Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
TAKES AUDIENCE
THROUGH HAWAII
PASTOR GIVES STEREoPTIcoN
LECTURE
Is One Of Series on Pacific Lands,
Which William Horace Day Has
Made Popular with
Congregation

At the First Congregational church
last night the pastor, Rev. Will
liam Horace Day, gave stereop-
ticon sermon on Hawaii. This is one
of a course on Pacific lands which are
given the third Sunday evening of
each month. Many were turned away
for lack Of room
After a beautiful trio, "Rend Your
Hearts" by Schnecker, sung by Mrs.
c. E. Richards, MIR. Gunster and Mr..
Lott, the subject of the evening, "The
Mid-Pacific Paradise" was presented.
He said:
"A month ago we visited oahu and
Maui; we considered the political sig
nificance of the annexation of these
islands to the United States. Tonight
we will visit Hawaii, the largest of
the group and the home of the most
extensive native life. Upon the map
we see how Hawaii holds the key to
the Pacific. Skirting along the shore
of the Hamakua district we have un-
rolled a panorama of mighty cliffs
hardly surpassed. Waterfalls pung-
ing with wild leaps to the boiling sea
below Green table lands, covered
with cane which makes of this land
the richest commercially, in proportion
to population, in the world. Over
$25, 100000 in exports alone, of which
larger part. The center of the island
of Hawaii rises to three giant peaks.
Moana Kee nearly $4,000 feet high,
with Moana Loa and Huallai standing
like Aaron and Hur at either side.
Standing on Keokea point at sun
rise the native fishermen are sailing
or padding their outrigger canoes out
to the fishing grounds. At our feet
is an ancient Heiau, dedicated to the
shark god, the aged native woman says
who lives near by. These little tenn
pies, built of lava rock, were the scene
of human and animal sacrifices in the
pagan days before the missionaries
came to teach the faith of the Prince
of Peace and Love. At Rainbow falls
the visitor gaZes down into a deep,
round chasm into which the water
rolls with a single ninetyfoot leap.
Here the daring natives dive from the
jutting point of lava 100 feet into the
foam below or with reckless courage
ride over the fall like a scudding bit
of wood.
"a drive to the cemetery brings us
to the grave of the pioneer mission
aries. From the grave of David
Byman, the teacher as well as preach
er, we were taken to the Hilo boarding
school, where he was principal. Here
the natives from all parts were edu-
Gated, not only in the class room, but
at work bench. To me it was holy
ground, for it was the grand mother of
Tuskegee and Booker Washington s
work, as it was the model upon which
General Armstrong; missionary s
son-founded Hampton. When he
started his school for colored and In
dian students, what he had seen Mr..
Lyman doing at Hilo guided him.
Hampton university was plant cut
from a missionary parent in the mid
Pacific.
"Who can describe the grandeur, the
solemn rumbling, the shooting steam
and smoke, the glare of light at night
which mysterious Kilauea reveals to
those who see her in her active
periods? The walk over reverberating
| lava, descents into hot caverns, peer
| ing into the fiery crater now active In
the center of the more ancient one; all
these sights can never be forgotten.
From Captain Cooks monument we
drove for eighteen miles along the
Kona coast to the ancient capital town
where the first missionaries landed.
We stopped to visit the home of the
over pastor of the district and highly
accomplished man, who came to COM
plete the work so heroicly begun years
ago. Dr. Baker represents the many
sided activities of the modern religious
leader. With many churches to look
after, churches of five different Ian
guages in which effective evangelistic
work is going on, he couples the inter
ests of the Sunday school, the social
settlement and religious training for
the pastors and evangelists who be-
long to Hawaiian and Asiatic races.
From his house, looking out over the
Pacific toward the setting sun, 1 real
lied that his work reached to the ends
of the earth. Not far from the great
Heiau-or temple-built by the great
Kamehameha to offer sacrifice before
he went to subdue the other islands,
this apostle of the religion which has
banished the old warlike bloody days,
applies to the new life which has
emerged the most modern adaptations
of vital Christianity. l have been told
it cost the American board million
dollars to plant the religion and civil
ization of Christ there. From these
lands over $2,OOOOO0 comes back to us
every year in commerce. 1t is no less
the experiment station for the race
problems which are now distracting us.
A world Christianity is proving true