The Hawaiian gazette. [volume], May 23, 1902, Image 1

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By the Oldest
Members.
History of the Cousins Bears Upon
All Phases of Islands' j
Development. i
years of nctlve Christian
FIFTY was rounded out lust
evening at Central Union
Church liy the Hawaiian Mission
Children's Society, when Its golden
jubilee was celebrated with the narration
of the work accomplished In each
decade of Its existence. Upon the
draped with Hawaiian and
lean flags, were men and women who
have played Important parts In the
missionary history of t,he Islands and
its material development, nnd have
lieen effective for the advance of Chris-'
Han teaching not only In the Hawaiian'
Inlands, but throughout Polynesia.
The history of ilve decades was told,
romprlslng the term of existence of the
Cousins' Society, by live of the oldest
rrlembers of the society, and all phases
of public and private llf,o In the Islands
were touched. It was shown that from
the small beginning of a farewell to
one of the Island-born young men, the
Cousins' Society had Its origin, and at
the present time has become almost
Identical with the scope and objects of
the Sons of the American Revolution. I
The Interior of Central Union Church
was attractively decorated with blue
nnd white banners bearing inscriptions
denoting the places where the early
missionaries established themselves.
Among the banners was the white satin
one which occupied a conspicuous place
nt the Jubilee in 1870, marking the fiftieth
anniversary of the establishing of
missions In Hawaii. The word
surrounded by an embroidered
wreath of malle, appears upon It. The
pulpit platform was bedecked with
large flags and flanked with potted
palms. Seated upon the platform was
the president, Charles II. Dickey, who
occupied the central seat, and on either
Hide were the Rev. Sereno Bishop, the
Rev. O. II. Gullck, Professor W. D.
Alexander, Mrs. Lydla Coan. Miss Martha
Chamberlain nnd the Rev. W. D.
Westervelt. i
The exercises were opened with the
singing of "Awake, My Soul," followed
by prayer offered by the Rev.
W. M. Klncald. Miss Iola Barber, the
violinist, rendereu! the "Andante
llgloso" In an acceptable mnnner. rne
live decades were put Into story In turn
as follows: First decade, the Rev. O.
H. Gullck; second decade, the Rev.
Bishop; third decade. Miss
Chamberlain; fourth decade, Mrs.
Lydla Coan: fifth decade, Professor W.
D. Alexander. During the exercises
Mrs. A. H. Otis and Mrs. G. M.
sang" a duet with organ accompaniment
by Professor Ingalls, and a
violin quartet, consisting of Miss Barber,
Miss Woods, Mrs. Howard, Dr. A,
M.' Smith, played excellently.
Following the reading of the history
of the decades, the Rev. W. D. Westervelt
gave the financial resume for the
lifty years, showing that $75,000 had
been collected by the society, or an average
of about $1500 per year. The
largest amount came In 1890 and the
smallest in
The history of the first decade was
load by Rev. O. II. Gullck, the retiring
president of the society, as follows:
Fifty years btnee first we met.
"What Is fifty years? A short Bpan of
life, which the youngest one of us hopes
to Mil. Yet though so short, it Is one
thirty-eighth portion of the time since
the Christian era began.
How fleeting the years, how short
the rcnturles! In the spring of 1852,
Rev. Luther Halsey Gullck, a child of
the mission to the Hawaiian Islands,
long absent for study In the United
StateB, returned to his Island home on
his way to labor In the Mlcroneslan
Islands, where as yet no missionary
work had been attempted. He and his
wife jvere young, earnest, enthusiastic
and devoted missionaries, and during
their few months' stny In these Islands,
kindled among the missionary children,
some of whom were Just entering
on lives of business, an enthusiasm
which, before the young couple set sail
on the schooner Caroline for their dark
find trying field among naked savages,
led to the formation of this society,
wliose fiftieth anniversary we celebrate
tonlsht.
The first recorded sentence of the
ralnutea of the proceedings of this society
la Jn the handwriting of O. H.
Gullck, and dated June 5th, 1852, reads
as follows:
"Met according to adjournment from
a meeting of Mission Children on the
22nd day of May, two weeks previous."
