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HONOLULU, H. 1., APRIL, 1890.
Volume 48.
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CONTENTS.
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I'AGS
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26
2tf
Tony's Opiinon
27
Conditions of Communion
Judge Deady on Missionaries
28
Gen. J. F. B. Marshall
28
28
Death of Rev. James Ely
28
...
of
a
Survivor
of
the
Nuuanu
Pali
Massacre
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Death
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Hanalei
Kawaiahao Girls' Concert
2ft
29
Visit ofRev. Dr. Greene
Monthly Record of Events
2ft
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M arine Journal
30
HawaiianBoard
32
Y. M. C A
Tuskegee School in Alabama
Corer
In Mem.riam—Rev. J. R. Boyd
Island Chess Reminiscences
Doubtful Election Figures
In Memoriam.
REV.
JAMES
R. BOYD, D.D.
,
Boyd, I). D died
peacefully at his home on the banks of
Seneca Lake, Geneva, N. V., on Wednesday evening, February 19, in his 86th
year.
His daughter, the wife of the Rev. I).
Stuart Dodge, of New York, had died at
Siinsbury, Conn., on October 22, 1888,
and his wife had passed away at Geneva,
N. V., after prolonged sufferings on August 6, 1889. Bowing with noble submission under these afflictions Dr. Boyd's last
days closed in peace. He was attended
by one of his two surviving daughters, the
Wife of James Hyde Pratt, Esq., of Greenbush Heights, N. V., and was gladdened
by affectionate messages from his other
daughter, the wife of Chief Justice Judd,
of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Dr. Boyd was of pure Scottish ancestry;
the eldest son of Robert and Mary Scott
Boyd, of Albany, N. Y. He was born
May 2, 1804, at the town of Windham, on
Ihe Cmskill Mountains, and was a graduate
of Union College, class of 1822, and of
l'linceton Thcol'gual Seminary, class of
1826. After licensure and ordination he
performed devoted service as a Home
Missionary in Wayne county, Ohio, and
at Sacketts Harbor and Brownville, N. .Y.,
until his health became impaired. He
then went to Scotland, where he studied
under Dr. Chalmers at Edinburgh. Returning to America, became pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church in Watertown,
N. V., and in 1832 he married Miss Eliza
beth Camp, of Sacketts Harbor, a lady of
brilliant intellectual gifts and earnest Christian energies, widely known in evangelical
The Rev.
James R.
NUMIIER 4.
circles. Dr. Boyd's uncertain health hav- who used frequently to digest their lunch,
ing debarred him from the pastorate, his or afternoon coffee over the chess board,
career became from that time that ef an for in the March issue was an announceInstructor and Writer. Holding office
the Honosuccessively as Principal of the Institute ment of the establishment of
of Wheeling, Va., Principal of the Jeffer lulu Chess Club, pursuant to call by a
son County Institute of Watertown, N. V., number of its devotees. It started out
and Professor of Moral Philosophy at with a member list of twenty or more, of
Hamilton College, he spent nearly tAveity which, E. P. Adams was elected Presiyears of earnest work in teaching. Then
and
came the quiet years of authorship in his dent and T. G. Trlrum, Secretary
Treasurer.
Messrs.
Frank
Geo.
Brown,
beautiful home on Seneca Lake, during
which he declined an election to the Williams and T. Heinecke were the
Presidency of the Elmira Female College. committee appointed to draft by-laws,
In these years appeared his well-known etc. Among the strongest players of
annotated editions of the English Poets,
his "Principles of Rhetoric" and other that period who identified themselves
educational books. His "Life of Dod with the club, who have since moved to
dridge," "Communion Table," "Bible other lands, were Messrs. J. Mott Smith,
Method of Daiiy Living," and works on the Godfrey Rhodes, E. P. Adams and T.
Westminster Catechism, are some of his Heinecke.
religious publications.
The above reminiscence is recalled by
Issuing from his retirement he re enterhis
the
recent movement among the chess
ed public life for the sake of
daughters'
education, and became honorably associ- players of Honolulu which met, as did
ated with the Maplewood Young Ladies' the former, for formation at the HawaiiInstitute at Pittsfield, Mass., and with the
plans for
Abbott Collegiate Institute at New York." an Hotel, and matured its
of
chess
warfare
in the
practical
study
These were his last public labors. In
1868 he repaired to Europe with his fam same month of the year.
ily and spent two years there, and between Our daily papers have failed to add
1875 and 1879 he paid two visits to his interest to the present effort by any albeloved daughter, Mrs. Judd, at her home
lusion to the one of eighteen years ago,
in the Hawaiian Islands.
The List decade was spent among his though there are several connected with
loving friends in America; paying visits the new movement who are well acwhich, by way, were regarded as benedic- quainted with the facts above referred to.
tions; and enduring with dignity the in
T. G. T.
rirmities so heavily laid upon himself and
upon his wife.
Doubtful Election Figures.
The life of Dr. Boyd was the life of a
Christian scholar. His mental vision
Our March issue reported a nearly
preserved its undimmed strength even
even
balance between parties, with the
doAvn to old age; his sympathy with all
youthful aspirations, his patience with all opposition apparently a little in the
youthful inexperience, were tender and minority. It seems that they somehow
enduring; his enthusiastic love of letters, figure out a majority for themselves,
his strong and scholarly grasp of social, and being
sensitive on the question,
civil and spiritual problems were a bright
have
attacked
the Pmemd for "falsifyexample to younger men; his serene, childthe
We have so far enfigures.
ing"
like and profound piety revealed a soul
standing in the clear sunlight of the gospel tirely failed to find in their papers any
truth, and dwelling in intimate fellowship specifications showing our inaccuracy.
with the Risen Lord.— N Y. Observer.
After the House has organized, we expect to be able to report more definitely
Island Chess Reminiscence.
upon its political complexion. Many of
In the initial number of The Hawai- our subscribers abroad are anxious to
ian, January 1872, a literary monthly of know the precise facts, and we are
this city of but a brief year's existence, desirous to state them as accurately as
was a department devoted to the royal possible. Pending the meeting of the
game of chess which doubtless influenced Legislature, we find' no political developthe early formation of a club from among ment transpiring which calls for our
the patrons of Nolte's "Old Corner" comments.
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April, 1890.
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Tony's Opinion.
By Rev. W. B.
Oleson.
A council for the ordination of a missionary to Micronesia was held at Asterisk, November 17, 1887. It proved to
be a great eA'ent in that staid New England village. Nearly every one, who
was able to be present attended the protracted examination of the candidate
throughout the day, and the ordination
exercise in the evening. The next day,
in common probably with the rest oi
Asterisk, the members of Deacon Faithful's household talked long and interestingly about the various features of the
council. Nothing escaped the shrewd
observers of the Deaton's home-circle,
as Aye shall see. They discussed the attainments of the young man who was
ordained, commented on the alertness of
some of the examiners, laughed over
some of the repartees on infant baptism,
admired the evident consecration and
good-sense of the candidate, and enjoyed together the flavor of romance attending his departure for such a far-away
land where for aught some of them
knew, he would be met at the shore on
his arrival and escorted at once to a
cannibal feast.
One of the company had quietly listened in his corner to What the others
had been saying. He had as yet volunteered no remark, but as the conversation gradually approached the destination and work of the new missionary,
he could contain himself no longer.
Rising from his chair, he startled the
others as he jerked out, "I'd just like to
see that young man go to Avork Avith a
heathen crowd."
The speaker was one of those peculiar
products of New England farm-life, largeframed, sinewy, with a bright eye and
an air of robust good-sense that supported Avell anything he had to say.
"Why, Tony, what's up now ?" broke
in the Deacon.
"Well, I'd just like to see him with a
gang of heathen gaping at him and see
what he'd do. I guess 'twould puzzle
him more than it did to-day to tell how
it is that God is good and mighty and
yet lets lots of things happen that are as
bad as they can be."
"Tell us whatyou'redrivingat, Tony,"
said the Deacon.
this. That young man has a
"Justeducation.
He understands the
tip-top
'ologies and everything of that sort, and
/ think he could teach some of those old
But he's
� men who quizzed him to-day.
got to graduate from another school before he gets hold of savages. Those
fellows down to Cape Cod learned to
catch-fish by going down to the Banks
when they were little chaps. They
didn't go to High Schools and Academies and study how fieh-lines are made,
or how many fins a fish has. High
Schools and Academies are all good
enough but a diploma doesn't tell the
cod-fish, and
'twould be no recommend vVith one of
those cape skippers if a fellow wanted to
go to the Banks as an able seaman."
"Hold on, Tony," said the Deacon.
"Tell us the bearing of all this."
"Well, that's easy enough. That
young man who was ordained yesterday
is bound for Micronesia, isn't he ?
What does he know about Micronesia,
and how many questions Avere asked
him about what he is going to do when
he gets there ?"
