The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-17
(From Thursday Adyertiser.l

Il
a service Of welcome was held last
night at Kawaiahao Church. Represen.
tatives of all the Christian congrega.
tons Of Honolulu gathered to extend
their greetings to the representatives
of the American board of foreign mis-,
sions now homeward bound from BON,
bay. The party consisting Of Rev.
George A, Hall, DR.. William Il. Strong,
Mrs. $. B. Capen and daughter, Mrs.
Hall and MISS Hall, Miss Podman and
Miss Bridgman have been attending
Che centenary celebration Of the ess
Establishment of the first foreign mission
station of the American board of for.
eign missions in India, They have also
visited and inspected many mission sta.
tons in China and Japan.
Dr. Y. =. Oapen, president of the
american board who headed this dele
CATION, died recently in China, and Dr.
Doremus Scudder in few eloquent
words Of appreciation paid tribute to
his noble lie and work. Seudder said
that he was present at the meeting of
the board when Doctor Capen was elect
ed to the leadership of the organiza
tion. Mr.. Capen consecrated his mag
nifieent commercial abilities 10 the ser.
vice of the Master, he said. He was
interested in the great questions Of
social reform and would have taken por-
sonal interest in all the social problems
which form SO large a part Of the
work here. He was leader In the
great ponce movement that is sweeping
the world, and was an apostle Of peace
Doctor Seudder said: isHawaii Is a
land whore the races Of the earth live
in peace and harmony, and it seems
absolutely absurd that these Isles of
Peace in an Ocean of Peace should be
made the center OF such TREMENDOUS
warltke preparation. Doctor Capen has
set new highwater mark Of efficiency
as president Of the board and had made
i impossible for any future incumbent
to be a mere fgurehead.. His work has
created new era in the history of for
eign missions.
~ Services in Many Languages.
Il. J, Lowrey acted as moderator at
the services and introduced the sneak.
ers. The service was in all languages.
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Lesson in Japanese. Reverend 10 pray
ed in Chinese, Reverend Soares in Port
uguese and Reverend Parker in Hawai-.
an. The Kamehameha chorus supplied
the music.
Mr.. L0wrey welcomed the represen-
tatives of the,American board on behalf
of the Hawaiian board. Mrs. Theodore
Richards welcomed them in the name
Of the Woman's Board Of Missions of
tho Pacific Islands. She said:
. ~ bring you this evening the greet.
ings of the Woman Is Board Of Mis-.
sions for the Pacific Islands. We greet
you, the representatives of our older
brother and sister organizations. We
are not so far behind our sister at
least, rs to age, for this June we will
hold our forty-third annual meeting.
an independent board we are
closely affiliated with yon, as the found.
ers and charter members of our board
were the missionary mothers sent out to
Hawaii nei and Micronesia BY the
American Board Commissioners for for
oign missions. We of today rejoice in
Dur heritage.
We have remained an independent
board because we doomed IL wise 10
nave the disbursing Of our own fund. |
During this past week the executive
Committee of pun board has been trying |
% decide whether we were a Home For, |
'ign Missionary Board or IA Foreign
Home Missionary Board. think We
IRE both, for foreign missions have come
% our very doors. Our Chinese, Japa.
lese, ROrtCguese and Hawaiian ,lepart |
nents are doing efficient and faithful