Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-19

homes neat and clean. The men like
wise changed their way Of dressing
They took such interest in Dir. Thurs
tons clean methods n thinking ans
sound reasoning. and became %
staunehly attached TO ham that the.
flooded has school and absorbed al
he taught. attended his church and
seriously considered his sermons. and
vent to his prayer meetings regularly
every Sunday evening to learn and e
j question him about the merits oil
kChristian life. When Mr.. Thurston
considered them far enough advanced
and able to help their own people. he
/ sent them out as teachers to the diff
trent sections of Hawaii to teach the
natives what they bad. learned
Mr.. Tburston. himself. constantly
Travelled to different sections OF the
Big Island, on which he was the only
white teacher until 1928. when Mr..
Goodrich, Yale 1916, was stationed at
Hilo In his journeyings he became ac-
quainted with Kapiolani, the heroine
OF the volcano incident OF 1925. whom
he converted to Christianity. She liy-
ed at Kealakekua bay, often inviting
him TO address her followers there.
After a while, when she really under
stood Mr.. Thurston and saw the good
in his labor. she became so anxious for
her people to relinquish their worship
of Pele for that OF the only Supreme
Being. that she dared the anger OF
Pele and proved that she was but
myth.
During this busy period Mr.. Thrus-
ton was deeply engrossed in translate
ing the whole Bible into the Hawaiian
language. For Is years he labored
diligently and IN 1S49, along with his
ether colleagues. he completed the
translation OF the Bible. Meanwhile a
huge church, built OF coral rock and
forest trees which the men OF his par,
ish had hewn, had taken the place of
the former cne.roomcd grass church;
about Is 900 people In Hawaii had
united with the church: thieying as a
vice had nearly died out among his
people; laws against infanticide.
drunkenness, murder, stealing and
Sabbath Dissertation mad been made
and were respected; marriage laws
had been formed and were kept; the
right of a chief to take the property
or life OF his followers had been taken
away by the Bill OF Rights Of 1899;
and the American board had sent over
about 40 clergymen and their fami.
lies. besides men OF other professions,
to advance civilization In Hawaii, so.
that the Hawaiians were well on the
1t~~lk io11 l.
~ and intellectually. Mr.. Thurstcn
labored at KaiiuA until he was no
longer strong enough to work, then he
went to Honolulu to live with his
daughter until his death In 1868.
When Mr.. Thurston had come to
Hawaii with the pioneer missionaries,
Samuel Whitney, Yale 1873. had been
In the same company and was delegat-
ed to work at Waimca, Kauai Mr.
encountered the same diff
Guilty as did Mr.. Thurston. The ma
tives were illiterate, intemperate, ire
spcnsible and immoral on Kauai as
they were on all the other islands.
But Mr.. Whitney had great support
er in Kannualii. king of Kauai. I'm
like Liholiho, ,Kaumualii was msI
CT sober, steady habits. eager to have
his people learn the ways OF culture
and refinement. so he and his imme-
date family went to the first school
established by Mr.. Whitney. encourag-
ing all his chiefs and people to do
likewise. Because he was beloved Of
his people. they obediently followed
in his wake and rapidly improved
their condition of living, their manner
of dress, their licentious habits and
their method OF worship. Mr. Whit
ney worked fruitfuIly on Kauai until
his death in 1916.
In the first reinforcement OF mis-
sionaries came two Yale men who
also took great part in helping to
bring Hawaii under civilizsng influ-
ences They we're the Rev. Joseph
Goodrich. Yale 1919. and DR.. Abraham
Blatchley. Yale 1916.
Besides his duties as physician for
the mission at Honolulu and the ma
tives OF Oahu. DR.. Blatchley helped
materially In the work of educat.ng
the Hawaiians The natives had all
awakened to better understanding |
Of the missionaries and their purpose
end were consequently eager to learn.
They flocked by thousands to the
schools on Oahu and as there was an
inadequate supply of teachers, DR..
Rlatchley along with his regular
work, helped in the school work till
1927. when he was forced to retire be
cause of iii health.
AS a doctor he had a great work to
He had to give the Ha-
waiians confidence in his practise and
to prepare the way for future physi-
clans and surgeons OF Hawaii. Hither-
to the people had always believed In
sorcerers and their power to heal, and
they could scarcely believe in his rem
edies Through great patience and
skill in medicines he was finally able
to make the natives feel and see that
there was healing power in his prac-
tise. And In 1897. when he left. many |
who had derived great benefit from
his labors were sorry indeed to have
him CO..
The Rev Joseph Goodrich. who had |
nomn 0vor in the oama nnFnpany aS /