The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-09-30
HOME MISSION WORK.

hume MlSSlUN WUHk.
At the Bethel Union last evening,
the subject was "Home Missions"
Mr.. A. l.. Smith gave an interesting
account of the work in connection
with the kaumakapili Sunday School.
The same formulas of lessons are
used as in English Sunday schools.
These lessons are printed two weeks
in advance by the Kuohoa, native
paper. These prints are also put
on slips for distribution among the
district schools. Under the auspices
of the Kaumakapili School there are
eleven district schools, in different
parts of the city. At the end of
each quarter there is a general re-
view, when the schools of the eleven
districts assemble in the church.
On these occasions the building is
densely crowded, not only the pupils,
but also the parents attending in
full force. The school work is, of
course, carried on in the native Ian
guage, but there is one class con-
Quoted in English. The educational
results of the operations of the day
schools are very perceptibly mani
fest in that the scholars are acquiring
more and more proficiency in the
English language. The Sunday
school teachers and the members of
the Y. M. G.. A. cooperate in the
visitation of families and in the
holding of various religious meet
ings. Many of those connected
with the Sunday school, and who
gave promise of better things, have
gone down under the tide of iniquity
let loose among the native popula-
ton by the repeal of the prohbitory
clauses of the liquor law. Some,
however, of these, have been re-
claimed. Sunday school work among
the natives is also being vigorously
prosecuted in the Kawaiahao Church,
which has an organization probably
twice as large as that of the Kau-
makapili, and in which the students
of the Kawaiahao Seminary are
actively employed.
Mr.. S. ID. Fuller based his re-
marks on the text: $50 home to
thy friends and tell them how great
things the Lord hath done for thee -
and claimed that the Young Men S
Christian Association is the great
Home Mission. institution of the
century. 1t was originated in Lon
don by George Williams, who COM
menced operations by inviting young
men to his own rooms to counsel and
direct them in the ways of good
morals and practical religion. In
1876, the organization was formally
inaugurated in England. In 1851,
the first Y. M. c. A. in America was
formed in Montreal, Canada, follow
ed about nine days later by the first
in the United States, floated by the
young men of Boston, Mass. The
institution is now co-eXtensive with
the Christian church, and its most
effective auxiliary. In the world,
there are $500 associations with q
membership of 100000, and owning
buildings to the value of 81, 900, 900.
The success of the institution is
largely due to its going specifically
for a certain object and then plan
ming and working for its attainment
There were four classes of men in
America to whom the members OF
the several associations devoted O
great deal of their attention; viz
Railroad men, the Frcemcn of tho
South, Commercial travellers and
College boys, and with whom they
were cminently successful. Theil
work is all Home Mission worl
from end to end. 1t was by labor.
ing in the line of the Y. M. C.. A
work that ID. l.. Moody and Others
achieved that success in evangcisti'
work which has made them light.
in the world. Students in theology
by identifying themselves with this
institution are trained in the practi
cal exercise of the duties of thei
prospective calling; and by engag
ing in Home Mission work, man,
of them have been led to devot
themselves to service in the Foreigl
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