The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-09-01

THE following is clipped from a letter of
the Rev. j. S. Green to the Rhcife, religious
newspaper, of extensive circulation, pub
lished at San Francisco:
If you see our weekly papers-the Com
nlercidl Advertiser, published BY Mr. Whitney,
and the HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, the Government
paper-you will see that of late there is a
constant sparring between these sheets.
am sorry to say that some of the younger
Missionaries of the A. B. G. F. NJ. are deeply
engaged in this work, and they are involving
the present Board in their quarrel No one
can be surprised to see the Government paper
earnestly repelliug the public rebuke the Ha-
waiian Government received from the Board
in one of their Annual Reports. l am not
partisan in the dispute, but / am free to say.
that while Missionaries are allowed TO live
quietly in the Hawaiian Kingdom, and to
pursue the work Of preaching the Gospel,
and teaching the people the way TO be holy,
and happy here on earth, and to go up aud
dwell in the heavenly world, they had better
be quiet, and let the Government alone. This
constant peeking at Government officials is dis
gushing TO not few good men and true, and
will do no possible good. Ishould not wonder
if it should work much mischief II may ap-
pear, ere long, that the Hawaiian Government
is not the only enemy to the work of missions
at the Islands. Time will show, or if not,
the great day will make all plain, and we can
wait. II is certain that the Hawaiian Gov
eminent is not perfect; and what Govern
ment, ask, is SO? Idoubt, however, whether
there are many Governments, nominally
Christian, that do more for the cause of ed
ucation and good morals than the Hawaiian,
and as it seems to me, the Board of Educa-
ton is becoming more and more disposed to
favor the Missionaries. If it be said that
their fayors are confined TO certain of the
older of the fraternity, will admit it: and
ask, Who desires observes, probably, the
kindness of the Hawaiian Government more
than the men who have grown old in toiling
for the Hawaiian race, and who have been
virtually compelled to leave their pleasant
homes, because, forsooth, they were becom-
ing old? The day will show why few of
the old Missionaries, though not disabled,
have thus been compelled to resign their
posts of labor, to give place TO men of no
experience. And when such elected laborers
are employed by the Government TO perform
labor for which they are well adapted, shall
they be censured for thus engaging? The
day will show by what spirit such censurers
are governed.
The Hawaiian Association, Evangelical,
has just closed their annual meeting at Hon
olulu. will merely give you the number of
the members, foreign and native pastors,
that you may see what efforts are being
made to dispense with all ministerial aid
from the United States, and place the entire
power ecclesiastical in the hands of Hawaii
an pastors. l find there were present at the
meeting only five foreign pastors and six or
seven eX-pastors or missionaries; while there
were all of twenty-five Hawaiian pastors
Almost every work on the Islands is occu-
pied by a native pastor, SO that were all our
sons DESTROYS of engaging in the ministerial
and missionary work they could find no des |
titute place from Hawaii to Kauai. That |
more of them do not desire to engage in this |
good work is matter of sincere and deep |
regret to me, and to some, at least, of my |
brethren and sisters. And yet it is said the |
caution has come bounding over the waves |
Of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 'let mis- |
sionary sons beware that they do not stand |
in the way of our Hawaiian ministers"
We shall see how the plan of filling the coun- |
try with native ministers and pastors, at this |
early day, will work. for one am willing |
to wait the result.
In the first paragraph quoted, the veneer
able pastor of Makawao, in his direct, sim
pie way, touches the thing nicely. As he
says "the day will show by what spirit such |
are governed, might we not say
that the day has already shown. Here is a |
true hearted witness who is ready to speak |
knows, and give the truth in this
matter, what publicity he is able.