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H. I." Business letters should be addressed "T. O. Thrum, Honolulu, H. I." Entered at the Post Office at Honolulu as second class matter. S. E. BISHOP - - -,- Editor. The Government should not in any be in the saloon business, and should be ashamed to be thought so. It should be hostile to it. It is a shameful business, and a deep disgrace to all who participate in it, because it is devoted to turning men into drunkards, and thus destroying them in body and soul. sense Mission Report from Pleasant Island. Pnge The (ioverniiient and Saloon Mission Report from Pleasant Island Letter from Rev. A. H. Smith, D.I) Benevolences in Hawaii inereaae'l Friction in Anglican Church An Orphaned Family Mr. Twombly's Paper on Hawaii Weililingsln High Hawaiian Life Wilcox's Leper Bill Disorderly Porto Ritans Niivhl Station Land Valued Rapid Transit to Waikikl Record of Kvents Births, MHrriuges and Deaths Letter from Mr. Silvn, of Pais An Urgent Need Dr. Scudder Anti-Saloon Rally Reform School Site X"it Furnishings for Museum The Government and Saloon. 11 11 1.1 14 14 15 Ift IS P.y the favor of the Rev. O. 11. Gulick, we are enabled to present, in an abridged form, the following report of his work on Pleasant Island, or Nauru, made by Mr. dc la Porte, the missionary of the Central Union Church. 18 16 l.r Nauru, Sept. 26, 1901. > My Dear Sir and Brother in Christ: 16 * * * Two years have been spent in our present field of labor. During this first year of the new century, light has been brought to many dark souls. More 17 than 150 people, among whom are many 17 19 young men and women, have signified 19 their desire to accept Jesus as their personal Savior, and are trying to live Christian lives. To many it meant a hard 16 16 17 17 We greatly regret to criticize adversely the attitude taken by Governor Dole towards the liquor traffic, because we thoroughly know him to be both an enlightened and conscientious official. Rut his long familiarity in dealing with the business seems to have rendered him in some degree insensible to its actual turpitude. We refer to bis expression which we heard him use, "I am not ashamed to say the government is in the business, and responsible to a large extent." It seems to us, that this is not the attitude which the Government can properly occupy towards a traffic in intoxicants which is devoted to tempting the purchasers. It may possibly be the duty of the government to .conduct dispensaries, where no inducements, temptations or solicitations are made to purchasers. But not so with saloons. The proper attitude of the government is that of a restricting and discouraging agency toward that which is evil and destructive to society, but which the law forbids it to suppress. The money derived from licenses should be regarded as in the nature of a fine going towards meeting the immense police and prison expenditure consequent on the evil traffic. struggle to cast off old heathen customs. They have to overcome much ridicule and opposition from those who hate the Word of God. We have had, without intermission, Sabbath services in the three stations occupied by us, and would gladly open another station if we had another helper. Nearly 500 people are willing to listen to the gospel on Sabbath mornings, which is about one-third of the population. We generally have morning and evening services at the main station and afternoon services at the out-stations. The singing in our services is also improving, but it means much hard work for Mrs. dc la Porte and Kenie as the people have little or no ear for music. We have about twenty young people who are being especially trained to lead the congregational singing. Oqr midweek prayer meetings are real seasons of refreshing and praise to God, and are attended by an average of about 200 people, principally young. As the people of Nauru do not live in compact villages, it is somewhat difficult to get those who live at a distance from the mission to come to evening services. However, some of the most faithful ones come in spite of the five or six miles they have to walk, and receive a blessing for it. Every second and fourth Friday in the month Mrs. dc la Porte and Kenie are having women's meetings, which are indeed a help to the mothers and girls on the island. Every first Friday in the month we have our consecration meeting for those who have, or desire baptism. Sabbath-school meets every Sabbath morning, attended by all who come to church. We translate the lessons for the people, and the younger ones and children commit them to memory. It is a rare occasion that any of the school children are missing at Sunday-school. William has charge and be knows how to get the attention of the people to the beautiful Bible stories. We deplore the fact that we have no S. S. picture rolls. Those discarded at home would be helpful to us. ()n Sabbath morning July 14, we were enabled to dedicate our new, beautiful little church. We had a grand dedication service, attended by more than 500 people, as well as by the lix'al magistrate and some of the other whites. Our choir sang the Te Ueuni as well as several hymns translated for the occasion. In the sermon Jehovah's great mercy in sending this people the Hread of Life was not overlooked. Nor were forgotten His servants in Honolulu who take such a practical interest in the Nauru people. It was a beautiful service, and with joy and peace in our hearts we reluctantly left the building. Last October we decided that we could no longer conduct our worship in the small, old tumble-down thatched building which was a relic of Tabora's time, anil that we should honor God with a building, such as the means of our people could afford. Most of the material could be found in the island; only for the altar and lamps a few hundred marks would be needed. The people were delighted with our plans, but had little idea of what a building we wanted, or these dear old men would have been less eager to go to work. The South Sea Islander is not a particular friend of hard work. Early in November they pulled down the old building. The first joy had somewhat abated, and the cocoanut logs for posts, and Pandanus logs for rafters were very slow in coming in, so that in March we had only the bare frame up. The old people had one excuse and then another for being slow, but at last they came out with the truth, and said that they were too weak to work any faster, which interpreted means too lazy. �12 There remained to be made about 3,5°0 pandanus thatch for the roof. About 12,000 sticks had to be cut and gathered in the bush for the walls. This was a most laborious task as each stick had to be whittled with a knife until it resembled a small batten so as to fit into its place. 15,000 fathoms of cocoanut cord were needed to tie the structure together. Nails were used only for the altar. As we wanted a raised floor, i.e., higher in the back of the church than near the altar, something like 30,000 baskets of nice clean coral gravel had to be brought from the beach. Lime had to be burned to whitewash the building, and many minor things to be done. Of course the large mats for the floor, and the neater ones for the platform could not be made until the rest should be finished. It was now the middle of March and so slow and listless was the work that it would take a year more to finish. We enlisted the school children to help the old people. Work they did from early mom until dark. We closed school until the House should be finished. They vied with each other. Some gathered sticks, others prepared them, and others fitted them into the walls. The larger girls made thatch, cocoanut cord and mats. The smaller children carried gravel from the beach, playing as they worked. Until the middle of May the mission premises were like a busy beehive. The children made lots of noise but did good work. The old people looked on with amazement. Never before did the children of the highest chiefs mingle with the lowest in manual labor. But was it not done for Jehovah? The children understood this better than those who remembered the awful times of war and heathenism. Under our supervision the little ones completed a building of which they are justly proud, especially of the little belltower. Considering the material which we have here, even strangers admire our church. On May Ist all was completed, with the exception of the altar (pulpit?). The lumber ordered for this did not arrive till late in June. It was paid for by the regular contribution money. Sixteen lamps were bought by the people individually. Two of these cost each 5,500 cocoanuts, while the smaller ones cost each 800. We have now ordered a church bell to cost $100. For this we had to collect 65,000 nuts, and sold them at the rate of $1.50 per 1,000. We trust to receive the bell later on in the year. October Ist, 1901. If July 14th was a good day to our souls, July 21st was a blessed day. We then baptized the first fruits of the work and so established the nucleus of Christ's visible Church on this Island. The two chiefs Auweieda and Ikanemae with their wives, who had kept THE FRIEND. [Februay, 1902. up the worship of Jehovah since the Gil- children, while the rest are cared for by bert teachers left, were among the little Mrs. dc la Porte and William and his group who testified that day that they had good wife. Every evening after prayerrenounced heathenism and all its awful meeting Mrs. dc la Porte and Kenie have customs forever, and that henceforth Je- a special singing class until 9 p. m. when hovah only, through Jesus Christ, was to our day's work generally terminates. We would appreciate a large map of be their God, Savior and King. E. Dagabo, the bush queen, and her husband, the two hemispheres, and one each of U. Kbweron and wife, and three young girls, S. A. and Europe for our class rooms. the daughters of Auweieda, were also re- Who has such articles to spare ? We are thanking God for our bicycles, ceived into the church. They all have very bright experiences. Each of the can- (William and myself) which enable us to didates made a clear confession of faith maintain the school at Ewa, as we could hardly find the time to walk the 4 miles and was baptized. Only a few short years ago it would and back daily, while with our wheels we have been sure death for anyone to go reach our destination in 20 minutes. We out of his own district without a gun, have a fairly good path right around the with which the white traders very kindly island. The small stones are somewhat supplied them. Auweieda who was bap- hard on the tires. tized that morning, has taken at least two We have written to Kusaie asking for human lives, and today is the most trust- another trained Marshall couple to man worthy Christian we have. Nearly all the the new station which we are planning to principal chiefs now attend Sabbath ser- open. To wait until we have trained and vices. Lately we have been gladdened by trustworthy men of our own means too the attendance of the wife of the highest long a delay. I think that during the chief on the island. She is now very old years of plenty we can support such a and feeble, but toils over the two miles to couple from the local contributions. We services. She conies to S. school and still have three young men and a boy in other services in the school house, but has training at the station. We thus hope in only once been induced to enter the new due time, to raise up local helpers with a church. She says she gets seasick there, very small expense. These boarding it is so high that she gets dizzy. It is to scholars receive each 2 lbs. rice per week, be remarked that the Nauru houses are three working suits per annum, and free very low and miserable. No wonder that lights. During the meager seasons when the poor old woman feels strange and un- the rain fails us, we must perhaps give comfortable in our clean new church, them more rice. The monies for this dewhich is a little more than 50 feet high. partment of our work are taken from the It is true that we have already found regular contributions. some black sheep among those we had Oct. Jth. Literary Work. We have come to trust. Much time is spent in vis- thus far translated and prepared a small iting the people. My old wheel is doing "Reader," a hymn booklet containing 31 good service in getting around. My wife hymns, an additional booklet containing will do much more visiting when she once 10 Sankey and Moody hymns, besides the has the bicycle which the ladies of Hono- regular S. S. lessons. (At this time o.f lulu have so kindly promised her. (It writing we have to discontinue printing was forwarded via Sydney Oct. 30. O. the latter, because we are entirely out of typewriter paper.) Of the reader we H. G.) have printed about 35, of the hymn book school, School Work. Six weeks of followed by two weeks of vacation has 80, and of the S. and M. hymn bookbeen the rule during the year. Since Feb- about 25 copies on our typewriter. It has ruary last the branch school at Ewa is been quite a task and has cost much coal open also. Our hours have been from oil to print these books on a typewriter 8:45 a. m. to 2 p. m. daily except Mon- somewhat ancient. However, we are now engaged on an days. On three afternoons in the week one of the teachers conducts school at even more important work, the translation Ewa after the regular session at the Oro of Matthew, of. which the first seven school. At the main station the following chapters are done. William, my assistsubjects were taught during the year: ant, gives most valuable help, and five New Testament, Bible stories, reading, bright natives help in finding Nauru writing, arithmetic, geography, German, words, etc. To conform to the letter and singing and sewing. As we have no text spirit of the text is not an easy matter in books, our Bible and other lessons are such a word-poor tongue. In two or daily translated and then memorized and three months we hope to have completed written into copy-books, for future refer- Matthew, and then to translate Romans ence by the scholars. As a whole, the and John's Gospel. Although not using school has made good progress since its the original tongues, we hope to make a opening in March, 1900. As during last reasonably correct version for the people. year, I have taught the more advanced Dear Bro. Gulick and friends, will you �not especially remember us in your prayers for the sake of this blessed work. But how can we place these portions of Scripture in the hands of the people? We have no funds, no Mission Board to assist us, only our dear friends in Honolulu, who have so nobly assisted this work. And yet once more must we appeal to them. We do not feel that we should withhold the Word from our people any longer than necessary. Why cannot poor Nauru have a small hand press like other mission fields. We are willing enough to turn night into day, and print and bind these books if some kind friends would furnish us the needed little press, Not only portions of the Scriptures but all other 6chool-books could be prepared here on the spot. Should some kind friend feel disposed to help in this matter, it would be well for you, Mr. Gulick, to authorize us to order such a small press from Sydney, N. S. W. We think $50 to $100 might pay for press and type. In the meantime we shall pray about it and keep on translating. Oct. 18. Contributions. According to German law we take up two collections annually, viz.: in January and July. (Hir first collection July 1900, amounted to marks 143.; our second Jan. 1901, rose to marks 279, while that of July 1901 would have risen to m. 344-75. if we amltl have got the cash. As it is, only m. 171.75 were actually received, while the balance of m. 173 is yet to be paid. Our traders on Nauru are so heavily in debt that their firms refuse to advance them any cash. They can only get sufficient goods to buy nuts and a little food for their own use, and our people can buy no money with their nuts. So the mission must suffer, because bad, drunken men have contracted large debts in former days. I have communicated with the Commissioner and the firms, and hope for a favorable reply about getting sufficient cash on the island to afford the people an opportunity to contribute a little towards the Master's work. These traders charge the poor natives most exorbitant prices— 1 yard print for 100 cocoanuts, or 35 lbs. copra, or 52 cents per yard for goods worth 6 cents a yard in U. S. A. 50 lbs. flour are worth 2,000 nuts, 45 lbs. rice 1,500, a 1 lb. tin corned beef 150 nuts and other things in proportion. For each mark (0.23) cash the people must pay 165 cocoanuts. As we have had very little rain since April, nuts are now very scarce, and it is an open question whether we shall be able to collect the outstanding m. 173. Besides the new church-building we have put up several smaller out-houses during the year. A tank-house was put up on the arrival of Mrs. Castle's large wooden tank. This tank has been a bless- THE FRIEND. ing already, for without it we should have had to drink the bad-smelling surface water, at least during the last three months. God bless her for it. In June we received the lumber and roof-iron to complete our own house, which we did at once. We also gave it a new coat of paint, and may now call it finished. One corner of the verandah is boarded up for a store-room, which now gives us two larger and one smaller rooms in the house. So we are very comfortably housed. Oct. 30, 1901. That the Master's cause is gaining a strong hold in Nauru is an undisputed fact. The forces of the "Evil < )ne" are aware of this and therefore on the alert. All the power of the heathen party was at times directed against our work, but we have always won the victory. Last week a few of the worse characters on the island began the most immoral dance I have ever heard of. Both sexes participated in it in a nude state. They tried to induce our school children to join them, but only one boy from the main school could be tempted. We at once went and interviewed the dancers, showed them their errors, and offered p.