Father Damien An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu From Robert Louis Stevenson.

shortstoriescafe on Feb 13, 2016 (AUDIO) On August 2, 1889,[7]Hyde wrote a private letter to a Reverend H.B. Gage, regarding Father Damien of Molokai. Hyde intimated that Damien's death from leprosy was the result of what Hyde believed to be the priest's lack of hygiene, and was seemingly dismissive of Damien as a person. Without Hyde's permission, the correspondence was published in a Sydney, Australia newspaper, and angered many of Damien's supporters. Author Robert Louis Stevenson took umbrage in the 1890 published pamphlet Open Letter to Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu from Robert Louis Stevenson.[8] Stevenson accurately saw sainthood for Father Damien, who became Hawaii's first official saint on November 10, 2009.[9][10]
... if that world at all remember you, on the day when Father Damien of Molokai shall be named Saint, it will be in virtue of one work: your letter to Reverend H.B. Gage.
— Robert Louis Stevenson to Rev. Hyde

He became interested in the Christian ministry in Europe and Asia. In 1893, Rev. and Mrs. Hyde toured Europe, and in 1897 they toured Japan and China.[11]
Hyde died October 13, 1899.[12] His funeral was held at the Central Union Church in Honolulu.[13]