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THE FRIEND.
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feb87
yueen Street, Honolulu, H. L
I.
Second Term Opens January 13, 1890.
The faculty at Oahu College will b constituted as
follows:
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Prof. A. B. Lyons, A.M., M.1)., William..'CollegeChemistry and Natural Sciences.
Rev. A. D. Bissell, A.11., Amherst College-Instrumental and Vocal Music.
Miss M. Ella Spooner, Ml. Holyoke SeminaryLatin and English Literature.
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Mathematics and Rhetoric.
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Auditor
Jones Jr.
Joseph O. Carter
W. F. Allen,
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H. Waterhouse.
E. WILLIAMS,
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English.
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consist of the following well known successful teachers:
Miss M. Brewer—Principal—ist and ad Grades.
Mrs. Storrs— 3d and 4th Grades.
Miss E. B. Snow—sth and 6th Grades.
Miss Carrie Gilman—7*h and Bth Grades.
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management as heretofore, and the Trustees are confi*
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than can be obtained elsewhere for the same money.
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for all intending to enter either school.
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�The Friend.
HONOLULU, H. 1., FEBRUARY, 1890.
Volumk 48.
lently Reactionary, and fill press and
platform with inflammatory appeals to
All communications and letters connected with Vc literary
'department of the paper, Books and Magazines for Re- the natives.
view and Exchanges should be addressed "Kkv. S. E.
These two factions, professedly on
I'ishup, Honolulu, H. 1."
Business letters shuiild be addre sed "T. G. Tiißi'M, opposite sides as to the only vital issue
Honolulu, H. I.
in this campaign, have—strange as it
S. E. BISHOP,
Editor sounds —united their forces to overthrow
the present administration, which stands
CONTENTS.
for
liberal and constitutional governPAGE
Tstl Friend is
published the first day of each month, at
Subscription rate Two Dollars per
Honolulu, H I.
YEAR INVARIABLY IN AUVANCK.
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The Political Situation
Centra' Union Church Reports
Sunday Amusements
Sabbath Observance Taught by Hindoos
Why Did They Succeed
Receipts Hawaiian Board for January, 1890
Does Political Excitement I >emoralize?
The First Hawaiian Leper
The N. P. M. Institute
Failure of a Damiei. Meeting in Glasgow
How Dishonor Gets Abroad
Monthly Record of Events
Marine Journal, etc
Hawaiian Board
Y. M. C. A
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The Political Situation.
The Friend is taken by a large number of subscribers in the United States,
natives and former residents of Hawaii
nei, who depend upon it for information
as to the state of affairs here. We are
in the midst of the excitement of the approaching election, from the asperities
of which The Friend might well stand
aloof. In view, however, of the wants
of our foreign readers, we will endeavor
to describe briefly the situation of to-day.
The Reform Party, siding with the existing Government, have named their
candidates for the Legislature on all the
islands. An Opposition, apparently
strong, has also presented its tickets.
It is composed of two very diverse elements. One consists of a large body of
foreigners, organized primarily as the
"Mechanics' Union," who are, from
various causes not very clear, discontented with the Government, but who
do not appear to be Reactionary in their
intentions. They do not desire to return to the old Constitution, or to restore to the King the controlling power
of which the new Constitution deprived
him.
The other body, consisting chiefly of
native Hawaiians, is led by the halfwhites Robert W. Wilcox, who headed
the late insurrection for the purpose of
restoring to the King his lost power, and
John E. Bush, who was a chief instigator of the same. These men are vio-
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property of foreigners, the men-of-war
in port would land their forces for bur
protection. This, however, would be a
thing most undesirable, as it would impair our autonomy and endanger the independence of Hawaii, which we earnestly desire to maintain. There are some
foreigners here, however, who encourage
the Wilcox party for this very purpose—
to promote annexation to the United
States.
Any forecast on the part of The
Friend as to the probable issue of the
balloting next Wednesday is impracticable. We are strongly hoping for a large
Reform majority, but are prepared Tor
partial defeat in some districts. We are
glad to be able to say that the Reform
administration of the past two and a
half years has been so capable and so
clean that no definite charges to the contrary on any material point have yet
been sustained against it by the opposition. It is quite evident that a large
proportion of the natives wholly distrust
Wilcox and Bush, whose record is conspicuously bad. The Portuguese voters
are especially apathetic, and do not register. Indeed, the slackness of voters
in registering betrays apathy among all
classes. The general prosperity of the
community is unfavorable to ardent
ment, as against the arbitrary and lawless rule of the King. This rule Wilcox
and Bush are raving to restore. They
are the only men in the new party who
have a decided and earnest aim. This
paity takes the name of "National Reform" party. It has adopted a platform
which, on its surface, looks identical in
principle with that of the Reform Party.
Careful scrutiny, however, discloses
serious concessions to Wilcox and Bush.
The name " Reform" and the apparently
Reform platform must be regarded as a
gratifying testimony to the resistless
control which Reform principles have
gained here, like the "tribute of hypocrisy which vice pays to virtue." The
word "National," however, belongs to
the Wilcox side, and means, as at former
elections, the race-cry "Hawaii for the
Hawaiians," the native race to hold exclusive control of public affairs. This is
what the natives understand by it, although the "Mechanics' Union" prob- political excitement.
In brief, while a displacement of the
ably do not.
Should this "National Reform" com- present Cabinet would follow an Opposibination obtain a majority in the next tion victory, and while some revolutionLegislature, there is no doubt that Wil- ary attempt would not be unlikely, we
cox and Bush would at once make stren- do not anticipate any serious insecurity,
uous efforts to overthrow the new Con- nor do we think the restoration of the
stitution and restore the King's lawless King's power a possibility. We rest in
power. In such an attempt they could a firm assuranceof the deeply-established
have no permanent success, but they sentiment of order and righteousness
might cause serious disorder. We can- which prevails in this community, and
not doubt that a.ll intelligent citizens, in- which, under the Divine guidance and
cluding those now temporarily allied blessing, forbids such evil results, howwith them, would unite to maintain pub- ever they may seem to threaten. We
lic order and a Liberal Constitution. live in a land of schools, churches, SabThe danger would be, that those men baths, of social morals and pervading
and their native adherents would inter- justice and peace. It does not seem
pret their success at the polls to mean probable that the gracious Lord will
free scope for all their wild schemes of leave these things to fail of their natural
outcome. Are we too optimistic ? Let
revolution.
that
case
of
in
every good man be alert, do his duty,
It is well understood
and
ask God's blessing on our country.
the
lives or
any disorder endangering
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Central Union Church Reports.
The Yearly Reports of this Church
were presented on Wednesday evening,
January 15th. The whole will, as usual,
THE FRIEND.
of health. Mrs. Cole had been sent to
the aid of Miss Palmer. There had
been an average attendance of thirty-five
at the meetings, the largest sixty-six.
The total receipts had been $1,462.
We hope to give in The Friend a fuller
report of this important organization.
The Fowler's Yard Mission reported
an average attendance of twenty persons
at the Monday evening meetings, many
others standing outside. Thirty-four
were present at the last meeting. Valuable personal efforts had been contributed by Rev. Mr. Griffin and Mr. Edward Clifford. Mrs. Judge McCully had
been in charge of the meetings. For
the day school in Fowler's Yard our devoted teacher, Miss A. F. Johnson, reported forty day scholars, with about the
same number at the Sabbath school.
The families in this courtyard are chiefly
Norwegians and Portuguese of the laboring classes.
The Missionary Gleaners reported receipts to the amount of $340. Miss
Chamberlain reported her important
labors and visits as City Missionary.
The Colporteur to Seamen, Mr. Sherman, reported several hundred calls upon
ships in port and the distribution of
many tracts in Hawaiian and English to
sailors, which were generally taken with
eagerness. Many seamen had been led
to church, and many had visited Mr.
Sherman at his house. The good prospect of the erection of a Sailors' Home
was spoken of as of a thing much needed.
The Portuguese Sabbath School was
reported with an average attendance of
thirty-five, chiefly of boys. There was
much hindrance from the interference of
the priests. The evening school was
well attended.
The Japanese Sabbath School was reported by Mr. Bidwell as having about
twenty-five in attendance. There were
eight teachers in English, and more
help was needed. The Japanese are
often leaving for other islands, or returning to Japan. Mesdames Hyde and
Coleman have given much aid, also Miss
Castle. In the Japanese Church the
word has been powerful to salvation, and
most of the converts have been faithful
to their vows. There are now thirtyfour church members, and thirty in the
Y. M. C. A. In these islands are about
10,000 Japanese, 1,200 of whom belong
to the Temperance Society and 3,000 to
the Mutual Aid Association. Eighteen
have just been baptized at Hilo.
The Makiki Mission was reported by
Mrs. Merritt, who had taken Mrs. Dillingham's place during her absence.
This is chiefly Sabbath School work for
the Chinese and half-Chinese, the teachers being largely from the students of
Oahu College. The work has been
growing. The average attendance has
been seventy-one.
be printed for the use of the members.
We will anticipate such publication by
noting items of leading interest.
The membership of the Church had
grown during the year from 363 to 424.
Forty-seven had been received on profession, and eighteen by letter. Pen
were dismissed to other churches. Four
had died.
The finances of the Church had been
remarkaldy prosperous, under the system
of pledges, from which $5,471.30 had
been received, which was $270 in excess
of all |h I
Ti.e Sabbath morning and evening
collections for benevolent purposes had
amounted to $3,005.35, to which was
lidded $1,029.20 from special contributions, making a total of $4,034.55. The
largest item of benevolent expenditure
was the sum of $1,200 to the Hawaiian
Board. The Chinese and Japanese missions were largely subsidized. The
Fowler's Yard Mission forms a large
item. Various mission Sabbath schools
receive aid. The poor of the church are
helped. A city missionary is employed,
also a colporteur among seamen.
It is well known that large private
donations which do not appear in these
reports are made by members of this
church to the above and other objects.
The Sabbath School had been prosperous, with an average attendance of
255, exclusive of the primary department. The treasurer reported $1,007.52
received from collections and various
sources, of which $739.95 had been
given to various mission schools and to
education of youth, inclusive of $24.25
to the lepers.
The Building Fund was stated to
amount to about $76,000, including all
subscriptions, and assets available towards the proposed new edifice, besides
the lot for the building. The modified
plans have been adopted for a stone edifice, and it is expected that by another
year it will be far advanced towards
completion.
The Sabbath School Librarian reported 525 volumes in the library, of
which 114 were new books. We should
have been glad to hear some statement
of the manner in which books were selected, also some classification of the library, as Biography, History, Fiction, etc.
The Ladies' Society reported various
meetings and public social gatherings,
including three noon lunches. They had
raised $472.40 for the new edifice.
The Women's Board of Missions reported three special and twelve regular
meetings during the year. Their Missionaries, Miss Green and Miss Palmer,
The Society of Christian Endeavor
were in active service. Miss Fletcher reported an average attendance of sevhad finally left Ponape through failure enty-five, a majority taking part, and the
[February, 1890.
hour too brief. We believe this Society
is a chief training school for the church.
The Pastor's Report summed up many
things already given above, also twelve
marriages, twenty-five infant baptisms,
and twenty-two funerals.
.We have thus given hasty notes and
imperfect hints of the great work and
manifold interests reported upon in this
annual recounting of the years' experiences. The whole of the reports are to
be printed, five hundred copies. We are
sure that Mr. W. W. Hall will gladly*
supply copies to friends desiring them
on other islands.
[Communicated.]
Sunday Amusements.
The recent opening of the Oahu Railroad for Sunday travel has given great
pain to many of our sober-minded
Christian people. That it should be advocated and undertaken by professedly
Christian men is another painful fact
that does not grow any easier to acknowledge and endure, the longer one
reflects upon its probable significance or
sees the actual working of this disregard
of the sanctity of the Sabbath. The
only plea is the necessity of recreation.
But recreation is something of higher
meaning and wider scope than amusements. There is a needful and proper
unbending of the strain of mind and
body. For fullest developement of human energies, we need periods of rest
for refreshment and recuperation.
But self-indulgence is not the recreation that man needs. The relaxing of
the claims of religion and of righteousness is an element of peril and disaster,
not of joy and hope, whether to the individual or to society. It is a great mistake to decry the Puritan Sabbath of
New England society, as it was in the
days before manufactures and commerce
broke up its simplicity of life and manners, as a day of gloom and cant. The
real fact is that in the devotion of the
Sabbath to special religious privileges
there is higher enjoyment than any
mere amusement of self-indulgence can
comprehend or measure.
TShose are to be pitied who think that
in doing their own pleasure on the Lord's
Day there is any real gain to mind or
body. California society does not furnish a desirable model for those who
would build their homes and mould
society in these happy isles. To introduce Sabbath-breaking habits is to throw
away a providential opportunity for securing a high-toned and blissful state of
quiet security for a reckless, lawless,
turbulent mobocracy. See the liquor
carried and distributed freely on the
Sunday trains; listen to the vile language and quarrelsome talk: and say, if
you can, that Sunday travel is a boon
and a benefit.
�Volume 48, No. 2.]
Sabbath Observance Taught by Hindoos,
Mohammedans and Parsees.
Gains and Losses.
There are only three surviving tf the
sent by the American Board to tin se islands. The older
generati n t.f Hawaii, n pasti rs is also fast
passing away. Three, Rev. G. B. Ka
onnhimaka, R-v. S. Kamaike, Rev. J.
Han;.l a, have died within the last three
months. The Hawaiian people are diminishing in numbers. Within the last fifteen
years the decrease of the native population
has been about 10,000. But 37,000 have
been brought in, 17,000 Chinese, 8,000
Japanese, 12 000 1' rtnguese.
This period of fifteen years, the time in
which this Kingdom has had the benefits
of the Reciprocity Treaty with the United
States, has been a period of gn at material
prosperity. While the total population
has increased only a little m ire than o:.ehalf, the imports have almost trebled, rising from $1,881,770 in 1876 to $4,540,887
n 18S8. The exports have increased in a
much larger ratio, being now nearly six
times the value, $2,241,041 in 1876 and
$11,903,398 in 1888 This is largely the
increase in sugar, which, even ;<t the low
prices that prevailed in 1888, was nearly
nine times the quantity of the crop of 1876,
or, as the figures are given in the Custom
House Statistics, being 26,072,429 pounds
in 1876, and 235,888,346 pounds in 1888.
Further analysis of thtse st tistics shows
that while the population has increased
only five eighths, twenty times the amount
• f grain and feed fir animals was imported
in 1888 as compared with 1876, and 57,animals
-526 was the annual valuation ofwith
$261
imported in 1888 as compared
in 1876. Three times the value of fl mr
is imported now that was reported then,
and six times as much of fresh fruit.
Twice as much lumber, five times .s much
leather, five times as much m.ich'nery, and
twee as much stationery and books are
called f r now. And a disagreeable item
to recognize is three times the value of ale
and beer, two and a third tines the value
of spirits, six times the value of wines,
showing how much faster alcoholism increases than does population or property.
The number cf gallons of spirits consumed
increased from 49,707 gallons in 1876 to
100,703 in 1886. Well for the community that the revolution in 1887 reduced
this amount one-fourth, but it is running
liup again.
A meeting recently held in Bombay • rdained missionaries
to protest against the despatch of the
European mails from that port on Sunday, was remarkable not so much for
the purpose which convoked it, as for
the diversity of religious beliefs entertained by those who united in a common
object. It was a large and enthusiastic
meeting, whose object was to protest
against the loss of one day in seven as
a day of rest, a protest in which not
only Christian Englishmen tookpart, but
were joined by Hindoos, Mohammedans
and Parsees.
We can imagine what Englishmen
would say upon such a subject, but it is
not easy to anticipate the positions of
the representatives of the three classes
last mentioned, who spoke for the people of Bombay. They were certainly
more conservative than many public and
business men in this country.
The Mussulman, Mr. Sayani, after
seconding the emphatic protest presented by the Bishop of Bombay, urged
that the abrogation of Sunday as a day
of rest, would be an egregious blunder.
He drew a vivid picture of Christian
officials and of other representative persons, rushing to a steamer on Sunday,
while church bells were ringing, to bid
farewell to a British prince, or the
Christian Envoy of a Christian people !
The young people of India, he continued, would conclude from the example of their Christian rulers, that religion
is a matter to be disregarded when convenience or financial interests require.
He thought Mohammedans had been
unfairly treated. They had relinquished
their own holy day (Friday) and adopted
the Sabbath of their rulers, and now an
attempt was made to deprive them of
that.
Mr. Mehta, a representative of the
70,000 Parsees, or Fire-Worshipers, in
Bombay, declared that his people felt
the common grievance that had brought
together so large an assembly, and that
people of all classes and creeds would
be affected by the loss of an institution
which, after becoming a part of the
common life of the city, had greatly contributed to its moral and financial welfare. He earnestly supported the protest.
The representative of the Hindoo
population earnestly seconded the resolutions, and announced his hearty concurrence in the necessity of preserving
the present Sabbath.
In view of this extraordinary demonstration, would it not be well for the
Sabbath Observance Committee to engage a few Bombay Mohammedans,
Parsees, and Hindoos to lecture in this
country on the necessity of preserving
one day in seven —and that the Christian
Sabbath—as a dayofrest? —N. Y. Evangelist.
11
THE FRIEND.
Why Did They Succeed?
We often hear in familiar conversation
the story of one and another who have
been engaged in the sugar industry, some
only to end in failure, some to achieve
notable success. The thought has arisen,
why this difference of result? A, 13, C,
with the same apparent ability, with the
same educational advantages, with similar family training, enter upon the business. A pushes and drives, but makes
no headway. B pegs away, early and
late, making steady advancement year
by year till he comes out at the top of
the list. C has evea better opportunities
for a
but gradually flattens out and
sinks down out of sight.
We have thought how great a boon it
might be to others just entering on their
life-work if those who are familiar with
such histories of achievement and of
failurewould give to the world the particulars in regard to each instance. The
facts could be easily gathered up in our
small community. The period of time
covered by the developenient of this industry in this country is very brief.
How full ofinterest these personal narratives would be!
Yet, would the conditions of success
be any better known? Is there not a
subtle personal element that cannot be
classified or tabulated ? We may calculate with mathematical precision the cohesive force of timber, the resistance of
masonry. But as the elements that
enter into our calculations grow more
subtle they elude our investigation, however scientific our processes may be.
Who can tell why a watch-spring breaks
at a certain moment, or why a violin
string will snap? So there seems to be
in the human will a certain element of
tension that cannot be calculated tnat
sometimes will stand a strain, 01
me
H.
time will break and fail.
Receipts
.
for the Hawaiian Board for the
Month of January, 1890.
FOR THE
GF.NF.RAI. FUND.
Prom Kohala Foreign Church, A. Ostrom
Prom Interest on Funds in Savings
Bank
From Interest on Solomon Kamahalo
Fund
From Interest on the Say-re F'und In-
,*
'89 00
'60 40
"0 80
vestment
46 62
vestment
26 60
From Interest on the Sayre Fund InFrom Gilbert Islanders, Lihue, Mrs.
Mary Rice
FOR
PORTUGUESE
Jones
Central Union
rom P. C.
'rom
FOR
WORK.
CHINESE WORK.
JAPANESE
WORK.
From Central-Union Church
FOR NORTH PACIFIC
.
