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Pur November 1, IKNII.
Editorial Note*
Rambleiln the Old World—No. 46
Naval
Marlnt Journal
Editor Abroad—No. 8
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THE FRIEND.
MIVKMIIKK
1. 1880.
The action of the Board of Immigration
in appointing Key. H. Bingham Special In.
spector and Protector of the recent immigrants, is a strong guarantee ol the good
faith of the Government in its honorable
professions of regard for the welfare of this
people. It is to be regretted that the actions
and representatives of some of the Labor
Agents sent to the islands Southward, have
been in conflict with the language used in
the Report at the late Session. We believe
that the Government will deal fairly and
honorably by these poor creatures. Many
of them are dying in the hospital, easily succumbing to influences which would have no
such fatal effect on people of different temperament and constitution.
With the present tide of prosperity in the
business condition and prospects of the community, there ought to be a rising and u
rousing up of public sentiment in favor of
better educational opportunities for our
yoang people, Punahou ought to receive
liberal endowments. The Government
Schools in Honolulu where English is
taught, ought to be made models to be reproduced as far as possible in otherlocalities.
Lnhainaluna semi-centennial next year
ought to be made the occasion of elevating
and enlarging it to a national college. The
day schools ought to have the best teachers
that diligent inquiry and honorable salaries
can induce to enter the service. We are
glad in this connection to chronicle the arrival of Miss Helen S. Norton, late of Rock
ford, Illinois, to take charge of Kawaiahao
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Femile Seminary. She is a welcome ad- RAMBLES IN THE OLDWORLD.-No. 46
dition to the society of Honolulu, as well as
PRABUE, THE CAPITAL OF BOHEMIA.
to the corps of teachers at the Islands.
It may chance some day in your rambles
We are glad to hear that our friend, Mr. and travels that you have come as far to the
Arundel, who has recently returned from a east as Dresden, and then may be doubtful
visit to Tahiti, that Rev, J. L. Green, for whether to take the journey down through
many years the only Protestant Missionary Bohemia, to Prague and then on to Vienna.
on that island has, by explicit orders from If such be the case, let my experience come
to your help, and let it assist you to decide
the French Government, received authority
to carry on his missionary labor without any to see these cities, certainly the former, withthis advice, if folsuch odious restriction as hitherto hampered out fail. I am sure for
after
receive only your
lowed.
shall
ever
I
his work. He has been obliged to present a
written request and received a written per- thanks. If you enter, Bohemia from Saxmission every week to hold a religious ser- ony, you will come through the beautiful
vice on Sunday. We rejoice that the pres- valley of the Elbe, and pass through a porent French Government is in favor of religi- tion of that exceedingly picturesque region
ous liberty, even though the Papal Church called Saxnn Switzerland. On either side
claims France as under the domination of rise bold .and rocky cliffs, and fine wooded
reaches of country. The rocks at times
the Roman Se#.
seem to rise almost like ancient castles, with
The damp night air and the debilitating lofty towers and turrets, thus fantastically
heat of the day, have induced a large formed by time and the elements.
ordinary traveler, at least for one
amonnt of sickness. Especially among ina clear conscience, the Custom House
with
fants has this prevailed, and with the whole formalities are in no way to be dreaded here
community we tender our sympathies to two in Europe. Now and then some troubleof the old mission families, into whose fold some official makes his importance felt, but
death has entered, Mr. Charles Cooke and this is rare. Generally it is a hurried quesMr. B. F. Dillingham, have each lost an in- tion, the form of giving your keys, a feigned
fant child. It behoovps all persons at this examination, and then it is over. I have
season to be cautious about excess or impru- learned, on the whole, rather to prize what
dence of any kind. The Board of Health might by some be considered an inconvepropose to have a city physician with a dis- nient detention. You know there may be
pensary, located in the central part of the many ways of regarding a subject, and there
city. If, in connection with this, some plan is alwuys a satisfaction in throwing the most
could be inaugurated to look after and care agreeable light on the most trivial and posfor the poor and friendless thoroughly and sibly annoying matters. If you learn to
systematically, it would be a noble charity. regard these brisk Cus'oni House officials as
What is needed is wise, patient effort to hp|p guardians of the out-posts of the new world
the people, not merely money to pauperize you would visit, sent to pronounce on your
them.
fitness or unfitness to enter the same, and
when convinced of your right of admittance,
Arrival of the Lancashire Witch—The yacht
wide open in welcome the gates of
throwing
the
Lancashire Witch arrived in port on
16th iust ,
realm, you come to view them with a
their
afler a very plesiant voyage of 18 dayt from San
than might otherwise be
Franoisoo The yacht baa on board her owner, Sir kindlier charity
The chain-bridge is lowered, the
Thomaa ileakith Bart, ol Rußord Hall, Lancaaliire, the case.
England, and two friends, Mr. Sidlier aod Mr. Mar- clanking portals swung back, snd you enter
ray, The Lancashire Witch ia lha vessel that was as honored guest for the time, with the freeaent by ber owner under ootninaod of her Captain,
dom of the city or state in your hand. And
Eafelden, from San Franotaco to Socorro Island, lo
reacue the survivors of Ihe wreaked Hawaiian Teasel what a gift! Here freely are presented to
Mnthilde, lost off the Mexican Coaat some weeka you the beauty of new lands, the grandeur
since, and Ibe generous act brought forth enoomiuint of mountains, the loveliness of meadows
from theentireeaiiern preea. The Wiich will remain and fields and gleaming rivers, the heritage
only a short time in this port, a trip among tbe
islands being contemplated, including a visit to of ages of historic, growth, the wealth of
innumerable associations, which seem to
Madame Pele— P. C. Advertiser, Oct. 28.
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FRIEND,
NOVEMBER.
1880
from the soil itself, the sight of new parts of Europe, historically speaking, a phecy. Germany will scarcely do more
peoples, the sound of new languages, the feeling which was but deepened and intens- than awaken a new hate and opposition
spring
right to wander at your own will and pleas-
ure.
And here we are "in Bohemia—that of
geography and history—and not that other
intangible and indefinable realm, which exists everywhere, and is acknowledged no
where, the Bohemia of art and letters, of
clever doing and idle dreaming, that airy
and uncertain Bohemia, known, perhaps
better to many, than the fair land of which
the grand old city of Prague is the capital.
The Bohemia which we are now entering is
one of the finest provinces in that great
Austro-Hungarian empire which occupies
so important a portion of central and southeastern Europe, and which embraces so
many and differing peoples, covering an
area of something like 250,000 square miles,
and possessing a population of nearly thirtyeight million souls. Having found so much
to interest me in this immense nntiomtl
amalgamation ruled over by the Emperor of
Austria and King of Hungary, 1 feel tempted
to add a few facts relative to the country,
thinking they might prove of interest lo
others. It borders upon many of the most
important divisions of Europe, extending
from Prussijt a id Saxony on the north to
Turkey, the Adriatic, and Italy on the South;
from Turkey and Russia on the east to
Switzerland and Italy on the west, comprising the provinces of Upper and Lower Austria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Salzburg, Styria,
Carinthia, Carniola, Istria, the Bukovina,
Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Galicia; then
Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, Sclavonia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Novia Bazar, and
Turkish Croatia. And in these dwell many
races, speaking various languages
Germans, Slaves, Roumanians, Hungarians or
Magyars, etc., etc. Here, one meets Roman
Catholics, members of the Greek Church,
Protestants, and Jews. The present Emperor of this heterogenius family is FrancisJoseph I, born in 1830. His son, the young
and talented Crown Prince Rudolph, was
recently betrothed to the daughter of the
King of Belgium Since 1866 Austria has
been deprived of the nominal leadership of
Germany, which Prussia has now taken.
Hungary, a great and proud and powerful
division of the Empire, bas now its own
self-government, under the Emperor of
Austria as King of Hungary. The united
Empire is one of the most important in
Europe. It possesses a great and welldrilled army. Its products are varied, und
large portions of its area are exceedingly
fertile. For centuries it has had a proud
history, and has held itsWf with haughty
and imperial pride.
The young Crown
Prince promises to be a man who will wisely
mid skillfully manage tie great country of
which, some day, he will be the head. The
various elements of which the 'Empire is
composed will render this far from easy, as
they have occasioned difficulties in the past,
but this young scion of the proud old house
of the Hapsburgs, with wise advisers, may
:
succeed, notwithstanding
the
gloomy
fore-
bodings of some prophets of our day, in
cementing them in lasting union.
From the very first day of our arrival in
Bohemia snd st Prague, 1 felt as if 1 hsd
entered upon one of the most interesting
ified with each succeeding day of our stay
Here for centuries, —from days now li«hted
by faint taper gleams ofhistoric record have
been enacted some of the most important
acts in the gieut drama of European growth
and developement. Prague stands in the
clear light of our modern day, like some
mighty tablet or chronicle in stone, of olden
times, on which the records nf vanished
centuries hnve been written. On crumbling
walls, in dimly lighted ancient streets and
lanes, in huge palaces and towering dome."
and towers, one traces the mighty and
solemn characters of this story of the ages.
Prague is beuulilully situated on the
Moldau, which divides the city into two
Its inhabitants are Germans
portions.
(Austrians) sod Bohemians or Czechs, who
are of Slavonic origin. The two languages,
Bohemian and German are in use, and from
the first you are struck by the signs, and
notices and placards and newspapers in both
languages. '1 he city is like so many of the
European cities, being now much improved;
new streets are being opened and old ones
widened. The evident desire of the people
in many parts of Europe to creep out of the
old und diny portions of their ancient cities
into more sunlight and sweeter air is a most
encouraging sign and cannot be too much
praised. While, however, the traveler prefers to have his hotel in the modern part of
an old world city, he, as a genenl rule,
spends a large portion of his rambling time
in just those fascinating historic nooks, and
uncomfortable streets and dingy by-ways
where he would scarcely like to live. And
this is most true of Prague, one of the most
intensely absorbing cities, in all the
world for any one of antiquarian taste..
AN ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY.
Nothing in all this city of multitudiness
memories is more impressive and singular
than the history of the Jewish portion of its
population, Indeed, the Jews are the
most astonishing riddle of our day. You
need to live but a very short time in Europe, certainly in Germany to feel this.
You cannot crush them if you would.
Should you endeavor to do this, as certain
named and unchristian people would now
do, and have tried to do for centuries, you
would find them more than a match for you.
After ages ol
of bitpersecution
terest and most unrelenting persecution
and from assailants immensely superior in
numbers ; after attacks by fire and sword,
followed by the pitiless hate and contempt
of hostile nations which has not yet died
out ; after all this, and infinitely more besides, tbis little handful of an exiled and
homeless race, rises undaunted and victorious, and throws the gauntlet back in the
face of its opponents. Ihe are the moneykings of the earth ; they furnish many of
the cleverest writers ot our times—they are
invading all branches of literature and of
art, of politics, and have a key ready at
hand for all opposing doors and barriers.
What is the end to be f What mission has
this people from the East in the future
civilization of the West ? For one, I confess they, and their past and their future,
would be to me a Sphinx with closed lips,
were it not for the illumined page of pro-
— —
continuation of that policy
which so many there are just at present
A broader
endeavoring to inaugurate.
charity, and a heartier spirit of toleration,
would, I am convinced, more quickly lead
them to a belief in Him, whom we call our
Head and Leader, aud yet who was on
earth a Jew.
The Jews have been for many centuries
in Prague, and there are at the present day
about twenty thousand living there. There
is a part of the city colled the Jewish Quarter, which cannot fail to interest the majority of travelers. Here, the poorer portion of
the Jewish population live, there domain
however having been invaded in the course
of time by many Christians, still poorer. In
the very heart of the city, surrounded by
crowded and narrow streets, is an ancient
Israelilish burial ground, which is amon";
the most remarkable antiquities of Bohemia,
and even of Europe Yon would find a
guide almost necessary to lend you there, so
hidden away, is it in this singular labyrinth
of lanes and dwellings. I remember we
visited it first towards evening ; the cominp
twilight seemed singularly in harmony with
the strange old place. The streets were filled
with people of the poorer classes, of women
holding children, and chatting in groups; of
men talking after the work of the day; of
the out-door life which floods the poorer
streets of a city on a summer evening. From
this city of the living we passed to that of
the dead, from the murmur and babel of human speech, the mingled cries and laughter
of the crowd outside to the solemn hush and
stillness within, the quietness of death and
the past. 1 have visited many cemeteries,
(since, for me, they have a singular fascinabut 1 have never seen nor expect to
see anything again quite like this. At first
I scarcely could recognize it as a resting
place of the departed. About us were huge
masses of stone, forming rough and singular
mounds or ridges. It seemed like some
strange geological formation, struck out in
great hot waves in some long ago period of
the earth's wild passion of growth, and then
grown still and cold, like a frozen sea, with
after ages. Or. as if here had once stood
some sione built city, which had been thrown
doun by the shock of an earthquake, and
left shattered in ruins. But as the eye
grows wonted to its surroundings you find
that you are encircled by hundreds, by thousands ot ancient burial stones, which lie
heaped and crowded upon one another in
strange confusion, layer after layer. The
ground is sown with them, so thickly that
in some places there seems to be scarce room
for a blade of grass in the spring to unfold
its message of hope and the resurrection.
About you on every side, are long rows and
ridges of these huge ungainly stones, so old
and bowed by the centuries that they appear
to huddle together for support. You feel
that they fill the the ground beneath your
feet, down, down in long funeral strata,
raising the surface of the cemetery many feet
above its old level till you stand now far
higher than those who came here to mourn
a thousand years and more ago. And here,
where they have found room, trees,alders and
others, have grown over this stony foundsamong them, by a
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tion, and stand now as shadowy, solemn
guardians of these ancient precincts, and in
company with these, vines and creepers, and
all manner of wild undergrowth which seem
to love such spots, and gray mosses and pale,
ghostly lichens have framed this strange,
ancient picture, in a wild fantastic setting
You could scarcely wish for, or imagine a
stranger, more weird nook than this old Jewish Burial Ground. And here for many
ages the Jews of Prague have laid away
their dead and raised these stones to their
memory, which later ages come to read and
wonder nt. Tradition says that after the
destruction of Jerusalem under the Romans,
some of the wanderers and fugitives reached
this distant land, and here made their home
on the shores of the Moldau. Just when
this cemetery was first used, it is scarcely
possible now to say; but there is a grave
stone still to be seen here, the oldest of all
now known, the date upon which, in the
Hebraic reckoning answers to the year 606
of the Christian eru. Over the grave of
Sara, wife of the Aronite Joseph, nearly
thirteen centuries have passed ! How much
of history has been lived since these "strangers in a si range land " laid one of their little company away here to rest, lar from the
hills of Judea, and that loved home in the
East And here with the succeeding centuries
they brought their dead, but about a hundred
years ago they were f.rbidden to do so by
the Emperor, and since then this strangely,
interesting spot has been left as we see it today. The stones are of all kinds, from those
of the humblest members of the-fraternity
up to those marking the spot where some
ennobled Jew or distinguished Rabbi, or
scholar famous for Ins Talmudic knowledge
is laid. They are carved sometimes with
various symbols, a pitcher designates the
tribe of Levi, two hands that of Aaron, etc.
As we wandered about in the cemetery we
could hear the sinning of a number of Jewish young men and boys, who were practicing under a chorister near by. With the
gathering twilight, the shadows and memories of the place,and the music, ol the sweet,
clear voiced singers, one could scarcely fail
to be touched nnd moved.
There are several synagogues in Prague,
but the most interesting is the so-caled AltelNeuSchule. It is situated near the cemetery of which I have been speaking, and
with it is said to be some thirteen centuries old. One could easily believe this,
looking at its time-stained walls. Here in
the fourteenth century, S fearful tragedy
was enacted. In this synagogue, hundreds
of Jews were killed by the Christians—men,
women and children,—at that terrible time
when so many Jews were murdered in
different parts of Europe On the gloomy,
dusky walls, our old guide pointed out ugly
1
spots which he said were the blood
felt glad to be out of this dark, dreary building, tottering with age, black and smokestained It seemed as if the cries of the
murdered women and children rang in it still.
stains!
