunicated 34 Remain excommunicated - 30 Whole number in regular standing Whole no. 1431 • of children baptised 628 Baptised past year - 83 Marriages past year 97 The contributions of the church to various benevolent objects including what has been given towards the meeting house during the year has been not far from $400 in cash. We have partly supported a native preacher at Waianae & done considerable towards supporting school teachers. I have endeavoured to give systematic instruction to the church by dividing it into classes & meeting these classes weekly. This has cost me great labour but so far as I can judge it has tended greatly to the edification of the church. has 'been the catechism; Our -principal textbook we were about commencing the Pilgrims Progress when I was obliged to relinquish these labours about the 1st of April in consequence of sickness in my family. Mrs. Armstrong has been able to meet with the women of the church usually once a week during the year. As to the state of religion in the church I would say that it �Honolulu 1842-43 8. is far very far from what it should be. During the fall & winter months as I have stated there was much life in the church; saw it appear better. I never But of late it has not generally appeared so well tho we have had no general defection, nor much open iniquity. Since the strange abrogation of the law regulating the intercourse of unmarried persons which has filled the breasts of all the ’ friends of order & purity in this community with amazement & concern, a certain class has stepped forth from their lurking places & litterally glory in their shame. in .boats, to the ships, They go through the streets, go drawing iniquity as with a cart rope & fear not the face of God or man. That the church will escape when this iniquity comes in like a flood is hardly to be expected; but our hope^s that the Lord who has hitherto been our strength & deliverer of the people in years that are past, will pouir out his spirit upon his church & make it the salt of the land, banners to the ungodly, terrible as an army with & more powerful than all the restraints of human law. A work on domestic & political economy was assigned to me last year. A considerable amount of material for the work has been col­ lected & it could soon be made ready for the press should it be deemed expedient to prosecute; But I have had some doubts whether such a work is so loudly called for as to justify the expenditure of the funds necessary to publish it. I made the tour of Oahu twice during the year. In concluding this report I would say a word inregard to the re­ lation which I sustain to this church & congregation. menced labouring here, 18 months or at most two years were spoken of as the probable time of Mr. Binghams absence, my continuance here. When I com­ & consequently of It is now almost three years since his de--.:;’: parture & a good deal of uncertainty yet hangs over his return es­ pecially as to the time. be done in the case? settled, The question then arises, what is best to I feel much the inconvenience of having un­ as it were away from house, mere temporary supply. and labouring so long as a It is uncomfortable for my family and has an injurious effect upon my'labours as all my plans must be of a temporary nature. I cannot look upon the church nor manage it as though it were my own nor can the church look upon me as its �Honolulu 1842-43 proper pastor. 9 I wish therefore to submit the subject to the con­ sideration of Genl Meeting, & ask either to have a permanent loca­ tion here,or be restored to my::former field of labour. May 11, , 1843. Rich? Armstrong �Report of the first church &7congregation in Honolulu May 1843-44. At the close of our last General Meeting the hand of the Lord was upon my family. Mrs. Armstrong & our dear babe were both ill. But a voyage to Kauai in the month of June & another to Maui & Hawaii in July and August had a decidedly beneficial effect upon the symptoms of Mrs. Armstrong, and no good opportunity having occured to make her contemplate a voyage to the United States.that project was abandoned. During our absence at the windward, our children were scattered in the midst of kind friends, that Mr. A. might go free from care; all prospered except the babe who was in the'cafe of Mrs. Bishop; notwithstanding her unceasing vigilence, & utmost efforts to restore him he continued feeble, owing to the irritation of his bowels from teething. He was brought home & continued to suffer until the 28th of October when he was removed by death, as we trust to a bright­ er & happier world than this, on the same day with our lamented brother Locke, While we , with a circle of sympathising friends were assembled in my house weep­ ing over our dead, a messenger entered announcing the sudden & unexpected depart­ ure of that worthy brother. That was a season of grief & sadness to all at the station, to my family in particular, but I trust our affliction has not passed off without leaving some abiding salutary impressions. Labours. My labours for'-.the past twelve months may be arranged under the following heads. Labours as Pastor, as Editor, Superintendent’r.of schools & Keep­ er of the Dispensary, 1. Pastoral labours. I have preached, as usual, twice on the Sabbath, gen­ erally visited the Sabbath school for children, which for the past year has been mostly in the care of Mr. Hall, and also the Sabbath schools for small children under the instructions of native teachers; after the morning service I have uni­ formly kept a school:?for the instruction of catechumens, of whom there are sev­ eral hundreds on my list, but a small proportions of them however who give any evidence of a work of grace in the heart, and after the afternoon services on the Sabbath, I have frequently & may generally held a meeting either for a portion of the church, or for the lunas of the church, The object which is to question them on the sermons of the day, explain & enforce their truths more fully, & stir them up to faithfulness in the Masters work. On week days my plan has been to attend the monthly concert, lecture on Wed­ nesday morning at the station, at Waikiki in the afternoon, & frequently at Waialae, Wailupe, and Maunalua on the same day; on Thursday afternoon I have held a meeting at Manoa & on friday afternoon in the valley of Nuuanu or Pauoa. These �Honolulu 1843-44 ' 2. weekly meetings have been tollerably[!] well attended, though at times they have run very low; attention to them, though laborious, is essential to the support of the congregation & the dissemination of truth among the people. .My congregation on the Sabbath has not varied perceptably from what it has been in former years. From December till March the meeting house was well filled on Sab. morning, & sometimes uncomfortably filled. of them are Larger meeting houses or more much needed in Honolulu as well as more men':to labour for the thou­ sands of degraded & wandering sons & daughters of Hawaii who are collected in this village & vicinity.. Not over 4,000 at the most are in the habit of attend­ ing any house for public worship on the Sabbath and yet there are statedly not far from 12.000 people within the bounds of these two parishes. Verily the har­ vest is plenteous but the labourers are few. 2. Editorial labours. During my absence at the windward for some two months I was indebted to the kindness of Mr. L. Smith for sustaining the Nonanona, for this he has my grateful acknowledgements. Of the third volume 3000 copies were issued, each containing 136 pages, that is eight pages of new matter more than was contained in the volume of the previous year. The whole number of impressions sent out from the press during the year was 408,000. More valuable matter has come to hand during the past [year] than during any previous year. Contributions of natives have been abundant & though it cannot but have a good effect upon the mind of the writers, to exercise their pens in;;writing for publication, yet it costs no little time & patience to read them all over, & separate the chaff from the wheat. Very few native compositions are suitable to be placed in':the print­ ers hands until they are carefully revised & in many instances copied or abridged. So far as I am able to judge, among those who read the Nonanona at all, the in­ terest in it increases, & I cannot but hope that some good is done by it, but I must repeat my lamentation of last year that it has not been in my power to be­ stow upon it that amount of labour & attention which I wished & by which it might be made vastly more interesting, attractive & efficient that it ever has been. As 1 intend to request the mission to relieve me,if possible, of the care of the Dispensary, I hope during the current year to [be] able to do more for the Nona­ nona. Whether it shall be continued as at present or increased in size, or how much money the mission think best to sink upon it, may very properly be a subject for the mission to deliberate upon. At present, its income does not cover the cost. �Honolulu 1843-44 3. 3. Care of the Dispensory [!] & distributing medicines To compound all the medicines which required it & prepare them for use; to meet all the orders sent in from the different stations, & seek in the village for such medicines as were not in thelpispensory & above all to attend to the calls of the sick & dying in a population so dense & so liable to desease[!{]' as that in Honolulu, has taken up no inconsiderable portion of my time & has inter­ fered not a little with other important labours. Though this is a haven of bus­ iness for which I have no disrelish, but rather take pleasure in it, yet consider­ ing how it interferes with my labours as pastor & editor, I think it has better be[!] transfered to one of the secular brethren at the station. Since the first of April I have received important assistance in the medical department from Mrv Rogers, who has taken hold with a promptness, & skill which in my view en­ titles him to an appointment forthwith, as Keeper of the Dispensory, in preference to any other man at the station. 4. Care of schools. Owing to the enfeebled health of Mr. Knapp & my ab- scence to the windward the schools in this parish received but little attention, • during the former part of the miss. year. Consequently they languished greatly & continued to grow worse & worse until some of them had barely a nominal exist­ ence. The chief cause of their decline was neglect, mismanagement, & incompe­ tency on the part of those whose business it was to manage the c:o'hcern. Qur Kahu Kula John li, who then held the office is an excellent man, & might have made a good school'inspector, had not his mind not been so distracted by other important public-affairs & be called to travel in person from one end of the kingdom to the other frequently on government business. Satisfied that the schools were suffer­ ing, in his hands he concluded to resign his commission & in March, Keikenui, a man of intelligence, active piety, and much re|spected was appointed in his stead. Thus far the new Kahukula has done well with the exception of one or two mistakes, which were easily rectified & the schools in this parish are in a better'condition now than they have been for a long time. We never could muster since my residence in Honolulu, more than about 700 children at an examination until our last in April, when 1160 scholars were reported. But I am sorry to say since then there has been some falling off. The new Kahukula, being without experience, especially in the Keeping of ac­ counts, I have felt it my duty to render him all the assistance in my power, & in idP past have undertaken more than ever before to see that the school operations in my own district were properly managed. To this end I have kept the accounts with the teachers, assisted in settling them; seeing that suitable teachers are em- �4. Honolulu 1843-44 ployed & unworthy ones dismissed- With my cooperation the Kahukula seems well pleased & in fact so far seems unwilling to take-any important measure without first constilting me. I hope he is disposed to take this course with all the ' - brethren on Oahu for without our vigorous cooperation, there is little hope that the schools will succeed. The worth of a school Inspector is too complica­ ted, & difficult on this island to be sustained & carried forward successfully by any native unassisted. To avoid collision with the Roman Catholics, to exert a sufficiently powerful influence over parents & children to induce them to favor the schools, to raise funds, pay teachers & keep a regular.& correct account, re­ quires qualifications which no native can yet be expected to possess & I have * little hope that government will succeed in the business of education at present unless the services of some suitable foreigner shall be secured to stand at the head of the whole business of common school instruction in the islands. Romanism. Of the workings of this heresy I have seen but little for twelve months past & more. Whatever the priests .& their followers have done in this , field has been done silently & unobtrusively. I have not thought it necessary to say much to my people or publish much in the Nonanona on the subject. At an examination of the Catholic Schools in April, collectfed from Maunalua to Moanalua, our Kahukula told me he counted 190 children, while at the examinations in Mr. Smiths meeting house & mine about the same time, there were over 1700 child^ ran. This however may not be sufficient data on which to calculate the relative strength of the Protestant and Romish[!] parties in this vicinity.’ Tempprance. The amount of my efforts to promote temperance or rather total ab­ stinence, has been to unite in the annual celebration of the two cold water arm-^ ies of Honolulu, on the 26th of October last. That was a day of high excitement and deep interest among our young folks.and a powerful impulse was given to:the cause of cold water, but as the events of that day have already been published I need not dwell upon them here. How much intemperate drinking has been c'arried on _ ■ ■ '■■-tell; secretly in Honolulu' I cannot^but in public I have seen no instance of drunkenness among natives for a year, liquid. have I heard of many cases of even tasting the fiery Among foreigners however, I am sorry to say, my soul has often sickened at witnessing their beastly intoxication, & hearing their horrid revelry. Public morals. At the close of our last general meeting, the state of public morals in Honoluluwas most alarming. Some old residents & visitors gave it as �5 ,. Honolulu 1843-44 their opinion that vice had not appeared more rampant, bold & shameless since the days of absolute heathenism, than it did in May & June last. This was mainly owing to the iniquitous course pursued by the British commission. But how our hearts ought to leap for joy that those days of darkness have passed away. in his kind & holy Providence sent us relie:^ blessed be his name. God The restor­ ation of the government "Ito the native chiefs, by Rear Admiral Thomas on 31 of July, an event I had not the happiness to witness, will not soon be forgotten by the friends of this nation. With the restoration of the government, order, quietness, and the general tone of public morals was restored. Scenes of de­ bauchery, revelry, and Sabbath desecration, in a great measure disappeared before the authority of the laws which once more lifted up their voice. I may just remark in passing that our intercourse with Admiral Thomas, who remained here over 7 months, was uniformly pleasant.