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THE GARDEN ISLAND,
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922
At The Lihue
A splendid audience assembled at
tlie Lihue Union church Sunday In
recognition of "Mother," and also
to attend the 25th anniversary of
the English speaking services. Mrs.
K. C. Ahana sai:g Reily's tribute to
mother in a very pleasirg manner,
and then in the prayer which fol
lowed, all paid homage to that
universal mother heart.
A committee from Uie Woman's
Auxiliary of the American Legion
presented each worshipper with a
white flower, emblematic of the
purity of mother love.
Rev. J. M. Lydgate gave a most
iiiUMT!-ting account of Us steward
ship Dii Kuu it in the narration of
hi.- "Twenty-five Years With Lihue
I'nic!: rhur. h." It was as follows:
By huw small a circumstance of
ten are our lives influenced and the
trend of them sometimes entirely
changed !
It was by the merest chance, if
there be such thing as chance, which !
brought me to Kauai. !
I hud been uway from the Islands '
for some years, part of which timo '
I h;ui spent in charge of a church
in the state of Washington, and tak- i
ing advantage of a change of pas
torate came home to spend a few
months with my folks. '
It was only for a visit. 1 had my i
return ticket and started back, got i
as far as Honolulu, when I found
that my steamer from the south
would be a week late.
A Flying Trip to Kauai
This gave me the chance to make
a flying visit with Hugh Morrison,
manager, of Makaweli. We had been
brother managers and neighbors on
Hawaii, he at Hakalau and I at Lau
pahoel.oe. 1 landed at Waimea in the early
morning of April 1C, 1S9G and made
my first acquaintance with Kauai,
for a four days visit I am here
yet!
Prevailed on to Remain
The Smiths of Koloa were old
school friends of mine at l'unahou
and they insisted on my spending
one day with them, and made a
"dead set" at me to remain on Ka
uai and give up my prospective
church on the Columbia river. Urg
ing that by experience and educa
tion, knowledge of Hawaiian and is
land condition. I was the one for
work here, while anyone would do
for the Columbia river church.
Their presentation was so convinc
ing that I agreed to consider it seri
ously, and ended by accepting the
proposition, to have general charge
as agent for the Hawaiian Boated of
the Hawaiian churches, and to min
ister to the English speaking com
munity in Lll.ue.
They arranged the whole matter,
and delivered me to Lihue, domicil
ing me at the Falrview Hotel.
An Old Time Entertainment
Under Difficulties
My first charge was the conduct
of a Mary Queen of Scotts enter
tainment for the benefit of the Malu
malu School. It was the regular
thing to have an annual entertain
ment of some kind for this pur
pose. Usually it was a concert with
accessories of a money making kind
given at the Hawaiian church.
Mary Queen of Scotts
Brines Up the Re,ar
I wis given to understand that
my Mary Queen of Scotts would
take the place of the concert and
arranged things accordingly. I was
not a little surprised when I found
that the concert would stand and
would come first. This threw my
part of the joint affair away along
toward midnight, and of course,
more or less upset my arrange
ments. I had built a stage, con
structed a drop curtain, provided
for red lights, etc. The actors had
to come in thru one window and
go out- thru this oilier and had to
dress and undress as best they
could under the trees or under the
stars. Of course there were no el
ectric lights, only oil lamps, and
smoking torches. However, there
was a big crowd and the show was
a great success financially as well
as otherwise, and I learned more
about Lihue and Lihue people in
those few days than I have learned
in any year since.
The First Church Services
The church services ltegan the
first Sunday in May, 1S90 in the
Hawaiian church at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Those, of course, were the days
of small things. There were ner
hups 25 families all told here, inr.ny
of whom were German, so that nat
urally their affinity was with the
Lutheran church. There were of course
some who were claiirch attendants
by desire as well as by habit,
but there were others
who had pretty well outlived both
the desire and the habit. We gener
ally had, as 1 remember, it, som.i 15
or 20 In attendance. They were quiet.
Union Church
,fk
restful peaceful services, as well m
spiritually helpful and Inspiring.
Rases In Abudance
Those were the days . of roses hi
Hawaii. I was given the free run
of several of the best gardens and
spent most of Sunday morning Jn
gathering quantities of these roses
and disposing of them In large
bouquets, combined with ferns, so
that the church was a veritable
bower of beauty and fragrance.
