The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-09
SENT FORTH
WITH PRAYER
Departure Today of the Little
Schooner Hiram
Bingham.

On the deck of the little missionary
schooner Hiram Bingham yesterday af-
ternoon special religious exercises were
held under the auspices of the Hawai-
ian Board of Missions to commemorate
the departure today of the vessel on its
mission of peace and education to the
Gilbert Islands. Hymns that were sung
in New England seaports eighty and
ninety years ago when sailing vessels
departed therefrom for the Hawaiian
Islands, were sung yesterday, and in
many respects the order of exercises
was the same as that which had to do
with the starting of the old Thaddeus
and her successors.
Among those gathered on the deck
and wharf were Rev. and Mrs. o. Fl.
Gulick, J. T. Gulick, Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Doremus Scudder, Rev. Mr.. Ebersole,
Rev. w. d. Westervelt, Rev. Mr.. SeeIey,
Prof. w. D. Alexander, Rev. Mr.. Lono,
Rev. NJ. Nakuina, Paul Super, Captain
Bray, DR.. Emerson, E. Herrick Brown,
Rev. and Mrs. Oleson, John Martin,
Theodore Richards, W. w. Hail. Mrs.
Austin, Miss Gulick, Mrs. Atherton,
Miss Atherton, Miss Eleanor Walkup,
Captain Walkup's son, and representa-
tives of the Salvation Army and vari-
Gus churches.
The exercises orened with the sing
ing of hymn 204, ,'The Morning Light
is Breaking, to a cornet accompanI-
ment by Mr.. Super. Rev. Mr.. Ebersole
offered a fervent prayer for the privi-
lege of the group to be present on such
an occasion. He thanked the Almighty
for such a glorious missionary work
begun and now being continued, a work
which would bring a people out of
darkness. He prayed that this little
Godspeed service would, in time, be
felt around the world.
Following the singing of hymn 207,
Rev. Mr.. Lono, the Hawaiian pastor
of Kaumakapili church and once mis-
sionary to the Gilbert Islands, spoke
of his earlier experiences on the
Star twenty-five years ago.
Rev. o. H. Gulick spoke of Captain
Walkup of the Hiram Bingham, and
the first visit he made in the Morning
Star to the Gilbert Islands. Mr. Gulick
went as second mate. On arrival at
Dne of the islands Captain Walkup
feared to attempt to enter a lagoon.
Mr.. Lono was on the island. He came
,ut and piloted the vessel safely in.
DR.. Scudder spoke of the reference
made in the New Testament to ships
and their value in missionary work. He
offered as a motto selection from the
God hath granted thee all
hose who sail with We, the promise
he Lord made to Paul.
Mr.. Guliek. speaking again, said the
'eople here cannot realize the inexpres-
ible Joy the natives feel when the mis-
iOnary vessel comes to them. There
we're about 10000 people on long
hain of islands. stretching out over
90 miles. and it was for this purpose
hat the schooner was being sent there.
Captain Walkup spoke of the late DR..
3ingham's great work of translating
he Bible into Gilbertese, and amplify-
ng a poverty stricken language of on
= 1000 words into one of $4,000 words
Te thanked the people for their kindly
ceilings toward him and the interest
hev expressed in his work as a mission
rv-naviCator. The services closed with
benediction offered by Rev. Mr..
leson.
Captain Bray, former master of