That first meeting of May must have
been In some measure Informal, and
of It vre have no record except this
leference In the minutes of the June
5th meeting, at which the constitution
and by-laws were adopted, and the following
nlllcers elected:
Asa G. Thurston, president.
MI3S Caroline Armstrong, now Mrs,
K. G. Beckwlth of Maul, vice president,
O. H. Gullck. recording secretary.
Mrs. Persls G, Taylor, corresponding
secretary.
-H. M. Whitney, treasurer.
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HAWAIIAN MISSION CHILDRENS' SOCIETY CELEBRATES
ITS GOLDEN JUBILEE IN CENTRAL UNION CHURCH
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HON. C. II. DICKEY.
President, 1U0J.
The following persons, not descendants
of the mission, were made eligible
for membeishlp: Rev. E. G,
Mrs. Louisa L. Gullck, Mr, Chas.
Kit Hedge and Mr. Ho)(race Holden.
The preumble to the constitution then
adopted nuds as follows:
"We. the children of the American
Protestant Mission to the Hawaiian
Islands, deslilng to strengthen the
bond of union that nnturnlly exists
among us, anil lo cultivate the
ary spirit among ourselves; also with
me view oi aiuing in mo Bupport o
tho Mlcroneslan Mission about to be
sent foith, one of whose members is of
our own number, do hereby organize
ourselves Into a Soclnl Mleslonaiy So-
clety, under the following constitution
and by-laws,"
Tlie society thus pledged Itself to the-
support of Rev. Luther Halsey Gullck
ami ins wire, who were of the pioneer
band to Micronesia, bent out by the
American Hoard.
John T. Gullck, who went to Micro-
nesla with the first missionaries, was
appointed a delegate and reiiuested to
make a repoit to the society, of the
then but little known Islands, I
The departure of Dr, Gullck and wife,
with the Snows nnd Sturgeses, for Micronesia,
In the little schooner Caroline,
nnd their subsequent enreer, gave
nn earnest missionary type to the
whole circle of cousins. This interest
wns Increased by tho entering, five
years later, of another child of tho mission,
Rev. Hiram Bingham, on this
same missionary work. He and his
wife sailed In the first Morning Star, a
vessel which was built expressly for
the cairylng on ot the woik In Micro-
nesla. t I
Thu building and services of the four
successive missionary vessels, bearing
each the name Morning Star, were
uinong the more ielnarkablo events of
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JUDGE I.YLH DICKEY,
Treasurer, 1!02.
the latter half of the missionary
tury; but special Interest clusters
around the tlrst vessel of the seiles. A
nappy thought was the suggestion
mud,. In lKMi. tlmt thp nhlldr.,11 nf thn
Sabbath Schools of America bo asked
to build a missionary vessel of 150
tons, for the service of the mission to
Mtcionesla. The vessel wns to bo a
joint stock affair nnd to cost about
J12.000. Certificates of stock In shales
of ten centR ouch weie Issued, nnd tons
of thousands of youthful share holdeis
riom America und other lands respond-
id, and one year from the laying of
the keel, 285,454 shines had been taken,
and $28,515.40 had been raised. The
vessel, when ready for ben, cost $13,000,
nnd ovei $15,000 remnlned for
mice, tepairs, and future running ex-
penses. A multitude of the supporters
of missions to be found In the Amer-
lean churches today trace 11m Hist
awakening of their Interest In forelun
missions to the imrchtibo of a ten cent
shnre in the first Morning Star. She
sailed from Boston mound Cane Horn.
