The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-29
BOARD OF MISSIONS.
GREETS METHODISTS
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rision applied towards the little band of
believers gathered together with an in
tent of being methodical in their
methods. The name was afterwards
applied to the club which Mr.. Wesley
formed.
Methodism came as a fresh and in
MIGRATING spirit to the Christian
church at the time when spirituality
had departed from it, not only from
the pew but practically also from the
pulpit. Toplody the author of Rock
of Ages" was authority for this.
Continuing, Bishop Hamilton told of
John Wesley's life, of his early work,
of his persecution by his own church
the church of EngIand-those were
doleful times, times now happily chang
ed. He spoke of the awakening Of
Wesley to the true life when he heard
the simple services of the Moravian
church.
The bishop spoke of the danger which
had been Methodism's by the work of
earnest but illiterate people whose be-
lief in the giving of experience caused
MISUNDERSTANDING. He quoted with
effect, a verse now dropped from the
Methodist hymn book which was crude
in its meter and measure but which
carried true fervor with it.
He asserted that Wesley was more of
a figure in England in troublous times
than the elder Pitt himself that the
Wesleyans by their silent influence pre-
vented any repetition of the revolution
in England of the awful scenes in Paris
when the streets ran with blood
The objects of the conference were
stated in lucid terms by Bishop Hamil-
ton. The different classes of workers
and their leaders were defined. He
dwelt on the uses of humOr. The world
he said was moved by good nature.
There is nothing so unfortunate as a
man to have a great intellect but no
humor, and the humor of the Methodist
preacher had in itself been a power.
In closing he said that he had come
here primarily to find preachers who
would not quarrel with their neighbors.
They must help their neighbors. The
people of other churches had been more
lowship prevailed everywhere. The
big plantation men some of them not
protesting Christians themselves, pro-
vided houses for their laborers and
while of course they did this knowing
that it was a good thing to have their
men we'll housed, it was a pleasing
thing to see the generous manner i'm
which it was DONE Bishop Hamilton
in his peroraItion made fine appeal for
Christian unity
Just at the close of the Bishops ad-
dress Rev. DR.. Serene Bishop, Rev. DR..
Gulick, Rev, DR.. Bingham, p. c. Jones
and Theodore Richards entered and
took seats in the conference. They
were formally introduced and welcom-
ed by the Bishop as representing the
Hawaiian missions.
The minutes of the last nesting were
read in English and translated nto Ko-
rean and japanese and We're approved.
AT the request of P. c Jones, Presi-
dent of the Hawaiian Missions Rev,
DIR. Serene Bishop spoke the words OF
greeting to the Methodist conference.
DR.. Bishop gave a sketch of the found
ing of the board and the early mission
airy work done. He stated incidentally
that he himself was not only the oldest
member of the board but he believed
that he was the oldest white person
born on the islands and Rev. DR., Gulick
was the next. He spoke of the peace
and amity which had ever prevailed
between the Protestant churches and
missionaries here in Hawaii and re-
called an early incident when Methodist
missionaries on their way to Oregon
stopped here on their way to their
station.
Bishop Hamilton thanked the dele
cation for the kind and Christian greet
ings of the Board of Missions. He re-
called an interesting fact of being at "a
meeting held Thirty years ago in Bos-
ton OF the "Old Boys" when he heard
an old gentleman of ninety say that he
had been the representative of the ship
ping firm which had arranged for tbs
ship that took the first missionaries to
Hawaii. The incident had Slipped his
mind until he came down here
He also remembered at another meet