The pilgrims of Hawaii; their own story of their pilgrimage from New England and life work in the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii; . Miss Brown are beginning a girls*industrial school. They speak of a dozen girls as havingsuccessfully woven a piece of cotton cloth. GovernorHoapili advises the people to send their girls to theschool. One of the missionaries who spends his Sabbaths inHaiku has a congregation of three hundred. From letter hy Miss Maria Ogden, Lahaina, 1836: Were I now in America with the knowledge I haveof the trials of a missionary life I would gladly go forthto meet them
The pilgrims of Hawaii; their own story of their pilgrimage from New England and life work in the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii; . Miss Brown are beginning a girls*industrial school. They speak of a dozen girls as havingsuccessfully woven a piece of cotton cloth. GovernorHoapili advises the people to send their girls to theschool. One of the missionaries who spends his Sabbaths inHaiku has a congregation of three hundred. From letter hy Miss Maria Ogden, Lahaina, 1836: Were I now in America with the knowledge I haveof the trials of a missionary life I would gladly go forthto meet them all for the privilege of laboring for thesepoor people. I ask no greater happiness this side ofheaven than to labor and die in the blessed work. Mission Report of Augiist 23, 1836, contains mentionof the initial gift for the building of the Kawaiahao StoneChurch. The king, as you will see, is very friendly asshown by his gift of $3000 for the proposed new churchedifice. From letter hy Rev. J. 8. Emerson, Waialua, April21,1881: For the support of the ten schools under- my care Ihave paid out about one hundred and twenty dollars dur-. JOURNALS AND LETTERS, 1834-1838 157 ing the past year, about thirty dollars of which was con-tributed by the parents and friends of the children, therest has been obtained from the funds of the Board; andcould our patrons at home see the pleasing improvementmade by a few children and the stimulus given to theteachers by the occasional bestowment of a shirt and pairof pantaloons upon them, I think they would both prayin faith and weep for gratitude that such small sacrificescan be made to result in so much good. We have oneteacher from the High School who is doing well, all therest of our teachers have been trained up at the station. From letter hy Wm. Richards, Sag Harbor, Massorchusetts, May 13, 1837: On the 9th of December I embarked from Oahu withmy family, consisting of Mrs. Richards and six of ourchildren, together with Mr. Bishops oldest daugh
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