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MR. & MRS. HAROLD L. BURNSIDE
BOX 612 MISS EDITH SHIMMEL

MISS ETHEL jONES

BOX 224

WAIANAE, HAWAII

WAIANA^HAW^I

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CEORCE HOPE II

FLORENTINKD DAS

TWO YOUNG MEN TO ENTER BIBLE COLLEGE

FOR FALL SEMESTER

The two young men pictured above, both members of the Maili
Church of Christ, have dedicated themselves to the Christian min

istry. Both will graduate from high school this spring and. the Lord willing will leave Honolulu by plane in mid-Augusf. They will go to Grayson, Kentucky, where they will begin their studies at
Kentucky Christian College.

George was baptized at Maili Church two years ago and has
been an outstanding and enthusiastic supporter of the faith since

that time. He has been very helpful in assisting with youth work,
carpentry, supply preaching, and a host of other duties. He has

recently begun teaching a class of intermediates. He has plans of

returning to Hawaii after graduation from college, to start a new work on another island where we presently have no churches. George's nationality Is Japanese-Caucasian.
(continued on page 4)

A YOUNG GIRL'S VICTORY OVER DOUBT

I, Edith Shimmel, am requesting you to recall my article in our last issue of the Maili Christian about a girl, now ten years of age,
who came for her first time to my Bible School class several months ago and requested permission to ask questions at the beginning of the period for the Bible lesson, and that I granted her request. Then she proceeded with questions concerning the infidelity being taught in our public schools in Hawaiiquestions that were dis turbing her Christian faith. I gave the whole lesson period over to

discussing her questions. Other American boys and girls in the class

joined in the discussions. These are the children of service people

who are here by order of the U. S. Army and Navy authorities for terms of two or three years.

The girl referred to above, after a few Sundays expressed her

desire for baptism but her parents at first refused. Her mother was a Baptist and her father, a Methodist.

Then they began regular attendance at the Maili Church of Christ. After hearing Brother Burnside preaching on "Church of
Christ doctrine." and "the sin of denominationalism," both parents

decided to make a change in favor of the Church of Christ. So.

forward together at the close of the service, and the mother placed
her membershio with the Church of Christ; her daughter made the "Good Confession." That evening at six o'clock, a goodly number of Christians accompanied this family to the beach, and Brother

one Sunday morning recently, the mother and her daughter went

Burnside and the daughter both went down into the water and when she was baptized, they came up out of the water and she

and her parents went on their way reioicing. The father also is seriously thinking of being baptized. We are praying earnestly for
him.

I. Ethel Jones, will tell you of one of our very recent, and very sad experiences. For a few months we have been bringing a

Japanese family of children to our Bible school and church. Three

candidates for baptism. Their mother seems favorable to our

church; but sad to say. their father has been permitting a "Jehovah's Witness" teacher to come and teach him in his home.
He has recently acceoted their teachinp and has ordered all his

of the older ones range in age from eleven to their early teens. These are girls, oraiseworthv in every resoect. They understand our Church of Christ doctrine and we all consider them favorable

children to Quit coming to our church. This is a very sad outlook

for the family. They are farmers and the parents work all day on Sunday. Now. these dear heloiess children will be compelled to do
the same. The "Jehovah's Witness" teach that there is no need
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NEW SUMMER WORKER FOR MAILI MISSION

We take great pleasure in introducing to our readers Miss Sheryll Bosworth who is joining the Maili Mission staff for the summer. Miss Bosworth hails from Webster City, Iowa and is being sponsored in her summer mission endeavor by her home church in that city. Other churches in that area are also joining in mak ing her trip possible. At this writing Sheryll is completing her sophomore year at Ozark Bible College and then will come immediately to Hawaii, arriving in Honolulu on June 4. Professor Woodrow Phillips, of
Ozark, sends his recommendation,

saying, among other things, "Miss Bosworth is thoroughly consecrated

to the Lord's business and works

well with others . . . I believe she

will render genuine aid to your work

I
MISS SHERYLL BOSWORTH

there in Hawaii this summer and fit

in well with the other missionary

workers."

And Brother Edwin B. Strong, minister of the Villa Heights Christian Church in Joplin, Missouri, also very highly commends Miss Bosworth as follows: "Her character is without reproach. Her character makes her Christian personality shine. She has a will to serve and that in a cooperative spirit. She is loved by all
her associates."