'Do ! Why learn the language and
preach to the natives, and organize
churches, and build school-houses, and
translate books, and educate the people,
and teach them industrious habits,
and
"Well, let's stop and go back a century. What will he do when he begins?
Has he any idea ? Has anybody any
idea ? Does he know what his surroundings will be, and how he will have to
live ? Did any of the examiners find
that he had any special fitness for the
kind of work he will have to do down on
those miserable little islands ? Did any
of them by any of their questions or remarks leave any impression that some
special preparation was necessary ? It
seems to me they didn't care whether
he was going to Micronesia or Mozambique so long as he believed in predestination. I guess if there had been a
dozen of those Micronesians present, and
one or two returned Missionaries, those
examiners would have realized that the
man they were examining was going to
a very particular kind of work that must
be done in a very pai titularkind of way,
and / think they would have dropped
about nine-tenths of those theological
questions and had a sensible examination of the young man as to the ways
and means of working and living among
people not over-particular about their
conduct or their clothing. It strikes me
that there's something nigh on to wicked in sending a likely young man off on
such an errand without any more help
than he got yesterday. Who gave him
any advice that will serve him when he
gets fo work ?"
"Well, Tony, they didn't have much
to say about that, that's a fact."
"Now, there's Joe," continued Tony.
"He understands dairying. I'm all
wheat. It's no use my buying him out
and going into cheese-making until I
learn the trade. And Joe might get his
wheat in and harvest a good crop, if he
were to buy me out and then again he
mightn't. It takes one kind of man for
one thing, and another kind of man for
another thing. And no man will ever
learn to make butter in a wheat-field."
"But Tony, we were talking about the
missionary," said his mother.
"And a man that's good enough for
Asterisk may not be good enough for
Micronesia. You see, mother, I'm talking about the missionary, too. I count
secret of how to catch
on that man's consecration every time.
He's a prime fellow, and it's too bad
he's got his trade all to learn after he
begins his work. He ought to know
what he's got to do, and how he's going
to get at it beforehand. Something's
wrong. Parson has been having up-hill
work here in Asterisk just because he
didn't know how to get his hand in at
first."
"Tony, you ought not to speak so of
Parson Baker."
"Bless you, mother, Parson is the
best man in the country, and I don't
know where there's a smarter man.
There wasn't any here yesterday. But
he knows that theology is one thing,
and handling men is quit* another. I
wouldn't want to eat Joe's chevse if he'd
learned his trade out of the Unabridged
Dairyman's Compendium. And I don't
think the savages in Micronesia, gentle
as they may be, and with a possible appetite for metaphysics, will take kindly
to theology, especially the kind that
makessyour head ache when you try to
understand it. Grit and knack and a
big heart will catch more heathen in a
month than this whittled-out and sandpapered theology that the ministers have
such fun over when they examine missionaries would catch in a century."
"But, my dear boy" said the Deacon,
who, somehow, when specially interested always talked as though walking
about a horse, "how shall we break in
the young missionaries? You're right,
something's wrong. We didn't put that
young man to his mettle. But what
shall we do? We can't turn him loose
down there in Micronesia, and ever
hope to catch him again. We must
try on the harness while we have him.
He must look out for the ditches himself
when he comes to them."
"And get mired the first thing like
your Knox colt."
"But Tony, animals have instinct."
"And men haven't, unless commonsense is instinct; and how many questions were asked yesterday to find out
how much common-sense that young
man had? It's all Avell enough to find
out whether a man is orthodox and all
that, but a man's creed needs to be balanced with- common-sense. There's
Parson coming now, ask him what he
thinks."
"Just in the nick of time, Parson.
Tony's on a canter all around the lot.
He's off at a bound Avhen we speak to
him. You can manage him though,
and we're glad you've happened in."
"Well, Deacon, Tony's commonsense holds him pretty straight to the
marl;. Something is crooked somewhere,
my boy; what is it?'
"Oh, Parson, he's soured on that
council. The examining committee avhs
one short."
"Well, Joe, perhaps I've laid myself
open to that charge. I guess I've said
more than I ought to."
"No, no, Tony" said the Deacon.
�"No, my boy; I don't believe it," said
Parson. "Tell" us what the council did
that was wrong."
"It didn't do anything wrong exactly.
'Twas something it didn't do that bothered me."
"Give us specifications, Tony.".
"Well, that council examined that
man's theological education. They
didn't examine him; and as I understand
it, he's the one that's going to Micronesia. How much did they find out about
him and about his fitness for being a
missionary in Micronesia? They didn't
ask a question bordering on the subject
except "Avhy do you choose a foreign instead of a home missionary field?" and
that might have been asked if he'd been
going to China or Zululand."
"Well done, Tony. You've hit the
nail on the head. All the Avay over I'a«
been thinking what it was that made the
council so much more unsatisfactory
than I hoped it would be."
"Why, Parson, didn't you enjoy the
council?"
"Enjoy it? Yes, indeed-! But I felt
something Avas lacking, and Tony has
struck it."
"I don't want to set myself up as a
fault-finder, but I wish they'd asked
some questionsyesterday that theydidn't
ask."
"What questions Tony?"
"Why, a good many. For instance,
'what have you read about Micronesia?'
Or, 'what teachings are likely to get a
grip on the consciences of those people
first?' Or, 'what would you do if theydidn't seem to catch on to what seem to
you the first truths in religion?' Or,
'how would you go to work to change
their habits?' Or, 'what can you teach
them to-do that will keep them busy,
and give you a fair show at them?' Or,
'what can you do for yourself if you get
sick?' Or, 'have you ever talked with
any returned missionaries from Micronesia?' Or, 'do you know why so many
missionaries have failed to keep on in
the work there?' Or, 'how do you think
you'll get along with the other missionaries?'
"But Tony, you must remember that
Mr. Wilmot is a Christian."
"So was Dr. Livingstone and the missionaries in South Africa, but they Avere
men too, and they had plenty of opportunities for patience and forbearance and
submission, that they didn't always
manifest."
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the work assigned him and not murmur
Avhen he sees another doing a work that
he knows he could do as well if not
better. There must be leaders and he
must be content not to be one of them.
Books Avill be translated and his name
not get on the cover. Someone else will
be chosen to describe to home audiences
the wonderful results of the mission to
Avhich he belongs. Books will be published about his mission and no mention
be made of the large share which he had
in accomplishing the glorious results."
"That's it, Parson. And a man ought
to face some of these things before he's
sent from America. I don't believe there
was another man on the council that
had a thought about them."
"Well, Tony, I hadn't, or else I would
have asked some of your questions. I'll
never miss another such chance. And
now while we're talking about this it appears to me that if councils for ordaining missionaries, (and they are the responsible parties) would only be exacting
and sensible in their examinations of
young men from the seminaries, it
wouldn't be long before those same
young men would find that they'd have
to make a diligent practical preparation
for the particular places they were going
to or else fail to pass muster. I'm not
sure that ordaining councils that lived
up to their privileges might not prove
more of a stimulus to young men seeking missionary appointment and more
of a check on those unfitted"to go, than
the modern proposition to prepare missionary training schools. An;way, I
don't propose to miss another chance to
help a young man to an understanding
of what he is enlisting for."
"It aint treating him fair, no ways,"
broke in the Deacon, "this giving a missionary the send-off, and not having a
word to say about what's going to Concern him so much in his life among the
heathen. I tell you, Tony, I'm glad
you've given us the word on this. I only
wish you'd harness in with us, my boy."
"Yes, Tony," said his mother, "the
Lord needs you and you ought to be
His."
"We'd all be glad," said
Joe who at
heart admired his brother's rugged manliness.
"Perhaps Tony is hearer the Great
Decision than we think," added Parson
Baker, and then rising to go, he grasped
Tony's hand and in an undertone said—
"To-day, Tony !"
And Tony for a moment disconcerted
at the turn in the conversation could
only brush away a tear, and watch the
Parson as he walked down to the gate,
mounted his horse, and rode away.
"Well, I know one thing," said he
turning to the group at the fire-place,
"Parson Baker's the kind of man to
catch savages anywhere !"
"Tony is right again. A spirit of cooperation is a very essential requisite in
a missionary. He should be a man who
can endure disappointment; who can
graciously witness the setting aside of
his favorite scheme as Livingstone was
twice obliged to do about the training
school he tried to establish; who can
leave a home that he has made himself
and move on into new regions because
of the jealousy and utterances of another
You can no more afford to keep relimissionary as Livingstone was forced to gion out of your ballot than you can
do at Mabotsa; who can faithfully do afford to keep it out of your life.
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Conditions of Communion.
From a Sermon by E. G. Beckwith, D.D.
