Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-03-09

church meinbpfH should MAINTAIN I
boxes Tor receiving their offerings .
In support ~ the work They |
should be willing 60 make their .
contributions weighty enough 10 .
be n burden 90 them. NJ else the |
bless ell sense Of IN. r6ce would be /
wanting.
NJ. Davies, in ascending the |
res, luton, said a society that had
n halo of two hundred years OF
glorious service must be n worthy
ole. IL was the first society that
had preached the gospel to the
poor, that had sent the gospel TO
foreign parts in modern times.
In speaking Of the work OF the
society, he was glad to see present
the daughter OF the first mission
airy of the s. p. G.. to these islands,
Bishop Staley, who was now her
self medical missionary OF the
society in India. He spoke elo-
quently in comparing the motto
on the front of the Royal Elk
change in London-"The earth is
the Lords and the fulness there
ot"-apd the motto OF the $. p. G.
K.-"The earth shall be full of
the knowledge of the Lord" The
responsibility OF gratitude devoly-
ing upon church members here
was strongly emphasized. Mr..
Davies dwelt upon the facts In the
historical sketch presented t. the
congregation, and further urged
upon his hearers a sense of the
responsibility devolviDg upon
them. He made particular re-
ference to the mercantile and
national vessels in Honolulu har-
Dor, aud the work that might and
should be done among their sailors.
Oh, may the society go on for
another two hundred years, but
how long would it go on If it de.
pended upon our efforts here' 1t
was the personal responsibility
that should be taken to heart. Mr..
Davies in conclusion referred TO
Mr.. Bilkington, a Nottingham
boy, who was lately slain by saw.
ages in Africa, where he was do
ing missionary work. A year and
a bali ago the speaker N { him,
and the last thing Mr.. Bilkington
said was, The evangelization of
the world can be done, but not If
Christians do not accomplish it.
Our mission has been here, Mr..
Davies said, more than a genera
ton. Will it do its work within
the next generationH The peo
pie he found were waiting all
over the islands to have necessary
works done by clergymen. He
thanked God that the last time on
which he stood upon a platform
10 Honolulu for the present was
) in connection with the celebration
of this glorious anniversary. Gap
plause.)
The hymn, "Thy Kingdom
Come" was now sung.
Rev. V. III. Kitcat had the
moving of this resolution:
} "Resolved, That the assistance
rendered to Missions in Hawai-
, by the S. p. G. X. constitutes a
) claim for support from these ISL
, ands which should not be over
looked"
: They must keep in mind, Mr.
Kilcat said, that the resolution
; referred to the work of the 3. Z
, G. X. in the whole islands and no
merely in Honolulu. The com
. plant was often heard on the othe
islands that Honolulu got more
than its share, and they must tax
care that this complaint in secula
matters did not extend to their r.
ligious work. He spoke of tn
assistance the society had give
to church work at Lahaina an
Waikiki on Maui, and Mort
Kohala and South Kona on Ha
wall Churchmen in Honolulu
must not have their whole vie,
taken up with the work in thi
city. AS early as 1868 the societ
had made a grant of $500 to til
South Kona mission, which wa
followed by grants to Lahain
and Kohala 10 later years, an
hafore n cent was give
to Honolulu. In 1893 I'll
Chinese church in that var
received grant of 1900. Referrin
to the society's aid to education
these islands, by substituting il
lani school in Honolulu and s
Paurs school at Makapala, Mort