The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-16
People Urged 10 Aid Foreign Mis-.
sion Enterprise.
REV. o.. BlMcAAM'S APPEAL
One OF the Philippine Islands Msr
ttonsd-ousstion Of Expansion
Strongly Presented.

Z. eign mission Rally at Central Unior
Church, Sunday morning, at 10: so were
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. VIM
NJ. kincaid. He then introduced the
chairman of the committee on Foreign
Missions of the Hawaiian Board. the
Rev. Hiram Bingham, d. d., stating
that the remaining exercises would be
conducted by him in behalf of the Ha-
waiian Board. DR.. Bingham at once
invited the congregation to unite with
the choir in singing Waterman, tell
us OF the night
After the singing he made a state
ment OF the object Of the meeting in
the following words:
The main object of the exercises OF
TINS morning is to deepen the interest
OF each one Of us in the great work
given to the Church Of Christ in His
last command, Go We therefore and
teach all nations, baptizing them into
the name Of the Father, and of the
Son. and of the Holy Ghost, teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever
have commanded you"
A special object Is the interesting of
the young people of this congregation
In that department of the work OF the
Hawaiian Board which is popularity
and technically called Foreign Mis-
sions." the evangelizatiOn of heather
tribes inhabiting islands OF the Pacific.
North of the Equator: I say North of
the Equator, for there has been long
understanding between the American
Board, with which we cooperate, and
the London Missionary Society. that
the latter are to care for the islands
South Of the Equator.
. All the methods of this morning
which may be used to awaken such an
interest may not, perhaps, commend
themselves to every one present: but
let it be charitably borne in mind that
1t Is not the intention to glOrify either
the Board or any Of its agents; but to
impart wildly such information as
shall directly tend to encourage Gods
people to go forward in the conquest
Of the isles OF the sea for Christ by the
further use of methods, more or less
familiar, Of the Hawaiian Board which
has been for so many years the almOn-
err of your gifts for the conversion Of
the heather.
To further this object, we would
have you TO come into closer sympathy
with. and better knowledge of, the
Board and its agents: and so the Off
GERS have. at my request taken seats
on the platform the members on my
left, and the returned missionaries on
my right. The Board Is elected In
three classes by the Hawaiian Evan
gelical Association, now in session In
this city. We meet monthly. At oul
annual meeting held last Friday even
ing, we re-afiirmed resolution, pre-
viously adopted. directly bearing OF
the object Of this meeting, of which
wish especially to speak later
At this point the chairman intro
duced Rev. S. T.. Bishop. ID. d., in thu
following words:
We will now listen to the Sermon OF
Foreign Missions by the Rev. DR.. Bish
CD. whom you all know. the able editor
of "The Friend" He Is Chairman o
our committee on Home Missions, bu
he is SO interested in Foreign Missions
that we can trust him to inspire YOU
hope in their final successful issue.
Dr. Bishop preached from lsaial
1877, having for his theme, "Publisl
good tidings" At the close of the ser
mon DR.. Bingham said
At my ordination in 1856 to labor IL
the service of the American Board IL
Micronesia, on which occasion m.
father gave me the charge, | was per
mitted to read, before the chanting o
the same by the choir, some lines writ
ten by a Mr.. Edward Howe. | know
not when or where, but they We're ex
pressive of my emotions at that houl
and continue to be to the present time
Hoping that these lines may touc
some young heart and lead 1t to
more entire missionary conservation
Christ, | will again read them. The
will then be Qhanted by the caoi
They will be assisted by Rev. Lou
Mitchell, Foreign Missionary of II
Hawaiian Board to the Gilbert Island
After the chant the Chat
man went on to say: In fu
therance of the object of tn
meeting we would be glad to call n
tention to all the Foreign Work whiC
the Board has done in the past, throue
its eighty-two missionaries, men al
women; but the shortness Of tho tin
will compel MS to pass unnotlced the
efforts to .eyangelize the Marquesa
through the labOrs Of the eighteen vi
have been sent into that field sin
1858; nor can We speak of the ear
labors Of the seven in the Carroll
Islands, and the sixteen In the Nd
shall Islands, whore none are laborl
now, We are compelled 10 contc
ourselves with q review Of the resu
Of the principal Foreign work OF
Board, that Of the eyangelization
the Gilbert Islands. through for
three missionaries 1.-TWO Of these 4
merly In the Marshall lslands),
stead Of taking the twenty minu
which are available for giving yop I
review myself, | am glad 90 give
time 20 some of that people who sur
can furnish You with number of y
tinont facts, and porhnps In Il way
hy some Of them In your memory
n nay not be known 10 oil Of
that u Gllbertese Sabbath School