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Book Notices
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One Phase of Hawaiian History.
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GREETINGS.
The Friend tenders to its readers and
patrons the felicitations of the New Year.
May it be one of peace and hopeful endeavor, and growing righteousness in
our own souls and in all the land. For
ourselves, we desire to make this new
and forty-sixth volume of the Friend
one that shall be in keeping with its
honored past, while filling worthily its
province in the present time. We hope
to make it readable, inspiriting, and of
value for permanent record. And we
desire that its voice shall always answer
in clear tone to the call of duty and
right.
SANTA CLAUS.
Dear old Grand-pa Santa Claus has
just been exceedingly busy among his
very numerous little friends in Honolulu.
We do not believe anybody could do
away with his services here if they
wanted to. He came down in great
force at the Central Union Sabbath
School on the evening of the 23d, in all
his glory of full and snowy beard, with
several sleigh loads of gifts. No Bostonian doubts about his goodness and
virtues have ever troubled these parts.
With Phillips Brooks, we agree that we
"never met a man who became a liar or
a reprobate by believing in Santa Claus
when a child."
REACTIONARY EFFORTS.
A more or less determined effort has
been in progress since our last issue to
replace the direction of the government
hands of the King, from whom it
taken away by the political revolu-
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JANUARY, 1888.
tion of last July. So far the reactionists
have not ventured to appeal to force,
although their native papers have virulently threatened it. It is quite well
understood that any such intentions
have already encountered very discouraging intimations. The attitude of the
Foreign Commissioners, and the presence of one British and three American ships of war are not favorable
to that kind of demonstrations, even if
there were any formidable class in the
community disposed to support the
King's pretentions. No fact has been
more patent to all classes of intelligent
men than that the King's mental and
moral condition had become such as
thoroughly to incapacitate him for exercising any sort of direction or control in
the government of the nation. We
desire to speak of this compassionately,
as we deeply feel, but no clearer evidence of a thorough mental and moral
disarrangement is needed than the well
known occurrences a year ago of the
King's soliciting and receiving a bribe
of 575,000, and then recklessly and
cheerfully repudiating his bargain while
retaining the money. And this is only
one of a large variety of acts enforcing
the same conclusion of incapacity and a
degree of irresponsibility. A civilized,
progressive, and law-abiding community
were compelled to secure for themselves
orderly and responsible government,
doing it with a moderation and kindness
towards the offending monarch which
many are now tempted to feel was unwise.
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that, however important, these measures
should have met with the strenuous
opposition of individuals. 'They may
have been in the right, and the Friend
has no issue with them. What does
seem a ground of regret is, that any of
the minority should have refused to let
the will of the majority decide these
questions, and should have invoked the
interposition ofthe will of the disordered
and incapacitated King. We can respect
fair and honest fighting; but what are
we to think of a party which will unlock
Bedlam for recruits ?
We congratulate the country, and we
honor the Legislature for their very
marked attitude of firmness and union
in condemnation of these reactionary
attempts. Their union has been more
marked, and their majorities more overwhelming as the weeks have gone on,
and the members have returned from
their recess, and faltering minds have
been fortified by intercourse with their
constituents. While it is true that
" revolutions never go backward," yet
there are often disastrous reactions in
the advancing tide. It is becoming
more and more apparent that no such
reaction is likely to prevail at this time,
but that the cause of Responsible Government is to go forward uninterruptedly. It should be, and we believe
will be, the earnest and confiding prayer
of devout souls, that God may give prosperity and success to the cause of good
government in Hawaii, and that He will
over-rule all hostile influences and attempts to the clearer disclosure of the
During the session ofthe Legislature, true character of evil elements, and to
now of nearly two months' continuance, the uniting and encouraging of all good
differences of sentiment arose on various elements in society.
questions, as was to be expected, and as
As intimated above, the undisguised
is not undesirable. The body itself is
to restor.e the King's power have
appeals
and
sencomposed of a rarely patriotic
been
to a certain class of native
confined
sible class of men, more truly reprethe
two leading ones continnewspapers,
than
has
sentative of the whole people
staunch
of Reform. It is
uing
supporters
measassembled.
their
All
before been
ures have been passed by very large evident, however, that a not inconsideramajorities. Many of these were deemed ble element among Hawaiians favor
essential to the proper working of the reaction, and we wish to name some of
government, and the others of imme- the considerations acting upon the
diate importance to the welfare of the Hawaiian mind in this matter. A leadpeople. It is not matter of complaint ing one is the jealous apprehension that
�the whites, who are the leaders in the
Reform movement, will appropriate all
the powers of government to themselves.
Another is the glamour of Royalty, and
worship of its divinity which is profoundly and inseparably entwined in Hawaiian
souls, and which even bias the thoughts
of cultivated white men and women
born and educated here. Still another
is superstitious fear of the baleful powers
of Royalty to bewitch and destroy, which
is the wretched heritage of Hawaiians
from their heathen past. All these
means of influencing the native mind
with many others have been plied to the
utmost during the past weeks. Yet we
believe that the great body of intelligent
Hawaiians feel that the Legislature is
composed mainly of men in earnest
sympathy with them and sensitive to
their rights and claims. We trust that
the outcome of all will increase and not
impair the mutual confidence of the two
races.
We are most thankful to add, as we
go to press, that the contest has happily
ended by the complete surrender of the
King to the demands ofthe Legislature.
This good result is due to the firm and
resolute course of the latter, and to their
clear apprehension of the fundamental
issue presented. The dignified and determined attitude of the Legislature and
Cabinet, persisting to success, adds a
lustre to Hawaiian history, hitherto
lacking, and which proves no deterioration of nerve and fibre on these tropic
shores. The great party of Responsible
Government comes out of the contest
stronger, more united, and greatly enlightened by the experience. We congratulate the community and the nation
upon the bright and assured prospects
for the public welfare with which, under
God's favor, we are entering upon the
New Year. May the men of Hawaii
fill the year with work worthy of their
noble opportunities.
BOOK NOTICES.
Candalaria —A heroine of the wild
West: by Mrs. T. A. Owen. London :
Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 244.
The author will be recognized as a
former highly esteemed resident of Honolulu, whose " Our Honolulu Boys"
gave much satisfaction. "Candalaria"
is a good Sunday school book, full of
Colorado scenes and sketches, and of
sweet and spiritual tone.
He Buke no ke Ola Kino, no 11a Kamalii (Child's Physiology).
This little school book is translated
[Janury, 1888.
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into Hawaiian by Prof. W. D. Alexander,
with some changes. A chapter is added
on the pernicious effects of awa, the
great narcotic of Oceanica. The whole
is published under the auspices of the
W. C. T. Union, with the especial purpose of informing Hawaiian youth about
the evil effects of intoxicants.
Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for
jBSB. The fourteenth issue of this compendium of island information comes
freighted more than ever with valuable
tables and articles for convenient reference. The compiler, Mr. T. G. Thrum,
has utilized in a concise form, the important events of the past year in his retrospect, and has brought down to date,
a chronological table of Hawaiian events
from the Annual of 1876. Dr. Hyde's
contribution on " Hawaiian Words for
Sounds," Mr. E. Bailey's article on the
"Flora and Fauna of the Hawaiian Islands," and the historic legend of " Umi,
his birth and reign," give varied research
in Hawaiian lore. The New Constitution, the Resolutions of the Mass Meeting of June 30th, with the King's reply,
are of special interest to readers here
and inquirers abroad. Besides are copious statistical tables and lists on, one
would think, all possible subjects of political, scientific, mercantile or economic
interest concerning this group. 'The
fourteen numbers of Thrum's Annual
constitute a species of Encyclopaedia
of information about the Hawaiian
Islands.
REV.
JAMES WILLIAM
SMITH,
M. D.
Hardly any man has passed from
among us for many years, who more
completely than Dr. Smith, had earned
by character, position and labors, the
name of a Missionary Father.
Dr. Smith was born at Stamford,
Connecticut, July 8, 1810. Graduating
from the New York College, he practised medicine five years until 1842,
when he sailed for these Islands with
his wife as a missionary physician under
the A. B. C. F. M., coming with the
Rowells by the well-worn route around
Cape Horn. They were early stationed
at Koloa, Kauai, which became their
life home. As the only physician upon
that island, his medical labors were
Kiduous. He was, during his years of
strength, subject to frequent and sudden
calls to rapid rides to Hanalci forty
miles in one direction, and to Waimea
twelve miles in the other. Our missionary physicians in the old days had
to be active horsemen, and to own good
horses.
Dr. Smith labored much also in
spiritual things, and after some years
was ordained to the missionary pastorate
in the Koloa field. This special office
he resigned in later years to a native
successor, but continued active in spiritual labors, extending a supervisory and
supporting influence more and more
among the native pastors of the Kauai
churches. In time Dr. Smith became
the sole survivor of the missionary
fathers on that island. By means of
many sources of influence, chief among
which was his own eminence of Christian wisdom and love, he secured a
powerful ascendency among the Hawaiian pastors, who came to accept his
direction and even control, to a degree
unequalled in any other part of the
Island mission field. One element contributing to this was the high esteem in
which Dr. Smith was held by the white
planters and ranch-owners, who had
much power among the people. F"or
the last few years, however, his failing
strength and increasing sicknesses had
greatly limited his ability to extend his
welcome aid to the weak native churches.
He wrought, however, to the last, only
two weeks before his death having conducted the two Sabbath services of the
day at Koloa.
Dr. Smith was one of refined and benignant aspect, conveying the impression of practical wisdom, gentle firmness, and sweet and dignified devoutness, a saintly and lovely man to whom
one heartily rendered the tribute of
veneration as a true Missionary leather.
He has passed from us in the ripeness
of his years and labors, leaving his
honored widow with her three sons and
four daughters, and many grandchildren,
to whom his will be a revered and sacred
memory, while the thought of the noble
stock from which they have sprung will
abide with them as a guardian benison.
The funeral services took place on
Thursday, December ist. A discourse
was preached by Rev. H. Isenberg from
Revelations 2:10: "Be thou faithful unto
death and I will give thee a crown of
life."
ONE PHASE OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY.
(Concluded.)
There was in all these years a strict
tabu upon selling or giving liquor to a
native Hawaiian. The first article of
the law of 1850, and which continued in
force till it was superseded in 1882 by
our present liquor law, read as follows:
" Whoever shall sell, give, purchase, or
procure for, and in behalf of any native
of this kingdom, or for his use, any
spirituous liquor or other intoxicating
drink or substance, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars;
and in default of the payment of such
fine, by imprisonment at hard labor for
a term not exceeding two years." The
Minister of the Interior was allowed to
grant licenses to retail liquor, but only in
Honolulu.
Vox several years we hear of little
temperance agitation till in July, 1859,
a new society, modelled after one existing in California called the " Dashaways " was organized. The peculiarity
of their pledge was that they only promised to abstain from thinking spirits,
and that for a definite time. 'They pur-
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posed to dash a-tcay the cup, and to
sustain each other in doing so; and
seem to have at once dashed into a
needed existence after five years of the
almost unrebuked reign of intemperance
here. It doubtless helped some men to
reform. But after some two years, it
dashed out of existence as suddenly as
it came, and we hear of it no more.
F'rom that time for twenty years, until
the year 1881, there is no record of any
organized effort to promote temperance
reform in the country. Except in Honolulu, the islands were under practical
prohibition. It was very difficult for
the natives anywhere to obtain liquor,
and there was little drunkenness among
them. At the same time, except among
a limited number, there was little public
sentiment in favor of total abstinence.
The attention ofthe community had not
been aroused to the subject, and wine
was much more freely used in many
Christian families than it can ever be
again.
Meantime a great revival of temperance had taken place in the United
States. The wonderful Woman's Crusade had solidified into a national organization, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and its influence was
being felt among all classes and in all
parts of the country.
It seemed therefore, to the friends of
temperance that some more aggressive
step ought to be taken in this little
country. At the same time, in a community so small and already supporting
so many societies, it appeared unwise
to endeavor to organize any general
temperance association. At length a
somewhat anomalous scheme was devised, but one which, for the time, served
an admirable purpose and accomplished
a work which has blessed the whole
community. This was to have a large
committee of Christian men and women
interested in temperance which, while
they should not hold stated meetings,
should, at any time, convene at the call
of the chairman. In April, 1881, an
informal meeting, to consider the matter,
was held in the Lyceum, which resulted
in the organization known as the " Committee of Twenty-one."
Prom this
number various sub-committees were
appointed with power to add to their
number from others not included in the
general committee. Dr.. C. M. Hyde
was chairman ofthe committee through
its whole existence. Their object was
to conduct public temperance meetings,
solicit signatures to the pledge, obtain
statistics and other information for publication, work among the young, and
endeavor to enforce more perfectly existing laws relating to the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating drinks.
A series of interesting public meetings
was sustained for several months, supported mainly by home talent, which
were very effective in arousing public
interest. In August, 1881, Mr. M. L.
Hallenbeck came from San FYancisco,
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Honolulu. Drunken natives are
daily seen upon our streets. The records of the police courts show their
frequent arrests. This in connection
with the now recently passed opium
law, is debauching and destroying the
native as rapidly as Satan himself could
wish. liven so conservative a body as
the Planters, in their recent convention,
at the invitation of the committee, to in
hold a series of Gospel Temperance
meetings. These meetings soon developed into distinctively evangelistic services, and their blessed results are too
fresh in the minds of most of us to need
any rehearsal here. Not a few before
me look back upon them as the means
of their temporal and eternal salvation,
and the whole Christian community received an impetus which has never been
lost.
Two years later this committee united
with the Y. M. C. A. in calling Mrs.
Mary Clement Leavitt to visit Honolulu
in the interests of Temperance. In
November, ISB4, she arrived and held a
series of meetings, of which the chairman, in a farewell note, said: "We
wish to express to you our great gratification and satisfaction with the style
and results of the good work you have
done here. The whole community has
been most favorably impressed by the
calm, dignified and kindly tone in which
you have presented the unanswerable
arguments of undeniable facts in favor
of total abstinence for the individual,
and legal prohibition by the Government, as the only adequate remedy for
the evils arising from the use of alcoholic beverages."
This Union is one of the results of
her mission. Shortly after its organization the Committee of Twenty-one was,
by mutual consent, disorganized and its
archives passed over to the W. C. T. U.
as to its natural successor."
In 1882 the law—prohibitory, as
affecting Hawaiians—which had practically been in force for sixty years,
under which the Hawaiian nation had
passed from infancy to manhood, was
repealed, against the protests and petitions of thousands of our best citizens,
we might almost say of all who had the
real interests of the nation at heart.
Let it be remembered that this law was
not forced upon the natives by foreigners, nor by any foreign power, but
was first devised by the chiefs under
the regency of Kaahumanu and repeatedly re-enacted in different forms under
many subsequent administrations. And
this, too, against the continual opposition of individuals and nations whose
claims to superior civilization might well
be questioned. We cannot too much
admire the wise firmness shown by the
chiefs and people in thus persistently
standing for the right.
In its place the liquor law of 1882
was passed, allowing the Minister ofthe
Interior to grant licenses to sell liquors
to any one in Honolulu or elsewhere
having a license to sell other goods. Its
results are too well known. The importation of liquors has increased from
100,000 to 300,000 gallons annually.
Against the wishes and protests of all
the best residents, saloons have been
licensed and are in full operation in
nearly every town in the country.
Liquor stores have more than doubled
"
report:
" The licensing of the sale of opium,
and the retail liquor shops established
in several of the country districts has
proved detrimental to the planting interests as well as to the general well
being of the laboring people.
" Agents of the so-called opium company have traveled throughout the group,
visiting every plantation, village and
hamlet, carrying the deadly and de-
moralizing drug.
"Evil only has resulted
crease
liquor."
from
the in-
of establishments for selling
I hope that the very apparent conclusion is evident to all, that in this
country, as in greater ones, all attempts
to " regulate this irregularity " to legalize this law-breaker, to license the sale
of this soul-destroyer, to make respectable this traffic which Satan instituted,
and which is still his pet abomination,
is worse than useless. The only objection to the former law was that only
the natives shared in its blessings. Let
us of the fairer race also claim our share.
Let us ask for ourselves and our families
the same protection. Let us understand
and proclaim in no uncertain manner
that we of little Hawaii-nei in unison
with the true patriots of all lands, demand of our law-makers no half measures, no partnership in the iniquity for
our Government; but immediate, absolute, unconditional Prohibition !
Mary S. Whitney.
PECULIARITIES OF LAW CASES
IN HAWAII.
the
favor
of Justice L. McCully of
By
we print the followCourt
the Supreme
ing extracts from a paper read before
the Social Science Club, Nov. 28, 1887.
They especially illustrate many peculiarities in the mixed social structure of this
country.
A new volume of Hawaiian Reports
of Supreme Court decisions came out
October 22, 1887. It is the fifth of our
series. Vol. 1., a thin book of 310 pages,
contains reports of some of the judgments and decisions of the Courts of
Record for the ten years prior to 1856.
The year 1846 carries us back to the
beginning of civilized jurisprudence in
this Kingdom. Vol. 11. reports the
Supreme Court from 1857 to 1865; Vol.
111., 1866 to 1877; Vol. IV., 1878 to
1883; Vol. Y. comprises the decisions of
the court in banco from July, 1883, to
October, 1886, with an appendix containing sundry cases not in this period
and not previously published. The com-
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pilation has been made by William
Foster, Esq., Clerk of .the Supreme
Court. It bears, throughout, evidences of
the systematic and librarian habit of the
compiler. The whole style of the volume
will bear favorable comparison with the
work of Little, Brown & Co.
This paper will notice in an entirely
desultory way some of the indications
and suggestions which this book affords
of the state of society, business, and
litigation in this country.
Of the sixteen Crown cases in which
exceptions have been taken which have
brought them up from a jury or lower
court before the Supreme Court, nine
indicate, by their names, Chinese deFive are Hawaiian, one
fendants.
American, and one Norwegian, showing
a country of mixed nationalities, with a
large quota of Chinamen.
The first indexed Chinese case arises
from a lottery. It discloses an elaborate
system for concealing the operations of
the defendants. It indicates what we
know otherwise, that the Chinaman has
brought here this one of his national
vices, that there are large companies
working daily drawings or coincidences
of tickets, in which the poorest may invest and lose their wages.
The next is a case of perjury. But
who is to know what perjury is committed under the impenetrable monosyllabic
language, whose tones are so familiar to
us, whose words so unknown? We do
not in our courts undertake to question
the Chinese witness if he believes in
God, or in a future state of retribution.
We do not swear him by any mode peculiar to his own country. We take his
testimony in his own language unless
he is an old resident who speaks intelligible Hawaiian, or more rarely, linglish.
The court or jury must balance contradictions in testimony, and circumstances,
and arrive at its conclusion not always
satisfactory.
I question if practically
we suffer as grave consequences from
our presumed perjuries as we might
fear. Those consequences are for the
most part confined to the Chinese.
There may be those who are outside of
prison through perjury, probably not
many who are in prison by it.
Three cases relate to opium. The inferior courts try a multitude of opium
cases. One of these reported decisions
of the Supreme Court gave rise to the
enactment of a statute in the session of
1866 providing that Custom House ofricers may search domestic ships and
freight on the wharf suspected of con-
taining contraband or dutiable goods.
In the case of Chuck Hoon the filial
piety of this race is seen. Twenty dollars had been delivered to him to be conveyed to the donor's mother in China.
He did not deliver it to the mother, and
returning here, he refused to return it to
the sender. It was claimed that the
act of the embezzlement must have been
committed in China, but the court held
that he could likewise be tried here.
Chinese Civil business. Chinese names
appear on one or both sides of a good
proportion of the civil cases reported in
the book. In two bankrupt cases we
find rice plantations, and a foreigner
the assignee of bankrupt Chinamen.
Another feature is the number of partners. In a case now pending there are
thirteen partners. They call themselves
a company and take a company name.
These partnerships become unwieldy.
They possess many of the characteristics
of corporations, such as permitting partners to sell their interests, and accepting
the buyer into the firm. I do not intend
to make a special case against the Chinese for eminence in fraudulent bankruptcy, but it may be concluded that
they have little to learn of it from others.
Water rights cases. It appears that
this is a country where cultivation
greatly depends upon irrigation, and the
rights of water depend, for the most
part, on allotments made in ancient
times, which are now to be fitted to the
demands for the cultivation of sugar and
rice, in addition to the Hawaiian taro.
It appears that the three water commissioners of each district cannot award
damages for the wrongful diversion of
water, but they may make orders for the
future, such as the removal of dams, the
shutting off of ditches, etc.
In one of the cases, David t». Afong,
the court, for the first time in this country, has occasion to adopt the principle
of law which distinguishes the rights in
water flowing visibly above ground, and
that which courses in subterranean and
unknown channels. A. may bore a well
which shall cut off or draw off the supply
from his neighbor B.s well, and B.
But this
would be without remedy.
does not apply to the case of A. making
his well the receptacle of nuisances or
poisons contaminating the water of B.
He may take away B.s water, but he
may not spoil it.
This case of Davis v. Afong was one
of taro vs. rice, of the old Hawaiian
rights vs. Chinese industry and enterprise.
Another case, between Loo Chit Sam
et al and Wong Kirn, discloses the difficulty in deciding satisfactorily and exactly by the evidence offered. The contention in this case is whether or not the
defendant had enlarged the boundaries
of ancient taro land which would be presumed to have ancient water rights, and
taken in what of old had been kula. or
dry, unirrigated land, for all of which he
claimed water. Two of the judges visited the premises, they being within
three miles of town. After inspection
the conclusion of the Court was that it
could give no reason for sustaining a
different decision from that made by the
Commissioners. Reasons for the uncertainties of evidence were stated thus:
Previous to the cultivation of rice, which
may be said to have commenced since
the reciprocity treaty of 1876, the area
of taro culture had greatly diminished.
[January, 1888.
Taro patches were allowed to go dry,
and even be used for grazing as if kula
land. So the testimony tends to make
them kula. The great demand for rice
land brought the disused taro patches
into requisition because water right
attached to them. The enterprising
Celestial pares the kuaunas or division
banks to the thinnest, or cuts them
away altogether. He cuts into the dry
land and creates new patches. The
identifying features of the place are obliterated.
Again, not every taro patch had a
good supply of water every year. The
advancing desiccation of the country
must also be considered.
The Water Commissioners are also
Commissioners of Rights of Way. The
change from the mode of aboriginal
times to civilization sometimes appears
in these cases. F"ootpaths served the
old Hawaiian. After roads and streets
are made, there are yet house lots in the
interior of blocks and patches and building sites, only accessible by a track
along a kuauita. This comes to be insufficient, or is cut off. The tendency
is to enlarge the footpath to a hand-cart
track, then to a carriage road. In Achi
v. Poni, there was no access to a lot in
Honolulu but by boat per the river.
The Court had to carve out a way along
a stone wall and through an out-house
to give the tenant access, then to a lane
so narrow and crooked that a coffin
could not be well carried out through it.
Another kind of commission dealing
with a unique and peculiar business is
the Commissioner of Boundaries. These
cases carry us back to the time when
the surveyor had not been abroad with
his compass and chain. All the lands
of the kingdom were once held by lines
depending on tradition, and when in
1848, and thereafter, titles were given
by the King to those holding by ancient
right, nothing else was possible in the
majority of cases but to grant the land
by its name. To this day there are
tracts of land of which no survey has
been made and boundaries affirmed by
legal authority. An interesting case,
though not coming into the Supreme
Court, was that of the boundaries of the
vast land of Humuula, on Hawaii, the
area in dispute being nearly fifteen miles
Ion;;, and from one to three miles wide.
This depended on testimony as to how
far up the mountain the edge of the
forest extended at one time, everything
having since been changed by the ranging of wild cattle. It also depended on
evidence as to how far the ancient
feather bird ranged, and was caught by
the old lining bird-catchers, The principal witnesses in the case were so old
that it was. doubted if they knew anything at all.
Unsatisfactory as some of these decisions are, it is better that some decision
should be made, and as time advances
the evidence diminishes.
(To be continued.)
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5
As Pastor, the children and young of Him who has taught us to know and
people of this congregation and this feel the might and majesty of self-sacricommunity will ever be the objects of ficing, as well as all-forgiving love. We
My Dear Brother :—You cannot
your tenderest solicitude: while to the are an island community, small and
expect from me on this occasion, nor aged Annas and Simeons you will show isolated, but not necessarily small of
could the Council have asked of me the promised Savior, that their closing soul, limited in range of thought. You
such authoritative utterance as would eyes may
rejoice in the divine salvation. come to us as a leader of recognized inbe the delivery of a general order from
CHARGE TO THE PASTOR.
(By Rev. C. M. Hyde, D.D., Nov.
20,
1887.)
you did for the young people, tellectual ability, acuteness and accuMy special What
military head-quarters.
when you were a teacher here years ago, racy. Lift us up to higher planes of
as
when
charge is a more humble one,
may well encourage you to spare no thinking. Help us to sound with you
on a change of sentries the corporal of effort now to reach and help the young. the ocean depths of God's love and wisthe guard passes on the countersign. Those former scholars of
yours, now dom. You bring to us not the greenness
Or, using an illustration more pertinent pillars in the Church and leaders in the and bitterness of immature fruitage, but
to our island home, I am not appointed State, know that the Blessed Master the rich, ripe counsels of an enlarged
to give you such instructions for a new will never need to say to you, "Suffer acquaintance with spiritual truth, a
voyage, as a ship's captain would expect the little children to come to me." You varied experience of human life. You
from the vessel's owners. You and I
know what it is yourself to come to God came to us in the name of Christ.
meet on this platform, as two vessels as a little child; and
you will teach our Teach us to do all things "for His
would meet on yonder ocean, to exname, the house, sake," to whom be all the glory of our
love
the
children to
change chronometer reckonings, and fix and the service of our Heavenly Father. salvation; here, in hearts warm with
correctly the latitude and longitude, You have yourself known what it is to Christian love, strong in Christian faith;
while speeding on their several ways. stand at the parting of the ways in life's there, in heavenly union with our gloriIn our life's voyagings we have met pilgrimage, and to make the solemn, fied Redeemer, and eternal communion
before, both then on the same tack, irrevocable choice of the path we pro- with all His Redeemed. Amen.
but I so far behind you (for you were
pose to tread, what object in life to purSenior Valedictorian in Williams College sue. You will point and lead the way
Friend
begs to correct the asserThe
when I was a FYeshman student there),
the
men
people,
way
good
for
our
young
C.
Advertiser as being the
P.
tion
of
the
that then we could only exchange of old have trod, no whirling round of
on these islands. We
newspaper
and
soon
oldest
separsignals of recognition,
giddy gaiety, no racing track of fast
ated to take our different courses in life. living, but an ascending climb to heights claim to be entitled to the palm for
Now we meet again, far from that of
endeavor, and to breadth of views, newspaper longevity in Hawaii-nei, since
here in this tropic isle,
"farSpring-haven,"
that
will take in holiness and heaven as this paper first issued in January, 1843,
from those New England scenes, in
the summit points of noblest aspiration, while the Advertiser did not appear till
ideals
of
and
life,
which we formed our
the satisfying achievement of a life well- July, 1855. Our aspiring young conentered on our life-work. You will pardon spent. To the poor? you will give the temporary
had forgotten these facts, but
the
allusions,
touched
to
if
these personal
hand of Christian brotherhood, will now, naturally, make the "amende
warm
quick by them, as our human hearts are
has in it such recognition and up- honorable."
touched only by life, or that which is that
as no distribution of worldly wealth
lift,
lives,
as
part and parcel of our human
It is not enough to stand up before a
or social distinctions can proffer to
these memories are. For it is life thatyou
acquisi- church and make a confession of faith;
ones.
Whatever
earth's
needy
are here to work out, and work upon, in tions
of property any of us may hold, this is confessing Christ before the church;
your work as Preacher and Pastor.
show us we hold as stewards one must confess Christ before the
will
you
You are to teach from these Sacred
and you will lead us to the fullest world; and this involves antagonism to
only;
of
that
revealed
Scriptures the harmony
of ourselves, and our pos- the world.
truth which this Council is witness that consecration
sessions, for whatever use the Master
He who would follow Christ must
its
fullness
and
its
integrity.
you hold in
may call. Possessed yourself of a chas- learn to do what Christ did in the wilGod's truth is to you, as to me, somespirit, of more worth than refined
thing larger and higher than liberty of tened or burnished silver, you can com- derness; put the word of God above
gold
itpride, above approbativeness, above amopinion—something dearer than life
fort
afflicted and mourner with the bition.
self—holding us at the very nerve- samethe
comfort wherewith you have been
centres of our spiritual life. It is ChrisYet self-denial does bring coronation,
of God. You will teach us to
comforted
tian life, Christian truth, that you are
even
as self-indulgence brings death.
hearts
fullest
for
in
sympathy
our
open
here to exemplify and apply; not your all for whom Christ died, of whatever The only question is will you deny the
opinions, however well-reasoned, nor clime, of whatever nationality, Africans higher self and die, or the lower self and
your speculations however ingenious, or Asiatics, if they be not citizens of the live? He who loses his life gains it in
but the truth as it is in Jesus. They realm; and especially will you gladly the losing.
who worship in the world above sing of
Coleridge says:"The Bible is true
co-operate in any further labor for the
Jesus and His worthiness. In this world Hawaiians, to whom this is the land because it finds me." The Son of man
of time, where we dwell, you will so that gave them birth, and whose soil, reached after whatever bit of manhood
preach this heavenly theme that not dear as their fathers' grave, they can or womanhood nature had given or sin
your preaching, but your theme, will never,
rightfully, will never, willingly, had left, and on that shred of tattered
call forth the joy and admiration of every
allow
to pass out of their possession virtue or spark of hope he threw the
You
seek
the
will
abiding,
hearer.
strength of his love.
illuminating touch ofthe Holy Spirit on and control.
come to a community, in large
You
and
Behind Christ's message was his
mind,
and
heart
tongue.
your
part the descendants of missionary Person; behind his cross, which was a
Then you will so speak of Jesus and
fathers, but now enlarging more and mystery and a reality by itself, there is
His redeeming love that blinded eyes
more its circle of affinities, as commer- a mingling of the life of God with the
Lord;
will open to the glory of our
enterprise seeks in this genial clime life of men. Behind the Gospel there
cial
hands closed in willful refusal, or irnew
fields of business activity. We are was the Incarnation.
defiance,
;
shall
the
cross
clasp
reverent
with human foibles and frailties,
human,
feet now wandering in wages of sin, or so I dare not say you will never yearn
We may love the church, the truth,
groping in darkness down to death, shall for sympathy withheld, your motives society, men and their souls, but all these
turn and hasten to Jesus, the crucified, never be misconstrued,
your methods will fail us unless above them all there
to find the pardon, peace and purity He
never maligned. But we are followers is a real affection for the Savior himself.
can bestow.
only
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6
MONTHLY
RECORD OF
EVENTS.
December ist—Death of Rev. J. W
Smith, M.D., Koloa, aged 77 years, and
a resident of these Islands since 1843.
2nd —Heavy rain-storm, with thunder
and lightning.
3rd—Vocal and instrumental concert
at St. Louis College for the Roman
Catholic Cathedral Organ Fund.
6th —Arrival of the bark Lilian from
Samoa, via Jaluit, bringing part of the
crews of the lost schooners General
Seigcl and Mana.
7th—The new steamer Kaala indulges
a small party with a delightful and satisfactory excursion trip.
9th—The first vetoed bills returned to
the Legislature without Ministerial signature.
Nth—Japanese steamer Wakanoura
Maru arrived from Yokohama with some
1,450 immigrants.
13th The Legislature denies the
power of the King to exercise the veto
without the advice and consent of the
Cabinet. The King refers the question
to the Supreme Court.
14th—Arrival of steamer Australia
from San Francisco.
15th—Ladies fair for the benefit of
St. Andrew's Cathedral held, resulting
in success financially and otherwise.
Returns, $2,000.
16th—The Judges of the Supreme
Court " tied " on the veto question referred to them.—Company D of the
Honolulu Rifles gave a hop at the
Armory. Steamer Mariposa arrived
from the Colonies, en route for San
Francisco.
19th—The King attempts to veto the
Military, Police and Country Saloon
Bills. They are placed "upon the usual
and ordinary course to become law at
the expiration of ten days after presentation* to the King."
20th—French frigate Ditquesite arrived
from San FYanciscoand anchored off the
port. The \V. H. Dimond and Forest
same port and
Queen also arrived from
steamship Oceanic from Hongkong, en
route to San Francisco.—Steamer Australia left for San Francisco at noon
with a large passenger list again.—Legislature adjourned to the 27th.
21 st —The Hawaiian Almanac and
Annual for 1888, issued. —The Japanese
steamer returned to Yokohama, taking
216 Chinese and Japanese passengers.
23d—Mr. Godfrey Brown tendered to
His Majesty his resignation from the
Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs.—
Arrival of H. B. M. S. Caroline from
San FYancisco.
24th —Arrival of the Alameda from
San Francisco, en route for the Colonies.—Departure of the Duquesne for
Tahiti.—Fourteen-oared barge race between Vandalia's and shore boys; won
—
—
W G Irwin, McCulloch, for San Franthe latter, but owing to a
foul " Dec 6 -Am bailie
cisco.
men,
it
bark
will
claimed by the men-o-war's
Lady I.anipson, Rust, for San Francisco.
13—Br
18—Am S S Ma u.osa, Hayward, for San Francisco.
be pulled over again.
BO—Br S S Organic, Metcalf, for San Francisco.
iCxx- 8 S Au-tralia, Houdlctte, for S.n Francisco.
Christmas; special ser25th—Merry churches.
21 —Jap S S Wakanoura-Maru, for Yokohama.
22—Am hark Pacific Slope, Barnes, for Iliilish Columvices at all the
bia
24 —Fr F S Duijiiesne, Hiliare, for Tahiti.
27th—The Legislature met. Hon.
Am S S Alar., da, Morse, for the Colonies.
vice
W. R. Castle was chosen President,
Am bgtne Consuelo. Cousins, for San Krancisco.
Am bktne St I ltd*, Vrskine, for S.in l-'rancisco.
Hon. S. G. Wilder, who left for England
-Am bklne Mary Winkelnian, Blake, for San
28
Francisco.
by the Australia. The King has deH 11 M S Cono,iies!, Oxley, for Panama.
manded the resignation of the rest of
2) —Am S S San Pablo, Reed, for Japan and China.
the Cabinet. The House resolved, by
31 —Am bark C II Bryant, Lee, for San l-'ranrisio.
31— U S S [nniala, Ilavis, for China.
a vote of 31 to 5, that "the resignation of any member of the Cabinet for
PASSENGEKS.
reasons other than as provided in Article
AKKIVAI.S.
does
involve
of
the
Constitution
not
41
From Samoa and Jaluit, per Lilian, Dec 6—E M Morthe resignation of the Cabinet as a body." gan, Dr Knappe, Mr Thomas,
15 Chinese,and 40 Gilbert
Islanders.
28—Arrival of steamship San Pablo From San Francisco, per brclne Consuelo, Dec 9 J W
I Thompson, and on* other.
from San FYancisco with the Garrett Young,
From Yokohama, per S S Wakanoura, Dec 11 —R W
route
Irwin,
M Gengiro, Mrs Nakaitna. Mr. Katsuin, Mrs Yoexcursion party, en
for Japan.—
Isaac Hakuole, Jas Hakuole, Nicholas Ley, and
More rain.—Boat race between the man- shico,
steerage.
1453
From San Francisco, per S S Australia, Dec 14— TTios
o-war's men and boat-boys came off in Kirchoff,
Win Kennel), A P Peterson, Mrs S A Thurston,
spite of the weather; decision given in J P Prescott, 8 ■ Rose and family, J M Suns, E W Baand
C McLennan, Miss A McCandless, Stephen
wife,
favor of the Vandalia's. —Departure of nian
D Ives, Rev L Beck, Mrs E Dc I.a Vergue and son, W L
for
Panama.
and
wife,
W M Templetuti, S Center and wife, Rev
H. B. M. S. Conquest
Hopper
Geo Wallace, S A Monsarrat, E M Pi*rcy, A Lowenberg,
Phillips
and
29th—Appointment of S. B. Dole as _j8M eithets. son, W P Toler, J H Wood, A Haas, and
Fourth Associate Justice ofthe Supreme Krom the Coloaies, per S S iMartposa, Dec 16—S JackB B Watson, Dr J Moore, C H Taylor, H J Agnew,
Court; Col. Jona. Austin as Minister of son,
M Gille and wife, and 2 steerage.
Ross,
and
G.
Krom
San Francisco, per Alameda, Dec 24—Miss M A
Affairs,
AuditorForeign
J.
Theo Cramp, Capt Hankui, R N;Col G B B
General.— Legislature adjourned with- Chamberlain,
Hobart, R H A; Capt T H Hobron and wife, H W Hyman, Miss Saphronia Lewis, Mrs S Lederer and 2 children,
out day, subject to call of the Presi- Mansfield
Lovell, George N Macondray, Mrs Rrid and a
dent.—Christmas Concert at the Armo- children, Mrs V Ward and daughter, Col B F Wicks and
and
wife,
23 steerage.
ry by the Honolulu Arion.
From San Francisco, per San Pablo, Dec 27 -L C
Abies.
30th—Farewe.il f>arty at the Hawaiian From San Francisco, per W S Bowne, Dec 29—Miss
Hotel in honor of Captain Davis and Meahi Bruns, Miss Maii E Conner, Miss Mari V Peters.
DEPARTURES.
officers ofthe Juniata.—F"ire in cottage
For San Francisco, per brgtne Dec 6—Miss Helen Sorof C. W. Hart, on Punchbowl street.
enson. S Siebcrg and wife, E W Sherman, W Goodall, and
5 others.
Good31st—Queen Kapiolani's fifty-second Eor San Francisco, per Mariposa, Dec 17—Capt
man, E M Morgan, R .More, S W Wilcox, A D Wilson and
of
the
S.
S.
birthday.—Departure
U.
wife, Rev M J Lee, Miss F Deacon, A E Hoyt, Dr Knopp,
Miss S RydburjrfL Johnson, A Mason, M IraJuniata for China.—Mission Children's A C Allen,
H Somerstad, E Anderson, H Fellas, B l"ellas, F It
Society meet at the residence of P. C. sitr,
Stratton, Mrs Gainba, Mamie Farree, D McLean.
For San Francisco, per S S Au*-tralia, Dec 20—Mrs J R
Jones, Esq.
A
"
CURRENT by
—
PORT OF HONOLULU.
AN RIVALS.
Stanton and child, 1 P Cummins, W S Bartlett, Miss L
Fillebrown, MrsThompsoa and dauehter, T R Walker, T
F Dredge, Rev X Miyama, Mrs F Hilder and child, E
Kohke, B Levy, Mrs Capt Shepard, George Butler, Mrs S
Levey, Hon S G Wilder, Heydebrand Losa, C H Taylor
and wife, Mons and Madame Gille, Mrs forgenson ai.d 2
children, T Morris, H Tokichi, H P Skar, wife and 3 children, H Anderson, wifeand child, P Henson and wite, O
Amundson, wife and child, C Mesnickoff, E dc Punto, wife
and 9 children, E H Woodwo»-th, J dc Ponto, J Quintal,
wife and 2 children, A Gomes Brazas. J Peneira, wife and
3 children. J D Mello, wife and child, J Lopez, O Gomez,
wife and child, M dc Kreitas, wife and mother, Ml Fernandez, wile and child, R Smith and wife, X Sikijiro, A
Clegg, M G Corteiho, R J Ruleia, F Schiefer, wifeand
child, George A Dunfer, C Rideo, T Wilson, R Cole, C
Wheldon.
For British Columbia, per bark Pacific Slope, Dec 22
Henry Read, Thomas Bennett.
For San Francisco, p«r C't>nsuelo, Dec 24—B Butler,
wife and three children.
For San Francisco, per bark Mary Winkclman, Dec 28
Miss Lambert, F Yates, wife and 2 children.
3—US S Vandalia, Howisson, from a cruise.
5—H BM S Conquest, Oxley, from a cruise.
Am wh bark Ocean, Wicks, from a cruise.
Haw bark Lillian, Holland, from Samoa.
6—Am bark Pacific Slope, Barnes, from Newcastle,
N SW
7 \j S S Juniata, Davis, from Pearl Harbor.
Townsend
Am bktne St Lucie, Erskine, fm Fort from
Yokoti—Jap S S Wakanoura-Maiu, 13 days
hania.
Am bark Caibarien, Perkins, 17 days from San
Francisco.
Haw brie Hazard, Goodman, fremi Hil >.
1 ; li.iw S S Australia. Houdlette. 1m San Francisco.
1; Am S S M.irpisa, Hayward, from the Colonies.
Am hktne I'.lla, H.ilvhi, jo (lays from Humboldt.
20—Fr F S Duquesne, Rear-Admiral HUiare, 14 days
BIRTHS.
from San r rami ICQ,
Br S S Oceanic, Metcalfe, i\% da)s from YokoGREENE—Ia this city, Dec. 12th, to the wife of J. J.
h.ima.
Greene, a daughter.
Am bark Forest Queen, Winding, \\% daj s from
San Frain is. .1.
JOIINSIONI.-At Koolau, Oahu, Dec. 10th, to the wife
days
from
of
Arthur Johnstone,a son.
Dimond,
bktne
Swift,
Am
W H
13■3
San Frar.cisio.
days
from
NewFriederick,
Korff,
-er
bark
I
51
MARRIAGES.
castle, N S W.
Ij—H BM S Caroline, Wiseman, 13 days from San I.KOI>KKICK-KICKAKI>-At Honolwa, Nov. 26th, by
Francisco. •
Rev. Isaac Goodell. Mr. H. 1. Uroderick to Miss Loui-a,
24—Am S S Alameda, Morse, from San Fraih I
second daughter of W. H. Kickmd, lionokaa, Hawaii.
bark Josephine.
27—Am wh
ISo cards.
days
S
S
San
from
San
Pablo,
Reed,
28—Am
6J£
Francisco.
days
S
from
San
Bowne,
Bluhin,
I \%
I, Am tern W
DEATHS.
Francisco
SMITH-At Kuloa, Kauai, Dec. i, Rev. J. W. Smith,
aged
MeDa,
77 years.
DEPARTURES.
(.LOVER—At Honolulu, Dec. 12, Mr«. D. W. Clover, a
native
of
Tahiti,
aged 51.
Dec 1 HB M S Conquest, Oxley, forcrui.se around the
island".
COOPER—In San Francisco, December i6th, Henry CooU S S Vandalia, Howisson, for cruise around the
per, beloved hus. and of Kate W. Cooper, late of Honolulu and Hamakua, a native of Birmingham, England.
islands.
Aged 42 years, 11 months and 9 days.
6—U S S Juniata, Davis, for Pearl Harbor.
Dec
—
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—
�Volume 46, No. i.]
THE FRIEND.
HAWAIIAN BOABB.
HONOLULU H. I.
to the interests of the Hawaiia
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by th
Board is responsible for its contents.
This page is devoted
A. O. Forbes,
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-
Editor^
TOPICS FOR THE WEEK OF
PRAYER.
Jancary 1-7, 1888.
Monday, Jan. 2—Thanksgiving to God.
Tuesday, Jan. j —Humiliationand Confession of Sin.
Wednesday, Jan. 4—Prayer forFamilies
and Schools: For the blessing of the
Holy Spirit on all efforts to lead the
young to Christ.
Thurstftiy, Jan. j Prayer for the
Church of Christ: For a higher degree of spiritual life and consecration ;
for a closer unity in all Christian
work.
Friday, Jan. 6 —Prayer for Missions
For increased efficiency in all mission
work ; for a special blessing upon our
mission work in Micronesia and the
Marquesas,, and in Hawaii-nei.
Saturday, Jan. j—Prayer for Nations:
F"or all in authority ; for wise and just
legislation ; for pure and upright administration ; for the suppression of
intemperance, and every form of vice.
—
:
The latest news from the Morning Star
is by a letter received from Rev. J. W.
Kanoa of Butaritari, the most northern
island of the Gilbert Group. The letter
was dated September 4th and reported
the Star as being then at that island on
her way southward through the group.
In the Weekly Bulletin of San Francisco for December 21st we find an account of the Gilbert Islands and their
inhabitants which occupies a little more
than two columns of that paper, and
professes to be written by some person
who has visited those islands. The article is well written, and the most of its
statements might have conveyed a tolerably accurate idea of the state of that
people twenty-five years ago. But it
seems to us that at this time any intelligent writer, and especially any professed
eye-witness of the present condition of
things at the Gilbert Islands is inexcusable for such geographical blunders, and
such glaring omissions as are found in
this statement.
In the first place, the writer speaks of
them as "now called the 'Gilbert Islands,'
formerly known as the 'Kingsmill group,'
and locally as the 'Radick Chain' of
Coral Atolls."
He further says that
"they lie between 1750 and 177" W. and
Now
20 S. and 30' N. ofthe Equator."
the Radick, or Radak, Chain of islands
has no connection whatever with the
Gilbert group. It is a part of the Marshall Island group, entirely distinct from
the Gilbert Islands and situated nearly
two hundred miles north of them. The
7
Neat churches and framed dwellings
Marshall Islands consist of about twenty
atolls, arranged in two nearly parallel may be seen on most of the islands, and
lines running southeast and northwest, trading vessels from San Francisco and
and lying between 6° and io° north Lat- Sydney and the Hawaiian Islands pass
itude, and 1660 and 1720 East Longitude up and down through the group without
from Greenwich. These two parallel apprehension of danger where thirty
lines of atolls are distinguished as the years ago it was not considered safe for
Radak and the Ralik chains of islands; for them to touch.
All this is not to say by any means
the Radak being the windward chain and
the Ralik the leeward, as the northern that there are no remains of the old
heathenism among that people, nor that
trade winds blow.
That the whole group ofthe Marshall there is not yet much room for advanceIslands is properly distinct from the Gil- ment in civilization and Christian morals.
bert Islands is shown by the fact that But we do claim that those who undertheir language and national characteris- take to convey information in regard to
tics are entirely different. As to the the islands of the Pacific should state
Geographical position of the Gilbert the facts fairly so that correct impressIslands, they are situated between 2" ions may be given and actual history
South Latitude and 30 North Latitude may not be ignored.
instead of 30', and between 1720 and 177"
East Longitude instead of 1750 to 1770 The number of Japanese now in these
West Longitude. The Morning Star, islands is estimated at about four thouson every trip out from Honolulu to Mi- and, including those lately arrived. The
cronesia, drops a day when she crosses
Agent, Mr. Taro
the 180th parallel of longitude, and picks Japanese Consular
Ando, states it as his conviction that
it up again on her return.
We look in vain throughout the two about seven-tenths of them will remain
long columns of the article under review permanently here. These people are
for any recognition of the fact that
singularly open to impressions for good,
Christian missions have been established
and successfully conducted in the Gil- and show a remarkable readiness to rebert Islands for thirty years past, except ceive the truths ofthe Gospel. We have
the very briefest admission in the closing been much interested in the visit of Rev.
sentence that " of late years they have K. Miyama, an educated Japanese
become civilized to a certain extent."
the Methodist
Either the writer was ignorant of the preacher, connected with
San Francisin
the
to
Japanese
facts, or for some reason chose to ignore Mission
a
the past history and present condition co, who has just returned thither after in
during
which,
months,
visit
of
several
of those islands.
Damon, he
In 1857, Rev. Hiram Bingham and company with Mr. F. W.islands,
meetthese
the
tour
of
has
made
under
from
the
Amercommission
wife,
and
countrymen
his
fellow
with
ican Board of Commissioners for For- ing
with
condition
himself
their
acquainting
and
Rev.
Kanoa
W.
Missions,
eign
J.
himself as
and wife, under commission from the and needs. He expressed
Hawaiian Missionary Society, landed on very agreeably surprised at the condition
he found so much
the island of Apaiang of the Gilbert of things here, whichbeen
led to expect
group and thus began the work there. better than he had
The people -at that time were ferocious, from the stories he had heard abroad.
warlike, and sunk in the lowest depths He states that all the later importations
of Japanese come from an agricultural
ofheathen barbarism.
of
the
missionaries
were
in district in southern Japan, which has
The lives
danger during the first few years, and hitherto been but little reached by the
their privations were very great. They, missionaries, and has been comparativehowever, heroically stood at their post ly free from foreign influences.
until, by slow degrees, the light of the The Hawaiian Board of Missions has
Gospel gained entrance to the dark made arrangements with Mr. Miyama to
colporhearts of the people. Other missiona- secure the services of a Japanese
and
aries were sent from time to time, and teur now in San Francisco to come
here
for
a
his
countrymen
labor
among
stations were occupied on other islands
of the group. Notwithstanding many period of six months, with the prospect
hindrances, and discouragements, the that hemay remain still longer if it should
work has gone steadily on till now a seem desirable. We are sure all Chrisvisitor to those islands will see a large tian friends will feel a practical interest
among
proportion dressed in decent clothing to in this opening for doing good
a greater or less degree, schools estab- this interesting class of people. While
lished on most of the islands, a great on this topic we desire to call the attenthe
part of the people able to read, writeand tion of any who may be interested to
AssoMen's
Christian
Young
ScripJapanese
their
the
cipher in
own language,
tures of the New Testament and a part ciation which meets at Queen Emma
there
of the Old Testament in their hands, Hall, and also to the services held
and
Mrs.
Mr.
forenoon.
Sunday
each
and their voices raised in hymnal meloDr. Hyde and
dy to the words and sentiments of many F. W. Damon and Rev.indefatigable
in
of the grandest and most familiar hymns Mrs. Hyde have been
in the English language, which have carrying on this work for the Japanese
in our midst.
been translated into their vernacular.
�8
[Janury, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
A.
THE T. M. €.
I.
HONOLULU, 11.
This page is devoted to the interests ot the Honolulu
Young Men* Christian Association, and the Board of
Directors are responsible fur,its contents.
S. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
tience and perseverance will yet achieve
success in this important line of Christian work. Very little progress can be
made in Christian development or usefulness without a love for and a knowledge of the Word of God. This comes
only by study—real, earnest study. We
shall be glad to welcome any young man
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
who is not a member of some Sunday
School,
in the Y. M. C. A. parlor every
There is quite a boom in the building
morning at 9:45 o'clock, for an
business in the States. During the last Sunday
informal study of the Word.
been
addition
of
two years there has
an
forty-seven Association buildings, makSUNDAY EVENING TOPICS.
ing a total of 117, valued at $5,000,000.
i —"The Secret of a Happy
January
The Philadelphia Association has just
cleared their building of a $200,000 New Year." Ps. xxxvii : 3 7.
January B—"The Good Fight of
debt, and are to be congratulated upon
now owning, without encumbrance, a Faith." Tim. vi: 12; Eph. vi: 10-12.
January 15—"By-paths." Kings xii:
building valued at $500,000.
The Association at Beirut, Syria, is 26-33 ■ Jer v '6'
January 22—" Seven I Wills." Ex.
falling into line and raising funds for a
6-8.
vi:
building.
January 28 —" liveryday Religion."
The Y. M. C. A. of New York City
has 1000 names of young men enrolled Mat. vii: 12; Gal. vi: 10; Cor. x 31.
as members of their ten educational
INDIA.
classes.
efforts
are being made to
Vigorous
has
The San Francisco Y. M. C. A.
established a Branch on Mission street, have Mr. D. L. Moody visit India for
He has received
near Twentieth street. Mr. R. S. Boyns, evangelistic labor.
from India, and
several
invitations
for the past two years an assistant in
the parent Association, has been elected friends of the work in America favor the
plan. The Inter-Collegian says: "Three
General Secretary of the Branch.
millions of India's people now speak
On Thanksgiving Day the San FYanEnglish, and the balance are learning it
cisco Y. M. C. A. gave the sixth annual at
the rate of a million a year. Sixty
complimentary dinner to their members thousand
of these three millions are
who were away from home. There
men." Surely this is
young
Christian
were 122 present, representing 22 differfor the work of the Young
ent States and 16 nationalities. It was a field ripe
Men's Christian Association.
pronounced a grand success, and the
enjoyable occasion closed with a musical
BRIEFS.
and literary entertainment in the evening.
No young man need expect to enjoy
The writer has no doubt about the good the Christ-life in his heart while his aftime enjoyed, having been present at
fections are wholly or largely absorbed
one such dinner on a former Thanks- by the pleasure or business of this
world.
giving Day.
Let all the active members of the Association pray and work to make the
CHINESE Y. M. C. A.
"Week of Prayer" the beginning of a
The observance of Christmas in the genuin<' .evival.
Chinese Y. M. C. A.on Saturday evenThe Saturday evening temperance
ing, December 24th, was an event of meetings have been interrupted of late
great interest. The time-honored Christ- by a superabundance of cold water and
mas tree, brilliantly lighted and orna- the counter attractions of the holidays,
mented, was in a conspicuous place. but they will be resumed next Saturday
The hall was thoroughly crowded with evening.
juvenile and adult Chinese, and their
Every few days we see in the sad exinterested friends of other notionalities. perience
of some young man or older
The literary exercises consisted of a man, how vain is the effort to break
variety of songs and recitations in Engfrom the drinking habit and still
lish and Chinese, rendered mostly by away
with dissipated companions or
the pupils ofthe boys' and girls' schools, associate
frequent
where drink will be enplaces
in the execution of which they did them- countered.
Only in separation
selves and their teachers great credit. drink is there hope. Only in unionfrom
with
Mr. Frank Damon had general super- Christ is there safety.
vision, and made the little folks glad at
the close by a generous distribution of "Gold," says a Georgia newspaper,
"is found in thirty-six counties in this
odd-looking toys, etc.
State, silver in three, copper in thirteen,
iron in forty-three, diamonds in twentyBIBLE STUDY.
six, and whiskey in all of them; and the
efforts to secure the regular at- last gets away with all the rest." While
ance of a reasonable number of these Hawaiian Islands may not be so
young men for Bible study on Sunday prolific in their mineral resources, yet
mornings have not been as successful as the abundance and ability of whiskey
we had hoped. But we trust that pa- here holds good.
-
':
:
Kur
WHO IS BAKER?
Perhaps Baker is enough of a sailor
to have braved the sea, and taken up his
residence in Honoulu. We are inclined
to think he is a member of our Association. If so, we hope that in the followlowing pen-picture which we copy from
the Newark Monthly Messenger, he will
recognize himself and reform—making
a new start with the new year
" Baker, my dear fellow, you have
joined the Young Men's Christian Association —so they tell me."
" Yes ; went in to help along a good
thing."
Well, I'm glad to hear it, but I have
my misgivings about you; excuse me,
but it's so. I may as well be plain.
You join everything that comes along.
Baker, you're a great joiner. • Your
name is down on twenty different rollbooks as a member, and you ain't worth
a snuffed candle to any of them. Now
let me give you a bit of my opinion
about active membership in Christian
Associations. As that is, so are the
Associations. Ten men like you serving
on committees would kill the liveliest
association between any two oceans. I'd
rather have five stuffed giraffes to put in
the rooms to draw, than ten such fellows
as you. They would entice more men
in a minute than you in a month. The
fact is, Baker, you're too thin ; there is
mighty little of you; you havn't got
spunk enough to attend one regular
meeting for a month ; neither do you
intend to work—you join to get the entertainments almost free. When receptions are given, men of your stamp are
there in great numbers. Suppose you
that we can carry on our great work with
men of your build ? Will men be reached
and helped by the kind of effort you
Christians put forth ?
Never. Why,
one man with push, piety and power is
like a steam-engine to a child's rattlebox alongside of you."
"That's rather hard on me, Mr.
Secretary."
"Yes; but it is as true as this, that
you can't churn butter out of skimmed
milk. Don't get the idea, Baker, that
you are of no use at all. You are ; for
even skimmed milk, thin as it is, was
always used on the farm. To be sure it
went to fatten pigs—but that was something, you know."
"I'll get out; give me back my
:
"
money."
" Hold on now, don't boil over—this
will do you good ; you can't get wagons
out of deep ruts without some hard jerks
over big stones in front of the wheels.
Suppose you take a few facts home and
think'em over; I've got them printed
for some more fellows just like you."
FACTS.
What good am I doing the world ?
Who is better for my living ?
As a Christian young man, what is
my influence ?
Have I ever been converted ?
If I were dead, would any work feel
my loss ?— Yatman.
�THE FRIEND.
RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP. the remnant ofthe Hawaiian nation will remembering the present where you are,
be saved for earth and time, even as to anticipate the future whither you go?
(By Rev.
Baker, Nov. 20, 1887.)
E. P
Mr. Baker spoke ofhimself as a neighbor from the vicinity of Dr. Beckwith's
old home, and appointed to welcome his
return to another of his homes. He
stated the reasons why so many of those
living here were glad he had come back.
"We are glad," Mr. Baker said, "very
glad to see you. And we welcome you
first of all, to a position. If the churches
ofthe Islands are to have any Bishop at
all, you must certainly be that Bishop
(Dr. Hyde and Mr. F'orbes being apostles
rather than Bishops.) This church has
no debt upon it in dollars and cents;
but you whom the church has called,
come here heavily mortgaged, in the influence you exert, the power given you,
the sympathy you feel for others, and
others feel for you, to the whole Islands,
to help improve their Christianity and
elevate their civilization. According to
British authority, last winter's lava flow
ran down its fiery way in Honolulu.
We can smile at the mistake, but it is
no mistake that the islands ought to be
able to look to Honolulu for spiritual
warmth and fire. (Yes! it is the Central
Union Church.—Ed.)
"Paul was a debtor to all men, and it
will not be an unkind welcome I bestow
on you, when I say that you in coming
to these shores, will encounter a similar
indebtedness. Called are also you to
proclaim Christ's gospel in the utmost
Not
western verge of Christendom.
very much farther west of you is longitude 1800 the boundary between the
East and the West. From Spurgeon in
longitude i° to Beckwith in longitude
1570 represents the breadth of Christendom.
"You have come to a movement in
the direction of Christian Unity. Such
is the union of Bethel and Fort Street.
Denominational peculiarities, bad things
when they go off and set up for themselves, are good things when they coexist
in the same body. In every church
ought to be the Methodist element, or
the emotionalism of Christianity wrought
into a permanency by rules and methods;
the Baptist element, or individual conscientiousness asserting itself in small
things when they are matters of principle, as well as in large things; the Congregational element, or sanctified common sense of which no church should be
bereft; the Presbyterian element, or that
consecrated solidity and endurance which
give to Christianity its hold-on and
never-let-go power; and the Episcopal
element, or beauty consrcrated to Christ,
beauty of architecture, beauty of ritual,
and beauty of method. As things are,
you will be minister (angel if you please),
ofthe Church in Honolulu, simply.
"You have also come to a hope that
,
multitudes of the nation have been saved
over to the changing west;
" Look
Look upon the pilgrim's rest;
for Heaven and eternity. Quoted, reSee darkness lieth down with day.
ferred to and cited as an illustration of
And woos him into sleep away.
the power of the Gospel and an arguThere's a morning and a noon,
ment for missions, has long been the
And the evening cometh soon."
remarkable birth, almost in a day, of
the Hawaiian nation, out of paganism
The Christian denies himself that he
into Christianity. But if the world, es- may be found in Christ; that he may
pecially the non-religious portion of the" have the glory of the Crucified, that of a
world, should wake some morning to patient, suffering love.
learn that the much belauded birth of
Bring what light you have. It may
the Hawaiian nation was a birth into
be
but a candle or a rush. Bring it, and
ruin,
this
would
make
against
terrestrial
with
it do your best to fight back the
missions. F"or the honor of God, and
the good name of missions, should such darkness.
Young men, you are all getting ready
a catastrophe be averted. You have
come to labor for the English-speaking to make something out ofthe world: are
Gentiles, not the Hawaiian Jews, but you getting ready to be the light of it?
your work will tell on the Hawaiian Obey the uplifting voice within you.
problem. Secularism will save nobody.
Mr. George W. Cable finds that he
Naught but a spiritual Christianity will can do a third more literary work in
save the Hawaiian race, a force, the Massachusetts
than he can do in Louipower of which, on the Hawaiians, will
climate equally impair
siana.
Does
our
be largely determined by the attitude of working power ?
Honolulu summers
the English-speaking population of the
are far less hot than New Orleans, which
islands towards spiritual Christianity.
winter, but too short to tone up
come to a personal has a
" You have lastly
the system.
curved
line representing
experience. The
Brave Emm Bey, in Soudan, declines
your earthly pathway has come round
and doubled on itself. You were here to abandon the work of civilization
more than thirty years ago, and tenderly and progress " which Gordon laid upon
grateful many living here now are that him. " Shall I now give up the work
three decades ago, at yonder Punahou, because a waymay soon open to the coast?
you led them to Christ. With them are Never ? " So Stanley can only supply
you now to labor to lead others to Christ. him with ammunition, and leave him,
The ominous murmur of fierce doctrinal as he formerly did Livingston.
controversies borne hither on the wings To take up our cross daily is to deny
of the trades can indeed be heard, and ourselves at breakfast the food which
at the sound we should doubtless take has proved to disagree with our digestion;
alarm; only controversy can always be it is to go to our daily irksome task with
met by consecration, and triumphantly a cheerful spirit; it is to bear the burdens
so met. Doing the work God would of others' carelessness, ignorance, superhave us do, are we perfectly sure to stition, and so fulfill the law of Christ;
entertain the theology God would have it is to be wounded for others' transus entertain. The wall of Jerusalem gressions, and see them healed with our
was built in troublous times; still it was stripes, and this day by day, when no
built. Effectually did those sturdy one except our Lord knows what cross
masons wield the trowel in one hand at we are bearing.
the same time that they wielded the
javelin in the other. And I welcome A man of strong ruling force can do a
you to the task before you, despite the great and beneficent work among savages
fact that you may have to fight as well by subjecting them to a rude sort of
as work. Nay, speaking for Him 'who order, and making progress possible.
always causeth us to triumph,' raise I Zebehr Pasha made himself a king in
the shout of victory before victory has Soudan, reduced the warring cannibal
been achieved, as Hannibal at Cannae tribes to subjection, got them to open
did, before ever Cannae had been fought. weekly markets. Kamehameha subdued
Remind I you of the greeting to be these Islands, and established peace
accorded you by the great Captain in and order. Had the chiefs continued at
the incidental and passing greeting war with each other, the missionary
accorded you by a fellow-soldier. And work here would probably have made as
this my greeting allow me to make slow progress as it has done in Ponape,
symbolic by extending to you the right where thirty-five years brought the
people to a point of Gospel training
hand of fellowship.
by Hawaiians in one-third of
reached
land
the
sun
setting
"And in this
of
(and all our suns are setting) behind the the time. The Missionary Boards wisely
sinking to rest of which glorious lumi- command their missionaries to abstain
nary of day are the happy isles, accord- from political action; but it does seem
ing to a world-wide and well-known as if they often needed some good, muslegend, shall not- geographical position cular Christian, or even heathen, to preconvey to you the inspiration and peace cede them and give the natives a good
of God, the gorgeous sunsets of this drubbing before they are ready to sit
tropical island being a call to you in down and hear of the Prince of Peace.
"
�THE FRIEND.
mHE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL,
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W. S. BARTLETT, MANAGER.
.
.....
Terms, $3 per day.
This Hotelis one ofthe leading architectural structures
of Honolulu. The grounds upon which it stands comprise
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.
SOI'KR,
Successor to
J. M. Oat, Jr., & Co.
.._ _
$75 per month. Stationer
_aj|
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and
News Dealer.
25 Merchant Street, Honolulu, 11. I.
**
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Subscriptions received for any Paper or Magazine puban entire square of about four acres, fronting on Hotel
lished. Special orders received for any Books published.
street. This large area affords ample room for a lawn and
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beautiful walks, which are laid out most artistically with
flowering plants and tropical trees. There are twelve pret-*-**gagi|
-aBBT-aamaaannaaa ammumh
ty cottages within this charming enclosure, all under
sKr TTOrT & CO.,
Hotel management. The Hoteland cottages afford ace in
modalions for 200 guests. The basement of the Hotel con-^fl
tains the finest billiard hall in the city.
No 74 Kinj; Street,
'Ihe main entrance on the ground door, to the right of in
a^^-^,l^ ? ia
which are elegantly furnished parlors. A broad passage- *>*jH|H^|
way leads from the main hall to the dining-room. These
■£ IMPORTERS .V MANUFACTURERS OF
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apartments open on to broad verandas, where a magnificent
mmAV
view of the Nuuanu mountains may be seen through (heH_*H
The_*_*H
■>sj|. FURNITURE and
wealth ot tropical foliage ttiat surrounds the balconies.
fare dispensed is the best the market affords, and is first g
class in all respects. Hoteland cottages are supplied with *---**Qi?*aß*nilP»
pure water from an artesian well on the premises.
The Clerk's office is furnished with the Telephone, by which com*
UPHOLSTERY.
munication is had with the leading business firms ofthe city.
Every effort has been made, ami money lavishly expended under the present able management
Chaiks to Rent.
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The Model Family Hotel,
A reputation it
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LUCAS,
CONTRACTOR ANII
BUILDER,
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
MILL,
ESPLANADE, HONOLULU, H. I.
...
matt justly merits.
I).
,
pHAS.
„
SADDLERY <y HARNESS.
MARBLE WORKS,
130 Fort
Monuments,
Street, near Hotel,
Manufacturer of
Head
Stones,
Tombs,
Tablets, Marble Mantles, Marble'work of every
Manufacturer ofall kinds of Mouldings, Brackets,Window■ DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER AT THE
Frames, Blinds, Sashes, Doors, and all kinds of Woodwork
lowest possible rates.
Finish. Turning, Scroll and Hand Sawing. All kinds of
Planing, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptMonuments and Headstones Cleaned and Re-set.
ly attended to, and work Guaranteed. Orders from the
Orders from the other islands Promptly attended to.
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other Islandssolicited.
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•
TOHN'NOTT,
TT S. TREGLOAN,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
Merchant Tailor,
Gentlemen's
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC.
A Eirst Class Slock
of
Worker, Plumber, Gas litter, etc.
Stoves and Ranges of all kinds. Plumbers' Stock and
Metals, House Furnishing Goods, Chandeliers,
Lamps, Etc,
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Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
piTY
SHOEING SHOP,
P.ell Telephone, 181.
Forl-St.. opposite Pantheon Stables.
Goods Always on
Hand
Jmljji
Horse-Shoeing in all its Branches,
Done in the most'workmanlike manner.
Pacing and trotting Shoes a specialty. Rates reasonable.
Highest awardand Diploma for handmade Shoes at the
A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Hawaii Exhibition,
shop whendesired.
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Dealers in
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of
1
LANE'S
No.
HAMMER,
188.4. Horses taken to and from the
J. W. McDONALD, Proprietor.
Honolulu, H. I.
Orders fruin the oilier Islands promptly attended to.
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n
E. WILLIAMS,
Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
Furniture Warerooms in New Fire-proof Building.
Nos. in Fort Street and 66 Hotel Streets.
Agency Detroit Safe Co. Feather, Hair, Hay and Eureka
Mattressesand Pillows, and Spring Mattres>es on hand and
made to order. Pianos and Sewing Machines always on
hand and for sale or rent. Best Violin and Cuitar Strings
and all kinds of Musical Instruments for sale as cheap as
the cheapest.
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BAGGAGE EXPRESS
SANDERS'
(M. N. Sawders, Proprietor.)
You xx-ill alxx-ays rind on your arrix'al
Ready to Deliver Freightand Baggage of Every Description
With Promptness and Despatch.
Office, 81 Kin? Street.
Back Telephones, No. 86.
K.-sidence 118 Nuuanu Street.
juB7yT.
The Only Practical English Watchmaker.
WILLIAM TURNER,
No 82 King Slreet, Honolulu.
Call and see him.
fet>B7
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.,
Lumber, Building Materials and SHIPPING &
NAVY CONTRACTOR
Coals.
MANUFACTURERS OF
LUMBER YARD—ROBINSON'S WHARF.
Honolulu, H. I.
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TTTM. McCANDLESS,
No. 6 Queen Street, Fish Market,
Dealer in
Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton, Fish.
JOSEPH TINKER,
Family and Shipping Butcher,
CITY MARKET, Nuuanu Street.
All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reasonable rates. Vegetables fresh every morning.
Telephone 389, both Companies.
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PLEASANT
FURNISHED ROOMS.
MACERATION TWO-ROLL MILLS,
With Patent Automatic Feed.
Double and Tripple Effects, Vacuum Pans and Cleaning
Hans, Steam and Water Pipes, Brass aad Iron Fittings of
all descriptions, etc.
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HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
"DEAVER SALOON,
H. J. NOLTE, Proprietor,
KUKUI STREET, HONOLULU,
TEMPERANCE
COFFEE HOUSE,
Family *nd Shipping Oiders carefully attended te. Opposite W. C Parke's residence.) A quiet, central loFort Street, Honolulu.
Live Stock furnished to vessels at short notice, and vege- cality. Apply to
E. CURNEY. Best Quality of Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Smokers' ArMRS.
J.
tables of all kinds supplied to order.
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ticles, etc., always on hand.
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THE FRIEND.
HONOLULU, H. 1., FEBRUARY, 1888.
Number
2.
7
Volume 46.
MANAGER'S NOTICE.
ATTM. R. CASTLE,
YTTM. G. IRWIN & CO.,
fort street, honolulu.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
The manager ofThe Friend respectful- Sugar Factors & Commission Agents.
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invested.
ly requests the friendly co-operation of subAgents for the
scribers and others to whom this publication
T M. WHITNEY, M. I)., D. D. S.
Comp'y.
Steamship
Oceanic
is a regular monthly visitor, to aid in exißsfffl
FORT
ST.,
ROOMS
ON
"the,
DENTAL
tending the list of patrons of this,
Office in Brewer's Block, corner Hotel and Fort Streets. oldest paper in the
Pacific," by procuring S. N. CASI'LE. C. r. CASTLE. ). 11. ATHERTON.
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Street.
Entrance, Hotel
and
at least one new name each.
in
sending
& COOKE,
rpHEO. H. I)AVIES & CO.,
This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggre- pASTLE
Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu,
SHIPPING AND
gate it will strengthern our hands and enbeen
do
return
than
has
in
able
us
to
more
Commission Agents
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
promised for the moderate subscription rati
AGENTS FOR
Lloyds,
AGENTS FOR
of $2.00 per annum.
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
Kohala ugar Company,
The
Northern Assurance Company (Fire and Life.)
Islanders traveling abroad often speak,
"Pioneer" Line Packets, Liverpool to Honolulu.
The Haiku Sugar Company,
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Liverpool Office, Nos. 41 and 43 The Albany.
or write, of the welcome feeling with
The Paia Plantation
which The Friend is received as it
Grove Ranch Plantation,
mHOS. G. THRUM,
The Papaikou Sugar Company,
makes its regular appearance, month by
The Waialua Plantation, R. Halstead,
Importing asd Manufacturing
month,; hence parties having friends or
The A. H. Smith & Co. Plantation.
more
can
nothing
relatives abroad,
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
find
The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company,
welcome to send than The Friend, cis a
Book-Binder, Etc.
The Union Marine Insurance Company,
Almanac
and
Annual.
monthly remembrancer of their aloha,
And Publisher of the Hawaiian
The Union Fire Insurance Company,
Dealer in Fine Stationery, Books, Music, Toys
them at the same time with
The /Etna Fire Inusrance Company.
and
furnish
and Fancy Goods.
Ceorge F. Blake Manufacturing Company,
and
The
the
record
moral
religious
only
of
Honolulu.
Fort Street, near Hotel Street,
D. M. Weston's Centrifugals,
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progress in the North Pacific Ocean. In
Jayne & Son's Medicines.
this one claim only this journal is entitled
A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Wilcox & Gibbs' Sewing Machines,
the
to the largest support possible by
Remington Sewing Machine Co.
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Dealers in
friends of Seamen, Missionary and PhiLumber, Building Materials and lanthropic work in the Pacific, for it oc- p O. HALL & SON, (Limited)
cupies a central position in afield that is
Coals.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
attracting the attention of the world
LUMBER YARD-ROBINSON'S WHARF.
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Honolulu, H. I.
more and more every year.
MerNew subscriptions, change of address, or Hardware and General
S.
TREGLOAN,
TJ.
notice of discontinuance of subscriptions or
chandise,
advertisements must be sent to the Manager
King Streets, Honolulu, H. I.
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
Corner
Fort
and
of The Friend, who will give the same
officers
prompt attention. A simple return of the
paper without instruction, conveys no in- WM. W. HALL, President and Manager, Treasurer.
L. C. ABLES, Secretary and
telligible notice whatever of the sender's inAuditor,
Trust money carefully
Merchant St., next to Post Office.
.
Generalff
L
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....
«
Merchant Tailor,
Gentlemen's
W. F. ALLEN,
tent.
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FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC
A First Class Stock
of
Hand
The Friend is devoted to.the moral and
religious interests of Hawaii, and is published on the first of every month. It will
Goods, Always on
be sent post paid for oneyear on receipt of
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$2.00.
TOM MAY and E. O. WHITE, Directors.
n BREWER &
CO., (Limited)
GENERAL MERCANTILE
COMMISSION AGENTS,
Queen Street, Honolulu, H. I.
TTTM. McCANDLESS,
AI.VERTIvING
BATBs !
$ a oo
One year
3 oo
4 oo
i inch, six months
No. 6 Qusen Street, Fish Market,
7 oo
One year
8 oo
six mun'.hs
% column,
Dealer in
One year
1500
14 00
54 column, six months
*S 0°
One year
One column, six months
»5 0°
40 00
One year
Family and Shipping Oiders carefully attended to.
Advertising bills will be collected during the closing
Live Stock furnished to vessels at short notice, and vegejsnB7yr
quarter of the year.
tables of all kinds supplied to order.
Choice Beef,"Veal, Mutton, Fish.
Professional cariih, six months
list
or
officess
:
President and Manager
P. C Jones Jr
Joseph O. Carter
W. F. Allen,
Treasurer and Secretary
Auditor
directors:
Hon. Chas. R. Bishop
S. C. Allen.
janeryr
H. Waterhouse.
�& CO.,
■piSHOP
TJOLLISTER
8
THE FRIEND.
& CO.,
T
T. WATERHOUSE,
BANKERS,
Importer of
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
English and American
IMPORTERS,
Draws Exchange on
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their Agents in
New York,
Boston,
Parts,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London, Frankfort-onthe-Main.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney* London.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Sydney.
The Banking of New Zealand, Auckland and its
Branches in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington
The Bank of British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
The Azores and MadeiraIslands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Bank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
MERCHANDISE.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Has now a
Valuable Assortment
Goods,
Ex late arrivals.
AT THE NO.
AND
Transact a General Banking Business.
of
10
STORE
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i
pi.AUS
,—
~
SPRECKELS k CO.,
A great variety of Dry Goods,
BANKERS,
....
Honolulu,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hawaiian Islands.
Draw Exchange on the principal parts of the wcrld, and
transact a General Banking Business.
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PACIFIC
AND AT
Ginger Ale and Aerated IVaUrs. Crockery & Hardware
And
NO. 109 FORT STREET,
SUCCESSORS TO
AND SAMUEL
Principal Store & Warehouses.
NOTT.
IM PO RTE RS,
Fort Street, Honolulu.
HARDWARE,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Furnishing Goods,
Silver Plated Ware,
Cutlery, Chandeliers,
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Honolulu, H. I.
jatuVryr
TJ
TTTILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO,
(Limited.)
E. McINTYRE & BROS.
Steamer "A'INAU,"
Importers and Dealers i;i
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND
FEED.
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
Packet from the Eastern
nishes,
States and Europe.
Kerosene Oil of the bezt Quality. FRESH CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Var-
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I*y Every Steamer.
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A L. SMITH,
CHARLES HUSTACE,
Importer and Dealer
in
LAVA SPECIMENS, PLATED WARE,
King's combination Spectacles, Glassware, Sewing Machines, Picture Frames. Vases, Brackets, etc., etc. Terms
Cash. 83 Fort Street, Honolulu.
Honoluu.
TJENRY
NO.
Lumber and Building Material.
Office—B3 Fort St. Yard —cor. King and Merchant Sts.
Chas. M. Coosa.
F. J. Lowrev.
Robert Lewers,
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HACKFELD & CO.,
-
•
Honolulu.
ttETS OF THE FRIEND.
One set of The Friend in three volumes, from
inclusive. A few sets from 1852,
1852 to 1884,
unbound, can be procured on application to
juB7
Office of The Friend.
"
Steamer LIKELIKE,"
98 FORT STREET HONOLULU,
TEA DEALERS,
Weekly Trips for
Steamer
WOLFE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
And all kinds of Feed, such as
HAY, OATS, BRAN, BARLEY, CORN, WHEAT, Jtc
Fresh Goods Received by Every Steamer.
66 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
P. 0. Box 130.
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Telephone 549
Kahului and Hana.
" MOKOLII,"
McGREGOR
Cosssitnrlsr
Weekly Trips for Circuit of Molokai and Lahaina.
Steamer "KILAUEA HOC/,"
AND
Steamer "LE/H/A,"
For Torts on Ham.ikua Coat.
S. B. ROSE, Secretary
S. G. WILDER, President.
[ijan37yrl
pHAS. J.
FISHEL,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets, Honolulu,
IMI'OKTEK AND DEALER IN
Coffee Roasters an J
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
Commander
DAVIES
MAY k CO.,
New Goods received by every vessel from the Umratj
States and Europe.. California Produce received by every
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Steamer.
Commiss on Merchants,
Commander
Weekly Trips for Hilo and Way Ports.
No. 113 Kins Street, (Way's Block),
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Dealers in
Corner Queen and Foil Streets,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
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T EWERS k COOKE,
LORENZEN
East corner of Fort and King Streets.
LAMPS,
TI
QUEEN STREET
HARDWARE CO.,
PILLINGHAM & Co.
Strictly
Can be seer.
TOILET ARTICLES;
dry goods,
fancy goods,
millinery,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc.
Latest styles DRESS GOODS and MILLINERY received by every Steamer
Fashionable Dress Making
Orders faithfully attended to at the
Leading
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House ok
CHAS. J. FISHEL.
Millinery
�The Friend.
HONOLULU, H.
L. FEBRUARY, 1888.
Number
2..
9
Volume 46.
Tkl Fkiend is published the first day of each month, at
Honolulu, H. 1. Subscription rate 'J wo I'ollaks ikk
VKAH
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Ail communications and letters connected with the
literary
department of the paper, Books and Magazines for Review and Exchanges should be addressed "Rev. S, E.
promise, one after another dragged into adds another glory to the lustre of misthis deadly whirlpool of vice, rarely to sionary labors and missionary power in
escape at all, without deep branding or the Pacific.
It more than parallels the
BtSHOI*, Honolulu, H. I."
maiming for life. What can we do yet unique event in these islands forty-five
ButilMM letters should be addressed "T. O. THRUM,
more to save some of them ?
years ago, when a noble regard for misHono'ulu. H 1.
S.
E. BISHOP,
Editor.
CONTENTS.
THE PONAPE TROUBLES.
Mich of our space this month is occupied
with the latest intelligence from
9
_.
9 Ponape of the happy settlement of their
io
11 troubles, and
with the views of the
12
13 Madrid journals upon the subject.
The
14
15 former good news is almost beyond oust
16
cover expectations, knowing as we do the very
cruel and sanguinary character of Spanish dealings in the past, with all opposiMEN.
TO
REACH
YOUNG
HOW
Much has been said in our papers of tion from the natives in their East Indian
late on this question, which appeals to possessions, taking in view also the exthe deepest feelings of every parent and treme insult to the Spanish authority
every Christ-like soul. Everywhere the involved in the destruction of their post
young man with his ardent passions and and the slaughter of the Governor and
leaping impulses, is pulled on every side his associates. It seems almost inby mighty temptations, and the way of credible that such great moderation
Death has more hold upon him than the should have been exercised by Spain as
way of life. In Honolulu, those tempta- to land a force of 600 soldiers, and then
depart without firing a single hostile
tions are often peculiarly degrading.
Of all the means of reaching after and shot. Spain could well afford to be
laying hold of those young men who are, thus merciful to weak and ignorant
more or less, giving way to these entice- tribes, and she will be honored both for
in adoptments, and of winning them to pure and her wisdom and her kindness
this
course.
ing
high living, we know of none so effectuNo doubt it may reasonably be felt that
al as the individual personal friendship
was strongly impelled to prudence
Spain
each
such
of good men and women. Let
moderation
by the powerful influence
and
and
one tnj to gain the lasting regard
We are well advised
the
States.
of
United
man
whose
confidence of some young
feet are straying. We must save men that Mr. Secretary Bayard has strongly
one at a time. It is the individual work asserted the claims and rights of the
American missionaries to be unmolested
that tells the most.
apYou cultivate grain or grass in masses. in their good work. It very clearly
Madrid
articles
from
the
The choice rose or orange trees you pears, however,
must dig about and prune one by one. and from Mr. Doane's own letters that
The more choice and precious the plant, he and his associates have well earned
the more individualizing must be the a very high respect from the Spanish
work. So must precious human souls authorities, and that nothing but their
receive close individual attention and high character and great personal and
spiritual influence could have secured
distinctive personal friendship.
large
are
Christendom
either the peaceable submission of the
In every city in
natives
or the forbearance of the Spanof
them
many
men,
companies of young
iards,
who
and
so have saved the weak and
culture,
and
ability,
possessing
the
rapidly entice into their own ways of terrified, but desperate natives from
was
impending.
vice the majority of the youth who general massacre which
approach manhood year after year. How There cannot be another case on re.desperately sad and bitter to see our cord where Spain forbore to wreak so
beautiful young sons, with all their strongly provoked a vengeance. This
Hew to Reach Yuuv.g Men
(
Ponape Affairs
(,'ueen of Scots
(. hurch Items
Peculiarities of Law Cases in Hawaii
Madrid Views of Ponape Affairs
A M uch Neededand Important Work in Kohala
Selections
Monthly Record <f I-vents, Marine Journal, &c
Hawaiian Board
Y. M.C. A
ReatOfU for Tempera'ice Effort-
I.V.X
9
0
sionary success and the development of
Christian civilization led England to
pull down her flag by the hand of the
good Admiral Thomas, and to restore
the Hawaiian standard—an act of generosity contrary to all her previous traditions.
With our honored Brother Doane, we
would recognize the good hand of theLord
and ascribe the praise to Him, who
answers the prayers of His faithful
servants, and has not left their weak and
suffering flock to be slain, nor His
churches in Ponape to be wasted.
The tercentenary of the execution of
Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1687, has
lately been celebrated. Beautiful, evilju
fated, the most romantic figure of
the sixteenth century, she continues
still to be pitied, to be admired, and
to be detested. But it is impossible
to ignore the more significant question
at issue which overshadowed the personal antagonism of. Elizabeth and
Mary. This was, whether Mary should
become Queen of England —whether
Rome or Protestantism should prevail
in Scotland and England—whether the
Bible or the Inquisition should rule in
the two countries. When Mary's head
fell, all the coming Liberty and Light of
England and America were delivered
with a great deliverance.
CHURCH ITEMS.
Rev. E. P. Baker has resigned the
pastorate of the Hilo Foreign Church,
to take effect in June.
Kaumakapili Church is erecting a new
and powerful organ, which is nearly all
in place.
Rev. James Bicknell, for some time
retired from regular missionary labor, is
about to engage in Evangelistic touring.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church of San Francisco,
is sojourning in Honolulu, seeking rest
and recuperation.
�10
THE FRIEND.
The Central Union Church has been
actively organizing its various lines of
Christian work. The weekly collections
for these objects have been liberal.
The Central Union Church has
adopted the practice of printing and
placing in the seats a programme of all
church notices instead of having them
El
from the pulpit,
of Kela to take care of us in
respect to all things as long as we live."
Kela had subsequently conveyed the
premises to the defendant in this suit.
The plaintiff's case was that they had
not received support from the grantee.
The Court held that the terms of the
deed made their support a matter of personal confidence in their son-in-law, and
did not create a conditional estate in the
consent
premises.
Confusion, arising from the loose
cv. E. C. Oggel has accepted a call
method of Hawaiian personal names,
Australia,
Brisbane,
but has been and of holding
property, has given us
pelled to delay proceeding thither some cases which it would be difficult
the illness of the mother of Mrs. to parallel in the Reports, say of MassaOggel in Holland, Michigan. She is chusetts or New York. The case of
suffering with Bright's disease, and near Armstrong vs. Kapohaku and Pau brings
out the story of two men' known by the
her end. Mr. and Mrs. Oggel may pos- brief appellation of
Koa. In 1861, when
sibly pass through Honolulu on the Government was selling kula land to
of the third week in February. natives at one dollar per acre, one Koa
and received a patent for no
The morning congregations at the bought
acres in Kohala. The widow and sister
ntral Union Church have been un- of
the elder Koa (deceased) brought suit
xedentedly large during the past of ejectment against the younger Koa,
month. There has been a large attend- who was in possession of the land.
ance of children and youth. The neces- The evidence showed that Koa the
was a namesake, but no relative
sity for a larger house of worship is younger
of the elder, whose full name was Kabeing seriously felt. The attendance at hooholoniokuokekoa, but who was comSabbath School has risen to 375—a monly known by the brief name of Koa.
overflowing the capacity of the Both of the men had planted on the
land, both had removed to Honolulu,
sement rooms.
and in 1878 both were again living in
where the elder Koa died.
Kohala,
ES
CASES
Planting had ceased on the land, there
IN HAWAII.
being too many horses and cattle runBY JUSTICE L. MCCULLY.
ning in the neighborhood. About this
(Concluded.)
time Koa the younger built a house on
Bills in Equity for the cancellation of the land and occupied it. He had posdeeds, on the ground that aged and session of the original patent. In 1873
ignorant Hawaiians have been deceived he raised money by a mortgage on this
in executing deeds,-are numerous enough land. In 1876 he leased 100 acres for
to be considered a noticeable feature in $400 per annum, and collected the rent
for four years. But the jury in the
our reports.
In Naome and wife vs. Ah Nin, the ejectment case determined that the land
plaintiffs set forth that the husband had been paid for by and patented to
meaning to sell one piece of land, sold the elder Koa. The evidence was full
two. He was an elderly man, and hard and circumstantial on both sides.
I
of healing. It appeared that both pieces think the case must have been gained
were already leased to the defendant, by the stout and inflexible story of the
and one of them was mortgaged. The Rev. E. Bond, who was the Government
plaintiff had urged the sale and lowered agent for the sale of land in Kohala.
the price. The sum agreed to was not This verdict stood. The case in the
grossly inadequate. The two pieces of reports was to determine whether Mrs.
land had been associated in the lease, Armstrong's—the third and only suband the lease was produced to furnish a sisting mortgage—should hold good,
description of the property sold in the although proved to have been made by
deed, which was written there by a syn- a man who did not own the land. The
dicate of native lawyers, with all the mortgage was sustained on the ground
publicity and unreserve of business done that the widow and sister of Koa, having
by natives. The Court ce'd not cancel stood by and seen Koa the younger
the deed. It would not do to permit a exercise the above recited acts of posvacillation of purpose as recorded in so session and ownership, must suffer from
solemn an instrument as a deed.
the opportunity they permitted for the
Akin to the case above named are fraud. [Their easy indulgence of his
those where an infirm, aged Hawaiian fraud suggests improper relations subhas made a conveyance of his estate on sisting between these women and Koa
a supposed condition that he should be the younger, as is too common.—Ed.]
comfortably supported the remainder of This was a notable instance of the
his days by the grantee. In Kekuku vs. pitfalls in the way of a loan agent and
Keliaa, the consideration of the convey- conveyancer dealing with native .titles.
ance was recited as "on account of
Another curious case. Certain premi-
Kamer
tmber
PECULIARITI OFLAW
[February, 1888.
ses in Manoa were held by a man known
for the greater part of his life as Kikipine.
Many persons testified that his real
name was Naihe, son of Kumoa and
Lonohiwa; that, born atWaimea, Hawaii,
he came as a youth to Honolulu, and
acquired the name of Kikipine, or "Sixpins," by employment in a bowling-alley.
On the other side a party of respecta
ble witnesses testify that they knew
Kikipine from his boyhood, and afterward as the owner of the premises in
Manoa; that his father was Kukae (not
Kumoa) and his mother Puu, (not Lonohiwa;) that he was born at Waimanalo,
Oahu; that he came as a youth to
Honolulu, and got his name Kikipine
by setting up pins in a bowling-alley.
Fortunately the court was not compelled
to decide which was the owner.
The foreign reader of this volume
would learn that we are, unfortunately,
a leper country, from the opinion of the
Justices in reply to queries submitted by
the Legislature. The phraseology and
the form of the three questions indicate
the Hawaiian origin of the proponents.
The first question is: Is it a crime to be
afflicted with leprosy that these people
are confined at Kalawao and Kakaako 5
The two following questions are whether
the laws for segregation are not in
violation of the Constitution. The court
answers that these laws are enacted
under what is termed the Police Power
of the State, termed by Dwarris the law
of overruling necessity. Salus popitli
suprcnia lex. If it did not exist in this
Kingdom our population would be liable
to be swept away by any and every contagiftus disease that might come to our
shores, and no measures of quarantine
or restriction could be taken against it.
The legislative inquiries are interesting
as showing the restiveness and suffering
of the Hawaiians under the necessarily
hard provisions of the law, from which
they are the chief sufferers, and indicate
the unfitness of a purely Hawaiian
government to take care of the natives.
[We learn from the President of the
Board of Health that for every individual
leper sent by him to Molokai, he is
subject to the most heart rending appeals
in their behalf from two or more of their
relatives. A wife will beg to take hei
children and live among the lepers with
her husband. From another source we
learn that lepers have recently been
found with permits to go at large, issued
from high quarters for $5 each.—Ed.]
master and servant.
Sundry cases under this caption in the
index show the existence of a system
not permitted in any degree by the
United States, that is, importing persons
under contract to serve and labor for a
term of years. In Rickard vs. Conta,
the question was presented of construing
what was intended by a term of three
years, twenty-six working days to be
counted and paid for as a month. Within
the three years the laborer had failed to
work eichtv-nine days. The emnlover
�claimed to be entitled to eighty-nine
days of labor which he would pay for
beyond the expiration of three calendar
years. The court held that the contract
covered only the three calendar years,
and that the terms constituting twentysix days a month only fixed the rate of
wages for the days actually worked
within the three years.
Custom may have familiarized us
with the features of our contract service,
but I think that every planter will agree
that it will be a desirable state of things
when the apparent necessity for importing people under contracts, and of
"shipping" men already in the country
in order to secure a steady and sufficient
supply of labor for our industries will
have passed away. In the eyes of our
American neighbors we maintain a
system of peonage, something not unfrequently thrown out against us, and
not easily answered. [There has long
been an efficient system of inspection
and protection of contract laborers by
the government. No serious acts of
abuse or oppression can well exist. The
stories of such abuse which occasionally
appear in American papers are totally
without foundation.—Ed.]
Two cases offishing rights take us back
to primitive times. The right to fish
out to "chin deep" of a man wading, the
right of a hoaaiua, or tenant, to fish in
the waters of the great Landlord, are
involved in these cases —curious and
important controversies which there is
not time to present here.
With the mention of one anomaly of
justice arising from our statute of appeaß,
I will close this disconnected list of
peculiarities of our life and business
exhibited in the courts.
In Nakanelua vs. Kailianu, the controversy was upon the owenership of a
pig. The defendant had slaughtered him,
and claimed that it was his own white
and black hog. Two courts had found
that the hog was the plaintiff's and that
he was worth $25. But no cases are
fought more tenaciously by Hawaiians
than those involving the ownership of a
pig or a horse. The genealogy .of the
animal is shown by a crowd of witnesses
on each side, and only the court of last
resort can settle the case. In the third
trial it was found by a jury very competent to discuss the merits of a hog case,
that he belonged to the plaintiff, but
was worth only $20. Now our lawprovides that when on appeal the previous judgment is reduced as much as
one-fifth, the costs are thrown upon the
party recovering only four-fifths, the
appellant being justified by this reduction in his favor. So the plaintiff who
recovered $20 was compelled to pay the
costs of the three trials, nearly §50.
But the court could not help him.
Don't despise the dull children. Love
and pet them. A positive dummer may
be very useful in a family, and is generally more comfortable to live with than
a genius.
THE FRIEND.
MADRID VIEWS OF PONAPE
AFFAIRS.
