The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-12-28
DR.. BARTON
WELCOMED

Il t1OhtHutu obt OhN.J
I! Board, a master of Polynesian Ian
4 guage, one who had translated til,
Bible into that tongue, something NJ
other living man could do. Then ther'
is DR.. Doremus Scudder, at one tint
a missionary of the Board, and Rev
| John Gulick for many years q mis-
sionary in Japan. Hon. w. r. Castle
| is a corporate member of the board
! as Is the president of the association
Stepping FORWARD, MIR. Jones extended
his hand to DR.. Barton and warml!
greeted him.
| Rev. Mr.. Thwing, representing the
Chinese churches in Hawaii. followed
speaking for those in whom he is deep
| ~ interested. He said the progress Of
the Chinese in Hawaii toward Chris
tianity is largely due to the efforts Of
| the American Board. He mentioned
| the evident interest shown by the Chi
nese at the last meeting of the society
and prayed that the influence of the
board might continue.
! Rev. Mr.. Nakamura welcomed for the
Japanese church, Rev. Mr.. Soares fol-
the Portuguese and Rev. II. II. Parker
for the Hawai,ans. He said: mo Ha.
of the American Board to pass through
without extending him a hearty aloha
| for they owed debt of gratitude tc
that board for favors they had received
1t was NOT so many years ago. said
Mr.. Parker, that the missionaries In
Hawaii We're a part of that organiza-
ton Only 81 years ago the elder
bingham preached his first sermon In
Hawaii, nearly ON this spot, to unclad,
benighted Hawaifans, while today we
have here representatives of nearly
every nationality ON the face of the
globe. Then the missionaries came to
preach the word of God to men and
women who lived in darkness, while
today all nations came to hear the
word
The Kamehameha Glee Club render
ed selection at this point, and then
Rev. j. w. sylvester was called to ex-
tend greeting from the Christian
churches.
He prefaced his remarks by an al
fusion to the Dooley- Hennessy opinion
OF ministers, wherein one remarked
that it was an easy job, because a min.
lister did no work. But he does a lot
of tallin'," ventured the other. Mr.
sylvester said that in reviewing the
wonderful work accomplished by the
representatives of the American Board
in these islands he must be considered
in the light of a spectator. The world
may be readily divided into two classes
those who do and those who talk
about it. He might be classed with
the latter, but he represented the for
mer, the people who did things. He
paid a high tribute to the work OF the
representatives of the American Board
and wished Mr.. Barton God-speed in
his work.
After being introduced to the audi
encc, DR.. Barton remarked that he be-
l!eved he was member of the profess
sion that talked His time had all been
taken up reviewing the grand sights of
this magnificent city, but if he had pre-
pared a hundred speeches they would
have been valueless when compared
with the remarks that had been de-
livered in the meeting. He spoke Of
the magnificent hospitality of the peo-
pie and the strenuous life, a condition
not confined to Washington, land 1t Is
this hospitality proves to me that am
in American territory. for nowhere
else could such a greeting be EXTEND
ed" He told of his experience in Tur-
key and described the armory Of his
native guide as they left Constanti'
nople for journey. At night they
slept together in the same stable and
were told in the morning of several
robberies and murders that had taken
place on the road they were to take.
When he asked the guide If it was safe
to make the journey, he received as
snrance from him that 1t was, as he
wss IA member of that gang. And l
feel tonight. after hearing your kind
words, that / am one of you" HIS
spoke of the werk Of the American
Beard in foreign lands, relating con-
versation he had had some years ago
with Lord Northcote in Bombay, In
which the highest tribute possible was
paid to the missionaries of the Amer
lean Board by that dignitary. Refer
ence was made to the request of the
Chinese commissioners who visited the
United States a few years ago. Though
they gave Boston but forty hours, three
OF them, at their own request, were de-
voted to the work of the board and the
time was spent in the rooms of the So
ciety.
He then outllred his plan for the Far
East and said TIE population would be
in China, both north and south, for