The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-04
PROGRESS IN
CHURCH WORK
Oahu Association
Gathers at Old
KaWaiahaO.
Grorn Thursdays daily


waiahao church for their annual meet ,
ing, and excellent reports Of progress !
in nearly all the churches ON this ISL .
and were read. The association organ .
lied with eleven clergymen and eight '
delegates from the nine churches ON (
this Island. s. X. Kaaia was chosen /
moderator, and Mr.. Poai, scribe. The
reports of all the churches represented ,
We're read. and some of them were
quite favorable.
A committee was appointed to bring
in resolutions and report later on the
death of the Rev. Mr.. Waimau. Very
appreciative resolutions were reported .
in the afternoon and adopted.
A committee was also appointed, !
consisting of q. l.. Emerson. -. IL. Gu ,
lick and Mr.. Poai, to prepare literary
program for the next meeting OF the /,
association, which will be held in the I
spring. The plan is to have twenty
iive-ininute addresses from the APP !
pointees on such themes as may be
assigned to them. 1t is expected that
| fully a half day will be given over TO
these exercises. The addresses VIII
consist largely III instruction on the
/ various topics. and open them up for
general discussion.
J At the afternoon session there was =
discussion of the theological school Jn
This city. The question as to certain
candidates for the school came up.
one man had wife who had lefl
him. He was therefore put on from
] entering the school until he should
settle his family affairs. When these
are adjusted his candidacy FOR the
school win probably be favorably con
sidered Another had formerly EN-
braced the Mormon faith. but had re-
Gently turned away from Mormonlsm,
ana now desires to become worker
With the church Organization repre-
scented By the oahu Association. 1t
was recommended that the man unite
himself with one Of the churches and
enter on n period of probation before
becoming a member OF the Theological
| school.
The association adjourned at
{ o'clock TO meet again today at . y. M
when the first topic taken up Will be
evangelis,ic work in the Islands.
report will be given by Rev. Mr.. Ii
moteo of his work in kohaa, which
has been very successful The dele
gates lunched together at noon yes
terday at the Langton.
At the afternoon session Rev, Mi.
Hartley, who is at the head OF the
, Anti Saloon League here, addressed
the association AT the request of sev
; cral of the ministers, and made an i'm
preston His address was In English
, and was Interpreted into the Hawaiian
language by .. Y. Emerson. He spoke,
! in part, as follows:
Il am very glad TO MEET you, and
4 especially To meet you in this old his
toric church. | read of J, and spoke
4 Of it when | first entered the min
istry of Christ, twenty years ago. l
A am glad to meet any of the people
20 OF these Islands, ana am especially
glad To meet the native people. In
[ the representations concerning this
$ field that was the feature which Sc
cured my consent. Were there no ma
o. lives here | am sure | would not have
81 given my consent Since my arrival,
however, my contact with the Hawaii
o. ans has been slight but | have been
} able to observe the spirit you have. |
have observed your generous aloha for
e. each other and for your friends, typl-
q, fled, too, In the beautiful flowers or
this land which you confer upon them.
. | can recognize that You were the
I first people here; that these Islands
are your heritage, and that you have
20 the first claims upon all the good these
t Islands can produce. The heritage was
yours and is. | read with fears IN my
; heart that the native population ia
, decreasing Would to God that We
could change this to increase In Hilo,
4 where | have been holding meetings
, with Francis Murphy, l was told that
one of your prominent men of leader
. ship when the lava was flowing down
7
threatening it, he said, The lava may
come down and destroy our forests
/ and fields but there is another flow Of
lava, for while the first would destroy
our forests and fields, this will de
, Stroy us, and that ilow Is the flow Of
liquor and intoNicants.
}; Against the progress of that tide
, Of destruction and death which iutem-
peranCe is working in these Islands |
. have been called by God to serve here
: ana J pray that the people Will come
r. g understand how 10 lead the hosts
to the wisest and best measures that
Win enable US to stem this awful tide,
overcome evil with good, ana sweep
this great curse from these fair Isl
auds.
You all know that the name of our
1 organization is the Anti Saloon
2 League, ami was SO called because II
is that institution tthe saloon which
+ stands Tor and promotes the liquor
traffic, and without which the name
- We bear would cease. our orguniZa
tion stands for all the work Of tenn
!, peranCe. There is no form of tenn
% perance work that is not being done
I by US, moral suason, the blue ribbon
legal suasion and all the work of tenn
4 perance. We are here to study the
3 situation and undertake what is most
G practicable, in the interest of which We
invite your counsel and cooperation.
= Il am glad To learn in your histo-
v ries that very early in the history Of
e the Islands there was a great temper
ance movement here. The very first
( code of laws ever made in these fair
: Islands contained very excellent tenn
n perance enactments. Later, and grow
ing out OF the life that God gave to
Il Hawaii, in 1887, l think, there arose
70 such temperance movement that IL
= spread in every direction, and 1850
people lined the streets when your
II King Kamehameha III empted his
= cellars of their liquors into the sea.
: i trust the influence OF that move
Il ment is still upon you, Finding this
condition of affairs. l am certainly no.
;e here to teach you temperance but {,
p have you instruct me what shall h'
,e done to stem the increase in the It'd,
l. of intemperance and turn il the othel
way. | ask YOUR sNmnathN and pray