The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-16
The Late Mrs. =. J. Lyman-Inter0st-
ing Facts OF Early Hawaiian Life.

The Late Mrs. =. J. Lyman-ImterOst-
ing Facts or Early Hawaiian Life.
In a recent issue of the ADVERTISER
mention was made of the death of Mrs.
Sarah Joiner Lyman, wife OF the late
Rev. David Belden Lyman, which event
took place at Hilo, December Z, 1885.
She had been in feeble health for some
time, but the day before her death she
attended service at the Hail Church;
and the Sunday previous, being her
eightieth birthday, she attended service
at the Foreign Church. Although con-
siderably wearied on the Sunday after
the service, and complaining of cold, her
son, the Hon. F. S. Lyman, and others
who spent the evening with her, noticed
that she was unusually bright and talka-
tive. That night she retired as usual,
and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. In the
morning when her room was entered
she was found dead. There was no trace
of suffering or pain. Grief at the recent
tidings of the death of a promising
grandson probably FASTENED her demise.
The funeral services were held at the
Hail Church, at which a large audience
was present. The pall-bearers were old
graduates of the class of 1886, whose
tender regard for the deceased was like
that of bereaved sons. Remarks were
made by the Rev E. P Baker and the
Rev. w B. Oleson, the Hon. d. II.
Hitchcock interpreting for the latter.
The Scriptures were read by the Rev. j.
Kalamas, pastor of the Native Church.
The native and foreign choir sung
''Jesus, Lover OF My Soul" and the
Boarding School boys sang hymn COM
posed by the Hon. J. H. Nawahi, on the
occasion ofthe Rev. Mr.. Lyman's funeral,
little over year ago. "When Jesus
Comes" a special favorite of the de-
ceased lady, was sung over her grave.
Thus passed away in peace and honor
one of the last surviving links that bind
us to the past of Hawaiian missionary
and religious life. Mrs. Lyman, whose
death and burial are recorded above,
married her recently deceased husband
in November, 1881. The newly-married
couple sailed the same month in whaler
from New Bedford for the Hawaiian
Islands, reaching their destination in the
| Spring of 1882. The Rev. L. Lyons of
| Waimea, Hawaii, is the only gentleman
now living of ten who came out in that
ship. Mrs. r. III. Hitchcock of Hilo,
! Mrs. w. P. Alexander of Maui, Mrs. w.
! S. Emerson of Wialua, Oahu, and Mrs.
| c.. Armstrong of California, are the only
| ladies of nine who came out in the Aver
rich, Captain Swain, who are now alive.
The late Captain Chadwick was the first
mate of this vessel.
Rev. Mr.. Lyman and Mrs. Lyman
went direct to Hilo, arriving there IN
| Suly, 1882, where they lived ever after,
In 1886 they started the Hilo Boarding
! School. The school house was burned
down in 1858, and temporary one built.
When they decided to build perma-
! nent school house, Mr.. Lyman ordered
lumber direct from the mill at Puget
Sound. When the order was received
there a schooner was loading at the mill,
and the vessel was despatched to Hilo tc
see if the lumber could be sold. The
venture was a success. The original
cargo was sold, and the schooner re,
turned for Mr.. Lyman's order OF lumber
for the school house. This was the be-
ginning of a direct trade with the Sound
which has continued ever since, and II
was opened bv the order from the late
Rev. d. B. Lyman for lumber for hls
school house.