The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-22
TIE IA WAHAN BOARD.
lis Management and IFS Fin
aHces.

Inc ha"allah Evangelical Associ.
alton Is the ecclesiastical organization
which has taken the place and fupc.
TONS OF the American Mission. Bv
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 bepef-
eence is placed in charge of a board
OF twenty seven members. One third
OF this number is elected by the asso-
cation at each annual meeting. at
which time also treasurer and a
corresponding secretary are chosen.
Ihls Hawaiian board, as it is COM
monty called, chooses its own presi-
dent, vlce-president, recording secre-
tary and auditor. The CORRESPONDING
secretary, Rev. o. L. Emerson, is the
executive officer Of the board, which
In Its sphere may be regarded as the
executive committee of the evapgeli-
cal churches.
The general work of the Hawaiian
board IN its yarious departments is
under the supervision of seven stand
ing committees, whose functions are
Indicated by the titles, foreign mis-
slons, home work, publications, edu-
cation, finance, Morning Star, ap-
preparations from the American
board. In carrying on the Micro
nesian mission these two boards CO
operate, and In the home work the
a 4, Il. A..
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-
waiian board. They are large indeed
Tor SO small a constituency as is re-
presented by the membership of the
evangelical churches, 4154 native,
1212 foreign, GIG of these Americans,
and few others who most generous
ly assist In bearing this burden. Few
people know how much is done for
the various nationalities, for their
moral, intellectual aud religious vel
fare, and how much this work de-
mands necessarily of added expendi-
tures from year to year.
The fifty seven Hawaiian churches
are supposed to support their own
pastors, raising last year SSO29.7O for
tEIrty-three pastors, some of these
supplying more than one church
The average salary is thus only
little less than S245 in addition to a
parsonage and glebe. But the people
are poor, and each year seem to be
growing less able to give a suitable
support to their pastors. There are
twelve churches without any pastors,
and too small in membership, too
isolated, to expect more than quar-
terly visit from some preacher who
has been appointed by tie island
associations to exercise some general
oversight over that particular church.
For church buildings, chapels, par
sonages, forty-nine Hawaiian church
es report that they contributed last
year S6043. So; and to the treasury of
the Hawaiian board S99615. For
Christian work they
also contributed $2S59.5S making a
grand total of S16,5S2.48 raised
last year by these Hawaiian Evan
gelical churches, reporting an aver
age of $40 from each church, This
however S5,371.81 less than was re-
ported in 1892.
Individual donors at the Islands
have contributed $7,72148. One
large item of this in the monthly
of $3.50 from j. L. Water
house, ST., specially helpful from
coming so regularly at the intervals
Of special need. The special dona-
tons of Mrs. III. T.. Rice and Mrs. j.
MI. Cooke for Portuguese work and
tools and furniture for Hawaiian
pastors, have been most acceptable
and timely, as also those from Messrs.
Wilcox, Robinson and others for
general work. Besides the donations
July acknowledged in the last an
mail report, are doubtless many |
others paid directly to local objects !
hat have not passed through the |
treasury of the board. The Central
Union Church has contributed |
81 SOS. 81 to the general work OF the |
board. and the Central Union Sun
Law School $500. Hon. g. II. Bis
lop has added to the permanent
'unds of the board, the NUM-
icent sum of $4,000, only the
annual income of this to be
applied to the Current eApenSeS VI
he board. Friends In the States
nave contributed S1357, a friend in
Japan $500, and Micronesia has sent
s425. The total receipts of the
BOARD have been S25 144.42.
But the expenses have exceeded
his sum, and amounted to S25,649,
the large cash balance
exported the previous year, and leav-
no in the treasurer's hands only
;455.67 to begin the work of the
.nrreut year. The foreign work
alIs for an outlay of $4,000; North
oacific Missionary Institute $1,000;
)neen Emma hall $1,000; Kohala
chooI $500; other Hawaiian work
1900; Chinese work $500; Portu-
.uese $4,000; Japanese $4,000; pub
cations $500: general expenses
$500: a total Of S23, 800 at the very
owest calculation, and if there IS to
q any adequate extension of the
Tork. $4,000 is the probable amount
r expenditure for the current year
he treasurer has received already
vo donations of $1,000; but the
uarterly expenses amount to $4,000,
nat must be paid as they fall due
u, boord rallies today as ever upon