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HILO
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REPORTS
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�Report fo r Hilo from May 1 ,
1850 to May 1 ,
'5 1
I t is good to give thanks to the Lord,
him for health & f o r s ic k n e s s , f o r
& adversity - in hope & in fe a r ,
It is
I t is good to p ra ise
joy & for g r ie f ~ fo r prosp erity
At a l l times & for a l l t h in g s .
good to mark his hand in a l l h is p ro v id en tial movements;
to
n o tice the progress of events., and e s p e c ia lly to record the c o n flic ts
& the triumphs of truth - the passing h is t o r y ,
the present con di
tio n & the future prospects of Emanual kingdom around u s .
Personal.
D uring the 16 years of our residence at Hilo we have enjoyed
a more comfortable & uniform state o f h ea lth than most m ission
fa m ilie s of our acquaintance.
The past year., however may p erhaps,
be taken a s an exception to th is statement.
Mrs.
C . has s u ffe r e d
more from general d e b il it y than in former years, besides b ein g
prostrated at one time fo r several weeks with dangerous i l l n e s s .
Out l i t t l e daughter Sarah E l i z a was also brought low w ith a compli
cated & dangerous fev er - fo r (? ) weeks she lay in a most c r i t i c a l
s t a t e , - a p a l id ,
emaciated form - at the door of the tomb.
None
but parents who have been led through the like t r ia l s can know the
tender yearnings & the anxious watchings of those tedious days &
nights of sorrow.
On bo th occasions of our severest t r i a l ,
our
f a i t h f u l & sympathising physician was absent on p r o fe s sio n a l d u t ie s .
In t h is , however , we could d is t in c t ly see the hand of the L o r d .
I t was designed for our good & it was good for us to be thus a f
flicted .
Our great P h y s ic ia n , our ever present F r ie n d , was n e a r.
He subdued the sorrows of our h e a rts .
our tab e rn a cle .
our S o u ls .
He l i f t e d the cloud from
He spread lig h t through our h a b it a t io n & joy over
We s t i l l liv e to praise him.
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2.
General improvements.
The face of nature is undergoing a gradual transform ation
at H i l o .
In some places the w ilderness is sile n tly d isa p p ea rin g
before the hand of the c u ltiv a to r, & w ealth is b eing developed
where a l l was waste b e fo r e .
s ils
D w e llin g s, fu r n it u r e , d r e s s , u t e n
of various k in d s , a l l in d ica te a decided advance on former .
y e a rs .
Our roads too - our high-ways & low-ways, are making hasty
& s u rp ris in g progress.
They are w inding along through jungle &
d e ll - into streams & over slag & s c o ria , & h i l l & p l a in - p er
fo ra tin g f o r e s t s , creeping up & down the sides of r a v in e s ,
rocks & leaping bald p r e c ip ic e s .
s c a lin g
True they are not rail- ro ads,
but to r id e over them reminds one impressively of r a il - r id in g .
S t i l l there is progress,
for in some places where a man could
once hardly walk, a donkey w i l l now almost t r o t , and in places
where a king - lik e Nebuchadnezzar - once went "on a l l fo u r s 1'
a p l a i n p lebian may now stand erect,
ly looks & seems less g ro v e lin g .
on two only.
T h is ,
c e r t a in
The sense of elev atio n is i n
creased & the fe e lin g of degradation ( ! ) is less p o s i t iv e .
Another feature in our roads marks the movement of matter and the
march of mind a t H i l o .
scratch on the sides
Every successive year produces a new
of our ravines & over the h i l l s & v a l l i e s
traversed by our public high ways;
so that nearly a l l our "banks
& b ra es” are scarred by two, three or four p a r a l l e l , divergent ( ! )
or diagonal l i n e s , presenting a curious variety of geom etrical
diagrams fo r the contemplation of the s c ie n t i f i c tr a v e lle r & the
c i v i l en g in ee r.
This p lu r a lity of ro ads, a l l c lu ste r in g in a
brood, may, at f i r s t s i g h t , seem a mistake and a sad waste of time
or w ealth & energy.
But to the patient philosopher such a con-
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clu sio n may be deemed h asty .
no good & no w h e r e ".
"It
5.
is an i l l wind that blows
A ll these d iffe r e n t essays represent mind
& matter in an improvable s t a t e .
They s h o w a d i s s a t i s f a c t io n
with past attainments & a struggle a fter p e rfe c tio n .
Each succes
sive road-master sees im perfections in the labors of h is predeces
so r , & , even in h im s e l f , &' every returning year reveals
the fo l l y
of the past & prompts to new efforts in the path of improvement.
B e s id e s ,
these d iffe r e n t roads f u r n is h the tr a v e lle r w it h
v a r ie t y , & e sp ec ia lly w ith the opportunity of ch o ic e.
One may
ascend a precipice on an angle of 1 0 , another of 2 0 & another
s t i l l of 35 degrees.
One may take a lo n g e r, another a sh o rter,
one a direct & another a sinuous rout ( ! ); & i f two cannot w alk
together because they are not agreed they can separate.
One more advantage must be n o ticed before we leave the sub
je c t ,
These d iffe r e n t scratches have a higher use & one less
akin to matter and mundane objects.
They are way marks, hour
glasses - d i a l s - marking the f l i g h t of tim e, & rem inding the
w ayfaring man of the revolutions of years & of h is own progress
through the world.
As some n a tu r a lis ts can t e l l the age of a
horse by looking into his mouth, the age of a bullock by h is
horns & the years o f a tree by its bark,
so we can mark the age
of improvement & determine the number of years of public
labor
on the roads by the number of scratches & ditches along the sides
of our h i l l s .
Another mark of improvement must not be omitted in th is con
n e c tio n .
We allude to the construction of b r id g e s .
Of those
we have had some 7 or 8 ; but "one is n o t ", another i s gone - a
th ir d has disappeared,
and some of the remainder must continue
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but for a l i t t l e space.
4.
Some f e l l by th e ir own. g r a v ita tin g law -
some because the lower stones in the abutments growled at bearin g
the burden of the upper ones - some because none of the stones
would keep s t i l l , & others were made giddy b y the mad ru sh of
w a te r s , plunged into the hurrying stream & were seen no more.
Three or four are s t i l l standing, & others are being constructed
o r r e c o n s t r u c t e d , & for these we bless the Lord.
A bridge fo r
horses & oxen now spans a stream which we have often crossed w ith
great p e ril & which once cost us three hours of
p a s s in g .
onds .
hazard
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in
Now It can be crossed in the h ighest floods in 10 sec
A l l the m istakes,
the f a ilu r e s & losses in our roads &
b r i d g e s , like losses in g e n e r a l, are attended by some l i t t l e
g a in .
Experience is a severe & expensive teacher, but the only one to
which many minds w i l l submit, & happy w i l l i t be for our H aw aiian
c o u n s e llo r s , governors, & commissioners, i f they hasten to p r o fit
by the sad mistakes & heavy losses of the p ast.
Making a l l due abatements for mismanagement ( ! ) & losses in
the road ta x , s t i l l much has been done.
bridges
The idea of roads &
is in the heads & the feet o f H aw aiians;
their blunders
'have taught some of them u s e f u l lessons, & may we not hope that
they w i l l yet mend th eir ways, making the crooked stra ig h t &
the rough smooth - le v e llin g the h il l s
& r a is in g the v a l l i e s ,
& preparing the land as a h a b ita tio n for the righ teo us.
Temperance, alia s intem perance.
We have no formally lic en sed grogeries at H i l o , & yet we
have drunkeries in abundance, from the h is s in g adder, the v ile
turbid beer- barrel, to the r e fin e d cosmetics of the merchant,
the ethereal s p ir it u a l essen se s, the t in c tu r e s ,
the colognes,
etc.
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Here we f i n d the phials of wrath which s c o r c h
great h e a t .
( ! ) men w it h
These are the s p ir it s of d e v ils going forth i n th e ir
b e g u ilin g drapery to madden man & to curse the la n d .
The e v il
of which we speak is not confined to H i l o , but i s experienced in
other p o rts.
As yet it i s c h i e f l y , w ith us at l e a s t ,
co n fin e d
to sailo rs & foreign lo a fe rs ; hut there is danger that it w i l l
spread its in fr a c tio n (? )
among the n a t iv e s .
I t is also a m ani
fe s t evasion of law & c a lls fo r prompt attention & correction
from some quarter.
Should not this m ission memorialize the gov
ernment on the subject?
The e v i l is not so much in the la w , fo r
'nothing which d istrac ts the b ra in is licen sed at H i l o , but in the
want of honest & v ig ila n t
ju s t ic e .
( ! ) o ffic e rs to bring offenders to
Our port surveyor ( ! ) ,
the man appointed to prevent the
smuggling of liquors & to a rr e st transgressors, was the f i r s t
man in whose house a case of e v il s p ir its was found.
Thus the
extinguisher became the incendiary - the suppressor the e x c ite r the surveyor the Purveyor;
and yet so fee b ly is ju stic e adm inis
tered t h a t , to this d ay , the offender has not been punished for
his treachery.
A number of instances of potato
d rin k in g have
recently occurred among the baser sort of natives many of them
connected w it h & encouraged by Mamakea, our Luna auhau.
l i t t l e brushes,
Sev eral
or inc ip ie n t riots have also occurred in' connection
w ith the labor on ro a d s ,
a l l occasioned by the in d is c r e t io n &
wickedness of this same in fa tu a ted o f f ic e r whose i l l odor ( ! )
has spread through a l l H ilo & Puna & excited the lo ath in g & the
retching
(? )
of a l l decent men.
And y e t , strange to s a y ,
Hilo has long since vomited out the o ffe n d e r, he i s
ciously ( ! ) re ta in ed i n o f f i c e by h is appointor.
though
s t i l l p e r tin a
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6.
Meeting h o u s e s .
Of these some ten have been b u i l t ,
re p a ire d d uring the past y e a r .
& the r e s t nativ e b u ild in g s .
rebuilt or essentially-
Pour of these are of rough stones
Preparations are now being made to
b u ild a substantial framed meeting house some 70 by 36 ft.- at one
of our out S ta tio n s .
On these b u ild in g s our people have expended
not less than $ 2 0 0 0 .0 0
S ch o o ls.
Our Common Schools have been in operation as usual through the
y ea r.
A l l the children of a su itable age are brought into these
schools, & many of them have made good progress In s t u d ie s .
School houses have. In some instances been improved, and teachers
have b een better p a id .
There has also been an increased e ffo r t
on th e part of teachers & pupils to supply the schools w it h books.
S t i l l , the system needs more attention - Some of the teachers
are incompetent & some are u n f a i t h f u l .
A ll the Schools need
more thorough supervision & more energetic promptings.
mote residence of our M inister of P . I .
The r e
- h is engrossment w ith
m ultifarious business & h is non-circulating h a b it s , have l e f t
our schools without any e f f i c i e n t le g a l head during the past y e a r .
A hasty note once in s ix months i s about a ll the help we can get
from that source.
S t i l l our schools keep on - h a l f under church
& h a l f under state - by the voluntary & the le g a l - by coaxing &
by d r iv in g we manage to keep a flo a t.
We have had several examinations and eleven grand cold-water
celebrations during the y e a r .
These anniversaries went o ff w ith
great d isp la y o f d r e s s , b anners, m archings,
counter-marchings, &
other unm ilitary evolutions - w it h dinners or p o i, p uddings,
p oultry,
p ig s ,
f is h & non-descripts - w ith songs & speeches & r e j o i c i n g s .
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7.
Papacy.
This d elu sio n seems to be losing
of many of its d i s c i p l e s .
( ? ) its charms in the minds
A few hold on to it w ith t e n a c it y , but
many have le ft it and others hold i t
lig htly .
Two or three teachers of their schools have come out from
them w ith nearly a l l their sc h o la rs .
Two teachers le f t them b e
cause the priests forbade the use of our books,
testament, in th eir schools.
e s p e c ia lly the
Two or three only o f t h e ir schools
are now in operation in H ilo & Puna, & these are small & la n g u id .
Many o f their l i t t l e meeting houses are f a l l e n or blown down, &
there does not seem to be energy enough in their body to r a i s e
them up again.
Two p r i e s t s , however remain in the f i e l d ,
still
sanguine in the b e l i e f of conquest, & apparently looking to the
s word o f Prance & not to "th e Sword of the S p ir it "
dominion.
to give them
May the Lord give triumph to the truth & carry , the
counsels of the froward (? ) headlong.
Seamen.
(? )
More than 80 v e s s e ls have entered our port during the past 12
months.
There have been Men of W ar, w h a le rs , merchant men &
coasters,
Several thousands of sa ilo rs have thus been thrown upon our
shores, but for the most p art order has p rev a iled & the peace
of the community has not been e s s e n t ia lly d istu rb e d .
Still a
silen t & insidio u s p e stile n ce is spread among the people by many
of this
class of v i s i t o r s .
Something has been done for Seamen by way of p reach in g, p r i
vate conversation, the d i s t r ib u t io n of B ib l e s , t r a c t s , papers
etc, as time & strength & other duties would perm it.
And we are
not w ithout evidence that some good has been done in th is dep art
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ment; that impressions have been made & resolutions formed w hich,
through grace, may hear f r u i t unto etern al l i f e .
cast upon the waters is not a l l l o s t .
The b read thus
We have often found it
a fter many days, as the simple & touching letter of many a p e n i
tent & g r a t e fu l sa ilo r w il l t e s t i f y .
To u rs.
Of these the pastor has made s ix during the year v i z .
three
in Hilo & three in Puna.
The usual
labors of such tours have been performed. & w it h u s
u a l encouragement & su c c e ss.
u s u a lly been f u l l ,
Congregations on such occasions have
often crowded, & a t t e n t iv e .
had it s r e str a in in g ,
The Gospel has
c o n stra in in g , co n v ertin g, e n ergizing & ,
we tru s t sa n ctify in g influence on many.
as,
Numbers have b een g a th e r
ed into the v is ib l e f o l d , who, we hope w i l l , bring f o r t h f r u i t
unto everlastin g l i f e .
Sabbath S c h o o ls.
These have been more f u l l & have b een sustained w ith more
vigor & interest than for many years p a s t .
Several hundreds have
attended the school at the S t a t io n , & nearly a l l the c h ild r e n w ith
m a n y hundreds
of a d u l t s ,
attend at the d iffe re n t out s t a t io n s .
Many of the children have been among the in q u ir e r s , & num bers, we
trust,
have passed from d e a th unto l i f e .
For no department of
labor does the pastor fe e l a deeper interest than in th is
juvenile
( ! ) class.
contributions to fo r e ig n objects of benevolence.
These have exceeded th e contributions of any former y e a r .
The
whole nominal valu e received from May 1st 1850 to May 1st 1 8 5 1 ,
is about 1000 d o l l a r s .
The r e a l ,
o r c ash value is 820 d o l l a r s .
Of this 100 d o llars have been sent to the A . B . S .
(?)
50 do llars
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9.
go to the A . Temperance So ciety , 50 $ to the A .F . E v a n g e lic a l
U n io n , and 620 to the A . B .C .F .M .
The cash contributions fo r the
year ending May 1st 1850 were $ 7 0 7 .0 0
Although the population of Hilo & Puna is d e c r e a sin g , & the
number of chh, members le s se n in g , yet the contributions are annu
a lly in c rea sin g ;
and what i s , we t r u s t , b e t t e r ,
these o ffe r in g s
are made with increasing cheerfulness & a more in t e l l ig e n t sense
of o b ligatio n to the great Head of the Church.
[Godward]
our hope to God ( ! ) word in th is m atter.
At l e a s t ,
such is
The Church.
It s general state has been peaceful & harmonious.
tions
Some por
of it have been active & s p ir it u a l & have enjoyed the p re
sence of God.
There have been re vival influences at various
points & at d if f e r e n t tim es.
A goodly number of b a ck slid e rs have
been restored, many slumberers awaked, & many of the strong &
the strong (?) handed have waxed stronger.
Every year strengthens
the evidence that a great work of God has been wrought among the
people.
Every year adds confirming testimony that h undreds, & we
t r u s t , thousands, have been born o f the S p i r i t .
ca lle d to weep over the coldness,
S t i l l we are
the ignorance, the s e n s u a lit y ,
the hypocrisy & the apostasy ( ! ) of many for whom we had hoped b e t
ter th in g s.
We are made to f e e l that the utmost z e a l & the most
w akeful & v ig i l a n t
( ! ) scrutiny of man cannot secure a spotless
chh. on e a r t h ; & our most sanguine hopes of Haw aiian p e r fe c tio n
have been b la s t e d .
We fe e l abased before God & man,
th at,
as a
Church of C h r is t , we have f a l l e n so immeasurably below the standder [ standard]
so, b u t ,
of duty prescribed i n the g o sp el, and not only
in knowledge, lo v e , f a i t h & good works, we f a l l fa r b e
low the standard erected in our own re so lu tio n s .
Some of us are
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lik e the Galations
L a o d icean
some- l ik e the Corinthians,
some lik e the
and some lik e Is r a e l in the w ild e r n e s s .
word o f God has taken no e ffe c t among u s .
ites indeed - Many wrestling Jacobs.
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Not that the
There are many I s r a e l
Many liv e ly stones - Mary
who are called & chosen & f a i t h f u l - Many who belong to the h ouse
hold of f a i t h & to the royal priesthood - Many sheep whom the
great Shepherd w i l l lead & bring w it h him - M any sons whom Christ
w i l l prepare unto g lo ry .
I n conclusion;
though o ften oppressed with cares & re ady to
f a i n t in view of our own u n fa it h fu ln e s s ,
and the much of m ournful
Ignorance In sp iritu a l t h in g s , & the many sad tokens o f depravity
which remain among our flock,, s t i l l we have abundant reason to
thank the Lord & take courage in view of a l l his mercy and of a l l
the great things he has done fo r u s .
He has been m ercifu l to our
unrighteousness, p atien t in our provocations & a helper in our
in f i r m i t i e s .
He has been be tte r than our f e a r s .
great things f o r u s .
you"
He has done
He has v e r i f ie d h i s promise,
"Lo I am w ith
- He has chided our u n b e lie f - He has revived our hopes -
He has strengthened our hands.
He b id s us ra ise our E b en ezer.
He calls upon us to thank the Lord & take courage - He commands
us to g ird up our loins for the remainder of the ra ce ,
our armour for fu tu re c o n f l ic t ,
is i n v i s i b l e ,
to burn ish
and to endure as seeing Him who
" And th is w i l l we do i f God p e rm it.”
S tatistics.
Received past year on Examination
Whole number received of ( ! ) examination
Whole number received from other churches
Whole
"
dism issed to
"
"
Deceased the past y ear
- - - - - -—
Excluded members deceased past year
Whole number deceased
109
9980
447
565
143
3
3922
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Excluded the past y ear
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whole number remaining excluded
- - - Now in regular standing
- - - Children baptized past year
- - ■
Whole number baptized
- - - Marriages the past year
- --—
Population of the f i e l d - - about
proportion who attend public worship
Whole number of b a p tiz e d children deceased
- - -
20
335
5539
90
3329
146
9000
-> - 8
526
Contribu tio ns.
For meeting houses in la b o r, m a t e r ia ls ,
goods & cash
_
$ 2000.
Titus Coan
Pastor.
�Report for Hilo for the year ending May 1 ,
H ilo s t i l l i s .
It s beauteous
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( ! ) Bay s t i l l r e fle c t s the
bright solar rays & the s ilv e r moon beam.
Its
lim pid waters
s t i l l lave it s crescent beach & foam in fleecy w hite along it s
b e e tlin g c l i f f s .
It s gay green landscapes s t i l l laugh & r e jo ic e
under the sunlight and the showers o f Heaven.
It s f l u t e d slopes
sparkle & sing & shout w ith the murmuring r i l l ,
& the thundering cascade.
verdure.
the rushing riv er
It s f i e l d & forests wave in perpetual
Its atmosphere is s t i l l salubrious balmy & b la n d .
mirror lakes s t i l l
flash in bright undulations through the deep
fo lia g e o f the B r e a d fr u it ,
It s heavens are
It s
the c o c o n u t ~ the Kukui & the Pandanus.
s t i l l v e ile d in gauzy vapors, adorned w ith convo
luted & caressing (? )
clouds or studded ( ! ) w ith golden gems.
It s
mountains s t i l l r i s e in heavy majesty against the western sky It s awful fire s burn harmlessly at a d is t a n c e .
It s
occasional
subterranean throes give h e a lt h fu l monitions that man is weak &
needs an Almighty Protector,
Y e s , b le s se d be the l o r d , H ilo s t i l l
remains notwithstanding the sta r tlin g earthquake & the t e r r i f i c
volcano have threatened to engulf & consume, & notw ithstanding
their awful tokens have clothed many a face w ith paleness & f i l l e d
many a heart w ith f e a r .
The Hand that planted these m ountains,
th a t measured the deep, & that adorned that landscape s t i l l pro
tects.
The look which makes the earth to tremble is s t i l l the
w atchful orb of love & of protection to the s a i n t s .
The breath
which kin dles the e v e r l a s t i n g f i r e s & melts the mountains sets
bounds to the f ie r y
as to the watery f l o o d s .
The fin g e r w hich
touches the smoking h i l l s points to a place o f s a f e
t y ( ! ).
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1852
2.
Temporal improvements .
H e re, as in former years, we are able to report p ro g re ss.
To some this may not appear to he a legitim ate su b ject fo r
M issionary re p o r t.
S t i l l , as i t i s a subject which e ffe c ts
M issionary bone, & m uscle, & h e a r t , and as i t is the u s u a l accom
panim ent, & often the d ir e c t result of true C h r is t ia n it y ,
i t may
not be amiss to cast a passing glance in that d ir e c t io n .
Since last general m eeting, many m iles of good road have been
constructed i n Puna,
and before the close of another year we hope
to be able to. report a. complete horse road through the whole
d i s t r ic t - a c irc u it
of not less
than one hundred m ile s.
E ssen tial improvements are also being made in the roads of
H ilo .
Most of our precipices have b een made easier of ascent-& descen t, Several b rid g es have been constructed, and others w i l l , we
tru st,
soon be done.
As to d w e llin g s , fu r n it u r e , c lo th in g ,
etc we need say n o th in g .
ca ttle , h o r s e s , cash
The same improvements and mis improvements
which are seen-at other points of the Islan d s are going forward
at H i l o .
Morality & O rd er.
Though we have nothing to boast of & very much to re g ret on
th is score, yet we have a l s o , much, very much, for w hich to be
th an k fu l.
Our streets a re, u s u a l l y ,
exist th e re ;
q u ie t; No licensed man k il l e r s
Our Sabbaths are p e a c e fu l,
and intemperance & open
vice seek the darkness fo r concealment.
These statements apply
to the st a tio n w it h occasional excep tio ns, and these exceptions
originate in the unruly & base passions of fo reigners who are de
termined on indulgence at any expense.
Throughout the d is t r ic t s
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1852
of H ilo & Puna great quietness & order p re v a il both on the L o r d ’ s
day and at a l l tim es.
[ Here two sheets cut out and h a lf of third page crossed o u t.]
Papacy.
This inveterate foe of God & men of l i g h t .& tr u th , has long
m aintained a desperate struggle in our f i e l d .
Sometimes these
powers of darkness seem to g a in a l i t t l e ground & again they lo s e .
But the d ev il is never weary in i l l d o in g s.
though he reaps many a harvest of w rath.
disappointment do not deter him;
He never fa in ts
Shame, discom fiture &
and h is indomitable perseverance
may w e ll repress a l l who are in c lin e d to f a i n t in a b ette r cause.
D uring no year since the introduction o f papacy into our f i e l d
have more art and energy been used to push it forward than the
last.
S t i l l , we th in k i t has gained no ground, & on the whole
we are in c lin e d to b e lie v e the cause has retrograded.
i t has advanced at one point i t
Whenever
has r e c e d e d at another;
often its b e s t ia l & seeming success is but momentary.
and
Not i n f r e
quently the carnal weapons i t uses to promote its in te res ts r e c o il
upon i t s e l f , as was evidently the case in the late p o l i t i c a l
campaign at H i l o . A l l our r e fle c t in g & candid people are thoroughly convinced of the subtle wickedness of the Beast and they
hold him in ever deepening abhorrence.
B u t we grapple w ith a
determined fo e - w ith a Hydra not to be d esp ise d , & w hich cannot
be decapitated at a s in g le blo w .
Our enemy is tenacious of l i f e ,
& in our warfare w ith him there is no discharge
t i l l death .
are here emphatically c a lle d to be sober, to [be] v ig i l e n t
to be w i s e , patient & unconquerable.
We
( !) -
Nothing but the grace of
God can save our r e lig io u s & p o l it i c a l in s t it u t io n s from sub
m ission through the intrigues of j esuitism .
�Hilo
1852
4.
S ch o o ls.
No m aterial change has taken place in our common scho ols.
They move on as usual except that the q u a lific a tio n s of teachers
is gradu ally r i s i n g & the schools are b eing better supplied w ith
books.
A l l the children of le g a l age are enrolled in our schools
except the few w ho are h e ld under the b eg u ilin g influ en ce of the
p a p is t s .
For want o f funds there has been l it t l e improvement in
our school houses, a l l the money r a is e d by the school tax being
required to pay the tea ch e rs.
Meeting Houses.
Three comfortable houses of worship have been b u i l t by our
people during the y e a r , & others are in progress or i n contempla
tio n .
Seamen.
About 50 ships have re cru ited at our port during the present
season, and 76 ships and some 60 smaller vessels have v i s i t e d us
during the past y e a r .
During the shipping season our streets &
houses have been thronged w ith hundreds of seamen, & some effo r ts
have been made by preaching, conversation, the d i s t r ib u t io n of
B ib le s ,
books, t r a c ts ,
papers & other re lig io u s r e a d in g s ,
them good, w ith what success eternity alone can r e v e a l .
the ships
to do
Some of
are commanded by pious Masters - One numbered several
professed converts, & a few Masters were in c lin e d to take a stand
against Sabbath w h a lin g .
Perhaps no class of men i n Christendom
calls more loudly for the prayers & the effo rts of C h ristia n s than
Seamen.
Sabbath S c h o o ls.
A large & in te restin g S .
numbering about 5 0 0 .
S . has been kept up at the S t a t io n ,
This school has been high ly in t e r e s tin g
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through the year,
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and. many of its pupils have grown in knowledge
& grace - and some, we t r u s t , have there passed from death to
life.
Sabbath Schools are also kept up at a l l the Out S tations
of H ilo & Puna, attended by an aggregate, probably, of 3000
sc h o la rs, including a d u lt s .
It is
common fo r a ll the week-day
scholars to attend the Sabbath School.
Public Labors at the S t a t io n .
These have b e e n ,
on the Sabbath, S . S . at 9 A . M.
at 10 1/2- - a meeting for inq u irers &c at 1 2 .
11/2 P .M .
and,
Preaching
Preaching ag ain at
in Shipping time, preaching in the E n g lish Chapel
at 3 1/2 P .M .
Two or three regular lec tu re s, besides occasional preaching
during the week.
These public s e rv ic e s, as a l l experienced M is
sion aries know, include but a small portion of the weekly labors
of the teacher & p asto r.
To u rs.
Of these the usual number have been performed v i z .
three through.
Puna & three through H i l o , besides shorter excursions around the
S ta t io n .
On these tours efforts have been made to know the state
of the flock & to bring sinners into the f o ld of God.
The r o ll
has been ca lle d - the wanders ( ! ) sought a fte r - the weak strengthened - the strong encouraged - the b ack slid er reclaim ed - the
p enitent restored - the- ignorant taught - the diseased bound up the w ick ed warned - the children gathered - infa n ts b a p tize d
the s i c k v i s i t e d - funerals attended - the mourner comforted the in q u irin g directed to the Lamb of God - the gospel preached d i f f i c u l t i e s se ttle d - d iv isio n s h ealed - enemies re c o n c ile d consultations h e ld - mistakes corrected - instructio ns given contributions taken up - the L o r d 's Supper adm inistered & c .
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1852
6.
Cold Water Army.
T h is has been ag ain c a lle d out in ten grand d i v i s i o n s , number
ing about 2 0 0 0
children in a l l .
Each d iv is io n has had its banners - its mottos - it s uniform its marchings - it s
brig h t faces & its
songs - its f e s t i v a l - its speeches - its
joyous h e a r t s .
Each succeeding anniversary
shows a decided improvement on the former in dress & i n the com
forts
of l i f e .
Conventions.
The day fo llo w in g our great temperance fe s t iv a l at the S ta tio n
a convention was h eld for the d iscu ssio n of subjects such as the
follow ing Merits & demerits of the Pualu ,
Taxation.
Which has made
havoc
the greater
in our work man or alcohol? W i l l the
erection of fo rts & the b u ild in g of warships tend to promote the
peace & prosperity of the Hawaiian kingdom? &c
A large number of people were assembled to l is t e n to these
d isc u ss io n s.
Several animated speakers took part on the occasion
& an intense inte rest was kept up through the day.
For about a week from t h is time our grand annual convention
met & h e ld its services
(? ) for two days - This convention con
siste d of a l l the school teachers in H ilo & Puna - about 50 of the
School trustees and of most of the leading members or o f f ic e r s of
the church & a l l others who might w is h to attend.
Some 200 were
present - reports were made - subjects of great in terest to re-lig io n & education discussed - resolutions adopted - business
t r a n s a c t e d & c &c
.
Governor Kapeau (? ) was present at a l l these
deliberatio n s & took an active part in the d iscu ssio n s him self an i n t e r e s t i n g .& shrewd debater.
He showed
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L a d ie s ' F e s t iv a l.
A semi-annual L a d ie s'
during the past y e a r.
F e st iv a l has been held at the s ta tio n
This gathering was prepared, arranged &
managed by the native fem ales.
On the day appointed a long table
is spread in the church and loaded w ith a great v arie ty of e a t
a b le s .
Along the sides of th is table from 50 to 60 Haw aiian
Ladies are seated in neat a t t i r e .
A deputation w aits on the
pastor & his fam ily informing them th at a l l is ready & req u estin g
th eir attendance.
table.
Seats are reserved fo r them at the head of the
A ll prelim inaries thus arranged a short address is made -
thanks offered and each one addresses h e r s e lf to the ta sk in h and.
P ig s , poultry, puddingy p o i,
lu au , f i s h ,
cakes. & a l l H aw aiian
vegetables & edibles dance on the forks & fingers of the f a ir
ones, and disappear i n a t r i c e .
The whole upper surface of the
table seems a liv e as in a w altz and a l l keeping time to the merry
music of the v o c a l is t s .
This cheerful duty over., a paper i s put
’into the hands of the pastor' containing the names of a l l the
members of this
a sso ciatio n .
The r o l l is now called when each
member comes forward & deposits her co n trib u tio n .
th eir own No one contributes less than 25 c t s .
By a r u le of
This done - free
remarks are made - questions proposed - topics sometimes discussed
a hymn sung - prayer o ffe r e d , & a l l adjourn.
At the two g a th e r
ings during the past year about 40 dollars were contributed and
t h i s , by the unanimous voice of the contributors is to be appro
priated to the. Micronesian M is s io n .
B enevolence.
Taking this term in i t s comprehensive sense, we have much of
which to be ashamed on this sco re.
S t i l l fo r what has been ac
complished in some of i t s branches we had occasion to thank God
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& take courage.
On the Sabbath immediately p r e c e d i n g
.
( ! ) the
f i r s t Monday in each month the Pastor uniform ly preaches on some
subject connected w ith M issions or w ith the general course of
b e n e fic e n c e , on which occasion a c o lle c tio n is taken u p .
c o lle c tio n s ,
These
including the mites which have come in from out
p o sts , have averaged more than 50 dollars a month.
I t has been
an object steadily kept i n v ie w , to tr a in our people to habits
of in t e llig e n t b e n e fic e n c e .
For this purpose we have used " l i n e
upon line & precept upon p re c e p t"; and although our progress is
slow, y et we hope & pray that i t may be sure .
We w ish not our
people to give from mere impulse, but from an in t e l l ig e n t conv ic t io n of d uty , & from a deep desire of the h e a r t.
a re ,
as y e t, r e a liz e d but i n p a r t .
g re ss.
Our desires
S t i l l , we trust there i s pro
Not only are our contributions slowly increasin g from year
to y ear, but with t h i s ,
we th in k there is an increased d esire to
give ~ As to increased a b il it y
there i s no m istake.
The fo llo w
ing is a review of our contributions to fo re ig n objects during
the past fiv e y e a r s .
In May 1848 we reported
$ 3 1 7 . 50
"
"
1849 "
"
#
1850 "
$
7 0 7 .0 0
"
"
1851 " "
$
8 2 0 .0 0
And f o r the past year we report
$ 11 0 0.0 0
This sum would have been several hundred d o llars g reat e r
( !)
could a l l the a rtic le s contributed in trade have b een reduced ( ? )
to cash without a d isc o u n t.
The a b o v e includes n o thing of what
has been devoted to domestic or home o b je c ts .
�Hilo
1852
9.
The Church.
I n the history of the church at H ilo nothing remarkable
has occurred during the period under review .
much like previous y e a rs .
The past has been
F a llin g & r i s i n g - sleeping & waking -
back- sliding & repenting - wandering & returning - dying & l i v i n g .
This has been the chequered histo ry of Gods v is ib l e church i n a l l
ages ~ Most of our church members have., h o w e v e r run w e l l ; &
many have given us great joy by their steadfastness in the fa it h
by t h e ir attendance on the ordinances o f the gospel - by th eir
love of the truth - by t h e ir s p ir it of prayer - their ch arity th eir s p ir it u a l it y - their growth in knowledge & grace & th eir
active efforts to save s o u ls .
The comparative number of cases of discipline ( ! ) has not been
l a r g e , & the church as a body has h e ld on its way w ith l i t t l e
defection., w ith encouraging z e a l & w it h increasing stren gth .
It
embosoms many precious sp irits who are ripening for glory - A t
least such is our trust to God-ward on t h e ir b e h a l f .
R e v iv a l s .
Doubtless i t i s our S in that we are not able to say more,
& to speak more decidedly on this eventful to p ic .
We can report
no general awaking on the great subject of r e l i g i o n .
th ro'
Still,
the great mercy of our God "th e day Spring" has v i s i t e d
many portions o f our f i e l d , and,
h e a r ts .
as we t r u s t , shined into many
There have been seasons when an unusual " S p i r i t of grace
& supplication" seemed to rest upon many of our people at d i f f e r e n t
points
in the f i e l d .
By some portions of the church, sp ecial
meetings have been h e ld fo r prayer & c o n s u l t a t i o n & s p e c ia l
effo rts have been made to awaken the careless & to p u ll sinners
�H ilo
out of the f i r e .
1852
10 .
I n some cases meetings of th is kind have "been
h eld by the church for two or three days in su cc e ssio n , and many
have gone from house to house to arouse those who were at ease
in Zion ( ? ) , & to plead w it h sinners to flee from the w rath to
come ( ? ) .
These labors have been blessed, and numbers who were
careless & hardened in sin , have given hopeful evidence of a
change of h ea rt.
One hundred and 92 have been added to the church
on co n fessio n of f a i t h in the Lord Jesus , & others,
are converted.
as we hope,
At some points there s t i l l appears to be a r e v iv a l
s p ir it & we trust the Lord w il l never leave us without w itness
of his
saving love.
Population.
This is constantly decreasing from death & em igration - Some
go to sea - Many f a l l into the grave, & a larger number s t i l l
leave our island fo r Honolulu w h e re. they are often swallowed up
as i n a maelstrom.
as a d i s t i n c t ,
There is p a in fu l in d ic a tio n that the n a t io n ,
ab o rig in a l ra c e , i s d y in g .
As in the la st struggles
o f the human frame a l l v it a l it y rushes to the h e a rt,
to support for
a b r i e f moment, the w asting energies of the system at that p o in t ,
so i t is w ith a dying n a tio n .
Everything rushes to the centre -
the extrem ities are le f t cold & torpid - pulsatio n ceases in the
limbs - an unnatural throbbing is f e l t
in the heart & death ensures.
T h is , we th in k , is th e present condition of the Hawaiian r a c e .
Our people are destined ( ? )
become a dead language.
places unknown.
to pass away.
Their language w i l l
Their names w i l l be forgotten - th eir
D e s o la t io n 's wand w i l l wave over them - D e s t in a
t i o n 's besom w il l sweep them away.
on - s ile n t ly y et surel y .
This process is now going
No mortal hand can arrest i t .
No
�H ilo
human policy can stay i t .
f i a t of Jehovah.
1852
11.
The f i a t has gone fo rth & i t
is the
S t i l l we have no cause of discouragem ent.
No
occasion to abandon the f i e l d - no c a l l to r e l a x our e f f o r t s .
These Islands w i l l be peopled - A m ingled & mighty race w i l l t i l l
these f i e l d s , tread on these mountains, f e l l these fo re sts &
f i l l th is land w it h c itie s & ham lets.
The k eel of commerce w i l l
plow these seas, and the w ealth of d ista n t e l ix ir s
(? ) w il l flu x
through a l l the arteries of this land.
And allow me to advance the opinion that G o d 's work here
is but
just begun ~ A l l that has tran spired is prep arato ry .( ! )
C h r is t ,
sh ore s.
through his Church, has
s t i l l a mission to f u l f i l on these
Schools seminaries & colleges of a new & superior order,
are to rise h e r e .
planted -
Enlightened & energetic churches are here to be
Permanent temples are here to be erected - benevolent
and humane in s titu tio n s to be formed.
-
The gospel trumpet is s t i l l
to be blown h e r e , & from these shores the herald of s a lv a t io n is
to go fo r t h , & the light & love of the Gospel to rad iate & to bless
those who are s t i l l b enighted.
Sh all we then f a i n t ?
S h all we then fa lt e r ?
S h a ll we abandon our posts?
our f a it h ?
or r e la x our to ils?
Or languid in our prayers?
S h a ll
we doubt?
or grow weak in
To my m ind, this m ission
never before stood on ) so h ig h , so important & so holy ground
now.
as
God, i n his providence has brought us to a c r is is where we
can n either go to the right hand or to the l e f t .
To draw back
is recreancy, t o go forward our only a lte r n a tiv e .
The Lord grant us grace to f u l f i l our solemn m ission - to run
w e ll our race to accomplish our warfare - And when c a l l e d to our
account may we a l l be found on the b attle
fie ld w ith girded loins
w ith clashing armor, & with sp irits w aiting fo r the coming of our
Lord.
�S ta tistics.
Whole number received on Examination
1 0 ,1 7 2
On C e r tific a t e
472
Past y ear on Examination
192
Whole number the past year
218
Whole No. dism issed to other churches
618
Dism issed the past year
Whole no.
53
4 256
deceased
263
Deceased the past year
40
Suspended the past year
278
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past y ear
none
Whole n o . Excommunicated
125
Remain Excommunicated
Whole n o .
35
5 458
in regular standing
Whole no. of ch ild ren b a p tiz e d
3 395
96
B ap tize d the past year
538
B ap tized children deceased
Deceased past year
12
Marriages the past year
74
Contributions .
American Peace Society
$100.00
Amer. & F o r. Anti Slavery S .
#100.00
A . B . C . F .M.
$ 9 0 0 .0 0
T . Coan
[On b a c k ]
Report of H i lo
1852
�Abstract of Report for H il o .
1.
[1852]
Temporal Improvements
These have been ste a d ily advancing as in years p a s t .
2.
Morality & Order have fo r the most part prevailed at the
statio n and throughout the f i e l d .
Papacy.
This we think has made no progress.
Vigorous e ffo r ts
have been made by p rie sts to push i t forw ard, but without su cce ss.
4.
Common Schools, have b e e n as prosperous as in former y e a r s .
Q u a lific a tio n s
5.
of te a c h e r s g radually r i s in g - Pay b e t t e r & su rer.
Three comfortable Meeting houses have been b u ilt at out s t a
tio n s & preparations are b e in g made for b uild ing more.
Expended on M eeting houses during the past y e a r,
in la b o r,
m aterials and c a s h not less than 2 0 0 0 d o l l a r s ,
6
.
Seamen
76 Ships 260 smaller vessels have v i s i t e d Hilo d u rin g the
year and efforts have been made to b e n e fit Seamen by p rea c h in g,
conversation, & the d is t r ib u t io n of books,
7.
tracts, papers & c .
A Sabbath School of about 500 members has been kept up at the
S ta tio n & some 3000 adults & children have attended at out S t a t io n s .
8
.
Tours, have been performed as usual in Hilo & Puna,
the flo c k
has been cared for & sinners led to the cross of C h r is t .
9.
Two Conventions have been held at the S tatio n for the d i s
cussion of su bjects important to r e l ig i o n and education.
1 0 . The Cold Water Army has been c a lle d out in ten d iv is io n s
about 2 0 0 0 strong.
11.
A Semi Annual Female F e stiv a l has been h e ld at w hich 40
dollars were contributed in b e h a lf of the M icronesian M issio n .
�H ilo Abstract 1852
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Benevolence
I t is hoped that t h i s is g a in in g an enlightened h o ld on the
hearts of many.
The contributions the past year have averaged
more than 90 dollars a month.
Comparative view of contributions to fo re ig n objects stated
Contributed f o r 1847
13.
$ 3 1 7 .5 0
"
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1848
5 4 0 .8 7
"
"
1849
7 0 7 .0 0
"
"
1850
8 2 0 .0 0
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1851
11 00.00
The Church has been peaceful for the most part & prosperous.
Cases of discipline ( ! ) not numerous.
1 4 . R e v iv a ls .
No general re v iv a l has been enjoyed, but s p ir it u a l In flu ences
have been fe lt in several parts
of the f i e l d .
Many C h ristia n s
have been watchful, prayerful & a c tiv e , & numbers, i t
have been born a g a in .
15.
Appropriation of Contributions.
A . B . C . F .M.
$ 9 0 0 .0 0
American Peace Society
Amer. & Forn
$ 1 0 0 .0 0
Anti Slavery S . $ 1 0 0 .0 0
is hoped,
�Abstract of Chas H . Wetmore' s Report for 18 52 .
I n reviewing the past year we f i n d occasion f o r h e a r t f e l t
gratitude to our God f o r h is sparing mercy & goodness to u s .
Mrs.
Wetmore's h ealth has been quite in firm ,
-
so much so that she
has not been able to teach her E n g lis h school but h a l f of the
y e a r ; when she w i l l be able to teach a g ain is an unsolved problem .
P ra ctice .
There has been l i t t l e
aside from th eir common d is e a s e s ,
sickness among the nativ es
except during the la t t e r part
of February & the early part of March - then an In flu e n z a p re v a ile d
that kept me b u s ily employed for three or four w e e k s. - Several
s u r g ic a l operations have been performed the past y ea r,
number than in eith e r of the two p r e c e d i n g
( ! ) years.
- more i n
The sum
of $ 1 2 3 . has been r e c 'd the past year for medicine & m edical serv ic e s ;
- $13.
of which was paid by n a t iv e s , & mostly from voluntary
contributio ns.
Schools,
- M rs. Wetmore's school has made commendable progress
in the common branches of the E n g lis h Language;
o f pupils 1 3 ; whole number of weeks taught 2 6 ;
fo r her labors $ 1 0 8 .
the y e a r ;
- average number
- amount re c eiv ed
The Sabbath School has been su stain ed through
- one of i t s exercises has been the committing to memory
of the 1 0 commandments; most of the scholars have learned a l l of
them. My ’’Normal School" fo r teachers & advanced scholars has been
I n se ssi on twice during the year - we hope to see good resu lts from
i t.
I have made a tour through both H ilo & Puna w it h in the year
to examine the schools ~ Some were very backward,
very w e ll i ndeed.
others were doing
�[Wetmore, H i l o ,
1853]
We are reminded of the r a p id flig h t of time by another perio d ic a l waymark; the time f o r preparing another report has again
returned; Would that I had more to say about missionary work per
formed;
but, alas !
I have to acknowledge
that many plans for doing
good remain unexecuted; other p lan s, though not forgotten, have
been too poorly carrie d into e f f e c t ;
- the Lord give grace and
strength that we may be more d i l ig e n t ,
c e s sfu l i n fu t u r e ,
f a i t h f u l e f f i c i e n t & suc
so long as He may spare us to labor in His
v ineyard.
The past year has been to us a year of mercy; feeb len ess has
been the lot of my companion during most of the y e a r , b u t the Lord
has f u l f i l l e d His precious promise to h e r , "As thy d a y s ,
thy strength b e " ;
so s h a ll
- we are now r e jo ic in g over her re turnin g h e a lt h ;
we also have another source of joy,
- to w it,
the g i f t of a l i t t l e
son, whom we hope w i l l liv e to be a great blessing to h is parents
& to the w o rld .
P r a c tic e .
-
The only epidemic of a physical nature that has pre
v a ile d among us the past year was that of a Bilio- Catarrhal Fever;
it was p ecu lia rly im partial in its
character, sparing none on -
account of age, rank or profession;
it is unnecessary f o r me to
dwell upon its nature or it s e f f e c t s ;
- s u ffic ie n t w i l l i t be for
me to remark that not a sin g le ca se , uncomplicated w ith other
d is e a s e ,
proved fa ta l at H ilo n e i .
The common diseases of the land
of a fo re ig n o rig in are s t i l l preying upon the v it a l s
of the n a tio n
it is a lamentable fact that these diseases are e n ta ile d to so
great an extent upon the r i s i n g g eneration,
or are being contracted
by them; in many cases i t is p o sitiv e ly affirm ed that there is no
"hewa" in the m atter, & that too when apparently nothing but pure,
�H ilo 1 8 5 3 , Wetmore
2.
g u ilty i n o c u l a t i o n could have produced such re su lts;
some of .my
worst cases are those that have b e e n under the treatment of n a tiv e
p ra c titio n e r s ; many seemingly had rather almost die in such hands
than be cured s c ie n t i f i c a l l y I
When, I a sk , w il l the ravages of
these baneful diseases be c u rta ile d at these f a i r Is la n d s ?
No t,
I f e a r , u n t il that great moral pandemic sh a ll cease to prey upon
the heart I
Not u n t i l that great panacea for s p ir it u a l dise a se s
s h a ll be administered in a more copious measure.
The whole amount o f money received for medicine & m edical se r
v ices th e past y e a r ,
is $ 2 7 0 ;
together w ith c o lle c tib le b i l l s now on hand
only thirty one & a f r a c t io n of this was re c eiv e d from
n a t iv e s , which is a l i t t l e more than twice as much as was c o n t r i
buted by them the preceding y e a r.
Sch o o l. -
My school for teachers has been conducted much as u s u a l .
Map-drawing has been the princip al branch pursued;
- the younger
class o f teachers deserve commendation, & the older class d id
perhaps as w e ll as could be expected.
At Brother Lyman's s o l i c i
ta tio n I devoted a part of my afternoons for a few weeks to the
same branch in the "Hilo Boarding School" w ith even greater success
than i n the Normal School;
- an hour each Sabbath has been spent
in the same school during the y ear;
one passage or more of scripture
has been re c it e d from Sabbath to Sabbath by each pupil in answer to
some gen eral question,
which is given out at the close of each
school for the ensuing L o r d 's day;
- after r e c it in g those that they
had committed to memory, an opportunity was affo rded for them to
read any other p a r a lle l p assages, which they had se le c te d ;
- I
have often been surprised at fin d in g them so w e ll prepared for
th e ir e x e rcise s,
esp e c ia lly when taking into co n sideratio n the
�Hilo
1 8 5 3 , Wetmore
fa c t that they have no helps in t h e ir language.
3.
The ex ercise
has fa m ilia rize d them w ith the Holy Scriptures which are a b le to
make them w ise unto sa lv a tio n ,
through fa it h which is in C h rist
Jesus
R esp ectfully submitted
to the Sandwich Islan d s M ission
by their fellow- laborer
H ilo Hawaii
May 3 ,
Chas. H . Wetmore M .D.
1853
[At bottom :]
Dr Wetmores Re
port for 1852
Read May 23
by Mr Castle
�Report fo r H ilo from May 1 ,
1852 to May 1 , 1853 .
( C o an)
In presenting this my 17 th and, perhaps - my la st - annual
report to the Hawaiian M ission allow me f i r s t of a ll to p ra ise
the Lord for the many mercies of the past y e a r.
Rarely have, we experienced a year attended with less p h y sica l
or moral disturbance than the l a s t .
Neither famine nor w astin g
p e s tile n c e , nor outbreaking wickedness have disturbed our peace.
H e a lt h , plenty & order, have generally p re v a ile d , & the ra tio of
m ortality has been sm all.
The year has b e e n crowned, w ith goodness,. & b l e s s i n g s , s p i r i t
u al & temporal have been shed upon us abundantly - for a ll of which
we would c a ll upon our souls & a l l w it h in us to bless the Lord.
G eneral improvements have gone ste a d ily though slowly fo rw ard.
The temporal circumstances of the people are growing bette r &
th eir prospects are b rig h ten in g from year to year.
ful,
W ith the w ake
industrious & provident the comforts of l i f e are in c r e a s in g ,
and some are b eg inn in g to aspire after it s lu x u r ie s .
of tolerable road have been constructed,
bridges b u i l t .
Sev eral m iles
and some 8 or 1 0 temporary
I say temporary, for h a l f of them have already
been swept away and as f o r the rest who can t e l l how long they
w i l l abide the t r i a l of our raging f l o o d s ?
But even here there is
progress, fo r as we lose by m istakes
we g a in by exp erience.
Our public Schools have been conducted as usual & although I
do not propose to report in th is department yet I am happy to say
that these schools have been conducted w ith as much e f f ic ie n c y as
might be expected.
7 new Meeting houses have been b u ilt in the f i e l d during
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2
the past year - 5 of rough stones & 2 of su b stan tial frames at a
v alu a tio n of about 1700 dollars - Several other houses of worship
are commenced.
A su b scriptio n has also been opened fo r a new
meeting house at th e statio n - about 2 0 0 0 dollars su b sc rib ed ,
some 700 of which have been paid i n .
is
The b uild ing of churches
quite a tax upon the people but. in many places they take h o ld
of the work w ith earnestness.
Besides the b u ild in g s named our people have put up a large
number of small houses for d a ily prayer, reading the S c r ip t u r e s ,
conference etc.
These are to accommodate l i t t l e neighborhoods &
small circles who reside at a distance from the regular place of
w orship on the Sabbath.
I n these synagogues and in our larger meeting h o u ses,
classes
have been organized for reading the S c r ip tu re s , at least one day
in the week.
Papacy has received a decided check during the past y e a r .
Three of their teachers & perhaps 50 of th eir d isc ip le s have l e f t
them, and they now have but one school in a l l Puna and two, perhaps
in H ilo .
Several of t h e ir meetings are broken up, and a l l of them
have dwindled & languished.
No year of the la s t 1 0 has given
more d ecisiv e evidence of the waning of th eir cause than the
past.
Their houses of worship are becoming d ila p id a te d & d e s o la
tio n is w ritten on many of th e ir t h r e s h o l d s
( ! ) , wh i l e ghosts of
departed hopes howl from th eir windows.
S t i l l they hold on w ith stubborn tenacity to th eir dying
cause, & n o thin g but the S p ir it of t h e Lord w i l l prevent th e ir
r e v iv a l and extention among our ignorant & unstable p eo p le.
Here
is our only hope of a f u l l & f i n a l triumph over the man of s i n , as
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3.
w e ll as over a l l other devices of the d e v il .
There have "been about 80 arriv als o f ships & more than 50
of brig s & schooners at the port of Hilo during the past y e a r ;
the
but th ro u gh/v igilen ce of th e p o l ic e & the re strain in g in flu en ces
o f the gospel our stre ets have been quiet & our houses safe from
fear,
Perhaps our shipping seasons have r a r e ly ,
i f ev er, passed .
w ith so l i t t l e of n oise & d istu rb a n ce .
Regular Sabbath services have been kept up for seamen during
shipping seasons;
t r a c t s , books & papers have been d is t r ib u t e d , &
r e lig io u s conversation h e ld as circumstances allowed; & we have
had the happiness to b eliev e that these means have not been used
without success.
Some p ro fessing C h ristians among seamen have been
awakened to a sense of danger & of d u ty , & some sinners have been
led to resolve on a new course of l i f e .
S t i l l , for the most p a r t,
& dreary.
-
the prospects of the s a ilo r are dark
Separated for most of h is time from the so ften in g &
w inning (? ) sympathies of domestic & C h ristian love - wooed by
the seductive breezes
of temptation - r u f f l e d by the cold storms
of unkindness & hardship - tossed on a sea of in te rn a l p assio n
as restless as the element on which he roams, how sh a ll the s a i l
o r ’ s w ild heart be tamed & his wandering s p ir it be brought to
re st on the bosom of Eternal Love?
I t has long seemed to me that
a vastly increased amount of lo v e, f a i t h ,
prayer & w is e ly d ire c te d
e ffo rt must be put in motion by the C h ristia n world b efo re the
abundance, or the tythe even, of the sea is
Could the
converted to G od.
sorrows of the Sea be embodied in a book they
would t h r i l l the world w it h a deeper sympathy than a l l the graphic
rehearsals
( ! ) of " U ncle Tom's Cabin" - and could the sins - the
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4.
■blasphemies - the dark passions - the massacres - the. d i a b o l i c a l
deeds of the sea be brought in t e r r i f ic review before our minds,
they would crush our hearts w it h horror.
W hat more can we do fo r this class of our common brethren?
Can we not think of them more?
more;
Love them more?
and seek & improve opportunities
e n lis t the prayers
Pray fo r them
to do them good?
of our people for seamen?
& can we not add a
mite from our funds to a i d those so c ie ties & in stitu tio n s
f o r the good o f th is
Can we not
class of our f e l l o w men?
organized
I t appears to me that
the claims of the A . S . Friend S . takes too fa in t a hold on the
hearts of C h ristia n s.
W hile its receipts ought to be counted by
hundreds of thousands they are only about 2 0 , 0 0 0 - w h ile it s chapla in s should be counted by the 1000 they number 19 - and w h ile its
p ublicatio ns should cover every sea & be wafted on a ll th e winds
of heaven, they are confined almost to a sin g le monthly jo urnal &
an Annual Report.
Our labors at the Station have been performed w ith comfort &
encouragement.
Meetings have been w e l l attended & more or less
r e lig io u s interest has prevailed - The ordinary labors of the Sabath ( ! ) are two sermons, a Sabbath School,
& a meeting of the church S es sio n .
a meeting for e n q u ir e r s ,
Our Sabbath School is f u l l &
w a k e fu l, numbering about 5 0 0 .
Our regular weekly services are B ible Lectures on Wednesdays
& Saturday s.
These w it h monthly co n certs,
attendance ( ! ) on fu n e r
als & other occasional meetings make up the public services at the
S t a t io n .
But they are lig h t compared to the d a ily cares & p rivate
labors which come upon u s .
On one Sabbath during the past year the pastor was prevented,
by sickness, from preaching, & th is is the f i r s t and the
only time
�H ilo 1853
5.
he has been thus prevented d uring h is 18 years residence at these
Is la n d s .
I t is n o t
new h o w e v e r
to t e l l you o f 6 tours - 3 in Puna
& 3 in Hilo - of tr a v e llin g over burning lav a - of wading & swim
ming riv ers - of p e rils
ing in the woods,
in canoes - of climbing mountains,
of s le e p
of soaking in rain-storms, & c &c - A l l these things
have become so fa m ilia r that their rehearsal ( !) becomes tame, i f
not tedious - S u ffic e it then to say ,
that there has been no a b ate
ment of these duties during the year under review - A l l parts of
this wide f i e l d have been repeatedly v is it e d - the chh. r o l l has
been c a lle d - the s ic k v i s i t e d - the mourner comforted - the w an
dering sought, & restored to the fo ld - the f a l l e n r a is e d - the
b r u ise d healed - the sleeping aroused - the weak strengthened the doubting confirmed - the ignorant in stru cted - the oppressed
v in d ic a te d - the hardened warned (? )
- the enquiring d ire c te d to
the Lamb o f God - the dying pointed to Him who is the r e su rre c tio n
& th e L ife - the gospel preached to the poor & to a l l .
Nor have these labors been unattended w it h h o p e . Few years of
my m issionary l i f e have passed more p e a c e fu lly & jo y fu lly away.
The precious seed sown has sprung up & y ie ld e d a glad h a r v e st.
The
Lord has crowned a l l w ith h i s goodness, & the sower, & the repear
have rejo ic ed together.
And this leads me to say that a gentle s p ir it u a l in flu e n c e
has seemed to rest upon most parts o f the f i e l d d uring the. greater
portion of the y ea r.
m u lt ip lie d ,
Cases of outbreaking depravity have not been
there has been peace & order i n the chh. brotherly love
has been m a n ife s t, a s p ir it of grace & supplication has re ste d on
many.
A love of souls has p re v a ile d , m ultitudes have b een ready to
�H ilo
work in the vineyard of th e ir Lord;
1853
the s p i r i t o f benevolence has
in c rease d , many have been hopefully converted & more than 40 0 have
been added to the ch u rc h .
s ig n a l prosperity to the
In many respects i t has b een a year of
church, & a year long to be remembered to
the praise of D ivine Grace.
I n a l l parts o f the f i e l d meetings have been w ell attended,
& nearly a ll the c h ild ren w ith large numbers of the adults have
been re gular attendants in our Sabbath Sch o o ls, of which we have 26
in the p arish .
The monthly & annual contributions of the church have also
b een more In t e l l ig e n t l y , more f r e e l y & more lib e r a lly bestowed than
on any former y e a r.
Progress here is truly cheering.
Almost a l l
give something, & most seem to g iv e w ith great ch e e r fu ln e ss.
About
1800 d o llars have been co llected for the cause of Christ b esides
what has been bestowed on meeting houses & in private c h a r i t i e s .
The females at the st a tio n & in some other parts of the f i e l d
have held their Semi Annual f e s t i v a l s , where a l l has been conducted
w ith decorum, where God w as acknowledged in prayer & p r a is e , &
where lib era l contributions were taken up in b e h alf
of the heathen -
H ow w e ll these assemblies w i l l compare in th e ir tone o f p iety &
C h r is t ia n s p ir it w ith the "La d ie s F a ir " at Honolulu I am not able
to s a y .
He trust however that our f a i r s is te rs in the M etropolis
w i l l set a safe & holy example for the sable & benighted females
of th is la n d .
[ The part bracketed crossed out in p e n c il .]
Our annual convention of teach ers,
school t r u s t e e s , church
leaders &c met, as u su a l, in January, and fo r three days discu ssed
subjects of great interest to education, c i v i l progress,
s o c ia l
interests & r e l i g i o n w ith zeal & wakeful & well su stain ed in te re s t These conventions have a most happy e ffe c t In developing facts
�7.
under the form of reports,
of quickening in t e lle c t by d is c u s s io n ,
of enlarging the c irc le of knowledge, & of awakening the so c ia l &
moral a ffe c tio n s .
Time is always too short fo r our H aw aiian ora
t o r s , & however t h e ir stock of arguments may be exhausted, t h e ir
stock of words always holds good to the end.
Our cold water army came out as u su al in ten grand d i v i s i o n s ,
numbering some 2 0 0 0
juveniles and an equal number of attachees of
a l l sorts & s i z e s , & of every rank & p ro fessio n from the Judge,
the doctor the parson, the savant (? )
to the cook, the. scavenger &
the shoe black - and arrayed i n a l l the party-colored drapery that
the a g e , the clim ate,
ry could produce.
b rillian t,
the shops, the cash & the fancy of the count
These were grand gala days,
the scenes were .
often f a n t a s t i c , & many a face beamed, and many a h eart
beat w it h jubilant
( ! ) joy.
These were seasons of r e la x a t io n from
the ste rn er duties
of l i f e .
They were breaks & interrup tio ns in
the d u l l monotony of a H a w a iia n 's b e in g , & they served as way-marks
to stimulate in prospect & to fu rn is h m aterial for thought & chat
in the retrospect.
The foregoing are some of the o u tlin e s,
the more prominent
fe a t u r e s , the warp of missionary l i f e at Hilo.
The w o o f,
the f i l l
in g u p , the d e t a il , we leave to be su p plied by those i n lik e c i r
cumstances & of like experience.
Our d a ily & hourly - our constant
routeen ( ! ) of duties can never be put on p a p e r .
A minute journal
of a single year would make a book that the world would n e ith e r
read nor con tain.
�8
.
S tatistics.
Whole number received on Examination
"
n
on C e r tific a t e
Past year on Examination
"
”
on C e rtific a t e
Whole number dism issed to other chhs
Dism issed the past year
Wh o le number deceased
Deceased the past year
Suspended the past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole number excommunicated
Remain Excommunicated
Now i n regular standing
Whole number of ch ild ren baptized
B aptized the past year
B ap tized children deceased
”
"
deceased past year
Marriages the past year
10614
504
442
31
686
68
43 85
129
45
285
none
125
20
5742
3520
125
543
5
100
Contributions the past year
A . B . C . F .M.
H aw aiian M. Society
—
A . Tract S .
—
A . & F o r. Christian M ission
A . S e a . Frd Soc.
Am. B ible Society
Am. Tem. Union
Am. & F o r. Anti Slavery S o c ' y
1000
200
100
100
100
100
100
100
- ---- -- -- -- --
I n conclusion I take the lib e rty to repeat our great o b lig a
tions to Almighty. God f o r that grace w hich has been so s ig n a lly bestowed on an unworthy pastor and people during the past y e a r .
And should this prove our last meeting under the Old Covenant
let us enter into a New Covenant with God & w ith one another and
may this covenant be the law of Christ w r itte n on our h earts &. in
our m inds, so t h a t , whenever our m issionary bands, s h a ll sunder the
bands of e v erlastin g love may draw. & b i n d us. in one;
a n d so th a t ,
when our earthly- toils are ended - our warfare accomplished - our
pilgrim age closed - our meetings & partings
our greetings & tears
are over we may a l l meet with a l l our natural & s p i r i t u a l children
before the throne of our a l l glorious K in g , & hear h is gracious
voice say - "W e ll done good & f a i t h f u l servants
enter ye into.
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9.
the joy of your L o r d ."
Appendix.
D esecratio n of the Sabbath.
As one of a Standing Sabbath Committee
M eet,
appointed by the Gen.
of 1852 I beg leave to make a few statements and rem arks.
A most remarkable quiet has been observed on the L o r d 's day,
b y most of the people i n H ilo & Puna, during the past y e a r .
No
fa cts in re latio n to travellings noisy d iv e r s io n s , unnecessary l a
bors &c have come to my knowledge on the la n d .
a decided improvement in this r e s p e c t.
There seems to be
Many of the church members
have been v ig il a n t & f a i t h f u l in watching & w arning, & thus much
open v io la t io n o f that sacred day has been prevented.
I mean among
the n a t iv e s .
S t i l l the Sabbath has been openly desecrated by numbers in
three d is tin c t forms.
A number of boats owned by n a tiv e s & foreigners were em
ployed in taking o ffic e rs & seamen to & from whaleships for pay on
the Sabbath.
This was a mere mercenary business & e n tire ly unn eces
sary as a l l the ships were wel l supplied w ith boats of t h e ir own.
2d
ships
The employment of our people in p il o t boats, & in t a k in g -
out of the harbor on the Lo rd 's day.
3d
The shipment of our people in Sabbath profaning w h a le r s .
For a l l this wicked practices the precedents of H onolulu &
Lahaina practices were quoted,
as also the t a c it or avowed assent
of our head of p o lic e .
So soon as these fa c ts came to my knowledge " I contended w i t h
the ru le rs & the people" & took up a r i g i d & determined discipline
i n the church.
( !)
The f i r s t & second forms of the e v i l were at once
checked - a l l who had been g u ilty solemnly & p u b l i c l y
( ! ) pledging
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themselves to cease at once & forever from this
n otice to our police magistrate t h a t ,
in
1853
sin .
I also gave
case of a r e p e t it io n of
these transgressions of law I should enter a complaint before him .
Those who have gone to sea I cannot reach u n t i l t h e ir re tu r n ,
when those who are chh. members w i l l be dealt w ith according to
the rules of C h r i s t 's house.
I f my views & my practice are wrong on the points p resen ted,
I wish to be corrected - I f rig h t, to be sustained by a l l the moral
power of this m issio n .
I know not what measures are adopted at other parts of this
kingdom to suppress this growing s in , but sure I am that u nless
we are u n it e d , "prompt & determined in rebuking & exterm inating the
p ractices named they w il l spread lik e a mortal p estilen c e in our
churches, uprooting sound do ctrin e, b lig h tin g true p ie t y , p erv e rt
ing simple & so lid f a i t h & c a llin g down the wrath of heaven upon
pastors & people - upon the rulers & the n a tio n .
May we a l l awake to the subject before It is too l a t e .
T . Coan
Pastor
�D r . Wetmore’ s Report t o the Sandwich Islan d s M is sio n for
the year 1853 & 5 4 .
The year that Is past and gone has been to us a y ear of
mercy & goodness; - as a fam ily we re jo ic e that we may send up to
the annual meeting of our M is s io n a goodly re p o rt.
The Lord has
been w ith us - His hand has sustained us continually & we would
w ith g ratitu d e here p u b lic ly bear record of what he has done fo r
us. -
Our h ea lth has been on the whole bette r the past y ea r than
what i t was during the year la st repo rted;
- s t i l l I regret that
n ecessity compels me to say that M rs. Wetmore is y et f e e b l e ;
-
she i s s t i l l subject to those i l l turns w hich have so long kept
in
her from engaging inany d irect m issionary work; - at times we have
fea re d that she would never regain at the Islan d s her wonted h e a lt h
& strength; - hence we have serio usly thought of asking perm ission
eith er to spend a w inter upon the W estern fro n tier o f our n a tiv e
land or to turn our faces homeward; - the tedious voyage, the u n
avoidable expenses, as w e ll as the necessary a b s e n c e
( ! ) from our
f i e l d of labor consequent upon either course we greatly d ep rec ate ;
-
we would far prefer to labor on in our present sphere so long as
our services are re q u ired as A ssistan t M issio naries of the American
Board on the Home Missionary b a s i s . P r a c tic e .
—
My p ro fe ssio n al labors have been more arduous
the past year than d u rin g any previous year of m issionary l i f e .
-
H ilo & Puna have not been exempt from the awful scourge that was
commissioned by a High Authority to do a sa d , destructive work at
fa ir
these fairi s l a n d s ; - ere we could learn d e f i n i t e l y that there were cases
of small pox at H o no lulu, two cases developed themselves in the
D is t r i c t
of H i l o ;
- early measures were taken to prevent it s
spread, w hich, by the b le s sin g o f God,
proved more e f f e c t u a l than
the strength o f our f a it h could have w arranted. —
In H ilo D is t r i c t
�H ilo
1854 (Wetmore)
2.
there were 161 cases of. sm all pox, - of whom 6 8 recovered being
of the m odified type.
h alf
ered.
At the statio n we had only s ix c a s e s , -
of these d i e d — the other h a l f , w hich included m yself recov
In Puna the whole number of cases was 7 5 , - 38 of these sur
v iv e d being cases of V a r io l o id .
I n the summer season most o f my
time was occupied in vaccinating ( ! ) & re-vaccinating the p e o p le .
Soon a fter the small pox made i t s appearance in H ilo I d ecided
to make an e ffo r t to instru ct two young men,
h e a lin g a r t , hoping to q ualify them,
(H a w a i i a n s ,) i n the
( i f t h e ir services should be
n e e d e d ,) to labor among th eir s u ffe r in g fe llo w men during the p re
valence of the f a t a l epidemic; - through the Providence of God th e ir
services have not as yet been needed.
E n g lis h language,
They have been le a rn in g the
in w hich, considering the lim ited in s t r u c t io n they
have r e c e iv e d , they have made commendable p r o fic ie n c y ; both of them
have been through a f iv e y e a r s ’ course of study at Brother Lyman’ s
Boarding School.
They have been very serviceable i n compounding
m edicine & in putting up simple p re s c rip tio n s ; - in surgery they
even now render valuable assistanc e;
- in minor surgery I
leave them
to dress the wounds, w hich , I am happy to say they can do not uns k i l l f u l l y . - I have long fe lt i t to be very desirable that there be
more artisans
among the Hawaiians - true there are many carpenters
among them -, but where are there any who have learned other
trades? - There are but few - very few foreigners who have a d isp o
s i t io n & patience to te a c h a native a trad e, except so f a r as it
may subserve the interests
of the M aster;
- h e n ce , having used my
f a t h e r ’ s tools during vacations in my school-boy days, I have u n
dertaken to i n i t i a t e one of my students into the art of shoe-making;
- he progresses w e l l , & is hoping by d ilig e n c e in h is business to
r a is e enough money ere long to purchase a patch of Government land
fo r which he has already b argain ed.
�H ilo
1854 (Wetmore)
3.
Calls for practice i n the lin e of Surgery are in c r e a s in g ;
-
several tumors have "been removed the past year - the most important
operation was performed about a fo rtn ig h t ago at Eau; - I
there
su ccessfu lly removed a fibrous tumor from a native woman’ s cheek
about the size of a butternut - it r e q u ir e d an in c is io n two & three
fourths inches long; - in less than s i x days a fter the operation
the wound was n early h e a le d .
During the year I have made two p ro fe ssio n al tours to Kau &
one to South Kona; - these have m aterially dim inished the amount
that would have b e e n r e a l i z e d fo r Services & m ed icin es; - b u t ,
as
you are w ell aware, I came to do m issionary work, & of course you
w i l l not regret that the dollars & cents are less w hile the labors
of my c a llin g have thereby been in c rea se d . - The whole amount r e
ceived f o r services of medicines the past year is $ 5 9 8 . 7 9 ;
- of
t h is sum $ 4 1 .5 8 was p a id by n a t iv e s , w hich is $ 1 0 . more th an they
gave last y e a r . - The f i r s t amount is nearly double that w hich I
reported fo r 1852 & 3 .
I am,
Dear Brethren,
As e v e r,
a ffe c tio n a t e ly & tru ly y r s ,
H ilo Hawaii
)
)
May 2 - 1 8 5 4 )
To the Brethren of the
Sandwich I s l a n d s ’ M issio n ,
th is report is hereby
re sp e c tfu lly submitted
Chas H . Wetmore
�Report for H i l o , May 1st 1 8 5 4 .
I n presenting our 19th annual report to the Body, ’'W hich was
& is not & yet i s ” we have nothing s t r ik in g to r e l a t e .
The current
of events during the past year has flowed smoothly along r e f l e c t
ive
ing only ordinary O h je c ts & bearing only ordinary rip p le s on its
surface.
These remarks are true in g en era l, e sp e c ia lly as a p p lie d to
p h y sica l improvements, education, m orality & r e l i g i o n .
I n one r e
spect however, the y ear has been p e c u l ia r , not at H ilo m erely,
hut throughout the Is la n d s .
I allude to the ravages of th at f e a r f u l p e stile n ce w hich
d esolate d many houses, hushed the voices of many a h am let, f i l l e d
many a charnal ( ! ) h o use, sent consternation to many a h e a r t ,
shook it s dread scepter over a l l our dw ellings & threatened to
invade & consume the la n d .
This b a l e f u l A ngel v i s i t e d H ilo ,& Puna & soon removed more
than 150 of our people from the shores of tim e.
But a gracious
God shortened the days of wrath & perm itted not the dread messen
ger to destroy throughout a ll our coasts.
The disease was c o n fin e d
to three p rinciple points & in a few months i t was thoroughly
er ad ic a te d .
With t h is exception h e a lth & peace have been enjoyed
i n a l l our borders.
Temporal improvements are moving slowly on as in former y e a r s .
Steady progress has been made in the construction, of new roads &
bridges & in the improvement of old ones.
I n Puna some 70 miles
of good horse road have been completed during a few past y ears,
&
many of the streams o f H ilo have been b rid g ed .
As to learning & science I leave th is department to the Bu
reau to w hich it more appropriately belongs to r e p o r t , simply r e
�2
m arking, th at our Schools h a v e , fo r the most p a r t , gone on as
u s u a l , except the sad in te rru p tio n in our Boarding School caused
by the burning of the b u il d in g s , bo o k s, apparatus ( !) e t c .
And here let me sa y , i n p a s s in g , that it i s our d e s ir e & con
fid e n t expectation that the loss sustained by that school w i l l be
promptly & ch eerfully repaired so th at the worthy & long- tried
teachers - re-assured of the confidence, sympathy & e f f i c i e n t sup
port of the friends of learn in g & of the school may enter w ith
fr e s h hope on th is important work & go on th eir way r e j o i c i n g .
Census.
By the recent census i t appears that the total p o pu lation of
Hilo & Puna is 7793 -
O f these 6 6 5 are p a p is ts , 113 f o r e ig n e r s .
I n 1850 the population was 8034 - showing a decrease i n 3
years of 2 4 1 .
For 3 or 4 years past the apostles of Mormonism have made r e
peated excursions th ro u g h our f ie l d w ith designs to p r o s e ly t e ;
but
a l l t h e ir effo rts were s ig n a lly u nsu c cessfu l - not an i n d i v id u a l
follow ed them - u n t i l w ith in a few months p a s t .
L a te ly , however,
they have broken ground at 2 or 3 points in a d i s t a n t ( ! ) part of
H i l o , and a few vicio u s foreigners and a number of n a tiv e s of the
baser sort have been en tice d to fo llow the h e r e s ia r ch s .
But the
whole matter is y et of too recent a date & the f a c t s , numbers,
prospects e tc . are too in d e fin it e to warrant a formal re p o r t.
yet,
As
their numbers are sm all; but th e ir ignorance, impudence, as
surance & falseh o o d are g r e a t , & none but God can t e l l to what
lengths they may g o .
One power alone can r e s t r a in them.
My d a ily & weekly labors have been performed as i n other
y e a r s , & I have also been enabled to make my u su al number o f ex
tended tours v i z . three i n Hilo & three in Puna.
�H ilo
The ordinary labors
1854
3.
of these tours have been so o fte n described
in former reports that i t may seem superfluous to r e p e a t .
same may also be said of the common d u t ie s at the s t a t i o n .
The
S u f f ic e
i t tho to remark, that in a l l these labors there has b een no abate
ment.
At the Statio n & on my tours the congregations have b een f u l l
& in t e r e s te d , & there has been a pretty general attendance on the
external means of g race .
Our Sabbath Schools have called out n early a l l the c h ild r e n
& great numbers o f adults - The school at the statio n numbers some
400 or 5 0 0 .
Our P uali inu w a i , or temperance celebrations were attended
w it h u n fa lte r in g in te rest a l l over the f i e l d , & we trust t h e ir
s o c ia l & moral in flu e n c e is happy.
Our Annual Convention of teachers & church lunas was attended
by 200 d e le g a te s .
The sessions continued for two days w it h w akeful
interest.
Ho special & g en era l interest on the subject of r e l i g i o n has
p re v a ile d throughout the f i e l d , but many Christians have been ac
tiv e & e f f i c i e n t .
The S p ir it has operated in some h earts & some
h a v e , as we t r u s t , been born o f God.
No extensive d e fectio n has p re v a iled in the church.
About
an ordinary number of cases of discipline ( ! ) have
occurred.
176 have been added to our num
ber by p r o fe s s io n , while a s t i l l greater number have been removed
by death .
The number of vessels which have v is it e d our port during the
past year i s 1 1 5 , but in consequence of the absence of A lcoholic
liquors we have w itnessed l i t t l e disturbance from s a i l o r s .
The
�4.
only exception to this was the case of a G a llic f i r e sh ip w hich
poured out a few v ia l s of wrath upon the sea & scorched many of
the s a i l o r s .
Our Contributions for the cause of Ch rist during the year
under review have been as fo llo w s , v i z .
P a sto r’ s Salary
- - - H ilo Boarding Sehool
- - - H ilo Meeting house
-- ---Haw aiian Missionary Society
- A . B . C . F . M.
------Am. Peace Society
- - - - - Am. Tract Society
- Am. B ible
"
- Am. & F o r. C h ristia n Union - Am. & F o r. Anti Slavery
- Am. Seaman’ s Friend
- - - -
1 0 0 0 .0 0
2 0 0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
4 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0
Besides the foregoing the people have contributed i n ca sh ,
m aterials & labor on meeting houses not less than 1 0 0 0 d o l l a r s .
They also b u ilt two commodious houses for a h o s p ita l during the
prevalence of the small pox among u s .
Considerable a ssista n c e
has also been rendered to the poor, the decrepit & the f r i e n d l e s s ,
i n re p a irin g h o u ses, c u ltiv a tin g vegetables & in donations of food
c lo th in g & money.
I n the amount of free contributions there has
been a happy advance on the p r e c e d i n g
( ! ) and on a l l former years
We trust also that an intelligence & cheerfulness in g iv in g
has increased.
S ta tis tic s
Total received on Examination
"
"
"
by le tte r
Past y ear on Exam ination
”
” by le tte r
Total dism issed by le tte r
Dism issed past year
” ”
Whole number deceased
Deceased the past year
Excluded the past year
Whole number remaining Excluded
Now in regular standing
Total of children b a p tize d
of Church & c .
_
_
-
-
—
-
1 0 ,7 9 0
514
176
10
718
32
4727
342
65
350
5509
3624
�H ilo
1854
5.
105
597
44
98
B ap tized the past year
B a p tize d children deceased
Deceased the p a s t year
M arriages the past year
I n Conclusion., though we have many things to lament & many
fo r w hich to he penitent & humble b efo re God, s t i l l we are c a lle d
upon to thank the Lord & take courage fo r the m u ltip lie d mercies
o f the past y e a r .
than our deserts
As a chh. & people we have been chastened less
( I) w hilst our cup has been f i l l e d w it h b l e s s i n g s .
To God be a l l the glory through C h r is t .
Titus Coan
Pastor of the Chh. at Hilo
Haw aii
[On b a c k :]
T . Coan’ s
Report .
�P astoral Report
of H ilo f o r the year ending A p ril 3 0 , 1 8 5 5 .
Twenty years have ro lle d away since our eyes f i r s t h a i l e d the
heavy h i l l s of H a w a ii.
During this period changes have come over u s .
Then our morn
in g sun was ascending in strength & glowing in prom ise.
Today
( !)
he is d e c lin in g behind the western h i l l s & giving tokens of the
approaching shades which terminate our earthly p ilg rim ag e.
On our part these 20 years have been marked by u n f a i t h f u l n e s s ,
ing ra titu d e & tran sgressio n -
On our Redeemer’ s part by p a t ie n c e ,
loving kindness & tender mercies raim ent,
L i f e , h e a l t h , re aso n ,
fo o d,
sh elter, p ro tec tio n , dom estic, s o c ia l , c i v i l & r e lig io u s
b les sin g s have been bestowed upon us f r e e l y , & goodness & mercy &
love have followed us thus f a r .
And why shd we not p raise the Lord
fo r all?
Changes have a lso come over our p eo p le .
Hawaiians were 20 years ago.
H ilo
Hawaiians
are not what
is not as Hilo was in 1 8 3 5 .
True
our mountains r is e in sublime grandeur as in days of yore - An d, as
i n ancient days their heads are wreathed in fle e c y clouds & pow
dered w ith the pure dust of heaven True, the awful thunder r o lls along our h i l l s & crashes i n our
v a l l i e s as in former y e a r s .
True, our volcanoes o ccasio n a lly
disgorge th eir burning f l o o d s , and subterranean b a tte r ie s discharge
frames
t h e ir s t a r tlin g e le c t r ic it y along the mural w alls
( ! ) & iro n
frame
nerves
( ! ) of our mundane abode.
True the clouds & the winds of heaven career above & around
u s , and the ocean s t i l l roars and breaks in snowy foam along our
rock ribbed co a st.
Our r i l l s & riv e r lets also murmur & sparkle & dash along th e ir
�H ilo
1855
2.
rocky beds as i n other days w h ile our laughing landscape s t i l l
shines i n a l l it s primeval beauty - a kaleidoscopic picture of the
hues & forms of n ature i n her lo v e lie s t ro b e s.
H i l o , n e v e r t h e le s s ,
has changed.
I.
P h y s ic a lly .
Once we had no roads but the w il d m an's t r a i l -
Now we have a hundred miles in H ilo & Puna over which men trav el
comfortably on horseback.
Once no b rid g es spanned our ra g in g
streams, now we have a d o z . & more in prospect.
Twenty years ago we had but one framed house i n H i l o , now we
some
h a v e /4 0 or 5 0 .
Verandahs were a comfort then unknown to our peo
p l e , now no one b u ild s without this appendage -
Our v il l a g e was
then w ithout form, a w ilderness of w eeds, w ild grass & b u s h e s ; now
i t begins to show th e outlines of order & improvement in s t r e e t s ,
sid e w a lk s - fe n c e s , gardens, & cu ltiv a te d tr e e s .
Then h o r s e s ,
h o m e d c a ttle , goats &c had hardly b een introduced among our p eople;
now they are counted by hundreds or by thousands.
A d o lla r then was
as rare as a diamond ( probably I d i d not see ten d o lla rs i n specie
i n the hands of n a tiv es during my f i r s t 5 years residence at H i l o )
now, gold & s ilv e r circu la te lik e the a ir & the w ater.
Then the
m alo, the pau & the N ih e i told the wardrobe of male & female - a
fu ll
suit of European fa b r ic being rarely or never seen i n a congre
gation of 5000 - Now a l l ,
or n early a l l ,
are com fortable, d e c e n tly ,
& many ric h ly clad in the manufactures of a l l c i v i l i z e d nations Once the calabash, the stone p e s t le , the pai-board & a few mats
were a l l the furniture the native hut affo rd ed -
Now the neat
dw elling presents it s c h a ir s , ta b le s, s o f a s , d esk, its $4 0 bed
stead, i t s hangings,
its culinary & table fu rn iture & a hundred
other l i t t l e comforts unknown to a former g eneration.
Once our vegetables & f r u i t s were confined to some 5 or 6
�H ilo
v a r i e t i e s , now they are numbered by scores.
1855
3.
Once we produced no
sugar or coffee & but l i t t l e arrowroot; now we ship o f f hundreds
of tons annually.
Then some 5 or 10 stra g g lin g w h a le rs , or other
vessels explored our unknown harbor, annually 200
Now from one to
s a i l v i s i t us during the same period Once not a s in g le merchant vended his wares in H i l o , Now we
have h a l f a score of lic e n s ed ( ! ) r e t a ile r s besides uncounted
hawkers on the w in g , crying th eir wares over h i l l & dale through
a l l the land Once we had no c r a f t s m a n among u s ; now our artisan s are p ly
ing t h e ir trades on every hand Once we had scarce a fo re ig n re sid e n t except the m issionary How we have between 100 & 20 0 fu n c tio n a r ie s ; now our place is
is
Then we had no public fo r e ig n
the seat o f ju stice for H a w a ii &
the proper residence of the governor & s u i t , o f an American
Consul, a Circuit & Police judge, a S h e r i f f , D is t r ic t Attorney & c .
Once we had no fo r e ig n Ladies except the wives of the M is s io n
a r i e s ; now we are constantly cheered by the presence of numbers
e ith e r of permanent or of temporary r e s id e n t s .
Once Hilo was considered as on the utmost confines o f s o c ia l
life,
& our dearest friends shed tears of p ity & condolence fo r our
e x ile d & sad c o n d itio n ; now the world has come nearer to us & we
are congratulated because
” The lin e s have f a l l e n to us i n p l e a
-
sant ( ! ) p l a c e s .”
Notwithstanding these facts we have men s u f f i c ie n t l y bronzed (? )
to assert th at H ilo has made no progress -
That the M ission here is
a f a i l u r e ; that the people have fewer comforts than in ancient times that they are more & more indolent & that there is f a r less work done
than when the m ission was f i r s t e s ta b lish e d h ere.
�4.
To such, audacious assertions it were v ain to re p ly except
to a s k , whence th is increase o f w ealth a 1 0 0 or a 1 0 0 0 f o l d except
by the effo rts & t o ils of the people?
N
ot to dw ell longer on this point we pass on to a second
p rop o sitio n v i z .
II.
Hilo has changed in t e lle c t u a lly during our sojourn t h e re .
The people know more of "good & E v i l "
than they once d i d .
There is a hundred f o ld more of mind & of knowledge among them.
And i n this proposition we do not confine ourselves to t h e ir know
ledge of re ad in g , w r i t in g , arithm etic & other branches taught in
our sc h o o ls, for though there may have been advance in these spe
c i f i c studies yet it is not in these c h ie fly that change app ears.
Their sphere o f general knowledge has greatly enlarged - They know
more of the world - its geography, h is t o r y ,
laws ( ? ) , maxims, cu s
toms, d is t in c t io n s , p re ju d ic e s, manners, a r t s , a vo c atio n s, d iv e r
s i o n s , v ir t u e s , vices & gen eral c h a r a c t e r is t ic s .
They know more
of the r e la t iv e numbers, knowledge, w ealth , in flu e n c e , power &
prowess of the nations of the ea rth .
From year to y e a r the great panorama of humanity has been
passing befo re them in a l l its kaleidoscopic changes of hue & form
while th eir mental v i s i o n has been quickened, their f i e l d of ob
serv atio n widened & th eir in t e l l e c t u a l horizon extended.
Many a
H a w a iia n 's l i t t l e fin g e r now has more knowledge of the w o r ld , its
fa cts,
its business
e tc . than h is whole body had 2 0 years ago.
W ith but two eyes we had thought, t h a t , at l e a s t ,
some o f the
" prim itive id e a s " of these developments might be traced to Haw aiian
scho o lin g , but we stand corrected by the gentlemen of a hundred
Eyes whose v is io n must be more extended, clear & pen etratin g than
our own.
At Hilo we had thought that our common, Select & Board
�Hilo
1855
5.
ing Schools, - all ’’Hawaiian Schooling” - had developed & dis
ciplined ( !) mind, enlarged the circle of useful knowledge & enstamped
traces of improvement on the past & for the future. We had flat
tered ourselves that our labors in this department had been
an entire failure -
That Some, at least, of the many pupils who
have been trained with so much care, expense & toil, had become
respectable & useful members of the community.
How then do we
stand confounded when the keen-sighted & the wise assert that, "
” There is not a Step on record in our national development & well
being of which the primitive idea, or the matured conception can
be traced to Hawaiian Schooling" ! (See "New Era” Ap. 12, 1855)
One consolation remains to us - viz. Assertion is not proof,
III Moral Changes have also been effected at Hilo.
And these have been for the better & for the worse.
Moral
character is much more distinct & positive and moral sentiments
more intelligent than in other days.
All know the right, and many
seem to choose it for its own sake.
Such are intelligent, stable,
active & growing Christians.
Of these we have scores & hundreds
who strengthen us by their prayers & cheer us by their steadfast
faith & ready cooperation.
They grow in wisdom - they grow in
grace; their minds & their hearts being enlarged by the truth &
the love of God.
All know the right but many choose the wrong.
And they
choose it intelligently & heartily - Skill in violating law & in
evading its penalty is constantly increasing.
Many can do wicked
acts now of which they were once wholly ignorant.
And these have
all been taught in English or European Schools, by teachers who
have been active & vigilant ( !) in their -work -
And many have
made rapid progress in this kind of education so that they will
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1855
6.
now nearly rival their white teachers in the arts of seduction,
guile, fraud, intemperance, profanity, Sabbath-breaking & infidel
ity.
And thus it has always been in our lost world -
While the
gospel, with its attendant enlightening, energizing, elevating &
purifying influences becomes a savor of life to one class it bec
o
m
e
s
a
v
o
r
f
l
i
e
t
o
n
c
l
a
s
i
t
b
e
( !)
comes also a savor of death, to another. It is strictly true then
of Hilo that w e have more of good & more of evil than we had 20
years ago.
The 10000 Sermons & lectures, & the unnumbered other
teachings which have been scattered broadcast, like seed, over
the field during the last 20 years, not forgetting the many &
faithful labors of preceding
( !)
years, have not been in vain.
God's hand never returns void - but its object, for weal or for
woe, is surely accomplished.
But to be more particular we will speak,
IV
Of some of our labors etc during the past year.
Tours.
These have been, as in former years six in number
viz- 3 in Puna & 3 in Hilo.
The detail of these labors, such as
preaching, church discipline ( !),
examining & receiving candidates,
baptism of infants, calling chh. roll, taking collections, & a
thousand nameless duties, would be too tedious for a report like
this.
Station Labors.
At the Station the pastor usually preaches 2 Sermons in native
& one in English on the Sabbath, besides attending a large Sabbath
School, & a meeting for inquirers, consultation, church discipline
( !) & prayer The public weekly labors are two regular lectures besides many
occasional & special ones.
After all, the detailed & daily labors of the Pastor for his
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1855
people form the greatest & heaviest part of his work.
7.
These
come upon him at all times, in great numbers & variety and with
little interruption or relief.
Mrs. C. has "been a faithful co-
worker in the cause - She holds a weekly meeting for females, &
in a thousand ways lends a hand to the work of the Lord -
Her
patience & self-denial in looking after the household affairs during
the many & long absences of the pastor, & the constant cheerful
ness in which she engages in domestic & missionary duties for his
comfort & aid can only be appreciated by those who know them.
Without this kind & necessary cooperation the efficiency of the
Missionary must be lessened two thirds.
Our worthy Associates also are not only active in their re
spective departments, but ready to lend a helping hand to the
pastor in times of need - conducting meetings in his absence &
in other ways contributing to the furtherance of his work -
Dr.
Wetmore conducts a flourishing Bible Glass for Hawaiian youths,
male & female.
Mr. Stevens & Mr. Austin also teach a sabbath school for for
eign & half-cast children &, with Capt. Worth they unite with us
in our weekly prayer meetings, assisting also in the Bethel Services
when the pastor is absent.
Our English Bethel is pretty well attended, both in shipping
seasons & during their absence.
We now have quite a little foreign
community at Hilo as fair a proportion of whom attend public worship
as i n most communities.
V
State of Morals & religion.
Most of the members of the church who have been steadfast in
former years have remained so to the present time - Quiet, order,
& external morality have been generally prevalent through all the
�8
former part of the year, & up to the present time there has been
little open vice in Puna & the outposts of Hilo.
Just around our
bay, however, there has, of late, been considerable disturbance
from drinking sour potatoes, beer
&c.
The evil
has been confined chiefly to one small section where potatoes are
grown & to a set of native sailors & others who are trained to
mischief.
The practice broke out about the time of the King's
death, and the present laws for suppressing it seem inadequate.
But our great danger lies in the want of vital, spiritual
energy in the church.
Many seem in a degree, awake, and our reli
gious services are well attended - Still, there is not, vitality,
faith, power enough in the church.
We all know that there is but
one remedy "when the enemy comes in like a flood”, & yet we are
slow to feel our wants & to plead that "the Spirit of the Lord will
lift up his standard” for our help.
Swarms of Mormon priests, from 2 to 12 in a company, have
traversed all parts of Hilo & Puna almost constantly during the
year.
On one occasion they made a few converts in Puna, but ere
long all left them so that now the poor proselyters have not a
single friend in that district.
been more successful.
At a few points in Hilo they have
Numbers "of the baser sort” follow their
foolishly devised fables— how many I do not exactly know.
their
cause
vacillates
(! ) ominously ( !) in Hilo - They gain & lose
proselytes ( !) alternately & their building in [is]
sand.
But
on quick
They are a fan in the hand of the Great purifier and a "Sieve
of vanity" shaken by the Almighty.
As to the papists they seem at a dead stand -
They have not,
I think, a single school in all Hilo & Puna - Their houses of
worship are going to decay - timber collected for a Cathedral at
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1855
9.
Hilo is rotting on the ground - their meetings are almost deserted
& I hear of no new converts made to their faith.
Still the devil
is not dead, and our warfare with his legions is not ended.
In some parts of our field, especially in Puna there has heen
a wakeful spirit through the year.
In several sections there has
not been a single case of church discipline ( !) during the period
under review, while a goodly number have been added to the church.
The whole number received on profession during the year is 95.
VI.
Christian & benevolent Enterprise.
During the past winter the great winds prostrated numbers of
our meeting & school houses.
Several of these are being rebuilt
in a more substantial form, marking a decided improvement.
Numbers of private dwellings have also been built for the
poor & unfortunate by the voluntary & unprompted efforts of the
church.
Taro patches have, in some instances been cultivated in the
same way.
The total amount of cash contributed, including the pastor's
salary & collections for meeting houses, is about $3000.00
This,
aside from the above specifications, has been appropriated & dis
bursed to various objects of benevolence in other lands & at the
Islands.
We do not feel that we have done what we ought but we bless
the Lord for enabling & inclining us to do so much.
We have no chiefs, & no rich natives at Hilo, & the church,
though nominally large is widely scattered & poor, most of the
members living from 15 to 75 miles from market (?), & with poor
roads & no means of conveyance except the ancient mamaka or shoul
der pole -
About 1000 of our chh. are always absent in other
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districts & on other islands - Some 2000 are old, sick, children
& poor people who can do little or nothing, & many of whom need
constant help from their friends, & another 1000 at least may be
put down as drones, unmoved by any motives to the discharge of
Christian & beneficent duties.
So that, after all we have only
about 1000 efficient & reliable Christians as our working force
in active Christian enterprise.
VII Ships, Seamen &c
About 108 sail of vessels have visited our port during the
year & much time has been spent with Masters, Officers & Sailors.
A bundle of tracts, papers & small books has been distributed to
every ship & a large number of Bibles, Testaments & other religious
books have been given to individuals.
We have also preached the
word to seamen, in season & out of season, in the Bethel, in our
own dwellings, in the market, on the bridge, by the wayside, on
the beech (!) & in the eating house, the beer shop & the bowling
alley —
Many interesting scenes have occurred in this department
wh. cannot be here detailed -
Bread has been east upon the water
with the sure promise of Him who Is faithful & true.
VIII
Statistics.
Whole number received to Chh. on Exam
- - "
"
"
by letter
Received the past year on exam
"
"
"
"
by letter
Whole number past year
"
"
dismissed to other churches
Dismissed the past year
Whole number deceased
Deceased the past year
Suspended the past year
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole number Excommunicated
Remain Excommunicated
Now in regular standing
Whole number of children bapd
Baptized the past year
Marriages the past year
T. Coan
Pastor.
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10,885
521
95
7
102
734
16
4 931
204
71
370
none
125
20
5 351
3 700
75
85
�Abstract of Mr. Coan's Report. [1855]
The many changes of the last 20 years.
I
Physical -
These have been many and marked.
Few things remain
as they were - Change & Progress are everywhere seen.
II Intellectual changes are apparent ( !).
Mind has developed ( !)
The mental horizon has been extended - the circle of knowledge wi
dened - Conceptions or good & evil are more distinct - & mind has
been gaining preponderance over matter.
III Moral changes are distinct.
than they once were.
Men are better & men are worse
The distinctions between good & evil, are
seen & men choose more intelligently & heartily - The good are
better & the wicked are worse.
(!)
The gospel has been a savor of
life & of death.
IV Labors of past year.
Much as in former years.
Touring, preaching, church dis
ci-
pline ( !), Preaching to seamen - conversations - Distribution of
books, tracts etc.
V
State of morals & religion.
Peace & tranquility have generally prevailed.
Meetings well
attended - Evidences of the Spirit in some parts - in other parts
too much stupidity.
VI Christian & benevolent Enterprise
Several, new meeting houses built & in building.
done for the poor, sick & unfortunate.
Something
About 3000 dollars contri
buted in cash for the various objects of Christian enterprise, in
cluding pastor’s salary VI I
Ships, seamen &c
More than one hundred vessels visited the port during the
year. English services kept up regularly on the Sabbath. Bibles,
books, tracts etc - distributed - Opportunities improved for conver
sation.
�(Hilo)
D r . Wetmore's Report for 1855
Again, Dear Brethren, I must send up instead of carry up to
you my annual report.
Would that I could meet you & confer with,
you from day to day as you assemble together, - but such, a privil
ege will not be mine this year.
A year ago we feared that on Mrs. Wetmore’s account we might
be obliged to visit a cooler clime; - the year has passed away &
we still remain at our station; - her health is poor, much as it
was when last reported; - at times we wish we were in our native
land, where, humanly speaking, a cold & bracing climate might re
invigorate her system, - but for the present Providence seems to
indicate it to be our duty to remain at our posts, - hence our plans
are all laid for staying.
Practice. —
The past year has been very unlike the one last
reported; - no "pestilence has been walking in darkness” - no
"destruction has been wasting at noon-day" - true - we have had
several rumors that the "noisome pestilence" had re-visited us, but
happily they have proved false alarms. —
The fell Archer has here & there aimed his fatal dart & sum
moned a few to the retributions of eternity; - others have been
visited with sickness & the blessing of God has given efficacy to
the means employed for their recovery. —
Encouragements and dis
couragements have as usual been realized in the line of my profes
sion; - some natives have applied with an "hookamani" (hypocritical]
spirit for medicine while they were under the treatment of native
doctors, while others have come & like men paid their bills;
others no doubt have turned away because charges are made; - one
old man came a few months ago & asked for medicine but was unwil
ling to bring any remuneration - he excused himself by saying he
�Wetmore
Hilo
1855
2.
was unable to do it, because a certain sum was "lilo" [transferred]
to his "kahuna pule",
priest] - more to the "luakini", [house of
[
worship] , &c.; - I remonstrated,. - telling him that what he gave
to such objects was not "lilo" if he did it with a proper spirit;
he disliked my reply & then objected to taking the medicine on any
condition; he has lately returned more pliable & his wife is fast
recovering. —
Several surgical operations have been performed dur
ing the year;- among them was one which caused me a good deal of
solicitude; it however proved less serious than I somewhat antici
pated.
The whole amount received the. past year for services & medi
cines is $690.91; about $91. of it- was from natives, which is more
than double the sum realized from them last year & more than quad
ruple that which I received from them four years ago;- is not this
encouraging?
Schools. -- An hour of my time a day has been devoted to teach
ing English in the Hilo Boarding School when my other labors would
admit of it, - which, by the way, has been more than half of the
school year. - I have also had a Bible Class under my tuition a
large part of the year; I think I may say it has been mutually
beneficial to all concerned; - one of our number is about to offer
himself to go forth as a Missionary of the Cross of Christ; - his
attendance has been punctual & constant, & his attention has been
apparently undivided.
I have also taught another class of four
or five in English almost daily the year round.
Kau will probably be reported from another quarter, - but as
I have just made a hasty visit there you will allow me to say a
few words respecting that station; - the Mission premises seemed
extremely d e s o l a t e to me - I greatly missed that dear Brother
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1855
whom I had so often met there & with whom I was wont to hold sweet
converse; - the house looked natural but the dear family was not
there to make it really natural, but the change was, to the absent
one whose clay lies upon the Western frontier of his native land,
a happy one, though it saddened the hearts of not a few; - I found
that he had a good many mourners among his ”little flock". - I
saw a good many things which, spoke loudly of his absence ( !), yet
on the whole, they were apparently doing as well as could be ex
pected. - I met the people on the Sabbath & dwelt upon Mr, Kinney's
labors among them & tried to show them wherein 'he being dead yet
speaketh”; - the congregation, (which was as large as I have been
accustomed to see there, except on extra occasions,) listened at
tentively to the discourse & a good degree of solemnity pervaded
the assembly. .
I am, Dear Brethren, as ever
most truly yours
Hilo Hawaii
May 5th, 1855.
Chas. H . Wetmore
�[1855]
Abstract of Report.
The health of Dr. Wetmore's family is nearly as it was when
last reported; - Mrs. Wetmore is feeble, but we desire to thank
God for past mercies & take courage.
Practice. -
No devastating epidemic has been among us the
past year; though false alarms respecting the "noisome pestilence"
have not been very unfrequent.
performed as in other years.
Medical & surgical labors have been
Encouragements & discouragements
have been realized in the line of my profession.
During the year $600.16 have been received for services &
medicines from foreigners, & $90.75 from natives, which is more than
double the amount obtained from this source any previous year.
Schools. - Dr. W. has taught English in the "Hilo Boarding
School" an hour a day for more than half of the term time.
An interesting Bible Class of fifty young Hawaiian men &
women has been taught on the Sabbath a large part of the year; one of the number, a promising young man, is a missionary candidate
for Micronesia.
Tour. - One hasty tour has been made to Kau.
A goodly number
of the people were found mourning the death of their pastor.
About the usual number was present at the meeting on the Sabbath; they listened with attention & solemnity.
[On back] :
Abstract of Dr.
Wetmore's Report
1855
�Pastoral Report of Hilo,
for the y ear ending Apr. 30 , 1856
Hilo is on the eastern slope of Hawaii.
hills & valleys".
It "drin keth water of the rain of heaven” -
God careth for it.
end of the year.
It is "a land of
His eyes are upon it from the beginning to the
He has dressed it in robes of perennial green -
He has watched over it amidst the convulsions of nature - The tem
pest - the flood - the earthquake - the fire have not destroyed it Famine, pestilence, & strife have not wasted it.
Under the smiles
of Heaven its fields& v a l l e y
s & hills sing & rejoice - Its bland
breezes dispel noxious vapors; its lovely landscape charms the
eye - its rills murmur melody while its snowy cascades thunder as
the "voice of many waters1'.
God has preserved Hilo & to Him be
praise forever.
The people of Hilo are sinners.
Man there "is vile" - more
so, it may be, than the inhabitants of the doomed cities of the
plain -
We deserve rebuke - We deserve "indignation & wrath" -
God threatened us terror over us -
He unsheathed a flaming sword -
He shook it in
For anxious months it seemed ready to fall upon
t
us.
He looked upon Hilo & it trembled -
He touched our hills &
they smoke ( !) - He came down & trode ( !) upon the high places of
our land & the mountains were molten under him -
The hills melted
like wax before the Lord & the rocks flowed down at his presence - A
fiery stream issued & went forth before him -
The breath of the
Lord like a stream of brimstone kindled in our thickets and con
sumed our forests -
He has turned our rivers into a wilderness -
& our water springs into dry ground.
To us it is no figure when
he says "I will make waste mountains & hill, and dry up all their
herbs; and I will make the river islands & dry up the pools.
As when Jehovah gave the law on Sinai "the mountain was alto-
�'
Hilo, 18 5 6
2.
gether on a smoke”, and as "the sight of the glory of the Lord
was like devouring fire on the top of the mount" so it has been
with us.
His drapery of smoke & sulphur ( !) has hung around our
horizon.
His pavilion of clouds & darkness has been spread upon
our mountains - His thunders have rolled along our hills -
His
lightnings have flashed in our land & for more than 9 months a
deluge of liquid fire has rolled down from the summit of Mauna Loa,
rending, melting & consuming all in its way until it had approached
within 5 or 6 miles of our town -
And here the fiat went forth,
"No further" and here the fiery waves were stayed the morning of the
This was on
th of Feb. since which time no progress has
been made by the lava towards Hilo.
The great mountain furnace,
remains, however, in full blast, and immense quantities of incan
descent minerals are being sent down to form hills, & cones &
ridges near the terminus of the stream.
Thus the Lord preserves
us, & to him we [give] our unmeasured praise.
The length of the
stream is supposed to be from 60 to 70 miles, its breadth varying
..from 1 to 5 miles & its depth very unequal - In some places it may
be 200 or 300 feet.
That this fiery flood should approach so near without coming
down upon us seems marvellous - While our danger appeared eminent, (!)
& while many were devising plans & making arrangements for removal,
others were earnest in prayer.
A day of fasting was also observed
both by natives & foreigners, & we ought to believe & do believe
that the Lord heard the prayers of his people, - and although there
is much sin at Hilo yet we do believe that the place contains more
than 10 righteous men.
may
However this may be we pray God that we
never be left to forget his mercies in sparing us, & in not
blotting from the book of nature so fair a landscape as Hilo.
�Hilo 1856
3.
The year at Hilo has been one of unusual health both among
natives & foreigners.
Temporal prosperity has attended our people & physical improve
ments have made steady & perceptible progress.
No mental developments have startled & astonished the world,
& yet there has been intellectual progress ~ "The march of mind"
seems slow; but we rejoice to feel that in this department there
is movement.
We shall, however, leave this subject to be eluci
dated by those whose more direct labors are teaching “the young
ideas how to shoot” My labors at the Station have been as usual - viz.
On the
Sabbath at 9 A.M. a Sabbath School of several hundreds of children
Adults.
At 10 1/2 preaching to the native congregation -
At 12 m. meeting for inquirers & chh. Session - At 11/2 P.M.
native sermon - & at 3 1/2 P.M. English Services in the Bethel.
Two regular with occasional lectures, funerals etc. make up
the public duties of the week -
The rest of the time is fully
occupied ( !) in distributing books, receiving the numerous calls,
listening to the many thoughts and attending to the varied wants
of uncounted numbers of natives, sailors etc., in visiting the sick,
in attending to pastoral & evangelical labors; in making little
excursions for preaching in the vicinity of the station; in read
ing & writing, & need of a
, in eating & sleeping.
Time
brings no relaxation of the daily toils & cares which come upon me
at my post of labor.
My extended tours have been, as usual, six, viz. three in
Puna & three in Hilo -
These have been divoted to all the varied
labors of the pastor, teacher, counsellor & evangelist ( !).
they are seasons of vital interest to the Christians & people
And
�Hilo 1856
scattered over the "broad fields of Hilo & Pima.
4.
We have, also,
held three special conventions of teachers and delegates during
the year, viz. one general one at the Station for all Hilo & Puna one local one in the centre of Hilo district & a similar one in
the heart of Puna.
These conventions were devoted to prayer, to
the free discussion of important topics & to consultations on sub
jects pertaining to the interests of Christ's Kingdom.
These dis-
cussions exert a stimulating & healthful influence on the minds &
hearts of the members in attendance, & through them, on the masses
of the people.
External morality among our people has been much as in former
years - Pew overt acts of transgression have come to our k n o w l e d g e
Most of the cases of conviction in our legal courts have been for
drinking potatoes & adultery - and such cases of conviction have
been mostly confined to a few localities, & they have not been
unusually numerous -
Great stillness & quiet have marked our
Sabbaths & peace & safety have reigned in our borders -
Much sin
has, doubtless been committed, but the gospel has driven it into
dark places so that it does not meet the public eye in all its
boldness & turpitude As for pure & undefiled religion, or spiritual and active
piety, we have far too little of it -
Our Sabbath congregations
are large and other meetings are well attended - There has been
also no little visiting of Christians from house to house with
exhortations & prayers - and in some parts of the field a wakeful
revival spirit has been manifested.
There have also-been enquirers
during the year & more than 80 have been received to the chh. on
profession of faith.
Still, there have been indications of spirit
ual apathy in many parts, & large numbers of the chh. have been
�Hilo
1856
5.
inclined to drowsiness & inefficiency in the work of the Lord.
Both pastor & people have needed the quickening power of God Mormonism seems to have rum its race with us -
We consider
it as good as dead in Hilo while it cannot "boast of a single
disciple in Puna -
Its doctrines & practices are in decidedly ill
odor among our people Popacy holds on with dogged tenacity of life; but we think
it does not hold its own -
Its priests are still - their labors
feeble - their disciples dead & their cause at discount -
We ap
prehend that they feel this, as we hear nothing of their former
confident boastings -
May the Lord consume their cause with the
breath of his mouth.
As usual, we have labored for Seamen & foreign residents as
time & strength have been granted us -
Our meetings for these
classes have been unusually well attended, & we have often been
cheered by evidences of the Spirit’s work on the hearts of some
who have heard the word bn the Sab. or with whom we have conversed
in private -
We have witnessed the earnest, anxious look, we have
seen the falling tear & heard the confession & the expressed resolution to serve the Lord Many Bibles, Testaments, hymns, tracts etc have been distri
buted among seamen -
Every ship has been supplied with religious
reading & in various languages -
Bread is thus cast upon the
waters with the assured hope of finding it again after many days.
Seamen have been remarkably accessible during the past season They have called in large numbers & in many cases have made spon
taneous offerings to the pastor -
No noisy riots have disturbed'
our peace during the shipping season.
But there is a dismal shade to the sailor’s life & while a
�Hilo
1856
6.
few may be reached by the living power of the gospel, the masses
are being driven onward by the minds & floods of passion to the
gulf of woe -
Nothing arrests - nothing checks them in their
swift progress to ruin In objects of Christian enterprise our people have done some
thing -
The whole amount of voluntary contributions for such ob
jects is more than $3000 - besides something extra for objects
of secular improvement The $3000 have been contributed in cash while a considerable
amount has been given in labor & other articles to various worthy
objects.
We have arrived at a new Era in our missionary life -
Two
of our dear children have embarked on the deep to visit the land
of their fathers.
It is our first trial of this kind & we bespeak
the prayer & the sympathies of those fathers & mothers in our
Israel whose experience in these matters has been greater & deeper
than ours.
We are all passing rapidly through the different
stages of our short earthly pilgrimage -
We toil & rest - We hope
& fear - We wrestle & figh t - We meet & part - and we are all look
ing forward to the day when our toils & fears, our wrestlings &
fightings shall be over, & when we shall meet to part no more We will then, as fellow travellers strive to help each other along
the pilgrim path, that our feet may stand together on the heaven
ly hills.
�Hilo
1856
7.
Statistics
Whole number received on examination
"
"
"
By letter
10,968
.
535
83
Received past year on Examination
"
"
"
14
by letter
Whole number dismissed to other churches
747
13
Dismissed the past year
Whole number deceased
5,117
186
Deceased the past year
Suspended the past year
45
375
Remain Suspended
[no figure]
Excommunicated past year
125
Whole number Excommunicated
17
Remain Excommunicated
Whole number in regular standing
5,247
Whole number of children baptized
3,791
Baptized the past year
91
Marriages the past year
83
T . Coan - Pastor.
|
�Pastoral Report
of Hilo
for the year ending Apr. 30, 1857
Twenty two years ago we first trod the
scenes of Hawaii.
soil & viewed the
Varied & interesting have been the dealings of
God with us & our people during that period -
We have seen years
of sorrow & toil & of joy & triumph.
During the past year, few events of a peculiar or striking
character have transpired.
Our labors have been much as in former
years and there is nothing new or strange in the results.
The year
has been one of general health throughout our field, and the mor
tality has b een less than in several past years deaths in the church amounted to 342.
In 1854 the
In 1855 to 204.
In 1856 to
186 and during the past year to 171.
Every succeeding year gives distinct evidence of progress in
human knowledge & in what are esteemed worldly interests -
It is a
fact, however much disputed, that more thought & more labor are
bestowed on the improvements & comforts of life, than in former
days.
There is an increased wakefulness & a doubled energy in
securing the opportunities of traffic ( !) & the advantages of industry.
External morality has, also, been the rule - outbreaking vice
the exception.
Our Sabbaths are quiet, our days & nights peaceful, our per
sons & property secure - our laws respected & feared - our houses
of worship well filled, and everywhere is witnessed the supremacy
of law and order & the triumph of truth & justice.
Though many love transgression, & though sin lurks in secret
places yet it is a consolation to know that the power of the Lord
holds the wicked in abeyance and clothes truth & righteousness with
�Hilo 1857
2.
Our Schools have been sustained throughout all Hilo & Puna
& nearly every child of legal age has been brought into them.
There
is some evidence that their general character is improving.
At outstations considerable has been done to improve houses of
worship & some new ones have been erected.
Perhaps $1000. in cash,
material and labor may have been expended in this way, and this work
is still going slowly forward.
We are, also, "making haste slowly" in collecting materials
and funds for a good and substantial church edifice at the station,
and we hope to commence building before the end of time.
We do not,
however, intend to precipitate the work, or commence building until
we feel able to finish lest all that behold us should begin to mock But through the grace of God, there will arise, in due time, a ternpie at Hilo for the worship of the Almighty, and all help cheerfull
y ( !) given to this object will be thankfully received.
Hitherto
we have begged of no one out of our own field, yet God has stirred
up the hearts of several to give spontaneously to this work & their
generous free will offerings will be thankfully acknowledged in the
proper time My 6 annual tours - 3 in Hilo & 3 in Puna - have all been
performed in their season & with happy results ~
By this careful
supervision of the outposts, in detail, the church has been kept
in peace, in unity & in a good degree of efficiency; while sin has
been checked in the bud, a number of backsliders reformed, and
sinners hopefully converted to God.
We have, also, held three conventions, consisting of about
200 delegates each, viz. one at the Station, one at our outpost in
Hilo & one in Puna.
These continued two or 3 days, & were devoted
to prayer, consultation & discussions, all tending to the further-
�Hilo 1857
3.
ence ( !) of the cause of Christ Of papacy & mormonism we have little to say - I think there
is not a single school under the control of either of these sects
in Hilo' & Puna, & the prospects of each are anything but flattering.
Still the priests hold on with wonderful tenacity, making every
shift to sustain, a sinking cause Our labors at the Station have been unremitted, the several
Sabbath services occupying ( !) the whole day with two regular weekly
lectures, besides funerals & other occasional services.
Most of the
time during the 6 week days has been occupied ( !) in attending to
the many pastoral & missionary duties incident to a Station like
Hilo so that the pastor has had little rest except during the hours
of sleep.
Most of the children & hundreds of the adults in Hilo & Puna assemble every Lord’s day in Sabbath School - The Station S.S. is
quite large & interesting.
attend it.
Several hundreds of children & parents
At the same hour Mr. Lyman meets his pupils in S.S. for
religious instruction - Dr. Wetmore also conducts a Bible class for
youths & Mr. Stevens a S.S. for the children of foreigners, so that
we have four well sustained schools at 9 A.M. on every Sab.
These schools are, we trust, by the grace of God doing much
for the youthful population of Hilo.
Mrs. C. has sustained a weekly
meeting for native females besides many & almost daily efforts for
the good of the people.
Seamen & foreign residents have not been left without care Every ship has been supplied with Bibles, Testaments, Books, papers,
tracts etc. as they have needed.
Of vessels of all classes about
100 sail have visited our port during the year.
Seamen have been
accessible & much time has been spent in personal labors for their
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spiritual good, and not without many encouraging tokens -
One
English service has heen sustained on the Sabbath during the year,
&i perhaps no foreign community can be found where a larger proportion attend public worship than at Hilo -
We are encouraged also
to hope, that, through the grace of God an improvement is going for
ward in the morals & manners of our foreign community and that some
have passed from death to life During the fall shipping season Bro. Taylor preached for me
7 or 8 Sabbaths much to the satisfaction of the foreigners, who
testified their obligations by making up a purse of $350.00 for his
services.
Since then they have taken incipient steps towards securing
the services of a permanent chaplain.
Doubtless we will all agree
in the feeling, that it is of great importance to regenerate, to
associate & to mould into Christian form the heterogeneous foreign
elements of society on these shores.
It is a toilsome work, but
under the influence of faith, patience & love it may be carried for
ward, & no time should be lost.
Ministers & Christians should meet
foreigners at every point, & by kind, earnest, discreet & patient
effort endeavor to save them, & to save them now from those baleful
influences, those demoralizing associations & debasing surroundings
which threaten, not only their temporal & eternal interests, but
also the social, civil & religious institutions of the nation.
In conclusion we will say, that while our physical & social
condition has been blessed, while our schools, congregations, contri
butions etc., have been sustained; while our labors have been un
interrupted, while the Spirit of truth & of power has not been
utterly withdrawn; while some backsliders have been reclaimed,
& more than one hundred professed converts gathered into the church,
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and while hundreds of our people are laborious, prayerful & stead
fast in the faith, still we would confess with grief, that we have
not acted up to our privileges, our resolutions & our vows; that we
have tempted God & limited the Holy One of Israel by worldly minded
ness & unbelief. That the pastor & chh. have not shined with that
light which should be reflected from those who have received such
favors from Heaven We will, nevertheless, praise the Lord for his mercy and trusting in his grace go forward in his work, laboring in hope that his
cause may yet triumph more & more until all hearts shall yield to
the claims of Jesus and the dominion shall be the Lord's.
Statistics.
Whole number received on Examination
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by letter
Received the past year on Examination
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by letter
Whole number received past year
Whole number dismissed to other chh.
Dismissed the past year
Whole number deceased
Deceased the past year
Excluded the past year
Remain excluded
How in regular standing
Whole number of children baptized
Baptized the past year
Marriages the past year '
Contributions to all objects
[On back page:]
[Also]:
Report of Hilo Church
for 1857.
Mr. Coan's Report
1857
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11073
563
105
28
133
761
14
5288
171
29
352
5235
3856
65
84
$ 3500
�[Chas. H. Wetmore, 1857, HiloJ
To The Hawaiian Evangelical Association,
Dear Brethren,
Sustaining, as I do, a connection with
your Association, you will, I suppose, expect a report from me
though it he but a brief one.
I am happy to say that health, that best of all earthly bless
ings, has been vouchsafed to us as a family during the past year to
an extent beyond that which we have enjoyed before for a long time;
we would therefore "praise the Lord for His goodness."
In regard to Medical Practice I can say that natives have
contributed more than they have done any previous year for medicine
and for our support; while at the same time I see a decided tendency
among them to go back to Hawaiian Doctors and to those practices,
which ought only to exist in heathen countires; - but, alas !
ery and jugglery find their votaries the world over.
quack
I might point
you to him, who, though intelligent and sane on every other subject,
is ready to swallow any nostrum which comes to him sufficiently
puffed with certificates for its healing virtues for all the ails
that human flesh is heir to, - or to him, who, believing in that
new doctrine, that "like cures like", takes his infinitesimal ( !)
dose and really imagines that it accomplishes wonders; is it any
more inconsistent for a person far more ignorant to kill a white
fowl or a black hog and imagine that by feasting on them disease will
in some strange manner take its departure? - And here, permit me to
tell you that Allopathy, (which is the ano [likeness] of our entire
Hawaiian practice,) has cured disease, relieved suffering, and
cheered not a few in this vicinity during the year now closing; One missionary brother will not soon forget the swift errand of
�Hilo, Wetmore, 1857
2.
mercy which, he summoned me to perform, and which to all human ap
pearance prolonged the life of his companion; - one native man
brought, unsolicited, his five dollars as a testimony of his grat
itude for having been rescued from a premature grave; another man
too will always remember with a good degree of gratitude the healing
of that leg, which he had well nigh lost while under the treatment
of Hawaiian practitioners; one woman came to me not long since with
her three-dollar free-will-offering, - and why? - because she felt
that she too had received more than an equivalent for it, viz. health
I might go one and weary you with descriptions of those who have been
greatly benefited by the healing art, and who have given tangible
proof of their gratitude, but I forbear. There has been no unusual amount of sickness about us during
the past year, & but comparatively few deaths.
Those diseases which
most abound are gradually reducing our population. Awa-drinking has increased rapidly since the law in relation to
it was altered; - our Governess is disposed to use her influence in
extending its use in order to increase her finances; if she would
merely confine it to those cases where it is absolutely needed as
a medicine, we would object less to the course which she has adopted.
From the natives I have received one hundred and eighty dollars
since the date of my last Report.
There has been a growing disposi
tion on their part to increase their donations from year to year,
and I notice that it has been advancing in nearly a two-fold ratio.
This, however, is not a fair criterion from which to judge of my
practice among them; - in the early period of my labors here, there
was but little money in circulation; as that medium became more
abundant they brought it in, in return for what they received;
�[Hilo, Wetmore, 1857J
3.
another reason is that up to the time when I came here they had
received their medicines gratuitously, & it has taken some time to
lead them to feel that our medicines are worth something. The Hilo Bible Glass under my charge and consisting of fifty
Hawaiian Young Men and women still meets from Sabbath to Sabbath to
study the Holy Scriptures.
There has been more regularity in atten
dance since the new year commenced than during the latter part of the
old year; - Would that I could say that there is an unusual amount
of seriousness among them, but, alas I I cannot. - One thing, how
ever, I can say which speaks well for them; it is this, - at my
suggestion they have entered on a plan of Systematic Beneficence; a contribution-box has been prepared for them, into which they drop
their monthly subscriptions to "hawai" their "Kahuna pule"; - they
have already raised in this way forty two dollars and fifty cents
for this good object and they appear to have done it cheerfully; a few of them give no more than they were accustomed to give annually
when reckoned at the same rate; - a few others, who had given nothing
are now found among those who delight in aiding the propagation of
the gospel in the home field; while a larger number of the class
have, by this arrangement, more than doubled their former subscrip
tions.
It has been very pleasing to see them come forward with
promptness & smiles, saying, as each deposited his or her little
sum, "Eia ka’ui
Eia ka’u !" — ["it is mine"(?)] —
When I first
proposed the plan, I feared that it would diminish their monthly
concert Collection, but thus far it has not affected it unless it
has been by way of increasing it. - I find that natives are more
ready to give little sums frequently than larger ones at more
lengthened intervals. -
�Hilo, Wetmore, 1857
4.
And now, Dear Brethren, my prayer is that the Lord will he with
you in all your deliberations . May Wisdom from above guide you in
all your meetings & bring you to such results as shall be for the
promotion of that best of all causes; & although I shall not be able
to meet with you in person, be assured, I shall be with you in
spirit, and my prayers will day by day ascend for you and for that
cause which you will strive to further by your daily gatherings.
Most respectfully submitted
to the Hawaiian Evangelical Association
by their unworthy brother in Christ.
Chas. H. Wetmore
Hilo, Hawaii H.I.
May 4th 1857.
[On back:]
Report of Dr. Wetmore
1857
�Hilo
1858
Wetmore
To the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association held at Honolulu
Dear Brethren,
In my report this year I have nothing of special
importance to communicate. —
Mercy and goodness have followed us
all the time of our sojourn at Hilo.
In the midst of dangers seen
and unseen, our lives have been preserved; in view of which, we
would call upon our souls to praise and "bless the God who has
thus cared for us and sustained us.
Foreigners and natives, landsmen and seamen, have been min
istered to in the line of my calling, as usual; many of them have
been benefited, while others, whom we would gladly have kept with
us longer, were called suddenly and unexpectedly away from time to
eternity.
My Hospital for Seamen has had about its usual number of in
mates; the average for the year ending with the last quarter was a
fraction less than six, and eleven patients was the largest number
in the Hospital at a time during said year. -
I purchased the
hospital buildings and premises last October and have since fitted
them up in in ( !) a comfortable manner.
When there have been sev
eral sick ones who were -unable to attend public worship on the
Sabbath I have occasionally spent an hour with them not unprofitably in religious exercises,
Brother Goan has looked with a com
mendable degree of faithfulness after their spiritual welfare - I
have been led to feel that some of them have at least been grateful
for the religious instruction which he has from time to time im
parted.
From the first of my residence at Hilo, I have felt very de
sirous that there might be hospital here for natives; - at one time
�Hilo
1858
Wetmore2
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2.
I indeed talked of urging the natives to build one; - I was however
early dissuaded from the undertaking; there seemed to be insuperable
obstacles in the way. —
The importance of such institutions is
now fairly before the public and I hope it will continue to be agi
tated until the wants of this entire group of Islands are supplied; I am more and more confident that they would be patronized by the
people, provided, that the terms of admission were brought within
their scanty means.
On looking over my account books I perceive
that I have received three hundred and fourteen dollars from natives
the past year, mostly for medical services and medicines, - which
is nearly double the amount received last year from the same source;
and the increase has, all along, been in about the same ratio.
Who
can say that this does not indicate an increasing demand for foreign medicine & foreign practice?
The Bible Class, which has been under my care for several years,
is still continued;
Mr. D. H. Hitchcock has been associated with me
in conducting it during most of the past year.
The members of the
class have contributed quite liberally for the support of their
Pastor and also for benevolent purposes.
Some of them have yielded
to temptation and contributed more bountifully for a less praise
worthy object.
Efforts have been made to obtain a Seamen's Chaplain for
Hilo; a deficiency of funds for his support both here and in the
States is all that will prevent our having one.
A few months
since, the Secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society wrote
me that they should "keep the subject before their Board till times
are better, their treasury in a little better state, & the right man
is presented.
I have devoted much time the past year to raising Pastor's
�Hilo
1858
Wetmore
3.
salary and obtaining materials and money "to build a House for the
name of the Lord and a House for His kingdom".
It's a great and
a good work and we long to see it completed and dedicated to Him,
who alone is to be worshipped in it; - but before this can be ac
complished we shall need at least four thousand dollars more than we
have yet collected.
We trust., that He, who has a right to control
the silver & the gold, will provide for Its completion.
I am,
Dear Brethren
Very Respectfully
Your obt. Serv't
Chas. H. Wetmore M.D.
Hilo, Hawaii, H.I.
May 14th in 1858
�Report
Of Hilo Churoh etc. for the
year ending April 30th 1858.
A peaceful year.
attended & crowned it.
A year of grace.
Goodness & mercy have
No sickness & no revulsive events have
interrupted our labors - In health, in quietness & in hope our
months have rolled on while we pursued the even tenor of our way.
Never, perhaps, have -we passed a year of less disturbance in
our work or more harmony among our people.
Every year, as it evolves facts, so it develops ( !) character
among this people.
That some should prove themselves ignorant of
the truth that sanctifies, & of the love that saves is no strange
thing.
That others should hold on in the way of righteousness -
grow stronger, wiser, better - give more evidence of a new creation
within, & of an ordaination ( !) unto eternal life, is also, no
matter of morvel.
The history, the power, the promises of the
gospel all inspire hope, expectation —
assurance of such a result.
Labor in the Lord is not labor in vain.
is sure - To believe is to receive.
To the obedient the promise
To sow according to the command
is to reap according to the promise - Obedient seed sowing brings
joyful harvesting.
Do we not find it so?
& Master faithful?
Do we not find every promise of G o d in Him
yea & amen?
the promises?
Do we not find our Lord
Do we not find that by faith & patience we inherit
That to work in faith, or to trust in the Lord
and do good - we are preserved & fed in the land, with the inspiring
hope that we shall, ere long, reach a better country with the
spiritual children God has given us through that gracious covenant
�Hilo 1858 Goan
made and made eternally sure in Christ?
2.
The experience & observa
tion of every passing year, though attended with many things painful
in the history of our Time (?), do nevertheless confirm our faith
in the true conversion and the progressive elevation & sancti
fication of a great multitude of our people.
Like the righteous,
they hold on their way and like him that hath clean hands they wax
stronger.
We are not disappointed or discouraged at the backsliding,
the unbelief & the apostasy of some.
pected.
This was to have been ex
Forewarned by Christ and the Apostles & by the whole his-
tory of the church we anticipated such a result, sad & direful as
it may be, in many cases.
death.
To some we are a saver of death unto
All this but confirms our faith, as it proves by fulfilment
& by contrast the truth & the power of the gospel.
Planting our
feet therefore upon the Rock of truth we will enquire What if some
did not believe?
out effect?
Shall their unbelief make the faith of God with
God forbid.
It is in Jehovah’s plan to develop ( !)
good amidst evil - to purify virtue in conflict with sin - to prove
it & to brighten its luster by contrast with its opposite - to
throw chaff & wheat, cockle & barley, dross & pure metal, gold &
stubble, saints & sinners together for a season.
Amidst our daily & constant succession of duties we have found
no time to notice & to sketch the passing panorama of events and
our general and common place report will be too dry to interest
or profit.
But as it is made our duty to say something we will pause to
state first, that although Hilo & Puna have been visited with
no special disease, & though great health has prevailed among our
�Hilo 1858 Goan
3.
people yet,
The Bill (?) of Mortality,
has been unusually great.
No less than 287 members of our church
have died during the past year, besides many children & adults not
in the church.
This bill is greatly swelled by the sudden & mys
terious disappearance of that ill-fated vessel the Kamamalu - This
event transpired In March 1857, probably in the channel between
Maui & Hawaii.
That vessel coffined 58 members of the Hilo church
besides numbers of children & others not on our chh. list.
While
the event remained dubious, hope, fear & painful doubt held sway
among hundreds of our people; but when time brought no relief the
requiem commenced & the solemn death dirge rolled over all our field,
for there was hardly a hamlet in Hilo or Puna which had not furnished
its victim to this sacrifice.
By a Providence both mysterious and gracious some of the
mission families were saved from the heart wasting pangs of that
disaster.
Mr. & Mrs. Austin with our daughter Sarah in charge, had
determined to take passage in that vessel from Honolulu to Hilo on
her fatal trip.
All arrangements were made to that effect, when
some apparently trivial circumstance changed their minds & they
embarked in another vessel for Kawaihai ( !) where they arrived in
safety & from whence they proceeded overland to Hilo.
Addition to the church.
While death has thus thrust in his sickle & gathered a multi
tude of our people, the Lord has graciously, as we trust, added
some new-born souls to our number.
Eighty one have united with this church by profession, and
some others are candidates for admission.
�Hilo
1858
Coan
The State of Religion among us - or the spiritual state of
our people - is not what it ought to be.
But this is a very trite
and common remark - And, often, I apprehend, it affects the semblance
of sincerity & humility, while it is only an apology for the lack
of faith and fidelity, & a soothing unction to a conscience ill at
east.
I suppose we are as spiritual as we wish to be, all things
considered - or, to use the terse Saxon of the immortal Edwards “The will is as the greatest apparent good is" .
I have said that the church & people have been quiet & peace
ful, & I will also say, that there have been evidences of the
Spirit's work in some places & in some hearts.
Had the pastor
and a goodly number of the church been sufficiently awake to spir
itual things - had the powers of the world to come exerted a due
influence over our hearts & lives we should have been able to report
more distinctly and joyfully the conversion of sinners & the grow
ing graces of the saints.
As it is, God has dealt graciously,
granting us more than we have properly asked of Him.
Of our
Schools - I shall make but a passing remark.
Our Common Schools number about 30.
Some of them are conducted
efficiently, by competent teachers & others are more languid.
As
a whole however, these schools rank much higher in knowledge & order
than 10 years ago.
In number of pupils they are greatly reduced,
while they are improved in efficiency.
At the Station we have a school of 60 pupils who are being
taught English by Mr. Watt.
Mr. Watt also teaches a school for the
children of our Chinese residents.
By the parents of his scholars
he is paid at the rate of about 700$ a year.
In Material Improvements we "make haste slowly" .
�Hilo
1858
Coan
5.
There is, however a perceptible progress from year to year.
Most of our people are busy from day to day & the means of
physical comfort increase.
Every year adds to the number & style
of decent & comfortable houses, to furniture equipage &c - Probably
our people handle 10 fold more money now than they did 10 years ago
& a 100 fold more than ( !) 20 years ago.
Other material comforts
multiply proportionately.
Pour large sugar plantations are in progress in Hilo.
These
call for many laborers and increase the resources of the district.
The article of pulu, or fern-down, has become very important
in Hilo & Puna.
Hundreds of tons are collected by the people - at
from 4 to 6 cts per pound - and sold to merchants for goods or
cash.
Most of this product is purchased by Harris & Swain, pressed
in bales & shipped to San Francisco where it is used in upholstery ( !).
Men women & children engage in collecting this article & you
will sometimes see most of the rural villages of Hilo & Puna de
serted for months while the people are in the jungle collecting
Pulu.
Like our more enterprising brethren of the U.S. we will say
a word on
Church Erection.
A new interest is awakened in our field on this subject.
At several
of the out Stations decided improvements have been made in houses
of worship - in other places such improvements are being projected
or are in progress.
Framed houses, with glazed windows, floors,
seats, doors, locks etc. are taking the places of the old native
style of building - and in some poor out-stations the people begin
to talk of zincd- roofs, towers, & bells.
All these will come in
time - Patient toil will bring on the results.
One small congre
�Hilo
1858
Goan
6.
gation have just voted to raise 1000 dollars in cash to improve their
meeting house.
A new church edifice has been commenced at the Sta
tion during the past year.
It is 50 by 75 feet - 20 feet high,
with a tower 16 feet square at base & rising 36 feet above the
ridge.
The house is now enclosed & painted & its external appearance
would not disgrace any city in Christendom.
shall correspond with the exterior.
& Richardson.
We intend the interior
The contract is with Williams
The work is neat, plain & substantial.
the. building will not be less than $12000.
The cost of
Of this we have collected
$8000. and we trust that the Lord, whose temple it is, & whose are
the silver & the gold, will help us to obtain the balance.
Our native females have resolved to raise $500 for a bell, and,
the Lord assisting, they will do it.
Mrs. Wetmore & the foreign Ladies have undertaken to raise
$200 for a pulpit, & this also, D.V. will be forth coming, for
Ladles rarely fall in business, though gentlemen often do.
In
time then, we hope to have a good, substantial & respectable house
of worship, where, we trust the Lord will meet his people from age
to age.
This alone can crown the Lord’s house with glory.
With
out this vital consummation all our efforts would be lost & we
should look with longing recollection to the old rough Sanctuary
where we have so often seen the power & glory of our Redeemer.
Tours.
You are aware that my parish stretches ( !) more than a hundred
miles along the eastern & South-eastern shores of Hawaii.
To the
south my flock is scattered over a region of more than 70 miles
of dry lava with verdure sprinkled here & there, but without a
single running stream and only an occasional pool of permanent
�Hilo
water.
1858
Coan
7.
For 30 miles to the north a most enchanting landscape
is clothed in eternal green, & broken by numerous ravines and echo
ing with the voice of many waters.
This whole field has been visited
3 times since June 1857 - making 6 long tours in all.
My last
tour in Puna is memorable from the fact that I was able to ride
the whole circuit of 130 miles, a good road having been just fin
ished up a precipice of some 2000 feet on an angle of about 30
degrees.
This, with a field of 15 miles of lava was formerly im
passable on horse back; but by the energy & diligence of our road
supervisor a comfortable road has been made & for the first time
after 23 years of severe travelling I had the luxury to keep my
saddle through the whole rout ( !).
Travelling in Hilo is still severe & often dangerous - Many
of the streams are not bridged & many bridges once erected are
broken down, and remain neglected by our road Supervisor.
On one
of my recent tours I had to resort to ropes for crossing the rivers
as in former years.
On the whole however, the contrast between the
present comforts & safety of travelling in Hilo & Puna & those of
my early missionary life, is great and encouraging.
In all my tours I have been cheered by the cordial feelings of
my people & by evidences that they appreciate the gospel.
Conventions.
It has, for many years, been our habit to hold an annual Con
vention at the Station.
This assembly is composed of all the School
ma&lbers of Hilo & Puna, of most of the School trustees & of dele
gates from all the congregations in the field.
on the roll is about 200.
our gen. Meeting.
The usual number
At this meeting reports are read as in
A list of Overtures is prepared, & subjects
bearing on general or special improvements in civilization & religion
�Hilo
1858
Coan
8
are freely discussed, and often with great interest & evident profit.
Besides this general convention two special ones are held dur
ing the year, viz. one at an out station in Hilo & another in the
centre of Puna.
The Sessions of these conventions continue one,
two, 3, or 4 days, as the case may he.
They are not limited
to
day.
The old & the new Man of Sin:
It seems to he a stereotyped idea, that we must discharge a
battery at Rome & Salt Lake City.
Through the grace of God itwould record with thankfulness,
that the struggle against these forms of sin has been blessed
among my people.
Most of the inhabitants of Hilo & Puna look upon
these institutions with indifference, pity, or contempt.
There is
not a Mormon in Puna & but few are left in Hilo, and these few are
ashamed, shy & almost silent.
Their impudent swaggering & their
confident boasting have ceased, & I know of no aggressive movements
on their part.
Their meetings are neglected, their altars overthrown,
their Synagogues nearly all prostrated, their converts either remain
secluded or attend our meetings, they wander for lack of bread, &
their boasted Zion sits in Sackcloth.
Nearly the same is true of the papists.
Their priests who
were once busy bold officious, boastful & arrogant are now retired
& silent.
They are rarely seen in our streets & I have not spoken
on e of them during the past year.
I think they have not a single
school in all Hilo & Puna - Once they had ten.
We pray God to
consume this error by the breath of his mouth & destroy it by the
brightness of his coming.
Let all the professed disciples of Christ
on these Islands be filled with love, & faith & holy boldness in
the work of the Lord & Popery & Mormon delusion would vanish as
�Hilo
1858
Coan
9.
the shades “before the rising sun & the wicked would he silent in
the grave.
Station Labors.
These are varied, monotonous - regular, irregular - elaborated,
extempore, planned, unanticipated etc. etc.
The regular are, two weekly lectures which have been sustained
from the commencement of our labors at Hilo, and in which nearly
the whole Bible has been expounded in course; besides lectures
on Papacy, Chh. History, Pilgrim's progress, Moral Philosophy,
Evidences of Christianity, & scores of occasional or collateral
subjects.
Pastoral visitation, preaching in the environs of Hilo,
visiting the sick, attending funerals, receiving numberless calls,
attending to uncounted cases of difficulty between man & man or
man & woman - visiting the hospital, conversing with the enquiring,
warning the careless or the unruly; reproving, rebuking, exhorting,
pleading, urging &c - these are some of the daily duties which
come on the Pastor, to say nothing of the other thousand secular,
domestic, social & Spiritual labors which call for attention.
The ordinary Sabbath labors are, 1st Sabbath School at 9 A.M.
2d Preaching at 10 1/2-. 3.
Church Session & meeting for enquirers at
12 M. 4th preaching at 11/2 P.M. 5th Preaching In the English Bethel
at 3 1/2 P.M.
These labors are uniform, & through the mercy of God
the Pastor has been able to sustain them through another year.
Seamen & Foreign Residents,
So far as ability has been granted I have acted as Chaplain
for these classes of our friends.
Nearly one hundred vessels of
different classes have visited our port during the year, & we have
endeavored to do what we could for all -
Many Bibles, Testaments,
religious books & tracts, have been distributed.
More than 200,000
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1858
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10
pages of religious reading have been scattered among this class of
men during the year, and many hours have been spent in close per
sonal conversation with them on the great interests of the soul Many are the sailors who have wept and promised to forsake sin &
cleave to the Lord -
Many consciences have been stirred on the
subjects of Sabbath desecration, profanity, intemperance & licen
tiousness -
Many have seemed honestly to desire to break the chains
of sin wh. bound them.
But the surroundings of the Sailor are
awful & who among them will reach heaven?
In visiting our Marine hospital I have been often comforted
with the evidence of the Spirit's power -
The silent tear - the
simple confession - the tender conscience - the sign for peace and the expressed resolution to serve the Lord, have been a blessed
reward for the many hours spent there in religious conversation &
prayer.
We do trust that that house has been a Bethesda & the gate of
heaven to some.
There is no house in Hilo where I so delight to
visit.
Our English services on the Sabbath & our weekly prayer meeting
are well attended, & often a tender solemnity pervades them.
On the 6th of March an event transpired which threw a solemn
aspect over all Hilo.
This was the departure of Mrs. Pitman.
Young, vigorous, beautiful, surrounded with luxuries, with beaming
hopes for the future of life she was suddenly summoned away, leav
ing a distracted & almost frantic husband with a tender and defense
less ( !) baby & a company of motherless children.
Rarely has
a blow seemed so crushing, or its effects so annihilating to the
fond desires & hopes of a family.
But we hope & pray & trust that
God will bring joy out of anguish & life out of death.
How wise,
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1858
11
Coan
how gracious - how unsearchable are his ways -
The bereaved hus
band prays & seems determined to doubt & linger no longer on the
subject of salvation -
Time, or eternity will reveal the results
of this painful event.
Sabbath Schools.
All the schools of Hilo & Puna with hundreds of the adults
are collected from Sabbath to Sabbath in the S. S.
At the Station my S. S. numbers 200 or 300.
Beside this Dr.
Wetmore conducts a Bible class of youths, the foreign children are
also collected into a S. S. now superintended by Mr. Austin, & Mr.
4
Lyman assembles his pupils for S. S. instruction. All these/schools
meet at 9 A.M. on each Lord's day.
Of the influence of this regular teaching in S.S. I need not
speak as the S. S. Institution is know ( !) & read of all Christian
philanthropists.
Of Mrs. C's labors I shall say little - Though more silent
yet they are more varied & more abundant than those of the Pastor In meetings with females, in conversation with individuals - in
influences for the good of all - in active sympathy in all good
counsels & works - in the gentle domestic offices, in care for the
poor, the sick, the stranger & the friendless & in the 10000, 1000
( !) quiet & unseen acts & influences so peculiar to the sex she has
done what she could to lessen the amount of human sin & woe & to
increase comfort & joy in the world.
Thus all our Associates are co-workers with us & through the
combined influence and mutual sympathy of the laborers at this
station we trust that the work of the Lord is advanced & the
Body of Christ edified.
In all things we are blessed Immeasurably above our deserts,
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Coan
12
.
& from all our experience of the past we have abundant reason to
thank the Lord & take courage.
It is true that the nation is wasting away & that many for whom
we long & labor in the gospel will perish in unbelief - yet a rem
nant will be saved - Those who are ordained to eternal life will
believe, & all faithful labor performed in the name & in the love
of Christ will meet its reward.
We would, therefor be steadfast in faith, patient in toil always abounding in the Lord's work, humbly relying on his grace,
& rejoicing ever in the hope of his coming.
Contributions to the cause of Christ,
The past year has been marked by special activity in this
department of Christian enterprise.
Payment of the pastor's salary
has been prompt.- Monthly concert contributions have been liberal,
amounting to 1284 dollars - domestic objects of charity have been
attended to & much has been raised to build or improve houses of
public worship.
The amount bestowed on all objects, domestic & foreign, for
the furtherance of the cause of Christ, is about 4500 $.
In ad
dition to' this more than 600$ dollars have been paid in towards
the pastor's salary for the current year -
So that really their
efforts during the year ending April 30, 1858 amount to 5000 dol
lars - though the last named sum will be passed over to the salary
of another year.
On my last tour in Puna, a district of lava fields, and without
a white inhabitant, a store or a harbor, the people contributed
400$ - and in a more recent tour through the outposts of Hilo
more than 700$ were contributed - 266 dollars of this was given in
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Hilo
Coan
13.
one day at a small meeting house at our outstation.
In view of this fruit of the gospel we have cause of deep
gratitude & encouragement in our work.
Exports.
This term looks secular, but I take the liberty to mention a
few articles produced in Hilo & shipped hence coast-wise as kindly
furnished by our Collector, Mr. Pitman.
Pulu
210,000 Lbs. value
Coffee
45 000 "
"
5625"
Arrow Root 12000 "
"
Hide
"
1500. 45000 "
Goat Skins 5000
16800$
720"
-
"
4500"
1500”
Am o u n t
29145
I have no data of wood, timber, Sugar, syrup, molasses etc.
The value of these articles as shipped from Hilo may be equal to
those above named.
Remarks.
It will be seen that more than one half of all who have been
received to the Hilo Church are dead.
Of the living 1000 are always absent in other parts of the
group.
Another 1000 may be reckoned as invalids from age, infirm
ity & disease.
While another portion are drones.
Thus the effective
force of the chh. is not more than one half what it nominally appears
to be.
This portion exhibit vitality & work nobly.
Pew, perhaps,
in any clime are more generous or more efficient in proportion to
the abilities with which they are entrusted.
We trust they are God's workmanship, created anew in Christ
Jesus unto good works which God had foreordained that they should
walk in them.
They are our glory & joy.
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Statistics for the year ending Ap. 30 /58
Whole no. on profession - - - - - - - - "
"
"
Certificate - - - - - - -
Past year on profession
”
"
”
-
573
- - - - - - - -
81
by letter - - - - - - - - - - -
10
Whole No. past year ---"
11154
Dismissed
9
1
- - - - - - -
—
772
- - - - - -
11
- - - - - - - -
5575
Deceased the past year - - - - - - - - -
287
Excluded the past y e a r - - — - - - - - -
20
Dismissed the past year - —
Whole no. deceased - - -
Remain Excluded - - - -
- - -
335
Now in regular Standing
---
5045
Whole no. of children baptized
- - - - -
Baptized the past year - - - -
-
Marriages since Jan. 1, 1836
”
the past year
Contributions "
"
108
- - - - - -
2500
- - - - - - - - -
60
to Cause of Christ
$4500.
Approximate amt contributed in 10 years
"
3964
of exports from Hilo - past yr.
T. Coan
Pastor
$ 30,000
$ 48000.
�PASTORAL REPORT
for Hilo for the year ending Ap. 30/59
Years roll on, stamping impressions on all things physical and
Spiritual.
To note time’s work; to record its way-marks; "to give
it a tongue were wise in man."
But this wisdom is too wonderful for me.
A few scattered
footprints of the past year are all I am able to retain.
For the common ( !) blessings of life we have abundant cause
of thanksgiving to God.
Health, peace & general prosperity have
been granted by a kind Providence.
We think there are distinct
marks of temporal improvements during this year.
But we will not
stop to point out these in detail.
Morals - In most parts of Hilo & Puna, the public morals have
b e e n encouraging.
The people generally have been quiet, indus
trious & harmonious -
Some of the vices which have so much dis( !)
turbed some portions of the Island, have not been developed among
our people.
Scattered cases of some of the common sins of the land
have existed as exceptions to the general appearance of order & so
briety.
In the district of Puna, where no foreigner has ever resided,
there has been great quietness & peace.
In no former year has the
peace of that region been less disturbed by irregularities than during
the past.
Religion.
By this we mean evidences of increased spirituality,
or growth in grace among Christians & of conversion & reformation
among sinners.
On this point we have much to mourn & much for which to be
humble & penitent.
Evidences of the Spirit’s power among us have
�Hilo - Coan - 1859
been too faint & few.
The forms of godliness have been more gener
ally manifested than its power.
fort.
2.
Still we are not left without com
A very great number of individuals, scattered through Hilo
& Puna have manifested the true life of God in their walk - in a
daily study of the Scriptures, in fervent prayer - in increased de
sires- for instruction in the truth, & in faithful labors in the vine
yard of the Lord.
Some sections also, especially in Puna, have b een
much revived, so that meetings were frequent & solemn - prayers 'fer
vent - confessions humble & tearful, exhortations faithful, bene
volent action cheerful & all the obvious duties of religion attended
to with promptness & decision.
In such places nearly every careless
individual was aroused to attend meetings, & some profess to be b o m
again.
But the additions to the church during the past year have not
been numerous.
By statistics you will see that they amount to [no
figure given].
Tours.
tours.
It may seem superfluous to speak annually of these
They are, however a distinct & essential feature in the
labors of a pastor at Hilo.
They are vital to the harmony & progress
of the church, if not to its very existence ( !).
They are seasons
when the numerous sections of the church are surveyed in detail when all cases of discipline ( !) are carefully attended to, children
baptized, the Lord's Supper administered, general or particular in
terests of the people looked after, & counsel & instruction given
in all things pertaining ( !) to life & godliness.
duous but it is all important & often cheering.
The work is ar
Three such tours
are annually made in Hilo & three in Puna.
Conventions .
Of these assemblies we have had, as usual, three - viz one
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3.
general one about New Year, & two local ones - i.e. one for Puna
& another for the outstations of Hilo.
These Conventions are com
posed of one to 200 or 300 leading individuals of Hilo & Puna.
They
usually spend 2 or 3 days in sessions, & are well organized & order
ly bodies.
A great variety of topics are freely discussed, relating
to both spiritual & temporal interests.
Plans of action & improvement
are proposed - resolutions adopted, harmony of feeling is secured,
unity of action is promoted & the general Interests of Christianity
advanced.
Papacy & Mormonism.
The former of these errors still holds on with great tenacity
of life but with no increase of numbers or of vigor, so far as we
can learn.
feeble.
We are inclined to the opinion that their cause waxes
In most parts of Hilo & Puna where they had meeting houses
& schools these have gone to decay & been abandoned - and the meet
ings they now keep up are composed of 5 to 10 individuals.
I think
there is but one exception to this in Puna & one in Hilo, which Is
at the Station.
Here, where the priests reside there is more acti
vity; but nothing which affects the-masses of the people.
Aside
from the school under the Immediate care of the priest we are not
aware that a single legal Catholic school is sustained in all Hilo
& Puna.
But no wiles & no efforts are spared by the priests to proselyte ( !) to their church & their school.
As for the Mormons the Salt Lake war seems to have scattered
them.
I have not seen a Mormon priest or prophet for the past year.
Formerly we met them everywhere & from 2 to 7 at a time - but I think
no one of them has been in Hilo or Puna during the last 12 months.
A very few of their proselytes ( !), too Ignorant to know their
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4.
state or too much ashamed of it to come out & confess, hide them
selves from my observation - hoping perhaps like the blinded jews ( ?)
that their true prophets Messiah will yet appear.
Of the Common Schools
in Hilo & Puna I hardly need speak. They are under the care of
( !)
native Superintendents & teachers & they have been conducted much
as usual.
They are not, however, what they should be or what they
might be under a more careful & rigid supervision.
Both the Super-
intendents are members of the Legislature & both hold the office of
Collector so that their time & attention have been little directed
to the condition of the schools.
From the little observation I have made I judge that although
some of our schools have been conducted with a good degree of vigor,
yet many of them have suffered greatly for the want of care & con
trol.
This has been in two ways, first in allowing many children
to play the truant & second in the inefficiency of the teacher with
out the stimulus of a watchful supervision.
Still, we trust, that the general cause of education is improv
ing although the number of our Schools & children is decreasing.
We certainly have more competent teachers than in other years & some
of our boys & girls make noble progress.
Our Sabbath Schools
have been sustained, especially at the Station, with interest.
They
have also been kept up in the out stations of Hilo & Puna; but for
want of a text book, like the Aiokala, they have not sustained the
interest of former years.
Far from the Missionary & with teachers imperfectly qualified
to expound the Bible many of the schools have suffered for the want
of self-explaining lessons like the Aiokala - & we hope that this
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5.
lack will be supplied ere long.
The S.S. under my immediate care has been well attended & its
interest sustained.
My respected Associates have been diligently
& efficiently engaged in their departments of labor of which they
report to you.
Mrs. C. in addition to many domestic & incidental car es has
devoted much attention to counsels & instructions among the females
of Hilo, & not without encouraging indications.
Had our Missionary ladies more relief ( !) from other cares
they would, undoubtedly, make a more decided impression upon this
important class of our people.
We all feel that Hawaiian females
need a helping hand to save them from degradation & ruin.
New Church Edifice.
To Hilo, this may, perhaps, be called the event of the year.
For a long time we had looked forward to the day when we
should put off the old & shattered tabernacle & should worship God
in a new & substantial edifice.
For years we toiled for the means
to erect a house of prayer for our God.
To us poor Hawaiians the work
was greater than that of Solomon in building the Temple in Jerusalem.
We lacked money - we lacked material - we lacked workmen lacked skill & experience -
We
We lacked everything but the desire
& the determination to have a neat & substantial house of worship.
But the Lord has granted us our desires & to Him be the praise.
We will not weary you with the history of this house, for
we have seen too many weary months in watching its progress
Sc
in
planning & toiling for its completion to wish to inflict upon you
any detail of the case.
will all rejoice.
But in the consummation of our wishes you
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6.
When the house was near c o m p l e t i o n we found ourselves out
of funds & in debt some 1300 dollars -
The Lord helping us we de
termined not to worship In a house for which we had not paid.
dedication was appointed for April 8.
The
Meanwhile it was resolved to
invite all who attended to bring a thank offering to the Lord.
The Idea was a popular one.
The time came -
Preparations were made for the occasion.
The rains had fallen for many previous days - the
floods lifted up their voice - the rivers raged -
All access to
Hilo from the north was cut off, so that the people could come in
only from the distance of a few miles - Prospects looked dark.
A
small rain fell during dedication day, but still a large audience
assembled - many more than could enter the house.
Puna, where there are no rivers.
Many came from
A collection was taken up amount
ing to more than 800$.
The people in the distant parts of Hilo sent a request that
another day might be allowed them.
The 27th was appointed; but
again there was the noise of many waters in the gorges of Hilo Many, however, determining not to be defeated swam & waded the rivers
& struggled through rain & mud, & the house was again filled.
On
this occasion & including scattering -contributions which came in
afterwards we realized between 400 & 500 dollars.
Thus the debt
was swept off and a burden of care rolled from our hearts.
The whole cost of the. house with its appurtenances, including
the Bell, steps, labor on enclosure (?) &c &c is
dollars.
{not filled in}
This does not Include a vast amount of labor in collecting staves,
coral, fuel, sand, etc. in burning lime, & In a great many other
services in wh. the people engaged voluntarily.
be estimated at 1000 dollars more.
Perhaps this might
�Hilo - Coan - 1859
7.
Bell.
On the 21st of July 1858, the women of Hilo & Puna met by
previous arrangement in a grand Convention to assert their rights
in good works.
The specific object of this Convention was to raise
funds for the purchase of a Bell for the new Church.
The sum speci
fied as desired was 500 dollars; but beyond our expectations the
contributions amounted to 852 dollars.
Five dollars were p a i d i n
afterwards - 20 dollars were gained by exchange making the amount
of the Bell fund 877 dollars.
Less than half of this was expended
for the Bell.
The balance went to defray the general expenses of
the M. house.
A bell of 1000 lbs. was ordered and promptly sent.
By the kindness of the owners & of Capt. Sisson of the Ship Coral
N. Bedford, the Bell was brought to Honolulu free of charge.
From
thence it was shipped to Hilo where it was received just in time to
be mounted in the Chh. tower before dedication.
There it now hangs
& from thence its musical notes peal out & roll over the hills &
valley
s & waters of Hilo calling upon all to come to the House of
Prayer.
The packet which brought the Bell from Honolulu arrived in the
night, but a native learning the fact went at midnight to tell the
news & in the morning multitudes rushed to the beach ( !) to see it
landed.
When it was brought to the shore the people lashed it to
spars & bore it in triumphal procession & with shoutings to the door
of the church.
The natives generally had indulged unreasonable expectation
as to the loudness of the sound of the Bell.
W h e n first rung, the
atmosphere was unfavorable for the transmission of sounds & it was
not heard at so great a distance as had been anticipated.
Immediately murmurs of disappointment arose among the people
�Hilo - Coan - 1859
8.
& some hasty tongues reported that the Bell was a hoax & that the
money paid for it was lost.
Papaikou, a place some 5 or 6 miles
distant on the coast of Hilo had been mentioned as the limit to which
the sound of the Bell might reach; hut for a few days it had not
b een heard at that point.
The increased the murmurings.
At length
however, a more favorable atmosphere with, perhaps more skillful
ringing sent the peals of the Bell over Papaikou & rolled them on to
regions a mile or two beyond.
This hushed all complaints - public
opinion changed & a multitude of tongues proclaimed that it was a
noble Bell & the best ever heard at the Hawaiian Islands.
Thus this little squall passed over & again the sun shown
kindly upon us.
Pulpit.
It is due to our excellent sister Mrs. Wetmore to state that
by her suggestion and efforts a subscription was circulated among the
foreign Ladies of Hilo to build & furnish a pulpit.
On this sub
scription $184.50 were collected & a neat & commodious pulpit was
built.
Most of the Foreign residents of Hilo, including numbers of
the Chinamen, contributed cheerfully to aid us in this work.
We are also under many obligations to many of our Missionary
brethren & sisters, & to other foreigners & natives, in different
parts of the islands, Including Their Majesties the King & Queen,
for generous & timely aid.
All these helps acknowledged in another
place.
Thus the Lord has raised us up helpers beyond our expectations,
& supplied us with means for building his house where we did not an
ticipate them.
He has opened fountains In the desert.
us that the silver & the gold are his.
He has shown
He has been better to us than
�- . Hilo - Coan - 1859
our fears.
He has exceeded our hopes.
He has encouraged our faith.
9.
He has chided our unbelief.
He has challenged ( !) our gratitude
and to Him he praise & glory forever.
Meeting Houses at Out Stations.
At several of our Out Stations the houses of worship have been
repaired & improved.
nent style.
None of these houses are finished in a perma
In Puna they are mostly built of rough stone with thatched
roofs - and furnished with rude pulpits & seats such as the natives
are able to make for themselves.
In Hilo they are mostly framed
houses, some of them floored & seated, but all thatched on the outsi d e .
Pastor's s a l a r y . (!)
This was promptly & cheerfully paid (?) for the year 1858,
and a balance of 220$ was passed over to account of the meeting house
to aid its funds.
Contributions.
Under this head we include what the people have done during
the past year for the cause of Christ, in its different departments.
At the regular monthly concerts they have contributed in cash
1624$, and the whole amount, mostly in cash, for all objects 6000$.
In this estimate we do not profess to be exact, but we think It is
not an over estimate.
Most of our data are definite; but we have
not kept an exact account of cash paid in during the past year
on the old subscription list of the Chh. i.e. we have not kept these
sums distinct from subscriptions paid previously on the same list.
Labors
in English.
For lack of an English Chaplain I have endeavored to preach
once on each Lords day, when at home, to Foreign Residents & Seamen.
Besides this what time & a t t e n t i o n could be devoted to seamen
�Hilo - Coan - 1859
during the week has been devoted cheerfully.
buting Bibles
10.
In securing & distri
, Books, Tracts etc - and in entertaining & conver
sing with Seamen no little time has been spent, & not without some
comforting evidence that the labor was not lost.
But with all my
other cares this labor is too heavy & it is to be hoped that the
Lord will, in due time release ( !) me by sending one better qualified
for the post.
In Conclusion, we would most devoutly thank the Lord for the
distinguished mercies of the past.
He has crowned the year with
his goodness, & we owe him a deep debt of gratitude.
We would, also,
be humbled before him in view of our, sins & the sins of the people
& pray for the awakening and purifying influences of his Spirit to
prepare us for more faithful & acceptable labors in his vineyard.
Statistics.
Whole number received on profession
"
Certificate
587
Received the past year on profession
48
"
"
"
"
"
11202
"
"
"
Certificate
Whole number received past year
"
"
Dismissed
4
Whole number deceased
5790
Deceased the past year
"
"
62
776
Dismissed the past year
Excluded
14
215
"
35
350
Remain Excluded
Now in regular Standing
4873
Whole number of Children Baptized
Baptized the past year
Marriages "
" "
Contributions to Sundry Objects
T. Coan, Pastor.
4039
75
51
$6000
�Report of Hilo Station for the year ending April 30, 1860
The -past year at Hilo has been distinguished by no remarkable
incidents.
The days & months have passed quietly away, loaded with
mercies and calling for gratitude.
Silently, slowly & surely, changes
are being effected in the physical, intellectual, social, moral
& religious condition of that district.
Every year contributes
something to this change; but although the progress of a year may
hardly be noticed on the scale of improvements, yet the aggregate
advancement of one fourth of a century is distinct & striking.
Through the mercy of God we have been permitted to mark some
of the works of his Providence & grace at that station for the last
25 years.
We do not, however, propose to notice all these changes
in our present report.
Want of time, & want of due preparation,
occasioned by recent interruptions & extra cares will forbid anything like a full & elaborate expose of the progress & present
state of the christianizing & civilizing work which God has wrought
for that region & that people.
Were we to compare the present Physical state of Eastern Ha
waii with what it was 25 years ago we might say that the Lord had
made "A new Earth" ,
True, old landmarks & old landscapes remain.
The Sun & Stars look down on the same mountains & hills - the same
forests & fields - the same rivers & floods.
Sunlight & shadows,
verdure & desolation - black scoria & living green - igneous and
aq u eous streams chequer the mountain sides, the hills & the val- '
ley
s, as in former years.
But when we come to the habitations &
haunts of man all is changed.
The houses, the roads, the streets,
the bridges, the fences, the gardens, the fruits, the flowers, the
plantations, the animals, the employments, the furniture, dress,
�Hilo
commerce, material possessions etc -
1860
2.
almost all things are changed
reminding us of the voice which spake from the throne ~ "Behold I
make all things new."
25 years ago all Hilo & Puna could "boast of b ut one framed
house, and that belonging to a missionary 100.
now we have more than
Then we had not a single street in our town or a road in the
country -
Now our town is well provided with good streets & we have
some 200 miles of tolerable horse road in the country.
Then all
our streams must be forded or swam, or left to run by - now numbers
of them are well bridged, & we have hope that all the dangerous
ones will, ere long, be thus spanned.
Then you could hardly find
a native, male or female, who could produce a dress of foreign fa
bric - now it is as rare to find one, who cannot.
Then the house
hold furniture & the tools for industry could be told in the calabash ( !) - the mat, the poe-board ( !) & pestle - the kapa malet &
oo, the Iron hoop adze & a few other traps.
Now we see chairs,
tables, trunks, costly bed-steads, cupboards, bureaus - table
furniture, carpenter's tools - hoes, spades, axes, wheel-barrows etc
etc.
Then horses & horned cattle were rarely seen - now every body
is mounted & cattle are
-
Then a silver or gold coin
was almost as unknown as a Cyclops - Now cash is scattered by
thousands & tens of thousands.
Then we had no stores & few purchasers of g o o d s ;
a doz. or more of the former & every man is a customer.
now we have
Then we
had almost no manufacture or commerce - Now our exports in sugar,
molasses, Arrow-root, coffee, fungus, pulu & other articles rival
those of most districts of the islands.
Then our schools & our
worshiping assemblies all occupied rude thatched buildings; now we
�Hilo
I860
3.
have at the station a neat framed school house, a commodious sem
inary building & a church Edifice which would not dishonor a res
pectable congregation in an enlightened city, besides many improved
school & meeting houses in other parts of the field.
In all these & many other respects a great change has been
effected during the last 1/4 of a century Intellectual progress -
Were we to enquire whether mind had marched
or remained dormant ( !) & inactive during the period under review,
we find the same evidence of elevation & progress which marks
material improvement among the people.' The influence of schools,
the teachings of Christianity, the progress of legislation, the
supr emacy of law - the enlargement of business - the contact with
men of skill & knowledge, the running to & fro of multitides the reading of books & newspapers - together with a thousand
nameless influences, have conspired to arouse & expand the once
dormant minds of the people.
The amount of knowledge on the past
history of the world or its present state, its activities or moving
forces, its prospects, & upon a thousand subjects which interest
man, Is, to that of 25 years ago as the river to the rill.
Many
minds among the people are exceedingly active & inquisitive ( !),
and such minds gather & scatter knowledge like the forest leaves.
We have now 600 subscribers to newspapers, & perhaps, several
thousand readers.
Many of the natives are nearly as well posted
on the news of the day, foreign & domestic, as we are.
Everything
around the native is stirring him up to listen, to look, to enquire,
to think & to know -
The time of ignorance, so long winked at,
is fast passing away, & light is pouring in from every point.
Social changes are, also very apparent -
Formerly the social,
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like the intellectual state of the people was a gloomy chaos And although many dark features of the old state remain, still there
is cheering progress -
Individual & social distinctions are being
defined & understood, & the social duties are better discharged by
a greater number of the people.
Very much, however, still remains
to be done in this department of improvement and there is here
scope for the action of the wisest head, the purest hearts & the
brightest examples of the legislator, the philanthropist & the Chris
tian,
Past progress calls for gratitude & hope & patient effort
on the part of all who love the Hawaiian race.
Industrial habits.
Superficial and uncandid reporters have often
asserted that the present generation of Hawaiians are more indolent
than the former, & that much less labor is now performed by the
natives than 20 or 30 years ago.
This assertion is not true; &
to refute it we might simply point to the hundred, yea, thousand
fold increase of property among the people, both personal & real.
Whence their lands, of 50, 100, or 300 acres with allodial titles Whence their horses, cattle -
Whence their full wardrobes, their
improved houses, their furniture, their fenced gardens & fields;
their ready cash, & their enjoyment of more of the comforts & some
of the luxuries of life?
These things have not come of chance nor
of the indolent willing of the natives; but from thought, desire
&, in many cases, of vigorous & patient toil, such as w as unknown
to the ancient Hawaiian.
It is, doubtless true, that a smaller proportion of our people
now cultivate the soil, than in former times -
And the reason is,
that a thousand other objects of pursuit have been introduced and
consequently other avocations are multiplied -
Division of labor
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was once hardly known here, now nothing is more obvious & few things
more distinctly mark the progress of civilization among the people.
Specification on this point were superfluous.
In Morals also we note the same advancement -
Public sentiment
feels the invigorating power of truth, & it rises like a besom to
sweep overt acts of sin from the face of day.
Much sin that was
once practiced by the multitude is now practiced by the few -
and
much that was once done openly & unblushingly now seeks the covert
of night & the shield of denial to screen it from the eye:.;& the
reprobation of the public.
Intemperance - licentiousness, gambling & kindred vices hide
away in such places to shun thegaze they cannot bear.
Once it was not
so -
Ships could then
Vice then stalked openly & defiantly abroad.
gather a harvest of vile females on board & riot & gloat in debauch
ery - & boast ever of their exploits in pollution & in the ruin
of virtue & hope -
Now those halcyon days are past with the repre
sentatives of foreign civilization, & they are put to the incon
venience of practicing their arts silly ( !) & in secret or of
fleeting off to darker realms where the gospel has not yet made
its revelations & its conquests.
Perhaps it may be said with
truth, that nowhere on Earth is there more quiet & a more constant
sense of security to life with all its blessings than on Hawaii.
But the crowning grace for which we should never cease to adore
the Lord is The Spiritual advancement of the people.
More than 30 years ago a good work was begun at Hilo - Fallow
ground was broken up - good seed was sown in patience & watered
with tears.
Fruit was also gathered -
A few were organized into
a visible church & more may have been gathered Into the invisible
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kingdom of the Lord.
1860
But these were but the first fruits of a
coming harvest, harbingers of a brighter day - prelibations from
an opening & rising fountain.
The church has increased nearly
300 fold in numbers, & we do trust, through the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, in spiritual knowledge & life & power.
Of the 11256 members gathered into it, the great majority have
run well - better than friends had dared to hope & immeasurably
better than enemies had prophesied.
God has created & sustained
”a chosen generation” who have watched & prayed & toiled in his
service - whose light has been seen - who have endured to the end,
or are now holding on their way, & who show forth the praises of
Him who has called them out of darkness into his marvellous light.
All this, has, of course, been attended with fightings & fears from
without & within - with the fall & rising again of many, & with
the apostasy and wreck of others.
But that so many have died in
hope, & that such numbers still hold on their way, waxing stronger
& stronger, is matter of devout & unceasing thanksgiving to God And we must & will say nThe Lord has done great things for us where
of we are glad."
The present state of the church is peaceful &, in a good degree
prosperous.
There is not that wakeful & spiritual interest in some
branches of the church & in many of its members which should be;
& yet there has been no scism ( !) [schism ?] or wide spread evil
in the field— No temptation has taken us but such as is common,
& all the church discipline ( !) has been of the ordinary kind, &
no more than may be generally expected.
Reviving influences have
appeared at some points - Some have been among the inquirers, and
54 have been added to the church by profession of repentance toward
God & faith in our Lord Jesus Christ -
While some church members
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have fallen under censure others who were previously suspended
have made confession & been restored, so that the books about bal
ance each other on this point.
But death & removals are fast thinning our ranks, & decrease
of numbers seems to be written as our destiny -
Numbers of our
young men go to sea, many of our people are drawn to Oahu or other
parts, & the grave annually closes over 100 to 300.
Consequently,
as those out of the church are not numerous our ranks may diminish
still more.
But if the fruits of righteousness may but increase
& abound in the living we will not mourn for the dead, or be dis
heartened from the diminution of numbers.
With our people the romance of religion is past & its facts,
its foundations - Its principles, Its claims
remain abide -
- its realities
Those who choose It Intelligently & with the heart
They are the good-seed, rooted & grounded in truth & bring
ing forth fruit with patience.
Of these there are many - they are
our joy & our crown, & we bless the Lord by whose grace they are
called out of darkness & led into the light of life.
The general labors of the past year have not varied widely from
those of former years.
In consequence of absence on the voyage to
the Marquesas, one tour In Puna & one in Hilo have been omitted.
T o u r s have been performed, viz. two to the South & two to the
north.
On these tours the chh. roll is called & each member is
enquired after individually - instruction is given In detail, &
all the ordinances of the gospel are administered to the numerous
branches of the church at all the out stations.
It is matter of
consolation & encouragement that the members of the church in the
rural & distant parts of the field, those who are seen by the pastor
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only 2 , 3 or 4 times a year maintain as orderly & consistent a walk
as those near the central station & who enjoy 20 fold more privileges
.
The reason, however, is obvious.
With less religious instruction,
the converts in these retired places have less positive & powerful
temptations to sin.
This is especially true of Puna.
Not a single
white man lives in that district & there is not a ship's harbor on
the whole coast of 60 to 70 miles, And we think it may be said in
truth, that there is no field, of our acquaintance where the masses
of the people live a more quiet & peacable ( !) life, or where there
( !)
is more evidence of a sincere & primitive piety. If there is genu
ine hospitality, true friendship, & simple faith anywhere, we think
it may be found in Puna intelligence.
Nor are the people behind in general
They have much Intercourse with Hilo & other parts
of the islands - they read much in our books & papers, & they are
( !)
inquisitive & communicative so that the knowledge of the one is
extended, like leaven, to the mass.
Some of our best schools &
most interesting S. Schools are in this district.
Our old practice of meeting the teachers & principle church
officers in annual convention has been kept up the past year -
One
general meeting of this kind has been held at the Station, besides
two local ones, one for the distant portions of Hilo & another for
Puna.
With us the grand Convention has become an important insti
tution.
It is a deliberative Christian body where reports are read,
references entertained - all Important church questions discussed,
church business transacted, resolutions adopted & counsels given.
It is also attended with much prayer, & it assumes something of the
character of a series of prayer meetings.
Station Labors have been as usual.
Two sermons in native,
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one in English, a Sabb
ath (! ) School exercise and a meeting for the
church Session, for inquirers, for church discipline ( !) etc - com
pose the regular routine of duties & fill up the day.
During the
week we have two regular lectures, "besides M . Concerts, funeral &
other occasional public exercises.
The rest of the time during the
6 week days is filled with countless & nameless miscellanies, such
as no one can know but by experience -
The full journal of a single
day would often fill many sheets, & give a picture more diversified
than any landscape -
Thus the days, & weeks & years flow on -
full of cares & toils - and full also of hopes, encouragements &
consolations.
Our Sabbath Schools have been sustained during the year.
The
children’s S.S. at the Station has been very well attended, but for
want of the
Aiokala or some good text book, the schools at out
stations, have not, we fear, been as efficient, as in some former
years.
We have , however taken great pains, to keep up these schools,
& have never been absent from one of them on the Sabbath.
On the Common Schools we do not propose to report, further than
to say, that we have repeatedly seen them all ~ have examined them
in some of their exercises - have conferred much with the teachers have used our constant influence to stimulate them in all good, &
that, on the whole, we think that many of them have been conducted
with a commendable degree of fidelity & e f f icacy ( !).
It may be
expected that I will allude to the stereotyped subjects.
Mormonisms ( !) & Popery.
Of the former heresy I have not seen a Priest or Prophet during
the year.
peared.
"Head & tail - branch & rush” - all seem to have disapA few, however, of the disciples of that delusion hide
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.
themselves from observation, hoping for a revival of their cause
& waiting for the consummation of their hopes With the papists it is otherwise life like the Apocalyptic dragon -
They are tenacious of
Never have the zeal, the bold
ness, the impudence & the audacity of the priests been more conspicu
ous than during the past year -
They are everywhere compassing
sea & land - & entering hamlets & houses, scattering wide their
poisoned doctrines in the form of catechisms, tracts, papers, etc.
