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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 9, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 15.

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HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

By B. L. Howe

To-Day we received No. 8 of the General Conference Bulletin, Vol. 5. On page 199 we notice our own beloved field in the list with several others. Our report evidently did not reach the editor of the Bulletin in time. We do not want to talk about what we have done, but God has greatly blessed us, and we wish all the brethren to know it and rejoice with us.
There are two organized churches in our field. One is at Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, and the other is at Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. These have a combined membership of thirty-one. We have three Sabbath-schools, with a total membership of seventy-one. The third Sabbath-school is made up of the boys and teachers in the Chinese boarding-school.
During the year 1900 we have paid $1,286.71 tithe. One hundred dollars of this came from Hilo, and the balance from Honolulu. The librarian of our local tract and missionary society has received $217.03. Besides these two amounts we have been able to return to the Lord in offerings, by the Sabbath-school, annual offering, and the India fund, $160.16. One of our readers gave us $15, and to this we may now add the annual offering from Hilo, which is $34.25. This gives a total of $1,496.12 in tithe and offerings. This has come in through the evangelistic work, and is separate from the school work. This gives a gain of over six hundred dollars above the actual expense of this branch of the work. If we add to the $1,496.12 the amount taken in for local missionary work, we have a grand total of $1,713.15. We are conscious of our Father's rich blessing upon us, and we thank God that He has made us partners with Him in the work of saving the lost.
Since the beginning of 1901 we have heard, through Brother Buchanan, at Hilo, that a woman formerly of Honolulu, to whom Mrs. Howe gave Bible readings, is keeping the Sabbath, and that she and her children are attending the Sabbath-school. The Sabbath-school at Hilo was organized during my visit there last August, and is prospering.
We are not a very large people here, but we love God and His truth. Pray for the precious cause of truth here.
In behalf of the Hawaiian mission field, B. L. HOWE.