The Rev. William H. Gulick, of San
Sebastian, Spain, has translated selections from the leading Madrid journals,
giving information and comments upon
1
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machine, as well as how to aim the
rifle!"
All the correspondents speak of Mr.
Doane in terms of warmest praise. One
writes: "Mr. Doane, the protestant pastor, was thoroughly friendly to the
Spaniards, and from the day that they
the subject of the late proceedings of the established themselves on the island his
Spanish authorities in Ponape. We are conduct could not have been more corpermitted to print the following extracts rect, deferential and worthy in all restherefrom. Some ofthese have already- pects than it was."
appeared in U. S. religious papers.
All the correspondents agree that the
The captain of the Spanish transport natives felt very deeply the outrage comManila reported to the Colonial Minis- mitted on their friend and spiritual father.
ter regarding the island of Ponape:
"They went with him to the beach, as
"The American Mission established he was carried away a prisoner, and
here for some thirty years, whose direc- bade him good-bye with sobs and tears.
tor is Mr. Doane, has brought the They committed no violence, however,
natives up to a state of civilization.
The schools, more than twenty in number, furnished in the American style,
bring together on Sundays almost the
entire population of the island, and also
on other days a very considerable pfrt
of it. The missionaries exercise great
influence over the natives."
Of the Governor who deported Mr.
Doane, it is said by one correspondent,
"While in Manila Senor Posadillo (may
God receive him to glory) gave proofs
that he was a gentleman of excellent
parts, but also that he was given to infantile manias, to ideas not in harmony
with common sense, and to certain extravagances of thought that made everybody feel that he was the last one that
should have been appointed to so difficult and delicate a mission."
The staunch Roman Catholic and
monarchical hnparcial of Madrid says
bitterly: "And this governor was accompanied by a set of Capuchin friarsmost admirable clod-hoppers of the
Aragon hills, entirely in their element
higgling over the scant produce of their
sterile fields—who, on reaching Manila,
forgot their spiritual mission, even
neglecting the opportunity that offered
to get some notions of the language of
the people to whom they were sent.
This is the way—these are the means
by which Spain inaugurates her government in the territory, the taking possession of which had shaken all Europe."
Padre LJavanera, provincial of Capuchin friars and member of the expedition, gave out in Manila that their
"mission was to deprotestantist the
Ponapeans, who were ruined (perdidos)
by the doctrines of the Protestant mis-
sionaries."
Nothing so injured the Spanish authority as the determination to do everything that the Capuchin friars demanded, "and the putting the whole
power of the government at the service
of that religious intolerance that has
ever been so harmful in its consequences
to Spain."
the venerable prisoner himself and the
other American missionary, Mr. Rand,
urging them to do nothing."
While the warship San Qucntin was
bearing Mr. Doane away to Manila,
matters on the island were rapidly going from bad to worse. Let the Spanish
correspondents of El Dia and El
influential Catholic and
Resumen,
monarchical papers of Madrid, tell the
story—nothing in it will then be set
down to Protestant malice. I (W. H.
G.) combine and condense the two narratives.
" The Governor, Sr. Posadillo, was
pushing forward work, not only on the
roads but on the Government palace,
and all by forced labor. He made the
people come from all parts of the island,
necessitating in some cases long and
fatiguing journeys. Though blows and
abuse were plenty, he gave them no
pay, nor even any food, although these
poor Indians gather their food only from
day to day, and do not have stores of
provisions from which to draw in time
of need.
" It is said that the Governor was
fond of a good table, and as cultivation
is backward and rich viands are scarce,
he laid all parts of the island under contribution for his supplies. And though
he ordered that the natives should be
paid for what they brought, the one
charged with this duty, it is said, kept
the money for himself.
It is also said that persons of the
Spanish colony, not considering sufficient the maidens that had been provided for them, did not respect either
the married women nor the young girls.
It is equally said that in the name of the
Governor, women were demanded even
from the families of the tribal kings, but
that they were not given up without
protest on the part of these, and of the
missionary (Mr. Rand), who explained
to the authorities that this was contrary
to the customs that had been taught the
natives.
" Matters were thus on the second of
July, when the natives did not come to
work as usual. An interpreter was sent
to inquire why. The reply was given
that it was a ' feast day' of theirs. The
"
The governor began by ordering "that
the Protestant books should be seized
whenever found in the hands of the
natives—natives who knew how to read
and write, and how to run the sewing Governor, on hearing this, allowed him-
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be carried away with rage, and
squad of twenty-seven soldiers,
with express orders to bring the Indians
by force if they would not come voluntarily. The message was given, and
the chiefs replied that that was one of
their most important feast days, and
that if they could be excused for that
day they would go to work on the following day as usual. The officer replied
self to
sent a
that he would not return without carrying out his orders. The chiefs of Enote
and Kiti answered: 'If the governor is
governor, we are the kings on this
island, and to-day we will not work.'
Upon this the officer ordered the troops
to fire. The Carolines replied with a
volley from their Winchester rifles, and
in a short time only one of the soldiers
remained. Some say that some of the
soldiers went over to the natives. It is
positively known that only one returned
to give the alarm to the garrison.
" The Governor immediately prepared
for the defense. He at once sent the
women, the papers of the colony, and
the treasure off to the storeship, the
Dona Maria dc Molina. One of the
women was the wife of the captain of
the ship. No attack was made on them,
though the Indians could easily have
cut them off had they chosen to do so.
The Capuchin padres also took flight in
this boat with the women. The official
place of the ship's doctor was on board,
but, knowing that wounded men needed
his help, he hastened ashore, and was
killed with others.
" The captain of the ship sent the
launch ashore manned by thirteen men,
with a cannon. But, to a man, that
forlorn hope fell before the accurate fire
of the natives, and they captured both
boat and cannon.
"On the fourth day of the conflict,
the sth of July, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Sr. Posadillo, seeing that further
resistance was useless, made the attempt
to reach the ship with his few remaining
men. The darkness favored, but the
high tide was against them. They wer«
obliged to wade in the water a considerable distance before they could reach
the boat that was waiting for them,
whereas, at low tide, they could have
run easily down to a short distance
from where the ship lay at anchor.
"The Carolinos, wide awake, saw the
manoeuvre, and attacked the Spaniards,
who were all killed. Posadillo defended
himself bravely, but fell pierced by four
balls. With his blood he atoned for the
faults that he may have committed.
"The killed are reported as: The
Governor, a naval officer, the ship's
doctor, and fifteen marines; two infantry officers, two lieutenants, three
sergeants, and forty soldiers—sixty-five
in all."
With the death of the Governor hostilities ceased. Every soul ofthe Spanish
colony was crowded upon the storeship,
and there she lay for days within a
stone's throw of the land, unmolested
by the natives.
The foreigners on
shore—English and American—communicated freely with the ship. The
sad news is given that the captain's
wife, overcome by the excitement, became a raving maniac.
Mr. Doane and his companions on
the San Quentin had no suspicion of
the tragedy until they made the harbor,
and noticed the Spanish flag was flying
The second
only on the storeship.
officer of the San Quentin was appointed
Governor ad interim. He immediately
issued a call to the islanders for their
help in the arrest of two or three suspected " beach combers," and particularly of a half-breed Portuguese who
had acted as one of the interpreters for
the Governor, and was said to be at the
bottom of much of the trouble, having
systematically deceived Sr. Posadillo
regarding orders given in his name to
file natives. He was taken to Manila.
All true lovers of justice will now
wait in much suspense the development
of events. National pride and excited
feelings will naturally call for violent
measures with those poor Carolinos,
who surely have been more sinned
against than sinning. One voice already
cries : "As regards those Indians, it is
highly necessary and politic that they
should be made to see with what swiftness Spain conquers and punishes those
who rise up against her authority."
The Liberal, one of the ablest and
largest papers, liberal but frankly Roman
Catholic, says:
"We do not understand why the government gives such unconditional support to the reverend Capuchin friars,
who are continually causing conflicts in
our colonies. It cannot be said that
they really extend the knowledge of the
love of Christ in those distant countries
unknown to the Spaniards."
"To the people of Ponape, Mr. Doane
is their priest, their bishop, their pastor,
their great saint (santon), their all.
Without him they do nothing important, nor do they resolve anything without his advice.
"Besides this, the Protestants pursue
a very different system of propaganda
from that of the Capuchins. They win
hearts by kind treatment, by true love,
open and frank persuasion, convincing
of what is useful and necessary for man
are their chief forces. They do not appeal to the lash, but to reason; they do
not persuade by force, but by sound
sense; they do not stimulate by brutal
punishments, but by good example; they
do not threaten'tortures and torments,
but they console with love and tenderness. The result is, they are loved, revered —better than revered, respected.
"On the other hand, the Capuchin
fathers, relying on official help, try to
impose themselves by force, and what
they reap is bitterness and hate. This
intolerant system was pursued by the
unfortunate Posadillo, urged to it by the
friars, and probably advised by the
"
[Februay, 1888.
Governor-General Terreros to follow the
same—and with the results that we now
lament.
Wm. H. Gulick.
"Avenda dc la Libertad,4o San Sebas
tian, Spain, November 8, 1887."
The above extracts are of much value,
not as being of especial accuracy as to
fact, nor sound in opinion, but as disclosing to us how the events are understood in Spain to have taken place, and
what views are current in Spain as to
those events. We deprecate especially
a hasty judgment as to the conduct of
the poor Capuchin friars, about whose
intentions and operations we really
know very little. Most of the true history of Ponape affairs is yet to be made
known. We do know that Sr. Posadillo
made ruinous work with the Protestant
schools and churches, and that in some
cases force was employed in converting
individuals, notably a Protestant paitoi
formerly a Spanish subject from Guam.
A MUCH NEEDED AND IMPORTANT
K
IWNORK OHALA.
readers
of
The
Friend are inThe
terested in every good word and work
relating to the coming kingdom of Christ
in these islands. They will, therefore,
be glad to learn something about a
much needed and important work among
and for the Chinese children of the
Kohala district.
There are between thirty and forty
families represented in the Kaiopihi
Church. A large proportion of them
'.ive in the vicinity of Makapala. There
are about fifty children growing up in
these Christian families. There are also
several heathen families in the district
with more or less children.
Mr. Aseu, so well known to many of
the readers of The Friend, has long
cherished the idea of starting a dayschool for the study of the Chinese language and Chinese Christian literature
among these children, and hence when
the new church building was completed
at Makapala he gladly united in the
movement to start a day school for the
Chinese in the building. A Christian
young man, who had been trained in
the Basle Mission at Hongkong, was
found well qualified and willing to teach
the school for $240 per annum, or $20
per month; his name is Shu Ten Yong.
Some of the leaders in the enterprise
thought that a lady teacher should be
employed for the girls, and that the
boys and girls should be taught separ
ately in the school. Mrs. Aseu offered
to teach the girls'department for $120
per annum, or $10 per month.
A public meeting was accordingly
called early in September last to consider and discuss this question of start
ing a school; it was well attended.
Rev. A. Ostrom, of the Kohala foreign
church, presided. The meeting was
already in possession of the knowledge
that it would cost over $360 per year to
run such a school as they desired. Mr.
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for whom he worked, to be released from
SELECTIONS.
Frank W. Damon, the efficient manager
a
certain agreement, so that he could go
of the Chinese work of the Hawaiian
of
An ounce of mother is worth a ton
South.
islands,
had
encouraged clergy.
Board in these
"What do you want to go South for,
them to hope for help in the enterprise;
If you doubt that God is beseeching Uncle Davy- ?"
which
could
they
this
was
all
on
and
you, look at the cross.
"'Cos I'se called to a church down
rely. As they talked over the matter
dar."
ask
what
you
to
are
free
to
begun
grow;
their
enthusiasm
You
perfectly
together
to a church ?"
$130 per year was soon subscribed. will, but do not choose what you will, or " Called
I be de" Yissah. I dunno wedder
Accordingly, trustees were elected to you will be sorry later.
aw dc vesture
sextant,
aw
dc
pasture,
and
collect
the
subscriptions,
secure and
There is blessed peace in looking for man; but I'se sumfin."
to manage the school. These trustees nothing but our daily task and our porare Mr. Aseu, Mr. Kong Hyouk Siong, tion of Christ's cross between this day
I cannot remember that either she or
and Rev. A. Ostrom. Mr. Ten Yong and the appointed - time when we shall my father (Judge Lyman, of Northampand Mrs. Aseu were chosen as teachers, fall asleep in Him.
ton,) ever enjoined fine manners on the
and it was resolved to open the school
at the same time the Government schools
were opened.
Accordingly, the school started on the
last with nineteen
19th of September
pupils—6 girls and 13 boys—and has
been in operation three months. Mr.
Clayton Ostrom and Sadie Ostrom, son
and daughter of the pastor of the Kohala
foreign church, generously offered to
give instruction in English every afternoon without charge, and their offer was
gladly accepted by the trustees, and
thus English has been taught without
increasing the expense.
A public examination and exhibition
was held in the Kaiopihi Church on
Christmas Eve, December 24. The
church was well filled, although the
evening was very stormy. The exercises
were almost entirely in Chinese; they
consisted of prayer and an address by
the preacher, Mr. Kong Yet Yin, and a
catachetical exercise, conducted by a
class in which one member of the class
would ask a question, and the whole
class would answer in concert, bringing
out the history of the advent and incarnation. These exercises were interspersed with singing by the school,
some of which was in English, and were
concluded with an address by the pastor
of the Kohala foreign church.
It is the object of the trustees to make
this school a Christian institution, free
to all Chinese in the district, so that
none may be excluded for lack of means.
They have, therefore, adopted the voluntary principle for securing means for the
support of the school. Christian parents
acting on this principle are found to give
liberally for such a cause, and their
heathen neighbors are not slow to imitate their example. But there are not a
sufficient number of such to make the
school self-supporting. For the quarter
just closed, the parents of the children
paid into the treasury $33, the Hawaiian
Board $30, and the Treasurer secured
from friends in Kohala the remaining
$27. If any of the readers of The
Friend wish to lend a helping hand in
this good work they can communicate
with the Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees, Rev. Alvin Ostrom, Kohala,
"It is my sincere belief," says Sir
Richard Burton, "that if the slave trade
were revived, and Africa could get rid of
powder and rum, Africa would be the
gainer."
Crantner'l pliant will, bowing under
every blast of the tyrant, but always
rising to its end, saved the better cause'
for better days, which an inflexible Knox
would have ruined.
Christ is not concluded in Luther,
for He was not concluded in Paul. But
the main body of the waters of life will
be conveyed over the world in the channel dug by the Saxon monk.
The nineteenth century belief may be
false, or it may be vague and shadowy
and indistinct; but whatever its defects
they cannot be cured by requiring either
the'laity or the ministers to submit to a
sixteenth century creed.
Rev. James Johnson, native pastor at
■Lagos, West Africa, says:"The slave
trade has been to Africa a great evil, but
these evils of the rum trade are far
worse. I would rather my countrymen
were in slavery and being worked hard
and kept away from the drink than that
the drink should be let loose upon them."
The alleged intolerance of the Massachusettes Colony has given rise to much
sincere regret, and to no small amount
of not very intelligent declamation. But
things may be proper, and even requisite in an infant settlement, midway between a family and a state, which are
needless, as well as unjust in a mature
community.
Why is it that perhaps a hundred in
all hanged for witchcraft m New England weigh heavier than a hundred
thousand burned in Germany for the
same cause in the same century ? It is
the world's testimony to the superior
Christianity of New England, against
which such barbarism was the weightier
sin.
Schleirmacher said: "Catholicism
makes the relation of the believer to
Christ depend upon his relation-to the
church. Protestantism makes the relation of the believer to the church depend
his relation to Christ." Says Dale,
upon
Hawaii, H. I.
of Birmingham: "The direct access of
the soul to God is the ultimate principle
Sorrow and the saints are not married of Protestantism."
so,
Heaven
will
together; but were it
A colored man applied to a gentleman
mike a divorce.
many young people they educated, or
even talked about them. With them it
was always the principle to work from
within outwards, and not the reverse.
They believed that if one could make a
child perfectly truthful, disinterested and
considerate towards all God's creatures,
fine manners would be the inevitable
and unconscious result.
Herbert Spencer has been counted the
Prince ofAgnostics. Yet, by John Fiske,
his greatest disciple and expositor, we
are taught solemnly to confess that
"Beyond the veil of sense is the might:
est, the most august, the most certain
of all realities. It is the power of which
man and the world are products; it is the
ultimate cause from which Humanity
has proceeded. It is a Being with whom
in the deepest sense, the human soul
owns kinship.
The infinite and eternal
Power that is manifested in every pulsa
tion of the Universe is none other than
the living God."
The strange fact has long been known
that the lines of fall and spring migration of birds between Africa and Europe
cross the Mediterranean where it is
widest. This has been explained bygeological investigations. Where these
lines of bird travel occur, there were
once chains of islands which long ago
slowly subsided and sank beneath the
sea. But where the birds crossed in
old times, there they cross to-day. The
memory of the birds of to-day is older
than the formation of Southern Europe.
Of all modern reformatory tendencies
in the methods of education none is
more significant than that which establishes a new method of classical study.
Instead of spending the best and most
impressible years of a student's life in
mere grammatical drill, in the dry and
empty process of learning all the possible forms and rules which grammarians
have elaborated for the exhibition of
their own subtlety and the pulverizing
of the brains of their pupils, some modern scholars have awakened to the
discovery that language is something
more than grammar—the learning of
which Dc Quincey calls the dry-rot of
the human mind" that thought is
something more than the raiment in
which it is clothed, and that a youth's
education consisteth not in the abundance of the rules and formulas which he
possesseth.—H. M. Goodwin.
— "
�[Februay, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
14
MONTHLY
CURRENT
19—Haw brig Hazard, Holland, for Roratonga
the Colonies; her passengers for this Jan 22—Am
S S Maiiposa. Hayward, far the Colonies
Am tern W S Howne, I'.luhm, for San Francisco
port are all placed in quarantine, and
brigantite
W (i Irwin McCulloch, for San
24—Am
mails, freight, etc., fumigated.
Krancisco
—Bark
C.
D.
Newt
Year's
ist,
brigantine
Jan.
23rd —Resignation of Marshal J. L. 25—Am cisco S G Wilder, Rug?, for San FranBryant sailed for San Francisco. —In- Kaulukou.
28—Am bktne Planter, Perrinian, fi.r San Francisco
ternational Postal Money Order Con31—Am bWne S N Castle, Hubbard, for San Francisco
—Appointment of Hons. S. B.
24th
Am tern Eva, Armstrong, for San Francisco
vention between Norway and the Dole, A. S. Hartwell and His Ex. C.
Netherlands and Hawaii opened.
W. Ashford as a Commission to rePASSENGEKS.
2nd—New Year's holiday; Reception port upon the laws relating to the JudiAKBIVALS.
at the Palace from u a.m. to p.m.— ciary.
From San Francisco, per Australia, Jan to—Mrs. A I
Fifth Semi-Annual Target Practice of 27th—Joint entertainment at the Y. Rabbit,
Mrs I W Kohertson, H X Hitchcock and family,
Mrs F Hilder, Miss A Homer, C H Atherton and wife, A
the Rifle Association at their Range.
M. C. A. Hall to and by the men of H. Waldstein
and daughter, W R Watson, wife and maid.
and
local
talent.
Mi's Mirrlees, Com J Macdonough, Miss M A Titcomb,
3rd—Constitutionality of the Act of B. M. S. Caroline
Mrs F J Cutterand family, J S Ccrn, W B Cahrane, Miss
28th
Mission Children's Society- C 1 Carter and 8 others.
November 26, 1887, reducing the number of Judges to three argued before meet at the residence of Rev. E. G. From the Colonies, per Zealand!:., Jan 14—F Hairison,
Mrs A Webster and child, and 2 sttcrage, with 37 cabin
Judges Judd, McCully and Preston and Beckwith. Attorney-General Ashford and
58 steerage in transit.
submitted.
petitions the Supreme Court for a writ From San Francisco, per W G Irwin, Jan 17—Rev J o
mandamus to compel R. H. Baker, Adams and wire, W Goodale, F M Stump, C F Overbaugh.
4th—Chief Justice Judd renders a of
From San Francisco, per Planter, Jan 19—Mrs Captain
Governor
of Maui, to deliver all property, Uabccck,
MissH HMlebranJ.
decision declaring the above Act unconhis
in
etc.,
as
Governor
to
possession
From San Francisco, per Mariposa, Jan 21— Mrs H M
stitutional, Associate Justices McCully
Whitney, A M Sutherland, I>r McGregor and wife, Mrs S
the Sheriff'of the island.
and Preston concurring.
T Alexander, R More and wife, A McGregor, J PetrorT, J
quarantine
—The
restriction
on
N S Williams, E M Morgan and family, S W Wilcox and
30th
wife, A L Bryan and wife, J H Toler, X Kopke. Mis C S
5th—Custom House tables for the passengers
per Mariposa removed, and Ripley,
A Homer, C A Peacock and family, E W Toms.
past quarter and also for the past yeaV a large party of them leave for the W C Dart,
R N Rollins and wife. Mrs A A S Pierce and
sen, G Honney, C E Blair, P Percival and wife, L Foster,
published, shows a decrease in the ex- Volcano.
Fowler, R X HaJstead. W S Morgan, W M Merriott, F
J
ports of sugar, molasses, wool and hides,
Paiton, J Conway, H Weik, P BcaMO, Chans; L-.i nr<!
31st—Departure of the King for Ha- LI) Young.
but an increase in rice, paddy, bananas
waii per W. G. Hall. —Barkentine S. N.
DEI'ARTIKR?.
and tallow.
For San FtanciaCO, par W H Dimond, Jan 7—W Wilier,
Castle and tern Eva sail for San FranL Ni'son, L l.eyer. Mrs Ftistcorn and 2 children, F. Robin,
6th—Thomas G. Thrum appointed cisco.
A Maire, J Frank and N Caster.
Registrar of Conveyances.
For San Francisco, fer Ceylon, Jan 10 —A G Ellis, X
What a fearful swarm of cranks the Bahling, C Bchltng, Master F Bahling, Miss A Bahling, X
of barkentine \V. H.
Uehling, I- lidding and H Widtndorf.
7th—Departure
second century of Christianity brought For San FvanciacOj par Australia, Jan —Mrs Vander"
Dimottd for San Francisco.
17
and son, Miss E A Amis, Rev I- Back, Mrs Hyman,
8th—§50,000 fire at Hilo wipes out forth. Great religious activity and high burg
2 children and nurse, H W Hvnian, M Davis, S I) Ive>.
exaltations
are
attended
spiritual
always
Comm Macdonough, A Haas, T I.illic, M E Bailey, A X
the old Pitman store.
with evil mental fermentations in the Smith, Miss F Wmier, Mrs Marcham, H F (.lade and
10th—Arrival of Australia from San same
Luut Elliott, S Cross, MrsT S Douglass, Miss A
communities, and so huge crops family,
(vara, j H Thompson, F Gertz, M Phillips, G Debueh, P
Francisco.
and wife, Mrs T Smith, M 1' I,ope/
of cranks are generated. It was at the C'orbett, S Clementson
and family, M Loureira and wife, M Padieco and family,
1 ith—Departure of U. S. S. Mohican very period and in the same districts dc Souza and wife, Ade C sta and family, J Prchico andJ
Mrs C Renter and 5 children, A ISrown, M G
for Samoa.
where the gloriously fruitful revivals family,
Barto, F Johnson, Major Hill and family, H Week*, R S
Williams, J CM Una, M Lung, Kirn Lung, T M dc Rar.lo12th—Complimentary concert to Sir attendant on Finney's preaching pre- and
family, J Brensaaakey and (am. y, C W Obt-rhol-er, F
William Wiseman, Bart., Captain of vailed, that the misbegotten sects of dc Costa
and family, T Kruger, H Kruger, G J Freitas, \V
Wagoner,
T H Kennedy, J H Stewart, Ih. mas
H. B. M. S. Caroline, at the Hawaii- Oneida Noyes and Joseph Smith arose. Lunday, FWG Crone,
Eaton, H Twiedel, W lilont. J M Evans, I
an Hotel.
When spring and wave the green crops, Keylerand family, T Bohtn
and family, J T White and
A Wickmann
wife. J Kylamler, E Y Hook, A Rinehardt,
then hatch out the army worms. The and
—Arrival
bark
Miv
of
British
Niemann
Youiftf,
family,
and family, J Burke, J
V
L
13th
family, A V SarangO and family, E T Kenake,
from London.—Custody of the books of Devil is forever setting up some carica- Frietasaiul
M E Arien, F Eggerking, and wife, H Eggerking ami
the Government Library assigned to the ture of religion to entrap unstable souls. family, F Muller and family, | Mr.ssakichi, W F Clemens,
I. Wagner, M;ss J Palmyra, M Palmyra, G Holtler nnd
Honolulu Library Association.
wife, M W Lowell.
For the Co'onies, per Martposa, Jan m—E Here, C F
14th—Arrival of Zealand:a en route
S mmonis, W Farringsr, G Grant, >> Carr, E Dttval,
for San Francisco. —First Diffusion
PORT OF HONOLULU.
t '!ii:ieMj and 57 other* 1:1 transit.
For San Francisco, p* r W S Bowne, fan ?? —Hon Chas
plant for sugar manufacture arrives to
Wall. I, HtHebrand, Mrs Hilk brand, II Dumpfer and
Col. Z. S. Spaulding for the Makee
wife. Mr-, Braidwood and 6 children.
Sugar Co., Kealia, Kauai.
ban Francisco, per W G Irwin, \tn sa—E W Vogel,
t. \\ I'-i' r, Rh Eg, -i day* from Curt H For
Offenhefroer, X B Watson, J H Rankin, J 0 Shyrcx k.
X «i!
Australia,
ndlette,
17th Departure of the Australia for
Haw
S
S
S
!'or
San Francia o, par Planter, Jaa il—W J Ro he7
101!
m
San Francisco with a large passenger
X' San Francisco, per S N Castle, Jan 31—Mrs Saveri,.
Brit
Mm,
bark
i
hudren, Miss H ogi
A Severin,
* Mr»J S M.
list.—Arrival of brigantine ll'. G. Irwin
14—Haw s s Zealandia, Van Oterendurp, 17 days W Xi hson, wi c ..ml child.
from Sy n*y
from San Francisco.
bgtne W G Irwin, McCulh eh, 1■
days
if—Am fromrSai
BIRTHS.
I
18th—Arrival of the steamer City cf
s
of
York,
S
city
ng if. KUURN-In this city, Jao. 14,1 s, to the wife i
New
from
Searle,
H<
Am
New York, from Hong Kong, with three
Kong
'"< '.bum, a daughter.
ler
I.;—Am 1ktne Planter, Pernman, tyyi days ifom San
cases of small pox on board. After
Francisco
MARRIAGES.
20
—Am bktna S N Castle, Hubbaru, 1= 'lays fr- ra San
some correspondence with the Board
Francis. 0
COTTREI L—PETERSON—In this city, Dae.
of Health, the vessel proceeds on her
si—Am >> s Mariposa, Hayward, I % days from San
Rev.
Geo. Wallace, Wm. L. Cottrell to Henrieit;
by tli'Francisco
T., eldt-st daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Petersen,
voyage to San Francisco, without land;i;-Am tern Fva, Armstrong, 30 days from Eureka
—, from a whaling C Disc VIVAS-MARQUES-In this city, Dec. 31, 18S7, by the
24—Am bark Josephine,
ing cargo or passengers for this port.
jo-Am i ktne George C Perkins, Nordberg, 32 days
Hi-shop of Olba, Mr. J. M. Vivas to Maria Marque^.
Concert at the
from Port 'lownsend
19th—Complimentary
STKGEMANN— WEBER- In this city, Jan. 17, iS£3, by
the Rev. E. G. Heckwith, Victor Stegemann to
Hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Watson
DEPARTURES.
Vuloria Weber.
and Miss Mirrlees. Arrival of the Dec 31 U S S Juniata, Davis, for ChinaFianciscu
WHITE—SPRING-111 this ciiy, Jan. 17, 1888, by Rev.
1—Park C D Bryan!, Lee, for San
barkentine Planter from San Francisco. Jan s—Bktne
Ella, Hansen, for Sin Francisco
M. Sylvester, Mr. C M. White, of Kapaa, Kauai, to
Miss Esther A. Spring, of Honolulu.
7—Bktne W H Dimond, Drew, for San Fran
20th—Arrival of barkentine S. A'.
10—Bark Ojlon, Calhoun,for San Francisco
Day,
Francisco.
S
for
Samoa
Mohican,
Castle from San
11—U S
—QuaranDEATHS.
for San Era* oisca
14—Am ba*k Caibanen, Perkins,
tine established against vessels arriving
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Ottrtndorp, fee San HORN At St. Andrew's Friory, Jan. 11, 1888, of henKrrhage of the lungs, Cosy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, F.
Francisco
from the Coast under eighteen days.
17—Haw S S Australia, Houdletf, for San Francisco Horn, aged 16 years, 3 months.
16— Ger bark Friederich, KorfT, for San Francbco
21st—Arrival of the steamer Marithis city, Jan. 28, 1888, Wm. Turner, a
19—Am baik Forest tjueen, Winding, for San Fran- TURNER—In
posa from San Francisco en route for
osvtrve of England, aged about 60 years.
cifco
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�THE FRIEND.
HAWAIIAH BOARD.
I.
HONOLULU H.
This page is devoted to theinterests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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Editor.
LETTERS FROM PONAPE.
[Fran Rev. K. T. Doane, via Mania.]
Ponape, Nov. 13, 18S7.
O.
FoRBBS.
Rev. A.
Dear Brother :—I must hastily drop
you a line as to ourselves, our work, our
island, the great war force that is upon
us.
Up to my arrival from Manila,
September ist, you have all the facts.
On the Bth of September the steam
transport returned to Manila with the
sad news of the killing of the Governor
Seiior Posadillo, with some twenty other
Spaniards. The vessel sailed, all filled
with much feeling against our people,
determined to revenge the said death.
On October 31st, the said vessel returned, accompanied by two other transports, all bringing some 600 troops.
In the meantime, the temporary Governor, Don Juan dc la Concha, had issued
his proclamation and ultimatum. The
main points
The two rebellious kings, as they were called, were to
present themselves, humbly begging for
mercy; all property looted at the emeute
July ist, 2nd, 3rd, etc.; all guns then
taken, all runaway soldiers then with the
natives to be returned by a certain date.
If not, he should open fire on the island.
We worked hard day and night, going
here, there, everywhere, in sunshine and
drenching rains, trying to lead the
people to surrender up all. The chiefs
came up to time, certain property was
restored, also some dozen runaway soldiers. But he could not get all; some
common natives refused, some delayed;
the time was up, the guns were shotted
and fired. But, I am happy to say, no
one was killed, no property injured.
Thirty shells were fired ; there was then
a cessation till the arrival of the aforesaid vessels. The natives had been
warned of their coming, the large force
to be brought, the utter inutility of their
arms—they would be slaughtered without mercy. But they were unyielding
they had once been deceived; they
feared to put confidence in fhe new authorities, so they held out. But by much
prayer—all the churches were asked to
make this a subject of prayer —and by
much visiting the chiefs, and much
preaching, talking, persuading, on the
day of the expiration of the ultimatum,
November seventh, I think, we secured
the meeting of four of the kings.
That brought light; then a day of grace
was added; the fifth was led to give
in his allegiance. Another day of grace
was given; we secured three men accused of killing the Governor. Since
then some guns and all the runaway
soldiers have been secured, with some
were:
—
other things; and now peace reigns—
no war, no devastating homes, shooting
natives. The soldiers and officers, I
hear, are not a little disappointed; they
want war—we, peace. The Lord has
given us our desires; to Him be all the
praise ; we feel all the time like being a
walking Methodist, shouting Amen!
Hallelujah! Lavs Deo! I have much
to make me feel the peace is permanent.
Then the Governor has permitted all
schools to be opened—all preaching to
be carried on—all the freedom we need
in our work. Ma}' it always be so. He
is a kind man. I have time for this
short, hast}' note. I shall write by the
Yours truly,
Star.
E. T. Doane.
Captain Garland, of the Morning Star,
writes from Ponape via Manila under
date of November 18th:
"The missionaries thought it best for
the Star to come to Ponape before doing
the Marshall Island work, as perhaps
she would be needed. We reached here
to-day, seven days from Kusaie. We
find things quiet. The troubles with
the natives are settled, we hope. The
new Governor is liked by all, and our
hopes are beginning to rise. When I
was here in August it looked rather dark
for Ponape.
We had a good voyage through the
Gilbert Islands, and used up 71 days
over it. I think this is the calmest
season I have seen in Micronesia.
Everything is working well thus far,
and the missionaries are all in usual
h%alth."
Rev. T. E. Rand writes, November
18th, per U. S. S. Essex, via Yokohama:
"All is settled, and the Governor promises us religious liberty and freedom
to pursue our work everywhere in the
Carolines. We, as a mission, shall ask
for the Star to go to Yap next year."
Mr. Doane writes to Dr. Hyde that
the mission premises were employed as
neutral ground—as a place for conference between the Spanish authorities
and the natives.
Out of what workshops come there
any such moral forces to-day as come
out of these Churches of Christ among
us ? Blot these churches out of existence to-day; rrtake every pulpit dumb;
silence every prayer-meeting; lock every
sanctuary door; abolish every family
altar; and where would you generate
the forces that can stay intemperance,
lewdness, superstition, anarchy, and vermicular and political corruption.
Eighty-five years ago the Directors
of the East India Company placed on
solemn record: "The sending of Christian missionaries into our Eastern possessions is the maddest, most expensive,
most unwarranted project that was ever
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Volume 46, No. 2.]
proposed by a lunatic enthusiast." A
few months since, Sir Rivers Thompson,
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, said:
missionaries
" In myjudgment,realChristian
have done more
and lasting good to
the people of India than all other agen
cies combined."
It is now clear that there is no evil
thing among us that the drink habit does
not exaggerate, and no good thing that
it does not antagonize. The saloon
which fosters the drink habit is a stand
ing menace to our civilization.
The saloon business is itself a sort of
anarchy. It does not respect laws; it
cares only for money; it breaks even
law of God or man that interferes with
its evil gains. The one right thing to
do with a rattlesnake is to kill him.
The liquor men say "Prohibition does
not prohibit." This means two things:
First, they intend to break the law as
jiuch and as often as they can. Second,
that the people, after enacting prohibitory laws, neglect to enforce them. All
this is not an argument against prohibition. It is an argument against a business that hates and defies law.
It is the transforming power of a regnant, personal, indwelling Christ which
must make the unity of the Church of
Christ. "One in Christ Jesus." We
have tried to make our Church one in
hierarchy and priesthood ; we have tried
to make it one by repressing here and
exscinding there those who disagreed
with central authorities, so becoming
ourselves the biggest schismatics or exscinders of all. It has never succeeded.
And then we have tried to hit upon a
common creed ; we have thought if we
could only get our creed small enough
and short enough, then we could all be
one in doctrine and creed; but men continue to differ. No ! The united Church
of Christ cannot be wrought by a hierarchy, nor by a creed ; it is to be wrought
by Life. When we begin to speak of
orders and creeds, we divide; but when
we come into the realm of heart-experience in Christ we are one in personal
experience—one in Christ Jesus. Paul
puts the order of unity thus: "One
Lord, one faith, one baptism."
In C. W. King's "The Gnostics and
their Remains," we find set in order the
ideas of the ancient Gnostics, "not with
a view so much to their so-called philoso-
phy as to their ancient remains. Here
we see Abraxas gods, Gnostic gorgons,
Isis and Horus, Agathodaemous, and
Abraxaster sigils, two-tailed serpents,
ass-headed typhous, grasshoppers, tortoises, and baboons, triune heads and
triangles, and all the other nonsense and
gibberish which the craziest brains have
cut on cones and disks and scaraboids,
and called them Christian art. Here is
richness and wisdom for Boston Buddhists quite out-plummeting the deepest
sinker of Madame Blavatsky's Mahatma
theosophy.
�[February, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
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T. M. C. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H.
I.
ThU page is devoted to fhe interests ot tie Hoiinlulu
Vouns Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
~
S. D. Fuller,
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Editor.
BRIEFS.
The Y. M. C. A. boys were pleased
to have their old friend, Mr. T. H.
Davies, present to conduct their meetings for the last two months. The next
meeting will be on Thursday, February
2d, at 2:30 p. m. A full attendance is
required.
We have gathered the nucleus for an
interesting young men's Bible class.
Accessions will be cordially welcomed,
if from among the many young men not
connected with some Sunday school, Y.
M. C. A. parlor, 9:45 every Sabbath
morning. Come.
Through the kindness of Mr. T. H.
Davies, British Vice-Consul, and the
many friends who cheerfully lent their
aid, a most delightful entertainment was
given to the crew of H. B. M. S. Caroline en Friday evening, January 27th.
The hall was well filled, admission being
by ticket, to prevent a crowd. The first
part of the programme was given by
members and friends of the Association.
The second part was by the crew of the
Caroline, except the first recitation,
which was admirably rendered by the
Captain, Sir William Wiseman. The
entertainment was a grand success
closing, as usual, with a bountiful supply of ice cream and cake.
The Blue Ribbon Entertainment continues to attract a goodly gathering
every Saturday evening. While the
number of new names added to the roll
is not so large as we wish it was, yet it is
encouraging to see some who having tried
and fallen, have tried again and are now
standing manfully by this pledge. Oh!
that all who pledge to man would add
the seal of personal consecration to
Christ.
Mr. T. H. Davies, assisted by his
nephew, C. F. Jackson, have held six
very interesting services, for children, in
our hall on Sunday afternoons. Another
will be held next Sunday at 3 p. m.,
conducted by Mr. Jackson.
TOPICS.
MONTHLY MEETING.
The monthly meeting was held on
Thursday evening, January 16th, President Lowrey in the chair. The usual
reports were presented showing progress
in the work. The larger part of the
evening was spent in hearing reports
from the branch work at Queen Emma
Hall, and discussing the ways and
means for carrying forward the important lines of Christian ejfort already
started among the Hawaiians and Japanese at that place. Needed funds were
generously pledged on the spot, and
support assured so long as the present
good results could be realized. Since
that evening some liberal contributions
have been received from those not connected with our Association but who
believe in the work that is being done.
The treasurer, Mr. E. O. White, will be
glad to receive the substantial endorsement of any others.
TEMPERANCE WORK IN HAMAKUA.
11.
Dec. 6th. —President Judd came from
Waimea, and spoke in the church at
Kukuihaele in the evening to a good
audience. On the eighth of December
he was at Paauhau speaking to many
people. There was an abundance of
ferns and flowers tastefully arranged by
the natives. Thirty-two signed the
pledge. A generous Christmas gift was
collected for Miss Green. After the exercises a bountiful feast was provided at
the residence of R. A. Lyman. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are'active workers
in the temperance cause. Mr. Lyman
has sang many times at meetings, with
Mr. Goodell. Music has been a great
feature of the temperance work.
Dec, nth.—Some twelve or more rode
out to Kapolena Church and held a Blue
Ribbon meeting. Remarks were made
in English and Hawaiian, after which
fourteen signed the pledge. The little
organ was carried over on a horse's
back and, with its aid, the singing by
the League was inspiring.
Dec. /<?///.-—A Blue Ribbon at Kukuihaele Church. Several signed, and a
Christmas gift for Miss Green was collected.
Dec. 2jth. —Found me speaking in the
native church at Paauhau, assisted by
Mr. Lyman, and by his organ in. the
musical part of the service. Here also
in the hall a greater interest is felt in church
Gospel Praise Service
every Sunday evening at 6:30. Good
singing, brief talks, everybody welcome.
The topics for the month are as follows:
February 5th —Joyful Service Required. Ps. 100; Phil. 4:4.
February 12th—Grinding in the Prison
House. Judges 17, 15:21.
February 19th—How the Christian
Race may be run Successfully. Cor. 9,
matters.
Det. fftt.—
The Blue Ribbons of this
town held a meeting, and remarks were
made by Judge Miau, William Horner,
J. K. Kaunamano, Mr. Kaaekuahiwi
and others, interspersed with music.
Six signed the pledge. All then retired
to a feast prepared by the members of
the League. At the table, a hymn was
sang, "Guide and bless us," followed
24:27. Heb. 12, 1:2.
February 26th—Who are the Heroes? by prayer. The natives had tastefully
Prov. 16, 32. Rev. 7, 13:17.
trimmed the room with ferns and
flowers, while streamers of blue ribbon
depended from nearly every point.
Several mottos in red, blue and green
were on the walls. Thus pleasantly
closed the Old Year in Kukuihaele.
A Blue Ribbon and a feast was also
held at Kaala January 2, 1888.
Jan. r, ISBS.—The first Sabbath of
the year opened with a large attendance
at church, and the largest in several
years. There was tenderness of feeling
shown when all arose and sang "What
a friend we have," &c. Then, as with
bowed heads all repeated those words so
solemn when reverently spoken by a
Hawaiian, "E ko Hiakou Makua iloko 0
ka laui," we seemed nearer Heaven
than earth. The attendance at the Y.
M. C. A. was also large—the greatest
since its organization. Here the reserve of men was broken, and amid
tears and sobs promises were made of a
better life in the coming days.
The friends of Temperance were
greatly cheered in December by knowing that the Blue Ribbon had conquered
the "father of the liquor law." He has
signed the pledge and now wears the
Blue Ribbon. God grant him strength
to ketp his vow. Prayers will go up
that he may be truly faithful.
"With our Hlue Ribbon we're marching,
Singing as we onward go:
In the strength of Heaven we're trusting.
And will conquer every foe.''
The man who was arrestee! and lined
appealed, and-his case was tried again
at Waimea. There, through a combination of his friends (presumably opposed to Temperance) and influences too
mysterious to be written about here, he
was acquitted. This result has caused
a wide-spread feeling of indignation.
On January ist, for the first time in
six weeks, drunkenness was seen on the
street and noise heard at night. For all
that, times are greatly changed for the
better in this town. Men and women
are seldom seen intoxicated.
The
Japanese and Portuguese are falling
into line, and "Temperance goes marching on." We are having peaceful days,
and peaceful nights, too. The religious
interest is well sustained, and the natives
seem to enjoy the changed state of feeling among themselves.
Although Paauhau is without a
pastor, there seems to be a growing interest among the church people. R. A.
Lyman and wife are active workers, and
are, with Mr. and Mrs. Homer at Kukaiau, strong friends of the Temperance
•
movement.
Other meetings are to be held in the
Thus the
work goes on, and always to the advantage of lives and property of men. We
do not want the old times back again.
The better times—the "good time coming"—is already casting its mantle of
blessing upon us. May the grace of
God ever lead on the work of Temperance to glorious victory.
Isaac Goodell.
Kukuihaele, Hawaii, Jan. 10, 1888.
district—one at Waipio.
�THE FRIEND.
REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE
EFFORTS.
(Extracts from Discourse of Rtv. E. G. Ueckwith, D.D.,
Sunday, January 8, i838.)
First: Because the evil which it seeks
to hinder is so gigantic. Men show
what stuff they are made of by the
causes which they espouse. Little souls
occupy themselves with little things,
and stay small for want of room to grow
in. In China they grow forest-trees in
flower-pots ; cedars and oaks and elms,
complete in form, and venerable with
age, but dwarfed to the compass of a
painted potter's vase. There are men
who grow just like that. They get their
lives rooted into such little things, and
through all their years keep pruning
themselves down to this flower-pot narrowness.
Now a man has no right to do that,
with such chances for growth as God
has given us, and such need for growth
as God has put upon us. It is a guilty
perversion of gifts if we do not aim at
the completest possession of manhood,
as God gives us a chance of manhood.
It is a wicked waste of energies if we do
not bless the world with the best work
we can do in it. And so it is the great
interests into which we ought to let our
lives grow.
Now this work of Temperance Reform
is such an interest. It is vast; it is
exigent. There is no other that transcends it, either in the imminence of the
peril it seeks to avert, or in the bitterness of the woe it wants to assuage, or
in the guilt of the sin it hopes to hinder,
or in the reach of the ruin it is trying
to stay.
It is humane work; it is sacred work
to be done for Christ and humanity.
There is no nobler cause to work in
under the whole circuit of the sun—none
that will bring us into a closer sympathy
with men, or into a truer fellowship with
God. And I counsel you, my people—
every one of you—to have some good
share in it, and to have it now.
This virtue of temperance will not be
in disrepute always. It will be seen to
be very beautiful by-and-by. The want
of it will be seen to be a vice to be
abhorred. That gigantic wrong will have
the intelligence and the moral sense, and
the consuming scorn of the people
against it by-and-by. But I pray you
do not wait to be swept in by this
rising tide of public sentiment. Come
in now, for now it needs you, as it will
not need you then. Come in as men
quick to discern duty, and loyal to the
right when it costs something to be
loyal.
BOOK NOTICES.
while we strive about the ways and
means. So let there be no strife. It
"Tributes
of Hawaiiau Verse. Sedoes not matter so much about the
cond
Series.
Published by Thomas G.
way if only it will save men.
Thrum,
Honolulu,
1887." A graceful
I think often of the sailor passenger
William Hoys, at the wreck of the little collection of seventeen pieces, by
steamer Atlantic among the Nova Scotia eleven different writers, and with local*
rocks, how he lay down upon the rock, coloring.
Hawaii's broad mountain
whose top he had gained by the hardest domes and far blue seas ought to be instruggle, and seized his fellow-voyagers spiring. Here is a scarlet fancy of
as the wild waves flung them up, some Stoddard's:
by their upraised arms, some by their
Sun in the west, he
" Sorrowful
garments, some by their streaming hair,
Is bleeding to death in the wave,
and when his chilled and tired hands
Staining and tinting with crimson
would no longer hold them, threw himself further over the slippery edge and
caught them with his teeth, and drew
them up "that perilous way to the safety
above." More than a hundred men he
so drew out of the wild waters, not
according to any very proper and perfected plan of rescuing shipwrecked men.
It was not a time to stand very stoutly
upon the proprieties. It was a time to
lay hold of men and lift them out in any
way they could.
And with two hundred thousand men
dying of the drink every year, let us not
wait till we are quite sure that we have
got just the most perfect appliances.
Let us get hold of them somehow, all of
us. They are sinking too fast and too
fatally. Any way that will save men.
Still further, it is the country's wealth
we are trying to save. The cost of this
curse of the drink is a sum too vast to be
comprehended. There is no other such
gigantic waste of wealth. We mourn
over our languishing industries, and
wonder why the wheels of our toil and
traffic must so long turn so slow. It is
for the want of these millions upon
millions of annually wasted wealth to
set them agoing.
There is no other
cause that has half so much to do with
it. How can our industries speed on
swiftly when weighed down with such a
vast and wasteful burden of vice and
crime. That monster steamship the
Great Eastern has been getting to be a
very slow sailer of late. With all the
power of her ponderous engines, they
have scarcely been able to drive her
with any decent speed. And why ?
Because she is burdened and befouled
with barnacles. Six inches thick they
found them, all over her huge hulk
below the water-line. Three hundred
tons of them she has had to drag with
her through the waters.
Now that is what ails society. It is
barnacled with vice and crime so foul
and so heavy that our utmost moral force
can scarcely drive it forward. We must
have the barnacles off, or we shall go
slowing down into a more fatal stagnation. And it is your money and mine
that is being wasted. It is your burdens
and mine that are being made heavier.
It is your industry and mine that is
being deranged and hindered. Poorer
every one of us is for this wicked waste.
Then let us all get hold and help fling
And let us not stand too stoutly upon
It is our
the order of our coming.
brother-men who need saving. Two
hundred thousand go scourged to the
grave every year by the demon of drink, off the burdens.
The corals that fashion his grave."
-
Hawaiian • Dictionary,
for
use
of Hawaiian-English
prepared
the
" All English
Schools, by H. R. Hitchcock. Bancroft
& Co., San Francisco, 1887." This
book has been wanted for a long time.
Mr. Hitchcock has done his work faith-
fully and well. The Board of Education, at whose expense it is published,
are also to be praised. Sixteen thousand
English words receive brief, compact
definitions in Hawaiian. More than
three thousand English
synonyms
further aid the Hawaiian pupil. There
are several valuable tables. A full
chronological table of Hawaiian history
is appended.
Not only to Hawaiian
learners of English, but especially to
those learning to speak and write Hawaiian, will this Dictionary be indis
pensable. The volume is small and
neat, the ideal of a handy manual. The
typography is excellent. We are assured
by competent authority that the errata
are very few. The demand for this desirable book must be very large, both
from Hawaiians and whites. We congratulate Mr. Hitchcock on his excellent
New Year's present to Hawaii.
Vestiges of the Molten Globe. Part
11. The Earth's Surface Features and
Volcanic Phenomena. By Wm. Lowthian Green. Gazette Publishing Company, Honolulu, 1887; pp. X., 337."
Mr. Green's long-promised book merits
an enthusiastic welcome. As stated in
our August issue, the Theory of his
Part I. has found a wide adoption in
Europe. A leading feature of Part 11.,
which will be of the deepest interest to
residents of this group, is the thorough
and effective discussion of Hawaiian
volcanoes, about which no one can hereafter claim to be well-informed who has
not studied this book, as well as the
forthcoming one of Professor Dana.
Mr." Green's Theory of the Cause of the
Distribution of Volcanoes on the lines
pointed out by Guyot is a profound and
impressive one, and, we hope, will make
its way as successfully as his theory
of "Tetrahedral Collapse" has done.
Many portions of this book are truly
fascinating. We propose in our March
issue to attempt some analysis of its
contents, for which we lack space in the
present number.
"
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THE FRIEND.
15
Volume
TfTM. R.
HONOLULU, H. 1., MARCH, 1888.
46.
CASTLE,
.MANAGER'S NOTICE.
Number 3.
WM. C;. IRWIN & CO.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fori'
street, honolulu.
The manager o/'Ynv. FRIEND respectful- Sugar Factors & Commission Auknts.
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invested.
ly requests the friendly co-operation of subAgents for the
T M. WHITNEY, M. I)., D. D. s.
scribers and others to whom this publication
Steamship Comp'y.
Oceanic
is a regular monthly visitor, to aid in exjanB7yr
DENTAL ROOMS ON FORT ST.,
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tending
Hotel
and
Fort
Streets.
Block,
Office in Brewer's
comer
janB7>T
Kntrance, Hotel Street.
oldest paper in the Pacific," by procuring S. N. CASI'LK. i:. !'. i'ASTI.E. J. 11. A'l lIERTON.
and
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rpHEO. H. DAVIES & CO.,
pASTLE & COOKE,
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SHIPPING AND
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CONTENTS.
Tlw Veto (Question
Dr. Meredith on Denominationalism
Expulsion of another Missionary
Charge to the Central Union Church
Mr. W. L. Green's Book on Volcanoes
Items
Monthly Record if Events, Marine Journal, &.c
Hawaiian Board
Y. M.C. A
Selections
THE VETO
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QUESTION.
Tm: leading event of local interest for
the month has been the decision given
by the Supreme Court upon the question
of the independent right of the King to
exercise the veto power, without the
" advice and consent of the "Cabinet."
This right was denied by the Legislature, and several bills vetoed by the
King contrary to the advice of the
Cabinet, were promulgated as laws.
Resistance was made to the enforcement
of one such law; on appeal to the
Supreme Court, four Justices united in
a decision that the King's veto was a
valid one, and the vetoed bill no law.
Justice Dole rendered a dissenting
opinion.
This decision of the Court is doubtless
final in the matter. It has, however,
been received by the public with extreme
dissatisfaction, and we think it correct
to say that the weight of legal opinion
in Honolulu, by a large preponderance,
is adverse to that of the Bench.
The positions advanced by Mr. Dole
have been much applauded, and those of
the majority of the Court severely criticised in private, as well as in the dailypapers. It is noticeable that the rejoinders in support of the decision have
been few, and thus far feeble, being confined mainly to assertion of the finality
thereof.
NUMBKR 3.
the Constitution which sets forth the least a matter of serious doubt. And if
veto power of the King are such as to so, ought not the doubt to have by all
forbid or not the applying thereto of the means gone in favor of the right of the
limitation made in the 78th article Legislature and the People, and adverse
which says that "Wherever by this Con- to Royal Prerogative and irresponsible
stitution any act is to be done or per- legislation ? The truth seems to be
formed by the King or the Sovereign it that this is just one of those open politishall, unless otherwise expressed, mean cal questions in which men must and
that such act shall be done and per- will form their conclusions as their symformed by the Sovereign by and with pathies, inclinations or prejudices prethe advice and consent of the Cabinet." ponderate, just as in the notable case of
Is it then "otherwise expressed" in the the disputed election of Hayes and Til48th article? Do the terms of that den when the Supreme Court of the
article necessarily imply, or even dis- United States was divided upon strict
tinctly indicate, "otherwise," or that party lines. For ourselves, we are quite
the King is not, in vetoing bills, to act by sure that the gentlemen who arranged
the advice and consent of the Cabinet? the present Constitution intended the
The decision of the majority of the limitation of Article 78 to apply to the
Court maintains that such "otherwise veto power, and that by the word " apexpressed" is to be found in the words prove," they meant nothing more than
"if he approve of it he shall sign it, "agree," or "deem it best to sanction,"
and it shall thereby become a law." no private judgment being thought of.
They hold that in the nature of the Such construction accords with the spirit
case, to "approve" must be his private and intent of the whole Constitution
personal act, and cannot possibly be which the adverse construction of the
subject to consent of the Cabinet. Mr. Court tends to subvert and nullify, by
Dole, on the other hand, maintains with arming the King with a weapon which,
energy that "there is no more difficulty in strong and resolute hands, might be
in the proposition that the King approves made to defeat the most wholesome and
or disapproves by and with the advice of necessary legislation.
the Cabinet than in the other proposition
What of the consequences of this
that he signs or refuses to sign by and
decision
of the Supreme Court ? As inwith the consent of the Cabinet."
dicated above, there appears ground for
The Judges support their view of the serious
apprehension. We are unable
case by subsidiary considerations which
to share in the rather optimistic
quite
their opponents regard as special pleadview of the four Judges, who do not
ing, as they consider their construction
such results," as were pointed
apprehend
of "approval " a strained one. Mr. Dole out
by
counsel.
Quite serious results
appeals to Story's principles of broad
immediately followed, in checking legisand liberal interpretation of expressions
lation against Liquor, and in leaving the
used in Constitutions as made for the
Police subject to corrupt and incompeunderstanding of plain minds, and with
tent control.
constant reference to the momentous obWe do not however anticipate any
jects of those Constitutions. He has ruinous consequences. We have verydone this in a manner which has given great confidence in the ability and detergreat satisfaction to the many zealous par- mination of the present Legislature, and
tisans of liberal and responsible govern- much also in the average character and
ment, as opposed to the personal gov- intentions of the electoral bodies who
ernment of an irresponsible sovereign.
will choose their successors two years
The point upon which the question We think that this great difference
decisively turns, all other points urged of able and honest legal minds proves
being merely subsidiary to this, is, this to be an open question, and the
whether the terms of the 48th article of construction given by the Judges at the
"
hence. The Legislature possesses a power which, vigorously handled, is quite irresistible by the Sovereign, namely, the
power of the Public Purse. Before this
power, the vettT prerogative of British
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Sovereigns has wholly withered away.
We have nodoubt that such will be the result here. %The support lent by the Court
may possibly serve to incite the King
to further exercise of the Veto. If so, it
will only be the means of creating a
mischievous and useless discord between
himself and the Legislature which, like
the British Parliament, is now the actual
if not the nominal depositary of the
supreme power. In any such contest,
the utter weakness of the King will be
speedily exposed. We do not at all expect that he will make any attempt of
ihe kind. He is tired of the hopeless
contention, and we think is sure to yield
to sound advisers.
In any case, there is nothing of which
we may all be more thoroughly assured
than this, that such is the public virtue.
the enlightenment, the intelligent leadership, the patriotic will, which by the
Divine goodness exist and prevail in our
Islands, that the cause of liberal, responsible and honest government will -;o
forward and prosper, despite all adverse
influences.
DR.MEREDITH ON
DENOMINATIONALISM.
Dr. R. R. Meredith of Brooklyn began
his address to the Congregational Club
by saying, that the fact that churchmen
of every denomination were able to find
in the New Testament that their own
form of church government was the
Scriptural and divinely appointed one was,
to him, conclusive evidence that the
New Testament contained no formula of
church organization, unless it were that
of Episco-presby-gationism. He firmlybelieved that God had left the whole
matter of church government to the
sanctified common sense of men, and that
that was the divinest form of church
government which was best adapted to
the community in which it worked.
After this very liberal introduction,
Dr. Meredith went on to say that different forms of church government were
best adapted to work among different
classes in the community, and that he
believed that Christ's church, because of
its denominational lines and divisions,
was a grander and stronger body for
carrying on the work of evangelizing
the world. He believed that there were
often too many denominations in frontier
towns; he believed that city churches
should co-operate in some of their work,
but after all, he thought that uniformity
and organic unity were not desirable because not natural. The high ideal of
church unity was an impracticable
dream. The church must adapt itself
to human nature, and this it does
through denominationalism. He concluded by saying that Congregationalists
more than any others needed to cultivate tiently wait for time to soften prejudices
the denominational spirit.
and for the ever-patient Spirit of the
Lord
to lead us all into purer Light.
In the face of the loud and frequent
And
our sister church in her mistaken
if
assertion of the wickedness of denomizeal
for
the Lord, exscinds us and denies
nationalism, we hardly dare to declare
us
in Him, let us not therefore
any
part
an approval in full of Dr. Meredith's
also
the schismatic spirit, and
indulge
position, in holding that it is better that
the Church of Christ should continue to pronounce her cut off from Christ. The
be divided into separate branches and dear Lord has borne with his blinded
denominations. Yet we will say that and erring disciples through the Ages,
this is about what we long have felt in a long and dark—and how much He still
large measure to be true. It seems to has to bear from us, who think ourselves
us that no one denomination can possi- so enlightened.
bly represent all sides and all types of
what the Spirit of Christ seeks to produce in the thoughts and the lives of
believers. It is given to some to develop doctrine; to others, to search out
the meaning of the Scriptures; to others
to reach out more to the suffering, ignorant and poor. To some, it is given to
conserve the fruits of the past; to others,
to progress to newer conquests of truth
for the future.
The prepossessions and ineradicable
prejudices of men especially need provision for their accommodation by means
of varied forms of church government
and ritual adapted thereto. Because I
like voluntary speech best in public
prayer, am I therefore to object to my
neighbor's enjoyment of the liturgies
and litanies which are sweet and beautiful to his spirit ? Though I enjoy order
and decorousness in public worship, may
not my brother be free to have a church
where he may shout amen? If I demand
that no priest intervene between me and
my Father and Savior, am I yet to deny
to my brother (whom I think mistaken)
his privilege of the sacerdotal intercession and absolution? If I think that I
find my Lord more as He would have
me do, shall I deny that my Catholic
brother is also accepted of the Lord, and
shall be permitted to seek Him in the
only way he has learned to follow?
What seems to us the chief element
of Christian Unity to be earnestly sought
after, and by all means, is a cordial recognition by the different denominations
of each other's valid church existence
and Christian character, and a hearty
and affectionate fellowship with each
other in all spiritual and benevolent
work for men. It is of course too much
to expect this in the near future, in view
of the deep and fixed prejudices existing,
ass to the fundamental nature of points
of doctrine and of order on which the
\arious churches differ. We must pa-
EXPULSION OF ANOTHER MISSIONARY.
The Rev. J. Jones has been for 34
years the agent of the London Missionary Society at Mare, one of the Loyalty
Islands, which are under the French
Government of New Caledonia. A gunboat was sent, and Mr. Jones was taken
from his desk while translating the Scriptures, and without notice or opportunity
to arrange his multifarious affairs, hurried on board, and landed at the capital
Noumea the next day, December 10th.
He immediately proceeded to Sydney,
where he filed protests and claims for
losses at £2,000.
It seems that the French had sometime agb located at Maro two Roman
priests and one French Protestant pastor.
The native Protestants refused to submit to the French pastor's jurisdiction,
Mr. Jones having been officially notified
that he was no longer at the head of the
church at Mare). He continued, however,
to labor privately, dispensing medicine,
and translating the Scriptures, and doing nothing to disaffect the natives towards the French authorities. " Englishmen will hardly comprehend the
spirit of bitterness and opposition to
Protestant missions existing in the
hearts of many Frenchmen. Connected
with this animosity, there now rankle in
the minds of some at Noumea, the disappointment and vexation of being deprived of the New Hebrides."
We derive the above from the Australia;: Independent of Jan. 15. It is due
to Frenchmen to say that their officials
have dealt very kindly with our Hawaiian Protestant missionaries in the Marquesas, where there was no political
complication to affect their relations.
If the widow's two mites had been
put on compound interest, and if she
had lived to the present day she would
have been a millionaire on earth. But
her money has been, if we may so speak,
on compound interest ever since, and
she is now a millionaire in Heaven.
The religions of the world have been
religions of fear; but Christ says to his
disciples: "Fear not; it is I."
Whatsoever we beg of God, let us
also work for it.
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THE FRIEND.
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Righteousness as to receive large sup- members of Evangelical Churches of
plies of His light and warmth you will America as yet give absolutely nothing
At the Installation of Rev. K. G. Beckwith, D.D., Hono- find yourselves very near to one another. for carrying the gospel to the heathen.
lulu, November 20, 1887.
This in all ages and in every clime And yet what a glorious work God is
makes the real unity of the Church of doing through the few laborers who are
BY REV. THOS. L. GULICK.
Christ, "One God and Father of all, who sent out. If the Church were onlyand
the
Central
Urethral
Sisters of
Union Church:—You have called a chos- is above all and through all and in you awake; if every Christian would only do
his duty, how soon the glad tidings
en servant of the Lord from an import- all."
Remember
that
when
our
Fourthly:
might be given to every creature.
ant work in another land to lead you in Lord ascended
on high, He gave to
Suppose that there were only three
doing the work of the Master here.
one
his
work.
Individual
every
responthousand
Christians in the Hawaiian
order
that
he
be
able
may
Firstly: In
of
is
the
eternal
condition
memIslands.
If each year each Christian
sibility
to do this efficiently, I ask you to love
bership in His Church. If every mem- would bring only one other person to
You
find
it
him.
will
and
trust
him
ber of this united Church will fulfill the Christ, in five years everbody in these
easy to do this. We who were his pufor which God has placed him islands would be a Christian.
pils, and I see many here to-night, can mission
here,
man can estimate the good
no
Suppose that there are only twentyown
happy experitell you so from our
which
will do for Honolulu, for these millions of true Christians in the world
you
ence. I have known many good, wise
islands, and for the world. Your inwhich is a very low estimate. If
and eminent teachers, but I never knew fluence is already felt throughout the to-day,
each
should each year perChristian
another who succeeded in awakening the
group and in other lands. Let it be felt suade only one other to become a Christlove, trust, admiration and enthusiasm more and more in aid of every good
ian, in seven years the whole world
for what was highest and best of a cause.
would
be brought to Christ. If Christwhole school, as did our beloved teacher
rejoice that your Pastor has come ians would devote only one fifteenth of
We
as
to-day
to
welcome
whom we rejoice
to a working people. Let this be still their income to foreign missions, and
the first pastor of this Union Church.
more characteristic of your church life, if only one in four hundred would beYou are greatly favored in having now
that you are united, than it w.is come a missionary, in six years they
has
found one who, for many years,
when
you were two churches. Do not could put a copy of the Bible in their
been well-known in this land, whose in- leave to a few the work which belongs own language, into the hands of every
is
to-day felt in every to all.
fluence for good
man, woman and child living! God
part of this group, as well as in many(a). To some of you God has en- speed the day.
utter
the
voice
I
only
of
distant lands.
Id). Finally, brethren, let me stir
trusted wealth for a short time; and He
his pupils, one and all, when I recom- is entrusting yog with more every day.
up your pure minds by way of rememmend him to the fullest love and con- Remember that you are but stewards.
brance that you forget not the seamen and
fidence of every member of this congre- Consecrate every dollar of it to the ser- the
strangers who visit your port. Seek
gation.
Him to whom it belongs, and to constantly to bring them in ; and when
vice
of
work
to
toSecondly: I charge you
whom you belong, for you are bought they come do as you have been accusgether with him. He will have plans
with a price, even the precious blood of tomed to,—give them your best seats.
of usefulness for the church. It will be Christ. Every dollar so consecrated will
Let this Church be one which knows
God
for you to carry out those plans.
dollar not so no class nor race distinctions.
a
to
blessing
you;
every
be
never intended that one man should do consecrated will be a curse to you. There
Edmund Burke says, " The good of
a half or a third of the work of a church is no reason why you should not be as de- the common people is the
good of the
like this. It would not be reasonable to voted and self-denying in making money commonwealth." Let this church reof
to
the
General
Division
expect
your
for the Lord's work as if you were called cognize that fact, and seek to reach all
do most of the fighting as well as the
to be a missionary in Central Africa. It is classes, especially the neglected.
planning. In the church, which is the your privilege and your highest obligaThere are two ways of managing a
mouth
represents
body of Christ, if the
tion to be so. The Master will call you church. One is, so as to please those
the minister, who is to reveal God's to
an account if you are not. You may be
truth and make known His will, the very eager in making money to spread who are already members. The other
is, so as to reach those who are not yet
other members of the church are the
Christ's kingdom, and, if that is your members. Strive, my friends, to make
the
hands
and
who
ears,
feet,
and
eyes
real object, it will of itself save you from this Church a place where the daily toiler,
are to hear, see and execute that will.
all unchristian tricks of trade," from all the homeless and the stranger will love
Thirdly: Be united; "be of one mind." extortion and oppression. A Christian to come because
they here find a hearty
The hands cannot do without the feet, man will not even be tempted to cheat
welcome,
a friendly hand and a homewithout
the
hands
and
feet
nor the
or be selfish while making money to like atmosphere. Give those who are
eyes. You have come from different carry on missions.
without, no shadow of excuse for saying
lands; you have widely differing educaindividually, and or thinking that this Church is a kind of
I
charge
you
(b).
tion and experience; you have belonged as a Church, to make your influence felt exclusive society, existing for the speto different churches and to various de- for the cause of temperance. You have cial
pleasure and comfort of its members.
nominations. This will make it more a great opportunity and responsibility.
rather be an army on the battleLet
difficult as well as more important for From the capital emanate influences field. itWe all see many things to critiall
that
have
one
you
to
show
to
you
which bless or corrupt every district of cise in the Salvation Army, but can we
Lord, one faith, one baptism of the Holy the land. I urge you to use your whole not also learn much from their devotion,
Spirit. If there were no difficulties to power to make those streams of in- their courage,
their eagerness to win
overcome, there would be no praise; but fluence
pure and elevating. I am told the most degraded, their indomitable
if the world sees you conquering these that on Niihau
is no drunkenness. perseverance, and their self-sacrifice in
natural obstacles, it will be the more Why may it notthere
be so on other islands if the Master's service?
convinced of the divine power of the love intoxicants are not taken to them from
Let us learn to endure hardness as
that dwells in you. Draw near to your the capital?
soldiers of Jesus Christ, and may
good
act,
Master and you will, in the very
(c). Let, I pray you, our risen Lord's God bless you in the great and importcome near to each other. The spokes
the world, ant work which He has committed to
of a wheel that are being united in the last command, to evangelize
in your thoughts, de- you.
hub are united to each other. The ever be uppermost
planets which revolve nearest to the sun sires, prayers and activities.
Be charitable before wealth makes
Dr. Spear, formerly missionary to
are nearest to each other. If each of
thee
covetous.
the
the
Sun
states
that
four-fifths
of
China,
come
so
near
to
of
will
you
CHARGE TO THE CENTRAL
UNION CHURCH.
"
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THE FRIEND.
MR. W. L. GREEN'S BOOK ON
VOLCANOES.
Vestiges of the Molten Globe, Part 11.
The Earth's Surface • features and
Volcanic Phenomena.
By Wm.
Lowthian Green, Honolulu, 1887;
PP- V, 337.
The first chapter of this volume is
iccupied with a succint resume of the
heory of the Tetrahedral Collapse of
he Earth's crust, which formed the subect of Vol. I. Mr. Green is fortunate
n being able to take this abridged statement in a very happy form directly from
he " Traite dc Geologic" of M. dc
/Apparent, a French Geologist of high
authority, who has adopted and re-enbrced the very simple and beautiful
lypothesis of Mr. Green, pointing out a
nathematical basis for it.
The second chapter shows how far
he Earth's figure and surface features
ndicate its history. Charles Darwin's
■bservations on the great Chilean earthuake of 1835 are brought forward as
lustrative of the principle of a thin
rust collapsing upon a molten nucleus,
connection of this with volcanic
12
nena.
rter 111. is on
the Distribution of
It shows in detail the grand
inted out by Arnold Guyot, that
Jes as well as mountain chains
ist lines follow two sets of great
ines or planes at right angles to
ither, the one set parallel to the
c, the other tangent to the Polar
Guyot keenly noted the great
Mr. Green is the first, we believe,
i;est the probable cause, that is,
li-solar tide, or tide-wave, in the
interior, whose chief action
have tended to establish the great
lines in the directions pointed out
oes.
.
•ot.
Chapter IV.,
"Volcanic Matter.
What is it ?" shows that volcanic matter
is identical with the universal cosmical
matter, as it appears in meteorites, the
sun, stars and comets (an ultra-basic
lava) more or less modified by water and
the earth's atmosphere. The most primitive form of the interior magma, such
as wells up so copiously at Mauna Loa,
is substantially the same as the stony
portion of meteorites, which Norman
Lockyer has just proved to be the raw
material of all solar systems. This raw
material, however, as Mr. Green shows,
has in the earth's crust undergone a long
series of changes. By a system of mineral evolution, it has passed from the
forms of anhydrous, unstable and basic
minerals such as our Hawaiian lavas, to
the hydrous, stable and silicated forms
found in granite, gneiss, serpentine, etc.,
minerals almost unknown here. The
lesson taught in this regard by Hawaiian
volcanoes is, that the ultra-basic and
basaltic lavas, and volcanoes, have no
necessary connection with water, whilst
the trachytic eruptions in continental
volcanoes are necessarily due to the long
continued action of internal waters
transforming the lavas from basic to
Among the points made by the author
acidic. This doctrine of Mr. Green's is in the eleven sections of this chapter are
an exceedingly important one, and is to be especially noted the following:
The enormous outpours of basalt in
presented in a very interesting form.
We now come to the fifth, and, in our oceanic regions.
view, not the least important chapter in
The change shown in the basic lavas
this book, which we believe to present from basic to felspathic, the longer they
the true theory of the nature and causes have been exposed to the atmosphere.
of volcanic action. The question must The regularity with which the fissures
arise in every mind, on witnessing the and coast-lines of this group correspond
enormous floods of molten matter which with three sets of parallel lines lying at
have poured from the Hawaiian moun- angles of 60' to each other. This is
tains, and which have built up all these illustrated on the accompanying map of
mountains and islands: What is the the group, and follows up Charles Darnature of the force that pushes up these win's observations in the Galapagos,
vast columns of heavy fluid from- the where he shows that the main craters
earth's interior, and holds them sus- are at the intersection of fissures.
pended miles above the sea-level, or
Section 9 shows the distinction besends them gently, but copiously over- tween continental and oceanic islands,
flowing the lands ? The agency of steam about which there has been much dishas been invoked as the solution of the pute.
Subsidence in the Pacific is treated of
problem, and steam is doubtless largely
complicated with volcanic eruptions, es- in such a manner as to support Darwin's
pecially those of the explosive class. theory of atolls, which has of late been
But it seems impossible by its agency to so seriously called in question by Murray
account for the slow and quiet eievation and Argyll, while vigorously championed
of vast lava-columns like those in Ki- by Dana and Bonney. Mr. Green points
lauea and Mauna Loa, where is next to out that the typical form of atolls, as of
no explosion or effervescence, such as volcanic islands, is triangular; also that
attend all forcible action of high-pressure the groups of atolls tend to be twenty
steam. We saw, last August, a power- miles apart, or multiples of twenty, like
ful flood of lava welling up in Kilauea the Hawaiian craters.
and flowing away in a strong current,
Many of the points in this section are
with hardly a particle of agitation at the enlarged upon in the Appendix, which
point of ingress from below. There was is by no means the least interesting porto a certainty no steam propelling that tion of the book. Of especial value is
great body of fluid from its abysmal the "Tabular Statement of Hawaiian
sources. Then, what did push it forth? Eruptions," which furnishes a basis for
Mr. Green's answer to this question interesting deductions. The author reis, that the weight of the earth's thin gards the evidence as very strong for an
crust resting upon a less dense uppef ttverage thickness of the earth's crust of
layer of the molten substratum supplies twenty miles, as deduced from the
the force requisite to press up that various facts brought together. He also
molten matter to the surface. In other seems clearly to prove a connection and
words, it is a form of hydrostatic pres- sympathy in action between the lavas in
sure. If ice were heavier than water, the conduits of Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
instead of lighter, the water would ooze
[In support of this, the
would
up through every crack. This is the state the fact as reported to him by Mr.
fundamental principle of all volcanic ac- Maby, of the Kilauea House, that on
tion. The details of its application are the night of the eruption of Mauna Loa,
abundantly set forth in the next chapter. January 16th, 1887, there was a sudden
Chapter VI. will, to the majority of and entire disappearance of the fires in
unscientific readers, prove the most in- Kilauea. It was as complete as it was
teresting, as it is by far the longest in the previous March 6th, and caused
chapter in the book. It is on"The serious concern for the business of the
Hawaiian Group and Oceanic Volcanic hotel, which was relieved, however, by
Islands," and contains a great body of the return of the lavas a few days later.]
well classified information upon our volThe last 70 pages of the appendix are
canoes, such as every well-informed largely occupied with descriptions of
resident in these islands has felt the eruptive phenomena at Mauna Loa and
need of access to, and such as every in- Kilauea by many different observers.
telligent tourist to Kilauea must desire They constitute a choice selection of
to read, in order to understand what he such descriptions and observations, illusis to see. At the same time it is of the trating the author's views, as well as
highest value to the scientist, as em- enhancing the interest of the book to the
bodying the results of discriminating general reader. The editor of The
observation and study on the spot of the Friknd would here take the liberty of
greatest volcanoes of the globe for a correcting a statement imputed to himlong part of a lifetime. Mr. Green is self on page 305, that in the eruption of
the first really scientific observer who 1868, he observed the column of smoke
has thus continuously resided near our arising from Mauna Loa as reaching
volcanoes, although the late Titus Coan " the altitude of seven and four-fifths
was an interested and accurate observer miles before fanning out." The obof high descriptive powers.
ject observed was not smoke, but ague-
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THE FRIEND.
ous vapor in the form of a vast white
cumulus with well defined summit, not
fanning out at all. This cumulus was
blazing with electrical discharges. At
its base was visible a broad stratum of
smoke, highly illuminated from below.
The position of this cumulus was not
on Mauna Loa, but over the point of
eruption at Kahuku, thirty miles from
the summit, and 150 miles from the observer. The source of this immense
column of aqueous vapor is believed to
have been not steam from below, but
from the inrush of vapor-laden air
from the ocean, drawn in by the tremendous heat of several square miles of
incandescent lava surface. The lava
was not shot into the air in explosive
columns by any steam, but welled up
from the earth in rounded fountains.
Both the scientific world and the Hawaiian public are to be congratulated
that so experienced and able an interpreter as Mr. W. L. Green has been
found for the giant and truly typical
volcanoes of Hawaii.
By means of exceptional opportunities for volcanic study, by wide and
deep scientific culture, and by rare philosophic insight, our author, we feel
thoroughly assured, has done his adopted country the honor of contributing an
important and permanent addition to
the world's knowledge of the internal
forces and structure of the Earth.
There has been of late, since Canon
Isaac Taylor's glorification of Mohammeda-'sm and its missions, quite a tendene n a certain class of people who
10 love for aggressive Christianity,
hf
t
lise the culture which the religion
<h Mohammed gives in comparison
~'ith that of Christ, at least among the
ruder races. But if Mohammedanism
can elevate a people it ought to have
done so for the people of Arabia. But
Arabia is now the most inaccessible, not
to say barbarous country on the earth.
It is more dangerous to travel in Arabia
than in Central Africa or New Guinea.
Mr. Palgrave, the chief authority on
Arabia, says:—"When the Koran and
Mecca shall have disappeared from
Arabia, then, and then only, can we
seriously expect to see the Arabs assume
that place in therank of civilization from
which Mohammed and his book have
more than any other individual cause
long held them back." And again
the tests of systems, and
" Results are
narrowness of mind, frightful corruption,
or rather extinction of morality, cruel or
desolating war on the frontiers; within,
endless discord in all its forms, family,
social and civil; convulsive fanaticism,
alternating with lethargic torpor; transient vigor, followed by long and irremediable decay. Such is the general history of Mohammedan Governments and
:—
races."
The Tower of Babel might have been
finished if the builders could have held
their tongues.
ITEMS.
Atlanta has fixed $1,500 as the cost
of a retail liquor-seller's license.
Men are won, not so much by being
blamed as by being encompassed with
love.
We cannot wish for God's kingdom in
our own hearts without wishing for it in
all hearts.
"Browning,'' says Whittier, "is a
great poet, but leaves too many gaps for
me to fill in, and fatigues me."
The absence of sentimentalism in the
relations of Jesus to men is what makes
his tenderness so exquisitely touching.
Several pastors in Oswego have decided "never again to speak of their
churches as thtir field, but as theirforce."
All the doors that lead inward to the
secret place of the Most High are doors
outward —out of self, out of smallness,
out
of wrong.
South Africa has yielded six-and-ahalf tons of diamonds, valued at two
hundred million dollars. A good share
of the money went for drinks.
Mont Blanc lias been climbed by
sixty-one women, thirty-two of whom
were English. There were thirty-two
excursions to the summit last year.
Dr. Williamson once had a quarrel
with a parishioner named Hardy. The
next Sunday he preached from the text.
"There is no fool like the fool-hardy."
(To be found in Zorobbabel 79:87.)
Ragged Social Philosopher (laying a
dime on the bar). -The rich are getting
richer, and the poor poorer.
Wealthy Saloon-keeper (dropping the
dime into the drawer).—Yes, that's so.
Into the ocean of God's love that
washes all guilt away, no one can go
alone. He must in thought and desiie,
if not actually by word or deed, take
others with him.
Two qualifications are needed for a
successful editor. If he has anything
to say, he must say it clearly, concisely
and pointedly. If he has nothing to
say he must be able to say it neatly,
gracefully, and effectively.
Said the old lady, bewildered by the
freedom with which certain Liberals
treated her articles of faith, " I don't
care so much about predestination and
free-will, and all them sort of things, but
if they take away my total depravity I
shall feel as though I hadn't any religion at all."
"Probation—your chance of eternal
life—ends, I do not know where or
when. God knows. You may have
lost your chance already. There is a sin
which is unto death—that hath never
forgiveness. A man is forever lost
when God looks upon him and saysincurable. T. K. Beeeher."
Be reminded that the personal spirit
of the Eternal actually dwells in you.
You have not to appeal with passionate
outcries to God to send the Spirit— the
—
21
Spirit has come as truly as Christ has
come. Consider what knowledge you
may have concerning God and things
divine since the Spirit dwells in you;
what power for Christian righteousness
since the Spirit dwells in you; what
passion of devotion to God since the
Spirit dwells in you; what victories of
faith, what hopes of glory, since the
Spirit dwells in you.
Unable to distinguish one tune from
another, to Whittier, music is an unknown language—and yet what melodies his heart has sunt;! The poet discerns "in all familiar things the fancies
underlying," and sings of the huskers
and shoemakers, the barefoot boy, the
telling of the bees, the pumpkin, and
the commonest things of life. He absorbs the stories rife in his boyhood, of
Quaker, witch and Indian, as the plant
drinks the sunshine and dew. He is intensely American, and whatever touches
his brother, black or white, he feels.
His war poems have the stateliest rhythmic march and a rush of passion carrying all before it, for every drum-beat
vibrated in his heart.
"The Catholic Church," writes one of
the most thoughtful orthodox men of
Boston, "is to be let alone. Like the
Jewish Temple after the resurrection of
our Lord, it is allowed to stand for a
while after its main work has been done,
until the transfer can be made from it to
evangelical Christianity. If the people
are allowed to lose confidence in their
Church before they get confidence in the
Church of the future, they will go to in*
fidelity and atheism. There must be a
transition period between the old and
the new, during which that which is to
be done away nevertheless remains, and
has its temporary office. The twentieth
century will dispose of the Papacy, and
then the crossing-over will begin. I
rejoice in the responsiveness of the
Papal Church in this country to the
light of purer doctrine, and the general
radiance of the nineteenth century."
Are you gaining in steadiness? Many
a Christian life, if such it can be called,
is little more than a series of spasms.
Wonderful purposes are formed, and
wonderful courage ts felt, but there is no
"holding on." Purposes dissipate;
courage fails; plans are given up; and
effort wholly or partially ceases. W/»at
resolutions and pledges characterized
the beginning of say this year. The
Bible was to be read daily. Secret
prayer was to be the habit of the life.
Scores of blessed things were to be
done. Have they been done? What ups
and downs we have along the years!
What crooked paths we make! How
hard we find it to hold straight on! Cold
conquers us. Heat conquers us. Passion conquers us. We tire, turn aside,
compromise, haul down our flag, surrender. It is a wonderful thing to grow
steady and unfaltering in our faith and
zeal. Are we gaining on this line?
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THE FRIEND.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS. —Hop of Co. A., Honolulu Rifles, at
their Armory.
February ist—Seventh anniversary of 23rd—Reception and entertainment at
the Daily Bulletin. —Special Jury Term the Y. M. C. A. by T. H. Davies, Esq.,
of Court called.
to the employees of the Honolulu Iron
2nd—Barber's Point Lighthouse bids Works Co., and their families.
fair to become a fact; contract for its 27~28th —Heavy thunder storm with
erection awarded to Peter High, the not a little rain; 10.89 inches in fortyeight hours, as per record of Dr. McKiblowest of seven bidders.
bin.
their
3rd—Firemen's annual parade;
28th —Return of U. S. S. Admits from
death of
35th anniversary.—Sudden
Samoa.
Death of Captain Geo. H.
a
Samuel Harrison, well known resident Luce, —
resident of Honolulu for
a
the past
and master builder.
38
—Sixth
years.^
heavy southerly storm
4th
throughout the group.—Total loss of 29th —Total rainfall for the month
the schooner Nettie Merrill at Waimea, 13.74 inches, by Dr. McKibbin's rain
Kauai; no lives lost.—.Steamer Kiiiau gauge.
delayed ten hours in making port', having
to put back for shelter under Coco Head.
6th Personal veto of the King upPORT OF HONOLULU.
held by decision rendered this day byfour to one of the Supreme Bench.
ARRIVALS.
Death of Captain L. Marchant, an old
Amelia,
Feb
a—
blttue
Newhall, as dayi from San
Am
of
islands.
resident the
Franctsoo.
His
returns
from
Kailua.
S tdergren, n tfaysfran
Lady
nark
Majesty
Lampion,
4—Haw
7th—
San Fr.nx' >co.
—Appointment of John H. Super as
s—Am bgtne Consuelo, Cousin*, from San Francisco.
Marshal of the Kingdom.
B—Haw -.imr Au-.lrali.-i, Houdlette, 8 days fruni San
Fl .incise).
8th—Arrival of steamer Austral in
11—Am S S Alameda, Morse, 16 days fmm Sydney.
Am ba U (. O Whit more Ward, ij days from IV rt
from San Francisco, with reports of
Townscnd,
total loss of schooner Clous Spreckels
;
US
32 days from Panama.
1 Haw S-scliMali hi. Dyer.
JennieWalter, Anderson, from Fanning'!
and
death
of
Gibson.
W. M.
and cargo,
Island.
lirit bark Lady Harewood, Williams, ■/> d i>> from
10th—Departure of the King again for
Hongkong,
Hawaii, per W. G. Hall.—Hon. C. R.
1--, Am wh bark J jhn II Ho viand, fro 11 a rruUe.
16—Ambark
Col isa, II ickus, to days from San Diego.
Bishop purchases the valuable library
Am bklne Discovery, McNeill, 19 days from Sac
and collection of Hawaiian lore of the
Fraii'
17 -Am wh bark Helen Mar, from a crni>-.-.
late Judge Fornander, to retain the same
Am wb bark Ohio, from a cruise.
in the country.
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Oterendorp, 7 days from
San Francisco,
nth—Arrival from the Colonies of S.
Am bark Saranac, Shaw, 19 days from San Fran*
tir.
S. Alameda, en route for San Francisco.
bark II Prinuanbarg, Abrene, 76 days from
1 Getttoogk
—First anniversary of the Blue Ribbon
»i 1
bgtne
Am
J DSprackela, Friis, t6days from San
League.—Second issue of Paradise of
Franclw 0,
the Pacific.
19—Am bark C D Bryant, Lee, 16 daysfrom San Francisco.
13th—Accession Day; non-observed
I > Am wh bark Sea lire?/-;, from a cruise.
Am wh bark Ligoda. Tucker, from New Bedford
save by the closing of Government
an 1 whaling cruise.
offices, and an agreeable ladies' garden
( Am bklne Mary Winl.elman, I )ynbor<. 1 > days
from San Francisco.
party at the Palace grounds by Her MajAm wh bark Wanderer, WinaloW, from San Franesty the Queen.
s—Am5 —Am steam whaler Belenga, from San Franciscu.
bg'ne W. G. Irwin, McCulloch, 11 days from
14th—T. H. Davies, Esq., gives an -226—Am
San Francisco.
his
residence,
enjoyable garden party at
28 -U S S Adams, Kempff, i3 days from Samoa.
Nuuanu Valley. —Departure of the Ausbark Ceylon, Calhoun, 14 days from San Fran*
I Amcisi.o.
tralia for San Francisco; large exodus of
Am wh bark Stamboul, 74 days from San Fran-1 iaoo
Portuguese thereby.
Am wh bark Yoi_tt Phumix, from a cruis
Am wh birk Northern Light, from a cruis.*.
16th—Her Majesty gave a breakfast
party to T. H. Davies, Esq., and in the
DEPARTURES.
afternoon H. R. H. •Liliuokalani gave a
Lillian, Duncan, for Hongkong.
reception in his honor, at her Palama Feb I—Hawsbark
Am s Alameda, Morne, for Sail Francisco.
11 Haw
residence.—Honolulu Literary and Debok Lady Laanpeon, Sodergreis, for Sen
Franciaco
bating Society organized.
14—Haw S S Australia, H udlettr, for San Francisco.
16—Am
bklne George C Perkins, Nordberg, tor San
17th—Steamer Zealandin arrives from
Fra:irw o.
San Francisco en route to the Colonies ;
—Haw
S S Zealand ia. Van Olcrendorp, for th ) ('>'■)17
-■lies.
remains of the late W. M. Gibson brought
18—Hawbarb W B Godfrey, Diabai, for San Frandown for interment.—Sudden death of
cisco.
Am bgtne Consuelo, Cousins, for San Fraiu 1
Geo. Engelhardt.-—Fire on Fort street,
H B M S Caroline, Wiseman, for a cruise.
22—Am bklne Amelia, Newhall. for San Francisco.
opposite Kukui, stopped in good time.
bgtne J I) Spreckels, Friis, for .San Francisco.
19th—Funeral of late Premier W. M. 25—Am
Am wh bark Wanderer, Winslow, for the Arctic.
Gibson ; remains temporarily interred in
27—Am bktne Discovery, McNeill, for San Francisco.
aS—Am bark Colusa, Backus, for San Francisco.
the Catholic Cemetery.
21 st—Her Majesty the Queen leaves
PASSENGERS.
per Mikahala for a two weeks tour of
ARRIVALS.
Kauai.—Regulations for Chinese ImmiFrom San FVancisco, per bgtne Consuelo, Feb 6—Geo
Bruas
and
Winston.
EB
gration revised.
From
Francisco,
Australia, Feb B—Mrs W P
22nd—Washirfgton's Birthday.—Af- Toler, S TSanAlexander, W per
P Morrison and wife, H Heneke,
Zeigler
and
Braver
wife,
L
mann and wife, Di G P Anternoon reception on U. S. S. Vandalia. Rrews, as
etraorc, t Cert/, M Davis, Mrs C E Hen-
MARINE JOURNAL.
—
-
.
-
.
'on, H Ludimport jr. Dr J F Noyes, Otto Loesche, H F
(Hade. S Maniton, Lieut hlliott, W Arenfred and son, Mrs
A C Brown, J V Coleman, J J Flynn, Forinan, Tain
*
Chen, and 23 others.
From the Colonies, per S>> Alemada, Feb :i—Mr* Maclearn, Miss C Clark, Mrs John Tump*ky, Master Kettle,
Miss Chapman, Mr Wani-r, wife and maid, and 151 in
transit.
From San Francisco, per S S Zealandia, Feb 17 -Mrs F
L Clarke, Miss M A Clarke, CA (ielatte, Mrs Mary Grant,
Frank Terchm inn, Dr Drachm, R Nitzschke, and g steerage.
From San Francisco, per bjtne J D Spreckels, Feb i3—
Mrs H S Tregloan, Miss K. Macjovan.
From San Francisco, p;r bk C D Bryant, Feb ro*-X W
Wallace.
From H>ngko:ig, per La.ly
Feb 14 -22 Chi
>
From
per H Pii ttsanbarji, Feb 20 —17 Chinese paaMngnrs.
From San Franc's >, par bgtni W (i Irwi;i, Feb 26 F
Lull and W C Oveuder.
From San Kranctaco, par M( Caykm, Feb.•) -Rev Tv
Moore.
dw pataansei
-
-
_
l>i
i-
.■ ruasa
!'.i Hongkoag, per I.ilia 1, Fab 1—49 Chinese and 1
European paa*
Far San Francuu >, pa- Lady l*kmpaot% Fan 11 Wm
Woon, C Itehrand.
For S.in Francisc >, par S S Alameda. Feb 11—J S Cone,
W I; Caho we, S r.i:-,h and lady, U N Macondray, M Lovell, X Davis, litu Walsh, J Dyer, X CoTwelL, J I' Waterhouie jr, R W Wili: >x and wife, ) PetroiT, M M Wal>h a:, i
Mrs E C Damon, Dr Webb and wife, A L Bryan and
wfft,
wite. Steerage—Mrs A Robinson, I atcGurr. F Dfiembcr, L K.iliofen, Mtaa J Knoke, J Daley, J Cushlngbam.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, Feb 14—Oliver C
Swain, Mrs W ]i Seal and 2 children, Miv N Brown, A
Wallstina, Mis- \\"atstine, Mis; I, Louisaon, S Foster, X
W Peterson and wife, I V C-ternan, H F Chide, F M
Stump, C r Overbougn, Mi>s H Horndan, Capta'n X
McCrnne, I* C
.in I fevife, A Adieim, Sands Forman,
I J Flyu 1. Steerage- .1 W Halm, A Stark, wife ami 5
children, I Ulbreeht, wife and child, D Yountr. T Herrhg,
I DaUh.li, MrsE slmi.li/. J A McMiller, _| Berry, W P
nartmann and 147 Portuguese.
For the Colonies, par S s Zealandia, Fab 17 R N Rollins a id wife, J S Cu'.terell, and 1 steerage.
For Sin Francisco, per bgtne Consue'u, Feb ift—E W
Pierce, H Week, (i Dec ib nli, wife and Infant, J J Manorfo\, wife and 6 children, | Maurice and Wife, A R
For San Frauci-o, p:r bk \V II Godfrey, Feb 1? I
Hughes,
For San Francis ;>, p3T bktns Am :!i.i Feb fa —Mr De:i-
>
ntvane.
For Sin Fran?i«c>. par bgtne J
Waasnas,
D SpeckeU, Fe;
>
BIRTHS.
•
TURNER—At Kolo 1, Kviai, January yjfct, to th* wife of
F. H. I urner, a 1
MEI NECKE At Waiob.nn, K:u:. Hawaii, r'ebruary 14th,
to the wife of C. Maine ks, a km.
■<.
MARRIAGES.
/I El ILER —FEXNELL—In San Francisco, January 2(1
Richard Ziegler, of Pahila, Hawaii,and Maggie Fennell,
of San Francisco.
MARKHAM-DREIKR-In Honolulu, Februar) 1 th
John Markham and Anna Drek-i.