& backing up these papers by personal efforts in the form of expla
nations, disputations, denunciations, promises, flatteries &c &c
They are also collecting materials for building a cathedral or church
which, we understand, is to eclipse the plain synagogue of their
heretical neighbors.
But with all this extra effort, this assurance
& this fiery zeal they have made no impression upon the protestant
ranks, i.e. so far as we can see; and we are not aware that their
numbers or their influence is increasing.
We may be mistaken, but
such is our trust in the Lord.
In the female department there has been much to encourage Mrs* C. has held weekly female meetings & had much consultation
with that portion of the church & the fruit of these efforts is
obvious in their better attendance on public & private duties.
It
has tended to increase industry, cleanliness, care of dwelling &
of children and a general improvement in manners & in morals.
Visiting from village to village & from house to house, at &
around the Station, has, also, been practiced to an unusual extent
during the year, & always with happy results.
Every such visit
seemed to tell for good in some form & each one led to the desire
of more time for labor in this department.
In this way the sick,
the poor & the friendless are found & comforted, the careless
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awakened, backsliders reformed, the tempted & deceived succored &
taught & neglecters of the public worship of God brought into the
house of prayer -
This is a service which, above all others does
the heart good -
And the blessing is twofold. - direct & reflex -
It is scattering to increase - giving to receive - losing to find.
The pastor Is happy to express his obligations to his respected
Associates for their sympathy & ready cooperation in all that tends
to elevate & bless the people.
This influence is constant & reliable
& it is, under God, a great comfort and a decided help.
Beneficence.
As we have had no special interprise before us
during the year we have done nothing extra in the way of giving.
The building of our new church cost us much toil & effort & when it
was completed we all felt, perhaps too much, like resting awhile from any new & arduous undertaking.
It seemed like rest after
hard toil - after a journey, a stormy voyage or a warfare -
Our con
tributions have not, therefore run as high as for the year previous Still they have been like the constant dropping or as the gently
running rill -
The pastor's salary has been paid -
been appropriated to the H.M.S.
500 $ have
200$ to the H.B. & Tract Soc -
Several hundred dollars to foreign objects of benevolence, & something
has been done for church erection in our own field & in other parts
of the islands; -while the poor, -who are always with us have not been
entirely forgotten.
Our Monthly Concert contributions have avar-
aged ( 1) about $100 through the year We feel that we have but poorly discharged our obligations in
this as in all other duties, & yet we will bless the Lord for the
grace which has led our people to communicate what they have.
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.
Labors in the English department.
Perhaps it will he expected that I say a word on my labors
for Seamen & foreign residents.
In this field I have endeavored to do what I could so far as
me time & ability.
One English Service has been maintained
on the Sabbath during the year, & a great amount of time has been
spent during shipping seasons, in looking after sailors, in receiving
their calls, in personal conversations, & in selecting & distribu
ting among them, Bibles, Tests. & other religious books & tracts.
I have taken unwearied pains to keep myself supplied with Bibles
in all the languages of seamen who visit the islands & also in the
religious publications of m ost of the leading benevolent Societies
of the U.S. and from this variety every ship that visits our port,
is, with rare exceptions, supplied with a liberal bundle of reading
matter.
How much good is done to seamen in these ways, eternity must
reveal -
Sometimes we feel faint in looking at this great class
of wild & wandering men, & distressed that so few of them seem to
realize their position in the world & the destiny which awaits them While Jack (?) seems to care little for himself he also may say
with too much truth, '’No man cared for my soul” But we do not labor for seamen without hope.
There are stars
In the midnight sky - and there are some among the seamen who reflect
a few rays of light, & who appear as harbingers of a future day yet
to dawn upon the Sea ~
No season passes without revealing some things
cheering among Seamen - Some are struggling upwards - Some are feel
ing for the light -
Some appear pious - some tender - some candid
& some determined to seek the Lord.
On the whole we have great
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reason to praise the Lord for the goodness & mercy which have attended his servants & his people during the past year - To Him be glory
forever.
Statistics of Hilo Church.
Whole no. received on profession
"
"
"
- - - -
" Certificate
593
Past year on profession
"
"
"
- - -
Certificate
-
788
Dismissed the past year
12
Whole no. deceased
-
5915
Deceased the past year
"
"
"
125
-
-
30
Remain Excluded
Now in regular standing
370
-
4776
Whole no. of children baptized
Baptized the past year
4076
-
-
-
Marriages the past year
$3000
T. Coan
Report of
Hilo Church for
1860
Rev. T. Coan
37
43
Contributions to sundry objects
[On back] :
54
6
Whole no. dismissed
Excluded
11256
�Abstract of Hilo Report [Coan 1860]
I
Changes during the last quarter of a century
1
Physical - These have been great - Almost like a new
creation,
2
Intellectual - In this there is a greater advance than in
physical facts - 600 newspapers are taken - & general intel
ligence spreads through the field -
3
Social Relations - These are better understood & better
enjoyed -
4
Morality.
Public sentiment is more pure & more vigorous -
Vices, once open & unblushing now hide in secret places Nowhere is there more quiet peace & safety than on Hawaii.
5
Religion.
In this the Lord has done great things for us -
The wonders of his grace call for our highest admiration & most
ferv ent thanks.
Of the 11256 who have been received to the church,
the greater part have witnessed a good confession -
Many have gone to
their rest & many, we trust, are now on their way to glory II
Review of the past year.
General peace & prosperity.
Reviving influences in some places.
Added to the church 54.
Sabbath Schools well sustained Tours among the outposts all attended with good results.
Contributions for the general cause of Christianity some
3000 dollars.
Labors in the English department as usual -
Preaching in
English every Sabbath
Distribution of books & tracts to all ships etc.
�Abstract of Hilo Report
1860
Statistics
Whole no.
"
"
on profession
593
"
Past year
"
"
"
profession
"
certificate
Whole no. dismissed
Past year
”
Whole no. deceased
Past year
""
11256
"
Excluded
Remain
"
54
6
788
12
5915
125
30
370
Now in regular Standing
4776
Whole no. of children baptized
4076
Baptized past year
37
Marriages
43
"
"
Contributions to Sundry objects
$3000.
�Report of Hilo Chh. etc.
for the year ending Apr. 30, 1861
Time moves.
Years roll.
Seasons come & go.
in the present & retire into the past.
Events appear
All things are full of labor
To number days - To mark events - To improve Providences - To trust
to pray - to work while the day lasts - is to be wise.
But to
record & report the scenes & the facts of a single year is beyond
the power of man - God alone comprehends all -
Our work is, to
select a few points - & to jot down an occasional fact General Observations.
Nothing of a remarkably striking character has occurred in our
field during the past year.
There have been changes, physical &
spiritual - some it may be, for the better & some for the worse.
But the general aspect of things has been even & quiet.
External
peace & order have prevailed to such an extent that all who would
were able to live quiet & peaceable ( !) lives in all godliness &
honesty.
State of Education
As this does not strictly fall under my department I shall
not make it the subject of a report.
As an observer & friend, how
ever, I may be permitted to testify, that the year has not been with
out its fruit, in this department.
Our common schools have been conducted with as much ability
as in any past period.
Perhaps more.
Our Boarding School
has been full & prosperous as you will see from its report.
A large English School
for native children has also been in
successful operation under the care of H. R. Hitchcock - assisted by
Miss Sarah Clark.
We think that this school has done well, & is
in an encouraging state.
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2.
General Intelligence.
This is decidedly & rapidly increasing.
Not so much, from
books, for of these there are few in the language, & those chiefly
for schools & religious instruction.
But the circulation of more
than 600 News papers, the running to & fro of the people, & their
increased intercourse with men of business & intelligence, have
awakened the observation, quickened the intellects & increased the
general knowledge of multitudes.
It is not uncommon to find natives
who are well posted on most of the great facts & events of the day.
Sabbath Schools.
These have been well sustained, both for children & adults.
Four schools, numbering in all 300 to 400 meet every Sabbath
morning at 9 o'clock, at the station.
Besides these about 20 others
are conducted by natives at outstations.
In all these more or less
good, w e trust, has been done.
Tours.
The pastor has been permitted to make his usual number of
tours - viz 6 - Three to the South through Puna & three through
North Hilo - These have been cheering in their results.
The large
flock has thus been seen in its divisions & sub-divisions, & looked
after in detail -
The roll has been called & inquiry made as to the
state of every individual.
Mortality.
The calling of the church roll reveals the mark of death Everywhere we see his foot-prints & count his victims - Our whole
field is strewed with the bones of the departed; & in walking over
my parish I seem to be walking over a great & continuous graveyard.
234 members of this church have died during the past year and I move
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3
among the tombs of 6149 of my flock, besides the many little child
ren & adults who have died without coming into the communion of the
church.
It is a solemn thought to survey this great congregation of
the dead - to compare it with the lesser & wasting one of the living
to think how soon all of us will sleep together in the dust - and to
look forward to the day when we shall awake to the awards of the
judgment.
While we fear that some will come forth to shame & everlasting
contempt we have hope that many will rise to everlasting life.
One of our test men, Nakai , has "been recently called away He was a man full of years & full of faith & the Holy Ghost.
Dili
gent in his Master’s work, fervent in prayer - firm in faith, he
endured to the end.
We mourn for him as for a father - But he rests
from his labors, & we doubt not it is well with him.
Reviving Influences.
On this subject we would speak with care, & yet we would mag
nify the grace of God with thankful hearts.
We cannot say that a great & powerful revival has swept over
our field; but we do say that the Lord has not left us without witness
of his power & love - In many parts of Hilo & Puna an unusual spirit
of prayer & of activity has prevailed A gentle & subduing influence has been felt - Meetings have
been full & earnest - Many of the careless have awaked - backsliders
have returned with confessions & tears, & some of our most hardened
& hopeless people seem to have become new creatures.
The interest
has not been uniform & universal through all the field.
In some
places it has been more distinct & pervading & in others, less so Had there been more faith we should have seen greater things.
we cannot be unthankful for what the Lord has done for us.
But
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4.
(?)
Ever since the world’s concert a daily prayer meeting has been
sustained at noon - at the station.
A meeting for prayer & confer
ence is also kept up every evening.
While we have reason to blush & be ashamed at our little faith
yet we will praise the Lord for this reviving in our bondage - and for
all the grace he has bestowed upon his people.
Contributions.
The free will offerings of our people have been only of the
ordinary kind.
No great & extraordinary object has been before
them to call for extra efforts.
Still, they have done well.
The
amount of their public contributions to the various objects of
Christian enterprise is about 3700 dollars.
Besides this an indefinite amount has been given by indivi
duals in a quiet & private way - Many have done cheerfully & nobly
in this work.
Papists.
The devil is not dead - Neither are his angels & ministers
asleep.
Never, in the history of the Hilo church, has there been
such a well concerted, determined & persistant ( !) onset of the
papists as during the past year.
The building of a new & attractive
synagogue & the issuing of numerous papal tracts have been made the
occasion of a most vigorous effort to proselyte our people The priests and neophytes go everywhere & use every motive in
their power to entice the natives ~ They visit the old & the young the well & the sick - & urge them to abandon their faith & join the
papal ranks - They may be classed with those who creep into houses
& lead captive, not silly women only, but foolish &
men &
ignorant children - But their success, hitherto has not been in
proportion to their efforts.
If they gain at one point they lose at
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another, & whether
they
5.
have really gained at all, is uncertain.
In Puna & North Hilo they have, evidently, lost ground.
They have not a single school in these parts, & only two in the
whole field.
These are at the Station, & here they are making their
most desperate efforts.
I know of none who have joined them
except some of the most worthless characters.
Organization of an Ecclesiastical Association.
In Oct. Messrs Paris, Bond & Shipman with the Hilo mis
sionaries, & native delegates from all the churches on Hawaii,
met in convention & organized an Ecclesiastical Association, de
signed to secure the unity, cooperation, order & improvement of
the churches on the Island, & to increase their influence for
good in the general cause of Christ.
This Association continued
its sessions one week & with great harmony & Christian love It was a season of spiritual good, and we trust the influence
thus happily commenced will continue to flow on to future gen
erations.
All the discussions of the meeting & its resolutions
& records were in the Hawaiian tongue.
This gave great inter
est to the native delegates & spectators, & Its influence was,
evidently for good.
Church Convention.
This annual convocation of delegates from all the branches
of the Hilo Church In Hilo & Puna, has become an important
institution.
fulness.
It is a season of great Interest & of much use
All questions relating to the interests, the
enterprises & the usefulness of the church are there freely
discussed, plans of labor are adopted - moneys appropriated.
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1861
6.
The Convention seems to have "become a fixed fact.
English Department.
In consequence of a great pressure of labors we have felt
obliged to relax In some degree our labors for foreigners.
English preaching has been sustained during the shipping sea
sons & at some other times.
Much private labor has., also, been
bestowed on Seamen & others, in conversation & in the distri
bution of tracts & books.
But it is exceedingly difficult
to look faithfully after this department in addition to all the
other cares of the pastor.
Obstacles to our Work.
These are not, perhaps, peculiar -
Human depravity is
developed everywhere - & this is the great enemy with which
ministers & Christians conflict within & without.
Hilo is a port visited by more or less foreign seamen, &
we all know the direct & vigorous & persistant Influence of a
large part of such visitors on our native churches & people.
Sometimes it seems as if they would trample & consume every
plant in the vineyard of the Lord & destroy all the fruits of
missionary toil & care.
But the Lord of the vineyard helps
& we still praise Him, & we shall yet praise Him.
Local temp
tations to vice also increase with the increase of a foreign
population, of business & of means of carnal indulgence -
Our
people are being taught new forms & new modifications of vice,
& every effort is made on the part of ungodly men to weaken
their faith in the Bible, in the Instructions of their
teachers & in the retributions of eternity.
Quite a class of
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foreigners at the Islands are determined, if possible to
destroy the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath - & to
trample on all the laws which protect chastity & temperance.
The weakness of the marriage relation, is also, a pain
ful evil In the land -
Cases of conjugal infidelity are nu
merous & the forsaking of husbands & wives seems not to be
diminishing -
So far as we can see - most of the civil
officers of the land are very slow to execute the laws on
this subject & also in relation to Sabbath desecration.
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8.
Another disheartening fact is the continued decrease of the
people.
It seems mournful to pass over large tracts of country once
filled with villages, occupied with a numerous population & jubilant
with the noise of childhood, hut now solitary and silent.
The roaming habits also of the people is a great drawback on
the comfort & encouragement of the spiritual laborer.
Honolulu
like a great maelstrom, seems to be drawing in the people from all
the extremities of the land, only to engulf them.
It is like Pharaoh's
seven lean kine which devoured the well favored & fat & yet remained
lean as before.
It seems too much like the final rush of the blood
to the heart, to sustain for a little while its last heatings.
About 700 members of the Hilo church who have not yet been transferred
to other churches are permanently absent; besides perhaps an equal
number who are absent temporarily.
This reduces our actually resi
dent & working force to about 3000.
Encouragements.
These are many & great - and chiefly the promise of our almighty
Savior - Lo ! I am with you always.
With the sustaining fact that
the Lord r e i g n e t h .
These promises, coupled with long experience of His faithful
ness, & connected with all the evidence of his renewing & saving
grace in the hearts of this people impart strength & hope to the
fainting spirit & encourage us to go on our way rejoicing in the
Lord & feeling the assurance that through faith & patience we shall
inherit the promises.
�Hilo - Coan - 1861
Statistics.
Whole number received on profession
"
"
"
,"
Past year on profession
”
"
- - - -
Certificate
604
- - .-
Certificate
Total the past year
Whole number dismissed
- ~ -
45
6149
Deceased the past year
- - -
Excluded the past year
Remain Excluded
- - -
Total children "baptized
- - -
Hilo Station
-
1
Rev. T. Coan
4162
86
- --
Contributions to various gospel objects
Report of
340
4644
Baptized the past year
Marriages the past year
234
20
How In regular standing
1869
117
833
Total deceased
[On back:]
106
11
- - -
Dismissed the past year
11362
48
$3700.
�Abstract of Report of Hilo Station - May, 1861.
General order & peace have prevailed throughout the whole
field.
All the interests of education have been cared for & prosperity
has attended this department of labor.
General intelligence is diffused & increased among the people,
not only by means of books & schools; but by the circulation of more
than 600 copies of News Papers & by an increasing communication with
men of business & Intelligence.
Sabbath Schools are sustained In all parts of Hilo & Puna with
encouraging interest.
Tours, three to the North & three to the South part of the
field, have been performed with happy results.
The Bill of Mortality has been rather large:- though no remark
able sickness has prevailed.
234 members of the church have died,
& the pastor moves among the tombs of 6149 of his flock.
There has been a gentle & precious revival of religion over
most portions of the field.
The church has been aroused & encouraged
backsliders reclaimed & sinners have been hopefully converted.
[On back:]
Abstract of
Hilo Report
1860 - 1 .
�Abstract of Rep. of Hilo - 1861
2
Contributions for gospel objects have been well sustained though no special interprise has been before the people -
The
amount contributed is 3700 dollars.
■ The papists have been determined & persistent in their efforts
to proselyte but without the success commensurate with their zeal
& perseverance.
Taking the whole field into view it is not clear
that they have gained ground.
An Ecclesiastical Association of pastors, delegates etc. for
Hawaii was organized at Hilo in Oct. 1860.
The regular annual Convention of delegates from all the branches
of the Hilo & Puna church was held in Dec. 1860.
So far as the pastor has been able he has attended to preaching
& other labors in the English department.
Among the obstacles to the work of the Lord in Hilo, may be
mentioned the strong influence of irreligious foreigners, & the de
creasing state of the Hawaiian people.
The encouragements are the promises & power of an ever present
& ever faithful Redeemer.
�Report of Hilo Church ~
for the year ending
May 15 - 1862.
How often we are called upon to say to our Lord "Thou crownest
the year with thy goodness - "
In a world of changes, of trials & of sorrows, Hilo has been
preserved, with few exceptions, in peace & prosperity - During the
last three months there has been more or less sickness, hut cases
of mortality have not been numerous The year has also been marked with the general prevalence of
outward morality & order.
Public peace has not often been disturbed
by out-breaking & scandalous transgressions.
One foul crime has startled us robbery of John Ely & wife -
We refer to the murder &
For the first time during a residence
of 27 years have we been called to mourn for such a tragic crime
committed in our field of labor -
Thefts & robberies have been
rare, & life has been considered more secure than in the most civil
ized & Christian countries on earth.
Who the actors were, in this
bloody crime, we are not yet permitted to know -
A mystery hangs
over the scene which may not be removed in this life -
The case is
in the hands of a just & holy God Aside from this unhappy outbreak of depravity, we have had
unusual
peace & quietude -
But we have been startled by the trump of death in another
quarter.
We have been suddenly summoned to weep over the dust of
our departed brother Shipman -
God called him away on the 21st of
Dec. 1861 in the 38th year of his age, in the vigor of his manhood
& in the midst of his usefulness a clear sky -
The blow fell like a bolt from
So sudden & so unlooked for was it, that none of the
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
2.
missionary brethren or Sisters were permitted to reach the scene of
mortal strife until the conquering Spirit had taken Its flight to
a brighter world -
We were only permitted to mingle our tears &
prayers with the widow & the fatherless; to counsel & condole with
the bereaved church & people, & to preach in saddened joy & hope
over the grave of our departed brother The widow & children have been removed to Hilo where they are
sheltered & cared for & they are commended to the prayerful considera
tion of their brethren and sisters of the mission.
Our Schools have been in successful operation during the year,
& they have been conducted with as much efficiency as in any former
year.
Besides our Boarding school we have a large school of native
& half- c ast ( !) children, taught in English by H.R. Hitchcock & as
sistants -
Also a smaller school, of 30 pupils, who are taught
English by Kua, a son of the missionary, Kaaikaula Our common schools have done very well through the year so far
as we have been able to judge of them.
Sabbath Schools for children & adults have been sustained through
out the field.
As to the church, it has, perhaps, had fewer cases of discipline (! )
than In most past years.
But it is also true that it has not been
so spiritual as it should be or as it has sometimes appeared to be.
Worldliness bewitches many, & new objects of interest & enterprise
draw away the heart from the Savior & produce a spiritual lethargy
which endangers the soul -
In some places religious meetings have
not been so fully attended as they should be - in other places, a
lively and active spiritual state has prevailed My Tours have been as usual, viz. three through Puna & three
in Hilo -
All these have been attended with circumstances of mercy,
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
& all have appeared to yield fruit -
3.
The whole roll of the church
has been called & every individual member enquired after.
We have, also, held our Annual Convention of delegates in
which important subjects have been discussed & church business trans
acted.
The Hawaiian Association met at Hilo in Oct. but several of
our ministerial brethren were providentially prevented from attending.
At this Meeting the Licenses of Pilipo, Kauhane & Pihe, our three
Hawaiian licentiates, were renewed Here also the subject of the domestic intellectual & religious
education of Hawaiian females was earnestly discussed, & our lamented
brother Shopman was appointed to commence a school for girls in Kau,
with the understanding & implied pledge that said school should be
the foster child of the Association & of the churches of Hawaii Brother Shipman returned from this meeting full of zeal & courage,
and soon commenced the building of a small school house & the collec
tion of funds for the opening of the school -
The house was nearly
completed & the time for opening the school was appointed when the
messenger came & called him to a house not made with hands.
His
work ceased & we saw his face no more.
He went to Punaluu, an out-Station, to spend a few days, with
his family, & here in a little cottage under a burning sun, separated
from the ordinary comforts of home, & without a missionary friend
near him, he sickened & died -
Thus the plans of our Association
for the establishment of a female School were broken up.
Still, however, we bear the subject on our hearts, & look with
unabated interest for an indication of Providence that something
of the kind may yet be established on our island Mrs. Coan has had two or three native girls under her care as
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
4.
domestics for most of the year, "but her strength & time are
inadequate to the task of conducting a school of this character.
We are still hoping & praying that the little, unfinished
school-house In Kau may yet he ocupied ( !) by the daughters
of Hawaii, under the fostering care of some true sister of
charity.
Prom all the data at our command we are led to the con
clusion that the natives of our field are still decreasing.
The whole number gathered into the church by profession, during
the year is 72 while those removed by death are 188.
Our rec
ord of deaths also greatly ournumbers our baptisms.
Will this ebbing tide of being ever change & the return
ing flood again fill all the life-channels of Hawaii?
Besides six regular tours among his people the pastor of
Hilo has been called away unexpectedly & suddenly to other
points:
first, as has already been noticed, to Kau, by the
death of brother S. and next to Punahou on account of the
severe Illness of our son -
Consequently an unusual portion
of his time has been spent in travelling & in labors abroad In all these things the hand of the Lord has been clear and
his mercy great.
Our ordinary public labors at the station are - 1st
Sabbath School for children & adults at 9 A.M. 2d Preaching at
10 1/2 - 3 Meeting of chh. Session, of inquirers & of fallen church
members at 12 M.
4th Preaching at 11/2 P.M.
5th Preaching at
some out-Station or to prisoners at 4 P.M.
On Wednesdays, Saturdays & monthly concert days lectures
at 4 P.M.
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
5.
Two days previous to leaving Hilo for the present meeting
the pastor lectured on the last chapter of The Revelation This was the close of a series of lectures embracing every
chapter & verse in the Bible & extending through several years To the pastor the exercise has been a delightful & profitable
one, & we hope, through grace it has blessed others also.
During our ministrations a t Hilo we have also delivered
a series of lectures on "The Pilgrim's Progress" - Another on
Papacy - A third on Church History and a fourth on M oral.Phil osophy, besides, the Ui fa catechism] & the Aiokala.
Some
10,000 other lectures & sermons on almost every doctrinal &
practical theme Very many hours 8c days are also spent In visiting the sick
& in preaching the gospel from house to house, & in prisons &
by the way side No reasonable efforts are spared in looking into schools,
in endeavoring to g u i d e children & youth in paths of peace &
in distributing books, tracts
Sc
papers among the people -
We
usually distribute 400 to 600 News papers in our field with
no small amount of labor
Sc
care -
These are probably read by
several thousands.
We have built no distinguished church edifices during the
year -
Some old ones have been repaired & several hundred
dollars collected for churches in anticipation -
Our movements
in the line of Chh. Erection are not rapid - and perhaps for
two reasons; we are slow to dig & ashamed to beg reason is, of course, no honor to us.
The first
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
6.
Our contributions have been, fair, amounting, for all
Christian objects, as churches, pastor's salary & missionary
purposes, to about 3600 dollars We have had less seamen during the past than in previous
years.
With those who were accessible I have labored person-
aly ( !) as in former times - & have also furnished all ships
with tracts & other reading matter.
I have also preached in
English when ships were in port - but have not felt able to
keep up English preaching through the year -
My native exer
cises being always four & often five on the Sabbath.
But what
has been lacking on my part the Brethren have supplied in keep
ing up an English exercise for reading, prayer & praise on
the Lord's day This service has been attended by our Christian neigh
bors & sometimes by others The papists still exert all their energies to lead our
people Into their toils.
A few have joined them during the
year, & as many, probably, have forsaken them ~
They have no
schools in Hilo & Puna except two at our Station -
They keep
up a small congregation in town, but scarcely a vestige ( !)
of one remains in the other parts of the field church is nearly completed the natives.
Their new
It is designed to dazzle & attract
Its consecration will soon take place, & this
will, probably, be an occasion of much display & of strong
efforts to draw in proselytes Our District Attorney, Chamberlayne, has united with them
during the past year.
This is in keeping - as he is a strong
Secessionist, & a stranger, as we fear, to all sympathy with
�Hilo - 1862 - Coan
true & rational freedom -
7.
[This paragraph crossed out in
pencil.]
The Mormons have, also made new & vigorous efforts to
revive their decayed cause in Hilo -
They have resuscitated ( !)
some of their old disciples, rebaptized them for the 2d & in
some cases for the third time - evidently "washing them to
fouler stains."
They have a few converts only at two or three
places In Hilo, hut none in Puna -
Their repeated & vigorous
efforts to disciple In that district have all failed m an in Puna will listen to them.
Not a
Some of their leaders in
Hilo, carrying their foul doctrines into practice, have been
convicted by the laws, fined or thrown into prison.
On a careful review of the past year we have great reason
to bless the Lord & to humble ourselves -
To bless the Lord
for his great patience - for the peace & harmony he has vouch
safed to us, & for all the multiplied tokens of his care &
love in things temporal & in things spiritual.
To humble ourselves for our failure to appreciate his
mercies & to improve (?) his blessings in a proper manner May the good Lord pardon & continue to bless his people.
Statistics.
Whole number received on profession - - - - - - - 11,434
"
"
"
by certificate
626
Received the past year on profession _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
72
"
"
"
" by certificate
22
Total the past year
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
94
Whole number dismissed
857
Dismissed the past year
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24
Whole number deceased
6337
Deceased the past year
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
188
Excluded the past year
18
Remain Excluded
338
Now in regular Standing
4528
Whole number of children baptized
q q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4210
Baptized the past year
48
Whole number of marriages
2540
Marriages the past year
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
34
Contributions to gospel objects
$3600.00
T.. Coan Pastor -
�Synopsis of Report of Hilo Church.
Amidst the vicissitudes ( !) of time & the convulsions of E m
pires Hilo has enjoyed a year of peace & prosperity.
To the above remark there has been one sad exception.
For the
first time during a residence of 27 years has the blood of murder
stained our soil - The tragic death of John Ely & wife filled us
with surprise & consternation.
All our Schools have been in successful operation during the
year - An increased number of children are learning the English
language.
Sabbath Schools have been sustained throughout the field, both
for children & adults.
Comparatively few cases of discipline ( !) have occurred in the
church - In some places there has been a wakeful interest in spirit
ual things & in other places worldliness & spiritual apathy have too
much prevailed.
Tours through the -whole field have been performed as in former
years and with like cheering results -
The state of every individual
member of the church has been made the subject of Inquiry.
Annual Conventions of the Hilo church & also of the Evangelical
Association for Hawaii have been held in Hilo with much interest.
Much has been desired & something attempted in the line of
female education.
Prom the data at hand we fear that the decrease of the people
still continues.
Something has been collected for the building of new houses of
public worship - & the contributions to all objects of Christian
enterprise amount to about 3600 dollars.
Papists & Mormons have made desperate efforts to disciple to
�1862 - Synopsis of Hilo Report
their errors, but with little success -
No Mormon & only two papal
schools exist in Hilo & not one in Puna.
Fewer Whale Ships have visited Hilo than in former years - but
efforts for the good of this class have not been neglected.
In the present state of the field there is much to encourage,
much to deplore & much to challenge the prayers, the hopes, the love
& the patient efforts of the pastor.
T. Coan
The pastor has just [finished] his last lecture of a series embrac
ing every chapter of the Bible.
�Report of Hilo Station
for the_ y e ar_ending May_ 2 5, _1863_
Time speeds.
Days, months, years pass as arrows from the how
which spans eternity.
"We spend our years as a tale that is told" -
& we tell the story of a year as the dream of a night.
Prom our scattered towers around the walls of our Hawaiian
Zion herald calls to herald & watchman echoes to "Watchman what
of the night" .
In our present report we notice, first a few outlines of
The field under review.
Hilo & Puna lie upon the Eastern coast of Hawaii between the
bases of the mountains, Kea & Loa and the "great Sea" - having
Hamakua on the N.W. and Kau on the South - being about 100 miles
by coast-line, in length, & embracing about one third of the island
of Hawaii.
"
Hilo is a land of clouds and rain - of rivers & cascades and
of the ceaseless noise of many waters -
It is a land of hills and
valley
s - of ridges & ravines, of forests & jungle & mud It is, notwithstanding, one of the loveliest landscapes on which
the sun shines or the clouds scatter pearls - It is a land of al
most unrivaled luxuriance ( !), & tropical beauty.
Puna on the South - lies under the shadow of the great vol
canic dome of Mauna Loa, embracing a portion of the fiery Kilauea
with scores of pit & cone c r a t e r s , mostly extinct, but some of
them still smouldering & emitting steam & sulfurous ( !) gases ( !).
It abounds with springs, & pools & caverns of hot water & in a
thousand places it exhibits the presence of volcanic fires at no
great depth below the surface, & it is liable at any time to dis
turbances from the throes of the old & capricious goddess Pele.
�Hilo 1863
2.
Along the shores & to some distance inland Puna Is almost a dead
lever;; but it Is diversified with forests & jungle, with fertile
soils & vast fields & floods of lava - sometimes smooth & lustrous
& often scariform & jagged, and scattered ( !) & heaped in wild con
fusion - Not a river or a stream of living water refreshes this
district in its whole extent of 70 miles.
Population.
The latest census makes the population of Hilo 4800 and
that of Puna 2000.
This is less than half the population when we
commenced our labors in the field.
"Life & immortality" have en
lightened the people & yet the Angel of death has hovered over the
land.
We now notice some of
The Moral Aspects of the field.
W h ile the omniscient ( !) Eye sees all the corruptions of the heart,
& while much sin is found among our people, still we have great oc
casion for joy & thanksgiving to God for giving to the blessed
gospel such restraining, as well as constraining power that gross
vices & outward demonstrations of depravity, such as once came forth
with bold & shameless front, now retire to the shades, unable to
bear the rising light -- Perhaps in no community are the outward
manifestations of defiant vice less common - or the general quiet
& order of the people more manifest than in Hilo & Puna -
Our
Sabbaths are undisturbed - our streets are free from tumult - our
houses safe from fear - our lives & property are sacred - Law is
respected & feared - the balances of justice hang out in the
sight of all - All personal, social & civil rights are protected, &,
above all the dearest rights of conscience are in free operation We lie down & rise up, & we go & come without fear - Truth, right
�Hilo
1863
3.
eousness & religion are invested with a charm, a dignity, a glory,
which, where they do not
the heart, inspire men with, an
admiration & an awe which holds at hay the profane transgressor.
Such, substantially, has been the external state of our community
during the past year.
We will now look for a moment at
The Church.
"In the peace of the land" says the prophet "shall be your peace" This has been true of Hilo -
Probably no one of the past 20
years has called for less discipline ( !) for overt acts of sin in
the church, than the past.
Christians have not been remarkably
spiritual or active in the work of the Lord, & yet cases of discipline
( !) have not been numerous.
As light increases among them a
greater number act from principle; and as public opinion gains
purity & power it throws a stronger barrier around the right, &
becomes an aid & a guardian of good morals.
Wholesome law, also,
is a shield & a handmaid to virtue; while the gospel, with its
promises & its sanctions, alone reaches the heart & touches the
vital springs of life.
And this gospel has not been without Its
effects during the past year.
While the church, under its power,
has been, generally, peaceful & harmonious, many of its members
have appeared to grow in grace & in the knowledge of God.
Many
have led quiet & -peaceful lives in all godliness & honesty.
Many
have searched the -Scriptures daily & many have been active & stead
fast in the work of the Lord.
More than 50 hopeful converts have
been added to our communion from the ranks of the world.
The
benevolent contributions of the church do not suffer by a compari
son with former years, more than 3000 dollars having been given
for various objects during the period under review.-
�Hilo
1863
4.
But with all our cause for joy & praise, we still have reason
for grief & shame that no more has been done for Christ.
not done our duty -
We have
Our faith has been too weak - our love too
feeble., our zeal too cold, our hearts too selfish. & our efforts
to ( !) few & fickle In our Master's work.
Education.
In using this term I do not intend to speak on all the
elements & agents which it comprehends; but merely to state in
p a s s i n g ( !) a few facts in relation to our Schools, leaving my
worthy and laborious associate to give you a more perfect view of
the subject.
At Hilo Station we have
1st.
The excellent & efficient Boarding School, of which you will
hear a report from its Principal.
2.
The Anglo Hawaiian School - of about 70 scholars - taught ef
ficiently by Mr. R.H, Hitchcock assisted by Miss Mary Jane Alexan
der 3.
A small school of the children of foreigners, taught by Miss
Bixby.
4.
A family school, taught by our widowed Sister Mrs. Shipman.
5.
Our public Station School, taught by an active & intelligent
native.
6.
A Common School taught by a papist.
All these are In the town of Hilo - and beside these we have
6 other schools within about 2 miles of the Station, all taught by
natives & under the care of the government.
In North Hilo & Puna we have 21 more government Schools,
making our whole number of daily schools 33.
As a general remark
these schools are doing a good work for our children, & bringing
the means of a useful education within the reach of every child in
Hilo & Puna.
The teachers are all professors of religion & moral
�Hilo
in their lives.
1863
5.
They pray in their schools & teach their pupils
useful knowledge coupled with Christian truth & virtue.
Most of
these children are, also, led by their teachers, to the S. School
& to the Sanctuary on the Lord's day - and among these pupils we
have found cases of hopeful piety during the past year.
It is the habit of the pastor, to visit all the Schools on his
tours through Hilo & Puna,
Of the 33 schools mentioned only 2 are taught by papists Se
th ese are at & near the Station.
In most of our Schools the art
of singing has been taught and many of our children show a fine
taste and capacity for music.
As indications of progress, or marks of comparison, we may be
allowed to say a word on
The Temporal Condition of our people.
It is an established truth, that "godliness" promotes temporal
prosperity - Of the former virtue we have too little, &, conse
quently, there is still too much of indolence, & weakness & want
among our people — Many are unthrifty because they do not make the
fear of God the essential element of life, or the great governing
principle of action in all their daily business.
But weak, wayward,
indolent & Improvident as many of our people are, there is an in
creasing class who aspire to a better condition in temporal affairs,
& who are acquiring more skill., industry, energy & perseverance
in reaching this condition.
. .
_
The amount of lumber used in Hilo, has greatly increased, &
the number of respectable framed dwellings is con t a n tly being
multiplied among our natives.
The same is true of furniture,
�Hilo
both useful & ornamental -
1863
6.
We cannot say that Hilo is finished.
As our Island is not yet completed, b u t is rising & extending
under the creating hand of Omnipotence, so, we trust, our civilization, in affinity with Christianity, will rise to a higher level,
expand to a wider circle, & improve from year to year.
We might speak of improved streets, an increased number of
good bridges etc - with ample room for further improvements in
this line, of two established ferries - of 2 rail-roads commenced of a third in contemplation, if not actually under contract; of
a greatly increased amount of sugar-cane under cultivation, & of
sugar manufactured - But we will not enlarge, for, with all our
marks of progress we are still "a feeble folk”, & our signs of
poverty, weakness & ignorance are more prominent than the opposite
tokens.
There is, however, as we think, advancement.
Papists.
Never has the papal power made such determined demonstrations
at Hilo as during the past year.
During the building of their new
temple the priests, seculars, or carpenters, & other agents were
full of zeal & confidence, using every art, argument & opportunity
in their power, to proselyte our people.
Great preparations were made for the consecration of their
temple on the 9th of July.
The Bishop & staff were on the ground
days beforehand and arrangements were made to collect the priests
and, proselytes from all parts of Hawaii & from other islands of
the group.
The church was decorated - attractive music: was provided a great feast was announced - sports, fire works etc. were promised
new disciples were to be baptized & confirmed - M a s s celebrated,
�Hilo
processions formed &c & c .
1863
7.
Every effort was made to charm the
senses, & everybody was desired to attend,, every knee to b e n d
& every tongue to swear before the images of Jesus, of the holy
Virgin, of the blessed Primate Peter, of St. John, &c.
The day
came & went - A multitude assembled from different parts of the
group & the house was consecrated with pomp & ceremony & the
whole programme of masses, baptisms, anointings, chants - invoca
tions, orations, processions, feastings, fire-works, horse-riding
etc. was completed.
In a few days the Bishop & priests returned
to their posts, the people scattered & all was quiet.
What number of proselytes were added to the papists by this
persevering demonstration w e do not know - Quite a number, doubt
less; but we know of none of our worthy natives who have joined
them - Several natives, notorious for nothing good, were drawn into
their ranks.
A number who joined them under excitements have
since returned to our meetings - The ordinary papal congregation is,
I am told, small, & ours has not been diminished by their efforts.
But we all know that the papists are determined, unscrupulous,
arrogant & indefatigable.
Probably they are the most subtle
adroit & formidable foe to truth with which we are called to con
tend; & they are an enemy not to be despised.
Silently & surely
they seem to be gaining power at the Islands - & no human skill or
force will dislodge them - Our hope is only in the Lord - & our
weapons are "The whole armor of God" - None other will ever prevail
"When the enemy comes in like a flood" we know the only "Standard"
to which we can repair.
The Lord will destroy the Man of Sin by the breath of his
mouth - truth - consume him by the brightness of his coming or by the clear revelations of his gospel through the demonstra-
�Hilo
1863
8.
-tions of the Spirit.
Mormons.
Of these few remain in Hilo & none in Puna - Numbers of their
teachers have traversed our field during the year, laboring to
disciple the people & collecting cash, horses, cattle &c wherever
they could obtain them - Several of their proselytes have left
for Mt. Zion, (Ranai) with other men's wives, assured by their
blind leaders, that, in-two years, they will all shake hands with
God in heaven.
Ordinary Labors at the Station
1.
Sabbath Labors.
These are - A S.S. at 9 A.M . consisting o f
100 to 200 children & adults.
interest during the year.
This has been sustained with much
Second - preaching at 10 1/2A.M.
Third -
A meetings at M. with the lunas, with inquirers & with any under
church discipline ( !) - Fourth - Preaching at 1 1/2 P.M.
a meeting at some out Station at 4 P.M.
and sometimes
Occasionally preaching in
English 2.
Week-day Labors.
First.
Lectures in Series, on Wednesdays & Saturdays - In
this way we have, in past years, gone through the whole Bible The Pilgrims' Progress - A Compendium of Church History - Moral
Philosophy ( !), some 25 Lectures on the History, Doctrines, Dogmas
etc - of the Papacy - and I am now lecturing on Theology.
Second - The ordinary & extraordinary miscellaneous labors
of the week.
These can hardly be named or numbered.
Besides hours
in the study & calls for books, for counsel & consultation in church
business & In matters of difficulty between man & man,
too
often, between man. & wife, parent & child, teacher & scholar the pastor visits the sick - prays with the suffering, attends
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funerals & labors from house to house as he has time & strength
for the work.
And these miscellaneous labors occupy a large
proportion of the Pastor's time, and constitute the largest &,
probably, the most important part of his work Tours.
Of these the pastor has made three in Hilo & three in Puna
during the year - The Circuit of Puna, ie - going by the shore &
returning over the highlands, or visa versa - is more than a hun
dred miles, & an ordinary tour occupies from 2 to 3 weeks The distance through Hilo, in going & returning, is 50 to 60
miles; but on account of the numerous gorges, the rapid streams,
& the mud the travel is often equal to 150 miles on a decent road,
and sometimes the roads & streams are perilous or impassable No one who has not witnessed like scenes can tell, the fearful fury
of our swollen streams - and no one w ho has not struggled in such,
dark waters can know the effort & peril attendant on crossing our rivers when high In Dec. I was stopped suddenly by a rapid rise in the rivers,
& obliged to wait nearly two days for the waters to run by - At
length the storm abated and, with the assistance of a number of
bold & powerful natives, my horse was hauled over the rivers & I
went on my tour.
In April I was again shut in for two days be-
twixt raging streams which the most expert & powerful natives
dare not attempt to pass.
I had been hauled, by ropes, across
several made rivers - had travelled for a week in soaking rains
& through deep mud - had stopped for the night in a deep valley,
& in the morning when I awoke I was shut in on all sides by raging
waters - Here I remained for two days & three nights, amidst;a
scene of amazing grandeur - The dark clouds came rolling in from
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1863
10.
the sea & shaking ( ?) floods from their heavy wings - The winds
howled & a denser & still denser "pavilion of dark waters" hung
over us -
Near by "The deep uttered his voice & lifted up his
crested waves on high and thundered upon the shore - Cataracts
dashed in fleecy foam down lofty precipices; "the overflowing of
the waters passed by" & mingled their roar with the roar of the
sea, all the hills & precipices were hung with the dark drapery of
clouds.
The sight of the ocean rolling in majesty - of the foaming
cataracts leaping down the. precipices; of the cold & turbid waters
rushing along their rocky channels and of the clouds overhanging our little valley, together with the loud roar of the ocean, &
the confused din of the rivers, the cateracks ( !) & the storm altogether formed a scene of grandeur ( !) & sublimity not often
witnessed.
But the storm passed, the clouds scattered - the waters
subsided & sung in softer tones, & the great Sun came out in his
robes (?) of light,- beckoning us on our way, & reminding us of the
beautiful strains of the old Hebrew poet "As the clear shing after
rain" Visit to Kau & Kona.
In October I attended the annual meeting of our island Associa
tion in South Kona, Spending a Sabbath in Kau i n going & another in
returning; two Sabbaths in Kona, & taking Puna on my way back -
This trip occupied five weeks.
In Kona we ordained our Christian
brother O.H. Gulick, & I was happy to see the auspicious commence
ment of his ministerial & pastoral labors In Kau, & to enjoy a
season of Christian fellowship with him & his family & people at
such an interesting time - This was unexpected & providential Convention.
Our Annual Convention was at Hilo, as usual, & during four days
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1863
11
consulted, discussed & prayed on matters pertaining to the Kingdom
of Christ.
This Convention is well attended by Lunas & teachers
& full of interest.
Helpers in the Gospel.
You are aware that the chh. of Hilo & Puna is scattered over
an extended territory ( !) & composed of more than 20 subdivisions,
forming as many little congregations of worshipers on the Sabbath
& other occasions.
These meetings are sustained & these sub-par
ishes looked after by a class of men called Lunas, usually headed
by one as leader or president or chairman -
These Lunas or Help
ers, I instruct from time to time in the duties of their calling*
as the Lord gives opportunity & ability, & some of them acquire
skill In teaching & governing the church -
Their labors are of
immense importance - they are invaluable & indispensable ( !) They, however, need much instruction & constant supervision; to
prevent mistakes & to keep them, awake to their duties.
At the quarterly meetings of our Teachers, I usually, when
at home, spend a day or two in Biblical Lecture for their instruc
tion - and many of these Teachers are among our most efficient
Church Lunas. We have another class of helpers among the Females.
At the
Station 'Mrs. Coan meets, instructs, directs & superintends a class
of females who are very useful among the sick, the poor, the Ig
norant & the wayward - and there are also females all over the
field whose influence f o r good is not inferior to that of the males
Female piety & female influence when appreciated & properly di
rected, is a working element of vast importance in the Chh. of
Christ, here & everywhere -
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1863
12.
Evils Remaining.
Indolence is one of the besetting sins & one of the curses
of the people.
It is the mother of vice & the mother of misery.
But it is not s o general as it once was
It has decreased won
derfully, as all observers with clear eyes & candid hearts will
testify -
I do not stop to prove this position though abundant
facts are at hand Licentiousness still abounds.
This is provoked & aggravated
by a class of men well known to us all -
Still we believe that,
notwithstanding the assertions of the enemies of virtue & the fears
of its friends, this evil has been checked, and that pollution &
moral degradation are not universal among our natives.
Disease is a great & desolating evil among the people -
This
arises from a thousand causes, often complex & undefinable Sometimes it is hereditary -
Often it is traceable ( !) directly to
scandalous ( !) vice - Indolence begets It; but ignorance of & in
attention to the laws of physical life is the hot bed which fills
the bones & blood & muscles of this people with the seeds of the
graveyard Superstition & idolatry ( !) still remain in the hearts of
many, but they are not universal, our brethren of "The Reformed
Catholic Church" to the' contrary notwithstanding - At any rate
if these evils are universal here they are universal over all
Christendom, over all heathendom & over all the earth.
The Remedy
like the disease is compound - physical & moral -
If the rising
race could be trained to industry, neatness & temperance in all
their habits, the physical functions of the people would, ere
long, assume vitality, & life would be more extended & happy.
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13.
But Moral forces are those which are to move & renovate the
world in all things physical & spiritual.
"Godliness has the
promise” of the present as of the future life -
Let us first
christianize & we shall be sure to civilize this people.
If the
root be godliness, or true piety, the branches & the fruit will
in time show a healthy civilization - But let us attempt to en
graft civilization upon a rotten root & root & branch will fall
together -
Faith, hope, courage, fidelity, humility, weakness,
patience, love - these fruits of the Spirit, these seeds of sal
vation scattered wide & planted deep in the hearts of the people watched with vigilance & watered with tears, will, through the
Eternal Spirit, renovate & and ( !) save the Hawaiians.
else will do it.
Nothing
There must be a vitality In our preaching & in
our lives if we would both save ourselves & those who hear us.
I have given a rapid & superficial glance of the field, where
Providence has permitted an unworthy servant to labor for 28 years.
I say superficial, for I see only the surface of things -
I deal
with facts as Providence evolves them - with facts as they appear with present facts - not the past or the future - with those near not far off - "For that which is far o f f & exceeding deep who can
find it?"
"Secret things belong to God" - We do not search the
depths of the sea or explore the bowels of the earth - So we do not
sound the depths of depravity & the abyss of:darkness in the human
heart - We see enough of the wickedness of our people & of our own
wickedness to pain & alarm us - God in mercy spares us the full
sight - But we will thank him for all the sunshine which falls on
the moral landscape before us -
We will bless him for all.
The Encouragements
he affords us in our work -
-
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1.
1863
14.
In his clearly revealed purpose to evangelize the world -
Laboring in this work we labor in union & sympathy with the
Eternal God, & who would not have courage to labor with such a
Lord, & in a cause so sure to prevail & so glorious withal.
2.
us -
The Commission, Instructions & Promises of Christ cheer
"Go teach all nations - "Lo I am with you always.
Who can faint under such a Commission?
Who can fear, or falter,
or grow weary under such pledges?
3.
We are also encouraged by The Power of the Gospel as
seen in Its past history -
Its conquests have been many, marvel
ous & mighty - I need only to allude to them -.
This glorious
Gospel has lost none of its power - This fire & this hammer of the
Almighty still melt (?) & break - This W ord is still quick & power
ful - This bright Sword of the Spirit still separates ( !) the
joints & the marrow.
4.
We are encouraged in view of what God has done for Hawaii -
His work here is marvelous in our eyes.
We are amazed at it - &
its very magnitude almost confounds us & stuns our faith - We are
surrounded w i t h living, moving witnesses of the power & grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ
We have fathers & mothers, brothers &
Sisters, sons & daughters, by hundreds & thousands, in this land,
so lately darkened with the pall of death, & bouting (?) with
heathen orgies.
We have friends who would lay down their lives
for Jesus & the gospel, & even for us -
We have stars to deck
the diadems of our unworthy heads - And again we say We wonder &
adore - w e are amazed & say to all ’’S e e wh at hath God wrought."
Let the blind, doubt the mid-day sun, & let the deaf deny the
crashing thunder; but let us not doubt the work of God on these
shores.
Shame on us if we faint in this glorious warfare or lay
off our armor till our Great Captain calls us from the field.
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5.
1863
15.
And what cause of encouragement we all have from car own
personal experiences of God's care & faithfulness has he left us?
When & where
In fire & floods - Upon the sea & the land - In
fears, trials, temptations - Amidst flatteries &
Everywhere & always, Christ, has been faithful - & his love & care
have been our song in the night-watches; our balm in sorrows, our
peace in tribulations - What has he not done for us as individuals
& families - As husbands, wives, parents, children & in all the
social relations of life?
Ever our afflictions have been bless
ings, & whenever ’’weeping has endured for a night joy has come in
the morning" - Was ever a community more blessed in all things
than the Sandwich Island Missionaries?
6.
Allow me to add one thought more - The whole character
of Him whose we are and whom we serve, inspires us with Encouragement
to go forward in his work -
True, righteous, faithful - holy, wise
Omniscient ( !), gracious & Mighty to serve, we serve a perfect, an
infinite & eternal Lord, to whom we can look at all times & for
all good, with the assurance that our heavenly Father careth for
us, & that if w e ask we shall receive, & that He will withhold no
good thing from those who walk uprightly - "He that spared, not his
own Son, but freely gave him up for us all, how shall he not also
with him freely give us all things?"
Statistics.
Whole number received on profession
"
"
- -
636
Received the past year on profession
- -
57
- - -
10
- -
67
"
"
"
11491
Certificate
"
"
- - -
'"
" Certificate
Whole number the past year
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Whole number dismissed to other churches
869
12
Dismissed the past year
Whole number deceased
16.
- - -
Deceased the past year
6535
- - ~
Excluded the past year
- - -
12
- -
540
Remain Excluded :
Now in regular standing
198
- - -•
4383
4262
Whole number of children baptized
52
Baptized the past year
Marriages the past year
- -
38
2578
Whole number of marriages
Contributions to Sundry Objects.
"
Pastor's Salary
- - - -
&
1200.00
Hawaiian Miss. Society
- - - -
600.00
A. B. C. F . M.
---- --
300.00
Church building & repairs
- ----
440.00
Lahainaluna Seminary
- - - -
Miscellaneous - Sick, poor, e t c .
~- - - -
90.00
80 .00
500.00
Cash on hand
Whole amount
3210.00
Paid for News Papers & Books
In March we enjoyed a precious visit from our venerable &
distinguished Secretary Dr. Anderson, attended by his most worthy
wife & daughter.
This visit was exceedingly gratifying to our
native people, & profitable, we trust to all.
�Puna
Is about 50 miles in extent on th e coast
The whole population according to a census just completed
is 4371
Most of the people live in villages along the shore though many
hundreds are scattered over the interior from 5 to 20 miles
from the sea.
There are now nearly 3000 chh. members in good standing in Puna.
There are two good locations for Stations about 20 miles apart
and about 30 miles from Hilo.
Each of these locations is now an out-post with a grass meeting
house & a congregation of about 1000 souls.
There are no harbors in Puna, but boats & canoes can land at
many points in a still time.
There are no foreigners in the district & hitherto the people
have been comparatively free from foreign Influence.
The present pastor even supposing his health & that of his
family t o be good, can visit the district only 3 or 4 times
annually.
Physician for Hilo.
1.
No physician can now be obtained in less than one week -
perhaps two weeks.
2.
A physician might supply Puna & Kau should stations be taken
at these places.
3.
He (?) might do much good in teaching or superintending
schools.
[T h i s
is
in
written/pencil, and labeled on back: "Mr. Coan on
Puna & Hilo"]
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CONTENTS
HILO STATION
Bill of expenditures from July 1828 to the last of April
1829, unsigned, addressed to Levi Chamberlain.
Expenses of Hilo Station for 11 months, ending April 30,
1837.
Report of D. B. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 3, 1838,
Chamberlain & Castle
to Messrs.
Inventory of articles left at Hilo by Rev. J. Goodrich,
Nov. 18th, 1835.
Resolutions dated June 25, 1835, signed by Levi Chamberlain,
Gerrit P. Judd, Sheldon Dibble & David B. Lyman re:
Hilo Station
�C
O
P
Y
bill of expenditures
3938
feet plank
lanoe
12
1
2
1
&c
from July 1828 to the last of April 1829 .
Paid cotton, calico, nankin,
knives &c. to the amount of
(including Mr. Bishop's Bill)
yds calico
piece Nankin
files
dog knife
32
3"84
1"75
60
9
6"28 ------- - -
7
Days labour on the drain, Cotton, nankin, & c ,
41
/
2- do blacksmith
(6 yds cotton ad 20)- (4 do striped
21)
7
do sawing plank do 6 yds cotton, - 1 knife
70
do cabinet Maker 32"28 (14.25 of which only from)
(
the Depository
)
Labour Hewing & sawing house frame,
cotton &c.
24 sleepers for lower floo r 8 slates
54 sticks for studs 10 slates
1.96
2 yds cotton
.42
2 knives
.29
2 "67
107.98
6.28
2.32
1.84
1.75
32.28
9.25
1.24
2.67
8 slates for out houses
12 Ki fence
cts
27 Ditch for the pasture fence
18 for timber) those 63 to be deducted 231/2 average price
)--because reckoned in
30 plank
cts
$
80
sundries
)
other things
15
4"70
20 Mr. Ruggles - 4"70 - - - - 4 for Ditch for pig pen
11 for stone wall for a cow yard
9 remaining
2"11 * - - 2"11
2 1"61
21"61
36"69
15"08
156
15.08
Bureau Map
Sundries
-
13
2
44-43
Mr. Ruggles gave out to natives cotton
nankin also 1 1/2bbl of beef do. - - - - - - - - - - To my Domestics cotton & nankin - - - - - - - - - 14 3/4yds at 26 cts)-for a traveling tent & a pair of
5
1/4 do do 21
) sheets ------- - 8 yds striped @ 18 cts
6$ to purchase some tin pots & pan & Iron hoops -
13.
2.
44.43
8.00
12.00
5.00
4.91
1.44
6.00
277.47
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C O P Y
BILL OF EXPENDITURES & c
FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829 ;Con t'
d
NATIVE PRESENTS:
Tiopio
17 yds of silk @ :
Opiia
1 h og @ 6
H olulu.
1 hog and 3 talo
Maalo and others
25-75
3 S
Making a fence for the cow pasture
Kekauonohe
a shawl
4
Drawing down my house timber - -
17.00
6.00
11.00
25.75
59.75
6. 0 0
4,00
8.25
78.00
FOREIGN PRESENTS :
Capt.Upham of the Marymitchel
Dried apples
30 lbs. of rice
Capt. Harris
5
1
1
2
2
o
1
2
2
1/3
-
20
50
50
25
-
6.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.50
12.50
12.50
3.00
1.50
3 .84
8.34
8.34
Foxhound
bbl of flour
old iron
yds. calico @ 32
Capt.McKenzie
1.00
.50
.50
.25
Warren’s
Doz. porter
- brass knob door locks
ld iron
canister of powder
stone jars
galls of oil
Capt. Emrnit
1
1
1
8
3
1
Mayflower
Vials oil spruc e (?) @
large pitcher
tea pot
small mugs
Capt. Bliss
12
1.00
1,00
-
Minerva Smith
hat
cheese
20 lbs
bbl of flour
yds checked
bls of steel
wash tub
2.00
2.00
9.00
1.60
.63
.75
15.98
15.98 4 1 .07
�COPY
BILL OF EXPENDITURES &c FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829;Con'd
FOREIGN PRESENTS: (Continued)
(Brought Forward)
Capt. Gardner
1
~
41.07
Dawn
Bread
flour
gall of brandy
1.00
1.50
2.00
4.50
4.50
V
Capt. Capt.Coffin
-
Logan
lbs glauber salts
Dried apples
raisins
2 Dutch cheeses
3 lbs each
gals gin
1 bottle essence of
spruice
9 Fresh Cod, or Stock
fish
powder -
20
2
•
Capt . S. Bunker,
-
12
2
1
12
1
2
-
1.00
3.00
0.75
3.00
2.00
13.75
13.75
Alexander
1 bbl of flour
8 lb sperm candles
© 2 cts
2 1/2gall. oil soap
20 lb of sugar
14 yds checked
8 galls of oil 70cts
Capt. Fisher
2.00
1.00
1.00
9.00
2.24
.76
2.00
2.80
5.60
22.40
22.40
Almyra
vials oil sperm @ 20= 2.40
glass lamps
4.00
oil stone
1.00
lbs coffee
3.00
bag hops - 10 lb @ 15= 1.50
galls of oil
1.40
13.30
13.30
95.02
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C 0 P Y
BILL OF EXPENDITURES &c FROM JULY 1828 to end of APRIL 1829 -Cont’d
SOLD
Wood to the amount
Kapas
$21.
- - - - -
21.00
sent to Oahu.
A Pretty good supply of trade on hand
remaining.
(UNSIGNED)
(Addressed,
Mr. Levi Chamberlain)
H onolulu, Oahu.
(The Original MSS.
on the reverse side:
"HILO
of the above document is inscribed
Ann. Acct.,
May 17, 1829.")
�C O P Y
EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MONTHS
APRIL 30,
ENDING
1837.
Permanent Buildings (Painting & repairs) - - - - - -
$ 66.00
To the above add the cost of the Zinc taken by
Mr. Coan from Honolulu & 20 sheets from Mr.
Clark at Lahaina in July 1836, also 50 pounds
of White Lead & the Oil contained in the can &
one of the Jugs received by the Clarion in
April.
Native buildings for domestics
Furniture - - - - - - - - - Fences
- - - - - - - - - Fuel
King’s taxes - - - - - - - Provisions (for Books)
- - (
"
)
- - Labor
Miscellany (
"
)
- - Presents from natives
- - Avails of Herd
- - Avails of Land
- - _
&c.
11.8
080
26. 00
53. 40
14.0
000
6.
/621
1
2
6
2
/
22. 00
15. 00
16 .50
18. 00
12. 00
10. 00
Station Schools:
Wages of native teachers
35. 00
Value of a building fitted up & devoted
to Station Schools - - - - - - - - - 175. 00
(The above is the building erected)
(by Messrs.Green & Dibble which,af)
(ter taking out some things, w e
(have fitted up at an expense of
(about 28 dollars, so that 147 dol
(lars should be deducted from what
(has, heretofore, been set to the
(item of permanent dwellings at
(this station on account of that
(h ouse.)
B oarding School:
Avails of Books appropriated to the
school - - - - - - - - - - - $20.45
Articles from Depository - - - - - 243.05
263.50 263.50
To the last item please to add the expense of
the following articles of Table furniture:
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C O P Y
EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MONTHS
ENDING APRIL 30,1837.
11/2
doz. Blue edge Dining plates
1
"
Pint White Mugs ---1-1/3 ”
Knives & forks - - 1-1/6 "
Iron Spoons 2
"
Tin pint basons l/4
"
Tin Lamps - - - 2/ 3
"
White pint bowls - 2
Large Platters - - - - - - 2
Tin Soup Turines - - - - - - 1
Lamp filler - - - - - - - - Avails of Books as exhibited in the expenses of
the Station.
Provisions
- - - - - - - - Labor
- - - - - - - - - Miscellany
- - - - - - - - Articles appropriated to the Boarding
- - - School
73.95
To the above add the following articles received
for books, but not expended at the Station: Viz.
A barrel of Pia sent to the Depository in August,
all the Pia put on board the Clarion when here
in April; also the Pulu sent to the Depository
during the year, & Pulu sent by Mr.Coan to Dr.
Judd, which Mr. C. estimated at 12 or 15 dollars.
Please to transfer from the acc't of Hilo to that of
other stations, as follows:
go Lahainaluna
44 dollars money & 270 yds. of
the brown cotton received by the
Clarion in April.
To Wailuku
$7.30
To Honolulu
about 7 dollars Cash acc ’t for wood
sent by the Packet in August, (per
haps the exact expense was mentioned
at th e time,) & 45 yds of the brown
cotton last received, paid for wood
sent by the Clarion.
To Waimea on Kauai
Cash for lumber.
75 dollars for a double canoe.
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C O P Y
EXPENSES OF HILO STATION FOR 11 MON T
HS
ENDING APRIL 30, 1837.
(Continued)
In estimating the expenses of the Boarding School I
hav e added 2 cents per yard to the cost price o
f the cloth
purchased at Honolulu, & 12 per cent to the money appropriated
to the school, also to the price of the few articles which I
purchased at Honolulu for it.
In making out the value of Mr. W ’s canoes, the articles
paid for one are set the same as they are charged on your books,
& for the other I have taken it for granted that the Brown cot
ton received by the Clarion was about 13 cts per yd. & the
calico 15.
(Mr. & Mrs. Lyman have, during the year,)
(received articles from personal friends)
(in the United States, worth 35 dollars.)
In behalf of the Station
(Signed)
Hilo Hawaii
May 20, 1837.
(Addressed, Mr. Levi Chamberlain)
D . B. LYMAN .
�Report by D. B. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 3, 1838, to Messrs. Chamberlain
& Castle
C O P Y
of
COPY
Hilo
Jan’y 3, 1838.
Messrs, Chamberlain)
& Castle
Dear Brethren,
In compliance with a request
of Bro, Castle bearing date the 11th ult., accompanying a bill
of articles charged to Hilo Station from April 10th to
Oct. 1st 1837, at the Depository; we state that most of those
articles have been, or will be expended, as follows: for
HILO
F or
&
STATION
family use
By Mr. Coan
—- - "
Wilcox - - L
yman - - - -
$
190.23
125.41
196.84
512.48
Station Schools
- - - - - - - Boarding School
- —
- - - - - Building department - - - - - Our proportion of general acc’t
- Order in favor of Mr. Mack - - - --
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- -- —
- - - - - - - - - -
512.48
58.34
104.05
167.28
138.93
35.62
1016.70
KAUAI
for Mr. Whitney's canoe
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21.18
HONOLULU
Wood sent by Clarion in April
V ol
anic Specimens for Messrs.Castle
c
Cloth used by Messrs. Dimond & Castle
& Locke
-
-
5 .63
1.25
2 .52
-
LAHAINALUNA
Cloth for lumber & poles
33.75
KAILUA
Lumber for Dr. Andrews
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-
-
-
-
CARRIED FORWARD
See explanations.
.
_
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5.67
1086.70
�C O P Y
of COPY
(Report by B .D.Lyman, Hilo, Jan.3,1838, to Messrs. Chamberlain)
& Castle, Continued.)
AM’T
BROUGHT F ’W ’D
-
-
-
-
1086.70
3
Items on the
prs. Shoes - 1.40
- - - 4.20
bill which we Coat (Spalding)
- - - - 3.50
do not rec- (2 axe
handles 25
- - - - .50
ognize as hav- (323/4 yds. Bro. cotton, 18
5.91
i n g b e e n re,
14.11
ceived.
(
1/2
-
-
barrel clean pork we purpose to return -
-
A m ’t
accounted for
Ain’t
charged on Mr.Castle's bill -
-
14.11
11.25
- - - - - -
1112.06
-
1112.06
We wish you to understand that the preceding statement
cannot be used as a guide in making out our annual acc't. Not
far from 140 dollars of the articles charged on the bill were
expended
previously to April 30th & went into our last
year's acc’t.
A part of the sum appropriated to Station
schools was to pay debts remaining from last year which were in
cluded in our last annual acc ’t.
More than 30 dollars of th e
sum, new, set to the building department was included in our
acc ’t for the year ending with April 30th 1837,
The order
given to Mr. Mack belongs entirely to old acc’t, & the amount
of it should be added to the item of general expense of the
station for last year; the annual acc’t having specified the
sums to be charged under each of the other heads.
There are 3 prs. shoes & 2 Axe handles entered on the
bill m ore than we have seen, & more than have been specified on
any former bill.
Were they not entered twice by mistake ?
Respecting the coat we know nothing.
Mrs. Lyman rec’d in June
1 piece 5/4ths Bro. Sheeting 34 yds.
The bill of articles,
sent to the Station at the time, mentioned 2 pieces 34 &
yds. from which it was inferred that one of the other fami
lies at the station had received the second piece.
The last
bill is the same as the one first sent, but on inquiry it ap
pears that no one at the station has any knowledge of the
second piece.
Feb. 9th
The preceding is a copy of our report so far as it
related to the articles entered on the bill of Dec.11th.
The 6 boxes of Soap which were omitted on that bill, you will
please to charge one of each kind to each of our three families.
Some explanations, contained in our report respecting arti
cles which we supposed to have been omitted by mistake on the bill,
�CO
P Y
of
COPY
(Report by B .D. Lyman, Hilo, Jan. 5, 1838, to Messrs, Chamberlain)
Castle,
Continued.)
I do not new copy, because It appears from Bro. Chamberlain's
of Jan’y 8th that they were omitted by design, & that no ac
count of them is requested.
The report was sent by the Sch ooner of Gov. Adams, & we
have recently learned our letters were all lost when she went
down at Kawaihae.
The report wa s approved by the members of
the Station.
I suppose it unnecessary to be at the trouble to
obtain signatures anew.
It may be that a letter, forwarded more recently than the
report which I wrote in reply to yours of Dec, 22nd/37 &
Jan'y 8th/38 contains allusions to things in the report
which I have not thought it necessary to copy.
My impression
is (paper torn away) that if such is the fact; yo
u
will
still be able to separate the relevant from the irrelevant mat
ter of that letter,
I retained no copy, & do not recollect
distinctly its contents.
Yours
truly,
(Signed)
C h a rg e d t o
"
rt
"
"
"
"
"
"
M r,
"
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Coan
Ly m a n
B u ild in g s
B o a r d in g S ch ool
s c h o o ls
Wi l c o x
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-
-
-
D . B. LYM AN.
-
2 1 5 .1 4
2 1 8 .2 5
1 6 7 . 28
1 0 4 .0 5
4 7 . 54
1 2 9 .0 1
$ 8 8 1 . 27
This amt to be credited to Hilo as included in the above charges - - - -
27.71
853.36
(Addressed, Messrs. Chamberlain & Castle,)
Honolulu
Oahu,
Per Br Wilcox.)
(The Original MSS of the above report is inscribed)
(
on the reverse side: "REPORT OF HILO STAT ION, )
(
previous to Oct. 1837." )
�Inventory of
Articles left at Hilo by Rev J Goodrich
Nov 18th, 1835
9.00
1
5.00
1 Bedstead - - - -
3.00
50 cts each. 1 .0 0
1
do
4.00
13.00
1
do
5.00
18 chairs @ 50 cts each
1
2
Looking Glass
do
do
do
3.00
1
Beauro ( !)
1
Stand - - - - - -
1.50
1 Bell
1
Lantern
1 .0 0
1 Dust pan
.3 7
2
Clothes Brushes
.50
1 Jerk Knife
.52
6
Spoons . . - - -
.50
1 Corn Mill - - - - -
5.00
1
Tinder Box &c
.25
1 Terrestrial Globe
5.00
2 Night Lamps - - - -
.50
1
do of domestic fabric
2 .0 0
1
.50
6
Deep Dishes
2.50
.75
2
Glass Jar
3 Combs
_ _ - - -
- - ----
.25
do -- do - - - - -
1 .0 0
2
Bonnets
1.50
1 Bowl & Pitcher
1.25
1
Table
3 .0 0
3 Mash Bowls
1.50
1
do
4.00
1 Pitcher
.60
1
Kitchen do - - -
3.00
1 Demijohn 1 Gall
2
old - - do - - - -
1.50
2 Decanters
1
" Beauro
6 .0 0
2
Settees - each. 5$
1
Cracker Machine
1 .0 0
1
Trundle bed - - - -
1 .0 0
6
Muffin tin
.50
1
crib
1.0 0
6
Breakfast Plates - -
.50
10 .0 0
1 Dusting Brush
.50
2
Calabashes - - - - -
.50
1
Clock
5.00
1
Cupboard - - - - -
4.00
- -
2 .0 0
10 Wine Glasses
4 Tin Pans
2
do
1.0 0
1 .0 0
26 Dinner Plates
12 Tea - -
1 .0 0
do - - do
12 Cups & Saucers - 4 Mugs
[ a second figure of 3.00 given in margin]
3.25
1 .0 0
.10
1.25
.50
�2.
Goodrich Inventory
4 Gravy Butter Boats
.37
1
2 Plates
.10
2
7 Cups
.42
1 Lamp filler
.25
.66
2 Coffee Pots
.75
.50
5 Tin cups
.20
11 Saucers
4 --Quart Bowls
- -
do
.25
6
Flour castors
3 --Pint
do
.30
6
do
61/2 do
do
.50
6
Pans
6
do
do
large
- - -
.75
.75
3 Pitchers
1.13
3 Tin Pails
.37
17 Tumblers
2.12
1 Sausage Filler
.25
2 Salts - - - - -
.10
4 Pans
.32
4 Tin Pans
.50
3 Pepper Boxes
.10
1 Glass plate
.50
2 Tinned Porringers
1 Pair Glass Lamps - -
4.00
1
do
do
do
1.25
1
do
do
do
1.00
1 Glass Jar
1 Waiter
1
- - - -
do
7 Stone Bottles
1 Brass - - do
- - -
1 Tea chest
.25
.25
1 1/2 pint Tea Kettle
.50
1 Chopping knife
.25
.25
2
.75
.75
2 Tin Plates
.50
3 Seives (!)
.75
.21
4 Pudding Boilers
.37
3 dippers
.25
.50
1 Sheep Shears
.12
.50
1 Grater
.12
5 Brethonise (?) Teapots 3.50
3 Jappaned Lamps
- -
Canisters
- - -
.10
3 Tin Funnels
.25
12 Knives & Forks
5 Powder Canisters
.15
3 1/2Doz Bottles
1.19
6 Spoons
.30
3 Iron Pots
4.00
2
2.00
1 Shop Axe
- - - - -
2 Skimmers
4 Hingham Boxes
1.50
.12
1.00
do
- -
Kettles
3.00
1 Bake Pan - - - - - -
1.50
2 Frying Pans
1.50
�Goodrich Inventory
1 Gridiron
- - -
1 Shovels & Tongs
1 Sliding Brass Bolt
1 Covered Chamber
1.0 0
!1.00
.75
11.00
1
do —
3.
2 .0 0
d o ----
2 Rakes
.50
1 .0 0
1 Sythe (!)
1 Cross cut Saw
- - -
1 Carpenters Square
3.00
2 Grind Stones
1 Hatchet - - - -
1.00
8
1 Tenou (?) Saw
1.50
2 Gouges
1 Jointer
1.00
9 Old Moulding Planes
1 Jack Plane - - - .
1.00
1 Spoke Shave ~
Old Chisels
1 .0 0
3.00
1 .0 0
(!)
.25
-
3.00
.50
1 Jointer
.75
1 Wrench
1 Jack Plane
.75
2 Coopers Punches
.50
.25
1 Jointer
L.50
2
1 Hand Saw - - - -
1.50
100 Rivets
.50
1 Coopers Draw Knife
hollow - -
.50
1 Chain
.50
1 Bucket
.75
2 Soldering Irons
.50
2 Steel Saws
.25
2
"
1.50
"
Setts (?) - -
"
"
2 .0 0
1 Large Dividers
1 .0 0
1 Pia Tub
2 .0 0
1 do Container (150 feet
of boards)
9.00
1 Blacksmiths Pinchers 1.00
2 Hammers
2 .0 0
1 Sledge
2 .0 0
1 Salt do — 100 do do
Oil nut mill
4.00
1 Barrel Churn
2
do
--------
1.50
1 Pick Axe
2 Gimblets
5 Ship Augur
4 Cannon Balls
.50
10 lbs Iron Hoop
10 Sugar Drainers
.60
15.00
2 Molasses Casks
4.00
2 Pieces Whale line
2 .0 0
2
1 .0 0
.25
1 Coopers Vice
2 Tap Borer
2 .0 0
- - - -
.12
.1 2
Hoes
5.00
.50
1 Brass Kettle
1 do
do
New
3 Old Coffee Mills
5.00
5.00
.28
1 1/2 Bbls - - ----
1.0 0
1 Shop Bench & Vice -- 3.00
�4.
1 Oil Can - ------ - - -• .50
2 Molasses Tubs
1.50
1 Clothes Frame
1 .0 0
.50
1 Bucket
7.00
1 Crow Bar
1 Sugar Mill
50.00
1 Lathe
50.00
11 Turning Tools
- ~
2.50
3.00
2 Ley (Lye ?) Tubs
10 .0 0
1 Pit Saw
1 Old Hand Cart
3.00
1 Framed Saw
1.0 0
1 Broad Axe
3.00
- -
30.00
1 Double Canoe
[no figure]
1 Plough
)
1 Anvil) Belonging
)
to
1 Vice ) Mr Ellis
)
Library
Missionary Herald 9 Vols
9.00
Cleavelands Mineralogy 2 vols
2
2.0 0
Jameisons Sac. Hist
.5 0
Barclays Dictionary
2.00
Versiety
.25
Religious Intelligence
2 Vols.
Sermons
.25
1.00
Wilsons Heb. Introduction
.50
Henrys (?) Chemistry
2.00
Mem of Rogers
.5 0
Buchan
- - - -
2.00
do —
.50
Scotts N . T. 2 vols
2.00
Brown's Dictionary 2 vols —
2.00
Panoplist
Evangelical Magazines
of Mills
1.50
Blairs Lectures
.5 0
Lockes Essays 2 vols
.75
�Goodrich Inventory
Gatlins Theology
.37
Rasselas to Fuller 7
Weekes Poems
.25
Henry Obookiah
5
Philips Mineralogy
.25
Night Thoughts
10
Watts Logic
.25
Zions Pilgrim
06
.25
Clark on Promises
06
Mem of Coleman
.25
Duty of Women
06
Gairdiners Life
.25
New Olive Branch
09
Hopkins
.12
Baxters Call
Phyche to Scrp. History
.12
National Hist.
12
Mrs. Huntington
.25
True Guide
01
Edwards against Chauncy
.25
Popes Essay on Man
02
Butlers History
.15
Burns Poems
01
Tour of Hawaii - - ~
.10
Murray's Sequels
.12
Morses Geography 2 vols
Trumbull on Rev.
.12
Evangelical Magazine
Mem. of Dr. Scott
.25
Plague & Yellow Fever
Fabers Sermons
.75
Cullens Practice
Enticks Dictionary
.37
Anatomists Vade Mecum
Mem of Lady Guion
.12
Robinsons Bib. Dict.
3 old Singing Books
.37
Fullers Gospels
Dunas Selection
.10
Hymn Books
Cottage sketches (!)
.10
Longer Catechism
.05
Cowpers Poems 2 vols
.75
Fanny Woodbury
.12
Wards Letters
- - -
"
- - - -
Popes Works 2 vols
.25
Sermons
.13
Old School Books
Masons Works 2 v - -
1.00
.12
13
.12
- - _ _ _
Mission Library Books
�The Committee appointed- to take into consideration the
difficulties of maintaining the Sections of East & North
Hawaii & to devise means of obviating them beg leave to submit
the following resolutions:
1. That the brethren at Hilo should ever be remembered
by us as r e siding at a station peculiarly lonely & secluded &
entitled on that account not only to a
era & sympathies but also to every reasonable effort which we
can make to alleviate the self-denials of such a situation.
2. That as a great expense would be required to secure
the regular visit of a vessel to Kilo, we therefore recommend
as some little alleviation to the seclusion of the station & as
a means of supplying some of its lesser wants, that a line of
communication be established
by means of car
riers & canoes between Hilo & the other stations on
Hawaii, & if practicable, between Hilo & Lahaina on the Island
of M a u i & also between Lahaina & Oahu whenever expedient.
3. In view of the distressing circumstances of Hilo &
of many other portions of the Sandwich Islands for want of
medical old, now more especially felt than heretofore in conse
quence of the contemplated return of Dr. Chapin to America &
such failure of brother Baldwin’s health, as to require
a removal from his Station, resolved; that a committee be chosen
to draw up an appeal to the Board for more physicians & that a
copy of it be sent across the continent by the opportunity,
which it is expected, will soon offer, & that a duplicate of it
be forwarded in the Hellespont by the route of Canton, and that
should, a physician, or physicians arrive that we consider the
Station at Hilo as having a demand for the first supply.
5 . T h a t whereas, in accordance with the approbation ex
pressed by the Mission at their last general meeting of the return
of Ms.Goodrich & his family to America, he has signified to our
secular agent his desire to embark the coming Fall & requested
that enquiries might be made for a favourable opportunity of so
doing; & considering that there is no reasonable prospect that
an opportunity will be presented of embarking directly from H ilo,
but good reason to expect that such an opportunity as desired
will be offered at this place; & considering also that Providence
precludes the possibility of sending a physician to Hilo, in ac
cordance with his application to bestow the medical attention
which his family will need in the month of August, therefore re-
�(Of Resolutions, dated June 25,1835, and signed by Levi )
Chamberlain, Gerrit B. Judd, S. Dibble & D.B. Lyman.
)
Continued.
solved that our secular agent be instructed to procure for M r .
Goodrich & his family, as seen as practicable, a conveyance to
this place.
6.
In view of the inland situation of the Station on
N orth Hawaii, subjecting it to great inconvenience in the re
ception of supplies, considering the want of a house at the
place f or the comfort of a missionary family, & considering
also that it is extremely undesirable that a family should re
side alone so remote from any other station & that with our
present numbers it cannot be reinforced, therefore resolved
that for the present the Station be relinquished.
(Signed)
"
Adopted
June
25, 1835
"
LEVI CHAMBERLAIN
GERRIT P . JUDD
S . DIBBL E
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KAAWALOA STATION REPORTS
CONTENTS
Cochran Forbes............................ .......................................1833
Cochran F orbes........ . „ . ............. ............... .............. ..
1 834
Cochran Forbes............ .................................... ................ 1835
Unsigned (Fo rbes).......................... .................... .......... .1836
Cochran Fo r b e s ......................... ........... ...1837
Unsigned (Fo rbes).......... ................ ............................ .. .1838
�Report of the S tatio n a t Kaawaloa
for the Year ending June 1 s t , 1833
The m ission are aware o f the d i f f i c u l t i e s under w hich the
labours of th is statio n have been conducted during the past y ear One of the m issionaries i n i l l h e a l t h most of the time & the
other en tire ly Ignorant of the language & customs of the p e o p le .
For the most part the duties of the p u lp it have b een d isch a rg ed by
M essrs. Thurston & Bishop from K a i l u a .
During the f a l l & w in t e r of
1832 they v i s i t e d us 2 sabs, out of 3 for the purpose of p reaching
to the n a t iv e s .
In th e ir absence the meetings were conducted by Mr.
Ruggles or one o f the natives most competent.
After the f i r s t of
January Mr. F . preached occasio n ally .
The Lord’ s supper has been re g u la rly adm inistered - i n July 14
were re ceiv ed to the communion & so f a r as we have had opportunity
of observing have m aintained their p r o fe s s io n .
Other candidates have
stood propounded for more than a y e a r , but have not yet b e e n r e c e iv e d
as much caution was deemed necessary .
general are w e ll known to a l l .
The reasons of w h ich b eing
During the year one member has been
suspended for d rin kin g ardent sp ir its & 3 others s t i l l rem ain unre
stored t h o ’ one of them gives good evidence of his humble p e n ite n c e .
To that there s t i l l remain 79 members in f u l l stan d in g .
Since the
commencement of the S ta tio n have been r e c e iv e d 85 members in a l l
3 have d ie d leaving good evidence of t h e ir C h ristian h o p e .
Of marriages 117 were celebrated the la s t year & the marriage
contract appears to b e regarded with solemnity & c a re .
Of the state of r e l ig io n among the people we have l i t t l e to say
that is very encouraging.
We fear for t h e p ie t y of some who bear
the name of Christ and lament that the state of r e lig io u s f e e lin g is
fa r below what we wish to see i t
The reason why more have not
�Kaawaloa
1833
b e e n a d m it t e d to C h r i s t i a n communion h a s n o t b een owing to a w ant
o f d e s i r e on t h e i r p a r t .
F o r w h i le we b e l i e v e a fe w a r e s i n c e r e l y
- I n q u ir i n g w hat th e y s h a l l do t o b e s a v e d ,
s t i l l w ere we t o e n c o u ra g e
a l l , h u n d red s p r o b a b ly w o u ld v i s i t u s e v e r y w eek w i t h t h e i r manaos
[ t h o u g h t s ] as empty a s the w in d , whose o n ly o b j e c t m a n i f e s t l y i s t o
g a i n our f a v o r & t o g e t i n t o th e ch .
The services of the sabbath have been much more t h in ly atten d
ed sin ce the death of the C h ie f.
has also had g r e a t
( ! ) influence i n decreasing the numbers that
attend the house of God.
the le a s t & n o n e
The ab o lishin g of Kapu meetings
But between two e v il s we should always choose
can doubt ( ! ) the e v il tendency kapu meetings on
the p lan on w hich they have been conducted h ere to fo re[ . ]
Schools for teachers have been m aintained in which we in stru cted
personally 4 days out o f the w eek in r e a d i n g with geog. & mapping &
found at our exam ination that our labour was not lost as many of the
scholars h ad made respectabl
geog.
e p ro gress, e s p e c ia lly i n a r i t h . &
Besides these schools Mrs. Ruggles had a school o f females
who made decent p ro g re ss.
while her h e a lth perm itted.
Mrs. F also attended a class of ch ildren
We are happy to acknowledge the services
of D r . Chapin in teaching a school of teachers for near 3 months
besides fu rn is h in g our statio n with a complete set of maps w hich was
to us a g r e a t
thing h im s e l f .
( ! ) r e l i e f as Mr. Ruggles was too fe e b le to do any
Of th e other schools we have l i t t l e to say except it
be that they s t i l l hang together and have been the means of teaching
some to r e a d [. ]
But lament that the number of readers do not increase
that we can perce iv e and in many schools there is a m anifest declen
sio n .
T h eir demand for books is much decreased.
At our la st general
examination in may [!] we v is it e d every school as near as p ra ctica b le
�3.
for the purpose of a sce rtainin g the number of readers and s t ir r in g
them u p , we found only about 1 ,3 0 0 readers among 36 sc ho o ls.
This
exam ination does not include Kau or the south point of the Is la n d
where there are about 5 ,0 0 0 inhabitants 25 schools & probably 1 ,2 0 0
readers.
I t is very m anifest that schools w i l l do but l i t t l e
good
t i l l we can give them Teachers who have read beyond the papa [pi-a-pa
alphabet, or elementary lessons]
& who can have some encouragement
& some inducement to take the care o f a school on them.
Probably no Statio n on the Islan d s is worse situ a ted f o r access
to the people than i s Kaawaloa.
There is no way o f g ettin g from
v illa g e to v il l a g e south o f the bay, but i n canoes, unless we climb
over vast shaggy beds of la v a , and the people mostly coming under
our charge are strewed along a shore probably 40 miles i n length
( ! ),
besides some 5 ,0 0 0 who l iv e on the south point of the I s l a n d almost
inaccessible unless one go and re sid e among them*
Accordingly we
think th at one o f us should constantly occupy ( ! ) Kau or the south
point wh i c h is to be reached only by a v essel or i n a canoe by a
journey of 36 hours which w i l l leave a population of 5 or 6 ,0 0 0
souls scattered i n v illa g e s along a coast of 30 or 40 m i l e s , over
whom he can exert but a very in d ire ct in f l u e n c e , owing to the above
h in dran ce, but a small portion of the people allotted to Kaawaloa
statio n has h ith e rto come d ir e c t ly under M issionary i n f l u e n c e .
Pro
bably 1000 may be s a i d to come d ir e c tly under M issionary in flu en ce
which leaves 9 or 1 0 ,0 0 0 d estitu te as the wh o le d i s t r i c t includes
about 10 or 1 2 ,0 0 0 so u ls.
Of those who reside near round us we can
see the m anifest improvement both moral & n a t u r a l .
others.
G Forbes
But not so w ith
�Report of the labors at the S tatio n
of Kaawaloa during the year ending
June 1st 1834
God i n h is inscrutable providence,
soon a fte r the commencement of
the l a s t year seemed to he saying to our beloved associates that t h e i r
labors at these Islands were near an end,
Not long a fte r our return
from la st gen. m eeting, M r, R ! s h e a lth became so fe e b le th at he began
se rio u sly to meditate a departure from the I s l a n d s .
The fe a r that he
would b e able to do but l i t t l e more ac tu al la b o r, prevented our mak
ing those arrangements we had prem editated,
that w a s , that e ith e r he
or I w ith the fam ily should spend 3 or 4 months at Kau.
So we con
tented ourselves w ith m aintaining the labors of the S t a t io n w it h in
our more immediate re a c h , which were the supply of the p u lp it at
Kaawaloa twice every sab.
and a lecture on Wednesday b e s id es a v i s i t
once in a month or oftener to a n outpost ten or
12
m iles o f f at
K e a lia and m aintaining statio n schools.
I n the month of November we were called to r e a l i z e
we had a n tic ip a te d —
( ! ) what
th eir departure from the scene of t h e ir labors
& from the people to whom they f e l t themselves ardently atta ch ed.
To a l l th is was a t r i a l , and to none perhaps greater than to th e ir
associates who f e l t themselves e n tire ly incompetent fo r the labors
of the whole s t a t io n .
But we fe l t twas God who spoke and twas ours
to obey & leave consequences w ith h im .
We then in v ite d the Brethren
from K a ilu a to renew their v is it s to Kaawaloa once i n three weeks
which they did from the f i r s t of January fo r the purpose of allowing
me to m aintain the outpost we had already e s ta b lis h e d .
About th e same t im e we commenced a d a y l i g h t p r a y e r m e e tin g w hich
h as b een k e p t up e v e r s i n c e and I t h i n k w i t h d e c i d e d a d v a n ta g e to
our s o u l s .
Twas u s u a l l y a t t e n d e d b y t o r c h l i g h t as t h e p e o p le w is h e d
to go t o p l a n t i n g b e f o r e s u n r i s e .
�Kaawaloa
1834
2.
On th e 5th of Jany. commenced also a protracted m eeting which
was continued
6
days without interm ission having fiv e services every
day, on that occasion Brothers Thurston & Bishop from K a ilu a & Baldw in
from Waimea favored us w ith their a s s is t a n c e .
Some Souls i n the c h .
appeared to h e aroused - & a few without gave evidence a fte r w a r d s ,
in
v is it i n g from house to house that the S p ir it was at work i n t h e ir
h e a rts .
One man referred ( !) to the very n ig h t , about the close of
the m e e t in g , when he s a i d he was so tro ub led that he could not s le e p .
I have marked him since & see him always present at our Meetings r a in
or sh ine , late or e a r ly , tho'
to a t t e n d ch.
Xt [C h r is t J .
the nativ es say he never or ra r e ly used
His w alk is sober & consistent & he thinks he loves
S t i l l I do not think there was anything to j u s t i f y
the use of the term r e v iv a l in the technical ap p licatio n o f i t .
Tho'
I
think those of us who watered d id f i n d our own s o u ls r e fr e s h e d ,
while we could not but lament to see many of our ch. members apparently
as sound asleep as Satan could w ish to have them -
Our good ch ief
Kap io lan i c h a ra c te r is tic a lly entered into the s p ir it of our meeting
with h e r whole so u l & went from house to house to talk to them about
their s o u ls .
The good e ffe c ts of our meeting were so v i s i b l e that we
determined on another in may,
( ! ) which owing to the d is ta n c e most
of the people h ad to come & the sc arcity o f p ro v is io n , & c .
only 4 d a y s.
was continued
The attendance was not so crowded as the f i r s t meeting
th o ’ encouraging, & the church members seemed to f e e l more ——The r e g u la r labors of th e s t a t io n have been 2 sermons on S a b . a sab.
school, a meeting at n ig h t , a lecture on Wednesday - A sermon
down a t the sea on Friday
( ! ) - a meeting f o r ch. members every s a t .
and another meeting on Sat. n ig h t besides our statio n sc ho o ls, which
have been re g u la rly m aintained.
We have made an e f f o r t to c o llec t
I n th e children as well as Teachers; when we came away l e f t a childrens
�3
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school In K a p l o l a n i’ s charge o f about 70 ch ild ren from 4 to 14 years
of age -
Children are the most promising w it h us -
Our n a tiv e
tho' not d isco u rag ing , are not so encouraging as we w is h —
for books has not dim inished much —
schools
The demand
At our la st exam ination found
the number of readers to be about 1500 —
None were examined who
could n o t re ad any portion to which they might be pointed —
The
Teachers school Is v ery important w it h us and the Kau Teachers liv e
so f a r o f f that it was w ith d i f f ic u l t y I could p re v a il on them to
leave t h e ir fam ilies &c to attend School.
I hope the meeting w i l l
so dispose of us that I s h a l l be at lib e r t y to spend some months at
Kau w it h my fam ily this y e a r .
I t is m anifest to a l l , acquainted w ith
the lim its of the s t a t io n t h a t , one Missionary is very f a r from the
proper proportion for that f i e l d —
There ought to be a llo t t e d to
that f i e l d at least two able bodied as w e ll as able h earted men —
There have been no admissions to the ch. during the past year —
One has been excommunicated and two suspended w ith in the current year.
There are a number on what the natives c a l l the hoo ik aik a [to make
strong]
l i s t many of wh om appear better than the body of those i n the
ch. which has made me a f r a i d
( ! ) to admit them, lest they should
partake of the sleepy s p irit m anifested by some ch . members —
Two
or three children have been baptized and 80 marriages by m yself —
many by B r . Ruggles I am not able to s a y , perhaps 30 or 4 0 .
C Forbes
#
(in p e n c i l ) :
There [a re] now four on suspension
How
�Report of Kaawaloa Statio n for 1835
The Lord has been m erciful to us during the past year i n per
m ittin g us to m aintain the labors of the Statio n w ith only s lig h t
interruptio ns on account o f i l l h e a lth —
We have both b e e n b le s s e d
w ith usual h e a lth .
Preaching has been m aintained as usual twice on the Sabbath,
besides a third meeting at which the lead ing subjects
of the two
previous sermons were u su a lly c a lle d up & urged afresh e ith e r by
m yself or some of the most competent natives —
A re g u la r lecture
on Wednesday has b een preached during the year and fre q u en tly a sermon on Friday
( ! ) at an outpost from three to 5 miles o f f —
Our
monthly concert also has been uniformly kept up w ith in t e r e s t &
p r o fit as we th in k .
At that season contributions are brought in
once i n three months, of t a p a s , & c . —
This course has not been
long in operation b u t thus fa r they have done w ell & I was going to
say according to th e ir a b i l i t y , but that would not be true as I
f i n d by reference to the l i s t that more has been given by the poor
& labo rin g class than by c h ie fs & those who liv e at e a s e [.]
Our Sabbath School also has been more promising w i t h i n the
la st
6
months since we altered the time from 12 o'clock to 9 in the
morning and making some other a lte r a tio n s .
Our present number of
sabbath scholars is about 300 adults & 100 ch ild ren who commit the
a i o ka la reg ularly t h o ' perhaps many of them very im p erfectly .
Schools
The Statio n Schools have been m aintained 4 days i n the week &
about 3 hours a day for most o f the y e a r.
Mrs. F . has b e e n able
most o f the year to attend to a class of g ir ls perhaps 14 years o ld ,
�Kaawaloa
2
wh o have made commendable progress i n read in g w r it in g , arithm etic
& Geography & s i n g in g .
The smaller c h ild r e n , I took under my
charge, a ss is te d by natives -- In my school there were
150
ch ildren from 4 years old to 14 d ivid ed o ff under 12 teachers a l l
in one house.
They appeared in te re s ted in t h e ir school and very few
of them f e l l o f f , notw ithstanding, I required them to renounce smok
i n g , promiscuous bathing & such lik e v ic e s .
We though [t] we had
s u ffic ie n t evidence that the small ch ild ren can be in t e r e s t e d and
in s tr u c te d .
schools ;
On the whole we f e l t much encouraged w ith our c h il d r e n 's
— Before that they never attended sabbath school n o r preach
ing but now most of them are present. —
Of other, schools I can say nothing encouraging simply because
there are no teachers f i t to conduct them in an encouraging manner One or two however have done pretty w e l l i n t h e ir schools & th eir
scholars manifest a desire to le a rn .
I have made no attempt to
enumerate a g ain the readers as i t is f o r the most part only a nomi
n a l th in g and but l i t t l e r e a l understanding of the progress of
schools can be learned from such statem ents. —
W ith in the la s t three months, K a p io la n I & Kamakau have v is it e d
Kau fo r the purpose of reviving schools there.
v is it,
I encouraged th eir
simply because I thought it the least of the two e v i l s ,
I .e .
bad schools b e tte r than none, as they s a id Kau was oki lo a [cut o ff
lo n g ; at a great d is t a n c e ? ]*
Tho I expect nothing from i t ,
except
it may b e the sa le of books w ill b e increased & perhaps here & there
one may le a rn to re a d w ith l i t t l e more effo rt that ( ! ) It would cost
him at home.
People are t i r e d of n a tiv e schools i n our part & I
d o n 't wonder at i t , fo r i n many places the teachers have b een as
tyrannical as the konohikis
Books
[head men] —
�3.
Kaawaloa
A l l the new books have been disposed o f .
150 Saml s - p rob.
500 or more ai o k a la — b esides some hundreds of other t r a c t s .
Also I have disposed of about 100 copies of the Kumu H a w a ii and there
have been many in q u ir ie s for the long promised, bound N . T e s t .
The oppressive taxes of the ch iefs however are urged by the people
as objections to pay tapas for books.
Of marriages I have celebrated 111 the past year & found some
of the same d i f f i c u l t i e s of which other Brethren complain.
The church
During the past year
who appear w e l l .
tracted m eetings.
8
new members have been admitted to our chh.
Some of them we regard as the fru its of our proOthers have been longer se rio u s.
Three more
have b e en suspended and the three who stood suspended a year ago have
been excommunicated as they not only gave no signs of penitence
but had a l l indulged farth er in crim e.
we hope are w ith C h r is t .
dence.
Four have d ie d - two of whom
Of the other two we had not so good ev i
One member has been dism issed to Waimea - two to East Maui —
One to K a il u a , & one to Honolulu
We have now
66
members i n f u l l
communion, many of whom adorn t h e ir p ro fe ssio n and some of whom we
are sorry to c a l l professors —
Mrs. F . has also e s t a b lis h e d a
mother’ s Society which has h ad a salu tary e f f e c t . —
The truth i s we have bent most of our e ffo r t s the past year to
the b e n e fit of the ch ild ren who we perceived were growing up heathens
around u s , but being alone of course the tenth part of the f i e l d was
not cu ltiv a te d -C Forbes
�S tatio n R eport
Kaawaloa
June 1835
[ Printed Form, f i l l e d in in ink]
SCHEDULE OF SCHOOLS A
N
lD
TU ITION.
S ta tio n :
Kaawaloa
M issionary
Teacher
C. Forbes
Total number of
scholars taught by
the m issionary
200
Men
20
Women
20
Children
160
Attend to reading,
w r i t in g , geography
and a rith m etic.
100
No. of weeks contin
uance of the school
40
No. of days in the
week.
4
No. of hours in
stru ctio n per day.
3
Average number of
Sabbath Scholars
400
Average number of
Bible class Scholars
25
No. of nativ e teachers
15
Scholars under them
300
Adult Scholars
200
C h ild re n .
100
Largest n o . of readers
at any p u b lic examina
tio n .
Sabbath School scholars
under n a tiv e in s tr u c to r s ,
d o n ’ t know
a few
R .D . Forbes
�Report of Kaawaloa Statio n for the
Y ear ending June 1 s t ,
1836
I n presenting the report of the s t a t io n this year I s h a ll
have l i t t l e to o ffe r which w i l l m a teria lly d i f f e r from th a t of la st
year —
We have to acknowledge the goodness of God in fa v o r in g us w ith
h e a lth & so many opportunities of doing good. —
F ir s t the labors o f the S t a t io n .
The appropriate labors have
been much interrupted by necessary a tte n tio n to secular concerns
during most of the past y e a r.
usual.
Preaching
has been m aintained as
Two sermons on the Sabbath, a lecture on Wednesday and
frequently at an outpost on Friday ( ! ) —
The labors o f the Sabbath have been a S a b . School, of about
200 adults & 100 c h ild r e n ,
in the " ai o k a la " at 9 in the m orning,
occupying an hour & h a l f & sometimes more.
This e x ercise I have
sometimes thought more p ro fitab le to the people than form al preach
in g .
At eleven, a l l assemble fo r p reach in g , from 600 to 800 u s u a lly
U n io n Questions
a tte n d .
At 11/2 o'clock a B ible class in the huliano [ on the B ib le
Perhaps 50 on an average attend this e x e r c is e .
when 3 or 400 are u s u a lly p resen t.
At 3 p reaching a ga in
Schools four days in the week
fo r male & female children sp e c ia lly have been m ain tained .
c h ild r e n were gathered i n from
6
The
years old to 16 or 18 and classed
according to t h e i r knowledge, w ithout any reference to age or stand
in g .
[
Some i n th e K umumua [
a primer] - some i n the ike mua
] - some i n n a t. h isto ry & a rith m e tic . —
a primer
These schools we always attended i n person and found i t neces
sary to take charge ourselves of the more advanced sc h o la rs .
Even
one who had spent 4 years at the h ig h school & came home w ith h is
diploma some
6
months ago found h im self so much p u zzle d by our
�Kaawaloa - 1836
2.
m ilk boy & other boys about 14 that he could not get along w ith
the class i n arithm etic.
Our school however has been but f lu c t u a t in g ,
averaging perhaps f i f t y or 60 sc h o la rs, sometimes as low as 35 or 40
& sometimes as h ig h as 80 or 9 0 .
We have never yet since my going
there had any house f i t to teach school i n .
But hope to make an
effo r t this year for a h o use, between the effo r ts of the people and
the assistance offered by the B o ard . —
A Tolerably comfortable meetinghouse has been erected and ded
icated the past year
so that our place of assembling on the sabbath
is now much more comfortable than fo rm erly. —
B esides the labors already mentioned I had a weekly m eeting of
the most inte restin g youth for improvement i n m usic, of which they
are extravagantly f o n d [ .]
Our schools also were also uniform ly
closed w ith sin gin g & prayer — A meeting every other S a t . n ig h t
w ith the chh.
M rs. F . also kept up a prayermeeting on Thursdays
and a mother’ s meeting on Friday every two w eeks.
m anifestly been attended w it h good.
( ! ) fo r females
This l a t t e r has
A few at least b e g in to f e e l
that t h e ir children hold a higher rank th an t h e ir dogs & cats and
are attem pting to t r a in them more lik e moral beings —
Our monthly concert has been re g u la r ly observed and I have t r ie d
to make i t a season of more than ordinary in t e r e s t .
S t i l l some w i l l
yet pray as i f it s only object were to render thanks fo r th eir lives
being protracted another month -- Once in three months we have a
c o llec tio n of such a r t ic le s as they can g iv e ,
as I d e s ir e d them to
f e e l that they had something to do in common w ith a l l C h ristia n s —
These a rticles are placed I n the hands of a chh. member.
One tour th ro ' Kau has been made during the year and many of
the ch ild ren there have b een co llec ted into school and appear as w ell
�Kaawaloa - 1836
3
as could, be expected under nativ e teach ers.
I have h e l d no examina
tions w ith reference ascertaining the number of readers as we u su ally
know about as much a fter examination as befo re where there is no
compulsion for them to a tte n d .
The church -—
During the year
8
new communicants have been
added to our church and many more might have been., had t h e ir wishes
been regarded.
The people are anxious to get into the church and
I should fe e l encouraged indeed could I see equal evidence of th eir
an xiety to be u nited to C h rist.
But I consider the two things as
e n tire ly d istin c t among th is people & th erefo re have been a f r a i d to
admit more. -—
Baptism s.
Have b a p tized
8
adults and
8
ch ild ren d u r in g the y e a r .
Have had no no ( ! ) new cases of serious d efe ctio n d u r in g the
past y e a r.
yet.
The three who stood suspended at that tim e, remain so
Some signs of repentance appear i n two of them.
w i l l probably have to be cut o ff -- one dism issed
The other
m arriages 8 0 .
[ C . Forbes' h an d w ritin g ]
[not signed]
�Report of the S ta tio n at Kaawaloa
for
__________the year ending A p r il 3 0th , 183 7________ __
We would here acknowledge the goodness of God to us during the
past y e a r .
L it t le serious interrup tio n occurred t i l l towards the
la st when the i l l h e a lth of Mrs. Forbes o bliged her to abandon a l l
effo r ts in schools.
For several months past she has not b een able
to engage in any duty req u irin g much e ffo r t of body of body ( ! )
or m ind.
I h a v e b een a b l e t o p r e a c h t w i c e e v e r y S ab b ath d u r i n g t h e y e a r ,
b e s i d e s s u p e r i n t e n d i n g a l a r g e sa b b ath
s c h o o l.
Have p r e a c h e d once
e v e r y Wednesday ( !) a f t e r n o o n and f r e q u e n t l y on F r i d a y s
(!)
a t an
o ut p o s t , some t h r e e m i l e s o f f , b e s i d e s o c c a s i o n a l t o u r s when I
p r e a c h e d s e v e r a l t i m e s a day — Schools —
1st
Sabbath sc h o o l.
We have had g r e a t
( ! ) encouragement
from our sabbath school which has been flo u r is h in g a l l the y e a r .
I
have often thought i t a b e tte r opportunity for im pressing truth
on the mind than the occasions of formal p reaching.
had on an average ( ! )
200
adults and
200
We have u su ally
children who meet at
9
o ’ cl o
k i n the morning to re cite the d a ily fo o d , when appropriate ques
c
tions were asked & remarks made.
The sab school for adults &
c h ild ren has thus fa r b een merged i n one because we h ad no no ( ! )
one to d iv id e the labors & Mrs. Forbes was unable to a s s i s t most
of the y e a r .
I u su ally spent., i n s a b .
school, from an hour to an hour & h a lf
every sab b ath .
D uring th e interval between morning & afternoon s e r v ic e , I attend
�Kaawaloa - 1837
2
a B ib le class of about 60 in d iv id u a ls in the "H u lia n o " w hich make
four s e r v ic e s . —
Common Schools
Our station school consists c h ie f l y of c h ild r e n , from 4 to 14
years
of age and numbers 120 on the l i s t .
about 1 0 0 .
The average ( ! ) attendance
This school we deem much more promising than our former
adult schools.
Part of the time, it has been conducted tw ice and
part only once, two hours at a tim e.
For the la s t fo u r months I
have been obliged to commit i t p r in c ip a lly to n a t iv e s , merely v i s i t
ing it
once a d a y , owing to the feeble state of Mrs. F ' s h e a l t h .
Formerly, th is school numbered about 200 scholars but two branch
schools have since been e s t a b lis h e d , taught altogether by n a t iv e s ,
each of w hich numbers 50 or 60 ch ild r e n .
In our statio n school
the older boys & g i r l s study g eo g. mental a r i t h . & a few of them
w r i t in g .
Under
pretty w e l l .
8
years o f age there are about 20 who can read
Many others are just beg inn in g to re ad and many of them
only just in th e ir le tte rs -Besides the statio n schools, several schools i n other parts of
the f i e l d f o r children & adults have been kept u p .
I n these schools
many children have learned & are learning to re a d , b e s id e s those who
attend to geog.
[paper torn h ere]
. One teacher from the "H ig h School"
has spent about one year i n Kau & is doing good.
But he very much
needs the presence of a m issionary on the ground to d ire c t h is
labors & encourage them.
I have co n fine d my report p r in c ip a lly
to c h i l d r e n 's sc ho o ls, because we have confined most o f our effo rts
to those schools.
We have however h a d many adult schools a fte r the
old fa s h io n but they are worth very l i t t l e .
—
We f e e l much encouraged in laboring for the c h ild r e n .
The
�Kaawaloa
1837
3.
improvement is very m anifest and their minds expand w i t h the lig h t
they r e c e iv e whereas the adults remain stationary in the m ajority
of cases.
I have brought along 3 lads selected fo r the M issio n
Seminary & boarding school from the most promising of my sc h o la rs . —
Meetings -
F ir s t I have had a meeting fo r i mprovement in sacred
music once & sometimes twice a week which was w e ll attended & has
proved b e n e f i c i a l by promoting a taste at least for that s c ie n c e .
The meetings on Sabbath & Wednesday have already been m entioned.
On Friday
( ! ) evenings we u su ally have a meeting for sabbath school
teachers & c .
On Friday
( ! ) afternoon also we meet w it h th e parents
every other week together w it h th e ir
c h ild r e n , fo r the purpose of
stim ulating them i n domestic Improvement & fam ily government.
The
grand object is the proper education of their children & then as
subservient ( ! ) to t h a t , the judicious management of domestic a f f a i r s ,
v i z . that they disallow a l l obscene language, conduct, & even
gestures in the presence of the ch ild ren —
That they treat them as
r a t io n a l beings and instruct them by means of reasonable reproofs
& encouragements instead of kicks & c u f f s . — That they i n a l l
respects show more regard for th e ir children than fo r d o g s .
That they
pro h ib it promiscuous bathing and a l l going Into the water in a state
of n ud ity where exposed to public ( ! ) g a ze . —
That they b u i l d them
comfortable houses and p a r titio n o ff sleeping, apartments, and
allow no t promiscuous sleeping in th e ir h o u s e s.
a l l Id le lazy f i l t h y h abits & c .
paternal
so c iety .
quite encouraging,
[That] They abandon
Such i s the object proposed by our
I t proposes much & so f a r ,
our s u c c e s s , has been
th o ' not commensurate w ith our w is h e s .
Besides
this m eeting, Mrs. F . has also had a maternal meeting u s u a lly on the
Intervening Friday ( ! ) which was attended w ith go o d .
She has also
�Kaawaloa - 1837
4.
attended a weekly prayer meeting w ith the fem ales. —
Every Saturday night we have a prayer m eeting.
The monthly
concert has been always attended when contributions are made of
d i f f t articles.
Frequently at those seasons we have l i t t l e p ro trac t
ed meetings from Friday night to Monday n i g h t .
We th in k the Lord
has b le s s e d those m eetings.
During the eight weeks I spent here alo n e, w hile M rs. F . was
at Oahu under the hands of the P h y s ic ia n , I found much seriousness
prevalent among the y o u ths.
The meetings were solemn & many hardened
sinners confessed th e ir alarm.
A few I trust were b o m
a g a in —
Others under conviction seem w il l in g to do anything rather than submit
to C h r is t .
During the year I made one tour through Kau & preached
several times & examined the schools & c .
The Church
As already remarked the state of r e l ig io u s f e e lin g i n the chh.
& congregation has b e e n encouraging during the past y e a r , yet I have
f e l t at lib e rty to admit only a few of the many who d e s ir e adm ission.
Only 4 have been admitted during the past y e a r .
propounded.
as a luxury.
Nine others stand
No in t o x ic a tin g substance is used by any of the chh.
The use of wine - tobacco - ava & a ll such things are
re q u ired to be abandoned. --Three members were excommunicated la s t year soon a f t e r
our
return, two of whom now appear better than they ever d i d i n the chh.
Four now stand suspended f o r d i f f t o ffe n c e s , O n e of whom resides
at Honolulu & has never yet appeared f o r h is t r i a l .
The u su al e f
fe c t of chh. d is c ip l in e has been salu ta ry in almost every ca se .
Five have been dism issed to other churches during the year
2 to
H ilo - 1 to K ailua 2 to W ailuku and two under d is c ip l in e at la st
�Kaawaloa - 1837
5.
ge n . meeting have been r e sto r e d .
The Chh. now stands as follows
Total re c e iv e d from commencement
Now in re gular standing
-
110
- - - - - -
Excommunicated the past y ea r
-
D ie d during the past year
-
72
-
3
-
-
1
Now under d isc ip lin e
4.
R estored
2
R eceived
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Marriages & baptisms .
The number of marriages which I performed during the past year
was 6 7 .
Several other marriages were performed by b re th r e n i n my
absence.
I b a p tized d uring [ the past year]
6
children
4 adults
The average
( ! ) congregation a t Kaawaloa i n the morning i s about
800.
We have one schoolmaster who Is
a member of the church.
We employ 3 teachers who devote their w hole time to s c h o o ls .
Received at the S ta tio n during the la st year books as follows
On hand
Bound T ests.
- - - 1000
- 200
Helunaau f i r s t part
-
-
400
-
Bound hymn books
-
-
90
-
150
-
-
Huliano
- - - - - -
Samuela
-
Holoholona
- -
- -
-
-
Nehemi a
A io kala -
600
-
Geographies -
- -
-
- -
50
-
-
300
_
_
_
50
-
-
-
700
-
-
- - - - -
450
- -
none
- -
- -
-
-434
_
350
- -
370
-
�Kaawaloa - 1837
One house for M issionary —
value
-
-
$1000
Two or three out houses for natives &c -
-
$ 5 0
S ix or
-
$ 100
8
cows. 2 goats one horse 2 pigs
0
Forbes
�Report of Kaawaloa S ta tio n
for the year ending A p r il 3 1 ,
1838
The labors of the Statio n have been much interrup ted during
the past year by reason of i l l health i n our fa m ilie s —
On our return from Oahu the question of b u ild in g p resen ted i t s e l f
as the f i r s t year seemed the most appropriate season f o r b u i l d i n g .
A fter much d e lib e r a t io n i t was concluded that permanent b u ild in g s
could not be ju d icio u sly erected on the h i l l .
Mr. Van Duzee w ished
to complete h is b u ild in g during the f i r s t year and f o r t h is purpose
moved to the seaside in August that he might make preparations for
a permanent b u il d in g .
We made application to the Overseer (? ) of a land
who ch ee rfu lly granted each of us as much as we asked w hich was
a spot to b u il d a house & enclose a y a r d .
arations f o r b u il d in g .
We then commenced prep
The r e s u lt is M r. VanDuzee has e rected a
permanent b u ild in g of frame 24 x 36 fe e t one story h ig h ,
w ith t i le a f & surrounded by a v eran da.
estim ated at $ 4 0 0 .
covered
Expense of the whole is
Mr. Forbes has erected a stone d w e llin g one story
h ig h 24 x 40 feet in the clear w ith a stone cook house attached
20 x 14 feet in the c le a r .
The dw elling i s surrounded by a veranda
& the whole covered w ith ti l e a f , estim ated expense $ 6 5 0 .
tion of these b u ild in g s together w ith other cares
The erec-
inseparable from
moving to a new place and sickness in our fa m ilie s has much i n t e r
rupted our labors.
—
During the year Mr. VanDuzee has spent 2
months at K a ilu a .
In August M r. Forbes made the tour of Kau exam
in in g the schools & preaching a number of tim es.
�Kaawaloa - 1838
2.
[or ?]
I n October also Mr. Vanduzee & Forbes v is it e d Kau & examined
a ll the schools and preached a number of tim es.
Schools have not b e e n as e ffic ie n t as we could w i s h ,
owing to
the fa c t that it was im practicable to devote to them that labor they
n eeded.
Mr. Forbes had a se le ct school d uring the former part of
the y e a r, the Scholars of which made g r a t ify in g p ro g re ss.
.
Mr. Van-
duzee had a flo u r is h in g school at the sea also for some time but was
o blige d to disband i t for want of accommodations.
has also b e e n f l o u r is h in g . -
Our sabbath school
The[y] attend w e ll and seem a t t e n t iv e .
The other labors have b een u su ally 2 sermons on th e Sabbath
& fre q u en tly a meeting for children in the in t e r v a l.
f o r a d u lts at the close of the morning se rv ic e . —
at 9 in the morning.
A lecture on Wednesday.
evening for improvement in sacred m usic.
A sabbath school
One f o r c h ild ren
A school on Thursday
The monthly concert has been
regu la rly attended and contributions fo r support of schools or what
ever we deem most a d v isa b le .
I n th e month of December & January, a more than u s u a l solemnity
p re v a ile d among the people and on the f i r s t of Jany. a m eeting was
appointed to continue a number of d a y s .
Not a very larg e number
attended, but deep & solemn in te rest was m anifested and many were
awakened and a few professed to be converted.
I h e ld a sim ilar m eeting.
re sted as I th in k .
A short time a fte r
On these e ffo r ts the b le s s in g of God
An e n t ir e ly new state o f f e e l i n g has ex iste d
from that time to t h i s , much o f which we trust is the r e s u lt of the
holy S p i r i t ’ s in f l u e n c e .
at the s e a , but not
The people have erected a house fo r worship
s u ffic ie n t ly large fo r a l l .
We hope soon to have
a good school house & be able to enter on our labors w ith e ffe c t
& without the d istr ac tin g cares of the past y e a r .
I t w i l l be p er
�Kaawaloa - 1838
3
ceived from our report that the former locatio n of the statio n has
been abandoned and we have i n fact formed a new statio n , as to
lo c a t io n ,
tho'
among the same people.
some of the reasons for such a s t e p .
I t may be w e ll here to state
F ir st.
The decid ed o b jectio n
of many of the m ission a g ain st Mr. Vanduzee’ s b uilding on the h i l l
a [and ?] their referen ce of the change to our own d e c i s i o n , w hile
we p la in l y understood them i n private as recommending the change.
2nd
The g r e a t
( ! ) im probability of the v il l a g e on the h i l l
ever increasing much more.
On the contrary its decrease seemed
probabl e ; considering that N aih e ,
dead.
Kamakau old & feeble
the founder o f the v i l l a g e , was
(he is since dead) & K a p io la n i might d ie
or remove.
The m ajority of the n ativ es would be by that means
satisfied .
Besides the m ajority of them prefer the sh o re .
3 . The body of the people w i l l be more accessible to meetings on
the shore than on the h i l l .
The comparative population stands as
fo llo w s :
On the h i l l -
- -
- -
- -
At the sea on the same lands
- -
-
361
- - - - -
320
Whole population at the sea on both
sides the bay
1900 (? )
We b e lie v e we can i mmediately exert a much more exten siv e i n
flu ence on the people from the present centre of a c t io n than from
the h i l l .
In
changing the location therefore we had reference to
the fu tu r e re su lts b e lie v in g that in our short l i v e s , we are
bound to do what we attempt in the best manner.
moval, a very g r e a t
Since our r e
( ! ) change apparently has taken place among the
people for miles along the shore.
(? ) by w r itin g a tract on
I have f u l f i l l e d my appointment
�Kaawaloa - 1838
4.
As to schools we are not prepared to report anything d e f i n i t e .
The number of marriages celebrated , is
110
Relative; to church m atters,
I have admitted on exam ination
"
81
on le t t e r
"
1
Excommunicated
5
Dism issed
2
Deceased -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Under d isc ip lin e at the present time
Baptisms
-
-
"
adults
-
children -
4
4
75
-
14
I have w ritten & sent a ll the le tters appointed me to w r i t e .
A con trib u tio n was made by our church fo r the H ilo b o a rd in g school
amounting to about$
0
6
in Hawaiian reckoning.
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STATION REPORTS
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�[June 1 ,
1831]
State of the M issio n
at the Stations of
K a ilu a and Kaawaloa.
Members of the Church re c e iv e d at K a ilu a since the
la st meeting
- - - - - - -
-----
Members previously received
- - - - - - - -
- 31
43
Total members of the church
74
Deceased
3
Suspended fo r u n c h r is tia n conduct
2
Remaining i n f u l l standing
69
Persons propounded to be re ceiv ed at
the next communion -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24
Kaenaku the female formerly suspended has since been r e sto r e d upon
p ro fessio n of repentance.
Members of the church received at Kaawaloa since the
last general meeting -
-
-
-
-
-
-
41
Members previously re ce iv e d
Total -
- -
- -
- -
17
- -
- -
- -
58
Deceased
Suspended fo r u nchristia n conduct
Remaining i n f u l l standing - - - - - -
2
-
.
3
53
The in d iv id u a ls suspended la s t year for u n c h r is tia n conduct,
v i z . Hopu & Kamakau w ah in e, have since been re sto red upon th eir
repentance .
The number of couples m arried at K a ilu a sin ce the la s t general
meeting i n Jany. 1830 is 180.
�Kailua and Kaawaloa - 1831
2
Th e marriages at Kaawaloa have a l l b e en performed by N a ih e ,
of
which we have no re c o rd .
The number of in fa n ts b a p tize d at K a ilua is 1 8 , and at K a a w a loa 1 4 .
Translations — have been made since the last general m eeting
of the 2d E p is t le to the C o rin th ian s, the E p istles to the G a l a t i a n s
Ephesians & P h i l i p i a n s .
The trac t from the Books of Numbers and
Deuteronomy Is tr a n s la te d and ready to be reviewed.
Some progress
has also b e e n made in the Hawaiian A rithm etic.
Schools at K ailua & v ic in it y
I n January of the present y e a r , there were examined 5 0 sc h o o ls ,
containing
Men & boys -
-
-
-
1520
Women - - - - - -
1728
Children - - - - -
566
3814
May 3d our la st examination was h e l d .
re v iew ,
52 schools p assed under
containing as follows
Men & boys
-
1119
Women - - - - - -
1232
Children -
540
2 891
-
-
-
Of these 722 adults could re a d In the Gospels w ithout a prompt
e r, & 42 8 e x h ib ite d specimens of w ritin g on the s l a t e .
[UnsignedJ
[ On back] :
Report For K a ilu a
June 1831
�Report of the S tatio n at K a ilu a
f o r the year ending June 1 , 1832
Whole no of schools attached to the s ta tio n Whole no of scholars - - - - -
-
-
-
- - - - - -
50
3450
Of these there are ab le to read —
Adult males
Adult fem ales
509
-
-- - -
C hildren able to r e a d ,
D o . unable to read
- -
-
-
- -
-
- -
-
- -
-
- -
511
-
125
-
- -
-
378
U nable to re a d except i n the elementary book
Adult males -
- -
Adult females
-
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
-
- -
96 0
967
Members re ce iv ed Into the church during the y e a r, men 2 2 , women 16
----- t o t a l
38
Whole n o . received to the church - - - - - Of these have d ie d
-
- -
- -
Suspended and not yet restored
Members i n f u l l standing
-
- -
- -
-
- - - - - -
- -
- -
- -
112
4
2
-
106
Persons propounded to be received at the next communion -
26
Marriages performed during the year
179
-
-
-
-
Translations have b een made of the books of 1 Sam uel, & 10
chapters of 2d Sam.
The Book of Deuteronomy has been re tr a n s la te d
e n tire , and the Gospel of Matthew r e v is e d .
Also a t r a n s la t io n of
Colburn’ s F ir s t lessons o f Arithm etic has been completed to the
150th page, besides a M .S . of 180 quarto fo olscap pages of a r it h
metic have been com piled, which was afterwards returned by the com
mittee and l a id a s id e ,
{Unsigned}
[ On b a c k :]
Report 1832 K a ilu a
�Report for Kailua June 1855
1.
Preaching.
Public re lig io us meetings have b een r e g u la r ly h eld
by us both here and at Kaawaloa on the Sabbath a lte r n a te ly , u n t i l
w it h in a few months, M r. Forbes has preached h a l f of the time a t h is
statio n .
I t i s presumed he w i l l be able soon to take the preaching
Into h is own h an d s, when we propose to occupy two new p reaching
statio n s w ith in our bounds, v i z . one at Keauhou about 7 m. South
of th is p la c e , and the other at Kaelehuhekulu about 15 m iles to the
north.
2.
Translations have been continued as b e fo r e .
The Gospel of M at.
has been reviewed anew & tr a n s c rib e d , and is i n the hands of the
other tran slato rs, awaiting th eir r e v i s i o n .
Numbers & Deuteronomy
have b een fin is h e d & sent to the P rin tin g Committee.
The T ran s la
ting of the 1st & 2d Saml , have been f in is h e d & r e w r itte n , ready for
the review er.
The Gospel of John has been r e v is e d , and some parts
re t r a n s la t e d , ready to be reviewed by the other tr a n s la t o r s ;
and some
progress is making in t r a n s la t in g Colburn’ s Sequel for the b e n e fit
of the H ig h School & others more advanced i n t h a t s c ie n c e .
3d.
Sch o o ls.
During the year past there have been three general
examinations of Schools attached to the superintendence of this
S t a t io n .
At the l a s t examination in A p r il there were present as
follo w s,
1099 Adult readers
867 Adult learners
28 3 Children o f both sexe s.
2249 t o t a l .
Considerable atten tio n has b een p aid to schools by ourselves the past
y e a r.
We have reason to b e l ie v e ,
that altho '
the number of readers
& learners have d im inished, yet the attention of those disp osed to
�Kailua 1833
2
le a rn h as been more f i x e d the past year than the previous one, and
in many a commendable ( ! ) progress has been made.
A new school-house has been put up and covered fo r the use
of the m issio n aries.
our exp en se.
The doors and a w r itin g desk fu rn is h e d at
Three days i n a week has been devoted by Mr. B .
[ BishopJ to the in stru c tio n of the teachers i n a r i t h m e t i c
Geography during n in e months of the past y e a r.
( !) &
A new set of maps
on a scale of 6 inches to 10 degrees, drawn on c lo th by M r. Spaulding
& le tte r e d by Mr. B . has just been completed for the use of our schools.
Two c h ild r e n ’ s sc h o o ls, one fo r boys and the other fo r g ir ls
under the immediate in stru ctio n of Mr. & Mrs. B . have been kept up
fo r about 7 months p a s t , and considerable progress has been made
in learning them to re a d , and in teaching them the Helu K a m a lii.
B esides the above schools Mrs. B . & T . have had each a school of
adult females in a r i t h m e t i c four days i n a week; and a b i b l e class
of fem ales on each afternoon of F r id a y .
There is also a b i b l e class
of adult males at the same hour, which one of us re g u la rly atten d .
The average number present is about 4 0 .
Our S a b . School on the "Verse a day system" continues though
with dim in ished numbers.
4.
R e lig io u s meetings during the w eek.
Our Tabu m eetings, v i z .
the Poalima & the N inaninau have both b e en d isco n tin u e d , on the
ground,
that we fe a re d they were considered by numbers as stepping
stones to g et into the ch.
Other meetings fo r prayer & exhortation have been in s t it u t e d
in t h e ir ste a d , & the exercises
adapted to the p ec u lia r state of
things here e x i s t i n g .
The Friday evening prayer meeting was very f u l l y attended fo r
�Kailua 1833
3
a tim e, and an apparent solemnity was v i s i b l e .
But for some months
p a s t , th ey have been very th in ly attended, and whether the suspension
of Tabu meetings & su b stitu tin g others in th e ir place has been
productive of good or otherw ise, we are at present unable to s a y .
5.
We have married during the year seventy s i x couples.
6 . Present state of the church and congregation.
Whole n o . received into the church - - - - - Persons cut off or suspended
-
dism issed ( ! ) to other churches
D ied -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Remaining in f u l l standing
-
- -
- -
-
-
-
- -
-
-
104
11
13
- -
- -
- -
-
4
28
- -
- -
- -
-
76
No adm issions have been made to the church during the past y e a r .
The twenty-six in d iv id u als who stood propounded at the time of our
la st annual report have been set a s id e , in consequence of the d i f f i
cu ltie s
in the midst of u s , & because many of them appeared less
engaged i n r e l ig i o n than form erly, w hich led us to fe a r that th e ir
pretentions to p ie t y were not w e ll fo u n d ed ; and the conduct of some
of them has since proved, that our susp icio ns respecting them were
not without fo u n d a tio n .
A few of them appear w e l l , b e s id e s a number
of o th e rs, who have not been examined, and may h e rea fte r b e admitted
to the church.
But when they w i l l b e brought forward is u n c e r t a in .
The portentous c r i s i s , w hich appears now to be approaching upon t h is
n a tio n , w i l l probably f u r n is h a bette r test of t h e ir s in c e r it y when
it a r r iv e s , than any thing they yet have f e l t .
The past has been a year of t r i a l and h u m ilia tio n to the
m issionaries and church at K a il u a .
Soon a fte r our return from the
general meeting in July l a s t , we discovered a d e fe c tio n i n some of
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4.
( !)
our church members, and i t was currently rumoured, that se v era l had
been deeply involved i n g u i l t . ' As every precaution had been taken
to conceal facts from us by those concerned, we entered upon the
in v e s t ig a t io n of the business w it h no ordinary concern fo r the resu it.
During the course of a protracted series of church m eetin gs,
the w hole matter was brought to l i g h t .
the commencement of the e v i l may b e dated back several y e a r s ,
to soon after or before the time of the f i r s t admissions to the
church.
I t appears to have o rig inate d in one woman and her paramour,
who were among the f i r s t admitted.
She is a person of uncommon
t a le n t s ; who learned to re ad in two weeks from the time she began
her l e t t e r s .
She possessed great influence over o th ers, h av ing
been from the f i r s t a leading in d iv id u a l among the serious class of
fem ales.
We have reason to suppose that she was sincere in the com
mencement of her r e l ig io u s course, though we cannot now reg ard her
as having possessed true r e l i g i o n .
She had the art (? )
to conceal
her r e a l character so as to possess the entire confidence of her
teachers, who considered her as a pattern in improvement and i n t e l l i
gence.
Her a ctiv ity i n furthering plans for the b e n e fit of the
female part of the peo ple , her apparently contrite and humble con
fe s sio n s of i nward s in f u l n e s s , the good name she bore
( ? ) w ith a l l
c la s s e s , & her care of her ch ild ren more than any oth er,
attempted to imitate the m ission f a m il i e s ,
I n w hich she
In keeping them from the
corruptions of the la n d , a l l served to conceal a h ea rt of p ride &
h y p o c r is y .
I t w i l l be unnecessary to go into a d e t a il of the d isg u s tin g
means which she used to decoy others into her n e t .
say,
S u ffic e i t to
that the power of g i n , and the doctrine that adultery was no
sin i f i t could b e concealed,
overcame the scruples of three other
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1833
5.
women, and. induced them to come into the embraces of h e r paramour,
& one other person, who constituted the secret junto, w hich spread
the leaven of p o llu tio n around them.
The 2 men and one woman of this company had been p r e v i o u s l y
detected and suspended for adultery w it h others; but upon t h e i r
p u b lic ly professing repentance, and g iv in g evidence that they were
sincere in i t ,
they were restored to the church a fter a separation
of about a y e a r .
I t appeared however, a fter th is a f f a i r t r a n s p ir e d ,
that they had concealed every thing except what had been proved
against them.
There were others also i n v o l v e d w ith them, who
knew only of their own crimes but were not admitted into the se cret.
At the close of the In v e s t ig a t io n , seven persons, v i z . 3 men and
4 women were solemnly cut o ff from the church, u n t i l such times as
i t s h a ll appear, th at they are tru ly p en ite n t.
Since that time two more in d iv id u als have been separated from
the church:
there
one a chief woman fo r a crime committed at Oahu, w h ile
on a v i s i t ;
and the other the husband of the woman who was the
leader I n the i n iq u it y ; who, b eing over awed by the th rea ts of h is
w i f e , concealed has knowledge o f her crim es, declaring th at he knew
nothing of the a f f a i r .
When these facts became p u b lic , there was great r e j o ic in g in
the camp of the
enemy, and i t became the theme of every o n e’ s t a l k .
The very boys In th e streets would s in g out in s u lt in g ly to the
members of th e church, as they passed along; and th o s e , who f o r shame
had been compelled to hide th eir heads on account of th eir crim es,
now came out b o l d l y , & exu lted in the d i s t i n c t i o n , th at they might
now claim church members h i p f o r t h e ir a ss o c ia te s.
The e f fe c t of
these things upon the church as a body was to humble them and lead
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them to more watchfulness and p ra y e r.
1833
They have appeared much b e t t e r
since than form erly, and we b e lie v e a goodly number of them are d a ily
growing in grace .
But whether such be the truth or not i s known
only to the Searcher of h e a r ts .
We d esire to speak w i t h c a u t io n ,
& re jo ic e over them w it h fear and trem bling.
Our house of w orship on the Sabbath is not so w e l l f i l l e d as
form erly.
The congregation is not more than h a l f so numerous as
i t was three or fo u r years a g o .
The average attendance i n the morn
ing is from twelve to f i f t e e n hundred,
h a l f of these absent themselves.
serious worshippers among u s ,
and in the afternoon n ea rly
There is
an evident decrease of
and an. inc rease of those who are
w aiting the signal to throw o ff a l l moral r e s t r a in t .
Hereafter the pono must b e sustained by moral suasion and the
e ffe c t of God’ s word upon the h e a r t , without assistance from the arm
of c i v i l power.
I t becomes us therefo re to g ir d an our armour and
prepare f o r the c o n f l i c t .
What is before us we know n o t .
We do
know however that the promise of God w il l b e f u l f i l l e d , th at the h ea th
en s h a ll be given to the Son fo r h is in h e rita n ce ; & though we may
be c a l l e d to wade [march?
]
through p ersecution in the discharge
of our d u t ie s , y e t the end is sure that a l l these isla n d s w i l l one
day become a part of the peaceful kingdom of our Lord & saviour
Jesus C h r is t .
[Unsigned]
[Probably Thurston]
�Report fo r K ailua May 1854
Since th e la st general m eeting, we have been perm itted through
the mercies of our Heavenly Father to pursue without in t e rr u p tio n
our accustomed labors among the peo ple ;
and we d esire to f e e l our
renewed obligations to a K in d Providence fo r continued h e a lth and
a b il i t y
to preach the w ord and instru ct the ignorant in the way of
life.
Since the f i r s t
of Jany. one of us has preached every t h ir d
sabbath at Kaawaloa. in order to enable Mr. Forbes to exten d h is
labors to a part of h is charge about 10 m iles distant to th e south
of Kaawaloa.
We have also performed a Sabbath' s labor at 2 stations
each side of us every other sabbath d uring the y e a r ,
one at Kaelehu-
luhulu 15 miles n o rth and the other at Keauhou 6 miles south of
[us] at which we have uniformly preached to considerable au d ien ces,
and esta blish e d sabbath sc h o o ls , which continue f l o u r i s h i n g .
When
we have preached a t Kaawaloa our planes at one of these station s have
b een su p plied by the members of the church.
Besides these regular services we have attended 2 p ro tracted
meetings at Kaawaloa and held one a t K a il u a .
Of those h e l d at K a
awaloa we w i l l leave the pastor of that church to sp eak .
The one at
K a ilu a was continued 4 days, commencing on the 11th of May & closing
on t h e 1 4 t h .
p a r t ic u la r ly .
Of the r e s u lt of t h is meeting we cannot at present speak
The meetings were a l l attended to the l a s t , and the
state o f f e e l i n g m anifested was such as to warrant us i n the conclu
sion that some good by the b le s s in g of God has been e ffe c t e d .
The people were g e n era lly a tte n tiv e , and some of them solemn.
Forbes was w ith us 2 days and besides preaching a s s is t e d in the
exercises at the prayer m eetings, of w h. we had three each d ay .
Mr.
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1834
So far as the e ffec t o f these meetings re la te to o u rse lv e s , we can
speak decidedly in t h e ir fa v o r .
Our own souls have been r e fr e s h e d
by them , and we are led to hope, that th eir influence on th e church
& people have been no less sa lu ta ry .
The general r e lig io u s aspect of our congregations at the present
time we think is more promising than it has been fo r a number of years
p a s t;
and our sabbath school has increased considerably sin ce the
commencement of the y ea r.
I n these the Governor takes an a ctiv e
part and hears a class of his people repeat their v erses.
The present state of fe e lin g among the members of the church
g en era lly we th in k is of a more encouraging character th an i t has
been f o r several years p a s t .
There is
a greater degree o f harmony
among them, more circum spection, more C h r is t ia n w atchfulness
over
each other, and more fervency in p ra y e r, and their s o lic it u d e fo r
the conversion of souls seems to have in c re a se d .
There are 9 of those suspended from the church 2 years who s t i l l
continue in the same state of se p a ra tio n .
desirous to be re ceiv ed a g a in ,
Of these a l l b u t 2 are
some o f whom appear to b e p e n it e n t .
But one of those suspended at the time above mentioned has been
r e c e iv e d .
There have been 20 persons received into the church dur
ing the y e a r , v iz 9 males & 11 fem a les, and 13 stand propounded for
admission at the next communion.
I n a d d itio n to our former s o c ia l m eetings, we have a d a ily
morning prayer meeting, between daylight and s u n r is e .
is w e l l atten ded,
This meeting
and it s b e n e f i c i a l e ffe c ts are v i s i b l e by the
increased seriousness
of a l l 'who a tte n d .
Our schools have not been i n very vigorous operation fo r 2
or 3 months p a s t.
I t is a time of great scarcity of food on the
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1834
3.
western part of the is l a n d , and th is has been the means of s c a t te r
in g some to other p a r t s , and drawing away others into the country to
c u ltiv a te the so il sin ce the r a in s set i n .
The schools w hich we
teach ourselves have been continued though w ith dim inished numbers.
The great obstacles to improvement i n our schools are the want
of competent teachers, the in d isp o sitio n of a great m ajority o f bo th
adults & c h ild r e n , to attend upon in s t r u c t io n with any r e g u l a r i t y .
The f i r s t of these obstacles it i s hoped w i l l be overcome in the
course of y e a r s , and when th is is e ffe c t e d , the others w i l l become
less fo rm idable.
For when the native instructors s h a ll become able
to teach in t e llig e n t ly & under standingly so as to in t e r e s t the
f e e l i n g , o f th e ir p u p i l s , the in d isp o sitio n to attend school w i l l be
dim in ish e d.
It is
our earnest d e s ir e that something be d e v ised
at t h is meeting for the more e ffe c t u a lly instru ctin g of the c h i l
dren,
over whom we have been able hitherto to exercise but l i t t l e
or no salutary in flu e n c e .
The works tr an s late d during the past year are the f i r s t part
of C o lb u rn 's Sequel to A rithm etic, and W o rcester' s sc rip tu re geog
raphy f o r the High School.
We have also re v ise d and re w r itte n the
f i r s t & 2d Book of Samuel which is now in the p r e s s .
The tr a n s la tio n
of 2d Kings has progressed as fa r as the 6 f i r s t chapters.
The
E p is t le to the Romans has also been r e v is e d .
Schedule of a
Report of the S tatio n at Kailua for the Year ending May 31 1833
1.
Church members
Received in a l l -
- -
- -
- -
- -
117
R eceived d uring the year - - - - - -
20
Candidates propounded
13
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D ie d during th e year D ie d in a l l
-
- -
- -
-
-
1834
- - -
- - -
Suspended i n 1832 & not yet restored
Members remaining II.
- -
9
Schools examined
- - - - - -
38
Readers examined
- - - - - -
928
- - - - -
619
Total i n schools
1547
-
-
7
108
Marriages., 70 couples -
-
3
-
Learners examined
-
4.
-
The whole number b elo nging to the s a b . schools at K a ilu a and the two
out stations is not exactly known, but supposed to be about 1000 who
commit a verse each d a y , according to the verse a day system .
[Unsigned]
[On b a c k :]
Report fo r 1834
Kailua
�Report of the S ta tio n a t K a ilu a
For the year ending May 3 1 s t .
1835
The p ast has been a year of labors and of m ercies.
not been marked by any sp ecia l outpouring of the H . S .
T h o' i t has
[Holy S p ir it ? ]
s t i l l we have been enabled to h o ld on the usual tenor of our way,
and we trust that souls have been converted from the error of t h e i r
w a y s.
Sickness has twice v is it e d one of u s ,
and deprived him of the
p r iv ile g e of laboring in th e work assigned him for n in e w e ek s.
By
th is means the schools under h is in stru c tio n have been stopped dur
ing that tim e, and much that he had intended to perform in t r a n s la
tio n s has been l e f t undone.
S t i l l something has been done.
Our
labors on the Sabbath have b een extended when h e a lth perm itted to
the outstations through the year.
One of the 2 out statio ns has
been v i s i t e d every Sabbath eith e r by ourse lves, or when p r o v id e n tia lly
prevented by sick n e ss , by some of the leading ch . members from K a ilu a .
For more than 2 years they have been kept up, and w e ll attended by
the people e s p e c ia lly on th e Sabbath mornings.
S ev era l appear to
give hopeful evidence of p ie t y .
Schools have been taught by each of the male & fem ale members
of the m issio n , some 4 days in the w eek, and some 5 & others every
day of the week.
P a rtic u la r attention has been p a id to the teachers
& c h ild r e n , though our schools have no t been confined to t h e s e , but
have embraced a l l who were q u a lifie d & f e l t disposed to come.
Mr. Thurston’ s embraces ad u lt teachers & others Mrs. T ' s - ad u lt females - - M r. T ls sin g in g sc h o o l, adults & c h ild r e n —
M r. B ’ s adult school teachers & others —
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Do
1835
2.
Boys school - - -
M rs. B 's
adult female - - -
Do g i r l s school
- - -
I t w i l l be proper to mention that we have been m aterially a s s is t e d
i n th e instru ctio n o f the ch ild ren by several church members & others,
who have bestowed their labors g ra tu it o u s ly , altho a l l of them have
made considerable s a c r ific e s i n
so d o in g .
The tran slatio n s have been as fo llo w s:
The 2d Book of K in g s , f in is h e d ,
the Book of E zra t r a n s la te d
and t h e Book of Numbers re v ised & the omitted passages of the B k .
of Numbers tran slate d by Mr. Thurston.
The gospel of Matthew revised & r e w r itte n , the la t t e r p art of
C o lb u rn 's F ir s t lessons re v ised & re w r itte n , & the Sequel r e v is e d
for the p res s, the Book of Genesis r e v is e d , translated & w r i t t e n , &
about 40 pages of C olburn’ s Algebra tran slate d by M r. B is h o p , b esides
w r itin g nearly 40 columns for the Kumu H a w a ii.
As to the state o f R e lig io n at K a il u a , tho there has b een no
r e v i v a l , yet a p leasing atten tio n to our religio us meetings has
p re v a ile d throughout the y e a r .
A s p ir it of grayer & unanim ity has
ex isted in the church, and been s t e a d ily inc reasin g for more than 2
years p a s t, & the sabbath has been s t r i c t l y observed by a l l the
serious portion o f the so ciety as a day sacred to the L o r d .
There
have been no new instances o f church d is c ip l in e for 2 years or more,
and but one o f the c h . members has b een accused of im m orality, but
for want of evidence the case was not prosecuted.
We have also esta b lis h e d a Wednesday lecture at Holualoa a
v illa g e about 3 m iles to the south of K a il u a , w h . has been kept up
through the y e a r , so that each of us have re g u la rly preached 3 public
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discourses on each w eek.
But in the midst o f these encouraging smiles of pro v id en ce,
we have to mourn the w orldly mindedness & apathy of some p ro fessin g
C h r is t ia n s ,
the f a i l u r e of our hopes w it h regard to others who once
h i d f a i r to become hopeful subjects of renewing grace,
and the stu
p i d i t y , deadness & obstinate hardness of heart m anifested by the
mass of immortal beings around u s.
Deaf to the word of God sounded
i n t h e ir ears from sabbath to sab b ath , unheeding the c a l l s of con
s c ie n c e , they s t i l l p e rsist to harden their h e a rts , and are ru sh in g
headlong to eternal m isery .
The d is t in c t io n between the people
of God & the world is yearly becoming more marked, & the lin e s
demarcation more d i s t i n c t .
of
As the patronage of kings & c h ie fs is
withdrawn, the hypocrites f a l l o f f ,
the w orld sets i t s e l f more
bo ld ly against the t r u t h , & true r e l ig i o n ris e s i n the ch u rch .
Al-
tho we have fewer hearers by n e a rly or quite one h a l f than w ere in
former d a y s , when Kaahumanu was at the head of a f f a i r s , s t i l l it is
our opinion that D iv in e truth is taking deeper ho ld upon the h earts
of the f a i t h f u l few that rem ain, and that there is less danger of
b ein g imposed upon by h y p o c r itic a l pretenders to r e l i g i o n than f o r
m erly .
The cause o f God advances w ith more c e r ta in ty , and the truth
is professed w it h more p u r it y , when we are taught to l e a n w holly
on the D iv in e power, than when any human authority is perm itted to
in te rv e n e .
The n o . of readers at the la s t examination w e r e ,
Marriages during the year
Admitted to the church
Ch. members d ie d
-
- - -
-
-
- - -
-
- -
- -
-
-
-
- - -
Whole n o . of members in f u l l st a n d in g . [Unsigned]
850
67
32
4
119
�Report of the S tatio n of K a ilu a June 1 8 3 6 .
During the past year the labors of t h is Station have been
conducted, -without any other interrup tio n than what has been occa
sion ed by the absence of Mr. Bishop and fam ily from the l a s t of D ecr .
to the latter part of Febry on an excursion to Hilo & the volcano
i n quest of h e a l t h , and by the absence of Mr.
middle of March u n t i l the present tim e.
T. and fa m ily from the
During these seasons of ab
sence the meetings at the' 2 out stations have been kept up by the
deacons on each alternate Sabbath.
Our place of Worship at K a ilu a
h aving b een consumed a year ago we have assembled in a school House
enlarged by -wings on each sid e & i n f r o n t , but the p lac e has been
much straitened and many i n the morning have either sat i n the sun
or gone away.
Sabbath.
Our congregation has v a r ie d from 1000 to 15 00 on each
A new stone b u ild in g is b ein g e rected , 120 fe e t by 4 8 ,
and is now ready to be sh in g le d ; i t is expected to be f i n i s h e d in
the course of th e summer.
The state of R e lig io n has been on the whole such as to a ffo rd
encouragement to b e lie v e that our labours have not b een w holly
u nblest i n the conversion of s o u l s .
A good attention to the preached
word has been apparent, and a few instances of hopeful conversion
have occurred.
The Sabbath School on the verse-a-day system numbers
about 800 pupils at the 3 stations attached to K a i l u a .
There has
however been no s p e c ia l atten tio n to r e l i g i o n , and the people having
had so much employment in procuring m aterials for the erection of
a new ch apel, that we have found them less at le is u r e to attend to
the souls
concerns th an fo rm erly .
Our morning prayer meetings have
been continued through the y e a r, but w ith fewer numbers than form erly,
owing to the frequent absence of the men in the mountains & other
where i n quest of timber & m aterial f o r the new c h a p e l.
No new
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June 1836
2.
measures have been put on foot the year p a s t , in pro secuting our
labors w ith the p e o p le , except the employment of 2 hired, teachers
fo r the boys schools in K a ilu a .
Upwards of 50 b oys have b een under
more or less in stru c tio n fo r 10 months p a s t .
The g i r l s school su
perintended by Mrs. B . has averaged about 120 scho lars, s e v e r a l o f
whom have made encouraging progress in read in g w riting and a r i t h
m e tic .
The d is t r ic t schools attached to our statio n remain on the same
fo o tin g as they have continued for se v e r a l years p a s t .
say , they have l i t t l e more than the name to l i v e .
That is to
A few weeks before
the examination a rriv es they are re vived in order to prepare for
exam ination, a fter which they again sin k in to to ta l n eg lect or very
n e a rly so u n t il the season returns fo r another m u s te r ..
3 general examinations during the y e a r .
We have had
The Sabbath scholars number
upwards of 800.
T ran slatio n s.
1
We have completed the past year th e Books of
C h ro n icles, and the Minor Prophets from Hosea to
M alachi in c l u s iv e , which books are now ready for r e v i s a l .
The
In tro du ctio n to Algebra has also been r e v is e d & forwarded to the
press of the High School.
The s t a t i s t i c s
of the S tatio n are as follows
Whole n o . of members received to the church
Received la st year -
- -
- -
- -
-
D ied i n a l l -- Dism issed to other churches
One suspended
Remaining Suspended
164
21
I7
-
20
2
Excommunicated
1
Received from other churches
1
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1836
3.
Present n o . of ch . members i n f u l l standing
12 8
D ied the p ast year
2
Couples m arried the past year
47
The follow ing are i n answer to the c irc u la r of Messrs Chamberl a i n and Tinker fo r K a ilu a
M issionaries at the Statio n - - - - - - - - - -
2
Native p reachers, none
Teachers receiving pay f o r services ----- - Places for stated preaching on the Sabbath
2
- -
3.
1 at K a i l u a , 1 at Kaelehuluhulu & 1 a t Keauhou.
A stated weekly lecture i s also h eld on every Wednesday
at H olualoa.
Boarding schools - - - none
Free Schools.
2 fo r boys & one fo r g i r l s at K a i l u a .
boys have been taught by Hopu & Kapae.
of 5 0 .
The
The n o . amounts to upwards
They are not en tirely regular in t h e ir attendance, & the
schools su ffe r for want of su itable school-houses.
The g ir l s school amounts to 1 2 0 , and is much b e t t e r attended
than those o f the boys,
and consequently much better progress is
made i n le a r n in g .
M ission Property at Kailua
2 houses, valued at -
$25 00
25 heads of ca ttle
200
100 goats
2 horses -
100
- -
- -
- -
-
Household f u r n it u r e , supposed w orth
Out houses - - - - -
80
1000
100
# 2d Book K in g s , E z r a , Gospel of S . John, copied fo r the p r e s s .
The Tract on Numbers re v ised .
[Unsigned]
�Kailua S ta tio n Report.
May - 1837 .
I n giving an account of the labors & c .
of the past y e a r , we
desire to speak of th e goodness of God in continuing to us
that degree of h e a lth as to enable us to perform a part of
the customary duties of the S ta t io n , b ut probably w ith less
e ffic ie n c y than form erly.
The M ission at our last Gen. Meet
in g reduced us one h a l f as to numbers, & more than that as
to strength & e f f i c i e n c y .
I t was expected of course, that many
things formerly attended t o , would be neglected or l a i d a s i d e .
We have had no school f o r adults & teachers as i n former y e a r s .
That part of Job assigned me by the M ission fo r t r a n s la t io n
has been completed; & also that part assign ed to Mr. Richards
has been tran slated, by h is request & a d v ic e , when at our S t a t io n ,
previous to h is leaving the i s l a n d s .
At two d iffe ren t times I have been a f f l ic t e d w ith a c o l d ,
at
which periods I was d isa b led from preaching two Sab b aths, one at
each season.
In th e la tter ease my c o ld was accompanied w ith a
cough, from which I have not e n tire ly recovered.
W ith these
exceptions I have preached r e g u la rly three times a w eek, twice
on th e Sabbath, besides attending the sabbath sc h o o l, & once
on Wednesday.
Two other weekly meetings have also been atte n d e d , one on
Monday afterno o n, & one on F rid ay evening.
These meetings have
generally been w e ll atten d ed , & I trust have had
a good i n f l u
ence on the minds of most who have been accustomed to come to
gether on these o ccasions.
Besides these m eetings, I have during three or four months
p a s t , devoted one h a l f day each week in conversing w it h a l l who
�Kailua - 1837
2
come to my house for r e lig io u s in s tr u c tio n s .
None however are
perm itted to come oftener than once a month, except somethingsp ecial should render i t necessary .
I n order that the people
might le a rn to respect my rig h ts & w is h e s ,
as w e l l as t h e ir own
& those of each other, i t was necessary to have some lin e s very
d is t in c t l y marked.
I therefore d iv id e d the la n d , over w hich I
have a p a r tia l superintendence, into four p arts, whose boundaries
are d is t in c t ly d e fin e d , & w ell understood.
Those in d iv id u a ls
belonging to one of these d iv isio n s who w is h to converse w ith me
about th e sa lv a tio n of th eir so u ls,
come to my house the same
h a l f d a y , & so of those belonging to each of the other d i v i s i o n s ;
so th a t once a month I see a l l , or n early a l l , who are d esiro us
of r e lig io u s in s t r u c t io n .
During the month past upwards of 380
have been to my house for the object above stated .
Before the above arrangement I had no command of my tim e what
ev er; no hours were sacred, except those of the Sabbath.
But
since I have had no d i f f i c u l t y ; for I t o ld the people p l a i n l y ,
that that ( ! ) those who broke in upon the hours which they knew
were sacred to me, I should regard as thieves & ro b b ers.
The new meeting-house was dedicated on the 4 t h of F e b .
last.
Since that time the congregation has b een co nsiderably la r g e r ,
owing to the f a c t , that no meetings have been had on the sabbath
at our two out stations since that tim e.
Previously meetings
were conducted at those places by members of the ch h .
The g re a t
er portion however of the p eo ple , who attended at the two outs t a t io n s , do not attend now at K a i l u a .
The more serious part
of the people in those regions only a tte n d .
The state of the people gen erally has been more than u su ally
�Kailua
1837
in t e re s tin g during most of the y e a r, & i t is hoped that some
have been born of God.
The church as a body have appeared w e l l ,
& some of the members have been more than u su ally engaged.
have however been some cases of d i s c i p l i n e .
There
Five have b een sus
pended during the y e a r, four of whom have been restored on e v i
dence of repentance.
restored.
m unicated.
One previously suspended has been also
Two s t i l l remain suspended; & one s t i l l remains excom
Twenty nine have been re c e iv e d to the chh. on exam
i n a t i o n , & 3 by l e t t e r , from other ch h ’ s .
S ix have b een removed
to other c h h 's . during the y e a r .
Death has made h is ravages among the members of our church.
Seven have deceased since la st June .
I t has also been a dying'
time among the people of K a ilu a & its v i c i n i t y .
Many have f i n
ish e d th eir e arthly , & entered on t h e ir eternal s t a te e ith e r in
heaven or h e l l .
Most of the church members who have d i e d , e x
h ib i t e d evidence of b eing prepared fo r th eir change.
The number of children that have been baptized d u r in g the year
is 2 8 ,
one of whom has d ie d .
The whole number of c h ild r e n that
have been baptized at K a ilu a is 9 5 .
The whole number that have
d ie d is 6 .
Schools.
Some of our old schools have been re v iv e d a l i t t l e ,
& an increased interest has been m anifested i n them.
The c a lls
f o r books have been more numerous, e s p e c ia lly fo r the N .T .
The
people are not h a l f su p p lie d w ith this part of the word of God.
The s ix teachers, graduates from the h ig h sc h o o l, have each
an in te re s tin g school of c h ild r e n ,
of 1 6 8 , one of 8 1 ,
one of 8 0 ,
the largest o f which consists
one of 5 9 , 2 of 5 1 , e ach .
One
taught by Thomas Hopu of 2 9 , & one other sc ho o l, w hich contains
�Kailua
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1837
4.
There are a few c h ild re n attached to some of the other
scho o ls.
The school fo r g i r l s at K a ilu a superintended by M rs.
T . in which three of our children have each a small c l a s s ,
consisted of 140 at the last exam ination
14 have have ( ! ) com-
menced the study, 17 in the Helunaau, 47' in the Helu K a m a lii,
64 can read in the N .T . 30 in Iekemua, 29 in the Kumumua, & 17
are i n the A lphabet.
The second exam ination t h is year there
were 180 in t h is school.
dim in ishin g i n numbers.
Since that time the school has been
Some have removed to other isla n d s &
to other parts of H a w a ii, some liv e two or three m iles up the
country & unless urged by th e ir parents do not a tte n d ; but most
parents,
that liv e considerable distances from sc h o o l, do not
f e e l s u ffic ie n t ly in tere s ted in the in stru ctio n o f t h e ir ch ildren
to urge them to attend, & of course th eir children rem ain at
home.
Those p a r e n ts, who a re not awake themselves to in s t r u c t io n
& to the salv atio n of th eir
tous to have their
own s o u ls , w i l l not be very s o l i c i -
children taught.
We think however th at par
ents generally are becoming more impressed w ith the importance
of this su b ject, & the prospect that c h ild ren & youth w i l l be
co llec ted into our schools is becoming more encouraging than in
former y e a r s .
Our monthly M aternal & Paternal meetings have b e e n r e g u la r ly
kept up through the y ear, 8c they have had a good in flu e n c e in
th is r e s p e c t, & parents are becoming b ette r inform ed resp ectin g
t h e ir duties to th eir c h ild r e n .
There are a fe w C h ristia n fam i
l ie s in which the children are regarded w ith much s o l ic it u d e ,
& are managed w it h considerable s k i l l & judgment.
fa m ilie s are very rare among u s .
But such
Most parents manage their
�Kailua
1837
5.
c h ild r e n as though they w ere the o ffsp rin g of the b easts of the
fie ld .
I t is
encouraging however to witness a gradual improvement
i n t h i s re sp ec t.
befo re them.
Young parents do much b e tte r than t h e ir fathers
Many generations must, however, pass away b efo re
fam ily government can be any thing
( ! ) l ik e what i t ought to b e .
During the year our morning prayer meetings have b een kept u p ,
& we think have h ad a b e n e f i c i a l tendency.
The two monthly
prayer meetings have also been reg u la rly attended,
the f i r s t &
t h ir d Mondays; & the last Thursday in February was observed as a
day of f a s t in g & prayer for c o lle g e s , schools & c .
Besides the meetings before mentioned I have r e g u la r ly met the
church on Saturday evening of each week; & since February I have
s e t a part one h a lf day i n each week for the purpose of a more
p a r tic u la r conversation w ith the members of the chh. than I
have at a general m eeting of the w hole.
could
I therefore d iv id e d the
church into fo u r p a r ts , & one of these d iv isio n s come to my house
on each week; so th at during a month, I can see & converse w ith
a l l the members of the chh; that is a l l except those who may be
ill,
or absent at the tim e.
In t h is manner I have endeavoured to asce rta in the s t a te of
th e ir m inds, and to arouse their souls to thought, to f e e l i n g &
to a c t io n .
These seasons of fam iliar conversation w it h the members of the
church I have enjoyed much m y self, & I am w e ll persuaded have
had a happy influ en ce on the church gen erally .
ly more
There is e v id en t
of f e e l in g than form erly; mor e watchfulness
over each other, & over them selves, & more s e l f exam ination,
and comparing themselves w it h the word of God, & looking at the
�Kailua
1837
6.
terms of d i s c i p l s h i p which, the great Teacher him self requ ires
of h is fo llo w ers.
For four or f i v e months past the members of the church &
others disposed have contributed in wood to the amount of 6 or
7 co rd s.
The av a ils
of t h is is to be appropriated to a s s is t
n a tiv e school te a c h e r s , & to a ss is t i n b u ild in g & f u r n is h in g
school ho uses, & c .
This monthly c o n tr ib u tio n , t h o ' sm all, may
amount to considerable in the course of months & years should
it be co ntinued.
I t would b e more v alu a b le i f we h ad a r e g u la r
market for wood & other a rtic le s a t K a i l u a .
On the whole we think the cause of C h rist advancing i n our
r e g io n s, & we have grounds fo r the b e l i e f that the gospel w i l l
glo rio u sly triumph i n these i s l a n d s .
I
need not state here that more laborers are needed i n our
part of H a w a ii, s t i l l we present no claims to deprive other &
more d estitu te regions of t h e ir h ig h e r claim s.
We have f u l l
confidence that the meeting w il l so balance the claims of d i f
ferent parts of this m issionary f i e l d
as to give to K a il u a &
it s regions a due share of importance.
58 marriages d u r in g t he year
29 received to the church on exam ination .
3
do
by lette r
2 1 4 Whole number received on exam ination.
6
do
by letter
7 d ie d during the year
23 in a l l .
6 dism issed to other churches d uring the y e a r .
�Kailua
1837
7.
36 do in a l l .
5 have been suspended during the y e a r , 4 of whom have "been
received again.
1 formerly suspended has been re c e iv e d .
2 remain suspended.
1 remains excommunicated
15 8 in re gular standing
28 children have been baptized during the year
1 has died this y ear,
6 is the whole number of the b a p t iz e d ch ild ren that have died
at K a ilu a .
2000 congregation Sabbath morning
43 schools in a l l
34 for adults
9 for children
Sabbath school 600
[unsigned]
[ Probably Thurston]
�Seth L . Andrews Report [18 37 /3 B ]
I arrived at K a ilua after having spent several weeks at H ilo
early i n September.
Since my a r r iv a l I have g enerally had as
much medical p ractice as I could w e ll attend to co n siste n tly
w ith other d u t ie s .
My practice has been c h ie f l y among the n a t iv e s .
I have not sin ce my a r r iv a l at K a ilu a been called from my s t a t io n
by dangerous i l l n e s s .
There have been three cases of severe and
dangerous il l n e s s in the m ission fa m ilie s of Hawaii during the
year.
Mrs, Lyman was fo r a few days in Au g. in a very c r i t i c a l
state.
Henry Lyman during the w in ter was so i l l that h is l i f e
was despaired o f ,
owing to the d istan ce I was not sent f o r .
In
March Mrs. Van Duzee was brought to the bo rd er of the g r a v e .
A ll
these have by the k in d hand of our heavenly Father b e e n r e
liev e d.
tio n .
Mr. Knapp has been obliged by il l n e s s to leave h is s t a
Other members of the m ission have b een in some measure a f
flicted ;
at present a l l are i n a greater or less degree r e l ie v e d .
I n review in g the year we have abundant reason to b le s s God th a t
none from t h is Is la n d have b een removed by death & that so good
degree of health has been enjoyed.
The Schools connected w ith th is s t a t io n have b e e n under my
care during the l atter part of the y e a r.
in s tru c tin g except i n the S a b . Sch o o l.
I have not engaged in
I have however v i s i t e d
as much as other duties would perm it.
The last examination was held during the f i r s t week of A p r i l ,
the r e s u lt is ex h ib ite d in the fo llo w in g t a b le .
�Seth Andrews' Report ~ Kailua
Adult Schools
Males
2.
23
Hoike
honua
293
1838
57
Helu
naau
51
Helu
kamal i i
13
Females 340
T o ta l
633
Q u e s t.
on
Map
23
Sacred
Geography
37
Readers 627
Not
Readers
6
Schools for Children
Boys
215
Girls
293
Readers
in
T est.
249
Not Readers
Ho ike
honua
Sacred
Geography
28
Helu
naau
41
Helu
kamal i i
100
236
Ike
mua
23
137
Total
Qu e s t .
on
Map
10
508
18
The adult schools are not thought to be making any advance.
The c h ild r e n ’ s schools are making some advance.
E ig h t schools
are taught by graduates from the Sem inary , one is taught by Thos.
Hopu
& one by an e f f i c i e n t church member, he is in q u a l i f i c a
tions no w hit behind some others.
The teachers m anifest a good
degree of in tere st in t h e ir w ork.
Some have spent much time in
preparing maps for t h e ir s c h o o ls , i n w hich they m anifest no l i t t l e
sk ill.
Some who do no t understand preparing maps have employed
others to do it for them.
A l l or n e a rly a l l the schools are in
this way in some measure supplied w ith maps upon a large s c a l e .
�Seth Andrews Report - 1838
3.
The teachers have been supported almost e n tire ly by the parents of
their pupils;- a very l i t t l e cloth has been fu r n is h e d .
cations have been su p p lie d to a l l ;
The new p u b l i
such other books have b e e n given
out as were needed.
One teacher & two te a c h e r ’ s wives have been r e cd , to the church
during the year.
Mrs.
One teacher has lost h is w ife by death .
Thurston w ith the assistance of her two oldest daughters
has sustained a school d uring a part of the y ear.
S a b . Schools.
hundred,
Mr.
mostly a d u l t s .
Thurston has a S a b . School of about f i v e
The A i o ka l a is the text book.
A goodly
number of the members have been subjects of the work of th e Holy
S p irit,
and many who have b een awakened have b e e n brought into the
school.
Mrs. Thurston w it h her daughters have a Sab.
school embracing
about f i f t y young fem ales.
I have a Sab. School for ch ild ren embracing between 200 & 300
p u p ils .
The Huliano is u s e d , but w i l l be exchanged f o r the Hawaina
K a m a lii.
I have also a B ib le class of a d u lts .
100.
in g ,
They use the H u lia n o .
Their number is about
The S a b . Schools have a l l been i n t e r e s t
apparently to b o th pupils & tea ch ers.
A l l the schools have
shared i n the re v iv a l which has b e en i n our midst for months p a s t .
Some preparations have been made for b u ild in g a large stone
school h o use;
it has been stationary fo r some months, but we hope
i n due time to have a commodious house, fo r sc ho o ls, S a b . Schools &
occasional m eetings.
Gov . Adams cotton manufactory although not d ir e c t l y connected
�Seth Andrews' Report - Kailua 1838
4
w it h the m ission may yet claim a n o t i c e , as showing some advancement
i n the people fo r whom we la b o r,
some f r u it
of the to ils
of those
who have labored here so many y e a r s .
Gov. A . built a large stone house fo r the accomm
o dation ( ! )
of the spinning hoping to have Miss Brow n's a ssista n c e ; he also had
manufactured a dozen -wheels, to which ten were afterwards added,
a l l of n ativ e workmanship except one.
As i t was not deemed a d v isa b le
that Miss B . should leave W ailuku, he obtained the assistanc e of
three females -who had learned something of spinning at L a h a in a .
The work was commenced w ith th e commencement of the y e a r .
ners are females from 12 to 40 y r s ,
o ld .
They have made much b e tte r
p r o fic ie n c y than could have been an tic ip a te d .
left
in the back ground as to s k i l l ;
The s p in
The teachers were soon
some a fter two months p ra c tic e
made yarn of a superior q u a lity , the threads are as f i n e & even as
would be made by experienced sp in n ers.
of a good q u a lit y .
A ll,
I
think nowmake y arn
Some weeks since a s u ffic ie n t quantity of good
yarn h ad been spun to make 80 y d s . of cloth*
A weaver (an American)
has la t e ly been procured who i s s a i d to be master of h is a r t .
loom w i l l soon be i n op eratio n .
[Unsigned]
A
�K a ilu a
May 1 8 (? ) 18 38
Report
I t becomes us i n g iv in g a report of our last y e a r ’ s labors to
speak o f the kind providence of God, which preserved our number e n t ir e ,
the h e a lth of some has been f e e b l e at tim es, & there has been an
a d d it io n of one to the number of our ch ild ren at this s t a t i o n .
This year has been one of deep & solemn in t e r e s t .
Since the
la st of D e c . there has been more than u s u a l atten tio n to r e l i g i o n
here.
The Holy S p ir it has been w it h u s , & souls have been converted
to God.
Hundreds profess to have turned to the Lord since that tim e,
& many of them exhibit evidence of having done so in t r u t h .
of the most hardened & p ro flig a te are among the number.
Some
The work
of the Lord here embraces a l l a g e s , from the hoary head to the c h ild
of eight or ten years.
The f i r s t of Jany. a protracted meeting of eight days was h e l d ,
which was much b le s s e d ;
and many date their f i r s t r e l ig io u s impres
sions from that p e rio d , & some give evidence of having g iv e n t h e ir
h earts
to God during th at m eeting.
Subsequently the work extended to
d if f e r e n t parts of this f i e l d , & i t s t i l l continues to p ro g re ss;
that i s , new instances of seriousness are frequently o c cu rrin g .
see no diminution of in te re s t among the people at p r e s e n t.
I
Our
congregation an th e Sabbath morning is probably not fa r from 2 5 0 0 .
We would ca ll upon our s o u ls , & a l l that is w it h in us to b le s s &
p ra is e the Lord for the displays
of h is mercy & grace among u s .
We have seen the the ( ! ) glory of God & we s t i l l see it in the
tu rn in g o f men from the service of Satan to the serv ice of God.
�2.
Kailua - 1838
To the chh. here 62 have been added sin ce our last General
M eetin g, two of whom had been b a p t iz e d i n childho o d, the f i r s t c h i l
dren of the chh. that have been re ceived at th is p la c e .
There are
a few others of the b a p tiz e d c h ild r e n , who exhibit evidence of having
given th eir hearts to the Lord since the commencement of the r e v i v a l .
There are more c h ild r e n , who have not been b ap tized , who are serious
i n q u ir e r s ,
but [ few ?
]
than those who h a v e .
But i t w i l l be remembered, that
ch ild ren comparatively have been b a p tize d : 12 8 o n ly ,
of these 34 have been b a p t i z e d this y e a r.
283 the whole number re c eiv e d to the chh. here - 7 o f whom by
lette r
38 in a ll - dism issed to other churches; 2 of -whom d u r in g the
present y e a r.
30 in a l l have deceased. 7 the present y e a r .
3 are now suspended, & one excommunicated.
212 now in re g u la r standing
65 marriages th e present y ear.
None of those who have been re c eiv ed to the chh. d uring the
present year have been of the number of recen t converts.
Most of
them date their f i r s t serious impressions from about the time of the
d ed ica tio n of the chh. a year la st February, & some previous to th at
tim e , —
They have a l l however re c eiv e d anew ( ! ) impulse in the state
of t h e ir fe e lin g s since Jany. l a s t ; & have given more decid ed e v i
dence o f p ie t y , - have come out b o ld ly on the sid e of the Lord.
The chh. as a whole was never in a better state than at p resen t.
Some of the members are thoroughly awake, & others are waking u p ,
& we are expecting to see more of the displays of God’ s power &
glory than we have yet seen h e r e .
The Holy S p i r i t , we t r u s t , w i l l
�Kailua - 1838
continue to work on the m ultitu d e, that
3.
s t i l l remains in impenitence
& u n b elief.
I
have spent most of my time sin ce Jan . in conversing w ith
those u [n ]d er serious im pressions, d ir e c t in g th eir minds to the Lamb
of God who tak eth away the sin s of the w o rld .
It has been a h arvest
time h e r e , & souls have been gathered into the garner of the L o r d .
The c h h . is obeying the voice of her God.
” A r is e , s h in e , fo r t h y
lig h t is come, & the glory of the Lord is r i s e n upon t h e e . "
ris in g ,
She is
she i s sh inin g , for the glory of the Lord is i n the midst
of h e r .
The members of the chh. & others d isp o sed , bring in t h e ir monthfish
ly co n trib u tio n s; some i n wood, some in ta p a s , some in
&
some in s a l t .
The f i r s t
of Jan. a co n trib u tio n was made by the chh.
& others for the Boarding School of boys at H i l o , amounting to about
75 d o l l s . ,
according to Haw aiian v a l u a t io n .
This was a s p e c i a l e f
fo r t for the b e n e fit of th at sc h o o l, & i t i s hoped that the chh. here
w i l l do something y e a rly fo r i t so long as i t sh all be co n tin ued.
The a rtic le s contributed,
consisted of ta p a s , s a l t , & 15 y d s . cloth
v a lu e d at 15 d o l l s . fu rn ishe d by Mr. R ic e ,
th is c h h .
a foreigner & member of
The Gov. gave i n tapas & s a lt to the value of 13 1/2 d o l l s .
He also furnished his schooner g r a t i s to convey to H ilo the c o n tr i
butions of th is p la c e , Kaawaloa, & Waimea.
re tu r n , anchored at Kawaehae & sunk.
The schooner, on its
I t had been i n a leaky con di
t io n f o r some tim e, but it i ncreased very much on t h e ir r e t u r n ,
they arrived at the place above mentioned.
till
The men were t ir e d out
in th e ir constant labor at the pump; & they a l l camped down i mme
d ia te ly on the deck.
They h ard ly had time to get to sleep b efo r e the
v e s s e l went down, & the[y] found themselves f l o a t in g on th e w ater,
�Kailua - 1838
& immediately made for the shore,
4.
'where they a l l reached in s a fe t y .
Had the v essel gone down on t h e ir way from H ilo to th at p l a c e ,
they
might a l l have p erished; but th ro ’ the providence of God they were
a l l preserved.
[Unsigned]
[ Probably Thurston]
�A Report in part of the Statio n
at
K a i lua . [ 1 839]
Through the mercies of our ever gracious God, we are perm itted
a g a in to appear before this M issio n i n General M eeting, & g iv e some
account of ourselves,
of our la b o rs ,
of the State of the ch h . & of
the people generally & the future prospects of the S t a t io n .
D uring the year our fa m ilie s have been v is it e d w ith S ick n e ss;
but the mercies of God have been about u s , & by the tim ely a id of a
p h y sicia n w it h h is b le s s in g on the remedies used, h e a lth has been
i n a measure re sto red, which demands a tr ib u te of g r a t e fu l p ra is e to
our Heavenly F a th e r , not only from a ll belonging to the S t a t i o n ,
but from the M issio n g e n e r a lly .
We would mention the kindness &
sympathy of our a ss o c ia te s, not only of our own but of n eigh b orin g
s t a t i o n s , who v is it e d & a id e d us on the above occasions; & note the
providence of God which b r o 't to our doors our elder p h y s ic ia n in
11 days after the date of our l e t t e r s .
As the d e ta ils of t h is sub
ject belong rather to D r . A ’ s (Andrews, Seth ) department, I pass it
over without further rem ark.
The labors of the S ta tio n appropriate to to ( ! ) my department
have b e e n performed w ith but l i t t l e in terr u p tio n .
P ub lic in s tru c tio n
has been re g ularly given in the house o f God on the Sabbath, Wednes
day & Friday of every week; b e s id e s the morning prayer m eetin gs, which,
have b een continued through the y e a r.
At these meetings exhortations
have been given by some members of the chh.
Most of these I have
attended m yself, & always make some rem arks, g e n e ra lly p refaced by
some passage of S c r ip tu r e . These meetings I have found u s e f u l to
my s e l f & I th in k they have b een b e n e f i c i a l to those who have been
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re g u la r attendants.
2.
They have served to keep aliv e a flame o f devo
t io n i n the members of the chh.
Others, also have b een s t ir r e d up
to t h in k more se rio usly on the subject of r e l ig i o n .
The monthly prayer m eetings, the f i r s t & third Mondays I have
re g u la rly attended,
at w hich o p p o rtun ities, these considerations
have b een presented, w hich su ited those occasions; such as the im
portance not only of p ra y in g , but of a id in g in efforts fo r the con
v e r s io n of the w orld, & also of a id in g i n the support of scho o ls,
of b u il d in g school-houses, & supporting teachers;
- endeavoring to
e n ligh te n the minds o f the people on these important s u b je c ts ,
&
s t ir r in g them up to increase their e ffo r ts to help them selves, as
w e l l as to a ss is t others in t h e ir ex e rtio n s, to r a i s e ,
save the w o rld .
The la st Thursday in February was observed as u su al
as a day of fa stin g & prayer for schools,
e s p e c ia lly for those
at K a ilu a ,
e n lig h t e n , &
in these i s l a n d s .
seminaries & co lleges &c -
This was an in t e r e s tin g day
& it is hoped that some prayers were offered acceptable
to God through f a i t h i n the Redeemer.
We have had two special meetings during the y e a r: one of four
d a y s,
the four f i r s t days of January, & one of three days the f i r s t
week i n A p r i l .