There is but one condition, love to
Christ, to be a new creature in Christ
Jesus. "As many as walk according to
this rule, peace be on them, and mercy,
and on the Israel of God." There is
but one condition. If I am a child of
God, as I am made welcome to fellowship with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ, I ought to be made welcome to the fellowship of all who are
one Avith me in their love for our common Lord and Savior. And he who
hinders me because I cannot say his
shibboleths, or sing his songs, or accept his unctions, or learn his liturgies,
or receive his baptisms, or work under
his polities, or submit to his ecclesiastical canons —he Avho shuts me away
from communion with Christ and his
people for any other reason than because
I am not a child of God, does me a
cruel unkindness; and in that day coming so soon when we shall all take each
other by the hand -as we shall all of us
who love Him, of Avhatever ecclesiastical
name, or whatever shade of ecclesiastical belief—no child of God in the
realms of glory will ever refuse fellowship with any other child of God in the
realms of glory. I say, in that day coming so soon, when we shall all take each
other by the*hand at the threshold of
our heavenly Father's house, and bow
together before the great white throne,
and sit doAvn together at the marriage
supper of the Lamb, I shall expect to
see that dear brother who will not let
me sit with him here at the table of our
common Lord, hastening to find me,
and take me by the hand, and insist upon my sitting close beside him; and as
we sit there together with Jesus and all
the ransomed, I should not wonder if I
should hear him whispering in my ear,
T beg your pardon, brother, for not letting you sit with me down there at our
church communions". And I shall forgive him before he says it, and then we
shall join hands again, and stand up together, and sing so that all in heaven
can hear us, "Behold how good and
how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion, for there the
Lord commandeth his blessing, even
life forevermore."
It is not books on the shelf but books
in the brain that tell. The dullest
preachers I know of have splendid libraries. They own everything that has
been written on miracles, and yet whenyou hear them preach, if you did not
get sound asleep that would be a miracle. Talmage.
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Judge Deady on Missionaries.
We take pleasure in printing by
special request the following extract
from the remarks of Hon. M. P. Deady,
U. S. District Judge of Oregon, at the
banquet given by Chief Justice Judd to
the members of the Bar, March 7, 1890,
'• In Oregon there were two counter
forces at work, commerce and trade,
Missionaries and travelers and farmers
about the same time, the Missionaries
first and then traders. The traders
would merely represent the commerce
of this day; they were as a class half
pirate and half trader. They left no
mark on the shore; they did their business on the decks of their vessels and
then went away, but they are both illustrations of how the English-speaking
race has colonized the whole world
through the agency of Christianity and
commerce; they have gone hand in hand
to bring up the morals and prosperity of
the people. It is not a kind of Christianity that goes down to the native, that
goes to him and stays with him, but it
goes to him and brings him up to the
standard of the plane on which it is, and
I have found a great deal of similarity
exists between these islands and Oregon
in this respect. I can see all through
this country the indelible marks of the
benefit that'Christianity has wrought
through the missionaries that came here
from the United States. (Applause.)
But of course in a civilized country there
must be something besides the missionary. There must be commerce, there
must be freedom and there must be government, and the missionary must take
his place, not be all and all in the government, and this country is passing
through that stage. But I think that
the people of this country, are not aware
of the fact that the first people that became their teachers, their leaders, and
introduced them to Christianity, were
people of high wisdom and benevolence
and industry, who taught them to take
care of themselves and live in this world
as well as they could; I do not think
they realize that fact."
It is scarcely possible for any person
sojourning at our hotels, to escape the
impression, from the constant storm of
obloquy poured upon "missionaries,"
that they have hitherto been "all in all
in the government." People at home
here know that for the past thirty years,
missionaries have exerted very little
direct influence in the government.
There are indeed only two men here in
active life who hold commissions as
missionaries of the American Board.
There is however a powerful body of
public opinion on moral and political
questions, prevailing in this community,
which is the fruit of the former labors
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and influence of the American Missionaries. It makes little difference what
party is in power in the government,
this body of public opinion continues
to exert an effective influence against
political and social corruption. We are
quite sure that none would more keenly
regret the absence of this wholesome
and conserving influence than many of
those who permit themselves to join in
the senseless talk against "missionaries''
which has come down from the old
wanton times of the traders and beachcombers.
General and Mrs. J. F. B. Marshall,
after a visit of nearly five months, have
taken their leave of the Islands. The
hearty welcome which has constantly
met them here has doubtless made their
stay as agreeable to themselves as it has
been profitable and. stimulating to our
social and educational interests. On
another page will be found a contribution, made by request, upon the heroic
and successful work of the negro, Mr.
B. F. Washington, in creating the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School in
Alabama. We are most thankful to
General Marshall for this story of wise
enterprise and devotion which, we do
not forget, received its impetus from the
grand worjj of Gen. Armstrong at Hampton, and witnesses the greatness and
thoroughness of that work. It tells
what sort of men Hampton builds up
and sends forth.
Among its inspiring
lessons it tells us how essential an
element in the creation of efficient character, is thorough training in strenuous
and skilled labor. We believe that the
introduction of that element into the
Pflnahou curriculum would knock a
great deal of the nonsense out of the
young people.
.
Death of Rev. James Ely.
The Rev-. James Ely died at Thompsonville, Ct., January 20th, aged 91. He
came to these Islands with the second
band of missionaries, arriving in 1823,
and was stationed first at Waimea,
Kauai; then in 1824 at Kaawaloa, where
he received Queen Kapiolani into church
membership; then at Honolulu, returning to the States on account of ill health
in 1828, and was pastor of the church in
Bolton, Conn., for sixteen years. 11l
health again caused retirement from
regular ministerial duties. In 1850,with
two other ministers, he organized the
Presbytery of Connecticut, and founded the Presbyterian church of Hartford.
His first wife (Louisa Everest) died in
1849, and in 1852 he married Mis. Sibyl
Metcalf, who died las* October. He
was gentle, loving, earnest, faithful.
blessed in his work here and in the home
[April, 1890
land, and after years of increasing infirmity, has passed in extreme old age
from the cares of earth* to the reAvards
of the world beyond.—P. C. Advertiser.
It was a surprise to us to learn that
there had been so recently a single survivor of the missionaries of pioneer
times. Mr. Ely was a comrade of
Messrs. Richards, Stewart, Bishop and
Levi Chamberlain, whose voyage was
described in Stewart's Journal. It was
in the thatched cottage of Mr. Ely at
Kaawaloa, a few rods from the site of
Cook's monument that the editor was
born. Rev. A. O. Forbes was born in
the same house six years later, among
the rugged billows of pahoehoe lava,
»and the cocoanuts. On one side the
dark, forbidding pali, on the other the
dashing surf leaping high as it struck
the lava capes. Aloha no ike one lianau!
The villages along the coast in those
days were large, and swarming with
half-naked Hawaiians. Foreign food
was scarce, and comforts few, but a grand
work was being done for the healing of
the people in body and in spirit. We
always heard Mr. Ely's part in this work
named with honor.
Death of a Survivor of the Nuuanu Pali
Massacre.
In the Nupepa Kitokoa of March 23d,
is reported the death on February 19th
of an aged woman at Waimanalo,
named Kahemolele, Avho remembered
the Pali slaughter of 1791,"and who
must therefore have been not less tha n
104 years old. Her father went to the
fight, but escaped. The earliest fugitives from the massacre at the Nuuanu
Pali, gave the alarm, and the women
and children fled to the mountain precipices to hide. Kahemolele was able to
walk, but remembers her mother carrying her on her back, strictly forbidding
her to cry, lest the pursuing victors
should find them. Many little ones
crying, were for that reason abandoned
by their parents and slaughtered; and
many persons were traced out by the
cries of their children, and slain. After
the fury of the battle was over, a general protection and security (Mamalahoa) was ordered by Kamehameha, and
criers summoned the fugitives from
their hiding-places. Kahemolele lived
certainly under eight kings, and possibly
nine, namely, Kahekili, Kalanikupule,
the five Kamehamehas, Lunalilo and
Kalakaua.
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HANALEI—A MEMORY.
Visit of Rev. Daniel C. Greene. D. D.
For The Fkiknii.
We were favored on the 29th ult. by a
brief call at this port, of Dr. Greene and
Mrs. Greene, of Tokio, Japan, passengers
in transit on the Helgic, bound to Japan.
Dr. Greene is one of the oldest missionaries now in the field, having begun labor
there 1869. At an informal gathering of
a few friends at Mr. F. W. Damon's, just
before re-embarking, Dr. Greene made a
number of interesting statements respecting the work in Japan, many"of them in
reply to questions, some of Avhich we here
Backward the tide of my memory sweeps,
To days when I dwelt in an alien land;
In fancy I gaze on its sapphirine deeps,
And wander again on its golden strand,
'Neath the shade of the palm tree's feathery
plumes,
And the sheen of orange and jasmine blooms.
I hear the sound of an anthem sublime,
Sung by the waves of an amethyst sea,
And the odors of blooms from a far-off clime,
Are wafted across the waters to me;
I feel the soft kisses of breezes blown
On languorous wings from the torrid zone.
I catch the gleam of an opaline veil,
Enfolding the mountain's verdant breast,
Caught up on the wings of a gentle gale,
And borne away o'er the lustrous crest;
Which Waialeale thrusts far on high,
Piercing the deeps of a violet sky.