.
8 500 00
82 23
Church
I'rom American Hoard
.merest on Fund in Savings Hank..
From Central Union Church
FOR
12 CO
MISSIONARY
582 35
?• 500 00
20 15
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till
IB
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$ 200 00
From American Hoard
From B. C. Bond, for Building Fund.. 1,000 00
From Hon. J. W. Scoville, Building
Fund
500 Oil
1
50 00
From Ka Lima Kokua Building Fund
100 00
From Q. P. Castle, Building Fund..
50 00
From (i. E. Beckwith, Building Fund
From Miss E. \V. Lyons, Building
5 00
Fund
From Miss Klla G. Thrum, Building
5 00
Fund
».,910 00
»3,488 48
Wm. W. Hall,
Treasurer Hawaiian Board.
�12
[Februay, 1890.
THE FRIEND.
Does Political Excitement Demoralize?
Brother Fuller thinks it does. (See Y.
M. C. A. page.) We think not so, necessarily, by any means. On the contrary,
we think that a severe contest in a great
popular election is very apt to be most
wholesome, morally. We think the present election strife is becoming so. People
speak out. Men get their moral sense set
at work. They discern between the evil
and the good. Hypocrisies are unmasked:
shams are blown away: villainies are unveiled. The foul, stagnant, pestiferous
atmosphere of every day political life is
whirled away in the storm.
At such a time men's minds are roused
to keen activity. The great vital issues
which underlie all politics are uncovered,
and men feel their reality and supreme
importance. They are set to thinking.
It educates them mentally and morally to
take part in a stirring conflict upon the
old battle grounds of Liberty and Right
eousness.
There is a great satisfaction in seeing
men rally for good government; we like to
see them get warm about it. Give us a
good rousing election once in a while, and
not your lazy, everyday indifference.
Mr. P. C. Jones and Mrs. Jones started
for Boston per Australia, January 17th, to
be absent until June. Mr. Jones will
worthily represent us to the Eastern
Churches. His health, somewhat impaired, we trust will be well recuperated. Be-
Prof. L. L. Van Slyke remits two
years' subscription for The Friend.
He writes from Baltimore: "We were
made glad by the arrival of the numbers
of The Friend. 1 took the Gazette one
year, but found I had to read too much
in which I was not interested in order to
get the little that was of special interest;
and here we feel that six dollars for a
weekly paper is too much. The Friend
contains exactly what we most want to
know, and I am almost vexed at myself
that I did not subscribe for it before I
left Honolulu."
Judge David J. Brewer of Kansas has
been appointed Associate Justice of the
U. S. Supreme Court. It will interest
some here to know that he is a brother
of Prof. Fisk P. Brewer of Grinnell
University, whose wife is Julia Richards
of Honolulu, and whose daughter, Miss
Grace Brewer, is now a teacher in Kawaiahao Female Seminary. Both these
gentlemen were born in Turkey, sons of
the eminent missionary Brewer, their
four distinmother being sister
guished brothers David, Stephen, Cyrus,
and Henry Field, who, by the way, all
seem to have Bible names, except the
clergyman.
Dom Pedro on the Brazilian Republic.
The First Hawaiian Leper.
Sir Morell Mackenzie, in the Nineteenth Century, quotes Dr. W. Hillebrand as having seen the first case in
1853 "in a thinly-populated district of
Oahu, about twenty miles from Honolulu, in a small village near the sea."
The truth is that the malady came here
long before Dr. Hillebrand did. Rev.
Dwight Baldwin, M. D., of Lahaina,
knew more of its origin and early history in Hawaii than any other person.
Many years ago we obtained from him
the following facts, which we give from
recollection.
The first appearance of the disease
was about 1840 upon a chief in the suite
of the Premier Kekauonohi; he had contracted it abroad. He removed to Lahaina, living there with his aikanc, a wellknown chief, to whom he imparted the
disease through the peculiar intimacies
of that relationship. Dr. Baldwin treated
the latter case about 1845 while ignorant
of its nature. FYom this chiel leprosy
gradually spread in Lahaina and in Honuaula, where he resorted. We first
observed it in Lahaina about 1856,from
which time the cases rapidly multiplied.
It is quite certain that leprosy was
not introduced here by Chinese immigrants, but by a Hawaiian from some
foreign port. The above was substantially Dr. Baldwin's statement. The
connection of the Lahaina chief with
certain high personages kept these facts
in the background. The natives still
call leprosy "mai alii," or royal malady.
-
"I much fear that there are exaggerated political ambitions dominant in Brazil which will
surely bring misfortunes on the country. Both
the English and the American people had generations of experience which cannot be improvised
among an imperfectly educated nation like Brazil,
The N. P. M. Institute.
fore leaving Honolulu, being desirous to whose people possess more imagination than
give "as the Lord had prospered him," common sense in political matters. I don't think The new building for our Hawaiian
the Brazilian people have reached anything like
Mr.
placed $5,000 at the order of the stage of civilization required to fit them for Theological Seminary was occupied for
the Hawaiian Hoard for immediate use in absolutely free government. It is absurd to draw
any analogy between them and the people of the recitations for the first time on Tuesday,
enlargement of their Mission work. We United States. The present Provisional GovernJanuary 28th. The recitation room is
are glad thus to put on record still another ment is at best an experiment which will probbright and cheerful with its high ceiling,
ably result in disappointment."
Jones
man of substance who recognizes his duty
Kingdom. We are sure he
to the Lord's
will be greatly blessed therein.
Please take especial note of the perfect
success of the Pledge System in amply
meeting the expenses of the Central Union
Church of Honolulu. Cards are sent out
to the members of the congregation at
New Year's, and returned to the Treasurer, with each one's subscription. The
result is, all the money wanted, and no
selling of pews.
The Wilcox people rail about the "Missionaries" having captured the government. Hon. A. Young thinks they mean
by a missionary a man who pays his quarterly account. Very much so!
There is unquestionably much ground
for the ex-emperor's forebodings. We
will hope for a better result. But Liberty
thus far has found no stable foothold in
Papal countries. We feel personally a
deep interest in Brazil, beginning with a
visit of seventeen days at Rio dc Janeiro
in 1852, where Protestantism was just
beginning to gain a foothold. We also
spent a half hour in the society of the
Emperor in 1876 in Philadelphia. He
left the impression of a very conscientious and learned gentleman, rather than
of a great man. He bore a strong likeness to the Hapsburgs, and to Charles Y.
We fear that Brazil has before it a
period of turmoil, in which it may look
back with regret upon the beneficent
rule of Dom Pedro.
many windows, pleasant adornments.
The dormitories are not yet quite ready
for occupancy. Money is needed for
furnishing the rooms and for grading
the grounds. The expenses so far have
been as follows: Contractor, $8,365;
Plans, contract, and fees, $130; Filling in
and preparing foundation, $125; Superintending, $100; Moving old buildings,
$80; Stones and grading, $250, making
a total of $9,050.
There is a balance of
about $200, but the estimated cost of all
the improvements, $10,000, has not yet
been secured. It is hoped that the $MOO
still needed will be secured and the whole
undertaking reported complete at the
coming annual meeting in June. Anew
fence will be put up in place of the present dilapidated apology as soon as the
Street Supervisor can find, the time to
H.
put the sidewalk in order.
�Volume 48, No. 2.]
Failure of a Damien Meeting in Glasgow.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Glasgow was called for December 19th
at the City Hall to hear appeals for contributions to relieve the necessities of
the lepers on Molokai, in which Father
Pamphile, the brother of Father Damien,
would take part. It was announced that
the
Provost of the city would preside, assisted by his Grace the Archbishop.
Upon this theHawaiian Consul, James
Dunn, Esq., addressed to the Lord Provost a letter, which was published in the
city papers, in which he set forth that
the lepers on Molokai were not in need
of contributions from abroad for their
material comfort, "as under the present
excellent administration of affairs in
Hawaii, all necessitous cases are amply
provided for, the establishment at Molokai and its proper and complete equipment forming, and having indeed long
formed the subject of a special item of
"Of course, if the movesupply."
ment is intended to cover the promotion
of some special form of religious work,
that is a matter with which I have no
"I feel certain that,
concern."
looking to the past prosperity of the
country, any such offer of aid would be
incompatible with the fitness of things."
He adds that, without disparaging
Father Damien's worth, it is proper to
say that his services have been much
* *
• *
exaggerated.
The canny Scots seem to have understood the situation. Only "about two
dozen" persons attended the meeting.
The Lord Provost was detained at home
by a cold.
We feel bound to add that, notwithstanding the liberal and efficient government support of the lepers, there is a
call for much private help towards their
spiritual needs and temporal comforts
alike. Our people have been active in
giving such help. We do not need to
appeal to those abroad to contribute.
Any presentation of actual needs of the
lepers is certain to meet with a generous
response from our own citizens. Great
Britain, especially, has abundant call for
aid to lepers in her Indian Empire.
How Dishonor Gets Abroad.
(From a Discourse Jan. 12, by Rev. E. 0, Heckwith, D.D.)
It is astonishing how quickly the ill
odor of unfair dealing gets abroad, conceal it as men will—and they always
try to conceal it. Nobody is willing to
be thought dishonest. Bribes are given
and taken in secret. Frauds are plotted
with Mephistophelian caution. Cheating is done covertly. The salesmen do
not mix their teas on the counter in
plain sight of you. Dairymen do not
bring the milk in one can and the water
in another, and consult your preference
about the proportions. It is all done
secretly, and meant to be kept concealed.
But fraud is a very difficult thing to conceal; as hard to disguise as the odor of
THE FRIEND.
a man's midnight wassail. And you
know how almost impossible it is to
conceal that. You know how young
men sometimes go from their reveling
into the drawing room, thinking they
have disguised their breath with spices
and sweet perfumes, forgetting, it would
seem, how the odor of those vile things
exhales from every pore of ihe body.
So with the ill odor of fraud. It does
not need to come from the man's own
lips. He may guard his speech as
he will, or sweeten it with whatever
honeyed words he will, but the bad repute exhales from all his life. It comes
out, and he does not know how. Men
shun him, and he cannot tell why. They
leave his goods unbought, and he cannot imagine why. Or they deal with
him, when they must, with extreme caution, and insist on extraordinary securities, and he wonders why. Or they
quietly leave him out of the intimacies
of friendship, and he wonders why. But
everybody else knows why. He has
forfeited men's respect. He has lost
men's confidence. He has tried to "get
riches and not by right" and the people
know it, in spite of his shrewdest concealment. And the penalty is the people's contempt. It is the loss of men's
confidence and "good will.' And with
such a loss over against it, there is no
profit in all his gain.
13
finally ortlained and settled at Laupahoe-
hoe for abut ten years. From Laupahoehoe he was railed to Kaar.apali where
he staid two years, and from Kaanapali
he accompanied his leper wife, who we
think was his stcond, to the leper settlement at Kal.iwao, and became pastor of
the lepers in 1877. Hanaloa was once
asked to go with Rev. S. Kamakahiki as a
missionary to the Gilbert Islands, but he
staid while Kamakahiki went. Hanaloa,
though not a brilliant man, was in his way
bright and inieresting. He was a thoroughly good man, and was possessed of a
most equab!e and sweet temper, which
fjet was a great gain to him in his relations with the brusque father Damien.
Hanaloa was retired from the pastorate
Od. 28, 1889, and succeeded by Rev. S.
Waiwaiole. He died Jan. 21st, 1890. He
was not a leper. His death was finally
caused by a throat trouble.
The theory that there can be no church
without bishops was never maintained by
Episc ipalisns in Kngland until the days
when a school of theologians, who were at
the same ti ie supporters of the tyrranny of
the Stuarts, brought it forward and used
it in the controversy wrth Puritanism. * *
That no specific form of church government can boast of being an Apostolic ordinance for all time is a verdict which
historical scholars are r.qiidly approaching
unanimity in tendering. The divine right
(Continued from page 16.)
of a particular form of church organization
heathen at last, if they are not at the first, will follow the divine right of kings, and
and so we have here and there the out- will repose in the same tomb.—Dudleian
cropping of superstition and fetich wor- Lecture by G. P. Fisher.
ship. This appears as the result of the
moral break-down consequent upon intemMonthly Record of Events.
perate habits.
From the above showing we see that
Jan. Ist.—Meteorological record for
this declension in Hawaiian manhood is Dec. shows an average Temp. 73.073;
attributable in part, and in a very large average Barom. 30,056, and total rainpart as we believe, to bad government. fall for the month 6.75 inches.—The
Legislation has opened the floodgates and New Year opens full of brightness and
the evils have come upon us with a flood. cheer, and proves a grand excursion day
to the Oahu Railroad.—Dr. I. H. KimRev. John Hanaloa Deceased.
ball succeeds Dr. N. B. Emerson as
President of the Board of Health.
News has come of the death of Rev. French gunboat Champlain departs for
John Hanaloa, late pastor at the leper set- San P'rancisco.—Annual target practice
tlement, after twelve years of faithful ser- of Hawaiian Rifle Association.
vice. The following facts were gained
3rd.—The Custom House statistics
from him at our last visit there. His early for the quarter and year just closed
exports for
home was at Hakalau, Hilo, where he was shows value of domestic
Dec. 31, 1889, for
ending
three
months
probably born several years before the Honolulu, to be $820,098.86; and for all
Hawaiian mission opened. He was a ports $975,614.78. Total domestic exchild when Mr. Richards landed in 1823. ports for the year $13,800,070.54, a gain
He was for a while in a teachers' school at over the previous year of $2,168,535.66.
from EsquiHilo under the charge of Mr. Wilcox. In —Arrival of the Champion
Union and Hui Kamault.—Mechanics
time he himself became a teacher. It was laiaina
settle upon a new platform and
then that he was married. His life as a present the following opposition ticket
teacher in Hakalau lasted two years, and for Nobles for the island of Oahu, and
then for twenty years or so he was a clerk Representatives for Honolulu; Nobles—
in Mr. Benj. Pitman's store at Hilo. From H. A. Widemann, J. A. Cummins, E.
Hilo Hanaloa went to Waialua and studied C. Macfarlane, E. Muller, H. G. Crabbe,
for the ministry under Rev. J. S. Emerson, C. J. McCarthy, J. S. Walker, J.
was again a clerk, this time for S. N. Phillips, D. W. Pua; Representatives,
Emerson for a number of years. He was First Ward, J. E. Bush; Second Ward,
—
�[Februay, 1890.
THE FRIEND.
14
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PASSENGERS.
23rd Wedding bells: W. S. Terry to
W. H. Cummings; Third Ward, A.
AKKIVAI s.
Lucas;
T.
R.
Ward,
Fourth
residence
of
P\
Reamer,
Miss
C.
at
A.
Marques;
From San Fran, iscn, per Aiislnilia, Jan. Ill—F I' Hastings
Miss
Mrs
Hal.
wile,
FM
H.i hdd and m.ii'l. Mfa. Kaufman.
ami
Fifth Ward, R. W. Wilcox.
W. Damon; and R. 13. Brenham to
| 1' Parker ami wife, Mrs Slil man, J S Lew, J M Quick,
CatheDowsett,
Court
with
at
St.
Andrew's
A.
K.
ami wife Edgar Irw kcr, Mis W
opens
Wright
6th.—The Supreme
A F Mayer, J N
wife, l< Ivera, II A Miiiill, A Voun
Toler, A Black
an unusually large calendar. Ward 5 dral. Chinese exhibition of fireworks I'Jr., and wife, MrsandA Y. m.g anil Inl.l. I >> | Hrudlc, klilus
Parkci, Miss I'arker, X llalsl.a.l and wile, Miss II Hal
forms strong with rousing speeches for on the Esplanade.
Mead I. ( S I ribbard ami »ll Key A N Fisher, u il, .mil
Reform.
24th —High, blustering trade winds child, o<-..'• Skar, r. Miss F F.nli, W Klairing, Miss H.i ry,
A I'.uiik ai.,l wife, W U Ml ii, M Clark, M Franks ami
7th. —Organ recital at Kaumakapili demolishthe Chinesefireworks enclosure. W
wife, J Tudor and wile, I'.lw. od, Marion, M Hums. J
k Low., H S Dixon and wif., Ci l.ji uiyus. o A
Church, introducing Berger's new Ha25th Important auction sale of plan- Donnelly,
Sti i,s, R X llunlii, Ill lias-, Jim Dyer and wile, W
waiian orchestra.—Departure of the Es- tation, ice and Oahu Railway stock, I DgHKU,
J II C Illinois anil -Hi ill ill.- M S*>
Jan HI Mrs Ber
government bonds and real estate, by J. From lb.' loliniiis. In Maripi-a,
piegle for Acapulco.
llcnian and three bdilirn. Miss X 11. rtlcinan, F Ilerlle
full
figures.
Iriindy,
Maru
arrives
realized
F. Morgan, which
Bth. —The Yamashiro
J Marks, CO»
man. 1.c., I luni r, Mr anil Mis I
Mrs I'o.i lis, C lii kerli.K and Ti in
rirr. Win llnisii
with 1070 more Japanese.—Mortuary Total amount of sale, $34,298.50.
", Jan 111 N B
S.ui li.iiiiis.ii. per Finest '.'I
Ir
report for Honolulu shows 67 deaths for
27th Thirty-second birthday of EmV Jacob m, Wlluiduch, II 'I a> lor and lour
December. —Mass meeting of the Reac- peror William of Germany: many happy JHcCublin,
apane c.
tionist Party at the armory.
From San Fr.-im is. o, per W 11I lini'.iid, lan 17—Hum
returns of the day.
Bailey, <i T Wilson, Mrs Miller, M is M SUr.ri.af>.
10th.—Arrival of the Australia from
Ward
of
the
30th—Rousing
meeting
For San Francis,,■, per Alameda, Una. F Allardl,
Brown, H I iHlhnghMn, wife and 2
San Francisco, and Mariposa from the Reform party at the old Armory, with Ai Hia.ilcy, (o.Hi.v
Hon M P Dea.U aril wife, KH FcTnUawl, A
t'roningcr and wife. X J Griffith, X k Hind and wife, t ol
Colon'es.—Arrival off Waianae of whal- telling speeches by His Ex. L. A. Thurs- ihildrru,
N Hodge, B M I Isiril, W F McKwan I hj sMi X.iv.
ing bark Abraham Barker with the crew ton, Hon. A. Young and Messrs. S. M. l>
U A McKay, Miss Marie Melville. Win II Nolan, 10l J
of the J. A. Howland, which went Kaaukai and J. F. Morgan.
C I'aine A A Pond, II ii House, Mrs Rous., Mis s.i..ie.r,
II Schullse. 1 l Slafler, J I) Spencer, R A Wils, n, Ira
ashore Dec. 26, 1889, on Johnson's
and 41 meerage and M In transh 6* th. t okmrex.
day of registration has Hishi.p,
31st—Last
1-ioin s.ui Francisco, per C D Bryant, Jan St A ,lr
crew
were
Island. The shipwrecked
various
precinct inspectors busy I.in and family, W I .ockingl. n, Kll WI cc and .1 others.
kept the
brought to port by the stmr. Kaala.
Ewa
attending to procrastinators.
urrAK I I Kls
13th.--Stmr. Yamashiro Maru de- Plantation Co. obtains a charter and or- For San Francis,,., per W ■ I .0.11r.y, Jan S—l F
parts for Japan.—Reform Clubs in all ganizes with .i capital of $500,000, with /uiuvall.