These were seasons p e c u lia r ly in t e re s tin g & solemn,
& i t i s hoped some good may have b een done through the agency of the
Holy S p i r i t , without which a l l efforts to convert souls are v a i n .
To the Lord belongs the p r a i s e , if any were savingly & l a s t in g ly
b e n e f i t e d by these means.
The r e v is in g of Is a i a h has been the amount of p u b lic labor
performed in my department during the past y e a r .
I expected to have
had the p riv ile g e & labor of tran scrib in g the t r a n s la t io n of a part
of the Men or Prophets; b ut as there was no time a fte r they were
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3.
re v ise d fo r the performance of th is s e r v ic e , they were passed on to
the P rin tin g Committee w ithout this being done.
I f e e l m y se lf, however,
fre e from blam e, that they passed into the hands of the Committee
in the uncouth & imperfect s t a t e , I n which they were l e f t .
I n regard to th e church a t K a il u a , i t has been necessary to
exercise d isc ip lin e
on some of its members.
Twelve have b een suspend
ed during the y ear, most o f whom have been received again on p ro fe s
sio n & evidence of repentance.
There have been re c e iv e d to the chh.
t h is year 121 — 92 by p ro fessio n & 29 by l e t t e r s . 27 from the ch h s .
on Haw aii , 2 from H i l o , 7 from Kohala,
W a i o l i on K a u a i.
18 from Waimea, & 2 from
I n some cases there h a s , I f e a r , b e e n an increase
of numbers, w ithout a proportionate increase of strength & p ie t y .
We are a l l it Is presumed aware of the l i a b i l i t y of b eing deceiv ed
i n regard to Hawaiian professions of p ie ty ;
e sp ecially when the whole
mass of the people seem to be moved, - a great outward change is
v is ib le ;
and In some cases the outward appearance is the true &
genuine index of the state of fe e lin g w it h in , w hilst i n other cases
It is no deeper than sympathy.
I say we are doubtless aware of the
l i a b i l i t y of being deceived i n regard to these appearances, & when
also great numbers are re c eiv ed to the c h h ., & where the opportunity
for the t r i a l & personal knowledge of th eir characters i s very lim
ite d .
Besides the ignorance of the people on r e l ig io u s subjects
renders them more l ia b le to self d ec ep tio n .
S t i l l they are pretty
w e ll versed in the art of deceiving oth ers.
On these accounts much
wisdom is necessary as w e l l as much prayer on the part of those who
receive persons to the chh.
There should be opportunities affo rded
for the t r i a l of ch aracters, fo r exam ination & for appropriate i n
stru ctio n & that too f o r some length of tim e, before a correct &
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4.
r a t io n a l judgment can be formed of the nature of th e ir thoughts,
fe e lin g s & actio n s.
Unless some such course is pursued, there w i l l
always he a l i a b i l i t y of b e in g deceived in very many c a s e s , many
more probably than we have been in c lin e d to think p o s s i b l e .
A fter
a l l the ca re , which it is deemed important to take on the su bject
of r e c e iv in g to the chh, some w i l l be found to have entered without
the r e q u is it e q u a lific a tio n s - without the wedding garment.
The whole number of ch ild ren that have b ee n b a p t iz e d at K a ilu a
is 2 2 5 , 95 the present y e a r .
During the year past we have h ad encouraging evidence that our
labors have not been in v a in in the Lo rd.
The Holy S p ir it has been
w ith us to b less the word, & some souls we hope have been converted.
Our place of worship has been w e ll f i l l e d on the Sabbath.
Although
many, who were se rio u s, & apparently seeking the Kingdom of heaven
18 months ago, have returned to th eir former st u p id ity , s t i l l others
have been waked up, & led to in q u ir e , what sh a ll we do to be saved?
Some of the chh. have sle p t, & they continue to s le e p , & they w i l l
probably sleep on,
t i l l th e ir Master s h a l l come, & c a ll them to his
aw ful t r ib u n a l , & then there w i l l
[b
e
] an end to t h e ir slum bers.
Of those, who w is h to converse w ith me, I have re c e iv e d one
company d a il y during f iv e days of the w eek , & sometimes I have r e
c eiv ed one company a f t er t h e s e cond service on the Sabbath.
On
these occasions I never spend less than one hour, more fre q u en tly two
hours w ith each company, generally questioning each in d i v id u a l ,
making remarks, & givin g in stru ctio n s u it e d to the state of their
minds so f a r as that can be ascertained from th e ir appearance, &
from the r e p l i e s , w hich they make to questions proposed to them.
From these companies which in a ll now contain about 4 0 0 , I select
�Kailua - 1839
in d iv id u a ls
5
occasionally fo r chh. membership: - those who give
the most satisfa cto ry evidence of having been horn of God, & who
have appeared w e ll f o r some tim e, & w ith whom I have fre q u en tly
conversed, & this too i n connexion w it h the testimony of o th ers,
that th e ir characters stand f a i r before the w o rld .
which has been pursued from the f i r s t ,
been r e c e iv e d to the chh.
Such is the co u rse,
in regard to those who have
I have even b een more cautious i n admis
sions to th e chh. since I have been l e f t i n a measure to bear the
r e s p o n s ib ilit y alo ne.
The fa c t also that some of [the] b rethren
have pursued a d iffe re n t course on this s u b je c t, - that of r e c e iv in g
almost immediately a fter supposed conversion, has rather served as
a check to my f e e l in g s i n re c e iv in g to the c h h ., & perhaps I may
have erred on the other s i d e , - that of delaying too lo n g .
I have
done, however, according to the b e st of my judgment on th is s u b je c t ,
& agreeably to the convictions of d u ty .
The members of the chh. & others have continued th eir monthly
contributions through the y e a r .
in former y e a rs .
These have amounted to more than
Some assistance has been afforded to the Boarding
School at H ilo from these co lle c tio n s .
Some has been appropriated
to t h e b u ild in g of a stone school-house, e s p e c ia lly wood f o r the
b u r n in g of lime.
th is
source.
Some of the school-teachers have been a s s is t e d from
Some has been appropriated to one of the p u p ils of the
Sem inary, & i t is hoped that during the coming year some a id may be
affo rded to these o b jects.
The prospects of the S ta tio n are on the whole encouraging, &
r ich er harvest may be expected i n fu tu re y e a r s ,
h ith erto b een g athe red .
than any that have
In order, however, that th is
expectation be
r e a l i z e d , it may be deemed necessary by the M ission to remove the
�6
superannuated ( ! ) and p a ls ie d members of the statio n to make way fo r
those more f u l l of vigor., more sound in lim b, head & h e a r t , more
f a i t h f u l , more devoted to t h e i r Lo rd, in short, more f u l l of f a i t h
& of th e Holy Ghost, & who can accomplish more i n 19 months than
these have done in as many y e a r s .
3 69
whole n o . r e c ’ d to the chh. by p ro fe s sio n .
35 by letters from other chhs.
4 0 4 in a l l .
9 2 received the past year by pro fessio n
29
do.
- - - - - - -
by le tte rs
12 1 in a l l .
4 1 in a l l dism issed to other chhs.
3
do
the past year
33 in all deceased
3 the past year
12 have been suspended d uring the year
2 remain suspended.
1 remains excommunicated.
327 present n o .
225 whole n o .
in regular standing
of children baptized
95 the present y e a r .
87 couple married the past year
20 0 0 average congregation
A . Thurston
May —
1839 —
�Boys readers
128
D o .D o .n o t
123
G irls readers
190
128
318
D o . Do
111
not
Hoikehonua
Do
103
P alapala
Hemolele
87
Helunaau
98
Helukam alii
81
Whole number of
Scholars
558
S t a t is t ic s of C h ild r e n ’ s Schools in Kona
North d i v i s i o n .
A p r i l . 1839
�Seth L . Andrews Report May 1 8 3 9 .
I n reviewing the past year much of a f f l i c t i o n & much of mercy
is brought to m ind, but a l l is from the hand of a k in d F a th e r .
Among the n a tiv e population my c a l l s fo r m edical a id have been
constant & numerous.
Since December la s t there has b een an unusual
amount of sick n e ss, p a r tic u la r ly during the last few weeks since
the mumps have b een introduced among u s .
W hile some have b een c a lle d
to g iv e up th e ir account, in many cases the means used have been
b le s s e d & many sic k restored to h e a lt h .
At Kaawaloa I spent some
weeks l a s t summer on account of the fe e b le h ea lth of M rs. F o rb e s .
Mrs. F o rb e s’ youngest c h ild was attacked w ith a severe inflammation
of the eyes at a time wh e n I was myself confined to my b e d so th at
I
could not v is it him .
Mrs.
He has been m e rc ifu lly restored to h e a lt h .
Thurston was attacked w ith p araly sis during the l a s t
summer, & brought near to the g ra v e , so that fo r some days h er l i f e
was despaired o f .
God in mercy has resto red her h e a l t h .
a f f l i c t i o n we sent to Doc t .
I n t h is
Judd requesting a v is it' from h im , by the
b l e s s in g of God he a rr iv e d at the e a r lie s t period we could reasonably
have looked for him .
A l l the members of my own fam ily have been a f f l i c t e d w ith
s ic k n e s s , but we are at present a ll i n much better h e a lt h than at
the commencement of the y e a r .
I have not been ca lle d to v i s i t the remaining s t a t i o n s , as
there have been no cases of severe i l l n e s s .
Several of the members of the m ission fa m ilie s of Haw aii who
commenced the year w ith fe e b le h e a lt h , f i n d th e ir h e a lth much im
proved or quite resto red .
Sabbath S ch o o ls.
Mr. Thurston has sustained a S a b . School f o r
adults about f iv e hundred in number.
I t has been conducted upon
�Seth Andrews - Kailua - 1839
the verse a day system.
2.
M rs. Thurston & daughters have h e ld a school
fo r g ir l s on Sabbath e v e ; the number of scholars has been about f i f t y
I have superintended a Sabbath school fo r children of b oth
sexes.
The average attendance was nearly 300 u n t i l my sickness in
J a n . l a s t ; for two months I was unable to attend the school at a l l ;
during that period the numbers were reduced to l i t t l e more than h a l f
of the former number & the number has not been resto red .
The Lord has not l e f t us to labor in v a i n but has brought
many to a serious consideration of etern al t h in g s , some of whom we
trust are born of the s p i r i t .
For some weeks past I have attended a weekly meeting w it h the
c h ild r e n ,
the number present has g enerally been about f i f t y .
Common Sch o o ls.
The Schools for adults continue much as a t my
l a s t re p o r t, having a name to liv e but are l i t t l e better than d e a d .
The schools f o r children are eleven in number.
Two of the teach
era h av e reed their education in common schools one in America &
the remainder at the M ission Seminary.
They gen erally m anifest' a
good degree of in t e re s t in t h e ir w o rk .
The pupils m anifest a lamentable thoughtlessness & want of
d e s ir e fo r knowledge.
th is ,
There are however, I th in k , exceptions to
a few seem actuated by a r e a l d e s ir e fo r knowledge.
W hile the
c h ild r e n are careless the parents are equally so, and many are ready
to move th e ir children from school for the slig h te st ca u se .
They
are also v ery prone to oppose the efforts of the teachers to in t r o
duce a s t r ic t & salutary d i s c i p l i n e .
W ith every disadvantage there has been some advance.
The
number of scholars examined in A p r. 1839 was 40 more than the number
examined in Apr. 1 8 3 8 , & this increase under the disadvantage that
�Seth Andrews - Kailua - 1839
3.
the la tte r examination was h e ld at the statio n w hile the former was
at the se v era l d i s t r i c t s .
The teachers have b een supported en tire ly by the people w ith
the exception of a very small amount of st a tio n a r y .
support Is t h i s ,
The method of
each fam ily pays to the teacher one d o llar and a l l
u n ite i n fu rn ish in g him w ith f o o d .
Two or three feeble d i s t r ic t s
have reed a l i t t l e assistanc e from the church.
The people a s s is t
the teachers I n other things as needed; for instance, one d i s t r ic t
has l a t e l y put up a house for their te a c h e r.
Some months since I commenced a w eekly meeting w ith the teachers
i n which I endeavoured to give them some instru ctio n i n governing
t h e ir schools and upon the best method of communicating in s t r u c t io n
upon various branches.
Although our meetings have unavoidably been
interrup ted during a great p o rtio n of the the ( ! ) time since they
were commenced yet I th in k they have been productive of some good
effec ts.
I omitted to mention in i t s proper p l a c e , that the number of
readers present at the examination I n Apr. of the present year was
greater by sixty eight than the number present in Apr.
[UnsignedJ
1838.
�Report in part of the S tatio n
at K a ilu a May - 1840 I t was our expectation when we la st met to have been ere th is
in the land of our f a t h e r s .
However g r a t ify in g i t might have been
to have r e a l iz e d this expectation, yet we do not f in d i t in our
h earts to be d i s s a t i s f i e d w ith the arrangement of Providence, which
has kept us on these shores another y e a r ; & we should not be d isc o n
tented i f duty was made p l a i n , s t i l l to abide here, where we spent
twenty eventful y e a r s .
I f as many more years should be a l l o t t e d u s ,
we d e s ir e to devote them a l l to the service of our Lord fo r the bene
f i t of th i s dying peo ple .
We know not what may be the design s of
our heavenly Father respecting u s ,
as to our future course.
or what this meeting may determine
The importance, desirableness as w e ll as
the duty of placing our ch ild ren in circumstances more fa v o ra b le to
th e ir education, & to preparation fo r future u s e fu ln e s s , are becom
ing more pressing the longer they remain h e r e .
We are prepared how
ever to re ceive new lig h t in regard to our future course,
m o d ific a tio n of the re so lu tio n past
our re tu r n to the U . S .
w ith ch e erfu ln e ss.
or any
( ! ) last year on the su b ject of
We desire to know our duty, & then to do it
The thoughts of leaving this people,
though for
the lim ite d period of a year & a h a l f or two y e a r s , & perhaps for
ever,
is ine xp re ssib ly p a i n f u l , e s p e c ia lly at the present tim e.
P asto ral cares have increased,
s t a t io n s .
and are increasing d a ily at a l l our
At no time since the commencement of the m issio n was the
c a ll f o r an increase of la b o re r s, both of pastors & teachers more
pressing than at the p rese n t.
To leave a chh. of between s ix & seven
hundred d es titu te of pastoral care & w atchfulness,
in connexion also
w ith f i v e or s ix thousand p eo p le , would seem very u n d e s ir a b le ,
p e c ia lly in th e ir present s t a t e .
They may, i t i s
es
true, be su p plied
�Kailua - 1840
with, occasional preaching on the Sabbath.
2.
Preaching however i s but
a small p art of the d u ties devolving on a pastor who is to watch fo r
s o u ls ,
as one who must give account.
The most i n t e l l ig e n t of the
chh. are mere children i n understanding, knowledge & judgment, &
need to b e t r a in e d , & watched over as c h ild r e n .
important at the present t im e ,
guide of a pasto r,
I t i s sp e c ia lly
that they should have the care &
since the insidious & treacherous man of s in has
appeared among u s , with his brazen as f r o n t is ,
concealing h i s cloven f o o t ,
c a re fu lly however
that he may be the more sure of h is prey.
S h a ll the l i t t l e f l o c k , that i s gathered, & is being g a th e red , be
l e f t without a shepherd i n the midst of wolves?
- Be l e f t without a
voice to w a r n the u n r u ly , comfort the fe e b le m inded, support the weak,
& guide the more firm & e s ta b lis h e d b e lie v e r to fu rth er v ic t o r ie s
& to preparedness fo r heaven?
I t appears to me sometimes, as though
I could not leave, unless some one is appointed to take my p l a c e ,
& perform the labors, & su stain the r e s p o n s ib il it ie s o f a pastor at
the S t a t io n .
I t is
But i f i t must be
so, the w i l l of the Lord be d o n e.
our duty to fo llo w the leadings o f Providence, whatever may be
its d i r e c t i o n .
on th is s u b je c t .
But enough, & too much perhaps I have already s a id
The m ission must decide on our future cou rse.
The last y e a r , so f a r as respects the chh & p e o p le , has been
one of p a in fu l as w e l l as
joyful interest to u s .
P a in f u l ,
i n as much as
i t has b e e n the duty to' exclude many, at least fo r a se aso n , from the
p riv ile g e s o f the chh.
About one i n seven have been suspended during the
y e a r , i n a l l amounting to ninety n in e .
pended;
F if t y nine s t i l l remain su s
among them is the Gov. o f the i s l a n d .
As h is ch aracter is
exten siv ely known, I suppose it unnecessary for me to state the of
fe n se s, f o r which he was set a s i d e .
Lest however i t should be
thought that we acted u n w isely , i f not r a s h l y , i t may not be
improper to mention a few t h in g s , which w e r e ---- ----- --... ................. .
�Kailua - 1840 -
ostensible & real ground of his suspension:
One thing I would men-
tion is this, a great degree of indifference on religious subjects,
[great indifference]
a palaka loa & seldom attending meetings. This state of health may
have been a sufficient reason for occasional absence from the house
of God; yet he doubtless absented himself many times without any
reason, except the state [of] feeling within.
Another very prominent
fault is the love of money, which is the root of all evil, & cove
tousness, which, is idolatry; two things very nearly allied.
Another
thing is oppression, 'seeking his own interest without regarding the
interests of the poor people, or rather out of the interests of the
people.
Another article of some importance is, charging the mission
aries with the guilt of shutting up the Kingdom of God against men ,
preventing them from entering, who were desirous of it.
Another thing
is, marrying persons that ought not to be married, - marrying chh.
members with unprincipled foreigners; - marrying divorced persons,
contrary to the laws of the land, & the word of God, - marrying those
whom the missionaries could not in conscience marry, & seemingly, at
least, doing it many times, because it was opposed to their wishes.
He is also the chief & firm supporter of the wearing of leis, finger
rings, earrings & other ornaments of the lake nature.
The wearing
of these the chh. at Kailua regard as inconsistent with that inward
adorning, which the scriptures require of pious men & women, especially
of the latter; and I am happy to state, that there are now no lei
members in the chh. in regular standing.
It may be remarked here,
that the Gov. & those that were set aside with him thirty four in
number are all voracious dog-eaters.
We do not however regard
the eating of dog’s flesh as morally wrong.
The rearing of of ( !)
dogs however as an article of food is considered as an evil of some
�Kailua - 1840
magnitude.
They destroy much property in the course of a year.
If all,
which has been devoured by them since the commencement of this mis
sion, could have been saved, it would liquidate the the ( !) national
debt, & leave some thousands in the treasury, sufficient perhaps to
satisfy the demands of another French frigate.
I have told the people
that we regard the eating of dogs much the same as they would the
eating of rats, & mice, & lizards; & that civilized people do not
make use of them as an article of food; and if they intend to become
a civilized people they would do well to lay them aside.
All who
have entered the chh. at Kailua for two or three years past have been
respectfully requested to lay aside the rearing & eating of dogs;
& they generally do it with great cheerfulness.
I would state here
that no one has ever been suspended from the chh. for making use of
this article of food, though one would think it sufficiently heathen
ish to warrant such a procedure.
Those who were set aside with the Gov. are among the principal
people of the village & most of them attached to him & his interests,
& lean upon him as their teacher & guide, in a considerable degree.
The faults of character attached to him, are in a great measure
attached to them, & some others of which he is not guilty.
were emphatically the drones of the chh.
The[y]
They were palaka loa [very
indifferentJ - conformed to the world, & such conformity too, as could
no longer be endured with safety.
The best interests of the chh.
required, that they be set aside.
Since they have been suspended,
they have most of them proved by their conduct that they were as
destitute of piety as Simon the Samaritan magician, & even more so;
for he, when the state of his heart was made known immediately
satiated the prayers of the apostles that his sin might be forgiven.
�Kailua - 1840
Not so however with most of these.
sin to sin.
5.
But they have gone on adding
Most of them now smoke openly, & drink fermented po -
tatoes, & play at cards and are lilo i ka lealea [completely given
over to pleasure] , & exhibit no signs of penitence.
A few of them
have manifested repentance & have been restored to the chh.
Gov. appears much as he used to do.
repentance.
The
I see however no evidence of
He is doubtless sorry that he is suspended from the chh.
& is desirous to be restored to favor; but I wish to see some better
tokens of penitence than I have yet discovered before my consent is
given for his restoration.
These are some of the things of painful interest which have
passed in review before us during the year that has closed.
It was
a bold step, I will grant, if desired, to set aside 35 individuals at
one time with the Gov. at their head.
Some may term it rashness.
We had forborne till forbearance seemed no longer a duty.
I had
been inquired of some time since, whether some surgical operation
would not soon be necessary in the Gov’s case; and as other members
of the body seemed to require a similar operation, it were better,
perhaps, to do the business at one, than to endure the pain occasioned
by repeated operations, especially as the main body seemed in a
healthful state, and capable of sustaining the operation though se
vere, if but once to be endured; whereas repeated operations, if
necessary to be performed in quick succession might have endangered
its safety.
We endeavored to ascertain what was duty in the case,
& performed it fearlessly without regarding consequences being confi
dent, that the Lord would take care of that part of the subject.
The effect of th i s act of discipline upon the chh. & people,
�Kailua - 1840
so far as has been observed, I think has not been unfavorable to the
cause of truth at our station.
Our meetings have been as fully
attended as before; & I presume there are but few, if any individuals
in the chh. who have not subjoined a cordial amen to it.
I know of
none.
The other cases of discipline which have occurred have also been
numerous, amounting to 64:
28 for smoking - 13 for quarrelling, -
6 for breach of the seventh commandment, - 4 for neglecting the reg
ularly appointed meetings, & ordinances of the chh. 3 for traveling
on the Sabbath, - 2 for falsehood, - 2 for rum drinking, - 2 for
leaving the island without sufficient reason, leaving their parents
to take care of themselves, - 1 for concealing crime, - 1 for stealing
sugar-cane, - one for playing at cards, - one for making use of
the form of baptism in a trifling manner, placing the hand o n the
head of another, and repeating the form. - This completes the number
of offences, which have appeared in the chh. at Kailua; - a dark cloud,
which has passed over it.
These are the amount of the things, which
have pained our hearts so far as my department of labor has been con
cerned, during the months of the past year; for every month not to
say every week we have had trials of the like nature. .Though such
has been the apparently unfavorable state of things, yet we are
permitted, on the whole, to report progress in in ( !) our work.
Though darkness has been visible, still we have had light in our
dwellings.
The Sun has shined on us from on high.
We have felt &
been cheered by the gentle breathings of the Spirit. - Souls have
been converted. -
A larger number have been added to the chh. than
during any previous year;
three hundred & seventy two have been
received to the chh. on examination & forty one on certificate, since
�Kailua - 1840
our last Gen. Meeting:
four hundred and thirteen in all.
Last year
there were in the church three hundred & twenty six members in regu
lar standing.
This year there are six hundred & twenty eight; so
that the chh. has increased in numbers, strength & union, notwith
standing the numerous defections.
on us, & we are blessed.
The Head of the chh. has smiled
I have no fears for the safety of the chh.
so long as strict & impartial discipline is exercised.
I say impar
tial, because I fear we have been inclined to favor the rich & the
great & winked at their faults, instead of exercising that discipline
which the purity of the chh. & the cause of Christ generally demanded.
But if they are a scandal to it, why continue them there?
It may be
feared perhaps they would turn against the chh. if the same disci
pline were exercised on them as on the poorer class.
But we are
required to act impartially on the principles of the Gospel.
is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
"It
It may be
feared too that they would go over to the side of popery, & what
then?
If they are the pope's men let him have them.
his people in our chh’s.
& who are not.
We do not want
We wish to know, who are the Lord’s people,
We have not as yet been troubled on Hawaii with
the pope’s missionaries.
main long In quietness.
I suppose however we may not expect to re
But the Lord reigns, & blessed be his name,
he can cause the wrath of man to praise him & the remainder thereof
he will restrain.
In looking over the last years labors, travels, & trials we have
abundant cause for gratitude to the Lord of Missions for his presence
& blessing which have been vouchsafed us during the period of our
pilgrimage.
It has been a time of peculiar trials as well as of spe
cial encouragement & support under them.
In the month of August we
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made a tour of the island, - visited all the Stations, - encamped two
nights by the side of the great volcano, went down & passed around
& stood by the side of the liquid, f i e r y ( !) lakes, & the blazing
cones, emitting flame & smoke, and occasionally spouting forth their
liquid masses, - collected some specimens, & passed on our way.
The various labors of my department at the station have been
performed as in years past.
Our yearly, monthly, weekly & daily
meetings have been attended in their regular order, & have been
attended with happy results.
We would finally call on the members
of this mission to help us praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth
ever.
740
-
Whole no, rec'd to the chh. on examination.
77
-
Whole no. on certificate.
372 -
Whole no. rec'd the past year on exam.
41 -
Rec'd on certificate
87 -
Whole no. dismissed to other chh's.
47 -
Dismissed the past year.
41 -
Whole no. deceased.
8
_
Deceased the past year.
99
-
Suspended the past year.
59 2
-
0 -
Remain suspended.
Whole no. excommunicated.
Remain excommunicated.
630 -
Whole no. in regular standing.
515 -
Whole no of children baptized.
290 -
Baptized the past year.
16 4 66
2060 -
Whole no. of children deceased.
Deceased the past year.
Marriages the past year.
Average congregation.
A. Thurston
�[Dr. Andrews' Report - 1840]
At the close of the last Gen. Meeting I embarked with my family
and the Brn. from Hilo for that station, the health of the families
there requiring medical aid.
We remained at Hilo until the 9th of Sept. when we left for
Waimea.
Our route ( !) was over land between Mauna Kea and M. Loa.
The first part our [trip] was through the forest and impracticable
for horses; we therefore requested Mr. Lyons to send them to meet us
above the woods.
After travelling two days and a half we emerged
from the forest, but no horses appeared and we had no alternative but
to make the best of our way forward on foot.
We pursued our way
and on the afternoon of the fifth day arrived in sight of Waimea
when Mrs. Andrews became so much fatigued that she was unable to
proceed, and a man was sent forward to procure a conveyance.
A
manele met us at sunset & in a short time we were kindly welcomed to
the habitation of our Br. L.
sent the wrong road.
Here we found that the horses had been
Mrs. A. was much fatigued but suffered no per
manent injury from the journey.
By t h e good hand of God upon us
we were sustained for which we would praise his holy name.
After a few days rest we proceeded to Kohala.
Br. Bailey and
Sist. Bliss were just recovering from severe attacks of fever.
After
a short visit at that station we returned to Waimea from thence to
Kailua where we arrived early in Oct.
About the close of the year 1839 Mrs. A. was attacked with a
severe illness which confined her for some weeks to the house &
during a portion of the time to her bed.
With the exception of a few visits to Kealakekua I had no
further calls to other stations until the first of March, when I
again set my face toward Hilo.
I was accompanied by Br. Forbes into
Kau & was permitted to witness the interest and pleasure with which
�Kailua - 1840 - Andrews
he was received by the people of his charge in that district.
2
I was
much pleased with the appearance of the people.
Having spent 4 or 5 weeks in Hilo., late in April I returned to
Kailua by way of Hamakua & Waimea.
Having reached Kona on my way home I commended the examination
of schools and had nearly completed the work when the arrival of
vessels summoned me to embark for Honolulu.
Thus more than half of
the past year, seven months, has been spent away from home.
The health of the miss, families fen Hawaii has in general been
good yet there have been several cases of sickness some of them
severe,
Mrs. Ives who it will be recollected was in a very low state
at our last Gen. Meet. is still feeble & in a precarious state of
health but is much better than at that time.
My practice among the native population has continued in ( !) as
in years past and presents nothing worthy of special notice.
It will be readily seen that having been at my station only five
months of the past year, & that interrupted by sickness in my family
& repeated visits to another station the schools have not been
materially benefited by my labors.
nations and had commenced a third.
falling off in the number of pupils.
I have however held two exami
The results shown a considerable
The teachers are still support
ed by the people chiefly by the parents of their scholars, they have
however reed, a portion of the monthly contributions.
There is a
lamentable want of interest on the subject of education among parents
who of course put forth but little exertion to induce their children
to attend school.
The Sab. School for children is still continued.
The number of
pupils is more than 100 but is seldom that more than 90 are present.
We use the Hawaina Kamalii.
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Andrews
3.
Mrs. Thurston and daughters have a Bib. Class for young females.
They number about 50.
The Sab. School for adults in the Ai o ka la is in the care of
Br. Thurston.
There are about 600 scholars
100 hundred ( !) more than
last year.
Mrs. Andrews has when health permitted taught a school for young
females four days in a week.
The number of scholars has been 54.
A census was taken in Sept. last by which it appears that the
[is]
whole population of the district/5943, 14 less than in 1835. It is
probable- that this decrease is the result of removals.
During the first nine months of 1839 the number of births was
123.
The number of deaths was 91.
32 more births than deaths.
Seth L. Andrews
�Report in part of the Station
at Kailua Hawaii
May 1841 —
In drawing up a statement of my labors, & of the condition
of the chh. & people in the Northern division of Kona, I would, in
a special manner, make mention of the kind providence of God, which
has sustained me in life, & permitted me to labor another year among
this people, without interruption from ill health, or other untoward
circumstances, except for a single Sabbath, the first in April; at
which time I was afflicted with a cold, which so affected my voice
as to be unable to speak distinctly.
day were conducted by Dr. Andrews.
The morning services of that
In the afternoon I performed
the Sacramental Service with some difficulty.
Those who were with me at our last Gen. Meeting - whose voices
were heard in our morning & evening devotions, as we surrounded the
family altar, are with me no more.
They are not however forgotten
in the lonely prayer of the husband & father.
Their cheerful counte
nances will not soon be effaced from memory, tho' I may see them no
more.
I would also praise the Lord that they were carried on their
voyage to the South Sea Islands in safety & in good health & Spirits
whence communications have been received from them.
Perhaps also
it [is] deserving a note of thanks, that there were no words of com
plaint in any of their letters or journals, in regard to their accom
modations or fare.
They had probably learned some lessons of prac
tical wisdom by living on these islands; & their recent tour around
Hawaii may have served to imprint them on the mind.
Paul says, "I
have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."
Some have probably this lesson yet to learn, & we should all do well
to look at it occasionally; as it lies at the foundation of much of
our social & individual happiness.
The last sentence in a communi-
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1841
2.
cation found in a writing desk, after the sailing of the Flora is
this:
'Let us endure hardness as good soldiers.'
not new.
It is as old as the writings of Paul.
The sentiment is
He exhorts Timothy,
"Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
It is not said,
Endure hardness as a soldier, but, endure hardness as a good soldier.
There are many soldiers that are deficient in some important characteristics, while but few are entitled to the epithet good.
I hope
that those, whom the Board have now sent out to our aid, may prove
themselves entitled to all that is implied in that little word good;
& to have been appointed to this battle ground by the Great Captain
himself. —
The Mission will excuse this digression from the m a i n
subject.
The labors of my department have been performed as usual:
two
sermons on the Sabbath - a lecture on Wednesday; - the Sabbath school,
Ai o ka la, -which I superintend & give a brief exposition of the
verses at the close.
This school consists principally of adults, &
numbers nearly one thousand., including those at the out-stations, of
which there are now four:
one at Kik olo, - one at Kaeleluluhulu -
one at Kalawa, & one at Keauhou.
At the first of these places meet
ings are held every Sabbath, except on those days, when the sacrament
is administered.
The people of the other out stations attend meeting
alternately there & at Kailua.
On Friday of every week there is a meeting, conducted princi
pally by natives.
On Saturday of every week there is a meeting of
the standing committee of the chh. at 8 o'clock A.M. to attend to
cases of discipline & other business of the chh.
At four o'clock
P.M. I meet with the teachers of the Sabbath School.
ing of the chh. for exhortation & prayer.
At 5 - a meet
The morning prayer-meetings
I attend on every day, except the Sabbath. -
The monthly prayer
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3.
1841
meetings, the first & third Mondays, the annual days of fasting &
prayer; the first Monday of January, & the last Thursday of February,
have been regularly attended.
The above, with occasional visits
among the people, & almost daily visits from them, comprise & general
outline of the labors of my department the past year.
During my ab
sence at Oahu, the people here were favored with preaching on the Sab
bath by the brethren from Kealakekua.
On my return from Oahu after an absence of nearly four months,
I found that about thirty of the chh. members had gone astray, like
sheep without a shepherd.
A few had been guilty of adultery, some
had been tattooed, & had their front teeth knocked out, after the
former heathen custom of these islands, & some had turned to their
former practice of smoking; & all were guilty of gross conformity to
the world.
Meetings were but thinly attended, & a low state of rel
igious feeling in the chh. generally; & but few seemed to be awake
& mourn at the sad state into which they had fallen.
Efforts were
made to collect our scattered forces, & restore things to their accus
tomed order; & our efforts were not altogether unsuccessful by the
blessing of God.
A new out station was fixed upon for holding meet
ings on the Sabbath by the most intelligent chh. members; & there
has been generally very good attention given to these meetings by
the people of that region, & it is hoped that a few there have been
turned to the Lord.
There are 27 members of the chh. belonging to
the congregation there, & a few others may be admitted soon.
This
station from Kailua by water is about 30 miles, & by land about 20,
& there is a passable horse road to the place.
Another out-station
has recently been fixed upon, about 12 miles N . East from Kailua
inland; where meetings are holden on the Sabbath once a fortnight.
At this station there are 30 chh. members.
Some have fallen & others
�Kailua
are tottering.
4.
1841
It was thought desirable to establish a meeting there
as the distance is too great for the people to attend regularly at
Kailua.
The fact too that the catholics are making inroads among
the people of that quarter is an additional reason, why some counter
influence should [be] exerted there, if possible to check the progress
of Romanism in that region.
The chh. generally, tho' not awake as it should be, yet there are
some praying souls among them.
Many have fallen a prey to temptation (!
,
)
& have been suspended during the year. Two hundred & fifty eight have
been
/ set aside, & one hundred & nineteen remain suspended. During, the
months of February & March 177 were suspended for smoking; 128 of
whom have manifested repentance & have been received again to the
chh. & I have no doubt that most of them will return to the chh.
Some few will probably haokuakaeo loa
& cut themselves off entirely from the privileges of the chh.
Lord have mercy on such. --
The
These are some of the facts in regard to
this chh. which we have had the pain to witness. - We have many times
compared the chhs. in these islands to the Israelites in their
journeyings from Egypt to Canaan:
one day trembling before the
fiery mount, & the next making a golden calf, & dancing before it.
At one time praising the Lord for their wonderful deliverance from
the Egyptian army, & at its entire destruction; and again murmuring
against Moses, & against God.
turning back to Egypt.
At one time going forward; at another
Similar fickleness & depravity to that ex
hibited by the ancient people of God, have been found in the chh.
here; & other chhs. in the islands have given indubitable proofs
of like traits of character.
It is not however any ground of re
joicing, that others are as bad as we are.
We should rather be led
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5.
1841
to weep & humble ourselves at these exhibitions of fickleness, &
depravity & to admire the wonderful forbearance of God towards his
professed people. -
Notwithstanding these unfavorable things, which
it has been deemed desirable to mention, there are some others of
a more cheering nature.
There have been received to the chh. on
examination one hundred & seventy five, & twenty three on certificate
198 in all. —
The recent, tho' not altogether unexpected discovery
of so many smokers in the chh. had the effect to lessen for a few
weeks the numbers that have been accustomed to attend our morning
prayer-meetlngs, & also the congregation on the Sabbath.
But at
present the attendance at our meetings is much as it was before the
haunaele [disturbance] , & in some respects the appearances are even
more favorable, & it is hoped, that it will eventually tend to the
progress of truth, & to the purity & stability of the church.
"We
know, says the apostle, that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them, who are the called according to his
purpose."
It may tend to the benefit of the pastor, to increase
his vigilance, & that of those, whose special business it is to watch
over the interests of the chh. & to ascertain the state of feeling
that exists among its members.
It may also tend to increase watch
fulness, prayerfulness & self examination in those, who have remained
firm to the present time, lest they also should fall into temptation,
& a snare & into many foolish & hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction & perdition. -
It may also have a tendency to prevent
that indifference, & death-like state of stupidity in regard to the
interests of the undying soul, which are frequently seen attached to
individuals in our chhs. & which are a sure & graphic description
of the state of feeling within, & a fearful presage of a death that
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6.
1841
will be unending. - It may serve also as a check to those, who would
enter the chh. while in the practice of those evils, which they
solemnly profess to have forsaken, & with the hope of escaping de
tection under the cloak of religion; it may prevent hypocrisy. —
Should these results follow the above development it may be happy
for the chh. & for the people generally.
The French priests made their boasts, when so large a number
were set aside, that they would all go over to. them; but none have
as yet gone.
One woman, who had been previously suspended, has joined
them, & I am not without fears that some others may.
Two priests,
it will be remembered established themselves here during my absence
at Gen. Meeting.
There are now three on this island.
menced operations at Waimea.
They have com
How much they have done there, the watch
man of that region will be able to give some account.
Me are ex
pecting a full supply of Romanists hereafter on this island, & doubt
less we shall not be disappointed in this respect.
We may be con
fident that they m i l press themselves into every nook & corner of
these islands, if permission should be given them.
His holiness
has no want of men or means to carry on his operations. Many of the people of this region have gone after them.
number I am unable to state.
The
They probably amount to several hundred.
The school laws are such as that the priests & their adherents cannot
or will not submit to.
They refuse to send their children to our
schools, or assist in supporting our teachers.
The priests are
determined to have schools of their own order, t ho' they have nothing
to teach but a small catechism, containing some of the peculiar
doctrines of Romanism; & this is to stand in the place of all that
is taught in our schools:
B - a - ba - Ikemua Helukamalii, Helunaau,
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7.
1841
Helukakau, Hoikehonua; Inahonua, & all other books, with which the
islanders are now furnished, even for the Bible itself.
It is their
object to keep the people in ignorance, & to teach them nothing but
the mumeries ( l) of popery.
I hope the government will do something
to secure a regard to the school laws & thus secure the instruction
of the children & youth of the nation.
The people however had better
remain in entire ignorance than to be cursed with the schools of
popery.
Idolatry is the softest name that can be given to their
modes of worship; & I cannot but think that by and by those, who
have gone after them, will be led to see their errors & forsake them.
Let us trust in the Lord, look up, & take courage.
He is mightier
than all the hosts of Romanists throughout the world; and if there
is any truth in prophecy, Babylon will soon fall to rise no more.
The Lord hasten the accomplishment of his predictions respecting
the man of sin.
In disposing of the new reinforcement the Mission will not for
get the claims of Hawaii.
Kohala must not be forgotten, as that will
probably be the next place for the Romanists to establish themselves.
The islands will probably be furnished with a full cargo of French
priests before another year shall have past, & doubtless Hawaii
will receive a due share of attention from them; hence the importance
of strengthening the stations already occupied on this Island, &
of establishing, at least, one new Station: ether ( i) at Kau, Puna,
or Hamakua.
The claims of the N . part of Kona for additional labor
ers may be given up for the present, provided the present physician
remains there; & we see not how his services can be spared, both as
physician & superintendent of schools; & it is a current opinion
here that the new physician should be stationed on Hawaii.
We see
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1841
8.
not how the stations can be supplied with necessary medical attention
without this arrangement.
The Mission will however look at the wants
[ing]
of the whole field, not forgetting the special & press/claims of
Hawaii.
That you may be guided in all your deliberations & measures
by heavenly wisdom is the prayer of your brother,
A* Thurston
Statistics.
915
Whole no. admitted on examination.
100
On certificate
175 Past year on examination.
23 Past year on certificate
198 Whole no. past year.
103 Whole no. dismissed to other chh..
16 Dismissed the past year.
48 Whole no. deceased.
7 Deceased the past year.
258 Suspended the past year.
119 Remain suspended
0 Excommunicated the past year.
2 Whole no. excommunicated
0 Remain excommunicated
746 Whole no. in regular standing
649 Whole no. of children baptized
134
20
4
52
1500
Baptized the past year.
Whole no. of children deceased
Deceased the past year.
Marriages the past year.
to 2000 Av. no. of congregation on the Sab.
It will be necessary that some repairs be made on my buildings
during the year, probably to the amount of one hundred dollars or
more.
A. T.
�Kailua
May 6
1841
During the past year I have not been called to visit any other station
except Kealekekua.
weeks at each visit.
of Mrs. Ives.
There I have been called twice & spent several
The last visit was occasioned by the sickness
She was a few weeks after confinement, attacked by
a fever which prostrated her strength, & for some weeks it was doubt
ful whether she could survive.
By the blessing of God the fever
was rebuked & she has been restored.
Since that time her health has
slowly improved, and although still feeble she is apparently better
than at any time previous, since her arrival at Kealekekua.
Mr. Forbes has also suffered an attack of fever which confined
him some weeks.
There have been some cases of illness among the
children with one or two exceptions not serious.
The Lord has merci
fully preserved the lives of all the members of the mission upon this
Island, and of their children.
I said I had not been called to
visit any station except Kealekekua; I should have excepted one call
to which I was not able to attend on account of the feeble health of
my own family.
I rejoice however to say that the blessing of God
has supplied abundantly my lack of service.
Among the native population my labors continue much as in years
past.
A rival in the field in the form of a Romish priest, for a time
drew away some patients and during my absence acquired some celebrity
by giving medicine which was not bitter.
His fame has diminished
however and most of those who for [a] time employed him now come to
me, as formerly.
In the department of schools I have only been able to exercise
a general superintendence. ( !)
During the first half of the current year the state of the schools
waxed worse & worse.
The people seemed to have lost all interest in
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the subject.
much reduced.
Some schools were entirely forsaken, & all were very
The teachers under such circumstances even with full
pay could hardly be expected to manifest much zeal.
But they received
almost nothing from the people, and working for nothing & boarding
themselves quite dispirited them.
After the publication of the new laws they were immediately put
in force by, & have constantly received the countenance and support
of the executive.
The old schools were all immediately reorganized
& several new ones were established.
The teachers, invigorated, by
full schools and a prospect of some remuneration for their services,
are more efficient.
The school committees have performed their
duties as faithfully as could have been expected.
The people, although some have talked about oppression, have
in general yielded a prompt obedience to the law, have sent their
children to school, & cheerfully complied with the requisitions of
the committees in laboring for the teachers & for building school
houses.
Six or eight school houses have been erected since the pro-
mulgation of the new law, a part of these however were in progress
before the law came into force.
The Roman priests have constantly resisted the execution of the
school law, & have forbidden their followers to obey the directions
of the committees.
In several Interviews with Gov. Adams & in one with Kekauluohi
they have obstinately refused to yield.
True, they said, "if the
king says stop we will stop," but It was accompanied with a warning
that French power would be put forth to punish the offence.
Although
they maintain that the law is an infraction of the treaty, they have
claimed the right of acting under it.
They have claimed & exercised,
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in opposition to the Government, the right of giving certificates to
teachers, of establishing distinct schools, & maintaining their own
koele's [a koele is a small division of land] .
Most of their fol
lowers have utterly refused to assist in erecting school houses or
in laboring for the teachers; on the same days in which they were
called out they have engaged in erecting school houses for their own
teachers or in planting for them*
In two instances their partially erected school houses have
been demolished, by the owners of the lands, because they did not
wish the land taken.
committee.
Nothing of the kind has been done by any school
One of the houses was torn down two or three times, &
if I mistake not, the timber at length taken away.
The priests claim
the right of selecting a spot for a school house or for planting,
[the man in charge of a piece of land]
making it known to the konohiki and it becomes the kings, whether
the konohiki consents or not, he has nothing to say in the case.
They claim this right from the last clause of the third Sect. of the
school law.
Perhaps they are right, but I had supposed that the ob-
ject of making the selection
known to the konohiki was to obtain
his consent, and have, acted accordingly.
Many of the children who for a time left the schools through
their influence have returned.
The whole number now detained from
the schools by them does not exceed 70 so far as I have been able to
ascertain by the teachers.
The monthly contributions of the church have been devoted to the
school at Hilo & to the assistance of the teachers.
The amount con
tributed has not been accurately estimated but will not fall
short of 40 dollars at the native valuation.
Contributions to the amount of $50 have been sent to the Board
ing school at Hilo, which Mr. Lyman acknowledges as availing in cash
�Kailua 1841
$31.41.
4.
A large proportion of this donation was contributed previous
to the present year.
The Sabbath school for children previous to the commencement of
1841 had, during my frequent and protracted visits to other stations,
become very much reduced in numbers.
exceed 40 or 50.
The average attendance did not
Since the revival of the district schools the
Sabbath school has gradually increased and now numbers two hundred,
average attendance.
There has been no special interest in eternal
things among the pupils.
Seth L. Andrews
Gov. Adams cotton manufactory is still in operation, but is not very
efficient.
�Report of Schools at Kailua May 1841
Examination
and when
Nov. 1840
No. of children
in the whole field
[no figure]
Number of boys
"
"
Number of girls
"
"
Number of schools
Number of teachers
Number of children
enrolled
1940
1002
938
9
16
11
26
[no figure]
Average ( !) number
of attendance
"
Number of readers
153
Number of writers
April 1841
"
1070
[no figure]
296
[no figure]
55
Number in Geography
26
55
Number in Mental
Arithmetic
51
269
No. in Written
Arithmetic
No. of deaths during
the year
N. B. —
[no figure]
"
"
[no figure]
Pastors, who have the charge of schools, are requested to
fill up this blank for the use of the Hawaiian Association of
Teachers; also state such other particulars as may be interesting
to said association.
The first three columns are taken from the tables of the Lunaauhau
made out a year ago; he has not completed them this year.
[This is a printed form filled in.
On other side of the sheet is:]
S.L. Andrews
Report Kailua
May 1841
�[Seth L. Andrews - Kailua - 1842]
The past year has been to myself and family one of mercy.
The
commencement of the year found Mrs. A. in feeble health but by the
divine blessing she has been restored & during most of the time
good health has been granted to us & our children.
The other members of the mission on Hawaii have in general en
joyed such a degree of health as to make but few calls upon the
physician.
The only cases of severe illness which have come under my care
upon Hawaii were those of Mr. Bliss & Mr. Munn.
The former arrived
at my house after Gen. Meet. ill with fever and was confined to his
bed for six weeks.
Mr. Munn arrived soon after Mr. B. left in feeble health & much
depressed in spirits.
He was soon attacked with inflammation of the
lungs which confined him to his bed for a short time.
By the blessing of God both were restored.
I was called to
visit Mr. Bond soon after Mr. Munn left us & spent some weeks there
on account of the delicate state of health of Mrs. Bond.
At Kohala my labors were not confined to my profession.
Mr. B.
not having acquired a knowledge of the language I was enabled to
render him some assistance in his parochial duties.
In schools I have as in years past been able to do but little,
other duties have precluded that attention to them which is very much
needed.
The schools which were reported last year are all still sustained.
The number of pupils is somewhat lessened.
By a comparison with the
statistics of 1841 I find a small increase in the proportion of read
ers.
In other branches there Is no advance in numbers.
�2.
Dr. Andrews - Kailua - 1842
There is some defect in our schools, and having reached a cer
tain point no advance is made.
Having acquired a few questions in
Geography & passed over a few chapters of the He lunaau there is
generally but little farther progress.
The teachers have recd, some aid from the parents and a little
from government.
But after all it is far from an adequate support,
& they are not well pleased to labor for so poor a compensation.
In
general however they manifest a commendable degree of patience &
perseverance.
Notwithstanding defects I regard our teachers as valuable men,
and have no doubt that they are rendering important aid in the work
of enlightening this nation.
(!)
The Catholics have drawn away a few of our s c h o l a r s .
Many
however who were drawn away a year since have returned.
I have made it a point to furnish every pupil who could read,
with the testament.
Five or six school houses have been erected two
of which have stone walls.
Two others of stone are in progress which
when completed will be substantial houses and well built for natives
untaught in such work.
Sabbath Schools.
The adult school which is under the Care of
Mr. Thurston numbers several hundred.
The Ai o ka La is their
Text book.
I have under my care a Sab. School for children in which we make
use of the Scripture lessons as a text book.
is about 150.
The number of pupils
Mrs. Andrews has a bible class for young females in
which they are taught from the Catechism (! ) prepared by Br. Forbes.
The number of scholars is from 40 to 50.
Seth L. Andrews
May 1st 1842
�Kailua - Andrews ~ 1842
[Addendum]
The Sabbath Schools have shared (?) in the revival at Kailua.
Pew however of the younger class of Boys or those under 16 years of
age have b e e n
subjects of the work.
3
�Report in part of the Station
at Kailua Hawaii. May - 1842
The missionary year just closed has been one of varied & ab
sorbing interest not only to myself & mine, but also to the people
among wh o m I am permitted still to labor.
The communications from
my family have been of a nature to excite the tenderest emotions,
& they have called forth the sympathies of my fellow-laborers in this
field, for -which I would return my grateful acknowledgments.
The
Lord has been merciful to me & mine, & has carried me through the
varied trials of this year.
Tho' his hand has been heavy upon me,
yet he has sustained me, & caused me even to rejoice, while drinking (! ) the cup of affliction; & I have been enabled to say with the
Psalmist, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might
learn thy statutes."
In performing the labors of my department the past year I have
had continued occasion to speak of the goodness of God in the evi
dence afforded of this gracious assistance, & of the success which
has attended the preached word, & other appointed means of salvation.
The influences of the Holy Spirit have descended upon us in gentle
showers, refreshing & vivifying the different parts of this field,
though not all parts at the same time.
by unblessed.
No division has been passed ( !)
Many have given evidence of a change of heart.
The subjects of these gracious influences are of every age from the
hoary head to children of 10 or 11 years.
We have held no protracted
meetings, tho’ instruction has been given daily to anxious inquirers.
The state of religious feeling in the chh. has been as cheering
as at any former period since its formation. - There have been fewer
cases of discipline this year than there were during the last, &
�2.
Kailua 1842
the greater part of these have been for smoking.
Many who have been
suspended have been restored on evidence of repentance.
It will be
remembered, that in the statistics of last year's report, there had
been 258 suspended during the year, & 119 remaining suspended. - Of
these 41 have been cut off - the greater number of them have been
received again to the chh.
Seventy three have been suspended during
the year, & forty two remain suspended, & twenty seven remain excom
municated.
One hundred & twenty three suspended & excommunicated
members have been restored during the year.
A greater number have
been received to the chh. this year than in any former one.
Five
hundred & one on examination, & thirty on certificate - 531 in all,
have been admitted to the chh. this year.
standing is 1,253.
The present no. in regular
That all these are the true disciples of the Lord
Jesus is more than we can say; but none have been received without
frequent examinations, or conversations, & without obtaining evidence
satisfactory at the time that they had been b o m of God,
I am satis
fied however, that I have been deceived in some instances in regard to
Christian character; & what missionary or what minister of the gospel,
who has been blessed with revivals of religion, has not been deceived
in this manner.
respect.
The apostles themselves were not infallible in this
They undoubtedly received some to the chhs. which they
planted, who were in the gall of bitterness, & bonds of iniquity. We have however the best reasons for believing, that there will be
a precious number of immortals redeemed from these islands, who
will enter heaven with songs, & everlasting joy.
The Romanists have made considerable progress this year in
this region.
They have probably not far from 700, who have been
baptized, including men women & children in Northern Kona.
T he
�3.
Kailua 1842
The suspended member, mentioned in the report of last year as having
joined them, has come back, & has been received again to the chh.
During this year six suspended & excommunicated members have gone
after them. - Some of their converts have left. them.
I know of 16
who have left them. Some of these have shared in the revival, &
have been hopefully converted.
Two have been received to the chh. -
Many of their adherents are wavering in their opinions, & will
probably leave them before long.
Some are waiting for the return
of the bishop with a cargo of goods, when they are to be supplied
with all kinds of necessaries.
Should they be disappointed in their
expectations, they will probably leave them.
A great proportion of
their adherents have been bought in this way:
some have obtained
money to pay their poll-tax; & some obtain a garment (?) or the
promise of one; & besides no change of character is required in order
to become a good catholic, except it be to hate & condemn Calvinists,
as all Protestants are called.
At present Romanism appears to be
rather at a stand in this part of the island.
it is probably increasing.
But in other parts
They have commenced .operations in all
the principal districts except Puna & Kohala proper.
Naihe has had
4
the boldness to forbid their commencing operations there.
May the
Lord in his providence put a stop to the further progress of this
destructive error.
The mission will not forget the claims of Hawaii to a due share
of. attention in disposing of the reinforcement.
which need aid:
There are many parts
Kohala, Hamakua, Puna, Kau, or the Southern part
of Kona, in case Mr. Ives should be removed to Kau.
have 284 disciples in that region:
The Papists
men, women & children, & they
will have a station there so soon as a priest arrives to occupy it.
�Kailua
4.
1842
They are building a chh in Kau, & they are reported as having a
host of followers there. -
The Lord is permitting them to prosper &
apparently to triumph, & is thus trying the faith & patience of his
people, & by this means to bring to light the hidden things of darkness & to make manifest the counsels of the heart; that it may be
more clearly seen, who are, & who are not the children of God.
The
Lord will get glory to himself by the introduction & spread of Ro
manism in these islands.
Every effort, however, consistent with the,
principles of the gospel should be made to check its progress especially
should we look up to the hills, w hencecometh our strength, & whence
cometh our confidence, that Babylon will soon fall to rise no more
[Postscript] :
As most of the Stations on Hawaii are not represented this year,
I would just state, that we are not prepared to vote for' the removal
of any of our present number from this island; neither are we desir
ous of changes, or exchanges, except such as may have been proposed
by some of the brethren of this island.
We shall welcome, with great cordiality, to this part of our
common field, any additional laborers which the Mission designate for
us.
A.T.
Statistics
1,416
—
Whole N o . ad. on examination.
130
—
On certificate.
501
—
Past year on examination
30
—
Past year on certificate.
531
—
Whole No. past year.
149
-
46
—
Whole No. dis. to other chhs.
Dismissed the past year.
�Kailua
75
—
Whole No. deceased.
27
—
Deceased the past year.
73
—
Suspended the past year.
42
—
41
43
1842
Remain suspended.
-Excommunicated the past.
—
27 —
1,253
Whole No. excommunicated.
Remain excommunicated
Whole No. in regular standing
949
Whole No. children baptized
300
Baptized the past year.
31 —
Whole No. children deceased
13 —
Deceased the past year.
38
Marriages the past year.
From 1500 - to 2000 Congregation . —
A. Thurston
�Report of the Station
at Kailua on Hawaii.
May - 1843.
Through the tender mercies of our Heavenly Father, we are
permitted again to report, respecting the state of things in our
part of this missionary field.
The goodness of God has followed us
thro’ the year, and we have had continual occasion to speak of the
kind care of Providence in preserving our lives and our health
though one [of] our number he has taken to himself:
daughter of Br. & Sister Andrews.
General Meeting.
the infant
This was however during the last
Though our hearts have been pained at this bereave
ment, yet we are comforted in the hope that kindlier arms, than
those even of parents, received her departing spirit, and that it
is well with the child.
sustained the parents.
The same hand, that took the dear one, has
Their other remaining child was seriously
ill for a time, but the Lord spared his life, lest they should have
sorrow upon sorrow. The return of a part of our female deputation, to the U.
States, with our two youngest children, all in good health, is also
matter of grateful acknowledgment to the Author of all our mercies.
He has protected them twice across the mighty waters, and on the
evening of the 24th Oct. last, they arrived at Kailua.
He has
carried them through the vicissitudes, & various trials of the last
two years & more of their pilgrimage.
mercies to them, & to us all.
The Lord be praised for his
Though one of the number, who went out
with them is no more, yet the circumstances attending her removal,
especially the evidences of her preparedness for a better world, were
most cheering to those who were witnesses of her last hours.
God
be praised for all the good impressions which may have been made by
the event, & for the hopes of glory, which the dying sufferer pos-
�Kailua - 1843
2.
sessed.
The favorable circumstances in which our other to (! ) children
are placed in the land of our fathers is also another cause of grat
itude to Him who provides for all.
He has opened the hearts of
individuals there to afford them some assistance in obtaining the
objects for which they were left in that land; and we would earnestly
request the prayers of this mission for those children, that they
may duly appreciate and wisely improve the privileges granted them
through the beneficence of friends there, and that they may be fitted
to bear a part in the world's conversion, & for the glory that is to
be revealed.
We would also in a special manner praise the Lord of
Missions for the recent intelligence of the hopeful conversion of
Asa, during a revival of religion in Monson Academy, where he is
pursuing his studies.
"The Lord hath done great things for us
whereof we are glad,"
To him be all the glory.
The state of things among the people has been most interest
ing, & encouraging.
The influences of the Holy Spirit have been
most manifest, and numbers it is hoped have turned to the Lord.
779 have been received to the chh. including 40, on certificate,
since June last. -
There have been fewer cases of discipline in the
chh. than usual during this period.
The Lord has done great work
among the people of this region, and there are still evidences of
the Spirit's influences in some parts of this field.
of awakening are occurring -
New instances
There is about one hundred and fifty
on the list of inquirers, some of whom may be received to the chh.
hereafter.
The Lord is carrying on his own work in these islands,
and we are confident that he will get glory to himself in the sal
vation of a multitude of souls from among this people —
�Kailua
1843
Statistics
2,155
—
Whole no. ad. on examination
169
-- do.
739
—
40
on certificate.
Past year on examination
-- Past year on certificate.
779
-- Whole no. past year
207
—
58
Whole no. dismissed to other chhs.
-- Dismissed the past year.
131
—
Whole no. deceased.
56
—
Deceased the past year.
51
—
Suspended the past year.
59
—
Remain Suspended
0
-- Excommunicated the past year.
43
15
1,912
-- Whole no. excommunicated.
— Remain excommunicated
—
Whole no., in regular standing.
1,360
—
Whole no. children baptized.
411 -- Baptized the past year.
46 —
Whole no. chil. deceased.
15 —
Deceased the past year
22 —
Marriages
1,500
do
- do
-- Congregation
A. Thurston.
�[1843J
S. L. Andrews Report
Since our last General Meet. I have been called to visit all
the stations on this Island for the purpose of rendering profession
al aid.
At most of them my visits have been protracted, so that
most of the year has been spent away from this station.
Yet we have to bless our heavenly Father that no fatal dis
ease has visited our families, & that all the members of the mission
are enjoying such a state of health as to be able to attend, in some
measure at least, to their ordinary labors.
Among the native population I have continued to afford med
ical aid as usual.
While at Waimea I witnessed an unusual amount
of fatal disease chiefly cases of dysentery.
Since my return to
Kailua there has been much sickness, & I think greater number of
deaths than usual.
I have done but little for schools & have been unable to have
a full examination.
Of course I can give no statistics.
however appear to be in a prosperous condition.
I think has not diminished.
The schools
The number of pupils
The number of readers must have con
siderably increased & also of pupils in arithmetic.
The Sab. School for children has been sustained during my
absence without diminution of numbers, which has not been the case
heretofore.
The number of pupils, attending here & at out stations
is not far from 400.
two hundred.
The average attendance at the station is about
During a portion of the year there has been an -unusual
attention to religion among the children & some have been hopefully
converted.
Teachers of the day schools have been but partially paid, as
the Kahukula could not obtain sufficient property from the Luna auhau.
�Kailua - Andrews - 1843
Several school houses have been built during the year.
2.
One
is a substantial stone house laid up with mud & painted with limemortar.
Seth L. Andrews
Kailua May 1st 1843
�R eport of the Station
at Kailua
May -
1844.
In bringing in our report of the last missionary year, It is
not only our privilege, b ut our duty also, to mention, in the first
place, the goodness of God in sparing our lives* & in adding one to
the number of our children.
children.
W e are now eight including parents &
Though sickness has invaded our families & all both
parents & children have been more or less affected yet we have
all through Divine mercy, been restored to health.
Where gentle
chastening of our heavenly Father have as we trust had the ef
fect to increase our gratitude & our devotedness to him & his cause
in which we have labored for many years; & through the whole course
of our efforts he has given us most cheering evidence of his faith
fulness to his promises & of his readiness ( !) to hear & answer
prayer & to succeed our efforts for the benefit of this people.
The providences of God toward this nation have been strongly
marked in their favor from the arrival of the first missionaries to
the present time; & their recent deliverance from the unrighteous
reign of an English Lord Is not among the least conspicuous inter
positions in their behalf.
A few years of such proceedings as char-
acterize those/the British Commissioners during the five months, in
which they had the control in the government, would have been quite
sufficient to have reduced these islands to a state far more to be
dreaded than that in which they were found in the year 1820.
The
abrogation of good & wholesome laws & the regulations adopted &
enforced by British authority
as well as the subsequent state of
things, were all of a nature to make philanthropy weep & Christian
ity to bleed at every pore & heathenism itself to blush & hide its
head.
It would seem as though the old dragon himself, in the person
�Kailua
1844
2
of an English. Lord, had made his appearance -with a determination,
if possible, to reduce this fair portion of God’s heritage to a state
of physical & moral pollution & death, unknown in ages that are gone
by.
That such would have been the legitimate result of this state
of affairs, had it continued, no one it is presumed will question.
But the Lord cut short the period of this triumph of wickedness.
Had it not been for his timely interposition, we know not who would
have escaped uninjured.
Every part of the islands have felt the
deleterious effects of this reign of licentiousness.
I envy not the
happiness the British commissioners may feel, in reviewing their
public transaction, in the Sandwich Islands.
The state of things in the N. part of Kona during the year
past may be said to be marked, on the part of the people generally,
by a laxity of feeling & effort for the eternal interests of the
soul, which was unknown in some previous years, or in the year im
mediately preceding.
There has been a greater rage for moving to
the leeward islands, than I have ever known before, & I presume a
greater number have left during the past year than in any previous
year since our residence on the island, judging from the number of
ch. members, that have left during this period.
Many things have
contributed to induce this state of feeling & these movements among
the people.
One, & not among the least, is, the political state
of the nation: the changes of the government, & the great, if not
unparalleled excitement consequent on these changes.
All seemed
moved as if by an electric shock to go to head quarters to witness
the movements of the new order of things; & the fact too, that crime
was not only made honorable & lawful, but lucrative with all, acted
as a powerful magnet to attract the people of Hawaii to the metropo
�Kailua
lis, the centre of operations.
3.
1844
The fact also, that the people were
required to pay their taxes in money was another inducement.
This
could not he obtained on Hawaii, except to a very limited extent.
They must go therefore to the two principal places, where the shining
dust can be obtained; - some for honorable labor, but more, as a
reward for crime.
Many who go are led astray by the temptations
which assail them from every quarter.
It requires more strength of
principle and more fixedness of purpose than most Hawaiians can be
rationally supposed to possess in order to pass uninjured such a
fiery ordeal, even supposing some of them to be real Christians.
Another inducement for removing is the means of support are
much more easily obtained here, than on Hawaii, at least, than on
the Western part of Hawaii,
Here their food is at the door; - there
it is four or five miles, in the country, & the labor of backing it
down is very great.
After all the dollars & the cloth are the great
things which attract the people of Hawaii to Lahaina & Honolulu,
& draining our great island of its inhabitants, & those who remain
on the lands will be still harder pressed to obtain the wherewith to
meet the demands of the tax officers.
There is however some hope
that the people of Kona may be more justly dealt with hereafter, as
the man who was honored with the offices of tax-collector & judge is
cashiered.
The obscure schoolteacher, who was the principal agent
in bringing into more public notice, the oppressions, & unrighteous
& unlawful decisions of this officer of government, is worthy of
double honor, & ought to be well rewarded.
The simple & unaffected
statement of the facts in his case, written by himself, & which
appeared in two or three nos. of the Nananana will be recollected
by all who have read it.
�Kailua
1844
4
The state of religious feeling in the oh. during the year past
has not been of that decided & encouraging character, which would be
desirable to witness.
There has not however been much falling off
in their attendance on the Sabbath; yet there has been more laxness
than in some former periods, & the attention given to the word
preached has not been marked with that interest & seriousness which
has sometimes been observable.
The cases of discipline have not been
much more numerous than formerly.
The number admitted on examina-
tion has been twenty eight, & nineteen on certificate, forty seven
in all.
Seventy five have been dismissed to other churches & forty
nine have deceased.
The ch. has therefore diminished by about the
number that have been dismissed.
Twenty three excommunicated & suspended members have joined
the papists since the commencement of their operations in 1840.
About sixty, to my knowledge, have left them since that period, &
twenty seven of these have been received to the ch. some during the
past year, & some during the previous years.
The ch. at Kailua may.
be regarded as in a state of comparative safety so far as the influ
ence of Romanism is concerned.
of the nature of a safety valve.
It may perhaps be regarded something
It will be a refuge for some of
our disciplined ch. members & for all who wish to go to heaven
in their sins.
The novelty of popery Is past, & there does not appear
at the present time much of a disposition among the people to engage
again in the worship of idols.
There are a goodly number of praying
men & praying women in the ch. who are decided & stand firm on the
Lord’s side; - who are struggling onward to mount (?) Zion, & who I
have no doubt will eventually arrive there.
Some I have as little
reason to doubt have entered the place of rest & commenced the nobler
& holier services of the upper Sanctuary.
�Kailua
1844
5.
The contributions of the ch, have been small, amounting only
to about forty dollars in Hawaiian articles.
Some progress has been
made towards the erecting of four places of worship - Some of the ma
terials have been collected; the walls of one of them are laid
in mud, & they are to be painted with lime mortar.
of this house is about 80 ft. by 40.
The dimensions
One of the others will be as
large if not larger than this, & the other two will be smaller.
Such are some of the facts in regard to the state of things among
the ch. & people of N. Kona.
Though there are some things calcula
ted to dishearten there are more of a cheering & encouraging charac
ter.
We feel bound in view of them to thank God & take courage, not
doubting, that In due season we shall reap if we faint not.
Statistics.
2,183
188
28
19
47.
282
75
180
49
64
86
9
43
10
1,813
1,436
76
59
13
58
1,300
Whole No. ad. to the Chh. on examination
Whole No on certificate.
Past year on examination
Past year on certificate.
Whole number the past year.
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
Dismissed the past year.
Whole No. deceased.
Deceased the past year.
Suspended the past year.
Remain suspended.
Excommunicated the past year.
Whole number excommunicated.
Remain, excommunicated.
Whole number in regular standing
Whole number of children baptized.
Baptized the past year.
Whole number of children deceased.
— Deceased the past year.
Marriages the past year.
Av. No. of congregation on the Sabbath.
A. Thurston
�Kailua May 2
1844
Dear Brethren
By the blessing of our heavenly Father we are brought near
to the season of another Gen. Meeting
& although I am not permitted
to unite with you in person on this occasion, I may in heart unite
with each in praises to the great Author of all our benefits.
Since our last Gen. Meeting several cases of scours (? )
&
some of dangerous sickness have occurred (! ) in the families residing
upon Hawaii, but by the blessing of the great Physician, all have
recovered or are convalescent & our number remains unbroken.
In view of the medical wants of this island I would suggest
the propriety of continuing to urge upon the Am . Board the great
need of another physician to be stationed upon it.
If, as we hope,
our numbers shall be increased by the new reinforcement, the call
will be still more urgent.
A new instance of what has so often
occurred in years past, the urgent need of medical aid at different
& distant stations at the same time, is a new argument to press our
claims upon our patrons in America.
Schools continue much as during the previous year.
They
cannot be called flourishing, not yet do I consider them by any
means in a languishing state.
There is doubtless some advance in
knowledge, yet the advance is not I fear as it should be in an in
creasing ratio or at best but in a very small degree.
Teachers have recd a portion of their pay from the public
treasury & are referred (?) to the parents for the remainder.
It
is discouraging to teachers that when the Government have undertaken
to pay their wages it appears to be done grudgingly, & if the lunaauhau is so gracious as to acknowledge their claim, he turns them
off with worthless refuse, or if property of value, at a much high
er rate than he would receive it again in payment of taxes.
When
�Kailua
1844
our teachers were last paid off, they were so much dissatisfied
that they resolved (?) to leave the schools hut at length determined
to make an appeal to the chiefs before carrying their resolution into
effect.
In consequence of their appeal D. Malo visited Kona & so
far satisfied them that the greater number continue their occupation.
It is highly desirable that while the government engage to
pay the teachers, that they should do it cheerfully as a just re
ward for valuable services rendered, not as If bestowing a favor &
that the teachers ought to be thankful even for the refuse of the
Treasury.
Perhaps this fault is only in the lunas, if so let the
Gov. manifest their determination to execute the laws upon them &
doubtless the evil will be remedied.
I would suggest the propriety of a respectful address from
the Mission to the Government upon this subject.
Allow me to unite with you in welcoming to this field of la
bor the b r e t h r e n & Sisters of the new reinforcement.
May the great Head of missions be in your midst, & may all
your doings redound to his glory.
Seth L. Andrews
To
The Moderator of
th e G en. Meeting of Sand
Isl. Mission
Honolulu
�Report of the Station
at Kailua May 1846
Since our last Gen. Meeting we have all been once, twice,
thrice reminded that this is not our
.
Three of our number have
found their last resting place; a resting place for their weary
bodies - a house, an everlasting home for their weary souls.
For,
we have the best reasons for believing that they have entered their
Father's house on high.
Their work is done.
Their voices are no
longer heard in the great congregation, pointing the people to the
Lamb of God.
They no more engage with [us] in the business of this
Gen. Meeting, - no more meet with us in the social prayermeeting,
& unite with us in commemorating the dying love of Jesus; but we .
trust they have entered on the higher - nobler services of the upper
Sanctuary ~
All tears are wiped from their eyes.
They are at rest
in the bosom of the Savior.
In reporting the Station at Kailua, a few facts will be stated
both in regard to ourselves & the people of that region.
We have had considerable sickness in our families.
We were
all more or less affected with the influenza which prevailed through
the islands,
I was myself seriously affected with it; & in conse
quence was unable to preach, or perform other missionary labor for
three months:
from the first of April to July, when I commenced
preaching again, & since that time I have been gradually regaining
to
my health, so that I am now as well as previous tothat serious attack.
I would praise the Lord for his restoring goodness, & permitting me
still to labor among this people, though unworthy of such a privilege
' On the 13th of August,
continued 21 days.
'45, Mary was attacked with fever which
She was subsequently restored to her usual health
tho' she remained in a feeble state for two or three months, but she
does not possess that vigor of health which the older members of our
�Kailua
1846
2.
family enjoyed while they were with us.
Dr. Andrews' family have "been seriously afflicted in the
removal of their little daughter, & in his own protracted illness,
now of almost a y e a r 's standing.
that he is slow ly recovering.
We are encouraged however to hope
Still on account of the nature of his
disease, & frequent relapses & its long continuance, there is ground
for solicitude in his case, & a fear that he may not regain his
former health & usefulness.
His professional services in our fam
ilies & among the natives are of great importance, & the loss of
his active services the year past has been severely felt, & will be
still more so, should he not be restored.
The Lord knows what is
best for us, & for him, & may he prepare us all for his most holy
will.
There has been much sickness & many deaths among the people
since our last Gen. Meeting, among whom was the Gov. of the Island.
His ruling passion[s] were strong during most of his last sickness,
& it is to be feared that he loved his money better than he loved
his Savior.
122 church members have deceased since we last met &
but 12 have been received to the church on examination.
During the first months of the last year, an unusual degree
of stupidity prevailed among the people generally.
were less fully attended than formerly in the preached gospel.
Religious meetings
less interest manifested
There was no special awakening among the
impenitent, during most o f the year ’45, & there was also much lax
ness on the part of professors.
During the three last months of the
year there was a little making up among the members of the chh.
Some few of the impenitent were brought to reflection & were very
attentive listeners in our meetings on week days & on the Sabbath.
Many backsliders were reclaimed, & we were encouraged to hope for
�Kailua 1846
3.
a brighter day.
Among the means used to induce a better state of feeling &
action in the chh.. were a series of meetings with the different
divisions of the chh., during the last three months of '45, which
were held with the assistance of the deacons, my own better health,
enabling me to be more among the people in pastoral visits, & we
were not destitute of the tokens of the Lord’s presence with us.
Another means, which God himself has been using for many months
past to bring the people to reflection, & cause them to feel their
dependence on him, is his withholding the rain of heaven.
heavens have become brass
The
over our heads, & the earth i r on under
our feet, & vegetation has been dried up.
This has had a tendency
to lead the thoughts up to him whence all our blessings flow - the
people have been greatly pinched for food during six months past,
& are so still, & this causes them to think more of that food, which
always abounds, & which will endure unto eternal life, & which the
Son of man gives to all who ask It of him.
Should the present dis-
tressed circumstances of the people lead them to seek the salvation
of their souls, they may be regarded as among the richest of heaven’s
blessings to them.
That it has had this effect in some instances I
have no doubt, & in some cases it will doubtless be the means of
hardening the heart.
The judgments of God, if they do not soften,
serve to harden the heart.
The contributions of the chh. during the year '45 were greater
that
That in any former year. They have for the first time assisted
directly in supporting their missionary.
They contributed for this
object $114.68, & it is hoped they will continue to aid in support
ing him the present year; & that they will regard it not only as a
duty, but a privilege also to aid in supporting religious institu
�4.
tions among them.
If they look at the subject in all its important
hearings & interests, they will not feel themselves the poorer for
having thus aided with their mites in sustaining the preached gos
pel.
They will feel that they have saved from the sacred treasury
of the Lord to the amount of their contributions, to assist in sending the light of salvation to the more destitute regions of the earth.
They will experience in their own souls the truth of our Lord’s de
claration, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
On the 21st Dec. '45 the meeting house, spoken of in a former
report as being erected, was dedicated to the worship of God.
It
is seated around the walls, & a platform & railing at one end for a
pulpit ; & there are several moveable seats besides.
At some future
period, the whole may be floored & seated (sealed ?).
The expenses of the building, If the labors of the people,
the money & articles of trade paid out, were all to be reckoned,
would probably amount to between $6 - $700.
The people of the dis
trict, for whose special benefit the building was constructed, con
tributed in provisions & Hawaiian articles of trade to the value of
$78.
But the principal expense was defrayed by a foreigner, Jeremiah
Martin, who resides in the village where the house is erected.
is a member, & one of the deacons of the chh.
in money & articles of trade.
donations:
He contributed $279
A few other foreigners gave small
Rev. S.C. Damon $5, Mr. E. H. Boardman $5.
$5, & some others $17, in all $32.
clusive of labor was $389.
He
Dr. Andrews
The whole amount expended, ex
The house is an ornament to the village,
& may It prove the gate of heaven to the people, for whom it was
especially designed.
It will stand as a monument of the liberality
of the principal contributor & laborer in its erection.
�Kailua 1846
5.
The above are some of the most important facts in relation
to the state of things, among the people at the present time.
Though
not of a nature so cheering as could be wished; yet they exhibit some
progress, as a ground of encouragement to future efforts, & future
success.
Statistics
2195
-
Whole No. received on examination
223
-
On certificate
12
-
Past two years
35
-
On certificate
47
-
Whole No. two past years.
336
-
Whole No. dismissed to other chhs.
54
-
Past two years.
302
-
Whole No. deceased
122
-
Deceased the past two years
447
-
Suspended the two past years
371
-
Remain Suspended
0
-
Excommunicated the two past years.
43
-
Whole No. excommunicated
10
-
on examination.
Remain excommunicated
1399
-
Whole No. in regular standing
1511
-
Whole No. children baptized
75
-
Baptized the two past years
52
-
500 - 600
Marriages
- Average congregation
(unsigned)
(Marked on back as Mr, Thurston’s)
�Church Statistics from May, '46 to May ’47
2202
Whole No. reed on examination
-
234 7 11
On certificate
Past year on examination
On certificate
-
18 332 46 -
Whole No. past year
Whole No. dismissed to other churches
Past year
373 -
Whole No. deceased
71 -
Deceased past year
41 -
Suspended past year
102
Remain suspended
-
Excommunicated past year
6
-
Remain excommunicated
1573 -
Whole No. in regular standing
1546 -
Whole No. chil. Baptised
35 -
Baptised past year
78 -
Marriages
600
-
Congregation
A. Thurston
Kailua May 1847
[Written on other side of page, in corner]:
A. Thurston
Sept. 14, 1847
chh. Statistics.
entd.
[Written on other side of page, center]:
Messrs. C.C. & Hall,
Honolulu,
�Report of Kailua Station
May - 1848 - Since our last Gen. Meeting, we have been called to part
[Mrs. Seth Andrews]
with one^ who was dear to us all; & who might truly be styled the sun
of our little circle at Kailua, & whose almost uniform good health,
& firm constitution afforded a fair prospect of her continuing with
us for many years to come.
The Lord’s ways, however, are not like
ours, nor his thoughts like ours; for he saith, "as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, & my
thoughts than your thoughts."
We are not allowed to question the wisdom of his dealings
with us, or his right to take what was his own.
Her departure was
sudden, & unexpected, both by herself, & by us all.
But it is well,
& we cannot doubt that our loss is her unspeakable gain.
How im
pressively are we taught by this Providence to be always ready for
the coming of our Lord.
In one year, three months, & five days, from the decease of
his mother, after struggling for months with a disease which baffled
every effort of kindness & skill to subdue, the dear little Charles
left us to unite, as we trust, with his Sainted mother & his two
little sisters, in swelling the everlasting song of heaven.
The
bereaved parent has received a due share of sympathy from his brethren
& friends on the islands, & he has been sustained in his feebleness,
as we believe, by the same hand that has thus repeatedly, & severely
smitten him.
The usual labors of the station devolving on the pastor have
been performed without interruption from ill health:
preaching twice
on the sabbath & superintending the adult Sabbath School, a weekly
�Kailua
2.
1848
lecture on W ednesday; generally attending the evening prayer meeting,
&
kept up four days in the week, a meeting with the deacons on
Saturday morning & a church meeting in the evening & occasionally
visiting & preaching at the outstations.
The schools in the N. division of Kona may he said to he in a
prosperous state, though they have been kept up hut half of the time
for more than a year past, in hopes by this means to lessen the sum
still due to the teachers.
The labor tax however, is found to be
but little more than sufficient to pay the teachers, without much
diminishing the debt of former years.
If a regular tax were sub
stituted for the labor days I have not much doubt that the amount
collected would be sufficient to support the school system in most,
if not in all its branches.
The teachers have done pretty well; & there has been an in
crease in the number of scholars, & an additional interest in the
schools on the part both of parents & children.
The No. of Protest
ant schools is eighteen & twenty two teachers - No. of scholars
975, —
806 in attendance the last examination.
119 in Fowle’s
Arithmetic, - 210 in Colburn’s First lessons, 102 in Colburn’s
Sequel, - 125 able to write - 192 in Geography - 402 able to read;
119 good readers, & 404 unable to read, or are in their first lessons.
The No. of Roman catholic schools is six, & 215 pupils & 6 teachers.
I do not think that Romanism is on the increase in our region.
have commenced building a stone church at Kailua.
They
Perhaps when
their new house is completed & adorned with images they will rally
again.
The church perhaps appears as firm & energetic as at any former
period.
We have been blessed with something of a revival since our
�Kailua
last Gen. meeting.
1848
3.
It commenced in Dec. '46 & continued to progress
for about 9 months.
Since that time it has gradually diminished
& now there are not more than 30 or 40 on the list of inquirers.
We have r e c ’d to the chh. as the fruit of this revival one hundred
& thirty seven;
Most of whom as yet appear to run well & stand firm.
The contributions of the chh. the year ending Dec,
'.47, amounted
[to] $104.72, $71.80 for the support of the gospel & $32.92 monthly
contributions mostly expended for taking care of the chh.; the former
consisted mostly of money, - the latter of Hawaiian productions.
The amount is small, & the ability of the people is also small; but
tho small it is worth something.
It manifests a disposition to aid
in the support of religious institutions & it is hoped that their
means, & their disposition also to assist in the support of the
gospel, will be increased as years roll on.
It should also be kept
in mind, that we have no men of wealth on the island, in the Ha
waiian sense of the phrase.
In regard to the state of the people generally, it may be
stated, that there appears to be a gradual advance in intelligence,
civilization & moral principle.
There are no chiefs of high rank
now on Hawaii either to hinder or help on the people in their desires
for advancement.
All the principal officers of Govt are from the
common people, & received their education
hainaluna.
in the Seminary at La-
It is something new in the history of Hawaii, to have the
Gov. & his aid, & the principal officers under him, selected from
the commoners.
Such however is the fact, & we are not insensible to
the benefits which may be derived from this new order of things.
The people have an impressive example before them of the important
advantages to be derived from education in connexion with a good
moral character.
Chiefs are not of course to be the rulers of the
�Kailua
1848
4.
people, unless they possess the requisite qualifications; & parents
& guardians are "becoming more solicitous to have their children
taught.
Although there is a great degree of Ignorance & apathy on
this subject, & desires for physical, intellectual & moral improvement
are very feeble, yet we are encouraged to hope, & to expect even, that
more enlightened views will gradually prevail; & these with corres
ponding energy, & effort, & with aid from on High may be the means
of saving the nation.
Statistics of the Church &c
2,339
- Whole No. rec'd on examination
250
- Whole No. do on certificate.
137
- Past year on examination.
16 - do
do on certificate.
153
- Whole No. past year
399 - Whole No. dismissed to other chhs.
17 - Past year.
436 - Whole No. deceased
63 - Past year
34 - Suspended past year.
136 - Remain suspended
--- -_ Excommunicated past [year]
--- -- Remain excommunicated
1,678 - Whole No. in regular standing
1,680 - Whole No. children baptized
107 - Baptized the past year.
54 - Marriages
5 - or 600 Congregation.
The census taken in 1847
3,828
80
73
-
No. of inhabitants
Deaths.
Births.
[Mr. Thurston's handwriting]
[Unsigned]
�Report of the Station
at Kailua Hawaii April
1849
The past year has been one of deep & solemn interest to this
nation.
The hand of the Lord has been lifted up.
passed thro the land.
among the living. -
His judgments have
Hundreds - yea thousands have been swept from
Some, we trust have gone to people the king
dom of light, - have entered the house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens; while others, we fear, have gone to people the king
dom of darkness, & have commenced the agonies & wailings of the sec
ond death.
The period of laboring for them is past, & the account,
that they & we must render will soon he presented.
What will it he
in regard to us & to them?
The labors of the Station have been performed as usual with
the exception of three sabbaths in January, when the influenza pre
vailed, during which time the public services of the Sabbath were
performed by the deacons of the chh.
Dr. Andrews & his only surviving child left us on the 7th of
Oct. for Oahu on his way to the U. States, with health somewhat
improved from what it was at our last Gen. Meeting: - once a valued
helper & may he again with confirmed health.
The rest of the family
have been favored with their usual health, except the period, when
the influenza prevailed, & then we were all more or less affected.
The state of religious interest in the chh. has been rather
low the past year.
There have been no additions on examination.
Twelve have been received from other chhs. - 67 have been dismissed
to other churches.
138 have deceased since our last Gen’l Meeting.
Surely death has marched triumphant through the land.
The hand
of the Lord has been lifted up, but the people have not seen it.
In the midst of the ravages & reign of death, a stupidity has been
�Kailua
manifested truly appalling.
2
1849
The judgments of heaven, instead of
producing their legitimate effects, have seemed to have an opposite
tendency: - instead of softening they have seemed to harden the
heart.
It is an alarming fact, when the visitations of Heaven do not
produce reflection & amendment.
When such is the case, there is
reason to fear that some more terrible judgment may be in reserve,
than the one that has recently swept through the land. - But there is
hope in the case; - there is a respite & the church & the people may
be brought to reflection, to repentance & reformation by the bless
ing of God on the faithful & untiring efforts of his servants.
The schools In our district are, on the whole, In a prosperous
state.
The interest, which parents, teachers & pupils feel in them
appears to be increasing.
They have kept up, as in last year, only
half of the time, & in consequence the sum due from the Govt, to the
teachers is nearly paid up.
There is n o w to be a vacation of two
months or more in order for building or repairing School houses, when
it is hoped they will be commenced again with renewed interest, vigor
& success.
There are 17 schools - & 27 teachers & 982 pupils:
In
the Alphabet & first Lessons 326, Readers 432, - In Fowle’s Arithmetic
149, - In Colburn’s First Lessons 200, - In Geography 224 philosophy 29.
In Moral
In Natural Theology 10, - In Singing 53.
The Romanists I do not think are increasing in our region They have 6 schools & 6 teachers & 217 pupils.
In the Protestant
schools there has been an increase of 5 to the number of teachers &
of 7 to the number of scholars.
In the Romanists schools the num
ber of teachers is the same, but a diminution of 1 in the number of
pupils - not so great an increase in the former as to become a ground
of boasting, - nor of diminishing in the latter as to become a ground
�Kailua
1849
3.
of discouragement.
Such are some of the facts in regard to the state of things
our
in/part of the field.
Statistics of the Church.
Whole No. rec'd on examination
2,339
262
do
0
12
Past
do
on certificate
year on examination,
on certificate
12
-
Whole No. past year
466
-
Whole No dismissed
dismissed, the past year
67
575
-
Whole No. deceased
139
Deceased the past year
33
Suspended the past year.
95
remain suspended
1,465
-
Whole No in regular standing
1,692
-
Whole No of children baptized
12
Baptized the past year.
22
Marriages
4 - to 500
-
Congregation
A. Thurston
Contributions for the support of the pastor in 1848 - $18
�Report of Kailua Station
May -
1851 -
The last missionary year has been marked with changes, as
every year of our lives Is fraught with changes of some sort.
I
have been left alone for about eight months of the year, a change
however with which I was made familiar in the years ’40, 1 & '2.
On the 20th of Sept. Mrs. Thurston, with our two youngest
children, left for Maui,
Mary & her mother there to wait for an
opportunity to embark for the U. States & Thomas to enter the mission
school at Punahou, where he is now residing.
These changes in our family were for a long time under con
sideration, & the consent & approval of all concerned duly obtained,
except that of the Mission, & this we doubt not would have been read
ily given had time & opportunity been afforded; but it was deemed
unnecessary; indeed we suppose we had virtually their approval, es
pecially since the case had been presented to the Board & their
consent in due form obtained.
There were two prominent reasons for this undertaking:
one,
Mrs. Thurston’s State of health requiring a voyage in hopes of
restoring it, - the other to secure for Mary some of the advantages
of education, which other daughters of this mission & of other mis
sions have enjoyed, & are now enjoying in the U. States.
On the 25th of Nov. having secured a passage on board the Barque
Croton for the U . States, they left Lahaina for the port of Honolulu,
designing a short stay here.
But they were almost four days to this
place, having encountered a rather severe southern gale.
On arriving
here, some repairs were found to be necessary, after which, with some
other delays & a second repairing of the vessel, on the 9th of Dec.
they left the harbor & put out to sea.
I rejoice to state that Mrs.
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1851
Thurston's health was somewhat improved on leaving the islands, &
she was hoping, if her health continued to improve on the voyage she
would not need a protracted stay in the States on that account, &
that in one year from her embarkation, if prospered of the Lord, she
might commence her return voyage to her home in these islands.
Letters
have been received from them from Raiatea one of the Society Isles,
whence they sailed on the 10th Jany,
If the Lord shall have pro s -
pered them they will have arrived in the States before this.
We
wait with some solicitude to hear of their arrival there.
By the blessing of the Lord the labors of the Station have
been performed as in previous years.
No interruption from ill health.
The services of the Sabbath have been equally divided between the
station at Kailua & the out stations, of which there are now five,
one more than in the previous year.
The meeting house, designed also
for a school house which has been in progress a year or two at
Kalaoa has been covered, & on the second Sabbath in January it was
dedicated.
Meetings are now sustained there every sabbath by native
assistants, & one Sabbath in ten I attend myself, unless some unfore
seen occurrence prevents.
The same also at the other outstations.
The yearly, monthly, & weekly meetings at the Station I en
deavor always to attend.
The daily prayer meeting I generally attend.
These last meetings are not very fully attended, never less however
than two or three, sufficient to secure a blessing if engaged in with
union of feeling & with faith in the promises of God.
The state of the chh. has not been distinguished for activity.
Rather a lax state of feeling & interest has been apparent among the
greater, part of chh. members.
There have not however been m a n y
cases of exclusion, & some previously excluded have been r e c 'd again
�Kailua
to the privileges of the chh.
worship of God on the Sabbath.
1851
3.
Some occasionally neglect the public
This is more marked on the afternoon
service, when the congregation is diminished one third & perhaps
one half.
This laxness an the part of chh. members is evidence of a
low state of pious feeling in the heart, & the consequent need of
the reviving influences of the Holy Spirit.
These in a great measure
have been withheld, tho' it is hoped that some from the ranks of the
impenitent have been converted.
A few have been added to the chh.
at each of our communion Seasons, during the year, principally from
those long on the list of inquirers, and mostly children of the chh..
in all fifty three.
The contributions of the chh. for the year '50 were considerab
ly less than in the previous year, which is also another evidence of
decline of piety & active benevolence.
This diminution has not
resulted from a decrease in the means of giving, for in this respect
there has been a considerable increase.
There has been no want of
rain to make the ground productive; those who have cultivated their
lands have been well repaid for their labors.
Schools.
The number of schools is twelve, &
15 teachers, 5 (?) less than in the previous year & the number of
teachers less by ten.
teacher.
Two or three schools have united under one
There are a greater number of assistants not under regu
lar pay by the government.
This arrangement was entered upon by
the superintendent at the commencement of the current year, in order
to lessen or liquidate a debt of 3 - or 400 dollars.
A long vaca
tion of two months, & they commenced again in March with two days
in a week.
Some of the teachers continue their schools a greater
number of days, tho’ they receive no compensation for the extra
�Kailua
1851
4.
days *
The schools of the Papists are four with four teachers &
171 pupils.
Their stone edifice at Kailua is nearly completed, &
is I understand to he consecrated this month.
What the effect will
he on the minds of the people time will develop.
There is some progress in civilization.
Some are building
better native houses - obtaining some furniture - some beasts of
burden & the backs of the people are considerably lightened on that
account.
There is more money in circulation; but few however know
how to make a right use of it.
expensive for their means.
Most of it goes for clothing too
A few however are learning to appropriate
it In a better manner, & are coming to a better understanding of their
true position.
These are some of the facts in regard to the Station at
Kailua:
some encouraging, & some discouraging items.
The promises
of God remain the same, but a stronger & more vigorous faith is need
ed, on the part of the pastor & the chh & we all need the Influences
of the H. Spirit to enable us to be more faithful, & successful in
winning souls to Christ.
�Kailua
1851
Church Statistics.
53 Received past year on examination.
2,396
Whole number rec'd on examination
268 Whole number rec'd from other' churches
602
39
Whole number dismissed to other churches
Deceased the past year
3 Chh. members excluded deceased the past year.
636 Whole number deceased
25
Excluded past year
74
Whole number remaining excluded.
1,248
32
1 ,749
17
Now in regular standing
Children baptized the past year
Whole number baptized
Marriages the past year.
Population of the field.
1 fourth.
Proportion who attend public worship.
School Statistics.
Schools
12
Teachers
15
Scholars
832
Readers
333
Writers
166
Arithmetic
495
Geography
232
A. Thurston
�Report of Kailua Station
May
--
1852
Through, the kind & ever watchful providence of God, we are
permitted to assemble again in Gen. Meeting.
The only representative
of the Station at Kailua, & in fact of the neighboring Station at
Kealakekua, would express his grateful sense of the goodness of God,
in preserving his health & life, & thus prolonging his term of ser
vice among the Hawaiians, & especially would he praise the Lord for
his protecting care of his better self, in crossing the mighty .
waters, & in her safe return to these shores with improved health,
which by the blessing of God was the great thing hoped for from the
voyage.
And he would with all others of the mission bless the Lord
for the return of two of our former fellow laborers with their com
panions, & with two daughters, natives, of this land, who, in all their
wanderings since leaving these shores, have probably found no spot of
equal interest to them, as their pleasant residence at Waiohinu in
Kau on the island of Hawaii.
We would rejoice also in the renewed
tokens of God’s love to the inhabitants of the isles in the young
Pioneers, now with us, who are to proceed on their way to the isles
South West of us & there plant the standard of the cross.
The regular routine of labors at the station have been per
formed as in years previous; giving one half of my Sabbath labors to
the out-stations.
Besides my labors in my own field, I have four
times visited the Station at Kealakekua, spending three days at each
visitation; & they were all days of much interest as well as labor
ious ones.
There has been more than usual religious interest in both
parts of Kona during the past missionary year.
In some portions of
the field the interest has been greater, & in others less; & there
are some places, which seem to have been left to continue in their
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former, stupid condition, with "but few, if any indications of alarm,
or of awaking up to a due consideration of their Spiritual State.
But in most parts of Kona North & South, we have been blessed with
the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit on the minds of the people
both old & young, & many have given evidence of a change of heart.
Soon after our last Gen. Meeting there were indications of the Spirit's
influences on the hearts of some in our congregations on the Sabbath,
& on week days.
Meetings were more fully attended, & many apparently
seeking the salvation of their souls.
Many of the wandering, suspended
chh. members have been restored to the privileges of the chh. on
evidence of repentance.
The evidences of the Spirit's influences have continued with
some abatement to the present time, & new cases of seriousness are
frequently occurring, & meetings are well attended in most parts of
the field throughout the district of Kona North & South.
been r e c ’d to the chh. at Kailua 111 —
195 during the year.
There have
to the chh. at Kealakekua
Those re c ’d to the chh. at Kailua are young
persons, & mostly children of the chh.
They appear well thus far.
May the Lord preserve them in all their ways, & fit them for his king
dom of Glory at last.
These chh's, as a body exhibit a more wake
ful interest for the good of others & for the glory of God, & for the
peace & prosperity of Christ’s kingdom.
There have been but few
cases of discipline, & the prospective state of these chhs. is much
more encouraging than in the preceding year.
great things for us whereof we are glad”
The Lord has done
& we would pray & call on
all to pray for the continuance & for an increase of these heavenly
influences on the chhs. & people of this part of Hawaii, till all
shall be brought to submit to the reign of the prince of peace.
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The contributions of the chh. for the pastor & native assistants have amounted to about $175.
Besides this about $200 have
been collected for the repairing of our meeting-house.
The schools have been kept up during the year two months in
each quarter, with from three to four days of schooling each week.
It has been the object of the school inspector ( !) so to manage the
funds as not again to become involved in debt to the teachers, which
occasioned much perplexity in some years that are past.
The schools
on the whole are in a prosperous state, & some progress has been made
during the year.
There are many obstacles to be overcome before the
cause of education can be prosecuted with entire success.
We want
better school houses, better qualified teachers, & higher wages, but
there Is some progress in these respects, & we hope for still greater
in this direction. - One of our best schoolteachers has been set aside
for improper conduct.
Makaike also, who was a school teacher, a
school inspector, circuit judge, & assistant minister at the Station
at Kealakekua, has been lately fined for breach of the seventh com
mandment, so that he has now no business, but that connected with the
office of circuit judge.
I was opposed altogether to his taking the
(!)
office, & told him it was incompatible with the duties of his
office as a teacher of religion; but he was not persuaded to relin
quish it.
The appropriations for rebuilding & repairing have all been
expended & between $4 - & 500 beyond, which now remains a debt
to be discharged by somebody, & I would motion if this were the
proper place to do it, that the mission-body liquidate this debt,
or in other words, that I be credited on the books of the mission
to the amount of $1064.
If this can be done, I shall be free from
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debt & there will [be][ a little remaining, sufficient perhaps to
purchase a barrel of flour, a little rice, a few pounds of sugar, &
a bar of soap, to take home with us at the close of the Gen. Meet
ing; but if otherwise, I shall be on debt to the depository to an
amount beyond my present year's salary.
Statistics
111
-
Rec'd on examination the past year
2,497
-
Whole number rec'd on examination.
285
-
Whole number rec'd from other chhs.
608
-
Whole number dismissed to other chhs.
658
-
Whole number deceased.
19
-
Deceased past year
9
-
Suspended past year
41
-
Remain suspended
1,475
-
Whole number in regular standing
47
-
Children baptized past year
1,796
-
Whole number baptized
Marriages past year
4-or 500
Average congregation.
Births in 1851, 91,
Deaths 105
Births 50, Deaths 26, the first quarter of the present year.
Church Statistics" of Kealakekua May —
195
-
Rec'd past year on examination
2,906
-
Whole number rec'd on examination
97
-
Whole number rec'd from other chhs.
10
-
Past year from other chhs.
858
-
Whole number dismissed to other chhs.
6
-
Dismissed past year,
632
-
Whole number deceased.
1852
�5.
5
-
Deceased the past year.
[0]
Suspended past year
to]
Remain suspended
314 -
Restored past year
1,172
48
1 , 121
- Now in regular Standing
- Baptized past year
- Whole number baptized
Abs tract of the Report
The health of the only incumbent has, by the blessing of God,
remained good during the year, & the labors of the station have
been pursued without interruption from ill health.
Besides the usual
efforts as in past years, the Station at Kealakekaa has been visited
four times during the year spending three days at each visitation
including the Sabbath, & on each Sabbath the Sacrament of the Supper
was administered, & on three of the Sabbaths there were admissions
to the chh.
The chhs.
The work of the Lord has been revived in these
churches, & many backsliders & suspended members have been reclaimed,
& sinners have been converted.
306 have been added to the chh. on
profession* & there has been joy & rejoicing in the hearts &
dwellings of many of the people, & we trust also there has been
joy in heaven at repentance of sinners.
To God be all the glory.
The work is his.
Contributions.
About $400 have been contributed by the two
(!)
chhs. of Kailua & Kealakua, for benevolent objects during the
year.
Schools.
They are prosperous, & have been kept up through
the year with one month vacation at the close of each quarter,
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& from three to four days teaching each week.
There is a great
need of better school houses, more competent teachers, more &
better books, & higher wages for teachers.
Romanism.
No apparent increase in the number of adherents
to this error, as I should think.
The Cathedral at Kailua has
been finished, & furnished with idols & consecrated, 4 or five
individuals joined them on the occasion, but most of them have
returned, repenting of their folly, & have been received again
to the fellowship of the chhs.
In South Kona there are quite a
number of Romanists among the recent converts, Some of whom have
been rec'd to the chh. at Kealakekua.
The Spirit of the Lord is
a destroying enemy to Romanism - the rays from the Sun of Righteousness, are producing a scorching ( !) influence on the adher
ents of the man of Sin.
[Unsigned, but Mr. Thurston’s]
�Abstract of
Kailua Report
Health of the Station -
[1853]
There has been considerable ill
health during the first eight months of the year, principally
confined to Mrs. Thurston having had repeated attacks of the
fever.
But though [through] the mercies of God, health is now
restored, & with the exception of a few Sabbaths the labors of the
Station have been performed as in past years.
Churches .
The work of the Lord has continued through the
year in some parts of the field, tho’ not in all parts at the same
time.
Many wandering chh. members have been restored, & many of
the impenitent hopefully converted, some of whom have united
with chh. among whom are about 20 from the Romanists.
Contributions.
These have considerably increased, es
pecially since the formation of a a ( !) home & foreign missionary
Society united in one, & the executive committee of the Society
have promised a salary of $600 for the Support of the pastor.
Whether this sum will be realized may be regarded as doubtful.
Between $3 - & 400 have been received into the treasury of this
Society since its organization, & over 300 has been added to the
fund for repairing of our house of worship.
schools ( !).
These have been continued as far as funds would
allow, & are prosperous.
Romanism.
This it is believed is not gaining strength,
either by interest or numbers.
�Report of Kailua Station
May - 1853
Through the ever watchful care of our Heavenly Father we
have been preserved during another year; & have been enabled to
perform our usual labors among the people, with the exception
of a few Sabbaths during the prevalence of the fever & influenza.
In my own case the fever was of short continuance; in Mrs. Thur
ston's case it was protracted, having repeated attacks for many
months, which left her in a feeble state.
But for two or three
months past, she has been gaining strength & vigor; & now I am
happy to state enjoys her usual health.
We have had trials too of another kind, the want of effi
cient domestic aid, which we were unable to obtain, & this was
probably one cause of Mrs. Thurston's protracted ill health, being
obliged to go beyond her strength in domestic concerns, a case
however of not unfrequent occurrence with missionary females through
out the world.
But in all our trials of various kinds we have
had abundant cause for gratitude, & to speak of the loving-kindness of the Lord, & to praise him for his ever abounding goodness.
Throughout our field there is evidence of a slow onward
progress.
There is nothing startling in the appearance of things,
but still some indications of advancement, some waking up, some
growing towards a state of manhood.
In rebuilding their houses
they put them up in a neater & better style, more conveniences,
( !)
& some pieces of furniture are not unfrequently seen.
On entering
a dwelling you may be furnished with a chair or stool or some
kind of a seat.
Some improvement in the style of dress;
beasts
of burden are multiplying; & some other things are making their
appearance, which have a look towards civilization.
But as I
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remarked above, there is nothing startling In the improvements
that are made, & are being made; there is nothing like the speed
of the cars. - the Steam ship - the caloric ship, or Electric
telegraph; nothing like these is yet apparent, & we do not see
the zeal, energy, fire, & persevere- perseverance of the AngloSaxon; but there is a little opening of the eye, a little warmth
in the system, a little circumspection, a looking about - a little
inquiry as to the why, & wherefore & the wherewith; - a little
waking up to their true position; - all which appearances, though
in their incipiency & of small amount, are still evidences of
of ( l) progress & grounds of encouragement.
The missionary year now closed, or since our last Gen.
Meeting, has been one of t e m p o r a l & spiritual prosperity to
the people of N. Kona.
It has been a period of General health.
Wo wasting disease has swept off the inhabitants.
There was an
increase of births over the deaths in every quarter of the year
'52, & the excess of births the first quarter of the present year
is eleven, -- The rain of heaven has also been abundant, & the
earth is covered with a beautiful green, & the roughness of the
region as seen in former days, is scarcely discernible from the
Shore at Kailua; & there is abundance of food for man & beast.
But in addition to these temporal blessings bestowed in
rich abundance by a beneficent providence, the influences of the
Holy Spirit have shed down on us In different parts of the field,
t h o ' not in all parts at the same time.
Some places that were
left dry & barren the previous year, have been watered & refreshed,
& made fruitful this, & others have received still larger mani
festations of Divine grace.
Many wandering, backsliding chh.
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members have been reclaimed, & restored to Christian fellowship;
& many of the impenitent have given evidence of having forsaken
their sins & turned to the Lord.
Some Romanists among the number.
Of these 273 have been received to the church; principally from
the young, & mostly children of the chh.
re c ’d hereafter.
our eyes."
Some others may be
"This is the Lord’s doings & is marvellous in
To Him be all the praise.
"Not unto us, 0 Lord, not
unto us, but to thy name give glory glory ( !) for thy mercy &
for t h y truth’s sake."
The schools have been continued through the year as far
as the funds would allow, & some progress made.
the month of April.
a week.
Vacations during
They commence again this month; two days In
Some of the school houses have been rethatched & some
other repairs have been made; but we have no school house, as
yet furnished with seats & writing desks.
We still however
live in hope that we may have some hereafter.
The Schools are
doing as well as can be expected under existing circumstances.
The contributions of the chh. for benevolent purposes have
always been small at this station.
In the year '52, $74.22 were
contributed for the support of the pastor, which is something
less than they have done in any previous year in which they have
contributed directly for his support ( !).
At the commencement of the present year, some plain things
were said to the people in regard to supporting their own insti
tutions.
It was stated that the A. Board expected that the mis
sionaries would be supported hereafter mainly, If not entirely
by the people for whom they were laboring, & for whose benefit
they had been laboring for a third of [a] century; & that it ought
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to be expected, that children at the age of 33 1/3 years would be
be ( !) able to stand u p , & walk without a staff to lean on; &
they have been looking about to see what can be done & to try their
strength.
In the month of Jan. a missionary Society was formed em
bracing the Home & Foreign departments, auxiliary in part to the
Hawaiian Missionary Society.
All the contributions for the year
are put into the treasury of this Society except the monies
collected & which are being collected for the repairs of the
meeting-house, & which is a separate fund, & now amounts to about
$600, & between 3 - $400 have been collected for the missionary.
From the funds of this Society the liabilities of the Home depart
ment are to be met including the salary of the pastor, which
the executive officers of the Society have put down at $600.
This with rigid economy, & a sum added for the repair of buildings.
travelling expenses &c may be sufficient for a support, including
of course the things contained in the 7th resolution of the Board
in ’48.
We shall henceforward depend on the people for our main
support* commencing with the year '53.
Perhaps however this
statement is not exactly in place here; for the manner of our
support has been previously determined on by the Board, & the
thing is to be fixed at this last Gen. meeting of the mission, as
I understand the Subject.
The manner & amount of our Support are
yearly to be determined hereafter, either by the directors of the
missionary Society, or by a committee chosen for that purpose.
I stand therefore ready to have the amount of any salary determined
on by the above named committee for the year '53, not doubting
that we shall be able to continue our labors among the people &
�Kailua - 1853
be comfortably supported whatever may be the sum fixed upon.
Statistics of the Church
273 —
2,770 —
299
—
Rec'd on examination p a s t year.
Whole number on examination
Whole n u mber from other chhs.
624 —
Whole number dismissed to other chhs.
685 —
Whole number deceased
27 -5 —
30 —
1,730
132
Suspended past year.
Remain Suspended.
--
Whole number in regular standing
—
Children baptized past year.
2,028 -45 —
400
Deceased past year.
—
36 —
Whole number baptized
Marriages the ( !) in the year '52
Average congregation at Kailua
Births the 1st of '53, 25 deaths.
A. Thurston.
�Report of Kailua Station May - 1854
Another year has past with all the thrilling incidents,
which have marked its progress from the beginning to its close.
The fearful pestilence from the hand of the Almighty has passed
through the land, & swept away the righteous & the wicked, & they
have gone on to their final account, & their states fixed forever,
not to he altered by the decisions of the last, great day, except
from a less to a greater degree of happiness or misery, & which
are to go on increasing during eternal ages.
Yes, the fearful
history is written by one who never mistakes, & written too in
the books, that are to be opened on the day appointed; & every
one's case decided by the things written in the books, & the
saints, standing at the right hand of the Judge, & witnesses of
the scene, will say, amen to the sentence that will consign all
to bless or woe that is to be eternal.
Our own history too has
been written, not of the last year only, but from the first pulsations or breathings to the present hour; & a few more days, weeks,
months, & possibly years, will complete the ,story, & it will be
laid aside to be presented to the high court of heaven at the final
day.
What will be the character & items of that exhibit?
will be the history of the last year's labors?
What
It is all written
down in that other book, & perhaps in a little different style,
composed of different items from those which we might select;
& arranged in a different order.
the history of our own labors.
How incompetent we are to write
But we have been called on in past
years to give some account of ourselves, of our labors & of the
State of the people for whose salvation we have been, & still are
toiling.
And I suppose it is expected of me, to give some account
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of my efforts in North. Kona on Hawaii during the past year.
1.
I have tried to do something for the great Master.
But I have not satisfied myself, much less can I hope to have
satisfied him.
My own heart condemns me; but God is greater than
the heart & knows all things!
The outline of duties has been gone
over but I fear not with that spirit which the gospel requires.
I have trusted too much to myself, & too little to the Savior,
though he has said "without me ye can do nothing."
trusteth to his own heart is a fool."
f,He that
Still we are inclined to
this kind of foolishness, & fo(r)get the counsels of heavenly
wisdom, as well as the teachings of experience, & place too much
dependence on the creature.
We have seen & felt our impotence
& that of all human efforts to stay the progress of the plague"
that has swept off its thousands.
dwellings.
Yet it has not come nigh our
The merciful & protecting care of our heavenly Father
has kept us from being smitten by the destroying angel.
Oh, what
gratitude is due to the great Author of all our mercies; & the
giver of every good & perfect gift; & how should our spared lives be
renewedly devoted to his service & glory.
The people have seen
the scourge of the Almighty smiting down their friends & neighbors
on the right hand & on the left.
But they have not humbled them
selves, repented of their sins, & turned to the Lord, & devoted
themselves to his service.
It would seem that the judgment of
heaven have had the effect to harden rather than to soften their
hearts, & thus preparing themselves for some more fearful exhibi
tions of God's anger against sin, either In this or the future
world.
It should however be the great concern of God's servants
to prepare the people for his coming & for his kingdom.
We should
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therefore put forth our most strenuous efforts to save the rem
nant of the people before they pass beyond the reach of our influ
ence & are lost forever.
2.
The general, moral aspect of things is not of the most
encouraging, neither is it of the most disheartening kind.
At
the outstations, five in number, I have given one have (I) of my
labors on the Sabbath; that is, every other Sabbath I am away
from the station.
The people appear attentive to instruction
wherever I go, & I am always received with great apparent cordi
ality, & they generally attend meeting on both parts of the day,
though not with all that wakeful interest which one desires to
see in an assembly of immortals, bound to the judgment of the
great day & to their final account.
The outward forms of reli
gion are pretty generally kept up; but not with that zeal &
engagedness, which indicate the earnest longings of s o u l s
after conformity to the blessed Savior.
Much mast be done for
them before they are fitted for heaven.
In some parts of the field
there has been a degree of zeal & wakefulness, which are en
couraging, & again in other parts there has been a degree o f in
difference & laxness in regard to the interests of the soul, &
of the kingdom of God.
in days of old.
There are true & false disciples now as
There are tares among the wheat, & they will gro w
together till the harvest, when there will be, a final separation.
Gases of discipline have not been numerous, & some previously set
aside have been restored to Christian fellowship.
There have been
added to the chh. by profession during the past year, 56, & 14 by
letter, making 70 in all, making an increase of 9 members the past
year.
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4.
The schools have been kept up during the year, 2 or 3 days
in a week with a month's vacation at the close of every quarter.
They have done as well as could he expected from the amount of
labor & treasure bestowed upon them.
The number of schools &
scholars are less than they were the last year.
The contributions of the chh. the year past have been
between 4 - $500 dollars.
The place of worship at Kahaluu, one of the outstations,
has been covered, furnished with a platform & desk, but not seated,
& it was dedicated in Dec. last.
There are now five outstations,
where divine service is performed every Sabbath.
From the funds collected for the repairing of the place
of worship at Kailua, & from the funds of the missionary Society
there has been expended about $1100; $600 towards the support
of the pastor, $500 in repairing the chh.
$10 to the Hawaiian
Missionary Society, & 50 for rebuilding the school house at Hilo.
That they will be able to do as much the next year i s very doubt
ful.
But it is hoped & expected they will continue to afford aid
in sustaining the institution of the gospel among them.
[Unsigned]
[But undoubtedly Mr. Thurston's]
�Report of Kailua Station
May - 1855
Through the continued mercies of our Heavenly Father w e
have "been preserved another year, fraught with trials peculiar
& blessings great.
On the 12th of Sept. Mrs. Thurston was wonder
fully sustained during a painful surgical operation, which how
ever left her in a very weak & feeble state, from the loss of
blood, & the effect which it gave to her whole physical system.
For a week subsequent to the operation, little hope was enter
tained of her recovery.
But from that time a gradual amendment
began to appear, & she is now as you see in comfortable health;
though not so strong, vigorous & able to endure hardship as for
merly.
This however can hardly be expected at her period of life.
Nothing but trust in the Savior, & aid from on high could have
sustained & restored her thus far to health.
We would praise the
Lord for his distinguished kindness & mercies to us the past year;
& we therefore rest in hope to be carried through the future days
of our pilgrimage; & as our day is, so our strength will be.
"All
our appointed time will we wait till our change come! "
The routine of pastoral labors have been performed as usual
dividing the Sabbath services between the station, & other parts
of the field.
I was absent from the Station from the 12th of Sept
to the first of Nov. which time I was here on account o f Mrs.
Thurston's severe illness.
She was left here to be under the care
of her physician till the middle of Jan. when she returned to
Kailua with other members of our family, some of whom were out
of health, especially Mr. Taylor; but I am happy to say that his
health has somewhat improved, & he is encouraged to hope that he
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may obtain comfortable health, tho' perhaps not to resume his labors
as a preacher.
I have been employed for five months past as a substitute ( !)
for a teacher of the English language.
The last term of two months
there were between 50 & 60 in attendance.
Some of them have done
very well in getting the correct sound of the letters & in the
pronunciation of words, & from my little experience I see no
grounds of discouragement, or for the belief
that, with a compe
tent teacher, the Hawaiians may not be taught to read, write &
speak the English language.
The common schools have been kept two or three days in a
week, but are now suspended for want of means for carrying them
on.
The Sabbath School has been continued t h r o u g h the year,
though with smaller numbers & less interest than the previous
year for want of a suitable text book, or the "Ai - o - ka la"
There have been no additions to the chh. except by letter.
Pray meetings ( !), weekly & daily ( !) have been continued in most
parts of the field & religious meetings generally have been pretty
well attended, not however with that interest which one would wish
to see.
The convincing* quickening influences of the Spirit have
not been shed down upon the people & the chh.
revival of religion.
There has been no
Of the natural rain we have had an abundance,
but the spiritual rain has been withheld; ’Pools have not appeared
in the desert, nor springs of water in the thirsty land.”
is parched & dry.
All
Yet there are some weeping in secret places
at this state [of] things.
And we know that the Lord is a hearer
of prayer* & will answer in due time the prayer of faith.
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There have not been many cases of discipline during the
year.
There has been some drinking of the f ermented ( !) potato in
our region, & a few chh. members have been drawn into the snare,
mostly by those without the chh.
The contributions have been smaller than in the previous
year.
For the support of the pastor $288.45 have been received,
the remainder of the $600.00 is $311.55, a small part of which
may yet be paid in.
$40, have been contributed to Hawaiian
Missionary Society.
Some has been collected for the repairing of
chh. building. The whole that has been collected for benevolent
& other purposes will amount to about $500.
The repairing & finishing of our house of worship, at an
estimated cost of $5,000. is the great desideratum with the people
at present, & will be for some years to come; & on this account,
they think & say that they can do n o more for the support of the
pastor, till this Is accomplished; & I know not how they will be
able to do this, without help from abroad.
The people are poor
& need help, especially assistance from on high.
Statistics of the church
Kailua
2826
318
0
5
659
17
769
23
25
43
1673
2150
60
11
— _
_ _
—
— -
—
—
—
—
—
Whole No. on examination
Whole No. by certificate
Past year on examination.
Past year by certificate.
Whole No. dismissed to other chhs.
Dismissed past year.
Whole No. deceased
Deceased the past year
Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Whole No. in regular standing.
Whole No. children baptized.
Baptized past year.
Marriages for 1854.
A. Thurston
Haw.
�Abstract o f Report Kailua [1855]
The incumbents of the Station would render thanksgiving
to God for his sustaining hand., & restoring mercies to them.
With hope for the future, they buckle on anew their armor; & trust
for strength to endure & labor on to the close of their pilgrim
age.
The usual routine of labors at the Station & other parts of
the field have been performed, except in the absence of the pastor
for nearly two months at Honolulu.
The common schools have continued till within a month or
two past.
For want of means to carry them on they were dismissed
for three months, to be commenced again as means are obtained.
The Sabbath School has been kept up, though with diminished
numbers & interest, for want of the usual text book, or the daily
food as it is called.
An English school has also been commenced & continued for
five months past with some degree of success.
The chh. has diminished some in numbers.
profession, & but few by letter.
No accessions by
Rather a low state of religious
interest among professors; though cases of discipline have not
been numerous; & religious meetings have been generally pretty
well attended throughout the field.
Contributions have been less than in the previous year,
amounting to not more than $500. for benevolent & other objects.
No wasting sickness.
inhabitants of this region.
General health prevails among the
Fewer deaths than births.
A slow &
gradual progress in civilization.
[Unsigned, but marked as Mr. Thurston's.]
�Report of Kailua Station
May - 1858.
We have every year more & more occasion to make mention
of the mercies of God to us & ours.
We have this year special
reasons to speak of a Providential deliverance.
On the 8th of
March I was thrown, from my horse & seriously injured by the pomel (!
)
of a Spanish saddle, producing a rupture, & by the violent fall to
to ( !) the ground.
The Lord be praised that my life was spared,
& that there is a prospect of a partial recovery, & that I may be
able hereafter to perform some feeble service among the people of
my charge; though I have no expectation of being able to endure
what I previously could.
The usual amount of service among the people at the Station
& out-stations has been performed up to the period above named.
Since the first of Apr. I have met the deacons of the chh. once
a week in my study as heretofore, & may have been of some service
to them & through them to others.
But I have not been able as
yet to engage in any public service.
I hope however on my re
turn, if the Lord will, to perform again some of the more public
duties of the Station, should my health be sufficiently restored.
The chh. members have not been so wakeful to their Spirit
ual interests, & progress in holiness, & to the salvation of souls
around them, as they should have been; but there are many, who
stand firm on the Lord's side; do honor to their profession, &
will we doubt not continue to the end, & receive the crown of
life.
Though we cannot speak of a general revival of religion
among the people, yet in some parts of our field there has been
�Kailua
1858
2.
evidence of the Spirit's influence on the minds of many; & some,
we trust, have been heartily turned to the Lord.
Among those who have appeared & professed to have been
converted, ninety have been received to the chh. most of whom
have seemed to run well thus far, & some we trust will continue
their course to the end.
expected.
There are hypocrites in every chh. on earth as well as
self deceivers.
members.
But that all will do so, can hardly be
None that are free from unworthy & useless
There are tares among the wheat, fig trees with leaves
only, & vines, whose useless branches must be lopped off as they
make their appearance.
Discipline must not be neglected.
There
is need however of caution in the laborers of the Great Landholder,
lest they root up the wheat with the tares.
In some cases we
must wait till the time of harvest, - till the reapers come, &
then the separation will be made to the mind of the great Owner.
The barren fig tree must not b e cut down, till every effort that
wisdom & love can put forth to produce fruit-bearing; then, if no
blossoms or fruits appear, let the axe be laid hold on.
The contributions of the chh. for 1857 have been a little
in advance of the previous year, amounting to $456.59, including
$23.18 a small collection towards a sum for the purchase of a
bell; an article which we very much need.
The remainder of the
debt to the pastor for 1854, has been paid, & $450 promised for
his support the present year; of which the two first quarterly
hills have been paid $225.00, & I am encouraged to expect that
the amount for the two l ast quarters will be obtained;
& I am
hoping that the same amount may be contributed for his support
for the coming year.
I shall need therefore the same amount from
�Kailua
1858
3.
the Board as is granted the present year.
The chh. I think are awaking up a little to the importance
& duty of contributing for the support of their religious teachers
& institutions, though they are by no means feel ( !) so much in
terested as they ought to feel on the subject; nor so much as I
hope they will feel & do hereafter.
There are but few individuals
in our chhs. that exhibit evidence of that entire consecration
of themselves & their all to Christ, which would guide them in their
contributions for the establishment of God's Kingdom here & else
where.
But we must not however despise the day of small things;
but pray & strive for an increase of that devoted & benevolent
spirit both in ourselves & others, which alone can fit us and others
for the service of God on earth & in heaven.
Phillip, our school inspector, teacher, & preacher, has now
been with us about two year; & has lately been married to one whom
we hope may prove a help meet for him.
He makes himself useful
among the people, & is very acceptable as a preacher.
fault as a public speaker.
He has one
His enunciation is much too rapid,
& in a large audience he would not be understood by them at a
distance.
Most however of our places of worship are small.
He
is [hole in paper] the most substantial aid we have had from the
graduates of the Seminary . - Under his superintendence the schools
are better regulated than formerly, & more prosperous.
On the whole in looking over the services of past years &
in w itnessing the success which has attended them we have abundant
occasion to bless & praise the Lord.
We have also ground of en
couragement for future efforts, confident that our labors will not
be in vain in the Lord.
[Unsigned]
[Undoubtedly Mr, Thurston's]
�Kailua Report
May - 1859
In the fortieth year of missionary life, I am permitted,
in the good providence of God, to meet you once more.
As was hoped
when we last met, I have been able, though in feebleness, to do
something for the Spiritual benefit of my charge in N orth Kona;
but by no means all, that was usually performed in previous years.
My labors have been mostly confined to the services of the Sabbath;
preaching twice on each da y sometimes only once & principally
at Kailua.
The three first quarterly communions were attended at
Kailua only.
The last in April I was enabled to visit all the
out-stations & administer the sacraments at each, at which times
there is generally a full attendance.
The above & meeting weekly
with the deacons solemnizing forty-five marriages & conversing
with individuals as they come to my study include the amount of
public & pastoral services performed during the year
though with much feebleness & much imperfection.
The experience of our family the past year has been deep
& varied.
Another member of our house has been making a home in
North Kona; so that there are now three places of residence* with
in from two to ten miles of each other.
Yet in each household* the
father & support of each has so felt the pressure of disease that
hardly any one of us could truthfully inscribe upon our banner*
"Faint yet pursuing.”
Our Sixth & seventh grandchildren have have ( !) both been
baptized in our own houses at family gatherings.
In the midst of one of the most furious storms we have
�Kailua 1859
2.
experienced for years, all our family, with the exception of
Thomas, including also our grandchildren, were collected at the
old homestead Laniakea.
family interest.
Preparations were made for an occasion of
No friends were present aside from our own circle.
A religious ceremony was performed, which added a son to our family
in all the vigor of strength & manhood; & the natural consequence
of thus obtaining a son, we parted with our daughter Mary.
was our only remaining one at home.
She
Probably we shall see her
face again no more.
Two events have taken place the past year, which may have
an important bearing on the future of Kona.
selected Kailua as a place of residence.
First, the King has
The house formerly
belonging to Gov. Adams is undergoing a complete repair for his
accommodation.
Secondly.
Volcanic fires have burst forth within 16 miles
miles ( !) of the shore inviting the scientific, intelligent &
curious to come to behold its wonders.
Now with Majesty on the shore & volcanic action on the
mountains it may be that North Kona will be so forced up in the
scale of progress as to approach to a level with neighboring dis
tricts.
Our experience however of the presence of Royalty & its
influence have not been of a nature to produce raised expectation
of an upward tendency, but rather the contrary.
Among the members of the chh. as a body there is not that
watchfulness unto prayer, that humbleness of mind & that spiritual
ity which are so important & desirable, & which afford evidence of
growth in grace, & of actively struggling after fitness for heaven.
A spirit of slumber in regard to the soul’s salvation, seems to
�Kailua
1859
3.
have fallen upon the people generally both in the chh. & out of
it.
Still our congregations are much as usual on the Sabbath as
to numbers, but there i s not that fixed attention, earnest look,
& tearful eye, which are seen when the Spirit of God fastens
conviction on the soul, & prompts the inquiry What shall I do to be
saved?
There are few if any inquirers of this character among us
at the present time.
There is however one redeeming item which may be put down
to their credit.
Notwithstanding this moral stupidity & darkness
which seems to b e brooding over the chh. there is a common/increase in their contributions.
The sum contributed in 1857, was
$456.57, as in the report of last year.
For 1858 the amount is
$760.69, which is $304.10 in advance of the previous year.
$500.
is promised toward the support of the pastor the present year.
Should this be fulfilled at the close of the year, the $50. of the
$450, from the Board, will be relinquished or refunded, for I be
lieve it has already been a p p r o p r i a t e d by our agents for the
purpose of securing a part of my last year's indebtedness to them;
for we know they keep a sharp as well as a correct eye on their
debtors & when any thing comes within their reach which they may
lawfully & justly take they are not slow to secure it.
I write
not this to their discredit, but rather the contrary.
Whether the chh. will be able to raise the $500, toward my
support the present year I have my doubts.
The principal depend
ence of the people of N. Kona to raise money to pay their taxes &
contributions is their coffee & their oranges.
But a blight is
coming over these & may greatly diminish the avails which they
expected from these sources; & should it be so they will be greatly
�Kailua
1859
4.
pressed to meet their engagements.
The Govt. Schools are carried on with much the same ef
ficiency as during the previous year & perhaps a little in advance
.
A School for the teachers by the Sch ool Inspector is kept up one
day a week.
Romanism still continues in our field; hut it is believed
there is no increase in the number of its adherents or i t s
fluence.
in
The principal priest at Kailua lately deceased; the
younger & more efficient of the two.
In looking over our field from East to West, from North to
South, the great thing we need is, the influence of the Holy Spi
rit to wake up the sleeping, raise the dead in sin; restore the
wandering, & to bring all to the gospel standard of consecration;
& this faith & prayer of the right kind, accompanied with earnest
& appropriate efforts will obtain for us.
Statistics
3,101
339
3
5
8
698
10
911
40
32
75
1,748
1,334
23—
45
—
—
—
—
—
—
-—
—
—
—
Whole number on profession.
On certificate.
Past year on profession.
On certificate.
Total past year.
Whole number dismissed.
Dismissed past year
Total deceased.
Deceased past year.
Excluded past year.
Remain excluded.
Now in regular standing
-- Total children baptized
Baptized past year.
— Marriages
A. Thurston
�Report of Kailua Station
May
-
1860.
During the past year, we have been sustained in our varied
trials, & are permitted to meet you once more at this annual gather
ing.
The Lord be praised, though he has smitten & woun ded us with
one hand, he has sustained & healed us with the other.
cast down, we are not destroyed.
Though
In all our afflictions his
loving-kindness has never failed us.
Our Son Asa for months &
years had been a great sufferer; & during the few last months &
weeks of his life he endured his sufferings with much patience
& resignation.
For a few days previous to his departure the good
Shepherd led him through green pastures & beside the still waters.
He passed smoothly along, till on the 17th of Dec. he fell asleep,
in the house of a friend at Honolulu with whom he resided for the
few last weeks of his life.
His mother was with him at the time.
I was at Kailua in my own lonely home, making some preparation to
come down to see our dying child.
On the morning of the 19th,
I was attacked with paralysis on my left side, I immediately sent
for a physician, about 10 miles distant, & informed also Mrs.
T aylor, who soon came to my relief.
Alarming symptoms were soon
mi t ig a t e d ( !); but it was nearly two weeks before I could volun
tarily move any of the fingers of my left hand.
Previous to this
attack, Sarah & the little boys had been sent for to take passage
on board the Kekauluohi for Honolulu to witness the last hours of
the dying husband & father.
Accordingly we took passage for Ho
nolulu with judge Andrews & Dr. Herrick & arrived there on the
25th, but he whom we came to see, had passed away.
one week in the grave.
We see his face no more.
He had been
God's will be
�Kailua
done.
A short pilgrimage.
1860
2.
He has left his earthly house &, as we
trust, entered the house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
Prom Honolulu we returned to Kailua, & since the 20th of
Jan. up to the time we left Kailua for this Convention we have
resided in Mr. Taylor's family as hoarders, & rode on h o r s e b a c k
5 or 6 miles every day.
Up to the time of my illness the various labors of the
Station were performed as in previous years.
have refrained from preaching.
Since that time I
I have performed the service of
two Seasons of Communion; baptized some ten or 12 children, &
solemnized marriages; Held a weekly meeting with the deacons
of the chh. & a weekly meeting with the teachers of the Sabbath
School.
After our return to Kailua, we had but one preaching
service on the Sabbath; in the afternoon, we have a congregation
al Sabbath school.
All attend who are willing & can be induced to
do so, young & old, & since this arrangement, a greater number
have attended the service in the afternoon than formerly.
A simi
lar arrangement is pursued at all our Out-Stations. The Sabbath
school is superintended by two intelligent natives, & Mrs. Thurston
is always there & may be regarded as the general Superintendent.
The Bible is our class-book.
We commenced at the first chapter
of the Acts of the Apostles, & proceeded in course 10 verses ;
paper torn] a week.
[
The people for the present appear to be more
interested i n the School than they formerly were in a preaching
service; so far as numbers are an indication of interest.
I do
not know how long this interest may continue, But we hope it may
�Kailua
1860
3.
continue by th e blessing of God on his own word.
There have not been many cases of discipline among the chh.
members.
There has been no general revival of religion, hut there
have [been] a few hopeful conversions.
Nine have been admitted to
the chh. on on ( !) profession; & nine propounded for admission
hereafter, if they continue to give evidence of Piety.
Philip our school Inspector, has made himself very acceptable as a preacher,
For the time being however, he has discontinued
this service for the present.
Through carelessness as an Assessor,
he got himself into trouble, & I suppose it will not be over till
after the Circuit Court at Waimea in Sept, next, to which he is
bound to appear to answer for the crime of perjury.
While we were absent for two or three days in the country,
our house was broken open & about $200.00 in money 8c some articles
of clothing were taken.
The culprit was our own household servant.
His relatives & our friends informed against him, & he was brought
before the district justice & proved guilty.
is to be tried at the circuit court at Waimea.
He confessed all, &
$140.00 was found
in his house, the rest was scattered here & there among his friends.
Statistics
3110
342
9
3
12
701
3
958
47
15
65
1724
1356
22
—
—
—
_
_
-
32 $600. 00
Whole Number r e c ’d on Profession
"
"
on Certificate
Past year on Profession.
"
on Certificate.
Whole Number past year
Whole Number dismissed ( !).
Dismissed past year
Whole Number deceased.
Deceased the past year.
Excluded past year.
Remain excluded
Now in regular standing
Total children baptized
Baptized past year
Marriages
Contributions
[Unsigned]
[But undoubtedly Thurston's]
�Abstract of Kailua Report,
May - 1860. '
In looking over the months, weeks & days of the past year,
we have great reason to mention the mercy & loving kindness of. the
Lord.
In all our affliction & trials, sickness, & death in our
family circle we have been sustained.
The Lord be praised.
During the first half of the year, the labors of the Station
were performed as in previous years, & during the last half, our
labors have been greatly lessened from necessity.
to the extent of our ability.
We have labored
Some things have suffered, & some
have not b e e n pushed forward to the extent which seemed desirable
There has not been many cases of discipline in the chh.
Some who had been previously excluded, have been received again to
fellowship, & a few during the year have been hopefully converted,
& 9 have been rec'd to the chh. on profession, & 9 stand propounded
for admission at some future period.
The Government schools have been kept up with their usual
Interest & success.
The sabbath school also has b e e n reorganized
& now takes the place of the second preaching service; as many as
are willing to attend do so, & many attend with a good degree of
interest.
The contributions of chh. $600.00
$450 have been appropriated toward the support of the pastor
[Unsigned]
[But undoubtedly Thurston's]
�Kail ua Report
. May 1861
As we are unable to be with you in person, we send you a
short report of our state & doings.
Our health generally is pretty good; though we have had
seasons of illness, especially Mrs. Thurston, who, about a month
since, was attacked with the Maui fever, which confined her to her
bed for about a week & which left her in a weak & feeble state,
& she is not yet entirely recovered, though able to be about.
The past year we have been called to part with our beloved
Persis & her children.
T h e y have gone to unite again with the
husband & father, from whom they have separated about two years.
A great wave passed over us, when they left, though we were not
overwhelmed, our heads have appeared above the water on the other
side of the wave, faint yet; pursuing; & hoping to be able, in the
strength of the Lord, to buffet the billows that are still to roll
over us.
We rejoice however that they have gone to a more congenial
climate; a place of usefulness, & of brighter prospects for the
future.
Our labors the year past for the spiritual good of the people
have been small & mingled with much imperfection.
The pastor has been able to preach 36 sabbaths, visited all.
the stations once, & administered the ordinances at each, 6 in
number including Kailua.
Twice the sacrament of the Lord's supper
has been administered at Kailua, when the whole chh came together,
& once at three places in this field.
During the few last months of 1860 there was considerable
drinking of the fomented potatoes & other fruits & vegetables,
& many of the chh. members were engaged in it; & some of them have
�Kailua
1861
2.
been fined by the magistrate there were about 20 belonging to
Kahaluu one of the divisions of this field.
They were all ex
cluded from the privileges of chh. fellowi
sh. till repentance shall
be manifested.
This division is the principal place where drinking
has been most prevalent.
Some few have repented of their wicked
ness.
Since the commencement of the present year there has been
but very little if any drinking among the members of the chh.
state of things is apparent.
A new
There are now daily prayer meetings
in most of the divisions of this chh; & the members generally are
active in attending & sustaining them.
The Holy Spirit is evidently
breathing upon the slain, & quickening the dead in trespasses &
sins.
Between 40 & 50 profess to have given their hearts to Christ*
some of whom may be received to the chh. at our next communion
season.
For two or three months past we have established a weekly
meeting at each of our preaching stations successively, 6 including
Kailua.
These meetings are conducted by the deacons of the chh.
& Philip our licensed preacher generally attends.
It is designed
as a kind of pastoral visitation & most of the day is spent
in visiting from house to house & one "meeting in the house of
worship at the station,
These meetings are fully attended; & we
are praying & hoping for an increase & continuance of the reviving
influences of the Holy Spirit.
The Lord be praised for what he
has done & is still doing for the salvation of this people.
To
Him be all the glory.
The Sabbath School has been sustained with a good degree of
interest about 400 in attendance at all the Stations.
�Kailua
1861
3.
Contributions received in cash for various purposes
$593.96.
Debt for services the previous year
$139.67
Debt for the bell
201.90
To the bell ringer & sweeper of the chh
13.00
To Philip for 3/4 of the year
45
For Sabbath Services at Kiholo
11.25
For wine &c. for the Lord's Supper
18.75
For the support of the pastor
164.39
Should there be a surplus of funds the present year the
deficiency in t he pastor's salary may be made up in part.
I leave the committee of appropriations to decide the amount
of the Board's appropriation for my support, the coming year.
A. Thurston
Statistics
3118
350
7
8
15
714
13
984
26
29
59
1710
1392
36
44
Whole number on profession
11
on certificate
Past year on profession
"
on certificate
Total past year.
Whole number dismissed
Dismissed past year
Whole number deceased
““ Deceased past year
—
Excluded past year
-- Remain excluded
—
Now in regular standing
—
Total baptized children
—
Baptized past year
—
Marriages
—
—
—
—
—
—
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STATION
Waiohinu
REPORTS
Kau
J .D . Paris (Unsigned) In form of letters to
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"Brother Chamberlain"
1 . General conditions
2. Includes expenses
3 . Includes order for supplies
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O .H . Gulick
1863
MISSION STATION REPORTS
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
No. 1
Waiohinu
Kau
April 20th 1842
Brother Chamberlain, Dear Sir
We had purposed visitin g Hilo about
this time & from there I expected to s a il fo r Honolulu to attend
the Gen. Meeting; - but the state of things in this f i e l d is such
at present, that we have concluded to forego the pleasure and
profit we had anticipated from such a v is it & remain where we
are.
For some weeks we have been in a strait between two opinions
having a desire to be with you & feeling that it was actually
necessary that I should be there and at the same time the interests
of the Redeemer’ s kingdom & of this people seemed to demand our
presence.
The thought of leaving them to the tender mercies of
the Papists for 3 or 4 months perhaps and that just at the time
when we begin to be able to communicate a lit t le instruction, and
when great numbers are inquiring what they must do to be saved,
was too painful.
True we have the language very imperfectly &
are poorly qualified to preach the "unsearchable riches of C h r is t ,"
& bear the responsibilities of such a station; yet we do fe e l
that humanly speaking, much labor & many souls would be ir re trie v a
bly lost if the f i e l d were left destitute.
Perhaps at no future
time would the absence of a missionary be attended with so great
a lo ss, or his presence be so much demanded as at the present
c r is is .
The Catholics are planting themselves on our right hand
& on our l e f t , & ransacking the f ie l d from one end to the other;
knowing that we are weak, that the people have had but lit t le
lig h t, & that there is a general interest among them, they .seem
to be bending a ll their energies here.
They have already gained
much ground, some whole schools have been broken u p .
Many of our
teachers are not at all qu alified for their work & not receiving a
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competent support .
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1842
2.
Most of the schools are miserably sustained.
We have hut one man i n the fie ld who has been to the high school
& he is a poor excuse for a teacher.
We have hardly a good school
house in all Kau; most of them are miserable shelters & in some
districts there are none.
Consequently the children are wandering
about like sheep without a s h e p h e r d & become an easy prey to the
enemy.
Bro. Forbes w ill probably report to the Mission the state
of the church & the f ie l d generally, but as he has not v isited us
in the last three months & can know but little of [the] state of
things at present; I w il l state briefly the present state of the
church & the f i e l d .
For the last 2 months there has been a waking up among
the chh. members, our church meetings have been more fu lly a t t e n d e d
& much more solemn & in t e r e s t in g ( ! ).
The attention on the Sab.
has been much greater than previously & especially during the last
3 or 4 weeks, there has been a stillness ( ! ) & solemnity altogether
unusual a m o n g this people.
The two sabbaths preceding our last
communion (the 1st sab. in this month) I baptised upward of 80
persons who had been propounded to the chh. some months previous;
this ordinance & the exercises connected with the administration
of it were deeply solemn & interesting; - but the day of our com
munion was s t ill more in t e r e s t in g ( ! ); it was manifest that the
Saviour was in our midst; every heart seemed to be melted into
deep contrition before God.
I think it was a day of heart search
ing' with this chh. & that many of its members have begun anew
as it were in the service of the Blessed Saviour.
On the morning
of the Sab. 125 were propounded to the chh. to be admitted at some
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future time should they appear to be f i t persons.
1842
3.
These have been
selected from a great number of inquirers who have been examined
as t h o r oughly as I was able to do i t , again & again, but how many
of them are genuine converts & are born of the H. S p irit God only
knows.
I am aware there is very great danger of enlarging the chh.
without increasing her strength, of building her up of such material s as w ill only retard her progress.
But situated as I am
single handed & alone, with multitudes of perishing souls inquiring
after the way of l i f e I have pursued the best course I could de
vise with the Bible fo r my guide.
The number of inquirers at
present is some 3 or 400 perhaps.
There are cases of new awaken
ing every day.
Our Sab. School at Waiohinu averages about 30 0.
The school
appears well when we consider the instruction these children r e
ceive at home and the kind of teachers they have during the week.
We are almost entirely destitute of books for children, both in
the Sab. School & in the Com. Sch.
The people are also to a great extent destitute of the
Sacred Scriptures & especially of the New Testament; they have
been supplied to some extent with a part of the Old Testament, but
there are very few copies of the New to be found.
The demand for
it now is so great that I think a thousand copies might be disposed
of in a very short time.
I f they are to be had, this people ought
to be supplied with the blessed gospel & that speedily.
I f the
good s e e d is not scattered abroad the enemy w il l sow tares.
The
people are eager for books & the Papists w il l soon distribute their
erroneous doctrines throughout this region.
[Unsigned]
[Paris]
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
No. 2
Waiohinu
-
April 20th 1842
Dear Bro. Chamberlain
When I wrote you some months since I remarked
that nothing more should he expended in building u n til we had
authority for going forward.
Soon after the date of that letter
Bro. Ives visited us, and fearing the consequences of our liv in g
in the house we then occupied ( ! ) , he wished me to allow him to go
\
on with the building which we had proposed erecting.
It was not
without some reluctance that I accepted h is proposition, and he
became responsible to the Mission for a ll expenses.
The expense of fix in g the native house we f ir s t occupied ( ! ),
erecting a cook house etc. & getting our goods from the
$ 500 00
shore
For erecting a stone house 19 feet square outside
with a good cellar & fir e place
Carpenter’ s b i l l
Mason work, lathing & plastering . . . .
70
«
•
*
«
78 121
/2
•
Lime $ 3 5 . wood for burning 1 5 .7 5
Sand 1 6 .5 0
Stone 1 0 .0 0
50 75
boards & timbers 24
. .
50 50
Thatching 1 5 .2 5 . hearth, steps e tc. 8 .1 2 1/2
house for natives
23 372
/1
. ................................
Stone fence round the lot with a gate 84
10 00
•
•
•
•
84 00
•
$
416 75
The members of the chh. have contributed for
monthly concert - in lime, sand & t h a t c h i n g
house to the amount of 2 1 .2 5
.... ................... ...
21 25
I have paid out in cash for materials
& work
25 00
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W a io h in u - A p r il 2 0 t h 1 8 4 2 N o .
2
2.
I owe Bro Lyman to the amount of forty some odd dollars
which he wi l l probably wish t o receive at the Depository on my
account.
The remaining expenses w il l be met out of the stores we
had from you including the expense of
As I had no b i l l of the b oards which were sent on w ith us,
of course I took no account of them in reckoning the coast of
materials for building; also of nails glass etc.
With regard to supplies for the coming year & materials
for erecting permanent buildings should we remain, I hardly know
what to sa y .
I f there is no arrival from America this Spring the Oregon
question w ill probably remain in doubt, consequently the Mission
may f e e l as they did last Spring that they have no right to make
provision for us.
I w ill however make out a lis t of supplies for
the year and also of materials for building in case the Mission
see f i t to make an appropriation for that purpose.
Doubtless the
Mission w ill make an appropriation fo r building & sustain the
Station whether we remain or not.
They cannot be so b lin d to their
own interests & the interests of C h rist's kingdom and the salva
tion of precious souls as to abandon so important a f i e l d .
But
should the Mission think differen tly , & fe e l that they are not
authorized or could not consistently make an appropriation for this
Station, then we should not think i t duty to remain & would be glad
to return to Honolulu as soon as convenient.
I f a missionary is stationed here (as we are assured there
w ill be) it is actually indispensable that buildings be erected
as soon as possible; - for it is impossible for a family to liv e ,
cook, eat, study, see the natives, sleep etc, a ll in a room of
�Waiohinu - April 20th 1842
No. 2
about 14 feet square with any kind of justice to themselves or the
people; and the climate is such, that for 4 or 5 months in the
year a native house is hazardous to the health & lives of m ission
a r ie s .
We have already suffered not a lit t le in health & conse
quently loss of time & strength which was greatly needed for the
labors to be performed.
For Supplies we Shall want i f we remain
Flour 2 b ls . i f it is good. 1/2 bl molasses l /2 doz bags
sugar.
30 lbs coffee, 10 do. Tea.
lb of cocoa beans. 6 do, sa llera tu s.
1 do. A lspice. 12 do. P ia .
50 (ditto marks) of r i c e . 20
4 do. Ginger. 1 do. Pepper.
3 Boxes brown Soap. 1 Brass kettle as
large size as you have. 1 dinner pot do. 1 Pr smoothing ( ! ) irons.
1 Sieve fine 3 Chinese b r ic k s. a good iron mortar. 1 milk strainer
2 bake pans for small ( ! ) stove. 1 good Sacking bottom. 1 mosquito
netting. 1 Table cover. 2 pieces Diaper 2 dust pans. 2 good brooms.
1 iron furnace. 1 funnel
2 good umbrellas. 1 good carb. bridle
b i t . 1 / 2 doz white dinner p lates. 2 bowls. 2 stone ja rs. 2 pr.
slippers, 7 1/2-.
5 yrd of the best material you have for thin (?)
pants dark. 2 hoes for garden. 1 glue pot w it h 1 l b . g .
1 bottle
of the best varnish. 2 small brushes. 3 papers saddler' s tacks.
1/2 lb . ro sin .
2 Tin canisters.
[Unsigned]
[ Paris]
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
& warm is frequently called for by the natives for pantaloons.
There is also a greater c a ll for the brown cotton than any other
cloth.
We also need a good supply of Calico.
Of small articles we shall need 1 l b . white cotton thread.
1 gross needles 2 doz Pocket knives mostly large.
Some side combs.
Pencils lead & slate, 1 /2 Reim ( ! ) good foolscap paper.
shoes stout.
Some buttons for pants & sh irts.
i f you have them.
12 saw f i l e s .
12 pr
l / 2 doz umbrellas
Should you have any pants very
stout & warm which would not be in demand by missionaries one or
two of our most efficient men would be glad to obtain them.
doz p r. suspenders.
2 glass lanterns.
Hymn books, school & other books.
l/2
A good supply of Testaments
Some Hymn books for children.
1 bunch q u i l l s .
12 1/2 doz large white plates .
k n ife .
12 knives & fo r k s .
1 iron dinner pot largest size .
Teaspoons germ.
12 iron spoons,
do
silv er.
[German silv er, a silver-white alloy
essentially copper, z in c , and nickel -Dict
Materials for Building
We should need N West Boards
White pine 1 Inch thick . .
do . . .
11/2 . . . .
do . . .
2 inch....
Glass large 4 boxes
Butts inch & h a l f 6.
suitable.
1 butcher
2000 feet
500
do
. . . .
do inch 18. do 3 /4 1 2 . with screws
2 large locks for outside doors with knobs I f you
er
have them & latches if you [have] no t.
Small/do for inside doors
�No. 3 .
2
.
w ith knobs or latches 12 brass knobs with buttons for closets.
l / 2 doz small locks for presses etc,
Three k e g s
mix i t .
( ! ) of white lead with oil & spirits of Turpentine to
Chalk for putty 15 or 20 lbs.
1 keg
( ! ) flooring n a i l s ,
6 lbs small brads. 20 do for lathing. & 10 do & 2 bars of iron
5 f t . 14 ft (?) 4 in . of zinc for sa fe.
The materials for building are at so great a distance from
the station & there being no f a c ilit ie s for getting them, only
by n atives, they must be very expensive.
We found it d i f f i c u l t to
get lime for 50 cts per barrel & sand for 37 1/2 c t s .
inaccessible & expensive.
Timber is also
I f there could be a yoke of oxen with
a cart sent here, the expense would be much less, or oxen alone.
In conclusion I would say, that we feel more & more that
we have been sent here by the special providence of Almighty God
& we trust our labors w ill not be in v a in .
We fe e l s t i l l more
deeply interested for the spiritual interests of this dark & be
nighted people.
We should be exceedingly sorr
y ( ! ) to leave them
destitute, but we stand ready to go or stay as God in h is provi
dence may direct.
but the la b o r e r s
The harvest here truly is great & already w hite,
( ! ) are few.
this solitary & extensive f ie l d ;
An associate is greatly needed in
it would be desirable to have one
who would take charge of a school & at the same time take charge
of the chh in the absence of the Pastor.
[ Unsigned]
[Paris]
�Waiohinu
Kau
Ap 2 8 , 1843
Annual Report of Kau
In presenting our report for the past year it is with f e e l
ings of devout gratitude to Almighty God, that we c a ll to mind the
way in which he has led u s , and a ll his r ic h & unspeakable b le s s
ings vouchsafed through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The past has been
a year of deep interrest ( ! ) to us, not only because it was the
f ir s t whole year we have spent on Miss. Grounds, but because it
has been a year of the right hand of the Most High.
While we
have been called to pass through some of those privations & t ria ls
common to missionary life & especially in the more remote & inaccess
ible fie ld s of missionary labour; yet we have ever r e a lize d the
preciousness of that promise, "Lo I am with you always even 'unto
the end of the w o rld ."
We have abundant reason to bless God &
take courage for we have not laboured in vain nor spent our strength
for naught."
It w ill be remembered that I sent in to you last Gen. Meet
ing some account of the state of things in Kau at that tim e.
We
were then enjoying a precious season of rev ival, or rather I might
say, of awakening.
Many sinners were inquiring after the way of
l if e & some precious souls we trust had already been born into the
kingdom of our blessed Lord.
Since that time we have had s t i l l greater & richer displays
of the grace of Almighty God in awakening subduing
hearts of the dark & benighted to him self.
& turning the
Tho s t i l l small of
voice of God's Spirit has been moving upon the hearts of the
People.
Great multitudes have been brought to tremble in view of
their lost & ruined condition as sinners before God, & to inquire
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2.
1843
earnestly what they must do to he saved.
Notwithstanding the
Enemy has come in upon us like a "floods & threatened to overturn
& destroy every thing good in their course:-
They have raged &
raved & threatened, boasted & defied; hut the Lord has l if t e d up
a standard against them.
hut no farth er."
He has said "hither to shalt thou come
and we "believe he has already caused the wrath
of man to praise his Glorious name, & "the remainder of that wrath
he w il l r e s t r a in ,"
While we mourn that so many precious souls have
believed a lie & gone after the " Beast" , & especially so many of
the dear children of our f i e l d ; - yet we believe that more good has
been done, more souls saved than if the Catholics had hot been
permitted to enter the f i e l d .
Since the great noise & persecution of the Papists the
members of our Chh. as a general thing have taken higher ground,
been more awake to the interrests
( ! ) of vital Godliness, more
decided & active for the salvation of those around them.
Never
have we had more abundant & cheering evidence of the presence of
the Holy Spirit in the Chh. than at the present time.
The standard
of piety in the Chh has been raised very much during the last 6
or 7 months, & many of our Chh. members just emerging from the
darkness of heathenism & the bondage of sin & satan would shine as
for simple hearted piety would be ornaments in any Christian Chh.
During the years this work of grace has been steadily ad
vancing throughout the whole f i e l d .
The number of inquirers has
been continually increasing, while we have had at the same time
increasing evidence that they were drawn by the influences of the
Holy S p i r it .
m ultiplied.
The number of hopeful conversions has daily been
Persons of all ages from little children to decrepit
�Waiohinu
1843
3.
old age have been subjects of this glorious work of God's Grace.
The eyes of the blind have been opened, the ears of the deaf un
stopped, the lame forgetting their infirm ities have walked & leaped
praising God, & the tongue of the church has been made to sing
fo r joy of heart.
The whole number gathered into the Chh. in Kau during
year ending Ap 1843 w ill be seen in the following ta ble.
Statistics
The whole no. add. to the Chh. on examination
. . .
917
On Certificate
180
The past year on examination
................ . ...................
845
Past year on certificate
Whole No. the past year
60
....................................................
Whole no. dismissed to other Chh s
905
. . . . . . . . .
20
Dismissed the past year
20
The whole no. deceased
................ ....
16
Deceased the past year
16
Suspended the past year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Remain suspended
23
Excommunicated the past y e a r ................ ....................... ....
14
Whole no excommunicated
14
Remain excommunicated . . . . .
....................
. . . . .
14
The whole no. in regular standing
1024
The whole no. of Children baptized . . . . . . . . .
130
Baptized the past year
130
Whole no. of Children deceased.
Deceased the past year
Cannot t e ll
"
”
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The whole no. of marriages past year
35
Av. no. of congregation on the Sabbath
1250
Av. no. at Punaluu where I spent one Sab. every month
600
That every one apparently renewed by Divine Grace w il l
prove to have been born again cannot reasonably be expected.
There
are hypocrites & self deceived in most i f not in all our Chhs
gathered from among the heathen as in more enlightened countries.
There have been & there probably w i l l always be tares among the
wheat until the end of the world.
But we confidently hope & believe
that many of this dear people have passed from death unto l i f e , &
in the last great day, w il l be found among the people of God, having
been washed in the precious blood of Christ & having their names
written in the "Lambs Book of l i f e . "
In examining candidates for admission to the Chh, a ll pos
sible vigilance has been exercised in order to ascertain their
true characters & manner of l i f e .
These persons have a ll been
conversed with frequently by the pastor both in private 8; public
& instructed from week to week in the doctrines & precepts of the
Gospel, while they have at the same time been watched closely in
a ll their movements by some of the most pious & leading members
of the Chh.
Those who have given evidence of faith in Christ
& repentance toward God, & have broken o ff their sins by righteous
ness exemplified in their daily walk & conversation, have then
been propounded for admission to the Chh.
These candidates have
stood propounded from two to s ix months according to circumstances,
some more & some less; & there have been a few exceptions of persons
being received in a shorter time, & without having been propounded
at a l l .
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1 84 3
The labors of the pastor have been distributed as follow s: Three Sabbaths in each month have been spent at the Station at
Waiohinu, & the fourth Sab, at Punaluu, or in some remote part
( !)
of the field.
One, two or three days have usually been spent
among the people in connection with the Sab. when absent from the
Station.
Once i n three months regular tours have been made through
out the whole extent of the f ie l d from Kan to Puna.
These tours
have usually ( ! ) been performed in ten days or two weeks, v is it in g
& holding meetings in a ll the principal villages ( ! ) & conversing
with individuals & lit t le groups in their houses & by the way
side wherever they were found.
The Communion has usually ( !) been
administered on the Sabbath & sometimes on week days for the bene
f i t of the aged & infirm & those members of the Chh. liv in g at a
great distance from the Station.
Monthly Contributions
Our monthly concerts have usually been very fully attended,
& the people have taken a deep interrest in these meetings for
hearing missionary inteligence ( ! ) & praying for a world conversion.
Perhaps no meetings can be made more interresting & profitable to
native converts than the monthly concert & surely there is no time
when we have more reason to expect the blessing of Almighty God
than when Christians are united the world over in supplicating the
Divine blessing.
Our people are very poor & destitute of means, but s t i l l
they have contributed something, & that something cheerfully.
About $50 have been contributed in such things as natives
are able to obtain such as tapas, mats, calabashes, potatoes, kalo,
f i s h , chickens, olona, wood, stone etc.
About one h a lf of these
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1843
articles have been expended for the support of a Teacher who spends
much of his time for the good of the people.
The remainder with
a donation from the Chh. at Kealakekua is designed to a ssist in
erecting a house of worship.
Some preparations have been made for erecting a larger &
more permanent house of worship at Waiohinu; - a part of the ma
terials are now on the ground & the male members of the Chh. are
now spending one or two days each month in getting timbers from
the mountain.
During the past year the native house in which we now worship
at the Station, has been enlarged nearly one h a l f .
The stone meet
ing house at Punaluu has been roofed, fenced in & prepared for
meetings; and a small stone house for the accommodation of a
missionary & his family has been erected & put under cover; this
h a s been done by the voluntary contributions of the Church.
Improvement i n the appearance of the people
The improvement in the appearance of the people is very
fast
perceptible.
The mamaka [mamaki] tapa is/being la id aside for cloth
made up in European style, & there are probably 10 garments where
there was one 18 months ago.
The increase in the no. of hats
worn by the females in the last six months is more than 100 to
one.
Many of them have also improved very much in their personal
appearance & habits of cleanliness.
This has been effected chiefly
through the influence of Mrs. P . on the female members of the Chh.
with whom she has had regular weekly meetings.
Common Schools
The Common Schools in our f ie l d are at the present time
in a very low state; chiefly for want of teachers q u a lifie d to
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W a io h in u
1843
7.
instruct & i n t e r e s t ( !) the children & for want of a competent
support.
Men cannot, they w il l not labour efficie n tly in their
schools any where if they must at the same time dig or beg for a
bare subsistence.
During the year a large number of ch ild, have le ft our Schools
& gone after the Papists, & others wishing to throw off a ll restraint
have taken advantage of the occasion, left the sch
ools ( !) & run as
sheep without a shepherd.
The whole no. of schools in Kau is
. . . .
The no. of teachers & assistants
No. of children i n the Schools . . . . .
Readers .
.
.
.
.
..
The no. in childrens & mental arithmetic
Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
.
.
18
22
600
340
160
50
A school was opened some 8 or 9 months since for the bene
f i t of Teachers, which has been continued four days in the week
3 hours a day, when I was at the Station.
it stops for want of an assistant.
When absent on my tours
This school has been under
taken only from stern necessity; the teachers cannot sustain the
schools with their present attainments; & the demand & importance
of having good fa ith fu l & efficie n t teachers just now is probably
greater than it w ill be at any future time.
I f our schools are
not revived soon, & carried forward by a better qu a lified & more
vigorous set of teachers, the Catholics w ill have a large propor
tion of the children, & then we may have teachers but no children.
During the past year 7 schools houses have been erected by
Government.
Many more are needed if we had teachers to put into
them.
S . school
Our Sabbath School at Waiohinu has been w ell attended &
gradually increasing in interrest during the past y e ar.
The
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8.
Average no. attending the School has been from 275 to 300 pupils.
These have been divided into classes of from 12 to 20 each & com
mitted to teachers the best qualified & most fa ith fu l to be found.
I have taken the general super intendance of the School & spend some
time each Sabbath in examining the lesson and making such remarks
as I thought best for both teachers & ch ildren. Indeed most of the
instruction in our School is communicated in this way.
Mrs. P. has had an interresting class of young g i r l s , which
she has taught most of the year.
Av. no. of the class from 10 to
16 mostly members of the Chh.
There is also a S . School at Punaluu.
attending 140.
The average no.
There have also been several smaller schools in the
outskirts of the f i e l d .
I have been trying to teach a Class of
some some ( ! ) 25 or 30 the f ir s t rudiments of music, but must con
fess that I have not been so successful as some of my predecessors
who were so very fortunate as to find natives with " sweet musical
v o ic e s ."
Even i f I were a musician myself & had ever so much time
to devote to the Science, with natives, I should despair of having
good singing for many years & perhaps generations to come.
[Unsigned]
[Paris]
�(1 8 4 4 )
MISSION STATION REPORTS
Report of Kau
The state of things in Kau during the year ending April ( ! )
1844 has in many respects been very d i f f e r e n t ( !) from that
ending April 1843,
Then the members, of our Chh were a ll alive to
the interests of r e lig io n , hundreds were inquiring what they must
do to be saved; while the enemies of v it a l godliness were quite
as active & zealous in opposing the truth of God & in persecuting h is Chh.
Every individual out of the Chh, or who was n o t numbered
with the inquirers, seemed to be arrayed on the side of Popery.
This however is far from being the case at present.
our return from Honolulu last year, after an ab
On
sence of several
months, we found the state of things very much changed.
A general
stupor seemed to prevail throughout the whole extent of the f i e l d .
A large proportion of our Chh, members gave but lit t le evidence
of Spiritual l if e ;
while others Laodicean like were paa loa i ka
palaka. [steadfast in indifference ?]
The great majority of those
who had been among the inquirers, had sunk down into a state of
careless indifference & some few had joined the P ap ists.
excitement of Popery had also died away.
The
The Priest seemed to
think his apostate & excommunicated Bro (as he calls him) had gone,
& he had nothing to do but lie s t i l l , eat p o i, smoke tobacco & re
cruit for another Campaign.
Thus things continued for several months.
Owing to the
h a r a s s in g cares & labours of building I was unable to spend as
much time as usual ( ! ) among the people.
U ntil January my labors
were mostly confined to the Station at Waiohinu, with occasional
hasty tours through other parts of the f i e l d .
The last four months
I have been more free & have spent much of my time in v is it in g &
holding meetings catechizing chh members throughout the f ie l d .
�K
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4
While I have had much cause to mourn & weep over the moral
darkness & spiritual death which s t il l prevails to a considerable
extent - s t ill I have been encouraged to find so many who give
decided evidence of having passed from death unto lif e & are growing
in grace & in the knowledge of God.
I have been not a lit t l e
encouraged to find recently an increased interest in reading the
Sacred Scriptures & also to know that some of our people do pray
to God in Secret.
This I think we have reason to fear is neglected
by great numbers of our Chh. members.
Our meetings on Sab. and week days at the Station during
the year have not been so fu lly attended as the year previous.
The Congregations at Punaluu & other out posts have also been
much smaller than u s u a l.
There has been less novelty & excitement
to draw the people together; consequently our congregations have
been made up mostly of those only who had a desire to hear the word
of God,
For some four or five months the attention on the Sab.
has been very good & there has been an increasing solemnity in the
house of God, & especially at the Station.
weekly lecture on the
I have also had a
which has been w ell attended
& in which the people have been much interested, & especially in
that which relates to the rise & f a l l of Anti-Christ.
We have also
had a weekly meeting to read and expound the Hele Malehine in which
a number of our Chh, members have been very much interested and
e d ifie d .
During the year Popery I think has been rather on the
decline among u s, although they s t ill continue to make some con
verts.
Thirty five or 40 have left their ranks & attended our
meetings for inquiry; and twenty who have been papists have united
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w ith our Chh.
their meetings.
1844
3.
Of these two were formerly Teachers & leaders in
One of these was induced to renounce popery be
cause the Priest wished to marry him or rather re-marry him, he
opposing on the ground that he had once been married according to
God's law & it would he
to he married again.
Our Common Schools continue to suffer much for want of
competent & e ffic ie n t teachers:- most of them we think however are
more flourishing than last year.
The School for teachers has b een continued most of the year
one day in the week.
I have also met twice a week to instruct those who are sent
out to hold meetings on the Sab .
Our Sabbath School at Waiohinu has averaged about 2 0 0 .
Not
so large as last year, but s t il l a good number, when we consider
that more than half the children come from 5 to 10 miles & more
than half the time drenched in r a in .
Some of our teachers are good fa ith fu l men devoted to their
work — and the children are an interesting group gathered from
the wilderness.
We pray & hope that many of them may be gathered
into the fold of Christ & numbered among the lambs of h is flo ck .
.Mrs. P. has continued her Bible class on the Sab. with the
younger members of the Chh.
She has also a weekly meeting with
the female members of the Chh for religious instruction &
prayers.
Sabbath School at Punaluu has averaged from 75 to 100.
School near Kapapala 45.
tained during the year;
Three other Sab. Schools have been sus
the number who attend not known.
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4.
The number of Common Schools in Kau -
20
No. of Teachers
24
No. Children in a ll - - - - - -
555
Readers
276
Those in Arithmatic ( 1) & Geog.
254
The Contributions of the Chh. for last year may be e s t i
mated at about $160 or 200.
Twenty three dollars of this has been
in tapas, olona etc, and (?) has been paid out to native helpers
& teachers.
The remainder has been contributed i n labor - viz -
dragging timbers for meeting House - enclosing the lot where it is
to stand by a stone wall - fin ishing & enclosing a small stone
house at Punaluu,
About 300 has been subscribed for the erection
of a frame house at Waiohinu.
The whole No, ad. to our Chh on examination has been
1038
The No. on certificate
188
Past year on certificate
8
Past year on examination
-. -
-
-
-
_
-
„
The whole number past year
119
Whole No. dismissed to other Chhs
Dismissed the year past
-
111
- -
35
- -
- -
--
-
15
Whole number deceased
59
Deceased the past year
43
Whole number now under Chh. Censure
30
Excommunicated the past year
13
Whole number Excom
27
Remain excommunicated -
- -
- -
- -
--
- -
The whole number in regular standing
Whole number of children Baptized - - - - - - -
25
1046
236
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Kau
1844
5.
Baptized the past year
106
The number of marriages past year
Av. No. of Congregation on Sab, at Waiohinu
33
-
1000
350
Average No. at Punaluu -
In conclusion we have abundant reason to make mention of
the loving-kindness & tender mercy of our Covenant keeping God.
He has been very gracious to u s , preserved our lives & health
& sustained us amid all the cares labors & trials to which we
have been called.
We would set up our Ebenezer and say; "hitherto
hath the Lord helped us" blessed forever blessed be his Holy
Name.
[Unsigned]
[Paris]
�May 5th 1846
Report of Kau Station
"Lo I am w ith you always even unto the end of the world” .
This precious promise of our blessed Lord, to us has been
doubly precious during the past y ear.
In the mysterious ( ! )
providence of an all-wise & holy God, we have been called to pass
thro' many trials & afflictions
He hath caused us great & sore
troubles, yet hath he had compassion according to the multitude
of his mercies.
The same Fatherly hand which hath been stretched
out to in flict chastising strokes of love upon his children hath
also been extended for their support.
God has been our refuge
& strength, a very present help in trouble u s , hath never left nor forsaken us.
He hath been w ith
We have passed through the
f i r e , but have not been consumed, - & through the deep waters of
a ffl ic t io n , but they have not overwhelmed u s .
The loving kindness
& tender mercies of our Covenant keeping God have followed us at
every step & he hath dealt w ith us only in love & in mercy.
State of r e lig io n
The cause of our blessed Lord the past two years has not
been so cheering & encouraging as we could wish.
We have had to
mourn & weep over the spiritual apathy, stupidity, - in stability
& worldlimindedness ( ! ) of many professing Christians among u s .
The love of many has waxed cold -
Some who run w ell for a time,
& for whom we had entertained hope that they had passed from death
unto l i f e , have given painful evidence that they had neither part
nor lot i n the matter.
Wh ile others (judging by their fr u it s )
have given so lit t le evidence of v ita l Godliness, that we stand in
doubt hoping for them but with fear & trembling.
S t i l l while we
have had no general outpouring of the H. Spirit upon our people
as in years past & nothing which we call a revival of re lig io n -
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1846
2.
Yet we have great reason to bless God, that there are so many
among us who amid a ll the snares & temptations to which they have
been exposed, & the transformations in external circumstances
through which they have passed - stand firm & give increasing evi
dence that they are not of th is world.
They show by an humble &
holy l i f e , by their walk & conversation, that they are strangers
& pilgrims - That tho babes, s t il l they are babes in Christ &
love the sincere milk of the word.
The cause of truth & r ig h t
eousness we think, has been steadily advancing among u s .
While
some i n our Chh have been Laodicean lik e , neither cold nor hot,
slumbering & sleeping, living at ease in Zion, - others have been
watching, praying - waging a warfare against Sin - growing in grace
& in the knowledge of God & of his Son Jesus Christ.
The s t il l
small voice of the Spirit has been leading them into " green pastures
by the s t ill w aters,” & their Christian graces have been more fu lly
developed than ever before.
They have been constrained to come
out & be separate, not only from the unbelieving world, but to take
a higher stand, be a "peculiar people," & separate themselves to
some extent from lukewarm, stupid, la zy , id le , time-serving pro
fessors of re lig io n .
Formerly our Congregations on the Sab. as a general thing
were very much larger than at the present time.
Then, when the
weather was good, the people came from a ll parts of the f i e l d ,
some from the distance of 20 & 25 m iles.
But many of them were
inconstant, nor could i t be expected that they would come regularly
from such a distance.
Now we have meetings established at different
points throughout the f i e l d , conducted by natives.
We think the
means of grace, - such as the preached gospel, Sab. School, Bible
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3.
class & prayermeetings are much more highly prized, by numbers of
our people, than they were two or three years ago.
Many of the
members of our Chh, who live within 6 or 8 miles of the Station
are always in their places & at their posts on the Sab.
By them
the Sab. is not regarded merely as a tabu, but as a day of sacred
re st , & refreshing to their souls.
They h a il its returning light
with the sentiments
"Welcome Sweet day of rest
That saw the Lord a r is e . " &c
Some of them can say by experience, with the Psalmist. "A day in
thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a door keeper
in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of w ickedness."
Some of our meetings on the Sab. during the last year & also weekly
meetings have been very solemn.
There has been a good deal of
deep feelin g among the people & we have felt that God was in our
midst moving upon their hearts.
Some precious Souls have we trust
been born into the Kingdom of our blessed Lord.
The whole number received to our Chh since our last Gen.
Meeting on examination is 119.
9 have been added on Certificate
from Sister Churches - And 15 stand propounded to be received at
our next communion.
Our inquiry meetings have been kept up weekly at the Station,
besides frequent meetings with those living in remote parts of the
fie ld .
The number attending these meetings has been sometimes
larger & sometimes smaller, varying from 15 to 75 or 100.
Popery we think has made but lit t le advance since 1843.
M ost of their converts for two years have been f r om
disa ffect
ed Chh members who have been under discipline & their children.
In some instances the children of Protestant parents have been
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enticed & drawn away into the Snare of the d e v il.
They have always
held out as an inducement to the children that they would he free
from restraints of schools, & to the parents that they would throw
off the heavy burden of helping support the Teachers.
They have tacked ship & p u r s u e altogether a different
policy from what they did some two or three years sin ce.
Then they
accomplished their object by threats, persecution, boasting & roar
in g .
But now transforming themselves into angels of light - They
are making the most strenuous efforts to insinuate themselves into
the good graces by their astonishing lib erality - their love for
Protestant m issionaries, the Bib. & c .
S t il l With a ll their Satanic
stratagems they have made but lit t le progress.
& gewgaws.
They want more gold
Hawaiians are too lazy naturally, even to serve the
devil actively & constantly without reward.
Jesuits unless they are well paid.
disappointed in Kau.
They make poor
I n this they have long been
Not long since the Priest wished to bu ild a
substantial house of worship.
they would take hold & h elp .
He proposed to his people that
But they turned upon him & charged
him w ith having told them, that it was wicked for the Protestants
to in sist upon their people to help build meeting houses - that
there was " no kokaa.” [
] , no carrying stone
or lime or sand or timbers in Catholic Chh - No monthly concert
contributions.
We have laughed at them & abused them & you taught
us to do it & now you come & ask us to do the same thing.
So the
plan fo r a meeting house was poho [lost] - given up for the present.
About 25 or 30 who have left their ranks some two or three
years since, have been received to our Communion.
Some of them so
far appear very w ell - There are others who attend our meetings for
inquiry & not a few who say they have left the Popes but they
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wish to noho malie [live i n peace; let things lie] .
These probably
w i l l a ll raleigh ( ! ) again when they fin d there is a reinforcement
of Priests & waiwai [goods; property] .
Sabbath Schools
These have not been so large as formerly.
This owing f ir s t
to the fact that there are a larger number of Schools kept up i n
differen t parts of the d is t r ic t .
And Secondly, a n o th e r
( ! ) reason
i s , that some parents are too indolent or too poor to clothe their
children & the children are ashamed or too proud to be seen in
their native tapa, while their neighbors are rigged out w ith lole
haole [foreign cloth]
But another & s t i l l more serious cause
is the removal of so many parents with their families to Sea-ports
[ parts?]
& other posts of the I s l s .
Many parents go to Honolulu, Lahaina,
Hilo & other points where ships touch, & take their Children w ith
them, & in some instances the parents return, but we seldom see
their children again - in nine cases out of ten they leave them
behind.
Our Sab. School at the Station at Waiohinu has averaged
most of the year about 2 3 0 .
from 6 to 10 m iles.
These children come the distance of
A part of the year we had no house not even
a shelter large enough to contain them, s t i l l we continued our
S . School i n the open a ir .
Many of the children have made good
progress in studying the portions of Scripture & verses assigned
them.
Some of them we trust have been born into the fo ld of the
Good Shepherd. —
We have had also a large class of adults who
have been in the habit of meeting every Sab. morning for the study
of the B ib le.
The ai o ka la .
Mrs.. P 's class of young misses, has continued to meet
un til within a few months when she was compelled to give it up.
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1846
6
For the last six mos. it was confined to the members of a Select
School for lit t le g i r l s .
This school she fondly hoped to continue
for many years to come -
Most of these lit t le girls give hopeful
evidence of a change of h e a r t .
The Sab. School at Punaluu during
the year past has averaged over one hundred children - also a class
of adults.
Decrease of Population & the Cause
The population of Kau from all the information I have been
able to gather, has been gradually diminishing for years but during
the past year & especially the last s ix months it has been much more
rap id.
The influenza swept off a great many of the aged, the more
feeble & infirm , & la id the foundation of disease ( ! ) on many of
the strongest & most healthy constitutions which has greatly swelled
the lists of mortality ever since.
Long and pinching famine for the last few months, has also
contributed not a little to increase the number of deaths.
i f any have died of actual starvation.
Few,
But the sufferings of the
very poor, the aged & the sick , have been very great, & the nature
of their food has been such as to produce diarrhea ( !) & other
diseases ( !) which have terminated in death.
Mortality has been
very great among the children.
An other cause of depopulation has been the course pursued
by Government o ffice rs, in reference to taxes.
They require
that a ll taxes be paid in Silver & gold & nothing e ls e.
is no silver in Kau.
It does not grow there.
