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Title: The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 Harper & Brothers. pbl
Subjects: Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers Tutors and tutoring Friendship Sailing Sailors Animals Natural history
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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istianized, shallno longer receive aid from this Board. From that time the churcheshave been practically self-supporting, though they have received someaid from America. At present the Hawaiian Islands have a missionarysociety of their own which is sending missionaries and teachers intoother islands of the Pacific; and they have a printing - office, whereBibles are printed in several Polynesian languages — just as Bibles A CHURCH CARRIED BY A WHALE-SHIP. 9 were formerly printed in Xew York for the use of the SandwichIslanders. Here the guide interrupted them to point out Kawaiaho church,which, he said was the first native church in Honolulu, a substantialand well-built edifice that reminded the strangers of many churchesthey had seen in the New England States. In reply to Franks remarkto this effect Doctor Bronson said that the most of the early mission-aries came from Boston and its vicinity, and it was therefore to beexpected that the churches Avould be of the New England pattern.
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KAWAIAHO CHURCH—FIRST NATIVE CHURCH IN HONOLULU. Fred asked if the church they were passing was the first ever builtin the islands. The guide explained that it was the first natwe church,but not the first American one. That honor belongs to the Seamens(or Bethel) church, which was sent from Boston in a whale-ship aroundCape Horn; it was brought in pieces, and set up soon after the shiparrived here. Honolulu has been for a long time a great resort forwhalemen, and about 18i6 special attention was paid to their needs bythe establishment of a Bethel church and society. 10 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASL\. The most famous man in connection with this branch of the mission-ary enterprise was Kev. Mr. Damon, who obtained the reputation of anearnest friend of the seamen, and was generally called Father Damon,

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