Life In Hawaii An Autobiographic Sketch Of Mission Life And Labors 1835 1882

Author : Titus Coan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Life in Hawaii written by Titus Coan and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parentage, childhood, and early years -- Militia service -- Asahel Nettleton -- Three years in western New York -- Sickness -- Home again -- Auburn seminary -- Marriage -- Embarkation for Hawaii -- Santiago, Callao, and Lima in 1835 -- Arrival in Honolulu-passage to Hilo -- Our new home -- First labors –- The field -- The people -- Hilo district -- Crossing the torrents -- Perils of a canoe voyage -- Puna district –- First tours in Hilo and Puna -- The work of 1837-38 -- Spontaneous church-building - The great awakening -- The volcanic wave -- Pastoral experiences and methods -- The ingathering –- Mrs. Coan's school for girls -- Common schools -- Medical work -- The sailor's church -- Sunday work -- Visits of foreign vessels -- The U.S. exploring expedition -– Mauna Loa -– Kilauea -- The eruption of 1840 -- The river of fire -- It reaches the sea at Nanawale -- Lava chimneys -- Destruction of a village –- More church-building -- Commodore Jones's visit -- Progress of conversions -- The sacraments under new conditions –- Arrival of Catholic missionaries -- Admiral de Tromelin -- Proselytism-controversies with the priests -- Arrival of the Mormons -- The reformed Catholics -- Bishop Staley, Lord George Paulet -- Isolation of the mission families -- Sufferings on the inter-island voyages -- Their dangers -- Parting with our children -- School discussions and festivals -- Native preachers -- Cheerful givers -- Changes and improvements –- Hawaiian kings -- The Kamehamehas –- Lunalilo -- Kalakaua, the reigning king -- The foreign church in Hilo -- Organization of native churches under native pastors -– Compensations -- Social pleasures -- Some of our guests and visitors –- Seedling missions -- Hawaii sends out missionaries -- Need of a missionary packet - The three "morning stars" -– The Marquesas Islands -- Early English and French missions -- The Hawaiians send a mission to them -- My visit in 1860 -- The Marquesan Tabu System –- Second visit to the Marquesas -- The Paumotu Archipelago - Arrival at Uapou -- An escape by two fathoms -– Nuuhiva -– Hivaoa -- Kekela's trials -- The propitiatory canoe -- Savage seducers -- A wild audience –- Visit to the United States -- Salt Lake -– Chicago -- Washington City -- Brooklyn -- Old Killingworth -- Changes in the homestead -- Passing away -- Return to Hilo -- Death to Mrs. Coan –- Notes to on the stations –- Hawaii -- Governor Kuakini –- Maui -- Crater of Hale-a-ka-la -- Molokai -- The leper settlement -– Oahu –- Kauai -- The state of the church – The Hawaiian character -- Its amiability -- Island hospitality -- Patience, docility -- Indolence, lack of economy, fickleness -- Want of independence –- Untruthfulness -- Decrease of the population –- Kilauea -- Changes in the crater -- Attempt to measure the heat of its lavas - Phenomena in times of great activity -- Visitors in the domains of Pele -– Eruptions from Mauna Loa -- The eruption of 1843 -- A visit to it -- Danger on the mountain -- A perilous journey and a narrow escape -- Eruptions of Mauna Loa - The eruption of 1852 -- The fire fountain -- A visit to it - alone on the mountain -- Sights on Mauna Loa -– The eruption of 1855 - A climb to the source - Mountain hardships - Visits to lower parts of the lava stream - Hilo threatened with destruction - Liquidity of the Hawaiian lavas -- Are the lava-streams fed from their sources only? -- The eruption of 1868 from Kilauea -- The March and April earthquakes -- Land-slips -- Destruction of life and property -- The lava-stream bursts from underground -- The volcanic waves of August, 1868, and of May, 1877 -- The eruption of 1880-1881 -- Hilo threatened as never before - A day of public prayer - Visitors to the lava-flow -- It approaches within a mile of the shore -- Hope abandoned -- After nine months the action suddenly abates -- The deliverance -- The mechanism of a great lava-flow - An idolater dislodged