The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-16
People Urged 10 Aid Foreign Mis-.
sion Enterprise.
One OF the Philippine islands Mer.
tionsd-Qusstion OF Expansion
strongly Presented.

The opening exercises of the For
eign mission Rally at Central Union
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
MS 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 o.
this 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
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: 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 II be charitably borne In mind that
1t Is not the intention to glOrify either
the Board or any OF its agents; but tC
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 tn,
further use Of methods. more or less
familiar, of the Hawaiian Board which
has been for SO many years the almon.
er Of your gifts for the conversion oil
the heather.
To further this object. we woui
have you to come into closer sympathy
with, and better knowledge of, tn,
Board and its agents; and so the off
GERS have, at my request. taken seat.
on the platform, the members on my
left, and the returned missionaries or
my right. The Board is elected II
three classes by the Hawaiian Evan
gelical Association, now in session IL
this city. We meet monthly. At oul
annual meeting held last Friday even
ing. we re-afiirmed a resolution, pre-
viously adopted. directly bearing oil
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 the
following words:
We will now listen to the Sermon on
Foreign Missions by the Rev. DR.. Bish.
op. whom you all know. the able editor
of "The Friend" He is Chairman OF
our committee on Home Missions. bu,
he is so interested in Foreign Missions
that We can trust him to- inspire your
hope in their final successful issue.
DIR. Bishop preached from Isaiah
52:7, having for his theme, Publish
good tidings" At the close of the ser.
mon DR.. Bingham said:
At my ordination in 1856 to labor In
the service of the American Board in
Micronesia, on which occasion my
father gave me the charge, was per.
mitted to read, before the chanting OF
the same by the choir, some lines writ.
ten by a Mr.. Edward Howe. | know
not when or where, but they were eX,
pressive Of my emotions at that hour
and continue to be to the present time
Hoping that these lines may touch
some young heart and lead il to
more entire missionary conservation e
Christ, ! will again read them. The,
will then be chanted by the choir
They will be assisted by Rev Louis
Mitchell, a Foreign Missionary of tn,
Hawaiian Board to the Gilbert Islands
After the chant the Chair.
man went on TO say: In fur
therance Of the object of thi,
meeting we would be glad to call at
tention to all the Foreign Work which
80 ''"'' h'h' Nil' past lHiouSl
its eighty-two missionaries, men ant
women, but the shortness of the tim,
VIII compel MS to pass unnoticed theil
efforts 20 eyangeliZe the Marquosani
through the labors Of the eighteen whC
have been sent into that field sine,
lhb3i nor can We speak of the earll
labors OF the seven In the CarOlin,
Islands, and the sixteen In the Mar
shall Islands, where none are labornI
now, We aye compelled 20 cOnteu
ourselves With a review Of the result
of The principal Foreign work Of IN
Board, that Of the oyanEelIzatlon o
the NllLolt Islands, through forty
three missionaries 1.-TWO of these for
merly Ia The Marshall lslundsl, In
stead NJ taking the twenty minute
which are available for giving you mi
review myself, ! nm clad 10 give IA
time 10 some ~ that people who surol
can furnish you with a number VI Dor
ilneni facts, ana perhaps I'm way Il
~ some ~ them IN your memory,
n may not BIZ known "a hll ~ yo
that a Gilboftese sabbath school /