& familiar and on the eve of his departure the brethren of this station felt it to be their duty to express to him in writing, their gratification with his conduct & their obligations for his kindness, which was handsomely responded to in a letter which together with the one addressed to him, is present and can be read by any one who chooses. Protracted Meetings. I assisted Mr. Smith in a protracted meeting in Decem­ ber and Mr. Bishop in another in March for one day & was assisted by both these brethren together with Mr. Hitchcock.in a meeting of four days in January. In all these meetings I felt my own soul benefited,'and^ no doubt the great day will reveal many salutary impressions made during these delightful exercises. The re- suit of the meeting in my congregation was^^manifest awakening in the church; and the hopeful conversion of some sinners from the error of their way. It was de­ lightful to see scores of sleeping church members waking up, confessing their sins & returning to duty; to see'-"wanderers returning & hardened rebels against God considering their ways. During the months of December, January, February & March, the congregations both on Sabbath & week days, were large & a pleasing interest in divine things continued. Zion prospered,for the Lord was in the midst of her. Since the first of April, I am sorry to say this interest has been on the decline and now we are in a very stupid state. Benevolent Contributions. This congregation has been in the habit of contri­ buting something monthly & at special seasons for benevolent objects for years past, but on the first of January last I made some efforts to induce the people of my charge to contribute according to their ability, a specified sum in money, �6. Honolulu 1843-44 on every Sabbath preceding the monthly concert. The plan for taking the collect­ ion is a very simple one, & makes very little confusion or delay. Thirteen col- ■ lectors are selected, each furnished with a large card, a pencil & a small pill­ box for the money; these take their stations in different parts of the house and during the singing of the second hymn, the contributions are handed to them, the names of the contributors written down & the sum given by each. By these cards at the end of the year, it can be easily ascertained who have given to the Lords treasury & how much. Since the first of January, $106,12 have been collected in cash & handed in to Mr. Chamberlain, to constitute a part of the sum allowed by the Board for the support of the pastor of the 1st church in HOnolulu. Eight dollars were on hand previous to January, this sum added to $22,50 contributed to the meeting house at Molokai & $22,50 to the contemplated meeting house at Hana, makes $159.12. Besides this remaining debt oii the meeting house of $134,50[?] has been paid off, and $20, given by our Governor for an Accordion for the use of the choir which makes in all $313,62 cause of Christ in the islands. paid in money by the congregation for the This sum is much smaller than it should be, but it is all I have been enabled to draw forth. tact, it would be much larger than it is. Perhaps if I had more faith, zeal & This church is able to support its pastor & I hope it can be induced to do it & more too before long. Church Statistics. I'Jhole number addec^to the church on ex^? 1715 On certificate- 132 Past year on examination 102 Past year on certificate 51 Whole number past year 153 Whole no. dismissed to other churches 99 Dismissed the past year 19 I'/hole number deceased 196 Deceased past year 54 Suspended past year 66 Remain suspended 55 Excom4 past year '’ Whole no. excom^ 34 Remain excom^ 30 Whole number in regular standing Whole number of children baptised 1477 649 Baptised the past year Whole no. of children deceased 21 [ ] �7^ Honolulu 1843-44 Deceased past year [ Marriages past year M >d CO -P' ^ 3 M rfi-i O ] 107? Average number of cong^} on Sabbath 2000 P OQ Additional items. Mrs. Armstrong has been enabled to sustain a meeting for native females on friday of each week during most of the year. It has been well attended & ap­ parently very useful in various respects, expecially upon the domestic habits and care of children among the mothers. Our old meeting house has been sold to government for $400, which sum is now on interest, with a view to finishing the new meeting house whenever the work may be re—commenced. Several new district meeting houses and school houses are much needed in dif­ ferent parts of this field. I have not fulfilled all the appointments assigned to me, for want of time; my office as editor, requiring all the leisure time I have had for writing. I have had too many irons in the fire, for my own comfort or success in the several branches of work assigned to me. Respectfully submited[!] Richard Armstrong �Report of the first church & congregation in Honolulu, read before General Meeting of the mission, May 1846, including 2 years. Nothing of very striking importance has occured in the history of myself my people or my labours, since our last Gehl. Meeting. We have moved on in our work at a moderate pace & in the ordinary way never affecting any thing great, nor yet ceasing to do something. Mrs. Armstrong has not generally enjoyed good health; at times her old com­ plaint has occasioned her great suffering; but we have reason for gratitude, that she has been able so much of the time to be about & attend to her domestic af-fairs, & also attend a weekly meeting of native females,, though her illness has been a serious obstacle to my labour among the people. Two of our little daughters have also at different times been brought very S T-C M low by sickness, but by Gods blessing on the remedies used, their lives have been both spared & they are now in good health. ^ 0) Between the months of March and June of 1845, the distressing influenza which prevailed over our islands, prostrated our entire population, ourselves among the ■5 rest, so that for some days we found it difficult to obtain even the necessaries 'o [!] of life, get any domestic, help, or even help ourselves. It was a time of great & geh'eral distress, & many natives died, tho. not so many as might have been ■expected. The epidemic having passed away, the population generally was left in \—I ft *rH a a feeble & pitiful state, from which they did not recover for a long time. ft but my general impression is that the deaths far exceed the births." In my church ^ that ^ place, that I see no evidence of a decrease of population.. On the contrary there I may remark here, that I have no register of births & deaths in my field, is certainly the fact. Yet such is the tide of emmigration-. to this has been probably an increase. ^ Labours. My labours for the last two years have not varied materially from I what they were in former years. By the tender mercy of our God, I have been en- abled to labour on with but little interruption from sickness or any other cause. ■p cd •H Pastoral & ministerial labours. Two sermons on the Sabbath, a lecture on g g on[!] Wednesday morning at this place, and another at Waikiki on Wed?[!] afternoon, ^ pi occasionally extending my labours on the same day along the coast some 10 miles -P * ^ i=i •H g to Waialae, Wailupe & Maunalua, a lecture on thursday occasionally at Manoa valley, & on friday afternoon generally in the valley of Nuuanu - these have made up the sum of my weekly preaching. More recently my labours on the secular days of the week have been turned to expounding the Old Testament from the beginning in ^ S course, as the congregation reads it in course. in the sequel. But I shall refer to this again �Honolulu May 1846 2. I have also attended a Sabbath School either for children or adults or both on the Sabbath, & also a meeting for consultation with my elders, between the forenoon & afternoon services. Our Sabbath School for children has not flourished for the last year or more, owing mainly as I suppose to the want of that SuperiritaSance' of the common Schools, which is essential to sustaining"';' an interest in the Sabbath school. Such Superintendance we have not been able to afford, & hence the interests of the children have suffered greatly in my field, since the death of our lamented Bro. Knapp. The Sabbath school for adults continued under the superintendance of Mr. Chamberlain, as long as his health permited[!] him to labour at all; his place was then taken by Mr. Dimond for a season, until the commencement of the present year when the plan of the school and the hour for exercises were both changed; adults & children have since been both brought together immediately after morning service, to recite the daily food, and hear an exposition of it. In this exercise I have been assisted by Judge'-^Andrews, Mr. Hall, & Mr. Cooke, the first catechising the adults boys & Mr. Cooke those of the girls. C 5 feel grateful for it. Mr. Hall hearing the lessons of the This aid has been timely and important & I IN the girls school Mr. Cooke has employed the services of several of the young ladies under his care with advantage. This exercise I re­ gards as a very important means of grace; as the seven verses for the week are very generally commited[ !] to memory, and in the examination of them an opportu^:: nity is afforded to all present to ask questions freely, or present difficulties, or suggest inferences, there is reason to believe that a knowledge of Gods word is rapidly increase, and impressions are made of a most permanent & salutary kind. Indeed there is little danger that Gods word will return unto him void, it con­ stantly studied with a serious and prayerful mind. I have only to lament that many of my people take but little interest in this delightful & profitable ex­ ercise. A poartion of my congregation have been in the habit of reading a chapter or two in the Bible every day in course, for several years; but the excellent prac­ tice did not extend to the people generally, until within two months past, when it became some what general, & it is now the most encouraging symptom I see':among my people. The plan is to|read a chapter a day in course commencing with the Old Testament, and at our Sabbath afternoon and district meetings throughtthe week, questions are asked & remarks made on the chapters that have been read during the days preceding. In this exercise many of the people are much interested, and many of our discussions have been intensely interesting, and profitable. No part �Honolulu May 1846 3. of my work recently has afforded more gratification than this. One important re­ sult is, our increased ability to read & comprehend, what is read. Could a Bible reading spirit be kept up & extended among the natives, the happiest effects must follow/ it would improve their minds as well as their hearts; promote their hap­ piness in this word[world]las ;well as in the world to come, & be the best antidote to the poisonous heresy' of Rome now spreading around us. I will only add on this point that this Bible reading spirit has created an increased demand for that holy book beyond what it has been for several years past. I have disposed of all the 1st vol. of the 0. Testament that we have on hands, at 25c. a piece, & quite a number of copies of the whole Bible. During the year 1845 I made an attempt to have my people generally read the Pilgrims Progress, reading it with them myself & expounding it at our weekly meeting; but my success was only partial. For some reaseSn or other but a small portion of the congregation could be induced to take hold of it, although those who did, became- more & more interested as they advanced to the class. That work seems to be a little forward of the presfent state of the native mind, but I have no doubt of its being yet a popular book & it will exert a great influence. Its influence on those who have read it is apparent even inttheir prayers. Editorial labours. Three thousand copies of the Nonanona were issued from the press up till the last of March 1845; at that time the name of the paper was changed, but-its character has remained essentially the same, with the exception that it was enlarged to 8 pages while formerly it contained ordinarily only 4 pages; & the price was raised among those who were able to pay the amount of its real cost. The alteration in the number of pages was owing mainly to the demand so generally felt for the new laws, & other government matter which ought to be thrown before the public in the native language. In consideration of enlarging the paper, the government gave one hundred dollars towards its support during ^ last year & will do the same this year, besides the private subscriptions of the rulers. In my congregation the paper has been very generally paid for, it avails last year amounted to [$]293.50 Native writers contribute largely for the Elele, :'.8c it is very desirable that they be encouraged to do so but, while many of their pieces are well written & contain valuable matter, most of them are of a contrary character, & if published at all, need to be first wrought over before going to the printer, which is a great labour. Many valuable articles are thrown away merely because they are so badly written, or on such poor paper, or contain so much extraneous matter, as to �Honolulu May 1846 4. “be unsuitable for the paper until re-written & corrected. To several of the brethren I feel much indebted for aid in furnishing suit­ able articles for the paper; but the brethren generally have contributed less during the last year then they did.'.in former years. With the care of a large church in a place of great temptation and distract­ ion; with the care of a large family & a feeble wife.& not always enjoying good health myself I have had serious doublts whether it was my duty to continue to edit this periodical, which of course must be done at the expense of other and very important departments, and hastily & superficially done fe¥-the-Hiesfe-pai=t.['!] Andjit would be a relief to me if another & more suitable person could be found to assume the editorship can do. t H - i I & carry it on more efficiently than I Nothing but a sense of the imperative need of some such periodical & the hope of doing some good thereby has induced me to sustain it. Common Schools. Our school districts extends from Maunalua on the coast to the S. Eastward to the fort in Honolulu. Within these bounds including the vallies[!] there are 20 schools containing about 800 scholars. Owing to the pres­ sure of other labours I have not been able to give them much attention, & they have not accomplished what is desirable by any means. Our Kahukula,Keikenui is a good man & does the best he can, but it is a work for which he is by no means competent unaided. He has been a good deal embarrassed for want of means to pay the teachers, repair the schools houses or build new ones; and also to obtain teachers for moderate wages, there being in Honolulu, more lucrative situations open to them. We very much need a suitable missionary teacher devoted solely to the common schools in Honolulu & its vicinity & I know of no situation where one could be more useful. Ought not one to be set out for this express purpose? Of Roman catholic Schools within my field there are so far as I can learn 4; including the school at the seat of their operations in Honolulu^including School at chapel in H.[!] & containing about t$0[l] 88 scholars. managed or what is tought[!] in them I am unable to say. How they are Mr. Maigret keeps a high school, as I understand of 8 scholars. Work on meeting house. So large and inconvenient was the house in its former unfinished state, that the welfare of the congregation as well as that of the minister evidently demanded some farther inprovements as soon as they could be made, but a want of funds was the great obstacle, until $1,000. was placed at my disposal for this object by the late primier[!]