The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-14

1.-THE people live worse
than our animals at home.
They naively say that
bed is hard to sleep upon;
shingle, which they collect
upon the beach, is consid-
cred softer; this is simply
matter Of taste. Rev.
Philip Delaporte, Microne-
sian Mission, Pleasant Is
land, South Seas.
It's far cry from Honolulu to
'Plcasan. 1,inLd, in the ior)hesi,.n
group, ana it Is long, long wait doTS
there for news of the world, and vice
versa. A small, stumpy-looking, but
business.app steamer flying the
Norwegian flag came into port Friday
from that little South Sea island, and
brought mail, principally from Mis-
sionary Delaporte, representative of
the American Board of Commissions rs
for Foreign Missions, aud directed
principally to the Board of Missions
in Honolulu.
The news from Pleasant Island to
Honolulu members of the missionary
board is much like the news received
three-quarters of O century ago in New
England from the struggling band of
missionaries in Hawaii, but the modern
typewriter helps out in letter-writing
now. Mr.. Delaporte has been active
at Pleasant Island for many years, and
his letter to DIR. Scudder, pastor of
Central Union church, received by the
S. S. Orland, is of peculiar interest.
He says in part:
"We must express our sincere graf
itude to the officers and members of
our church for liquidating the large
debt of 500 which has been a source
of much anxiety to us for months past.
We feel relieved and trust that we
will never be thus burdened again.
Kindly convey our sincere thanks to
the congregation for thus providing a
comfortable and healthy mission-house
for nus. Perhaps it will interest you
to hear what we have done and do
with the money which has so generous
| ly been given to us. We have built
and are, building:
81. The mission house, containing
three rooms and large verandas all
around. .. Kitchen, containing kitchen
proper, store-room and cooks quarters
8. The old mission-house rebuilt, con-
tanning Miss Link s room, study and
Small room Ior our prospective SIlS
school. 4. Training school quarters,
containing one large dormitory, press
room and dispensary. 5. Bath house.
6. Two other outhouses. Z. Hardwood
fence 100 feet long. s. Church Tin
course of erection), with small steeple
measuring sSx35 feet, galleries, porch,
etc, complete.
''This church building will cost
about 10000 marks ($2a00), of which
sum we have received from the natives
1920 marks. An employee of the Pa
cifc Phosphate Company gave us $25
today.
photographs of these buildings and
of our scholars will be sent to you as
soon as the station is in perfect order
The Nauru Mission will soon DE ,ne OF
the best equipped stations in Micro
nesia. May God grant that many fnd
salvation through it's influence.
ga Girls School After mucl
prayer and thought we have decided
to open a girls boarding school. w,
begin, of course, on a very small scale
as the means at our disposal at presen
necessarily put a limit on our desires
We plan to have about six girls. Mis-
Linke and my wife will take charge
of them. We will thus have eigh
boys and six girls on the station, 70
which we have Gin part) to provide.