For San Francisco pel S S M.uipo-a. Jan 11--Mr and
the five wards of the city met in their power to increase to $2,000,000. C. M. Mrs
Paocuast, Mrs W s Baxter, Miss I Lowes, Mrs kobi
Cap) !'• i» Howard, k McKeniie, I C Hobday,
respective wards for the nomination of Cooke, president; E. D. Tenney, Secre- I'rawiord,
Mrs llrown, 11 C 01.1.-Adani-., ami I" M.i'i.ni'.
deleand
the
election
of
Representatives
tary; J. B. Atherton, treasurer.
For S.in Iramisio, per Austii. lia. I.in 17- Mrs \\ X
I Dobgates to the Central Convention. NomMcMillerand daughter, W T Shawywr, C Carson,
l,ius W W Allen, H W Wallace, I' II Kite, C W loole.
inations for Representatives are as folieul <■■ A Mcrriam,
Ii II I'arker, Admiral I. A Kiniherl-,,
I
Kl< Hunter, k 11 Moore, M Oreen, A Mass, M iss M
lows: First Ward, Cecil Brown; SecMarine
Kelley, I ieo Sham, II | AgIWW, wif., liililn ll and maid.
ond Ward, S. K. Kane; Third Ward, M.
Mrs John Good, 1* C fonc. .md wife, Mrs I h Sunt ll cand
A
A I Mayer. J Fitigirald, I G Onsler,
daughter,
Mor
A. Gonsalves; Fourth Ward, J. F.
Thompson, C C Braddl-h, Mn II Lulu and child, ( J
PORT OF HONOLULU.—JANUARY.
gan; Fifth Ward, W. C. Achi.
Lane, M Flating, T S.-U lie, G M Anderion, A Salgam.
For San Fran. is. o, per limine Wli Irwin, Jan 11) A
14th—The published quarterly exhibit
ARRIVALS.
Ilvi and wife.
of the lunance Office, shows a balance V USS Mohican, Coghlan, from Hilo.
For the Colonies, per k MS Alaim-da, Jan IS- l.en
Turner, J Marks, I) k Nnkols, M A H1... k and wit., I M
HUMS Champion, St. ("lair, from Ksijuimaull.
in the Treasury, Jan. 1, 1890, of $522,Lampson, Sodergren, 21 days from I lark, M Franks and wife, I Tudorand wile, R Fllwood,
Haw bk
--692.07.
S Marion, M J Hum-, J X I Mum My, and !I4 in liansil
San Francisco.
days from Yoko
For San Framisio, per I line S N I ast'e, lan'Jfi Mis.
stmr Yamshiro Maru, Young,
15th.—Nomination convention of the H J,ip
ha ma.
F: X Gascoiue, Mr t rone, kohl Peterson and Mr Wayland.
44 days from NewSanders,
Ross,
Arion
Hall
for
the
Fr«d
Am
trn
X
met
at
Reform Party
For Sail Fran, isco, per bk J l Pflugc-n, Jan '-':. -J Kuchs.
castle.
nomination of Nobles for the island of 10— Haw
S S Australia, Houdlette, 7 days from San FranCISCO.
BIRTHS.
Oahu, resulting in the choice of W. C.
Am S S Mariposa, I lay ward, days from Colowicv
Wilder, M. P. Robinson, W. O. Smith,
Am brig; W(. Irwin, McCulloch, HO days from San I.OWRKY-In this (il>, Januai \ l-'lti, to the wife of F.
Fran< m <>.
J. Ixiwrey, a son.
for six years; J. I. Dowsett, Sr., R.
Am bk Forest Queen, Winding, 15 days from San HARRISON -In thUcky, January I3ih, io die wife of
Francisco.
Lishman, R. J. Greene, for four years; S.
Fred. Jlarrison, a daughter.
Am bk Klikitat, Cutler. days from Port Townsend. NKWMAN-ln Honolulu, January MMli, to llir wife of K.
M. Kaaukai, E. S. Cunha and B. F.
Am hk Amelia, Newhall, 15 days from San Francisco.
(.
R. Newman, as ii.
(ier bk
N Wilcox, Rasch, 20 days from I'ort lownDillingham, for two years.
tend.
AUSTIN At Hilo, January 17th, to the wife of H. C
from
NewAndrew Welch, Marston, 44 days
Austin, a sun.
17th.—Death of Hon. Eldward Pres- 12 Hawbk
castle.
ton, Second Associate Justice of the 14—Am sh Merom, Glover, 82 days from Newcastle.
MARRIAGES.
bk H Hackfeld, Wohhnuih, 138 days from LiverSupreme Court, after but a brief illness; 16 tierpool.
BRKNHAM-DOWSI IT At St. Andiew's Cathedral,
Honolulu, January ltd, by tha Rev. Alexander Ma-,Court adjourns. —Departure of the Aus- 17 Am bk W H Dimond, Drew, 11 days from San Frankiiiio-*h, Robert B. Brwthani to Annlt Kahairalß Dowtralia with a goodly passenger list. The 18—Ucisco.
S S Niptic, Lyons, from Maui.
sett.
Am S Alameda, Morse, 7 days from San Francisco. JUKN-RAWSON- In Honolulu, January 23d, by the
W. H. Dimond makes a flying trip of 11 22Rev. H. H. I'arker, llrniy A. Jt.cn to Miry A sUwt»XL
Am v. h (Jueen, '.'nonage), 37 days from Samoa.
■
Francisco.
25 —Am bk C D Bryant, Jacobson, 15 days from San Fran TKRRY-RF.AMKR—In Honolulu, January 23d, at ihr
days from San
cisco.
rrsulfii.r of Mr. F. W. li.iiii.mi, by the Rev. W. D.
20th.—Konohi (Chinese New Year)
Am bktne John Smith, Ktistel, Ml days from Newcastle.
W«>*«rv*lt ■Milill t>>- tha Xlv, O Y. Lteonoo, W, s.
brigt (>eo H Douglass, JlrTiTT'Tr. 1H days from
28
Haw
Tetry to MUs Cassic A. Reamer
to the disturbance of many households.
San Francisco.
—Reform Party mass meeting at the
Am bk Hespcr, Ryder, from Newcastle.
DEATHS.
armory, well attended considering the
LYONS—In ibis city, Jan. !>, 1800, James Raymond, son
of Dan'l Lyons, aged 7 years 0 moulds.
contra attractions.
DEPARTURES.
WALL—At Dtskins, Grafton, fcov. *, LAW, C. F. Wall,
gunboat Champlain, Gaillard. for San Francisco.
21st-22nd—Heavy downpour of rain. 2—Fr
son ot Hon. CharlesWall, aged 14 y.-ars I month.
4—Am bk Amy Turner, Johnson, for Hoakonf>
Subsequent reports show this rain storm 6—Haw bk WB Godfrey, Daliel, for San Francisco.
HANSMAN-ln Honolulu, Jan. 12th, Chains G. Halt*
S Esprig'c, Clark, for Acapulco.
man, a native of Germany, and for many years a resident
to have been very severe in parts of 7 HII SBM
S Niiisic, Lyon, for lahaina.
of Hafriaburgfa Perm., afjan 4<i years.
Robt lowers, Penhallow, for San Fran o. DAVIS—In Honolulu, lan. 14th, Win. Lyman Davis,
Kauai, Lihue especially, damaging con- 10- Am Sschr
S Mariposa, Hay-ward, for San Prat* isi >>.
aged 70 years. (Michigan papers please copy )
siderable property and causing loss of IS11—Am
—lap S S Yamashiro Maru, Young, for Yokohama.
PRESTON-In Honolulu, Jan. 17th, Hon. Edward PresS S Australia, Houdlette, for San Francisco.
life.—Arrival of the Alameda from San 17—Haw
ton, Second Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court, aged
18—Am tern W S Bowne, Bluhni, for San Francisco via
58 years U months.
Mahukona.
Francisco, four days behind time on acbrig W G Irwin, McCulloch, for S in Francisco.
19—Am
SACHS—In
Now Y.rk City, lan. 10th, H. M. Sachs,
count of the mails.—A number of resiPuget
for
Sound.
Matilda,
Swinson,
father of N S, Sachs and MrS. A. M. Mcllis of HonoAm bk
Am S S Alameda, Morse, for the Colonies.
lulu, a>>ed 75 years.
dents returned by her.—Manager Dil- 23
Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, for San Francisco.
DIMOND—Ia San Francis* o, Cal., Jan. 15th. Nellie Gray,
lingham treats his through fellow pas- 46— Am
sch Queen, Thonagel, for Puget Sound.
beloved wife of W. H. Dimond, a«ed4s years.
Ger bk It PA u ger, Kruse, for San Francisco.
sengers to an excursion trip on the Oahu
Mi LKAN In Honolulu, Jan. 23d, Isabelle Heald, infant
Am trn F E Sanders, Ross, for Port Townsend.
Railroad to Ewa.
daughter of James L. and Jennie R. McLean.
29—Am bk Alden Best*, Howard, for San Francisco.
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�Volume 48, No. 2.]
HAWAIIAN BOARD.
HONOLULU H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Mission-., and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
Rev. 0. P. Emerson, - Editor.
The Supply Problem.
There are at present twelve parishes in
the group in pressing need of pastors. Six
of them arc on the island of Hawaii (four
in the Konas); three are on Maui, two on
Oahu and one on Kauai. For the supplying of these fields we have but seven pos
sible candidates; one is hut a licentiate,
and he is in polities; another holds a government office; two more have been on
the invalid list; one is hardly an available
candidate; another k an old man. Thus
but one is left who has already been asked to enter a vacant parish, but has declined doing so. It is barely possible that
three men could be secured for as many
pastorless fields leaving at least nine unprovided for. It is but fair to say that
these pastorless fields are under the super
vision of neighboring pastors, who occasionally visit them, and that two of them
are now being visited on the Sabbath by
theological students.
Thus at least seven parishes must be
left to suffer for the need of regular pas
toral care.
Now what is the prospect of a future
supply. There are twelve'students at present in the Seminary, none of whom ought
to graduate this year, and most all of
whom ought to remain from two to four
years more. Thus the outlook is serious
for the immediate supply of these pastorless churches. It appears yet more serious
when we consider the quality of the men
in course of preparation. Only a portion
of them speak English, or have had any
academic training. In these respects they
are mostly quite behind the average candidates ot to day for the bar.
In measuring candidates for the minis
try we would heed the warning which was
given the prophet, who, when choosing
from the sons of Jesse a leader for Israel
was bidden "Look not on his countenance, or on the hight of his stature." And
yet we think we have the spirit of the Lord
when we say that the men of the future
should mostly have a ready acquaintance
with English; they should be academically
trained, and should be so bred as to be
capable guides as to the right conduct of
life. In short the young men of the theological course should level up to our representative schools. There are excellent
schools in the land that are giving a better
form to Hawaiian life. Our public school
system is markedly helping on toward this
end. The native pastor of the future must
be a more trained man than he has been
in the past, and we think we see a prospect of his being such. We are hopeful
:
15
THE FRIEND.
that the new conditions under which we
are now working will invite him.
What are these new conditions ? First
we have a new set of buildings on our
Seminary grounds whose appointments
and hygienic advantages are far in advance
of those they have superseded. At last
the seminary has a large and airy social
hall where friends can be comfortably entertained. We give our congratulations
to the principal of the North Pacific Insti
tute for the present completeness of the
seminary buildings. We trust that they
may be only supplied with all necessary
furniture and with a picked class of
students Again, the prospect of at least
a sure support, frugal as it is, which is now
given the pastors of the churches relieves
the gloomy outlook which only lately, and
lor long years in the past, has been faced
by the native ministry. There is also that
prospect, very attractive to the intelligent
native, of a post graduate course of study
abroad which is being matured.
With these advantages lately come to us
we can contemplate the promise of the
coming days with a measure of hopefulness.
Those Reports.
At the last meeting of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association, the committee to
whom was referred the topic. "The Corrupt Practices which vitiate our Christian
life and their Cure," reported seven grave
evils: i. intoxicating drinks; 2. opium;
3. awa; 4. gambling; 5. violation of the
family relation; 6. the employment of
native kahunas; 7. idolatry. The whole
matter was referred to a second commit-
Hawaiian ministry and we hope the giving
of them is to mark an era of spiritual reform in ihe churches. Again, these reports show the extreme difficulty of the
work which our native brethren are called
on to do in their parishes. The enemies
to be contended with are legion. Corruption has ei.ttred the churches and is
deeply centered among them. There is
among them a great lack of spirituality.
There are churches where the forces of
corruption are rampant, and where there
is little vital piety. The action of this
sinfulness is often seen in the lives of deacons and of elders.
The most prevalent evil force the native
pastor has to contend with to-day is the
awa habit. It is yielded to by old and
young. It is in the church and out of it.
It is but one of the several forms of intemperance which is bringing death to the
nation. It is said that in some parts of
China every fourth man is a slave to the
opium habit. Doubtless there are regions
on the islands of which the same might
be said of the natives as regards the awa
habit. It is the traditional form of their
intemperance which has been revived in
late years to the exceeding detriment of
the race. There was a time once when
the farthers-temporal and spiritual, chiefs
and missionaries working together had
greatly restricted the iranc in this p.rincions herb, and made the use of it at least
among the church people, discreditable.
Now the times have changed. Awa is
drunk openly and its traffic is licensed. It
is no longer, as once was the case, bought
and sold under severe restrictions and as
a drug. It is easily procurable in most
every district, and to those who deal in it
it has come to be a profitable business.
The use of it is countenanced in high
places, and the poor natives have returned
to it as if forgetful of the better purposes
of the past. As one poor, blear-eyed,
skinney old woman put it the other day to
one of tfie theological students who had
visited her, "we are but creatures of time,
earthen any way, and we might as well
wallow the while in the mud." We do
not believe that our cultivated and thoughtful natives are tempted to any great extent
But as to the rest there
to use the drug.
is in the reports a fearful showing.
Along with the awa and next to it, or
equal with it in ruinous effect, come the
other intoxicants. Among the Chinese
opium is used quite extensively, and here
and there natives are falling victims to it.
Rut a far greater number of them are addict d to the use of some form of alcohol.
When awa is not convenient to be taken,
alcohol is. In country districts plantation
hands are very commonly addicted to this
vice.
And with all these forms of intemperance there necessarily comes gambling
and poverty, the defilement of the homelife and the destruction of the family rela-
"for further investigation and study"
in view of a future report. That committee prepared a circular soliciting information on jhe seven above mentioned points.
Information has come from the pastors
and from leading men in the different
parishes. The reports sent in arc in many
cases quite voluminous. Although the
time has not yet come for the committee
to make a statement, its chairman has
kindly consented that some things now be
said with regard to their reports.
In speaking of them we would note first
the fidelity of those who have made them.
The native pastors have spoken out with
much thoughtfulness and candor. The
right opportunity being afforded, they
have given in their testimony, and generally done it thoroughly and bravely.
There is in their papers little or no evidence of concealment. What has been
recorded came evidently in many cases
with soreness of heart These papers
show that the native pastors and many
leading laymen with them are mainly loyal
to the truth. Their sympathies, however,
wrought upon by traditional and family
ties, are with the forces which make for tion.
righteousness. They are working in their
And once again, those who thus give
way, and some very bravely, against these the reins to the appetites are apt to become
evils. These reports are a credit to the
tee
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page
uded
13.
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THE FRIEND.
16
Y. M. €. A.
TWBHONOLULU,
H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Ass.x ialioti, and the Board uf
Directors are raaponaibJt for its contents.
S. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
The period of holiday festivities is one
of peculiar strain upon virtue and selfcontrol and in many communities, but
especially so in this country where so
many nationalities with a low standard of
morals, and dissipated habits are brought
closely together in all the relations of life.
Any unusual excitement, like the political
strife over the coining election, carries
wide spread demoralization. In fact, any
thing that causes a relaxation of active
moral forces or takes men away from their
reach, must work great harm to this peculiar people among whom we labor. One
of our worst enemies and the most potent
for evil is strong drink, and until its use in
this fair land can be better controlled we
have little to hope for, in the permanent
uplift of this people.
The ignorant, the depraved, and the
heathen portions of this community must
be raised to a higher level or they will
sink still lower and drag many from the
higher classes with them. It is a matter
that deeply concerns all, and in which all
respectable citizens, especially the professed followers of the Saviour of men
should show a lively inteiest, and unite
with a firm heaven born purpose to drive
the monster-curse from our shores.
Items.
We miss the familiar faces of some of
our older members from their accustomed
places in our meetings. Some are detained at home by reason of sickness,
others have gone abroad to obtain renewed health and enjoy a well earned rest.
The return of these absent ones will give
us cheer and gladness.
Now that the holiday season, the special
meeting of the week of prayer, and most
of the election excitement are over we
shall try to have our lectures, blue ribbon
entertainments and monthly s icials without interruption. There will be a Temperance entertainment next Saturday even
ing, Feb. Bth. Everybody welcome.
The time tor the meeting of the Y. M.
C. A. Boys last month came in the midst
of the short vacation when so many were
away that the meeting was omitted. The
President, Mrs. B. F. Dillingham, returned
from the States by the last steamer, and
will be present at the next meeting which
occurs Thursday p.m., Feb. 6th. Let all
the members make a special effort to be
present.
One of our prominent citizens celel>rated
the second anniversary of his son's birthday, a few days since by sending his check
for one hundred dollars to the Treasurer
of our Y. M. C. A, Such a free will ex-
1890.
Thoughts for Workers.
pression of kindly interest in our efforts in
behalf ef young men is very encouraging
Every man to his work, in his own way,
as well as helpful. As the General Secreand
with bis own peculiar weapons.
officer
of
the
and
executive
Associatary
Help men to see that religion is not
tion, I desire publicly to tharik Mr. F. A.
Schaefer for the above donation to our reading the Bible, but living it; neither a
Sunday garment, but an every day posseswork.
sion of the soul.
Topics.
Blessed is the man who sees his duty
and sets out to perform it in Cod's
clearly,
The Sunday evening services in the Y.
and
with strength sufficient to do it.
sight
and
Hall
are
interest
growing in
M. C. A.
fellows, "the battle is the
Remember
are a means of help and encouragement to
We
must first overcome ourLord's."
number
of
men.
We
large
young
a
quite
selves
before
we
can hope to win others.
and
to
are glad to see many new faces
hear some new voices. Yet there is room Jesus Christ the great Captain of our salfor more, and a most cordial invitation is vation, will then give us our marching
extended to all young men, especially if orders.
Urge men to study the Bible and Christ.
strangers in the city, to come in with us
for three quarters of an hour every Sunday Ingersoll got skeptical Wallace to do this,
evening, commencing at 6:30 o'clock. and after six years of hard study and reThe topics for the.month will be as follows: search the latter said, "I am absolutely
Feb. 2 -A fine start but a poor finish. convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was not
1 Sam. 10:20-27; 28:15-18; Gal. 5:7.
only a Christ, and thethrist, but that he
Feb. 9- Beyond Compare. II Chron. was also my Christ, my S-iviour and my
Redeemer. That fact settled in my mind,
1:7 12; Pro*. 8:11; Mat 6:33.
Feb. 16—Come. Rev. 22:17.
