The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-05
MISSION
WORKERS
WOman's Board Holds
an Interesting
Meeting,

room OF the central Union cnurch yes
terday afternoon was not large but the
spiritual atmosphere that prevailed
was delightful, as one lady remarked,
| filling
The meeting opened by the members
singing the first and third stanzes of
hymn n. The chairwoman, Mrs. Dore-
Psalm and followed it with a prayer
| The secretary read the following re-
port which was filed:
| REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
Hail to the Brightness of Zion's
| Glad Morning. was the joyful hymn
| opening the devotional. service of the
Interesting meeting of November g.
Mrs. Scudder read from Acts S:26-40-
| Philips commission to instruct the
| Ethiopian eunuch-the first Christian
| message to the Dark Continent whose
| history we study this year, whose
| needs continue, and to whom the sent
| of the Lord from the same Scriptures
| still preach Jesus
| Prayer was offered by Mrs. Withing-
| ton, a petition that we may realize
and live up to the measure of our
privilege and responsibility as work
ers together with Christ.
Minutes of previous meeting were
presented and approved. Also the re-
port of the treasurer. The special con-
tribution to the Armenian fund
amounted to $132. 90.
The president referred to the good
news announced at the first session of
the American Board, that the 81 000,
0000 90 standard of contribution had
been reached, bringing the audience to
their feet to sing as with one voice,
Praise God from Whom all blessings
flow
She told of the reception into our
own board of two new annual mem
bers. Also the passing to her reward
of our faithful Hawaiian Bible reader,
Wahine Nui, and the pleasure given
her in her last days by the message
from the board of appreciation, SYM
pathy and flowers.
Mrs. Thrum reported a very good as
sortment of curios for Mrs. Oggeu of
New Platz, N. Y, contributed by many
ladies and weighing in all So lbs.
A very interesting review of Japa-
nese work was given. Mrs. o. H. Gu
lick reported the work in general, not
ing the completion of the Waikiki
church building and the delight of the
congregation in it, the sickness of Mr..
Okomura and the successful carrying
on of his school by others. She read
the report of our Bible reader, Mrs
So of the Nuuanu street church, who
told of her busy forenoons in the Wo-
mans Home and her afternoon calls
among the women outside. She ac-
counts the influence of the home an
important factor in the advancement
Of Christianity among the women, and
no part more telling than that effect
ing the little children, which here AS
elsewhere are The hope of the
Church. A little song in the sweet
est of voices was sung by three little
girls from Mr.. Okomura'S school, who
were accompanied on the baby organ
by the Japanese organist. Mrs. Saku-
ragawa followed with a report of her
work. This lady is the very able pas
tors assistant of the Makiki church,
three-fiifths of whose support our board
has this year assumed. Her forenoons,
except Monday, are wholly given to
visits among the women of the parish.
Three meetings are held for them
through week, one DIT oiiC
at Manoa and the third at varying
points, with an average attendance OF
five or six A Sabbath afternoon SER
vice brings out twenty-three, and
meeting for unbelievers on Saturday
evening has an average attendance OF
fourteen About twenty persons are
now expressing an interest in Christ
ianity. Twenty-three women are MEM
1foIy aid
ed their church building by means of
n bazaar and sent a contribution to
the famine sufferers of their home
land.
Mrs Sakuragaw spoke ffuently in
her own tongue and was interpreted
in choice English by Mrs. Suehiro- 1t
was inspiriting to sit thus in the pres
ence of cultured Christian womanhood
in Japanese personality. song. Re
member Thy Creator" without aid of
instrument or, leader, was well render
ed by a half dozen girls from Kawafa-
hao Seminary, also another in their
mother tongue.
The study of the Dark Continent was
introduced by Mrs. Philip Frear, who
supplemented the topic of last month
-Slavery-and then introduced Miss
Mahony from Liberia to speak of med
fcal missions there. There is no med
ical science in that land of darkness.
Anything is called medicine which can
be taken internally, applied externally
or hung as a fetch about the person;
and the medicine man is power in
the land The popular war medicine is
made from portions of the human
body. secured by societies whose mem
bers, disguised as leopards and al1ga-
tors. take their victims unawares. Inc
more properly the i'm
plements," of surgery are broken rum
bottles and knives of sharpened hoop
iron. and operations are confined chief
w to the opening of assesses. A
teaches more by deeds or
kindness than by word of mouth, and
the medical missionary has readiest
access to the people. The fruit OF
mission labor is sorely needed. All
hose not converted to the religion OF
Chris+ are consecrated to the worship