—
HUSS AND JEROME,
" Two of the greatest harbingers of the
Reformation," lived and preached, and bore
faithful witness to the truth in Prague. In
the old University of the City, Hus» was
Professor. Bohemia is once more Catholic,
and only n little company of the followers of
NOVEMBER,
Huss still remain. We found out their little
church and exchanged a few friendly words
with the faithful head of the little flock.
You know the story of those great and
grand martyrs who sealed their testimony in
the flumes. It is a story one can well afford
to re-read and ponder. Here, in Prague,
their old home, one seems to feel the might
of their presence still. But more yet in
Constance, where we were privileged lately
to be, and to stand with reverent thought
and uncovered head, nenr the spot where
flames bore them as in chariots of fire to
lhat glory in which they now dwell. We
saw here, too, the beautiful Rhine, at its
issuing from Lake Constance, upon whose
waters the ashes of these faithful servants of
God were cast, not to be lost in the hurrying tide, but to incite to high and holy effort
men of other ages and other lands, eveu
beyond an intervening ocean. Prague witnessed their life, and Constance their death.
Living and dying, in Bohemia or far away
toward the foot of the Alps, they were heroes,
of whom the world should be proud.
HEIGHTS."
Wander where you will in the old city of
Prague, you find the foot-prints of men
famous in history. One could linger long
here with delight. One day we spent in a
part of the city where the ancient palace,
cathedral and other important buildings
are situated. This portion of Prague is
built on a height commanding a superb
view of the remainder of the city and the
Moldau, and with its splendid medieval
edifices and ext usive fortifications, presents
Here is the
n magnificent appearance.
ancient Headschin, or capitol of Prague.
Part of this is formed by the cathedral,
begun in the fourteenth century. In one of
this are preserved the crown
the
and other insignia of Bohemia. In speaking
of these to us, the Sucristan expressed something of that unrest and dissatisfaction
which exists without doubt among the real
Bohemians, or Czechs. They want the old
glory of their kingdom revived, and to have
the Austrian Emperor crowned King of
Bohemia, as lie is King of Hungary. I
scarcely think they will gain this at present,
if ever In the Burg, or Imperial Palace,
completed by Maria Theresa, is shown the
room, from a window, of which Count Thuru
caused " two Imperial counselors, Mahuiiiz
and Slawatu, to be precipitated, which was
the immediate occasion of tli- thirty years
war." I looked out of the old window, set
with quaint, round panes of glass, down,
down, and grew dizzy with looking and
thinking of this terrible leap. Not very lar
away, further up the hill, is a Capuchin
Monastery, where two brothers showed us
the relics and treasures of the Monastery
and a bedizence chapel, a copy of the pilgrimage chapel of St. Loutto One of them
was a fine, manly looking fellow, of about
thirty, with a noble head and great blonde
beard rising above his cowl, his ignorance
and innocence would have touched you. I
presume he knew nothing of the world outside of the little country village near by
where he was born, and the Convent where,
unless some revolution comes, he will die.
Of till that lay outside of this he seemed to
yearn to know, and especially he asked us
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about tfie ocean, which he had never seen.
I remember his last question was •' Have
"
Asked
you ever seen a storm at sea ?
with the eagerness of a boy of ten ! At the
Abbey of titration, the same day, we saw
one of the finest libraries, as concerns arrangement, 1 have seen in Europe. This
splendid Abbey, with its beautiful and costly
church, belongs to the wealthy Premonstrateusian Order. It is u stately structure,
and grandly plnretl on the heights above the
city. In the church are the tombs of St.
Norbert and Pappenheim, who fell at Lutzen
in 1632. One of the brothers of the Order
showed us with great courtesy and politeness the really splendid library here gathered. There, are thirty brothers in the Abbey,
and if they look at all like the smiling,
cheerful gentleman who, elegant in flowing
robes of white Cashmere, and with carefullyoiled locks, accompanied us, they must differ somewhat from the usual idea entertained of the worn and uscetic inmates of Convent cells.
From these "upper points of view." where
we now are. the picture before us is one
which must move and delight everyone permitted to come here at any time ol
the tiny, and especially at sunset. We are
surrounded by magnificent edifices, palaces,
churches, convents, fortifications, which rise
from amidst masses of foliage and shrubbery
in the valleys between them. As the eye
wanders down the slopes, it meets with
other palaces—those of Wallenstein and
other famous heroes of history—and lofty
churches ; and then comes the Moldau—if
seen at evening, flowing like some luminous,
fiery river beneath its ancient and imposing
bridges, decorated with massive and grand
groups of statuary. And then still further
on the remainder of the city is seen. In the
centre rises the old Teytikirche. once the
church of the Hussites, aud now of the
Catho ics, and which contains the tombstone
of the celebratsd Danish astronomer (Tyche
Brunei, who died in 1601 ; and near this
the Ratlihiins, in front nf which, "in 1621,
twenty-seven of the leaders of the Protestants —most of them Bohemian nobles—
were executed." Side by side with spires of
Christian churches may be noticed the
bulbous domes of the Hebrew Synagogues.
It is a wonderful, glorious view !
But I have been telling you of much that
is sad. Hut it is the story. History and the
old streets told to me here in Prague. I
wish it micht be otherwise, but neither you
nor I can change the past, much as we would
like so to do. The tragic records of persecutions, of martyrdoms, of war and pestilence, are written in bold letters, and are the
first which meet us when we look back over
the way our race has so long been walking
down t" the present. There have been sorrow and misery, terrible beyond words, in
this old city of Prague ; and the heart aches
at the thought of it, and the lip quivers in
the telling. But I love to think too of all
the joy there has been, the wealth of
family happiness in those thousands of
homes, nestling under the crags where the
citadel clings. And if so much of bitterness
and sadness has here blighted and dimmed
the beauty of life, God grant that this may
now be buried with the past, and that here the
the blessings of a lasting peace may abide
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FRIEND,
NOVEMBER.
on Protestant and on Catholic, on Christian ancient history joined their forces here to
and on Jew.
impress the wondering visitor of a later day !
VIENNA AND THE DANUBE.
You feel the brightness, the charm, perWe shall never regret changing our plan haps also the lightness of Vienna life the
of travel, and going by day and not by night, moment you enter the streets of Vienna.
as we had first thought of doing, from Though the language is German, you perPrague to Vienna. Though we had more ceive from the first that you are among a
of the summer heat, we had at the same people of the South, with readier smiles and
time certainly more of the summer beauty. gayer moods, and warmer blood than are to
The harvest fields, which bordered our way be found at the Nor'h. The capital of Ausfor a larger part of the day, were golden tria is very beautiful, one of the handsomest
with their rich, ripened stores of grain. cities of Europe, and, after Paris, the gayest.
Never since leaving the prairies of the cen- There is very little here in the way of
tral and western States of America have I mediaeval architecture to interest one. The
seen such glorious fulness a..d abundance. church, however, of St. Stephen, dating
The fields stretched nway as far as the eye from the fourteenth or fifteenth century, is a
could follow them. There is something in- very beautiful Gothic edifice But the
spiring in such an opulent display, and leads modern buildings those which have been of
me to feel that in this part of Austria at least late erected, and those still in process of conhunger and poverty must be things almost struction, are in many instances exceedingly
unknown Of a number of points of interest imposing. There are magnificent avenues,
which marked our way, none impressed me and especially one grand boulevard encircling
more than the frowning castle commanding the city, which are unsurpassed in the world.
the Austrian town of Briinn, where the Vienna reminds one of Pans in its summer
out-of-door life, in its brightness and gaiety.
The pe.'ple seem most kind and polite, and
are charming in their manners and appearance. The great fete which had brought
hundreds and thousands of people from all
pans of the Empire into the city to witness
the skill in shooting of different rifle companies and celebrated marksmen, was at its
height while.we were there. The presence
of many stalwart peasants from the Tyrol in
their brilliant mountain costume added much
to the picturesqueness of the crowds on the
streets. The traveller fond of historic reminders and kingly memories must not fail,
while in Vienna, to visit the crypt of the
Capuchin church, which is used as an Imperial vault, and where many distinguished
home in the mountains to its home in the personages have from time to time been
sea. can never fail to delight and thrill you. placed. A more plain and unpretending
And all this delightful thrill I felt in seeing tomb for royalty could scarcely be imagined.
the blue Danube " for the first time, just You descend a long, narrow, dark stairway
before reaching Vienna. There seems a into a gloomy, damp, and almost chilly
sort of majesty in this most kingly riv«r, as place, where beneath the stone arches lie
if it were itself conscious of its long history, many huge coffins There seemed to be a
might and importance, and you feel that its singular dreariness and melancholy in the
right is not to be disputed, This great river air. Our guide, a cowled Capuchin monk,
of Central Europe rises far back among the carried a torch, which flared fitfully as he
Swabian hills, in that charming and pictur- thrust it into the densely massed shadows,
esque region,, the fairy-land of Germany, making wild and ghostly effects in the encalled the Black Forest, only twenty or thir- circling gloom. And here in this sad, and
ty miles away from the banks of the Rhine, dimly-lighted tomb you read, interwoven
which here bids the Danube good-bye, and with the tarnished blazonries and heraldic
goes forward on its long and beauteous mis- devices, some/ of the best known names of
sion till it finds its home in the restless modern history. Just before you. as you
waves of the North Sea. The Danube is enter, rises the ponderous double coffin con1,800 miles in length from its first starting taining the remains of the famous Empress
point till it empties into the Black Sea, at Maria Theresa and those of her husband.
Sulina. There is something strangely, im- Francis 1., and near by the sarcophagus of
pressive in the thought of the many lands it Joseph II , of Austria Not far away are
traverses in its long seaward journey, in the two unpretentious coffins, which you might
thought of the cities and peoples dwelling pass without noticing, should your
now upon its banks, and of the successive monkish guide fail to call your attention to
barbarisms and civilizations which have van- them. Here lie Marie Louise, Empress of
ished, leaving ihe solemn river still here. the French, wife of the great Napoieon, and
Beyond Vienna the scenery of the Danube their son, the Duke of Reichstadt, the young
grows to be most wild and beautiful, reachKing of Rome," who died near Vienna in
ing its most imposing grandeur in the De- "1832. It is impossible to stand here, so near
"
file of Kasan," some distance beyond Bel- this latter casket, without being strangely
grade. Not (far away from this point, still moved. Certainly History in these silent
legible on the towering, perpendicular cliff, homes of the deads read us the most powermay be seen the Latin inscription left here ful commentary upon earthly greatness and
by Trajan to commemorate his first Dacian ambition. The memory of this little black
campaign. It would seem as if nature and coffin laid away in the sad twilight of this
Italian Sylvio Pellico, whose pathetic and
melancholy story of his dreary captivity has
touched so many readers of " I miei, Pritrione," passed eight long, weary years. On
our way from Dresden to Prague, we saw
another "prison-house," that of Cola di
Rienzi, "the ißStof the Tribunes." who was
confined in the Castle of Kaudnitz in lIJSO.
These prisons and dungeons sadden the
fair and beautiful landscape. I rejoice that
our century is leveling them, sweeping their
gloom away, and making more room for
wheat fields, for human happiness and hope.
The more one travels the more he learns
to welcome the sight of a great and historic
river. One may grow tired of many other
things, but a stately river flowing from its
"
Is 8 0
Capuchin crypt has been with me often times
since. I thought of it in looking on the
gilded and costly cradle in which the young
prince was laid when he came to gladden
his Imperial fathers heajt
(They have
this beautiful affair here in Vienna still.)
And 1 thought of it while standing lately
under the gorgeous dome of the " Hotel dcs
Invalides," in Paris, where between his
faithful Generals, and surrounded by the
stately monument of this most imperial and
imposing tomb, the great Emperor himself
sleeps " the last, long sleep ; " and it s:emed
to throw its shadow across those splendid
palaces and triumphal arches, and all the
brilliant reminders of the father and son.
which we have just been seeing in the gay
city of Paris. In Paris lies the founder of the
line ; here in Vienna his son. In the peaceful hush of Chiselhurst, England, lie the
other father and son of the s.me family—
one dying in exile, the other in a tar distant
land, cut down by fierce and cruel Africans
Was ibere ever, in all history, a sadder
family record ? It is scarcely a pleasant
place to linger ; but before going out again
into the morning sunshine, we look for a
few moments at one more casket covered
with wreaths and palm-branches, and which
bears the name of poor Emperor Maximilian,
of Mexico One of the wreaths, we are
told, was plnced there by his widow, the
unfortunate Empress Carlotta, whose jrrief
at her husband's sad and terrible end clouded
her reason, and who now lives an uncrowned
Empress and melancholy mourning widow,
near her brother, the King of Belgium.
In the Imperial Treasury are to be seen
the crown jewels—a glittering array which
is not surpassed by the imprisoned fires"
of the green vaults of Dresden. But more
than anything belonging to the Hapsburg
Family, one or two other treasures here
carefully preserved attracted my attention.
And foremost, and principally, the " Insignia
and memorials of the Holy Roman Empire,
once preserved at Aixe-la-Chnpelle, and
afterwards at Nuremberg; the crown of
Charlemagne, the sceptre, imperial globe,
coronation robe, sword. &c." Here also you
are shown a fragment of the " true cross "
(?) said to have pierced our Savior's side.
Vienna abounds in stately palaces, the
most extensive being that containing the
Imperial apartments. Here you see various
rooms used by Maria Theresa and Joseph
11. In the magnificent and sumptuous
" Rittersaal," the Emperor and Empress
of Austria wash the feet of twelve old men
and women, on some sucred festival occasion
every year! The present Emperor lives
generally at Schonbrunn, a beautiful country
palnce near Vienna. The Empress's favorite
residence is in Buda-Pest, in Hungary. She
is said to be very popular with the Hun-
'
garians.
Frank Williams Damon.
Paris, France, August 25, 1880.
The Dublin Y. M. C. A , sustains a
course of twenty-five social religious meetings each month, a reading room and
library, courses of popular and'scientific lectures and educational classes, and publishes
a monthly sheet of interesting mattet con
taining much useful material.
�THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER.
Naval.—Since our issue of last month,
three men-of-wars-men have arrived, —the
Ticonderoga on the 14th, the Gannet on
the 24th, and the Alaska on the 26th ult.
Following are their lists of officers:
.
Y. 8. 8. TICONDEROGA.
Commodore, R W Shufsldl.
Commander, ti. J. Cromwell.
latent 1 K. W. Sturdy, ttxsculivt Officer.
Lieut, H. L. Tremiin. Navlgau.r.
ISatt P 1. Urate. Knl.atli Niln. C K. Vrttllnrl.
F.nsigns, W, S. llughet, Y. Fletcher, H. li. Hoilty, D.
Dani-ls.
Chief Engineer, Y. U. McKean,
P A. Engineers, Sntn'Hirutf, i. P. Mlcsley,
Surgeon. 11. H. Weill.
P A. Surgeon, R. Y. Urquhirt,
Paymaster. W. J. Tboiniuii.
Lieut , I). P. Mannix, U. S Marine i;.ir|is.
Cadet Engineers, O. W. McElroy, J. R. Wiloisr.
Pay Clerk, J. ti. Y. lloiie,
11. li. H. 8. OANNET.
Commander—E. G. Botirke
Senior Lieutenant—J. E. C. Goodrich
Second Lieutenant—H. G. Tnorold
Third Lieutenant (nivigttlng)—E. J. Fleet
Stiff Burgeou—W. J. Imiiau
Ptymister— R. Q. Chandler
Chief Engineer—Charlt. Piatt
Hub-Lieutenant—R. B. Farquhar
„
W H. Dv C. Chads
,
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Surgeon—E. H Williams
Engineer—H. 3. J. t*. Moon
Clerk—M. W. Sulivan
Ounner-F. J. M. Johnson
Carpenter—H, O. Allison.
U. 8. 8. ALASKA.
Ctptaln— George Brown, Commanding.
