The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-22

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of Hawaiian NJ. Z. missions.
The annual report of the Rev. j. w.
Wadman, superintendent of missions,
to the fifth annual conference of the
NJ. E. church, was presented yesterday.
1t deals in an interesting manner with
the many problems being met by the
missions, and shows that in addition
to handling the many other races here,
the sperintendent has already taken
steps to look after Russians.
The report includes the following:
Once again. in the Providence of
| God. we are assembled in our annual
meeting, in order to review the work
mourn it's failure and plan wisely for
| the future. Neither death nor any
serious illness has invaded our ranks
since we met in conference a year ago
and we are grateful to God for the
measure of health and strength vouch.
safed to his servants as well as for the
measure of success which has crowned
our efforts in the work in which all arc
so happily engaged.
We are now passing the fifth year in
our history as mission and as these
first annual periods slip so quickly by
we feel that much of our work is
largely that of "beginnings" founda
tion laying in preparation for the
superstruCture soon to appear.
Looking over these beautiful Islands
lying beneath the southern cross, mucf
of whose soil is holy ground because
of the marvellous victories won for. tht
Cross of Christ in the years past ant
gone and when at the present time thu
call for holy endeavor and consecratet
service was never so emphatic and in
sistent. our hearts swell with gratitud
to almighty God because our believe
church is sharing with others in nos
cordial fraternal relation in bringin
these thousands of polyglot nationa
life. inhahitiug these ssa-girt coral en-
bedded islands of the sunny tropics, I
knowledge of the truth as it is i
Jesus Christ, our Lord and master.
We call our island home the "Para
disc of the Pacific and perhaps n
, such creative beauty enshrines and en-
riches any part of the world. Hawal
is a veritable scenic wonderland o
peculiar charm. Nowhere else d
: palm trees grow so majestically, nc
where is tropical verdure as abundant
! soil so rich, industries so prosperous
3 commerce so successful, homes so bean
tiful, people so happy and climate s
equitable. No ground is more hol
$ than that which we daily tread. \
history is more interesting and inspil
u ing to the student of missions tina
that of the Sandwich Islands begiI
ming with 1920. the year in which tha
noble little band of New England mi
{ sionaries landed on the shores of IL;
d waii near where Captain Cook had di
f covered the group in 1777; and Il
e names will live longer in the anna
j. of the church than those of ThurstOl
r Bingham, Coan, Judd, Gulick, Bali
/ win, Lyman, Damon, etc, whose liv'
# We're heroically given to the salvatio
s of the people.
II "Blessed are the dead who die
the Lord. Their works do folio
u them.
u Today our population numbers fro
d 200 to 250 thousand representing
L score or more of different countrie
|
;, of these immigrants gathered here
= our very doors are aliens from no
= Christian lands in which they did N
u have an opportunity of an inteligel
- hearing of the gospel message. He
:, dwelling securely and happily benea
e the protecting flag of Christian Anne
10 lea with eyes wide open to see Il
"a best and the worst of our boasted civ
n. ization and with feet easily beguil'
70 along forbidden paths of sin and vic
8 are these thousands of hungry souls
N whom in way at least ii is so mu'
easier for MS TO give the bread of Ii
than if We had 10 cross the seas al
seek them in lands far away. n
where, then, are opportunities for m
L sion work so great and gates of pri
lege SO open wide as in Hawaii,
"Suy ye not, there are yet 70
months and then cometh the harNes
10 Behold, / say unto you, lift up yo
a eyes and look ON the fields, that 'h
n are white already unto harvest,
M Russian immigration.
he Within the past few months "A slret
or of Russian immigration has set IN In,
A ManchuHa, Scores OF the Cznr's 81
10 ioeis have COME aHi hundreds ml
or are on ihe way, The demand
or nhor 0n the sugar plantations Is 3
aitmciion, fhey uia usually Hpeu
0r psniod hy their wives nud ehiljt
isi Up un Kauai, hi the Mhhuweli plan
M iipu. Wr found several Uf them rH,
he iufY attending unl knleun srrl if
pl lhuHgh uul understanding each uft
lanFurgr l'ppn investigation q b
found fNnt ihR Nffn fafuusi l'mi
inui rhIstans au1 alshei 10 b. lal
=. inip uHt nmmnulnn ishier ihr
IN de- ~ ihelf rasiog ln liafhsn