I wrote 'Ben Hur.' "
Feb. 23—Needs all Supplied. Phil. 4: Brethren, the only thing that will incite
11-19; Ps. 23:1.
us to work is a burning passion to see the
cause of Christ triumphing in the world.
Gems of Truth.
We are either the "light of the world" or
causeth men to stumble.
There are those who live in this world the darkness that
of Christ ! The
power
O,
for
the
pray
end;
have
it
was
never
to
an
as though
which you will
holiness,
by
of
power
and for the next, as though it was never to
be able to show to the world an unimhave a beginning.
which is, after all, the
Beware of him who meets you with a peachable purity,
unanswerable
argument of Christfriendly mien, and in the midst of a cordial great
w. n. P. D.
ianity,
glance.
seeks
salutation
to avoid your
N.Y.
Schenectady,
Monthly,
Association
Let the church observe as much system
the
to
reach
its
methods
in
evangelistic
one house and the one person as the poliKnow Your Business.
tician does to reach the one vote.
Mr. Vanderbilt pays his cook $10,000
Intemperance cannot be cured by legislation or by sermons. The rumseller is a year, my boy, which is a great deal
the root of the evil, and until it is made a more than we get because he can cook,
crime to sell intoxicating beverages, intem- that is all. Presumably because he can
perance will continue to exist. Wendell
cook better than any other man in AmerPhillips.
Merit is never so conspicuous as when ica, that is all. If Monsieur Saucegravi
it springs from obscurity, just as the moon could cook tolerably well, and speak three
never looks so lustrous as when it emerges languages tolerably well, and keep bonks
from a cloud.
fairly, and sing, some, and understand
gardening pretty well, and could preach a
How to Achieve Success.
fair sort of sermon, and knew something
The President of the London Chamber about horses, and could telegraph a little,
of Commerce gives twelve maxims for the and could do light porter's work, and
above, which he says he has tried through could read proof tolerably well, and could
and
twenty-fire years of business experience: do plain house and sign painting,
2. Go straight could help on a threshing machine, and
i. Have a definite aim.
lor it. 3. Master all details. 4. Always knew enough law to practice in justices'
had
know more than you are expected to know. courts of Kickapoo township, and
once run for the Legislature, and knew
only
are
Remember
that
difficulties
5.
made to be overcome. 6. Treat failures how to weigh hay, he wouldn't get $10,he
as stepping-stones to further efforts. 7. -000 a year for it; he gets that because
Never put your hand out farther than you knows how to cook. It wouldn't make
can draw it back. 8. At times bold! al a cent's difference in his salary if he
ways prudent. 9. "Men say." What do thought the world was flat, and that it
they say? Let them say. 10. Make good went around its orbit on wheels. There's
use of other men's brains. 11. Listen nothing like knowing your business through,
well; answer cautiously; decide promptly. my boy, from withers to hock, whether
What's
12. Preserve by all means in your power you know anything else or not.
"a sound mind in a sound body."— Our the good of knowing everything ?— Robert
J. Burdette.
Work, Toledo, Ohio.
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THE FRIEND.
"The fact is, in my judgment, you canuntil you have been filled with the very spirit of eternity; you
cannot love your neighbor as yoursi If until
you love God with all your heart. All
your fire must come from the sun."
"I feel that to be true, Mr. Bell."
"It is true, my boy, and yet the 'Elsmere' party cannot or will not see it. They
do not know that whenever they attempted
to do good they were actually indebted for
their impulses to the Christ whom they
ignored. If I may say so, they had only
a church Christ; that is, an ecclesiastical
figure; a sort of ideal in porcelain; —the
true Christ, the child of eternity, the ineffable sufferer, the Soul that carried the
cross that the world might be saved, they
not work for time
never loved."
"No," said Curfew, "and even their
earnestness is tepid."
"Not even tepid," Mr. Bell quickly add
ed; in fact, it was hardly earnestness at all.
Largely it was self consciousness, a sort of
intellectual vanity, a very sensitive selfappreciation. The principal religious char
acters in 'Elsmere' balance themselves on
tiptoe, weigh things in Oxford scales, and
are wonderfully enamored of all things
German and unintelligible."
"I did not notice the German," said
Curfew.
"Not German words," said Mr. Bell,
"but German thoughts, German skepticisms, German indigestions." The German has a curious way of making the simplest things look grand and deep and mystical. His walking-stick is the stem of
creation. His pipe is the center of the
solar system. His consciousness is the
birth-sphere of God Fven sincerity itself
may get lost in the mazes of the German
language. The irritating part of the whole
business, if one cared to get irritated about
it, is that when England is taking up some
new German the. ry, Germany itself has
thrown it away as a mistake, and set up
another theory as an idol. England seems
to like the cast-off clothes of intellectual
Germany. All the 'Elsmere' squad are
dressed in German rags."— Curfewfessell.
Everybody knows that there is an irresistible turning toward a more natural and
free handling of the Bible than has ever
been the custom in the past. We have
kept the Book entirely too far away from
us; we have put inspiration into every dot
ofthe"i"and every crossing of the "t,"
and the trouble is we have not made it
half so human as it is; therefore we have
failed to receive half the power that is
lodged in it.' We are rapidly coming toward the simpler gospel in which we recognize that the central fact is the Lord
Jesus Christ himself, for whom all hearts
ought to have loving and obedient allegiance.—Dr. Behrends.
Selections.
The Puritan Spirit.
Elsmeriana.
The world itself will grow old and die.
The Puritan is he who looks f r the absolute final dominion of righteousness on 'The stars will burn down in their sockets
the tarth, without which society nevtrcan and expire. The sun, like a spark struck
be perfect, through which alone true wel- from an anvil, will flash and go out. The
winds utter their last whisper, and ocean
fare can be reached, in which the earth heave
its last groan, but you and I will
shall be illumined and mural y crowned;
jlive forever. Gigantic! Immortal! Mighty
who looks for this because he believes to s.ffer or to enjoy Mighty to love or
there is alwaws One at the head < f the hete. Mighty to soar or sulk. Then what
universe intentonthisai d suretofichieveit. will be to us the store, the shop, the office,
the world, the scorn of
A fourth element in the Puritan spirit the applause of
our enemies, the thing that lifted us up
must be added a profound sense of the in- and the things that pressed us down ?
visible woild as the intra rtal realm of What to John Wesley are all the mobs
of righteousness, and of the dignity of the that howled after him ? What to Voltaire
nature i-f man, who is constitutionally re- are all the nations tint applauded him?
now the dungeons that chilllated to that, and to the righteousness What to Paul
ed him ? What to Latimer now the flames
which is sovereign in it.
that consumed him? All those who through
Next let us observe, and with equal care, the grace of Christ reach that land will
None to dispute
some grave and palpable deficiencies in it. never be disturbed.
and
One of them, crtainly, is a want of inter- their throne, they shall reign forever
ever. Talmage.
est in things .-esthetic.
There is only'one thing that I have no
He, the Puritan, has not remembered
with which I can have no
that to some minds a relish for what is sympathy with,
which my whole being
fellowship,
against
lovely in fancy and in art is as native as revolts and that is moral insincerity; and
color to the violet, fragrance to the rose, so, when I find a man who is flippant in
or song to the bird; that God's own mind his speech and irreverent in his temper,
must eternally teem with beauty, since he and who is ready with a sneer and a laugh
lines with it the tiny sea shell and lints when sacred things are touched upon, or
in his conduct—l do
the fish and tones the hidden fibres of who is unprincipledsuch a man is an orthocare whether
not
trees, and flashes it on breast and crest of dox member of an evangelical church or
flying birds, and breaks the tumbling ava- a heretic, I will have nothing to do with
lanche into a myriad feathery crystals, and him. He does not belong to the Kingbuilds the skies in a splendor, rhythm, dom of God. When veracity is gone—l
which no thought can match.
mean not merely the veracity of speaking
Then there is the ascetic altitude of the the truth, but the veracity of being right,
Puritan spirit towards the ple.Mnt enjoy- —when veracity is gone, there is nothing
ments of life. Another defect is st.ll more left of the man that is worth saving.—Dr.
vital—thai toward the more delicate sensi- liehrends..
bilities of the soul, especially as they apSir Edwin Arnold's lecture upon Anpear in minds disturbed, unsettled and
cient
Judea, with its Brahmin philosophy
questioning, and in hearts reaching tenderor
for
there
awakened much interest
solace,
tin
stimulation
and
philosophers,
ly forth
is often a lack of affectionate sympathy in in Host.m. The eyes of the Poet Knight
There is even some- have-some times seemed too dazzled by
the Puritan spirit.
times a hard and oppressive intolerance the "Light of Asia" to appreciate the simtoward such.
ple sub'invty of the philosophy taught by
But if such ?re its deficiencies, which the carpenter's Son; but in his address at
we may not bide, let us not f-rget that it Cambridge he says,"I would not give one
has also certain magnificent qualities and verse of the Sermon on the Mount for a
superlative traits, which surely we ought, thousand Upanischade, but I d > love sunas well, to recognize. In time of great shine, and I am grateful to these old sages
trial, amid the tremendous emergencies of for the radiance of their teachings."— Union
Signal.
life, these are cettain to appear.
It has, for one thing, a masterful sinLet us cast all bitterness out of our
cerity. It is certainly to be said, too, that hearts; let us think well of each other, just
if the Puritan spirit is not naturally strong
the best
on the side of moral tenderness, it has a as well as we posibly can, giving
conduct,
of
each
other's
as
well
as
interpretations
and
shining
courage,
superb
and patience the
capacity for tremendous enthusiasm, and and then leaving to time
shall there be in
So
of
all
things.
for a self devotion conspicuous and com- healing
charity,
of
Christian
spirit
the
sweet
careless
us
And
it
is
comparatively
if
plete.
so shall
life
sunny;
mike
our
will
that
of pleasant things on earth, and is apt to and
wherever we
fear them as too dangerous allurements, it our hands minister blessing
listen with
has the clearest and sweetest vision of go, and men will come to
the speech
words,
our
because
things celestial, and draws from them eagerness to
have
it
the
music of
in
shall
lips
of
our
and
inspiration.
high
solace and strength
God.
R. S. Storrs, D. D.
!I
—
—
�THE FRIEND.
18
Simply to exist as a human being; to
Christianity from beginning to end is T B. CASTLE,
feel this vitality streaming and flashing supernatural. Christ is not the product
through one's frame; to have this power of of natural development, but of supernatuCOMMISSION MERCHANT,
thought and affection, these longings and ral enrichment of human history.— UniverOffice—Cartwright
Building. Merchant Street,
hopes and heavenly ideals, though it be in salis! Quarterly.
fel iy
Honolulu, H. I.
feebleness, obscurity and suffering—are
Wherever souls are being tried and rean inheritance not to be despised, but pened, in whatever common place and
gratefully owned and guarded J. M, homely ways—there God is hewing out Vj.
Manning, D. D.
the pillars for his temple.
WHOLESALE GROCER AND PROVISION
DEALER AND
Never take the last train when you can
Old Father Taylor, of Boston, used to
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
help it. Much trouble comes from wait- say that there were three kinds of poor,
Queen Street. Honolulu, H. 1.
ing till the last minute. There is always God's poor, the Devil's poor, and poor 42
Agent—San Jose Fruit Packing Co.: Pacific Bone Coal
Fertilizing
feb-y
and
Co.
near
a
coast, whether in devils.
danger in sailing
a ship, or in plans and morals: do not calThe wish of a dream is very different
culate to closely on poss bilities. Always from the will of a life. Nothing serves SHIPPING ft NAVY CONTRACTOR
leave a wide margin for c-isualties, if you but patient, continuous, persistent willing.
JOSETII TINKER,
can. Give room and time to spare.
Prayer is the pulse of the renewed Soul;
If you want to see a man who has plenty the constancey of its beats is the test and Faintly and Shipping Butcher,
of time to do anything and everything, and measure of the spritual life.
CI'IY MARKII, Nuuanu Street.
to do it promptly, just find the busiest
The brightest lightning comes from All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reasonman in New York City.
You have just the blackest clouds, and purest faith from able rates. Vegetables fresh every morning.
Telephone afo, both Companies.
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as many days to your week, and hours to the severest trials.
your day. Only yours are a howling mob,
He that seeks nothing bat the will of riEORGE LUCAS,
while his form an organized army, always
God shall always find what he seeks.
under marching orders.
He that hath light thoughts of sin never
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Make the most of thy rare hours ofclear
had great thoughts of God. Owen.
vision when God's Spirit visits thee. Now
Do not pray for crutches, but for wings.
obey Him ! Now break the evil habit !
MILL,
Now take the bold and solemn stand !
"Spread wide the skirts of thy mantle
Some men will come to the young peoESPLANADE, HONOLULU, H. I.
when the heavens rain gold."
ple and try to persuade them that purity Manufacturerofall kind* of Mouldings.llrackets,Window
After all, business must be a means, and and honesty and uprightness are a sign of Kraiin's, UliniU, Sa-hev Ittiors, and all kinds of Woodwork
Finish. Turnini:, Scroll and Hand Sawing. All kinds of
not an end. Character making should be weakness. Some man will take a
dramatic Pitting, Sawing, Morticing andTenanting. Orders promptly attended to, and work Guaranteed. Orders from the
that end. A merchant may have a very
janB7yr
fat balance and still be very lean himself. attitude, and he will talk to the young o:her Islands solicited.
I'd rather you had no cash account, and man, and he will say: "You must break
away from your mother's apron-strings; T D. LANE'S
yet be a fullrounded man.
So absolute was the authority of the you must get out of that Puritanical
Crown that the precious spark of liberty- straight jacket; it is time you were your
No. 130 Fort Street, near Hotel,
had been kindled and was preserved by own master; you are verdant; you are
Manufacturer of
the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect green; you are unsophisticated; come with
Stones, Tombs,
that the English owe the whole freedom ol" me. I'll show you the world, I'll show Monuments, Head Marble
work of every
I'ablets, Marble Mantles,
their Constitution. David Hume.
you life, come with me; you need to see DESCRIPTION MA UK TO OKDKR AT THE
]o\vc»t possible rates.
Neither in thy actions be sluggish, nor the world; it won't hurt you." Alter a Monuments and Headstotirs
Cleaned and Re-set.
I
"Well,
while
the
man
can't
young
says:
Orders from the olher islands Promptly attended to
in thy conversations without method, nor
odd,
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afford
be
can't
afford
I
to
to be pewandering in thy thoughts, nor let there
be in thy soul inward contention nor ex- culiar, I can't affurd to sacrifice all my
(.;. IRWIN & CO.,
ternal effusion, nor in life be so busy as to friends; I'll just go and see for myself." WM.
Farewell to innocence which once gone
have no leisure.
fort street, honolulu.
Nothing is more sad than to see a man never fully comes back. Do not be under
the
delusion
that
because
of
you
repent
Sugar Factors & Commission Agents,
like Solomon with divine aims drop into a sin
get rid forever of its consequences.
life of sensuous self-indulgence; he might I sayyoufarewell
Agents for the
to innocence, which gone
have been an eagle with eyrie on the never
comes
back.
fully
Talmage.
mountain-top; but he dwells in a sty among
Oceanic Steamship Comp'y.
swine.
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NOTT,
God is a center to the soul; and just as
in a circle, what is nearest to the center is
ANNUAL
subject to least motion, so the closer the TIN, COPPER AND .SHEET IRON
FOR 1800.
soul is to God, the less the movement and
Worker, Plumber, Gas Fitter, etc.
This publication, now in its sixteenth
agitation to which it is exposed.
hrfs proved itself a reliable handyear,
and
of all kinds, Pluiubers' Stock and
book of reference on matters Hawaiian;
Life is neither tragedy nor parce. Men StovesMetals,Ranges
House Furnishing Goods, Chandeliers.
conveying an accurate knowledge of the
are not all sneaks nor saints, knaves nor
commercial, agricultural, political and
Lamps, Etc.
heroes. Women are not all either angels
social progress of the islands.
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Kaahuinanu St.. Honolulu.
nor furies. Much can be made of most
Orders from abroad or from the other
islands attended to with promptness.
men and women. Life is full of opportu- TJEAVER SALOON,
Countries 60
—
—
'
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
MARBLE WORKS,
—
—
JOHN
nity.
H. J. NOLTE, Proprietor.
This is one of the cases where a stillhunt is the way to do the business. Let's TEMPERANCE
COFFEE HOUSE,
off with our red coats, which would only
Fort Street, Honolulu.
challenge the enemy's fire, and on with Best Quality of Cigars, Cigarettes, Totacco,
Smokers" Arour butternuts!
ticles, etc., always on handmayBe-
HAWAIIAN
Price—to Postal Union
cts. each, which can be remittee by Money
Order. Price to any part of these islands
50 cents each.
Hack numbers to 1875 can be had, ex-
1879 and 1882.
THOS. G. THRUM,
Publisher, Honolulu
cepting for the years
Ai.i.kess:
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THE FRIEND.
Volume 48.
"\ITM.
HONOLULU, H. 1.,
1890.
MANAGER'S NOTICE.
R. CASTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Merchant St., next to Post Office.
Trust money carefully
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invested.
pHARLES
JANUARY,
L. CARTER,
The Friend is devoted to the moral and
religious interests of Hawaii, and is published on the first of every month. It will
be sent post paid for one year on receipt of
$2.00.
Number 1.
riASTLE & COOKE,
HARDWARE,
Shipping and Commission Merchants
Islanders residing or traveling abroad
janBo
No. II Kaahumanu Street,
often refer to the welcome feeling n'ith
DEALERS IN
which The Friend is received: hence
T M. WHITNEY, M. D., D. D. S.
parties having friends, relatives, or acquaintances abroad, can find nothing more
DENTAL ROOMS ON EORT ST., welcome to send than The Friend, as
Office in Brewer's Block, corner Hotel and Fort Streets. a monthly remembrancer of their aloha,
janB7yr
Entrance, Hotel Street.
and furnish them at the same time with
the only record of moral and religious PLANTATION AGENTS,
fTiHOS. G. THRUM,
progress in the North Pacific Ocean.
LIFE, FIRE AND'MARINE
STATIONER, BOOKSELLER AND In this one claim only this font nal is entiINSURANCE AGENTS.
tled to the largest support possible by the
NEWS AGENT.
and
PhilanHonolulu, H. I.
friends of Seamen, Missionary
Publisher of the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. thropic work in the Pacific, for it occupies
a central position in a field that is attractDealer in Fine Stationery, Books, Music, Toys
and Fancy Goods.
ing the attention of the world more and Tj*< O. HALL & SON, (Limited)
HonoluluFort Street, near Hotel Street,
more every year.
Jul 88yr
The Monthly Record of Events, and
IMPORTERS AND DIALERS IN
A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Marine Journal, etc., gives The Friend
additional value to home and foreign
Dealers in
readers for handy reference.
Lumber, Building Materials and Neui subscriptions, change of address, or
HARDWARE
Coals.
notice of discontinuance of subscriptions or
advertisements must be sent to the Manager
LUMBER YARD—ROBINSON'S WHARF.
Honolulu, H. I.
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of The Friend, who will give the same AND GENARAL MERCHANDISE.
prompt attention. A simple return of the
IsaSjrsi
"D F. EHLERS & CO.,
paper without instruction, conveys no intelligible notice whatever of the senders inDRY GOODS IMPORTERS, tent.
n BREWER & CO., (Limited)
THOS. G. THRUM, Business Manager.
