The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-04
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sincere promise 1Iom Obnulah. We
all shook hanus, ard voted ubani-
lnously 10 quash the chalg,s and
II store him IT, iavo,. Tlen " tli u
light heart / went un shuie. i had
dread, Il this ordeal, and much
feai,d for its result, but now all
S, EN-, d fright. We spent only "a
hours at la. II vas II d, light 10
see class If 20 stand up in a line
and read, nearly all OF them tluently,
in the New IL siameht. Tie wulk
seems favorable. A few were re-
,eived to the church, 20 ch ddl EN-
bapt re l., but none were willing 10
20 to our school at Ruk. My heat
was heavy about this, but l hope by
and by we may get several from this,
which in many respects is the best
church in the group. Thursday
noon we went to Satoan, to remain
until 10 A. NJ. of Friday. This has
always been one of the most back
ward of the churches, but there
seems some life even here.
worked on shore until 8 +. NJ, and
then returned on shore the next
morning. No recruits here for our
training school. Obadiah plans to
come and live with them some
months next year, help rebuild their
church, and try to revive them
spiritually. 1t is more than 20
miles across the lagoon to our next
stopping place, Katu. 1t was so
rough the captain thought it not safe
to anchor here, so landed DR., Wet
more and myself, and went on to
Nor, where there is sheltered
anchorage. This church has kept
up very well. Eleven were received
to the church, and 10 children bap-
tized. Still no one willing to go to
our training school. l was depressed.
Here and at Satoan some of the Chris
tians trade in tobacco. We were
four long hours in the boat getting
to the ship, and then it was too late
to begin work at Nor. At Kuku,
DR.. Wetmore and l slept in ham
mocks, tying HIM in so that he
should not fall out. / enjoyed the
Sunday at Nor, as the people listened
gladly to what we had to say.
Eleven children were baptized, and
one couple obtained for our training
school. A woman was chosen to be
their school teacher, and many
earnest words of exhortation given,
and at evening we babe them good
bye. Monday morning we started
very early for Etal, the Morning
Star tying to the reef, on the lee
side, as there is no passage into the
lagoon. This is the home of Caleb
and Julie, and we had warm well
come. The school showed off finely,
large class in the Testament, and
nice drill in geography. The
general meeting was continued here,
and very satisfactory results arrived
at. This work is new to the teachers,
nothing of the sort having ever been
done. Our good boy, Joni Pratt,
who came home with us, was re-
ceived to the church here, and l
hope will make useful Christian
and ultimately teacher. Two
couples, promising ones, were Sc
cured here, and third wanted to
come, but were kept back by their
relatives. Just at dark, after the
busiest day yet, got on board for an
evening of rest. About midnight
Capt. Bray took the kedge from the
reef, and ran down to Namaluk,
where we got ashore after breakfast.
Here matters were not very promis-
ing. Joram the teacher is not very
efficient. Six couples were here
married, IL adults and z children
baptized. We had thought Of bring
ing Joram up to Ruk, where /
could help him perhaps to do a
better work, but on the whole it
seemed best to leave him. We had
long walk across the reef in going
and coming, wading through water
often above our knees. One of the
brightest and most promising young
men here, being left widower, had
taken another mans wife, and now
came to me to be married in q
Christian way, and thus prepare the
way to be taken back to the church,
but l had to tell him that could do
nothing for him.
At dark we sailed for Losap,
where we arrived the next morning,
and got ashore for our days work
at 10 A. NJ. This is Solomon's home,
and he was able to take the laboring
oar. There were here many lapses
into sin, and while the school ap-
peared real well, 1t is composed
almost entirely Of young women and
children, the boys and young men
preferring tobacco and wickedness,
to study. A fine young couple here
volunteer for our school. Two boys
who have been two or three years
with Mr.. Doane, were here chosen
school masters. We left our an,
chorage here the next morning,
Thursday, March 4th, and ran ovel
ten miles to Nawa. Here the cap
tain tied to the reef, and we lad 6
day on shore. Nawa has been three
years without a teacher, Solomon
doing what he could for them. Both
Losap and Nawa suffer much from
being stopping places for trading