The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-08
is KAULUWELA RELIEF
CAMP A H0TBEO OF VICE?
Incidentally That Is What the Western
Christian Advocate Calls
the Place.

II The Western Christian Advocate fol
March 25, prints the following article
under the head of The Susannah Wes-
ley Home, the author of which is Jen-
ME C. Winston. While not intending to
be sensational, it makes some startling
statements about life in the stockade:
There are hundreds just like me
who would like to go to school and
learn to read and write Our mothers
would pay you something, too, IL you
would build house for us. We would
like to learn about the Savior, too, who
said, Inasmuch as We have done it unto
one of the least Of these we have done
1t unto me-"
The little girl has spoken truthfully.
No greater cry has come up from any
people than from the Japanese of the
Hawaiian Islands. Thousands of the
little brown-faced women are idolwor-
shippers. They sit in spiritual darkness.
They know nothing of the great light
that shines in our hearts, nothing of a
Savior from sin; nothing of life eternal.
Many Of these women live in little
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tations. They have no home comforts,
not even the Japanese necessities of
life. They seem to have no idea of NOR
ais or modesty.
The women are compelled to work in
the fields and bear burdens that men
only should carry. They are denied
the privilege of caring for their own
children. How hard this must be to a
| woman with the mother heart and love
of home How much they need to know
the great Burden-bearer!
| The woman must work whether her
| husband works or not. They are beat
en-, abused, and knocked down by their
| husbands, if it Is found that they have
| withheld a few cents of their earnings.
The woman is the absolute property of
| the husband, the child of the father.
| They have no redress for any wrong.
1t is said that there are five hundred
children of kindergarten age on the
islands. These little children, of every
age, are left at home about the little
| huts or in the streets, while the mother
| is at work, comparatively homeless and
motherless, and will grow up in ignor-
ance to repeat the lives of their moth
ers, unless outside help goes in to lift,
educate, and save them for lives of use
| fulneSS.
Into such a field as this we have sent
our devoted missionary, Miss Libbie j..
Blois. She has given her best thought,
service, and prayers to this people for
nearly two years., and writes that she
is more thankful for her appointment
| to Honolulu than for any experience
| that has ever come into her life; and If
God wills she will gladly continue, in
the service. She lives in Relief Camp
with and for her people. Her neighbors
are the lower class Japanese, Portu-
guese, and Kanakas NUMBERS OF
THE PEOPLE GO ABOUT IN A PER-
FECTLY NUDE CONDITION. Some
of them wear a kimono on their back,
with no protection in front. Some wear
a breech cloth only. Many are entirely
| clothed.
GAMBLING Is THE ORDER OF
THE DAY IN THE CAMP. MANY OF
THE WOMEN ARE CONFIRMED
GAMBLERS. TEN OR FIFTEEN MEN
AND WOMEN LIVE, OR RATHER,
SLEEP, IN A SINGLE ROOM, WITH
NO SCREEN OR PARTITION OF
ANY KIND. WE ARE TOLD THAT
LITTLE CHILDREN ARE REARED
IN THIS ATMOSPHERE OF VICE.
| Such as these are Buddhists or nothing
at all. Jesus Christ is all in ALL" For
| such as these he said: go, preach"
Miss Blois writes that the transforma-
ton in their lives and surroundings Is
something wonderful when they have
listened to- the gospel story or have been
taught differently.
The better class of Japanese adopt
American dress and customs, and are
anxious to learn the English language.
Many of them live in beautiful homes.
and are cultured people. Patience and
the power of the gospel will reform and
redeem.
Mrs. Tomimori. highly educated
Japanese lady, and trained in one OF
our schools in Japan, is our efficient
Bible-woman and interpreter. Best of
all, she is wholly consecrated to God
and her work. These women visit the
homes and hospital hold meetings for
the women, conduct school,
teach in night school and Sunday
school besides attending to the innu-
merable duties of a missionary.
The greatest need in the work is yet
unprovided for; We need Home and
Industrial school in Honolulu. We have
heard the voice of God, through the
plea of our missionaries, saying, Arise,
| and build EVERY neatnen cnllu Is u
challenge to the Church. God has Civ
en- us the means and ability for this
work. Have we the disposition to heed
his call and give back to Him that
which is his own?
The General Womans Home Mission
ary Society has allowed us $500 to
start this building. This money is con-
ditional, which means, provided we
wv
must raise $1,000 more.
|. The prospective Home has already
been named the Susannah Wesley
Home. This Home is to be a memorial
from the women of Methodism to the
memory of Susannah Wesley one of the
greatest mothers of any age. She was
virtually the mother of the Israel her
second son. John Wesley, and has just
| ly heen called the forerunner of Meth