We, of Maili Mission, are confident of Miss Bosworth's abilities

and have no doubt that her services in Hawaii will be of incal

culable value. We have a hegvy schedule already outlined for the summer months in which the emphasis will be mainly upon chil dren's work. Among other things we are now arranging to hold
children's classes in homes and sheltered areas in quite a number

of places in surrounding villages. Miss Bosworth will have a vital part in this enterprise. Vacation Bible Schools and summer camp will round out the busy summer program.

TWO YOUNG MEN . . . (continued from page 1)

Florentino is of Filipino ancestry. He was among the first to accept Christ after we began ministering to the Maili congregation in 1954. Like George, he also is active in youth work and in help ing to maintain mission property, Both boys are very handy with tools. Florentino's outstanding talent is art. He is quite popular
as a chalk artist at various functions of our churches. He even creates many of his own hymn illustrations. He also has done

many art pieces for Waipahu high school where he is a senior;

has even designed the cover for that school's annual. Recently, he was named outstanding artist in his class of nearly 400 students. Florentino's hope is that the Lord will lead him into using his artistic ability in a specialized Christian ministry.
These boys will need financial help for their journey to the Mainland, and to help with their tuition and board while at college. We have every confidence that you. the readers of this paper, will see the value of their training and will come to their aid. If your church group is interested in helping to sponsor a young man in Bible College, please let us know.
We should like to add that Mr, & Mrs. David Thomas, who have

been mpmbprs of the Maili Church during a part of David's tenure

of service with the U. S. Army, have also enrolled at Kentucky Christian for the coming fall term. They have recently been work ing with the Palolo Valley Church of Christ since moving to that
community.

NEW RECORD

A check of the ten Churches o^ Christ on the Island reveals a

combined attendance of over 1,200 on Easter Sunday. And to think that our work was just begun ten years ago! Maili had a good attendance that day. thoueh not a record. We are pleased to rp'-'nrt thai- two added to the Maili church on that day a mother and daughter.

YOUNG GIRL'S . . . (continued from page 2)

for attending church. The mother and all the children, also the Church of Christ missionaries are very sad about this condition.

We can only ask our Savior that sometime this man's heart may
be opened to the true Lieht so that-he and his family may be saved.
We need your oravers for these dear onestheir name is "Ochiai"

pronounced "O-Che-i." Side by side with our periods of great joy

we have our periods of great grief. We must bide our time and
trust in God.

Wat mailt Oltjnsttan

FALL ISSUE. 1957)
MR. & MRS. HAROLD L. BURNSIDE
BOX 612

MISS EDITH SHIMMEL

MISS ETHEL JONES

Box 224

WAIANAE, HAWAII

WAIANAE, HAWAII

UNDER THE SPREADING MONKEYPOD TREE

Under the branches of this fine, old monkeypod we held our

chapel and vesper services each day in our Hawaiian Christian Service Camp this summer. Sixty-six campers attended (sixteen
from Mailt), and five became Christians (two of these were from
Maili).

NOTE; Inasmuch as our regular news letters have kept our friends informed on the latest happenings in Mail! Mission, this issue of Maill Christian is devoted chiefly to information regard ing a proposed Christian Day School.

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING?

This sign hangs in front of a certain travel agency office in Honolulu. The pitch is that this agency can sell you a ticket to any place in the worldprovided you have the price. The sign reminds us that our Savior said to us all, "Go ye into all the world . . . . " This command is to YOU and to every Christian. But where in the world are you going? Perhaps it is not possible for you to go personally to some remote corner of the world to serve Christ. Nevertheless, it is incumbent upon every Christian to be a missionary: and if you cannot personally "cross the ocean and the heathen lands explore" you can, and should, choose at least one mission field to which you will render as much financial assistance as possible, and for which you will pray with out ceasing. Thus you become very definitely a missionary to that field, even if you never leave your own home town. Where in the world are you going?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

SYSTEM IN HAWAII?

We anticipate this as a fair and natural question arising In the minds of those who read the pages of this paper. So we feel
obligated to answer:

1. The vast majority of public school teachers are Buddhist or Roman Catholic, and we cannot accept the religious beliefs of either. Despite many objections to the contrary, a teacher's beliefs are bound to have some influence on the children. For example:
Buddhists, who do not believe in the God of the Bible, believe and

ardently teach the theory of human evolution in contradiction to the Bible story of creation.

