The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-13
WORK OF BOARD
Rev. o. p. Emerson on the
Home Mission Labors.
what is BEING Done and What Is
Reauired-A Review OF Eighty
Tears-institutiop


the Hawaiian Board. Delivered at
the Central Union church Sunday.
June 4, 1897
Standing as we do Close to the close
of the century. after eighty years of
missionary work, 1t is fitting that n
survey be made of that work, even
though il be a mere glance, to the end
that its needs be better understood.
These eighty years of the mission
divide into two periods of nearly equal
length.
The first is that of the activity of the
missionary fathers-years of planting
and of growth-years of fruitage and
gathering-wonderfnl years, when Ha-
wall first felt the warmth of day after
its long night of darkness.
DO you ask what the fathers did to
bring the day? They gave the IIa-
waiians written language and a lit
eratnre with a Bible in it, they taught
that language and literature and in
been the pride of Hawaii; they built
n score of great churches and made
them ,centers of religious life; they
gave the people the Sabbath and the
marriage rite, anu giving them a
church and a home-life they drew them
out of depths of degradation and mis-
cry.
They found the people idle and they
gave them employment. Mind and
heart were engaged; they became
themselves in turn light bearers to yet
unevangelied islanders; and finally
having raised up body Of men to take
their place, the fathers passed on.
The second period into which these
eighty years are divided Is overlapped
by the first, but may be regarded as
commencing in 1868, when out of the
old General Meeting" and "Evangel-
ical Association" Of the fathers, was
formed the Evangelical Association"
of today.
This latter period is marked as being
waiian pastors.
Out of the nineteen old missionary
parishes were formed fifty-seven small
Ter ones, placed under the charge of
native pastors.
During the earlier years Of their SER
vice they had the loving supervision of
the yet remaining fathers. but soon
they were left mostly to themselves.
Such aid was rendered as could be
given by the secretary of the Hawaiian
Board during his periodical visits to
the different Islands. But how can
one man do the work OF half q dozen,
or himself Keep under control mar
hundred and more churches! fInl ala
not do 1t.
During these thirty-slX. ana lor
some, forty ana more years Oh their
entrance into the ministry, the native
pastors nave, as whOle, dohe hopie
work both at home ana IN the foreign
held.
VI the Nv ana more hatiies WHO
were ordained-about hait OF WHOM
are living-over thirty, or one-fourth
OF the entire number, nave served IN
the foreign Held.
VINO can forget tpeir brave service
at home and abroad: Inc names OF
kekeia ana haumeaioha, Nance ana
Maka, Lono and kaala, Hanaioa ana
kaononimaka, kahaie ana rum are
household words.
But these men, especially those IN
the nome heid' were Deset py nood Oh
Ills: influences sprans up ana pre-
vailed that proughl disaster 10 tneir
work. Inc powers ot supersttit'on
ana Dad government arose anu iockeu
hahas. mere aiso GAINS III lheir ua!
the hordes Oh ASIA anu 1ne oeao'y IN
rrease oi tne i'quo, tainc'
but 10 THESE peieasuereo nneh roo
sent IeHei' anu 'hahhs W MI. pieh
nell the exposure ol hanunaisn: anu
ths rapiu sro"'h VI o"r 'ario"S honie
missions
Enaer the superihtenaehee Oh lnat
ihueiatsapie worker ana man Vi many
Vaccinations, Mr. FRANK w. DAMON
,he Chihese lhission mas oecoh'e an op-
,ec. lesson 10 an anu unuer the ieau
ership OF heV. v. II. uuilck' inc Jap
ahese WORK mas asSuneu important re-
iatiohs' anu the Portuguese mission
aaas i.s ihhuehce ior eoou: me peh-
eht Oh these various missions 10 Tue
hatlve WORK 10 already great anu con.
sahtiy srowinb VI Importance. but AT
the Nedu OF All THESE influences StdnuS