Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-12

on every Injecting nlBnt. MS pOy is
studying Latin, philosophy and astrono-
my, while the boys who dropped out Of
the union for the sake of their cigar
cites are mostly receiving their educa-
ton in the streets. A father said to
me 81 can't prevail upon my boy to
60 out and buy bottle of whiskey for
me, he won't even bring me glass of
it from the cupboard" Such instances
of fidelity to the society are common
We believe that this Union, if rightly
cared for, will, at some future day, be
an important factor for good in Homo
lulu society; or may be its influence
will be felt in different places through
out the world
There is not the necessity for quite
so much calling as formerly, for the
reason that the work is SO we'll known
that those desiring assistance can, and
do, apply, as general rule During
the year there have been about seven
hundred calls made on families, the
sick, and those in trouble, which is a
monthly average of ffty-eight. We
have attended several funerals and
superintended few entertainments.
All the calls have been received with
expressions of gratitude, and often at
tended with Gods blessing. OF the
sick visited we have kept no account
outside of the general calls. There
have been about thirty different indi-
viduals assisted with loans or gifts of
money, and more than sixty with cloth
ing
AS regards employment for different
individuals, including men and women,
and the procuring of homes for desti-
tute children, we estimated the num-
Der assisted at about fifty. There have
been hundreds of magazines and many
more papers of the best matter dis
tributed among boarding houses fam
lilies, hack drivers, and on shipboard
wherever we felt it would be appre-
ciated We feel that this is means
Of doing much good and the bringing
of comfort to many who, unable to
procure the best literature, would have
to do without, or be content with that
which would do more injury, both
mentally and spiritually, than other
wise. We have rejoiced in the receipt
of three large cases of magazines and
box of clothing from the Island of
Kauai, assuring us that the interest in
this work was not confined exclusively
to Honolulu.
We feel the work is one of progress
that there is much yet to be done in
the line of organization when we have
sufficient means to warrant our under
taking more and when enough workers
are forthcoming. We desire kitchen
gartcn school for the small girls a
training school for the larger ones, that
they may be instructed to be cleanly,
orderly and systematic in household
duties, fitting them for service in fami-
lies, which would indeed be blessing
in this country, or for homes of their
own free night-school for boys and
girls who are at work during the day !;
a fruit and flower mission and last
but not least, a home for destitute
women and children and aged men.
We have been told that there was not
sufficient demand for anything of this
kind, but we think if these same peo-
pie had been under the necessity of
placing their own homes and strength
in the line of nursing and baby tend
ing to mothers with from two to six
children, chiefly because there was no
other disposition which could be
made Of them; if they could only
see a poor little motherless girl
of four years of age, SO forlorn and
friendless and dirty, to say nothing of
five motherless boys, of poor women
whose physical suferings are so great
as to make life one continual burden
with no medical attention, proper food,
nor pure air to breathe; of very aged
men with none of life's comforts;
if they could see this they would feel
differently on this subject. A home of
this kind would provide place, where
poor women could leave small children
for the day for small remuneration,
while they were out to service.
AS this year closes the work of your
city missionary, in connection with this
church, we desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the dear friends who have
SO faithfully and earnestly co-operated
with US in this work, and have given so
willingly of time, talent, and means,
and especially to those who have up
held us by their loving words of sym
pathy and earnest prayers, remember
ing the message of the blessed Savior
of the sin laden, and weary hearted
a" As ye have done it unto one of the least
Of these, ye have done it unto me-.
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