The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
DR.. SCUDOER
On HAWAII
Noted Divine Tells Hart
ford American Spirit
Rules Here.

| The Hartford Courant of Nov. 18th
says: Gods Hand in Our Mid-Pacific
trated lecture given last evening in the
| lecture room of the Center Church by
Rev. DIR. Doremus Scudder of Honolulu,
who is the secretary of the missionary
board of the Hawaiian Evangelical AS
ISOLATION, a Congregationalist organi-
zation. DR.. Scudder is native of New
York and comes of missionary stock,
his father, who was at one time pastor
of a Brooklyn church, having been a
missionary in India.
The speaker traced the history OF the
islands and told of the scramble for them
of the nations who realized the great
advantages to come from their pos
session. God, however, had reserved
them for the country whose sons and
daughters had carried to them the Cos
pei message and the Hawaiians had
knocked for admission at the door of
the United States. DR.. Scudder told of
the old days of the islands, when idol
airy prevailed and when the people
were kept in state of subsection by
the chiefs and priests. The women were
not allowed to eat with the men and
the common people were restricted as
to what they could eat, at certain times
of the year not being allowed to eat
certain foods. Those were the days of
wars and tyranny and of human sacri-
fee. Gods hand was shown in the first
forward movement, which was the uni
dcation and paciication of the islands.
When the American missionaries began
their work in 1920. 1dolatry had just
gion to- take its place.
In the early days of the American
movement this movement I
lad had strong support at home, but |
his had in a great measure been with |
Drawn, and while in 1860, q, 1926 natives (
II 321a per cent of the native popula- |
ion We're church members, this mem |
oership had been reduced to 3,S13 in |
1900, or only 10 per cent. In 1860. 81 |
Der cent of the whole population of the |
stands were members of churches but |
his has been reduced to 4 per cent. I
There was need of renewed interest in
he work. The missionary era should /
De begun over again. There We're plen-
y of churches-and the pictures thrown
N the screen showed some fine look
ng ones-but leaders were wanted to
lraw the people to them. 1t was neces-
airy that the Hawaiians should be
,rought up to be good citizens of the
United States.
DR.. Scudder spoke of the many races
which We're represented in the islands
nd of the inter-marriages. He showed
hat there was the real American spirit
When a picture was exhibited which
bowed a Chinese baseball team and an
,ther athletic team of Japanese, who
wore the word Excelsior" which he
lad suggested for their name. At the /
ecent election 500 Cinnamon had cast
heir votes.
One thing which it was necessary to
ombat was the Mormon menace and
he Congregational Church should come
o the rescue. The Mormons were en-
husiastic and the Christians should
show the same spirit. In connection
With this thought the lecturer called at
ention to figures shown upon the
screen which told of the hold which
ngregationalism had in the islands,
me person in twenty-four of the Ha-
vaiians being members of the Con-
Church, this proportion be-
ng exceeded by only Connecticut, Yer
mont and New Hampshire, where the
alto was one to fourteen, sixteen and
.wenty-one, respectively. In this re- Z
'pect Hawaii was ahead of Massachu-
;etts, where one in twenty-six We're mem
3ers of Congregational churches.
The speakers closed with an earnest
plea that the ''voice of this splendid
Center church, be raised in support
If the movement. The meeting of last
hight was the regular midweek meeting
If the church and was well attended.
The views shown were of much merit
and told the story of the islands effec-
lively with the aid of the words of the
ecturer. who has been long enough in
he field to speak with authority.
Hymns were sung from the words
which were also thrown on the screen.
At the close of the lecture after prayer
oy DR.. Scudder. Rev. Rockwell Harmon
Potter said few words of appreciation
If the talk and the Denediction was pro-
by DR.. Scudder.
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