The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-06
Variety in The Papers Presented
to Mission Children.
REPORT OF REV. MIR. GU.IGk
The Monthly Meetinss-Intercst In
cIsty- Pleasure and Profit.

Rev o. II. Gulick. at the recent annual I
meeting of the Mission Childrens So
ciety:
The monthly meetings have been
held throughout the year, part OF
the time on Friday evenings, but usu- n
ally on Saturday evenings.
Two families have entertained the Ia
society twice during the year. and II
seven once. Two meetings have been
held on Nuuanu street, two on Puma
hou street, while seven have been held
in what may be called Central Homo
lulu.
Those who attend the society meet
ings are largely the older men and
| women of the cousinhood, those whose
interest was enlisted in the days of
their youth, and when the society or
ganization itself was young.
| Our meetings constitute a point of
attraction to those visitors coming TO |
our city whose interest is alive to mis- |
sionary work or history. While there is |
no systematic pursuit of island or mis- |
lsionary history, yet at our meetings
VERY frequently matters of great in
iterest from both missionary and his
ltorical point of view are brought for
ward. For those cousins who would
keep in touch with the unique oondi-
ltions of life ana lore in these
Islands, the meetings of our soci-
ETY. are of great value. At no
small proportion of our meetings some
passing missionary or some special
friend of the missionary cause, or
some acquaintance of some of the mis-
sionary fathers is present as Il visitor
for the evening. At some of our n.ret-
ings we have had present several for
eign missionaries passing from the
Continent of America to Asia, or re-
turning from the Eastern to the West
ern Continent More and more is this
society becoming breathing place for
some of the earnest missionary spirits
in this community. While we are not
by any means the sole depositaries OF
the missionary spirit in these Islands.
I we are one of the agencies that help to
4 keep alive the missionary traditions
4 and purposes that have had so wonder
] full part in shaping the well-being OF
j our island community.
i While a portion of those coming to
4 our shores see nothing in this land but
an arena upon which to exploit theii
# personal fortunes, there are those tC
81 whom life and country is something
q else. something more than fortune
81 or even than mere bread and butter.
=. The increasing interest of this soci
ety in the missionary field around us
and beyond us, is a token of futur
III usefulness which may well lead us 4
L look hopefully forward.
S., A glance at some of the topics tina
have engaged the thought of this so
ciety during the past year will be OF in
terest. Among these may be mentione
ia Mr.. and Mrs Philip de la Porte an
their mission to Pleasant Island. e
n. wards whose support this society con
tributes: Mrs McCully Higgins az
count of the men who have bee
tel. Judges of the Supreme Court OF rs
wall for the past fifty years; the los
y East Maui. and the expectation OF Il
early restoration: the furnishing {
q country libraries and reading rooms 70
~ the needy communities Of our land an
people: portions of Hawaiian histor
and folk lore. from Mrs. Joseph EmeI
sons facile pen: Miss Aikue's accura'
and able essay upon the nissionar
field of Micronesia; the comparison
Christian Science with the theosoQt
90 of India. by Pundita Ramahai:
thoughtful view OF the present Coad
90 ton OF the Hawaiian churches and n
-'0V tive Christians. by Miss NJ. \. Char
an berlain: an interesting portion OF
90 journal of one of our honored missio
mn. arv fathers, written on the Cape Hc
VOYAGE, and read by Justice Jud
thrilling "reminiscences of the erupti
! of Mauna Loa. in 1880. which tire;
] enad the destruction of Hilo town a
In barbor. BY Mrs. L. b. Coan, an e
witness: the work OF Boys Clubs 4
The need for such work, set forth
Mr. Pond and Professor Richards;
interesting account by Professor W.
Alexander of visit TO Nablous. {
ancient Scheche1ne. home OF the Z
remaining Samaritans: an able ess
by DR.. S. Z. Bishop. entitled Amer
and the Philippines; Thomas Guile
account of the midnight sun seen
the Arctic zone on the shores of Spi
or bergen, in 1898.
all Besides these we have had brief.
valuable missionary talks from