David, meanwhile, also dedicated much of his time to teaching. In 1836, he opened the Hilo Boarding School for Hawaiian boys. The initial aim of the school was to train the youngsters to become missionaries, but eventually the focus shifted to providing them practical vocational training. Many graduates later became lawyers, government officials, church workers and even teachers themselves. I turned my eye, I saw something to remind me of the dear departed boy.
Desolation reigns in our once cheerful home.
David and Sarah never left the Hawaiian islands, choosing instead to spend all their remaining years faithfully serving their God and the work He had provided them. David Lyman died in 1884 at the age of 81. Sarah died the next year at age 80. The Lyman house as it appeared circa 1853. Note the thatched roof.