But there
The so il is good
but is not adapted for the cultivation of silver & go ld.
quently all our able bodied men have gone money hunting -
Conse
Some
with their whole fam ilies & not a few of them have taken up their
abode in the Cities of dollars & cents.
I f the people are com-
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pelled to pay their taxes in money only, I am sa tis fie d it w ill
b e the cause of draining Kau of its inhabitants.
This w i l l also
be the case with a ll districts similarly situated, they w i l l be
depopulated, to enrich the Government & their inhabitants w il l be
come hewers of wood & drawers of water to a foreign people.
Cause of Benevolence
The most of our people are extremely poor.
They have lit t le
or no property & having no market they have no money.
For nearly
a whole year they have been pinched with famine, & for many months
nearly the whole population has subsisted on the fern & k i i
t i ] roots.
[ki or
Sickness, drought, famine & fir e have all followed
one on the heels of the other.
S t ill our people have done something, & many of them done
what they could.
"Their deep poverty hath abounded unto the
riches of their lib e r a lit y .
For to their power I bear record, yea,
& beyond their power they were w illin g of themselves," to bestow
of their substance for the house of the Lord,
Our people have
collected voluntarily near[l]y a ll the materials for our new meet
ing house besides doing much of the work.
All timbers for b u ild
in g, including plates, posts, heavy jo ist s, rafters, sleepers,
door & window frames, lath ahos [small sticks used in thatching]
&c -
These timbers together w ith lime & wood for burning have been
dragged & carried the distance of from 3 to 12 m iles.
The s t o n e
a ll carried to the spot & the house thatched by voluntary labor of
chh members.
They have also enclosed a lot round the meeting house
of some 4 or 5 acres with a good stone w all.
They have also subscribed & contributed to this object to
the amount of a lit t le more than $250 in articles of trade.
Many
others have subscribed who have not yet paid up, & some perhaps
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never w i l l .
1846
8.
Some of our best people have also subscribed for boards
to floor our house & a few have paid their subscriptions.
Most of
our monthly concert contributions have gone to collect materials &
labor on the meeting house.
Some $25 dollars we have now on hand
which w i l l go to help pay up expenses incured ( ! ).
Our people
have also built two thatch meeting houses at out stations & put
a new roof on the house at Punaluu.
The chh members, or at least
a part of them in that part of the f ie l d did something more or
less towards building a house for Bro Hunt ma [and fa m ily ].
Since
that time they have been much discouraged & done but l i t t l e .
On
the whole we think that while some among us have stood aloof from
a ll active benevolence, others have done nobly.
[On back of page 4]
The whole number added to the Chh in Kau on Examination -
1268
On Certificate
197
The past two years on Examination
-
- -
--
--
-
On certificate
9
Whole number past two years
128
Whole number dismissed to other chhs.
Dismissed the past two years
-
- -
92
--
--
- -
-
Whole no. deceased
-
--
- -
--
- -
-
Remain Suspended
89
14
Excommunicated the past two years
- - - - - - - -
40
excommunicated
Remain excommunicated
57
138
Deceased the two past years
Whole no.
119
-
67
-
-
Whole number in regular standing
--
--
- -
-
-
-
55
1167
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9.
Whole number of child, baptized
325
Baptized the past two years
84
Marriages the two past years
22
On this subject I would remark that the arrangement of the
Governor of Hawaii relative to giving certificates of marriage has
been most intolerable & oppressive to the people.
instances amounted to prohibition.
And has in some
All who wished to enter the
bonds of matrimony must f ir s t have a certificate from the magis
trate In Kau - travel with his intended to Kailua &
obtain an
other letter & after one month return for a second.
[ On back of page 5] :
Labors of the pastor
The labors of the Sabbath.
Sabbath ( ! ) School & Bible class
in the morning commencing at 9 o'clock.
or 11 a.m.
Inquiry
Preaching at h a lf past 10
meeting from 12 u n til 1 o'clock.
again at half past one P.M.
Preaching
A part of the time I have a meeting
for prayer & consultation with our lunas & Deacons.
We have had our regular weekly meeting at the Station every
Thursday.
In th is meeting we have gone over most of the Psalms
expounding & lecturing.
There has been also a regular weekly
meeting with the females at the Station.
I have usually ( ! )
held from one to 3 or 4 meetings on Wednesdays in neighborhoods
distant from 3 to 8 or 10 miles from Waiohinu.
My custom has been to make four tours during the year throughour the whole fie ld - preaching in all the principle ( ! ) villages
v isiting from house to house & conversing w ith in d iv id u a ls.
On
these tours I usually administer the Lords supper in some 4 or 5
places.
At the Station we celebrated the Lord's Supper once In
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three months & usually have a meeting of 2 or three days in
connection ( ! ).
The monthly concert we have always kept up & it
has been a meeting of great interest.
[o n b ack of page 7. ]
Common Schools
These are rather poor things, & some of them scarce deserve
the name of Schools.
But they are quite as good as we could expect
er
while the Government take no deep/interest in sustaining & encouraging good & fa it h fu l teachers & in erecting comfortable School houses.
The Teachers in our f ie l d have all been trained up ( i f they have
any training) on the Island of Hawaii -
Some of them are poorly
qualified for their work & make miserable teachers, & get poor
pay.
Others are energetic industrious men, have made themselves
w ell acquainted with the branches they pretend to teach -
their
schools are well governed & their children have made proficiency
in their studies.
The whole number of Com. Schools is 2 0 .
The whole number
who attend regularly in these Schools 334.
The Papists have what they call Schools but their whole
business is to teach their catechism & prayers.
ch ild, who do not attend Schools.
[Unsigned]
[Paris]
There are many
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
T. D . Hunt’ s report
On the 11th of Sept. 1844 we were welcomed to the station
& home of our dear Bro. & Sister Pa ris.
We found ourselves in a
retired but pleasant location in a large & n e e d y
fie ld .
It
having been left with Bro. P. & myself my department of labor &
my place of residence, we soon fix e d upon a division of the f i e l d .
A church of 300 members was set apart in a district habitable 6
miles along the Sea-Coast, about 12 on the mountain s id e , & from
3 to 5 miles broad;
embracing a population of perhaps 1500 souls.
Bro. P. soon introduced me to the whole f i e l d , particularly to
that part which was to become my special charge.
I was pained at
the poverty & apparent ignorance & degradation of the people, was
shocked & disgusted with their nakedness & the filth in ess of their
h abits.
I was surprised & disappointed at the vacancy of their
stare, at the indifference & listlessness of many & the brazen
hardness of others.
Some heard w ith gladness, while-their cheer
fu l aloha & friendly but rude shake of the hand told of joy & hope
at the sight & voice of their new teacher.
Throughout this fir st
tour I addressed the natives in E n g ., Bro. P. acting as interpre
ter.
That fir s t tour gave to the missionary work a new aspect.
Romance took a fin a l f l ig h t .
The work
in the dress of self-
d enial, toilsome - protracted, crushing in it s weight, increasing
in its cares, & overwhelming i n its re sp o n sib ilitie s, presented
it s e lf before me.
It was no less than to light up that vacant
countenance with intelligence, to kindle in the soul other fires
than those of lu st, to eradicate deep rooted p r e j u d i c e s
( ! ),
break up low associations & vile habits, direct the thoughts into
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new channels, & most of a l l , open new fountains of intelligence &
joy, as w ell as to purify the old.
In short the degraded, man must
be made the enlightened Christian, the elements of immortality must
be collected from the ru in s, & by Divine power be reformed & reanimated in the image of Christ.
I now saw i t , fe lt i t .
I t
A ll this I knew before in theory.
had become r e a lit y .
A v is it to Hilo in company with Bro. P. with our fa m ilie s ,
& thence on to Waimea & Kohala with the same Bro. in connection with
Bro. Coan, in which 5 or 6 weeks in a l l were consumed, better pre
pared me to return to my station & commence my labors.
On announc-
ing to the people of Punaluu my determination to reside at their
villag e their joy was great, & a vote was immediately passed by
the church members to erect a grass house for our accommodation
t i l l I should b u ild .
In determining upon this location I was in
fluenced f i r s t , by my own preference to live among the people of
my charge, & secondly by the advice of ray Brethren.
Having made
application for a grant for building, $ 5 0 0 . was advanced by the
secular agents in an tic ip atio n of a further allowance when needed.
Accordingly I engaged a sawyer & carpenter while at H i l o . Shortly, however, after returning to Kau, letters were received
informing us of the death of Bro. Dibble, & of the destitution of
Waialua on Oahu through the fa ilu re of Bro. Smith's h ealth .
It
was also more & more certain that the health of his wife would
soon require the removal of Bro. Forbes from his statio n.
In
view of these removals we were urged to delay our bu ild in g , &
seriously to consider whether the occupancy of a new station
in the enfeebled state of the Mission present & prospective would
be at a l l advisable.
It was broadly hinted that Kau would not be
our permanent home, that the Mission, had circumstances at Gen.
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Hunt
3.
Meeting been as they then were, would never have sent us there,
& that another meeting would undoubtedly remove u s .
Waialua &
Kealakekua were respectively suggested, & even Lahainaluna, as our
future location, & further grant for building was cut off un til
the voice of Gen. Meeting should vote i t .
I had for some time been indulging in doubts of a kindred
character,
I had been disappointed in the numbers of the people,
& doubted seriously my fitness to be long contented in such a f i e l d .
I had f e l t , too, from the f i r s t , that a teacher was more needed
than another pastor.
I had an aversion to teaching, & as my pref
erence was decidedly for pastoral labor I did not fe e l that I was
f i l l i n g the place which the specific wants of that f i e l d demanded.
I f e l t that the whole f i e l d was large for one pastor, & too small
for two.
Not but that two or twice that number would not fin d
ample work for all their strength, but that, the whole Islands
considered, two pastors were one too many.
leaving the f i e l d .
S t ill I had not intended
The providence of God had cast my lot there, &
there I would stay & labor t i l l some providence removed me.
Whether I expressed these feelings to any previous to the reception
of the above mentioned letters I have no recollection.
Certain it
i s , however, they proved a damper to what little hope I then
possessed.
We moved to Punaluu late in February 1845 , but we did not
feel that i t was to our home.
I commenced labors immediately, going
from house to house, & conversing personally with all I could
reach,
I had from the f ir s t labored as much as the distance from
the f i e l d & my imperfect knowledge of the language would permit,
but Now I was enabled to enter upon more systematic & continuous
�Kau
e ffo r t.
1846
Hunt
4.
These labors continued only about 5 weeks.
had increased from 70 to from 150 to 180.
My congregation
My weekly meeting of
inquiry was increasing in numbers & interest.
The papists of one
small settlement in lan d , 12 in number, came in a body renouncing
their fa ith & seeking admission into the church.
the people generally seemed on the increase.
The interest of
There was ground to
hope that the papists in large numbers would abandon th eir ranks.
Two years previous not one would have opened his door to the mission
ary; but in the villages. I v is ite d I entered all their houses, &
only in one case was I denied the privilege of praying with the
inmates.
Two individuals having been previously propounded were
admitted to the church.
Two suspended members were restored.
Two were excommunicated.
Two couple I married, & baptized
two in fan ts.
Two church members died*
During this time letters were received from various sources
in which a strong expectation was expressed of a Gen. Meeting at the
usual time.
In consultation with Bro. P. it was thought best, as
but 3 weeks intervened, to leave immediately for Kealakekua as a
knowledge of that station would be important in case our location
there should come up for consideration.
We accordingly l e f t .
I t was at Kealakekua we received positive information that there
would be no Gen. Meeting.
his fie ld ,
As, however, Bro. F . was soon to leave
& in his opinion there would be at least a delegation
or a locating Committee appointed then, or in the f a l l ,
to act in
reference to necessary removals & existing vacancies, & as the
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circumstances of my family would require our absence from our
station at that time, I concluded, in accordance with advice, to
continue on to Hon. & during the necessary detention there v is it
the leeward stations of the group.
This I accordingly d id , & I
am happy to say that I have v isited every Bro. at his own home, &
worshipped with him "beneath his own vine & f ig t r e e ."
been without p ro fit.
It has not
My acquirement of the language was not in
terrupted, -while i t has given me a knowledge of the statio n s, &
of the character & worth of my Brethren which no other course could
have so w ell secured.
I have admired the love & sympathy so pre
valent & prominent, no less than the harmony & single mindedness
with which so large a number & of such a variety of age & temper
ament are pursuing their one great object.
Circumstances again permitting we had serious thoughts
of returning to Kau.
That not being thought advisable, my atten
tion was turned to Waialua.
But as the door was not fu lly opened
there, I accepted an invitation from Bros. A . & E .
[Alexander &
Emerson] to assist them i n their labors at the Sem’y t i l l Gen.
Meeting.
There I have since been, & must refer you to their
report for my labors in that In stitu tio n . -I now ask of my Brethren a relocation as a pasto r.
T . Dwight Hunt.
May 1 8 4 6 .
�[
1
8
4
7
Statistics of the Chh. in Kau
Additions to Chh. on examination
1069
Added on certificate from other Chhs.
215
Admitted last year on examination
39
" past on certificate
6
Whole no. admitted last year
"
45
" dismissed to other chhs.
131
Dismissed & Pastors have not reported as received
96
Dismissed the past year
75
Whole no. deceased
172
Deceased the past year
59
Suspended past year
32
Remain suspended
20
Excommunicated past year
3
Whole no. excommunicated
69
Remain excomm.
63
Whole no. in regular standing
896
Whole of children Baptised
267
Baptised the past year
31
No. of marriages past year
26
Average no. of Congregations
[blank]
About as many as go to meeting every Sabbath, which is considerably more then
attend the stated weekly meetings- which is considerably less then those who
remain at home- which is considerably more than is desirable
Yours truly
J.D. Paris
]
�Report from Kau.
May
1848
[of]
Once more in the good providence/God, our Heavenly Father,
we are permitted to meet together.
To come up from our several
fie ld s of labour & tell what the Lord hath done: - And to deliberate
for the future interests of our Hawaiian Zion.
O that the great
Head of the Chh. would vouchsafe his presence, preside in a ll our
deliberations, & make this a season of Spiritual good to us a l l I Were I called upon to give a history of God’ s providential
dealings with me & mine, since our last General Meeting - Or to
report chiefly my own experience, - labors, cares, anxieties,
a fflic tio n s , & consolations, I should f a il in the attempt.
These
have been years, fraught w ith interest & experience too deep &
sacred fo r utterance.
God hath spoken: - and when He speaks, man
should bow in silent submission.
He hath put forth his hand &
"touched" me - I may fe e l & weep.
But I w ill kiss the hands,
adore the grace & take hold on that Almighty arm which in flic t s
the stroke.
"The Lord gave, & the Lord hath taken away; - & blessed be
the name of the Lord."
He hath done all things w e ll.
His work is
perfect.
" T i s God that lights our comforts high,'
Or sinks them in the grave; He gives, & blessed be his name,
He takes but what he gave."
My soul has been cast down & desolate.
But God has been
my refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble.
abundant reason to speak of h is mercies.
& very great.
I have
They have been very many,
"From the land of jordan, & of Hermonites,
from
the h i l l Misar [Mizar] " - I w ill call to remembrance his lovingkindness, & make mention of the multitude of his tender mercies.
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1848
In sickness & time of deep s o l i c i t u d e , when compelled to
abandon our people & h ome, the Lord gave us friends in need who
have been friends indeed.
During many mos. of anxious care, &
the deepest solicitude, we had all that Christian affection could
give or do.
And when we had buried our earthly all in the grave -
Desolate & motherless, st ill we have had a home, with a ll that a
Brother's love & a S is t e r 's tenderness & sympathy could a ffo rd.
"A Brother is born for adversity."
A cordial & welcome home has
been provided for the bereaved & the motherless; and a mother's
would
place supplied as nearly as the nature of the case w ill admit.
This is not the place, nor do they need to be assured of
my warmest & most heart-felt gratitude for a ll their kindness &
untiring labors of love.
May God richly reward them !
It is now more than two years since we were compelled to
leave our home in Kau.
Since that time I have been able to spend
but a small proportion of my time with the people of my charge.
The f i r s t year I v is it e d them bat once.
them three times.
In 1847 & 8 I have visited
The f ir s t time I was with them about two mos.
On my second tour, last summer, I spent about 5 weeks.
And on my
third & last v i s i t I was with them a lit t le more than two months.
Making in all a lit t le more than five mos. devoted to labor among
my people from the last of March 1847 to the f ir s t of March 1848.
The intervening time I have spent mostly at H ilo .
Much of
it has necessarily been devoted to my children & other domestic
cares. -
While at H ilo , I have at the invitation of the Pastor
preached once or twice on the Sab. alternating in native & English
in the Shipping Season.
And in the absence of Bro. Coan on his
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tours, I have done what I could to f i l l his place at the Station.
Since the year 1845, the work of depopulation in Kau has
gone on with fea rfu l rapidity.
It w ill he remembered that the
distressing famine which prevailed in 1845-6 together w ith the
sufferings occasioned by f i r e , which over-ran the Country, drove
many of the people to other parts of the Islands.
The effects of the sufferings then experienced have not yet
ceased.
The early & the latter rains have returned in their season;
the h ills & vallies are clothed with verdure & beauty; and food
abounds through all the d is t r ic t.
But the graves are m ultiplied.
The silent work of death, the fru it of extreme sufferin g, has been
going forward.
borders.
The old & the gray headed are seldom seen in our
They sleep beneath the clods of the valley.
There have also been other influences operating to draw the
people from this d is t r ic t ,
such as have been f e l t to a greater or
less extent in a ll the remote districts of the Islands.
A very large proportion of a ll who have left within the last
two years, are children & youth.
I think I may say, that more than
two thirds of all who have left that fie ld to reside permanently
in other places, are children & youth,
eighteen.
Prom the ages of eight to
Thus our schools have been greatly affected.
Com, Schools
Owing to the small no. of children now in the d is t r ic t , the number of schools have been reduced from 2 0 to 1 2 .
Protestant Schools.
I mean
And so far as I can learn there has been no
others worthy the name for more than a year.
The Papists have
had nominally 6 schools, with as many Teachers; and report 304
children.
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1848
MISSION STATION REPORTS
The whole number of children in Protestant schools 4 4 7 .
The no
readers writers &c &c see by turning to the Report of the Kahu
Kula.
These schools on the whole are in as flourishing condition
as they have been fo r years.
than in years past.
good men.
I think they are doing more good
Some of our teachers are industrious fa it h fu l
They do what they can to instruct., elevate, c i v il iz e &
exert a good moral & Christian influence over their p u p ils.
Teachers & s c h o la r s
( ! ) begin to sit on three legged sto o ls,
chairs without backs & hewed slabs such as were used many years
ago in the smoky school houses of Western Va.
Teachers begin
in some instances to wear pantaloons on week days, & even to
stand on their own feet while they instruct & pour forth their
knowledge & wisdom into the minds of their young d is c ip le s .
Sab. Schools
During the year past the children of Kau have been collected
into 9 different schools throughout the d is t r ic t.
Considering
the small no. of children, these schools have been very w ell at
tended.
About all the children of Protestant parents & a s u it
able age attend the Sab. School.
The parents in many instances
attend with the children & it is greatly to be desired that
every parent & every adult in the land be brought under the in
fluence of Sab. Schools.
They are a ll children & need children's
[imparted?
]
food, The Sincere milk of the world, as imported to children.
The regular exercise in our schools, has been to repeat the ai
o ka l a .
After which the Superintendent or Pastor, expounds,
illustrates & endeavours to make practical & bring home to the
conscience the lesson for the week.
—
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1848
5.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
The children of the Sab . School are also in the hab i t of
repeating a Hymn in Concert which has been committed to memory
during the week.
In some three or four of these schools, the
attendance has been punctual, & the attention unusually good.
During the past year many of the child, have been serious &
thoughtful & inquiring the way of l i f e .
God, we trust, has been
moving upon their young hearts by his blessed S p ir it ; - Convincing
of Sin , & leading them in the way of l i f e .
Some of them, we hope,
have been made new creatures in Christ Jesus.
Most of the Protestant children in Kau, have formed them
selves into a Temperance Society - pledging themselves to abstain
everlastingly
from a ll that intoxicates.
Prom that horrible practice o f/su c k
ing & blowing on to a filt h y smoke pipe —
They call themselves -
The Shining water.
"Puali ina wai wale no,
"A puhi baka ole n o "!
[ General meaning:
An army of
water alone; won't smoke tobacco]
Cause of Benevolence.
You have heard over & over again just what you don' t want
to hear - viz -
That our people are poor.
It always pains your
ears to hear the story of poverty.
Could I tell you of the wealth of Kau - Their noble acts of
benevolence -
How much they had done to support their Pastor &
native preacher & send the gospel to the far distant heathen.
Then every ear would prick up, & be charmed with the music &
every heart re jo ic e .
But I have no such te llin g s.
I wish I had.
I know it is more blessed & more Christ lik e , to give than to
receive ( ! )
But the poor ye have always with you - & seeing a ll
the c h h 's. in the land have become rich & increased in good perhaps the Lord has left this little corner to famine & deep
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MISSION STATION REPORTS
poverty that you may have a channel ( ! ) for your ch arities,
your gold & silver may not become a curse.
that
But i f you w i l l bear
with me, I w ill t e l l you what our people have not done.
1.
They have not hanaied supported their kahuna (? ) prie st;
pastor?] nor made any attempt that way.
2.
They, have not paid up the debt on meeting House.
There re
mains a debt of 150. which was advanced by one who fe lt a deep
interest in their having a good & permanent house of worship.
3.
They have not supported any no. of native preachers, except
to hoo-kipa them [give them hospitality} as they pass on their
way.
Neither have they sent forth any missionaries to Californ ia (!)
China or Turkey.
Nor have they done any thing for the support
of the American Anti Slavery S o c ., Colonization or moral Reform.
They have however done something.
1.
They have of their own accord erected & completed, two good
& comfortable houses of worship, thatched, made doors, seats &
rude pulpits.
The old crooked mud & stone house at Punaluu they
have let fall to the ground, which was no hard matter.
They
have also a plan & have resolved to bu ild a new house of stone
la id up in mortar.
To make it a good substantial house & never
rest until it is fin ish e d .
2.
Our people have built a Bell house of stone & mortar, &
hung a fine Chh. Bell which was presented to us by the good people
of the Alen Street Chh N. York.
We were all delighted with the
sweet sounds of the Chh. going B e ll, & none more than myself.
I t was like an old friend in a strange land calling up a thousand
sacred & th rillin g associations.
Its tones echoed & re-echoed
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over h il l & dale,
1848
7.
joyfully surprising the natives & waking them
up from the slumbers of a thousand generations.
good house of worship at the Station at Waiohinu.
remains unplastered.
ready for plastering.
We have a very
But it s t i l l
The greater part of the house is lathed &
But it was not advisable to go forward
& plaster the house while there was no resident missionary.
We
have recently floored i t , partly with hoards & partly with hewed
stone & lime.
Put in pews for singers, & the people are now
going forward to seat the whole house w ith seats of uniform s iz e .
The stone for the pavement were carried by chh. members, men
women & children the distance of from one to seven m iles.
Thus they take pleasure in her stones & favour the dust thereof.
3.
During the past year our. people contributed over one hundred
dollars in goats, goat skins, olona &c for monthly concert.
To reduce these articles to cash however we lose more than one
half.
I now hold in my hand $3 4 .6 5 to be given at my discretion
to some young man who is preparing to preach the gospel; & it
hoped that this is only the f ir s t fruits of what our people
w il l do from year to year.
Civ ilizatio n
A great change has taken place in the external appearance
of our people.
In 1842 there were scarce a dozen persons to be
seen in a large congregation who wore foreign cloth.
Now I see
but few persons on the Sab. who are not clothed in European
manufacture if not style.
latest fashions.
And many of them are rigged out in the
I venture (?) to affirm that the w riter for the
"P la in Dealer” never visited them.
Our Ladies almost to a man of
them, all wear from two to 4 dresses at the same time & I am much
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1848
MISSION STATION REPORTS
mistaken if many of them are not more virtuous than those with
whom that "Niger" had met.
There is some improvement in the structure of houses with
ranais [VerandahsJ & apartments.
Enclosed yards & gardens in some
instances add greatly to comfort & cleanliness.
The houses are
also furnished many of them with a table, chairs, ftron pots,
bowls, plates, knives, forks - spoons &c &c - some clocks &c -Popery
To all external appearances, popery has been steadily ad
J for more than two
vancing haekewa ( ?)[
years.
The great champion of Hawaii - The Kahuna hai [
j[
of Kau, has been called to a higher post; & his successor don't
seem to have been fu lly in itiated into a ll his Jesuitic strata
gems & diabolic p lo t s .
He is however a young man & is taking
lessons of his father & grand-fath er, & in the course of time
w i l l undoubtedly be w ell q u a lified for his work.
Not a few of
their leading & most substantial members have left them.
have but few meetings & these are poorly attended.
They
Quite a large
number of their disciples have attended our meetings, & are among
the poe hoikaika & a few have been received
to our chh.
State of Religion
We have abundant reason for gratitude to the great Head of
the chh. that he has not left us to labour in v ain or spend our
strength for naught.
The early & the latter ra in has been given
to our dry & thirsty land - Our h ills & valleys have again put
on their beautiful garments & the cry of famine & distress is
no more heard in our borders.
But what is far better, the refresh-
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1848
9.
ing influences of the Holy Spirit have been shed down upon u s .
Not as the mighty showers which cause the streams to swell &
overflow, sweeping every thing in their course, But silent &
gentle as the dew of Hermon on the mountain of Zion.
Our Sab, & other meetings have been well attended.
has been good attention & solemnity.
There
And we have f e l t that
God was in our midst sweetly subduing & melting the hearts of
his people.
& revived.
Professing Christians have been greatly quickened
Baptized a fresh w ith the_ Holy Ghost.
Their f a it h
has been strengthened & increased - their hearts enlarged & drawn
out in prayer & supplication & active efforts for the salvation
of sinners.
Laodicean professors have been' aroused from their
slumbers & stupidity & brought to repentance.
Backsliders have
been reclaimed and many who had hitherto lived without God &
without hope have been brought to see their lost condition &
y ie ld their hearts to the Saviour.
About the beginning of last year there was more than usual
interest manifested in some parts of my f i e l d .
were then awake to the interests of their souls.
Some of our people
I spent some
two mos. in meeting & conversing with a ll the members of the chh.
personally,
I had my children with me & was unable to get out
much from the Station.
But the chh. members were requested to
meet me at the Station, & I spent from fiv e to six hours daily
in expanding Scripture, religious conversation & prayer.
This
course affords an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the
real state of every heart & giving to each according to his
necessity.
Here the ignorant may be enlightened, their blin d
ness & prejudices removed -
The timid & doubting strengthened
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10.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
& encouraged -
the stupid aroused, & the hypocrite exposed &
made to tremble in view of the judgement.
Early in the summer last year; without any advice or suggest
ion on my part, morning meetings for prayer & conference were re
vived or established in several neighborhoods.
In one or two
out districts these meetings have been exceedingly in terestin g.
At the cock crowing every body men women & children may be seen
flocking to the house of prayer with their lamps in hand.
spend an hour in prayer singing & exhortation.
Here they
Then return each
to his own house & joyfully offer the morning sacrifice around
their family altars.
The spirit of love joy peace & harmony
manifest in these meetings is very d e lig h tfu l.
Old professors,
who had backslidden confessed their sins, & sought forgiveness.
Hard & stubborn hearts were melted & many were led to inquire
the way of salvation.
Every house became a house of prayer; &
we hope it may be found in the great day, that many hearts have
become f it temples for the indwelling of the Holy Ghost.
I con
fess that past experience admonishes me not to be too sanguine.
And while I rejoice in view o f what God has done for u s ,
fear & trembling.
endure to the end.
rich grace?
it is with
How many have been truly regenerated, and w ill
God only knows.
But why should we lim it his
He is able & w illing to save to the uttermost, &
some, yea many, of the most degraded, ignorant, & unstable of
the human race, have been redeemed & made trophies of his rich
& sovereign Grace.
The commission is to preach the gospel to
every creature - And, "Lo I am with you always, even to the end
of the world" - Let us my Breth, taken our Master at his word.
Preach h is gospel:, & preach It in fa it h & hope.
I t is the power
�11.
of God & the wisdom of God & he w ill make it effectual in pulling
the stronghold of sin & establishing his kingdom which is not
of this world.
I have on the whole, never had greater reason
for hope & courage.
The Christian s p ir it , growing graces, sta
b ilit y & firmness of many of my little flock gives me great joy.
I have great reason for humility in view of my own unb elief &
unfaithfulness;
- and unfeigned gratitude & praise to God for his
sovereign & unmerited grace.
I
never had such an overwhelming sense of sadness & desola
tion as in passing through my f i e l d the last time.
dead & gone into eternity !
many fam ilies broken up I
So many
So many familiar faces wanting.
So many widows & fatherless I
So
Such a
multitude of houses u n o cc u p ied - and so many whole villages
utterly forsaken without inhabitant !
Never have I felt so deeply
the importance of m inisterial faithfulness I
& him crucified -
Of preaching Christ
Pointing this sinking dying people to the Lamb
of God who taketh away the sin of the world.
Of doing with my
might, quickly what can be done - Bending my energies to one point.
the Salvation of Souls.
Statistics
Additions on Examination
"
On Certificate
”
Past two years on Exam.
"
Past two years on Certificate
1198
217
129
4
Whole No. past two years
135
Whole No. dismissed
210
"
Dismissed past two years
80
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1848
MISSION STATION REPORTS
Deceased
247
Deceased past two years
75
"
"
Excommunicated two past years
3
Whole No. Excommunicated
72
Remain Excom.
57
Whole No. in regular Standing
1101
Whole No. of Children baptized
370
Baptized two past years
71
No, of marriages ( !) two past years
43
Average No. of Congregation on Sab -------Aole akaha i 'a u [not known to me ?J
Respectfully submitted
J .D .
Paris
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
Report in part of Kau Station. [ 1 849]
Dearly Beloved Brethren of the Sandwich Island M ission,
convened in General Meeting, 1849.
Being convinced that duty calls me to remain & labour in
the fie ld assigned me, rather than to attend this General Meeting
extra, I shall he deprived of the pleasure of associating w ith
you, & of the privilege of being present when questions of vital
interest are debated.
I suppose you w i l l expect me to give some report of the fir s t
year of my missionary labour.
Having been but a few months in
the fie ld I have not much to report; & as Bro. Paris has been
with us nearly all the time & continued his labours among the
people, I leave him to make the s t a t is t ic a l report of the church.
Perhaps it may be gratifying to you, to have us state some of
our fir s t impressions in regard to missionary life & labours.
As you are aware, we, after remaining in Honolulu 4 months
embarked in the schooner Amerlia for this Island, on the 26th
of June, & after a prosperous voyage, arrived at Kealakekua on
the 3rd of July, -where we remained a week enjoying the h o s p it a li
ty of Bro. & Sister Pogue.
Prom thence we set s a il at evening,
on board the rude craft belonging to that station & reached
Kapua at daybreak; where we met a company of natives whom Bro.
Paris had kindly sent us,
to a ssist us on the land journey to
the station; where we arrived before noon on the 2 nd day, & met
a joyful welcome from Bro. B. & his daughters.
On this journey
we met w ith a kind of missionary t r ia l of which we had before
formed no definite idea; neither do friends of missions generally
in the U . S . A . , who are accustomed to the splended steamers, &
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1849
2.
r a i l road cars & the fin e roads of that country; with every sort
of convenience at hand as they journey from place to place; have
correct ideas of the inconveniences we are compelled ( ! ) to put
up with in traveling here; such as packing up bed & b oard & cooking utensils; & to being confined for days & often weeks to
small, & filthy vessels; tossed from side to side while enduring
the horrors of seasickness, w hile making a voyage, which they
there can make in a few hours; & then to make a nightly voyage
on the billows of the P a c ific , seated on a rude frame work e l e
vated between two hollow logs; with men almost constantly b a ilin g
to keep them from f i l l i n g ; & then again when landed on the naked
sand beach, instead of hearing the ’’w ill you have a carriage s i r ,"
we must set out on foot,
or be carried by natives, over a road
as rough as nature can form i t ; & after traveling all day to have
no other place to rest our weary limbs than a huge lava formed
cave.
But you brethren have long been accustomed ( ! ) to these
things; & they do not now strike you as forcibly as they once
d id .
Probably experience w ill teach us these things are not to
be numbered among the greatest trials of the missionary.
thing we had not been accustomed to see in the U . S . ,
Another
that is
captains of vessels pray before their passengers & crew, night &
morning, - & also other men employed on public conveyances, as
stage drivers; meet to sing & pray together as did a ll the ten
men, on our land journey, morning & evening at the cave -- We
had a feelin g of security in the hands of such men, & indeed we
were prospered i n our journey both by sea & land.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
The people among whom we are called to labour, gave us a
�3.
kind reception - they volunteered ( ' . )
to bring our goods o n their
shoulders from the sea, several miles distant.
They seem to ap
preciate the value of Christian privileges - They express in var
ious ways their gratitude that t e a c h e r s
are sent to them.
Though they are few & scattering; & wasting away, yet i f there
are reasons why this church of nearly 1 0 0 0 members should be
left without a pastor, there are stronger reasons, why nine tenths
perhaps of the churches i n the U . S . should also be left destitute
of a spiritual guide; for the number of Church members in many
of them is not larger than in several of the villages in this
d is t r ic t .
The apparent piety & consistency ( ! ) of professors of r e l i
gion, have rather surpassed than f a il e d to come up to the stan
dard I had previously fixed in my own mind.
The attendance on
the stated & special meetings has been as good as could be rea
sonably expected; & so we may say of their appearance & behaviour
in our religious meetings.
The Lunas of the Church seem to fe e l
their responsibilities & to act accordingly —
Some of them I
trust w ill be of great service to me if I am left alone before I
become skilled in the language, & also afterwards.
Nearly a ll
of them have been spared from the ravages of those disea se s, which
w ithin a few months have swept off scores of the members of this
Church.
A more intimate acquaintance with this people may make a
change in my impressions in regard to their moral & physical
improvement, but now it appears evident to me that missionary
labour has been w e ll spent in Kau; especially when the recent
settlement of a missionary here, & his interruption on account of
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4.
1849
deep a fflic tio n in his family, are taken into consideration.
The Lord has greatly blessed the labours of his servant, & given
him many souls as the crown of his r e jo ic in g .
His labours are
s t i l l very much needed here, & we shall claim him t i l l duty calls
him elsewhere,
Bro. P. has been of great assistance to us;
enabling us to go forward with the aid of several years experience.
It is also a great comfort to us to have him & his daughters w ith
us at this lonely statio n .
During the year we have been very much interrupted in learn
ing the language - we made lit t le progress during our stay in
Honolulu - since necessary traveling & preparations for house
keeping, have occupied considerable time.
I have not been able
to preach much yet, being s t il l hemahema [ unskilled]
in the lan
guage .
That I may give myself to the study of the language is one
principal reason why I do not attend the G.M.
We desire very much to become fluent in the language, that
we may be more useful to the people among whom we liv e ; we are by
no means displeased with the missionary work.
I f it be the w ill
of the Lord, we are w illin g to remain in this f ie l d , & to do what
we can for the spiritual & temporal good of this dying people.
You have indeed questions of great interest to discuss at
the present meeting.
While I so regard them I feel it to be be
coming me, who has but recently joined the m ission, rather to
leave their decisions to the wisdom of age & experience; feeling
that you will have the best interest of a ll concerned, & the glory
of God, in view; & that you w ill be guided by heavenly wisdom
in a ll your decisions.
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5 .
Permit me however to say, that i t was my strong co n v ic tio n ,
on coming to the Is l a n d s , that as a g en eral t h in g ,
it would he
te tt e r for the m issionaries & their f a m il i e s , to remain at the
Is la n d s ,
or at least this sid e of the Rocky Mountains, than to
return to the U . S . ;
that the frien d s
fr e e ly a ssist them here than t h e re ;
are better here than there;
of missions would more
that th eir pecuniary prospect[s]
that t h e ir influence as C h ristia n s
are more needed in t h is part of the w o rld , & that those who do
remain should f o rm a community, s u f f ic ie n t l y large to s u s t a in a
church, a good school, & eventually a College perhaps; hut that
the great object aimed at should not be merely to enrich & edu
cate the ch ild ren , but to prepare them f o r future u s e fu ln e s s ;
that th eir in flu e n c e may be f e l t not only on these I s l a n d s , but
on others in t h is ocean; & on the contiguous c o asts.
And that
in order to secure this o b je c t , e ffo r t s should b e made to procure
from th e government, a tract o f good la n d , b efo re i t goes into
the hands of other fo re ig n ers.
I f e l t disappointed & g rie v e d
that something d e f i n i t e was not done at the last G .M .
As it regards taking the oath of a lleg ience ( ! ) to t h is
government,
let each Bro. do so who w ishes to; & that no obstacles
be the thrown in the way of others pursuing their labours as
b e f o r e , who w ish to rem ain as they a r e .
As for m y se lf, I p refer
to remain as I am fo r the p re s e n t.
I
see strong reasons why the expected P h y sic ia n should be
sent to H aw aii, there not b e in g a re g ular p h y s ic ia n on the whole
I s l a n d , but s t i l l we have not yet had any reaso n to complain,
for we obtained from B ro . Coan a ll the medical a id needed in the
hour of t r i a l .
We sh a ll always remember with g r a t e fu l fe e lin g s
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6 .
the k in d & unwearied ( ! ) attentions of Bro. & S iste r Coan, bestowed
without money &
it hout p r ic e , & that too at a time when th eir
w
own fam ily was a f f l i c t e d w ith two d is e a s e s .
They v o l u n t a r i l y
took upon themselves responsibilities, which very few in t h e i r
circum stances, would have assumed -
B ro . C . showed him self
s k i l l f u l , & was su cce ssfu l in performing the duties of the phy
s ic ia n -H ilo ;
The Lord prospered us in the object of our v i s i t to
& permitted us to return in due season to our home, r e j o i c
in g in the accession of a sweet l i t t l e daughter to our num ber.
Yet we f e l t reluctant
who were before born e
to increase the cares & labours of those
down w ith th eir w e ig h t; nor is i t a
d e s ir a b le thing to leave home under such circum stances,
a fa tig u in g & perilous
journey of 4 day s.
We are also l i a b l e
at any moment to be seized by some dangerous d ise a se ,
a id of a regular p h y sicia n is indispensable
to take
( ! ).
v&ien the
The m ission
fa m ilie s on th is Is l a n d , have the strongest claim on the new
p h y s ic ia n ; & we may hope that the Brethren on the other i s l a n d s ,
w i l l not refuse us the p r iv ile g e s ,
which they p rize & e n jo y .
As it regards the question of d iv id in g the M issio n into
4 separate m issio n s; I do not see what d ifferen ce i t w i l l make
w it h the m issionaries on H a w a ii, whether that is done or n o t ; fo r
they are so inconveniently s itu a te d ,
fo r "co n su ltatio n & social actio n "
that they would seldom meet
even i f they were set o ff by
them selves, as a separate m ission —
The S ecretaries
( ! ) of the
Board would not have given th e a d v ic e , which they have i n the
General l e t t e r ,
in regard to this q u e stio n , i f they had made one
or two tours around th is Is l a n d .
We s h a l l , Dear B rethren, d uring the m eeting, remember you
(!)
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7.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
& the Cause you advocate, d a il y at the Throne of Grace;
that the
Great Head of the Church may he present in a ll your c o u n c ils , to
give you a ll needed g ra c e , & wisdom; that in a l l that you do,
the Glory of God & the interests of h is Kingdom may he promoted.
We also beg an in t e re s t in your p ra y ers, that the Lord would
render us f a i t h f u l & e f f i c i e n t labourers in h is moral v in e y a r d ,
& that He would guide us by His counsels & make us instrum ental
in carrying forward His cause in this f i e l d ; & that in a l l our
t r i a l s & temptations He may be present to comfort & su st a in u s ,
"B r eth r e n , pray for u s . "
Yo u rs, Dear Brethren, in the bonds of
C h ristian fello w sh ip
Henry Kinney
W aiohinu March 20th 1 8 49 ,
[Addressed t o :]
To the General Meeting of the
Sandwich Is la n d M ission,
to convene in A p ril 18 49 .
�A p r i l 1851
Report of the K au S t a t io n
T h is , dear brethren is the f i r s t time I meet w ith you in
General Meeting, to represent one of the Stations of th is m is
sion —
Three years have r a p id ly passed away since our r e in fo r c e
ment came to share w ith you the labours & r e s p o n s ib il it ie s
Sandwich Islan d M issio n .
of the
Then we were strangers to you & this
p eo p le , & time has shown us that we were also strangers to our
work.
On re c eiv in g from you our d e s ig n a tio n , My Dear Companion &
m yself proceeded to our d ista n t & lonely f i e l d to be a sso c ia te d
fo r a season w it h the former P a sto r , to be aided by him to enter
into h is labours, which he was called to leave by an a f f l i c t i n g
disp ensatio n of Divine Providence -- We have always f e l t that it
was not only a great Comfort, but also a great advantage to u s ,
to have Bro. P . w ith us the f i r s t year of our lab o urs.
We
regretted very much to have him & h is daughters leave u s .
During our m issionary l i f e thus f a r ,
our Heavenly Father
has dealt b o u n tifu lly w ith us in bestowing upon us h e a lth & the
comforts of l i f e
—
i n our fam ily c i r c l e ,
Two precious " o l i v e
plants" have sprung up
a ric h source of comfort to us in our lone
lin e ss -- #No dangerous illn e s s has v i s i t e d us — Yet the labours,
c are s, & p e rp le x itie s
of m issionary l i f e , have sometimes proved
a w eariness to the f l e s h ;
- but we have not yet f e l t desirous to
leave the S tatio n & work assigned u s;
& i f it s t i l l be the w i l l
of the great Head of the Church, & of th is m issio n , we w i l l will# This was w ritten before the late illn e s s of our l i t t l e daughter
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2 .
in g ly return & resume our labours in Kau,
The m ission fam ily
must s t i l l liv e is o la te d ( !) from a l l c i v i l i z e d so c ie ty ;
not being a fam ily of fo re ig n ers in the f i e l d
there
Were i t not for
an occasional v i s i t from our m issionary frien d s & others & also
fo r p e r io d ic a ls , we should be quite shut out from the c i v i l i z e d
world —
On account of the irr e g u la rity of Hawaiian m a il s , we
are kept fa r behind the age.
from Honolulu, as i t
Often our news is as long coming
is on the way from New York to that place —
His M ajesties C ircular r e la t in g to observing the 31st of D e c .
as
a day of thanksgiving, arrived in March -- But we hope that this
e v il w i l l be remedied soon; & that some respectable & pious people
w i l l come & settle the rich unoccupied land of Kau, a ffo r d in g us
s o c ie t y , & ex c itin g a s p ir it of industry among the people;
&
a id in g the Cause of morality & r e l i g i o n .
As it regards the conditions of the people, we have observed
a little
change for the b e tte r , since we have been i n the f i e l d —
they are getting better h ouses, & more of the n ecessaries & comfo rts
of l i f e —
C a ttle , ho rse s, & goats are becoming numerous;
the la tter affords them the p rin c ip a l a r t ic le of export — hun
dreds of goats salted & dried might be exported m onthly,
v e ss e l would come for them at a set time —
if a
We see nothing but
a bad report of the sa fe t y of our harbours, to prevent them from
coming & doing a f a i r b u s in es s.
Now a ll the produce must be
carrie d to Hilo on the backs of men or animals —
The C a lifo r n ia
markets of late have had almost no influence in Kau -about a year a fter the ravages
of the measles
( !),
a scarcity of the Common food of the n ativ es —
From
there has been
Many were
compelled ( ! ) to resort to w ild food; but now food is p l e n t y
( !)
again -- for a few months p ast, the people have been unusually
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a ctive in planting tar o, potatoes & onions, having b een encouraged
that vessels w il l come bye & bye for their produce.
There has been considerable improvement in roads, i n the
past 2 years —
They have been worked nearly the whole extent
of the d is t r ic t —
This year the people have made a horse road
to the borders of Kona, over the far famed lava d i s t r i c t , never
forgotten by those who have once traveled over it —
excellent horse road near the statio n .
mobs,
We have an
While we have heard of
riots & rumors of war, in other parts of this Kingdom, the
people here have ch eerfully y i e l d e d
that be
to the orders of the powers
The Papist priest came over, & opposed th eir people
going to work on the road
kept back th e ir luna kulas [ school
superintendents ] , but afterwards repented & sent them on.
There has not been much sickness among the people during
the past year - yet death has been at work, & has carrie d o f f
some of our b e st inhabitants
There have been a large number
of birth s - n early a ll have lived & seem h e althy , & g e n e ra lly
provided with some garments —
We have made sp e cia l effo rts to
induce the parents to take bette r care of th e ir c h ild r e n .
There is one Cause calcu la ted to reduce the p opulation of
th is f i e l d ,
that i s the strong inducements h e ld out by h ig h
prices of produce & labour in other parts of the Is la n d s
This
would in a great measure be remedied i f a few en terp risin g foreigners should come & set up b u s in e s s ,
State of r e l ig i o n
was rather d u ll —
T h is ,
among them.
t i l l w ith in about 8 months
The inquirers were mostly ch ild r e n & youth —
Yet the meetings were pretty w e l l attended - few f e l l in to gross
sin s — nearly a l l the children attended sabbath schools —
The
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1851
outward forms of r e l ig i o n were pretty w e ll sustained - but there
was wanting the clear m anifestations of the presence of the H .
S p ir it —
There was a want of active p iety & a consistency
o f C h ristia n Conduct.
( !)
On tak in g f u l l charge of the church we
were surprised to f i n d that smoking tobacco, was a common p ractice among church members —
progress
of this
we have made efforts to stay the
e v i l , but w ith p a r tia l success;
they b eing
surrounded by hosts of p a p is ts , w h o s e most conspicuous bage
[badge ?J is the tobacco pipe --
Indeed we f i n d th at those of
our people, who liv e nearest & asso ciate most w ith the p a p is t s ,
a r e , as a general t h in g ,
the most backward & inconsistent
of a l l our Church members —
( !)
they tempt them to d rin k rum, smoke
tobacco, withhold th eir aid in supporting the gospel, & to f o r
sake entirely the way of l i f e --
Here the truth has to stem a
tid e of opposition —
Last Aug. there appeared some signs of the presence of the
H .S .
i n some parts of the f i e l d -- Christians became more active
& p ra y e rfu l. —
our weekly meetings for inquirers became crowded
a large part of the new seekers were a d u l t s
a sort of remnant of
former revivals -- several of them were papists -- se v era l back
s lid e r s also attended those meetings —
At the same time the
number of morning & other small meetings became in c r e a s e d , &
also the number attending them, t i l l at almost every place where
there was enough to su stain a morning m eeting,
they were commenced
The inq u irers continued to come re g ularly to the inq u iry meetings
some several m iles --
As a r e s u l t , 45 persons, n e a rly a l l a d u l t s ,
were admitted to the Church, at a union communion seaso n , in Jan .
�Kau
last.
—
1851
5.
at the same time several were restored —
b a p tise d —
8 new deacons i n s t a l led ( ! ) into o f f i c e ,
has since d ied ,
one of whom
the 3rd of our good deacons, who have d ie d during
the y ear, whose loss we lament —
At present the new members
appear w ell — in another part of the f i e l d ,
new cases of adult in q u ir e r s .
does not [ seem]
30 c h ild ren
there are se veral
— While the re lig io u s in t e re s t
as great as i t was a few months ago, the meetings
continue to be w e ll sustained
The labours of the Pastor oh
the sabbath are d ivid ed between the people at [ the] s t a tio n &
other parts of the f i e l d .
On Thursday, beside the meeting for inquirers & an exeg e t i c a l lecture, we have a meeting of the lunas from d if f e r e n t
parts
of the f i e l d —
This m eeting, we regard as h ig h ly bene
fic ia l —
it enables us to hear from a l l parts of the f i e l d ,
weekly —
I t tends to keep the church u n ite d , & gives us f r e
quent opportunities to consult on the common interests
Church —
of the
Though none of the native helpers are from L .
Luna
[ La h a in a lu n a ], yet some of them are valuable assista n ts —
The
whole f i e l d is d iv id e d up into s e c tio n s , each of which is under
the s p e c ia l care of a deacon, to whom is given a l i s t of the
Church members in h is
Benevolence.
section —
This plan seems to work w e l l .
Though we cannot report of hundreds of
dollars ra is e d t o support the go sp el, yet our people have out
of the abundance of th eir poverty done something —
during the
la st year they contributed in cash , & in other things reduced
to cash mostly at M. concert
$ 1 5 2 .3 8
Beside th is
they are
b u ild in g a new frame meeting house at Keaiwa - a stone one 33
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by 4 9 ,
1851
6 .
at Punaluu, & also fin is h in g the one at the s t a t io n , which
they have rethatched, & c e il e d overhead w ith cloth & f i n i s h e d
p lasterin g the walls
[&]
—
These labours they are c h ee rfu lly doing
are lik e ly to complete soon, w it h the timely a id of $ 7 6
from our C h ristian frien d s in Honolulu, which we acknowledge w ith
h e a r t f e l t gratitude —
These houses of w orship, we hope toy the
b le s s in g of God, to complete during the coming y e a r , & then we
s h a ll toe pretty well supplied with meeting houses in the most
important parts of the f i e l d .
S c h o o ls.
These, w ith the
exception of short vacations have
been continued throughout the year --
The teachers w ith a few
exceptions, have not enjoyed the advantages of the h ig h sc ho o ls;
& consequently are poorly q u a lifie d fo r their statio n —
look to the H ilo boarding school fo r better teachers —
We shall
We
regard the prosperity & improvement of our schools as in s e p arably ( ! ) connected w it h the continuance & prosperity of the Hilo
school —
I f that most valuable school should go down;
for better teachers & b e tte r schools would be b la s t e d .
our hopes
Lahaina
Luna graduates are too h ig h minded to work in such a back place
as Kau —
d is t r ic t
The Governor lately appointed one to the o f f i c e of
j u d g e , b ut he refused to accept the humble s t a t io n —
Therefore as f a r as our f i e l d is concerned, the H ilo school is
of more value than that at L . Luna,
For the want of competent ( ! ) teach ers, the scholars are
not making that advancement i n t h e ir studies as is d e s ir e d —
The parents are backward in supplying their ch ild ren w ith school
b o o k s.
Many of the school houses are not worthy of the name —
The best one the only frame house in the f i e l d except that of the
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m ission premises —
down last Winter
1851
7 .
the frame of which alone cost $1 2 5 — was blown
—
The new stone one at the st a tio n has had
to be p a r tia lly r e b u ilt —
The school funds on hand are more than enough to pay a l l
debts now e x istin g —
The recent laws respecting paying taxes
in Cash only, reduces as f a r as it is carrie d [ out ?]
funds
our school
one th ird , & the prospect is that a debt w il l soon accrue,
i f some course i s not taken to reduce the expenses o f the sc h o o ls .
On the 1st day of the present month, a school c e le b ra tio n
was h e ld at Waiohinu —
A fter marching with the u su al d isp lay
o f banners, hundreds of ch ild ren & parents assembled in the b e a u t i
f u l grove to feast on the good things of the land —
f i r s t , & the parents served —
c h ild r e n ate
Prom thence the m ultitude pro
ceeded to the Meeting house, where several appropriate speeches
were d e liv e r e d --
As it regards the number of dishes & neatness
of dress displayed on the occasion there was a marked improvement.
The s t a t is t ic s of the schools are the fo llo w in g —
Number of schools
"
”
Scholars
Readers
"
Arithm etic
W riters
Geography
Hilikanaka
By comparing with those of 1 8 4 9 ,
12
385
211
207
123
132
116
these s t a t i s t i c s , we see
there has been an increase of the number of those who study
Arithm etic & Geography & also of readers & w r i t e r s .
Temperance
We have no temperance society in operation at
p resen t, nor since we have been in the f i e l d , y et as far as we
know, cases of intemperance have not been numerous — excepting
land
in one ease we have seldom had to discipline ( ! ) ch. members for
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1851
8.
t h is s in .
The fo llow ing are the s t a t i s t ic s
of the Church —
Received past year on exam ination
- - -
58
Whole number on exam ination
- - -
1390
Do -- from other churches
not able to learn
Do -- dism issed to other churches
Deceased past year
Excluded church
—
—
251
—
38
( ! ) members -deceased
3
Whole number deceased in re gular standing
Excluded past year
—
Restored past year
—
--
—
—
Whole number b ap tised
Marriages past year
--
—
—
53
—
Whole number i n re gular standing
Children baptised past year
29
—
Whole number remaining excluded
—
-—
—
—
—
--
--
—
Proportion who attend public worship
59
973
48
443
--
40
Population Jan. 1st 1850 in the f i e l d
Papacy —
43 8
2406
about
2 /3
The p apists are s t i l l numerous in this f i e l d --
Whole v i l l a g e s
( !) are devoted adherents
( ! ) of Rome --
In
ignorance, b ig o t r y , & prejudice to the tr u th , they are genuine
p a p is t s .
But the lig h t shines & some open their eyes to it s
soul saving influence —
Since we have been in the f i e l d a
g o o d l y number have le f t the delusions of the Man of S i n , &
entered the church of Christ —
( !)
Their numbers is evidently decreasing —
There is no p r ie s t
stationed
s t a t i o n e d permanently ( ! ) in Kau —
the one at H ilo comes over
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9.
occasionally to e s t a b lis h them in th eir opposition ( ! ) to the
truth — & to quarrel w ith the government o ffic ers
( !),
& to
oppose them in the re gular discharge of t h e ir d u t ie s .
[U nsigned, but w riting of H . Kinney]
�Report of Kau S tatio n for 1852
Owing to the remoteness of this s t a t io n , the time occupied
by Gen. M eet. shortens m aterially the time of actual labour in
the f i e l d .
The past year has seemed very short to the p asto r;
& as nothing of special In terest has occurred ( ! ) during that
p e r io d , he w il l not be expected to present a lengthy or interestin g report.
He would record w it h gratitude the goodness of God,
towards
h im se lf & fa m ily , in g iv in g them a good degree of h e a l t h ,
fo rts of l i f e ,
- the so c iety o f fr ie n d s ;
the com
& in warding o ff from
them, the f ie r y stream which recently threatened to deluge a
neighbouring s t a tio n , & creating there great anxiety & alarm .
For weeks our horizon was illum inated by its g la r e .
w ith Mr. F u lle r,
I n company
I v i s i t e d the eruption when its a ctio n was the
most m agn ificen t.
Thus it was my p riv ile g e to witness one of the
most wonderful displays of Almighty power, which i t is the p r i v i
lege of mortals to s e e .
The ordinary labours of the p astor, both on the Sabbath &
other days have been performed as u s u a l , being d iv id e d among the
d iffe r e n t preaching p lac es;
two or three e x e r c i s e s
( ! ) on the
Sabbath, 3 on Thursday & sometimes lectures on other d a y s,
the neighbouring v illa g e s
( !).
at
Mrs. K. has h e ld weekly meetings
w it h fe m a le s .
S ch o o ls.
Owing to the decreasing number of c h ild r e n , &
the want of f u n d s , the number of protestant schools has been
reduced from 12 to 7 —
the number of scholars is about 3 0 0 .
Some of the s chools are doing poorly, others very w e l l ;
the oldest & best scholars have l e f t ,
some of
on account of the new law ,
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1 85 2
2.
re q u irin g them to pay school ta x ; fo o lis h ly refusin g the in s tr u c
tion s of the te a c h ers,
wages.
simply because they aid in paying th eir
According to t h e ir own re p o rt,
the teachers teach nearly
every day in term tim e; they would have it understood,
that the
days they did not teach were those when the m issionary took them
by su rp rise, absent from their schools,
There are 5 p ap ist schools.
Some of them appear to be doing pretty w e l l .
It is to be fea re d
that Haw aiian schools w i l l retrograde, unless some s p e c ia l e ffo r ts
are made to revive an interest i n them.
Perhaps nothing would do
th is more e ffec tu a lly than the introduction of the E n g lis h la n
guage.
In Sept.
last Mrs. Kinney commenced an E n glish school
for boys, e sp ec ia lly designed fo r the b e n e f it of a few h a l f
casts
( ! ) -- these soon l e f t the p lac e, & the school was c o n tin
ued w ith native boys only -- the number of these increase d to 1 0 .
They m anifested more in t e r e s t, & their progress was more r a p id
than was antic ip ated -Temperance.
Some have bought nice E n g lis h testam ents.
There is now no r e g u la r ly organized temperance
So ciety in operation in the f i e l d during the past year;
y et there
has not come to the knowledge of the pastor a single case of
in t o x ic a t io n ,
among the n a tiv e s;
one reason for this may b e , b e
cause they have not been induced to d rin k by the corrupting i n
flu enc e of drunken ch ie fs & fo r e ig n e r s .
C iv iliza tio n .
The people of th is f i e l d being so fa r i so-
lated ( ! ) from the influence of the better class of fo r e ig n e r s ,
it cannot be expected that they should make as r a p id improvement
in th e ir h abits & appearance, as may be found in more p r iv ile g e d
d i s t r i c t s , y et i n some important r e s p e c t s , there i s a m anifest
improvement;
this is
obvious in the dress of the p eo ple;
the f u r
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1 85 2
nature of th eir d w e llin g s, & in t h e ir manners g enerally —
The
number of horses cattle & goats is increasin g —
Besides improving the old roads through the d i s t r i c t ,
a new
cart road i s nearly completed from Kealualu bay to the t i l l a b l e
la n d s , over 7 miles d is ta n t.
The route being near the s t a t i o n ,
i t w i l l be a g reat advantage to i t .
making efforts to buy land;
deeds.
I t is
Many of the people are
some have already received th e ir
to be hoped that the purchase of land, & the greater
f a c i l i t y of taking produce to m arket, w i l l in a measure stem the t
tid e of emigration which threatens to depopulate some portions
of the f i e l d .
A w e ll disposed & enterprisin g
( ! ) fo re ig n er is
very much needed to aid & encourage the people in a g r ic u lt u r a l
p u r s u it s .
Benevolence —
During the year the meeting house at the s t a
tio n has been at len g th completed; i t is now c eile d & p ain ted &
presents an appearance of neatness
( !).
A su b sta n tia l frame
house has also b een completed at Keaiwa.
procured fo r a stone one a t Kahuku -n early completed last Gen. M eeting;
work has not been resumed.
M aterials are being
The meeting house was
then the mason d ie d ;
& the
The w a ll b e in g le ft exposed to the
w in try storms, are now tumbling down; & probably w i l l have to be
r e b u ilt from the foundation —
The people do not seem to be
discouraged, but are disposed to enter anew upon the work of
re b u ild in g the w a l l s .
Besides these effo rts to supply themselves w ith good meeting
h o u se s, the people have contributed to the support of
pel mostly at the monthly concerts, about $300 in ca sh ,
the gos
ith
w
the
exceptions of a few d o l l a r s , p aid to a man fo r t a k ing care of the
�Kau
meeting house, this
s io n ,
1852
4.
sum is designed to aid the M icronesian M is
The children of the school at the s ta tio n , co n trib u ted at
one time over $6 — at other tim es,
less sums, a l l the fru its
of t h e ir own in d u str y .
The people seem to prefer to contribute
at the Monthly Concert,
to any other way.
Nearly 3 years ago an
e ffo r t was made to do something for the support of pastor —
at a
l u n a ’ s meeting over $10 0 was subscribed f o r that purpose -That was published & went the rounds of the papers in th e U . S .
About one third o f th is sum remains u n p a id .
Popery,
This dangerous error does not seem to f l o u r i s h in
th is its strong hold as in former years.
manently in this f i e l d —
No priest r e sid e s p er
those of Hilo come over o ccasio n ally
to secure their people in th eir refuge of l i e s .
D urin g the year
a new effo rt has been made to erect a stone e d ific e fo r th eir
"Notre Dame", but w ith poor success;
the ra isin g & smoking of
tobacco, agrees better with th e ir fe e lin g s than dragging timber
& d iv in g for c o r a l.
State of R e l ig i o n .
give
The pastor is unable to g i v e
as
encouraging a report of the work of g r a c e , as i n former y e a r s .
There has been no sp ecial religious interest during the y e a r , &
the number of those who attend inq u iry m eetings, has decreased —
some morning prayer meetings have been d isco n tinu ed ; & the love
of some has waxed cold; yet a few converts have b ee n gathered
into the church, whose hearts we trust have been renewed by the
Holy S p i r i t .
The Meetings on the Sabbath have continued to be
attended about as usual —
The contributions of the Church,
for
benevolent purposes have been almost double of those of former
( !)
y e a rs .
S t i l l th e r e is a great need of the a fr e s h outpouring
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of the Holy S p i r i t ,
1852
to re v iv e the drooping graces of both pastor
& p eople, that they may pray more ferven tly
e ffe c t u a l l y ,
in that f i e l d ,
( ! ) , & labour more
that Jesus may be honoured,
in the
resto ratio n of wanderers, & in the sa lv a tio n of many, e s p e c ia lly
of the r is in g g en era tio n .
The Pastor hopes & prays that h is
communion with h is brethren in Gen.
Meet, may be b le s se d to h is
own s p ir it u a l good, & that he & his companion, may enter anew .
upon t h e ir labours, & that their labour may be b lessed in the
salv atio n of many souls during the y e a r .
Of the 890 church members,
out of the f i e l d ,
—
130 are l iv in g permanently ( ! )
62 whose return i s do ub tful, leav in g only
775 now liv in g in the f i e l d .
The present residences of those
r e s id in g elsewhere, are, i n nearly a l l c a se s, recorded in the
church re co rd s.
[Unsigned]
H . Kinney
�[Kau —
A b stract —
1852]
The pastor would record w ith g ratitude the goodness of God
towards him self & fa m ily , during the past y ear; in b le s s in g them
w ith a good degree of h e a lt h , & w it h the comforts of l i f e ,
& in
protecting them from the f i e r y stream, which threatened to deluge
a neighbouring s t a t io n .
It has also b een a season of h e a lt h &
prosp erity among the people.
The pastor has been enabled to perform the ordinary labours
of the Church as in former years —
on the Sabbath;
two or three e x e r c i s e s
( !)
three on Thursday & more or less meetings on other
days.
Schools
These have continued through the year —
them are doing w e ll others badly
been reduced during the y e a r :
p ap ist schools.
some of
The number of schools has
there are now 7 protestant & 6
Mrs. K . has h ad , a part of the y e a r ,
an E n g lis h
school for half-cast ( ! ) & n ative boys of 10 scholars.
Temperance —
There is no temperance society in o p e ra tio n .
No case of in to xic a tio n has come to the knowledge of the p a s to r,
during the y ear.
C iv iliza tio n .
to y e a r .
A m anifest improvement is going on from year
The people are becoming more c i v i l i z e d in the manner they
dress & live g en era lly -- yet in some respects their progress
is
slow ; many are more disposed to g r a t if y vanity than to seek for
those things which are r e a lly u s e f u l .
W hile the people are
having th e ir lan d secured to them, & good roads are b eing opened,
they need the influence of some fo reig n ers
of the r ig h t s o r t ,
to
encourage them in ag ricu ltural p u r s u i t s .
Benevolence — Besides aiding in b u ild in g 4 meeting houses,
they have contributed towards the support of the g o sp el, about
$ 3 0 0 ; nearly tw ice as much as in any former y e a r :
- n e a rly a ll
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th is
1852
sum, i s to a i d th e new m issio n .
Some of the school ch ild r e n
have done nobly in a id in g that enterprise
Popery.
2.
( ! ).
This does not seem to f l o u r is h as in former y e a rs ;
more or less leave them y e a r l y . --
They have been making, for a
long time an u nsuccessful attempt to erect a large meeting h ouse,
No p r i e s t resides permanently in the f i e l d .
State of R e l i g i o n .
There has been no special r e lig io u s
in t e re s t during the year —
The love of some has waxed cold —
few have f a l l e n into gross sins --
A
Yet the re lig io u s meetings
h a v e been pretty w e l l attended: - a few hopeful converts have been
added to the church; & some backsliders re sto red .
-
�MISSION STATION REPORTS
Report of Kau Statio n f o r 1853 .
The time included in th is report begins & closes w ith the
year 1853 —- formerly it began & closed with the 1st of May;
but owing to the remoteness o f the s t a t io n , the report was lia b le
to f a i l
of reachin g Oahu in time fo r Gen. M eet. as was the case,
la s t y e a r .
To the p a s t o r 's fa m ily , the year 1853 was one of m ingled
hope & disappointment ( ! );
sweet "May f l o w e r ",
joy & sorrow.
appearing in the S p rin g , & u n fo ld in g its
b e a u t ie s , & shedding it s fragrance;
&
Our precious babe - our
f i l l e d our hearts w ith hope
joy — but in the Autumn it began to droop & fade away —
In
the Winter it was cut down by the icy hand of d ea th , & .disappear
ed in the cold grave; from thence to be transplanted in the garden
of the Lord, there to bloom fo re v e r .
The centre of our earthly
a ffec tio n s has been taken away; & our hearts made d e s o la t e , &
our lonely home made more lo n ely .
who have no hope.
But we do not mourn as those
We doubt not but that our "H a t t ie "
is now in
the bosom of the "good Sh epherd", forever free from the e v ils of
th is s i n f u l world.
The Lord has a f f l ic t e d us for the w isest
purposes, & we would submit w ithout a murmur.
re sig n a tio n —
We f e e l to say w ith
"The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away; b le s se d
be the name of the L o r d ."
Our dear frie n d s i n the m issio n &
others have comforted us not a l i t t l e , by t h e ir k in d & consoling
l e t t e r s , fo r which we f e e l very g r a t e f u l .
Our other c h ild r e n , Mrs. K . & myself enjoyed u su al h ea lth —
I t was a time of general h ea lth among the people.
The Lord,
in
great mercy has thus fa r spared them from the d eso latin g e ffec ts
of the small pox, which has been so fa t a l in other parts of the
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Is lan d s.
1 85 3
2.
No case has occurred in Kau to our knowledge.
P astoral Labours.
W ith the exception of a short v i s i t to
H ilo in the Autumn the labours of the pastor were continued in
the u su a l manner;
on the Sabbath they were divided between the
st a tio n & other parts of the f i e l d .
igio u s e x e r c i s e s
Thursday was devoted to r e l
( ! ) & to church b u s in e s s :
lunas of the church
& others were in attendance from d iffe r e n t parts of the wide ex
tended f i e l d —
These meetings are of great importance to the
prosperity of the church.
On Wednesdays, I often attended meet
ings at d iffe re n t v i l l a g e s
( ! ) & sometimes on other days —
A
meeting for females was also held on Thursdays, which Mrs. K .
u su a lly conducted.
Monthly concert was observed.
State of R e l i g i o n .
There was not as much r e lig io u s
in
t e r e s t , nor as many hopeful conversions as in some former years -There was no sp ecial outpouring of the Holy S p i r i t ; yet the
r e lig io u s meetings were generally pretty w ell attended, & some
we hope were gathered into the fo ld of C h r is t .
The alarm ing
reports of the ravages of the small pox produced a momentary
se n s a tio n , but i t soon passed away.
Since then there has appeared
to be an increasing stupidity in r e lig io u s th in g s.
The space
given for repentance has not been improved [improved ?] ; & the
( !)
c h a stizin g rod is s t i l l to be fe a r e d .
Benevolence.
In the abundance of th eir poverty our people
d id something for the support of the gospel —
About $ 2 0 0 were
given on the 1st Sabbath of the year -- at the monthly concerts
during the y e a r , $ 2 7 2 . 45 1/4 —
At a womens fe a st $ 4 1 .8 7 1/2 —
for
re b u ild in g the houses of the H ilo School, about $ 7 0 ; making in
a l l $ 5 3 6 . 70 1/2; -- of this sum $25 0 were devoted to support p asto r. -
�Kau
1853
3.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
$ 4 1 .8 7 1/2 to the "new m issions" —
& the Hilo School.
--
the remainder to the A . B . C . F .M.
The average ( ! ) y early increase of the
contributions of the people since we have been in the f i e l d , has
been about $ 1 0 0 ,
A considerable sum in cash & labour, was g iv en
to b u i l d meeting houses — A large stone one, w ell b u i l t by a
fo r e ig n e r , was nearly completed & paid f o r , during the year —Another smaller but b u i l t w ith greater inconvenience, was made
ready fo r roofing —
the m aterials,
even the stone & Water to
mix the mortar ( ! ) w it h , were brought a long d is t a n c e .
the stones for both inside & ou tsid e, were hewn.
Most of
Our stone h ale
hookipa [ lodging house; house for strangers; h o s p it a lit y house]
needed to be r e b u i l t ;
the people volunteered ( ! ) to brin g lim e,
sand & tim ber, & mix mortar ( !) ; & also to thatch i t .
n ic e commodious b u i l d i n g .
It
is a
They also made a beginning to a i d in
procuring shingles for the roofs of our dwelling & m eeting houses
Schools
For want of funds these were kept up only about
two th ird s o f the year —
w ell;
Some of the schools seemed to do very
others, mostly p a p is ts , were mere substitutes for schools -
Most of the larger scholars, either attended u n s t e a d ily ,
at a l l .
On the whole there was l i t t l e
b ette r or worse —
or not
change in the schools for
Mrs. K 's E n g lish school was continued a part
of the year -The best thing to revive an interest in the common schools,
would be the introduction of the E n g lis h language.
Most of the
scholars attended Sabbath sc ho o ls, & many committed to memory
the ” d a ily f o o d ."
Papacy;
Their numbers s t i l l continue large & th eir
p r e ju d ic e s , strong —
more or less turn to protestantism y early
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1 85 3
4.
No p riest resides permanently ( ! ) in the f i e l d .
Mormonism
A few mormon p riests have v i s i t e d Kau ,
teach the people their th eir
( ! ) absurd doctrines —
to
but they
met w ith no success.
Improvements.
The people on the whole appear to be
progressing in c i v i l i z a t i o n , & in acquiring the comforts of
life:
s t i l l t h e ir advance must be slow as long as they remain
so fa r separated from market —
comes to Kau for produce;
I t is very seldom that a v essel
it is w ith great d i f f ic u l t y that we
can procure our supplies —
The n a tu r a l r e s o u r c e s
( ! ) of the
d is t r ic t are considerable, & doubtless the time w i l l come when
they w i l l be developed; but the p r o s p e c t
is that there w i l l
not be much change for some time to come.
H . Kinney
Honolulu May 1854
Pastor of the Kau Church
�[Kau 1855]
[ This appears to be only the la st page of the report]
We have the b le s s in g of God's
number of b a c k s l i d e r s —
s p ir it among u s .
Quite a
persons who had formerly b een suspend
ed from the church, have been resto red .
Two church members have been suspended.
S p ir it among u s ,
or this church w i l l d i e .
We must have G o d's
I am commencing more
earnest and d irect efforts as a means to secure this b l e s s i n g .
I n about two weeks I commence v is it i n g w it h the Lunars [ Lunas]
of the church, from house to h o u s e .
Our people in th e ir co n trib u tin g , considering t h e ir poverty,
do w e l l .
Their contribution during the year have ( ! ) amounted
to 6 7 5 .0 0 , besides a small sum which has been paid in towards
s h in g lin g the church.
of $ 1200 or 1 5 0 0 .
The whole cost of this w i l l not f a l l
short
The church members think that they c an accom
p l is h i t , I however fear that it w i l l be somewhat burdensome to
them.
S t a t is t ic s
Actual number of church m e m b e r s
in r e g u l a r
standing
u n c e r ta in , probably about
800
Admitted to the church
11
Suspended
2
Contribution to Mrs. Kinney
$ 1 6 0 .0 0
For support of Pastor
"3 8 1 .6 0
Foreign Missions
,
1 3 3 .4 0
May the Lords S p ir it be w ith you in your meeting together,
is
the prayer of your brother in C h r is t .
W .C . Shipman
�[Kau 1857]
Report
Another year has past and gone, and by the m erc ifu l kindness
of God we are brought safely to th is hour and perm itted to brin g
another annual report before this A sso cia tio n .
As to the dealings of God w it h us the past year we have to
r e p o r t, but kindness and mercy.
He has v is it e d u s ,
drawn n igh
unto us in a f f l i c t i o n , but has regarded our sorrows, and a p p lie d
the rod only in gentleness & k in d n e ss .
our fam ily has been good.
The general h ea lth of
My own health never was b e t t e r .
The health of the native population has also b e en g o o d.
There has been no p rev a ilin g sickness & but few deaths;
and these
mostly from diseases long since contracted in in iq u it y .
The labors of the past year have been abundant, no time has
b een found to spend u s e l e s s l y , but a l l the powers of s o u l, mind,
and body have been brought into r e q u is it io n ,
and work enough
l e f t undone to have employed several more such powers;
and we
almost regret on looking over the la st y e a r , that we have not
been able to do more fo r a people who need so much to be done
fo r them.
Our p rin c ip le
( ! ) work has been preaching the g o sp e l, yet
much other labor has been performed;
such as is common to my
brethren in this m issio n .
The Sabbath and week day re lig io u s
( ! ) exercises of our
d i s t r i c t , have a l l been kept up w ith slig h t a lte ratio n s as was
p racticed by my predecessors.
One h a l f of the sabbaths are spent
at the s ta tio n wher e is much the largest congregation.
The other
h a l f of the time is d ivid ed among the out-stations in such a
manner that a ll are v is it e d once in about s ix w eeks.
is a day of m eeting.
Thursday
We have a general communion at the Station
�Kau
once in three months
1857
2.
.
The general attendance on our r e lig io u s
d in a r il y good, though not what i t should b e ,
p la c e s .
exercises i s
or
especially in some
In some portions of the f i e l d however, the in t e r e s t is
in c r e a s in g , meetings are more f u l l y attended & better a tte n tio n
is given than was a few months s in c e .
There has been a decided increase of interest in some of
the Sabbath s c
h o o ls; the attendance is more gen eral, and more
in te re s t is taken in the lesso n s.
The Sabbath school at W aiohinu
numbers about 150 Scholars, includ ing only ch ild ren ; whereas
a few months since it d id not number more than one h a lf
th a t .
Our admissions to the church have been but few during the
two past y e a r s .
i n t h is m atter,
otherw ise.
I have from the beginning stepped ( ! ) cau tiou sly
and have not seen s u f f i c ie n t reasons for doing
We have not had the power of Gods S p ir it among u s ,
and there has been apparently ( ! ) but few i f any co n v ersio n s.
There has been 19 persons taken into the church by p ro fe s sio n
during the two years and 8 the la st y e a r;
others stand d e s ir in g
of whom we cannot see s u f f i c ie n t evidence of a change of heart
to warrant their coming into communion w ith the sa in ts of God.
The cases of outward disorderly conduct among church members
has not been g re at.
There has been during the past y ear 23 p er
sons suspended 15 of these were for drinking p o t a t o rum; and
were a l l liv in g at one p la c e ;
the hardest place in the whole f i e l d
A few have been d is c ip lin e d for adultery & some fo r going to law
w ith their brethren on small matters of disagreem ent.
We f i n d not much outward immorality; but I th in k that there
�Kau
1857
3.
is much which is kept covered both in and out of the church.
Kau has the name o f having poor D is t r ic t schools; but we hope
that there is a better day dawning upon us in this r e s p e c t .
The
in t e re s t of common schools is already in c re a sin g , both w it h p ar
ents and teachers c h ild r e n .
and better progress is made.
Schools are more f u l l y atten ded ,
To keep the common Schools in a
healthy and prosperous co n d itio n , i s no small or unimportant item
of labor devolving upon the m issio nary.
As I have from experience
learned t h i s , my labors in this resp ect have been in c re a se d ; for
the past few months I have engaged more earnestly in t h is work
& can see the f r u i t of my e ffo r t s .
in the lack of good teach ers.
One great d i f f ic u l t y is found
Three d iffe re n t teachers have been
employed for the D is t r ic t school at Waiohinu w ithin the la st
four months and was f i n a l l y l e f t without any teacher.
I have
therefore taken the s c h o o l under my own charge & f u r n is h i t
w ith teachers from the E n g lish school.
The interest is greatly
in c r e a s in g , the former number of scholars was but 15 or 2 0 ,
now the number is nearly f i f t y .
and
The teachers take ho ld of t h e ir
work w ith much i n t e r e s t , and b id f a i r
to do w e l l .
We have also an E n g lis h school of 50 scholars making the
whole number o f scholars a few short of 1 0 0 .
The E n g l is h school
has been in operation about one year and a h a l f .
engaged in t h i s ,
We have both
Mrs. S . according as her time and strength would
p erm it.
We f i n d the work a hard one, but f e e l p aid f o r our labor in
prospect
the progress which has been made; and in the prospect of future
good.
Manual labor has been connected with it both fo r boys and
g irls,
but not so system atically as we hope i t w i l l be in the
�Kau
fu t u r e ,
1857
4.
i f we are permitted to continue our efforts
r e c t io n .
in th is d i
Two hours per day has been devoted to labor by the boys
when proper work could be found & circumstances would permit i t ,
the av a ils of which they have re c e iv e d .
The g ir ls have sewed for
the b e n e fit of the Micronesian M ission.
The want o f su ita b le h elp to carry on our school is a great
drawback to u s .
As much other labor can be found here as we are
able to do, but as there is no one who can be found to perform
this part of the labor we f e e l in duty bound to engage in i t our
s e lv e s , and consequently we cannot do as much other labors as we
otherwise could, n either can we do as much for the school as we
would w is h .
Our strength and time is d iv id e d , and d istr ib u te d we think
in that way which w i l l accomplish the most good.
We consider the schools as no unimportant part of our la b o r.
I t i s no small co n sideratio n for a m issionary to have under h is
immediate instru ctio n & influ en ce
would b e ,
( ! ) 100 c h ild ren , who otherwise
so f a r as h is in s tru c tio n , and influence over them is
concerned, almost lik e the w ild goats of the f o r e s t .
I f i n d that
I know but l i t t l e of & have but l i t t l e influence over the children
of my f i e l d who are not connected w ith my school.
the importance of
To my m ind,
educating, and t r a in in g to habits of in d u str y ,
the "H aw aiian" youth,
cannot be estim ated.
The co ntributio n of the church & people for the past year
5 8 5 .6 2 1/2
has been in a l l , f o r s u p p o r t o f p a s t o r & m o n t h l y c o n c e r t $ 4 2 7 .5 1
S o m e c o n s id e r a b le h a s b e e n g iv e n t o w a r d s r e p a ir in g t h e C h u r c h a t
t h e s t a t i o n , a j o b w h i c h w i l l c o s t s o m e $ 1 0 .0 0 o r $ 1 2 .0 0 . T h e
people give tolerable w il l in g l y so fa r as they have the means.
�Kau
It m u st b e rem e m b ered th at
1 85 7
5.
Kau is not a place of money.
c a p ita l consists in Goats & Goat s k in s .
It s
The natives might have
much more to give it is t r u e , were they more industrious & more
ca re fu l of what they do g e t.
Much of th eir time & money is
on those things which are of no use to them.
spent
Much of the l i t t l e
that they do get is no better than thrown away.
As to temperal ( ! ) matters among u s;
that improvement is b eing made:
but gradual & c e r t a in .
it may be s a fe ly sa id
the improvement is perhaps slow
The natives see more clearly the connection
between labor and its reward, consequently they are more in d u s
trious & labor more u n d ersta n d in g ly .
An a g ricu ltural Society has been formed during the past y e a r ,
and interest is on the increase i n th is department of la b o r.
I t may be sa id that farming has a c t u a l l y
( ! ) commenced in
Kau during the past y e a r.
W ith in this time the f i r s t plow has
[ in]
been brought/& the f i r s t ground ploughed.
Corn, b e a n s , w heat, &c
has been planted & the t r ia l
is b eing made.
Two years ago there
was n o t, nor ever had been a cart in Kau, now there are three
ox carts & a ll in u s e .
s t e n c ils
Ox yokes, bows, c h a in s, & other farming
( ! ) have been brought in and are used.
Improvement is b eing made in the manner ( ! ) of l i v i n g .
of the natives are d e s ir in g better houses of d w e llin g .
Some
Two new
frame dw elling houses are now being erected by n a t iv e s , & others
w i l l probably follow the example.
We have reason to hope that a better day is approach
ing fo r Kau, i n point of morals r e l ig io n ( ! ),
por a l ( ! ) good.
education & tem
�Kau
1857
MISSION STATION REPORTS
6 .
Our great want is the out pouring of God's Holy S p i r i t .
As was said above we have not had the power o f the Holy S p i r i t ,
and the effects of th is d e f f i c i e n c y is clearly seen & f e l t .
Our m eetings, sc h o o ls, societies & labors may be compared to a
great machine a ll ready for work but lacking adequate moving
power.
We greatly need the out pouring of G od's Holy S p i r i t .
Un
less we have it we fe el that success w i l l not attend our e f f o r t s .
We have at times thought that we discovered signs of an increased
in t e r e s t , —
in d icatio ns of a commencement of a r e v iv a l , & we
b e l i ( e ) v e that the hearts of some have been wakened, but not gen
erally .
We have some praying so u ls,
some whose whole powers are
engaged in their masters cause, tho many are cold c a r e l e s s ,
w o rld ly .
Our prayer is
that God may revive his work;
that C h r is
tia n s may be in tere ste d , & sinners saved.
Married
25
Admitted to Chu on Profession past year
Suspended —
—
—■ --
--
Restored
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
23
--
13
[no fig u r e j
Dismissed
D ied
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Baptized
17
16
Whole number of Ch. Members about
900
Contributions
Whole fo r the year
and
$ 5 8 5 ,6 2 1/2
[Unsigned, but Mr. S h ip m an 's]
�Report of Kau Church
[1859]
The time for another annual ( ! ) report of my m issionary
la b o rs , fin d s me in circum stances, which render it inconvenient
( !)
for me to be present at the annual meeting of our A s s o c ia t io n .
This I much regret but must s a tisfy m yself, by subm itting my
report to the Association to be read by it s secretary.
I can scarcely r e a l i z e that it i s twelve months since th is
a sso ciatio n last met & heard our annual r e p o r ts.
Truly " time f l i e s . "
W ith us things have moved on as in former y e a rs .
The usual
m issionary work has been performed, and the ordinary re su lts have
fo llo w ed .
We have had but l it t l e
to interrupt our lab o rs.
various other d u t ie s ,
sickness or other obstructions
Preaching, teach ing, and v i s i t i n g , w ith
such as n a tu r a lly f a l l to m issio n aries in
our situ a tio n have f i l l e d up the tim e.
Our interest in p reaching
the word of God to th is people does not d im inish.
I feel it a
thing more & more d e sir a b le to be perm itted to remain here to
d eclare ( ! ) the unsearchable ( ! ) riches o f the blessed G o sp el.
We cannot but p raise God that he has called us to so d esir a b le
a work.
I t is not however one which has no discouragem ents;
trust is i n God;
but our
to whom we look fo r b lessing s on our fe e b le e f
forts.
The older and more f a i t h f u l ch. members, who fo r years have
been reported as standing firm in the f a i t h ,
path which leads to l i f e .
are yet treading the
Some however have during the past
year " f in is h e d their course" .
Others w i l l shortly fo llow them.
The fathers are fa st passing away.
A ll those who are now our most
r e l ia b l e ch. members, w i l l in a very short time have fin is h e d
�Kau
th eir work.
1859
2 .
The q uestio n, who w i l l f i l l th eir p l aces often
a rise s in our m in d s.
We have many sad thoughts when we consider
the prospect of the fu ture condition of' r e lig io n ( ! ) among Haw aiian s,
I t is true that God has power to r a is e up those who s h a ll
fill
their p la c e s.
members or n o t ,
w o rld .
The younger portion of our people whether ch.
is almost en tirely given to pleasure and the
The r e l ig io n o f th eir fathers they do not d e sire & of
course it has but l i t t l e power over th eir l i v e s .
Our re lig io u s
exercises are perhaps as well attended now as
they have been at any time since we have been laboring among them,
but the power to produce e ffe c t is not w ith u s.
now n eed.
I t is what we
The uncultivated & unsubdued heart of Haw aiian youths
cannot be turned by the eloquence of preaching, or the power of
mans wisdom.
The l ib e r a l it y of the people i n support of the gospel among
themselves & in b e h a lf of other benevolent o b jec ts, is probably the
same as it has been in past y e a r s .
than form erly;
The amount given is greater
the number of people is also l e s s ; but t h e ir means
have increased.
I see no improvement in the general interest in ed u ca tio n ; but
few parents care enough for the education of their ch ild ren to
send them to school; by f a r the greater part p refer to le t them
do as they p le a s e .
The number of our schools, as w e ll as the
number of scholars in the several schools has decreased since we
came h e r e .
I t is w ith no l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y that our schools are
su stained.
Our Catholic neighbors are str iv in g h a r d
to hold fa s t
�K au
1859
th eir own, but they evidently are not able to do i t .
have lost ground d u rin g the la st two y e a r s .
have ( ! ) been reduced from f i v e to two.
They
Their schools have
They were not able to
sustain them & the scholars have been taken into the protestant
schoo ls.
In one case the teacher has him self turned protestant
and u nited w ith our church.
Some 5 or 6 others have l e f t them
& u nited w ith us w ith in the y ear.
At some of my preaching places
i t is not a thing uncommon that nearly h a l f of my audience are
C a t h o l ic s .
Our fo reig n community is sm all.
ing in the d i s t r ic t ;
h is
There is now but one r e s i d
an ignorant man & comparatively harmless in
influence over the n a t iv e s .
The temporal ( ! ) condition of the people is improving;
There is a gradual, but slow improvement in the mode of l i v i n g .
More comfortable dw ellings are erected, & more conveniences in
h o useho ld
comforts are sought.
Wealth in c re a se s, farms are fen c e d , land cu ltiv a ted & roads
improved.
The c u ltiv a tio n of wheat in th e d is t r ic t has given a
new impetus to industry.
I t is
cheering to w itness the energy
w ith which the n ativ es have taken hold of the b u s in e s s .
They
can now work 6 days in a week; from early sunrise to l a t e sun
set.
About 150 acres has been sown by church members.
fluence of th e ir industry
tr ic t .
The i n
is f e l t in every portion of the d i s
�Kau
1859
4.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
S t a t i s t i c a l Report
Number admitted the p ast y ea r,
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
on p ro fe ssio n
by lette r
"
—
10
—
3
Suspended
9
"
Restored
—
7
”
B ap tized
—
8
Married
"
30
D ied
—
9
C o n trib u tio n s.
Monthly Concert
1 7 8 .5 6
Hanae [Hanai ?] Kahuna
[ support of pastor ?J
1 5 2 .2 3
Repair on church
5 9 4 .3 5
9 2 5 .1 4
[Unsigned, but W .C .
Shipman's Report]
�W a io h in u
May 22nd. 1 8 6 0
Report of the Kau Church
In many respects a report of my church and people for the
la st year must he v arie d from that of any previous y e a r 's report
w hich it has been my lot to w r i t e .
Although in some respects
there has been h u t l i t t l e v a r ia tio n from the usual course of th in
y et on the whole the year has been one of change and ev e n t.
The health of the m ission f a m il y , & that of our people has
been good w ith the exception of the long and severe sickness
of Mrs.
Shipman.
For se v e r a l months she was confined to her
room, and for a time her illn e ss was of such a nature as to leave
but l i t t l e or no hope of a recovery; but the Lord who l a i d low
h is
servant ( ! ) , has again re sto red ;
although not to her former
h ea lth & strength, yet to a comfortable condition w ith the pros
pect of an entire recovery;
for which we fin d great cause of
p raise and gratitude to God.
O w in g
( !) to th is sickness I have been more co n fine d than
usual to my home and fa m ily .
For three months at a time I was
unable to hold meeting at any of the out statio ns,
than a month not able to preach at the S ta tio n .
and for more
Otherwise my
labors have been as in years p a s t.
We have had no sp ecial m anifestatio n of God's s p i r i t during
the y e a r:
Consequently nothing unusual in the r e s u lt of our
labors has been w it n e s s e d .
fu lly ,
Our endeavor has been to labor f a i t h
in season and out of season, b e l ie v in g that no e ffo r t w il l
be w ithout its reward at length i f not immediately.
Our Sabbath m eetings, I t h in k ,
are not on the whole quite
as w e ll attended as they form erly have been.
This cannot alto-
�Waiohinu 1860
______
gether he accounted fo r i n the f a c t that our population i s dim
in i s h i n g , by death and removals.
There is evidently a growing
in c lin a t io n on the part of some to absent themselves from Church
on the Sabbath.
There are those in some l o c a l i t i e s , who were
once regular attendants on the worship of the Sabbath, who now
seldom or never attend, & there are others who o ccasio nally
atten d .
They are persons, who though in many instances have
been church members, have never had grace in the h e a r t ,
attractions of a temeral [ temporal ?]
and those
k in d which led them to
attend church are in some degree weakened, w hile on the other
hand allurements to a general s p ir it of w orldliness are more &
greater.
There is a s i f t i n g p r o c e s s
( ! ) going on in our com
m unity, people are m anifesting there ( ! ) true characters;
more d i f f i c u l t for them to r e t a i n the mask.
it
is
C h ristian s are more
firm and decided; while h y p o crite s, the deceived, and u n b e l i e v in g ( ! ) are more cle a r ly known.
I do not however conclude from
t h i s , that the careless and worldly are any more hardened or
depraved than were those of fiv e
or ten years ago; n e ith e r does
it appear a s u ffic ie n t ground for us to conclude that a less
number of them w i l l be saved by a conversion to true C h r is t ia n it y
but I would rather hope that there might be less of h y p o crisy .
That temptations of a worldly n ature,
inducing them to seek ad
m ission to the church, b eing few er, those who do seek and are
admitted,
to
b e
(though the number might be sm all) might be more lik e ly
C h r is t ia n s .
During the year we have been c a l l e d upon to d is c ip l in e
somewhat exte n siv e ly .
Many Church Members have been suspended
who f o r a long time have been of a doubtful character.
Others
�W a io h in u
1860
who for years have been under censure,
3.
showing no signs of
repentance, have been excommunicated.
The s p ir it of l ib e r a l it y I think does not quite keep up w ith
the times, notwithstanding there has probably been more g iv en
for benevolent purposes during the la st year than any previous
year since the form ation of the church; but giving does not increase
in proportion to th e increase of f a c i l i t i e s for getting means to
giv e.
E ffo r t is now being made to f i t up our churches, one new one
is to be b u i l t , & three others to be shingled f l o o r e d
& seated.
We hope to take advantage of the Pulu [soft m aterial co llec ted
from large tree ferns]
trade & secure something towards our church
es.
Our schools are in an improved c o n d itio n .
President of the Board o f Education d i d good.
The v i s i t of the
We have also been
able for a few months past to g e t better teachers than fo rm erly .
The number of schools during the last four years has dim inished
from 12 to 7 .
The number of scholars however has not dim inished
in like proportion;
since in several instances two schools have
been merged in one & the scholars r e t a in e d .
two Catholic Schools in the d i s t r i c t ,
There are now but
one of which is of a poor
order, while the other i s one of the best that we have.
The Catholics were very busy some months since in the d i s
tr ib u tio n of th eir tracts among our people; but from observation
it was evidently labor spent in v a i n .
I think that the course
taken by the Hoku Loa [ a p u b l ic a t io n ] , & the p u b lic a tio n of
(! )
certa in Tracts has had a tendency to a r o u s e them, and make them
more v ig i l a n t . When we step asid e to enter into controversy w ith
�Wa io h in u
1860
4
them; we are then just wh e r e they would have us be; and g iv e them
opportunity to use th e ir weapons w ith increased e f f e c t .
The temporal ( ! ) condition of our people has improved in the
la st 2 years .
They are g e ttin g better & more comfortable h o u s e s ;
th eir houses are better fu r n is h e d , th eir clothing is more abundant,
d ecen t, and comfortable.
The culture of wheat commenced some 3 years s in c e , promised
w ell u n t i l the d i s c o u r a g i n g
( ! ) prospects held out by the Hawai
ia n Flour Company; & the commencement of the Pulu trad e.
has been started w it h in the last twelve months,
This
and has put an
end to a l l a g ric u ltu ral p u rsu its; even the c u ltiv a tio n of ta ro ;
the " s t a f f of l i f e "
to H aw aiians, i s g reatly n eglected.
The
greater part of our people are now engaged in gathering pulu.-The
e ffe c t - on them i s not good; not that the pulu is not a source from
which they might secure comfort to themselves and fa m il ie s , but the
actual r e su lt is the re v e r s e .
They are offered goods to almost any
amount, to be paid for i n p ulu, this to a native is a strong temp
ta tio n to go into d e b t .
Consequently many of them are deeply in
debt & almost a ll to some ex te n t.
The policy of the traders is to get
them i n debt & to keep so as long as possible..
By th is means they are
induced to purchase many things e n tire ly useless to them as a means
of comfort & blessin g to their f a m il ie s ,
they also purchase much which
might easily be dispensed w it h .
When once i n th is c o n d itio n they
( !)
are almost en tire ly under the c o n t r o l o f t h e ir cred ito rs; and are
compelled to live in the pulu r e g io n s , at the p e r i l of lo sin g their
houses and lo t s ,
and whatever other property they may p o ssess.
Thus t h e ir homes are almost in r e a l i t y d e serted , grounds u n c u ltiv a te d .
Education of children neglected, meetings unattended, and to a
�W a io h in u
1 86 0
5 .
great extent removed from the watch and care of the m is s io n a r y .
The e ffe c t is d e t e r i o r a t i n g ;
an u n c iv il iz e d s t a t e .
the tendency is to carry them back to
Against the course pursued we l i f t up our
voice hoping that it is not altogether in v a in .
When my last report was w ritten I could report but one fo reign er
in the d i s t r ic t .
Now there are more than twenty.
Their in flu e n c e is
such as is usual from that class of people in other p l a c e s .
are but three of the whole number who attend church,
There
although the most
of them are fa m iliar w ith the native language.
Their s p irit
of business & enterprise has a good in flu e n c e on the
n a t iv e s , but they would do us much more good were their moral & religious
principles correct.
Ten months since there was not a r e t a il store in the D i s t r i c t ,
now there are seven & a good amount of trad e ;
one store on an aver
age se lls over a $ 1 0 0 0 . worth of goods per month.
I n conclusion of my report I would say that notw ithstanding there
i s prosperity in many r e s p e c t s , among our people yet there are some
d i s c o u r a g i n g ( ! ) things., there has been but few a d m i s s i o n s
church during the past y ear;
or is more clearly s e e n .
a s p ir it of w o r l d l i n e s s
to the
in c r e a s e s ;
A great number of church members have
shown themselves unworthy of the name "Hoahanau" (p r o fe ss o r
of r e lig io n ) .
My f a i t h is b eing constantly weakened in the genuine
ness of the f a i t h of a great share of our church members.
There are
those i n whom one cannot but have the utmost confidence as true
C h r is t ia n s .
in our la b o r.
There are those who cheer our hearts & encourage us
We greatly need Gods s p i r i t , may we not hope for its
influ en ce on our people,
it to u s ,
our churches & ourselves?
May God grant
that h is cause may be honored & h is name g l o r i f i e d in the
salv atio n of sin n ers.
W . C . Shipman
Pastor of Ch. Kau Haw aii
�Waiohinu
1860
MISSION STATION REPORTS
S t a t i s t i c a l Report
1859 & 60
Number Admitted to the Church
6
"
Suspended
"
Restored
"
excommunicated
26
Children B aptized
20
Married
25
33
5
Ch. Members remaining in good standing
762
Contributions
Monthly Concert
Support of Pastor
$ 3 3 3 .9 1
2 3 7 ,5 9
�[ Kau - Shipm an,
1861]
The missionary labors of the Kau Statio n have not been interrupted
during the past year by fam ily sickness as i n former y e a r s .
In fa ct
no year since our settlement in Kau has b e e n so fre e from interruptions
of th is kind as the p ast.
There has been no p re v a ilin g disease or contagion ( ! ) among the
n a tiv e population, yet there has been a great amount of sickness &
a large number of d e a t h s .
A great number of ch. members have died
some o f whom were persons of d is t in c t io n & influence among the n a
tives.
The providence of God in his dealings w ith us i n t h is respect
has been m ysterious.
Our hearts have often been made sa d , and f e e l
ings of desolation & almost despondency comes over u s ,
as one a ft e r
another from the number of f a i t h f u l ones f a l l s in our m id st.
The ordinary missionary work has been performed as in former y e a r s ,
v iz.
Preaching, Pastoral v i s i t i n g , Supervision of s c h o o ls , B u ild in g
& re p a irin g churches & c .
There has been no uncommon desire shown on the part of the people
to hear or attend preaching; yet the atten tio n has been good & in some
l o c a l it ie s & at certa in times I have thought that interest m anifested
was more than u su a l.
.The attendance on these ex er c is e s, as w e ll as
on a l l of our r e lig io u s
( ! ) E xercises is gradu ally d im in is h in g .
This can be accounted for in part from the fa c t that the people are
dim in is h in g .
We have recently in s titu te d a plan which encourages me to b elieve
that our meetings i n future w i l l be more f u l l y atten ded.
Thus fa r
the r e su lt has been highly s a t is f a c t o r y .
I am endeavoring to habituate our people to concentrate themselves
on the Sabbath, more than form erly, to one place of w orship,
that is
that we hold not so many neighborhood m eetings, but u nite at the sta-
�Kau
1861
2.
t io n .
Heretofore i t has "been the custom of those out posts 6 or 8 miles
dista n t from the st a tio n to meet only occasionally at the s t a tio n
when the pastor is th e r e , but to h o ld neighborhood meetings & depend
upon the m issionary to spend an occasional Sabbath w it h them.
this
From
custom many of the people were f a l l in g into the h a b it of not going
to the statio n at a l l on the Sabbath.
My audiences at the station
were not nearly as large as what they should b e , & m a n y
who
might & ought to attend the statio n preaching only o ccasio n ally heard
the gospel preached.
My present plan is not to preach at these out posts on the Sabbath
at a l l ,
or at most very seldom.
There is no good reason why the
greater part of the people cannot attend preaching at the s t a t i o n .
Our roads are good, weather u su ally f i n e , & horses are p le n ty .
Again I have Lunas appointed in each neighborhood, Each of which
has under h is supervision a certain number of f a m il ie s .
These he is
to look a fte r & do what he can to brin g them to church.
I f any one
under h is charge neglects to attend church on the Sabbath without an
apparent good reason, he is to w ait on such persons during the week,
& in v it e them to attend on the coming Sabbath.
f a i t h f u l but few remain at home.
Where these lunas are
As a h elp to make them f a i t h f u l
they are called upon to report at our Thursday ( ! ) m eetings,
or such
ones o f them as is thought necessary.
I have not been able to do that amount o f pastoral v i s i t i n g which
has seemed d e s ir a b le ; n either has the apparent re su lt been as s a t i s
factory as could be w ished.
The greatest perceivable ( ! ) b e n e fit
derived from i t has been a more thorough acquaintance w ith the people,
& their re lig io u s s t a t e .
I have seldom found a fam ily which acknow-
�Kau
le d g e d
s h ip ;
1861
3.
themselves to be l iv in g in h a b itu a l neglect of fam ily wor
By fa r the greater part of them m aintain constant fam ily wor
ship night and morning.
Many of our good people I b e lie v e are also
in the h ab it of p rivate devotion;
p r a c t ic e .
at lea st such they claim to be their
I f i n d a lso that there is a great neglect of B ib le reading
among our people.
Many of those who claim to m aintain fam ily w orsh ip,
acknowledge that they but seldom read the sc riptu re , as a part of these
e x e r c is e s .
Many fam ilies I found d estitu te of the E n tire word of God.
Nearly
a l l however have some p o rtio n of either the old or new testament.
Many have nothing but the New Test;
such as the Psalms, Isaiah ( ! ),
others copies of the old E d it io n s ,
some of the Books of M oses, & some a
fragment of the En tire E d it io n , while others are w ell su p p lied .
I have been led to remark the frankness & honesty of our people
[in]
in reply to my in q u ir ies as to th eir r e lig io n /e v e r y day l i f e ; when
on these v i s i t s .
learn [ or warn ?]
I think that there is no way by which we can so w e ll
-our people, as that of v is it i n g them at their
homes.
Many of those ( I learn) who are church members are not liv in g con
s is t e n t ly w it h their p ro fessio n .
Their influence over t h e ir ch ildren
& neighbors is not on the Lords s id e .
s h ip ,
Yet they m aintain fam ily wor
occasionally read the B ible & attend r e l i g i o u s
meetings &
d id we know them only as they appear in p u b lic , we should e n tertain
eroneous
ideas as to their re lig io u s ch aracters.
W ith our native schools there has been but l i t t l e
during the y ear.
i f any change
We f i n d it as e v er, Extremely d i f f i c u l t or (? )
rather impossible to f i n d a f a it h f u l & e ffic ie n t set of teachers the most f a i t h f u l are perhaps those who know the l e a s t .
It is also
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1861
4.
d i f f i c u l t to secure any thing like a f u l l & r e g u l a r
to our schools of any great number of c h ild r e n .
to the inattractive condition of m a n y
attendance
This is
owing in part
of our school H o uses, to the
want of interest ( ! ) on the part of the teacher in the w e lfa r e & hap
piness of the c h ild r e n , and more than a l l perhaps to the low estimate
which many parents h o ld as to the value of educating t h e ir you th.
Much has been done during the past year in improving our school Houses.
We now have 3 c i v i l i z e d school rooms, & hope that in the space of 12
months, a l l our stone p ens, thatched, u n flo o red , unseated, d a r k , &
uncomfortable houses w ill have given place to neat comfortable ( ! ) &
a ttra ctiv e rooms.
Some attention has also been p a id to the improvement of our church
build ing s.
One dark, uncomfortable thatched house has been p u lled
down & a neat wooden house erected in it s
stead, another enormously
large dark & unpleasant [one] has been p a r t it io n e d , r e p la s t e r e d , w ell
lig h te d & made comfortable & a ttr a c t iv e .
The natives have taken hold
of the work cheerfully & with commendable energy ( !)
We have other
houses which need a lter atio n & re pairs & we hope by steady & persev
ering effort soon to complete this kin d of work, w it h our people free
from debt & without ta x in g the l i b e r a l i t ie s of our benevolent n e ig h
bors .
The d o n a t i o n s
of our people have been good some have gone beyond
th eir means others have doubtless f a l l e n sh o rt.
More of our c o n tr i
butio n has been appropriated to the b e n e fit of our own church e d ific e s
than has been d e s ir e d ; but we th in k that on the whole the best thing
has been d one.
The prospect now i s that a l l our churches w i l l soon
be in a state which w i l l ca ll fo r no more o u tlay .
In that case our
remittances for fo reig n missions w i l l be much larger than they have
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ever b ee n .
The interest of our people on the subject of fo reig n m issions does
not abate.
Monthly Concerts are sustained at which meetings the sub
ject of missions is discussed intelegene [ in t e llig e n c e ] on the sub
ject communicated & prayer offered fo r the success of the m issionary
e n te r p r is e .
The Hoku Loa does much to increase ( ! ) in te re s t on this
s u b je c t , & i t is hoped that i t may be su stain ed ,
& published more fr e q u e n tly .
It is
increased i n s i z e ,
just what our good people love
& what they n eed, not merely its missionary character b u t also its
r e lig io u s & moral te a c h in g s .
On the subject of n ative m inistry I can say but l i t t l e .
an a s s is ta n t - a graduate of Lahaina Luna.
I have
I have no grounds of doubt
as to h is honesty & fa it h fu ln e s s ( ! ) as a Christian man, but he is
somewhat lacking in e f f ic ie n c y .
I am not certain but had he the
r e s p o n s ib ilit y of a church, he would prove him self much more e f f i c i e n t .
I should be glad d id it seem practicable to have him or some other man
i n s t a l led ( ! ) over a part of my flo c k , as their pasto r.
of native m inistry is one worthy our consideration.
The subject
I fo r one am
anxious to have churches d ivided from our large fie ld s & n a tiv e min
iste r s se ttled over them.
Let us try the t h in g .
mencement & the thing w il l succeed ( ! ).
Let us make a com
No doubt some m i l f a l l &
disgrace themselv e s , but many efficient ( ! ) & u se fu l ones w i l l be
fo und.
The plan suggested by Bro. Emerson in h is re p o rt; v iz the settlem ent
of n ativ e m inister and plan of itinerancy strikes me as perhaps a
good one.
Let however the change be made according to circumstances
rather than by any fixe d r u l e .
The temporal ( !) prosperity of our people is in c r e a s in g .
No time
since we f i r s t went to Kau has shown so rapid an increase in th is
respect as the past 18 months.
Several comfortable & tasty wooden
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houses have been b u i l t during that tim e.
Most of them are large &
comfortable costing from $40 0 to 800 or a $ 1 0 0 0 .
They are p a r t i
tioned o ff into rooms, & in some cases quite comfortably fu r n is h e d .
The catholics have been more than u su a lly active during the past
few months, but I am not able to see any sp ecial su cce ss.
I know of
none of our people having turned to them, but a quite a number of them
have u nited with us.
They do not as a church, stand very h ig h in the
estim ation of our people.
The most even of those of us who are ex
communicated, & attend church w ith the c a th . refuse to u n ite w ith them.
They
say ”E aho i ka noho w a l e ".
[ l t is better to s it id ly
?]
I
have however fears that many of our young people, unless we are f a i t h
f u l & get an influence
over them, may eventually be led to u n ite them
selves w ith the the ( ! ) c a th o lic s .
We do not fe e l as w e ll s a t i s f i e d w ith the re su lt of our years labor
as we could w is h .
There has been no special awakening of th e p eople.
We had hoped to see a r e v iv a l of r e lig io n
( ! ) , but have n o t .
has been [ an] in d u strio u s, & quite [ quiet]
state among the people.
Sometimes there has been some i n d i c a t i o n s
est.
There
of more than u s u a l in t e r
Some are h olding on to the habits & custom of t h e ir old fa th e r s .
There has been much sickness & many d e a th s, & many have c a lle d upon
the native doctors & trusted th e ir j u g g l e r y
( !) & falsehoods
( !).
There are many who have a f i x e d unchangeable determ ination to
f a i t h f u l l y serve the Lord.
& do good.
They w alk consistently before the world
Others there are who have a name to liv e but are dead.
The d i f f i c u l t y of inducing parents to keep th e ir own ch ildren &
to t r a in them up in a C h r is t ia n manner s t i l l e x i s t s .
This seems an
almost unsurmountable obstacle, & c e rta in ly cannot be over come but
by degrees.
Our youth have no wholesome family -culture, & but few
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r e s t r a in t s .
1861
MISSION STATION REPORTS
They acknowledge no parental authority & know hut l i t t l e
i f any respect to p aren ts.
Hence it is almost impossible ( ! ) to b rin g
them under any system of permanent C h ristia n t r a in in g , & but comparativ e ly ( ! ) l it t l e good can be done them, since home t r a in in g
portant) is w anting.
14,
A great many of our youth at the ages of 1 2 ,
16 & so on leave, u s , they wonder ( ! ) o ff to Honolulu,
some go a w h a l i n g
more.
(so im
L a h ain a ,
( ! ) & others to parts unknown, many to re tu r n no
Some return sore diseased in body & soul; & f i n d an early
grave.
This is one of the most d i s c o u r a g i n g
ary w ork.
( ! ) phases o f our m issio n
The fact that the population i s d i m i n i s h i n g & w i l l
have probably run its course, before reform ation in th is a l l important
p ar tic u la r can have been wrought, leaves us without a b r ig h t & pro
m ising f u t u r e .
Our work (? ) must be to save the present generation ( ! ) .
We cannot as in growing and prosperous states of our western country
expect to do so much by way of laying foundation for coming genera
tio n s.
The question constantly arrises
( I) how can we b rin g the Hawaiian
youth under our care & so educate them as to secure t h e ir future influ ence in favor of th e ir nation
S t a t is t ic s
Admitted on profession
Restored
Suspended
D ie d
Excommunicated
Number reported la st year
Whole number ( ! ) now i n good standing
& for the cause of C h r is t .
15
8
4
35
23
762
762 - 23 = 739
Contribution ( ! )
Monthly concert
Support of pastor
Church b uilding
Total
4 5 5 .0 7
2 0 0 .5 0
7 2 4 .2 0
$ 1 3 7 9 .7 7
[Unsigned, but mar k ed on back as Shipm an' s]
�Report of the S tatio n of Kau
June
„
1863.
On the recommendation of the E v an gelical A ssociation of the
H aw aiian Islands h eld in 1 8 6 2 , and upon the in v ita tio n of the
Church of Kau we set our faces th ith e r w a rd and landed at the port
of K aalualu on Saturday Sept 27th 1 8 6 2 .
We were happy on our arriv al at Waiohinu to meet fa th e r Coan, who i n h is own c h a ra c te r is tic a lly kin d manner upon the f i r s t Sab
bath.,
introduced us as he had done most of the former pastors of
the Kau Church - to the people of the p a r is h .
From the people we received the most hearty welcome.
Such of
our Waiohinu frien d s as owned ox-carts sent them at once to the
la n d in g , - a distance of eight miles from the s t a tio n ,
and had our
baggage and fu rn iture a ll s a fe ly d e liv e r e d at Waiohinu in fo urteen
hours a ft e r we landed. -
Though the quantity of fu rn itu re neces
sary to commencing house keeping in a wide house w ith a fam ily of
te n , was not sm all, these kind people would receive no compensation
for th e ir se rv ice s.
On the 12th of Oct at the meeting of the E v an g elical A sso cia tio n
of the Is la n d of Hawaii I was ordained to preach the gospel - by
the laying on of the hands of Messrs Lyman, Coan and P a r i s .
Though
not aware that these fathers are able to trace their succession from
St Peter I am f u l l y s a t i s f i e d that as m uch virtue p ertained to the
ceremony as human agency is able to impart.
From that memorable
day I have endeavored to set fo rth Christ & him c r u c ifie d to the
people of my charge.
�Kau - G u lic k
1863
- Drunkenness -
D uring the period that elapsed between Mr. Shipman’ s death and
my a r r iv a l at Kau the Kau people had acquired an unenviable rep u ta
tion fo r drunkenness.
fallen .
Into this sin many of the church-members had
At the communion seasons of Oct 1862 and Jan 1863 seventy
fiv e church-members were set asid e,
- or suspended, by vote of the
church - for the offence of drunkenness alo ne.
Of this number a
part have since been restored while a part are s t i l l w a itin g the
evidences of. th eir pen iten ce.
W hile on the way to attend a Wednesday meeting at P unaluu,
passing a house by the ro a d sid e , our attention was drawn to some
persons,
braw l.
- one of whom was a church member - engaged in a drunken
Giving inform ation to the police of what we saw, they at
once arrested the company.
The church member confessed in court
that he was the manufacturer of the t i rum upon which the house
h o ld had been in d u lg in g .
He was accordingly f in e d $ 6 0 .
the others who were drunk w ith him were f in e d $ 6 . each.
- w h ile
I was
p ained at being brought u n in ten tio nally into the performance of
p olice duty toward a brother church member; but f e l t that my duty as
a c i t i z e n no less than as a C h ristian that I should inform the
a u th o rities of such flag ran t transgression of law when i t came
under my n o tic e .
The poor man was of course at once suspended from
the church.
Were such justice stea d ily administered in a l l our courts,
drunkenness would soon become a crime almost unknown upon the Ha
w a iia n calen d ar.
But alas for Kau, the f a c i l i t i e s a ffo rd e d for the
escape from punishment for such offences in the C ir c u it Court,
encourage many to set the laws at d e fia n c e .
-
The d isso lu te portion
�Kau - G ulick
1863
3.
of the community have been i n suspense d u r in g the past year,,
fe a rin g lest Judge A u s t in 's c irc u it should be extended to Kau:
-
as it was proposed la st Legislature that there should be but two
C irc u it Judges fo r the isla n d of H a w a ii, and that the t h ir d one be
dropped.
Their fears have not yet been r e a l i z e d , though i t is
the
earnest desire of the sober and orderly part of the Community that
they should b e .
— Sabbath
K e e p i n g ---
The manner in which the Sabbath is observed in any h o u s e h o ld
may generally be taken as a good index of the character of the
r e l ig i o n of the members of that fa m ily .
Judged by the manner of
Sabbath observance it i s probable that the p iety of the m ajo rity
of the Kau church members would be set at a low f i g u r e .
The time table of the Steamer has been so arranged that every
other trip she shall touch at our port on Sabbath morning, d i s
charging and taking i n fr e ig h t and passengers and then proceeding
on her way to Kona.
This has proved a snare to our people and in
the long run may prove an incalculable curse to Kau.
The active
church members are united in th eir purpose to oppose a b o ld front
to th is f i r e of the enemy, but some weak members have f a l l e n .
- --Famine --For two years famine has raged in Kau: - that is
& poi have been scarce.
to say taro
This has been owing, firstly to the drought,
secondly to the fr e e range of cattle and horses over lands once
devoted to c u lt iv a t io n ,
and lastly to the pulu t r a d e .
The e ffe c t
of the fam ine has been to send many of our people to H i l o ,
Kona and Oahu to sojourn.
Puna,
S t i l l there is but l i t t l e s u ffe r in g from
the fam ine, as the mountains contain a b o u n t ifu l supply of pala
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1863
MISSION STATION REPORTS
fern and ti-root which affo rd a tolerable su b stitu te for the t a r o .
Amid a l l the famine many are becoming ric h fo r Hawa i i a n s ,
some g iv e lib e r a lly of th eir Substance to the Lord.
and
There are in
Kau not less than sixteen wooden-framed houses owned by n ativ es
which have cost their owners from $ 5 0 0 . to $ 1 ,0 0 0 .- each.
— F inances- I n business matters the Kau people are in some degree prompt
and e f f i c i e n t .
Upon my a rr iv a l they had on hand of c o lle c tio n s of
1861 & 1862
Monthly Concert Money
250.-
For M inisters salary - - - - - -
232.-
For church B u ild in g - - - -
168.$ 650.-
Since my a r r iv a l w it h them they have p aid from the above amount
and from subsequent contributions as fo llo w s,
To the Treasurer of the Haw. M iss
ionary Soc. Mar 9
----$300.To the E state of W .C . Shipman Balance
of Salary due him at h is death - - 8 4 .5 5
To P i ' he lic e n t ia t e at Punaluu B al due 1861
60." Their present Pastor quarter ( ! )
ending Dec. 31 ' 62
75."
"
"
"
towards ”
" Mar 31st 63
69
144.$
5 8 8 .5 5
-— H e l p e r s -The pastor has f a it h f u l and e f f i c i e n t helpers in the w ork, in
the persons of two young men - P i ' he & Kauhane, who are h is l i
censed preachers, receiving th eir commission to preach at h is hands
from w eek to week.
They w ith the deacons h o ld fo rth from Sabbath
to Sabbath in the several out Stations churches,
or when the pastor
is at an out statio n - occupy his p u lp it at W aiohinu.
Their sermons
�K au
- G u lic k
1863
5 .
are good sense and sound doctrine and their services acceptable to
the p eo p le .
They have d eclin ed receiving any compensation from the
people i n f u t u r e , and prefer very n a tu rally under the circumstances
to stand upon the same footing as the deacons.
Our judge - K'om a
is also an acceptable preacher and very earnest i n every good work.
D uring the past three months my brother Theodore W. G u lic k has
been laboring among us doing the work of an e v a n g e list, and rendering me great a ssista n c e.
w aiians
His accounts of C a lifo r n ia and of the Ha-
and Indians there excited great interest among the p eo p le.
—
Two thirds
Sabbath Services & c . -—
of my Sabbaths have been spent at Waiohinu and one
third at the out statio n s of Kahuku Punaluu & Keaiwa.
The average
number of attendance on Sabbath worship at Waiohinu is about one
hundred and f i f t y ,
of whom six ty are c h ild r e n .
Less than two thirds
of the church members residen t w ith in three miles of the Waiohinu
meeting house and probably less than h a l f of the church members in
the d i s t r i c t are regular and h ab itu al attendants upon Sabbath w orsh ip .
The average number of attendance upon Sabbath services at the
outstations is from fo rty to six ty each.
I t has been my ru le to hold a Wednesday meeting at one or other
of the outstations every week .
at W aiohinu.
Thursdays a stated meeting is held
The former are attended by from 10 to 2 0 , and the
la tter by from thirty to f i f t y .
A prayer meeting attended by from f i f t e e n to th ir ty women is
also h eld weekly by the l a d ie s .
A fte r the Thursday meetings we have a class in Mr. A le x a n d e r 's
�Kau - G u lic k
1 86 3
6 .
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Theology.
— State of R e lig io n
There is but l i t t l e evidence to be found in the most o f our
p eople,
of r e lig io u s interest or of S p ir it u a l l i f e .
W orldly minded
n e s s , & eagerness ( ! ) for g a in have possession of many i f not of
the most who profess G o d liness.
The large number of professors
of r e l i g i o n who take no inte re st i n w orship, - in week day or Sab
bath m eetings, indicates a sad need of the influences of the Holy
Sp irit.
I n January last a sun-rise prayer meeting was started at W aio
h in u , the attendance upon which v ar ie s from ten to tw enty.
There are a few f a i t h f u l , who have not bowed the knee to Baal
and who are we think praying earnestly fo r the b lessin g of the
S p i r i t 's
in flu e n c e s .
These few are the hope and r e jo ic in g of our
h e a rts .
-- Catholics — The Roman Catholics have a strong hold in Kau.
One t h ir d of
the school c h ild r e n , one hundred in number attend Catholic Schools
and are under the influ en ce of the p r i e s t .
Of the names upon the
church re co rd s, of those now liv in g in the d i s t r i c t , as f a r as yet
a sc e r ta in e d , f i f t y seven in a ll have le f t us and jo ine d the C a th o lic s .
As the records do not f i x the date at which they le f t their f i r s t
fa ith ,
a ll th at can now be ascertained from inquiry is th at some
l e f t years ago and some more r e c e n t ly . Many of the number went
over whi l e the church was without a p asto r, and many of them were
those who had been suspended from church communion fo r t h e ir ir r e g u
lar conduct, or who knew that they ought to be suspended.
�Kau
G u lic k
1 86 3
7.
MISSION STATION REPORTS
Our church-member mentioned above as having been f i n e d $ 6 0 . for making ti-rum informed me five weeks after that he had been
v is it e d f i v e times since that d a te , by the p r i e s t , who used every
in flu en ce to induce him to jo in th eir r a n k s .
Thus they have r e
c ru ited t h e ir numbers from f a l l e n church members.
------- M o r m o n s
- —
Of Mormons we have but three names upon our books.
One com
pany of Hawaiian L a t t e r d a y S a i n t s , from W a ip io , passed through the
d i s t r ic t some months s i n c e , on a tour around the is l a n d .
They made
|
but l i t t l e s t ir and so fa r as we know gained no fo llo w e r s .
—
Female Family Boarding School
I n January we commenced a female family boarding sc h o o l, which
at present numbers nine scholars;
- two of the ages of four and
f i v e , and the remaining seven of ages varying from nine to fo u rteen
years.
These g irls
are bound to us by th eir parents or guardians
for a term of years which w i l l expire when the several p a r tie s
arrive at womanhood or at six te en or seventeen years of a g e .
The
younger ones being bound fo r a longer and the older ones fo r a
shorter period.
The ladie s my w if e and Sister-in-law, take the entire care of
the school except that of providing food for the s c h o la rs .
In s t r u c
tions are given in domestic labors - inc lud ing that of w eeding taro
patches - dry taro ;
schools,
— also in a ll the ordinary studies of H aw aiian
in B ib le t r u t h s , and in the E n g lish language.
V i s it o r s .
—-
During the past few months we have been favored w ith the v i s i t s
of three d istin g u ish e d stran gers, namely, Bishop S t a le y ,
sionary Kanoa, and D r. Anderson.
the m is
The Bishop passed through Kau on
�Kau
his way from Kona to H i l o ,
- G u lic k
1863
8 .
spending but one night in our v i c i n i t y ,
lodging at our h o sp itable neighbor Spencer’ s .
Kanoa spent a Sabbath w it h us intere stin g our people much w ith
accounts of the Kingsm ill Islands and Is l a n d e r s .
What is very
remarkable fo r a modern Hawaiian he and h is fam ily performed th eir
journey on fo o t.
The v i s i t
of D r. Anderson and o f h is daughter was a season
long to b e remembered, and lik e angels v i s i t s was such an one as we
can not expect to b e
often enjoyed in a sin g le l i f e tim e.
Our
people looked w ith v eneratio n upon th is apostle of Haw aiian m issions
who fo r the f i r s t time they were now perm itted to s e e ,
with d e lig h t to h is
the Board.
and l is t e n e d
accounts of h is v is it s to other m issions of
He w i l l not soon be forgotten by the Sabbath school
ch ild ren who had the pleasure of shaking hands w it h him .
-- S t a t is t ic s from Church Records -T o ta l of Members from the f i r s t 1841 to 1863
Deceased
"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Absent from the p arish - but not dism issed
by letter - On the record & l iv in g in the p a r is h at
this date - I n g o od standing and now r e s i d e n t
in Kau
total - - - - - Under discipline ( ! ) not including Catholics
Names of Catholics found on records
Names of Mormons
”
"
”
----- Suspended 1862 & 1863 for drunkenness
75
"
"
"
other offenses
6
Restored to church Com. 1863
Admitted on Profession of f a i t h 1863
- "
on c e r t ific a t e ( ! ) frm Hilo
Dism issed by lette r to Hilo - - - - - - - - - L e ft f o r other parts w ith out letters
Marriages celebrated
Children of the church B aptized
O. H.
G ulick.
1477
550
207
720
565
95
57
3
81
21
5
1
1
many.
5
7
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KEALAKEKUA STATION REPORTS (HAWAII ISLAND)
CONTENTS
Cochran Forbes................................ .... ... .......... ,1839
Cochran Forbes................................. ........... .
Mark Ives....
1840
....... ..................................April 27 .1840-41
Unsigned (C, Forbes) ................... ... .......... . .............1841
Unsigned (C. Forbes)..... ................. ....................... 1842
Mark Ives...... .... ...... ......................... ............ .. 1842
Cochran Forbes. .............................. ... ....................1843
Cochran Forbes............................................. ....... 1843
Cochran Forbes................... ....... .................... .
.1844
Mary lves, Report of South Kona [Kealakekua]...... ..... ............. 1846
Mark Ives....... —
.......... —
,. —
............... ....... .
1846
Mark Ives, Letter to Chamberlain explaining lack of statistics....... .1847
John F. Pogue
............... .................. ................. 1848-49
John F. Pogue..... ..................... .... ........ .„.... ...... .1851
John D. Paris................ ........... .... ...... . (last part only) 1855
John D. Paris................. ............... ...........
1856-57
(A folder "Report of 1844" is in file of originals, the report, however,
is missing.) .
See also South Kona Station Reports in another binder.
�Report
Of the Station at Kealakeakua
for the Year ending
Apr . 30/39
In the report of last year, it was stated that the location
of the station had, for particular reasons been changed, and those
reasons were then given.
The present location therefore is at Kea-
lakeakua ( !) instead of Kaawaloa.
1
Religious labors
The ordinary labors of the station as to preaching attention to
the sick., holding religious meetings &c have been pursued much as
in former years.
I have been permitted to preach usually twice every
sab. & once on Wednesdays.
I have not found it practical (hole in paper) to (?) itinerate
during the past year, being only one at the station., except one tour
through Kau, when I took my family with me.
I exceedingly regret
the necessity of neglecting the outposts, because they are encourag
es
ing fields of labor; yet do not see any alternative while alone at
the station.
My labors beside preaching, have been
1.
Attention to the sick - visiting them when practicable & giving
out medicine as far as I knew how.
2.
Conducting two sabbath schools, one of adults, containing perhaps
1000 - one of children containing 250.
3.
A special meeting for awakened Sinners, every Monday afternoon.
4.
A singing school (or what we call one) every Wednesday evening.
5.
A meeting with the chh every Saturday afternoon.
6
The monthly concert; which has been uniformly maintained.
.
7.
The superintending of some public buildings for the cause.
Mrs. F. has also held meetings with the females whenever
the state of her health would permit.
time to take charge of a school.
She has not been able at any
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2.
The church and state of religion among the people.
We have been blessed as we believe, during the year with
much of the gracious influence of God's spirit.
Many of the Chh.
have appeared unusually awake and the importance of the soul to be
felt.
Hence no trying cases of dis
cipline ( !) have occurred.
No
flagrant defection of Christian character has come to our knowledge.
Several cases of discipline have occurred however some formerly excomm
unicated have been restored and a few deaths have occurred.
I would here state that my chh. statistics were by some means
mislaid after I had made them out, and not having the means at hand
to supply the defect, I must defer particulars till my return.
Our congregations during the year have been large and solemn.
Multitudes have been awakened who before were habitual neglecters
if not despisers of the house of God.
Some hundreds profess to have
submitted themselves to all the requirements of God.
Among them
are several children.' A manifest influence is exerted over the
whole neighborhood.
Where tobacco fumes & revelling formerly dis
gustingly prevailed, now quietness & a pure atmosphere are blessing
the neighborhood.
Of those who profess subjection to Christ I have
after examination, & being satisfied with the evidence given, admitted
to chh. privileges about 300 during the year.
III.
Marriages
I have married during the year 95 couples.
IV.
Benevolence & voluntary effort among the people.
It i s a practical custom with the church to contribute accord
ing to their means in tapas wood &c, at every monthly concert.
This
is usually applied to the support of school teachers.
Besides their monthly concert contributions during the past year,
They have subscribed individually according to their means, some $5,
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some $2 , some more & some less for the erection of a new meeting
house.
In addition to which they volunteered to procure 22 cubic
fathoms of coral for limestone, and burn it, also to work each, one
day every week in procuring stone for the building.
Then they go
about 5 miles to the mountain to draw down with their own hands all
the timbers for the building.Whatever they do is altogether voluntary.
No chief is asked to
nor desired to use any authority & I believe no compulsion has been
used to order or direct even the lifting of a stone, as involuntary
benevolence is only another name for slavery.
V.
Improvements at the station.
These consist in a stone dwelling, house 40 x 24 on the inside,
one story high, which we occupy, with a stone cook house & out houses
for the natives.
2 . A frame dwelling house 24 x 30, one story high formerly occupied
by Bro. Van Duzee.
To this are also attached a number of outhouses,
and a stone school house 24 x 60, which was covered during the past
year.
Each of the dwelling houses is surrounded by a good stone wall
which incloses a good yard.
Some of these buildings were erected
during the past year & some in the previous year.
3.
The walls of a new stone & lime meetinghouse of one story are
nearly complete.
4.
It is 120 by 54 feet on the inside.
A native building used both as a school house and meeting house
for the present.
5.
A good road from our houses to the sea; also one from our houses
up to the former location on the hill, which latter may be about 27
miles.
VI.
Schools
It will probably be expected that I should here give some report
�Kealakekua
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4.
■
of the state of schools in my field as there has been no one else to
attend to that department.
But my being alone at the station is the
reason I must assign for not giving a report on that subject.
I
have found it Impossible to attend to the schools, and discharge my
other & primary duties.
There is a great field of usefulness there
in the department of schools,
But as I am not sure the mission re
gard that post as vacated I cannot of course apply for more aid at
present.
Laboring alone at the station, is encumbered with so many
disadvantages, as already remarked, that I do not believe it possible
for me to attend to the duties of both departments, nor indeed that
of a Pastor efficiently.
If therefore the Mission regard the school
department at Kealakeakua station as vacated, I shall confidently look
to this meeting, as an act of justice to see that it be supplied
if they hold me under any obligations to continue a. station there. C . F orbes
April 30, 1839
�C. Forbes
Statistics of Chh.
ed
|Addressedt o : Rev. L. Smith, HonoluluJ
Dear Bro Smith.
I am obliged to do in a great hurry what I do, you
will therefore excuse my brevity.
I think I gave the marriages 1 0 0
Admitted to the chh, the past year on letter
on profession
Now in full communion
4
262
266
385
Excommunicated the past year
8
Deceased the past year
5
Dismissed the past year to other chh
2
Restored 2 who had been formerly excom.
Now under discipline but not excommunicated
17
Baptized 180 children
This is as perfect as I can make
Much love to Sisr Smith, from us both.
passage, but very rough; the wind strong.
We had a quick
But God brought us safe.
Find things well here
Sincerely Your bro in
Forbes
Kealakeakua
July 23 [1839]
�Report
Kealakeakua
Aprl 26, 1840
During the past year we have experienced much of the goodness
of God.
Sister. Ives tho' very feeble at the commencement has been
able to attend meetings often and is now comparatively comfortable
altho' not fully rid of her complaint.
Bro Ives has had one or two
severe attacks of fever and is at present not vigorous.
Mrs. Forbes
has been at times able to attend maternal and other female meetings
and, much of the time too unwell to leave the house.
has been continued as usual.
My own health
I have been able to preach every sab.
twice besides attending sab. school and meetings during the week.
During the year I have made two tours through Kau and preached a
number of times besides other labors.
The following means have been used for promoting the cause of
Christ in this field the past year.
1)
Religious meetings, always twice or thrice on sab.
Once on
Mondays with the recently baptized and once with those who profess
to renounce all for Christ.
On Wednesday with about 500.
with church members for reading the scriptures.
On Friday
On Saturday after
noon with Church members a social meeting for searching the scriptures.
On the first Monday evening of every month for concert of prayer.
Mrs. Forbes & Mr s. Ives have had meetings with the mothers specially
and with the female chh. members generally.
2)
Preaching the word.
Preaching has been regularly maintained
twice on Sab. and once on Wednesday at two different places.
3)
Sabbath schools.
The sabbath school at the station has flourished
thro' the year and has manifestly been blessed.
children average attendance 200 to 220 children.
It contains 260
Of the sabbath
school at Kealia Bro Ives will report, also of the day schools which
have been more prosperous than in the previous year.
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1840.
2.
Church ordinances.
The Lord's supper has been regularly admin
istered at intervals of 2 months with manifest profit to the Church.
Baptism has. been also administered to 378 adults who have taken on
them the vows of the Lord & for the most part adorn their their ( !)
profession.
5)
151 children have also been baptized.
Church discipline.
This has very manifestly been blessed of God
for advancing his cause here.
We have endeavored to follow the scrip
ture standard for purifying the chh. viz. "If any man that is called
a brother be a fornicator or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer,
or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one, no, not to eat."
Again - "Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh dis
orderly."
The consequence has been that we have had a larger number
of cases of discipline and we think It has prospered the cause.
6
)
W orks of benevolence.
Much labor has been expended on our new
meeting house which is not yet completed.
have been erected.
Several new school houses
Contributions at monthly concert are regularly
made which have amounted during the year to about 2 0 0 dollars nomi
nally, in wood, money, tapa, &c.
which have been usually divided
out among the schools for the'support of the Teachers.
about 20 Teachers in the field.
There are
The contributions are divided out
among them according to their merit and perseverance.
This system
we find keeps up quite an Interest among the teachers who look for
ward to their monthly stipend with some hope and take more interest
in their work than on the old plan of working without recompense
& finding themselves.
religion.
Most of the Teachers are now professors of
Besides this the church members in several districts
furnish most of the food for their Teachers and we design to have
them entirely support their Teachers soon.
�3.
The following is a statistical table as correct as I have means at
present to make it.
The whole numr received to this chh. on examination is
The whole number received on certificate
Received the past year on examination
Received the past year on certificate
Whole number received the past yearWhole number dismissed to other churches
Dismissed the past year
Whole number deceased
Whole number deceased the past year
Whole number excommunicated
Number excommunicated the past year
Whole number in regular standing
Whole number of baptized children
Children baptized the past year
Whole number of baptized children deceased
"
"
"
"
"
Deceased past year
Marriages the past year (by C. Forbes)
Excommunicates restored the past year
851
25
385
21
406
18
3
26
14
26
13
758
364
151
11
[no figure]
58
5
Mr. Ives will report for himself of the schools and of the number
of marriages performed by him C. Forbes
As I shall not be present to present my wants I will state here
that I wish to apply for aid from the building fund
first to pay for my study & bathing room which I have
erected & for which I am in debt
$100
For erecting stairs and finishing off a chamber over
head
70
$170
I wish to remind the meeting that I have never called on the build
ing fund for more than $350 towards all our building at this place.
I would not call now but that I am necessitated in order to render
our house comfortable C . Forbes
�Kealakekua
April 27th 1840.
From Mark Ives
To the Moderator of General Meeting.
Report of Labours &c.
Sir
I regret that the time in which I must make out my
repor t is necessarily limited to so few minutes.
The general report
was that there would be no General Meeting till this morning we heard
that it was decided there would be one.
The only canoe that carries
letters must sail in a few minutes or suffer the vengeance of the
Tuesday
chiefs for sailing on po elua [second day ?].
I must therefore be brief & my report of schools is in an un
prepared state.
In October brother Forbes & myself made a tour through Kau &
found the people in an interesting enquiring state.
desirous indeed & very importunate for a teacher.
not been visited for nearly two years.
The schools had
Many of them were without
teachers & others no better than w ithout.
weeks.
They were very
We staid, there above two
On my return I found Mrs. Ives health quite low from another
attack in her chest.
Consequently I have not thought it prudent to
leave home since; such being the advice of the physician.
Brother Forbes attempted to make another visit there but was
called home in consequence of sickness in his family.
We sent the best man we had in the field there but his child
was taken sick & died; & consequently the schools there have been
but partially examined with reference to a report at this General
Meeting.
There are in the field 24 schools & upwards of 800 scholars
making an average of about 33 scholars to a school & these are gen
erally supplied with a teacher of some kind.
I have visited twice.
The schools in Kona
Building has taken up much of my time.
have put me up a cook house & pantry a building 26 feet by 2 2 .
I
I
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1840
Ives
2.
need yet a study to give me a spare room for strangers & a bedroom
for my little boy which I hope will soon be completed provided an
additional grant from the building fund can be allowed.
I have a school here of from 70 to 100 scholars.
The first class
have been as far as the 5th chapter of the Helunaau & together with
the Helunaau are now making good progress in Geography.
I generally have spent from 2 to 3 hours a day In school.
I have generally been out about 8 miles to spend the Sabbath &
on Wednesday had a meeting out about 4 miles.
Mr s. Ives health has been improving for several weeks & we are
in hopes that we shall hereafter do more,
"Forgetting the things that are behind & reaching forth unto
those that are before we would press toward the mark of the prize
of high calling In Christ Jesus our Lord."
Yours
Mark Ives.
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�Report for 1840-1
[Kealakekua
]
The past year has been with us one of chastisement.
There has
been no part of the year, when I could be absent far from my family
among the people.
Mrs. Ives gave birth to a son Aug. 18th the care
of which devolved almost entirely upon me for the first six weeks; as
he was so crying a child, that it was impossible for any of our
natives to quiet him.
On the 27th of September, Mrs. Ives being much fatigues from
very little effort; took cold as she supposed, which resulted in the
continued fever.
For weeks she was unable to raise her head in bed.
Our little
ones were carried to the family of Bro. Forbes; which together with
theirs, made a family of six children, besides adults, care of the
sick, &c.
I cannot also but mention father Thurston; who in the
commencement of our afflictions, showed his happy face, & watched
with Mrs. Ives, the most of two nights, in succession.
Dr. Andrews
was here also, as soon as the health of his family would permit, &
unremittingly gave his days & his nights to the care of the sick.
Bro. Lyons & wife rendered us their assistance for two weeks; & on
their return took away our two little ones, which very much re
lieved Sister Forbes; whose health was much suffering; under the
pressure of accumulated labors.
The younger child was given Into
the hands of sister Bliss; as she had previously made the generous
offer, of taking care of it.
The older one, sister Lyons - which was
an expression of her continued kindness - took under her own pater
nal roof.
Delicacy forbids that I should carry the subject further;
& I only add that we had all the attentions, that the kindest asso
ciates, & the best of fellow laborers could bestow.
It was nearly
four months after our children were taken away, & nearly five months
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from the time that Mrs. Ives was taken; before our physician would
permit me to leave her to go after them.
She appears now to be slow
ly gaining in health; & is able in some measure, to oversee her house
hold affairs.
The least fatigue however brings her down.
W e were
in hopes of being able to attend Gen. Meet. this year, & our antici
pations were considerably raised at the thoughts of meeting again
our brethren & sisters; but Dr. Andrews has put his tabu upon it in
such unqualified terms, that we dare not undertake it.
My spare time during the week has been employed in schools.
I have spent my Sabbaths at Kealia, about five miles from this place;
where we have had our house of worship filled both forenoon & after
noon; & it holds from five to six hundred people.
Sometimes it is so
crowded in the morning service, that near all do not get in.
We have a Sabbath school of children, which sometimes numbers
240.
The general average is perhaps 200.
About one half of them,
have by heart a few verses from the Haawina Palapala Hemolele; &
most of them a hymn from the children's hymn book.
This they get
during the week, by all repeating together before their teachers. #
Marriages during the year 26
My only means of getting to this place, is either to go in
a canoe, or walk by land without a foot path; over uneven rocks, & huge
points of lava.
I go down Saturday P.M. & the health of my family
is such, as to induce me to return on Sabbath evening.
The head woman of this place, together with her husband, are
at heart C a t h o l i c s .
Their course of life is such, that they would
gladly seek shelter under their doctrines; if they could believe them
true.
A
I have had some warm disputes with them on the subject; &
the last Sabbath I was there, they both came out to meeting in t h e
afternoon, which was something new for them.
A few miles below this, a man was found in the "back woods
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3.
country"; w i t h several children around him, teaching them the Catholic primer.
When I saw him, he had consented to give, up his Catho-
lic hooks; & was very much pleased with a New Testament, which I
presented him in Bro. Forbes ' name, & also with some school books.
I spent the following Sabbath near his place, where he came down with
his scholars to the Sabbath school, & also attended both services.
On Monday I had an examination at the sea-shore, when he came
down quite unexpectedly to me to have his scholars examined; & then
accompanied me some distance to the examination of another school,
& finally left me with much friendly salutation.
On my way home I
called at another place, where the natives said there were Catholics ; but f ound them not at home.
on.
I left my aloha for them & came
I have since made them a visit.
On seeing me coming they hid.
The natives made quite a search for them, but finally of their own
accord they made their appearance.
There were two of them, a teacher
- as he called himself - & his pupil.
I asked them if they had turned
to the Catholics .
The elder one replied that they had "turned a
little, not much".
He said, that he had been to Kailua, & the popish
priest had told him; that with them was life.
I asked him whether
they prayed to Mary; he said "No"; they "only asked her for things
& pr aised her"
& with that he repeated a long string & praise &
supplication to Mary; which showed that he had not been altogether
an idle scholar, in the popish school.
After conversing with him
a while, I found, him as I thought rather wavering in his belief ; &
asked him whether he would leave the Pope, if I would give him a
New Testament.
He said he would but he must go to Kailua first, &
get his name erased & carry back his books.
We finally agreed that
both he & his pupil should give their books to me in exchange for
testaments, to which I readily consented; & the next Sabbath he was
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4.
seen at meeting, & came & gave me his aloha.
These are all that I
have met with in our field that are called C a t h o l i c s .
There were
others in these places who were not then at home, but who as report
says have now left their popish doctrine.
There are more off at a
still greater distance, & some who they say are baptized.
terest of this people is quite excited on the subject.
word poe pope will frequently arouse the dullest hearer.
The in
The
Almost
any work printed on the subject, which the people can understand
would be generally read.
Besides the meetings on the Sabbath which I have mentioned;
I have when circumstances would allow, had a meeting on Wednesday in
some of the neighboring villages.
the schools.
My principle business has been with
I have had three examinations with the schools in Kona
of our field, during the past year,
Kau I am not able to say much.
with respect to the schools in
It has been utterly inconsistent for
either of us to visit them; the past year.
been —
Our examinations have
one in July when I visited the children at their school houses;
one in December when the schools met at the station; & one in April
when I again visited each of the schools.
has been fluctuating.
The condition of our schools
Last July our schools were barely in existence
The chiefs had compelled all the teachers except two or three from
Lahainaluna, to attend their koeles (fields); & not a boy in the
field that was supposed to be over fourteen was exempt.
The parents
were forbidden by the tax-officer from giving to the teachers, either
by monthly concert or otherwise.
About this time the spirit of tattooing arose; so that it is
now difficult in many large villages, to find children that have not
been tattooed.
Under all these discouragements, we could but just
say that the schools lived.
We had about u s , five or six active
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5.
intelligent teachers, that have never seen the high school.
We
presented the case of our schools before Gov. Adams; but the manner
in which it was received was. chilling indeed.
It really seemed
like laying a subject before a lifeless stemp.
Upon 'the arrival
of the new laws things became more encouraging.
These laws were
to our schools as life from the dead. We have had to contest the
point inch by inch with the under chiefs:
but the first four chap
ters of the Helunaau, & making good proficiency in geography & the
scholars interested in their studies, from day to day; to have the
brightest & most advanced of these scholars, called out by the chiefs,
& their interest in the school broken up; I felt that Providence
called me to some other department of labor.
Should it please an
all-wise Providence, to smile on our health & on our labors; we may
hope the coming year for better results.
Since Mrs. Ives has re
covered in some measure her health, I have c o m m o n l y ( !) spent two
hours in in ( !) the forenoon with the children; & as many in the
afternoon with the teachers.
But the effort to instruct some of our old teachers, seems to
be a hopeless one.
For our 34 schools, we have only five teachers that have been
at Lahainaluna or Hilo; which leaves 29 schools, in the hands of men
that have picked up their knowledge, where they could get it.
Some
of them have been at the station school, & are very well qualified
for their work; but many of them are unable to do much more than
keep the children together.
The scholars that come out from the
Mission Seminary, & from the school at Hilo; will not be sufficient
for many years, to supply the demand.
How we shall be able very soon
to supply this demand, is a question of much importance.
It must be
done by laboring, in some way, to the best advantage at a station
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by enforcing from the pulpit the duty of submission to the higher
authorities, & by enlightening the teachers & people into their
rights; we have been enabled to make these new laws, bring out among
us some glorious results.
The field which nine months ago, brought forward to the examinations only 246 children; has this month produced with their happy
faces, 829.
Thus you perceive that the number of children that at
tend school, has been nearly quadrupled.
It is not to be expected,
that many of these, with all the hindrances we have had, should be
able to read.
We have been enabled however at the present examina
tion, to number among our readers 325,
That these are 241 apparently
making good proficiency in mental arithmetick; 71 writing on slates;
41 in written arithmetick; & 31 studying geography with the maps:
shows that there is not in our teachers a disposition altogether to
be idle, had they been left unfettered.
It has been utterly imposs
ible for me, to get the statistics of the schools in Kau with suf
ficient exactness, to include them in the above data.
The following
is the condition of schools in our whole field, so far as I have
been able to ascertain.
Number of Schools,
Children enrolled,
Readers,
Writers,
In Geography,
In Mental a r i t h m e tic,
In Written a r i t h m e t i c ,
34.
1,837.
522.
80.
50.
356.
45.
We have not been able to accomplish as much at the station
school, as we could have wished.
When I had under my care, 70
scholars; with a class of four boys & two girls, ready on any
question in
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school.
And here It will not be out of place for me, to state some of
the obstacles that lie in our way.
It is well known that; as a
general thing, teachers are unwilling to leave their friends, to go
among strangers to teach.
It is even so now under all the encourage
ment that is given to teachers.
And were it not so, we have not many
boys now at the station, that are promising for teachers.
They must
be brought in from the lands where they will be needed.
But who will supply them with food?
Their friends have not
much of the time sufficient for themselves.
They might live at the
station & raise their own food, but there is no place near where food
will grow.
They must In that case, be absent a day or two in a week;
to cultivate their land & to bring their food.
And when they happen
to be out, what shall be done?
For one quarter of the past year, we have had to buy the food
for our own natives from Heana; because it seemed utterly impossible
to get it here.
When they want water, they must go a mile for It to
the sea shore; or should they be a little more fastidious & require
fresh water, they must go five or six miles to some puddle on the
mountain.
Add to this the prostration of the strength & vigor of their
teachers; who born & reared on the bleakest hills of New England,
are ill prepared to withstand the scorching, stagnating effects of
this burning sun.
at Kau.
How widely different from this, is the climate
I am very sorry that I have so few statistics of that
delightful region.
According to the census of 1835 it contained
4,700 inhabitants.
They are so remote, that they have not been
much contaminated with foreign influence; & the land teems with
children,
They inhabit a soil scarcely surpassed for fertility,
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7.
on the Sandwich Islands.
A fresh stream of water; that, on these
islands, that can boast of no superior; & perhaps not an equal;
passes near the centre, through a delightful plantation.
From this
a man may ride on a level horse road, into almost any part of the
field.
Not a missionary that I know of, has stepped his foot onto
this field the past year.
Since I was there so many things have oc
cupied my attention, & so many cares have been pressing upon me,
that the few days I spent there, appear like a vision of which I
have but a very faint recollection; & so doubtless they do to that
people.
One thing however remains very clearly imprinted on my
memory; & that is, their earnest supplications to God, that he would
send them a missionary.
So strong were their entreaties that I
should stay; that I should almost certainly have remained permanently
among them; had not a stronger sense of duty urged me back to my
family.
The climate is such, that the health of most foreigners would
be far better there; than it would at this place, or at Kailua.
One would feel more vigorous, & be able to do far more labor.
A
man with a family of an ordinary constitution at Kau, might have
full swing, at labor; with a plenty to eat, & good water to drink.
It is true; that to be so shut out from one’s fellow laborers, would
be very self denying.
The communication between even Kealakekua &
the other islands, is very infrequent'.
You add to this 40 miles of
almost unimpassible lava, over steep precipices & down deep descents;
& you will get to a place, that is indeed, shut out from the world.
But vessels sometimes touch there; & access may be had from this
place, by canoe, on a sea that is seldom ruffled with the wind.
We have the language of this people & a bible for them; but how shall
they hear its contents, without a preacher?
Shall we suffer the
slight impediment that lies in our way; to deafen our ears against
�K e a la k e k u a
their call?
Shall these numerous families with their progenies of
children, he left through our neglect to perish?
Shall the roaring
lion travel unchecked in those regions, seeking whom he may devour?
The farther we go towards Kau; the more we meet with men, who call
themselves C a t h o l i c s , that are teaching the children the Catholic
primer.
The principle teacher of Kau, remarked to me several months
since; that there were many there who called themselves followers
of the Pope; "tho"
he adds "they do not know what popery means."
They either know now, or soon will; & what might "be kept off at this
time with a very little labor; will soon form one of those insuper
able harriers, which protestantism hitherto has found so impossible
to shake.
I think I have said that the people in this part of Hawaii
seldom see foreigners.
They do occasionally see them.
The men of
this world, will travel over pathless mountains, & across the sharp
& rugged lava, suffering the privations of hunger thirst & cold,
expose their lives to danger; to see the volcano or some other cur
iosity; while the souls of this people; objects so worthy of notice
in the sight of heaven, are left by us unnoticed.
Shall we not
at least provide so far, that they may be visited I Shall we not by
calling upon some of these souls, that are sick & in prison; visit
the Savior I But why not do something more, than merely make them
a visit?
Why not send laborers among them!
Why not draw off from some of the old places, where the people
have had line upon line, & precept upon precept; where sinners have
heard the warnings of the Savior, & refused & rejected them; & where
many are now hardening themselves under the gospel light, & adding
condemnation to condemnation!
Why not draw off from some of these places, to give the gospel
to those who are far more destitute; & who we have reason to
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9.
believe are ready to listen to the truth?
Why leave a part of Hawaiian souls unheeded & uncared for?
are now in troublesome times.
We
We need now if ever, the presence of
the Savior - to mark out for us our path - to stay us up - & to put
to flight before us the opposing enemy.
But let us remember that with the promise "I am with you al|
ways” is connected the command "Preach the gospel to every creature . "
Mark Ives.
Kealakekua
May 6 th 1841.
Kealakekua
May 7th, 1841
Mr. Moderator
This is the second Gen. Meet. in succession
which is has been utterly inconsistent for me to attend.
As this
report is of moderate length & will embrace all the time I shall
consume of your body; I trust you will give the sentiments con
tained therein that consideration which you & the Brethren think
may deserve.
Yours Respectfully
Mark Ives
�Report of Kealakekua Station
for the Year ending May 1, 1841
In reporting on labors for the past year w e have many mercies to
acknowledge and also afflictions.
The health of Mrs. P. has been at
times such as to require my whole attention and time at home.
August I was laid aside the whole month with a fever.
In
Soon after
Sister Ives was attacked with fever, from which we for a number of days,
entertained no hope she could recover.
But the Lord mercifully restored
her after being confined to her bed for about 8 weeks.
In January I
with my family visited Kohala hoping the relaxation and journey might
benefit Mrs. P. who was then prostrate.
with Bro. & Sister Bliss,
1.
Labors on the Sab.
We spent 5 weeks agreeably
my ordinary labors have been
I have usually preached twice every £ab.
On
Sab. morning superintend a sab, school of 250 scholars in the Haawina
Kamalii.
Frequently a catechetical school during the interval between
morning & afternoon service.
Every Monday I meet with the class who profess to renounce all
their sins & turn to Christ.
In this meeting the chief design is to
ascertain if possible the character of each individual.
I usually
question them on practical & doctrinal points, such as repentance, faith,
sin, righteousness.
Prayer, on praying to Mary & others.
meeting I have usually spent 2 or 3 hours each Monday.
In this
From those
who attend this meeting and give satisfactory evidence of genuine re
pentance we usually select the Candidates for baptism & admission to
the chh.
On Monday I also meet with the children who are members of
the chh, to give them instruction suited to their capacity, more par
ticularly than they get on the sab.
On Wednesday at 11 I meet & spend an hour or two with my singing
class for their improvement in music.
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1841
2.
At 3 lecture to a promiscuous congregation on the prophecies relation
to popery.
On Friday meet with the [members?
]
parts of the field.
who are from the different
W h en the character of chh. members in the sev
eral villages is inquired into and the accused who have been notified
are expected to attend that' their cases m a y b e attended to, and that
they may meet their accusers face to face.
rule is to discipline no member.
Until this be done our
A t this meeting also, candidates for
admission to the chh are examined before the session.
On Saturday
afternoon I have had a Bible class with those of the chh. members who
live in that vicinity.
Those things with visiting the sick, attending funerals, attending
&c
to calls for medicine &c constitute the chief of my labors during the
year among the natives.
I have however made occasional short tours
for preaching & visiting out districts of 2 & 3 days time.
not been able during the year to visit Kau,
labors have been confined to Kona.
But have
so that all my personal
Kau is a distinct field by itself
with a population of over 4000. . It is about two days 2 days journey
from Hilo and one days journey from our place when the weather is good.
But in bad weather 3 & 4 days journey.
fessors of religion who. are mem
There are now in Kau 130 pro-
of my chh in regular standing, be
sides about 60 who are members of [the] Hilo church.
When once in Kau
the whole population is perfectly accessible on horseback except it
may be a very few villages & scattering houses.
They are anxious to
have the gospel, and those of them who are members of my chh. are
faithful in attending the meetings among themselves every sab. besides
other meetings & at communion season, they are uniformly prest altho'
they frequently come at a sacrifice & with much risque.
communion several persons were cast away coming from Kau.
At our last
I have not
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1841
3.
yet heard -whether all got safely ashore.
The fact that two invalid
families are placed at our station aids us but little in doing anything
for Kau, as neither of us can leave the feeble & sickly long enough
to make such a tour which cannot be performed with any effect in less
than 10 days and often 15.
The church members in Kau have erected two meetinghouses and are
now putting up a house with stone walls in hopes of having a missionary
to reside with them.
I hope the mission will seriously consider the
claims, of that interesting field.
The papists have, yet not got many
disciples there, altho' they have sent on some crosses & beads &c to
prepare their way.
Popery in our part of Kona has made but little progress yet.
They
have about 10 baptized persons in south Kona, 'tho a number of others
are inclined to follow them because they hope to get lole [cloth ?] ,
Only one excommunicated chh. memr that I know of has gone to them from
our field.
Some who were regarded as their haumanas [disciples] have
renounced them & their books on being kindly & faithfully informed
of the nature of popery.
I do not think popery is making much advance
in any part of Kona at present.
The cause of benevolence I think progresses among us.
During the
past year our monthly concert has been regularly attended and at no
time do they fail to make contributions. They have besides ordinary
contributions erected 3 grass meeting houses, worth at least $100.
They have finished our new stone chh 125 feet by 60 plastered Inside
& overhead worth
$219.49.
$5000.
The ordinary contributions amounted to
This was uniformly divided among the Teachers of the schools
every month until the introduction of the new school laws.
Altho’
this afforded but a small compensation when divided among 20 teachers,
still it was a stimulus to them in their work, and was the means of
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1841
4.
keeping our schools together and of giving them quite a spur.
They
have been more encouraging the past year than for several previous
years.
Nothing has been done in the way of raising a support for their
pastor the past year as efforts to erect our new chh. swallo w e d up
every other thought and indeed drew heavily on my own time for I was
obliged to superintend the whole work myself besides contributing from
my own stipend over $100.
Our kind friends at Newark, Reading and
Mobile also aided us to the amount of $150.
An Austrian traveller
(perhaps a roman catholic) contributed $10 cash.
Cap. Brown of N.-
Bedford contributed a barrel of flour, and a few others contributed.
patience trying
smaller sums. It has been a hard and patience trying undertaking, but thank
God, is now completed & dedicated altho we have not yet got the glass
for the windows.
Statistics of the Church
Whole numb. Received on examination
"
"
"
on certificate
Recd, past year on examination
Past year on certificate
Whole number past year
Whole no dismissed to other chhs
Dismissed past year
Whole no. deceased
Deceased past year
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole numr. excom.
Remain excommunicated
Whole num. now in reg. s t a n d g
Marriages past year
Average congregation on the Sab.
Children baptized past year
Whole number of chiln baptized
[Unsigned, C. Forbes]
1228
39
337
14
351
27
9
48
22
191
41
52
78
71
1080
91
1400
167
531
�Report for the year ending Apl 1, 1842
of
C. Forbes for Kealakekua Station
In reporting my labors & the state of this field for the year
ending March 31, 1842, I shall divide the field into three portions.
My reasons for this course will be discovered as I proceed.
In the
first place I would remark that my general labors during the past year
have been much the same as in preceding years.
Preaching twice on the
Sab. & once on Wednesday and monthly attending a meeting of the chh.
on Fridays.
Every Sab. morning from 9 o'clock to 10 I spend in the
children's sab. school which numbers over 400 children, who are divi
ded off into classes a n d instructed in the catechism, children's hymns
& portions of the mane lani which they commit to memory.
This school
is interesting and many of the children appear to be serious.
o'clock I have a bible-class with about 150 adults.
At 12
On Monday morning
I have usually spent more or less time in a meeting with those who
profess to be penitent & to renounce their sins.
These together w ith
visiting, dispensing medicines to the sick and holding occasional
meetings in the out districts have constituted my chief labors.
God
has mercifully permitted me to labor without any serious interruption.
Mrs. F. though feeble in health and at times protrate has been able
much of the time to hold meetings with the mothers and female members
of the chh.
Sister Ives altho’ very frail has managed to allow Bro.
I. to be absent much to labor at an out post.
But I will "speak more
definitely of this by & by.
It will be remembered that heretofore this part of Kona together
with Kau has always been reported under one, but a s already mentioned
I shall speak of Kau separate, and shall also divide this part of Kona
into two divisions. 1.
Kau - contains a population of over 4000 souls all quite accessible
The missionary may ride on horseback to almost every village in Kau.
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1841
2.
There are about 14 schools, some of which are flourishing and some but
poorly managed.
There are about 250 church members there who are now
set off from this chh. and form a church by themselves, of which I
hope Bro. Paris will take the pastoral charge.
He has now been labor
ing there several months, with great joy to the people who have long
desired the gospel.
Formerly they could enjoy its blessed privileges
only by coming to this station or going to Hilo, either of which was
a journey of two days in good weather and if the weather was rough then
four or five days were necessary for the journey.
Notwithstanding
these discouragements very many of them prized the gospel enough to
leave home and surmount all the difficulties that they might enjoy it,
as is manifest from the fact that there are 250 or more chh. members
there who joined the chh. at this place except those who joined at
Hilo.
There has been much attention for 2 years among the people to the
subject of religon, and when I was last in Kau there were over 100
inquirers a few months ago.
The door of usefulness appears wide open
and the harvest ripe, and should Bro. Paris remain as I trust he will,
there is a fair prospect of great success.
field,
But should he leave the
the papists stand ready to thrust their idols on the half en
lightened people and close the door against the gospel, now so invi
tingly open.
There is a priest now in Kau I learn wh o goes to baptize
all good & bad who will string an image on; their necks & pray to Mary.
He will probably bapetemo 100 before he returns and boast that he will
in a few years convert all Kau.
What the mission would have done for
Kau should be done now, or half the opportunity is lost.
"Strike while
the iron is hot", is a maxim none the worse for being old.
Bro. Paris has the advantage of being acquainted with the people,
and judging from what I saw after spending near 6 weeks there on dif
�Kealakekua 1842
3.
ferent occasions I should say he has gained their esteem & affection
which is of more importance to his success than even the language.
Kau should immediately be supplied with two laborers for various reasons.
1.
The field is large enough both in extent and population.
2,
It is too remote from any other station for a family to reside
alone there, especially in sickness.
3.
One man cannot do the work fast enough.
Bro. Paris has obtained liberty from Gov. Adams to build on
his land and has accordingly walled in a pleasant building spot at
W aiahinu, where he has commenced building, on the conviction that the
station ought to & will be kept up, and that if ever he should even
tually leave, the Bd will furnish a man for so important a field.
On
the subject of building I presume Br. Paris will state his own views.
I may be allowed however to say a word as I am acquainted with all the
circumstances.
In the first place, I would say, no one who knows the circumstan
ces will doubt one minute whether he ought to have a permanent house.
The weather there is much like Kohala weather, It may not be quite
so cold at Waiohinu.
2n d
He ought to have the means of immediately erecting a suitable
house, and I hope the brethrn. will not subject him to the necessity of
dragging out another year of cruel exposure of health without provision
for a comfortable dwelling.
Even should no decision arrive from Bos
ton this May, he will not proceed to Oregon till the Board refuse con
sent to his remaining here, which they will not do, The question then
is, shall this mission deny him a house & the means of doing good,
simply because we have not yet heard, what we are almost certain we
shall hear.
Brethren Paris & Rice are in fact members of this mission,
the addition of their names is all that remains.
�Kealakekua
1842
4.
It is true, building in Kau will be expensive ie it will be
more so than at some other places and no more so than at Waioli on
Tauai ( !) and many other places.
Bro. Paris' place at Waiohinu is ab
out 1 0 miles from the shore or landing at the nearest place where goods
can possibly be landed and all his materials must be carried up on the
shoulders of men as there are no teams in Kau, altho’ an ox team might
be used with good effect there as there are pretty good roads for
Hawaii.
Since last August I have visited Kau 3 times and spent about 2
weeks at a time with Bro. Paris in labors among the people.
The congregation on the sabbath was usually about 2000.
On or
dinary occasions however it would not perhaps average over 1400, per
haps 1200.
Over 400 children were then in the Sab. school.
The or
derly sober appearance of the people together with their eager at
tention to preaching, seemed to promise success to the labors of a
faithful missionary.
They have shewn their interest by already assis
ting Bro. P. in various ways.
Mostly all his goods boards &c they
carried for him gratuitously from the shore which was no small job.
besides other acts of kindness,
Bro. Ives proposes removing to Kau
that he may have a location more favorable to the state of his family
than his present sphere.
Should he go that will supply both posts in
Ka u .
II)
I come now to the part of this field in which Bro. Ives has spent
most of his labors the past year, which by itself forms a field of
labor large enough for any one man.
It commences at Kealia and ex
tends to the borders of Kau & is 15 or 20 miles in extent.
The popu
lation is near 2 0 0 0 .
In this district which is called Kapalilua there are 10 schools
containing 400 scholars all of which are now in an interesting condi
�Kealakekua
tion.
1842
There are 450 church members In Kapalilua including Kealia.
They have lately been set off from this chh to form a separate church
by themselves.
district.
There are also about 300 more inquirers in the same
The mission will recollect that a missionary for Kealia
which would be the place for a Station in Kapalilua has often been
called for.
As already stated Bro. Ives has spent the most of the past
year in laboring at Kapalilua with very encouraging success.
But In
order to labor with effect he was necessarily much absent from his
family, sometimes 2 weeks at a time which has thrown all the family
cares night and day on Sister Ives, and is more than her feeble frame
can sustain.
would be lost.
Y et, unless he labored among the people much of his labour
Bro. Ives is not willing to sit at home & see souls
perishing and in Sister Ives' state of health he cannot consistently
leave his family long enough at a time to accomplish much among the
people.
They therefore propose moving to Kau and leaving this field
open to a family who can take charge of Kapalilua.
This I cannot object
to, as he can have a field In Kau where one days ride will carry him
to the limit a n d need not be much absent from his family.
It will be easily seen however that if while I take the full charge
of this chh. and this half of the field, Bro. Ives cannot take charge
of the other half without unjustifiable absence from his family, that
I cannot possibly take charge of both fields leaving my family alone
when no one is at the station to aid me.
If Bro Ives leaves I see no
way but to abandon Kealia station unless the mission will supply his
place.
There are no buildings at Kealia.
Bro. Ives resides here in the
thing called a house erected by Bro. Vanduzee for $400. [Footnote:]
It will be recollected however this was not an allowance, but from
his stipend.
Kealia is about 8 miles by water and ten or 12 by land
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1842
6.
over a bad road from this place.
Should Bro. Ives remain he ought
to b e allowed the means for erecting a good house at Kealia, then he
could take charge of the church in Kapalilua without being absent from
his family very much.
Kealia will compare very well with Kailua in
every respect except that the village is not so large and it is not
quite so barren.
The papists are making strenuous efforts in Kapalilua a few miles
below Kealia and the prospect is that unless this field can be faith
fully attended to they will draw away multitude[s] after them very
soon and thus close the door against the gospel.
Nearly the whole of
three lands have been ensnared by them and they are now building the
second meeting house about which they have made much difficulty and
though forbidden by the heads of the land they go on, prompted by the
priest who shields himself under the "ae Kuikahi" [treaty] of. Cap.
Laplace.
I do not know the number of their followers in Kapalilua.
Probably however about 250 all bapetemoed since last may.
fore submit this question to the mission
I there
Will you Brethren abandon
that field to Satan or which is the same thing, to the papists.
Of course you will not expect that my unassisted labors will sus
tain it.
Ill)
It remains to report the district of which Kealakekua is the
station and which has been the principal field of my labors the past
[Kiilae?
]
year.
The limits of this district are from Kiilai to the borders of
Bro. Thurston's field, about 6 miles each way from Kealakekua.
whole population is about 2600.
condition.
[Marginal note]
There are 11 schools in a prosperous
(Whole number of scholars in school 553)
The teachers mostly take a warm interest in their schools.
-
The
This dis-
trict has seriously felt the loss of Kapiolani who was indeed a mother
to us & to the people & a nursing mother to the chh. here.
Never did
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1842
we k n o w how much the cause was indebted to her exertions her example &
her prayers till the Lord deprived us of her.
probability that her place will ever be filled.
There is at present no
But God who thus af
flicted us has not left us without consolations, he has not taken from
us the blessed influences of his Spirit.
Multitudes of the parents
and many of the children profess to turn from their sins.
There are
now about 300 inquirers and nearly 800 church members in this district,
all of whom are of course like so many children that must be watched
over, advised instructed, yea taken by the hand and led carefully
along.
This is work enough for two missionaries, so that when I have
exhausted all my plans and efforts on them, the work is of course very
superficially done.
I find no time to farm and but little to keep my own mind from
becoming a nahelehele [a wilderness] .
The papists have about 30
followers in this field but do not at present increase much.
Monthly conct
contributions have been kept up.
The whole amount
in this field was nominally about 70.25 besides acts of general bene
volence.
The effort of the men are not included in the $70 which is
only In native reckoning in tapas, fowls, malos &c.
For marriages & baptisms see the following table of statistics.
This table Includes all the marriages & baptisms whether by Mr. Ives or
myself whether here or at Kau.
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1842
8.
Kau
Kealia
Whole no adm. on exam.
On certificate
Kealakekua
1517
Total
1705
58
64
289
361
19
27
308
388
29
29
2
2
Whole no deceased
59
59
Deceased past year
11
11
Past year on ex.
72
Past year on certifi
cate
Whole no. past year
8
.
80
No dismissed to other
churches
Dismissed past year
Suspended past year
2
91
93
Remain suspended
2
120
122
Excommunicated past year
2
47
49
Remain excom.
2
106
108
914
1553
614
614
447
# Whole num. in reg. stand.#192
No chiln. baptized
83
Baptized past year
Whole num. of chiln.
deceased
not known
Marriages past year
Average congregation
Whole num. excommuni
cated
Excommunicated
restored
83
70
1200
800
2
past year
1400
125
127
12
# This does not include those who reside in Kau but have not yet
been dismissed from the chh. at Hilo also some from this place who
will remain permanently in Kau.
of the three chhs. formerly one chh.
[Unsigned; C. Forbes]
�To the Moderator of the General Meeting to he convened at Honolulu
May 1 8 42.
Sir
Our reasons for not attending this year are these.
now to abundantly own our labors.
God seems
There is not a tour I make but what
numbers of new ones are brought onto the list of enquirers & our meet
ings are filled to overflowing.
A Catholic priest here too is visit
ing from village to village & drawing after him whatever he is able.
Bro. Forbes has divided off the field into three different churches
viz; one here, one at Kapalilua & one at Kau.
My labors have been confined mostly to Kapalilua.
in that district is not quite 2 0 0 0 .
The population
I have now on my list of enquirers
above 400 & above 120 have recently been connected with the church.
One whole district where we had a school last year of 30 scholars among
whom were 8 readers has gone over to the C a t h o l i c s .
A large number
has also turned to them at another village about 10 miles this side.
Four church members have also joined them.
But there are many church
members that were in a deep sleep & whom we could not but w ish out of
the church that are now awake & ready for every good work.
Two of the
Catholics that have been bapetemoed have joined our enquiry list.
Also a boy that had been bapetemoed has been persuaded to leave them
& been got into school; & a sick man that had been bapetemoed for the
sake of being cured, says that he intends to have nothing more to
do with them.
The revival has extended about these Catholic villages & into
their midst so that instances are frequent where the husband is divided
against the wife, the father against the son &c.
In our labors with the catholics we drop all disputed points &
labor to impress upon them the idea that there is no salvation except
by a purity of heart & newness of life.
They give a verbal assent
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1842
2.
to this kind of instruction & frequently acknowledge with an expression
that tells more than words that they are in the broad road to death.
It has been our object to carry the gospel into their midst by
such a life in its followers & such an energy in its word that Cathol
icism could not stand before it.
With this object in view we commenced at the church & after arous
ing them, set the most prominent ones among them to work to turn sin
ners to the truth.
The blessed influence has been carried into every village & to
almost every house, & we were in hopes that it would eventually be
come so powerful that Catholicism would yield.
with this narration.
But I must stop short
Mrs. Ives' health has suffered from my absence &
my labors in that region must be suspended.
Bro. Forbes has divided it off into a church by itself & requested
me to become its pastor; but in consequence of Mr s . Ives’ ill health, I
cannot reasonably consent.
The nearest borders to that field is 7
miles distant & if I take it & live where we now do my whole time must
be spent away from my family.
If therefore we take that church & field
we must build.
But if we build both Mrs. Ives & myself prefer to go to Punaluu
a village in the eastern part of Kau.
Our reasons for this are the
following.
The field at Kapalilua extends along a sea coast of 20 miles &
sometime 4 or 8 miles inland up a mountain.
The villages there can be
reached only by canoes & there is doubtless no place in consequence of
bad landing where a meeting house will ever be built except near the
two extremities of the field.
Kealia lying entirely at this extremity
( !) is the most convenient place where the people may assemble.
That is the spot where one would build.
I could not think of reaching
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1842
from that place the people some of whom live 25 miles distant without
being from home much of the time.
I must spend a part of my Sabbaths
& week-days at the other extremity of the field.
And besides for Mrs.
Ives to recover her health or keep it where it is, she needs daily
o u t d o o r exercise.
She wants opportunity either of riding on horseback
or working in a garden.
B u t there are no roads at Kealia for a horse
to go nor Is there a probability that there will be any.
There is also
no place there for a garden - the soil being composed of lava rocks &
dry dust.
Were there no Catholics in the field & the chiefs friendly
one man might by sanding out native help stay at home & take care of
the field.
But when there are Catholic priests going from village to
village & chiefs often ready to assist them it needs some one that can
go himself - that can leave home at any moment & be gone for days.
You put us down at Kealia & you consign one half of that people
to the Catholics & Mrs. Ives probably to a premature grave.
It is our request to be stationed at Punaluu if in the opinion
of Mrs. Ives' physician that place will answer.
Bro. Paris has above 4000 people in his field about the same number
that both Bro. Forbes & I have.
Punaluu is situated on the shore 18
miles from his place & the field there would take in not quite half
of the population.
I should not infringe upon Bro. Paris & have about the same
number of people that I should have at Kealia.
With these I could come in daily contact without being absent
over night from my family.
Mrs. Ives could keep her health by taking
exercise either on horse back or in the garden.
It ought not to be
overlooked that the people at Kau are very ignorant & that Catholicism
there will take rank hold.
Especially is such the case about Punaluu.
We had never before Bro. Paris' arrival been able to get a deacon
�Kealakekua
1842
4.
or teacher who would stay there & oversee things.
The last man that Bro. Forbes put there w as enticed away by the
Governor to Hilo.
You can easily perceive the need of a missionary
being put there immediately.
A Catholic priest is now in Kau going
from village to village doing what he is able.
We look to you for di
rection to know where we can best apply our little energies against
the beast.
Would you approve of our going to Punaluu & putting up a small
stone house this year with the idea of enlarging it the next,
Mrs.
Ives would either stay where she now is or with Sister Paris while the
house is going up.
The air at Punaluu Is cooler than it is here, the winds are more
strong but the rains are not frequent.
I trust that the mission will not forget to give a grant for
putting up the building which has been commenced at Waiohinu.
We all
see that that station whether another one is taken or not must be
sustained.
And Bro. Paris' time, even if he leaves, cannot be better employed
than in over seeing that building.
The evils of living in such a place
in a native house we have some of us learned by bitter experience.
The weather there is far more damp than it is at Punaluu.
With respect to schools I am not prepared now to report not hav
ing recently visited many except those at Kapalilua.
The present state of feeling has had a salutary effect upon them
so that they are now generally doing as well & In some cases much
better than they were last year.
Since writing the above I have spent a Sabbath at Kealia.