Attorney at
Law and
Notary
Public.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
t
....
SHIP CHANDLERY,
Fort Street, Honolulu.
star All the latest Novelties in Fancy Goods Received by
every Steamer.
THEO. H.
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DAVIES & CO.,
Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu
General § CommissionAgents
AGENTS FOR
Lloyds,
COMMISSION AGENTS,
Punahou Preparatory School,
Queen Street, Honolulu, H. I.
A. SCHAEFER & CO.,
IMPORTERS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
The faculty at Oahu College will b constituted as
follows:
Piof. W. C. Merritt, A.8., Vale College, PresidentMental and Mor.il Science.
Prof. A. B. Lyons, A.M., M.D., Williams' CollegeChemistry and Natural Sciences.
Key. A. I>. Bissell, A.U., Amherst College—lnstrumentaland Vocal Music.
Miss M. Ella Spooner, Mt. Holyoke Seminary—
Latin and English Literature. OberlinCollege—Greek,
Miss H. E. Cushman, A.8.,
Mathematicsand Rhetoric.
Mrs. L. D. Pinney— French, Mathematics and
English.
HS.
•
TREGLOAN,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
Merchant Tailor.
Gentlemen's
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC.
Eirst class stock
of goods
H. I.
Second Term Opens January 13. 1890.
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always on hand.
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GENERAL MERCANTILE
AND
HONOLULU,
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
Northern Assurance Company (Fire and Life.)
"Pioneer" Line Packets, Liverpool to Honolulu.
Liverpool Office, Nos. 41 and *n The Albany.
"H
OAHU COLLEGE
These re all successful teachers who have had experience in *their respective departments.
The faculty at the Punahou Preparatory School will
consist of the following well known successful teachers:
Miss M. Brewer—Principal—lst and 2d Grades.
Mrs. Storrs—3d and 4th Grades.
Miss E. B. Snow— jthand 6th Grades.
Miss Carrie Gilman—7th and Bth Grades.
The Boarding Department will be under the same
management as hereto'ore, and the Trustees are confident that it offers better privileges as a school home
than can be obtained elsewherefor lhe same money.
It is desired that early application should be made
for all intending to enter either school.
LIST OF OFFICERS :
P resident and Manage
Treasurer and Secretary
C. Jones Jt
Joseph O. Carter
W. F. Allen,
Auditor
DIRECTORS :
Hon. Chas. R. Bishop
n
S. C. Allen.
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H. Waterhouse,
E. WILLIAMS,
Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
Furniture Warerooms in New Fire-proof Building.
Nos.
in
Fort Street and 66 Hotel Streets.
Feather, Heir, Hay and Eureka
Mattresses and Pillows, and Spring Mattresses on hand arid
made to order. Pianos and Sewing Machines always on
hand and for sale or rent. Best Violin and Guitar Strings
and all kinds of Musical Instruments for sale as cheap as
the cheapest.
Agency Detroit Safe Co.
�THE FRIEND.
co.,
■nisHOP &
TTOLLISTER & CO.,
(Limited.)
BANKERS,
HawaiianIslands.
Honolulu,
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
IMPORTERS,
Draws Exchange on
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their Agents in
Paris,
N*w York,
Boston.
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London, Frankfort-on-
Steamer "NINACI,"
Weekly Trips for Hilo and Way Ports.
WHOLESALE ft RETAIL DEALERS IN
the-Main.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, London.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Sydney.
The Banking of New Zealand, Aucklandand its
Branches in Chrislchurch, Dunedin and Wellington.
The Bank of British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
The Azores and Madeira Islands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Bank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
Drugs, Chemicals,
Transact a General Banking Business.
AND
Steamer LIKELINE,"
Steamer "HAWAII,"
Weekly trips to Hamak.ua, Hawaii.
WeeklyTrips for Circuit of
Commander
Molokai and Lahaina.
" KILAUEA
HOC/,"
AND
Steamer "LEHUAf
For Ports on Hamakua Coa>t.
W. C. WILDER, President.
Ginger Ale and Aerated Waters.
NO. 109 FORT STREET,
SUCCESSORS TO
Samuel Nott.
IM PO RTE RS
,
Kurt Street, Honolulu.
HARDWARE,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
House Furnishing Goods,
Silver Plated Ware,
Cutlery, Chandeliers,
S. B. ROSE, Secretary
[ijanB7>T]
HARDWARE CO.,
and
Steamer
MANUFACTURERS of
Hawaiian Islands.
& Co.
"
McGREGOR
TOILET ARTICLES;
Draw Exchange on the principal parts of the world, and
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transact a General Banking Business.
Dillingham
Commander
NYE
Steamer MONOLII,"
BANKERS,
PACIFIC
Commander
Weekly Trips for Kahului and Hana.
riLAUS SPRECKELS & CO.,
-
"
DAVIES
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Honolulu,
Commander
LORENZEN
Honolulu, H. I.
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TJ
E. McINTYRE & BROS.
p ERMANIA
GEO. M. RAUPP,
- - - Proprietor.
Beef, Mutton, Veal, Fresh Sausages,
Pork, etc., constantly on hand.
Shipping Supplied on Short Notice.
Fort Street, near corner of Hotel. Telephone No.
104.
riHR. GERTZ,
Importers and Dealers in
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FEED.
East corner of Fort and King Streets.
MARKET,
IMPORTER
AND DEALER IN
GENT'S, LADIES' & CHILDREN'S
BOOTS, SHOES & SLIPPERS,
No. 80 Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I.
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, VarriHAS. J. FISHEL,
Packet from the Eastern
nishes,
States and Europe.
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets, Honolulu,
IMi'OKTKR AND DEALER IN
Kerosene Oil of the best Qz:ality. FRESH CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
LAMPS,
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BjF Every Steamer.
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1 L. SMITH,
nHARLES HUSTACE,
Importer and Dealer in
LAVA SPECIMENS, PLATED WARE,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
King's combination Spectacles, Glassware, Sewing Ma
chines, Picture Frames. Vases, Brackets, etc., etc. Terms
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Strictly Cash. 8j Fort Street, Honolulu.
No. 113 Kinc Street, (Way's Block),
Honolulu.
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T EWERS & COOKE,
TJENRY
Dealers in
NO.
Lumber and Building Material.
Office—%7 Fort St. Yard—cor. King and Merchant Sts.
Robert Lkwkks,
Chas. M. Tookk.
F. J. Lowkev,
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TT HACKFELD & CO.,
Commission Merchatits,
Corner Queen and Fori Streets,
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THE
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Millinery and Gent's
Furnishing Goods.
-
Honolulu.
ELITE ICE CREAM PARLORS
No. 85 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. 1.
Delicious Ice Creams, Cakesand Candies.
tST Families, Balls and Weddings Siti-lied. fa
HART ft CO.
.1189
MAY ft CO.,
T. WATERHOUSE,
T
•v
•
ENGLISH & AMERICAN MERCHANDISE,
CROCKERY & HARDWARE.
Queen Street, Honolulu.
janfo
TTONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.,
98 FORT STREET HONOLULU,
TEA DEALERS,
Importer of
MANUFACTURERS OF
MACERATION TWO-ROLL MILLS,
With Patent Automatic Feed.
Coffee Roasters and
and Tripple Effects, Vacuum Pans and Cleaning
PROVISION MERCHANTS. Double
Hans, Meam and Water Pipes, Brass and Iron Fittings of
vessel
United
all
descriptions, etc.
New Goods received by every
from the
Statesand Europe.. California Produce received by every
an87 yr
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
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Steamer.
BAGGAGE EXPRESS
THE
SANDERS'
(M. N. Sanders, Proprietor.)
You will always find on your arrival
POPULAR MILLINERY
HOUSE.
104 Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I.
Proprietor.
Ready to Deliver Freightand Bag- N. S. SACHS,
Direct Importer of
gage of Every Description
With Promptness and Despatch.
Office, 81 King Street.
Both Telephones, No. 86.
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Resideuce 118 Nuuanu Street.
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
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�Volume 48.
HONOLULU, H. 1.,
The Friend is published the first day of eat h nionlh, a 1
Honolulu, H L SuVcription rate Tun DoLLAJU m
VKAR INVARIAHI.V
IN AHV,\MK,
All communications and letters connected with t'te literary
for Redepaitnwal ol tin- paper, Hook-, ami
view ami Km hinges should be addressed *'Kl\. S. K.
BisHor, Honolulu, H. 1."
BunneM letters should be addre sed "T. (1. Turn M,
Honolulu, H. 1.
S. E. BISHOP,
Editor
CONTENTS.
I'Ai.K
Kelrospect and Ouilook
Christina* Festivities
I he- Anu iii .hi < ivil Sahliath
Tbt New Zeahnder Abroad
The Lily Among Thorn*
Sunday Train*
Thrum's Annual
JapaneM Scientific Teachers in China
kaine lamella School
Mont hi) Record of Event*
Marine Journal, etc
Hawaiian Board
Y. \l. ('. A...
At rrand Star Theory and Selection*
1
1
*2-.'l
*
8
4
B
S
•>
W(J
7
I
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Retrospect and Outlook.
\\'i cordially greet our readers and pathe Fkilnu enters w th them
upon a New Year, and (or itself, upon its
Forty eighth volume. The new figures
i <Sqo, remind us of the serious fact that
we are also entering upon the last decade
of this portentous and magnificent Nineteenth Century, which, with all its sorrows,
and wars, and cruelties, has yet been an
almost epochal century in earth's sad, but
hopeful history—the century of dawning
and spreading light, of growing liberty, of
ruptured bonds, of uprising Humanity, of
enlightened recognition and wide proclamation of Christ the King of Light,
Liberty, Peace, Righteousness.
But ten years hence will be the time fur
retrospect of this wonderful century. Now,
we recall what the past decade has witnessed. Here in Hawaii, in brief, during
these ten years, our material development
has been immense. Population has in
creased forty per cent., mainly by immigration, our large Japanese element being
wholly new. Our exports of sugar, rice,
bananas, etc., have increased fivefold.
Our schooners have given place to a large
fleet of steamers. In Honolulu have grown
long blocks of stately warehouses, thick
webs of telephone lines, electric lights, and
many hundreds of acres of beautiful home
lots, with attractive residences. Kawaiahao Seminary and Oahu College rebuilt
and enlarged, Kamehameha Schools
erected. Some twenty miles of graded
trons as
JANUARY,
and macadamized streets in the city and
twice that amount of good carriage roads
in the outer districts of the island. G rresponding improvement has been seen
throughout the group during the past decade, notably in the creation of the Kaliului and Mahukona Railways, as well as in
the just completed and finely equipped
Oahu Railway.
In political affairs, we have taken a long
step forward, never to be retraced, out of
arbitrary personal government, to the government of the people.
Our National
Independence is becoming more completely assured. Our Financial Credit is
rising into the high place of honor.
In social and public morals, we believe
that we have made progress, and certainly
have not gone backward. Is not Honolulu, are not these Islands, better places,
wherein to train a family of children in
purity, in integrity, in efficient activity,
than they were ten years ago? Assuredly
we believe they are, and thank God that
it is so.
In Religion, in religious activity, in religious work, have we not also made
marked progress ? Witness our Y. M. C.
A. building and the various lines of work
that center around it and our churches,
which have grown up during the past
decade. May we not thankfully believe
that during this time there has been a
large and happy personal growth, and elevation of the average standard of Christian
charity, patience, hope and consecration?
And now, as these Nineties of the old
Century are upon us, Christian brothers,
let us reach forth to higher and better
things beyond. Material and Political
Development seems likely to continue.
Another ten years may witness even wore
progress than the last. But of some nobler
things than these we are called to make
sure. Shall we not in faithful work, in
earnest communion with our Lord, in
patient self control, grow wiser, stronger,
purer, as these years pass over us, and the
Twentieth Century hastens on. Many of us
will not stay to witness it. But all who love
the Lord, shall come with Him at His grand
appearing. May our record of kindness
wrought, of life wi.rds spoken, of Christ
lived in our lives, be such, that we shall
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all rejoice unspeakably in the coming m
Him who appreciates and honors even the
poorest service done for His sake.
Christmas Festivities.
The spirit of good will and good cheer
which Christmas inspires has never been
more manifest in Honolulu than dnrini,
the week before and after the sacred Natal
day.
On Sunday morning the 22d, a Chil
dren's Christmas service was held in the
Central Union Church by the 350 Sund. y
scholars, with Christmas cantata, son.;--,
recitations, responsive exercises and ad
dresses, the infant classes taking their
part. The church, of course, was charmingly decorated with flowers. Christmas
Praise Service was held in the evening.
On Tuesday evening, a large company
of the children of the Sunday and day
schools connected with the Chinese church
met at their church and received presents.
Many friends and contributors attended.
On Thursday evening, Santa Ciaus appeared personally in great force in the
Central Union Church, mounting a huge
chimney and popping out of the fire place.
He must have had a railroad train to
transport all the gifts he distributed witii
merry speechts, amid the uproar of the
delighted children.
The most interesting entertainment Wl 8
said to have been at the Japanese Lyceum, on Friday evening. Tfne Japanese
are experts in such things. Their Sanl.t
Claus was equipped with palm-leaf winf;-,
and darted around with preternatural agility. We personally acknowledge a kirni
nemento from our dear Mrs. Taro And ■>,
received by the hands of Santa Claus.
The last festival of the kind was held si
the Armory on Saturday eve, the 28th, for
the children and youth of the Portuguese
Sunday school—reported to have been a
very satisfactory and delightful occasion.
A letter to the Gazette of December
from Lihuc, Kauai, reports a pleasant
entertainment to 123 Japanese, at the
residence of Hon. W. H. Rice. After the
repast, they inspected the parlors, and
were wonder-struck at the piano and its
musical capabilities. Rev. Mr. Hasawara
addressed them, "in eloquent words bcseeking them to turn to God, to abjure
their false religion, and to walk in the right
path." A collection was then taken up,
either to send to the Japanese associatio 1
in Honolulu, or to be the foundation of a
21 st
similar association on Kauai.
�THE FRIEND.
2
The American Civil Sabbath.
An Add res. at Lo. Angeles, Cal., m Hazard's Pavilion. by
Rev. Wilbur F. Cralts, r'ield Secretary of the AsSeneSn
Sabbath I'nion,
Coming westward I instructed myself
as to the comparative size ol Fastern and
Western States by cutting up a railroad
map. I found that to cover California required ten Atlantic States, —all of New
England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
As the people of
California, like other Western people, are
so manifestly deficient in local pride, 1
suggest that this deficiency tie corrected
in the next generation by setting the children at this map exercise, feeding the little
States of the Atlantic shore to this sea
monster of the Pacific.
Surely this State will have no lack of
wealth. But it will not rise by booms. It
is about as safe to rise by bombs. It is
dangerous to have either of these in your
hands when they "go off." Raising corner
lots is not your best crop. Your soil is
rich, not only in precious metals, but in
the gold of your peaches, your oranges,
your wheat; in the silver of your buckwheat
and your olive-trees; in the greenbacks of
your corn and vines. An Easterner is in
danger of mistaking your strawberries for
red apples, your peaches fcr cantaloupes,
and your fields of pumpkins for a meteoric
showei of fallen planets. (Laughter and
applause.)
But extensive territory, numerons population, and immense wealth do not make
a State great, only big, like Russia. Char
acter is essential to greatness in States as
well as in individuals California will never
be one of the three greatest States, in the
true sense of the word, until she is one of
the three best. (Applause. ) She must
learn to yield not only gold, and grapes,
and grain, but also, with equal abundance,
honesty, morality, and charity; and these
can no more be produced without the
Sabbath than your fruits without water.
California is the only one of our States
without a civil Sabbath. Not New Jersey,
but California is the foreign land. The
only other spot in the civilized world without a Sunday law is France. If you would
not be a " Frenchy" but an American
commonwealth, and would draw for permanent residents the best American families, you must cast out the French Sunday
and foster
THE. AMFRICAN SABBATH.
The American Sabbath Union, which I
represent, stands for this American Sabbath, —the golden mean between the Puritan Sabbath on the one extreme and the
Continental Sunday on the other. The
American Sabbath Union is a union of
true Americans of all sections to sentinel
the American Sabbath. By "true Americans" I mean Americans in spirit. There
are real German-Americans, real IrishAmericans. In this sense the Irish immigrant, who said he had concluded to
take America for his native land, could
have done so. On the other hand, some
who were born Americans have apostatized
by adopting the foreign saloon and its
Siamese twin, the foreign holiday Sunday.
Apart from all religious considerations,
the true patriot should reject the Continental Sunday as the "holiday of despotism." So Hallam, the great philosopher
of history, calls it, bidding us note that
the despots of Europe have studiously cultivated a love of Sunday pastimes to keep
the people quiet under political distresses;
that is, the holiday Sunday, which is offered to us by Continentals as the very insignia ot " personal liberty," is rather its
substitute, the tinsel bauble which shrewd
monarchs have given to the adult infants
of the Continent in place of the ballot of
freemen. There is no instance of a stable,
long-continued popular government where
the people have kept themselves in perpetual infancy by devoting their G< d-given
Rest Day to Sunday dissipation and its
twin, Sunday toil. Who would be surprised
to hear to-morrow that France, of the holiday Sunday, had thrown away her republicanism as a spoiled child throws away a
toy? The only ism a man needs to make
him defend the American Sabbath is patriotism. Those who make the most franticprotest against any change in the American Constitution are foremost in efforts to
overthrow this chitf American institution.
American institutions are the very roots of
the American Constitution, and the American Sabbath is the very tap-root of them
all, supplying the people with the physical,
mental, and moral vitality necessary to
self-government. (Applause.)
No paper that seeks to uproot the American Sabbath has a right to put the word
"American" in its name.
[January, 1890.
:
put up in his melon patch this sign
"Boys, do not touch these melons, for
they are green and Cod sees you." The
church exhorts men against Sunday work
and Sunday dissipation because God sees
and will-punish; but the State forbids these
things only because they are unhealthy to
the body politic, as will as to the individual, physically, mentally, morally, and politically. A college president, having discovered two sophomores hazing, called
them into his presence while his wrath was
warm, and said: "Gentlemen, such conduct is displeasing to (iod, and whafs
more I won't stand it" The church says
of Sabbath desecration Such conduct is
displeasing to God; but the state says of
Sunday work : What is more to us, charged
to protect, not divine but human rights,
we won't stand it, —the perpetual treadmill
of toil, labor witho it leisure. (Applause.)
:
'The theory that the present "SundayRest Movement" is only a scheme to unite
cherch and state encounters the difficulty
that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Knights of Labor, in their
intt rnational conventions of 1888, approved it; but this difficulty is summarily disposed of by our opponents with the histerical statement that these bodies only indorsed our petition because "I pleaded
with them." The fact is that I began my
first address to a labor organization, the
Central Labor Union of New York city, byreading the action against Sunday work
which the Buffalo Labor Union had taken
on its own motion; and so my key-note at
the Brotherhood Convention was the bitter
cry of four hundred and fifty engineers of
the Vunderbilt roads for a Sabbath of rest,
written by themselves years before I undertook Sibbath reform; in fact, that flamSunday laws are not "religious legisla- ing appeal was the torch at which I lighted
tion" because they come from the Biblr the rid lantern 1 have since been swinging
any more than the laws against adultery, in froi tof Sunday trains. (Applause )
which are as distinctly a part of Biblical
SABBATH LAWS ARE CONSISTENT WITH
morality, in distinction from heathen moLIBERTY.