. Encouraged by this our people �Honolulu May 1846 5. were inclined to proceed with the work, until the bills for all the improvements inside & out amounted tQ-$2640.0D,-.'' Of this amount about $2100, have been paid leaving a debt of $540, yet on the house. But sufficient '[.funds] has'been sub­ scribed or nearly so to cancel this, & we have yet five months credit ', in which to collect the subscriptions. The sum expended is considerable & a large propor­ tion of it has come from the poor of the congregation, yetjit has been well spent & the people seem'well satisfied. My own comfort has been greatly promoted by ■ . the improvements inside of the house, and the people hear the word with much greater satisfaction than formerly. Shortly after our last Genl. Meeting I laid the subject of ministerial sup­ port before my people, according to a resolution of our body; teaching & inform­ ing the duty & importance of doing what they could to relieve the American church­ es of the burden of supporting their pastor. The result was that from October 1844 till October 18457 $570, in'.cash was raised by the church & congregation for the support of their pastor. This sum has not been all handed in to the secular agents, a part having been appropriated to liquidate the debt of our meeting house & a part to repairs on my dwelling, the appropriation of 'last year not having been sufficient to meet the expense. Until the debt on the meeting house is can­ celed, I do not intend calling on my people to do any thing of consequence for the cause generaally or for my support. Protracted Meeting. We have held small meetings at outstations[!] at different stations with good results. In the month of March last I was kindly & efficient­ ly assisted in a meeting of four days continuance by Brothers Bishop, Parker, & Smith. The exercises commenced with prospect not the most encouraging; the con­ gregation was large, but a want of solemn attention & a spirit of prayer was manifest; so it continued until the third day, when the fallow ground began to be broken up, & the spirit of the Lord seemed evidently to accompany the word spoken. At the close of the meeting, the solemnity & sobriety that rested on the countenances of the people, the fervor of their prayers, & the fulness of our re­ ligious assemblies, afforded evidence that our labours had not been in vain in the Lord. Many from the world professed a desire to be on the Lords side & are now in a course of instruction; some of them at least I'hope will prove to be the children of God. Since this meeting our church, as a body has been more wakeful, & more inter­ ested in divine things than it was before. dead & worse than useless. But many of its members are still These have been my trouble & grief, and a great hind­ rance to the more active & living members of the church. The table of statistics will show the number of cases of discipline that have occured during the last �5, Honolulu May 1846 two years & also the number of admissions. It will be seen that the former much exceeds the latter; more have been set aside & remain so than have been received from the world. But it must not be infered from this circumstance that the church has grown weaker or been retrograde; so far from this I am satisfied that were a number more of the fruitless branches loped off, there would be more life & vigor & health in the tree. The small number of admissions for the last two years, only 48, is not for the want of candidates; ofxthese;there are many & I hope some of them are the Lords people, but experience has tought[!] me, to be careful more & more in admiting members to the privilege^Lf the church. It is so distressingly common among natives to appear well whileLn a state of probation, & then after being allowed to make a public profession,after a season to fall away, that I see no way of avoiding this so well as by a long course of instruction and trial. It has been said that in order to keep up-our congregations, it is necessary to keep open the doors of the church & allow a stream from without to flow in, but I have not found it so, for the last year & a half, I have received none from the world during that time & yet I do not see that the congregation has sen­ sibly diminished, or at least if it has, the cause is rather to be found in our recent practice of saparate[!] meetings at some of the outposts on the Sabbath, than to the one mentioned above. Premature admissions of persons not well in­ structed, and consequently liable to conduct themselves very unworthily of a Christian profession, has a tendency to lower the standard of Christian charact­ er, make a profession of religion appear to be a matter of small importance, and bring the church of Christ into disrepute. But I think the sentiment is gaining ground among my people that it is a great & solemn thing to take the vow^of God upon them, & ought to be done with the greatest caution. To extend & establish this feeling is of great importance to the welfare of the church. I will only add in regard to this church that I have never / yet considered my relation to it as established. The action of our lasl^General Meeting was not of a nature to relieve me entirely from my embarrassment, especially as it was not ratified or in any way acted upon by the association. In fact',: I have felt since that proceeding much as I did before, that I was still only a stated[?] supply, or pastor pro tempore, & should the proper pastor arrive, I should give the church at once into his hands. I must say however, that I have considered ,_ this as disorderly & a disadvantage both to myself & this church & congregation. In order to get effectively rid of a relation so embarrassing I was willing two years ago, to surrender the pastorship into other hands & turn my attention to other woTk. I am still more willing to do so now, & should be truly to be �7. Hnolulu May 1846 allowed to confine myself to:the schools, to my paper, & to other kindred objects & be rid of a situation which has never 'been satisfactory to me, & in which I have laboured with much disadvantage. I would not leave the impression that it would now be pleasiht to me to have my pastoral relation to this church pro­ perly constituted; this in my opinion, ought to have been done long ago, or else the church put into other hands, as things have been & now-are I would much ra­ ther be rid of the pastorship altogether, Yet the Lord has been pleased to give me favor in the eyes of this church & people & in some degree to bless my poor labours among them, more than I had reason to expect considering the disadvantages under which I have laboured, for almost six years. I have refered to a division of the congregation in the afternoon of the Sab­ bath, holding several meetings in the different districts. In sustaining these meetings,! have received important aid from Messrs. Richards, L. Andrews & Rice, Mr. R. has held a meeting regularly at Waikiki, on Sab. afternoon,-Mr. L. Andrews at Nuuanu, & Mr. Rice at Manoa. This gives the seed a broader cast[?] & brings more souls under its influence than to have but one assembly & is a more effect­ ual way of counteracting the spread of Romish[!] errors in our borders than to centre our labours at one spot. But^Lt renders the congregation at this place quite meager on Sabbath afternoon. On the hymn book now in press I have devoted considerable labour, mostly by was of revising. Owing to constant pressure of other labours I have done but little at writing original hymns. Romanism. Recently there arrived at this place a reinforcement of papists, making in all[f] now on the islands. Of the movements of this wily enemy in my field I know but little; they are quiet & unobtrusive at present in all their^perations. are they asleep. But they are not idle nor One of their aims doubtless is now to gain the good will of the govt, by an appearance of loyalty & friendship, &. they will no doubt make capital out of existing difficulties with other & greater governments According to the reC • cord of the Kahukula,-5iSfe‘ are^l53 protestant children on this island, & 910 of Roman catholic. Temperance. Since July 1844, we have had no temperance meeting among the natives & but little done in that way, chiefly because there has been but little use made among natives of intoxicating drinks. the most part. What has been used was done in secret for But awa has been doing vast mischief; astonishing quantities of �8. Honolulu May 1846 it have been brought into the market & found ready sale. Within three months past however, a check has been put upon the traffic & use of the stupifying root by the authorities, no one being allowed to use it without permission from the governor. This practice was adopted by John li, while he was acting governor, during the absence of his Excellency last winter to the windward. Strenuous efforts have been made here & elsewhere to have awa entirely abolished by law; numerous & powerful appeals have been sent up to the legislature for this purpose, but I fear after.all that this will not be done. The prospect now is that heavy restrictions will be laid upon it, confining it to be used as a medicine only. But this will be far from furnishing a remedy for the evil. Among foreigners much has been done & undonpe in regard to temperance within the last two years. At one time, about a year ago, the cause of teetotalism seemed to be in a fair way to triamph[!] in Honolulu; but a sad reverse has taken place & since I havejlived on the islands I have not seen darker prospects in re­ gard to the temperance reformation, so far as foreigners are concerned, than during the last 9 months. Our teetotlers have about all gone back to their cups & their last state is worse than the first. How the late heavy restrictions on the traffic will operate, remains to be seen', but I have not much hope'from'.this ~quarter. The cause must be mainly sustained by public sentiment if sustained at all. Church statistics, for 2 years beginning May 1, 1844 Whole no received on examination 1763 on certificate 165 Rec^ past 2 years on certificate 33 Past 2 years on examination 48 Whole no. reed past 2 years 81 Do - Whole no. dismissed to other churches Dismissed past 2 years Whole no. deceased 141 42 270 Deceased past 2 years 87 Suspended past 2 years 92 Remain suspended 38 I'Jhole no. excommunicated 34 Remain excommunicated 30 Whole no. in regular standing 1446 Whole no. of children baptised 703 Baptised last 2 years 54 �Honolulu May 1846 Marriages 2 past years 219 Average congregation on Sab. morg. 1500 to 2000 General Remarks. It will be perceived from the preceding table that the ntmiber dismissed to other churches during the past 2 years exceeds the number re­ ceived to this church on certificate. For this ther^ay be two reasons 1. A well known reluctance onjthe part of the pastor to have persons come from other places & settle in Honolulu 2, From several c a u s e s h a s been a partial re­ action in regard to emigration to this place; & this is in my view a decidedly favorable symptom. The great influx of people from all parts of the islands to the metropolis,is a great evil - it operates to the injury of the population resident here & also of the emigrants- Somejof my best & most industrious people have assured me that every thing they can get is begged away from them by their friends from other islands & that this is a most serious draw^back on their tem­ poral prosperity. Multitudes come to this place without having paid their pas­ sage, they either pawn their clothes , or are retained on board the vessels until their friends advance the mnoey for their redemption. This of course is always done though it occasion[!] poverty & distress to those ashore. Having no settled house those from abroad go here & there among their friends like a swarm of locusts, devouring as they go, until they are driven from neces­ sity either to seek employment as a last resort,or fall into iniquity such as prostitution or gambling, in order to support life. Thus, they are in many in­ stances constantly both receiving & imparting injury by coming t@5 this place. But as I have said, the evil appears to be diminishing & I hope’ :this government will ere long take jneasures to reduce the evil still morel I ought to say however that many of the natives are not tcbe blamed for coming to Honolulu; their cir­ cumstances often almost compel them to go somewhere. In remote places they find it difficult to procure money to pay their taxes; have their lands taken from them by their superiors, or are attached to hi'gh'.br ^iow chiefs whose business calls them to this place & when once here they find many inducements to remain. 2. Knowledge, civilization and general improvement have evidently advanced with­ in the past 2 years in this field. Good clothing, good houses, and domestic com­ fort, have increased, but there is a great want of economy every where apparent. Silks, satins, & other costly articles are distrssingly common among those who are scarcely able to afford cotton cloth; who', live in miserable huts & have not sufficient food. Horses, saddles & equippage[!] for fiding are purchased for no �Honolulu May 1846 ’ other object than pleasure, which exhausts the resources of the purchasers & leaves nothing for the supply of their real wants. Many a woman wears a splendid silk shawl,while her children have not a change of garments, nor a slate or book. This is a crying evil among my people. S ^ O 3. There are in Honolulu a multitude of adverse influences, from foreigners of low character. The profanity, drunkenness, & disturbances in our streets the rt m ^ ^ ^ p 03 commitments to the fort & troubles in our courts of justice are generally from men of this character. From them the children in our streets learn the most dia­ bolical language; by them our native females are seduced, our Sabbaths desecrated, our constables bribed and our whole atmosphere is corrupted. They support our grog shops, and our houses of ill fame, and thus strengthen the cause of the wicked on every hand. these islands? What but evil can result from the settling of such men on There have settled among us some foreigners of good character; they are sober, orderly & industrious; one here & there is pious; these exert a good influence, but they are the minority I fear. 4. This field greatly needs more labour, I mean in my department. To superin­ tend the schools, edit a paper, and take care of such a church in such a place is too much for any one man. The whole time of the pastor should if possible be given to the church & people, to the single object of reviving & guiding souls to Christ & heaven & another man might be well employed in the schools, editing the paper & conducting other works through the press, as well as missionating[!f "giDong the people. 5. More needs to be done at this place in behalf of native females. A great many young women come:’- here from remote parts of the islands & are exposed to all the temptations of money, gaity, & pleasure that the place affords; many of them are ruined at once, & beyond recovery. Mrs. Knapp has done much good among the girls of her school & Mrs. Armstrong in her feebleness has done much to arouse & quicken the pious females & expecial^ ly the mothers, to their duty in their several relations. Would that a thousand fold more were done of a similar kind, for the daughters of Hawaii in this place. Respectfully submited[!] R. Armstrong. i-i ^ �Report of 1 st church & congregation in Honolulu from May 1846 to May 1848. The history of our affairs- as a society, has not varied much during the last two.