I see through the thin diaphanous haze
The silvery flash df the waterfalls,
O'erhung by the rainbow's shimmering rays,
As they downward leap o'er the shining
walls
Into the valley's green glistening deeps,
Where the somnolent river sighs and sleeps.
A lazy and languid river that lies,
In a gleaming border of gold and green,
Mirroring backward the blue of the skies,
And broken the shadows of emerald sheen,
Where its waters lap the quivering reeds
And bare the roots of the indolent weeds.
Dear vale at the feet of the flashing cascades,
O wilderness sweet ofall blossoming things !
Moss-cushioned rocks and evergreen glades,
Where butterflies hover on gossamer wings,
A long farewell! I shall wander no more
'Neath the palm tree crowns by the sunkissed
shore.
Memories dear that have haunted me long.
Shall yet burn bright in the after-glow,
In cadence sweet I shall hear the song,
Where murmuring waters drowsily flow,
And I'll feel the breath of the sweet perfumes,
And the incense born of odorous blooms.
Chaki.es 11. Ewakt.
Dalbeattie, Scotland.
10th February, 1890.
Kawaiahao Girls' Concert.
note.
About five per
cent,
of the Christian
converts belong to the highest classes.
cent, of the members of the Parliament about to convene are avowed
Christians; the percentage of Christians in
the Empire being not one fourth as great.
•These facts show how Christianity finds
especial favor among the abltr and more
intelligent people.
There is reason to believe that the call
for foreign Christian workers in Japan will
come to an end in fifteen or twenty years.
The people are very independent, and intend to manage their churches themselves.
The foreign missionary there exercises no
authority, he is only a counselor and elder
brother.
The great Doshisha College which is a
creation of Congregational Christianity under the lamented Joseph Neesima, is in
high favor. Three Cabinet ministers have
subscribed one thousand dollars each.
Dr. Greene while away fram Japan, became deeply impressed with the great
amount of influence which Japanese
thought was exerting upon all Christendom; not only in respect to aitistic matters. He considers the standard of Theological Education in Japan as very high.
With the exception of Hebrew and'Greek,
it is higher than in New England Seminaries twenty years ago. Many of the
native professors are very highly educated.
In Dr. Greene's company was a very interesting gentleman of high culture. Mr.
Nakashima, Ph. D. who was returning to
Japan to occupy a professorship, after
eleven years study at Vale and in Germany.
Dr. Greene heartily welcomes to Japan
Rev. Mr. Noyes, and wishes that Mr.
Covell would come. He does not seem
to be in accord \% ith the extreme conservatism of the Prudential Committee, although his venerated father was so long
one of the Secretaries, with Anderson and
Evarts. He expressed great regret at the
failure to accomplish the attempted union
of the Congregationalist and Presbyterian
Churches in Japan.
Our friend re-embarked at 4 p. m.
Tv?o per
This concert, announced in our last
issue, was most successfully executed
on the evening of Saturday, the 15th
ult. The large church was filled above
and beloAv, mainly by Hawaiians, but
with a large attendance of foreigners,
who were well pleased Avith the performance. It was made highly attractive to
all classes of the audience, and reflected
great credit upon the general discipline
of the girls, and especially upon their
musical training. The receipts were in
The
excess of anything anticipated.
King and the Heiress Apparent were
present, and on the following Saturday
H. R. H. Liliuokalam entertained the
whole school at her Waikiki residence.
The great favor in which this, and its
sister seminaries are held among the
native people, is very satisfactory to
Monthly Record of Events.
their patrons, whose generous gifts have
March Ist.—The weather record for
been so long and constantly bestowed
for their maintenance and growth.
February shows Temperature, 71.76;
Barometer, 29.991, and Rainfall, 10.65
The Yamashiro Maru is nearly due with inches.—The mortuary report for same
1000 more Japanese laborers.
month shows a total of 66, as against a
.
range of
43 to 48 the previous four years,
the larger number of deaths being under
one year, of which there were 21, and
the next 11, being over 70 years ofage.
Hawaiians suffened a loss of 43.
3rd.—Minister of Interior petitions
the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus against the Auditor General, the
latter refusing to audit certain bills for
salaries due guards and for food of
prisoners laboring orl the Volcano Road.
Suicide of a Chinaman at Kamoiliili.
4th.—Postal Saving's Bank report for
IHN9 shows a total of 2,011 depositors,
with a credit of $909,613.87; a net gain
over withdrawals, of 781 depositors, with
deposits and credits for interest of
1432,138.03 for the year.
sth.—Heavy rain with Kona indications.
6th.—Union Iron Works Co. accept
their Ml years charter of incorporation,
and elect J. N. S. Williams, President;
Robert More, Secretary and Treasurer;
A. J. Cartwright, Auditor.- JusticeBickerton declines to favor Junius Kaae's
petition to revoke the will of the late
Keliiahonui, probated in 1855.—More
rain.
7th.—A heavy Kona decidedly interferes with the arrival of the steamers
Alamtda from the Colonies and .4 iis/rii/m
from San Francisco, the surf breaking clean across tlfe bar, and compelling
them to weather it at sea over night.—
Inter-island steam service also interrupted.—Chief Justice Judd gives a dinner
at Hamilton House to Judge Deady of
Oregon and members of the bar.—Loss
at Mahukona, Hawaii, of the Am. barkentine Ella, with partial cargo of sugar.
Bth. —Weather moderated at noon so
that the island and foreign steamers one
after another effected an entrance to the
port. Honolulu welcomes a large number of kamaainas by the Australia.
9th.—Departure of the Alameda for
San Francisco. —A native boy, aged 11
years, carelessly riding on the Tramway
Co.'s water-cart was run over on Fort
street, sustaining injuries which caused
death in a few hours. A jury subsequently returned a verdict of accidental
death.
11th.— A party claiming $20,000
damages seeks to interfere with the
Gazette Co.'s dividends for some weeks
to come.
12th.—More rain for a change.
13th.—Steamer Akamai returns from
her voyage of discovery and reports
good guano prospects on Lycan Island,
which island was taken possesion of by
Mr. G. D. Freeth and the Hawaiian flag
hoisted. A house was built and two
men left in charge.
14th. The Australia departs with a
large number of passengers, including
the Raymond and Whitcomb tourists
who have "done" the islands in spite of
the weather.—Theo. H. Davies, Esq.,
entertains his employees at dinner at
The Hamilton.
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aided by Berger's String Orchestra and
the Kamehameha School Club, give an
PORT OF HONOLULU.—MARCH.
excellent concert to a crowded house at
ARRIVALS.
the Kawaiahao Church. Arrival of the
Zealandin en route to the Colonies, with 4 H It M I Champion, St (.'lair, from Hilo.
days from San
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a goodly passenger list for this port.
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17th.—Kauikeaouli's day; government
Haw B 8 Australia, Houdletle, from San Fram isco.
holiday.—The fleet of fourteen whalers 11 Am
l>k Knot h Talbot, Rhodl, II days from Port
lying off and on off the port, presented 14—AmTowiisend
bktne S N Cattle, Hubbard, 19 days from San
a sight quite like old times. Company A
Francisco.
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Honolulu Rifles gave a ball at their IS cisco.S S Zealandia, Van Olerendorp, from San FranAm s.li Mary I >odge, Gallop, 24 days from Humliolill.
Armory.
sch Kobcrt Searles, Tilt/, M days from New
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their Hall.
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19th.—Parties interested met at the l!t \niCastle.
bk Alden Hesse, Howard, 17 days from San Francisco.
Hawaiian Hotel to take steps toward
24 Am tern Kxcelsior, Soderstrom, 18 days from Kureka.
forming a Chess Club.
February II Am wh bk Hunter, 8(J days from San Fran
21st.—-Collision of two construction lit Amcisco*
wh bk Triton, SO days from San Francisco.
trains on the Oahu Railway; fortunately tfi Am wh bk Northern Lkht.oodays from San Francisco.
wh bk Reindeer, 100 days from San Francisco.
no one seriously hurt.—Mr. Justice Mc- IS Am
Am wh bk Sea Ranger, 90 days from San Francisco.
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damus case, denying the writ petitioned
days from San Francisco.
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treasury
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of the British Benevolent Society.
DEPARTURES.
23rd. —Fire in Lucas' Planing Mill, 1 \m bk Forest (Jueeu, Winding, for San Fram isco.
is
arAm lent F S Redfield, Birkholm, for Port Tuwnseml.
discovered shortly after midnight,
(I Am bk Alex McNeil, Friis, for San Fram isco.
rested in time to save serious loss to
G«r bk H Ha»ckfeld, Brane, for San Francisco.
0 Am S S Alameda, Morse, fur San Francisco,
tools and machinery.
I' Haw bk Andrew Welch, Marston, for San Fftnciaco,
24th.—Planters and others interested, 14 Haw S S Australia, Houdlette, for San Francisco.
