The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-16

Girls school on kusaie. some hfty
q, least. are hoping that their turn
viii cone soon. but two hundred
could be had for the asking Of their
parents, from kindsrgarten size up 20
foil grown Christian girls
30 marriages are Ia be hereafter un-
less both parties wish ~: thus hun.
drcds of girls rejoice and give God the
lpraise. We have q population of 20. 900
To care for uhe Samoan Mission car
Ing for nearly I0,s00s. Those that are
willing to listen 10 the old story OF
Jesus and his love are about one half.
Tor 10000. Nearly 5000 have professed
to love Jesus since the beginning of
the mission lin 1850 but only about
200 adults are real sure today that they
love Jesus and are willing to bear n
cross for Him; while among the 1000
school children there are perhaps 700
little Christian heroes.
Twenty-Five preachers, four OF them
ordained, preach the gospel to $500
people weekly, being assisted more or
less by the twenty-six teachers. Over
500 of the 1900 Sabbath school mem
bership make a thorough study Of the
lesson. committing not only the verses,
but the outlines and references for
home readings.
As to the gifts (Oyer 5000 About
lsixty-two cents a member only: but
what proportion Is this Of their in
come? Many heathens have hard work
to get besides their tobacco, the
Queens tax OF fifty cents; while our
christians buy books. having paid the
lpast year $62S for them. including $3.50
for Bibles and Testaments: and they
buy clothes -four yards Of shifting
from the traders. or eight yards Of
calico for 81"
What shall we say of Apemama,
where the contributions for the sup
port of native catechists amounted to
$40 per church member for 1898,
when we remember that the annual
exports Of the entire group do not ex-
ceede 81 per capita'
How came your people into their
present condition?
i As our time is limited. we cannot
this morning dwell upon the part the
American Board have had in helping
us, but we will especially try to show
you by the aid of this symbolic lad
der what you, through the Hawaiian
Board, have done for us.
The missionaries brought with
tnem DOOR WHICH .hey e"ieu .ne
BlDle. ana from "nich tne! sal" We
could learn ABOUT Tue ON! ..ue w"
anu MS ooh' jesus I'm ie'. .o",
we could not read 1t, even IL 1t had
been printed in our own language
So nc 'eana I,,,,o ., o,,r ,.ny,,ys
, au a., -, ,,s ~, ,h;s ono God VIII
pesan =. @ ,ho, CUE yave MS onIy
~. , as"a,or h.i;avo,b In Him
o"' ~, 'o,,Sh In, h,N everIast.
inc Iifen
T,i. ,o,.,, ,hov co,,.d ,re,chipp III,
" On ~, ,'ra.nb;ro Wa Are,
!, n a:oona mis- ladder. for snm,
-" -, 80 ho,iaya ,ho CoSno, ana
? W a U.s., ID o,,r ,,ao,ons ~ war ond
Q a,. 49, n,r J,.,nLinv and revealing
}, o o"r ,nurGor,n, and our stealing r.,
9 ,',,,,,,,I;,o ,his nnnd,,c, wo nor, oos,
"vr uaanons and lido, and bo,,ho-
H., ", 10 Zoo, -, ri, lid, a,s nv
!, r. were ascend tho Grst ron,I f. a
,ain, and ohsnrra hoI,a, IN tho ,..,o
: Col on1 tI;s c. Io,,,s Ch,,s, Nv
/, vii r,arl, tbis nnir, In our ,so.n, IL,
b. ,ha ,,',,hs,;a,I ,,aai,, ,Io,,,.; -
Q p,t,a 80, ,,,o a., ,nm,d NIL -,
,ho oarI,or ,ahors ~ rorr I,w,;ian
l wissionar,as Tha;r nIjost ,iying nal.
REPRESENTATIVE poy ID Naln vii, now
: dopnsi, =, sor NO
us 10 '"c 'h'ss'oh",s VIM s",e
,'ooer' LOUIS n.c'e,'son 'ne use y, n's
louse turing 'ne snort soJou,h VI ,he
: 'a''er On p"'ari'ari' anu oi "honi o,e'
i Nensoh so nu'horousN pu' himu's
; writes III MS DOCK eht'''e" he
'outh seas
u Al TINS point in the exercises the
. school sang the last verse of The Cos
3 pei Ship Is Sailing
How did you reach the next round OF
5 this symbolic ladder?
You see here large Gilbertese read
, ing chart for use In our schools, pub
lished by the Hawaiian Board: also a
small one, the first printing done for
: us by the missionaries in 1858. From
the charts we easily learned to spell;
for our words needed only thirteen let
, ters, viz: a. g, |, o, II. m. II, II, b, k. r.
= I, W. When we went to school we
= wanted clothes, and as our teachers