The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-13
REV. MR. JONES
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| tions of helpfuIness to each other. these
I expressions of severe condemnation on
the misdeeds Of the vicious are I'M
! known. They have been in these is
| lands but three and a half years, they
| come from a form of civilization an
| Gent and admirable in some of its
features, but utterly different from
| ours. everything is new and strange
and segregated by lack of means of
| communica ton from many of the ideas
| in our life, toiling in hard but honest
| manual labor, they need and plead for
the kind word and friendly look. And
am very glad to bear testimony TO
| the fact that with but rare and con-
| spicuous exceptions they are receiving
| this. The charge of being moral lepers
as brought by Judge Robinson is only
| a case of calling hard names in the,
| midst of an argument" 1t indicates
a subjective condition in the speakers
mind but is unrelated to any objective
reality.
1t is hard for me TO believe that
Judge Robinson is serious in charging
the Koreans with being religious ia
natics'' either in their own land or
here in the islands. Speaking for those
here, l would say that as lar as my
personal observation goes, no Korean
has brought to this country his
heather gods and no Korean temple
looks skyward from Hawaiian soil. If
there is religious fanaticisn in that it
Is for Judge Robinson to point it out.
But many of the Koreans are found
in attendance upon Christian services.
One Roman Catholic priest whom 1 had
the pleasure of meeting told me he had
Koreans in his congregation who made
better Christians than some of the
other nationalities under his care. Due,
doubtless, to religious fanaticism!' In
many camps they have secured halls
from the plantation managers, where
they worship God according to the
teachings of the Christian religion.
found one case where an earnest
CHRISTIAN mana la5orer in the tieids-
in order to provide place for Chris
tian service in a camp where there
were but handful OF Christians, Sc
cured a hall and out OF his own money
that he had saved expended $40 in fit
ting it up for worship. This, 1 sup
pose, is religious fanaticism.' At an
olher camp, where there is a strong
church of $50 members, the young men
OF the church have raised among them
selves $145, with which they have pur-
chased a horse and carriage, and on
Sunday those among the gifted in pub
lie speech are sent in rotation to vari- z
Gus camps to preach the Gospel and
urge the careless and thoughtleSs to be-
come followers of Jesus Christ. Due, l
suppose, to religious fanaticism! In
sun another camp [ had the almost
unique privilege of baptizing at the
same time three generations OF Koreans
grandfather (66 years old, son and
grandson az years old! These people
had come to our shores and had &C
cepted our Christian faith and in the
solemn act of baptism dedicated them
selves TO the newer and better life.
Surely Judge Robinson will agree with
me that religious fanaticism' of this
kind is healthy and desirable. !
Then these 'alien pauper laborers,
social pariahs, moral lepers and re-
ligious fanatics recently subscribed
over $1,000 (of which they have already
paid over 5000 towards the purchase
IL Honolulu of proper mission head
quarters where Korean boys and girls
can be educated under American aus
pices; healthy moral and safer rally
ing place be provided for those who
Visit honolulu, anu SIOuIQ 1t again NC
possible for Koreans to come to Ha-
wall a center be provided for the
Christian activities which it proposed Z,
to continue among this people. Il
Surely in view of these facts Judge
Robinson, having abandoned his posi-
ton regarding the Portuguese. will go
one step further and withdraw the
Koreans from this class, for thus only
can he escape the fate of the man who
was laughed out of court.
Rev Mr.. Wadman announced that a
reception would be rendered this even
ing at the new Korean mission head
quarters on Punchbowl for Rev. and
Mrs Heber Jones. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to the public to at
tend and see some of the results of the
work being done to Christianize the
K Koreans in Hawaii. If the S. S. Korea
is in port this evening Bishop Harris
of Japan will be among the distinguish
ed guests at the reception.
1t was announced also that Rev. Mr..
Wadman would leave 70r the mainland
on the Korea. to be absent a few
weeks. He will return to Honolulu
with Mrs. Wadman.
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