The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-11
CENTENARY Of MOTHER
PARKER COMMEMORATE
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are what L have long wished for. and
nave never seen till now. I thank God
that in my old age I see them, and
humbly trust I feel them, too
The vices and diseases of civilization
had been given to the Hawaiians and
were doing their sad work It was
high time that the remedial agencies
of civilization were brought to bear
to neutraliZe it's demoralizing inf1u-
ences and as far as possible to enable
what was left of the nation to win out
and become community inspired by
hope of permanence and Improvement,
instead of one facing decadence and
extinction.
To you, Mother Parker, and your fell
low survivors of the missionary com
pany who have done their work we ex-
press our gratitude and appreciation,
not only for what you have done for
the Hawaiians, but also for your share
of what has been accomplished for the
establishment of the reign of law and
order in these beautiful Islands, and the
creation of an enlightened public senti-
ment favorable alike to the promotion
of good morals and the protection of
political and business interests, and as
an earnest token of this appreciation,
we desire to say to you, that it is the
fixed determination of the members Of
the Cousins Society to always and per-
severingly work for the preservation
and development of the Christian civil
zation which you and your associates
have planted and nourished here.
Bishop Restarick, of the Episcopal
diocese in the Hawaiian Islands, was
the next speaker. His address was a
critical survey of the effect of mission
airy labors in these Islands, and a de-
Tense of the missionaries against de-
tractors 1t was also a plea for fur
Hawaiian Islands, while paying a trib-
ute to those of many denominations
Roman Catholic and vangelical-who
had co-operated with him in the for
ward Christian movement.
His address was as follows:
BISHOP RESTARICK' ADDRESS.
My Christian Brothers: 1t but poorly
expresses what is on my heart when
say that this is an occasion of the deep
est significance. The venerable loving
and beloved woman who is one hun
dred years and one day old as we gath
er here has aroused by her passing the
century mark memories of long ago
which should inspire us for the work
which we have today.
That on this occasion, the sons and
daughters of the Missionaries of the
American Board of Foreign Missions
should have chosen me to make the ad-
dress, touched me deeply. 1t was a
sign of their confidence and good will,
and when to this was added their hope
that my acceptance might further the
cause of Christian work and Christian
Unity, 1 felt that L could not, I dared
not decline. 1 could honestly have plead
ed another engagement and lack of
time for preparation, but 1 believed
that your request and my compliance
at this time, when Christians every
where are longing for unity might
mean much to the work for Jesus
Christ on these islands and perhaps be-
yond. No one need be in doubt to
my position as a positive churchman
and my steadfast adherence to my con-
victions, but a Bishop of the Church
of God should of all men try to have
an even mind and try to place true
value upon every work undertaken for
God and man. 1 believe that you ask
ed me because you considered mo to
be fair minded and yet it is a wonder
full thing showing the working of the
spirit of God, that the local leader of
a church which was naturally looked
upon for years by many as an inter
1oper, should be asked to speak on this
memorable occasion. May God help me
to speak words which shall make for
truth and good will. One hope per-
meates my mind and heart: it is that
what 1 say may advance the cause of
Jesus Christ and bring men to love
one another.
Let us go back. Branford, Connecti-
cut, December 8, 1905 Born, Mary Eli
zabeth Barker, she who was to be the
wife of one preacher of the Gospel and
the mother of another Eighteen hun
dred and five, Think my Brothers.
This venerable woman who is in all
our minds and on all our hearts this
evening. was ten years of age when
the battle of Waterloo decided the fate
of the nations of Europe. What changes
among the nations has she seen since
then? She was two years old when
Fulton took his steamer on its trial
trip from New York to Albany. She
was nine years old when Stephenson
ran the first locomotive on a colliery
tramway near Darlington. She was
thirty years of age when Morse sent
his first Geographic message from
Baltimore to Washington. What mar
veIlous factors these in the progress of
mankind She was fifty-four years of
age when Darwin published his monu-
mental work which has led gradually
to revolution of mans conception of
the universe and of his ideas about God
and His works. But why go on. Why
the progress of man during
her lifetime with that made in many
respects in all the centuries preceding.
When this gentle woman sailed from
New England in the small but stout
ship Mentor" the great countries of
Asia with their millions of people were
closed to missionaries of the cross.
Africa was a dark continent and its
fringe of slave trading settlements was
the darkest of it all. Then there were