I
have 30 more added to my list of enquirers so that there are now about
450 on the enquiry list at Kapalilua.
The fields there seem already
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1842
white for the harvest.
5
#
It does seem that if labor was followed up
there w e might see; breakings up among those papists.
I did resolve when I saw the promising state of things there
on the Sabbath that I would go into that field again this w e e k but
when I come b ack & see Mrs. Ives weak state of health I cannot go.
Mrs. Forbes is no better able to be left alone than Mrs. Ives & what
shall be done w i t h that field?
We are not able to b e at Gen. M eeting to urge upon you the need
of another laborer here, one that is able & healthy, we here in this
dull way of written communication throw upon your consideration &
mercy the case of those 2000 people at Kapalilua who w i t h lifted hands
are n o w begging for the bread of life.
Will you give them over to the beast who stands w i t h gaping
jaws ready to devour them?
Will y ou let the Papists come & revel there
with n o influence to counteract them?
Pray for us & for this people.
W e also shall not cease to pray for you that the Holy Spirit may
guide your deliberations, - that no root of bitterness may spring up
among you; & that no subject may be discussed that may tend to lessen
our love for the Board or for each other.
So far as I am concerned with the Board I am ready w i t h all
humiliation for past offences to meet them as my Brethren & my Fathers
& confess to them my errors & beg of the God of mercy that he would
strengthen us together in the same band.
We need such an influence.
It is B a b y l o n the great that we are endeavoring to besiege; neither is
he revelling in drunkenness with his gates unguarded.
Ought w e not to look above for strength w i t h an importunity that
takes no denial.
I have a w o r d with respect to Gen. Meetings.
Could not business
�Kealakekua 1842
6
.
be done by delegates or in some other way so as to take less time
& expense?
It has been now three years since we have been to Gen
eral Meeting & I may not very soon be appointed to attend a delegate
meeting; yet I would give my vote with all my heart for delegate
meetings.
Will the brethren at Honolulu wh o see the importance of such a
&
move b e restrained by feelings of delicacy from urging it; will
those who are wise to see far into such matters & who doubtless would
be the ones to be appointed for delegates be restrained on this sub
ject from false delicacy or fear of responsibility?
W hy on this as
well as on every other subject ought [we] to deliberate w i t h an eye
single to the glory of God.
It is perhaps a question worth asking
whether such a move would not make our calls for money, meet with a
more hearty response from the Board & the churches.
To conclude -
The arrival of the L'Artamise ( !) drew the eyes
of the Christian world upon us & they are now fixed here to see what
shall be the result.
I have not the least doubt from the Bible &
f r o m what my eyes have lately seen, that if w e gird ourselves with all
our might to the work but that the result will be exactly w h a t we may
wish,
Respectfully Yours
Mark I v e s .
Kealakekua
April 4th 1842
�Kealakekua
Apl 29/43
Dear Bro Ives,
I have had several opportunities for writing but have
been so hurried that I have written little.
to labor w i t h comfortable health.
ever since you left.
The Lord permits me still
Wife has been on the invalid list
She does not appear so well as before we left
home in the fall.
Keawepaaikamaha is no more she was sick when you left.
Mahue kept an open house & mistresses for those caps & their men
who left when you did.
her.
I do not know that Cap W
v
isited
There is a good deal of interest and I fear a good deal of want
of interest among the chh. memr s .
The sab. school keeps up well and
I believe the other schools do also.
in since you left.
spreading popery.
There has been a french ship
I have not heard that they took any interest in
But they had r u m .
but none of them with r u m ,
4 other American ships have b e e n in
I am trying to get these roads mended.
Tell bro Paris I have sent for the crowbar as I found it almost im
possible to get along without it.
If he needs one he h a d better get
a new one as we will often need this at the station.
I took the liberty to get one of your koa boards and 9 feet of
white pine to finish two doors I am getting Barrett to make, for a
native house I am putting up.
Naipu & wife live in your native house and profess to take good
care of the holoholonas [animals] & the yard, I believe he d o gs
pretty well.
You will soon no w be in the toil of gen. m.
to do all things right & (?) for his g l o r y .
M a y God give grace
I hope to see you home by
the first of June & yet cannot say my hope is strong as my desire, when
I look at previous years.
�C . Forbes to M. Ives . 1843
2.
I was obliged to hurry off my report and fear there are errors in
the statistical p a r t . Will you be so kind as to examine and compare
it with the following and correct that by this Church at
Kealakekua
Whole no. ad. on exam
”
"
"
" certificate
On certif past year
Whole no. past year
dismissed to other chhs past yr )
including Kealia memrs
)
Members in Kau now dismissed
Whole no. dismissed to other chhs.
Whole no. i n regular standing
2054
70
Kealia
355
570
513
513
1083
558)
165)
752
1156
1057
6
The above are the points i n which I suspect I have miscalculated.
I w d thank you to examine them and put it straight before it goes to
the hands of a committee.
All the above may not differ from the first
report, but I put them down not being certain.
Love to Sisr Ives & the chil n .
Mrs. F. will probably write
Sister I.
Very truly your bro
C . Forbes
�Report Apl 1843
During the past year God has blessed us in many ways.
Atten
tion t o meetings and the preached word has continued with interest
through the year. It was impossible to collect our people into one c o n g r e g a t i o n .
The field was therefore divided into three congregations.
lakekua ranging from 1000 to 1500 on the Sab.
800 on the Sab.
bath meetings.
One at Kea
One at Kealia of about
One at Kapalilua of about 500.
These are stated sab
There are besides them occasional meetings h e l d by
deacons i n the school houses in out districts.
Kealakekua is supplied by Bro Ives & myself and the outposts visi
ted by one of us once a month.
In our absence they are supplied by
natives.
We have one native assistant who devotes his whole time to labor
ing at the out posts, and receives a regular monthly compensation from
the monthly concert.
We have found the labors to increase on our hands, so that much
was necessarily left undone,
Early in the year I perceived symptoms of debility and soon
found that I could not sustain the 4 services of the Sab.
sermons; the sab. school and a Bible class.
That is two
Most of the labor therefore
fell on bro Ives after the first of September.
Early in November I left home with my family being advised by our
physician to leave my labors.
For 4 months I was absent from the sta
tion, During which time bro Ives labored alone.
I feel called on here to express my deep sense of the kindness
shorn to me and my family by the brethren at the different stations I
visited.
grateful.
For their many acts of kindness I trust I shall ever feel
�Kealakekua 1843
2.
Early in March, God permitted us to return to our post, w i t h my
health much improved, and to enter once more on our labor.
The various
means employed to spread the gospel among the people, have been preach
ing, sab. schools, bible-classes, concerts, visiting &c.
Our Sab.
school at the station numbers 420 and has averaged about 3 4 0
The sab school at Kealia averages 120 chiln .
about 90 chiln .
children.
The one at Kapalilua
In these schools the children commit & recite the
catechism & hymns.
Monthly concert
Our monthly concert has been regularly observed In each of the
three congregations and frequently contributions made.
Indeed we hold
it up to them as a principle that it is every Christian's duty to do
all he can for the spread of Christs gospel.
past year amount to $121.32 nominally.
The contributions of the
This was contributed chiefly
by the women, and applied in various ways to spread the gospel.
The
male chh. members have built five meeting houses during the year, one
of them is laid up in stone & lime, and one with merely dry stone
walls.
The other three are grass houses.
A few days of government work
were laid out on them.
Pop ery has made very little if any progress in the field, during
the year.
Near a year ago I passed t h r o u g h the. whole field & took down
the names of every papist man woman & child & found the whole number
from Kau to the borders [ of] bro Thurston's field to be about 2 9 0 .
This includes parents and Children, so that they cannot have over 150
adults in this field.
During the past year I can learn of not more than
ten who have joined them from this field,
members of our churches.
3 or 4 of those had been
Of the candidates admitted by us the past year
9 had been papists & left them.
So far as our experience goes, rigid
discipline has no tendency to drive our people to the papists.
On the
�Kealakekua 1843
3.
contrary I believe a more lax discipline would bring us so near the
papists that many would slide over almost imperceptibly.
It should never be forgotten however that the wolf is among the
sheep and that too in sheep's clothing.
at every opportunity.
He is only waiting to destroy
Here we are w i t h two churches scattered over a
country 40 miles in extent very bad travelling, only a part of it a c
cessible on horseback and only two feeble missionaries for the whole
field, where there is work enough to exhaust the energies of
men.
4
hale
We have felt greatly relieved the past year that the mission has
taken Kau off our shoulders.
labors alone.
But what is to be done?
There bro Paris
Will not the mission do h im the justice, and the people,
the 4000 people in that extremity of the earthy the kindness to appoint
h i m an associate.
Among all the brethren who shall assemble at Honolulu
is there one who w i l l take up his cross and go labor single handed and
houseless in Kau?
If there be, let h i m show his faith b y his works.
I would here say that we at this station are concerned, in getting
goods safely to Kau, -which may be landed here or at Kailua for bro P.
It will be the duty of the mission to make provision for that additional
expense ( !).
If we are to attend to that duty, and I do not see but
we must, the mission must provide us the means.
It will rarely be safe
to convey dry goods on a single canoe & we have no double canoe.
Statistics of our churches
Whole no. admitted on examination
"
"
"
on certificate
"
"
" on examination past year
"
"
" on certificate past year
Whole number past yr
Whole no. dismissed
Dismissed past year
Whole no. deceased
Deceased past year
Excommunicated past yr
At Kealakekua
Kealia
2054
70
349
510
505
570
6
355
66
37
83
24
5
8
575
9
9
7
7
3
�Kealakekua
4
1843
Remain excom.
Whole n o . excomm.
Remain Suspended
Whole numr in reg. standg.
Whole no. children baptized
Baptized the past year
Marriages
W h ole number of children who
are in our Sab. schools
Average attendance of childn
102
130
31
1619
707
93
3
3
7
1049
142
142
51
750
550
C . Forbes
�Report
of Station at Kealakekua for Year endg May 1, 1844
Through the goodness of God w e have been permitted to spend another
year at our post.
during the year.
No serious occurrence has interrupted our labors
But we have been able to pursue our accustomed duties.
Although there has not been that general and deep interest throughout
the field which characterized the 4 preceding years; still we have had
evidence of the holy Spirit's presence.
God has not left us without
the cheering tokens of his blessing on the truth.
wanderers have been reclaimed.
Many backsliders &
Many of the wicked profess to have r e
nounced their errors and embraced the gospel, and. many in the c h h .
manifestly grow i n grace.
But the vast labor of instructing 2000 chh. members without any
efficient aid from the members is sufficient for five pastors and
cannot be performed by two!
Twere folly to pretend it.
The people
are not fed they are starved of necessity, It is not therefore strange
that so few grow i n knowledge & grace and even those few grow so tar
dily .
Neither is It strange that multitudes around us are fascinated by
the pomp of popery, seeing they get so little from any other source.
Popery promises them everything they want in this life & the life
to come, full indulgence here and full salvation hereafter; no matter
that they cannot perform what they promise.
and that is all they desire.
They ensnare the people
The priests themselves apparently keep
quiet, but their emissaries are continually prowling about, seeking
whom they may devour.
They are doubtless well recompensed for every
proselyte they make.
I have known the priest to make large offers of
money to some if they would turn and teach school for him.
One kono-
hiki has spent most of the year In missionating ( !) for the priest, with
no small share of Jesuitical cunning, leaving his lands to labor for
the ’
’
pelani" .
If any protestant konohiki
sh ould do so for Christ's sake he would soon be ejected; yet the lands
�Kealakekua
2.
1844
of the above papist are held by Protestants.
The schools in our field
have b e e n maintained during the year, by main effort on our part and
self denial on the part of the teachers.
More than once would they
have abandoned their thankless office had we not interposed. W hat little
pay they did get was often an imposition, being such unavailable govt
funds as no other agent of govt would accept, worthless remnants of
cotton or old motheaten tapas, or hogs at double price or food in
the ground which the very mice no longer cared for.
A r e not worthy
teachers as important to this govt as secretaries & subsecretaries of
foreign affairs?
Then why is the one endowed with a fat income while
the other is starved?
N ay; by govt agents shaved of what the law
declares to be his due.
Either the unfaithfulness of lunas, or the inconsistency of the
school laws, or both together, have done much to disaffect both parents
& children in this region.
The laws are indefinite or the lunas make
them so, and there is dissatisfaction both with parents & teachers.
This people have not breathed the air of civilization long enough, to
feel the importance of educating their children, hence when protestant
lunas and protestant teachers exact of them l / 2 a d o l l . each for the
teachers support a feeling of repulsion & disaffection is at once pro
duced.
The odium wh i c h ever follows exactions, falls on the teacher,
because he or his agents must collect the tax.
The feeling is soon
caught by the children, who join with their rents, and their teacher
is regarded as an oppressor instead of a friend & instructor.
Close
by is a thing called a school where some fellow teaches his class to
cross themselves and chant prayers to Mary.
He asks no pay from t he
parents, and taking advantage of the excitement produced by the zeal
of the luna and the teacher to collect the "tithes" , very generously
offers to teach gratuitously all who will go to his school.
(The
�Kealakekua 1844
3.
evil is the lunas recognize such, cabals as schools)
To avoid the tax
& evade the law which requires every child to go to school, multitudes
of children come under the papists & enter their “s chools."
Thus it
is the direct efforts of protestant lunas drive the childn to popery.
Hence popery is increasing among us.
Aside from the above cause I
have n ot known of one person of any moral principle, joining the pa
pists .
We have 4 sabbath schools in the field, one at the station with
400 chiln enrolled the average attendance is about 320
others which, embrace about 300 children.
There are three
It is among the children we
must look for the permanent influence of the gospel, from them just
come the future members of our churches and if they cannot be kept
under the influence of the gospel, we comparatively labor in vain.
On this subject the papists are cunning and strive principally to get
the affections of the childn .
We need more some system to retain the
affections & confidence of the children than we need the a r m of the
law.
Statistics of the chhs.
At K e a l a k e k u a ______ ______________
2096 Whole number admitted on examination
78 Whole no
on certificate
42 Past year on examination
8 Past year on certificate
50 Whole number past y e a r
768 Whole no, dismissed to other chhs
16 Dismissed past year
117 Whole no. deceased
34 Deceased past year
43 Remaining under discipline
24 Excommunicated past year
154 Whole number excommunicated
122 Remain excommunicated
1089 Whole no. in regular standing
62 Marriages past year in the whole field
and________Kealia_____
586
513
16
- 16
12
3
36
29
60
16
19
17
965
I w i s h here to record my vote in favor of nothing being done at
the Seminary L . L . in any department unless it can be done thoroughly.
If a ten years course be necessary for doing the w o r k thoroughly
�Kealakekua
1844
4.
I hope the mission w i l l instruct the professors to keep the boys
years.
10
We have had children's play long enough.
I also record my vote in favor of teaching the b oys English not to smatter a little, b ut to understand what they read and hear in
English.
effort.
Thus will we have teachers and Theologians worthy of our
It is better to do less and do it well than spoil all.
Request
I proposed last year to put a thatch roof on my house, but have
altered my mind & design putting on shingles.
1.
Because a shingle roof will be permanent.
2.
It will be much more comfortable.
3.
It will furnish us with fresh w ater most of the year, which of
itself Is a sufficient reason here where there are neither wells nor
streams.
Of the sum granted last year I saved a part from repairs and
have expended i t in getting part of the materials for a shingle roof.
Having made a calculation I suppose $150 more will enable me to finish
it.
My request now is that the Mission will grant me this year the
sum of $5150 to put a shingle roof on my house and keep the rain out.
All which is respectfully submitted this 1st day of May 1844
C . Forbes
�Report of South Kona
Hawaii [Kealakekua]
During the latter part of the year 1846 the state of religion
was d i s c o u r a g i n g ( !) and the schools have not recovered from the in
fluence of the famine the previous year.
For more than a year past
the moral aspect has been more cheering.
Teachers have been more en-
ergetic, more willing to pay for books, scholars have shown a commen
dable zeal for improvement.
And although a debt of eight hundred
dollars hung as a weight upon the officers of the school fund, more
than five hundred of said debt has been paid off, without suspending
the schools or Interfering w i t h the claims of the present teachers.
For a few months past meetings have been more fully attended, and
many backsliders have returned, about 50 of whom have been received
back to the church.
Meetings on the Sabbath are sustained in seven
different villages, and are attended by about eleven or twelve hundred
persons.
The deacons who conduct these several meetings are in the
habit of meeting their pastor once a week, in order to talk over their
duties, and also to receive doctrinal instruction.
The schools have
usually been examined b y t h e pastor once in three months.
Statistics of the two churches at Kealakekua and
Kealia - South Kona
Whole no on examination at
"
Certificate
Past two years on examination
Past two years on certificate
Whole no dismissed to other churches
Dismissed the p a s t two years
Whole no died
Suspended past two years
Hawaii
Kealakekua
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Keala
Kealia
Keala --Kealia
2107
587
94
513
3
5
18
0
795
30
34
20
315
200
6
14
�Kealakekua
1846
2.
Remain suspended
R estored to church, fellowship past year
Excommunicated past two years
Whole n o excommunicated
Whole no in regular standing
Marriages past two years
Keala,
Kealia
Keala,
Kealia
Keala,
Kealia
Kealakekua
Kealia
Keala,
Kealia
W h o l e no of scholars last examination
about 200 of them were Papists
167
100
50
3
8
0
183
68
714
715
50
996
Average attendance on the Sabbath at Kealakekua from 200 to 250 Including all the out station from 1100 to 1200 —
Mary A
Ives
�Report of the Station at Kealakekua [1846]
We have to acknowledge the goodness of an overruling Providence
in preserving the lives of all at our station the past two years; t h o '
in the mean time we have become two bands.
Shortly after our return
from General Meeting 1844 the health of our associates was such that
they were obliged to journey for their health which left us alone at
the station.
The health of my family in the mean time was such that I was u n
able to leave them to labor much at Kealia over which church I had
recently been appointed pastor.
I spent my time mostly in holding
meet i n g s &c. among the people at Kealakekua not going more than once
or twice to Kealia expecting shortly the return of our associates which
in their visit to Hilo & Honolulu was protracted till the 5th of Decem
ber.
At the time of their return we h a d a plentiful rain which
flooded our streets for the t ime being with water.
till the 15th of F e b ., we h a d no rain.
F r o m that time
We had however on the 19th of
D e c . a terrific confligration ( !) which almost instantly levelled 13
houses with t h e ground including our canoe house canoe & other property.
It was i n that part of t h e village where boats from whale ships gener
ally land & where in shipping season may be seen at most all hours
of the day idle natives in great numbers mingled with foreigners &
spending their time in anything but imparting & receiving good.
The
drouth aforementioned was followed by the epidemic common to all the
islands & by a scarcity of provisions scarcely before known even at
Kealakekua.
The consequence was that numbers flocked away to Kau & other places
where they found sustenance & among the rest our dear associates
visited with the judgements that seemed to rest on that unhappy place
�Kealakekua
1846
2.
made good their retreat apparently to their no small advantage.
During the winter of 1844 & -5 I spent most of my time in visiting
through the field of Kealia but divine truth was not received with
that i nterest that it was the year before.
The people not having had
much effort made among them except by natives had sunk down in a
measure to indifference from which nothing but God's Spirit seemed
able to arouse them.
On the last Sabbath in June 1845 all the people both of Kealia &
Kealakekua were requested to be present when the Lord's supper was
administered.
Bro Forbes not able to say much, made a few closing
remarks, & bid the people farewell telling them that I was hereafter
to b e their pastor.
To tell the truth the very unusual amount of secular business at
the station together w i t h my own ill health a part of the time & also
that of Mrs. Ives have consumed about all my time the past year.
In
the prevailing epidemic a year since Mrs. Ives was attacked with
rheumatic pains in her teeth & face, which came on afterwards at inter
vals & h e l d on for weeks in succession producing pain through the day
& wakefulness through the night.
After trying the medicines of our physician & the different ph y
sicians that visited our house from whale ships & in Jan last the
bracing air of W aiohinu together with the journey thither & b a c k her
health has been restored.
Perhaps she has not enjoyed better health since she has been at
the station than a few months past t h o ' she is not vigorous.
She has
been able in this time besides her domestic concerns to attend a weekly
meeting with the women.
My own health during last summer & fall was
poor but for several months past it has been very good.
I have been
able to preach twice on the Sabbath, attend the Sabbath school, preach
�3.
once in English, when the seamen were in, attend the Wednesday meeting
at the station & a meeting with the deacons on Thursday & occasionally
meetings at a distance.
On Bro. F o rbes’ leaving, as our house was in a very leaky condi
tion, we moved into his & we have during the past year finished an
additional building the walls of which had previously b e e n laid up by
him.
We have also built a cistern at the expense of about $30 that holds
110 barrels which appears tight & durably.
This together with a smaller
one that w e think we can now build for less than half that expense will
furnish us a b u n d a n t water for most of the year for both ourselves &
cattle.
2
This appears to us a great luxury as we have been obliged for
months in succession the past year to depend upon whale ships for
our drinking water the people who lived
8
miles distant where we were
accustomed to send in former dry seasons for water now came down past
our house for the purpose of getting brackish water.
very little rain for seven months.
Indeed we had but
It is now impossible for many of
the natives to get taro & p o t a t o tops to start their plantations;
such has been the devastation.
A spark of fire dropped ( !) into the
leaves would immediately kindle & the consequence was that the country
from Onouli to Kapua & onwards a distance of 30 miles Including all
our arable land except here & there a small patch where the owner with
uncommon vigor defended it, was burnt over & the food thoroughly baked.
Often the man after watching his plantation a whole night would leave
it supposing it past danger when some sudden turn of the wind would
change the direction of the fire, & before he could again reach It,
his whole plantation be consumed.
Never before have the people at Kealakekua experienced such a
famine as now, the severities of w h i c h they were feeling when I left
them.
�Kealakekua
1846
4.
Money has no power to command food.
Our governess undertook to
remedy the evils of the famine by giving orders to the constables, as
they report, that all food offered for sale below such a price should
be forfeited.
the market.
As for t he products of plantations there were none for
A native ventured along w i t h some sticks of the fernroot
5 of which he sold for a dollar & immediately there was a seizure by
the constable.
for weeks.
That was the last of food's being bought or sold there
Finally some natives from Kohala hearing of our truly dis
tressing condition came down w i t h a canoe load of poi taro.
They were met by canoes in the bay & most of it sold
before they reached the shore.
They landed however 11 bunches of it
weighing mostly from 20 to 24 lbs per bunch & deposited it w i t h their
friends.
The constable however heard that it was to b e sold for 25
cts per bunch & he seized the whole & threatened also to seize the
owner's canoe.
in this case.
Our constables are not always as efficient as they were
Most of our criminals are confined for the sin of adul
tery & the only overseer they have is a man who has just worked out
his time for the same offence & the fiends of Hell could not ask
for more unrestrained liberty than they have with a constable living
on about every side of t h e m & the judge but a few rods distant.
When however money tempts they sometimes venture out as in the case
of a runaway sailor whom they laid hold of & put in to t h e prison.
The crews however from 7 whale ships then in port took h i m out & so
scared the constables that they all concealed themselves among the
rocks.
N ot a constable was to be found that night in all that region.
As to schools we have nothing encouraging - the teachers are poor
ly paid & they with the children are now for the most part scattered
here & there hunting for something to eat.
�Kealakekua
1846
5
.
The following are the statistics of the schools.
Number of children in the whole field
including papists
Protestants
Gone to the papists with the two or three
past years
Gone to Lahaina & Oahu (This was taken some
weeks past)
Deaths during the past year
,
Of the 762 Protestants there are
Boys
Girls
Schools
That on an average attend
Readers
Writers
In Geography
M e n t . Arith
Written Arith
857
762
35
150
10
399
363
25
410
318
150
125
266
56
There has been a decrease of children in our field the last 5
years of upwards of 250.
This has been occasioned partly by removals
but the teachers say that older scholars get married off & there are
not small children enough to come in to supply their places.
population in our field is diminishing.
among us where it is on the increase.
The
There is no place probably
Kaawaloa which in 1835 numbered
460 inhabitants has n o w only 160 either on the land or considered as
belonging to it.
Onouli a large land adjoining it has experienced
about the same diminution.
The famines too are thinning off our in
habitants.
There are two or three vessels constantly plying between our place
& Oahu & every vessel that left for several weeks was loaded down with
passengers so as scarcely to afford a foot room for the captain.
But
a part of these will ever get back.
They are trusted for their fare to Oahu & when they return they
are required to pay the fare for both ways.
Their lands in the mean time lying uncultivated they w i l l have
nothing to eat should they return; besides the tendency so strong to
the descendants of Adam to crowd to the metropolis.
�K e a l a k e k u a
1 8 4 6
6.
Concerning church, affairs myself not being the regular pastor
at Kealakekua we have got along with making no innovations either as
to the church covenant or the manner of discipline & with disciplining
as little as possible.
There has however been a very great lack of attending meetings
contributing at monthly concerts & a great prevalence of smoking with
its concomitant evils.
We have within the last year had 32 whale ships
anchor in the bay some of which we liked to see & others with an abun
dance of r um & spending weeks in port w i t h nothing to do b u t practice
iniquity .
The church statistics for Kealakekua are as follows.
Whole No received to the church on examination
On certificate
Past two years on examination
Past year
Past two years on certificate
Past year
W h ole No in two years
Whole No dismissed to other churches
Past two years
Past year
Whole No deceased
Deceased past 2 years
Suspended past 2 years
Past year
Remain suspended
Whole No excommunicated
Remain excommunicated
Excommunicated the past 2 years
Past year
Whole No in regular standing
Baptized the past 2 years
Past year
Married by me the past 2 years
Average No of cong. on the Sabbath
# Average cong. in the morning
180
The congregation varies from 60 to 200.
One cause of the decrease of our congregation is:
crease of the inhabitants.
2,107
88
11
None
10
None
21
779
12
5
206
89
273
184
229
178
175
24
3
-715
69
1
36
140#
the great d e
Another is that we have other meetings in
different parts of the field.
There are now seven places where meetings
are held on t h e Sabbath besides the one at the station.
�Kealakekua
1846
7.
Another cause Is the stupidity of the people.
We have disciplined
as little as possible & not get out of the beaten track.
There are
now 234 whose names are given that have been reported to me as openly
smoking tobacco in in ( !) direct violation of their covenant engage
ment & generally as absenting themselves on the Sabbath f r o m the worship
of God.
Had they been called up before the church session & examined
as others both n ow & in former years have been they w o u l d probably have
stood suspended.
The church Statistics for Kealia are as follows Whole No received on examination
On certificate
Past two years on examination
On certificate
Whole No past two years
Whole No dismissed to other churches
Past 2 years
Whole No deceased
Deceased past 2 years
Suspended past 2 years
Remain suspended
Whole No excommunicated
Excommunicated past 2 years
Remain excommunicated
Whole No in regular standing
Whole No children b a p t i z e d
Baptized past 2 years
586
513
None
None
None
16
4
105
69
59
100
68
49
67
782
268
There are n ow 51 in Kealia church that are reported as
openly smoking, tobacco in violation of their covenant engagement &
universally absenting themselves on the Sabbath from the worship of
God.
Had not their scattered state & my distance from t h e m prevented
they would ere this have been brought to trial.
I have recently visited the places where they live but they &
the deacons were scattered searching for food.
May the great Ruler of the church open the windows of heaven &
there
pour us out a blessing so that
shall not be room enough to
receive It.
Kealakekua
May 9 - 1846
Mark Ives
�Kealakekua
Sept. 19 1847.
Dear Brother Chamberlain,
I have just received your letter & am glad to see a
line once more from you.
The Lord indeed had graciously spared your life to your family.
This
loving'- kindness & tender mercies to those who trust in him are manifold.
The statistics which you request in your letter I must say I am not pre
pared to give.
This large church or rather these two large churches when I look at them,
hang upon me as a heavy weight, an undesirable weight.
now has been so for months back.
This if not the case
When we received orders from the rooms &
from the Depository to give the s t a t i s t i c s [!] I had then been obliged to spend
several weeks at Maui in consequence of the health of my family & I did not
think it possible in accordance with my other duties to make out those statist i c s [ ! ] & I have not attempted it.[Written in the left margin, sideways]:
Give our love to James.
We remember his visit here with pleasure.[End]
This is not a d e s i r a b l e state of things to be sure.
The field is long & the
people scattered, & we live nearly in one end of it.
I have the [
?
] s t a t i s t i c s [ !] for nearly one half of the field & the
rest are nearly as they were 18 months ago.
Our kahu kula has been so unwell
as not to be abl[e] to do any thing & I have taken much of t h a t mark onto my
own h a n d s .
Our schools are backward.
work.
T h o ' we do so little yet we feel happy in our
I have for a few weeks passed been from village to village & from person
to person to persuade them to repentance, & my labors have been kindly received.
When I read the account of Mr. Armstrong's death,[Note:
Probably means William
Richards, who died in 1847; Richard Armstrong died in 1860], I said, he was a
good man & I felt inclined to wake up & do more for my Blessed Redeemer.
When
I met with Mr. Paris & read his account of his wife's death I said Oh that I
might be prepared to die.
I spent the last week in examining schools & had a communion season yesterday in
the remotest part of the field.
I shall be ready at the end of this week, D.V. to give more full statist
tics of schools in our field than any I have now on hand.
I would then if that
would answe r make out something as statistics from the church.
think that we feel discouraged.
You are not to
Our last communion season at the station was
the fullest we have had since Mr. Forbes left & my meetings out have of late
�Ives
2.
have of l a t e [ !] been filled of the people attending.
M a y the Lord makeus
willing to labor where he would have us & do all his will & may he bless you;
your family & at last gather us all into his kingdom,
M esshe's [Mrs. ] unites
with me in very kind regards to Sister Chamberlain with y o u r s e l f &children.
Your Brother
Mark Ives.
[Written on other side of page]:
Mark Ives
Sep. 27 1847
M r . Levi Chamberlain
Honolulu,
Oahu.
�The Report of the churches at Kealakekua & Kealia for 1848-49
The circumstances under which the missionary year of which the following is a re
port, was begun by us, were in many respects peculiar.
of our own to provide for.
A new relation.
A family
A new field of labor in many respects different from
the one we were called to leave by the vote of the Mission. A strange people with
whom it was necessary to become acquainted before we could expect to do them much
good, and no fellow laborer with whom [we[ might consult in times of perplexity,
& doubt.
In the midst of these to us novel circumstances we have not been without
the tokens of His favor who has said "I will never leave thee no r forsake thee"
Three days after the adjournment of out last Gen. meeting I was on my way to Kauai
to remove my effects.
Being absent one week I was again at Honolulu ready to de
part to the scenes of my future labor.
By the first opportunity which occurred
the following week set sail for Hawaii and arrived there after four days having
spent a part of a day with our friends at Lahaina with much pleasure to o u r s e l v e s .
Made more so from the fact that we met there perhaps for the last time on this
side of the grave, all the members of our reenforcement.
Having arrived at
Kealakekua bay we were met by Capt. Cummings, a resident of that place who shewed [!]
us all the attentions which one stranger could shew to others - soon we were
surrounded by a multitude of natives who came to see, & say 'aloha' to their new
teachers, wnd on whose account some of them the week previous had kept a day of
fasting & prayer.
There were some of the best members of the church and persons
in whom we have found warm friends from that time till the present.
stances of their observing this day were these.
The circum
Knowing that they had had five
missionaries to labor among them, they were in doubt whether they would have
another one sent them.
Some of the Deacons of the church met to consult in regard
to the matter & resolved to request the church to set a part a day upon which to
beseech God not to forsake them but to send them another Teacher.
Having thus be
sought God, they received us as coming to them in answer to their prayers.
partaken of the
Having
hospitality of Cap. Cummings we prepared to go up to the house
which was hereafter to be our home.
Being lead by a man with a lantern for it was
now dark we soon reached the place.
Having dismissed the natives who followed
us to our abode, I received from them a hearty "aloha" we sought a place on which
to rest our weary limbs. The next morning found us surrounded by the same kind
hearted men who had proposed to keep the day of fasting and prayer for a teacher.
These volunteered to carry our "ukana” [luggage]
a mile.
from the vessel, a distance of
This they did carrying them all upon their shoulders although some of
the articles were so heavy that four or six men were required to carry them.
D u r i n g this day we were welcomed by many who came with their "taro" potatoes,
m e l o n s & to say "aloha."
The Sab. came, the congregation was large, for natives
�Station report, Kealakekua & Kealia, 1848-49,
Pogue
page 2
had come from all parts of the field, thus it continued for several succeeding Sab.
after which those who resided at some distance from the station remained at their own
places, & worshiped in their own house of prayer as they were accustomed to do before,
so that the congregation at the station was much diminished.
a goodly number who came together.
There were however still
From that time till this the congregations on
the A . M. of the Sab. have not varied much except on communion Sab.
The cong. in the
P. M. have been more variable, as well as the meetings on week days.
The attendance
upon public worship at the out stations is much larger than at the station.
therefore spent almost every second Sab.
invariably met with large & attentive
I have
at some one or other of these where I have
congregations.
On Thursday of each week I
have h a d a meeting with the Deacons of the church many of whom
come from 10 to 15.
miles over the clinkers to attend, and go forth on the sabbath to impart to others
some of the instruction which they may have received at this meeting.
This meeting
was well attended until the measles broke out among us, & those who attended appeared
to be interested. I am not without hope that some good has been done on these occasions.
At the same time that I have had this meeting with the Deacons, Mrs. P. has held a
similar one with the Deaconesses.
The followers of theman of sin are more awake here than
I found them in my former field.
They are active, & in some places have influence tho.
I do not think they are making many proselytes.
a few, but in others some have left them.
In some places they may have gained
No members of our church in regular standing
to my knowledge have gone over to them.
The Sabbath school is well attended, but there is not that solemnity of feeling
among the scholars which I would be glad to see.
During most, of the year Mrs. P. has
had a class of young women connected with this school.
The contributions for be
nevolent purposes have been small, tho. the people do something every month in this
way.
They have contributed twenty dollars towards the church at Waimea Kauai.
thatched meeting house has been built
A
& some preparations have been made towards
building a permanent house of worship at one of the out stations; besides these,
various articles have been contributed which have not yet been turned into money.
Some church members have been suspended for drinking a liquor made of sweet potatoes.
I do not think this evil exists to any great extent tho. I feared at one time that
it did.
We have restored to the church during the past year 17 persons, has been
received by letter, 2
are now propounded for admission.
We have cut off from the
church for the crime of adultery 6 persons, have suspended for drinking a liquor
made of potatoes 5 persons, & for smoking & theft 3 persons.
to other churches, & 59 members
were Deacons.
16 have been dismissed
in regular standing in the church have died 3 of whom
I have baptised 23 children &
married 46 couple [!]
In common with
other parts of the islands this field has suffered much from sickness.
First the
measles - secondly the dysentery - thirdly the whooping cough, & then the influenza-
�Station report,
Kealakekua & Kealia, 1848-49,
Pogue
page 3
During the prevalence of these diseases there was much real suffering among the people
for the want of the comforts, & even the necessaries of life, frequently all of
family being sick, & no one able to aid another.
a
In this time of distress our hearts
were often caused to bleed by seeing the people one after another going to the
grave, & to the bar of God as we feared with no preparation, but we were often made
more sad, if possible by seeing those who were left so stupid, & unaffected.
number of deaths in the field during
The
this year has been 283, & the births 32.
It is
very evident that the Lord has a controversy with the nation, & that the people are
a doomed race, this being the fact it seems to me that the Teachers of the people
have a great work to do in a very short time.
Our worthy directors are exhorting us
to do up the Missionary work among this people, as millions of others are starving
for the bread of life, & it is proper that they should urge us forward, but I for
one fear that God himself has taken the work into his own hands & that He will make
a short work of it by cutting off the nation.
However should this be the case I see
no reason why we should leave them all to go down to hell unwarned and unlabored f o r ,
but this should only be a stronger incentive to lead us, if possible, to do more than
we have done to save those who have been given by the Father to the Son, & for whom
he gave his life a ransom.
The schools are
prosperous rather than otherwise.
They number 27, taught by 27
teachers & containing 981 scholars, 417 o f whom are readers, 207 are learning to
write, 276 are studying arithmetic.
to sing.
156 are studying geography & 144 are learning
The wages of the teachers ranges from 7 to 20 cents per day.
debt is $173.84.
The present
There have been four Popish schools with 4 teachers.
ranging from 4 to 9 cents per day.
Their wages
According to a vote passed at our last Gen.
meeting in regard to numbering the people, a
census of this field was taken the first
week of Jan. 1849. The number of persons reported in the
of deaths 283 & the number of births 32.
field are 3,484.
The number
The no. of persons reported in the field
in 1847 were 3,642 shewing a decrease of only 158 persons.
But facts abundantly
shew that the decrease has been very much more than this so that there must be some
mistake in the census as taken in 147 or
as taken the present year.
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES AT KEA LAKEKUA [!] & KEALIA FOR 1848 - 1849
On examinatipn past year
0000
Whole no. on ex
2,694
Dissmissed past year
16
Whole no. dismissed
841
Died past year
59
Whole no. deceased
574
Excluded last year
14
In regular standing according
to the records
1265
*Of these there are only 655 now
in the field. Where are they?
Children bap. past year
Whole no. ""
Marriages past year
Average con. at the station
on the A.M. of the Sabbath
Average no. who attend
meeting in the field
23
46
300
1000
Respectly submitted
John F. Pogue
Pastor.
�Report of the Station of K e a l a k e k u a (!)
Ending March 31st 1851
Including two years
"Thou crownest the year w i t h thy goodness” was the exclamation
of D a v i d w h e n meditating upon G o d ’
s dealings w i t h him.
In reviewing
the season of labour included in this report we are constrained to
adopt his language -
These years have not passed away w i t h out encour-
agement in our work, peace in our own hearts, & as we hope joy in heaven
over sinners repenting -
Neither have they been without seasons of
darkness - perplexity & anxiety -
As however we now recall these
various scenes to mind, we can truly say It is good to be In the hands
of so glorious & good a Being as "He who crownest the year w i t h good
ness" .
During one of these seasons of anxiety we had with us our
good Bro. Wetmore, who came to our aid just In the right time, & left
us rejoicing in another token of our Masters goodness to us -
For the
kindness of the Dr. during these days of anxiety w e feel under deep
obligation The Lord has manifested his goodness to the people in granting them
a large supply of the necessaries of life -
They have planted largely
& reaped a great Increase - so that none have have ( !) suffered with
hunger -
The surplus of their produce has been taken from their doors
at a g o o d price, if not so high as they expected when planting, at
least at a price which paid them well for their labour.
The noisome
pestilence has not entered our dwellings to carry away the Fathers, &
Mothers - the Sons & daughters of the land by hundreds as in years
past -
Indeed the year has been one of general health, & the deaths
have been remarkably few -
In the outward aspect of our field there
has been but few changes -
Those however which have been made
we hope may b e permanent & for the better -
The road which commences
at Kailua & which it is thought may some day girdle the Island has
been extended south of us some 13 miles - So that we have easier access
�Kealakekua
1851
2.
to certain parts of our field, & may thus have more frequent intercourse
with the people.
Another road has been commenced extending from the
Bay to the interior, this is a cart road -
This road may soon be
completed, & when finished will be a great improvement, as well as
convenience to persons doing business in the Bay -
As there has not
been heretofore a cart road from the interior to the Bay The old meeting houses ready to fall upon the heads of those who
worshipped in them have for the most part been removed & replaced by
good stone houses laid up in mud, & straw -
A decided improvement at
least in appearance, & may be the means of inducing some to attend
meeting who would not otherwise do so -
There are a few among our
people who seem to take pleasure in making their houses, & yards com
fortable, & pleasant, but the great majority prefer to make a shew
by putting all that they can earn upon their backs ~
gations on the S a b b a t h are well clothed -
Hence our congre
Even old men who formerly
came to meeting with a "Kahei" [girdle; b a n d around the middle] only
are n ow found clothes with coat, pants, shoes etc etc. - W e have
therefore more reason to exhort our people in the words of Peter "Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, &
of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel" rather than to urge
them to get more, or better clothing In a moral point of view we think progress has been made altho
there are not so great a number reported as members of the church as
there was some years since -
We know no w where we are - Who are, &
who are not church members in regular standing - The line between those
who are, Sc those who are not in regular standing in the church is b e
coming wider, & wider every year There has been evidence in almost all parts of the field of the
�Kealakekua
1851
3
.
of the operations of the good Spirit upon the minds of the
people fects lia -
The word spoken in weakness has not been without its ef
In the month of April 1850 we held a communion season at Kea
The Lord was w i t h us
word -
The people gave good attention to the
Some we hope were pricked in the heart, & have since found the
pearl of great price -
The church members were somewhat aroused -
More prayer than usual was offered to Him whose arm is not short &
whose ear is not heavy, b u t who is always ready to listen to the sup
plications of his returning people.
till the close of that year -
This state of things continued
From Kealia the work spread to other
sections of the field so that a greater part of the villages have
shared in this awakening.
Those persons who were regarded as members of the church in good
standing when I came to this place have for the most part stood firm,
altho we have been called in some cases to discipline & some we have
separated from the Church the church n ow is 664.
The whole number in regular standing in
There has been added to the church on confession
of their faith 17 persons -
30 have been restored, 12 have b e e n re
ceived from other churches - 5 have been dismissed - & 47 have been
suspended The labors performed by the pastor have been preaching upon the
Sab. twice - attending the Sabbath-School on the A . M . of the Sab. &
the ai o ka la at noon with the parents -
Attending a Meeting or
school every day in the week except one - Visiting the people as health
& opportunity offered, & other other ( !) Missionary Work.
The
meeting held with the officers of the church on Thursday of each
week has been well attended -
They appear to be interested in the
exercises, & I hope are growing in knowledge some valuable men -
Men of prayer & faith -
There are among these
Always ready for any
�Kealakekua
1851
4
.
good work.
There are seven places In the field where public W orship
is held every sabbath besides the meeting at the station the above places I spend every other Sabbath -
At one of
At other times they
are supplied by persons appointed for that purpose at the Thursday
meeting.
300 -
The congregation at the station on Sab. A.M. will number about
at the most of the out stations the congregations are larger -
At the commencement of this year we removed, our Week-day Meetings to
the School-house wh i c h is situated in the midst of the people since
that more have attended these Meetings.
Mrs. P. has kept up her regular meeting with the women for the
most part, & a part of the time she has had a sewing school with the
girls -
The avails of which were devoted to benevolent purposes -
Our contributions for benevolent purposes have increased during
the past two years
The first year I was in the field the people
the people contributed $20, at the Monthly - Concert contributed $50.
$63.10.
$ 1 6 3 .35 -
In 1849 they
In 1850 $55.60 & 1 pile of wood worth $7.50 cash
During the first 4 Mos of 1851 $ 5 0 .25
Making in all
They have also given to support their pastor in 1850 $77.36 -
Thus far this year they have given for this purpose $84.50 making in
all for pastor $ 1 6 1 .86 -
Besides this they have built four M eeting
houses, & furnished them with new mats other Meeting-houses -
They have also commenced two
$15, has been spent on the church at the station-
The whole amount contributed in cash - Meeting-houses etc. etc. would
amount to something like $700. at a very low estimation mark progress -
Here we can
I have often been cheered by beholding not only a
willingness but a strong desire to contribute out of their poverty
to the building up of the Kingdom of God.
In this connection I would
say that there are no sermons which I preach to w h i c h the people give
better attention than they do to those which pertain to the coming
�Kealakekua
1851
5,
of the reign of the Redeemer, & their duty to aid in the blessed work
of preaching the good news to all nations.
The great Majority of the children who attend day school are
foun d in the Sab-S.
Some of the larger Scholars however have somewhat
of a feeling I have sometimes noticed in another land viz that the
Sab. S. is for children -
They, as they suppose, having got beyond that
period of life are under no obligation to attend -
The exercises of
the S.S. are reciting the "Ai o ka la" - the Ui, & h y m ns ( !) from the
Children's hymn book.
every week.
The most of the scholars commit these to memory
The prosperity of the day-schools have been impeded by
persons coming from other Islands, & secretly enticing the older boys
away to go, & work on plantations -
In a few cases their designs have
been discovered, & the boys prevented from going, but many have left
the schools in this way
There has been a good deal of drunkenness among some of the people,
from eating sour potatoes.
I am happy to say however that this has not
prevailed among the church members -
On one Monday A.M. there were
8
persons fined for this sin, not one of whom were church members - at
another time 25 were fined for the same sin, but no church member
among t h em -
What influence our temperance Society may have had in
keeping them from indulging in this vice I cannot say I merely state
the fact -
The anniversary of our Tem. S o c . was held on the last day
of the year 1850 100 0
It was an enthusiastic meeting -
There were over
persons present, & we hope good w as done There are nominally four places in the field where the Romanists
hold worship upon the Sab. but for the most part they have no worship
except when the Priest is with them name -
Their schools are so merely in
cheating the children who are under their influence out of the
education they might get were they not under this influence -
Their
�Kealakekua
1851
......
"
6.
teachers are not competent for their work, & if the strict letter of
the law was enforced would not hold their places -
At the
election in Jan. the Priest offered himself as a candidate for Parliment ( !), altho no subject of the Kingdom tioneered for himself at the polls many church members voted for him.
learn from Kona-hema —
Took the stump & elec
He was not however elected altho
Not one however so far as I can
May they always he a faithful to themselves,
& their country as t h e y were upon that occasion Statistics of the Church of K e a l a k e k u a
From March 31st 1849 to March 31st 1850
On Examination
Whole No on ex.
F r o m other churches past year
Whole no from other churches
dismissed past year
Whole No dismissed
Died past year
Whole No died
Excluded past year
"
R e stored ""
Remain excluded
In regular standing
Children bapt.
Whole No
Marriages past year
4
2698
75
847
35
605
30
636
11
1052
75
From March 31st 1850 to March 31st 1851
On examination
Whole no on "
Whole no from other Churches
Past year from "
"
Whole no dismissed
"
"
"
"
p a s t
y e a r
past
year
Died past year
whole no died in good standing
Excluded past y e a r
Whole No remain excluded
R estored past year
Now in regular standing
B a p . past year
Whole No. ba p .
Marriages past year
.
13
2711
87
12
852
5
22
627
17
30
664
21
1073
49
�K ealakekua 1851
Statistics of Protestant Schools Schools
24
Teachers
24
Scholars
841
Readers
412
M ental Arithmetic
325
Written
325
do
Geography
Sacred Geography
Philosophy
244
28
8
Singing
135
Writing
234
All of which is r espect'ly submitted
John F. Pogue
�[Kealakekua
1855]
[Only the last part]
And about four hundred dollars for the support of an English
School.
About 150 dollars worth of Books have been sold & paid
for, b e s i d e s a great many that have been given away, & some
sold & not yet paid for.
My labours have been very much the same as in previous
years —
Scattered over the whole field —
Churches —
divided among six
giving a portion of my time to the increased demands
of our foreign population.
The Lords supper has been administered Sixteen times.
Forty four have been admitted to the several chhs, on profession
of their faith & six by Certificate.
We have had more cases of discipline than usual, & in some
instances we have seen more stubbornness - hardness of heart &
determined enmity against the truth of God.
The Gospel is a "Savour ( !) of life unto life & a Savour
of death unto death."
It is the means of hardening some, & some
it subdues & saves.
Our churches are being s i f t e d .
popular as it once was.
The Christian name is not
With many from foreign lands, & some
in high places, It is a name despised & held in contempt.
Hence some who have only "a name" to live while they are "dead"
feel that it is gain to be out of the Church.
Mr D. H Nahinu has just handed me his report of the Chh at
Kealia which I will send with mine.
paid up yet by
1 21
His salary ( !) has not been
dollars a part of this sum however is collected.
He is a young man of excellent spirit & great worth.
�Kealakekua
1855
2.
My desire is dear Brethren that the blessing of God m a y rest
upon you & his Spirit influence & gui d e all your deliberations.
I remain Yours in bonds of Gospel
J.D. Paris
The Whole No. received to Churches in S. Kona
on Profession of Faith
Past year on Profession
Past year by Certificate
3225
44
6
W hole No. Past year
50
Dismissed the Past year
12
Died Past year
16
Suspended Past year
57
Excommunicated Past year
15
Whole No. in regular Standing
Whole No. Child. Baptised
Baptised Past year
Marriages Past year
[On back]
Report of
Kealakekua
1855
1114
1351
33
46
�(Kealakekua Station for 1856 & 1857)
Greeting unto the Elders & Brethren of the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association assembled at Honolulu.
M a y the Spirit of the Lord be with & guide you in all your d e
liberations.
I regret very much that w e are not permitted t o attend
the Gen. M eeting.
It is a very great disappointment to me, not to be
with y ou this year.
not give it up.
My heart was set upon it - I felt that I could
But there has been no ship for us, & no intimation
that we should have a vessel to convey us to Honolulu until yesterday.
The Charia, we are informed is on her way to take us, but she has not
yet made her appearance & tomorrow the General M eeting is to b e opened.
Should we take passage within one, two, or three days from this time,
& have an average voyage to Honolulu, all the most important business
& meetings of the various Societies would have advanced far before we
could share in them.
W e therefore conclude w i t h great reluctance to remain at home.
You w i l l my Dear Brethren extend for m e the "right hand of fellow
ship" to our young Bro. Bingham & give to h i m & his good wife a most
cordial welcome to our islands & to our good work of preaching the
"glorious gospel of the blessed God."
I
think they have come to us just at the right time.
The Lord is
always right in timing things.
The Prudential Committee have appointed Bro. Clark to be their
disbursing A g e n t for the Mission.
This I think they had the right to
do, but not to the injury of our good Brethren Castle & Cooke.
I hope
the Hawaiian Association w i ll investigate this matter thoroughly, &
see that justice is done to our Brethren who have so long & faithfully
served us in the Depository.
I have no doubt they will.
Now my voice is as follows -
�Kealakekua 1856 & 1857
2.
1st - That Bro. Clark is the Disbursing Agent of Prud, Com, at the
S. Islands; ~ and in accordance w i t h his own request & the wishes of
the Prud. Com. he be dismissed from the Pastoral relation of the first
Chh.. i n Honolulu and further more, that the H. Evangelical Association
provide h im with as m u c h other good work as he is able to perform
2 .d
That in accordance with the wishes of the Church & Congregation
the Rev. H. Bingham then (?) be located & installed Pastor of the 1st
Church in in ( !) Honolulu
3d Iwould suggest (& vote i f I h ad the opportunity) that the
Hawaiian M iss. Soc. choose the Rev. L. Smith as their Corresponding
Secretary
4th
That with all due deference to the Prudential Com. at Boston the
Hawaiian M i ss. Soc. do hence forth choose its own officers.
Ma Pau [l'm finished]
W e have abundant cause for gratitude to our Father in Heaven for
the restoration of health to our family Circle. For many months, day
after day & week after week, we had a great deal of anxious solicitude,
first about one & then another of the members of our family; -
but
the Lord has graciously healed all our diseases - "redeemed our life
from destruction; & crowned us with lovingkindness & tender mersies”.
We have also great cause for praise & thanksgiving, that our pe o
ple, after suffering so long, from drought, & famine, are n o w abundantly
supplied with "food out of the earth".
Sickness & death, has not been so common in our midst, as in
the three years p r e c e d i n g , and the no. of births have been greater
than the no. of deaths.
The State of religion in the several Churches over which I have
been made an overseer has not been what I wish.
In some of our Church
es, there has been a dearth in Spiritual things far more withering
�Kealakekua
1856 & 1857
3.
than that which dried up our fountains & burnt up our fields.
A spir
itual lethargy ( !) seemed to settle down on the impenitent & on some
of our Church members from which it seemed impossible to awaken them.
We have often like the Prophet in vision as he moved about in the val
ley of dry bones - seemed to hear the inquiry - "Can these dry bones
live?"
And our answer has been, "Lord thou knowest.
Not by might,
nor b y power but by my Spirit saith the Lord."
I feel however that I have not watched for souls & been instant
in season & out of season as I should.
I feel that I have come short
in all things & desire to be hum b led in the dust before God.
But while in some of our churches the Love of many has waxed cold,
& some Demas like have forsaken us, "having loved this present world.”
Still even in these churches there are those who "sigh & cry" - who
mourn for the ways of Zion, - "Speak often to one an other" & stay
themselves on the God of Jacob.
These are "living epistles, known &
read, of all men."
In the Church at Naapoopoo there has been a good degree of Inter
est on the subject (!)
of religion.
Members of the church have been
more serious in the house of God than usual, & more fervent & impor
tunate in prayer.
Quite a number of young men, & some in middle age
have, w e trust, given their hearts to the Savior & made a public pr o
fession of r e l igion.
The cause of Missions has become dear to the
hearts of many among us.
Several have offered themselves & stand
ready to go when & where ever the Providence of God may direct.
Two,
a man & his wife - viz John Kamakiai & Ane, have been recommended &
set apart for this work.
The contributions for Foreign Missions,
considering the great scarcity of money - what they have paid for the
gospel at home, & to complete their house of worship - shows that they
have a deep & growing Interest in this good work.
�Keal akekua
1856 & 1857
4.
Contributions for Foreign Missions in c l u d i n g $40. by the
children for the Morning Star amount to
Paid to Nahinu by people of Kealia about
Contributed for support of Pastor
" For Pews & other work on House of worship
at Naapoopoo
" Roofing & work on Meeting H. at N aw aw a
"
W ork on Meeting House at Kealia
Making the sum total 6 f
$262.00
$100.
420.50
450.00
60.00
75.00
$1367.50
Besid es a great deal of voluntary labour has been performed by the
Members of the chh. on the different Houses of worship.
Also a Box
of Clothing worth some $30. or 40 has been made up by the females for
one of our Native Missionaries.
My Missionary labours have been very much as in years past.
Additions to our churches have not been large, only during the year
No.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
On Profession
By Certificate Past year
Past year
Dismissed the Past year
Deaths
"
"
"
Excommunicated
in Regular St anding now
Children Baptized past year
Marriages
"
"
N.B.
34
4
38
10
13
14
1,115
45
37
When you adjourn this year let the day for the next meeting be
fixed, & remain like the laws of the "Medes & P ersians."
Praying that the blessing of the Great Head of the Church may
rest upon you all
Dear Brethren
I remain
as ever
Very affectionately
Yours
i n bonds of Gospel
To the H.E. A ssoc
Orange Hill
May 12, 1857
J.D. Paris
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KOHALA STATION REPORTS
CONTENTS
Isaac Bliss.......... ......................1838
Isaac Bliss............... ....... .........1839
Isaac Bliss............. ........... .......1840
Unsigned (Isaac Bliss)........ ............ 1841
Elias Bond................................. 1842
Unsigned (E. Bond)................. ..1842 - 1843 (2 yrs.)
Elias Bond.... .................. .......... 1844
Elias Bond (Letter accompanying report).... 1844
Elias Bond......... ......... ..........
1845
Elias Bond..... .......................1846- 1847 (2 yrs.)
Elias Bond....... .......................
1848
Unsigned (E. Bond)............. ............1849
Unsigned (E. Bond) Abstract of report for... 1850
Unsigned (E. Bond) ...................... . 1851
(This report Is dated Jan. 1851, is a
report for the year 1850)
Unsigned (E. Bond).............. ............1851
Unsigned (E. Bond)Abstract of Kohala Church. 1851
Unsigned (E. Bond) ..... Statistics........ 1852
-Elias Bond ......................... .
1853
Unsigned (E. Bond).................. .......1854
Elias Bond (first page missing)............ 1855
Unsigned (E. Bond)................... .
1856
Elias Bond ................. ......... .
1858
Unsigned (E. Bond)............. ............ 1859
Elias Bond ............................
1860
Unsigned (E. Bond)......................... 1861
Unsigned (E. Bond) ........ ........... 1862-1863
�Nunulu
Kohala
May 7th 1838
In reviewing the past year we feel ourselves under obligations to
God for his many mercies towards us . When apparently near to death
God appeared for us and has restored us to health and strength - yet
in consequence of sickness - we were detained from entering on our
field of labour and did not arrive at this island until in Sept.
We
were still detained from entering in our labours for want of buildings
so that I was not able to remove my family to our appointed sphere of
labour until in Nov.
So that the present report embraces only a period
of 6 months.
Daring this time God has appeared in mercy for us -
Our meet
ings on the sabbath have been well attended - from 3500 to 4000 us
ually attend on the Sabbath in the morning - at first not more than
half of this number in the afternoon - but of late - the meetings have
been well attended through the day.
attended.
Sabbath schools have been well
Soon after I arrived the meetings began to become more
and more interesting & solemn -
God poured down his spirit upon us -
We have had two protracted meetings.
At the first a Church was or
ganized of 22 members from other Churches to which 15 more wore added
at the 2nd meeting 4 more were added from Waimea Church & 614 by pro
fession making in all 26 on recommendation from other Churches.
629
1
4
650
231
77
on profession of their faith
dismissed to join other churches
suspended for smoking tobacco
N ow in good standing
Children Baptized.
Married
Multitudes more profess to have turned to the Lord for which we
would give him the glory.
We have erected temporary native buildings for our present accomo
dation ( !) -
But being in a cold r a i n y ( !) region we feel in great
need of some permanent buildings - our Clothes - books &c are injuring
�Kohala
1838
'
'
2.
in consequence of the dampness of our houses & besides I am fearful that
my house will fall before a long time in consequence of high winds.
We hope we shall be able to build soon - as to materials and facili
ties they are as good now as they ever will be - We think that we can
obtain stone near us - lime must be brought from the shore some 6 miles & sand still farther.
The sum necessary for building we are unable to
state I would here say that I have written to the Mission of Southern
Africa agreeable to appointment Isaac Bliss
�Report of the Church
At Kohala
[1839]
Since the commencement of the station at Kohala, which was
about one year & a half ago - we “have occasion of unfain [unfeigned
thanks, to the Giver of all blessings.
Our health has been good
almost without interruption, and God has poured out his Spirit in
our midst.
Early in the year of 1838 we felt that the Lord was in our
midst in power.
Meetings were thronged to overflowing.
Our meet
ing ( !) house which would accomodate about 4,000 was sometimes too
small; hundreds could not get into the house.
Solemnity & an inter
est was given to the preaching of the gospel.
And I trust many were
converted to God.
The interest continued until some time last sum
mer when the work declined.
Causes of the decline of the work
Many things have combined to retard the work of God & grieve
his Spirit - some things I will mention
1st
Want of deep feeling and faithfulness on the part of the mis
sionary himself 2nd
At the time the church was organized the Chief woman was not
received on a c c o u n t of some unchristian conduct & feeling mani
fested on her part.
She therefore neglected meetings herself & thus
by her example encouraged others to do the same 3
During last summer some difficulties existed in relation to our
selves & the Chief -
She endeavouring to thwart all our plans and
undertakings, which induced many to take the same stand while others
took an opposite course 4th
The famine that has existed for nearly a year past has had an
unfavourable bearing on the cause as the people mostly live at some
�Kohala 1839
distance from meeting & have hut a little or no food as formerly to
carry with them to meeting.
5
One cause has been.
The people have been much engaged in the
cultivation of tobacco, and almost without an exception those who
have engaged in this employment have forsaken the means of grace, &
are decidedly opposed to the truth 6th
Our meeting house has been prostrated by the wind, and we have
no place that will a ccommodate but a few people for meetings.
Besides these various causes the people are much scattered so
that unless there is some especial interest, it cannot be expected
that our meetings will be so much thronged as they were during the
revival Meetings
During the first part of the year from 3500 to 4000 attended
meetings on sabbath morning,, but probably not more than about 2,000
or 2,500 have been the average attendance on sabbath morning during
the year - there not being so many as that since the destruction of
the meeting house During the first part of the year I had a Bible class of adults
on sabbath morning using the ai o ka la, & preaching twice ~
Br.
Bailey having a sabbath school of Children during the intermission
between the morning & evening services.
But as the people live at
such a distance it was found that they did not generally get together
in season for the Bible class in the morning.
I have omitted it at
that time of the day & now have introduced the ai o_ ka la as the
text for the afternoon p u b l i c exercises.
The monthly concert has
been regularly attended, meetings on W ednesdays & a Church meeting
once a week either at the station or at their respective lands ~
conducted by themselves -
I have visited the different ( !) lands &
�Kohala
1839
3.
h eld meetings in the several school houses throughout the field Discipline (!)
I have had several instances of discipline for various offences some for a d u l t e r y
deception -
- some for smoking tobacco - some for
One for stealing - others for stupidity.
I feel it to
he highly important that discipline should be promptly administered &
have intended to act accordingly.
ascertain
In order to
conduct of the different members living more
remote I have appointed one or more in each district, whose duty it
is to occasionally visit from house to house & to watch the conduct
of all in their respective districts - & report to me -
I have im
pressed upon them the wickedness of hiding the sins of others & they
have been made to feel it In a good measure Contributions &c
The Church have aided much in the support of the station During the past year they built a large school house at the place
we formerly occupied as a station -
They have also aided in removing
our station about 3 miles by taking down our houses and a teachers
house in all 4 houses & rebuilding them - also they carried our
effects - for us - which has been a great assistance -
They have
also supplied myself & family & domestics - with almost our entire
food & much of the food of our associates though it has been a season
of great scarcity of food.
Besides the above they have contributed
mats & some kapas &c Removal of station
When we first went to our field we selected a place deemed the
most eligible (eligible ?) for a station but in application to the
chief of the district & the Governor of the island, we were forbidden
in settling ( !) there; we were not allowed to go only at one place
�Kohala 1839
4.
which was near the center of the field, but only a very few people
living near. us.
But (?) finding that next to nothing could be done
in schools at that place, and that we could not become acquainted
with the daily conduct of the people - we decided upon giving up
the station on condition that we could not obtain permission to
move.
Thus by taking a decisive stand we obtain permission to move
& have accordingly located ourselves at Ioli ( !) about 2 miles from
the windward shore.
Buildings
Though we obtained a grant the last year to build permanent
houses, yet we have been hindered and have not erected our permanent
buildings -
We have obtained our lumber &c -
Also we have got some
stone, but they will be of no use to us as they are at the old sta
tion.
We have been to but a little expense in any other respect.
We shall be in need of good buildings soon - as we have much wind &
at some seasons of the year considerable rain - and the native build
ings do not last long Statistics
Since the commencement of the station embracing a period of one
year & a half - the statistics are as follows viz
Whole Number
Marriages
Admitted to the Church
on Examination
do By letter
Dis. & joined other
Churches
Died
Suspended
Excommunicated
I n good standing
Children baptized
Restored
During the year
183
Married
106
772
71
Admitted on Ex
letter
149
46
21
9
62
7
750.
285
6
Joined other Churches
Died
Suspended
Excom
... Restored
Children baptized
Isaac Bliss
20
7
64
7
6
62
�Report of Kohala Station
for 1840
In reporting concerning the past year I am called upon to speak
of the mercies of an ever watchful Preserver, who has watc(h)ed over
us.
Though he has seen fit to visit us in this afflictive dispensa
tions by laying Mrs. Bliss on a bed of sickness and great pain - Yet
He was a kind Physician and raised her up again, showing that in
the absence of medical aid, He is a God who restores life.
At the
same time that my dear companion was thus visited with a fever Mr.
Bailey (who had not then left the station) was also visited in a
similar manner good.
Also my own health for some days was far from being
Thus we have great occasion to speak of the mercies of God
in restoring to us health & blessing us with a good degree of bodily
strength for the most of the time since - which has rendered our soli
tude more pleasant - though we have felt sometimes a degree of despon
dency & gloom in view of the great moral & temporal calamity of the
people - which has been left comparatively without any means of refor
mation.
Labour at the station
Comparatively but little has been done for the benefit ( !) of
the people.
Being alone & with a very imperfect knowledge of the lan
guage of the people, & having all the temporal concerns of a station
on my hands, I have done but little.
I have however, sustained meet
ings on the sabbath, The Monthly Concert, also a meeting on Wednesday,
& a Bible class & church meeting on Friday of each week - besides now
& then occasional meetings.
On the sabbath I have preached in my
feeble manner in the forenoon Then attended a sabbath school for chil
dren & then for the afternoon exercise I have used the daily food as
a text book conducted in some respect like a Bible Class.
�Kohala 1840
2.
During some part of the year the meetings have been well attended
considering the want of a suitable place of worship.
Our house for
meetings is a very poorly built native building capable of holding
perhaps a little more than 2000 persons only one part of which leaks
so bad that in r a i n y ( !) seasons is unfit to be occupied This house has often been filled to almost suffocation & hundreds
unable to enter w ithin its enclosure -
During the first part of the
season however the meetings & schools were in a great measure broken
up for a few months by the heavy burdens laid upon the people by the
Governor.
The people, teachers & many of the children were ordered
away to Kawaihai ( !), to erect a large stone building for the Gov.
besides building one or two houses in Kohala for him.
While at the
work the people were obliged to be absent from their homes for weeks
together & consequently away on the Sabbath.
Before this burden was laid upon the people the sabbath school
began to be in a flourishing condition - but this circumstance came
near breaking It up.
But it has since revived & became fully attended
and for some time when it has not been r a i n y upwards of 500 have at
tended from sabbath to sabbath, sometimes upwards of 500, something
like 700 or more different children have received sabbath school In
struction.
But the average attendance during the whole year has not
been but little more than 300.
Schools
In the business of school teaching I have not done any thing
personally, I have endeavoured to persuade the people to sustain them
but they have been poorly sustained.
I have made one tour through
the field, being accompanied part of the time with Mrs. Bliss.
ing this tour I examined all the schools
not present.
Dur
Many of the children were
There were however present as follows 815 chil’n - of
�Kohala 1840
- --
these there were readers - 459
-
- 3.
There were present at this examination
1506 adults of these there were readers
1094
I have endeavoured to ascertain something near the number of in
habitants in the field and the result has been as follows —
Children
2185
Adults
4286
Total
6471
Schools at the station
Mrs. Bliss has had a school of girls for the most part of the time
since her sickness which has numbered upwards of 50 scholars though
she has not usually ( !) had more than from 20 to 25 perhaps ordinarily.
A Graduate from the Seminary has a school for the boys - who has had
about the same number as the school of girls - though the average at
tendance perhaps would fall short of 20 - - The two schools have had
u pwards of 100 different scholars.
A much larger school however
probably might be sustained, if we had officiant ( !) teachers & if
the Government would encourage learning as there are more than 200
children In the bounds of the station school Religion
As to the state of religion I have not much to say - only it has
been much of the time low.
During the month of January last, there
was m u c h better attendance on meetings than had been previously which has kept up most of the time since -
Many also professed to
forsake their sins & turn to the Lord at that time - Some who had been
hardened ( !) smokers of tobacco forsook this vice & have attended
upon the means of grace since I am unable to say -
But how many have been truly converted
During the month of March Bro Coan & Lyons
came & held a protracted meeting of 6 days with us a large number of
people attended many of whom listened to the word preached with
�Kohala 1840
attention -
4.
The results of this meeting I leave to be ( !) seen
hereafter - & to be told In eternity - as I am unable to say whether
any or how many have been benefited —
statistics
In looking at the following statistics you will perceive that
large numbers have been received to the Church on Certificate -
A
greater part of these have been received from Waimea Church - consisting
of persons belonging to Kohala who have attended the meetings of the
Pastor of that Church & have been received there -
About 100 more
have been recommended from that church, but have not been received some of them have died & some have fell ( !) into open sin - while the
remainder never presented themselves to the church - and excepting a
very few of them I have not seen them though I have had their names for about 9 months,
I mention this that it may be seen that there
are more in this field who are called church members than what are
here enumerated 858
352
80
282
362
38
17
41
32
38
43
47
40
25
1065
342
57
89
About 2000
Whole number received on Examination
"
"
" Certificate
Received the past year on Examination
"
" ' "
" Certificate
Whole number received past year
Whole number dismissed to other Churches
Past year
"
"
Whole number deceased
past year
"
Suspended past year
Now suspended
Whole number Excommunicated
past year
"
Now Excommunicated
Now in regular standing
Whole number of Children Baptized
Past year
"
"
Marriages past year
Average congregation in pleasant wea
ther ( !)
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1840
'
5.
Many who are now out of the Church profess to have been converted,
but I hesitate in receiving them to the communion as I learn by experiance ( !) that many who profess piety probably are entire (?)
strangers to holiness Conclusion
In concluding this report I will submit the condition of the
people to Kohala to the consideration of the brethren In the mission and would appeal to their love for souls & the temporal & eternal
welfare of their fellow beings, to supply them with another Pastor
who shall be able to feed them & teach them the way of life -
I
would ask What can I do alone with an imperfect knowledge of the lan
guage among the thousands of Kohala?
You may be aware of the thousand
things that are demanded of one in my circumstances selling books dealing out medicine - & attending to this & that call &c - & Watching
over a Church of upwards of 1000 souls & in attending to this & that
difficulty -
And then of the 2000 or 3000 Children !! -
can be done for them?
I ask what
I would appeal to your benevolence to send them
another missionary - I would not call upon the ministers In America,
but I will look to a source where the people are better supplied with
ministers than a large portion of that favoured land is - & I would,
call upon you to consider this subject in view of meeting those thou
sands in eternity & knowing the liberal & enlarged views of this
mission I trust they will make a speedy & favourable response.
I . Bliss
�Report of Kohala Station for
May 1841
It will he recollected that at the last General Meeting that I
felt very unwilling to return to Kohala without an associate, conse
quently I was located at Molokai - and br. Baile
y ( !) at Kohala
but after the adjournment ( !) of the Gen. Meeting an arrangement ( !)
was made for Mr. Bailey to go to another station and leave Kohala
destitute of any missionary.
had made this arrangement.
to return to Kohala.
Of this I was notified by a committee who
I was then asked if I would not be willing
Though we had made all arrangements to go to
Molokai and had sent a part of our goods to that place, yet we felt
that it would be a serious loss and injury to the cause of the mission
to leave this large and interesting field destitute and feeling a
deep interest in behalf of this people, and hearing it reported that
if we did not return the Catholics intended to establish themselves
here, we felt it our duty to undergo the self denial of returning
alone -
We accordingly consulted with all the brethren then at Hono
lulu and others - and they unanimously approved of our returning,
assuring us that if we would sustain the station alone for a year or
two that we should probably in time have some associates Especially this was the opinion of Br. Bingham -
We accordingly
returned and w e feel an assurance that it was with the approbation of
that he 'has approved of our efforts for the advancement
the Lord of Missions, who has not left us without a witness of his
cause - and has sustained us in our solitude and comforted our hearts
in our labours in endeavouring to lay a more permanent foundation for
his Church in this place Feeling it important to permanently sustain this one of the
most important and largest stations on the islands and also feeling
It would be improvident to live longer in our thatched house, we thought
best to make arrangements for erecting a permanent house at the sta-
�Kohala 1841
2.
tion agreeable to the vote and appropriation ( !) of 1838, but I was
told by the brethren at the depository that it would not be consistant ( !) to deliver to me that appropriation as I was located at Molo
kai.
I then consulted with various individuals - nearly all of whom
advised me to proceed to erect a house, presuming that the mission
would approve of the same and defray the expense, and all who have
visited us have decidedly expressed their opinion that we needed a
permanent and comfortable house and have approved of my course -
I
commenced collecting the materials during the latter part of Aug and in Jan. last it was so near finished that we moved into it.
I
cannot here refrain from noticing the kind hand of our heavenly
Father In furnishing us with a safe shelter just in the time he did
for in about 2 weeks after we took up our residence in our new house
(and before we had moved all our effects) we were visited with a
Kona wind which came nigh prostrating our old house.
It was so near
prostrated that we should not have felt safe to remain In it, but
should have had to flee to some other place in the storm had we not
been provided for in a firm house.
You are all aware that much time
and thought must necessarily be spent in secular employment while
building - and it has been peculiarly so here as all the materials
for the house were to be brought by the hand of natives at a great
distance —
But I have succeeded far better than my best expectations.
I found the natives ready to labour for a reasonable compensation and usually ( !) they laboured faithfully -
My thoughts have been also
much occupied in devising plans to obtain means for carry ( !) forward
the building being straightened in funds - But the Lord has prospered
me - and I have also been enabled to labour for the immediate benefit
of the Church.
I have sustained the meetings on the sabbath a sab
bath school - the monthly concert
a weekly lecture and a weekly
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1841
3.
Church meeting
I have also laboured to ascertain the daily walk of
the individuals of the Church, but it is impossible for one man to
know the daily conduct of the Church scattered abroad as this is.
I
have frequently enquired of the leading members of the Church concern
ing each individual and have thus found out much that was wrong in
the Church, but facts frequently show that it is difficult and im
possible to know all that is done.
It will be seen from the statistics that a large number have
been suspended.
Though the Church is now far from what I wish it
was, and many will still fall under, the curse of Meroz for not coming
up to the help of the Lord yet there has been a better state of feel
ing in the Church for three or four months past than previously to
that time.
There are a number of names on my list who profess to
have turned to the Lord & who are the regular attendants on the means
of grace, especially on the sabbath.
The meetings have not been so
fully attended for the most part of the year as formerly, though for
three months or more past there has been a better attendance - &
for about one month past there has been no place large enough to ac
comodate ( !) the congregation.
This is owing in part to the Increase
of children who have come out to attend the sabbath schools -
This
leads me to notice
Schools, both district & sabbath Schools
Previous to the enforcing the new school laws the district schools
became extinct.
The teachers were obliged to work for the chiefs &c -
and the children were scattered.
The sabbath school consequently
declined and I had on an average only about 175 children to the
Sabbath School previous to the revival of the daily schools.
But
since then it has much enlarged and I have now between 700 & 800
children present at a time, enough to require the whole mind and
�4.
energies of one missionary without preaching to the congregation at
large.
There are now collected in the daily schools upwards of 1100
children and many more ought to be gathered into school, for as near
as I can learn that many are detained from school who are required
to attend by law.
Some of them are kept away to be taxed & to work
and some are kept away because they have not been accustomed to send
children so young to school Here it requires all the energies of an able bodied & energetic
mind to visit these schools & get out the children to schools &c.
It requires more attention here than it would at an older station It is very difficult to find men who are suitable for trustees of the
several s c h o o l s a n d but a few of the teachers would be allowed to
teach at most of the older stations.
I have been desirous to have
a school for teachers - but I cannot find time to commence one myself
as yet But in reviewing the past year I feel encouraged to go on The state of things (?) are becoming more permanent and settled owing
in part at least to the fact that I have erected a permanent house.
The people' now feel that the matter is settled - that the station
is to be sustained
and they are collecting materials for a stone
meeting house - which will be a very heavy job at this place but very
important and by timely aid & encouragement I hope they will be able
to accomplish (it).
The following are the statistics of the Church
873 Whole No. received on Examination
362
Certificate
1235 Whol No. that have been received to
the Church
15 Received past year on Examination
10
Certificate
47 whole No. dismissed to other Churches
�Kohala 1841
9
69
22
375
403
57
10
39
677
356
19
103
5.
Past year
do
do
Whole No. deceased
Past year
"
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Whole N o . Excom Past year
Remain Excom
Whole No. in regular standing
Whole No. of Children Baptized
Past year
Marriages past year
(Note on side:) Upwards of 30 individuals whose names are on record
a s in good standing have gone to other places to live s ome with
letters some without - some have been gone for- a long time but I
do not hear that they have been received therefor I, have numbered
them as in good standing here.
There are now in the church those who are not punctual in their
attendance on the means of grace though the proportion is not so large
as it has been, there has been a more punctual attendance of late
yet there are those who give evidence of want of love to the ordi
nances of God's house (Unsigned: Isaac Bliss)
�Kohala Apl. 30 1842
Report
It wd be unpardonable in me, in presenting you my first report,
were I to omit the distinct mention of the signal mercies with wh.
a Kind Providence has visited us during the period thro' w h . we have
occupied our present field of labor.
Of a truth, the good hand of the Lord has been upon us to bless
us with unwonted mercies,
Not only have our lives & our health been
made the objects of His continual care, but He has also b r o 't us
safely thro' severest trials, unforeseen, & to meet w h . we were utter
ly unprepared Thrown as we have been beyond human aid we have been constrained
to cast our care upon the Lord & he has been with us, a Friend & a
Brother to succour us, in the season of our deepest necessities - &
He has also we trust given us increasing desires & an increasing determi
nation to devote our energies to his service, among this needy people.
We entered our field of labor June 26 '41 accompanied, by Bro. Ives
who very kindly offered to aid us in our first efforts among the people
of Kohala.
He remained with us a fortnight (until called home by the
sickness of Mrs. I .) rendering both to us & to the cause very important
service With his aid I performed the tour of a portion of Kohala wh. was
afterwards completed in company with Bro Lyons'.
Of the comparative state of the schools at that time I was unprepared to form any estimate.
Fr. subsequent experience however I am
led to suppose that the number of scholars then said to be in attendance
was much greater than the facts wd warrant -
Nearly 1100 were reported
to be attending school, but subsequent examinations have shewed that
the teachers were wont to report the largest number that had at any
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1842
time previously attended.
This statement may account for the apparent
diminution in the No. of pupils during the year.
Further experience will
enable me to speak with more confidence on this point, however.
The state of our Schools is low, whether more so than in past years,
I have no means of ascertaining.
Our great lack is in teachers compe
tent to the business of interesting & instructing the children.
Two
only of our teachers are graduates fr. the High School at L. luna & these
I am sorry to say are in no wise more successful than their Brn. in the
same employment, owing chiefly perhaps to their having become absorbed
in getting a living or rather getting money - perhaps.
The pittance al
lowed the teachers by the Gov’t is manifestly of little avail towards
t heir support, even were it always punctually
- but in this field,
very few of the teachers have been able to obtain it at all.
The vi
sit of the Kahukula fr. wh. we were expecting some good results, avail
ed us nothing.
As a last resort & indeed the only one in my power, I
established a Teachers' School about 4 months since, in the hope that
the character & interest of our schools might thus be elevated.
hope I think will not prove to have been a vain one.
This
The school embraces
our entire number of teachers & has so far sustained both its number
& interest undiminished.
It is held on Wed. & Sats of each week.
The studies are Arithmetic (Helu Naau) with the blackboard. Geogra
phy & "Noike Uhane” -
Most of our time is devoted to Arith.
In Geog
raphy we are straitened exceedingly both for want of atlases & also
for lack of a suitable geography.
This lack we shall feel more deeply
still in a school wh. I am about to open for qualifying some of our
most promising boys to become teachers, & enter the Boarding School
at Hilo.
Can any method be devised by the Brn. of the Miss. to supply
this lack wh. I am assured is widely felt?
About two months since
Mrs. Bond opened a school for the more promising girls of our vicinity.
�Kohala 1842
Its expediency I at first doubted, but our experience thus far h as
given us assurance that the labor will not be lost.
It was proposed
to rec. 20 pupils - but more came & begged to be be ( !) admitted until
the number was swelled to 40. Fr. these she selected about 30, who re
main, & most of them manifest a very laudable desire (to) be instructed
in their daily studies.
As many as 8 or 10 of these come 5, 6 & 8
miles daily, or rather 4 days in each week.
Studies pursued are Arith
metic, "Little Philosopher”, "Ai o ka la” & the Bible.
The statistics
of our schools I had forgotten to say are as follows
Whole
”
"
" "
”
"
no.
”
" #
l
”
"
Whole no. schools
Pupils
Teachers
Readers
Writers
Helu Kamalii
Helu Naau
-
31
882
45
399
110
242
73
# By ”Readers” I mean those who can read fluently in ordinary reading Of the state of religion with us, it can only be expected, that I
say it is dull, very dull.
Situated as this field has been for the
past 2 years, without any valuable pastoral labor bestowed upon it,
it wd indeed be strange were it otherwise.
The last year of my pre
decessor’s residence here was occupied entirely with building & un
initiated as I have been into the mysteries of the native tongue, it
cd hardly be supposed that my labors wd be of much avail.
I have how
ever performed 3 tours thro this field since the last Gen. Meet.
first two so far as I know were entirely unproductive of good.
meetings & examinations were very imperfect & fruitless.
hihia ( led astray, ?
The
Our
Cases of
) multiplied continually & none returned fr.
their wanderings to take shelter anew in the fold of God.
During this
last tour altho' the declension of the chh appeared much more alarming,
yet on the whole the state of things appeared more encouraging;
We
had several weeks previously established morning prayer meetings in
every land, & I doubt not the prayers of the people of God were heard -
�4
In some portions of the field Numbers returned to confess their sins
& seek admittance once more to the chh, both these who had never been
disciplined & those who had, & a large company of professed penitents
also met me, seeking to be enrolled among the people of God.
With the
help of Bro. Lyons who very generously offered to come over & help me,
I spent a day & a half in examining professed converts & fr. among
them we selected a portion for admission to the chh & They were ad
mitted on the 3d Sabb. of the present month profess repentance is daily increasing.
The number of those who
I meet a portion of them twice
each week & have established meetings twice a week in each land con
taining a school house, for the better accommodation of all.
The number of those who have fallen into hihla (for I cannot say
open sin in all cases) is large - both those who are still under a
course of discipline & those who have not been disciplined at all.
Of
the latter class there are some 2 or 3 hundred I sh judge l/2 of whom
are accused of tobacco smoking only. - & I confess to the Brn. my un
willingness to subject these to the rigor of chh. discipline, yet
something must be done, inasmuch as law exists & has existed for years,
forbidding this very thing & it cannot now be abolished.
the thing to be done?
Brn what is
Smoking tobacco, here is certainly productive of
many sins & the people know it - yet I have found may cases, -where this
filthy habit has been induced by the severe measures taken to prevent
it.
Our meetings at the station have been, on the whole, well attended.
On the Sabb. our house has uniformly been crowded (save in very stormy
weather) & usually, quite a company have been obliged to remain out
side.
The people have always given very good attention to the word
whether read or spoken.
It was only on the 1st Sabb. in Feb. that I
was able to commence preaching in native.
The delay was long - but was
�Kohala 1842
‘
unavoidable, (at least so it appeared to me),
5.
by reason of peculiar
providences wh. placed my time for 3 or 4 mos. beyond my own control.
Our Sabb. school we have recently reorganized, & divided into
classes, by wh. means an unusual interest has been excited in all
minds & new efficiency is imparted to the school as an instrument of
good.
Some of the pupils have committed & recited to me more than 80
verses of Scripture, in a week (besides attending School daily & re
citing its daily exercises) others have committed 40 & others 20, in
cited by the offer of Bibles, Tests (Testaments ?) &c. wh. offer I was
induced to make by the great destitution of the Word of God, among the
people & also by the resolution passed at the last Gen. Meet. recommend
ing the speedy supply of the schools with the Scriptures That some new effort was needed to create an interest in favor
of the Scriptures, evidence may be found in the fact that for the
first 4 or 5 month(s) after our settlement here, we had not more than
2
or 3 calls of any kind for the Bible or any portion of it.
For the
last 3 months, I am very glad to say an increased desire to, obtain
the Book of God has manifested itself - whether it is read much more than
formerly I do not know.
We have disposed of a great many books the
past year, but we do not, I regret to say, find a proper readiness to
pay anything for them.
Not deeming it expedient to give the books out
right to the people, lest they shd in consequence seem of little worth
to them & thus be worse than lost, I have reduced the prise of the Bible
Soc.’s books, to 1/3 of the former price & so rendered it easy for any
one to procure a book & pay for it, who desires to do so.
Whether
the neglect to pay the small sum required is my fault or theirs, I
can better decide when like my older brethren, I shall have had more
experience.
Our Mon. Concert has been very thinly attended the past y r .
We
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6.
1842
hope its recurrence in time to come, will call together more of the
Lord’s people, to pray for Zion’s increase -
Meetings have been estab
lished in every school house throughout the field Contributions at the Mon. Concert, have been nothing of conse
quence.
They were quite large as Mr. Bliss informed me, previously to
our coming hither, but for reasons wh. need not be mentioned here, I
have tho’t best to say nothing to the people until the present month.
We hope they will do something in future.
The new meetinghouse wh. has been so long in contemplation is in
no immediate prospect of being commenced.
Shd the matter be left en
tirely in the hands of Gov't, it is to be feared the stones destined to
constitute its walls will yet enjoy a long & undisturbed repose in their
native v a l l e y
s Romanism, so far as I know has made little effort & little progress
in this field.
I know of 1 or 2 converts only, made by some natives in
Lel e i o h o k u ’s train.
We have been favored with several visits fr.
the priests of our neighboring fields & have lived in constant expec
tation of seeing an Establishment formed at our side, but the Lord has
in great mercy kept this pernicious evil fr. our midst, during the days
of our extreme infancy in the language -
May He still keep this poor
people fr. the soul-destroying pestilence.
But tho free fr. Catholicism, we have not been without grievous
trials fr. without.
The chiefs of Hawaii have made our immediate vicinity their place
or rendezvous during 5 or 6 months past.
them has been extremely baleful.
The influence of a portion of
Numbers of our Chh. members & members
fr. other Chh.s in the train of the chiefs have fallen into gross sins Drunkness ( !), adultery & horse racing, were, for a season, every
day occurrences in our midst.
Leleiohoku being the ring-leader in
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1842
iniquity -
7.
But God. has delivered us fr. this Evil also -
We pray
it may not again return upon us —
In conclusion I can only add, we feel grateful, or try to, to the
gracious Providence that has bro't us hither to labor.
in our work.
We are happy
We know the work is a good one & that the Lord Jesus
Christ will yet reign in the hearts of this now ignorant & degraded
people, as he reigns in the redeemed hearts above,
spite of the mighty
obstacles wh. to our view now obstruct the progress of his Kingdom With this assurance, we hope to live & labor & die & repose our bones
beneath Hawaiian soil - if such be the will of God concerning us Respectfully submitted
E. Bond
975
373
124
14
138
51
2
82
8
3
316
3
48
41
866
355
27
57
1500
Whole No. added to the Chh. on Examination
Do. Do.
on Certificate
Do. past year on Examination
Do
Do on Certificate
Whole No. past year
Whole No dismissed ( !) to other Chhs.
dismissed past year
Whole No. deceased
Deceased past year
Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole No. Excomm.
Remain Excom.
Whole No. in regular standing
Whole No. Children Baptized
Bap. past year
Marriages past year
Average No. of congregation on the Sabb -
This table will be found to differ considerably fr. the report of
last year - All I can Say by way of excuse, if excuse is needed, is that
I have taken all the pains possible, by personal examination to render
a correct table of chh. statistics The estimate of the av. Congregation may be large. My impression
is however that it is small. Several gentlemen who have met with us
upon the Sabb. have concurred in the estimate I have given - Mr. Bliss
tho’t it larger, i.e. the Congregation E. Bond
�Report of the Station at Kohala Hawaii
1842-3
The Lord’s mercy has brought us to the end of another year.
H i s rich
favors have been, shed down upon us in all our various rela
tions; for wh. we owe Him unfailing gratitude & praise.
Zion also
has been made to rejoice, we trust, in her King. Her bulwarks we hope,
have been strengthened.
As a chh. we are not alive & awake, as the
Saviour’s cause demands of us - yet it can truly be said, we do not
all sleep, as hitherto.
Some, yea many, during the six mos. past,
have been very earnest in doing the work of the Lord among this
people,
So far as has been made evident to their understanding &
hearts.
For the first six mos. of the miss. year, we had little interest
manifested in the things of Christ's Kingdom.
A few indeed appeared
as inquirers for the way of life & our meetings on the Sabb. were full Yet in my tours among the people, rarely any came to meet with us save
the chh. members & very frequently, not all of these.
Meantime the
enemy were beginning to come in upon us to practice their seductions
upon this unwary people.
For the better keeping of the Lord's vine
yard, therefore, in this part of the field, at our quarterly meeting
for the Chh. lunas, in Oct.
we effected a division of our whole ter
ritory into seven districts - one to each Deacon & his sub-lunas, with
instructions to prosecute the Lord's work vigorously.
This, it is be
lieved they did, to the extent of their ability - & the consequences of
increased faithfulness were soon visible.
Tho' our regularly appointed
meetings have not been multiplied - voluntary meetings among the chh.
members have since been very frequent & very fully attended, & the
number of those who profess to be setting their faces Zionward, has
greatly increased.
�Kohala 1843
The Spirit of the Lord, we hope, is still with us, calling the
ungodly to repentance.
That scores turn fr, these calls to greater
hardness of heart & more bitter hatred towards the things of Christ's
Kingdom I hardly need add.
It has been so fr. the beginning & so I
doubt not it will be to the end - that wicked men turn light into dark
ness - the Savour of Life into a Savour of Death.
Since Oct. 300 have been added to the chh. - the larger portion
of them, the fruits of the present revival.
None of these have been
reed in less time than three mos. fr. their professed repentance for
sin & fr. their having been enrolled as penitents had been of fr, 5 & 6 mos. to a year’s standing -
Whilst some of them
Nearly 300 now stand
propounded to be recd if the Lord will, on the first Sabb. in April.
The appearance of those who have united with the chh. has been
in general, so far, beyond my expectation. Many of them appear greatly
interested, & engaged in the Savior's cause - but how many of them
all, will, at last be found at the right hand of the Judge is known
only to Him who sees all things fr. the beginning.
lasts to labor & pray for them -
We hope while life
It is His, to adjudge their final
destiny - & He will do it righteously.
The general character of this chh. is, I think, considerably better
than at any previous period of our acquaintance with its affairs.
More
of spiritual vigor & personal interest in religion is now apparent than
has been before witnessed.
vows chh.
There is less open violation of covenant
Most of the suspended have been recd anew into the bosom of the
Our meetings possess more of apparently hearty interest.
On the
Sabb. our meetings (tho’ very slightly diminished in number, for a
few Sabb. this the.influence of popery) have been very fully attended as have been several meetings on the Sabb. at our most distant outposts.
Morning meetings have been sustained in our various school houses
�Kohala
1843
during the year as have been also all our regular meetings Gases of discipline have been rare.
chh. have likewise been attended to.
Monthly contributions of the
The am't thus contributed during
the year, is according to a fair estimate about $230.00.
A portion
of this has been in food for my school, fish, kapas &c & the remain
der in work & building materials, for school houses.
Our Sabb. school has not been very flourishing during the year pastfr. want of time to devote to it.
The attendance has however been good -
For the first six mos. of the year the average attendance was 301 During the last six mos. the av. has been 546.
Schools.
To the cause of Education among this people, I have
devoted as much time & effort as has been in my power to give, consis tently with more important duties.
1st
My teachers' School has been continued thro' the year (with
two vacations rendered necessary by our peculiar situation) on the
same plan as during the last year, i.e. two schools pr. week, on
Weds & Sats. & with very satisfactory results in regard to some of our
teachers - whilst in regard to others, any am't of labor wd be in vain.
2d
A select school for boys - 14 in number -
This school I com
menced about eight mos. since, with two objects in view i.e. to prepare
boys for the school at Hilo & to prepare also some teachers for our own
immediate wants.
Preparatory to the commencement of the school we had one house
put up sufficiently large to contain 100 persons for a school house &
an occasional place for business meetings of the chh. - two sleeping
houses & two other houses - partly built by kokua & partly by purchase.
These accommodate us very well at present.
The school is necessarily
limited to a small number in consequence of my inability to care for a
larger number such as I shd like to be preparing for usefulness in
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this field -
4.
These have been partly supported i.e. supplied with food,
calabashes &c by the chh. & wd have been, entirely, had circumstances
required it.
The boys labor a part of each day when labor is to be
supplied - for wh. they rec. a small compensation per. hour - & with the
avails of their labor, they purchase garments for themselves.
The progress of the pupils in the various branches of study to wh.
their attention has been directed, has been very commendable - so much
so that I feel amply rewarded for my labor on their behalf -
Our
studies have been Arithmetic, "Hoike Uhane", "Akiakamai" , "Mooolelo
Hawaii", "Ui", Compositions weekly, vocal music & daily recitations
in Scripture.
3d
Common schools.
These are 33 in number, embracing upwards
of a thousand pupils, under 39 teachers.
During the past year I have
had three local examinations of all the schools, & the Kahu Kula, for
this part of the Isl. has likewise had two general examinations.
There
has been some advance in Knowledge, tho' it is not possible that any
great progress can be made in some of our schools until we shall have
been supplied with some more intelligent teacher.
During the most of the year our schools have been kept in a pretty
good state.
The appointment of a new KahuKula has, so far, been very
greatly for our benefit.
The new Kahu has done every thing, here for
the cause of education, that cd be done - so far as I have been able to
perceive.
We "thank God” for this new acquisition & "take courage".
Catholic influence has had an unfavorable effect upon several of
our schools - yet we hope not a permanent one.
The sole tendency of
that scheme of abominations - popery - so far as developed among us,
h as been to hasten back the midnight darkness & the shame of pure heathenism.
They labor & injure the cause of education as at present
prosecuted, without offering any substitute whatever whereby to relieve
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5.
1843
the minds of the people fr. the gross darkness in wh. they are shrouded.
Whilst however the enemy labor to pluck up the foundation of vir
tue & knowledge, something is being done to enlarge these foundations
& to render them sufficiently permanent for the noble superstructure
wh. we believe the Almighty is designing yet to rear upon them for His
own glory & for this enthralled peoples’ salvation - physical as well
as spiritual.
Great credit certainly, is due for the efforts made the past year,
by this people, for the benefit of the rising generation.
Not less
than 24 permanent stone school houses have been commenced & the most
of them are already finished & occupied.
The word of God has also
been introduced into our Schools, the past year, so far as has been
practicable - & the proportion of scholars able to read it has consider
ably increased.
In regard to the general influence of papacy among us, little need
be said -
The system boasts, & with unquestionable truth of its un-
changeableness thro’ all the periods of its existence.
We find it
therefore in Hawaii, at the present time, just what history assures
us it has been, in the past centuries of its existence - the steadfast
opposer of all advancement in knowledge, both human & divine.
The only converts they have yet secured in Kohala as far as my
knowledge extends, I can with truth declare are the incorrigible opposers of our schools, the contemners of the law of the land & the known
friends of all vice - the persons, who, I doubt not, wd rejoice to
whelp anew & forever, this entire people in all the horrors & abomina
tions of the moral midnight fr wh. they have been so hopefully & happily
emerging.
The new movement in behalf of our schools i.e. the erection of
substantial houses for their accommodation has given to popery most of
�6.
its converts in this field.
Determined not to aid in this good work,
they escaped to the enemy for shelter, taking their children with them whom they were more than willing to rob of the benefits of school, that
they might go back & live unrebuked in the most degrading ignorance &
in the shameless commissions of every brutal vice.
One fact, in relation to the popish converts, is worthy of men
tion, being indicative, I imagine of the real nature & tendency of the
system —
I refer to the fact that they have built their houses for
meetings, without exception, at the farthest possible remove fr, the
light of knowledge & civilization - going back into the wilderness
almost as far as any vestige of human life is found.
They have built
several of these houses tho' none of them are large.
The progress of this system has not been rapid or great, as yet The pri(e)st fr. Waimea has made quite frequent visits of late & bap
tized some.
I am unable to state the number -
memb. have gone over to them.
A very few of our chh.
Perhaps 10 or 12 - not more; & these all,
I think without exception, hihia -
We have reason to bless God that the
mass of the chh. stand firm in the truth
We pray that He may still
keep them.
The means used to secure converts.
Native converts who have been
taught by the priests, continually itinerate in great number - thro'
the field.
These present all possible motives but good ones, to the
minds of this credulous people -
assuring them that the fish will cease
to bite at their hooks & their food also to grow unless they speedily
abandon us & turn to the God of the papists.
That these & many similar
stories have an effect upon many minds, none need doubt who knows any
thing of that greedy credulity (wh. swallows as strict verity, all the
dogmas of the Romish chh. tho’ equally opposed to reason & their own
senses) existing in the most enlightened papist communities & individ
uals to be found on earth.
Yet we know the truth is mightier than all
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1843
7.
error combined & that it will ultimately establish itself in the minds
even of this benighted race - tho' perhaps not without a severely con
tested struggle for the mastery.
Church Statistics
1378
412
467
81
548
60
9
118
36
32
168
8
60
20
1419
418
61
72
1500'
Whole no. added on Exam
Do
on Certif.
Do
past year on Ex.
on Cer.
Bo
Whole No. past year
Whole No. dismissed to &c.
Dismissed past year
Whole no. deceased
Deceased past year
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Excomd past year
Whole no. Excomd Remain Excommunicated
Whole no. in reg. stand’g
Whole no . of children Bapt
Bapt. past year
Marriages past year
Av. no. of the Sabb. Cong.
Statistics of Common Schools
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
NO.
of
of
of
of
of
in
Schools
Teachers
Scholars
Readers
Writers
Arithmetic
33
39
1144
585
210
400
This is the result of my last local examination, in Dec. '42.
At the general examination of the Kahu-Kula in the present no. (March)
1000 pupils were present - some having (been) detained by the distance
& the rain.
(Unsigned; E. Bond)
�Report of the Station at Kohala
(1844)
The year just passed has, since its commencement, been, to us, as
individuals, as well as in our relations to this people, one of prettyconstant & at times of severe trial.
We have, however, to acknowledge, much of ordinary & extraordinary
bounties from our Heavenly Father wh. have tended to remind us continu
ally, that in Him, both temporally & spiritually, "we live & move &
have our being."
At the period of our leaving our Station for the last Gen, Meet
ing, there was an unusual apparent interest among this people
the things of Christ’s Kingdom.
in
This interest was continued with per
haps a slight abatement, until after our return from Honolulu,
Meet
ings were fully attended & the members of the chh, seemed, in general,
awake to duty.
But little more than a month had, however, elapsed sub
sequent to our return, ere a succession of rains, the like of wh, we
had never before seen, set in & continued with almost no intermission
for more than six months.
The natural consequence was the cutting off,
for a long time, of almost, all intercourse between myself & the people,
both in meetings & at other times.
Our Sabbaths, too were uniformly so unpleasant as to prevent the
large assemblages of the people, from all portions of the field, wh, we
had previously been wont to enjoy; & we were repeatedly unable to hold
any regular services in the house of God, in consequence of the dilapi
dated condition of the building & the inadequate shelter it afforded in
our season of cold & rain.
Thro' the Divine goodness I have been able to perform the usual
amount of ordinary labor among the people, tho' not without a somewhat
unusual amount of drenchings,
Four tours have been made throughout the
field, attending, as in years past, to the state of the chh,, preaching,
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1844
examining schools etc.
In one of these tours, performed in Dec. five days were spent,
in as many different portions of the field, in meetings for fasting &
prayer - without, however, any visibly encouraging results.
The at
tendance upon these meetings was good, save at one post, where, in con
sequence of there being no house in wh. to meet, we were obliged to
meet out of doors exposed to the inclement winds & weather.
The Church.
As may be easily inferred fr. what has been said above, the pre
sent state of this chh. is any thing but cheering - & for the most part
its members manifest but little desire for better times.
It is however
gladdening to know that a few of our lands, form exceptions to the
general stupor wh. prevails.
Our chh. lunas report the usual meetings to have been regularly
sustained in all our school houses save two or three, tho' in the grea
ter portion of them the attendance has been very small.
The smallness of our Sabb. congregations has already been noticed & perhaps it is but just for me to add in reference thereto, that the
absence of opportunities during the past year, to assemble, frequently
as usual, & the want likewise of a suitable shelter under wh. to as
semble, may perhaps be considered as two of the natural causes wh.
have operated most powerfully to produce this state of things & to dim
inish, in general, a proper interest, in things pertaining to religion.
But besides these, an irresistible, & to multitudes, a fatal tide of
emigration to Oahu, has been throughout the year, sweeping away hundreds
of the most hopeful portions of this community - both of the chh. &
also of our schools & to me I confess, this is the most discouraging &
alarming of all the unfavorable influences with wh. we have had to con
tend hitherto The entrance & operations of popery also have tended, specially
during the former part of the year, to keep portions of our people
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3.
1844
from their usual attendance upon the preaching of the Gospel.
Disc ipline
Cases of discipline have, the past year been somewhat more fre
quent than in either ,of the two previous years of my labors here - tho'
not so much more frequent, as the subjoined table of statistics wd
indicate.
With very few exceptions, the excommunications & many of the sus
pensions, were cases of long standing.
Nearly all (9/10) of the for
mer, were cases suspended by my predecessor more than three years since
& during this time they have been waited on, with repeated exhortations
to repentance (when they have been accessible), until it was found
worse than vain to exercise longer forbearance towards them.
We have
still remaining, perhaps a hundred similar cases, yet to be cared for persons whom I have never seen - some of them living, at present in
Honolulu, some in Lahaina & others still, in this part of Hawaii.
On recurring to our chh. Records, I find the names of 15 among
the excommunicated, who have deserted us since the entrance of popery
among us, & gone to the foe.
These are the only names, who have thus
apostatized free fr. chh. censure & these are represented as living in
open violation of covenant vows now & as having lived in secret violation
of those vows, previously to their leaving us.
It may not be improper for me to say, in connexion with this sub
ject, that we are helplessly & hopelessly subject to incessant trouble
in this chh. in consequence of the established practice of disciplining
for the use of tobacco.
On reference to our books this is found to be
the cause, directly or indirectly, of the great mass of the cases of
discipline administered fr. the organization of the chh.
In taking,
indifferently 154 cases fr. the list of chh. members 75 of these are
distinctly stated to have been for tobacco I Yet large as this ratio is,
�3 a.
[To be read where marked on page 3]
How many of the censured members of this chh. have gone into
the delusions of popery I am unable to state.
is that few have thus gone.
My impression however
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1844
4.
I hope I may be pardoned for saying that it wd not probably be very
difficult to find a Hawaiian chh. in wh. the cases of discipline for
the use of the same article, bears, at least, twice this proportion
to the whole number !!
For the sake of true religion in these Islands it were most de
voutly to be wished that that work of zealous supererogation - making
that, sin, wh. in the judgment of God's word & in the honest belief
of 99/100 of the enlightened Christian community is no sin - had never
been performed.
Then had these infant chhs of dark Hawaii, never been
made to groan under a heavier yoke than Christian men,
in Christian
lands are able to bear; & some of those who ”watch" over this wayward
people, wd have been spared the unhappy increase of labor & trial, occasioned by laws wh. now can neither be shaken off or evaded.
Additions
Of additions to this chh. we have had very few, since the last
Gen. Meeting - about 40 in all.
The mass of additions stated in the
table of statistics occurred previously to that time, tho' within the
current Missn year.
A class of inquirers - catechumens - 150 - 200 has attended upon
the meetings appointed for them, fr. time to time during the year,
but it has not been deemed advisable to receive many of them into fel
lowship with the chh. in our present low estate.
Sabbath School .
Our Sabb. school has been regularly sustained thro’ the year,
tho' the same unfavorable influences, wh. have affected other departments
of labor, have borne equally upon this.
The average number of pupils during the year has been but little
more than two hundred.
Our Sabb. School is held after the A.M. service & the labor of it
�K ohala 1844
5.
falls entirely upon myself -
After the P.M. Service, immediately, we
have, now, a Bible class for such as live in the vicinity & choose to
attend.
This class has been established several months.
of the more intelligent males usually remain ted in the exercise.
A few only
these appear interes
Our text book is the Catechism in Hawaiian.
Schools.
The number of our common schools is one less than the number last
reported - two small schools in the same neighbourhood having been
united.
Of all these, there have been four examinations, the past year,
viz, two general examinations by the Kahukula
myself .
& two local E x ’s by
At the general examinations a larger number of pupils was
present than is indicated in this report.
Yet the number here stated
is far greater than has constantly attended our schools during the
larger part of the year.
The appearance of the schools indicates, in the examinations, some
advance in knowledge & general intelligence.
Such is my impression -
tho' as to numbers I am unable to say whether we have advanced or retro
graded in knowledge, as Bro. Cooke omitted the larger portion of our
school statistics in the last years "Minutes” .
The whole number of pupils in our schools, it will be perceived
has somewhat diminished.
The causes of this decrease have inciden
tally been referred to already, viz, a general declension of the peo
ple in relation to all elevating enterprise -
The strong tide of emi
gration hence to Oahu wh. has taken off many, particularly of the more
advanced pupils; & finally, the operations of papacy among us.
This latter-cause has perhaps operated indirectly more than di
rectly.
Thus far it has actually taken away to its own fatal embraces,
few of our children (& most heartily do I regard this a matter of un
affected gratitude towards God) - yet by shielding these taken & their
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1844
parents fr. the penalty of the law, & thus openly & with impunity
putting at defiance all the authorities of the Gov’t. the priests &
their disciples have excited a most direful influence upon this people
& set before them an example wh. if followed unrestrainedly, must
speedily reduce all law & all authority to a mere nullity save indeed
as they themselves turn them to account as instruments of proselytism
in favor of their own pernicious dogmas.
Following the unhappy examples set before them, the children have
in great numbers forsaken all r egular attendance upon schools, & the
parents in like manner have suffered the walls of several stone school
houses to stand a year unroofed & crumble in pieces, because forsooth
there is no authority to coerce them to labor & finish the work.
The
Kahu-kula has indeed repeatedly commanded the work to be done not to
speak of my own repeated exhortations to the same effect, yet whilst
they see others, in their midst, trampling with impunity upon all law,
& countenanced by a foreign priest, nay ordered by the priest so to do,
how can it be expected that they will do otherwise I
On the whole so far as is now perceived, until wholesome laws
already existing or hereafter to exist, shall be made to be equally
respected by all, no matter of what name or condition, we may hang our
hopes for Hawaiian schools, here in Kohala, upon our Kukuis, to be
blown about in our ever sweeping blasts - as well as upon efforts for
their benefit.
Fruition, I conceive will about as speedily be real
ized in the former case as in the latter.
Our school for teachers has been continued as usual during the
year - two sessions having been held each week - on Wed. & Sat.
Within
two months, however, we have had but one session per week; & shall have
no more than this probably until the labor on our meeting house shall
have been completed -
Studies have been chiefly confined to arithmetic
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7.
1844
& geography with the Atlas.
The Select School of boys wh. I commenced nearly two years since,
has been in successful operation thro' the year.
The number of pupils
has been but 12, as no more cd he found during the former part of the
year, such as I chose to receive.
Soon after the last Gen. Meet. five of our boys entered at Hilo
& two became teachers in our own Schools Studies -
Mental & written arithmetic topographical geography,
Hawaiian,History, Natural Theology, daily recitations & Catechism &
Scripture, composition & vocal music.
At least two hours labor are
required per day, of each pupil.
The amount of my own time devoted to the school depends entirely
upon the amount & nature of other demands upon my time & attention.
Whatever time can be saved fr. other more urgent duties is given to
it.
I have, fr. the commencement of the school had the services of a
native teacher who has been fully qualified to discharge the duties re
quired of him.
N o small amount of difficulty & trial has beset us, the year past.
Early in its progress the native teacher was convicted of forgery &
his connexion with the school was necessarily dissolved.
We thought
ourselves highly favored, however, in obtaining a very promising stu
dent fr. Hilo to fill his place.
The latter proved himself very capa
ble & very useful for a short season, when to our great sorrow, he fell,
or rather deliberately went into the sin of fornication & became lost
to us & to the cause of truth & virtue in these islands.
After much trouble & perplexity a graduate fr. the Missn Semy
was procured to assist us.
He left the Semy under circumstances, not
the most favorable for his reputation tho' not under positive censure;
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1844
yet as the question was one of life & death to the school, & as the
latter idea was not congenial with our notions, he was employed - &
thus far does well.
The morals of the pupils have not been unaffected by the unhappy
events thro' wh. we have been passing.
Strange indeed had they been.
Yet n o one of them has, as yet committed any overt act of opposition
to our rules.
Fr. the first, the small number of pupils, has enabled
me to keep them constantly under my own notice; & they have even mani
fested a good degree of docility in all respects.
i
In consequence of the circumstances above named & also of the
scarcity of food through the larger portion of this field, caused in
part by the superabundance of rain & in part by worms, it fell to my
lot to purchase a large proportion of the food for the boys during
several months -
They are now supplied as before, by the contributions
of chh. members.
Owing to these obstacles in our way & to the increased demands
upon my time, of a more indispensable nature, wh. Providence has been
making for most of the past year, it has not been without the utmost
effort & some doubt that it has been kept in operation.
Yet this branch of effort has so come to be part & parcel of my
duties towards this people & likewise to add so much to my own happiness
that the idea of abandoning these pupils to return again to their former
habits of life, unorderly & only sensual, is very painful & difficult
to be entertained.
Meeting House
We have suffered extremely in this field for lack of a suitable
shelter under wh. to worship God.
suffered & not we alone.
The whole cause of Christ here has
,
I had been waiting & hoping that some measures wd be taken by
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1844
Gov’t & the people to begin to provide us a house; but had waited two
years & a half in vain.
And after having preached six mos. in the
rain & finding the papists also coming in upon us, I proposed as the
only alternative, to provide means for the erection of the house, on
condition that the timber, shd without delay, be hewn & drawn down to
the spot for building.
$600 at least will be required to render the
house suitable for meetings.
This must be paid in cash or its product.
There is no money here & nothing so far as I can devise, by w h .
th$ people can raise it.
The freight of all articles procurable, here,
wd be much more than their marketable value in Lahaina or Hon. save
perhaps the single article of fire wood - & the nearest point at w h .
this can be obtained is 12 or 14 miles fr. the place of shipping We are clearly a poor people here in Kohala, having need of much
& yet possessing nothing.
However, if God will, we hope, in due season
to have a house for His service.
The character of the house proposed, is like that in Hilo , viz, a
substantial frame, thatched; with a v e r a n
dah all around.
An agreement
has been made with a foreigner to erect the frame & the timber & other
materials are nearly all upon the spot.
Contributions.
The labor of the chh. members upon materials for the meeting house
hitherto, is its chief item.
low estimate is $250.
This together with food &c recd, at a
The food consumed by the school.
Popery.
In my last report popery cd hardly be said to have entered this
field, in earnest.
During the year past however its operations have
been prosecuted with much zeal - Specially during the former part of it
& the new things said & done by them (the priests) attracted much atten
-tion & drew many after that abominable system of the Adversary, as
Spectators & some as adherents to its image worship & false doctrines.
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1844
10.
The novelty of the thing now seems for the present to have passed
away &, so far as appears, little is now said or tho't of it.
The mass of those who have called themselves by the name of the
"Beast” are persons who have never associated with us & with whom of
course, I have never had any personal intercourse.
They are represen
ted as living in the habitual commission of since forbidden by the
Gospel & as being very naaupo [ignorant; dark-minded] in general.
Some
of them have been publicly convicted & sentenced for adultery - & yet
so far as is known, their standing as papists has not been at all af
fected by their crimes.
We have as yet, no priest permanently attached to this field; but
we have been abundantly favored with the services of the priests fr.
Waimea & Kailua & also with one visit fr. the priest of Kau.
To the
latter two Gov. Adams gave permission to erect a meeting house directly
by the side of ours - wh. unless an overruling Providence shall favor
ably interpose, will be a source of perpetual & most unhappy distur
bance to the quiet & harmony of our weekly worship.
We are not without some hope that our new neighbours may be kept
fr. blocking up our doors, at least, the consent of our Christian
Govr. thereto notwithstanding !
Respectfully Submitted
E. Bond
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1844
....... ..
..........
................ — ------------ ------ 1 1 .
Statistics of theChh.
Whole No. recd on Examn
Do
do on Certife
Recd past year on Examn.
do
do on Certif.
Whole number past yr.
Whole no. dismissed
Past year
do
Whole no. deceased
Deceased past yr.
Suspended so do
Remain Suspended
Excomd past year
Whole no. Excomd
Remain Excomd
Whole no in regular Stang
Whole no Children baptd
Past year
do
Marriages past year
Average No. of Comgn
1670
445
297
27
324
94
34
177
53
54
102
126
197
148
1575
552
173
74
750
School Statistics
Whole
Do
do
do
do
do
no
"
"
"
”
”
of Schools
Teachers
Pupils
in Reading
in Arithmetic
in Writing
32
35
731
453
453
77
�[Accompanying Station Report of 1844]
Kohala
Apl. 15, 1844
Dear Brethren,
It being inexpedient for me to associate personally with
y ou this year in Gen. Meet. Suffer me to take this method of saying a
few words to you on the subject of the new reinforcement, now expected
fr. the U.S.
Until recently , I had not the remotest intention of troubling you
with a word of mine on this subject & indeed shd not now, were our own
individual happiness alone, to be consulted.
those of a mere private nature constrain me -
But higher interests than
So I write.
The claim of the cause of Christ in this portion of Hawaii, to
the services of one of the new Brn. may not perhaps have any thing
peculiar to itself in distinction fr. that of several other portions
of our common field.
Nevertheless its claim is an urgent one - & more
urgent now than it ever can be at any future period, unless help is now
afforded.
My impression is that a crisis big with good or evil is
rapidly forming in the affairs of this people; & to take suitable ad
vantage of this state of affairs we need a more efficient instrumen
tality than is now available, in this field.
Something more must be
done for these 6000 or 7000 souls scattered over these hills & shores,
than has yet been done.
in their behalf.
But little in fact has yet been attempted
They are heathen still - the mass of them - without
God & without hope having really no true apprehensions of their rela
tions to God or of Salvation thro’ Jesus Christ.
Our own labors are perhaps nearly to the extent of our ability,
tho’ not to the extent of our desires & not a tithe moreover of the
efforts demanded by the necessities of the people.
We are but single
handed; & the sum total of our labors is unavoidably small - very small
�Letter from E. Bond accompanying Report of 1844
in consequence.
2.
On this account too, we often labor at great disad
vantage both to ourselves & to others, wh. we most sensibly feel but
wh. we have no power to remedy.
Again, whatever is to be done here shd be attempted without delay.
The leaven of popery - that too fatal extinguisher of all hope, In
behalf of its proselytes for time & Eternity - has been zealously &
widely infused, the past year & is beginning to work.
Under God, the
progress of this iniquity may in a great measure be stayed & the prey
snatched fr. its very teeth -
But to human view it can only be done
effectually, now, before its victims are, beyond delivery, fast in its
fatal embraces.
We have no priest here permanently yet - but shd probably have
had one ere this had not the heavy hand of the Almighty probably sunk
freight
that
of moral pestilence in the depths of ocean. By that in
scrutable act He has granted us a short respite fr. the presence of
marshalled foe.
We need ability to improve it.
The papists take great care to get the children under their influ
ence.
They know that their hopes as well as ours, depend upon the ris
ing generation.
But the children of this field are very nearly all,
at this moment, under our influence.
To keep them so is the great
desideratum - but how can one individual whose whole time & energies,
cannot serve a half of the demands of this large chh. do all this?
But independently of papist movements, we need some one devoted
to our schools & we must have some one soon or we may throw to the
winds our hopes for this people.
1st
We need a vigorous system of common schools, in w h . to
enlighten & train to the love of knowledge & virtue these hundreds of
y outh about us, so rapidly coming forward to maturity & active life.
2d
We need -
The Cause of Christ needs an efficient high school
�3.
Letter 1844
in this field, sufficiently large & attractive for all its promising
young men.
We are suffering every day for lack of such a school.
Our young
men of premise are leaving us to be poisoned & doubly ruined in the
pestilential atmosphere of the metropolis.
These we wish to retain
& we can retain them by engaging them in the pursuit of knowledge &
in preparation for honor & usefulness among their own countrymen.
I have the germ of such a school, now in existence - but it is
doubtful, much as I desire it, if by any possible effort it can long
d
be sustained as it now exists - yet it sh
not perish I feel assured -
Then we need another preaching post - 6 or 8 miles fr. this where
a large congregation
easily be gathered weekly to hear the word of
life All these we need & much more wh. you ean imagine more readily
than I can here recount them.
I have said nothing of a Separate Sta
tion to be erected here in this district.
That question wd be better
determined, perhaps after consultation on the ground & with those who
appreciate the wants of this people.
Truly yrs,
With aff
E. Bond.
�Report of the Station in Kohala for 1845
Nothing very peculiar has marked our history during the past year.
The blessings of Divine Providence have been abundantly vouchsafed to
us, without any untoward occurrences to interrupt materially the ordi
nary prosecution of our work.
The church has enjoyed usual quiet, tho’ the convincing & convert
ing energies of the Holy Spirit have been wanting to build us up.
During the former part of the year we suffered greatly from lack of a
house of worship.
Our meetings on the Sabb. were under the broad hea
vens; & as we were always exposed to violent winds, with the addition
of either hot sun or rain the number of those who formed our congre
gation was very small - rarely exceeding two or three hundred.
On
the first Sabb. in Sept. however, just six months after the first blow
of the carpenters axe was struck, we assembled beneath the frame of
our new house.
A part of the end exposed to the wind was thatched so
as to afford us a very partial shelter, & there we began the services
of the Lord’s Sanctuary.
From that time the congregation increased
until our house was so far finished as to afford us a comfortable place
of worship.
Since then (Novr ) the house has been filled every Sabb.
with an orderly & attentive assembly of worshippers - of from 800 to
1000 souls.
As will be seen in the accompanying table of statistics this chh.
has decreased in numbers during the two years past, Very few additions have been made during this period, whilst in
1844 more than 200 were cut off from the chh. whom we regarded as hope
lessly lost to a religious life.
These were chiefly cases of those who
had been absent from Kohala from two to six years without having given
any intimation of their places of abode or of their manner of life.
�2.
In relation to a great part of this number, we could learn nothing,
whilst many of them we knew, were on other islands unconnected with
any chh. & leading lives of ungodliness.
It was only after long delay,
patient consideration & prayer for Divine guidance, that they were cut
off fr, the fold of the Redeemer. Yet our perplexity is not at an end
with the erasure of their names from the records of the chh.
The root
of the evil still exists, & probably will exist, in the unsettled
habits of the people.
A great portion of the entire population of K o-
hala nei is perfectly nomadize in the modes of life - & there is great
reason to fear that at no distant day, but a small remnant of this chh.
& people will be left upon the soil.
I have no sufficient statistical data upon which to base a correct
calculation of the decrease of our population during any one year neither an estimate of the cause of the decrease.
But from casual ob
servation made from time to time & the limited data furnished by our
chh. Records, I am satisfied that the almost sole cause of decrease in
this population is Emigration.
My impression is that there is little
if any diminution of the population c a u s
ed by the preponderance of deaths
over births.
In some of the lands of this district, the number of chh.
members has diminished one half, whilst very few have been cut off by
death or by discipline.
The ordinary means of grace have been observe among us as usual
during the year past.
I have performed three tours over the whole
field, discharging the usual duties attendant upon such excursions.
The contributions of the chh. for benevolent purposes have been
used towards our house of worship.
it would be difficult to determine.
The amount contributed in work
The labour has been drawing tim
ber, thatching the house & enclosing it with a spacious stone wall
of 160 ft square painted with lime.
The contributions in other ways,
�Kohala
3.
1845
have been in such articles chiefly, as as ( !) could most readily he
obtained here.
All the cash given by the chh, towards our house amounts to but
$40.
Several hundreds, were subscribed by them but the nominal value
of all subscriptions yet paid is about $200.
The available value
however has been trifling owing to want of a market for articles bro't
in.
Our new meeting house, to which reference is made above is an
unusually strong framed house thatched on the roof with cane leaf &
mat tied on the sides & ends with ki leaf.
Its size is 86 x 45 ft.
with a lanai all around it of 6 ft in width.
The house has four large
doors, 12 windows of 35 panes 8 x 10 glass each & is well floored.
The end exposed to the wind is likewise ceiled up on the inside with
boards, as is likewise 34’ft. of the sides & a portion of the beams
overhead.
The house is entirely filled with settees in number 130 - of a
uniform length made by these who occupy them or purchased of native
manufacturers at $6 each.
Thro' the kind agency of Mr. Cheever who visited the islands in
1844 we have at the time of writing this report (April) - just received
the valuable present of a b ell weighing 210 lbs, for which a bell house
is already in progress.
The whole expenditure for the house has been about $1600, nearly
one half of which has been paid in cash.
We have recd much unexpected
aid in our work both from the friends of the Redeemer in the islands
& from friends likewise in the U.S.
Those Bren. who have had experience in the matter of building such
houses on these islands will understand all that is meant when I say
that the labor has been exceedingly arduous, particularly that required
�Kohala
1845
4.
in drawing the large timber which is not to be had at a less distance
than 8 to 12 miles; & in situations so inaccessibly cut up by preci
pitous ravines, that human muscles alone could be set to the task.
The drawing of some single sticks cost us two, three & four days of
labor with fr. 80 to 100 men.
Added to the ordinary difficulties which
lay in our way, a distressing scarcity of food pressed us sorely for
3 or 4 months - besides wh. in time of our most urgent necessity the
leveling epidemic of April had to be encountered entire population for three weeks.
It prostrated the
But out of all our troubles the
Lord delivered us & at length He set our feet in a large place.
The ameliorating influence which a clean & orderly house of wor
ship has exerted upon the demeanour & external appearance of our people
on the Sabb. is almost incredible.
The improvement has been very rap
id as well as great - so that it is with difficulty that I can realize
that my ministrations are now to the same people with whom I sat in the
dirt but six months since.
How, at length, on the Sabb day, we can
urge a very respectable claim to fraternity with decent people.
I may add that a superior native meeting house has been erected
at an outpost of this Station, in the past year.
Our Sabb. school has been continued as usual thro' the year.
It
now numbers nearly 300 pupils - more or less of whom recite portions
of Scripture & hymns, committed daily to memory.
Of our public schools I have but little to say, having had almost
nothing to do with them for the greater part of the year.
The Gov't,
or its officers have manifested a fixed determination to swindle our
teachers out of the fraction of their just dues, which, after many
unfair deductions, they finally receive annually, from the Kahukula & there is no redress.
Our teachers have sought redress - but public
pledges are vain, since the public ear is closed to the calls of its
�Kohala
1845
5.
defrauded
i gnoble
poor.
After hoping in vain for a long time, that
the teachers would receive at least the shadow of justice I did not
feel it my duty to be found fighting against the "powers" that "are
ordained of God” & hence I relinquished, tho’ reluctantly, the foster
ing care over the schools which I had endeavoured according to the
best of my ability to exercise.
On the same ground some of the best
of the teachers abandoned their schools - for none of us could doubt,
that whatever may be the professions of the Gov't its policy actually
pursued, is to crush the common school, unless indeed teachers can be
fed on straw & find themselves in that.
still pursue their gainless work.
A portion of the teachers
Of our 31 school districts, 12
have been for the greater part of the year without school, or teachers;
and the remaining 19, save two or three, are schools only in name.
The children of the district generally, receive no instruction whatever,
as very few of them attend any school.
The teachers' school which had been under my care nearly or quite
four years, was discontinued for a season in April last - in conse
quence of the pressure of other labor.
It has not been resumed for
reasons connected with those mentioned above.
My select School of boys has been sustained as usual with 13
pupils.
Owing however to other cares I have been able for the larger
part of the year to devote very little attention to it.
A native
teacher has had the chief control of its exercises.
Popery has made no noise & no proselytes during the year -
We
have rarely been visited by a priest & heard little said in any way of
that crafty scheme of Satan.
E. Bond
�Kohala
1845
Statistics
Whole nub er rec'd on Examination
P "
"
"
on Certificate
Past year on Examination
"
"
Certificate
Whole number past year
Whole number dismd to other chh.
"
"
"
past year
Whole number deceased
"
"
past year
Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past year
1673
468
- - 17
17
130
13
268
58
52
127
25
Whole number excomd
312
Remain excomd
270
Whole number in regular Standing
"
"
children baptized
"
1164
618
Baptized past year
30
Marriages past year
50
�Report of the Station In Kohala - 1846-7
Daring the period of two years embraced in this report, nothing
has occurred to render it a period peculiarly marked by circumstances,
either prosperous or adverse.
Our course may be said to have held in
between these two extremes in a state which, tho' by no means to be
desired as best, is notwithstanding better than that of the worse ex
treme.
We have to record our new obligations to God, that tho' He has
not vouchsafed to us, in any extraordinary measure, the converting
operations of His Holy Spirit, He has nevertheless not left us without
evidence that our labours have not been utterly in vain, either as
regards the temporal or the Spiritual Interests of our people,
A gradual but steady progress towards a better condition in both
respects is clearly perceptible, among them or I wrongly judge.
At
the same time however it must be acknowledged that great numbers of
our population seem more than willing to live & die as their fathers
lived & died before them.
They appear to see nothing desirable in the
work & truth of God & they seek no fellowship therewith.
The light indeed
shines, but it penetrates not the murky darkness of their souls.
They
remain & doubtless many of them will remain to the end, children of the
night not of the day - not of light - but of darkness.
From the desolating incursions of wicked men & devils, which in
years gone have occurred to mar the peace & well-being of the community
in general & of the chh. in particular, the Lord has preserved us during
the period now under review.
Ho instance has been witnessed of those
paroxysms of savage frenzy which in other years have occasionally
developed themselves in scenes of revelry, intoxication & licentious
ness,
The articles ordinarily used for the production of intoxicating
substances have been devoted to their legitimate uses.
So the strin-
�Kohala
1847
2.
gent laws against the production & use of intoxicating liquors, we,
are, under God, undebted for the almost perfect freedom we have latter
ly enjoyed from the developments ( !) of these vices in our midst.
The institutions of Religion have been conducted as usual.
the means of grace there has been a regular & full attendance.
Upon
Our
house of worship has uniformly been filled by the Sabb. by a well-clad
& orderly congregation & this not less on our frequent stormy & incle
ment Sabb. than on those which are ordinarily esteemed more favorable
for attendance upon the house of God.
Something like a fixed habit
of honoring the Sabb. appears to have been formed & a permanent regard
for the stated ordinances of religion implanted in the hearts of the
people.
The chh. have contributed for Foreign Missns during the past year
$515 - about one third of which has been given in cash.
The remainder
has been in rope of native manufacture & cloth at the usual market
value.
From the whole amount, we shall have realized in cash - after
the disposal of a balance still on hand - about $350.
Of this sum a
part has been remitted to the Treasurer of the Am, Board & other
Societies & the balance will be forwarded upon the first suitable
opportunity.
In our endeavours to convert the contributions of the chh. into
cash an enormous percentage is unavoidably lost owing to the disadvan
tageous situation we occupy with reference to markets.
But even this
discouraging process & result are beyond question to be preferred the best interests of the people considered - to inaction on the im
portant subject of Christian benevolence.
A Sabb. School of 600 - 700 children & youth has afforded a
pleasant & profitable field of labor during the period referred to.
Great numbers of the pupils have frequented our meetings for in
quiry.
With the exception of 6 or 8 individuals however, none have
�Kohala
1847
3.
been received to the fellowship of the chh.
My convictions are deep
& strong that the admission of children to our chhs. in large numbers,
is at best, a hazardous experiment.
thing, it has verified this opinion.
If past experience has proved any
The reasons, are obvious & need
here no repetition.
Our public schools for a part of the time have been prosperous But not particularly so during the latter half of the year just closed.
Our Kahukula early proved himself unworthy of the trust reposed in him
& his occupancy of the office of Kahu has operated unfavorably upon
the interests of education in the district.
Owing to the protracted
illness of Mr. Richards a better man cd not readily be procured to fill
that office.
The number of pupils present at the final examination
for the year was nearly a thousand; & more than that number were pre
sent at a feast held on the last day of the year - at which also were
present several hundreds of adults.
My own school of boys has continued as in previous years, tho'
it has been impossible for me to devote to it so much of my own time
& attention as I once could, & would still gladly do, were it in my
power.
The school is always under my own eye, however, & immediate
superintendance.
It has numbered during the year 17 pupils - 12 of
whom are still with me.
As to schools generally, further remark hardly appears necessary.
Their character is sufficiently well understood by all.
That this is
essentially the same here as elsewhere on the islands, may be taken
for. granted.
The difficulties of past years are those with which we
still contend - tho’ they are becoming less & less formidable, with
gratitude we may add
indifference of parents to the subject of
Education, Destitution of suitable houses, Want of order in the Schools
themselves, Lack of discipline, Imperfect qualifications of teachers,
�Kohala
1847
.
4
are however obstacles to the complete success of Hawaiian schools wh.
will not speedily or easily be surmounted.
To toil & that in hope,
God has made ours & we may not devote reluctant energies to the work,
tho’ He give the victory & the fruition only to those who come after us.
The cause of popery has made no advances whatever, so far as I
have been able to ascertain, during the two years last past.
A priest
(for a portion of the time two priests) has been stationed here for
most of the time.
children.
He has been engaged in teaching a small school of
He seems to be a remarkably quiet specimen of (Jesuitism.
But I know little about him.
We have never met.
I endeavour to pur
sue a straight course, neither going out of my way to avoid or to
attack him.
I consider it no part of my duty to call that system of
error or its teachers into notice, by making them, subjects of special
inquiry or of special hostility in my labors among the people.
The
cause has lost its novelty here & my impression is that their numbers
are decidedly less now than two years since.
They have three small
schools in the district in which, at the examination in December, there
were about 50. pupils'.
One of the teachers is himself a child & the
other two have no legal qualifications to teach.
The Kahukula assures
me that he gave them commissions because he feared the wrath of the
priest, who shook his fist at him & made some threats in case he re
fused licenses!
In conclusion it may be added that nothing untoward has occurred
to interrupt our labor among the people, since our last report.
The course pursued in our work has been similar to that of former
years, as has also the amount of labor bestowed upon our people.
God’s mercy has hitherto upheld & strengthened us & to the praise
of His great name, we would here erect our Ebenezer.
E. Bond
�Kohala
1847
Statistics of the Church in Kohala - 1846-7
Whole number recd on Examination
"
"
by letter
Past two years " on examination
"
"
" " by letter
Whole number
" past two years
”
"
dismissed to other chhs.
Past two years ”
"
"
Whole number deceased
Past two years deceased
W hole number Suspended past two years
Remain Suspended
Exeommunicated past two years
Whole number excommunicated
Remain Excommunicated
Whole number in regular Standing
"
”
children baptized
Past two years
"
Couples married past two years
Average congregation
"
Statistics of Public
1765
536
92
68
160
169
39
370
102
85
96
52
354
297
13 69
766
148
136
900
Schools in Kohala 1846-7
Whole number of schools
"
"
Teachers
"
"
pupils enrolled
"
"
present at examn in De c . 1847
"
"
in Kumu Mua
"
"
Readers
"
"
in Atlas
"
"
in Helu Naau
"
"
Helu Kakau
"
"
in Spelling
"
"
Geography
26
30
1164
872
321
550
241
499
146
35
50
�Dear Bro.
The statistics of this chh. for 1846 are as follows
1697
504
24
36
60
152
Whole no. rec. on Examination
"
"
"
" Certificate
Past year on Exam "
"
" Certif
Whole no. past year
" "
dismissed other churches
Past year
Whole no. died
Past year
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole no. excom.
Remain
"
Whole no. in regular standing
"
children baptised
Past year
22
309
41
57
90
42
344
298
1352
696
78
With this goes a report to the secretaries of the Board wh. please f o r .d .
In it
is contained the forgoing table of statistics, but I suppose you are designing (?)
to make out a table in form - hence I send the same statements to you
The treatment we rec.d by the officers of the "Hope" wd bespeak of the shame
ful violations of God's law, I hope will not soon be forgotten.
want of food was all a lie.
- I found more than a dozen bundles of food in the
hold when our frt (freight ?) was nearly all discharged.
The box of soap and keg
of nails I have been unable to get fr. Kawaihae hitherto.
and are not willing to go away with the canoes now.
the course of the year.
The pretence of
Our people are fishing
Hope to get it sometime in
But it is rather too late in the day to
expect us to
endure quietly such lack of management fr. these coastal vessels.
mind to get the officers of the "Hope"
I had 1/2 a
prosecuted for a violation of the statute
law - but they w.d lie the matter out of sight - I suppose - so it w.d be of no use
to meddle with it.
Be so good as to tell me if you know of any vessel bound to U.S. soon. I
wish to send a small box or two.
July 26 [1847]
With this I send a box for Mr. Chamberlain.
Will Br. Hall
c h ’g the amt. to my a/c & o b l i g e . Heard from Kealakekua on the 21 int.
Castle ma then there waiting a vessel sailed the 6th int.
this.
If he is in Hon.
!!!
Bro.
May be off on
will Bro. H be so good as to say to him, let that draft
remain undrawn till I write again.
We are all as usual
Very
aff. & hastily
yr
E Bond
�Report of the station in Kohala for 1848
Both with the missy & the people of Kohala the year 1848 has been
emphatically a year of blessings & chastisings.
The ingredients
of joy & sorrow have each entered in unusually large proportion,
into the combination of Providences which forms the history of the
period now under review.
For the former part of the year we cd speak of uninterrupted
success in the prosecution of the work which God had committed to
our hands.
In domestic relations as well as abroad with the people nothing
untoward occurred to check the steady, tho' indeed slow, progress
of affairs onward towards the ultimate object of our labors & our
prayers.
Since July however, rains, excessive, beyond anything in
our past experience in this district, & continued to the close of
the year, have considerably impeded the successful execution of
our plans; & since Oct. all departments of enterprise, throughout
the district have been utterly prostrate.
Our state has been that
of being & suffering rather than that of doing.
Like a noble ship
with all her canvass spread to the prosperous gales of Heaven sudden
ly thrown upon her beam ends & left an unmanageable wreck, so it
was with this district & our labors, upon the introduction of the
measles.
All Kohala was a hospital & literally every inhabitant was
a patient therein.
The discharge of such offices as were indispen
sably necessary to sustain life were not as is usual In seasons of
sickness thrown upon the well - for none such were to be found but upon those who had sufficient strength spared to drag themselves
thro' such services for a brief season - until others could in turn
relieve them.
In houses where all were exhausted & helpless, extreme
�Kohala
1848
suffering & death, were the consequences.
But it is unnecessary that I detail the history of the period
embraced between Oct. & the close of the year.
It is but too well
known to you all, written as it has been by the hand of the destroy
er in characters too vivid & mournful to be soon effaced or forgotten
by any of us.
I only add that to visiting & caring for the sick all the time
at my command was devoted until the entrance of the disease into our
own family forbade my leaving them to administer to the necessities
of others.
Church
In the time specified above, death has made extensive ravages
in this chh.
130 have deceased during the year, chiefly within 2
or 3 months.
Some of these beyond a doubt, are now in Heaven -
thro' atoning blood conquerous, tho’ in the unequal conflict they
fell.
They were the bright & shining lights of our chh. & district -
adorning the Gospel of God their saviour by well ordered lives &
a godly conversation.
We feel their departure to be our loss, yet we cannot regret
the event which has brought to them eternal gain Of the salvation of others of those who have exchanged worl(d)s
in the year our hope is quite as sanguine as it could be for the
great mass of the professed followers of Christ, whether on these
Islands, or in lands which boast a larger measure of civilization &
general refinement Whilst of still a third class of those who have gone, it must
be confessed, the hope that they have entered Heaven is no stronger
than it wd be in the death of multitudes in all nominally Christian
lands who have a name to live, whilst, judged by the Gospel standard,
�Kohala 1848
they must he pronounced, dead.
There has been nothing peculiarly deserving of remark in the
spiritual condition of this chh. during the past year, unless indeed
it he the humiliating fact of our remissness in the discharge of
solemn obligations to our Lord & Master.
No special influences of the H . Spirit have been vouchsafed
to us.
A few indeed & but a few have been recd to this branch of
the chh, on profession - but they were cases of long standing in
the list of inquirers.
Others likewise of long previous standing
among the inquirers have continued to frequent the meetings appointed
for their benefit - to the number of about 200.
These D. V . will
gradually be bro't into the chh, if they shall prove steadfast in
their present purpose of seeking the truth as it is in Jesus,
The amount of discipline demanded this past year in the chh.
has been about the same as has been usual with us in years past.
We would record herein our gratitude to God, that although He has
not granted us the. reviving influences of His Spirit, He has never
theless, not forsaken us utterly as by our unfaithfulness in His
service we have tempted Him to do.
The interest of the chh. in good things has by no means ceased
to be or to be felt - as our congregations & the general attention
to means of grace have abundantly testified.
It must however be
confessed with shame & humiliation that many of our people who live
within very convenient distances from the House of God, are seldom
seen within its walls, whilst others on the contrary though living
at remote distances come up regularly to worship in the courts of
Jehovah.
Our meetings have been sustained as usual during the year viz. the meeting at the Station & at three outposts on the Sabb -
�K o h a la
1848
......
together with two prayer meetings on each week, the Mon. Concert
female prayer meetings & morning prayer meetings in several districts,
until the general prostration by disease in Oct.
Our contributions for missionary purposes have amounted to $300
in the year, about one half o f which was bestowed in cash.
tion of the goods contributed still remains on hand.
A por
The cash
realized hitherto has all been remitted to its destination according
to vote of the chh, chiefly through the Board,
We should have raised a larger sum had not the sickness rendered
our plans abortive.
Our Sabb, school has been large & interesting, tho’ the average
has not been as large quite as during the previous year.
It has
been nearly 400 notwithstanding the unusual number of rainy & incle
ment Sabbaths.
Our text books have been the Bible & Himeni Hoolea.
A Bible class on the Sabb. after the P.M. servicewas sustained
during the former half of the year.
Since then, circumstances be
yond our control have caused its suspension Schools
During the first nine months of the year, our schools gave
evidence of steady advance towards the end proposed in their main
tenance.
The f ormer, annually increasing debt of $1000 which for years
lay like an incubus upon all our educational interests, paralyzing ( !)
the energies of our teachers & discouraging us all, has been liqui
dated & the receipts from the poalua tax have sufficed for an ample
& punctual remuneration of our teachers & for as many school houses
as our necessities have demanded, besides leaving a large balance
in the hands of the authorities.
Seven new school houses of stone with mud mortar have been
�Kohal a
5.
1 84
8
erected; & besides, considerable repairs upon several others, three
additional bouses have been commenced.
The character of these newly
built houses is somewhat in advance of our school houses in past
years.
None save stone houses are now built & the extreme difficulty
of procuring coral, alone prevents our using lime instead of mud for
mortar.
Several of our new houses are furnished with doors, lock
& key & slatted window frames , whilst inside they are neatly matted
both on the sides & floor & provided with tables & seats.
Black
boards are found yet but in about one half of the houses.
The rev
enue of poalua ought in my opinion, to be applied to purchase at
least a part of the furniture absolutely essential to the success
ful management of any school.
The parents & pupils w d in such case
unite to purchase the remaining part.
The pupils have far more generally been supplied with books
in the past year, than ever before.
Some entire schools have planted
food, others have brought wood - others food supplied by their par
ents, to purchase books, besides engaging for a portion of the day
in whatever work has offered, for a moderate remuneration.
In this way several schools have procured black boards as well
as books & some are now seeking the means to procure chests for the
safe keeping of their books when not in use.
The great desideratum with us is a supply of competent teachers.
We are not without the expectation that this difficulty will gradually
diminish under the present school laws, efficiently executed as they
are by our excellent Kahukula.
Under his supervision the standard of qualification required
of candidates for the teachers' office has been very considerably
elevated & will bear a still greater elevation ere it reaches in
fact, the requirements of the law.
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To the literal demands of the law, the standard must speedily
he raised or our schools will flag & die.
They cannot remain sta
tionary whilst progress attaches to all things else; & to the fact
that we have been willing to leave the schools of our district sta
tionary, is to be ascribed their almost utter good-for-nothingness
as places of education, in former years.
For two years past we have been gradually superceding the old
set of teachers & supplying their places with those better qualified
to set as instructors ( !) of the rising generation.
But the supply
of suitable teachers is so inadequate, that the removal of all the
old & illiterate incumbents will require time.
One half of the present number of our teachers have gone out
from my own little school, most of them having had the subsequent
advantages afforded by an attendance of a year or more in the excel
lent High School of our Island,
And to this latter institution we
are clearly to depend for our future supply of teachers - taken in
connection with our own individual efforts.
The Semy at Lahaina-
luna can supply but a small fraction of the number needed & even if
the small number who are graduates at that school, but few remain
in the employment of teaching, so far as my observation has extended.
Vocal music has been introduced into four of our schools with
some considerable success - Indeed with vastly greater success than
I should have dared to anticipate.
This branch of study shews itself
a civilizer & moral cultivator not less among these half-fledged
Hawaiians, than among the wild shoots of the matured civilization of
our native land.
I should rejoice were we able to introduce it as
a regular study in all our schools.
That the time will come, &
that ere long, when we shall be able thus to do I doubt not.
A further remark I add with reference to the personal tidiness
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of teachers & pupils in our schools.
Efforts made to secure more
regard to personal appearance, have not proved in vain.
Marked ad-
vance
d has been made in this particular unless I greatly err -
But
not so great, that there remains no room for further progress in
this particular, by any means.
Justice requires me to say of our Kahukula, that he is a most
indefatigable officer.
He shrinks at no labor however troublesome or
toilsome, that promises good to the schools of Kohala.
For the meagre sum of $20 (a sum I am ashamed to mention in
the same category with his name) it is verily believed he performs
more hard labor than any public office of the district, altho' the
salary of the latter is $100 or $150.
That incorrigible curse of
the Hawaiian -.viz i n e r t i a , which all specifics hitherto applied
have utterly failed to exorcise from the nation, & save here & there
an insulated case, from the individual, has neither part nor lot in
his person.
And without any designed effort to eulogize Kahu - a
species of employment upon which I have neither the inward nor the
outward call to enter - I may add & with heartfelt gratitude to
God, that he is a modest man -
a species of the genus h om o (I hardly
need say to my Brn.) almost as rarely to be discovered on Hawaiian
-territory, as the gems which enrich the soil of Golconda or Brazil.
Of our present school system, I wish to speak, briefly as I may.
It works well in our district & continues to recommend itself by
its admirable simplicity & adaptedness to the wants of the people.
Both Protestants & Papists have, under its authority, all the
liberty laws can give, in their respective spheres of effort.
So
far as my knowledge extends no dissatisfaction is felt on either
side, with its actual operation in Kohala - though I confess that
I have no special acquaintance with the views of the priest stationed
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in the district, having never h a d the honor of meeting the gentle
man & having never been called to meddle in the papist’s affairs
in any way, since they first commenced operations in that section
of the Islands.
They had 3 schools in K ohala, but at the present
time, they have but two & the prospect now is, if the laws are fair
ly administered, that they will not be able to sustain another for
some time to come.
My conviction is that there ought not to be any essential
change made in the present school laws - I mean soon.
We need time
to give a full & fair trial to the present laws & to demonstrate
their inadequacy ere they shall be amended either for better or
worse.
A slightly defective system of public education is surely
preferable to one that is altered so frequently as net to allow time
to d e v e l o p either its excellencies or its faults, fully & fairly.
If God will I trust those in authority may hold on to Hawaiian
rights & neither curtail or elongate a single syllable of the present
laws to favor or gratify any individuals or factions of men.
For one, were the responsibility resting on me, rather than
amend a single section of the present laws to suit the obtrusive &
insolent demands of any party of men, I
see the whole Hawaiian
system of education leveled with the dust.
As it is, in its integrity & under the perfect control of Ha
waiian authorities, it is (a) mighty instrument for good to the race
& be the national existence
prolonged to a greater or less extent,
it may be made a vastly more effective engine for blessing this
people than it has hitherto proved - God’s added favor always pre
supposed.
Of the existence of my own little school this is the seventh
year.
It was continued as usual until Oct. & since that time to the
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end of the year, three several attempts were made to commence
studies anew, with as many failures, caused by new accessions of
disease.
The school has been sustained only with the utmost diffi
culty incessantly driven as I have been during the entire year with
other duties.
Had we any other source whence to expect a supply of teachers
for the schools of the district I should not have regarded it as a
part of my duty to continue it, since it has been impossible to pro
cure any assistant without depriving some one of the public schools
of his services.
The number of pupils connected with the school during the year
has been 27.
None of these entered the high school in Hilo, in Sept.
last - 3 were dismissed on account of sickness, 5 for general lack of
promise.
The remaining 10 are still with me.
The support of the pupils might easily be provided by their own
efforts, but for the fact of my inability to superintend any syste
matic labor.
The annual expense of the school, independent ( !) of teachers
wages is about $300 in goods equal to about $175 in cash.
The sale
of books belonging to the Missn supplies a part of the food consumed
by the boys, that article being the circulating medium of the dis
trict.
In concluding this portion of my remarks, I should add that a
good deal of advantage has accrued to our schools from the visits
of the Minister of Pub. Instruction, during the year.
It is by no
means too much to say, that he effected more of actual good for edu
cation & good morals by the labor of two days in K ohala, than he
could have accomplished by as many months spent in correspondence
with reference to the topics acted upon.
My earnest hope is that Bro. Armstrongs visits may be at least
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annually repeated.
General remarks
One chief source of trial to us in our labors among the people
has ever been the utter lack of anything bearing the slightest re
semblance to true independence of character.
The most insignificant
species of brute creation will Instinctively defend itself from in
jury, with a spirit which inspires us with a regard for its rights,
if not with respect for its being, albeit its corporeal dimensions
may not be of sufficient magnitude to attract particular attention.
But ages of gross oppression had robbed the Hawaiian of that admirable
characteristic of the brute creation - suitable regard for Its own
rights - ere yet the Gospel of Jesus Christ came hither to pour its
blessed light upon the eyes of the blind & to proclaim true liberty
to every captive soul.
More than a quarter of a century has elapsed
since the messengers of the cross first preached the religion of
Christ to this people, & the present condition of the Hawaiian na
tion Indubitably testifies that this period has not been passed, by
the religious teachers of the people in slothful inactivity - and yet
the Hawaiian may learn of the ant - the ( m a n ? ) of the brute - re
spect for himself & his Individual rights.
To preach liberty to
Hawaiians & to labor with the ability God has given me, to inspire
them with respect for their own, as well as others' rights, I have
ever conceived to be a part of my commission as a Christian teacher.
Frequent collisions with the petty authorities of the district and
also occasional controversies with the higher authorities of our
Island have been the undesirable result of the course it has appeared
to be my duty to pursue, in efforts to benefit our people.
I am glad to say have not been the only results.
But these
Our people, unless
I am deceived, are beginning to know & to appreciate their chartered
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privileges & to understand likewise the means of obtaining redress
for their grievances, when attempts are made to wrest these privil
eges from them. The Gov't when appealed to has, I am glad to say,
evinced during the past year, the most laudable readiness to aid our
people in their legal efforts to protect themselves from the oppres
sive measures of their petty lunas & it has granted redress for
grievances, the complaint of which, two years since would have re
ceived not the slightest notice.
It needs no lengthened process of argumentation to assume us
that -whilst men remain either physically or mentally enslaved, they
are incapacitated for making any considerable advances in civiliza
tion or Christianity.
To be efficient Christians Hawaiians must
first be made free men.
This high privilege is accorded by their
Gov't to all its subjects - but the inferior officers of the land,
wield a powerful influence, over the people, hostile alike to justice
& freedom.
Submission the most abject, to all sorts of oppression,
had become so much a matter of course to Hawaiians, that it is only
with extreme difficulty that they are led now to feel & assert a
freeman's rights.
Whether some of our Ecclesiastical laws or regulations have not
tended rather to repress a spirit of genuine independence in Hawaiian
Christians, than to elevate the man in them, is an inquiry deserving
of serious consideration.
It can surely be of little ultimate ad
vantage to the cause of Christian freedom that we shackle these
spiritual children of ours with burdens which neither we nor our
fathers have ever been able to bear.
For ourselves, moreover to
retard in any measure, the very work which we are professedly labor
ing to hasten to its ultimate results & that too in the speediest
manner, indicates little of the w i s d o m which is from above.
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God speed the day of deliverance from every species of thral
dom & oppression, to the Hawaiian race Some progress has been made during the year towards a final
adjustment of the land claims held by the people of our district.
The evidence thereon was taken in Sept. last.
At the special re
quest of the Land Commission, I consented to aid in that service,
with the hope that the speedy settlement of these claims would oper
ate favorably upon the interests of the people.
It w d free them
from the power of the Konohikis who are little better to Hawaiians,
than the task masters of the Israelites were to them, during their
sojourn in Egypt.
The possession of a fee simple title would like
wise secure the natives from much of the injustice now practised by
the Lunaauhaus.
That it would operate also as a new incentive to industry,
there is perhaps some hope, tho' it must be confessed that the latter
result can be looked for to any considerable extent only with many
misgivings Popery
The state of popish interests in Kohala I can represent only
from my daily observation of their operations.
upon which to rely.
I have no statistics
The priest who formerly resides in the district
was transferred in the former part of the year to some other sphere
of labor & one of a new reinforcement was designated to his vacated
post.
The latter is a young man & very active among the people.
During the months of sickness, he was busy applying his holy water
to the persons of all such as would consent to receive it, assuring
them that such only as submitted to its application would recover He had a few medicines, as was said, during the later weeks of general
disease, but he steadfastly refused them to all who would not consent
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to be baptized into the chh. of Rome.
He said they might & would
die.
The papists as has been said have two schools in operation in
our field embracing about 60 or 70 pupils.
They have children be
sides scattered thro' the district in small numbers, who are obliged
to attend the established schools of the land.
I have never deemed it. any part of my duty to meddle In their
affairs unless indeed at times #ien they have encroached upon our
rights.
We have however had no trouble with the papists.
Our Kahu
Kula is judicious & the law is plain.
Events which have in the Providence of God transpired upon the
European continent, have not been without their influences for good,
morever even in our remote district.
Priestly insolence received a
check therefrom from which it is earnestly hoped there may not soon
be a recovery -
But after all it is not in man, priest or laic that
the cause of truth is to stand or fall in these Islands.
He whose
we are & whom we have vowed to serve, will care for His own cause
& His own people here, if we shall prove ourselves good men & true,
to this end.
There has (been) little if any increase in the number of pa
pists in Kohala in the year past.
has been none.
I am not prepared to say that there
That there are no more papists however in the field,
than there were three or four years since, I hazard nothing in as
serting.
What the activity & energy of the present occupant of the
popish station in the district is to effect remains to be seen.
That he will do all that human vigilance & unremitted toil aided by
higher evil influences can effect cannot be doubted.
But God rules.
The Earth is His & the fulness thereof & The gates of Hell shall
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never p revail against His chh.
This we know, & hence may never
despond even tho’ the scourge of Rome should again be commissioned
to sweep ever us, as it swept (over) our fathers.
punishment.
Our sins deserve
And why should a living man complain, a man for the
punishment of his sins.
Tho' God slay us, may it b e o u r s
to
trust Him to the end & to perform faithfully the work he has given
us to do Kohala Decr. 31
1848
E. Bond
Statistics of the church In Kohala
for the year ending Dec 31, 1848
1791
547
26
11
37
188
19
500
130
23
80
23
377
307
1264
793
27
80
900
1600
Whole number recd on Examination
Whole no. recd by letter
Past year on Exam
Past year by letter
All recd past year
All dismissed to other chhs.
Dism. past year
Whole no. deceased
Deceased past year
Susp. past year
Remain suspended
Excom. past year
Whole no. excom.
Remain Excom.
Whole n o . in regular standing
Whole no. children Baptized
Bapt. past year
Couples married past year
Average Congregation at the station
Av. congregation in the field
Statistics of Protestant public schools
in Kohala for 1848
1116
1029
383
649
581
233
280
287
60
3
20
Pupils enrolled
Present at examin.
In letters & spelling
In reading
Mental Arithmetic
Written Arithmetic
Geography
Writing
Vocal music
No. of Examinations
N o . schools
�Report of the station in Kohala, Hawaii, for 1849
The year 1849 like its immediate predecessor has been marked
as a year of disease & death & of much consequent interruption in
the missionary work.
The deaths occasioned by measles in Jan. & the first half of
Feb. were as many as in the last month & a half of 1848.
Subsequent
to the middle of Feb. new eases of measles were very few.
The di
sease however left multitudes of the people in an enfeebled condi
tion, so that they either sunk gradually to the grave in consequence
or else were carried off by an attack of Influenza wh. occurred as
an epidemic shortly after our return fr. Gen. Meet'g in May.
Dur
ing the entire year there has been no period of ordinary healthful
ness among us.
We have suffered fr, repeated attacks of Epidemic
Influenza & fr. prevailing fevers almost continually.
The number
of deaths has not been quite as large however as that reported for
1848.
The protracted suffering under disease has operated unfavorably
upon the people physically & mentally, & it ought perhaps to be
added, morally.
The little spirit of enterprise wh. was in process
of development has manifestly recd a check, as has also a previous
ly improving condition of social & domestic life.
In many, a list
less, care for nothing spirit seems to have been engendered, with
regard not only to the conditions of life, but also to life itself.
This however, is not true of all.
Notwithstanding the draw
backs on our prosperity with wh. an Infinitely Wise & Gracious Prov
idence has afflicted us, some progress it is hoped has been made
in the work wh. God has given us to do - & results, so far as they
cd be expected under the circumstances, have not been wanting for
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our encouragement.
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It is not however to be concealed, even fr.
ourselves that a vast work is yet to be done here, ere Hawaii nei
can fairly be inscribed among those nations who hold the lowest
rank even, in the scale of civilization I.e. if by the term civili
zation is to be understood any thing positive.
That this people
are not as they once were is clear - that they have been elevated
vastly above their formerly purely savage state & that towards
a bitter, even a civilized state is equally plain & this, if one is
hard pressed for an imposing & agreeable colouring to his picture,
may be called a state of negative civilization.
But if to the term
you attach the usual positive idea, & regard it as involving an
initiation, however partial, into the practise of the habits &
manners of regular life, nothing is plainer than that it cannot be
predicated of this people - as a people.
What acts, what comforts of even a tolerably well regulated
life, can be said to have been acquired by this people.
The task
of naming one, the acquisition of wh. can be claimed for more than
here & there an insulated individual, is a task we shd not readily
impose on ourselves.
Whether we are even to behold any considerably advanced state
of civilization amongst the Hawaiian race has In the providence of
God become extremely problematical.
A nation twice decimated or
nearly so, in two successive years - & with all the agencies of decay
still in vigorous action, hardly promises much for the future.
If
all we may effect by our labors, under God, in years to come, so
far as civilization is concerned, shall amount to much more than a
bare holding on to results wh. we have already realized, we shall
have cause I apprehend for fervent gratitude to God & partake of
a most happy disappointment.
The sinking condition of the native
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race will inevitably operate with an increasingly adverse influence
upon the cause wh. we & many good men with us are laboring & praying
to advance.
The Christianization of the Hawaiians it is matter of common
notoriety has outstripped its civilization & strangely enough Mis
sionaries have been held accountable for this supposed anomalous &
faulty state of things, & stigmatized as narrow & bigoted in their
views & teachings, because forsooth it exists.
But it may safely be
assumed as an incontrovertible fact, that this result of Missy labor,
here witnessed, instead of being faulty & unnatural, Is the only
order in wh. Providence develops a sound & healthful civilization.
The Bible comes first with its authoritative & solemn claims
upon each individual man.
And it is one of the most blessed charac
teristics of this holy Book, that Its chief behests, weighty tho'
they are as Eternity & involving interests vast as infinity, can yet
be comprehended by the mind & obeyed by the heart of a savage; al
beit he might be months or years even mastering the first idea of
civilized life.
The simplest teachings of the Gospel once believingly received,
they become the corner stone of civilization upon wh. may be reared
a symmetrical & enduring superstructure.
Such a superstructure we might with the Divine blessing yet
behold in these fair Islands, but so far as the aboriginal race is
concerned, the material is wasting away too rapidly to admit our
indulging in any so pleasing anticipations.
The foundation has been
laid, the arts & comforts of systematized life are beginning to appear
& when we have said that, we have said all that can now be averred,
& probably nearly all we shall ever be able to aver of civilization
among native Hawaiians - Because
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1st death is cutting short our work prematurely, but 2d if it
were otherwise the continually augmenting influx of foreigners,
w d of itself, in the existing state of things be sufficient to
seal the destiny of this people, as to its further social elevation An intelligent & enterprising foreigner settling on the Islands
will inevitably create about himself an atmosphere of intelligence
& enterprise - & that by the shortest & surest method.
That method
is manifestly associating with himself foreign laborers.
The Gov't
may by conservative legal enactments, such as now exist, oppose
temporary obstacles to the immediate immigration of foreign labor
ers on an extensive scale, but these enactments will prove but tem
porary, in their influence.
The intelligent labor wh. will be de
manded - wh. is now demanded - will be h a d .
Neither in agricultural,
mechanical or mercantile enterprises can any substantial dependence
be placed upon the native population.
Notoriously the Hawaiian has
little vigor & altogether extremely little efficiency of character.
He lacks the fixedness of purpose & the resoluteness wh. alone wd
enable him to compete with the haole (foreigner) in object of pursuit,
& hence as a bulrush before the wind, so he bows before the indomiwill
table energy, the iron will of his foreign competition - coveting
rather the place of a menial, laboring to aggrandize his master,
rather than assume the labors & responsibilities of any independent
enterprise w h . might bring wealth & honor to himself.
national character.
fact -
Such is the
We may, as we do, deplore the existence of the
We may we we have - & God helping us, as we will, labor to
improve this undesirable condition of the race, but, my Brethren,
we shall never effect any radical change in Hawaiian character &
condition.
The very elements necessary to such improvement are not
possessed - the stamina in wh. alone the glory of manhood can inhere
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(are ?) is ( !) wanting & neither nature nor grace will ever create
it. (them ?)
( !)
To these unwilling conclusions we are forced by the daily oper
ations of God’s providence, before our eyes & we must yield to them
whether we w d or n o t .
Now It strikes me, Brn., as essential to our highest usefulness
in all time to come, that we fully & definitely apprehend the posi
tion we now occupy, with its relations both to the past & the future.
The history of the past we know -
It has been written by the finger
of Providence & spread out before our eyes.
We have only to study
it & be made wiser & better for the present & the future.
In our present position there is surely nothing wh. ought to dis
courage us, in our work.
So teaches the past - & neither, to the
eye of faith, does the future reveal ought to enfeeble the Christian
soldier in his toils or send decay to the vigor of his hope.
The
remembrance of the past shd strengthen for the events of the future.
Under God this Missn has accomplished a work on these Islands, the
magnitude & consequences of wh. ho finite mind can fully comprehend Yet the purposes of God concerning the Islands are by no means exe
cuted.
An enterprise is yet to be prosecuted & achieved here, wh.
whether regarded in itself merely or in its relations, is to surpass
the work already effected, whilst it will demand at our hands, we
may be sure, no less of self-denial & faith, resolution & zeal, than
we have hitherto had in exercise.
For years yet to come it is to cost us no slight effort coupled
with no feeble measure of faith, to sustain our hopes & hold up our
work & ourselves in our work.
With our people sinking rapidly to
the grave, despite every effort of human skill - our cherished ex
pectations disappointed - the house of God gradually deserted -
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ourselves & our stations solitary, it will be indeed marvellous if
at times our hearts despond not & our zeal never flags.
And when
besides all this we shall be called to fight oyer again with an
ungodly foreign race, the battles for truth & righteousness wh.
have already been fought with the native heathen population & in an
important sense now, we shall have need to keep a fast hold of the
great Captain of our Salvation lest we faint ere our work is done.
This struggle we are to sustain, but it is to be in Christ’s name
& His is to be the glory of the final issue.
enabled to quit ourselves like men !
to be destroyed ~
May we in this work be
The foundations surely, are not
As the Jews saw the glory of their former temple
laid waste, so we are to behold the superstructure first reared upon
the foundation of the apostles & prophets, in these Islands decay but the foundation will never be moved.
Better materials are to be
built upon it, and these are to form a more symmetrical & a more per
fect spiritual temple, to the glory of God.
As individuals we may be gathered to our people & with them be
quietly at rest in the' soil of our adoption, ere the "top stone” of
the Kingdom shall be bro't forth - but as God lives our children
shall hear resounding fr. Kau to Kauai the shoutings of "grace,
grace unto it”
Connected with our history for 1849 is an event wh. brought
sadness to all our hearts On the morning of the 21 Dec. the Sanctuary of God, wh. we had
occupied but four short years was swept fr. us by a violent gale fr.
the S.W .
The stroke fell with a desolating power upon our hearts.
were totally unprepared for the afflictive dispensation.
We
The frame
was of very large timber & as we believed, unusually strong - bidding
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fair to stand for a century yet to come, sheltering & blessing those
who might remain to worship God in His earthly courts.
But our ex
pectations are disappointed - our hopes are overthrown & we are be
reaved, desolate, forsaken - & so is Zion, the heritage of God.
To human view so vital a point in all the interests pertaining
to the Redeemer's Kingdom, wh. have been committed to our care, in
this district, cd not have been touched besides.
The house was the
central point around wh. clustered the affections & the hopes of
those who love God, throughout the district & - I need not add, it
afforded the most effectual medium of communication possible, with
our people.
In its loss a dark cloud is thrown across our future,
for The right arm of the Missy is paralyzed, & hope labors heavily
in fulfilling its appointed mission.
Yet we may not distrust the lovingkindness of the Lord.
He
who has bro't us thro' six troubles, will, if for His glory, bring
us out of the seventh -
The future must reveal -what the present
cannot tell us of His purposes.
Just one week after the fall of our house, we met & cleared
away fr. the floor the broken timbers & rubbish -
Then we sat down
there; & on the spot where we had been expecting, on the next Sabb.
but one, to unite in commemorating afresh the love of our crucified
Savior - we prayed
ted.
wept remembering M o n - Zion desolate & afflic
There also we consulted & resolved, with help fr. God to com
mence the preparation of materials for a new house, without delay.
In building our former sanctuary we had solicited aid fr. others now we determined to go forward, trusting in our own resources &
in God, whose are the silver & gold, & who, if we shall need it, will
not fail to move some hearts to aid us in this toilsome enterprise.
Since that meeting nearly two months have now elapsed & hitherto
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Providence seems not to have smiled upon our efforts to prosecute
our work.
With one exception all of the 8 or 10 days.then set apart,
in these two months, to dive for coral (of wh. our lime is to he
burned) have been such as to forbid all attempts to engage in that
employment - so that instead of having at this momen t, the whole of
our lime prepared, as we designed to have, we have but just begun
to gather the coral.
Epidemic disease also has again invaded our
people & death is doing its office, carrying scores to the grave.
The result of our efforts & our plans, are therefore alone with God.
It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
The annual history of our Church is soon told.
We have enjoyed
no seasons of reviving fr. on high, neither has there been any in
stance of sudden &. general declension among us .
In the diminished
average of our Sabb. congregations however, the fact of a gradual
decline of spiritual interest, is but too plainly read.
Our house has in good weather, been comfortably filled, but it
has rarely been crowded as in years past,
and likewise on stormy
sabbaths we have.always had a respectable audience, but not the large
congregations wh. in previous years loved to brave the storm & wait
upon God in His house.
The average attendance in our Sabb. School has likewise been
less than on the preceding year.
It has not reached an average of
300 during the past year.
In the matter of chh. discipline we have accomplished about as
much as usual - probably not so much as the highest good of the chh.
has required - yet all that has seemed to be demanded fr. time to
time, all things considered In the department of benevolence, we have done more than in
any previous year.
Our contributions have amounted to $441.16,
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nearly all In cash.
9.
Of this sum $ 1 6 1 . 1 2 1
has been given for Missy
2
/
purposes & $280.04 for the support of the Pastor.
This last mentioned
sum, it shd be added, has been contributed -within the last seven
months of the year.
It is the result of our first effort to sustain
our own religious institutions Our Educational interests made some advance it is hoped, during
the year, tho' the progress has been extremely small compared with
that of previous years.
The truth is, our strength has been chiefly
expended this year in getting our schools back to the position in w h .
the measles found them in Oct. 1848, & in the struggle to hold them
there.
As has been said, sickness & death have made successive
breaches upon us, taking away many of our children & youth, laying
aside our teachers for longer or shorter periods, & sending one of
the most promising of them to the grave.
In addition to all this the gale wh, prostrated our meeting
house, destroyed 5 stone school houses & the only two thatched school
houses of the district.
The schools usually taught in these houses
will suffer much f r . the necessary delay in rebuilding.
Our Kahukula has held on his way, the same faithful & inde
fatigable laborer as In previous years.
To his vigilant care &
guardianship the schools owe chiefly, whatever of good they may have
been made to accomplish for our children & youth during the year.
Popery still retains its hold among us.
If however it has made
any essential progress, among this population, I have been unable to
ascertain the fact.-
The priest appears to be busy in his work, but
finds it no easy task I suspect, to arouse the minds of the people
to the claims of that species of canonized heathenism wh. he teaches.
Were he engaged in a better work, I wd bid him God speed.
As it is,
�[Abstract of Report for 1850]
Kohala
The Missionary at this station has labored under great embarrass
ments, the past year, in consequence of not having a place of worship
that could contain the people.
Hence, in a measure, the difficulty
of exciting anything like a general enterprise among the people.
Hence too, in part, the low ebb at which religious interests have
stood through the year.
During the former half of the year his la
bors were quite as frequently interrupted by prevailing diseases &
by excessive rains, as in 1849.
Deaths were frequent.
Ere the end
of June 200 of the people had been carried off.
The people have advanced in industry & in acquisition of proper
ty,
A market accessible to the larger part of the population has af
forded a channel for the disposal of any amount of produce & operated
as a wholesome stimulus to labor,
Whilst earnestly engaged in seek
ing the things of this world, those who bear the name of Christ have
not ceased to remember that the claims of their Lord & Master were
still upon themselves & their acquisitions.
Their contributions for
the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom have amounted, during the year,
to $800 in cash.
The schools hold on their way, gradually, it is believed, im
proving in efficiency, though decreasing in numbers.
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10.
I trust the Lord has better things than the prevalence of popery,
in store for this people & that this may appear in His own good
time by the total & final banishment fr. the Islds of that system
of abominations.
[Unsigned; E. Bond]
�Jan. 1
1851
Report of the Station in Kohala, Hawaii —
In our report for the year 1850 but little can be said of
progress in the Missy work.
been been ( !) made.
Apparently little or no advance has
The tide of our affairs has by no means run
smoothly & pleasantly on, as it has been our joy to report in some
of the by-gone years.
Interruptions & disappointments have beset
our way - mingled indeed, it must be added with manifold mercies
that demand a never ceasing tribute of thanksgiving at our hands.
If of matters purely secular, this report were to speak, it
might, with truth be said that a liberal measure of success has
crowned our exertions.
A market accessible to the larger part of
our population, has afforded a profitable channel for the disposal
of any amount of produce, & operated as a continual & wholesome
stimulus to labor, throughout the district.
That good will result from the quickened industry of the people
we cannot doubt, even tho' for a season, here, as in all lands un
der heaven, the increase of wealth cause a large measure of evil
to be mixed with the good.
One excellent & important result of the
prosperous state of our temporal affairs, is the purchase of lands
by individuals, for their own improvement - a result which with
God’s blessing Is to produce further & most important benefits to
the
the individual & thenation. Indeed we can have little hope of further
essential progress in the social condition of Hawaiians, unless they
can be brought to occupy some position superior to that which they
now hold - as virtual servants or serfs of their Landlords.
Serfs
they will inevitably be & nothing better, as to the mass, so long as
they are as they now are & ever have been, in an important sense,
under the authority of these unprincipled & despotic chiefs.
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speak with, all soberness & with due consideration in saying unprin
cipled & despotic, f or such the chiefs of this nation are, with two
or three noble exceptions that serve but to Show in a clearer light
the incorrigible & hopeless wickedness of their class - & this too shame were it to be said - of even those who have a name & place
amidst the host of God’s elect.
From the power of these despots,
if God will, our people must be rescued.
otherwise.
They perish inevitably,
They may indeed perish with a title to the soil they
occupy in their hands -
But .there will then remain the consoling
assurance that they died freemen - not slaves !
During the former 1/2 of the year our labors were quite as fre
quently & as extensively interrupted by prevailing diseases & by
excessive rains - as in 1849.
desolation unchecked.
Death meantime pursued his work of
Ere the end of June, 200 of our people had
fallen - trophies of the fell Destroyer’s power.
Subsequently a
greater degree of healthfulness has prevailed & the ordinary avoca
tions of life have been discharged with no unusual hindrances The duties of the year have been discharged under disadvanta
geous circumstances & it must be added in truth, with far less of
personal enjoyment than in years past.
A great amount of effort
has been needful to effect the least important objects.
All that
has by God’s help been done has seemed but as a handful of corn
cast upon the broad expanse of waters - quickly gone - perished from
the sight.
Thus to. sense -
again after many days.
To faith alone the seed shall spring
Lord, increase our faith !
Save for a brief interval in 1844 we have never been destitute
of a place of some sort in which to assemble & worship God together,
until the past year.
Acting simultaneously upon the masses gathered
from all parts of the field, as in former years it was my delightful
�Kohala
1850
5.
privilege to do, & that too under the most favorable circumstances,
the Missy work in all its branches was ever light & ever welcomed.
But the scene h a s changed & sorely we feel it.
Like the coals of a
cheerful fire, swept suddenly from the hearth-stone & scattered to
the winds, so we now lie separated - expiring.
God only knows if ever again these dry bones shall be re-united revive & live.
On the usual quarterly tours meetings have been, in many of
the divisions, but thinly attended - whilst on the Sabb. no induce
ment has existed to draw persons from a distance to the station
meeting - since not 1/2 of those living in its immediate vicinity have
been able to get access to the house in which our services have been
held, the house admitting of no more than 200 when crowded.
Hence
in a measure the exceeding difficulty of exciting any thing like a
general interest in any enterprise among our people.
Hence too in part, the low ebb at which religious interests
have stood thro’ the year.
N ot that there has been n o regard for spiritual things - or
that the Sabb. has been generally trodden under foot - or that there
has occurred any thing like an outbreaking of iniquity & a conse
quent defection from the truth among the people of God -
Nothing
of this kind has occurred; & yet the love of many has waxed cold.
In a portion of the divisions of our district, as already in
timated, the means of grace have been poorly sustained - & generally,
the high prices offered for the productions of the soil, have but
too successfully held out temptations to our chh. mem
bers to look more earnestly upon things seen & temporal, than upon
those unseen & eternal.
It Is pleasant however, amid other & unfavorable indications
�Kohala
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to record the fact that whilst so earnestly engaged in seeking the
things of this -world, those who hear the name of Christ, have not
ceased to remember that the claims of their Lord & Master were still
upon themselves & upon their acquisitions.
Their contributions for
the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom, have amounted during the year
to $800 in cash. The larger proportion of this sum has been given
re-erection
to aid in the of our house of worship. Nothing has
been collected towards the support of the pastor - it having been
tho’t unadvisable to distract the minds of the people by placing
too many objects at the same time before them.
I am now by no means
satisfied that this was not an erroneous view of the whole matter.
The amount of chh. discipline exercised has been in nothing re
markable.
Doubtless the well-being of the chh. would have required
more thorough & efficient action in this line, but the careless
manner in which a portion of our number do, or rather leave undone,
much of the business essential to the purity of our chhs. places it
out of our power to prosecute a radical & systematic course of dis
cipline, however essential we may regard it to the vital interests
of truth among us.