S S Zealandiu, Van Otcrendorp, for the Colonies.
responding to a circular of the Minister ID1!) Haw
Am bktne Planter, Dow, for San Francisco.
the
for
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of the Interior, meet
Cabinet
20 Am bktne John Smith, Kustel, for San Francisco.
Am tern Mary Dodge, Gallop, for Euieka.
interchange of views on the prospective M
00—Am bk Benj F Hunt, Pritchard, for Kahului.
fur San Francisco.
labor needs of the country. —Sale of five 26 Am bk F S Thompson, Gatter,
—Am bktne, lungard, Paul, for San Francisco.
Crowd Land leases, realize $2,443.60 Y. Am wh bk Hunter.
18-Am wh bk Triton.
per annum.
Am wh bk Northern Light.
Am wh bk Reindeer.
25th.—A. Johnstone, editor of the
Am wh bk Sea Ranger.
Elele, is committed for trial to the Su- '20—Am
wh bk Alice Knowles.
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for
libel.—Hawaiian
22—Am wh bk Kli/a.
preme
Am wh bk Alaska.
ball League elect officers for 1890, and 21 —Am wh bk Jus Allen. ■
19 -Am wh sinir Belvideie.
announce the season to open April the 24—Am
wh bk Andrew Hicks.
12th.—Theo. H. Davies, Esq. delivers 21—Am wh brig T H Barstow.
bk Lydia.
20—Am
a "familiar talk" on India at the Y. M. 22—Am wh
wh bk Stamboul.
Am wh bk Helen Mars.
C. A.
—Hm wh stmr Win Lewis.
26.-*— ChiefJustice Judd decides, in the 24
27—Am bktne Mary Winkelman, Dyreborg, for San Francisco.
case of Chung Waa, vs. Jona. Austin,
Am brgtne W G Irwin, McCulloch, for San Francisco.
sch Robert Searles, PUtz, for Port Townsend.
Minister ofForeign Affairs, that a Chinese 29 %AmS Belgic,
Walker, for Hongkong.
naturalized as a Hawaiian subject is
entitled to land in this kingdom without
PASSENGERS.
a permit.
27th.—The Steinetz Chess Club organize, with Bruce Cartwright, Presi-
dent.; A. Y. Geer, Vice President; W. R.
Sims, Secretary; C. M.Cooke,Treasurer.
—Mr. T. H. Davies gave a very pleasant entertainment at the Y. M. C. A.
Hall, to the employes of the Honolulu
Iron Works.
29th.—Three hacks come to grief and
one horse to its death on Fort Street, in
the mad rush to secure Kinau passengers. —Arrival of S. S. Belgic from San
Francisco en route to China for which
vessel 200 Chinese are already booked.
Concert at Kaumakapili, in aid of its
Sunday School.
[April, 1890.
THE FRIEND.
AKKIVALS.
From San Francisco, per W G Irwin, Mar. s—Mrs E
Fletcher, Mrs J H Hlack, L P Harris, CI Douty, D P
Devlin, R Mason and V Stagg.
From the Colonies, per S S Alameda, Mar 8-H I)
AV.,me and wife, Mr and Mrs Kelsey and son, Jan Morris,
F Raymond, A Gavnen.
From San Francisco, per S S Australia, Mar B—H M
Gillig, wife and 2 servants, Mrs Gil ig. Mist Crouch,
Frank Unaer, Geo W Nagle, His Ex C W Ash rord, J F
Merrill, wifo and 2 children. H Goodwin and wife, J Holing
F S Dodge, wife and 2 children, Mrs E Ivers, A J Ivers,
C W Crocker, H W Schmidt, wife md maid, A Fowler,
Capt H H Ellis, Miss Ellis, E C Macfarlane, Miss SweeC
Misi Amy Fowler, Mrs R McKenzie and 4 children, E E
Yoik, X fl Castlen, las A Kennedy, Miss G E S.iles Miss
1 R Sides, Mr, Andrews, Mrs H E Alexander. Ewald
Kl.inan, H Lose, X Podeyn, Mrs W F DeForesl, Mrs
A l.usk, Thomas E Wall, E Shaw, Miss C A Carter, C H
Esign, E R Stackable, I X Moore/Miss Roberts, ; P
David, W Richardson, Miss L A Whiting, W A tVhiting,
T A Cadi, E W Peterson, Miss M Johnston, J B Price,
Captains Cogan, AT Simmons, C A Fisher, AY B Ellks, L
B Owen, Whitesides, Ijiphaiu, W Howland, J 0 Maker, E
Penniman, C 11 Foley, and 'M NMIM«
From San Franci-cn, per RMS Zcalandia, Mar IB
Hon Paul Isenberg, Hon II M Whitney, J M Oat, Miss
Noycs, John Ashdown, fohn Bergstrotn, Miss M Kelly,
Cant X H Cook, Capt P I DtvoO, J Karl. Miss Anni<
Klln.ll, X W Patterson and wile, Mrs A C I'fcrdner, Capt.
(has W Fisher, Mrs M Keuner, (apt J L Sayie, J N
Raymond, Capt X Kelly, J V Form n and wife, Cap! S
Smith, B S Taylor, ('apt Knawle*, B'gar Lewis, Capt M
V It Milliard, Ceo Norton. C S N«yes, H T Tayloi. Mis
Belle Tully, Miss May Fully, II F Wiel.nian midwife. C
A Wets.m, J W Whiting ami wife, C P Dattofl, C A St- in..
Miss Mitchell and 30 n the steerage.
From San Fiatnwo, per bark Alden Beast, M;y 19 II
M Breinerand Mr Ross.
G
DKI'AKT!
Xl"..
,
For San Francisco, per S S Al.imed.i, Mar 9 A A Pond,
Mrs Covington, Miss M Rhodes, ll.hi Matthew P Deady
■ud Mrs Deady, C S Kynnersley and wife, Mrs Kenncy,
I C Slafter. C B I'lalt, wife ami child, Augu-l Bro-ss an.
Mrs E Macfarlaue, L J Levey, Capt II W I.yon. C M V
Forster, |ohn H Riker, Ivlwaul Spring, Mrs A Huntley,
F I' Hayings, W A Kinney, A R Rowat, Dr. Derr, wife
and child, Miss A Kmineluili, M V H.-lines, Mrs McCart-
ney.
For San Fram ism, per bark Andrew Welch, Mar 12 C
C Station and | B Berry.
For San Francisco, par S S Australia, Mar 14 Cabin
(leu J F B M.usl.all and Mrs Marshall. Mi- X t larke. I
Baitram, A C.:oningei and Wgfe, Mrs F. M Brown (li.nl''.
X Hyde, I Dutton, si S Crocker and wife. Capuin Potter,
Miss B A Smith, Mm F M Sparhawk, Miss S B Swanton,
and wife, MUs I Kdgerton,
'J Dana and wife NR bake,Schleaina,
Miss Minnie Garri*
PN Makes and wife, Mrs
son, Mrs M A Myers Won A S Wilcox, Mrs Capt Huntley, C It Castlen, W A Kinney, Frank P Hastings and
wife. IV A Mound, MisW M Offlard, DrJ M Whitney
and wife, Mn A Young, Miss May Young, W T> Warne
and wife, E 0 Nhuman, John Bri*hl S eenune; W
Gabriel, J Frwatas, wife and 6 children, Mr Mania and
wife, V Lena, wifeand t liildren. I Frank, wife and 4 clnldrcn, M dc Lout/, wife'• and I children, I Dc Lena, wife
and 2 children, M lionhue. Ffl Robello. wife and t chil
dren, S W Anderson, A Itra/o, wife and I children, N
Muni/, wife and3children, M Johnson, J Kennedy, R
Mebriga, Mis Wetnerelt, | | Monagham, Van EsUtt, J
Üborga, R C Hardy, J W Abraham-, Harry McMillan,
M Reamers,
For the Colonies, par X M S Zetland!*, Mm 16 MrsC
Trower and M in iransil.
For San FVancUco, per barkentiue Irmgard, Mai ~; '•
daLuca, Miss l.uca, Master* Luce (2), R W U Lee, Di
Hall, I. P Lin. oh. and MrOreuroa.
For San Fjani i»CO, per b irk Ferris S Thompson, Mar 99
-S S Thompson and J II StelHng.
For San Francisco, per bgtne w(i Irwin. Mar 27 Mrs
Kllis, Mis lons Shaw, Mrs Carney, A Mock, M.m.T
Cognat. Mr lieveliu, Mi Doughtey
ioi Hongkong, per H H Bclgri .Mar* h 2D Ii ahia and i
K5 Chinese men, I woman
Europeansteers
and 8 children, I7:t in transit.
:
,
BIRTHS.
In Oakland, C.il., M.ir, I, 7ih, i„ ih,. arissc/1..