Both
Bible
and
the
rality as Sabbath laws.
codes of the most advanced governments
When Cambyses invaded Egypt, knowforbid murder, theft, adultery, false witness, ing that they worshiped cats, he had each
and Sabbath work. Religion renders to soldier in the front rank of his army take
God the things that are God's by forbid- in his left hand, in the place of a shield, a
ding these things chiefly as s'ns against sacred cat. The Egyptians dared not strike
God; Government renders to Cresar the lest they should kill a god, and so the inthings that are Cssar's by forbidding them vaders conquered them without a blow.
The first part of that history is repeating
as crimes against man.
Put, then, into the religious Sabbath as itse'f in our land. (Cod forbid, patriots
its water-mark the word "sin," relating to forbid, that the last part of it should be rewrongs done to God, and into the ci\il peated.) We are being invaded by an
Sabbath as its water-mark theword "crime," army if Continentals who desire to break
down our institutions in the interests of
referring to wrongs done to man.
There are many who believe that the their Lsis, and who march in upon us with
State is accountable to God, as well as the our sacred word "liberty" as their shield.
It is :r picture worthy of a comic alindividual, and should forbid itself to sin,
and may therefore forbid Sabbath-breaking manac, these unwashed refugees from deson higher grounds than the wrong it brings potism, who never saw liberty in their lives,
to man, but there are grounds enough thai and w uldn't know it if they saw it, offerare purely human to justify him who holds ing themselves as teachers of liberty to
the most secular theory of government in Ainerit .ins. As usual, in such cases, we
..sk thru- professors of liberty, "Where
defending the civil Sabbath.
did you grad'iate? Who was your teacher?"
A homely illustration or two will make They answer, "Bismarck." (Laughter and
this point clear. A shrewd lowa farmer applause.) Now we understand what they
�mean by "personal liberty," the liberty of
Bismarck, the liberty of that one person to
do what he likes, reg irdless of the rights of
all below him. The reversed "Bismarcks"
who come to this country believe, each of
them, in the "personal liberty" of one person to do what he likes, regardless of the
rights of all above him. We do not believe in any such "personal liberty" but in
popular liberty, the liberty of the whole
people, and the liberty of the person only
so far as it is consistent with the liberties
of the populace. (Applause.)
In many places it Iris happened that the
barbers have circulated among themselves
a signed agreement for Sunday closing,
knowing that Sunday w.irk, like swearing,
is serving Satarr witlio t pay; that the same
profit is made by the barbers of a town or
city when they work six days as when they
work seven. One barb r ref ises to sign,
and so all the others think they must keep
u|> their Sunday work, list some shiftless
customer, on a cold or rainy Saturday,
may not come to his usual barber, because
he knows that an..ther will be open on the
morrow. So the liberty of one man or a
few becomes the Sunday slavery t fa
whole trade. In such a case law comes
in, and, by "Sunday closing" of all the
barber shops, proclaims what all sensible
barbers will do, and the one foolish barber must do, for his own good and the
good of others. (Applause).
It is sometimes said by opponents of
Sabbath laws that "government has no
right to dictate how a man shall spend the
day." But at quarantine g .vemment
proves its right to dictate how a man shall
spend a fortnight, when the general good
requires it.
Sabbath laws are consistent with liberty,
in part, because they are health laws; in
part, a's i, because tiny are laws for the
prevention of crime. In Ireland, partial
"Sunday closing" of saloons cut down the
Sunday arrests fifty one per cent. In
Scotland, more complete "Sunday closing"
cut down the Sund ty arrests seven eighths,
and the total consumption of liquors onefourth, proving Sunday (losing one-fiUrtti
prohibition, a q lartcr loaf of unpoisoned
bread which prohib tioii sts should j in
with less radical men in giving to communities not yet ready for complete prohibi
tion, as an appetizing sample. When saloons were open on Sunday in Cincinnati,
I am told, the city prosecutor said that
one-third of all the crimes of that citywere Sunday crimes. When its saloons
are closed on Sunday, even "Muriatic
Halstead" admits that on that day the
police have almost nothing to do. (Applause). Sabbath laws are therefore con
sistent with liberty in the same way as
other less t ffective laws for the prevention
of crime.
These are our answers to the "Personal Liberty Leagues," and to those who
are victims of their sophistries.
They agree with
THE FRIEND.
natural right to rest one day in seven. It
is only in the exigencies of debate that
they argue that a man should work seven
days for a weeVs wages. We go a step
farther, and hold that in this age of corporations and of competition, employees
cannot be secure in the enjoyment of this
natural right to a day of rest unless the
state protects it. Louisiana for many
years had ever increasing Sunday dissipa
tion and Sunday, toil because there was no
Sabbath law, as the Seventh-day people
desire should be the case everywhere. In
1886 the people of Louisiana gave up the
Seventh day Adventist plan of the lawless
Sunday, which have been weighed and
found wanting. Let California do likewise. (Applause).
'The Sabb .tic Eden of the workingmen
can only be pr tected by the angel of law,
as one has said, standing at the gate with
flaming sword, to keep back the spoiler.
The state has nothing to do with the
arguments for and against "the change of
day,"—only with the wish of the majority,
harmonized to the rights of the minority.
But I may turn aside to say that in the
Fourth Commandment, to which both
parties appeal, there is no seventh day of
the week, but only a seventh day after six
of work. 'This is a great constitutional
provision. The Saturday Sabbath of the
Jews and the Lord's day Sabbath of Christians are only by-laws. The Fourth Commandment can be obeyed by keeping
either day, but society cannot wisely encourage or protect more than one of them.
TheNew Zealander Abroad.—In England,
America, Scotland, Madeira, Capetown, and the Sandwich Islands, being
notes of a six months holiday tour around
By William M~'Hutcheson.
the world.
Glasgow: James Hamilton, 182 Irongate,
1888. pp. 302.
This book comes to us from the author,
through the kindness of Mr. Francis
Sinclair. The writer spent a fortnight in
July, 1886, with relatives at Makaweli,
Kauai. Seventy two pages are devoted
to these Islands. The whole consists of a
series of letters, originally addressed to
the Otago Witness. The writer is unusually
His descriptions of
animated and spicy
scenery are good. We commend him to
the excerptive industry of the Paradise of
the Pacific. He is very fairly accurate as
to what he saw. Perhaps his fancy gets
the better of him in reporting things more
remote, as in the follwing bit of history;
"His (Kamehameha I.) sagacious mind per
welding the many into
one united whole, and forthwith he set himself
to the task of persuading his fellow chiefs and
countrymen into his way of thinking. It was a
big contract, however, to take up, for in addition
to political difficulties, there were several hundred
miles of waterway to bridge over with war canoes.
But having once grasped the situation, he determined to do the job thoroughly. Beginning at
one end of the archipelago, he clubbed and ate his
way steadily onward from cmc island toanother, not
hurriedly and spasmodically like an ordinary savage, but calmly and evenly, as became a great
monarch with a settled purpose and an unimpaired
us that man has a digestion. Kamehameha had no field artillery
wired the advantage of
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but a club and no camp 'fixrns' but a gridiron;
he had no commissariat whatsoever, and so long as
any enemies remained ahead, he required none.
It was the cheapest and best managed campaign
on record, ami the olher Napoleon, he of St.
Helena, repented in sackloth and ashes that he
had not journeyed to Moscow in the same simple
fashion."
Very good indeed —as a burlesque. As
to the fact, the Hawaiians were" quite as
far from being cannibals as Scotchmen
ever were. Besides, Kamehameha owed
his success to his musketry, and to sbme
small artillery served by his chief aide,
John Young. There is some more about
Kamehameha in the same lively and inaccurate strain. The writer describes Mr.
Cruzan's preaching, a session of the Legislature, the Chinese quarter, a Fourth of
July, Mr. Gibson's career, a cattle drive,
and various other notabilities and marvels.
If he has presented the other countries he
visited with equal liveliness and accurary
his book is of real value. Very nice precision cannot be expected from the hasty
observations of hurrying 'globe-trotters.'
The
Lily Among
Thorns.
A study
of the Biblical Drama entitled the Seng of
Songs. By William Elliot Griffis, D.D.,
Pastor of Shawmu Cong. Church, Boston.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890, pp. x, 274.
'The dreamy age of allegorical exposition
of "Solomon's Song" seems to be passing
away. Dr. Griffis happily discards all that
mass of confused and contradictory nonsense, and following the lead of Ginsburg
of England and Delitzsch of Germany,
with a wide outlook among recent Hebraists
and Bible Critics, has adopted the plain,
common sense interpretation of this noble
drama as a glorification of faithful wedded
love standing firm against worldly blandishments.
The lovely virgin Shulamite abides faithful and true to her "beloved" shepherd.
She steadfastly resists all the seductions of
the licentious Solomon, into whose harem
she has been borne, and whose queens
and concubines lend their aid to captivate
her. Surely, next to loyalty to our Lord,
no nobler or holier lesson can be taught to
God's people than that of wedded fidelity,
and the pure, intrepid, unfaltering love of
wife and husband, and no lesson more
worthy of a place in the sacred Scriptures.
We thank the modern expositors who have
uncovered and disclosed to us this noble
Bible lesson of which an army of deluded
allegor sts from Origen to Matthew Henry
had defrauded the church. We especially
thank Dr. Griffis for presenting the lesson
in a handy popular form, snd so attractively.
Some two years ago we had the pleasure
of noticing Dr. Griffis' biography of
Comm. Matthew Galbraith Perry.
The display of Christmas goods in the
and the crowd
of buyers unprecedented, and increasing
up to the last moment. The evidence is,
that in numberless homes of comfort, the
children were made glad and we have reason to know that in less prosperous homes,
kind hearts made the poorer ones happy.
stores has been enormous,
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January,1890
THE FRIEND.
Sunday Trains.
No one has more heartily welcomed
the opening of the Oahu Railway than
the Friend. Like all new and active
ivements, it brings new conditions
with itself and opens new questions,
affecting social and other conditions.
Prominent among these, is the relation
of Railway work to the Sabbath. Is
there to be Sunday rest for the tired
employees, or is their toil to be ceaseless, and their watch unbroken ? Are
our Sundays to be quiet, or are they to
have added disturbance from crowded
excursion trains going and coming ?
Many, perhaps a majority of the directors
1 the Oahu Railway are Christian men
and we believe, desire to do what is
right in this matter. Have they acted thus
far under sufficient light, or in accord.
:.:ice with it ?
One of our worthy daily
journals jauntily settles the question to
its own satisfaction by talking of "adwinced Christianity," commending to
our example the Continental style of
Sunday, and advising us to look hack
no more to the "Puritan Sabbath."
We stick somewhat at the "Continental" Sunday. A friend tells us how
he went to church with some friends in
Germany in the morning, and was invited to accompany them to a horserace Sunday afternoon ! We don't seem
to feel quite "educated up" yet to the
Continental way of doing things.
Apropos of Continental ideas, however, we clip the following from the
Chicago Interior :
The Examiner has had an interesting talk with
Mr. John U. Trevor, who recently spent a month
in Paris.
He attended a meeting of the railroad officials
of every important line in Europe. Among other
topics discussed was that of Sunday excursion
trains, and the testimony was unanimous against
their being continued. The chief ground of this
testimony anil vote was that these trains were
demoralizing, and robbed worthy employees of
their Sunday rest. Mr. Trevor was surprised and
delighted to see the unanimity of this conviction
in so intelligent and influential a meeting of
practical railroad managers. Another thing.
The habit is very wide in Paris for shop girls to
deliver new dresses on Sunday. Hut when a
Christian woman refused to receive a dress
brought on that day, the bearer of it expressed
her pleasure, and wished that the habit of declining to receive new dresses on Sunday might become universal, for the reason, as she said, that
dressmakers could hardly be said now to have
any Sunday rest at all. It would be well for
those people who are ambirious to see the
European continental Sunday in the United
States to give these facts a place in their thoughts.
Would it not be worth the while of the
directors of the Oahu Railway to avail
themselves of the experience of the Con-
tinental railway managers, at least so far
as to inquire if the reported information
of Mr. 'Trevor is correctly given. It must
be admitted that an indispensable element
in the successful conduct of any business
is a sound physical and moral condition
in its employees. Will not this running
of Sunday trains on our Honolulu railway
be found too "demoralizing" to the minds,
and too damaging to the bodies of its
employees, for the best success of the
business they carry on ? This is looking
at the subject merely from a business,
money-making point of view.
We are not trying to settle any principles as to the Sunday question. Able
writers have enlightened the public (or
darkened their minds) abundantly.
We
only venture to make a few suggestions.
We want just to say something about the
"Puritan Sabbath," which was undoubtedly very rigid in some of its observances,
although less so than the Scotch Sabbath(We take it that our readers are none of
them so absurdly ignorant as to swallowany of the yarns of that Cockney fraud
Peters about the so-called "Blue Laws''
which existed only in Peters' inventive
mind. 'They possess the same value as
the story about the Quaker who was so
opposed to ornament that he would not
eat striped beans.) No doubt our noble
Puritan forefathers overdid somewhat in
their sanctifying of the Holy day. We
seem to be in little danger of imitating
their excess of strictness. Our tendencies
are very much the other way
But it
may be just worth our while to consider
that the Sabbath keeping New Englanders
and the Sabbath keeping Scotchmen happen to be the two foremost peoples of the
whole world as to material success. New
England is the most bleak and stormy portion of the United States. Yet Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
without coal or iron or petroleum or fertile
soil own more wealth to the square mile
and to the population than any other
states in the Union. Perhaps the "Puritan Sabbath" had something to do with
that. Best go a little slow about decrying
the Puritan Sabbath. Scotland is the
coldest and most unproductive part of
Great Britain. But she is a land of mem
and a land of mighty eneigy, and wealth
production. Possibly the Scotch Sabbath
has had something to do with making
manhood, which is at the root of everything worth having on this earth.
Most people think it rather a desirableone to live in. It must be acknowledged
to be on the whole, a remarkable success,
socially and financially. 'The managing
of the country has been laid very much to
the missionaries. There is a little trifle
of railing going on just now at "the missionaries" for having so much of s linger
in the pie. Well, the missionaries, it
must be owned, have had considerable
influence in shaping things in this country. Among other things, they secured a
"Puritan Sabbath" here, which has held its
ground to the present time, subject to the
modifications and amendments which increasing light and changing social conditions have made proper. We have a
strong conviction that the high degree of
social well being and financial prosperity
which exist in this kingdom are due to
the observance of Sunday rest and worship and the powerful religious and moral
influence which have gone with the Sabbath. Our Hawaiian Sabbath has been
the parent of an abundance of noble
manhood, among both Hawaiians and
white men. The character, the energy,
the intelligence, the integrity which Sabbath observance has fostered and cherished,
have created all our rich success, and
have made us a land of enterprise and
business confidence, and of productive
and multiplying wealth. Be very careful,
good friends, how you turn against the
Sabbath strictness which has waited upon
all our past prosperity, even if you do not
hold with us that it has been essential
to it.
In another column will be found a word
from the R. C. Archbishop Ireland on
Sunday railway work. Our readers will
not suppose him to be dominated by
"Puritan" ideas.
We also print the larger part of a very
lively adtlress by Wilbur Y. Crafts upon
the American Civil Sabbath. It will be
found very entertaining, as well as in-
structive.
We note with sincere regret, the resignation
of President and Mrs. Merritt of
Oahu College. Bt sides his very efficient
and able administation of College affa rs,
Mr. Merritt has been one of most hsppiryfclt spiritual and intellectual influence in
our city.
Miss Marg. Brewer, of six years noble
record at Kawaiahao and Punahou Preparatory, succeeds Miss Malone as Prin-
Hawaii nei is a curious little country. cipal of the latter schotl.
�Volume 48, No. I.]
Thrum's Hawaiian Annual.
The Annual for 1890 has come to hand.
It is the sixteenth year of its publication.
We have especial pleasure in noticing this
interesting nrrmber. Fifty-six pages are
occupied with calendars and with a great
variety of tables and statistics. Sixty-one
pages are devoted to various articles by
experts, the most int> resting if which perhaps, is the first, by Prof. W. D. Alexander, " Early Visitors to the Hawaiian
Islands," the fruit of the writer's recent
careful studies of Hawaiian History Closely allied to this is an article, | r. sumnbly
by the Editor, on Hawaiian Maritime H s
tory, giving an account of the early coasters,
reviving in the present writer's mind some
wretched reminiscences of voyages in the
thirties on board the brigs and schooners
Becket, Niu, Hooikaika and the like. None
of your "good old times" for us ! We have
"been there."
'The Cabinet's Reply upon the Chinese
Question, and the Analysis of the Great
Register of Voters find place. E. I).
Baldwin contributes a graphic account of
an ascent of Mauna Kea. Messrs Auld
and Jaeger supply information about the
many varieties of indigenous and imported
bananas grown here. Dr. Wetmore describes a considerab'e number of the fishes
common to this pirt of the Pacific. We
are glad to learn from the Annual that a
b ok of some fifty colored lithograph plates
of our beautiful variegated fishes is soon to
appear. Dr. Hyde gives an account of
the foundation of our noble Kamehameha
Schools and of their present condition and
progress. There are three pages of most
useful information fir t nirists. A translation of an address by the distinguished Ha
waiian Statesman John li, carries us back
int the heathen past, when he himself in
early youth, was offic al guardian if the
goddess Kihaw.ihine, a fact that seems
difficulty of belie f t> us who ri member
him only as a devout and zealous Christian
and d'gnilied gentleman.
Several of the tables seem to us new—
we are not certain which. It looks as if
one might learn from thtm almost any desired fact as to postages, dutits, imports,
production, freights, fares, heights, distances, temperatures, and everything else
that can be made matter of statistics.
Manifestly the able collator has put into this
number of the Annual the best of his long
experience and accumulated knowledge of
the Islands. The wh Ac series of these
Annuals form unquestionably the fullest
and most accurate existing compendium
for reference respecting the Hawaiian
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Islands.
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THE FRIEND.
Rescue the Perishing!
"It is time to bring back the primitiveGospel spirit; to go out into highways and
byways, to preach on house tops and in
market places. Erect stately churchis if
you will. If all are not there press the
absentees to hear you beneath htimblt
roofs. If some remain yet outside speak
to them in the streets or the public road.
The lime has come for 'salvation armies'
to penetrate the wildest thicket of thorns
and briers and bring God's Word to the
ear of the most vile, the most ignorant
and the most godless. Saving those who
nsist on being saved, as we are satisfied
in doing, is n< t the mission of the Church.
This is not the religion we need to-day to
sing lovely anthems in cathedrdl stalls, to
wear capes of broidered gold, while no
multitude throng nave or aisle, and the
world outside is dying of spiritual and
moral starvation.
"Seek out men, speaic to them not in
stilted phrase or seventeenth century sermon style, but in burning words that go
to their hearts as well as their minds.
