The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-10-09
EVANGELICAL CHURCHES.
The Semi-Annual Meeting Held at
Waikane.

island Association of Hawaiian Evan
gelical Churches was held this week
at Waikane, Koolau. Rev. ]. Keka-
huna, of Waianae, was chosen moder-
ator, and Rev. E. S. Timoteo, of Wal
alua, scribe. The usual routine bust
ness occupied the session Of the first
day. Reports from the various
churches, now reduced to nine, showed
a varying condition, religiously and
otherwise, depending largely upon the
ability aud faithfulness of the pastor
One new phase of Church work was
reported from Kalihi. While the
young men are absent all day at work,
some of the young women have form
ed a "Circle for House Visitation"
and have tried to keep up the religious
life of the community, now without a
parlor. On Sunday afternoons they
have the privilege of holding religious
services at the Receiving Hospital for
the benefit of the leper suspects await
ing examination there from time to
time.
Kaumakapili Church presents its
usual report of trouble because of
chronic Indebtedness, and equally
troublesome disaffectiOn on account of
the pastors pronounced dislike of the
ruinous and scandalous disorders of
the monarchical regime. Political dis
sensions seem to have split in two the
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that the Association recommend these
brethren to read Phil. Az.
The Church at Waialua, in order TO
reach the nOn-church goers, arranged
for musical evening, inviting e cry
one to attend without charge for ad-
mission. The singing was excellent,
and large company assembled. Dur.
ing the intermissiOns a special com
mittee button-holed those who were
not in the habit of attending Church,
and tried with pleasant urgency to get
promise to come to Church the next
Sunday. The endeavOr was successful,
resulting in an increased attendance
at the Sunday services.
The people of Honolulu, dissatisfied
with the want of religious instruction
in the Government school, have estab-
lished an independent English school.
They wish their children instructed
in the Bible and IN Christian duties
during the week, as needfull prepar-
alton for the most profitable results of
Sunday school instruction on the
Lords Day. 1t was arranged that the
student from the North Pacific Mis-
sionary Institute who has been pas
tor during his vacation, should con-
tinue the work while continuing his
studies for an additional year in Ho-
nolulu, spending Saturday and Sun
day at Hauula.
Waikane church showed new coat
of paint, inside and outside, the work
of resident artists. The body of the
sides and ceiling is painted modest
straw color; the trimmings are of
olive brown, and the mouldings show
a stripe of red. Carpenters had hardly
finished the new seats with which the
church was furnished in modern style.
The delegate, who read the report, ac-
knOwiedged on behalf of the church,
their gratitude to Mr.. P. c. Jones,
who has his country home near the
church, and has by his generous con-
tributions for these expenses stirred
up the church members to these i'm
provements in their house of worship.
There were several oveTtures from
the different churches for the associa-
ton to act upon. The pastor of Waia-
nae who has recently been appointed
a District Judge, presented request,
in which the church had united, ac-
cOrding to parole testimony, that he
be dismissed from the pastorate. The
reason assigned was the burdensome-
ness of their obligation to pay the sal
haf hi hah nf w
been removed by the payment in full
of all their Indebtedness. But the
association refused to grant their re-
quest for any such reason. Some del
egates, however, argued that the |
right of petition of one party involved
the obligation of the other party to
grant the request made by the petit
TONERS. 1t was finally decided to APP
point committee, authorized to con-
suit with the church in public assem-
bly,, and if the pastor should persist in
refusing to resume the duties of the
pastoral office even if the church |
should vote that this would be salts
factory TO them, that then the COM
mittee should declare the pastorate
vacant.
The usual petition from Kaumaka- |
pill church was sent in, calling for the /
pastors resignation because his salary !
had not been paid. 1t was laid upon |
the table to be taken up for definite |
action when petition for advice and !
assistance that had been presented to /
the Hawaiian Board, in accordance /
with which q committee bad been 1
appointed to confer and cooperate with /
the church shall nave completed their !
work.
In discussing the new phases of |
work in the churches, much interest |
was expressed in what could be done !
for Hawaiians who keep alOof, for one !
reason and another, from Christian |
worship. The Waialua people, finding
that some families made their lack of |
suitable clothing an excuse for not |
coming to church, had earned money, |
bought material in Honolulu, and |
clothed the needy. Some japanese
Christians having come into town, a
room in the church building was
offered to them for religious services. /
Then the Chinese asked the same
privilege, and some Portuguese also
were DESTROYS of having the church /
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