-avers in their behalf. One party then dispersed, but the ringleaders of the second parly were not so complying. I then spoke about it to the magistrate, who was more than surprised to hear that such a going on within two miles of thing his house. He promised to look into the matter and punish the ringleaders. He has done so and forbidden all dances for the future. But we do not trust in the arm of flerh. Nov. ii, 1901. Last Saturday was just two years since we landed here. God has been very good to us all this time. We praise Him for what we have been permitted to accomplish since we arrived. April 7th will be three years since we sailed from Honolulu. Pray for us. Heathen superstitions are on the detlne, but nevertheless we find more than enough of them yet. Especially is this the case about fish. All the better kinds are tabooed for one and another reason. Only a few people dare to bring us fish, mostly children. Even then we have to bribe with hard bread, ribbons, etc. We are now building a boat for ourselves. William is a professional boat builder, and much material grows on this island. We hope soon to be independent with a good strong large fishing boat. The people of Nauru in their native state are anything but cleanly in their habits. Their low huts are the most wretched I have seen. Now by an enacted law, every house is receiving a thorough cleansing and overhauling. Clean gravel and new mats are also being put in. In their food the people are not much 13 Vol. 60, No. 2.] cleaner. The dirtiest women are employed to prepare it. Their favorite preparation is called Edano, made from pandanus. This is all the poor people have to eat, besides cocoanuts and toddy. At present, because of lack of rain, even this Edano has failed them. In the Master's name, Ph. A.de la Porte, Missionary. Letter from Rev. A. H. Smith, D.D. Pang Chuang, Shantung, China, Nov. 27th, 1901. Dear Dr. Bishop. It is a little more than a year since I wrote you last, and at that time we did not imagine that it would be so long ere we should be able to return to our field. But there were many hinderances, first the generally unquiet conditions, then illhealth, and the necessity of having more than one person to undertake the onerous task of arranging for the indemnities of our plundered and persecuted native Christians. At length a little past the middle of October we were able to reach here in good order, escorted by the soldiers of a General in Chihli, and later by those of Yuan Shih-k'ai the late Governor of this province. Dr. Peck, one of our station who has been sent to care for the station at Pao Ting Fu since his return last spring, preceded me by a few weeks, and busied himself in endeavoring to arrange for the payment of indemnities, but made little headway. On our arrival we found that he had that day sent the deputy back to the provincial Capital (Chi Nan Fu) with the word that he and I would soon follow to come to some terms with the Foreign Bureau there. We went within a week of our arrival, saw the Tao-t'ai at the head of the Foreign Bureau, and were only able to get from him 35 per cent of our reduced claims—which was little more than half of what we had hoped for, but was much better than some other missions had been able to secure. The fact that we were the very last of the Protestant Missions was in some respects an advantage, and in others the reverse. A large number of the Roman Catholic claims were still unsettled, and the sums granted to them will be much smaller than our proportion. We find the church-members more delighted to welcome us than they ever were before. If there ever had been the notion said to be so prevalent in Japan that the foreign missionaries can be dispensed with, that thought is now entirely dispelled. Their constant experiences of the inability of the most benevolent and energetic Chinese to get anything really done, has made them feel more than be- �14 fore that foreigners are indispensable. This is not an idea which we care to have fostered, especially as our Church was on the edge of self-support for two pastors, but we must recognize the .fact. Since we arrived we have delegations from all parts of our wide field, asking us to visit them, and in many cases offering places of worship if we could only "send a teacher." There has been a great deal of the "no-hclp-for-it" recanting in which some of the members either made a prostration at a temple, or at a series of them, under penalty of being killed if they did not. Some had sufficient stamina to resist this demand, but where it was firmly pressed far the greater number yielded, including some of those who had been helpers. We arc obliged to take account of the very imperfect development of their Christian life, and are trying to get them voluntarily to acknowledge their fault. Tn time this will all come about, and then it will be decided what cognizance is to be taken of it. After confession has been made, a restoration to church-privileges will follow in due course, and I have no doubt whatever that as one result the church will be much stronger than before, and that many like Peter, when restored will strengthen their brethren. There are also indications that there is to be a wide door opened, hitherto closed. Many are inquiring what this doctrine is which was supposed to have been toilfullv exterminated, but has come to life again, and is now as insistent as ever. The recent Imperial decrees ordering radical changes in the civil examinations tend to bring the Protestant Churches and their educational system into prominence. There never was a greater demand for all sorts of text-books, and it is hard for the presses to supply the demand. Whether China is to remain quiet or to be disturbed by another upheaval has been a question causing anxiety to many. But it must at least be admitted that there arc no signs whatever that there will be another outbreak like the last, and if ever there is a rising at all it will probably be in some of the central provinces where the terrible calamities of flood have prepared the way for restlessness among all classes. The future movements of the Court are a problem to all of us, but we fully expect it to return to Peking at no distant day—an event which will do more than any other to tranquilize the Empire. Our Station is reduced from three men to one, and from three single ladies to two. Miss Porter being reappointed by the Mission to the charge of the Bridgman School for Girls, in Peking, of which she was the head more than thirty years ago, We should like our friends to pray . [February, 1902. THE FRIEND. for us and for our work—and for China. 000 each year comes back from returns of Very sincerely yours, sugar in the interests of humanity and Arthur H. Smith. from the "whites" on the islands." Our friends abroad may thus perceive how heavy a load our white Christians Benevolences in Hawaii. and philanthropists in Hawaii are carMr. Theodore Richards, in a contribu- rying, and will continue to carry in intion to the New Year's P. C. Advertiser, creasing amount. Surely our Hawaiian attempts a rough estimate of the amount Christianity cannot be thought unfruitful. contributed by the whites in these Islands Nay, we expect it to become yet far more for the various departments of Christian fruitful in good works. Hawaii is a cenPhilanthropy. To our judgment, he tral and conspicuous point in this ocean underestimates rather than overestimates and hemisphere. The light of this central the amounts. Mr. Richards begins with beacon must be liberally fed, that it may the following list of well known volun- radiate beams of blessing far and wide. tary contributions, mainly in Honolulu alone: •> Hawaiian Board of Missions .$30,01 Increased Friction in Anglican Church. Young Men's Christian Assn. 7,0. Our last issue announced the resigna7,0. Free Kindergartens tion of Bishop Willis, and the conclusion Central Union Church 12,01 of arrangements for the transfer of his Sailors' Home i,o< Diocese to the Protestant Episcopal io,a Oalui College Church of the United States. It had been Anti-Saloon League 4,cx expected that the conclusion of these arWoman's Board of Missions and rangements would have terminated the 2,cx W. C. T. U Pastor's Aid of Hawn. Churches, i,cx painful disagreements which have so long existed. So far from doing so the fric3,51 Mills Institute tion and the majority Chinese City Missions 9< of hisbetween the Bishop seems to have taken a membership, Missionary Gleaners 4< Young Women's Christian Assn.. 3,cx still more acute form. Bishop Willis exhis desire to turn over his Church American Relief Fund 3< presses to administration as a unit. He the new 3,cx German Benevolent Assn has accordingly proceeded to announce Ladies' Aid, Central Union 3< the annulment of the separate existence Boys' Brigade 4»4( of "Second the which has Congregation" 7,cx Hospital for Incurables for very many years worshipped in the 3,01 Hawaiian Relief Society Cathedral at a separate hour from thte Castle Home for Children 3»°! Bishop's own very small congregation. 2,51 Associated Charities He also terminates the license of the fori,8< British Benevolent Society mer's rector, the Rev. Alexander Mackin2,01 Strangers' Friend Society tosh, who preceded the Bishop in the 3,cx Methodist Episcopal Church field, and is personally most popular. Christian Church 3-Q" These extreme measures have been taken in the face of directions alleged to II have come from Bishop Potter and others "Besides this list above there is the on the Mainland, that everything should Catholic Mission with a very large sum be left in statu quo until a new Bishop probably expended annually, a part of should take charge. Meantime legal prowhich no doubt comes from the same ceedings have been loudly reported to be sources. The English Church, and the intended by both parties, in the way of schools represented by the same, also cost injunctions, on the one side to prevent the a considerable sum, so that it could be Bishop from interfering with Mr. Macksail! easily that $150,000 is spent annual- intosh's congregation, and on the other, ly on humanitarian interests, and from to prevent that congregation from disretlie sources continually referred to in this garding the Bishop's authority and ocarticle. cupying the Cathedral as usual. This Mr. "On Maui the population is scattered, Mackintosh and his people continued to but on church and kindergarten work it do on the last Sunday, notwithstanding a would be a mild estimate to say that $10,- public notice that the Bishop would begin -000 is raised by the few "whites" there, his service during their usual hour. in view of the Maui Aid Society for HaThese proceedings of the Bishop do not waiian churches and Maunaoltt Semin- impress the rest of the Christian comary. munity, aside from any claims of fra"On Hawaii there is very little data at ternal Christian love, as being governed hand. The same may be said of Kauai, either by moderation and utility, or as although the liberality of a few Anglo- other than irrational. The Anglican Saxons there is proverbial. Church Chronicle some weeks ago spoke "We are safe in the estimate that $200,- of the approaching change from the Wil- .. .. . , .... �Vol. 60, No. 2.] lis regime as being deliverance from a "Reign of Terror." The Bishop seems determined to emphasize that aspect of the case. It is to be noted, that the Second Congregation embodies the numerical majority as well as the main pecuniary and mental ability of that Church in these Islands. An Orphaned Family. Very sadly orphaned the other day J. S. B. Pratt, by the sudden death of their excellent mother. The little ones were from nine years to four days old. The deceased lady was known and beloved in this her native place for forty years as Katev Dickson, being a granddaughter of the eminent Dr. G. P. Judd, Dr. Pratt being also a nephew of the widow of the late Chief Justice Judd. He is the executive officer of the Board of Health. A large circle of relatives and attached friends mourn their own bereavement, as well as the terrible deprivation of this sad group of little orphans and their stricken father. were the six young children of Dr. Mr. Twombly's Paper on Hawaii. Rev. A. S. Twombly at the Mohonk Conference last October read a paper, which we have received, entitled The Native Hawaiian of Yesterday and To-day. We desire to commend it as being sound, thoughtful, and accurately informed. It takes a well-considered and philosophical view of the various elements entering into the present political situation in Hawaii, which is justly regarded as far from hopeful, owing to the mental childhood of the large native majority of the voters, to whom the electoral franchise has been prematurely given. We have to demur at the writer's opinion that the American missionaries, arriving in 1820, "came a generation too late." A watchful Providence guided them here at the "strategic" moment, when the death of the imperious Kamchamcha had removed what would have been an insuperable obstacle to Christian teaching, the old chieftain being an inveterate idolater, and wedded to the tabus as an inseparable part of statecraft. It is true that the missionaries were too late to avert the destructive influences of a corrupt commerce. This does not affect the general justness of Mr. Twombly's discussion. Weddings in High Hawaiian Life. Some of our many readers abroad may desire to know the precise facts respecting the recent very noted marriages at San Francisco of Col. Samuel Parker to 15 THE FRIEND. the widow of the late James Campbell, and of Prince David Kawananakoa, to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell. Mr. Campbell was a shrewd Scotchman who created in sugar planting at Lahaina, a fortune which at his death exceeded a million, and whose recent valuation reached two millions. This was left to his widow and four daughters, but was most wisely and carefully tied up under trustees for a very long period, beyond the reach of any spendthrift handling. Mrs. Campbell is an accomplished and travelled lady, the descendent of Hawaiian commoners, with one-fourth white blood. Col. Parker is the grandson of a prominent white lieutenant of Kamehameha, with chief blood on the female side. He owns an immense cattle ranch. He was Liliuokalani's Prime Minister when she was dethroned. Prince David is a nephew of the late dowager Queen Kapiolani, half of whose estate he inherited, and is a descendant of Kaumuarii, the king of Kauai eighty years ago. He would be the present heir to the throne, if it continued to exist. Both the bridegrooms are gentlemen of engaging manners and generous dispositions. Under the wise provisions of Mr. Campbell's will, they and their wives may long continue in the enjoyment of opulence. hardship to exile the unfortunate sufferers to a location far remote from their relatives and friends. Their places of segregation should be within reasonable distance from their homes. The hardship will be enhanced by being consigned to association with people of another race. (4) It is out of the power of the Federal Government to enact laws exiling people from the States where they belong. Even the State authorities cannot deport their citizens outside of their own bounds. The proposed law is wholly unconstitutional. It seems strange that a delegate of Hawaiian blood should propose a measure so repugnant to his own people as well as to ail others. Probably this evil bill will nu-et with deserved rejection from Congress. Disorderly Porto Ricans. There has been for a few weeks past a very disturbing outgrowth in Honolulu of burglary and of highway robbery. The offenders do not appear to be experts. They are believed to be Porto Ricans, of whom a large number have recently drifted to the city from the plantations, and have been living in destitution. A considerable number of them have been rounded up as vagrants, and set at work breaking rocks, while others have consented to take work upon the sugar planWilcox's Leper Bill. tations. If these are at all samples of the chief Delegate Wilcox has presented in Con- population of Porto Rico, that island has gress a bill to have the Federal Govern- a poor prospect of becoming fitted to take ment assume the charge of the Hawaiian its place as one of the United States. Leper Settlement on Molokai, and send thither all the lepers now in the United Naval Station Lands Valued. States. This proposition meets here with a general outcry of indignant hostility. Several hundred acres of lands at The objections felt range themselves Pearl Harbor have been condemned for mainly under the following heads: the use of the Government as a Naval (i) A strange and disorganizing ele- Station. A jury has been sitting to value ment will be introduced from abroad them. Judge Estee of the U. S. District among the now homogeneous and peace- Court has set aside their verdict as excesable community of Hawaiian lepers. The sive and in disregard of the evidence. new comers, being of a different race and The lawyers on both sides also demanded temperament, will not harmonize with the a new trial. The difficulty grows out of old community, and severe friction will the fact that the land until lately has been result. This will be aggravated by the available only for pasturage, and therefact that the strangers being exiled and fore of small value. But by introducing cut off from home and friends will be water for irrigation, a large part of it has intensely dissatisfied. recently been developed into the very best (2) Hawaii will become marked off class of sugar land, worth at least $300 as the great Leper Reservation of the an acre. Both parties to the case "feel serUnited States, and will become an object iously aggrieved. of contempt and loathing. Instead of being the Paradise of the Pacific, to be Rapid Transit to Waikiki. sought by tourists, we shall get the evil a repute of being a leprous Gehenna, The extension of the electric road to place to be shunned, an infected region. There are besides, the following ad- Kalihi having been completed, the comverse considerations from the Continent. pany have begun extending the line from (3) It will be a terrible and useless Punahou to Waikiki down Alexander and �[Februay, 1902. THE FRIEND. 