The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-12-04
For the P. G. Advertiser.

Il NO - ~ AfNAIAoC
Who that has passed by the large Stone Church
The principal native church of the metropolis, where
many of the dignitaries and most wealthy people of the
land worship, has not been astonished at the dilap-
i1ated, neglected, and I think l may properly add,
heathenish, appearance of the burying-ground. Had
the adobe fence been lately thrown down by heavy
rains or earthquake, there would be less reason fer
establishment and remark, but such is not the case,
for the whole place has been lying open for years,
growing worse and worse as fast as time and the ele-
ments, aided by any number of horses, swine, dogs.
and other animals could do the work until it has be
come a great common nuisance. I'll not attempt to
say how badly it ] looks, or how unfayorably it i'm
presses people recently from civilized countries. 1t
certainly is a disgrace to all who worship at that
church, or have friends buried in the common (you
cannot call it a yard; } and all who have any respect
for the dead, or who regard the appearance Of the
town, must Cor at least ought toy feel mortified at
such neglect.
In many of the scout stations, ) where the people are
much less able than are those who make up the con-
g~regation of the Stone Church, there have been COM
Portable, and in some places handsome churches built
recently and the people of this church have I'M
doubtedly contributed towards more than one of them,
as well as for missions, etc., in various parts of the
world. l would not say that charity should stop, as
we'll IL COIHulcnCe, at nome, OuU l. uO UnLnk e our DUTY
to provide for our own wants first, at least sufficiently
to be decent, before looking abroad for chances to in
vest our small means. Somebody is at fault in this
matter, and we venture to blame first, the pastor, for
in Hawaii nei the pastor is expected to lead in every
thing connected with the church secondly, tie prin-
cipal c~hurch-members thirdly, those persons drank
and property who do occasionally worship at the
"King's Chapel - and fourthly, the whole native,
and some of the foreign community.
III am not mistaken, the congregation of both ma
tive churches in Honolulu bury their dead at the
place mentioned, and hence they are all interested i'll
this subject and if they are not able to enclose the
ground, let them call upon the entire community,
and the foreigners will, 1 am sure, contribute as they
did for the Catholic ground, in order to make the
place respectable.
A fence of pickets and mamane posts would do very
well, and be the cheapest in the start !; but q stone
we'll would be the best, and in the end, most econom-
ical. Those persons who have teams could work out
their contributions in hauling material, and others
who have no money could furnish labor, so that with
what could be raised during the fall season, the whole
premises might be enclosed in January next. Alge-
roba trees grow quickly in any part of the town, and
If those who have friends buried at Waiahao, or who
expect to have, would each plant and rear one tree,
the place would with a good fence) soon be not only
decent, but handsome. Xxi MAKA.