Lieut Comnatnder—C H Pendleton, Executive Officer,
Lieut—J E Craig. Nivlgator.
Lieutintt—H N Minney, .Joseph (I Elton,
Muter—W E Sewell.
Kiisignt—F. B. Vinton, Rldgely Hunt.
Cadet Midshipmen—J. B. Bllatle, Leigh O. Uarrette, A.
P. Menefer, tnd John A. Mtldd.
Surgeon—Thomas Hiland ; Assistant Surgeon, 8. H.
Griffith.
Paymaster—C F. Guild.
Pay Clerk—Jicob Harder.
Chief Engineer—J. W. Thompson ; Pined Assistant
Engineers. A. W. Mnrley. Henry L. Sloisoo ; Cadet Engineers, E O'C. Acker, J. W. Annau.
First Lieutenant Mtrluet—Frank Scott.
Boatawiln—J Keating.
Gunner—W E Webber.
Ctrpenter—GouldNorthup.
Htilmiker—l C Cbtvaller.
Report of H B M Sloop Gannet, Bourke. Commander.Left Panama, States of Columbia, on Saturday, 25th September, 1880, at 7 p m, and after a pleasant passage of 29
days arrived at Honolulu at 7.30 a m on Sunday, the 24th
of October. Spoke Am sb McLaurln on theBth of October, at noon, in lat 1 65° N, !ong 112« 43' \V, bound to
Cork, from San Francisco. High ted one other vessel during paaaage, but could not make her out.
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT
OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVAL*.
2—P M 8 8 ZealiiHl.it. Chevalier, 7 daya, 5 hours
from ban Francisco
4—Bk Forest <Qneen. Wtudlug, 17 dya from Han F
Oct 10—8cbr Jiilin, A lxmg, Gtlley, from Arctic Ocean
H Hiw-lUn bk Hawaii, Whitney. 33 dya frm Jalult
14—V 8 Ticonderuga, Cromwell, 35 daya from Kobe,
Oct
Oct.
Japan
17—Am schr W H Meyer, Jordaii, 21 days from Han
Fraudaco.
19—Haw schr Kiluns, Cooke, 41 daya from tbe
Ochotak Bea.
19—Am schr Caasie Hayward, Le Ualllater, 19 daya
from Humboldt Bay.
20—Am bk Oeu'l Butler, Uyder, 22 daya from PoH
(}amble.
21—Ralatea achr Vivid, Cawley, 12 daya from FaniiiugH Island.
24 —H BM rt Gaunet, Bourke, 29 days from Callao.
24.—1t MtiH Australia, Cargtll, from Sydney.
Oct 2tl.—U 8 8 Alaska, Brown, 1H dn\* fm hau Francisco.
DKI'AKTI KKS.
2—Bktne Ella, Turner, furBau Fraiiciaco
Zealandia,
Chevalier, for Auckland
2—F M88
2—Bk Jennie Fltta, Biever, for Fort Townsend
Oct 9—Kchr Walebu, Reynolds, lor Johnaonand Fan*
uiugs Islands.
10—Brit bk Oberou, Harvey, for Portland, Oregon.
11—<ierbk Oeslne Bruus, Trumbach fur Hongkong.
13—Brktue, Eureka, Nordberg. lor aum Francisco.
Oct. 17—Am bk Foreat Queen, Winding,lurPuget Sound
IH—Am bktne J A Falklnburg, Hubbard, tor 8. F.
21— bchrLauoaabire Witch, Killer sen, for Hilo.
Oct 26—U 8 8 Ticonderoga, Cromwell, forBan Francisco
25—R Mrt a Australia, Cargill, fur Hun Franclaco
20—achr Cassie Hayward, L,e Ballister, ballast for
HumboldtBay
Oct
Report of the Ticonderoga.—Left Yokohamaon the
31st of May for Kobe and arrived there on the 3d of
June. Nothing special transpired during the stay, of
live daya duration at thia port, visits between tbe government officials and officers ot the vessel being the order
of the day which, to all appearances, tended to make
closer the bonda uf friendship between Japan and America. On the ruii of June leftKobe for Nagaaaakl, arrived
there on the 12thand reinalbed at that port until the
19th of August awaiting answers to tbe official correspondence. From theuce went tv Che Foo having ou
board the American Consul at Teln Tain Mr. Manguiu
andarrived at Che Foo on the 23d of August. After a
short stay at tbla port, during which the cities of Che
Foo and Teln Tsln were visited by officers of the vessel,
a return waa made to Nagaaaakl arriving on the 2d uf
Beptember, left on the 4th for Kobe arrived there on the
7th aud after taking in coals and stores for the trip
across the Pacific left on the 11th fur Honolulu and
arrived at the latter port on the 14th of October. The
total distance sailedfover during tbe trip, to the port of
Houoluluinclusive is iv the neighborhood of 35,000 miles
nearly once and a half the circumference of the earth.
During the trip, ■*■■( different porta have been visited, and
the officers of the vessel are walking encyclopedia* of
the manners and customs of the people uf tbe natlous
visitedand show by the easy and uuegotisticai manner
iv which they Impart tbe Information collated by them,
aud their gentlemanly bearing that they were well fitted
tv represent the American nation abroad. We axe indebted to variouaofficers un board for tbe extended account which we have been enabled to give uf the trip,
prominent amongst whom we would mention Commooora'a Secretary, Lieut. Mauuix, Executive Officer Hturdy
and Lieut. Niles. The Tlconderoga will leave here on
the morulng of the 25th for Han Francisco and from
thence will prubablyproceed to Norfolk or Bostou.
Report of the X M s Australia, W Cargill, Commander.
—Cleared Sydney Heads ou the 7th of October, at 4 p m,
witU moderate breeze aud fine, clear weather. Light
winds and fine, clear weather prevailed up to tbe 11th.
Sighted the Three Kinga ut 0.20 s m of-this date, and
Cape Maria Vau Pieman at H.30, and rounded North Cape
at 1.15 p in, Cavilla Island abeam at 5.40, slubted Tirl
Tiri light at 6.30 a m of the life, and received pilot ufl
Auckland at 4.5 am this date. After diachargiug aud
receiving New Zealand malls, passengers and cargu
cast off from the wharf at 4 p in, discharged pilot at 5,
Tiri Tirl light abeam at 5.56 and at 7.50, Little Barrier
bore W. 1 mile distant; met with light winds and fine
clear weather up to the 14th; exchanged signals with R
M 8 Zealandiaat 3 a m thia day, strong unsteady winds
with a rough sea prevailed up to the 19th, met with
heavy squalls and rain on this day. Sighted tbe Island
of Upolu (Navlgatur'a) at midnight of the 17th, which at
1.45 am of the 18th, bore W ti miles distant. Crossed
tbe Equator at 5 a m of the 20th, iv longitude I(>s°, 52"
W. Fresh head winds and sea prevailed from the 19th to
the 24th. received pilot off Honolulu at 10.30 p m of tbe
24th, and made faat alongside the wharf at 12.16 pm
same date.
Report of the U 8 8 Alaska, G. N. Brown, Captain, U 8
N, Commanding.—LeftCallau, Peru,on tbvlSth July and
proceeded to Chlmbote, left that port ou the 23rd of the
same month for the Marquesas Islands, and arrived on
the 13th of August. Left on the 16tb for Pango Pango,
bamoa, andarrived on the 27th. Sailed for Apia on Sept
8, arrived aame day, and on the 14th of Septagain Bailed
for Pango Pango, aud remained there until Oct 7, acting
as convoy to ship Qneenstowu of Richmond. Me, discharging coal. On Oct 7 left Pango Pango for Honolulu,
and arrived at that port on the 24th Oct. Left in port at
('alien, the U 8 8 Lackawanna. H B M 8 Thetis, URMB
Freya. Italian men-of-war, Garibaldi and Archlmlde,
French men-of-war. Chasseur, aud American gunboats
Wascbuaett and Adam.
85
Iss 0.
PASSENGERS
From Htn Fnnelico, per Zealandll. Oct 3—Mn Bishop
tnd maid, w t' Parke and wife, Mliw-s Parke, Miss Curt
Wadt, Miss King, Mlv Welch, 1 M Gat and wire, Mils
Miry Hardy, Miss Aldrirli. Mn Maylt, Miat Mayla, S P
Cook, Geo C Beckley, J G Tucker, M Loulason, Geo ¥
Weill mil wife. Mm Hetl, 8 Magnln, wifeand child, lilts
Sills, W Sillt, W 8 Luce, wife and tervant, Mn A and
Mlat H Miller, E Widiwortb and wift, C V Houtmau,
J H Oakford, Mr Hubbard, J Caaaldy, Mr Olbbt, Chun
Lung and 06 steerage.
For Ban Francltco, per Ella, Oct J—MnMelnlckaand 2
children, L Netter.
For Sydney, per Zealandia. Urt a—II T Milei, T 0 Connor. E Meckirt, H Tunnti. E P Edwardt. F 1-ester.
From Bui Francltco, per Forest quern. Oct 4— G Ird,
s t s,liiiii,lt. O F Eiton. Griffith Jouei. J A Mortlmd.
II Beard. A W Schmidt. Mill llerthi Hlvltli. E M Dlmond,
T H Eckley, W Alexander, May Kennedy, Mr Thacher.
E JOverend, D Noouin, E O Caverno, 8 Norrlt, E Welih,
Miry Dougherty.
From StLawrence liland, per JALong, Oct 11—B DexDovell, Mm Friel, Antone Dill, v.
Wllliima.
For Hongkong, per Geilne Brous, Oct 11—8 Chtneie, a
femalti and 2 children.
For San Francltco. per Eureka, Oct 13—Mr Barton tud
wife, Mr Welch, wifeand boy, Mr Baldwin tnd wife. 8
V Wirdrobe, E F Marshall, Mn 8 P Carter, Mr Lacy, Mr
ter. M Parmenter, H T
Bpeir.
From Jalult. per Hawaii, Oct 14—H Grower. B WithIH4 South Sea Inlander!.
For Port Towntend, per Forett Queen, Oct 19—MrCavereui, C F Boyd, wife and 4 children.
From Ban Franciico, per W H Meyer, Get 17.—Mr and
Mn A D Pierce tnd daughter, Mn R W Putnam and
child, Mrt It 8 Putnam, Wan M'Cueaney, Thol Prince, E
C Winston, Anton Vogel, W Lndwlgaen, C A Brown, Thot
Wade, W H Kinney, Edward Homan. Victor (Jiierue, F D
Lee, Geo McGulre, J Ltwrence, J D Prink and 5 C'hlneae.
For Sin Frincitco. per Jane A Filklnburg. Oct In.—E
Weill Peterson, Eugene Langitlu, X Flyun, Stephen
Chamberlain, Jai M Dtwfon, Capt this Dexter.
From Fanulngt liltnd, per Schr Vivid, Oct 21.—J T
Arundel, Fnuk Sutton tnd 3 natives.
For Sau Frincitco. per Ktlikini, Oct 22—Mn Smith
Master Booth, Mr Schwartz Wift md 2 children. Mr
Keliey, Mr Mtuer, Er J O'Brien, ColNorrlt, Dr E Steven,
ton, Wm Heney.
From Sydney, per Australia,Oct2s—Mn AMrPheraou,
J Johnson, A Goodwin, 1J saloon and 36 cabin iv trsnsit.
For Han Francltco, per BM 8 8 Auitnlia, Oct 2S—F P
Wilson. P S Wilson, Mrs C Armstrong, Mrs E Weaver, P
Norton Makee, Dr A C Standard, Miat Sills, W suit, Mn
Himilton. L Mct.'ully, J Hyuian and wilt, X Collird, 8 U
Wilder tnd diughter. D X Fyfe tnd daughter, F J Lowery, Aug Ehlen, J T Arundel, J A Hopper and wire, M
Levy. 4 C Glide and wife, Robt Colcord, Mn Hamilton,
JT Arundel. R Wlthen.
For Humboldt Bay, per Caaalt Haywird, Oct 26-Mrs
en, and
,
Wentworth.
From San Frinciico via Kahuiui, per J D Spreckels,
Oct 27—H C Courtney.
MARRIED.
Wills •ooii.—hi Kan Frauclaco. September iisth, at
the rtmileme of the bride's father, Uapt. George X
Wood, by Bey. A J. Wella, Mil. Ueobok F. Witu, of
Honululu, to MlwMattie A. Hood, of Ban Fnnclaco.
DIED.
-lii tliiH i-ity, on October Hrd. Elsie, in('. mid a
luilra Stratemeyer, aged
1 year tod 2 month*.
Hebbrbt—lu Uils city. Oct. I, Fa, auk K. Bekbfkt, aged
about 41 years a native of Hyduey, N. 8. W.. for many
yean a resident of the Islands. Hyduey papers please
copy.
L.bhuan.—ln this ctty, October 6th, Alice Maud. only
daughter of William Ldshman, aged 10 months and 'ii
Sthatkmi.vkk
i'aiit daughter of George
;
days.
Clifford —At her residence in Honolulu, after a
with Chrlntlau fortitude, Mrs. E. Waihu Cliffobd, wife
of O. a. Clifford, Esq., In the 63d year of her age
Deceased waa a native of Tahiti, and came to theae
Inland*, in IH4H. of which she haa been
ever alnce a reaident. Khe leaves a fond husband and daughter, and a
large circle of friends who mourn her loaa.
Coney In tbla city oil the Oct. Uth at hla
—'ifft,
from paralysis, J. H. Comet, a native ofNew York City
aged 60 years and 4 montha. Deceased held the position
of Sheriff of the Island of Hawaii for 1h years and waa
nnlveraally esteemed and respected. Heleave** a loving
wife, two aona and four daughters to mourn hia loaa.
HT Ban Francisco paper* please copy.
Wood—Suddenly on Oct. 2*l, on board the schooner
Kapiolanl whilst leaving llonolnln harbor for Ewa.
John C. Wood of this city, aged 62 years.
Hobnblowep—ln tbla city, Oct. 18th, of pneumonia,
William Hobnblowkr, a native of London, England!
aged about 67 year*. Deceaaed. who waa generally known
aa " Benny," arrived in tbla city about the year 1833, In
company with ('apt. Joseph Maugban. and shortly after
entered, as apprentice, the employ of the late JameaRob
Inaon, ship-builder, and continued to reside In this city
up to the time of hisdeath. Deceaaed waa a aon-ln-law
of the late Andrew Anld, and father of Mrs. Thomas E
Clark, of Klpahnln, Maul.
Sheldon—lnDan vers, Mass., on the 15thof September,
Mra. Nancy K. Sheldon, aged 78 years and 17 days. The
deceased waa the mother of H. L. Sheldon, Eaq., former
editorof the P. C. Advkbtiseb, and waa universally loved and respected by the community In which she fievd.
painful ill new* of Mix year* duration, which aba bore
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THK FRIEND.
EDITOR ABROAD-No. 8.
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GERMANY.
Having been detained longer than we anticipated in the German Capital on the
morning of July 9th, we hurried away at an
early hour, over the broad and level Brandenburg plains for Central Germany. We
longed once more to look out upon hills und
mountains. We were soon .fully gratified
by such a glorious prospect as the Thuringian Forest region of Germany afforded.
Green hills, harvest-covered fields, wooded
mountains, seemed to our delighted gaze
never more exquisitely and mosaically spread
out for a charming landscape view. The
bright July sky, with all its over-shadowing
clouds, only heightened the grand prospect.
Our earth may present in many parts beautiful scenery and grand view*, and it has
been our privilege to see many of them in
various lands under most favorable circumstances; but that prospect from the summit
of the elevation, upon which Wartburg
Castle stands, where Luther was imprisoned
by his friends, certainly equals anything in
the way ol landscape scenery we ever viewed.
But we are too much carried away with our
contemplation of the country to note certain
incidents of our journey.