DEATHS.
GIBSON—In San Francisco, �January 21 si, Waller Murray
Gibson, lale Premier Hawaiian Island*, aged 64 years.
HANKS In San Francisco, January 2>th, of pneumonia.
Charlotte Elinor, only remaining cnikl of Waiter S. ami
Nel ie M. Hanks, a.<ed 4 yea's, 9 months and s6 days.
SMITH In Sacramento, CaJ., January iB.ht Mr-. Ma)
C. Smi li, m.jiher of Julius H. Smith, of .San Fra
native of New York, aged 65 years*
HARRISON At Honolulu, on the evening of February
3rd, 1883, Sam m 1 Harrison, ■ native of Nottingham,
tngutn I, aged 53 years.
MARCHANT—At Honolulu, Februiry sth, Captain L.
Merchant, a native of Nantucket, Mass., »geJ about 68
years,
,
kill 11 F.N— At Kealia, Kauai, February 14th, of brain
fever, Marie Louise, youngest daughter of Colonel M. 1,.
W. and Mrs. Julia A. Kitchen, of New York, aged
years and j months. I New York papers please copy.)
HILDER—At Pawaa Valley, February 16th, i3BB, the
infant daughter of Mrs. F. Hilder.
LUCE—In Honolulu, February 28th, Captain Goorge H.
Luce, a native of Pontipool, Monmouthshire, aged 67
years, 6 months, 8 days.
MEEK—In Honolulu, February Bth, Miss Eliza Meek,
aged 56 years.
ENGELHARDT—In Honolulu, February 17th, George
Engelhardt, a native of Cassel, Germany, aged about
years.
WINGATE—In Kansas, January -,H. N. Wingate, a
native of Scotland, and formerly of Honolulu, aged '3
years.
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HONOLULU H.
This page U devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
T'.oard of Mission., and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is re-pomib!e for its contents.
.-/. 0. Fork's,
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THE FRIEND.
'
-
liditor.
LETTER FROM NEW HEBRIDES.
Df.ar Dk. Hyde:—Now that we are
again settled in a home of our own, I
will write you somewhat about our
doings and going* since we left your
hospitable roof. Our voyage to Sydney
was speedy and pleasant, the weather
continuing fine most all the way.
Nothing of note transpired on the passage. A warm welcome awaited us in
Sydney, and three weeks appeared to
pass very quickly there.
On the 2nd April we sailed on our
mission vessel Dayspring for this
group. We visited all the stations occupied by missionaries, and were pleased
and cheered to hear of progress all along
the line. Our annual missionary conference was held in May on the island
of Ambrim. We were very sorry to find
that Mr. Murray, our missionary on that
island, was insane. Fever, combined
with undue depression on account ofhis
wife's sudden death a year ago, had
proved too much for his mind. I am
glad to be able to say that, since he left
the island, he has almost wholly- regained
his reason. However, he is lost to our
mission.
This season there were three new
missionaries to settle besides ourselves.
In order to accomplish this work, and
give us all comfortable houses, a vessel
was chartered in Sydney to bring down
building material and goods that our
Dayspring could not fetch. The Cairndliu (the chartered vessel) was appointed
to settle one of the new brethren and us
in the north of the group, while the
Dayspring took the other two young
brethren to Mollicolla. We settled Mr.
Landels on Malo, or as called in the
charts St. Bartholomew's Island; and, on
leaving there on the 17th of June, our vessel ran ashore and became a total wreck.
All our stores and effects were saved, but
in a damaged condition. The vessel
filled inside of ten hours after she struck,
and a number of our cases were under
water for a day or tw.o. After three
weeks of tent-life on Malo among the
savages, the Dayspring came to our
rescue. One of our boats went a three
days' voyage hunting her up. From
Malo we came'over here some eight
or nine miles and located on this south
side of the large island of Espiritu Santo.
We have our home on a little isle lying
close to the main land, and forming a
good harbor for ships. There is quite a
large village on this islet, the people
thereof cultivate on the mainland. It
is, so far as we can yet judge, a comparatively healthy place. We have been
here now about two and a half months,
and like the place and people very well.
It is a wholly untried field, no teacher
or missionary ever having even landed
here before us. The people are quite
friendly. Some of them have been away
with white men for three years or so,
and consequently have a little knowledge
of English. There are no less than four
different dialects spoken on the south
side of Santo. However, we hope to
get along by acquiring one of them.
The language of this village is spoken
in ten others, and is more or less understood by many more. I have received
some benefit from Dr. Codrington'a
book that you were so very kind as to
give me, and I hope to gather some information from it that will help me in
this tongue. The language of Mota, of
which he gives such a full account, is
much more closely allied to this than
the Aneitvumese is.
We have a beautiful situation and a
comfortable home. Our hope is that
the Lord may use us here for His gloryin bringing in many of these degraded
cannibals. Our postal advantages are
not very good here. We have not heard
a word from home since we saw you,
but we expect our vessel back again
either this month or early in the following. The French have not made their
appearance in Santo yet, and we knownothing about their proceedings elsewhere, excepting that two small militaryposts are still maintained in the group—
one on Efatc and one on Mollicolla.
There are five or six priests in the group,
but as yet they have not made their influence felt. There is said to be one
stationed on the northeast of this island,
but as that is 70 or 80 miles away from
us, we never hear of him at all.
I am, dear Dr. Hyde, yours faithfully,
Joseph Annand.
Tangoa, Santo, Oct. 7, 18K7.
OUR JAPANESE MISSIONARY.
We have recently had the pleasure of
welcoming to our shores anew Christian
worker who has already, with much
energy and enthusiasm, entered upon
his duties. This is Mr. T. Shimidzu (a
licensed exhorter of the Methodist
Church), who has accepted the invitation
of the Hawaiian Board of Missions to
labor among the Japanese residing in
Honolulu and the country districts. He
is connected with the Japanese Methodist Church of San Francisco, and brings
most cordial letters of recommendation
from both Rev. Mr. Harris, Superintendent, anjl Rev. Mr. Mujama, Assistant
Superintendent of the Mission to the
Japanese in that city. The interest and
enthusiasm manifested by these gentlemen and the Japanese connected with
their work in San Francisco in the
Christianization of the Japanese on these
Islands has been very marked, and we
have every reason to feel most grateful
to them for their earnest efforts. It is a
beautiful witness to the missionary
spirit of the religion of Jesus Christ.
Mr. Harris writes as follows: "The
Japanese Christians here have been
thinking and praying over the matter
for nearly two years, resulting in a deep
conviction of duty, which finally took
shape in raising money to send Mr.
Mujama to the Islands last Autumn.
After his return they organized a local
missionary society for the purpose of
aiding the Christianization of the Japanese on the Hawaiian Islands and on the
Pacific Coast. Since Brother Mujama's
return these poor students have raised
over $60 to aid in the blessed work.
Brother T. Shimidzu, who goes out by
this steamer and the bearer of this letter
is sent by this Society. One young man
who works for his living, a school boy,
gave ten dollars at one time for this ob-
ject."
Mr. Shimid/u is now about twentyfive years old. He was born in the
northern part of Japan and came when
quite young to reside in Tokio. Later
he entered the Naval Technical College
of that city as a student, and after a course
of study covering some five years graduated from this institution. A long and
serious illness compelled him to desist
from further studies in Japan, and ultimately led to important changes in his
life. He was advised to visit the United •
States, and there study ship-building.
About two years ago he landed in .San
Francisco. Through the earnest efforts
of our friend, Rev. Mr. Mujama, he was
brought under the beneficial influences
of the Methodist Mission and in time
became an earnest and devoted Christian. He has resided in San Francisco,
supporting himself by the work of his
hands and engaging as opportunity
offered in earnest Christian work.
When the call came from our Islands,
he felt moved to accept it and we feel
sure he has not come in vain. Most
heartily has he been welcomed by his
countrymen and is rapidly winning their
confidence and esteem. We would ask
for him and his important work a large
interest in the prayers of all Christians.
The outlook for missionary effort among
the Japanese is most encouraging. It
is possible that Rev. and Mrs. Mujama
may come to our Islands for a visit ere
long. Their coming will be hailed with
delight by many. May God's richest
blessing rest on the work here and also
abide with the dear brethren in San
Francisco, who have so generously aided
F. W. D.
in its happy initiation.
In the Pacific, in a letter from Captain
Garland, we find the following items
about Ponape, not before received here:
"The foreigners who had so much to
do with affairs are now taking a back
seat. Kehoe and Tim Curry are prisoners in the hulk. Old Christian is carried
off to Manila, probably never to return.
Skillings is at Mokil with his family.
"Miss Ingersoll is in her new house; it
is where Mr. Rand's tool house used to
be. The Lof the girls' school is raised."
�THE FRIEND.
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T. M. C. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H.
I.
Japanese lanterns adorned the front of
the building. In short, while the Japan-
TO OUR YOUNG MEN.
[Communicated.)
ese national politeness and patriotism
An incident at Waikiki the other day
Thispage is devoted to the interests of the Honolulu were marked features of the evening's
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Board of
entertainment, the spirit of Christian has a lesson of pointed interest for
Directors are responsible for its contents.
courtesy and charity was equally marked. many of our young people. A young
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Editor. Success to both the Y. M. C. A. and to man at the beach, an expert swimmer
S. D. Fuller,
the Mutual Benefit Union, which now and canoeist, was enjoying a canoe ride
Y.
M.
A.
C.
numbers
1,261 members, and has a wide at Waikiki. Going out to the verge of
JAPANESE
field
of
usefulness
in caring in number- the breakers, beyond the still waters of
WELCOME TO THE NEW LAY-WORKER.
less friendly and helpful ways for the the encircling reef a big comber, coming
On the third Saturday in February welfare of the 4,000 Japanese now resid- suddenly on the boat, in an unexpected
direction, swamped the canoe. He was
the Japanese Y. M. C. A. held its regular ing on these islands.
too expert a swimmer to think at first of
social and literary meeting. It was
made the occasion also of welcoming
THE HAWAIIAN BRANCH.
any danger in the foaming waves. But
Mr. T. Shimidzu, from the Methodist The first Anniversary of the Hawaiian the canoe was not his own, and he did
Japanese Mission in San Francisco, who Blue Ribbon League and the election of not want to lose that. He tried to right
has been invited by the Hawaiian Board Officers for the second year took place it, but the strong waves dashed it against
to spend six months or more in Christian at
again and again. Pruised and exQueen Emma Hall on Friday even- him,
hausted, he found that he must have
work among the 4,000 Japanese now in ing, February
audience
room
The
24th.
these islands. It is a new and striking was crowded full,
and nearly as many- help, or be lost. Raising his hands,
instance of Christian comity in missions, more were outside on the verandas and and beckoning for assistance, some nathis lending of a helper from one Chris- in the hall. The exercises were spirited tives on the shore launched their canoe
tian organization to another of differing and interesting, consisting of singing, and rowed out to his rescue, succeeding
ecclesiastical polity and methods. The speeches, etc. Hon. A. F. Judd was re- providentially- in bringing him and his
first part of the evening was devoted to
elected President and Mr. Henry Water- canoe safely to the shore. There is
the usual literary exercises, an address house Vice-President, R. S. Kaopua many a young man who thinks he knows
in Japanese by Dr. Iwai, and the read- Secretary and C. A. Brown Treasurer. it all, and is strong enough to look out
ing of the (manuscript) newspaper, the
for himself, that in his pleasure taking
finds himself unexpectedly among the
"Japanese Times, in English. We wish
BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE.
that we could reproduce in these columns The Hlue Ribbon League, which has breakers, and as unexpectedly in peril of
some of the articles; but limited space come to be practically a department of his soul. He tries to save himself; but
forbids the insertion of even the shorter our work, it having always met in our the soul in such circumstances, finds
articles, "Our Chautauqua Circle," and hall, and its active workers all being out its weakness and helplessness. Well
"A Japanese Boy's Filial Devotion." members of our Association, has passed for that soul that knows enough at such
At the close of the literary exercises, M. its first mile-stone. The first anniversary time to pray for help, and will trust to the
Taro Ando, the Japanese Consul-General, and election of officers for the next six Gospel and its message of mercy. Young
took the chair as representing M rs. Ando, months, occurred on Saturday evening, man ! In your pleasure taking have
the President of the Japanese Mutual Feb. nth, in the Y. M. C. A. hall. Re- you got among the breakers ? Are you
Benefit Union, to welcome Mr. Shimidzu, ports, addresses, instrumental and vocal bruised and exhausted ? Beckon for
who, in doing Christian work among his music, and a bountiful supply of ice cream help. Let it be known that you feel
countrymen, will have special regard to combined to attract a large audience, yourself in peril. Trust the Gospel and
any cases of sickness or privation among who went home well pleased with the its message of Saving Mercy. If not,
them. Mr. Ando spoke both in Japanese evening's enjoyment and the good work you will perish in the breakers of sin ;
and English, and alluding to the Bible accomplished by the League during the and angels of grace as well as loving
sent by the Japanese women in San past year; and also with renewed inter- friends, will only mourn unavailingly over
another lost soul. Ye who are in such
Francisco to Mrs. Ando, spoke of it as est and hope in its future success.
the blessed book, which would be the
peril, seek salvation while it may be
Gowen
was
re-elected
Rev. HT~H.
best comforter, guide, and instructor for President, Mr. P. C. Jones Vice-Pres- found! The Japanese proverb says,"The
the Japanese as for other races. Ad- ident, Mr. Norman Logan Secretary, strongest swimmer is drowned." Young
man, trust not to your own strength ;
dresses were also made by Mr. Shimidzu, and Mr. J. Magoon Treasurer.
Mr. F. W. Damon, Rev. Dr. Hyde and Owing to the absence of several of and think not, whatever the risk, you can
T. H. Davies, Esq., the British Vice- our members and the conflicting engage- save yourself in any peril.
Consul. Mr. Davies wished that British ments of others, there was rather a
Christians might see what Christian small attendance at our last monthly
RECEPTION.
work was accomplishing for different meeting. President Lowrey presided.
Mr. T. H. Davies, on-e of our most
nations on missionary grounds; what Beside the reports presented, there was
members, and the President
Christian life was being developed, and some discussion of the temperance influential
and how Christ's dying love was open- work, and the needs for Evangelistic of the Honolulu Iron Works, gave a
grand reception to all his employees,
ing human hearts everywhere to trust help.
One new member elected. with their families, in our hall on ThursHim as the Divine Redeemer from sin Balance in treasury, $24.85.
day, February 23rd. There was a varied
and sorrow for every child of Adam.
and interesting literary programme, after
TOPICS.
There were about twenty invited guests,
but the limits of time cut short anyThe Gospel Praise Service which is which all were served with an abundance
further speech-making. In behalf of the held in the Y. M. C. A. Hall'every Sun- of delicious refreshments. Such a
interest by the
Japanese societies, Mr. Ando invited all, day evening at 6:30 o'clock, will have kindly manifestation ofand
strengthen a
must
create
employer
this
month:
after joining in the Y. M. C. A. hymn, the following topics during
reciprocal interest on the part of the emMarch
our
Sins.
Blest
be
the
tie
that
to
—Christ
died
for
binds,"
etc.,
4th
"
ployees that will not be limited simply
adjourn to the Japanese Reading Room. Cor. 15:1-3. John 19:16-30.
March nth—lf we Confess, He will to the hours and place of service.
Ice-cream, cakes and fruits were served,
and a very pleasant social time was en- Forgive. Jer. 3:12-15. 1 John 1:5-9.
March 18th—Faith's Victories. Heb.
Christ says to every lost sinner
joyed for the next half-hour. The rooms
"Come;" to every redeemed sinner,
above and below were prettily decorated 11:32-40.
with flowers and wreaths, and flags of March 25th—What are men making "Go." Come and be saved; go, and
the Kingdom of "The Rising Sun." Light of? Matt. 22:1-5. Prov. 1:24-33. save some one else.
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�TH»E FRIEND.
RULES FOR THE HUSBAND.
HUSBAND, LOVE YOUR WIFE.
1. Never find fault with her before
others.
2. Per contra, remember the counsel
of the Good Book: Her husband shall
praise her in the gates; that is, before
folks.
3. Bear all her burdens for her; even
then she'll bear more than you do, in
spite of you.
your
4. If you want her to submit to
judgment, never ask her to submit to
your selfishness.
5. A woman's life is made up of little
things. Make her life happy by little
courtesies.
6. Love is a wife's only wages. Don't
scrimp in your pay.
Relative Number of Christians.—
The number of Christians has increased
century by century until now they far
outnumber the adherents of any other
faith. The ordinary statistics, by which
Buddhists are made to outnumberChristians, are totally misleading. The difference between Quakerism and the Church
of Rome is trifling as compared with
the difference between sects who are
all classed together as Buddhists, but
who have almost nothing in common
except the name and a few merely outward and material resemblances. To
call all Mohammedans Christians would
be very much more reasonable than to
consider as adherents of one religion all
who call themselves Buddhists. As this
is not all, for in China, which contains
most of the adherents of Buddhism, this
is only one belief among many, and the
same man is often Buddhist, Taouist,
Confucianist, and ancestor-worshipper
all in one. Taking Christians and Mohammedans together, it is probable that
there are from five to six hundred millions of people who believe in one God,
Creator, and Governor of the world, who
has icvealed himself in Jesus Christ,
while it is extremely improbable that
even a third as many are agreed on any
other creed.—Church Review.
Very Like an Anthem.—A sailor
who had been to a cathedral, and had
heard some very fine music, was descanting particularly upon an anthem
which gave him much pleasure. His
shipmate listened for a time, and then
said : "I say, Bill, what's a hanthem?"
"What!" replied Bill, "do you mean
to say you don't know what a hanthem
is ?" " Not me." " Well, then, I'll tell
yer. If I was to tell yer, 'Ere, Bill,
give me that 'andspike,' that wouldn't
be a hanthem. But was Ito say, Bill,
Bill, Bill, give, give, give, me, give me
that. Bill,' give me, give me that hand,
give me that hand, handspike, spike,
spike. Bill, give, give me that, that
hand, handspike, hand, handspike, spike,
spike, spike. Ah-men, ah-men. Billgivemethathandspike, spike. Ah-men,'
why, that would be a hanthem."
'
liefs is not a faith nor a system. The
SELECTIONS.
Rev. Hugh Pentecost tries to blend the
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the Parsee, the Papist, the Puritan, the
handle which fits them all.
Protestant, with the deist, the atheist,
Alas! this time is never the time for the rationalist. He is a nondescript, a
self-denial; it is always the next time. what-is-it, a paradox. Nature dislikes
Nothing succeeds like success. What hybrids. If one does appear, we call it
is hit is history
What is missed, is a freak, sometimes a monster. It never
:
mystery.
The progress of humanity is hopeless,
apart from the Divine regenerating
power and the liberty wherewith Christ
makes free.
Will the world never grow tired of its
fatuous attempts to demonstrate that
human selfishness by natural evolution
will work out universal bliss ?
The flesh is not easily subdued. The
carnalized mind shrink from its own
purification. It rebels against what
seems destruction to its joy.
Despair of no sanctity. Why should
you so despair—you the children of the
Eternal, who have been made partakers
of the Divine nature ; the inspired men
and inspired women ; you who have received the Holy Ghost, although your
negligence'and unbelief may have suppressed this work in you?
Christianity wherever it has gone, and
nowhere more so than in India, has promoted the dignity of woman, the sanctity of marriage, and the brotherhood of
man. Where it has not actually converted, it has checked and controlled ;
where it has not renewed, it has refined;
and where it has not sanctified, it has
softened and subdued. Lord Lawrence.
The only thinkers of to-day that face
serenely the coming floods of popular
power are those who cling to the oldfashioned ideas of God and the freedom
of the human soul. To them the sight
of this long sought-for open sea is one
of glory and not of terror. The roar of
the multitudinous waters as they break
upon the crumbling institutions of the
past is music and not horror to their
minds. For far above the surging
masses shines the Sun of Righteousness, with healing in his wings.
It is the threshold truth of the Kingdom of God that spirit must conquer
flesh, the selfishness of the natural man
be purged away in the overpowering
love of God, and the lust of the flesh be
swallowed up in the vast and eternal enterprises of the Holy Ghost.
Those who accept the Bible as the
Word of God in its entirety embrace a
system which brings no intellectual
shame. Take Christ's manhood, however, and deny his deity; cull out parts of
his moral code, and deny his miracles;
select those passages which reveal the
blessedness of the holy in heaven, and
reject those which declare the misery of
the lost, and there is only patchwork.
Why call a man a crank, when no
one can turn him ?
A heterogeneous hodge-podge, made
up of fag-ends and fragments of all be-
—
•
propagates, nor will Pentecost's church.
You seek to produce the Millenium
by change in administration or in the
structure of society. You forget that
the best of constitutions would prove unworkable in hell and would be quite
superfluous in heaven. You cannot
liberate a kingdom of bad people by a
good constitution. You may well despair of an unregenerate democracy.
The Sovereignty of the People is bound
up with the Sovereignty of God, with
the capability of the human soul to be
transformed, and the readiness of the
Holy Spirit to endow it with new life.
What lies in the cradle sleeping there?
What life looks up out of the laughing
eyes? What service waits in the tiny
hands? What errands in the feeble feet?
And yet to most mothers, the babe
counts not as the beginning of a new infinity, but only as the object of a careless, coquettish fondling. Blessed is the
mother who sees more truly what birth
and maternity mean; who catches some
glimpse of what the cradle contains as
she rocks it; and who ponders these
things in her heart.
Dorchester's statistics show that in
1886 the number of communicants in
Protectant churches in the United States
were as follows: All Methodists, 4,601,-416; all Baptists, 3,729,745; all Presbyterians, 1,431,249; Lutherans, 930,830;
Congregational, 486,879; Protestant
Episcopal, 415,605 smaller bodies,
579,427: total, 12,175,151. Estimating
each communicant as representing two
other persons in the sairje family, we
find a population of 36,000,000 attached
to the Protestant churches in the United
States, besides 7,200,000 of Roman
Catholic population.
Say not we are going to the grave."
You are coming nearer and nearer to
a magnificent land, and a more populous
city than any that the earth knows.
The gr,pat majority are on the other side
of the river. You are going to Mount
Zion. You are going up higher—to the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to the general
assembly of the blessed. Ages and ages
they have been assembling. It is a
vast company—a heavenly gathering—a
great church —a church where Christ in
God is the light and the joy of life.
You are marching fast in that direction ;
you are day by day coming nearer to the
spirits of just men made perfect; to
those whose inferiorities are cleansed
off; to the most powerful, the truest,
the sweetest, the noblest, and the best
men that the earth has known; and
since you are going toward all these,
what a desecration it is to say that you
are going toward the grave.
;
"
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HONOLULU, H. 1., APRIL, 1888.
Volume 46.
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MANAGER'S NOTICE.
R. CASTLE,
ATTORNEY
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Number 4.
WM.
LAW.
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regular appcaraiife, month by month; hence
importing and hfa raf* turirg
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Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
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Volumk 46.
French Bourbons, incapable of concesVBAK INVAKIAItI.V IN AIU'ANCK.
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ment, the aged Emperor commanded
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s. K. BISHOP,
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of German)'. In these stormy years of
CONTENTS.
i MM
political
struggle and social change, his
35
I lie I toad kai-cr
25 Iffe has been an immense conservative
IAncient
.i»l 'or Frattd Trials
Systems of Land Tenure in Polynesia
a6
Religion and Morality
27 bulwark, and his departure would seem
38
Prayer ivt Unph toaopttical
Prohibition in Maine
29 to open many possibilities to Ger.nanv,
Month'v Record of Events, Marine Journal
30
Hawaiian Hoard
31 not all devoid of cause for gravest appreY. M. C. A
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caver hension. The world will anxiously watch
A Tes'iinsinv to American Missionaries
to see whether the young Prince, who
will* probably soon succeed to the ImTHE DEAD KAISER.
• perial throne, shall prove a rash KehoOn the ninth of March, closed the
boam, or shall be wise in concessions to
long and illustrious earthly life of advancing principles of popular and libWilliam, King of Prussia and Emperor eral government. In this view, it is
of Germany. A few days lacked to him perhaps especially fortunate that Unof ninety-one years. If merely to his ser Frit*," who seems so near the grave,
great age were respect due, we have to has survived his father and mounted the
venerate one not only a whole genera- throne. The death of the aged Emperor
tion older than any living monarch of must tend to set astir the democratic as
Christendom, but if we mistake not, well as
socialistic elements of Germany.
of more years than any former monarch Hut even their turbulent ardor must be
of Christendom has attained. The kings tempered by the tender pathos of the
i
and emperors, the statesmen and philos- situation, and the anguished prostration
ophers of his day had all passed away. of he new Emperor; thus time will be
William belonged to the times of the gained for the young William and his
great Nicholas, of Metternich, of Eouis counsellors tc observe and weigh the sitPhiilipe and Robert Peel. In his youth uation, and arrange a wise policy. May
was fought the battle of Jena, which
God guide that grand and noble nation,
prostrated Prussia at the feet of Napo- and their statesmen and rulers to the
leon, the insolence of whom to yueen best results
for Germany, for Humanity,
Louise burned into the soul of her son. and for Liberty!
He personally knew two emperors and
of France, four emperors of
three
LIQUOR FRAUD TRIALS.
Russia, and the three kings of England
A FEW days ago, two popular business
who preceded the lift}' years of Victoria's
reign. Beginning in the throes andflames men of Honolulu, after a long prelimiof the French Revolution, his life has nary examination, were committed for
gone on through Europe's eventful trial, on charges of conspiracy to defraud
changes and convulsions, and all the the Government. A report of a Comenormous developments of the now al- mittee of the Legislature had showed
that during the previous two years
most ended nineteenth century.
Kaiser
there had been fraudulently withdrawn
For twenty-seven years the
Prussia,
the
throne
ol
and
for
from
bond at the Custom House by
was on
several
parties, wines and spirits on
of
nearly eighteen Emperor
Germany,
crown
on
his
head
as
which
duties
should have been paid to
placed
the
having
the conqueror of that France to which the amount of $45,000, thereby defraudhis youth bowed in defeat. William ing the Government to that amount.
was a monarch of much ofthe old-fash- It became the duty of the Government
ioned absolute opinions, but not like the prosecutor to take up the matter, as has
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been done with the result so far at
tamed.
Personally, it is painful to us to see
well-known neighbors of good social relations in serious difficulties. From
what we have learned of the case, there
appear to be palliating circumstances,
which if the facts charged become
established, may entitle the defendants to
lenient dealing. We earnestly hope
that such may prove to be the case.
These mitigating circumstances, however, seem to grow out of the abnormally corrupt and debauched state of
affairs subsisting under the late government, which made irregular and unlawful methods in dealing with the government, the easy and almost the natural
way of proceeding. The evidence presented at the (preliminary examination
is said to disclose much of that well
known state of things, not ill-suggested
in the couplet.
• Oh. I .mi the
of Sia'ti, I am;
And for ju«ttce I don't care a yam, a yam"
It in of comparatively small import
ance that due punishment should be
awarded to violators of law. It may
often be expedient to let such escape re
compense for their wrong action. Mercy
and forbearance are particularly in place
after severe political revulsions, although
indiscriminate amnesty is an evil. An
assurance that full penalty was to be
exacted for all past abuses, would animate considerable numbersof men to desperate opposition to Reform. There
seems reason to believe that the reactionary efforts of last December were
largely owing to such apprehensions
being excited. It is also certain that in
any case, only a few of the offenders
Some of the worst
can be reached.
and the highest ones will escape with no
other penalty than lessened power and
prestige.
YVhat is chiefly important, however,
in such prosecutions, is the full and
precise exposure they produce of the
facts as to gross abuses and frauds,
such as took place under the late government, and which are among the
things which the Reform movement is
striving toremedy. Some of these Custom
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[April, 1888.
House frauds, moreover, are known to ANCIENT SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE historic development of the Polynesian
IN POLYNESIA.
races in general, and of the Hawaiian
have had particular relation to the
Science
lie ore the Honolulu Social
AsaocialloDi branch of it in particular. There are
systematic way in which Royalty cor- Read March
i*, 18P8, hy Hon. W I). Alexander.
good reasons for believing that the feudal
rupted the elections all over the islands,
system of the Hawaiians, as of other
Having made the history of land titles races, was preceded by a communal sysby copious distribution of liquors, which
of
for
in these Islands a subject
study
liquors were fraudulently withdrawn some time past, 1 have endeavored to tem, either before or after their migrafrom bond without payment of duties. collect information respecting the various tion, which helps to explain many of
their characteristic traits and usages.
We do not desire to see the present Systems,of land tenure which prevailed
In treating of this subject, I find it
accused parties suffer penalty, if reason- in other parts of Polynesia before their impossible to separate the consideration
leave
able plea for" exemption can be found. discovery by Europeans, and beg
of the Polynesians
to lay some of the results of my re- of the landed systems
What we do hopefully expect and desire, searches before this association. The from that of their civil polity on the one
is the useful establishment by unanswer- subject has a peculiar interest to US for hand, and from that of their systems of
consanguinity and inheritance on the
able evidence of some of the facts con- several reasons.
other, wit'n both of which they are so
In the first place, it unfolds an in- closely interwoven, ami I shall not atcerning the manner in which not only
the
of
a
history
por- tempt to do so.
honesty and purity were subverted, but teresting chapter in
tion of the human race which, if corHefore taking up the several groups
in which we were deprived of all legislarectly read, may yet throw light on some
tive power by the entire corruption of of the knotty questions of social science. in detail, I wish to call your attention
to certain facts observed in
elections. We have been struggling I can here only allude to them in pas»r- in advance
the different tribes with each
comparing
a
for years under government syndicate ing.
oilier.
I think it is generally admitted that
of gin and boodle, a peculiar addition to
In the fust place, the tribes inhabiting
which was being organized of heathen individual property —especially in land- the western groups appear to be in an earH comparatively modern institution. lier stage of development than the eastern
wizardry, to make the subjugation of is
Speaking of ancient European law, Sir Polynesians. The latter are in several
voters more complete by acting upon Henry Maine says: "It is concerned
respects more advanced than the former,
Hawaiian superstition. Any clear and not with individuals, but with families; for the worse as well as for the better.
definite light upon that evil history not with single human beings, but .Thus in language (as Mr. Hale has resuch as the coming trials may be ex- groups;" and again, "We have the marked), wckcc in the dialectsof the westreason for thinking that prop- ern groups certain grammatical forms
pected to cast, must be of great public strongest
erty once belonged not to individuals, which are entirely wanting in the eastservice.
nor even to isolated families, but to ern, while others which are complete in
composed on the patri- the former are found in the latter defec"What is the theological drift of New larger societies,
model." Walker, in his "Theory tive and perverted from what appears to
England? That is the conundrum.'' archal
of the Common Law," p. 6, states that be their original meaning, to which we
As to your conundrum, dear brother, before
our Teutonic ancestors "crossed may add the dropping of some letters
did you c ver know the time when the
Rhine,
the
private property in land was and the softening of others.
drift"
of New England was
"theological
and
absolutely
totally unknown to them."
Again we find in the west a comparanot a conundrum ? Have you forgotttvi When
We go back to the dawn of civilHopkinsianism, limmonsism,Taylorism, ization
tively
simple mythology and spirit worin Europe, before the rise of
in the east has been changed
Parkism and Bushnellism ? And yet the
which
ship,
find
feudalism,
the Celtic
a debasing and cruel idolatry under
.into
Congregational Church still lives, and nations landweheld byamong
tribal
ownership,
was never doing a grander work for the while among all the Teutonic nations we the sway of a powerful and tyrannical
Master than to-day. Congregationalism find organized village communities, each priesthood.
allows freedom of thought and specula- holding a small district in common called
In morality the western were certaintion, while it holds to the cardinal truths a
superior to the eastern Polynesians;
ly
Mark, and cultivating its arable land
of our holy religion. It cultivates scholar- in three
for they were by no means a licentious
fields
which
—a system
great
ship and encourages the spirit of re- has
people, and were free from the revolting
left its permanent traces on the crime of infanticide, for which the latter
search. It submits to no bonds of
maps of Germany, and in
were so notorious.
bigotry, but, with a reverent spirit and a territorial
many of the usages still existing
clear glance, it searcheth after the deep
Again, the forms of government preboth there and in lingland. The same
things of God. Its search has not been
in eastern Polynesia were much
vailing
has survived to the present
centralized and better organized
more
in vain. The "New England conun- system
time in full vigor in Russia and in other
drum" has permeated the system of
for purposes of oppression than those in
Slavonic countries in spite of the presbranch
of
the
Christian sure
west.
divinity of every
of the nobility. To my surprise, I theThe
Church, and, because of its influence, found its counterpart existing in the
same general statement, as will
they work all the more effectively, and plains of Palestine; but the village com- be seen, applies to their systems of land
secure more glorious results for the munities of India furnish still more per- tenure.
In the second place, as Mr. Hale sugkingdom of God.
fect examples of this system of ownersome of their diversities in chargests,
How long will men and women in ship, and of its gradual change into feuand
institutions can be accounted
acter
their folly, listen to the testimony of the dalism. When, therefore, we find in for by the natural peculiarities of the
blind touching questions of spiritual the isolated communities of the Pacific
which they inhabit.
life, and to the deaf touching questions Ocean, examples of all these different countries
In New Zealand, the great extent of
of spiritual hearing? If you would know forms of ownership, we are led to suswhether the Invisible can be seen, ask pect that they are deeply rooted in the the country together with the extreme
Moses, who saw him by his faith, not principles of human nature, and that the scarcity of food, caused a separation of
Pharaoh, whose eyes were blinded b}' process of civilization has a tendency to the inhabitants into numerous tribes,
his unbelief; if you would know whether follow certain regular lines of. develop- independent of one another.
the Inaudible can be heard, ask Paul ment.
Among these, constant occasions of
who heard him commanding in the Not only do such investigations have strife arose, which inflamed to an extranoonday splendor that struck him blind, a bearing on social science in general, but ordinary degree the naturally ferocious
not Festus who takes the words of truth to us they have a peculiar interest from and cruel disposition of the race to which
and soberness for learning driven mad. the light which they throw on the pre- they belong.
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In the Marquesas, each of the larger rise to the rank of chief, if he possessed
islands has a high steep range of the requisite qualifications, viz. valor
mountains running through it, from and skill in wa , and wisdom in council.
which sharp and precipitous lateral
Few matters of importance were ever
ridges descend to the sea, thus forming undertaken except after being submitted
deep valleys, walled in on every side, to public discussion. "Nothing apexcept towards the sea, by a natural for- proaching to a regal office ever existed
tification. The consequence is that the among them."
population is as at New Zealand, split
The bulk of the land, including all
up into numerous petty clan;, which are the uncultivated land and the forest, becontinually at war with each other. longed to the tribe in common. The
Hence the incorrigibly bloodthirsty and boundaries of these tribal lands were
treacherous character of the inhabitants. perfectly well known to the natives, and
Again, on those groups nearest to the consisted of rocks, rivers, ancient footEquator we would naturally., expect to paths, etc.
find an indolent pleasure-loving race,
Private claims are said to have been
while a cooler climate and less fertile rare, and were generally small, cultivated
soil are more conducive to industry, spots, which were handed down from
hardihood and foresight. These effects sire to son, and the title to which seems
are exemplified in the Samoans, Tahiti- to have been based upon cultivation.
ans and Marquesans on the one hand, These could not be sold without the
compared with the Maories of New Zea- consent of every living member of the
land and the Hawaiians on the other. family, who had been born since their
The two physical causes just mentioned first cultivation. This shows that they
may serve to account for the combined really belonged to the family, rather than
ferocity and sensuality of the Marque- to any individual. These cultivated
sans, traits in which they surpass all patches are generally grouped together,
other Polynesians.
one being separated from another by only
NEW ZEALAND.
a few stones placed as landmarks, the reof which, however, "would be
1 begin with the system of Land moval
immediately attended by serious conseTenure in New Zealand, as being the
The Tribal form quences."
most primitive,
private claims were inherited by
of tenure, resembling that which once theSuch
male children and kinsmen to the
prevailed in Ireland.
As before stated, the inhabitants are exclusion of females, and this is given
as a reason why the consent of brothers
divided into numerous independent
was always necessary to their sister's
of
the
northin
the
number
clans, to
104
marriage. Even when a piece of land
ern island, which are classed by them
was given to a sister on her marriage, it
under four general designations. The
was only given conditionally, for, if she
all
with
the
begin
names of these tribes
it reverted to her male
prefix Xga or Ngati, like the Celtic Mac had no children,
The
elder
brother and his posrelatives.
of
the
anthe
names
or 'O, followed by
took
terity
always
precedence of the
cestors of the several clans.
is embodied in
The individuals in each cian were younger—an idea which
used
to
relationexpress
the
terms
very
divided into two classes, viz.: Kangalanguages—for
tira. or freemen, and Taurckareka, or ship in the Polynesian
for brother, but
slaves. These last were captives taken there is no general term
different
are
used
for elder and
terms
in war and their descendants, and "had
younger brother and sister.
no rights that their mastars were bound
There were also strips of debatable
to respect."
The Rangatiias. however, did all the land lying between the territories occupied by neighboring tribes, and claimed
fighting in war.
The term Ariki, which elsewhere by both, called "kainga taittohc."
Another class of lands had been taken
means "chief," is here applied to an individual in a clan, who has received by in war, the conquerors having allowed a
hereditary descent a peculiar sanctity, remnant of the original inhabitants to
entitling him to certain ceremonial continue in occupation of them. Mr.
observances, and rendering his person Thomson states that "Conquest and occupation may confer titles to land, but
inviolable.
Probably the best explanation of the land is never given for ever. The inditerm is that of Mr. Taylor, who states vidualization of movable property is unthat "a descendant of the elder branch known."
So many complicated disputes arose
of a family is a papa, (father), to all
land, and so many fraudulent sales
eldest
child
ofthe
about
branches,
and
the
other
main branch is an Ariki, lord to all that to foreigners took place, that the British
family, and is supposed to have the Government, in the Treaty of Waitangi,
spirits of all his or her ancestors em- in 1840, stipulated that no more land
bodied in himself or herself, and to be should be sold by the natives to private
able to converse with them at pleasure." individuals, but that it should be sold
This, I think, gives the true key to the only to the Crown.
The Government purchases the land
use ofthe word in all the groups.
But the Maori A riki did not possess in extensive "blocks" from the native
any civil authority over the other mem- clans and sells it in sections to settlers,
bers of the tribe. Any freeman might who receive royal patents for the same.
r
viz.:
:
Sir Charles Dilke, in his "Greater
Britain," gives a graphic description of
the scenes attending the purchase of the
so-called " Manawatu block " of land by
the Government in 1867. The negotiations for it had lasted three years, and
at last the Maori and the Pakeha had
agreed upon the price, viz., $125,000;
but the difficult question that remained
to be settled was how the money should
be shared between the thrie rival tribes.
One tribe had owned the land from the
earliest times; another had conquered
some miles of it; a third had had one of
its chiefs cooked and eaten on the
ground. It required the greatest tact
and management to prevent a bloody
war. At length a great council, or
"runanga," was held, with fervid displays of barbaric eloquence and poetry.
On the third day an agreement was arrived at, and the deed was signed by
many hundred Maoris—both men and
women. The payment of the money
was celebrated the next day by a bloodcurdling war dance, executed by 400
warriors, and a grand barbecue.
By
this course the British Government has
plainly recognized the tribal nature of
the native land titles, and it has instituted a "Native Land Court" to adjudicate such claims.
< To
he continued, t
RELIGION AND MORALITY.
ByRev. Thos. L. Gulick.
The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation.
The Pharisees demanded of Christ, when that kingdom
He answered: "The
ahould come.
kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
It had come already and they knew it
not. Christ's uplifting work is done so
unostentatiously that men of the world,
from Judean Pharisees to modern philosophers will often doubt or deny the
source of it.
Lowell, an interMr. Percival
esting philosophical writer, says in
the Atlantic Monthly of last December:
"So far as its practice, certainly, is concerned, if not its preaching, morality has
no more intimate connection with religion than it has with art or politics."
He then goes on seriously to prove his
assertion by reference to the matter of
truthfulness and honesty. Finding that
the devotees of Mahometanism, Buddhism and Jesuitism, as well as many
other religionists who have changed the
truth of God into a lie, are far from
truthful, he comes to the conclusion
that religion has nothing to do with
practical honesty. Searching profoundly
to find the real cause of the greater
honesty of our western civilization as
compared with that of the orientals, he
professes to find the explanation in two
causes: "The one is the development
of physical science; the other the extension of trade." [Atlantic Monthly,
December, 1887, page 840.] It hardly
seems credible that such a statement
could have been made by an intelligent
�28
man and published in a respectalle
journal in this nineteenth century. Let us look at one or two facts
in the light of this remarkable philo-
literary
sophical discovery.
Wltcn the Hawaiian Islands were first
made known to the civilized world, the
natives were found to be one of the
most dishonest and thievish of races.
Though they were, at first, on good
terms with Captain Cook's vessels, they
were said to \n as thievish as monkeys,
and would steal whatever they could
lay hands on. What was their conduct
after the religion of Christ began to take
hold of them? At Kaluaaha, Molokai,
and at Waialua, Oahu, where we lived
many years among a purely Hawaiian
population, we seldom locked our doors
and we very seldom had anything
stolen. According to our philosopher
this marvelous change must have been
owing to "the development of physical
science and the extension of trade."
In the winter of 1873 my wife and I
rode from Hilo to the volcano of Kilauea,
a distance of thirty miles, by a bridlepath through the woods and the wilderness. Many miles from any human
habitation 1 lost my pocket knife in the
grass. A week later a native man who
had never seen me, came to Hilo inquiring who had lately been to the
Learning that I had, he
volcano.
sought me out and give me my knil'j.
I was surprised at such a scrupulous
honesty, but I must confess I was not
philosophical enough to think to inquire
whether my new acquaintance was
deeply versed in physical scien:e, o;
whether he was a great trader. I was"
innocent enough to take it for granted
that the religion of Christ had something to do with it.
When the Moravian missionaries
went to the lisquimaux of Greenland
they found them a remarkably thievish
They were converted to
people.
Christianity and now are one of the most
honest races known. Travelers tell us
that families will leave their homes for
many months and instead of fastening
their houses, they leave them unlocked
for the express purpose that they may
be used by entire strangers whom they
had never seen and never expect to see.
Not only do they leave their houses
open for the entertainment of strangers,
but they also leave their most valuable
property, their household utensils and
their implements for hunting, where they
can be easily found and used. This
confidence, we are told, is seldom
The strangers come, and
abused.
occupy the house as though invited
guests. On their departure, if the house
has been injured, if any article has been
worn out or lost, if a spear or a sled
has been broken, it is carefully mended,
or replaced by a new one better than the
old. The house and all its appointments
are left as clean, and in every respect as
good condition, as it was found. And
so the strangers depart leaving their
[April, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
prayers and blessing for the christian
friends whose very names they may not
have heard. Christianity, of course,
has nothing to do with this change of
character, for has not Mr. Lowell informed us that "morality has no more
connection with religion than it has with
art and politics?" Honesty is the result
of two causes, "the development of
physical science and the extension of
trade."
Now, in sober earnest, what more
significant evidence could we have than
this assertion of Mr. Lowell's, that even
a philosopher sometimes funis it very
difficult or very disagreeable to speak
the plain truth? Is it knowledge or
physical science, or acquaintance with
trade, or something more important
which is lacking?
This attempt to steal the fruits of
Christianity and attribute them to
schools, to governments, to inventions,
to philosophy, to science or to trade, is
nothing new in skeptical literature. It
is ;ts common as it is weak, and as
ludicrous as it is dishonest. Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit. Mr. Robert Ingersoll writes in the North American
Review in reply to Dr. Field:
" Let me say to you again- and let
me say it and once for till that morality
has nothing to do with religion."
And
yet this very man would probably act
about as the two sailors are said to have
done when they were shipwrecked on
what they had known to be a cannibal
island. As they were cautiously crawling along the beach, one of them suddenly jumped up and shouted: "We're
all right, Jack! There's a church!"
And they both walked boldly forward.
There is an old book that some philosophers consider antiquated, which
says,"the natural man receiveth not the
the tilings ofthe spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; and he cannot
know them, for they are spiritually discerned." The god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them. We
have no need lo be surprised at the persistent " oppositions of science falsely so
called." When the apostle warns men
not to lie to one another, perhaps our
philosopher would remind us that he
was "preaching," not practicing. Mr.
Harrison and some of the otherrationalistic philosophers have lately been raising the question, " is religion of any use.
or can we do as well without it?" The
idea is almost as grotesque as the story
ofthe woman who said, "we owe avast
obligation to the moon, which affords
light on dark nights, whereas we are
under no such debt to the sun, who always shines by day when there is always plenty of light."
PRAYER NOT UNPHILOSOPHICAL.
The devout, believing soul, who is experienced in the grace of God, seldom
feels troubled by philosophical argu
ments against prayer. It is not uninteresting, however, to see how freely and
candidly the chief argument of this sort
is brushed aside by Prof. Huxley him
self, the eminent biologist and Agnostic.
It may be remembered how several
years ago Prof. Huxley challenged the
Bishops to a " prayer test."
" The supposition that there is any
inconsistency between the acceptance
of the constancy of natural order and a
belief in the efficiency of prayer is the
more unaccountable as it is obviously
contradicted by antilogies furnished by
everyday experience. The belief in the
efficiency of prayerdepends upon the as
sumption that there is somebody, somewhere, who is strong enough to deal with
the earth and its contents as men deal
with the tilings and events which they are
strong enough to modify or control; and
who is capable of being moved by appeals such as men make to one another.
This belief does not even involve theism;
for our earth is an insignificant particle
ofthe solar system, while the solar system is hardly worth speaking of in relation to the All; and for anything that
can be proved to the contrary, there may
be beings endowed with full power over
our system, yet practically as insignificant as ourselves in relation to the uniCertainly, I do not lack faith
verse
in the constancy of natural order. Hut
I am not less convinced that if I were
to ask the Bishop of Manchester to do
me a kindness which lay within his
power, he would do it. And I am unable to see that his action on my request
involves any violation of the order of
Nature. On the contrary, as I have not
the honor to know the Bishop personally, my action would be based upon my
faith in that 'law of Nature,' or generalization from experience, which tells me
that, as a rule, the men who occupy the
bishop's position are kindly and courteous. How is the case altered if my request is preferred to some imaginary
superior being, or to the Most High being, who, by the supposition, is able to
arrest disease, or to make the sun stand
still in the heavens, just as easily as I
can stop my watch, or make it indicate
any hour that pleases me?"
The above language of Prof. Huxley
accords with a view long ago expressed
in a sermon of our own, viz That even
if the Supreme Being thought it unbecoming himself to modify the action of
natural forces, he might not unfitly commission his powerful angels to do so.
The point is this, that there is no more
law in God or one
Do the truth you know, and you shall violation of natural
of his angels producing rain or giving a
learn the .truth you need to know.
:
�Volume 46, No. 4.]
THE FRIEND.
fair wind in answer to prayer than in a
human being " lending a hand " at request. How much plainer is this in the
spiritual uplifting antl guidance which
we ask for.
The last sentences of the above quoted paragraph impressively suggest our
Lord's words, "If ye, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father
who is in heaven, give good gifts to them
that ask him." Would that Dr. Huxley,
and ever) other doubter would test the
Lord's goodness by asking Tiim—would
taste antl see that the Lord is gra-
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
"cious."
ITEMS.
Rev. Dr. Beckwith is preaching a
series of discourses upon the evidences
ofthe Divine origin of the books of the
Bible. His presentation of the subject
is a very powerful one.
Rev. T. Y. Moore, ofthe Presbyterian
Church of Helena, Montana, has been
visiting Kilauca and Ila'.eakala. Mr.
Moore led the prayer of the meeting
sweetly and powerfully at Central Union
Church hist Wednesday evening. He
soon leaves on the Planter.
A very interesting reception was given
at (jueen Emma Hall Saturday evening,
March 24th, to Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Miyama, by their Japanese friends and
others. Mr. Miyama expects to spend
several months in Evangelical labor
among his countrymen in these islands.
Rev. T. Dwight Hunt is publishing
in the Pacific a series of " Reminiscences
of Pioneer Missionary Life in California."
Mr. Hunt spent some years as a missionary in these Islands. On the discovery of gold he hastened to San FYancisco.
He was the first Protestant
minister on the ground, and labored for
several years with zeal and great acceptance its Pastor of the First Congregational Church. During an absence of
Father Damon, Mr. Hunt filled the
editorial chair of the Friend. This was
more than forty years ago.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of the Westminster
Church, San Francisco, preached« in the
Central Union Church on the evening
of March 25th, from the text, "Thereshall be no night there"—no night of
toil, of ignorance, nor of sin, well lifting
our thoughts up into "heavenly places."
Mr. Adams has made himself a very
welcome guest among the Christian
people of these islands. His impressive,
but cheerful voice has often been heard
in our assemblies, ministering to us of
many good treasures ofthe gospel. Mr.
and Mrs. Adams have sailed for San
Francisco on the shipAlexander McNeil.
Mr. Adams has been very successful in
his quest of rest and recuperated nerves.
29
In more than three-fourths of our
territory containing far more than threefourths of our population the grog-shop
is practically unknown, so that an entire generation has grown up there
never having seen one.
In proportion to population, Maine's
share of the national drink-bill would be
now about thirteen million dollars, but
one million will more than cover the
cost of all the liquor smuggled into the
state and sold in violation of law. We
save annually more than twelve million
dollars directly, and an equal sum indirectly as the result of prohibition,
which, but for the Maine Law would be
spent, lost and wasted in drink. In
those .lays, Maine was said to be the
poorest state in tin: Union, but now
she is one of the most prosperous.
Signs of unthrift and poverty were set;n
everywhere in neglected, shabby houses,
barns, farms, school houses, meetinghouses; but now such indications of
the saloon and the drink habit are
seen nowhere. John Blight said: "If
the evils coming to the community
from intemperance could be put
aw.iv, England could not be recognized
as the same country." Precisely that
has happened to Maine. Some time
since a stranger sat by my side in a railway car on our way to Boston. He
knew me and said : I am a native of
Maine. Twenty-five years ago 1 went
to Minnesota, where 1 now live. lam
home now in Maine for the first time,
and the change is so great in everything
I see, that I did not recognize it its the
same. No more tumble-down houses
with old hats and rags in the windows
instead of glass, no more dilapidated
barns and shabby cattle, no more miserable school-houses and meeting-houses.
Everything now is neat and in good repair indicating industry and thrift."
tftal Don.
"
SELECTIONS.
-
in makes a hole you could put your
head through.
They say that a man left Waxahachie
last Saturday driving a yoke of oxen;
that one of them died from
and that while he tarried at the wayside skinning it, the blizzard came and
froze the other to death. -Waxahaehie.
Texas, Mirror.
Frank R. Stockton writes with a stub
pen. Edgar Fawcett wjtes with a lead
pencil and an eraser. His best work is
done with the eraser. Charles ligbert
Craddock writes with the feather end
of a quill. Robert Browning has a pet
spider that tloes all his writing for him.
Life.
Hugh McMillan, inhischarming "First
Forms of Vegetation," tells us that it is
quite possible that there are lichens still
living which were formed in the first dawn
of creation, and which have withstood all
the vicissitudes of ihe immensely long
icons of geological time. Meek creatures,
Ruskin calls them, the first mercy of
the earth, veiling with hushed softness
the dintless rocks; covering with tender
honor the scarred disgrace of ruin, antl
weaving the dark tapestries of the hills.
Jesus' disciples came to him for the
constitution of the church, for the organization of a hierarchy. Time the
church had
government marked out,
its lordships appointed. " Who is greatest," they demand of him, "in the kingdom of God ? " We may easily imagine
the contest. Peter claims precedence
because he has first confessed Christ,
and James because he is the Lord's
brother, and John because he is a son of
thunder, and Judas Iscaiiot because he
is lord high treasurer and carries the
bag. But Christ puts all these claims
aside, and says in effect, In my Kingdom there is no other law of precedence
and authority than this, He who serves
most is chief and highest.
BIRTHS.
tJOETZKE Al I'apaikoti, Hilo, Hawaii, January31*1,
to the wife of J. Ooetzee, a son. [San Francisco p. per*
ple«M copy.]
SHEPHERD In Honolulu, February 25th, to the
wife of I). Slieprn.nl, a daughter.
No pluck, no luck.
MARRIAGES.
Happiness is not perfected until it is
HOWARD GOODALE—iO HiuNun, Mass., January
shared.
24th, Allen S. Howard, of Townsend, and Ellen ('..
The things that you remember, are daughter of Warm (ioodale of Makmwao, Mum.
the things that fixed your attention.
DEATHS.
New
York City, February 15th, Mrs.
KENDALL—
In
innocence
of
the
abates
The
intention
E. Kendall, sister of Mr. C. A Brown, aged 36
nothing of the mischief of the example. Mary
yt-.iis and 1 month.
SCHMIDT—Ia Honolulu, March 25th, J. W. .Schmidt,
When you have learned to listen, you aged
42 year*.
In Honolulu, March 4th, Rons Coleman,
have already acquired the rudiments of COLEMANnaval cadet on the U. S. S. Adams, aged 21 years.
education.
'l'HU(,;_At
a good
Palama, Honolulu, March 12th, Daniel T.
True, in his eighty-third foot, a native of Boston, Mass.,
Our passions are like convulsions fits, and a r.-sident of Honolulufor
over fifty years,
HOFFMANN—In Honolulu, March 25'h, Dr. Edward
which make us stronger for the time, Hoffmann,
a native of Germany, agei 75 years.
but leave us weaker forever after.
AIIOLO- In Honolulu, March 16th, Luther Aholo,
aged 55 year?.
A prominent society woman of Boston ELLIS—In Lo* Angeleft, M art ti 2nd, A. G. Ellis,
of Honolulu.
is said to save the congregation of her formerly
CAKKION —In Waimea, Hawaii, March 14th, Joseph
church $10,000 a year by her example Carrion, a Spaniard, dropped dead from heart disease.
JACOB—Lost overboard from ihe ship Mystic BelU,
of inexpensive dressing on Sundays.
Jan. iBih, Wm. Jacobs, a native of Nova .Scotia, aged 31
It is astonishing how soon the whole FLOYD- At sea, February 26th, on board bark Martha
E. Floyd.
conscience begins to unravel if a single Davis, of consumption,
LYNCH—At ihe Oueen's Hospital, March 30th. John
stitch drops. One single sin indulged Lynch,
aged 3a years.
of
Ireland,
a native
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[April, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
26th.—Comet observed at Kauai, in
the eastern sky, at 4 o'clock a.m. ; date
March ist —Trustees- of Library and not given.
Reading Room Association appoint a
29th—American ship Mystic Bell arcommittee to arrange for a Fair in May rives 166 days from New York, after a
next.
severe passage.—Lighthouse at Barber's
Ensign Point shows its first light.
5th —Funeral of the S. late
Adams from
Coleman of the U. S.
30th —Good Friday.—First meeting
St. Andrew's Cathedral.
of newly-organized Pacific Degree
8th —Departure of H. B. M. S. Caro- Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, I. O. O. F.
line for Tahiti. —Libel suits against
31st —Total value of exports for the
Editors of the Advertiser and Bulletin month from this port, $1,547,918.61.
come to naught.
gth—Opening of the fine new corner
store in the Mclnerny Block.—Arrival of
PORT OF HONOLULU.
S. S. Mariposa from the Colonies en
route for San Francisco. —Nine whalers
off the port.
AXkIVAUS.
bktne Fremont, F.merson, 27 days from
10th—Chas. L. Hopkins appointed March t AmFriend
y Islands.
B—Br S S Lelgic, Walker, 6 days 21 nours from
Deputy Marshal, vice F. Pahia, and S.
Francisco.
San
F. Graham succeeds Mr. Hopkins as
4 -Br bk Velocity, Martin, 59 days from Houkong.
Am wh bk John P West, K.OOll, from New BedMarshal's clerk.
fordand cruise.
Am wh bk Abraham Barker, Mitchell, from San
12th—Death of Daniel P. True, a /.
Francisco.
resident of Honolulu for fifty years.
5 -Am wh bk F.liza Keenan, from San Francisco
and cruise.
6-Haw S S Australia, Houdlctte, 7 days from
13th—Police Justice Kalai of Kohala
San Francisco.
dismissed.—Whaleship Hunter arrives
II It M .S Caroline, Sir William WUetnan, from
offthe port with a case of small pox, subHawaii.
8— Get bk Friedrich, Korff, 18 days from San
sequently removed to the Quarantine
Francisco.
Station. —40 more homestead lots were
9—Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, from the Colonic*.
ll Am wh bk Hunter, from San Francisco and
set apart at Kapaahu, Hamakua.—Decruise.
14 Am bk Sonoma, T H Griffith, 22 days from San
parture of the Australia for San FranDiego.
freight list.
cisco with large
Am steam wh O X Belvidere, Sherman, from
Francisco and cruise.
16th—Arrival of S. S. Alameda from
tern W S Bowne, Bluhm, 18 days from San
1: AmFrancisco.
San Francisco en route for the Colonies,
Am wh bk Fleetwing, GifTard, from a cruise.
16-Am S S Alameda, Mor.se, 6 1/i days from San
bringing news of the death of Emperor
Francisco.
William, at Berlin, on the gth inst.
Br bk Saraca, Watt, 138 days from Liverpool.
from
Luther Aholo, ex-Minister of the Interior,
Am bk Martha Davis, Benson, 140
B slon.
died to-day at his residence, in this" city.
days
bk
from
San
Caibarien,
Perkins,
iB,H
17 Am
Frncis, o.
St.
Pat—Kamehameha
Day,
days
Pcrriman,
17th
frotß San
iy- Am bktne Planter.
Jo
Francisco.
rick's Day and Jno. Cummins birthday
days
from
K> Am hk Forest Queen, Winding, BO
San Francisco.
duly observed. —Hawaiian Rifle Assoday-from
Port
TiSbitts,
;i
Am bk Atalanta,
ciation meet in Target practice at their
Gamble.
days
range, King street, with " prizes for all."
91—An ship Alexander Ml Neil, Howard, 18
from San Francisco.
Holt, Jr., appointed Tax
25—U S S Vandalia, Rear%Admii al Kinilwrley, from
20th—J.forD.balance
Hawaii.
of the term.
Collector
Am bk Vib>ra II Hopkins, Blood, 24 days from
Diego.
San
21st—Arrival of the American ship
26—Am sch Addie C Hasseltine, Saxe, 26 days fion.
Alexander McNeil, the new addition to
San Francisco, en route to Marshall Islands.
28 —Am bktne S G Wilder, Paid, 18 days from San
the Oceanic Company's line of San
Francisco,
Hr bk Willie McLaren, Laidman, So days from
Francisco and Hawaiian packets.—MaNewcastle, N S \V.
chinery at the Electric Works tested to29 Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, 18 days from
Francisco.
San
day, with a satisfactory result.
Am ship Mystic Bell, Freeman, 166 days from
New
York.
22nd—Memorial service in honor of
Haw bk Lady Lampaun, 14 «l'vs from San
the late Emperor William held at St.
Franciso*.
■
Andrew's Cathedral at 11 a.m. Vf. S.
DMFAXTUK&S.
Luce and G. W. Macfarlane, at the prebk C O\\ hi! mure, Ward, I,r Sati FmncisCO,
liminary examination on a charge of March i Am
Mm SS B Igic, Wa'ker, for Hongkong.
—Am wh bk Lagoda, Tucker, fortlie Antic.
conspiracy, before Chief Justice Judd,
1 Am bgtne W ti It v. in, McCulloCh, for San
are committed for trial.—Large haul of
Francisco.
Haw sch leunic Walker, Anderson, for Fasv
opium from a would-be smuggler per
nings lsla d.
Forest Queen.
I Am bk Saranac, Shaw, for San Francisc
5 —Ger bk H. Printzonberg, Ahrens, for Homjkong.
—First
of
the
lighting
permanent
Am wh bk Stamboul, Smith, for the Arctic.
23
6 Am wh bk Ohio, Safford, for the Arctic.
streets of Honolulu with electricity—a
7 Am bktne Mary Winkleman, Lryeberg, for San
brilliant success.
If'rancisco.
8-H B M S Caroline, Wiseman, for Venezuela.
Brit bk I,ady Harewood. Williams, for Hong24th—Meeting of the Mission Chilkong.
dren's Society at the residence of Judge
Am bk C D Bryant, Lee, for San Francisco.
9—Am wh bk Young Phoenix, Millard, lor the
McCully.—Death of Dr. E. Hoffman,
Arctic,
aged 83 years, and a resident of Honoio—Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, for San Francisco.
Am bktne Fremont, Emerson, for SanFrancisco.
lulu for the past forty years.
ii—Am wh bk J A Howland, Shockley, for the Arctic.
25th.—Brutal murder of Kok Yuk, a
Am wh bk Helen Mars, Ellis, for the Arctic.
Chinaman, by some party or parties unAm wh bk Eliza, Keenan, for the Arctic.
US S Vandalia, Kimberley, for Hawaii.
kown, at his residence in King street.
S S Australia, Houdlette, for San Fran13—Haw
Return ofthe Vandalia from Hilo.
cisco.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
March
—
—
•
-
—
.
bk Ceylon, Calhoun, fur San Francisco.
-Am wh bk Abraham Barker, Mitchell, for the
Arctic
—Brit bk Velocity, Martin, for Hongkong.
Am wh bk Fleetwing, i.iflard, for the Aietii.
Am steam wh Belvidere, Sherman, for tlu. Arttic.
■j.'-Ain tern WS Bowue, Bluhni. for San Francisco.
Ij Am wh bk John 1' West, Koon, for the Arcti«
for the Arctic.
Am wh bk Hunter,
26—Am I■* Caiharien, Perkins, f r. van Pi*aCMCO.
bk
Martha
for Manilla.
Davis,
Benson,
27—Am
Am sch Addie C Hasseltine, Saxe, for the Mai
shall Islands.
Am bk Sonoma, Griffith, Tor San Francisco.
.'3 Am bk Forest Queen, Winding, for Sail Fian
cisco
Am sh Alex McNeil, Howard, for San Fran
i i.i 0.
20
.
21
MARINE JOURNAL.
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15 —Am
for the Colonies.
17—Am S S Alameda, Morse,
18—Am wh bk Sea Breeze, Worth, for the Arctic.
19—Ger bk Freidrich. KoriT, for San Francisco.
Am wh bk Northern Light, Wing, for the Arctic.
PASSENGERS.
AX RIVALS.
From San Francisco, per Australia, March 6 Captain A
T Stmmondftj R J Cumisky, H A Parnialcc .i>u\ family, l
Lillie, Captain A C Sh*rman, C I)o>chcrt, George Brown
and wife, / T Moore, G W Smith, Leroy Lewis, fc, Waltner,
Captain H M Gilford, X li Penntman, T TasasUffL Wm
Driver, Capt F. Kelly, Mrs J S Muirhead, Dr F L Alvarey
and family, Mrs W H Noon, (apt C H Richardson, J A
Wood and wife, W A F.lkrker and family, F Schleasingei
and wife, M Adelsdorfer, Amos Dottner, Thos Giffurd,S 1.
Davis and wi*e, Mrs Wiard, W J Robinson, Nou Keung,
Captain J B Tobey, is Brown, John F.gun, X A judaon, L
Bellaquel and 14 other-.
From Auckland, per Mariposa, Man h ■■;■ Mr and Mrs F
Sinclair, Chas Gay, Miss Gay. Mrs KobinsoO, Mrs Lmdoit.
From Samoa : H X Riaea and 1 steerage.
From San Francisco, per bktne W b Bowue, Mrch is
Miss Kiite K.lluy.
From San Francisco, per S S Alameda, Manb 16*—J A
Buck and wife, Mies X C Dunlap, M F Glade, wife, 5
children and nurse, 1J C Jones and wife, James Welsh, K.
Miyama and wife, Miss M M Madden, Jos H Berry and
wife, and 8 sleeiage.
From San Francisco, per Planter, March 10 -'62 (Chinese.
From San Francisco, per Forest Queen, March 20—Col
Sam Norris.
From San Francisco, per ship Alex Older McNeil, March
11 -W H Graenhalgh and wite.
From San Franci.sco, per S G Wilder. March 28 Mis-, C
Tregloan, J Tregloan, Mrs K. Suvartrcy, i* :>uverercy, I>
-
Davis.
1)1 .PARTI 'KKS.
For San FrancUKO, per Discovery, Fehtuay afi A Wis.-.
For San Francisco, C O Whit more, March 1 -Oscar
Wade, Minnie Olesfen.
For tanning's Island, per Jennie Walker, March 1 W
C Greig. James Greig, James Bickoell,
For Yokohama and Hongkong, per S S Belgic, March 2
W Irwin, Tadamichi Tache. hi, Fung Huoii, and 19a
steerage pas-enters, including 17 children.
Fm- Hongkong, per H Krintaanbatg, March s (8
Chinese.
For San Francisco, per Mary Winkclman, Math 7—Mis
E Hance and child, D Wilher, wife and 4 children, RDm
fcld, wife and 5 children, Thomas Harrison and wife, G
Backman.
For San Francisco, per bark C D Bryant, March S Miss
M A Robinson, George King, wife ami 5 children, Marchi,
Miss M McChesney, R Wallace, Mine M E Conway, H
Bodgers, wife and 2 children, John Annoy, Manioto Mats
tiro and wife.
For Hongkong, per Lady Harawood, MarchB—64 Chi-
—R
'
nese
For San Francisco, per S S Mariposa, March io—Mrs H
C Reid and 2 children, ) H Tofer, S Ehriich, Mr and
Mrs Kenny Watson, Miss Mirrlee.-, Mons Bouliech and
lady, Harry Yon Holt, C E Blair, George Bonney, A A S
Pierce and sou, L Hunt and wife. Miss Vida, Miss AlioWoods, F F Jackson, and T H l>a\ie-.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, March 13 J H
I- hk-rs, 1, Bravt-rman and wife. W Orenford and son, H G
Crabbeand wife, H N Crabbeand wife, Mrs W A Bowen
and child. Miss N M Lowrey, F L Stoltz and wife, Mis
Capt Minard, Mr> Capt Shockler and child, Mrs I) F Bet
Hon A Young, wifeand 8 chil
ison, J M aasaand wif
■dren,
H Beneck, S T Alexander and wife, Dr I F Noyes,
W O Atwaler and wife, MIBS M Alexander, Miss Toonei
and child, J Kaenan,, 1 A Bertram, Miss E A Wall, F H
Hayselden, wife-, and 5 childraa, Mrs. M I ouieeon, Hon H
A VYidtmann Mrs A J'urton and daughter, Tfcoi Lucas,
Mrs W (. Wilfong, R R Hind, wife ami daughter, H Hart
and son, Miss S V Hale, W X Rowell. Steerage—J Br>
ant and wife, C I McCarthy, J M Corney, W Cunningham,
G Frears, A Jenks, X W Watson, J L Gurbch, X Shoult/,
H Warren, D McCarthy, A Lochman, A Robinson, Mrs j
W Carterand 5 children, A A Clapton. J Bryant, W Mvi
phy, W Campbell. P Hes-er, S Vasabnro, T Naka. A I.
Robcts, See along and 157 Portuguese.
For San Francisco, per bk Ceylon, March 15- 14 PortU,
-
,
guese.
~
For the Colonies, per Alameda, March 17 Otto I.oesehe
W H Kllerker, wife and child, ajid S Brown.
For San Francisco, per W S Bowne, March te—E Hebnli
sly, wife and child, Mr Farmer.
For Hongkong, per Velocity, March 22 -Mr La Rue and
39 Chinese.
For San Francisco, per Forest Queen, March a3—Capt
Nanta.
For San Francisco, per Alex McNeil, March it —Rev J
Q Adams and wife, Mrs S F Graham and 3 children, MiF L Pierce.
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Volume 46, No.
THE FRIEND.
HAWAIIAN H.BOABB.
HONOLULU
I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Hoard of Missions, ami the Editor, appointed tiy the
Board is responsible forits contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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Editor.
The Morning Star may be considered
due now at any time on her return from
her annual voyage to Micronesia.
Although a careful general plan of her
voyage is made out every year before
she starts from Honolulu, yet there is
always an element of uncertainty which
renders it difficult to say within a month
just when she is due.
This uncertainty arises from various
causes, the chief of which are the length
of her voyage, and the nature of the
work she has to do. A merchant vessel
has a definite route from port to port; a
whaler has a season whose limits are
quite well defined, and, in either case,
the contingencies which may change or
lengthen the voyage are comparatively
few. But with the Morning Star the
case is different. The contingencies of
her voyage are so numerous, and the
work she has to do is <nr such a multifarious nature that the most puzzling
work of the General Secretary of the
Hawaiian Board each year is to make
out the general plan of the voyage and
the corresponding letter of instructions
to the captain. She is provisioned and
fitted out for a ten months voyage, but
her actual work among the mission stations in Micronesia occupies from eight
to nine months; the rest ofthe time being mostly taken up in going to the
field and returning. She plies back and
forth among five different groups of islands in Micronesia, visiting twenty-six
separate mission stations besides exploring new islands from time to time, landing
supplies of various kinds for the missionaries, taking them from island to
island in their tours of visitation, or for
their general convocations, and carrying the scholars of the Mission Training
Schools back and forth to their homes
or to the schools. This is no small
matter, as there are now four Training
Schools and two Girl's Boarding Schools
established in that broad field. Her
track in this work zigzags back and
forth, and frequently doubles on itself
through a field of about six hundred
miles broad, north and south, by about
eighteen hundred miles long, east and
west. In such a voyage and such a
work many contingencies are apt to
arise which cannot be foreseen and
and which materially alter the plan and
duration of the voyage; such for instance as serious illness or loss of
health of some of the missionaries, or
breaking out of war on some of the
islands.
Our last date from Capt. Garland
showed that the vessel was only three
weeks behind her usual time, owing to
an unusual series of protracted calms,
and to the trouble with the Spanish on
Ponapc, which had caused her to make an
extra visit to that island to.ieeifthc
missionaries needed further aid. She
had at that time accomplished nearly
half of her work, and unless some special
delay should happen during the remainder of her voyage, she would therefore be now due at this port on her reIf, however, unusual
turn voyage.
calms or other causes of delay should
arise, she may not arrive till the latter
part of April or the early part of May.
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where a Gilbert Island teacher alone is
stationed.
Here an unfavorable state of things
was found to exist. Tern Binoka, the
somewhat celebrated King of Apemama,
had shown himself decidedly hostile to
Christianity, and being an absolute
despot, those who stood firm against
heathenish orgies and practices were in
fear for their lives. Ten or more of the
church members took passage on the
Morning Star and fled to the island of
Maiana.
I'ok the past twenty-five years, evanProm 8 letter recently received via
Sydney from Key. D. Kanoho, one of gelical work among the Chinese on these
our Hawaiian missionaries to the Gilbert islands has been kept up under the ausIslands, we extract a few items. His pices of the Hawaiian Board of Missions.
station is on the island of Marakei, and Much effort and no inconsiderable
amount of money has been spent in this
his letter is dated October 26, 1887.
The* Morning Star reached Marakei work. During the past seven years eson the 14th of September, on her way pecially, under the efficient and laborisouthward through the Gilbert Group ous supervision of Mr. P. W. Damon,
on her way to the island of Tapiteuea, aided by Rev. C. M. Hyde, I). IX, and
where the General Convocation of the Rev. S. C. Damon, D. IX, until his deGilbert Island Mission was to beheld. cease, very material and cheering pro
She had on board the two Hawaiian eiCSS has been made in this work. A
missionaries and their wives sent from nourishing Chinese Church has been
here last year, viz., Key. /.. S. K. I'aa- gathered in Honolulu and another in
luhi and wife, and Rev. M. Lutera and Kohala, on the island of Hawaii, and
wife. Also, Key. A. C. VValkup with two very neat and comfortable church
the scholars of his Training School and buildings erected. Beside this, the gosof the Girl's Boarding School from Ku- pel has been regularly proclaimed in the
saie, and Key. K. Maka and wife from Chinese language on Maui and Kauai.
liutaritari. Key. Mr. Kanoho joined In Honolulu, also, a fine Y. M. C. A.
them at Marakei, and the large company building has been erected by the Chinese
crowded the vessel. The next day, and their Y. M. C* Association, has been
Sept. 15th, the}' reached the island of doing a good work.
Apaiang where they found the people in It is to be deprecated that all has been
a state of war with the inhabitants of 1 thus done should be apparently ignored
the neighoring island of Tarawa. In- and divisive influences encouraged,
deed, this seems to be a chronic state of which tend to break down rather than
affairs between the people of those two build up the work of christianization
among the Chinese on our shores.
islands.
The missionaries on this visit went
WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS.
ashore and tried to put an end to the
war, and to induce the TarawanB to reThe Woman's Board of Missions are
turn to their own island, but with doubt- actively at work, in both the Foreign
ful success. The Gilbert Island teacher and Home field.
Nothing has been
located here was taken on board, and, heard
that has not alMicronesia,
from
on the 17th, the vessel arrived off the ready been
made public.
island of Tarawa and took on board the Miss Mary E. Green's work in the
Gilbert Island teacher stationed there. Home Department is very
interesting.
Pursuing her way, she reached the island With her Bible Readers, many homes
of Maiana on the 19th and took on board are visited every month, and an excelRev. W. N. Lono, the Hawaiian mission- lent influence exerted. They also
visit
ary stationed there. Leaving Maiana on the Prison, Hospital and Lunalilo Home
the 20th, she headed for the islands of every month. Committees of different
Apemama and Nonouti, where there are ladies visit monthly the Chinese Schools
Gilbert Island teachers stationed, but Kawaiahao Seminary and the school in
failed to reach them. On the 26th, she Powler's yard.
arrived at Tapiteuea, where Key. S. P.
The regular meetings of the Board
Kaaia, a Hawaiian missionary, is sta- have been very interesting. Excellent
tioned. On the 28th the sessions of papers upon various topics have been
their General Convocation commenced, prepared and read each month.
We
and closed on the 4th of October. Dur- wish that more ladies would remember
sessions,
these
it
was
decided
that
ing
our day of meeting, and share with us
of the two new Hawaiian missionaries these interesting gatherings.
sent out this year, Key. Mr. Paaluhi
Cornelia A. Bishop.
should be stationed on Tapiteuea, and
Recording Secretary.
Rev. Mr. Lutera on Apaiang.
The Star then returned the missionwhat
we have wrought into our
Only
aries to their respective stations through- character during life can we take with
out the group, touching at Apemama, us into the other world.
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[April, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
THEHONOLULU,
Y. M.H. €. A.
THE EDEN CITY.
POINTERS.
"Pasadena is the Eden dfy of America,
The young man on the lookout for a
nestled under the foot-hills' of the Sierra "soft place," through a dislike for honest
Madre Mountains, and is made up hard work, can find one under his hat.
largely of New England men, whose
The darkest hour in the history of
type of morality and Christian integrity
any young man is, when he sits down
Editor. are
S. D. Fulhr,
making their influence felt. Not a to study how to get money without
single drinking saloon of gambling [earning it.-Horace
Greeley.
Y. M. C. A. BOYS:
place, or concert hall can be found in
Here is a fact, but there is no fun in
this
fair
while
a
substantial
busicity,
At the last ineeting of the Y. M. C.
ness is being built up, and elegant homes it. The cost of firing one shot from a
cannon of the largest size now made is
A. Boys, Mr. T. H. Davies was present have been, and are at
present, being
sufficient to maintain a missionary and
and gave them a very practical good- numerously erected."
his
family in China or India for
bye talk, before embarking for his home The above was taken from an article morewhole
than
two years.- -The Young
London.
Davies
and
his
the
in
Mr.
Y. M. C. A. Messenger, of San
nephew in
Man.
Mr. Carrol Jackson have left many last- Francisco. The writer has recently
Young men are social. The)- will
ing impressions for good upon young visited the southern part of the State,
and old by their earnest christian words and notes a combination of facts in the seek the society of other young men.
and faithful loving service.
"fair city" of Southern California that The question is, what sort of society
Mrs. B. lr Dillingham was elected are in striking contrast to the situation that shall be. They will spend their
time somewhere where they can
President, and will entertain the boys at in our own fair city of the Pacific.
their next meeting with a description of
Pasadena seems to be entirely want- meet each other. The vital question is
some of the sights she saw during her ing in that kind of thrift and business where and under what influence?
recent visit in the great English Metrop- enterprise that builds and supports
A Gouverneur physician delivered a
olis. The meeting will be next Thurs- saloons, gambling dens and concert short but striking temperance lecture a
day afternoon at half-past two o'clock. halls ; but, in the absence of these social few days since, when in filling out a
Let all the members be present, and and financial parasites, we find great death certificate the cause of death was
any boys who would like to join.
business prosperity and its legitimate given thus: "Chief and determining,
result is seen in the erection of elegant pleuropneumonia and delirium tremens;
homes for the people. But here in consecutive and contributing, whisky."
BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE.
Honolulu, where we are pittifully cursed
Watertovtn Times.
A good interest is maintained in the with saloons and gambling, and
The rich young ruler presented fine
Saturday evening temperarffce meetings. where a limitless range of vice is foscertificates—of his composition. Christ
The attendance varies somewhat, but is tered, is it any wonder that honest busi- didn't tear
them up, but
what
encouragingly large. The chairman of ness stagnates—that our merchants and you tradesmen do with an applicant for
builders
troubled,
look
and express a vagrancy: He gave him a bit of
the entertainment committee has been
greatly missed during a run over to San anxiety for the future.
work to try his hand on. The gentle
Let Christian integrity arise and make manly comma.ulment-keeper wrote no
Francisco, and subsequent detention in
itself
felt
here, as in Pasadena, until we more certificates.
quarantine; but he is again in his place,
and we expect to keep the "ball rolling" are as free from death-traps as they are,
Out of the thirty-twit young men in
for the encouragement of those who are and we shall not only have substantial New York City who were examined
standing true, and for reaching others business prosperity, but shall become recently for the West Point cadetship,
who are still tampering with the drink. the Eden city ofthe world.
only nine were accepted as physically
We arc very sorry to lose from our city
sound. Such a note might well make
SUNDAY
EVENING
SERVICE.
several who have been kind and faithful
the young men of our cities pause for a
helpers in the work. Any addition to
A Gospel Praise Service is held in the moment's thought. How few there are
our corps of helpers will be gladly wel- Y. M. C. A. hall every
Sunday evening who do not study to fashion and humor
comed.
at 6:30 o'clock. The members of the the appetite more than they do the laws
Association and all other young men, that pertain to a healthful body. Beer,
The next monthly business meeting especially strangers, are cordially in- the cigarette, too much amusement, and
will be held on Thursday evening, vited to attend. Please be present the hidden vices, are making sad havoc
April 19th, and it will also be the annual promptly at 6:30, as the hour to close with the physical manhood of all our
meeting for the election of officers. The must be 7:15. not to interfere with towns and cities.- Chicago Inter-Ocean.
President's address and the reports of church attendance. The following are
And remember, my son, you have to
committees will be given at the annual the topics for the month
work. Whether you handle a pick or a
social one week later.
April 1 Victory over death. 1 Cor. pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books,
Mr. I'. C. Jones lias just started a xv:i> 26. 47 57. "
digging ditches or editing a paper, ring
new class in book-keeping in the Y. M.
April S Obey ant! Prosper. Deu. ing an auction-bell or writing funny
C. A. Rooms. The course will consist
things, you must work. Don't be afraid
of twelve lessons, to be given every **9 .»■
of killing yourselfwith over-work. It is
15 -"Christ Receiveth Sinful beyond your power to do that on the
Monday evening at 7 o'clock; free to April Mat.
men."
ix:g13.
members, but a charge of $2 will be
sunny side of thirty. They die someApril 22 Taking Counsel of God only. times, but its because they quit work at
made to any one not a member. Those
Gal i:i 1 17. Sam. fcj, 6.
desiring to join must apply at once.
6 l. m. and don't get home until 2 a. m.
April 29—The way to Successful Life. Its the interval that kills, my son. So
find out what you want to be and do,
"There! the paper says that Joshua i:i 8. Prov. 111:5—10.
Redwood family, out in the Yosemy son, and take off your coat and
Valley, are often seen with trunks A saloon can no more be run without make a dust in the world. The busier
feet in diameter. Now, don't you using up boys, than a flouring mill you are, the less deviltry you will be apt
complain of the size of my trunks without wheat, or a saw-mill without to get into, the sweeter will be your
The only question is, whose sleep, the brighter and happier your
1, Richard. These Redwoods aren't logs.
lof a family, either. I never heard boy boys or mine? Our boys or holidays, and the better satisfied will the
cut.
world be with you. liurdette.
I.
Thi< page is devoted to the interests ot the Honolulu
Young
Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for it* contents.
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Wife:
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�THE FRIEND.
A TESTIMONY TO AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
Letter from the American Minister to China,
SII.II klefurj. Kvans\ illc. Indian:..
Legation of
lo
General
United States,
Peking, March 20, 1886.
Dear General:—I wrote you some
time since about the missionaries. Since
then I have gone through some-of the
missions here, and will go through all.
Believe nobody when he sneers at them.
The man is simply not posted on the
work. With your enthusiastic religious
nature, you can realize the view that the
believing Christian takes of the divine
side of the question. I, unfortunately
more worldly, look at it as the ancient
Roman would have done, who said, " I
am a man, and nothing that is human is
indifferent to me."
I saw a quiet, cheerful woman teaching forty or more Chinese girls; she
teaches in Chinese the ordinary branches
of common school education. Beneath
the shadow of the "forbidden city" I
heard these girls sing the Psalms of
David and " Home, Sweet Home." I
saw a male teacher teaching forty or
more boys the translation of the arithmetic used at home; these boys did examples for me at the blackboard. I saw
their little Chinese dormitories, where
they slept on kangs; their plain, but
neat, refectory; their kitchen, with its
great piles of lice. I saw their chapel;
I visited the dispensaries, complete and
perfect as any apothecary shop at home;
then the consultation rooms, their wards
for patients, coming, without money or
price, to be treated by the finest medical
and surgical talent in the world. Think
of it! Is there a more perfect charity
in the world ? The details of all the
system were explained to me. There
are two of these medical missionaries
here who receive no pay whatever. The
practice of the law is magnificent; but
who can rival the devotedness of these
men to humanity?
I have seen missionaries go hence a
hundred miles into districts where there
is not a white person of any nationality,
and they do it as cooly as you went into
battle at Shiloh. And these men have
lemarkable learning, intelligence, and
courage. It is, perhaps, a fault that
they court nobody, make no effort to
attract attention, fight no selfish battle.
I made the advances that have secured
their warm and cordial personal affection. My personal magnetism, if I have
any, came into play. I gave them a
"Thanksgiving" dinner; I had the Missionary Society meet at the Legation,
and gave them, as is usual, tea. I invited them to visit me, and discuss quesrions of interest to Americans, particularly, lately—the threatened reprisals at
Canton, which called forth some energetic action on the part of the Legation
and Admiral Davis. It is idle for any
man to decry the missionaries or their
work. I care not about statistics, about
how many souls they save, and what each
soul costs per annum. The Catholics
alone have 1,200,000 Chinese church
members. How -Tiany the Protestant
denominations have I do not know.
I taught school myself for more than
two years in Alabama. The men or the
women who put in from eight o'clock
to four in teaching Chinese children,
on a salary that barely enables one to
live, are heroes or heroines, as truly as
Grant or Sheridan, Nelson or Farragut
—and all this in a country where a
handful of Americans is surrounded by
300,000,000 Asiatics, liable at any moment to break out into mobs and outrages—particularly in view of the tremendous crimes committed against their
race at home.
I am not particularly pro-missionary;
these men and women are simply
American citizens to me as Minister;
but, as a man, I cannot but admire and
respect them. I can tell the real from
the false. These men and women are
honest, pious, sincere, industrious, and
trained for their work by the most
arduous study. Outside of any religious
question, and even if Confucianism or
Buddhism, are more divine than Christianity, and better for the human race
which no American believes—these people are doing a great work in civilizing,
educating and taking care of helpless
thousands. They are the forerunners of
Western methods and Western morality.
They are preparing the way for whitewinged commerce and material progress,
which are knocking so loudly at the gate
ofthe Chinese wall.
At our missionary meetings at home
you may quote these sentiments as
coming from me. I fancy that I hear
your burning eloquence, arguing much
better than I have done, a cause which,
outside the religious denominations, has
no advocates. I do not address myself
to the churches, but as a man of the
world, talking to sinners like himself. I
say that it is difficult to say too much
good of missionary work in China, from
even the standpoint of the skeptic.
Should your people send me any sum
whatever, and however small, to be
given to any denomination, I will faithfully see that it is transmitted.
Yours very truly,
(Col.) Charles Denby.
—
The same writer, in a letter to Dr.
Ellinwood, Secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions, says
I have made it my business to visit
every mission in the open ports of
China. This inspection has satisfied
me that the missionaries deserve all possible respect, encouragement and consideration. I find no fault with them
Civilization
except excessive zeal.
owes them a vast debt. All over China
they have schools, colleges, and hospitals. They are the early, and only
translators, interpreters and writers of
Chinese. To them we owe our die-
"
:
tionaries, histories'and translations of
Chinese works. They have scattered
the Bible broadcast, and have prepared
many school-books in Chinese. Commerce and civilization follow where
these unselfish pioneers have blazed tRe
way. Leaving all religious questions
out of consideration, humanity must
honor a class which, for no pay, or very
inadequate pay, devotes itself to charity
and philanthropy.
The early Greek tragedies move on
the same lines as the book of Job, but
are full of fate, and end in bare endurance. Job is full of freedom, and ends
in trust.
What a figure is Moses ! Dwarfing
all other men in the majesty of his
achievements. What breadth of character; what vicissitudes in his life; how
romantic—a waif on the waters of the
Nile in its beginning, buried by angels
at'its end.
Take David—a man who covers a
broader reach of qualities than any other
found in all history ; a continental character, embracing in himself whole zones
of morality, mountains and plains, green
pastures and stagnant fens, still waters
and rushing torrents, and joining all into
beauty as they spread under the light of
heaven.
Not only at his birth did Christ sub-
mit to swaddling-bands. Ever since his
resurrection he has been in the world as
it were in swathing-bands. He has been
in his body the church, and the church
has been a very infirm body; sometimes crazed with the fever of fanaticism ;
sometimes drunken with the strong
drink of worldliness; sometimes comatose with the stupor of spiritual lethargy.
Follow Jesus. Where? To Gethsemane? Yes; and into the mount of
Transfiguration. Follow him in deeds
of love; follow him into the temple with
the whip of cords to drive out evil from
the house of God. Love, comfort the
little children, and condemn the hypocrites whose deceitfulness delays the
salvation of the world. Hate evil strongly enough to expose and condemn it, if
you would follow the Son of the living
God.
The health and wealth of the highest
are bound up with the lowest. Sir
Robert Peel gave his daughter a superb
riding habit on her eighteenth birthday,
and proudly rode by her side in the park
She came home,
as she wore it.
sickened with malignant typhus, and
after a few days died. The poor seamstress who wrought the rich embroidery
of that garment lived in a wretched
attic, in the London slums. Her husband was dying of the worst form of
typhus, and when his chill came she
spread the riding habit over him. So
the deadly germs were carried from the
slums to the palace. Society has her
own way of avenging herself.
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Stationer
TIN, COPPER AMI SHEET IRON
1888.
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THE FRIEND.
Volume
HONOLULU, H. 1., MAY, 1888.
46.
WM. R. CASTLE,
MANAGER'S NOTICE.
TTTM. G. IRWIN & CO.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Merchant St., next
invested,
T
to Post
Office.
Trust
fort street, honolulu.
carefully
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mon?y
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Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu.
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Lloyds,
ACRNTS FOR
British and Fore'gn Marine Insurance Co.
Northern Assurance Company (K-re and Life.)
**J ioneer" Line Packets, Live* pool to Honolulu.
Liverpool Office, No*. 41 and 43 The Albany.
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ITIHOS. G. THRUM,
Importing and Manufacturing
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
Book-Hinder, Etc.
And Publisher of the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual.
Dealer in Fine Stationery, Books, Music, Toys
and Fancy Ij ooda.
Fort Street, near Hotel Street,
Honolulu.
....
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A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Dealers in
Lumber, Building Materials and
Coals.
LUMBER YARD—ROBINSONS WHARF.
jan*>yT.
Honolulu, H. I.
TT S. TREGLOAN,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
Merchant Tailor.
Gentlemen's
of Goods
Hand
The manager of The Friend respectful Sucar Factors & Commission Agents.
ly requests the friendly co-operation of subAgents for the
scribers and others to whom this publication
is a regular monthly visitor, to aid in ex- Oceanic Steamship Comp'y.
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tending the list of patrons of this, "the
oldest paper in the Pacific," by procuring S. N. CASTLE. C. P. CASTLE. J. B. ATItERTON.
and sending in at least one neio name each. n.\STLE & COOKE,
This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggreSHIPPING AND
gate it will strerrgther/i our hands and enable us to do more in return than has been
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
promised for the moderate subscription rate
acknts roK
of $2.00 per annum.
1h; Kohala
Comp;iny,
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Tlie Haiku Sugar C mpany,
or write, of the welcome feeling with which
The P. ii Plantation
Grove Ran h Plantation,
The Friend it recdv d as it makes its
The Papaikou Sugar Con puny,
regular appearance, month by month; hence
Ihe Waialua I tarnation, R. Halstead,
parties having friends or rela*.' '< abroad,
I he A. H. Smith & Co. Plantation,
can find nothing more welcome to sendthan The New England MutualLife Insurance Company,
The Friend, as a monthly remembrancer
The Union Marine Insurunc: Company,
The Un on Fire Insurance Company,
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ligious progress in the North Pacific Ocean.
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tled to the largest support possible by the
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Remington Sewing Marhine Co.
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it
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thropic
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ing the attention of the world more and
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
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New subscriptions, change of address, or Hardware and General Mernotice of discontinuance of subscriptions ar
chandise,
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L. C. ABLES, Secretary and Treasurer.
telligible notice whatever of the sender's in-
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M,
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tent.
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC.
A First Class Stock
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Professional cards, six months
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:
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THE FRIEND
TTOLLISTER & CO.,
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T
T. WATERHOUSE,
BAN KE RS,
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Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu.
English, and American
IMPORTERS,
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And their Agents in
New York,
Boston,
Pans,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London, Frankfort-on-
MERCHANDISE.
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Has now a
the-Main.
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Drugs, Chemicals,
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AND
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Ex late arrivals.
AT THE NO.
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.TOILET ARTICLES;
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BANKERS,
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....
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MANUFACTURERS OF
AND AT QUEEN STREET,
Ginger Ale and Aerated Waters. Crockery & Hardware
CO.,
And
NO. 109 FORT STREET,
SUCCESSORS TO
Principal Store & Warehouses.
& Co. and Samuel Nott.
IMPORTERS,
Fort Street, Honolulu.
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
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TT E.
TT7TLDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
(Limited.)
McINTYRE & BROS.
"
Steamer KINA U,"
Importers andDealers in
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FEE©.
East corner of Fort and King Streets.
LORENZEN
Commander
Weekly Trips for Hiloand Way Ports.
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Varnishes,
Kerosene Oil
A great variety of Dry Goods,
Hawaiian Islands.
Draw Exchange on the principal parts of the wcrld, an J
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transact a General Banking Business.
Dillingham
Can be seen
the best Quality.
of
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7
i L. SMITH,
Packet from the Eastern
States and Europe.
Ry Every Sicimer.
"
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Commander
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GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
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Strictly Cash. 83 Fort Street, Honolulu.
No. 113 Kinu Street, (Way*s Llock),
Steamer
" KILAUEA
AND
For Ports on Hamakua Coast.
Honolulu.
TTENRY MAY & CO.,
Dealers in
Lumber and Building Material.
OHice—ls Fort St. Yard—cor. King and Merchant Sts.
Roscst Lswsks,
F. J. T.owkkv. Ciias. M. t'joasm
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S. It. ROSE, Secretary
TT HACKFELD & CO.,
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NO. 08 FORT STREET. HONOLULU,
nHAS.
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J.
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anj
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
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Honolulu.
CIETS OF THE FRIEND.
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1852 to 1884, inclusive. A few sets from 1852,
unbound, can be procured on application to
Office of The Friend.
