The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-10
tFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)


was held yesterday at Central Uniol
Church, at which time reports of various
departments OF the Boards work wer,
presented and read, and new officer
selected.
Contrary to the usual rule no morning
session was held, the first order of bust
ness being very fine luncheon serveC
in one of the Sunday School rooms to
the members and friends.
At 1 80 p. m. the regular session wa:
held for the hearing of reports and the
! transaction of other business. Mrs. An.
drews, the president for the past year, an
nounced her resignation, stating that she
intended shortly to depart for the main
land to take up a residence. Mrs. Scud-
| der, wife of the Rev. Doremus Scudder
was elected as president for the ensuing
year. The other officers are: Vice pres
idents, Mrs. O. H. Gulick, Mrs. S. E.
Bishop and Mrs. Theodore Richards;
secretary, Miss Shelley; treasurer, Mrs.
B. F. Dillingham;.
The report of the recording secretary
was resume of the past years work,
papers read before the Board, and the
missionary aid given both locally and to
foreign parts.
Mrs. Whitney's report for the treas
urer showed that the receipts for the
year were $2,35o2s; disbursements, ST.
o5o.o5, leaving balance on hand of
$3oI.2o. In addition the sum of $24o
was raised for Armenian work, and
$3o4.2o for Pundita Ramabai, the Hin
doc woman reformer.
The report of the Hawaiian mission
work, presented by Miss Laura Green,
was as follows:
HAWAIIAN WORK.
As l have faced the many difficult
problems in the Hawaiian work, some
old truths have impressed themselves
upon me with fresh force during the past
year.
One is, of the necessity of teaching
this people-not only by word, but by
conduct also,-that true living is to do
right at all times. and at any cost; to
do it because it is right-whether seen
of men, or not If we could but convey
to them "the dignity of their being
open before their eyes the vast prospects
of the eternity which awaits them in that
Kingdom, into which can enter nothing
that defileth or maketh lie-yet into
which they may enter if they only will"
and to emphasize the fact that this
kingdom is to be begun within them,
here and now!
Also of "the exceeding greatness of
Gods power" which not only trans
forms, but keeps the soul given to Him,
and His service More and more. do |
feel that the sinfuness of sim is not
considered earnestly enough in their
lives. l would that the belief-so COM
mon among thenl-might be dispelled-
that as long as their wrong doing is not
found out, it is no sin!
Another thought, is the need of their
depending more on their own efforts
both in matters temporal and spiritual.
No plant will grow strong by constant
sheltering-neitner will the mental, NOR
al and spiritual in man be able to- bear
the storms that some time, or other
must come-if allowed to depend con-
tinuously on stronger natures than he
himself possesses
l feel we should help them all we
can, but with this object in view-that
they are to do their part-and besides
this, to be filled with desire to help one
another.
| find, as one of the sad features in
the work, their lack of sympathy for,
and wish to be of benefit to their own
people. 1t is SO foreign to their old
time customs!
1t is hard to obtain suitable Bible
Readers among the younger women.
Can you tell me the reason why?
AS we go from one district to another,
and from house to house, in our weekly
calls, we are often oppressed with a
sense of moral depravity among those
we see,-and disheartened with the
thought of how little we can do to help
these needy ones. Many come from
homes TO lose themselves in the
of sin here in Honolulu
1t makes one heart sick" to see the
dissipation of men and women-the |
homes made more than unhappy by the
curse OF drink, or unfaithfulness OF
either husband, or wife. Especially so,
when innocent children have to suffer, |
often wonder, after our calls-if any |
fruit will spring from this stony
ground"
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mems meelings-an old lady compared |
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