[years], from what it was in former years. We have experienced mercies and judgements; a good degree of health has been afforded us, & yet we have been severly visited by sickness. Our people suffered greatly & many died, during the distressing epidemic, which prevailed in April & May of last year. During that distressing period, it was often my melancholy duty to attend 3 and 4 funerals in succession, without even leaving the grave yard. Labours. These have been much the same as those described in my reports of former years. Preaching twice on the Sabbath, delivering from one to four lectures during the week; attending the monthly concert on the first Monday of every month, usually one or two Sabbath Schools on the Sabbath, a meeting for inquirers every thursday; & a School for my elders on Saturday have constituted the usual weekly rout­ ine of my labours as pastor. Bro? Hall & Cooke have had the principal care of the children's Sabbath School for children, which has flourished part of the time under review, & the children made rapid advances in a knowledge of the holy Scriptures, some of them reciting from 100 to 200 verses, from memory on successive Sabbath for a season. Several young men & some young women connected with this Sabbath School have re­ cently given considerable evidence that they have chosen Christ as their Saviour & portion. But, I regret, to say that our childrens Sabbath School is now in a declining state, mainly for want of efficient labour on the part of the pastor and Superintendents. The School in the ai o'ka la, has been held after the service on each Sabbath morning, & has been conducted by Judge Andrews. During the present year, it has been mutually flourishing. While our lamented Bro. Richards continued to labour, he preached every Sab­ bath afternoon in Nuuanu valley & at the palace, on Sabbath evening, both of which services were attended with good results. The people in Nuuanu manifested the deepest sympathy for him during his last sickness, & no part of our people seem­ ed to fell[!] his loss more deeply, after his decease. Judge Andrews has also assisted me a good dealTin preaching on the Sabbath, & since the failure of Mr. . Richards in July last, has alternated with me in preach­ ing in the palace, & in the congregation, every other Sabbath afternoon. Bro. Rice has had charge of the meeting in Manoa valley, & I hope he will �Honolulu May 1848 - May 1848 2. present an account of his labours there before the meeting. That is a very flourishing part of my field. A substantial Stone Meeting house has been erected there under the direction of Bro. Rice intended also for a school house; and a dobie[adobe] building for the same purposes at Waikiki. These have cost a great deal of labour & care, but we feel amply repaid for it all, in seeing the worth of the Lord prospering so greatly in both of these districts. While erecting the houses we feared they wd, prove to be too large, but during the present year they have been well filled with attentive worships, on Sabbath afternoons & frequently during the week. A Stone meeting house is now in progress at Wailupe, on the coast,, east of Dimond Hill. That section of the parish:'is under the care of a pious native, who is doing much good. esteemed among them. The congregation gives him a support & he seems to be much His name is Q4iele['?]. Kaauwai has had the oversight of Waikiki, and has been very active & energetic, tho. not always so prudent as could be desired.' Church discipline. The cases of discipline in this church have been fewer during the two years now under review, than during any former period of the same length; this no doubt is owing to an increase of divine knowledge, a better understanding of the Gospel system, & more maturity of Christian character in the church generally. But one or two cases of discipline have occured, of the most distressing nature; both in high places, one of them in the State; the othe]^ in the church. As to the former, the individual, after about a years suspension ffom,tJie church, has been restored on profession of repentence. The latter deserved more notice; that is the case of Keikenui ifeo'wfe licensed to preach the Gospel in the year 1845, An interesting field was assigned him, on the coast, to the eastward of IHmond Hill. He entered upon his labours with fair prospects of success; he was popular , & at once, a large congregation, collected around him. to conduct his labours with prudence. He was abundent[!] in labours & seemed But in the midst of his career & before he had been six months at his post, the Spoiler came & cast him down. The charms of a young married woman led his heart astray & he was discovered on his trial to have been guilty of nearly constant': criminal intercourse with her for six months before it was discovered. as a preacher. All this time he was engaged in the most active labours When accused of criminal conduct, he declared his innocence & succeeded in evading detection for several months, although suspected by many about. When apprehended & brought before the magistrate he most solemnly pro--^': tested his innocence calling God to witness, & holding his hand on the Bible. He �3. Honolulu Majp 1846 - 1848 was equally bold in maintaining his integrity before the church, although la­ boured with long & affectionately.[!] He was pronounced guilty however before the Judges & also bythe church, & since that time has confessed his sin in the fullest manner. So also has the woman who is not a church member. Church Statistics for two years from May 1, 1846 to May 1, 1848. Whole no. rec4 to this church on examc 1974 Whole no. rec"? on certificate 253 Rec^ past two years on examination 211 Rec^ past two years on certificate 88 Whole no. rec^ past two years 299 Whole no. dismissed to other churches 166 Dismissed past two years 25 Whole no. deceased ’[!] Deceased past two years [T] Suspended past two years ^ 52 Whole no. in regular standing 1418 Whole no. of children baptised 774 Baptised past 2 years 71 Marriages past 2 years. 244. Much stupidity has prevailed in. our church at times; meetings run low, and all good works draged[!] heavily; the majority of our members seemed possed[!] of a spirit of slumber & yet we have had no general outbreaking [of] iniquity--in the church since we last met. But I am happy to say this church has been copious­ ly watered from on high during the present year & has been in a flourishing State. Never since my first connection with it, has it appeared so well; so prayerful, watchful, circumspect & active in doing good. Forty six members who had been under discipline, from 1 to 8 years, have been brought apparently to repentance & restored to the fellowship of the church since the 1st of January, while the cases of discipline during that time have been only five. Revival. For two years there has been a concert of prayer among the females of this church, to pray for a revival, and during my absence to the windward in January, �4. Honolulu May 1846 - May 1848 Mrs. Armstrong resolved to do what she could to awaken a spirit of prayer among the female members of the church who attended her friday meetings. seems to have been owned & blessed of the Great Head of the church. The effort The meet­ ings began^' to increase both in numbers & interest; a spirit of prayer was • awakened; more meetings were called for; the impenitent began to come in, and al­ though the meeting was for females only, males came & begged the privileges of attending, among others His Majesty himself & several of the high chiefs. Here a little disorder occured in one meeting, that is males & females both lead in prayer; but as the leading men of the church got enlisted in the work, it natur­ ally passed into their hands and so far as I know, all the proceedings of the meetings were then done in decency & in order, unless meeting before daylight in the miorning may be considered disorderly; but the males & females met in sepa­ rate houses until the break of day when they united for a short season in pouring out their hearts before God in the large church. All this took place during my absence to the windward; on my return, how was my heart rejoiced to behold the work of the Lord! I landed on the Sabbath, dur­ ing morning service & that large church was completely filled with immortal beingsi listening to the words of eternal life, from the lips of Bro. Baldwin, who was then at this place. Daily meetings were in progress; hundreds of people came out to them who appeared to be strangers to me. gers in the house of God. At least they were stran­ Stillness rested upon those solemn assemblies; they were large, but it was easy to preach, for all were eager to hear the word and gave fixed attention to it. A demand for the Scriptures among the people became general & I sold more Bibles & testaments for cash in February & March than I did the whole of the year 1847. As this work commenced among the natives themselves with the assistance of Mrs. Armstrong, so it has been mostly sustained by the elders & active members of the church. It was impossible for me to do more than preach to such multi­ tudes & I did not attempt to do much more, but many of the church members have been very zealous & efficient. They seemed to be full of faiths of the Holy Ghost, & took hold of the promises like wrestly[!] Jacobs. The inquirers amounting to some hundreds are collected into classes & I have been in the habit of meeting them once a week for prayer & instruction. These ’'End of pg.2.of original manuscript. The followihg text was probably added by Armstrong as an afterthought: In Dec. last at the request of the govt. I consent­ ed to assist Mr. Young in the depatl[!] of public instruction until the present meeting. [End of text]. This text appeared on the top of pg. 3 of the original manuscript and was sectioned off from the rest of page. �Hon.olu.lu May 1846 - May 1848 meetings are well attended & most interesting. Common Schools. The number of common schools in this district is 27; 21 of these are Pro­ testant & six of them Catholic. In the Protestant schools there are reported 976 scholar^s; in the Catholic 198. In the Pro^testant schools there has been a decided advance in knowledge, discipline., and general improvement during the two years past. The teachers have been promptly paid, & therefore more efficient than they formerly were. Vocal music has been successfully introduced into several of the schools, & is exerting a very beneficial influence. The exercise of singing is popular with; the child­ ren, and, I think, advantageous to their health. Nothing but the want of suitable teachers has prevented us from introducing it into all our schools, as a daily school exercise. A good many, I cannot say how many, of the;,yduth. in the schools have been de­ cidedly serious during the revival & I am not without hope that they have chosen the good part. None however have been received to the fellowship of the church, as fruits of this revival, either chidren, or adults. During the past year the Pilgrims Progress & Moral Philosophy have been in­ troduced to several of the schools & are popular books. to have the Scriptures d a ily read Care has also been taken portions of them commited to memory. The census has been taken from Maunalua to Moanalua, & amounts to 12.025[!]. This is propably[!] not far from correct. Editorial labours. Three thousand copies of the Elele Hawaii were issued, for the year, ending April1st, 1847; during the year ending April 1st 1848.4,000 copies were issued. In my field the paper has beoi popular and useful, & has been generally paid for in cash. By suitable efforts man;^ore subscribers might have been obtained in this region, & the subscriptions collected; but time has been wanting for this & many other good works & this has been left mainly to native agents. The principal reasons for suspending the paper for a season were my own inability to do it jus­ tice with the care of the public schools on . my hands & the fact also that the paper is a sinking concern; it falls far short of paying for itself & there the subject should engage the attention of this meeting. I hope however the paper �6. Honolulu May 1846 - May 1848 will be resumed & carried on with vigor. When I first undertook the editorship of the Nonanona I had no expectation of continuing it more than a year or two; but now I wd.[!] record it with gratitude to God that he has given me strength to conduct a small paper for seven successive years without interruption. I am sen­ sible that the work has been imperfectly done, & yet I trust it has been the means of some good to this poor people. The revision of the Hulikanaka(Moral philosophy) has been completed & the work printed & put in circulation. It is now being introduced into our schools to some extent & is a popular work with the teachers. No other work was assigned by our last Genl. Meeting, but feeling much the need of a catechism, more simple in its language, & more clear in its definitions, I took the|.iberty to write one, & by consent of the Printing Committee, a small edition has been issued from the press. If approved, I would suggest that an­ other edition be printed with proof texts in full. This little work is in invi­ tation of TLavels[?] exposition of the shorter catechism. I have received from my congregation in cash, since our last Genl. Meeting, the sum of $1660, which has been disposed of in the following various ways. Paid off old debt on meet, house Cil Meeting house expencesyi^since that time $540 140 Laid out on Cooke house & Study 400 Laid out on Meet, houses at Waikiki & Manoa - 300 Donation to Meet, house at Hana Do.- 50 Meet, house at Waimea, Kauai Do. t-o N. Caledonia mission 40 , 40 Cash on hand - 150 ■$1660. [in pencil]: [?] 40 Marriage fees are included in the above amount. What cash I have on hand, is being expended on our school houses, which are in a bad condition. [in pencil]: His Majesty has set on foot a subscription among his chiefs for furnishing the tower[?] on the Meeting house at a cost of $23,000[!]; while the common- people in the congregation have resolved to order a large towefpf] Unlock to be placed in the tower when completed,-wh,wiH cost $500. [End of pencil writing] R. Armstrong �Report of Honolulu Station, April 4, 1849 Owing to sickness in my family, my removal to Honolulu was delayed until the 30th of August. Until that time, my labors were continued as usual at Wailuku. My labors at Honolulu were commenced on':the first sabbath in September, & have been continued with out material interruption to the present time. received occasional help from Bro. Armstrong & others. usually attended a second service at Waikiki. I have At such times, I have Two sabbaths have been spent at the out station at Wailupe, & the Lord’s supper administered there. That out station embraces three or four villages between Dimond Hill & Bro. Parker's field, with nearly 200 church members. A native assistant has been employed there. The out station at Manoa -, has been under the charge of Bro. Rice, who has regularly attended a meeting there.on Thursday & Sabbath afternoon, besides ad­ ministering to the bodily maladies of the people at other times. intendence a very good house of worship has been erected. meetings with him in this valey[!]