16 McCully streets, and across the marshes. The road across the rice swamps is to be filled from the rocky district above Marquesville beyond Punahou. The route to be followed after reaching the main Waikiki Road seems to be not yet "determined. The public are greatly enjoying the swift and smooth travel over the seven or eight miles of trolley road already completed. Record of Events. Jan. 3.—An estimate by Theo. Richards, iii the Advertiser, of the annual sums paid through Honolulu churches and societies for humanitarian work amounts to over $105,000, and the call is still for more. 4th.—A laborer on the Young building is struck on the leg and sustains a compound fracture. —The Rapid Transit Co. report a total of 270,405 passengers carried over the line during December, resulting in net earnings for the month of $5,898.98— Rev. R. A. Torrey of Chicago, en route for Japan, per Coptic, gave an address at the Y. M. C. A. hall on Bible study. —Home Rulers have their long talked of meeting at the Drill Shed "to ratify the President's message." President Roosevelt will now, doubtless, feel much relieved. death of Mrs. Dr. J. S. sth.—Sudden six motherless little leaving Pratt, B. ones, the youngest but four days old. 6th.—Collision of the /. A. Cummins and Malolo off the entrance to the port, causing considerable though not serious damage to both vessels. Porto Rican, is 7th._Claudina, ofa stealing a safe from the act caught in a Richards street cottage. gth —Alex. Solomon, an East Indian, office in demolishing Davies & Co.'s old buried beneath and building, is caught Ana falling wall and instantly killed. other workman narrowly escaped.—A native in a dazed condition is run over by a tram car and badly hurt. He was s*nt to the hospital. oth —Prompt response to an alarm tor fire at the corner of Fort and King streets averts serious disaster.—Nignt prowlers and attempted burglaries in becoming eastern part of the town are matters of daily report. HistorIth—Annual meeting of the of offielection the After Society. ical Hawaiievening on cers the paper of the was an Superstitions by J. S. Emerson read by the author. Rosa under cir12th—Death of Jose arouse subsequently that cumstances resulted which play, suspicions of foul arrest of in exhuming the body and the brother. the widow and his Pearl nth—The jury in the second in damages award case land Harbor , favor of the Honolulu Plantation Co. in the sum of $105,000. Both sides note an appeal.—Two Porto Ricans are arrested in an attempted hold-up of a hack near South and Queen streets.—Following the enquiry relative to the condition of electric wires throughout the city Mr. W. F. C. Hasson is appointed inspector. 14th.—As a result of the coroner's jury inquest on the body of Joe Rosa the charge of murder in the first degree is entered against George Rosa, his brother. 15th.—Annual meeting of the Wireless Telegraph Co.; officers elected and proposition to reduce the capital stock. Directors were empowered to secure a loan wherewith to operate the system, which practically suspended last November.—Wm. Farrant, from heart disease, falls dead in the arms of his wife. 16th.—Sheriff Brown plans to round up the idle Porto Ricans of the city and apply the vagrant act, alternative, work on plantations or roads. 17th.—Anniversary of the overthrow of the Monarchy, a legal holiday.—Dr. Wolters is thrown from his horse and seriously injured on the head. 18th.—Early morning fire at residence of C. L. Rhodes, Young street, occasions considerable damage to house and loss of personal effects.—Concert by Kaniehameha Alumni for the benefit of the lepers did not have the full house this object usually enjoys.—Clash among sailors near the railroad wharves results., in several arrests and the surgeon's aid. 19th.—Bishop Willis posts a notice on St Andrew's Cathedral door officially terminating the existence of its Second Congregation, but it continues its services just the same. 20th.—Truschler, a German shoemaker, tried to shoot a Japanese woman, then blew out his brains with his pistol. —Death of Frank Brown, a well known kamaaina, after a long illness.—Kilohant Art League's musicale, at the home of Mrs. Castle, Manoa, was a brilliant social and artistic success. —U. S. training ship Mohigan arrives from La Paz, Mexico. 22nd.—Much anxiety felt over the long overdue British sloop of war Condor, which left Victoria, B. C, December 2nd last for this port. 23rd. —Thos. E. Krouse, well known hotel keeper, suicides by shooting himself twice.—The police cleverly capture aii illicit distillery outfit at Diamond Head; three Japanese of the reported gang of six were secured.—Mrs. Dr. E. Hoffmann passes away at the full age of 83 years. 25th.—Arrival of U. S. transport Kilpatrick and French cruiser Protet, from San Francisco.—Farmers' Institute or- ganizes at the Wahiawa colony.—Kiloliana League holds its literary contest of essays, poems and story by local writers. 27th.—German Emperor's birthday celebrated by an official reception at the consulate and formal opening of the new Hackfeld building at noon.—Mission Children's Society met at the Dillingham home and plan for a golden jubilee in May. 28th.—Death of W. R. Buchanan, aged 72; a resident of this city for the past 30 years.—Tua-tua herb remedy for leprosy favorably reported on from Tahiti, from supplies sent from here. 29th.—Reception on the Protct; very generally attended.—A Japanese, despondent through reverses, commits suicide.—In the Kamalo Plantation case, again in court, the promoters get a bad set back. —Iwilei notoriety reviving, the police raid the den of iniquity and make many arrests. 30th.—Temperance rally day. Meeting of workers at the Y. M. C. A. hall at 10 a. m.; of business men at Chamber of Commerce room at 4 p. m., addresses by (Im'. oDle, W. A. Bowcn and others, and evening meetings of several nationalities ai various central points.—Annual meeting of Rapid Transit Co.; Manager Ballentyne makes a fine showing of road earnings for its four months since opening. It was voted to increase the capital stock from $300,000 to $800,000 for the extension of the road.—Bishop Willis, according to posted notice, closes the Cathedral doors against the Second Congregation. BIRTHS. JORDAN-In this city, January 9, 1902, to the wife ol Frank H. Jordan, a son. MARRIAGES. BWEETSP.R-FARMER-In this city, JMiliary 6th., Chas. A. Bwcetser to Mi»s Grace A. Farmer; Rev. G,L. Pearson officiating. , this citr, Jan. 21st., by the ABRAMS-KEEPERB-InLouis Abrams, of this city, to Rev. J. P. Erdmsn, Miss Ethel Keepers, ol Sacrami'iuo. Jan. loth Jas. Hall FIDDEB-TITCOMB-In this city, Fiddes to Miss Mary Ann Tltcomb; the Bishop ol Panopolls officiating. ATKINSON-DINWIDDIE-In Y.this E. 8. Dinwiddle. the Rev. Muckley, H. city, Jan. list., by Atkinson to Miss Ida DEATHS. Janusry8, 1802, Catharine DiePRATT-In Honolulu, son Pratt, wife of Dr. J. 8. B. Pratt, aged 81 years. city, Jan.-, John Bryant, a native BRYANT In this of New York, aged 60 years. of heart failure, FARRANT-In this city, Jan. 16th., William Farrant, a native of Brighton, Engand, aged 41 yean. Wh., of BROWN-At his residence, this city, Jan. heart disease, Frank Brown, a native of England, aged 61 years. KKOUBE—in this city, Jan. 2ftrd., Thomas E. Krouse, a native of England, aged 67 years. Jan. HOFFMANN-At her residence, Nuuanu Valley, Jlrd., Mrs Maria Hoffmann, a native of Machias, Me., aged 83 years, a long time resident of these Islands. BUCHANAN-In this city, Jan. 28th., W. R. Buchanan, a native of Canada, aged 72 yean. �Vol. 6b, No. 2.] HAWAIIAN BOARD. HONOLULU. H. I. This pare Is devoted to the Interests of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Edlter, appointed by the Board, Is responsible (or its con- tent* Rev. O. P. EMERSON 17 THE FRIEND. - - Editor. bers of the school children of a certain district are found to be incapacitated for study because on Sundays they are plied with liquor till stupid. At present in the rural districts it is not uncommon to see natives drunk at all hours of the day, which years ago was an almost unheard-of thing. Travelling as I do through the group, having during the last thirteen years visited each of the larger islands more than twenty-five times, I have the opportunity to watch the condition of the natives and make yearly comparisons and I give it as my opinion that there never was so much drunkenness among them as there is Mr. Silva, of Paia, writes: "Our chapel is ready and was opened on the first Sunday of this month. We had a little dedication service in which Dr. Beckwith and the Revs. Kalino and Tsttgi took part besides myself. There were present a few Portuguese and also some English-speaking and Japanese friends. "Dr. Beckwith gave us a very now. For this state of things the newly esappropriate and impressive talk with tablished saloons are chargeable and ulof words of encouragement to every one timately the responsibility rests with the us. After being finished up the little government. Not only do the saloons ply their trade church looks much better than I thought it would, and though the outside has not most industriously, in certain districts a beautiful appearance at all, it is very they are abetted in it by the habits of cozy inside and sufficient for our present the officers of the law. I am told that one of the philanthropic men on the reeds. Besides a new roof, windows and plat- island of Maui has been in the habit of form, a ceiling was put in and a room buying up the liquor licenses for certain added which I intend to occupy for my districts of that island and pocketing study. The little church is furnished them. This he did till the licenses bewith chairs, organ, and two three-light came so many he could not afford to buy chandeliers, given by friends from Hono- them up and longer fend off the governlulu, Hilo and Paia. The chandeliers ment from its ruinous action. It is said that it is the native vote were the gift of Mr. Fernandes, who, by the way, is taking much interest in this which is carrying these measures. It_ is work and using his influence that others really the pressure of the liquor business which accomplishes the result. The Hamay accept the Gospel of Jesus." waiian legislator can be appealed to—he is amenable to influence of the right An Urgent Need. kind. In 1864, during the reign of KamehaThere is coming to be among us a meha Fifth, a strong effort was made to most urgent need for more serious legis- do away with an enactment of those lation on this whole subject—of the use days which prohibited the sale of liquor of alcohol, opium, awa and tobacco. It was urged that it was Take the single matter of the tobacco to Hawaiians. to make such partial legislation, unfair habit. There should be laws against its that liquor was good for the white man if use by minors. Such laws have been it was also good for the native. A bill formulated in the best centers of civiliza- was accordingly formulated which was tion. The French have awakened to the intended to do away with the restriction. necessity of such action and are protect- It was presented to the House and was ing their school children. received much favor by both the Not so here; it is a common sight to king and with and was about the legislators a see native and Portuguese children of to when the of a single passed, speech be tender age smoking on the streets, and native killed it. I never yet heard of a policeman interThis man was Nahaoleelua, represenfering with this pernicious practice. There is the use of opium which is on tative from the town of Lahaina. He the increase among the Hawaiians— arose just as the vote was to be taken something should be done to check the and said, "I have observed when white spread among them of this ruinous habit. men visit the saloons they go by twos The late strangely rapid increase of al- and threes and over the liquor which coholism among us has not yet startled they drink they clink their glasses. What us into vigorous action. The phenom- does that clink mean? It is the clink enal multiplication of saloons during the over the drink of death. Men do not do past year is a matter for which the gov- so when they are thirsty for water; each ernment will be held accountable when goes to help himself and there is no clinking of glasses, for that is the drink history is written. numof life." On the vote being taken the Mondays that often on I am told bill was tabled by an overwhelming majority. And today wise leadership and an aroused public sentiment will do much towards setting aside vicious legislation and enacting good laws that shall help to conserve the life and well-being of the Hawaiian people. Dr. Scudder. After a visit of ten days, on the 28th of January, there sailed for Japan per steamer Gaelic, Rev. Doremus Scudder, D.D., and wife. Dr. Scudder has accepted a call from the Hawaiian Board, to he associated with Mr. Gulick in service for the 60,000 Japanese now upon our shores. Regarding the call for service in these islands as the voice of God, he resigned the pastorate of the church of Woburn, Mass., one of the largest and most flourishing Congregational churches in the vicinity of Boston. He goes to Japan for some months study of the language, after which he will return for permanent work in our midst. His grandfather, Rev. Dr. John Scudder, was one of the missionaries sent by the American Board to India about 80 years ago. Later the Arcot Mission of India was by mutual agreement, transferred to the care of the Dutch Reformed Mission Board; and not less than four or five of the sons of the pioneer became missionaries in the Arcot field. Among these was Rev. Henry M. Scudder, D.D., who later was for five years pastor of the Howard street church of San Francisco, and was for some years the pastor of one of the leading churches in Brooklyn, and was widely known as one of the most eloquent pjreachers in the States. His son, Rev. Doremus Scudder, was appointed a missionary of the American Board to Japan in 1885, and was located for five years in Niigata, where he made a successful acquisition of perhaps the most difficult language spoken among men. Family reasons lead to his return to the United States, where for the past twelve years he has been a pastor in Brooklyn and in Woburn. Those who heard his sermon of last Sabbath, in the Central Union Church, upon the "unspeakable gift of God," all, agree in the opinion of a member of the Hawaiian Board, that "We made no mistake in calling him to Hawaii." O. H. G. Anti-Saloon Rally. Thursday, January 30, was made a grand field day by the Anti-Saloon League. Meetings were held thrice in �18 the day. A morning gathering in the Y. M. C. A. hall. A Business Men's meeting in Castle & Cooke's assembly