Several years since, we undertook a thorough expurgation of this
chh. called thereto by the stern voice of duty.
But after having sus
pended & excommunicated some 500 delinquents, the larger portion of
whom h a d been on our list of absentees for years, we learned to our
dismay that some of them were In good standing & some were lunas in
other chh. on the Islands I We have now on our hands another array
of names embracing several scores of absentees, whose suspension or
excision the voice both of expediency & duty demands.
proceed.
not stand.
Our hands are tied.
But we cannot
A Kingdom divided against itself can
Many of these individuals are reported & doubtless truly
�Kohala
1850
5.
so, as in communion with the chh. where they reside - but inquiries
tho' repeated time & again, have entirely failed to procure any
response from the Pastors of those chhs Were it "expedient” as it is "lawful” I w d utter a solemn pro
test against this slovenly way of getting along with our chh. busi
ness.
If our Master’s work is worth the doing it is worth doing well.
In our last report mention was made of the then recent loss of
our house of worship & of plans formed for its speedy re-erection.
To what was then said after the lapse of more than a year, little can
be added.
Not a stone of our house is yet laid! We have had enough
of plans - but hitherto they have proved only human - not divine God has put them all to nought.
He has sent disease & death - floods
& tempests - snatching from our grasp the lime stone which piece by
piece & with extreme labor had been obtained from 5 & 4 fathoms of
water & in the most inclement weather - all to teach us what we
ought always to have remembered; & now I trust shall never forget
that it is of Himself - not of man, to will & to work.
What He in
Infinite wisdom has willed & shall deign to work for us thro1 our
own instrumentality or that of others He in His own good time will
indicate.
Meantime under Him, we shall try to complete the gathering
of our materials & proceed as He in His providence may direct to
rear the walls of a new house for His praise & glory.
We may not
fail here to recognize the loving-kindness of God to us-ward the
more remarkable taken in its connexion with the adverse dealings of
His providence with us previously noticed.
Whilst thwarting our
plans & efforts here, He has stirred the hearts of many of Zion's
friends & ours to remember us in our adversity & to shew their sym
pathy by imparting generously of their substance for our relief Without the slightest intentional hint of any desire for ex
�Kohala
1850
6.
traneous aid it has freely - generously come both from different
parts of these Islands & from parts of our native land - tho* to
what extent I am unable to state, having recd no definite advices
with reference to the am't to be expected from U.S.
But however
large the am’t to be recd from our father land - no demonstration
of sympathy with us in our calamity, have fallen more delightfully
upon our ears or come home with a warmer welcome to our hearts - &
none will be more affectionately or more gratefully garnered in the
store houses of memory, than those that have come to us from several
of our sister chhs of Hawaii nei - a 1000 fold the Lord restore their
seasonable sympathies & their fraternal benefactions into their own
bosons Of our schools little need be said - since nothing new or of
special promise can be said of them.
They hold on their way gradu
ally, it is believed, improving in efficiency tho' decreasing in
numbers.
Of Popery too I say little - for we may live along upon what
we have already said in time past.
These several years we have had
Popery in articulo mortis (all but dead ?) in some of our fields yet instead of the thing dead, buried & epitaphed, we may have this
year, if report says truly, Popery redivivus, & rejoicing in its
vigor.
With a single stride, from the doors of its sepulchre, it
seats itself firmly In the councils of the nation before our aston
ished vision I Of this hydra headed monster therefore I neither
predicate nor prophecy aught.
It has an end to answer on these Is
lands & till that end be accomplished, it will survive & work Enough for us if it but teach us lessons of wisdom & inspire us with
a becoming Zeal in our Master’s work.
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-
All recd on Examination
"
Letter
Past two years Exam.
"
"
Letter
All past two years
All dismissed t o other chhs
"
Past two years
All deceased
"
Past two years
Suspended past two years
Remain Suspended
Excomd past two years
All Excomd
Remain excomd
All now in regular Standing
All childn baptized
Past two years "
Couples married past two years
1806
586
15
39
54
251
63
677
177
36
24
36
413
337
1103
819
26
166
Statistics of schools for 1850
Whole no Prot. schools
Teachers
Pupils
Readers
Writers
Arithmetic
Geography
Deaths in the field 1850
Births
"
"
Catholic Schools
Pupils in do
19
19
843
524
296
453
146
300
122
2
49
(Unsigned; E. Bond)
�Report of the Station in Kohala for the year
1851
The past year has been remarkable for the dryness & salubrity
of the atmosphere.
No previous year of our abode in the district has
been at all similar to it in this respect. The absence of a portion
ordinarily
of our/superabundant rains has added to life fresh sources of enjoy
ment throughout the entire period - & the diminution of suffering &
death in consequence has been marked - as the table of statistics will
shew But tho’ in the Divine Goodness, the year has been singularly
favorable for health & general comfort - it has not passed without its
share of disappointed hopes - particularly in worldly matters.
The
year 1850 left the people in the midst of unexampled prosperity; &
with brighter prospects, the commencement of the past year found them.
But their sanguine expectations were doomed to utter disappointment & all,' as none can' doubt, in the wisdom & paternal goodness of a Hea
venly Father.
Great preparations were made to supply the expected de
mand f or produce -
Never, since our knowledge of Hawaiian affairs had
so great an amount of labor been expended on the soil - But at the time
of harvest, came the rumor that no produce cd be sold.
The stagnation
of business in California & the consequent depression of affairs in
the great wants of the Islands destroyed the demand - & left the crop
of thousands of barrels to rot in ground.
The prostration of trade was sudden & so total that vegetables wh.
had a short time previous been steadily sold at $6 to $8 the barrel
were not worth taking to the shore.
Relying with confidence upon the continuance of the demand for
their produce, multitudes of the people had been tempted more or less
deeply into debt - & the ill effects of their subsequent inability to
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1851
pay, has proved a source of much trouble to numbers of our people At the present time the ability of this people to contribute to the
cause of benevolence & to the maintenance of our religious institutions
is exceedingly limited - though doubtless larger hearts w d find larger
means, than most are supposed to possess.
It may safely be presumed however, that tho' in mere pecuniary
interests, many were losers by the trying vicissitudes in the affairs
of the past year ~ the loss sustained was vastly less than the gain
secured.
The people were getting wild with prosperity - beside them
selves with the flood of money wh. was pouring in upon them almost
without effort.
Men who in the entire course of their lives had never
been able to claim the ownership of an aggregate of $10 in cash, now
counted their hundreds.
Every where & at all times the sole all-en
grossing theme of conversation was the price pr bbl. of potatoes &
onions.
It was so on the Sabb. day even, the moment they were out of
the house of God & no exhortations cd stay the downward, tendency.
But things impossible with men are possible with God.
He had a lesson
to teach us - a lesson we had need to learn - & sure I am that no
lover of Zion's welfare in these Islands can regret its having been
taught us so opportunely as it was.
We certainly need have no fears
for the result.
The King & suite visited Kohala in Novr .
or 3 weeks.
He remained there 2
For once I felt to thank God for Hawaiian m olowa [indif-
ference, laziness ?].
Upon the mass of the population the presence of
the King produced an extremely slight sensation.
In the minds of the
more substantial of our people a thorough disgust was excited; whilst
with a certain but small class of the community, iniquity f r . a royal
cup, was drunk in as water.
foreign companion
The King, two young chiefs & their worthy
- it must be acknowledged spared no pains to set be
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1851
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fore the people of the district the advantages of rum drinking & of
the most unblushing beastly licentiousness.
Not a single decent man,
so far as I saw or learned, was in the company.
Together, they consti
tuted a living nuisance - a moving pestilence, defiling & destroying
every good thing in their march.
The Lord vouchsafe to the nation a c hief magistrate & an heir ex
curse
pectant whose presence shall not curse with the mildew of corruption,
whatever it overshadows Of our schools little of fresh interest can be added to past
reports -
They hold on their way with gradually decreasing numbers
as in times gone by.
All idea of further advance in interest & effi
ciency is forbidden by the lack of books - particularly of a good
Georgraphy & accompanying atlas.
A new edition also of the Elements of
astronomy w d be a valuable acquisition & perhaps a very limited &
judicious selection of some other Elementary books.
Unless we can
have these books provided, specially the Geography & Atlas, it is
idle to expect any thing in the way of improvement in the character
of our Public Schools.
The "working system" introduced two or three three ( !) years since
into our schools, halving with us, had its day of usefulness, has spent
its strength for present good & is now upon the shelf - doubtless
however to be revived again with profit at some future day My own little school has been continued thro' the year The church has slept on thro" another year in its lukewarmness.
A few of our number give indications of life - but there has been noth
ing like a deep or general interest in the great concerns of the soul.
Several inquirers of long standing have been admitted to chh. privil
eges - And we have to acknowledge with praise to God, another year’s
preservation from grass & outbreaking sins - tho’ temptations in high
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Kohala 1851
places & in low places have beset the members of the chh. they have
been kept by Divine powers from falling & thereby bringing reproach
upon the cause of the Redeemer.
About the usual amount of discipline has been exercised.
More
perhaps would have been required by a spirit of strict obedience to
the teachings of the word of God; but whilst so many of our churches
persist in the rejection of every thing approaching a system of interchurch discipline, it is impossible for others, how much soever dispos e d
to do so, to preserve obedience to any law human or divine.
is, it need not be reiterated, no option in the case.
There
One might sup
pose that the somewhat startling disclosures of the last Gen. Meet’g
in regard to the condition of some of our churches, might possibly
excite a suspicion that we were in need of something like a system of
inter- church discipline - but so far as appears hitherto, no such
suspicion was excited.
And hence our statistics are still as in years
gone by to no inconsiderable extent a pious humbug upon the community.
The ordinances of the Gospel have been sustained among us, as in
previous years.
Four meetings besides that at the station have been
regularly held on the Sabb. at places convenient for the population;
& these have been well attended.
At the station a thatched house of worship about 60 ft. long has
been erected to answer our necessities until better accommodations
can be had.
Our contributions for the year have amounted to $744.83 in cash of which sum $297 were for foreign (& domestic) missionary purposes $191.13 for a new house of worship & $256.70 for the support of the
pastor. (Note:)
new meetg house.
This additional to the labor of preparation for the
The sum contributed for our support was considerably
larger than this - but as we were able thro' the blessing of God to
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1851
5.
get thro' the year without the whole am’t & were moreover not unwilling
that our people shd know that we were not particularly greedy of
gain at their expense we preferred that the am ’t shd stand as it now
does - for our support.
I am pained to report for the second time that a stone of our new
house of worship has not yet been laid.
build I know not -
How soon we shall begin to
We are at length ready to have the work entered
upon without delay & if a Kind Providence shall send us a man to com
mence the work immediately after the close of our meeting, we may
hope to serve God once more in His earthly courts, ere the current
year has passed away -
But I, have made so many calculations only to
be disappointed & indulged so many hopes only to be indefinitely de
ferred, that I have no anxiety to for
m
new plans or to fasten new hopes
upon the uncertain events of the future.
& do it as we can -
We shall do what we can
Per the rest we leave it with Him who knows our
necessities & those of His cause better than we know them ourselves.
I trust few of our Brn. living away fr. the centers of business& obliged to depend for labor of preparation upon natives will be called
to rebuild their Houses of worship.
It was a great task In 1844 - but
vastly greated & in all respects more trying in 1852 Our Sabb school, it shd have been added above has continued as
usual thro' the year.
Our only text books are the O. & N. Testaments
& the Hymn book.
In regard to Popery, but few words are needed,
stationed in the district.
field -
No priest is
One makes an occasional tour thro' this
But no stir of any kind has been made & I have heard of no
accession to their ranks.
So far as I have had occasion to know the
characters of those who call themselves the "Poe Pope", they appear
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1851
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,
quite friendly & come as readily to me for aid in cases of difficul
ty, as do our own people, & quite as readily receive me into their
houses.
They have two small schools numbering at the present time "between
30 & 40 pupils.
(Unsigned; E . Bond)
�Abstract of Kohala Church for 1851
The past year has been remarkable for the dryness & salubrity of
the atmosphere, & for the good health of the people.
The year 1850
was a period of great prosperity in worldly matters - the past one
of disappointed hopes & prospects —
adversity has followed prosperity
& all as, as none can doubt, in the wisdom & paternal goodness of God.
The consequence has been that the ability of the people to contribute
to the cause of benevolence, is exceedingly limited.
Adversity in
worldly prospects, has tended to stem the flood of worldliness, whose
injurious effects was too manifest on the piety of God's people.
Schools
ports -
N othing of special interest can be added to past re
They are suffering for want of suitable school books; & while
this is the case much improvement cannot be expected.
The working
system, introduced two or three years ago, has spent its strength.
The private school of the pastor has been continued through the
year.
The Church
warmness.
This has slept on through another year in its luke
Yet there have been some indications of spiritual life,
& a few have been added to the church.
The ordinances of the Gospel
have been sustained, as in previous years.
Pour meetings held on the
Sabbath, besides that at the station - these have been well attended.
Benevolence - The contributions for the year have amounted to
$744.83 in cash -
Of this sum $297.were for foreign (& domestic)
missionary purposes -
$191.13 for a new house of worship; & $256.70
for the support of the pastor.
The pastor is pained to report for the second time that not a
stone of the new meeting house has been laid; the work might be commenced immediately if a suitable workman could be obtained.
Papacy. No priest is stationed in the district.
One makes an
occasional tour through the field but no stir has been made - Their
adherents are not strongly prejudiced in favour of the Man of Sin.
[Unsigned; E. Bond]
�Statistics [Kohala, 1852]
Church
Whole number recd on Exn
do
by letter
Past year on Exn
do by letter
Whole number past year
" dismissed to other chhs
Past year
do
Whole number deceased
Past year
"
"
Suspended
Remain
"
Past year Excommunicated
Whole number
"
Remain
"
Whole number in reg. stand'g
”
children Baptized
Past year
”
” couples married
Average congregation
1830
598
24
12
36
258
7
703
26
22
18
36
449
370
1079
879
60
73
250
Schools
Number of Prot. Schools
Whole number pupils
Readers
Writers
Arithmetic
Geography
Vocal music
28
832
529
485
485
288
123
Births in the field
Deaths
"
"
110
128
�Kohala
1853
The year now past means to us two phases of unusual prosperity -
It has been a period
It has also been a season of trial & per
plexity As a church we have much to remember with devout thankfulness.
We have been graciously kept by our Lord & Master fr. internal dissentions & fr. the aggressive efforts of the enemy without.
In look
ing back thro the entire period, cheering evidence of substantial ad
vancement in wholesome views of truth & in a practical r e
a d i n e s s to
comply with its demands is very obvious to my own mind.
My own labors have not been extended so generally & frequently
to the portions of the field as usual, owing to the cares & entangle
ments of building, both a house for the Lord & one for our own use
under Him -
My own lack of service has however been partially - per
haps entirely made up by the increased zeal & activity of
members of the chh. in all portions of the field.
In consequence
of the work on our house of worship, our people have been much with
me, & thro' them, I have had a particular knowledge of the state of
affairs within our limits In the month of August we were graciously visited by the influand
ences of the Holy Spirit, to an extent andin a manner not for a long
season, felt among this people.
An unusual gathering into meetings -
a spirit of earnest prayer & a greatly awakened interest in the study
of God’s Word - were the first indications we had of a revived condi
tion of affairs in our midst.
I know not that this precious visit of
God’s Spirit had any relation to any immediate efforts of ours - but
possibly a well sustained Bible class - a series of particular dis
courses which the Providence of God seemed to demand - united with
�Kohala -
1853
2
the active zeal of our people in sustaining the out-station Meetings immediately preceding, for some time - had some relation thereto.
But this matters little to us save in the fact that we are curious,
when possible, to trace effects to their causes either final or instru
mental or both.
God knows all however & that may suffice us, who see
but thro' a glass darkly, at best.
Our meetings for inquiring were thronged subsequent to a tour in
August & preceding the usual season of communion -
But 66 however
were recd to the chh. during the year, on profession & yet truth comp e l s me to state that the mass of those who professed to be seeking
the way of life, appeared remarkably well
so well, that for the first
time in 13 years I was able to speak of heartfelt & earnest delight
in 3 or 4 laborious days of conference with this class of our people.
The meetings were solemn & the replies to Interrogations were in a
large measure drawn from the word of God & of course intelligent.
The old cut & dried formulas of "pule me ka mihi" & such like, for once
were forgotten & it was because they had been forgotten that I cd
feel assurance of some reality in the work I was doing.
Since the commencement of the current year we have recd- 59 to
the chh., additional to those previously mentioned as the result of
the reviving in our midst.
T he contributions of t h e chh. for the year were Missy purposes
Pastor’s Support
For Meet’g house
$358.00 )
666.00 )
559.00 )
=
$1583.00
in cash -
In addition, a sum not yet appropriated of about $100 & constant work,
bringing timber, sand, fire wood for lime burning, stones &c &c one
day in each week, for the necessities of the Lord’s House In the latter part of June the small pox was introduced fr. Hono
lulu.
With God's blessing we were enabled to hedge in & confine the
�Kohala 1853
disease so effectually that but seven persons fell victims to it
in this part of the district -
18 others died in that portion border
ing on Kawaihae, making 25 in all.
On this subject I have made a report
to the Royal Health Commission.
The Small pox was the immediate precursor of another disease
whose distinctive power seems greater just in proportion to its abom
inable absurdity - I mean Mormonism.
It made priests immediately of
one of our chh. members then recently excommunicated for living with
another man's wife in adultery; & of a young villain who fled fr.
Honolulu to evade punishment for forgery - & of several others of like
character & these with several of like feather bro’t fr. Maui, together
with several foreigners, have been diligent in the work of making
proselytes.
Their chief measures are a vilif y i n g of the Missionaries -
promises of healing the sick & promises of relieving the people of
taxes.
The latter promise they bid fair to redeem, if they go on as
they began, making priests by scores & forties ! The recent census of
this district gives in all, Mormons 248
Papists
2859 giving 3413 as the entire census -
Since Jan 1. there has been
no special change I judge.
328
Protestants
The papists & Mormons have been having a
battle on their own account in consequence, of the turning of the
former in considerable number to the latter.
It is a curious fact to
be noted, that many of the Mormon Converts turn "just for the fun of
it" as they say baptized.
They are coaxed until tired & then consent to be
With the exception of exposing the delusion to our people
I have, personally, had little to do with it -
because reasoning &
warning, where absurdity & bare faced falsehood are more than evident
to all minds, seem out of place.
As to the coaxing people to be re
ligious or to be called Calvinists in distinction fr. Papists or
Mormons, I have no gift in that direction, not having so learned
�Kohala
1853
4.
Christ. Mormonism is one of the facts of the cycle to wh. we belong an Anti-type of corresponding facts in previous cycles of human af
fairs.
Its very absurdity appears to be Its chief merit whereby it
commends itself to many, perhaps most minds.
A mince of the Spiritual
& sensual it possesses a delicious flavor for the palates of sensual
natures & in this but follows Mohammedanism, the refined systems of
Paganism & not doubtfully Romanism.
It will have Its day as its types
had in their day - & when we see it gathering Its converts by thousands in Great Britain, Prussia, & U. States, we need not wonder that
amongst these credulous Hawaiian children it makes considerable
progress -
Six or eight of our chh. members have been drawn off by
the agency of friends, to this delusion Nothing special need be said of Popery holds its own.
It presume it about
Some of our professed converts of the past year were
fr. that party, but not enough probably to affect any essential di
minution in their numbers - Popery seems to have become one of the
excrescences ( !)
fixed on the body politic & we may safely presume it will
not soon be eradicated.
Our schools are miserably low & we may as well write it down as
a standing item in all future reports - until a change comes - that
our Kohala schools are hopelessly past reviving until we can have some
books - some more books Our House of worship is not finished -
I wish it were.
But
somehow it has from the beginning, been an up-hill work - in more
than an ordinary sense.
The elements have contended with us for the
materials & then for their composition in the walls of the house Something is wrong -
What is it?
Has been my frequent inquiring &
my motives have undergone repeated examinations in vain -
I don’t
feel at liberty to be discouraged & yield the contest in despair, so
long as a gracious God shall give me health - & so we hold on -
�Koh ala
1853
faint, yet pursuing.
Perhaps the time will come by & by -
time - to favor us in this onerous enterprise.
Gods own
Brethren pray for us -
I send accompanying this report two tables relating to the sub
ject of licentiousness in the chh. & in the entire district.
The
latter I made out fr. the poorly kept records of our district Justice
as far back as they extend, the former is as perfect as any human
Records can be - taken fr. our Chh. Records.
These tables show demonstrably that 1st
The sin of licentious
ness is decreasing among this (i.e. of this district) people - 2d
that it is decreasing in the chh..
3d- that the proportion of overt
impurity in the Chh. is less than that in the community generally say what scoffers may -
The proportion in t h e chh. for the first six
reported years after its organization was one suspension in every 65
chh. members - whilst in the last five reported years it has been but
one in 106 -
Or in first 7 years 1 in 59 -
In 2d 7 years 1 in 107.
Figures speak for themselves - say what Jesuits or Ten Eyck,
it id genus omne - may Hawaiians have in fact sufficient dause of reproach in this
business & there is no necessity of slanderously adding more.
I have written the Board on this subject & forwarded the tables knowing that it w d not be possible, for me to meet with you - this
year E. Bond
Church Statistics
1919
On profession
647
On certificate
66
Past year on- profession
”
on certificate
18
84
Whole number past year
331
Dismissed to other chhs
19
"
Past year
802
Deceased
68
”
Past year
4
Suspended past year
1853
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated p. year
Whole number Excomd
Remain excomd
Whole no. in regular
Stand'g
Children Baptised
Past year
"
Couples married p. year
Av. congregation
11
2
459
366
1055
941
42
52
250
�Convictions by the Justice of North Kohala Tear
Adultery
&
fornication
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
Years
Whole number
in the Chh.
Suspended
Drinking
intoxicating
breaking compositions
Offences
42
41
52
95
23
15
77
72
50
33
26
2:4
Sabbath
All other
0
si
Tattooing
&
knocking
out teeth
11
9
15
12
17
11
10
10
5
1840
1841
1842
1843
677
866
1424
1575
25
# 9
17
21
1844 1845
No
Report 1164
31
13
1846
No
Rep't
24
1847
1848
1369
1264
24
13
1849
No
Rep't
9
V
o
Sundries
12
21
20
30
67
12
6
Quarreling
1850
1851
1852
1853
1103
1079
1038
1055
18
13
6
3
#
1841 was the year of our arrival - There was no such thing as proper discipline pos
sible & the same cause - ignorance of the language operated tho’ in a decreasing ratio ,
in the two- following years Since my connection with the Chh. not a case of proved licentiousness has passed without
formal suspension from the privileges of the chh.
In first seven years proportion
In second "
"
"
1
1
in 59
" 107
chh members
"
d
�Kohala
1854
The year 1854 now past has been marked by nothing of special
interest in the history of our affairs -
The Lord has been gra
cious to us & by His mercy we are hitherto b r o 't to erect our Ebenezer - & recognizing His paternal guidance & care all the year thro'.
The year has been a season of unbroken physical toil, to the pas
tor & to those of the flock who, in addition to the name of Christian,
have also had sufficient love to Christ to move their hands in His
service. W d
it were possible to speak of the majority of the Chh.
as thus practically shewing their union to the Head - but truth to
tell, it is now as it was in 1845 - only the small minority who bear
to Christ & the Interests of His Kingdom sufficient attachment, to
lead them to share in its cares or venture one drop of sweat in its
service.
In January the Chh. commenced a system of mutual visitation rather of general visitation, throughout the district.
Those chh.
members deemed fitted in character for the profitable exercise of
the employment, were selected on the first of each month, two & two,
to go thro’ every land In the district distributing tracts, conversing
& praying with every family.
This was followed during the first half
of the year with no permanent marked results however so far as known Some however were thus stirred up for the time being, to more
diligence in Christian duty & particularly in searching the word of
God.
During the latter part of the year there has been but little
spiritual life indicated amongst those called by the name of Christ.
Yet no outbreaking sin of any sort has been suffered to trouble our
Z i on - or to make inroads upon the peace & order of the community.
The contributions of the chh. have been less than during the pre
vious year - tho' more than we had reason to anticipate - considering
the extreme scarcity of money —
�Kohala
2
1854
.
The sum of contributions for the year is $1038.51, viz Pastor’s Support
Meet’g House
Monthly Concert
$525.121
2
/
360.91
152.48
The work also has been continued on our House of worship as before In May last - after a trying delay of 8 months during wh. time
we sought in vain for a carpenter - the Lord graciously sent two
carpenters to our aid - to prosecute the work on the House.
Both ,
were employed for 4 months & one, constantly since that time so that
I am enabled to report the House in a state approaching completion.
Our progress is however slow at best, owing to delays & interrup
tions wh. none can well appreciate, who have been accustomed to the
conveniences & facilities afforded in all such enterprises, by the
permanent appointments of all settled & civilized communities.
We are now hoping to enter our house early in the latter part
of the year, if God will.
Of our Schools, I need only say, that they are continued as
usual - tho’ still-suffering the want of books.
They are almost en
tirely directed by our faithful Kahu - my time not sufficing for any
material services in their behalf Papists - make no stir - but continue on as usual.
however suffered some loss by the efforts of Mormonism.
system or scheme of evil has had a special favor for us.
They have
This latter
During the
year we have had always two & usually 5 & sometimes 7 foreign priests
busily employed here, besides fr. 2 to 4 native priests.
They have
made some additional converts yet but few compared with the efforts
put forth & none so far as my knowledge extends have been proselyted
by the foreign priests - wh. has been true fr. the beginning.
The
native priests alone appear to have the skill requisite to make
Mormons -
The numbers who adhere to this name are very nearly the
�Kohala
3.
1854
same as those reported last year, some having forsaken them & others
having died or left the Island.
S t a t i s t i c s of
Church
On profession
On certificate
Past year on professn
Past year on Certife
Whole number past year
Dismissed to other Chhs.
Dismissed past year
Deceased
Deceased past yr
Suspended past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole number Excommunicated
Remain ExcomdWhole number Regular
Standing
Children baptized
Baptized past year
Marriages past year
Av. congregation
2025
695
106
48
154
353
22
850
48
14
14
28
487
474
1129
1013
72
63
250
[Unsigned, but marked on front sheet:
E. Bonds Report for 1854]
�[Kohala 1855, first page missing]
to any good purpose is lessened.
;
.
The cause of Christ in this ocean, needs something more than
the exhibition of a fitful beneficence.
It demands a steady tide
of contributions poured from hearts whose deep springs are habitual
ly moved by unaffected love to God & to souls.
W e would strive to enkindle a zeal in this good work - but to
be reliable it must be a zeal with Knowledge.
people then, the Knowledge.
Give us, for our
Then only may we demand & expect a zeal
according to Knowledge - a Christian & enduring zeal which will
honor God & instrumentally save men.
The Am. Board could hardly afford to dispense with the "Missy
Herald” & rely upon the scanty fragments of Missy intelligence to
be gleaned, by the churches, from the religious & secular papers of
the day - & yet they could better afford that, than we can to leave
our people without a definite & tolerably extensive acquaintance
with Missionary operations of the present day -
Not less with those
of other lands than these of our own If as has been suggested, an occasional Missy paper be published
& scattered abroad amongst our chh. members, say quarterly or to the
a m ’t of four numbers per year, something will have been done towards
obviating the serious evils of the past -
But let us bear in mind
Brn, that if we are really intent upon bringing our people up to the
help of the Lord, in the Missy branch of His service, such a paper
should be regarded but a beginning of better things, an earnest of
larger hopes for the future.
May not something good In this line of things, be expected, as
the result of your, collective wisdom - during the present or coming
year?
God grant it.
E. Bond
�o
Kohal a 1855
Statistics of Kohala Church
for the year 1855 —
2057
Recd on profession
714
"
on Certificate
”
past year on profn
"
"
"
Certifie
21
55
Whole number past yr.
Dismissed to other Chhs
"
52
392
17
past year
891
Deceased
30
past year
"
3
Remain suspended
3
Suspended
"
Excommunicated past yr.
27
Whole number E x c omd
529
Remain Excomd
415
Whole number in
)
Regular Standing)
1072
Children Baptized
1074
"
Marriages
"
past yr.
"
Average Congregation
"
61
47
300
�Kohala
The past year has yielded little to be noted as matter of in
terest in our history.
The Divine goodness has indeed been to us-
ward as free & abundant as in the years which, preceded this & most
gladly would I record the fact, if fact it were, of our. having made
some suitable return, by a corresponding diligence & faithfulness
in our Master's service.
But this I am not able to say -
We have in
truth passed a year noted & marred by an unusual stupidity - es
pecially its latter half of 1856 -
In contributing for the support
of the Gospel both at home & abroad, the Chh. has not perhaps fallen
below its wonted measure, but in personal attendance upon the means
of grace there has been a state of marked declension - not indeed so
apparent at the Station save in a very general desertion of the Lord'
s
House in the P.M. - but very marked at all our out station services Bat this, I must say to the praise of God's grace, has neither re
sulted from, nor ended in the indulgence of any prevailing species of
open wickedness.
From all sorts of outbreaking sins the good Lord
has yet another year delivered us -
Blessed be His holy name.
The class of professed inquirers has numbered between one &
two hundred, but the prevailing spirit of apathy in the chh. was
apparent in ihs effects: upon the inquirers & I could not feel it duty
all things considered, to receive any into the fold of the Good Shep
herd During the latter part of this period there have been indications of better things than we have seen during the greater part of
the year After careful inquiry, I- cannot ascertain that Mormonism has
made a single convert in this District for months past -
Many have
dropped away from them, after patiently looking for some great &
�Kohala 1857
2.
promised worldly advantage, till weary & disappointed - in vain.
Popery has been revived & put on new strength in the remote
border of the District adjoining Kawaihae & four of our chh. members relatives of the prime mover in the revival - have fallen away to that
error.
In other portions of the field the condition of Popery is
much the same as it has been in years past - in a quiescent & grad
ually wasting state We have one candidate for service in Micronesia -
A young man
who was a member of the first class in my school, having entered in
1842 -
He subsequently entered the Semy at Hilo & since leaving that
school he has been employed in teaching - a short season in Honolulu,
but for most of the time in this District.
He is not one of our
"Smart" Hawaiians - but is reliable, if an unblemished character of
14 years can justify such language.
None of the Hawaiian sins have
ever been charged upon him - but if they had been, I hesitate not
to say that I never cd conscientiously recommend him to go amongst
the heathen as a teacher & guide.
He is a modest young man & I hope
will have mental ballast sufficient with God's grace to enable him
to maintain a humble bearing, in passing thro’ the ordeal necessary
for his new & honorable work -
but if not, we of white skin & more
Knowledge must not be surprised as tho' any new thing had happened
unto us - since we have frequently been witnesses to a little ex
cusable elevation in some of our favored Brn. who have been to gather
fresh inspiration from the wisdom & wonders of our father land &
returned to tell our open ears of the same Luhian's wife bears a character free fr. any gross blemishes,
having never been connected with any scandalous vices so far as is
known.
She is rather a wife for her husband, than In herself promis
ing to make an energetic missionary - Yet in thus saying, I by no
�Kohala
1857
3.
means intend any disparagement.
I speak thus fully, as I shall not
he present to present my tho’ts to the Brn. in Gen. Meet'g I may be allowed a word regarding the recent letter fr. the
Missy House -
I read the letter with unbounded astonishment asking
myself all the while "Whence came these extraordinary views & pro
ceedings"?
The wisdom of the Missy House has assuredly tripped this
time - & unless I utterly mistake the characters of the Br n . they,
assembled in Gen. Meet'g will not fail to say so emphatically ~
I
think It ought to be understood by this time in Boston as well as
at the Sand. Islands, that, God helping, we who know best our own
circumstances & necessities can manage them without any unsought
directions, whether in the form of peremptory commands or authorita
tive suggestions.
If the Prud. Comm, wish our love & respect, let
them tread carefully upon ground, not theirs but ours In this most extraordinary manner they can if they will grossly
outrage all sense of right & propriety, by ejecting long tried &
faithful Brn. f r . their own agency, but they cannot meddle with our
chhs. & our Missy Society & our Ecclesiastical affairs with Impunity
or I am a stranger to the sentiments of my Brn.
I confess that this
letter fr. the Missy House, has filled me with unbounded amazement Shall I speak inadvisedly if I say, with no slight degree of indigna
tion.
Whence have sprung these singularly erratic proceedings, I
again inquire?
Contributions in cash for 1856 by this Chh.
Hanai Kumu [Pastor’s support]
Mahina Hou [Monthly Concert]
S.S. children for Missy Ship
Domestic "
"
Total
For Chh. Statistics - See over
$ 477.00
259.00
70.00
20.00
$ 826.00
�Kohala
1857
S tatistic s
R e c d on P r o f e s s i o n
"
- W h o le num ber
C e rtific ate
"
P
"
"
fo r
1856
2057
720
rofn past year
C e rtif.
W h o le num ber
"
6
"
6
D ism issed
Past year
412
"
W ho le n o .
deceased
Past year
"
"
"
20
916
25
Suspended
R e m a in
11
"
8
E x c o m m u n ic a te d P a s t y e a r
"
16
W hole n o .
544
R e m a in Excom d
428
W h o l e num ber i n r e g u l a r
Stand' g
1013
C h ild n B a p t iz e d
Past year
"
M arriages p ast y ea r
Av.
co n g re g atio n a t
1130
56
55
S tatio n
475
�K oh ala Report
1858
In
lo o k in g hack upon the c o u rse
n o th in g
sp ec ia lly notew orthy,
to h e p u t dow n i n a R e p o r t
A fe w w o r d s ,
goodness
to
to us
how ever,
ward as
s m ite u s , y e t
o f events d u r in g
a f f e c t i n g the
I
m ust a t
a fa m ily .
le ast record in
He h a s i n d e e d
p ra ise
seen f i t
the p a t e r n a l h a n d t h a t d e a l t t h e b l o w ,
the w ound i t s e l f h a d made -
num ber &
t h e r e b y ga ve us n e w cau se f o r
th e p u b l i c
He
left
also
erectin g
of
G o d 's
i n w is d o m
has
to u s
g raciou sly
an unbroken
o ur E b e n e z e r
to H i s
-
s i x m onths th e p a s t o r was e n t i r e l y t a k e n f r .
serv ic e s
of the San ctuary excep ted - by s ic k n e ss
The t h i r d
q uarterly
to u r w as n e c e s s a r i l y
h is
work
in h is
o m it t e d &
am ount o f o t h e r p a s t o r a l l a b o r u s u a l l y a c c o m p l i s h e d i n
a year
appears
-
For n e a r ly
fa m ily
cause of r e l i g i o n ,
-
h o u n d up
p ra ise
the p a s t y e a r ,
a larg e
th e c o u r s e
of
-
A lto g e th e r the year has been p a s s e d i n q u ie t n e s s
in d o le n c e &
- perhaps
s p i r i t u a l s l u g g i s h n e s s /w o u l d more p r e c i s e l y
express
in
the
truth As
num bers.
a p e o p le & a s
The
a chh.
stream w h ic h ever sets
slo u g h - H o n o lu lu - appears
the y e a r
p a s t & am ongst
unsung” ,
are
T h is
strange
& by the
our g r e a t H a w a i i a n
to h av e d e e p e n e d & e n l a r g e d i t s e l f w i t h i n
the many who l e a v e us
if
a new e v i l under
any one
"u n w e p t u n h o n o r e d &
th e p e o p l e
our H a w a iia n
exp e c ta tio n
f o r w ho se
of
sake he. f o r s o o k h i s
jo y fully
l a b o r e d i n th e
- &
G ospel of Jesus
w ou ld i n
lo n g
se e in g h im s e lf
s p i r i t u a l c h i l d r e n whom h e h a s b e g o t t e n
fa re he has
sun & I t
of us K u a a i n a p a s t o r s h a d n o t
b r a c e d h i m s e l f h a r d u p to t h e
d e s e r t e d by
to w a r d s
in
some w hose lo s s we g r e a t l y r e g r e t & v a i n l y d e p l o r e .
i s n o t h ow e v er
deed be
we a re v e r y s e n s i b l y d i m i n i s h i n g
sin ce
grad ually
earth ly a l l fo r w hose w e l
C h rist.
�Kohala 1858
2.
Y e t we may w e l l
leav e
these
thin gs
in
s p e c i a l l y may we be r e c o n c i l e d to t h i s ,
w aste
of
our c o u n t r y p o p u l a t i o n s ,
the M a s t e r 's
in v iew of
the p o r t e n t o u s
th e a g e n c y o f w ic k e d r u l e r s h a n g s
spiritu ally
c h ild less,
be
c u r s e d by th o s e
God s h a l l
leav e
th e f o r e s h a d o w e d
ev ils
be more b l e s s e d an h u n d r e d f o l d t h a n t h o s e
-
Perhaps
thousands
members
are
sifted
law h as
b e e n at o nce the m ea su re & t h e p ro p o f the m o r a l i t y
a n ta g o n istic
w h i c h i s to t r y
fo r sa k e H is
own.
to
e v e r y m a n 's
G o d 's
pursue
la w & th u s
w o rk o f w h a t
The e l e c t w i l l
But I w i l l not
For
feared.
th is
surely
co n trib u tio n s & c h h . s t a t i s t i c s
th e
sort
e n d u re
d isc u ssio n
Th e
c iv il
o f too
our la w s more &
c risis
i t is.
to t h e
is
h asten in g
God w i l l n o t
end -
-
s e e th e
E.
our
But v ery o b v io u s ly
a r e at w ork wh i c h a r e g r a d u a l l y b r i n g i n g
m ore to b e
of
to
ou r common g o o d o u r c h h .
as t h e y h ave n e v e r y e t b e e n .
many o f o ur p e o p l e , i t may j u s t l y b e
ag encies
fo r
The
th e n a t i o n t o
n um ber w i t h t h e ir
to b e
c lo ud
over the n a t i o n .
ju d ic ia lly
in auth ority & su ffer
come u p o n u s , w i l l
&
i n many r e s p e c t s M e l a n c h o l y
w h ic h t h r o '
if
hands
Bond
o th e r h a l f
sheet.
�Kohala
1858
3.
K oh ala 1 8 5 8
Church S t a t is t ic s
W h o l e R e c d on p r o f e s s i o n
W h o l e num ber on C e r t i f i c a t e
P a s t y e a r on p r o f e s s i o n
"
"
C e rtific ate
"
"
W ho le num ber
W h o l e num ber d is m d to o t h e r chhs
P ast year
"
W h o le num ber d e c e a s e d
Past year
"
Suspended
R e m a in
"
E x c o m m u n ic a te d p a s t y e a r
"
W hole num ber
"
R e m ain
W h o l e num ber i n r e g . S t a n d i n g
"
C h ild re n b a p t iz e d
Past year
"
M arriages past y ear
A v e r a g e C o n g r e g a t io n
Co n t r i b u t i o n s
M o n th ly c o n ce rt
P a s t o r ’ s Salary
Purchase of b e ll
For p art of a house fo r
m e e t ’ gs
2113
741
17
7
24
490
39
964
18
-
in cash fo r
9
7
18
582
450
943
1215
39
26
375
1858
$ 4 2 7 .0 0 )
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�R e p o r t o f K o h a la
f o r the y e a r
1859
Few H a w a iia n M is s io n a r ie s
years,
t h e h o p es
& p r o m is e s
p erh a p s, have fo u n d in
o f th e p a s t
T h e r e r e m a in s h o w e v e r i n t h e m id s t
c o n so la tio n a r is in g
wh.
past,
for
these apparent f a i l u r e s ,
w h a t h as f a i l e d
W ith u s ,
or e v e n t s
-
in th is
way,
of
w h ilst
the
M a ste r’ s w ork,
the
serv ice
lo o k in g b a c k u p o n the
- not w ith o u t r e g r e t
to b e a c c o m p l is h e d - t h a t I w d g a t h e r f r e s h v i g o r
f o r w h a t o f tim e & d u t y s t i l l r e m a in s
the y ea r has
to m e .
i n no w ay b e e n m a r ke d by im p o r t a n t
Yet I wd f a i n h o p e ,
added its
i n th e
f o r s u b s t a n t i a l advance i n
& p a r t i c u l a r l y u p o n th e y e a r now c l o s e d ,
& r e n e w e d hopes
in g
I t is
lapse
s a tisfa c to rily v e r i f ie d .
fr o m a n e n l a r g e d e x p e r i e n c e
s u r e ly shd be a v a ila b le
s t ill befo re us.
of
the
quota o f v a l u a b le
it has
iss u e s
n o t p a s s e d away w i t h o u t h a v
e x p e r i e n c e to
the
stock p r e v io u s ly
in s to r e .
I
shd ,
speak of e x p e r ie n c e in
e v e r y it e m of
we l a b o r .
W ith o u t
the m is s io n a r y
l a r g e s t m e a n in g - i n c l u d i n g ,
a thorough a cq u a in ta n c e
th is,
can b e
I
am more & more
p ro d u c tiv e
m a t t e r , w i t h how l a r g e &
may b e
its
o f but
s e l f - d e n y in g
w i t h th e p e o p l e
satisfie d
th e
as
it
f o r whom
effo rts
of
l i m i t e d p erm a n e n t r e s u l t s ,
a p ro d ig ality
no
o f d e v o t io n they
put fo r th .
J u s t i n p r o p o r t i o n as
the w eak p o i n t s
r e m a in d i s c o v e r e d or u n a p p r e c i a t e d ,
in
in the
ju st
enem y’ s d e f e n s e s ,
t h a t p r o p o r t i o n our
a t t a c k s w i l l p r o v e In a d e q u a t e & a b o r t i v e .
The s k i l l f u l
s u r g e o n owes h i s
c o m p r e h e n s io n o f h i s
e ffe c tiv e ly ,
s u b je c t.
r e p u t a t i o n to h i s
H is k n i f e
because u n d e rsta n d in g ly
in
is
m in u t e & t h o r o u g h
w ield ed fe a r le s s ly &
o p e ra tio n s w here
ig n o ran c e
& c a r e l e s s n e s s w d be d e a t h .
M uch more I
a p p r e h e n d shd
th e
sp iritu al
surgeon the M is s io n a r y
-
�Kohala
alth o
1859
in d eed h is
of a thought
p ersonal rep u tatio n ,
- yet for h is
& f o r h u m a n ity ’ s s a k e ,
h im se lf
as
to h i m s e l f , may
M aster' s sake,
as w e l l ,
he
shd
fo r
the
know h i s
sake
seem u n w o r t h y
of H is
p e o p le
as w e l l as
-
He may i n d e e d lo o k down w i t h a p i t y i n g eye upon t h e i r
h e may s m ile , at t h e i r , s u p e r s t i t i o n s
t i a n h isto ry
still
ity
of 4 0 y e a r s ,
at th eir
of th eir
v ic io u s
liv e s
se rv ic e &
If
p it
p it & w i t h p atien t
&
( !) &
the m ir y
clay,
c a r e fa th o m i t s
he m ust,
a m easure o f c o n f i d e n c e I
days
speak & years
Of t h is ,
years
as
gone by &
b le hope
If
more
effectually
to
it.
Tim e h a s b e e n ,
in q u iry .
c d so h a v e
c e rtain ty ,
I
late,
a ffirm e d .
allo w
T h a t my
l a n g u a g e , w as
t h r e a d my w a y t h r o '
o f some o t h e r t h i n g s ,
c h o o se r a t h e r
thro'
m ore o f my p eo p le &
in
the
su ffic ie n t
their w e l f a r e
th e a v e n u e s
- that
le ad in g
surely t h o 't .
"B u t
t e a c h w isdo m ” .
of a b il it y yet
a cq u isitio n s.
exp lo re
serio u s
i n my l a b o r s f o r
w ith t o le r a b le
d r a w them
of
o f hope
to t h e i r h e a r t s ,
L o r d 's
has b e e n w it h m e,
to a f f o r d go o d g r o u n d s
to
sen su al
& come t h u s ,
o f t h o s e who a re
as w i t h t h e i r
e n able
in d ig
but n e v e r th e le ss
depths,
p eo p le,
s u c h as to
terrib le
o b v io u sly
th is
i t w as
a h o ly
s o u l s , he wd f a i n
aw fu l
a m ore th an u sually
a c q u ain ta n c e w it h
the
do,
a C h ris
sp iritu a l l i f e ,
w i t h a n u n g r u d g i n g d e v o t i o n to h i s
thus k n o w our p e o p l e " ?
me to c o n f e s s ,
when w i t h
lo ath e
t h i s he may i n d e e d ,
u n d e rsta n d the c o n d itio n & n e c e s s it ie s
"D o I
of th eir
s t r o n g m eat - h e may f e e l
a n u n q u e n c h a b l e l o v e to t h e i r
the h o rrib le
w eaknesses
- he may mourn ,t h a t w i t h
c o n d itio n s
p r a c t i c es
- all
h e m u st know them -
fr.
the
demand o n ly m i l k & n o t
n atio n
cause,
to
the
to b e
thus t o a p p l y
to t h e i r h e a r t s
feel
less
p o sitiv e
than in
c h e e r e d on i n my w o r k b y t h e hum
be g a i n e d ,
grace
I
t h a n by any c o n f i d e n c e
o f God,
I may b e
the p r e c i o u s
& co n scien ces,
su ffered
truths
in past
to l e a r n
of salv ation
d iv id in g
to e a c h a
-
�Koh a la
1859
p o rtio n
in
3.
due s e a s o n , my l a r g e s t
d e sire s w i l l have been f u l l y
g ra ti
fie d .
For
the p resent, w h ilst
there i s
little
to
a d esire
to r e f o r m
v e r y m eager
is
it
I
the
in th is
to u s ,
causes
constantly
B u t am I w ro ng I n
to
peo p le.
o f th e p e o p l e
in
so c ia l
that
our
is
fu lly
one
life ,
h ab itu a l
in
c au s e
em ploym ents,
as
& m ethods
w h ere
do n o t
life
to
expect.
strength strength
s h d be
success
p ro fess
surro un din gs
to c o m p r e h e n d .
in
the
consequent
to
in
th eir
pe
our work?
in in d iv id u a l
ac
o f tho’t we a r e h e a v e n w i d e
t h i n g s we c d n o t
i f we
Y e t we c an d o u b t l e s s m in g l e
& in terest
& l e a r n more o f
of
i n f l u e n c e upon
d e v o t e d & our
In these
-
Nor
are b e
c o m p a r a t iv e i n s u l a t i o n
i n d o m e s t ic
are
a sh a r p tw o - e d g e d
o f Im p e r f e c t s u c c e s s
so we s h a l l r e m a i n .
their d a il y
v aluab le
& a d m i n i s t e r more p e r f e c t l y
w d g e t down to t h e H a w a i i a n l e v e l .
more f r e e l y
o f h is
I
d e sire
c o m m u n ic a t io n s
w here the h ig h e s t
our h e a r t s ,
the
expected.
s u c h as we h a v e a r i g h t
fa ilu re ,
q u ir e m e n t s & i n c a p a c i t y f o r
a b o v e th e m , &
p ow er
to w h o s e g o o d we a re
to u n d e r s t a n d
c u liar n e c e s s it ie s ,
Its
o f so much w e a k n e s s ,
s u p p o s in g
wd hope
p r e a c h in g & l a b o r
little
a Sam son sho rn
cheer
22 years
these very in a d e q u a te
common c o m p la in t i n t h e
i n d i c a t e d by e f f e c t s
the
True
For these
as w e l l as w i t h
that
o f a q u a r t e r c e n t u r y 's
fo u nd - of th is m e a s u r a b l e
fa ilu re
thankful fo r ,
i t m ust b e c o n f e s s e d ,
d i s t r i c t a lon e
o f th e H a w a iia n
not
A ll
m id s t
so uls,
But the r e s u l t s
is m a t t e r o f
seem s r a t h e r ,
ought
th eir
t h a t th e t r u t h h a s h a d b u t too
sw ord is
It
It
liv e s
to b e
compared w i t h w h a t w e m ig h t r e a s o n a b l y h a v e
p r a c t ic a l results
my B r n .
every th in g
p r e a c h e d to t h i s p e o p le & I
& save
liv e s.
suppose,
w aile d -
statedly
to b l e s s
th eir
is
afford real sa tisfa c tio n -
t h e G o s p e l h as b e e n
w ith
there
o u r s e l v e s more
in th eir
th e ir m a n ifo ld p i l i k i a s
lo w them w i t h a more p a t e r n a l ' c a r e & b e s t o w w i t h l e s s
& fol
of s t i n t ,
our
�Kohala
1859
s y m p ath ie s,
as t h o s e w i t h th em r a t h e r
In the
said ,
l i t t l e here
th a t
our p e o p l e
o u r k n o w le d g e
slept
err.
-
Whoever h a s
people
am ongst- them - w i t h
w il l not
fa il
to
w it h m e, t h a t ,
in
s u b j e c t I .m a y
im ita tio n
a l l th in gs
to
its
sp iritu a l in terests
- &
of h is
there is
than k fuln ess
graces
th e f o l d ,
under
agree
God,
we h a v e n e e d ,
greater M aster,
to be c o m e
so m e.
to b e
n e ith e r has
said .
T h e r e h as
t h e r e b e e n m ore t h a n
No r o o t
of b itte rn e ss
s p r i n g u p & t r o u b l e us & fo r t h i s
as f o r
o f the y e a r , we w d r e c o r d h e r e w i t h
all
our u n fe ig n e d
to God -
I n the m atter
of b e n e f i c e n c e ,
has n o t retrograded -
d e p a r tm e n t o f C h r i s t i a n
very
"t i g h t ” - yet not
o f means
it
c a n o n ly b e
W o u l d I w er e a b l e
th is
p e o p le
-
little
of d e fe c tio n & d i s c i p l i n e .
t h e a b o u n d i n g m e r c ie s
or who h as
Church,
the u s u a l
b e e n s u f f e r e d to
la ck in g
them i n t h e i r
such s u r e ly w i l l
g u a r d our p eo p le
of
has
its
the
in
in d e e d but w it h w a k e fu l e a r s ,
b e e n no r e v i v i n g
amount
but not
l i s t e n e d to p r i v a t e
i f b y any m eans we may s a v e
Of
in
c lo s e d eyes
g re at A po stle &
a l l m en,
fo r
in adverten tly
on e v e r y s i d e n o w v i s i t
o f the
th e m .
But c e r t a i n l y n o t
on s h i p b o a r d or o n s h o r e ,
we wd e f f e c t u a l l y
the w o lv e s w h .
over
th e much t h o ’ t ,
our i n t e r e s t
com prehend my m e a n in g
if
those
f e e l & t a l k o v er t h e f a c t t h a t we a r e
c o n v e r s a t i o n among h i s
fr.
in
of t h e m s e lv e s & i n
p e c u lia r n e c e ss itie s
than as
s a i d as w e l l as
p e r t a i n i n g , to t h i s
say ing
in
4.
duty.
that the
r e p o r t some a d v a n c e
T r u e our money m a r k e t h a s
suffic ien tly
to p u r c h a s e f r e e l y
to
said
so,
chh.
in
been
as to h a v e d e p r i v e d t h e
th e m a t e r i a l s
fo r
o u tw a r d a d v a n c e
ment .
As w i t h
chhs
in
other lands,
so a ls o w i t h u s ,
the. a d v a n c e
h i g h e r & m ore b e c o m in g s t a n d a r d o f C h r i s t i a n b e n e f i c e n c e ,
o b jec t
s t i l l in the fu tu re
to b e
sought
-
A g lo r io u s
is
to a
an
co n su m m atio n
�Kohal a
1859
5.
i n d e e d longed fo r
fr.
the
& prayed f o r ;
y e t w i t h th e eye o f f a i t h
to p o f P i s g a h are w e s u f f e r e d to l u x u r i a t e
a lo n e
in the
&
go o dly
prospect.
The f o o t i n g s
up o f our a n n u a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e
-the R e d e em e r p a i n f u l l y
o f d u t y & much l e s s
in g
th u s
great
is
lo w ,
i n no sense up to t h e
to a s i m p l e a p p r e h e n s i o n
co-workers w i t h G o d ,
end fo r w h .
giv in g
shew t h a t we a re
ato n in g
in
s e c u r in g
b l o o d was
of
calls
o f th e p r i v i l e g e
as
shed.
as n on e w i l l d o u b t .
cause
of be
s p e e d i l y a s m ay b e ,
Our p r e s e n t s t a n d a r d
The t u b e o f
the
of
our m e te r h a r d l y
in-
*
d ic a te s
more than " S t i n g y "
C h r i s t d i e d - to s c o r e s
lu x u r ie s
to p an d e r t o
- one r e a l f o r
of d o lla r s
a p e r i s h i n g w o r l d f o r whom
fo r p erso n al g r a t if ic a t io n & fo r
depraved n a t u r e s .
W ith th e d iv in e b le s s in g upon f a i t h f u l
u nreason able
surely to hope
in
the s c a l e
of h a b i t u a l b e n e f i c e n c e s , t o
of
s im p le
in g
the
duty;
m en ts
p o in t
on our g l a s s )
o v er th e c a r n a l m a n ,
wh.
Tim e was when I
to " g e n e r o u s "
one
fr.
the b a t t l e
of the f i n a l
t h a t we m ig h t a t
B u t t h a t h o p e no
decrease
is
in
e sp e c ia lly
renders
i t more & more d i f f i c u l t
the w ord
of l i f e
& thus
excite
the
-
some f u t u r e
exists.
le av in g
case w it h
a d e sire
our S . W .
F am ine a l s o ,
to
consequent
attend
In
A
a v e ry
to r e a c h t h e p e o p l e w i t h
i n t h e i r m in d s
in s tru c tio n s .
lo nger
o ur p o p u l a t i o n ,
p o rtio n ,
f r e q u e n t l y upon i t s
see
of a t o l e r a b l y w e l l o r g a n i z e d & c i v i l
church g o e r s .
sp arsely s e t t le d co u n try , as
of
to h e r a l d u n i v e r s a l v i c t o r y
c h e rish e d th e hope
g rad ua l but very p alp ab le
as
- the p oint
grace.
e x h ib it the spectacle
i z e d com m unity o f
are
th e re in ,
seem
b r o 't u p ,
a l l hope
t i l l w e may b e h o l d i t
re jo ic e
A t t e n d a n c e u po n means o f
p erio d ,
"e q u ita b le "
to h e r a d o r a b l e H e a d , r a i s e d
of t h e N ew J e r u s a l e m &
t r iu m p h s
chhs may b y & b y , b e
e v e n i f we m u s t d e s p a ir in g ly fo r e g o
C h u r c h ’ s lo v e
(t h e b o i l i n g
t h a t our
e f f o r t , i t does n o t
part
�Kohala 1859
8
H e n c e i t w as c o n s i d e r e d
sm aller
i n d im e n s io n the
th a t
less
c a t i o n a l as w e l l
se r ie s
a re lig io u s
m ason.
several others
o n l y a w a it
Some of t h e h o u s e s
wood th r o u g h o u t .
fo ur
of v i e w ,
of stone
l a i d up
one h a l f
the
E x t e r n a l annoyances
& never
can b e
th e p r o g r e s s
others
so lo n g as th e f l e s h
defrayed f r .
of l a t e y e a r s ,
in c r e a s in g
p o s i t i o n among us
10 o f t h e s e
is
of
& the d e v i l r e m a i n
to
su b je c t
c la s s
to a s p e c i e s
e q u iv o c a l & t r y i n g
the d o c t r i n e s
no p o s s i b i l i t y
of g r a c e .
in the
m em bers,
They c a n n o t b e
S in c e
c o n sists
how ever,
liv e s
c o n stitu te
can
touched
w h ilst
of those
the
be
"fa s t"
o l d fogy-
they wd n a t u r
seek a s p e ed ier passage in t o
v ic io u s
I
them a s
w ea rie d out b y
K o h a l a p a s t o r - u po n w h o se m i n i s t r a t i o n s
a t t e n d - must n e e d s
of
extrem e.
of re g a rd in g
The c l a s s
y o u n g H a w a i i a n s , c h i e f l y , w ho se p a t i e n c e ,
ally
of
f a i n h o p e to my B r n .
of bastard chh.
im m e d ia t e ly a b o u t m e .
o th e r h a n d t h e r e i s
is m o f t h e
the
e r e c t e d h as b e e n .
w i t h t h e o r d i n a r y k i n d o f la b o r b e s t o w e d u p o n u n b e l i e v e r s ,
in
of
o f th e t r u t h .
r e f e r to a c o n s t a n t l y
lie v e rs
In
any c h h .
a n n o y a n c e u n i q u e i n k i n d & q u i t e unknow n I w
on t h e
of
by t h e v o l u n t a r y s u b s c r i p t i o n s
- T h e s e a r e n e v e r w a n t i n g to
We h o w e v e r h av e b e e n
c o u n t 8 or
is n e arly
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in lim e &
expense i s
as one h a l f o f e a c h h o u s e h i t h e r t o
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other
a
in
to $ 7 5 0 p e r h o u s e .
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the movements o f t h e
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an edu
in
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of th e p u b lic sc h o o l f u n d r e m a in in g i n th e h ands
peo p le,
w a y ,fo r
se rv ic e .
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o c c u p ie d d a i l y .
be b u i l t
the
s a tisfa c to rily ,
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t h e e r e c t i o n of t h e f i r s t
a b alance
are
p oint
&
in t h is
be g i v e n to a h i g h e r
p la in ,
Two h a v e b e e n c o m p le t e d &
- &
t h e y wd be
of ou r p e o p l e v ery
of s m a ll s c h o o l h o u s e s ,
sty le.
done
as i n
s im p le r t h e b u i l d i n g
burdenso m e
one w h o se tim e & s t r e n g t h ought t o
To m eet t h e w ants
the
.
the v i s i b l e
a fo rm id a b le
chh.
im p e d im e n t
�Kohala 1859
7
m em bers fo rm
m eetin g s
members
to t h e
a c irc u it
fo r
th e
on t h e S a b b & f r .
go t h r o '
the
g reat duty
c o n tin u a l sup ply
t im e
fie ld ,
of th e ir
to t i m e ,
two
& two
liv e s.
c o n sid e ratio n .
The r e v i v i n g
a lon e
th in k can s o lv e
it.
-
Several years
3 s m a l l m ee tin g h o u s e s
w here
als
regu lar S a b b .
were
sity ,
in
in
to e x h o r t & a r o u s e
in flu e n c e s
s in c e
th is
th e l o c a l i t i e s
w it h a p eop le
lik e
F o r once h o w e v e r ,
a v aluab le
- a f f o r d i n g o p p o r t u n it y
wh.
has
v ie w in g
saved g reat n e e d le ss
I st
for
n e ig h b o r h o o d s w it h o u t
2d
in the b e lie f
in
such b u ild in g s
so ber
l e d to t h i s
th a t under
expended in
in g
e r e c t e d im p o se s u p o n t h e
e xistin g
th is
em
s e r v e d us
se c o n d thought
such.
had l e f t
w h o le
c i r c u m s t a n c e s , m oney i n v e s t e d
o th er p a r t s
put up - s i n c e
of the
Pastor
unfreq uen ted d i s t r i c t .
- c d b e m uch
great h arv est
a new care w it h ev er
s p e c ie s
any r e a s o n a b le m an.
s m a ll r e p a i r i n g
these
field
- &
- i n the fa c t th a t e v e r y new b u i l d
d r u d g e r y a d d e d to a n am ount o f t h i s
t id y - k e e p in g & the
is
- d is tin c tiv e ly
of p o p u latio n , w h .
w it h the p a s t o r )
s a tisfy
t im e
c o n c l u s i o n w er e f o u n d
as w e h a d b e e n d e s i g n i n g to
(p e r s o n a lly ,
to
of n e c e s
an i n h a b i t a n t .
3d
su ffic ie n t
th e s t a t i o n
We r e s o l v e d on r e
w er e n o t n e e d f u l f o r th e h i g h e s t g o o d o f t h e p e o p le
more p r o f i t a b l y
erect
purpose m a te ri
c o m p u lso ry t a r d i n e s s
expense & t r o u b l e .
in the constant decrease
th is
slo w - s in c e
the g r o u n d , to b u i l d us m e e t in g h o u s e s
Th e r e a s o n s w h .
S p irit
c h h . r e s o l v e d to
poor & w i t h o u t r e s o u r c e s ,
p h a t i c a l l y m o n ey .
purpose
t h e p e o p le
o f the H o ly
For
b u t p r o g r e s s w as
th is,
sta tio n
p e o p le b e more
most rem ote f r .
s e rv ic e s a r e s u s t a i n e d .
p art c o l l e c t e d ;
out
h a s b e e n a q u e s t i o n o f m u ch &
s e rio u s
M e e tin g Houses
5
some o f our m ore a p p r o v e d
" How can t h i s
e f f e c t u a lly & s a v in g ly r e a c h e d "?
I
of t h e
.
of
se rv ic e
in c re a sin g
already
q u ite
The p rin tin g ,- g l a z i n g ,
a l l f a l l u p o n h im i n e v i t a b l y
in
�Kohala 1859
on ly ,
6.
u p o n a lo n g s e a s o n o f d r o u g h t has
itse lf,
as
it
in retard in g
the c a s e
ness,
is
e v e ry w ho leso m e
- perhaps I
i t begets
n eglect
every w here,
turn,
of our p eo p le ,
thin g
good.
so
Itse lf
- the
But t h i s
p e o p l e can b y no m eans
of
are w it h
these
is,
no t
slo thfu l
o r d in a n c e s
as
be t r u t h f u l l y c a l l e d
to &
to
that
o r d in a n c e s
agent
a la rg e part
f o r m id a b l e o b s t a c l e s
o f t h e t r u t h - & my w on der
so m any s h d v a l u e
shewn
freq u en tly
o ffs p rin g
e v ils
s m a l l an h a b i t u a l a t t e n d a n c e u p o n t h e
but ra th e r that
as i s
o f w anton I n d i f f e r e n c e
Both these
e v er r e c u r r i n g & m ost
perm anent pro gress
be
e n te rp rise .
a sp irit
D ist.
d iso rg a n ize r & a p ow erful
shd say g e n e rally
in it s
o f every
a great
i n a part o f the
the
there
of t h e
th e y
shd
G ospel,
se e m to d o .
a church- g oing
p eo p le.
At the three
be
added fo r
o ut p o s t s
the a t t e n d a n c e i s
t r u t h ’ s s a k e th a t
t h e s e m e e t in g s
t h o s e who l i v e
are a ls o v e r y few -
sm a ll w h i l s t ,
w ith in
A t th e S t a t i o n
2 or 3 m i l e s
o ur S a b b .
h a v e a v e r a g e d a n a t t e n d a n c e a b o u t as u s u a l l y n u m e r o u s .
S c h o o l a t t h e s t a t i o n num bers 2 1 0
n um ber f o u n d i n t h e
school a t
O ur w e e k ly m e e t in g s
than
usual
in terest,
o f late,
Th ese
P .M .
P .M .
c ise s
A .M .
&
Sabb.
any one
i .e .
that is
of
s e r v ic e s
O ur S a b b .
t h e h ig h e st
t im e .
i n o u r Im m e d iate v i c i n i t y
W ith a tte n tiv e h e a r e r s .
& Sat.
p u p ils
i t m ust
h a v e b e e n o f m ore
as i s i n d i c a t e d b y a h o u s e w e l l f i l l e d
serv ices
a r e p r a y e r m e e t in g s
(a f t e r the
i n the M e e t ’ g H o u s e ) b e s i d e s
clo se
of the
on W e d .
general
a fe m ale prayer m e e tin g
exer
on F r i d a y
P .M .
A s to
able
th eir
for
the f i e l d i n g e n e r a l , w h a t u n a p p l i e d m eans
s tir rin g
own
up the p e o p l e
s o u l s , I know n o t .
(H e h a s made 5 t o u r s
past y ea r)
Our c h h .
a v a il
to l i s t e n t o t h e G o s p e l & c a r e
B e sid e s
th e P a s t o r
are . y e t
thro'
Lunas w it h a fe w
th e u s u a l
the
e n tire
fo r
q u arterly tours
d i s t r i c t d u rin g
of
the
o f t h e more C a p a b l e o f o u r C h h .
�Koh al a
in
1859
9
t h e i r p a t h chh-wards
c o n d u c i v e to
fo r
success
h e r e , w here t h e y are k n o w n ,
in their
proud
t h e r e n o t b e i n g known e i t h e r
v io u sly ,
are no h i n d r a n c e
Now to a l l
of Hawn - c h u r c h ly
P ara d ise
ec c le siastic a l
N .,
no S . ,
them i n
dragnet
no E . ,
its
in to
no b l a c k ,
God,
flo ck,
in in s ta n ta n e o u s
th e y
in to
o b
very
the b o r d e r ,
the g r e a t
"k n o w s n o
in stan tan eo u sly
en clo ses
c a n mum ble
a re t r a n s f o r m e d f r .
the
-
s in s
- the
- & q u ic k e r than the p r i e s t
create h is
s h e e p & p u t w i t h th e
I b e lie v e
Once a c r o s s
no w h it e
it
of t h e i r d e s i r e s .
S p i r i t u a l Eldo rado
a m b itio n .
d im e n s io n s
th e p o t e n t w o rd s w h .
the
fr u itio n
th eir
o f ' my good B r o . w i t h a c h a r i t y w h .
no W . ,
ample
in s ta n t
fin d
to go e l s e w h e r e
f o r g o o d or f o r e v i l
to t h e
s u c h K o h a l a S o u t h is
e n te rp rise
they
goats
Good S h e p h e r d ' s f o l d .
c o n v e rsio n - b u t
Now
b a p t is m a l r e g e n e r a t i o n
or r e g e n e r a t i o n e f f e c t e d e i t h e r b y the u n c o n s e c r a t e d m a n i p u l a t i o n s
of
a p lain
p r o t e s t a n t m is s y ,
sim p le p ro testan t
tio n
-
fo rth
chh.
is
T h en a g a i n t h e s e
left
( t o u se
or by
surely,
defence,
liv e
we f o r y e a r s
in ste a d ,
&
so
of t h e
members
that
to u n t i e
chh.
class
-
a g ain st
are
thence
T h o s e who
return h it h e r
- a
company - t h e n l i v e s
in t o
th is
chh.
co n sta n tly
them &
as
tim e
thus
so
do,
d iv id e d
our M a s t e r 's w ork & h o u s e .
cease.
they
But
we w er e
f e w among us
th is have
i n t h i s most u n s a t i s f a c t o r y m a n n e r .
even i n
as
cu t t h e k n o t w e f o u n d
r e f e r r e d to b u t w d lo n g e r e
a most unw elcom e d u t y th u s
fa st
grew u p o n u s ,
H a d we n e g l e c t e d so t o
E d u c atio n
concep
to " s l i d e " .
th e s u p p l y w d i n
s e rio u sly ,
in
chh.
a
A s a m a tte r o f n e c e s s a r y s e l f
p eo p le
t h a t the num bers
e n te rp risin g
of th is
i n th e
abode,
g raceless
to d i e d .
r e c d these
c o m p e l l e d to s h u t our d o o r s
ou rselv es u n a b le
of t h e i r
law less,
c a m e , h o p in g n o t u n r e a s o n a b l y ,
fin d in g ,
once f a i r l y
a n e x p r e s s i v e m odern p h r a s e )
m o th erless,
d e c l a r i n g - so to
a lto g e t h e r beyond o r d in a r y
converts
c l a i m K o h a l a N o r t h as t h e p l a c e
fatherless,
the f o r m u l a o f a d m i s s i o n i n t o
It
been
is
a p p e a r a n c e to s eem
But B r n , what
can b e
done?
�Kohala 1859
10.
O ur p u b l i c
s c h o o ls num ber 1 5 - one h a l f ,
w er e r e p o r t e d 19 y e a r s a g o .
about
450
years
past
there has
been a constant
in the
character
in these scho o ls.
on,
an a c t i v e
- o n ly one t h i r d
The p u p i l s
in te r e st
w as h o w e v e r c h i e f l y
to a f f o r d no
Scho o ls,
T h is
I
v ery
o w ing
c d o n ce r e p o r t .
process
In
lo w l e v e l .
in c it e d by
th in g .
over to th e s o l e
eral
the p r i e s t s
c are
o v e r s i g h t - was
S in c e S e p t.
w i t h th e
I
of d e t e r io r a t io n g o in g
Sept.
it
the s c h o o l s
agents
D ist.
stead ily
p o s i t i o n to w h .
of
w ere v e r y
of
sen sitive
c o m p la in t
Our t e a c h e r s
school w h .
I
our a r r l a t t h e I s l a n d s ,
to
our e d u c a t i o n a l
more e f f i c i e n t
every
them
fo r
apparatus
g o o d to
end I have t h r i c e v i s i t e d
o f each in
I
commenced I n
all
c o n ju n c tio n w it h
am m ost t h a n k f u l t o r e p o r t
Th ey h a v e n o t
& wh.
in
tu rn in g
in d eed r e g a in e d
th e y o nce h a d a t t a i n e d , b u t n e v e r t h e l e s s
c o n d itio n .
the
th a t w i l l h ardly b e r e p e a t e d .
one c h e e r i n g r e s u l t
i n a m ore h o p e f u l
ever s in c e
d e c rie d
- h a v e i n d e e d t h e m o st g e n
To t h i s
on t h e a d v a n c e .
any
at t h a t tim e &
& had a tho ro ugh e xa m in a tio n
t h e K a h u k u l a - A n d as
after
causes
p urpo se u n d e r G o d o f m a k in g I t
sch o o ls
cd n o t b e
ch ild ren in
h ave d e v o t e d m uch t im e
the
them as
fr.
a gross b lu n d e r
c h i l d r e n & our w h o le
l a s t u p o n r e s u m in g
in te rfe re n c e w it h t h e i r r i g h t s .
to f i n d
of n a t i v e
our
several
to an i l l - j u d g e d p u r p o s e on t h e M i s s i o n a r y 's
c o m p la in o f u n f a i r
The w i t h d r a w a l s
For
are
T h e ir d e p r e s s e d c o n d i t i o n
p a p i s t s who m ig h t h av e
r e a s o n to
as m any as
in th e s e scho o ls
p u r p o s e was fo r m e d a t a tim e w h e n p a p i s t s
& w ere
has
ta u g h t
i n ou r e d u c a t i o n a l a f f a i r s
t h a t t h e y h a d s u n k to a
part
as many as
nearly ,
1842
the
were never
- the n e x t y e a r
w ith o c c asio n al in te rm issio n s
b e e n c o n t i n u e d - was r e v i v e d i n
Oct.
last
& has been
a t t e n d e d w i t h an I n t e r e s t n e v e r e q u a l l e d i n p a s t y e a r s .
A p o rtio n of
a n e n e r g y & an
our t e a c h e r s h a v e t a k e n h o l d o f t h e i r
in te re st
d u tie s
such a s I h a v e n e v e r w i t n e s s e d i n
w ith
th e D i s t .
�Kohala 1859
before.
11.
In a ll
H im who h a s
of
th is
I
crow ned
fe e l greatly encouraged & I
(o u r )
feeble
e ffo rts w ith
trust
than k ful
to
so h o p e f u l a m e a s u r e
Success.
I
p ublic
speak as
a Hawn M i s s i o n a r y
s c h o o ls & Hawn t e a c h e r s
to h i s B r n . who know w h a t Hawn
of
s u c h s c h o o ls
i n n o d a n g e r o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g more
in the
than
is
i n t e n d e d to b e
As a lre a d y r e p o r t e d a b o v e ,
our o l d Hawn h o u s e s w i t h n e a t
tho ro u ghly b u i l t
i n every
re p a ir s necessary fo r
Books
w ill
carefu lly
a
c o m p lain t
are but
lo o k o v er the
r e n & y o u t h , w i l l n e e d no
200
the H u in a H e l u
ty p o g ra p h ic al
may l o o k f o r
stone,
illy
-
some
W hoever
to Hawn
e x p l a n a t i o n o f my m e a n i n g .
c re d it o f
c h iefly
-
in a d e q u a te
a d a p t e d to H a w a i i a n m in d s
o n ly g e o g r a p h y a c c e s s i b l e
our M i s s n P r e s s ,
most
o rd in a ry
of a v a r ie t y of books
(A r it h m e t ic )
errors
o f w o o d or
c a n o n ly b e r e p e a t e d - w h i l s t
fu rther
m o r e o v e r no t g r e a t l y t o t h e
a w o r k as
e d ific es
super
c e n t u r y & more to come i f n e e d b e
o f our y o u t h ,
f e w we h a v e ,
we are g r a d u a l l y
p a r tic u la r & d e s ig n e d w it h the
h alf
- The s t a n d i n g
to t h e n e c e s s i t i e s
of the
conveyed
la n g u a g e a b o v e u s e d .
S c h o o l H ouses
se d in g
are & who w i l l be
that
ch ild
It
so
is
s m a ll
s h d be d i s f i g u r e d b y m ore t h a n
i n th e
fig u re s
-
But D o u b tless
im provem ent to t h e m a t te r o f p r o o f r e a d i n g
i n t im e
we
to
com e.
E n g lish
School in
in
th is
our D i s t r i c t .
d ire c tio n .
e d u c a tio n f o r
g iv e
far
able
e d u c a t i o n - We hav e n o E n g l i s h
H a w a i i a n s m ay b e ,
as t h e m a sses
there
fo r
b e e n made to i n t r o d u c e
th is
fo r
p e o p le a r e
p r e s e n t tim e I
concerned,
- & th e r e s u l t
the E n g l i s h
any
a p u r e l y Hawn
am a w a r e ,
o r d i n a r i l y g o o d s e n s e to t h e w i n d s .
of t h i s
o th e r w is e
at
in
ev er b e e n any a t t e m p t made
To avow a d e c i d e d p r e f e r e n c e
ones r e p u t a t i o n
to t h i n k
N e ith e r h a s
in stru c tio n g iv e n
so
I have never been
of the e ffo r t s
exte n siv e ly
Yet
to
In to
wh. have
th e
already
programme o f
�Kohala 1 859
H a w a iia n
the
S tu d y , h av e hut
study
w aiian s,
to b e ,
12
o f E n g l i s h may h a v e b e e n
tho’
liv in g
a K uaaln a,
to a g e n e r a l t r u t h ,
do n o t h e s i t a t e
t i a l b en efit
feeble
a p p r e c ia t io n of the
the n e w ly
a c q u ir e d f a c u l t y ,
to t h e s e
a h ig h e r
s t y le
sources
that, i t
w hat, I
do n o t m ea n to
of
g a in e d
th e E n g .
I
p a s s in g
& e n jo y m e n t
it a c tu a lly
co nfers
the v a lu e
-
u p o n any n ew e n t e r p r i s e
W h ilst
reaso n able
p ro m ise
of
of
it
to s u p e r s e d e
(b r a n c h
fast
?)
d u c iv e
to the
m ore h a d n o t
latter
class
if
b e lo n g t h e g r e a t b o d y o f E n g .
that
a n ew a c q u i s i t i o n by t h e b e n e f i t
tho' t
o f a n a tt e m p t
c o n v e n ie n c e
cap acity
such c a p a c i t y ,
of a u n i v e r s a l E n g .
Hawn p u b l i c
scho o ls
as
to b e
the G o v t
w ill
allow ,
the p e c u n i a r y
im p o ssib ility
is
a g ain st
enter
u po n
a d v a n ta g e to h i m .
of
argum ent
to
to d e p e n d u p o n t h e
the Hawn , but o n ly o f E n g .
o f study in
as the
p r e m is e
To t h i s
s u c c e s s fu lly & th is
A s we a r e not now s p e a k i n g
tin e d
known.
some h a d n o t
language & i f
the e x p e d i e n c y
is u s u a l l y
t h e a g e n t to p r o s e c u t e
it s
if
to
am ongst H a w a i i a n y o u t h .
Now w e e s t i m a t e
of
& hence
late y e a r s
strange
s m a t t e r in g t h e r e i n .
c o rre c tly u nderstand rep o rts m ade,
Students
a
it h a s in d u c e d a p a r t i a l r e s o r t
a f a i r e le m e n t a r y k n o w le d g e o f t h e
acq u ire d a to le ra b le
secured -
th e m t h r o ’
apprehend has r a r e ly b e e n
i t wd i n d e e d b e
say
or e v e n t o
o p e n e d to
As c o n s i d e r a b l e n u m bers hav e b e e n d e v o t e d o f
study
Yet I
substan
i n some i n s t a n c e s b e e n
of in te lle c tu a l p ro fit
o f m an i s
h as b e e n o f
I
treasures
or t h a t
some H a
as th e y are b e l ie v e d
sty le o f S c h o la rs h ip ,
lite ra ry
to
lik e ly
e s c a p e d my n o t i c e .
By b e n e f i t ,
advantage has n o t
Q u ite
s e r v ic e
exc e p tio n s,
a c o n v ic tio n
l e d t o a h ig h e r
o p in io n .
of essen tia l
these
to e x c e e d i n g l y f e w .
but t h a t i t has
th is
have n a t u r a l l y
to e x p r e s s
t h a t m ere m a t e r i a l
even,
c o n fir m e d me i n
the w ho le
th in g.
ed u c atio n d e s
a c o l l a t e r a l brance
i n t r o d u c e d o n l y as
it
is needless
to
itse lf
th e g r e a t &
con
To th e som ew hat
e x te n s iv e
�Kolia la
1859
13.
i n t r o d u c t i o n o f th e E n g .
ded fo r
But
the
one b r a n c h o f s t u d y m e r e l y ,
a c o n s id e r a b le p o r tio n
Th e Gov't d o u b t l e s s
W d th e
as
th e n w d p a s t
cap acity
study
p r o m is e
cd affo rt
of
of
it.
it !
I
cannot t h in k i t w d .
o f t h e Hawn m in d to p r o s e c u t e
a language a s
to s u c c e s s f u l r e s u l t s
th e E n g .
vernacular
afford
a d e q u a te c o m p en s a to r y f r u i t s ?
By C a p a c i t y we u n d e r s t a n d - the d i s p o s i t i o n or p u r p o s e
t h r o u g h w i t h t h e s t u d y & a ls o
the m en tal a b i l i t y
l a n g u a g e & make u s e
any c o n s i d e r a b l e u s e f u l
of it
T h is p e o p l e as
b u sin e ss
per?
fo r
is n o t o r i o u s
is
a p e o p le
W h ith e r
s h a l l we p a i n t
d e v o tin g t h e ir e n erg ies
w i t h the in d o m ita b le
to
to any
steady
purpose w h .
tho
- of
id le r s
c e n tu rie s w ere
c o m p a r a t iv e l y
A n d as
conquers
p aid fo r
th u s make i t
so m etim es
s p e a k of them as i n t e l l i g e n t
the m erest
lig e n t
or
s lu g g is h m en tally
farther f r .
c u rio sity ,
of
of th is
as p h y s i c a l l y .
to
tim e
The
spoken o f .
learn
p eo p le
- w hat
to
com
can b e
Strangers
& in q u isitiv e
the t r u t h .
I have yet
that
in
in tercou rse w it h E n g .
n o th in g
it
than w h .
said?
in d e e d
i n my
B eyo n d th e n a r r o w l i m i t s
th a t t h e y
are
an i n t e l
in q u isitiv e rac e .
Th e v e r y f a c t
had
o f H a w a iia n s
a fa rth in g s v a l u e .
a p ra c tic a l b le s sin g
are a s
judgm en t n o t h i n g i s
ever know n to p r o s
success?
at
few exce p tio n s n e e d not b e
&
W hat
We h a v e i n s t e a d a n a t i o n o f
H a w a iia n s
of
of fic k le m in d ,
who w it h o u t a s i n g l e m i s g i v i n g , w a s t e
dearly
the
end.
employment & p u r s u i n g
to m e n t a l c a p a c i t y o f t h e m a s se s
prehend E n g .
to go
ap p ro p riate
any c o n s i d e r a b l e num bers
The t h i n g w as n e v e r dream ed o f .
as
to
com m itted to p u r e l y n a t i v e m anagem ent was
q u id d lers
p ro v i
o f our c h i l d n & y o u t h p e c u n i a r i l y .
success w arrant
so d i f f i c u l t
to b e
the
6 0 or m ore y e a r s ,
d u rin g w h .
s p e a k in g f o r e i g n e r s ,
tim e t h e y h a v e
they have gathered
la n g u a g e b e y o n d a f e w o f t h e more
common w o r d s &
�Kohala
those
When
1859
14.
c h i e f l y p ro fan e & v i l e ,
is
a p o w e r f u l argum ent
c o m p ared w i t h th e p e o p l e o f some o f
a g a in st
the M ic r o n e s i a n I s l a n d s
as r e p o r t e d hy our M i s s i o n a r i e s
there
w it,
as much t h e i r i n f e r i o r
our H a w a iia n s
in te llig e n c e
as
appear
th e y
q u ite
(a r e )
c e rtain ly
By t h e s e &
c o n v i n c e d that f o r
s ta te d - I have never
a m o ngst u s ,
fe e lin g
e n c o u r a g e d th e
&
sim ila r
c o n sid e r a tio n s,
the n e c e s s it i e s
C o n d itio n s
fu lly
t h e i r own v e r n a c u l a r
w i t h th e l i m i t a t i o n s
in tr o d u c tio n of
e x p e r im e n t s
School in
sharp
in natural
th is
is
school
fa ilu re .
o f so h o p e l e s s
I s l a n d wd amply
& b est in te r e sts
the
above
an E n g .
a s s u r e d t h a t i t w d p ro v e a n i n e v i t a b l e
One g o o d E n g .
am p e r s u a d e d f o r
s p rig h tlin e ss
-
in m e c h a n ic a l s k i l l
or p r a c t i c a b l e ,
We c a n n o t a f f o r d to w a s t e t im e f o r
Character.
- fo r
th e mass o f H a w a i i a n s
o n ly language d e s ir a b l e
them .
a
su ffic e
I
of the p e o p l e .
& prospects o f the p e o p le .
Not reasoners.
Our p e o p le a r e
race.
O f th e
o f an u n r e a s o n i n g ,
s im p l e s t
an u n th in k in g
la n g u a g e
show s t h a t
S u c h a p e o p le c d h a r d l y be o t h e r w i s e
a purely
im p u l s i v e p e o p l e .
M o tiv e s ,
sav e t h o s e
Such,
o b se rv a tio n a ssu res us
im m e d ia t e ly s e n s u a l ,
p r e s e n t e d to t h e i r m inds & h e a r t s .
In
are very
is
slig h tly
fo r m e r y e a r s I
than
the f a c t .
felt,
when
in d u l g e d the
t h a t our p e o p l e w ere g r a d u a l l y fo r m in g u s e f u l & p r a i s e w o r t h y
h abits.
stance
But h ab it
in wh.
character
to
im p lie s
in h ere.
certain ly
some n u c l e u s
T h is
dev elo ps
F ix e d h ab its
of a d e s i r a b l e
to p o s s e s s .
Hence I
(t h a n )
a lso
they are of
form o f g e n e r a l i z a t i o n t h e
they n e v e r h a d an i d e a .
hope
as
fo r
it i s
in part
that
c l o t h e u p o n - some
central p illa r
of a l l
w ith great ta rd in e ss
& v a lu a b le k in d they
lo o k r a th e r
good h a b i t s .
to
sub
p o s i t i v e hum an
in H a w a iia n s.
c a n h a r d l y be s a i d
f o r go o d i m p u ls e s n o w , r a t h e r
The l a t t e r
a re n o t
to b e e x p e c t e d .
so g r e a t an amount o f
la b o r i s
Hence
r e q u ire d
in
�Kohala
1859
15
th eir b e h a lf,
to p r o d u c e e v e n the
least
p o ssib le
amount
.
o f good &
perm anent f r u i t .
N ot r e a d e r s
We
-
shd hardly expect
are t h e y .
tracts,
They h a v e th e " H a e " ,
a d d itio n al
to t h e
the t r a c t s p a r t i c u l a r l y ,
sh d b e made u n d e r
have
s u c h a p e o p l e to b e h a b i t u a l r e a d e r s .
catalogue
r e a d as
&
is
others
not r a r e l y
to b e
h a s b e e n very great
in q u ir e
those who r e c e i v e
th a t
that
To t h i s
The d i s t r i b u t i o n
extent
to w h .
they
end,
I
w i t h my
they
shd be
lunas
effected,
my d e s i r e
these p u b lic a tio n s
I h a v e made i t
c o m p a r a t iv e l y f e w
a p oint
others
of
The c o n c l u s i o n
c o p ie s
to
t h e more
is
a
are r e a d i n t e l l i
them .
c o n tro v ersial tracts
& th e H o k u l o a ” h a v e h a d m ore r e a d e r s
amongst t h e s m a l l c l a s s who may b e
spoken of
-
c o m p a r a t iv e
en te rp risin g .
Th e ite m s
a rtic le s
of new s a r e
r e m a in f o r
l o o k e d o v er i n ou r p a p e r s , b u t
th e l a r g e r
class u n e x p lo r e d .
so u g h t f o r b e y o n d t h o s e n e c e s s a r y f o r
I
r e g a r d to
w i t h one e x c e p t i o n ,
as to t h i s m a t t e r .
g en tly , by
ly a s
so uls.
o f our s c h o o l t e a c h e r s &
c o n v ic tio n
ch iefly
so lic itu d e
other agency le s t
To s a t i s f y t h i s d e s i r e
c o m p u ls o r y
but
In
c a s e w i t h m a t t e r g i v e n to n a t i v e
to know t h e
i n t e l l i g e n t & o b s e rv in g ,
at p r e s e n t m o n t h ly
& m onths i n n a t i v e h o u s e s u n b e s t o w e d & u n
th e
in v ario u s w a y s ,
Th e
them to
scattered abroad.
have b e e n r e a d .
little
s u c c e s s iv e num bers,
f o r w eeks
&
of H a w a iia n bo o ks.
I h a v e f e l t no
own h a n d s , u n w i l l i n g to t r u s t
to l i e
"H o k u lo a "
G o d , a b l e s s i n g to t h e i r
d is t r ib u t e d the
suffered
th e
Nor
s e rio u sly
D istric t,
doubt
fo r the
o f 3 5 0 0 more
if
th e
average ann u al sale
19 y e a r s
or l e s s
p urely
- T h is
Books
so lid e r
are n o t
e d u c a tio n a l p u r p o s e s .
of B ib le s
p a s t wd amount t e n c o p i e s t o
excludes
the
th e g r a t u i t o u s
e .g .
In th is
a p o p u latio n
d istrib u tio n
�Kohala
1 6.
1859
In d u str y w d Icd
A r e we as a p e o p le
rep ly
in the
a ffirm ativ e .
r e p l i e d w i t h some c o n f i d e n c e
h o w e v e r , w i t h the
alon e
w ere
is
but the
A few y e a rs
c o n d itio n ,
im provem ent was b u t
sin c e
I
a w h ile
a co m p u lso ry n e g a t i v e
past,
apparent
its
throughout
b ita n t
p ro du c e w h .
t h e d i s p o s i t i o n to
sense
greater
years
ago.
in
the
w ell
c o n f i n e th e m s e lv e s
in ev ery good p u r p o s e ,
extrem e.
In
so
to s t e a d y
in
some y e a r s we r e j o i c e
o f the l a z y
fit
la c k o f fo o d s u c c e e d s .
& the
all.
land l ie s
A n d th u s we l i v e
u n d e r a n i n t e r m i t t e n t f e v e r - now h o t &
t h is
I
So f a r as
am c o n v i n c e d
labo r,
- they are
A gain ,
neglected &
lik e
is
i n no
t h a n i t w as
o v er f l o u r i s h i n g
cared fo r & in abundance o f food fo r
a cc e ssio n
ju d g m e n t ,
at t h e p r e s e n t tim e am ongst t h e p e o p l e
As
d istric t
& b y exhor-
then p r e v a il e d .
my o b s e r v a t i o n e n a b l e s me to fo rm a c o r r e c t
that
the
character - in d u c e d pro
o f fa m in e w h . p r e c e d e d i t ,
fo r
t h a t we
A m ore g e n e r a l
b a b l y by the h a r d exp e rie n c e
C a lifo r n ia p rices
so
a cq u ain ta n c e
c iv iliza tio n .
te m p o r a r y i n
in du stry ?
sh d have
c h e r i s h e d i n tim e s
an i n d u s t r i o u s
c e r t a i n l y was f o r
of u s e fu l
W i t h my p r e s e n t r i p e r
The hope was
sure r o a d to
C u ltiv a tio n
-
p e o p le & t h e i r
allow ed o n e .
on th e
a d v a n c in g i n h a b i t s
fitfu l
farm s
comes
the
su ffe rin g
a p atien t
19
fo r
s u ffe rin g
a g a in sh iv e r in g
w ith co ld -
now s u r f e i t i n g w i t h f o o d & a g a i n p i n c h e d m ost p a i n f u l l y w i t h m e r c i
less
hunger.
One m ig h t n a t u r a l l y
fo r
a life
sup po se
o f u s e f u l w ork w d be
our H a w a iia n
civ iliza tio n .
that
im p o r te d f r .
the
latter,
t h o s e who e s c a p e
le arn
of
in H o no lulu.
a b u r ia l in
th e f i r s t
But
of
all
on b o a r d w h a l e r s
o c e a n - do o c c a s i o n a l l y r e t u r n to u s &
s t a y n o t to l i v e
some l i t t l e
th e g r e a t
Many o f o u r p e o p l e
rem ove to H o n o l u l u & n o t a f e w s h i p
Of the
at le a s t
o f the
i n d i v i d u a l who h a s
d isp o sitio n
centers
ages
for
of
do i n d e e d
the N o r t h .
t h a t m o st c r u e l o f g r a v e s so a l s o
s e am en ,
of
I
some who go to
have y e t
to
e v e r b r o ' t w i t h h im a r e a l
�17.
Kohala
1859
to h is
frien d s
or f o r h i m s e l f .
Those f r .
b r i n g w i t h them on t h e i r r e t u r n
it
is
lite rally
of la b o r.
rare
true
a fe w d o l l a r s
t h a t [they] b r i n g w i t h
t h o s e who h a v e
ly w it h their
so l e f t
us,
amongst u s ,
I
add that
th e
there
in m a t e r i a l s
b le ssin g
the
& f e e b l e hands
fa m ily ,
attended,
abandoned
For
but because
& I
I
in
m onths &
sheltered fr
th e y r e t u r n
at
of th eir
spare
tim e
en
scho o ls u n
so c ial & r e lig io u s
liv e
th e r a i n ,
-
a
p u l l up the
deso late,
short a l l
say curse
curses
I n s t e a d o f o c c u p y in g
t h e y o u ght - they
curse has
than
t h e y i n e v i t a b l y make
i n a m ost h e a t h e n i s h
- a n d a l l f o r a t h o u s a n d tim es w o r s e
or im p e r fe c tly
they
su ffic ie n c y
any o t h e r w is e
la n d s u n p l a n t e d , h o u s e s
& a b s o l u t e l y no' c o m fo r ts
& fo rlo r
n;
part
r e m a in as
th e g r e a t p u l u
th ey save n o t h in g p e c u n ia r il y w h il s t m o rally
E n tire ly
We h av e
or i n g r e a t
o f th e p e o p le
o f p u lu n e e d b y
a s i d e & go away f o r
s t y le
e n tirely
am ongst u s ,
i n g a t h e r i n g p u l u as
cast
ou r p e o p l e
to any g o o d p u r p o s e .
the san c tu ary fo rsaken &
p riv ile g e s
&
as
th in g be p o s s i b l e .
le a v in g
of
our p o p u l a t i o n d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
the g a t h e r i n g
if
perm anent
reason w i l l be u n d e rsto o d .
speak i n t e l l i g e n t l y .
th e h a b i t s
s o c ia l progress
to H a w a i i a n s ,
b le ssin g s
its
t h e r e w ere n o t p r e v i o u s l y a g r e a t
s u f f e r e d to in v a d e
not b ecause
tire
so lo n g as
As t h o ’
o f o b s t a c l e s to
been
settle
& s t r u c t u r e - b u t t h e s e w i l l n e v e r b e m uch i n
- a m ere n e g a t i v e q u a n t i t y
P ulu -
are very
sub stan tial
other resources
several d w e llin g h o u se s,
c r e a s e d i n num bers
are
in stan ces
e v e r r e t u r n to
s t a t e m e n t & a ls o
somewhat in t im a t e & h e n c e
u p & g o i n g up
fo re ig n
th e
is v ery l i t t l e
My a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the p e c u n i a r y &
r e g a r d as
- of bo th c lasses
frie n d s.
Wh e n t h e r e f o r e
I
- but
them no v a l u a b l e h a b i t s
A nd i t may be a d d e d o f b o t h t h a t
in wh.
th rift
the C i t y do n o w & t h e n
th a n n o t h i n g .
they lo se m uch.
w it h very
scanty fo o d
le n g th lo o k in g m ise ra b ly
do u bt n o t f e e l w o r s e th a n t h e y l o o k .
A ll
o ld
e x h o rta tio n
�Kohala
1859
to r e m a in
to il
18
in
c o m fo r t a b le homes &
on t h e i r
own la n d s
s o c ia l p riv ile g e s
G o d t h a t He h as
ever -
suffered
engaged i n
h av e gone f r .
M o rals.
in reports
th is
part
standard
fr.
th is
on u p o n
as t h e w i n d .
I
d ec eiv e
good,
o u rselv es
&
am most g r a t e f u l to
so p a r t i a l l y h o w
"T h e m o r a ls
I s no
others
suppose,
of
our p e o p l e a r e
"W h a t
state
d a n g e r l e s t we u n i n t e n t i o n a l l y
o f m o r a ls
as u n q u e s t i o n a b l y
it
surface.
I
ported f r .
o f n o th in g
e x i s t s w i t h u s as
c o n n e c t e d w i t h the s u b j e c t
of
A d e sire
the tru e m o r a l state
of
w a y s , made d i l i g e n t
I have
th e
in q u iry &
is
to t h o s e
d e p t h b e lo w the
lo o k in g b e n e a t h the
facts r e l a t e d
the g r e a te r th e
of fem ale
in E z e
a b o m in a t i o n s
e d u c a t i o n - as r e
- made n o
slig h t
im p r e s
was t h e r e b y e x c i t e d to know more f u l l y
our p e o p l e .
exten d b a c k thro
th is
is better
to us who l i v e
or l e s s
th e A s s o n l a s t y e a r
s i o n u p o n my m in d -
in q u irie s
so l i k e
The f u r t h e r the d i g g i n g ,
the M e e tin g
is,
v a s tly b e tter than i t
t h e i r p a i n s t a k i n g way to a g r e a t e r
D is c u ss io n s
term s u s u a l l y
amongst H a w a i i a n s
who d e l v e
v isio n -
good” has
I f we mean b y " g o o d " m e r e l y
little
surface of H a w a iia n S o c ie t y ,
as i t
our o n l y
o f m o r a l s may b e
t o o , by thus lo o s e ly u s in g
the s t a t e
can c o n c e i v e
fo rm s
s ig n ifica tio n .
& q u ite
of S o c i e t y
o n ly a s m a l l num ber
se e in g re p e a te d y e a r a f t e r y e a r
am ongst u s " ?
In th is
once w a s ;
But
of th e in q u ir y
there
Beyond q u e s t io n ,
it
I h a v e b e e n w o n t to
our I s l a n d s ,
r e g a r d e d as f i x e d
k i e l 's
&
of the D i s t .
c a lle d ” good"
c o m p a r a t iv e l y
surface
of steady
th eir r e l ig io u s
e v i l to d i s t u r
b us
of m o r a l s .
a c o n sid e ra tio n
truth fully
on t h e
id le
sure rew ards
c o lle c tin g p ulu - but
The D e c a l o g u e ,
& in fa llib le
than
as
to h o l d
th e
A l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f our S . W e s t e r n p o p u l a t i o n h a v e b e e n
m ore o r l e s s
l e d to
- is
& also
secure
To t h i s
carefu l
5 years
en d I
o b se rv a tio n .
have,
in
proper
In f a c t ,
these
or more -
gone c a r e f u l l y t h r o ’ .. e .g . w i t h th e f a m i l i e s
- the
stead ier
�Kohala
1859
19.
& m ore r e l i a b l e
first
in
part
o f th e p o p u l a t i o n - as n e e d h a r d l y
our im m ediate v i c i n i t y &
then furth er
solely
to the g r e a t n a t i o n a l t a i n t
radiu s
o f 2 m il e s
fr.
county d i s t r i c t , but
m other,
two f a m i l i e s
or b o t h o f w h .
repeated v io la tio n s
there
c o n c e r n in g
vows.
It
The l a r g e r p a r t
d is a g r e e m e n t
- & not
w ith l i f e
its e lf.
im m e d ia t e f r i e n d s
o f the
e v e r k n e w o f the
exposure
of
o t h e r w is e ?
I
c h h . member or
re n d e re d exposure
How l e t
years
p a rtie s
a frie n d s'
or a s k i l l f u l
lic e n tio u s
s c a t t e r e d to t h e f o u r w in d s
p l a t i o n t o an e t e r n i t y
speak of a l l
lie f
t h a t a s m a ll
w ere
s t i l l v irtu o u s.
sin c e
class
Few, I
at
that w it h in
if
can only
cease
the
- b u t who
circ u m sta n c e s
of p o l i c y
fa m ilie s
o ld a g e
is
-
wh.
19
- o m ittin g
i n f i n i t e l y worse
can n o t b u t
expressed w ith a ll
in
the
co n tem
t h i n k the
p ic tu re
c o n f i d e n c e my b e
o f our y o u n g u n m a r r i e d f e m a l e s
however extra v a g a n t
th e
i d e a may a p p e a r
l e d me m ost p a i n f u l l y b u t u n a v o i d a b l y
the r a d i u s , a f o r e s a i d ,
a H a w a i i a n g i r l a bo ve
am s u r e ,
I
have
t a k e n no
c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h an i n t e l l i g e n t
least
Now,
to my B r n , my i n q u i r i e s
e xist
in
cases
c o n d u c t h a s m ean tim e b r o k e n u p &
o f l i v i n g woe - & I
A gain ,
a few y e a rs
to th e b e l i e f
or w hat
one or
by a H a w a i i a n -
stroke
gone i n
the age
there
does not
o f p u b e r t y who h a s n o t
fallen.
any g e t b e y o n d the p e r i o d o f s c h o o l a t t e n d a n c e
w ith u n s o ile d h ono r.
I
the
c a u s e d d o m e s t ic
mean where n o p e c u l i a r
sin c e h ad heads not a lready f a r
fo re ig n e r
la w h a s
la p se,
or
a l l these
i n t e r e s t e d more d i r e c t l y
i t b e rem em bered t h a t I
m o st u n i n v i t i n g .
the
of
c a s e s h a v e b e e n w e l l know n to
a n e c e ssity
e n t i r e l y th e s c o r e s w h .
is
e v id e n c e
o f them h av e h o w ev e r
these
in th is
e ith e r the f a t h e r
s e ld o m p e r p e t u a l b i c k e r i n g s , w h .
A ll
Talcing a
is tru e that
h a v e n o t b e e n o p e n ly k n o w n & most p e r h a p s ,
co g n izan c e .
-
are now l i v i n g ,
I have not s a t is fa c to r y
o f m arriage
said -
o f f , w it h reference
- lic e n tio u sn e ss
our own d w e l l i n g ,
be
g iv e fa c t s
d
c
in
e v id e n c e w h . wd s a t i s f y
�Kohala
1859
t h e most f a s t i d i o u s
on t h i s
The more Hawn s o c i a l
p oint.
& d o m e s t ic
life
opens up to
t h e m ore a p p a l l i n g t h e s c e n e b e c o m e s ; & t h i s ,
r e f e r e n c e to o v e r t
as m ig h t
no t
o n ly w i t h
or c o n c e a l e d l i c e n t i o u s [ n e s s ] ,
e a s i l y h e made to a p p e a r w er e t h i s
by
In f a c t ,
not
among a p e o p l e who h e r d b y d a y & b y n i g h t
s m a l l room - bo th s e x e s ,
a ll the w h ile ,
all
o f u n fa t h o m e d p o l l u t i o n may we
ages
- all
In v o lu n t a r ily d rin k in g
c o n d itio n s
i n the
n a t io n poured f o r t h f r .
hearts
a l i f e - l o n g d e v o t i o n to
e v e r y e v i l w ork?
cd a t r a c e
G o d th e
Gospel
same
c e n tio u s
th a t
C o rin th ia n s,
in flu en ces
of H is
Our p o p u l a t i o n ,
its
v a rio u s r e l a t io n s
the Is la n d s .
&
q u ie t.
are
on the
eral
Is la n d .
to
th a t
Oh,
of any o t h e r
surface
of
litig a tio n
o u t b r e a k in g
- not an in d iv id u a l
cut h i s h a i r
of
the
y o u ng
acts,
fo r m e r l y
as
teeth
pure
is
o ffic e rs
&
in
on
sm ooth
I b e lie v e
other D i s t .
lik e
a gen
any o f i t s m a n i f o l d
c h ief K in au ,
in flu e n ce &
o f the d i s t r i c t
or k n o c k e d out h i s
licen tio u s
is
we h a v e known n o t h i n g
o f d e b a u c h e r y - & a i d e d to o by th e
g racio u s
c o u n ty d i s t r i c t
in
li
preached Gospel !
fo u nd i n any
o f w ic k e d n e s s
or-,
less
fo r the
our d a i l y l i f e
than i s
itse lf
B u t p r a i s e d be
e m in e n t ly c a l c u l a t e d to aw aken t h e
or
a b o m i
- f o r by n o
i s no r e a s o n t o d o u b t ,
E v en at t h e d e a t h o f t h e l a t e
c ir c u m s t a n c e s
M other
a life
e n e r g i z e now t h i s
F o r many y e a r s
or p a r t i a l
fo rm s.
of su c h
We a r e f a v o r e d w i t h f a i t h f u l p u b l i c
less
of
s a v e d t h e more r e f i n e d b u t n o t
C e r t a in ly the
annoyed w ith
- the young,
stream s
of v ir t u e by p re s e r v e d .
there
as
one
A n g e lic p u r it y
can save H a w a ii n e i .
S p irit
in
o ld i n d e p r a v it y & h a r d e n e d by
w d corrupt und er t h e in f l u e n c e s
d i n a r y means
any m ea n s,
th e tim e & p l a c e
therefo r.
expect
w h a t depths
our v ie w ,
under
o l d Hawn S p i r i t
exam ple
of h is
e ith e r b u r n e d h is
face
or com m itted a n y o t h e r
i n vogue upon s u c h
o c c a sio n s.
�Kohala 1859
A ll
21.
t h i s may t r u l y b e s a id &
so may a l l
that.
R o m a n ism
is
tho ro u ghly awake,
It
i s m o reover a fo e n o t
error
among us
in
a ctiv e, v ig ila n t,
fan cy in g
i n the
ten y e a r s
cannot
av o id the b e l i e f
battle
lo n g to b e
of the
crise s
cio u s
past?
in
to b e
d esp ised .
& re p o rtin g
The
of H is
our m is s y w ork
We a r e
to b e
e v e r d y in g or d e a d ,
so easily.-
seems
contested.
In
to b e u p o n u s &
sure in
any e v e n t ,
m a n ly
if
s p e a k in g P o p e r y h a d
th e
cau se
& heart
of
t r u e to
h isto ry
fo r
advantages
o b je c t
o f our r a c e d e c l a r e
n e c te d w ith th e
C ap tiv ity
-
snare
p o ssib le "
Jews f r .
fact
one
O ur G r a
to m eet
lo se s
in
fo r t h e i r
It
of w o r s h i p ,
the h e rita g e
somewhat o f
presents
let
Yet
to
its
Hu
the
th e
eye
corrupt
the r e l i g i o u s
the p o r tio n
out
H a w a iia n s
feet?
&
th e w ork o f p r o s e l y t i n g
secure.
the d e p a r t u r e
it
w i l l n o t s u r p r i s e me
- p a rtic u la rly
How c an our f e e b l e
la id
a
& many o f i t s n o m in a l a d h e r e n t s .
truth can n ever
a v isib le
I
ourselves
o f f a l l e n man a s e e n God - A n d how d e s p e r a t e l y
man l u s t s
subtle
It
P ro te stan tism
amongs t H a w a iia n s
if
- n e it h e r m ore,
on t h e s e I s l a n d s .
g reatly how ever,
b e e n an
t h a t we h a v e im m e d ia t e ly b e f o r e u s
fo u gh t & h o tly
own p l a n t i n g
p restig e
they
it
there not
o ld d r a g o n d i e s n o t
to H im t h a t He w i l l n o t f o r s a k e u s
wh.
Has
L o r d a lo n e knows how much w is d o m & z e a l we n e e d
successfully .
very
subtle & u b iq u it o u s .
of Egypt
of
till
it
con
the
e s c a p e t h i s m ost
" W i t h God a l l t h i n g s
are
- & w hat n e e d we say or d e s i r e m ore?
Our w eapo n s a r e n o t i n d e e d c a r n a l - b u t
s p i r i t u a l ..
a r e m ig h t y t h i s
of t h e s t r o n g h o l d s
o f th e
adversary.
w i t h th e m .
He t h a t
We s u r e l y h a v e
battle
- v ic t o r y is
won.
.
.
God to the p u l l i n g , down
already
i s w i t h us
is
e v e r y t h i n g to
sure,
even
Yet.
more t h a n t h e y wh o
c h e e r us
tho'
it
are
on to t h e
may n o t b e
easily
�22.
Kohala 1859
I
said
b y m arriage
fr.
the
changes
that
P o p e r y w as
to a p a p i s t
& I
active.
have h e a r d
are u s u a l l y b r o t
to d r a w t h e i r
a s u b je c t
herence
of
-world - how many I h a v e no means
frien d s
re lativ e s
of
converts g a in e d
d e t e r m in in g
-
These
teasing o f f r i e n d s
th e m s e lv e s make i t
g iv e n i n h is
Wd that
have
ever b e e n w i s e r th a n t h e
our p e o p le
th e t r u t h .
c h i l d n of
a re fr e e ly c irc u la te d in the d i s t r i c t ,
little
r e a d as
p op ery not bec a u se
m oved upon f r .
a re our
sound re aso n s
w it h o u t b y
own.
ch ild n of
th is w orld
lig h t.
P a p ist
so f a r
others,
f e a r t h e sam e i s b u t
as
The H a w a i i a n
I
tracts
can l e a r n
c o n v e r t s , to
c o n v e r s io n - b u t b e c a u s e
some c o n s i d e r a t i o n s w h .
p e r s o n a l & u n a p p r e c ia b le by
ad
of t h e i r
but
in d u c e
h old
had a tith e
But the
&
a p o in t
t h e y r a r e l y d ro p h im t i l l h e h a s
in d is s e m in a t in g
th ith er & I
several
c h h . member
When f a i r l y
zeal
they a re
one
a fte r them .
to the P o p e .
&
lo st
about by in c e ssa n t
r e l a t i v e s who h a v i n g gone to p o p e r y
of
We h a v e
a b lin d
too t r u e
a re
im p u lse
o f many o f
p urely
lead s
ou r
h im
own
converts.
1859
S t a t is t ic s o f K oh ala Chh.
R e c d on P r o f e s s i o n
"
C e rtific ate
P a s t y e a r on P r o f e s s i o n
"
"
C e rtific a te
W h o le num ber p a s t y r
”
d is m d to o t h e r c h h .
"
past year
W h o le num ber d e c e a s e d
Past year
"
"
Suspended
R e m a in
"
E xc o m ^ p a s t y e a r
W h o le num ber excomd
R e m a in
"
W hole n um ber i n g o o d
s tan d in g
"
c h ild n b a p tise d
Past y ea r
”
M arriages past y e a r
A v . num ber o f c o n g r e g a
tio n
2136
748
23
7
30
503
13
992
28
9
9
9
591
446
934
1251
36
31
375
K oku a
in
cash
P a s t o r 's S a l a r y
M on. Concert
For B e ll
For School Houses
Total
$ 5 7 1 .1 8
3 1 2 .6 2
2 9 .2 5
4 4 4 .4 4
$ 1 3 5 7 .5 0
[ U n s i g n e d , b u t on b a c k : ]
K oh ala C hurch
1860
E l l a s Bond
Report f o r
1859
1 /4
1 /2
�1860 & 1
Report of Kohala
A 20th
annual report
common p l a c e s
recurrence
for
of M i s s y l i f e .
th a t
e ffic ie n t
fa v o rab le
the
do,
in the
s u p p o s it io n has
& fa ilu re
A n d not
s e lf- a b a s e m e n t b e f o r e G o d ,
what i t
C h rist
even u n d e r t h e m ost
& H is
s h o u ld h a v e b e e n
short
in th e least
of the p a s t ,
in v ie w
That
its
h as b e e n w r i t t e n
is
its
of th e p e r i o d a l l o t t e d
ir r e c o v e r a b ly gone -
c r o w d in g m em ories
fo r
a d m o n is h e d b y
se rv ic e ,
tim e r e m a in in g
h e must do q u i c k l y .
a c h ie v e m e n t s
can h u t h e
M a s t e r 's
of s u c c e s s
w arned that th e
t a u g h t by th e
One
to h e n um bered am o ng st t h e
la rg e r & b e t t e r p o rtio n
labo r
o f go o d & e v i l ,
He i s
is h a r d ly
h isto ry
for
etern ity .
- that w hat h e w ou ld
among t h e
is
that
le sso n s
o f b e c o m in g
o f t h e m eager r e c o r d o f h i s
c h u r c h - as n o t h i n g
- as n o t h i n g
com pared w it h
com pared w i t h w hat h e w o u l d
f a i n h a v e made i t !
And y e t that
a
c e n tu r y
in
one h a s
been
s u f f e r e d to
employ t h e f i f t h
the b l e s s e d w ork o f b e s e e c h i n g men to b e
to G o d , w h i l s t
it
& whom w e s e r v e .
A nd h e r e w o u ld we r a i s e
e r t o h a t h the L o r d h e l p e d u s .
h ealth
through a l l
the p a s t
h arm o n y w i t h t h e p e o p le
stacles
ledge
to h i n d e r
rec o n c iled
a f f o r d s no- g r o u n d o f s e l f - c o m p l a c e n c e ,
m a n d a n e x p r e s s i o n o f; e a r n e s t . t h a n k f u l n e s s
the
to the p r a i s e
&
&
our E b e n e z e r ,
granted r e la t io n s
of H is
does
de
we are
fo r h ith
vo uch safed u nb ro k en
s u f f e r e d no u n u s u a l l y
progress
of H is
to Him w h o s e
Th at He h a s
of
truth,
of u n i n t e r r u p t e d
fo rm id a b le
we w o u l d h e r e
o b
a ck n o w
a b o u n d in g g r a c e .
God h as n o t l e f t H i m s e l f w i t h o u t w i t n e s s m o r e o v e r am ongst
th is
p eo p le.
e f f o r t s m ade,
w ell- b e in g .
He h a s
e v e r b e s t o w e d a m ea su re
as w e l l f o r
In
th e m aterial
the g e n e r a l p rogress
of
of
s u c c e s s u p o n th e
as f o r t h e i r
events,
th is
sp iritu al
D istric t
�Kohala
has
1860 & 61
not been
e v e ry w h e r e
these
l e f t w ith o u t
a bo u t u s .
its
fu ll
good &
to t h e y e a r now c l o s e d ,
m e rc ie s, yet
l i k e m any o f i t s
A ltern ate
lig h ts
s u c c e s s io n across
co nstantly
h in d ran c e
extra o rd in ary
o n ly f o r
one a n o t h e r
is b e lie v e d
in
state
of
good of m a n i f o l d
its record is
our e x p e r i e n c e .
the w e a t h e r t h r o u g h the
t h e c o u n tr y f l o o d e d ,
a v a rie d
The c h i e f
e n tire y e a r .
& these
in clem en t,
greatly
The
In terru p ted s o c ia l
o rd in a ry e x e r c is e s
s c h o o ls h a v e b o t h ,
b e e n e n t ir e ly suspended f o r b r i e f
S a b b a t h s w e h a d no
s e rv ic e
of the p re v a ilin g ra in s
v io u s ly never known.
in
our H o u s e
- an e v e n t
Yet I
I n no
sin g le
the
o f t h e Sab~
cause.
v isit
us
& the
to b e
su c c essiv e
i n consequence
able
to s a y ,
or e s s e n t i a l l y
is
- y e t we h a v e b e e n
d e s c e n d e d upon u s .
of G o d , h a s
d isa p p o in te d .
Some d i v i s i o n s
that
in te rru p te d ,
o n ly p r o p e r t o
p r o m is e d more t h a n h a s ,
S p irit
In
in s ta n c e s ,
add that ap
C h e e rin g In d ic a t io n s
In fa c t , been r e a lize d .
We h a v e p r a y e d much & t o i l e d m uch to s e c u r e a b l e s s i n g f o r
p o p u latio n ;
in te r
l i k e o f w h ic h we h ad p r e
labors have not b een i n v a i n .
h o w e v e r h a v e at tim e s
th is
h a v e my l a b o r s b e e n m ore a b u n
or more c h e e r f u l l y b e s t o w e d & i t
these
& fo r two
of w
o r sh ip
am t h a n k f u l
[y e a r ]
in several
in te r v a ls
p a s t o r a l la b o r h a s n o t b e e n c u r t a i l e d
any c a u s e .
to g e th e r w ith
ev en f o r
a l s o b e e n u n f a v o r a b l y a f f e c t e d b y the same
d e e d w e e k ly m e e t in g s &
Ex
se n sib ly w ith th e r e g u la r it y & u se fu ln e s s
o f our v a r i o u s w e e k l y m e e t i n g s .
tire
that
our w o rk h a s h o w e v e r s p r u n g fro m the p r o v i d e n t i a l l y
course & in t e r fe r e d v e ry
p aren tly,
effected
Events h o p e fu l & untow ard have
n o t o r i o u s l y w in d y D i s t r i c t hav e
dant
it
i t has b e e n a year
co n tin ued heavy g a le s u n u s u a lly c o l d &
by
th e c h a n g e s
& shadow s h a v e p a s s e d I n som ew hat r a p i d
c e s s iv e r a in s h ave kept
b a t h have
in
predecessors
our h o r i z o n .
succeeded
la
share
A n d f o r t h e m ost p a r t ,
changes have b e e n fo r
As
one.
2.
of the
at tim es
th is
en
s eem ed r e a d y t o
No g e n e r a l b l e s s i n g h a s
f i e l d h a v e b e e n m ore t h a n
�Kohala 1860 & 61
u sually
in te r e ste d i n serio u s
t h e p e o p l e has
yet
in th is
th in gs;
C h rist.
wered,
but
a s m a ll p o r t i o n
o n l y of
w ay h o w e v e r , b e e n f a v o r a b l y a f f e c t e d .
t h e w o r d o f God s t a n d e t h s u r e .
Jesus
The p r o m is e s
A n d a l t h o u g h our p r a y e r s
assurance
t h a t God i s
- a c o v e n a n t- k e e p in g G o d .
& darkness
are
still
have not been f u l l y
a hearer &
answ erer
A nd t r u s t H im we w i l l ,
at tim e s ro un d- abo u t H i s
A nd
a r e y e a & Amen i n
ans
as we h av e l o n g e d to hav e th e m , we n e v e r t h e l e s s h a v e
c o m f o r t in g
er
3.
th e
of p r a y
t h o u g h c lo u d s
throne.
The C hu rc h
I n the
It
is
still
church w h ils t
true
that
in
we can n o t as
several
of
& as
No ro o t
tro uble
a
a revival,
d iv isio n s
m e e t in g s
consequence h av e been
C o n s i d e r a b l e num bers
p r o f e s s e d l y b e e n b r o u g h t to r e p e n t a n c e ,
r e c e i v e d in t o t h e
s a id report
our s m a l l e r
h a v e b e e n o f m ore than u s u a l i n t e r e s t
m ore than u s u a l l y w e l l a t t e n d e d .
just
a fe w
a lso
have
of whom h a v e b e e n
church.
of b it t e r n e s s h a s b e e n
u s & no more t h a n
suffered,
s p r in g in g up
t h e u s u a l am ount o f d i s c i p l i n e
to
has
been
called fo r .
B e n e fic e n ce
I n the F a t h e r l a n d we
o f b e n e fic e n c e
the
fact
o ut t h e
is
as
p urely
r
such.
e n te rp rise ,
The p a s t o r 's
scarcely
s t r i c t l y m a tte r s
p a l e o f th e c h h .
of C h ristia n
s h o u ld
It
Is
of chh.
a rare
adds h i s
s a la r y m oreover,
in te re st.
occurrence
m it e f o r
w h ic h claim s
speak of the
our
d isc h arg e
of w h ic h
ju stic e .
A nd y e t
reported -
rather
r a t h e r to b e r e g a r d e d sim p ly
our
o f the
one w i t h
o b jects
o r d in a r ily , w o u ld not be regarded
as com ing u n d e r t h i s h e a d - i t b e i n g
as
any
co n trib u tio n s.
elsew here
is
Y e t w i t h us
that
any one
duty & fa c t
custom h a s b e e n ,
so now i t
as
is
a debt the
an act
of
h e re w ith
�Kohala 1860 & 61
4.
P asto rs S alary
Mon. C oncert
Sc h o o l Houses
B e l l to w e r
Total
Two
sm all h o u s e s u s e d
j o i n t l y f o r m e e t in g s
f i n i s h e d d u r i n g the y e a r & two
c o m p le t e d as s o o n as the
others
two f i n i s h e d w e r e b u i l t ,
fo r
$450.
The f o u r h o u s e s
all
one a t
of t h i s
p rep ara tio n,
an e x p e n s e
to b e
to do th e w o r k .
of $8 1 5 & t h e other
descrip tio n h i t h e r t o
b u ilt
prove
scarce,
& we have l e a r n e d
fo r t h e
c o m p u ls o r y , b u t most unw elcom e l e s s o n t h a t we a r e a
m i s e r a b l y poor p e o p l e *
are d e s t it u t e
of
fo r p ec u n ia ry
su p p lies.
any e n t e r p r i s e ,
The
have been
our e x p e c t a t i o n s h a v e n o t b e e n f u l l y
Money h a s b e e n e x c e e d i n g l y
h u n d r e d t h tim e
& scho o ls
our n e c e s s i t i e s .
I n t h e m a tt er o f b u i l d i n g ,
m et.
are in
workm en s h a l l b e a b l e
The
am ply s u f f i c i e n t f o r
$ 4 6 7 .3 0
2 3 9 .6 0
6 8 7 .3 7
1 8 4 .0 0
$ 1 5 7 8 .2 7
Beyo n d any o t h e r
a ll resources
to
is
on t h e
to w h i c h w e may f u r n
Our o n ly a l t e r n a t i v e
a w a it i n
lesso n I repeat
d istric t
p a tie n c e
a harsh one,
is,
th e proceeds
but
I s l a n d we
in tim e
of n e e d ,
when h a r d up i n
of fu tu r e
effo rts.
doubtless n e e d f u l t o b e
learned.
If
now to t h i s
it be
o f the new school houses
added that
a t the
r e c e n tly com p leted,
s l a u g h t e r e d by a f e w c h h . m em bers, b e s i d e s
turkeys,
fo u ls,
fish
& p o i,
there w i l l
a c q u a in t e d w ith H a w a iia n p e c u l i a r i t i e s ,
betw een the
gross
two s t a t e m e n t s .
a little
life,
(e .g .
lik e
that
& that
even t h e
the greatest
amount
one
of p ig s ,
one u n
in c o n g ru ity
to c a r e f o r
of th e f e a s t
commonest
m erely to g r a t i f y
th e u s u a l
s u r e l y seem to a n y
th e f u t u r e
fo r
50 b u llo c k s w ere
both are s t r i c t l y
f o r e t h o u g h t w o u ld e a s i l y h a v e
th e i n d i v i d u a l o f
of
A nd y e t
Im p r o v id e n c e w h i c h l e a v e s
u p on an em ergency
entrance f e a s t
true.
The
itse lf &
spoken o f ,
fo r w h ic h
p ro v id e d ) w an to n ly s t r ip s
c o n v e n ie n c e s
a fo o lish
lo v e
& n e c e ssitie s
of d is p la y ,
is
even
�Kohala 1860 & 61
still
of
5.
c h a r g e a b l e u po n t h o s e i n
it.
the
That h a b it s
of
th is
as w e l l as
to
the d e v e l o p m e n t
progress
k in d
chh.
are a
C h r is t ia n character, need h ardly be
as w e l l as u p o n t h o s e
se rio u s h in d r a n c e
to
out
so c ia l
( ! ) of a s y m m e t r ic a l
said .
N a tiv e M in istry
V ario u s
c ir c u m s t a n c e s h a v e
w i t h more th a n
o rd in a ry
c o n sp ire d of
so lic itu d e ,
late
to c a l l a t t e n t i o n
to t h e s u b j e c t
of
a n ativ e
m in istry .
The n e c e s s i t y
o f some p r o v i s i o n
is g e n e r a lly
conceded.
other
And not
than that h it h e r t o
lie d
on,
m ost
s t r e n u o u s l y fr o m w it h o u t to s e e k n e e d e d s u p p l i e s
pressure
our c r i p p l e d c o n d i t i o n s t i l l more i m p e r a t i v e l y dem ands
a re
it
o n ly to b e
s im p ly to t a k e
u p o n God do w i t h i t
fo r these
the d u ties
of lab o rers,
as b e s t
su rely is
Th e
in c rease
w h ic h ,
chhs.
is
of God.
an e f f o r t
I f we f a i t h f u l l y
a t an e n d .
in c re a sin g
so f a r
as
We h a v e
appears,
therefore,
t h e raw m a t e r i a l i n h a n d &
we may i n
connected w it h t h is
ity
co nstantly
o b t a i n e d w i t h i n our own l i m i t s .
-mould s e e m ,
m in istry
th e
fr o m among
of
a s p e e d y & a n a m p le s u p p ly
a ls o
o n ly h a v e we b e e n u r g e d
t h e members
of
our own c h h s . b u t
re
laudable
to r e a r
d isch arge
e n te rp ris e ,
P a u l & A p o llo s
in re lia n c e
a n ativ e
ou r p a r t
our r e s p o n s ib il
can o n l y p l a n t &
To my m ind a l l t h i s
is
of
perfectly
w ater.
clear
-
as a t h e o r y .
As
to t h e p r a c t i c a l
m ore o b s c u r e .
in surm o u n table,
fessed,
a p p licatio n
D iffic u ltie s
in v e st
the
fact
there
cannot be fo u n d c a n d id ate s
It
is
T h is
s tra its.
alou s
altars.
i n th e h i s t o r y
d e ta ils,
t h e most f o r m i d a b l e &
s u b je c t.
f o r we are i n great
of it s
of C h ristia n
q u ite p o ssib le
n o th in g
can be
to hum an v i e w
i s most u n w i l l i n g l y
And c e r t a in ly
Chh.
su ffic ie n t
if
in
It
i s an anom
2 0 ,0 0 0
f o r th e
t h a t we may l a c k f a i t h
C h h . members
se rv ic e
in
con
of her
d ea lin g
�Kohala
1860 & 61
w ith th is
6
m atter.
How ever th a t may h e , I
I
resolv ed,
early
as made k n o w n ,
younger
in
One whom I
w i s h to
i n t h e y e a r to
say h e r e t h a t
f o r the
regarded
c an didates
My h o p e s
of my p u r p o s e ,
He c h e e r f u l l y
I
serv ic e.
But
U p o n my r e t u r n f r .
not
&
t e ll how.
the
the
6th at
p r o p o s e d to h im
the v a n it y
H ilo
in
Oct.
fr o m t h i s
over
W o u ld i t
our w ho le
the broadest
& at
life ,
c h a r ity
t h e same
tim e
is
fie ld ,
m en a r e v e r y l i t t l e
d istric t
c h i e f l y fr o m t h i s
fact.
our y o u n g men f o r
teachers
have n ever
d iv id u a l
secured u n t i l
of a l l
to r e t u r n &
liv e
&
is
to r e g a r d
Now,
In
It
& p o ssib ly
20 years
or f o r
w it h i n
our g r a d u a t e s
in h is
I
is
q u ite
as
the w o r k
that
life
our d e s t i t u t i o n
any &
the la st
of
to il
of h is
our y o u n g
of a
arises
in re arin g
ev ery other good w ork , we
two y e a r s ,
fr o m th e S e m in a r y a t
n a tiv e D i s t r i c t .
lo o k c a r e fu lly
of p rea c h in g
true,
of in cessa n t
of
A sad
jud g m e n t
o ffic e
th is
need
some s t a g e
six f e l l .
fo r the
I
Sacred O ffice
who h a v e b e e n i n
true I
the
p ro v e rb ia l.
f o r th e
each of the
to my v i e w .
ours,
length Ko
or M i s s y f o r
a t t r a c t e d t o w a r d t h e m onotonous
lik e
at
one i n d i v i d u a l who i n t h e
w illin g
in stru c tio n
t h e y o u ng man h a d f a l l e n .
at a l l f i t t e d
also
presents h im se lf
country
o f hum an h o p e s
w ere n o t to o p a i n f u l l y
fie l d & not
that
one P a s t o r
T h i s was my s e c o n d c a n d i d a t e
least
such
& to t h e p e o p l e ,
s a n g u in e
p ro v id in g
p reparatory course t h e r e t o ,
record.
soon f o u n d .
a c c e p t e d th e w o rk & p e r f o r m e d i t
a c c o r d i n g l y w er e q u i t e
h a l a n e i w o u ld b e h o n o r e d i n
so f a r
fr o m am ong our
at a p r o p e r t im e to g i v e h im s u c h t h e o l o g i c a l
as h e m ight n e e d .
M a s t e r 's
i n d iv id u al
C h ris tia n M in is tr y .
employment as w o u ld b e u s e f u l b o t h t o h i m s e l f
w ell.
an
duty,
as a h o p e f u l y o u n g man w as
s p e a k in g d e f i n i t e l y
d e sig n in g
as
a im to do my w ho le
s e e k i n g out s u i t a b l e
chh.. m em bers,
W ith o u t
.
As
a sin g le
in
Lah ain a lu n a ,
soon as
ou r y o u n g men
�Kohala
le a v e
&
(I
1860 & 61
7
the S e m i n a r y , th e y
w ish
it
seek
co uld he a d d e d )
some more c e n t r a l p l a c e
some more u s e f u l
c o u l d h e r e h e a f f o r d e d th e m .
rem ark,
it
Is c e r t a i n t h a t
r e t u r n h it h e r & hence
our d u e
cr y in g
out,
be f a i r l y
fin d
a tith e
to h e r
bouts
is
o f the
se rv ic e !
&
su b je c t,
done?
It
is
to p r o v id e
chh.
I
f i n d m y s e lf
ever &
a p a in fu l a lte r n a tiv e ,
cannot.
s im p ly b e c a u s e
class
fa ilin g
so b o o t l e s s w i t h a l
is none
as the
as r u n n i n g
must
co uld but
even to
c o n je c tu re
d u ties
so f u l l
of s o lic itu d e ,
re
to w a s t e
chh . n e g l e c t e d to
cares &
attem pt
th is
It
In
c a l l th e m
the wherea
o f y o u n g m en, my own c o n v i c t i o n
the arduous
there
the
anon
of valuab le m a t e r ia l,
a t P em berto n S q u a r e ,
But a l a s ,
among a l l
M is s y ,
o f the
s u p e r a b o u n d in g mass
of that la rg e
H a w a iia n
do n o t
A n d h o w e a s i l y & d e l i g h t f u l l y met i f we
em ploym ents,
that
o u r g r a d u a t e s fr o m the S e m in a r y
We w o u l d f a i n a v o i d i t b u t
p o r t e d to o u r f r i e n d s
secular
latter
the se rv ic e
"W h a t can h e
m et.
may h e as to
than
th is
t o us v i t a l
now p r e s e n t e d to u s .
employment
I w o u ld g l a d l y b e l i e v e our f a i l u r e
p r o p o r t io n f o r
I n v ie w o f th is
However i t
of re sid e n c e
assu red ly
d e v o lv in g upon the
so w e a r is o m e
to r a i s e up a c o m p e te n t H a w a i i a n
M in istry .
Th e m a t e r i a l
g iv e
th e
th e m selv es
when th e f e w who a r e
to t h i s w o r k a r e f o u n d ,
the n a t i o n a l v o r t e x o f d e f i l e m e n t
e x p e rie n c e
o f the
past.
a b l e to do a l l t h i n g s
to n e w l i f e
in
prayer &
We may n o t t h e r e f o r e
can
scanty &
how r a r e
i n e x o r a b l e r u l e w h i c h p r e m a t u r e ly sw eep s
in to
is
i s very
do a l l t h i n g s ,
fr o m among t h i s
W hat i s
to b e
& H is graciou s
Through C h r is t
even to t h e r e a r i n g
of
la rg e m a jo r ity
b e e n th e
o f th e f u t u r e ?
S p irit
is
God
a ro u s in g the C hh.
p re c io u s
se rv ic e .
s t r e n g t h e n in g u s , we
a m in istry fo r
A n d t h i s w i l l we d o ,
to
e x c e p t i o n s to
Such has
s e l f - c o n s e c r a t i o n to H i s
d e sp a ir.
p eo p le.
th e
& ru in !
th a t
the
w illin g
if
H is
God p e r m i t .
Chh.
�Kohala 1860 & 61
8.
E d u c atio n .
R e g a r d in g
in te re s t.
our s c h o o ls
little
is
i n c le m e n c y
of t h e w e a t h e r ,
& through the
In
Local d e s t it u t io n
w et,
lik e w ise
c o n se q u e n c e
of
the p u r s u it
of the
rem ark able
our s c h o o l s h a v e b e e n f r e q u e n t l y
e n tir e p er io d
tended.
has
of p a r tic u la r
The y e a r h as f u r n i s h e d a m arked i n s t a n c e
o f k n o w le d g e u n d e r d i f f i c u l t i e s .
rupted;
t o be r e p o r t e d ,
they have been v ery
of fo o d ,
c o n tr ib u te d it s
caused
fu ll
in part by
share,
in te r
th in ly
at
excessiv e
as u s u a l ,
to
the d i f
fic u lty .
A ft e r fo ur thorough,
each by i t s e l f ,
p e r s o n a l e x a m i n a t io n s
a reg ard fo r tr u th w i l l
any c o n s id e r a b le
advance f o r
the y e a r .
fu ln ess
t h a t u n d e r th e
s c h o o ls
have a c c o m p l is h e d a n y t h in g
p re v io u s
that
is
c o n d itio n .
a bo ut
vanced.
a l l th e y h a v e
in terest & r e s u lt s .
teachers
As
P i l g r i m 's
Progress
co n tin ued ,
is
no t &
c lasses
it
igm as t o them - and the
tia lly
as
a ffo rd e d m aterial
the m in ds
o f some at
scho o ls
ad
fo r u se fu l
least
o f th e
s c h o o l s , h a v e b e e n q u ic k e n e d t o n e w & h i g h e r
p o p u la r u s e ,
is
it
i s v e ry e v id e n t
o f no v a l u e w h a t e v e r .
They
fin d
It
of
It
same i n p a s s i n g may b e
c o u r s e of p u b l i c a t i o n
is
to my m i n d ,
an
e n tire
the p e o p l e .
in te llig e n t
a book of u n i n t e l l i g i b l e
to c o m p r e h e n s io n o f the m uch s i m p l e r
C r u s o e now i n
of
w ith g r a t ify in g
c a n n o t b e u n d e r s t o o d b y e v e n t h e m ore
of H a w a iia n s.
the
P r o g r e s s & A l e x a n d e r 's E v i d e n c e s ,
g e n e r a tio n i n advance of t h e m ental c a p a c it ie s
It
o f m uch t h a n k
T h e s e 3 or 4 h a v e p e r c e p t i b l y
teachers has been
of w h ic h ,
a bo o k for
a cause
e x c e p t i o n o f 3 or 4 o f o u r b e s t
done.
P i l g r i m 's
o f our p u b l i c
thought.
that
by means
is
a llo w me to r e p o r t
- e v en to th e m a in t e n a n c e
i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h o th e r s t u d i e s h a v e
d isc u ssio n ,
It
scho o ls,
e x t r a o r d in a r ily untow ard c ir c u m s t a n c e s ,
W ith the
My S c h o o l f o r
h ardly
of the
en
said substan
story
o f R o binso n
i n th e H ae H a w a i i .
�Kohala
18 6 0
A fter
su b je c t,
9.
6 1
a l l t h e b la c k g u a rd ism
w i t h i n th e
m in d to r u n
narrow &
g iv in g
&
solely
last
fe w y e a r s ,
c h a n n e ls
stre n g th & no ble
own v e r n a c u l a r
for
(a s h a s b e e n t im e &
en feeb lin g
it
to w h ic h m i s s i o n a r i e s h a v e b e e n
co m p ellin g the H a w a iia n
a g a in r e it e r a t e d )
of a p u rita n th e o lo g y ,
e xp a n sio n ,
of some of th e r i c h & v a r i e d w orks
one o b s e r v e s
th e
first
th e
in s te a d
of
by t h e t r a n s l a t i o n i n t o
s c i e n c e w i t h w h i c h th e E n g l i s h a b o u n d s ,
terest that
in
it
in
lite r a tu r e &
i s w i t h no
& c o n tin ued
o rd in a ry i n
contact
of th e s e
m in d s w i t h some o f t h e v e r y
s im p l e s t & m ost a t t r a c t i v e w o r k s
the
literatu re.
e n tire range
w it h the
idea that
w i t h w h i c h they
sta n d in g
its
of E n g lish
rad ical h o s t ilit y
a re
id e n tifie d ,
of the c o n d i t i o n s
w ants,
is,
as
it
One can b u t b e
to m i s s i o n a r i e s
rather
its
in
im p r e s s e d
& the
cause,
th a n a n y t o l e r a b l e u n d e r
o f the H a w a i i a n m in d or s y m p ath y w i t h
ever h a s b e e n t h e m o v in g c a u s e
of a l l
th is
v itu p e ra tio n .
N ew & a t t r a c t i v e bo o k s
te lle c t u a l status
or ev en
be
of lig h t
are
i n d e e d dem an ded b y t h e p r e s e n t
o f our p e o p le ; yet
lite ra tu re
of good tendency c a n ,
of no s e r v ic e f o r p op u lar u s e .
h old
the t h r e a d o f the
ce p tio n s
e x t e n d e d w orks
n arratio n .
T h is
judgm ent
i s n e c e s s a r y to
effo rt w i l l n o t,
a s i d e , b e made & h e n c e no i n t e r e s t
such w o r k s .
o f h isto ry
i n my
Too much e f f o r t
in
can b e
rare
su sta in e d
The n e e d f u l i n t e l l e c t u a l v i g o r & t a s t e
are n o t
ex
in
yet
a tta in e d .
As p r e v i o u s l y
co n v e n ie n t,
scho o ls.
s t a t e d we h a v e b e e n pr e p a r in g a c l a s s
c o m f o r t a b l e & w i t h a l more
In th is
e n te rp rise
as
in
a i d , w e a r e c o m p e lle d to m ake h a s t e
a c t u a l m eans i n h a n d , w i l l
any p u r p o s e ,
th e agency
th e
a llo w .
c o lle c tio n &
of t h e P a s t o r ,
I
c i v i l i z e d houses fo r
every
o th e r
F rom d eb t
liq u id a tio n
in
our
d e m a n d in g p e c u n i a r y
s l o w l y - o n ly
pray to be
o f more
as f a s t
every
as
the
fo r m & f o r
o f w h ic h d e p e n d s u p o n
d e liv e re d ,
as f r o m t h e
�K o h ala
1860 &
k in d r e d ev ils
61
of p e s t i l e n c e
State
A score
& fa m in e .
of p r o s p e c t s
o f th e p e o p l e .
of. y e a r s h a s n e c e s s a r i l y
p o p u la tio n lik e
ours.
In
have b e e n very m arked.
c e rta in
im p o r ta n t
sim p lic ity
o f w h i c h w as
m alo - t h a t most u t i l i t a r i a n
of the p a s t .
in g
fu ll
so
in the
earthen f l o o r ,
through fo u r,
p eo p le &
to d e f e n d h i s p e o p le
h is
- these
- a community
face
of the e a r t h .
& greater
in
On t h e
- is
thin g
gather
o f m any m i l e s ,
- dare not
u p o n the
we h a v e
already
t h i n k o f c o m in g
can
We l i v e
civ illy & p o litic a lly ,
A ll
o p p re ssio n s
th e y c a n n o t get to t h e H o u s e
a m ile
s c h o o ls
e v e ry w h e r e .
The g r o s s
c o n g reg atio n s,
t h a t b y no p o s s i b i l i t y
as f r e e
& not u nfreq uently
A n d now i n s t e a d ,
"c iv ilize d ”
great & b e n e fic e n t
the
a
too,
w hose nam e was l e g i o n ,
in p u b lic w o rs h ip .
o f our p u b l i c
in te llig e n c e
c h e e rin g
of h a l f
se rv ic e
the
fr o m w h i c h c o s t th e M i s s i o n a r y h a l f
a horse,
w ith nerves
la w s
We s e e
se rv ic e s,
to o h a v e p a s s e d a w a y .
p e o p le w ell clothed. & w i t h a l
one h a l f days
best,
i n t h r e e- y a r ds o f b r o w n c o t t o n
c e a s e d to b e .
lik e w is e p ra c tis e d by la n d lo r d s ,
the r a i n & ,
1841.
s i t t i n g w i t h com m endable p a t i e n c e u p o n t h e
- th e se a ls o have
fr o m t h e d i s t a n c e
changes
t a s t e f u l l y set- o ff in c o m p arab le
t h r o u g h two p r o t r a c t e d
th a t w ith o u t
of
o f n a t u r e 's
e a r l y m o r n in g fr o m a c i r c u i t
a n e x t r a K ap a &
d e lic a te
these
not that
o f a l l human a p p en d a g e s
a r r a y e d somewhat more l u x u r i o u s l y ,
t im e
suit
am ong st a
A n d t h o s e n um erous S a b b a t h c o n g r e g a t io n s
on f o o t ,
or i n
respects
The K o h a l a o f 1 8 6 0 i s
The H a w a i i a n o f t h a t d a y , w i t h h i s
b e a u tifu l
i n d u c e d ch a n ges
changes
& in
also
the
th is w e
in
a
so
o f God
out I n
e n d u r e m ore t h a n
to o u n d e r
as
just
any p e o p l e
the h ig h e r
c o rresp o n ding
on t h e
character
of g e n e r a l
see & much more t h a t
is
c h a n g e s made b y p a s t .
other h a n d ,
in r e l a t in g
q u ite
as im p o r t a n t we f i n d b u t
�Kohala 1860 & 61
little ,
if
any,
11
in advance
We h a v e i n d e e d f i v e
t r ic t , hut
if
in the
any at a l l ,
houses
sty le
h u t the
are in no
sense
N e i t h e r a r e th e r e a l
abundant
than th o s e
o c c u p y in g
or s i x
of d o m e s tic
slig h te st
su p e rio r
c o m fo rts
to t h e
c o m fo r ts
p en siv e
tab les
&
And hence i t is
that I
in
p r o p e r ways t h e i r
or w i t h a n y t h in g
but
there
are
a lw ays
e n tire
is no s u i t a b l e
a great
- is
true
of n i c e
of
o f t h e more a m b it io u s
They i l l y
[ p la c e ]
of
th e
of a rtic le s
o nly are they
&
ex
peo p le.
fo u nd
d isc o u ra g e
taste,
of less
th e y
& b e sid e s
- an e x tra
ju d ic io u sly
w o u l d h a v e p r o c u r e d many r e a l c o m fo rts t h o '
o ut o f
them & t h u s
the p o s s e s s o r s ;
o f means w h i c h
to b e
accord w it h th e houses
i n w h i c h to k e ep
i n c o n v e n i e n c e to
lo w
fu rn itu re
w i t h p o s i t i v e r e g r e t & a lw a y s
them - A nd n o t
- a p o s it iv e w aste
sm all &
en o u g h f r o m a d d i n g
t h e y w er e p r o c u r e d b y a most i l l - j u d g e d e x p e n d i t u r e
vagance
sin c e .
- an o b je c t
a rtic les
class
has b e e n ,
a $40 bedstead
far
The same i s
d is
The d w e llin g
space in t h e
other s im ila r
purchase.
else i n
there
the
e s s e n t i a l l y m ore
earthen flo o r
regard a l l th is
i n t h e h o u s e s o f the p e o p le
life ,
E v id e n tly
th e in m a te s
w h i c h m e r e ly cum ber t h e h o u s e s
in
o f tw en ty y e a r s
of d o m e s t ic
of t h e h o u s e h o l d .
or s e t t e e s
gen erally ,
to t h o s e
upon the
lo o k e d at & never u se d by
life
p o ssib le progress.
or more o f the
s tan d in g
tim e s.
s m a ll w o o d e n d w e l l i n g s
then p o sse sse d .
one t h i r d
th a t c h e d house &
o f fo rm er
expended
p re te n tio u s
character.
B u t to s p e a k
we f i n d
th e
fin g e rs,
o f th e a c t u a l d o m e s t ic
common c a l a b a s h
g u iltle ss
p a r t - e v e ry w h e r e
mat i n
p o rtio n
a l l cases
serve i n
fo r m in g
o f th e o n e
life
of
th is
s t i l l the u n iv e r s a l fa m ily
of u n n e c e s s a r y
lie u
.
contact w ith w a t e r ,
of k n iv e s
the s o l d t a b l e .
p o p u la tio n ,
d ish &
f o r t h e most
& fo rks
- t h e g r o u n d or
The d a y
ended,
s m a ll room u n o c c u p i e d b y th e f a m i l y
that
calabashes
�Kohala
1 860 & 61
•
& baggage - n e ts,
& b u l l o c k &c & c
& fo r
all
ground,
th e
so le
rarely,
in th e
trunks,
the
p lace
fill
common d o r m it o r y f o r bo th, s e x e s
&
th e mat u p o n t h e damp
o f th e rows
every y a r d of
o f human b e i n g s ,
a v a ila b le space i n
o p p o r t u n it y of p r i v a c y f o r
p e r fo r m a n c e
s e c l u s i o n fr o m t h e
o f w h ic h n a t u r e
common g a z e .
itse lf
q u it e unknown.
H e n c e comes t h e e a r l y
p o ssib le ,
o f p r iv a t e d e v o tio n s
Nor can
such h a b i t ,
under e x is t in g
m in d s we are a " c i v i l i z e d "
A gain i n s o c ia l l i f e ,
p e o p le !
one i s
And yet
Perhaps i t
led
d a y , had free
k n o w le d g e
of h is
in
access?
whi c h t h e v i l e s t
a to lera tio n
members o f s o c i e t y .
By a
cularly
if
s in g u lar
is near
B u t u p o n p u r e l y m o ral
o f no e v i l p e r s o n i s
n o tw ith sta n d in g
brought
th e
of
all
if
courtesy.
there
i n t o what
e v e n to
th is
come t o my
or c o g n i z a n t
grounds,
of G o d 's
to b e a r u p o n t h is , r u i n o u s
it
as
& degrees have
th e v e r y b e s t
of id e a s ,
c o n scien tio u s
s ta y e d at the
lig h t
e .g .
c lasses
in v a sio n
smo kers w i t h i n t h e i r
th e P a s t o r
be
p u b lic
o n ly by
e v e r y name
s o c ia l in te rc o u r se ,
h o w e v e r f o u n d t h o s e w ho p r o f e s s
a d m issio n o f to bacco
or
of p e r s o n s h a s b e e n e x c l u d e d b e c a u s e
The v i c i o u s
in
th in gs
ou r
in c e r t a in respects,
The i n s t a n c e h a s n e v e r y e t
m o ral c h a r a c t e r .
as p e r f e c t
the a b a n d o n e d o f
craves
am ongst
to d o u b t
to t h e h e a l t h f u l c o n d i t i o n o f any c o m m u n ity,
H a w a iia n d w e llin g have n o t
or
co rru p tio n
in th e
[ is ]
serio u sly
h a s b e e n any c h a n g e w h a te v e r f o r t h e b e t t e r ,
v ita l
&
i s a thin g n e a r ly
in the nature o f
c ircum stan ces.
the h o u s e .
d icta tes
c
th e h a b i t
who,
a w o r d or a p r a y e r
o f H a w a i i a n c h i l d r e n & h e n c e to o t h e mou r n f u l f a d t h a t
C h h . m em bers,
fo r horses
sadd les & tra p p in g s
of the household,
resting
the slig h te st
any act
gear,
c o n stitu te s
co n d itio n s
b y no means
Not
cano e
12.
scruples
doors!
th e r e are
as to
And t h i s ,
th e
p a rti
of the f a c t s .
is w e l l known,
threshold.
the progress
On t h e c o n t r a r y ,
truth has been p e r s is t e n t ly
c
p ra c tic e & n o tw ith sta n d in g it s
�K oh al a- 1 8 6 0 &
e v ils
have been
in the
a re
persons
fic ie s
(if
soul
is
a ls o
of
in t o th e d o m e s t ic
fr ie n d s h ip ,
a fact
a so lita ry
of the C h h .
th e g a in s
i s more
life,
d a u g h t e r s to
& hardly
le w d l i v e s
if
that
th e e x c e p t io n s
less
To t h i s
common i s
or a t
l e a s t to
very rare
charges
day,
in
no p r a c t is e
to g i v e up
c o n v iv e at t h e i r
in d eed ,
but
la st
entrance
in the g a i n s .
that
they c an n o t be
fe w y e a r s ,
p e l l i n g me more & more f u l l y to b e l i e v e .
& n o th in g
the w o r ld .
super
are
the read in ess
th e y may s h a r e
a v o i d e d , my o b s e r v a t io n s w i t h i n t h e
letter;
& by
s lig h t e s t h e sita n c y to r e c e iv e
p ro stitu tio n .
so b e ,
These are s e r io u s
the
to t h e m ost
a l l who l o o k b e l o w t h e
e v e r m a n i f e s t th e
upon such l i v e s ,
c irc le &
character
e x c e p t io n e x i s t s ) in w h ic h p are n ts b o t h
of a d a u g h t e r 's
common;
o b n o x io u s
e q u a l l y b y th e Chh.
patent to
o f H a w a iia n s o c i a l
in d e e d
ex p e rie n c e d by a l l
of t h e m ost m o r a l l y
fr e e ly re c e iv e d
in tim a te r e la t io n s
It
13 .
so f r e q u e n t l y & n o t o r i o u s l y
com m unity,
still
6 1
The
h a v e b e e n com
charges
are t r u e
to
at t h i s moment w o u l d e x c i t e more u n i v e r s a l
or u n a f f e c t e d a s t o n i s h m e n t , i n c i r c l e s p u r e l y H a w a i i a n t h a n t h e
refusal
b y any p a r e n t to s h a r e i n t h e le w d d a u g h t e r s ' a c q u i s i t i o n s
- I m ean
such a r e f u s a l
T h e n to o d a u g h t e r s
liv in g
cesses
&
d is e a se are
braces
& cared fo r ,
life
adultero us
liv e s,
is
to th e
parental
t i l l n e w ly a c q u i r e d s t r e n g t h pr e p a r e s
career
- what
of
shame &
can we h o p e
n o t th e w ork o f
death.
But
ex
em
them f o r
enough.
o f a com m unity i n w h o se
t h e p r im a r y d e s t r u c t i o n i n m o rals
Surely it
when w orn do w n by
ever c o r d ia l l y r e c e iv e d
a r e e n tr a n c e upon th e
now s h a l l w e say
s p r i n g i n g p u r e l y fr o m m o r a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s .
What
so c ial
a re p r a c t i c a l l y u nkn o w n?
a sin g le
g e n e r a t i o n to
educate
n a t i o n ’ s co n scien ce!
I n t o x i c a t i n g d rin k s
There i s
one t o p i c
u p o n w h ic h i t
i s g ra tify in g
to
s p e a k m ore
a
�Kohala
1860 & 61
h o p efu lly .
14.
F o r m ore than
t w e l v e y e a r s we h a v e b e e n
good p ro v id en c e
o f G o d , fr o m a l l
of
d r in k s.
in to x ic a tin g
p e o p l e he s u f f i c i e n t l y
In
For
th e e v i l s
th is
great
i n n e a r ly every
the p eo p le
of
th is
p erio d ,
i n s t a n c e by p e r s o n s
c e r t a i n n e ig h b o u r h o o d s
successful.
The p l a n s h a v e u n i f o r m l y b e e n
d iv id u a ls
c u rr e n t y e a r h a s
- i n no
s e c lu d e d r av in e s
lic
bud.
in g
these
a member
in
of
f r o m a b r o a d was b u s i l y
engaged,
t a n t f r o m the S t a t i o n ,
lead in g
u p o n fe r m e n t e d p o t a t o .
c a r r ie d
5 or
T h is
v ery f e w w e r e
on i n a d e e p r a v i n e
our
last,
chh.
6.
So m etim es
was
the
in iq u ity
in t o d r u n k e n
th e f a c t s ,
whe r e two f a m i l i e s
persons in v o lv e d
th is
a p p l i e d to t h i s
in t h i s
of $ 3 5 0 .
was
On
legal
And thus
ended,
chapter in the h i s t o r y of
p eo p le.
o ffen ce.
I
o n ly r e s i d e d .
tria l
another short
d is
as t h e b u s i n e s s
auth ority & a fte r
an a g g r e g a t e
the
a man
Upon in q u ir y
the p a r t i e s w ere w a t c h e d & a p p r e h e n d e d b y
in t o x ic a t in g as
in
excesses
Monday f o l l o w i n g ,
b y the D i v i n e b l e s s i n g ,
fro m
im m e d ia t e ly u p o n l a n d
on S a t u r d a y .
of
in
But f a i t h f u l pub
in fo r m e d me t h a t
our p e o p le
in
in
i n a n e ig h b o u r h o o d two m i l e s
aw are
fin e d
but
of
of la n d rem ote
to n i p
Oct.
in c ite
even p a rtia lly
l i m i t e d n um ber
tracts
God b e e n a b l e
U p o n my r e t u r n fr o m H i l o
- to
d i s c o v e r e d & b r o k e n up
a ttem p ts h a v e b e e n m ade.
u nd er
fro m th e v e s s e l ,
fro m a b r o a d
effo rt been
spread beyond a v e r y
& a g a in i n deso late
o ffic e rs h av e,
l e a r n e d that
any s u c h
c a s e s a v e o n e , more t h a n
h um an h a b i t a t i o n ,
a
a tte m p ts h a v e b e e n '
to a d rin k in g debauch ;
th e
the c o n ta g io n h ad
the use
b l e s s i n g we c a n n o t a s
no case t i l l
ere
in c id e n t upon
i n the
thankful.
repeated In stan ces w it h in
m ade - &
kept
There
Seven
proved
to b e
16
of them w er e members
of
Chh.
P rospects
W h at i s
the fu tu re
to do f o r
th is
p eo p le?
is
an in q u ir y
o ften
�Kohala
&
1860 & 61
15.
a n x io u sly re v o lv e d .
the
field ,
the
exp u lsio n
As to th e S o u t h e r n & W e s t e r n p o r t i o n s
the q u e s tio n b id s f a i r
o f the e n t i r e
h ave a s p e e d y s e t t l e m e n t
p o p u la tio n .
im m e d ia t e ly p r e c e d i n g t h e r e c e n t
our p o p u l a t i o n w as n e a r l y
to
D u r i n g the
c e n su s
th e r a t e
1 0 0 p e r ann u m .
Oahu.
The t o t a l of H a w a iia n s
d e c rease has
a lm o st e n t i r e l y
now i n
decrease,
- w it h fe w
the f i e l d
in
se v e n years
of d e c re ase
A nd t h i s
h a r d l y n e e d b e s a i d was c a u s e d by r e m o v a ls
to
of
it
e x c e p tio n s
is b u t
occurred in tho se parts
in
2745.
o f the
The
fie ld
j u s t r e f e r r ed t o .
The h e r d s
su ffered
of cattle
to ru n a t
& horses b e lo n g in g
large
of cattle
e n tire
scho o ls,
is
a ll p o ssib ility
of e xp u lsio n ,
but
now t o be
of co un try ,
oft
one i n s i g n i f i c a n t
r e c u rrin g
But th e
a v a ila b le
In
that
flo u rish in g
f a m in e - s t r i c k e n g a t h e r i n g
of
ch ild ren
or l e s s
of t h e D i s t r i c t ,
fo r
grazing
slig h t
of too
less
s u b je c t
la rg e
a
purposes, w il l doubtless h o ld
annual d e c r e a s e ,
fo r
g e n e ratio n s
to
community w i l l n e c e s s a r i l y r e m a in p o o r u n t i l t h e
a g ric u ltu ra l resources
greater
w ith la r g e r herds
of d ep o p u latio n .
d r o u g h ts & fa m in e s & by r e a s o n
p o p u latio n w it h but
co m e.
- a n d th u s
fo u nd .
p o p u la tio n less
its
c u ltiv a tio n
w h e r e f o r m e r l y we h a d n i n e
The N o r t h e r n & E a s t e r n s e c t i o n s
to
of
ere f o r e i g n e r s
came i n to c o m p le te th e p r o c e s s
tract
them selv es,
t h r o u g h t h e m ost c u l p a b l e n e g l i g e n c e ,
h ad w e ll n ig h a n n ih ila t e d
commenced t h e w o r k
to n a t i v e s
extent,
of the D is t r ic t
by th e
a id
shall be
of f o r e i g n
develo ped
to a
C a p ita l,
Rom anism
We h a v e k n o w n b u t
past.
year,
The p r i e s t
little
of popery d u r in g
fo r m e r ly r e s i d e n t ,
s in c e w h i c h t im e t h e i r
a ffairs
d ie d
th e
sudden ly ,
tw e lv e m o n t h
early
h a v e r e m a in e d i n
i n th e
Status
quo.
C o n s i d e r a b l e num bers h o w e v e r o f t h o s e p r e v i o u s l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h
�Kohala
that
1860 & 61
Chh. have
I n th e
latter
part o f t h e y e a r ,
s i o n t o P r o t e s t a n t i s m & to a s p i r i t u a l
we h a v e , a f t e r
trance
life .
due p r o b a t i o n r e c e i v e d t o t h e
to our C h h . h a v e b e e n c o n s i s t e n t l y
w is h
to
e n te r t h e n c e , t h e r e
been
swept
hoods.
clean ,
But
it
at
least
is
Some o f
chh.
th is
class
and c o u ld th e
en
o p en ed to a l l who m ig h t
l i t t l e d o u b t bu t p o p e r y w o u l d h a v e
fro m o n e of i t s
m ost n um erous n e ig h b o u r -
h as no t y e t b e e n made c l e a r
good P r o t e s t a n t s , however true
p ro fessed conver
the
th a t
converse
p o o r R o m a n is t s make
of th is r u l e m ay b e
h eld.
A mere
transfer
of E c c l e s i a s t ic a l r e la t io n s has
t o me o f t h e
slig h te st
s i g n i f i c a n c e & as
a im to t r e a t
the m atter p r a c t ic a l l y .
C h a r it y h ad been renew ed i n h ea rt &
Chh.
as
still,
already
said ,
a f f o r d no c r e d i b l e
change & d o u b tless
o f w orship
D istric t
-
the
I n due
time
of
cause
life
of P r o te sta n tism ,
ju d g m e n t
we h a v e r e c e i v e d
of
to t h i s
w h ilst
others
o f any o t h e r th a n a m ere n o m i n a l
revert
to t h e i r
1 8 5 3 t h e num ber o f p a p i s t s
sin c e
seem ed
e v e r b e e n my
the
on p r o b a t i o n ,
these w i l l
was 3 2 8 i n a p o p u l a t i o n
[c h a n g e d ]
it h a s
Some who i n
are s t i l l
e v id e n c e
By t h e c e n su s
been e ssen tia lly
to
o th e r s
such,
ever
of 3 4 1 3 .
o ld h abits
in
th is
T h is p r o p o r t i o n h a s n o t
th a t
tim e ,
at
least
not
so f a r
as we
can ju d g e .
a dversely
�Koh al a 1860 & 61
17
.
S ta tistic s
K o h a la R e p o r t
1860
B e n e fic e n ce
P a s t o r ’ s Salary
M on. Concert
S c h o o l H o u ses
B e l l to w er
Total
Church
$ 4 6 7 .3 0
2 3 9 .6 0
6 8 7 .3 7
1 8 4 .0 0
$ 1 5 7 8 .2 7
P o p u la tio n
Of D i s t r i c t 1 8 5 3
Of these
H a w a iia n s
3397
.#
F o reign ers
16
Total
3413
Of D is t r ic t in 1860
Of these
H a w a iia n s
2745
F o reign ers
35
2780
#
In c lu d in g a dults
[ On b a c k : ]
E . B o n ds R ep o rt
f o r 1 8 6 0 & 61
R e c d May 7 , 1 8 6 1
& ch ild n
3413
Rec
"
on p r o f e s s i o n
C e rtific ate
" p a s t y e a r on p r o f n
"
c e rtific ate
"
"
Total
D i s m i s s e d to o th e r chhs
"
past year
"
Deceased
"
past year
Suspended "
R e m a in
Suspended
E x c o m m u n ic a t e d p a s t y r
W h o le num ber Excom d
R em ain
"
W ho le n o . i n r e g . S t a n d i n g
" C h ild re n b a p t i z e d
past y ea r
"
M arriages past y e a r
Average c o n g re g a tio n
P u p i l s i n Sabb S c h o o l
at t h e S t a t i o n
2171
762
35
. 14
49
550
47
1009
17
17
16
18
602
457
901
1282
31
30
375
200
�K oh ala Report
• 1861
The grace
o f C h r i s t i a n s u b m is s io n i s n o t r e a d i l y
e x e r c is e under
h im se lf.
a l l th e c ir c u m s t a n c e s
To see h i s
- to s e e
them l e a v i n g
or n o t commenced a n d m e e tin g h o u s e s ,
in
their
erectio n
i n w h i c h a Hawn M i s s i o n a r y f i n d s
p e o p l e w a s t i n g away b e f o r e h i s
in e x o r a b le n e c e s s it y
or r e p a i r s
- to
ere
pass
ers
thro'
it
- is beyond
o f my B r n .
are
peo p le
- p o o r i n m ore
c a t t l e & b y m en,
say some
so il
have
is
to s e e
e n tire ly ,
that
Of a l l b u sin e ss
in flu en ce
are i n
It
is
w ip e s
v a r io u s ways
d e p a r tm e n ts
fo r
th e
g r a zin g has
t h e wh o l e
some
oth
even t h a n
of t h is
th is
-
poor
to b e
of
able
to
sup plan ted c u lt iv a t io n
on our S . W . b o r d e r
p o p u latio n w i l l b e
of the f i e l d ,
ere
e n te rp r is e s
fiv e
in these Is la n d s
e v e ry v e s t i g e
of good f r .
r e t a i n e d as h e r d s m e n & a s
&
th e
cleaned o ff
years
I
of the
shall
know of n o n e,
so d e l e t e r i o u s u p o n th e Hawn p e o p l e
out
&
than t h a t .
sp eedily
engrafts
as
am ong t h e
laborers
d e g e n e r a t e Hawn s t o c k - m a k in g
t h e c h i l d r e n o f th e d e v i l t h a n b e f o r e .
gospel
as
than m y s e l f .
s m a ll rem nant
se v e r a l m ile s
of the b u s in e ss
u po n t h e a l r e a d y
control
o f t h o s e who
c o n c e r n i n g whom i t w d b e d e l i g h t f u l ,
Southern & W estern h a l f
g razing .
the u t t e r
s e n s e s t h a n one - t r a m p le d out b y h e r d s
passed & p ro bably sooner
whose
v a s t l y more p a i n f u l
th e 3 or 4 y e a r s p a s t
p ro sp ect now i s
e n tire
p ossessio n
w ith
one g o o d t h i n g .
W ith in
o f the
em phasis to
e v e n b e t t e r p r e p a r e d to t e s t i f y ,
of t h e s e t h i n g s
b y an
to a i d
school d i s t r i c t s
exp ression sad & d is h e a r t e n in g ,
B u t t h e r e a r e some t h i n g s
a n d one
takes
as i f
t h e y h av e b e e n a b l e
s e e w h o le
in ev itab ly
eyes
school houses u n f i n i s h e d
o n l y here & t h e r e a h o u s e r e m a in in g to g i v e
Sense o f d e s o la tio n w h.
c a l l e d in to
all
in
that
of
f e w who
the
several
fo r e ig n v ic e s
th em t e n f o l d more
T h o se t h i n g s
under fo re ig n
a re to a l l hum an a p p e a r a n c e s , e n t i r e l y b e y o n d t h e r e a c h of
In flu e n c e s.
P a s t o r a l l a b o r f o r many o f them i s
s im p l y an
�Kohala
1861
2.
im p o ssib ility ,
to
the
Chh.
sin c e
a c c e s s ib le e ith e r
after
i n m en , may b e &
all,
th e p r o m is e s
o fte n is
swept
of
away.
H im we may - we w i l l
among t h i s p e o p le
i n a ny other y ear
sin c e
1841 -
h a n d was
v io u s
of o u r M iss y l i f e ,
fo r
own d o m e s tic f l o c k .
Our g r a c i o u s
sure.
in
o m is s io n o f
& death in
h e a v y u po n u s .
Yet
but
In
in terru p tio n ,
a tour
in d u c e s
a l l H is
& for
the p a r t ic u la r
d y in g
taken
f o r us
w ith u s ,
c o n d itio n s
w ith
S p iritu a lly ,
to m ake,
I w as
as
in
in s te a d
of the
- all
th in g s
even th o '
of b e in g
able
o f the
last
o f th e
fie ld
tours
among th em ,
year are
w e l l as
as t o
a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the
of a ffa ir s
f o r the
t h e p e o p le
- in
-
th e
o f the y e a r .
p eo p le &
[b u t ]
lo o k e d to
the
also
w ith
m uch m ore
f o r more v a l u a
them.
th e r e h a s
early i n
first &
as
most t h a n k f u l ,
of d is t a n c e
i n m ore r e m o te p o r t i o n s
& f i n a l tours
in tercou rse
w as,
th e p r e
to g i v e
on the v e r g e
e v e r do ne
d e a lin g s
th is
a fe e lin g
A ny to ur p u t s h im up i n h i s
T h ere
all
s i c k & to t h e
sev eral days
God d i d - as He h a s
of t h e p a s t o r much more th e
the in it ia l
in
our f a m i l y .
one o f our num ber w as
o f t h e y e a r I w as a b l e
p a r t ic u l a r l y those
m in d
Trust
a fflic tio n s.
The l a s t t o u r
f i r s t , w ith o u t
c o n fid e n c e
(! ) q u a r t e r l y t o u r w i t h
p erh ap s h a v i n g r e a c h e d the a p o s t o l i c , a t t a in m e n t
to r e j o i c e
ble
en tirely
the c a r e , o f t h e
w e l l & we c a n p r a i s e H im f o r
not
ever
we h a d h a r d l y b e e n o b l i g e d
t h e two or t h r e e w ho l a y f o r
grave.
Our
has been le s s t h a n perhaps
s ic k n e s s
a season,
m uch o f our tim e & t h o t
h
g
us to
of
One
w as p r e v e n t e d b y
The L o r d 's
our
sure.
- & n e v e r know a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t .
labo r
of another,
God a r e
He i s
The p a s t o r a l
tim e
or
Hopes i n & f o r m e n , may be &
d i s a p p o i n t e d , b u t b l e s s e d by G o d .
h alf
to t h e M i s s y
Lunas.
A nd y e t ,
are
t h e y are h o t
b e e n n o t h i n g v e r y m arked among our p e o p l e .
the y e a r , & i n
th e l a t t e r
part
o f the p re v io u s
�Kohala 1861
year
but
w ere
q u it e
3
a reviving
in
a fe w m o n t h s .
M ost
the h o p e f u l
s u b je c ts
run w e ll &
that they
gate
that
For
the l a t t e r
part
how ever been kept f r .
ab ro a d nor a tt r a c t e d
in
d a ily
at t i m e s ,
th a t p u rg a to ria l
e p id e m ic
all
&
Some o f them s t i l l
we c a n o n ly
th e narrow
fire s
so o f t e n
safely
i t m ust i n
b e e n no
because
d e c id e
Heaven?
to t h e s e
h a v in g
never
s m a ll
s im p l y
t h e am ount o f
sensual d is c ip le s
the "b e t t e r w ay” &
covenant.
& never
sin
-
Y e t we
the
surer
T h i s we know
so d a r k .
our d y i n g p e o p le
them , u n d o n e b y
exist
One a lm o s t
fo r t h e ir b e n e f i t .
so d e e p
ac
i n d e e d b e e n known
a tte n tio n ,
o f th e e v e r l a s t i n g
- tho'
truth be
there has
in to
than
sw eep o v er
a s p a r k o f g r a c e may s t i l l
w ere a v a i l a b l e
them ,
e x i s t e d a more
These have n o t
i n m ere c h a r i t y
go - as w i t h
wh.
so c ia l l i f e
w ith wh.
le n g th get
sin
sin s
and y e t
Lamb o f God we w d f a i n d i r e c t
wd also
the y e a r
God o v er u s , w e h a v e
Who c a n s a t i s f a c t o r i l y
w a y - t h r o ’ the b l o o d
th e
co n tin ued
of ever h a v in g p a s s e d in t o
any c o n s i d e r a b l e
c an w e l l d i s p e n s e w i t h
fo r
it
d u rin g
to b e t o l d ,
good c a r e of
p ra c tise s.
life ,
the possessor at
c lean ses
is
th e y e a r t h e r e has
By the
all
of the u n i v e r s a l i t y .
w is h e s
of
i n d o m e s t ic
of i n i q u i t o u s
v ile n e ss
o f them t r u t h
o f the Hawn p o p u l a t i o n ,
k n o w l e d g e d th a t
amount
Yet
to e t e r n a l l i f e .
u s u a l a p a t h y among u s .
p o rtio n s
h ow ev er o f t h a t w o r k .
a f f o r d no e v id e n c e
lead s
of t h e D i s t .
of those r e cd in t o t h e C hh .
of some o t h e r s
say,
&
some s e c t i o n s
.
-
To
To H im we
- as w i t h th e m ,
to b e
s a v e d by u n m e r it e d g r a c e .
Our m e e t in g s
as d u r i n g the
on the
p r e v io u s
prayer m e e tin g s,
S a b b a t h h ave h a r d l y b e e n as
y e a r - & th e
p a rtic u la rly
for
same i s
the
true
latter h a lf
of
fu lly
attended
our w e e k l y
o f the
p erio d
under re v ie w Our S a b b .
S c h o o l h as
shown
an a v e r a g e
of n e a r l y 2 0 0 f o r
the
�Kohala
1862
year.
4
We s a d l y n e e d some books f o r
any?
is
thoh
t
gs .
u
a n i n q u i r y t h a t h as
the
ever &
ch ild n
S h a ll we
ever h ave
a g a in p ressed i t s e l f
u p o n my
Who c a n t e l l ?
C o n trib u tio n s h ave been about
as u s u a l - (S e e
la st
p a g e .)
S c h o o ls
There
feel
is
little
little
lik e
to b e
say ing
I n t h e l a s t two
said
any t h i n g
can
past
re p o rt
-
the c o n t i n u a n c e
very
averred -
existen ce,
i n m ore
are n e c e s s a r ily
storm s;
& then i n
favo rab le
in c lin a tio n
the
say,
is
v ery s m a l l ;
that
a large por
o f the y o u n g e r
classes,
tim e ,
our fr e q u e n t
ow ing to
other co n d itio n s
attend,
as I
a c t u a l l y m ade,
a r e m eager i n d e e d ,
as
are
because
attendance,
in c lin a tio n ,
a n d t h e a t t a in m e n t s
our q u a r t e r l y e x a m i n a t i o n s ,
of th eir
t h e num ber o f p u p i l s
th e y do n o t
w ea th er &
ca n n o t
The s c h o o l d i s t r i c t s
school,
i s m inus — So th a t t h e a c t u a l
of f a i r
S till
o f any c o n s i d e r a b l e p r o g r e s s
f a i r w e a t h e r , w hen a l l
c o n ju n c tio n
there
i n t im e s
th e c o n d i t i o n s
a p ublic
- f o r m uch of th e tim e
s c h o o l as
to s e c u r e
i n a t t e n d a n c e f o r much o f th e
that
o f the s c h o o l s
scho o ls.
o f the p u p i l s , e s p e c i a l l y those
not be
to
e ffic ie n c y
i n order
to s a y
season of d e p r e s s io n .
e xp e c tatio n
s p e c i f i e d b y la w to c o n s t i t u t e
tio n
a lo n g
our p u b l i c
so l a r g e
was a b l e
The t r u t h i s ,
fo r b id the
than one h a l f
I
Or r a t h e r I
to t h e m .
of my t e a c h e r s
B ut any a d v a n c e i n the
t r u t h f u l l y be
to th e m .
in regard
o f my r e p o r t s
w as some p r o g r e s s u p w a r d a f t e r
I
in re g ard
lim ite d
the
th u s
h ardly need
as
shown
in
can b e r e a d i l y
understood.
It
h as
b e e n w i t h me a q u e s t i o n o f much i n t e r e s t w i t h i n t h e
f e w m onths p a s t
- Have
t h i n g p erm anent
in
It
is
easy
to
our p u b l i c
s c h o o ls r e a l l y
the w ay o f a d v a n c e ,
say t h a t
th e y
a re more
w ith in
the
a c h i e v e d any
la st
ten years?
e f f i c i e n t now than th ey w ere
�Kohala
1861
then
But
-
satisfy
in
5.
q u ite
a n o t h e r t h i n g to g i v e
o urselves
or o th e r s
e x a m i n a t i o n , my b e l i e f
scho o ls
of t h i s
D ist.
T h e S c h o o l H o u se s
in g fa s t e r
in
are
t h a n the
m e tic ,
fo r
still
a dva n ce
The books
the h an ds
of th eir
d efin ite
future
-
c atio n al
sa g a c ity
still
And t h is
of
the p e o p l e
R e a d in g ,
sin c e .
are
leav
The t e a c h e r s
greater in v a r ie t y
& upon w h.
c o n t in u e
a l l care
c o n d itio n ten y e a rs
& yet
are no
eith e r
are th e p u b lic
& no
geography &
a rith
o f stu dies upon w h .
o f our y o u t h f u l H a w a i i a n s
of success;
th e y w i l l
W ith
in these p ro g re ss.
of p u p il s .
sk ill
wh.. w i l l
in no s in g l e p o int
c o n s t i t u t e th e r e n o w n e d t r i o
or l e s s
a s s u r e us
that
im provem ents
4 0 years past the
w i t h more
to
in
is
supposed fa c t .
i n d e e d im p r o v i n g ,
a r e m a in ly th e sam e more a bun dan t
o f th e
actu al data
is
e x e rc ise d
no p r o p h e t s ’ k e n
is
to b e e x e r c i s e d f o r
to o , n o tw ith sta n d in g
as
needed
an I n
the p ro fo u n d E d u
our Solom on o f the P o l y n e s i a n &
of h is
com
peers .
