History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . rshippers. Besides , Honorii was statipned here, and Hopu had labored here at exerted a good influence, when here with Lord Byron. Ka-piolani, too, crossed the island to stir up the people to attend to instructionand worship. In her journey, she passed near the grand crater of Kilauea ;and perceiving among the natives signs of the fear and worship of Pele, thefabled goddess of the volcano, she boldly descended into the crater, andcomposedly worshipped Jehovah in its awful depth
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . rshippers. Besides , Honorii was statipned here, and Hopu had labored here at exerted a good influence, when here with Lord Byron. Ka-piolani, too, crossed the island to stir up the people to attend to instructionand worship. In her journey, she passed near the grand crater of Kilauea ;and perceiving among the natives signs of the fear and worship of Pele, thefabled goddess of the volcano, she boldly descended into the crater, andcomposedly worshipped Jehovah in its awful depths. In violation of im-memorial usage, she ate the berries consecrated to Pele, and threw stonesinto the crater. The people were astonished and convinced, and pronounced,Pele to be powerless. Around her own residence at Kaawaloa, the statioH of Mr. Ely andHopu, and the neighborhood of the aged Kamakau, Kapiolani was activeand influential. Her people gave good heed to instruction. Intemperanceand other gross vices disappeared,and numbers appeared truly pious, TJxe PROGRESS ON HAWAII. 153. Grciit Crater of Kiiauca, Hawa i. news of the happy change went abroad in the island, and natives from dis-tant villages came to Kaawaloa to inquire concerning the way of life. AtKailua, too, the oldest station on the island, the good work prospered. In-creased attention to preaching was first observed, and prayer-meetings wereestablished, about the 1st of July. For some time, the houses of the miE-sionaries were thronged with inquirers, much as at Lahaina; and thoughsome, as at other stations, soon went back to their pleasures, not a fewpersevered, and appeared to be really converted to God. Throughout the islands, the schools prospered ; though, from the systempursued, it is not easy to estimate the number of learners. At Lahaina,922 pupils were present at one examination, of whom 500 could read, and300 had read all the books in the language. At Honolulu, 600 pupilswere examined in April. As e
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