The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-27
RELIGIOUS INTELLlGENCE

w ~. niss'0sAarrs N THE sAsDwrcH ISLANDS.
L. copied some time since an extract from .
s''sr Of Mr., TEs Ercx, U. s. commi..;on.r -
'he Sandwich Islands. in which the I.l,,d.-.
were spoken Of as rstrogr.dias in ch.r.c,.- -
'ne EFFORTS OF the Missionaries cb.r,c,.,,..s -
wholly unProdactive. We have b.so ,.on..,.I
70 publish the following contra-,sstimonv Of m,
hon JOEL TURsILL, Esq, u s. Consul =, N.
Islands, which is published In the lss, c,e,h,
report OF the American Board of FOREIGN Nj
sions Mr.. TURnLL, whom we know and -
sPeet' was formerly member Of Couzre.s f,o,,
'ns os~egO District, and has resided some three
years in ths Island. Let US add, that apart from
me religious aspect Of the case, we have nsyer
doubted that the presence, example, and instrue-
uoA OF intelligent and good men could fail Of
good influence with these people, and that thos.
who despair Of the efficacy Of such labor. have
never estimated the Just measure Of the dspray-
ty OF these Islanders in their orig nal barbsrou.
state, and have omitted the consideration Of ths
contingencies which check and dstr,et fram
me Just influence Of tksse philanthropie la
bors:
10 ooyiate, and more than obviate, the adverse
sesumony, which occasionally appears from IN
eoiy persons me Committee are happy to
quote a letter from Joel Turrill. Esa.. The ANA
lean Consul at the Sandwich Islands. .ddr....d
70 the treasurer OF the Board, and dated Eono-
IaIu' March LIST, lo4o. Mr. TurriIl write. a.
follows:
II md this climate as good a. Iexpectsd, and
more OF civilization among the natives than
anticipated Much, very much, has been done
Tor this peoPle-the natiOn-by your Board
OF several years before leaving the United
STATES had been disinclned TO favor the efforts
.hal were making TO send missionaries abroad,
believing that such efforts otherwise directed
would be productive Of much more good; but
during my residence in these Islands 1 have bean
an attentive observer Of the effects produced by
those EFFORTS on the Hawaiian race, and am free
70 confess that my feelings upon this subject
have Undergone material change. find here,
as missionaries, individuals who, sc far as nv
observations have extended, are worthy Of their
high calling; and the result of their labors, so
apparent in the vast improvement In the moral
and physical condition Of the people, forces the
eonvictton on my mind, that they have devoted
themselves 70 their arduoas duties with a zeal
and a singlsness Of purpose worthy of the great
work in which they are engaged. | 60 not be-
lieye that another instance can be found, where,
with the same amount Of means, so much good
has been done to any people in 50 limited a Pc
Rod.
81 might state many interesting facts upon
this subject, butl deem il unnecessary to 20 into
detail In writing to one 80 familiar with every
thing connected with the mission At these Islands
a. yourself.
''The benefits that have already resulted from
the disinterested exertions Of the missionaries.
and the good they are now constantly doiag
among the natives Of these Islands, give themin
my opinion a strong claim upon the Christian
and the PhilanthrOPisi for liberal support; but
L did not take up my pen for the purpose Of dis-
cussing this important subject, but simply to
do al actof justice too long deferred. "-Albsny
Atlas.
NEW CoLLEGE--Wel learn frcn the Guern-
sey Jeffersonian that an effort is being made BY
the Methodist Protestant Church, to establish
College at Cambridge, Ohio; and that Msssrs.
Allison, Clancy, and Eastoa have been appoint
ed Committee to receive donations
THERE IS no true virtue in tia; benevoIsnes
which is capable Of being extinguished by in
gratitude.