The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-20


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70 spread Christianity through the H.
lands as much as they had done. They
nccd a lot Of money Go carry ont the
good work, however. rs without 10 they
can not expect to make very rapid
strides.
The work was started In 1s6s, when
an educated Christian .Chinaman came
20 the Islands. IL had been further
helped along in 1875, by the Y. NJ. c..
A., and the spirit Of evangelism spread.
In 1878, again. family of Christian
Chinese had come, the members OF the
second generation Of which are now liv
ing in town. These new arrivals had
felt the need for a church of their own
and that grand man, Father Damon,
had lent them his own church.
Later, Mr.. WBterhouse, with his usual
goodness and Christian thought, ar
ranged a place for them. Finally the
church was built, which now stands in
Fort street. Schools for the purpose of
teaching the English language have
also been erected and the future looks
bright with promise.
The present day young Christian Chi.
nese is turning out a useful citizen,
and those Of them working in town are
in responsible positions and respected.
They acknowledge their great debt to
the Hawaiian Board and wish il long
life and success.
Education of Church Workers.
The present generation of Hawaiian
pastors and teachers are not sufficiently
educated to carry out their work in a
proper and efficient manner, said Rev.
John p. Erdman, in his address. With
the passing of the old missionaries had
gone the means of the Hawaiians for
intellectual instruction and develop
ment. Hawaiian literature was exceed.
ingly limited and now, with the spread
of the English language and the dying
out of the native tongue, the time had
passed for the writing of Hawaiian
books.
The pastors who received their educa-
ton from the old mission fathers, said
Mr.. Erdman, are also growing old and
the churches are being left without pas
tors. Six years ago the board had
placed missionary upon each island as
kind of superintendent, whose duty
was to try and bring to life the dormant
possibilities VI tHt I1dWdllhuS. lntSe
men held classes for instruction in the
Bible, Sunday school work and religious
| propaganda in general.
The Hawaiians were good and sincere
men and succeeded as far as their abili.
ties would allow them. When the fact
that very few of them could read Eng.
lsh was brought to light, however, it
was a marvel that they could manage
to preach fifty-two sermons in the year.
1t was no marvel that. some of them
were very Ininteresting-there was
nothing else to expect under the circum.
stances.
1 What is needed now is to train up
pastors who can make use of the Eng.
lish language to gain their inspirations
from. There is no mission field in the
world which demands so much work as
does this one. The placing of these
missionaries on each of the islands is
showing a good effect. Churches are
now being rebuilt and the contributions
are considerably larger.
80" g.; Go to College.
Another method they are trying is
the sending of ten young men to the
Theological Seminary on the mainland.
| This is an expensive way out of the diff
| fculty, however, and they could only
afford to train few in this manner.
What blocks a number of the young
men from giving up their lives to the
service of Christ was the poor salary
offered. With their ability they could
earn far more than $4OO. They are
taught in the schools that they should
marry and they need more than that
to keep up their families. If the board
had enough money to pay better sala.
ries then it would put different face
on matters.
Rev. Doremus Scudder said that he
WAS sorry they could not have more Of
the workers to talk to them. The last
year had been a great one, however,
and all sho1ld be pleased.