The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-06
REVIEWS HAWAII
MISSION WORK
Mrs. Gulick Tells Woman Board
That More Hawaiian Pastors
Are Needed in Islands.

At a meeting Of the Woman 5 Board,
held yesterday in the Central Union
church, Mrs. John Guliek read a very
interesting paper on the present condl-
tion of Hawaii from an EyangeiIstic
and Mission viewpoint. In prefacinS
her remarks she stated that she had
written several weeks ago to workers
in several parts Of the Territory and
had received replies from all.
The first letter read was from Mrs.
A. 5. Baker of KeaIakekua on the Is
land of Hawaii. Mrs. Baker wrote:
Here we combine all nati0nalIt.es
into one English speaking church.
There are some who attend regularly
who do not even understand English.
After attending the meetings
regularly for long time the old man
(referring to an aged Chlnaman) ap-
piled for baptism and admission to the
church. An interpreter was obtained
and an endeavor made to discover what
his motive was. He explained that he
knew very little but he had received
the impression that this was com
panv of people who were trying 10 do
right and that was what he was trying
to do and he wanted to be one Of
them
Mrs. Baker quoted numerous Incl
dents concerning the evangeilstIc work
in the district From Koloa. Doctor
Waterhouse sent in some notes con
corning the work Of the Salvation
Army in that place.
''The Salvation Army work is now
in charge Of Mr.. Lyman and his wife,
he says, ''who have recently come to
Kauai. They are both consecrated
workers and we are glad that they are
located at Koloa. Mr. Lyman has an
assistant who is a Ports Rican. He
speaks English we'll and is to spend his
whole time working among the Porto
Ricans and the Spanish IN this dis
trict. We are very much pleased about
this as there has veen very little done
among these people of late. One en-
couraging feature is the demand for
japanese Testaments and Japanese
War Cries supply of which we always
keep on hand In the old Hawalian
church at koloa we have Sabbath
school with an average attendance OF
about ninety. About half of these are
Hawaiians and most of the others are
Japanese
Mr.. Lydgate writing from Llhue,
Kauai, reports ten organized churches
with eleven outlying stations, fifteen
buildings and SIX parsonages, besides
the Wainea foreign church not organ
lied but regularly ministered to by
1T Niliken. All these churches have
pastors, all have lourishing Sunday
schools and most Of them {. E. socle-
ties He adds:
1.-The race feeling of antagonism and
suspicion more or less prevalent few
wears ago has died away and the reIa-
tions between the races are now most
friendIy.'
"Mr. Dodge writes from WalIuIn,
Maui: The Waikiki Union Church
has increased in membership about thlr-
tv per cent. the past year and now has
= fonrishinr SUNDAY school that takes
in more than half Of the few white
neonla of WaiIuku Of other than
Catholic parentage. The Sunday even
ing services are we'll attended.
..The native churches of Maui. con
tiuued Mrs. Gulick, care gaining IN
numbers. strength and courage. Inc
matter of securing titles to lands that
have for wears really belong to the
churches but have been invested IN the
government or in the hands of few
individuals is receiving efficient atten
ton. There has been danger OF loss