The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-12

I teen days from San francisco 10 this
port Considering her size. this Is $
I very good Performance Her best days
run was 2e5 knots
On board the little vessel are The
Rev. Thomas Gray and wife and the
Misses L Foss and A. Palmer. all
+ missionaries Of the American Board.
OF their way to Ponape IN the Eastern
Carciines. TO take up Christian work
among the natives
/ The Queen of the Isles Is doing the
work Of the Morning Star, recently
sold for the Nome trade. and pending
the purchase Of neE Star" viii con-
,inue to do the work in Micronesia for
/ the American Board OF s{issions- Cap
| tain Hitehfeld says that it is yer:
doubtful IL the Board viii carry out
its first intention OF having constructed
a full powered vessel for the work, as
was first intended, as the cost of main
tanning such a vessel is too much OF a
strain on the resources Of the Board.
They viii in all probability build a
similar vessel to the Queen OF the
| Isles, only on much larger scale This
boat will attend TO the inter-island
! business in Micronesia, the forwarding
| of supplies, mail and missionaries will
| be done in chartered vessels. There
will be but little difficulty about trans
portation now, as the North German
| Lloyds have a line of steamers plying
| between the Colonies, the South Sea
| Islands and Hongkong.
Continuing, Captain Hitchfield said:
The arrival of Mr.. Gray and party at
Ponape will mark new era in the
history of Micronesian missionary work
as il will be remembered that since
the missionaries were driven of the
island on which is situated Ponape,
about ten years ago. by the Spaniards.
repeated efforts to Ireland them have
always met with failures I am told
that Miss Foss and Miss Palmer were
among the missionaries expelled by
the Spaniards at the time. l am very
| we'll acquainted with the islands, and
can assure you that the German gov
eminent will now receive them with
open arms. as the new governor of
Ponape, DR.. Hail, is the right man in
the right place. He is just and fear
less, favoring no one, no matter of
what race or creed, and as long as
they show perfect honesty in their en-
deavor to uplift and develop the peo-
pie, without prejudice to any narrow
sectarian ideas, he is just the man to
help them.
THE main sore point so far is that
the natives have been made to believe
they are not Christians and cannot go
to heaven if they smoke tobacco. This
standpoint of the American mission
aries has been an axe with which to cut
their own heads OF. The Catholic
missionaries came. along and refuted
what the Protestant missionaries had
said about tobacco and gave away
tons Of the weed gratis. The idea was
conceived in malice several years ago,
as means whereby the traders might
be ousted from the islands, and unfor
tunately though, it has been unavail
ing, the teaching has been kept up TO
this day. The native that abuses the
use of tobacco is a rare exception. not
the rule. DR.. Hail has very decided
ideas on these matters. and viii GER
tainly not tolerate any more such nom
sense
Il think MIR. Gray will fill the bill.
Though he is comparatively young
man, he has been through the mill and
is one of the most liberal minded men
that has ever entered the field He is
certainly imbued with faith in the Mas
ter's call, as he has to start house
keeping without single thing when
he gets there, all his goods being unfor-
tunately left behind when the vessel
loaded at San Francisco. He will have
to carry his pack on his back for a
time after arrival. l firmly believe
that he will hitch all right, as he does
not believe in heather Christians
who make Of God being malicious,
revengeful and with more evil attri-
butes than the idols of the people they
try to Christianize. Neither does ne
believe in hell of physical torture to
which the majority of mankind are
condemned to infinite punishment for
finite transgressiols as long as his |
conceptions of these matters lay on
these lines / tell you he is o. Z.
You see 1 feel little strongly on |
these matters. l regard the well-being |
of the natives as part Of my own and |
the government that they are under. |
We need larger hearted, whole-souled |
men to go forth in the true spirit of |
Christ, teaching only his simple tenets, |
together with the A B G. All narrow
minded hypocrites who go there for |
he H,-sr
than they could get at home should be
scattered to the four Winds"
The Queen OF the Isles, though built |
in San Francisco, flies the English |
flag. During the Spanish war Captain |
Hitchfield, who was in the Spanish |
islands Of the South Seas. took his |
little vessel to Hongkong and got a |
British register for her, so as not to |
have trouble with the Dons in his
trading operations. The schooner was |
built in 1898 and is Of 140 tons gross
register. She is equipped with Union
gas engine, which drives her at The
rate of seven miles per hour without
the sails. Using both sail and gas pow
er she is very fast for her size, As
she has made the run from the Caro-
lines to Hongkong. distance Of $500
miles, in II IL days Her interior fit
tings are very comfortable. She has
electric lights. telephone system from
the cabin and captains room to all
parts OF the vessel There is a large
bath room with patent closet and bath
tub. and in the cabin is a novelty in
the form of folding piano. She car
ries small gasoline launch at her
stern, which Is used as tender.
The crew Of the Queen Of the Isles