The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-14
RUSH" MISSION
FUNDS TO HAWAII
Or. Ryder Tells Connecticut Folks
Of DepIOrabIe State Of
Local Heathens.
Trom satnraayl. Aavsrllssr.l

| tNrom bAturdnTe Advortlner.l
According to the Stamford. Oonnooti-
cut, Advocate, Of October 0, DIR. CHARLES
J. Ryder, senior secretary Of the foreign
mission society. delivered an oxtraar-
binary sermon at the Congregational
Church of that city the day before.
He depicted the conditions here as do
plorable, with "pOor ignorant people
wasting away under tho influence OF
civilization, 4" with Thousands Of mag
nificont men and women missionaries, -
doing what little they could, but who
''must have money" that should be-
Crushed to San Francisco, whence il
will BIO sent to aid the grand, good
work"i
1t is probable that Doctor Ryder has
been made the victim of some amateur
reporter, as it seems unlikely that he
would deliberately ask for money for
any Hawaiian missions on the strength
of the statements he is said to have
made. A part Of his sermon, as report
cd was:
sage from tho Mid.Paeifc,' but first I
must tell you Of the manner in which
spent the last Sunday on the Island.
1t was afternoon, and / was standing
before an audience, just as 1 am stand.
ing before you, my friends; but what
different class of peoplel Every race
under the sun was represented in those
men before me. My friends, il was in
the city Jail at Honolulu that / spent
that afternoon. / was speaking to the
mon who are confined in that prison.
240 Of them.
But to get back to my subject. II Is
very large proposition which we have
before us in this missionary work on
these islands. Hundreds and hundreds
of poor, ignorant people are wasting
away under the influence Of civilization.
They cannot stand it. There arc less
than 10000 peoplo--or rather, Hawaii
ans-left on this Island out of the SOO.-
600 or 100000 who were there when
civilization began to do its work. Tho
people love the water. There is NO get
ting away from it. They cannot live
without having their daily plunges in
that wator; and now that civilization
has clothed them, they jump in, just tho
same, come out and sit around In their
wet rags, catch pneumonia, snd die on
very rapidly. They need to be Chris.
tianized. Other religions are entering
into tho field, and these religions are
heather. They are rapidly gathering
the people to their standards, and IN
order to stop the spread Of heathenisua
we must work. The United States has
set up good government over there.
but other nations also have their repre-
eentatives, and IL we do not look out
we win have a still large problem on
our hands.
"It is great problem which con.
fronts us--a. magnificent work. There
are thousands of magnificent men and
women missionaries, working with
might and main, but it is a very great
undertaking, and will require more men
and more women and more money. We
must have money, and would like to
have all of You who can to see me to-
day, after the service, and help to the
best of your ability. Every cent YOU
contribute win be rushed to San Fran
cisco, whence it will be sent to aid the
grand, good work. We must send more
missionaries there, and, of course, they
cannot be sent without some money 20
pay expenses. Many of those there are
working for the mere love of It. They
hardly ask to have their expenses paid
and are entirely willing to 90 on as
they have been going. myself went
there, and It did not cost the society
one cent. paid my own way, because
/ felt that the money was, needed for
other purposes.