The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-27

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Cousins Society met yesterday after.
noon Ia the ola Mission Home--tht
nrst frame house set up In Honolulu
ON King street. heard encouraging
reports from the officers Of the organ.
ization. and listened 10 interesting
letters and extracts from letters writ.
ten 10 the first missionaries who came
20 the Sandwich Islands. George r.
carter was elected president Of the
society for the coming year by unani.
NOUS vote.
The meeting OF the society was
opened by prayer by the Rev. John
Gulick. himself one OF the early mis-
sionary workers In the Hawaiian Is
lands. this being followed by the sing.
ing by all those present OF THE Tie
That Binds" After a report by
George II. Carter. dealing with the H.
nancial status OF the society. which
was highly encouraging to the mem
beers, MIR. Carter stated that a plan
was on foot to secure the old Cham
berlaiu property nearby, and keep i
up much as the Old Mission Home is
at present being taken care of.
The most interesting feature of the
afternoons program was the reading
of old letters which were written to
the first little band of missionaries
who made the perilous voyage from
the Atlantic Coast, in sailing ships, to
these mid-Pacific isles then populated
ny the heather. References were
made in several of the letters to the
tSt,n ~ la,, Ign,nala rnaha who xyae
then King of the Islands, burned al
the idols and destroyed all evidences
of idolatry. Again. It is shown by the
letter which is published below that
had the natives of Hawaii not re
ceived the missionaries with some
show of kindness, the latter would
have gone probably to the Society Is
lands This evoked a laughing com
ment from one of the members tha
1--WE might have all been born in tn,
Society Islands,
The following letter, which was reaC
by Mr.. F. c. Damon, was unusually
interesting, not only on. account of 1T
4 contents, but also on account of thu
fact that the original letter is in tn
possession of the society at the pres
ent time:
i Supplementary directions and no
tices to the Rev. Hiram Bingham ant
the Rev. Asa Thurston, Messrs. DAME
Chamberlain, Thomas Holman, Sam
uel Whitney, Samuel Ruggles ant
Elisha Loomas. John Honolii. Thoma
Hopoo and William Tanooe, member
of the Mission to the Sandwich Is
lands under the patronage and direc
ton of the American Board of Com
!. missioners for Foreign Missions.
Dearly Beloved: In pursuance o
preparations made. you will embarl
on board the brig Thaddeus, Captain
Andrew Blanchard, bound TO the Sand
8 witch Islands.
ION your journey you will treat tn
master and officers of the vessel wit
q all due courtesy and respect, and fur
8 Their the spirit of Christian sobriet
and kindness in all your deportmen
= toward the sailors and all on board
will observe with as much regularit
y as possible stated seasons for religion
and other proper exercises; will hav
a settled arrangement for the occupa
ton of your time in the best manne
for the improvement of your mind
and hearts and for the satisfaction
and benefit of all who are with you
and will make it your care to cult
vate and establish the feelings an
habits BETTING the character o
Christians appointed to the high an