Our first stopping place was at Wittenburg,
and a visit to the old Monastery where
Luther found the Bible, on opening which
the text caught his eye:—'The just shall
live by faith,"—and he was led to strike the
key-note of the Reformation. Of course we
visited the old convent with all its reminders of the great Reformer,—the church
on the
where he nailed his " 9r>
doors,—the church where the Communion
was celebrated, and was partaken of in both
kinds by the people, while just outsideof the
city walls the spot is pointed out where
Luther burnt ihe Pope's Bull. At present,
Wittenburg is a most quiet, sleepy, and unlively city, especially in a hot July day.
Hence, as the sun declined, wo hurried
away to the busy, stirring and lively Univer•ity-town of Halle, where eight hundred
students resort. A thriving business is in
progress, and everything and everybody
seem awake and alive,—buildings are going
up and trade is prosperous. We had hardly
time to brush off" the dust of travel, ere a
friend, Professor Frausse, whose acquaintance we had formed in Berlin, met us and
proposed s row upon the river Saale, which
appears to be a most favorite resort of the
students and inhabitants of Haile. The
evening was most favorable, and the numerous boats on the river, with their gay lanterns and lively boating songs, indicated
that while the inhabitants of Halle might
work by day, they were fond of evening
1880.
NOVEMBER,
recreation. During our row upon the river, j fitted up this world, "decorating it as a great
we passed various points of interest, includ- Dining Hall " for its inhabitants.
But to return to Luther and his grand
ing an immensely large paper manufactory j work, as we walked along the streets of the
and an old dismantled and crumbling town, city, and visited the study where he transfrom a window out of which its lord made j lated the Bible, in the old Wartburg Castle,
a fearful leap into the river and escaped his i the words of the eloquent Edward Everett
to my mind, which we heard fall from
pursuers. Somewhat wearied, we returned | came
his lips when delivering an oration before
to our lodgings at the hotel.
the Literary Societies of Amherst College,
We must not omit to note one event of j nearly fifty years ago. Speaking of Luther,
the day which we feel quite sure will be he remarked that " he moved to his great
work, not to the Dorian mood of flutes and
longer retained in our memory than many soft recorders,' but' grasped the iron trumpet
others. We refer to a visit in corripmy with of his mother-tongue, and blew a blast that
Professor Franke to the residence of the late shook the nations from Rome to the OrkProfessor Tholuck, so deservedly and fa- i neys—sovereign, citizen, and peasant started
at the sound, and he who begged his bread
vorably known to the theological students,
for a pious cantacle in the streets of Eiseclergy and Divines of America and the nach, no longer friendless, no longer solitary,
world It whs our privilege to visit his was courted by princes, &c.'?
While visiting the •' old study " in the
study, where so much hard and scholarly
and looking out upon thaf most
Wartburg,
track hud been done. His library of 14,000
view of hills and dales,
charming
panoramic
volumes stiTl remains upon the shelves as he
cultivated fields, and wooded regions, we
left it. Some of his manuscripts are could not but reflect upon the lasting fame
still upon his desk or table, where he stud- j which the mere translation of the Bible into
ied. We walked under the vine covered j the vernacular of a people would impart to
particular spot. The tourist is ever pointed
arbor where he was wont to converse with a
to the cell in the old monastery, in Bethlehis visitors and take exercise. We confess hem, where the great Jerome translated the
such places have a far greater attraction and Bible into the " Vulgate," while we always
fascination for us than battle-fields and arse- were wont to look with a sort of veneration
Key. Mr. Bingham's old study in
nals. Through the politeness of Professor upon the
with its sharp
and adobe walls,
Honolulu,
Franke we were introduced to Mrs. Tholuck, j which have now given roof
to a beautiful
place
who is, in a most delightful manner, execu- dwelling built after the modern style.
ting certain wishes and bequests of her laic ! Leaving Eisenach, we passed through
husband, respecting the education of young Gotha, Weimar, Jena, to Leipsig, another
theological students preparing (or the Chris- University city of Germany. German Uniform a marked feature in the social,
tian Ministry. She is a lady of genuine j versities
literary, and theolooioil affairs of
political,
refinement and rare excellence, whose pres- this great Empire. So far as possible, we
ence in any society would impart a charm aim to make them a subject of study, comand influence eminently becoming and dc- i paring them with institutions of a similar
sirable. We would merely add, that ouri nature in other parts of the world. While
sojourning there for a short season, it was
friend, Prolessor Fmnke, in addition to his i
our good fortune to meet at the hotel with
other labors, has recently translated and that remarkable scholar and explorer, Dr.
published a memoir, in German. i;f the late Schliemann, whose name has been so idenPresident Finney, of Oberlin College, Ohio. tified with the explorations of Troy. He is
preparing
Just before leaving Halle, we visited the residing this summer in Leipsig,
publication, this autumn, a new book on
celebrated Protestant Orphanage, founded ; for
Troy, and his explorations. In the preface,
about the close of the 17th century, through i he designs to present his opinion upon the
thepiou*effbrts of the Philanthropist Franke, | proper study of the Greek language, for he
and which has for nearly 200 years been [ thinks that students spend altogether too
the Greek, as a
sustained and rendered so eminently useful much time over
dead language, whereas he believes that a
to thousands of those left orphans. There ; young student should be taught to spe.ik
was much in Halle and its environs which it in two years, and read the language
attracted our attention, but off we hurried fluently and readily. His book will appear
to Eseinach that we might spend a quiet simultaneously in Leipsig, London, New
York, i-.arper and Brothers will be the
Sabbath amid the early home and haunts of
New York publishers. It is certainly a most
Luther. It was there that he was admitted noteworthy fact that in the latter half of the
to the Cotta family, there he officiated as a nir.eteenth century an individual is to be
choir-boy, and there, confined in the Castle I found who could carry out a system ol sucof Wartb'urg, he translated the Bible into cesslul explorations in parts of the world
German. Of course we visited all these where Grecian, Roman, and other civilizations have for centuries maintained their
places, while on the bright Sabbath morning supremacy.
we worshiped in the old church where
From Leipsig we passed to Dresden,
Luther once sang. The preacher discoursed Prague in Bohemia, Vienna in Austria,
upon the feeding of the five thousand, and in when we commenced our return westward,
the course of his remarks upon God's care spending a few days in the vicinity of Saltzfor His creatures, remarked that God had burg and Munich.
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King Mreet. neur the Sailors7 Home. Preaching
hi II a.m. Seats free. Sabbath School before the
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evenings at "4 o'clock.
Fokt Stkket Church—Rev. W. Frear. Pastor,
corner ol Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching
on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 74 p.m. S.ibbnili
School ut IU a. H.
Kawaiaiiao Church—Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor,
Services in HaKing street, above the Puluce.
waiian every Sunday at 11a.m. Sabbath school
at 10 a. M. Evening services al 7$ o'clock, alternating wilh Kaumakapili. District meetings in
various cliapels at 3.80 p. M. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday at 74 P. M.
Roman Catholic Church —Under the charge of
Rt. Key. Bishop Maigiet. assisted by Rev. Father
Hermann Fort street, near Beretatiia. Services
every Sunday at II) a. m. and 2 )'. m.
Kaimakapili Church—Rev. M. Kuaea. Pastor.
Beretania sireet, near Nuuanii. Services in Hawaiian eveiy Sunday at IUA A.M. Satihalh school
o'clock, allerlivening services at
at 'Jj A. M
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Wednesday ill 7£ p. M.
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Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary
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Honolulu.
OF READING MATTKR-uK
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Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books,
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extensive experience In connection with
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W. fSBSIsOAS, Sooolan..
�Young
Men's Christian Association of Honolulu.
Pure religion and
undefiled before (Jod,
thr. Father, is this:
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and lo bttßf out's self itns/ioltetifroin the world.
mm Flo.: in
islands never had a larger number of young Men's Christian Associations is about as
men and others, strangers, who come to folio W8:
by
reside, seeking health and for other purBritain
281
The Y. M. C. A. meets the third Thurs-1 poses. A few of them from habit or princi- Great
65
France
day of every month, at the Lyceum, for ple attend the church services and after a Germany, with 8,035 members, 113
business and discussion. All interested in time perhaps connect themselves with
293
libraries, 20,710 volumes
Y. M. C. A. work are cordially invited to church or other societies. But the far larger Holland
400
attend.
proportion, even if church-goers at home, Switzerland
80
List or Omenta and Stakdino Committees or the are not here invited, and easily fall into the
121
Switzerland, German speaking
Y. M C. A.
Prttlrlent. Dr. 1. M. Whitney ; Vict President, E. C. loose ways of the country, stay away, grow Sweden
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Dimon ; Secretiry, W. A. Klnnay ; Treasurer, C. A. to spending Sundny as a day for amuseBelgium, about
IK
MMM.
Reading Room Committee- -X Duntcouibe.
ment nnd recreation only, or fall into sin of Italy, Spain and Austria
10
Editor—Wm. R. Oaitlt, Editor of tbt Hth pige of The
various kinds, of which our state of society India
2
Frienii for this quarter
Chinese Minion Committee—Rev. 8. C. Dimon, H. affords peculiar opportunities. Those whose
5
Syria
Waterhiiuae, J. B. Atbertnn, Rev. (.'. M. Hyde
Entertainment Committee—W lllism (). Smith. T. 11. homes are in the islands, who arc acquaint9
and Hawaii
Japan
Africa,
Da villi.
ins and outs of Hawaiian life, Australasia
13
Employment Committee—8. D. Dole, E. Dunlcombe, ed with the
who know the temptations spread out for the United Stntes and Canada
11 V Dllliii K liiin
97:J
Committee to Villi the Hospital and Prison -n C.
passions, are gravely responsible for many
1..-.-S. E. Dempate, W. W. Hall, for 0 M. Hyde.
Committee of Early MeetlUK at Fort-atrett Chltrrh -I>r. of the sins of omission of our young men
The Chinese Church on FortJ. M Whitney. O. 0. Lett.
and strangers. It is indeed time that a rei, s making rapid progress and will
s
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A contemporary speaks sharply of newed life was impelled through our various soon be ready for occupmcy. It ought to
be too small for its audience before very long.
•the Honolulu Young Men's Christian Asso- societies and organizations.
ciation, and yet accords to it some life.
CT7* The last steamer mail brings the Much and good work opens up to be done
There is both truth and misrepresentation in "Year Book" of the international Committee among this large class of people.
its statements. It is truly a matter of re- of the "Young Men's Christian Associations"
There is some prospect that a lady
gret, that the meetings do not call out more for the year 1880-81. It is an exceedingly
whose
whole heart and soul is in the
of the membership; that strangers and interesting pamphlet of 125 pages, contain- Chinese work, and whose
tongue speaks
others not members are not allured by the ing annual reports of the secretaries (or vatheir difficult language, may be induced to
prospect of a pleasant evening, to come to rious departments for the world. The comShe is
these meetings. In fact they are more use- pilation is the work of the International become one of our earnest workers.
New York, but negotiations
in
at
present
ful than our critic would have us believe. Committee having its headquarters in New have been pending which, it is hoped, may be
It is not proposed to deny that in some York City. By this interesting report, a successful
in bringing her out.
respects there is a lack of life in this society. slight glance is furnished of the splendid
No apology is offered, nor excuse. It is the work doing, the world over, by this large
An advertisement still continues,
fact, and the young men of the churcites and important branch of Christian workers. "church for sale," in our papers, but so far
and those without who are not connected Although the name is "International," the no stone has been laid for the new Kaumawith other organizations for Christian work, work reported relates particularly to the kapili Church. This new building ought to
ought to connect themselves with this United States and Canada. But some sta- be an example of church architecture for
society and see to it, that it becomes a tistics are furnished of the "Central Interna- our tropical clime, something at once simliving and active force in the community. tional Committee" of the world having its ple,
and so cool, that it alone will
It is true that our association is not dead, headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.
invite.
for, as our contemporary says, we are doing,
The work specially connected with the
At one time, some years ago, there
or trying to do some active work among reports set forth in this "Year Book" is excertain classes of the community. It is but ceedingly interesting and varied.
were several vigorous Sunday schools about
just to the association and of interest to the
In statistics a few figures will be interest- the suburbs of the town, at Waikiki, Manoa,
Pauoa, and elsewhere, conducted by our
public that this be known. There are com- ingmittees of the society which visit and minisFifty-eight associations own buildings val- young people. Where are these schools
ter to those in prison and in the hospital; a ued at $2,400,000; 146 own libraries worth now ? And where are the young people or
committee also furnishes public entertain- S 145,500. with 150,900 volumes; 200 sus- their successors in this good work? That
ments from time to time which we believe tain courses of lectures; 61 sustain educa- work was not unsuccessful. Many of the
compare favorably with anything of the tional classes; 2.'io keep open reading rooms, scholars at those schools are to-day engaged
kind offered in town. They are not for of which 141 report an average daily attend- in honest trades in town, and are the fathers
mere amusement, but are intended, and it is ance of 10,126; 120 have bible classes for and mothers of respectable families, living,
beiieved that they do offer real food for the young men only; 59 report such classes for in some degree at least, according to the
public mind. These are certainly depart- both sexes; 400 hold meetings in jails, hos- teaching at their little schools.
ments of work which are sustained and very pitals and elsewhere; 46 report Sunday
Oneof the most difficult of the probproperly belong to such a society. But the schools conducted by their members; 107
above is not offered.by way of boasting, we hold open air meetings.
blems in our island, social and religious life
are too well conscious of the fact that we
The International Committee has 26 sec- is the demon of feeling by the natives
are not an energetic wedge pushing irresist- retaries employed in work among railroad against foreigners. It is not to be wondered
ably which ever way pointed. We are sad- men, and work for them is doing at 72 at, that such feeling should exist, when a
ly aware tbat ss a rule the monthly meet- points. There are 96 College Y. M. C. A.'s, nation feels itself fading away before a
ings of the association are exceedingly lan- and 73 associations have furnished employ- stronger, but it must be extinguished or conguid ; that thsre is much important work ment to 8,473 needy persons. Special work trolled in individuals -f they desire any real
which is left undone by us, and is not done has been commenced among the blacks in the progress. This feeling just now threatens
by other benevolent and Christian societies Southern States, work which has long been the proceedings instituted by natives themof the place. These facts should stimulate considered necessary by the southern asso- selves to enquire into the conduct of one of
a renewal of activity. There is a very im- ciations.
the native pastors./ Iff the map be honest
A secretary devotes all of his time to work ancj true, he 1 ought sternly to frown down
portant branch which perhaps belongs to an
association of this character more than to among the large class known as commercial such feeling and insist on a rigorous con.
any other; this is work among tbe young travelers.
tinuation of thit examination that he may
men and strangers. Honolulu and the
So far as reported the number of Young come out like burnished gold from the fire,
88
Edited
a Committee of the Y. I. fcl
.
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RIEND
Bud Merits, So. It M.2U
OOMTMSjTI
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lor Untiiubrr 1, 1880.
Home Agsln
Oahu College
Rambles In the Old World-No. 47
Marine Journal
Editor Abroad—No. 9
Y. M. C. A
ftfuSnits, 001.37.
HONOLULU, DKCEMBKR I, 18^0.
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THE FKIEND.
lIM'KMBKR I. 18SO.
Home Again.
When crossing the Western Prairies we
saw immense flocks of birds flying south, as
the cold winds and frost were changing the
color ofthe forest foliage. We were glad to
follow their example and hurry our escape
from the chilly winds and frost-bitten lands
of the north to the sunny skies and mild regions of the Pacific Islands. Our limits will
not allow us to describe our homeward journey. In another part of our sheet, our journal breaks off at Paris. Passing through
Brussels and Antwerp, in Belgium, we embarked trom the latter city, Sept. 4th, for
New York. After spending a few days
among friends, in New England, we crossed
the Continent. On arriving in San Francisco it was our privilege to attend the opening meetings of Moody and Sankey. Embarking on the 21st we arrived safely on
the 28th ulf
Our entire trip has been most agreeable
and satisfactory. Gladly would we mention
names of persons and families contributing
to our happiness and welfare. In our fond
recollections of friends and places in foreign
lands, we do not forget our great indebtedness to friends and parishioners near home,
who have so kindly contributed by their aid
to render it pleasant and easy for us, to be
temporarily absent from our pulpit, parish
and editorial chair. With health re-tnvigorated we resume our wonted duties, hopeful, buoyant and cheerful, as much so as
when nearly forty years ago we arrived on
the Hawaiian Islands. We hope future suc••eas|will show that we do not lay unwise plans
or over-estimate our ability to discharge
present duty.
