EMERSON, John S

[s. 243] : Born at Chester, N. H., 28, 1800; graduated at Dart mouth College 1826; graduated at And over Theological Seminary 1830; sailed as a mi ionary of the ABCFM for the Sandwich Islands November 26, He 1831, reaching Honolulu, May 17, 1832. was stationed at Wailua, on Oahu. There he spent the whole of his mi ionary life except four years, 1842-46, when he was profe or at Lah a in a luna Seminary. While there he published, with the a istance of Me rs. Alexander and Bishop, and S. M. Kamakan, an English-Hawaiian Dictionary, based upon Webster’s Abridgment, a closely-printed volume of 184 pages, containing 16,000 words in English, with definitions in Hawaiian. He died in 1867. December EMFUNDISWENI A settlement in the northeastern part of Cape Colony; situated about 30 Station of the South Africa miles S. of Kokstad. Wesley an Methodist Mi ionary Society, with 1 mi ionary, 43 native workers, 18 out(1900) stations, 10 places of worship, 14 schools and about 500 profe ing Christians. The Woman’s also has a high school A ociation of the: WMS here. 243