C. Kelly, Est],, a ".mi
PURVIS (lii Mmll, mi, :,l KllkuhSac'e, Hamakua, 11..
w.-iii, Co the wife of W. Ili-ilni Purvi., E*q., anon.
KF.MPSTER On MarvhWh n Kohala, Hawaii, to ihe
wife of Chas. X Kempiter, a daughtei
DAMON In Honolulu, Man h slh, in the nife of His En
the Hon. S. M. I laraon, a yon.
HEINEMANN On March Ml at Pi Maui, i" ilic »ife
of ('apt. ( »co. Heinemann, a daughter.
KELLY
MARRIAGES.
WHHMAN work At Oakland, CaL. February athh,
Henry f. Wkhinan, of ll' I it In T In MUI Hatne Work
■>f Oakland
DAItKI. -HARRISON In Honolulu March Sd. by the
Rev. K. G. Backwilh, D. D., Capt, Richard Dabel to
Miss Alitiy Harrison.
McQUEEN—LOUIS In Honolulu, Marchrath by lha
Rev. K. G. Hcckwilll, t). D., James McOllcen to I'.-u-liue Leans.
DEATHS.
BOYD At Geneva. N, A'.. February n>, Uta Rev. lame,
D,
Boyd,
father
of Mrs. A. Y. Juudul thUcily.
D.,
R.
BATES—In San rrasjclaoo, Ksbrsary -2.H*I, Mrs. Aahsr 11.
Hates, mo her of Mrs- Theodore K. Siuilh, Morris, Mar
sh .11 an I Mary Hales, aged 79 yean,ami '2 months.
BUI'LER-Al I'a.uihau, Hawaii, February '24th, Mrs.
Hattie lluller, axed sS years, win of K. H. llutler, hnnierly of Sprcckelsville- Maui.
WILLIAMS In s.ni Francisco, March nth. Gsome C.
Williams of Hun,lulu, aged M vims. A COaVSdS of 11.
W. Dc Long.Post, G. A. R., of Honolulu.
GRIFFIN-On lioard ihe S. S. Australia, oil ll,in.,lulu
harbor, March 7th. John GrMu, i|uartennastcr on that
vessel, a native of I'rince Edward Island, Canada.
RENTON—At Kohala, Hawaii, March loin, Katharine
J., beloved wife of Henry H. Renton, aged '23 years.
CUNHA- In Honolulu, March 21st, Antone (1. Cunha
florist, aged BA yeats.
ROBINSON—In this city, March at, John N. Robinson,
a ■- 1 20 years, brother of Hon, M. I'. Robinson, Mrs. T.
R Foster, Mrs. S. C. Allen, Airs C P. Ward. Mrs. A.
J.i. i. Mrs. AY. E. Foster and Mrs. Dr. A. McWayne.
BLAISDELL -In the Queen's Hospital, March '27th,
John L. Dlaisdell, aged 43 yeais.
CARTER—In Honolulu, March '2», Alfred AY. Carter,
aged 49 years 1 mouth.
KINGSLEY—At sea, March 4, on board the bark Lady
Lampson, C A\' Kingsley, of Honolulu, aged 4f, years.
.
�Volume 48, No. 4.]
BOAKB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Hoard of Missions, and tile 1-Alitor, appointed by the
Hoard is resiMinsilile for its contents.
Rev. 0. P. Emerson,
31
THE FRIEND.
-
Editor.
Gilbert Island News.
The Trip of the Missionary Barkentine Morning Star
Measles Break Out on Board.
By Avay of Sydney letters have come
from the Hawaiian missionaries in the
Gilbert Islands. The Morning Star on
reaching Tapiteuea found Mrs. Paaluhi
so sicC that it Avas thought hest sheshould come up to Honolulu Avith her
husband for medical care. Drunkenness, licentiousness and quarreling seem
to be rampant on that island. Very feAv
stand out for truth and righteousness
and soberness. At Nonouti, Rev. A. C.
Walkup Avas taken on hoard. He has
been on that island four months, and
has done good work. The Gilbert Island Catechist Te Hona had been clubbed over the head by some of the adhererents of the Catholic priests. One of
the priests had been taken away on
board a French man-of-war to another
island south of the equator, under care
of the English (Samoan) mission, but
was not making an}' headway. At Apaian, Avhere they arrived Christmas Day,
Rev. M. Lutera and wife were holding a
school exhibition. From their select
school they had chosen nine for teachers,
and established branch schools on other
parts of the island. The next day, the
Kusaiean "Abe Lincoln," who Avas a
passenger from Honolulu to his native
island, Avhose people had elected him
"king," broke out with measles. Soon
after, Rev. Z. Faaluhi's baby was found
to have taken the same disease. After
that Capt. Garland allowed no intercourse with the people at the other islands Avhere they touched, hoping in that
way to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Hawaiian missionaries Avere only
allowed to converse from their boats.
Their freight and mail Avere landed Avithout any further communication. They
were greatly disappointed at being thus
unexpectedly prevented from having any
general meeting this year as had been
originally planned Avith Rev. J. H. Mahoe, the Hawaiian delegate from the
Evangelical churches here. December
27th the Star Avas at Tarawa, December
30th at Maiana, January Ist at Marakei,
January '2nd at Butaritari, leaving January 4th for Kusaie by way of Ocean
and Pleasant Islands. The people of
Apaian were greatly grieved because it
was thought best that Rev. M. Lutera
and his wife should come up to Honolulu on account of her long-continued ill
health for medical treatment here. The
other Hawaiian missionaries and their
families were reported in good health,
Rev. E. W. Clark and Rev. James H.
Kekela as Delegates and two Hawaiians
to be associated as helpers in the missionary work and to be located on
Strong's and Ascension Islands.
This beginning of mission Avork by the
American and Hawaiian churches in the
South Pacific Avas small, but the Lord
hath greatly blessed the labors of his
servants, foreign and native. The origin
of this mission under providence is
due to the Rev. C. B. Andrews.
The Origin ofthe Micronesian Mission. mainly
He elicited the facts from our shipmate
In the fall of 1849 (November), I re- and had me communicate them to the
the A. B. C. F. M. in the
turned tothe United States by wayof Cape Secretaries of
spring of 1850. Erom the Journal of
Horn in the ship Montreal, Capt. Chad- Rev. y. 1). Paris.
wick, with a large family under my care,
The Meeting at Kau.
consisting of Mrs. Richards, the widow of
the late Rev. William Richards, and her
Owing to the Kona storm Avhich so
tAvo daughters, two daughters of Mrs. lately raged along our coast and which
Levi Chamberlain, a son and a daughter delayed the sailing of the steamer for
of the Rev. E. W. Clark, a son of the three days, the meeting of the Hawaii
late Rev. \V. P. Alexander, a son of the Association Avhich was appointed for the
Rev. H. R. Hitchcock of Molokai, to- tenth, Avas not convened till the twelfth,
gether Avith the Rev C. H. Andrews and and was continued for but a single
a number of other passengers—a very morning and afternoon session.
pleasant family ! I also had my two litBy the omission of the reading of all
tle daughters Mary and Anna Avith me. papers on set themes time was made for
On the voyage we Avere becalmed
a Cull hearing of parish reports and the
some two Aveeks oft' Cape Horn. Meantime the Aveather was delightful. The transaction of necessary business.
Though the meeting of the Associafirst-mate of our ship—a very intelligent
man, an old sailor who had been cruis- tion was thus a short one, there Avas good
ing in a whaling vessel-gave us a great work done in it. The "obligation of the
deal of valuable information relative to foreign mission work was pressed; the
the various groups of islands in the pastors appointed to' the temporary
South Pacific. It appeared that many charge of pastorless fields neighboring to
of the inhabitants of the Caroline, Mar- their own Avere urged to do occasional
shall and Gilbert Islands, chiefs and week-day visitation in them, simple pvdpeople, were not only willing, but were pit service at stated intervals being
very desirous to have missionaries come declared insufficent; and to these shepherdless fields the voice of the Associaand teach them.
The chiefs of Strong's Island (Kusaie) tion went forth that they seek urgently
and Ascension (Ponape), were especially for pastors of their own. One man was
urgent and promised protection and found on the spot, R. L. Honuakau,
helpful support if missionaries were the delegate from Haili church, Hilo,
sent. Brother Andrews and myself both and a graduate of the Theological Semfelt that it was a marked providence—a inary, to volunteer to take the long
call from the Lord. The door was open. vacant parish of Milolii, Kona, and it
The time had come when the HaAvaiian was on the following Sabbath that he
churches should send forth men to be WmS introduced to that patient people
workers withthe American missionaries. among whom it is hoped he will before
The Islands of the Sea were waiting for long be settled. The Kona churches
the Gospel. The churches at the Isl- still need three more men.
The Sabbath School Delegates held
ands needed a field for Avork.