Oahu College.
RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD.-No. 47
are
the
We
to
glad
prosperreport
very
"
A PILGRIMAGE TO OBEK-ANMER OAD.
ity of the Oahu College at Honolulu, S. 1.,
The
year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty,
pres.ded over by our old time and greatly
drawing to a close, has been in Europe
respected friend and brother, Rev. W. L. now
by a number of events and anniJones. The institution is very full, having marked
versaries of more than ordinary interest
over 100 pupils, and has just received a
have been celebrated in an approprivery generous gift. Mrs. Dickson, daughter which
ate
and
impressive manner. In Portugal
of the lamented Dr. Judd, has given #500
there
has
been the splendid celebration of
to purchase new de-ks and seats; and we of J
of Camoens. A few
the
Tercentennary
j
The Pacific Office hnve had the pleasure to
weeks
since
all
the
civilized world learned
purchase them of Gilbert & Moore of this I with interest of the completion
of the beautithem
to Honolulu."
city, and ship
ful and stately Gothic cathedral, which is
Oahu College is one of the bright spots in the glory of Cologne and of Northern
the Hawaiian Islands, and when in San Europe. After cix long centuries of growth
Francisco, the above item, in the Pacific it has at last attained that full measure of
architectural symmetry, which its now unfell under our notice, that spot was ren- known
designee so long ago dreamed and
dered still more bright and luminous. We drew. In this golden month of October this
trust the time has come when the graduate* important and suggestive historic moment
and friends ot the college will come forward will be observed with imposing pageants
and do something generous and handsome and solemn services. All through the summer Belgium has been in festal array, refor that institution. We hear that Mrs. joicing in half a century of a new national
Dickson has still better thines in store for peace and prosperity. The Exhibition in
Punahou. The graduates and parents, who Brussels has formed a renter of attraction
have children educated there, could not be for all the land and for thousands of visitors
engaged in a more worthy enterprise, than from other countries. But for very many
endowing the college. Wa trust they the principal event of the year has been the
will imbibe that generous spirit now so pre- unique and wonderful Representation given
valent in the U. S. of endowing higher by the peasants, unaided from without, of a
seminaries of learning. When we have a little mountain village in the Tyrol and
little more leisure, we intend giving expres- widely known as the " Passion Play of
sion to some thoughts upon the higher de- Ober-Ammer Gau.''
What we have Circumstances kindly favored in perpartments of education.
witnessed in both the new and old world, mitting me to be one of the nuniber of those
has awakened a strong desire to see some- who were privileged to be present this sumthing done on those Island in advance of mer at this most impressive representation,
what has yet been accomplished. More I had well nigh said service; for from
anon.
tbe first I would speak of it, as it deserves
with reverence. * From
International Postal System.—With to be mentioned led
Vienna
our way
to Salzburg, that most
most commendable patience the business
beautifully situated and interesting historicmen and community generally have submit- al town of Austria. Every one who comes
ted to the old system of Postal arrange- hither is more than delighted with the
ments. The time has fully come when a unique beauty of this famous residence of
change should be made, bringing our islands the proud and powerful archbishops who
into harmony with other civilized nations. here reigned as princes. It is an Italian
The subject is one calling for immediate picture in a frame and setting of German
action on the part of the officers of this Gov- forests and mountains. The white walled
ernment. The present arrangements are villas peeping out from the verdant masses
decidedly antiquated and inconvenient, not of shrubbery which surround them might
to speak of the almost certain fact, that have been trans-plnnted from the Sunny
much of our mail matter never reaches its South which lies beyond the Alps. Alexandestination.
der yon Humboldt, who was, from his cxr
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tensive travels in a certain sense, citizen of
all the world, mentions as the three cities
which are in his estimation, of all, the most
beautiful, Constantinople, Naples and Salzburg. Here, you know, was the birth-place
of Mozart, the Great Musician. Not so very
far away from Salzburg, (a charming early
morning drive, when the woods arc cool and
fresh, and the birds are waking, and the
towering Alps above you w»rtri their cold
granite faces in the rosy light of the new
day), lies that " Happy Valley " where the
little village of Bcrchtesgnuden nestles in
the embrace of grand mountains, in Summer
reveling in a perfection of natural beauty,
(in contrast with which the dreams ofpainters
nnd poets seem empty and colorless), i.nd in
Winter biding itself away from the world
behind almost impassible barriers of gleaming ice and snow. Just beyond this fuvoretl
spot lies the famous lake, called by the Germans " Konigs-See,' and worthy ol all
royal honor it is. I think you must be
familiar with its appearance, lor hosts of
artists have for years " pitched their cump "
here, and have tried to catch on their canvas the deep, mysterious green of its waters.
I have seen no where else such marvelous
coloring, you seem to sail over a sea of
liquid emerald. From all this picturesque
nnd refreshing region which is the charm
and boast of Austria and Bavaria, for here
amid mountains and lakes, boundary lines
run in and out in a queer zig-zag sort of
way, we came to Munich, of which fascinat-
ing city crowded with rarest an-treassures,
I wou d have much to tell you were 1 not
enger to get further on—and to the real goal
of this monthly letter But before telling
you what I have seen in Ober-Atnnier Gau,
I must tell you why I came in the first place
to think of visiting Ober-Ammer Gau at all.
There is one advantage in writing to one at
a distance, over telling anything to a Iriend
near at hand, viva vocei you can in the
former case tell your story to the end without fear of having it " nipped in the bud
"
at the very beginning. Some day you may
me
that
the
Passion
tell
the history of
"
Play" had grown trite und wearisome to
you from innumerable accounts of the same
which have come to your notice for months;
that you have read descriptions of this Peasant Performance until you desire something
new, and that now you are better instructed
in reference to its peculiar and interesting
details than your latest informant. But as
yet, 1 do not know a word of all this, you
see, and hence in my innocent enthusiasm
can tell you an old story with the joy of one
who feels he is telling something new.
There will be this comfort for me, if ever I
find out my mistake, that what 1 have to
tell is worthy of being oft repeated, and that
any copy of so good a picture, however poor,
however hasty and unworthy, may still be a
source of pleasure to some.
If we trace the History of the Church and
Literature back into the middle ages, we
come upon the first traces of these representations in dramatic form of biblical themes,
of which this " Passion Play " of the Bavarian-Tyrol is the finest specimen, and which
is the only thing of the kind really worthy
of mention, still existing to remind us of
what was once so great a source of pleasure
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and often tjmes of profit, undoubtedly, to a
very large portion of the peasantry especially, in a number of the European countries
The early ' mysteries " of which we read,
and which treated mainly of the Life, Passion and Resurrection of our Savior seem to
have been first in vogue in the llth, perhaps, however as early as the 9th century.
They were first given in the churches, but
later, owing to their being treated in a
too secular manner were transferred to the
open fields or church-yard. While some of
them undoubtedly were given in a reverent
and religious spirit, others were marred by
a course and revolting realism which seems
to have been more in harmony with the
spirit of these ages than with ours. In
Italy, France, Germany and England daring
successive centuries these representations
stem to have been most popular. In England
there were the " mysteries," the " moralities and the " miracles." Sometimes they
were given in a most elaborate manner and
continued for days. In Southern Germany,
they seem to have been, especially popular
among the people. And it is in the little
mountain village of Ober-Ammer Gau, in
the highlands of Bavaria, where the cerm of
this mediaeval Passion Play may be seen in
the tetnarkable representation which has
been there given this year.
In reference to its origin we have the following account: " In the year 16!Ma fearful pestilence broke out in the neighboring
villages, so fearful indeed it was thought
everybody would die. In Kohlgrub, distant
three hours' journey from Ammer Gau, -so
great were the ravages made by the disease
that only two married couples were left in
the village. Notwithstanding the strict
measures taken by the people of Ammer
Gau to prevent the plague being introduced
into their village, their precautions proved
insufficent, and the latal malady entering,
spread with such fearful rapidfty that within a short space of time nearly ninety persons died. Then the villagers, in their sad
trial assembled and solemnly vowed that, if
God would take away the pestilence, they
would perform the Passion Tragedy in
thnnksgiving every tenth year. From that
time on, although a number of persons were
suffering, not one more died of the plague.
In 1634 the play was first performed. The
decadal period was chosen for 16S0, and the
Passion Play has been enacted every tenth
year with various interruptions since that
time." Whether this was the real cause or
not, it is still a fact that here in this little
village for more than two centuries the
Passion Play has been given—and its representation has become the principal event in
the lives of these simple country people.
Undoubtedly the " Passion Play " as now
given surpasses anything known in earlier
days, and yet though those taking part in it
are trained with greater carefulness than
formerly, and all the details are managed
with an exactness and perfection, the result
of modern skill and taste, still the foundation and frame-work is much the same as in
that remote period of its origin. The improvements oflater times are largely due to
the earnest enthusiasm of the now aged village priest, the " Geistlicher Rath," Daisenberger, who still lives as a patriarch amid
his flock for whom he has cared so long and
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faithfully. He is a man of remarkable talent
and earnest religious spirit, and he has devoted himself, he->rt and soul, to training
and directing the villagers in performing the
" Passion Piny " which they regard with
solemn reverence.
Ober-Ammer Gau is a village of only a
few hundred inhabitants. They support
themselves principally by wood-carving,
which in their skillful hands, attains a remarkable artistic perfection. They pay also
some attention to agriculture. It is almost
impossible to convey to one who has never
visited this little mountain village,—a satisfactory picture of the life of the people. It
is something so unique, so peculiarly earnest
and religious, so beautified by their devotion
to this great object of their life, the " Passion
Play " that one must really come here and
and see the people themselves, to truly appreciate them. To take part in the Passion
Play is considered the very greatest possible
honor, and the humblest and least important
positions among the actors are eagerly accepted. From generation to generation the
accumulated traditions gathering about its
history are passed on from parents to children. During the intervening years they
ptppare for it. The long, lonely winters
when the snow-driftsshut them out as it were
from the outer world, it brightens and enlivens their quiet life. In the school and in
the festival of the church they fit themselves
to take part in it. And when the year rolls
round, when the Passion Play is to be given, they feel that a solemn but at the same
time joyful anniversary is to be observed.
The last time the Passion Play was given
was in the* year 1871, after the conclusion
of the Franco-Prussian War. At that time
it excited the wonder and admiration of visitors from all parts of Europe, and much
was said and written in reference to it. And
this year for months a constant succession
of travellers have visited Ober-Ammer Gau to
witness this most wonderful spectacle.
The journey from Munich occupies one
day, and with fine weather nothing could be
more delightful. If not in tbe garb of a pilgrim of the olden time, yet in no careless
spirit did I undertake the journey to the
Passion Play. What I had read beforehand in reference to it had impressed me
with the feeling that it was no mere holiday spectacle at which I was to be present.
The subject is in itself the most sacred and
solemn which could be chosen. So that
from the first 1 felt a desire to view reverently this representation, which it had been
with me a longing and hope of years to see.
As a boy I had read of the little village
among the mountains and its peasant-actors,
whose simple life is governed and beautified
by so unusual a purpose, and who then
seemed so remote, so strange, so unreal to
me. And now my long cherished hope was
to be fulfilled. My way south from Munich
was first by train through a country growing constantly more and more beautiful.
It is a region rendered charming by the exquisite natural loveliness of the scenery, and
by a host of legendary and historic associations, which give an added life to hill and
dale. Soon after leaving Munich, the beautiful lake Sternberg appeared lying in the
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midst of a fertile and verdant country, and
with glorious views in the distance of misty
blue mountains. The villas of the wealthy
Bavarians border the gleaming waters of the
lake, and it is here on shore and island that
the young, talented but strangely eccentric
King Ludwig 11. of Bavaria spends most of
Ins time at the Schloss Berg, or that fanciful spot •' The Garden of Roses," or wherever his quaint, poetic fancy may lead him.
Further on the train stops at Murnan, and
here the mountain journey begins. From
this point on you feel the welcoming charm
of these beautiful Bavarian highlands, and
you rejoice indeed that you have come.
This is the terminus of the railway. With
the iron-rails the noisy, bustling busy world
and its hurrying every day life seems to
end. For a time, at least we will forget it.
Amidst the glory and grandeur of these
mountains, under the canopy of these circling heavens, and surrounded by these simple
children of the mountain and country, we
may rest and gather inspiration.
The air comes down to us sweet, cool and
deliriously refreshing from the mountain
summits, where far on into the Summer the
white snows glisten. The great mountains
rise on every hand—nearly seen they show
richly wooded slopes, with here and there
open spaces where smooth grassy fields,
bright in the sunlight seem to offer welcome
and plenty to the flocks which pasture here in
Summer; in the distance they grow deeply
blue, the mist veils their wild peaks, and
their stern out-lines, thus softened,- seem
to be strangely in harmony with the clouds
which hover near them. It is a long, delightful drive which we have, we would not
have it end. The mountains seem to open
before us as if in welcome, parting like huge
ocean waves. We look back and they have
closed again and shut out from us the old
life in giving us one new and fresh and untired. We are not the only travellers by
this mountain road. From all pom's they
come. The highway is alive with varied
groups. Here are some in carriages—in
all manner of vehicles —on foot—every one
is desirous of reaching Ober-Ammer Gau before nightfall. You would be most of all
drawn towards the little companies of
peasants on foot. Some of them have come
long and wearisome ways to lie present at
the Passion Play. For them it is indeed a
pilgrimage. The beauty of the country surpasses our expectation. For such mountains
we were not prepared. There is the Etallu
Manal, over .SOOO feet in height; then the
Herzogenstand, 6000 feet, and above all the
Zugspitze, 10,000 feet, far up in cloudland;
and now comes Ettal, where once stood the
famous Benedictine Monastery, founded by
the German Emperor Ludwig. Still onward
the beautiful valley of the Ammer opens before us, and we are near our journey's end.
It is a scene of singular beauty. The noble
valley stretches away in the waning light of
the closing day. To right and left rise the
guardian-like mountains. In the center of
the fertile plain lies the little village, tbe
mosque-like dome of whose church we can
see from far away. The vesper bell rings
out clear and sweet upon the evening air.
On one of the peaks of the nearest range,
may be seen a cross, rising far, far up towards heaven, and we recognize the Kofel,
DECEMBER,
the guardian spirit of the valley. Lower
down, beautifully out-lined against a dark
back ground of deepest green, stands a
marble group representing the crucifixion,
Presented to the community of Ober-Am"mer
Gau by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in
commemoration of His Majesty's visit to
Ober-Ammer Gau, to witness the Passion
Play in 1871, mid his appreciation of the
earnest labors of ihe villagers in the performance of the vow made by their forefathers in the year 163*3."
We find the winding village streets
and paths crowded with people. Such a
singular medley, such a Babel of languages,
such a mingling of high and low, of rich and
poor. We shall see them tomorrow once
more together. Here fur a night or two one
must lodge in right primitive fashion. The
villagers will do their best to make you comfortable and willing, kindly people they are.
But there are hundreds, aye, thousands of
hungry and tired people to ho fed and
housed, our hosts are busy enough, and tomorrow will be a hard antl trying day for
many of them. On every side you are attracted by the most exquisite wood-carvings.
In all the world nothing in this kind of work
is more beautifully done
There are one or
two schools of design and carving here high
up among the mountains. You come to see
peasants, you find yourself among artists.
They show their taste, their delicacy of feeling, their incomparable skill as carvers, in the
tiiarvelously finished and wrought crucifixes,
madonnas, flowers, p cture-frames and a host
of different objects which are shown you
here. We glance here and there, and the
more we look the more we wonder at this
strange little center with its motley varied
life, where we find ourselves to-night. We
are eager for the morrow; will it give us all
we hope for and what we have come so far
to see ? The day has gone—(he night has
veiled the mountains, and the pines, which
seem still to murmur softly in their sleep.
