The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-07-16
The kailua
Convention
Missionaries Arrival COmme-
mOrated With Some Arch.

One of the most remarkable
gatherings in Hawaiian history was
held at Kailua the last past of last
month, 1t was the eighty eighth an
nual session of the Hawaiian Evan
gelical Association, which COM
memorated the ninetieth anniversary
of the landing of the first band Of
missionaries on these Islands.
A large number of delegates and
pastors were present from all parts
of the Territory, and there were pro-
badly as many as six hundred peo-
pie in attendance at the meetings
each day. The Inter Island Steam
ship Company was considerate of the
large crowd that had to he handled,
and provided the Kinau on the out
ward trip from Honolulu and the
Maui on the return trip in addition
to regular boats.
The entertainment committee, of
which Rev. Stephen Desha was the
chairman, did exceptionally well in
handling such a big crowd. Alum
dance Of the best kind of food was
provided for all who came to the
meeting. An immense lanai was
constructed under the direction of
Rev. f. S. Timoteo, where the
majority of the delegates had their
meals. The English speaking con-
tingent was cared for in royal style
by Mrs. j. G.. Robinson in the beau
full old dining room of the palace.
The exercises began Oh Saturday
with an address of welcome by Rev.
DR.. A. S. Baker. In the name of
the old missionaries, whose houses
were still standing near the Church,
in the name of the many in the past
who had helped in the work in Ha-
waii nei, and in the name of the
\ present members of the old Kailua
Church, he babe the guests welcome.
We are very much in doubt if an alb
Ter welcoming speech were ever
made at the opening of the annual
session of the Association. Rev.
w. B. Olsen in an excellent address
gave the key note for the whole of
the meetings. He spoke of the
early evangelism and the need today
of earnestness and enthusiasm for
the course of temperance.
| Fifteen hundred people were pre-
sent at the memorial exercises on
Sunday, when the handsome Mem
orial Arch was dedicated. The arch
was made out of the stone near the
old church, and is substantial
memorial to the missionary fathers,
Opukahaia and his companions.
The speeches of Rev. Messrs. Desha,
Gulick and Oleson were full of un-
usual interest.
The key note of the six days OF
meeting was the coming question of
whether or not liquor shall be man.
ufacsured and sold in the Territory
of Hawaii. Contrary to the false
, report in one Of the Honolulu pa
pers that Prohibition had not many
supporters at this great convention
it can be truthfully said by those
who are thoroughly conversant with
the entire session at Kailua that OF
the hundreds of people. there, all
but handful were solidly for Pro-
[hibition. Those who were not with
the majority were for liquor, they
claimed, largely for political rea'
/ sons. The speeches in favor of Pro
3 hibition by Messrs. Desha, Nakuina
Magoon, and others were remark
able pieces of oratory not only, but
were made of the solidiest kinds o.
l argument, so that those who darec
G to say a word on the liquor side o
g the question admitted that they werC
, worsted in argument. In fact, thosC
present at Kailua, who have attend
ed similar conferences in the State
D and elsewhere, pronounced the Kai
lua Convention one of unusual fore
e and earnestness. For the cosmopo
o Titan spirit and their determination
to succeed, we doubt if this conven
u tion could be equalled in the las
: decade Of great religious gathering
in America,