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

HA1LlCh u ott IL
God! Oh Lord help ne to fulfill my
duty to him, for feel but a child my,
SELF"
In November, the same year, she
records the birth or daughter to
Sister Baldwin" This was the late
Mrs. ". DA Alexander.
, The following yeaf the Baldwins
moved to Lahaina, leaving the Lyons
! in full charge at Waimea. Their la
! befs extended into tamakua ana ko-
| mana as well, Mrs. Lyons ana child be-
ing carried these distances IN a ma
, nee" by natives, and Mr. Lyons walk
ing all the way, sometimes IN pour
Ing rain. Referring TO her babe iylng
IN high fever after one OF these en-
posures, she wrote: 1t Is very trying
TO see little babies lying unuer pam
| and sickness ana l. have often thought
how much easier ii would be for ME
to bear this" and when his conditions
appeared serious: how easy 1t is
for the Lord TO take away Our choicest
treasures <*ss,
Alter prolonged absence in an
ether district, we find: Returned TO
Waimea today. Have finished my la
bors for the present with the women
and children OF Hamakua. They NAH
ifested much sorrow upon my leaving
them" She was much loved by the
people who gave her the name OF
''wahine oluolu.'
In Waimea again we find her hold
ing meetings with the mothers and
trying. to impress upon them their
duties. She wrote: Il have felt great
ly distressed on account Of the little
care which mothers take OF their child
rem" Much correspondence passed
between the. missionary mothers re-
garding the rearing of their own little
ones. in one of these letters from
Mother Parker we find that good Wo-
ran fearing that her little Henry is
growing up a Goddess child as he man
TESTS so little interest in spiritual
things at the advanced age of three
or four years.
That one so tender-hearted could
be SO misguided by mistaken sense
Of duty would seem unbelievable II we
did not have it in Betsey Lyons own
handwriting, that when her little Cur
It's was but two years old she touno
it necessary to use the rod 10 compel
him to read a word in his primer
which he had learned the previous
day but stubborriy refused to reclte.
And when, at three years of age. he
INDUCED in some of the harmless little
! "rnake-belinye" stories such as all
children love 10 invent and relate, she
told him the story of Anan:as AMI
Sapphira and administered corporal
punishment" When We read how
these mere babies had reading les
sons, verses and, chapters of Scripture,
and even astronomy forced upon them,
we can but wonder that their poor
little brains did not give way before
they ever reached maturity.
In the summer OF 1886 another baby
boy was lent this lone little family
but for a few short months. 1t was
preceding and following the advent
of this little one that the young mis-
sionary mother underwent some of
her greatest trials. Being entirely
alone in WaImea, and unable to have
anyone come to them in the hour of
need, she and her husband finally de-
cided to go to Or. Baldwin's at La
haina. After weary journey over
land to Kona, they set sail for Maui,
but were driven back by stormy wea-
Their. When at last a second attempt
was made, her condition appeared so
serious that they put back to Hawai-
haze, and eventually arrived at their
own home in Waimea, where ProEi.
dence sent missionary friends to their
assistance.
These experiences, together with
the effects or overwork, improper and
insufficient nour1shment, and much
throat trouble resulting from the Wal
mea climate, wore beginning to tell
upon her system Before this second
babe was taken from them; and her
heroic struggles to continue her mis-
sionary Iabors and care for her child
rem in spite of failing health, are evil
denced throughout her journal Of that
period.
Heart-rending indeed is her descrip.
ton of the suffering and death Of that
beloved babe whom they were obliged
| to lay away with their own hands, and
of their sorrow. Shortly after this
sad event, she seemed to suffer a
general breakdown and was compelled
to give up her school and all activi-
ties. At the time of general meeting
in 1887. arriving il Honolulu in a
weak condition, she failed rapidly, and
lived just long enough to enjoy brief
reunion with her beloved sister Emily
MRS. Bliss. wno hal arrived with
the 18th reinforcement. Various letters
v1itten at the time dee tOe her last
hours. surrounded by family and mis-
sionary friends, and tell how fearless
ly she met death and earnestly prayed
for her husband and child.
Mr.. Bingham composed a hymn to
be sung at her grave, copy Of which
is now in the possession of Mrs. W.
F. Frear, as is also a letter written
by Mrs Lowell Smith in which sh7
speaks of the departed sist'' AS "a
person of uncommon liveliness Ol char
acter," and adds, Long will the infin-
ence of her bright example be felt by
her missionary associates AID by the