New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-03

NO, only IS the work Of home churches main.
t.ined among the natives and Americans but
effective mission work is doae among the Chi
nese japanese Portuguese and OH the Gilbert
Islands. Are any OF our American communities
more attentive to the severa! objee's demand
Ing their religious action The KeT. r. W. la
mon Is superintcrd m Of the work among the
Chinese a.d has az! effective cops OF assistants.
and sees good cause for encouragement In thus
departmen. Mills Institute with s.sty-e.ght stu
dents is a busy hive. l. has two halls, and i
IL sustained in part by fees from students over
The main building in gilded Chinese characters
one may read: The institute where truth Is
sought ThcO!ogc1. wOrk Is Developing ahd
two students fttinG for the ministry. Inc
Rev. O. H. Gu.!c IL superintendent Of the work
among the japanese and has twelve assistants.
Eight thousand dollars was raised Tor build
ing the japanese contributing S6S6 80. There
is maintained a school with fortyfve children
and a Kindergarten with forty-tght. The three
japanese congregations report Sl'"io IN contrl-
buttons The Rev. A ' Soares. pastor ana me
Rev l.. Baptiste. pastor. report on the work
among the PortGgueac. In addition To regular
preaching an evangel:si; efforts school and
kindergarten are carried on with promising re-
suits Under the foreign department the mis-
sionary vessel the Morning Star is considered
in connection with the A. b. c. +, NJ
ANNEXATION ARDENTLY DESIRED.
Bringing into view specially instructive facts
the whole has a mos. significant bearing upon
the question Ok annexation now before the
American people Beyond a Government, re-
publican in form alike In its legislative. judicial
and executive departments. beyond It's public
schools American in principle and methods. nov
giving instruction exclusively in English be-
yond all data giving evidence of agriculture,
and commercial prosperity, there Is among the
native and foreign population. according 10 this
report. effective Bible activity. Indeed. all there
is desirable of a higher order OF activity may be
traced to the Introduction OF Christianity by
| these higher efforts have from the first leaned
| for protection upon the strcng arm OF the
| American Government II is not surprising.
| therefore. that the representatives, OF all the
higher life on the islands ere looking toward an
nexation as the contamination OF their efforts
and an answer 70 their pr AYERS. Nor Is II sur
prsing that the devout in America. who have
co-operated. respond with hearty amen. FOR
| thus they believe Hawaii. the gem of the Pa
cine, will be saved from return to paganism
and become a permanent outpost Of American
| Christianity In the impending struggle between
| American and Oriental civilizations
| Il should not forget that there Is before us
also tie report OF another cooperative evangeli-
| cal agency the twenty. sixth annual report OF
| the Woman's Board OF Missions for the Pacific
Islands with 216 life members. about one-fourth
| Of whom reside in the United States and the
| others on the Islands. Something Of the extent
# these cooperative efforts is seen in the fact
| that the treasurer reports 1903 30 as the re-
cepts of the year In addition to gifts OF money
| and services compensated, woman's activity has
| taken on a variety OF forms. Many physical and
| spiritual wants have been supplied. They have
| be.n Bible readers, nurses for the sick and the
| forted the afflicted, maintained q home with
forty-seven inmates and specially promoted tenn
| perance and purity and borne an important part
| in Sabbath school and kindergarten work Hiss
| Mary f. Green. superintendent Of the Hawaiian
work: Miss Arcenia Fernandez. superintendent
| Of work among the Portuguese. and Miss Annie
Z. Guile among the japanese, report efforts full
II promise
1T should not be overlooked that OF the 109.-
020 people on the Islands according to recent
| census 81 GIG are Chinese and "A 407 Japanese,
| or a total Of 1923 against 81 019 native Ha-
Xafians. This census shows that 24G children
are OF legal school age-that Is. between the
ages Of six and hfteen-and that there were in
attendance 1874. or $500 per cent Under the
head OF religious classification the report says
n we calculate with the whole population as a
base we find that 21.35 per cent are Protestants
911S per cent are Roman Catholics. Ala per
cent are Mormons. and 1890 per cent are
Buddhists or other Eastern ereeds or profess no
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