The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-07

The Association resumed its sessions
in Kaumakapili church at o'clock
yesterday morning. After the usual
devotional exercises the first hour
was devoted to fraternal greetings
from the representatives from other
organizations. Rev. S. Sugiyama,
of Hilo, spoke for the Japanese Mis-
sion. Rev. J. Okabe, the Honolulu
pastor, leaves in July for a years
study at Chicago. Rev. II. w. Peck
spoke for the M. e. church, claiming
partnership inheritance in the hon
ors accorded to the missionary fathers
from America and the results of their
seventy-five years of labor in these
islands. Rev. d. p. Brine, on behalf
of the Central Union church as
sured the association of the deep
interest felt in the progress and
prosperity of the Hawaiian churches.
Rev. C. w. Hill, of Hilo, spoke in
behalf of the California churches, tell
ing of the progress made in spite of
special difficulties, especially recently
in the new life and vigor of their Pa
cifc Theological Seminary at Oak
land. AS pastor of the HilO church,
he spoke of his personal love and re-
spect for Rev. S. l.. Desha, who was
translating for him. He regretted
that language should be almost as
much of barrier as seas and noun
tains, but felt more and more sure
that the love of God would do away
such barriers as steam and electricity
were annihiIating time and distance.
Rev. a. G. Walkup, captain of the
Hiram Bingham, who arrived from
San Francisco in his little gasoline
schooner on Wednesday morning, was
introduced and declared himself as
representing not an American mis-
siOnary society but the Gilbert Island
churches with whose life and welfare
he had identified himself. He pre-
scented for fraternal recognition and
prayerful remembrance two young
men from Los Angeles, California,
who were going down with him to
the Gilbert Islands as lay workers in
Christ's work of human redemption.
They are supported by school in Los
Angeles, are not ordained as preach
ers, but expect to help in the
fight for Christ's victory over Satan,
for he is busy there and everywhere,
and what evil he does not do is what |
he cannot do. But the Lord Jesus is |
master of the situation and can call |
out and send out workers as the needs |
of the field are made evident.
The time allotted had expired, but |
the association wanted to hear from |
Mr.. f. w. Damon, superintendent of |
the Chinese Mission. He said that |
though born here in Honolulu and |
born again into life in Christ, he had
experienced this last winter what
seemed to him like a new birth. He
felt more like Hawaiian than ever
before, since in the little Chinese Mis-
sion chapel on Hotel street, he had
been working, singing, praying and
Chinese. The combination was no
union of incompatibles, but a real
lively, hearty cooperation. Such
union was possible and desirable and
there was room for more of it in our
Christian work. On his recent tour
he was speaking in Il Hawaiian
church, and seeing q fine looking
people touch of music to stir and up
lift their souls. He pulled out the
stops, and worked the bellows, and
prOped the keys. Not Il sound did he
hear. y good brother rushed up to
him TO explain that the rats had got
into the instrument and had q good
time eating this part and that part,
in our Christian work we may have, |
we must have a welI-pIanned organ
izatiOn. But organization is not suf-
ficient of itself alone. We need the
inbreathing of Gods Holy Spirit to
give us enthusiasm, energy and sue
cess. Circumstances seem favorable
for a mighty work of grace. Let all
Gods people unite in prayer for the
blessing in all its fullness.
Chief IuStipa In61 president of /
the Hawaiian Board in a brief address
urged upon the members of the Ha-
waiian churches fidelity by their
obligations to work persistently, in
diligently, ZealOusly and unitedly for
the Lord Jesus.
The regular order of business of the
association was then resumed and Mr..
w. w. Hall, treasurer of the Hawai-
ian board, read his annual report.
The total receipts for the year were
S22, S6061; total expenditures, S25,-
So. 80, including an Indebtedness from
last year of $2,479.03. Surely this
so generous in their gifts,
will not allow this incubus of debt to
put an additional burden of worry and
perpleXity upon those who on its be I
half are doing their best to meet the s
obligations for help and guidance i'm
posed upon them in the divine provi-
dence in the growth and progress of 8
the various departments of Christian a
work under the management of the S
Board. a careful scrutiny e
Of the treasurers report will show how Il
these trust funds are eXpend-
ed, and with what needful economy
the various claims on the Board for
publication, education, preaching, I
are considered and 4
met. The estimate made last year K
was $50, 700; the actual expenses, S22,- W
560.6I.
Rev. o. P. Emerson, corresponding q
of the Hawaiian Board, read :
n Hawaiian the report, which he had II
read in English at the =
meeting of the board Tuesday even
ng for their approval and adoption. o
Z q fill ii int inn