. more labor. Under his super­ I have attended a few To Nuuanu, Pauoa & Waikiki I have extended A regular weekly meeting has been held in these places, besides occasional preaching at Waikiki on Sabbath afternoon. attended a meeting in Nuanu[!] Sabbath afternoon. Judge Andrews has lately In about a month after my ar­ rival here, Kaili, my faithful helper at Wailuku removed to Waikiki & conmienced labor at that place. He entered upon his work with much zeal & energy, & I was counting much on his help, but in a few weeks his work was ended, & he joined his former companions & fellow laborers Bartimeus, & Hawaii in a higher service. Perhaps no Hawaiian promiseti greater usefulness as a preacher of the Gospel. He was frequently attended in his last sickness by Bro. Rice & myself, but nothing could arrest the destroyer. His end7 was peace & his memory is precious. My labors have consisted of the usual services on the sabbath, three lectures during the week at different places, a catechetical meetings on Thursday & a theological class of church lunas on Saturday, besides meetings for the examina­ tion of candidates for the church &c. The week day meetings were much interrup­ ted during the sickness, which has swept over the Islands. This sickness greatly weakened our hands, but trhe church is beginning to recover from the shock. In the course of a few month[!] more than one tenth of our church members were car­ ried off embracing some of our most active & influential men. Although much ef­ fort was made to improve the chastisement in a spiritual point of view, little impression seemed to [be] made on the minds of the people. But there has been no special defection, & meetings are again pretty well attended & in some parts of �Honolulu 1849 2. the field, a considelrable waking up. On my arrival here I found some hundreds anxious to be admitted to the ex­ ternal privileges of Christ's house, & our church lunas were urgent that they should be received. After spending some time in examining candidates 137 were admitted.to the church in the month of October & during the last month 143 more were admitted, making 280 since I have been here. Twenty six were admitted by Bro. Armstrong before I arrived, making 306 since the last Gen. Meeting. Taking out the number of deaths removals &c,the increase of the church the past year is 177. The subject of admission to the church has been attended with no little an­ xiety & difficulty. Part of the difficulty has arisen from':the want of a satis­ factory, personal acquaintance with the candidates, & a part from the urgent de­ sire of our best church lunas for the admission of candidates raising in the mind the painful fear that they do not understand the true nature of the new birth, & the spiritual character of the Christian church. I am more & more convinced that Hawaiian churches cannot be safely committed to the control of native pastors. It is not difficult to foresee the result. Nearly the whole population, especial­ ly all persons of distiction & importance would be admitted nominal members of the church, & these nominal members of distinction would soon have the affairs of the church all in their own way, & the church rendered subservient to the temporal interest of the State, & controled[ !]■ by its worldly minded members. formality or a total apostasy would ensue. A dead How important that the foreign past­ ors hold on, & carry out the work, which they have commenced. There have not been very many exclusions from the church since I have been here. Several have been under discipline. Some evils are to be contended with here which are not found in other parts of the Islands, such as procuring beef from the butcher's stalls on sabbath morning, going out in boats to tow in ships on the sabbath, letting horses to customers on the sabbath, bringing milk in to town &c. The three first[!] of these we do not hesitate to make tabu for church members unless it is in case of ships in distress. The last, bringing milk into town, although it often results in a serious breach of the sabbath, it is more difficult to regulate by any definite rules. regard as inadmissible. To carry milk about for sale, we Carrying it to regular customers is a more doubtful case, though attended with serious evil, when brought a considerable distance. We have reason to think a considerable part of the sabbath is sometimes occupied in going & returning, & the duties of the sabbath neglected. Whether stringent church rules should be adopted with regard to it is doubtful. �Honolulu 1849 3 On the whole, I have not found the labors of the station greater than I an­ ticipated, & my health has been quite as good, ig. not better than at Wailuku. Schools have been under the directon of Mr. Armstrong & Goodale. I must refer to them for statistices. Statistics of the church. In .examination past year 306 Whole No. on'.examination 2280 On Certificate past year 52 Whole No. on certificate 305 Dismissed to other churches past year 18 Whole No. dismissed to other churches 184 Deaths the past year 164 Whole No. of deaths 486 Excluded past year 14 . Restored past year 15 Whole No. remaining excluded [Crossed out] In regular standing - 1595 Children baptised past year 34 Whole No. of children baptised 636 Marriages past year 134 Average congregation ” 1200 in the field 1600 Contributions past year. For support of preaching - 275.19 Monthly Concert 64.98 39^§2 $ $ Paid to Native preachers 43.19 Repairs of Meeting house &c 43.33 $ 86.52 = [!] [1] 338.17 ________ 86.52 S46^ Q9 fl] $ 251.65 It will be seen from the above that the contributions of the people must be considerably increased, if they are to support their own pastor. But with system �Honolulu 1849 4. & proper effort on the part of the pastor, I have no doubt, that a support can be raised, without abridging materially the real comforts of the people. But in addition to the support of the pastor, our great meeting house must be kept in repair, & other contingent expenses sustained by the church, to say nothing of a balcony & a clock which are much needed. Whether, the people will come forward & continue to sustain all these necessary burdens is somewhat doubt­ ful, butl-X think they will be willing to make the effort. [Unsigned] [E.W. Clark] > H* M CO VO W o 3 o o c o CD rt M CQ rt O i-i o I-h CO rt P ft HO �Report of 1st Church Honolulu May 1, 1851. During the two jearsi which‘%ave intervened since our last Gen. Meeting, we have to sing of merices rather than judgements. We have not been visited by pestilence as in the year preceeding our last Gen. Meeting; & although the sword of war has. been brandished over us, not a hair of our heads has been injured. Order has reigned in our city & all kinds of industry have received a due re­ ward. The influx of foreigners to this place & tb-'rCalifornia has greatly in­ creased the demand for native labor & all kinds of native products. stimulus has been given to industry & civilization. An increased But with the good things of civilization such as an Agricultural Society, Atheneum, Chamber of Commerce &c[!], have come in also its attendant evils, a Theater, Circus, Beer shops &c &c. A good many have been swept into the vortex of avarice & dissipation. But our church members have in the main held on their way. The number of defections the past year is about the same as the year preceeding. Ten have been set aside for going over to the papists, giving as a reason, that their papist ^ konohikis threatened to turn them off their lands, if they did not. A few who have been connected with the papists have united, or are seeking admission to our church. The number of admissions^-to our church by profession the past year is 145, a less number than in some preceeding years. There has been no general re­ vival, but during part"of the year, more then usual attention at some of the out g stations. QJ - ^ 2 mo ^ ^ My own labors have been much as in former years. Two sermons & a Bible class on the Sabbath, & 4 meetings on week days in different parts of the field, Mr. Armstrong has often supplied my place here in the afternoon, & I have preach- o OJ g ed at one of the outstations[!]. Mr. Rice has attended meeting at Manoa as here- 4- ) “ QJ tofore, & Mr. Andrews at Nuanu[!]. A native assistant has had charge of the out OJ g station at Wailupe beyond Dimond hill. I have attended the celebration of the[?] O) ^ L o r d ’s supper there once a quarter. The coming & going of church members to & 0) ^ ^ from Honolulu has caused a good [deal] of labor & correspondence. This migratory ^ disposition of the people, I regard as a serious evil in the church. ^ ^ But it is not easy to correct it. 4-1 'g p; 0 -H 6 0) A large & substmtial meeting house at Wailupe has been nearly finished, one also at Nuuanu built’^'by subscription & superintended by Mr. Smith for the accommodation of members of both Societies. ^ ^ A house at Waikikiwaena finished during the past year has been rffiently blown down. Another is bsing built. In addition to these labors, some time has been given tcJ^writing & translating for the Elele & �Honolulu May 1, 1851 2. corresponding with the Board &c &c. A strong tide of worldliness has been setting in upon the church, but"a pretty good degree of liberality has tistics of contributions. kept up, as will be seen by the sta­ Besides supporting their pastor, they ha^e given more than twice as much for other objects as during the first year of my residence here. Those most deficient in liberality are chiefs & other persons most able to give;. To give, as they have received is a hard lesson for the rich to learn in all lands. A commencement has been made in this church on the new plan of supporting the Gospel proposed by the Board & sanctioned by our last Meeting. The subject- was braught[!] before the church immediately after our last Gen. Meeting. thousand-dollars was proposed as a salary. This was about the amount annually received from the Board including repairs of buildings &c. was appointed to aid in collecting & paying over the salary. has devolved mainlyion the Pastor. One A committee of three The labor, however, It was proposed that quarterly payments, amounting to 25 cts to each male & 12-| cts to a female be made through the church lunas- Th^unas were furnished with small blank books to record the names & the amount paid. was made out. By a little extra effort at the close of the year, the sum proposed The old & the feeble were not to be requested to pay. A good many failed to contribute regularly, & some well able have probably paid nothing. 5a stteh-easesy-ehureh-diseipiine-has-ftet-yet-been-resoafted-teT— bufe-it-fflay-be-seeessa¥y-ie-speeial-eases-[!]. Owing to the great rise in provisions, labor &c, the sum raifed is, by no means, an adequate salary for a large family at the pre­ sent time in Honolulu, including repairs of building Medical Services &c; but being allowed a few hundred dollars for repairs from previous contributions of the people, with soik small private resources, I have been able to sustain my family without any special embarrassment. On the whole, the experiment thus far has been as favorable both to Pastor & people as could be expected, & ^annot but think, that an important step has been taken in the right direction. This church for the two preceeding years,besides supporting their own pastor have paid di­ rectly into the treasury of the Board $140., besides $37. to French protestant mission & various sums for different house objects, as will appear in the statis­ tics of the two past years. I remark in conclusion, that I cannot but think, that the Mission ought to contemplate ere long reinforcing the field connected with the first church, in Honolulu. One man is quite inadequate to the labor which ought to be performed. The church now numbers about 2000 members; & the number of inhabitants & impor­ tance of the field is increasing. �3. Honolulu May 1, 1851 Intemperance is sweeping off one after another of our foreign population. few even of our church members have been drawn into the vortex. A It has been a more common thing than in former years to see natives intoxicated. With the com­ mencement of the present year, monthly temperance meeting were commenced with the design of waking up anew[ !].' public attention on this subject. The pledge has been circulated, and a large number of names obtained; a memorial also prepared for the legislation against reducing the duty on spirits. Statistics of the church. Received on examination the past year 145. Whole number-:on'.examination 2794. From . Whole number from other churches 442. other churches '23 Dismissed past year 51. Whole number dismissed 279. past year 62. Whole number deceased 622. Excluded past year 49. Restored past year 29. In regular standing 1990. 52. Deceased Children baptised Whole number of children baptised 732. Marriages 147 couples. Contributions. Support of Pastor 1000. American Board 50. Meeting House Waimea Kauai 50. Meeting House at Wailupe - 78.68 " " Waikiki 5.35 Nuanu-[!] 217.75 Bell & fixtures at Pauoa 60.00 Meeting houses at Manoa & Makiki 342.50 cCock in tower of Stone church 200.00 Native helper at Wailupe 87.52 '■$2091.80 The above sum has all been paid in money. Considerable labor has been be­ stowed on Meeting houses &c not included. For statistics of Schools &c[‘?] I must refer to the Report of Miiji.^^! of in­ struction. . [E.W.Xlark] [Unsigned] [Written on the other side of last page]: Report of Station at Honnolulu 1st church. �Report of Honolulu Station May 1 , 1852. The past year has been marked by no special changes. A good degree of health has prevailed at the Station both among the natives & the Mission families. Death has made no . inroads in our own families, but some of our efficient native helpers have been removed. In the month of October I was laid aside two or three sabbaths by sickness. Otherwise my health has been much as in years past, with some increase of infirmities. The habits & usages & vices of civilized life are increasing at Honolulu. While many are, becoming more confirmed in virtuous principles & habits, others are becoming more hardened - in unbeleif[!] & sin. This is the natural result of the increased intercourse with men of all shades of m©ral character. As a result of this increased intercourse, intemperance has probably gained a stonger hold of a certain class of natives. Rum drinking however, has seldom shown itself among the members of the church. One or two cases only of disci­ pline have occurred for this^cause. Our church is strictly a temperance society. In addition to our own efforts on this subject, A temipefahce society has been in native operation among the foreign population, though not without apposition from some of the would be temperate. For a short time, the native hula was strongly encouraged by persons high in rank. Several of our church members, principally females, fell in to the snare & were set aside from the church. Most of them have returned professing, repentance, & for several months, we have heard nothing of the hula. In the month of October, more than usual interest in religion began to be manifested, in':this field & in other parts of the Island. Protracted meetings were held in different places, & accompanied, as we have reason to think, with a blessing from above active part. In this work Waimalu & other native helpers took a zealous & Meetings were croweded[!], & many hoomalokas, popes, Mormons & backsliders professed conversion. tokens of divine influence. Vie have much reason to be grateful for these As the result of this work, many wanderers 'from other churches living here professed to return to the right way of the Lord. In Jany.