The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-05-05
REV. LUTHER HALsEY GULlcK, M. D.

NEWS cdm0 ny Cu6 AuStrall6
of the death of DIR. L. II. Gu,
lick, at Springfield, Mass, April
Sth. He was born in Honolulu,
June 10, 1928. HIS parents Rev.
Peter j. Gulick, and Fanny Fl.
Thomas Gulick, came to the Islands
in the Parthian, March 80, 1928. In
1S40 he was sent to the United
States to be educated, and from the
New York University Medical Col
lege in 1850. October 29th of that
year he married Miss Louisa Lewis,
of New York city. November 1S,
1851, he sailed from Boston with
Rev. Messrs. Snow and Sturges, the
pioneer band of missionaries of the
American Board, for Micronesia.
He left Honolulu with the others
July Is, 1852, and was stationed on
Ponape, where he reduced the lam
guage to writing, prepared school
books, hymn books, translations of
the Scriptures, and proved himself
most efficient and successful mis-
sionary. After laboring on that ISL
and for some years he removed to
Ebon: but in 1862, he came up to
Honolulu, and visited the States.
On his return to Honolulu, he was
appointed Secretary of the Hawaiian
Board. He was largely instrumental
in reorganizing the churches, after
the withdrawal of the American
Board. In 1870 he went to the
United States, where he served for a
time as one of the district secre-
taries of the American Board. In
1871 he went to Europe to iuaug-
urate the mission of the American
Board among the Roman Catholic
populations. In 1874 he returned
TO the States, and entered the SER
vice of the American Bible Society.
He was appointed their agent IN
japan, and after the completion of
the translation of the Bible into the
Japanese language, went to China
to act there as the agent of the
American Bible Society in printing
and distributing the sacred Scrip
lures. While residing at Shanghae
he also edited the Chinese Recorder,
and conducted the Sabbath services
for the foreign residents. While in
Japan, September 5, 1877, occurred
the golden wedding of Father and
Mother Gulick, who left the islands |
ia 1876 to make their home with him |
in Japan. DR.. Gulick was the old |
est of the family. His brothers.
Oramel, John T. and Theodore W.,
are in Japan, where his sister Julia,
who recently visited the Islands, is
also employed in missionary work.
His brother w. II. Gulick is in
Spain, and Rev. T. L. Gulick is pas
or of the Paia Church on Maui. Of
DR.. Gulick's own children, Rev. Sid
ley l.. is a missionary in Japan, the
,ldest daughter married Prof. F. f.
Tewett, of Oberlin College, and the
,ther daughter is the wife of Rev. G.
\. Clark, a missionary in Japan.
other children are Rev. E. L. Gu
ick, pastor at Groton, Mass, DIR.
luther Gulick, director of physical
in the School for Christian
Workers at Springfield, Mass, and
he youngest son, Pierre L., is at
ending the Springfield High School.
lis health failed last year, and he
ought recuperation in visit to the
states. But although not an old
nan, he found himself too broken in
trength to take up active respon
IDLE work. He took up his resi-
ence with his son in Springfield,
lass, but after a year of growing
,eakuess, finally passed away to his
est above. DR.. S. P. Leeds, of
hanover, n. H., conducted the fune-
al exercises. Twenty years have
lade many changes in Honolulu, but
lany remember with warm affection
1e earnest missionary whose push
nd tact made whatever he under
1ok work that was full of interest
nd hope from the start. Broad in
is views of Christian life and duty,
e had much of the spirit of the
[aster, and was an inspiration and
clip to all whom he could influence.