The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-09

best of the business, social. civic anc
religious life of HoncUu.u.
The Honolulu Association is embar-
raised by the multitude of opportun.
tiles knocking at its door-for one
thing the opportunity Tor a definite
work among the Orientals. There
are at present in Honolulu a Chinese
and a Japanese Associations the for.
mer owns building toward which Sir
George Williams was a contributor.
These associations, however, are lit
tie more than names, and it is doubt
full whether they will ever become eff
fective unless thhey Secome a part Of
the Honolulu Association, and have
trained native secretaries.
Another pressing opportunity is tina,
Of work among the soldiers and sail
ors on the island of Oahu. Hawaii IS
destined to become one of the great
army and navy centers or our coun-
try; every branch of the service is
already represented in posts and
camps on the island and the bodies
of men now there are nut the nucleus
of the thousands of soldiers and sail
ors who will soon be located at this
important point on the Pacific, to say
nothing of the thousands of sailors
who will have shore leave at Homo
lulu and Pearl City when Pearl Har-
Dor is open, as it will be before long,
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Almost without exception the officers
of the army and navy in Hawaii are
eager for the introduction of the As
ISOLATION among their men. In Ho-
nolulu there are a number of schools
and colleges in which student Asso-
Citations could do constructive work.
Work among railroad men, of whom
there are about 700 in Honolulu, the
majority being Japanese, is already
assured, as President Dillingham;, of
the Oahu Railway, has authorized the
employment of a secretary and given
assurance that an adequate building
will be erected and support provided.
Honolulu also affords an important
industrial field. as there are several
large and prosperous iron works To-
Gated in the CITY, whose proprietors
have an interest in the welfare Of
their men and look to the Association
as the agency best adapted to render
the service.
The possibilities of the Honolulu
Association in its internal develop
ment, when the new building is erect
ed, are great; already under the ms
piring leadership of Mr.. Larimer. the
educational classes have overlooked.
In the physical department. DR.
Hand is rendering strong leadership
with the small, old fashioned equip
ment. Men of all types and stations
avail themselves of the privileges
and a group of strong, young men is
being trained for volunteer leader
ship. The new building will provide
two modern gvmnasiums.
In boys work, the situation is quite
out of the ordinary; for some years
there have been springing up in Ho
nolulu a number of boys clubs, each
having a small building of its own
and while these clubs have been Ope
rated under the direction of a com
mittee of fine Christian men, they
are not in any sense religious organ
izations. Recently several of these
clubs affiliated with the Association
and Mr.. Gault, who recently became
boys secretary at Honolulu IS wisely
bringing these scattered organization:
into closer union.
In it's social and religious activities
the Association is aggressive. Its
religious work is necessarily adapted
to the conditions of a warm climate
and an all-year outdoor life, but it il
active in it's presentation of thu
claims of Christ on men, and it Il
recognized as a great religious force
in the city
One of the reasons for the larg
place the Honolulu Association Occu
pies in the life of the city is the mel
it has rallied to it's aid.
Entering all these doors of oppol
tunity is a matter not of weeks bu
years; nevertheless, the men of He
nolulu have visions, and are cage
for the extension of Christ's Kingdom
among men. They may be counte
upon.
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