After the service was over peo
ple lingered more or less In tho
shade of the largo trees on the
lawn and chatted In a pleasant social
way over the interests and happen
ings of their every-day lives.
Primitive Little Sunday Schools
A Sunday school for the white
children ut the church was rather
out of the question, as It was occu
pied by the Hawaiians In the morn
ing and by jirf in the afternoon,
besides the church was far
away. So 1 arranged for district
schools, one at Xawiliwili, and an
other at Hainunaulu, where we :ja(h
cred in the children on a week day
afternoon, giving them Iiihlc stories,
picture cards, etc.
Then at the close we played gam
es, and at Hannmaulu even had
light refreshments. Later, of course,
when wo got our own church build
ing, we had a regular Sunday
school, after the orthodox fashion.
Always Interesting and Popular
Naturally the Sunday school has
always been s'mall, because ,of the
limitation of white children, but
they always enjoyed it, It was al
ways popular. There was no diffi
culty about getting them to come,
tliey wanted to. .And the results
have been very encouraging. Many
of them joined the church In due
time, and all of them gained know
ledge of tho Iiible which w,ill stay
with them to tho end.
Hymn Books and Church Music
One of the very first requirements
was hymn books to take the place
of the few non-descript ones which
we gathered up In the community.
We sent away and got 50 copies of
Landes Domini, a very excellent col
lection which served us for many
yeans.
We were very fortunate In having
Mr. DeLacey as an organist from
tho very Btart. During all the years
of my incumbancy he served the
church with a constant, reliable
faithfulness which was really phe
nomenal. Whoever else might bo
missing he was always there.
Alwsys Peace In the Choir
During all these years we have
had various kinds and complexions
of choirs, large and small, and me
dium, but we have never had that
bane of church life, a choir dis
sension or racket.
Organization of the Church
The church organization was ef
fected December 6, 1898. It was
completed without much ecclesias
tical ceremony or red tape.
A small body of Christian people
associated themselves together as
the Lihue Union church, with a
simple creed and a brief confession
of faith.
Charter Members
The charter members were:
Judge Jacob Hardy, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Lydgate, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
T. Purvis, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Wells,
Mrs. lloswell, Eva Roswell, Mr. De
Lacey. The Waimea people organized a
congregation some five or six years
earlier, but did not see their way
clear to perfect a regular church or
ganization, and have never done
so.
The Church Had Come to Stay
It now became reasonably evident
that the church had come to stay.
There had been some people w(ho
had been doubtful in regard to its
permanency there had been some
abortive attempts before, and at the
end of my first year's service, there
was some question as to tho con
tinuance?. Hut now it was on a firm
fooling, and with the gradually in
creasing population it became evi
dent that we would need a church
building.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wilcox
Donate the Church
It was accordingly an auspicious
moment in our history when, one
day .Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wilcox,
came to me and signified their de
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sire to build and present to the
churcb and community such an edi
fice as would meet our needs, pro
vided that I would secure suit
able plans and attend to the con
struction of tho building.
I Immediately went to Honolulu,
had plans and specifications drawn
up and In due time this church wna
the result.
The Stained Glass Windows
While the plans were In process
Mrs. M. S. Rice (Mother Rice) sig
nified her desire to donate a stain
ed glass window, "Suffer the little
children to come unto me," as a
memorial to her husband, and Mrs.
Isenberg similarly donated the oth
er, "The Good Shepherd" as a mem
orial to her mother. G. N. Wilcox
contributed the pulpit furniture, the
lot on which the church stands, and
the parsonage and lot as well, and
other generous friends helped out
In various ways.
The bell was the old historic mis
sion one transferred from the Ha
waiian church.
Dedication Delayed
The seats and pulpit furniture had
to come from the east, so that the
church was not dedicated till 1901,
in connection, 1 think with the Ap
ril meeting of the island associa
tion of the combined churches.
Rev. Stephen Desha delivered the
dedicatory address in Hawaiian,
and Rev. O. P. Emerson In English.
To Serve Both Congregations
Tho expectation of the donors
was that this church building should
serve both congregations, tho Ha
waiian and the English speaking,
and an amicable arrangement to this
effect was made, the Hawaiians us
ing It from 9 to 11, 'and our congre
gation from 11 to 12.
