The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-05

tattoo is done and what else goes on
in that secret orgy only the initiated
know. The revealing of its secrets is
punished by death or dumbness. One
of Miss Mahony's bright and faithful
errand boys was a mute, made speech
less for life because of indiscretion
along that line
These African people. men and
women, are not ungrateful for labors
Of love in their behalf The terrorist
of the regions round, feared by all for
his influence and his dreaded deeds OF
daring, captured at last and suffering,
rewarded Miss Mahony's dressing OF
mis- wounds with an unexpected
thank you" one of his few English
words, and later. dying, bequea thed his
own children to the mission. IN ore u
the buildings a tablet to the memory
of an African boy bears as fitting
Inscription the words, Greater love
hath no man than this, that man lay
down his life for his friends
Miss Lucy Case of Osaka, Japan,
named the numerous denominations
having missions in that city, noting
more fully those of the Congregational
church. but giving chief attention to
| the fourishing girls school, in whose
progress both she and Mrs. J. T. Gulick
! have been instrumental. The name of
| the school signifies plum blossoms"
| and the sweetness Of its bloom is dem
onstrated to us in it's winsome alumna,
Mrs Suehiro. Among numerous Incl
dents of life there Miss Case told Of
another graduate, a mediocre in intel,
| .ect and indolent whose conversion
| year before her graduation transformed
| her into diligent and successful stu
/ dent and Christian worker throughout
her senior year, and whose later labors
outside the school have won to the
faith many among her kinsfolk men
and women, persons of influence in the
. community-an due to her earnest, de-
voted loyalty to Christ.
| Our President wished that we indi-
vidually might live such lives of con-
secration as to win many to our church.
our Sabbath school and our board-to
our Savior and His work.
Miss Chamberlain was able to be in
attendance at this meeting during the
greater part of the hour.
Closing hymn, The Morning Light is
Breaking"
Attendance, rs
MARGARETTA L. SHULEY,
Rec. Sec.
707 Wyllie street, Honolulu
Mrs. J. NJ. Whitney was then asked
to tell of her visit East and the inn
pressions she gained by her attendance
at the Centennial anniversary of the
American Board last summer. She also
told of the celebration at Williamstown
on the occasion of the unwilling of the
"Haystack Monument" She spoke of
the persons who addressed the various
meetings, at one of which the ad- !
dresses We're so worth while that they |
She told how the announcement of the
successful raising of the million dollar
contribution was received and added
that in spite of the fact that $685., 900
of the amount had been subscribed by
women there was no mention of the
fact, there was not a woman on the !
platform nor was there one named on
any of the committees
Mrs. Theo. Richards spoke on the
same subject adding that she and her
husband had been in d missionary at
mosphere almost all the time they were |
absent At the WilIiamstown meeting
she was impressed by a remark made
by President Tucker as to the real
knowing of missions and their work.
The Richards went to Montclair, New
Jersey, to the home of John r. Mott,
an active missionary who was at the
time in Africa. In that house it was
her privilege to see books, solely on
the subject of missions, stacked from
floor to ceiling and this she took as
an earnest of the interest Mr.. Mott
took in the work. She spoke of her
visit to the Woman's Board room in
Boston and her visit to the conference
at Mohonk where Lyman Abbott was
an inspiration. 1t was conceded by the
delegates that Hawaii was the best of
any of the dependencies. One of the
most interesting speakers at the con-
ference was Doctor Griffiths who was
limited to five minutes for his talk but
who occupied twenty and no one show
ed a desire to call him down.
Miss Mabel Sumter in charge of the
Chinese department of the board, read
a report of the work over which she
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the juniors in the class sang we'll in
English and half dozen little tots re-
cited in Chinese. Then came a hymn
in that language by the older girls.
Mrs. Timoteo, wife of the Hawaiian
travelling evangelist reported from the
Hawaiian branch and the report was
by Mrs. Nakuina. The re-
port covered the work of Mr.. Timoteo
and his wife on the island of Hawaii.
During a recent visit to Kalapana, six
were baptized and four
Joined the church. At Hilo, which
was the next place visited, they found
matters in a deplorable state and the
strongest effort was made to build up
the Haili church which had SO fallen
off in membership. They found the
spiritual feeling cold and the few peo-
pie who attended the church showed
very little interest in the work. Rev.