room. Evening meetings in Y. M. C. A. hall, in Kawaiahao Church * for Hawaiians, and in the Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese Churches. The meeting in Y. M. C. A. hall was attended by about 60 persons of the class most interested in the subject. Mr. Theodore Richards presided. Reports were given from the local field by representatives of the W. C. T. U., and of the Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Hawaiian races. Facts and figures were given in all the reports to show to what extent the liquor traffic is being carried on in the islands, and much was made of the heavy increase in four years' time of the number of saloons selling whisky and other spirituous liquors. Superintendent W. H. Rice of the Anti-Saloon League made a powerful address. He arraigned the present policy of the local government for permitting such a condition of affairs. Lorrin Andrews made an address full of enthusiasm. The meeting adjourned at noon, voting unanimously in favor of a resolution that it was the sense of the anti-saloon gathering that no more liquor licenses should be granted by Treasurer Wright in the Territory of Hawaii. An able address was read by Mrs. J. M. Whitney, president of the W. C. T. U., recounting their efforts in the past, and inciting the men of the League to vigorous effort. Mr. K. Komura stated the alarming extent of the drink evil among our 60,---000 Japanese. It was the greatest evil among them. The importations of Japanese saki amounted to $235,118, or 231,---288 gallons, paying a duty of $90,644. Saki drunkenness lasts longer than that from other forms of alcohol and more impairs capacity for labor. (Saki is a kind of rice wine, averaging 18 per cent of alcohol.) The Ewa Plantation had succeeded in prohibiting the use of saki among their laborers. Dr. Khai Fai Li gave the Chinese side. He said there were four large wholesale liquor houses among the Chinese, but these were losing money every year, as the Chinese were not naturally drinkers. The losses which these firms were sustaining were not to be wondered at, considering that the Chinese did not drink to any extent except on the days they celebrated some national event. Samshu was the principal drink, and this was not so strong as the foreign distilled liquors. There was one Chinese drink which contained about sixty per cent of alcohol. The importation from Northern China was Sam Ching, which contains about 50 per cent of alcohol. The strongest drink THE FBIEND. [January, 1902. comes from Northern China, especially He drinks to get drunk—to become Chi Li and Honan provinces. Dr. Khai stupefied. It is the same with his awa Fai Li pointed to the fact that there were drinking. The liquors brewed from potatoes, prickly pear juice, ti-root, are not pleasant to taste. It is the intoxicating effect that is sought. The saloon is the place where the Hawaiian can play the prodigal in wasting his substance, his enserious than drink. ergies and his days. There are no palRev. A. Y. Soares, of the Portuguese liating features to this business as it is Mission church, made the remarkable conducted; it is wholly bad. It is the statement that 95 per cent of the Por- ruin of the Hawaiian race. Superintendent Rice spoke upon the tuguese rcsding in Honolulu were addicted to the liquor habit, and that not "Principles and Objects of the League." only adults, but little children of six He said the first and most important years of age, are often intoxicated. The function of a government was to uplift latter feature, he said, resulted from the the people who arc governed. He made ignorance of the parents, who thought an attack on the present policy of the that if the older ones drank in a house local government with reference to the all the rest of the family should follow liquor traffic. He said the theory of the their example. He said in opening his government of the Hawaiian Islands was address that be did not know how many to increase the number of the saloons, saloons there were in the Portuguese and the policy was to give to any one colony. This was almost impossible to who came with sufficient money a license ascertain. There were places in the Por- to open a gilded parlor of vice, corruptuguese section wdiere liquor had been tion, intemperance and damnation. The sold for many years, although they did League was here to resist the opening of not have licenses. These were "located any more saloons and to suppress any in the grocery stores and conducted so and all saloons whenever opportunity skillfully that the police were seldom able was presented. It was high time for the to make any arrests. It was from these church to awaken out of sleep, and for places that had come much of the trouble the business men and the plantations and and misery of the Portuguese people. corporations to save these beautiful Tlii' Portuguese drank mostly wines, islands from the stigma that will attach whisky and gin. There were numbers of to it from the blight of intemperance. young men being ruined by this unlic- The saloons have increased from twentyensed traffic. It was a pitiful sight to see three to 142 in six years. These were so much intemperance. Small boys are the figures he had obtained from Treastaught by their parents to drink and the urer Wright. "I want to say that if the present poladults consider it a shame to drink liquor in their homes and not give it to their icy of the local government is continchildren also. Children six years of age ued," added Mr. Rice, "these lovely and were taught to drink and it was a fre- beautiful islands will be known as 'The quent sight to see many of them thor- Hell of the Pacific' I want to see these oughly intoxicated. The people in the beautiful islands continue as the Paradise colony had these liquor-selling places al- of the Pacific, and not that place from most at their doors; they caroused and which every one desires to escape if he fought and disturbed decent people and can. The Anti-Saloon League intends often the police knew nothing of what to do everything in its power to rescue was going on. He said the Portuguese the drunkard and encourage the man were a frugal and industrious people, but who is trying to reform. liquor was bringing about their destruc"We want to lift him up and establish tion. him in the faith of temperance. We arc Rev. O. P. Emerson followed upon the soon to publish a statement to the Hasubject of drunkenness among Hawaii- waiians in the strongest possible lanans. The Hawaiians do not seek the guage we can command to call their atsaloon for bodily comfort, nor for socia- tention to the great liquor evil. There bility, which they never lack. During the are twenty-one whisky-selling saloons in reign of the Kamehamchas, up to 1875, Honolulu. On Saturday November 16, the sale or even gift of alcoholic liquors the Y. M. C. A. sent out members who to Hawaiians was prohibited. Since Kastationed themselves before eight of lakaua's reign the saloon business has these saloons. They stood there one been extended through the group and hour from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m. They drunkenness has prevailed among Ha- counted men under forty years of age waiians. who went into them, and this is the reGoing among the islands, wherever I sult: Encore, 126; Merchants' Exchange, find saloons, I find drunkards. The Ha- 69; Favorite, 66; Criterion, 65; Hoffwaiian knows no moderate use of liquors. man's, 40; Pantheon, 11, and with two very few arrests made here for drunkenness among the Chinese. Their worst habit, he said, was opium smoking. He dwelt on this phase of the evils which betel his race and considered it more �others, a total of 430 men were counted entering these saloons in one hour." He asked what was the future of the young men of Honolulu with such prospects facing them. He said that often men who begin drinking moderately, the results would generally be as follows: (>nc will stop drinking, one will continue moderate drinking: two will be very seriously injured and become harder drinkers; three will be come ruined in life and property and three will be killed by the diseases which alcohol produces. "How many years will it be before many of our brilliant young men of today become drunken sots through the agency of the saloons in Honolulu? "I want to say something in regard to the policy of the Territorial government, but a time will come later mi when I can express an opinion as to that. 1 reasurer Wright is vary courteous and is a gentleman, and has afforded me every opportunity to arrive at statistics and when 1 get a statement that a few years ago there were but -'3 saloons and at present it-, there is something that needs to be said of this policy, 'Hie opening up of so many I'rinio saloons is wilful insanity. Men do not drink except to get alcohol and not fm' the swill lhat accompanies it. "Mr. W'esierveh and myself are collating a large amount of statistics, and we will .-non begin a tour of the islands. commencing with Hawaii. We will tell the Hawaiians what a curse is drink and appeal to them io leave it alone. At present the whole matter of how many saloons there shall lie rests with Treasurer Wright. His present policy is to give a license to every man who ask> for one, provided the taxpayers in the neighborhood of the proposed location do not protest. < htr business will be to see that when these licenses run out the propertyholders in the vicinity have an Opportunity to protest against the renewal." Lorrin Andrews spoke on the subject. "Practical Lines of Work." He made an earnest appeal to the people to use their voles in the matter of temperance agitation. There should lie something more than talk. The temperance people must be practical. The saloon element was very practical in its methods. If the temperance people wanted to put a stop to this terrible state of things and make this a better place to live in, they must help the cause by assisting practically. As to Mr. Rice's statement that Treasurer Wright had absolute power in the matter of issuing licenses, he said this was true, and that he could say yes or no, and the Governor or the Legislature could say nothing against his decision one way or the other. Ihe Treasurer could be controlled. How'" By public opinion and sentiment. It was for each THE FRIEND. 19 Vol. 60, No. 2.] The High License is a help. In Hoone to organize into committees and delegations and present to the Treasurer nolulu the number of saloon licenses is reasons for not establishing a saloon in limited to eighteen, formerly fourteen, at a certain neighborhood. Until the peo- $1,000 each. This enables the governple did something of this nature the ment to select the class of men to hold Treasurer would say that be did not licenses, men who are responsible. They know of any sentiment of public opinion. understand that if they transgress, their The saloon men worked along practical licenses will not be renewed. lines; it was their bread and butter to do Another point is to give the drinkers so. It was the duty of the temperance liquor of a low alcoholic strength at a people to undeceive Treasurer Wright as cheap rate. This has been experimented to the stand he has taken. He called at- upon in light wine and beer saloons. tention to the coming election. The tem- They are orderly as a rule. Another plan perance people must sec to it that the is to have a substitute for the liquor saplatform had something in it directed loons. Men without homes or places of resort, are attracted by the light, clean against the liquor traffic. liness, social features and hilarity of the m. at meeting p. Business Men's The 4 was opened by F. J. Lowrie, Esq., as saloon. To offset this there should be chairman. Governor Dole spoke for attractive resorts fitted up, where the some twenty minutes with his usual men can find relaxation and hospitality. I wish you to take what I say in good vigor and ability, stating the government side of the question. He sympathized faith. 1 have had an opportunity to study with the temperance reformers, but the liquor question. 1 am not ashamed thought that if they could run the gov- hi say the government is in the business, ernment for about three months, they and is responsible to a large extent. The would have a practical knowledge of the liquor sellers are the agents of the govSill ject which would be worth much to ernment. 1 believe it is right and bentliein. The liquor legislation is the com- eficial for the temperance reformers in posite opinion of the whole voting com- this broad way to recognize these facts munity. It is the best compromise which accordingly. Mr. W. A. Brown followed with a valcan from time to time be reached, in which the radical reformer, those who uable address in which were discussed a wish to have free liquor, those favorable wide range of facts relating to the liquor lo some restriction and control, those tralYiee in these islands, and its effects who exercise some negative influence upon business, and increase in drunken through their votes, and people of all lk'SS. opinions, create a composite result Mr. E. W. Campbell followed with a through their ballots. It is not possible paper upon "Heredity as related to the for a minority of voters to compel the Liquor Habit." Lack of space forbids majority to be limited in the Use of our giving the substance of these valuable and interesting papers, A paper liquor. evil, but the govern- was also read, written by Warden Henry The saloon is an ment is to blame as well as they. It ob- of the Oahu prison, upon "Prison Statains a revenue from the sale of liquor. tistics and Experiences." The figures Under the laws it must protect the bus- show an increase of from 19 to 45 per iness interests of such saloon-keepers as cent in the ratio of those sentenced for are licensed. It cannot always relusc a drunkenness, during 1900 and 1901, over license, because in some cases the courts the ratio of 180,9 and 1900. Figures presented at the morning will compel them to lie issued. I know I am painting a discouraging meeting gave the whole number of both picture. There are two remedies for the classes of saloons in the Islands as 143, evil. (>ne is Temperance Education, We a large part of which have been licensed are doing something in that way in the during the past year. There are 23 liquor government schools. I have looked over saloons in Honolulu, and twice that the book devoted to the subject and find number of beer saloons, mostly for the it good. Its effectiveness will depend sale of "l'rimo" beer from a local brewupon the interest the teacher takes in the ery. The I loiiolulu Iron Works have vainly protested against the establishsubject. Another thing for us to do, which will, ment in their vicinity of beer saloons, to have immediate effect, is Local Option. the demoralization of their workingnien. 1 wish we had a law for it. The governReform School Site at Waialae. ment adopts the principle now to a certain extent. Where we find a CommunProgress is being made towards the reity does not want a saloon, we act accordingly. Sometimes government offi- moval of the Reform School for Boys to cers canvass a district relative to an ap- a new site at Waialae at the north end of plication. I hope we shall have a local the Island, where are several hundred option, and that such will authorize acres of land available for a farming and women to vote. (Applause.) dairy colony. It lies close to the sea, on �the Oahu Railway. An efficient indus- 20 THE FRIEND. TUB THE trial "School at that point will have many advantages over the present Reform School for the reclaiming of wayward boys and fitting them for useful lives. ])ANK OF HAWAII, Ltd., HAWAIIAN' ANNUAL (Incorporated under the lawg of Republic.) the Hawailaa Paid-up-Capital FOR Koa Furnishings for Museum. 1000,000.00 Itesrtrve 1902! fi0.000.00 Undivided Proflti 15I.ihh».(ki OJTICIBI AND DIHKCTORS: 28'ni Issue. Chaa. 1C Cooke. PfMidanti P ''. loan The Dishop Museum has just shipped VteaPresldent; C. 11. Cook*, Cashier; F. c'Atlierto tin Stillwater Manufacturing Co., ton. As.istnnt Cashier. Minnesota, 6b tons, or 26,000 feet, of I|eiii> V\ atei limine. Tom May, I-' \V Muefurlalic, Bigger and Better titan Ever 1.. I> leiine.v, .1. A. MoCaudu ■*. vcr_\ choice koa l"gs. These wire specialtkrilctta the Account* of linns. Corporations, Individuals, mill will in-iiini.llv unit earafully I riisis to ly selected li'oin Kona forests. They are Kan [1 lastratire Number Replete with Valuable altead allbuHneaa with hanking entrusted in it Sell .1,1.1connected there to be made up into fittings for the Historic Information pertaining to Hawaii Issue Hiireluue Foreign Exchange. Letters of Credit. fur Bandy Reference. new addition t" the Museum, and will SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. comprise stairways, panelling, cases, cab- Carefully ravieed statistical and Cenrna Table's, llnlliiury Term Depositsrecci veil mill InterSpecially prepared Articles on Timely Topics, est allowed mill inets, desks, lables anil shelves, all conin accordance with rolaa sad eooriitlone relating; to the Pummel and Development of lirinted in pas,, I,links, eoides nf whleh maybe liud forming to those in the older portions of the Islands. Research and Current History on application. the Museum now in use. There is alconciM'lv dealt with. Jadd Hiiiiilintr. Fort Street ready an immense amount of material One of tin' Moat Interesting Nnmbera yet prepared and awaiting exhibition in the Published. Alike Valuable tor Home anil IRON WORKS CO. Foreign Readers, w ■ building. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1902) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1902.02 - Newspaper https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/5d0d016273a06a6276da28f0509dced0.pdf 4b03d80ab25810aa3ece068a65184e61 PDF Text Text THE FRIEND. HONOLULU, H. 1., JANUARY, Vol. 60.] WILLIAM R. CASTLE, JJENSON, SMITH & CO., Ltd. Merchant Street, Cartwright Block TRUST MONEY CAREFULLY INVESTED Wholesale and Retail ...DRUGGISTS... Office: Brewer'a Block, Cor. Hotel & Fort Sta. Entrance on Hotel Street Honolulu, H. I. SUGAR HOUSE CHEMICALS AND DENTIST. Honolulu X)R. A. C. WALL, DR. O. E. WALL, Office Moras: Love Ba.m. to 4p.m. Fort St., Honoluln. Bldg. SUPPLIES. JJENRY WATERHOUSE & CO. SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. .. 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Vol. 60.] HONOLULU, H. 1 THE FRIEND la published the first day of each month In Honolulu, H. I. Subscription rat* Two Dollars per Year In Advance. with All communications and letters connected the literary department of the paper. Book* Exchanges, and Magazines, for Review and should be addressed "Rev. S. E. Bishop, Hono- lulu. H. I." Buslnesa letters should be addressed "T. O. Thrum, Honolulu, H. I." Entered at the Post Office at Honolulu as second class mstter. S. E. BISHOP --- - Editor. Page 1 1 1 2 Scenes on Ponape The Call to the Universal Day of Prayer forStudents. 8 4 Christ's Second Coming ... 4 Hilo Boarding School Changes 4 Episcopal changes Agreed to 4 A Missionary for Mindanao 5 Thrum's Annual, 1902 8 Beautiful Illustrations 5 Heavy Rainstorm 5 Ex-Queen's Pension Hilo Railroad 6 o( Progress 6 Record ol Events 6 Rirths. Marriages, Deaths " Pelekunu and WBilau ••• Institute., Missionary Pacific i The Work in the North 8 Visiting Chinese Camps on Hawaii 8 Rev. Doremus Scudder, M. D 8 Life in Mindanao Scarcity ol Shixl in Honolulu 9 Price of Naval station Lands Recent Martyrs in China Green's Tetraheilral Theory Christ's Advent Christmas Observances How God Forgives Bins . , »» » Christ's Advent. 11l Christian lands, people of all classes have been, at least nominally, paying respect to that supreme event of near two thousand years ago, the coming into human life of the Divine Son of God. The season of the Advent has been made one of rejoicing and festivity. But "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." We have celebrated his coming, but how many of us have received the Lord Jesus into our hearts? This dear Son of God comes knocking at our heart's doors, and claims to be admitted there as an abiding and cherished guest. It is there that his true advent must be made, if real and effectual. The Son of God put on mortal flesh for this purpose, that he might be seen and known of men, and his pure, heavenly loveliness be so revealed to us, that we should love him, and receive him into our inmost souls, there forever to abide. But this access the sin-clinging souls of men do not readily grant to him. We have long gone wrong. Many evil things have found lodgment and entrenched themselves within us, and the Lord Jesus cannot enter and dwell in us while these his enemies occupy his place. And so his true Advent is thwarted and nullified. 1., JANUARY, 1902. [No. i. Then let us not indulge in any self-satis- Inevitably much and deep self-reproach faction as having worthily celebrated our would long continue to wound his soul. Christmas days, so long as we leave our But so tender and encompassing was his inmost hearts occupied by sin, and our father's love, that it brought rich and Lord and Saviour neglected outside. Oh thorough healing to the anguish of rethat we may be able to say morse. Yet human love is imperfect. "There is room in my heart, Lord Jesus, The Divine love is perfect and almighty. There is room in my heart for thee!" God's fatherly consolations administered When the Lord Christ thus finds en- to the sin-bowed spirit are complete in trance into the hearts *>f~all who profess | their healing. The guilty sinner, admithis name, and they are filled with his ted into the glory and joy of the loving spirit, how quickly the world will be con- presence of God, will no longer feel disverted, and the corroding ills of society tressed and abashed by the wretched healed. memory of his past evil-doings. That soul will be filled with the sense of God's Christmas Observances. love, and enraptured beyond the possibility of anguish for the past. Such is "the Both festively and religiously, the an- love of God, shed abroad in the heart niversary of Christmas received very full by the Holy Ghost." observance in Honolulu. Special serThere is an erroneous doctrine often vices were held on the day in most of maintained that the wounds of sin once the churches of the city. There was a committed are incurable; that every sin very general and copious exchange of brings its natural penalty, which must pleasant gifts in the homes. Especially always be endured. We are told that were these gratifications made in the kinsuch is the law of nature. Every violadergartens and in the Sunday Schools tion of nature's laws has its inevitable on successive evenings during the ChristBut this reasoning overlooks penalty. mas week, and a multitude of poor chil- the marvelous healing power which there dren were made happy. There was a is in nature —what is known as vis medibeautiful exercise on the evening of the catrix Naturae. Terrible wounds are 26th in the Japanese Church which was healed. Restoration is to be had from crowded. A very remarkable decoration destructive maladies. To this fact all back of the platform was a scene of the hospitals testify and the whole art of three wise men on their way to the healing. cradle of Christ, done by a Japanese arA like law pervades the spiritual tist, with Japanese peculiarities. world. There is marvelous and perfect healing in God's hand from the terrible How God Forgives Sins. wounds and debasements of sin. The case of the wretched and abandoned sinOne of the most important clauses of the Apostles' Creed is, "I believe ' in ner is not hopeless if he will come to the the Forgiveness of Sins." (ireat Healer of souls. God can cure and * And in this we cannot believe too strong- restore hjm. This was the greatest and ly or too completely. That God does best revelation of our Redeemer, his forgive our sins is to us sinning souls, great message from the Father to his the succor for our direst need.. We need lost and erring children. He came to not minimize this great and wonderful "seek and save the lost." grace of our Heavenly Father. He does The greatest tragedy of a sinful life is completely forgive the contrite sinner, not that the blot of evil-doing is ineraand make his sins as though they had dicable by God's grace. It is not so. Its not been committed, and so that they worst evil is that continued sin indisshall not again rise up to reproach the poses the soul to repentance. The sinner pardoned evil-doer. "Who," asked Paul, becomes hardened and stupefied, so that "shall lay anything to the charge of he will not turn and come to the only God's elect? It is God that justifieth." source of healing and salvation. The The Parable of the Prodigal Son is final work of continued sinning is that fitly held up as an illustration of the atrophy of conscience and moral relentcompleteness of the Divine Forgiveness. ing which hopelessly bars out God's That most wicked but repentant son was grace from the averted heart. Final perentirely restored to his father's favor. dition comes, not because a man's sins are He was absolutely and entirely forgiven. too many and too great to be blotted out. : * * �but because he is hardened in evil, and will not seek to return to God. May our faith in the fullness ami richness of Clod's salvation offered to men in his son Jesus Christ be entire and without qualification. May we feel able to offer complete salvation to every lost and erring soul who can be induced to listen to the call. [January, 1902. THE FRIEND. 2 problem, but it is now solved. Mr. Gray has organized a class in English for three mornings each week,—the students to come two hours before school and work on the place. There arc forty members in the class and on lesson mornings a flotilla of canoes can be seen gliding over the lagoon, each young man with bis wife and perhaps a child or two. They have to be taught how to study and how to think. .Mr. Gray has Scenes on Ponape. to oversee the work each morning before school or most of the nun would sit down in the shade and do nothing. They By Mrs. Leta D. Gray, of Ponape. have to be taught how to work as well Xear to us in our Microncsian home as how to study and to think, and this at ( >ua on the Island of Ponape, live two requires patience. But the class is very good old natives. Ruben and Rubenia. interesting. We learn inure than the his wife. One evening the boys paddled students: they are helping us to learn the our canoe to the little nook where theil people and the language. house stands. It is built on rocks piled When the missionaries were driven up in the water a few feet from the from Ponape ten years ago by the away shore. There is but one room, about Spanish, Henry Nanpei took the cows seven by nine feet. The roof is probably at ( hia around to Kiti, on the they left four and one-half feet from the floor on opposite side of the island of Ponape. the sides. The door is so low you could now a herd of twenty cattle and not stand in it, but they usually climb lie has he gave us a nice cow which was led in from a canoe. There are enough large over here two weeks ago. We have givrocks about for them to make their way en her special care and get a good quanto shore when they wish. When the tity of milk. A few days ago I made a three or four grown people and the two little butter, the first good butter we children saw US coming, they hastened to have had in six months. Immediately find suitable garments in which to re- after church on the Sunday following ceive guests. Ruben crawled out of the the arrival of the cow, many of the nahouse and stood on a rock, buttoning his tives went to see her and the calf. shirt, and gave us a hearty welcome. All of the down children and quite a number The w« men came out as soon as they of grown persons had never seen a cow. found dresses. They were much pleased The people an- afraid of her and even and from the general flutter considered run from the little calf, which is as genour call quite an event. tle as a kitten. Xot long after. Ruben told us he was There is a great deal of work to be going to build a new house. Mr. Gray went over to see what his plans were. done among the women. It is of little The new house was to be built on rocks use to teach them how to keep house unout in the water, the same as the old til the men are taught to build houses one. It was to be nine by fourteen feet. worth keeping. Usually they have no and the roof to be four and one-half feet dishes and only an iron kettle for cookfrom the floor on the sides. But after ing. Some of those who were in the some talking they were persuaded to Girls' School before the mission was build it on the shore, make it fourteen by driven out are married women now. eighteen feet, raise the roof two feet, They are all beautiful writers, read Foand put in a partition. Ruben said there napean well, and are superior in many was no use to build such a big house, ways to the other women and girls. They that only six people would live in it ; but do plain needle work as well as I ever when Mr. Gray took tools and with one saw it done in the States. Friends at of our boys went over to help them until home need not feel that the work and the foundation was laid and the work money expended years ago has counted well started, Ruben was delighted. Mi- for nothing, lint most of the women Gray still goes over to see how the work- here dress for ornament rather than for progresses and helps a little from time covering. At their homes they rarely to time. We must try all the ways we have anything more than a yard or two can to get the to build better of cloth wrapped around the hips and reaching nearly to the knees, but they homes. There must be a large amount of never think of going to the missionary's planting to supply food for the student; home without a dress, though they often who are anxious to come when we have put it on while approaching the house a place to keep them. To get this plant- and on leaving take it off before they are ing done without too much expense has out of sight. Men a One day we were invited to a feast Majejo, given in honor of Nanakin, a chief. The new feast house at this village is a building about thirty feet long and twenty feet wide; it is entirely open at one end. On three sides is built a sort of platform, three feet high and four feet wide, where the guests specially honored lounge. As we came in sight of this building the crowd of natives lying about under the trees rose as a token of respect. Edgar, a man who speaks some English and dresses like a white man, came forward and escorted us to the seat on the platform kept for us near Nanakin and his wife. There were two chairs for us while the natives sat on the floor. In the center of the building were six large piles of stones with hot fires burning inside. Soon after we arrived a number of men with no clothing except their kauls, came in with long poles and began punching the red-hot rocks apart. The heat was intense. Fortunately we were situated where the sea breeze fanned us and blew the heat the other way. As soon as the piles of rocks were knocked down, great baskets of bread fruit, yam and "mar" were hurriedly passed to the men at the fires, and they emptied them on to the hot rocks, and with poles and tongs covered the food with some of the rocks and on top of it all piled green leaves and grass to hold in the heat. Ten roasted pigs were carried in from a place outside where they had been cooked, and these were placed over a pit in front of Xanakin. Great quantities of uncooked yam were placed under the trees just outside the door where Xanakin sat. This food and the pigs were then divided among the people. Only those of high rank received any pork. They count th missionaries with their chiefs, and the largest and best young pig was given to us to carry home, also a fine yam which was so large it required two men to carry it. When the food in the "urn" was done, the rocks were taken off and the articles placed in baskets, all the people receiving an abundance. They knew our way of eating differed from theirs and I think the more civilized were ashamed to have us watch them, so we were invited over to Edgar's house. He had taken our boys over previously to help arrange dinner for us. The house has two small rooms built of lumber. Edgar is quite progressive and has a few chairs, an ancient bureau, and a small table, that is quite aristocratic. The table had a cloth on it, and a bouquet placed in the center. The dinner consisted of yam, hardman, pigeons in gravy, lorn beef, hot cakes made of scraped yam fried in lard, and candy. Evidently their only dishes were soup plates, and I saw why at �THE FRIEND. 