The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-24
PAPERS READ AT MEETING
OF THE COUSINS SOCIETY

Nexicans. Mrs. Be-nice Pauahi Bisnop
dies and also Queen Emma. widow oil
the late Kamehameha w. both having
left rich requests 10 the Hawaiian ma
ton for all posterity. Miss Mary r.
Alexander and Miss ~. J. Malone take
the principaiship OF Kawaiahao Semi
nary. Miss Helen z Carpenter has
very severe Illness. and for n year MISS
Marin Sheeiy conducts z Maui Semi
nary. The ID. -. Lyman fund to help
eEdow HiIo Boarding School started
subject OF President c. NJ. Hyde's adj
dress. .-Relnforcernents Now Needed in
Our Christian Work"
fSss-Prcsldent. Mr.. Frank W. Da-
mon:
Rev. A. A. Sturges was brought back
in october. 1855. on Morning Star In
the beginning Of her missionary voyage,
a. he had sustained a stroke Of
paralysis. Mrs. <. having left Ponape
several years previous from lack oi
health. had not been able To return,
and SIR. Sturges rejOined her In Oak
land. Cal. for a few years. and died
there in isSs. DIR. q. NJ. wetmorc and
his daughter Lucy. from Hilo. went
down as delegates To Micronesia when
the Morning Star started "a second time.
and when the missionary vessel re-
turned the second time. April "a. isSs.
Miss Lille Cathcart and Miss Annette
Palmer were both brought up To- re-
cruit. Miss Theodore Crosby. Miss
Hemingway and Miss Sarah Smith
went down in the summer pf 1855 20
reinforce the schools there. Mrs. Flor
ence (Andrews) Neal. born ON Maui
and educated at Ann ArbOr. Mich. the
widow Of DIR. Robert J. Neal. died In
In. ~ hrNrs t.ssl
by the side OF her husband in the mis-
sion cemetery there. DIR. and Mrs.
Neal had been married but three years
and had entered the service with high
hopes Subject OF address OF retiring
president. ~ Worthy Monument To-
Our Missionary Fathers" His closing
words were: Here let Us renewedly
promise To uphold the standard our
fathers once unfuried: and on this
write In golden letters: These Islands.
this. great ocean and its eneircllns
shores. for Christ"
Compiled By Martha a. Chamberlain.
MRS. CoAS's ADDRESS.
SIrs. Lydia Coan told Of the events
taking place In the fourth decade as
FROM 1856 To 1886.
OF the hfty-One American mission
aries sent 90 Micronesia whose names
are on our roll OF membership. twenty
went out as new recruits during the
decade OF which I write. To these.
with others returning after seasons Of
Test In the home land. and To- weary
Ducs bound hOmeward. We gave the
hand OF welcome and OF fellowship. as
from year To- year they halted at this
station In the Pacific.
OF the fourth Morning Star. the bear
rF OF these precious souls. we recall
the fact that in isSs on the day she
vas to- have sailed on her second rip
Il was found that dry rot had already
infested her stern timbers. Before her
third trip she was long detained ia
,ur harbOr for repairs Upon her rext
royage she had n narrow escape from
IRE from the crushing down OF her
smoke stack that formed the base OF
Ter mainmast- In 1880 she had the dis
lister of an exploded boiler. OF her
rhe Friend said pithily: she was
lever half "a saiier. and never had but
few sheep-power OF steam" Yet.
adity as she was. the dear mission
ries Jared better In transportation. in
curing among the Islands. ~ receiv-
ng mail and supplies. while she served
hem than since they have had 90 de-
end ON makeshifts.
IL was a decade Of unusual events In !
he history 81 that mission. The Ger
lans took possession Of the Marshall
rOup. with arrogant exactiOns control |
ing the movement OF the Star In thOs. /
ratcrs. and enforcing strange require |
nents upon the simple people. Oppres-
ion and outrage by the Spaniards an1 |
assistance by the natives dyed the
cautiful Island OF POnape with the |
Hood OF some scores OF her sons and ,
z several hundreds OF the invaders
fission property was burned. their
hurch and homes and two thousand
oliars worth 81 books. while the mis-
ionarics themselves were obliged To-
ave. The devoted Doane was taken
rlsouer by them and conveyed to Ma
liza. where the authorities were wise
nouSh 90 treat him with civility and K
indness. In 1880 heaven welcomed
i'm.
In the midst Of heroic efforts for the
plift OF the Mortiocks. the sanity Lo-
an. worn out with toll. laid down his
rmor and went home. a conqueror.
lux - honOred To- guard his sleeping
usf- Rev. Mr.. Forbes and Mrs. Walk
p found early graves in Kusaie. or
~ unmarried ladies. bravely serving
3 teachers In the various schools. some
X broke down and left the field
trough failure Of health. The Veter-
Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Sturges. Mrs. Pier
IN and Mrs. Snow. passed ON to- the
rest from homes I'm the States. Ii
England planted her flag on the
iores of the Gilbert Islands. but Mr..
falkup. rs In command OF the little
visionary yacht. the Hiram Bingham.
al had that supervision OF the field
necessary for the life OF the .
iurches- That devoted friend Of and /
worker for the Gilbertese. 4
ev. DR.. Bingham. completed his en- :
re translation OF the Bible. and. aided 7
y his faithful wife. saw IL through the
ress Of the American Bible House.
wing every page at least four proof :
'adings- There was also prepared by ,
I'm a Bible dictionary. a hymn and ,
Inc book. while Mrs. Bingham revised 9
nd published a new edition OF her GIL Z
ert Island arithmetic. and prepared .
ible readings. I
Passing on for a moments glance AT
eds more remote. We find Miss Van
fnrnfNGhnNa /