The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-14
TOUR OF
ISLANDS
Glimpse of Work
Of Salvation
Army.
CAPT. BAMBERRY's
OBSERVATIONS
How the Earnest Workers Go
About Their Tasks Of Conver.
sion in Hawaii.

and, but not until this week did l ac-
complish the complete circuit of Maui.
On June Sd I rode over to Kahaku-
loa, a little village in West Maui. where
1 was kindly received byanative friends,
and with the assistance of the school
teacher, Mrs. Keawe, was enabled to
visit nearly every house in the place
We read, sang and prayed with the
people, and all seemed pleased to have
us take such an interest in them. We
also had the honor of meeting an old
lady, called Kanae, who has lived in
three centuries, having been born in
the eighteenth, lived all through the
nineteenth, and is now living in the
twentieth. She was born in 1887 and
remembers Kamehameha, Kahekih,
and numbers OF the old Hawaiian kings.
and historical characters. I conducted
meeting at night in the school house
and nearly everybody in the village at
tended it. There was a good interest
all the way through, and at the close
thirteen persons knelt at the penitent-
form and professed to find Jesus; many
of them propose to join The Army God
keep them true!
Next morning, before o'clock we
met again III the school-house, and had
a prayer meeting before left Several
converts of the night before were pres
ent, and each one of them prayed. One
dear old brother gave us nice little
talk, all seeming quite impressed. Mr.
William keawe took care of my pony
while Mr. William K. Mahiki entertain
ed me, and all around the people show
ed the greatest kindness to the lone
''raalihini" (stranger)
Just as the teacher was going to open
her school, at o'clock, / bade herself
and scholars goodbye, and started for
Honokahau. I arrived there at noon
gave my horse some water and turned
her loose in Mr.. John Paku's yard
where she got some grass. Mrs. Paku
prepared lunch for me, and after rest
ing a little while I resumed my jour
y,
duct a meeting If 1 could ever manage
it. A short ride took me over to the
Honolua ranch, where, after a brief
rest, I proceeded to Kaanapali, and put
up with a friendly native named John
Kaapana, who entertained me with a
that made me feel right at
home. l sang CD a native hymn, we
read and prayed, and went to rest.
Next morning / rode on toward the
landing, visiting several families on the
road, and distributing tracts and cards
in the native tongue. 1 was glad to
reach the house of my Scotch friend,
Mr.. William Robb, where I spent the
greater part of the day resting and
letting my horse rest. In the after
noon 1 rode up to the plantation camp
on the hill, where I disposed of some
= panese War Crys. Early next morn
y I rode into Lahaina, where I did
some visiting and War Cry selling, and
rode home in the night, arriving at
Waikiki at about / o'clock in the
morning.
The next week l put in on Central
Maui; had some good meetings, and
three professed conversion. The Junior
work is prospecting. We are now con-
Quoting a Sunday school in Spreckels-
Vile Camp. This makes six Junior
meetings we conduct every week, at
which there has been AN average at
tendance of 146 for the last twelve
weeks. We take ten dozen Young Sol
1iers and give tickets and cards in. our
On June 18th, L started out for trip
around the East end of the island,
stopping and conducting a meeting that
hight in the Hoomananaauao Church,
n Pauwela, assisted by Lieutenant
aellesath and Sister Sam. On Wedaes-
lay l rode as far as Keanae, and put
Up with Rev. Kaailua, the pastor of
he native church. We held a meeting
1t night, and believe the Lord blessed
our efforts.
AT Nahiku l had a church full; thee
we're whites, japanese, Chinese and
but here again I was at sea
for an interpreter. The white people
me, but the others COM
pretended little of what I said Never
-heless there seemed to be a real good
spirit in the meeting, and at it's close
distributed tracts and reading mat
Ter among the natives.
Next morning, having been royalty
by Mr.. and Mrs Anderson,
and my horse by Mr.. Fukuda, / again
started forward, arriving in Hama
about 1 p. m. / stayed here two days,
the first nighr visiting the japanese
Camp with War Crys, and the second
night attending a prayer meeting with
he members of the japanese Methodist
Church Rev. Saba, the pastor pro
-em., was in charge and we had a real
nice little meeting.
On June 2Sd I saddled Bessie" and
rode to Kipahulu, a distance of twelve
miles. L sold Japanese Crys, and an
bounced meeting to be held in the
native church at night There was
good crowd of black, brown and half