Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-19
The INFLUENCE cF YALE MEN
ON the HISTORY OF HAWAII.
~ San Wee Chang. Glass Of 1915, Mills
echoot Winner Of First Prize.

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There can be no adequate appraiss
OF the social and political End .reiie
ious gains OF the present time in Hs
wall that does not ascribe much d
the courage aud wisdom and self-de
nial OF the missionary fathers Whs
then were these missionary fathers
N you would look hack into you
Hawaiian history ron would find thsi
very large number OF them were
Yale men: Asa Thurston, Dwigh
Baldwin, Lawrence McCully. william
Dewitt Alexander, Hiram Bingham
William Ncyins Armstrong. Albert r
Judd. and many more others. who
have helped lay the foundation. THU
social md political and religious fonn
dalton OF Hawaii, which we are build
ing upon now. while the world was
almost entirely ignorant OF the Sand
wich group away out in this great Pa
cihc, these men from Yale were
among the earliest pioneers who had
penetrated and settled into the hither.
70 unknown, 90 remote and isolsted
fields for mission work as the Ha.
yaiian Islands.
The whole population OF Hawaii. in
their deep darkness and degradation.
we're thus first Instructed to almost
every branch OF useful knowledge
suited TO their circumstances by these
few and scattered missionary labor
cts. None Of the nstiyes had even
the alphabet OF learning, or OF true
religion. or Of sound morals.
But note what these pioneer Yale
men have done. what vast changes
they have helped TO bring about to
the conditions as they are now In
Hawaii With our modern facilities
or travel there are no mission fields
50 remote and isolsted as were the
Hawaiian Islands in those early days,
and no missionaries to-day experience
quite the discomforts that those
fathers and mothers of this mission
Of Hawaii cheerfully endured. They
had TO circle around Cape Horn In
frril sailing vessels. and contested
with the elements. They passed
years OF toll and priyation In secur.
ing Judgment for the Gospel OF Christ
IN the hearts OF an entirely ignorant
race. Despite all these disadvantages
they reduced the language TO writing.
they established schools: they printed
books: they organized churches: they
toured the islands,; they taught the
people how toworktet simple trades
they aided in framing laws. In 'orgahs
king q school system. in promoting
the homeGteading Of the people, In In.
Creasing q wider commercial interest,
and In furnishing medical attendance
and Instruction. they were Among
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