The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-06-08
ANNUAL MEETING
Reports Of Hawaiian Evangelical
Association.
Educational Advantages Discus.
sed Students Trained for
Christian Work.


gathering of Christian workers to meet
together socially at the invitation of
the Woman's Board of Missions. The
large double parlors of the Central
Union Church are opened to all the
Christian Workers who come up year
by year to their Hawaiian Zion. On
Thursday plates were laid for 200 at
tables OF varying lengths, and groups
seated themselves according to their
different social affinities.
After ample justice had been done
ables and drinkables, Rev. o. P. Elmer
son called the assembly to order to
hear the address of welcome from Mrs.
c. M. Hyde the president of the Wo-
mans Board Brief allusion was made
to the welcome extended in the name
of the Hawaiian churches to herself
and husband, when they arrived in Ho-
nolulu, just 20 years ago this week, to
take up their life work and make their
homes in these Islands. She wished to
correct the mistake that some people
make that DR. and Mrs Hyde came
with the first reinforcement, away
back in the 30's. She could not deny
that it was a long time to look back
upon, especially as she saw before her
the new pastor of Kaumakapili Church
with his gray hairs, who was one of
the students. who formed the first class
of the reorganized n. P NJ Institute
90 years ago However differing the
race characteristics of the different
peoples that now form the heteroge-
nous population of the Islands, not as
Chinese, nor Japanese, nor Portuguese,
nor American citizens. but as citizens
of the kingdom of Christ, are we met
together. co-mingling as the various
colors of the rainbow, or flowing to-
gether, like many streams into the
ocean.
Rev. D. P. Brine spoke of the inter
est felt by the Central Union Church
in the prosperity of every other church
He had been very much impressed by
the enthusiasm of the vast concourse
of young people brought together in
the big stone church at the meeting on
Wednesday evening of the Y. P. S. G.
E. He wished the pastors would take
home with them hearts full of Chris
tian enthusiasm and work lovingly,
earnestly, vigorously for the young
people in their different parishes.
Rev. S. L. Desha, of Hilo, interpre-
ted. but Mr.. BRINE said that the Hilo
pastor made a better speech than he
could, and he did touch the hearts of
his audience by his fervent appeals for
a full and growing manifestation of
true Christianity in working together
of the advancement of Christ's king
dom.
Rev. S. Kekuewa, moderator of the
association, responded on behalf of
that body, reciprocating the express
sions of Christian sympathy, and
pledging hearty cooperation, thankful
for the encouragement received in this
meeting, especially. Rev. E. S. Tomo-
teo, pastor of Kaumakapili Church,
appealed for encouragement and fell
lowship in the new work he had under
taken. He said the cakes and coffee
were very palatable, but the chief ele-
ment of pleasure was the sweetness
that sugar only could give. He was
sure that the sweetness of Christian
love and helpfulness would not be
wanting in his new relations to Homo
lulu people.
Chaplain Edmondson, of the U. S. S.
Philadelphia, after expressing his
pleasure in being present at such a
unique convention, extended an invita-
ton to all the pastors and delegates
not forgetting their wives, too to
visit the vessel next Saturday after
noon at o'clock.
Rev. S. Kau, of Waikiki, abiding
to the flowers that adorned the room,
said that, though separated from the
parent stem, they kept their freshness
and fragrance in the water with which
the vases were filled Mr. Ting Lung
Eng, the Chinese evangelist of Wailu-
ku, Maui, spoke in Hawaiian, with
which language a residence of 20 years
had made him familiar. He was not
a pundit, perhaps, but he knew Hawai-
ians enough and rejoiced that he could
tell in that speech, as well as in his
own mother tongue, of the love of
Jesus, the one Savior for all mankind.
He spoke of the growth of the kingdom
of heaven among the Chinese residents,
and gave in detail the incident of the
recent conversion of a prominent Chi
naman of Maui, formerly a seller of
opium, now earnest in spreading the
gospel of salvation. 1t was all Gods
work; marvellous in our eyes, a cause
of rejoicing among the angels before
the throne of heaven, where the one
name, Jesus, is the name that makes
us all zone in Christ"
Rev Mr.. Soares, of the Portuguese
Church, who is soon to go to the States
for short vacation, alluded also to
the flowers, but said that fairer than
any flowers. sweeter than their fra
GRANGE was it to look into faces of such
an assembly of Christians. to see the
spirit of Charity beaming in the eyes,
speaking in the warm grasp of the
hand. He was thankful for the beauti-
full church home built this year, and
wished all who could would visit it, and
rejoice with them inside its spacious
rooms But more than all he wanted to
bespeak warm place in every heart
for the Portuguese people, so ignorant
and so needy, and was sure that the
two young men who to take up his
work in his absence would receive
their sympathy and help.
Rev. L. Mitchell, from the Gilbert
Island Mission, spoke of the joy he
felt in telling something of the one
work in which we are all interested,
telling men of the love of God. He
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