The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-05
SUCCESSFUL MOLOKAI
CHURCH CONVENTION

The association of Maui, Molokai and
Lanai met at the Kaluaaha church, Mo-
Iokai on the seventeenth of September,
the church of which Rev. Isaac D. Iaea
is pastor. as we'll as that at Kaunaka.
kai. abundant preparation had been
made 10 entertain the large number of
pastors and delegates that attended,
it being estimated that seven hundred
people were present at the Sunday ser
vices, which were the center of interest
of all the meetings of the week The
Sunday school convention occupied the
morning and was unusual because of
the large representations from Halawa,
Wailau, Pelekunu and Kaunakakai, the
majority of those who came from these
distances having walked, while their
songs and recitations showed that they
had been preparing for the event for
many weeks previous.
Rev. Henry P. Judd. the newly elect
ed superintendent of the Territorial
Sunday School Association, delivered a
strong address upon Sunday school
work. The collection given for the re-
pairs of the Kaluaaha church amounted
to over $125, the excellent concert of
Saturday evening bringing in 1888, for
the same purpose, and on Sunday Rev.
l. d. Iaea announced the gift of $50
from Judge E. P. Aikue. There has
also been given by the s. N. Castle
Estate the sum of 800. The total gifts
to date for the church are over $500,
so that very soon the long neglected
Kaluaaha church win be thoroughly re-
paired.
Another gift to the church besides
the money was a beautifully bound
Bible and a hymn book for the pulpit
given by Judge E. P. Aikue and fam
lily.
The association meetings lasted until
Tuesday night, September %, and were
by being harmonious and
of an excellent spirit. The early morn
ing prayer meetings and the addresses
by visiting pastors contributed much
to the occasion. Rev. Moses Nakuina, |
and Rev. E. S. Timoteo has great in
fuence over all the delegates, while !
Rev. E. B. Turner, of the Foreign |,
Church of Makawao, and Rev. Henry I
P. Judd delivered stirring addresses up |
on spiritual power.
The annual printed financial report |
of Rev. r. B. Dodge, agent of the Ha- |
waiian Board and treasurer of the asso- !
citation of churches and of the Maui Aid I
Association showed over $4,000 raised |
during the past year for salaries and |!
for the repairs and building of |
churches. A large per cent of this sum i
was collected by the Hawaiian people !
for their own work The Japanese of |
Wailuku also raised over $3.50 for |
their Christian church. Nearly $4,000 |
was paid out in salaries. 1t is need |
less to say shat the friend of all |
work on Maui, Hon. III. P. |
Baldwin, has generously assisted many |
of the needy churches during the year,
and the names of many Honolulu
friends appear in the report. But the !
large proportion of the money has been
raised among the people themselves,
who have generously given of what
they had to the benefit of the church.
An impressive part of the exercises
Of the last day was the decoration of
Father Hitchcock s grave by the dele
gates and Sunday school children. Short
speeCn6S were maui COMMUNICATING lue
pioneer work that he did on MOlokai.
The few families in the immediate
of the Kaluaaha church and
those at Pukee did their utmost for the
comfort and pleasure of the delegates
oy the loan of teams, dray wagons and
horses and by personally entertaining
he visitors. The Hawaiians from ev.
cry part of Molokai also generously
contributed money and provisions.
On September II committee, con-
listing of Revs. NJ. G.. Santos, George
VI. Kauaulalena, J. K. Kahoopii and r.
3. Dodge installed Rev. J. Paeh Ka-
ohelani as pastor of Pelekunu. This
together with a large party
# Pelekunu people then climbed the
'ali 1000 feet high to the Pukee side
# the island in order to attend the :
meetings. of the association. :