The cross on the lofty Kofel and the stars
keep watch and ward above, while before
the hum and confusion have censed, the
tired eyes have closed and the village rests
in peace.
Early the following morning, the village
is once more a stir. A band of musicians
passes through the streets. The people are
gathering in dense crowds before the great
building or theatre, where the representation
of the day is to be given. I have come very
early in order to be sure and get a seat.
After coming all this way, at last to be shut
out would be indeed a disappointment. At
last the doors are opened, and we are admitted within the great inclosure. partly covered, partly opened with no dome but that of
the heavens above. Hundreds of men and
women are gathering, one heard a dv I, subdued murmur of voices like distant waves
on the shore. In an amazingly short space
of time all have found their places. It was
worth making the journey just to see this
assemblage. In the more expensive and secured seats are strangers from different lands,
especially English and Americans. Near
the center is the Royal Lodge where to-day
sit a Bavarian prince and princess. I am
glad that my ticket, taken at the last
moment has given me a place among the
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people. 1 am surrounded by the peasants
and farming people, strong stalwart men and
women they are too They greet me kindly, and in their hearty cordial way, give me
the welcome of the mountains.
What
studies for an artist ! Peasants from the
Tyrol, in their picturesque costumes; mountaineers und workmen from the lowlands;
representatives from town and country and
village, from all the region to north and
south, east and west; cnpuchin monks with
hood thrown back, blaclted-gowned priests;
tourists in all manner of travelling costumes.
Where would you find another so varied
an audience ? I had difficulty to keep myself from believing it to be all a singular,
fantastic dream. Before us rises the stage,
arranged with great simplicity aud yet with
admirable skill. In front a broad open proscenium for the choirs and the great processions,— behind this a covered space for
table/tux virants; to the right the palace of
Pilate; to the left the palace of Annas; on
either sides the streets of Jerusalem. And
bark of all this, most beautiful ot all, the
green forests covering the grand old hills;
streiching far away in the distance, verdant
flower-dotted meadow lands; and above the
blue of the Summer sky with drifting white
clouds No brush of human artist could
have produced such scenery for a background ! At this point I cannot do better
than give in tbe simple yet earnest words of
the village priest Daisenberger, the idea of
this representation.
" Our main objecct is to represent the
story of Christ's Passion, not by a mere
statement of facts, but in its connection with
the types and figures and prophecies of the
old Testament. By this manner of treatment an additional stfong light will be cast
upon the sacred narrative, and the thoughtful spectator will be able to realize the grand
truth that Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
made man for our Salvation is the central
figure of the inspired Volumes. As in the
history of the Christian church the life of
the Saviour and all his sacred actions arc
continually repeated and reproduced, to the
extent lhat (according to Scriptural commentators) He lives over again, suffers and
triumphs in His saints as it happened before
his appearance in the flesh, that the holy
patriarchs and other saints of the Old Testament fore-shadowed His coming by the
events of their history and by their virtuous
lives. For He is the eternal Sun of the
spiritual world, the Sun of justice sending
forth his divine rays to illuminate in all
directions both His predecessors and successors, no less than His contemporaries. Many
of the incidents in the lives of the ancient
fathers bear a striking and obvious resemblance to various parts in the life of the Redeemer, and set forth the sufferings and
death arid resurrection so minutely that the
Evangelists continually mention some prophecy which wos fulfilled. Thus the heroes
of the Scriptures, Adam, the obedient Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Job, David, Micaiah,
Jonas, Daniel, and so many others who
labored and suffered in His Spirit, represent
in part, though imperfectly, His Life, and
through what they accomplished and suffered, they became the prophets of thst which
is in Him, the Urbild, tbe primitive type,
should take place. In this fundamental
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thought is the representation of the Passion
arranged and performed on the basis of the
entire scriptures." For those who take part
it is a solemn religious service. While the
great throng has been gathering without, upon the stage curtained and hid from sight
"assemble all the members of the community who are to take an active part in the
performances, upwards of five hundred in
number, together with their pastor and there
engage in silent prayer, that is the unseen
prelude to the Passion Play."
Without the murmur and noise of voices
have died away, and the most intense expectation is depicted on every countenance.
First comes the plaintive music of the orchestra, and then from either side of the
open sUge appear the divisions of the chorus
advancing slowly and solemnly from right
and left, till meeting in the center, they form
one continuous line across the front of the
stage The two divisions of the chorus, in
which are both men and women , are led by
two superbly handsome ai d stately men,one
the most perfect type of Teutonic strength
and manhood, with long flowing hair and
beard, the other, the choragus proper, an
equally noble specimen of manly vigor and
power with dark hair and beard. All the
members of the chorus are clad in robes,
tunics and mantles ot various and harmonized colors of classic Grecian pattern. Before
every scene of the. representation in full
chorus, or solo, or duet, in song or recitative
they announce the subject matter of the acted scene or tableau. They are, so to say
the uttered voice of the " Passion Play."
Never before was the office of the Greek
chorus made so clear to me, as in seeing
and hearing these peasant singers of the
mountains The singing was far from being of a high order, and some of the peasant
faces were anything but beautiful, but there
was a plaintive earnestness and a devotion
in their tones and gestures which was extremely impressive. And equally so was
the slow measured and noiseless step with
which they came before the audience. The
choragus first explains the scope of the representation, the Fall and Reconciliation of
�he sinner to God through the Redeemer of
the world. Then the chorus slowly parting,
the curtain is raised and the first tableau represents the expulsion of Adam and Eve
from the Garden of Eden. From the very
first moment you are amazed at the wonderful skill and taste displayed by the people.
The tableaux are simple marvels of arrmgement, judged simply from an artistic standpoint, I hsve never seen snything to surpass
ihem. And added to this there is an
earnestness in the attitude of all the performers which shows that they are acting from
deeper motives than any paid players could
have. Now come scene after scene, tableaux
and representations with spoken dialogue.
All the main events in connection with the
close of our Saviour's life are reproduced
with always a proceeding suggestion or typical reminder of the Old Testament. The
scene representing " Christ's entry into
Jerusalem" which comes early in the
mornings portion of the Passion Play,
moves the audience profoundly. The immense stage is at first seen bare and
empty. Soon the sound of rejoicing and
shouting are heard, then slowly an immense
throng begins to fill the streets, old men and
women, youth and children, all in brilliant
Eastern costumes. Palm branches wave in
the air. Singing and melodies of welcome
resound on every sid% And at last appears
surrounded by this joyful company,a stately
and imposing figure. You have feared, you
have dreaded this moment. The very
thought of anything of the kind has seemed
to you like profanity. But the reverence,
the tenderness, the devotion of these simple
people, and the dignity and grace and sweetness of the one of their number who takes
for the moment—as in a picture—this central fiijure,—sweep away, certainly for the
time being, any such feeling. Of course the
scenes are copied oftentimes closely from
those famous paintings, which are the arttreasures of the world.
the " Last Supper " brings immediately to
mind the well-known painting by Leonardo
dc Vinci. It would be impossible for me
to endeavor to give even a hasty outline of
the Passion Play, it continues from eight
in the morning with an intermission of an
hour at noon until five in the afternoon.
The sun shines with summer heat or the
rain falls in torrents, but still the stately
march of the Passion Play goes forward.
The morning sunlight passes into the fullness of high noon, and then begins to
center towards the west before the end
comes. We are led step by step through those
last days of patient suffering, and trial
through which our Saviour was called to
pass, up to the final scene. This is given
with the most realistic exactness. This is
too painful, too overpowering, certainly for us
with our protestant training. But even
here the spirit of reverence shown at the
beginning was in a peculiar degree manifested. We rise from our seats and wend
our way homeward strangely moved. The
grand story, this mighty history of that one
matchless and wondrous life and death has
been portrayed with wonderful vividness. I
would never wish again to see the Passion
Play as given in Ober-Ammer Gau, nor
would I have gone probably to see it else
where than in this little mountain village,
where for centuries it has been represented
with an undoubted religious fervor and
earnestness, but once to have witnessed it
and there, I count among the very greatest
privileges of my life.
1 feel that the few words which I am permitted to send, written in the midst of many
and pressing duties which claim my attention, can give scarcely anything approaching a connected idea of the Passion Play*
But they may, poor and hasty as they are,
lend some to read more in reference to this
most unique celebration. There has been
much written and well in reference to it.
That it has done much, very much good—l
have no shadow of doubt. That there are
those to whom on the other hand all such
representations are painful and displeasing
I am aware and would for their opinion
feel great and sincere respect. That which
may move and stir one to more earnest
thought, may be a source of difficulty to another oftentimes. Here at least I may be
permitted to give the words of one who
found in this representation reason rather
for sincere thankfulness than an occasion for
criticism.
1880.
" Who has taught these
simple minds this
tenderness of
feeling which is so evident in all their roles!
This harmony, which does not detract from
the glorious picture of the Redeemer as we
believe on Him, but enables us to find In
that maltreated innocence, in that reviled
Holiness, the ideal so deeply impressed on
our hearts? It is that pure enthusiasm of
believing minds, love of God and of eternal
truth that has inspired the villagers in their
labors. Having once witnessed the Passion
Play, we no longer look upon it as an interesting relic of the distant past out of keeping with the times, lingering on a threatened existence, but as upon the most marvelous and elevated dramatic exhibition of our
epoch, and the perfection of the religious
drama. Indeed, one can almost believe in
witnessing the Play that he sees Christ descended to earth once more, preaching amid
the sunny hills and valleys of Judea, living
over the sad yet glorious events of His life
among the men who misunderstood, persecuted and brutally pushed out of existence,
—that life in whose sacrifice is hid the
mystery of redemption and reconciliation."
There is for us all who believe on Him, who
is the Saviour of the world, (and who is
there who can be so strangely unmoved by
the glory and beauty of His Life nnd Death
as to refuse the tribute of sincere and loving
belief?) the joy and comfort of the thought
that He still lives to comtort and to bless.
As truly to-day He is near to us—as to
those who felt the grace and blessing of His
personal presence. It is not the story of a
dead hero which is told through the centuries of missionary effort in the service of
cathedrals, and from the pulpits girdling
now the world, sculptured in marble, and
sung in hymns or embalmed in the treasured
and sacred writings of great and holy men,
but that of a still living and sympathizing
correct comprehension, this
Friend and Saviour.
*
"Jesus I WbstonceThon wsst,
Forever more Thou srt:
Each moment of tbe ss.-.red psst
Lives in the sscred Besrt.
*.
Thy yesterday on earth
And thy ' to-day sbove ;
Thy God-head, manhood, death and blrtb,
One through eternal love.
" Bsbe thst s mother bore.
Child on the mother's knes ;
Child fur the children evermore,
Only the child-like see.
below
" Tbe Lamb of Ood
Mute 'nestb the mortal pain
Still on the Tbrone the Lamb we know,
Still' aa It bsd been slain !'
cross of old,
" Nailed to the
We still Thy wounda may greet,
Hear Tby Come hither, and behold
The pierced hand and feet.
*' Yes, all Thou ever wast,
Kor evermore Tbou srt :
Esch moment of the living psst
Lives In the loving Heart."
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Frank W. Damon.
Halle on the Saale, Prussia, Oct. 3d, 1880.
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bat the othor good quallliei of the establishment are doe to
the adtnlraMe cam and attention ol Mr. and Mr*. Burr,—
Cl.et-la."—C»r7»>neajm Ckrnniclt, May 30th, IST*— II
eul
Qaeea't tfquare, W. U London. [Day ur HHigcr.j
,
�THE FRIEND, DECEMBER,
In loving Ktnusiberauu of
MRS. MARY HARROD ALLEN.
WIR Or THK HON.
I'AMNKN'UKKS.
EuaUA BUNT ALLEN.
Dted at tbe Realdence of her mother. Mra. Frederick
Bangor. Mains,
AUGUST 20, 1880.
llubb.
" Th* Lord is my strengh, and my song
snd la become my salvation."
,
We improve the earliest opportunity afforded us for paying a passing tribute to the
late wife of our friend Judge Allen, with
whom we have walked life's pathway for
a full generation. We can distinctly recall
her advent in our island community, her
presence in the House of God, and her
genial and sympathetic presence in the social
life of our Honolulu Society. A gentle
Christian spirit added its charm to a mind
peculiarly refined by both nature and education. As wife, mother and friend, she
adorned the circle in which she was called
to move, and it is peculiarly pleasant to recall her memory and think of her as now
numbered among the Redeemed in that
Better Land. Her, Christian example, we
trust may beckon others forward to leave an
equally pure and bright example of Christian gentleness and patience.
Perhaps we owe our readers an
apology for so crowding our columns with
•• European Correspondence "• during the
past few months, but we cnn assure them
that, during the coming year we shall endeavour to fill our columns with.more varied
matter.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Oct 30—P M 88 City of Sydney, Dearborn, 7 days and 2 hra
from San Franclaco
Nov 1-tktfW Almy. Freeman, lb} daya from Pen Frano—Bk DlacoTery,
cisco
Frnhallow, 224 daya from San Fran-
6—Am tern Hera, Wheelwright. 46 days fm New Castle
6—Brig Hazard, Miller, 33 days from Mairlke.
»—Gen Hegel
11—Am arhr Clsus Spreckels. Conrlus, from 8 Franclaco
41 daya. via Aptoa 27 via Kabului
13—Yacht Lancashire Witch, Edlesaon, from Hilo
16-Bk Rainier, Wulff, 31 daya from Port Town'd
Gamble
17—BkCamden, Cuttler, 26 days fromPort
18—Bktne Ella, Turner, 13 days from San Fran
19—BkColoma, Noyes, fromPortland.
20—Bk JohnM Clerk,Conant, 61 dayafm Hongkong
22—P M 8 8 City of New York, Seabury, 14 daya fm
Auckland
24—Brig Conauelo, Howard, from San Francisco via
Kahulul
20— SenExcelsior, Kuatel, 18 days from San Fran
38—P M 8 8 Australia. Carglll, 7 dya 6 hra, from 8 F
80—Haw echr Waihu, Reynolds 17 dya fm Wannington Island.
Dae I—Stmr Hochung, Petersen. 20 dya fm Whampoa
3—Brk AmyiTurner, Newell, 138 dya fm Boston
3—Jennie Pitta, Blevert, dya fm Port Townaend
—
■ •EPARTUREB.
Oct 1— P M SS City of Sydney, Dearborn, for Sydney
Nor 3—Brig J no D Spreckels, llaoaon, for San Franc.aro
B—K—Schr Vivid, Cawley, ritoning Islands
3—Bk General Butler, Ryder, for Fort Tcwnaend
4—Ua Hawaii. Whitney, fur Jaluit,South Sea
6—Tupaail W H Meyara, Jonlon, for Baa Franclaco
8 —Kaluua, J W Cook, for cruising
B—H M 8 Gannett. Ilourke. for Ualao
13—U 8 S Alaaka, Brown, for San Francisco
13—Bktne Dlacovery. Penhallow, for Ban Franciaco
16—WhallliiKbrk Pacific, Knualea. for Panama
18—Brk Helen W Almy, Freeman, forSan Franclaco
20—Bk Coloma, Noyas, for Hongkong
21—Brit Yacht Lancashire Witch, Elfeldaon, for
Tahiti
22— P M B ■ City ofNew York, Seabury, for 8 Fran
23—?ch Clans Spreckels, Cousins, for Ban Fran
26—Bk Camden, Cuttler, for Port Townaend
23—Bk Martha Rldeont, »Ickburg,for Port Town'd
2J—Bk Raluer, Wulff, for Port Townaend
211—P M 6 8 Australia, Carglll, for Sydney
Dec 3—Brktne Ella. Turner, forSan Franclaco
4-Bk J U Clerk, Williams, forbaa Franclaco
FromSaoFra'iclaco.perCity of Sydney,Oct »U—Mr
W X Foretcr, Mrs W N Bailey, Mlaa S D Thuraton, Mr
e> Mrs
Mr.
