The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-20

the schools vhi,H ha increasingly lb-
bored t1 establish.
when FIRST arrived ot Honolulu
BoN the governor of oahu. was at
distant part of the island but, being
appraised of the arrival of the mission
aries and of their design two days
later he returned to Honolulu The
historian says of him. He was then
SO much under the debasing and dis
tracing influence Cf strong drink as 90
be unfit for business except that of
speedy reformation. TO which our busi-
ness would call HIM" ON one occa-
sion, some three months later, this
young Governor Bold came TO my Ia
Their at the close of The public worship
To- make some inquiries about the SER
mon On the text Behold the Lamb
of God which tlketh away the sin Of
the world, and expressed a wish to be
able 10 read and understand the Bible.
and consented TO be daily instructed I'm
IT, Nine years later he gave to his
beloved teacher this land Of Punahou
including Hockey Hin and stretching
from the summit of Round TOP to King
sait-beds and coral fats. all more or
less valuable This gift was made in
1929, the year in which Boki sailed
away TO the South Seas on his fatal
expedition. He had never united with
the church, still clinging more or less
to his cups but he appreciated the
faithfulness Of his instructor and no
one can doubt that If he could be pres
ent with us today and behold what our
eyes behold on this campus he would
eXclaim Mani loa' and greatly re-
joice that through his magnificent gift
to his teacher the way had been opened
whereby his native land had been for
so many years blassed with such
Christian institution of learning as is
oahu College? His gift is witness to
his sincere gratitude that there had
come to his people those who had la
bored faithfully to introduce and main
tain Christian education and culture
among them, and to. do them good.
Would that he had personally profited
more by the faithful instruction given
him. Let not his grateful liberality be
forgotten so long as this institution
shall stand. Such ] doubt not, would
be the sincere wish of my father.
But we are here today especially to
honor the name of Hiram Bingham,
and so / appropriately ask, what would
he his emotions if he could appear
among us at this hour, after nearly
sixty-fiye years of absence, twenty
nine of them spent in straitened cir
cumstances before he went to glory and
contrast what his eyes beheld in Au-
gust, 1910, (when he took his final leave
of this spot of blessed memory and
looked out for the last time from the
makai door of t humble cottage
which stood just where this memorial
stands) with what he would now be-
hold, this campus of a noble college,
with it's slightly, convenient and we'll
equipped structures, thronged with stu
dents largely Anglo Saxon, but includ-
ing Hawaiians and Asiatics cared for
by a noble corps of Christian teachers,
the President and his associates, and
its Board of Trustees. made up Of
Christian representative men of Homo
lulu? What, l say, would be his emo
tons? Methinks his breast would swell
with honest pride, his heart beat with
sincere gratitude to God that he had
given him the opportunity and the in
clination to make such disposition of
what yer portion of Oahus soil he
owned in a way that should greatly
tend to secure the permanence of Chris
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