Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
SATURDAY PRESS.
SATURDAY. ..... DECEMBER -. 1881
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The 10th annual report n the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association, presented last June,
has only recently been published Ten out Of
s. churches make no report At all. The aver.
age salary N pastors as reported is $3.50
and the total membership, 6,7So 542 were
received to membership during the year Six
pastor, have been settled. anil four churches
have lost their pastors by feath OF removal
Pour new parsonagea arc Icporlcd' ono new
church built. Fitting allusion is made 10 the
death Of Rev. Titus Coan, so long identified
with the missionary work at IIilo. The kau.
makapiI church have lost their pastor, Rev.
NJ. kuaea, who has been entirely disabled by
paralysis Hon Henry Waicthou.c h5, on.
ciatcd a. pastor during the pas, year. The
boys beading school At lilo and the two
girls boarding schools At Kawainho and at
Makawao arc reported full to overlooking
The Waialua school has been given up, and
the kohala school temporarily closed. The
North Pacific Missionary Institute, in charge
Of Rev Dr. Hyde, reports an attendance Of
~ students, seven Of whom will graduate next
June, finishing then four years course Of
studies. Mi +. W. Damon, Superintendent
oi the Chinese work, tells how Christian truth
and life are spreading among the large portion
Of our population, in schools, churches and
Y. NJ. {. associations. The contributions
from the Hawaiian churches to the Board were
Sj152sj and the cost Of their foreign miss
ionary work has been $a,4oo 81. There has
been raised for church building $ro,74S. ~,
Of which $7,i2o.6o was for the new Kauma-
kapili church. S9,6jj. s. is reported paid for
salaries Of pastorsj $S,234.jr contributed for
miscellaneous purposes. English speaking
churches and donors gave TO the Hawaiian
Board last year $2,I9t.55. The books sold
at the depository brought $I,5I9.27. Two
editions, 1000 copies in all, have been sold Of
Rev. l.. Lyons translation Of 90 Of Moody and
Sankey's Gospel Hymns" The American
Bible Society has agreed to publish a duo.
decimo Hawaiian bible; and they have published
23oo New Tcstamcnts and portions Of the
sacred scriptures in the Kusaien, Ponapc and
Gilbert island languages, which were forward
ed las, June by the Morning Star. There arc
three Hawaiian missionaries with their wives
on the Marquesas Islands, who have been
there more than twenty-five years. There are
now no Hawaiian missionaries in the Marshall
Islands At the Gilbert Islands there are six.
four with their wives; and two others are now
in the Hawaiian Islands for a respite from
labor. There are 10 Gilbert Island catcchists
connected with that mission, nine Of them
married. The Association voted to raise this
year SIS, 900 for Home Work. W. w. Hall
has been chosen Treasurer; Hon. A. f. Judd,
President; and Hon. II. Warehouse, Vice.
President OF the Hawaiian Board. +. w.
Damon and w. o. Smith have been chosen
to fill vacancies in the membership of the
board. While this report is creditablc to the
generosity and activity of our Hawaiian
churches, it is evident that as the old mission
AIRY influence passes away, giving place to
purely Hawaiian leadership, these feeble
churches are to endure a severe test of their
fidelity and ability. The report is an interest
ing one, and in many respects highly satisfac
tory; but some blame attaches both to those
responsible for its publications. ought to
have been out last June, and to this paper for
delaying a month to notice it.