JUB7
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goods,
fancy
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
And all kinds of Feed, such as
BARLEY, CORN, WHEAT, Ac
HAY, OATS, BRAN,
millinery,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
Latest styles DRESS GOODS and MILLINERY received by every Steamer.
Fashionable Dress Making
Orders faithfully attendeJ to at the
Fresh Goods Received by Every Steamer.
Leading
[66 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
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Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc.
IMPORTERS AND DP.ALF.RS IN
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New Goods received by every vessel from the United
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Steamer "LEHUA,"
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T EWERS & COOKE.
Corner Queen and Foit Streets,
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(:ommande<-
Weekly Trips for Kahului and liana.
McGREGOR
LAVA SPECIMENS. PLATED WARE,
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DAVI ES
FRESH CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
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Telephone 349
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�The Friend.
Volume 46.
HONOLULU, H. 1., MAY, 1888.
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YUArt INVAKIAIH.Y IN AOVAS'C.!.
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BttHor, Honolulu, 11. I."
Businc-- letters should be addressed "T. G. Thkim,
Honolulu. II 1.
S. E. BISHOP,
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Editor.
CONTENTS.
A Missionary Paper.
Missionary I.;fc of Rev. R. W. Logan
Islands and People of Ruk
Ancient Systems of Land Tenure in Polynesia
Monthly Record of Kvents, Marine Journal
Hawaiian Board
Y. M. C A. —Annual Reports
Hook Notice, Births, Deaths and Mai-napes
A MISSIONARY PAPER.
VAt'.K
33
}s
35
36
38
39
40
carer
can no more be such work in the coming
ages than can the forests of Ohio again
be cleared, or the prairies of Illinois
again subdued. The future will hold in
special honor these founders of Christian civilization in Pagan lands. To have
.sprung from a Judson or a Logan will
be counted a greater honor than to trace
back to a Grant or a Sherman.
" On them that were in darkness bath
risen a great Light; and to them that
were in the region and shadow of death
the Light hath shined." What* is so
good as to impart good to others ? And
of all the good, the light, the help, the
healing that earth contains, what can we
find so great, so uplifting, so rejoicing,
as to make men know and love and trust
to the glorious Lord Jesus Christ! To
know Him is life now, and it is life eternal.
Honolulu Christians have great calls
made upon them for Christian work, and
heavy demands on their beneficence.
We are none the poorer, but richer for
it. And we need and welcome such incitement and inspiration as the return of
the Star brings to us.
Very much of that sort is the present
number of the Friend. Four extra pages
are added for Y. M. C. A. annual exercises and reports.
Of the rest, the greater
space 1s filled with matter growing out of
the return of the Mottling Star. The
Friend joins in the welcome to the ship
and to Capt. Garland, who has made a
truly successful voyage. It is good to
The Christian Missionary is of necessity
have the Star come to us, full of the life- an absorbed man, engaged in his work—
breath of missionary enterprise in the •devoted to bringing men to Christ, and
Western Seas. One noble hero falls in saving them out of their sins. Hence he
the arduous warfare at the fore-front, and cannot easily be congenial to visitors and
traders among the heathen who give themhis brave widow and their soldierly son are selves to the varied pursuits of traffic and
with us for a few days. And there is the be- pleasure. He must be somewhat ascetic,
loved band of missionary brothers and sis- somewhat rigid in his standards of duty.
ters, Doane at their head, who endured last To the others he will seem narrow and
Now and then there is a rare
year's night of fear and sorrow in the fanatical.
man who combines with his devotion and
conflict of natives and Spaniards, but now strictness
such genial sweetness and joyousenjoying peace and good hope for their ness as compels rr-gard—such men are rare.
future work. And then there is the
Besides this, it is unhappily the fact,
double band of workers at Kusaie, with that the great body of civilized visitors
sojourners on heathen shores throw
their two training schools for the Marshall and the
off
restrictions on conduct which
and the Gilbert groups. To them in bind them in civilized society, and surGcd's goodness, there have been no mis- render themselves to heathen looseness
haps, only the "work of faith, labor of of living. The missionary with his strict
morality, and his aggressive activity in
love, and patience of hope."
He
All this is full of inspiration to us in morals, is hatefully antagonistic. tried
awakens the conscience they have
Honolulu, and brings us into close con- to leave behind them. His whole life and
nection with the grandeur and glory of activity is admonitory and condemning
Missionary enterprise—that great and to them. It is a distressing light thrown
successful undertaking of evangelizing in upon the darkness in which they have
themselves. A bitter hostility
the dark regions of the earth. What a ensconced
is inevitable. No do'bt missionaries
strange, exceptional age we are living sometimes give wa v
'hey should not
in! Now, as never before, and as of ne- to bitterness and
on in return. The
great patience, and
cessity it can never be again, is it'given Lord's servant ne
to Christ's people to make Him known the spirit of love and compassion towards the erring of his own race as well
to the pagan and savage majority of
as others. How many such on heathen
mankind. Those are indeed privileged shores have been converted to become
who can go forward in their work. There steadfast, earnest helpers.
'
33
Number 5.
MISSIONARY LIFE OF REV. R. W.
LOGAN.
The old pioneer native teacher Moses
stood by the bier of h s departed leader,
saying " U'e never shall get one like Mr.
Logan." Captain Narrhun, the friendly
trader, said: "If the Hoard want the
work carried on that Mr. Logan was
doing, t'ney must send four men out to do
it." There is no doubt that our departed
brother had grown to a great power in his
large field ; that he had developed an immense capacity tor work, and that he was
laboring with wonderful enthusiasm and
effectiveness, and with a most thorough
and happy const cration. To the unspeakable loss and detriment of that infant and
prosperous work, death has cut short his
labors—death undoubtedly resulting from
overwork, under the pressure of imperative demands, while unsjpplied with the
aid and reinforcement of new helpers for
whom he had urgently asked.
We take up Mr. Logan's record at the
point of his actual entrance upon work
among the heathen. Another hand will
have depicted his earlier history and his
characttr as exhibited up to that time.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan reached Ponape, in
company with the Rands, in the autumn
of 1874. lor five years they learned
their work in association with the veteran
missionary Sturges. Mr. Logan occupied
the station of Kenan during the absence
of Mr. Doane, keeping up the work of
the latter in the churches and schools and
doing something in the training of teachers. Two of these earlier pupils of Mr.
Logan's proved faithful missionaries at the
Mortlocks, and one of them is still doing
good service at home. Mr. Sturges, in
the meantime, was initiating a glorious
work of evangelization in the Mortlock
group, where he planted his first teachers
in the January preceding Mr. Logan's
arrival. There his Ponape teachers had
wonderful success in the conversion of
these very simple and docile natives, who,
unlike the Ponapeans, had been but little
corrupted by traders. So rich and fruitful a field drew Mr. Logan to give himself
to its cultivation. His first trip there was
made in company with Mr. Sturges in
November, 1577. His deepest interest
and enthusiasm were kindled by what he
witnessed. He saw their need of a leader.
On his return to Ponape he at once
sought and obtained the consent of his
brethren that he should apply himself to
acquiring the language of the Mortlocks,
To this he gave two years' diligent study,
with the aid of a man and his wife whom
he had brought with him. In November,
1879, Mr. Doane returned and resumed
his former charge in Kenan, and Mr. and
:
:
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THE FRIEND.
May, 1888.
Mrs. Logan at once proceed*, d on the cago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Ann Arbor, and passages to and fro were attended with
Morning Star to the Mortlocks, where in lowa and Minnesota. The first Con- severe hardship and illness.
they were landed to. secure such comlort gregational Church at Buffalo assumed
Up to the close of his work Mr. Logan
as they might in the houses of the native his support at Ruk. Mr. Logan's influence had been able to occupy with teachers
people. There, in utter isolation, they and advice were particularly effective in four out stations in the Ruk Lagoon,
remained, and in much external discom securing steam power for the new Morn- namely: Kukit, on Ufa 11 Island; Kuttia,
fort, devoting themselves to the willing ing Slur.
on leluat I sin nd; Fala, on lutla Islet,
but unstable islanders. There wa* the
In 1884, ten years after their first en- and Metttu, on IVete Island. The miswork of visiting the four different lngoons, trance upon work among heathen, the Lo sion centre is at Anapatto, on Wela
separated by rough channels, and of ex- g.ms again proceeded to Honolulu, to em- Island. Large islands still unoccupied
horting, instructing, admonishing, guiding bark upon the Morning Star. This time for lack of teachers are I'aintk, Ulet and
the infant anil ignorant churches, and of their destination was to the new field of Pitrom. About 500 converts in all had
directing and stirring up the sincere but Ruk. The Honolulu churches well re- been baptized and gathered into churches.
indolent native teachers from Ponape. member the
deep impression made upon A training school of some thirty young
During this year of incessant labor Mr. us at the time l>y Mr. Logan, both spirit men and boys was in successful operation
Logan left a great and permanent impress ually and intellectually. Of tall, spare —this alone work enough for one man's
upon the incipient Christian life of the
fi rui, of strong, simple, earnest, gracious whole time.
people, an impress deepened by his many manner, we have rarely seen a man who Besides these labors, Mr. Logan had
subsequent pastoral visitations. In addi- seemid to possess so sweet, intelligent prepared several needed books in the
tion to these episcopal labors, Mr. Logan, and lofty a saintlincss. Sermons preac li native language, the same as the Mortmaturing his already good knowledge of ed by him were characterized by
great lock. These were an arithmetic, geograthe native tongue, performed during tbe breadth and soundness of thought and phy and reading book for the schools ;
year the immense work of translating the clearness of expression, combined with
a also a catechism, a life of Christ and
larger part of the New Testament, most joyful enthusiasm for the Kingdom especially a hymn book of ninety-two
Matthew and Mark having been already ofChrist.
hymns. He also translated the books of
translated by him at Ponape. Me had a Such a man, as the
Genesis and Exodus. Some of these
subsequent years have already been printed. Some are
special facility in the acquisition of verified, was
fitted, and called
especially
He
was
the
forein
languages.
seminary
now being sent to press at Honolulu for
heroic
for
the
work among the
pioneer
most in scholarship in Greek and Heearly use at Ruk, and some will be
and
clans
savage
warring
great
of
the
Ruk
brew. Although so rapidly accomplished,
printed
by Mrs. Logan at the east.
the work is not without scholarly pre or Hogoleu Lagoon. This cons sts of a
Among the fruits of missionary labor
barrier
some
reef
miles
in
eighty
diameti
1,
csion, ;ind is satisfactorily idiomatic and
has been the raising up of a serviceable
acceptable to the native people. It is a which marks the bounds of a large and faithful assistant at Ruk in Mr. Worth.
precious boon to the 18,000 or 20,000 ancient island, now sunken. Within this He was formerly a dissolute sailor at
p <'ple who speak the Mortlock language, encircling ring of reefs and sand spits are Ponape, but became converted to God at
high islands and many minor islets, Guam while
including Ruk. Hall's Island and other five
in solitary charge of a hulk,
groups. To them it copiously opens the the surviving mountain peaks of the older where a Bible revived early teachings, and
and sunken worldlet. These are inW..rd of Life.
enforced missionary pleadings hitherto
Fit sometime before the return of the habited by some 10,000 natives, not by scorned. Mr. Worth has been a useful
nature
but
broken
indocile,
into hostile help and support, and gives promise of
Star, Mr. Logan had been quite prostrated
by pulmonary malady. This resulted from clans, and of dangerous repute with the much future service. Rev. I). J. Treiber
the weakness caused by overwork, and by traders and whalers who have hitheito and wife joined the Logans in their work
the insufficient and improper nourishment, avoided them. In 1881 Mr. Sturges ven- last August, but too late to save the wasted
of such food as characterizes coral atolls, tured to locate there one Moses, a faith- strength of the worn-out apostle. Early
their supplies of foreign food having be- ful teacher from Ponape, who had had in November our beloved brother began
come exhausted. At last in January, 1881, several years of successful missionary ex- to succumb to fever, and on the 27th of
the Star arrived, and the Logans returned perience in the Mortlock and neighboring December he passed to his rest, literally
to Ponape, finding the change to the high islets. Moses had persisted, amid perils exhausted of vitality by excessive and proisland invigorating. He hoped there to nearly fatal, and in three years had tracted labors.
become fully restored, and applied himself gathered from sixty to eighty converts.
Mr. Logan was cheerful to the last.
to translating, completing then the entire
The Logans arrived at Ruk in the His chief solicitude was how to provide
New Testament. He continued, however, autumn of 1884. The forty subsequent for the.great work after his death, which
to be feeble. The surgeon of a man-of- months were filled with manifold and he felt to be approaching. All else, and
war examined him. and peremptorily or- most effective activity. They have been this too, he was able calmly to entrust to
dered him to leave Ponape as soon as pos- attended by most fruitful though incom- the Lord. To his wife he said, " When
sible. In July the Logins found passage plete results. Nearly every branch of the you go home, you must tell those young
in a schooner of sixty-five tons t°> New work had to be initiated. Teachers had men and women how much they are
Zealand. After a passage of 79 days of to be created and trained out of the recent needed here." " How can I tell them,"
much hardship, occupying a sort of tent and awkward converts; houses and she replied, "to come here and bear what
upon the deck, they landed in New Zea- churches were to be built, training we have borne, and to pass through what
land in the early spring. In February, schools to be started from small begin- I am passing now?" "It is the Lord's
1882, they proceeded to • Honolulu, and nings, hostile and treacherous tribes to he- work," the dying man answered ; " it is
shortly to Southern California, where they conciliated, new stations among them to worth all we are giving for it."
waited for the Atlantic summer, traveling be found and occupied as fast as raw re- To our brother, who has gone, we beeastward in June. It was not until the cruits could be trusted to go and disciple lieve there belongs the meed of honor
second year that Mr. Logan's health wis them. All this time Mr. Logan wrought among the noblest of all the many noble
so restored as to justify his return. In the almost alone at his manifold tasks, save missionaries who have wrought such wonmeantime he carried through the press the faithful aid of his heroic wife, and be- ders for Christ among the islands of the
the Mortlock New Testament, and a book sides these he ye .rly visited the Mortlock Pacific.
Still young, with but a brief
of Bible stor:e=, constituting an outline of churches, tarrying with them for weeks record, he seems to us to have proved his
Uible history.
and setting them in order, crowding the rank to be of the royal few like Moffat, LivDuring this sojourn, Mr. Logan became labor, as it were, of months into a few ingstone. Judson, Williams and Patteson.
widely and favorably known to the days. There were ten churches in the six
Our fallen hero lies buried alone in that
churches, notably in New York City, Chi- separate lagoons to supervise, and the most westward of North Pacific mission
�stations—the sole one of our many heroic
workers in that archipelago who has actually fallen in the field. Happy indeed
will be those men and women who shall
stand by his grave in faith and heavenly
love to take up the work which his worn
hands have dropped—that most blessed
work to which he had reached forward with
eager expectation—of carrying on those
four out stations into scores ; of multiplying those hundreds of believers into thousands; of training hundreds of bright youths
and maidens into earnest and efficient Chris
tian workers ; of lifting all those 20,000
islanders up into the glory of Christian
civilization, and the inspiration of heavenly
hope : of creating on all those sordid islets
and atolls Christian society, with its peace,
order, pure homes and opulence ; and to
make all that social tangle and desert of
the ages blossom as the rose and the lily.
What a blessed task is now awaiting the
happy hearts of those consecrated young
men and women whom God is preparing
to go thithir in the fulness of Christ's
love ? Who are they ?
S. E. B.
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are afriong a most interesting people. of the hole wood is placed, then stones
They are rather below the average about the size of one's fist. This
American in stature. Large men are is lighted, and when the stones are
very rare, and of large women we have sufficiently heated all is scooped out,
seen none, owing no doubt to their in- the hole is lined with grass or leaves,
activity, poor food and degradation. and the food placed within. The food
Head and face are quite regular. Hair is then covered with grass or leaves,
black and usually straight. Eyes black and the hot stones thrown on top. In
and expressive. Forehead high, nose a short time all is well cooked. Breadflattened, nostrils almost perfectly round, fruit, taro, bananas and fish are cooked
lips thick, and teeth well set. They in this way, and are very fine flavored.
take good care of their teeth, but from Men do the cooking, and women catch
the fact that they are the chief house- the fish and get the wood.
hold tool, used alike to peel sugar-cane,
The marriage ceremony is very simple.
husk cocoanuts, break the backs of If a couple wish to marry, they run
newly-caught fish, and masticate food, away to some deserted house. Courtthey are usually gone before old age. ship lasts from one hour to two weeks.
Their arms are more than average One of the men here came to ask me to
length, and fingers frightfully long and unite him in Christian marriage. When
slender. The usual mode of carrying is asked who it was that he wished for
on the shoulder with men, and on the wife he said, "O, I have not found her
head with women. A little boy in the yet." He came back in tbe afternoon
school with us, not more than ten years, r.ith his intended. Most men have one
will carry two pails of water on a stick wife, some have two, and, in rare cases,
resting on the shoulder. No protection three. The great trouble is plural husis used on their large Hat feet, so that bands. We have just dismissed a native
the sole is rendered unusually tough.
teacher whose wife is now with her sixth
In their heathen state nothing is worn husband. One of the most perplexing
ISLANDS AND PEOPLE OF RUK.
by the men except a loin-cloth, which questions is, what to do with such
D.RBYETREIBER.
VJ. .
looksmuch likea crash towel dyed yellow, cases.
but
never washed. It is wound around
Children receive much care, and soon
The ground gradually rises
from the shore to the height of 800 to the loins, crossed before and behind, and rule the house. Very large families are
1,000 feet, densely covered with foliage, tied. A yellow paint is made from the rare, but most people have two or three.
such as only a tropical climate can pro- root of a native plant. This is freely They adopt back and forth, so that a
duce. The beach is lined with cocoa- used to bedaub the face, and, in case of man seldom knows his own parents.
nut trees and a low bush called man- war, the whole body is thus anointed. To adopt a child is no more with them
grove which is used for firewood. Salt When this is not used, the color of their than to buy a pig with you. It is indeed
water does not injure either of these" skin is such that they are far less repul- a wonder that so many live. Soon after
trees. OT the high islands there are sive than one might suppose. As cloth birth they are carried about utterly
five, and one of these, Wola or rather is procured, they prefer the quick and naked, exposed to the direct rays of a
ready way of cutting a hole in the tropical sun. Raw and stale food are
Wala, was to be our home.
given them, and, worst of all, they are
Arthur Logan and Mr. Worth came middle to admit the head.
off to greet us. We were glad to hear
With women the dress is far more nursed by every woman who comes to
that the health of the missionaries had tasty, being apiece of native cloth about see them. An infant left motherless
been good during the year, and on com- three-fourths of a yard wide wrapped here was adopted by a teacher's wife.
ing ashore we received such a welcome about the loins. This cloth is made of The Sunday following he was passed
as we never before had. The boys of the fiber of banana, also of the pandanus around regularly to nurse. No responthe mission seemed no less pleased. or screw-pine. The fibres are slit very sibility is felt for children except to proFor our own part we were delighted to fine and then woven. As they are ac- vide food for them.
Their houses are usually about twelve
begin work under the direction of such quainted with a number of dyes, they are
earnest people as Mr. and Mrs. Logan, able to produce some very pretty patterns. by sixteen feet; the sides from three
Our first work was housebuilding. Because of this abreviated skirt, it does to four feet high; an ordinary roof,
All the "stuff" for this mission was not take so much calico to make a the whole covered with thatch made
landed in two days* The third day the woman's dress as a man's. One yard of the leaf of the ivory-nut palm.
Star sailed, and the fourth work began with a hole cuf in the middle to admit Each stem has, perhaps, a hundred
on the house. A short vacation is al- the head is sufficient. Their only orna- leaflets, each leaflet about two feet
ways taken when the Star comes, to ments are beads worn around the neck long and three inches wide, something
read letters, to arrange supplies and re- and in the ears. The burr of the ear is like a corn-leaf. This is broken across
cover. During that time, all the boys first slit, and after that has been stretched a reed four or five feet long, and sewed
that could be used were busy on the to the utmost, an enlargement is had by next the reed, so that the two ends meet.
house. Mr. Worth and Arthur helped; cutting the slit up towards the top of In roofing, these reeds are placed one
but with a little showing, the natives did the ear. This is sometimes stretched above another, much after the manner
most of the heavy work. Mr. L. wished so that the slit is eight inches long. of shingles, and each reed fastened with
On this rim of flesh are strung small cord to the rafters. When the lap is
td help, but we would not have it.
We landed August 7th, and moved rings of cocoanut shell. When this is not too great, this makes a very good
into our house September 23rd. Some full, strings of beads are added, and roof for five or six years. On the outlittle painting, hanging blinds, and allowed to hang down the breasts. In side it looks much like dried corn-leaves.
steps yet remained to be done. The this way two or three pounds are fre- The ends and sides are fixed much the
house is on a hill perhaps 40 feet above quently suspended from one ear.
same way. A small hole two feet wide by
the sea, and about 20 rods from the
The method of cooking food is the three feet high is left in one end to admit
shore. It is high enough to get plenty same as among other Pacific islanders. the inhabitants. No windows are made,
•of air, and is, we think, very healthy. A round hole two or three feet in the failure in architecture supplying
Am glad to know that for healthy diameter, and twelve to twenty inches plenty of light for the dark deeds done
people this is a healthy climats. We deep is scooped out. In the bottom within. A basket woven of cords con-
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tains the valuables of the family, and a
large knife, gotten of foreigners, and in
rare cases an old musket, a small, triangular fish-net two by three feet, and a
piece of flat coral for pounding food, are
[May, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
the corrupt heart in the first chapter of
Romans which is not undoubtedly true
of this people.
To their credit be it said they know
nothing of intoxicants of any kind. Even
ava or kava so much used elsewhere is
not known here. A wicked trader, who
wished to injure the work, offered the
natives liquor to make them drunk, and
when drunk, they were to come and do
wicked things too bad to write. The
whole scheme failed by the natives
quickly spitting out the liquor, saying it
burned their mouths. One can hardly
imagine the abominable wickedness of
these white traders. Some of them
seem more busy in spreading evil than
in trading.
all the tools.
A few cocoanut leaves, or in rare
cases a mat, makes a bed. More frequently there is nothing but the bare
ground. Mosquitoes are very bad at
some seasons, and sometimes a netting
is made of native cloth for protection.
The house is the stopping-place not
of a family, but of a portion of a clan.
One man in the house is chief. His
words count only as influence ; he has
A number of these
no authority.
houses, scattered promiscuously over a
Rection, form a district or clan. This
district is usually limited by the natural ANCIENT SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE
IN POLYNESIA.
features of the country. Each one in
the clan is bound to protect his fellow.
Read before the Honolulu Social Science A'-soci.itior 1
March 12, 1888, by Hon. W. D. Alexander.
I have not been able to learn of one
being murdered by one of his own clan.
SAMOA.
A system of blood revenge is the only
From the proud and vindictive New
law. A murder is always avenged by
killing not the murderer, but some one Zealander, let us now turn to the free
of his clan. Thus revenge goes on and open-hearted Samoan. The civil
back and forth, till at times numbers of polity of Samoa is patriarchal and demdistricts are involved. Whole districts ocratic. Each village is an independent
are or have been entirely destroyed. republic, and no class of serfs or villeins
The mission ground was in the memory exists.
The following account is based upon
of old men thus depopulated. This
accounts for so many white people the statements of Rev. G. Turner, the
being killed in cold blood. All whites highest authority on this subject.
were supposed to belong to the same
In a village containing from 300 to
clan, and innocent whites have often 500 people there will be found from ten
paid for the crimes of wicked whalers to twenty titled heads of families, or
and unprincipled traders. This system " Tula/ales," and one of higher rank,
necessitates great caution on the part of called "Alii," or chief. The titles of
a missionary in going to a new district. these heads of families are not hereditaWhen Mr. Logan cannot go I take ry but elective. By family is here
some of the more earnest Christians and meant "a patriarchal group of sons,
never go counter to their judgment. daughters, uncles, cousins, etc., which
One of our boys, an earnest Christian, may number fifty individuals. They have
always goes with me. He is the son of one large house as a rendezvous and
a chief who was a great leader in war guest-house, and four or five other houses
and revenge. He is well acquainted near it."
with the meaning of every move. I
The chiefs on the other hand, are a
simply go on with my work, keeping an very select class, whose pedigrees are
eye on him. Most of the districts here- traced most carefully, in the traditional
about know the missionaries and their genealogies, to the ancient head of the
object. As soon as this is known all clan. On the death of the village chief,
it rests with the heads of families to deis well.
A preparation seems in a measure to cide which member of the chief family
have been made for the gospel, by a shall succeed to the title. The memmixing of clans. Of course the people bers of a family group can depose their
with us are from different districts, which head, and again the heads of families
could never have been when the clan can unite and depose the chief, and give
system was rigid. Much of the hard his title to another member of the chief
work of a teacher, and certainly a test of family, who will act more in accordance
his skill lies in uniting the districts. with their view's. While the chief is
What belongs to one is no other's. Mr. thus responsible to the community, he
Logan has had hard work to make the is closely allied by blood and marriage
Christians see that he is not alone their to many other chiefs in other villages.
He enjoys many honorary titles and
teacher.
There are well-disposed characters privileges, and is treated with the most
among them. One is a dandy, another courtly and ceremonious, though not sera cheat, and another a liar. The voca- vile ettiquette, but does not exercise arbulary for badness seems remarkably bitary power. Taxation and oppression
full. Corruption needs no portrayal. are unknown. The chief of the village toIt is the same, whether on the housetop gether with the' heads of families constior in the cellar. I think thereis not one tute the legislative body of the place and
of the charges which Paul brings against the court of appeal.
,
Again, the villages of each district
form a confederacy for mutual protection. Some particular village is known
as the capital of the district, and its
chief has a certain primacy among the
other chiefs, and is styled "Tupu."
All matters affecting the interests of the
confederacy are discussed in open air
meetings, or "fonos," by the chiefs and
heads of families. All Samoansare said
to be natural orators.
The land in Samoa is held by the
chiefs and heads of families for the community. The land belonging to each
family is well known, and the person
who for the time being holds the title of
head of the family can dispose of it only
"by and with the advice and consent"
of all the members of the family. The
adjoining lagoon and the forest are considered to belong to the village community. As Mr. E. B. Taylor remarks:
"Among the Samoans may still be seen
in some measure practical common
property. * *
* Here is a people
who hear with wonder that among the
white men the poor can ever be hungry
and houseless." I will only add that
they were a comparatively chaste people,
and that from ancient times great care
was taken to prevent any union between
near relatives —so much so that a list of
what they deemed improper marriages
would almost compare with the "Table
of kindred and affinity" in our Bibles.
Among them rank descends by the male
line, so that the son of a princess by a
common man would not be a noble.
FIJI.
We shall find a more advanced and
highly organized communal system
among the Fijians. This extraordinary
race of savages far surpassed the Polynesians proper in keenness of intellect,
and ingenuity in the arts, and had also
worked out a much more elaborate and
artificial system of government. Although the people had little voice in the
state, yet " the utmost respect was paid
to ancient divisions of landed property,
to family rank, and official rights." The
recent annexation of Fiji to the British
Empire has led to much discussion on
the Fijian system of land tenure. For
the following account of it I am chiefly
indebted to an able article by the Rev.
Lorimer Fison in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, which appeared
in 1881, the essential points of which are
here condensed.
THE KORO.
The Fijian name of the village community is the Koro, which is properly
an organized clan, with its fortified village, surrounded by moat and bank and
palisade, and its outlying lands.
The individual land owners are called Taukei. The Koro is divided into
quarters, each of which is called a Matangali, and is composed of the descendants of a band of brothers or Mata-veitathini, from each of whom is descended a
minor division called a Yavusa, and each
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yavusa is again divided into a number
of Vuvale, consisting of brothers with
their families, who inhabit either the
same house or adjoining houses. The
common origin of the clansmen is known
by the fact of their having the same god,
who is called the Kalou-vu or god-an-
Not all the people are land-owners. polygamy. Thus, to go back to the
There may be persons attached to the original band of brothers, from whom
matangali, who are not full members of the various subdivisions of a clan are
it. There are two classes of these, very
different from each other.
i. The Kaitani are fugitives from
other tribes or other commoners who
cestor.
have become attached to a matangali,
The lands of the Koro are of three but were not born, into it. In many of
classes :
the Fijian clans, but not all, strangers
i. The Yavu or Town Lots,
can become assimilated to a certain ex2. The Ngele or Arable Land, and
tent by inter-marriage, but their descendants do not become full members
3. The Veikau or Forest.
What Sir Henry Maine says of the till after the lapse of many generations.
Teutonic Mark, may be applied word for As succession in Fiji is generally agword to the Fijian Koro, viz: 'The natic, i.e., through males, it is necescommunity inhabited the village, held sary, in order to be a full-born taukei, or
the forest in common and cultivated the land-owner, that one's descent should
arable land in lots appropriated to the be traced through an uninterrupted line
several families.'
of full-born males, born in legitimate
1. The Yavu. Each tnatangali has wedlock.
its own yavu or quarter. These yavu
2. The base-born or bastards are
are subdivided into smaller yavu appor- called Kaisi, and 'the resources of the
tioned to the yavusa, and these again Fijian language seem to have been raninto lots smaller still, each family or sacked for terms of contempt to pour
household having its own. The house- upon these unfortunate beings.'. They
hold may be composed of several fami- are 'children without a father,' 'men
lies, the heads of which are brothers,
without souls,' etc. They have no anand is generally presided over by the cestors and no gods, and no land, and
head of the eldest branch. This smaller the children
of a Kaisi are Kaisi forever.
yavu is the precinct, and maybe surround- As a general thing the
Fijians married
the
of
its
will
owners. within the Koro, but outside of the
ed by a fence at
The yavu adjoin one another, but you Matangali.
must not build quite up to the edge of
Such is the constitution of a Koro.
your own yavu, nor may your neighbor
are confederacies formed of kinThere
build up to the boundary of his. You
dred communities, and some villages
and he must so arrange as to leave a were colonies or
offshoots of a mother
path-way between them. Extreme care, village, or koro levu (chief town). Others
is taken by" the people to guard against
which have been conquered in war paid
encroachment here. The building of a
and rendered military service to
tribute,
house is jealously watched by the neigh- the capital
city; but this was in no sense
boring owners, and quarrels frequently rent. Others
still are inhabited by clans
arise about boundaries. The yavu is who have been driven away from their
its
under the dominion of
owners, and own lands by war, and are tenants at
the house standing upon it is a sanctuawill on the lands of a friendly tribe.
ry which not even the highest chief has No length
of occupation, however, can
a right to violate. The Fijian's house give them an absolute
title.
is his castle. No man outside of your
OR
TURANGA.
THE CHIEFS,
own kindred can enter your precinct or
cross your threshold against your will.
The above statement shows that the
If the town is taken in war, however, lands were not "vested in the ruling
vac victis.
chiefs," as has been asserted. The
2. The Ngele.—Outside of the Koro is
Fijians had made some steps towards
the Ngele, or arable land, whose bound- the feudal system, but they were still a
aries are clearly ascertained and known long way from it. The Taukei owed
to all. In some places it (the arable service to their chiefs, but it was not
land) is divided into family lots. In rent for the lands held by them. The
other places it is not so divided, and the chief is their lord, but not their landlord.
joint owners appear to use any piece He is but one of the joint tribal owners
that may be convenient, provided always together with themselves. In the case
that they do not go beyond the lands of his own clansmen, the service or tax
belonging to their Koro. No periodical was an offering made to the head of the
re-distribution of lands took place as in house—the earthly representative of the
Russia or Palestine.
ancestral gods from whom they claimed
"3. The Veikau, or Forest. —The forest a common descent. In the case of sublands are not subdivided like the Ngele. ject villages it was tribute. In the case
All the members of the Koro have the of the immigrants it was rent, but the
joint right of felling timber for building rent-payers were not tenants of the
and other purposes. But one com- chief alone but of the whole clan, inmunity may not trespass on the veikau cluding the chief whose lands they ocof another.
cupied.
THE TAUKEI, OR LAND-OWNERS.
The exalted rank of the chief is due
The land then is held by certain tribal to several causes, such as the system of
owners who have a common descent. descent by males, primogeniture, and
.
37
THE FRIEND.
descended, the elder brother takes precedence of the younger, and the yavusa" of which he is ancestor takes precedence of the others. Hence the descendants of elder brothers are elder
brothers forever, as in New Zealand.
Again, every chief of high rank had a
number of wives, but one of them came
of a better family than the others, and
her children consequently, were of higher
rank. Thus we find numerous gradations of rank, from the "kaisi,"' men
who are "not born at all," through the
children of strangers, the commoners,
and those who are noble on one side,
till we arrive at the chiefs who are "so
high-born as to be god-born, the pure
blooded eldest son of the eldest up to the
'Kalou Vu' (or deified ancestor), who
stands at the head of the line." But
though the high chiefs are thus exalted
above the commoners, land tenure remains untouched.
"
To conclude, the original tenure of
land in Fiji was tribal, and though the
tribal land is in many places subdivided among households and individuals, yet each owner holds for the
tribe and not for himself alone. He
cannot alienate the land from his tribe
or disinherit his heirs. He may, it is
true, give a piece of land as dowry with
his daughter to a stranger, but it is really
given not to the stranger but to the Taukei's daughter, or rather to the son who
shall be born of her, and if she die childless, the land reverts to her kin.
No man, according to the Fijian
theory, is the absolute owner of the
land. He has no more than a life interest in it. He may dispose of that interest if he pleases, but he can do no
more.
Nor is even the whole tribe the absolute owner. Each generation does but
hold in trust for the next, and the tribe
is under obligation to hand down the
tribal estate undiminished forever. The
land is, as it were strictly entailed, the
heir being the posterity of the clan to
all generations. It is impossible to cut
off an entail such as this, for the heir
can never be a consenting party.
The above is the view held by most of
the English missionaries in Fiji, but not
the one adopted by the British Government, which has treated the chiefs as
feudal lords, and thus greatly increased
their power of oppressing their people.
It reminds us of Lord Cornwallis' settlement of Lower Bengal, by which the
Zemindars, who had been formerly mere
tax collectors, were made feudal proprietors.
ITo be continued. I
.
I have no fear for England; she will
stand till the Day of Judgment.— William Pitt. What.l fear for England is
the Day of Judgment. Burke.
—
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MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
May, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
26th—Nineteenth anniversary exercises of the Y. M. C. A. at their Hall.—
April 3rd—Quarantine restrictions on Sixty-ninth anniversary of I. O. O. F. at
vessels from San Francisco raised.— Harmony Hall.
Movements of shipping somewhat
27th—Trial of G. W. Macfarlane for
Honolulu welcomes several
lively.
with P. H. Hayselden to.deconspiracy
returned kamaainas, and naval visi- fraud the
of duties. DeGovernment
tors. —H. B. M. S. Caroline reports fendant's own evidence establishes the
having taken possession of Panning'!, fact of the distribution of "election gin"
Christmas and Penrhyn Islands for the
to all parts of the islands prior to the
British Government.
election of February, iBM6, the sametaken for the selection of
4th—Steps
being settled for ai'terwauls by orders
a suitable site for the erection of a new from the Palace securing remission of
edifice for the Central Union Church;
duties on other liquors to the amount of
Committees on Finance, Site and Plans
$4,749.35. H. la. the King personally
appointed.
appears in court, and testifies that said
Gaelic,
—Arrival
of
S.
S.
from
5th
were supplied by bis direction
China and Japan, en route for San Fran- liquors
and for his use.—Hoard of Health opens
cisco, with 490 Chinese and 24 Japanese its
Weekly meetings to members of the
for this port.
at Hawaiian Hotel
Press.—Reception
6th—The S. S. Zealandia, from the
the American Naval officers in port.
Colonies, brings another supply of dif- to
2fSth—G. W. Macfarlane convicted of
fusion machinery for Col. Z. S. Spaldconspiracy in the second degree, three
ing.
of the jurors dissenting. Fined $200.
7th —Close and exciting match game Amateur concert at Opera House for the
of base ball between the Honolulusand a
benefit of theBritish Benevolent Society.
nine from the Vantlalia and Adams;
30th—Total value of exports for the
score, 18 to 21 in favor of our homemonth from this port, ft 1 13^2,525.92.
team.—First public test of Kaumakapili
new organ, in a recital which gave much
—
satisfaction.
gth—The Australia returns to San
Franciscca day earlier than usual, and
takes away another large list of passengers.— Demurrers allowed in the cases
of Collector-General of Customs vs. W.
S. Luce, H. R. Macfarlane and G. W.
Macfarlane & Co.
10th—License for the sale and use of
opium cancelled and surrendered. Wedding Bells at the St. Andrews Cathedral
in the marriage of Miss Bertha yon Holt
to Mr. F, W. Glade, of Lihue, Kauai.
12th—Sudden death of Mrs. M. P.
Robinson.
13th—Arrival of the Titos. Hell, from
London via Madeira, with 401 Portuguese immigrants.
15th-—Arrival of the S. S. Mariposa
from San FYancisco, having been delayed three days for the mails through railroad accidents.
i6th-26th—Teacher's Institute week,
Inspector-General A. T. Atkinson presiding.
18th—Arrival of the Morning Star
from Micronesia, with reports of progress at nearly all the Mission stations.
21st—Arrival of Russian man-of-war
Razboynik from Callao, via the Marquesas.—Hawaiian Bell Telephone Co.
vote to increase their stock from $10,000
t0550,000 the net profits of the company
to date showing $34,744.
23rd—Japanese training ship Tsttkuba
arrives from a cruise via Tahiti; reports
disturbance at Raiatea and Huahine between the French and the natives.
24th-*-25th—Trial of the conspiracy
case of W. S. Luce; verdict acquittal;
three jurors dissenting.
25th —Attempt at consolidation of the
Bell and Mutual Telephone Companies
fail; war clouds appear on the horizon in
consequence.
MARINE JOURNAL.
Gw hit I-.■ills. hi.mil, llossc,
9-
Otcrcndorp, for San
Francisco.
Haw S S Australia, Houdlctte, for San Fran-
cisco.
10—U S S Marion, Dyer, for Yokohama.
11—Am bktne Flla, Hansen, for San Francisco.
It—Haw hk J.is A King, Berry, for Port Townscnd.
CoaxudOi Cousins, for San Francisco.
1 i Am bgtne5.11.1.
a, Watt, for San Francisco.
14-I.ru hk
Am uh hk Triton, Warren,-for the Arctic:.
S
Mariposa,
llayw.inl, for ltit- Colonies.
S
15—Am
17 -Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, fur San Franci-co.
Haw lik 1-a-ly LaanptOO, SoUtl'ftMH, for San
Frain i.' 11.
1 Kiit hk Naiuita, ('■rahni. foi San Francisco,
bgtne
22— Am
W G Irwin, Mil nl! » h, for S.ia Fran
157 days
.
1UCOs
hk Willie Mel.arren, Coaatu, for Port Town23—Brit semi.
|6 Am bktM I KsCOVen McNeiL f>r San Fraiu.i in.
Ib-Am l>k Mliiiiiioii. IVhcr, for Port Townserid.
p Ami >-li Ivy, Lowell, foi San FnUICI
PASSENGERS.
AKKIVAI s.
From Bremen, per bk Deotachland, April
Mia Anna
Dackar and Miss Anna Junker,
From J'or. Glasgow par hk Natuna, April ; Henry
Burltmyer and John Lade.
From San Francisco, par Australia, April > -Cant C N
Snaossmaker. Lieut W 0 Hennam, Miss MKhodca.Tß
I.uras and family. Miss 11 Day. Mis Rodfcra, Miss N
IV-lhhoin.-. Miss Mary Porter, Mis, Arm-: Porn, S C'ohn,
Hon S(i Wil.hr ami aarvant, |T Water-house, Jr, Til
Carsooand wife, kw E Bailey, T X Walker, W I- Smith,
S llarr, W Gcratle, Miai C Conner, MriMG Pinkerton,
Miss I. A Shuts, Hon HA Widemann, J W Hitter, G
Paaaavaut, and sB others.
From San Francisco, per bktne Etta, April i H \\m
Wcrthem.
From S.ui Francisco, par ship Ivy, April 4 Alvan B
Perry.
I-linn San Fran* isco, per bgtne Consualo, April 5 Mrs
M B Brown and J Ihirk.
From Hongkong & Yokohama, per S S Gaelic, April 5
488 Chinese and co Japanese Kteeraga passenger*,
From Madeira,
per
Portuguese immigrants.
From San Francisco,
ARRIVALS.
i-
7—Haw S S Zealandia, Van
—
PORT OF HONOLULU.
April
April
hk Thomas Ball, April 13-4*7
per
Mariposa, April
1
W T
Lucas, Il l> Wishard, E X Alsipand wife, S E Ehrlich, X
Mclnarny, J A Bertram, II Hart. J X Low, R A Low, II
N Castle, Miss X Brewer, A Young, Mrs IC Harling and
from Port 3 Children, Mrs Davis, W X Couldand wife, alio! 8 stcetai;e
from Bre-
men.
Haw bk Jas A King, Berry, 26 days
I aid low.
From San ['rani isi o, per W !'• Co Ifrey, April 22nd Hon
Ha* b S Australia, Iloudlette, 7 days from San (.has Wall, Mr Turner.
Fran 1
ui'TArirntr.s.
II B M S Caroline, Sir Wm Wiseman,
days
For San Fr.im lucp, per Plantar, April 1 -Rev T V Moore,
from Farming's Island.
Am bktne Ella, fill WO, i3 dajn from San Fran- Mrs Kllis.
For San Francisco, ptr S G Wilder, April ■ Mrs Wacisco*
Brit l>k Natumi, t'.rahn, 126 days from Fiver- ger, A Crydermann, Mr and Mrs Suverup, Mr and Mrs
pool.
Conner, Mr Vanwy and two Portuguese.
4 —Am sh Ivy, Lowell, 11 days from San Francisco.
For Sail Francisco, per s S Zeelaadia, April 7—Sadie B
Am bktne St Lucie, Erskine, 32 days from Puget Prown, C Hunneberger, Gao Ingram, J Kirk, Mrs ) Kirk,
Sound.
Mr Cray, and Mr and Mrs 1, T Davis
s—Am S S Gaelic, Beanie. 22 days from Hongkong
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, April 9 Mrs I. A
via Yokohama, 12 d.i\s.
Shute,
M C' Pinkerton, A Dotteret, T V Moore, J A
Am hgtne Consuclo. Cousins, 12S days from San
Wood and wife, Wm Drives, Jas Campbell, wife, 3 childFrancis 0.
and
ren
aarvant, Mrs M Hanaiki, Capt Cluney, A G Ca(S Am wh bk Triton, Warren, 11 months from New
bell, T A Bruns, H l.uduington Jr, M P Morrison and
Bedfordand cruise.
wife,
J
T McMillan, G F Cooper, S li Winram, H X
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Oler.ndorp, I.* days
Hines, Capt Howison, F F Porter, Miss L Fitzimmons,
from AucltLaad>
Mrs
Levey and 3 children, Mrs A A Hrown, Ceo
S
J
i.i Brit bk I'hns Bell, Low, 174 days from Cardiff1
C Ashley and 2 children, Mrs Dr
and 157 day.s from Madeira, 52 d iys from Hrown andWwife, Mrs \V
Rodger-.,
Wolters, Mrs II Cooley, W H Purvis, Mrs
Iquique, s .\,
Mrs W M CilTard and child.
Wood,
MoaaarTat,
Julian
S
S
6U
from
San
15 -Am
Mariposa, Hayward,
days
Miss Flleu lorbert, W F Smith, J S Perry and wife, F
Francis'.0.
Green,
Capt
Mrs
Ahlhorn
child, S Cohn, M Adelsdorand
days
S
from
CalCormorant,
H H M
44
Bishop Willis anil wife, Miss M A'cxander,
dera Island, off the western coast of South fer, Dr I'.iilev,
Maria dc Gloria, Mrs Wiard, Lord Dalrymple, A Warner
Ainc ir.i
wife, Miss Schlothauer. Steerage—L llerisnaailll I*'
Am bk Meinmo'i, Fisher, 2S days from Port Dis- and
tit/, (.has Johnson, wifa and 2 children, F Fisher, Mrs
IHoogl
covery,
child, W Russel, H P Long, C Hluhm, II
17—Am bgtne W Q Irwin, McCttllocb, todays IVOIII \V,i;e. and
] Pink, J C McCandleas, M Andrews. 1. McKean,
San Fraiicisct
Sylces,
X
J lianieUta, J Push, C E Fraaher, Otto H
.8 -Am steam bkiue Morning Star, i ~11 land, 44 days Strumpke.
H Stute, Ca|>t H Yon WVtlun, M Odey. A
from Kuk
Kun
C
llurke, M Fre rh:nann, Mrs Healey, J Trim.ten,
19 Am bktne Discovery, McNeil, II days from San
F Piekard, (has Roeder, 61 Portuguese, 7
Mrs
J
b'e,
Francis, o.
21- H I R M S kaiboynik, Wulf, 15 days from tan 1liiiK-c and 1 Japantae*
Toernaeud,
per J A King, April 12- Mrs H H
Pott
For
Marquesas Islands.
22 -Haw bk W B Godfrey, Dabel, 27 days from San Iterry and John H.iU:ock.
Francisco,
|)er bgtne Conauelo, April 13 —Miss
For San
Francisco.
Brit bk Veritas, Johnson, 48 days from Newcas- Hattie NeeJhim, M Kscone and wife, Miss Hose Silva, A
tle, N SW.
F Ronda, and T J Cummings.
Haw sch Jennie Walker, Anderson, 11 days from
For San Francisco, pr-r bk Saiaca, April 14—A Johan
Farming's Island.
sen, wifeand 5 children, J M Servensen, wife and 3 child-■ { Brit bk Island City, Warner,
58 days from New- ren, A Olseu, wife and child, and Mrs T Abrahamsen and
castle, NSW.
2 children.
Brit bk Alice Muir, Varnell, 58 days from NewFor San Francisco, per S N Cas'.le, April 17- (has H
castle. NS W>
H I J M S Tsukuba, Nomura, 20 days from Ta- Atlicrton and wife, W T Rhoads, Mrs X Low and child,
Love,|Mrs J M Oat and child, Mrs J A McKenzie, Mrs
W
hiti.
bk Alice Mary, Low, 59 days from Newcas Mary llrant, Mrs Nickson, Jas F Lawrence, R Moreand
25—Brit lie,
child.
NSW.
For San Francisco, per Natuna, April aind— (has
—
—
-
.
:
DEPARTURES.
Knuppe.
For San Francisco, per Wm G Irwin, April 22nd— H M
April 3-Am bktne Planter, Perriman, for San Francisco. Alexander, Mrs Merrill and a children, Geo Courtney, W
Wodehouse, C C Jansen, H Smith.
bk
for
Port
Townsend.
Atlanta,
Tibbetta,
4—Am
For San Francisco, per Discovery, April 26—Richard
s—Am bk Vilora H Hopkins, Blood, for San FranGcrke.
cisco.
For San Francisco, per Ivy, April 30—A B Perry, and IAm bktne S G Wilder, Paul, for San Francisco.
Turpie.
Ant S S Gaelic, Bearne, for San Francitco.
�Volume 46, No. 5.]
RQAKZr.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU 11. I.
This page [l ds¥Otsd to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is re-ponsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
- - -
39
THE FRIEND.
Editor.
The Hawaiian Board of Missions
having given leave of absence for several months to their Corresponding Secretary who has hitherto edited this page,
and who finds himself obliged to go
The tidings of Rev. Mr. Logan's death
received here via San Francisco
after the issue of the April number of Tin-:
PftlßND.' After a long and severe illness
of fever, he died on the 27th of December*
18S7, leaving a noble record of successful and devoted missionary labor, and
lamented by all who knew him. Rev.
Mr. Treiber and wife, who went out to
Ruk only last year, remain alone at present to carry on the work to which Mr.
Logan devoted his life.
At Ponape, affairs are all quiet at
present, and the missionaries are now
allowed to carry on their work unmolested.
In the Marshall Islands some hiflderances have been thrown in the way by
the German occupation, but the work in
general is still favorably progressing.
In the Gilbert Islands there seems to
have been some retrogression. Yet our
Hawaiian missionaries hold on amid
many discouragements. The Training
School for this group, under Rev. A. C.
Walkup, located on the island of Kusaie,
sends forth every year more or less Gilbert Island teachers to help in the work.
The Morning Slar will sail on her
next voyage as soon as the various orders of the missionaries sent on Baal
can be filled and sent out here, which
will be in about two months, unless circumstances shall arise which may dcher sailing still later.
was
Education, Woman's Work, Medical
Missions, etc.
Christian Literature for Native Converts.
The proper treatment of such questions as Polygamy, Slavery, Caste, etc.
Comity of Missions; and the apportioning of unoccupied fields to difl'erent
Societies.
The choice and training of Missionaries with Reference to different spheres of
labor.
The nature and extent of the Control
abroad in search of health, Rev. James
over Missions, by Committees or
liicknell has been appointed as AssistChurches at home.
ant Corresponding Secretary during his
It is hoped and expected that a grand
absence, and also editor of this page.
impulse will he given by this Conference
to missionary work; that enlarged views
The Morning Slur, Capt. Geo. F.
of the field will he attained; that the rearrived
harbor
from
her
in our
Garland,
sults of broad experience will be made
annual
the
iSth
of
voyage, on
third
available
to all the societies, errors corbeen
absent
nine
months
April, having
rected, and improved methods made
and thirteen days. By her came Mrs.
known; and that fraternal sympathy and
Mary E. Logan, widow of our late laChristian comity in action will be promented missionary brother Rev. R. W.
moted. In all, the churches will be preLogan, together with her son Arthur
for a grand, united and effective
pared
and daughter Beulah.
advance
upon the Kingdoms of DarkThey are on their way home to the
ness.
United States. We are glad to see them
Dr. Judson Smith is to represent the
enjoying good health, and to extend to
A.
B. C. F. M. at this conference. The
them a hearty welcome, while our tenunited
prayers of the Churches throughforth
them
in
derest sympathy goes
to
out
the
world, and especially of all missad
bereavement
which
has
to
the
fallen
GENERAL CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN sionaries are earnestly requested in
lot.
their
MISSIONS.
behalf of the meetings of this conference
The voyage of the Morning Star has
a
Such
Conference
is
to
be
held
and
in
been a prosperous one, though protractof those who are making preparaLondon,
Exeter
the
beginning
Hall,
on
tions
for it.
ed a month beyond what was expected
when she sailed from here last July. gth and continuing to the 19th of June.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
This detention however seems to have Between eighty and ninety missionary
been necessary, owing to contingencies societies in Britain, America, Australia,
To all who have in any way aided in
and the Continent, have already inti- erecting a monument in Waimea, Hawhich could not be foreseen.
The Captain reports an unusual amount matedtheir in tention ofsending delegates- waii, to the memory of Lorenzo Lyons,
addressed.
ofcalm weather, in addition to which, These societies represent all Protestant this card is
The thought of this work did not orithe uncertainty of affairs at Ponape re- denominations. This is true Christian ginate with him. Having some intimasulting from the Spanish occupation, and union in its most vital and practical tion of it a few days before his death, he
later, the sad bereavement of the Mission form—union in the work of saving souls, said, " I do not wish any monument.
at Ruk, in the death of Mr. Logan, and in extending the Kingdom of our Let my work be my monument." He
books he had made, without
rendered necessary two extra trips of the Lord. Similar conferences were held in spoke of the
citing any other work.
with
in
iB6O
and
the
greatest pro1878,
Star between the islands of the Caroline
But all who have known anything of
group. Yet with all this detention, she fit. The object is to stimulate and en- his work since 1831, will feel how small
has steamed only 49 days out of the 55 courage all evangelistic agencies, and to a portion that is, of the work he perwhich are estimated as the number for take advantage of the experience of the formed. The books it is true (especially
the musical books) were for the whole
which provision is made in coaling. She different societies in respect to the many
and probably, no other single
nation,
came back in fine order, and Captain important and delicate questions arising influence (except the Bible) has reached
Garland and his officers are to be con- in the work.
so nearly and with such power, every famAmong the topics proposed, are the ily, and nearly every individual in theland.
gratulated on the neatness and cleanliThis last fact makes such a united effort
ness of every department of the vessel following :
to express their appreciation of the beneSelf-Support and Self-Government in fit
on her arrival here.
conferred the more appropriate.
Native
Churches.
We do not remember ever to have
All who have aided in this work have
Education of Native Evangelists and the hearty thanks of all the bereaved
seen her return from her annual voyage
Pastors.
in such good condition both as to the
family.
Adaptation of Methods to different
vessel herself and as to the engine room
Me ke aloha nui a mau,
and machinery.
states of Barbarism oj Civilization, in
Mrs. Lucia G. Lyons.
.
�40
MIay, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
THEHONOLULU,
T. M.H. €.
A.
L
This page is devoted to. the interests of the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Board of
Directors are responsible forits contents.
S. D. Fuller,
-
- -
ANNUAL MEETING.
Editor.
It was so cheering to us that we believe it
can very appropriately find a place in our
annual and final report.
The committee have during the year
made some special efforts toward the
drawing in to our meetings Sunday evening a • greater attendance. Small handbills or dodgers were printed, and were
distributed on eich Sunday morning for
about two months, perhaps more, in the
restaurants and other places cf public resort, these dodgers bearing a cordial invitation to be present at the meetings, the
timeand place being very carefully stated.
But a careful study of results did not showsufficiently well to authorize a continuation of tlrs work.
In concluding our report the committee
would express a belief that the life of our
Association depends entirely upon our
spirituality, and that our spirituality depends very largely upon our entering individually into the work of our Sunday
evening services, maintaining it by our
presence and voice, and therefore that we
have reasonable hope and expectation for
the future.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers was held in conjunction with the
regular monthly meeting, April 19th, when
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: VV. W. Hall, President; J.
E. Bidwell, Vice-President; R. VV. Pod
more, Recording Secretary ; E. O. White,
Treasurer ; T. R. Walker, Henry Waterhouse, Directors.
The meeting adjourned to meet Thursday evening, April 26th, for the usual anniversary exercises.
On trje above-named evening the chair
was occupied by Mr. F. J. Lowrey, the retiring President, and a goodly audience
were present, despite the fact of counter
attractions at six different places.
Respectfully submitted,
The programme for the evening opened
William A. Bowen, Chairman.
by singing Gospel hymn No. 61, and
prayer by Rev. W. C. Merritt. Then followed the reports and addresses in the REPORT OF TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE.
order given below, interspersed with singThe temperance work of the past year
ing, one number being a finely-rendered
among
foreigners cannot be claimed as
Professor
and
Mrs.
Van
Slyke.
duet by
the work of this Association, exclusively,
the meetings of the Blue RibREPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DEVOTIONALWORK. although
bon League have been held in our hall
and the work largely performed by some
The committee have on record fifty two of the members of the Y. M. C. A.
Sunday evening gospel services. At these
The Hawaiian branch work, which has
meetings there was an attendance total of been a most successful one, is not inabout 2,630, making an average attend- cluded in this report, but will be given
ance of fifty-two, which happens to be the by the chairman cf the Queen Emma
exact number of the meetings recorded for Hall Committee.
the year. The largest attendance at one
The Blue Ribbon League, which was
time was seventy-nine. The smallest at- organized early in 1887, has been kept up
tendance at any one meeting was thirty- during the past year, and as that work
six. The interest manifested throughout appeared to be a successful one, it was
the year has been good. Those members thought wise by your committee to supthemselves who have taken an active part port this rather than start any new organin the prayer meeting work have, we be ization and thereby weaken the efforts in
lieve, found it a means of a decided the line of temperance.
growth or gain in grace, and the commitWith the exception of a respite during
tee feel decidedly that others of our mem- the Christmas holidays and two or three
bers would have a similar experience and rainy evenings, an entertainment has been
testimony if they would only try it. How given in this hall every Saturday evening
ever, though the w 1 c of the committee since our last annual report in April, 1887.
has not met with all the encouragement in These entertainments have consisted of
the world, there is no occasion for being vocal and instrumental music, readings
discouraged. Indeed, the testimony of and recitations, occupying about an hour,
Mr. Theophilus H. Davies, upon his re- concluding with a practical address from
turn here from England, cheered us ten to twenty minutes in length, and then
greatly. He stated in one of our business an earnest appeal to men, women and
meetings that from a comparative point of children to sign the pledge and don the
view, considering our meetings, the at- blue ribbon.
tendance, the interest manifested and all The Committee on Entertainments, of
at the time before he went to England, which your chairman is the chairman also,
and considering the same things upon bis appreciate the assistance of those whohave
return, he could very plainly see and con- so cheerfully assisted in these entertainscientiously assure us that there had been ments during the year past.
a decided increase, and that we had no
The object of these entertainments has
gocd reason for being discouraged.
been two-fold.
This testimony was drawn out by the
First—To provide a pleasant and profitcharacter of one of our monthly reports. able evening, so as to draw men away from
the saloons, and Saturday evening has
been selected as being the best time in the
week for that purpose.
Second —To induce those who came in
who have not already taken the pledge, to
do so, and the result of the efforts made
in this direction is as follows as shown by
the record book kept for that purpose
One hundred and eight persons have signed the pledge, besides which several others
have signed whose names d ) not appear
in the books, the correct number of whom
is unknown.
Rev. Mr. Gowen, President of the
League, has been a most faiihful worker,
and it is very largely owing to his labors
that interest has been kept up so well this
year.
While these entertainments have not
reached as large a number of those for
whom they were intended as was hoped,
yet they have been the means of doing
much good, especially among strangers
and sailors of the men-of-war and merchant
vessels in our port, quite a number of whom
have taken the blue ribbon.
Your chairman met a mechanic of superior ability a little more than a year ago en
one of the island steamers, who had had
some disappointment and sought to drown
his sorrow by drinking. An invitation
was extended to him to come to the meeting ; he came, took the pledge, and only
last week a letter was received from him
from one of the other islands, in which he
says :
" I rejoice to tell you I still hold on to
the blue ribbon. It has benefited me so
much that I can soon buy myself a home."
Many others can no doubt give similar
testimony.
One important benefit gained during
the past year in the temperance cause is
a growth of public opinion in favor of
prohibition in this city, if not throughout
this group.
Many of the speakers who have addressed the meetings have strongly urged
this point, and there is no doubt but that
their words have produced a deepened
feeling in its favor.
It is unquestionably true that there are
more people in favor of prohibition in
these islands to-day than a year ago, and
this is growing continually.
Let us hope that the day is near at
hand when public opinion will demand
laws abolishing the silc and use of liquors
in this land, and may all interested in the
temperance work labor to that end.
Respectfully submitted,
P. C. Jones, Chairman.
:
REPORT ON HAWAIIAN WORK.
To
the Officers and Members of the
Young Men's Christian Association of
Honolulu.
Gentlemen-: By your generosity a
little over a year ago, the building anc
premises known as Queen Emma Hall'
were placed at the disposal of a specia
standing committee of five to be used fo
the moral and religious improvement of
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Hawaiians and Japanese. A year's occu- greatly appreciated by the Hawaiians. Hyde's talks on The Life and Claims
pation has demonstrated the usefulness of Miss Green is now on a prolonged tour of of Jesus Christ as the Divine Redeemer
this building, and has shown that the this island, and we may expect much good from Sin." Christianity has been prelarge expenditure of money for rent and will be accomplished by her. A visitor sented as the Divine Life in the Soul of
care of the premises, which is a serious going to Queen Emma Hall on a Friday Man, rather than as a system of religitax upon your resources, is receiving an evening and hearing the Japanese, under ous belief. The eager interest evinced
Mrs. Hyde's leadership, singing gospel in listening to the Gospel story is an
ample return.
Dr. Hyde will report on the Japanese hymns in the basement room and seeing evidence of its Divine power to reach
department. The necessity of -such a the large and well-dressed company of and move human hearts anywhere and
building, furnishing facilities for the social Hawaiians in the rooms upstairs enthusi- everywhere. The attendance has rangand moral improvement of the Hawaiians, astically engaged in a temperance meeting ed from eighteen to fifty-three, averaghad long been felt. Now two well- will gain encouragement and hope for the ing twenty and over. Mrs. Hyde has
lighted and ventilated rooms, supplied future of these races. The annual feast had a singing school every Friday evenwith books and papers, and an ante-room and procession of the Blue Ribbon League ing, with an attendance varying from
for parlor games afford those disposed to will take place on the nth of June, and it thirteen to twenty-seven, and the skill
use them a place where a quiet evening is expected that delegates will be sent acquired in singing Gospel Hymns is
can be spent away from the temptations hither from the Leagues in the different remarkable, when it is considered that
these persons never sang in their lives
of the city. Many avail themselves of districts of the Kingdom.
before.
A reed organ, furnished by
this retreat.
Respectfully submitted for the com- Mrs.
For several months during the year mittee.
J. M. Damon, is a most important
adjunct to the work. A subscription
past a debating society was kept up; free
A. F. Judd, Chiirman.
was taken up among the attendants at
instruction was afforded in vocal music
these services, and enough money seand in English reading, but it has been
JAPANESE DEPARTMENT cured to furnish the rooms with table,
found difficult t) maintain this instruction REPORT OF THE
OF WORK IN QUEEN EMMA book-case,
chandelier, lamp, chairs,
continuously. Religious service for EngHALL.
crockery, etc. When young Aoki left,
lish-speaking Hawaiians has been maintained for the past six months at three When the Japanese laborers were first April 12, 1887, for San Francisco, he
o'clock on Sunday afternoons, and they brought to this country, Feb. 8, 1885, a presented nearly all his private library,
have been beneficial to the rather small Sunday service was at once begun for about 200 Japanese books, which with
number who attend.
their benefit. With the first thousand those received from the Religious Tract
On Friday evening meetings of the Mr. R. W. Irwin had brought S. Aoki, Society in Japan, constitute a library of
Hawaiian Temperance Society or " Blue the nephew of the pastor of one of the very respectable size. Files of Japanese
Ribbon League have been held through- churches in Japan, and made arrange- newspaper are also provided. Mr. Hiout the year, and the audience room, the ments for him to act in any capacity in beino, who has charge of the Japanese
ante-room and the verandas are generally which a young divinity student might Supply Store, has from the first given
well filled. During the year over 500 be helpful to his countrymen. He acted two evenings each week to teaching
have joined the League by signing the as interpreter for Dr. Hyde in the ser- English to some seven or eight«of the
pledge and placing their names on record* vices held every Sunday morning in the Japanese laborers. Every Sunday evenThe meetings open with singing from the upper hall of the Y. M. C. A. building. ing Mrs. Hattie Coleman teaches a most
valuable Temperance Hymn Book" The Hawaiian Board opened in the re- interesting Bible Class, numbering from
printed by the Woman's Christian Tem- citation room of the N. P. M. I. an fourteen to twenty-eight.
perance Union, reading and exposition of evening school to teach English. For
When Rev. Mr. Miyama, last.OctoScripture applicable to temperance, and six months and more Mr. H. M. Dow ber, came from San Francisco to look
prayer. Then follow reading of minutes taught those who wished instruction, after the welfare of his countrymen, opand reports of two standing committees of the Hawaiian Board paying the expenses portunity was taken, with his co-operafive each, who detail their observations of the school. There were few Japanese tion, to put into execution various plans
during the week past of the people as to employed in the city, however, and the which Mr. Damon had for some time had
intemperance, their efforts at reclaiming attendance was too small to warrant a in mind, for a more thorough work for the
the intemperate, and they introduce, amid longer continuance of the experiment. benefit of the Japanese In fact, though
applause, the recruits they have been able The Sunday morning services were con- Mr. Damon is over-burdened with his
to secure. The two Hawaiians who look tinued without intermission, with a vary- own specific work among the Chinese,
after the crews of the Wilder Steamship ing attendance of from five to twenty- it is to his organizing and executive
Company and the Interisland Steamship seven, an average of eight, in the Y. M. ability that the work for the Japanese
Company's vessels are both on these com- C. A. Hall, Hotel street, until ()ueen has been so extended and successful.
mittees, and their efforts have greatly Emma Hall was opened, March 12, A Sunday-school, held at 3 o'clock every
lessened drunkenness among Hawaiian 1887. Then the Chautauqua Literary Sunday afternoon, was organized, with
sailors. Prominent Hawaiians from the Circle, composed mainly of the Attaches Mr. J. E. Bidwell as Superintendent,
outer districts, when present, willingly re- of the Japanese Consulate, meeting on and other Y. M. C. A. members as
spond to calls upon them for addresses, Thursday evenings with Mr. and Mrs. teachers; Miss Nellie Judd Tenders effiand we have had many such during the F. W. Damon at their residence, was cient service as organist.
It has a
year, as well as many by members of your invited to occupy one of the smaller register of nearly thirty members, an
Association and by strangers in the city. rooms, while the large room adjoining attendance of seventeen. A Japanese
Of late the number attending the meet- was offered as a Reading-room and So- Y. M. C. A. was organized, with Conings and the interest have increased, and cial Hall for the use of the Japanese stitution and By-laws similar to the
the average number of new members ad- generally. At the same time invitations Honolulu Y. M. C. A., but with modifimitted wceklf during the past month is were circulated among the Japanese res- cations to adapt it to the circumstances
about twenty. Miss Green, the genial and ident in the city, to meet for a Sunday of the Japanese. Dr. Hyde was chosen
efficient agent of the Woman's Christian morning religious service. There was a President, and Mr. Damon Vice-PresiTemperance Union, has a room fitted up general and hearty response, and these dent. It now numbers 64 members.
in the basement, where she meets the services have been maintained with un- There are four standing committees,
natives for consultation two days in the abated interest, at first in the Reading- with the oversight of different departweek. She is chairman of the standing room, but lately in the upper hall. Most ments of the work—finance, social, educommittees, and her services to the tem- valuable assistance has been rendered cational, religious. The regular busiperance cause are most valuable and are by Sinitchi Ando, in interpreting Dr. ness meeting is held on the first Satur-
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day evening ot each month, and on the
third a literary and social meeting, with
a manuscript newspaper, essays and
recitations in Japanese and in English;
and, at the close, some slight refreshments of seasonable dainties are served
to the members and invited guests.
The Japanese Mutual Benefit Union
has been organized, under Mrs. Ando as
President, for charitable relief in cases
of sickness and need, and now numbers
over 1,200 members, all over the islands,
with its headquarters in Queen Emma
Hall. More recently, a " Rising Sun
Temperance Society" has been started
numbering about thirty charter members.
In all these enterprises Mr. Taro Ando,
the Japanese Consul, has heartily cooperated as fully as he could, consistently with the impartial discharge of his
official duties, seeking in over}' practicable way to advance the interests and
promote the welfare of his countrymen.
On Mr. Miyama's return to San
Francisco, and in accordance with arrangements made, he engaged a young
Japanese, Mr. T. Shimizu, a licensed
M. E. preacher, to come to the Islands
to do Christian work among the Japanese
under the direction of a committee of
the Hawaiian Board, the expense to be
defrayed from the contributions of the
Central Union Church. Since his arrival (February 7th) he has occupied two
of the smaller rooms in Queen Emma
Hall, as his living room and reception
room.. These were nicely furnished and
fitted for his use by gifts from Mr. H.
Waterhouse and others, through Mr.
Damon.
The work has so far progressed and
so many of the Japanese—ten or twelve
—have expressed a desire for baptism
that it was in contemplation to organize
a Japanese church, the better to develope and strengthen Christian life and
activity. But for the present that plan
is held in abeyance. Rev. Mr. Miyama,
on invitation of Mr. Irwin, and through
his liberality in providing the necessary
funds, returned March 15 to Honolulu.
He brought his wife with him, and has
rented a house on Nuuanu street. They
are devoting themselves to the special
work they came to do, meanwhile assisting heartily and ably in the various departments of work for the Japanese
carried on in Queen Emma Hall. It is
a work full of interest, as the Japaneseare so quick to respond to all kindly
Christian effort in their behalf. It is a
work full of promise, for what is done
here in Honolulu will have its blessed
results of good among the 4,000 Japanese now located in various districts of
the islands, and among their people in
Japan. It is a work that ought to engage the prayers and sympathies of the
whole Christian community, eny of
whom will be heartily welcomed if ever
they wish to inspect or participate in the
work going on for the Japanese in
Queen Emma Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
C. M. Hyde, Chairman.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT.
It seems hardly possible that twelve
36 months have passed since our last annual
Amount of monthly collections...
86 10 meeting, but such is the fact, and we have
Amount of special collection for
this evening to observe the nineteenth
Int'n Committee
25 80 met
Amount received from annual dues
170 00 anniversary of the Young Men's Christian
Amount received from pledges
1,912 00 Association of Honolulu. This AssociaAmount received from book-keeption, planted and maintained here in this
ing class
122 00
metropolis on missionary ground, in the
Amount received from Readingmidst of the great Pacific, is in many reRoom box
7 70
Amount of net proceeds from Dickspects unique. Its .importance as a Chrisenson's lectures
142 15 tian institution and as one cf the forces
Amount of net proceeds from I.efor good in this land cannot be determan entertainment
50 00
Amount of special contribution for
mined by the geographical limits of our
chairs
138 70 city or the number of its population, as
Amount from rent of Hall
90 00 compared with the larger and more popuAmount from special donations...
477 50 lous cities of America.
Amount of special pledges to HaLike any oilier auxiliary of the church,
waiian lira in li
625 00
Amount of mem. fees from Haits full value cannot be determined when
waiian llranch
44 00 considered alone, but must be regarded
Amount received from Japanese Y.
in its relation to the whole as one of the
C.
M.
A
21 65
factors in the great problem of reaching
Total
$3,93 2 96
men with the gospel cf the Son of God.
DISBUKIIMI N I H.
This is especially true of our work in this
ly Salary Gen. Secretary, one year. .8 1,500 00 small but important island centre,
where
Salary Janitor, one year
480 00 we are
but one of so many organized deJ. Da Freitas, teaching Portuguese
class
20 00 partments of Christian work.
Honolulu Water Works, water
During the past year this Association
rates
38 75 has been an attractive and welcome rePeople's Ice and R. Co., for ice...
109 80 sort to a
large number of strangers and
Bell Tel. Co., rent of instrument..
20 00
Post Office, rent of box, postage
resident young men. Here agreeable
and 800 postals
16 01 acquaintances
have been made and
21 75
J. O. Wicke, blackboard, etc
have
been spent pleasantly
leisure
hours
Hawaiian Carriage Manufacturing
2 00 and profitably away from the temptation
Company, for lamp rods
Emeluth & Co., labor on gutter
3 00 of drink and other vices.
E. Ruprecht, calcimining rooms..
50 00
We know of several young men in this
Hawaiian Evangelical Association,
city
and some who have gone away who
for hymn-books
18 75
Tuning piano
5 00 owe a conscious debt of gratitude to this
Davis & Wilder, bill for ice
1 00 Association for their present standing and
P. C. Advertiser, for advertising..
2 50
success. A few other young men with
H. Adams, paid for collecting dues
1 25
whom we have been privileged to counsel
for
on
Howler,
00
repairing
ceiling
J.
30
J. H. Soper, bill for periodicals...
91 58 would have had less to regret to-night if
Pacific Hardware Co., bill for oil
6 00 they had frequented the Association more
C. E. Williams, bill for 90 chairs
138 70 and made its friends their companions inAmount for P. O. order for Interof following an opposite choice.
national Convention
25 80 stead
Havttiiun Gazette, one year's subWhile a very good interest has been
scription and printing postals...
15 50 maintained in our religious meetings, yet
21 18
J. T. Waterhouse, bill for sundries
there has been no special revival spirit, as
The Friend, printing Y. M. C. A.
page and extra copies
75 90 many of us have prayed for and had
E. O. Hall & Son, bill for oil and
hoped to see.
sundries
46 go
During the visit of Mr. T. H. Davies
I.ewers dv; Cooke, bill for sundries.
45 04 and his nephew, who recently returned to
S. D. Puller, bill for sundries
29 55
Castle & Cooke, bill for sundries..
14 00 London, they conducted eleven interestIlewett,
bill
for
sundries.
A. M.
3 00 ing services for children in our hall and
J. Nott, bfll for sundries
7 75 organized a Scripture Union, which meets
C. Brewer & Co., bill for oil
70 oo one Sunday afternoon each month.
Press Publishing Co., printing...,
6 25
Honolulu Water Works, water
Tor about one-half the year we have
rate for Emma Hall
Ai 25 maintained a Sunday morning liible class
J. T. Waterhouse, bill for sundries,
in the parlor for transient young men and
..
Batata Hall
11 35
those of our members who did not meet
Lewers & Cooke, bill for sundries.
Emma Hall
34 00 for Bible study elsewhere. The average
Amount paid for carpentering
attendance was seven. Of late the class
work, Emma Hall
60 00 has been discontinued and the
morning
Amount paid for teaching music at
Emma Hall
8 00 spent in visiting the shipping, distributing
Amount paid for Janitor of Emma
reading matter and inviting the men to
Hall
177 00 attend the church and Association meetAmount paid for rent of Emma
Hall
650 00 ings.
The
Pay of prayer for Associations "
Amount paid for sundries for
Emma Hall
22 80 was observed, the work of the InternaTiX9o6
36 tional Committee presented, and $25 colBalance to New Year's account
26 60 lected for the same.
Total
.$3,932 96
For lectures and some cf the more
:. & 0. E.
O.
Treasurer.
popular kinds of entertainment we are
White,
E.
Receipts.
o Balance on hand from last year.. $
20
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rather dependent upon our neighbors who have in any way assisted to encourage tom. I stood there and saw the sun
across the water, and they have not been and further this branch of the Master's sink behind the mountains of the westvery generous with us the past year. We work, in which we have beet) especially ern side of the valley, and watched the
S. D. Fuller,
shadows creep across and around the
have had the following occasional gather- engaged.
different features so far below me.
Secretary.
lectures,
one
enterGeneral
ings : Sdven
benefit
Again I saw the silvery light of the
tainment, two receptions for the crews of
American and British men-of war and two
informal socials for young men.
Besides these we have had the regular
weekly meeting of the Blue Ribbon
League, which has combined a good,
practical temperance talk with a fine literary and musical programme by our best
local talent, thus furnishing an attractive
entertainment nearly every Saturday evening of the year.
Air. P. C. Jones has continued to teach
a class in book-keeping every Monday
evening when not absent from the city.
We have received a large number of
calls for employment, but have found it
possible to find situations for only a small
percentage of the applicants.
In a few instances relief has been given
to worthy young men who were strangers
and in distress.
There have been eleven business meetings of the Association, with an average
attendance of twenty-six. The Board of
Directors have had ten meetings, with an
average attendance of five.
Twenty new members have been received during the year, but this number
of additions is counterbalanced by the
loss of old members, so we have not advanced beyond the membership of one
year ago, which was 196.
The Y. M. C. A. Boys have had their
prosperity somewhat interrupted by
changes in leadership, but they are now
re-organized, with Mrs. B. F. Dillingham
for President, and a renewed interest is
already apparent.
The reading room is supplied with forty-five periodicals. This includes all our
local papers that are printed in English,
some of the leiding secular and religious
publications of America and England, one
Portuguese and two German papers.
Some of these are kindly contributed byfriends. Further additions would be thankfully received.
The daily attendance upon the Reading
Room has ranged from fifteen to ninety,
which is large for a tropical city of this
size.
The branch work at Queen Emma Hall,
in the interest of Hawaiian and Japanese
young men, as a whole, has been very encouraging and valuable, as you have learned by the reports read. The claims of
this work have met with generous financial support from some of the business men
not members of our Association, but who
have our thanks for their welcome aid.
We are conscious that our service has
been very imperfect, yet desire to acknowledge the Divine goodness and help of our
Heavenly Father, in what has been accomplished. And to extend our grateful
thanks to the friends with whom we have
associated, for their uniform courtesy and
kindness ; to the Press of the city for their
friendly and helpful notices; and to all
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow-
members of the Y. M. C. A.: During
this past Association year it has been
my privilege to look upon grander
scenes in nature than ever in my life before, and by them to have been led to
more of a realization of the new
thoughts and feelings which arc thus
inspired.
Among forests of giant trees standing
in their majesty and defying <*jl the
elements, yet among them those which
in their long existence have, after years
and years of strength, been overcome
by that same power which brought them
into being; among mountains whose
bases were clothed with verdure, and
whose tops were capped with snow;
among the wild flowers of hill and valley, with their bright and happy faces,
and among streams differing from the
laughing brook as it twines in and out
among the pebbles of its bed to the
rushing, roaring mountain torrent as it
plunges wildly over and about every
obstruction and finally leaps over the
precipice before it.
In the wonderful Valley of the Yo-
semite it seemed to me I was in the
very presence of God. The first bursting of the view of the whole valley upon
one is a moment to be remembered, and
the effect is varied, from the exclamation of surprise to the silence which can
only express the feelings of others.
For the variety and beauty of its
waterfalls one must go a long way to
find its equal. From the soft and
beautiful sheet of water, swayed from
side to side by. the wind, aitd ever
changing its always pleasing aspect
the well-named "Bridal Veil" —one
turns to the grander rush of waters over
the Yosemite or stands beside the roaring Nevada, and is unable to say which
impresses him the most deeply or
whether in the light music of the one or
the deep organ tones of the others is the
most perfect harmony.
On the banks of the lovely Mirror
Lake you may stand and see reflected
at once in all the exactness of the originals three of the high mountain peaks
about it and the rising sun as it appears
over the crest, showing in the water like
a huge electric light.
Wonderful and enchanting as were
the many scenes connected with my
short visit, none could equal those obtained from the grand Glacier Point. I
stood there, with a sheer descent before
me of 3,500 feet, at noon, and saw the
Vernal and Nevada Falls in the distance, with lovely rainbows across them.
Later in the afternoon I saw them one
mass of rainbow colors from top to bot-
—
nearly full moon, as it shone through
the brisk, cold air, bathe the Yosemite
Fall with its radiance until it looked
like a great white specter. After a brief
rest, once more I sought the Point, and
now all below me was nearly dark, and
where I was it was only beginning to
get light. Before and beneath were the
two arms of the valley; behind was
Sentinel Dome, and across, ranging for
about two-thirds of the whole horizon,
were the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas,
many of them snow-capped, the one
directly in front the majestic Half Dome.
And here, exercising to counteract the
extremely low temperature, I watched
the dawn and break of day. Very gradually the various objects assumed definite shape and new features presented
themselves ; the crowing of cocks and
lowing of kine came up from the valley ;
more distant peaks could be discerned,
and soon the sheen from the clear surface of Mirror Lake could be seen amid
the dark trees which surround it.
But these are only suggestions of
what was to follow. The sky was cloudless, and soon one of the snow-tipped
points far away glistened and gleamed
as it caught the first ray of the sun and
reflected it towards me; and now another
and another catch it until they stand out
like spires reaching toward heaven.
Lingering but a short time about these
elevated peaks, the rays soon reach the
lesser points between, and soon it is a
study to watch the various aspects of
light and shadow. One moment and a
point is in the shade of a more pretentious neighbor, the next, and it has
caught the eye of the sun, and is in like
manner shading one behind and a trifle
below. Now the direction of the rays
apparently change as they begin to strike
into the valley and, from my position,
over seven thousand feet in elevation,
and half that distance above the floor of
the valley, yet still in the shadow of the
wonderful South Dome opposite, yet
towering fifteen hundred feetabove me, I
watched with exceeding interest the bars
of light, and shadow as they extended
from the tops of the mountains into the
depths of the valley; as they shifted and
changed, the light continually gaining
new points until the orb of day appeared
majestically over the top of the Dome,
and, having surmounted the last obstacle,
bathed the whole valley below with the
light of another day; and having seen
the changes from death to life, as it were,
with a full heart I withdrew.
Standing amid such scenes, one can
but be impressed with the beauty of
nature; but it must be a cold heart
which does not turn from these to the
Power which created them and rules
over all. The'same harmony and com-
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pleteness which we see and delight in,
in some grand view, we may find just as
complete in the smallest object about us.
Not only are we impressed with those
things, but with the fact of our belonging ourselves to this same creation.
And while we have the joy and delight
of feeling that we may intelligently walk
or climb about among these scenes, yet
how small and insignificant our bodies
seem when compared to the magnitude
of these mountain peaks, or the forces
which we see beside us in these foaming
waters.
It seemed a beautiful illustration in
nature to me, as I witnessed this dawn
and break of day, of the condition of the
world as it was at one time, all in darkness, and then the coming of the light
of the Gospel, first faint and indistinct
seeming afar off, then gradually getting
nearer, illuminating a mind here and
there which stood far above its neighbors, its rays caught and reflected from
one to another, until the full break of
that day, when this light is over all but
the most secluded places, and when
nearly every one may enter into and enjoy its benefits, unless he from his own
choice prefer to remain in the darkness.
We are supposed to be in this light.
Are we reflecting it beyond and about us
to those who have not yet felt its influence? Or are we absorbing all of the
light which strikes us and casting a
shadow over them ? Look in any direction about us, and 'do we not see these
same rays of light and shadow? Amid
the supposed brightness and freedom
from care which many seem to think
there is in the possession of large
amounts of this world's goods, do we
not often see the deep shadows of unhappy lives ? On the other hand, where
poverty appears to be darkening the very
existence, yet the light of love overcoming all!
The child in its innocent play finds
that not all is as he would have it, and
fleeting as they may be, the shadows will
occasionally darken his usually bright
horizon.
The man of business finds not all
times alike, but that some come which
try and test him severely.
The shadow of death falls and for a
time darkens even the happiest of homes.
The mother finds much joy in watching and guiding the unfolding of the
young minds about her, but some pass
through the experience of finding one
which does not respond to their efforts.
Those who labor especially in bringing the Gospel before men for their acceptance, whether it be among those
who are their peers in intelligence and
learning, or among the minds yet darkened by heathenism, must find great
pleasure in witnessing this light accepted by some, yet great sorrow in seeing
that it reflects no answering rays from
others.
The bursting of the light of freedom
upon a multitude of slaves was accom-
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panied by how many, many shadows of
suffering? And even the progress of
Christianity has been marked by scenes
dark and terrible.
Yet, while looking in whicheverway we
may, and finding these shades about us,
do they not only intensify the brightness;
and are they not the exception, while
the rule is light and love ?
It seems to me that this is a beautiful
world, and, in enjoying it, that we should
not forget to be thankful for it, and that
we should from time to time consider
the relation in which we each stand to
it, and feel the responsibilities which our
privileges impose upon us. This is a
personal matter to and for each, jet the
same is true for us as an association.
We -re organized for a purpose, and
appear before the community in this
role. Are we doing our duty, and meeting the expectations of those interested
in our work ? There are shades about
us, and hearts of the class for which we
labor, in darkness.
Is there a light
shining from here which penetrates this
gloom ? If we succeed in interesting
any, and, through this association
and its appliances, draw any from
paths of idleness or vice, it is well;
but forget not that our aim is not
reached unless these are brought under
such influence of Christian knowledge
and example as shall lead them to receive the light of the Gospel of Christ,
and accept the salvation which is through
Him.
We are engaged as an Association in
a special work, and doing our small part
in what is a grand whole. When we
were discussing plans for this building,
and whether or not it should combine a
gymnasium with its other appliances, a
prominent gentleman remarked, in effect,
that while the members of any Christian
association might be a fine lot of men
intellectually and morally, it was not a
class from which, or in which, you expected to see any muscular development or power. That those who were
strong spiritually were weak physically.
For a most emphatic refutation of such
an idea, one should see the General Secretaries of the United States in conference. In attending one of these sessions, I was most strongly impressed
with the idea of being in the presence of
one of the most powerful set of men,
physically and spiritually, that I had ever
seen. Their absorbed interest in the
questions before them, their capacity for
accomplishing work, and their consecration was remarkable. The work of these
Associations is looked upon in that country as one of great power, and productive of much and lasting good. Remembering that we are part of this
union of Associations can we not, at the
close of this year, make new resolutions,
and determine that this next year shall
be one of devoted service, and if so,
memorable in the history of this Association as accomplishing the objects for
which we strive.
May, 1888J
Shadows may at times be about us,
but does not the fact of their presence
show that there is a powerful light above
and behind that which casts the shadow ?
Let us faithfully labor to obtain and
reflect what light we can, knowing
that if we are faithful we shall at last
come into the fullness of light which
there is in the presence of Him who
says,"I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light oflife."
REMARKS OF NEW PRESIDENT.
In undertaking the duties of this office,
1 regret that my time and energies are already taxed so heavily in other directions
chat I will not be able to give to this important work the thought and care it
should have, but I shall do the best I can.
The success of the Y. M. C. A. work,
and the amount of good that will be accomplished, will not depend on the efforts
alone of the officers, or the members of
the Association, but on the united efforts
of all, working under the leadership of our
blessed Master.
The work to be done by our Association seems to increase year by year, so we
should renew our exertions and not allow
the interest to flag in any way. I trust
that each of the Committees appointed to
attend to the different departments of the
work, will plan wisely and carry out their
plans in a way to bring the best results in
reaching the young men of Honolulu.
Let us go forward with the prayer and
hope that God will bless our Association
in the future as He has in the past, and
even more abundantly.
I take pleasure in announcing the following Standing Committees, as appointed
by the Board of Directors for the coming
year:
Devotional Work—J. B. Atherton,
Cairman ; W. A. Bowei), S. E. Bishop, J.
M. Whitney, E. C. Damon, T. G. Thrum,
W. Terry.
Temperance—P. C. Jones, Chairman ;
J. E. Bidwell, H. H. Gowen, J. A. Dower.
Visitation—G. P. Castle, Chairman;
A. F Cooke, W. O. Atwater, R. W. Podmore, L. P. Hanson, J. C. Marchant.
Welcome—Henry Hyde, Chairman ;
E. A. Jones, I). Shepherd, G. A. Neth,
H. Wichman. J. A. Gonsalves, Wm. Forbes,
T. R. Walker, C. Crozier, J. N. Keola,
Thomas Williams, D. Douglass, C. H.
White.
Entertainment—F. J. Lowrey, Chairman ; P. C. (ones, J. T. Waterhouse, Jr.,
T. May, C. M. Cooke, E. O. White, T.
R. Walker.
Employment—B. F. Dillingham, Chairman ; J. H. Soper, N. F. Burgess.
Reading Room —Dr. C. M. Hyde.
Chairman ; T. G. Thrum, E. C. Damon,
Finance —C. M. Cooke, Chairman ; P.
C. Jones, J. B. Atherton.
Hawaiian Branch —Hon. A. F. Judd,
Chairman; P. C. Jones, Dr. C. M. Hyde,
H. Waterhouse, S. D. Fuller.
I would request that each Committee
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THE FRIEND.
be called by the Chairman as soon as possible, to organize and plan for the work of
the year. It is to be hoped that this will
be done before our next regular monthly
meeting, so that a report of progress can
be had from each Committee.
After the concluding hymn the audience
were invited to remain for a social hour,
and indulge in an ample supply of ice
cream and cake. This met with hearty
approval, and appropriately closed the exercises of the evening and the work of the
year.
.
TOPICS.
The Y. M. C. A. Gospel Service is held
every Sunday evening at 6:30, and the
topics for the month will be as follows:
May 6—Help for every Temptation.
Cor. 10:11-13.
May 13—Following Christ involves
Self-Denial. Mat. 16:21-26.
May 20 —God's Blessing Conditional.
1
Kings, 9:1-9.
May 27 —Promises to Rest on.
32:7-8.
Mat.
11:28-30.
2
Chron.
BOOK NOTICE.
The Temperance Movement, or the Conflict between Man and Alcohol. By Hon. Henry
W. Blair, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire.
This work, which has just been issued
by the William E. Smythe Publishing
House of Boston, is pronounced by Miss
Willard the "best temperance encyclq-"
paedia and picture gallery we have had."
The book of 550 pages, of the finest
style of execution, packed full of statements and statistics of the greatest
value, with fifty-seven full-page portraits of the leading temperance workers
of the United States, both men and
women, by such a man as Senator Blair,
who has for many years stood as the
representative legislator on this great
question, demands a fuller notice than
can be given it now. Of the twentyfive chapters thirteen are devoted to the
scientific and economic aspects of the
subject, comprising such subjects as
"A Study of Alcohol," "Effects of Alcohol upon the Soul and Body," "Alcohol Not a Food," "Scientific Investigations," "Alcohol in Medicine," "Alcohol is Pauperism and Crime," etc. In
the last-named chapter are given some
facts which certain "anti-prohibitionists" in our own midst would do well to
ponder. For example: The fifth annual
report of the Board of State Charities
for Massachusetts makes the following
statement: "Overseers of the poor
variously estimate the proportion of
crime and pauperism attributable to the
vice of intemperance, from one-third in
some localities to nine-tenths in others."
The Inspector of the Massachusetts
State Prison in 1868 says that "About
four-fifths of the number committed the
crimes for which they were sentenced
either directly or indirectly by the use of
intoxicating drinks." Judge Noah Davis the liquor traffic the personation of all
of New York says that ninety per cent, sin, and in destroying it achieves the
of the criminal business of the courts is salvation of the race. The hopes and
caused by the liquor traffic. Eight affections of domestic life have discovthousand of the ten thousand arrests in ered in it their great enemy, and are
Baltimore in 1873 were due to the use concentrating against the destroyer of
manhood, womanhood, childhood, home.
of liquor.
Several chapters are devoted to the Yes; all the aroused faculties of the
remedies for this evil, both moral and masses of men are in action to achieve
legal, and a discussion of license and independence of the tyrant of the ages,
prohibition. In regard to the latter and all the attributes and powers of
point, the writer reaches the inevitable Almighty God are pledged for their
conclusion that, while State prohibitory success."
M. S. W.
legislation is desirable, it is only a partial protection, and is particularly valPeople have to pay for being stupid.
uable as a nucleus of that agitation
Money cannot make brains, but brains
which forms public opinion, and will can make money.
lead gradually up to that universal pubAn ass is none the wiser because he
lic judgment which, sooner or later, will is loaded with books.
amend the Constitution of the tountry
Make your mind clean if you wish to
so as to prohibit absolutely this baneful have a clean life. If we suffer ourselves
traffic by national law. In my humble to think in vile ways, we shall become
judgment," he says,"the temperance vile.
reform waits on the comprehension of We want to avail ourselves of the
this thought, and will practically fail pressure of theistic motives, not so much
until national prohibition is adopted as for the sake of keeping the children out
the plan of battle."
of hell by and bye, as for the sake of
The remainder of the book is devoted keeping hell out of the children now.
to the historical and present aspects of
We cannot prevent passing thoughts
the temperance reform. A long chapter on evil things, but we need not cherish
is given to a roll call of the churches, in and prolong them. "We cannot prevent
which the writer takes up severally all the birds from flying over our heads, but
the leading protestant denominations, we can keep them from building nests in
and shows that with hardly an exception our hair."
they have publicly placed themselvesupon
record as in favor of total abstinence for
BIRTHS.
the individual and total prohibition by ERSKINE-On February 17, 1888, at Utsalady, Island
the
wife
of Capt. J. T. Krskiiie, master
T.,
W.
to
land.
The remarkable County,
1the law of the
of ihe barkentint St. I.ucit, a daughter. The infant will
temperance agitation taking place among bear the name hsta Lucie.
DAIGGfcR—In Honolulu, April Bth, to the wife of Ben.
Roman Catholics is also dwelt upon at Daiggrr,
a daughter.
SNEYD KY.nNKRSLEY—At the Vicarage, Uttoceter,
some length, giving also the Pope's letStaffordshire, March 23rd, to thewife of Clement Sne>d
ter to Bishop Ireland of Minnesota, Kynnersley, Epq., a son.
LOSE—At Honolulu, April 19, to thewife of H. Lose, a
dated March 27th, 1887, highly com- son.
mending the work of the Catholic Total MOURITZ-In Honolulu, April aBth to the wife of Dr.
Abstinence Society, and urging all the Mouritz, a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
clergy, and especially the priests, to be
SLYKE-HANFORD—At Honolulu, April sth,
most zealous in driving the " plague of byVAN
Key.
the
J. A. Beckwith. I). D., assisted by the Rev.
M. Hyde, U. D.. Prof. L. ).. Van Sl>lte to Mr». J. E.
intemperance from the fold of Christ, by C.Hanford.
assiduous preaching and exhortation, BKUNDAGF—BUCHANAN-At the residence ofW.
Buchanan, April 7, by the Key. Mr. Beckwith, Mr. N.
and to. shine before all as models of ab- K.