We drew up a plan with a petition to their meeting after the Association adthe Prudential Committee which on journed, and in the evening there was a
reaching Boston, we laid before the meeting of the Waiohinu F.lue Ribbon
Secretary of the American Board. The League under the leadership of Judge
Prudential Committee entertained our Martin. This was the popular audience
views favorably, and the plan Avas forth- of the day and a number of pastors were
with matured and adopted. The call invited to address it.
It is our opinion that during the
went forth for volunteers. Two, Dr. L.
H. Gulick and Rev. B. F. Snow, at' sessions of the Associations more should
once answered the call; a third, Rev. be made of these evening meetings,
Sturgis was very soon added to the that they should be popularized, and
that the powers of choice speakers
number.
These three pioneers came round should be brought to bear on them, and
Cape Horn, reaching the Sandwich Isl- this point was mooted by members of
ands in the spring of 1852. At the gen- the Association. The Association aderal meeting it was voted to send the journed to meet in the fall at Waipio.
as were also all on the Star, with the
exception of the two sick with the measles. The Butaritari chief and people
are desirous that the United States flag
should be raised on their island before
any of the European powers establish a
"protectorate over them. The Star is
due here early in May; was due at Kusaie
January 14th, according to the plan of
the voyage.— P. C. Advertiser.
—
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THE FRIEND.
THE T. If. €. A.
HONOLULU, H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests ol the Honolulu
Young Men s Christian (Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible fur its contents.
S. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
Monthly Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting for
business was held Thursday evening,
March 20th, with President Waterhouse
in the chair. The meeting was fairly
well attended, although we missed several of the older and more prominent
members who were detained by sickness,
absence from the city, etc.; but the increased number of younger members
present was encouraging. The reports
of the several regular committees showed progress in all departments. The
Treasurer's report showed a balance on
hand of $538.56. Five new names were
added to the membership roll. A committee consisting of F. J. Lowrey, W.
A. Bowen and S. D. Fuller were appointed to prepare a list of names {or
ofticers to be voted on at the next monthly meeting, April 17th, which will also
be the annual meeting to elect ofticers
for the following year.
The prevailing intemperance in our
city at the present time Avas earnestly
discussed and a committee appointed to
further consider the matter, gather data
and prepare for some practical efforts in
the way of improved legislation at the
coming session. H. W. Peck, C. L.
Carter and G. P. Castle compose the
committee and they have already set
about their Avork in real earnest.
Social.
On Tuesday evening, April 18th, our
hall was the scene of a very pleasant
and thoroughly enjoyed social gathering.
The committee planned to make the social featurv the leading one of the evening, that the members and friends of the"
Association might become acquainted
with the numerous young men who
have recently cotrie to the city, and that
they might become better acquainted
among themselves.
Social tastes vary considerably, and
some of our members found other attractions more congenial, yet a good number were present, and all united heartily
in making it a most enjoyable and profitable evening.
The programme was not long, but
excellent in qualify, consisting of a piano
solo by Miss A. N. Hathaway, a song
by Mr. D. G. Morgan, two recitations
by Mrs. F. O. Barto, and a quartette by
Misses Hight and Atherton and Messrs.
Lyman and Richards. Some remarks
were made by Mr. F. J. Lowrey, chair.
April, 1890.
man of the Entertainment Committee,
Social and Reception.
who presided, also by the President, Mr.
On next Thursday evening, April 3rd,
Henry Waterhouse. A generous prohave arvision of ice cream and cake, so enhanced the Entertainment Committee
social
to
ranged
for
a
be given
gathering
the pleasure of the hour that the time
in the Hall. A brief literary and musical
for closing came all too soon.
programme will be given followed by light
The whole affair will be
refreshments.
Improvements.
made a Farewell Rece|>tion to Mr. Theo.
During the last two months the build- H. Davies who expects to sail for London
ing has undergone some very decided on April sth. A cordial invitation is eximprovements. All the rooms on the tended to all the friends of the Association and of Mr. Davies to be present.
first floor have received new matting exThere are many reasons why' the
cept one, and in that the old was relaid. highest and strongest social ties need to
New rugs, mats and floor cloths have be formed and constantly strengthened
been added on both floors which greatly among the young men of this city: No
accomplishimproved the general appearance of the better place can be found for
this than our Association. Its proing
rooms. But the greatest boon is the in- visions are ample, its apartments bright
troducing of the electric light which now and cheery, and Aye only need the earnilluminates the entire building. This
est co-operation of our members and
gives a beautiful, soft light, much brighter friends, with the blessing of the Master,
and steadier than that from the old oil —which is
sure to follow—and great and
lamps, which always emitted on offen- permanent good will result.
sive odor and produce intense heat, to
say nothing of the trouble to keep them
S. M. Sayford.
burning where there Avas a strong wind.
Many expressions of hearty approval Through the efforts of Mr. P. C. Jones,
have been passed by members and visit- the above named brother is expected in
ors upon the changes made, and the this city on the steamer of May ioth, to
members of the Association and the engage in evangelistic work for four weeks.
Mr. Sayford is an all-round man, approvyoung men in the city are to be congratulated upon having such a bright attrac- ed of God, beloved by the brethren and
tive home, with open doors for their ex- able in the use of the Word. The result
clusive use. And we trust they Avill of his labor here will depend very largely
show their appreciation of the privileges upon the preparation of heart we make
provided by a more hearty and general before hand, and the co-operation we give
use of the same. In addition to the when he comes. Some organized preparvarious formal gatherings and the open ations will be effected shortly, but let us
and Avell stocked reading room, nearly not depend upon that alone, for every
all the leading parlor games are on hand Christian man and woman needs to make
and can be obtained by asking the jani- special personal preparation that we may
get very near to God and be "endued
tor or General Secretary.
with power from on high" for service. Our
needs are great, but God is able and waitSunday Evening Topics.
ing to supply them all.
The Gospel Praise Service will be
A Visit in India.
held as usual every Sunday evening at
half-past six o'clock in the Hall. Young
Our Hall Avas well filled with a repremm and strangers specially invited.
audience on Tuesday evening,
sentative
for
month:
the
FolloAving are the topics
25th,
March
to hear Mr. Theo. H.
April C—The first Easter experience of
Davies describe some of the incidents
two young men. Luke 24:13-36.
connected Avith his trip through India
April 13—A Whole-hearted Choice. which he took as a
part of his recent
Joshua 24:14, 15.
from
London.
out
With our
journey
with
Gives
April 20—Fellowship
Jesus
to give any
limited
it
is
space
impossible
PoAver. Acts 4:8-13.
synopsis of the lecture,
April 27—Prevailing Prayer Its Se- satisfactory
which
exceedingly
interesting from
was
cret and PoAver. John 15:71; 1 Kin.
beginning to end; and although he spoke
18:36-39.
for an hour and a half (which is usually
a
We have careful thought for the stranger, entirely beyond the patience of Honoattention
held
the
rapt
lulu
he
audience)
And smiles for the sometime guest,
of his listeners to the end, and seA'eral
But oft for our own the bitter tone,
expressed regret that he did not continue
Though we love our own the best.
longer. Mr. Davies described the places
Oh, lip with curl impatient—
visited and the people seen in a very
of
scorn,
O brow with the look
T'were a cruel fate, wefe the night too realistic and entertaining manner. Some
of his personal experiences were quite
late,
amusing. He paid a high tribute to the
To undo the work of the morn.
grand missionary work that is being
Selected.
done by noble men and women who
Never leave your way to seek a cross, seem to be waging an unequal warfare
nor go out of the way to avoid one. against the dark, deep heathenism that
Appointed crosses are real blessings.
everywhere curses that wondrous land.
—
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The Tuskegee School in Alabama.
THE FRIEND.
Association says, "he has shown wonderful capacity for improvement, for receiving education and accumulating
In twenty-five years, in
property.
sixteen Southern States, they have accumulated in real and personal property
more than two hundred million dollars.
At the New Orleans Exposition, they
made an astonishing exhibit of their
work, and even of their inventions.
They edit, own, and manage over a
hundred newspapers, and succeed in the
higher occupations as the white man
does.
As an illustration of the capacity of
the negro under proper training, to conduct large industrial, financial, and educational enterprises, let me give some
facts in the history of the well known
Normal and Industrial School at Tuskegee, Alabama, which is wholly managed and taught by negroes, mostly
graduates of the Hampton Normal and
Agricultural Institute, and which is the
brightest jewel in her crown. Well may
Hawaii be proud of the work of her distinguished son, Gen. S. C. Armstrong,
who has repaid with large interest the
debt she owed to the United States for
his eminent father's missionary and
While reckless politicians continue to
use the "negro question" as a party war
cry, the thoughtful and well informed
classes of both the Northern and Southern States are becQining more and more
satisfied that the only feasible and satisfactory solution of the problem is to be
found in the education of the "race.
Col. J. M. Keating, an ex-Confederate
officer, an ardent Democrat, editor and
proprietor of the Memphis Appeal says:
"This work of education lights up the
otherwise dark horizon, and proves, that
while brutes of both races may indulge
their savage propensities, the mass of
the white people of the South know
what is their duty to the negro and
mean to pursue it; it is to educate and
christianize him, to train him..for the
battle of life, to make him worthy of his
freedom, to put tools in his hand and
educate him in their right and facile use.
