The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-08
Annual Report Of
Hawaiian Mission

In the providence of God we are able
to report ESQ baptisms and the recep-
ton OF 423 new members including
practitioners. Three new chapels have
i,heen built and dedicated to the worship
! OF God free of debt, and without any
cost TO the Board of Missions. One at
spreckeIsville, Maui, cost in the neigh
norhood Of $500, to which the Korean
| members generously subscribed. while
Hon. II. F. Baldwin, a warm friend of
our mission, not only gave literally
himself but secured substantial help
from the plantations which he repre-
sents. Another chapel at Kikaha, Ka-
mai, was erected solely by the church
members themselves without any out
side help and dedicated by Bishop Smith
] during his recent tour of the Garden
! Island. The third one~was built at Ha-
+ kalaa, Hawaii, altogether through the
! generosity Of Mr.. John Ross, the man
ager Of the plantation and gentleman
always interested in the best welfare
of his labbrers.
Present Membership.
Our present enrolment in membership
has now reached nearly 1900 and this
too IN spite Of the fact that during the
year many Of our members, both Amer.
sean and Oriental, have returned to the
! mainland. Our books record forty Sun
day schools with a total attendance of
400, as well as several Epworth and
Junior leagues in active operation. We
now own nineteen churches and eight
parsonages which together with our
school buildings and Korean compound
are valued at SOS, 1000. Our property is
without Indebtedness, save small bal
ance Of $4,000 still due ON the Korean
compound. We have raised during the
year $3.50 for pastoral support besides
contributing 1915 to the sSilver Ami.
versary" fund for mission work in
Korea. The total raised for the benevo.
lent institutions Of our church is 1861,
an increase over last year of 1913. Both
day schools and night classes are main.
tanned, much of the work being volun-
tary service on the part of our Amer
lean friends and also of Orientals whose
qualification for such work is the result
of the labors Of other years.
The Korean Day School.
The Korean. day school of Honolulu
is deserving of special mention. Dur
ing the past year it received govern
ment recognition as private school
of the Board of Education. It is well
housed in the Korean compound of this
city where dormitory accommodations
are ample and comfortable. Our total
enrolment of the year has gone as high
as sixty-two while fifty is the average
attendance. We do not aspire to go
beyond the grammar school grades. All
the students are self-supporting, except
a few orphans or otherwise helpless
boys for whom scholarships have been
secured. We are indebted to the Hap
Sun Society, a Korean self Improvement
organization, for substantial help in our
educational work. We hope that out
of this school may come in the near
future some useful men to help us carry
on our evangelism among their fellow
countrymen scattered over Hawaii nei.
The -Four Islands.
Our work extends over the four prin.
cipal islands of the group, namely, Ka-
uai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. We find
it profitable TO follow closely the old
circuit system, placing an evangelist at
some center and giving him charge of
a number OF outposts. This means con-
slant travel on the. part of most of our
necessitating the keeping of horse or
a grant in aid of travel. On the island
of Kauai we have three regular pastors
and in their care at least twenty sta
tions in all. Oahu has nine workers
and eighteen stations; Maui, four and
Is stations; Hawaii, 6 and % stations
There are, therefore, all told, nineteen
workers and nearly one hundred preach
ing places. Many of these places are
not wished more than once a month still
it keeps as in touch with the people
under our care and, wherever we have
members of the church, class leader
Is appointed, and report of the work
reaches the quarterly conference in due
time. Of the nineteen workers employ
ed, only twenty-one are conference
members. The others are local preach
ers or exhorters. We have recently or
ganized five new quarterly conferences,
making the total number of organized
churches twenty-five.
japanese Work.
Our japanese work generally needs
recruiting. II is very difficult to pro-
cure suitable men from Japan. The
matter also Of obtaining government
permission to emigrate seriously en-
harnesses us. For TWO or three months
at least two men, ready to come to our
help. have been kept waiting at Yoke
hama for necessary passports. We
shall, however, try to be patient and
in due time our forces will be we'll re
eruited and all the vacant places filed
The Koreans are becoming better
acquainted with the conditions of life
obtaining on the plantations and are
settling down TO steadier habits of in