0 W«l, MIM Lamh. Mra Oderkirk, X A Pierce. Mln X
Mr« C T Uullck, Mra U
Norton, J A Buck, F WoKarlh. Mr
C Becktlry, M While, J Williams and vile. H Bradley, 8T
Corer. J Hug his and wife and 3 children, F Meyer, J Madison.
A Randolph. E Eliering, Johir*\Villlauia,C Uerlt, 28 la steerage And 161 in transitu.
For Sydney, per City of Sydney, Oct 30—Mr Coop, Mr
0 R iTmlh, X Montague, Mia l.iahman.
From ban Francisco, per Dlacovery, Nov 4— W J Peters It
wife. W T Porter. W a Lawrence, F 8 Dodge. W C Lofe, 0
X Merrill, M H Barton, J X Jordan,(I H Chase. X Llahman.
I) Jenntr, J H Sneak. Jas O'Brien, H A Fraier, J W J Potter.
For Han Francisco, per W H Meyer. Not »—A lleachowlll. M W M C'liuanry, B Casaln Son.
For Jaluit, per Hawaii, Not a—H Groaaer. J Peaae.
For Ban Franclaco, par J D Spreckels, Not 1 -Ktl
Mclnerny, L Touaaalt.
For Fauuluga Island, per Vivid, Not I—Frank Sutton,
Oeo Orelg. lienry Uobbs, Mini (w).
From San Franclaco, per H W Almy. Not I—Mra Delia
Cuddy, Mr and Mra Mclntoah, Mr and Mra C J Prescott,
John M Oat, D B Foster, Mra T W Eckley, Mra J D D« la
Fuente and children. Mr and Mrs W B Parker and child,
O W Hook, John Tsvell. Mra s Black, N huraham, J A
Medill.John Kimball, F Finn, George Luproil. Manuel
Cervantes, JohnBurrows, Jacinto Oouzaley, X Vula.
For San Franclaco, per H W Almy. Not Is— F. Kyery,
J W Melander, Perry Pearce, F Barnard aud.wlfe, Mrs
StellaBlack, F Wade.
From Fort Gamble, per Camden, Not 17—Cbsa Nelson.
From San Franclaco, per Ella, Not 18—Otta Friedlander, AKills. U Poppoylch. Mrs Fred Hall. H Natter,
John Jonea, H Goldstein, G J Gaeger, John Hurke, John
Rice, A Holatrom, JohnKelly, E 1. Bnttull. W Edwards,
Antonio Lookwal, E H Farley, and Portuguese.
From Sydney, per City of New York, Not 22—Mra J
Webb, W P Webb, Leonard F Webb. Percy Webb, Edward
P Webb, Eleanor wfbb, Kathleen Webb, W Treacott,
Mlaa Bray, W Smith, Jaa McGllveby. John Anderson,
wife and children, P O'Nlel, and 70 paasengers in
tranaitu.
For San Francisco, per City of New York, Not 22— Miss
A F Johnson, W B Parker wife and son, Mlaa Heasle
Dickson. Mlaa Gedge, Mia Clara Fuller, Mra J A Magoon.
George Harley, Mra C U Harria, W C Love, J Weir, D
Noonan, F McCoppin wife and child, Miaa McCoppin,
Mr Thos Heaketh, W B Murray, Mr VTaldvogel, Mra D
Noonan, Misaea Makee, A Dc Clalrmont, 11 B Johnson, J
C Crowell, J C Smith, John Farrell, W Cook. J H
O'Brien, G Middlewood. J B Stevens, John Lucas, I
Ehrenberg, Jno Grace, F B Scresovitcn.
For San Francisco, per Claua Sprockets, Nov 23—A E
Klugsman, H Closson.
From San Franclaco, per Excelsior, Nov 20—F B Vernon, F L Purvis, J Mayer, J F Smith, 0 Brandt, F Simpson, Mra M Gillin, E A Gurney. W gtieu, J Robinson, Ah
Youem.
For Australia, per Australia, Nov 27 -Mrs Pfluger,
child,and servant, J T Arundel. H Joes. Thus Uaslaur.
From San Fraucisco, per Australia, Nov 29—D X Fyfa,
and daughter, Mias Everett, H Morriaou, W P Poler, F J
Lowrey, Mr and Mra Coleman, Henry N Wilson, Miss
Wilkes, Miss Allen. Mr and Mra Croaby, Cbas B Wells,
and wife. Rev S C Damon and wife, Kmile Kruae. Dr T
P Tiadale, Mlaa E D Low, Mr and Mra Colby, G W Coffey,
0 Omla, Mr and Mrs Hopper, C T Eastman. 11 E Simmons, A H Spencer, J Rubeuateln, w N Armstrong, A
Ehlers, Mrs J B Artherton and daughter, C E Covllle, G
W Smith, Mr and Mrs A H Smith, Mra A Otto, Mra C
Brtggemann, E V Baker. C J Garden. Judge McCtilly, W
V Butterfleld, P N Makee, T C Porter, O D Allen, 8
flentry, Mrs C Lewis, J T Wright, and 33 Chinese.
From Canton, per Hochung, Dec I—Mrs D lopeland.
Miaa Clothilda Copeland, and 486 Chinese, including lv
women, aud 1 child.
For riiu Francisco, per Ella, Dec 3—F H Swanton. Jas
R Kllday. Jaa O'Brien.
For San Franclaco, per John M Clerk, Dec 3—Joseph
Meyer, George Carter, D B Foster.
From Boston, per Amy Turner, Dec 3—L V Brlggs,
James Mattoon.
From JohnsonsIsland, per Waiehu. Nov 30—Capt H 8
Comatock, W H Foye, C Roberta, and 11 native laborers.
*
*
*
*
1880.
93
EDITOR ABROAD.-No. 9.
The sojourn of two or three days in each
of the following cities—Dresden, Prague,
Vienna, Saltzburg—enabled us, by the aid
of Baedeker's "Guide Book" and other
sources of information, to obtain something
more than a mere tourist's knowledge of
those cities, snd the countries of Which they
are important centres. The months of July
and August were most favorable for beholding these countries when the rich and golden
harvest-fields were swarming with laborers,
gathering in their abundant crops. At least
one-third of all the laborers in Saxony,
Bohemia, Austria,and Bavaria were females.
Many of them were engaged in labors the
most onerous and fatiguing. We saw many
females mowing and pitching hay upon
the carts, as well as engaged in the lighter
parts of harvesting. Perhaps we might
have been somewhat reconciled to this outdoor female labor on the ground of necessity
during tbe busy season of summer-harvesting if we had not met, in country and city,
hundreds and thousands of stalwart soldiers
marching and counter-marching, and parading in their bright uniforms, or mounted,
many of them on their fiery cavalry horses.
We could not but infer that in these times
of peace at least two millions out of the four
millions of the standing armies of Europe
shuuld be in the fields helping snd aiding
their weary and toil-worn mothers, wives,
and sisters in the downright hard work of
the farm. No matter who suffers, the policy
of the great monarchical Governments of
Europe absolutely demands that the
standing armies must be kept in the very
highest degree of efficiency, all "armed to
the teeth," and ready for action. The warelement attracts the tourist's attention in all
the circles of European society and government which seems to be deplored on
account of its enormous cost, but which is
deemed as essentially necessary, while mankind and nations remain what they are.
On psssing through Bavaria, we were
glad of the opportunity ofa spending a week
in Munich. Although Bavaria has been at
one time attached to Austria, and at another
to Germany, and never classed among tbe
DIED.
great Powers, yet historically it is an inPetebso!!— At the Telephone Station, Diamond Head. teresting nation. It has played no unimbeloved
wife
of
on
the
Bth
the
Inst.,
Malika,
Oabu,
portant part in the political and military
John Peterson.
Youso.—ln this city on the 26th Inst, Pete* Youmo affairs of Europe during the last six hundred
Kaeo, aged 44 yeara.
and more years. Its Museums and Picture
Galleries are among the most rich and
valuable of Europe. During the last one
Commercial & Statistical
hundred years there is one man standing
conspicuously among those aiming to adorn,
beautify, and" improve Bavaria, but especially
And Tourists' Guide,
Munich, who deserves mention. We refer
NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. to the American, Count Rumford. It surely
is not a little noteworthy and strange tbat a
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man born in a country town of old Massa|7 L'nlversslly oomaendedand endorsed by the Hswstian
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Hswstian lalanda. Contains over 760 pages; 10 Splendid found his way to Bavaria, become a high
Lithographs, pertralla of His Majesty, King Kalakaua I, and
Her Majesty, Queen Kspiolani. Map of Honolulu, full descrip- officer of the Crown, and, while thu-i honored,
tion of sll the l«l-.ii*li. with complete Guide to Tourists, Laws
should hare initiated national and city
of the Kingdom, Legends. Anecdotes, kc., ke.
tCT The Public will please take notice that the Publisherof reforms and improvements which render his
this Directory will forward Copies to tbe Untied Stiles, Ureal
Britain, aod tbe British Colonies, Pottage Paid, on receipt of name to-day as conspicuous ss that of almost
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any name in the historical annals of tbe
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THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
DIRECTORY
�94
THE KRIEND, DECEMBER,
be pleased to learn sojnething more about
Kumlord, alias Benjamin Thompson.
He was born in Woburn, Massachusetts,
in 1763. In the early stages of the revolutionary struggle he was-a strong patriot, but
subsequently changed his politics and became an officer of the British Army, with
the rank of a Major. On the surrender of
Boston he took the news to England. Subsequently hfe returned to America, but being restless returned to Europe and became
a Minister of the Bavarian Court. Under
his direction and suggestion many improvements were made in and about Munich.
Among them the old fortifications of the city
were removed, and what is now styled the
English Garden, was laid out and improved.
He removed the cemetries outside of the
city and established a Central Cemetery,
which is now much visited and admired.
His improvements extended to clothing and
feeding the army, improvintr the condition
of the poor, suggesting improvements in
cooking and actually established houses for
feeding the poor, some of which, with modifications still exist. In scientific matters he
was a second Benjamin Franklin. So much
esteemed was his memory by a late King of
Bavaria, that a public monument and siatue
have been erected in the city, the one in the
English Garden and the other in front of the
National Museum. It is not a little remarkable amid so many monuments and statues in honor of Kings, Artists and Dignitaiies of the Church, to meet with this monument and statue to a son of New England.
In consequense of political revolutions dur.
ing the wars of Napoleon when Bavaria suffered so fearfully, Count Rumford left tbe
Kingdom and returned to England, where
hs became Vice-President of the Royal Society of England, and assisted in its establishment. He published various works on
the qualities of heat, copies of which were
pointed out to us in the Royal Library of
Munich. He subsequently retired to his estate, in the neighborhood of Anteuil, in
France, where he died in 1814- We would
merely add that his title as Count was conferred by tne King of Bavaria, but instead
of attaching to his name some European
city or estate, he chose the term Kumford,
which belongs to a small villiage or country
place in New Hampshire, where, we believe,
he taught school in his youth. If we mistake not, by his will, he endowed a Professorship at Harvard University. There is
much in the life of Benjamin Thomson, both
interesting and instructive.
The week we spent in Munich was fully
Occupied, and if space allowed we should
gladly comment upon much we there met
with lo admire and study, and leaving that
region we entered the Republic of Switzerland, passing through Lindau, crossing Lake
Constance, we visited a city of that name
where Huss, the Martyr, was burnt in 1415.
Hurrying forward to Basle we visited the
celebrated Mission School, from whence
Foreign Missionaries go to India, Africa and
China. Among the photographes of missionaries who have there graduated, as we
saw them in their Museum, we were pleased
to notice that of the Rev. R. Lechler, now
•'laboring so successfully in Hongkong, Chi-
*unt
Sandwich Islands during the last few years.
Oilier missionaries have gone to Africa and
India, whose record is most praiseworthy.
From Basle we visited Zurich, Mt. Rigi,
Lucerne,
Berne, Lausanne and Geneva.
The few days spent amid the beautiful lakes
and grand mountains of Switzerland, form
a bright and charming picture on the tablet
of our memory, which we trust will never be
effaced. The weather was such as to facilitate the rambles of tourists and we do
not wonder that thousands and tens of thou-
sands of health seekers and pltasure-lovers
forsake their homes amid the crowded cities
of England and Germany, accompanied by
not a few from over the Atlantic to spend
a few weeks amid the valleys and mountains
of Switzerland. At one noted place of resort. Interlaken, we learned that at least 40,--000 would this season visit that place alone.
It is from this place of beautiful resort
among the lakes and mountains that a ride
of a couple of hours will bring the tourist to
a veritable Alpine Glacier. It wns our
privilege to visit this spot, high up amoug
the Alps, where bright,
fields are in
in close proximity to an immense glacier,
which for ages has been slowly making its
way to the valley below. The tourist could
stand and almost touch the mountain of ice
with one hand and pick flowers with the
other. A grotto has been actually cut into
the solid ice, which m»y be entered, and the
dense mass appears as clear as crystal
But we must hasten on our journey and
leavine the delightful scenes, high up among
the Alps, where Swiss peasants dwell in all
the simplicity whereof we read in books of
travels, and take a sail on the lake, about
which Byron once wrote
—
L»kf Lemitn woos me with its crystal fsce."
But we do not believe the poet had ever
'■
seen the lake under more favorable circumstances than it was our privilege to view it
on Saturday, August 14th. We spent the
previous night at Lausaune. a city rich in
its historical associations, and fully freighted
with stirring incidents in eccesiasticnl history. There it was that Calvin and Farel
took their stand for the doctrines of the Reformation, as Luther had previously done in
Germany, only they made no half way work
of breaking away trom the Romish Church.
At Lausanne noblemen in subsequent years
have lived and nobly contented for the reformed doctrines. But we were saying that
Lake Leman was wooing us, and after
viewing " Chillon," so touchingly described
by Byron in his " Prisoner of Chillon," we
embarked upon " its crystal waters," and
for several hours skirted its hilly shores,
vine-clad to their summits, and dotted with
beautiful villages-from the centre of each rose
a church spire. The smooth and glassy waters
of the lake, mirrored on the right the Jura
mountains with their " misty shroud," and
on the left '• the joyous Alps." We passed
Vevey, stepping ashore to visit some American friends, and re-embarking, we passed
Lausanne, Coppet, and other villages once
the residences ofthose renowned in history—
Gibbon, Byron, Madame dc Stael, Rousseau,
Voltaire, Calvin, D'Aubigne, and many
others whose fame has rendered the shores
of Lake Leman, renowned in historic
na, and from under whose able teaching so annals.
A Sabbath in Geneva we had been looking
many Christian Chinese have come to the
1880.
forward to with interest.
The evening
shatlows had (alien upon the city ere our
little steamer entered the harbor, but we soon
were snugly lodged in one of the numerous
hotels looking out upon the lake. It is liternlly a city of hotels, for great is the number
of summer excursionists visiting this part of
the world. We found ourselves obeying the
call of the great bell of the Cathedral on
Sabbath morning, for we were anxious to
worship in the edifice where Calvin preached
and lectured, and otherwise carried forward
the almost crushing and Herculian burden
of the Reformation. The Cathedral pulpit
is now occupied by the Protestant ministers
of the Established Church. The edifice has
been handsomely restored during later
ye. rs—of course no pictures or crucifixes are to be seen within its walls, as in all
Catholic churches. The services were conducted after the usual form of Congregational or Presbyterian order. We regret we
could not understand the sermon in French,
but were told that it was orthodox that morning, although some in the Cathedral-pulpit
are very rationalistic in their utterances.
After leaving the Cathedral, we found our
way to the American chapel, supplied by
the Rev. Dr. Stevens, of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, whose history of Methodism is so well known. His pulpit was occupied on this occasion by a young American
Baptist minister, now studying in Europe,
but pastor of the American chapel in Dresden. We do not hesitate to remark that on
this occasion the young man (the Rev. J. F.