3 Vol. 6b, No. i.] I had .been requested to bring a deep dish, for the pigeons and gravy were served in it. After dinner we returned to the feast house. They had music (?) and drills for entertainment. Young men marched in to the music of an old accordion and went through a drill which would startle a Delsarte class. Part of the time they sang, but no two were in the same key and the tune was a weird one, which seemed to go in a circle and had no place to stop, so we were not particularly charmed. A long procession of men, each carrying an immense stock of sugar cane, came in and placed the cane in a great pile in front of Xanakin. When we were ready to start home we discovered quite a little procession was ready to accompany us and help our boys carry the roast pig, yam, baskets of cooked bread fruit, sugar cane and other things which had been given to us. It is the custom in Micronesia for all the people in a neighborhood (where it it Christian) to come together each evening for prayers. Every evening about seven o'clock some of the boys blow the horn (a very large shell which makes a noise like a fog horn) and the people gather here at the church. No one lives on the mission land except the native preacher and his family, but usually there arc a number of others about his house, and a few natives come from quite a distance; frequently there are twenty or even thirty present at prayers. The people have been in the habit of singing a song or two and offering a prayer, with a few words from the preacher, perhaps. But neither here nor at Kiti nor Mant did they read any Scripture before we came. The Call to the Universal Day of Prayer for Students. For several years the Christian student of Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Holland, France, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australasia, and also Japan, China, India, Ceylon, and other mission lands, have united in observing the second Sunday of February as a Universal Day of Prayer for Students. Reports received from over thirty countries give facts showing that the observance of this day of prayer has been attended with most graitfying spiritual results in all parts of the world. The General Committee of the World's Student Christian Federation, composed of official representatives of all these movements, hereby calls upon all Christian student organizations, and upon Christians in general, to observe Sunday, February 9th, 1902, as a movements day of special prayer on behalf of students. It is believed by leaders in Christian work among students that there is indeed great need of united prayer for students. The past few years have witnessed an unprecedented multiplication of Christian student organizations and a world-wide extension of the student Christian movement. There is needed a correspondingly great intensive work. This must conic in large degree through prayer. The difficulties and perils in the pathway of the student movement are Xo field is many, subtle, and great. without its difficulties, problems, and dangers. Prayer is an essential factor in removing all these hindrances. The opportunities for usefulness which today confront the student movement in every land are greater and more inspiring than ever. God alone can enable us to recognize and improve these opportunities. The words of St. Paul to the Corinthians are expressive of the present position of the student movement, "A great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries." Above all it must be borne in mind that the student movement came into being as a spiritual movement, and such it must remain if it is to accomplisH its mission in the world. Xo movement can preserve its spirituality apart from God, and lie manifests His presence and power in answer to prayer. In view of considerations like these it is hoped that the coming Universal Day of Prayer for Students may be more widely and faithfully observed than in any preceding year. A few suggestions are given to facilitate making the most out of the day: (i) If practicable let more than one day be observed. In some placet it has been found desirable to devote the Saturday preceding the Day of Prayer to preparatory services. In other cases the following Monday is used for special student evangelistic meetings. (2) Let there be meetings of earnest Christian students given up largely if not entirely to intercession. In connection with this Call are given a number of objects for praise and intercession. (3) There should be also at least one meeting for all students in which the aim shall be to present the claims upon them of Christ as Savior and Lord. (4) This Call should be brought to the attention of Christian ministers and they should be requested to preach sermons designed to influence students for Christ, and to call forth on their behalf more prayer among Christians. The Call should also be reprinted in the religious press. Unbelief, indifference, and other difficulties, should not be permitted by any- one who is interested in the progress of the Kingdom of Christ among students to keep him from doing all in his power to enlist in their interest the definite and earnest prayers of Christians. The teachings of Christ Himself on united prayer, the prayer achievements of the early Christians, the signal triumphs of prayer in the life of all spiritual movements, should encourage us to work for and to expect a large spiritual fruitage in connection with the coming Day of Prayer. On behalf of the general commit- tee of Tin: world's student chris- tian FEDERATION, Karl Fries, Chairman, Stockholm, Sweden. John R. Mott, General Secretary, West 29th Street, New York City. 3 December 1, 1901. GROUNDS FOR THANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving that the Christian students of the world are united in spirit and in effort to make Christ King. Thanksgiving that during the past year in many lands there have been spiritual awakeneings among students. Thanksgiving that in all parts of the world there is a growing interest in the study of the Word of God. Thanksgiving that the past year has witnessed encouraging spiritual developments among the students of some of the most difficult fields, for example, Belgium, Italy, Russia. Thanksgiving that among students throughout Christendom there is a deepening sense of responsibility for the evangelization of the world. OBJECTS FOR INTERCESSION. Pray that in all countries there may be an increase in the number of men who feel a burden of persona] responsibility for winning students to Christ. Pray that the missionary spirit in the universities of Christian lands may continue to grow in intensity and in helpfulness. Pray that the student movement may result in influencing students to bring to bear upon the social and political problems of their day the teachings and spirit of Christ. Pray that the Christian students of non-Christian lands may mightily further the evangelization of their own people. Pray that the results of the tour of the General Secretary of the Federation throughout the student centers of the Far East may be conserved and augmented. Pray that the next convention of the Federation, to be held in Denmark in �THE FRIEND. 4 Judgment of mankind. For any one of these conflicting opinions, it is not very difficult to find plausible support from the language used in different prophecies. To the writer's mind, the Preniillenarian view seems to be most clearly in accord with the language of prophecy, in both the Xew and the Old Testaments, and especially in Revelation. As to the precise time when the Lord is to return, it was evidently not intended that we should know. Utterly futile have been various attempts at arithmetical calculation of the time. There is, however, a most impressive line of indications pointing to a not very distant crisis and consummation in this world's history. The present progressive changes in Civilization, in Social Order, in Political affairs, seem full of portent. All things seem to be hastening with accelerating speed towards a great Crisis. There seems to be a general tendency towards a Better Day, yet the Powers of Evil are most formidable. The rising Sun of Righteous reorganization of Society is enveloped in thickest clouds. At such a portentous time, the Christian's expectation of a great Heavenly interposition by the Lord of the Kingdom imparts confidence and courage. We are not preaching the Gospel of Peace, Repentance and Righteousness unsupported. There is a vast Heavenly reserve of force ready to act at the critical time. The Church is to go forward with fullest assurance in its great work of preaching the Gospel to the ends of the earth, and making Christ known to all mankind. In His own time and way be will make the victory complete. August, 1902, may exert a helpful influence on the spiritual life of the students of all lands. Christ's Second Coming. At a meeting of the Ministerial Union on December 16th Rev. B. L. Howe, pastor of a Second Advent Church, read a paper on this subject, confining him- self mainly to the Scripture prophecies, without indulging in their interpretation. This was followed by a full hour of earnest discussion, developing various and adverse views. Some of the speakers expressed a strong sense of the great importance of belief in this doctrine to the spiritual life of Christians, others doubting it. The apostle Paul certainly held a very strong belief that the Lord Jesus would again appear from heaven in great power and glory. He especially exhorted the Thessalonian Christians to be widely awake respecting that coming event. It seems clear that Paul expected that event to occur within his own life-time. In that he was mistaken, since it has not yet taken place. As recorded in Mark 13: 32, the Lord expressly told his disciples that he did not know when his great appearing would take place. The time seems to have been divinely left uncertain, so that the new and young Church might feel the fullest stimulus of that great hope, without thinking it to be postponed to a far distant future. Their strong expectation of the Lord's reappearing certainly acted as a great incentive to zeal and support to steadfastness amid their terrible persecutions. After the lapse of many ages of delay in the fulfilment of this great prophecy, modern Christians very generally adopted a belief that the world is to lie gradually converted to Christ by existing spiritual agencies, and that a long "milleniuni" of earthly holiness is to elapse, an age of universal righteousness and peace, after which Christ will come to the General Judgment Day. Many however, the present writer included, interpret the prophecies to mean that our Lord will come in person to give the victory and usher in the Millenium, so establishing his Kingdom on earth. We are called Pre-millenarians, the larger body Post-millenarians. Both parties believe in the complete overthrow of sin in the world, and in the establishment of a purified social state of justice, holiness, and happiness. Unless we are mistaken, the denomination known as Seventh-day Adventists differ from our view in expecting at Christ's Advent a complete dissolution of present earthly conditions, and the final Dr. L. M. Hartley, the superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, has retired on account of the failure of the health of Mrs. Hartley in this climate. This is greatly to the regret of the friends of this important work. It is however cheering to know that the Rev. \V. 11. Rice will take Dr. Hartley's place in the work, which we may believe will be carried on with energy and ability. Such work is greatly needed in order to resist the lately growing tendency to multiply saloons in city and country. Hilo Boarding School Changes. [January, 1902. new buildings, one on either side of the knoll where the present old buildings are located. The center of the knoll will be occupied by the residence of the principal. The whole is on a commanding site, with a fine view of Hilo city and bay. The new buildings are expected to cost $15,000 each. The money is not yet all in sight, but many substantial promises have been made, and the necessary amount is confidently expected. The girls are to he taught all the domestic arts, as well as other branches of industrial training. The boys are already being taught various trades. The different crops grown on the premises for the food of the scholars have long given ample facility for instruction in agriculture. Sixty-eight boys are in attendance at the present time. The course of training covers seven years. The Hilo Boarding School was founded in 1836 by the missionary Rev. David B. Lyman, whose grandson is the present principal, and is conducting the important changes in progress. There is an endowment of $40,000, which goes far towards maintaining the ordinary expenses of the school. Episcopal Changes Agreed to. A lengthy meeting of the Synod of the Anglican Church in Hawaii was held during the first half of December. It resulted in determining that on April ist, 1902, the present diocese of Honolulu will become a missionary district of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. It also transpired that the acceptance of this change by the General Convention in San Francisco had been facilitated by a subscription of certain members of the Church in Honolulu of $1,500 for five years towards the stipend of a new Bishop, to be a person not at present ministering in Hawaii. Although the sessions of the Synod were not free from acrimonious expressions, it is pleasant to record that they closed in an amicable manner, and with resolutions of regard and sympathy for the retiring Bishop. Dr. Willis during his long episcopate has shown himself a devoted and laborious worker, and of much public and private benevolence. He now expresses doubt whether he shall return to England, or remain in Hawaii. Preparations have begun for new buildings for the Hilo Boarding School, the old historic institution where so many A Missionary for Mindanao. j noble and successful Hawaiian men began their early training. It is a pleasure to be able to reprint The plan provides for a building for the following statement from the Misgirls, which creates a new departure in sionary Herald for November: the work of the school, making it "coThe matter of opening mission work educational." It is planned to erect two in one of the Philippine Islands has been , �before the Prudential Committee of the American Board for a long time, but with the existing deficit in the treasury it was deemed wholly out of the question to undertake new work in a new field. The Board has been asked repeatedly to send one or more misisonaries to Mindanao the second of the Philippine Islands in area, having a population of not less than a million and a half. We arc rejoiced to say that through the good fices of a few friends, chiefly in New York City, and, so far as is known, not heretofore belonging to the constituency of the American Board, gifts, with pledges of annual subscriptions, have been received sufficient for the opening and maintenance for five years of at least one station on Mindanao, in the care 01 the funds the American Board. Sincesources, and from outside are provided regupon its least draw not the will in ular income, the Board is most happy to undertake this work and will immediate the lv proceed to carry into execution the donors. benevolent purposes of TnE FRIEND. Beautiful Illustrations. A really splendidly illustrated Christ- 5 Vol. 60, No. i.] in those lands, which lapsed to the government of the Hawaiian Islands. If she was unjustly dethroned, she might show a claim for compensation. But if justl> dethroned for her misdeeds, as we fully believe, she will do best to be contented with such pension as this government may considerately grant her. mas edition of the Paradise of the Pacific has been received. Nothing approaching this in sumptuotisness and beauty has hitherto been printed in Honolulu. Most of the pictures are entirely new, and taken expressly for this ediProgress of Hilo Railroad. tion. Honolulu street scenes are numerous. Hilo and its environs are very fully illustrated. We note one error, where a The following facts are from an artiline picture of the last eruption of a cone cle in Thrum's Annual: The Hilo Railon Mauna I.oa is entitled '"Volcano of road extends seven miles to (he < Maa SuKilauea.'' gar mill, connecting it with Hilo harbor. From the mill a branch 17 miles long has been completed southeast to KaHeavy Rainstorm. poho in the Puna Sugar Plantation. The The heaviest rainstorm of the year main line, or Olaa division, extends to came just before Christmas, completely the 22 mile post on the Volcano road. interrupting street and car traffic on Five miles of this is completed, and the Christmas eve. < >ur own rain gauge re- remaining twelve miles of track will corded 4.09 inches of rainfall on the r. probably be laid by next March. This will give rail communication to It. of the 24th, besides 1.56 inches on the two preceding days. The rainfall was even heavier in the lower sections of the city which were more exposed to the southerly wind. Fortunately but moderThrum's Annual, 1902. ate damage was done by floods. Dealers in Christmas goods had to mourn much has loss of custom. publication This indispensable Its numer()ur record of the whole rainfall of appearance. yearly its made six inches. ous statistical tables are brought down Christmas week is over note Christmas Day itself was happily withwe statistics, new Of to date. "Seating capacity of principal halls out rain. churches, etc.," and "list of principal Ex-Queen's Pension. stock and sheep ranches." Among the miscellaneous articles, The ex-Queen Liliuokalani, who lateornithologists will be interested in one of W. Henshaw, ly went to Washington, is perhaps inH. by prepared pages 5a giving the first part of a complete list correctly reported to have given out that an<l description of the birds of the Ha-ol she had refused to accept any small allowance from the Territorial Govern waiian Islands, preceded by a history this been done upon has ment. The actual fact is that she reguwhich the work subject by various naturalists. Thirty- larly draws her annual pension of $7,500, six species of birds are described at or 5625 monthly. It is certainly fitting for the Territory to pay her as much