(1772\u20131832), was the wife of King Kamehameha the Great of Hawaii. She served as queen regent-prime minister (kahina nui)<\/i> after her husband\u2019s death in 1819. Queen Ka\u2019ahumanu, along with her son, King Kamehameha II (Liholiho),<\/i> commanded the cessation of the social taboos, idolatry and human sacrifice, known as kapu,<\/i> that had controlled Hawaii for centuries. Their edict, issued in 1819, went out to all the islands, causing the destruction of numerous idols and temples (heiaus).<\/i> <\/p>\n
The following year, Hiram Bingham and a group of Protestant missionaries came to Hawaii on the brig, Thaddeus.<\/i> Queen Ka\u2019ahumanu received Christ and helped spread the Gospel throughout the islands, resulting in \u201cThe Great Awakening\u201d of the 1830\u2019s and 1840\u2019s. Just prior to her death, Queen Ka\u2019ahumanu was presented with the newly completed version of the New Testament in the Hawaiian language. She declared it good (maika),<\/i> and then spoke her last words to Rev. Bingham:<\/p>\n
I am going where the mansions are ready.1671<\/p>\n
The High Chiefess Kapiolani of Kealekekua Bay was baptized by the early Christian missionaries, and proceeded to introduce her village of Kaawaloa to Christ. In helping the Hilo missionaries win the people from ancient superstitions and human sacrifice to Pele (the volcano goddess), Kapiolani traveled a hundred miles to the rim of the volcano Kilauea, descended into the crater and defied Pele by eating some of the goddess\u2019 sacred ohelo<\/i> berries. She then praised \u201cthe one true God\u201d and proclaimed:<\/p>\n
Jehovah is my God. He kindled these fires. I fear not Pele. All the gods of Hawaii are vain.1672<\/p>\n
This courageous act of the High Chiefess Kapiolani greatly advanced Christianity in Hawaii, leading many Hawaiians to become missionaries to other islands, such as Rev. Kauwealoha, who stopped the ritual of cannibalism and planted numerous churches and schools.<\/p>\n
The State Motto of Hawaii, \u201cUa mau ke ea o ka \u2019aina i ka pono\u201d (The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness), was first uttered by Queen Ke\u2019opuolani, wife of King Kamehameha II, as she was baptized into the Christian faith before her death in 1825. King Kamehameha III reiterated his mother\u2019s dying words, \u201cUa mau ke ea o ka \u2019aina i ka pono,\u201d as he gave thanks to God at Kawaiaha\u2019o Church for the return of his kingdom in 1843.1673<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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