Beyond these
three s t u d i e s ,
a r e no r e a l l y u s e f u l b r a n c h e s
in
our S c h o o l s .
a c q u isitio n s
No
i n geom etry,
th e
teachers fo r
the
e x a m in e d i n
But
o p e ra tiv e
sham i s
there
their
e le m e n t a r y f o r m s ,
o f k n o w le d g e w h . r e c e i v e
more t h o r o u g h l y s u c h ,
a lg e b r a &c
e xa m in a tio n ,
as
is
still
i n an i n c r e a s i n g l y
than th e p r e t e n d e d
th o s e know who h a v e
i n th is
adverse r a t io
of t o l e r a b l y
in
looked
in to
p ro m ising boys
state & p u p ils
of
our l a r g e r
scho o ls.
our s c h o o l s
boys.
For
to y e a r
I
to
My
a cq u ain ta n c e
- affords
as to
several years
is
refer
- as
speak of a n u n in t e r r u p t e d
an e x c e l l e n t m edium o f c o m p a r is o n f r . y e a r
character of
c o m p a r is o n w h .
our s c h o o l s .
& m o rals now c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e p u b l i c
in p a r t ic u l a r w ith the
&
a tte n tio n
som etim es b r o ’ t f o r w a r d b y
another fe a t u r e
s m a ll s c h o o l o f b o y s - n o t to
bers
there
such s t u d i e s .
to t h e d i s c o u r a g i n g p a u c i t y
in te lle c t
in
me
th e num
past
I
�Kohala
1861
6.
shd h a v e f o u n d i t
in
any
im p o s s i b l e
our l a r g e r boys
is
co n tin ually
In
e v e ry r e s p e c t ,
o f the
o th e r s e x )
T h is,
perhaps;
o f th is
c o n clu s io n is not
at a n e a r l i e r
in
character
the
th e
decay
decay
co n tin ued
In tellectu a l
class
present
s ta te m e n ts w i t h r e f e r e n c e
school
a n d the
o f boys
i n num bers
in
whom,
but a fe w years
(& the
same i s
very u n fa v o r
sin c e .
an o p i n i o n p e c u l i a r
to m y s e l f
h a v e r e p e a t e d l y h a d s im
other D i s t r i c t s .
a v o i d e d by s a y i n g
scho o ls.
c ap acity
as h i g h
o n ly m ethod p o s
tim e com pares
Islan d I
to
at
to r e c e i v e t h o s e ,
th a t p u p i l s
age t h a n f o r m e r l y & h e n c e the
of the
le av e
s e e m in g d e c a y
Such is n o t the f a c t w i t h us
does n o t
account
sa tisfa c to rily
fo r
the
i n m e n ta l c a p a c i t y .
On t h e w h o l e ,
abundant
m oderate.
little
b le ssin g
spread
fr.
And y e t ,
f o r our
let
it
be
for
co n fessed,
the f u t u r e ,
to t h e p e o p l e & d a r k n e s s
its
th e
p ale
too
over
s c h o o ls w e r e n e v e r more
as to t h e i r
them as e d u c a t i o n a l f o r c e s
as t h e y p r o m is e
to b e
reveal
w h i l s t my l a b o r s
or more h e a r t i l y b e s t o w e d , my h o p e s
& my e x p e c t a t i o n s
not
o ld e r
of ten years
my B r n .
or 3 n e w p u p i l s
shd h a v e r e j e c t e d ,
I m ig h t h a v e r e g a r d e d as
but f r .
T h is
&
th e
o f the
a b l y w i t h the sam e c l a s s
i .e .
of
o f k e e p i n g my s c h o o l in - o p e r a t io n i s
s in c e .
than 2
a d m is s io n
d ecreasin g ,
a m o m e n t's h e s i t a t i o n I
ila r
for
The average
w ith o u t
true
s e c u r e more
one y e a r h a d my r e q u ir e m e n t s
a s t a n d a r d as f o r m e r l y .
sib le
to
the
slig h tly
darkness w h .
that
p o o r as our
because
exceedin gly
sch o o ls
are
th e y a r e a n i n v a l u a b l e ,
cd be f e l t wd s p e e d i l y
l a n d , w i t h out t h e m .
v alu ed,
are
progress
it
is
A little
lig h t
Is
o n ly s u f f i c i e n t
to
exists.
.Poper y & Mormonism
I
deed I
have
shd
have
s c a r c e l y h e a r d o f - so q u i e t l y h a v e
they r e m a in e d .
s u p p o s e d t h a t Mormonism h a d becom e e x t i n c t
as
a
In
�Kohala
force
1861
among u s , but f o r a fe w
effo rts
that
7.
early in
th e y e a r
tim e I h a v e h e a r d
c o n v u lsiv e t h r o e s ,
to r e s u s c i t a t e
o f no movements
c a u s e d try v ig o r o u s
the defu n ct b o d y .
S in c e
connected w it h t h a t
stu p id
fo lly .
W ill
the B r n .
a l l o w me a s u g g e s t i o n ,
our B o o k s y stem o r
est be
l a c k o f sy stem ?
M r . W h it n e y
- a part
of
We n o w p u r c h a s e
These
as
as b e l o n g i n g to t h e Am. B i b l e
such accounts
of sale s
in s ig n ific a n c e
th e
of th e
account,
u n w illin g
&
to
if
sales.
I make
they b e
we h av e w i t h
To o b v ia t e
a rtic le s
the s a le s .
I
I
I
of
we r e c e i v e
e x p e c te d to r e p o r t
B o a r d Am .
Tract
regard the k e e p in g
on ero u s
But,
do so now t h a t
come to u s ,
c o n sid e rin g
feel bound
feel
of
the
to
in c re a sin g ly
our r e l a t i o n s
as
have
our o th e r m e r c h a n d i s e
on a / c w i t h C & C
changed
comes -
. or t h o ' them .
separate f r .
the
general
our B r n .
all d iffic u lt ie s ,
r e ta il
the books
p rices,
& so t h a t w h e n c h i l d r e n
shd b e d e l i v e r e d u s
so t h a t we p ay
our
own f r t
come a lo n g d i s t a n c e
& b rin g
at
some
not d e s i r e d ,
not f e e l c a l l e d
ou rselv es,
we m a y , n e v e r t h e l e s s d e l i v e r t h e b o o k s & y e t
a co m p ulso ry
to e x e r c i s e / c h a r i t y w hen n o t n e e d e d , b e c a u s e s a v i n g
by the
sales
Another th in g wh.
a unifo rm
one,
to keep w i t h any o n e ,
a s m a l l d is c o u n t f r .
[fre ig h t]
For
C o n sc ie n tio u sly ,
c h a r g e d to us
T h e n w e h av e no a / c
a /c
of our bo o ks
can r e a d i l y b e f o u n d .
S u p p o s e our books
that
a part
S o c y - Am.
as bey on d, m ea s u r e
c o n t i n u e to
a b e t t e r p lan
i .e .
t o u c h in g
e n tir e b o o k i n t e r
fo r m e r l y we a r e
Socy & Hawn B i b l e & T r a c t S o c y .
keep
C an n o t th e
o f G o v 't E d u c a t i o n a l B o a r d & a p a r t
th e P r i n t i n g D e p t .
sales
c o n clu sio n ,
e a s i l y p u t u p o n a s im p le & b e t t e r b a s i s & more s a t i s f a c t o r y
t h a n t h a t w h . now e x i s t s ?
fr.
in
p rice
o t h e r w i s e ..
o c c u r s to m e,
as
d e sira b le
-
f o r t h e bo o k s t h r o u g h o u t th e M i s s n -
There
T h is
sh d be
w ill
�Kohala
1861
o b v iate
the
chg
[c h a r g e ]
T h is
yet
cede
8
most unw elcom e s u s p i c i o n t h a t we at
a p ro fit
on b o o k s
th e p r e s e n t
their
the
a p p r o b a t io n
$
on p r o f n
C e rtific ate
" p a s t y e a r on p r o f n
"
"
C e rtific a te
Total past year
W h o le num ber d ism d & c
Past year
"
W hole num ber d e c e a s e d
Past y e a r
"
"
Suspended
R e m ain
"
E x c o m m u n ic a te d p a s t y e a r
"
W h o l e num ber
"
R e m ain
W hole num ber i n r e g . S t a n d i n g
"
C h ild re n B a p tise d
Past year
"
M a rriag es past y e a r
A v e r a g e S a b t . C o n g r e g a t io n
a t th e S t a t i o n
"
[U n s ig n e d ]
K ohala R ep o rt,
1862.
$ 5 0 0 .6 2
2 6 7 .6 2
3 4 2 .4 7
8 3 .0 0
1 1 9 3 .7 1
S tatistic s
Recd
[On b a c k : ]
-
i n C ash
Past o r ' s Salary
Mon. Concert
B e l l to w er
S c h o o l H o u se
Total
Chh.
of
the B r n .
w isdo m b e d e v i s e d w h .
aw kw ard & burdensom e p r a c t i s e
C o n tr ib u tio n s
o u tstatio n s,
-
s u g g e s t i o n may n o t meet
some p l a n s u r e l y may i n
the
2252
779
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1039
30
4
4
7
60 9
437
969
1317
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42
375
-
w ill
super
�Report of
Kohala
1862 - 3
The r e c o r d of th e
than
&
usual
in
o f m e r c ie s
t w e lv e m o n th now c l o s i n g h a s b e e n more v a r i e d
character.
It
u n d e r th e g u i s e
sp eaks o f a b o u n d in g m e r c i e s
u n d isg u ise d
of a f f l i c t i o n s .
th is
v a r ie d d e a lin g w ou ld we reco g n ize
from le sso n s
It
m e a s u r e fr o m t h o s e
as
o m it t e d i n c o n s e q u e n c e
to urs
m e e t in g s
thro'
have b e e n
a b rie f
the
field
I
am a b l e
essen tia lly
of p re v io u s y e a r s
m o th e r fro m home fo r
three
i n no w is e
hand &
in
learn th ere
h o ly w i l l .
of thankfulness th a t
L a b o u r s of th e y e a r
n e c e ssa rily
a F a t h e r 's
o f n e w o b e d ie n c e to H i s
is m a t t e r
E q u ally
-
d iffe rin g
th e
in k in d
or
One t our h o w e v e r w as
of t h e
season in
to r e p o r t
absence
of t h e
the w i n t e r
a c t u a lly p erform ed.
s u s t a i n e d as u s u a l &
w ife &
- le a v in g but
As
a teachers
fo r
the r e s t ,
school every
W e d n e s d a y as t h r o ’ t h e p a s t 2 1 y e a r s .
The C h u r c h - h as
ze a l at
As
in
e x is t e d in
any tim e i n more th a n
p r e v io u s
a lu kew arm s t a t e ,
a chosen
r e p o r t s , how ever,
few ,
so i n t h i s
s p e a k o f the
c o n t i n u e d c ar e
f l o c k here &
in s u f f e r i n g no waives i n
fo r
It
th e
w ith
cause
peace & e n tic e
c lo th in g
ap p aren tly h as be en g a in e d d u r in g th e y e a r ,
that
its
sheeps'
If
members i n t o
s a v e d t h r o u g h the g r a c e
The a d d i t i o n s
to
the
of
the S a in t s ,
p a ra tio n fo r
entering
but
th a t
there
in t o r e l a t i o n s
The m e e t in g s u p o n S a b b a t h d a y s ,
to
enter
any o u t b r e a k i n g
at
in
sin s.
least
our L o r d & M a s t e r .
C hh. have b e e n fe w
t h e r e h a v e b e e n no m ore a p p l i c a n t s
lo w sh ip of
to
of t h e Good S h e p h e r d over H i s f e e b l e
its
much h a s b e e n
of t r u t h .
i s my p r i v i l e g e
& d istu rb
little
little
fo r
h as
as w e l l b e
seen.
Not
a d m is s io n to t h e f e l
seem ed l i t t l e
so f a r - r e a c h i n g &
at rem o te
v illa g e s
real pre
so
so lem n .
have been
�Kohala
62-3
as u s u a l
2.
su sta in e d by
t h e m ore i n t e l l i g e n t
s e r v ic e s has
of
Lunas
- r a t h e r as
few
th e r e
fr o m a r e p e t i t i o n
to make our
good b o o k s .
scho o ls
W ill
th e y
is
effic ie n t
o th e r parts
Isla n d s, yet
m uch l e s s
a t t a in m e n t s
of advance
ly
part
t h a n w e hav e
as m ost o f t h e m a r e ,
settled d is t r ic t s .
that
E arly
the
or
th r e e d a y s , h i t h e r t o .
tim e .
can p r o f i t a b l y be
We n e e d many
- b u t we per i s h i n g l y n e e d a
average
Our t e a c h e r s
of t h e i r
do n o t
o f the p u p i l s
a rig h t
i n d e e d as
- fo r
class
in
sh e w a n y v e r y
- certa in ly
to e x p e c t .
one of g r e a t t r i a l f o r
a ll
of
our sc h o o ls,
them a r e f r o m s p a r s e
in D e c . heavy r a i n s ,
c h i l d r e n to g e t to s c h o o l ,
less has been
v io le n t
gales
tim e
a p p lic a tio n s
age
A n d so f a r
to b e
I
has
s m a ll
tim e & h e n c e ,
of the teachers
much
t h a n m ig h t
su ffic ie n t
o n ly to f i l l
r e c d e v e r y t o l e r a b l y p r o m i s i n g bo y
fo u nd i n the
a select
f a l l e n belo w the u s u a l num ber.
fo r a d m i s s i o n
as now a p p e a r s ,
& c h a r a c t e r fo r
la b o r
of
I n tw e n ty two y e a r s my s m a ll b o a r d i n g
l i m i t e d to 1 4 p u p i l s
num ber to t w e l v e ; y e t
suitab le
d u r in g much o f t h i s
&
appeared.
F o r th e f i r s t
T h e r e w ere
has b e e n im p o ssib le f o r
a c c o m p l is h e d by th e
o th e r w is e have
scho o l,
It
in
sp irit
u n u s u a l c o l d set i n & h a v e c o n t i n u e d w i t h r a r e i n t e r m i s s i o n s
two
by
of s p e c i a l
reports.
our s c h o o l s
on the
The y e a r h o w e v e r h as b e e n
gathered
N o w here i n
said a g e n e r a l
ev er be p r o v i d e d ?
a r e n o t b e l o w the
co n siderable
already
o f p r e v io u s
or r a t h e r
A tten d a n ce upon th e se
in d ic a tio n s
little
H aw a iia n te ac h e rs,
of th e
turn
among u s up to t h e p r e s e n t
I n r e g a r d to s c h o o l s
thin gs
Lunas.
t h e r e b e e n w i t n e s s e d any
in e te r n a l t h i n g s ;
apart
in
as u s u a l i n p a s t y e a r s .
apathy has p r e v a i l e d
said ,
of the Chh.
p o r t i o n o f th e
been about
D i s t r i c t have
terest
the
p ub lic
s c h o o ls
e v e n so many a s
school lik e t h i s ,
in
1 2 bo ys
the
of a
the D i s t r i c t .
su itable
in age
w il l not h e r e a ft e r be
�Kohala
62-3
3.
o b t a i n a b l e f r o m th e
e n tire
fie ld .
G eneral State
The g e n e r a l a s p e c t
o f th e
of t h e
fie ld
fie ld
-
eith e r
c a l i n t e r e s t s , h as n o t b e e n p a r t i c u l a r l y
i n m o r a ls
c h eerin g
t h e r e p o r t f o r l a s t y e a r w o u ld answ er w e l l f o r
o f t h e k i n d s p e c u l i a r to H a w a i i a n s ,
thin nest
a p o lo g y f o r
co ncealm ent.
we f i n d t a k i n g r o o t among us
n e v e r g a i n e d any
fo o tin g
has
-
strip e
in g & reading
in c re a sin g
th e
"P a k ip lh i"
a r e members o f t h e Ch h .
ou r y o u n g men i n th e
m o st a c t i v e
in
I
ch h .
I
refer
We f i n d
our m id s t
It
en tire
th is
is
has
D ist.
refer
to
w ere no
the h a b i t u a l know n
a lso w ic k e d n ess
a s h a m e le s s
s le e p t h o s e
o u tsid e
surely
are
of the Chh.
p rises
to
If
that
the Lord
e n te rp r is e s
of deep r e g r e t
that
w h a t e v e r b y means
respect.
I t has
in
Our
fie ld
long been
estab lish m en t
of
as v i t a l to g o o d m o rals
& a d e s ira b le
so c ia l c o n d itio n
U n til
fru itless.
Now h o w ev e r i t
tation i n
progress
the p r e s e n t y e a r my aims
i s my p r i v i l e g e
among u s ,
e n te rp r is e
g a r d to t h e w e l l b e i n g o f
its
h ith e rto
th e r e s u l t s
fu lly
some s u c h e n t e r
& w is h e s
is
em p lo yees
answer
o f the
have been
to r e p o r t
th e s t o c k o f w h i c h i s
t r o l l e d b y g o o d m en & t h e
o u r
of w h ic h
s e e k th e
co m m u n ity .
( !)
-
ev er b e e n v e r y p oo r i n t h i s
a c h e r is h e d o bject
of t a k
aw ake &
th a t
But
p e o p le co uld a cq u ire d e s ir a b l e p h y s ic a l c o m fo r ts.
& has
of
in fid elity .
A nd w o u ld we c o u l d f e e l
lo n g b e e n w i t h me a s o u r c e
there
p re v io u sly
- one o f the f r u i t s
t h e y h a d no c o a d j u t o r s w i t h i n the p a l e
are H i s
to
u nd er the
by our fa s t - g r o w in g men - some o f whom
for t h e i r m a s t e r .
k n o w e t h them t h a t
Im m o ra lity
two or t h r e e y e a r s ,
a fo r m o f i n i q u i t y w h .
c o h a b i t a t i o n o f u n m a r r ie d p a r t i e s .
another
th is.
these
p h y si
a r e h e a r s a l of
a b o u n d e d & th a t
W ith in
among u s
or i n
a sugar P lan
ow ned or c o n
conducted w it h co n stan t
in
every r e s p e c t .
the hopes &
e xp ectatio n s
re
A nd
c h e r ish e d
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62-3
4
in the commencement of the undertaking.
A n ev ent
of
a d iffe re n t
character
it
p a i n s me to r e c o r d h e r e .
In Dec.
l a s t w e w er e g r e a t l y
a f f l i c t e d by the
Ju stic e
- a r a r e man f o r h i s
post.
for
s t e r l in g good sense &
n e c t io n w it h q u e stio n s
I
have never
s io n s
fo r broad &
co n tin ually
an
w as
o pinio n
c o m p re h e n siv e v i e w s
co uld approach h im .
Judgm ent in con
d e c isio n
H is
d ec i
i n v ie w o f a l l t h e f a c t s
once d e l i b e r a t e l y made u p
- we n e v e r
saw.
w el l
come v e r y s l o w l y
& we w o u ld be
sile n t
D u r i n g the y e a r
b u ilt
a t an e x p e n s e
in
W it h a l he
It
th e
com
a b l o w fr o m w h i c h
But He d o e t h a l l
th in g s
th e r o d .
is
16 f t .
Square &
The w e a t h e r h a s b e e n s u c h a s
p a in tin g .
O th erw ise,
66 f t .
been
h ig h
to p r e v e n t
th e to w er h a s
lo n g
We a r e now a t w ork r e n o v a t i n g th e H o u s e i n t e r n a l l y
an e s t im a t e d e x p e n s e
on the S a b b .
e d o v er th e f i e l d
r o tatio n
ever.
s u b m is s iv e u n d e r
of $ 1 0 0 0 .
c o m p le t io n o f the
been fin is h e d .
&
if
d e a l t us
of
a new to w er to our H o u se o f W o r s h i p h a s
the upper ex tre m ity .
s e rv ic e s
to t h e w e l l b e i n g
the L o r d t o o k h im aw ay & t h u s
recovery w il l
at
of
an u n a f f e c t e d l y m odest man & to human v ie w th e most v a l u a b l e
m u n ity , Yet
the
so lid ity
f o r e i g n or n a t i v e who c o u l d u n s e t t l e h im
man among us & th e most n e c e s s a r y
to
ou r D i s t r i c t
com ing b e f o r e h im f o r
in d e p e n d e n tly ,
e v i d e n c e & th e i n d i v i d u a l ,
in
In d e e d fo r
s e e n t h e H a w a i i a n who
w ere made u p ,
death of
o f $ 7 0 0 or t h e r e a b o u t s
a re h e l d i n
- th e p a s t o r
the
taking
several
charge
-
Hence
school h o u ses
P a s t o r ’ s S alary
M o n th ly C o n c e r t
N ew Tower
Total
only
scatter
o f t h e s e m e e t in g s
Cash C o n trib u tio n s
1862
our
fo r
$ 4 2 4 .2 5
1 9 2 .4 3
2 3 5 .5 0
$ 8 5 2 .1 8
in
�Kohala
62-3
Chh. Statistics
Recd
on p r o f e s s i o n
"
2269
C e rtific ate
"
past year
"
"
W hole
797
on p r o f n
on C e r t i f i .
no.
D ism isse d
past year
"
18
35
to o t h e r Chhs
"
17
past year
Deceased
597
15
1074
"
past y e a r
35
Susp ended past year
1
R e m a in S u s p e n d e d
3
E x c o m m u n ic a te d p a s t y r .
8
W ho le
n o . E xco m m u n ic a te d
R e m a in
W ho le
"
441
num ber i n r e g .
S tan d in g
C h ild re n B ap tize d
"
"
Average
951
1329
past year
M arriages
617
"
12
31
C o n g r e g a t io n
)
at t h e S t a t i o n )
[U n s ig n e d ]
1863
Ju ne
Report
K oh ala
o f S ta tio n
H a w a ii
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SOUTH KONA STATION REPORTS
CONTENTS
John D . Paris.......... ....... . —
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John D ,. Paris....... ................. ........... .
Unsigned (Paris)....... .
1852
1854
1854 ----1855
John D. Paris............ ......................... ..1855
(the first page of the original is marked "5' in
dicating that there may be a sheet of 4 pages
missing)
Unsigned (Paris).... ...... ..... ....................
1858
Unsigned (Paris)
1858
Statistics ........ ..............
John D . Paris................ ........................ 1860
John D. Paris ......................................
1862
Unsigned (Paris) ....................... ...... ...... 1863
See also Kealakekua. Station reports for South Kona
report of 1846, others
�Report from. S. Kona, Hawaii - [1852.; read 1853]
To the Sand. Island Mission
Dear Brethren
There are many considerations which make it desirable
to be with you in the approaching Gen. Meeting.
But circumstances
will not permit, & I must content myself to remain at my fort.
May the Great Head of the Chh. be in your midst:- Preside
in all your Councils & deliberations;- & lead to such conclusions
& the adoption of such measures as shall redound to the glory of
God;- the highest interest of this Mission & those united with us;
& the greatest & most lasting benefits to all who dwell on these
Islands.
My hearts desire, & prayer to God is, that a Spirit of
Christian love & unity may pervade all your meetings, & that it
may be a season of quickening & refreshing to all who are permitted
to attend.
The past year has been much broken up.
To us, it has been a
year of trials, of wear & tear of body & soul; & also of joys &
blessings, peculiar
rich - many.
After the close of last Gen. Meeting, we remained some three
mos. in Honolulu.
Our sojourn there, was on a time when every
body was sick (or thought they were) & we were sick ourselves, &
we had rather a sorry time of it.
We had the head ache - the tooth
ache - the fever, & I know not how many other aches.
9
Having spent some two months in Kings Courts living in Royal
Style & being fully satisfied with that kind of life;- we sailed
for our Station on Hawaii in the Sch. Maria on the 28 day of
August.
Touching at Lahaina where we enjoyed ( !) the kind hospitali
ties of our good Bro Baldwin & his family, for twenty four hours,we reached our destination on the first day of September 1852.
�S . Kona 1852
On reaching Kealakekua;- after taking a careful survey of the
Mission Stations; & after mature deliberation, we deemed it wise
& expedient to come directly to the old Station, chosen & occupied
by the first Missionaries.
Though we have suffered great inconvenience - & life & health
has been endangered ( !) from the storm & tempest during the rainy
season in our miserable shelter:- Still having explored this field
in its whole extent, & held frequent meetings in all the most pop
ulous & central points; I am fully persuaded ( !), that this is the
best location for a Missionary, (say nothing of his family) who
would accomplish the greatest amount of good for South Kona.
Since reaching our Station, much time has been occupied neces
sarily in preparatory work - collecting materials for building
dwelling & meeting houses &c. &c. -
We have now a Cook house so
far completed that we are able to occupy it.
A cistern dug -
cemented finished ready to receive water - a good substantial
frame of a dwelling house ready to be erected - & before many months
have elapsed we hope by the blessing of God it will be so far com
pleted, that it will receive all Paris, & have a "stool - a bed a table a candlestick" & a plate for the "stranger".
My Missionary labors have hitherto been performed to great
disadvantage - & my own health has suffered much for the want of
houses for public worship.
The great meeting House, at Kealakekua has "fallen - fallen",
piece by piece, until it has become, not we hope the "habitation
of devils of foul Spirits, of unclean & hateful birds" - but a
mere wreck, without a roof.
For the last five months, we have
been compelled to worship in the open air.
have also been without houses of worship.
At two out stations, we
So that about half
�S . Kona
3.
1852
our meetings have been held out of doors.
Bating the time spent in regular tours - I have preached every
other Sab. at Kealakekua, & divided the remainder between Nawawa,
Honaunau & Kealia.
My regular Sab. labors have been Sab School - two sermons, &
a Bible Class.
Sometimes an inquiry meeting.
Week day labors,
aside from daily private intercourse - a regular weekly lecture or
exposition of scripture - a lecture in Chh. History - a business
& religious ( !) meeting with church lunas - and a meeting for con
versing with inquirers &. hihia Chh. members.
week.
The latter, not every
Besides occasional meetings in different neighborhoods.
State of Religion
"The morning cometh, & also the night."
& we have sad.
W e have light breaking over the mountains & we have
dark shadows - deep, rough ravines.
ging.
We have good tidings,
We have much that is encoura
And shall I say much to discourage?
No. - But much over
which we mourn & weep.
In some portions of our field though it is a region of dry
volcanic cinders ( !) & lava - formed from rivers of fire & shaken
together by a thousand earthquakes [note on side:] There have been
some
8
or
10
in the last
waters in the "wells".
8
months. yet there is a "rising of the
(!)
A spirit of "grace & of supplication"
has been imported to some of God’s people.
Little bublings ( I)
of religious interest have appeared in different places.
The
Spirit of the Lord has come down here, & there, as "showers upon
the mown grass".
The "still-small voice" of God has spoken to -
softened, & subdued many hearts.
Not a few, we trust, have been
brought to see & feel their lost & Undone condition as sinners,
& led to the "Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world".
�S. Kona
1852
4.
I have never preached, the Gospel to more attentive & deeply
s o l emn audiences than in portions of S. Kona.
And I think I
have never witnessed a more eager desire to hear.
Quite a number who had back-slidden & wandered away from
and
the Good-Shepherd - have returned & come confessing & mourning
over their past sins & promising to walk hence forward in newness
of life.
But there are villages & large districts in S. Kona, where
there is little or no interest, either in religion or sound moral
ity.
There are numbers who seldom or never visit the house of
God.
Others who attend, but seem as careless & indifferent to
the great concerns of their souls, & seem to have as little sense
of their responsibility to God or their lost & ruined estate as
the wild beast of the forest.
The Sab. is awfully desecrated ( !) both by Foreigners &
natives.
But especially among the former.
The no. of foreigners
on this part of Hawaii is rapidly increasing - & with scarce an ex
ception, their influence is all withering & blasting to every thing
"lovely, & excellent, & of good report."
Chinese s l a v e r y - from which "may the Good Lord deliver us"’ only gives additional power & influence for moral degradation &
death.
We have also one or two Chiefs (High Chiefs perhaps) - Des
cendants of the excellent Kapuolani whose whole influence is exer
ted in favour of drinking - dancing - dissipation - sab. breaking
& everything which tends to darkness & death.
In these Communities some who are or have been members of 'the
Chh. hang like dead weights or putrid masses.
The very atmosphere
in which they live seems to be tainted & will produce nothing
�S . Kona
1852
but sin & death.
Still we are not discouraged. , The Lord hath done great
things for us - for this people - "for which we are glad" & give
thanks.
To his name be all the glory - To Him & Him alone it is
due.
Even now while I write there is a "moving a noise among the
dry bones" - One, & another of the old wrinkled, gray headed
( !)
idolaters who have long lived without God & without hope - have
come of their own accord - unsought by me to inquire the way of
life.
Pray for us Brethren - & for this people among whom we dwell.
The records of this Chh. have passed through so many different
hands that it is rather a difficult matter to arrange statistics
either satisfactorily or with accuracy.
I can only give them for
the current year, & arrange the whole by reference to last years
deceased
report as a very large number of d e c e a s e d & Excommunicated
are not to be found on on ( !) any records in my possession.
Statistics
The whole no. on prof. of faith in Christ
"
"
By Certificate
" Recd . past year on profession
"
Past yr by Certificate
Past year
"
Dismissed to other Chhs
Whole
"
"
Dismissed past year
"
Deceased
Whole
Deceased past year
Remain suspended
Excommunicated past year
in regular Standing
"
"
Children Baptized
"
"
Baptized past year
Wh ole No of Marriages past year
3018
115
112
18
130
886
8
662
20
15
1
1069
1181
60
50
The average No. of congregations on Sav. I know not. have some
8
We
or 10 assemblies in different parts parts ( !) of S.
Kona every Sab.
�S. Kona
1852
6.
It will be seen by the above table that the number Excommunicated in years past is not put down & is no where found on the
records of the Chh:-
Consequently the no. of names found on our
records in good Standing, is much smaller than would appear
from
a comparison with the other parts of the Statistical table.
I
hope before the close of an other year (Deo volente), to know more
of my people & to give Statistics with more satisfaction to my
self.
During the last eight month our people have contributed in
money & labor for the support of the Gospel, & benevolent purposes,
more than I anticipated.
Two good substantial houses of worship
one of stone, & the other of thatch have been erected & Completed,
& two others at out stations are in progress.
Materials - lime -
sand &c. have been collected for rebuilding the house at Kealakekua
And they have raised & paid in for roofing the house & finishing
$5 5 5 . 7 5 & are going forward with a determination, if it is possible
to have a house of worship with a shingle roof.
It will be a hard
tug, but they were unwilling to have a thatch roof, & seem determined to have a comfortable house of worship.
Monthly concert
contributions since I have been among them $ 1 0 0 . Not including a
large amount of labor bestowed on the above mentioned houses of
worship.
Our people have also done something for "hanai kahuna”
[support of pastor] .
Some four months since they authorized their
Treasurer to pay over $140 for support of the pastor.
At a recent
meeting our Chh. Lunas got together & passed a vote - pledging them
selves to do what they could for my support.
They voted also to
give their pastor for the coming year $600. kala maole [foreign
money];- &
100
in kalo [taro] - uala [sweet-potato] - moa [chicken]
�S. Kona
1852
7.
kao [goat] - puaa [pig] - ia [fish] - maia [banana], a ia mea aku
ia mea aku [and so forth and so forth.].
This I consider a very
large promise, & especially so, as they will have a great deal to
do in completing their own house.
If we realize the half of this
amount, it will.be more than I expect, & I shall consider that they
have done well.
Popepery ( !).
I am inclined to think from every thing I have seen
& heard in this field, is on the wane.
I am not aware that they
hold meetings at all, except in three or four villages. -
Their
schools have dwindled,& in some places where a few years since they
were large & comparatively flourishing, they have entirely disap
peared. In one large village where only a few years ago, the inha
bitants were all Papists, - the Protestants have now a good sub
stantial stone Meeting House, built of their own accord & there
are but few of the followers of the "man of sin" to be found.
Many of their former disciples are now found in the house of God,
from Sab. to Sab. & some of them from time to time in our inquiry
meetings.
Advance in Civilization &c
On this subject I can say but little, - as I know not how the
people appeared in years past.
One thing I think is true beyond
all contradiction, viz- that the inhabitants of South Kona generally,
are notoriously lazy. (An ugly, lazy word, but just the thing.)
Among all the people I have ever seen, in any part of the world,
I have never found any more indolent & averse to industry or
steady labour.
South Kona embraces a large extent of the richest, most
fertile land, with the best climate on Hawaii:-
A little back
from the sea shore, vegetables of all kinds, & fruits in great
�S. Kona
1852
variety, can be produced with as little labor & in as great perfec
tion as in any portion of the Hawaiian Islands.
The shipping, lying off & on under the lee of this Island,
one half the year, & smaller vessels touching at different points
along the shore, afford a good market for every thing that can be
raised.
Hence the people can live comparatively comfortable, with
almost no labor & idleness is the source of innumerable evils.
But there are signs of improvement & progress amo[n]g our
people.
A number are purchasing farms, & fencing them & seem to
be inspired with new life in putting in order & cultivating them.
Orange & other fruit trees are b eing planted extensively, & are be
ginning to adorn our hills & v a l l e y
s:- a little better class of
houses, with enclosed yards ornamented with flowers, & a variety of
fruit & shade trees, begin to appear.
The people are much better
clad & appear more tidy & cleanly on the Sab.
Mothers seem to
bestow more time, & take better care of their children.
There is
a marked improvement in the care & treatment of children, & this
is one of the most encouraging signs among my people.
May the
Lord "turn, the heart of the fathers to the children" & yet save a
remnant of this people.
I remain dear Brethren as ever yours in the
bonds of the Gospel
John D. Paris
[On side:] J.D. Paris Report
for 1852 Read
May 18, 1853
�Report from South Kona Hawaii
[1854]
To the Sandwich Island Mission
Dear Brethren
I am very sorry that I cannot be with you at the General Meet
ing.
It would give me great pleasure to meet the Brethren - see
them face to face - & to give & receive the right hand of fellow
ship.
I know I greatly need to mingle In the delightful services
connected with that occasion, to be refreshed & strengthed ( !) by
the wisdom & counsels of my Fathers & Brethren.
My desire is that the great Head of the Church may be in your
midst - preside in all your deliberations - guide in all your
Counsels & make it a season of great good to all who are permitted
to assemble.
As a family we would record the lovingkindness & tender mercies
of our Covenant-keeping God.
We know & feel that it is of the
Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed - because his compassions
fail not.
They have been near every morning - we have been kept
as the apple of the eye - under the Shadow of the wings of the
Almighty.
During the prevalance ( !) of Small Pox our little Ella Hudson
was brought down to the borders of the grave, & for some days we
had many fears that she would be taken from us.
But the Lord
graciously raised her up and restored her to health.
On the 30th of last March there was born to us a a ( !) son
whose name is John - so named by the angel who brought him forth.
He is a fine large healthy boy - but as destitute & penniless as
any son of of ( !) the ABCFM.
Since the last General Meeting many of our people have been
called from time to Eternity - to render an account of the deeds
done in the body.
Since my last report fifty one of the members
of this Church have died.
Of these twenty two died of Small Pox.
�South Kona
Many others I have no doubt whose names have been recorded on
the Books of this Chh. but who have been wandering hither & thither
for many years - have been called suddenly to their long home.
State of Religion
Where has not been that deep interest in the subject of re
ligion which we greatly desire to see.
Even in the midst of judge
ments of God, the love of many seemed to wax cold, and there has
been a stupor & indifference ( !) - a hardy-hood ( !) greater than
usual among non professors of religion.
While this dreadful scourge (The Small Pox) prevailed
were subjected to the laws of a Board of health.
Non intercourse
was proclaimed.
During several months some of our largest & most populous
villages were cut off from the public worship of God.
And in some
places where mortality was the greatest, the inhabitants were en
tirely cut off from the ordinary means of Grace.
Often where the
hand of God seemed to be the heaviest - in the midst of loathsome
disease- ( !) - death & desolation, even there (a thing not uncommon)
there ( !) to be the greatest indifference & most melancholy stupid
ity.
But some of our people, while the judgements of God have been
abroad in our midst have "learned righteousness".
They have
kissed the rod & bowed with humble submission before Him "whose
judgments are a great deep".
Thus the "judgments of the Lord"
which are "true & righteous altogether" - have proved a Savour of
life and life & of death unto death.
It is sad to think how many
of this poor people have gone into Eternity the past year “without
God & without hope".
Surely the Lord of the harvest is calling
loudly for us to "do with our might" "what our hand findeth to do"
for this remnant.
We may not rear a monument for the admiration
�South Kona
3.
of this world - but through the "unsearchable riches of Christ," we
may yet gather
m any
trophies who will stand forth as monuments of
his grace forever & ever.
We trust the Lord has not left us to labour the past year
altogether in vain or spend our strength for naught.
The glorious
gospel of the blessed God has not returned void, but has accom
plished that whereunto He sent it.
In some of the members of our Church, there has been a marked
improvement - a growing interest in the Word of God, & in every
good word & work.
While Sabbath breaking intemperance - licentious
ness - & infidelity have been coming in upon us like a flood - they
have come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty & taken
a more decided stand for the cause of truth & righteousness.
While we have had no general revival of religion, & while the
great mass of those who were once found among inquirers have gone
back to the world; still there have been quite a number of hopeful
conversions.
The Spirit of the Lord has been moving upon the
hearts of sinners here & there bringing them to see their sinful
& undone condition & leading them, we trust, to the "Lamb of God
who taketh away the sin of the world".
Since my last Report there have been added to this Church on
Examination
By Certificate
Backsliders & wandering restored
Dismissed to other Chhes
Died the past year
Suspended "
"
Excommunicated past year
The whole No. In Regular Standing
No. of Children Baptized past year
Marriage's celebrated past year
64
6
23
27
51
38
2
1084
35
53
Among those admitted to the Chh. about two thirds are adults
& mostly over middle age.
Fourteen have been Papists.
One had
made three voyages to the United States - one to China & one to
�South Kona
4.
England
, seeking rest & finding none.
Bating the few months when the Small Pox was raging;- I have
distributed my missionary labors very much as in the year 1853.
Aside from my quarterly tours - I preach regularly every other
Sabbath at the Station at Kealakekua, & divide the remainder of
my time between Nawawa - Kealia & Hoanaunau.
Usual Sabbath labors two sermons a Bible Class & Sab School.
A regular weekly Lecture at the Station & occasional weekly meet
ings at out Stations. -
A regular weekly meeting with Deacons &
Lunas for business & Spiritual, improvement. Meetings for inquiry
( !) & hihia ["wandering"] Chh. members as circumstances seem to
require.
Eight meetings are held on the Sab. besides the one at
the Station,
Our field & Church is now divided into six different
parts or branches, & the Lords Supper is to be administered to
each of these divisions four times in the year.
This arrangement has
been made within the last three months.
Our houses of worship both at the Station & at Kealia are very
large - with high ceiling - well lighted & well ventilated.
But
we are such mole eyed creatures that we greatly need a little
stained glass or something else to mellow the rays of the sun.
Our Common Schools have been suspended nearly half the year
on account of sickness & for want of funds.
For nearly two years they have suffered great loss for want
of Books.
Our School houses too are mostly poor miserable shelters,
unfit to be occupied by human beings.
I do wish our good Brother Armstrong would get out of Honolulu "Come over & help us" a little with our schools & school houses in
South Kona.
We have some comparatively good Teachers, & some fine
little round pates & bright eyes
ready to study, & some of them do
�South Kona
5.
make some progress in study.
dirt -
But we want to get them up out of the
They can never make much improvement until there is some
improvement in our houses.
We also greatly need a good school for the children of f or
eigners with native wives,
Most of them & there are not a few)
are growing up around us as ignorant of books as the beasts of the
field.
Their Parents will not send them to native Schools & we
have no others, & consequently they are suffered to run wild.
They
never attend Church & seldom do their children hear the blessed
gospel, & consequently they are as wicked as they are ignorant.
I would be glad to establish a school & teach them the English
Language but my people need all my time & more.
Popery.
year.
We think has rather lost than gained during the past
They have no Priest located in South Kona.
But the Bishop
of Kailua makes occasional tours through this dark region consecrating Hale Pules - hearing mass - Baptizing children, a e kala ana
i na lawe hala a pau.
Mormonism.
This is an other ism of the devil.
The whole System was manufactured in the Bottomless Pit.
They have made strenuous efforts to establish themselves in
South Kona & what is astonishing they have hitherto had but little
success.
They have had one & sometimes two Priests among us for
18 months perhaps ransacking the field, & have made one proselyte.
Whether he is "two fold more the child of hell" than his Teacher,
I cannot say.
Some months ago one of their Priests became very much enraged
at the writer for having told a member of his Church at whose house
�South Kona
he (the Priest) was stopping - to read in the 2 Epistle of John
10 & 11 verses.
He chall
enged a public discussion - threatened
public disgrace (as I was informed) and went to meeting for that
purpose.
Taking his seat in a corner he heard a sermon from the
words. "Except a man.be b o m again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.”
When the benediction was pronounced - he was not.
Benevolence
All our benevolent operations were suspended for nearly six
months & have been greatly crippled in consequence of the Small Pox.
The contributions in cash for the year
have amounted to
Of this sum
were for Foreign & domestic missions
For Hilo Boarding School House
For Meeting House at Kealakekua
Houses of w orship at outstations
For Support of Pastor
$ 943.44
230.00
63.87
194.33
100.00
355.24
Our people have also contributed in building & completing
several houses of worship at out Stations.
They have collected most of the materials for rebuilding our
House of Worship at the Station.
The lime from the bottom of the sea - the wood from the forest the sand & water for mortar have all been brought together by the
members of our Church.
I am as ever
Dear Brethren
Yours most truly & affectionately
John D. Paris
�Abstract of Report for Minutes [1854-55]
The Church has been reorganized & divided.
We have now six
churches with members as follows - Viz. The first at Nawawa o
with 140 members.
The Second at Naapoopoo with
280 members
[Napoopoo]
The third at Hoonaunau with
169
"
[Honaunau]
The fourth at Kealia
270
"
The fifth at Ka ohi has
101
"
The Sixth
140
"
with
at Milolii has
[Kaohe]
This arrangement greatly augments the labours of the pastor but is
attended with many advantages to the people.
well attended.
Meetings have been
Sab. Schools & Bible' classes at three Stations
large & interesting - in other congregations small.
A good degree of religious interest in three of the Chh's.
Meetings more solemn than in times past - hearers more attentive.
Thirty five have been received to the Chh.
Thirteen Deacons have been ordained.
Sixty seven children baptized
The Lords Supper has been administered twenty one times during the
year.
The Pastor has spent a great deal of time in catechising
& personal conversation with chh. members.
Benevolent Contributions.
The disposition to aid in supporting
the institutions of the gospel has greatly increased.
Contributions in cash for building the house of
the Lord at the Miss. Station
Meeting houses at out stations
Foreign Missions
Native helpers at home in S.K.
For the support of Pastor
Donation to Pastor, his salary being inadequate
Sum total
$503.88
46.72
241.60
57.00
400.00
107.00
$ 1356.28
Materials collected & gratuitous labour on three meeting houses
estimated at not less than one thousand dollars.
�Abstract 1854-55
Papists - have made no apparent progress.
At several stations many
of them attend our meetings.
Mormons - only three in Kona
Civilization on the advance scale.
People more industrious -
Land owners are planting fruit trees & fencing their farms &
kuleanas.
Schools
have prospered as well as we could expect considering our
poor school houses & that the children have only been taught one
or two days in the week for want of funds.
No. Protestant Schools 15
No. Papists
[Marked on back:]
No. 4
Report of South Kona
1854 & 5
5
�[Mr. Paris' Report 1855]
Since our last Annual Report our Church in S. Kona has been
reorganized or divided into six branches.
Perhaps not in
strict (!
)
accordance with the Ratio Discipline or Confession of Faith. We
hope the Hawaiian Association will see to us on that point.
This arrangement while it greatly augments the labors of the
Pastor or Miss. is nevertheless we think, as this people are scat
tered over a large extent of country, & can never all meet together
greatly beneficial to them.
The first of these Churches extends Geographically from Hokukano on the North to O N ouili on the South.
members.
It embraces 140
In May last we ordained three deacons ( !) & during the
year 10 individuals have been received to the Chh. on profession
of their faith in Christ & two by certificate.
With this Church I
have spent 12 Sabbaths during the year administered the Lords
Supper four times - labouring three & four days in connection with
each Communion Season.
This church has to contend with the opposi
tion of quite a number of foreigners - who have no love to the
blessed Saviour & whose whole influence is opposed to his pure &
holy Doctrines & precepts.
ing for discipline.
We have however had but few cases call
There has [been] a steady increase in atten
dance on the means of grace, & attention has been good.
The truth
of God has not been proclaimed in vain.
The Chh. is now taking hold in earnest to collect materials
for building a comfortable & substantial House of Worship to be
located some two miles from the sea shore.
The second Church extends from Kaawaloa to Keei .
is Naapoopoo the old Mission Station.
six churches.
This is the largest of the
It embraces 280 members.
tion of from three to five hundred.
Its centre
With an average congrega
Sabbath Sch
ool (!) & Bible
�Paris 1855
2.
class of about 150 children & adults.
cons.
This church has three Dea
Three adults have been admitted during the year on profession
of their faith & one who had been Excommunicated restored.
With
this Chh. & people I spend every other Sab. at least a portion of
every other Sab. when not absent on my tours.
Here I have a week
ly lecture, & have regular meetings with Lunas & Deacons.
We also
meet here all the Deacons & lunas from the several districts once
a month for the transaction of business, consultation & prayer.
In these meetings we have reports sometimes verbal & sometimes
written, & this keeps each other informed of what is going on.
We are sorry to say that a portion of this Chh. mostly resid
ing in Keei & Kaawaloa give but little if any evidence of spiritual
life & love to Christ.
We have many fears that not a few of them
are destitute of faith in Christ & are strangers to the new birth.
These are dead weights.
But we have many good people in this
Parish, active Christians.
Who love the "gates of Zion - take
pleasure in her stones & favour the dust thereof".
For three years they have been struggling hard for a comfor
table & substantial house of worship.
Many have made great sacri
fices, contributing largely (in proportion to their means) both in
money & in manual labour.
Owing to the rise in the price of all
materials for building our work has advanced amazingly slow.
And
for a while we feared we should have to give up & say we began to
build but are not able to finish.
We are happy to say however &
thankful, that our house is now under Cover - having a good self
supporting shingled roof.
The inside is also nearly ready for
lathing & plastering & a large quantity of fine flat stone slabs
collected for laying a floor.
But it will be a long time, & to use
a Southern phrase, require a heap of money & a heap of work before
it is completed.
�Paris 1855
Attendance on the worship of God at this station both on
Sabbath & week days is generally good.
A goodly number attend the
prayer meetings every morning between day light & sunrise.
Meetings Sab. P. M.'s for rehearsing sermon, conversation, & prayer
are very fully attended.
During the year I have spent a great deal [of] time in person
al conversation & chatechising each member of this & other branches
of these Churches.
I have also endeavoured to extend it as much
as possible to those out of the Chh.
This I have found a difficult & self denying work.
A sad &
painful work to find so much ignorance & stupidity in the Church.
So many who know nothing of the depravity of their own hearts or
of faith in Christ.
On the other hand I have been cheered & blessed
the Lord to find such a goodly number who are living by faith in
the Son of God - who are able to give a reason of the "hope” that
is in them.
The 3d is the Hoonaunau Church.
members.
This Church embraces 169
There have been 10 additions to chh. during the year on
profession of their faith & one Excommunicated member restores.
Three individuals stand propounded for admission at some future
time. -
This Chh. & people have a rude Stone Meeting House which
they have improved a good deal.
plastered or floored.
It has a thatched roof - is not
But it is well cov[er]ed with Lauhala mats
& partly seated.
There has been a very great & marked improvement among this
people within a few months.
Formerly I found it a hard place to
preach, there was such a careless (?), listless inattention in the
house of God.
But now it is all changed.
is still & solemn.
The house of the Lord
People seem to realize that they are in the
�Paris
4.
1855
presence of the holy Lord God, & that they have come up to worship
him & receive his messages of love & mercy.
We have pleasing evi
dence that the blessed Gospel has not been preached in vain.
That
the good seed sown in tears by beloved Brethren who have preceded ( !)
me, is now springing up & bringing forth fruit to the praise & to
the glory of God.
Another cause of this change is, I think, under God, to be
attributed to the influence of Nahinu a graduate of Lahaina Luna
Sem. a Licentiate.
He is a native of Kealia S.K. [South Kona ?]
& married his wife at Hoonaunau.
He was afterwards called to be a
tutor in the Seminary, but owing to the feeble health of his wife
& sickness & death of an infant, he has spent a considerable por
tion of the year in Hoonaunau.
He is we think a young man of an
excellent spirit, sincere piety & gives promise of extensive use
fulness.
I have been exceedingly gratified & bless the Lord for
his example & influence both over the members of the Chh. & over the
children & youth.
In connexion with this chh & congregation there is an inter
esting Sab. School & Bible classes of between 90 & 100 pupils.
Weekly pray[er] meetings in addition to their regular morning
meetings, which are pretty well attended.
Also female prayer-
meetings.
Many of the Papists are in the habit of attending our meetings
at this Station & we hope some of them have not heard the truth of
God in vain.
The 4th Church at Kealia
This Church was set off in the time of the Brethren Forbes &
Ives.
It embraces - 270 members.
Ruling Elder.
It has 3 deacons (!) and one
As David Gideon Ezekiel Philemon.
Good men.
Men
�who never move without thinking a great while & then waiting a
long time after they have done thinking before they take the first
step.
For two years this Church has been without a house of worship,
& in consequence I have spent fewer Sabbaths with them than last
year.
They have now the walls of a good stone house laid up in
lime, ready for roofing & we hope they will soon have it In a con
dition to occupy as a house of worship.
They have recently in ac
cordance with my wishes, & at my suggestion ( !) given a call to Mr..
Nahinu to become their Pastor.
He however declines accepting the
call to be their Pastor preferring ( !) to labour as an assistant &
Stated Supply, for the present.
salary of $250.
The Chh. promise to pay him a
I hope the association will make some arrangement
for ordaining Nahinu during the coming year, should he desire it.
Either as an Evangelist or as a Pastor over one of these Ch h s .
The Kealia Chh as a whole has manifested less spiritual life
than any other in S. Kona.
With few exceptions, the whole Chh
has been in a ”luke:warm" State - "neither cold, nor hot."
table state of stupidity.
A lamen
Quite a number hihia [have gone astray]
from drinking sour potatoes, kakau uhu [or uhei, or huie; there is
a dot] [
], & neglect of the ordi
nary means of grace.
There is a great lack of Christian benevo
lence & self denial.
In proportion to their means they contributed
but little for benevolent purposes.
There have been quite a number of inquiries from time to time
among the child & youth.
But no deep searchings of heart & but
little if any conviction & sorrow for sin.
The Chh has promised to build a house for Nahinu & we hope
his labors & influence will be blest to their spiritual good.
�Paris
1855
6.
The other two Churches one at Kaohe & the other at Milolil.
The former has 101 members the latter 140.
comfortable houses to worship in.
Both these Chhs have
The one at Kaohi ( !) is of
thatch, the one [at] Milolii is stone.
These Chhes ( !) are made up of the poor of this world & of
the poor of Hawaii.
Most of [the] people get a liveli hood ( !)
principally toy fishing - their villages are mostly near the sea
shore on the barren lava.
Their food is cultivated hack from the
sea shore, the distance of from three to five miles, where the
land is generally fertile & with proper culture would produce
abundantly.
During the year we ordained two Deacons at Milolii &
one at Kaohe.
We have some good warm hearted Christians at Kaohe, who are
lights in the midst of surrounding darkness.
At Milolii
in doubt.
We have some good people & some of whom we stand
A few living epistles known & read of all men - some
whose light shines more dimly & through many clouds & others whose
light is darkness.
We have had a sad case of discipline in this church.Selepano
a Chh Luna who has had more influence than any one man perhaps in
S. Kona.
Early last spring there were many rumours & suspicions
which led to an investigation, which resulted in the irresistible
conviction not only that he was guilty of a breach of the Seventh
Commandment - but that he had lived in the indulgence of this sin
with several different.individuals for a number of years.
He is a
shrewd cunning artful man & has a pretty good knowledge of the
Bible.
His example & influence has been sad indeed. Poisinous ( !)
withering to vital godliness.
All the evidence to the contrary
he persists in asserting his innocency.
He thinks we cannot do
�Paris
1855
7.
without his influence in the Chh. & hopes to b e restored without
confessing his sin.
We hope the Lord will yet bring him to see his sinful course
& lead him to repentance.
He has already been the means of sifting
the Chh. & some we fear have stumbled over him into perdition.
Table of Statistics
Since my last report there have been added to the Churches
in S . Kona
On Examination & profession of F
Added by Certificate
Backsliders & wanderers Restored
Dismissed the past year to other Chhs
Deaths the past year
No. of Suspensions past year
No. Excommunicated past year
Whole No. in Regular Standing
No. Added from the Organization of Chh
No. of Children Baptized past year
"
"
."
in Kau
Whole No. of Child Baptized in S. Kona
No. of Marriages past year
36
3
1101
3181
67
18
1318
37
The No. of Births in this District has been greater than
in the two preceding ( !) years & No. of deaths Smaller
Births
Deaths
81
57
35
8
42
9
20
In reviewing the past we would acknowledge with gratitude &
humility, the multiplied mercies of the Great Head of the Church.
Lovingkindness & tender mercies have crowned us.
The health of
the native population & foreign residents in South Kona has been
during the past year unusually ( !) good.
We have had no epidemics
& but little sickness of any kind & comparatively but few deaths.
It has been a year of peace & plenty.
Our hills & valleys have
been watered abundantly with the showers of heaven.
yielded its increase & the ocean abounded with fish.
The Earth has
Some of our
people we think are more diligent & industrious than in years past.
More patches have been cultivated - more fields fenced - more trees
planted more houses built & repaired, & more roads & paths made
�Paris 1855
8.
than in years past.
In some of our Villages there is a very marked
improvement about the houses & yards every thing wearing a more
cheerful aspect.
We have no field waving with golden harvests (as on some other
islands) but our people are multiplying their Coffee patches, &
the number of Orange trees loaded with golden fruit, are rapidly
increasing.
Some of the "thousand hills" are dotted over with cattle &
horses;- and vast fields of barren lava, fertilized with streams
of living goats.
The year has been one of progress.
poral, & progress in things spiritual.
dark shadows.
Progress in things tem
We have had clouds & some
But the light has prevailed; & even the clouds
have been tinged with light.
The love of some has "waxed cold" - others some have fallen
into "temptation & a snare into many foolish & hurtful lusts" &
have been drowned. —
God has been sifting & winnowing his wheat.
The blessed gospel has been accomplishing its two-fold work.
It
has proved a savour of life unto life & a savour of death unto
death.
The number of hopeful conversions & additions to our Chhs . has
been small.
But we would not despise the day of small things -
nor would we forget that - Paul may Plant & an Apollos water but
God only can give the increase.
The good seed has been sown from the sacred Desk - in Bible
Class - by way side & from house to house - it has been watered
by the tears of some of the people of God.
And there have not been
wanting evidences of its subdoing ( !) & transforming power.
�Paris
1855
Benevolence
The Contributions for the year have amounted
to the sum total of
$
1356.28
For the Support of Pastor
400.00
Donation to Pastor
107.00
For Foreign Missions
241.60
Helpers at Home in S. Kona
57.00
" Meeting House at Mission Station
503.88
" Work on Meeting Houses at out Stations
This is exclusive of funds paid in for Communion &
other incidental Expenses.
I would remark that the materials collected &
gratuitous labour on three houses of worship at
Kealia, Naapoopoo & N awa, would amount to more than
a Thousand dollars over & above the sum paid in cash.
[Unsigned but marked on back:]
Mr. Paris' Report 1855
46.72
�Missionary Labors in South Kona
[1858]
My missionary labors have been very much the same as in former
years.
members.
I have pastoral care of six Churches embracing in all 1157
These are scattered over the the ( !) whole district of
South Kona, an extent of some 50
o r 60 miles of Sea-Coast.
The people live for the most part along the shores & inland from
two to four or five miles.
The increasing demands of our foreign
population has also claimed no inconsiderable portion of my time.
These are a heterogeneous mixture from all lands.
have native wives.
Most of them
They profess a great variety of religions, but
with few exceptions are ignorant, & utterly destitute of the
Spirit of the Gospel of Christ.
God & without Hope.
They are living & dying without
Connected as they are with the natives &
many of them being large owners of the soil, their influence is
very great.
I yearn over them, & greatly desire their salvation,
not simply because their souls are precious, but on account of
their wives & children & the multitudes they are ruining ( !) for
time & eternity.
Many have come from California ( !) with shattered constitutions
hoping that the salubrious climate of Kona would soon restore them
to health.
But most of them have found their graves.
I have been
with them in their sickness - administered to their wants - en
deavoured to point them to the strangers ( !) & the sinners ( !)
friend, & attended their funerals.
Many a young man who has left
his fathers ( !) house, a happy home, an affectionate mother & brothers & sisters has come here to die alone, & be buried by the hands
of strangers.
And here permit me to remark that in my opinion, the Hawaiian
Miss. Soc. could not do a better work, than to employ a Missionary
�South Kona '58
2.
paying a part of his expenses to labour directly for the moral &
spiritual improvement of the rapidly increasing foreign Community
on the borders of North & South Kona.
But I hope to speak of this
subject again.
I rejoice that Bro Taylor has been able to preach to this
community once a month & a part of the time once a fortnight for
more than a year.
support.
But Bro. T. has a large & expensive family to
His own health is very far from good, & he cannot con
sistently labour & spend his strength for the good of this community without support.
But we have abundant evidence that your
Missionaries who have lived in S. Kona have not "laboured in vain,
nor spent their strength for naught . "
predecessors, has not been lost.
The good seed sown by my
From year to year it is springing
up, & bearing fruit to the glory of God. "For as the rain cometh
down & the snow from heaven & returneth not thither but watereth
the earth, & maketh it bring forth & bud that it may give seed to
sower & bread to the eater.
So shall my word be that goeth forth
out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, & it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I send it."
We have a band of brethren, who though children in many things,
are steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
Lord.
Some who were among the first fruits of the Mission &
others gathered in within a few years.
These are always in their
peaces on the Sabbath - at Monthly Concert & in prayer & conference
meetings.
Ready to help their pastor in every good word & work.
They are our "living Epistles" - known & read of all men."
Our
Joy & Rejoicing in the Lord.
A large proportion of the people in S.K. attend the several
�South Kona '58
3.
places of public worship on the Sabbath.
every Lords ( !) day A.M. at some
8
Congregations assemble
or 10 different places.
I frequently preach at two places distant from three to five
miles on the same Sabbath.
my absence.
The Elders & Deacons hold meetings in
A large, portion of my Sabbaths are spent in preaching
alternately to three Congregations, not far distant from the Mission
Station.
Once a month I visit Kealia, a Station some
miles distant.
8
or 10
Here we have a native minister D.H. Nahinu.
He is
a native of Kealia - a graduate of Lahainaluna & superintendent
of our Com. Schools.
He is a good man modest - discreet, a very
respectable preacher, a good teacher; & his influence over children
& youth has been very salutary.
His heart was set on a foreign
Mission, but he Is detained on account of his wife's health.
Church at Kealia numbers 280.
The
During the last two years they have
built a very good Stone meeting house laid up in lime, painted
outside & plastered inside.
The work has all been done by members
of the church, & their children.
A very interesting sight, which
we have often witnessed, of Pastor & people, old & young - male &
female all united in collecting materials, building the walls &
helping forward the house, of the Lord.
We have now 4 houses of
worship, built of stone capable of seating from 500 to 1000 persons
each; - all built & some of them nearly completed within the last
five years.
They are very plain.
No guildings of gold.
Not orna
mented with stained glass & some of them as yet with no glass at
all.
But they are cemented by the tug & toil & prayers of our poor
people .
I have a regular weekly lecture at the Station, except when
absent on my tours.
In these lectures we have taken up select
portions of Scripture, & have gone through with the Prov. of Solomon -
�South Kona '58
page 2 A
But to return to my more appropriate field of labour as a
Missionary, where I have more work than I am able to perform.
In some of our churches we have to mourn over the spiritual
apathy which prevails.
The love of many waxes cold.
Some, Demas
like "have forsaken us, having loved this present world.”
Spirit of the world is coming in upon us like a flood.
The
The transi
tion, with some of our people, from a state of entire destitution
( ! ).
& dependance, to that of owners of the soil, & the acquisition of
property - even though on a small scale; - has had the same effect
on our people, that worldly prosperity has on the Christian com
munity at home & on the foreign community in this City.
Some among
us, "hasten to be rich & are not innocent" - err from the faith, &
pierce themselves through with many sorrows".
Intemperance & temp
tations in a great variety of forms - as playing cards - feasting
dancing &c &c backed by the influence & example of some in high
places, have greatly multiplied.
Tempters & seducers from every
land - some bold & brazen - some cunning & artful, are infesting
our shores, entering every village, hamlet & home leading captive
the unstable & unsuspecting.
Our churches are being, sifted & winnowed.
is a good deal of chaff.
Doubtless there
But the lines between the world & the
people of God are becoming wider, & more marked.
accomplishing its two-fold work.
The Gospel is
It is a Savour of life unto life,
& it is a Savour of death unto death.
It makes men better, but
some it makes worse. "To them which are called - it is the power
of God & the wisdom of God".
But unto [them] that "perish" it is
"foolishness".
Now I have given you a little of the dark side of the picture.
I wish there was no more.
But let this suffice.
Good people don't
�South Kona
'58
page 2 B
like to hear bad things however true, & I don't like to report
them.
It is so much more congenial to think & speak of of ( !)
those things which are lovely & of good report;- and spread the
mantle of charity over all that is dark & sinful;- that we are
in danger of representing our missionary field as a beautiful
landscape, seen in the distance.
�South Kona '58
4.
the Epistle to the Rom - the Prophesy of Daniel, & a part of the
Revelation.
During the last year I have had a class of some 18 or
20 who meet every Monday A.M. for instruction in Theology & Miss.
Geography.
Last year I built a very good & convenient native room
at my own expense ($400) where we have Bidwells Large Miss. Maps
Once a month we have a convocation of representatives Elders &
Deacons from all the chhs. in South Kona.
At these meetings we have
a Sermon preached by someone previously appointed.
is open to all who wish to attend.
The meeting
After sermon I usually make some
remarks & the congregation after joining in in singing & prayer is
dismissed.
Then we discuss the merits of the sermon - point out
its defects & errors, & administer advice & instruction to its
author.
At these meetings we have monthly reports, either verbal or
written, from all the churches.
Subjects of general interest to
the chhs are discussed, & funds reported & a p p r o p r i a t e d to the
several objects for which they were Contributed.
I have also a regular weekly meeting with the Elders & Deacons
residing near the Miss. Station, in which we take up & dispose of
various items of business of local interest.
Bible Readers
Some months ago I proposed a plan to my people, hoping to
awaken a more general in (L) interest in reading the Sacred Scrip
tures.
The people meet Sabbath P.M.
Some in Meeting houses, some
in School houses, & others in private dwellings, as most convenient
to themselves.
with prayer.
Some one is appointed to preside & open the meeting
After which the Chapter being named, old & young,
parents & children - reads each one verse, & so continue to read
round until two chapters are completed.
Thus we have more than
�South Kona
'58
5.
a thousand simultaneous Bible readers. In some of these circles
a
there is deep interest manifested & we hope the blessing of God
will attend them.
Tours.
I make three tours annually through the District of
South Kona - preaching, visiting & examining Schools, - visiting
from house to house conversing with parents & children, & admin
istering the ordinances of the Gospel.
During the year the Lord's Supper has been administered 18.
times in the Several Chhes ( !) under my care.
57 individuals have
been received to the Communion of the Chh. on profession of their
faith in Christ & 10 by Certificate from other Chhs. 45 infants
& 15 adults have been baptized.
Of those received to the Chh. the
greater proportion are young persons, mostly young men.
Converts there were -8 - who had renounced Popery.
Among the
Many who were
bigot ted Papists a few years since, are now often seen in the house
of God, & others who are afraid of the Priest, come & stand out
side the doors & windows, & listen to the messages of the Gospel.
The Good Spirit of God seems to be moving silently upon some hearts
where we least expected it.
The wind bloweth where it listeth.
Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord." "Yes
Not unto us, O Lord I
not unto us but unto thy name give glory" -
If souls are saved - it is the "Lords doing & it is marvellous In
our eyes ."
Our hearts have been made glad by the repentance & return
of some who had forsaken the fold of the Good Shepherd, & wandered
long & far off in the mazes of sin & folly - feeding on the husks
of this world & starving their undying Souls.
Some of them had gone
to the mother of Harlots - bowed to the Virgin Mary & done penance
a thousand times, & the Priest had pronounced their sins forgiven.
But they found no peace to their guilty consciences until they came
�South Kona
'58
to that "fountain opened to the house of David & to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem for sins & for uncleanness - to that blood, which
speaketh better things than the blood of Abel."
Of these 12 have
been restored to the Communion of the Church.
We have also been under the painful necessity of Excommunica
ting a much larger number than in any previous year of our Miss.
Ministry.
Some of these however were cases of long standing, who
had been followed & laboured with according to the rule laid down
in the New Testament, until all hope of repentance had failed.
Christian Benevolence
Our people have contributed less for the support of their own
pastor than in years past.
This is owing to the fact, that we had
a whole year of wilting drought, & then followed a year of famine
& blight.
So that crops of Coffee - Oranges - Potatoes &c almost
entirely failed.
Hence money was scarce.
The people could not
give that which they had not.
But they have done what they could.
For the support of Pastor for the year ending
Dec. 31, 1857 they have paid in
$382.00
For support of D.H. Nahinu native minister
75.00
The Monthly concert contributions for
foreign Miss during the year have amounted to
( Besides a balance of wood not yet sold)
$155.43
Last Spring the children of Sabbath schools
paid into the Treasurer of H. Miss. Soc for shares
in the Morning Star
50.00
Contributions from adult members of our
Churches for Morning Star
71.00
A little band of females ( !) who meet from time
to time with Mrs P. for prayer & Christian converse
have just sent a Box of Clothing to the Miss.
at the Marquesas worth
40.00
Monthly Concert contributions on hand for 1858
$ 68.72-1/2
Contributions for the several houses of
of ( !) worship alluded to above have amounted to
in cash
$420.00
Besides a great amount of labour has been performed
by our chhes (! ) of which we keep no account
The whole amount contributed in cash for the year 1857
$1192.43
Balance on hand for 1858
$ 269.02-1/2
�South Kona
7
'58
Public Schools
The Schools in this District have been gradually rising for
the last two years.
in teachers & pupils.
There has been a very marked improvement, both
This is owing in a great measure to the faith
fulness & happy influence of Nahinu our superintendent.
He exa
mines every school, either alone or in company with me four times
a year.
Besides he teaches a select school, which he requires all
the teachers in the district to attend once a week.
We have 16
schools in all, 3 of them under the Papists. 524 scho l a r s .
Several school houses are in course of building.
Statistics
Whole No. admitted to Church the past year on Profession
On Certificate
Total the past year
Dismissed the past year
Deceased the past year
Excluded the past year
Now in regular standing
No. of Children Baptized Past Year
Marriages the past year
The whole amount contributed in cash during the year
[Unsigned; Paris]
[On back:]
Kealekekua
Station Report
May /58
57
10
67
7
26
29
1157
45
35
$ 1461.45-1/2
�Statistics of S. Kona
The Whole No. added to Chh. on Profession the past year
"
"
"
On Certificate
"
"
Total the past year
Restored to Chh. past year
Dismissed past year
Deceased
"
"
Excommunicated "
Whole No. now in regular Standing
No. of children Baptized past year
"
Marriages the past year
The whole amount contributed in Cash
for Benevolent purposes during the year 1858
Of this sum has been paid for Sal. of Pastor
to D.H. Nahinu
Monthly Concert contributions included in
the above Sum, has amounted to
Worth not less than $45 or 50
each
2 More Boxes are ready for Micronesia
by return of the Star
[On back:]
South Kona
Church Statistics
1858
55
5
58
35
8
18
6
1218
37
33
$1466.00
$ 400.00
150.00
211.99
�May 24, 1860
Report of Chhs. in South Kona Hawaii
To the Brethren of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association.
Dear Brethren
My missionary and pastoral labours have been very similar to the routine
of p r eceding years.
The six chhs. in South Kona have all shared in my labours.
The gospel has been preached from time to time (as I was able) in all the chhs. &
villages in the Distric
t[!]
Family visitation, visiting the sick, & examining
schools has been part of my work.
The Ordinance of the Lords Supper I have administered twenty three times
during the year to chhs under my care.
Thirty nine infants and twenty seven
adults have been Baptised.
Fifty five individuals have been received to the Chhs on Profession of their
faith in Christ & eight by Certificate from Sister Chhs.
A goodly proportion of
our Church members are active- praying- working Christians.
But we have many a-
mong us who are like the Laodiceans "neither cold nor hot" & who give but little
evidence, that they have passed from death into life.
The Spirit of the work
has called in upon us like a flood, & some have been drowned. & they have been
swept from their moorings.
IN one of our chhs. we had to Out of twelve females
of large fleshy dimensions for the Hula & other abominations which always ac
company it.
But the chh was greatly strengthened by their loss.
Truth - righteousness - temperance & godliness, have been steadily oh the
advance.
The Prince of Peace too has made his abode with us, & we sat under our
own vine & fig tree, worshipping the God of our fathers - having none to molest
or make us afraid.
The sound of war & civil discord has only been head [heard]
from without.
We have great reason for gratitude to God that we have been this far pre
served from the ravages of that terrible epidemic, the Yellow fever, which has
made such havoc in some districts on our Island.
One of the most alarming
features of this disease, is that it seems to attack the Leaders of the People of
God first, & thence [!] it spreads through all ranks from the highest to the lowet;- So that men, women & children-teachers of Schools with all their pupils, of
all ages & Sexes b e c a m e crazy, flee to the hills & the mountains, & wander about
up & down for days & even weeks.
Whole villages are left without inhabitants.
From gathering Pulu[?] to build splendid Churches, & decorate these earthly
tabernacles- "Good Lord deliver us"![!]
And let all the Servants of Jehova say
�South Kona 1860
2.
Amen.
While our hearts have been made glad from time to time, with the joyful
tidings of Souls Converted trophies of God's grace multiplied in other lands, we have had to mourn over the desolation in our midst.
We have toiled, - prayed & hoped; b u t we have not exercised implicit faith
in God.
We have not taken hold of his promises with childlike confidence - with
a deep, abiding sense of our entire dependence on his Grace.
has been withheld.
Hence the blessing
We are prone to lean on an "Arm of flesh" & trust to our own
wisdom.
At times there has been a little reviving-cheering indications that God was
coming near.
Showers
portions of our field.
of Divine grace have gently descended[!] here & there upon
Sinners have been awakened, & precious souls have been
converted, & we have indulged the hope that we were on the dawn of a glorious
work of grace.
But alas! our hopes have again & again been disappointed [ !].
Our
church members as a general thing are not awake & alive to the interests of their
undying souls & spiritual things as they should be.
True we have our Jeremiah's
& Daniels weeping over the desolations of Zion - with here & there, a Daniel con
fessing our sins, & Job saying-"Where is God my Maker, who givith [!] songs in the
night?
Oh Oh! that I knew where I might find him"![!]
And once & again we have
heard the solemn inquiry- "What must I do to be saved"?[!]
And there have not
been wanting here & there a Lydia whose heart the Lord had opened to receive the
things of the Spirit; & a Zakius who has come down from his lofty hiding place &
received the Lord Jesus joyfully.
But these have been the little showers interspersed through general drought.
The Oases in the great desert!
We hoped they were a few first drops before a
general shower, & our hearts were glad & our eyes sparkled with joy.
"O lord how long?
Return- Visit us with thy salvation!
But alas!
Revive thy work in the
midst of the years, - in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember
mercy!
Praying the the[!] Great Head of the Chh. may preside & bless you in all
your deliberations- I remain
Dear Brethren Very truly & affectionately yours
John D Paris
[Written on the other side]:
Report of South Kona Church
1860
J.D. .Paris
�Statistics of South Kona [1860]
Whole Humber on Profession
On Certificate
Past fear on Profession
On Certificate
Total past year
Whole Number Dismissed to other
Dismissed Past Year
Total Deceased Deceased Past Year
Excluded Past Year
3324
149
55
8
63
984
16
804
22
17
Remain Excluded not recorded
Now in Regular Standing
1165
Total Children Baptised
1485
Baptised Past Year
Marriages Past Year
39
46
[Unsigned, not dated]
[J.D. Paris, 1860]
�May 15th 1862
Report of Churches in S. Kona Hawaii
To Hawaiian Evangelical Association
Dear Fathers & Brethren
An other year of Missionary labor is gone.
An other year of service in the vineyard of our blessed Lord &
Saviour is ended.
And now I hear you calling, from that old hal
lowed central point to the Elders & Bishops of our Hawaiian Zion "Watchman what of the night?
ing cometh" -
Watchman what of the night?
I reply - "And also the night.
light increases.
The morn'
The day dawns - the
But it is mingled light & darkness.
The light
is not clear - nor dark - not day nor night."
One year ago a dark cloud hung over us as a family.
True it
was tinged with light & there was a beautiful bow on. the Mountains.
Still to us it was a night of weeping.
the wife & mother was on a sick bed.
The light of our house;Day after day the loved one
&
drooped
her whole System racked with most intense & excrucia
ting pains, until she was brought down to the borders of the grave.
But the Lord who is merciful & gracious - slow to anger - plenteous
in mercy,
Who knoweth our frame, & remembereth that we are dust -
Who healeth all our diseases ( !) & redeemeth our life from destruc
tion,
He hath graciously restored the sick & suffering one to com
parative health.
His way is in the sea - his path in the great
waters, & his footsteps are not known.
His chastisements we would
remember & receive as from a Fathers hand -
His gracious deliver
ances we would record & settling up our Ebenezer say -
Hither to (!
)
hath the Lord helped us.
Most of the Mission families on our Island, in some of their
members have been afflicted with sickness during the year past.
�S . Kona
18 62
2.
God in his all wise & mysterious Providence has called some of our
brethren & Sisters to drink the Cup of affliction.
Yes deeply !
While we bow in humble submission to the will of our Heavenly
Father - we also sympathize tenderly with all the afflicted be
reaved desolate ones.
Those who have been called home, seemed to
be the very ones we could least spare.
doeth all things well.
But it is the Lord -
He
Our Brother Shipman - Sister Andrews &
Sister Doane have gone to join the general assembly & church of the
first b o m to unite with not a few who have gone before from our
&
number & with all the redeemed in praising God the Lamb. Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord - that they may rest from their
labours - yea Saith the Spirit, & their works do follow them.
But what of the night among the people?
There has been a great deal of sickness & suffering in our
district during the past year.
Whole families & in some instances
almost entire villages have been down sick at the same time.
Many
are still down - while a large number have gone the way of all the
dearth.
The voice of weeping - wailing & lamentation has been heard
in many of our houses & hamlets day & night for many months.
The
The lava here & there all a long our coast is dotted with new made
graves.
Some of our most pious, stable Christians have gone to
receive their reward.
They died as they lived, trusting implicitly
in their Crucified & Exalted Saviour.
One whole family, the father
& mother & two sisters, died within a few months of each other.
All of them, bound together by love, & bound up in the sure bonds
of life, we trust.
Missionary Tours & labors
In many respects these have been very similar to my labors
in y ears past.
Owing to the circumstances of my family & the very
�S. K ona
1862
3.
delicate & critical state of Mrs. P's health I have not visited
the extreme Southern portion of my field as often as in past years.
Much of the time & labor however spent in the extrem[e]s in pre
vious years, has been expended nearer home.
South Kona is divided into six Apanas or districts.
these divisions we have a regularly organized Church.
In each of
These are
Centers where the Scriptures are read & expounded & prayer &
praise offered to the Lord Jehovah every Sabbath, & at stated times
during the week.
Each of these Chhs. has its own officers - ex
amines candidates & receives to Its own Communion, & disciplines
its own members.
Pastor.
But always with the approbation of the Missionary
These several Chhs. are Centers again for still smaller
divisions for the worship of God. -
They send delegates to our
regular monthly convention held at Kealakekua.
These meetings,
composed of all the best men in our field, are often deeply inter
esting, & productive of great good.
A sermon is preached at the opening of each session by some
one previously appointed.
Reports are m a d e of the state of religion-
Contributions for objects of benevolence, support of Pastor - Ex
treme & difficult cases of discipline;- in short everything of
general interest to the Chh.
A multitude of little hihias settled,
which would otherwise go to law.
"Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth" !
The districts of Kaohe, Milolii & Kapua, have been visited
only twice since our last General Meeting.
I feel that this por
tion of the field needs a good faithful, Self denying Native Pastor.
I should rejoice to find a man of the right spirit, who could be
entrusted with the entire responsibility of that portion of South
Kona.
There is an increase [in] the population of Kapua, & that
�S. K o n a 1862
4.
vicinity, from emigration, but they are scattered over a large
Territory, & need more instruction & frequent Pastoral visits, than
the Missionary residing at the distance of 40 or 50 miles can give
them.
As it is, I try to do the best I can for them.
In itinera
ting, I preach two & three times a day;- visit from house to house,
& village to village;- Converse with & Catechise children & youth
instruct the inquiring;- Seek after & endeavour to reclaim the wan
dering & lead them to the Good Shepherd. "Looking for that blessed
hope, & the glorious appearing of the Great God & our Saviour
Jesus Christ":- I endeavour to reprove - rebuke & exhort with all
long suffering & doctrine".
State of religion
There has been very marked advance in good order,- solemnity
& Christian deportment , in all our Churches and congregations,
Progress in externals, becoming the people of God.
We have not
been permitted to witness a revival in all our Chhs, as some of
our Brethren on other Islands.
"heath in the desert."
But we have not been left as the
The influences of the Holy Spirit have been
felt to a greater or less extent through nearly the whole extent
of our field.
The good seed sown, has been watered with the dews
of heaven, & brought forth fruit to the glory of God.
Professors
of religion have been quickened & become more spiritual & active
Christians.
Sinners too have been converted & found pardon &
peace in the precious blood of Christ.
In our little Chh. & con
gregation at Nawawa, there has been a great change.
power & grace of God has been very manifest.
The Divine
For some three years
there had been a most lamentable state of careless indiffer
ence to all Spiritual things.
preach to them.
So that it was exceeding painful to
I often felt (like the Prophet in vision) that I
stood among "dry bones, very dry."
"There was no breath in them" -
�S. Kona
1862
5.
no spiritual life.
But now everything is changed.
solemn.
The house of God is silent,
It is easy - delightful to preach the glorious Gospel of
the "blessed God.
Delightful to point anxious-inquiring souls to
"that fountain” of living waters "opened to the house of David & to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin & for uncleanness."
Some, whom we looked upon as the last, & most hopeless, have
been plucked as "firebrands out of the burnings" - subdued by the
grace of God, & led to repentance.
Four females ( !) of middle age, the wives of foreigners, have
renounced the world & given their hea[r]ts to the Saviour, & made
a public profession of religion.
of their husbands.
This too with the cordial consent
Would to God that these foreigners from Christian
lands, were not only willing that their wives & children should be
genuine Christians, but that they also may experience in their own
hearts the power & preciousness of that gospel they have so long
neglected!
Some of them evidently feel differently towards u s , &
the cause of our blessed Lord & Master, from what they did in
years past.
Two foreigners who wandered far from God & plunged
into the lowest depths of iniquity, have been anxious about their
souls & think they have passed from death unto life.
One of our
native teachers, a graduate of the Seminary, who for many years
had stood high in the chh. & then fallen - has returned.
Like the
prodigal Son, he wandered far away from his Fathers house;- &
like him he came to himself & returned with a broken spirit & a
penitent heart, confessing his sins.
Tears of joy streamed from
many eyes on his return.
Some seven or eight persons who had had ( !) bowed the knee to
the Virgin Mary & received forgiveness from the lips of a Priest -
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1862
have renounced, the dogma's of Rome - embraced the pure doctrines of
of ( !) the gospel, & notwithstanding many many threats of Excommuni
cation - openly professed their faith in Christ as their only &
all Sufficient Saviour.
The number added to our Chh's. during the year has not been
large.
Only forty five by profession.
Not quite equal to those
who have slept in Jesus (as we hope) & gone to join the "Chh. of
the first born."
Fourteen have been added on certificate & quite a number re
stored who had strayed & backslidden.
For all the good which has been accomplished we would say Not
unto us- not unto us O Lord, but unto thy Name give all the Glory.
On the next page you will find the Statistics & Contributions
of our Chhs.
Statistics of South Kona Hawaii
Whole No
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on Profession of Faith
on Certificate
Past year on Profession
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On Certificate
Total past year
Dismissed
Dismissed past year
Total Deceased
Deceased past year
Excluded past year
Now in regular Standing
Total No Baptized Child
Baptized past year
Marriages "
"
3391
163
45
14
59
109
15
879
50
16
1161
1556
35
20
Contributions. Support of Miss. Pastor
Native Helpers - Communion Expenses-Sexton &c
Monthly Concert Contributions
Houses of Worship
Chh. Bell
School Houses
Returned Missionaries
Total ---- --------- -- - - -
$ 400.00
111.97
200.00
250.00
120.00
85.00
15.00
- ---------- -- $1181.00
�S . Kona
1862
7.
Our Benevolent Contributions are not what we could wish.
Ow
ing to the blight on Coffee Oranges & all the products of the earth
for several years past the means for giving among our people have
been greatly diminished.
Then we have had so many sick -
Such a
multitude of old Hawaiian Doctors - like hungry bears prowling round
every habitation for pigs ! locusts of Egypt!
Eating up every green thing like the
Death hath removed some of our most "liberal
souls".
We are trying "mighty hard" to train our people to a more
Systematic course of giving: And we think we make some advance.
But it is slow - snail like.
And sometimes like the "backslider
with his face foremost".
About two thirds of all our chh. members give something to the
support of the gospel at home & abroad.
One half give constantly
& one third give liberally, c h e e r f u l l y & from principle - feel
ing that it is more "blessed to give than to receive".
Our Sabbath
Meetings for the worship of God, are generally well attended through
out the field.
Our weekly lectures conference & prayer meetings also.
The females, mostly members of the Chh. continue to meet with
Mrs. Paris once a month at our house.
These meetings are well
attended, & God hath not withheld his blessing.
They seem to be
very precious seasons to some of our Mothers in I s r a e l . (I)
Once a week, a part of the year I have had a Class in Theology.
They have been instructed in Church & Scripture History - Theology
& Sermonizing or "rightly dividing the word of truth" .
And now Dear Brethren, Praying that the Great Head of the Chh.
may be in your midst & preside in all your deliberations & grant you
a precious season of Spiritual: Communion - I remain your ever
faithful brother & fellow labourer in the Vineyard of the Lord.
J.D. Paris
�S. Kona
8.
The fall of D.H. Nahinu & his influence since has been very sad
indeed.
Had he been tempted & fallen suddenly into sin & brought
disgrace on himself & on the cause of Christ it would have been a
grief to the Chh. to us all.
But when it is known that for some
six or seven years, while engaged in the holy work of preaching the
gospel - he has been during all this time habitually violating the
seventh commandment & indulging in all the abominations of licen
tiousness!
How melancholy ( !) ! How awful !
But this is not all - ever since the developments ( !) of his
hypocrisy & true character.
His course has been evil & only evil.
Licentiousness - card playing - Sabbath breaking - making & vending
intoxicating drinks & drinking himself drunk - these are some of
his fruits.
And at the same time he professes to be a penitent ( !)
& would like to be in the Church.
His is no ordinary case -
influence especially on boys & young men has been very bad.
His
He
was admirably adapted to teach & govern & his boys were very much
attracted to him.
man
He was popular as an humble, wise & judicious
A good Kahu Kula.
Preacher.
He was industrious - a very acceptable
We thought him a good man - a faithful brother in Christ.
A tried man!
We were just on the point of layin[g] hands on -
ordaining & installing him as Pastor of the first chh in South Kona.
When - Lo & behold! - we were thunder st[r ]uck with the report that
he was a base hypocrite ( !) & a miserable whoremonger!!
May the Lord have mercy on his soul - open his eyes & give
him that repentance which is unto life !
Schools
Owing to the fall of Nahinu our Boarding & manual labor School
for boys was given up.
We could not find a man qualified & suit
able in every respect to fill the place.
we were also without a Kahu Kula.
For more than a year
Consequently I had the additional
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9.
burden of superintending all the Public Schools.
We have made very considerable progress in getting more
comfortable substantial & better arranged School Houses.
We have
a beautiful stone house well finished at Kealakekua - an other
nearly complete at Keei & a third at Kealia.
Besides we are build-
ing several houses at out Stations to answer the double purpose
of School & Meeting house.
Our native Teachers, as a general thing, are not only better
qualified for their work, - but they are more diligent & faithful
in the discharge of their duties.
We do not employ Protestant teach
ers who do not give evidence of of ( !) piety.
A large proportion
of our children over seven years can read, & there has been very
great improvement in reading throughout all our schools.
The New
Testament is read daily in all our Protestant Schools, & in one
Catholic.
A large proportion of the children who are found in the
day schools, attend the Sabbath Schools in different parts of the
field.
Mrs. Robinson late of Honolulu is teaching a private School
(English) at her own house.
of haoles with native wives.
It is made up mostly of the children
Such a School is much needed & I am
happy to say that Mrs. R . is very faithful in this self denying
work.
May 15
1862
John D. Paris
�Report of Chhs. in South Kona Hawaii
The first Chh. in South K o n a Hawaii was organized in the
year 1826.
The Rev. James Ely Pastor. At the very earnest s olici[Kapiolani]
tation of the Chiefs Naihe & Kapuolani, Mr Ely took up his abode
at Kaawaloa in Ap. 1824.
The house he occupied was built by these
interesting Chiefs & stood very near the spot whe[re] the Celebra
ted Cpt Cook ( !) fell.
The house erected by the same persons for
the worship of Jehova - stood near by & Kapuolani was the first con
vert admitted to the communion of the Chh.
Soon after Naihe & five
or six others all of them interesting characters were admitted to
this infant chh.
Mr. Ely was Pastor of this chh. until Octob. 1828 when he
with his family returned to the U. States.
1832 the chh. was without a Pastor.
From the year 1828 to
In the year 1832 the Rev. C.
Forbes became pastor of this Chh. & people.
His Pastorateassisted
a part of the time by Messrs Vanduzee ( !) & Ives - continued until
1845.
During most of this time his field or parish embraced the
districts of S. Kona & Kau.
The members of his chh were scatte[r]ed
from Kapuohao on the borders of North Kona to Kapapala - the dis
tance of more than one hundred miles.
After Mr Forbes left, the chh. was left to the care of Mr.
Ives & was for several years in a very chaotic, unpromising state.
The chh. was an anti tobacco Society & as some of its members were
secretly indulging in the luxury of smoking this vile narcotic in
violation of their covenant vows - it vexed the righteous soul of
the acting pastor & at a single stroke he cut off two thirds of the
members from the Com. of the chh.
For no other reason but smoking!
In 1848 the Rev. J. F. Pogue was made Pastor of this chh & people.
He found a very undesirable state of things - but his self denying,
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1863
2.
faithful & efficient labours were a great blessing to the chh. &
people.
In 1851 Bro Pogue reported the whole No. in good standing
in the chh. at 664.
the same year.
Of this number 107 had been added to the chh
The Church was again left without a pastor in 1851,
Mr. Pogue having been removed to fill the important post he now
occupies at Lahainaluna.
The whole field was left in charge of a
native licentiate who soon fell from his steadfastness,
Thurston acting as Pastor pro tem.
Father
The whole No. of chh. members
in regular standing as reported by Mr, Thurston in 1852 was 1172 Thus making an addition of 505 in a single year.
In the year 1841 a chh was organized at Waiohinu in Kau an
off shoot from the first chh, in S. Kona, & the writer became its
-pastor a few of its members were received by certificate from Hilo
( !) & Puna.
In 1852 I was located in S. Kona & made pastor of the chh.
In the years of 1854 & 5 we divided S. Kona into six apanas or
districts & organized five chhs branches or off shoots from the
Mother Chh at Kealakekua The first Chh. at Nawawa about four miles distant from Kealak e k u a ( !), was organized on the 30th of Ap. 1854 with
including one ruling elder & three deacons.
ganized we had no house to worship In.
86
members,
When the chh. was or
Our meetings were held for
several years under a beautiful group of Kukuis - when the sun
shone it was a charming spot to worship the Lord God of Hosts who
dwelleth not in houses made with hands.
And when It rained we
said, it is the Lord. This chh & congregation now worship in a
good substantial stone house;- built by themselves or nea[r ]ly so,
& paid for.
The house is floored ceiled plastered & seated with
good Koa pews;- and finished in very plain but appropriate style - as
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3
1863
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we think.
The whole expense (the head work man charging nothing for
his services) is about $1575.
This house is situated on an em
inence in the midst of our foreign residents.
During the last two
years we have experienced a very precious revival, in which some
8
or
10
of the wives & children of foreigners have been hopefully
converted.
The chh now numbers in all 120.
Of these 4 have been
added, the last year on profession, & 1 by certificate.
The mem
bers of this chh. are exposed to many temptations & snares - they
have been sifted & fanned - Some have fallen others have been
carried away as chaff.
But the great majority are steadfast in
the faith, & give evidence that they are the disciples of Christ.
The Chh at Kealia
This Is the largest & leanest of all our out chhs.
A majority
of this chh are not active - rich in good works living epistles known & read of all men as are many in other places.
Laodicean
like, they are neither cold nor hot - a Spiritual leathary ( !)
seems to hang over them.
And yet there are some whose Christian
character shines in beautiful contrast with those spiritually dead.
Some who speak often one to another
the desolations of Zion.
who sigh & cry - & mourn over
Yes there is David & Gidion - Moses &
Aron ( !) - Josua ( !) & Caleb & Daniel & Joseph, & some good female
brethren who are faithful witnesses for the truth & whose names we
trust are in the Book of life.
They have a large stone meeting house, built by their own
hands, f r o m the foundation to the top stone.
Not an old man, woman
or child, but what has a stone in that building, cemented too, with
the lime & sand, which they have carried; & covered with the timbers
& grass which they have gathered.
They have already expended over
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4.
1863
a $1000.00. & their house is far from being completed.
But they
will finish it, if not for themselves, for their children, & that
house will be filled with those who worship, the Lord, to the third
& fourth generation.
They have not the energy & go a head a tive-
ness ( !) of our good Brethren of Waimea & Hamakua who build chhs
in a day & paint them before they are built.
Neither are they of
that number who "make haste slowly" for they never think of making
haste in anything.
Nevertheless 100 of their females ( !) contribu
ted a little more than a year ago,
A dollar a head & paid it over
to me, & that hundred dollars in New York bought a great steel Bell
which Cost $120.
The Bell was shipped - landed in good order &
hung, by these same Hawaiian females.
But it rings so loud that
they put a straw cap over it to keep in the sound numbers in good stand.
The Chh. now
222.
The Chh. at Pahoehoe is a little branch from the Chh. at Kealla.
It was organized in 1859 with 64 members -
the Chh. at
Hoonaunau having been dispersed by the notorious Halelea Esq.
The members of this little Chh. are scattered over a largged ( !)
territory.
shore.
They first worshipp
ed ( !) in a, grass house near the sea
But now their meetings are held in a rude structure on
the Mt. road where they are making preparations for a better
house.
There have been quite a number of hopeful conversions &
additions to the Chh. during the past year, as there had been in
the two years previous.
The Chh. now numbers
88.
Most of the
Chh members are poor & yet with very few exceptions they contri
bute for Foreign Missions & the support of the gospel.
Kaohe.
The Chh. in this district is also very poor compared with
other Chhs on the Islands & its members scattered over a still
larger extent of country mostly Pahoehoe & aa.
When the Chh.
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1863
5.
was organized in 1854 - they had a large & very comfortable meet
ing house on the sea shore.
But since the opening of the mountain
road there are more inducements for cultivating the soil & the
people are gradually moving inland & they are now bending all their
energies to erect a good house of worship.
They have just paid
into my hands $1 0 0 . 0 0 for me to purchase lumber - hire an architect
& have the work comp[le]ted. ! Mean time they have thrown up two
rude thatched houses which serve the double purpose of school &
meeting house.
During the last year or 18 months there has been
a good degree of religious interest in this Chh.
Sinners have
been converted & wanderers reclaimed & brought back.
Nine have
been admitted to the Chh. on profession of their faith & five who
had for years sought rest & found it not among the Papists & Mor
mons restored.
The chh now numbers 168 i n regular standing
Milolii & Kapua
This Chh. has its station & house of worship at Milolii on the
sea shore about 35 or 40 miles from the Miss. Station at Kaawaloa.
They have a rough but good stone meeting house, worth
$6
or 800.00
on the sea shore, & an other at Kapua 5 miles beyond, & an other
as far distant inland.
These are small.
Some of the members of
this Chh. live at least 15 miles from the central part at Milolii.
Except when the Missionary visits them, they never all meet at the
same place.
We have some good active Christians in this district.
The Chh. was organized in 1855 with 90 members - it now numbers
in good standing 180.
None of whom were received during the past
year on profession & three by certificate.
Many who are now con
sistent members of this chh. a few years ago - were bigoted Papists.
A good faithful - self denying Native Pastor is much needed
in this field.
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1863
The Chh. at K e a l a k e k u a
This is the Mother Chh. and Kapuolani ( !) a mother in Israel,
constituted the Chh.
The Chh was organized at Kawaloa ( !) in 1826
with only one member.
Geographically it now embraces from Kawaloa
on the North to Hoonaunau on the South.
It numbers in good standing
286 members with 2 ruling elders & 12 Lunas.
They have a house of
worship, reconstructed from the ruins of the great Temple erected by
Rev. C. Forbes with Kapuolani at his right hand.
- ture is 62 by 56 feet.
The present struc-
A very singular & uncouth looking structure
outside, but a very comfortable & pleasant house inside.
something over $3,000.
Esq. of New York.
It cost
The Bell was presented by Wm. E. Dodge
A donation of $200. from Thos. M. McLean Esq. of
N York & about $175... from Brethren & friends at the Islands consti
tutes the amount of aid received from abroad.
More than two thirds of the members; of this Chh. contribute
regularly to benevolent objects.
And most of these by their daily
walk & conversation, show "forth the praises of Him who hath called
them out of darkness into his marvellous light."
While they have a
rough exterior, & are unacquainted with the usages of the more ci
vilized & refined;- Still many of them bear the lineaments of that
beautiful character, formed by the word & spirit of God.
Called by
our blessed Lord - the salt of the Earth & the light of the world.
They are not ashamed of the Cross of Christ - & we doubt not that a
goodly number would suffer not only persecution & the loss of all
things - but death itself, if need be for the name of Jesus.
At this Station we have a regular weekly lecture - taking up
select portions of Scripture from time to time as deemed best adap
ted to the wants of the people.
150.
The attendance varying from 70 to
Our Sabbath School & Bible Class including adults numbers from
�S. Kona 1863
150 to 200.
7
The first week of every month, we have a meeting of
Delegates from all the Chhs. in S.K.
These Conventions a[re] com
posed of the very best - most intelligent (! ) & reliable men in the
whole field;- & are frequently very interesting & productive of
great good. -
A sermon is preached or an address delivered at the
opening of each cession ( !), by some one chosen at the previous
meeting.
Chhs:-
Reports made of the state of religion etc. in the various
Contributions for benevolent objects - Extreme & difficult
cases of discipline;- in short everything affecting the general in
terests of Christs Kingdom.
During the year, we have had three union Conventions made up
of all the Chh Lunas in North & South Kona.
These have been meet
ings of great interest, & were made the means of spiritual good we
trust to the Chhs.
In Octob ( !) 1862 we had a meeting of the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association.
All the Pastors & missionaries (with 2 exceptions)
with a large number of native lunas were present; & it was a meet
ing of much interest to us & to our people.
At the close of this Meeting on Sab. A.M. our young Bro Mr. 0.
H. Gulick was ordained to the Gospel Ministry, & in the P.M. we had
a precious, season of commemorating with our Brethren the Sufferings
& death of our blessed Lord Saviour !
At the meeting of the H.Ev. Association, it was voted that, I
should have the oversight of the Chh. & people of N. Kona.
At the
request of the Native Preacher, Pilipo & officers of the Chh. I
had previously spent a few days with them, & a d m i n istered the
Sacrament.
Since that time I have visited the field several times
preached & met the Chh. lunas in different places & administered
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The Lords Supper twice at the old Mission Station at Kailua.
The last communion there was a season of deep interest & one
which will long he remembered by us & by the people in that district.
It was on the 12 of Ap 1863. just 43 years from the landing of the
first missionaries in that interesting spot amid all the darkness of
heathenism !
In the A.M. that large house was well filled & the whole audence attentive & deeply interested in hearing messages of love &
missionary intelligence ( !) from the Rev. Dr. Anderson.
In the P.M.
the body of the house was filled with communicants - who received
the memorials of a Saviours dying love from his hands.
What a con
trast from the first meeting held on that spot ! "Behold what hath
God wrought” !
During the year four Individuals [were] added to the Chh. on
Profession & three who had been suspended restored.
been excluded.
And three have
Six children have been baptized.
This is a field of great importance - in which a good & great
work has been accomplished - & I trust, this body will see to it
that it is not neglected in future.
of the Chh.
[unsigned]
[On back:]
1863
June
South Kona
Station Report
,
More than a thousand children
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Committee report on the d is t r ic t of Waimea, as p o ssib le
s i t e for a h e a lth resort for m issio n arie s. 1830
Submitted by the Committee, Lorrin Andrews, Jonathan S
Green, Levi Chamberlain, G errit P Judd.
La h ain a , Maui,
Map of area
January 9th
1830
��[ Committee Report on d is t r ic t of Waimea]
[ Ja n . 1830]
The committee appointed by several o f the M issio n aries at
November
Honolulu in
l a s t , and approved by those not p r e s e n t, fo r the
purpose of exploring the d is t r ic t of Waimea on the is la n d of H a w a ii,
with the hope of fin d in g a place favourable to the re sto r a t io n of
h e a lth in cases where i t has been a ffe c te d by the in flu e n c e of the
hot clim ate o f these islands ; here communicate the fo llo w in g as the
resu lt
of t h e ir observations and i n q u ir ie s .
The committee arriv ed at Waimea on the 2nd day of D ec .
and resid e d there nearly three w eeks.
(1 8 2 9 )
They resid ed at two d iffe r e n t
places in [paper torn] d is t r ic t about four miles distant from each
other & from each of these places frequently made excursions i n the
n e i g h b o r h o o d f o r the purpose o f extending th eir info rm ation - and
comparing the lo c a l advantages of d if f e r e n t sections o f the d i s t r i c t .
I n the Meteorological Observations Kuahewa a place up the h i l l
from K a i l u a , and Kuapehu b ack o f Kaawaloa are compared w it h Waimea.
The M eterological observations of these places are as fo llo w s :
The places where the committee re s id e d were were ( ! ) at Ke a a l i i
situ ated about eleven miles a l i t t l e South of East from Kawaihae
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n ea rly at the summit of the table lands of Waimea on the Western
d e c l i v i t y ; and at Puukapu about four miles [paper torn] erly from
K e aa lii.
The d i s t r ic t of Waimea i s the Southern part of the d i v i s i o n of
K o h a la .
I t i s hounded on the North by the abrupt term ination of the
D iv is io n
mountains of K o h a la , on the East by the
of Hamakua, on the
South by the mountains Kea and H u a l a l a i, and on the West by the s e a .
This d i s t r i c t , as n early as could be a sce rta in e d is about 2 0 miles
in le n g th from E a st to We s t ,
and from 5 to 9 North and S o u th .
Prom the Sea Shore on the W est, the ascent i s gradual the d i s
tance of about 11 m ile s;
so much so th at w ith a to le ra b le ro a d , c a r t s ,
w aggons, & c . could ea sily and sa fe ly be drawn up.
K e a a lii.
This place i s
called
From th is point Eastwardly the distance of 6 or 8 m iles
perhaps more, the la n d s , though by no means a dead l e v e l i s
even p l a i n ,
a pretty
frequently interspersed w it h h illo c k s & r i s in g grounds,
and towards the Eastern p a r t, are several of considerable s i z e .
Prom th e E astern part of Waimea towards the sea, through the
d i v i s i o n of Hamakua, the descent i s not so great as on the West but
is terminated a t the Sea by high lava p r e c ip ic e s , some of which are
judged to be from one thousand to two thousand, or two thousand fiv e
hundred f e e t .
On th e supposition that the table lands of Waimea i s
11 miles
from the sea on the West and the ascent is three d e g r e e s , the perpen
d ic u la r elevation w i l l be no t fa r from 2600 f e e t .
This estimate is
probably w it h in bounds when i t is considered that there i s some con
sid e r a b le descent from Waimea to W aipio a distan ce o f 10 or 12 miles
and that the perpendicular b l u f f at W aipio is at le a s t 2000 f e e t .
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The general & p r e v a ilin g winds are probably the trade w in d s ,
though during most of the time that the committee spent at Waimea,
the w in d blew alternately from the East & th e W e s t, or what i n most
other places would be c a lle d land and sea b re e zes.
however are evidently very much m odified by distance
and th e ir passage over lands
ence .
These trade winds
from the sea
elevated much above th e ir general i n f l u
When the w in d is from the E a s t , i t i s much stronger at Puu-
kapu than at Ke a a l i i and v ic e versa.
The information obtained from n a tiv e re sid en ts at Waimea re sp e c t
ing w in d ,
rain & cold is very in d e f in it e owing to t h e ir h av in g no
standard by which to judge of them.
Mauae an i n t e l l ig e n t young n a tiv e
having re sid ed there fo r f i v e years says: "th a t E a ste rly w in ds are
fre q u e n tly strong, but not so strong as to tear down h o u s e s.
That
this same wind when i t reaches the s e a at Kawaihae ( ! ) Is much strong
er than at Ke a a l i i ,
of Waimea.
or than any wind that blows over the table land
That the strongest w ind that blows at that place
is c a l l e d Kona and i s from th e W e s t ."
(K e a a l i i )
The w inds so n o ted fo r violence
c a lle d Mumuku and which come down upon the sea between K awaihae ( ! )
and Puako are not near as strong when passing over the h ig h ground
of Waimea.
I t i s im possible from the short p e rio d of observation, to state
p a r tic u la r ly the various degrees of heat or cold during th e y e a r .
The M eteorological ta b le w i l l show the degrees of heat a n d cold during
a few day s.
I t is to b e remarked however that in c le a r weather the
Thermometer stood several degrees lower than i n c lo u d y ; and and (! )
hence i f th e d is t in c t io n between wet and dry seasons be as marked
as at most other parts of the is l a n d s , there w i l l no t b e
great range of the Thermometer as might be expected.
such a
The cloudy wet
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season of w inter w i l l cause the Mercury to r is e w hile the
weather of Summer w i l l cause i t to f a l l .
No signs
clear dry
of f r o s t appeared
in a n y part of the d i s t r i c t , though the n a tiv e s say that sometimes
there are f r o s t s .
The most correct data for forming an opinion re sp ectin g the
quantity of r a in that f a l l s ,
is the q uantity and appearance of vege
tatio n .
I t is w e l l known to a l l who have t r a v e lle d much on these
is la n d s ,
that the growth o f v eg etatio n is luxurious wherever rains
are fr e q u e n t.
At and near the sea shore at K awaihae & Puako,
is no appearance of vegetation except very low shrubs,
dry looking g r a s s .
there
t h is t le s and
On ascending towards the E a s t , v e g eta tio n slowly
but gradually in c r e a s e s , so that at K e a a l ii there are found grass in
considerable q u a n t it ie s ,
and potatoes grow w e l l ,
large bushes & even sm all t r e e s ; upland kalo
and there is no doubt but gardens might be
cu ltiv a te d to good advantage, subject perhaps to great d ro u ghts.
Proceeding s t i l l farth er Eastw ardly, to W aikoloa (about 2 m iles)
there i s evidence of s t i l l more ra in ,
indigenous
grass i s
as vegetation of a l l kinds
to the isla n d s is i n abundance and always g re e n .
The
high and thick and trees grow to the height of from 20 to
fifty fe e t .
Proceeding s t i l l fu rth e r to th e Eastward towards Puukapu & on
ward,
the quantity of r a i n that f a l l s is evidently g r e a t e r .
The trees
here are much l a r g e r , that is , from 10 to 2 0 or 25 inches in diameter
& from 20 to 50 or 60 feet h ig h .
such as grass, w eed s, bushes & c .
The smaller species of v egetatio n
are t a l l ,
thick & ta n g le d .
The ra in s are g e n e ra lly not heavy showers but the gen tle d i s t i l
la tio n of clouds that run low .
borne by the trade winds,
As these clouds come from the E a s t ,
the h eig h t of land is so great when they
leave the, sea that they d isch arge themselves b e fo r e they reach even
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the Western descent of Waimea. Hence proceeding from West to East
through t h i s d i s t r ic t , the evidence of more and more r a i n increases
at e v e ry s t e p .
S t i l l there appears no evidence of g reat floods or
of great quantities of r a in f a l l i n g at any one time; as there evidently
would be were I t o ften the f a c t .
the ta b le or le v e l lan d of Waimea.
This remark app lies e s p e c ia lly to
Add to this the f a c t that two of
the streams of Waimea h ereafter to be mentioned pass down to the
Westward and though they are streams of considerable s iz e when they
descend from the m ountains, yet are lost long before they reach the
sea, w hich would not be the case i f they were frequently rep len ish ed
w ith heavy r a in s f a l l in g upon the le v e l lands of this d i s t r i c t .
When the rain f i r s t appears at Puukapu it has the appearance of
This comes on g e n e ra lly between the hours of 12
a t h ic k dense f o g .
& 1 in the day and continues u n t i l 4 or 5 in the a fterno o n when i t
clears o f f .
This fo g does not always produce r a i n nor does the fog
appear every d a y .
There is less o f it at the South s id e o f Waimea,
much less both o f fo g and wind at W aikoloa and s t i l l le ss
at Ke a a l i i .
The reason therefore why the Thermometer i s lower at Ke a a l i i
than at Puukapu is owing to the greater frequency and d e n sity of
clou ds,
w eath e r.
as the Thermometer always
stood lower in clear than in cloudy
I t could not be ascertained however, w it h any degree of
certain ty that rains
are more frequent at one part of the year than
another.
Besides the r a in s just mentioned, there are three streams of
water running through parts of th is d i s t r i c t each o f them s u f f i c ie n t l y
large to propel machinery equal to two horse power.
descend from the mountains on the North;
W aikoloa & one a t Puukapu.
These streams
one at Ke a a l i i , one at
The one at Ke a a l i i is a r a p id stream of
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a rocky bottom and as soon as it reaches the p lain which is
ju st below
the h eig h t of land on the Western d e c l i v i t y , i t turns to the Westward
and w i t h i n a distan ce of fo u r or fiv e m iles is en tire ly absorbed
except when great r a in s f a l l upon the M ountains, in w hich case it
sometimes perhaps reaches the s e a .
This
stream is e v id e n tly a t times
h ig h and ra p id as appears from g r a s s , w eeds, leaves &c l e f t on the
m argin or lodged ( ! ) against the larger brush wood and rocks w it h in
the beds of th e stream.
The stream a t Waikoloa is perhaps g enerally as large or larger
than th e one at K e a a l i i ,
though the former has no appearance of b ein g
suddenly or greatly a ffe c t e d by r a in s from the m ountains.
On reaching
the p la in i t runs Southwardly some d ista n c e , then turns to the W est
ward n early p a r a l l e l , b u t some distance to the south of the stream at
K e a a l i i , and lik e it is lost long before i t reaches the s e a .
It s
f l ow is very gentle w h il e i t continues on the table la n d n o t u nlik e
the streams that pass through the meadow land of New E n g la n d .
The stream at Puukapu is very sim ilar to the one at W a ik o lo a .
Perhaps i f there be any d ifferen ce there is more w a te r.
A fter coming
down upon the p la in it turns to the East and probably empties into the
sea in some part of Hamakua.
It is
to be observed th at the in flu e n c e
o f these streams i s co n fined to the northern part o f Waimea,
so that
i f a l i n e were drawn from East to West through t h is d i s t r ic t separating
that part which might be watered from these streams from those parts
which are e n tire ly dependant on the r a i n s , perhaps four f i f t h s would
be without any permanent w ater.
Whether water can b e obtained by
digging must remain fo r future experim ent.
The growth of wood either for fu el or timber is abundant on the
Eastern part of Waimea or s t i l l n earer on the mountains b o rd erin g this
d i s t r ic t
on the North.
Timber fo r n a tiv e b u ild in g s
could be e a s ily
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obtained and even timber fo r frames would not be d i f f i c u l t .
Stones
are plenty a l i t t l e below the s u r face of the grounds as appears from
the long stone w a lls b u i l t to confine the w ild ca ttle to the Southern
part of the d i s t r i c t .
The present state of land c u ltiv a tio n i s very sim ila r to every
part of the Is l a n d .
L it t le or n o thin g is done by the people except
to provide for t h e ir present n e c e s sitie s;
the garden of of ( ! ) the i s l a n d s .
cannot go into d e t a i l .
but th is land might be made
On th is subject however the committe
e
S u ffic e i t to say that large f i e l d s might
ea sily be prepared for the plough and made to wave w i t h productions
f i t t e d for the f ood of man & b e a s t.
lu xu ries
A l l the necessaries & many of the
of l i f e might be e a s il y produced.
I t i s w ell known that large herds of w ild cattle range the South
part of t h is d i s t r i c t , but frequently come to the North s id e for
w ater.
Some o f these might be domesticated and made se rv ic e ab le to
the in h a b ita n ts,
and horses also might e a s ily be kept and made to
add extensively to t h e ir comfort & convenience.
The present population must be co nsiderable though fo r the want
of water i t is mostly confined to the Northern p a r t .
The congregations
on the Sabbaths amounted to f i v e or s i x hundred, though it
the men were a l l absent from home cutting sandal wood.
was s a id
The p ro b a b il
ity is that a congregation of from 1000 to 1500 might be c o lle c te d
every Sabbath i f there were regular p rea c h in g .
These people appeared
anxious f o r In s t r u c t io n and desirous that M issionaries should come
and liv e w ith them.
Two roads might be made to th is place;
from Puako.
one from Kaw a ih a e , the other
The former route ( ! ) Is two or three m iles n e a r e r , but the
expense o f making a good waggon road would be considerably greater
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than t h e o th e r . The p r in c ip a l obstructions consist i n larg e loose
st o n e s , b u t in general not d i f f i c u l t to be removed w ith good le v e r s .
A good road from Puako to K e a a lii could easily be made.
I t w i l l b e observed that the foregoing remarks have been confined
mostly to
the Northern section o f th is d i s t r i c t .
I t was early d i s
covered that the Southern parts were d estitu te of running water and
there being no evidence that water could be procured by d ig g in g ,
it
was thought unnecessary to examine a country so d e f i c i e n t i n that e s
s e n tia l a r t i c l e .
I t should not be concealed that the committee th in k from a ll they
have been able to learn from natives and fo re ig n e rs who have frequent
ly passed through the d i s t r i c t ,
that they were at Waimea i n a very
favourable tim e; that i s , when there were less ra in and w in d than
usu al.
But t h is cannot be decided w ith certainty w ith o ut an actu al
resid en ce at the p lac e .
Should an establishm ent be made either at K e a a l i i , W a ik o loa or
Puukapu the natural
scenery is of a k in d the most In t e r e s t in g p ar
taking of the grand and b e a u t if u l .
On the North and n ear at hand
r is e the almost p e rp en d icular, l o f t y , but ever verdant h i l l s of K oh ala.
On the South E a s t,
and H u a l a l a l ,
South and South W est, Mauna K e a , Mauna Loa
the two former ra isin g t h e ir summits to the clouds and
g en erally covered w ith snow present a prospect w ith w h ic h the eye is
not soon s a t i s f i e d .
From the elevations at Waikoloa and Puukapu,
the whole d i s t r i c t appears spread out e x h ib itin g gentle undulations groves of trees - here and there a house amids ( ! ) luxuriant
verdure and d istan t herds of cattle fe e d in g on the e xten siv e p l a i n .
These prospects occasionally ( !) obscured or rendered unpleasant by
fo gs, c lo u d s, winds and r a i n , and a g a in bursting fo rth w it h a l l t h e ir
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9.
dista n t and v a r ie d b e a u t y , must constitute those g ra te fu l v ic is s it u d e s
so agreeable to men generally and e s p e c ia lly to those accustomed to
the changes of a Northern clim ate.
I n conclusion, a fte r a l l the information they could co llect
u n ite d w ith personal observation, the committee are unanimous In the
o p in io n , that considering the d e b il it a t in g influence of the hot climate
of these isla n d s upon the constitutions and health of many of the
M issio n arie s and that I n order to prevent [hole i n paper] premature
death they are l ia b le to be sent from t h is f i e l d o f labour
paper ]
[hole in
s u ffic ie n t inducements for making a thorough t r i a l of
the d i s t r i c t of Waimea as a place of residence h ig h ly fa v o u ra b le to
the recovery of h e a lth , comfort and usefu lne ss of those who may resort
that a
to. i t , and ( hole i n paper) statio n there would be connected w ith
interests
'the moral & s p ir it u a l [hole i n paper]
o f an in t e r e s tin g portion
of these i s l a n d s .
Of the expediency of taking a s t a t io n at Waimea at t h is
other time under any circum stances,
an o p in io n .
or any
the committee here do not express
They l e ave this fo r the general meeting of the M issio n ar
ie s and t h e ir patrons in America to d e c id e .
A l l which is r e s p e c tfu lly subm itted.
Lorrin Andrews
Levi Chamberlain
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G errit P . Judd
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Jonathan S . Green
Lahaina January 9th 1 8 3 0 .
Committee
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WAIMEA, HAWAII, STATION REPORTS
CONTENTS
[See also Station Reports - Waimea, Hawaii, ABCFM, Xerox copy]
D w ight, Baldwin.......................................................................................................June,
1832
June, 1833
Lyons and Dwight Baldwin, (includes Kohala)....... .
Lyons, Lorenzo, (rough draft in form of letter)........ . Oct., 1833
Unsigned (Baldwin?)............... ...............
1834
U nsigned (Baldwin)..
.
...................... ......
1835
Lyons, Lorenzo .............. ........ .
May, 1836
Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft of report to ABCFM, see notes
on report)........ ................. ........
1837
Lyons, Lorenzo (first two pages of manuscript missing).... .
1837
Lyons, Lorenzo (final draft, see notes on report).........May, 1837
Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft of preceding report)........ May, 1837
Unsigned (Lyons) ............................................
1838
L yons, Lorenzo .........................................April, 1839
Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft with first 10 sections miss
ing, see notes on report)............... April, 1 840
Lyons, Lorenzo (statistics only)........... ........... . May, 1840
Statistics only (from a printed form)............... ...April, 1841
Lyons, Lorenzo
May, 1841
Lyons, Lorenzo (rough draft, see note on top of report) Sept., 1841
Lyons, Lorenzo,...... ............................... . April, 1842
Lyons, Lorenzo .............................. ......... .April, 1843
Lyons, Lorenzo.......................................... 1 8 43-- 1844
Unsigned (Lyons) Report of Hamakua Station........ .
Unsigned (marked Mr. Knapp) Report of Schools in Waimea
and Hamakua..........
1835
1838
�Report of the Station at W aimea
on Hawaii June 1832.__________
It is well known to the brethren, that I was necessarily detained
at this station, & could not proceed to Waimea, the station assigned
me, immediately after the last genl meeting, as was intended.
Mr.
Bishop, of course, appointed as a temporary associate, pursued his
labours at his own station.
When we reached the station, whh was in Jan. of this year, we
found comfortable houses ready for our reception, & the house of God
in good repair.
We saw proof enough, that it was a new field.
darkness covered the people.
Gross
But we cd see traces of the labours of
those who had been there before us; & the assistance the people gave
us in transporting our effects to the station, the welcome reception
they gave us, & the plentiful supplies they furnished, were tokens,
that some took an interest in the message we had brought, & that the
field was ready for the harvest.
At that time the head men of Hamakua & Waipio with their fami- ( !)
lies & most of their people were residing at Waimea, attending to the
work of the Governor.
The head woman of Kohala, with many of her
people, came soon after & resided there some months.
tion was then large.
The congrega
The chh, whh is said to contain about 3000,
was filled &, on some occasions, more than filled, especially at the
morning service.
In the P.M. there was a great diminution.
Since
the return of those from the neighbouring districts to take care of
their lands, the congregation has varied from about 1000 to 1,500.
There has been some improvement among them that is encouraging - none
more so than the fact, that for a month or two there has been but
little falling off in the P.M.
Mr. Bishop did most of the preaching,
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while he staid -
2.
Since he left, (the middle of April) I have en
deavoured to do it, as well as my knowledge of the language would
permit.
Besides the two services on the Sab. the Wed. lecture & mon.
con. have been attended - the numbers have been small. There have
also been prayer meetings Sab. morn. & noon, whh I have sometimes
attended - that in the morn
to pray for the Sab. School.
A chh was formed, at the Station on the 5th of Feb. to whh 8
were admitted, some of whom seem to give good evidence of a saving
change.
All the members from the neighbouring districts, who belonged
to the chh at Kailua, amounting to nine only, united with us, in the
communion, on that occasion.
We organized a Sab. school the first Sab. we were there whh has
consisted of most of the congregation & whh I have superintended.
We have found this a good place to sow the seed, but the great want
of well qualified teachers, together with the laziness & indifference
of some of them, has greatly abridged its usefulness.
The verse
system, —
To remedy, in some measure, the ignorance of teachers, Mrs.
Baldwin has had a school of female teachers every day in the week,
except Sab. when it has been turned to a prayer meeting.
During most
of the time also I have held a school three days in the week, for
the male teachers, & all others, who could read, & chose to attend it.
Of other schools, Mrs. Bishop had a large one of females every
day in the week, while they continued there.
I devoted the month of
March to a school of the teachers from all the neighbouring districts,
& was gratified, with the interest most of them manifested, & the
improvement they made.
Mrs. Baldwin has taught a school of all the
children we have been able to gather every day in the week.
She has
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also, two days in each week, had. a school of about 300 females, from
Waimea & the neighbouring places, most of whom are unable to read.
The progress in these two schools has not been great, owing, in some
measure to the indolent habits of the people; but still more to the
practice they have had heretofore of reciting in concert.
This prac
tice we have done all we could to abolish; &, so far as I know, it is
professedly abandoned in all the schools of that part of the Island.
While we have seen much to try us on the subject of schools, we have
seen some gratifying things.
They have built a large school house at
Waimea & the people have many of them shown a becoming interest in
education.
The precise number of schools & scholars I am unable to
state on Examination soon after we arrived - Readers only 2000 in
number.
We have also spent ,some portion of two evenings, every week,
to the improvement of singing,
lost of the responsibility of this
school has devolved on Mrs. B.
I cannot state the precise number of marriages, because the
record is behind.
It is not far from 130.
There have been some
breaches of this contract in the region of Waimea - but many more in
the districts of Hamakua & Kohala.
Some of these were among the
teachers of schools - & there have been several dissolutions of the
marriage contract for this crime.
But it has been pleasing to see
some public sentiment against it & the promptness, with whh the rulers
have executed the law upon all the offenders.
While we have been using means to enlighten & save the people,
we have met with many obstacles.
a small one.
The darkness of their minds has been
Their indolent habits a great one.
This combined with
other causes has led to the great neglect, for some years past, of
cultivating the land.
This neglect to frequent famine, irregular
attendance on schools, & a long train of evils.
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The scattered state of the population of Waimea has prevented
my exerting all that influence by visiting, I cd have wished.
Still
I have endeavoured to devote one day in each week to this employment,
& have found my conversations with the people at their own houses,
far more satisfactory to myself & I trust, more useful than any I
have have ( ! ) had with those who have come to tell their thoughts.
As to the results of these efforts, whh have been continued 4 1/2
months, we cannot now give much account.
Something, we think, has
been done to raise the standard of education.
Some too have been
enlightened, in a measure, on the great concerns of the soul -
Some
seem to have been seriously impressed - but decided cases of conviction
for sin, or evidence of conversion we have not seen.
We need the out
pouring of the Spt on ourselves & on the field.
As to future prospects I can only say, the field is wide enough,
& there seem to be all the facilities there whh we can reasonably
expect in any part of the Islands.
The leading persons in all the
three districts are members of the chh & ready to enter into any
measures, that are proposed to improve the moral & religious condition
of the people.
The district of Kohala has 8000 people - Waimea more
than 2000 - & Hamakua less than 5000 - in all 15000.
A large chh is nearly completed in Kohala whh will hold about
half the people of that district - & a road is in slow progress, whh
will bring the chh within 3 hours ride of Waimea.
I visited the
place not long since, & preached to about 1000 people in the open air.
At Waipio, there is a small meeting house.
& preached once on a a ( !) week day.
more properly called, Hamakua.
I have visited there
I have also been at what is
There is a very good house of worship
there.. But another is soon to be commenced, nearer to Waipio, whh
will accommodate the 1000 people there & most of Hamakua besides.
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This house as well as that already built in Hamakua, will be within
about 10 or 12 miles of Waimea, & will make the 2d outstation, bring
ing the whole of that part of the Island, in some measure, under the
influence of the station at Waimea.
I may also add, that many of the
people of these out-districts have built houses, this season, at Wai
mea, with the intention of residing there, a part of the time, & we
have some hopes, that the place will, in time, become more thickly
settled, bringing a more dense population immediately under the eye
of those who reside at Waimea,
D. Baldwin
�Report of the Station at Waimea (Hawaii) from
June 1 1852 to May. 29 - 1833 -First of all we would lift up our hearts in thanksgiving & praise
to God for his manifold favors to us during the year that is expiring.
A wide field has been opened to us & providence has so far blest us
with health that our labors have been prosecuted with but little
interruption —
2 Schools
As to native schools we have not much to say that is encouraging.
At the out districts they have been continued & the same may be said
as to many of the schools at Waimea - some however at the latter
place have been discontinued for some time past from various obstruc
tions —
The want
character in teachers is one hindrance to
prosperity in schools.
As to the schools under the immediate instruction of ourselves
& companions - These were at first promising - both as to number &
attention - but of late from some cause or other, the number has
diminished - We have from the beginning had a school consisting
partly of teachers & partly of scholars (!) of Waimea —
There
are about 60 names on the list. The average number is much less —
Reading arithmetic & geography have constituted the studies — Besides this,we have had a school for the teachers of our whole
field --
This continued 6 weeks - only about fifty attended -
Their
attention was directed principally to geography with maps - prepared
on canvas —
They completed the Hawaiian geography & went over
with most of the printed questions - & at the close it afforded matter
of encouragement - to observe the progress they had made - as a whole.
The interest which they manifested in the study was truly ( I)
pleasing —
The female & children's schools under the instruction of Mrs.
Baldwin & Mrs. Lyons, have been well attended some of the time —
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There have been as many as 50 pupils on the list of the female schools
& 40 on the children’s list —
The average number is now much less —
(!)
Reading writing arithmetic & geography have been the studies -Examinations —
In November was a general examination of all the
scholars of this field —
It occupied parts of three successive weeks
1 at Waimea - 2d at Kohala - 3 at Hamakua —
Whole number of adult
readers 2468 - 2565 not readers - children 68 readers - 389 not
readers - whole number of schools 150.
In May was another examination of the readers only, of this
field.
It was held at Waimea, about 2000 were present —
schools & parts of schools did not attend.
Several
3000 readers would not be
out of ‘the way —
The congregation on the sabbath -
at Waimea has varied from 500
to a 1000 - in the morning - in the afternoon the number has been
much less -Since November last we have preached more or less at Kohala,
Hamakua & Kawaihae - as providence has permitted —
The congregation
at Kohala since the completion of the chh has varied from 2 - to
5000 - afternoon less —
Their appearance on the sabbath is what
might be expected from those unaccustomed to meetings.
the congregation is small for want of accommodation.
At Hamakua
8 or 900 perhaps
less in the afternoon - a larger meeting house will be in readiness
before long.
The congregation at Kawaihae embracing the people of Puako, has
averaged about 400.
Sabbath schools —
Immediately after the morning service is a sabbath
school at all the several districts - in which the verses for the week
are recited - & questions asked on the same at the class —
children's
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3.
sabbath schools are likewise held at the same time —
There is not that attendance at these schools as is desirable
( !); though, on the whole it is encouraging —
Other meetings On Wednesday afternoon is a stated (?) Lecture on the 7 verses
for the week —
This meeting is generally thinly attended —
Poaha has been discontinued throughout this field —
its tendency —
The
from a view of
from the same reason the tabu has been taken off
of the Poalima & this meeting declared free to any body that chooses
to attend .-- At Waimea we have changed the Friday meeting into a
kind of a school in which the texts of the previous sabbath are
recited & questions asked respecting the meaning —
selves in this meeting —
We preside our
This change we find is attended with a good
effect - as it leads the people to consider & to a better understand
ing of the preached word —
At the other districts, the exercises
at this meeting are as formerly —
We have no ninaninaus - no tabu societies - except the church unless it be a prayer meeting on sabbath mornings which none but
church members attend —
A regular singing school is attended Thursday
evenings - some of the pupils have made pleasing proficiency —
The monthly concert is regularly attended - though it has not
abounded in numbers —
Church members
In
September
11 members were transferred from the church at Kai
lua to this. - which added with the 8 previous members, makes the whole
number
19.
We cannot report the cheering intelligence of a revival
of religion as some of our brethren can —
As to the appearance of the members - some of them appear well
& are undoubtedly Christians, others judging from their fruits give
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us pain —
Perhaps we shall toe under the painful necessity of excoming
cluding one from the/communion — Reported adultery is the crime —
Marriages 174 couple have been united in marriage during the past year —
The number of violations of the marriage contract is probably not
a few Tobacco reformation Some efforts have been made to induce the people to abandon
the use of tobacco.
We have met with considerable reluctance on the
part of the people to give it up —
The Church members - most of the
teachers & some others have had their names put [on] a paper that
requires total abstinence 520
The -whole number of names obtained is
.
Present aspect —
Though there are many things that are of a discouraging character
- such as indolence - oppression - drinking of sugar cane & fermented
potatoes - adultery, namu & other kinds of wickedness - yet we see a
wide field open before us & are encouraged from the past to go on knowing that our cause shall finally prevail —
Need of help —
Such is the extent of our field & the greatness of our work that
we feel the need of assistance & do expect that an additional labourer
will be furnished us - provided the Marquesas mission is not taken.
Baldwin & Lyons
�(Facts respecting Kohala &c)
[June
]
(1833)
It was mentioned in the report of Waimea Station that an ad
ditional labourer was needed in this field -
This will appear evident
from a view of the field ( !) in its several parts —
Waimea is well known & hence but little need be said about it —
The population including Kawaihai ( !) & Puako is not far from 2000.
There are scattered over a wide extent of territory —
A missionary
here must expect to meet with various obstacles - yet he will be
convinced that this station can by no means be abandoned —
The number of Foreign residents at the beef establishment should
not be overlooked —
They are bone of our bone & flesh of our flesh
& therefore they should share in our instructions.
Kohala
Is another portion of this field situated in the northern part of
the Island —
Many things call for a Missionary station here -
population is large embracing 8000 & more -
The
They are scattered in
villages more or less populous over a very extensive field —
Facilities.
The facilities are about the same as at Waimea -
Provisions &c can be landed at Mahukona, which is said to be about as
convenient landing place as Kawaihai —
The distance from that place
to Kohala meeting house Is considerably less than the distance from
Kawaihai to Waimea - Vessels can anchor here - or canoes can go from
Kawaihai or Puako for the purpose of carrying all necessary articles.
The conveyance from the shore will be by the hands of natives or by
cart, when a road is made which can be done without much difficulty Besides these facilities, there are other things of encouraging
character —
At Nunulu a central Village is a large native meeting
house holding 4000 souls & upward —
A convenient native house has
likewise been erected for a missionary family & the head woman who
�Facts respecting Kohala
2.
is a member of the church is anxious to have permanent teachers There are two or three other church members residing there —
A large number of children are scattered over the district more
or less of them are collected into different schools under the care
of native teachers —
Other schools are numerous though lying nearly
desolate at present.
The wickedness in this district is perhaps without a parallel
on the Islands —
heathenism —
The population Is but a step above the lowest
To this day may be found the relics of idolatry —
It
is distressing to view this great mass of iniquity & degradation —
The sabbath is awfully violated —
True thousands attend public worship
& that with much order during worship - but dark iniquity is plotted
even in the sanctuary of God - & when the congregation is dismissed
the noise & confusion that follows show that they are far from being
civilized. [One line and part of another undecipherable.]
Let it be
understood that the body of the people are most thoroughly versed in
almost all kinds of iniquity —
Therefore there is so much the more
need of permanent missionaries among them.
about the climate &c —
that of Waimea.
shore —
Something might be said
The climate is not materially different from
In some portions it is warmer being on & near the
The rain is about the same.
The wind is probably stronger
at seasons than at Waimea; but all things considered, the physical ( !)
aspect is inviting —
Hamakua This district is N .E. of Waimea - & has a population of some
thing less than 5000 souls —
of Waimea.
The climate is warm more so than that
Like all other tropical climates it may sometimes be un
productive
comfortable —
Much of the soil is
—
Included in
�3.
Facts respecting Kohala
Hamakua is the valley of Waipio -which contains about 1200 inhabitants the most promising part of the field -
Many of the particulars stated
in relation to Kohala are applicable to this district - Vessels stand
in at Waipio sometimes —
Besides, articles might be carried from
Waimea to a station at Hamakua.
Waipio & one at Hamakua.
There is a meeting house at
Both are small.
A more commodious one
is about to be erected in the latter place —
places are members of the church —
exceedingly low --
The head men of both
native schools are numerous but
The population is sunk in pollution & sin —
hence calls loudly for more help —
&
It must be seen that two mission
aries stationed at Waimea can have but little influence over Kohala
& Hamakua.
Were their efforts confined to Hamakua & Waimea including
Puako & Kawaihae ( !) something more might be done -
Hamakua should
be connected with Waimea in preference to Kohala in as much as it is
considerably nearer & much more accessible ( I) than Kohala --
besides,
provisions &c can be carried to a station at Kohala with but little
difficulty, which would not be the case In reference to a station at
Hamakua —
We conclude that a separate station should be established
at Kohala as soon as possible —
Then the missionaries at Waimea might
have reason. to pray for & expect success, as their labours would be
made to bear upon a smaller space —
Baldwin & Lyons —
Waimea June 5 - 1833 —
�Waimea Hawaii Oct 25 - 1833
Dear Sirs
In speaking of this station we shall in the first place
say something in relation to what has been done during the past
year & in the second place mention something of what remains to he
done.
Schools Of these a very encouraging account cannot at present be given.
The school spirit has been for some time past (?) diminishing, &
this might naturally be expected from the inefficiency of the pre
sent system.
Yet something has been accomplished both by ourselves
& native teachers.
We shall first speak of schools under our own
instruction & that of our female assistants -
These embrace children
& adults of Waimea - A number of children have learned to read &
this number with some others are pleasingly interested in the study
of Arithmetic & Geography & in exercises of writing on slates The children likewise in connection with a few adult women have
given some attention to sewing & braiding &c - Reading, Arithmetic Geography & writing both on slates & on paper have been the studies
of the adults in wh these different branches some have made quite
satisfactory proficiency all things considered During the months of March & April a school was opened for
the instruction of the native teachers in this field - Out of 140 50 or 60 attended.
Geography constituted the principal study.
maps used by the pupils were prepared at the station.
The
The school
was discontinued in consequence of the difficulty of procuring pro
visions for the scholars -
This arose from the great distances at
which they resided from the school. Of the schools superintended by native teachers, those consist
ing of children are the most efficient & promising.
The number
�Waimea Hawaii, Oct 25, 1833
of children examined not long since 405.
2.
Of these 71 are readers.
Of schools consisting of adults there have been 2 examinations
during the year the one including both those who could read & those
who could not read - the other the former only - The whole number
called readers by the native teachers is about 2500 - by us however
not more than l/4 of this number can be called intelligible readers
The others can read - that is give them time & they can make out a
sentence in any of the printed books - & perhaps understand its im
port -
Hence we are justified in calling them all readers & most
might with perseverance, become good readers -
But perseverance is
not a very conspicuous characteristic either of a native scholar or
a native teacher - A few exceptions may be found Distribution of books
The desire for books is generally in proportion to the desire
for instruction -
This is not always true - Many in our field
desire books - but it is not that they may learn their contents
but because to have a book is a fashionable thing - & is supposed to
constitute a part of religion & therefore this class must have a
book as they wish to be considered on the side of religion - Were
we to distribute books gratuitously, our stock would soon be exhaus
ted by the pressing calls of the multitude - but as books are not
thus distributed it being thought more desirable to sell than to
body
give away - they are called for but little by the great / of the
people. Tho by the mass books are painfully undervalued - there
is a class of a different stamp - by this class the work of God
seems to be somewhat sincerely desired & their desire is evinced by
the distance they come to purchase it neither, with work or such ar
ticles of trade as they may chance to have -
This is the class
that is most generally found in the school house - & in the house
of prayer -
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3.
Meetings Meetings have been held at Waimea, Kawaihae, Hamakua &
Kohala.
At all these places are native houses of worship - none
are very commodious except one at Waimea & the one at Kohala is
one/capable of seating nearly 3,000 & the other 4,000 souls in the
native style.
The congregations on the sabbath depend very much
on the character of the weather.
Rains or the prospect of rain fre
quently detain many from the house of God —
In this they are.
somewhat excusable when their distant ( !) from the place of worship
and their kind of clothes are taken into consideration gregation at Waimea varies from 100 to a 1,000.
1,000 except on some particular, occasion -
The con
There Is seldom a
The number in the
morning both here and the other districts is much larger than it is
in the afternoon - wh is partly owing to the indolent habits of
the people - & partly to the rains which not unfrequently fall
in the latter part of the day.
The congregation at Kawaihae varies from 100 to 500 - that at
Hamakua from 200 to 700 -
This is not as large by a 1000 (?)
probably - as it would otherwise be were there a larger house Our largest congregation is at Kohala which is 20 miles distant at this place Mr. Baldwin & family have lately spent nearly
have
72 months - 4,000 out of 8000 souls -/sometimes been assembled
on a pleasant sabbath morning whose conduct on the whole has during
service been becoming though when the congregation was dismissed much noise & confusion followed at first as might naturally be
expected from an almost wholly untutored people -
More stillness (?)
& order are now to be observed & this will increase as the people
increase in light & knowledge - as the novelty of meetings at this
�Waimea, Hawaii
place is wearing away, the number that attend them may gradually
diminish which by the way would not he a very discouraging cir
cumstance —
a good effect may he procured on a large congregation
during the sermon hut when the exercises are closed the effect
seems to be drowned in a moment by the noise of the multitude.
The exercises of the sabbath are as follows - a church prayer meet
ing in the morning after which the shell blows & the people assem
ble for the regular morning worship - when this is closed the
sabbath school immediately follows, at which the 7 verses for the
week are recited to the different native teachers - & where one of
us is present questions are asked & remarks made on the same.
In
the afternoon are two meetings at one of. which a sermon is preached
one
& at the other/an explanation of some portion of scripture mingled
with exhortation exhortation ( !) has been the principal exercise.
In all our preaching we have aimed to exhibit terms set & to urge
men to an immediate compliance with the terms of salvation - whether
any have complied is known in heaven but not to us at present.
Yet
we trust that to some the gospel has proved a savior of life unto
life - none [have] given as yet sufficient evidence of piety to be
admitted to the church - & none stand as candidate for admission
(& here we would record the painful fact that one of our little
for improper conduct
church of 19 [or 17?] members has been/suspended from the privi
lege of church communion for an indefinite time.)
Besides meetings on the sabbath meetings are regularly held
on Wednesday & Friday afternoons - at one the 7 verses of the week
for most of the time have been expounded & applied - & at the other
the texts of the previous sabbath are searched & such questions
asked & remarks made as may interest & profit the the ( !) people —
The monthly concert of prayer [for] the missionary cause has been
�Waimea, Hawaii
5 .
regularly attended - the monthly concert for sabbath schools has
also been observed but not regularly --
The number present at
these week day meetings is small.
On Thursday evening we have a regular singing school the
utility of which is sometimes (?) very apparent on the sabbath in
giving an aspect of civilization to the congregation & adding to
the solemnity of the sabbath exercises Visits among ( !) the people Scattered as our people are over a very extensive territory we
find that preaching in public assemblies will not bring the multi
tude within the influence of the gospel -
Many will not hear the
joyful sound nor by its power be raised from their dark condition.
Hence we have devoted some time to visiting among the scattered
population - we have gone from house to house & from district to
district (searching out the special wants of the people) - among
those capable of reading we have distributed tracts which are always
readily received & we have generally found a disposition to listen
to our instructions.
In all these visits we have found some light -
we have also found enough to convince us that we are surrounded with
heathenism, darkness & degradation [Lyons’ handwriting]
�The Station report of Waimea (Haw.) 1854
Through the kindness of Providence, we have generally enjoyed
good health & been permitted to pursue our labours without interrup
tion during the year.
Some exceptions have however occurred.
Mr.
Baldwin was confined between one & two months at the commencement of
the year, & spent a month at another station toward the close of it.
Our field, it is well known, consists of three separate districts,
of whh Waimea is far the least populous ( !). We have wished therefore,
that, as far as possible, one of our number should reside in one of
the other districts, whh we were able to do for about half the year.
Mr. Baldwin spent the months of Sept. & Oct. at Kohala & Mr.
Lyons four months (from Dec. to March) in Hamakua.
So far as our
experience goes, we find a decided advantage in residing among the
people for whose benefit we labour.
Schools.
Our station school at Waimea has suffered some interruption in
course of. the year, owing partly to our removal from one station to
another, together with occasional absences from the station, & the
peoples' being occupied with work.
It has however been continued
most of the time, & been more flourishing towards the close of the year,
taught
We have also/schools of teachers & others at the out stations during
our residences there, whh have been easily maintained & seemed to be
productive of good.
The studies have been, besides, reading & writing,
Arithmetic, Geography, drawing maps, &c.
Our female helpers have generally kept up a daily school for women
at Waimea, & always during our residence at the outposts - they have
also taught a school of children every day at Waimea & during our
residences at the outposts.
The childrens’ schools have seemed
�Waimea Report 1834
specially to prosper.
The number who have attended regularly has
commonly been from 20 or 30 - most of them have made commendable
improvement.
Me have also had singing schools wherever we have resided.
The schools of native teachers are not generally in a very flour
ishing condition.
as they ever were.
Some of them, however, have been as efficient ( !)
The school houses of Kohala have many of them been
rebuilt lately, & there is a prospect, that all whh need it will be
soon.
We have held two examinations at each of the districts
the year.
A few new readers appeared at Waimea, & about 50 at each
of the districts of Kohala & Hamakua.
We have also held, at each of the three districts, an examination
for children - 500 were examined, of whom about 90 were readers.
Our examinations have seemed to increase the demand for books This has been especially the case of Kohala & Hamakua, at each of whh
places the demand has increased during the year.
Our cong's on Sab. have been much the same as to size, as here
tofore -
There has been some improvement, we think, in the order &
attention in them especially at Hamakua.
That at Waimea has been
generally small - at Ham. as large as could be accommodated - some
times larger, the meeting house whh was commenced there, not having
been built.
Our Wed. & Frid. meetings have been more poorly attended.
Sabbath schools have been attended, during the intermissions
between morning & afternoon services, at each of the stations, where
we have resided, in whh a goodly number have recited the verses of
the day, & been questioned as to the import.
That at Hamakua was
flourishing as long as the station was occupied.
A considerable
number of children were connected with it, who were attended to by
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Mrs. Lyons.
3.
A much larger number, amounting to several hundreds
were attacked to that at Kohala but they could not be kept together,
when the post was left with only an occasional visit from a mission
ary.
An exposition of the seven verses has always been given at
the third service on the sabbath.
A morning meeting commenced at Waimea in Nov. last, commencing
at light in the morning & always closing at sunrise.
It has continued
till this time, with rather increasing numbers & interest.
has varied generally from 30 to 50 - often more.
The number
This we have called
a goodly number, considering the frequent rain storms, the cold, &
naked condition of the people of Waimea.
Morning & evening meetings also were attended daily by Mr. Lyons,
during his residence at Hamakua.
A Protracted meeting has also been held at each of our three
posts, & been repeated at Waimea - they have been continued from 4 to
8 days each.
The exercises have been much the same as those of other
similar meetings on Hawaii.
The numbers who have attended these have
not been large - but at each meeting, except perhaps the last at
Waimea, we think, some souls were born again.
We have found them a
good means of arousing our own souls, as well as of raising the stan
dard of piety among Christians & enlightening all who attended.
The monthly concert has been attended as usual - & also the month
ly fast on the frid. previous - in whh the members of the chh. at
some
Waimea &/others have united with us.
We have visited & preached to the people some at their several
school districts during the year past & found it one of the best means
to proclaim the Gospel to the great body of the people.
The whole of
Kohala & Hamakua have been visited in this way - some parts more than
once.
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Waimea Report 1834
As to the tone of feeling in our chh. we cannot report any thing
very different from what has existed in times past. One member was
reported as suspended the last year, who still remains in the same
condition.
Two more were soon after suspended - one of whom on appear
ance of repentance, & making a public confession, was restored to the
fellowship of the church in April last.
Two new members were admitted,
& two more propounded, at the same communion in April.
The whole number now in the chh is 21, including the two, who
still remain suspended.
Several children have been baptized.
The whole number of marriages by us, during the year, has been
168.
We have continued to keep an eye on the tobacco cause, & hope,
it has not, on the whole, been retrograde; though owing to the shelter
whh some of the people have seemed to feel under the wing of the
Governor, we have not prosecuted it so vigorously as otherwise we
could have wished.
Of the 600 or thereabouts whh have signed the
pledge of total abstinence, most, so far as we are informed, continue
firm.
But we have considered the amount of moral principle among the
people so small, as to make a pledge of very little value, unless
there were pretty strong external inducements for them to observe it.
As the station was selected originally as a retreat for health,
it may be proper to remark, that our experience is very decidedly in
favour of the healthfulness of the climate; not merely in preference
to other stations; but so far as we have observed in preference to any
other region in that part of Hawaii.
Owing, however, to the diffi
culty of access from the shore at present, & the winds & rains whh
often prevail there, It has not proved a very inviting place to
transient visitors.
Mr. Gulick & family spent some time 4 months
�Waimea Report 1834
5
there during the past year, without any benefit, that we know, to his
health.
We have nothing more to add at present, except what wd he obvious
almost without any mention; viz. that we greatly need a third helper.
This is especially treu, if we continue, to maintain Waimea as a
preaching station, & place of residence.
Daring the past year, it
has been our object to keep one of our families as large a part of the
time as possible at one of the outposts.
But owing to the confinement
& absence of one of us a part of the time, together with the situation
of our families, we have only been able to keep one family at an out
station but six months in the twelve; leaving Hamakua with nearly 5000
people, & Kohala with more than 8000, destitute the other half of
the time; & when one of us resides at one outpost & one at Waimea,
the other outpost is of course entirely destitute.
For six months,
during the past year, Kohala, (with its 8000,) has been with but one
sabbath's preaching from us. — whh is quite too little for a people
who have just, (after great labour), completed a meeting house, whh.
will contain 3000 or 4000 people; & are sometimes ready to fill it.
A road is already completed from Waimea to Hamakua; & one making
from the shore to the meeting house in Kohala, whh will greatly facil
itate misy. operations in each of those places, the people are wait
ing; & we hope we shall soon see them furnished with something, at
least, like the stated means of grace.
(Unsigned)
�Report of Waimea (Hawaii) Station. 1835
After our return from general meeting last year, both, our families
continued to reside at Waimea with, the expectation that one wd very
soon remove to Hamakua & perhaps the other to Kohala.
For a month we
preached at Waimea & occasionally at Kohala or Hamakua,
Before how
ever arrangements cd he made for removing, I had an attack of sickness whh laid me aside from labour, & it was thought best that both
families still continue at the station.
So we did till near the close
of Sept. when I, with my family was called to Kaawaloa to attend to the
sick, where we continued till Dec., the labours at Waimea, till that
time, all devolving on Mr. & Mrs. Lyons.
Soon after our return, Mr.
Lyons removed to Hamakua, where he has continued since, & we have
attended, as far as able, to the duties of the Station.
Meetings, previously attended, have all been continued & I have
generally attended them as before, except the morning meetings, whh
I was obliged to give up to the management of the native chh. members they have dwindled down to a small number.
The wed. meeting, devoted
to examination of the sermons delivered on the Sabbath, have also been
small.
Meetings on the Sabbath have been as encouraging as ever before-
sometimes pretty full on pleasant Sab. mornings; but less in the after
noons, & in rainy weather.
About Nov. of last year, Gov. Adams took up his residence at
Waimea, & many others, from Kailua mostly, so that meetings & schools
have been some larger since that time.
Our Sabbath school has not been flourishing, owing partly to
having different instructors, & sometimes none at all; & the uncer
tainty of our staying there permanently, has been so great as to
hinder our making great efforts to increase the number who shd attend;
because when left, they wd mostly fall off.
Both meetings, schools,
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& sabbath school wd doubtless have flourished better had I possessed
health to visit among the people.
But I have done nothing at that
kind of labour - the weather very often rendering it improper, & other
duties whh seemed indispensable to the Station, being always as much
as I thought myself able to bear.
Chh.
There has been a single addition to the chh. during the year;
one who seems as yet to give good evidence of being worthy ©f a place
among the flock of Christ (,) one by letter also from Kaawaloa.
Of
the three mentioned, last year as suspended, one has been restored;
& appears, in most respects, as well as ever before.
One other indi
vidual was set aside, from a single communion; but it happened too
near the time, when we were called from the Station, to attend to the
case any further.
Ho other eases of discipline have occurred, tho. 1
am far from supposing none wed, had the whole conduct of those in the
chh been fully brought to light.
The sin of concealing one another's
faults, in the chh, it Is to be feared, is one of the crying sins of
these islands.
The state of feeling in the chh is lower probably, than it was a
year since.
part.
Some however give evidence that they have chosen the good
The great majority, within the pale of the chh though guilty
of no known immoralities (none of themsmoke tobacco), & often zealous
in putting down such vices as the laws of the land condemn, cannot,
in the judgment of us, who have watched them four years, be placed
among those who belong to Christ.
They give too much evidence, that
they love the world more than they do God.
Among these, however,
there has been one case, the past year, of apparently genuine awaken
ing, produced by the Holy Ghost.
The seriousness continued several
weeks, & we began to hope we had been mistaken in judging of his chr,
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3
& that hereafter we might find ourselves mistaken in regard to many
others.
But all soon passed away, as a morning cloud, & all was as
dark & unpromising as before.
Without the chh, there is a consider
able number, ready, in their own estimation to enter.
have generally thought well.
Of a few we
But the longer our acquaintance has con
tinued, the more we rejoice, that they have hitherto been debarred
from the sacred table of the Lord.
The mass of the people are still
wedded to their lusts - not only far from the Kingdom, but perhaps
fast growing more so.
They are exposed to many temptations, from the
two beef catching establishments; & their poverty is one reason, why
they often yield( !),
A few of the foreigners of the place connected
with these establishments, have been in the habit of frequently attend
ing our native worship on the Sabbath; but most of them are exceeding
ly vile; & when sometimes a vessel from Oahu brings a cask of rum,
they become still viler.
They need some one to follow them affection
ately & fearlessly , from day to day , with the bread of life; & so do
all the people of that benighted region.
The marriages of the station, during the year, have been 109,
whh added to those already reported for Hamakua, will make the number
nearly as great, as that reported, for the whole field, for each of
the former years.
Violations of the mar. contract have not apparently
been more frequent than formerly.
Of the labours assigned me by the Mission a report has already
been made.
The Ai o ka la & letters I did not prepare for lack of
health, & the same, I may now add was the reason, why I have written
but part of my share for the Kumu; & not want of disposition, as I
some times began & was not able to finish.
Schools. As to those of the Station, we can say, I think, they
�Waimea Report 1835
4.
have never been more flourishing or their good effects been more
apparent than the past year.
The number of scholars was considerably
increased by those who removed thither from Kailua with the Governor.
The school of adults male & female taught 3 days each week has gener
ally averaged 40 or 50 - & sometimes less.. Their studies besides
reading & some minor matters, have been Geography & Arithmetic in whh
most have shown interest & made improvement.
For the last half of the
year,, original compositions have been required of them, once a week.
The benefits of attending of this branch have been, some improvement
in penmanship, besides learning to divide words aright, use points,
capitals, &c, matters of no small moment for this people to learn.
The children’s school has generally averaged from 40 to 50,
since the accession from the new residents.
spelling, Helu K
Studies have been reading,
, Helu naau, writing, Geography & singing, with
which & prayer the school has always been opened & closed.
We have
no conven ient school house as yet but the Gov. has promised to build
one.
There has been but one regular examination of schools during the
year, owing to my ill health & occasional absence from the station.
This was attended at Waimea, Kawaihae & Kohala,
Of native schools, there can hardly be said to be any at Waimea,
but some in the district of Kohala have been somewhat flourishing.
Books have met with an encouraging sale; but owing partly to apathy
of the people, & partly to heavy taxes, valuable articles of trade
are seldom procured for them.
They have furnished us with our food,
mats & some other necessaries of life.
Above 50 have subscribed for
the Kumu Hawaii at W . & Kohala - No special pains were taken to obtain
subscribers, or their number might doubtless have been quadrupled
without difficulty.
�Waimea Report 1835
5.
As to the effects of all whh has b een done in our field, I can
say but little.
It will be seen, that the large district of Kohala,
has reed little or no attention at all.
By labours at Waimea, some
have been benefited - but the mass have perhaps, grown worse rather
than been profited, by the Gospel among them.
In whatever way it is to
be accounted for, it is a fact, open to the eyes of all, that for the
last half of the past year, there has been more iniquity among the
people than in any other year since we have resided there.
Drinking
much
sugar cane & potato has never before been genl or practiced/in that
district.
Why this has been suffered to overspread the region at this
time I know not.
Reports abroad say, it is because the Gov. does not
think it a crime to drink fermented potatoes - people at Waimea say,
it is through their anger at heavy taxes, suppression, &c. to avoid
koeles, &c.
If the latter was the reason, some of them have been
sadly worsted, as they have been put on the road, to work each a
month, & with strict orders that when koele day came they were to work
there also.
This was done not by the Gov. but by head men —-
As to the comparative importance of Waimea, as a station, I may
be expected to say a few words as the state of my health has compelled
me to leave it, at least, for the present.
Four years ago, the census of our field was taken & Waimea was
supposed to contain about 1200 people.
since.
No enumeration has been made
The Gov. has selected it as his place of residence; & as was
to be expected in such case, a considerable number have been added to
the population, many buildings put up, & the place assumed a somewhat
new appearance.
Gov. Adams says, the present population cannot be
over 800 - perhaps not so many.
He ought to know, as he has sometimes
called out all, men, women & children (sick excepted) to work on the
�Waimea Report 1835
land.
But I have little confidence in his data drawn from this source
or his tapa taxes, as there is no one branch better understood by the
people of that region, than running away from, & otherwise evading
the orders of their chiefs.
If he cd count 4 or 500 tapas, at a single
tax, probably there are still a thousand people.
less, they have immortal souls & need the Gospel.
Whether more or
There are connected
with the chh & among the new residents some 20 or 30 chh members re
siding there.
What little has been done will apparently soon be lost,
unless followed up.
There are many foreigners - they wd soon fill
that place with sin, & make it a radiating centre of pollution for all
on the Western shore, with a population of some hundreds,
that part of Hawaii, Kawaihae & Puako,/must depend on Waimea sta
tion for the Gospel, or never have it.
Kohala is yet unsupplied; &
whether Hamakua will or ought to be occupied, while neither Waimea or
Kohala has a Missionary, is a question yet to be settled by the
Mission.
All these points have a bearing on the importance of the
station, & will help determine what shd be done in relation to it.
(Unsigned; but Baldwin's)
�Report of Hamakua Station
for the year ending June 1 - 1835 After our return from general meeting we spent 4 months at
Waimea attending to the various duties of the station such as preach
ing, teaching visiting &c - Dec. 6. we left Waimea & took up our
residence in Hamakua in a native house belonging to the head man
of the land.
Here we resided till the last of April when we removed
to the native buildings which we had by this time been enabled to
put up for our accomodations -
They are situated near a fine stream
of water about 3/4 mile from the present meeting house - 1/2 mile
from the shore, - 2/3 of a mile from the eastern pali of Waipio 12 miles from Waimea & 24 miles via vessel (?) from Kawaihae ( !) by
way of which we receive our supplies &c Through the smiles of Providence we have enjoyed a good measure
of health - at least such a measure that with the exception of one
sabbath - there has been no interruption to the ordinary routine of
labors Schools Three schools have been taught at the station men's school women's school & school for children.
1
Men's school -
This is composed of teachers & others of a promis
ing character & numbers about 30.
The studies which have been pur
sued are the bible - Kumu Hawaii - Helukamalii - Helunaau - anaho
nua - & occasional recitations from geography principally from maps To this school 3 afternoon in the week with some exceptions have
been devoted.
The proficiency made by the scholars has been as en
couraging as could be expected from the various hindrances which
have occurred -
Two of the scholars have been sent to the High
School - .
2 Women's school -
This is under the instruction of Mrs. Lyons
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& numbers about 20 scholars -
— .. .
They have attended to reading in the
Testament & Kumu Hawaii, & also to Arithmetic sewing & knitting Nothing has been more difficult than to get the women into school others ( !) things have seemed to them of more importance & hence
this school has been taught but one day in the week - The prospect
however at the time it closed was rather encouraging than otherwise.
3-
Children's school -
The children's school taught at the station
by Mrs. Lyons commenced with 7 scholars & gradually Increased till
it numbered about 40 -
These are divided into several classes.
The first class may be called an infant class - They learn the al
phabet & words of two letters & are taught the 10 commandments &
simple hymns & questions translated from the infant catechism & other
things such as are suitable to this age & capacity 2(nd) class, read & spell in words of 3 & 4 letters, learn hymns &
questions from the catechism 3d class read In the Ikemua & answer questions from that - learn
hymns & are more or less familiar with 2 or 3 chapters of the Ui
kamalii.
4(th) class read in the Ikemua & ai o ka la, have learned various
hymns & several chapters of the Ui & have attended to the Helu Kama
lii - palapala honua & writing on slates - All the other classes have
been more or less exercised in the Helu Kamalii, & some have tried to
scribble characters on the slate - Writing & cyphering on the black
board has been practised to some extent -
The larger girls have
attended to sewing - & the larger boys are somewhat strong at manual
labor -
The time devoted to the school Is most of the forenoon of
every day except Wednesday -
The school is generally opened with
singing in which all the children join - & closed with prayer Great efforts have been made to improve the bodies & the minds of
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3.
of the scholars altogether.
Tobacco has been partially forsaken, but not
The example of parents has prevented.
Parents have
repeatedly been told their duty, & some have endeavored to keep their
children from the influence of pernicious habits - & have in part
succeeded - but others have done nothing of the kind, but much to the
contrary Beside the school last mentioned there are six children's
schools in the neighboring districts which are under the instruction
of native teachers -
Some of these I have endeavored to superintend
myself - when circumstances would permit -
In the 6 schools there
are about 100 scholars - some few have learned to read & have learned
hymns - the commandments & questions from the Helu Kamalii & Ui There are not many children in the vicinity of the station - .
The majority of those of a proper age, are mostly gathered into
school - We meet with many obstacles arising from the scattered
state of the children,
the influence of parents, some of whom try
to frighten their fond offspring from the school by telling
stories about us -
Other obstacles arise from the want of school
houses, school apparatus & a more efficient system, & we are often
led to enquire what shall be done?
- Why not try a boarding
school? Examinations
Of these there have been two - one in Jany & the other in May At the last there were present -
265 adults - all readers 123 children - 20 readers -
Most of the children have attended school more or less - during
the year -
The majority of the adults - have not attended except
on the sabbath - & some few days previous to examination The number of readers - rather the amount & quality of reading
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4.
is in some cases diminishing & in others increasing - where there
is no wood the fire goeth out Books
Books have been in as good demand as could be expected - though
they would probably have laid still up(on) our shelves with the ex
ception of some kinds - had we not used special efforts to get them
into the hands of the people - for but few come to our house to buy & one reason of this is, the reading class are pretty well supplied
with such books as have been printed & are waiting for more, & yet
the books disposed of have mostly furnished us & our domestics with
native provisions - wood, mats &c - As to the disposition to read,
of this there is but little if we except teachers & a few others such as read the Kumu Hawaii - of whom there are not far from 100
(The number of copies taken - about 50).
of God is seldom read formerly -
By the remainder the word
It is not even read at the family altar as
This altar by the multitude has been thrown down & of
course the bible is neglected, though no doubt it is read & desired
as much here as in many places in the United States Meetings Of these there are the daily morning meetings designed for
the explication & application ofscripture & attended by 30 or 40 The Wednesday afternoon meeting designed for the reciting of texts &
marriages, the weekly female meeting attended by Mrs. Lyons -
sing
ing school & ai o ka la meeting every Friday & Saturday afternoon a meeting for chh members occasionally Saturday evening -
The monthly
concert of prayer - & the concert for sabbath schools - have been
encouragingly attended -
Tuesday ( !) & Thursday afternoons meetings
&
have been held 2 at places 2 - 3 -
&
5
miles distant
The exercises of the sabbath are 4 meetings & 2 sabbath schools -
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The regular morning meeting in common with other days.
The public
assembly at 9 o'clock - which is followed by the sabbath school con
sisting of adults & children -
The 3d meeting is held in the valley
of Waipio - after wh is the 2d sabbath school -
The 4th meeting is
held at the station & is a lecture on the 7 verses for the coming
week -
A 5th meeting has sometimes been held in the evening at can
dlelight The plan now adopted - ie - of spending a part of the sabbath
in the valley, tho very fatiguing & laborious to me - gives a good
congregation both parts of the day -
The meeting in the afternoon
is becoming the largest - Which is a new thing under the sun - at
least on Hawaii The plan was adopted because the people of Waipio with few
exceptions would not come up the frightful pali to attend meeting
at the station - & if the people will not come to the light - the
light must be carried to them -
Perhaps both congregations there
are 7 or 800 people & sometimes more - sometimes less —
The con
gregations are small, but they are about as large as can be accommo
dated in the present houses of worship - & may be said to be on the
increase The sabbath school at the commencement numbered 18 children &
about 40 adults dren.
The num ( !) has increased to 157 adults & 70 chil-
The regular children however are those belong to Mrs. Lyons
week day school & are under her instruction on the sabbath -
The
adult school at the station & some of the children attend to the
verse a day system -
The school in the valley to the questions
printed at Lahainaluna -
The schools are always under my own su-
perintence & a suitable portion of time & attention I endeavor to
devote to the children -
Most of the scholars seem to be much
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6.
interested in the school & have made a commendable improvement -Visiting
Two days in the week or parts of 2 days have generally been
devoted to visiting among ( !) the people - several tours have been
made thro Waipio ways preventing -
Long tours I have not taken, circumstances al
Sometimes the people have manifested a willingness
to hear - & sometimes they would rather I would pass on, leaving them
oven
undisturbed - in their sensual enjoyment - a smoking oven full of
taro or potatoes possessed in their view more charms than the gospel
of xt ( !).
Some on the approach of the preacher have taken to flight
One of the objects at first aimed at visiting was to get the
names of all th e people - men women & children - that I might become
familiar with the flock committed to my charge -
But it was con
jectured that there was some trick in the matter & hence some were
disposed to give false names & others refused to give any name, on
the whole the project was treated with so much ridicule, that it was
abandoned.
There is no better way to find out what the people are than to
be often among them, not among them as on the sabbath day or at
meeting - but among them at their houses - in their houses - taking
them unawares at their different employments or at no employment at
all - looking on &c -
In this way not only ,the wickedness of the
people but their wants will be found out.
The sick & the lame &
the maimed will meet the eye in almost every direction & hence
op
portunities will offer for benefiting the body & this will open the
way more effectually for extending relief to the perishing soul Marriages I have celebrated 96 marriages - 63 at Waimea & 33 at Hamakua.
Of the marriage covenant I have heard of but few violations,
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1835
7.
yet this will not be certainly known till revealed at the day of
judgment.
Tobacco Wot much has been done on the score of reformation on this
point Talk to the people about giving up their pipes - & they immediately refer to chh members - I mean chh members belonging to other
stations -
chh members smoke - & hence many who once forsook - have
returned - & those who have not forsaken will not forsake -
Chh
members deal it out to the people - sell it - order it planted &c Yet some will not obey - they will have nothing to do with tobacco
tho they so lose their lands by refusing -
I have said to the public,
if there is ever a chh at Hamakua - there shall be no tobacco smoking
in it to my knowledge - & no traffic of any kind in the article yea nothing to do w ith it except by way of opposition.
Deaths I have been called to attend many funerals -
The number I cannot
recollect - Nor am I acquainted with the number of births - but
I infer from what little knowledge I have that the number of deaths
is by far the greatest Church
No chh has as yet been formed at the station.
4 individuals
have been propounded as candidates - 4 chh members reside in the
region 2 belonging to Waimea chh - & 2 to that of Kailua -
one of
the latter I may never see again in the flesh - but I trust we shall
all see her in heaven -
The 4 candidates were perhaps the result
of a protracted meeting held a year ago last March -
Many others
appeared to run well at that time - but it has proved it is to be
feared that they were running the wrong way -
Of a few of them
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8.
however I have yet some hope that they are Christians -
One individual-
a female of a more than ordinary mind - & I trust of ardent piety
has been called to give up her account -
It was at the protracted
meeting that we suppose she experienced a change of heart —
The
manner of her death was so remarkable that it attracted the wonder of
all who witnessed, her dying moments - Her
was spent
in exhorting sinners to repentance & just before she breathed her
last she seemed to see a convoy of angels coming to convey her to
heaven - If one soul has gone to glory thro my feeble instrumentality
to God be all the praise -
I have been a thousand fold recompensed
for all my toils During the past year the Lord has not visited us with the re
viving & regenerating influences of his spirit & hence
& sinners are plunging unconcerned into the bottomless pit why it is we cannot say - no doubt there is a fault somewhere Conclusion
There are many things of an unfavorable appearance.
Many of the
people have been guilty of intoxication on potatoes & sugar cane - &
other kinds of iniquity some of the criminals have been put to work
upon the road.
The incessant calls of the chiefs have occasioned an almost
continual interruption to meetings & schools in particular few attend schools or have any regard for books -
But
The number that
attend meeting is small - 7 or 800 out of 5,000 - Beyond 4 or 5
miles from the station the people have not made their appearance at
the house of God -
Hence a territory of 25 miles long perhaps has
been little or nothing benefited by missionary influence.
There is
no school house or meeting house at the station except a small build
ing used for the purpose & just ready to fall down - When a meeting
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1835
9.
house will be erected is not certain.
Timber was procured 2 years
ago - & the building actually commenced - but some governmental
orders interfering, the work ceased, & there were no Nehemiahs to
ask why it should cease or say let us rise up & build - However
word went forth just before we left - for the recommencing of the
every
work - But the day chosen to be devoted to the work i.e./Friday
till finished is such an unlucky one that it may toe as long in build
ing as the second temple was.
Yet we are not discouraged - we are
engaged in a cause which shall finally triumph & here is the
of our hope & consolation (Unsigned; L. Lyons)
�Report of Waimea Station - May - 1836
Labors
1.
Secular - the erection of a permanent dwelling house - during the
year
at Waimea —
2 - Religious -(1) meetings - as follows - 2 sermons on the sabbath meeting Wednesday afternoons - church meeting sabbath evening - weekly
female prayer meeting - semi monthly meeting for mothers - quarterly
meeting for fathers & mothers - monthly concert - monthly meeting for
sabbath schools - & occasional meetings as on fast days &c —
(2) schools - bible classes &c 1st school for adults sometimes 6 days in a week, sometimes 3
days - sometimes not at all 2d school for children - 5 days in a week - constantly - sometimes
twice a day 3d. sabbath schools - one for adults - & one for children
4. singing school one evening in the week 5 - a daily bible class at sunrise (3) Examinations - of these there have been two - one in Sept - &
the other in Jany Present at the first
1325 adults 393 children
Total
1,718 -
1375 readers -
(4th) Tours - One tour has been performed through Waimea - Kohala
& Hamakua - besides other occasional pastoral visiting (5th) Distribution of books - upwards of 4,000 books of various kinds
& sizes have been disposed of in some way or other, during the year The Kumu Hawaii has about 250 Subscribers - about 150 more than the
preceding year (6th) Census - The people of all the region have been numbered accord-
�Waimea Report 1836
2.
ing to the resolution of last general meeting —
(7th) Marriages - 116 couple have been married (8th)
Church - 4 individuals have been received to the church on
examination - 2 suspended members have been restored & one has died one member stands still suspended - Present number in regular standing
2 5 - 6 children have been baptized — Effects of labors —
1 - A large neat native school house has been erected at Waimea by
the orders' of the governor - & furnished at the expense of the mission
A large & elegant lauhala meeting house has been completed at Hamakua
& dedicated to the worship of the living God Kohala has been undergoing repairs —
The meeting house at
A few good native school
houses have been erected In some of the out districts at the expense
of the people —
2 There has been an increase of numbers in schools & meetings both
in Waimea & at the out posts -
The sabbath school at Waimea at one
time numbered over 300, & the children day school about 80 -
The
average number much less 3 - There has been an increase of knowledge - about a hundred new
readers may be reported -
The schools at Waimea have made some attain
ments in natural history, topographical geography, writing - arith
metic, geometry - music & the scriptures - Church members & others
have derived much instruction from preaching & the bible classes 4
Some probably conversions - though no decided cases -
5 -
Prevention of wickedness - though not much positive good may have
been done - much positive wickedness has no doubt been prevented Wickedness had broken out, like a volcanic fire, & was spreading over
the whole region - But since the return of the missionary, iniquity
�Waimea Report 1836
has not dared to appear in such unblushing boldness
The prospects are on the whole encouraging L Lyons
�Report of Waimea Station
In writing a report of Waimea station for the past year I feel
hound, to begin by acknowledging the goodness of God in giving me strength
to perform the various labors in which I have been engaged.
Some in
terruptions have been experienced from sickness & death in my family
of which I have heretofore spoken & to which I may make farther allu
sion before closing the report - No year of my life has been more
replete with interesting & solemn incidents.
I closed my last report
by stating the awful havoc sin had been making with my church. —
One
third of my little flock had been separated from the fold & turned
again into the wide & wicked world.
That was a blow to Zion’s inter
ests that brot sadness & desolation over the soul.
But it was no
time to stop & weep - - There was the greater urgency to gird myself
anew to the work to which I had been called —
to do —
And this I endeavored
The labors which I have performed may be divided into sev
eral departments .
1
Efforts to reform the domestic habits of the people -
It has often been reported that the people as a general thing were
but little elevated in their habits of living above the brute creation.
Their houses are nothing but the rudest hovels —
one door not 3 feet high.
These are entered by
This is often an open door.
If the occu
pants wish to leave they close this passage way with brush or a mat or some such like track.
Now & then a kind of a door rudely made of
rude materials will be found --
The inside of these hovels is too
filthy to be described, or even mentioned.
Man comes down to a level
with the beast - Men & beasts eat & sleep & live together.
Often
on attempting to enter one of these abodes of filthiness, the smoke
of the kalo oven rushes out in such dense columns that you are obliged
to retire.
Night comes on -
men, women & children, the married &
the unmarried lie down to sleep - a single mat on the ground is per
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2.
haps the only sleeping place - no partitions [partitions] to divide a
part from the rest -
In this respect all things are common —
Morn
ing comes, all sit down on the ground floor, covered perhaps with dry
grass & sometimes a mat --
the great calabash of poi is placed in
the midst out of which all eat in unison - one hand after another
enters the dish first & then to the mouth & so on till all are filled -The same hands too are employed at the same time in devouring the raw
fish sometimes just as it comes from the ocean —
The hand is all the
knife that is used, a jack knife may occasionally be seen —
Break
fast ended & the great wooden pipe is filled from the tobacco horn &
lighted & then goes the round from father down to the son - of four
years old —
But I will not enlarge.
My soul has been stirred up
within me at the sight of such pollution & degradation. I have en
deavored to persuade the people to live more like human beings - to
put away the numerous dogs - give up the use of tobacco - build them
better houses - furnish them with mats, partit
o
ins [partitions], & sleep
ing places - make them tables, seats, separate dishes - make fences
about their houses & cultivate the soil more extensively than is usually
the case.
Nor have my efforts been altogether in vain -
Church members
& some others of the better sort have built them neat & comfortable
houses - & have .improved in some degree their manner of living —
Some have furnished themselves with tables, seats, wooden dishes &
wooden spoons.
They have also made them good yards about their
premises - & have given more than ordinary attention to the cultiva
tion of the soil —
2
Efforts to improve the intellectual & moral
dondition of the people—
Under this head I shall speak 1 of Schools —
The last report stated that the schools in this region were
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3.
rising & increasing.
pointed.
The hopes then entertained have not been disap-
I was determined to make one great effort, & that was to
gather all the children in my field into school -kept steady in view.
This object was
The 4 teachers who had just graduated at the
seminary took a deep interest in this enterprise.
We united our ef
forts & energies & by patient perseverance in well doing we nearly ac
complished our object —
The burdensome yet interesting task of super-
intending 79 schools embracing 2598 children soon became a part of
my work —
About 1000 of these may be called readers 900 of whom have
learned to read during the past year.
Their reading books have been
the testament, other portions of scripture, geography, Natural history
& the Kumu kamalii - ( children's Newspaper) - Recitations have been
from Natural history, scripture catechism - hymns & Fowler's Arithme-.
tic ( !) - About 300 children have attended to writing, topographical
geography & Colburn's Mental Arithmetic.
The teachers have assembled their scholars twice a day for the
purpose of giving instruction. The school conducted by myself &
Mrs. Lyons has been unusually ( !) prosperous, & considerable proficiency
has been made by some of the scholars -- The teachers from the Sem
inary have been very active & energetic.