as length. Miss Josephine E. TiWen furnishes a that, and for her to receive it. She is now in Washington for the purpose, as list of 100 species of algae. the son well understood, of urging her claim to The Hawaiian story of Aiai, of Kuula the Fish God, is continued the former Crown lands, and to ask from Congress compensation for their loss. from the last number. Five pages are devoted to a history of She is understood to be willing to comthe establishment of wireless telegraphy promise her claim for a lump sum of in these islands. "It is anticipated that $250,000. It is held here by all experts on the in a short time telegraphic communicathat she has no claim whatever subject, tion will be established between Oahu upon those lands. She certaily has none and Kauai. The distance to be spanned by inheritance, not being in any sense a is sixty-one miles." lineal heir of the old Royal stock. As retrospect of long as she continued to be queen, she a valuable 13 There is held a life interest in the income of those variety a covering large pages for 1901, lands, which was devoted to the support of subjects. of the throne. It amounted to between Seven pages are occupied by "informa- $50,000 and $100,000. The total value tion for tourists and others." of the Crown lands is probably under Besides the above, are a number of in- $1,500,000. With the abolition of the throne, the ex-monarch lost her interest teresting articles on other subjects. within nine miles of the Volcano by stage. Passengers can reach the Volcano House in two hours from Hilo. The plantation fields and luxuriant forests afford a delightful variety of scenery. The immense sugar mill at Olaa, now in full operation is well worth a visit. No streams have to be bridged. The road is wdl equipped, having three locomotives of 50 tons each, also ample foundry and machine shops for the manufacture of cars. The road opens for settlement large tracts of desirable Government land. A large dredger has been built for the work of removing the Pearl Harbor bar. It was launched December 21st. The work of fitting it up with the powerful machinery provided, will proceed immediately. Operations on the Bar will soon be begun. It may now be anticipated that before the end of this year it will be practicable for large Steamers to enter that harbor. This will be the beginning of a great period of commercial progress for Hawaii, by the provision of a firstclass commercial port, as well as a great United States Xaval Station. Preparations are being made for the immediate dredging of the whole harbor of Honolulu to a depth of 30 feet below low water. This is properly the work of the United States Government. But the need of the improvement is too urgent to wait for the action of Congress, and it will be done by the Territory. The deepening is especially needed on account of the Siberia and Korea, the big liners of the Pacific Mail Company which are expected soon to arrive at this port. �THE FRIEND. 6 Record of Events. Dec. ist.—U. S. battleship Wisconsin arrives from Samoa and anchored off the port, where she remained during her visit of several days. 2nd.—Protective League assigns its sphere of usefulness to the Anti-Saloon League and disbands.—The sixth diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church begin their sessions for the consideration of measures looking to the coming change from the English to the American Episcopal jurisdiction.—At the Herman Lubeck inquest the jury find that the man came to his death as the result of a premeditated plan of murder by a person or persons unknown. Porto Ricans indulge in a knifing contest; one receiving serious injuries is conveyed to the Queen's Hos- 3rd.—Two pital. 4th.—Judge Estee denies the prayer of the Tramways Company for an injunction against the Rapid Transit Company, and sustains the decision of the Supreme Court.—Brilliant evening wedding—H. R. Macfarlane, Jr. to Miss M. L. Dunn — at the residence of the groom's parents, Punahou street. sth.—Steam Fire Engine No. I, in rushing to a fire, overturns in rounding into Richards street from Beretania, the driver and horses luckily escaped unhurt. —Sudden death, at the hospital, of Johnson Xickeus, a prominent attorney of Hilo, who had recently come to the city to attend some cases in court.—The twoyear old son of C. B. Danielson, of the Makiki fire station, is killed by a kick from one of the horses. 7th.—A Chinese tailor, Yong Hklg, commits suicide to end his financial troubles.—Hold-ups and burglaries are becoming matters of too frequent occurence, two of each being reported this week. Oth.—The police frustrate the attempted robbery of an upper Fort street jewelry store, but the burglars get off in the darkness. A suspected party was searched for and eventually found, and a trunk on his premises taken to the station contained watches and various articles of jewelry valued at some $2,500. 10th.—Another of the burglars caught by the police in a lantana thicket. The two confess to seven depredations within the past two months. Both men are of the lot of Tennessee negroes.—Excelsior Lodge I. O. O. F. celebrates its fiftyfifth anniversary by a literary and musical entertainment which was largely attended by members and affiliated organizations. nth.—The Anglican Synod closes its session by an address to the Bishop.— Meeting of the McKinley Memorial [January, 1902. Committee at which plans were discussed badly damaged by fire.—A large party, and steps for an active canvass deemed as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Conradt, inadvisable.—Rev. L. M. Hartley resigns dulge in a trolley car ride over the lines as superintendent of the Anti-Saloon of the Rapid Transit Co. League, on account of health, and Rev. 28th.—Ship Benj. Scwall, 54 days W. 11. Rice is chosen in his stead. from Port Townsend for Australia, puts 13th.—Jury returns a verdict of $52,- in here in distress.—A Hawaiian-Chinese -737.50 as the value of the Bishop Estate lad at Mclnerny's store meets sudden property taken by the U. S. Government death in turning on the electric current at Pearl Harbor, following which, actions for the evening's lighting. against the Oahu R. & L. Co., the John —Bishop Willis gives Ii Estate and Oahu Sugar Company were discontinued. 15th.—A party of eleven young people that had set out yesterday morn for a pali tramp, with a light lunch, reach a valley residence in a famished and bedraggled condition, having lost their way and been obliged to spend the night on Lanihuli.—Foetus body of an infant is found in the stream at Kakaako, making the third discovery of this character in this neighborhood within a few weeks.— Honolulu boasts 1,400 telephones in active use for its population of 40,000, only 200 being among the Hawaiians, Orientals and Portuguese estimated as numbering 30,000. 18th.—Plans maturing for the extension of Bishop street through to Merchant, and possibly to Queen, thus obtaining another outlet to the waterfront. lOth, —Kaniehameha Schools observe Founder's Day in memory of Beraice Pauahi Bishop by appropriate exercises W. R. Castle delivering the address. 21 st. —A registered mail bag, forwarded from Hamakua, Hawaii, is stolen from the Kinaii in the landing of the mail and rifled of its contents. 22nd.—Thunder storm with much rain follows a day of drizzle and shower. 23rd. —The band seranades Dr. J. S. McGrew in honor of his 80th birthday.— Robt. Manson. a plumber at work on the roof of the Kaniehameha Girls' School, slipped and fell to the ground, sustaining injuries that caused death in a short while. 24th.—A heavy down-pour of rain sets in, flooding the streets and certain sections of the city, interrupting car travel for a time, putting a stop to Christmas shopping and delaying the exchange of parcels; up to six p. m. 4.40 inches had fallen for the twenty-four hours. Xo material damage reported. 25th.—Christmas opens too damp for merriment, but improves as the day advances. Special services in many of the churches.—Frank D. Haskell, imprisoned under a severe sentence for a light offence, is pardoned by the Governor. 26th.—The second case of the Pearl Harbor condemnation suits by the U. S. Government begins. 27th.—Corner store at King and Maunakea streets, and its contents, gets 29th. notice of his plan to unite the two Cathedral congregations which is interpreted as attacking the vitality of Rev. Mr. Mackintosh's congregation, whereupon a meeting of all members to hear and consider the same. 30th.—The McKinley Memorial Committee decide, by unanimous vote, in favor of a square and play ground as a memorial to the late President, qnd a committee is appointed to consider sites and cost.—The Cathedral Second Congregation declines to accede to the plan of Bishop Willis. 31st. —Annual meeting of Sailors' Home Society and election of officers. Treasurer E. F. Bishop reports a balance in hand of $255.34 after the payment of all expenses, including the deficit of 1900. Jan. ist.—The new year is ushered in with the usual din of steam whistles, horns and bombs. Happy Xew Year to a"-—The Advertiser special edition issues: a splendid illustrated number of handy size, 78 pages, in cover. BIRTHS. DAVIS In this city. Dec 1 id the wife of Henry Davis, h son. BENNER-In this city, Dec. H, to the wife of Edwin Bcnner, a son. HILLS-In this city, Dec. 22. to the wife of William J. Hills k son. STODAKT-In Honolulu. Dee, 29, to the wife of Arthur (i. Stodart, of Waimaiialo, a daughter BARKLEY—In this city, Dee. 4, to the wife of .lames A. BarkUy, a daughter. MARRIAGES. MOORE-lIOFFMANN-In this city, Doc 3 by the Rev W. M. Kincaid, R. (i. Moore to Miss Edna Q HoiTniann. ACFARLANE-DUNN-At the late Widcmann home I'unahou St., this city, Dec. 4 I,v the Rev Alexander Mackintosh, Henry R Mscfarlane. Jun. to Miss Mary Lowrie Dunn, of San Francisco lIAWKSIIURST-NICKEUS-ln this city Dec n at the residence of Dr. C. B. Cooper. Robert llawkshurst, Jun., to MissElesaß. Niekeus Rev W M Kincaid officiating. lIJORTU-MAY—At Lihue. Kauai, at the German Lutheran Church, by the Rev. H. Isenberg Mr John L Hjorth and Miss Mary Louise May BVRTLETT-GURNEY-In this city, Dec 28 at 8t Andrew's Cathedral, by the Rev. 'Alexander Mackintosh, Charles Garfield Bartiett to Ktlicl Pearl Gurney. . DEATHS. NIOKEIM—At the Queen's Hospital, this eitv Dee 5 after a brief illne-s. Johnson Nickens ''of Hilo' Hawaii, aged SI years, a native of the District of Columbia. JOHNSON-In this city, Dec 10, Mr.. W. H Johnson after a long illness. ' WADBWORTH-In this city, Dec. 12, of Bright', disease, Mrs. Dudley L. Wadsworth, a native OI of South Bend Ind aged 81 years. MCMILLAN -Dec. 8, at the Queen's Hospital Honolulu. Hugh McMillan, a member of the M E •».». B A No. 85 of San Francisco, Cal. WOLTER-In this city, Dec 28, Marie, beloved wife of . " Jurgen Wolter, aged 81 years. MANSON-At Honolulu, Dec. 28, Robert Manson aged 40 years, a native of Scotland, brother of George Manson and Mrs McDonald, of langslde Terrace I ■■■■■, Glasgow. Scotland. GII.FILLAN-In Philadelphia, Dec. 21, by a fall from an electric car, Archibald T. Gllflllan, of this city " �HAWAIIAN BOARD. HONOLULU, H. I. of the HaThis page ia devoted to the interests Editor, apwaiian Board of Missions, and the pointed by the Board, la responsible for Its con- tents. Rev. O. P. EMERSOX - - _______=__- Editor. Pelekunu and Wailau. These two lonely valleys on the north island'of Molnkai form one under the care of Rev. G. W. Koparish, lopapeta. About eighty people live in one valley and between fifty and sixty in the other. The chief industry carried on by tliem is taro culture. There is very little chance for fishing, a few mats are made and some awa is grown. When the taro business is at its height, sometimes six hundred or more paiai are shipped weekly. In the winter season these valleys are very inaccessible. (ireat waves pound on a boulder-covered beach and make landing there impossible at all seasons of thcyear. The only approach by boat to Peiekuiui is under the lee of a cliff which reaches out from the side of the valley. It has a sort of rocky shelf, up against which boats can run at intervals and give the passengers a chance to jump for the shore. They must then climb up the face of the cliff for a couple of rods and follow a zigzag path that finally descends into the valley. As the landings are often made in the darkness of the early dawn, the course of the boat and the steps of the traveller have to be guided by torches that flare up along the pathway on the face of the cliff, casting an uncertain light on the rocks and waves beneath. It is by no means a comfortable landing for either shoreman or sailor. The only other road into or out of Pelekunu valley is up at its head and over the peak of Kilohana which has an attitude of over 5.000 feet. Starting from the mouth of the valley, the traveller has to cross and recross the valley bed of the stream many times and then wind his way along a steep ridge that runs up Hands, as the face of the mountain. well as feet, have to be engaged in the laborious ascent, which takes from three to four hours according to the agility and strength of the climber. All luggage has to be strapped to the back. They tell of a strong kukini (runner) who carried a pig over the road and down into the valley, but when he had accomplished the feat it was found that the ribs of the pig, as he lay across the man's back, had been broken by the jolts of the rough descent. From the top of the mountain the descent to Kamalo requires side of the two or three hours more of comparatively easy mountain travel. The mountains that pile up and form a sort of semi-circle behind and to the south of the three valleys of YVaikolu, Pclekunu and Wailau catch the clouds and form the water-shed of the island, most of the waters being deflected back into these valleys, each of which is shut off from me other by arms of the mountain and has a branching water system of its own. Millions upon millions of gallons of water thus hourly run to waste which might be utilized in fertilizing the broad, deep, rich, though arid, lands of western Molokai. The people of Pclekunu have a school attended by more than twenty pupils. There is also a church where services are held every Sunday, the deacons taking turns in officiating. The pastor, who is supposed to be a resident ol Wailau, can at best, without a great deal of labor, make Only occasional trips to Pelckunu. To get there he must go by canoe or boat, or when that is impracticable, be must wade up the Wailau stream to its head waters, climb out of the valley over a spur of the mountain-range and descend into the valley of Mapulchu. Thence he must take the public road to Kamalo, where he must begin again to climb, this time to the top of the island where Ml. Kilohana lifts its head, and then descend, to the shore through the head-waters of Pclekunu valley. Such a visit would take a strong man and two days of difficult travel, after which it would be -pleasant to rest for a week. The people of Pclekunu can all easily be got to church, as they live within gunshot of each other and are not so supplied with novelties as to make their occasional church-going uninteresting. I am told that the dampness of the valley, caused by the almost continuous rainfall of winter, the northern exposure and the lofty mountain walls that shut it in on the other three sides, make it malarial. Doubtless the vast amount of vendure which the valley contains has its effect. Here is a region practically undisturbed by cattle or horses or the browsing deer or goat. It should be kept so, that it may continue to give its perennial water supply which some future enterprise may apply to use. With the exception of two or three Chinamen and two Japanese, all the inhabitants of these valleys are Hawaiians, who live a secluded peaceful life of labor. Everything is primitive. There are no stores to go to for supplies, and whoever lands there must live on the food of the people. We ate dried squid, taro, paiai and chicken and fared well. Xature lends its charm to this interesting region. The nights are long and 7 THE FRIEND, Vol. 60, Xo. I.] the day are short and the people have few cares to burden them. The Work in the North Pacific MissionaryInstiue. By Rev. John Leadingham. After the period of evangelistic work which occupied the greater part of last year, the North Pacific Missionary Institute took up regular school work again at the usual time this year. The nationality of the students and the pro vision made for their instruction, however, plainly show the transitional stage through which the school is passing. When it opened there were seven students who wished to enter—one old student and six new ones: of which three were Hawaiians and three Japanese. Of the three new Hawaiian students, two were approved by the Oahu Association at its October meeting, while approval was withheld from the third until some technicalities which stood in his way could be satisfactorily adjusted. This young man has however without being granted aid or being