\V. Brundage to Miss Helen Y. Buchanan.
please copy.
stinence, and so the many calamities MS" Sacramentopapers
GLADE-YON HOLI —In St. Andrew's(■'. Cathedral,
with which this vice threatens both April
W. Glade
10, by the Key Alex. Mackintosh, Mr.
Miss Bertha Yon Hut.
Church and State may, by their strenu- toMci;HKsNEV-OHADWICK-InSanFrancisco,March
ous endeavors, be averted."
281 h, Mr E. K. McChesney to Miss U. F. Chadwick both
San Francisco.
We recommend the careful study of ofMil
LER—WATSON—At Honokaa, Hamakua, Hathis work to every thoughtful man and argil, April 5, 1888, by the Rev. Mortimer silver, Charles
Day d Mi ler to Harriet Alice Walson, sister in-law to Dr.
woman who has any doubt of the multi- H. B. Greenfield.
this city, April a6th, by Rev. H.
tude and magnitude of the evils of the H-GIBB->—AHUNA—In
Parker, Howard I. Gibbs to Miss Annie Ahuna.
drink habit—of the power of its bondage, DOW.iE'iT-WIf>EMANN.-ln this city, April 30th,
St. Andrew's Cathedral, by Rev. Alex Mackintosh, J.
and the hosts arrayed in its defense—of in
M. Dowsett to Miss W. Widemanr.
the enemies we must fight and the warDEATHS.
fare we must wage before victory shall PEDERSEN—At the Queen's Hospital, April 6th, o
come —and that, as certain as any of peritonitis, Lars Peder*cn, a native of Norway, aged 25
years.
these that victory will come I
BKOWNELL—In Honolulu, April 10th, Captain Gideon
Vinell
Brownell, a native of New Bed ord, Mass, aged 44
"The intelligence which comes of in- years and
6 months. [t4f Boston, New Bedford, New
York
and
San Francisco papers please copy.
has
now
forced
the
cessant agitation
Honolulu, April 12th, Sophia Louisa,
issue to the front, where it stands as the wifeROBINSON—At
of Hon. Mark P Robinson, and daughter of Mr. Alex.
Campbell, aged 36 years and 4 months, a native of Shrews*
great moral, sentimental and even in- bury,
New Jersey, U. S.
dustrial problem of the times. Evasion MORE—In this city, April 16, Grace, beloved wife of
Robert
More, a native of San Francisco, aged a6 years, a
or escape from it is no longer possible. monthsand
12 days.
It confronts all political parties, and LOGAN—At Ruk, December 37, Rev. R. W. Logan, a
Medina, Co., Ohio, aged 44 years and 7
native
of
York,
where they neglect or refuse to con- months.
O.RDNKR-At Nordhoff, Cal., March 38, Jamas W
sider, it creates new ones, and old Gardner,
a native of Toledo, Ohio, aged 34 years and 7
things pass away. Religion finds in months.
"
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M. C. A. BUILDING,
T D. LANE'S
Corner of Hotel and Alakea Sts.,
HONOLULU!
S. D. FULLER, General Secretary.
MARBLE WORKS,
No. 130 Fort Street, near Hotel,
Manufacturer of
Head
Monuments,
FREE READING ROOM
Stones,
Tombs,
Tablets, Marble Mantles, Marble work of every
Open every day from 9 a. ni. to lo p. ni., and
DESCRIFHON MADE TO ORDER AT THE
supplied with Ihe Leading Periodicals
from various parts of the world.
lowest possible rates.
YOUNG MEN'S BIBLE CLASS,
Coaducted by the General Secretary, meets Sundays at 10 a. m.
Gospel Praise Service
on Sunday evenings at 6:45.
BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE ENTERTAINMENT
Every Saturday Evening at 7:30, Rev. 11. 11.
Monuments and Headstones Cleaned and Re-set.
INGS
7:30
HAWAIIAN
JOHN
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Worker,
Hcrsc-Shooins in all its Branches,
Done in the most workmanlike mnner.
Racing and trotting Shoes a specialty. Rates rea«onab TeHighest award and Diploma fur handmade Shoes at the
Hawaii Exhibition, 1864. Horses taken to and from the
shop whe 1 de&'.red.
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J. W. McDONALD, Propr'etor.
SHIPPING & NAVY CONTRACTOR
JOSEPH TINKER,
Family and Shipping Butcher,
Residences, Views, Etc. taken to order
BOOK BINDER,
"FRIEND" BUILDING, UPSTAIRS,
Book Binding, Paper Ruling, and Blank Book Manufacturing in all it. Branches.
Good Work Guaranteed and Modtrate Charger
feb-88
WOODLAWN
DAIRY & STOCK
COMPANY,
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UPHOLSTERY.
Chairs
to Rent.
febs7
riHAS. HAMMER,
Manufacturer andDealer in allkinds of
$ HARNESS.
Orders from the other Islands promptly att< mied to.
janB7yr.
p
E. WILLIAMS,
Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
Furniture Warerooms in New Fire-proof Building.
Nos.
in
Fort Street and 66 Hotel Streets.
Agency Detroit S-ifc Co. Feather, Hair, Hay and Eureka
Maiti esses and Pillows, and Spring Mat treses on hand and
made to order. Pianos and Sew.ng Machines alway* on
hand and f,r sale or rent. Pest Vioiin and Guitar Strings
and all kin s of Musical Instruments for sale as cheap as
the cheapest.
pEORGE
Ready to Deliver Freightand Baggage of Every Description
LUCAS,
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
You will alw.-.ys find on your arrival
With Promptness and Desp. tch.
Both Telephones, No. 66.
Office, Si King Street.
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Residence 118 Nuuanubtnet.
MILL,
ESPLANADE, HONOLULU, H. I.
Manufacturerofall kinds of MouMincs,R rackets. Window
Frames, Blinds, hashes. Doors, and all kinds of Woodwork
hinish. Turning, ?*croll and Band Sawing. All kinds if
Planing, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Ord. rsi romptly attended to, and wo.k Guaranteed. Orders frit) the
j a 11 £7 > r
other Islandssolicited.
THE
POPULAR MILLINERY
HOUSE.
104
Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I.
N. S. SACHS,
Proprietor,
Direct Importer
of
MILK, CREAM, BUTTER,
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
AND LIVE STOCK.
and
BAGGAGE EXPRESS
SANDERS'
(M. N. Sanders, Proprietor.)
feb-88
T C. MARCHANT,
MANUFACTURERS OF
CITY MARKET, Nuuanu Street.
All orders delivered with qukk dispatch and at reasonable rates. Vegetal le- fresh every morning.
Telephone 289, both Companies.
janB7>r
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
PHOTOQRAPAER,
No 74 King Street,
Honolulu, H. I.
Bell Telephone, iBt.
T A. GONSALVES,
129 Fort Street. Honolulu,
TJOPP & CO.,
SADDLERY
niTY SHOEING SHOP,
Fort-St.. opposite Pantheon Stables.
THOS. G. THRUM,
Publisher, Honolulu.
Subscriptions r< ceived for any Paper or Magazine published, hpectal ordersreceived for any Hooks published.
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Plumber, Gas Fitter, etc,
News Dealer.
and
25 Merchant Street, Honolulu, H. I.
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
FOR 18S8.
Address:
Stationer
IMPORTERS &
NOTT,
ALMANAC & ANNUAL
This regular and favorite publication
is now in its fourteenth
and has
proved itself a reliable handbook of
reference on matters Hawaiian; conveying
a better knowledge of the commercial,
agricultural, political and social progress
of the Islands than any publication extant.
Orders from abroad or from the other
islands attended to with promptness.
Price—lo Postal Union Countries 60
cts. each, which can be remitted oy Money
Order. Price to »ny part of these islands
30 cents each.
Back numbers to 1875 can be had, excepting for the years 1879,1882 and 1883.
Successor to
J. M. Oat, Jr.. & Co.
Orders frcm theother islands Promptly attended to.
Stoves and Ranges of all kinds Pluu bers' Stock and
Muals, House Furnishing Goods, Chandeliers,
Lamps, Etc.
p. m.
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Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
EVERYBODY MADE WELCOME.
SOPER,
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GOWAN, President.
MONTHL Y BUSINESS MEET-
The Third Thursday of each month, at
JH.
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MANUFACTURERS UF
MACERATION TWO-ROLL MILLS,
With Patent Automatic Feed.
Double and Tripple Effei is, Vacuum Pans and Cleaning
fans, 'team and Water Pip-s, Brass and Iron Fittings J?
all descriptions, etc.
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
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"HEAVER SALOON,
H. J. N.OLTE, Proprietor,
TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE,
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THE FRIEND.
Volume
HONOLULU, H. I.JUNE, 1888.
46.
XITM. R. CASTLE,
MANAGERS NOTICE.
Number 6.
43
WM. G. IRWIN & CO.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fort street, honolulu.
The manager of'The Friend respectfulSugar
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Factors & Commission Agents.
ly requests the friendly co-operation of subscribers and others to whom this publication
Agents for the
T M. WHITNEY, M. D., D. D. s.
is a regular monthly visitor, to aid in exOceanic Steamship Comp'y.
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DENTAL ROOMS ON FORT ST., tending the list of patrons of this, " the
Office in Brewer's Block, corner Hotel and Fort Streets. oldest paper in the Pacific" by procuring
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S. N. CASTLE. O. P. CASTI.R. J. B. ATHERTON.
Entrance, Hotel Street.
and sending in at least one nciv name each.
rTWEO. H. DAVIES & CO.,
This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggre& COOKE,
our
hands
and
enwill
strengthern
it
gate
Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu.
SHIPPING AND
able us to do more in return than has been
Commission Agents promised for the moderate subscription rate
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AGENTS FOR
Lloyds,
$2.00 per annum.
of
AI.KNTS FOR
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
Northern Assurance Company (Fire and Life.)
Lslanders traveling abroad often speak, The Kohala ugar Company,
"Pioneer" Line Packets, Liverpool to Honolulu.
The Haiku Sugar C mpany,
janB7yr or write, of the welcome feeling with which
Liverpool Office, Nos. 41 and 43 The Albany.
The Paia Plantation
The Friend is received as it makes its
mHOS. G. THRUM,
Grove Ranch Plantation,
regular appearance, month by month; hence
The Papaikou Sugar Company,
Importing and Manufacturing
parties having friends or relatives abroad,
The Waiatua Plantation, K. Halstead,
can find nothing more welcome to send than
The A. H. Smith Co. Plantation,
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company,
The
as
a
remembrancer
monthly
Friend,
Book-Binder, Etc.
I'hc Union Marine Insurance Company,
them at the same
And Puhlisher of the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. oftheir aloha, andfurnish
The Union Fire Insurance Company,
record
moral
and
retime with the only
Dealer in Fine Stationery, Books, Music, Toys
of
The fbltna Fire Inu&rauce Company
and Fancy Goods.
ligious progress in the North Pacific Ocean. The Ceorgc F. Blake Manufacturing Company,
Honolulu.
Fort Street, near Hotel Street,
jans7V
1). M Weston's Centrifugals,
Ln this one claim only this four nal is entiJayne & Son's Medicines.
the largest support possible by the
tled
to
A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Wilcot & GibW Sewing Machines,
and
PhilanMissionary
Seamen,
ftrends of
Remington Sewing Machine Co.
Dealtrs in
thropic work in the Pacific, for it occupies janB7yr
Lumber, Building Materials and a central position in a field that is attract"PI O. HALL & SON, (Limited)
ing the attention of the world more and
Coals.
more every year.
LUMBER YARD—ROBINSON'S WHARF.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
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Honolulu, H. I.
New subscriptions, change of address, or
notice of discontinuance of subscriptions or Hardware and General MerTT S. TREGLOAN,
advertisements must be sent to the Manager
chandise,
of The Friend, who will give the same
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
Corner Fort and King Streets, Honolulu, H. 1.
prompt attention. A simple return of the
paper without instruction, conveys no inofficers
telligible notice whatever of the sender's in- WM. W. HALL, President and Manager,
TruM money carefully
Merchant St., next to Post Office.
invested.
paSTLS
*
....
merchant Tailor.
,
tent.
Gentlemen's
The Friend is devoted to the moral and
of Hawaii, and is published on the first of every month. It will
be sent post paid for one year on receipt of
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC. religious interests
A First Class Stock
of
Goods Always on $2.00.
TTTM. McCANDLESS,
No. 6 Queen Street, Fish Market,
f>ea!er in
Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton, Fish.
Family and Shipping Older* carefully attended to.
Live Stock furnished to vessels at short notice, and vegejanB7yr
tables of all kinds supplied to order.
ADVERTISING RATES:
Professional cards, six months
One year
1 inch, six months.
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n
BREWER & CO., (Limited)
GENERAL MERCANTILE
COMMISSION AGENTS,
Hand
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L. C. ABLES, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. F. ALLEN, Auditor,
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TOM MAY and E. O. WHITE, Directors.
$ t 00
3
Queen .Street, Honolulu, H. I.
00
4 00
One year
7 00
8 00
% column, six months
One year
1500
% column, six months
14 00
One year
25 00
One column, six months
35 00
One year
4000
Advertising bills will be collected during the closing
quarter of the year.
LIST OP OFFICERS |
P. C. Jones Jr
Joseph O. Carter
W. F. Allen,
President and Manager
Treasurer and Secretary
Auditor
UI RECTORS :
Hon. Chas. K.
Bishop
S. C. Alien.
H. Water*****
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TJOLLISTER &
CO.,
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JT. WATERHOUSE,
CO.,
BANKERS,
Importer of
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
English and American
IMPORTERS,
Draw* Exchange on
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their Agents in
New York,
Boston,
Paris,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild A Sons, London, Frankfort-onthe-Main.
The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Eondon.
The Commercial Hanking Co! of Sydney, Sydney.
The Banking of New Zealand, Auckland and its
Branches in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington
The Bank of British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
The Azoresand Madeira Islands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Bank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
MERCHANDISE.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Has now a
Valuable Assortment
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A CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURE.
The regular biennial session of the
Legislative Assembly was opened in due
form by the King last Tuesday. Organization was promptly completed, and
business actively pushed by notice of
thirty Bills given on the same day,
Hon. S. G. Wilder was unanimously
reelected President. This indicates the
careful and conservative character ot the
body. It is very many years since any
session of former legislatures could be
expected without grave apprehension of
mischievous and destructive action. Such
expectation was fully realized in the last
legislature, notably in the Opium law,
the Kahuna law, the Loan law, and the
Man-of-war law. Now we have a governing body which in a high degree represents the most intelligent and prudent
people of the Islands. We may expect
from them only beneficent legislation,
and such modifications of existing arrangements as will conserve and establish the public welfare.
We wish to emphasize the fact that
the present Legislature is not only an
honest and patriotic one, but in a high
degree, a conservative one. We use the
term in its best sense as meaning aversion to rash and ill-considered changes,
but not to sound and wholesome progress. It means the establishment and
maintenance ofthe safeguards of society,
and increased protection against corrupting and destroying agencies—not
the conservation of old abuses.
The constituency of the present House
guarantees its sound conservatism.
One half of the Assembly, the Nobles,
were chosen by a select constituency of
all citizens enjoying six hundred dollars
of income, composed chiefly ofthe skilled artizans, and well-to-do farmers and
graziers as well as tradesmen —men accustomed to prudent and practical activity. The other half representing the
total citizenship, were elected by constituencies who generally voted independently, and certainly without official
intimidation or royal gin to pervert their
votes. As a result the half-parasite,
half-demagogue class of members which
predominated in late Legislatures have
been mostly weeded out, and the sound,
conservative, experienced men are again
to the fore.
Many persons who are strangers to
the country, and many residing abroad
who feel interest in this little nation,
fall into the error of thinking of our Reform Party as the Radical one, whereas
the contrary is the obvious fact. The
Reform Party is soundly Conservative.
It was the old Palace party which was
gisyen to reckless change and wild scheming. Witness the Moreno escapade—
ten million loan projects—opium factory
schemes—national bank monopoly—Pacific empire visions—constant sudden
changes of ministers—seven years Premiership of a broken down adventurer.
This crazy management had nearly
ruined the Kingdom, so that the solid
conservatism of the country was compelled to seize the reigns of power which
it holds, we trust firmly and permanently.
We do not here feel called upon to
advocate any particular measures proposed. This Assembly doubtless has
important measures to consider. It has
the important task, one requiring the
greatest wisdom and firmness, of doing
whatever is needful to consolidate and
perfect constitutional and liberal government, and to render any farther
attempt at a crazy autocracy impossible.
In accordance with the Constitution, the
Legislative Assembly is the chief depositary of power. It controls the Cabinet,
the executive branch. To this body
there is due the chief practical loyalty
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and the moral support of all good citizens.
They are men—they are liable to errors
of aim and errors of judgment—they
need wisdom. Not doubting then to
mingle our prayers with all our honest
and clean political activity, let good and
religious men also earnestly implore for
this honored body the help and guidance
of the Divine Wisdom in their arduous
and important work.
MISS F. G. MORLEY.
The Kawaiahao Girls' School has
sustained a heavy loss in the death of
their very capable and very lovely music
teacher, Miss F. G. Morley, who died
after a brief illness May 13th. Her home
was in Baraboo, Wisconsin. She was a
graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music. No teacher was more beloved
by her pupils. Under her instruction
the school had made remarkable progress
in" music. This was manifest at the
funeral services in Kawaiahao Church,
when their united voices, more than a
hundred, rendered a chant and two
hymns with unusual power and sweetness, a rich echo from the voice of their
dear and departed teacher. The loss of
Miss Morley is deeply felt by the noble
sisterhood of teachers, thus broken, and
by the neighbors and friends of the
school, among whom she was much
beloved.
Do not think that I mean to teach
that religion is, as Matthew Arnold says,
morality imbued with emotion; that
Christian experience is simply a moral
life lifted up a little. Christianity is a
divine life. If there be anything in the
Scripture taught more plainly than another, it is that there is no true life
separated from God, and no way in
which man can truly live, except in contact and communion and fellowship
with God. —Lyman Abbott.
A Christian should not be peculiar in
oddities or pharisaical pretensions, but
peculiar in having a distinct likeness to
his Lord. He ought to be peculiar in
unselfish kindness to his neighbors;
peculiar in hating wrong and opposing
popular sins ; peculiarly square, truthful,
honest, and conscientious in the things
that are least. He should never leave
his neighbors to doubt which side he is
on in moral questions, and he should
never be "to be had."
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THE FRIEND.
[June, 1888
He returned from army life to Ohio. Wisconsin. He was one year in this
For a short time he attended school at field. While here, with returning health,
The following anre extracts from a Baldwin .University, Berea, Ohio. He the old intense longing for foreign serpaper read at a memorial service, May was soon called back to York because vice sprang into renewed life and vigor.
2d, 1888, in the Central Union Church, of the illness of an uncle. This uncle He placed himself in correspondence
Honolulu, by W. A. Bowen, Esq., a life- was in a low condition, and for three with Dr. Clark, and the work in Turkey
long friend of the deceased missionary: years Mr. Logan was faithful in his at- was first thought of for him; but a letter
Robert W. Logan was born at York, tendance upon him. It was during this from Mr. Sturges appeared in the MisMedina County, Ohio, May 4th, 1H43. time that he united with the church. It sionary Herald, making an urgent appeal
His parents were from Scotland, and is not remembered exactly when he be- for help, and both Mr. and Mrs. Logan
two of his four brothers were born there. came a Christian. He was always con- found a response in their hearts to it.
The occupation of his parents was that scientious and earnest as a boy. Also, They communicated their thought to
of farmers. The health of the family, It was at this time that his attention was Dr. Clark, who replied: "I thought the
as a family, was consumptive in tenden- called most strongly to the character of Lord was calling you to Turkey, but I
cy. His mother died of fever when he his life's occupation. His thoughts for see He wants you in Micronesia."
I mention one incident connected with
was but four, and his father died of con- a time seemed to go toward the life of a
sumption when he was but seven years teacher, but finally he decided in favor Mr. Logan's life at Rio, Wisconsin, that
of age. The home was not broken up, of the ministry. After he had thus de- may be of interest. One morning, as
for the children kept it and cared for cided there was never again a moment's they were sitting at breakfast, Mrs.
each other for two years. Mr. Logan wavering on the subject. This was one Logan glancing up and out of the winused frequently to refer to this time of of the remarkable strong points of his dow, saw that one ofthe two large grain
his life, and attribute to it the practical character, that once having become clear elevators of the place was on fire. She
knowledge and adaptation to affairs of as to his personal duty, it was settled called Mr. Logan's attention to it, and
the household, which he seemed to pos- once and forever. After his decision for he started at once to give such assissess to an unusual degree. The helping the ministry, in the spring of 1866, he tance as he could. He worked hard at
of his fourteen-year old sister to keep went to Oberlin.
the fire, but without a thought that he
He did not take a regular course at was doing more, or differently, than any
house was an invaluable discipline to
him. The only education which he had Oberlin. His studies were rather of his one else would do, and the other eleduring these years of his boyhood, was own selection, more particular attention vator, which was close to the burning
that which could be obtained through being given to the one study of Greek one, was saved. His conduct at the
the district schools. That it was thor- than to the others. Later he entered fire was unusually courageous and inough, however, is evidenced by the fact and took a full course in theology at spiring. He was the one, with a rope
that he himself was able to pass a Oberlin, graduating with the class of tied around him, to save him in case of
teacher's examination and teach a term 1872.
his falling, the other end of the rope beHis marriage to Miss Mary Fenn of ing in the hands of others on the roof,
of school at sixteen years of age. He
was always hungry for learning, and his York, occurred May 4, 1870, the day that to creep out on the point extending behe became twenty-seven years of age. yond the gable end, and dash water upmemory was rather remarkable.
At the age of seventeen he went to During his theological course he stopped on the exact point most liable to be
Wisconsin, and thereremained one year, for one year and preached at Brunswick, affected by the fire. Considering the
when he enlisted at the age of eighteen Ohio, where he had lived when a boy character of the extension upon which
in the army, Regiment 21st Wisconsin, with his brother, after the old homestead he was creeping, its great and dizzy
Company D., at the time of the war of at York had broken up. His pastorate height from the ground, the intense heat
the Rebellion. He went into the army at Brunswick was during a portion of at that particular place from the fire,
exactly as he went into his mission life. 1870 and 1871, and it was in this little and his own not over-great physical
The same spirit of consecration and church that he was ordained. His work strength, rendered his situation a pecuobedience to duty that led him volunta- was eminently successful, ■ winning the liarly perilous one. But his calm prerily to take his life into his hands and go affection of many people, and establish- sence of mind saved himself as well as
forth as a soldier in defense of his coun- ing the church on a much surer basis the building. A few days later, a neightry, afterwards led him to give up that than it had ever been before.
bor, a profane man, knocked at his
life as a missionary in a distant land Mr. Logan attended the national door and asked if he could, for a few
among the heathen. Ofthe five Logan council that was held at Oberlin in 1871, moments, go down to the store. Mr.
brothers, four enlisted and the fifth was and it was here that he became enthusi- Logan went, and there found quite a
drafted. It was truly a family in which astically aroused to the greatness and number of men gathered, who, after a
the cajl of duty and patriotism was grandness of his calling as never before. presentation speech, gave him a buffalo
It was, perhaps, at about this time robe.
strong. Mr. Logan was in the army
The present was raised as a
but a short time. He was in only one that his attention was called to mission special tribute from men who had had
battle, at Perryville, Kentucky, where he work, and his own personal relation to nothing to do with Christianity. No
was wounded in the head by a spent it. He had been a reader ofthe Mission- one, who went to church, had been
ball. Immediately after this battle he ary Herald and had taken from it a sought, or even permitted to subscribe a
took a severe cold and it settled on his strong desire to be engaged in foreign cent towards the purchase. It was their
lungs, so that pneumonia followed, from service. He consulted good old Dr. own special tribute to the courage and
which he would have died, had it not Morgan with reference to it, and the "heroism" of "the parson." Years
been for the most excellent care of his doctor said: "God has given you a rather later an old Scotchman, long resident of
brother Thomas, who had been detailed remarkable faculty for learning lan- Rio, testified, "Mr. Logan preached the
guages," and this remark greatly en- grandest sermon to me from the roof of
especially for the service.
From the time of this disastrous ill- couraged him to think that his longing that elevator that I ever heard."
ness in the army Mr. Logan was not might be satisfied. It seemed to him
The winter following the decision for
well. He had constant pain in his lungs, that very likely it was the exact place Micronesia was spent in a special preand his surgeon said that tubercles were God designed for him. But after his paration for the work. Besides attendalready forming, so that at the time of graduation from the seminary at Oberlin, ing a regular course of medical lectures
his discharge, he was not expected to because of too great ill health for foreign at Cleveland, Ohio, he preached every
live. Up to that time through all the service, he went first into the Home Sabbath at the old church at Brunswick,
years of his boyhood he had possessed Mission Work, taking two small churches thus making the winter full of hard
health of tolerably robust character.
under his charge at Rio and Wyocena, work.
REV. ROBERT W. LOGAN.
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THE FRIEND.
They left the old home at York, June coat and umbrella, but the storm was of
first of the same year. They were joined so driving a character, that it was simply
by the Rands at Omaha, and later by impossible to keep dry. When he landthe Taylors, and Mrs. Sturges, so that ed a firt was made to dry his wet gartheir number was seven as they landed ments, but he had suffered a severe
here in Honolulu. At the time of the shock to his system, which proved bespecial farewell services held here for the yond his powers of endurance. He was
whole party in June, Mr. Taylor was or- prostrated with fever, and after a prodained, Mr. Logan extending to him the tracted illness of seven weeks died. The
date of his death was December 27,
right hand of fellowship.
From this point I leave the work, its 1887. During his sickness he suffered
character and scope to be considered by intensely from thirst. Arthur's letter to
another. I wish, however, to repeat a me written the next day after his father's
thought which I have had many times, death, was a brief and simple statement
that Mr. and Mrs. Logan's work is not ofthe agony of suffering from a burning
to be measured by their accomplishment fever, an unquenchable thirst, ofhis pantin Micronesia alone, but added to this ing for breath, and of his final relief that
His letter expressed the deep
there must be taken into the account, came.
the wonderful stimulus they have given conviction that, "papa has gone to his
to the life of the churches at home. reward."
He had named their home at Ruk,
Particularly has it had a decided influa Greek word meaning
"Anapauo,"
ence upon the young people in the
churches. I speak of this as a personal "rest." During his last days he thought
observation made when at home at diff- of, and spoke about it, saying "Oh! we
erent times. In special illustration, I did not think of this rest when we named
will mention one incident as told by Miss it. Did we?'"
On Christmas last, when we, here in
Appleton ofKawaiahao Seminary. She
says, "Mr. Logan was in Oberlin on the Honolulu, were all so happy over our
day devoted to prayer for colleges. I re- Christmas doings, he was slowly passmember he was present at the meeting ing away, suffering from an indescribable
of students held in the College Chapel. thirst and constantly asking for water,
The subject was, ' the necessity of self when the words were breathed into his
You ear, "they shall hunger no more, neither
sacrifice in the Christian life.'
thirst any more." And he said, "Yes,
leader,
said
'that
need not think,'
our
you can be Christians without making oh! that will be blessed not to thirst
sacrifices, and great ones. Look at our any more." In two days, on the mornbrother Logan,' turning to Mr. Logan, ing of the 27th, he breathed his last, and
'see what Christian life has meant for at five o'clock of the same day he was
He can tell you that being a buried, the funeral exercises being conhim.
Christian has involved a great deal of ducted by Mr. Treiber.
Before coming to Honolulu, ihcMornsacrifice, has it not brother Logan?"
With the calm manner of one whose it-ig Star went to Ponape and returned
faith is anchored to the everlasting rock, again to Ruk. On their return Mr.
and with the brightest and sunniest of Worth, a fellow worker on Ruk, told
smiles, he replied, "I do not know that I Mrs. Logan that he could get the natives
have ever made any very great sacrifi- to do things only as he mentioned the
ces." Miss Appleton says, "that quiet name of Mr. Logan. He would ask
answer meant so much to those young them, "don't you think Mr. Logan would
men and women who know what his life like to have that done?" And he added,
had been.
Especially freighted with "that moves them every time." All
meaning was it for the hundred or more hearts there were made tender by his
who were already deciding what their death, as will be the case the world over
life work should be." In future con- wherever Mr. and Mrs. Logan are known.
firmation ofthe hold Mr. and Mrs. Logan
I- close with brief testimonials as foltook upon the hearts at home, may be lows, first, from his co-laborers in the
mentioned the enthusiastic undertaking field: Mr. Worth says,"I have lost the
of printing, which a Cincinnati church best friend I ever had." Mrs. Dr. Pease
did, of a hymn book which Mr. Logan ■ays, "I never knew a more beautiful
had prepared in the Mortlock language. Christian character than Mr. Logan.
Also I would mention a letter, which Mr. We have yet to see the trader, seaman,
Logan received last year from Dr. Ryder, or person of any nationality, or occupawhich bears direct testimony as follows: tion, who did not speak kindly of him.
"I think you would have made a useful His zeal for Christ has consumed him.
minister and done excellently at home. Where will we find one to fill his place?"
But I think you have done more good to Dr. Pease writes, "we feel that we and
the churches at home, by your work in the work have suffered an irreparable
the foreign field."
loss; our best man, our most successful
The main facts with reference to Mr. Missionary, our wisest adviser, the most
Logan's final sickness and death are al- courageous and diligent and faithful one
ready well known. He went to a dis- of us all. We are tempted to ask, 'why
tant station in the lagoon, to locate a did not God take two, or three, of the
teacher, and on the journey was caught rest of us and leave him?' His place
in a driving rain. He had taken all the will never be filled I fear."
Second, from the laborers at home:
usual precautions of carrying his oil
'
Dr. Strong writes, "we all revered and
loved him very much; he seems to have
been made for a Missionary, and to have
consented with his whole soul to the
divine appointment that he should go far
hence to preach the gospel. I always
think of him as a most devout and
consecrated man, to whom God had
given a great gift of wisdom as well as
grace."
Dr. Judson Smith, under date of March
23d, writes directly, saying: "I am sad
to think how much of light and strength
and wisdom and patience and love and
leadership in a great work are withdrawn
from Ruk and Micronesia. I know few
lives that seem to me more rich in
devotion, more faithful in service, more
inspiring in example, more complete in
the beauty and strength of the Lord,
than this life which has just been closed
Its fruits on earth
are abundant, and its memorial is on
high. It seems to me to deserve a place
with those of Moffat, and Livingstone,
and Patterson ; and, like these, to be a
fountain of inspiration and blessing in
the Kingdom of God while time shall last."
to earthly scenes.
ANCIENT SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE
IN POLYNESIA.
Read before the Honolulu S.vial Science Association,
March 12. 1888, by Hon. W. 1). Alexander.
TONGA.
On passing from the three other western groups to Tonga, we find a remarkable and striking change in political institutions, in land tenure, in social customs. In a word, we are politically,
though not geographically, in eastern
Polynesia. We find no organized village communities or clans, holding lands
in common, but a fully developed feudal
system, and a strong centralized government. The patriarchal head of the
clan has become a landlord, and the
clansmen, bound to their chief by the
tie of blood relationship, have become
his tenants and subjects.
From Rev. L. Fison we learn that the
nation was divided into four main tribes,
two of which were further subdivided
into sub-tribes.
As in the Hervey Group, and in the
Society Islands, the people were divided
into three classes or ranks, viz.: ist,
chiefs or " Eiki;" 2nd, the middle class
or gentry, 'including the '• Matahules"
who are heads of villages, hereditary
artisans, &c, and their relatives called
"Muas," and 3d, the " Tr/ds," or serfs,
comprising the mass of the common
people, who had no political rights.
The lowest of these were the "Bobulas" or slaves, who had been reduced to
this condition by war.
The highest chief by birth was called
"Tui Tonga," he was considered a
sacred person, directly descended from a
god, and received almost divine honors,
but had no political power. The actual
king was styled "Tui Kanokubolu"
(from the name of a district), and was
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THE FRIEND.
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elected by the chiefs from the "Hau," or Hale's theory is a very probable one, surpassing anything of the kind elsethe families of the blood royal. His viz., that the ancestors of the Tongans, where seen in the Pacific Ocean.
"Yet the influence of the king over
power was great, but far from absolute, after a long residence in Fiji (of which
and depended much* upon his personal their language and customs bear strong .the proud, despostic district chiefs was
character. Tpi Tonga must marry the traces), were expelled from that group, neither strong nor permanent, and he
daughter of Tui Kanokubolu, and if she and emigrated to their present seat. If could not confide in their fidelity."
had a son, he would become the next so, it is likely that they found the group
Mr. Fllis states further: "Although
Tui Tonga. If she had a daughter, she occupied by an older Polynesian colony, the authority of the king was supreme,
would rise higher than her mother in which they reduced to servitude, and re- yet he does not appear to have been
rank, and become a Tamahi a kind of divided the lands on feudal principles.
considered as the absolute proprietor of
the land, nor do the occupants appear to
goddess on earth. By a custom doubtTAHITI.
less borrowed from Fiji, Tui Tonga's
The ancient state of society at Tahiti have been mere tenants at will, as was
the case in the Sandwich Islands."
widow was strangled at his funeral, strikingly resembled
that of the Hawhich was one of the peculiar honors waiians
There
certain districts which contime,
that
with
some
import- stitutedwere
at
the
of the royal fampaid to the divine personage.
patrimony
ant differences. The Rev. W. Ellis is
ily; in which they could walk on foot,
Rank descended chiefly through the
for
reeverything
the highest authority
lands. The other
female line. All the children of a female
lating to the original condition of the as they were sacred
noble are without exception chiefs. }n people of the Society and Georgian Isl- districts were regarded as belonging to
their
who were
respective occupants,
this important point the Tonga custom ands.
"raatiras."
agrees with that of the Eastern PolyneHe states that "the different grades of generally
These lands they inherited from their
sians. The morals, however, of the society were not as strongly defined
Tongan were never so utterly debased there as among the Sandwich Islanders, ancestors, and bequeathed to their chilas those of the Tahitians or Hawaiians. whose government was more despotic dren. Every portion of land had its
In the higher classes, at least, female than that which p-evailed in the south- owner, and even different trees in the
land sometimes had different owners.
virtue was guarded and held in honor, ern islands."
infanticide was unknown, and the sick The three ranks at Tahiti were the The divisions of lands were accurately
and the aged were not treated with "arii" or chiefs, the raatira," (N. Z. marked by natural boundaries, as a
of mountains, or the course of a
cruelty and neglect.
rangatiras) or land-holders, and the ridge
From the Rev. Thos. West we learn "manakune" or common people, who river, and frequently a carved image or
"the lands were held in fief." The were tenants at will.
" tii" was set up on the boundary. The
removal of ancient landmarks was conlandlords held them by hereditary
The lowest class included the "ten- sidered a heinous crime.
but subject to the king, and they
itu"
servants of the chiefs, and the
Each district, mataaina, was under a
subdivided
them
their
irn
among
slaves, who had lost their liberty high chief, who was succeeded in his
"titi,"
nen and followers. It was on the
in battle. Slavery in Tahiti, however, possessions and office by his son or
chiefs that the king depended for was
much milder than in either New nearest relative, confirmed by the king
iry support, which they willingly
Tonga. The "manahutu" and council of chiefs. In each district
Zealand
:red him, as the title by which they class also or
included those who were des- the power of the chief was supreme, and
led their possessions.
of any land, and ignorant of any greater than that which the king exerThrough them also the king received a titute The fishermen and artizans formed
cised over the whole. This power exgeneral tribute from the people. The art.
the connecting link between this class tended to the persons and lives as well
chiefs, also, in their order, claimed the and
the one above it.
as to the property of the people. The
service or property of their tenants. The
The "raatiras," country gentry and raatiras, who resembled feudal barons,
lowest order was ground down and opalways formed the most num- received from the people under them not
pressed by that above it. The " Tuns" farmers,
only military service, but also part of
could not call any thing they had their erous and the most influential class.
"They were," says Ellis, "the pro- the produce of their lands and personal
own. The great chiefs could seize on
prietors and cultivators of the soil, and labor whenever required. Every diswhatever took their fancy.
or
his
Besides, the king
representative held their land, not from the gift of the trict brought provisions at stated intercould assess labor upon the whole com- king, but from their ancestors. The vals for the king's use, and for the mainmunity whenever he pleased. The chiefs petty raatiras frequently held from 20 tenance of his numerous retinue. No
also claimed a share of all the fish taken to 100 acres, and generally had more regular system of taxation prevailed.
"Whenever there was any deficiency
by their tenants. The most servile than their necessities required. The
of food for his followers or guests, a
homage was rendered to them, as in the higher class among them possessed
Society and Hawaiian Islands. On a large tracts of lands, sometimes includ- number of his servants (teuteu) went to
which were the residence of some raatira and plunfather's death his property descended to ing many acres, parts of raatiras,
on dered him of pigs, provisions, etc.,
often
cultivated
petty
by
his children. On the mother's death,
her property remained with her husband condition of rendering military service sometimes leaving him entirely destiand children, not excepting her dower to the proprietor and a portion of the tute."
Under such a system it was impossiland, which did not revert to her own produce." They were the most industrious
class
trie
and
formin
community,
ble
for them to improve in industry or
as
the
in
kindred,
northwestern groups
ed its main dependence in war.
advance in civilization.
where tribal tenure prevailed.
It is evident that such a people must
As has already been observed, one
The "hitiarii," though not numerous,
great difference between Eastern and was the most influential class in the have had a very imperfect conception of
Western Polynesia is the despotic power state. At the head of it was the "arii- individual property.
The question naturally arises, whether
possessed by the chiefs in the former rahi," or king. This office was hereditary and was not confined to the male the irregular tribute paid to the king,
islands, including Tonga.
The matabules and muas of Tonga sex. "Whenever a matrimonial con- and the-forced labor on public works reevidently correspond to the rangatiras nection took place between one of the quired of the people, should be regarded
"huiarii and a person of an inferior order, as rent or not.
of New Zealand.
In other words, did the King of Tahiti
think
it
that
the
most probable
the offspring of such a union was alI
"tribes mentioned by Mr. Fison include most invariably destroyed."
hold the allodium of the land ? I think
When the young king came of age, not. It iscertian, at least, that he could
only the two upper classes.
The degraded position of the Tuas he was solemnly inaugurated with the not remove any land owner, if there had
may be accounted for by conquest. Mr. most imposing religious ceremonies, been no failure of service on his part.
"
I
,
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THE FRIEND.
In J. A. Moerenhout's Voyages aux to mind the infamous practices of the
lies dv Grand-Ocean, I find the follow- Areoi Society, their neglect of the remaining children, their frequent wars
ing passage on this subject:
and human sacrifices, we cannot wonder
Les terres et biens que possedaient lcs barons
"
et les nobles inferieurs n'etaient pas considered that the population was decreasing becomme benefices, octroyed per le prince, et ne fore the arrival of Europeans.
lvi revenaient ni en cas dc desherence ni pendant
la minorite dc leurs titulaires; et il ne pouvait
sous aucun pretexte les confisquer pour les ajouter a ses domaines.
" Ces proprietes etaient considerees comme
privaes et inviolables, quoiqtt une grande partie
dc leur prodttit fut toujours reclamee ou enlevee
arbitrairement pour l'Arii, dont les revenue n'
etaient pas fixes, et consistaient en cc quil receva
it dc ses sujets ou parvenait ii leur soustraire."
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
The ancestors ofthe Hawaiian people
must have emigrated from Tahiti, as is
shown by their close proximity to the
Tahitians in language, religion and
political institutions. The chief point
of difference between them was the absence in these islands of the middle
as
The above may be translated
folclass of land-owners, the raatiras, which
lows :
we find in the southern groups. Here
"The land and property which the barons and the great mass of the people were mere
lesser nobles possessed, were not considered as
fiefs (benefices) granted by the prince, and did tenants at will, liable to be disposessed
not revert to him, either in case of failure of heirs at any time, and even to be stripped of
or during the minority of their owners; and he their personal property at the will of
could not under any pretext confiscate them in their chiefs.
order to add them to his domains. These estates
After the conquest of the group by
were considered as private and inviolable, alI, the process of "feudala
their
was
Kamehameha
produce
always
part
of
though large
demanded or arbitrarily taken away for the Arii. zation," as it has been called, was comwhose revenues were not fixed, and consisted in plete. All the lands in the group were
what he received from his subjects or could plunconsidered as the property of the
der them of."
and were held of him in fief by
King,
The mountain and forest appear to
chiefs, who sub-let them to an
the
high
have been free to all, but not so the
of chiefs, by whom they
inferior
order
laws
were
enacted
fisheries. In 1826
subdivided
again and again, down
were
in Huahine, fixing definitely for the first to the miserable serfs, who cultivated
of
be
paid
by
the
amount
tax
to
time
the soil. The consent of the King was
each class of the community, and also
for any transfers of real estate,
necessary
the proportion of the fish to be taken to
and
all estates reverted to him
formerly
or
governor.
be given to the king
of their occupants. No
on
the
death
As long ago as 1862, the French
held more than a life interest in the
Governor of Tahiti published a decree, one
council held in
ordering that a cadastral survey and land. In a national
at which Lord
6,
1825,
Honolulu
June
registration of all the lands in the island Byron, Commander
of the Blonde, was
made,
but
it
has
been
should be
not yet
present, Kalanimoku spoke as follows:
carried into execution.
"He especially referred to the inconTahiti
the
civil
of
In comparing
polity
with that of other islands, it is evident veniences arising from the reversion of
that the raatira are identical with the lands to the King on the death of their
rangatira of New Zealand (Hawaiian occupants, a custom which it had been
lanakila), but far inferior to that proud, the object of Kamehameha I to exchange
independent aristocracy. I have no for that of hereditary succession. This
doubt that the lands held by them be- project of their great king he now prolonged to families rather than to indi- posed to adopt as the law, except in
viduals, and that they were virtually cases when a chief or other land-holder
should be guilty of rebellion; then his
entailed.
There are, however, no vestiges of estates should be forfeited." This printribal ownership, or of village commu- ciple was adopted by the council.
nities either, in Tahiti or the Hawaiian
During the long reign of KamehaIslands.
meha I the leading families of chiefs
The ariis, whose position had origin- had enjoyed a degree of permanence
ally more of a sacred and religious than and security in the possession of their
a political character, had become des- lands unknown before, and on the accession of Kauikeaouli no redistribution of
potic rulers of both church and state.
Many things combine to show that lands took place, as had formerly been
the civilization of the Society Islands the custom on the accession of a new
was in a degenerate and decaying state Moi (King), a practice which had often
when they were first discovered. In been the occasion of civil wars.
their domestic relations, instead of Of the last few centuries preceding
working upwards towards the mon- the reign of Kamehameha I, the late
ogamous family system, upon which Judge Fornander justly said, " It was
all civilized society is founded, their an era of strife, dynastic ambitions, intendencies had long been downward. ternal and external wars on each island,
When we consider the facts that with all their deteriorating consequences
two-thirds of the children were destroyed of anarchy, depopulation, social and inin infancy, and that the males outnum- tellectual degradation, loss of knowlbered the females in the proportion of edge, loss of liberty, and loss of arts."
four to one (see Ellis' Polynesian ReI need not dwell longer on a subject
searches, vol. 1, page 258), and then call so familiar to most members of this Club.
49
I will only add that the system o
land tenure in Hawaii may be styled not
Tribal but National. As the Constitution of 1840 expresses it, "the land belonged to the chiefs and people in common, of whom Kamehameha I was the
head, and had the management of landed property."
We have seen that the Maories of
New Zealand occupy one extremity of
the series, leading from Tribal tenure to
feudalism, and the Hawaiians the other.
Now, if the process of " Feudalization"
of Europe, presents one of the most
difficult problems of legal history, so
does that of Polynesia.
The difference in the respective results is probably owing to the difference
between the European and the Polynesian Family systems.
For all our Anglo-Saxon liberty and
progress are founded upon the idea of
the inviolable sanctity ofthe Home.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a
pound of sadness to serve God with.
A godly old negro woman was asked,
"Aunty, how did you go to Christ?"
The answer was, "Why, bless your soul,
honey, I no sooner said to myself that
I'd go right to him, than I was thnr."
One hundred and twenty years ago,
LinmßUl knew of only three thousand
species of insects. Now, two hundred
and fifty thousand species are contained
in the collections ofthe world.
A little girl gave her father the most
important condition of bodily well-being
when, in answer to his question, "What
was the minister's text?" she replied,
"Keep your soul on top." It was, "I
keep my body in subjection."
The seventh chapter of Romans portrays the experience of life's awful conflict under the power of sin. The eighth
chapter is filled with the experience of
life's resplendent victory and supernal
repose under the power of Christ Jesus.
There are in India 124,000,000 women
who are truthfully described as "unwelcomed at their birth, untaught in their
childhood, enslaved in their marriage,
accursed as widows, and unlamented
when they die." And this with all the
vaunted Light of Asia surrounding
them.
Revivals come down from above.
While many ofthe conditions are human,
God sends the victory from the habitations above. Ask him. Beseech him.
Serve him. Before him lay the sacrifice,
and from him expect the consuming
fire.
The Pope's temporal power is a thing
of the past, but he still remains an
extremely interesting historical figure; a
figure all the more interesting because
essentially an anachronism—a survival
ofthe days ofthe Holy Roman Empire,
of chained armor, ofthe Inquisition, and
of Spanish supremacy.
�50
[June, 1888
THE FRIEND.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
May Ist—Arrivalofthe Australia with
a number of returned kamaainas and
distinguished visitors; Engineer T. G.
Gribble comes to indulge us in street
railroads. —Test Land case between the
Hawaiian Government and the Estate of
Mrs. B. P. Bishop, opened before Judge
Dole.
2nd—Ball at lolani Palace in honor
of Sir William Wiseman, Bart.—Opium
smuggling effort per Australia comes to
grief.
3rd —The King leaves again for Hawaii, this time the guest of Sir W. Wiseman, of H. B. M. S. Caroline; fine display of naval honors on His Majesty's
embarkation.—Gleaner's lunch party in
the Mclnerny block, netting satisfactory
results.
Sth—Grand luan birthday party given
at "Sweet Home" by Mrs. A. F. Judd ii.
honor of visiting relatives.
Bth—Large exodus of kamaainas and
returning visitors per Australia, delighted with their visit to our "Paradise."
10th—Monthly Social at the Central
Union Church parlors, with musical and
literary selections.
12th—The Vandalia's win a game of
baseball from the Honolulu's: score 7
to 2.
13th—Death of Miss F. G. Morley,
music teacher at the Kawaiahao Seminary.
14th—The late Hawaiian Navy was
bought by the Inter-Island S. N. Co.
for $2,800.
man and family, I) Parker and wife, J B Pressley, AC FarGazette Co.—Extra high tide with strong ley,
and 21 others.
westerly wind, does much damage to From the Colonies, per Alameda, May 4- Ho Hogan, A
Miss Hay, H Gray, LJMaxse, X Smith, Nath
Blaisdell,
Waikiki beach properties.
Cook. L Esiwick, Mrs Pellet!, 1 Hay, A J Irvine, H M
27th—G. A. R. memorial service at Cornwell.
From San Francisco, per hark CI) Bryant, May B—J F,
Central Union Church.
Orme.
From San Francisco, per Zealandia, May i»—W 0 Atsession
of
2Kth—Extraordinary
Legis- water
and wife, key Conrady, Mrs E Damon, Miss
lature prorogued by royal commission C Gibbons, Andrew JHapper, Miss DeliaC Hurshhurg, MrsA
Lowi—tm,
X M Walsh, and 14 steerage.
through Chief Justice Judd.—Marshal M From Hongkong,
per City of Peking, May 12—5 cabin
makes
haul.
ami
fhiatm
steerage passengers.
290
a big opium
Soper
Froin San Francisco, per W S Bowne, May 15—J Burke,
29th—Opening of the regular session S Aleson.
li'uni San Francisco, per ship Alex McNeil, May 28—
of Legislature by the King; Hon. S. G. Hitl
Bessie H Corley, Mrs A I' Bouzey, Miss F Bouzey.
Wilder elected President. —The AustraFrom San Francisco, perSS Australia, May 29-Geo C Williams
a#id
wife, Mrs V, A Smith and daughter, W H Bailey,
lia from San Francisco brings back a E W Peterson
and wife, Mrs l> P Peterson, J Mott Smith,
number of old residents, to whom the I' G Catnarinos, Miss Tillie lagers, Miss l.ilie F.gj;ers, J
Koch, A Caro, F F Porter, Miss Daisy Kerr, X More,
Friend bids welcome.
Miss E Davidson, Mrs E F Fairweather and family, Mr*.
3oth—Memorial day generally ob- M A Locke, I W Barnes, Mrs S Levy, X Hare and wife, J
A Wilder, Miss H X Wilder, Miss O Musgrave,
Ma>
served; usual G. A. K. parade, decora- Cummins, Miss Ida Mersherg. A M Hewett, WMiss
Wright
and
wife, Gideon West, Sidney Dickenson and wife, and 2c
tion and memorial services at the ceme- others.
teries.
im 1 ak 1■• I,'KS.
31st—Corpus Christi day.—H. N. M. For San Francisco, per Alameda, May 5—L }\ Kerr, Mrs
Fuller and daughter, Miss H Foster, t apt G F Garland, X
S. Zilvcrcn Kruis departs for Japan.
A Judson, W Gray,
Total value of exports from this port for For San Francisco, per lark W 1. Godfrey. May 8 Kali uianui and wife, Liloa and wife, Jamesand wife, Kapela.
the month $1,381,991.27.
For San Francisco, per bark Deutschland, May 8 K.
—
MarineJournal.
PORT OF
HONOLULU.—May.
ARRIVALS.
i-Hawn S S Australia, Houdelette, 7 days from San
Fram nfCO>
4-Ain S S Alameda, Morse, 18 days 45 minutes from
Sydney.
8-Am bk C D Bryant, Lee, 15J4 days fm San Francisco.
Am bktne Mary Winkelman, Dryeborg, \s% days
from San Francisco.
10-Am bk Ferris S Thompson, Potter, 14 days from San
Francisco.
Am bk Saranac, Shaw, 14 days from San Francisco.
12-HawnS S Zealandia, Yon Oterendorp, 7 days f.-om San
Fram isco.
Am S S City of Peking, Dearborn, 13 days from
Hongkong.
Hl'ihm, from San Francisco.
i5-Am tern W S Bowne,
Amelia, Kewhall, 21 days tm Port Townsend.
17th—Dismissal of several members 17-AmBbktne
from Molokai.
19-H M S Comorant, Nicholls,
of Custom House staff, "for cause;" inAm bktne forest Queen, Winding, days from San
vestigations in order.
18th—Report of the steamer Kaala
on fire, heading for the port: steam tug
Eleu to the rescue, but to the relief of
the community it proved a false alarm.
19th—Ground broken for the new
street railway on King street.
21st—Netherlands training ship Zilveren Kruis —probably the first naval
vessel of that nationality visiting these
islands—arrived from San Francisco.
New appointees to the Custom House
staff enter upon their duties.
22nd—Japanese S. S. Tsukuba leaves
for home.—Return of the King and
Cjueen from windward islands.
24th—Sixty-ninth birthday anniversary of England's Queen. —Sudden death
of A. C. Smith.—Annual meeting of the
British Benevolent Society and election
of officers.—Complimentary Band Concert at the Hotel to our Netherland visitors.—Reception on board H. B. M. S.
—
Cormorant.
25th—Mr. J. P. Bowen unearths several tins containing gold coin and greenbacks in the grounds at his residence,
the Bradley premises, Beretania street.
26th—Fire alarm at 2 a. m. for a fire
in Chinese store, corner Nuuanu and
Hotel sts., soon extinguished.—Pacific
Commercial Advertiser and its office be-
—
Francisco.
21-Neih. Man-of-war Zilveren Kruis, Jockes, 21 da;s
fiom San Francisco.
days fmm San Francisco.
22-Am bk Ceylon, Calhoun,
23-Am bktne Planter, Penhallow, 17 days from San Francisco.
25-Am bktne Wrestler, Cook, 25 days fin Port Townsend.
26-Fr. bk Julie, Clevy, 59 days from Newcastle, N S W.
28-Am ship Alex McNeil, 21 days from San Francisco.
29-Hawn S S Ausiralia, Houdlette, 7 days from San
Francisco.
—
DEPARTURES.
;H
-
Behrc-ns, Mrs Buike and child, H Schliemann.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, May 8th—Rev I
Goodell, Mrs W A Johnson and child, A Fillers, wife and
child, Miss I. Vos>, G Galbrath, Mrs W Wagener and
child, Miss M Maguire, Mrs AT Rabbttt, V Stegeman and
wife, Capt Kempff, Limit Moore, Sol Kphriam, Mrs J A
Kennedy and child, Mrs Kirkland, Dr Parker and wife, C
A G Gunning, Mrs Logan and daughter, Master Arthur
Logan, Miss Pettihone, Mrs Rogers, Miss H Day, R
McKenzie, wife and 3 children, Mrs dc la Vertrue and son,
Master W Rice, Miss Wilcox, M B Augustine, J R and R
A Low, Mrs Paira and child, C H Whetmore, Miss Ada
Jones, Dr Gray and wife, Mrs L A Baron and child, P
Peck, Capt G W Willfone, W R Gould and wife, Mis< X
Monroe, Win Gerstle, H Renjes, Miss FSwan/y, A Young,
Jr, X X Alsip and wife, J A Buck and wife, A C Farley,
wife and 2 children, Miss M Hopper, E W Purvis, F.
George, A Herbert and wife, F W McChesney, A M
Hewett, A J Irvine, Nathaniel Cooke, G West, Miss Dunlap. Steerage G Sandeman, H Mudis, J Gillen, S Housley, Munki, M Dougherty, E Everson, H Morgan, G
Lggett, J Fitzgerald, W Weggesends, F Btsking, T Off,
P Mattson, wife and 3 children, \V H Coles and daughter,
J H Congdon, J R Halliday, E C Winston, I D Merry, P
Felson, A Johnson, wife and 2 children, J N Christenson,
wife and 4 children, M Bartetlo, wifeand 4 children, F
Furtado, wife and 2 children, M Licotint, wife and 2 children, A Rocke, wife and 6 children, H Bradley, Mrs D
McGregor and child, B I) Town and son. 10 Chinese and
:
82 Portuguese.
For the Colonies, per Zealandia, May 12—G Passavant,
Dr M Haedicke, J M Campbell, M B Flinn, P Ryan, M
Gavin, G Murdoch, and Ben Peter.
lor S«n Francisco, p-;r Mary Winkelman, May 18—Rev
A 0 Forbes, Miss Hattie Forbes, FAY liarlek and son, A
Gissler, J J NorrU.
lor San Francivo, per I.' D Bryant. May 23 —Manoel
Mouriz, F C Viera and wife, M Trarvath and child, M V
Lima, Sir Rodrigues, wife and 2 children, Jacinta Rapos.
wife and infant, H D Roberis, Mis I.e.u li, T X Moore, J
X Orme, Ed Ra-kerville, J A Morris, C P Fo», W Greig,
Eliiabeth Greig and H C Overend.
B M S Caroline, Wiseman, for F.sipiimault BC via
Kailua, Hawaii.
BIRTHS.
St Lucie, Krskine, for San Francisco,
4-Alll bktne
5 Am S S Alameda, Morse, for San Francisco.
TINKER—In Honolulu, May, ?7, to the wife of Mr, J.
7-Brit bk Alice Muir, Yarnall, for Bakers I land-.
Tinker, a son.
Brit bk Alice Mary Ladd. for Bakers Island.
C-Hawn S S Au-tralia, Houdlette, for San Francisco.
GREEN—To tht Wift of M. Green, a daughter, May 9,
Godfrey,
Hawn bktne W B
1888.
I label, for San Francisco.
Ger bk Peutschland, Bosse, fur San Francw o.
ROBINSON At Makawcli, Kjiuai, May 6th, to the wife
it-Brit bk Veritas, Johnson, for Port TowWild
of Aubrey Robinson, l'.-(|., .1 tOQ.
12-HawnS S Zealandia, Yon Oterendorp, f«r the colonies. CAREY—On Sunday, May ftb, to tlie wife of Thomas
1 j-Russian S S Razboynik, for Nagasaki.
Larey, a daughter.
Am S S City of Peking, Dearborn, for San Francisco.
DLFRIES At Lcleo, in ibis city. May 19th, to the wife
14-U S S Adams, Leary, foi Sunt
of 11. Defries, a daughter.
16-H B M S Cormorant, Nicholls, for Molokai.
Am ship Mystit; Belle, for San Francisi o.
SMITH To ihe wife of W. O. Smith, on May 28th, a
daughter.
Am bk Ferris S Thompson, Potter, for San Francisco.
18-Am bktne Mary Winkelman, Dyrebore.
MARRIAGES.
Brit bk Island City, Warner, for Humboldt Bay.
FEARON HAPPER-At Canton, on April 17th, at H B
32-FI I I M S Tsukuba. Nomura, for Japan.
M's Consulate, and subsequently at Christ Church, by
23-Am bkC D Bryant. Lee, for San Fraini-tn.
the Rev A P Happtr, D D, father of the bride, George
29-Am ! ktne Amelia, New hall, for San Francisco.
Dixwell Fearon, eldest son of the late Charles A Fearon,
30-Am bk Saranac, Sha#, for San Francisco.
formerly of Shanghai, to Alverda Catherine Happer.
Brit bk Thof Bell, Low, for San Francisco.
..1.
DEATHS.
PASSENGERS.
AKRIVAJ.s\
From San FVnncisi o, |>er Ausir.'liri, May 1— Mrs Capt
Sbeppard, A Ascheim, J C Cluney, Mrs H Gunn and child,
Prof E Pomeroy and wife, Miss F Winter, M B Augustin,
E George, W Irving Bishop, Mrs V Knudsen and 2 daughters, G P Castleand family, J Nathan, Miss H Berwin, Mrs
A Turton and daughter, John Love 11 jr, Mrs W H Bailey
and family, Miss NellieBrown, Miss Tousaine, Commander
R P Leary, USN, Geo E Fairchild, and family, Mrs S A
Boyd. TG Cribble and servant, W E Rowell, Mrs M I
Rowell and maid, Miss M A Burbank, J Dodd, Mrs M Hy
,
KIM PIT'--In fian Francisco, April iBlh, Louis Meredith,
beloved son of Cornelia Selby and Commander Louis
Keinpff, U. S. N„ aged 9 years 5 months and 12 days.
HOPPER—In Honolulu, May 7 1888, Mar> Ellen, infant
daughter of W. L. and M. T. Hopper.
MORLEY-In Hono'ulu, May 13, 1888, Fami< Gertrude
Morley, a native of Wisconsin, aged about 28 years.
SMITH—In Honolulu, May 24, 1888, Albert C Smith, a
native of these Islands, aged 41 years.
TURNBULL—At Queens Hospital, Friday, May 25th
of heart disease, Alexander Turnbull, a native of New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, aged about 32 years.
�Volume 46, No. 6.]
BOAKB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
Rev.
Jas. Bicknell. - - Editor.
Rev. A. O. Forbes, Corresponding
Secretary of the Hawaiian Board sailed
for San Francisco, May "th, per bark
Mary Winkelman. Our dear brother's
health seemed to be improving before he
sailed. We trust that his intended absence of four months, chiefly in Colorado, will fully restore him.
MARSHALL ISLANDS MISSION.
[By Rev. Dr. K. M. Pease.]
The reason of our contributions being
smaller than usual this year, is the fact
that notice was given to several of the
churches that such collections would not
be permitted by the German authorities,
and so none were made. I have tried
to rectify this matter.
The German
Emperor's High Commissioner will allow contributions to be made, but they
"must not be excessive," should be once
a year only, and the amounts given reported to him at once. You notice that
we are coming under a Patenaal Government" in the Marshall's. The traders
think that so much money given for our
work is so much taken from them.
Hence the opposition.
I will now give a very brief account
ofthe state ofthe work in the islands as
it appears to us.
We were at Namerik, Ebon, and
Jaluij twice, going and returning. Key.
Motu has been at Namerik during the
year. Everything seems to have gone
well. On our return we left Liktol in
charge of the work. (Motu stays at
Ebon and will have no charge. There
is a question or two of veracity which he
has not been able to clear up satisfactorily as yet.) Liktol graduated this year
and this is his first effort. He is not a
very strong man, but we hope he will do
well. The church in Ebon has been
under the care of Deacon Lomjinor,
with the help of Lailero and others, who
have taught school since Hiram went to
Kusaie with us a year ago. He has got
on tolerably well, although several more
have been excommunicated than have
been received into the church. It is always a pity to leave an island without a
ministerfor a whole year or more. Hiram
felt obliged to remain there, although he
is hardly equal to the work. His health
is improved, but not yet perfect by any
means. After we left Jaluij last year
the pastor there, Laniing, whose wife
had just died, fell and abandoned the
work. Laijarki, his helper, kept on with
the school and preaching services as well
as he was able.
"
THE FRIEND.
51
For a wonder the fall of the pastor did HAWAIIAN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION,
JUNE, 1888.
not produce the disastrous effect on
Progame.—AnivrsW
ay eek.
the church we feared. Almost all have
held on steadily, as the table will show.
June j. —Annual Sermon on Foreign
We have brought Jeremaia from Mi lie Sabbath,
Missions, Rev. C M. Hyde D. D., 7:30 P. M., at
to look after this church which occupies
Central Union Church.
so important a position in the group. Monday, June 4.—General Sabbath School Association, at Kaumakap.ili Church, 10 a. m.
His wife is a native of Jaluij, and he was
Annual Examination of Kawaiahao Girls'
very glad to come. Ailinlaplap has been
School, at the Seminary.
in charge of Andru. There has not been Tuesday, June
j. —Hawaiian Evangelical Assomuch progress here, the work has only ciation open at 10 a. m., at Kaumakapili
well,
Andru
has
not
been
held its own.
Church. Hawaiian Board meets 7P. M.
June 6. —Evangelical Association at
food has been scarce, his wife, Emily, is Wcdnesdity,
Ua. m., and 1 p. m. General Y. P. C. Associanot at all strong, has been sick a good
tion, at Kaumakapili Church, 7 P. M.
deal. A former member of the Ebon Thursday, June 7.— Evangelical Association at
school will assist his in teaching during il A. M. (Annual Reports of the Hawaiian
Board.) Session continued at Ip. m. Annual
the coming year. His name is Lanior,
Tea Party at the Central Union Church Parlor,
a brother of Luna who is with us. The
4:30 p. m. General Sabbath School Associafavorable.
entirely
here
are
prospects
tion, Kaumakapili Church, 7 P- M.
In Mille there had been more excom- Friday, June S. —Annual Examination of the
Mission Institute at Kawaiahao
munications than additions. Jeremaia North Pacific
8:45 a. m. Evangelical Association,
and Thomas have worked well and we Church,
■_' p. M., Kaumakapili.
Hawaiian Board meets
saw no cause for discouragement. We
at 7P. m. Hawaiian Blue Ribbon League, at
p.
ordained Deacqn Joseph, and left him in
Kaumakapili 7:30 M.
charge of the church work. We also Saturday, June 9. —General Exhibition of the
Oahu
Sabbath School at Kaumakapili Church,
left a late graduate from the Kusaian
!• a. M. Procession and feast ofthe Blue Ribto
aid
in teaching.
school, Loktop
bon League at Queen Emma Hall, 1 P. m.
In Arno Kaijok has done an evidently Sabbath, June 10.—
Dedication of Kaumakapili
good work. This was formerly one of Church, 11 a. M. Annual Sermon on Home
Mission, Rev. T. L. Gulick, 7:30 P. M., at
our stations, but has been abandoned for Central
Union Church. Graduating Exercises
several years until we left Kaijok there of the North Pacific
Mission Institute, at Kaformed,
No
has
been
last year.
church
waiahao Church, 7:30 P. M.
but there are several candidates and a
We left
flourishing Sunday school.
Says Macauley: "A person who proNabue, another graduate from our school fesses to be a critic of the delicacies of
to help in both teaching and preaching, the English language ought to have the
for the work is too hard for one. Indeed Bible at his fingers' end."
this large island needs at least four laA godly parent is a godlike parent, i.e.
borers at once. We reluctantly passed a parent who is God's image in the famby Mejuro where teachers are needed ily. That a parent may be as God to
and wanted immediately, for we had no his child, he must first be as a child to
one to give them.
his God.
In Malwonlap, we found the old
Was it Dakota where a ten-years boy
church, founded by Kaijok several years
told
the missionary that though they
ago, still in existence; six members out own a Bible, "Father
never reads it, but
of the original ten in good standing. We
mother
reads
it
sometimes
when there
have had no man there for nearly five is
thunder
and
lightning."
years. We left one of our scholars—not
Goethe expressed his indebtedness to
a graduate, Le Bil, a Deacon from the
church at Jaluij. He is not a strong the Bible in the guidance of his literary
man, but is, we think, an earnest Christ- life. He found his study of it, to use
ian, and we hope he will be able to fill his own words, "a capital safely invested,
the gap until we can send there a more and richly productive of interest."
He is the freest man who is the serable teacher.
This completes my report. We found vant of Jesus Christ, for he is delivered
the influence of the foreigners, especially from the dominion of the world, the
the German part of it, against us as Hesh, and the devil. He in the happiest
usual, but strengthened a good deal by man who has surrendered his will to the
the fact of the German occupation of the will of Jesus Christ. He is the safest
islands. The Commissioner is courteous man whom the Redeemer has taken
and friendly, but of course gives his into his own possession. To him he
sympathies more to the traders his says, "Thou art Mine."
countrymen, than 'to us. So far as his
Of all the evidences of Christianity
prejudices and environment will permit none is so mighty, so cogent, as Chrishim, I think he will try to deal fairly tendom. Here is the phenomenon—
with us. We hope so at least.
Christian civilization; explain it. Of such
We found a great demand for our new a radiant effect, what must have been
"Hymn and Tune book." I think we the cause? Why is it the fact that nashall have to order a new edition this tional strength, wealth, intelligence, soyear. But I will write further on this cial order, peace and benignant liberty
matter by another opportunity.
are found prevailing together in exactly
Yours very faithfully,
the degree in which the New Testament
is studied and preached among the comE. M. Pease.
mon people?
Kusaie, January 16, 1888.
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T. M. €. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H. I.
is devoted to the interests ot the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, ami the Hoard of
Director* are re«pOn»ihle for its contents.
Th is
[June, 1888
THE FRIEND.
page
S. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE.
The meetings of the Blue Ribbon
League continue to draw very good
audiences, and although the number of
those who take the pledge on the spot is
not so large as formerly, yet there is
abundant proof that this work is not in
vain. It is one of the agencies that
helps to keep alive the public conscience;
and frequently a private conscience becomes so awakened to the call of right
and duty, that men come to the Association during the week to sign the pledge
and don the "blue."
Absolute fidelity to the principles of
the League, on the part of all its members, and the honest, earnest cooperation
of all believers in total abstinence in this
city would soon revolutionize the town;
and the same spirit working throughout
the Kingdom would speedily close the
open door of every saloon and drive the
drink curse from these fair isles.
a river of Rum, and it whirls and foams
" There's
With the madness of hell as it sweeps through
our homes.
Who sips at the wine-glass will quaff at the
bowl,
And is nearing the rapids of death to his soul."
Y. M. C. A. BOYS.
Under the wise management of Mrs.
B. F. Dillingham the Y. M. C. A. Boys
are being taught some very useful lessons in practical life; they are also obtaining some rare information about
JAPANESE
BRIEFS.
Y. M. C. A.
The lower room of Queen Emma
Hall was filled Saturday evening May
19th with the members of this vigorous
society, for their semi-monthly literary and
social meeting. Mr. Ukaigavean address
in Japanese, taking for his subject, "What
is the highest hope for man?" Mr. F.
W. Damon and Mr. W. W. Hall made
brief addresses in English. The manuscript newspaper The Japanese Times,
was read. The Editor, Mr. Fujita will
soon return to Japan, and Mr. Ban will
take his place. The Japanese steamer,
due here about June 1 st, will bring about
1,000 more laborers. The training ship
Tsukuba will leave Honolulu, Tuesday,
May 22, for Osaka. Daily Bulletin.
—
CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A
JEWEL.
A Chinaman applied for the position
of cook in a family in one of our Western cities. The lady of the house and
most of the family were members of a I
fashionable church, and they were determined to look well after the character of
the servants.
So when
John Chinaman
appeared at the door he was asked, "Do
you drink whisky?" "No," said he, " I
Clistian man." "Do you play cards?"
"No, I Clistian man." He was employed and gave great satisfaction. He did
his work well, was honest, upright, correct and respectful. After some weeks
the lady gave a "progressive euchre"
party, and had wines at the table. John
Chinaman was called upon to serve the
party, and did so with grace and accep-»
tability. But next morning he waited
on the lady and said, he wished to quit
work. "Why, what is the matter?" she
inquired.
John answered,
"I Clistian
An American clergyman observes that
there are three parties in his congregation—a mission party, an anti-mission
party, and an omission party,
The San Francisco Association are
looking about for an available site for a
new building, which their large and
growing work seems to demand.
At Pasadena the corner-stone of the
Young Men's Christian Association
building was laid April 18th. The building and grounds are valued at $60,000.
The relation of the saloon and the
jail is happily illustrated in Pasadena;
which is a prosperous prohibition city,
without a single saloon their jail is advertised for rent.
The Young Men's Christian Association at Riverside, Cal., were presented
with a lot, by Mr. Miller a hotel-keeper,
and on April 16th, laid the corner-stone
for a $20,000 building.
Horace Greely once said to me, "Bryant and Longfellow have written noble
verses, but the great American poet is
John Greenleaf Whittier." If a man's
power is to be measured by his influence
on the thoughts and movements of his
generation, then the Quaker bard, whose
silver trumpet led the hosts of freedom,
has fairly won the crown.— Theodore L.
Cuyler, D. D.
Sins Blotted Out.—" I can't think
what becomes of all the sins God forgives, mother."
"Why, Charlie, can you tell me where
are all the figures you wrote on your
slate yesterday ?"
"I washed them all out, mother."
"And where are they, then ?"
"Why, they are nowhere; they are
;
man; I told you so before, no workee
for heathen!" The poor man urged his gone."
case, got his money, and left to seek a
"Just so it is with our sins. If we
mistress whom he could serve without
things abroad. The next meeting will disobedience to God. The woman was trust to the Lord Jesus, they are gone—
be Thursday, June 7th, at 2:30 p.m., and astonished, and it is hoped may become blotted out—never to come to sight
let us have a large attendance.
a better woman and Christian. The again. 'As far as the East is from the
poor heathen can see the inconsistencies West, so far hath he removed our transof professed Christians.—Christian Ad- gressions from us."
HAWAIIAN BRANCH.
The work that is being carried on at
the Queen Emma Hall in the interest of
the Hawaiians and Japanese is exceedingly encouraging, especially the latter.
The Blue Ribbon movement is gaining
adherents every week, and the converts
to total abstinence among the natives
prove to be quite as firm and true to the
pledge as their foreign brothers, and I
think much better workers. The gospel
work meets a less enthusiastic response,
but the weekly seed-sowing must result
eventually in some garnered sheaves.
The Japanese are remarkably receptive and manifest a lively interest in all
that is being done for their improvement. This, together with their thirst
for Christian knowledge, makes the
work in their behalf a very pleasant and
hopeful service.
vocate.
GOSPEL SERVICE.
The Gospel Praise Service held in the
Association hall every Sunday evening
at half-past six o'clock, is free to everybody, but is intended especially for young
men. If those who attend at present,
would make a special effort to invite one
or more of their acquaintances, the attendance and interest would be largely
increased. The following are the topics
for the month of June:
June 3—Bound by Satan—Released
by Christ. Luke 13:10-17.
June 10—No Compromise. Acts
4:13-20.
June 17—Work and Wages for Every
One. John 4:35-36. 1 Cor. 3:7-9.
June 24—Convicted but not Converted. Mark 6:17-20. Ezek. 33:31-32.
A wonderful escape occured in connection with the railway catastrophe at
Hugstten, Germany. The train ran off
the rails during a terrific storm, and was
smashed to pieces.
One carrage only,
the eighth, was preserved intact. In
that carriage were 23 members of the
Young Men's Christian Association of
Colmar, who were returning from Friburg, where they had been attending a
Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association Union. Thej'were singing hymns when the accident tookplace,
and whilst the.carriages before and behind were shattered, the one in which
they sat gently glided off the rails, and
not one of its occupants was hurt. We
cannot explain this singular fact, but we
recall the inspired words: "He shal]
give his angels charge over thee to keep
thee in all thy ways." Special provj.
denceis not a fiction.—Association New
s.
�THE FRIEND.
DR. BECKWITH ON THE SABBATH.
Central Union Church have enjoyed
sermons from the Pastor
upon Sabbath observance. We print
the closing passages. After urging the
need of a day for spiritual culture, gospel appeal, and special heavenward
effort, the preacher concludes:
And so, by all this world's danger of
perishing in its sin, it needs this sacred
two earnest
day to summon it back to a sense of its
peril, and set it toward God and heaven.
More than men need it for rest, they
need it for the saving oftheir souls. And
when I say this, I do not forget how
tired men are, bending under life's burdens all the weary week. I know how
the back aches under the tiresome toil,
driving the plough, or shoving the
plane, or swinging the sledge, or sweltering at the furnace, from week's end
to week's end, year in and year out. I
know all about that. I have done it
myself many a weary year. And if I
know how like a bit of heaven the Sabbath rest comes in to give surcease of
toil to tried and troubled men.
And I have infinite sympathy with my
weary brother who just wants to lie in
his hammock under the palms all this
blessed day, and let the sweet sea-winds
soothe him to rest. And I did not know
how wearier than this weary body is the
sin-burdened soul, and how more than
the fevered brow and brain need the cool
breath of the ocean-breeze to fan them
into calm, the fevered soul sin-stricken
needs the very breath of heaven to save
it from the weariness of the unending
woe—if I did not know all that, I would
say, swing on, my tired brother, in your
hammock under the palms, all this blessed day; swing on, and sleep, and rest."
But when I know that men are weary
and heavy laden with sin, and in peril of
losing the everlasting rest, then I say,
make it a day of holy rest, my brother;
a day of the sweet peace of converse with
Cod; not swinging idly in slumber, but
sitting joyfully at the feet of Jesus ; not
a day of festive outing among the mountains or by the sea. Good as those
things are in their place, and much as
you may long for a change from the dust
of the town, and the grime of the shop,
and the grind of the gruesome toil, and
innocently as you might make the day
go by among the festive throng, if you
had no God to worship, nor any soul to
save; .vet, because God waits for your
homage upon his holy day, and because
you need rest of soul more than rest of
bone and sinew. I entreat you to hold
by the commandment, and remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy. Give it to
worship. Give it to the culture and the
saving of your soul. Give it to your
household and to the house of God. It
will rest you more than a day of mirth.
It will rest you more than a day of
slumber, for it will rest, you body and
soul. It will bring peace to the weary
spirit. It will give you new heart and
hope for the daily toil; and to all it will speaking thine own words: then shall
add the joy of the good hope through thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I
will make thee to ride upon the high
grace ofthe life everlasting.
Now, friends, I know what you are places ofthe earth; and I will feed thee
waiting for. You are waiting to hear with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for
the pastor answer a score of questions the mouth ofthe Lord hath spoken it."
of casuistry, about walking, riding, visiting, journeying, marketing, cooking, SOCIAL EFFECTS OF PROTESTANTISM.
reading, writing, appareling ; about the
Looking at the statistics of Protestant
ice-man, and the milk-man, and the
mail-man, and the express-man. May membership, there are 10,704 males of
capitalistic, business, professional,
this, and that, and the other be done, on the
and
salaried classes in the membership
the Sabbath day ? That is what you
would like to be told. But I cannot tell ofthe Protestant churches of the cities
it. First, because Ido not know. It is Pittsburg and Alleghany, and 4,135 outnot written here in the word. I have side of them. And there are 7,064 mepreached what is written: "Remember chanics and laborers members of these
the Sabbath day to keep it holy." But churches, and 63,122 outside of them;
just what things are holy, so many and that is, nearly two-thirds of the brains
no more, we are not told. And he would is in the Evangelical Protestant churches
be a very unwise man who should try to ofthe two cities, and nearly eight-ninths
tell it. The old Jewish Rabbis tried to of the brawn is outside of them.
tell it. And they made a miserable mess In attempting to explain these pheof it; made themselves hypocrites, and nomena, we are in danger of confoundthe Commandment of God of none effect, ing cause and effect. That nearly twoChrist says. And so would any man thirds of the clerical, professional and
who should attempt to catalogue for his business classes are in the Protestant
brother all his permissible things. He churches, and only one-ninth of the
had better not try it; first, because he is laboring classes, is not necessarily a
not the keeper of his brother's con- proof that the Church is drifting or
science. "To his own master he standcth has drifted away from the latter.
And that the members of the Catholic
or falleth."
And, second, because he does not Church are mainly the poorer classes
know his brother's necessities. How, is no evidence that she is more
can he judge for him? And, third, be- successful in reaching them than are
cause there can be no invariable law Protestant churches. It is a quesabout it. Things may be right to-day, tion to be settled first, whether the
that would be wrong to-morrow. Things poverty in the one case and the absence
change with the changing necessities. of it in the other is cause or effect. It
Things may be right for you that would is at least significant that not only are
%c wrong for me. There can be no law the majority of the Catholic adherents
but the one divine law "to keep it holy." poor, but the nations and races that
And that is law enough, "keep the Sab- have remained true to Rome are also
bath holy." Test every question of cas- comparatively poor. On the other hand,
uistry by that; say honestly, and with an not only are the vast majority of the
earnest purpose evermore to do the right, members of the Protestant churches of
will this be keeping the Sabbath holy? the so-called better classes, but the
And you will not go far astray from Protestant nations and races are the
the divine idea of this day of sacred rest. most prosperous. Did Protestantism
?
But now, while I cannot be a law to seek the prosperous and disciple them
of
its
a
disciples
Or
was
the
prosperity
this
matter if I
any man's conscience in
would, and would not if I could, there- fruit of its life ? It is a fact that Romanare three things I want to say. First, ism does not reach the American people,
that I believe the highest good of socie- or indeed any, except those it brings
ty and the eternal well-being of our with it. It does not reach the poor or
souls, are intimately dependent upon the rich, except as it imports them.
the hallowing of this day of rest. And But the history of Protestantism shows
so it is of infinite concern that we should that it tends to elevate, refine, and enrich
its disciples. Evangelical Christianity
guard it jealously.
And the men who are blamed
pays.
Second, that just now the drift of sowith the Church for social
uniting
for
ciety is away from the divine command reasons must at least be commended for
a
and
it
is
not
so
time their
to keep it holy,
business sense.
for you and me to be careless about it's
If the Church is drifting, it is at least
sacredness. If we err at all, let us make
sure to err upon the side of the divine drifting in a hopeful direction. It numbers
among its members the best of the laborrequirement.
ing classes, and a majority are of the
lies
as
just
For third, that way
it is written here—Isa. 58:13, 14—"If cultured, business and wealthy classes.
thou turn away thy foot from the Sab- Its drift, then, is upward. Better than
bath, from doing thy pleasure upon my downward to the hovel and the poorholy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, house. As the poorer classes enter, the
and the holy ofthe Lord honorable; and Church, in its drift, carries them upward
shall honor it, not doing thine own ways, in the social scale. Rev. Alexander
nor finding thine own pleasure, nor Jackson, in N. Y. Independent.
—
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THE FRIEND.
46.
Volume
HONOLULU, H. 1.,
51
Number 7.
1888.
JULY,
YIT.M. G. IRWIN & CO.,
XITM. R. CASTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fori street, honolulu.
The manager of'Vat. FRIEND respectfully requests the friendly co-operation of sub- Sugar Factors & Commission Agksis.
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invested.
Agents for the
scribers and others to whom this publication
WHITNEY, M, I)., I>. I>. S.
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this, "the
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DENTAL ROOMS ON FORI' ST., tending the list of patrons of
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This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggre- pASTLE & COOKE,
mHEO. H. DAYIES & CO.,
gate it will strengthens our hands andeu-\
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of $2.00 per annum.
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nance Company(Fire ami Life.)
te Packets, Liverpool to Honolulu.
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lor write, of the welcome feeling with which
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Friend,
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their aloha, andfurnish them at the same
:r of the Hawaiian Almaii.K and Annual, of
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time with the only record of moral and reThe AScfta Fire Inusrance Con
n Fine Stationery. Books, Ml
and Fancy C.oods.
ligious progress in the North Pacific Ocean. The I leorge F. Btaka Maanfactnriaa. Company,
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Coals.
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IT
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Volume
HONOLULU. H. I., JULY, 1888.
46.
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Editor
S. E. BISHOP,
CONTENTS.
r.MiK
Idolatry among Hawaiians
Kditorial notes
Prime mo 1ive in our M issionary Enterprises
Kamch meha Hoys School
Oahu College
Kawaiahao Female Semi ary
North Pacific Mission Institute
Per-onal
Monthly Recor 1 of Events
Marine Journal, Births, Marriages and Deaths
Hawaiian Hoard
Y. M. C. A
X iiim ikapili Dedication
IDOLATRY AMONG
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HAWAIIANS.
Dr. Hyde's sermon in this issue,
makes some emphatic mention of this
matter. There is no doubt among those
acquainted with the subject, that for the
past two or three years it has been assuming a very serious aspect. During
that time strenuous and systematic
efforts have been made in certain quarters for the revival of the old pagan worship in various forms. This is not a
new thing. It began with Kamehameha
V, and that some years before his accescession to the throne in 1864, while he
occupied the very influential position of
the Minister of the Interior under his
brother, Kamehameha IV. About 1861,
he caused to be issued more than 300
printed licenses to as many native medicine-men, with schedules of prices for
their services to the sick. While these
men employed some native herbs and a
few foreign drugs, their art was mainly
that of the sorcerer. Here, as among
heathen people everywhere, all diseases
are understood to be caused by the
malign presence of some akua or demon,
entering into the sufferer. He does this
either to gratify his own malice, or that
of some enemy of the victim, who has
procured his services through the medium
of a sorcerer, whose familiar the demon
is.
In order to relieve the sufferer two
ways are possible. One is to propitiate
the demon by gifts and sacrifices,
through his friend the sorcerer, who
however, is apt to be implacable. The
other is to secure the services of some
greater sorcerer, with a more powerful
demon who shall drive out the first. All
this is attended withthe heaviest expense
and dreadful incantations and heathen
performances.
The newly licensed kahunas of 1861
were active, and plied their arts industriously, to their own gain, and the
impoverishment of their dupes.
one became at once an active propagator
of the old paganism. Some established
classes for the instruction of the young
in the half forgotten lore of aumakuas
and other forms of demigod powers, and
how to invoke and propitiate them. A
considerable number of fetishes and
idols were set up in a rather private
way, many of them in connexion with
the gross and filthy lutlahulas, which
Kamehameha Y. was especially active
in reviving.
Previous to 1861,the aforesaid heathen
practices were not extinct, but latent
among the people. The tremendous
spiritual uplifting of 1837 3!) had given
Christian faith a grand supremacy for a
whole generation. Since 1801,with the
growth and reinstatement of heathen
sorcery and hulas, there has been a
gradual decline of spiritual activity
among the Hawaiian people, and this in
the presence of an ever increasing intelligence and external civilization.
It has been apparent, since 1880, that
more or less systematic effort has been
increasing in high quarters to promote
the tendency to reinstate old heathen
For the
practices and superstitions.
past two years these efforts have assumed very definite and decided form.
The late corrupt Legislature of 1886 organized a "Hawaiian Board of Health,"
really a Board of heathen sorcery. In
connection with this was shortly after
incorporated the Hale-nau-a Society, a
grand secret society with wide ramifications, designed to entangle and embrace
the whole Hawaiian people in the toils
of pagan practices. Many of the formalities practised in the latter Society are
reported to have been of an unspeakable
nature, but characteristic of the usual
bestiality of paganism. "Children of
NuMIiKR 7.
the air and the light," indeed! Sad victims rather were the old Hawaiians of a
baneful tyranny of demon-gods, dark
and foul! The late revivals of pagan
worship have afforded an opportunity to
learn the true nature thereof, and gain a
knowledge probably not otherwise to
have been obtained.
While these things contain great peril
to the Hawaiian people, and portend
serious injnry to their Christian life, we
believe that there are very strong and
hopeful elements of good, which we
trust will prevail against the increasing
evil. These elements of good, however,
need active and diligent reinforcement.
It is a time for wise and earnest measures to preserve and maintain the life of
the Hawaiian Churches that it do not
succumb to the strange fascination of
the old hereditary Power of Darkness
from which this people was once emancipated.
It is long since any one has left
Honolulu carrying with them so many
regrets, and leaving so many grateful
memories of their residence with us as
Mrs. Van Slyke, who, as Mrs. Hanford,
has for so many years conducted the
musical department at Punahou. Her
rich and sympathetic voice will be
greatly missed in our choirs and on
musical occasions. Few teachers have
thoroughly won so many pupil's hearts,
or created so much progress in the work
in hand. We would follow Professor
and Mrs. Van Slyke with most cordial
wishes for their welfare.
Honolulu is again favored with the
lectures of Mrs. Florence Williams on
Literature and History. When here
last year Mrs. Williams imparted a great
impulse to many minds in the study of
these topics. We are glad to know that
many more are now finding a high
satisfaction in the rarely able and
interesting lectures of this eminent
teacher.
Our brother Rev. A. O. Forbes was
California by news of the death
from heart disease, in Jacksonville,
Florida, June 15th, of his brother Col.
Wm. J. F'orbes, born at Kona, Hawaii.
Col. Forbes leaves no family.
met in
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July,18
THE FRIEND.
IN OUR MISSIONARY hath committed unto us the ministry of Christian people now is more than two
reconciliation.
and a half times what it was when the
Carey put his thoughts on paper, and present century began, now only threeA s-rm »ri [.readied l>> Ki\. I M. I lyle, I). 11.. 11 tlieOntr:,l l'liii>n t'linrcli,.lime I". ■ Cor.
I he love of published what he entitled, "An Inquarters passed. Does this look as if
Christ conslniincth us.
quiry into the Obligation of Christians the Gospel of our salvation was losing
I have somewhere read a striking to Use Means for the Conversion of the its power? or as if foreign missions
Heathen." Only one single copy of were a waste of the resources of the
statement of a truth, that finds abundpublication is now known to be in church? We hear much of the progress
ant illustration in every human life and that
existence. But those were seed thoughts science has made in the last seventy-five
work. "God never makes a half provi- that Carey, under the promptings of years. Do Christian people at all realize
dence, any more than a man makes only the Holy Spirit, uttered again and the progress made by the religion of
half of a pair of shears." If there is again, till finally they found lodgment Christ?
or., oli ( lospel 1 like :. rntgrr 1y ■hip.
•nywhere a need- there is also a supply. in the rightly receptive soil. He was " Sail
11i..t vent<iK-s unknown regions to explore:
If there exists an energy there is also a appointed to preach the sermon at the
Sail on: survey each wild mysterious ahore.
Ami depths which other prom hay, feared to dtp.'
work. The history of modern Christian annual meeting of the Baptist AssoNottingham, England, May
missions furnishes a striking instance of ciation in
While amazed at the audacity of
30, 1792. In pleading for an attempt
this truth.
modern mercantile enterprise, grasping
to
carry the gospel to the heathen, he at the control of millions of
In Captain Cook's account of his Voyincorporated
on
the
minds
his
hearers
of
an capital, and combining enormous wealth
age! to the South Seas, when he has urged
given his description of the people whom exhortation that may well serve as a in great ••Trusts," which lay under
he had seen, he says in regard to the motto for all missionary enterprises. tribute to their greed of gain, every
probability of their even hearing the "Expect gre.it tilings from Cod ; attempt man, woman and child throughout the
Gospel: "his very unlikely that am great things for Clod." The twelve pov- length and breadth of the land, shall
measure of this kind should he seriously erty-stricken preachers, whose hearts we only stand appalled at this developthought of, as it can neither serve the had been stirredand fired by Carey's fervid ment of the mercantile spirit, seeking
purpose of public ambition, nor private enthusiasm, formed then and there the whom it may devour, lit prey for its
avarice, and with out such inducements, Baptist Missionary Society. It had a voracious rapacity?
Shall" we only
as well as a Constitution, for denounce the spirit of
I may pronounce that it will never be treasury
age. as much
the
2s,
subscribed
for
Od.
the to be feared as the Canaanitish heathen£"18
undertaken." What a mistake Captain they
Cook made in his calculations! How propagation of the gospel. That was ism that beguiled the Israel of God's
little did he imagine that his published the origin of the vast, complicated, Covenant into forget fulness of the high
narrative of what he had seen, was one diversified system of operations Modern spiritual attainments, possible only to
of the divine providences for accom- Christian Missions.
hearts fully consecrated to God's service?
Although a century has not elapsed Do we not need more of the spirit of
plishing the very thing which he predictsince the era of Modern Missions was Him, who came neither to accumulate
ed would never be undertaken!
It was neither "public ambition." the begun, there is to be held in London nor distribute wealth, but to give Himself
desire of an honorable name among next week a General Missionary Con- a ransom for sinners of every name and
their fellows, nor "private avarice," any ference of representatives and delegates nation? The total amount of property
greed of large and easy gains, that led from all over the world. I can give you held to-day by Evangelical Christian
your fathers and mothers, children of only a shadowy idea of the greatness believers in the United States is
the Hawaiian Mission, to leave the com- of the missionary enterprise as it exists estimated at $11,078,840,000. This is
forts and attractions of home for a life of in the world to-day. Even the few- increasing every year by an addition ot
isolation and privation in these lonely numbers I give you, give no outlines $497,230,000. 'Of this annual increase,
isles. A motive, which Captain Cook even of the untold labors and trials that according to the figures given in the
did not mention, if he ever thought of it, have gone to make up the results indi- missionary magazine, The Gospel in All
was their dominant incentive. I need cated in these brief statistical sum- Lands, the amount now given to foreign
In 1880 there were 129 foreign missions is only $4,000,000, Is that
not tell you what that motive was. I maries.
can almost hear the words coming to missionary societies, with which were too much, ornotenough, proportionately?
your lips, as the thought arises, as it fills connected 1,919 ordained missionaries, Remember, it is only ~'. ,th part of the
and stirs your hearts to a quick response 29,491 native helpers. C,L>-J.:V.)7 com- unexpended annual increment ol the
in the words I have read as the text, municants.
wealth of the professed disciples of
"The love of Christ constraincth us.''
I do not suppose that many of you are Christ. Is it an expenditure either to be
Wonderously diverse are the effects hungering for missionary statistics. But ashamed oforto beproud of? Remember,
produced on different minds by the con- even figures may have a meaning and too, that while there is one ordained
sideration of similar facts. When Goethe an inspiration. They may flash out minister to every eight hundred souls in
read the story of that awful catastrophe, signals of caution, or daring, or joy. A the United States, there is only one
the earthquake at Lisbon in 1755, it is most instructive and inspiring array of missionary sent out to every four hunched
said that the idea of such wholesale des- figures is that presented by noting the thousand souls in heathen lands; or, in
truction of his fellow mortals, made relative rapidity of the spread of Chiis- other words, for every five hundred
Goethe an infidel, an un eliever in the tianity, according as the Church of preachers of the gospel in the United
(iospel of Christ as the revelation of Christ has been or has erased to be, a States, there is hut one sent out to carry
Divine Salvation. When William Carey missionary church. At the end of the out the heavenly tidings to the benighted
sat at his cobbler's bench, reading first three centuries of the Christian era, and degraded in heathen countries.
Cook's Voyages, while he was plying it is estimated that there were five Which is, and which is to be, the
his awl and needle, and thought of these millions of Christians; at the end of dominant principle in the world's
benighted heathen going down to death eight centuries, thirty millions; of ten progress, sinful selfishness, or Christian
and hell without any knowledge of Christ centuries, fifty millions; fifteen centuries, self-sacrifice? There can be but one
and His Salvation, his soul was fired one hundred millions; in 17.19, at the answer, as we repeat those familiar
with the desire to go and tell them the close of the last century, one hundred words, "God so loved the world that He
Gospel Message. F"or though it be true and seventy-four millions; in 1880, four gave—" When Christians shall love
that the wrath of God is revealed from hundred and forty millions. In other and give, as God has done, this world
heaven against all unrighteousness, the words, while in previous historic periods, will have ceased to be a world of sinners
Gospel tells us how God is in Christ, it took five centuries to double the lost.
reconciling the world unto Himself, and number of Christians, the number of
In this presence, in this Hawaiian
THE PRIME MOTIVE
ENTERPRISES.
