The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-05
OAHU ASSOCIATION.
Second Days PrOceedings-Earnes Dis
cussiOns and Active Resolves.

| The Oanu ASSOCIATION Vi IIdMdI1elA1
| Evangelical Churches continued its ses-
sion at Kaumakapii Church on Thurs
dav. From reports of committees 1t
appears that children in some OF the
outer districts are growing up, who do
not even know how to read. In Wal
| manalo there are twenty children, but
no school; in Kahuku, forty children,
| but no teacher. Parents were cautioned
against sending their children to Catholic
schools where they are taught with inn
pudent effrontery to despise and re-
nounce the religion OF their parents.
| Rev. S. WaiWaiOle was dismissed from
| the WaimanalO church, and the usual
commendatory papers voted to the re-
| firing pastor. Rev. II. h. Parker was
appointed committee in charge OF the
vacant churches of kan6ohe and Wal
| manalO.
An outbreak of drunkenness was re-
ported in some districts, attributed to
| beer-breWing, the drink manufactured
being so strong that one glass OF it is
sufficient to put person in drunken
stupor. The people of KaneOhe have
suffered also from the gambling tricks OF
the Chinese stOre-keepers, losing all their
property in some instances by buying
shares in raffies. In some districts the
Chinese, as we'll as the Portuguese, were
reported as busily selling, on the sly,
Malaga wine. 1t is One-tifth alcohol;
but paws only a small duty of fifteen
cents per gallon. Being a cheap as well
as strong drink, it is having large sale.
Great regret was expressed that the
Reform Legislature should have passed
a law licensing the sale of beer, as if the
drink was an ally OF reform, and not its
strongest opponent. One of the whole
sale liquor houses keeps an agent travel
ing from one place to another inducing
the Chinese stOre-keepers to engage in
this illicit traffic.
In considering plans for further activ
ity, it was represented that the Nor
mons, Catholics, and Anglicans, are
busily engaged in visiting from district
to district, but the Evangelical churches
have no one employed in such work.
Resolutions of respect for Rev. A. o.
Forbes, late Corresponding Secretary of
the Hawaiian Board, were adopted.
General approval was expressed of the
action taken in inviting Rev. Oliver 2.
Emerson, of Riverdale, r. l., to take the
vacant Secretaryship. Itwas proposed to
appoint some minister to devote a por-
CIOI1 III Ills CILlS W TIC WI VI N1S1O1IIS
and rOusing the drOwsy churches.
Kaumakapili church has received from
one of it's members, J. KanOelehua, the |
gift of lot of land on which to build |
parsonage. Kaneohe church has re- |
Gently refitted and refurnished it's par |
sOnage. Kalihi church ought to have !
parsonage for its needy pastor. !
In the afternoon the Sunday schools |
and Their managem ent constituted the |
topic OF discussion. The tendency to |
frivolous performances in the Sunday |
school concert exercises was deprecated, |
and was declared to be evidently checked. |
1t was voted to approve the project of
raising a Lyons Memorial Fund of -, 900, |
the income to be applied to the support
OF boys in boarding schools.
Rev. DR.. Beckwith presented the
greetings of the Central Union Church
and in a brief but forcible address urged |
more general and faithful study of the
Bible.
1t was recommended to form, if pos
Sible, a Bible Reading Union similar to
the Prayer Union formed last year, and
it was voted to ask the Hawaiian Board
to print and distribute cards with dates
and arrangement of chapters to be read
in concert.
The Young Peoples Association were
TO organize themselves for |
Christmas work after the general plan
now followed by the Young Peoples So
ciety OF Christian Endeavor in the United
States.
Rev. E. s. Timoteo was appointed
travelling Preacher for the Island of
Oahu, at salary of $4O8. The call of
he Hauula church to S. Kapu to become
heir pastor was approved, and COM
nittee was appointed to ordain and in
stall the pastor-elect.
~ 9PToi%i 'os a1;1 was IieIu aC :. II
Pacific Mission Institute. The Associa-
ion adjourned to meet again in Kauma-
zapii church on the first Wednesday in
April.