Popularise religion so far as principles
permit. Into the arena, priests and lay
men; seek out social grievances, lead in
movements to heal them; peep mercifully
into factories; breathe fresh air into the
crowded tenement quarters of the poor,
follow on the streets the crowds of vagrant
children; lessen on railways and in public
sendee Sunday icork, which renders for
thousands thepractice of religion impossible;
cry out against tne fearful evil of intemperance which is damning hourly the
bodies and souls of countless victims."
(The italics are ours. Ed.)
One's heart goes out to a man who
speaks such earnest Gospel wi rds as the
above. 'They have no charm of novelty.
We are wont to hear such words and to
read them weekly in our religious journals. We especially rejoice in this particular utterance, because it sounds
like the genuine zeal of a soul kindled by
the Divine Spirit of God, albeit of one at
war with us ecclesiastically.
It is from a
sermon by Archbishop Ireland, preached
at the Catholic Centt-nary in Baltimore.
Veri'y Christ has true followers and faithful
servants in all the churches of His name,
even in those the most in error. Those
churcht s which most faithfully realize in
act such txhort..tions, are the churches
which will draw the most men into their
fold.
Japanese Scientific Teachers in China.
We find reported, apparently on good
authority, the fact that Japanese instructors
in modern Applied Science are being employed in pre.vincial training schools and
arsenals in China. 'The very singular fact
is also stated that they teach in the English
language. This is a curious outcome of
the eager progress of Japan in the wisdom
of Christendom. The Japanese have got
some twenty years start of China in this
They have great schools and
matter.
univt rsities, and have becou c near y in-
dependent of foreign teachers. 'The
Chinese are only beginning to awaken to
the necessity of modem science. That
necessity is forced up n ihem by naval
und military needs, .s well as by their incipient rai road and telegraphic construction, and the call for developing mines
and iron w rks.
The Chinese government is on the outlook for capable men to go to Pekin as
professors in different d< partmentsof pure
and pplied science. A considerable number if foreig i instructors have also been
employed in the arsrnals and the training
schools attached. 'The Chinese local governors dislike Europeans and hence seek
Japanese teachers, who also can be had
for much less pay. These Japanese, in
their ignorance of colT qnial Chinese, and
in the absence of scientific ttrms in that
language, impart their instruction in the
English language.
'This curious mixture of Japanese and
English influence seems to have much
significance in it Humanity in China has
imnu use capability, although I ttered by
many and stringent bonds. It will break
them in due tine Alnady there is a
moving ■ f the bound giant. Beyond doubt
a gre;.t Light is beginning to d si rb the
mists i-nd invade the d..rkncss of the
"Flowery Kingdom;"
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Kamehameha School.
Founder's day, December
19th
was
jeltbrated at the School, with addresses
by Hon. C. R. Bishop, and Gen. J. F B.
Marshall.
Seven teachers are employt d in the
main school f about one hundred pupils,
occupying four beautiful dormitory buildings. Tie Assenib'y Hall, a noble stone
bui'ding, is in process of erection. The
costly Museum, an eltgant structure is
nearly ready for occupancy. 'These two
buildings, as well as the Preparatory
School, were erected by Hon. C. R.
Bishi p, ;it his own t xpense, leaving the
Capital Fund still untouched, all other
buildings and a rrent expenses having
been paid out of the income of the estate.
Four lady teachers cond' ct the Preparatory School, with f. .rty little beys.
Miss Reamer, the late efficient I'rinc pal,
is succeeded by Miss N. J. Malone, late
Principal of the Punahoj Preparatory.
Twenty-one have left the Main School,
most of tie 11 readily finding renumerative
employment.
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Monthly Record of Events.
Dec. ist. —Total rain fall for last month,
2.33 inches; average for the month, 75 40,
and barometer, 30.038.
2nd.—Firemer's Electi' n results in the
choice of C. B. Wilson, Chief Engineer;
Geo. Norton, Ist Asst. and J. H. Boyd,
2nd Asst.
3rd. Departure of the missionary packet Morning Star, for Micronesia.—The
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[January,
THE FRIEND.
Government Survey Office, through L'xas'
steam wh stle, will hereafter s'gnal noon
Greenwich mean tine f >r the benefit of
others at" this port.—Gen.
J. F. B. Marshall relates his remin'scences
of Honolulu fifty years ago, before a full
audience at the Y. M. C. A. Hall.
sth. —Gilman Br wn wedding bells at
Waikiki; 'The Friend extends hearty con
shipmasters or
gratulations.
6th. —Sudden death at Kaneohe, of
air old resident of this
island.
Bth.—Arrival of the steamer Hawaii
from San Francisco, via Kahului, for the
Wilder's S. S. Co.
9th. Rainy weather. Kaumakapili
Organ recital delights a full attendance.
nth.—Arr val of S. S. Rio dc Janeiro
from San Francisco, en route for China;
on departure she took away some 200
Chinese. —More rain.—A Chinaman in
trying to damage the residence of Mr. H.
F. Poor with gunp wder gets the most of
it on his own person.
12th.—Wind, rain and mud.—Chinese
Fancy Fair at the Anglican Civ rch real
izes $1094.75.
13th.—Arrival of the S. S. Australia
from San Francisco with a number of
visitors and returned islanders, and liberal
supplies for S int i*Claus.—Arrival of the
new four-masted packet Robert l.ewers, 19
days from Port Townsend. —Mr. B. F.
Dillingham, prior to dep.rture for the
States, is surprised by h s employees with
a hindsonie I c'<et and chain.
14th. Arrival of the Alameda fro.n the
Colonies en route lor San Francisco.—A
W. Richardson is promoted to be Vice and
Deputy Consul G neral of the United
States at this port.
16th.—G /vernment sale of seventy residence lots on Punchb iwl slope and the
pains re 1 zed $25,805, or nearly $10,000
over the upset figures.
17th.—The Cabinet, through His Ex.
I.» A. Thurston, presents a straightforward
reply to the Hilo Committee upon the
policy of the government, that carries with
it the ring of true metal.
19th.—"Founder's Day" at Kamehameha School observed with appro, riate
exercises.—Political organiz itions "in opposition" fail to agree upon a suitable
slate for the coming election.
20th.—Departure of the Australia for
San Francisco, with a smaller freght and
passenger list than usual, but the largest
shipment of bananas that ever left this
port on any one vessel, viz.: 7,585 bnchs.
21 st. —Arrival of the Zealandia from
San Francisco, en route f >r the Colonies.
22nd.—Sunday School Christmas services at the Central Union Church at 11
a.m. and Praise S-.rvice in the evening.—
Total loss at Kahului of Wilder k Co.'s
bark_/. A. King, lumber laden.
23rd. —Arrival of French gunboatCria»»plain from Tahiti, en route for San Francises.—First Ward Club organizes and
starts the reform ball rolling
24th—Reports from the other islands
show strong nominations for the com-
Samuel Gleason,
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—
1890.
DEPARTURES.
ing election, with enthusiastic support of
the govern nent policy outlined in the 3—Am Miss bltne Morning Star, Garland, for Microne ia
•—Am bktne W H Dimond, Drew, for San Francisco.
Ministerial reply to the Hilo committee
11— \m S S Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, for Japan and China.
14
-Am S S Alameda, Morse, for San Iran ieco.
25th. —Merry Christmas to all: special 20—Am
bktne Planter, Dow, for San Frani isco.
Haw S S Australia, Houdlette, for San Fiancisco.
morning services at the Anglican and
bktne S G Wilder, Griffiths, for San Fr ncisco.
Roman Catholic Churches, commemora- 21—Am
Haw S S Zealandia, Van O erendorp, for the Colonies.
23—Ambktne
C O Whitmore, Ward, for Port Townsend.
tive of the season.—Excellent Band Con24—Br bk Omega, Brown, for Hongkong.
cert at Emma Square with first part ar 28 Am liMnc Discovery. McNeil, for San Francisco.
U S S Mohican, Coghlan, for Hilo.
ranged forstr.nged instruments and voices.
26th.—A fifteen year lease of 347 acres
PASSENGERS.
of goverment land, adjacent to the PepeeARRIVALS.
keo Plantation, Hilo, was sold at Auction, From San Francisco, per
Planter, Dec. 4—A O Wood, E
Carey,
Boromlo,
EM
Mr Dunn, T I hurketsen.
realizing an Annual rental of $2,380.—The E
From Port Townsend, per C O Whiimore, Dec 11—W
-\rion Society hold an enjoyable evening Wayland.
entert dnment at their hall.
Sabbath From San Francisco, per Australia, Dec 13—Judge J M
'son, Mrs G Osborne, Mrs A I Cartwright and child,
School Christmas gathering at Central Davi
Hon W C Wilder, C H Wells, Mrs W F.Miller, Miss
Union Church and distribution of gifts.
Miller, Mrs E Batchelor, W T Monsarrat, Chas To le, J
Mrs Thurston, AW Bolster; Chas t'asson, H R
27th. —A picnic party of some 600 per- llubash,
Hitchcock, wife and (hi)d, Mrs J A McCandless and child,
Meyer,
R
J L O'Dowda, L F. Im'ey a' d wif , Mrs J
sons connected with the Kawaiahao Sun- W
J Gass anil jr,
CB Id, F S Prescott, Dr Wallers, A Haa-, Mrs
day Schools, under care of Hon. W. R. I Caverly, Master Caverly, Miss L Caverly, W B Wood,
W Baxter. A F McGrew, and 61 steerage p .ssengers.
Castle, indulge in an excursion by the Mrs
From the Colonies, per S S A'ameda, Dec 14—Judge
Oahu railway to Pearl river.—lmpressive Widemann, Carl Widemann, Miss F. F, llines, John
Donald on, Hi C M Field-. F M Searles, C Johnston, Mr
evening Japanese Christmas service at the and
Mrs Clementsonand 07 in transit.
Lyceum with distribution of gifts.
From San Kranc-sco, per Zealandia, Dec 21 Mi-s CrawMrs WW Dimond. Miss M X ll.wstt, Mrs J I
28th.—Capl. GaillanL and officers of ford,
Pile sell Warren Dntton, Miss Ada Stoddard I dg.-rton, M
Mba Junes n, J Dobbins, PN
the Champlain had audience of the King Ore. n. MiswiI c,W Halm,
and wife, Miss
Makee end
J F. Miller, A G
—Annual meeting of the Sailor's Home Olive Musgrave, Mr anil Mrs Panco.ist, George H Parker,
Tylor. Rolit
Mrs
ylor,
Miss
Ueo
S
Powers,
Keeves,
I
Society; change of site and erection of Wallace, Thos HIt PWalker, and 12 steerage
In transit: five
building considered. Much sy up thy is passengers for Auckland and twnty-three for Sydney.
From San Francisco, per Alden Beeee, Dc 27--H W
expressed and aid extended to Air. D.
Wallace, Misses Wallace (2). Mrs F. S H.irris, P T) Rice.
Lyons in his sore affl ction, in the loss of
DG.PARTCRRS.
one cli Id, reported to be from diptheria, For San Francisco, per W H Dimond, Dec s—Mrs
and sen us condition of the mother and Drew and child, H Loransen, Miss W Luc'-i, H Iten, C
Schrasch, 11 Christensen, wife and four children.
other i oildren with similar symptoms.
For Hongkon*. per Rio dc Janeiro, Dec 11—2IHI Chinese
30th —\nother successful government For San Francisco, per Australia, Dec 21)— Mr
and Mrs
Mr Nrlson, A I' McGrew. E II Sawyer and
land sale of properties in various direc- E R Dimond,
Ms
Booth
and
kittenhouse,
Buck,
L cut
WA
LA
—
—
—
tions.—Complimentary Bind concert
to wife.
daughter, Mum X Moore, E W Peterson, -Irs A Moore.
Miss A Moore, J M Williams, Miss B Cornwall, Mrs S t
Grahamand two children, M n W M ill r, r S l'rescott, A
J Ivers, P Pecs anil Dr J Broilie. Steerage passengers
H L Ramsey. A I. Hunt, P Stewart, S H Cameron, H
Akerblom, J I Bennelt, F W Ai lgoist, J M Donald, l.ut/,
J Burke, J Hughes, E C Winston, F Fleming and W
the French naval visitors.—Hawaiian Pacific Cable Co. organizes w th a capital of
$100,000, with power to increase to $250,--000, f r inter island business.
31st.—Birthday of Queen Kapiolani
and afternoon public reception at the
Palace.—Death of J. H. Rogers, watchmaker, a resident of Honolulu for some
thrty years past.—Mr. I). Lyons loses his
eldest daughter, aged about twelve years.
Rainfall for the month 675 inches.
Jan. Ist.—A Happy New Year to all.
—
Marine
Journal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—DECEMBER.
ARRIVALS.
I—H It M S Espeigle, Clarke, from a cruise.
4—Br bk Omega, Brown, 72 days from Hongk ni(.
Am bktne Planter, Dow, 18 days from .*>an Fr nci<c«.
B—Hawn Mmr Hawaii, K.i g, 9% days from San Francisco vi i Kahului
10—Ambktne Disc very. McNeil, 12 days fiom San Francisc >.
Am bk Amy Turner, Johnson, 182 days from Roston.
Am
S S Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, days from Francisco.
11
Am bk C O Whitmore, Ward, 26 days from Puget
Sound.
13—Haw S S Australia', Uoudletf, 7 days from San Franci-co.
Am b'< Ceylon, Calhoun, 21 days from Puget
Am Schr Robt Lewers, Penhallow, 19 d..ys from Port
Townsend.
14—Am S S Alarm da, Morse, da> s from the Colonies.
16 Am bk S C Allen, Thompson, 25 days from Callao,
21- Am Sch W S Bowne, Bluhm, \i% days from San Fran-
>
—
—
Chapman.
For Hongkon r, per Omega, Dec 24—150 Chinese.
For San Francisco, per Discovery, Dec 29—Walter C
Dart.
MARRIAGES.
GIRB-HUTCHEON—At Amauulu,Hilo. December:, by
Rev E P Raker, Mr James Gibb to Miss Jemima Hutcheon, both from Scotland.
—
At Waikiki, Oahu, December ft,
1888, at theresider.ee of the bride's mother, by the Rev.
E. Oi Reckwith, Joseph Atherton Gilman to Mi me
Brown, both of this city.
ROTHWELL-HALEY —At Honuapo, Kau, Hawaii,
December 16th,at the rei-idence of the britle's parent-., by
the Rev. S, H. Davis, Mr John G Rolhwell of Honolulu, to Miss May 1.. Haley of Honuapo.
BYWATER-CARTER-At St. Aid cw's Cathedral, Honolulu, December'2oth, by the Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, Walter Bywater lo EdilhCaiter.
GILMAX-MROWN
BIRTHS.
r
McLEAN—In this city on the 2. »th inst., to the wife of
James McLean, a daughter.
GILLILAND—In this city (Palama) on the 25th inst ,to
thewife of Frank Gilliland, a daughter.
DE LA NUX- InPaauhau, Hamakua, Hawaii, on the25th
inst., to the wife of L. A.de la Nux, a son.
HAN&ON—In Honolulu, December 27th, to the wife of
George Hansen, a son.
•
DE ATHS.
BOLSTER—In Honolulu, December sth, Abraham S.
Bolster, a native of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, aged
80 years, 3 monthsand 25 days.
MILTOX—In this city, on the 16th inst., from pneumonia,
Phillip Milton, a native of Chile, S. A., in the fifty-sixth
CISCO.
year of his age.
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Oterendorp, Q% days from LYONS—In this city on the 29th inst., theinfant daughter;
San Kranci co.
on the 31st inst, the eldest daughter, on January Ist, the
23 —Fr gunboat hamplain, (.aillard, from Tahiti.
wife of Mr. Daniel Lyons, all of diphtheria.
27—Gei bk J C Pfluger, Knise, 149 days from Bremen.
28—Ambk Alden Hesse, Howard, 21 days from San Fran- CABOT—At the residence of Mr. A. Dreier, Eleele, Kauai,
cisco.
December 14, of typho-malarial fever, Lincoln Cabot,
aged 40 years, a native of Boston, Mass.
29—Am Schr Olga, Rodin, 18 days from San Francisco.
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�Volume 48, No. I.]
HAWAIIAN H.B@ABI>.
I.
HONOLULU
This
is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
page
Rev. O. P. Emerson,
7
THE FRIEND.
-
Editor.
It is expected that a scholarship for Hawaiian youth will soon be estab ished in
the Pacific Theological Semin,.ry of Oakland, Calif rnia. Three thousand dollars
is the sum required, more than half of
which has been pledged. The scheme was
originally suggested by Dr. Dwinell during
his late visit here, not indeed in interest of
his school, but in behalf of a more highlytrained native ministry. His observations
here quickly suggested the need of it.
The plan is to grant competent post
graduates of the North Pacific Missionary
Institute, or such other youth as it maybe
thought wise, a stay of two or three years
in the States, where, under wise instructors, they may be enabled to enter into
the larger life and thought of to day and
get acquainted with our American Christian workers.
The summer intervals of such youth
studying abroad might profitably be spent
in home work among the native churches.
Thus interest in the Hawaiian field could
be kept up, and the home feeling never
be lost.
The Chinese Mission.
It takes but a glance at the work which
is being done in our Chinese mission
(such a glance as we lately got at the
Christmas festival) to know how hopeful
a work it is and how fruitful of good to us
all. That band of educators and Christian workmen cannot fail of a decisive
influence on the Chinese question. Whatever action the government will take about
the matter, its settlement is really in the
hands of that mission.
Should more Chinese come to our shores
our only hope would be in this mission.
Should we be obliged, as in all decency
we ought, to keep those we now have,
still our safety will be in that mission. At
its altar must be found the place of touch
between 'the Eastern and the Western
civilizations. Here is ground broad enough
for all to stand on. Lift the pagan up to
it, and also the nominal Christian, and
there will be no crowding. We are inclined to believe that we discover a providence in our present mixture of populations which is very gracious and very wise
if we will but accept it. It certainly may
be made such a providence for the Chinaman, now how about the white man and
the native ?
us see. Just as the native workman
is beginning to weaken and fail us as a
partner in our industries, behold this man
of brawn, this tireless, multitudinous
worker from across the sea has stepped in
to help. This man comes not in antagonism, but in a friendly way; alliance,
with the Polynesian is attractive to him,
he has been welcomed into the Native
family. Such alliance if made in good
faith, may be fruitful of got d. It his
been proved so.
Things have come to such a pass that
this infusion of new blood into the native
race is seemingly a necessity. And to
whom, in its depletion and sore necessity,
may this Benjamin among the tribes look
for new members to be adopted into its
family with more naturalness than to these
who level so nearly to them./
But if the Chinaman is to be admitted
as a member of the native family he must
be Christianized. So only will he become
a strong staff to lean upon. His thrift
must become Christian and his industry
also; his fortitude, his patience and tenacity of purpose must be linked to faith.
Let this be done and these Chinese-Hawaiian alliances cannot but be full of
promise.
This is not theory, it is fact borne out
in many instances. When in the home
such unions have been cemented, the issue
has proved markedly happy. We noticed
at the Christmas festival that some of the
brightest wilted and most fair of face were
part native.
'Some of these Chinese children by native mothers speak the three languages,
English, native, and Chinesi-, fluently.