Their pupils have made a
commendable progress in the studies to which they have attended.
regret that I have not more teachers of a similar stamp.
I
There are a
number of other teachers whose schools are no dishonor to them in point
of improvement.
But the generality of teachers have spun out what
knowledge they have acquired & will find it necessary to procure a
new supply before they can proceed much farther —
Until that is done
many of the schools will remain stationary or rather go back.
Several of the schools have devoted some time to manual labor
such as the cultivation of the soil, in payment of school books —
�Waim ea, H aw aii
When the schools went into operation aboutout a year since, it was
found that a majority of the scholars, was in the habit of using to
bacco.
This filthy & abominable practice has been urged to abandon;
at first there were many obstinate cases.
But the teachers have final
ly prevailed & now nearly all the children belonging to the schools are
enrolled on the side of entire abstinence. The pernicious influence of
parents however may induce some if not many to return to their former
pollutions -Some of the teachers, having heard that wreaths, & beads &
jewels & other superflous ornaments of the body were contrary to the
spirit of the gospel & hence ought to be abandoned, prevailed on their
schools to lay them, aside.
Thought ( !) the children have been collect
ed into schools, & have made improvements in many respects, yet they
are raised but little above the veriest heathen.
There is still vast
room for further improvement, Especially where their moral condition
is taken into account.
2500 children, instructed in the word of God,
yet sinking to perdition!!
What a solemn & awful thot ! & how it should
call into exercise the vast affections of the soul & lead to the most
strenuous efforts to save their deathless souls! Nor have children’s schools alone risen & prospered the past year.
Adult's schools have also received a new impulse.
Those that were
altogether extinct have revived, & others in a declining state, stren
gthened.
The fathers & mothers seemed unwilling to have their child
ren take the precedence in knowledge —
Hence they plied themselves
anew to their almost or entirely forsaken schools & books —
The number of adult schools is 79
The number of adult readers - 2,318
The number of writers about 700
Some 200 or 300 have given some attention to geography & Colburn's
Arithmetic.
. . .
My own school of adults besides attending to these studies have
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Haw aii
5
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devoted some time to writing letters & original compositions.
One adult school, conducted by a native teacher is. rather,
amusing.
It consists of 120 Konohikis, ei, head men of different
lands - some by the way are women - for Paul's injunctions are not
observed on the Sandwich Islands - Women often usurp authority over
the men & hold the reins of government over large districts - What
is amusing about this school is about one half of the pupils cannot
read, & many cannot even tell the letters of the Alphabet & only one
quarter know anything about forming letters with a pen —
But then as
strange a thing as this has happened even in the United States !
The superintendence of 155 schools embracing 5010 scholars has required not a small portion of my time —
I stated in my last report
that I intended to examine the schools for children as often as once
a month.
But this I found impracticable.
aged one a month —
Yet the examinations aver
ie, one month I examined the schools of Kohala
the next month the. schools of Hamakua & lastly the schools of Waimea & then returned to Kohala - & pursued ( !) the same course as before —
In this way all the schools were examined once in three months -
The
adult schools not so often -In the children's schools, there it was peculiarly interesting to
notice the gradual increase of members & of knowledge, from the first
examination to the last - arising from 200 scholars to 2500 & from
100 readers to 1000 --
-
Singing schools -
Of these there have been 2 in a week -- embracing
about 40 pupils -
The number has now increased to about 80 —
Much
interest is excited in this school - & our singing has been consider
ably improved within the year past —
An interesting class of girls
form the principal portion of female singing on the sabbath —
can sing in as high a strain as any youth in America.
They
But there is a
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lack in that sweetness & softness of voice which composes the beauty
of music —
�[Waimea, Hawaii - 1837]
& to cap the climax of examination excellence something called a
hymn has sometimes been pualued (put together) the chief beauty of
which exercise seemed to consist in performing it with perfect unin
telligibleness to all Some efforts have been made to dissuade children from the use of
tobacco nor have these efforts been altogether unsuccessful for 1606
have either abandoned or never known the use of the abominable thing i.e. some have abandoned it & others have never been tainted with its
pollutions - & perhaps by this time nearly all may be ranked on the
side of entire abstinence.
Omit then the pernicious example of
parents - with this we are all familiar
- & know what to expect from
it —
The school at the station under our own instruction & those under
the instruction of the High School graduates - are of course of a
somewhat higher order The former embraces about 80 pupils 30 of whom constitute an
infant class.
In this school the following branches have received
some attention 1
Reading -
The scriptures, Natural history, both large &
small - Ninauhoike, kumu kamalii - Ikemua & Kumunua 2 Recitations - from Ai o ka la in the morning - a verse in
the afternoon from another portion of scripture - geography - geome
try - helunaau - halu kamalii - hoike holoholona, ninauhoike - kumu
kamalil, Ikemua Hi kamalil - & hymns 3 Writing - sewing & singing & infant school exercises.
Some
proficiency has been made in the above branches but there is room
for much more —
The schools taught by the graduates embrace about 250 children -
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2.
who are instructed in reading writing arithmetic geography &c —
These schools are prosperous & we only regret that we have no more
teachers of like stamp -- The generality however of teachers are
better qualified for their work than those heretofore employed —
and a small compensation such as a copy of the various hooks that are
printed has proved a great stimulant to exertion.
The children in
all the schools are called together generally twice & in some schools
three times a day for instruction
tees —
There are probably many absen
for there have been no laws - except in a few schools - re
quiring attendance or punishing non attendance.
We have 8 or 9
pupils preparing for the High school - Some may enter this year -2
Adult schools — These have also taken a new start the past
year - no doubt from the example of the children - fearing perhaps
lest the children should outstrip their fathers -
The whole number
of adult schools is 76 - number of readers present at examination
2,318 —
The majority of these have attended to nothing but reading -
some 300 perhaps - have given some attention to Arithmetic - writing &
geography - these more especially taught at the station & by the
graduates —
The station school has devoted one evening in the week
to the reading of original composition - one to arithmetic & one to
recitations in geography from the book & from maps —
No great progress
can be reported.
3
Singing schools -
Schools of this description are held twice
a week - & embrace about 40 pupils —
considerable progress has been
made in this department compared with former years - because we have
not been obliged to make brick without straw as heretofore - in other
words the new hymn book with its black & white notes has furnished
employment for the eye - & as well as for the ear - & how much better
a man can know the way by seeing it than merely hearing about it —
But we have nothing to boast of in the
of music - as we do not
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....
profess to know much about it ourselves - practically at least -4
Sabbath Schools —
The number belonging to all the S. schools
in the several districts is not far from 5,000 including children &
adults —
The ai o ka la - other portions of scripture - small
catechism & hymns - have occupied the attention of the scholars -
The
sabbath schools at the station under our own superintendence ( !) are
two - one for children embracing 220 pupils & the other for adults
consisting of 230 individuals -
The children's school is much more
flourishing than it ever was before.
Not more than 50 or 60 scholars
have heretofore been reported - Now early all the children in the
district belong to. the school -
Those principally remain who are too
young to come the distance they would be obliged to travel providing
they should attend —
miles
Many come the distance of 3 & 4 & perhaps 5
But they seem to make no objections to that.-
Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock generally finds them in the school house ready for the
sabbath school lesson - and when school is ended they are requested to
remain at meeting which many if not all of them do —
The adult school too is unusually ( !) prosperous -
There are not
more than 700 adults in Waimea & 230 the number attending school
includes the greater part of the reading portion —
The number Is
small compared to other schools but It Is large compared to the popu
lation & to the distance many have to come —
The sabbath schools at the out districts are doing as well as
could be expected —
Those conducted by the teachers from Lahainaluna
are the principal schools of importance
5
Bible classes - A daily bible class has been in existence for
more than a year past attended about sunrise.
The lessons have been
confined to the Gospels & to the Acts of the Apostles - & practical
instruction has been communicated & the results have been encouraging
�Another bible class has lately been established on sabbath after
noon immediately succeeding the afternoon meeting.
the text book --
The Huliano is
The number of pupils is about 60 --
The new book
excites much interest & there is reason to hope it will do much good —
Three other bible classes in the Huliano are conducted by the graduates
at the out stations -
As they have attended to this work in the High
School - they are somewhat qualified to instruct others in the same —
Examinations
Children's examinations as follows —
Waimea
3
-
1st Ex -
Hamakua
5
-
1st "
Kohala
4
-
1st "
Adult examinations -
143. 2d
190.
3d
223
97. 2d
143.
3d
346
251. 2d
463.
3d
4th
507
5th
648
1197 4 t h
1240
Of these there have been 3, one at each district
Meetings -
These may be arranged under weekly - monthly & quarterly meet
ings 1.
W e e k l y ( !) -
These consist of three meetings on the sabbath,
one of which is in English for the benefit of foreign residents of
whom there are not a few - A meeting Wednesday afternoon which for
the first half of the year consisted of lectures on Isaiah last half of lectures on the marriage state -
but the
the duties of
parents & children - husband & wives - external & internal, physical,
(!)
intellectual, moral & religious Meetings on Tuesday, Friday &
Saturday evening at candle light - the first a religious conference
& preaching designed for all disposed to attend -
the second a
lecture on the Ai o ka la - designed principally for teachers - others
however not excluded - the third - a chh payer ( !) & conversational
meeting - confined to the chh & candidates for the church —
A female
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5.
prayer meeting on Saturday afternoon -
( !)
Monday, Tuesday & Friday.
afternoons meetings have been held in the different neighborhoods
from 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 miles distant —
2.
Monthly meetings - Of these are two monthly concerts, one for
missions & the other for sabbath schools - & monthly meetings com
mencing on the Friday preceding the first Monday in the month &
closing on the following Tuesday (!) morning -
The object of these
meetings is to furnish the means of instruction to chh members &
others religiously ( !) disposed who live at a distance - Many come
together on these occasions from all parts of the field & hear the
gospel from the lips of the living preacher & return, some savingly
benefited - some seriously impressed - & some more hardened in sin.
The church members are particularly benefited by these seasons Living at a distance from the stated means of grace they are liable to
become stupid & dead - Where no wood is the fire goeth out -
Hence
the importance of furnishing occasional supplies of wood that the fire
where it has been kindled may not go out but burn with intenser heat Maternal meetings were held monthly the first half of the year but they have been superceded by the weekly lecture on the same &
other subjects -- They will however be reestablished ( !) the coming
year —
3.
Quarterly meetings —
Of these are church facts, preparatory
lectures & Communion exercises-All of the meetings have been very well attended, all things
considered -
The congregation on sabbath morning is perhaps 700 -
at any rate it is as large as the house of worship will accommodate
& not unfrequently many are obliged to sit out doors for want of room
within - When a meeting house is built (for the only meeting house
now is a school house) the congregation may be somewhat increased --
�Waimea
6.
As to that however there is no certainty —
As to the meetings at the out stations they are principally con
ducted by native chh members & according to the report of the natives
they are quite as fully attended as could he expected —
They do some
good & prevent some evil ~ & hence are not to he despised.
The people
are waiting for better teachers & hope to obtain them from the present
reinforcement —
Books
The demand for books has of course been increased by the increase.
of schools.
The demand has been much greater than the means of supply -
Schools are suffering for the want of books -
Children have learned to
read but many are destitute of any thing to read - Many more might
have now been ranked among the readers - had there been books to.
excite an interest in learning -Eight hundred new testament ( !) have found a speedy sale - so
so
that there is not/much as one left - & the call for more grows
louder & louder —
The whole number of books disposed of the past year is upwards
of 10,000 i.e. including books of all descriptions from the piapa
Kamalii up to the Buke -
How much good the books are doing I am un
able to say -- No doubt they are doing good to some, & to some they
are as a thing of little use —
Benevolence
We are able to report something on this subject built
The people have
3 dwelling houses for the graduates & another on the way 50 school houses, native style of course 150 Kapas have been contributed at monthly concerts &c for
benevolent purposes - & they are now procuring materials for erecting
a native dwelling house for a new missionary -
Most of the materials
are procured - & the the ( !) people intend to finish it - which will
�Waimea
7.
be a contribution of 100 dollars or more to be called a monthly con
cert contribution -
I call the above benevolence - because the people
have acted from their own accord - not from the authority of chiefs Konahiki ( !) in some cases have spurred them on, very much as agents
spur up the chhs in America to contribute to the objects of charity.
Visits
Three afternoons in the week have been occupied in visiting the
schools in Waimea - giving Instruction to the teachers & pupils hearing lessons In reading & recitations ( !) from the catechism
-
after school parents & others have been called in & a meeting held
with them & the children - which are the neighborhood meetings re
ferred to above
One tour has been made thro the principal part
of Kohala - the sick have been visited & many families have received
some pastoral attention - Funerals have furnished occasion for
visiting the house of mourning & giving such instruction as the occa
sion demanded -
But in all these duties the pastor acknowledges de
ficiency (Visits of schools by the graduates - Division of Waimea into visit
ing districts to ascertain the physical - intellectual & moral condi
tion of the people - )
Church
The church has had seasons of darkness & seasons of light one period saints & sinners with few exceptions were alike dead a volcano was under ground preparing for an eruption -
At
But
The eruption
took place -- Wickedness in the bosom of the church was brot to light
Nothing more than had been expected - but from a different quarter in
some cases from what had been even imagined — A chief guilty of
drunkenness & of drinking intoxicating liquor for many years past others guilty of drunkenness & adultery - one of whom confessed that
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m
e
a
8.
h e h a d bee n guilty of four adulteries while he was persevering at a
neighboring station to get into the chh -
Th e s i n s
of others were
less heinous & heaven daring - b ut crimes notwithstanding -
Disci
pline was applied & 10 individuals were set aside f r o m the privileges
of the church -
That was a season of darkness & trembling - of h u
mility & repentance —
(Some may call it a season of rejoicing - but
h o w can we rejoice over that w h i c h causes the savior's cause
at ev e r y pore) -
But the Lord intended it for good -
fallen c h h members have been led to repentance
been t r u l y
to bleed
Some of the
others perhaps have
( !) converted having never known what conversion was -
All profess repentance -of the church -
Five have b e e n restored to the communion
But more than this —
The Lord we trust has been
in the midst of the people by his Almighty spirit - convincing them
of sin & leading them to set for salvation —
21 have b e e n received to the chh on examination & 20 stand propounded
as candidates -
We rejoice but w i t h t r e m b l i n g -
the Lord's & to h i m be all the glory —
added to the chh on certificate regular standing - 45
5 suspended
1 dead
Baptized children the past year
■
The w o r k has been
Three individuals have been
Whole number of chh members in
- 14
died -1
32 the present number
4 died in all
Miscellany.
Under this h e a d I shall only mention two or three things
1
Study —
-
Saturday I generally devote to preparation f o r the sabbath
tho sometimes I am prevented f r o m commencing till after dinner 2 - Something h a s been done towards furnishing a portion of m a t t e r
for the Kumu Hawaii - & Kumu Kamalii - nothing however of importance
enough to mention 3 - The h y mn book for children embracing 60 or 70 hymns has been
�"Waimea
9.
prepared & is printed. -
It is no great affair - but may do for
children - as some think anything w ill do for them C onclusion Something has been done - A vast deal more remains to be done The field is all white to the harvest - the 3000 children in school
call for help in tones that must be h e a r d & obeyed or they p erish
in their ignorance -
The thousands of adults too in Hamakua &
K o h a l a - who have no missionaries/lift up their imploring hands - &
ask who will come to live a m o n g us & show us the way
The time is short,
must be done quickly.
No
the w ork to be done is great -
of life Wh a t we do
The devil & his servants are all activity.
slumbering spirit retards &c. -
N o o f examinations - 15 - 3 for adults
Members of bible class -150
Books disposed of - 11000
No. children Schools - 79
Whole No. chil - 2,125
Benevolence 50 school houses
Reders ( !) in S .S.C)
3 dwelling houses
317 = 922 ( !)
Natural history & ) 612
150 kapas materials for a house
Ikemua
)
1203 - 400 in letters
Reders in Piapa & Kumumae
Geog - - - - - - - - 69
W r i ting - - - - - 104
Congregation 700
Pastoral visits N a t u r a l history)
N i n a u h o ike
) . . 10
Marriages
152
Suspensions
5
& Anahonua
)
Admissions
24
Helu naa u
82
Hel u k a m
2125 M u l . table & 30 pp Candidates 20
Ui kam - 2125 - fro m
to the end
Children bapti z e d
14
N o w h o u s e ) 1,606
" died
1
No tobacco)
No chil. About - 467
Readers
62
79 = 155
N o adult schools
76
2592= 5010 ( !)
Reders (l) - - 2 , 3 1 8
Writers
)
Geog
) 300
Helunaau
)
Composition - 20
Whole no who
)
attend sabbath) 5,000
school
)
Members of singing school - 40
�Report of Waimea Station - Hawaii, May 1837
Preliminaries.
During the past year we have received m any favors f r o m the
Lord not however w ithout afflictions Our first b orn was once brought near the borders of the grave,
& our last born, the sweet infant of nearly five months old - sleeps
quietly in the lone grave - or rather lives our broken hearts wo u l d
fondly trust in the/bosom of h i m who s a i d " suffer little children to
come unto me & forbid t h e m n o t for of such is the k i n g d o m of h e a v e n . "
Mrs L has also suffered from indisposition which has occasioned
a suspension of two months from her ordinary labors —
Notwithstanding occasional interruptions,
done - & what w i l l n o w be stated —
something has b e e n
.
Secular department Some external improvement has b e e n made - the e r e c t i o n of a stone
cook house, store house at Kawaihae & the building o f a substantial
stone wall around our premises -
Much has been said to natives on
the subject of having b e t t e r houses & c , & som e improvements have b e e n
made —
The beef establishment has lost some of its charms; & the atten
tion of the people is more directed to the cultivation of the soil a great portion of Waimea is being surrounded by a stone wall - to
f o r m an extensive garden from w h i c h all graminivorous animals are to
be excluded & which is to be cultivated by the people for their own
benefit as w e l l
as that o f the chiefs Medical department -
It cannot b e said that it has b e e n sickly the past year or that
there has b e e n a great number of deaths. Yet there has been sickness
hence
&
medicine has h a d many demands - Many have b e e n he a l e d of
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Waimea Report 1837
their diseases &c &c
.
from all parts of the field —
Marriages -
One hundred & f i f t y two couple have b e e n united in marriage —
Of the marriage contract there have b e e n not a few violations,
murder amoung ( !)the rest -
one
The murderer was tried & e x e c u t e d at
Waimea, the first thing of the k ind on Hawaii since the introduction
of the gospel.
Schools
1 children's schools The following is the number of schools & children embraced in t h e m Schools
Scholars
Waimea
7
283
)
Readers
Hamakua
22
786
)
9.84
Kohala
50
1523
)
79
2592
884 of these have learned to r e a d the past year The attention of the scholars has b een directed to reading,
helu kamalii & U i Kamalii.
The school at the station consists of 80 children, 30 of whom
constitute an infant class Exercises as follows
1
Rea d i n g - scriptures, natural history, scriptural h i s t o r y &c -
2
Recitations f rom the Ai o k a la - & other portions of scripture
Geography, Geometry, arithmetic - natural & scripture history,
catechism & hymns -
3
Writing,
sewing, singing & infant school exercises -
Schools have b e e n taught 5 days per week - twice a day The teachers f r o m the H i g h School have r e n dered m u c h valuable
assistance Eight or n ine pupils are nearly or quite ready for entering
the Seminary -
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Waimea Report 1837
1606 c h i l d r e n use no tobacco 2
Adults schools - quite flourishing - whole number 76 -
scholars - 2,318 —
Adults at the station have attended to writing, composition arithmetic & geography 3.
Singing schools - taught twice a wee k - pupils 40 - h a v e made
considerable progress 4,
Sabbath schools -
These are numerous - embracing 5000 scholars -
including children & adults -
The Ai o ka la - other portions of
scripture - small catechism & hymns - have occupied the attention
of the scholars The sabbath schools at the station are two, one for children
embracing 220 pupils, & the other for adults consisting of 230 in
dividuals Both schools are flourishing, never more so 5
Bible
classes -
Ther e are two bible classes - one daily, about
sunrise - the other sabbath afternoon in the Huliano - consisting of
60 or more pupils Examinations Childrens
examinations as follows
W a i m e a 3,
1st 143
2d
190
3d 223 —
Hamakua 5
1st
97
2d
143
3d 346
4, 1st 251
2d
463
3d 1197 4th 1240 —
Kohala
4th
507
5th
648 —
Of adult examinations there have bee n three one at each district
Meetings
These m a y be arranged under weekly - monthly , & quarterly —
1 Weekly -
namely - 3 on the sabbath - one of wh i c h is for foreign
residents -
a meeting W e d n e s d a y afternoon - consisting of lectures
on Isaiah - the marriage state, duties of husbands & wi v e s - parents
�W a i m e a Report 1837
4.
( !)
& children - domestic economy - Meetings on Tuesday - frid ay &
saturday
evening for various purposes -
a female prayer m eeting on
saturday p.m. —
M o n d a y - Tuesday & friday p.m. - meetings in different neighbor
hoods 2
Monthly meetings -
2 monthly concerts for missions & sabbath
schools - & monthly meetings commencing friday previous
monday in the m o n t h & closing on the following teusday
to the first
( !)
The object of these meetings has bee n to furnish the means of
instruction to chh members & others religiously disposed who live at
a distance Monthly maternal meetings the first h a l f of the year 3
Quarterly meetings - namely - church facts - preparatory lectures
& communion exercises All of the meetings have b e e n very w e l l attended Congregation on sabbath morning 700 - as many as the house will
accommodate - sometimes more Books Great demand for books
- muc h greater than the means of supply
schools suffering for the want
of books —
800 new testaments disposed of - calls for more g r o w louder &
louder
—
Whole number of books disposed of the past year f r o m the piapa
kamalii up to the buke - is upward of 11,000 —
Benevolence 3 dwelling houses built for graduates - a f o u r t h on the w a y 50 school houses - all in native style of course 150 Kapas - contributed at monthly concerts A large native house is n o w building for a n e w missionary -
�Wa i m e a Re port 1837
5.
to be a monthly concert contribution - value 100 dollars or more Pastoral visits - &c Three afternoons in a wee k have been devoted to visiting dis
trict schools One tour has been made thro t h e principal part of K o h a l a The sick have been visited & ma n y families have r e c e i v e d pastoral
instruction - man y funerals have be e n attended - tho there has been
no prevalent sickness in our field Church 10 Individuals have
been set aside f r o m the privileges of the
chh - crimes, drinking intoxicating liquor,
drunkenness - adultery -
lying, unchristian conduct - 5 of these have b e e n r e s t o r e d on giving
evidence of repentance.
The Lord has g ranted us a refreshing season the past y e a r - 21
have b e e n received to the chh on examination & 20 s t a n d propounded
as candidates Besides these, 3 individuals have been received to the chh on
certificate The number of children baptized the past year 14 - one of w h o m
has d i e d Whole no. chh members in regular standing - 45
Present number of ba p t i z e d children —
Suspended
5
32
died -
1 Died
4
Miscellany Something has been written f o r the Kum u Hawaii & K u m u K a m alii & the hym n book for children has b e e n prepared & is p r i n t e d -
�W a i m e a Report 1837
Conclusion Something has been done - m u c h remains to b e done,
laborers, lest we faint b y the w a y
L Lyons -
give us more
�[Waimea, Hawaii - Lyons]
2 Schools & bible classes &c -
Schools at Waimea station are as
follows - a school for adults - 4
evenings in the week - a school
for children twice a day Saturday excepted - In these schools a
graduate from the Highschool renders important assistance -
A week
ly singing school & 2 separate Sab bath schools - one each sabbath
mo r nin g for children - the other - sabbath noon for adults - & a
daily bible class a substitute for the morning meeting At the out districts there are 10 schools for adults - & 15
for children - under the instruction of native teachers - three of
w h o m are graduates fro m the High school - & may be r e g a r d e d as
efficient assistants ful
The children's schools are in m o r e success
(?) operation tha n t hey have ever been before -
Those instructed
by the graduates are taught from 4 to 6 hours per day -
The adult
schools are not very flourishing at present - for reasons hereafter
to b e noticed -
The sabbath schools at the out districts embrace
perhaps from 1,000 to
3
Examinations -
scholars.
There have been 3 general examinations of all the
schools in t h e whole field - i.e. there have b e e n 3 examinations at
Waimea - 3 at Kohala - 3 at Hamakua - & 2 at Kowaihae
m a i n i n g one of Kowaihae was hel d at Waimea -
( !) - the r e
The greatest number
that attended any one of these examinations was 1718, 393 of w h o m
were children.
Since that time the number of children has increased
to about 500 -
My plan n o w is to have monthly examinations of
the children's schools - beginning at Waimea & going thro the whole
f ield every m o n t h -
Examinations of adult schools are to be q u a r
terly -
This is my plan - I may sometimes fail of accomplishing it —
4
-
Books
The schools & examinations h ave created considerable de-
�Waimea,
Hawaii
.................................................
m a n d for books f r o m different parts
of the field -
one kind or another have been disposed of.
2.
About 5,000 of
The new testament has
many calls not many h owever from Waim e a - they are m o s t l y f ro m the
out districts - Some come the distance of 25 miles to procure the
n e w & neatly bound volume - bringing the pay on their backs -
But
perhaps their pains arise not so m u c h f r o m a desire of ( !) after
the w o r d of God as a desire for a book -
Yet some we trust act from
better motives The Kumu Hawaii Hawaiian newspaper has quite an extensive cir
culation.
The number of subscribers this year exceeds that of the
past year by a 150 not say -
H o w muc h good the paper is effecting I can
some r e a d it & are profited by it -
others do n ot read it-
They are keeping it till it. is large enough to be bound into a volume
Indeed one reason w h y some take it is that they may have a b o o k 5
Rusults
of schools & books
At W a i m e a .
The scholars taught in the schools at W a i m e a have
made some attainments i n the studies to w h i c h they have attended such as reading - writing, mental arithmetic - topographi c a l geography, geometry, biblical history &c -
The lessons of the bible class
have embraced most of the old testament
as far as acessable
the natives - & the historical part of the gospels —
( !) to
The lessons
of the sabbath school have embraced the verse for the d a y s y s t e m
& select portions of scripture printed on separate cards - a biblical
catechism & hymns
for. children -
In the art of singing some proficiency has been made-n e w hymn boo k w i t h m u s i c creates
The
some interest & there are a few who
can read musical notes with as m u c h fluency as their teacher But to
give the notes their proper sounds that they cannot do so easily.
�Waimea,
3
Hawaii
The children are the most successful in this department -
At the
out districts - about 100 adults are reported as new readers -
The
number of children who have learned to read the past yea r - is not
far fro m the same -
some of the adults & some of the children
besides attending to reading have acquired a little k nowledge of
m ental arithmetic - writing & geography -
The degree of attainment
h owever is so small as to be hardly worthy of mentioning - yet we
ought not to despise the day of small things.
-
Whether any souls
children or adult, have bee n savingly benifitted by school instruc
tion,
6
I c a nnot say -
the judgment day will make it clear -
Obstacles to schools.
aspect of the schools
~
But I have only spoken of the encouraging
There are many things which are of d i s c o u r a
g ing character - (1 ) - Parents, for the most part - take no interest
in the instruction of the children & to them it is the same thing
whether they go to school or stay at home or play the truant on the
way -
Hence the teacher must expect to find many vacant seats - &
that repeatedly (2)
Children lose m u c h of the salutary effects of religious instruc
tion by mingling with their parents & others & observing all. their
h e a t he n i s h & polluting habits & practices -
With suc h a tide of
heathenism & vice bearing them on to perdition what progress can they
be expected to make in the way of civilization - knowledge - virtue
& salvation?
(3)
Another obstacle arises from the want of something,
in prospect,
ledge.
cians
objects
to stimulate the pupils on in the acquisition of k n o w
They do not look forward to the office of ministers, phisi( !) - lawyers - magistrates or any post of respect - honor -
or usefulness
(?) as is the case w i t h children in our own country.
What motives have they while in an unconverted state to urge them
�Waimea,
Hawaii
on in scientifical persuits
( !)?
Without motives, is it a matter
of wonder that they should evince a want of application?
love
of knowledge is a sufficient motive for some -
The
But all have
not this love (4)
Other obstacles arise f r o m the government -
Parents & children
are taxed in articles that cannot he obtained in the n e i g h b o r h o o d they must go in search of them at a distance fro m home - requiring
an absence of several days or weeks f r o m schools
-
This draws away the children
It is so also with respect to work -
F o r instance
V
men & w o m e n are ordered by the chiefs to build a w a l l
or 20 miles distant f rom their place of residence -
some 10
The children
in this case must leave the schools to accompany the parents (5)
Foreigners draw m a n y awayfrom schools -
But the establishment of
boarding schools w ill remove all these obstacles as far as boarding
school scholars are concerned, ,& hence we rejoice that such schools
are going into o p e r a t i o n in different parts of these Islands V
1
Meeting department Meeting houses -
Waimea meeting house was blown d o w n some time
d u r i n g the past year - & great was the fall -
since that time
meetings have b e e n held in the n e w school house which is sufficiently
large for accommodating the present congregation -
The prospect is
that in the course of a f e w months a stone meeting house w ill be
erected by the assistance of Gov Adams who has been absent for some
months at Kailua superintending the erection of a stone church at
that place -
Whe n that is completed the church at this place is to
be built At Hamakua a neat & commodious house of worship has been erected
& dedicated to the living God.
at the expense of the people.
It is a thatched building & all done
T h e native meeting house at Kohala
�Waimea, H a w a i i
5.
is now undergoing repairs w h i c h will soon be completed (2) Meetings -
Meetings at Waimea are as follows -
3 public m e e t
ings on the sabbath besides the bible class - & sabbath schools a regular church meeting sabbath evening
(now suspended)
- a regular
lecture on Wednesday afternoon - a weekly female prayer meeting
a semi monthly meeting for mothers
(now monthly) - a quarterly
me e tin g for fathers & mothers - monthly meetings - commencing friday
mo r nin g previous to the first m o nday of every month - & closing
w i t h the monthly concert - designed for the benefit of church m e m
bers & others residing in the different out districts.- & a meeting
every second m o nday in the month for sabbath schools
-
The meetings
are not attended by great numbers but the number is sufficient to
encourage us to labor though w e sometimes t hink we might be more
u seful somewhere else -
There is so much foreign influence at this
place - and that of the worst kind that great numbers are drawn
away f r o m the house of God as well as fro m schools & are going
swift to destruction -
Unless the Lord interpose W a i m e a ere long
will become as sodom -
It is n o t far f r o m it now -
I sometimes
f e a r the judgments of God will come suddenly upon us & b e autiful
plains be converted into a vale of salt The meetings at the out stations are principally confined to
the sabbath & are for the most part conducted by native church m e m
bers VI
Pastoral visiting -
To this branch of missionary labor I
devote some considerable time
- though with a multitude of other
things pressing upon me, I find it impossible to visit as mu c h now
as in former years -
When I go out I generally take a b u n d l e of
tracts for gratuitous distribution, they are always k i n d l y received
wherever given -
It is frequently the case that I f i n d but few
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people at home -
The sick & the aged are generall[y] all that
are left - the rest are off some distance at their w o r k - or for
some other object -
Pastoral visits have also c e a s e d to produce
the effects which were formerly produced - ie - Formerly this method
was very effectual in drawing out people to meeting & the sabbath
school -
It is not so n o w except in a small degree -
No doubt
there is some deficiency in these visits - if faithfully p erformed
they would probably produce the same & e ven greater effects than at
any former period -
The object of all visits should be to save
souls - & if souls are not saved but little is accomplished t h o u g h we m a y free our own garments f rom their
VII
Marriages -
n ot far f r o m 100 contract -
(?) blood -
The number of marriages the past year have b e e n
There have b e e n many violations of the marriage
In one case the husband wishing to free himself f r o m
the marriage oath could devise no other way of effecting his object
than to murder in c old blood the partner of his b o s o m merely because he w i s h e d to m a r r y another individual tried & executed at this place.
A nd why?
He was
Thousands of people collected to
gether to witness the horrible death of a fellow creature present to address the multitude & the criminal.
All was solemn.
The stillness of death reigned over the vast assembly.
sight never before witnessed on this I sland
duction of Christianity.
I was
It was a
since the intro
It is the first murder that has been
committed or at least detected since Hawaii has been vis i t ed w i t h
the light of the gospel VIII
Church.
The Lord grant it may be the last -
Would that I could tell y o u of wonderful or at
least of some accessions to the church in Waimea - But of these
there have been none since my last communication.
There are
m an y as worthy of numbership as some of the present members —
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7.
Many come f r o m a great distance even (?) 20 & 25 miles,
w o r d of God & to converse on the subject of religion.
to hear the
Of some of
these I have hopes that they h ave been b orn of the spirit & are pre
p aring for heaven -
But I have not thought it expedient to receive
th e m into the church at this place because living so far distant
I could exercise but little pastoral care over them & without the
frequent inspection of the pastor they w o u l d be liable to go astray
& bring reproach upon the cause.
Hence I have been differring
the matter till such individuals are furnished w i t h pastors who can
exercise a constant watch over them -
There are 2 or 3 individuals
at Waimea who give some evidence of piety -
But I have no confi
dence in the piety of any one - even o f the majority of the church
members themselves —
And for this I have some reason - W h i l e some
stand f irm & appear to let their light shine around them - others
exhibit no signs of spiritual life but on the contrary give awful
evidence that they are still under the bonds of spiritual de a t h &
hastening on to the poison of eternal death.
My soul has b e e n
distressed in view of the desolations of this church & while I
have b een praying the Lord of the church to show me w h a t to do,
whether to dissolve it or let it grow on the tares w i t h the wheat;
he has bee n making present duty plain, b y bringing out the character
of several of the church members - O! my heart bleeds while I
mention it - Intemperance & adultery have entered m y little flock
& brought upon it the reproaches of the world & the anger of a holy
God -
The leader in this in[i]quity is a chief
(Mrs. Young) &
has been regarded as an influencial ( !) member of the church B u t she has fallen & two others w i t h her by the other sin In the latter,
Intoxication followed
are the crimes.
A n other
( !)
individual is under church censure & I hear others have b een quilty
of indulging in forbidden drink -
The Lord bring good out of this
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unexpected & overwhelming defection in leading us to deep humility
& the offenders to true repentance IX
Miscellany.
Besides the public duties above ment i o n e d there
are others of a more private character - I mean those of the study I generally devote Saturday to preparation for the sabbath - P o r
tions of other days are employed - [in]
epistolary writing - g e n e r
al reading - religious conversation wit h natives who m a y chance to
call - writing for the Kumu Hawaii - & of late I have b e e n preparing
a book of hymns for children.
Hereafter I shall have an occasional
piece to write for the Kumu kamolii (children's newspaper)
one of the editors -
as I am
I have but little time to devote to studies
requiring close application -
For this purpose I hope to have more
leisure when the number of missionaries in this field are increased
so that my labors wil l b e more contracted There are many other private duties wh i c h it is not essential
to mention.
I only mention the above, that you may have some little
knowledge of the manner in wh i c h the time of your missionary is
employed X
Conclusion.
station.
I have thus given you an account of things at this
Something (?) has been done.
A vast deal remains to be
done for the time in which to labor is short done quickly.
slumbering.
What we do must be
The devil & his servants are all activity.
No
�Waimea Hawaii report
Labors —
1838
Meetings
1 - Ordinary meetings -
I have preached twice on the s a b b ath - once
on Wednesday afternoon - h e l d a chh meeting sat p.m.2
meeting for c h i l d ’n - during the w e e k - & monthly concert - a
weekly female meeting attended by Mrs Knapp 2
Extraordinary meetings (1)
Protracted meetings - of these I hav e h e l d 8 - f r o m 2 to 12
days long —
preached 4 times per day m u c h of the time & the rest
of t he time was spent in personal conversation --
These meetings
w er e h e l d in different places - 2 in Kohala.
The spirit of the Lord was poured down at every mee t i ng &
multitudes as I trust converted to God (2) Anxious & conversational meetings These have b e e n numerous & irregular sometimes occupying whole
weeks together - & again confined to particular days or parts of
days - sometimes embracing children & at other times confined to
adult s 3
Schools &c - I have devoted a portion of the sabbath to a sabbath
school of adults in t h e ai o ka la - & another portion to a bible
class i n the Huliano For most of the time I have attended 2 singing
schools during
the w e e k - one mo n t h I have s p e n t in assisting br K n a p p in teaching
a select school - 3 hours per day —
I have assisted in conducting 4 examinations
4
Books - N o small portion of time I have occupied in selling &
otherwise disposing of native books - 5 or 6000 perhaps in all 5
Medicine -
While at home I h ave s e ldo m past ( !) a day without
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2.
being called u pon to render more or less medical assistance -
I
a m h a p p y to say that to my recollection I have lost no patients - no
thanks h
o
w
e
v
e
rto
6
my m e d i c a l skill -
Tours -
I have
taken one tour thro Kohala in company w i t h Kohala
( !)
b r e t h r e n - with a view rather to spie out the land than in reference
to p r e a c h to the people - t h o ' I occasionally preached -
2 tours
I h a v e made thro Hamakua - during one of which, 3 of the above m e n t i o n
ed protracted meetings were held 7
Assignments of the
last general meeting -
The '52 pri m ary lessons -
have b e e n w r i t t e n & printed - 2 other appointments fulfilled.
8.
Contributions - a considerable of a contribution was made at one
t ime to assist Hilo Boarding school &c - Several patches
of taro
ha v e been planted for benevolent purposes 8 ( !)
Marriages - I hav e generally b e e n called upon to m a r r y one or
more couple - a s often as the marriage meeting returned -
H o w many
couple I do not know 9
Church -
The church has received frequent additions - whole
n umber received on examination the past year is some over 2600 - To
the God of revivals be all the glory - I should have said,
of these are children or belong to childrens schools -
about 300
They have been
gathered f r o m all portions of the fi e l d - from one end to the other.
5 individuals stand excommunicated & 7 suspended 10 Present prospects -
The station is at present weakened by the
ill h e a l t h of Mr. Knapp w h i c h places h i m under the necessity of
leaving the station -
While I exceedingly regret the n e c e s sity of
parting w i t h my much esteemed a s s o c i a t e I hope
be taken to supply his place -
some measures wil l
�W aimea Report 1838
The prospect of a permanent meeting house is at present
encouraging - stone lime & door & window frames are all i n r e a d i
ness —
Another encouraging thing is the work of the Lord was still
going forward at the time I left.
(Unsigned, h u t m a r k e d as Mr. L y o n s ’s)
�Report of Schools i n Waimea & Hamakua
(1
)
3
8
I arrived at W a i m e a on the 18th of July 1837 and on the fol
lowing monday Mrs. K & myself commenced teaching the Scho o l at the
Station.
We w e r e much pleased w i t h the appearance of the School
together w i t h the five other Schools of Waimea, all of w h i c h came
together in one place and w e r e examined before we took charge of
any of them.
After a Short time I undertook a weekly vi s i tation of
each School in Waim e a leaving the Station School in the care of Mrs.
K.
This School having b e e n more immediately under the
& Mrs.
Lyons was far in advance of the other Schools,
care of Mr.
and for this
reason I thought best to give my own a ttention principally to them.
This course I pursued about three months visiting w e e k l y the
S i x schools non e of wh i c h was more than four miles d i s t a n t .
I did not labour in vain.
The teachers and scholars w e r e apparently
m u c h pleased w i t h m y visits,
the latter particularly so w i t h singing
pa k o li at the close of the school.
I always found t h e m attentive
r e a d y to listen to what I could say to them.
were irregular in their attendance.
bro. L. on a tour through Hamakua.
separately, was 22.
The scholars however
In December I acompanied ( !)
The number of schools we examined,
The w h o l e number of scholars
of children only) about 1 3 0 0 .
considerable
I think
(I am n o w speaking
We felt that many of the m h ad made
improvement since the time w e previously e x a mined them.
W e thought however they were not likely to progress m u c h farther,
unless the teachers themselves wer e b e t t e r qualified for their work,
therefore we proposed to have a school for Teachers & commenced such
a school on the 1st of Jan.
We also selected some of their Scholars
(males only) to a t tend this school.
The average number of attendants
perhaps, wo u l d not. exceed 40 or 45.
The School was exceedingly in
�Report of Schools I n W a i m e a & Hamakua
2.
teresting to me & I think also to all the scholars.
I do not know
that I ever taught a School, with which on the whole I was better
pleased than I was wit h this.
But there w ere some disadvantages
connected with it, the greatest of w h i c h arose from the fact the
Scholars were under the n e cessity of providing food for themselves.
This i nconvenience we intended to remove by having a B o a r d i n g School.
Some of the timber has been collected for this purpose, a n d some taro
patches have also b e e n planted for the same.
The school was kept up
five days p e r w e e k until about the 10th of April, when the state of
m y h e a l t h required that I should dismiss it.
The scholars exceeding
ly regret their be i n g left without a Teacher, and are strongly hoping
that I m a y be able to return.
Bro . Lyons taught this school d u r i n g
the first month of its existance,
one 1
2
/
the day, & thus r e ndered me
m uch assistance, the benefit of wh i c h I continued to experience after
he left.
Mrs. Knapp h a d an accession to her school, about the 1st
of Jan, w h i c h consisted of females only.
of the field.
They came f r o m every part
The school was very interesting.
The scholars made
a striking improvement in their conduct in school & also proficiency
in their studies.
She continued her school five days per week, until
the 1st of March, a short vacation excepted.
I h a v e h a d some manual
labour to p erform in fitting up a n e w native house doors, windows,
tables, seats & c .
Have taught singing school twice per w e e k for the
most part during my stay at Waimea.
I have also attended the child
r e n ’s Sabbath School, two &, for a f e w weeks three times each Sabbath.
We have been very happy living with our excellent Associate & have
b e e n in the midst of a Revival continually.
We f eel m u c h attached
to the people & are h o p i n g to be able to r e t u r n to our accustomed
labours among them.
(Unsignedb
marked "Report of M r . K n a p p " .)
t
u
Waimea & Kohala
1838
�Report of W a i m e a Station on Hawaii April 24, 1839 -
The missionary at this station would re port as follows On the 18th of July, he returned from Delegate meetings - &c
& resemued his wonted labors.
N o associates had been appointed to
fill the place of those who h a d bee n removed.
Yet u n e x p ectedly &
contrary to the usual method of proceeding one was p r o vided not by
any votes
of an extra meeting but by the loving kindness of H i m who
said "it was not good for man to be a l o n e ."
Labors
1
At Waimea.
The missionary has taken great pains to ascertain
the exact number of the people.
Hence he has made frequent & parti
cular inquiries & w r i t t e n down the names of all the individuals
report e d to him - both
adults & children - placing the h u s b a n d &
wife & children - if children there were - together.
The children
have b e e n carefully seperated ( !) - those capable of attending
school placed in one column - & those too small to attend school in
another column.
This was done for various reasons - first, that it
might be known who were married & who not - & whether the married
ones were living together or seperately ( !) - & w h e t h e r their children
if they had any - attended school or not - & if not - wha t were the
reasons &c - secondly that it might b e known h o w many were amoung ( !)
the enemies o f God & who they were, & where they lived - that parti
cular efforts might be made to reclaim them.
Thirdly, that a correct
census might be obtained.
V isits
The missionary has visited ne arly every f a mily in Waimea
& made inquiries concerning the different members - conversed & prayed
w i t h the sick & the dying - w a r n e d the impenitent - exhorted the aged called upon the professor to be up & doing -
some 7 or 8 days at
�W a imea Station 1839
2.
one time were thus spent -
Some families w e r e found who h a d never
been v isited before Meetings -Two public meetings on the sabbath - meetings n e a r l y every
day in the week at different places -
At the week day meetings the
names of the church members have been called over - enquiries made
as to their manner of living - their attendance at meetings &c Backsliders & the impenitent have been g a t h e r e d into these meetings
& efforts made to save t h e m -
Monthly concerts - & m o n t h l y fasts -
on friday preceding monthly concert - or communion season - at which
time the church assemble together to confess/their sins - humble
themselves - & pray for forgiveness -
Some occasional meetings -
for parents - for seamen - slaves schools &c - & for chh members
f r o m abroad Schools &c -
1st Sabbath school - 2d Bible class - 3 d a theological
school - once a w e e k - not very regularly attended - d e s i g ned for
qualifying some individuals to be more efficient helpers - 4th a
w e ekly singing school Books & medicine -
Books have b e e n distributed - as m a n y as could
be obtained - & many more called for - & medicine has b e e n adminis
tered to many of the sick & dying Such have b e e n some of the labors of the missionary at W a i m e a The m i s s i o n a r y ’s associate would report as follows Visits - two - one to Kohala & one to Kawaihae - & some f e w amoung
the natives at their houses Schools - Day schools 2 , 1 for children - & 1 for w o m e n & children
of more advanced age - number of days devoted to these schools,
121
5 hours per d a y - studies - such as others have in their schools Average number of scholars - 25 or 30 - 3 examinations & 3 vacations
�W a i m e a Station 1839
3.
2 Sabbath schools - of these she has two - one for children sabath ( !) morning - embracing about 1 5 0 - pupils - altogether &
one at noon for w o m e n who cannot read - embracing some - 40 or 50.
Meetings -
A weekly female prayer meeting - an occasional maternal
meetin g - on Wednesdays - & a meeting sabbath afternoon for children Miscellany - some time has been devoted to teaching knitting &
sewing -
2.
Labors at the out stations - In looking over his journal the
missionary perceives that h e h a s spent 95 days away f r o m Waimea.
Of these, 21 days w e r e spent at Kohala - in assisting the brethren
there.
Labors - preaching - visiting fro m village to village - &c -
49 days were spent in Hamakua & 25 at Kawaihae & the adjoining
places Labors at these latter places - have b e e n various - One no very small
labor has consisted in travelling - sometimes over burning sand &
craggy lava - sometimes up & d o w n steep & fatiguing palis - & some
times
on the ocean while the waves w e r e dashing furiously & threat
ening to destroy canoe & all in it -
This was particularly the case
w hen sailing to the secluded valley of Wai m a n u - Hamakua has b e e n
v i s ite d 3 times - & Kawaihae & vicinity 4 times -
The distance
traveled is not a little - f rom Waim ea to the upper r e g i o n of Hamakua
on the eastern shore are not far f r o m 35 miles - & f r o m thence to
the lower extremity is not far from the same distance & thence b a c k
to Waimea are some 18 or 20 miles - & f r o m Waimea to the southern
boundary of the field on the western shore are about 20 miles &
thence to the northern boundary is nearly the same distance; & thence
thro the upper regions of Kawaihae to Waimea - is a distance of
18 or 20 miles.
Such are the distances from one place to another -
�W a i m e a Station 1839
4.
But mere travelling is of b u t little importance.
be left & other labors mentioned -
Hence let that
The other labors are no doubt
all anticipated ere this - so that it w o u l d seem almost superfluous
to speak of them.
Preaching the gospel - visiting from house to house to some
cases - & some whole regions in order to find out the sick the blind,
the lame the aged &c - h olding frequent church meetings - calling
over all the names of the
church members - enquiring about the m -
searching out cases requiring discipline - confirming & establishing
believers - Wiling - & wrestling for the conversion of sinners examining & baptizing those who resolved to forsake their sins & who
profes s e d to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ wit h all their heart & this was done in the house & by the way - by day & by night - at
all seasons & in all places - even according to the example of the
Apostles Schools too both of children & adults have been visited - stimulated,
examined - & various things proposed for the prosperity of schools &
the church The names of the people in all the field wit h t h e exception of
a f e w inconsiderable places - have b e e n obtained & w r i t t e n down
on paper - & arranged according to the method pursued in Waimea, as
above mentioned -
Hence it is known h o w m a n y are in the
chh - &
h ow m a ny out of it - the number of adults & the n u m b e r of children who are parents & who are not - & many other things - And a true
census is obtained.
Such are some of the labors at the out stations 3
Church - Many additions have b e e n made to the church - of such
it is h o p e d as w ell be saved -
The company of believers has b e e n
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5.
gradually increasing till the pre s e n t time - -whole numbers received
to the chh - is about 4900 - of w h o m 2,300 were r e c e i v e d the past
ye a r -
some
54 have died
122 have been dismissed to other churches 100 or more have gone to other places without any letters
of recommendation 250 are under chh censure -
Remaining 4 ,474 - in regular standing as far as is known Of those who h a v e died 1 was suspended - & 3 others died in
the midst of the violation of their covenant vows -
one after a
fit of intoxication f r o m smoking - another after decking h e r body
w i t h w h a t she h a d promised to abandon & the third suddenly soon
after he h a d quarreled with h i s wife.
These 3 deaths were regarded
by t h e natives as judgments fro m heaven -
As to the remaining chh
m e m b e r s who have died - most of them it is hoped have g o n e to h eaven
Some
gave a pleasing evidence of a preparation for the rest
Let Jesus have the praise -
above -
Of those dismissed to other churches -
f r o m some the pastor has heard, & fro m others he has not h e a r d 0 ke Akua ka i ike i ko lakou noho ana - Nana hoi lakou e malama (
Of those wh o have gone to other places without any letters of
recommendation - some of them got into the church rather dishonestly
& some left rather dishonorably - & the pastor hears b a d reports
respecting t h e m - & this might be expected -
The Lord knows who are
his - & he w i l l be v e r y careful that no hypocrites enter h e a v e n As to those under censure their crimes are adultery - smoking quarreling - lying - stupidity -
Those who neglect meetings s ab
ba t h afternoons - w e e k day meetings, monthly concerts
'c - ie those
who habitually do so - are placed w i t h adulterers - & excluded from
the ch h - if they w i l l not w a k e up & do their duty Of this number some have r e t u r n e d to the w o r l d w i t h a determina
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Waimea Station 1839
tion to live & die in their sins -
Many however profess repentance -
& the probability is that they wil l soon b e restored As to the 4400 & upwards i n regular standing - the pastor would
say that their names & their characters are all known to the Lord,
& that as many of them as by patient continuance in w e l l doing seek
for glory & honor & immortality,
life
4
on them shall be b e s t o w e d eternal
-
Contributions -
of Christ -
The church have done something for the k i n gdom
The first monday In the mo n t h has bee n d e v o t e d to work
of a charitable nature.
meetin g house -
Something has b e e n done tow ard a stone
The work was commenced b y the orders of G overnor
Adams at a time w h e n there were but few in the chh - a quantity of
stone & lime & timber were collected - Then the work ceased -
The
church took it up - laid the foundation - 120 feet b y 50 inside collected sand & stones,
lime, wood - & reared the walls to a proper
he i g h t - & there the work returned into the hands of the governor The chh & state will probably unite & complete it i n due time -
A
commodious school house has been built at Waimea - some hundreds
of kapas & mats contributed - some 20 or 30 patches of Kalo - p o
tatoes & sugar cane planted - some contributions of w o o d & food &c
5
Schools &c -
Schools are in operation all over the field b o t h
for children & adults -
The missionary has examined t h e m - some once
some twice - some three times - b u t has preserved no account of
numbers - &c -
In order to excite an interest in schools - a feast
has been proposed after examination for those & those only who
attend school more or less regularly -
The effect as far as has been
perceived is good especially in the station school -
�Waimea S ta tio n 1839
Conclusion -
7.
Something has been done - how much w i l l b e b e tte r known
at the day of judgment.
Much remains to be done -
A large chh t o be train ed for heaven Some 700 adults professedly on the side o f the d e v il - & n a rly
as many children of a proper age to know t h e ir duty -
Of the adults -
many seem given over to p e rd itio n - nothing moves them - sickness &
the near prospect of death gives them no alarm -
They have reso lv ed
to continue in r e b e l l io n against God & make their b ed in h e l l .
Such determ inations have been expressed by t h e ir own lip s
some however there i s hope - that they w i l l yet tu rn .
ers & effo r ts sh a ll be made for
-
For
Constant pray
them w hile l i f e & b e in g la st - Per-
adventure God may give them repentance -
But the c h ild re n who remain
in an unconverted state - fu rn ish a promising f i e l d of labor - for
the Lord d elig hts in the young & c a lls upon them to remember him
in th e days of th e ir youth - & promises that those who seek him
early s h a l l f in d him L Lyons -
�[This appears to be a rough draft, w ith first 10 sections missing.
See ABCFM Xerox, Station Reports - Waimea, Hawaii,
April 1839-April 1840, for complete report]
XI
Church
1
There are in the whole field 17 churches - all under one
pastor -
This may s e e m strange & incredible -
But such is a fact -
The church is so situated & so arranged that instead of b e i n g one it is many panies
If separate sets
of deacons & elders & separate com
of chh members & separate meetings - b o t h on the sabbath &
w e e k days - separate monthly concerts - separate schools - if t h e s e
separations compose the essentials
of a separate chh - then it f o l
lows that these are 17 separate chhs in my field —
On the sabbath
& other days - meetings
are held in 17 different places - conducted
b y 18 (!) different sets
of elders - Communions are h e l d at 17 dif
ferent places - the elements are distributed by the appropriate
elders & deacons of each place —
m a n y different chhs —
The largest chh contains about 350 members -
& the smallest 12 members —
hundred)
2
For these seasons I call t h e m so
(The whole number embraces, some 19
See table —
Apostasy —
apostasy —
The past two years have been distinguished for
Multitudes have fallen —
the brethren —
This was expected by most of
feared b y the pastor - & it might b e said predicted
by apostles o f old --
Hence that such a thing has taken place -
is not a matter of astonishment -
Apostasies have occured (!) in
heaven - in Eden - in Israel in Christ's own chh - in the chhs of
the inspired apostles - strange they should not occur in the
Nazar e t h (?) of Hawaii - in the chh of one who is a w o r m & no man —
The extent of the apostasy - It has b een thro the whole field g e n
eral & sweeping.
The character of t h e apostasy - It has b e e n like other apostasies
I suppose -
Those who formerly w e n t w ith us - & appeared to be the
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2
disciples of Jesus - went out from us
& walked no m o r e w i t h us -
t h e y became lovers of their own selves —
|
covetous - boasters - proud -
unholy - fierce despisers of those that are good - traitors - lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God - wrathful - revengeful scoffers - worshippers of idols - infidels - persecutors - forsakers
of all religious meetings - smokers - adulterers - revelers - tenfold more the children of hell than ever before —
or members of the chh - were seen approching
W h e n the pastor
( !) - or were known
to be on their way to their houses - they would abandon their a b o d e s
for the wilderness or some spot in w h i c h to hide themselves - When
providence threw them in the w a y so that they would be addressed on
the subject of salvation - they would manifest the utmost stub b ornness - & the most unaccountable hardness -
They would express in
the strongest terms their resolution to serve the devil & go to hell Tho t h e y were in the very a g o n i e s of death their resolution would
remain unchanged & they have expired still cleaving to it --
This
is the character of many of the apostates - though not of all Others appeared more like reasonable beings —
Causes of apostasy - External causes - persecution - influence of
rulers
-
- sympathy - power of temptation - indiscretion & want of
meekness - brotherly love in chh rulers - & want of kindness & wisd o m in the exercise of chh discipline
1 - persecution -
This cause was confined to only a small portion -
that of W a i m a m u & Laupahoehoe -
Tobacco & awa wer e the f o undation -
This must be planted - orders came f r o m h i g h authority - & were
executed b y an apostate chh member —
If they were not obeyed
the disobedient must be turned off of their lands - & out of their
houses - & dragged to see ( !) & drowned there & obeyed - this led to their apostasy -
Many were frightened
Many refused to
obey
�L. Lyons, Waimea
3.
some of whom, consequently h a d their lands taken away were not drowned -
But yet
They remained firm to there ( !) purpose -
After
awhile t h e i r lands were restored - some left the place 2 - Influence of rulers -
the pastor & a certain chief in the chh -
h a d so m e conversation which chanced to be a little too public - on
the subject of planting tobacco &c —
F r o m the conversation it was
inferred that the chief was in favor not only of planting tobacco
but of smoing also - ( t h o of the latter not a syllable was uttered) This inference soon spread far & wide - And as a consequence many
returned to smoking - & many who h a d practised it secretly, came out
openly —
Some head men & ru lers of importance - having more r e g a r d for
man than God - forsook the chh on the g r o u n d that they could not
serve God & Mammon 3
Sympathy —
falls,
Church regulations were too strict for them —
The power of this principle is well known -
a friend - a subject - a dependent - follow on —
revival - many turn because they see others turning -
w h e n one
As in a
So i n an
apostasy - Many fall - because others are falling - & they wi s h to
go the w a y of their friends & neighbors 4
Power of temptation --
One sinner does m u c h hurt - one apostate -
filled wit h the spirit of the devil - seemed bent on the perdition of
all w i t h i n his reach —
The weapon he used was t e m p tation to smoke -
Armed with this he went from house to house & f r o m place to place
it would seem presenting pipe & tobacco & urging all to
smoke —
Many
yielded - & he afterwards brot them all out in a fit of anger 5
indiscretion, want of meekness & brotherly love in chh rulers --
I n e e d not explain on this point -
Native deacons & elders -
like lunakanawais are sometimes very watchful & zealous in the cause
of detecting sin -
A n d in their great zeal t h e y will accuse where
�L. L y o n s , Waimea
there is b ut little g r o u n d - they w i l l exasperate by their frequent
insinuations - they will condemn without
w i l l provoke an innocent man to sin -
sufficient evidence - they
They w i l l blaze abroad a
man's sin even before it is proved - w h e n one falls they t h i n k but
little about restoring h i m in the spirit of meekness -
They wil l
spend their b r e a t h in talking about his fall wherever t hey are &
e
h
w rever they go Whole number of apostates - 2,000 & upwards tatized ? -
have none stood firm?
But have all apos
Thanks be to the h e a d of the
chh - m a n y have stood unshaken & unmoved amid the fall & c r a s h of
others -
They seemed to take a firmer stand - & give a b r ighter
light --
(Amoung those who have kept their garments pure - are the
deacons
- elders - class leaders - teachers.
of the fallen is small
the chh? -
) -
Amoung them the number
But how w i t h those received h a s tily to
There has bee n but little difference between the hasty
& the cautious receptions -
The apostasy has embraced those of all
grades of probation - f r o m those who stood for years down to those
who were received to the chh as soon as they professed to be conver
ted.
chhs.
It has also embraced those who were formerly members of other
At some places where great caution had been u s e d - nearly all
have fallen - at other places where admissions wer e hasty - nearly all
are as yet in regular standing.
Therefore I have not p l a c ed hasty
admissions amoung the causes of the great apostasy -
They would h a v e
apostatized h a d they remained without the chh - ie they w o u l d have
gone b a c k to the w o r l d & to the devil after they had p r ofessed to
turn to the Lord - & promised before God & man to obey the gospel
of Jesus Christ A n d I ask if there are not thousand of such apostasies on these
Islands? & in other lands order to apostatize —
It is not necessary to join the chh in
�L . Lyons, W ai m ea
5.
R ev i vals - The Lord has not forsaken this field lo!
I am w i t h you always -
The promise is
Multitudes fell - were lying in the
horrib l e pit & mirey clay - & wrath was hanging over the m - & fires
rolling under t h e m - what shall he done?
give up?
Is the Lord's
a rm shortened - is his ear heavy - is his power gone - is his
mercy removed for ever?
of h o p e excluded?
is the door of salvation closed? & every ray
when
- bible for that - w h e n a man's h o u s e falls
No
down shall he leave it in its ruins - or b u i l d it over again? If a m a n falls into a pit - shall he be left there? or shall efforts
be made to dra w h i m out whether there be any life in h i m or n ot If apparently dea d may he not be revived?
tions
is plain —
it -
They were building a meeting house
The answer to these ques
The chh members at Paauhau in H amakua u nd e r s t o o d
—
The w i n d seemed to be
displeased - for when the posts & rafters were all up - the w i n d
came & blew down the rafters & broke them & others procured & all was
These were m a d e over
soon up again - & the that c h i n g commenced
& more t h a n hal f completed - & another w i n d came & b lew over a great
portion of the work give up?
This was worse than the first -
W h a t then?
no - try again - & they t r i e d again - then the r a i n came
& continued several days if not weeks - at the very time when they
w i s h e d to work - but did they give up then?
No they went forward &
completed it - win d & rain against the m - called It Manaoio
If the chh falls
[faith]
- set about raising it up again - If m a n
apostatize seek to reclaim t h e m If
- the devil comes & carries
away captive many of the daughters of Zion - u p & persue ( !) after
t h e m - & if possible rescue t h e m out of his hand - & restore t h e m to
Z ion's hill -
Such is t h e course that has b e e n per s u e d at W a i m e a -
& the Lord has given it success -
Regarding the apostates in the
light of those w h o have b e e n awakened i n a revival as thousand often
are but afterwards go b a c k - grieve the spirit & become harder than
-
�L. Lyons,
6.
Waimea
they ever were before - the pastor & the chh feel that something
must b e done - they m ust not b e left to p e r i s h without any farther
efforts to save them
We
remembered certain kinds of evil spirits
that could not b e cast out except by prayer & fasting -
Hence not
knowing but that there were such spirits we fasted & p r ayed - we
toiled & wept - we went out into streets & highways - into lanes &
hedges - into the wilderness & secret places - seeking the wanderers
& the lost & urging them to r e turn -
In the season of these special
efforts the Lord came down in the power of his spirit - & caused the
rocks to melt & the mountains to flo w d own at his presence -
He
thundered from h e a v e n & roared out of Zion - His voice shook the
foundations of his enemies they were seized with fearfulness &
trembling - anguish fill e d their souls
-
They saw it was a vain
thing to contend w i t h the Almighty - They gave up the u n e q u a l ,
f o o l i s h , guilty, ruinous contest repented of their a p o s t a s y &
returned to the place f r o m whence they h a d fallen & to the. savior
f r o m who m they had departed —
claimed
The whole number of apostates r e
is some hundreds I do not know h o w many the past year.
But these revivals have gone farther - they have reached n o t apos
tates
only but those who had never come w i t h the chh - & m an y of them
probably had never before been awakened revivals har d & unmoved -
They h a d pass e d thro former
They were amoung the relics - the refuse,
the offscouring as it w e r e of the whole f i e l d -
But v e r y little
hope was indulged that they would ever be converted & saved -- But
the Lord h a d more in store for them -
They were sought out - the
truth was brot in contact w i t h their hearts - the sword of the Spirit
was made to enter their souls - they fell before its omnipotency - gave
up their sins - their idols - the devil - his
cross & became the disciples
took up the
of Jesus - Of these about 450 have united
�7.
L. Lyons, Waimea
with the chh -
during the past 2 years - 40 the past year -
This
has been a b l e s s e d & glorious w o r k - to God be all the glory -
There
are n o w left in an unconverted state about 400 adults in all the
field I mean those who have never been received to the chh -
&
about 600 children of a suitable age to b e converted - 1000 ! besides
2000 apostates & several hundred suspended members time for rest?
(Is there any
What rest - w h e n devils are all awake - & all to
w o r k seeking to drag these deathless souls down to the d a r k caverns
of hell - The Lord forbid we should rest before we reach the h eaven
ly Canaan - time enough to rest the n - even an eternity of rest D e aths -
Deaths have been rather numerous - 140 chh members have
b e e n called to give up their account within a year have died as the f ool dieth -
Some of these
They were members of the chh - but
a lie was in their right h a n d & hypocrisy in their hearts sins tho concealed came to light after their death -
Their
The sins of
some were known at the time - but the pastor far removed f r o m them
h a d been unable to discipline them - so they probably w ent from
the b o s o m of the chh to the depths of hell - But of the greater part
of those who have died there is good reason to believe they died in
the Lord & have gone to inherit the kingdom prepared for them b e
fore the foundations
of the world.
�Lyons Missionary field & statisticks
W a i m e a - May 1840 -
Divisions
Tours &c
Large districts
—
5
Smaller
"
12
Smallest
"
30
Whole population
6,271
Tours t h r o ' the large )
districts at diff(er) )
ent times
)
9
Visits to the smaller district
s
"
"
"
least
"
Days absent on tours &c
Church
statisticks
114
160
90
Miles traveled on tours &c
1250
Whole number received to)
the chh on examination
)
5326
Whole number on certificate
R c'd the past year on exam
"
on certificate
57
419
25
Whole no. red the pas t year
444
W h o l e no. dis- to other chhs
670
dis- the past year -
542
Whole no - deceased -
182
D e cd - the past year -
129
Suspendeded ( !) & excom
municated the past year
Restored Remain s us & ex c o m —
2016
889
3,404
�W aimea statisticks
Intellectual
department
1840
Schools
30
Examinations
26
Readers
—
—
2397
Writers
1141
Arithmetic
1036
Geography
Scriptures
possessed
412
Number who possess the whole bible 174
"
"
"
"
"
" "
1
"
"
"
"
1st & 3 vol
only
"2 & .,3 vol
"
"
"
1 & 2
"
"
"2
"
"
95
62
"
3
1
"
27
"
2
"
10
"
"
3"
682
Whole no - who possess the)
scriptures in whole & in
)
parts
)
1053
Ignorance
Whole no of readers altogether)
destitute of the scriptures
)
1500
&
W h o l e no des - of the O .T
2200
Destitution
"
"
"
Old people not
"
"
able to r e a d
1384
1748
Youth & middle aged not
able to read
871
Children able to attend school)
but not able to r e a d
)
700
Blind people
110
Deaf
Maniaes
15
(stupid ones ?)
15
�W a i m e a statisticks 1840
3.
Whole no. of children in the field
2041
Boys
1082
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -
Child r e n
Girls - - ----- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
959
Baptized ----- --
----- - -
760
Baptized the past year - - - - - - -
150
Chh members
500
- -
-
| Able to attend school - - - - - - Attend school - or have attended)
school )
N o of schools - - - - - - - - - "
"
readers
"
"
writers
1230
932
22
529
211
•
Arithmetic - - •
Geography - - -
Deaths
- - --
- - - - - -
- -
--
--
-
382
122
Deaths during the year Children - - -
- —
-
chh members - - - - Apostates - -
—
40
--
-
-- - - -
Impenitent - never in the chh Births - - - - -
- - - - - -
--
Contributions i n kapa - mats - salt)
meeting houses & school
)
house taro patches &c &c &c)
129!
22
30 ___ 221
169
$1600.00
one thousand & s i x hundred dollars —
I h a d w r i t t e n a report of some 8 sheets in length - b ut as
providence prevents me
from attending the meeting I have concluded
to se n d only the statistics —
L Lyons —
�[Waimea S c h o o l s , 1841 - Printed For m ]
Examination,
and when
April l/41
No. of children
in the whole field
643
N u mb e r of boys
331
Number of girls
314
Number of schools.
15
Number of teachers.
15
Number of children
enrolled
502
Averaged number of
attendance
502
Number of readers
308
Number
of writers
200
Number
in Geography
285
Number in Mental
Arithmetic
205
No. in Written
Arithmetic
300
�Report of Waimea S t a t i on Hawaii from M ay 1, 1840 to May 1841
The year was
commenced w i t h devout thanksgiving to God for what
seemed a wonderful interposition of P r o v i d e n c e .
Y o u all k n o w to what
is alluded - You praised God in general meeting for the same inter
position.
The first thing, done after returning to Waimea from Kawaihae
where 2 weeks were spent in waiting for a conveyance to H o n o l u l u was to plan out work for the year both at home and abroad.
The plan
then devised has been pretty nearly accomplished w i t h the exception
of one tour which Providence prevented fro m being made.
An. unexpected
absence however o f 4 weeks from home on an errand of b e nevolence will
make u p for that.
That plan has embraced the following particulars I Labors at the station -
1.
Meetings.
Amoung these have b e e n (1 ) meetings on the sabbaths a
sermon in native in the mor n i n g (2) a lecture in the afternoon on a
portion of the Pentateuch - On a pleasant morning there h ave been
perhaps 300 hearers.
But few have attended the afternoon service
except chh members & 3d a sermon in English for a few sabbaths - The
latter has been interrupted by the monster intemperance - R e ligion
& intemperance could not h o l d communion: w i t h each other -
But it is
hoped the late formation of a t e m p e r a n c e society will permit the return
of the English exercise 2.
W e e k l y church meeting held on Wed. p m -
members in W a i m e a only -
This embraces the chh
T h e exercises have b e e n various - first,
the texts of the previous sabbath were recited & what was remembered
of the s e r m o n s - 2 d - the tract on the character & attributes of
G od formed a text b o o k for several meetings - 3d the tract containing
questions for self examination was introduced & that is the text book
for the present
�Waimea, Hawaii
3d
1841
A weekly f e m ale prayer meeting held on friday pm - this has been
superintended by M r s . L 4th A weekly m e e t ing of the chh session - on W e d p m - previous to
the
chh meeting - for transacting chh business & for instructing the elders
in the knowledge of the bible & the duties of their office -
for h e a r
ing reports of their labors - reports of committees previously appointed
& compositions on subjects previously given 5
Inquiry meetings, h e l d for the most part on sabbath n o o n immediately
after publ i c service -
This has embraced enquirers both f r o m amoung
the impenitent & f r o m amoung fallen chh members -
At the time appointed
some n e w subject has generelly ( !) appeared - yet not always -
The
pastor has some times been grieved because there appeared to be no n e w
case of returning prodigals - of anxious inquiry for the salvation of
the soul 6, District meetings - meetings held in districts from 1 1/2 to 4
miles distant - on teusday ( !), & friday p m - Rain & other things have
sometimes prevented - very few besides chh members have attended these
meeting
( !) - But then even amoung such a synagogue of s a t a n has been
found.
The pastor can recollect o n e instance when nearly all present
were found involved in sin & on its being revealed,
several immediate
ly resol v e d on the fatal step of apostacy - Amoung these w e r e some of
w h o m the highest hopes were entertained 7
Monthly concert of prayer for the conversion of the w o r l d -
This
has been regularly observed - & has generally been an Interesting
meeting - at least the pastor has endeavored to make it so by previous
preparation.
Such extracts f r o m the Missionary Herald & other p u b l i c a
tions have been selected & read & such pictures presented as seemed
calculated to make an Impression on the m i n d & lead the chh members
to feel & pray & act for the dying heathen -
Sometimes there has
�Waimea, Hawaii 1841
been a contribution & sometimes n o t -
This subject w i l l be mentioned
in its proper place 8
Meetings for children -
Thes e have been monthly for the most
part - though latterly they have bee n weekly.
They have b e e n designed
for all the children of Waimea - but a small portion however has at
t e n d e d - During these meetings the pastor has endeavored to converse
w i t h each child - as well as to preach to all collectively,
Some of
the meetings have been s olemn - & some have promised to serve the Lord but there is only one chh member amoung the wh o l e - & no others who
seem to give satisfactory evidence of conversion to God -
It is to be
feared m uch of the blame lies at the door of the pastor - yet somehow
or other there seems to be but very little hope of the salvation of
the children in Waimea of i r o n -
The devil seems to hold them fast in chains
But as Peter's chains were broken so the same
power can.
break theirs 9
Chh class meetings -
station are divided into
The chh members immediately a r ound the
classes -
Previous to every communion a
m e e t i n g is hel d with e ach of these classes - for p e r s o n a l c o nversa
tion & examination & prayer - The pastor generelly ( !) finds them
interesting -
& derives f r o m the exercise m u c h encouragement -
True
some manifest much ignorance & dark heartedness - w h i c h is distressing yet many discover muc h Christian knowledge & appear to be the sincere
children of the kingdom 10
Chh f
t
s
a
-
Previous to communion which is once in 2 or 3 months
a day h a s been devoted to fasting & prayer as preparitory
( !) for this
season - on these days there have b een two meetings - one for the whole
chh. assembled in Waimea in one place - & the other for different p o r
tions
of the
chh. assembled in different places - sometimes there has
b ee n an additional meeting for c h i ldren -
or for elders -
meetings have been well attended & generlly, profitable -
These
�W aimea, Hawaii, 1841
11
Communion seasons - Of these there have been 6 - f rom 200 to 250
communicants - at all the communions hut one some were either rec'd
on exam - or
12
recd
Funerals -
on
certificate-
These have furnished occasions for preaching the
gospel to the saint & the sinner - the old & the young -
The number
of funerals has however been small 1 5 . Meetings with parents &c
for appointing school trustees - a
somewhat new species of meetings
to the natives - & somewhat difficult
to b e understood at first 14
Finally - A meeting composed of all the elders in the w h o le field -
this mig h t properly be called - native presbytery.
There have been
two meetings of this kind - about 50 present at the first & over a
h u n dred at the last meeting.
The time occupied about 2 days each -
exercises - giving reports by the different elders - some verbal, some
written - committees
appointed - addresses delivered on subjects
previously given out - resolutions passed respecting the regulations
of the chh - assignments for next meeting - elders ordained &c - d i s
orderly elders disciplined interesting -
The meetings were very orderly & very
They are to b e semianually ( !) 2 Schools -
(1)
Adults - a weekly school on Mondy ( !) p m - in Arithmetic, writing,
composition, Biblical history - & popery -
This was in progress for
about six months & then abandoned because the people c o u l d n o t find
time to attend it (2)
A weekly singing school for about hal f of this year - abandoned
for want of sufficient encouragement to proceed (3)
4
5
6
A weekly
school for instructing sabbath school teachers
A sabbath school in the Ai o ka la
A monthly school f o r exhibiting composition for some months A semi monthly school lately established for instructing elders
�Waimea,
H aw aii
1841
5
in the knowledge of the scriptures
-
.
These schools have embraced fro m
6 to 100 pupils —
2 d C h i l d r e n ’s schools
—
Of these there have been two at the station -
one consisting of readers - the other of n o n readers has b e e n taught by Mrs.
The former
L w i t h the exception of 2 months taught by
myself - time devoted to it 5 days per w e e k - f rom 3 to 5 hours per
day - studies reading - wri t i n g - arithmetic - g e o g r a p h y - N a t u r a l
history - scripture history -
Hawina ( !) Kamalii - Ui K amalii -
Himeni Kamalii - Besides sewing & knitting have received considerable
attention - & other m a nual exercises -
The other school has b e e n
taught by a native teacher -[a.m.]
3 Sabbath schools - 2 sab. A m - one superintended by myself - & the
other by Mrs. L. - & one p m ( !) - under t h e care of Mrs.
L. - studies
Huliano - Hawina ( !) [Haawina] Kamalii - Himeni Kamalii - committing
.
portions of scripture 2 singing schools per w e e k for the last few months - Number of children
in these schools from 20 - 100.
(3) A sabbath evening school designed for domestics 6 in n u m b e r - A
portion of this number has committed to m e m o r y the whole gospel of
John - has been instructed in its meaning There have b e e n 2 or 3 examinations at the station Pastoral visits Considerable time has b e e n devoted to pastoral visiting.
Most of
the houses in Waimea have been visited once & about h a l f twice - &
some several times - But t h o nearly all the houses have been v i s ited not all the people
[have been] for while the houses were where they
should be the inmates were somewhere else -
During these visits the
sick have been particularly sought out - wandering chh members also &
the impenitent & apostates -
Many w ere seen & conversed & prayed
wi t h who have forsaken all the ordances
( !) of religion,
even meetings
�6.
Waimea, Hawaii 1841
on sabbath morning, & are living like the veriest h e a t h e n - Sometimes
I have met with encouragement expecial l y
( !) from the sick & aged &
occasionally fro m the return of some wanderer
some impenitent sinner.
- the conversion of
But I have also met with much, oppo [s] i t ion
& coldness & all m y labors with a great multitude have seemed thus
far to b e lost.
Some
Yet the seed sown may yet spring up - & bear fruit -
of my last visits seemed to be accompanied wit h more success
than ma n y previous ones —
Mercy still lingers - & so there is hope —
4 Disposal of books This has accupied a considerable portion of time -
I do not know
what amount has been disposed of - since the n e w school laws have
gone into operation the demand has been considerably increased - &
I have bee n put to my wit's end to know h o w to supply it. —
all the schools
are suffering —
A n d after
The Baibala has f o u n d a ready sale -
something has been paid for books - but the greater part is yet due —
I feel it vastly important that the people have the word of God - they
must have it or famish.
Hence I have not been particular as to what
is brot for pay - or w hether they pay n o w or hereafter -
I a m not
afraid to trust t h e m They generally pay after awhile - and the pay
or may b e an article of no use to me or the mis s ion
whe n b r o t may in my v i e w amount to a mere trifle/- yet to t h e m it may
be the same as gold -
It is what they have & perhaps al l they have
& the principle on which I have acted is to require of m e n according
to wh a t they have, & not according to what they have n o t —
many readers
great measure
There are
still destitute of the word of God, the fault is in a
their own -
They have no desire for it.
M a n y are wait
ing for the n e w edition of the bible - are asking frequently - ahea
puka mai k a buke nui palahalaha?
5 - Medicine
There has been considerable sickness & hence calls for medicine -
�Waimea, Hawaii 1841
7
which have occupied another portion of tim e.
I t would he a great r e
l i e f i f there were a medical man at the statio n -
There are a few
m edical b ooks - & a small v ariety of medicines - but no m edical man There are some native doctors whose practice is quite e x t e n s iv e .
They
study the virtues of roots & herbs somewhat, but make great use of
cold water -
Many of the natives resort to them in preference to the
m issionary from a suspicion or rather b e l i e f that our m edicine es
p e c ia lly calomel & tartarem etics are formed of dead m en's hones w hich
are c a r r ie d by our physicians & v isito rs from Waimea caves I I Labors a t the out stations -
Here I am dependent on my Journal -
from w hich the follow ing particulars & generals are gathered May - spent 12 days w ith my family at Kawaihae - w a itin g for a
v e s s e l to take us to gen eral meeting - but none came - preached 25
times to adults - attended 2 c h ild r e n 's meetings - 2 adult sabbath
schools - 1 meeting of elders - 1 monthly concert - v is it e d about a ll
the houses in the place - conversing - exhorting, e n tre a tin g ,
&c —
praying
suspended 7 chh members June -- spent 10 days in Hamakua - trav eled 74 miles -
9 p ub lic meetings - 11 meetings with e ld e r s ,
attended
some continuing t i l l m id
n ig h t - 2 sabbath schools - 12 examinations - 6 of ch ild ren & 6 of
adults - scholars - 260 ch ild ren - 270 adults - suspended & excom
municated 148 chh members - administered the Lo rd 's supper to 2100
\
communicants - restored 16 - r e c d 5 to the chh on examination & 6
from other chhs - married 15 couple - re g iste re d 60 deaths - ascer
ta in e d that 95 dolls had been contributed for May & June at monthly
concerts -
In attempting to go from W aipio to Waimanu on a canoe
I was swept out of the canoe into the raging s u r f, & should probably
have lo st my l i f e - had I not been siezed by nativ es & carrie d to the
shore it s
The Lord be p raised -
o ffic e -
My watch very soon r e fu s e d to perform
Alas for it was borrowed -
The ocean becoming s t i l l
�W a i m e a, H awai i 1841
8
more
/tempestuous I left the canoe & proceeded by land.
Here let me speak
a little of the way to & f r o m this portion of my field ag a i n refer to my journal -
May 8
Arose early - took a canoe at
Waipio for Waimanu & the adjoining places threatening - seasick -
I must
the waves were high &
In 2 or 3 hours landed at Honopue - finished
my w o r k - & commenced m y return - sending the canoe on before me - I
wa l k e d myself along the rocky shore beneath the lofty p a l i s - towering
several hundred feet above m y h e a d -
the surf dashed violently against
the shore & sometimes drove me into the caverns in the impending rocks sometimes I was borne on a native's
ing waves -
shoulders thro the r o a r i ng & f o a m
Above were water falls in some places pouring their limpid
streams over the giddy palis into the ocean below.
the towering blufs
Between them &
( !) over w h i c h they poured, I made my n e w & fearful
way - an umbrella served somewhat to screen me from the he a v y spray
that was dashing about on every side Laupahoehoe Waimanu -
In about 2 hours I reached
My wor k performed here I took the canoe & s a i l e d to
A native could get along without a canoe by swimming, but
in no other way.
severe d r e n c h i n g -
The waves were high & in landing they gave me a
Having accomplished my w o r k at Waimanu,
for Waipio - the mountain road -
I ascended the first pali -
required about an h o u r , & nearly exhausted all my strength.
palies
I set-out
( !) some 5 or 6 in number were less formidable -
this
The other
A b o u t m i d way
& far f r o m what one would think to be the abode of human b e i n g s , I
came to a small cottage - occupied by a man & his wife - to w h o m I
preached Jesus Christ. -
The m a n b e l i e v e d & was b a p t i z e d - the woman
c h o s e to go on in s i n —
I have seen this convert of the mountains
several times since he w a s baptized- & he was still holding fast the
profession he h a d made —
In 4 or 5 hours I reached the valley of
W aipio - to go by a canoe requires
one hour - & sometimes not that.
�Waimea,
H a w a ii 1841
9
But this is describing only one of the mountain roads.
I will
briefly describe another wh i c h I traveled from Waipio to W a i manu supposing it to b e a shorter way - as there was b ut one pali.
Feb . 11 -
started off for Waimanu via mauna - descended into Waipio some 3
or 4 miles from the shore - obtained a guide - proceeded up the valley
over stones & thro streams some distance - & then commenced ascending
the pall - difficiles ascensus - hoc o p u s - hic labor est -
the hands
proved of great importance for it was only by their grasp on stones &
roots
of t r e e s , that I was enabled to proceed -
I finally succeeded
In reach i n g the top at least what seemed to be a top -
f o u n d myself
curiously situated - behind was the valley of Waipio, before the
valley
of Waimanu - & on either h a n d was a tremendous pali r earing Its
lofty h e a d far into the clouds - so that while I stood on the top of
a stupendous pali I was in the midst of a most romantic valley the descent was before me -
But
I said to the guide, the worst of the way
is past I suppose - he replied the past is nothing, the worst is
before -
Hearing this I commenced the descent with trembling,
I might as well have been at mast head as where I was.
the frightfulness of the way increased -
As I proceeded
The rain was descending from
above - & an awful chasm was opening below soon enveloped in a dense fog -
for
But its awfulness was
The path was becoming slippery - &
in some places it w a s almost a perpendicular descent over rocks so
arranged as almost to preclude the possibility of advancing - for there
seemed to b e nothing on which the foot or hand might fasten —
To
turn to the right hand or to the left was out of the question, & to
retrace o n e ’s steps would have been about as difficult & dangerous as
to proceed —
At some places I was obliged to pull off my shoes -
& send t hem with my staff on a h ead ( !) - & crawl along on m y hands
& feet as I could -
Much of the way I found It n e c e s s a r y to turn
around & proceed backward.
After awhile I reached the foot of the
�Waimea, Hawaii,
1841
1
great & terrible, pali,
hind.
0
shuddering w ith horror, as I cast a look b e
But all was not over.
I travelled on.
The pat h lay over
stones & rocks & s t r e a m s - on I hurried for two hours, two thirds of the
time wadi n g thro water from one to three feet deep - & uncomfortably
cold --
It was the most dreary & dismal & dangerous way I e v er tra
v elled -
I finally reached the house of Elishah ( !) a chh m ember -
h aving been six hours fro m Waipio pali -
It was true there was but one
But in attempting to shun Scylla I f e l l into C arybdis (!) -
But w hy be at so m u c h pains & hazard to visit Waimanu?
B ecause
there is wealth there to o b t a i n forwhich Jesus Christ shed his b l o o d & he has
left the command - go ye into all the world - & that is a
portion of the w o r l d bracing about
In that & the places beyo n d are 3 churches em
members - Besides these about 100 children & 300
adults out of the chh -
This place has b e e n visited 3 times
since the
last general meeting —
July -
Three days were spent at Puako & Kawaihae - 4 public
meetings - 2 meetings of elders - 1 meeting & examination of children visited most of t h e houses -
September - spent 10 days i n Hamakua
traveled 80 miles - hel d 22 public meetings - & about the same
number w i t h elders - some continuing till midnight - attended 8 exam
inations of children's schools
- embracing 180 children - called the
roll - found 1440 chh members in good standing to w h o m the Lord's
supper was administered - restored 7 - rec'd 2 on examination - s u s
pended & e xcommunicated 668 - recorded 33 deaths - contributions
months $60.00.
for 3
married 10 couple - Oct. spent 3 days at Puako &
Kowaihae - travelled 42 miles - h eld 7 public meetings 2
meetings
w it h elders - one examination of children & adults - ascertained the
standing of all the chh members - suspended 88 - r e c d one on exmination - administered the emblems of the savior's body & blood to some
�11.
Waimea, Hawaii, 1841
h u n d r e d chh members - 20 dolls
contributed -
weeks at Kaawaloa & Kailua wit h my family.
Oct & N ov e m - spent 4
Object, to a i d the sick -
preached 15 times - aroused the w r a t h of the catholick s b y one sermon Dec.
- spent 2 days at Puako - one day observed as a day of fasting &
prayer visited every house in the place - h e l d several meetings ex
communicated 66 - suspended 3 - restored 3 - h e l d a communion season 45 communicants - ascertained deaths, births,
- & the present population -
removals d u r i n g the year
Dec - spent 8 1/2 days in Hamakua -
traveled 92 miles - h e l d 24 meetings some till midnight - examined
3 schools of 176 children - suspended 378 chh members - restored 51 r e cd 4 individuals to the
chh on examination - administered the Lord's
supper to 1100 communicants - baptized 15 children - 293 d o l l s . contri
bu t e d the past three months - dedicated 2 meeting houses - f o u n d another
nearly completed - & another on the w a y - dimensions about 60 by 30 married 10 couple - attended to the choosing of trustees for all the
school districts in Hamakua - read the school laws - & laws r e s pect
ing intoxicating drinks & meats - ascertained the n umb er of deaths,
births,
removals - immigrants &c during the year - & the s t a nding of
each member of the whole
community -
Jan. -
Absent 6 days - a part
of the time attending presbytery at Kohala & the rest of the time
making a tour thro Kawaihae, traveled 58 miles - held 12 meetings ascertained the state of the chhs - suspended 48 - restored 5 - ad
mi t t e d 1 - found 324 in goo d standing to w h o m the Lord's supper was
administered - baptized 7 children - 45 dolls - contributed the last
3 months - trustees
chosen for 3 schools
tained Sum total of labors abroad --Absent f r o m home - 84 d a y s --Traveled
680 miles --
Held
168 meetings -
- births,
deaths &c ascer
�Waimea,
Hawaii, 1 841
Administered the Lord's supper in 17 different places,
3 times in
each place - h e l d personal conversation w i t h most of the chh members
attended 25 examinations —
[III crossed out]
IV
Benevolence
The church members have b e e n urged to acts of benev o l e n ce &
t h o u g h nothing can be told that will make a splended ( !) show,
something, as already mentioned has been done -
- yet
I am not able to tell
all - but of what I know I will speak Monthly concert contributions - very seld o m a monthly concert
passes without some kind of a contribution either of kapa, wood,
provisions, cloth, work o r something else.
As the monthly concerts
are scattered all over the field instead of all u n i t i n g in one at
Waimea, as was once the case, it is not so easy to keep account of
what is contributed on those days.
The following is an estimate Hamakua -
m e e t i n g houses - kapa, mats- provisions - &c -
Kawaihae & Puako - In similar things
85.27
W aimea - in w o o d - kapa cloth - &c
This
$451.00
50.00
586.27
amount extends only to the 1st of Jany -
Besides the above Waimea has subscribed about 100 dolls towards a
ruff
( !) for the n e w meeting house —
& is also collecting materials
for bui lding a native house for the missionary.
A considerable portion
of the above contributions has been appropriated to the support of
n a t i v e teachers V
Children & Children's schools -
The whole number of children in m y field is 1600 f rom infancy to the
age of 14 years - & about 500 fro m 14 to 18 years about 950 are capable of attending school -
Of the former
The ■whole number n o w
�Waimea, H awaii, 1 8 4 1
collected into schools
teachers about 50.
is about 1000.
Whole number of schools 22 -
Before the late schools laws went into operation
schools in most places were very low - & in some places
none at all.
T h e law came & schools r e v i v e d
last examination - 560 -
No of writers 250 -
in geography 100 perhaps C h u r c h members but few -
there were
No of readers at the
No. in arithmetic 560 -
Births 90 - deaths 30 - baptisms 35 -
Many who were formerly chh members have gone
bac k to the w o r l d - made shipwreck of their faith & are evidently
plunging into perdition.
Some few amoung them profess repentance since
the rev i v a l of the schools VI Census
A correct census has been taken b y myself of the whole population
of m y .field -
Results as follows --
Waimea
771 adults
287 children -- total 1058
Puako
Kawaihae
508
"
218
"
Hamakua 3110
4389
"
1080
1585
"
"
"
726
4190
5974
This is about 300 less than it was last year —
This is a pretty correct census - for great care & precision have been
us e d in obtaining i t.
I have on paper the names of e v e r y m a n & woman
& child in m y field -
These names I call over at the e n d of every
year - noting deaths - removals
- & recording births & immigrants -
& inquiring into the character - manner of living &c of all.
The whole
field is divided into sections - & each section committed to the care
& superintendence of as good & competent men as can be found.
them I gather my stati s t i cks.
From
The number of deaths the pas t y e a r
exceeds 300, the number of births is not f a r from 90.
In the above census - foreigners & their children are not i n
cluded -
There was a time w hen the foreign population n u m b e r e d about
�W a i mea,
Hawaii,
1841
14
70 - & their children 30.
But the number has considerably diminished
& it is always fluctuating - sometimes more & sometimes less.
They b e-
long to 6 or 7 different nations & are variously employed - beefcatchers - sugar manufacturers - shoemakers, merchants - tanners lawyers - blacksmiths - -combmakers - masons - doctors - saddlers farmers & what not.
v e r y goo d man -
One is a member of the chh & appears t o b e a
some 2 or 3 others are in the habit of attending
native meetings.
But the majority live like the veriest h e a t h e n - &
exert such an influence on the native population as might be expected
VII L abors in the study__This should have been mentioned before & hence is misplaced.
Some time has b e e n spent in the study.
day & sometimes
the sabbath -
the whole
W h e n at home a part of Satur
of it has been devoted to preparation for
Tho I have written but one whole sermon, yet I have
made it a practice of studying m y subjects - sermons - lectures sabbath school lessons &c - for the d ivine direction is - [" ] give
attendance to r e a d i n g , to exhortation, to d o c t r i n e , neglect not the
gift that is in thee, - meditate upon these t h i n g s , give thyself
wholly to them, that they profiting m a y appear to all - study to show
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to b e
ashamed,
rightly dividing the w o r d of truth."
But the labor that h a s r e q u i r e d m u c h time & patience in the study
has bee n that of arranging chh. & people's records & keeping them in
order, recording marriages - admissions to the chh - suspensions, ex
communications - restorations - baptisms, deaths, births - removals contributions & c &c poet - h o c
Here again I m u s t repeat the language of the
opus, h i c labor est VIII Native l a b ors
These have been somewhat anticipated - I mention t h e m a g a i n to
�Waimea,
Hawaii,
1841
15.
give the m more prominence for I consider t h e m of great importance One great object at which I a i m is to k e e p the chh to w o r k - for the
command is diligent in business, serving the Lord - always abounding
in the work
of the Lord - situated as my field is, or as I am in r e l a
tion to it, m u c h has to b e done by native helpers - or n o t d o n e at all
To facilitate native agency & render it as profitable as possible m u c h regard has b e e n paid to system & o r d e r -
My field is divided
into distinct sections & each section is placed under the s u perinten
dence of o n e man - or set of m e n - as the case may be -
The superin-
tendants go by the name of elders & in m a ny cases they are the teach
ers of the sections assigned to them is about 150.
1
Schools
-
Wh o l e number of n a t i v e helpers
Their labors are as follows day & sabbath schools - for children & adults - studies
on the sabbath - daily food - & other portions of scripture - hymns,
catechism &c on other days - reading, writing,
arithmetic - geography
natural history, & the scriptures 2
Meetings - Meetings on the sabbath - or W e d p m - & on teusdays &
fridays at some places - daylight meetings occasional fast seasons -
monthly concerts -
In some of these meetings, the tracts on
popery - character of God & self examination have r e c eived some atten
tion - as also of late the printed sermons -
The elders also h a v e
meetings amoung themselves for prayer & consultations 3
Visits - The elders have visited more or less from house to house
warning,
arousing, reproving,
inviting,
searching out the condition
of the peop l e - bringing out hidden i n i q u i t y &c.
these respects have bee n valuable.
Their labors in
They h a v e been the means of r e
claiming many that might otherwise have perished.
ticular fears they would do too much.
I have h a d no p a r
I have rather given t h e m full
liberty & urged them on to duty - or rather the Lord Jesus Christ has
done this.
�Waimea, H awai i , 1841
16.
IX Temperance & Intemperance
Intemperance has spread more or less thro the whole field.
Tobacco - awa & fermented potatoes have been the principal intoxicating
substances amoung the natives, & rum
the foreigners.
- brandy, wine - gin &c amoung
With respect to intoxicated natives they have kept
themselves very quiet while in that state, & but little evil has seem
ingly arisen from their inebriation except that some in a fit of in
toxication or tobacco smoke have fallen into the fire & burned to
death.
But foreigners - when intoxicated have not been so quiet -
Quarrelings, fightings - devourings - bruised eyes - ears bitten off blood spilled to the amount of 4 gallons from one man - the air filled
with clamours - & curses - & such like things have attended their
drunken revelries -
Of many of which - I have been ear & eye witness -
At one time while conversing with some natives an intoxicated foreigner
came along - took my hand & swearing in the most awful manner - de
clared he would give me enough of it.
He had a knife by his side, I
expected the next moment it would be plunged into my bosom -
But
another foreigner came along just at that time & took him away —
But the late laws respecting intoxication has ( !) removed the
evil in a great measure from the natives - & a temperance society
has been formed amoung the foreigners - which may tend to check the
evil there.
Mr. Bliss has been quite active in the temperance cause -
procured several subscribers to the temperance pledge.
Whole number
is 1 2 , all of whom as far as I know are still cleaving to their pledge.
uhi [hidden] [with double
Other prevailing evils have been Kakauing [writing]
meaning]
lele kowali
songs]
[jumping rope]
-
puhenehene
- na mele kahiko [ancient
[a gambling game]
They have run like wild f i r e t h r o
the whole field & drawn many
simple & ignorant souls into apostacy & the man & woman of grey, hairs -
They have infected the child
But the fever has about subsided.
�Waimea, Hawaii 1841
17.
X Popery
This as might be expected has found its way to Waimea.
A
Catholick priest has been there some six months - & has commenced operations on a small scale, intending no doubt to enlarge to have an interview with him. -
I chanced
He of course endeavored to bring me over to
his side - offered to lend me any books he had in his possession that
would serve to enlighten me on the subject of popery heard that he has obtained many followers.
have as yet fallen into his arms (?)
to f o l l o w
I have not
N one of the chh members
& the apostates are far from making haste
the new religion.
Cannot tell what they will do hereafter
One thing is certain the cause of truth will prevail XI Secular department
I had forgotten till now to mention the secular department - I
have been obliged to be somewhat secular some of the year -
This
necessity arose from a resolution to build a native room & study - as
an addition to the original premises.
Being somewhat poor I was
under the necessity of being chief workman myself, or rather the su
perintendent of the whole work in this perplexing business.
Hence many days have been occupied
But it is now pretty m u c h off of my hands
& I feel amply rewarded for all the time trouble & expense it has cost.
Yet no man that warreth should entaggle himself with the affairs of
this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
�W aim e a, Hawaii
1841
XII Statisticks
Adults
Children
4389
1585
5974
Whole no. recd to the chh on examination
Whole no.
"
on certificate
R e cd the past year on exam
e cd on certificate
R
o
h
Wle no. dismissed & r e cd to other chhs
Dismissed the past year
Whole no. deceased
Deceased the past year
Suspended t h e past year
Remain suspended
Whole no. excommunicated
Excom - the past year
Remain excom
Whole no. in regular standing Hamakua
Puako & Kawaihae
Waimea
In different fields not recd to other chhs
5366
86
40
29
450
22
317
140
697
600
2792
1189
2123
1102
369
225
281
1977
Whole no. of children under 14 years
14 to 18
Boys
Girls
Baptised
Baptized the past [year]
Chh members
Able to attend school
Attend school
No. of schools
No. of teachers
No. of readers in Jany '41
"
writers
In Mental Arithmetic
In writen ( !) Arithmetic
In Geography
Deaths during the year
Births
1585
500
1085
1000
795
... 35
100 perhaps
1450
1000
22
22
560
250
560
5
100 perhaps
30
90
Whole no. of deaths in the field during the year
Marriages the past year
Contributions the past year
300
103 couple
$586.27
13
Contributions of the Missionary
For the support o f native schools
Aid to the people in Waipio towards
building a meeting house
For framing the roof of Waimea
meeting house
Whole no. recd the past year
42.00 besides the grant
of 50.00
10.00
200.00 cash
69
�To the American Board
"
"
Am. B ib le S o c ie t y
"
"
Am. T ra ct S o c ie ty
P u b lic road
Study & n a t iv e room
Support
o f 4 n a t iv e
1 5 .0 0
5 .0 0
5 .0 0
5 .0 0
2 3 2 .0 0 b e s i d e s the g ra n t
of 2 0 0 . 0 0
4 0 .0 0
$ 5 5 4 .0 0
g ir l s
M is c e lla n y — unknown
Apart from the r e g u la r
s t ip e n d a llo w ed the m i s s i o n a r y ,
he
has r e cd $ 8 0 . 0 0 perhaps from d i f f t sources —
N a t i ve economy
I t has b een a s c e r t a in e d that n a t iv e s
2 dome s tick s have an allow ance of 5 0 . 0 0
purchase a l l
t h e i r p r o v is io n s
can econom ize - Our
a year -
- c lo t h in g - & c - c o n t r ib u t e
m onthly concerts. - & f i n d 1 2 . 0 0 rem aining. -p ro b ab ly in c r e a s e the
Waimea
M r . Lyons report
1841
Out of t h is
coming y e a r -
they
at
The o v erp lu s w i l l
�[This seems t o be a rough draft of L. Lyons' letter to Rufus Anderson,
Waimea, Sept.13,1841. See ABCFM Xerox file "Station Reports-Waimea,Hawaii"
See also Waimea Station
Report [Waimea; L. Lyons]
Report, 1841,to GenMeet]
[Sept.1841]
1 Schools
1
Common schools, or schools taught by natives -
At the close of
my last report - common schools were in a declining state - Teachers
were poorly supported & children but little inclined to attend
instructions - The chiefs of the Islands at their annual meeting in
April & May - feeling that something must be done, or the darkness
of former ages w o u l d again invelope (! ) the land, enacted some laws
for the benefit of schools -
Provision was made for supporting
teachers & for securing the attendance of children at school These laws when they took effect - put new life into schools.
Trus
tees were appointed, in every district where 15 children & upwards
could be found, teachers were procured - school houses erected
where they were needed & schools & schools ( !) were again put into
successful operation -
There was a general examination in July &
Aug of all the schools in the field - & the following results were
obtained - see second only -
These schools have reference to children
Of adult schools as taught by natives there are none - ex
cept those taught on the sabbath of which there are in the whole
field not far from 15, embracing some 3 or 400 pupils -
Their
principal study is the daily food - ie the 7 verses for the week There is also an exercise on Wed pm of something of the nature of a
school -
The less on i s in something like a Christian catechism -
help f o r examination - popery &c -
The children belonging to the day
schools - are mostly collected together on the sabbath - in something
like a school to receive religious instruction schools had gone into successful operation -
I said the common
This must be understood
with proper limitations - Should a stranger enter them & cast his
eye around upon pupils - & accommodations - he might not be led to
- conclude schools were very successfully taught there.
The pupils
�Wa ime a - Lyons
2
.
for the most part wore nothing but a kapa - which does not perhaps
cover more than half of their body -
The school house is a grass
building, rough & uninviting - having as a general thing no floor
but that of dry grass - n o seats - no tables - no school apparatus the scholars sitting in wild disorder - one talking, one laughing another reading with a loud abc —
one playing - others quarreling -
some running & climbing about the house - another crying &c- - the
teacher unconcerned or storming & fretting about trying to produce
order - but no one regards his authority - he uses the rod but with
so much indiscretion as to produce no effect - except
it be to
drive the scholars from the school - & excite real commotion amoung
the parents -
All the schools & school houses however are not
exactly of this descrip t i o n -
In some there is a difference.
There
may be mats on the floor - a seat or two - a table of rough materi
als & roughly made -
A map of the world may be seen hanging up -
a few slates also - a calabash in which books are deposited -
There
is after all but little difference & it is a wonder that the pupils
ever learn any thing.
learned -
Yet it will be perceived that something is
When however it is reported that there are so many writers,
let it be understood that the writing is performed on slates - for
the schools are not furnished with paper - or ink or quills - &
the teacher has no penknife - & if he had one, he would not know how
to use [it] -
I mean most of the present teachers -
can not be procured - in this region -
These things
They could be procured at
Oahu - but then - the people have nothing with which to purchase
them -
All the articles of this description they obtain is from
the missionary - & he has but a scanty supply thing about the schools again -
There is another
It is to be feared they will soon go down
Though there are laws for the promotion of schools - yet
�W aimea - Lyons
3.
they have not as yet been thoroughly executed - teachers complain
b itterly - & unless they meet with better encouragement than that
which they have met the past year they will be obliged to give up
their schools for want of support -
However- we will not take thot
for the morrow, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof Popery too is doing much injury to schools - 2 schools in my field
are altogether broken up by the catholicks.
The children have been
drawn into the net - & they are at work in many (?) other school
district[s]. - trying to do produce (?) the same havoc —
however rebuke them & prevent their success -
The Lord
So much for common
schools 2
Station schools -
My school for adults I have been obliged to
suspend not because I could not find time to teach but because the
adults as a general thing could not find time to attend it
at his farm one another at his merchandise - all trying to get a little
something for the support of the frail body - but little time for the
undying soul - Yet there has been something in the form of a school
for a certain portion of adults - for deacons, elders & others.
In
struction communicated in this school has been mostly of a religious
nature - the study of the scriptures &c -
The children's school
has been continued - In this from Jany to about the first of May I spent 3 hours per day - 5 days in the. week -
It then past ( !)
into the hands of a native teacher while the. mission family was about
to attend general meeting.
On our return - the school was resumed
by Mrs L - & is taught twice a day -
Since general meeting I have
established a school for teachers - ie to qualify Individuals to be
teachers.
This embraces about 25 pupils - gathered from all parts
of the field - some of them are already teachers - school hours one hour before breakfast - 3 hours from 9 to 12 - & 2 hours from 2
�W a i m e a - Lyons
4.
to 4 pm - I do not spend all these hours with the pupils - they pre
pare their lessons - & then I go In to hear their recitations - ie.
I spend about 4 hours with them - I have an assistant teacher who
renders considerable teaching (?) Singing schools -
Of these I have had two in week - composed mostly
of children - I now/have 3 - one new class of beginners.
have pretty much given up.
much in music i t
pass
Adults I
I do not succeed in getting them along
The young - some of them at least - do very well -
they do better than, the adults -
There are none as yet who will
(?) for independent singers - But they aid in the devotional
exercises of the sanctuary Sabath ( !) schools - of these there are 2 kinds, very much as when
I last wrote - one for adults - pm - the other for children - I have
the children one on the sabbath & part of the time Mrs. L has 2
schools for children - one am - & one pm - Numbers have lately in
creased - yet all do not attend 2
Meetings
Meetings have continued without much alteration since my last
report - 2 public meetings on the sabbath - Wednesday pm meeting meeting of the session (?) district meetings, chh class meetings female meeting childrens meeting, monthly concert - chh fasts meeting meeting ( !) for sabbath school teachers - & inquirers &c
at the same time - funerals - semiannual meetings of all the elders in
the field - &c - These meetings have been
ly attended - & the
pastor has endeavored in all of them to p e r f o r m
what seemed to
be his duty - tho no doubt he has fallen short —
5
Tours
I have made 3 tours thro Hamakua - & 3 thro Puako & Kawaihae —
in which I spent not far from 40 days - & traveled not far from 400
miles - In making these tours I had several objects in view -
�W a imea - L y o n s
1
to preach the gospel to old & young - rich & poor - saints &
sinners [See p. 5 .-a]
2 to aid in electing trustees for schools - appointing teachers putting schools into operation & when in operation to examine them stimulate teachers - pupils - parents - &c [See p. 5 .-a]
4
to Ascertain the contributions of the chhs - & give out work for the future -
My time during these tours has been wholly occu
pied from daylight to midnight sometimes - hardly allowing time enough
to eat - I have a family of children at home - & I cannot be about
as long as I once could - I have no associates to whom my family
can look in my absence .-
These tours are very destructive to the
flesh - b u t profitable for the soul -
They show me the condition
of my field - call forth more feeling - more p r a y e r - produce some
times great sadness - again a return of joy & gladness -
Pretty
much all the instruction the chh & people of the out districts
secure from the missionary is given during these tours.
will be perceived the necessity of having more laborers.
Hence it
Hamakua
most certainly needs one at least. - How long ere he will arrive?
Soon the present missionary will not be able to visit her population The powers of nature will not always hold out 4 . Pastoral visits.
This department of missionary labor has been continued as
formerly.
The sick have been visited - or at least I have endeavor
ed to visit them.
I often hear that such an individual is ver y sick -
I take my staff & travel [to] his house - But on inquiry, the
sick is not there - he is either well or gone no one knows where
with all his sickness cleaving to him -
More frequently he has gone
after some food - for his children or himself - this may be a mile
or two distant -
The sick receive but little care from friends &
�Waimea - Lyons
[insert before No. 2 on preceding page; the number "2" is repeated]
2 to ascertain the state of the chhs - reprove, discipline, excommunicate suspend reclaim - restore - converse personally with chh
members - give exhortation & consolation & encouragement - examine
candidates - administer baptism [to] children & adults - & the Lord's
supper - hold meetings with the elders, instruct them &c -
[insert before No. 4 on preceding page]
3 astertain the number of deaths births - removals &c & take a
census of the people -
�Waimea -
— Lyons
relatives -
They are placed perhaps in the most unpleasant part of
the house - & on the poorest mat - his bed & pillow are perhaps no
softer than a board would be - They have no proper food - they will
lie days sometimes without eating anything - if they can get a piece
of watermelon they r e g a r d
that a great luxury at such times -
Some
times they are left a whole day all alone - & sometimes die alone oh it is wretchedness in the extreme -
I often weep over the poor
miserable natives when I go out amoung [them] to see their poor
miserable cottages - w i t h o u t an article of comfort in them - full
of filth & smoke - & offensive odours forbidding an enterance ( !) & even
an approach - I have sometimes found a sick & apparently dying indi
vidual in such a wretched place that I could not get into it - &
would be obliged to stay without & talk & pray there - smoke & heat
& filth & contractedness would not allow me to enter -
It is a
wonder that the sick can get well - & that the well keep well so
long --
Let it not be understood that all houses are alike - In
some few there is a difference - But most are sickening enough - I
said I had visited the sick - But this is not all - I have endeavor
ed to heal them by the administration of medicine & have sometimes
tried to do something for their comfort
in the article of food -
But it is so difficult to do anything of this kind - that is dis
couraging to undertake - whatever is done must be done at our house we must provide the dish - the spoon - the water - the fire the pia
the flour the milk the. sug a r - prepare the article & send it - &
then it is not certain that i t will be given to the sick - others
who have more of something e l s e than love may devour it. - It is
difficult also to deal out medicine - there is nothing to prepare it
or send it in These things are at times very trying - Such is heathenism.
But not the sick only have been visited but all others - the
�Waimea - Lyons
7.
old - & young - the righteous & the weak - the wanderer & backslider It is hoped some good has been done by visiting - how much will not
be known till the judgment day -
The pastor is not the only one that
visits - the elders also go out occasionally to visit from house to
house -5
The Church.
Soon after my last report - there was a general outbreaking
of sin thro most of the field - Sins long concealed were brot to
light - some repented - b u t many apostatized altogether.
They were
neither suspended nor excommunicated but of their own accord they
went out from us, plunged headlong into sin - from which no efforts
have as yet been able to reclaim the great proportion -
It was a
fearful plunge - for them there seems to remain no more
for sin but a certain fearful looking for of ( !) judgment & firery ( !)
indignation Yet the Lord has not forsaken this chh - the wild bore ( !)of
the woods has not devoured it altogether -
It is a vine wh ich the
Lord's own hand has planted - he will not leave it to be utterly
destroyed -
Some 250 of former backsliders have been restored -
& some 30 or 40 have been received to the chh on examination Upwards of a hundred have died in the Lord it is hoped -
There now
remain some 2000 member[s] in regular standing 6
Contributions
The chh have not been altogether inactive done on the score of benevolence -
Something has been
2 or 3 meeting houses have b e e n
completed & dedicated to the worship of Jehovah - kapas - mats salt fish &c have been contributed - the poor - the widow - the
fatherless - the stranger have been aided - about 100 dolls sub
scribed towards our meeting house frame - a house for the missionary
�'Waimea - Lyons
8.
commenced - 4 benevolent societies formed - viz - Missionary Bible - Tract & Education societies -
I will tell more about
these societies next year - the Lord w i l l [ing] just been formed plexity.
They have but
The subject of benevolence occasions much per
The chh is very poor -
Money they have none, cloth they
have none - i .e . none to give - they can just make out with all their
gettings to clothe themselves a little decently - a great many of
them cannot do this - they have no land to grow — no herds or flocks n o market they do?
The most of them are poor in the extreme -
What can
My heart often yearns with compassion for them - & it seems
as if I could not call u p o n them to do any thing for objects of
benevolence -
Yet I remember the proverb - there is that scatter-
eth & yet increaseth & there is that withholdeth &c - - & the en
comium pronounced upon the widow who gave all her substance -
So
I urge them on to works of charity.
The whole amount of work & contributions of a benevolent chr
during the past year is not far from
dolls -
This has been
variously appropriated.
6 ( !)_Popery
About a/year ago - a catholic priest found his way to this
region - he has established himself about a mile or so from the
mission house - Since that time he has been joined by another priest.
They have been prosecuting their plans - ha v e established schools
in Waimea & Hamakua
are the teachers.
as mentioned above -
Some of the converts
Some few adults & children have gone after them -
They are mostly apostates & their children I know to be a very vile man -
One of the ringleaders
They create much disturbance & com
motion - refuse to obey t h e laws of the land - & seem determined
to act independent of the government -
I do not know of any chh
�W a i mea - Lyons
9.
member in Waimea who has turned catholic - some 500 have gone over
to that side in Hamakua - How may will eventually go - the Lord only
knows -
The only reason why any go there is that they may find a
broader road to heaven - & obtain a little more of the wea l t h of this
world on the way --
They use their wiles - throw open their doors
& yard spread their tables w ith good things & invite the children to
eat with them - & then ask them if Lyons ever did so - & when they
are riding along by the way & see some small children - they will
dismount & put some of the little ones on to their horse - & ask if
that is not good - & if L y ons ever treated them so ----- &c They tell them that Lyons & all the missionaries are great de
ceivers - & leading them all to hell -- &c 7
Intemperance & Temperance
There has been much intemperance among the natives not on
distilled liquors - but on tobacco - awa - potatoes &c believe it is not very prevalent now —
But I
The chiefs have established
some l a w s prohibiting the use of intoxicating materials - & im
posing a fine where used liquor
Foreigners have brot intoxicating l i q u o r here & drunk
and are drunk - & beat one [an] other & cursed & stormed one like to have bled to death from a bruise over a drunken sot But many of the foreigners have been induced to form themselves into
a temperance society & have signed the temperance pledge —
are 12 or 13 members -
I have h e a r d but of one who has violated
his pledge & he promised repentance 8
There
Census
�Report of Waimea Station - for the year
ending April
1842 -
I
Labors at the station —
1 Secular department.
That every missionary has more or less business of a secular
nature to transact, is well known.
& pens & kahus provided,
Cows & goats must be looked after,
As the domestic circle enlarges, houses
must also be enlarged or multiplied.
As the physical, intellectual
& moral condition of the people requires new plans & extended opera
tions, secular thoughts,
creased.
cases & efforts, must necessarily be in
The secular department, I perceive on a review of the
year, has occupied no inconsiderable portion of my time.
Opportu
nity has b e e n furnished for displaying the skill of the painter, &
the wisdom of the carpenter & mason in planning a dwelling for native
girls & cook room - in putting up rafters & posts to the long ago
begun meeting house, & in planning a house for & aiding in hanging,
the newly received church bell.
But with these & other seculars
y o u are all acquainted —
2.
Medical department.
Through the goodness of the Lord, the medical wants of my own
family have required but little time or attention.
There has how
ever been considerable sickness amoung the natives, & applications
for medicine have been frequent.
To these I have endeavored to
attend according to the best of my medical ability.
But you all
know the length - & breadth of this matter.
5.
1
Schools.
Intellectual department.
It was not till the middle of Aug. that I could get
matters so arranged as to commence school.
the more advanced girls of the station.
School then opened for
The 1st of Sept. a school
�2.
Waimea Station 1842
was opened for the instruction of native teachers & promising youth
selected from the different schools in the field.
Benevolent church
members at the station opened their doors for the reception of pu
pils as boarders.
Those at the station of course boarded themselves.
Those from abroad, provided as a general thing their own food,
either by purchasing i t of me or by going home after it.
Friends
however would sometimes bring it to them.
The length of the 1st term was 3 months.
Number of pupils - 40
Hours taught in a day - 5, 6 & 7; working hours - 2.
Days
"
"
a week 5.
Studies - Reading, writing Mental & written arith - Geography, civil
& sacred - Child's Book on the soul, Nat. Theology, Hawaiian Code of
laws, - Church catechism & singing.
Examination occupied 2 1/2 days -
& showed commendable progress.
In this school I had a native assistant some of the time, &
this allowed me time to go out some afternoons, to hold district
meetings.
Dr Andrews also for several days rendered some assistance
in the girls department.
Mrs Lyons devoted a portion of every day, unless prevented, to
the girls & boys of the station school.
She however employed much
of her time & strength in giving instruction to our children, & to
the 4 native girls in our family who may be regarded as boarding
scholars. After a vacation of some 6 weeks, which afforded time for tours
&c - the second term commenced - this term continued 9 weeks —
Number of pupils under my instruction 50 Number of hours per day - 5 & 6; working hours 2. —
days - week 5 -
�Waimea Station 1842
3.
Studies - Reading, writing, mental & written arithmetic - geography
- astronomy - singing.
The examination occupied 11/2 days - & was rather partial - in
consequence of the starving state of some of the pupils.
teacher gave me some assistance a part of the term.
A native
And Mrs Lyons
was employed about as last term.
2.
A portion of time has been devoted to visiting & examining the
schools of Waimea under native instruction.
3
Another portion of time has been occupied in furnishing schools
with books &c.
But these things are all familiar to y o u - why should
I report them?
4.
1
Meetings.
Moral & religious department.
I might dispatch this part of the report by saying -
meetings have condtinued about the same as to number & character as
they were l a s t year.
But if you wi l l have patience to hear - it will
not require a very great amount of your time to listen to a repetition.
1
Meetings on the sabbath -
2 public meetings & one meeting between
them which answers 2 or 3 purposes - 1st for explaining the Ai o ka
la to the sabbath school teachers - 2d for conversing w i t h inquirers,
3d for conversing with fallen chh members who profess repentance.
2.
General church meeting - on Wed. pm - open however for all who
choose to attend 3.
4
Weekly district meeting Weekly prayer & conversational meeting for one division of chh
members - one division meeting one we e k - & another the next week
&c so on. -
You all understand it.
45 Weekly female prayer meeting attended by Mrs L -
�Waimea Station 1842
4
6
Monthly concerts -
7
Quarterly fast seasons & meetings -
8
Semiannual meetings of all the elders in the field -
you about this in former reports.
I have told
It proves a very profitable'
meeting. 2.
Sabbath schools.
For 5 months I have superintended 3 sabbath
schools - & the remainder of the time 2.
They have embraced the
children of Waimea & my pupils from abroad Ai o k a la - Studies - Huliano -
the adults in the
Ekalesia - Haawine Kama lie,
b oth kinds - Manelani - Ai o ka la - Kuhi Kuhi Palapala Hemolele —
Mrs. L has taught 2 schools every sabbath w hen able —
3.
Pastoral visits & funerals.
You well know these form a part
of a missionary’s duty - a part which it is taken for granted he
performs, so it is needless for me to report on this point.
II
Labors from the station It is well known to you - that besides Waimea I have on my hands
& shoulders - Hamakua on the east & Puako & Kawaihae on the West.
T h r o ' each of these fields I have made 3 tours during the year, the
1st of July & Aug. the 2d
in Nov. & Dec - & the 3d- in March & April
On my tours thro' Puako & Kawaihae ' extended my travels on to
Iole.
These at three different periods.
I devoted myself to the
service of bro. Bond & the people of Kohala -
This time embraced
3 sabbaths.
With the object of my tours yo u are all acquainted, so I need
not expatiate on this topic.
Let the following summary suffice.
�Waimea Station 1842
Absent Traveled
5.
50 days —
480
miles —
Held - 111 meetings of different kinds —
Examined schools - disciplined - baptized - administered the Lord's
supper &c &c.
II I - Church.
With regard to the church there have been suspensions, excom
munications - restorations, additions - dismissions - deaths & c —
As it respects suspensions & excommunications, perhaps the most
prudent course is to keep silence —
If statisticks are given, they
may produce such an "astounding effect" on general meeting as to
"make you all sick at heart," & furnish matter for another letter for
"The Boston Recorder" to b e reviewed by "The Presbyterian".
Native schools.
The whole number of native schools in my field is 21 —
these there have been 3 general examinations —
Of
the results of which
are as follows —
write.
Mental)
Arith )
Schools
pupils
read.
1 st examination
20
928
409
246
399
2d
do
21
901
425
265
403
76
3d
do
21
865
445
667
420
15
These schools continue in a prosperous state -
Geog
34
How long they
will continue so will depend very much on the support the teachers
receive.
There is great complaint amoung the teachers on this point.
Their language is "I ka manawa kanawai ole eoho kik ea no ka mea ua
kokua iki mai na mission
ie wa - Aka i keia naanawa u'oki loa na
k u m u ." (
Something more efficient must be done, or our schools will go
down —
)
�Waimea Station 1842
6.
I should have said there (have) been during the year
240 new r eaders
200 new writers
130 new pupils in Helunaau
30
40
"
"
"
" Helu Kakau
"
"
geography
Popery alias Kopery
The Catholicks have 4 establishments in this field, 3 in Hama
kua & one in Waimea -
Connected with these establishments I believe
there are 3 French Priests.
250.
The whole number of followers is about
This is not guess work, but pretty accurate work, for I have
made particular inquiry.
There are 2 schools in operation containing
perhaps 10 or 15 pupils each —
Whether "the apostaies ( !) in this chh have contributed more
towards the establishment of Popery in this field than "five French
Frigates" will be better learned by a comparison of the number of
Catholic disciples in this field with the number in other fields
where efforts have been made to gain them.
In Waipio where there
are many apostates, the priest has made several visits & several
attempts to get followers - but in every instance he has utterly
failed -
So also at Puako & the adjoining places -
apostates -
there are many
they are frequently visited by the French priests as
they pass & repass to & from Kailua - & attempts have been made to
draw them into the Catholic net, but in no instance have they suc
ceeded.
Of chh members some 20 or 30 have gone after the Beast.
The great reason they assign for thus doing is that they may smoke
& be freed from the work on the meeting house.
Of course such chh
�Waimea Station 1842
7
members are of no great value, & consequently of no great loss to the
chh.
How many out of this whole field will eventually receive the
mark of the Beast - time will show.
about nunneries.
Sometime ago something was said
But of this nothing has been said of late.
bear ( !) suggestion excited strong suspicions.
The
These wifeless
priests - seeking virgins to consecrate to the Lord
! !
heaha la
ke ano? wahi a lakou.
Census.
A census has be e n taken from which it appears that from Jan. 1841 to
Jan 1842 - there have been
121 births - )
leaving the present
population about 300
207 deaths
208 removals
less than it was last year —
)
ie about 5,700
Statisticks W hole no. recd
to the chh 5549 Whole no. in regular standing
On certificate
Past year on examination
On certificate
Whole no. past year
99 Whole no. children baptized
170
Whole no. deceased
Decd the past year
831
Baptized the past year
36
Baptized children died
the past year
17
13
183
508
Whole no. disd to other chhs508
Disd the past year
2226
Marriages
58
457
140
Respectfully submitted
L Lyons
51
�Waimea April 14 - 1843 To the brethren of the Sandwich Island Mission assembled in
general meeting at Honolulu May 1843 As I shall not be present at your meeting - I transmit to you
my report - which is as follows
1 - Though we have abundant reason for gratitude & thanksgiving
to the Lord for all his goodness & tender mercy to us during the year yet we have had many interruptions in our work from sickness & other
causes.
Hence our labors the past year have not been as great & as
numerous as in some previous years.
idle —
Y e t we have not altogether been
Through the blessing of the Lord something has been done.
2 -
Our labors.
-These have been of different kinds -
(1) Preaching the gospel -
The gospel has been preached as
heretofore, on the sabbath & on week days - at home & abroad - in the
house & by the way - to the sick & to the poor - to the old & to the
young - in the house of God - & in the humble cottage -
But one
sabbath has past on which I was not permitted to preach.
(2) Teaching school department.
I have been able to do something in this
For several weeks the station school was on my hands -
During this time I devoted some 5 or 6 hours per day to the pleasing
task of giving instruction to some 70, or 80 children, many of whom
were quite small enough - but none the less noisy for that.
This
latter class seemed wonderfully delighted in learning the numerals in
English - & the forms of English salutation - &c A school for teachers has been in operation for several weeks while this continued I devoted from 5 to 8 hours per day to instruction.
Teachers came from a distance - & as most of them had families - it
was found inconvenient for them to remain long at a time.
Hence it
was necessary to drive them on in their studies while the opportunity
�Waimea Station Report 1843
was afforded -
2.
Rapid progress was made in Arithmetic for during these
few weeks - many of the teachers completed the whole Helunaau & ad
vanced in the Helukakau as far as the middle of the 16th chapter Of course being teachers, they knew something about these studies
before -
Yet some of them had never attended to written arithmetic
as a study.
Besides these 2 branches - Ecclesiastical History reed
some attention.
It is now vacation - but it is expected that the
schools will be resumed at no very distant period.
I would here
observe that in all my field there is now but one graduate from
Lahainaluna - & he has already taught school so long as to be good
for nothing.
Sabbath schools for children & adults have remained about as they
were - when last reported.
(3 ) Examinations -
of the schools in the field - there have
been several examinations - at least this may be said of some of them of others there has been but one examination.
Prom these examinations
the following particulars are gathered.
1 - Whole no. of schools - 22 - 15 in Hamakua, 3 in Waimea &
4 in Puako & Kawaihae.
2 - Whole n o . of teachers - 35 3 - Whole no. of children in school - 1128 - of w hom 632 are
readers - 498 writers - 522 in mental, 147 in written arithmetic,
94 in Child. Book on the soul - 125 in Chh. catechism - 100 in
geography -4 - The external appearance of the pupils exhibited more of a
civilized aspect than I had been accustomed to observe In previous
years.
As I glanced my eye over the schools it was gratifying to
see so many pupils clothed in English dresses - out of the whole
number I could count about 200 girls dressed in calico & white - &
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about 50 boys in shirts & pantaloons.
Nor did all that was pleasing
in appearance apply to dress only - the manners must have a share Of many it may be asserted that they appeared well when called upon
to answer questions - or to recite what they had previously committed
to memory.
5.
Efficiency of teachers -
As an inference from these exami
nations - I was convinced that native teachers can be efficient, &
that 2 things were indispensably necessary to their efficiency 1st that they be duly qualified to teach - 2A
that they be paid for
teaching.
6.
Another gratifying characteristic of the last examination
was the goodly number of pupils, who h a d committed to memory a portion
of scripture - varying from 4 to 50 or 60 verses - of this class
there were about 2 0 0 , & the whole number of verses recited to me was not far from 3,000.
7.
Another pleasing aspect of this examination was the stand
that a majority of the pupils had taken with respect to tobacco &
a l l intoxicating materials - of distilled liquors & their effects many of the children know but little -
But with the effects of to
bacco - and - fermented potatoes & bananas &c they are somewhat ac
quainted them alone.
Hence they nobly resolved - that they would forever let
About 800 have made this resolution.
The temperance
songs printed in the Puali Iniwai were extensively circulated amoung
the schools & committed to memory, & this doubtless had some effect
towards leading them to form their resolution.
The song - beginning "E ko makou makua e Kauikeaoli e E ola
kou inoa, K a makou pule nei,” is a particular favorite of the
children, & seems as indelibly fixed on their minds as if written
there by the point of a diamond -
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4.
- Another encouraging characteristis of the schools as exhibi
ted at the last examination was the increase that was observed - both
in numbers & in knowledge 250.
The increase of scholars has been about
Increase of readers - 150, of writers, 200, in mental arithme
tic about 100, in written arithmetic, 100, in geography 35.
The
progress made in mental & written arithmetic has altogether exceeded
my highest expectations -
I venture to say some of the pupils would
not suffer from a comparison with an equal number in America of no
greater advantages. (4)
Pastoral visits in Waimea -
A portion of time has been
spent in visiting from house to house.
This is generally a profitable
exercise both to myself & to those who are visited -
Not unfrequently
some wanderer is reclaimed - some sick or dying chhmember is found, whose
pious conversation sends a thrill of joy t h r o ' the soul, & shows that
our labors have not been in vain.
I am also reminded in these visits
that I am still amoung the heathen - amoung the poor & wretched, the
miserable & the ignorant, the destitute & the wicked.
(5) Tours —
Two tours have been made thro Hamakua - & the same
number thro Puako & Kawaihae.
Hamakua consists of 12 parishes or 12
divisions - over each of which is a superintending elder assisted by
other elders -
A visit to all these parishes generally occupies from
7 to 11 days -
Puako & Kawaihae consist of 4 parishes which can be
visited in 3 or 4 days -
My labors during these tours are as
follows —
1
Examinations of all the schools -
2
Meetings with the elders, to regulate chh matters,
to examine
them on their knowledge of scripture, & manner of giving instruction
in meetings on the sabbath & other days.
Here they give examples of
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their mode of explaining & applying scripture.
3.
E xamination of candidates for the chh.
4.
Conversation with fallen chh members who profess repentance
5.
Receiving to the chh - restoring, baptizing children
6
Public meetings & the administration of the Lord's supper
7.
C alling of the roll at the end of the year - to ascertain
the number of removals - deaths - present number of - chh members catholicks &c - recording births & immigrants. 5
The Church -
The true chh. is built upon the rock of ages, & the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. -
What portion of this chh. is
of this character remains to be decided.
That it has been convulsed
to its very centre & that many have not been able to stand the shock
is a fact which we have witnessed, & which has filled our eyes with
tears & our hearts with sadness.
But in the midst of the convulsion
& consequent apostacy the Lord has had his eye upon the true chh. &
has said to Satan "Hitherto shalt thou come & no further."
has been a year of distinguished mercy.
The past
Prayer has b e e n heard in
heaven & a spiritual shower has descended upon our M o n .
A light from
the throne of God, exceeding the brightness of the sun, has shone upon
us, dispelling the darkness that had gathered over our spiritual
prospects - a light that burst forth almost as suddenly as that which
burst upon Saul of Tarsus.
We had been praying, & laboring & longing
for better times, even refreshing & reforming times, but apparently
all in vain.
The heavens seemed as brass & the earth as Iron -
& Satan continued their desolating work be allowed to go, we could not predict.
Sin
To what lengths they would
But prayer & supplication &
corresponding efforts were constantly made to stay the progress of
the e n e m y , & to rescue those who were perishing in his grasp.
We
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knew that in God alone was our help - but help did not c o m e .
What
shall he done?
no more?
Will the Lord he angry forever?
Will he he merciful
It was then, when we were almost sinking in despair, that
the blessing came.
The spirit descended almost simultaneously over
all portions of this field -
The valley of dry hones was filled with
life, Satan after a long & desperate struggle was at length compelled
to relingish ( !) his hold on many of the victims he had taken.
These,
subdued by the spirit, were seen in all directions, returning to the
fold from which they had been allured, & resuming the work which they
had for a long time forsaken —
Nor has the Spirit operated upon fallen chh members only.
His
influences have been exerted upon those who were never connected with
the chh.
True this number was small, a mere remnant, yet not too
small to be saved.
Some of this number were aged.
They had become
greyheaded in sin, & had resisted the spirit thro1 successive revivals.
They had reached the eleventh hour, & while the minutes of that hour
were flying rapidly away, & the last ray of mercy seemed about depart
ing, the aged rebel, awaking from the slumber of years, cast his eye
now for the first time as it were - on the bleeding & long waiting
savior, & melted into penitence & submission.
Professing to be con
verted they naturally wished to unite with the people of God.
Hence
at a convenient time they presented themselves as candidates for ad
mission to the chh.
They were examined for this purpose - & the evi
dence that they were christians being satisfactory, who could forbid
water that they should not be baptized.
Hence they were baptized -
And when the venerable forms bending under the infirmities of age
stood up before the great congregation to pledge themselves to be the
Lord's forever - what a melting spectacle was presented ! What evidence
too, of the pow er of the gospel ! -
We rejoice in the conversion of
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the aged, nor is our rejoicing confined to them only.
& the young have shared in the glorious work.
The middle aged
Many in the morning of
life & in the bloom of age have apparently fled to the sa v ior as their
only refuge from the storms of coming wrath.
Of this class, many
have been admitted to the privileges of the chh.
"Thy people shall
be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness, from
the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth."
One scene of peculiar interest I would notice.
secluded valley of Waipio.
before me.
It was in the
A company of candidates for the chh. stood
Amoung them were the greyheaded - the totally blind -
the deaf & dumb & the child of 10 or 12 years old.
They had been
examined together - & were baptized together, & sat down together at
the table of the Lord.
Some of the number had traveled 6 or 7 hours
over giddy palis & deep ravines - to r each the place where the mission
ary was laboring. - But why receive to the chh a deaf & dumb man?
because from all the evidence t h a t could be gathered - from signs &
general conduct we regarded him as a christian.
He had broken off
from former sinful practices - was often found in the attitude of
prayer struggling apparently to give vent to his feelings in an audible
voice - but poor man !
this privilege was not his - yet doubtless his
language was intelligible to the ear of God,
Whenever there was a
religious meeting, he was usually present, & appeared as devout &
interested as any of the worshippers.
As he indicated a desire to
come into the chh. duty seemed to say, open the door & let hi m come
in,
"For he maketh the deaf to hear & the dumb to speak."
"The eyes
of the blind shall be opened & the ears of the deaf shall be unstopt,
then shall the lame man le a p as the hart, & the tongue of the dumb
sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, & streams in the
desert."
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The whole number of fallen chh. members who have professed r e
pentance & been restored to chh privileges from Jany 1842 to Jany 1843
Is 925 whole no. recd to the chh on examination, 322.
were 50 or 60 catholicks, & 2 Americans -
amoung these
The Lord has done great
things for us - & to him he all the glory.
For these accessions to the chh, we rejoice & give thanks.
But
while w e rejoice over the return of some, we mourn over the defection
of others.
Some who did run well & who seemed to remain steadfast &
unmoved amid the great apostacy, have at length fallen, & proving
incorrigible - have been excommunicated.
Another portion of the chh -
has left us - not however to join the ranks of the enemy, but to unite
with other chhs on the Islands.
And another portion still has been
summoned to appear before the Judge of all the earth.
It is no longer
seen in the little praying circle, in the chh conference - in the
solemn assembly or at the table of the Lord.
This portion numbers
about 200 - making the whole number who have been removed from this
chh by death on Jan y 1, 1843, 669.
They have gone from the chh below.
They are no longer under the
eye of an earthly watchman, or an under shepherd.
While they lived
they were entitled to the privileges of the chh militant.
Happy are
they if they have found their title clear to the privileges of the
chh triumphant.
Deducting deaths & dismissions, & excommunications the number
of chh members left in regular standing is 2623.
Benevolence.
A chh. of 2,600 members ought to be able, one would think, to
report largely on the subject of benevolence.
tain,
Were it in Great Bri
or in the United States or in the more civilized & opulent
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portions of the Sandwich Islands, this might certainly be expected,
& a failure would be criminal.
But in the northern portion of Hawaii,
distinguished as you all kn o w for poverty, but little of a benevolent
character can be reported.
The pastor however has not failed to
urge the duty of being benevolent, & the way in which it might be
performed subject.
Precept has been upon precept, & line upon line on this
The state of the world has been presented before the chh.
at monthly concerts, & appeals made to their sympathy their com
passion & their benevolence.
But I need not say, that a chh. just
emerging from the darkness - the selfishness, & the insensibility of
heathenism is not easily moved by the woes of others.
But something of a benevolent character has b een done.
While
the greater part of our charities has been confined to this field other portions of the world have not been overlooked.
For the latter
50 dollars have been contributed as a donation to the American Board.
I presume none of my brethren will question the propriety of such a
donation.
I know it is needed on the Islands - yes it is all needed
at Waimea - & so the chhs at home may plead that all their charity is
needed there.
But "there Is that scattereth & yet increaseth, &
there is that withholeth ( !) more than is meet & it tendeth to pover
ty."
I will now speak of our charity at home.
1
The labors of the elders who superintend the different chhs
or parishes in my field are all gratuitous.
By a reference to their
reports read at their Semi annual meeting, it will be seen that their
labors are almost equal to those of as many missionaries -
they con
duct schools & meetings on the sabbath & on week days, they visit from
house to house - attend funerals - direct all the affairs of the chh
with the exception of receiving & excommunicating members & adminis
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tering the Lord's supper -
The 16 superintending elders may then be
regarded as so many native assistant missionaries, all laboring with
out remuneration.
2.
The poor, the stranger, the fatherless & the widow have been
remembered in the charities of the chh.
Some chh members report a
hundred dollars worth of provision &c as g iven gratuitously to the
poor - others report 10 dollars - & others 5, & some one dollar, 3
At some places - the chh members have aided in erecting
meeting houses, some of which have been furnished in part with mats,
seats & simple pulpits.
Here allow me to speak of the meeting house at Waimea.
has been long in building.
work remains to be done.
place of worship.
4 large doors.
Nor is it yet complete -
This house
Much interior
But as it is it furnishes a very comfortable
Its dimensions 120 ft by 50.
It has 10 windows &
The part appropriated to meetings has a board floor
& is furnished with good & comfortable seats, arranged in 3 rows.
The pulpit has nothing to commend it but its simplicity.
It has been
a Herculian work - which will appear from the manner in w h i c h the
materials were collected.
The stones, the quantity I could not tell,
were collected - mostly one by one by natives from all parts of the
field.
As the walls were laid up in mortar, lime & sand must be
furnished.
The former, in the coral state, was b r o ’t, piece by piece
from Kawaihae (12 miles distant) on the shoulders of natives, & the wood
for burning it was collected in the same way, tho' at no great distance.
The sand came from a sand bank about 2 miles distant, b r o ’t by menwomen & children, in calabashes, bags, Kapa & handkerchiefs - some
bringing a quart - & some a peck at a time.
The timber - with the
exception of a portion of the rafters, was drawn by native strength,
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the distance, some of it, of several miles sometimes h e attached to one stick.
50 or 100 natives would
The lauhala for the roof was
brot on the natives b ack, the distance of from 10 to 30 miles.
Some
of the b oards for the floor were obtained in a similar manner -
Na
tives went to the mountains, a distance of 15 miles & brot them on
their shoulders.
H o w many thousand dollars the building is worth I c ann o t tell.
From a rough calculation however, I would venture to estimate it at
from 3,000 to 5,000 dollars.
The work has been done, & the expense
borne by the benevolence of the rulers, of foreign residents, of chh
members & of the pastor.
As the original plan of having all the chh members in my field
come to Waimea on certain occasions has long since been abandoned - the
house now is much too large.
Hence one part is occupied as a school
room, between wh & the meeting room is a native partition.
The new meeting house & the large chh bell - give to Waimea
quite a civilized aspect.
Popery.
Popery has made some progress in this field.
The converts to
this religion including men women & children amount to about 400.
Amoung this num ber are no natives of any great influence.
They are
mostly apostates - or those whose consciences have become seared as
with a hot iron.
Popery seems to be a city of refuge bo t h for those
who do not succeed in getting into the chh & for those who for their
crimes are suspended or excommunicated.
There they can drink & smoke,
& be allowed almost any latitude in sin they desire.
They are under
no obligations to attend meetings or contribute for benevolent pur
poses -
There is no discipline for neglect.
They can be good Chris
tians while destitute of every thing that constitutes a Christian.
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The catholicks have several schools in this field - one in
Waimea & 4 or 5 in Hamakua -
Their pupils may number 50 or 60.
The
2 protestant schools broken up last year by the influenza (?) are
again in operation.
I have stated above that about 60 catholicks have abandoned
Catholicism, & returned to protestantism - most of whom are now mem
bers of this chh.
L. Lyons
�Statistics of Waimea Station - Hawaii for 1843 —
Whole no. admitted to the chh on examination
" " "" "
Past year on examination - - "
"
"
5,867
C ertificate
--
--
------- _ - _
on Certificate
Whole no. past year - - -
322
15
--
---- ---- --
- - ---- --
Whole no. dismissed to other chhs Dismissed the past year
- - - -
337
623
-
-------
Whole no. deceased
115
669
Deceased the past y e a r -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
----------
200
Suspended the past year
45
Remain Suspended
45
Excommunicated the past year - - - - ----------- _ -
103
Remain excommunicated
)
now in the field)
Whole no. in regular standing
925
Whole no. children baptized
2,623
904
Baptized the past y e a r -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----
73
Marriages the past year
78
Whole no. deaths the past year
"
"
434
Births
98
Present population
5,576
Schools.
No. of Schools
Teachers
Scholars
Readers
Writers
Arithmetic
Geography
22
35
1,128
632
498
669
100
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"Watchman, what of the night” , & what also of the day?
This
is the enquiry on such occasions as the present, & therefore the
watchman come prepared or ought to come prepared to report.
of the watchman I must give in my report.
As one
As to its character, whether
good or bad, cheering or disheartening, that will appear as I proceed making out a full & perfect report there are so many particulars to
n
I
he noticed that it is difficult to know where to begin, which to me n
tion first & wh last & wh to place in the centre, & how long to dwell
on each, or whether some of them are of sufficient importance to be
mentioned at all —
But then a beginning must be made, & also an end.
Let me then begin by saying, the year 1843 has passed away & that
part of the world wh. my field occupies remains still.
This doubtless
is to be attributed rather to the patience & longsuffering of God than
to any misinterpretation of prophecy.
Nineveh stood some years after
it was proclaimed that within forty days it should be destroyed.
Not
only has the field remained unchanged in its physical structure & ap
pearance, but the laborers also have been permitted to remain & to
persue ( !) their accustomed work as in former years —
Sickness &
death have been strangers to our dwellings, & interruptions to mission
ary work have been unknown.
This also is to be attributed to the
patience & goodness of the Lord rather than to any merit or constitu
tional vigor of our own. -One part of a report generally has reference to efforts for the
promotion of the intellectual department, that is to schools, & the
effects of these efforts, whether successful or unsuccessful —
I
will then devote a portion of my time in giving an account of schools.
I can tell you before hand, there will be nothing here that may not
be found in other reports.
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2.
As to my own schools or schools taught directly by myself not
much can be said, nor expected by those who know how I am required
to employ much of my time a few weeks at the station & then off on
tours in different directions —
But I have had schools, one has been
what might be called a select school composed of boys & girls —
The
branches to wh the attention of the scholars was principally directed
were geography & the native Anatomy -school for teachers.
Another school is called a
The teachers from the different parts of my field
have been assembled 2 or 3 times at the station for the purpose of
receiving some additional instruction in geography, arithmetic &c.
That is
about the extent of my own schools.
I have occasionally
visited the native schools of Waimea for the purpose of calling the
roll & ascertaining progress in knowledge &c —
Our little domestic
school has furnished abundance of employment for Mrs L some of my own time has been employed.
Here also
This school consists of 4
native girls & the 4 children wh we call our own.
*
Schools under the instruction of native teachers remain to be
noticed.
Of these, there are 3 in Waimea, 14 in Hamakua, & 4 in Puako
& Kawaihae - total 21.
Whole number of children instructed in these
schools during year Is not far from 1,000.
mental
Readers 586, writers 447,
arithmetic 474, written do, 169, Geography 207.
I have had 3
general examinations which occupied a considerable portion of time.
At each examination I have given those who commit scripture to memory
an opportunity of repeating what they have committed, tho sometimes,
there has been so much that I have been obliged to omit a portion.
At one examination some 4000 verses of scripture were recited to me,
from the different schools.
It is rather tedious to be sure, to at
tend to this part of the examination - yet there seems to be no other
w a y y o u can do, if you would have the children commit scripture.
They
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will not be persuaded to commit it, unless they are pretty sure of
having an opportunity of repeating it at examination.
a wise arrangement or not, it is rather doubtful.
W hether it is
What is learned is
soon forgotten & then it seems like trifling with the bible to place
it in the hands of such wild & thotless children to commit to memory.
The man n er of committing, & the manner of reciting, seems altogether
too disrespectful.
I said 1000 pupils had been taught in the schools during the
year, That is correct.
But i f I should stop there, I should leave a
wrong impression on your minds —
speaks w ell certainly.
A thousand children in school, that
So Job might have boasted of his 7,000 sheep
yesterday, while to day not a sheep is to be seen thro all his fields.
The schools in my fi(e)ld have not been reduced quite so suddenly,
nor so low as this yet there has been a fearful reduction of numbers
in some districts.
Indeed 2 schools have disappeared altogether &
the teachers have taken their flight.
One school got angry at the
teacher because h e required them to w ork, & went over in a b ody to
th e cath o l ics, n o t a very large b ody it i s true, b eing compo sed of on ly
7
m embers/.
In th e oth er school th e parents got angry at the Kahukula
because he required them to give something to the teacher for instruct
ing their children.
At one time I visited the school & it was the most
flourishing school in Waimea, the next time I visited it, half of the
scholars had gone to the catholics, & of the other half only 4 could
be
rallied to attend the school.
the school house.
Soon after, nothing was left but
There are now but 2 schools in Waimea — one of which
numbers 5 pupils & the other about 25 o
r3
0as regular attendants- - (tho'
of this latter one - there are as often 5 as 25) (this material in
parenthesis crossed out lightly in pencil) —
On my last tour thro
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Hamakua - I found most of the schools evidently declining
them much more so than others.
- some of
Though I might say that as yet the
schools in that district are, on the whole, as prosperous as might
he expected all things considered, yet the next time I pass thro that
region I should not be surprised to find them on an equality with
those of Waimea.
system.
There is no permanency as yet attached to the school
A school all flourishing one day, is, the next day, a complete
desolation.
And what is there in the existing state of things that
is calculated to give permanency - or continued prosperity to the
common schools? - What is there in the appearance of a native school
house that presents any peculiar attractive qualities to the eye or
to the mind of the child?
Why should he turn in there to sit down
in the dirt or on the grass among the fleas to turn over a spelling
book or answer a question in arithmetic?
He can find dirt & grass
enough outdoors, where it is far more pleasant than in a dar k & gloomy
school house.
I a m not speaking at random.
houses are on Hawaii.
But why not have good & inviting school houses?
Oh, that i s the question - why not?
house?
get it?
I know wh at the school
Who takes any interest i n a school
The teacher would like to have a good house - but how will he
The law requires the people to build good school houses, oh,
yes the law sounds very well on the subject of schools & school houses.
But the worst of it is, it seems to end in sounds —
& no w o o l --- —
it is all cry
But look at parents - should we gather from what we
know of their character that schools would be likely to prosper under
their influence?
Do they wish their children to be educated?
Some of
them do - but do they use their influence to keep them in school?
of them do —
some
but in spite of them their children wont go to school.
But then how many parents there are who have no regard for the education
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of their children.
They had rather their children would all be cath
olics, than pay a cent for their instruction.
Of this we have abundant
evidence.
But then there are luna kulas, whose business it is to collect
& to keep the children in school —
in this way.
Yes,
luna kulas have done something
The prosperity of the schools for 2 or 3 years past is
to be attributed in a great measure to them.
But it seems from actual
observation that they have reached in some places at least, the zenith
of their glory & are now descending to the nadir.
fallen to the nadir already.
Indeed some have
It has become an old story —
children
have ceased to fear them or if they have any fear left, they can be
missing when they call at the houses.
The luna returns with "I cant
find them, they are lurking in their hiding places."
become of the law in such cases?
-
But what has
I am sure I cant tell -- I have
not seen much of it of late, should think that had become an old story
too.
—
done?
Qua cum ita sint?
-
what shall be done?
-
what can be
that is the question & an important question too —
must be done & that soon
Something
or the recently acknowledged independence
of this nation, & the existence of this Mission will at no distant
period, come to an end.
be done.
But I fear nothing of permanent utility will
N ay I can n o w almost see the hand of a man writing mene
on the walls of the King's palace, —
& of our own
palaces too.
But I must return to my report,
Having spoken of efforts for intellectual improvement I come now
to speak of efforts of a moral & religious character.
Amoung ( !) these
may be included
1.
Singing Schools.
Some efforts have been made to cultivate or rather
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to bring into exercise the musical powers both of adults & children.
12
And so I have reported year after year for these eleven years past.
But to a stranger the results would not appear so evident.
The climate
& the scenery of Waimea do not seem to be peculiarly attractive to the
Muses.
There are mountains, but they have not the charm of Pindus,
Helicon, & Parnassus.
2.
Sabbath schools.
Of these, there have been 2 at the atation
one for children & the other for adults —
In the adult school Pilgrims
Progress has been the t ext book for a part of the time.
This seemed
to afford gratification to some of the pupils as far as the relation
of the stories was concerned.
But then the design & application, that
was all algebra & oxigen ( !) to their minds.
Attempts were made to
explain, but how far the explanations were understood it is difficult
to determine.
Were I to have my choice, I would say give me the pure
bible to explain, i llustrate & inform, rather than the Hele malihini.
As a reading book amoung my people, it is of no use without a school & even then its utility is doubtful. --
But then it is printed & in
circulation & we must make the best of it.
In the out districts there
are sabbath schools for children & adults in every parish, superintend
ed by native teachers.
In some places however the teachers find it
difficult or impracticable to assemble the children on the sabbath for
instruction.
They are not fined if they don't attend, so they choose
not to attend.
An attempt has been made to get up a school in chh History.
the attempt has not been followed by very good success.
But
The school
commenced, but in a few weeks it disappeared, in consequence perhaps
of interruption from tours on the teacher's part, rather than a want
of disposition to attend on the part of the scholars.
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Meetings,
7.
I might despatch this part of the report by saying,
meetings have continued about the same as in years past, without much
addition or substraction.
Some experiments have been made with regard
to meetings on the sabbath, but as they failed of accomplishing the end
designed, the original arrangement has been restored & things move on
pretty much in their accustomed channel.
Perhaps however there Is one
change, that may be regarded as permanent, that is, the change of
the monthly concert of prayer for the world, from the afternoon of the
first monday in the month to the afternoon of the sabbath preceding
the first monday.
The design of this change is evident, to secure a
better attendance.
It is a very important meeting & should be well
attended - & if one time is better than another time for attendance
then take that time.
There have been weekly meetings on Mondays, We d
nesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. —
Meetings in the different parishes throughout the field are
conducted by native elders & are attended as far as I can learn as
well as meetings at the station.
Probably a greater proportion of the
people attend meeting in the out districts, than at the station.
There are certainly more exercises on the sabbath in some parishes than
at the station.
4.
Not less than 10 exercises are sometimes reported,
The Semi annual meeting of the elders at Waimea from all parts
of the field - has been continued; & the same good results follow it
as have heretofore been reported.
When this meeting was established,
wh was several years ago, it was an experiment.
The field was divided
into some 15 or more parishes or districts, & an elder placed over
each parish - who was to perform all the duties of a minister with the
exception of seeing to & excluding from the chh - & administering the
Lord's supper.
A meeting was appointed for these elders for the
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purpose of hearing their reports & consulting on various topics.
The
elders were so much gratified by the proceedings of the meeting that
they voted to meet again in 6 months, & from that time to the present
the meeting has been held once in 6 months.
The exercises of the
meeting consist of reports, essays, addresses - discussions, appoint
ments, &c -
At first some of the elders were rather awkward in ma k
ing out their reports.
Some wo u l d begin with a regular text, stating
book, chapter & verse.
Others with a "auhea oukou e na hoakenau mai
Hawaii a Niihau"[
]
& others with a "E Kanona nona" —
Some are awkward still - but
there has been a manifest improvement.
Practice makes perfect.
But
awkwardness is not the only fault perceptible in their reports &
addresses.
Sometimes views have been expressed & opinions uttered wh
showed mark of a heathenish origi n .
For example, an elder, a Lahaina-
luna graduate too, in an address on the good things of ancient times,
mentioned
3, three, 1st There were but few deaths in those days,
compared with the present, 2d a man had the privilege of having many
wives, If he had no children by one, he might have by another - 3d
They had long feasts then, sometimes protracted even to a whole month,
in which there was no work performed, nothing but feasting.
a proposition has been made to abolish the tabus in the chh —
Sometimes
As the
tabu system, was abolished in the days of Rihoriho, why should it be
revived?
Why should tobacco & leis &c be tabued?
(Some have proposed,
that there be 2 chhs, one for smokers, & the other for antismokers.
None however have been very strenuous on these points.
On the whole
there exists a good degree of unanimity of opinion & sentiment amoung
them.)
4.
[This material between parentheses has bee n crossed out.]
Tours & visits
It is my practice to visit from house to house as
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I have time & disposition, & also to make tours thro my field as aften
as once in 3 or 4 months.
A complete tour requires 3 months, not whole
months b ut parts of the three.
This, you all understand, is in conse
quence of the government weeks which produce an interruption in the
regular course of things.
My course of procedure is as follows, The
2 peoples weeks in the first month I spend in visiting & touring thro
Waimea - visiting houses - h o l d i n g meetings, examining schools &c —
The
2 peoples week in the next month I spend in Hamakua sometimes more &
sometimes less.
Puako & Kawaihae.
A portion of the peoples weeks in the 3d month I spend in
On my return to the station I collect the teachers
together from all portions of the field & drill them for a week or two
on some particular branch.
Then the "chores" must be done up such as
mending broken windows, writing letters &c &c - & perhaps the semi annual
meeting of the elders comes in the interval —
And by that time I must
be off again on another tour. But I must say something about these tours
in their order.
In my first tour I found nothing demanding particular
notice in Kawaihae or Puako.
in a prosperous state.
The 4 chhs & the 4 schools were seemingly
Some few were added to the chh on examination &
some fallen ones restored on profession of penitence.
On my visits thro
Waimea as I called at a foreigners house I was led to see w i t h what ease
& rapidity, civilization can sink down to the lowest heathenism - a once
civilized man - live(s) in a house, without floor, bed, chair, table,
filled with filth, pigs, hens, dogs & c .
Called at the house of a blind
man, he h a d heard of my approach - hence it was not a little amusing as
I entered to find him arranging the mats on the floor, brushing off the
dirt, examining every corner so as to have all right & nice on my arrival.
I entered another house, a sick woman was lying on the floor.
Presently,
I observed her rolling off something of weight from her body. "What's
that?
a stone, "for what purpose?
to keep down the palipitation ( !) ".
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A t another house I found a woman afflicted with a complaint she called
the Hebasa, leprosy, I suppose she meant. —
In Hamakua I found pros
perity attending most o f the schools & chhs.
Several back sliders were
restored - & quite a number presented themselves as candidates for the
chh - some of whom were recd.
2 of the chhs had distinguished themselves
by their benevolent efforts in furnishing their meeting houses with mats,
seats, tables, & pulpits.
As I have meetings with the elders &c, on such
tours, for business & discussion of various topics, at one of these meet
ings, an inquiry was proposed by an elder,
of a rather singular character
it was this, Is it right for us to make efforts to convert the catholic
priest wh e n he comes amoung us?
It is our thot to beset h i m on all sides
& try to convert him, but we have some fears."
"what shall be done with the children in school?
Another inquiry was, "
They fight & quarrel &
tare off one anothers clothes, & there is no doing anything with them They regard neither parents nor teachers nor trustees."
them.
Why, punish
"Then they will go to the catholics where they can do as they
please."
It is a sad case to be sure.
In the vally of Waipio are 4
large schools - these all assembled for examination in one place filling
quite a large meeting house —
during the examination the whole body of
pupils arose & recited in concert, several temperance songs - after wh
they all pledged themselves to be temperance folks, that they would have
nothing to do with rum -awa, or tobacco.
In the same valley,
at the
house of the principal woman - I put up for the night - supper came on I observed by the side of the lady of the house, a large white washbowl soon a tea kettle was brot forward, & some one began to pour its contents
into the washbowl - What have you there?
"he ti no" --
Pretty soon, a
bowl & 2 or 3 deep soup dishes together with the washbowl were filled
with tea from the tea kettle --
Molasses was used for sweeting, & this
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in no small quantities - & the fingers were thrust in the boiling fluid
for spoons to stir it up - as there was but one spoon & many guests.
This was the last tea party I have attended 2d Visit & tour.
In visiting a portion of W aimea to w h I supposed the
way was perfectly plain - & to wh I supposed I was in the right way, I
found myself at one time in a real entanglement - lost the path, wandered
in a trackless wilderness for some time, till I finally found myself at
the point where the difficulty first commenced.
So some who are pretty
sure that they know the way, & are persuing ( !) the righ t w a y may at
length find themselves mistaken.
who
On this visit I fell in w i t h a woman
said she was a member of my chh & had been to 2 communions. "What
is your name?"
she gave it.
baptized you?"
Jehova.
is your thot?
"But I have no such name on my book.
Meeting a stranger by the way I asked him, what
I am from Puna, but what is your thought?
& away he went.
Who
I am going,
The chh in Waimea during this time became considerably
involved in sin wh resulted in the suspension of some & the excommuni
cation of others.
On another visit in Waimea I entered a house - a sick
woman was lying on the matted floor.
I extended my hand to embrace hers
when out came a kid from under her Kapa --
ascended a hill country,
came to a distant solitary region - reached a house or rather hovel,
a poor crazyleaky thing, 8 ft by 5, found 6 souls within all apparently
given over to perdition - living without God & without hope —
I
conversed with them, told them I had come a long & weary way - was
hungry & tired in consequence of climbing the long hill -- but I had
great love for them, & God had sent me there to warn them &c —
them I should probably never visit them again --
told
I then placed my-
self in as comfortable a posture as I could for prayer i.e. a poi
board, turned upside down on the threshhold of the door, serving for
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a kneeling place - a fire place was under my nose —
disturb me —
It proved a melting season —
but that did not
Before I left 4 of the
6 were so far moved as to promise to leave off their sins & serve the
Lord.
In Kawaihae & Puako -
I found a very encouraging state of things, a
revival of religion it might be termed.
The elders had been unusally(!
)
active & the Spirit of the Lord seemed to have blessed their efforts
for converting & reclaiming souls —
Many hardened backsliders had
been brot to repentance - & many of the wicked both old & young had
professedly forsaken their wicked ways & turned to the Lord.
The
bonnets, & English dresses, & meeting house well furnished - with
mats & seats - showed the enterprising spirit of the chh m e m b e r s of
Kawaihae —
But some of the schools were beginning to decline.
Hamakua I found nothing of very special interest.
In
Most of the schools
were in a prosperous state - some of them however had diminished
considerably in numbers.
The chhs in appearance were enjoying a good
degree of tranquility & were reported as free from Lihia (
This however was not true of one chh.
was much smoking in this chh.
)
There was a rumor that there
At the time of communion I told the chh
I had heard there was much smoking among them.
I shall not call any
names, but as smoking is contrary to the laws of this chh - it will
not be proper for smokers to partake of the sacrament.
Let there
be therefore a separation in this house between the smokers & the
antismokers.
The antismokers will please arrange themselves on one
side of the house - leaving the smokers to occupy the other.
After
the separation was made I perceived there was about as many of the one
as the other.
company.
The Sacrament was administered to the antismoking
The others were informed that if they wished to return
they could do it by repenting of their sins & bringing forth fruit
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meet for repentance.
But they all left the house with one exception
under a high pressure of what might he
called anger
There were
rumors afloat that led me to suspect there was a similar state of things
in the other chhs.
I do not recollect of any amusing incident in this tour unless
it was the necessity I was under at one place of making a pulpit my
dormitory.
Surely one might sleep well there.
3d- Visit & tour.
Began with Waimea.
A meeting was appointed at a
certain house for the sake of getting at the wicked who resided there,
but on my arrival they had all fled but one.
Reached a house wh was
so full of smoke that I said we cannot have a meeting here -is a house yonder - we will have a meeting there —
when I spoke —
the door was open
but the words had no sooner escaped my mouth then the
door was closed —
teacher?
There
But who is this closing her doors against her
On obtaining admittance I found it was one of the members
of my chh —
She had lately become an apostate.
Passed on to a cath
olic region - held a meeting in a private house -- while preaching a woman cried out - you need not preach repentance to us - we are
catholics, we shall not repent.
I had some good meetings however —
Before leaving the catholic region I visited the catholic school —
found about 20 children seated with their teacher on the ground.
They were reciting a geographical catechism in concert --
The question
that was being read when I entered was, what is the torrid zone? —
I asked the teacher if he could answer this question?
why -
why - why,
here it is in the book - oia no ka wa mai ke kahi hai hope, a
ike kali."
What does that mean?
We have not yet obtained that.
What indeed.
Where is your map?
What other school books have you? -
an arithmetic wh is yet in French —
the New Testament, & this little
catechism, a part of wh is in Latin" —
He then read a sentence or
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2 to show how learned a Hawaiian had become by becoming a catholic Altar
After this he showed me the table, the cross & the candles, said
the candle was sometime lighted & placed on the table - to illustrate
the words of the savior , "Neither do men light a candle & put i t
under a bushel, but on a candlestick - & it giveth light unto all
that are in the home".
In all his conversation the teacher used the
peculiar tones o f the French priest, & he succeeded v e r y well in
imitating, I should think h e might be made priest soon.
As I was
about to leave I told him h e must take good care of the souls of his
p u p i l s - wh one of the boys replied," it does not belong to man to
take care of the soul - that belongs to God.
The French cook who
was present - rather rebuked the lad for this display of his wisdom.
I left the school with peculiar feelings,
for, all these children
but a short time since were members of my sabbath s c h o o l . --tour thro Waimea occupied several days -
This
A pretty thorough explora
tion was made of the physical domestic, intellectual, moral & reli
gious state of the people. Some things of a gloomy & saddening
character, & others of a bright & cheering aspect presented themselves
I cannot soon forget the impression left upon my mind as I passed
thro a portion of the field, once apparently cheered by the. trans
forming Influences of the Spirit, but n o w withered by the pestilen
tial blasts of Romanism.
During this time, the chh in Waimea wore a pleasing external
garb.
For the most part the moral elements were in a quiet state,
& a general calm seemed to prevail.
"But more the treacherous calm I dread
Than thunders bursting over my head"
Suspicions arising that all was not as it should be I was lead ( !)
to make a thorough investigation w h resulted In some saddening dis
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closures.
15.
A host of secret smokers was brot to light.
denial was all that could at first be obtained.
A downright
But a confession was
finally made, a confession with what might be called a fury on the
part of many, for before any steps had been taken towards disciplin
ing - yea even before the investigation was completed - they arose in
a mass & left the house in great anger, returned to their houses,
brot out their long concealed pipes & commenced smoking openly & con
tinue so still.
Of this company, I know of none who have been re
claimed, tho there has been no want of efforts for this purpose.
Of
others less fiendish in their appearance some have be e n apparently
reclaimed.
Schools during thi s period were declining, yet they
presented an encouraging appearance.
Puako & Kawaihae formed the 2d portion of this tour -
Attending this
part of the tour - there was something of a peculiarity.
panied by my family -
I was accom
A foreigner rigged up his clumsy ox cart on
which we all mounted & were safely conveyed to the shore, not all the
way however on the cart - for I fear there would not have been much
of us left, if we had remained there till the end.
Leaving the
mother & little ones at the shore, I performed my visits thro Puako
& Kawaihae uka - found chh & schools in an apparently good state.
One chh however had been a little disturbed by the entrance of popery.
For the first time this enemy of all righteousness had found its way
into this portion of my field.
Its progress however at this time
had not assumed a very terrible aspect. —
During this tour, 2
thanksgiving feasts were observed - & past ( !) off with great honor
to all concerned.
Another was appointed at Puako - but the poor
people of that place could not raise fish & poi enough for such a
purpose —
I spent the day there - but neither ate nor drank anything
while there, nor the men with me.
Having spent a we e k on this tour,
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we returned as we went.
Hamakua.
This occupied 3 weeks.
nation of the schools.
chhs.
The r e m a i n ing part of the tour embraced
Much time was spent in the exami
More time than usual was occupied with the
I wished to ascertain the spiritual condition of each chh
member —
This could be done only by personal conversation.
I wished
also to examine into the grounds of former rumors respecting the
secret wickedness of the chhs.
A pretty thorough investigation
showed there was much truth in those rumors.
There seemed to be a
readiness on the part of the guilty to confess.
Hence there was not
much difficulty in coming at the true state of things.
Multitudes
confessed that they smoked, & some that they planted tobacco —
I
did not question them as to their penitence - or their determination
to continue or to forsake - but told them & this with the approbation
of the elders - that they would be denied the privilege of attending
the present communion, but if they wished to be readmitted to this
privilege, they knew the way, & exhorted them all to speedy repentance
----Some were angry & threatened to go to the catholics, h o w others
felt I had no opportunity then to determine —
But the chhs after
the exclusion of these smokers - never appeared better —
& I never
had more convincing evidence that the chhs were the workmanship of
God than during this tour.
The state of the schools indicated advance in some things, and
a decline in others.
In arithmetic they did not appear as well as
they did a year ago.
In topographical geography they h a d made pro
gress —
In numbers there was some diminutiong - & prospect of more.
To gratify the desire of the good & to induce the wicked to
make their appearance - a thanksgiving feast was observed in nearly
every parish.
Many of the .wicked came out & thus I ha d an oppor
tunity of addressing them on the great concerns of eternity, w h I
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otherwise should not have enjoyed.
What good has followed or may
follow I am not able to determine - Nor am I able to say whether
I shall think it advisable to persue ( !) another such a course. —
4th Tour.
Here I am on the 4th tour.
As far as this tour respects
Waimea I have nothing of special importance to say.
On Hamakua I
found a very interesting state of things relation to the c h h s , a
state of things that might be denominated a revival —
Multitudes
of those who were set aside from the communion during my last tour
now came forward as penitent.
Those whose penitence had been of
some time standing were restored, others were put over till the next
tour —
At almost every place also some presented themselves as
candidates for the chh —
but as they did not pass a very good exam
ination but few of them were r e cd —
still —
The others stand as candidates
As it respects schools - nothing was clearer than the
evidence of a declining state —
stance had been reduced to 20 .
A school of 70
for in
Yet the schools are not yet down --
They are still attended by a goodly number of children.
\
In Puako & Kawaihae the intellectual & religious state of things
was on the advance in some places & on the decline in others.
And
the same might be remarked with regard to the state of civilization.
At Puako where I have heretofore found houses lighted at night by
some artificial means I now found myself obliged to hold a meeting
by the light of Venus, aided eventually by that of the moon.
While
at Kawaihae where the sound of the shell had always heretofore called
to schools & to meetings I found something that as it fell upon the
ear resembled the sound of a bell.
On enquiry it proved to be a
sound proceeding from a large hook of iron suspended between 3 poles
in front of the meeting house, & struck by a stone or a hammer --
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A real bell we may conclude will be the next advance in civiliza
tion.
Visits abroad.
My visits & tours have not been confined to my own
field exclusively.
In May I visited Kohala where I spent the sabbath
in labors for the benefit of that people in the absence of their
pastor.
In August I paid a visit to the missionary stations in Kona where I also spent a sabbath —
In March & April I spent a week in Hilo - wh ought to be of some
worth.
Certainly nothing but a worthy object could operate as an
inducement to climb those innumerable palis - wh no one can well
forget who has ever traversed them, in doing wh, another than Virgil
might well exclaim "Hoc opus, hic labor est." especially when the
passing of the swollen streams is included.
My object in this visit
was to attend the examination of the Hilo Boarding school.work four days were devoted.
To this
And I am happy to say that all the
performances were of a peculiarly gratifying character.
That es
pecially wh related to the exhibition of the musical powers & attain
ments of the pupils is deserving of the highest commendation.
But
the principal of that institution will I trust speak for himself &
for his school. —
I said 4 days were devoted to the examination of this school I should have said 3 1/2 - for one half day was devoted to the inspec
tion & examination of the Female Boarding school superintended by
Mrs. Coan, consisting of some 26 interesting girls selected from
different parts of Hilo & Puna —
institution.
This is a very modest & unassuming
It does not ever pretend to be a branch of the Royal
family - & hence makes no claims for a support from the Royal fund -But surely it holds a most important place in the system of educa-
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tion on these Islands & as such it has strong claims upon the pa
tronage of the mission.
Let it by all means b e well sustained - &
let as many others like it b e established in this mission as there
are females of sufficient physical & mental abilities & in suitable
circumstances for commencing & carrying them forward —
The church or churches.
I have already given some account of the chhs in description
of my tours.
Hence not much remains to be said on this subject.
Something however should not be omitted —
1 -
T h o ' I have been under the painful necessity of recording much
that is unfavorable to the chh —
deep humility & prayer —
& that calls for the exercise of
yet the fact that so large a number still
remain as members of Christ's body, furnishes matter for praise &
thanksgiving.
The whole number now is not far from 2,000 —
That
these are all in good & regular standing it is not for me to say nor
would any one believe it, if I should say it —
it myself.
I shouldn't believe
They probably maintain as good a standing as the majority
of this world's chhs.
There i s but one pure chh & that is in heaven -
How many of these 2000 belong to that chh - none but the heavenly
pastor can tell.
He knows his sheep & calls them all by name
2 - That so many cases of secret smoking have come to light is not
so much a matter of wonder as that there are no more cases of open
smoking.
How much secret smoking there is in any Hawaiian chh is
not so easily determined.
That there will be less or that the se
cret smokers will long be prevented from exhibiting their pipes open
ly, is not to be expected as long as the present state of feeling
continues amoung ( !) the majority of the brethren respecting the
subject of tobacco.
How many use it themselves I know not - not many
I hope, but there are many, unless I am mistaken, who do not regard
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its use as coming within the territory of chh discipline.
W h ile
there is no more uniformity in feeling & practicing in the mission
is it not a question whether the different pastors should not con
sult together & come to the unanimous decision to blot out the item
of tobacco from amoung the subjects of chh discipline?
decision be proclaimed in all the chhs
—
Then let the
True a denser & more
terrific smoke might follow than ever rose from Kilauea’s smoking
crater —
yet there would be union in feeling in practice - in
practice at least - & union is strength, & might result in a little
while in driving all the smoke away. —
3.
This chh has not been left to wither & die, & moulder like
Ezekial's valley of dry bones.
There has been some vitality in it -
some moving, active principle —
There has been some spirit of prayer
& some energetic efforts for the salvation of others, all w h has been
attended with the smiles of heaven -- & the operation of the Spirit.
As the results I would mention that some 50 or 60 from the ranks of
S atan have been apparently converted & re cd to the chh - & some 2
or 300 fallen chh members have been apparently brot to repentance
& reinstated in the enjoyment of former privileges.
4.
The efficient body of the chh that is the elders deserve praise
for the fidelity with which they have performed
office.
Tho some of them have fallen into sin & deserted their post,
yet this number has been small -well —
5.
the duties of their
The far greater part have stood
& proved efficient cooperators in the missionary work. --
Contributions in the chh —
The chh has not been altogether
inactive in the cause of benevolence —
As much perhaps has been
done as their circumstances permitted.
Something has been contri
buted in Kapa, salt, f i s h &c for the spread of the gospel in foreign
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lands —
21.
But most of the benevolent efforts of the chh have been
devoted to the erection & improvement of meeting houses.
department some of the chhs have done well, —
In this
When it was made
plain by the Nonanona that meeting houses were not included in govern
mental work - then the chhs having no where ( !) to lean but on them
selves, could show by actual experiment that they could accomplish
more without than they would with the aid of the state.
The chh now
is making efforts to liquidate a governmental debt of some 75 dollars
w h has been of some 3 years standing.
As there seemed no probability
that government would ever cancel it. the chh, prompted of course by
their pastor, has undertaken the work & will probably succeed. —
The amount of contribution in w o r k & various articles stands on
my book at $228.00.
6.
Deaths - dismissions &c —
& dismissions to other chhs
The chh has been diminished by death
by the former 138 have been removed,
making the whole number deceased 806.
By the latter 34 have left us,
making the whole number dismissed to other chhs, 657.
The whole nu m
ber of deaths in the field the past year is 277, births 106.
Romanism.
I have already given some particulars relative to this subject —
But I must say more —
past year —
The catholics have gained some ground the
They have increased the number of establishments so
that at the present time there are almost as many catholic parishes
as protestant.
very formidable.
of pupils.
ours --
The number of converts however has not as yet become
Their schools do not yet embrace an alarming number
Their school houses do not present any more charms than
I mean school house furniture & apparatus. —
But there
are allurements in the schools of wh the protestant schools are
destitute. . The children have the privilege of either going to school
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or staying at home - just as they please & are subject to no penalty.
W h en at school they are allowed to conduct [ themselves] according to
their inclinations.
Behave ever so b ad there is no punishment.
They are not required nor ever invited to do any thing in support of
their teacher.
Parents too have no fines or taxes to pay.
ments do not exist in our schools.
These allure
Therefore under existing circum
stances, the catholic schools can very easily draw in the majority
of the children & leave the protestant schools a desolation.
And
this they will do - unless something be done to counteract the in
fluence of their present management. W hat shall be done? L Lyons
Statistics of Ch Waimea Hawaii
Whole No. ad. to the chh on examination
"
"
"
" "
" Certificate
Past year - Examination
"
" - Certificate
Whole n o . past year "
"
dismissed to other chhs
"
the past year
Whole no. deceased -" past year --------Whole no. now in the chh - not far from
Whole no. children baptized
B aptized the past year
Marriages past year
Whole no. schools no. teachers
No. children taught the past year
No. of readers
" " Writers
" " Geography
" " Mental Arithmetic
" " Written do
--------
-
L Lyons
5,922
131
55
17
72
655
32
806
138
2,000
956
52
109
21
30
1019
586
447
207
474
169
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Mission Station Reports - Hawaii
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Mission Station Reports - Hawaii - Waimea - 1832-1844
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1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844