The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-08
THE ANNUAL TEA PARTY OF THE
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Missions invites the pastors, Sunday
School superintendent, and dele
gates, who come to the annual meet
ing of the Hawaiian Evangelical AS
socation to meet in the parlors OF
the Central Union Church, where
the ladies provide in abundance
biscuits, cakes and tea. The wives
and children of the Hawaiians in
vited come, and they have a good
time with plenty TO eat and to drink.
The ladies chat with their guests,
if they know enough Hawaiian to
put their thoughts in that mellitiu-
Gus language. After the refresh
ments have been served, there are
addresses in the different languages
spoken in this poIygloL community.
DR.. Hyde, in introducing the diff
ferent speakers, said that the Bible
tells us of trouble in the land of
Israel that God only could remove.
When this declaration was made to
Ahab, he rose up to eat and to
drink, while Elijah rose up 10 pray.
This is not 10 teach us that praying
is better than eating and drinking,
but there is proper time and place
for every duty or enjoyment. This
evening we come to Gospel feast,
not only to eat and drink, but to
mngle with with all our enjoyments,
thoughts of God and duty to Him.
Rev. DR.. Beckwith gave in fitting
words of welcome, the greetings of
the Central Union Church, and
wished Judge Judd to put into the
very best Hawaiian the expressions
of sympathy and affection he could
not himself convey in the liquid
tones of Hawaiian speech. Rev. j.
B. Hanaike responded in appropri-
ate sentiments: as Moderator of the
Association he would pledge his
brethren to constant remembrance
in the voice of prayer in behalf of
their Christian brethren in the Cen
trail Union Church, as DR.. Beckwith
had asked.
The Chairman next called on Rev.
ID. Kapali, formerly missionary Of
the Hawaiian Board in the Marshall
Islands. He was no greybeard, he
said, when twenty years and more
ago, he left Hawaii for foreign mis-
sionary work in the islands to the
South. No work did more credit to
the Hawaiian nation, than their
readiness to send and support mis-
sonaries in the other island groups
of the Pacific. He made fervid
appeal to young Hawaiians to con-
slider the claims of this work on
them individually, regretting that
no one of the graduating class of
the n. p. NJ. l. was ready to pledge
himself to this work.
Kaure, the Gilbert Islander who
is assisting Rev. Mr.. Bingham in
translating the Old Testament into
the language of his people, told OF
his delight and satisfaction in meet
ing for the fourth time with the Ha-
waian brethren and the sisters OF
the Woman's Board. lie mad come
to consider the month of June as
the Satisfying month, well.re-
Numbering the first time he came tc
the tea-party. One plate of good
things after another was brought tC
him, till he did not know what to dc
with such abundance. He asked
the prayers of all Gods people thai
Mr.. Bingham's life might be pre-
served until the translation of tht
Scriptures was complete.
In introducing the next speaker
the Chairman said that when Aholc
was on his dying bed he sent fo
Rev. IL. II. Parker, and said to hin
that he had sent for lin, as the sol
of a missionary, to tell him that tn
missionaries we're his best friends
Better than any dying testimony i
the living witness of the power o
Christian character in man res