Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-14

icated our little son Curtis to the
Lord Oh BLESSED privilege to be per,
mitted to consecrate our children to
God! Oh Lord help me to fulfill my
duty to him, for feel but a child my
self"
In November, the same year, she
records the birth Of q daughter to
sister Baldwin" This was the late
MRS. w. u. Alexander =,
The following year the BaldWins
moved TO Lahaina, leaving the Lyons
in iuIl charge at Wainlea. Their Ia
bors extended into hamakua anu no
nala as well, Mrs. Lyons ana cnlld De-
.ng carried these distances IN a MA
neIe" py natives, and Dir. Lyons walk
ing All the way, sometimes IN pour
ing rain. Referring to her DaDe lying
IN q high fever after one OF tnese eA-
nosures. she wrote: ct Is very trying
10 see little BABIES lying under pam
end sickness ana / have often thougnl
how much easier ii would be Tor me
Ia hear this" and when his eondltloh
appeared serious: How easy Is
for the Lord to take away our cholcest
- : - -~~I-..
After a prolonged absence in an
ether district, we find: "keturnea 10
Waimea today. Have finished my Ia
bors for the present with the women
and children of Hamakua. They nah
Tested much sorrow upon my leaving
Them" She was much loved by the
people who gave her the name u
"wahine oluolu." ~. -
In Waimea again we find her hold
ing meetings with the mothers ana
irving to impress upon them tneT
duties. She wrote. 81 have felt great
" distressed on account OF the htlie
care which mothers take OF their cniid,
rem" Much correspondence passed
between the missionary mothers re-
garding the rearing of their own little
ones In one of these letters IRON
Mother Parker we find that COCA Wo-
nan fearing that her little Henry Is
growing UP Goddess child as ne man
TESTS so little interest IN splflttal
things at the advanced age OF three
tor four years. y :.
That one so tender-hearted coulG
be so misguided by q mistaken sense
Of duty would seem unbelievable II we
did not have it in Betsey Lyons own
handwriting. that when her little Cur.
lis was but two years old she found
tit necessary to use the rod TO compei
him to read word IN his primer
which he had learned the previous
! day. but stubbornly refused to recite.
And when, at three years of age. ne
! INDUCED in some OF the harmless littis
make-beliaye" stories such as AL
children love TO invent and relate, sne
told him the story OF Anan!as an
Sanphira and administered corporal
punishmentH When we read how
these mere babies had reading les
sons. verses and chapters of Scripture,
land even astronomy Forced upon them,
| we can but wonder that their poor
little brains did hot give way before
thew ever reached maturity.
! In the summer 6f 1886 another baby
boy was lent this lone little family
but for few short months. 1t was
preceding and following the advent
of this little one that the young mis-
sionary mother underwent some oil
her greatest trials Being entirely
alone in Wa1meas and unable to have
anyone come to them in the hour oil
need, she and her husband finally de.
cided to go to Dr. BaldWin's at La
haina. After a weary journey over
Hand to Kona, they set sail for Maui
but were driven back by stormy Wea
Their. When at last second attempt
was made, her condition appeared sc
serious that they put back to Hawai-
haze, and eventually arrived at theil
4 own home in Wafmea, where PrOyi
dence sent missionary friends to theil
4 assistance.
These experiences, together will
the effects OF overwork, improper ant
insufficient nourishment, and muci
4 throat trouble resulting from the Wal
mea climate, were beginning to tel
upon her system before this SECOND
babe was taken from them; and he
, heroic struggles to continue her mis-
/ sionary labors and care for her child
4 rem in spite of failing health, are eyi
: denced throughout her journal of tina
period. ~-"''''
Heart-rending indeed is her descrip
ton of the suffering and death of tina
beloved babe whom they were oblige'
to lay away with their own hands, ant
of their sorrow. Shortly after thi
sad event, she seemed to suffer
general breakdown and was compellet
to give up her school and all activ1
ties. At the time of general meetin!
, in 1897, arriving in Honolulu in
weak condition, she failed rapidly, an
lived just long enough to enjoy br1e
reunion with her beloved sister Emil
L mrs Bliss. VINO hat arrived wit
the It'll reinforcement Various letter
3itten at the time de'C IDe her las
hours, surrounded by family and mis-
= sionary friends, and tell how fearless
:, Iy she met death and earnestly praye
for her husband and child.
n Mr.. Bingham composed a hymn t
be sung at her grave, copy of whic
Ills now in the possession Of Mrs. "
IF Frear, as is also a letter write
by Mrs. Lowell Smith in Which sh
: speaks of the departed sist'' AS "
j person OF uncommon liyeliness OF cha1