This has led to the Islands becoming our 50th State. We have much to thank Dr. McBride for in this change of allegiance. The Ministers to the Hawaiian Islands are listed at this U. S. State Department site . Scroll down to the fourth entry to see James McBride listed. Dr. McBride was probably busy planting churches while stationed in the Sandwich Islands.
Some churches average more than four dollars per member.
One church sustains five foreign missionaries. While living in the Islands, James McBride became acquainted with the Russian commander, Admiral Enquist. He was also stationed in Hawaii with a portion of the Russian fleet. It was the Admiral s belief that the United States, and not Russia, should own Alaska. Dr. McBride wrote a number of letters to Secretary of State Seward urging him to purchase Alaska.