The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-06

deep interest welfare of the people dwelling in Hawaii
occasion delegates been sent from
California investigate needs and oppor
tunies It was however until the recent develop
of the sugar industry necessatng the incoming
employment of numerous and naonaities that
providentiall led open up establish
ourselves church among other Christian Hawaii
Not that guilty of obudng where
ed and where other churches quite competent
the egences but because the work among heero-
geneous of humanity including 10000 japanese 10000
Chinese 5000 Portuguese 5000 Koreans besides Porto
Ricans and Others arduous and the heavy
that Congregational friends and co-workes upon whom
the responsibilities heavily rested gave glad
and this day continue work side by side spirit
brotherly love and cooperation Strange say
missionary these Islands japanese whose wonderful
San Francisco under DR. Otis Gibson already
known necessary time K Mi
yaas remarkable work here including conversion of Con-
sui General Ando, his wife and entire staff of officers
propous Inauguration of mission which has since proved
splendid Owing the large number of Japanese
immigrants arriving during the sast few years order
the demand for cheap labor great sugar pana
TONS the that with very few exceptions
had been brought before coming under any Christian nu
and the additional fact that their children born this
Territory eligible American citizenship ustihes any
evangelical church establishing mission in cooperation
already organized for the purpose leading
many thousands of aliens knowledge of the highest and
best in Christian civilization for which American citizen
ship always stand.
We have among the Japanese ten stations
with welorganzed churches and property valued
$4,000 During the year most conspicuous gain
was the erection additional building prem
Uses in Laana Maui order to enlarge day school and
organize a Young Peoples Society with reading
and gymnasium The building upwards of S5oo
while other friends the The
this undertaking largely the pastor Rev Otoe
So toled faithfully the past eighteen months
his post of duty in that old capital of Hawaii The
ager of the plantation most willingly and generously assists
in mission work that side OF Maui Another advance
the acquisition of property has been the purchase of lot
parsonage connection with the River Street Church
Honolulu, at cost OF $500 without any charge TO the MIS-
sonary Society Within the coming hope to build
suitable home for the this well located property
Conversions and baptisms have taken place IN all our Jap
churches during the The most encouraging re-
suit be recorded the work at Kaanapali Maui mis-
station connected with Our lahana church where Bro
K Anal teaches large school and where eight young men
have been led Christ through his untring efforts and
class meeting organzed-the first Christian advance upon
Of several hundreds OF Japanese Another
signal blessing be recorded is the OF our work at
Kahuk plantation the end of the railroad line this
island For three years Bro E. Tokmasa has been
in charge of home" for small Japanese children numbering
thry-ve forty whose mothers thus permitted daily
livelihood the plantation Recently SIX young
men were baptized and class OF ten organized rms Is also
the first Christian work accomplished IN camp OF severa
dreds of Japanese the center OF which there IS Dig
plantation Honolulu, obliged to return to japan o"
ing to i'll health but graduate OF Lahanauna scoo
while Bro G. Motokawa has gone regularly down from the
city Sunday order preach Eight have been baptized
during the year-nosy young men
the splendid results of interesting
of Bro. G. Motokawa fine band OF young men forms the
great church in the future we build at once
This urgent pressing need SO tar as our Jap
anese work is concerned The night schools in both city
churches we'll the stations well attended we
appreciate of few friends who voluntarily assist
particularly the faithful aid rendered by Mrs
Bagwe who for many years has voluntarily taught IN Rver
referred to are prosperous while work the Adams
Home in kauku great deal OF outside attention
because of its peculiarly helpful missionary features
Mrs Mack superintendent OF the "Susana Wesley Home
invited this conference report OF er
interesting work caring for several helpless needy women
and many homeless children. This work is under the
auspices of the Womans Home Missionary Society 1t was
great disappointment bid farewell to Miss Dean who
Jew weeks ago obliged leave and return home
ing health We hopeful OF the arrival OF some one
equally we'll fitted place and carry the important
work which accomplishing evangelist in our
Japanese churches This appointment also made by the
authority Of the Womans Home Missionary Society. We
also looking forward the coming OF two recruits IN
ranks OF Japanese pastors If Bro Mura carries our
his intention to leave further study the Coast River
Street Church without shepherd OF the flock Pray
therefore, the Lord of the Harvest that He will send or
1abOrers into his harvest
Our work among the Koreans IS all our own by very
pleasant fraterna arrangement with the Hawaiian board
resentin Congregational church. this part Of the mission
field is to while willingly desist from any work
among Chinese all the immigrants arriving IN 1awa
the Korean is regouv susceptible and morally the