They realize the benefits of education
for the negro, and are willing, as they
increase their fortunes, to increase the public services.
Nine years ago, the Confederate Gentax for schools for this once enslaved
race." The charge trjat education un- eral Henry Clay Armstrong, ofAlabama,
fits the negro for. labor, he disposes of who after the war was doing good serby saying, that "they (the Southern vice to his state as Superintendent of
people) see and know that, notwith- Education, asked the Union General S.
standing the negro has decreased his C. Armstrong to send him a Hampton
mountain of illiteracy by 50 per cent, graduate to establish a Normal School
since, in 1861, the first colored school for Negroes in the "Black Belt", where
was opened at Hilton Head, more cot- Avas a dense population of very ignorant
ton was furnished the world by the negroes. At that time, Booker I. WashSouthern States last year, by one mil- ington, a graduate, was in charge of our
lion bales, than ever before. They see from 'first Indian Student's, and doing good
the general advance along all the lines service. He had come to Hampton from
of production and activity, that the West Virginia with but fifty cents in his
South is prosperous far beyond any pocket, bent on earning an education,
dream, prediction op fancy of the past, graduated with honor and without a
and that the education of the negro, debt, at the head of his class. If I reso far from being a hindrance, is one of member rightly he was a slave in the
the aids to and incentives of it. In no family of Col. Washington,(a relative of
other twenty-four years of the world's the man who couldn't tell a lie) who was
history has so great a change in the Captured and held as a hostage by John
conditiop of millions of a subject and Brown at Harper's Ferry.
enslaved race been achieved, and that
Many of our southern visitors were at
too, in the face of prejudices that still first shocked at the degradation to which
assert themselves in occasional, and the proud Indian was subjected by being
sometimes in murderous ebullitions. placed in charge of a negro. But those
This should be an encouragement to all who stayed long enough to see how adthe friends of humanity to have fajth. mirably he taught and trained these
The solution of the negro question is a wild pupils, and how fully he had gainwork of time, aided by technical educa- ed their confidence and affection, went
tion and christianization of the negro;" away with a new idea of the capacity
and he might well have added, of the and possibilities of the negro race.
Though General Armstrong was unwhites also.
The oft repeated assertion of the in- willing to lose Mr. Washington's sercapacity of the negro to manage large vices, he felt that he was the man for
industrial, financial, or educational en- this new and wider field of usefulness,
terprises which is generally made by and sent him to Alabama in response to
those who have never aided in giving the southern Gen. Armstrong's request.
him the opportunity to test the question, On reporting for duty Mr. Washingis utterly disproved by statistics. Rev. ton was surprised to learn that the state
Dr. Richards, speaking of the future of of Alabama, while it would pay his
the negro at the recent forty-third an- salary, did not provide any school buildniversary of the American Missionary ing or apparatus or books, etc., and that
.
he, an utter stranger, with no means, was
expected to furnish all these necessary
appliances of instruction. I fear many of
our college graduates of the Caucasian
racewouid have lost courage in theface of
such obstacle —not so Washington. He
found that the negroes were ignorant
and poverty-stricken, without ambition,
either for themselves or their children,
and that the whites felt little interest in
their improvement and no faith in their
capacity.
Calling a meeting of the negroes in
one of their churches, he set before them
eloquently and forcibly the advantages
of education for their children, told.them
of Hampton and its work, and appealed
to them for aid and encouragement in
his effort to establish a Normal School
for their benefit. The negroes were
roused to a new interest in schools, and
the church was opened to him for a
beginning of his work. He began with
a dozen pupils, all of whom had been
teachers in the state schools, though
many of them had never been to school
themselves and were conscious of their
utter incompetency. They were full of
zeal, however, and anxious to qualify
themselves for their chosen work. He
found, however, that they were all without means, as well as without qualifications, and that after attending school for
a' few weeks, they were compelled to
leave in order to earn money to pay their
expenses. As this spasmodic attendance
rendered good work impossible, Mr.
Washington decided that an Industrial
School like Hampton, which afforded
pupils the means of paying their way by
their earnings was in dispensable. An
abandoned plantation was for gale on
very low terms. The mansion house
had been burned, but the stables and
negro quarters were standing. Washington borrowed money of a Hampton
friend [to make the first payment, and
General J. F. B.Marshall himself—Ed]
bought the place, got tools and set the
boys at work to cultivate the ground.
In the summer vacation, he went North
and with eloquent representation ofthe
needs and the great opportunity, raised
money to pay for the land, and meet
necessary expenses ofbuilding, etc., and
the school was fairly launched on its
career of usefulness.
To-day, this now famous school has
within its greatly enlarged borders, nearly four hundred pupils. Various industries have been established, among
which are blacksmith, carpenter and
other shops; an excellent printing office,
with outside patronage whenever extra
good work is required; large and convenient school buildings for classes, industrial and boarding needs; a large barn
of two stones, with all modern conveniences; a steam saw-mill and a brick
yard, where all the lumber and bricks
needed for the buildings are manufactured with a ready sale for the surplus;
a well-cultivated farm, while the laundry,
cooking school and sewing departments
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and garden furnish employment and
training for the girls.
The property of the school, in lands,
houses, implements, .furniture, library,
etc., is valued at over one hundred
thousand dollars, and is free from debt.
All the buildings, which are substantially constructed of wood or brick, are put
up by the students, who saw the logs,
make and lay the bricks, even making
the plans, plaster, paint and finish the
houses, and make most of the furniture,
and the work is don; thoroughly and
well. As the school rapidly increased
in numbers and the scope of its work
enlarged, its friends began to fear lest
the young and enterprising Principal
had undertaken more than he could successfully achieve, and from time to time
officers of the parent school at Hampton
visited it to investigate its methods and
workings. As the treasurer of Hampton Institute, I was the first to visit
Tuskegee, to inspect its financial management, and its book keeping methods.
I found my former clerk Warren Logan,
who had been trained in my office at
Hampton, and had been appointed
treasurer of the Tuskegee School, accurate and methodical in his accounts,
and the whole work of the school going
on admirably.
Miss Mackie, the head
of the Academic department of Hampton, and Lady Principal of the school,
after visiting some half dozen of the
prominent colored Normal Schools of
the South, taught by whites, inspected
the Tuskegee School, and found it in all
respects above the average in itsacademic
department. Gen. Armstrong, Mr.
Howe, our Superintendent of Industries
and farms, Rev. Mr. Frissell, our chaplain, and Miss Ludlow, teacher and
editor of the Southern Workman, successively visited this school established
and managed wholly by negroes, and
all were surprised at the high standard
of excellence and the "great Avork which
in a few years had been accomplished.
There is no rest for these busy and devoted workers. The vacations of the
officers are taken up either in the wearing work of collecting funds at the North
for school needs or in other duties. A
good brass band. has been organized,
and a few years ago, the first American
flag which had been seen in Tuskegee
since the war began, and Avhich had
been presented to the school, was hoisted with all due ceremony of a military
parade, procession and patriotic addresses, to the top of a large flag staff
which had been erected for the occasion,
while the strains of the "Star Spangled
Banner" from the band stirred the blood
of these lately enfranchised citizens, and
awoke the yet dormant patriotism of the
white spectators, the younger of whom
then saw for the first time the standard
of the great Republic.
The school 'which at first was looked
upon with indifference of hostility by
the citizens of the town, has entirely
won its way to their favor by its judi-
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ciouscourse,and the striking results, both T B. CASTLE,
with pupils and in its influence on the
Col.
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negro population of the place.
Foster, late speaker of the House of
Building. Merchant Street,
Representatives of Alabama, a resident Ofkice—Cartwright
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Honolulu, H. I.
of Tuskegee, and a former slave owner
and Confederate officer, told me that its
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young Principal coming there an utter
stranger, had in tAvo years revolutionized WHOLESALE GROCER AND PROVISION
DEALER AND
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negro education. That he had not only
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awakened ambition for a higher life for
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Points for the Church.
1. The church must no longer wait
for the people to come, but must go to
pEORGE
LUCAS,
the people.
CONTRACTOR AND MILDER,
2. The gospel for these times must
deeds
rather
than
the
on
emphasis
place
on dogmas.
3. In spite of all that everyAvhere on
MILL,
this earth hurts and destroys, the world
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5. The pulpit's chief task is not to T I). LANE'S
Avork upon the pews, but to work by
means of the peAvs.
6. Christians have special duties as
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duty for Christ.
Sugar Factors & Commission Aoents.
Some of the richer experiences of the
Agents for the
sanctified come to them in something
of
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FOR IHIXS,
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year, has proved itself a reliable handbook of reference on matters Hawaiian;
• conveying an accurate knowledge of the
commercial, agricultural, political and
social progress of the islands.
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