[!], 27 such persons were restored to fellowship in this church & report­ ed to their several pastors. stored at the same time. other churches. Twenty four fallen members of this church were re­ In April, 28 more were restored - 6 of them being frc^ In Jany. & April 279 were also admitted on profession. A few of them are regarded as the fruits of the late revival, but most of them have been candidate a much longer time. Meetings continue to be well attended. Church lunas have rendered much help at the out stations, but none of them have received any compensation except �Honolulu 1852 2 Umalele at Wallupe. Mr. Rice has labored at Manoa as heretofore. house there has been recovered with shingle The meeting under his superintendence. The station at Wailupe beyond Dimond Hill has been visited 8 times during the year, 5 the Lord's supper administered there over a quarter. Meetings have been held at two other out stations over a week as heretofore; a occasionally[!] on sabbath afternoons when the pulpit here could be supplied by others. Our"large house has been occasionally crowded, & is usually well filled in the forenoon. The church now consists of more than 2000 members. Money has been much less plenty than during the preceeding year, & contribu­ tions have diminished somewhat, but not materially. A Missionary Society has been formed at this station auxiliary to the Hawaiian Missionary Society with good prospects. Money has been freely contri­ buted & several have offered themselves for the Missionary work. Contributions, Salary of Pastor 1000.00 Paid to Native preacher at Wailupe 92.00 Monthly concert to Hawaiian Miss. Society - 50.00 Society Auxiliary to H.M.Society - 88.00 Cash for Seraphina-- 200.00 Repairs on Stone Church Sweeping, communions &c. J 50.55 Meeting Houses at. out stations 390.18 Tower clock 282.37 $2153.10 Statistics Whole number on profession of church. 3073 Whole number by letter 533 Past year on profession 279 Past year by letter Whole number dismissed to other churches Dismissed past year Whole number deceased 91 332 53 694 Deceased past year 72 Excluded past year 59 Restored past year 100 �Honolulu 1852 3. Whole number in regular standing 2280 Whole number of children baptised 732 Baptised past year 46 Marriages past year 205 For statistic of schools see report of Minister of Public Instruction. Before closing, it is proper to say a word in regard to the wants of this station. The church here now embraces more than 2000 persons in regular standing. About one half of these live in Honolulu & its immediate vicinity. The remainder live mostly in what is called the 5th Apana, embracing Makiki, Manoa, Waikiki, Palolo & Kekaha'further to the eastward, extending about 12 or 15 miles'from Honolulu.. The communicants cannot all be accommodated in our large house at once. We, therefore divide, part commune in the forenoon, & part in the after­ noon. The lower part of our house is nearly full of communicants both parts of the day. Between two & three hundred commune at Wailupe about 8 miles from this. It is well known, that while in other parts of the IslandsJ the people are diminishing, they are increasing in Honolulu & vicinity. The above statistics show that 91 have been recMved to this church by letter , the pas^year, & 33 not in regular standing have been restored from other churches to this, making 124 from other churches the past year, while only 53 have been dismissed to other churches. In Honolulu, church members are exposed to greater temptations than in other places; greater influences also go out from this city to other parts of the Islands than fron any other place. The committee labors &c which necessarily come upon the pastor here are greater than.in any other place, which labors will be increased, if the Home Missionary pla-n of the Board goes into effect. These considerations make it a very important inquiry with this meeting, whether more strength shall not be afforded for carying[1] on the work at this post. I trust, the meeting will seriously consider this question in disposing of the strength now at their command. The idea of retaining more than 2000 church members in one fold, under one shepherd in the U. States, would be considered preposterous. Is it'- less so here? Are the sheep less disposed to stray? Do they require less vigilence & care & anxiety on the part of the shepherd? These remarks are submitted for the careful consideration of the meeting. [Unsigned] [Written on back of last page]: Mr. Clark’s Report 1st chh. 1852 �May 1, 1852 Honolulu 1st Church Both the vices & the virtues of civilized life are gaining strength in Hono­ lulu I During part of the year there has been unusual attention to religion in this parish & in other parts of the I-siahd, with much interest. Protracted meetings have been'attended Many backsliders have been reclaimed, & a goodly number have professed conversion. 279 have been admitted to the church the past year, a few are regarded as the fruits of the late revival, but most of them have been can­ didate a much longer time. Meetings continue to be well attended. •Two or three meeting houses at out stations have been repaired at consider­ able expense. A Missionary Society, Auxiliary to the Ife'jaiian Missionar^feociety, has been fomded mth en­ couraging prospects. Contributions. Salary of pastor - - $1000.00 Support of Native preacher - - 92.00 Paid to Hawaiian Missionary Society ” 138.00 for church Seraphina 200.00 Repairs on Stone church 50.55 Sexton &c Meeting houses at out stations 390.18 Tower clock - 282.37 $2153.10 Statistics of church Whole no. on profession - 3073 Whole no. by letter 533 Past year on profession 279 Past year by letter 91 Whole no. dismissed to other churches Dismissed past year " 332 - 53 Whole No. deceased 694 Deceased past year 72 Excluded past year 59 Restored past year 100 Whole No. in regular standing Whole No. of children baptised 2280 732 �Honolulu May 1, 1852 Baptised past year - - 46 Marriages past year 205 [End] [E.W. Clark] [Unsigned] [Written on the other side of the last page]: Abstract of Report 1st Church 1852 �Report of Kawaiohao[!], Honolulu. May 1, 1853. By Mr. Clark. My own time, the past year has been a good deal broken in upon by the voyage to Micronesia, & two or three weeks sickness after my return. Mr. Paris, Mr. Armstrong, & Mr. Rice, supplied my"place during my absence, for which they have the thanks of the Pastor & the people. The voyage which will be noticed in a- nother report occupied four & a half months. The communion service was attended before I left, both at Wailupe & Kawaiohao[!], & 164 persons previously propounded admitted to the fellowship of the church. A very commendable missionary spirit was manifested at the commencement of the year, awakened by the sailing of the Mission to Micronesia. In addition '■ to about $1000. in money, our people contributed a considerable amount in sup"-'. ’.plies for the vessel. The safe return of the Caroline added new impulse to the Missionary feeling. On the whole the year has been one of decided advance among our people. 1. The number of church members has increased over 300. 2. Religious meetings have been well attended, & a consequent increase in religious knowledge & stability of character. 3. An evident advance has been made in habits of civilization. 4. Objects of benevolence have received more efficient aid than during any previous year. In addition to supporting their own pastor, & liberal contributions to the Micronesia Mission, more than $3000. have been raised for building meeting houses. In the superintendance of this work Bro. Rice has rendered invaluable help. Three new & substantial meeting houses with shingle roofs have been put up, & mostly finished, & one or two others repaired, so that we shall soon have a good meeting house in every important district in the field, in addition to the stone church in Honolulu. Meetings are held in these houses on the afternoon of the Sabbath, & at other times during the week. In this way, the Gospel is brought within the reach of all, & a religious interest is kept up throughout the field. Valuable aid has been rendered in these meetings by Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Rice & others. Many of our native church members are active helpers in religious meet­ ings & in other ways. The statistics of the church & of contrib.utions will lafford some index of the religious interest during the year. No special defection or outbreak of wickedness has taken place. ance & sabbath breaking are making some inroads among us. Intemper­ Mormonism & popery, I �Honolulu, Kawaiahao May 1, 1853 2, think, have not made much advance during the year. Honolulu continues, to be a vortex which draws in many of the unwary youth of the Islands, & swallows them up in the giddy whirl of dissipation. But on the whole we have great reason for ' gratitude, that so many restraining influences are operating to prevent the pro­ gress of sin & death around us. for the future. We would praise God for past mercies & trust him His kingdom,though it meets with many opposing obstacles, is on­ ward, we trust, at these Islands, & throughout the world. Since writing the above, a new outbreak of the Mormon delusion has taken place in Honolulu. One or two converts fromerly[formerly] from Lahainaluna in connection with some of the Mormons from Salt Lake have made quite a stir for a week or two past, leading captive silly women & silly men too laden with divers lust, most of them from the dregs of Honolulu. They have been urged into the water on a sudden excitement, thus turning the solemn ordinance of baptism into a farce. One of their native kahunas wrote me a poKte request for the use of the Stone Church on thfe sabbath, that he might make known to the people the true Gos­ pel. It afforded me occasion to give a brief history of Mormonism, & a solemn warning against the delusion;' Statistics of Church. Whole No. on profession 3404 Whole No. by certificate 579 Past year by profession 331 Past year by certificate 46 Whole No. past year 377 Whole No. dismissed to Other churches 351 Dismissed past year 19 Whole No. deceased 759 Deceased past year 65 Excluded past year 41 Restored past year 57 Whole No. in regular standing 2528 Whole No. of children baptised 768 Baptised past year 36 Marriages past year 128 Contributions. Support of pastor ” of a native helper 1000.00 78.46 �3. Honolulu, Kawaiahao May 1, 1853 Foreign missions Aid to the poor of the church 966.00 9.26 Hearse, sixton, bread & wine '&c 103.75 Tower clock 367.00 Building & repairing churches 3154.53 $5679.00 The above includes only cash receipts. A considerable amount was contribu­ ted in provisions for the voyage to Micronesia & more than five hundred dollars in labor on Meeting Houses. The amount contributed for religious purposes thepast year far exceeds any previous year. This is owing partly to special & pressing calls. [Unsigned] [Written on the other side of the last page]: Honolulu 1st Church & Station Report Read by Mr. Clark May 18, 1853 # �Report May 1853[1854], The year commenced with the small pox. We could do little else but battle with this terrible scurge[.f] for several months. my field escaped its ravages. Scarcly[!] a house throughout For month after month, I was called to witness the most heart renching[!] scenes, such as I hope never again to witness. In five months we buried about 1/5 of our church, making more than 500“members, & among them some q|^ our most useful members. visiting from house to house. ed. Much of the Pastor's time was occupied in Most of the usual meetings, however, were sustain­ Some appeared well under the chastis:€m&t> & others seemed bewildered & knew ! not which way to turn. A few church members betook themselves to the lying vani­ ties of Romanism & Mormonisin, & were baptised just as they were going out of this world with the assurance that this was their only hope of salvation. As in former epidemics, a good deal of apathy existed on spiritual subjects, &, at our time, a very unhappy state of feeling was gaining control over the minds of the people & threatening to carry away all before it. Many, even among church members, instead of regarding the scurge as a judgement from heaven.for their sins, began to attribute it to human agency. [! ] fanned things. This feeling was dilligently by certain foreigners from whom we had reason to expect better It required no little effort to calm down this excited feeling, & turn the minds of the people in the right direction. On the whole, the final impres­ sion left by the calamity has not been, I think, unfavorable to spiritual pro­ gress. Since the abatement of the disease, meetings have been well attended. The great number of deaths, more than 500 in the church, besides many more out of it has diminished the number of hearers less than we should have expected. Sev­ eral recent meetings from the different apanas of my church & Bro. Smith’s have been quite fully attended, continuing nearly the whole day. The contributions also for religious purposes have somewhat increased upon former years, notwithstanding the diminution of our numbers, & the almost entire prostration of worldly business for several months in the year. The usual meetings have been kept up during the year, but I regret, that I have not more time & strength to devote to the interests of the church. seems impossible, while so many other labors are pressing upon my hands. But this The oversight of printing, binding & distribution of books has added greatly to my cares for some months past. I trust we shall have a helper in this department before very long, as the Special Committee many months ago, applied for one. # �2. [Honolulu] May [1854] Our church has diminished during the year nearly 400. The number of deaths by small pox was 516, just one fifh[fifth] of the whole number reported last year. The additions have been less than in the preceeding year. The present number as seen by the statistics is a littleoover 2000. The statistics of the church are as follows: Whole No. on Prof. 3580. 176. Whole NO. by certificate 620. Past year by certificate 41. to other churches 395. ceased past year 551. Whole No. past year.217. Dismissed past year 44. Excluded past year 52. in regular standing 2192. Past year on Prof. Whole No. dismissed Whole NO. deceasedjlSlO. Restored past year 33. Whole No. children baptised 798. De­ Whole No, Baptised past year 30. Marriages past year 235. Contributions Support of pastor' Native helper Foreign mission 1200.00 71.00 488.68 Meeting house at Waimea 70.00 Church expenses 44.62 Meeting houses in the field 4038.75 $5913.61 s fc ^<1 M CO Ln -P' [Unsigned] [E.W. Clark] W o 3 O M (=: M c M CO rt 9 n CO rt P3 rt HO 1=1 a> O i-{ rt �Station Report Honolulu May 1855. t t-ifi TiHtiii i H H i t i i i U H i ii H i iti iiii The only occurrence of unusual interest in’:this parish the last year is the death of his late majesty Kamehameha III, & the peaceful accession to the throne of his successor. These events engrosssed the minds, of the people for several weeks in this parsish[!] as well as in other parts of the Islands, but so far as I can learn, they were unattended with those exhibitions of heathenism & licen­ tiousness so common on such occasions in former years. About the usual amount of pastoral labor has been performed. Sabbath services,four meetings during the week have been attended. Besides the Pule hoomau meetings continuing during the whole day, have been held in different parts of Honolulu & vicinity. Mrs. C. has attended a meeting of females on Friday. The admissions to the church have been less & the exclusions more than for several previous years. The increase in the number excluded has been owing prin­ cipally to the enticements of the beer shops, which have become an intolerable nuisance in Honolulu. These shops, professing to sell a harmless drink, have drawn multitudes into the snare of intoxication. Our church has a little more than held its ownLn numbers during the past year. Eleven more have been dismis­ sed to other churches than the number received by letter, which shows that the people are going out from the Metropolis rather than coming in, as in former years. The statistics will show that the amount contributed for benevolent purposes falls short of the previous year. The chiefs & the more wealthy many of them are among our smallest contributors. Several meeting houses in the field have under­ gone