The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1911-10-24
SEMI-AkNUAL ASSO.
CATION MEET
At L|HUE
Kapaa Would build a New Church-Will Get
Three Hundred Dollars From Home,
Balance Outside
CEMETERIES ARE
FREELY DISCUSSED
Rev. Lydgate Gives an Interesting Talk on
tuberculosis, While Other Promi-
nent Speakers Discourse

During several days of last week
the Lihue Church has been a center
of much activity consequent on the
meeting of the Scmi-annual Asso-
citation of the churches of Kauai
together with the Sunday Schools
and {. +. Societies connected there
with. From early morn till dewy
eve, y prayer and praise reports and
discussions were kept agoing, and
the church yard was the scene of
constant animation.
Among many matters of interest
the following are perhaps the most
| important:
The first steps were taken pre-
paratory to the coming of the An
nual Association Kauai next
Summer by apportioning to the va
rious churches their quota to be
raised for entertainment of this
body and by appointing a com
mlttee to be responsible for the
music on that occasion.
A request came from the Kapaa
Church for permission to solicit
funds throughout the Island for the
construction of a suitable parsonage
at Kapaa, The Minister there,
with most Commendable patience
has lived in a shack for many wears,
under conditions of great inConve-
nlence, and it is high time that he
had a decent house to live in. 1t
being the practice of the AssoCia-
ton to grant such permission only
by way of supplement to faithful
endeavors of the church making the
request, ii was voted that the Ka-
paa people should first secure $500
locally after which they would be
authorized to seek outside aid
This was satisfactory to them and
they will at once set to work on
these lines The parsonage they
have in mind will cost about $500.
There was considerable discus
sion OH the subject of church yard
cemeteries The proper are of
these cemeteries involves more or
less expense, which in some cases
falls heavily on h struggling
church, and yet the outside COM
munity expects to use this ceme-
terry. What should be the attitude
of the church? There was a pretty
common COnCensus of opinion, that
while the church should be as libe-
raj as possible, it could not fairly
be expected to bear this burden
without assistance, and that out
siders availing themselves of such
accommodation should make some
payment for the SINE.
Under the head of support of the
ministers Rev. w. B. Oleson, Sec.
of the Hawaiian Board assured the
Association that it had been his
constant effort to raise the salaries
of the ministers to a minimum of
$500 a year, Kauai had b II
much better provided for, in this
respect, than some other Islands,
because of wealthy and generous
friends of the churches resident
here, but if there was need here of
assistance the Board would endea-
VOr to meet il,
Rev, J, NJ, Lydgate called atten-
ton to the serious inroads made in
our population by tuberculosis,
and suggested simple measures of
prevention,
Mr., Oleson gave a very graphic
and interesting account of t h e
pageant Darkness to Daylight"
witnessed last Summer in Boston
by many thousands which gave in
dramatic form, partly historical,
partly imaginary a representation
of the coming of Christianity to
Hawaii,
The minister's class, conducted
by Mr.. Lydgate, awakened a good
deal of interest in the criticism OF
the sermon outlines placed upor
the black board and commented OF
one by one,
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