The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-09

woman's Board of Missions was held
yesterday afternoon in the chapel OF the
Central Union church. Nearly Sixty
were present before the meeting CLOS
ed and great interest was shown IN the
proceedings. A forceful paper by MISS
Graydon on the Renaissance OF Prot
estantism in France" was the event OIL
the meeting and will be reread before
the meeting of the w. c. L. U. To pc
held two weeks hence. . ,
President Mrs. G. p. Andrews called
the meeting to order at 2:3O ana alter
tho hymn Jesus Shall Reign Where'er
the SUM-" read a selection from the
book of St. John dilating, by way OF
comment. upon the Savior's statement:
"I have called you friends" "All," said
the president, "are called for some pur-
pose whether here or abroad and the
privilege of having been called as
friends Is a glorious one." Mrs. An
drews also recalled some words on the
Church Universal, and the statement
that sectarianism was opposed to run
damental Christianity.
Some remarks by the Rev. MIS-
George osborne also called for approV-
ing comment from the president. These
related to the difference between Chari-
ty and Philanthropy, the one being the
Inner Consciousness of Love ana
Philanthropy the Action of that Love-
Both were necessary to each other as
the accompaniment to the song. Inc
Lords Prayer was then spoken IN
unison. followed by the secretary's
minutes. A note of regret was read
from Miss Martha Chamberlain refer
ring to her unavoidable absence from
the meeting through PHYSICIANS orders
concerning severe cold.
The treasurer Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;,
made a report showing a balance on
hand and Miss Laura Green, superin-
tendent of the work among Hawaiians,
spoke briefly of her vacation and rest
on Hawaii, mentioning the extreme
cordially of the native greetings and
the feelings aroused at services held IN
one of the old churches still fitted with
koa benches and overlooking the his
torical view of Captain Cooks landing
Kealakekua bay.
WORK ON OAHU.
Abiding to work among the Hawai-
ians on this island, Miss Green ex-
pressed her disappointment at having
to relinquish the cooking classes, a
measure which was in some degree
mitigated by such classes being car
ried on in the Kaiulani and Kaahuma-
MI schools The sewing classes had too
many applicants and many were un-
fortunately turned away for lack or
teachers. Miss Green regretted the lack
of willingness among the Hawaiians to
act as bible teachers to their fellow ma
tives. Visiting in Kalihi Valley had
been fruitful in good results but few
rebuffs being met with, while in many
cases the heads of the family would
Join in prayer with the visitors. Miss
Green related an incident where
young Hawaiian woman refused to
talk with them when she discovered
that they were Professionals, she being a
Catholic. Most Hawaiians. continued
the speaker, profess some form OF re-
,igion though all do not practise their
beliefs Miss Green concluded her re-
marks with an appeal for cast-off cloth
ing to be applied to the needs Of a SUM-
day school at Waikiki. Clothes suit
able for children of thirteen or there
abouts are especially wanted. Miss
Green will be pleased to receive any
gifts Of this order, and see that they
reach a proper destination.
Miss Charlotte Hall. president of the
Missionary Cleaners, outlined the pur-
poses of that organization to secure
familiarity with Mission fields and
workers and to get passing workers to
come to the Cleaner meetings and give
them the benefit of their experiences.
MEMORIES OF MISSIONS.
The memory of Mrs. Alice Gulck,
we'll known to many of those present,
was briefly touched upon. Mrs. w. w.
Hall then read the first half of an arti-
Gle by Mrs. Daniels entitled Memories
"reminiscences relating to Hawaii.
The article transported the listener
or reader in imagination to the region.
of Manoa Valley and included visits to
Gilbertina, Mother Castles and Mother
Parker's. Mother Castles clear mental
grasp of current events at the age of
eighty-two and her charities are touch
ed upon as is Mother Parker's interest
ing retrospect of the days when she and
her husband labored here, the only
white people in the vicinity
The sight of DR.. Hiram Bingham, and
his sister, Mrs. Titus Coan. recalled to
the writer the Pentecostal days of Ha-
waiian missionary experience when
1704 converts were baptized in one day.
Mrs. Bingham, though enfeebled by
age, was described as revising the
proofs of geography written by her,
while a glimpse at the library revealed
proofs of Mr.. Bingham's gospels for the
Gilbert Islands. Kawaiahao church
called up the days of its building and
the epoch of the Bonnet and Shoe CO.
operations" when one native would
walk squeakily up the aisle to pass his
shoes out of the window to another and
he in turn to still others while one bon
net, trimmed by the missionary milliner
did duty for six. The good work of
the schools In connection with the !
church was mentioned. as was Hawai- |
ahao Seminary and the Kamehameha
schools. the last likened to Hampton.
The cosmopolitan free kindergartens