was most joyfully welcomed at Hono-
lulu in the summer of 1857, und was re-
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us uu augei iium ucuvcii uy mo
missionaries and Christians of Micro-
nesla. Never was vessel followed by
more faithful prayers fiom a greater
number of ship-owners, and neer was
shining white canvas more eagerly welcomed
to any snug haibor, than wns
that blessed Morning Star. The fam
Ishlng eagerness of souls hungry for
human sympathy and yeninlng for
woids of love from kindred nnd friends,
of wliose existence nnd wi!lfnre not a
word had been heard for a year, none
tan realize more vividly than those
who went down In that first Morning
Snr. Among those pennltted to enjoy
this tlullllng expoilence was the bee-
ond president of this society, who went
as second ofllcer of this clipper
LORRIN
Recording
tine. It wns his privilege to assist In
the erection and shingling of Mr. and
Mrs. Uluglinm's cottage, benenth the
coconuut gloves of Aplung the first
shingled roof seen on that lagoon, the
lust Christian home on the Gilbert Islands,
and the center of one of the most
heroic snuggles between the powcis of
darkness and the messengers of light,
that missionary annuls iccord. This
beautiful craft and her successors hud
much to do in keeping alive the
spirit In our missionary society.
Dr. L. .11. Gullck, after nine years of
faithful service in Micronesia, during
which, time mnny of the bnvnge Islanders'
became the followers of Christ,
wns obliged on account of falluie In
health to return to his native land,
nnd the next nine yenis were spent In
missionary work In these Hawaiian Isl
ands.
Not a little of the early life of the
society wns due to the enthusiasm with
which the first president, Mr, Asa G.
Thutston. throw himself Into the
scheme. He drafted the constitution
and by-laws which defined the nlm nnd
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scope oi wie nucieiy, unu wiiiuii, nun
but little moumcation, nave ueen me
guide of our procedure for the fifty
years.
The names of the members recorded
nt tho close of tho first year. May 21st,
1833. were 153 In number. Of these 65
have died, leaving J8 still living at tho
close of fifty years. This Is a life rec
ord -which speaks. volumes " favor or
our halcyon climate, and nlso for the
cood morals and steady habits which
the missionary fathers nnd mothers left
us a legacy to their children. Life In-
suranco among us would have been a
most profitable business,
The successive presidents for the
flist twelve years were:
Asa G. ThurBton, elected 1852; O. II.
ANDREWS, DR.
Secretary, 1002.
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Gullck, 1S5.1; Asa a, Thurston, 1854;
Win i en Goodale, 1855; Wm. II. Gullck,
185C; Samuel C. Armstrong, 1857; Win.
D. Alexander, 1858; A. Francis Judd,
1858; Levi Chuiiibeiluln, 1SC0; W. D.
Alexander, 1861: A. O. Foibes, 1862; S.
T. Alexnnder, 1863.
The Pilgrim fathers crossed the
ocenu to find a home where they might
worship Cod In freedom, Our fathers
two hundred years inter, left their
homes nnd traversed two oceans Hint
they might give to benighted men the
knowledge of God nnd His love
In Ills Son, For thirty years these
devoted men and women had sown the
tiospel becd when our society wns
founded. The seed had bi ought forth
fruit a humltcd fold, In thu chnliged
character of thousands of the people
lor whom they had given their lives.
In 1852 Hawaii wns sllll fully occu
pled by the native nice, who fmin time
Immemorial had held undisputed possession,
At that time there wcie 82,202
native Huwniluns, and but 1HC2 people
of other nationalities on all the group.
Outside of the missionary clicle there
weic piobably not over twenty white
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"iii:.i.
The native HawnllaiiH were govern-
ed by their loved and houoied native
chiefs.
lli T I n r T.pn I I T" t tfciAltn titnltn
J J(U iVIIIi JVtlllllAt I'M II IXIllllVlltllllUlltl
HI, In ISfO, had given his people a very
brief constitution or bill 1 of rights; but
on June 4, 1852, under the wise nnd
filendly advice of the missionaries, and
wan me am ot unlet justice wiuinin
L. Lee, lie gi anted a constitution which
was a grent advance upon that of 1840'.
and wns the basis upon which the laws
were named, and the people led up
fiom the condition of vabsals to that
of cltl7enshlp under a constitutional
mount chy. Tho pi ogress seemed slow,
but tho steps were sure, and the upward
course steady.