The Old Church Deserted
Meanwhile the old Hawaiian church
stood empty and deserted. Various
suggestions were made In regard to
dismantling it or selling it, or giv
ing it to some needy cause or com
munity as' a chapel or a hall, but
this was never done, though the
seats were given to the Haena
church where they now are.
Naturally it fell into a state of
neglect, w,hich finally became more
or less of a menace, and it became
evident that something must be
done about it.
Unsatisfactory Arrangement
In the meantime, the Hawaiians
were not quite satisfied with the
joint ownership and occupancy of
the new church. A church, service
at 10 o'clock did not seem quite or
thodox and fitting, and it ham
pered their, freedom to have to
close on the dot, at 11 o'clock, with
another congregation waiting about
to take their places.
The Hawaiians Return to
Their Old Home
Perhaps, too, there was more or
less sentiment about the old church
and its familiar associations. At any
rate, they decided to return to their
former home, which generous friends
hud assisted them to enlarge and
beautify, so that it now was a very
comfortable and commodious church.
(To be continued)
SUMMER CAMP FOR GIRLS
The Young Women's Christian As
sociation will have a ten day sum
mer camp for Girl Reserves, begin
ning June 20th and ending July 5.
We plan to have Girl Reserves and
their leaders from all over Kauai.
The camp will be held at tho Hof-
gaard mountain house at Wahiawa
and will be under the direction of
Miss Edith Hanson.
Miss Alice G. Moore, from Honolu
lu, will be the inspirational leader,
and the Kauai Girl Reserves are in
deed fortunate to have Miss Moore,
because she knows and loves all
girls. Miss Moore has made the
summer camps in Honolulu popu
lar, with tho girls and in the states
Miss Moore started some of the
largest summer camps the Y. W. C.
A. has today.
The girls will have tho best care
possible taken of them. We hope
to have between 35 and 45 girls
there. The cost of the ten days will
bo only $3.15.
Tho members of tho camp com
mittee for the Y. W."C. A. are Mrs'.
Sloggett, Mrs. Ralph Wilcox and
Mrs. Aaser.
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KAUAI PORTUGUESE CLUB
OBJECTS TO SELECT SCHOOL
Expressing a decided objection to
the idea of restoring Central gram
mar school, Honolulu, to its former
status bb a school with special re
quirements in English, or, as they
express It, select school for children
of English speaking parents, they
sent the following resolution to Gov
ernor Wallace R. Farrington and
Superintendent Vaughn MucCaughey
of the department of public In
struction: Resolution
Wbeveas, the Department of Pub
lic Instruction, thru its superintend
ent and the press of the city and
county of Honolulu, has made
known the intention and possibility
of inaugurating a select school for
the children of the English speak
ing parents, and,
Whereas, said inauguration would
mean discrimination against the fu
ture citizens of this territory, and,
Whereas, It is the taxpayer's mon
ey that maintain the public schools
of this territory, and,
Whoileas, the government of this
territory shpws no discrimination in
the amount of school tax levied up
on the people of. the territory, be
they Polynesian, Caucasian, Latin,
or Asiatic, now, therefore,
He it resolved, that the Portugu
ese Civic Club of Kauai, in meet
ing assembled, this 30th day of
April A. D. 1922, go on record as
being directly opposed to the above
mentioned inauguration of a select
by the Department of Public In
struction, and,
He It further resolved, that cop
ies of this resolution be forwarded
to his excellency, Wallace R. Far
rington, Governor of the Territory
of Hawaii; the commissioners of
public Instruction of the Territory
of Hawaii; and the Honorable
Vaughan MacCaughey, suneitintend
dent of public instruction for the
Territory of Hawaii.
THE PORTUGUESE CIVIC CLUB
OK KAUAI; J. F. Bettencourt Jr.,
Secretary.
Dated at Koloa, Kauai, T. 11.
this 30th day of April, 1922.
At its meeting of April 17, 1922,
the department of public instruc
tion passed the following resolu
tion :
"Resolved, that in response to
numerous petitions from citizens of
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In the matter of restoring Central
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ments in English, and invite con
structive recommendations from any
and ail interested bodies In carry
ing out this plan."
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