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Volume 46, No. 7.]
.
Kingdom, blessed with the institutions place, all questions of individual per-
condition. When Mr. Logan offered a
of Christian civilization, in view of the sonal duty find their solution in the Mortlock Testament to some visitors
accomplished facts of the history of soul's response to this call to life in from an island 150 miles distant, who
Christian Missions, for anyone to under- Christ, not merely a higher life, but the 'had heard of the wonderful changes intake to defend the claims of the mission- divine life, so that we shall say, like troduced among the people of the Ruk
We lagoon, they refused to take the book,
ary enterprise on the respect, gratitude Paul, "Tome, to live is Christ.
and co-operation of men, would be as are called to be disciples of Christ, not saying that the Holy Spirit, whose book
superfluous and as self-incriminating as His critics: not to pay him the empty it was, would not endure the vilenesses
to apologize for loving one's mother. homage of fulsome adulation, but \o of which their lives were full. After
Imperfections, blemishes, failures there yield our hearts and our all tollimin Mr. Logan's death, an old man, whom
have been, there are now; we know loving adoration. In our individual ser- Mr. Logan had often sought in vain to
them all too well. But progress has
been made, good has been done.
Is there no call from Christ upon
His people now to be separated unto
His service as Abraham was ? Must
not the Israel of God beware of yielding
to Canaanitish pleasure-loving worldlings? Can it he said of you. as it
should be said of every follower of
Christ, " The love of Christ constraineth
us?" No reluctant, no resistant soul
knows the full intent and blessedness of
the Christian life. Does the branch
ever regretfully think how it is held fast
to the vine ? Or does it ever reluctantly
reach out from the vine to clasp with
its loving tendrils, or to cover with its
foliage and fruitage the trellis on which
it has been placed? When I hear
people talk of what Christians are expected to be and to do, as if this was
putting clogs and fetters on the liberal
mind and the free spirit, I can only
mourn that they know so little or know
nothing of that which Paul says he had
apprehended in Christ, lor which, too,
he had been apprehended of Christ, a
life like Christ's possible to every believer, a life in Christ offered to every
believer, a life for Christ expected of
every believer, a life with Christ the
crowning blessedness to every believer.
Christian truths and Christian duties
clogs and fetters to the soul! Nay;
nay! It is faith in Christ that makes
us partakers of Hie Divine life. Faith
gives our souls the eagle's eye, undazzled by the unclouded sun, the eagle's
wing, untiring on its untrodden way.
It is perhaps an infelicitous phraseology in our English Bibles that speaks
of the constraining love of Christ. There
is nothing narrowing and restricting in
it, brothers and sisters in Christ. You
will testily, as Paul does in a more correct rendering of His thought, "The
love of Christ has me and holds me to
one all comprehensive object of human
life, as the sun holds and swings this
earth of ours in its mighty orbit, its
never ending course through the stellar
spaces." Likeness to Christ, union with
Chirst, was Paul's avowed and all absorbing object in life. In what do we
resemble Jesus most, in what is our fellowship with Him most complete, if not
in the work of the world's redemption ?
Shall we, can we, keep back any power
we have, or can exert, to reclaim the
wandering, or open to benighted souls
the door of heaven, with its glory, its
blessedness, its holiness ?
CJuestons of method, questions of
vice, whatever that may be, we need
such self-forgetfulness that we shall
evermore, live not unto ourselves, but
unto Him who died for us. We need
abounding hopefulness in the service
that His love may appoint us to undertake for Him. Whatever obstacles there
may be, whatever discouragements, we
must remember that it is the Lord's
work, We arc doing, not our own, and
in due season that work must have its
resultant triumph.
.
" He sounding oul a tin.ii
He is sifting out the heari
in.
*
which thall never all re-
men liefnr, Hi fudgmenl
Seat,
lie swifl my soul toanswer: Be lubiUnt tny Oret:
y)uv i.'.l is man hlng on."
t
This Hawaiian people, among whom
we live, have been described as children
of the sun, enjoying' song and dance,
sports and gambols every live long day,
until the missionaries came with their
gloomy theology, and grim ideas of religious life to set aside the pristine simplicity and the aitless enthusiasms of barbaric life, and to impose their own
rigorous New England pietism on a
light-hearted, jocund, blithesome, tropical race. Get into the inner life of these
Hawaiian*, know- them in their homes,
share in their labors and their trials, in
Christ's own spiiit of uplifting helpfulness, and you will be thankful that for
them, as for you, there is a Gospel ol
Grace with its words of comfort and
hope, its promises of cheer and light. Xo
less thankful will you be that for them,
too, there, are the commands and duties
of the Christian life, however irksome,
wearisome or distasteful they may seem
to some, (iet some knowledge, if you
want to form correct estimates ol
heathenism, of the unspeakable vilenesses, the wanton cruelties, the debasing
superstitions of the heathenism that is
still rampant and riotous in this Hawaiian Kingdom. Granted that in these
Islands, as in other Pacific groups—the
Gilbert, the Marshall, the Caroline
such qualities as affection for one's offspring, devotion to one's friends, may
gleam as resplendently as in other
hinds ; these are not evidences ol
Christian enlightenment, but rather,
like the phosphorescence of decaying
vegetation, evidences of degeneration
from the normal growth and development. See the stolid face, the furtive
eye, the brutalized appearance of these
Pacific Ocean islanders as the missionary of the Cross first sees them. In
the language of the people of Ruk,
there is no word for clean. That single
fact speaks volumes as to their real
—
win over to a life of Christian faith and
love and hope, came to Mrs. Logan,
bringing necklaces and other such
treasures of his own and of others,
heathen like himself. He begged her
to take them as proofs of the love felt
for one who had left so much, and came
so far, to do what good he could for the
people of Ruk. Shall Jesus' love for
the world he of less account to us than
the loving ministry of an humble follower ol Jesus was to those' poor
heathen? If we have any love for the
Divine Redeemer, who laid down his
life for us, shall we not be willing to
give all we have, and all we are, in like
loving ministration for those for whom
Christ died ?
Heavy seas swept the mouth of a
.Scottish harbor as the fishing boats
As one boat was
were coming in.
Hearing tile entrance a huge wave struck
it, and one of the crew was washed
overboard. A number of men instantly
joined hands, and rushing into the
water, rescued the drowning man.
" i tir ometinii si
111 mm a
struggling '."ill
Hut linking hands, it
at ne,
ii
he
in
i 0r,,.
Unite and conquer,' wtsdi in saith.
Ha- sickness swept a brother downI
Waii i.. ; the lift boat ■ tedious aid;
Link hamos ! Ami en he *ink and drown,
1 he threat" ning danger may be stayed.
Has stern misfortune dasl ed thy friend,
/\mi.l a wild, tumuli nous rea I
Link h.\sii>s And mutual i>uccor ler.d,
Together ac may savii ore he.
'
-
may
Has in. snsaa sudden wave, removed
An old companion from thy side!
Link hastd*] And grasp the soul still loved,
,nd lit him from the raging tide.
•
ti c spray, the lull, the gravi ;
Shrinki not to give i Mother sid.
;
lire the ta st succeeding wave
k
i.iu'i
Destroy. Link H.wos! lie not afraid
Who to. th I'll t'; Behold lie lead-,
Wi ose hands 'an show the nail poii Is 'till:
the sinking; hi iHe needi
Ile ;:t:e.pshands,
Linked
His mission to fnllill.
'
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KAMEHAMEHA BOYS' SCHOOL.
This new and important institution,
has just closed its first year's work,
under the care ol Rev. W. B. Oleson as
principal, aided by Miss Reamer as first
assistant, Miss Dressier as music teacher,
and Mr. Terry in special charge of
manual training.
A public examination was held on
Wednesday a. m. June 20th, in the large
hall of the new gymnasium. There were
many recitations of Scripture in concert,
a large variety of language-lessons,
grammarand analysis and synthesis of
sentences, by the different grades. Written exercises from dictation were Shown.
A thorough grounding was manifest in
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the use of the English language. Most is now in process of erection in the west a "Report of a Recent Archaeological
of the boys showed great proficiency in part of the extensive grounds for the Expedition" dated about A. D. 2888,
use of a preparatory department as a when a city in the Pacific, apparently
English.
Arithmetic was exhibited both in fig- feeder to the main school. Additional Honolulu, was disinterred from volcanic
ashes, leading to many marvellous conures and in written statements of solu- teachers are being engaged.
The foundations are laid, and several clusions as to its ancient inhabitants.
tions. Many intricate problems in frac-
tions were rapidly solved. Choral and
other pieces of music were interspersed,
led by Miss Dressier, and showing a
fine and successful training of the whole
school.
At noon, the company adjourned to
the manual work deparment. There
Mr. Terry exhibited the exercises in
carpentry practised during the year,
showing wonderful expertness in the use
of hammer, saw, plane, chisel and bit,
also in the sharpening of tools, and the
tiling of saws. Samples of mitring and
dovetailing showed a high degree of
skill.
A large exhibit was also presented of
hand sewing and stitching by the boys,
under the direction of the lady teachers.
Many of the samples would have done
credit to the classes of a girl's school.
The button-holes were particularly good.
In another room was the printing office,
where a number of boys were engaged
in setting type with much facility, under
Mr. Oleson's direction. A variety of
tasteful work was shown, executed on a
very fine Peerless jobbing press. The
class is exercised regularly in newspaper
composition.
Nearly all the work above named, except the sewing, brings no pecuniary or
other return, except in the development
of manual skill and aptitude.
On Thursday evening, June 22d, an
exhibition was held in the Gymnasium
Hall, which was very largely attended
by members of the Legislature, the clergy, by teachers, leading citizens and
naval officers, and by members of the
Royal family, notably the Priness Liliuokalani, who manifests a deep interest
in all educational matters.
The programme consisted of recitations, singing, reading of the school
paper, and writing and drawing exercises
on the blackboards. In many of these
was a large admixture of the humorous
element. The singing was excellent.
The whole closed with a tine exhibition
of calisthenics.
A majority of the scholars began
the year having enjoyed but little
instruction in English. Mr. Oleson had,
however, the advantage of a number of
older boys who had some practice in the
use of the language, and who exerted the
usual beneficial effect of veterans in
breaking in the new recruits to jabber
away in the difficult tongue. With these
forty odd to lead, the breaking in of the
next installment of pupils will be easier,
while every successive year will facilitate
the acquisition of English.
Several large and elegant wooden
buildings have been erected since the
school opened last autumn, in preparation for doubling the number of scholars
the coming year. A very large edifice
courses of stone already in place for the
new Bishop Museum in a central position in the grounds. The stone is handsomely dressed from the rough clinker
rocks that encumber the grounds. A
large quarry near the eastern entrance
is in full activity.
Amply endowed, with an able board
of trustees, an accomplished principal,
and a wise system of policy, the Kamehameha Boy's School has entered upon
a career of the highest promise of usefulness to native youth. The education
given will be an eminently Christian
one. It will be one of highly civilizing
culture, such as few Hawaiians have
hitherto enjoyed. It will will also be an
education in those manual aptitudes especially needed by Hawaiians to enable
them to enter the ranks of skilled labor,
instead of aiming at professional life, for
which they seldom have the needed
capacity. Such education must go far
to counteract the various disabilities
which the untrained Flawaiian has for
holding his place in the presence of
trained and civilized races. Without
disparaging the work hitherto done by
Protestant, Anglican and Catholic Training Schools, which has been great and
effective, we feel that a far higher order
of training is now secured, and consequently a brighter prospect for the coming generation of Hawaiian young men.
OAHU COLLEGE.
Arthur M. Brown followed with a vigorous oration on " Socialism," marked
by good articulation ana manly inflection. Lillian E. Lyman concluded the
exercises with the Valedictory, preceded
by an essay on " Lear's Daughters as
Types of Character." The farewells
were spoken with sweetness and dignity.
President Merritt then bestowed upon
the class their diplomas, with an address
of affectionate commendation and sympathy, noting especially the fact that
this class began the course at his own
inception of office in the college.
It was a gratification to trustees and
patrons to see that the Class of '88 well
sustained the high character of Oahu
College in past years. We were interested to notice that six of the class were
of missionary descent, two of them on
the side of both parents.
KAWAIAHAO FEMALE SEMINARY.
A public examination of this old and
excellent school was held on June 4th.
The preparations for the usual exhibition in Kawaiahao Church were frustrat
ed by the painful illness and death of
Miss Morley in the Seminary. The
classes were accordingly examined in
their different recitation rooms, the large
number of visitors passing from one
room to another. The school had evidently more than maintained its past
We congratulate the
thoroughness.
very able and excellent principal Miss
Alexander, upon the success and prosperity of their important work.
During the past two years, very large
additions have been made to the block
of school buildings, and the ancient and
unsightly structures in front have been
removed, giving place to a clean lawn
and drive-way. Another large wing is in
contemplation, to occupy the site of the
old stone printing office still forming
part of the block. Large as the additions have been, they have failed to keep
up with the increase of numbers, now
reaching nearly 140.
The Kawaiahao Seminary is under
the care of the Hawaiian Board, who
appoint its trustees. The ground is the
property of the A. B. C. F. M. It is
supported by a charge of fifty dollars
per annum to each pupil, covering board
and tuition; by capitation fees of sayone thousand dollars from the Government, and by a large amount of beneficent contributions for building, furnishing and support of scholars.
The sister seminary of East Maui is
doing a like excellent work. These
boarding and training schools for both
sexes are now the chief instrumentalities for the continued elevation of the
The graduating exercises of the College took place on I'riday evening June
22d in Central Union Church, which
was most profusely decorated for the
occasion with our sub-tropic wealth of
roses, lilies, ferns and palms. Rich and
sweet music was supplied by organ,
piano, and the voices of the students of
both sexes, aided by Mrs. Van Slyke.
The voice of Levi C. Lyman was a
favorite one, and the delightful "Sweet
Home" of Miss Hessie Dickson on the
piano.
Each of the four young gentlemen
and four young ladies making up the
class of '88 appeared in turn upon the
stage. There was a lively and humorous
Salutatory by May C. Dillingham. William J. Forbes delivered a forcible and
clearly argued address in favor of Prohibition. Hessie J. Dickson read a very
nice "Study of Beethoven," with clear
articulation and natural expression.
Horace Y. Hall graphically sketched the
"Career and CharacterofKamehameha."
May C. Dillingham recited the Class
Poem, with some of a parent's genius.
Levi C. Lyman gave a clear and philosophical disquisition on the "Power of
Song," which literally "took the hat"—
a black silk one. Ida R. Campbell read Hawaiian people.
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NORTH PACIFIC MISSION INSTITUTE.
Graduating
Exercises —Eleven New
Preachers.
Kawaiahao Church was filled last
Sunday evening, by a large audience
chiefly of Hawaiians, who came to listen
to the graduating exercises of eleven
young preachers who have completed a
four years course of study in the North
Pacific Mission Institute, under the care
of Rev. C. M. Flyde, D.D., assisted in
the work of instruction by Rev. H. 11.
Parker, the pastor ofKawaiahao Church.
The young men with three fellow-students under-graduates, making fourteen
in all, were seated upon the large platform with their teachers and two Hawaiian pastors who had assigned parts
in the exercises. The appearance and
bearing of the young men was that of
cultured and civilized gentlemen, in a
higher degree than in any similar class
we have ever seen in former years.
Four speeches were made by selected
members of the graduating class, of
about six minutes each, of course in the
native language. Their topics were
theological, evidently assigned to them,
and all relating to the Holy Spirit. All
evinced thoughtful study, and careful
statement, not devoid of practical application and sound feeling upon their important themes. As usual with Hawaiians, their delivery was vigorous and
animated. To the foreigners present
familiar with the language this portion
of the exercises was unusually interesting and attractive, not tedious as sometimes, as the judicious principal had
secured a rare brevity and conciseness.
Four musical selections in Hawaiian
were rendered with excellent force and
feeling by the fourteen young men, supported by two of Berger's band. It is
encouraging to see our young pastors
beginning their work with so much musical culture.
A public examination of these young
men was held on the Wednesday previous, in the subjects of church history,
exposition of several psalms, pastoral
theology, and Christian doctrine. Thoroughness of instruction was shown, and
marked progress in the school from previous years. Those familiar with the
school are assured that it is steadily
and strongly advancing in all respects.
The men now going out are many of
them already called to pastorates in
native churches; it is hoped that suitable locations for all may soon be procured. The position of a Hawaiian
pastor is usually humble; his support is
meagre; he often becomes disheartened.
He needs the encouragement and active
support of white Christians in his vicinity; he should have frequent visitation
and help from white missionary workers,
if such there were to incite and inspirit
him. But with all their drawbacks, the
work of these humble native pastors is
of inestimable value, both spiritually
and materially, to the population of
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these islands, keeping alive the sacred
flame of spiritual life in a multitude of
otherwise heathenized souls.
In maintaining this important work,
the N. P. M. Institution is the chief
agency. Dr. Hyde has wrought therein,
now for eleven years, ably patiently, and
with very great success. A large class
of new students is promised to take the
places of those now graduating. The
institution, like all others, needs frequent
help, and requires some expenditure.
The Hawaiian Hoard have formally approved of Dr. Hyde's present effort to
raise money for the erection of new
buildings to replace the old, dilapidated,
and ill-adapted structures which have
hitherto poorly accommodated the school.
He has already secured f 1,500, and
needs several times that amount.
SELECTIONS.
Neighbor's right, God's right.
Philosophy seeks God; Religion finds
him.
Who seeks a faultless friend rests
friendless.
Those most need the truth who
think they know it all.
Not only strike while the iron is hot,
but make it hot by striking.
They are never alone who have the
company of noble thoughts.
Revelation waits on obedience; knowledge comes from application.
Observed duties maintain our credit,
but secret duties maintain our life.
A man does harm to others by his
PERSONAL.
actions, to himself by his thoughts.
Mrs. Sarah C. Little of Janesville, WisHead without heart is an observatory
consin, makes a flying visit to Honolulu, without a telescope.
escorting her daughter thus far towards
Frank I may be by temperament;
her mission work in Kusaie. Mrs. Little
is dear and honored to very many of us sincere I must be by conviction.
as the daughter of the revered Prof.
Be, O man, like unto the wire, which
Cowles of Oberlin, eminent as a Bibli- sings most clearly when the storm rages
cal Commentator, and for so many years most fiercely.
editor of the Oberlin livangelist. Mrs.
The Gospel is of the hand as well as
Little has been for thirteen years the
superintendent of the Wisconsin State of the tongue and the life. Jesus put
Asylum for the Blind, having succeeded forth his hand and touched the leper.
her husband in that office, at his death.
We must never separate faith in
Rev. Henry B. Gage, pastor of the Christ's atoning death from the necessiPresbyterian Church of Riverside, Cala., ty of communion with his risen life.
has been taking a vacation in the IslThe desire to do right, the will to do
ands. Mr. Gage assisted at the Lord's right, and the power to do right, are not
Supper in Central Union Church, July of ourselves, but of the Lord. To all
Ist, and preached in the evening with who will receive him, he stands ready to
great acceptance. Mr. Gage is an active give these n all tl e'r fullne; s.
champion of Total Abstinence. RiverThe debt of New York City is $132,side is one of the few towns in Califor-000,000. But this is only three per
nia which have banished the Saloon.
value of real and personal
Nearly at the last moment, we are cent, of the the
city. The city bonds
in
property
decease,
of
the
after
a
pained to learn
demand
at three per cent.
are
in
eager
few hours' illness, of the venerated
alt.,
Alexander
on
the
29th
at
convict
went to ShaftesMother
A discharged
Haiku, at the residence of her daughter, bury for counsel. Years afterward, reMrs. Henry P. Baldwin. She has not deemed to God and humanity, he was
been long separated from the beloved asked where his reformation began.
Father Alexander. They were mission- "With my talk with our Earl." "But
aries here since 1832. None were more what did the Earl say?" "It was not
beloved or honored.
so much anything he said, but he
We send cordial good-bye and God put his arm around me and said, 'Jack,
speed with our friends Mrs. Clara Arm- we'll make a man ofyou yet.' It was
strong Banning and Mr. Rudolph Ban- his touch that did it."
ning, who are about to close their proTo sneer at missionaries, a thing so
tracted visit to the old home. Their cheap and so easy to do, has always
destination is General Armstrong's at been the fashion of libertines, cynics,
Hampton, Va. FYiend Dolph takes and worldlings. A living duke has venwith him a large assortment of pictures, tured to assure us that missionaries are
a successful result of amateur photogra- an organized imposture and a deplorable
failure. The charge of hypocrisy dephy.
us
felt
the
deeply
very serves only a smile of disdain, the
Many among
sudden and unexpected death of the charge of failure an absolute contradicwork of God which
lovely young wife and mother, Mrs. tion. There is noabsolute,
so unpreceso
has
received
Walsh. Our deep symJulia Beckwith
talk of missionpathies are with the bereaved household dented a blessing. To talk
at once like
and with the closely related families, aries as a failure, is to
especially with Mrs. E. C. Damon and an ignorant and a faithless man.—Archdeacon Farrar.
Dr. Beckwith.
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MONTHLY RECORD OF
EVENTS.
27th— Complimentary concert at the
Hotel to Capt. T, W« Hobron.
28th Farewell reception at the residence of the Hon. A. F. Judcl to Prof,
and Mrs. Van Slvke.
29th—Death of Mrs. Mary Anna Alexander, relict of Rev \V. P. Alexander, at
Haiku, Maui, agud 7<S } ears. For *r>7
years in missionary service.
From San Ft an; w->. per S S Alameda, June 10—G I,
Bishop, Prof Canafia*. Willie Cornwall, H u Oalilir am!
wife, 11 N Cmbl I, win and 2 children, M It Crawford, I."
S Nil P Cummins, Mrs X Cooper and ■ children. Mrs I
F Dickson and daughter, Mrs'l'S Douglas, Mis T Dowd«U and child. Miss M X Dowsett, Mvu A X Dowsett,
Mia* E 1 Dowaeu. SC Evaaa, P I Evans*, SC Btm |r,
krv H BGan,
M s Crinbaum and wife, Capt G !•' GarI. lid, Mm M London, Mrs Pktll Nrumann, D 1 Nollcy,
WmSavidge, Miv M l. aKataon, Albert Strand), Mies
Mabel Taker, .Mis <; j Waller, 2 children and nurse, Mis
M A Waterbury, Mis Florence) William*, I N Woods and
uife. Miss Mary I. Wood*, Mb* Jessie L Woods, II
Dougherty, and itsteavege; tQebta end to iiaeragi f<>r
Auckland, and 50 cabin and 26 sieerage for Sydney.
FiXrm San Francisco, per bark "-'-'noma, Jose 15--E C
Winston, C J Curthey ami J Steele.
From San Fran iaco, pi r bktne S N astir, June 19 —R
Gsjrke,
June Ist—Death aj San FYancisco of
Mrs E. M. Walsh, of Paia, Maui.
2nd—First steps in the test of doubtful passports by the arrest of sixtythree of the Chinese per S. S. City of
Pekin.—The long established stationery
and Book store of T. G. Thrum disposes
to W. H. Graenhalgh, and the ship
chandlery business of A. W. Pierce ik
Co. to the I. I. S. N. Co. —Unexpected
\ i-s-.PL.
: O!
VALUE.
SUGAR, 1 ns.
Temperance lesson by W. I. Bishop the Jennie Walker
$1,122 08
S.
Kbwen
60,358
\V
I.H.IH
Di pa«i I'm
45
mind reader, at the Music Hall.
Mariposa
l.344,l7o
.id 84
Forest Queen
1,710..,..,
77,226 61
Faanctsco, per S S Mtripow, June 1 Dr [
For
San
3rd—Opening service of the enlarged Australia
2,921,177
rid wife, J A Kennedy, Miss M Carter, Mis-, A
'47,405 50
Ceylon
i,B03,(oa
Porter, Mrs kvans; Steerage, H I'i.,ser and if-o passengers
'-4 55
St. Andrew's Cathedral.
Alex. McNeil
[48,607
in trail-it from Colonies.
tier
1.7"1.
ID'
4th —Closing exercises of Kawaiahao S.Wi.G. Wilder
i,S7
For Ran Francisco, pei S S Australia, June =■, s Hani
castle, Capt J Brown, Mrs S Tayloi and ; children, Henry
;.i 66
Al.h'.i
Dinner
at
the
Palace
Bessie
1.5:7
Seminary.—Royal
Taylor and a children, I'm!* Pomeros and ui r<-. Mis M
t'. 0. V\ bitmore
;..-'>"i 7
1 ;t 1
in honor of Hon. J. Mott Smith.—Fire 5. N. Castle
80,040 B8
Brewer, <■(''> E Howe and wife, It M L Curtis, Mrs R S
i,797.>'i
Creighton and daughter, I Lazarus, W Brewer, wife and
.)■'■/.'■■
148.900 CO -.Hi,
Department election ofEngineers; result, Sonoma i
Dr SutlfsT, wit* end a children, Mis SutlifT, MrsSC
C. B. Wilson, Chief; J. Asche, First.
Allen* J Nathan, Mrs R C Spalding and son, Dr Andrews,
\ P Hopper, i''- G W Fraron and wife, Mi s I ]•' Spear, <;
and G. Norton Second Assistants.
M Tweedte, I M Oat, Mrs D Center, Mi
Alcala Mis c
W II Graenhalgh. Mrs I, S Dickinson, Mini X
Marine Journal. Batte,
\|.', »an, W H Psge, H Pennington, Lieut Col Dunn,
sth—S. S. Australia leaves again
Mis, haarle*. Mr Searles, A Bcebee, II Cray,
with a large passenger list.—Annual
Hay, Miss Hay, Mis Pallet t/j (fampson, < apt Lattimore,
* Otto, R
PORT OF HONOLULU.-June.
Mrs l .i\ lor, I* Hasting*, wife and 4 chU ren; si.-. routmeeting of the Woman's Board.
Mrs N Walk-rand 1 children, Mrs II C Smith, A Morgan,
A Gui'd, C A Feixtcnrn. fj Signoux, A K. Williams, X R
7th —Death of Thos. Trainor through
Mrs J Raprosa, A
I md wile and 3 children, Maria
ARkIVALS.
Muni/, I.Wagner, E Warner, J Hopke, 1. Peti
injuries resulting from a fall from S. S.
on, (and Dimmet, D Kanuha, J Wilkinson, E
the
sth
inst.
Australia, on
S. s. Taka>ago Maru, Brown, i- days from Rail.on, FH' ia, wire ard
i Japanese
5 hildren. J I Arnol 1 M Adler,
Yokohama,
M T Marshall, wife and 1 children Miss F R -a. 'avid
Am. s. s. Mariposa, Hayward, ia days from the 010
9th—Annual celebration, procession,
Ka-.i, Miss a HorafieM, W A Scott, G E Watt, k McKernie*.
moo, !■' Soli- '.'•/ and daughter, il Grotheer, l» Rose,
etc., of the Hawaiian Blue Ribbon
1
Haw'n brig Hasard, Holland, 44 day* from Jaluit.
Rudolph and wife, S Gultcfcson, F Camr-be'l, | M Donald,
"
Amateurs " Engaged
the
French bark Cecilie, Lacoste, j8 days from Newcastle, Tln.s Morgan, J W Ison,
League.
S Donnell, P Barns, T Md leni.New South W Jl
Shearer,
Young,
S
Sutherland,
M
\
M O'Plagherly
Music Hall to a full house, very credit- s—Brit, bark Loch Lee, Bowers, da) from Newcastle, ent,
C Dordey, W Lancastle, W I Taylor, Alll ( .0r.,, w J
South Wale*.
Graham, '.'7 Portuguese, 16 Chinese and 7
James,
F
ably; repeating it again, by request, on n Am New
J
S.
from
San
Wilder,
Paul,
bktne G.
16 day*
**ran-1 iscu.
the _'7th.—Adjourned annual meeting of
For San Francioco. pet '.'-; Forest Queen, (unec* Mrs
Am. bark Alden Bessie, Cousins, tyjsj day-, from San
the " Cousin's " Society.
FranciscOi
E Dooglas and a children, Ms- Alice Fillebrowne, W
-\>'j
days
hark
>eWhitmore,
Waid,
An',
C. I>.
from 1
Reeim rs and wife, > I tress, W KcHe, wit.- and 4 children,
parture Hay.
F ShlepM and wife, i Metyner and A Getew, wife and 5
10th.—The S. S. Mariposa returns us
children.
is -Am. bark Sonoma, Griffiths, to day* from Ban Frana number of kamaainas. —Graduating
cisco
For San Francisco, per bark Ceylon, rune R-(.e<>
bktne 5. N. Caste. Hubbard, ->i days from San Mclntyre
exercises of N. P. M. Institute at Ka- 1 1 Am, Francisco,
and T W Blake.
from
waiahao Church.
Newcastle,
2r —Ri it. bark Pakwar. Smith, 55 days
For the Colonirn, per R M S R Alameda. Jane 10— Prof
New South Wale*.
kinson ard wife, May Parrott. Rev k Hare and srife,
11.1. bktne W, 11. Dimond, Drew, .■"' days from Sen Di
11th.—Kamehameha Day. Races at
I1! Dean and wife. Si er
i 11 I <l, Jas L-ooore, P
Franci* o.
\
the Park as usual.—Sunday-school Pic1 Edwards, mid 98 passenger* in transit.
Hawn bark I. A. King, Berry, ■■> day. from Pnget
Sun id
For Yokohama, per Jap S S Tagasngo Mam, June ia—
nic at the grounds of "Sweet Home,"
Haw'n s. s. Australia, Hondlette, 7 days from San GONakavanv*, Rev D Keawcamahi, Dr Yoanlda and
Nuuanu Valley.
Private Excursion
wife, O Rigelow, X Nagano, wife and i children, F
Francisco.
Hun s. S. Zealandia, Yon Oterendorp,
Ful u in
.- Chinese and ahottt |oo steerage passengers,
..ues to the Pali, and elsewhere, imthe Colonies.
Fir P in Francisco, pr »Wp Ale* McNeil, June 11—Mrs
proving the opportunities of a delightful
k Rouleaux and child, J Hagan. IN Mozaeeey, Mrs L P
Magnire, and Mrs Bonsey and child.
day.
OEPARTUJtES.
For San Franc'sro, ler bktne c G Wilder, lime 15—U G
12th—Prof. W. I. Bishop's mindAm, tern W. S. Bowen, Bluhm, for San Francisco.
Wilson, I Turnei R I. Higgui W Hi—in-, T N
Haw'n rchr. Jennie Walker, Anderson, for Farming's Edward*,
and J S Stanwood
reading performance delights a large
Island.
Km. s. S. Mariposa, Hayward. for San Francis* 0,
audience at the Music Hall.
For San Francisco, per bark Alden Bessie, June 23—C0l
Haw'n S, S Australia, Hondlette, bn San Fran
Morris, J Donaldson and Mrs Wight.
Un, b*
Forest Queen, Wii.ding, for San Francisco, Sam
lath—Fourth of Julyism assumes
km. baik Ceylon, Calhoun, f r San Francisco.
Mo se, for the *ol 10i<
shape in the formation of Committees, 10 Am. S, S. A'ameda,
la] an. oS. S. Takasago Main, Brown, forYokohama.
BIRTHS.
etc., at a called meeting of American 12
Frai
Neil,
ship
Alex.
Mi
1 l \m bktne itler,
i ri •. lor San
Am.
Wn
n Francisco.
Citizens at the Hawaiian Hotel.
BURT \i rii>, lo.e nth, to the wife of AW Bart, a
-.
!|ev4
mm.
bai
Julio,
11 French k
t
in, named Kamehai
S. G. Wilder. Paul, for San J'ron. \m 0.
18th—Anniversary week at l'unahou 1 AmI,bktne
bark I och Lee, Bottl rs, for Imii. i..i.
and Kamehameha Schools.
13 Am. bai k Aid-11 K-s-i.-. Cousin*, lor .Siii Fmn< ix )
MARRIAGES.
sj French hark Cecilie, l<acoste, for k.ikers Island,
Am. bank CO. Whitm re Ward, for San I
meetingofthe
MORTON THOMPSON- At St Andrews Cathedral,
21 st—Annual
Stranger's
bktne
s
San
Castle,
Hubbard,
Francisco,
N.
for
.•9 Am.
June 2d, by Rev A Mackintosh, David Mort u to F.llen
Friend Society.
Am. bark Sonoma, Griffiths, for San Francisco.
•Thompson.
Haw'n S. s. Zcalandia, Yon Oterendorp, for San
22nd—Graduating exercises of Oahu
FratK is'■".
TRASK m.wi.ai \ \t the Kawaiahao LVminarv, by
tin- Rev II II Parker, on the 4111 Inat, Mr Albert Trask
College at Central Union Church, at
to Mis-. Sarah Maalaea.
PASSENGERS,
which floral decorations and offerings
were profuse.
\kkiv.\i s.
DEATHS.
From Japan, par 8 8 Taka**afa Main, June 1- 1000 WAI.MI In San Francisco, Cat,
23rd —Legislature Committee to visit Japanese
June ist, Julie Berkimmigrants,
with, wife of E M Wales, Pala, Maui, and usterofMrs
Kalawao unfortunates leave for Molokai From Jaluit, per bgtnc Hazard, [una j—Messrs Wilkin* E C Damon, aged ag years.
con, Douwell, Carlos Morton and Wolfe and Master Hoi
this p. If.
GOODALE—At Onomea, Hiln, Hawaii, on Saturday,
land, and 58 laboreis.
June 2d, David Whitney, infant son of William W and
San Fraacuco, per bktne S G Wilder, June 6—W
26th—More Kamaainas welcomed F From
Kmni.i W (ioodale, aged 2 months and 18 days.
Wilson, R I. Higgms J A Stanwi>od, H Biglow, A Ros\V Higgins, J J Buckley, W TRAINOR—At the Queen's Hospital, June **Jk
back by the Australia.—News received enb urn, E I Edwards,
Demella, Ii Morrhtsy and J Bennett.
GRAHAM At Hon lulu, June 15, Alice, youngest daughof the death of Emperor Frederick 111. of
From San Francisco, per bark Alden Hessie, June 6
ter of Rubert and l.izrie Graham, aged 3 years and 5
Germany.
Mrs G W Pittcck, Ibos Cuinmiiis and A E Edwards,
months.
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examined in the various studies pursued
through the current year. The Rhetorical exercises took place at Kawaiahao
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian Church on Sunday evening, June 10th.
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Sauturday was given to the S. S. exHoard is lenponsibt* for its contents.
hibition in Kaumakapili Church, and the
lawn party and the procession- of the
Editor. Blue
Rev, fas. Bicinell,
Ribbon League at Cjueen Fmma
Hall.
HAWAIIAN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
Annual sermons on Foreign and
Home Missions were preached on the
3d and 10th, by Rev. Messrs. E. S. TiThe Association convened at Kauma- moteo and S. L. Desha in Hawaiian,
kapili Church for its Annual Meeting on and by Revs. C. M. Hyde and T. L.
Tuesday, June r>th, at 10 a. M. Rev. J. Gulick in English.
B. Hanaike was chosen Moderator, and The Association adjourned on MonRev. S. L. Desha, Scribe. There were day to meet on the first Tuesday in
in attendance twenty-eight native pas- June, LBB9, at Kaumakapili Church.
tors, and thirteen delegates from the
OF THE WOMAN'S
Island Associations, besides the Rev. QUARTERLY REPORT
BOARD.
Doctors Lowell Smith and C. M. Hyde,
and the Revs. H. H. Parker, J. Bicknefl
During these three months the Board
and S. E. Bishop.
has held its regular and some special
The business of the Association took meetings. Many events of interest have
the following order: Reading of Church 1 occurred. The Star brought to us full
Statistics; Annual Reports of the Island intelligence from all our mission stations.
Associations; Reports of the State of Journals came, that gave us much
the Churches; X. P. M. Institute; An- "insight into the daily life of those faithnual Reports of the Treasurer and ful workers; that told us of the weariCorresponding Secretary of the Hawaiian some voyages, when they were traveling
Hoard; Necrological Resolutions; Elec- among the people of the different groups;
tion of Deacons; Rotation in Ministe- of days of toil; of days of sickness and
rial Work; Home Missions; Evangelists; death" to some; of the machinations of
Temperance; the Week of Prayer and wicked men, and the imprisonment
Day of Prayer for Schools in January, of one who has spent a life-time in
1889; Place and Time of next Annual teaching those ignorant islanders of
Meeting; Leprosy; Marriageand Divorce; Christ and his Gospel. It has been our
Foreign Missions; Family Government. privilege to speak words of sympathy
It was voted to approve the plan of and love to the widow and fatherless
dividing the Church Deacons into three children of that noble missionary, Mr.
classes, one class to he chosen annually Logan, who has fallen in the field.
after the first election.
Indeed it has been a time for summing
A part of Thursday forenoon was up our work in both the Home and
given to Christian courtesies between Foreign Field. The large gatherings of
the Association and delegations from the Hawaiians at the Tea Party spoke
plainly of the bond of union between us.
Chinese and Central Union Churches.
Mr. W. W. Hall was re-elected Treas- The children of the Chinese schools,
urer, and Rev. A. 0. Forbes, Corres- with their parents and friends, had a
ponding Secretary of the Hawaiian pleasant picnic, which made those who
Board.
were spectators feel that labor spent for
After a protracted and earnest discus- these people was not lost, but encouragsion, it was
ing.
Resolved, that the members of this
Our annual meeting, held in June,
Association pledge themselves to aid the had a full attendance. The time was
Government to the best of their ability spent in a brief review of our work and
that of the branches on other islands;
in the endeavor to stamp out leprosy.
Voted, —To observe the last Thursday also that of the Missionary Gleaners
of each month as a season of humiliation and the Lima Kokua, and in arranging
and prayer on account of the dread our work for the coming year.
disease.
The second session was held in the
Voted, That the appointment of evening, and took the place of the
Evangelists for special evangelistic work Monthly Concert for June. It had been
be left to the Island Associations.
arranged as a Praise and Thank-offering
Messrs. Bicknell, Waiamau and Wai- Service.
waiole were appointed a Committee to
A large and appreciative audience was
prepare a Manual of Rules for Family present who listened with apparent interest to the reports and other exercises.
Guidance.
On Thursday afternoon this Associa- The music was choice and inspiring.
tion, with delegates of other associations, The rooms had been beautifully decoratwere entertained by the Woman's Board ed with vines and flowers. Our appropriaof Missions in the parlors of the Chris- tions for the coming year are larger than
last year, for we feel that we must do
tian Union Church.
On Friday morning, the 12th, the more and more, as the way opens bestudents of the N. P. M. Institute were fore us.
BQAIiB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU 11. I.
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THE FRIEND.
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At the close of the meeting, Dr.
Beckwith announced that the ThankOfferings were, in gold $60, in silver
$75. Later donations have increased
the amount to Sl('•■_'. Accompanying
the gifts, in some of the little envelopes
were words of praise andrejoicing. Thus
we closed our seventeenth year, stimulated to do more and better work as God
gives us opportunity, working "while it
is day." Even now as we enter upon
our new year, one dear missionary mother,
Mrs. Alexander, passes away from us,
over the river to the heavenly home,
where are gathered so many of the missionary hand, who have proclaimed the
Gospel tidings to this Hawaiian people.
Cob.NI iia A. Bishop,
Recording Secretary.
PITCAIRN'S
ISLAMD.
Mrs. Rogers, wife of the Captain of
the ship jfosephus, gives a pleasant report of a call at Pitcairn's Island on the
twenty-first of last January. There are
IIS inhabitants, all named Young,
Christian or McCoy. Miss Rosalind
Young is writing up a history of the island. Herfather is preacher and teacher.
About one year ago the people adopted
the views of the Seventh-day Adventists.
They have no neighbors to be troubled
by a difference in sacred time. The ship
was well supplied with oranges, cocoanuts, pumpkins, watermelons, sweet potatoes, eggs, fowls and flowers. Twenty-five of the people staid on board to
supper, and spent the evening in singing hymns, etc.
Mr. T. Shimidzu has just returned
from a tour among the Japanese on
Kauai. He reports live as desirous of
Christian Baptism. Gambling has become a prevailing vice among some
companies of these Japanese. To such
an extent has this been carried, that
they will have no funds at the expiration
of their contracts, to return to their
homes, if they pay their gambling debts.
The services at Queen Emma Hall are
kept up with steady interest. Rev. W.
C. Harris, of the Japanese M. F. Mission, S. F., is expected on the next
steamer.
Miss Alice C. Little is in Honolulu,
on her way to labor in the Training
School for Gilbert Islanders on Kusaie.
Her Class graduated June 20th, at Oberlin College. Rev. Mr. Snelling and. wife
were detained in San Francisco by illness of the latter, but are expected down
by the steamer due on the 6th. It is
hoped that the Morning Star will sail
by the middle of the month. Mr. and
Mrs. Snelling are to take the place of
the Logans at Ruk.
To save society from ruin we must
have men and women whs are not to be
turned back by the "poor smell," but
can forego their dainity fastidiousness.
�July,1888
THE FRIEND.
60
A.
THEHONOLULU,
T. M.H. €.
I.
This page is devoted to the interests ol the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Board of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
- - -
S. D. Fuller,
Editor.
WORLD'S CONVENTION.
The Eleventh Convention of Young
Men's Christian Associations of all
lands will be held in Stockholm, Sweden,
August 15-19. Mr. C. M. Cooke,
Chairman of our Finance Committee,
has been appointed a delegate to represent this Association for the first time
at a World's Convention. He sailed by
the Zealandia, June 30th, for San
Francisco.
He will then proceed to
New York, where he will join the
American delegation, for whom special
excursion arrangements have been
made, they to leave New York by the
City of Berlin July 21st. Mr. Cooke
will be accompanied by his brother, Mr.
A. F. Cooke, and they expect to be absent about three months.
The last World's Convention was
held in Berlin in 1884. There were 297
delegates present, 46 of whom were
from America.
Honolulu affords a rare opportunity
for Christian workers to engage in foreign missionary work right at our own
doors. This was illustrated in a striking manner on a recent Sunday morning
at the Immigration Depot; when something over a thousand Japanese men and
women, stood for nearly an hour, eager
to catch the earnest words of Rev. Mr.
Miyama and others, who spoke to them
of the "way of life," from a moral and
spiritual standpoint.
JAPANESE
Y. M. C. A.
The many friends whom Prof, and
Mrs. Sydney Dickinson made when
here last year were glad to welcome
them again last month. Prof. Dickinson was en route to the Colonies, but
stopped long enough to give us two
finely illustrated lectures on European
scenery and art, that drew large and
appreciative audiences. At the close of
the lectures several Hawaiian views that
had been specially prepared to illustrate
a lecture on the Islands, were thrown
upon the canvas. They were quite
unique and elicited enthusiastic applause.
AT THE "HUB."
At the Thirty-seventh Anniversary of
the Young Men's Christian Association
of Boston, His Excellency Governor
Ames honored the occasion by his presence as one of the speakers.
The General Secretary in his report
stated that 4,923 different young men
had belonged to the Association during
the year, of whom 903 were enrolled in
15 evening classes.
In the gymnasium 1,470 young men
had enjoyed healthful exercise and recreation, this being the highest attained
during its history. Situations had been
furnished to 420 applicants for work.
The average daily attendance at the
main building and the Tremont St.
branch was estimated to be about 800.
The current expenses were $28,732.47
for the year which closed with a balance
of $55.06 in the treasury.
The Boston Association was first organized in the United States, and has
always ranked among ihn first in practical, efficient work for the salvation of
young men.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have
associated together in their State work,
and now have in the two States sixtyfour Young Men's Christian Associations, including two railroads and eight
college associations, with 19,906 members, of whom 967 are college students.
The regular monthly meeting of this
Association was held at Cjueen Emma
Hall Saturday evening, June 2nd. Essays
were read in English by M. Fujita on
"The advantages of foreign travel," and
THE HAWAIIAN BLUE RIBBON
by M. Nakumi on "Sincerity indispensiLEAGUE.
ble to friendship." The educational
the
of
an
opening
committee reported
The Temperance Society among the
evening school in English which was Hawaiians had a gala day on Saturday
being successfully managed by Miss last June 9th. The attention of the
Abby F. Johnson. Reports from other natives was devoted to the Sunday
committees showed progress, and a School exhibition during the forenoon,
growing interest in their work.
but as these exercises neared the close,
A Gospel service is held by Rev. C. the peole—men, women and children—
M. Hyde in the hall every Sunday all dressed in their best came streaming
morning. At the close of the service into the premises of Queen Emma Hall
June 3rd, two Japanese received the and rested under the cool shade of its
ordinance of baptism ; they had been in trees. By one o'clock over 600 persons
this country about three years.
BRIEFS.
The Y. M. C. A. boys voted last
month to discontinue their meetings
until after the summer vacation. They
will meet September Ist for the election
of officers and to plan for the work of
the new year.
It was difficult to obtain quiet for the
speech making that followed, but the
Stentorian lungs of Mr. W. B. Keanu
of Wailuku finally secured the attention
of all the audience, except the small
boys who Were too intent after Horn's
buns to listen to even a temperance
speech.
Hon. H. S. Townsend followed in
English, his remarks being interpreted
by Hon. H. Waterhouse. Mr. T. G.
Gribble then held the attention of the
listeners in a crisp speech interpreted
by Hon. A. F. Judd. Revs. S. L. Desha
and E. S. Timoteo, always favorites
with a Hawaiian audience, closed the
speech making and the procession was
formed by the committee who, distinguished by large rosettes, acted as
marshals.
Led by the band and the blue banner
of silk, the procession—consisting first
of Sunday school children, next of women, then of boys and lastly of men,
all four deep, at least -MIO persons
marched out of the gate. The line of
march was down Nuuanu street to King,
then up King to Fort street, and up
Fort to Beretania, thus passing the
majority of the liquor saloons, whose
destructive work ruining the Hawaiians
it is the object of this Society to suppress.
On reaching Queen Emma Hall again
the band played some time longer, and
the people gradually scattered homeward.
The Blue Ribbon League among the
Hawaiians is conducted by a committee
of the Y. M. C. A. of Honolulu, who
hire these very convenient and commodious premises in the interests of the
Hawaiians and Japanese. The few foreign visitors at the celebration last Saturday felt much encouraged at the zeal
of Hawaiians inthe temperance cause
and at the impulse forward given to it
by this festival.—Daily Bulletin.
—
TOPICS.
A Gospel Service is held in the Y. M.
C. A. Hall every Sunday evening at
half-past six o'clock, to which young
men and strangers are cordially invited.
The topics for July are as follows:
July I—The Purchase Price. Acts
20:28. 1 Cor. 6:19-20.
July B—Unseen Helpers. 2 Kin.
6:13-17.
July 15—Will God punish Sin ? Gen.
2:17. Mat. 25:45, 46. Rom. 2:8, 9.
July 22—"What are these Wounds
in thine hands?" Zech. 13:6. Isa.
53:5-12.
July 29—Promise Meeting.
had gathered here and ice cream, ice
cold soda and cakes fresh from the
Pioneer Candy Factory were served to The United States have already outthe eager multitude. At 2 p. m. the stripped in wealth every empire of the
Royal Hawaiian Band took its station present or of past ages. How about
and played to the delight of the people, character? It would be a poor complia larger proportion were from the outer ment to say that they were no lower in
districts and who had come to the capital this than the best of their neighbors.
All are a long way from the Millenium.
to the anniversaries of the week.
�61
THE FRIEND.
KAUMAKAPILI DEDICATION.
AN
IMMENSE
I ROM
CONGREGATION
ADDRESS
nil. VENERABLE DR. SMITH.
There was a vast congregation piescut at the dedication services of Kaumakapili (.'lunch. Princesses Poomaikelani and Kaiulani, also Hon. A. S.
Cleghorn, Rev. and Mrs. 11. Bingham,
Mrs. Judge McCully, Mrs. Dr. Hyde,
Mrs. B. I-'. Dillingham, with other representatives of the foreign churches,
were found amongst the great concourse
formed by Kawaiahao congregation
uniting for the nonce with that of Kaumakapili. As anticipated, the services
were very impressive, thirteen native
pastors being on the platform, while
seven native and foreign clergymen
officiated in the exercises.
Rev. C. M. Hyde, D. (>.. offered the
opening prayer; Rev. 11. 11. Parker,
pastor of Kawaiahao, the dedication
prayer: while Revs. A. Pali. J. 11. Mahoe and S. Waiwaiolc led the devotions
The sermon was
at different times.
preached by Rev. J. X. Paikule; Hon.
H. Waterhouse delivered an address,
and Rev. Lowell Smith. 1). D.,delivered
the historical address, of which an English translation, kindly furnished b)
himself, appears below.
Led by the
great new organ, lately imported from
England, manipulated with his usual
skill by Mr. Wray Taylor, the service
of praise, as may be supposed by ail
who know what Hawaiian singing is,
was magnificent. The offerings of the
occasion amounted to the laTge sum oi
S.s'JD.
Rev. Dr. Smith read tile following
historical sketch with a force and fervor
that were astonishing, considering his
treat age and the fact that, only a few
months ago, he nut wiili a severe
accidi
i: VI MAX M'll I.
During the annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association, in
Honolulu. June. 1837, Rev. Lowell
Smith and wife were requested to commence a new station at Kaumakapili nei.
The native grass houses were very
numerous at that time: and we found it
very difficult to secure a suitable lot for
the mission family, and another for the
school-house.
In those days, the land all belonged
nominally to the King and high chiefs.
Most of the land in this neighborhood
belonged to I'aki. one of the high chiefs.
But like the centurion in the Gospel,
who said to one man go. and he goeth;.
and to another come, and he Cometh; so
this high chief commanded two or three
families to vacate, and he would furnish
them houses in some other locality.
In this way. a little oblong square,
about one-fourth of an acre, was obtained
for the mission premises: and another
for the school-house yard.
Our first work was to build a dwelling
house and a large school-house. I think
it was some time in November when we
were ready to commence operations in
this part of the town.
In the good providence of God, this
was just at the commencement of the
great celebrated revival, which continued
three years (more or less); and when
chiefs and people, all over the islands,
were easily persuaded to meet often for
prayer and praise to Almighty (rod, and
lo Listen to the reading and preaching oi
the Gospel, For the want of a suitable
house of worship, we used to meet in
the school-house on the Sabbath, and
for early morning prayer meetings. But
we soon found that the school-house did
not accommodate one-halfofthe Sabbath
congregation; and we built a large lanai
in the front yard, and covered ii with
rushes to keep off the sun. and strewed
the ground with grass and rushes forthe
people to sit down upon, a la Hawaii.
My pulpit was the door sill, with half
of my congregation in the house and
half outside. I was then in the prime of
life, and, with the aid ol the Holy Spirit,
I found ii very easy to preach line upon
line, and precept upon precept, and thus
feed the sheep and lambs with the bread
and watei of life.
On tiie first day of April. 1838, Rev.
H. Bingham, assisted me in organizing
a church under the lanai of the school
bouse; twenty-two persons were received by It Iter from the Kawaiahao Church,
two from Ewa, and one from Kauai,
and forty-nine were received on profession of their faith in Christ, This was
immencement of the Kaumakapili
Church lift}' years ago.
Soon alter the organ i lation of the
church, we resolved to arise and build a
large adobe meeting house: the walls
to be :; feet thick, 125 feel long and HO
feet wide inside. To have eight large
doors for ingress and egress, and sixteen
large windows for light and ventilation.
Our fust iil.in was to build it twenty feet
high, with a gallery on each side. But
when the walls were up fourteen or fifteen feet high, the adobes began to
crush about the doors and windows:
and it was then obvious that it would
not be sale to put a heavy rool upon a
We then
tWO-Story adobe building.
decided to raise the walls only twelve
feet, dispense with the galleries, ceil the
audience room overhead with lath and
plaster; plaster the walls inside and out.
build a verandah seven feet wide all
around the house, and when thus finished, the audience room and its spacious
verandah would accommodate 2,600
persons who could hear the preacher.
We were one year and four months
in building that house of worship; and
it was dedicated on the twenty-ninth
day of August, IBS* ( HI years ago).
For its acoustic properties, that audience room was admired by all preachers,
orators, and concert singers.
A good,
clear, conversational voice could be heard
distinctly through the room, and also
by those who stood around the doors
and windows.
For thirty years I was the officiating
clergyman and pastor of the Kaumakapili Church and congregation, and administered the ordinances of baptism
and the Lord's Supper to more than
.'i.oiio persons.
Subsequently to my
resignation in 1868. on account of
asthma and deafness, three other clergymen we re called and installed in the following order:
First, Rev. A.(). Forbes from Molokai. who served two or three years, and
then accepted a call to go to Lahaina
I una.
X'ext, Rev. G. W. Pilipo at Kailua,
Hawaii, came and served two or three
years, till dismissed by the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association.
The next person called was Rev. M.
Kuaea, pastor of the church at Lahaina,
who was very popular among us for
several years. He took a gieat interest
in collecting funds for this new house
of worship. And i! was during bis in
cumbency and at his command that the
old bouse was loin down in 1881,
and the foundation of this new house
of worship was commenced. But before the walls were finished he was
afflicted with softening of the brain, and
unable to attend to his pastoral duties.
:md died on the sth of May, 1884, some
lour sears ago.
Yes, the old house, and most of the
peopll who helped build ii, have passed
away.
Another generation are
now on
the tage, who have built this large two
story brick house, with two splendid
steeples ; and have furnished it with a
chime
bells and a large, splendid
organ, and have filled the audience
room with nice and convenient chairs.
And we have assembled this morn in;.
to dedicate this house to the worship ol
the living God. And as long as these
walls shall stand, may this house be
none other than the house ol (iod and
the gate of heaven for all who may
choose to meet here and worship within
its walls. /'. C. Advertiser.
The United States have 151,000 miles
Of railway, 12,724 miles of this were
added in I s v 7.
'
Some one says the language spoken
the largest number of the human
race, is the Chinese, spoken by four
Xow the Chinese
hundred millions.
speak eeveral different languages, as
much unlike as the languages of Europe.
.No one of them is spoken by as many
as the one hundred millions of English.
by
A PROBLEM. Supposing three snakes
each of which is swallowing another by
the tail, so that the three form a circle
—then as the swallowing process continues, the circle evidently grows smaller
and srpaller. Xow, if they thus continue to swallow each other, what will
become of the snakes?
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p. in., ami
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on Sunday evenings at 6:45.
BLUE RIBBONLEAGUE ENTERTAINMENT
Kvery Saturday Evening at 7:30, Rev. 11. li.
This
is now
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Publisher, Honolulu.
fei-8S
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T
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Furniture Warerooms in New Fire-proof Buildiny.
Nos,
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JOSEPH TINKER,
Family and Shipping Butcher,
in
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Agency Detroit Safe Co. Feather, Hair, Hay and Kureka
Mattresses and Pillows, and Spring Mattresses on hand and
made to order. Pianos and Sewing Machines always on
hand and for tale or rent. Beet Violin and Guitar Strings
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ij
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Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
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jaatevr.
CONTRACTOR \M> BUII I'KK,
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pHAS.
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AMD
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MANUFACTURERS OK
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niTY SHOEING SHOP,
IHHH.
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Chairs to Rent.
Stoves and Ranges of all kinds, Pftuubers' Stock and
Metals, House Furnishing Goods, Chandeliers,
Lamps, Etc.
p. m.
JMrtjyr
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reference on matters Hawaiian;conveying
a better knowledge of the commercial,
agricultural, political and social progress
of the islands than any publication extant.
Orders from abroad or from the other
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PrICR—to Postal Union Countries 60
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Order. Price to any part of these islands
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THE FRIEND.
HONOLULU, H. 1., AUGUST, 1888.
46.
OAHU COLLEGE
MANAGERS NOTICE.
Number 8.
TITM. G. IRWIN k CO.,
port street,
The manager of I'm. Friend respectfulhonolulu.
Sugar
the
subFactors
,y requests
friendly co-operation of
& Commission Agents.
scribers and others to whom this publication
Agents for the
is a regular monthly visitor, to aid in ex.
HONOLULU, H. I.
Oceanic Steamship Comp'y.
tending the list of patrons of this, " the
janB7yr
Fall Terms open Monday, September 10.1888. oldest paper in the Pacific," by procuring
and sending in at least one new name each. S. N. CASI'I.K. O, p. < -ASTI.K. .1. 11. ATIIF.RTON.
The faculty at Oahu College will be constituted as follows: Tins is a small thing to do, yet in the aggrenAST LE It COOKE,
Rev. W. C. Merritt, A. U., Vale College—President- gate it will strengthen our hands and enMoral
Science.
Mental and
SHIPPING AND
Prof. A. B. Lyons, A M., M. D., Williams' College- able us to do more in >< turn than has been
Chemistry and Natural Sciences.
the
rate
moderate subscription
Rev. A. D. Hissell, A. 8., Amherst College—lnstrumen- promised for
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
tal and Vocal Music.
$2.00 per annum.
of
Holyoke
Seminary—Latin
MMTI Nil
Miss M. Ella Spooner, Mt.
and English Literature.
Islanders traveling abroad often speak, The Kohala Sugar Company,
Miss H. E. Cushman, A. P., Ol>erlin College-Greek,
or write, of the welcome feeling with which
The Haiku Sugar Company,
Mathematics and Rhetoric.
Mrs. L. D. Primey— French, Mathematics and FCnglish.
The Paia Plantation
Frif.nd is receiv.d as it makes its
The
These are all successful teachers who have had experit.rove Ranch Plantation,
regular appearance, month by month: hence
ence in their respective departments.
The Papaikou Sugar Company,
parties having friends or relatives abroad,
The Wui.iliut Plantation, K. Halstead,
The faculty at the Punahou Preparatory School will can
The A. H. Smith & Co. Plantation.
find nothing more welcome to send than
consist of the following well known successful teachers:
The Friend, as a monthly remembrancer The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Miss N. J. Matone—Principal—ist and 2nd Grades.
The Union Marine Insurance Company,
Miss Margaret Brewer—3rd and 4tn Grade*
of their aloha, and furnish them at the same
Miss E. B. Snow—sth and 6th Grades.
The Union Fire Insurance Company,
time
with
the
record
moral
and
reonly
of
Miss Helen S. Chamberlain—7th and Bth Grades.
The jtana Fire Inusrance Company
T
The Boarding Department will he under the same ligious progress in the A orth Pacific Ocean. The George F. Blake Manufacturin* Company.
management as heretofore, and the Trustees are confident
D, M Weston s Ci.:i«.; r'ijaK.
that it offers better privileges as a school house than can be In this one claim only this joinrial is entiobtained elsewhere for the same money.
to the largest support possible by the
layne & Son's Medicines
tled
It is desired that early application should be made for
Wih ox k Gibbs Sewing Machines,
Aug. 1888 friends of Seamen, Missionary and Philanall intending to enter either school.
Remington Sewing Machine Co.
thropic work in the Pacific, for it occupies Ja"B 7V
TlfM. R. CASTLE,
a central position in a field that is attract(). HALL k SON, (Limited)
ing the attention of the world more and T1
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Merchant St.. next to Post Office. Trust money carefully more every rear.
jsnB7yr
IMI'OKIKKS \M> 01-.M.KRS IN
invested.
subscriptions, change of address, or
New
T M. WHITNEY, M. I)., I). D. S.
notice of discontinuance of subscriptions or Hardware and General Mermust be sent to the Manager
advertisements
DENTAL ROOMS ON PORT ST..
chandise,
The
who will give the same
Friend,
Hotel
and
Port
Streets.
Block,
Office in Brewer's
corner
of
janB;yr
Entrance, Hotel Street.
prompt attention. A simple return of the
l ornri Korl ami King Streets, Honolulu, H. I.
paper without instruction, conveys no inTIT H. GRAENHALGH,
OFFICERS
telligible notice whatever of the sender s in- WM W. HALL, President and Manager,
AND
Punahou Preparatory School.
Importing
na<l Manufacturing
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
Book-Kinder, Etc.
Dealer in Fine Stationery, Books. Music. Toys
and Fancy Goods.
Honolulu.
Fort Street, near Hotel Street.
....
Jul BByr
1.. (J. ABLES, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. r. ALLEN, Auditor,
POM MAY sod E. O. WHILE, Directors.
devoted to The moral and aaB7\r
The Friend is
religious interests of Hawaii, and is pub-
lished on the first of every month. Jl will f\ RREWER ft CO., (Limited)
be sent post paid for oneyear on receipt of
GENERAL MERCANTILE
$2.0a.
ALLEN ft ROBINSON,
C()
Dealers in
Lumber, Building Materials and
Coals.
LUMBER VARI>—ROBINSONS WHARE.
janB7yr.
Honolulu, H. I.
t A. GONSALVES,
wo. Fort Street, Honolulu,
P HOTOGEAPHER,
Residences, Views, Etc. taken to order
tent.
feb-88
SIIVKK I ISIM.
Kl||.
Professional lards, six months,
$ a 00
One year
j 00
t inch, six months.,
4 00
One year
7 00
y, column, six months
8 00
One year
15 00
l/t column, six months
14 00
One year
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25 00
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40 00
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quarter of the year.
M M ISSION AGE NtS,
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MM
11.•tn.liilii H. I.
'i| ol KICKHS
i
President and Manager
Treasurerand Secretary
P. C. Jones )r
Joseph O. Carter
W. P. Mien
Auditor
INRECTOKs :
Hon. Chas. K.
Bishop
S. C Allen.
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H. Walerhouse.
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■nisHoi 1 &
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THE FRIEND.
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HANKERS,
Importer of
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
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IMPORTERS,
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And their Agents in
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Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
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I* x late arrivals.
AT THE NO.
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TOILET AUTI'C
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BANX E
Honolulu,
....
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Am
of the a orld, and
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AND AT QUEEN STREET,
'
Ginger lie and Aerated Waters. Crockery dc. Hardware
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Mi. 109 FORT STREET,
I 11
Dillingham & Co. and Samuel
of Dry Goods
HI"
Hawaiian Islands,
HARDWARE CO.,
KtCI BSBOftg
seen
A great variety
R S.
1 hraw Exchange on the prim ipal parts
nrstnact ■ General Banking Business,
t an l>e
LKS;
Principal Store & Warehouses.
Nott.
IMPORTEKiS,
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, TT E. McINTYRE
House Furnishing Goods,
Steamer "KINAUf
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GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FEED. I.OKKX/LN
CostßUtsdM
Cutlery, Chnndeliers,
Weekly Trips ror Hilo and
LAMPS,
Last
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Var-
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By Every
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"s 1,
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T EWERS k COOKE,
Lumber and
—
NO. at
Building Material.
Office B2 Fori m. Yard cor King and Merchant St*.
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Cm as. M. ookß,
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'
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IT
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MAY k CO.,
.
Cones Roaster.
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ttETS OF THE FRIEND.
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1853 to 1884, inclusive. A few sets from 1852,
unbound, can lie procured on application to
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"KILAUEA
IIOU,"
AMI
Steamer
lIIIMII ri.l
,
~„
"LEftUA"
s. i,. WILDER, President
s. B, ROSE, Secretary
[ijat
pHAS. .1.
FISHEL,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets, Honolulu,
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in
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New Good, received by every Tlirl from llie United
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iangryr
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TEA DEALERS,
States
Commission Merchants,
Corner y uten and Fort Streets,
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1'; King Street, (Way* Hi,;. k>,
MORTSTREET
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Weekly Trips
Honolulu.
TJENRV
I leal' I
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MlI IRE" ■»|ls
HUSTACE,
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(lonunander
Weekly Trips for Kahuluiand Hana.
Steamer.
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King's combination Spectacles, Glassware, Sewing Ma
chinas, Picture Frames. Vaaas, Brackets, etc, etc. Terma
Sj Port Street, Honolulu.
Steamer " LIKE J.IKE,"
DAVIES
FRESH CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
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i L. SMITH,
Strictly Cash.
Way Port*.
of Fort and KiliL; Streets,
Packet from the Eastern
States and Europe.
nishes,
Kerosene Oil
LOtiler
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
WOLFE & CO.,
IMPOKTKKS AMI IiK.U.KHs
i.\xc\ (loons,
millinery,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Koois, Shoes, etc
IS
GROCERIES* PROVISIONS,
And all kinds of Feed, such as
BRAN, BARLEY, CORN, WIIKAT, 4c
HAY, OATS,
Fresh Goods Received by Every Steamer.
■66 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
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Latest styles DRESS GOODS and MILLINERY received by every Steamer.
Fashionable Dress Making
Orders faithfully attended
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HONOLULU. H. 1.. AUGUST, 1888.
46.
Thk Pkiknii i* published the first day of rach month, a
Honolulu, H. I. Subscription i;Ue 'I wo Pou-ahs pkk
VKAK INVAHIAftLV IN AI>VANCH.
All communications and leltt-rs connected with the literary
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viewand Kxchankjes should bt addressed "Rev. S. E
Kisttof, Honolulu, 11. I."
ImNM letters should be addressed "T. G. Thkum,
Honolulu, H 1.
S.
Editor
E. BISHOP,
CONTENTS.
TAGS
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Hon. S. <;. Wilder
E. Japanese M ission
M.
Items
01
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62
6
Funeral Sermon, Mrs. Alexander
1
°3
E. T. Doane's 1-etter
Mrs. M. A. Alexander
64
Sailing of the Morning Star
64
Monthly Kvents
Marine Journal
°5
05
Birth*, Marriage, and Deaths
•■■■■••
e°
Hawaiian Board
Death of Rev. A. O. Forbes; R. 1. Booth; the
6j
lapanese Mission in Honolulu, etc
68
V.M.C A
Religious Liberty in Spain; Gems from Schopenhaur;
Cover
Sundries
.Seventh-day-ism
.
......•
HON.
SAMUEL G. WILDER.
Our columns in
June
recorded the
public satisfaction felt in the re-election
of this gentleman as President of the
Legislature. It is so very soon and
suddenly our lot to join in the general
mourning for his decease. Mr. Wilder
was an experienced and sagacious leader
in public affairs. He was successful
and enterprising in business, but especially honored for the noble public
spirit which made his enterprise tributary to the public welfare, as in the
Marine Railway, the Steamship Company, the Kohala Railway, the projected
Hamakua and Hilo Railway, and his
excellent Volcano route. His superior
business ability was habitually directed
in lines contributing to the development
of our resources and the general welfare.
Mr. Wilder was greatly honored for integrity and generosity. All feel that a
heavy loss has been sustained in his
death.
THE M. E.
JAPANESE MISSION.
The statements by Dr. Hyde with the
accompanying correspondence on our
seventh page, give the facts concerning
the establishing here of a branch of the
San Francisco Mission of the Methodist
Episcopal Church to the Japanese. This
has been arranged with the Hawaiian
Board —who were prosecuting the work
with inadequate means—in the most
cordial and fraternal spirit on both sides,
and with the most glad and hearty
welcome on our part to this grand
reinforcement of our Christian work at a
time of so great straits. These dear
brethren of the Methodist Church have
come and given a wonderfully efficient
help to the Lord's work in Hawaii at
just the time when we were most in
clanger of discouragement from the
great increase of work, and our lack of
men and means. As may be supposed,
we had not looked to our Methodist
brethren as a source of possible aid.
The Lord of the vineyard has chosen
his own way of sending relief. They
have come, filled with the spirit of
Gospel work, and have been favored
with remarkable success. They come,
not as rivals, but as helpers.
One great source of satisfaction in this
new organization is in the practical
carrying out of the principle of Christian
fellowship between sister denominations.
Nothing can be more cordial and fraternal than the whole action and spirit on
both sides in this matter. Rev. M. C.
Harris, Superintendent of the San
Francisco Mission, has greatly endeared
himself to us in these respects, as well
as by his inspiring and affectionate
Christian zeal.
Another and even deeper satisfaction
is in the marked manifestation of the
Divine Spirit's power in connection with
the labors of Rev. Mr. Miyama. the
leader of the new mission. This evidencing appeared in a marked manner
in the experiences in the household of
The
the Japanese Consul-General.
were
heard
echoes of these experiences
by many in the testimonies given by the
Consul and his household when examined preparatory to baptism.
A good work had been done and much
seed sown by Dr. Hyde and his associates in labors for the Japan* <• ;
the first visit of Mr. Ifiyama. Thl
Consul-General, 11, Taro Ando, had
himself been diligent in benevolent
efforts for his countrymen- had been
indeed a true father to his people— and
had lent his personal encouragement to
Christian efforts in their behalf. Having
been educated an Atheist, however, his
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own unbelief had remained apparently
unmoved. He had welcomed Mr. Miyama to his house, and under the
influence of his sweet and earnest
Christian intelligence the seeds of faith
began to grow in the Consul's mind and
in that of his cultivated and interesting
lady. They became in a few months
devout and prayerful Christians. Within
a few weeks the Divine Power seemed
to descend upon the whole household;
and every secretary and attache- became
deeply moved and converted to Christ.
Every domestic servant was also
converted. The testimonies of these
dearfriendshasbeen profoundly affecting.
Mr. Miyama and his associates are
full of joy, and are going forward with
great hope and expectation to carry the
knowledge of Christ Jesus to all their
The
countrymen in these islands.
example of their official head, highly
esteemed as he is among them, must
have a powerful influence. The most
hearty and hopeful prayers are going up
for the success of these workers, and
must be joined in by all. And now is
the time for every Christian to help in
this Japanese work as they have opportunity.
ITEMS.
President Merritt, Rev. E. P. Baker,
and several Punahou boys, lately ascended Mauna Loa.
Rev. M. C. Harris gave a most inspiring talk on the progress of the gospel
in Japan on Sunday the 15th ult., in
Central Union Church.
Rev. E. P. Baker of the Eoreign
Church at Hilo, has at the earnest and
united request of the church determined
to remain, after having fully arranged
his departure,
The venerable missionary father and
mother, Mr. Edward Bailey and wife
are about to take up their residence in
California, whither three of their sons
have removed.
Our Japanese friends gave a most
agieeabie welcome on the evening of the
ilh ult. to Rev. M. C. Harris at a reEmma Hall; a fareception in
well reception followed at the same
place on the evening of July 26th, to
Mr. Harris and Mr. Shimidzu, the excellent calporteur who had been labor
ing for six months under the auspices of
the Hawaiian Board.
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[Augst, 1888
proving the fact of a change in apostolic of religionists can argue to any extent
times may go for nothing with them, for their side. We received the other
There is perhaps no class of those and all our theories explaining the day a private letter from a very worthy
Christians who think.it duty to act grounds of the change they may set and zealous Mormon containing some
as foes to the vast body of Evangelical aside. They have the right to hold ten pages bristling with special pleading
They have the from the Bible! Much of it was hard to
churches, towards whom we have kinder their own opinions.
to carry those opinions into answer off-hand. We wrote to him
right
than
towards
the
feelings
Seventh-day- practice, responsible to God and not to that we had no time to read and try to
Baptist-Adventists. Their doctrine of man for any error they therein commit answer him; we had skipped all that
the Pre-millenial Advent of our Lord is or harm they produce. But we do think- part of his letter; we were governed in
one on which we all cheerfully and that in doing so, they are bound to our belief of Mormon error by other conSEVENTH-DAY-ISM.
fraternally agree to differ. The duty of
baptism by immersion is one for which
a large body of beloved and honored
Evangelical churches are strenuous;
and immersion itself has, without doubt,
been extensively practised in the churches
from the beginning. Their other peculiarities of teaching do not, as far as
we know, impair the clearness and
cogency with which they hold and teach
the great doctrines of the blessed Gospel
of Jesus Christ. Why should they
come here to make war upon us? Why
do they not gladly and fraternally work
with us? We have religious adversaries
enough, full of zeal and of confidence in
their own standards. Only the Lord of
the harvest knows why still others are
permitted to come and in his name to
attack the churches first planted here,
and so blessed and honored by Divine
gifts and fruits of salvation, poor as
their service has been.
"The Sabbath is, by God's command,
the seventh day, and not the first." This
is the dogma with which these Christian
brothers assail us, declaring us to be
apostate churches, because in observing
the first day as Sabbath, we thereby
violate a.sacred ordinance of God, and
are rebellious and disobedient.
Our well-known apology for the
observance of the first day is, that it is
the "Lord's Day" of the New Testament
—that it commemorates the Lord's
Resurrection—that it is the day which
he himself chose and consecrated byrepeated meetings with his disciples
that by apostolic testimony, it was of
special observance in the church. Add
to this that the Didachc, or Teaching
of
the Twelve Apostles (a church manual
in general use near the end of the first
century, as all leading scholars agree)
expressly designates the Lord's Day, ho
kuriakos kurioii, as the day of Christian
assembling and worship.
low all this may go for nothing as
lority with our zealous brethren
inst the old Mosaic specification,
'the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God." All the above records
—
I
exercise some modesty.
If they are siderations. So we have no doubt that
really in the right, it is certainly a most some of these Seventh-day friends might
extraordinary thing. They, the least of get the better of us in their special
the tribes of Israel, undistinguished by pleading on this one point on which
any learning not only, but by any they have trained themselves. But
superior excellence of gifts or of graces, there is one broad way of looking at the
are alone right upon what they hold to subject that seems to us practically to
be a central and vital matter of practice, settle the question. This whole matter
a res stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae; and of holding to one figure rather than anall the rest of Christendom are in fatal other, of seven instead of one, is excesserror. This is certainly a tremendous ively petty. It is wholly unworthy of en
assertion for these few brethren to stand lightened and sensible men, such as
up and make in the face of the vast Christians ought to be. Religion does
body of the-churches whom God has not consist in such trivialities. The obblessed and is blessing, and whom their servance of one day in seven as a day of
Lord is ever leading on to new conquests rest from labor is very necessary to the
from the kingdom of darkness and into bodies and minds of weary mankind.
fresh discoveries of his truth and his The use of such a day for Divine communion is essential to the spiritual
grace.
And this rather strong accusation of health of men and to their growth toerror they bring against us in face of the wards the heavenly life. The hebdomabsolute universality of this alleged adal division of time is a natural one
error among the churches of all coun- substantially corresponding to the
tries, evidently from the earliest ages. changes of the moon. God, in his great
If there is one matter of universal prac- loving kindness, has given his holytice in all churches calling themselves sanction to a day of rest, and worship,
by the name of Christ—one thing fol- once in seven days. 'But surely no one
lowed semper, übique, et omnibus—it is imagines for a moment that there is any
the observance of Sunday as the Chris- intrinsic importance in observing the
tian Sabbath. Not only so in all Pro- first or the fifth or the seventh day. It
testant churches, in all the immense is of the highest importance to man's
Latin church, in all the great and vene- welfare to observe one such day. All
rable Greek church, but it is so in all Christians agree that God commands it.
the minor and remoter branches of Some one day must be fixed by common
Christendom. Penetrate the far moun- consent and belief, and all yield obeditains of Kurdistan, and find the old ence thereto in harmony, or there is
Nestorian churches on the borders of confusion and mutual hindrance. But
Persia. Sunday is their Sabbath. Visit for one man to arise and say that a
the Coptic churches of Egypt. Sunday, thousand others have got the wrong da}'
too, is their sacred day. Travel up the and so are sinning against God, and he
dark continent into the remote and diffi- alone is observing the right day, is to
cult heights of Abyssinia, and in the put the letter above the spirit. It is to
ancient and degraded Abyssinian church, violate the principles of religion for a
for ages secluded from the rest of Chris- petty point of ritual. It is basing a
tendom, Sunday is still the Sabbath of bitter and mischievous schism upon a
rest. Debased and darkened these minute formality.
churches may be, they are none the less
"God is not the author of confusion,
witnesses to this unquestionable fact, but of order." To suppose that God
that God, in his providence, did permit approves of such efforts, is to attribute
at an early age the seventh-day to pass to him the character of an absurd
out of observance absolutely and univer- martinet. Our blessed Lord of love and
sally in all the churches of Christ, and peace, of light and truth, we think can
the first day to become the Christian have no sympathy with such petty
Sabbath. In the face of this universal- doings—nothing but grief and displeasity of Sunday observance, we must call ure with disciples, who for the sake of a
for a little more sobriety in our Seventh- point of form strive to destroy and break
up the Holy day which all are agreed in,
day brethren's attitude in this matter.
We are not now engaging in any at- and as a consequence to deprive Christempt to answer the various and ex- tian nations of their wholesome and
tended arguments they make for their beneficent Sabbaths.
The foregoing observations have been
dogma. We do not invite any controversy from them. This journal has no called out by petitions from the Seventhroom for any thing of the sort. Any set day people demanding from our Legisla-
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ture exemption from the prohibition of divine love burning bright in their hearts marvelous are thy works, Lord God Alordinary labor on Sunday, and by com- which led her and her husband, with a mighty: just and true are thy ways,
munications to the press vehemently heroism surpassing that of the Pilgrim thou King of saints."
insisting on this as their right, since
Saturday is their day of rest. We think
that the great majority of our working
people—and there are few others of
us—want a weekly day of rest from
labor, and are agreed that it can only be
secured by legal enactment. There is
no doubt that the great majority, irrespective of religion, are perfectly agreed
on Sunday as the most available day,
for many preponderating reasons. We
think that the majority can hardly be
charged with injustice if they refuse to
admit claims to exemption from this
wholesome law, which, if granted, would
go far to break up the useful working of
that law. A man might conceive it his
religious duty to be dressed in bed and
go undressed in the day time. But any
inconvenience resulting in his relations
to society would have to be charged to his
own singularity, and not to the injustice
of his neighbors. We are sorry for the
inconvenience to which our Seventh-day
friends find themselves subject. We
cordially wish for them a better understanding of God's will, and more moderation in asserting their own opinions
and rights to the detriment of so
beneficent an institution as the Christian
Sabbath.
SERMON BY REV. T. L. GULICK AT THE
FUNERAL OF MRS. M. A. ALEXANDER.
Haiku, Mali, July 1, 1888.
At evening time it shall be light.
—Zee. 14:7.
This was very true ol our dear Mother
Alexander. After a long and bright day,
filled with love and usefulness, there
was a serene and beautiful evening time,
in which a mild radiance shone about
her, filling those who knew her with
thoughts of heaven, and bright anticipations of the greater glory which she was
soon to behold.
When she so suddenly left us, it
almost seemed as though we could see
the pearly gates and the golden streets,
where she had entered to join her
companion in the toils of earth, the
innumerable company of angels and the
spirits of the just made perfect.
She had but little of this earth's goods
but what a rich legacy she has left, no,
only to her children, but to us all. Its
worth is above all rubies and precious
stones. She was so retiring that only
those who were intimate with her were
conscious of the full strength of her
character; but, who that knew her has
not felt the warm pulse of her loving
heart?
God is love; and that divine love had
so entered into her that it seemed to
have taken possession of her whole
being, and to irradiate with light and
warmth all who came within the circle
of her influence. It was this flame of
fathers of New England, to sail from
By a providential ordering, our theme
New Bedford November l'i>, 1831, to at the last prayer-meeting she attended,
spend their lives, far from home and and which she afterwards said she enkindred, in lifting degraded savages out joyed very much, was " Heaven, our
of heathen darkness. It was this un- home: the home of our Eather and Requenchable love and heroism which led deemer." The very last words several
a little company of six devoted men and of us ever heard from her lips, were the
women, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, Mr. words of our Master, "If I go and preand Mrs. Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. pare a place for you, I will come again,
Parker, to make the determined effort and receive you unto myself: that where
for nine terrible months to live among lam there ye may be also." The cercannibals in the Marquesas Islands, tainty and the joy of being forever with
which they left when they found that an Christ was the last thought we heard
English society thought they had a prior her express. How fitting! How sweet
to remember! How little we then supclaim to the field.
For fifty-seven years, with only one posed that this dear Mother in Israel
short visit to the home and friends of would so soon enter the home to which
her youth, Mother Alexander has spent her loving thoughts ran forward !
her life in voluntary exile for the love of Can we not almost hear the welcome,
souls. The Marquesas Islands, Waioli, "Well done, good and faithful servant;
Kauai, Lahainaluna.Wailuku and Haiku enter thou into the joy of thy Lord?"
have for more than half a century been
I cannot feel, my friends, that this is
the witnesses of her faith, hope and a day of mourning. It is a day in which
love. Among the most marked traits Christ anewbrings life and immortality
of her character was her modest, meek to light. It is a day of victory: a day
and gentle spirit, which made her hero- of welcome home to one who was ready,
ism the more noticeable and praise- and who longed for the Father's house.
worthy. It was always her joy to help Faithful unto death, she has received
all who were in any need or distress, at the crown of life.
Thanks be to God who giveth us the
however great inconvenience to herself.
Her children, her grand-children, her victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
neighbors, the Hawaiians, all who knew
LETTER FROM REV. E. T. DOANE.
her, rise up and call her blessed. Those
who have known her more during the
last years of her life have been struck Rev. C. M. Hyde, D.D.
Dear Brother: —Our Manila mail came
with her constant solicitude for the
yesterday, your good letter along.
in
her.
The
welfare
of
all
about
spiritual
me it was a drop of cold water in a
To
object to which she consecrated the
sun. I am happy to write of
burning
and
bloom
of
her
was
youth
strength
the
times. The Governor is
quietest
her
old
age.
increasingly dear to her in
to show the natives that he is a
Now that she has gone, an added anxious
other day
responsibility to work and pray for the friend to them. But to the
return
parties
certain
refused
certain
salvation of souls will be laid upon each
goods taken in the emeute of last year.
one of us.
bad blood about
Our friend was one whose delight was They showed not a little
in the word of God. Her mark was it, but the Governor seemingly overlooks
found in her Bible at the seventy-first all. But this leniency of his must not
Psalm, which, very probably, were the be thought as indicating a weakly,
feminine heart. He does not want any
last words she read.
he rules.
"In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. blood shed on Ponape while
place unless some
"Cast me not off in the time of old And it will not take
natives break over all bounds
age; forsake me not when my strength fractious
of reason. He will then strike hard, I
faileth.
"I will hope continually, and will yet know. But while he is a man of great
self-restraint, I do belieVe the Lord is
praise thee more and more.
greyhead- working with that man. There is much
am
old
and
I
Now
when
"
and his conduct
ed, O God, forsake me not; until I prayer offered for him,
have shewed thy strength to this gener- outcrops in the line of those prayers. It
ation, and thy power to every one that is sweet to hear the natives thank the
Lord for so good a Governor. This
is to come.
means much for them.
of
thy
also
shall
talk
" My tongue
We work on amid some detractive
righteousness all the day long.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I accusations from beach-combers. But
writing
sing unto thee: and my soul which thou the other day I was accused ofmassacre
to certain parties that a terrible
hast redeemed.
by the Spaniards; all
We all know with what pleasure she was to take place
one
were to be butchered!
save
foreigners
sang with us " Rock of Ages cleft for
such a source
me" and the other familiar hymns dear The charge emanates from
man
that
no
sane-minded
could be
Now
she
has
joined
to every Christian.
the heavenly choir in singing the song expected to believe it. But no one can
of Moses and the Lamb, "Great and tell how it may affect these Spaniards.
"
'
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THE FRIEND.
[August, 1888
SAILING OF THE MORNING STAR.
spasm of sickness, she suddenly fell
back upon her pillow, death occurring
Captain Garland got our Missionary
instantaneously from the rupture of an
the
brain.
off promptly at the appointed day
ship
artery in
Her daughters, Mrs. Dickey and Mrs. and hour, July 13th. Farewell services
Baldwin, were with her. Mr. Baldwin were held on board at 2:30 p. m. Rev.
then in attendance in the Legislature
in Honolulu, chartered the Likelike, E. S. Timoteo made a short and forcible
and accompanied by Prof. W. D. Alex- address in Hawaiian, and Rev. M. C.
ander, who is the eldest son of the de- Harris of the Japanese Mission in San
ceased, reached his home in time for the Francisco in English, Dr. Hyde interfuneral. Messrs. Samuel T. and Rev. preting the
substance of the words of
J. M. Alexander are residing in Oak- each. Prayers in English and Hawaiian
has
been
land, Cal. The latter
lately
joined with Prof. A. in preparing a by Rev. Messrs. Bicknell and Waiamau.
memorial volume of their father for pri- The Missionary Hymn was sung in
vate circulation.
both languages. Rev. Dr. Beckwith
Both at Lahainaluna and at Wailuku,
for forty years, the Alexander home was pronounced the Benediction. Good byes
the seat of the warmest and most abun- were rapidly exchanged and the vessel
dant hospitality, to which the calm and speedily slipped away from the wharf,
gracious nature and the efficient minis- rounding the light-house at 3:30 p. m.,
trations of the house-mother, contributed when many of the
friends owing to a
no less than the high and genial Chrismistake
the
in
notice, were
published
tian manliness of the honored Father.
coming
the
varied
and
down.
just
in
that,
seems
to
us
It
pleasant memories of old missionary
No Hawaiian missionaries went this
Ponape.
' But I must close. Your warm, kind life in Hawaii, no home stands out in time. Miss Little for the Gilbert Is. work
heart is a balm for us. May the dear memory more radiant with generous at
Kusaie, and Rev. Mr. Snelling to sucLord have thee and thine in his tenderest Christian light and sweetness. Mrs.
ceed
Mr. Logan at Ruk were the only
was
a
woman
of
ever
high
Alexander
embraces. Affectionately, E. T. D.
and earnest tone, wise, calm, patient, cabin passengers. Mr. Snelling was
Ponape, May 4, 1888.
and faithful, steadfast and cheerful un- obliged to part from his bride at San
der many trials and burdens, and much Francisco, on account of her health,
MRS. M. A. ALEXANDER.
experience of invalidism. Her faith in in the expectation that she will join him at
By the death of this venerable mis- Christ was clear and strong from the Ruk next year. He goes forward with
sionary Mother, the survivors of the re- beginning to the end. It ever sustained set purpose and courage, notwithstandinforcement of 1832 are reduced to three, and rejoiced her, and filled her with love ing this severe trial, which brought
Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Emerson and and zeal for the salvation of men.
him much sympathy here. It was a
As the mother of four sons and four touching thing to bid God speed to these
Mrs. Parker. Mrs. Alexander's maiden
name was Mary Ann McKinney. She daughters, all but one of whom survive two earnest and highly cultivated young
was born near Wilmington, Delaware, her, it was in the sacred maternal life persons, thus giving themselves for
June 8, 1810. In May, 182-1, she made that Mrs. Alexander's strength of body Christ and his lost ones in the darkness
that public profession of religion, that and spirit was largely expended. She of those distant islands. More than a
was followed and verified by a conse- was a loving, wise and successful year may pass before they hear from
crated life of faithful and steadfast nourisher and trainer of her flock. The their homes.
Christian service. She had become a large and greatly prospered tribe of her The Morning Star will touch at
resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, children and grand-children do indeed Kusaie and Ponape on her way to Ruk,
at the time of her marriage, October 25, rise up and call her blessed. To her, returning whence she is to go through
1831, to the Rev. W. P. Alexander. through them, Hawaii already owes the Marshall Islands, then the Gilbert
On November 26th following they em- much, both spiritually and socially, and Islands, then visit the Ponape out-stabarked at New Bedford in the Averick, is likely to be still more a debtor. Her tions of Mokil and Pingelap, ending
as missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M. to memory and her husband's are especially with Ruk and the Mortlock and neighboring islands. Mr. and Mrs. Walkup,
the Hawaiian Islands. With the Arm- dear to Hawaiians, so many of whom
strongs and Parkers, the Alexanders enjoyed their training in seminary and of Kusaie, will probably return with the
pastoral Star for a visit home.
lived for a part of one year among the in household, Itas wellbeas in said
that
may
truly
Marquesas cannibals during 1833-4. intercourse.
That mission having been surrendered their memories are fragrant throughout
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
to the London Missionary Society, they the communities of these islands. Their
works
do
follow
them.
July I—Return of U. S. S. Mohican
returned to Honolulu, having endured
great perils and hardship*. They were
from Samoa.
then stationed at Waioli, Kauai, residThe heart growl rich in giving, lean
2nd.—Organ recital by Mr. VVray
Lahainaluna in hoarding.
ing there until 1843.
at Kaumakapili Church and fareTaylor
Seminary then became their home until
He that is ignoble in small deeds can- well services of Prof, and Mrs. Van
1857, when they removed to Wailuku,
Maui. Their only visit to the United not act nobly in great deeds.
Slyke.
States was made in 1861. After her
He who fears to undertake is already
3rd.—Arrival of H.B.M.S. Hyacinth
husband's death in 1884, Mrs. A. made defeated.
from Coquimbo.—Another exodus of
her home with her daughter, Mrs. H.
What hast thou wrought for right and
a.m.
Haiku,
where,
at
at
7
Baldwin
kamaainas
and visiting friends per AusP.
for God and man?
of Thursday, June 29th, she. passed truth,
from Crown Lands to
tralia.—Report
Christianity knows no truth that is
away, in the 79th year of her age. A
shows an annual rent
the
Legislature
sudden attack of cholera morbus had not the child of love, and the parent of
$37,588.
of
roll
begun ten hours Wefore. While in a duty.
We are just now in the furore of
putting up two churches,- the people of
the war regions rallying to the work,
people whom I once thought all lost to
us. But, all praise to the dear Lord,
they are coming back or taking heart,
and the work is righting itself up like a
good ship after a fearful gale. We are
the victors. It is amusing and surprising
how the " Capuchins" worked to
deprotestantize our work and the people,
and to see their utter failure. Ah, the
times when they thought to buy the dear
people with wine and gin and tobacco.
Lost to themselves their work, they are
the despoiled and demoralized ones.
Since the opening of the year we have
taken in some dozen or more of converts,
and more stand ready to come in. The
Lord has not yet forsaken Ponape.
We are pained to hear of the death of
Brother Sturges. Brave, valiant soldier
of the cross, his warfare is ended; he is
safely in camp with his mighty Captain.
0 may the mantle of the good man fall
on some young shoulders to wear at
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Gravesand wife, F \V McChe&ney and wife. Mist M Mc27th.—Arrival of S. S. Alameda from Chesney,
G IC Wilder, C B Brittain, D W Roswick, S S
O W Knester, CF Hughes, Miss E Renton.
the Colonies en route for San Fran- Robinson,
Miss A Renton, Miss E White, L B Kerr, Geo H. FairJames Otis, Harry Mi ler, E Lazarus, T B Cartcisco.—Visit from Mr. Richard T. Booth child,
wright, H Bostock, E J Hopkins, E D Baldwin, Frank
H Frazer and wife, I. H Lipman, C Neldener, C E
who improved the time to meet the Otis,
Williams, C C Parson, wife and child, Y Allan, wife and
native branch of the Blue Ribbon children, I Emerson,
PrWR Fox, S Sachs, Mrs J Strong,
and maid, and 40 steerage.
League at their regular services in child
From San Francisco, per schr W S Bowne, Julya? —Prof
Emma Hall.
A S Miner, John Maker, A Thompson, H C Overdin, E
Wagner and John Wagner.
28th.—Death of Hon. S. G. Wilder;
DKPARTt'Kas.
Legislature adjourns and Government For San Franc-sco, per S S Zealandia, June 30—Mrs J
chid,
Morgan
ami
Miss
M Lowdoa, C M Cooke, H X
offices and places of business close in XHyde, O B Sirith, J Koch,
A Can., H .Holmes, Mrs
token of respect and esteem.
Evans and 3 chil Jmi, 4 .steerage and 125 passengers ia
transit.
For San Francisco, par 8 S Australia, July 3—Prof L L
29th.—Memorial service at Kaumaka- Van
7th.—Dramatic entertainment at the
Slvke and wife. W F Frear, Miss A Morrill, LD
Biown,
Mini May Great!, Ma-ters Pogue (2), Mrs A O
Opera House by officers of H. M. S. pili Church for the late A. 0. Forbes.
Forbes, M S Greenhaum and wife, H Miller, Capt Wm
Unger
and
Mr> X A Smith and daughter, Dr J M
Cormorant, with tableaux by Honolulu
31st.—The Australia takes away Whitney andwife,
wife, Mrs Banning and bos, Mrs M D Cooke,
amateurs, in aid of the British Benevo- another batch of restless summer J A Hopper, wifeand daughter, Miss Templeton, Mrs W
I. Hopper and 2 children, Mr F Wieher, A kosenr>erg. Miss
lent Society.