important repairs, which have required a considerable outlay. Superintend­ ing these repairs imposes a pretty serious burden upon the pastor, in addition to the pecuniary aid which he is expected to furnish. Owing to the nummerous[!] calls on the pastors time for otherjlabors, the people are too much neglected. Statistics of Church Whole No. on Profession 3698 Whole No. by certificate 652 Past year by examination 118 Past year by certificate 32 Whole No. past year 150 Whole No. dis. to other churches 438 Dismissed past year Whole No. deceased 43 1339 �Sonolulu May 1855 Died past year 29 Set aside past year 101 Restored past year 26 Whole No. in regular standing 2195 Whole No. of children baptised 811 Baptised past year 14 Marriages past year 170 Contributions. Pastoral support 1200.00 Foreign Missions 102.00 Church erection &c. 2000.00 $3302.00 [Unsigned] [E.W. Clark] [Written on the other side-of the last page]: Honolulu 1st Church Station Report May 1855 �Honolulu 1st Church. The only occurrence of unusual interest in this parish the last year is the death of his late Majesty Kamehameha III, & the peaceful accession of his Suc­ cessor. These events were unattended with those exhibitions of heathenism & licentiousness so common on such occasions in former years. The usual meetings have been kept up & pretty well attended. a little more than held its own in numbers the past year. Our church has For statistics see tables. [End] [Unsigned; not dated] [E.W. Clark; 1855] [Written on the other side of the page]: JMo. iU Abstract Honolulu 1st Church �[Note: The following report-was not written in the hand of R. Armstrongs but the signature is his.] Station Report of 1st Church in Honolulu May 22, 1856 Mr. Clark the p^tor of this Church, having concluded tb'make a visit to the United State[!], left his church and people in my care in March last, leaving to arrange with Mr. Bishop to render such aid in the word, as we should unitedly agree upon. Accordingly I have usually preached Sabbath morning''s[!] and atten­ ded the Sabbath School, while Mr. B. has preached in the afternoon and attended several meetings at outstations during the week. The congregation's[!] have been much as in former years. The Sabbath School has been pretty well attended; and the School for Ai o Ka'la on Sabbath, has been kept up; not numerously attended however. Meeting for prayer during whole days have been frequently held in different parts of the field, and have been attend­ ed with good results. The greatest source of Mischief in the Church, has been drunkeness on beer, deterious[!] article to helth]!], as well as to morals; and I see no prospect of any decrease of the evil at present, still the cases of dicipline in the church ha-ve been less than half, of what they were, the year previous; while the number restored, has been double of what it was the year previous. So far as numbers are concerned, the church has little more than held its own during the year; the decrease by death, removals &c, come within four of balancing the increase. Statistics. Whole no reed.-on profession. " ■" " " Certificate past year by examination. " ” " " ” " " Certificate " reed past year no. dismissed to other Churches " past year ” of deaths " past year Set aside past year Restored past year Whole no. in regular standing 3746 669 48 17 65 438 20 1385 46 . 49 54 2199 Respectfully submited[!] R. Armstrong. Acting pastor. [Written on other side of last page]: Report of 1st Church Honolulu, May 1856 �Report May 1857 A report of Kawaiahao station for the past year can hardly be expected of me. My connection with the work here embraces only three months of the year. During my absence the preaching & pastoral labors were performed by Messrs. Armstrong & Bishop, upon whom I must depend to report their own labors, & the statejLf the church during my absence. My own^abors at Kawaiahao were resumed the first of Feby. A kind Providence guided us in all our wanderings while absent & returned us in safety tt^our post of labor. My own health was improved by the voyage & visit but Mrs. C.is still an invalid, & I fear her health will: not soon be restored, if ever. A brief account of my own labors, while absent, so far as they relate to the common cause may not be out of place here. My first attention after arriving in the States was given to the Missionary vessel, next to the Oahu College, & lastly to revising & correcting the proofs of the N. Test.[! ]. The committee did not take up the subject of the vessel until the arrival of Mr. Baldwin & myself in Boston. I was requested to draw up in'wfiting for the committee the strong reasons for such a vessel. It was thought at first there were serious objections, but the need of a vessel was accknowledged[!], & it was resolved to build such a vessel as was requested, & appeal to the children for funds. The effort was successful beyond any thing expected at the Missionary House. Before I left, the subject was exciting the deepest interest throughout the country. It was often spoken of as a most happy event in the progress of the Missionary work. A new impulse was given to the cause of [the] mission, especial­ ly among the children, & thus the rising generation were being trained to carry forward the work, when their fathers should rest from their labors. At the request of Dr. Anderson, I prepared a paper on the Oahu College for the committee. publication- From this & other materials. Dr. A. prepared a small pamphlet for They were ready to afford present aid, & to use their influence in favor of raising a fund for the college. peal to the public for contributions. They did not think it best then to ap­ The desire seemed to be to-secure the sum from a few rich individuals, if possible. I made some appeals to Mr. Hunnewell on the subject, but he did not seem quite prepared to say what he would do. urged him to establish a Hunnewell professorship. I hope Mr. Beckwith will be more successful. Dr. Anderson's advice to Mr. Baldwin & myself was to scatter light on the subject & wait in patience. I �[Honolulu] May 1857 2. On the 9th of July, I arrived in N. York the second time, & commenced my work there, & did not finish it until the night before I sailed for the Islands. I was in N.Y. most of the time from the 9th of July to the 20th of November. I made a few short excursions from the city'during that time to visit friends,to at­ tend the Missionary Jubilee,Meeting of the Board &c. getting out the Testament more than I expected. I fuund[found] the labor of Some corrections were made in the copy in the copy[!] before leaving here, & the references were all ready when I arrived in N. York; but after commencing printing, I found,:\in reading the proofs, the copy needed frequent corrections, additions & alterations too -many to be made in the proofs. This render^it necessary to make a thorough re:sfeion- of the copy before going to press; comparing it with the standard English copy used at the Bible House, verse for verse & with the Greek where^ver alterations seemed to be needed. This greatly enhanced the labor, but the copy was ready as fast as called for, though it sometimes required 12 hours sitting in a day. took then a longer time to prepare the plates than I'.expected. It There will ■ doubSess be defects in the work, but I trust it will be found more correct than any addition before published. left. The plates were nearly ready for press, when I Four thousand ce.pies were to be printed off immediately, & may be .expected here by an early opportunity. I forbear to remark on other matters relating to my visit as not appropriate to a station report. I would say, however, that I was very kindly received by the friends of Missions, & nothing.occurred to mar the pleasure of the visit except the feeble health of Mrs. Clarl. To one so long absent from the country, actively engaged in the foreign field, there was something peculiarly interesting in attending the large Missionary gatherings, or in witnessing the deep interested[!] manifested in the cause. It was indeed"sitting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." I enjoyed also very much the intercourse with relatives & friends, & the visit to old familiar places after an absence of 29 years. had been made in the material prosperity of the country. A wonderful progress Progress also seemed to have made in religion, so far as related to public objects of benevolence, but whether there is more real piety in the countrythan when I left in proportion to the population is doubtful. I resumed my labors in Kawaiahao church on the first of February. Since that time there has been a gradual increase in attendence on public worship, & we have reason to think the Holy Spirit has been present to give efficacy to the truth. Mr. Armstrong has still rendered important aid in preaching, usually oc­ cupying the pulpit in the afternoon while I go to one of the outstations. �I^Honolulu] May 1857 3. At the conununion season on the first of April, thirty backsliders confessed their sins, & were restored, to communion, & more than 100 were propotinded as can­ didates for admission to the church. We have reason to think that Kawaiahao church, as well as the other churches in Honolulu, has been revived, & that a few mercy drops have fallen upon our city, wicked as it is. For this we would rejoice & give thanks to him with whom is the residue of the Spirit, [in pencil]: Our usual..weel^kday. [?]. -[End] .. Our lunas, most of them, continue to be active & efficient helpers. meetings with them on Saturday are well attended. My . It is a practical school of much importance both to them & to the church. 7 Some change has beepnade in the collection of funds for the support of the Gospel & other objects, which have resulted favorably thus far. We hear but little at present of the dance houses, hulas &c in Honolulu & vicinity,but there are still many pit falls to ensnare the unwary. A constant watchfulness is required on':the part of the pastor & church lunas to keep the enemy at bay, while we build the house of of[!] the Lord. We all need a new bap­ tism from on High. [Unsigned] [E;W. Clark] [Written on the back of original manuscript page 5]: Report of Honolulu 1st Church. �Abstract of Report Honolulu 1st Church [1860] The labors of Kawaxahao have been interrupted the past year by the absence of the pastor. He was away from'-.the flock 8-I months of the year, & has not much to report. Only 5 have been admitted by profession the past year, while 66 have died, so that the real number of the church is less than it was one year ago. Their ability to support the Gospel has diminshed still more than their numbers. This is owing partly to the increased expense of living in Honolulu, & partly to the great increase of artificial wants as civilization progresses. The interest in religion has apparently been increasing since the return of the pastor. Union meetings have been held in different parts of the field, & sometimes with a good deal of interest. mission to the church, sion. Forty five have been propounded for ad­ Som5 of'-these give pleasing evidence of recent conver­ With others, we trust, the spirit is striving. The present pastor, with his increasing age & numerous other cares is en­ tirely inadequate to the labors necessary"'.in this Metropolitan church. You will probably be called upon by the church to aid them in securing other labor in this important field. Contributions. 1000, Support of pastor 40. Native helpers 100, Foreign Missions 47. Sexton, repairs &c 340. Church erection, bell &c. $1527, April 20, 1860 Honolulu 1st Church Statistics Whole No. on profession Do " on certificate Past year on Profession ” " on Certificate Total past year 4012 762 5 12 17 Whole Ng. Dismissed 525 Dismissed past year 12 Total deceased 1588 �Honolulu 1860 Deceased past year 66 Excluded past year 29 Restored past year 20 Now in regular standing 2235 Total Children Baptised 763 Baptised past year 24 Marriages past year 83 [Unsigned] [E.W. Clark] [Written on the back of the last page] Honolulu 1st church Abstract of Report. �Honolulu 1st Church E.W. Clark Pastor In reviewing the past;year, we are called to speak o£ a f f l i c t ­ ions as well of mercies. One, who has long been identified with the interests of Christy's kindgdom in the Islands, § especially with the interests of this church, has been suddenly taken from us. Bro. Armstrong will no more mingle with us in our counsels § our labors. He has gone to be with the general assembly § church of the first born, whose names are written in heaven.” [!] But God has mingled mercies with judgements. He has indeed turned again our captivity § caused our hearts to sing for joy. Early in the Summer, we were encouraged by marked indications of the presence of the Spirit. forward, Lord. Many, who had long resisted the light, § confessed their sins, came § their determination to serve the Meetings were crowded ^ solemn.; a n ew moral § religious pect seemed to pervade the community. as’^^ec We have had the most s a t i s ­ factory evidence, that the Spirit of God has been at work on the hearts of the p e o p l e , § that many have been brought to a saving k n o w ­ ledge of Christ. As the fruits of this work, some hundreds have profe sse d their faith in Christ for the first time, § many wanderers have bee n r e ­ stored to the fellowship of the church. But among a people so easily moved by external circumstances, where sympathy § iimitation are so strong national characteristics, we mu^cexpect there will be m u c h chaff with the wheat. ”Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart.” In July, 30 were added to the church by profession. ber, 161 In January, fession 323. 111. In April, In O c t o ­ 166; making in all by p r o ­ Restored to fellowship 161; Some of these have been long wanderers from the fold. More than half this number are from other churches long resident here. The whole number of additions to the church during the year by profession, by letter § by restoration has been 514. Most of these have been examined individually from two to three times by the pastor. Dismissions[dismissals], deaths § exclusions 117, making the net increase of the church 39 7. �2. Honolulu 1st Church [1861] Contributions These have been somewhat in advance of last year. Support of pastor 1200.00 Native helpers, sexton ^c 55.00 Church erection, repairs §c in our own field ” 407.00 " in other fields 40.00 Hawaiian Missionary So.ci-ety 153.70 Charity to the poor .......16.00 $1872.30 [1871. 70] Church Statistics Whole No. on profession ” ” certificate Past year on profession ” " certificate 4335 792 323 30 Total past year 353 Whole No. dismissed 555 Dismissed past year 40 Total deceased 1644 Deceased past year 66 Excluded past year 21 Restored past year :.161 No w in regular standing 2632 Total children baptised 819 Baptised past:year Marriages past year 56 118 .[Unsigned] M CO o: y w o r+ M H P M ;^:o CD r+ M O O Co l-i Hh r+ cn n r+ sa r+ c; H H* O n P �Church. Statistics. Whole number ori profession ” ” 4415 on certificate 809 Past year on profession ” ” 90 on certificate 17 Total past year 107 Dismissed to other churches past year Total dismissed 581 Deceased past year 67 Total deceased 1711 Excluded past year 48 Restored past year 19 Now in regular standing 2617 Children baptised past year Total " 31 ' 850 Marriages past year C 26 i 77 Contributions. Support of pastor i; For native helpers, sexton §c Church erection in our own field ” " in other fields 1200.00 45. 00 471.00 42.00 Church bells 395.00 Foreign Missions H Z . 