The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-04-30
REV. LUTHER HALsEY GULlCK, NJ. D.

News came by the Australia
OF the death OF DR.. l.. II. Gu
lick, at Springfield, Msss., April
9Th. He was born in Honolulu,
June 10, 1928. His parents Rev.
Peter J. Gulick, and Fanny Il.
Thomas Gulick, came TO the Islands
in the Parthian, March 80, 1928. In
1910 be was sent to the United
States to be educated, and from the
New York University Medical Col
lege in 1850. October 10Th of that
year he married Miss Louisa Lewis,
of New York city. November Is,
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 Ian
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 mp to
Honolulu, and visited the States.
On his return to Honolulu, he was
appointed Secretary of the Hawaiian
Board. He was largely instrumental
in recognizing 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 score
taries of the American Board. In
1871 he went to Europe to iuaug
urate the mission of the Americ, n
Board among the Roman Catholic
populations. In 1874 he returned
to the States, aud 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
in 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. H. Gnlick is in
Spain, and Rev. T. l.. Gulick is pas
tor of the Paia Church on Maui. Of
DR.. Gulick's own children, Rev. Sid
nev L. is a missionary in Japan. the
,ldess daughter married Prof f. F.
Jewett, of Oberlin College, and the
other daughter is the wife of Rev. G.
A. Clark, a missionary in Japan.
Other children are Rev. E. L. Cru
lick, pastor at Groton, Mass, DR..
Luther Gulick, director of physical
training in the School for Christian
Workers at Springfield, Mass, and
the youngest son, Pierre L., is at
tending the Springfield High School.
His health failed last year, and he
sought recuperation in visit to the
States. But although not an old
man, he found himself too broken in
strength to take up active respon
sible work. He took up his resi-
dence with his son in Springfield,
Mass, but after a year of growing
finally passed away to his
rest above. DIR. S. P. Leeds, of
Hanover, N. H., conducted the fune-
raj exercises. Twenty years have
made many changes in HONOLULU but
many remember with warm affection
the earnest missionary whose push |
aud tact made whatever he under
took a work that was full of interest
and hope from the start. Broad in
his views of Christian life and duty,
he had much of the spirit of the
Master, and was an inspiration and a
help to all whom be could influence.