Webster, W H Bailey, wife and 2 children, F L Patten, E
4th.—The day we celebrate; observed
by the usual literary exercises and
athletic sports at "Little Britain" during the day, reception at the Legation
in the afternoon, and ball at the Armory
in the evening. A yacht race and
various private picnic parties were side
attractions for the interested ones, as
was the sparse exhibition of fireworks in
the evening.—Sundry fire alarms, little
damage done.
•
roamers.
Bth. —Sunday visit of S. S. Mariposa
from San Francisco, en route for the
Colonies.
Marine
—
10th.
Custom House published
tables show the value of our domestic
exports for the past quarter to be
$4,557,723.
Journal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—August.
ARRIVALS.
U. S. S. Mohican, Davis, 36 days from Samoa.
Bk. W. B. Godfrey, Dabel, 13H days from San Francisco.
Am bk. F. S. Thompson, Potter, Ijtf days from San
Francisco
Am. bktne Discovery, McNeil, 15H day* om San
»"
Francisco.
2
Arr. bktne Mary Winkelman, 12 days from San Francisco.
days from Co
3— H. B. M. S. Hyacinth, Bourke,
i
11th.—First four-masted vessel to
visit this port arrives to-day, the Omco,
with coal from New Castle.
12th.—Bill abolishing the office of
quimbo.
governor passed its third reading, 33 to
Am. bk. t D. Bryant, Lee, 11 days from San Fran10.—Missionary packet Morning Star
cisco.
sailed on her annual voyage to Micro5-Am. bktne Ella, Hanson, 18 days from Eureka, Cal.
from
Francisco.
nesia.
14th.—Arrival of U. S. S. Omaha
from Acapulco.
18th.—Death of Mrs. N. L., wife of
His Ex. Jonathan Austin, after a brief
.
San
B— S. S. Maiiposa, Ha>ward,
9—Am. tern Eva, Wikman, 10hours from Mahukona.
11—Brit. bk. Omeo, Anthony, 40 days from New Castle,
N. S. W.
14—U. S. S. Omaha, McNair, 29 days from Acnpulc >.
15—Am. hgtne Con-uelo, 12 days fotn Baa Francisco.
22—Brit. bk. Wo?dIrather,
from Sydney.
23—Brit. bk. Cocker mouth. Little, 116 days from Liver-
,
pool.
24-S. S. Australia, Houdlette, j% diys from San Francisco.
2<l -Am. tern W. S, Bowne, Bltthra, fr.-m San Francisco.
Mul er, Mir* M Bailey, A F Cooke, E ..azarus, Mrs A P
IVersnn ami child* Miss M A Howt, C Lehman, Miss B
Iniliwuil, Miss Pattaa, Mrs J L Ross and child, C Yon
Mangurson, W Meter, F S llinn and wife, S Jackson,
wife and child, Prot Scott, F M Ltarta, J I, Bartholomew,
A Haneberg. Rev H B Gage, Prof A I.yser, HM Cornwell, Rev Mr Ryan, F W Kaululaau, Misaos C and L
Cunningham, 1 J Coghlin, G A Coffin, J Whiteand wife,
W H Tay'or, wifeand 4 children, J Burke, FJ Kasper,
Johr Welch, N F Burgtss and wife, Miss C Connor, Mn
M Scheimer and son. Miss Bowen, H A Miner, A I. Raffeitv, Mrs Schroeder, Mrs J Sanderman and 3 children,
Mrs M Doaot.l and daughter, W Wright, C Beurigard, W
Kraser, Jas Clark, P Mclntyre, 64 Portuguese and 24
Chinese
For San Francisco, per bk l.ady I Simpson, July 5— Hy
Blower.
For San Francisco, par W H I>imond, July B—M Lesslie, wife and child, Airs C H Daly and daughter.
For Micronesia, per Morning Star, July 12—Rev Albert
Snelling, Miss Alice Little, W Mahoe and wife, M Wilson
and wife, and 2 Hawaiians.
Fur San Francisco, per bktne Discovery, July 17—C H
Wcyhe, J A McCandless, wifeand childand J L Ross.
Par San Francisco, per bk'ne Ferris S 'I hompson, July
18—G Robertson, Alex Robertson and Willie Love.
Par San Francis-o, pet W B Godfrey, July at—Jno
Hlaisdell and G H Withrow.
Pot San Francisco, per S S Alameda, July aB—Mrs
Florence Williams. J M Woods, wife and child, T E
Smith, S C Evans, T P Evans. S C Evans, I>. Rev Dr M
C Harris, C C Parsons, wife and child. W R Fox, W 1
Bishop. I A Backwith. WO Faulkner, G M Sutherland,
Mrs A L Cresnss and child, Mrs T Dowell and rhild, Rl
Lillie, W Tama. MUa M Walker, M iss Agn. s Walker W
Baldwin, W Dickey W S Terry, J Howling, Miss laber.
1 P Ingram, F. McDade, C Denning, J M Gibson, J
R M-rris 3 cth> rs, and 172 passengers in transit.
illness.
-Am. S. S. Alaincda, Morse, from the Colonies.
19th.—Literary and Musical Enter- 27 Am. bhip Daniel Barnes, from New Castle, N. S. W.
BIRTHS.
tainment at the Y. M. C. A. Hall byDEPARTURES.
Miss Prescott, assisted by local talent.
LIGHTFOOT -At Ookala, Hawaii, July nth. the wife of
for
San
Francisco.
Houdlette,
S.
S
Aisralia,
2
J Ligbtfoot, a daughter.
bk. Lady Lainpsuii, Sodergren, for Sai Fran21st. —Central House, Alakea street, s—Brit.cisco.
A. King, Berry, for Pug-*t Sound.
was discovered on fire about 2 p.m. by- 6—Bk. Jas.
MARRIAGES.
B—S. S. Mariposa, Hayward, for the Colonies.
U. S. S. Mohican, Davis, for San Francisco.
neighbors and met with almost total
LOW
At Kohala, Hawaii. June 24th, A
F-andsco.
THATCHER—
"an
lirew,
fur
Uimond,
Bktne W. H.
J '1 hatcher to Miss Fanny Low.
M. S. Cormorant, Nicolls, for Uritisti Columbia.
anihilation. Adjoining properties had a lO_H. B.Miss,
MiCTQpacket
Morning
for
Garland,
Mar,
narrow escape. —J no. Flennelly, a ma- 12—Am.nesia.
DEATHS.
Am. bktne Ella, Hansen, for Eureka.
rine from the Omaha was fatally shot,
14- Am torn Eva, Wikman, for turcka.
for Puget Sound.
off Punchbowl street, near midnight.
Brit. bk. Pakwan,
July ist, J Sicmsen, a native of
SI
EMSE**
Honolulu,
In
for San Francisco.
17—Am. bktne I 'iscovery, McNeil,
Germany, aged 50 years.
Potter, for San Francisco.
23rd. —British ship Cockcrmouth ar- 18—Am bk. F. P. Thompson,
KING—At Kapalama, Jary jth, Mrs Maria King, aged
21 -Bk. W. B. Godfrey, Dabe'. for San Franci-co.
rives-after a splendid passage of lib 27—Am. bktne Consuelo, Robertson, for San Francisco.
47 years.
Sa.i Francisco.
S.
for
Alameda,
Morse,
-Am.
28
S.
days from Liverpool.
BETTS—At Huelo, M.vii, July 3d, George Harris Belts,
son of Charles and Eli7a Beits, aged 1 year, 6 months and
PASSENGERS.
30 days.
24th.—Action of the House on the
ARRIVALS.
COM STOCK—In Kau, Hawaii, July toth, Captain CornKing's veto of the Military bill resulted
stock, an early resident of theislands.
From ihe Colonies, per Zealandia, June )o—Ml and Mr
a
of
35
by
Flamming,
the
same
vote
to
and
G
inf
E
F
A
passing
nt,
Taylor,
G
C
Mrs
in
Jacksonfor
LYLE—At
Honolulu. July 15th, Maggie, aged t6 months
Lewis and
San Francisco.
in transit
10.—Judge Dole files his decision in the From San1.5Francisco, per Mane Mary Winkelman, July and 20 days, daughter of James A and Maggie Lyle.
AUSTIN—At Honolulu, July 18th, Nancy L. wife of
case of the Minister of the Interior, vs. 2—S Karon and J Silva.
Jonathan Austin, aged 59 years, 7 months and 28 days.
From San Francisco, per C D Bryant, July 3—Miss
C. R. Bishop ct. al. in favor of the de- May
Lee, Miss Mary Tuck, Miss Louise McCarthy, Miss HART—In this city, July 20th, Henry J Hart, a native 0/
Kingston, Jamaica, aged about «8 years.
fendants. —Arrival of S. S. Australia Baskerville, Mr. L S Bennett, E Baskerville, L HulchinW Grant.
Colorado Springs, July Bth, of congestion
with the sad news of the sudden death »on and 0
FORBES-At
From San Francisco, per stmr Mariposa, July B—Dr J
of the brain. Rev A O Forbes, Secretary of the Hawaiian
of Rev. A.(). Forbes at Colorado Brodie,
W W Campliell and wife, J M Gibson, Rev 1
aged about 55 years.
Board,
Goodell, Mrs W W Hall. 3 children and nurK, W C
Springs.
Harris, A E Hecht, Master J X and Irwin Hecht., Mils FORBES—At Jacksonville, Fla, June 15th, Col W F
Forbes, brother of Rev A O Forbes, aged 52 years.
Hecht, Aug Hering, Mr. A P Hildebrand, Henry Hilde26th.—Death of Mrs. Sarah Dickson, brand,
Lacy, Mm W H Rice,
James T Hodsdon, Wm Snelling,
George Suther- DICKSON—In this city, July a6th, Mrs Sarah Dickson,
Smith, Rev Alfred
Mrs
Mott
J
aged 89 years and 8 months, formerly of Boston and
aged nearly ninety years, a resident of land, A Young, Jr. Also 73 in transit.
Cincinnati, USA.
From San Francisco, per bktne Consuelo, July 16—H B
Honolulu since 1867.—Complimentary Saylor.
WILDER—At the residence, Eskbank, July 28th, at 7:15
Band Concert at the Hotel to Captain From San Francisco, per S S Australia, July i,-WT a at, the Hon Samuel Gardener Wilder, aged 57 years, 1
McNair and officers of U. S. S. Omaha. Collum Miss M F. Collum. Miss A Booth, C W Booth. H monthand 8 days. A native of* Leominster, Mass, USA.
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I his pag. is devoted to theinterests of the Hawaiian
Hoard of Missions, and tile Kilitur, appointed by the
Hoard is responsible 4or its contents.
Rsv. Jas. Bickftell,
--
Editor.
DEATH OF REV. A. O. FORBES.
By the Australia, July 21th, was
received the very surprising and afflicting
intelligence that our beloved and efficient
Corresponding Secretary, the Reverend
Anderson Oliver Forbes, very suddenly
departed this life at Colorado Springs,
early on Sunday, July Bth.
Mr. Forbes had been enjoying his
sojourn exceedingly at this famous
health resort, and had apparently made
line progress towards the recovery of his
long-impaired health. His appetite and
digestion had been better than for nearly
two years past. He was eagerly planning
for Mrs. Forbes to join him in Colorado,
as she was much in need of rest and
change, and was already embarking for
California. This was not to be. After
an active day on Friday, visiting at Col.
Ue la Vergne's, he found his head somewhat affected on Saturday, apparently
tending to sick-headache. It did not
seem sufficiently serious to ask medical
aid which was at hand. At nine that
evening, he retired as usual. Not long
after, a lady inmate of the house heard
him moaning, and entering his room,
found him unconscious upon his bed.
Medical aid was at once obtained, but he
passed away in the early morning,
without a return of consciousness.
Congestion of the brain was the immediate cause of death.
Col. Dc la Vergne and family showed
the utmost kindness. Mr. S. T. Alexander of Oakland telegraphed to have
the remains embalmed to await the
wishes of Mrs. Forbes who landed in
San Francisco on the 10th. By her
decision the funeral was proceeded with
at the place of decease, she lacking the
strength to go on thither, although
furnished every possible aid thereto by
the kindness of Mr. C. M. Cooke.
Mr. Forbes was the eldest son of Rev.
Cochran Forbes, missionary at Kaawaloa, Hawaii, where he was born April
14,1833. His earlier schooling was at
Punahou under Rev. D. Dole. He went
to the United States with his parents on
their return thither in 1848, and in the
following year united with the church.
He graduated at Washington College,
Pa., in 1853,and at Princeton Theological
Seminarj-in 1858, receiving Presbyterian
ordination as an Evangelist at Philadelphia May 5, 1858, and returned to the
islands as a missionary of the A. B. C.
F. M., via Panama, in September of
that year. He was at once stationed at
Kaluaaha, Molokai, as successor to the
deceased Father Hitchcock, into whose
wonderfully successful labors Mr. Forbes man into the Hawaiian work since Mr.
entered with remarkable efficiency and iForbes in 1858, and Dr. Hyde in 1877.
zeal, having already an idiomatic famil- [Hence the present deficiency. Our be-
iarity with the language.
brother has gone, and we must
Early in the following year. Mi. close up our thinned ranks as best we
Forbes married Miss Maria P. Cham- may, praying our great Captain to send
berlain of Honolulu, who has been the us the needed help, and to give us
faithful partner of his cares and labors. meantime needed strength and faith.
In June, 1808, Mr. Forbes succeeded
Mr. Forbes leaves one son and three
Rev. Lowell Smith as pastor ofKauma- daughters, one of the latter still in tenkapili Church in Honolulu, leaving there der years. Our tenderest sympathies
in Jul} , 1871, to become associated with are with the widowed parent and her
Rev. S. Ei Bishop in the direction of children, whose fine* promise we pray
Lahainaluna Seminary. At the end of may be worthily fulfilled, as of such
1874, Mi. Forbes was called to the consecrated missionary descent.
pastorate of the Foreign Church at Hilo,
S.L.H.
Hawaii, where he proved himself an
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able preacher in English, and won the
hearts of his people by his zealous,
Mr. R. T. Booth the temperance lecprudent and affectionate pastoral care.
In June, 1880, Mr. Forbes was elected turer who inaugurated the Blue Ribbon
to the weighty and responsible office of movement in these islands eighteen
Corresponding Secretary ofthe Hawaiian months ago,' was a
through passenger
Board, in which he labored with the
greatest serviceableness and efficiency from Sydney to San Francisco on the
until his death. He thus was engaged Alameda. As the steamer arrived late
for thirty years in an uninterrupted in the afternoon on last Friday, and
course of missionary and pastoral service. sailed at ten a. m. on Saturday, it gave
His rest has now come from labors Mr. Booth an opportunity to meet only
manifold, varied, faithful and successful, a few of his many Honolulu friends, but
after a blessed record of a consecrated with this limited time he found opporlife, an ardent zeal and faith unwavering. tunity to step in Cjueen Emma Hall and
Our dear brother had more than or- address a few words of greeting and endinary gifts as a public speaker—always couragementtotheHawaiian Blue Ribbon
interesting and animated, often rising League which meets on Friday evening
to eloquence, and very often moved of each week. Mr. Booth is looking
with deep emotion. He had tasted the well and hopes to make us a longer
blessed gift of the Spirit's Power, and visit on his return trip from the States
that heavenly helping was often mani- some two months hence.
fest in his speech. His pastoral labors
were repeatedly blessed by joyful revivals and ingathering of souls. He
IMHTSNOJAEPONOLNS ULU.
had rare social qualities, charming in
conversation, both by natural wit and There are some peculiar features of
wide and cultivated intelligence, and by
a fine native tact in winning attention Christian work among the Japanese,
and regard. Mr. Forbes was personally not to be found in similar work among
a very popular man among both natives the Chinese. There is an eagerness to
and whites. He was intimately ac- know what is the truth, that leads to
quainted with Hawaiian modes of
thought, and was one of our best author- independent, searching investigation.
ities on Hawaiian customs and antiqui- There is a marked degree of emotional
ties, as well as on the niceties of the excitement in view of the grandeur,
Hawaiian language.
scope, and claims of God's revealed
Our brother has gone from us scarcely
truths. There is an intense national
past the prime of life, and in the full
maturity of his powers and experience. feeling, something deeper and more farAlthough latterly in impaired health, reaching than patriotism, the sense of
there was a reasonable prospect of an personal obligation to do what only Japearly leinvigoration, and of many years anese can do in carrying the knowledge
of the most serviceable and vigorous of the Gospel to all the Japanese. These
activity. At no period have such ser- have all been marked characteristics of
vices as his been more needed than now the work here in Honolulu. The conamong the Hawaiian churches, and in version of the Japanese Consul and his
all the lines of Christian work in which wife, has been followed by the converthe Hawaiian Board is engaged. It has sion, one after another, of the various
seemed good to the Lord to remove attaches. Every instance of conversion
such a worker at such a time. We are has had its individual peculiarities, but
greatly perplexed. We do not know all have come about as the result of inhow even his important official position dependent, personal inquiry into the
can be again filled. No one has grown truths of Christianity. In all this work
up into experience among the churches, Rev. Mr. Miyama has been very helpful,
except one or two who seem indispensa- combating the objections to the religion
ble in their present positions. The A. of the Cross with the clear utterances
B. C. F. M. have absolutely sent no of divine truth. When the last one in
-
hoved
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the Consulate to yield his heart to
Christ, made the surrender, there was
such rejoicing as stirred every heart to
its depths; and the next day the rejoicings were renewed as those associated
with Rev. Mr. Miyama gathered at his
house to hear the story. Rev. Mr.
Harris, Superintendent of the Japanese
Mission in San Francisco, had come to
Honolulu on the steamer arriving July
*th. The new converts were eager to
make some public acknowledgement of
their faith. They wished to be baptized
by Rev. Mr. Miyama. Arrangements
were accordingly made for a Union
Consecration Service in the Central
Union Church, Sunday afternoon, July
15th. After brief addresses by Rev.
Mr. Harris, Rev. Dr. Hyde and M. Taro
Ando, the ordinance of Baptism was
administered in Japanese by Rev. Mr.
Miyama, and the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper by Rev. Dr. Beckwith
and Mr. Harris. The persons baptized
were M. Taro Ando, the Japanese Consul, Mrs. Ando, four attaches of the Consul, two domestic servants, also a woman and her child from Mr. Miyama's
household. There were present and
participants in the Communion, Chinese,
Japanese, Gilbert Islanders, Hawaiians,
English, uniting with members of the
Central Union Church in this unique,
impromptu, impressive service. The
coming of Rev. Mr. Miyama was at the
desire of the Japanese Christians in San
Francisco, who deputed him to come and
look after the religious welfare of the
4,500 Japanese laborers, that have been
brought to these islands. It is hoped
that his work may take on some permanent form, and it was with a view to
arrange for this that Rev. Mr. Harris
came to Honolulu. The correspondence
which follows shows how satisfactorily
this has been arranged:
Hon. A. F. Judd, Pres. Hawaiian Board.
Dear Brother:—-The attention of the
Japanese Christians of San Francisco,
belonging to the Japanese Mission, was
first directed to the Japanese laborers
on the Hawaiian Islands about two
An earnest desire was
years ago.
awakened at that time to do something
for their countrymen, but owing to
business reasons no steps were taken.
The interest however continued to grow,
and finally took shape in the visit of
Rev. K. Miyama in September, 1887,
the object of which was to ascertain
their condition, and if anything could
be done for them. Upon his return he
reported that Rev. Dr. Hyde, Mr. F.
Damon, and many other friends of the
Japanese, had already taken steps to
Christianize the people, but that they
were embarrased for want of trained
Japanese workers, and recommended
that we send one or two young men to
the Islands to work under the Hawaiian
Board. While the matter was under
consideration, letters were received from
Messrs. Irwin, Ando, and Damon, urging the immediate return of Mr. Miyama
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to continue the work so auspiciously grace that has been going on during the
begun, Mr. Irwin offering to meet all past few months, culminating in the
financal outlay necessary. As Mr. Mi- Union Consecration Services in the
yama had been appointed to the Mission Central Union Church on Sunday afterin San Francisco, he was not at liberty noon, July 15th. We have been devoutly
to respond to the proposition made to thankful that there was such a man as
him, and in order to return to the Isl- Rev. K. Miyama here to urge forward
ands and prosecute the work, he must and direct the work. We have been
either resign from the ministry in the glad to welcome Mr. Shimidzu, Mr.
M. E. Church or be appointed by one of Ukai and Mr. Sunamoto, your helpers
our superintendents and go out as an
authorized representativeoi'the Methodist
Mission. We hesitated at taking the
latter step, and it was decided that I
should come and confer with the Hawaiian Board before taking any action;
but this was found to be impracticable,
as I could not leave at the time, owing
to illness of my wife, and other reasons.
Accordingly after much prayful consideration, it was decided to send Mr. and
Mrs. Miyama, and Mr. Ukai to begin
the work at once in connection with the
Japan Mission of San Francisco. These
workers are now on the field and ready
to go forward and give the Gospel to their
countrymen, in cooperation with the
Christian people of these Islands.
While for many reasons, we should
like to unite in forming a purely independent organization among the Japanese here, yet we are not at liberty to do
so while sustaining our present relationship to our Conference and Missionary
Society. We recognize the devoted and
successful labors of Rev. Dr. Hyde, Mr.
Damon, and many others in behalf of
the Japanese; and we desire that they
continue to cooperate with these Japanese toilers in the common work of the
Master. We do not seek to. magnify
denominational distinctions, but to strive
together with you in the Gospel in saving men. I desire to express my profound appreciation of the cordial and
catholic spirit that you and all the brethren have manifested in the conferences
held upon this subject; and I earnestly
pray that we may all be so led by the
Holy Spirit, that the cause of the Lord,
so precious to us all, may not only suffer
no injury, but be greatly promoted.
Yours fraternally,
M. C. Harris,
Supt. Japan Mission, San Francisco.
Board
of
Hawaiian
Evangelical
Association.
Rev. M. C. Harris, Sup't of the Japanese Mission, San Francisco.
The undersigned,
Dear Brother:
members of the special committee of the
Hawaiian Board on Chinese and Japanese Evangelization, have been instructed
to reply to your communication of the
24th instant, read at the meeting of the
Board last evening.
It has given us great pleasure to meet
you, and to unite with you as occasion
offered, in religious meetings and exercises with the Japanese resident in
Honolulu. We have rejoiced with you
also in the incidents and the developments of the wonderful work of divine
—
in the San Francisco Mission, who have
felt moved to come to the islands and
undertake Christian work among their
countrymen resident here.
We most heartily reciprocate your desire for some possible organic union outside of any lines of denominational
nomenclature. But we fully appreciate
your loyalty to the Church in which you
hold recognized official positions, and
your reluctance to compromise yourselves or others by any action inconsis
tent therewith. In view of acknowledg
ed difficulties in uniting differing ecclesiastical polities, we yet believe with you
that cooperation in some form is both
desirable and practicable.
Taking this view of the circumstances
in which we find ourselves, we most
heartily respond to your expressed deWe welsire for such cooperation.
come yourselves, Mr. Miyama, and any
who may be hereafter associated in your
mission to the Japanese in Hawaii nei.
We have enjoyed working together in
various forms of Christian activity and
usefulness. We assume no right or
form of direction or control in the conduct of the work, which is distinctly re
cognized as originating from the Japanese Mission in San Francisco, and con
ducted under its auspices. In whatever
way our Christian people, outside of
your ecclesiastical organization, haying
been accustomed to work undenominationally, may render aid or comfort, we
are ready to unite with you in active
efforts for the one great object of the
working Church, the glory of God in the
salvation of souls, and particularly the
lifting up of these Japanese to the privileges and responsibilities of the Christian
life of faith and hope and love.
We understand that you leave Rev.
Mr. Miyama at the head of this work,
and with him we shall be pleased to
confer, as occasion may arise, in regard
to the time, place, or method of such
Christian work as may seem to him desirable and feasible for any of our people to do. We assure you that any and
all will most gladly and heartily do
whatever they can to help on the good
work so auspiciously begun. May the
Lord of the Harvest send forth more
laborers and give abundant increase to
all work for the common Master.
Yours in Christian fellowship and
C. M. Hyde,
work.
S. E. Bishop,
E. G. Beckwith.
Committee of the Hawaiian Board on
Chinese and Japanese evangelization.
Honolulu, H. 1., July 25, 1888.
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HONOLULU. H. I.
'This page is devoted to the interest! ot the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for it-, content*.
5. D. Fuller,
- - -
Editor.
HIGHLY FAVORED.
Mr. George Williams, the founder of
the Young Men's Christian Association,
is expected to be present at the World's
Convention which convenes in Stockholm
the fifteenth of the present month. Few
men have lived to see a work of their
own planting so abundantly honored of
God and fruitful. From one single
company of consecrated young men
there have grown nearly four thousand
Associations, with a membership of
more than two millions, whose fraternal
grasp encircles the entire globe. While
the history of the movement extends
over a period of forty-four years yet the
marked growth, numerically and otherwise, has been principally within the
last twenty-five years. The last five
years have been years of unprecedented
financial prosperity, as evinced by the
"building boom" that has extended over
the entire field of Association effort. The
numerous handsome and substantial Y.
M. C. A. buildings that have been
erected in small as well as large cities
have given the work a prominence and
permanency that promise well for the
future, if the spiritual forces keep pace
with the material progress.
During these last few years not so
much attention has been given to multiplying the numbers of Associations as
to perfecting the organization of those
already established, and this cannot be
fully accomplished until the Association
owns a home, specially planned and
fully equipped for its own peculiar work.
The number of buildings owned by the
Associations in America has nearly
doubled during the last five years, the
present number being 132. During the
same period the total net property
owned by American Associations has
increased from $3,330,786 to $7,201,658;
and the number of persons employed in
the work has increased from 255 to 752,
with 43 positions temporarily vacant at
the present time.
JAPANESE
Y. M. C. A.
The work connected with the Japanese
Y. M. C. A. has been greatly stimulated
by a visit from Rev. M. C. Harris,
Superintendent of the Japanese Mission
in San Francisco. A very pleasant
welcome reception was given Mr. Harris
at Queen Emma Hall on July 9th, and
at the same place Thursday evening,
July 26th,an interestingfarewell reception
was given to Mr. Harris and Mr.
Shirhidzu, whoreturned to San Francisco
on the following Saturday. A large
number of friends were present to show
their interest and join in the exercises,
which consisted of speeches and singing
[Augst, 1888
HINTS FOR LEADING A MEETING.
The following suggestions, taken
in Japanese and English, closing with a from an exchange, have been inserted
generous provision of ice cream and here for the benefit of those who
are
•cake.
called upon to lead meetings; some of
the points may be helpful to those who
TOPICS.
take any active part: Pray for the meeting before you come and after it is over.
The Gospel Praise Service, which is
Be in time in opening. Use your own
held in the hall every Sunday evening
at 6:30 o'clock, will have for this month Bible in the meeting. If you are anxious
for a funeral, sing three long-metre
the following topics:—
hymns in succession and you will have
a corpse, as that service will be ready
Aug. 5—A Promise meeting.
Aug. 12—Which Way? Prov. 4:14- for burial. Have a spirit like what you
would havethe people possess. Benatural.
-19. Mat. 7:13-14.
Aug. 19—Jesus and the Afflicted. If a persor speaks too long, tell him to
quit. Speak so that all can hear. If
Mat. 15:21-31.
Aug. 26—The Guiding Voice. Prov. critics are present, and you know it,
give them a prayer, then leave them to
8:1-21. Isa. 20:21.
the mercy of the meeting. Have confidence—both in God and yourself.
ITEMS.
Don't take time that belongs to others.
The Oakland Association has pur- Allow no cranks, or people without
chased a $17,000 lot, and their nautical character, to take prominent parts, save
Secretary is praying for a "fair wind" to ask for prayers. Don't sing when
(financially) that will enable them to you ought to pray. Don't try to lecture
pay this amount without drawing on or preach. Use brightness and beauty.
the $27,000 already pledged to the new It won't hurt either men or meeting to
be joyful. Don't sing too slow or too
building.
Thursday, June 21st, was observed as fast.. Give every religious meeting a
spirit. Get the people's
"Association Day" at Monterey, Cali- devotional
off you and on the theme. Ever
fornia. An excursion party from San minds
hold up Christ. Depend wholly upon
Francisco and way stations, numbering the
Holy Ghost for results. Aim for
about fourteen hundred, spent the day
at that charming seaside resort. A well immediate results. Close in time.
arranged programme of exercises in the
THE YEAR BOOK.
interest of Y. M. C. A. work was carried
The International Committee of Young
out during the day and evening.
Men's Christian Associations, at 40 East
The cheapest and simplest gymnasi- Twenty-third
street, New York, has
um in the world—and that will exercise
every bone and muscle in the body—is a issued the Association year book for
18S8. There are now, according to this
flat piece of steel notched on one side, annual
1,240 associations in
fitted tightly into a wooden frame, and America, report,
and
in the world. The
3,804
on
a
after being greased
both sides with American
associations
have a memberbacon rind, rubbed into a stick of wood
laid lengthwise of a saw-buck. -New ship of 175,000; they own buildings
valued at $5,609,265, and have a total
York Medical Times.
net property of $7,261,658; last year
The Y. M. C. A. at Seattle, W. T.. they expended $1,181,338
in local work,
has made for itself an enviable record and
$109,949 in general work; 752 men
and shown that its young men aie made are devoting their entire
time to the
of the
stuff. The business men of focal, state, and international works as
the city offered to erect a building for
secretaries and assistants; there are 23
the Association if the young nun v.Liuld state committees that
employ one or
purchase a suitable lot. The pri
more traveling secretaries, and the Inwas
tion
accepted, and in forty-eight ternational committee's secretarial force
hours the young men had subscribed number* 14. Seventy-seven
of these
$13,000, with which a let ha* been pur- associations are engaged specially
in
chased, and plans are now being pre- work among railroad men; 10 among
pared for a $40,000 building.
German-speaking young men; 273 are
The Blue Ribbon entertaining ■,' in the in colleges; 29 are colored and 18 InY. M. C. A. last Saturday evening was dian; -~>i .issociations report educational
well attended in spite of the licit. An
in from one to fifteen branches
unusually good programme hi
of stud}, 288 report special attention to
arranged and was well carric' out. Hon, physical culture through gymnasiums
H. Waterhouse gave a very ii
and out-door sports; 398 Bible classes,
address on the temperance work
367 Bible training classes, and 661 weekthe Hawaiians; and President C,
ly prayer-meetings are among the serfollowed with some appropriate remarks vice* for young men only which are reurging the need of greater personal ac- ported.
tivity among the members of the League
We have not received the year book
and friends of temperance. In closing for 1888, but took the above facts from
a vote was passed to discontinue the The Association Monthly, Schenectady,
meetings until after vacation.
New York.
�THE FRIEND.
GEMS FROM SCHOPENHAUER.
.
There is in the world only one false
being, that is man. He stands as a
blemish in nature.
However closely friendship, love and
marriage bind men, each man ultimately
only means well by himself, or at most,
by his child.
Wherein should one refresh oneself
from the endless deception, falsity and
malice of mankind, if dogs were not
there in whose honest faces one could
look without mistrust?
Women remain children their lives
long, only see what is immediately
before them, cling to the present, take
the appearance for the reality, and
prefer trifles to things of the greatest
importance.
Before a tribunal, two male witnesses
should outweigh any two, or even four
female witnesses. For I believe that the
female sex, in the mass, emits daily
three times as man)' lies as the male.
A woman always needs a guardian,
and should never, therefore, act as one.
Between men exists by nature indifference, but between women exists by
nature hostility.
Only the beclouded intellect of man
could apply the term 'fair' to the lowgrown, narrow-shouldered, wide-hipped
and short-legged sex.
The European lady is a being that
should not exist; there should be only
housewives and girls who hope to become housewives, and they should be
brought up therefore, not to arrogance,
but to domesticity and subjection.
The republican system is as unnatural
to man as it is unfavorable to the higher
intellectual life, and so to the arts and
sciences.
How beneficial would be the sixteen
hours of the wearisome and thereby
dangerous Sunday, if twelve of them
were distributed over all the days of the
week!
The true national character of the
Germans is clumsiness; this is what is
conspicuous in their walk, their actions,
their speech, their conversation, their
understanding and thinking, but quite
especially in their style of writing.
The English are by nature better provided with understanding, intelligence,
power of judgment and firmness of character, than any other nation, but sunk
far below any other and made positively
contemptible by their stupid church
superstition.
Educated Englishmen, travelling on
the continent, and manifesting their
Sabbatarian superstition, should be
shamed into common sense by being
treated with unconcealed contempt.
Journalists are like small dogs, who
whenever anything moves, forthwith set
up a loud barking.—Gentlemen's Magazine.
Some "advanced thinkers" are just
now making Schopenhauer their Bible.
Probably the above samples exhibit him
at his worst; but we think the)' justify
us in still being content with the Apostles
and Prophets.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN SPAIN.
By Rev. Thos L. Gulick.
The second of last April a Protestant
pastor of Malaga, Senor Vila, was summoned before the court of that city to
answer for having trampled on the laws
of Spain.
A priest of Malaga had distributed a
printed circular in the part of the city
where the protestant chapel was, in
which he says:
"The beautiful image of the 'Virgen
dc los Dolores,' so loved and venerated
in these regions, will return in a few
days to dwell in your midst, and will rejoice with its presence your fields, will
protect your dwellings, and shelter under its mantle of mercy your dear families. I also firmly believe that the
mere presence of this holy image of
sorrow will be all sufficient to deliver
you from the wretches who seek your
souls, not to save them and direct them
to heaven, but to destroy them, carrying
them away to eternal condemnation.
"Yes, my beloved children, the old
and already rickety protestantism, discredited and moribund in its own country, Germany and England, has wished
to try its fortune in Spain, ever virgin
in the faith," &c, &c.
Senor Vila replied in a circular:
"We will not stop to comment at
large on the assertion as an article of
faith 'that the image of the Virgin of
Sorrows will rejoice with its presence
your fields, will protect your homes and
shelter under its mantle of mercy your
families.' This is pure paganism.
Everybody knows that from the same
wood of which the artificer made this
image, he could make a manger for the
horse of the priest. And why should
not the manger have the same virtue as
the image of the Virgin of Sorrows?
But we have a few words to say on
what follows. The priest firmly believes
that the mere presence of the image of
the Sorrows will be sufficient to frighten
away the Protestants from the ' Gate of
the Tower.' He is mistaken. Our presence there will be more constant to
combat idolatry, and we will continue
to show to all, from the Sacred Scriptures, that there is a commandment of
God which the church of the priest hides
from the people, that forbids the making
of images to be venerated, which forbids their worship or giving to them any
religious homage: teaching us to love,
venerate and worship God only through
Jesus Christ. We preach these truths,
and we teach the people to go to God
through the mediatorship of Jesus Christ
alone, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved."
There is considerable more in similar
strain in both circulars, but the above is
the most serious and significant portion
of each as was shown by the way in
which they were singled out by the
court.
Senor Vila's offense would
doubtless have been more grave if he
had simply quoted Isaiah 44:9-19, Psalm
115:4-8 and Exodus 20:1, 5.
For this sacrilege of "comparing," as
the court says,"the sacred image of la
Virgen dc los Dolores with the manger
of the horse of the priest and attributing
the same virtue to this miserable object
as to that, by which the greatest scorn
is thrown upon the worship of the holy
images," etc., Pastor Vila is condemned
to "two years, four months and one day
«£ imprisonment; to pay a fine of two
hundred and fifty pesetas ($5O) and the
costs of court." The case has been appealed to the Supreme Court. We and
many others will await with much interest the result of the second trail.
Spanish Romanists are learning by a
novel experience in>Micronesia and elsewhere that they cannot do what they
please with closed doors, as in the
palmy days of the Spanish Inquisition.
Since the failure at Sioux City, lowa,
to convict the man who murdered Rev.
Mr. Haddock at the instigation of the
saloonkeeper, the reaction and uprising
of feeling in Sioux City have totally exterminated the saloons there, and nearly
all the men engaged in the business
have either fled or are in prison. The
gambling houses and brothers are being
closed as fast as the Law and Order
League can bring it about. The laws
are now better enforced there than in
any other large city in Iowa; it is growing more rapidly; the churches are adding scores to their membership. It was
a pitiful thing that Haddock's death
should have gone unvisited by the law;
but it is a great joy to learn that the
law was all the more vividly written on
the hearts of the citizens of Sioux City.
Why should it be thought incredible
that God should raise the dead ? is
Paul's triumphant question to King
Agnppa. Why, thou creature listening
to the blowing of the winds, thou creature gladdened with the waves of light
that reach thee from the distant sun,
why, thou creature of quivering nerve,
dependent for thy sentient life upon the
interweaving of subtlest agencies, whose
secrets laugh thy knowledge all to
scorn, why should it be incredible to
thee that God, the living God, should,
if thou dost ask of Him, find other gate
ways than those of sense and space, and
fill thee with the beginning* of a second
and more wonderful existence?
If conscience smite thee once, it is
admonition; if twice, it is condemnation.
�THE FRIEND.
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HONOLULU,
Volume 46.
OAHU COLLEGE
H. L.SEPTEMBER,
Number 9-
1888.
TTTTM.
MANAGERS NOTICE.
67
THE FRIEND.
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i okt street, honolulu.
The manager of'Yhv. Friend respectjui
ly requests the friendly co-operation of sub- Sugar Factors & Commission Agems.
scribers and others to whom this publication
Ajjrnts Tor the
'.( a regular monthly visitor, to aid in ex.
HONOLULU, H. I
Oceanic Steamship Comp'y.
tending the list of patrons of this, " the
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Fall Terms open Monday, September 10.1888. oldest paper in the Pacific" by procuring
C. I'. CAM IK. J. 11. ATIIF.RTON.
S. N. CASII.K.
and sending in at least one new name each.
The faculty at Oahu I lU-lc will he .....siituted in follow: This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggrepASTLE ft COOKE,
Rev. \V. i Merrill, A. 8., Yah- Cottage- PrtraMoM
gate it will strengthen eat hands and enScience.
and Moral
SIIII'I'INt; AND
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AND
Punalnm Preparatory School.
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or write, of the welcome feeling with which
The Haiku Sui;ar Company,
Maihematic-and Rhetoric
Mrs. L. I). Pinney French, Mathematics and English
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or
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The facu! y a; the Punahou Preparatory School will COM find nothing more welcome to send than
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Home \lissi ,nary Sermon
Latter feoan China
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business unless he ceased to be supported
by the Board. He was expressly forbidden to take any part in governmental
affairs.When Constitutional Government
began to be organized, Dr. G. P. Judd.
Rev. Lorrin Andrews and Rev. William
Richards withdrew from the mission in
order to aid in that important work. At
the death of the latter, Rev. R. Armstrong left the mission and took his
place. For some twelve years, through
these persons, missionary influence predominated in the government. Before
that time, no missionary is known to
have been in the habit of advising fluking and chiefs as to public affairs. It
is impossible, however, that with their
immense spiritual influence, and the
great force of character of some among
them, like Mr. Bingham, the political
action of the government should not
have felt their influence from time to
time from an early date. For reasons
which it is not necessary here to discuss,
this political influence of the missionaries was always, very obnoxious to most
of the foreigners then living here. It is
generally admitted, however, that this
period of missionary domination was
one of efficient and honest administration
of affairs. We think also that no one
can honestly doubt that but for this
missionary intervention no such thing
as Constitutional Government could
ever have existed in these islands under
Hawaiian rulers. It was under God,
the creation of the Missionaries. But
for the tremendous spiritual and moral
uplifting that followed their teachings,
the Hawaiian chiefs and people would
never have surrendered their old ways
and fallen into line with civilized judicial, legislative and administrative institutions as they did with ready consent
and zealous co-operation.
This is a thing to be expected. It
has always existed here in a very pronounced form. It is an old, chronic
condition of society. It is a part of the
established order of affairs in Honolulu
and its surroundings. Everybody has
been used to it for the last fifty years.
In fact, society always arranges itself
into two sides, pulling against each
other. Xo doubt, although both sides
cannot be equally in the right, this
arrangement is to some extent useful,
in preventing extreme and hasty action.
That ••Missionaries" should be spoken
against with so much frequency and
energy as they are, may be taken as an
evidence, that whatever their faults,
they must be at least a very considerable force in the land. They must be a
set of people of a good deal of influence,
or there would not be so much effervescence as there often is in the animosity
expressed towards them. Being such
an influential force, it seems inevitable
that their influence should be exercised,
and appear in the various directions in
which men generally act. They will be
likely to be found exerting some force in
political affairs, as well as in religious,
educational, social, and commercial
As said above, none of the old misalfairs. This seems natural and inevisionaries are now in active service.
table.
They had, however, permanently imcountry
The original, genuine missionary, (of pressed themselves upon the
behind
left
They
institutions.
whom three or four venerable specimens and its
and.
organization,
religious
his
a
them great
are surviving), was required by
considA
system.
educational
his
missionary a great
Board to attend strictly to
work. He did not engage in secular erable proportion of their children settled
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in the country, inter-marrying largely
with American, Knglish and German
families from abroad. Several foreign
churches, notably the Central Union
Church of Honolulu, are practically the
offspring of the old missionary social
and religious influence. At any rate
all these people and churches have inherited the name, in vulgar parlance, of
"missionaries." They are a class of reputable and generally religious people,
whose views on morals and politics are
substantially in accord with those of the
old missionaries, and with those of socalled Evangelical Christians in America
and England. They have shared more
or less in the financial prosperity of the
country. The members of these churches
are, to a large extent, leaders in the foreign community, socially and financially,
as well as in education and religion.
This "Missionary" element is thus
be a very large one in the
community. Its character, its ability,
its share in general affairs, its experience,
must be felt necessarily to endow it
with a very powerful influence in this
country. This influence will, of course,
be felt in politics as much as in anything
else. In fact it tends to be stronger
there than elsewhere from the fact that
a large number of these people are
identified with this country by birth and
early education. They possess a peculiar patriotism in respect to their
native land, which amounts to an instinct
and an enthusiasm in all public affairs.
Hawaii is very dear to them. They have
ideals of what can he made of such a
country and its people, which they
would like to see realized.
seen to
Wise men will calmly recognize these
facts and their causes, and will adapt
their conduct to them. They will understand that the so-called missionaries
necessarily have and will continue to
hold considerable influence in public
alfairs. Kvcn if they seriously differ
with the "missionaries" upon moral and
political questions, they will, like good
politicians, try to ally themselves with
them as much as they can, just as they
always do in business affairs. When
men froth out against missionaries it is
not the wise men, not at least in their
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wiser moments.
�Home Missionary Sermon.
Preached at CentralUnints< hurc h by Rev. I'. L. (lulick,
June 10. 1886. Is. 00:2,, 21. I hy people shall be alt
righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the hranch or
my planting, the work of my hands, that I may beglorined.
A little one shall hecome a thonsaii I and a small one a
strong narton. I.the Lord, will hasten it in his lime.
There has no doubt, been disappoint-
ment arising from an unreasonable ex-
pectation in some minds, that the gospel
would do for the Hawaiian! in one generation what it has taken it over a thousand years to do for the Anglo-Saxons.
Such expectations are not in accord,
either with the teaching of history, or of
common sense. "The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise, as some men
count slackness." "Thy people shall be
all righteous, tht> Lord will hasten it in
his time."
Individuals and multitudes of them
may be converted at the first preaching
of the gospel, and started on tJie road
towards Christian perfection. So a nation, however degraded, may be started
on the road that leads to the highest
Christian civilization, but the process
must be expected to be slow. So all
history, even of the most highly endowed
races, in the most favorable circumstances, teaches.
Thinking men.are coming to recognize
more than before that the very constitution, capacities and traits of races, even
more than of individuals, are developed,
moulded and stamped by the environ-
ment in which they live.
Given, a race without the light of
revelation, living on small tropical islands, without foreign intercourse, without any metals, and consequently
without the possibility of good tools or
advanced arts, and yet, with the means
of subsistence obtainable, almost without
labor, from theabundant natural products
of land and sea, and with so mild a
climate as to feel but little need of
clothing or houses—let these have been
the uniform conditions of existence for
many hundreds and, perhaps, thousands
of years—what will be the traits,
constitution and capacities developed by
such surroundings? Would not an
intelligent student of our species predict
with certainty, before he had even seen
them, that a people so circumstanced
would have little capacity, and less
inclination, for hard and continuous
labor; that they would find it difficult to
acquire proficiency in the trades and
arts, and especially difficult to compete
in these, employments with races that
had been trained in them for many
centuries; that they would have little or
no capacity for commerce or the
management of huge and complicated
affairs, that they would be, as a race.
improvident, pleasure-loving and pas
sionate?
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Are the Hawaiians, then, to be blamed
because they do not easily become firstclass carpenters and blacksmiths, because
they find it difficult to continue steadily
at hard labor, and because they do not
become successful merchants? Not-
withstanding, we are glad to see that,
according to the last census, a large
percentage of the carpenters and a full
half of the printers of the islands, are
Hawaiians. What if you think that the
Hawaiian acts too constantly on the
command: "Give to him that asketh
thee, and from him that would borrow
of thee turn thou not away?" Is he to
be severely blamed because he is impulsive, warm-hearted and over-generous; because he is so child-like that he
is unable to keep his land or even his
house out of the hand of the more
shrewd, grasping, land-hungry foreigner?
Would not those of the stronger races
who are so, not by their own individual
virtue, but by heredity, through the
discipline of favorable circumstances on
unnumbered generations of their ancestors would not these do well, instead
of censuring so continually Hawaiian
weakness, to remember rather what our
common Maker says in reference to
greed, self-seeking and avarice, which is
idolatry? Would we not all do well to
consider less the mote in our brother's
eye and more the duties of the strong to
the weak' "We then that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the weak,
and not to please ourselves." What
shall we think of those who deliberately
lead the natives into extravagance,
drinking and debauchery, while at the
same time sneering at their ignorance
and weakness?
Nothing could be more unreasonable
than to expect a Pacific islander to leap
at a bound to the position which the
European has only attained through
slow and hard climbing for sixteen centuries. A nation may be born in a day,
and a nation may die in a day; but a
savage people cannot grow up into the
perfection of Christian civilization except through generations of Christian
culture.
Let us beware of having any part in
the heartless and faithless conduct of
those who make a parade of the imperfections of Hawaiian Christians, as
though the}' would have the world believe that the apostolic labors of the devoted men and women who lifted them
out of tlfe most degraded heathenism,
had been labor spent in vain.
Someone has said that the weaknesses
of acknowledged saints are a positive in
tpiration when we are tempted to be
disheartened by our own failures. So
when we remember the grave di lects ol
character and the startling sins; the
—
cowardice,
lying, polygamy, adultery and
even minder of such old time saints as
David, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
when we consider the terrible abuses
which existed in the Corinthian and
other apostolic churches; when we call
to mind the outrageous slavery and the
debasing intemperance which existed in
the churches of our fathers, and above
all, when we consider our own multiform
weaknesses and sins, in spite of all our
unprecedented advantages, we have no
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right to be discouraged on account of
the weakness and immaturity of Hawaiian Christians.
I have dwelt at some length on this
thought because I am convinced that
many who wish well to the natives, and
who ought to be laboring heartily for
their spiritual welfare, are deterred from
doing so by unreasonable expectations
about them and, consequently, unreasonable disappointment and discouragement
at their present attainments.
When the American churches ceased
sending missionaries to this field, it was
hoped that the children of the missionaries together with the other foreign
Christians would, by degrees, and so
far as it was possible, take the place of
the fathers in leading and pressing forward the work. We think that the directors of the American Board, from lack
of intimate personal acquaintance, misjudged the advancement, self-directing apd self developing power of the
Hawaiian churches in 1863, and that
the work was too immature to have been
thrown upon those who remained here
under the changed relations. We probably agree that it was a mistake for the
Board to have so suddenly laid down
their half-finished work among a people
who were still groping in the twilight
and beset by such an incoming flood of
temptation. In 1863 Dr. Anderson said
to the assembled fathers "It cost our
churches more than a million dollars to
evangelize this nation, and those churches will have no idea of seeing these
evangelical institutions subverted, whatever be the cost of preventing such
a disaster."
He also said, "The race has been
Christianized, but needs a large amount
of foreign labor before its Christian institutions can stand without foreign as-
sistance."
It was twenty-five years ago this
month that these statements were made
at the formation of the Hawaiian I-Cvangelical Association. Since then most
of the fathers have died at their posts,
but in that time only one man, I believe,
has been sent out to fill the gap! We
are glad to be informed that four or fivenew men are now promised. They can
not come too soon and will find abundant work on every band.
In the mean time we do well to ask
ourselves whether we have been, and
are, fully meeting all reasonable expectations of us id this matter, Have we
shown, and ,ue we showing, the samespirit of devotion and Whole-hearted
consecration to the Lord's work that the
fathers did? Do We feel and show as
much aloha for Hawaiians, and anxiety
for the progress of the churches?
1 do not mean to intimate that all, or
;i majority, should become ministers or
missionaries. Christian men and women
are needed in every department of life,
and we must listen to God's call individually; but why should we not all have
the self-denying devotion to the Lord's
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work of the truest missionary? Because
the Lord has catled me to be a mereliant
Of a planter, docs he, therefore, expect
me to be less self-sacrificing for the advancement of his kingdom than if hehad called me to be a missionary in
China? Such self-excusing is the curse
of the church and the greatest cause of
the delay of the salvation of the world.
What if God has sent China and
Japan and the islands of the sea to our
door? What if we have been instrumental in bringing these darkened souls
here to toil for the advancement of our
worldly prosperity; can we wash our
hands of their blood if we fail to do all
in our power to give them the bread of
spiritual life for the lack of which they
are perishing in our very midst?
The Hawaiians are struggling in a
death grapple with terrible bodily diseases which have been brought to them
from foreign lands, and with which their
previous training (and habits have not
fitted them to contend. The result to
the race is still uncertain. But in the
meantime an ever increasing population
is coming in upon us from America,
Europe, the Portuguese islands, Japan
and China.
In the years that I have been away
from my native land, that is since 1860,
the foreign population, the industries,
and the wealth of the islands have increased enormously. In 1860 the, total
foreign population was less than 3,000.
In 1884 it was more than 36,000/ The
increase of wealth in the hands o? Christ an men and women, with its accompanying power for good, has been correspondingly great. Probably the wealth
of the Christian communities is thirty
times what it then was. I suppose
there are single Christian men who to-day
have greater wealth than all the foreign
Christians in these islands had forty
years ago. What portion of this wealth
is being used for the advancement of
the Kingdom of Christ? Let every one,
says the apostle, -'give according to that
he hath."
Before long a telegraphic cable will
probably be laid connecting our islands
with each other, and all with America
and Australia; and undoubtedly, in the
near future, a ship canal or ship railroad
will be in use either at Panama, Nicaragua or Tehuantepec. When that timecomes, the commerce of Europe and the
Atlantic sea-board of America, with
China and Japan, will pass by our very
doors. Most of the ships will probably
touch at om: of our ports. With our
unrivaled climate and productive soil,
our population and wealth may be
expected to increase more rapidly than
at any previous time. Note is our
opportunity to get our Christian institutions firmly rooted.
God is to-day calling on all Christians
in Hawaii nei to consecrate their silver
and their gold, their bank stock and
plantation stock, their cattle and horses,
their merchandise, houses and lands,
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their children and themselves to the work
of the Master. To do this is the great
est privilege of our lives. When we do
it heartily, we will discover for the first
time what a blessing property, power
and opportunity can become. Are there
not several Christian men in our Hawaiian communities, who could individually
support three or four missionaries: one
in Hawaii, one in Japan, one in China
and one in Micronesia, and still have
enough and to spare for himself and
family? Why not do it? Do you know
of any better investment? Is there any
which would be more pleasing to the
Master, more profitable to the donor, or
a greater blessing to the world? A student, about to be admitted to the New
York bar. has pledged himself to support
;i friend, as soon as he enters the foreign
field. Will not some of my hearers
undertake the support of at least one
missionary each' Eighty-live persons,
contributing only live- cents a day, can
pay the salary of a missionary and his
wife. The fields are already white to
the harvest: the Lord is seeking for
laborers. "Is this a timeto receive money
and to receive garments, and olive yards,
and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants,
and maid-servants?" Let us rather become servants, for our Master came not
to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
Letter From China.
Df.ak Mr. Bishop: -It scarcely seems
if it were already much more than a
year since we bade farewell to the many
friends who had been so kind to us in
Honolulu, and who loaded us down
even to the very hour of sailing with
gifts for our new chapel. Thanks largely
to their generosity, the chapel is done
and paid for. and its legitimate effect
has been to show that the Chinese can
do some things for themselves, which
they once thought impossible. We have
outgrown the stage in which it seems to
our Christians that certain things absolutely cannot be accomplished, and have
come to a time when they gently hint
that if the Shepherds will be patient
witli them—say to the extent of a few
hundred years, which in China do not
count for much, they think perhaps a
beginning can be made. Already since
this chapel was completed at no expense to the Board, two others have
been provided, and a third is planned
for this year, but all of these later ones
are comparatively inexpensive. We have
been delighted to hear that the long
projected union of churches in Honolulu
has been happily accomplished. We are
delighted to know, not only that the
Lord has led you to the very man who
ofall the numerous inhabitants of this
planet seems best able to be your pilot,
but haa» also led that man to you. At
times, it almost seems like a 'providence!'
As for the work here in China, when we
came up the long coast of China a year
as
ago, whatever else we failed to learn, we
a new and fadeless impression of
the magnitude of this expansive Empire,
which stretches from the tropics to the
Amoor river. The missionary work, in
this vast area, is in all stages of advancement, and in great territories equal in
magnitude to ordinary kingdoms, it is
not as yet begun. It is a misleading
comparison which is often made between
the missionary work in China and the
same work in Japan. In the latter country, there has been a singular preparation for the gospel, the pressure for the
means of existence is by no means so
sharp as in China, with its far denser
population, and the class reached thus
far in Japan has not been the lowest,
but the middle stratum of society. All
this is quite ditlerent in China, where
the progress has been made one step at
a time. How great that progress really
is, we can only appreciate by recollecting the time but a few years ago, when
the number of missionaries was but half
of those now in the field. Each year
witnesses a great increase, the recruits
for the China Inland Mission alone,
being annually about 100 persons. The
work of that great society is so diffused,
that it is difficult to get an idea of it as
a whole, but it cannot fail to have a farreaching influence for good, almost all
over China. In our little corner of the
wide field, we have had on the whole a
good year, though with much less progress than we ought to have seen. We
have many things to encourage us, such
as the occasional opening of new places,
and the resurrection from the dead, of
some old centers which seemed past
hope. I visited one such last week, in
which we once had a little company,
but they scattered by a case of persecution for which nothing could be done.
A former helper became alienated and
was transformed into a hinderer. Eor
years we never even visited the place,
as they did not wish to see us. One
woman, who was married into the village from this region (the place is sixty
miles away in Chihli province) was the
means of reviving the expiring faith of
the few that were left. She had learned
to read before she was married, and had
a little service each Sunday at which
(in defiance of the proprieties) she took
the lead. She had no help, but rather
opposition from her brother in-law, the
former helper, but she quietly held on,
and sixteen months ago Mr. Porter visited them, and found that fourteen persons- wished to be baptized. One of
these was a woman, whose husband
refused his consent to this proceeding,
sententiously observing that if any moie
•'religion" was needed in the family, he
would see to it, and she might have
leisure to attend to her proper business.
Whenever she came to meeting, it was
a "stolen" opportunity, and she was
generally beaten to pay for it, often with
extreme severity. Although she has
been a virago hitherto, she bore this
gained
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treatment in such a way as to excite the
curiosity of her husband as to therationale of the matter, and at last he frankly
asked her what it meant. She embraced
the opportunity to explain her position,
and the result was that he begged her
to pray for him, and he went to paoTing-fu to study last winter, and was
there baptized. This sounds like a stuty
"out of a book," which only shows that
God's grace is the same in all places.
I had the pleasure of baptizing the
youngest child of this couple. There
are now about twenty members there.
and they meet regularly twice a week.
and have a little fund made up of odd
cash contributed by the old women as
they are able, toward the building ot
a little chapel, to be their vers own, and
which will cap their ambition. At our
Mission Meeting just past, we- have asked for a new family for this little interim
station, and in fact for reinforcements
for every one of the older stations, the
renewal of the old station of Yu Chou,
where there hits been no resident missionary for fifteen years, and the opening oftwo new stations in the regions of
southern Chihli, or northern Honan,
where as yet there are no missionaries,
and where they have no idea that foreigners have penetrated to the Celestial
Empire! If all should come for whom
we have asked, there would be next year
an accession of twenty-nine people,
though we hardly expect so many at
one time.
There is to be, we suppose, another
general Missionary Conference in Shanghai, in 1890, to which we are all looking
forward with great interest. In the
eleven years since the last conference,
the changes have been very great, and
not the less significant because they
have all been peaceful ones. With the
exception of the desultory scuffle with
the French, which can hardly be termed
a war, there has been no breach of
peace with foreign nations since Peking
was taken in 1860. From a position of
insecurity, merely tolerated on sufferance,
missionaries have gradually advanced
to a position of security, with all the
protection that they can expect. In great
cities, and in new regions like Ssu
Ch'uan the people still offer occasional
violence, but the officials in the end always try to adjust the matter in a satisfactory way, and in general this class,
if not more friendly, are far less hostile
to us than we have any right to expect.
The wide influence of the score or more
of hospitals and dispensaries, must be
everywhere felt. Here, in the center of
a community strictly rural, with no great
city anywhere near, Dr. Peck has treated within the last year more than 9,306
patients, and his name has gone abroad
into all the earth. This form of work is
far more valuable than any famine relief
could be, because it is regular, uniformly
distributed over wide districts, and never
stops. We have reported to our people,
the unexampled generosity of the people
THE FRIEND.
of the "Sandalwood Islands," and they
hold you all in admiration and in awe.
So, perhaps omitting the awe, do we,
and shall cherish it as a bright memory
that we were once permitted to visit for
a few months, the Isles of the Sea,
which have been so prominent a witness
to the perennial power of Christianity to
spread.
Meantime, I remain with the best
wishes for you and your work, most
sincerely and gratefully,
Arthur H. Smith.
[September, 1888
beautiful Punahou. We are not making
for it any claim of rare perfection. But
we think it probably true, that among
the best schools of its grade of education,
very few could be found anywhere which
could show so large a proportion of
worthy characters among its graduates.
We also believe it a just claim that
Punahou has for forty years been giving
tone and standard to the other advanced
schools in the kingdom, even though it
may
be true as claimed that in some
STATISTICS OF THE PANG CHUANG STATION,
in class work other schools
particulars
1887—88.
be
found to excel. If they do
may
now
Missionary, 1; physician, 1; wives, 2;
single ladies, 2; native preachers, 4; so, we rejoice in the wholesome rivalry.
teachers, 2; colporteurs, 1; preaching
After some inquiry into the plans and
jilaces, 8; average congregrations, 15J;
houses of worship common schools, 2; prospects of Oahu College for the new
scholars, L'l church members, 415; re- year, we are led to believe that such
ceived during the'year, Prof. 30, letter
rivalry will have to />e very keen, in
13; died 9, dropped, 90.
order
to be successful. The new corps
Pang Chia Chuang, Shantung, China,
teachers,
of
whose names are given in
10,
ItSHM.
June
the prospectus on our cover, presents a
Continued Munificence.
body of highly accomplished men and
The friends of Oahu College have women, as well as experienced and
been deeply thankful to learn that Hon. approved instructors. Mrs. Pinney is a
Chas. R. Bishop expects to add to his lady of thirteen years successful labor
former large gifts to that institution, in higher education. Miss Cushman,
three-fourths of an ample endowment A. 8., is an accomplished and experifor perhaps the Presidency. In the enced teacher of classics and mathematgrowth and increasing annual expenses ics. Prof. A. B. Lyons, who takes the
of the college, and the lessened rates of scientific department, is a man of rare
interest on its funds, a considerable attainments and enthusiasm, such a
yearly deficit was becoming a grievous man as could only be attracted here
load for the trustees to shoulder, as they from his high and engrossing work in
have been doing among themselves. Detroit, by his love to his native land.
Mr. Bishop now comes to their relief We cannot but hope that the indefatigawith the splendid proposition of giving ble efforts of President Merritt will be
$36,000 if they will raise an additional crowned by a succession of years of
$12,000. Even this will be quite an advanced and prosperous educational
undertaking for them, in the multiplicity work.
of demands upon their liberality. But
after Mr. Bishop's noble example,
Wherefore our battle is immortal, and
doubtless the required balance will be the gods and the angels fight with us,
promptly subscribed. It does men good and we are their possession. The things
that destroy us are insolence, injustice,
to give until their pockets feel it.
and foolish thoughts; and the things
It is also a very good thing for rich that save us are justice, self-command,
men to administer their own gifts, and true thought; which things are in
instead of leaving it to their executors the living power of the gods.—Plato.
to do. It commonly seems hard to men
They that did eat manna hungered
to part with their property until inexora- again, and with many of them God was
ble death compels it. Some men have not well-pleased ; whereas they that fed
on Christ by faith shall never hunger,
the wisdom to do it, and so to enjoy the and shall die no more, and with them
sweetness of beneficence, and be the God will be forever well-pleased.—Matwitnesses of the rich and manifold thew Henry.
fruitage of their own well-placed gifts.
There is no fit search alter truth,
which does not first of all begin to live
We are of course partial to our own the truth which it knows.—liushiiell.
institutions. But we do feel th#t money
The reward of one duty done, is the
could rarely be better invested than in power to fulfill another.—George Eliot.
building up here a strictly Christian
Everything good in man leans on
what is higher.— Emerson.
�Volume 46, No. 9.]
73
THE FRIEND.
Ter-Centenary of the Spanish Armada. Annual, 1*76,) Mr. Jarves issued the
first number ol the Polynesian, a weekly
Of the brilliant glory and the inestima- newspaper. After eighteen months it
ble gain of Englishmen's victory over was discontinued, the editor returning
the Spanish Armada just three hundred home. Mr. Jarves coming again to the
islands in 1H44, the Polynesian was
years ago, the heritage is possessed by revived,
and became the official organ
their
British
Americans alike with
of the Hawaiian Government. Mr.
cousins. We were all then in the loins Jarves continued as editor until he again
of the same valiant fathers, those hot left the islands.
Other points in Mr. Jarves' life-history
and lusty Englishmen who issued forth
we can best give in the following, taken
themand
hurled
island
hive
from their
from the 'Journalist, July 28, IS.XX:
selves in such a glad fury upon the arroJames Jackson Jarve-s, the well known art
gant invader. One would almost wish writer, died about three weeks ago at Tamp,
Switzerland, lie was born at Boston in 1MIS.
to drop back into the rudeness and While consul at Honolulu. Mr. Jarves founded
ever printed
roughness of those times, just to have the Polynesian, the fina newspaper
in the Sandwich Islands. lie also wrote several
fought under Drake and Hawkins and works
on the history and scenery of the islands,
to Florence, Italy, to live, and
Probisher, and with them flung again lie soon went
residence of man) years in that city
during
ins
and
and again at the Hying Spaniard,
wrote niiincious hooks on ait, gaining a reputadriven him reeling, crushed and sinking tion as a critic and connoisseur whose opinion
carried weight. Among the collections; made by
into the northern night and storm.
him was one of "old matters," purchased by
God was very kind to Protestant Eng- Vale College. His tine collection of examples of
Venetian Glass is in the Metropolitan Museum.
land, on the 29th of July, 1688. Spain His valuable collection of antique laces and
fabrics was dispersed by auction sale in
had gathered an overwhelming force of textileYork
several years ago. The titles of his
New
invasion
of
and
for
the
guns
men,
ships,
books are. "History of the I lawaiian or Sandwich
Islands" (IM3T) "Scenetj and scenery in the
England. The great crescent of ships con- Sandwich
Islands (1844), "Art Hints" (1886,
the
English
bore
up
the
Armada
stituting
enlarged and republished as "art studies").
" Sculpture, Painting, and
Channel with absolute confidence. That "The Art Idea,"
Architecture in America" (1865), "Art Thoughts"
soon changed to doubt as Howard's llStiO), and "Italian Rambles" (1863.) "Xi
a romance of the Sandwich Islands, (1857),
guerrilla attack sunk and captured ship ana"
was
also
published.
as
after ship. It grew to absolute panic
them
at
anchor
God's Sorrow for Sinners.
the fire-ships drove upon
the
ended
Monday
on
by Calais. All
Of course your conversion, and the
29th, in the terrible charging of the giving in your adherence to Christ, will
English captains as the broken Spaniards glorify God, and it will contribute to the
Church, and
of
went flying up the North Sea, their furi- strength and gladness the
kingdom
Christ's
the
of
setting
up
to
ous enemy driving through and through among men; and your friends who love
them. Might I have been there to see! you will be made happy, and the angels
England never feared Spain again. in heaven will rejoice over your converShe never again feared or cared for the sion. You ought to become Christ's
disciple through gratitude and loyalty to
Pope. Thence onward England grew Him, that
you may strengthen His
to dominate the ocean. In that great cause and glorify Him. But just in
victory lay the future of free, English, this you are the person most concerned.
Protestant America, and under God, of Your salvation and your eternal happiness is at stake. God will be infinitely
Light and Liberty all over the world.
happy though you fail to honor Him;
James Jackson Jarves.
Christ shall see of the travail of his soul,
The death of this early .friend of and be satisfied; the Church will go on
you do not
Hawaii merits more than a passing its career of growth though
in
be
some way
will
it;
Befriends
join
your
notice from Honolulu journalism.
sorrow
over
your
in
comforted
their
Mr.
years
ago
and
fifty
tween forty
services to this persistence in your chosen course; but
Jarves rendered eminent
you?
kingdom, both as a journalist and as a you yourself, what is to become ofbefore
sinner,
guilty
who
are
a
he
conYou
capacities
both
historian. In
before God, a
tributed a most essential aid in repre- your own conscience and
who
can be saved
sinner,
lost
a
in
helpless,
and
government
this
people
senting
God; you
of
mercy
the
only
attitude
before
the
through
worthy and reputable
civilized world. The Editor well who ought to be eager to do anything
that may glorify God;
remembers a fortnight's visit of the very and everythingChrist
died, and to whom
for
whom
youthful Jarves pair at Ewa, perhaps in you
1838. In his preface in the first edition He ought to be the chiefest among ten
who carry the evil of sin
of his history, Mr. Jarves says that he thousand; you
it through
first arrived at these islands' in 1837 for within you, and must carryit be
not reif
existence,
soon
returned
immortal
your
He
must
have
his health.
moved by the grace of God—what is to
home for his bride.
In June 6, 1840, (see H. L. Sheldon js become of you if you neglect the great
Historical Press of Honolulu in Thrum's salvation ? For your own sake we ask,
"Why tarriest thou ?" Why do you delay to give yourself wholly to Christ?
We personally know the writer of
these words. He is an eminent pastor
of more than thirty years in one city
church, and a Christian of tender and
lovely spirit. These words too are tender and persuasive.
We cannot say
that every word is not in a sense true.
Yet there is one expression, which we
would like to modify, because we think
it fails to set forth the truth as to God's
sorrow, —his regret—his sense of loss
and grief in the self-destruction of sinners. It is this: "God will be infinitely
happy though you fail to honor him."
It seems very clear both from the old
and the new Testaments, that theFather
of all is |)iofoundly grieved at the death
of even sinner; that He would save
them if it were possible, and that their
ruin is a cause of the greatest pain and
sorrow to God. Although it is true that
an infinite Blessedness rolls evermore
like an ocean through his being, it seems
equally true that he experiences profound
sorrow for his dying creatures. We
would strictly avoid every expression
seeming to imply that he is indifferent.
God's compassion, his love, his sorrow
for sinners—his pitying fatherhood is
one of the tenderest and strongest incentives to men to turn and live. "How
can I give thee up, Ephraim?" "I would
have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth
her chickens under her wings, but ye
would not."
Monthly Record of Events.
August Ist—The Legislature passes
resolutions of condolence and devotes
its afternoon session to eulogistic remarks to the memory of the late Hon. S.
G. Wilder.
3rd—The Hawaiian Blue Ribbon
League gives satisfactory evidence of
activity in its branches of work.—Annual
meeting of the Honolulu Arion.
4th —Arrival of the Ztalandia from
San Francisco, en route for the Colonies.
Inter-island
J. S. Bartholomew,Co.,of the
returned by her
Telegraph Cable
with material to commence work immediately.
6th—Considerable interest manifest
in certain circles as to the probable
action by Chinese merchants with regard
to the new law requiring books of
account by licensed dealers to be kept
in English, Hawaiian or some European
tongue. —Notice given of special election
to fill vacancy in the list of Nobles, to
be held on the 22d.
9th—Complimentary Concert at the
Hotel to Captain Bourke and officers of
H. B. M.S. Hyacinth. —Ward meetings
of electors for Nobles.
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[September, 1888
THE FRIEND.
10th—The King veto's the "bill to
regulate the keeping of hooks of accounts;" the Legislature passes it over
the veto hy a vote of 3(1 to 2. Complimentary Ball to Captain McNair and
officers of U. S. S. Omaha at the Hotel.
11th—Arrival of the yacht Coronet
from New York, via San Diego, with
its owner, Mr. K. T. Bush, and party on
a pleasure trip around the world.-Convention for the nomination of candidate to fill vacancy in list of Nobles
resulted in the choice of \V. C. Wilder,
he obtaining .'1 votes over his competitor
H. VV. Schmidt's 35.
13th -Honolulu is treated to a surprise
in the shape of an August Kona storm ;
welcome rain ; much commotion in the
harbor and slight damage among the
shipping. -Blue Ribbon League re-elects
its officers for another six month's term.
lath—The Legislative Assembly had
quite a field day over the third leading of
the Contempt of Court Bill -to unmuzzle the press passing the same by a
vote of 30 to ll.—Annual meeting of
Chamber of Commerce and election ot
officers.
Kith —Annual picnic and ball of the
Arion .Society. Arrival of H. B. M. S.
Espiegle from Coquimbo.
17th—Thirtieth anniversary of the
opening of Bishop & Co.'s Bank.—Arrival of U.S.S. Dolphin from La I'az.
Complimentary concert to Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Bush and party of the Coronet, at
the Hotel.
18th—Honolulu'sand Vandalia's played a closely contested game of base ball,
ten innings, resulting in victory for our
naval friends by one run; score five to
six.—The opposition or anti-reform party
nominate J. L. Kaulukou to contest with
W. C. Wilder for Noble's honors.
19th—Drowning of Capt. C. Nilson
of schooner Waiehu at Kuau, Maui.
20th—Coronet party and friends enjoy
an excursion trip to Waianae plantation
and Pearl harbor. -Col. Y. Y. Ashford
received the nomination for Colonel of
the forces of the kingdom, His Ex. J. O.
Dominis having proved a formidable
"dark horse."
21st -Arrival of the S. S. A list nilin
from San Francisco, with a number of
islanders.
22nd —Election day passed of quietly,
resulting in the reform candidate's victory by 111 over Kaulukou. —The King
sends his third veto message to the
House, this time on the Governor's bill.
23rd—The act abolishing the office of
governor passed over the royal veto b\forty to two.—Third organ recital by
Mr. Wray Taylor at Kaumakapili church.
—Anglo-Ameiican concert at the Hotel
in honor of the captains and officers of
the late arrivals, Espiegle and Dolphin.
24th—Arrival of the Mariposa, en
route to San Francisco.—Annual Hop
of the Rifles at their Armory.
25th—Fire alarm for house on Fort
street, near school; upper part entirely
destroyed, most of furniture saved.
Royal luau at Waikiki.
—
27th—House in Nutianu valley, near
the old ice works, burned down.— Farewell reception, at the Hotel, of Dr. and
Mrs. J. Mott Smith.
28th Arrival of the steamship Arabic
from San Francisco, en route for
Japan. Departure of the Australia, with
another installment of kaiiiiiainns to
realize in the sweet ma hope that "there's
no place like home."
39th—The King veto's the bill to
encourage the cultivation of coffee.
30th The Chinese question amendment to the Constitution proving a
serious conundrum to the House, it is
again referred to a special committee.
Chinese indulge in a mass meeting at
their theatre to discuss the situation.
—
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT
OF HONOLULU.—AUGUST.
ji
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1
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Francisco.
Haw. s s. Zaalaadia, Orerendorp,
\ni.
Fi v.«
j An, bgtne W.
is,.l.
i-.
Irwin, McCalloch, todays from San
6'
4
days
from San
Francisco.
»g days from Hongkong.
Gar. bk, Priuenberg,
11
Am. bktne S. t:. wilder, Paul, 13 nay* Iron San
V ain isi'u.
Am. Vachi Conmet, Crosby, 14 days from Sao Diego.
16 H. li. M. S. Eapiegle, Clark, 44 days from Coquimbo
Haw. lik. Kalakaua, Henderson, from Puget Sound
via Mahukona.
dayi from La Paa,
S. S, D. Iphin, Wildes,
Y.
17
Haw bk. Lilian, Duncan, 57 days from Hoftgkong
\i)
via Auioy.
Has* S. S. Australia, lloudlclte, 7 days from San
.■I
Francisco,
is Am. bk. California, Davis, %» days from Newcastle.
\m
S. S. MatipOSa, llarl, \\% days from Auckland.
14
Am, bktna Eureka, Meyer, \\% day. from San Krancisro.
Am. likme W. IF IHmattd, Drew, 12 d«ys from San
Francisco
2% Br. S. S. Arabic, Smith, 6Jaj days from Sao Fram isco.
i>■ 1. 11. C. R. Bishop, Poppr, 170 days from Krenien.
h
11
ty/a'.iA/r/s'hs.
Haw S S Aus'ralia, Muu ilette, for mv I'rancisco.
Itril Kk Omes, Anthony, for Page! Sound.
Haw h I'ho-he Chapman, I.o\ell, for Tahiti.
}
Am blune Winkalman, 1ryieborg, for San Fram isco.
4 Haw SSZ islandia, Oterend rp, for the Colona*.
Am bk C I» Bryant, I ac, for San Francisco,
is Am brgtne \V <i In in, McCullocb, for San Francisco.
bk Wooll lua, h*armeon, tor Sydney.
15 llril
\m tern W S Bowne, Btuhm, lor San Francisco.
s
1 ■ S Omai.a, McKair, for Japan.
IS Am y.ichi Coronet, 'rosin for Japan.
Am bk California, Davis, for Kahului.
\m S S Mariposa, Hart, for San Francisc 1.
.S
Hrit sh S F H.isey, McDonald, for Puget Sound.
.7 -H \\ \\ S Espiegle, Clarke, for F.Mpiimalt, B C.
Am hk Forest GHieen, Windti g, for San Fraitfctsco.
■jH
Haw s s Au-tia 1.1, Houd ette, for San Franoisv o.
Brit S S Arabic, Smilli. lor Vokobama.
to
Brit sh Cockermouth, Little, f r Guaymaa, Mexico.
Gar bk 11. Pruvienlwrg, Ahrens, fix Hongkong,
ji Haw bk Kalakaiia.
1 ahiti via Kawaihae.
li (July)
si
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c
I'HW X I I KatS.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, July 41 Wm
S tvi<'<;'\ Mrs It BargsW and 4 liildrc:i, M iss I, Irtckwood,
<1
I
F I'. ..inin.an and wife,
Mrs Dul'-it, Miss Corney,
apt A W Pierce .tntl wife, atfissoi K|nn(i) Mitt M
Kr->wn, Arthur llrnwn, (' F Cronin, | T Hot sdon. J A
Scott, Mrs (apt Brawn, Mm F X Faverweather ami _•. hlltl
run. Miss Rentier Parke, Mrs X Ripley, Mrs E S Cunha
ami child, Mrs J I PoWtttt, Sr, and daughter. Mis Water
l.ury, MUtt«Aand F Dowsett, Wm Foster and wile, Mrs
M F Hall. S Staprns, Sister lionavcniii-a, Sisiei hailrs.
Mis V KnuiFcn and
kiiud-eii(s), Mrs J Hmwn, J
F Brown, I B Hopkins, Mn I I Wcterhuu>ie, (' A Peterson, wifr and children, Horace Ball. Mitt Berwin, Miss
Myo.u, II I A|on, wife and child. Miss Sluart, F F
Mar*haJl, Miss \l Cummins, R Plontwcll, Uoa C Bartelmann, | Emerson. Mr and Mrs I Ikrer, C It Cotirell, P
Loan*. a*iw and ■ children, J Bicker, 11 Wickinafl, wtM and
i hildren, Mrs \l Forbe* and child, E Conrad* and wife,
F I Higin, wife and child, Mra O'Riellv and | children,
H Cdwarda, A MorrorT, II Lsmpson, H Harris, wile ami
daughter, II Kdwards, M iss A Millar. lami ■ Walters,
M BaU, Ft.iiards, <; H Man-is, King Dade, 1 Japanese,
and 4s Portugtaw s -.
I j <, iniii-s-,
F r Tahiti, par Phoebe Chapman, In y n S Sanger,
W II Weber, A j Cudrrey.
l-ni the Colonies, per Zealandia, Aug 4 T A Fewis, H
II Williams, H Bobstock, X J Hopkimt, ! H Cartwright,
I(i I'l'
F H Ltpman, C F Swelling 19 steerage
and 91 in li insit.
For S..n Fram i«co, per bark C !> Bryi m. Ana 4 I M
Rubensteia. F W I imi'i.i g, Kd lltni' Mis 1 Ida
Raihbone, W II Libin, Miss May I ■«■, Mitt May 1 eatar,
Miss Fountain, Mis*, Luwell, T Smith.
l-'i.r s.in Prancisro, per W
Irwin. Aug 1.• \\
(..limn.
MiuCollura, F M Lathe, Mrs J E McCulltxh and
(.
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(
McDonald,
4 days fi.,111
Newcastle, N. S, W.
bkine Planter, PenhaMow, 17 days (Jrotn San
V lancisi 0,
Am. I>k Forest Qussn, Winding, i; days from Saa
1
.
»
,4/tk/VALS,
(July) I'.r. sh. s. F. Hersey,
—
From San Kr.im isi<>, p-r Ansir.ilia, Any 21 I'rof M M
Scat, W f A lir<-»rr, srifs a,,.1 c illd, Mrs A A HaaMea,
Mias KCooer, Mr Taao, Mrs ■ D Cask, X Wilde,J II
Abed, J
Waterauaee end wife, J A Tneaaaa, R Wynne
and wile. i
S'CkaTenLann and ante, Mrs H I. Olover. Mrs '1
s Kay and tchOdren, W s Barnetl srife, chOdrea and
mvi.l, MlaaC I. liiklc, II (' llry;in( una wll., |) II Smith,
Mi-v M II Davis, Mi~- M Kelly, t) C Stasia, s s Cattle,
Ota I; .lilln,, Mue A 1. ( ■adaway, Mrs M thldl, ami as
steerage.
Itoiii San Kr.un i-i-,, per WII Ilimonil, Aug 74 Mis'.
C I. Wi t
!• Rom t in* Colonies, pel V afiposa, Any 24 Miss Y Kirsluirn, Mis Streei ami s chdd-ren, Alr> Stevenson and child,
CaUUtLuitl.il Ki. k.ud, anil 1.-111 transit.
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<.
For Sydney, per Woollafara, Aug
Liatif Barnrson, Mr St Clair,
AKKIVAI.s.
15
Misses Ida sad
Fir San Francwco, per W S K<>wue, Aui; Mr Goldenbefw, Mis Anderaon and 1 children, Vir Miner.
For Yokoh ma, per Coronet, Aug n Mr and Mrs '1 X
Hush, I'. Bush, Mr ami Mrs Deo«k>w, Mr Martin,
Por s.ui Francisco, per Mariposa, Aug s« A E 11<iln
and 1 -ons, Miss A I- He ht, N Sj Sat h-, II Grave* and
wi '-, J F t'cllxiin. H F Mclntyre, Masters (i and C Long,
s R»>th, A Marques, l> Foster, S Sarhs. Stcarage (1
Adams, .1 T I. .( h, I .i> i. Burke, and isB In trrnait.
For Puget Sound, pel S !•' Herscy, Aug »3 -Mrs Appleton, Miss Appletoa.
H
For San rraaciKo, per Forest Queen, Auk -'7
Weeks, W I. Hardy.
lur ( hina and japan, per Arabic, Any >C J cabin and
188 Chinese and Q4 Jap ineae stei raye.
For San Frmxibco, par AuMralta. Aug si Hon H 1*
Baldwin, Hon w A Kinney, Miss Maud Baldwin, Harry
Baldwin, Willow Baldwin, Miss Carrie Green, W J Sm th,
Hon J M.tt Smith and wife, ( A Wilder, Hon W C
Parke, Hon W F Fostei and wife, Mrs I. A Thurston, Mrs
SABovd, M Pico, wife and grandson, I. M Baldwin,
Miss
W H Graenhalgh, I Fujita, I Otis, Miss
\I c Cunha, Mr- Hillcbrand an 1 mml Mrs 1. |< Walbritlae,
Amyj Crocket and maid, Misi
FO is. H M Gillig, Mr.
Hr« <r« 11. li, Mrs H lie. .1, v, M Rum wile and :- children, C
Dee-ring, I Conway, Mm *: II Rea, Miss I. A Barker, E
IHail-y
an.i wife, Mis-. ( H.s.in, SS imis, (nl (, \V Mac
farlane, G B Griffin. MrsC«>l Kitchen, | children and maid,
S Maguire, C L Wight, II Wilte, wife and 1 children. 0 M
( orfin, A LouU, wife and child.
J Grace and child, F H
Woodworth, Mrs R h (Srabam and a children, Mr Lehmann, wife and child, IM l.yle. W Kdwanl*. < Bosse, E
C Wi,isi,,n,A F Watt, W Tarrant and wile, I) E Holmes,
1) II I ink and wife, <i > Davidson. <• Wagner, \ Cdwadl
and son, I Mi W ft. I Wilkinson, 67 Portuguese, 4 Japanese and 14 Chinese.
.
,
BIRTHS.
In this city, Aug. sth, to the wife at* f. J.
Low rcy. a daughter.
MIFFS In (his city, Aug. STth, to the wife of F. R.
I.owkky
Mihs, daughter,
~ In this ■ t>, August
ASHLKY
W. (.. Ashl.y, adaughter.
PASSENGERS,
<
children.
From San Francisco, per Planter Aug 1 Mrs \V G
Aahmy, Miss lorbert, W H lob d, H R Weeks, C II
»o, iSM, to the wife of
MARRIAGES.
BOND CI.FG HORN Aug. toth. at the residence nf the
bride's*fat her, Wail iki, by the Rev, Alex. Mackintosh,
Fram San Franci co, i«.-r Forest Queen, Aug 2 Col B
by the Rev. George Wallace, lames H. Ituyd,
Karris,
win,, Gaorgs Mclntyra, Hiram
to Miw Helm, danghsar of the Hon. A. S. Ctaghons,
I- redenberg.
From S.m Francisco, jwi Zealandia, Aug 4 Miss I, A
DEATHS.
Barker, I S Bailholomew and wife, Miss M (. Beck with, MORRIS Inthiscity, Aug. t, George Morris, a native
Miss Nellie Bryan, Jaa Dun:, Miss Ftta F Herrmann,
Scotland,
of
aged fts years, ami resident cif these islands
.\iissM F liUebrand, J M Homer, wife and infant, C
since 185.l.ehinan, wife and daughter, I S Muirhead, Mrs I, J
Colorado
At
Spriaga, Colorado, U. S. A., on
Levey and 3 children, Mrs Geo H Rea, Mrs R C S, aiding PURVIs* ,In Fdward William
late of Honolulu
Ann Hanamaulu, Kaioi, eg* Purvis,
and child—73 in steerage and y.' in transit.
and
31 years.
From San Diek>o, per Coronet, Aug 11 R T Rush and NIFSON -At Kiuu, Maui, Aug. iQtn, from drowning,
wife, Mr and Mis Denslow, F Bush, J Martin, Dr F
Capt. (has. luilson, of schr. Waiehu; a native of NorAMm>u.
way, aged about
35 years.
From San Francisco, per S G Wilder, Aug 11—M M McWAYNE—In this city, Aug. jfst. Andrew Mi Wayne,
aged 63 years.
Tompkins, 1. apt Wilson, W S Urenu.
Slienn.oi.
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BOABB.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU 11. I
i"his page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Hoard of Missions, and the Fditoi, appointed by the
Hoard is responsible forits contents.
Rev.
Jas. BickneU, - - Editor.
is making a month's
visiting the churches in
Puna and Kan. also attending a meeting of Association at Waimea. He thus
adds to his own work that of the Corresponding Secretary, as during Mr.
Forbes ill health he had done before.
Rev. Dr. Hyde
tour on Hawaii,
We are glad to learn that on Sunday,
the I "2th August, he met five audiences
in Waiohinu, Honuapo, and Naalehu.
including one of Japanese at the latter
place. All the native congregations
were large, as was one at l'unaluu on
Monday evening.
The people welcome these visits from
the missionary makuas, and the native
pastors are essentially helped and stim
ulated by them. One man is needed on
each principal island who shall labor
constantly in visitation among the
churches.
No definite information yet comes of
the appointment of any such helpers.
One is needed for the vacant Secretary
ship, another to reinforce Dr. Hyde in
the N. P. Institute, his strength having
long been over-taxed by manifold duties.
And then, the men for evangelistic and
pastoral work, as above. The A. B. C.
F. M. have agreed to send men on, as
soon as they can be secured. We shall
be glad to get them, if only one at a
time.
Meantime the subscription at these
Islands toward the support of such missionaries now exceeds $7,000 per annum.
Of this $:?,000 are from Rev. I-:. Bond,
and $1.0011 each from G. N. Wilcox, H.
P. Baldwin, and the H. M. C. Society.
A newspaper correspondent lately attributed to missionaries the virtue or
crime which ever it was of getting
rich, (iood Father Bond is the only
one we ever knew of, who could be called
rich, that is. who ever acquired more
property than would yield a very moderate, living.
He did it by a fortunate
location of waste land near his dwelling,
which became converted twenty-live
years ago into shares in a small plantation, one thai grew ultimately into a
larj;e and profitable one. As Mi. Bond
never turned aside from his missionary
work, and never applied himseli to secular business, he may well say that his
moderate wealth is from the Lord. He
has truly employed it liberally, as held
for the Lord.
75
THE FRIEND.
Kawaiahao Girls' Seminary.
This institution has greatly prospered
during the past few years under Miss
Alexander as principal, aided hy her
able associate. Miss Malone. Prospered,
we mean not only in numbers, in finances,
and in additional facilities, but also in
gooil and thorough work upon the minds
and characters of Hawaiian girls. These
ladies seem to have possessed an especial
gift in enlisting munificent aid from the
friends of the school. Between ten and
twelve thousand dollarshave been secured
within a year and a half. Must of this
has been applied to the addition of a
large wing at the east end, taking the
place of the old stone wing, the former
mission bindery.
In this wing is the large school and
assembly room, thirty-five by forty-two
feet. Adjoining aie two school rooms,
capable of being thrown into one with
the larger room hy sliding doors, and so
doubling its area. The whole makes a
no mean lecture room. All are furnished
with school desks of the latest pattern.
Upstairs are two large dormitories
intended for seventy girls, but capable
of accommodating ninety. The dormitories in the other parts of the building
will accommodate fifty or sixty. The
pressure of applicants is so great that it
will be hard to keep the school below its
outside capacity of one hundred and
fifty hoarders.
The late corps of teachers have as
nearly worn themselves out in the
service as they could be justified in
doing, and all now retire with the exception of Miss Hopper. They are to be
succeeded by six new teachers. The
new principal is Miss Helen A. Pepoon,
for seven years past the principal of Fox
Lake Seminary, Wisconsin. Among the
others are Miss Frear, formerly of
Honolulu, and Miss Grace L. Brewer,
daughter of Prof, l-'isk P. Brewer, of
Grinned College, lowa, and granddaughter of Key. William Richards, the
first Minister of Public Instruction in
this kingdom. This corps of teachers
are expected to arrive about September
fust.
It should be said that besides the
recent improvements above named,
nearly twenty thousand dollars had been
previously expended in building. Now,
.ill tin old mission buildings have been
removed, and the new seminary stands
a handsome and somewhat imposing
structure, fronted by a beautiful lawn.
The school has just been so happy as to
acquire the much needed lot adjoining.
si,
long occupied by the late William
Guliek.
Kawaiahao Seminary is for English
education of Hawaiian girls. Sewing
and household economy are leading
branches of instruction. Board and
tuition, fifty dollars per annum; piano,
extra. A noble career seems to lie before
the school. Christian schools of this
class are, in our opinion, the most
effective coadjutors of the church in
steadily lifting up the Hawaiian race.
This must be done through the home
and through the future wives and
mothers who make the home.
A Little Old Saint.
Mis. Arthur Smith writes of a village
near Pang Chuang as follows: "Most
interesting of all this group, is the little
grandmother, aged til!, mother of the five
men who all entered the church together.
She has a face seamed and wrinkled,
two bright little beady eyes close together,
and the cheeriest smile in Shantung.
She has never yet recovered from her
delighted surprise that the 'Ming Shepheid' baptized her. She tells the story
with a naive humility that loses itself
each time in the great joy that crowns
her life. "There I was." she says, "and
all my five sons to be baptized, but I
wasn't expecting anything, because I
was old and stupid.' But who would
have thought it! The shepherd called
me, and he said, 'what do you knowabout it, venerable lady?' I said, Tarn
old and stupid, and can't talk, but I
know that God loves me. and gives me
everything, and I thank him every day,
and I lean on Jesus, and ask him to
save me from my sins.' And (with a
smile that fairly transfigured the plain
old face), the shepherd said,'come along
and be baptized with your five sons.'
So I did." The family is a poor one,
and has to work hard for a living- such,
busy, busy women; but not too busy to
think about heaven as we followed them
around from spinning-wheel to loom,
and from loom to needle work, trying to
give a fair share to those who are glad
to learn, but who must not stop work."
Go through a Canadian village in the
province of Cjuebec, and find out, if you
can, where the son has advanced upon the
intelligence of the father. The Roman
church holds him in statu qua. The education is just enough to keep him from
absolute ignorance. Go into the French
quarter of Montreal, or into the same
three-quarters of (Quebec, and you shall
feel the change in the atmosphere without entering a single dwelling. The intellectual hie is stunted. The influence
of the Roman church in Canada is that
of repression and hostility to civilization
of the highest type. It is the truth, that
the Roman Catholic religion is the principal obstacle to the proper development
of Lower Canada. It works not for the
building up ol society, not for the enlargement of men's lives, hut for the
aggrandizement of the Papacy, as expressed in the acquisition flf property,
and the increased control of the people
in the interests of the Church. Julius
H. Ward.
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�[September, 1888
THE FRIEND.
76
If the co-operation of some of our
professional and business men can be
secured, we propose to arrange a series
1
ut
of "Practical Talks" to young men, for
to
Hoard
of
Young Men's Christian Av-odaiiuii, and the
(onients.
the fall and winter months.
Directors are respOnsild< for
The Blue Ribbon League has disconEditor. tinued its weekly meetings during the
5. D. Fuller,
past month but will resume them again
next Saturday evening. At the recent
Items.
business meeting for election of officers,
The San Diego, Cal., Association Rev. H. H. Gowen was re-elected Presipurchased a building lotfor $5,800, which dent, and nearly the same under officers
and committee men as before.
they have since sold for $4-1,000.
Men's
Christian
Association
Young
A
Man or Donkey?
has been organized among the Indians
of the Cattaraugus Reservation, New
Rev. Hugh 0. Pentecost, of Newark,
York.
is the minister who says: "When I
The wonderful wave of missionary in- want a drink I take it." For the soul of
terest which has swept through the me I can't see anything very remarkable
American colleges during the last year in that, even in a preacher. He would
and a half, has caused about 1,800 young be a fool to take a drii.k when he didn't
men and 600 young women to offer want it. But when he does want it.
themselves for missionary service in for- that's the time to take it. Even a
eign fields.
donkey does that; and the donkey can't
The vacation season is nearly over, be compelled to drink when he doesn't
some of our members have ahead) want to. So you see, my son, there is
returned, and others on the way. Dur- a difference between the man and the
ing this month we want to get our work donkey. Any man, parson or layman.
for the fall and winter outlined and the can do as the donkey, and take a drink
various committees in working order. when he wants it, or even refuse to take
Helpful suggestions from any of our a drink when he doesn't want one. But
members or interested friends will be it takes a man, my boy, to refuse a
gladly received by President Hall or drink when he wants.it. And when he
has this control over himself he can
Secretary Fuller.
louder and more in a day than
practice
The work at Queen Emma Hall the Reverend Pentecost can preach in a
among the Hawaiians and Japanese year.—Biirdcttc.
goes steadily and hopefully forward. A
successful evening school has been openJapan.
ed in one of the rooms for Portuguese
boys.
