The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-29

in English showing that three planta-
tons are calling for ministers. He
spoke very highly of the earnest work
Of Mr. Wadman. In welI-chosen words.
he welcomed the Bishop on behalf of
the japanese Methodists
THE HAWAIIAN WORK.
After a hymn Mrs. S. z. Damon
spoke in her peculiarly earnest man
ner of the Hawaiian work at Moana1ua.
She said she knew nothing of the
Christian life until year ago. Then she
found the little church at Moanalua.
Only two people had been seen inside.
Now the work was progressing. An
organ had been purchased The
Christmas celebration held last night
cost $40 of which all but So was raised
in Moanalua among the Chinese. Ha-
waiians and Portuguese.
Mrs. Damon went on in her simple
but direct manner and told of the in
terest that was being manifested. How
those who had previously stood on the
outside of the church and scoffed, now
sat within and listened with interest.
There were at the mission last night,
said she, at least lis children and over
four hundred grown up persons, among
WHO'LL were DIT 1edSl IUU SllIIlCSS, W Ao
had come saying, I'VE will come in if
you will not laugh at u.s."
Mrs. Damon said that work was very
self-contained and self-supporting.
They did not ask anything of any one,
unless it might be an organist. 1t was
pretty hard work to be organist, ex-
horter and preacher all at the same time
and keep it up for several hours at
ia r-lx o1-c &c ATT~c,
Damon's remarks, Rev. Mr. Wadman
suggested a prayer for the mission in
stead of the usual song The chairman,
G. j. Day, then led in a short but fer
vent prayer for Gods blessing on the
work at Moanalua.
MRS. RICHARDS TALKS.
Mrs. Richards was next introduced
and spoke of the many interesting
things and people she had seen in her
travels around the world. She said
she had been fortunate in being in at
the beginning OF things-the beginning
of the Methodist church in Honolulu in
1896, when people said that there was
no field for the Methodist church, that
the field was already eXcellently cover
ed by 1.-The great large church on the
other side of the street, the Central
Union" But the Methodist church was
a missionary church and there was al
ways room for such churches.
Mrs. Richards had been here again
when the Japanese work was begin
ming and the Koreans were beginning
to come four years later. And now she
was privileged to be here at the begin
ming of the First Methodist Missionary
Conference of the islands. The Susan
ma Wesley Home was spoken Of How
she had hoped for such an institution
and how she had picked up the Adver
tiser one day to find an article Of
columns length taken from some West
ern paper in which it was described
how Bishop Hamilton had arranged for
the founding of the home and the NAM
ing of it, whereupon Mrs. Richards had
written to Mrs. Clinton B. Fiske, the
president of the Women's Missionary
society of the Methodist church of
America congratulating her on the
fact.
She had seen work in other churches
than her own, she said She had been
in Japan when the American Board
missionaries were in session. She had
been in Berlin and seen the women's
work there. She had been in Australia
where 600 societies conducted nom ecta-
rian work and in Cairo, Egypt, where
the Baptists were so strong and sue
cessful. Mrs Richards spoke of the
graves in London and England, of
Wesley, who said '"The world is my
parish and whom the Episcopa1ians
now claim never seeded from their
church. She touched also on the Won
derful life of Susanna Wesley and Of
the uplift it brought to SO many.
BISHOP HAMILTON'S ADDRESS.
Bishop John w. Hamilton, DID, LII
D., who came here to hold the first
Hawaiian Miss ionary Conference, clos
ed the program of speakers with a
characteristic address. In opening, the
Bishop spoke of the great pleasure it
was to him to be in Honolulu and how
pleased he was with everything. He
spoke of the great missionary spirit
which seemed to pervade everything;
of the great activities of the Methodist
and other churches. Il have been to
morning, noon and night"
said he, land all missionary meetings.
had not been here forty-eight hours
before [ was told a program had been
laid out for me to meet all denomina>
lions, all nationalities and all creeds, !
entailing enough work for a dozen men |
have been down to your prison where
they dress men in kimonos in order to
distinguish them from other people
Il do rot know that I have been more |
interested in any mission work than |
am in the little Hawaiian mission |
down in the little village whose name |
can rot pronounce, but which I will |
earn, and of which we have been told F
tonight. I was down there for a few
this evening and what a Won
1erful thing it is. How those faces
1eamed.
What wonderful things these are.
And 1 contrast the selfish man. the self
contained man, the self-cOnffdent man.
whose creed is AS I woke Up myself.
said to myself and myself said to
ne: Look out for yourself. take care of
for no one will take care of
hee-' A selfish person has not one