ning; for many of the "Cousins" sing and play
beautifully. After we had been home awhile, about a dozen of these, on
their return, stopped and serenaded us.

The next day was the Sabbath,--our first Sabbath in what used to be a
heathen land. The church-bells rung just as sweetly as in our beloved
America, and the same stillness reigned throughout the town. It was like
a home Sabbath. What a change in forty-three years! We went to the
mission-church in the morning. It is a large stone edifice of block
coral, one hundred and forty-four feet long and seventy-eight wide, and
was one of the first objects we saw after passing Diamond Head. It was
commenced in 1838, and was five years in building, at a cost of about
thirty thousand dollars. Just think of people, who, only twenty-five
years before, were in the depths of heathen darkness, building such a
church, and by voluntary contributions too! They had a public meeting,
and the king subscribed three thousand dollars, and others gave their
pledges until the sum reached six thousand dollars. We should think that
doing very well in one of our own enlightened Christian assemblies.
Notwithstanding their poverty, they subscribed willingly. We, with all
our conveniences for building, can hardly realize the labor bestowed on
that church. The timber had to be cut in the mountain forests, and
dragged by hand down to the coast. The stone was dug out of the coral
reefs, and a quantity of coral had to be gathered and burned for lime.
All this the people did willingly, and without pay, and the carpenters
and masons gave their work freely. It was done unto the Lord.

In that church, which will doubtless stand for ages, we met a large body
of natives. Grandpa made a speech to them which Rev. Mr. Clark
interpreted. The church was very full. The natives are fond of bright
colors, and dress in red and yellow a great deal. The women's dresses
are made just like yoke night-gowns, falling to the feet without being
confined at the waist at all. The men often wear their shirts outside of
their pantaloons like a sack, and sometimes a coat is put on above that,
making the effect rather ludicrous. Bonnets the women wear of all kinds,
but principally small ones of very old styles. These were perched on the
very top of the head, and were sometimes trimmed with ribbons of five or
six colors. In the afternoon we went to church again. The preacher was a
blind native, Pohaku, and he preached so easily, nami