The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-11-28
TIE HAWAIIAN BOARD.
Its Management and Its Fin
ances.

alton is the ecclesiastical organization
which has taken the place and func
items of the American Mission. By
its constitution it is limited to certain
prescribed departments of church
work pertaining to the welfare of the
whole body OF evangelical churches
Its department of Christian benefi.
eencs is placed in charge of a board
Of twenty seven members. One third
Of this number is elected by the asso-
citation at c-ch annual meeting, at
which time also a treasurer and a
corresponding secretary are chosen.
This Hawaiian board, as it is com
monty called. chooses its own presi-
dent, vice-president, recording secre-
tary and auditor. The corresponding
secretary, Rev. o. 2. Emerson, Is the
executive officer of the board, which
in its sphere may be regarded as the
executive committee Of the evaDgeli-
cal churches.
The general work of the Hawaiian
board in its various departments is
under the supervision of seven stand
ing committees, whose functions are
indicated by the titles, foreign mis-
sions, home work. publications, edu-
cation, finance, Morning Star, sp-
preparations from the American
board. In carrying on the Micro
nesian mission these two boards co
operate, and in the home work the
American board assists by grants to
pay the salaries of Messrs. Emerson,
HYDE and Damon. and by special aid
from time to time for specific objects.
But the expenses of the work here In
the islands must be met by the Ha-
waiisn board They are large indeed
for so small constituency as is re-
presented by the membership of the
evangelical churches, 4154 native,
1912 foreign, 6T6 of these Americans,
and few others who most generous
" assist in bearing this burden. Few
people know how much is done for
the various naiioualities. for their
moral, intellectual and religious vel
fare. and how much this work de-
msnds necessarily of added expendi-
lures from year to year.
The fifty seven Hawaiian churches
are supposed 20 support their own
pastors, raising last year SS029.70 for
thirty-three pastors, some of these
supplying more thsn one church
The average salary is thus only
little less than S245 in addition to
parsonage and glebe. But the people
are poor. and each year seem to be
growing less able to give suitable
support to their pastors. There are
twelve churches without any pastors,
and too small in membership, too
to expect more than a quar-
terly visit from some preacher who
has been appointed by the island
to exercise some general
oversight over that particular church.
For church buildings, chRpels, par
sonages, Forty nine Hawaiian church
es report that they contributed last |
year SeO43 So: aud to the treasury of |
The Ha xaiian board S99615. For /
Christian work they |
also contributed S2659.5S, making q |
grand total of S16.5S2.4S raised |
asst year by these Hawaiian Evan
yelical churches, reporting an aver
age of $40 from each church. This
however S5,37LS1 less than was re
ported in 1892.
Individual donors at the Islands
nave contributed S7,721.4S. One
.srge item OF this in the monthly
donation of $50 from ]. I. Water
house, ST., specially helpful from
coming so regularly at the intervals
# special need. The special dona-
ions of Mrs. NJ. E. Rice and Mrs. j.
u. Cooke for Portuguese work and
ools and furniture for Hawaiian
pastors, have been most acceptable
md timely, as also those from Messrs.
Wilcox, Robinson and others for
General work. Besides the donations
luly acknowledged in the last an
lual report. are doubtless many
theirs paid directly to local objects
hat have not passed through the
of tie board. The Central
Union Church has contributed
1,S6S.24 to the general work of the
'oard, and the Central Union Sun
.sy School 800. Hon. c. r. Bis
op has added to the permanent
unds of the board, the mum
cent sum of $4,000, only the
nnusl income Of this to be
pplied to the current expenses of
be board. Friends in the States
ave contributed $I357, friend in
spsn $500. and Micronesia has sent
425. The total receipts of the
GARD have been SIS 144.42
But the expenses have exceeded
bis sum, and amounted to S25, 649,
diminishing the large cash balance
sported the previous year, and leav-
1g in the treasurer's hands only
1857 to begin the work of the
urrent year. The foreign work
ais for an outlay of $1,000; North
'scifc Missionary Institute $1,000; !
lueen Emma hall 1920; Kohala
chool $500; other Hawaiian work
5000 ~ OHM I