The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-12-10

But how are we to secure the needed fund. We
wish every Christian brother and sister who has ever
breathed q duplication to heaven for Gods blessing
upon that little nation, could have q part in this
work; for then we should be sure that with every
widows mite would go up the widows prayer@
richer legacy than heaps Of silver and gold. But we
way. We would not divert one mill from the regular
contributions Of this Board. And besides, we have
not time TO secure it in this way. Our stay in this
country must be very brief Our works waits for US
The kings business requires haste. We must go to
those to whom God has in trusted much. Men of large
hearts and large minds, who can give quick; quick!
We have no time to lose. We believe that the Lord
has laid up somewhere, thirty-6ye thousand dollars.
during these forty years in which he has been raising
up that people. We do not know where it is. He
knows, and he will bring it forth for us Is there no
Brown, or Lawrence, or Wiliston, or Cooper, whose
name we may couple with our humble College!
Such men are noblemen. We honor them while
living; we yenerate their hallowed names when they
are gone. They shall have a heritage in the memo
ries of all the good heritage which kings might
covet. But if it is noble TO set up these beacons in a
land which is all radiant with the light of n Christian
civilization, how much more noble would it be to
build a lighthouse ON those dark and dangerous
shores, where nations are making shipwreck of i'm
mortality.
LETTER FROM THE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
AT the close Of Mr.. Beckwith's address, Rev. DR..
Pomroy read the following communication from the
King of the Sandwich Islands, addressed to Rev. DIR.
Armstrong, relative to the purposes Of his visit to
this country at the present tune:
PALACE, 10th june, 1857.
Mr. DEAR Sra With this you will receive my formal ap-
prov.l Of your proposed departure to the United states, as sig,
are already Sufficiently aware of my manoo Cmind) with regard
generation 1 feel this the more, perhaps, because it would be
false modesty on my part to deny tina. my sphsr- Of usefulness
were formerly extended to me.
There can be no doubt that our friends in Anne lea have
watched the progress Of thing mere, and 1 do not think they
will draw back in view Of what has been done with their assist
ance and cooperation 1 am sure thar our veteran friend =.
with a long list Of others, known personally or by reputation, will
receive you with the most cordial welcome, and zeaiously coop
During your soj0urn in the United States, you must represent
strongly the necessity Of the Continuance Of our College. We
benefit Of English schools, and surely we cannot In justice to
W. w INT ! pCo nee, : ne , ,s wilt ;vs y I. : who u hay. the y
to sit on a judges bench. represent the people in the popular
1e;astv u sa oan ofs, ,he nation an'' Ne ne want nrof eass.e men e of Of
learning and Of science clergymen and physicians, lawyers
and men Of letters and such men cannot be procured without
importation, until we have an institution such as is meditatedin
gu. . |. . os iis,s c farspae WI a a i = sov se a"aI5 h ~isiD glve do : m %uch If
IL was in our power ; but let our friends in America know fully
would like to do what we can get along with, and what we can
not do without and 1 feel that I am speaking with certainty
quire. The great work Of outstanding and civiIning was by
. dsas practical ense. we have and are now enjoying the b sUps
cal results, are 1t this era as strong. If not more 50. in the
had sent Us their welcome institutions
To Rev. r. ARMSTRONG, d. D.,
Pres. Board Of Education 5
A report, accompanied by the following resolutions,
was then presented by Chancellor Walworth, Chair
man of the Committee on the Sandwich Islands, and
adopted by the Board
l. ResolUed, That this Board earnestly c mmend this object
to the patronage Of the wealthy and the liberal friends OF science
and religion in this country. and advises these agents of the
Trustees Of the College to appeal to such persons rather than TO
the benevolent Community at large, not doubling that such ap-
peal viii be readily responded TO by those to whom it is adj
dressed
2. Resolved, That in the opinion OF this Board, to give the
Oahu College Al efficient support is the most economical and
efectual method, with the blessing Of God, of perpetuating the
missionary labor on the Sandwich Islands, and Of extending gos-
pei institutions over the Islands Of the Micronesia group.
s. Resofued, That this Board has entire confidence in the be-
fore-named agents OF the College, as well as in the Trustees Of
the fund in this country, who are to be charged with its invest
ment, and that donors may feel assured that what they give will
be faithfully appropriated to the object for which it is given