Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-26
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power for good.
\ year agD Ias December The hdie, Of
the Honoluiu Board Of Missions, realizing The
plcat need Of work al their own door, among
our white population, and 0h.lc waiting ior a
foreign mi,.ionar, used their surplus fund. u
this direction
biis. Anna Bre-.a who was at this time
doing mitch good vart 100 fhi. direction ON her
own responsibility, wa, chosen by The board.
e, one who pa.. c.s-d the essential qualities nI
missionary ai en' forth 10 commence be
..,y work
rh, home mission up 10 March 1884 wa
very successful and Gll Of ue,r.. AZ lb.,
Time the foreign mission board transferred
fbcif Ge'd Of work 10 Micronesia. and, of the
request Of Fort Street Chw.h the home mi,
ZION work was rcIegmcd to ihi, organization.
Whom Mis- Brrs.e first entered upon her worl
much Time va, spent n calling upon strangers,
visiting the ,cl and aiding any who might bel
need Of assistance Many uf these sulnger-
who have come among u, have been far more
in need than the public have known aud
ihus, principally relieved. either by gifts or
loans Of money, have been good elias, u PEG.
pie who through misfortune or lack N work
have found themselves IN a strange land with
no means Of livelihood. Il ha, been through
the generosity Of citizens of Honolulu who are
well known, aided by othrr strangers. that
such have been assisted until they have llded
over the worst and At last have been provided
with work lncurablc invalids have been
found n back place, shut out from the sun.
shine and beauty Of life, and il, every comfort:
these have had their physical wants relieved
IN systematic manner through the good work
II he NILSSON until their souls went forth
s1,thsd and exalted 10 higher faith given
them in their hour Of greatest need Among
other noble act, performed by the mission it
grcatiul pleasure to state that several
young children just budding into vice have
been rescued from the sluns OF the city, from
worse than living death and placed in
school, Or in good families.
Work came 50 directly to the hand, of Mis-,
Breesc that it became necessary to establish
system Of evangelical labor, She therefore
organized several societies. which are now in
successful operation, for the elevation u the
masses; for she belle, q, more largely in prevent.
alive than IN rciurnatory measures. one i'm.
portaut branch Of Mis-, Brccsc, work j, the
Young People, Christian Temperance Union
which was organi1cd by her September a.
1888 This society !, composed mostly OF
young people from, twelve 10 twenty years Of
age, and at present numbers about 100 reg
ular members, all in good standing. The
pledge taken by the member, prohibits, the
USE Of all Intoxicating drinks and tobacco, 4,
well as the habit Of swearing. II is live
society, as The nature and object Of its enter
tlinment held last March proved, when the
v NJ. c. A. building va, nearly half filed
with il, star members,
The large number OF small children beg
ing for admission made an auxiliary society
necessary. TINS hasbccn recently organized
aud meet, Tuesday afternoons OF each week
while the larger society meets every Tuesday
evening. The societies have 80 far collected
nice library Of about 200 volumes, most Of
which have been generously donated by few
citizens Of this place.
Mis-, Rreese's good work has ncen largely
carried out among the Young men in Homo.
lnlu who have drr,cd here from every land
and have no home ;n1psnrr. around then,
keulizngt the temptaiions which lheseyoungmc
verc subicc, 10. when for from, hom. and friends
away in Tins isl. ol ,hc se, and C,el,r,
their need of The bonn, influence. NJ .,c;al
HE TO guard them from the latal trinninp. IN
which mankind or. nr,no I'M. str,ng,r. ,oci.
ables were started Doripc n,c yrar mas,
these soeiables have been held every Friday
evening. and have NOW become regular
organization under the direction of officers and
committees At these soeiables a GOOD shor.
of the evening is consumed in a musical and
literary entertainment They are =, ,,.,er,
however. only held ever, Two ,y,el. ,..c,l,,l,.
owing to the fact that Miss preesc bn, hecn
made president Of the Younr prople', Christian
lndeovor Society which Was o,c,,;,o1 ~, IN.
Rev. MIR. Cu,nn. and holds ~ meeting. nm
alternate Friday evenings with the STRANGER,
Sociable. ANY vonnr man ar ,,,rcer IN
lIonohlu will find wa,n welcome a, these
sociables: all that is required for admission
being a coed moral character. ON all o,hc,
evenings during the week. escen, FRIDAY and
sunday Miss n,e.sc,s ,oor,s an N,,n,,,,
stree, are omen To both the younc and old
people OF Honolulu. where ,he receives them
both before and alte, any Of the dittr,,n, meet.
ines. Those who have attended ,h.,, NICE,
inps will never forget even though "a, away
in The weary wnrid. the kind entertainment,
and swee, cvili,y Of The Hule lady who hid.
them welcome and God.speed If Miss
Breesc did mo-, thorouehly enio, ,hi, WORK We,