The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-06
IN EA s I
MAUI.
::yanseIistic Tour
Interestingly
Told.

n - ] iEADINGHAM, OF the
II North Pacific Missionary Insti-
II ,rp writing on the work in the
mi Of Maui, in The Friend for
8 ri, saws
: n,uary u three young men and
Isft honolulu on the steamer
4 IN Hama. We reached our destina-
an the morning of the nth, after
;, ,hrtv-eg ht hours on board of the
~ To me these were thirty eight
! of misery. We found Rev. E.. NJ.
! "a al the landing with a cart and
n. horses 10 take US and our bag
n the places where we were to
sons during our stay. The young
i ,sre taken into the new parsonage
.,ished, and l was comfortably pro-
N al Judge Iosepa's. We boarded
4. most part at the Hama Club
except when the younAmeii would
8a,sgry for poi, when they would go
.,sre for a few meals.
II. church at Hama Is a large stone
n ,g about 100 feet ia length by 50
rsh II has recently been repaired
cost Of 5000, and is now in fine
ZION and one of the best native
-.as In the Islands. 1t has the dis
rage, however, now too frequently
il native churches, of being too
for the congregation that gathers
This, with a pulpit platform eie-
above the heads of the people and
sr from them, destroys much of its
rsss as a place of worship. In
-etings We useu a table placed on
sOr and close to the front pews.
4ns to be a fact that contiguity in
one element of success in evan
be meetings.
tegan cur work in the same way
We had in former places, by visit
be people in their homes, by gath
The children for practice and In
tIn in singing, and by holding even
srices. The magic lantern was.
xal, great help in drawing the
!; into the meetings; and our ex-
z,s has been that it may be made
ssitul aid in the presentation of re-
> truth. Our success in drawing
vas in fact greater than we had
gated. In visiting among the peo-
III young men met the Japanese
E Stationed in Hama under the
lcst denomination and told him of
asetings. As a consequence, he
il the first night with fifty to sew
( We Of his people and wanted the
fge Of explaining the pictures 20
: tut as was to speak through an
l'sieT. was afraid that a second
4 u an unknown tongue would de-
lie effect of the meeting. I told
4 a5Fefore, that 1 thought it was not
5Gt that, as there had been no
1g appointed for Sunday evening.
4 would bring his people at that
5. would show the pictures again
4 might speak as long as he chose.
+ pan was afterward carried out,
a or more Japanese in attendance.
S worked in Hama for ten days, a
= : interest being manifested as the
b sent on, so that the last meeting
le best of all. 4 goodIy number
e ge expressed a desire to lead a
= NE and in number of instances
e '.S expressed with great earnest
"a IL view OF this interest, it was
IS y JEST TO leave one of our number
|n % neip the pastor, while the rest
s. ,sAt on to other places. Accord
~ NJ Henry K. Poepoe was left,
= 'oLhed at Hama while the others
" y Aaupo, kipahulu and Nahiku
b s'su from house to house and
= specially with those who had
3 ~ a purpose to lead a Christian
p WIN those members of the
eao mad been drawn off into 9th.
II ,..OAS As result, twenty-si2
es 'ue LED 10 Seek membership il
- 4 communion service haC
,spolnted for February 10 to re.
~ ~. out owing to a very severe
-m which ragged on that day
s not all able to get out, 81
SVlK IN Hama closed with the
we've children and the ad
s8 .lIteen new members to the
ma. ndu the pleasure of assisting
Nee having returned to Hama
,aAu Tor that purpose.
s'y y, leaving Mr.. Poepoe be
X lana, the rest of US started FOL
aNu haupo. We went over
3 sy Y'sss, which the people of Ha
n - provided us with. We had no
~ 'ahe the lantern with us, OIL
me difficulty of carrying it
ss'pie OF kipahulu were so anx
RI I'm "e pictures that they sent /;
.,s pack horse over to Hama t,
tr,n INV our baggage for us. Unde
,s +.,s'ahces, we could not, O
g,si, 'e 10 send it, so it was pack
h. ,, apu taken along. We stop
enI at kipahulu and held
nm. which We showed g. part o
H. u the life of Christ. TIL
ai vent on to Kaupo. On thi
I'm gpia2 y hrst experience in cross
AZ Ines t Between Kipahulu an
IL ,,. louf' down and up, who's
"a Mn 9Iasged along steep path
.. rounded cobblestones an
VAL Inherent sizes. making tn
ss,,s- uneven and insecure. Il
,rs, worse, after we had cross
M Of ny mere came on a heav
88 az ~ e protected ourselv5
XWg ,ro- could with our umbrella
tbed - Il, being drenched, but whe
S,n, .ne next gulch, the waite
own the path in a stream
vi lr "oLe slippery and difficult I
s,s,,,ool the young men rode nj
5ig,.y over the whole distanc
d g o,atTIuhting; the other one di
N{ a-o,.l,: For myself, after 1 ha
ssesosSh the first guIch ha
In INC, re in my own ability I
IA, NE ne path without slipping {
ssn,.i mad in that of the hors
Va slliy walked over the wor.
to,, made the distance of eigl
bpt - hours. 1t was a tediol
we'll worth making for ono
>, ~ the the people much scattere
ecb mem mem far from the churcI
sy5g 3lulding was in good cond
X sFe hay, mseh recently repaired, bu
IA tsy' ave no permanent pastor. A
N T, ore being served temporar
eA p,ains, a former student {
tat .S scuie Missionary Institrt
eys1,ce that 1t was not possb,
ng meetings. so appointe