The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-12-08


ferences of the pastor, Rev. Richard
Armstrong, DR.. G. T. Judd and my
father over this point.
s'rhere was no master mechanic here
then from other lands TO oversee the
lob. Several handy shipcarpenters,
who had settled here, were available,
and one OF these foreign carpenters
had charge OF the native helpers on
the roof-work; but every rafter,. post
and beam was placed under the direc-
tion of our missionary fathers.
"I well remember my mothers tell
ing me that it was largely owing to
DIR. Judd's practical skiu and inyen-
ton that the ridgepole was, at last,
securely raised and settled to its noble
place; and we know that many pray
ers went up to the Great Architect of
the Universe that wisdom and skill
might be granted to these inexperi-
enced workmen and the heoyer-burdened
fathers.
"But, to the accident. One after
noon, between and O'clock, there
was q tremendous excitement, and
native men, women and children
came f1ocking in crowds to the church,
as the report spread, like wildfire, that
the thaole' carpenter had fallen from
one of the stringers to the floor.
Everyone thought he was dead. Great
was the relief when 1t was found that
he was only stunned, and had escaped.
Our fathers and mothers hastened
to the scene of the disaster with
restoratives and pillows. Amid the
confusion, number of the children
of the various households followed,
unbeknown to our mothers, to be
speedily sent home, but not before
one of them at least, had seen the spot
and the injured man lying there, and
photographed the scene on memory's
page.
room was laid gradually, as the roof
work went on, so that the workmen
should never be any length OF time
the roof, to the ground in the:cellar.
The work began at the tower end,
and the floor was at that time laid
nearly half across. Mr.. F, the
carpenter, was at work on the middle
of a stringer, which was the last COW
cred by the flooring underneath, and
had he fallen a few feet to the east,
he would have gone to the pavement,
with instant death inevitable.
'As it was, his broken bones
(both legs were broken) were soon
| the long cushion of mothers lounge,
was carefully carried to his home on
| the makai side of the plain, midway
between town and Waikiki. where he
had rude, two-story, frame house,
the only foreign built one on that
sparsely settled part of the town."
| "And do you remember anything OF
the dedication?"
eyes; mistily in the distance /
| see the crowded house and the thous-
ands of happy faces that thronged it.
| hot
very long, and that to the children
the most Interesting part was at the
close, when Rev. r. Armstrong, alert,
active, magnetic, soliciting contrib u
tions from the audience towards
liquidating the remaining debt, was
seconded and almost exceeded by his
faithful, beloved deacon, Punihaole;
who stood in one of the tower
galleries, short wiry man with
mighty voice, for was he not one OF
the kings criers of the ancient days 2
and inspired the common people to
pledge themselves, after the chiefs had
all given their larger generous sums, to
follow on.
"First,it was all who can say dol
lar ?n and then "who can give the
shapalua p" "who the 'hapaha ?'' and
finally "hapawalu." The enthusi-
asm was infectious. Much OF the
money was collected on tne spot.
The Rev. Henry III. Parker has beer
for thirty years the pastor of the Ka'
waiahao Church. He is the son o.
the Rev. Benz. w. Parker, mission
ary who arrived in the reinforce
ment'' of 1880, and was stationed fol
many years in Kaneohe. The Rev
Henry III. Parker is a master of the
native language, and a fluent and elo
quent speaker, and has had strong
influence over the native people. The
Church, during the last fifteen years
has found its membership decreasing
owing to the decrease of the native
race, and although it has not beer
able to properly maintain pastor
Mr.. Parker has, at all times, giver
his services without special regard tC
compensation. Probably no one IL
tine islands could have discharged the
special and peculiar duties of such al