The superiority of these half-Chinese halfnative children has been ny re than once
remarked by Mr. Damon, the Superintendent of the Mission. In this way, then,
the Chinaman is proving a valuable colonist. When he becomes an h nest husband, he makes a provident father^
If, then, these Chinese-Hawaiian alliances are to be made, let us see to it that
it is done with the sanction of a Christian
faith, and to those who are engged in
achieving this result let us pledge anew
for the coming days our most generous
support.
From Kona.
"In many respicts Knna has been
egregiously slandered. In regard to climate, variety and beauty of scenery and
freedom from storms, it is unsurpassed.
A large extent of soil, if cleared and cultivated, would prove equally or more pro-
ductive than one-half the sugar plantations
on the Islands.
"As for water there is no district of the
group where showers are more uniform
and abundant one year with another.
"The materials for road making cannot
be better. With proper tools and with
skillful and got d common sense, and a
moderate amount of Übor, we might have
the best of roads and a good supply of
fresh water.
"And then there is nut a more beautiful
bay or a safer landing in Hawaii thi.n where
Ca|<t Jas. Cot'k fell.
"Yet as things are, all is poverty, desolat'on and spiritual death, a good field for
Christian evangehz tion is this 'lonely
dreadful' Kon •, even as the great Captain
of ot.r salvation came to seek and to save
the lost, and 'to the poor the Gospel is
preached.'
"We want a self denying worker (native)
to take the place made vacant by the death
<>f Kaonohimaka. That part of Kona is
now left to waste. All southern Kona is
also destitute.
"This side of Hawaii should have a foreign evangelist.
"The thi i-ght has come and pressed itself upon me that the Board (American)
ought to send an evangelist with as little
delay as possible to be located at this old
missionary post, or as near it as practicable.
M;iy we not pray that the mantle of the
Fathers Thurston and Bishop will fall on
some one or more of the young men en
route for real missionary work? Here is a
field already white for the harvest.
"We want men whether haoles or natives
—men full of the Holy Ghost and of the
love of Christ.
"Th re are hundreds of children and
youth here (over a thousand) starving for
the bread of life.
"The idea of a man being lonely in
Kona ! Are missionaries sent out to the
heathen that thty may have good society?
Let the early missionaries to these islands
speak out! What good, naked, lively
society they had ! !
Some thirty-seven years ago, Matanui
from the Marquesas knocked at our door
"Me wants mitioat Kuapehu and said
nari". Kekela (now at the Marquesas)
coming in a few hot rs later, I said to him,
'Here is a call from the Lord. Will you
go and preach the Gospel to the heathen
on the Marquesas ? He answered without hesitation, "Yes, I will ask Naomi,
and if she consents, we will go."
:
"I expect to pass through this world but
once; if, therefore, there be any good
thing I can do to any fellow human being,
let me d i it now, for I shall not pass this
way again."
A true man belongs to no other time or
place, but is the centre of things. Ordinarily, everybody in society reminds us of
somewhat else, or of s ime other person.
Character, reality, reminds you of nothing
else; it takes place of the whole creatioa
�THE FRIEND.
8
T. M. G. A.
THKHONOLULU,
H. I.
This page is devoted lo the interests ol the Honolulu
VuutiK Men's Christian Association, and the Board of
Directors are resoonsihle for its contents.
S. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
Items.
The Young Men's Christian Association
of Boston reports an addition of 669 new
meuibrrs during the month of October,
180 of whom took tickets for the gymnas
iurn. The special inducement that brought
so large an increase in a single month was
the evening classes. In these are enrolled
over 1,000 members.
We learn from Brother McCoy of San
Francisco that 327 young men joined their
Association during the month of November, this being the larg. st number joining
in one month in the history of the Association.
Their Tnanksgiving Dinner was a grand
success. At 3 p.m. over 200 sat down to
well laden tibles, representing 25 states
and 18 nationalities.
The Y. M. C. A. Boys held their meet
ing last month in the Association parlors
as usual. After the routine business had
b-.en trans icted, Miss Miry Atherton gave
the Boys a griphic description of interesting scenes in and about the c ty of Berlin,
where she has spent most of the last two
years.
Topics.
There will he a Gospel Praise Service in
the Y. M. C. A. Hall every Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Strang rs specially
invited. The topics for the month are as
follows :
Jan. 5—G iod Resolutions, and how to
keep them. Ps. r 19:59,60; Rom. 8:31.
Jan. 12—Faith's Outlook. 2 Cor. 4:
• 3-18Jan. 19—For or Against.
-39; 12:30.
Jan.
City.
Mat. 10:32-
26 —Through the Gates into the
Ps. 24; Rev. 22:14.
A Necessary Work.
"As long as our penitentiary shows that
15 per cent, of all prisoners received are
under the age of twenty years, that 69 per
cent, are thirty years and under, and that
91 per cent, have not passed the age of
f 'rty years, just so long will the call be
urgent for the work that the Y. M. C A.
is doing, and just so long should the necessity for its support, encouragement and
enlargement, be deemed imperative by all
who regard with interest and concern the
future of the rising generation, or who
hope and pray for the security and prosperity of our free institutions."—R. IV.
McClaughrey, Warden of the State Penitentiary, Joliet, 111.
[January, 1890.
Reasons That Do Not Explain.
Daniel Webster's Dominant Thought.
So you ?re not going to church this
morning, my son ? Ah, yes; I see. "The
music is not good;" that's a pity; that's
what we go to church for, to hear the
music. And the less we pay, the better
music we demand. "And the pews are
not comfortable;" that's too bad; the Sabbath is a day of rest, and we go to church
for repose. The less work we do during
the week, the more rest we clamor fe>r on
Sunday. "The church is so far away; it's
too far to walk, and you detest riding in a
street car, and they're always crowded on
Sunday." That is indeed distressing; sometunes when I think how much farther
..way heaven is than the church, and that
there are no conveyances on the road of
any description, I wonder how some of us
are going to get there. "And the sermon
is so long always." All these things are
indeed to be regretted. 1 would regret
them more sincerely, my boy, did I not
know that in a few weeks after the frost is
out of the ground, you will squeeze into a
stuffy street car with a hundred other men,
bre. thing incense of whiskey, beer and
tobacco and hang on a strap by your eyelids for two miles, then pay fifty cents for
the privilege of sitting on a rough plank in
the broiling sun for two hours longer,
while in the intervals of the game a scratch
band will blow discord and thunder out of
a dozen misfit horns right in your viry
ears, and come home to t ilk the rest of
the family into a state of aural paralysis
about the "dandiest game you ever saw
played on them grounds." Ah, my boy,
you see what staying away from church
does? It developes a habit of lying.
There isn't one man in a hundred who
could go on a witness stand and give under oath, the same reasons for not going
to church that he g ves to his family every
Sunday morning. My son, if you didn't
think you ought to go, you wouldn't make
any excuse for not going. No man apologizes for doing right.— Burdette.
At a dinner at the Astor House, when
Daniel Webster was Secretary of State under President Fillmore, after a period of
silence which fell upon the company of
s me twenty gentlemen who were present>
one of the guests said
"Mr. Webster, will you tell me what
was the most important thought that ever
occupied your mind."
Mr. Webster slowly passed his hand
over his forehead, and in a low tone
inquired of one near him
"Is there any one here who does not
know me ?''
"No; all are your friends."
"The most important thought that ever
occupied my mind," said Mr. Webster,
"was that of my individual responsibility
to God." And alter speaking on this subject in the most solemn strain for twenty
minutes he silently rose from the table
and retired to his room.
This incident, related by Harvey in his
Reminiscences, serves to illustrate the
attitude of great minds towards eternal
things. Great men are not scoffers. The men
of flippant sneers and godless jests are
men of small calibre and shallow intellect.
It is not the wise man who has "said in
his heart there is no God.'' It is not the
great man who casts off fear and restrains
prayer before Him. Christian Thought.
:
A Lottery Mania.
Do you see that man across the street ?
Mark him well, my son. Three years ago
he drew a prize of $150 in a southern lottery. He was a happy, industrious man
before he won that prize. It ruined him.
He has sunk every dollar he could borrow,
beg or earn in that same luckless lottery.
Look at him now. Look at him good. He
has only one object in life. He wants to
He is a lottery
draw the capital prize.
maniac. If you ever feel any symptoms
of his disease coming over you, my boy,
get down on your knees and pray for de-1 verance, and then hunt this man up and
take a good look at him. And if I ever
see you indicating any symptoms of lottery
mani 1, I shall get you a six month's job in
the deepest coal mine in North America.
You may run and play now, my boy.—Bob
Burdette.
:
:
—
A well-known revenue agent, late of
Chicago, where millions of cigarettes are
manufactured, was spoken to on the subject of cigarettes. "I used to be a confirmed cigarette smoker, but now you
could not induce me to touch one of
them," he said. "Why, how's that ?"
"Well, its because I went into a large
manufacturing place in Chicago, and what
I saw there sickened me of the imitation
smokers. How are they made, and of
what ? Of all that is vile and injurious
and mean. Cigar butts, picked up from
the streets, barks of certain kinds, tobacco
stems and refuse are heaped together in
one filthy pile, and then saturated with
opium, which gives the cigarrettes that
soothing effect desirable to all smokers. I
tell you, sir, if all cigarette smokers could
see as I have seen, how one of the great-,
est firms in Chio.igo manufacture cigarettes, the trade in the same would soon
fall off or cease entirely."— Time Table.
Don't be a cynic and disconsolate
preacher. Don't bewail and bemoan.
Omit the negative propositions. Nerve
us with incessant affirmatives. Don't
waste yourself in rejection, nor bark
against the bad, but chant the beauty ef
the good.—Society and Solitude.
Every man's, and boy's, and girl's head
carries snatches of his sings, and can say
them by heart, and, what is strangest of
all, never learned them from a book, but
from mouth to mouth. They are the property and solace of mankind.
�THE FRIEND.
radiation and loss of heat in space, which
A Grand Star Theory.
would sptedily reduce all vapors to solid
The eminent specialist of Optics and matter by the intense cold A probable
;the Spectroscope, Dr. Norman Lockyer, theory would seem to be that while vapor
presents his new theory of Stellar develop- was the primordial form of all matter, it
in a popular form in the Nineteenth would very speedily gather into small cenCentury. Not having seen this, we state ters and crystallize iuto minute meteorites;
the substance of it, as given in his previous and this primordial concentration would
articles in Nature. His theory is based have taken place long aeons before the
upon minute observations of the spectra of final gathering into nebulae and suns.
meteors, comets, and artificially heated
Thus the spectroscope is leading us toand vaporized meteorites, as compared wards a profounder penetration into the
with the various spectra of nebulae, and interminable mysteries of Space and Ex sof different classes of stars.
tence. One must needs long for an eterWithout asserting what the earliest prim- nal and exalted Life beyond this short one,
ordial form of matter may be, Dr. Lock- in which to accumulate knowledge of all
yer discards the idea of a luminous "fire- things.
mist" as being the form of matter immediately antecedent to aggregation into The Forgiveness of Sins.—I ask the
nebulae, to be subsequently condensed ethnic religions of the world what message
into suns. The condition of matter pre- they have for me. Zoroaster, what hast
ceding the gathering into nebulae, he finds thou to tell me? "Live holily, and thou
to be not vaporous but solid. For the shalt be happy; live wickedly, and thou
fancied mist of incandescent vaporous shalt suffer torment." "Ah! but, Zoroatoms he gives us a tenuous mist of aster, I have lived wickedly, and I am
minute, cold, solid meteorites as the earli- carrying the burden of my transgression in
est form of matter of whose existence we my heart. Is there any one that can lift
have any evidence. Space is to be con- that burden off, and set me free and give
sidered as having been originally occupied me hope ?" And Zoroaster is silent.
by such minute meteorites at great dis- Confucius, what message hast thou for
tances apart. By the force of mutual me? And Confucius says, "Live holily,
gravitation, these particles tend to aggre- and thou shalt be happy here; as to the
gate themselves toward great centers. In hereafter we know not." And I say, "Ah !
the process of concentration they begin to but, Confucius, there are elements within
collide, and with their enormous velocities me too much for me, temptations without
the collisions vaporize them into flame. that are too much for me; is there any
As condensation of the great nebula pro- hand that can strengthen my hand, any
ceeds, enough collisions multiply to render captain that can guide my bark in a way
the whole nebula faintly luminous, or that is not my own, any power that will
luminous in streaks and spirals. As a make for righteousness in me?" And Conclose concentration of the meteoric cloud fucius is silent. I turn to Siddartha, and
advances, with accelerated orbital veloc- Siddartha says, "Live holily, live purely,
ities of its particles, collisions become so live righteously; and life —indeed life is
general as to involve the whole occupied always sorrowful; but by and by you shall
space in flame, and to reduce the entire lie down to an eternal rest." And I say
cloud to a state of most brilliant incandes to Siddartha, "Is there any hand reached
cent vapor, that is, to the solar condition. out from heaven to lay hold on one tramVariable stars are thus accounted for; Died down in the mire, sunk under the
two dense clouds of meteorites in the burden of life, needing a divine- hand to
earlier stage of partial incandescence re- uplift him? And Siddartha goes his way
volve around each other in very elliptical also speechless. The nations of the earth
orbits. When furthest apart, they appear lie as in the porches of a pool which is no
as a faint star. At the periastron, when pool of Bethesda, no House of Mercy.
closest together, the two clouds invade each Its mystic walls never move. No angel
other's bounds, and numberless collis ons comes down to give them gifts of healing.
of their component meteorites occur, fili- Siddartha comes and says, "Get yourself
ng their spaces with a fiery foam, and so into this water." Zoroaster comes and
at regular intervals the faint star glows as says, "Get yourself into this water." Cona -bright one.
fucius comes and says, "Get yourself into
New stars sometimes suddenly start out this water." Then Christ comes and says,
in space with a brilliant light, glow for a "Take up thy bed and walk, thou long
short time, and disappear. It is supposed paralyzed." And behold, the nerves begin
that two elongated meteor streams meet to tingle with life, and the blood currents
and cross each other's course. At the begin to flow with vitality, and the soul
point of intersection a continuous series of that was paralyzed lives at the touch of a
crowded collisions occur, evolving an in- redeeming and a forgiving Christianity.
Lyman Abbott.
tense flame. This is seen as a bright star,
which will cease to glow as soon as one
I argue the existence of a higher power
of the streams has passed the point of
intersection.
than Evolution on a deeper ground than
It is clear that no originally luminous Dr. Wallace. I found it on the principle
fire-mist could long continue so, apart so well established and so universally acfrom a very active process of concentra- knowledged in all the physical sciences,
tion, from the fact of the enormously rapid since the discovery of the conservation of
ment
energy, that there is nothing in the effect
which was not potentially in the cause. It
follows that we cannot evolve an effect
from what did not possess, in an undevel-
oped state, the qualities that are in the
We cannot evolve mind from matter, nor life from the lifeless, nor sensation
from the insentient, nor intelligence from
the unintelligent, nor morality from the
non-moral. Following out this principle,
it looks as if there must hive been ever
and anon the introduction of new powers,
whether naturally or supernaturally we
know not, of sensation, life, instruction,
intelligence, morality, producing successive epochs like the days of Genesis and
the ages of geology. However this may
be, it is certain tint all this system and
adaptation points to more than a vague
spiritualism such as Wallace acknowledges;
they show us a God above Nature who
has such infinite perfections as to account
for all that is in Nature. Dr. James
McCosh.
effect.
—
Contrast with Solomon's pagan and Orien-
tal splendor the kingdom of Christ. He is
poor and unknown; his glory is the glory
of a loving self-sacrifice; his power the
power of absolute truth. When Pilate
asks him, "Art thou a king, then?" he
answers "To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I
should bear witness unto the truth." Truth
is his palace, his bodyguard, his army.
Wherever his kingdom goes, there go not
palaces, nor feastings, nor displays of any
sort; his kingdom still comes without
observation. But instead there go with it
the church, the schoolhouse, and the
home; wisdom diffused, education made
universal, wealth distributed. This kingdom, whose glory is unselfish and unsensuous, is a kingdom without end.
Lyman Abbott.
The exhaustless treasure of God's "riches
of grace" which is placed at the service
ofany one who asks, includes the mighty
diamond of forgiveness, the precious pearl
ofrighteousness, the gold of his truth, hope,
peace, heaven, but pre-eminently and the
source of all the rest, His own Son, who,
"though rich, became poor, that we
through his poverty might be made rich."
S. W. Adriance.
that
lot
my
may lead me in the path
O!
of holy innocence of word and deed, the
path which august laws ordain, laws that
in the highest empyrean had their birth, of
which Heaven is the father alone, neither
did the race of mortal man beget them,
nor shall oblivion ever put them to sleep.
The power of God is mighty in them, and
groweth not old.—From a Greek poet,
translated by Matthew Arnold.
One man appears whose nature is to
all men's eyes conserving and constructive: his presence supposes a well-ordered society, agriculture, trade, large institutions, and empire. If these did not
exist, they would begin to exist through
his endeavors. Therefore, he cheers
and comforts men.—Representative Men.
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WOODLAWN
Selections.
It is a noticeable fact in our day, that
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who knows when to say neigh.
He submits himself to be seen through
a microscope who suffers himself to be
caught in a passion.
Receive prosperity without arrogance,
and be ready to let it go.—M. Aurelius
Antoninus.
The talent of success is nothing more
than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do.
Lots of 'em. "Cheap patriots, invisible
in war, invincible in peace," who ever come
further to the front as danger recedes.
Is life worth living ? That cannot be
answered by yes, or no. It all depends
upon what kind of a life you are living.
We love ourselves with all our faults;
we must love our friends in like manner,
for we shall never find any without imperfections.
Don't be afraid of criticism or thunder.
The only way thunder can hurt you is by
frightening you into fits. You will be
healthier by dispensing with the fits.
The smallest dewdrop on the meadow
at night has a star sleeping on its bosom,
and the passage of Scripture that may
seem insignificant has in it a shining truth.
We talk of the dark mystery of God's
providence, and forget that his riches of
grace are quite as great a mystery—a mystery of light and undeserved blessing.— S.
W. Adriance.
The man you call liberal may be
spending his wife's money, or scrimping
the children's wardrobe, or sponging his
creditors. Liberality and generosity are
cal cranks who cannot get anything else
to do, and who have used up all the
materials. Now, why is it ? Is it because
we imagine there are no abuses in that
communion ? Far from it. Men have
not lost sight of the causes that induced
the Reformation in the sixteenth century,
but they have come to see this; that to
say of the Roman Catholic religion, or to
say of the Roman priesthood and episcopacy, that it is honey-combed with moral
insincerity and dishonesty is simply false.
It is not true. The thing that is not true
will fall by its own weight.— A. T. F. Beltrends, D.D.
This country is going to be conquered
by a great army, compared with which
that of Baldwin the First, and Xerxes, and
Alexander, and Grant, and Lee, all put together, were in numbers insignificant.
They will capture all our pulpits, storehouses, factories, and halls of legislation,
all our shipping, all our wealth, and all
our honors. They will take possession of
all our authority, from the United States
Presidency down to the humblest constabulary—of everything between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. They are on the
march now, and they halt neither day nor
night. They will soon be here, and all
the present active population of this country must surrender and give way. I refer
to the great army of children. Whether
they shall take possession of everything for
good or for bad, depends upon the style
of preparation through which they pass on
their way from cradle to throne. Dc Witt
Talmage.
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