2. At least in our area, there is very poor school discipline,

and there is no effort to control truancy.

3. Administration Is poor. For example, our three children

have been in school two weeks, yet not one of them has been issued a textbook, though the school has all the books on hand.

4. General laxity of the school system makes it possible for a child to pass through all the elementary grades without learning
the barest fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic. It is no exaggeration to say that many enter high school without having learned to read.

"WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN THE CHRISTIAN

DAY SCHOOL?"

younger children who soon will start to school. They attend Maili
Church of Christ regularly. In reply I could only smile and say,

This was the query of an anxious Filipino mother whose oldest child enters first grade this year. This fine mother has two

with the public school set-up that they are sending their children

"Not until we have some money to build and equip class rooms. She was disappointed and so was I. Another mother, of Hawaiian ancestry, said to me one day, "What we need in our community is a church-operated, private school." She continued, "Many of my friends are so dissatisfied

to the Catholic school In Waipahu." This school is nearly twenty miles away. I explained to this mother also that we have a Christian Day School in mind, and are ready to begin construction as soon as funds are available. "I hope you have it ready when my boy starts to school next year," she rejoined. These are typical of remarks we hear from many sources. Here are opportunities slipping through our fingersopportunities that shall never return! With a Christian Day School we could reach many new families (the Hawaiian family mentioned above does
not attend the Church of Christ), We would have an opportunity

to present true Christian teaching every day to children in their most impressionable years. We could afford the very best in elementary education. In a Christian setting, thus preparing young people to become real Christian leaders in the next generation. Without such a school, where Christian principles are taught and practised every day, it is almost impossible for young people here to fight the strong tide of sin, infidelity, and ignorance that pre
dominate in all their other surroundings.

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT A CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL?

Three years ago, by the grace of God, and with the help of Christian friends, we were able to purchase a plot of ground with sufficient space for a chapel, a home, and a school. The chapel and house have been erected and are nearly completed. The lot for the day school remains vacant. Indebtedness on the property
now stands at $2,293.00. The church here has assumed the

obligation of paying off this amount in monthly installments of $50.00 each, so we are not asking our stateside friends to assist with this. But while the school lot remains vacant, it symbolizes

a vacant area in our Christian witness to Hawaii.

we have talked about it . . . .

For three years

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!

Reason number one: Children all about us are growing up without the benefit of the school. With the school we could save
will soon be too late.

many of these for the Lord's Kingdom, but for many of them it
Reason number two: With the chapel and house nearly fin ished, we can concentrate all efforts on the Christian Day School. Reason number three: We have recently been informed that the Seventh Day Adventists are starting a day school next year.

While we have been forced to wait, they have proceeded. (Just for the record, their denomination is at the head of the list in

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ rank twenty-second in

per capita giving. Of the 23 largest religious bodies in America,

first will have priority in the eyes of the community.

per capita giving. Shame, shame!) Whoever starts a day school

there is no hell. They will be taught many peculiar doctrines such as abstaining from eating meats "Which God hath created to be
received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the
truth". I Timothy 4:3.

taught not to regard or respect the Lord's Day. They will be taught

remember that in a Seventh Day Adventist school children will be

And

Reason number four: We are persuaded the Lord wants a school here and that our friends are ready to "rise up and build" it.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

$8,000.00 would be a minimum for putting the school into opera

tion.

to get full value out of every dollar contributed. We estimate that

The amount received, and the promptness with which it is

This question is impossible to answer, but we are determined

inadequate facilities, whether with only one room or more. We are ready to start noware you ready to give? The goal is to
have the school ready to open in the fall of 1958. Less than $200.00 is presently on hand to begin with. Won't you pray about this important matter right now? Then givegive whatever amount the Lord leads you to contribute for a CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL in Maili Mission. Your generous offering to this course may help
to win souls. "And he that winneth souls is wise," Proverbs 1 1 :30.

received, will determine whether we shall start with adequate or

Many of our readers will no doubt have questions to ask about the day school which, because of lack of space, have not been adequately answered in these pages. We invite you to write us
and we shall do our best to fully answer every question.