Genug), preached a most eloquent and admirable discourse, taking for his text .the
words of the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to
the Galations : " Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by faith." We only
wish it was in our power to reproduce that
sermon in the pages of The Friend. It
was really one of the most logical expositions of the nature of the Law of God, and
especially the Mosaic Law, that we ever
listened to, showing most clearly the nature
of law as man's rule of obedience in the
early stages of man's existence ; but hew, in
Christ, law met with its highest and noblest
development. We learned that the young
man was studying to fill some professorship
in the United States, and most confidently
can we congratulate any seminary which
mny secure his services. It was exceedingly
gratifying in this old city of Geneva, so intimately associated with Calvin's teaching,
to hear a pure gospel so ably set forth and
defended by a young theologian from our
native land. It is common, in some quarters,
to utter remarks depreciating the doctrines of
the Bible as explained by Calvin, but let no
one imagine that C'alvanism in a modified
form has died out of the Church of Christ.
Some may criticise the rhetoric, but still
there is a grand fundamental truth underlying the following utterance of the Rev.
Joseph Cook, the celebrated lecturer of
Boston : " Plymouth Rock is a piece of
granite broken off the Alps at Geneva.
When were they thrown up? There was
an hour on Calvary when the sun muffled
his face at noon, and the rocks were rent,
and then were thrown up the Alps, off which
Plymouth Rock was broken."
Paris, France, August 25, 1860.
�TBE FRIEND, DECEMBER,
APVBSTI3BMBWTS.
Places of Worship.
Seamen's Bkthki.—Rev. 8. C. Dumon. Chaplain,
ONFKCIIONERV. BY P. McINBKNV.
71, l'..rt etreat,above Hotel atraet.
King street, near tbe Ballon' Home. Preaching
Constantly
on hand, an assortment of the ne.t French and
at 11 A.M. Seats free. Salibatb School before tbe CHlitornlanCandiea, made hy tbe heat confectioner*. In tba
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday world, and theae he oilers for aaie at Trade or Retail Prices.
iy
evenings at 7-J o'clock.
Fort Street Chcbch—Rev. W. Frear. Pastor,
c a IRWIN fc CO..
«mr
corner ol Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching
on Sundays at 11 a. M. and 7J p. M. Sabbath
Gbmmt.i-u.on Merchants,
School at 10 a. M.
Planutlon and Ineurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I.
Parker.
Pastor,
Kawaiaiiau Church—Rev. H. H.
W
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King street, above the Pahice. Services in Ha(Suoceaon to 0. I*. Richard, k Co.)
waiian every Sunday ut 11a.m. Sabtmth school
at 10 A. M. "Kvvning services at 74 o'clock, alter- Ship Chandlersand General Commission Mernating with Katimakapili. District meetings in
chants.
various chapels at 3.30 r. \i. Prayer meeting
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Island..
every Wednesday at 7J P. M.
Chuuch—Under the charge of Agents Paulo* Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Laices,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Muigret, assisted by Rev. Father
A*a*a Ferry Dnvia* Pali. Killer.
Hermann ; Fmt street, near Beretania. Services
TO
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every Sunday at 10 a. M. and t i'. M.
Kaumakapii.i Church—Rev. M. Knaea. Pastor.
Auction and Commission Merchant,
Beretania street, near Nimaiin. Services in HaFire-Proof Store, in Ruhinaon's Building, Queen Street.
waiian eveiy Sunday at ln£ a. m. Sabbath achnul
at lit) a. M. Evening Bervices at 7£ u'clock. alterHOFFMANN, M
D.,
nating with Kawaiahao. Prayer meeting every
.
Wednesday al "I, r. M.
Physician and Surgeon,
The Amji.ican Churcu—Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Al- Corner Merchantand Kaahumanu Streets, near tbe Post Office
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Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary ■ EWERS fc DICKSON.
Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel.
Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials,
English services on Sundays at lIJ and 11 a. m.. and
Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I.
and 7$ r. \t. Sunday School at tbe Clergy
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REGULAR PORTLAND LINK OT
Kngland
tf
NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS.
DILLINGHAM & CO.,
No. 37 Fort Street,
KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
Goods Suitable for Trade.
MASTERS VISITING THIS POET
daring the tut Six Yeara can tMtifjr Irom personal
SHIP
of
perience that tbe underlined keep the beat
aaaortmant
GOODS FOR. TRADE
And Sell Cheaper than any other House in the
Kingdom.
DILLINGHAM k CO.
TREGLOAN'H
NEW
TONTINE
INVESTMENT
POLICIES.
BEING PRACTICALLY
Merchant Tailoring
ESTABLISHMENT,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streeti.
CALL. TH B ATTENTION arlb* Clllftu
ofOahusnd the other Ulan-la to tba hot that I aara
OPENED a large
I
First-Class Establishment.
W here Gentlemen can Und a
An Endowment Policy Well-selected Stock of Goods,
ears,
AT TBE
USUAL LIFE RATES.
—
New lark,
in nu aairra i«
Ba.oa,
Parle.
—
Aa.ekl.aa4.
TBE ORIENTAL BANK. CORPORATION, LONDON,
-iidtiiik BaaaovMii
H-»M(ls*a(,
SjSmrj. aw)
aa to aty le, and adapted
to thia climate.
Having had an exteneiv-- experience In connection with
tome of the largest importing houiee in New York awl Philadelphia, I can assure my -L-uaioaiera that they will not only
Choaen with great
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, BAN FRANCISCO,
ALLEN HERBERT, PROPRIETOR,
ALU THE MODERN IMPROVE-
Company,
Company,
The Kohala Sugar Company,
The Haiku SugarCompany,
The Hamakua Sugar Company,
The Walatua Sugar Plantation,
Th- Wheeler fc Wilaon Sewing Machine Company,
Dr. Jayne A Bona Celebrated Family Medicine*,
ISSUES
HONOLULU,
a ftrat-slaaa Halal.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE!
ONLY~COMPANY
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
DRAW KXCHANSI ON
ments requisite for carrj lug on
IMPORTERS AND DEALERSIM
ex-
11. II ACKFKLD fc CO.,
General Agents.
C. O. KKKGER,
Special Agent for the Hawaiian laland..
BISHOP fc 00., BANKERS,
HAS
CASTLE & COOKE
••
Whitney),
Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books,
PUBLISHERS
BOOK,
ED. DUNSCOMBE,
Manager.
Honolulu, January 1,1876.
OF READING MATTER—OF
Commission and Shipping Merchants,
Honolulu, Oanu. 11. I.
HOME!
"^J.
Papers and Magaiinea, back numbers—put up to order at
reduced rates for parties going to sea.
ly
CO..
|OHN S. MeGREW, M.
Late Surgeon U. S. Army,
SAILORS'
.
*
Itv
AM> I'll I vkm*: LKSSOMS.
ENGLISH
Rev. A. W. Looraia. Published by American Tract
95
1 880-.
—
Melk.»rae.
And TraaMOt a GeneralDisking Bnainaaa.
»Pl» M
secure ths
Very Best Materials
but will also obtain at my place
The BEBT FITTINC
CARMENTS
that can ba turned oat ot any establishment In
th* ICaatern cilice.
English Hunting Pantaloons!
LADIES'
RIDING HABITB
MADE A SPECIALITY.
Children's Suits, in Eaitem Style*.
W.
TBEOLOAN, Bia.Hla.
�YMoeunnH
'gsAChoricatf onolulu.
L
Pure religion and undeftted before Ood, the Father, is this:
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the worim
A note irom the Harlem,WTf., branch of
THIS PACK IM
Young men, what are you going to do
by about theee crowds of your fellows coining into the Y. M. 0. A., says, that a reading-room ia to
the
the country? The steamer of the last of the be opened there, and asks for a copy of
The Y. M. C. A. meets the third Thurs- month brought n large number—some for busi- Frifnd. A reading-room at that point will have
day of every month, at the Lyceum, for ness, some for travel, and not a few persons to a broad field Tor usefulness, especially on Sunbusiness and discussion. All interested in
on days, when' that suburb is thronged with
come, looking for
Y. M. C. A. work are cordially invited to settle. Theyin stores, as graziers. employment
Most of them pleasure-seekers from the near city. Some who
plantations,
attend.
hand,
bad
the
other
their
inclinations would otherwise be at bout and other races may
;
oo
List or Orricsis sun Stakdiko Committees or the are not
their Sunday afternoon
Y. M. C. A.
are
to do well, to be honest, to establish a place be induced to spond
Preeident. Dr. J. M. Whltnejr ; Vice President, E. C.
rather
than
on
the
river bank, or. in sotno
there,
Damon; Secretary, W. A. Kinney ; Treasurer, c. A. for themselves in a new country which they might beer garden. The Friend wilf be sent.
Petereon.
not obtain in an old. They need, and will reHeading Boom Committor -E. Dunacombe.
Editor—Wm. R. Castle, Editor of the Bth page of The ceive kindly, pleasant suggestions, invitations, to
|y Mr. Joseph Cook, the Boston lecturer,
Friend tor this quarter.
Chineee Mission Committee—Rev. 8. C. Damon, H. places of reputable resort, to church, into society. was tendered a reception by tho Y. M. C. A. in
Waterhouae, J. B. Atherton, Rev. ('. M. Hyde.
Entertainment Committee—William O. Smith, T. H. Are we doing what we ought in this behalf? London. The occasion was marked by the atDavlea.
men from many
Employment Committee—B. B. Dole. E. Dunscombe, Can we not do more—do it better, and with tendance ol representative
Cook delivered
Mr.
branches
work.
of
Christian
B. F. Dillingham
energy ?
Committee to Visit the Hospital and Prison—G. C. whole-souled
a oourse of lectures in England and Scotland,
Laea, E. Deropale, W. W. Hall, Dr. Y. M. Hyde.
Committee of Early Meeting at Fort-street Church—Dr.
■jyThe Y. M. C. A. " Monthly Notes " is which was attended by large numbers who were
J. M. Whitney, O. C. Lees.
deeply interested and attracted hy the words and
the title ola monthly publication of the asso- arguments of the tlmughtlul Bustonian. Cali(it-eat
usidd
from
much
in- fornia might learn a lessuu in manners Irom this
Britain,
A Convention of the College Young Men's ciations of
Christian Association of the United States was teresting information regarding the various asso- English reception.
held in October this year at New Brunswick, N ciations and their work, it contains an exceedThe Young Men's Christian Association of
Y. Tbe special object ol tbe meeting, which was ingly interesting series of Bible studies. Pro- Now South Wales has recently established a
in session lour days, was to consider the relations bably at no time has the Bible been tbe object of
journal, which indicates active work in that
of tbose bodies to tba foreign missionary work. so much intelligent and earnest study as to-day, quarter of the world. In an item speaking of
The results obtained are most important and in- and anything throwing light on the subjeot will what others say of them, it says:—"People
hope
spiring. Btit an extract from the report will be be read with interest. The Bible is a wonderful generally are speaking well of itus—we
do to have
nothing wrong." How would
of most interest to readers : " As a result of the book! Some of the very arguments used by is
some one speak well of us.
proceedings an Inter-Seminary Missionary Alli- jesters and unbelievers, to the intelligent people
advent
of
ance waa formed, committees were ohosen to epoak most strongly in its I'avur. The
The most pressing need of the age is a
with
intense
will
and
another
Convention
revised
Bible
be
watched
work,
tbe
carry forward tbe
multiplication of grand and holy men—not lopwas appointed to meet in Allegheny city, Pa., in interest.
sided and skeleton professors, but men developed
on all sides' ef their character ; men whose pesOctober, 1881. Ths influences of thia moveof
jy This little page is read by members
sions are regulated by reason, whose reason is
There
will
be
over-estimated.
ment cannot
associations in inaDj parts of the world. Now, influenced by oonsoiencs, and whose conscience
doubtless be such a turning to mission fields as brothers in other lands, when you know or hear is governed by supreme love to God.
bas not been witnessed sine; tbe days of the
of young people coming to Honolulu or other
apostles, aod those men wbo do not go will have parts of the Hawaiian Islands, will you not make The Chincese Church.—The congregation for
whioh the Chinese Church has been erected was ormissionary churches at home. Two hundred and
it a special point to furnish such young people ganised at tbe time of ths meeting of tbe Hawaiian
seminaries
the
in
students
from
thirty-two
fifty
with letters to the president or other officers of Evangelical Alliance two yeara ago on an application
United States and Canada! These are pioked tbe Honolulu Y. M* C. A ? For the present from thirty seven Chrislisn
Chinese who presented
men from a band of three thousand students in year, ending in April, 1881, Dr. J. M. Whitney their disroissory papers, shewing them lo have been
Churches
one hundred seminaries, who represent tbe high- is the president, and he will give thetu all a most members of Congregational or Presbyteriannumber
of
io other oountrirs Since that time the
est intellectual and spiritual culture. Tbe memsee
that
are
introduced
and beinortssed,
they
members his somewhat
hearty welcome, and
Cbureb
bers of that Convention will preach during their to Christian brothers, and into good associations. sides a body of between forty and fifty in Honolulu
there are a number scattered through the Islands.
ministerial careers in at least 2,000 churches to Do not lorget this.
That tbsy already possess a building like that now so
half a million of people. Only eternity can
nearly oompleted is in a great measure due lo the
reveal tbe influence tbey will exert in behalf ol
The September number of the "Monthly liberality, and seal in tbeir bsiialf, of Mr. J. T.
missions.
Notes '' contains/! fine diagram of Exeter Hall, in Waterhou-e, wh beaded a subscription list with
The following note, taken from the Montreal London, with tbe proposed changes to adapt it for $500, and promised a like sum in addition for every
the members of the Church raised among
Y. M. C. A.'s publication is so good in its sugges- the use of religious societies—and particularly for 91.000
themselves. Tbey have isslously helped themselves
here,
that it is inserted the Young
tions, and applies so well
Men's Christian Association. It will and bays consequently foond others resdy to help
in lull :—"To members How many young men be provided withjleolure and class rooms, parlor, them. The lot upon whioh the new tiuilding is
ereoted was purobased for $4,600, and the ohurcli
bave you influenced to become members of the dining and coffee rooms, besides other con- itself
has cost about 96,700. In order that ths proMsny
tbis
removals
year?
association during
perty may be legally held hy aod secured to lbs
veniences.
congregation in perpetuity for the purposes to wbieh
from tbe city, on account of business changes,
Rev. Dr. (this means Father) Damon it is about to be oooseorattd, the congregation has
have taken place, whioh has .effected our
home from his extended tour by the been incorporated Tbe board of Trustees oonrists
strength numerically. II each member, however, returned
members, hslf of whom ars Chinese. The
steamer of Sunday, the 28th ultimo. Everyone of ten
a
were only to take this matter to heart, much will rejoioe to see his familiar face, and hear tbe organisation of ihe Cbureb is ocmplete*. Tbey have
larger accession would be made monthly than is well-known hearty tone of his kind voioe. Our tbeir own pastor, Mr. Sit Moon, tbeir own deacons
aod tbeir own oonfsssion of Faith whioh Is based
now recorded, and thus the usefulness of the association will welcome his return with tbe upon that of the Presbyterian Cburoh.—P. C. A.
heartiest
satisfaction.
At
tbis
association increased.
season especially,
We are happy to welcome home from
when many strangers are coming to the city, let
Two editions of the revised translation of
The
committee
their
travel. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Damon.
European
members
be
on
tbe
alert.
our
Testament will be published during tbe
bave provided books containing ■proposition tbe New
bave visited tbe several fatherlands under
Tbey
the
Oxford tbe happiest auspice*; and tbey return wilb
blanks' which oan be obtained from She Fall, In England. The one from
by the revisers, greatly improved bealtb, and laden with treasures
secretary. Call and gat one, and see bow many press, will be the text adopted
tbe
derived from pleasant observation, to a wide
names you can send for next month. The mem- wbile the other from Cambridge, will begivingcomthe circle ; as wit|e as tbe Arcbipelafo, of warmly
foot-notes
bership fee is only fI.OO, wbicb is within tbe monly received text,thewith
revisers.
attached friends.—P. C, A.
changes adopted by
reach of all."
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