These words were spoken by Dr. Samuel Damon, co-founder of our church, at its dedication in 1879. Although, there have been many changes since that old church on Fort Street was dedicated, that same focus and fervor has continued to pull the people of the First Chinese Church of Christ forward as they have founded other Chinese congregations throughout our islands, established Hawai'i's first kindergarten, and sent out numerous missionaries and ethnic-Chinese ministers back to Asia to share the gospel.