The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-23
HAWAIIAN MISSION CH|LORENS' SOCIETY
CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN JUBILEE

l their Cnll0Te0 IN our S(nOOlS mere.
Rev. II. Aea had returned to Homo
; lulu for a vacation. but he died here
soon after OF pneumonia, leaving al
his children to our care. and his little
daughter Rachel as q legacy to the So
ciety. This darling child. our pet and
protege. lived only a year longer, and
died very suddenly OF heart disease al
the Kawaiahao Seminary, a blessed lit
tie Christian.
In June. 1873. Rev. Hiram Bingham
delivered the presidents address on the
! Difficulties Attending Bible Transla-
/ .ion." and soon after he and Mrs.
Bingham left again in the Morning
Star. having the finished New Tesla
ment in Gilbertese to take down with
them. In October OF this year Miss
I Lydia Bingham resigned her charge OF
Kawaiahao Seminary and left for Hilo.
/ Hawaii. as the wife of Rev. Titus Coan.
Her sister. Miss Elizabeth r. Bingham.
succeeded her. having as assistant Miss
Lucretia F. Ingraham. a very dear
\ friend. who had lately arrived from
Hunter. ~. Y. The Koloa Girls School
was diSbanded this year, and the Ko-
I hala, Hawaii, Boarding School was
started. Missionary letters OF great
I interest from Micronesia were received
and translated from the Hawaiian Ian
guage into English for printing. This
year was made notable as being our
majority: twenty-one years old 1t is
the proud boast of this society that it
has been able to maintain itself. = so
cial missionary society,"" for fifty years.
without having refreshments a neces-
sityi Only twice has this record been
broken. The first occasion =. was this
majority anniversary. The officers of
that year planned this as a surprise.
No one shared the secret, but the small
committee who aided them. The tables
were spread. the rooms simply dec
Grated in the afternoon; and then
"A oil zaI NJ rsprtt
cd until after the close OF annual meet
ing exercises in the old Fort street
church, when the audience was invited
to adjourn to the lecture room below.
where flashing lights, open doors, and |
smiling committee welcomed to a de- |
lightful hour. The eXtempore speeches |
after the good cheer are not yet all |
forgotten after this lapse Of years. Not !
able among them was the terSe, senSi- |
HE and witty address OF Mrs. Lucy G. |
Thurston. the venerable missionary
mother present. Her grandson, Robert |
L. Thurston, who was the willing and
efficient recording secretary. had been
much interested and helpful in aiding
this surprise party.
1t was after this evening that the de-
sire arose TO incorporate the names of
all our fathers and mothers in our list
NJ members. One brief word more
about Robert T. Thurston seems to be
IN place here. One year scarce was
illed when that brave, strong, manly
young man, who had barely attained
lis majority. succumbed TO an accident
rom stepping on a marine insect in
Tading on the reefs in his school va
,ation. Blood poisoning followed, and
after n brief week of terrible Illness.
lie consciously faced death, and giving
III his will to the Divine Master. passed
away amid the mourning OF
he whole community. An unusual eX-
lrpSCfOn of tho SVmnathV p-iVPn |
~ the fact that every family in town
Who had begun to use manufactured
ce-an enterprise in its infancy then
gave up their supply for two days
hat there might be enough to use and
preserve his remains. that his widowed
mother Cwho had been sent for from
'isit on MauD might look once mere on
IFS face.
ls74-Lawrence McCully. president {,
This year saw the adoption of the j
esolution: THAT the society admit by 7
! single vote. as honorary members. all 4,
he surviving fathers and mothers of
his mission, and likewise place upon I
his list the names OF those who have {
eparted this life. and that in .he cata- =
Ogue the dates OF their arrival in this '
ountry. and the decease of those not
wing. be noted" This list was to be 9
printed every five years" The forty
inth q. q. last years )report had in it v
his republished list in anticipation OF s
he jubilee. and the number Of dear
urvivors is now but six.
God. bless them ALL G
From the letter of Mother Thurston
'ritten In 1874. after she had received .
he twenty-third annual report, and
cen this list. 1 quote part OF the open
TX and closing sentences: go Such
loving act touches the heart. / thank
hem for myself; thank them for the
wing: thank them for the dead
i only add that. by this reverential {
nd hallowed act, the society encircle
heir own brows with a halo Of glory.
Lovingly yours. \
LUCY CT. THURSTON." -