00 $2265.50[2265.00] [Unsigned] XWritten on other s i d e ] ; 1st Church Honolulu ■ Abstr.aet [‘ !] Statistics' 1862 �Honolulu, Kawaiahao Church,. Station Report May 1862 The usual round of Missionary labors have been kept up at the Station the past year, but I am sorry to say with less f a v o r ­ able results than during the year proceeding, when we were visited with a refreshing from on high. Our Sabbath services besides a Sabbath School conducted by some of our Missionary children, have been preaching in the m o r n ­ ing § afternoon, a Bible class at noon, also a union m e e t ing in the evening during the year, held alternately at Kawaiahao makapili.y § Kau- These meetings have been less fully attended than last year. We have had one weekly lecture at the Station, § one week ly m e e t in g held in rotation at twelve different places including K a ­ waiahao. At all these outstations, comfortatile § substantial m e e t ­ ing houses have been erected, three of them during the past year, § about half of them are supplied with good bells. In addition to these meetings, meetings § among the most im.portant of the week, has bee:! our I'una meeting on Saturday. Part of the time of this meetixg has been occupied on a lesson in the new class book on Theology, § partly in church discipline, regulating 9 fher church matters. § in Our number of I'uhas has increased to about one hundred, taken from different parts of the field. number is more, it may be supposed, discipline. This than is necessary for efficient This increase has been owing partly to the strong des:Vr sire of the church that there should be a goodly number of these helpers in different parts of the fieldjl] parish, § partly to the consideration that these' lun'as are brought into closer c o n ne ct ­ ion with the pastor § into more active service, § under v..more p a r t i ­ cular instruction than others, therefore the greater the number, the more l i v i n g ,ractive members in the church. used the office of a deacon well, pujrchase# degree § great booldness{boldness?] "For they that have to themselves a good in the faith.” The number, how- ^vSrV must bS limited in so large’ ':^' church--.as 'this;^ ^or^efficieht'act.i.6n::-will. be. impeded,. , ,I.f .the whole .army could have the instruction # The rest of the quote following the-^pound sign(#) was w ritten in the left margin. �Honolulu, Kawaiahao May 1862 § discipline of the leaders, 2. it would be well, but this is not easily attained. Four communion seasons have been attended at Wailupe as usual. The portion o£ the church which attend communion at Kawaiahao are divided into two sections, occupying both forenoon § afternoon. The number of marriages attended is less than last year, the number of funerals about the same. Visiting from house to house has not been attempted by the pastor to any extent. This kind of pastoral watch § care, so far as performed at all, has been done by the church L u n a s , § by h o l d ­ ing meetings in different sections of the parish. Certain seasons have been devoted to -felking with inqurers[inquirers] at the pastors study. B e nev ole nc e. There has been a small increase in contributions :fo:r religious objects above the preceeding year. The e^cact amount expended on out- station Meeting Houses has not been ascertained, pass through the hands of the pastor. built § nearly finished. one of over 1000 lbs. cracked bell. as it does not all Three small houses have been One outstation bell has been procured, § for the Kawaiahao church to replace our old It is evident that the various calls for benevolence are met with greaterrdifficiltyf!] than a few years ago, owing to an increased scarcity of money. But many of our best church members hold on to the habit of giving a portion of their small gains to the service of the Lord. Some others give little or nothing. Ninety have been received to the church on profession the past year, 17 by letter 19 restored to fellowship, yet the church has not quite held its own owing to the num;ber of deaths, sals] , §c. dismissions [dismis­ The decrease has been 15. There has been an evident increase in':knowledge, stability § piety in about one third of the church, another third is nearly s t a ­ tionary, § another third is unstable or retrograde. There is probably an increasing class in Honolulu, § perhaps in other parts of the Islands, who are inclined to listen to the t e a c h ­ ings of unbelief § infidelity. set easy on such; The restraints of the Gospel do not § we must expect more § more hostility in the na^'. �Honolulu, Kawaiahao May 1862 3 tive mind, to evangelical teachings ^ especially' as. ;e;fficient Jn this direct ion „is afforded by increased intercourse Twitli fo.reign in-fidelity. The establishment of our Island Presbetery^ conference promises good to our cause. or rather church . The two m e e t i n g s , w h i c h ' have been held have been attended, we think, with, good re sults/ In regard to Bible 'Revision on wh ich the Comnj.itt.ee were en'^joined individually to report to this meeting, my spare time has been devoted to this work.. fully all the books Kings, T would say, m o s t of I haye been .over care-^ assigned to me excepting par t of the 1st B o o k of comparing in many cases with the original as well as w i t h the English translation. A good many minor corrections have been made, ^ others have been marked for further consideration. It is. ver y desirable there should be a full, meeting of the Committee' at the present Meeting of the Association^ Statistics of church.' Whole number on profession " on certificate Past year on profession ” " on certificate 4415 80. a 9.0 17 107, Total past year Dismissed to other churches past year 26. 581 Total dis-missed 67 Deceased past year 1711 Total deceased:' Excluded past year 48 Restored past year 19. N o w in regular standing Children baptised past year 2617 31 ■.850 Total 77 Marriages past year Contributions ^ ■ Support of pastor 12 0 0 For native helpers^ s e x t i o n l G ■' 45 Church, erection in our own field 471' �4^ Honolulu, Kawaiahao May 1862 CLurch. erection in otlier fields ^ 42,50 Church Bells Foreign Missions r-SaS/OO ' 'irZ-.'OO- $ 2265,50 lUnsigne.dJ :J;E,W, Clark] C/) r+ O CD ^<; ^ S O M H H CO o r+ 0\ CO O ffi Hh O y o fi: a �Report of Kawaiahao Station. Forty three years ago. Missionary labor was first commenced at this station. Here no church spire then greeted the Heavens, not even a framed or stone dwelling was then to be seen on the barren precincts of the present city. which n ow presents itself! How changed the external aspect, The inquiry naturally arises, is the change as great in a moral aspect? We can barely assert this. we can safely say, even in this respect, But forty three years has brought about a change such as has seldom been witnessed in any other part of the world in the same period of time. We cannot go into the evidences of this change from the b e ­ ginning. It has been gradual § steady. The past year is not an exception, though the onward progress is less marked than in some previous years. Perhaps in no year, so fgr as the native m i n d is concerned, have the foundations of our faith been so thoroughly sifted. Error in various shapes, has shown itself among us § b o l d ­ ly put forth its teachings. This has unsettled the minds turned some back to forsaken superstitions, stupidity upon others. ing ground. of a few, § brought indifference § But the true light, we trust, has been g a i n ­ Some have gone back, because they were not of us, others are more firmly established in the truth. The usual sabbath § week day meetings among the people have been sustained. The attendance has fallen off,',rwe think,: somewhat', part'-"/ *ly pef-h'aps froiii diminished population, § partly from growing in d i f ­ ference to religion among the less enlightened. drawn away to the new a o a o , which has come in. A few have been There has b een no special religious excitement, or turning to the p'o'no, as in some f or ­ mer years. But there is more independent thinking ^ discrimination among our good people, ed in the word of God. § their faith is becoming moxe firmly g r oun d­ While the chaff is being blown away, the good seed remains to the praise of G o d ’s grace. But few have been admitted to the church on the profession of faith the past year, § owing to deaths, exclusions §c, the church * has not held its own in numbers. The Sabbath School has-been kept up, conducted mostly by Mr. Livi[!] Chamberlain. The attendance has been pretty good, ing the number of other Sabbath Schools in the place. co nsider­ �[Honolulu] Kawaiahao [1863] 2. According to arrangements at our last Gen. Meeting, Mr. Henry H. Parker commenced his labors in connection with this church in August. He has afforded most efficient help both in the pulpit § various other ways. He has taken one half of the preaching on the Sabbath, besides attending weekday meetings at the outstations. The Sabbath day services have consisted of the usual morning § afternoon services at Kawaiahao, preaching ^ a Bible class, services at the outstations in the afternoon. - § A third service has sometimes been held on the premises of the Governor, who has n e a t ­ ly fitted up, a room for the purpose. ducted by one of us, This has sometimes been con- § sometimes by native lunas.. My own time on week days has been iau-ch occupied in the study. In revising the part of the Bible assigned to me, sheets, press, in reading proof in other labors oconnected with the book department § the Mr. Parker early commenced-visiting the church members their homes, taking the field in the order of the apanas, certain the number, standing, at to a s ­ character §c of the church members. The results so far'as numbers are concerned are embodied in the statistics. He finds a good many nominal church members, who give little evidence of piety, although perhaps not guilty of any overt act of wrong-doing.to subject the formal church censure. Our people have their ups § downs in religion as well as in other things. They are proverbially fickle, § like the A t h e n i a n s ,"Spend mu c h of their time, in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.” Any thing, that presents itself as a riuh'ou, whether it be in the form of an old heathen superstition newly revived, or in the form of a more civilized idol worship, will attract devotees time. for a The word of God faithfully preached § exemplified in the lives of its teachers can alone cure these vagaries. Contributions for religious purposes have been about the same as usual. But it requires a good deal of effort on the part of the pastor ^ church lunas to raise the funds necessary for current e x ­ penses, to say nothing of contributions for foreign objects. . The artificial wants of the people especially in Honolulu, faster ,than their mieans to meet these wants. increase This makes it more d i f­ ficult to secure voluntary offerings for the support of the Gospel. A strong.pressure on this subject has a tendency to drive some to seek a cheaper religion. �[Honolulu] Kawaiahao ]1863] 3,. Our people have taken hold of repairing their great church with a good deal o f S p i r i t , & some 500 or 600 dollars have been expended on these repairs. The repairs speak for themselves. They contributed also to-,aid in rebuilding the Seminary at Lahainaluna. Owing to these calls, the salary of the Pastor, at his own suggestion, has been reduced from 1200 to 1000 dollars. This sum VV or rather the same sum granted by the Board is now paid over to Mr. Parker. Whether it will be any easier to secure this usm than it has heretofore been to secure 1200 is doubtful. Contribu­ tions for foreign missions have been less than last year. Our Island church conference, continued with good results. tation at different stations. commenced last year, has been Semiannual meetings are held in ro­ The time is principally occupied in reading essays & disciplining important subjects connected with the interests of the churches. It affords a. good school for preparing our churchlunas to be efficient helpers in the work of the Gospel, as well as securing unity & efficency[!] to the churches It is proper here to say that during the last month, Mr. Parker having labored about nine months in connection with the church, it seemed proper that further steps shohid be taken in re­ lation to his remaining permanently as Pastor. At a meeting of the church lunas the subject was introduced & discussed, seemed to be the unanimous wish that he should remain. following Sabbath, & it On the a full meeting of the church was called, & after some explanations by the present pastor & Judge ‘iSL, it was voted unanimously that a call be extended to Mr. Parker to become pastqr of the church. Gov. Kekuanaoa, Judge f i , Naone, Makuia Kaawa were appointed a committee to prepare & present the call. At the same meeting, the present pastor verbally presented his request to be released from the Church as Pastor, but object­ ions were made to granting it until something further was know in regard to Mr. Parker's plans, & it was not urged. The Church ex­ pressed a willingness to refer the matter to this body. [Written on the bottom of this page, sideways]; 1863 June Report Station Kawaiahao Honolulu �[Honolulu] Kawaiahao [1863] Upon Bible Revision, 4. on which the Committee were to report individually to this meeting, I will say a few words. Rowell reported to the last meeting, New Testament, meeting, As Bro;. that he was engaged on the-- the committee, of Revision were directed, to "write to brethren Rowell & Dole, views of the body in regard to the work, by that clearly stating the & also make arrangements for the immediate prosecution of the revision of:'the whole of the Old Testament." The committee made arrangements for the revision of the Old Testament by dividing it otit as follows, - Pentateuch to Alexander Sen.[SeniLgr],- from Pentateuch to end of Chronicles to Clark,- from Chronicles to Psalms to Baldwin, from Psalms to Ezeakel[!] Psalms to L. Andrews & Parker, to Forbes, - Ezeakel, - Daniel & the minor Prophets to Alexander'TJtin.[Junior]. A letter was written to brethren Rowell & Dole, posal of this body. a copy/of whichis present, & at the dis­ Brother Rowell will report for himself. I have progressed with my own revision as far as Chronicles./ comparing the more doubtful places only with the original. A letter was received from Dr. Brigham written just before his death, which contains the following extract. There is another topic in which we feel much interest, family Hawaiian Bible electrotyped at our Bible House. topic which we have spoken or written before. a This is a I presume the translation is now so well settled that it can with all propriety be put into permanent form. Will you inform me what progress is made towards such an-nndertaking. We find that the Armenia[!] Bible electrotyped by us is^iked m u c h , very much in the Levant[?], Some Turks & Greeks as well as wealthy A r m e n i a n s ,purchase mainly from the beauty of workmanship. In the hope of hearing from some of you on the topics me nt i o n e d , I subscribe myself yurs[!] truly & fraternally J .C .Brigham S ecy & c • �[Honolulu] Kawaiahao [1863] Statistics of the Church Whole No on Profession " on Certificate 820 Past year on profession 12 " " 4427 ” 11 on Certificate 23 Total past year Whole No dismisged 604 Dismissed past year 23 1785 Whole No deceased Deceased past year 74 Exclude 50 past year Restored past year 23 I !] Now in regular standing 886 Total children baptised 36 'Baptised past year Marriages past year 60 Contributions, Repair of churches $ 600.00 Lahainaluna Seminary 206.75 Sexton & other church expenses 43.75 Foreign Missions 56.00 Pastoral support- 1075.00 $1981.50 [Written on the back of the last, page' 1863 June Kawaiahao Oahu Station Report � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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