Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
BRIGHT FUTURE in STORE FOR
HAWAIIAN EVANGELICAL ASSN.

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comparatively small increase in mo
ney expenditure. An increase of tel
more workers, at an annual addition
al outlay Of 5000 would be an emin
emily Wise policy in augmenting the
effectiveness of our present force
For in fields where there is now onl!
solitary worker OF a given nation
atty, the fact of his personal isola
ton robs the worker of the stimulus
of fellowship. which would result were
there other workers nearby; denies
! him the privilege of helpful eoopera
ton, and necessarily lessons the mum.
Der and frequency of his points OF
contacts with a field too large for one
man to! till successfully. Where now
in certain localities, We have one
faithful worker, We ought; with more
workers, to reach out farther on Ell
Their side. thus greatly enhancing the
evangelizing influences already under
way. One of the most pressing OBJ
legations of this board is to seize GER
tain favorable opportunities for moro
intensive missionary effort in given
localities. H.. @...-........ Fl: T..
There are other doors opening to
us in view of the established success
of many of our missions in the past
People are accessible now to the COS
pei message who were not so in for
mer years. Changes in the Orient
have added prestige to Christian mis-
sions in Hawaii that they did not
possess a few years ago. Some ola
antipathies have been allayed, and the
Christian life and character of con
verted Orientals in Hawaii have gain
ed a consideration and influence
among their countrymen that has dis
tinctly opened a great door of oppor.
tunity for an extension of mission
work under this board.
THE times are ripe for pressing
the advantage that has been gained
in the more receptive mood of masses
of Orientals among us. The Forward
Movement, inaugurated the past year
in work among the Chinese of Homo
lulu, needs to be still further rein
forced, and to be duplicated in more
intensive effort among other nation
alities.
With the presence among US of a..
V0O FilipiLo5 AL rf e s's s.ving a
speaking aaItl atlprn w;tI The GIt-
ward form IF CHRISTIANITY. aab many
Il them fresh from 2:striiant miist9n
schools and influences in their own
homeland, and some of them pro-
bounced Christians of evangelical
type, and almost all of them young
men, easily won through tactful and
devoted leadership the presence
of this large company CT strangers in
our land, what great and effectual
door is opened to this board tc push
evangelizing agencies among them!
Perhaps there has not been in the
history of missionary work in Hawaii
anything at all so comparable to the
conditions preceding Hawaii's great
awakening in 1885, as the present
readiness and even eagerness of our
Filipino brethren for the preaching in
their own tongue among them of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This pressure Of opportunity on
this board is being met by the re-
peated necessity to cut our expendi-
lures. With a well-organized and
effective force, with all the adyan-
tage of position, and all the prestige
of actual accomplishment, and all the
pressure of opportunity, we seem to
be forbidden to inaugurate new work,
or to reinforce promising enterprises,
and are constrained even to pare down
our expenditures for what seems ne
cessary and vital
"The situation plainly summons us
- eli - yNhnF1 tho fafh-
ers, at the annual meeting of 1886.
sensed the conditions at that time
though they were all praying men,
and faithful to their missionary tasks
If ever men were faithful, they re-
solved to intercede in prayer with re-
,newed fervor. But they had back OF
them the loyal support and the lib
eral financial aid of host of praying
men and women in the churches of
New England and New York, And it
is just this conjunction of the prayers
and gifts of supporters of this board,
both here and on the mainland. that
will enable us today to meet adequate
ly the pressure of our opportunity.
"While we appreciate and are CRATE
full for the prayers and financial sup
port given to this board both by our
loyal constituency and by our main
land friends through the American
Missionary Association, we are cen
strained to use larger gifts and re-
newed prayer.
"The churches of Hawaii should add
at least $4,000 more annually to their
nresent contributions to the treasury
of this board, and the churches of
the mainland should have an annual
share of at least $4,000 in the mis-
sionary work being done in Hawaii
by this board.
"A great and effectual door is open
ed. What will be the response of our
brethren of the mainland churches?
And how shall we ourselves measure
up to the opportunity that God has
placed before u.s." ..=.:5.
George A. Andrus has been a valu-