The Young Men's Christian AssociaOur English brothers have a well tion movement among young men in
established fame for walking that few of foreign lands is taking root, and extendus would care to challenge; and some of ing most encouragingly. Mr.
John T.
them seem to possess a zeal for early Swift, formerly Secretary of the Orange,
morning meetings, that would strike N. J., Association has recently gone to
terror to the heart of the average young Japan, and from the notes of the New
man, as the following will indicate:
York Association we take the following
"The Bristol, England, Association concerning his work: Mr. Swift has
held their annual summer breakfast on taken for the present a position as inJune "20th, at seven a. m., and over two structor in English in the Union College
hundred members and friends of the at Tokio.
Association were present to listen to the Mr. Swift has been able to organize
reports of the work."
a Bible class of young men in the University, at Tokio, and hopes soon to organize a college Young Men's Christian
Sunday Evening Topics.
Association in the University, and also
Gospel Praise Service in the Y. If. C. one in the Upper Middle C liege in the
A. Hall every Sunday evening at half- same city. He writes that the Tokio
six o'clock, for three-quarters of an Association will probably soon employ a
hour. Good singing and short talks. paid General .Secretary, a native JapCloses in ample time for church services. anese young man whom he considers
The topics for the month are as follows: well qualified for the position. Mr.
Sept. 2—What Grace Does. Titus 11: Swift has had an interview withthejap1-14.
anese Minister of Public Instruction, as
Sept. 9—He Knoweth me Altogether. a result of which positions are alreadyPs. 139:1-6. John 4:6-29.
open for eight American young men as
rBllM ui
Sept. 16—An Inestimable Treasure. teachers in the Japanese government
1 Pet. €:3-9. 1 Cor. 3:21 23.
schools. A number of the students at
Sept. 23—The Sum of the Law. Northfield were enlisted to fill these
Mark 12:2H-34.
positions, and it is expected that the enSept. 30—How to meet Reverses. tire number will go out to Japan this
summer.—Leisure Hours.
Job 1:13-22. 1 Pet. 5:6-10.
T. M. C. A.
THKHONOLULU,
11. I.
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the Honolulu
This page is devoted
th*" interests
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Satan's Servants.
The devil's four chief servants. Here
are their names:
"There is no danger." That is one.
"Only this once." That is another.
"Everybody does so." This is the
third.
" By-and-bye." That is the fourth.
When tempted from the path of strict
rectitude, and "There is no danger"
urges you on, say, "Get thee behind me,
Satan !"
When tempted to give the Sabbath
up to pleasure, or to do a little labor in
the workshop or counting room, and
Only this once" or "Everybody does
"so,"
whispers at your elbow, do not listen
for a moment to the dangerous counsel.
All four are cheats and liars. They
mean to deceive and cheat you out of
heaven. "Behold," says God, "now is the
accepted time, now is the day of salvation." He has no promise by-and-bye."
Christian at Work.
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Never a Drop.
One can readily imagine the amazement of our English cousins, to hear
from Howe's own lips that he never
tasted a drop of alcoholic liquor, nor
used tobacco in any form; that he never
yet had an ache or pain alter any race,
and never found any one to push him
hard when in condition. His diet is
oatmeal, beef, chops, plenty of eggs, one
cup of hot tea at each meal, and no
drinks at all between meals. Rowe says:
I have consulted the finest doctors and
physicians in the United States, and
they tell me the greater part of my
success lies in my abstinence. I feel
myself that it is so. lam just as good
one day as another. I never have an
off-day, whereas people who take stimulants are good to-day and nothing the
next day. It sometimes takes them a
fortnight to get back again into good
order. Professionals have admitted as
much to me. When I rode my greatest
distance in the hour, I had not done any
work on my bicycle for a week, on
account of bad weather; and though 1
thought I should not be in condition,
yet when I came to ride I found I
accomplished the greatest performance
ever yet done in the world.—Leisure
Hours, Boston.
It is right of your young men to enrich
themselves with the spotla of all pure
literature; but he who would make a
favorite of a bad book, simply because it
contains a few beautiful passages, might
as well caress the hand of an assassin
because of the jewelry which sparkles
on his fingers.— Joseph Parker.
No grace is more necessary to the
Christian worker than fidelity; the humble grace that marches on in sunshine
and storm, when no banners are waving,
and there is no music to cheer the tired
feet.
�THE FRIEND.
High License.
In the debate on the Crosby High
License Bill in the New York Assembly,
one member saial that "a tax on the
saloons no more lessened the amount of
drinking than a tax on coffins lessened
the death-rate." We do not regard
High License as by any means an
effective temperance measure, but nevertheless think it is far better than low
license, or than unlimited liberty to
saloons. Honolulu has had forty or
fifty years experience of a Higjr License
system, by which a limited number of
saloons, say ten or twelve, pay Slonu
each for license to retail. As we understand the Crosby and other high license
systems at the East, as many saloons
are licensed as choose to pay the established fee. Our system is therefore still
more restrictive. As to its restraining
effect, we think it is generally agreed
that there is less liquor sold than if
grog-shops were opened on every street
corner throughout the city. There is
some illicit traffic probably, but not
approaching the amount of traffic which
unrestricted license would produce.
As it is, every person with an appetite
for beer, wine or spirits, is able to gratify
it with facility. Drunkards and the evil
fruits of drunkenness abound. Great
numbers of persons also are being
enticed to drink, and are in process of
creating a fixed appetite. It is not for
the interest of the regular saloons to
interfere very much with the illicit traffic,
because the more temptation and the
more frequent opportunity there is to
drink, the more rapidly and numerously
are fresh appetites created, and so new
customers for the saloons are supplied.
If we admit what is perhaps true, that
with our large British and German elements, public sentiment in favor of
entire prohibition is not sufficiently advanced to render prohibition practicable
or expedient, until our foreigners are
educated up to the measure, yet it does
seem as if very much advance could be
made in restricting the activity of the
saloon traffic—in diminishing the convenience and the attractiveness of such
places. Admit that many men demand
as a right, under the full approval of
their conscience, that they shall be permitted to supply themselves with beer,
wine, or spirits, does that support any
claim of right on the part of vendors to
create places of seductive attraction and
allurement to increase the consumption
and their profits thereon ?
As a measure of amendment, we
would require the saloons to be divested
of all elements of attraction as places of
agreeable resort and recreation. We
would have them made as bare as a
butcher's stall or a blacksmith's shop, of
everything but the so-called necessary
stimulants. There should be nothing to
invite the pleasure-seeker or to accommodate the lounger. If there must be
places where men shall purchase liquors,
let all screens be removed from the doors
—all privacy be forbidden—all seats betaken away. Let the purchasers supply
themselves and go away.
It will be an important step forward
when the liquor shop ceases to be a
"saloon" —is divested of conveniences
and attractions—and when those who
indulge, must do so in the view of the
public. If it is right for A. to buy his
glass of liquor, why should he be ashamed to do it openly, any more than B. is,
to liuv openly his glass of soda-water?
The parents whose children are debauched by the saloon, the wives whose homes
it desolates, the children whom it beggars and starves, the community which
is scourged and taxed by the crimes it
generates, have the right to demand at
least this much of restriction and repres
sion upon its pestiferous work.
End! Is it any wonder that those
unevangelized minions of a coward Pilate
eighteen hundred years ago stripped this
man Jesus of his raiment and put on
him the purple of mock royalty—in his
hand a reed for sceptre, and on his head
a wreath of prickles? Is it so wonderous strange a thing that they should
have smitten his face with switches and
spat upon him, and bowed down before
him with jeers and guffaws before they
took off the purple (the time being spent)
and replaced his own clothing for the
execution, and then, drawing down their
faces, marched to Calvary with exhibition step and decorum ? Are these things
so wonderful in them, and is it an occasion of no remark that upon a brutal
"slogger" is conferred the corporate
recognition of a Christian community of
four hundred thousand souls?
Such things, however, did our Master
bear. The record does not give us light
upon ii. demeanor in face of these brutal
bufferings. We can only be sure that
his heavenly dignity did not fail him
even then. They crucify him. He hears
the jests renewed. That most stinging
of them all: "He saved others, himself
he cannot save." He made no retort.
Jesus in the Guard-Room.
His hour was come, his day was done.
to
Sometime having
elapse before the It was now for him to suffer, and suffer
cruel execution of the cross, he is sur he did as I shall not endeavor to desrendered to the sport of a garrison of cribe.- C. H. Oliphaut.
soldiers quartered in the city by the
People often think that they have beRoman government-for the execution of
such business as was to follow. They come religious when they have not taken
are not particular how they treat him, so the suffrage of their whole nature on
they are, for a moment, diverted from the question. A man undersome strong
the tedium of barrack-life. The whole appeal, asks himself, Will I be a Chriscompany is ordered out. They take him tian ? He says to Reverence, What do
inside the building. Jesus of Nazareth you say? Reverence says, Yes! He
is cloistered with a Roman military ■ays, Love, what do you say? And Love
company. He is to them a felon con- says, Yes! and Faith answers. Yes! and
demned. All the immoralities of camp Conscience, Yes! So he says, Well, I
and barracks were stamped upon their have decided. I will be a Christian.
countenances. Brawny arms they had; Then he goes out into the countingathletic physique; faces that had borne room, and as soon as he gets into the
many a blow; ofgreat repute for fortitude, counting-room he yields to Acquisitivetheir fidelity to superior officers and ness and violates the law of Christ, and
severity of training made them terrible Acquisitiveness says, I did not vote to
animals. How many of them? forty, follow Christ. Then he goes where his
passions are stirred, and his wrath rises,
fifty, sixty? They were in their element
there was to be a crucifixion. They will and Combativeness says, I did not vote
see what stuff the victim is made of. In to be Christian. Nothing less than the
what a physical minority he stands unanimous vote of all a man's faculties
there, a hopeless sufferer, so far as will do for the Christian.
earthly help went! What a contrast!
It is easy to preach ; it is difficult to
Yet in the city of Boston are those who do. Some men believe in division of
would go to witness, at a dollar a head, labor; they will do the preaching, and
the girdling of a bull-dog with diamonds; let others do the practising.
the apotheosis of a brute who stands
Haunt not the fringy edges of the fight;
" Charge
convicted of nearly every crime against
into the pell mell of men."
God and man. It is for us to realize
that very much the same love of brutality
To be true to a man in any way is to
has persisted to this hour as was help him.
exhibited by that band of soldiers as
Truth for authority, not authority for
they teased almost to death, with their truth.
inhumanities, the Son of Man. Such
It is happier sometimes to be cheated,
equations are struck between the spiritual than
not to trust.
evil
world.
and the animal by the present
Ten hundred dollars for a city missionary You cannot dream yourself into a
at the North End, and ten thousand character; you must forge and hammer
dollars for a right-fielder at the South yourself into one.
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�THE FRIEND.
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Kaahmii.iPiu Strct-t, lli>iiolulu.
Qensraltf Com mission Agent*
S'.h \
I).
Is KOK
1 to Fort Straai, m ar
No.
British am! Foreign M irini |ri urance Co.
Northern A»Mnirani <■ ompan) (Kire ami Ljfc.)
"riuti"'i" Line Packet*, I ivcrpool to Honolulu.
Uvafpool Office, Nns. 41 ,uul 43 The Albany.
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MARBLE WORKS,
Monuments,
Head
.
S. TKKCLOAN,
dfsc RlPlloN
Tombs,
Stones,
MADS TO ORUKk
Al THI
lowest possible rates.
Corner
hurl and Jluul
Mnt-i%,
merchant Tailor;
FURNISHINC,
('loss
ja*a*7*T.
Stock
i, (,Mie«-n
IMPORTERS ft
NOTT,
FURNITURE
of
Hoods Always
Lamps,
iaoteyi
Street,
|'h
.
Bell I vl'.'i hone, ■ t*«.
Fori-St.. opposite Pantheon Stables.
Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton, Fish.
CHAIRS
Horse-Shoeing in all its Branches,
Done in the moat workmanlike in inner.
Shipping Older* cm fully attended »■<.
Livestock fumlahacftovtiMela at short notice, and **egeRacing
and .rotting Shoe* ■ specialty. Rates reasonable'
tables of all knuls supplied to order.
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Highest award and Diploma for hutdmade shoes ; ,t the
Hawaii F.xhiliii ion, 1884. Horses taken to and front tin
«rhe 1 desired.
fTAWAIIAN AI.MANAt.: & ANNUAL BTtOD
lanSyyr
J. V/, McDONAI I>. Proprietor.
■*■*■
FOR IHSH.
Ani>kKss:
thos. t;. THRUM,
l-uhhslur, Honolulu.
□ HIPPING & NAVY CON TRACTOR
JOSEPH TINKER,
Family and Shipping Butcher,
,
lloolt Binding, I'aptr Kulin X ami lllank Hook Manufacturing in „ll it.* llranches.
(lood Work ui.jranteed and
Moderate Charges.
I
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.Manufacturer and I >ealer in .-ill kinds of
I L-nolulu, 11. I.
Orden from the other Islands promptly -'if' iincd to.
ianß 7vr.
n
K. WILLIAMS,
DAIRY
COMPANY,
a
STOCK
MILK, CREAM, BUTTER,
LIVE STOCK.
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Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
Km iiilnrc Wareroofllt in New Fire-proof Huilding.
No*, in Fort Street and 06 Hotel Streets.
Agency Detroit Safe lU*, Feather, Hair, Hay and Kurcka
Mattresses and Pillows, and Spring Manresses on hand and
made to order Pianos ami Sew<ug Machines always on
hand and t r sale ■ r rent. Beat Violin and Guitar Strinaa
and all kin s of Music.il Instruments for vale as cheap as
tli' cheapest,
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riEORGE LUCAS,-
Ready to De.livefFreightandßaggage of Every Description
CONTRACTOR
AM)
dVILDKK,
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
1
You will alwayi find on your arrival
Office,
it
With I'romptiuss and 1 ><sp;.tch.
Both Telephones, No. 86.
Residence 118 Nuuanu Street.
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King Street.
MILL,
Frames, Blinds, Sashes. Doors, and all kinds of Woodwork
Turning, Scroll and Band Sawing;. All kinds of
I'laninn, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptly attended to, and woik Guaranteed. Orders from (he
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othaff Islands solicited.
Finish.
THE
POPULAR MILLINERY
MOUSE.
tea Fort Street. Honolulu, H. I.
WOODLAWN
fe|lB7
BAGGAGE EXPRESS
(M. N. SANDERS, Proprietor.)
SANDERS
Manufacturerof all kinds of Mouldings, Brackets, Window
BOOK BINDER,
"FRIEND" BUILDING, UT-STAIRS,
RctMT.
CITY MARKET, tfuuanu Street
All orders delivered with qui* k dispatch and al reason?
able raies Vegetable fresh every morning.
jang^yt
Telephone 389, both Companies,
KSPI ANADK, HONOLULU, H. 1.
T C. MARCH ANT,
111
nil AS. HAMMER,
Family and
This regulai and favorite publication
is now in lis lourteenth >*or, ami haa
proved itself a reliable hand-bruit of
reference on mailers Hawaiian; conveying
a better knowledge of the a inmercial,
■griculteral, political and tocial progress
ol the islands than any publication extant.
Orders from abroad or from the other
Uganda attended
to with promptness,
Price -to Postal Union Countries. 60
eta.each, which can be remiltea oy Mo ley
Order. Price to any part of these islands
50 cenls each.
Back numbers to 1.575 can l>e had, ra
erpting for ihe years 1879, ISS2 and iSS.j.
and
SADDLERY <V HARMESS.
nrrv SHOEING SHOP,
I-Vi, Market,
MANUKACTUkEKS OF
UPHOLSTERY
Kaihumanu St., Honolulu.
aub7j,r
I laajaf in
AM)
CO.,
No 74 King Street,
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Stove* and Range* of all kind-, Plihi hers' Stock and
em
Metal*, House Furnishing floods, Chan tellers,
TTJM. McCANDLESS,
fei-8S
a
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Hand
No.
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Uahad, hparlal ordersreceived foi any l'.ooks published.
TTOl'l'
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and 'News' Dealer.
25 Merchant Street. Honolulu, H. I.
Monuments and Headstones Cleanrd and Re-set.
Older* from the other islands Promptly attended to.
JOHN
(ieiitkiiu-ifs
Bw i saaM to
J. M. Oa-i, Jk.,&Co.
Stationer
Tablets, Marble Mantles, Marble work of every
TT
SOPKR,
N. S. SACHS,
Proprietor.
Direct Importer of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
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IRON WORKS CO.,
MANTLU rURCKS "X
MACERATION TWO-ROLL
MILLS,
With Patent Automatic Feed.
Double and 'I ripple Effects, Vacuum Puns and Cleaning
Pans, "team and Water Pipes, llrass and Iron Fittings of
all descriptions, etc.
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HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
"DEAVER SALOON,
H. J. NOLIE, Proprietor.
TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE,
Fort .Street, Honolulu.
Best Quality of Cigars. Cigarettes, Tobacco. Smokers' AmayB6
rticles, etc., always on hand.
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THE FRIEND.
HONOLULU, H. 1., OCTOBER, 18S8.
OAHU COLLEGE
MANAGERS NOTICE.
The manager of'Yuv. FRIEND respectful
the friendly co-operation oj subrequests
ly
scribers and others to whom this publication
>s a regular monthly visitor, to aid in exHONOLULU, H. I.
tending the list of patrons of this, " the
Fall Terms open Monday, September 10,1888. oldest paper in the Pacific" by procuring
and sending in at least one new name each.
The faculty at Oahu Qtttege will be constituted as follows: This is a small thing to do, yet in the aggreKey. W. C Merrill, A. 1!., Vale College President
gate it will strengthern our hands and enMental and Moral Science.
Prof. A. B. Lyons, A M., M. l>., Williams" College- able us Jo do more in return liian has been
Chemistry and Natural Sciences.
subscription rate
Key. A. I). Bins*.!, A.1.., Amherst L'ulleKe -Instrumen- promised for the moderate
tal and Vocal M iisi,
$2.00
annum.
per
Mis- M. Ella Sp .oner. Mi. Holyoke Seminary Latin of
and Knglish Literature.
/slanders traveling abroad often speak,
Miss H. E. Coahman, A. 15., Oberliti Cottage Greek,
Mathematics and Rhetoric.
or write, of the weltomt feeling with which
.Mrs. L O. I'inney -Kreuch, Mathematicsand English. Tin. Friend
it receivd as it makes its
ThtM are all successful teachers who have had experimonth by month: hence
appearance,
regular
ence in their resjective depart nit-tils.
parties having friends or relatives abroad,
The facul'y at the Punaliou Preparatory School will can
find nothing more welcome to send than
consist of the Ibllowing wall known tuccessfnl teachers;
Tiik
PriBHD, as a monthly remembrancer
Miss N. I. Malone—Principal Ist and snd tirades.
Miss Margaret Brtwer ird and 4th Gra<*as.
their
aloha, and furnish them at the same
of
Miss K. It. Snow-sth and nth Grades.
time
with
the only record of moral and reMiss Helen S. Chamberlain 7111 andBth Grades.
The Boarding Urpartineut will be under the same ligious progress in the North Pacific Ocean.
management as heretofore, and the Trustees are confident
that it offers better privileges as a school home than call 1>« In this one claim only this journal is entiobtained elsewhere for the same money.
tled to the largest support possible ly the
It is desired that early application should be made for
Aug. 1888
aU intending:to enter either tchool.
friends oj Somen, Missionary and Philanthropic Wtrk in the Pacific, for it occupies
XITM. k. castle,
a central position in a field that is attracting the attention of the world more and
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Merchant St., nexi to Post Office, Trust money carefully more every year.
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Omoa o. Brewer's Block, comer Hotel and Fort Streets. of The Friend, who will give the same
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Entrance, Hotel Street.
prompt attention. A simple return of the
paper without instruction, conveys no inYI7 H. GRAENHALGH,
telligible notice wliatever oj the sender s in-
Tlpl.
(I.
Sugar
Factors' & Commission
Punahou Preparatory School.
.
.
Importing lid Manuffti turing
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
tent.
Oceanic
s.
N.
Lumber, Building Materials and
Coals.
LUMBER
\
,
T A. GONSALVES,
One year
Street, Hoootalu,
FHOTOGHt-AJPHEH,
ITsilJaftOSs] Views, fctC. tafcea tO order
inch. >is months
( HAS year
>i column, six momlis
One year
% column, six months
1
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11. .1..1u1u. !1. I.
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(1at- year
feb-88
One eoluinn, si\ months
((in year
ills will 1* collected daring iht
quarter of the year.
CAS U.K.
G.
r.
CASTLE.
J. 11. ATIIERTON.
COOKE,
SHIPPING
AM)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
U3I X i
>
niK
The Kohala Sugar Company,
The Haiku Sttfjur Company,
I NC Pais Plantation
Grovt Ranch Plantation,
The Papalkoß SugarConpaay,
The Waialua
Mi--
Plantation, R. llalstead,
The A. H. Smith & Co. Plantation,
New England Mutual l.ife Insurant Company,
The Union Marine Insurance Company,
The Union Fire Insurance Company,
The .Ktna Tire InusraoCS Company
*
The Caorge Y.
(Make
Manufacturing Company,
I>. M Weston's Centrifugals,
Jayne & Son's Medicines.
WHCOV & Cibbs' Sawing Machines,
Remington Sewing Machine Co.
jan£7yr
I? O. HALL & SON, (Limitkd)
imi<)i;tkks
and deai.khs in
Hardware and (lateral Merchandise,
( urner I'oit and King Streets, Honolulu, H. 1.
.
"
Of
K)l
IHS
W.M. W. HAIL, President and Manager,
L C A111.1.5, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. 1 M.1.1.N, Auditor,
I'iHl KAY and B. 0 WHITE, Directors.
aa8 7 \r
BREWER & CO, (Limited)
GENERAL MERCANTILE
COMMISSION AGENTS,
rath:
Professional cards, six months
Steamship Comp'y.
pASTLE &
$2.00.
.\i>vkktisin(,
Agents.
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' ....
Dealers hi
XT, HONOLULU.
Agcsss for the
The FRIEND is devoted to the moral and
Book-Binder, I i.
Dealer in Pine Stationary, Rook*, Music, Toy.
interests of Jhrwaii, ami is pubreligious
.mil Kancv looda
Honolulu. lished on the first of every month.
It will i\
1.,n Sunt, mar Hotel Simi,
mlSSyr
year
on receipt of
be sent post paid lor one
A LI.KN & ROBINSON,
IRWIN & CO.,
PORT BTRI
AND
,
Number 10.
75
Volume 46.
$ 7 00
3
Qtraan Street,
4 00
7 00
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15
Honolulu, H. I.
00
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14 00
25 00
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Ulea,
Auditor
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President and Manager
Treasurer and Secretary
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S. C. Aden.
H. Waterhouse.
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THE FRIEND.
T)ISHOP &
BANKERS,
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
JT. WATER HOUSE,
HOLLISTER & CO.,
CO.,
Importer of
English and American
IMPORTERS,
Draws Exchange on
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their Agents in
New York,
Boston,
Paris,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild Si Sons, Condon, Frankfort-onthe-Main.
The Commercial Hanking Co. of Sydney, London.
The Commercial Panking Co. of Sydney, Sydney.
The Banking of New Zealand, Auckland and its
Branches in Christ* luirch, Dtinedin and Wellington
The Bank of DnUah Columbia, Portland, Oregon
The A/ores anil Madeira Islands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Hank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
MERCHANDISE.
WHOLESALES RETAIL DEALERS IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Transact a General Banking Business.
lias now a
Valuable Assortment of Goods,
E\ late arrivals.
AT THE NO.
AND
10
STORE
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riLAUS SPRECKELS & CO.,
A great variety of Dry Goods
BANKERS,
Honolulu,
-
»
MANUFACTURE*! Of
Hawaiian Islands.
Draw Exchange on the prnici[ial parts of the world,and
janB7yr.
transact a Ceneral Hanking Business.
PACIFIC
Can be seen
TOILET ARTICLES;
AND AT
Ginger Ale and Aerated Waters. Crockery & Hardware
HARDWARE CO.,
And
NO. 109 FORT STREET,
SUCCESSORS TO
Dillingham
Principal Store & Warehouses.
A: Co. and Samuel Nott.
IMPORTERS,
Fort Street, Honolulu.
HARDWARE,
AGRICULTURAL IMI'LKMENTS,
House Furnishing (roods,
Silver Plated Ware,
Cutlery, Chandeliers,
LAMPS,
nishes,
Kerosene Oil
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Honolulu, H. I.
janB7>r
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
(Limited.)
TT E. McINTYRE & BROS.
Steamer
Importers and Dealers in
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND
East corner of Fort and King Streets.
FEED.
the be:t Qtiality.
of
fasjSyj*
A L. SMITH,
Packet from the Eastern
States and Europe.
FRESH
janB7>T
Steamer
Steamer " MOKOLII,"
iii King Street,
Weekly 'trips for Circuit
T EWERS & COOKE,
TJENRY
Dealers in
Lumber and Building Material.
Office—B2 Fort St. Yard -cor. King and Merchant Sts.
Robert Lhweks,
(.'has. M. Cooke,
K. J. Lowkkv,
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HACKFELD & CO.,
Corner Q ueen and Fori Streets,
janB7yr
•_
ttETS OF THE FRIEND.
.
Honolulu
" KILAUEA
Foi Ports on Hainakua (
G.
WILDER, President.
MAY cV CO.,
TEA DEALERS,
pKAS. J.
OB t.
11. ROSE, Secretary
KISHEL,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets, Honolulu,
Coffee Roasters and
IMhiK I
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
WOLFE & CO.,
dry
l' k rVMO
DEALS!
IN
goods,
fancy goods,
millinery,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc.
DF.AI.RKS
IN
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
And all kinds of Feed, such as
One set of The Friend in three volumes, from HAY, OATS, BRAN, BARLKY, CORN, WHEAT, 4c
1852 to 1884,inclusive. A few sets from 1852, Fresh Goods Received by Every Steamer.
unbound, can be procured on application to
6« Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
JOB 7 Office of The Friend.
re 087 yr
P. O. Box 130.
Telephone 349
I
S.
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NO. 98 FORT STREET HONOLULU,
AM)
HOU,"
Steamer "LEHUA,"
S.
IMPORTF.RS
of Mulukai and l.ahaina.
AND
(Way*! Block),
New Goods received by every vessel from the United
States and Europe.. California Producereceived by every
janB?yr
Steamer.
Commission Merchants,
Steamer
Honolulu.
janr>7yr
Commander
MtGRF.GOR
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
No.
Commander
Weekly Trips fur kahulniand liana.
nHARLES HUSTACE,
King's combination Spectacles, Glassware, Searing Ma
chines, Picture Frames. Vases, Brackets, etc., etc. Terms
Strictly Cash. 83 Fort Street. Honolulu.
janB7yr
" LIKEL/KE,"
DAVXES
Importer and Dealer in
LAVA SPECIMENS, PLATED WARE,
Commander
Weekly Trips for Hiloand Way Porta,
CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
By Every Steamer.
" A'PNA U,"
I.OK KNZF.N
LANTERNS, New Goods Received
by Every
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Var-
TJ
QUEEN STREET,
Latest styles DRESS GOODS and MILLINERY received by every Steamer.
Fashionable Dress Making
Orders faithfully attended to at the
Leading
janB7yr
Millinery
House
of
CHAS. J. FISHEL.
�The Friend.
Volume 46.
HONOLULU, H. L, OCTOBER, iSSS.
7
.
Number 10.
Thk rfHtKMD is published the first day of <-;u li inniilh, at
Honolulu, 11. I. Snl>>cr>pt ion rate Two Dot LAM Pan
YKAM INVAKtAhI.V IN AiiVANCI*..
All oinnumij.Uioiis ;md letters connected
with the
literary
department of the paper. Hooks and Magazines for Re
view and fcxchangai ntoald 1)*.- addressed "ki\. S. X
BlSfftOP, Honolulu, 11, I.'*
Business letters shrtild lie addressed "T. >. Tmki m,
Honolulu. II I.
<
S. E. BISHOP,
-
..
Editor
CONTENTS.
Chinese Probkn
Notes on a Tour Around Hawaii
/,
Hawaiian Kvangelical Churches
Resolutions Adopted by Trustees u( Oahu College
School Items
Christian Unity in Missions
Ban-Anglican Council
Letter from Brof. A. li. Lyons.
■
Items
Monthly Record ol Kvents
Marine Journal. Bathe, Marriages and Heaths
Hawaiian Board
Y. M. C. A
Letter ftoni Rev. F. K. Rand
PACJI
77
78
78
79
7Q
79
80
81
81
81
8a
83
84
Cover
The Chinese Problem.
It is a difficult and delicate one. We
have felt this so strongly, that we have
shrunk from discussing it. It has indeed seemed very doubtful whether in
the present attitude of the parties to
this question, any discussion on our part
could be serviceable. On the one side
are arrayed the Chinamen themselves,
deeply sensitive to whatever tends to
disparage them, or to treat them unequally. Many of them are highly intelligent, some of high character, and good
business standing, and many of long
residence in the country. They have
true and warm friends among the whites,
especially those devoted individuals who
are laboring to impart to them the
knowledge of the Lord our Saviour, and
who naturally and worthily sympathize
with them in their claims and aspirations.
On the other side are the great body
of white people of all classes, who partake strongly of the Anti-Chinese feeling
which is so intense and imperative on
both sides of the Pacific, wherever Chinese immigration has brought Chinese
into competition with white labor, especially in California and in Australia. In
the view of earnest Christian and philanthropic men, looking from a distance at
the question, the Anti-Chinese feeling
in California has been regarded as unhumane and has been summarily denounced as wholly unchristian, causeless
and inhuman.
It is undoubtedly true that bad elements have taken an active part in this
as in all other controversies, and that
much that is unchristian and inhuman
has been done and said therein. Hut to
the best of our knowledge, it is far from
being the opinion of the great body of
wise and good men in California that
there are not good and weighty reasons
for taking strong measures against the
farther immigration of Chinese laborers
into that country. Their chief reason
is the impossibility of white laborers
Competing with the frugal and patient
Chinese coolies, and the inevitable impoverishment and degradation of the
former. Another reason of great force
is the improbability trf the Chinese becoming assimilated and amalgamated
with the Americans, as do other immigrants.
The question has different aspects,
and more complicated ones, in Hawaii
nei. Here the Chinese already constitute nearly two-fifths of the male population of the Kingdom. The others,
men and women, are divided among not
only different nationalities, but diverse
races, more than one-half being native
Hawaiians. Future assimilation into
a homogeneous people seems very difficult. Some would argue that the difficulty should not be increased by so large
an element of the intractable Mongolian.
There is no doubt, also, that both the native people and the white immigrants do
severely feel the competition of Chinese
labor in this country. From untold ages
of severe and crowded competition, the
Chinaman inherits an ability to make
the most of everything, and to live on
the least, so that he thrives where better
men starve. Chinamen have already
absorbed many of the common occupations of the natives, such as fishing,
taro-planting, the poi trade, &c. They
absorb a large part of the retail trade.
They carry on a great proportion of
those mechanical industries by which a
most valuable and important class of
whites and the more intelligent natives
are maintained. Let the present number of Chinese be doubled, or trebled,
which may easily happen in a few years,
and where would be room for any white
men in these islands, except employers
and directors oflabor? And what would
be left for the natives?
We do not question that the 20,000
Chinese are contributing materially to
the financial prosperity of the country.
They have brought into cultivation great
tracts of swamp land, for which they
pay heavy rental. They supply an indispensable portion of the labor on the
sugar plantations. While they remit
much money home, a considerable part
of the fruits of their toil goes into general circulation. They are a people of so
much character, ability, and productiveness, that they must needs be treated
with consideration, even did not ordinary
justice, humanity and Christian fraternity require it of us.
There seems to be a general agreement that the farther immigration of
Chinamen should cease, and that their
numbers should not be permitted to increase. Probably those already here do
not consider this a special hardship to
themselves. They and their friends do,
however, make a strenuous opposition
to measures in any way discriminating
between those now living hereand other
residents. There seems to be a very
strong determination to make some such
discriminations. The new Constitution
so discriminates in denying to all Asiatics the right of suffrage here. At the
late session of the Legislature, an effort
was made to secure the preliminary action for a change of the Constitution two
years hence, so as to permit of laws
limiting Chinese to certain occupations,
and securing special registeration of
Chinese laborers. This was defeated
by means of bribes to native members,
although a few of the best white members voted against it. The perplexities
of the subject must lessen any regret
that action was deferred.
The chief ground upon which the
advocates of such Constitutional discrimination justify it, is that by reason
of their utter strangeness of tongue and
literature, added to their great and tenaciously fixed peculiarities of custom and
habit, the Chinese constitute a separate
community in the kingdom, whom it is
impracticable,to reach and govern effi-
�78
THE FRIEND.
[October, 1888
ciently by the action of ordinary laws, the growth of sugar cane. Sheep farms cane fields girdles the land, as far as the
so that special provisions must be made and cattle ranches may be found on its eye can reach in either direction. What
in their case. For. instance, the plan- higher slopes. The Government is triumphs of industry are these! Hut not
about to put on the market good grazing Hawaiian industry. Where are the huts
ters insist that the Chinese contract
laborers must be admitted to supply
indispensable labor to the plantations.
Hut how shall these laborers be returned
to their own country and not be absorbed
into the population ? And how shall
the great army of Chinese tramps be
controlled ? Not without special registration, it is answered.^
We cannot profess to have arrived at
any fixed conclusion upon these questions of policy. We have here only
touched upon some salient points. We
would deprecate hasty action.
We
would urge the closest regard to justice
and to humane fraternity, and meantime, we would pray for wise, just and
courageous men to make and to administer our laws, not forgetting to thank
God that we have tome such.
Notes of a Tour Around Hawaii.
Leaving Honolulu on the ll'. G. Hall
at the seasonable hour of 10 a. m., the
traveler finds himself early the next
morning oft the coast oi Hawaii, and
anchored oft' Kailua, the favorite place
of residence for Kamehameha when the
American Missionaries first landed.
Why should the Inter-Island S. S. Company give such a common-place individual name to their new steamer, when
the Hawaiians with quicker a;sthetic
instinct will insist upon calling it the
Maintain? In size and convenience it
is a model vessel for our inter-island
voyaging; but as new wants call for
new comforts, the next new vessel will
doubtless make us wonder why we could
ever have been so well satisfied with such
defective arrangements as the stern-lights
of future experiences will show our present methods and achievements to be, as
we leave them behind in the wake of the
world's progress. Hut what is to be
done with such places as Lahaina, that
in the brief period covered by the history
of these islands succeeded to Kailua in
metropolitan rank, to be speedily distanced by Honolulu as the great commercial center? Is Honolulu destined
to be left outside of the changing currents of competing traffic, when British
America and the great Colonial Britain
shall be connected by a fleet of ocean
steamers, stopping at its convenient
quays for coal and water? Kailua is
again the favorite residence of Hawaiian
royalty; but if stories told, yet not
printed, are to be credited, the new
buildings give shelter and opportunity
for such dissipation and debauchery, as
would have shocked into recoil and remonstrance even
savage ideas of
decency and dignity.
/The Kona district is not adapted to
and tillable lands. If preference should
be given to Hawaiian! as intending settlers, who of them will take up such
lands and build up homes for themselves ? The lands originally allotted
to the Hawaiian occupants have generally passed into the control of the
more industrious and enterprising Anglo-Saxon race. Would it be worth
while for any one now to try and persuade the Hawaiian young men, loafing
and lounging in all manner of disreputable places and pursuits, to avail themselves of this fresh opportunity to secure
a home? It is such homes, abodes of
peace and comfort for the middle class,
neither poor nor rich, that constitute
the sinews of a nation. Too much high
breeding makes the race-horse, thinskinned, and too nervous for the wear
and tear of life. Too great accessions
of ignorant field-hands are no more
desirable additions to the population of
a country than would be flabbiness and
obesity to the average man.
Just now, the talk is about a possible
revival ofthe coffee industry. The coffee
berry, like the grape, gets an indefinable
flavor from the soil on which it grows;
and good Kona coffee has as peculiar
and as grateful a flavor as Mocha, or
Java. Hut how to manage the blight?
We learned nothing about that from the
expert employed by the Government.
That good coffee commands twenty five
cents a pound is the stimulus that is
waking up even somnolent Hawaiians
to set out trees and start a coffee plantation. That this can be done in a small
way is one of the facts that make this a
promising undertaking. The cheap
labor necessary to pick the berries might
he easily provided if the .Secretary of the
Hoard of Education would not persist
in running the schools by the calendar
year, but arrange the vacations in the
coffee districts so that the children could
have the opportunity to earn a little
money, and learn the value of a dollar.
In Kau the cattle look fat and sleek.
In fact, the evenly-distributed rains of
this season have made fat cattle so
plenty that the question with ranchmen
is where to find a market for their stock.
From Kau they are now driven to Hilo,
where a new meat market has just been
opened specially to dispose of them.
But our island markets, for any article
of production, are so limited, that an old
settler found to his cost when he undertook to raise beans; one bushel beyond
a limited amount would flood the Honolulu market. From Kawaihae seventyfive head of cattle were shipped to Tahiti on a venture, for even low prices
could not force a sale.
But what a transformation a few years
have brought on the windward side of
Hawaii! From the water's edge up to
the edge of the forest one belt of green
that once lined these shores, the homes
of a people, that never puzzled their
brains over questions of tariff or reciprocity, but kept pounding their kapa mallets from day break till set of sun, where
now we hear only at distant intervals
the shrill whistle of the sugar mill?
There is a marvelous contrast in the aspect of the country. There is a sad
contrast in the condition of the people. >
Hut even in the same country in studying the different nations of the world we
see as marked contrasts. Compare, for
instance, the Highland and Lowland
Scotch, and while the Southron has
delved and spun, the Highland crofters
are now being turned out of their huts
that wealth and leisure may have the
pleasure of hunting deer in the Highland glens. It is the old story of Capital and Labor, of Chronos devouring its
own children, Labor producing Wealth,
and Wealth devouring Labor.
drift of the times is towards more
complete organization of industry. Sugar
plantations have now been concentrated
and consolidated, so that it would seem
the minimum of expenditure per pound
of product has been reached. Processes,
too, have been simplified and unified,
till it would seem the maximum of result
for the given cost has also been reached.
Wonderful boldness and skill have been
shown in the use of the means employed, as one looks at the flumes carried
along the sides of the precipitous ravines;
over and above and around acres and
acres of cane fields. Hut what opportunity has the plantation "hand to develope his manhood, or who cares for
the souls of these contract laborers, who
are rated at so many dollars a month?/
The Hawaiian Evangelical Churches.
In the experiment that has been tried
in this country of giving the Polynesian
race, while only one generation removed
from Barbarism, a representative con
stitutional government, and a democratic church policy, we ought not to be
disappointed if there are apparent lamentable failures and defects. Hut we do
not throw away our ideals because of
some practical difficulties. Would a
despotism have done any better for Hawaii, than the old constitution did?
Would such a peaceful and accepted
overturn of affairs have been possible in
a community that had not been trained
to regard principles of right and justice
as of higher account than the caprices
and whims of any man? Would a
prelatical form of church government
have maintained even the forms of religious life under the measureless strain
of trial to which the Hawaiian Evangelical Churches have been subjected for
the last twenty years? It is manhood
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that Gospel truths were given us to call
out and elevate, not adherents or devotees
to be enumerated and emasculated.
The Hawaiian Evangelical Churches
have been allowed to go on for years
without any efficient supervision; not,
because such holding people up to their
responsibilities was considered unnecessary; but rather from a vague idea that'
all that was needed was to be had in the
system of government and education
that had been established. The system
may be all well enough; but how about
the changed circumstances that the revolving wheels of time bring about?
When the Hawaiian Islands were six
months' distant from the United States,
and the whole commerce of the country
was supplying the limited wants of a
few whaling vessels, who could anticipate how quickly the time wouid come
when they would be only one week's
traveling away, and an army of 40,00(1
laborers in equal numbers with the
whole native population would be occupying every point of vantage? It is
the rich soil, not the treasures of the
seas, that the foreigner now wants, who
comes to the Hawaiian Islands.
Under the old government policy
there was no holding official! up to their
responsibilities. But under a proper representative constitutional government,
this can be done and is done. So what
our Hawaiian Churches need is not a
new form of church polity, but such
thorough application of Gospel truth to
individual hearts and lives, that Christian manhood will show itself and assert
itself. We cannot cut ourselves off from
our past, if we would. These Hawaiian
Churches must be taken just where they
are, and as they are; and a true, heavenly spiritual life developed from the elements of character possessed by the
race and possible by it. A Hawaiian
cannot be a Yankee, any more than he
can be a Japanese or a Chinaman. Hut
he can be a Christian, sincere, humble,
loving, faithful, if not energetic, enterprising, shrewd at a bargain. There are
hundreds of such devout, consecrated
Christians in our churches whose influence ought to be greater than it is.
What is a twenty-pound sledge hammer
worth to any one, who has not the
strength to swing it, or the skill to aim it?
H.
Resolutions Adopted by the Trustees of
Oahu College.
Ac
~ Maatiaf
pf tat Board licit) September =8, iBSS.
Win.Ki'.AS it has pleased Almighty God
take unto himself the Rev. A. O.
Forbes,, who had for seven years been
an honored and beloved member of this
Board, be it
Resolved, That by his death this
Board has lost one of its most faithful
and efficient members, a judicious counselor, a devoted friend of the College,
which he loved as his Alma Mater, and
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a uniformly courteous and genial associate.
Resolved, That this country has lost in
him a most patriotic and useful citizen.
Especially have the Hawaiians lost one
who intimately understood and loved
them. Taken from us in the full maturity of his experience and of his intellectual powers, \Vhen actively engaged in
so many lines of religious, educational,
and benevolent work, in which he pressed
on with ardent zeal and untiling energy
beyond bis physical strength, he has left
a vacancy which it is impossible to fill.
Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved wife and family of our friend, our
deep sympathy, and pray that God may
have them in His holy keeping, ;.nd
grant them abundant consolation and
strength.
building is rapidly approaching completion, and is to be opened next month.
The boys have come out in a very becoming uniform, gray picked out with
black. They march all the better for it,
when they come to Kawaiahao Church.
Christian Unity in Missions.
The London Missionary Conference,
composed of 1,50'J delegates from missionary societies and other organizations
all over the world, was in session for
ten days, from June 9-19. It was the
greatest missionary gathering that Protestant Christendom has convened.
Everybody was struck with the Christian unity—one may almost say theological unit}'—revealed as characterizing
all Protestant miss ons and missionaries.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be entered upon our Records and The Conference was no. a mass meetcommunicated by the Secretary to Mrs. ing, but a Missionary Parliament, composed entirely of persons bearing creForbes.
dentials from some Mission Board or diverse
organization or other, all counterOahu College has opened the new
signed by the English or else the Amerterm with fifty students in attendance
ican Committee; and consequently the
ten more than at the close of last term. body has borne a responsible representAt the Preparatory Department there ative complexion. With this compact
are only seventy-six, attendance being manifestation, it could not have hjdden
any inharmonious tendencies; and it has
much diminished by the epidemic of
not hidden, on the other hand, a really
whooping-cough, which the trustees unexpected unity of doctrine and prachave so far succeeded in keeping out of tice. This Conference demonstrates the
the school. A large number are only fact that there is such a thing as The
are not
waiting on this account, and the school aProtestant Church; that we
host of warring sects, but one body;
will no doubt soon come up to its usual and this demonstration comes not by
number.
the way of cut-and-dried formulae of
The boarding family at Punahou is doctrine, which might be practically
the largest that it has been under the null, but in the very deeds and works of
those who are prosecuting energetically
present administration, fifty-two— thirtytheir separate ecclesiastical affairs.
six being students, from both depart- Missionaries fresh from distinct dements.
nominational fields in the same countries, and managers- and reporters of
Kawaiahao Girls' Seminary has again those diverse enterprises, found nothing
opened, crowded to the utmost of its to wrangle about; but came together
from England, the Continent of Europe,
enlarged capacity. One hundred and America, and heathendom, in full confitwenty-five are present, and six more dence that the wisdom of each would
immediately due. One hundred and add to the usefulness of all. Christian
twenty-five is the assumed limit of num- Union.
bers, which will inevitably be exceeded.
Iread this sentence, "Depart from me,"
The new corps of teachers are very suc- with
Conscious that what has
awe.
cessfully working into their duties, in kept me alive in the midst of death, and
many respects so new and strange. The given me strength to save me from my
only remaining one of the former corps, own weakness, and endowed me with
me from my own
Miss Hopper, is happily aided by the wisdom to redeem
folly, has been the gracious power of an
kind offices of Miss Malone and Miss M. ever present Christ, I can see no hope,
Brewer, in "showing the ropes" to the nothing but the utter and outer darkness
officers of the ship. These new friends forevermore, to any one to whom He,
have entered upon a noble work, and my only help, says, Depart from me; from
my light, my strength, my sympathy,
have the warm sympathies and prayers
my helpful love. To be without Christ
of many Christian people.
is to be without hope. If he gives up
a soul, who shall succor and save?—
Kamehameha Boys' school has opened Lyman Abbott.
with eighty-five scholars. The Principal
Adroit industry is more serviceable
has three male and three lady assistants, than genius. Hands are better than
besides a matron The Preparatory winirs
—
—
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[October, 1888
THE FRIEND.
Pan-Anglican Council.
Conference of Bishop* of the Anglican Com
Lambeth Palace, July
at
IBSH
Letter from theBishops, with
—Iloltlin
■minionEncyclical
the Resolutions and Reports.
This pamphlet contains the published
results of what was known as the PanAnglican Council,'' which occurred at
nearly the same time with the PanPresbyterian Council," representing, we
believe, a somewhat larger body •■>(.
clergy and communicants, and also
nearly simultaneous with the grand Missionary Conference, which was certainly
the largest, most genuine, and most
spiritually alive representation of all
except the Ritualistic Section of the
Lord's Gospel Churches, that was ever
gathered in one place, and which was
never surpassed in wise and living
Gospel zeal, or in the glorious realization of true Christian Unity between
many denominations. The former bod)',
however, at Lambeth Palace was a
noble and stately gathering of I 1 I Prelates from all parts of the world, most
of them men eminent foi wisdom and
godliness.
The Reports of the various Committees on the subjects assigned them
are generally characterized by a lively
Christian spirit, albeit on some points
very conservative, as might be expected.
Their dealings with the subjects of
Temperance, of Social Purity, of the
Sanctity of Marriage, of Observance of
the Lord's Day, of Socialism, are on the
whole quite fairly abreast of sound
Christian sentiment generally expressed
In respect to "Definite
elsewhere.
Teaching of the Truth," nothing could
be much better than this, "We most
earnestly press upon the Clergy the importance of taking, as the central thought
oftheir teaching, our Lord Jesus Christ
as the sacrifice of our sins, as the healer
of our sinfulness, as the source of all
our spiritual life, and the revelation to
our consciences of the law and motive
of all spiritual virtue. To Him and to
His work all the teachings of the Old
Testament converge, and from Him all
teachings of the New Testament flow,
m spirit, in force, and in form." We
are thorough believers in "Christocentric"
doctrine and preaching.
It is especially gratifying to find in
this Council evidences of a like genuine
yearning after Christian Union to their
brethren of non-Episcopal Churches,
with that which appeared lately in a
convention of Anglo-American Bishops.
"
"
This expression of fraternal desire is and
will be Cordially recognized and welcomed by other Christians generally.
All true Christians musfpray that these
yearning advances of Anglican Churches
towards fellowship with their brethren,
may grow and be fruitful of light and
love, until all real and fancied barriers
are overcome. It does not lessen our
regard or sympathy with these good
brethren that in their hereditary conservatism they are not yet able to reach
over the barrier of the "Historic Episcopate.' to which in such manifestly conscientious fidelity, they still cling as the
indispensable condition of church recognition. These things are matters of
time and patience. We must all be content to work on for Christ, warring alike
against "the world, the flesh, and the
evil one," until every division of- the
sacred arm)- has come into the clear
light, and each owns the other's fellowship in Christ, caring naught for diversities of order or ritual. God speed the
day!
Letter from Prof. A. B. Lyons.
In answer to our request for a stateof first impressions on return to
Honolulu, Prof. Lyons has kindly furnished the following letter, addressed to
an American friend :
My Dear G Here I am at last at
home again. Very unhome-like perhaps
you would think it. for our house is as
yet almost bare of furniture, and is in a
chaotic and odoriferous condition, which
tell of the recent presence of carpenter
and painter. The prospect as 1 look
out over the Punahou grounds is unfamiliar. There is scarcely one feature
in it that I can recognize as belonging
to the Punahou of old.
Everything
about the grounds is changed so Completely changed that I Can scarcely make
myself believe that it was here that I
spent six years of my student life. I
look in vain for the distant view of the
cocoanut palms of Waikiki, with the
white surf line, and the deep indigo of the
boundless Pacific beyond. A forest of
trees—exotics, all of them—has completely shut off this view, without which
it would have seemed to me that the
place could not be Punahou. Hut in
the stillness of these calm nights there
peals out the magnificent sub-bass that
I remember so well as the accompaniment of so much of the music of that
old life, and I realize that the changes
that seemed at first so radical are after
all only superficial and trivial. The
quaint old "courts," of which I have so
often told you, are a thing of the past.
Nothing remains of the old trees that
once grew in them except one tamarind,
ment
:
-
which continues to shade the roof of the
old corner building, in which it pleases
me now to remember, that 1 was domiciled one year out of the six I spent
here. Another tamarind tree, now of
respectable size, standing about half-way
down the old winding road, I left twentyfive years ago a mere sapling, where I
had watched it grow from the sprouting
of the seed planted by my own hand
it is older now than I was then, and
much more robustly and symmetrically
developed. I wonder if there is any but
myself who remembers the strange
heraldic device that was displayed in
connection with that little garden patch,
or would to-day appreciate its significance. Yes, changed as is the place in
so many of its external details, it is still
haunted by a thousand memories that
are as green as they were a quarter of a
-
century
ago.
When I go into the school-room, 1
find everything familiar. Not is the
room practically unchanged, but in the
seats I see identically the same faces
that were so well known to me as those
of my schoolmates. They answer now,
it is true, to other names, but I feel sure
that I know them as surely and as fully
as of old. They belong indeed to another
generation, but not one of them is fresher
in heart to-day than I am. I had had
some fears that I should find Punahou
boys and girls changed degenerated, I
was about to write, but that is too strong
a word; but the type still exists, I am
happy to say, in full vigor. None but
animated faces and clear, honest purposeful eyes meet yours when you glance
over the room.
Here certainly lam at
home, and cannot believe, indeed, that
I am in presence, in one sense, of a
generation of strangers.
When We reached Honolulu, we were
detained half a day in the offing, awaiting the decision of the Hoard of Health
with regard to the advisability of putting
the passengers in quarantine. To main'
this was an irksome delay. To me, it
seemed an extraordinary piece ofgood fortune, in that it gave me opportunity to feast
my eyes on the scenery whose beauty
had lingered all these years in memory.
Some things possibly 1 may have seen
that had formerly escaped observation
owing to lack of scientific training, but
what my eyes dwelt upon was that
which an artist would have tried to
place if possible on canvass, so that
others might share the 'enjoyment he
had found in it.
It is useless to try to describe it to a
stranger. It included a sky as full of
tender light, and of as deep a sapphire
tint as was ever seen in Italy, a distant
view through a transparent atmosphere
of the picturesque Waianae mountains,
full of calm and latent strength, the blue
Pacific, also, in repose, save where its
otherwise imperceptible swell met the
basses of the reef, breaking into snowy
lines of foam, the extinct volcanic craters
of Diamond Head and Punchbowl Hill
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THE FRIEND.
nearly as bare as ever of vegetation, and I and speaking their language fluently
nearer mountains and valleys that rise 1and well. Any shyness they may at
back of Honolulu, verdure-clad from base first show -although that cannot be
to summit, more beautiful, it seemed to called one of their characteristics—is
me, than I had ever seen them. I lived thrown aside at once if the)- find you
over the Saturdays of the years long can speak the olelo m.ioli.
This letter has ahead)- reached an unago when I would spend the long day
in searching for ferns or achatinella: conscionable length, and I spare you
over those mountain ridges. Every de- finther infliction, only closing as I betail in the landscape was familiar, save- gan, by congratulating myself on the
that, here and there, an unwonted shade fact that I find Hawaii nei, with all its
of green told of the invasion of some changes more like home to me than any
foreign plant, like the algaroba or the other place in the world.
Punahou, Sept 15, 1888.
lantana.
The mountains at least were ready to
welcome me, and, I felt sure, held as
Items.
many treasures as ever for me. Not
Mr. Charles L. Carter, eldest son of
less warm was the welcome that old acHon.
lI.'A. P. Carter, having completed
too,
ones,
and
new
quaintances, aye,
studies at Michigan University,
were prepared to give me when I landed. his law
The aloha for the old kaniaaina of has returned to Honolulu, and entered
of law.
He resides
Hawaii had not grown cold, and. I upon the practice
hardly need say was most warmly recip- with his wife in the old Judd homestead.
rocated. All the years of separation
Miss Mary E. Hillebrand graduated
seemed to have been a dream from which in June at Mt. Holyoke Seminary. She
the awakening had come in the natural has returned, and entered upon duties
as teacher in Kamehameha Boy's School,
course of events.
Of course Honolulu had grown, but having formerly taught under Principal
not more than Detroit or New York 111 Oleson at Hilo.
the same time. The town has changed
Mr. Arthur C. Alexander has also
very greatly in some particulars. The
his course in electric engineercompleted
abundant supply of water obtained from
ing at the Sheffield Scientific School. .He
artesian wells all over the Waikiki plain
has drawn people away from Nuuanu is sojourning with friends in. Scotland,
to convalley and the centre of the town, and recuperating health. He hopes studies.
tinue
this
in
post-graduate
year
all
that
into
a
region
has transformed
vast park, planted everywhere densely
Mr. Erdmanfl D. Baldwin graduated
with beautiful tropical trees. Formerly this year from Sheffield Scientific School
Honolulu was proverbially arid and ver- of Vale University, having taken the
dureless; now it is embowered every- course in engineering.
He resumes
where in foliage.
work with promotion in the Hawaiian
But Honolulu people have not chang- Government Survey, where he had beed. You will still find as of old all fore proved himself an able surveyor
nationalities represented, and you will and draughtsman.
find, of course, numerous coteries, but
Prof. W. T. Brigham is once more
the dominant element is one easily
us. We well may welcome
among
traced to a class of Americans who, a here one so able both in observing and
less,
more
or
left
counhalf century ago,
describing what he sees. His observe
try and home to devote their lives to the
tions on Hawaiian Volcanic Phenomena
work of elevating and christianizing Un- rank high in authority and value. His
Their
influence and recent work on Guatemela carries a
people of Hawaii.
that of their children has largely shaped high reputation.
the institutions of the land. Easy and
natural in manners, open hearted, affable
Christian faith is a cathedral, with
and fond of social enjoyment, they sug- divinely pictured windows. Standing
the
traditional Puritan, without
gest nothing of
you see no glory, nor can possiand yet to tne Puritan ancestry of which bly imagine any; standing within, every
not a few of them do well to be proud. ray of light reveals a harmony,of unthey owe no doubt much of the depth
speakable splendors.
and firmness of character, the breadth of
Do not keep alabaster boxes of your
view and the seriousness oi' purpose that
and sweetness sealed up until your
fit them to be as the)- are the leaders love
friends
are dead. Bring them out now
land.
and the rulers in the
their weary hours and open them, and
Of the natives I have not yet seen in
till their daily lives with the sweet pervery much. They seem to me to have
fumes
of sympathy and affection.
lost nothing of their characteristic easiTo
in ourselves those absurdpardon
Towards
disposition.
foreigners,
of
ness
it seems to me as though they were ities which we cannot sutler in others,
more reserved than of old, and one sees is to be more willing to be fools ouramong the rank and file of them perhaps selves than to have others so.
Give what you have; to some one it
some thing more of servility of manner
than*of old. On the other hand one may be better than you dare to think.
finds also many of them mingling on
The spirit of Christ is above all forms,
terms of perfect equality with the whites and Christ himself above all creeds.
Monthly Record of Events.
Sept. Ist—Arrival of the Alameda
from San Francisco with a number of
kamaainas and malihinis; a case of
? on board -which all the medico's
could not agree was smallpox necessitated vexatious delay .and subsequent
daily report of new comers to the port
physician for fifteen days. Departure
of U. S. S. Dolphin with Rear-Admiral
Kimberly. Boyd Williams wedding
bells at i auoa.
2nd Funeral of the late Andrew
McWayne with Masonic honors.
3rd —Fiftieth Anniversary of Princess
Liliuokalani, and reception at her Palama residence.—On considering the
King's fourth veto—the coffee subsidy
bill—the Legislature fails to over-ride it
by two votes.
4th—Passage of the Oahu steam railroad bill. —Flowery memorial by Chinese
to the Legislature against the proposed
Constitutional amendment.
sth.—Annual meeting of the Mutual
Telephone Co., and election of officers.
Arrival of Danish bark Coranna from
Liverpool.— Final action in the House
on the proposed Chinese Amendment
to the Constitution; ably defended but
finally lost by a vote of 26 to 17. Indications of undue influence having been
brought to bear, several "suspects" are
being " shadowed."
(ith.—Am. Uktne. S. A'. Castle, from
San Francisco for this port, grounded
on the reef off Kualoa, Oahu, at 1 a. m.
She was kedged off at high water and
subsequently towed into port, with reported loss of both false and main
keels. —Select Committee of the Houseon the London Loan matter of
unaccounted for, report recommending
legal action in London for its recover)
and withdrawal by the Cabinet of all
business and authority heretofore vested
in H. R. Armstrong by this government,
including his powers as Consul-General.
Bth Bribery charges preferred in the
House by Attorney General Ashford
against A. Kauhi, member for Hwa, and
G. P. Kamauoha, member for South
Kona. An investigating committee consisting of Nobles Smith, Hitchcock and
Dole, and Reps. Kauhane and Wilcox,
was appointed to investigate and report.
Committee held an afternoon and evening session of enquiry.—Collision of
brakes near the Immigration Depot, by
which Miss 1). Lyle was thrown out and
severely hurt; fortunately not seriously.
—J. M. Dowsett wins the silver cup
presented by Lieut. Douglas-Hamilton
of H. H. M. S. Hyacinth in the clay
pigeon shooting match.
10th—.Bribery investigating committee report it necessary to hold another
session and, by vote, was authorized to
hold the same with closed doors.—Appropriation bill passed its third reading
with a total of S^,:i'.>7,l riT.i 16. -Pacific
Hose Company disband.'
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THE FRIEND.
82
llth.—Investigating Committee reports; viz: 1, That money was provided
by certain Chinese to defeat the constitutional amendment.relating to Chinese,
with which to reward certain members
of the Legislature who should vote
against it; 2, That after the vote thereon
said money was paid. 3, That Reps.
A. Kauhi and G. P. Kamauoha and
others conspired to corruptly influence
members in order to defeat the proposed
amendment. 4, In pursuance thereof
G. P. Kamauoha sought to persuade A.
P. Kalaukoa and others through him
to vote against the amendment. 5, That
A. Kauhi, in pursuance of such conspiracy, received money from certain
Chinese as a reward for those having
voted to defeat the amendment,and gave
fifty dollars each to A. P. Kalaukoa, G.
P. Kamauoha, S. C. Luhiau and O.
Nawahine. fi, That said A. P. Kalaukoa took the money so paid to him, for
the purpose of exposing the conspiracy.
One portion of the committee recommended the expulsion of Kauhi, Kamauoha, Luhiau and Nawahine, as all alike
guilty, while a part thought that through
the free confessions of the two latter,
the censure of the House be their punishment. The report was lengthy and
fully discussed before coming to a vote
at a late hour, resulting in the expulsion
of Kauhi, Kamauoha and Luhiau, and
censure of the House, by the President,
to Nawahine. The further recommendation of the committee that the Attorney-General institute such proceedings,
as the facts shall warrant, against all
parties engaged in such conspiracy,
carried, and at 7:45 the House adjourned subject to the call of the President.
12th.—Executors of Estate of T. Ak!
enters suit against the Trustees of His
Majesty's Estate for a recognition of
their claim of $71,000 of opium bribe
notoriety.
Master,H Merril, F Austin and wife, Miss G Brewer,
the captain, but between the going down wife,
Miv Charlo, O P Downing, G B High, G X Howe and
of the sun and its next rising the cap- wife, W H Lewers, E Lewis, P Peck, Mrs L D Pinney,
H A Peppon, Mrs L 0 Prey, A Robertson, Rev V H
tain with his would-be troublesome Miss
Stenger, Miss C L Turner, Rev R White, 18 steerage and
"corpus" cases were non est.—White- 124 in transit.
From San Francisco, per S N Castle, September 6—Mr
Austin wedding bells.
Allen and Dr F Schmorl.
From San Francisco, per S S Australia, September 18—
21st.—Judge Preston allows the Aki Mrs
1) Center. Mrs R Love and chil«. Or J M Whitney,
claims.—Steamer Zealandia, from the wi c and 2 children. Miss A Walker, Miss Si Walker, Miss
L Brickwood, F s Dunn and wife, Mrs W M Giffard and
Colonies, in coming into port at mid- child, Mr, C H Moore and child, A J Ivers. Miss S R
Miss I. Fit7sinimorrs, N S Sachs. J A lml.n h, W T
night collided with the new wharf and Patch,
lirighani, H Swrtley, Or A A Crane and wife, Mrs M I.
barkentineKlikitat.—Samoa has at last Hall,
T W Fleming. 1J M Sass, W J Brodrick, wife and
J C Turton, F curuier, B X Sayl< r, F. L Marshall,
thrown off the usurper's (Tamasese) child,
Mrs ,\f M Evans, 3 ihil Jren and nurse, Mrs (.'apt J Brown,
yoke, and after a bloody battle and Miss H Brown, Miss X F White, A J Crookshank, G H
Whitehead, J F I olburn. Mrs l.acey, Miss M Dyke, A V
much skirmishing, Mataafa proves the (iear,
C 1. Wigh', and 25 steerage passengers.
more powerful King.
From San Fiancisco, per bgtne Consuelo, September 22
Ailler.
22d.—The Minister of the Interior Louis
Ironi Hongkong and Yokohama, per S'S City of New
shakes off Cabinet cares for a season, York, S, [1. niher 20- Mrs Dtnig and 2 children. Goo Fook
and departs for the Coast, placing the and 437 Chinese.
From San Franci-u,, pel I I> Bryant, Sept, n,let fo—
Interior mantle ad interim on the shoul- S Stanford, Miss Nora li.iinmcr, J Bu.lse.
ders of Col. Jona. Austin, Minister of
I)EI',K li KIS.
For the Colonies, per S S AktSacds, Septembvl I l"-v I.
Poreign Affairs.
Wilde, Mrs W C Peacock and children, W S Ni. 101- :i. A
Peller, J A Thomas, S C'leimntsoii and wife, J '.1 6....in,
25th, —Steamer Australia departs and
124 passengcts 111 transit.
with the usual goodly number of pasFor San Francisco, per Planter, September —Miss L
'McCarthy. Mr Steward, wifearid 2 children, Mrs B Bowsengers for the Coast,
ler, and L Hutchinson.
an
ror I .-ihiti, via Kawaihae,'pcr Kalakaua,
27th—Prof. W. T. Brigham gave
4—
and X t at heart.
interesting lecture at Oahu College upon J Ross
For San Vn nci-co. per W H Dimond, September 6J W S.llwood and wife, and J M Sims.
Guatamala, a country in which he Key
For san Francisco, per S G Wilder, September 10—Mrs
traveled a few years since in the interests fissi IMrIH. J Nolson, Mr F.-rnandez, C Lewis, and Uwaia
of botanical research.— Morning wed- Niipnliona.
For San Francisco, per F.ureka, September 15—W J
ding in town and honeymoon at Koolau. Forsyth
For San Francisio, per S S Zealandia, September 22—
Miss 1) Hirshbsvg, Mons Laurent Cochelet, W S Luce,
wife, 2 children ami Servant, H (' C'atter, W McGuire and
wife, S Fhricn, His tx 1. A Thurston, Dr Grossman, G
Waller, Miss F F H. rriman, Rev W H Slrengei, HN
I .islle. Miss H t as le, J Kidwell, E Hailey, H Hansen, W
PORT OF HONOLULU.—SEPTEMBER.
Julw.-mis anil H I. Blanchard, and 126in transit.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, September 25—|
M Sass, F H A'ell. Mrs Dr Brown, Master 11 Merrill,
ARRIVALS.
Mis H luck, Mrs Ludwigsen ami child, J F Morgan.
Mrs S I Andrew, Brtlcs I ariwright, wife and 2 children,
S. Alameda, Morse, 6>i*days from San Kran- WWGoniale, AH Crispin, A J Crook shank, H Lose,
1 Am, ( S.ISO*.
wife and 2 children, Mis I', ppciil.urg, W S Bartlett, wife
sh. khea, Sandgurist, 64 days from New ( a-tle. and 2 ihlilien an,! nurse. Miss A I fisUowtiy, Mis II
Jauen,
rpooL
days
bk.
from
Coranna,
an.
iv.
T R Foster, wile and child,
140
5 I
I days from 'I'urton, Miss fc.d thwife
I urrlon,
6 Am bktnt.S. h. Cattle, Hubbard,
and child, Mrs A M Melius, W P A
J S Bartholomew,
San Kraacisco.
Brewer, wife ami 3 children, | Byron, W 1' Toler and wife,
v, Ar. bk. Ceylon, Calh un, from Meaoocrao, Cal.
Mr-s II I Kimball. Mrs X I. Coupsr and 2 chihlren, Mrs
Am. bk. Sonoma, Griffiths, iy day- from >an Kran- I W Pralt, Mis E ISrcwc-:, Miss l_ Carter. J O Carter,
cmco.
Mrs Glover, G D FWon, wife, neicc and maul, W M.icr
)6 tiay. from Puget tens, Miss Y. 1. White. Miss M E Alexander, C E William
ia—Am. bk. Atalanla, A»derson,
( VVilkrreon,
Sound.
) lacilhay, I-. Willgrowlh, Mrs Bird, I
Graenwalil, I W right arid wife, t apt Nissen ai.d wife, J F
15— U. S. S. Alert, Graham, 35 J4 days from l allao.
ifj Ha* s s Australia, Houdlctte, 7,dayi from San Fran* Hallow..y. SIay lor, Mrs H Hye and 2 children, Miss Mor
I.eoßg, Nil Dailmuml and wife, H McCttbbin, Mrs Xi uger
uisco.
20—Am. >. S. City of New York, SrarU, II days from and daughter, A Morgan, 67 ronngiati, o Chinese and 8
Marine
Journal.
.
Yokohama.
Japanese.
14th -15th. —Sundry observation parAm. bktue Klikit.a, Cutler, _;i d«yi from I'uget Sound,
Haw. S. X, Zealandia, Oterendorp, fr. m the Colonic
■2t
ties visit Pearl Harbor and the lands ?'
Am bgtne ConattaJo, Robertaon, 13 daya from San
BIRTHS.
be
reached
or
effected
the
by
Fiaociaco.
adjacent to
bk. Lady 1ampson, Hergren, 17 days from San MILKS In this city, August 17, to the wife af E R Miles
24—Haw.
projected Oahu steam railroad.
Franciwo.
a tlaughter.
Am. bit. *. 1>- Hryant, Lee, 1? day- from San FlWfr WALLACr—August
27, at Koh.-la. Hawaii, to the wife
15th.—Arrival of the U. S. S. Alert |B
cmco.
of Kobt Wallace, a daughter.
from Callao, for a lengthy stay in HaASHLEY- In this city, August aa, to the wife of WG
AahWy, a daughter,
DEPARTURES.
waiian waters. —Col. Sam. Noiris buys
KEVWORTH- I" this ciiy, September 9, to the wife of T
G. W. C. Jones' Kau Ranch, of nearly 2 Y. S. S. Dolphin, Wilde, for San Fiwdaco.
X Keyworlh. a daughter.
Am. S. S. Alameda. Morse, furihe Colo its.
186,000 acres, with cattle, horses, etc., -Am
LUCAS In this city, September 12, to the wife of Chas
for
aitci*CO,
X
bktne
San
Planter,
Penhallow,
l.ma\ .1 daughter.
and becomes " Duke of Kahuku " for 4 Haw. Ik. Kalakatia, Henderson, forTahiti
BARN r S At Wailulu. Maui, ?s< ptember 14, to the wife
bktitt, W. H. Din and. Drear, f r San FrancUco.
$27,000.—Organ recital at Kaumakapili hi6 Am.
key W H Barnes a son.
of
Am. bktne. S. <-. Wilder, Paul, fur San Kran i a.
Meyers,
Church.
.
for San FtVJICtaCO.
Am. bktne. r-uieka,
Fran iaco<
19 I'. S. s. Vamlaha. S< hoonmakcr,
I r Sa;i
Pugef
r
C
eylon,
t"
Sound.
Calhoun,
Am.
I>
20l
Marie,
for San Fran2i Am. S. S. Lily of New York,
15
-■
INth.—Return of another installment
of summer wanderers, per Australia.
cisco.
bk. Sonoma, Griffiths ,nr Pugat Sound.
Professor W. T. Brigham visits the isl- M—Am.
Haw S. R. /calandia, Olerendcrp, for San FrattciaCO.
ands again after a ten years' absence.
25 Haw S. S. Australia, Houdletie, for San Frandaco.
\m. bk. Ataman* Anderson, for Puget Sound.
19th.—Earewell Vandalia; Bon voy- .-t Rum. lit. khea, Sandgurist, for Pugtt Sound.
age.
I'.I.SSENGEA'S.
20th.—The City of New York- arrives
AKKIVAI.S.
from China with 385 Chinese and 52
Fro
ii Snn Francisco, per S, S. Alameda, Seplemlier i
Japanese for this port. A number of Prof W F Prase, Mbs F Frsar, Prof A It Lyons, wife and
Hyde, Mi- A CI
the former, about sixty, were refused 2 children. Mis H F. Cuahman. H X
Mis, H Forbes. Mi— t.Ym Hopper, Mi*. Belle
permission to land, owing to irregular Forbes,
Louisaon, Mrs Ilr Hruwn. MissS Kolson, Miss J P SimpW S I'etry. Miai M F Wliittier, M ■ C Bolts, Ms;
A number of habeus corpus son,
papers
\t H lir.v.er, U 1. Carter and wife, <i I> Fairon and w.fe,
writs were sworn out to be served on Mrs J Hoppin, C S Kynnersley and wife, k J l.illie and
—
—
—
:
MARRIAGES.
of Mrs M A lloyd,
BOYD Wli LIAMS At the residence-Walla,
c, Kohert N
Pattoa, r-eptsrnbaf ist. by Ke\ f»eu
Hoy to Miss lose|,hiiie Williams.
WHITE-AUSTIN In thi- cits, September 20th, at the
residence of the brida'. father, by the Key F. ('. BeckMiss Anna Caroline Austin,
with. II l>. Y. 0 White toAustin,
Minister I Foreign
di lighter of Hon Jona
Affair..
LOAVEI.I.-MICHFSNF.Y lii this city, September 17,
by the Rev E G Beckarilh, D Ij, Ira J Lowell 10 Miss
Olive Mcl hesiM-%.
DEATHS.
Smith,
SMITH— Is Portland, Or., Aujnst jist, Chas T
uned J7 y..-ns ami s months. I'rotner of G W Smith, of
Hens SI, Sautfa A l "■
Htyi' !■ lloliolulll, Seplrin'ier S, the wife of J Hopp,
a, years.
�Volume 46, No. 10.]
HAWAIIAN" BOARD.
HONOLULU H. I
i- dovotad to tbalntaraati af kha Hawaiian
Board of Minion*, and the Editor, appointed farv lea
Tin- pan
Roar J i-- rv
Rev,
\> .n-ihlt;
fir it- COWaUta,
fas. Bicknell, - - Editor.
Our Christian friends will be interested in the report from Kekela and Hapuku, of their work in the southern islands of the Marquesas group. After
thirty-three years of p.'tient continuance
among savage cannibals, Kekela is enabled to witness a brighter day of light,
order, and education. We have already
known how much the French authorities
in their efforts to establish order, have
valued the influence of our Hawaiian
missionaries among the Marquesans.
It is very gratifying to learn that the
children of these missionaries are aiding
the work of their parents.
To Wm. W. Hall, Honolulu:-Best
love to you and all your family. Your
draft came safely to hand on the <>th
are all in
June. We, your missionaries,
good health, except the wife of S. Kauwealoha, who was very feeble a while
ago, but is now somewhat convalescent.
On the sth of May, John Kekela who
was our fifth child, was united in marriage to Emily, the daughter of Key. Z.
Hapuku. Their ages are twenty-three
and fourteen. My daughter and Hapuku's are the teachers in French of the
Protestant girls, 80 and upward. A.
Sarran, a Frenchman, is the teacher in
French of the boys, 90 and more.
Our youngest child, we have sent to
Tahiti, where she lives in the school of
Vienot, a l'rotestart, learning French
and English. At the examination before the French governor of Tahiti, she
received the highest prize from the governor as the best scholar. We hope to
have her become the instructor of our
Protestant girls.
The Catholics also maintain schools;
one in Fatuiva, taught by a priest; two
in Hivaoa, under four nuns and one
male teacher; two in Nuuhiwa, three
nuns and one man, being the teachers.
The French governor and the French
iniitoi (?) incline towards the hulas and
things of the dark times, and influence
the people in that direction.
The work of the Lord is not a failure.
There are here some who love the Lord
Jesus as their Savior.
Please to give the .love of myself and
wife to your family, and to all the
Christian friends in Honolulu.
I am your fellow-servant in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
James Kekela.
Puamau, June 11, 1888.
83
THE FRIEND.
I and my family are very grateful for
the prompt forwarding of our yearly
stipend.
The great work of our Lord Jesus
Christ is growing; it has leaves; it is
fruiting; it blossoms with beautiful
flowers. [ state as follows : There are
seventy pupils in the (iirl's Hoarding
School in the French language. My
daughter and the daughter of Rev. J.
Kekela, are the teachers in French.
They are both skilled (maalea) in that
tongue. Two buildings are filled with
the girls. The parents supply their food,
clothing and fish.
The Lord's work in this field continues. The members are steadfast. So
it is with Hanaiapa, Hanamenu, Caaoa,
and Cahautu.
Myself and family are all well. We
unite in much love to you and your
/amily. From your truly loving friend,
Z. Hapi'kil,
Atuona, Hivaoa, June 14, IHBS.
News of the Churches.
The Island Association of Hawaii
met at Waimea, September .*)-!». There
was a full attendance of pastors and
delegates. The Waimea people had
made generous provisions for their expected guests. The special attraction
at this time was the dedication of the
monument to Key. Lorenzo Lyons,
erected by the Sunday School Association in loving remembrance of one
whose labors for them in the service of
song had been so unwearied and so
blessed. The reports from the Churches
were unusually hopeful. The general
testimony .was that while superstitious
practices might occasionally come into
notice, there had been no drifting away
from the central truths of the Christian
faith. The tricks and impostures of the
kahuna, or "medicine man," were less
influential, year by year in deluding the
people.
The general observance of the last
Thursday in each month as a day of
special prayer for lepers, and for deliverance from this invader of the home,
shows that when one in thirty of the
Hawaiian people are segregated, and
another sixtieth may expect to be, the
physical condition of the people is alarming, as evidently so as the danger of
spiritual death.
A large part of the time of the Association was given to the examination
and ordination of two students of the
North Pacific Mission Institute, called
to the pastorate of the Churches in
Waimea and Paauhau. The Union
Church of Laupahoehoe and Hakalau
failed to preient a satisfactory call and
the candidate is to serve as stated supply
till the next meeting of the association.
A new pastor was installed at Waipio,
and
Hall.
one was to be installed at Onomea.
Mr. Wm. W.
Dear friend:—Great love to you. Steps have been taken by the Hilo
Yours of March 30 is received, also Church for the speedy settlement of a
on June sth. Your draft came safely to pastor, and a subscription is in active
and successful circulation for funds to
%
build a parsonage, for which an eligible
lot has already been secured.
It was voted to ask of the Hawaiian
Board a gratuity for the the relief of the
aged pastor at Kekaha, who has been
suffering from sickness for several
months.
The Church building at Opihikao had
come to be almost a ruin. The shingles
had dropped off; the ceiling was falling
down. Hut a deacon of the Church had
mortgaged his property and came to
Honolulu with the proceeds, to purchase
the male; ial to repair it thoroughly.
That is a Hawaiian way of doing things.
Constant attention to needful repairs is
foreign to their ideas and habits. They
will let a building go to ruin; then with
a spurt, rebuild and renew it. The
Church at Kalapana is quite dilapidated,
but the people out of their poverty have
raised seventy-five dollars, which they
hope soon to increase to one hundred
dollars. Then they will put it in order.
The Church at Waimea has been thoroughly renovated, painted and cushioned.
A comfortable parsonage has been purchased. Though the personal solicitations of Miss E. VV. Lyons, this has
been neatly and completely furnished,
making a most comfortable and attractive home.
The pastor at Kalapana has a sunrise
prayer meeting at six o'clock, with an
attendance of about thirty. There is a
Sunday School, embracing nearly the
whole congregation, numbering about
one hundred and fifty. But the people
are poor and for nearly five months he
had nothing paid on his salary. He
was supplied with fish and potatoes, and
had a cow to milk and fifty chickens to
supply him with eggs or meat. At last
the sweet potato crop failed. So he
went to his old home for a month,
returning when the breadfruit began to
ripen. He has preached so strongly 0:1
the evils of beer drinking, that sweet
potato beer is no longer made in that
district. He has been active, too, in
suppressing the gambling, by which the
Chinese storekeepers were getting into
their clutches the little money or other
possessions of the improvident Hawaiians. He holds on* to his work, living
in the parsonage with only a bedstead,
a washstand, a table, and two chairs for
the furniture, cooking his meals in a
saucepan over a fire of fagots between
two stones.
The Oahu Association meets in Kaumakapili Church, October 3. The Kauai
Association meets at Koloa, October 10.
Rev. IsaacGoodell isdoingagood work
on Kauai. His musical talents are put
to varied service for the special benefit
of Hawaiians. He has occasional religious services also for the foreign community.
The Hawaiian Board has appointed
W. S. Lokai, a Colporteur for the sale
of Bibles and other books, and he has
begun his work at Waimea, Kauai,
talking with the Hawaiians about their
spiritual welfare as well as selling books.
�[October, 1888
THE FRIEND.
84
THE T. M. €. A.
HONOLULU, H. I.
TTtria paga is devoted to the tiKaraati of the Honolulu
Vaamg Men's Christian Association, ami the Hoard of
Directors are respomihle for it- contents.
S. Ds Fuller,
- - -
Temperance.
Editor.
ity was given for a free expression o'
views on either side of the question.
These meetings will be continued on
Saturday evenings once in two weeks,
alternating with the meetings of the
Blue Ribbon League in the Y. M. C. A.
Hall.
We want to enlist the interest and
active co-operation of every believer in
temperance in this city, and begin an
intelligent, persistent warfare against
this giant evil, which poisons individual
and family life, seeks to control our
national destiny, and defeat our highest
prosperity.
The Blue Ribbon League have accomplished a good work in the interest
of temperance during the last twenty
months. It has kept the subject of
temperance fresh in the minds of the
people, and stimulated individual and
Sunday Evening Topics.
public interest by a varied presentation
of the cause, by the thirty-five different
The Gospel Praise Service, which is
persons who have addressed the meet- held in the Y. M. C. A. Hall, every
ings since the organization of the Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock, will
League.
have the following topics for the
The musical and literary part of the month:—
programmes have been well sustained;
Oct. 7 —A Warning to some who feel
the best local talent in the city has Secure.- Luke 6:24-28, 40-49.
kindly responded to the frequent calls of
Oct. 14—No Compromise. Acts 4:
the Entertainment Committee, and thus 13-20.
provided an attractive entertainment
Oct. —He is Able. Joshua 6:1 20.
nearly every Saturday evening. The Eph. 3:20, 21.
attendance has usually been large, but
Oct. 96—Christ gives Peace. John
the number present of those addicted to 14:27. Phil. 4:7.
drink, has not always constituted so
large a part of the audience as was
Items.
desired.
Since Mr. Booth went away nearly
Our Delegate to the World's Conventwo hundred signatures have been added tion is expected home the last of this
to the pledge-roll; some have signed as month with a full account of the same.
a means of prevention but more for
The back parlor has come to be a very
cure.
resort for a large number of boys
popular
the
con
League will
The meetings of
who
have
interested in Crokinole
tinue to be held in the Y. M. C. A. and otherbecome
harmless parlor games pro
for
few
months
probably
but,
a
Hall,
only, once in two weeks instead of vided by the Association.
The Sunday evening meeting needs
every Saturday evening as in the past.
the stimulus of new voices, which we
The need of temperance reform in this believe would attract a larger number of
Kingdom in general, and in this city in young men. The "heat of the day"
particular, is an admitted fact by nearly laborers will gladly welcome fresh
everyone who is not financially interest- helpers.
ed in the drink traffic. But how to
The frequent calls at the ice-tank at
secure it is the question about which the Y. M. C. A. building, and the genmen,
women,
and
some
have
many
erous patronage of the numerous milkmany minds. We believe the question shake stands about the city, seem to
will find ready solution when the friends indicate that temperance drinks are inoftotal-abstinence faithfully abstain from creasing in popularity. So may it ever be.
all intoxicants themselves, and heartily
The Y. M. C. A. Boys will hold their
unite to "agitate, educate and legislate"
in the interest of total-abstinence in first meeting since vacation in the Y.
every part of the Kingdom; then the M. C. A. parlors next Thursday afteropen saloon and the drink-curse will noon, at 3 o'clock. This will be the
certainly have to go from these fair annual meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of other importshores.
In harmony with the above ideas the ant business. All the old members arcY. M. C. A. Committee on temperance requested to be present, and invite any
work, decided to try a new departure new boys that would be willing to come.
and hold a series of temperance meetings for men only in a vacant store in
No Harm.
the new Brewer Block on Hotel street.
The first meeting was held on Friday
It was my privilege, a short time
evening Sept. 21, and was a grand suc- since, to be one of a large congregation
cess. Several pointed practical addresses who listened to a brother who related to
were made by gentlemen from different us with great simplicity and great feelcallings in life, and not a man present ing his personal religious experience.
offered a dissenting remark, or attempted For a short time he enjoyed much and
1 jnt he soon becitmc a
to defend the drink, although opportun- wis 'ictiv ti
backslider, and continued thus for
twenty-two years. Among the causes
that led him to backslide, and to go
farther from Christ and duty, he gave
prominence to what he called "No
Harm,'' and he uttered a solemn warning to all persons to beware of these
"No Harms." He was once a total
abstainer, but he was induced to take a
little domestic wine, being assured that
it was some which his friends themselves
had made out of their own grapes.
There was no harm in taking a glass of
that. The result was he soon became a
confirmed drinker. He was invited to
join in a game of cards. There was no
money staked; it was simply an amusement. No harm in that. The result
was, he became a skillful and constant
gambler. He was invited to join ii a
simple parlor dance to the music of a
piano. There was no harm in that.
But he soon became an attendant and
danced at balls. Invited to the theater,
he declined; but being assured the play
was a perfect moral and proper one, and
there was no harm in it, he yielded. It
was not long before he became a frequenter of the theater, and preferred it
to the prayer-meeting. Thus was he
led down, down, lower, and yet lower,
by these "No Harms," till all trace of
Christian living was gone. Significantly he asked: "Who ever thought, in
offering a cup of water to a friend, of
assuring him there was no harm in it.—
Watchman.
Don't Swear.
I know some good men, some of the
best in the world, who will "confound"
it, and even "dog-gone" it; and in New
England even a deacon has been known,
under a terrible strain to "condemn" it.
But, as a rule, my boy, don't do it.
Dod't swear. It is not an evidence of
smartness or worldly wisdom. Any fool
can swear, and a good many fools do it.
Ah! if you could gather up all the useless, uncalled for, ineffective oaths, that
have dropped along the pathway of my
life, I know it would remove stumbling
blocks from many inexperienced feet, and
my heart would be lighter by a ton than
it is to-day. But if you are going to be
a fool just because other men have been,
oh, my son, what a hopeless fool you
will be!—/v. J. Burdette.
Needs Of Young Men.
An ounce of instruction and a pount
of encouragement.
A bit of advice at the right momen
from the right friend.
A kind word when the traces pu
hardest.
A rise in salary without asking whe
the case demands it.
A mother's audible prayers.
A father's "I'll help you my boy."
A sister's "Trust me as a friend."
A brother's "Let us pull together."
�85
THE FRIEND.
Christ's True Supporter.
Had you been Pilate, you would have
Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde, Honolulu.
By The Friend I see the world has
acquitted
Jesus, would you? Jesus
Dear Sir:—By mail via Manila, a got a good many of the facts in regard would hardly have thanked you for doing
I see
Mrs. Rand of February to the trouble here at Ponape, but
He
the earth to be
Letter From Rev. F. E. Rand.
sent him to us to get the Pearl of greatest price to take 6ack to his people.
letter came from
3d, the first and only news from her
since her arrival at Frisco except a few
lines sent from there August 20th. She
says nothing in regard to her health,
but speaks of sending several letters
which I have not received. These when
they come will without doubt give me
all the particulars in regard to the prospects of her being able to return to Micronesia and when. She alludes in an
indirect way to her return which leads
me to think her health is improved and
that she will be able to return soon.
did not come to
nothing in it of the account Captain so.
but to bring in the Kingdom
acquitted,
Garland took in August to send to Ho- of God. He did not begin to say, Re"
nolulu and Boston. The account from
and believe the Gospel," for the
Spanish papers by Rev. Mr. Gulick is in pent
sake of establishing his own innocence,
the main a fair statement as far as it
but for the sake of doing the will of
and
have
been
sent
to
those
must
goes,
God. Had you been thereto judge him
papers by some one not very Jesuitical.
he would still have gone away
Probably by the commander, or second guiltless,
sorrowful. There was but one way in
in command of the Manila or the com- which
you could have helped him and
mander of the Hulk, if the number of made him glad. And that way was by
is
from
Spanish authority,
killed, sixty,
taking up the truth, and bearing it witit is nearer the correct number than
ness, and telling the world that it is
what we reported, forty Spanish and ten
true, and that he was true, and that he
Ponapeans. We know that there were loved
the world, and he came to save it.
not more than ten natives, but were
is not necessary to have lived
But
it
able
to
ascertain
how
just
many
There is plenty of hard, encouraging never
1800
ago to render that service to
years
The humanity of the
and discouraging, delightful and un- on the other side.
your Master. He is as eager for such
not
women
and
in
killing
natives
the
pleasant W'.rk for two families and three
help to-day as he was in the pretorium.
or four single ladies as long as the train- priests, and permitting those on board Would you have helped Jesus then ?
they were in
ing schools for the Carolines are located the Hulk to escape when
You can help him now. But he is behere. Should they be removed to Kuk, their power, was not put in as strong a yond the need of help, seated now in the
one family and a single lady ought to light as the facts of the case justify.
upper glory? Not so; better than life
We are pleased with the justice shown
be able to look after Ponape.
and
glory to him is the love of souls beus and the rest of the foreigners on low; dearer than
The mission was called together in to
self-deliverance to him
governors excepting
January to discuss the Yap question. So the island by all the
is the deliverance of those who sit in
killed.
Of
there
course
much of the time was taken up in dis- the one who was
and the shadow of death. You
who do darkness
cussing the moving of the training is a certain class of foreigners but
may declare Jesus innocent to-day. You
not
take
to
this
kindly
justice
they
schools to Ruk that the Yap question
a Martyr or a
that Governor Cadarso means busi- may even declare him
was deferred till the next meeting. see
that will be but little to him.
God;
the)' continue in the back
help
There has been one meeting since, ness, so Some
of them spend their time There is one way in which you can
ground.
Ruk;
and
there
was
no
but I was at
forward in some
is,
that
;
him
by
setting
time to have one after the Star came in trying to convince themselves that degree the work he loved and to which
been terribly abused by the
from Ruk. Still we hope the Star will they haveGovernment,
and that they will he consecrated himself. Otherwise you
Spanish
come prepared to touch at Yap on her
do not know how to-differ from those
able
convince
their
respective gov- cowards
be
to
return to Honolulu.
and groundlings, whose service
ernments that this is the case. But the
A Yap boy has been living with me a
then, and consists now, in
consisted
pursued by Commander Jewel
little more than five months; I have course
of hands or in weeping bitterly.
washing
them,
of
S.
to
one
of
N. in regard
the U.
spent as much time with him as I could
for
from —C. H. Oliphant.
spare from the other work getting who appealed to himcause, redress
with
the
governor
opened
the
his language. I have a primer started,
Take Time to Think.
rest,
of
the
and
see
that
eyes
they
they
22 pages aone. D. Y. will have it and
mistaken in thinking that they had
What a rush and hurry everyone seems
a small book of Bible stories, also some were
license
from
their
to be in. How little of time is taken for
respective
governa
for
one
to
take
with
hymns, ready
any
Captain quiet meditation upon the Word of God.
them if the Star comes prepared 'to go. ments to do as they pleased.
Mr. Kehoe that the How much it is needed at the present
informed
Jewel
teachers
the
Star
cannot
this
If
go
year,
day. Ah, nothing is more helpful to the
ought to be taken by some other vessel. American government would protect Christian
young man than to sit still and
Americans,
and
all
other
but
that
him
The work could be started at less ex- he had seen the complaints made to the calmly consider what God is for him. It
Board
this
than
by the
pense to the
way
governor in regard to him, and the gov- will be found an ever-availing tonic for
Star.
was justified in sending him from the «>oul to ponder over, even for five
never
to
the
time
If I
I ernor
get
Yap,
island.
Captain Jewel suggested to short minutes at a time, such facts as
the
spend getting the language will not be
the
that as Mr. Kehoe was an these:—"God is my Father;" "The
governor,
lost; the books I make can be used by
old
man
and
had
a family here, it might Son of God loved me, and gave Himself
go;
do
and
from
to
time
those who
time
be
well
release
him and give him for me." The Christian young man
to
I can get together small audiences of
another
trial.
The
governor released will rise up from his meditation strengthhere
and
teach
them
the
Yap people
and
he
has
behaved
himself up to ened in spirit, and will go on his way as
him
way of iife in their own language.
journey, has
There are eight of them on the island at the present time. Governor Cadarso is a man who, upon a sultry
slaked his thirst at the wayside spring.
viz
Proclamation,
to
his
first
living
up
the present time.
One of these is the son of the highest that "he was here to give justice to all." Try it. Y. M. C. A. Magazine.
With kind regards to your family,
or one of the highest chiefs on the islEditing is a trade. Study variety,
Fraternally yours,
ands. He is not only chief of a large
brevity, point, solidity, elegance, brilRand.
F.
E.
part of Yap, but also owns Oleai and
liancy, truth, wit, justice, mercy, accuraPonlon, Ponape, May 5, I^BB.
several other islands this side of Yap.
cy, pungency, spirituality, worldly-wisThis chief wants to go back, and will
dom, good-nature, snap, grace, and the
be a great help to any one who carries
From the days of Hegel, German divine art of "putting things."—H. W.
the Gospel to his tribe. This young theology as well as philosophy has de- Beecher.
chief and his people were sent here by a lighted to shroud itself in grotesque and
trader to gather mother of pearl. Is not occult terminology. One sighs for good
He who acts his strength is strong
the hand of God in this ? Has he not
and will be stronger.
—
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