The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-06-04
HAWAIIAN PASTORS.
Continuance OF the Evangelical
Alliance


The Association met Wednesday aft
! ernoon for the transaction of the re-
mainder of the routine. business. Sta
/ tistical reports from churches, and re-
ports from committees occupied the
session. The Solicitery Committee of
the church at Kailua, Hawaii, reported
five hundred dollars raised for repairs
and in confirmation of it the stately
old church, where the Hawaiian kings
and queens of the olden time used to
worship, lifts up its spire pointing
heavenward the thoughts of every old
resident and every passing traveller
The church at Hama, Maui was author
lied to solicit $4,000 to complete the
repairs that have been begun. The
Hawaiian Board was requested to con-
slider the advisability of sending among
the Hawaiian churches this coming
year such an Evangelistic Committee
as visited Kauai two years ago. The
Board was authorized to appoint such
a Visiting Deputation, and provide for
the expense of the work.
The Association resumed it's session
on Thursday morning. After the usual
preliminary exercises, an hour was
spent in listening to fraternal greetings
from other nationalities engaged in the
same lines of Christian work. Rev. D.
p. BRINE spoke for the Central Union
Church, and abiding to the large gath
ering of the Y. p. S. G. E. in Kawaia
hao Church, urged the Hawaiian pas
tors to pay special attention to the
young people. as the strength as we'll
as the hope of the Kingdom of Christ. |
Mr.. Joseph Emerson, as the delegate
of the Central Union Church, spoke as
a Hawaiian in Hawaiian, declaring his |
devotion to the best interests of Ha-
wall, his birth place, and rejoicing that |
new hopefulness and new purposes |
were pervading the Hawaiian element |
in these days of new life, and new |
activities Rev. o. H. Gulick and Rev. |
J. Oyabe, of Paia, Maui, spoke for the |
Japanese, and deprecated and DISPOSE |
ton to doubt the friendship and loyal
ty of their friends from the Empire of
the Rising Sun. So marked had been
he triumphs of Christian love in these
Islands, that this new band that is
uniting so many Christian believes in
service for the One Master is far
stronger than any of the diverse in
1uences that spring from divided in
erests, and selfish schemes. Rev. Kong
Tet Wing, pastor of the Chinese
Church, Kohala, spoke for his band of
workers.. His remarks were translated
nto English by Mr.. F. w. Damon, and
Rev. o. P. Emerson's completed the
ircuit of communication by putting the
english into Hawaiian. The work is
teadily advancing year by year, and
10 step in advance has been lost. For
he first time the Chinese workers have
ONE to Honolulu for the first General
Ieeting, the new preacher in Canto-
ese Bunti from the Presbyterian Mis-
ion in China, the faithful Hakkah
preacher in the Honolulu Church, the
Theological Instructor who has just
ompleted his first year of work on that
department., and others whom Mr..
Damon mentioned by name. Mr.. Dam
IN thanked the Association for the
of dollars so generously and
ordially voted by the Hawaiian Board
Zach wear for the Chinese Mission.
The steady growth of the work is
shown in the fact that few months
go Rev. DR.. Hyde received into the
hurch half a score of young people,
ONE of whom he had baptized in their
arIy infancy. Mr. Damon invited the
association to visit at any time the
buildings of the Mill Institute, and
them chop-sticks and bowl (
# rice if they happened to come about
O'Clock. when the sixty Chinese boys
# that Boarding School have their
fternoon meal. Rev. Mr.. Hasugawa
poke for the NJ. E. workers associated
With him in the NJ. E. Mission to the
japanese in Hawaii. He wished to
ear testimony to the Christians sym :
athy with which he had been received ]
nd to express his thanks for the help
iven him by the generous contribu-
ions received from the liberal givers,
-ho were ready to support and forward
very good work. !