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WATFR CURE FOR THE BREWERY
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BSE b'bsT JH
ALBERT U. CLARKE,
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The general meeting of the mission
In ought thu mission families together
annually, and the time of the meeting
wns looked forward to, as was thu
great national annual feast of the
Jews, at which all the tribes assembled
.it Jerusalem. Honolulu wns thu Jerusalem
of the nilsslonury families, tuid
heiu when the fathets gathered In general
meeting, the children hud grand
times of social family lnteicourae. This
family Intel course was Inevitably very
closi and Intimate. The flower nnd
fruitage of this Intercourse was this
mlbslonniy society, which was uniiiue
in Us Inception, and unparalleled In
many respects by any society that has
been known In the Christian centurleH.
This society has been a quiet but
poweiful Influence for ponce, good order
and good will among the peoples of
this group, nnd among the tribes of
Mlcionesia and the Marquesas Islands.
Thu spread of the gospel of life und
peaco has been Its mission.
It only lemalns for me to remind the
members of this society, nnd all whom
we gieqt hero today, of whatever rare
or chinch, who have with us shared In
the Christian benedictions that have
lehted upon this favored land, that "To
whomsoever much Is given of him shall
, much be requited."
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f"1' of "llr fathers, known of old,
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Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine,
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Jcst.we forget, lest wc forget!"
Ono of the lesults of their seed sowing
was the going forth during the first
decade ot our society's existence ot
hovoiul native Hawaiian missionaries,
both to Micronesia and to tho
Islands. The funds for their support
were contributed by tho Hawaiian
churches. Many of these missionaries
did faithful and vullnnt service. Threu
of them are still living, and one is yet
In the field.
SECOND DECADE OF THE SOCIETY
The second decade was told of by
Rev. Sereno Bishop, ns follows:
In examining the annual rcportB of
the society from 1803 to 1872. one Is
ft i uck by the careful and enthusiastic
woik of the coriespondlng secretaries,
who made it their duty to note ull
events of Interest occurring In the circle
of Cousins and their ,famllles."Thls
wns especially the case with Miss M.
A. Chamberlain, who filled that ofllce
during nil except the first year of those
nnmed, as she has done duilng so large
a part of the later yoarB.
During the eniller years of the decade
these lecoids abound In echoes
from thu camps and battlefields of thu
Civil War, where so gallantly strove
S. C. Armstrong, H. M. Lyman, N. 11.
Emerson and others of the young
Cousins of those days. Later there
sounded notes fiom Eastern colleges,
where weie A. F. Judd, 9. H. Dole, the
Emersons, Gullcks, W. R. Castle, and
many otheis. Those young men have
loi.g occupied plnccs In public life.
Many of them are grand parents, and
many have passed away.
It seems strange to find such births
as a flist daughter to Mrs. Dillingham,
or such a marrluge as Wm. Andrews to
Miss Oscnuyau. One of the last records
of the decade is that in 1872 of the
first great-grand child of the mission,
being of Bingham descent.
Later In the decade, the grand work
of Armstrong at Hampton begins to
come Into view. The record of missionary
and educntionnl work in Hawaii
and the Paclllc Is of growing Interest.
The Gullcks had already come up from
Micronesia, and Dr, Gullck had gone on
to the States. The BlnghamB are going
and coming from Apalang. The Morning
Star Is in full activity.
In the reports or 1863 and 1864 Dr.
Anderson writes and speaks with his
wise and mature counsels. Dr. L. H.
Gullck returns from the States In 1863,
nnd vigorously and ably labors as
missionary secretary until February of
1870, when ho leaves ua to enter upon
wider fields.
Already very prominent In those
years became the work of education
for Hawaiian girls, which began in this
decade to assume the Importance which
Is hns since held. Our society's part in
It began in the years '64-5, by giving
$100 towaid fitting up rooms for Mr,'D.
Gullrk's "Ragged School,"
which became the foundation 6t the
since prosperous Kawalahao Seminary.
Two hundred and fifty dollars was also
thn grv?n toward Its superintendent's
salary. This appropriation gradually
increased to about $500 In '68. and ffO
In '60. '70, '71 and '72. In '67, .Miss Lydla
Blnghnm becamo principal of
Seminary, having for that purpose
accompanied her brother around Cape
Horn (n the second Morning Star,
which he then commanded. Miss Lydla
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