admitted to standing as a member of the school, been permitted to attend the classes as he has been able. ()f the three Japanese students, one is a graduate of the Hilo Hoys' Hoarding School, and is qualified to carry on the work. The other two were still deficient in their knowledge of English and hence not able to take the same work as the others; and so in order to save the expense of additional teaching, one of them was put into Mills Institute for instruction in English and the other who found a boarding place with Rev. Mr. Okumura, attends the government school on Beretania street. There are, therefore, seven young men in the line of preparation for the ministry, although only five of them receive instruction in the institute. As yet Mr. Leadingham has been the only teacher this year. Rev. Mr. Parker's other duties have kept him from his customary share in the work. It is hoped that with the new year he may again find time to take up the work. The classes are studying Church History, Moral Science and the Life of Christ as embodied in the four Gospels. This latter study ; s carried on constructively, each student preparing a life of Christ of his own from the data gathered. Several of the former students who have fields in Honolulu and vicinity still have homes on the school premises. These are Mr. David Ai, who assists Mr. Parker in Kawaiahao Church; Mr. Henry Poepoe, who is assistant pastor of Kaumakapili Church; Rev. Wm. K. �8 Poai, the pastor of the Churches of Kalihi and Moanalua, and Rev. L. K. Kakani, assistant editor of the Hoahana, the Sunday School quarterly used in the Hawaiian Churches. These men are doing effective work in their various places. In the past few years the school has given instruction to one Portuguese and several Chinese students. The presence of the Japanese this year would seem to prophesy that in the not distant future these various nationalities will figure more largely in the membership of the school. Janury,1902. THE FRIEND. We tried to make clear to them how much trouble the opium and the gambling made for them, and that Christ could help them to overcome these habits. They gave good attention and often would say, "that is good." The men seemed much pleased and asked us to come again. I trust it brings a little sunshine into their hard toilsome lives, where there is so little of joy and brightness. There were many similar meetings held in other Chinese camps on the island, and every where they seemed glad to see us. We trust that the seed scattered here Visiting Chinese Camps on Hawaii. and there will not be in vain. Don't forget these toilers in the fields, and help "What! Do you understand Chinese?" them upward. E. W. Thwixc. "Have you been to Hongkong? and to San King?" "Why, that is where I Rev. Doremus Scudder, M.D. lived." Such are a few of the questions that greet the missionary as he stops to talk with a few Chinamen on the road An article from The Outlook, respecting the coming of Dr. Scuddcr to labor in I laniakua. Hawaii. "Yes, we have been in your country, among the Japanese in Hawaii, has been and the Chinese are our good friends. reprinted here, and needs some modificaWe are going to have a meeting up at tions. Active and very prosperous misthe camp this afternoon and will tell you sionary labor has been in progress for some news from China (the Chinese are many years among this class of our popualways asking, What is the news?), and lation, which numbers nearly 70,000. jir we want to tell you of the 'Happy sound 44 per cent of the inhabitants of this doctrine' (the gospel)." Territory, and is continuing to increase And so our friends all promise to by immigration. Twelve Japanese preachcome to the meeting, and to tell the other ers and pastors are laboring among these Chinese about it and then they go on people in various towns and districts of their way, talking to themselves, and the group. There is as the result of this laughing at the idea of a white man talk- labor, already a church membership of ing Chinese to them. A few Hawaiians QJO Japanese convents. The whole work stand looking on in astonishment and en- has been for several years under the very joyment at the strange "Haole" (for- active and able superintendence of the eigner! who seems to be also a "Pake" Rev. (). 11. Gulick, aided for two years (Chinese), and they exclaim "Maikai!" past by Miss Eliza Talcott, both of whom (good) "Pake liiaoli" (real Chinaman). have been veterans in the work in Japan. It has for two years past been deemIn this way we start the news of our ed necessary to secure the help of a very Chinese meeting. able Soon after 4 o'clock we reach the was missionary. The Rev. Dr. Gordon engaged to come nearly two years camp. The Chinese have just finished ago. His lamented death more than a their rice. It would never do to have a frustrated this expectation. meeting before that important item was year ago then the services of the Rev. DoreSince over. Put they have rice early on SunScuddcr, M.D., have been secured. day, other days our cam]) meetings have musScuddcr was Dr. engaged in medical and to be held in the evening. Rut now rice evangelistic work in Japan for five years is over and the Chinese all seem happy from to 18X0. For six and a half 18K4 ask to drink One fellow and me tea. years lie has been pastor of the First comes along and says, "Oh! you are "lo Church in Woburn, Ting" (old Thwing). The old is pat Congregational Mass. Mrs. Scuddcr was also in Japan on to be very respectful. It seems he for two years. Dr. Scuddcr is a son had met me on a plantation in Lahaina. of the distinguished missionary and We visited all the houses to get them preacher, Dr. Henry M. Scuddcr, and out. grandson of the eminent missionary Dr. They gathered about in an open place, John Scudder of Madura, India. some forty or fifty men, and seemed glad Dr. Scudder has formally accepted to hear of their own country and also appointment from the Hawaiian Board the gospel message. We had the hymn to the work here in co-operation with "Come to Jesus" written in Chinese on Mr. Gulick. He is first to proceed to a large white cloth, and this was explain- Japan for a sojourn of some months to ed to them. renew his familiarity with the language, and come into complete touch with Japanese sentiment. He will then return to I lawaii to take up active work. It is anticipated from his past record that he will be a strong power among us for the upbuilding of all our Christian interests, as well as among the Japanese. Life in Mindanao. From the P. C. Advertiser. How do we live in Zamboanga, do you ask? Well, perhaps an answer to this question will prove of interest to our old friends in Hawaii. To give that answer in a word, we lead a very simple life. In a former letter it was said that the majority of the people of this town live in thatch houses; and we are in the majority. ■ These houses usually stand high above the ground, leaving room for a first story to be used for such purposes other than residence as the owner may determine. With the Spaniards it was a favorite place for the carriage, and even for the horse and cow. Now it is not at all uncommon for the first floors of the residences of "our best people" to be used for the storage or sale of merchandise. Even the pretentious palace of the rajah, or king, of the Moros has two Chinese stores on the ground floor. This custom of living only on the second floor, or at least as high as the second floor, probably originated in considerations of health. Physicians strongly advise all Americans coming to this country to conform with this custom, which prevails in other parts of the islands no less than in Zamboanga. Some tribes -of the natives of the island of Mindanao have the interesting custom of building their houses high in the trees. Some of these houses stand fifty or sixty feet from the ground, and are reached by rattan ladders, which are drawn up at night. This custom seems to have had its origin in the less interesting custom of other natives of thrusting their spears up through the frail floors, generally made of splints of bamboo, on which their enemies sleep—just to tickle them in the ribs; so we come back to the question of health. 1 lere let me say that the deadliness of our climate has been very much overworked abroad. Soldiers stationed on Mindanao and Jolo make better health records than those stationed in the United States. So when charging up to the war the deaths due to disease, please omit those few which occur in this region. "Return we to our muttons," and that reminds me that mutton and beef are luxuries such as we are not able to enjoy in our new home. Pork can be had �at the market almost any day, but turtle meat is coming to be our stand-by. Fish is abundant and cheap, but not of first quality. Chickens are used as food here to such an extent as to wear out one's appetite. Eggs, also, are abundant, but frequently only "tolerably good." Sweet potatoes are plentiful, but of bad quality. For the most part they are gathered wild from the mountain regions. Bananas are plentiful, cheap, and of good quality. This is about the list of things we found in the markets on our arrival. "Groceries!" exclaimed a leading merchant. of whom I had made inquiries. "Groceries! If you want copra or rice 1 can get it for you; but groceries are not to lie had in this town." Yet we have been able to get a very limited supply, though we had to wait for a steamer from Singapore to bring us so common a thing as a bag of flour. It was amusing to read, under the gorgeous Chinese label which decorated the bag, the name of a California mill. Servants? Well, yes; I think we have servants here. In fact, we seem to have the solution of the whole servant question in the "muchacho," or boy. The muchacho can do but one kind of work, and to that he gives his whole attention. One is called the cook —not that he knows anything about cooking, but because he likes to watch the lady of the bouse cook. Yet he learns rapidly, and within a week knows how to turn off the flame of an oil stove. Hut this is not "cooking," and is apt to result unsatisfactorily. Unless he is told when to turn it off and is watched while he does it, the flame is apt to burn on from onemeal to another, unless the oil in the tank is all burned out. All this confusion results from trying to get the muchacho away from his favorite calling. The cook cannot wash dishes, and he refuses to compromise himself with trying. He has "cooked" for all the principal people, past or present, on the island, and he has always had a dishwasher. The dish-washer may not know your way, but, like the cook, he is quick to learn. He will put his dish-pan on the floor, sit down by it to do his work, and stand the dishes in the sun about the kitchen door to dry, unless you object. Put when you have once shown him your way he will always follow- it thereafter—provided you stand by and compel him to do so, vi et annis. Another muchacho acknowledges his obligations to sweep the floors, carry in water and wait on the table, lie waits on the table better than he does anything else, because he is under closer supervision. As to his house-work, he could probably give points to the most negligent servant who ever swept a bach- THE FRIEND. 9 Vol. 60, No. I.] the southeast side of Pearl lochs, including the tract where the railway first strikes the shores. A large breadth of this land is alreirdy planted with cane by the Honolulu Plantation. elor's room in Hawaii. But the most marked characteristic of this muchacho which he shares also with the dish-washer, is the facility with which he can get out of the way of his work. As inuchachos do not live at the house of the employer, they have to be watched with the greatest of care or they will "disappear like the morning dew." But they will return very promptly when the pleasures of the town pall upon their sated souls. Great is the muchacho! The muchacho has an unfortunate reputation for his "taking ways," but we have not found this reputation deserved. We trust him as we trusted servants in Hawaii, and have not found our trust betrayed. Since coming to this town, a little more than two months ago, I have travelled about twelve hundred miles on official business. Traveling here is much more difficult and unsatisfactory than in Hawaii. Twice within the last week I have passed along a coast for a hundred miles without seeing a house, though I did sec some evidences of the existence of habitations in the interior. Of course, there are no roads on such coasts, and my traveling must be by sea, either in a coasting steamer or in a Moro boat. For the most part I am studying the situation and the people. What 1 learn has no place in this letter, but will be told later. Henry S. Townsend. Zamboanga, Mindanao, Nov. 23, 1901. Recent Martyrs in China. "The careful estimate of Dr. J. R. Hykes, agent of the American Bible Society in China, is that 183 Protestant missionaries (60 men, 75 women and 48 children) were martyred, and the number of native Christians (including Roman Catholics) he places as h'gh as 40,-000."—Chinese Recorder. "The North China Mission lay in the very track of the Boxer whirlwind, which swept everything foreign before it, and left a bloody ruin in its train. One by one the mission premises at Pinching, Paotingfu, Peking, Tungcho and Kalgan were visited by robbers, sacked and burned to the ground. At Tungcho the college campus, where once stood Williams hall, and four new and commodious houses, surrounded by happy life, was plowed and sowed to corn. Happily the missionaries all escaped alive, except at Paotingfu, where Mr. Pitkin, Miss Morrill and Miss Gould, unable to escape and cut off from relief, after weary days of waiting, were captured and slain. Many native Christians with their families and friends also shared in the massacre, these losses falling with especial weight upon the churches of Tungcho, Peking and I Paotingfu. The examples of true marScarcity of Sand in Honolulu. tyrdom were presented again and again; the stern test of idolatry or death was Both black and white sand are now sustained by women and boys and girls, obtained with difficulty by builders in 'as well as by the leaders of the church. this city. Black sand or volcanic ash ii The names of these true souls—Teachfound in sufficient quantity in most ex- 'cr Wang, Pastor Meng—with those of cavations for foundations in central loca- the missionaries who suffered, must be tions, but cannot now be had as formerly written by the side of those in earlier from the hill sides. Beach or shell sand 'days who were faithful unto death—the cannot be taken any longer from the Polycarps, the Cyprians, the Perpetuas Waikiki beach, which was becoming I—whom1—whom we sing and praise foreverdestroyed. Considerable sand has been more. It is not strange that some failed brought by railway twenty-five miles in the trying hour, as others failed in from sand dunes in Waianae. This is the early church; but what are we that intimated not to be of good quality. Iwe should censure them. The great outPossibly it has been ground too fine by standing fact is that these Chinese Chriswind, without being washed out by tians stood the test as well as their waves. brothers and sisters of other lands and other days; that the celestial light of true martyrdom has been kindled on the Price of Naval Station Lands. plains of northern China, never to fade The jury to assess the price of the 'while the heavens and earth remain."— lands taken from the Bishop estate for ■Missionary Herald. a Naval Station at Pearl Harbor have Green's Tetrahedral Theory. made their award. It was for 737.50, or $75 an acre for 703 acres, besides $2,000 for improvements.' There The Hawaiian Star very fitly notices will be some additional compensation to the widespread favor with which scienthe Honolulu Sugar Co. for the value of tific circles.are receiving the theory of tl 'r 1 n Tli Inn 1 in mie*tfinn is on the late W. Lowthian Green, that the col- ' > • �10 THE FRIEND. lapse or shrinkage of the earth's crust upon its molten interior assumed a quasi tetrahedral form, resulting in the existing collocation of the continents." It is a great satisfaction to the present editor of The Friend to have published in this paper in 1875 an enthusiastic commendation of that theory, which Mr. Green had elaborated at great length in "Vestiges of the Molten Globe." This resulted in pleasant and profitable relations with the able scientist. THR THE HAWAII, Ltd., JJANK OFunder the laws of the Hawaiian (Incorporated HAWAIIAN ANNUAL FOR 1902! 28th Issue. Bigger and Better than Ever Is an Illustrative Number Replete with Valuable Republic.) Pr M-np-Capital Rewerve Undivided Profits 8600,000.0 50.000.01) 154,000.0X1 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Chas. M. Cooke, President; P <\ Jones, VicePresident; C. H. Cooke, Cashier; F. C. Atherton, Assistant Cashier. Henry Waterhoiisp, Tom May, F. W. Macfarlane, E. D. lenney, J. A. 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