https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/01916dd2740d3e177b829196b7d02f11.pdf 4726fb933299ad42ec824912071e41d0 PDF Text Text F THE RIEND $eto Strics, m. 20. $..)2.} COBTTEftTS Far December. IN7 1. F.ml of Volume XXVIII F.dllorlal. Chicago and Wisconsin Nome Charity The Martyr of Melanesia Distinguished Visitor Passage Acros. the Pacific Marine Journal F.dllor'. Table, " Life of Je.ua" Young Men. Christian Association HONOLULU, DKCEMBKR, 2, 18.1. Paoß. W 06 04 06 V* ml OS 07 07 OS 100 THE FRIEND. DECEMBER 2, 1871. End of Volume XXVIII. This number of the Friend concludes the 28th Volume. The paper has been published regularly since January, 1843, except during the absence of the publisher and* editor in the United States in 1851. Tha volumes published prior to January, 1851, form the first series, including eight volumes or jasars. These are mostly sold and are out of print. The second series commenced in 1852, comprising twenty consecutive volumes. The publisher can furnish complete files of the second series, or for twenty years. Each year these back volumes become more and more valuable, containing a complete report of the shipping—arrivals and departures, passengers arriving and departing, deaths and marriages, notices of wrecks and disasters, much historical information, relating to the Hawaiian Islands, and a more complete and condensed record of important events in the Pacific, than can be found elsewhere. 93 than one-half this number have already left, and over 200, are now boarding at the U. S. Hospital. From persons in charge, we learn that for the most part these men have conducted themselves with much propriety. Comparatively few have fallen under the censure of the police. We congratulate the Consul, his clerk, and Dr. M'Grew, for their skill and success in managing so many seamen, so unexpectedly thrown upon their hands. Many of these men have gathered around our office and the reading room at the Home, where they may be seen at all hours, in reading newspapers and writing letters to their friends. Every facility has been gratuitously afforded them for communicating with " Home friends," even to furnishing gratuitously postage stamps. ! Rev. Dr. Gulick.—A correspondent thus refers to Dr. Gulick's late visit to Amherst Our fiery friend Dr. Gulick has College : been here with us to-day. The years and new labors seem not to diminish a whit of his old time fire and enthusiasm. He spoke in the chapel this afternoon, and I think I never heard him do better. He still retains much of his former theatrical manner. He is far mellower than a year ago. The students liked him much, and I was glad we could have so lively and) hearty an exponent of the missionary work in the Pacific with us. He spoke at our band-meeting which was un- " usually full. My Micronesian idol looked down on us, from over my mirror. He says his next mission-field is to be Spain. What "Nor must Uncle Sam’s Web-feet be a singular missionary nomad he is! These Foboottsn " President Lincoln—We are missionaries come, and their hearts seem to glad to know that every reasonable effort has brighten their faces, so full to overflowing been put forth on the part of the U. S. Conare they of a higher love. sul, Mr. Mattoon, and Dr. M 'Grew, to provide for the large numberof seamen suddenNotice to Subscribers. —Our uniform the ly landed from whaling fleet. In all, practice has been to present no bills until 1,200 were over seamen. About 400 the end of the year, hence, as you have enthere islands, of these were natives and wore pro- joyed the reading of our little sheet, during vided for by the Hawaiian government. Tha the past twelve months, you will please pay U. S. Consulate, has provided for 811, more when the bill is presented. t olD3ttit*,»!l.2.V. Thanksgiving.—Agreeable to the proclamation of President Grant, the 30th of November was remembered by nearly all Americans residing in Honoluln. Many of the stores were closed. At 11a. m. there was a large gathering at the Fort street Church, to hear a discourse from the Rev. Mr. Frear.who had been invited to speak on the occasion. The singing and exercises were highly appropriate. The discourse of Mr. Frear was most timely eloquent and suited to the occasion. He choose for his text, Psalms 147, 20th verse. "He hstfa not dealt so with any nation ; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord." We understand that a copy will be requested for publication and we hope it may be printed. We were glad to see the attendance of His Majesty's Minister of Foreign Relations and the Attorney General, as well as the American Minister, Mr. Pierce. "The Way or the World, Not the Way to Heavbn."—ln a Ist* N. Y. Observer, there is notice of a man in Springfield, 111., who refunded *4,600, which, seconding to law, he might have retained, but feeling morally bound, he cheerfully made restitution. A by-stander remarked that the transaction was honorable, but not " the way of the world." The quiet answer of the man, who had made the restitution was, The way of the world is not the way to "heaven." Reader, review your past life and transactions, if you fsel mor. business your ally bound, but not legally, " go thou and do likewise." As tbe end of the year is approaching it will be a good time to think over ■uch matters. Aid for Chicago and Wisconsin.-We learn from the Committee of Chamber of Commerce, appointed to solicit subscriptions, that about $1,700 has been subscribed, and 11,500 already sent forward. It is hoped several hundred dollars more may be colected- �94 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1871. various portions of our globe, that I have been barn, were surrounded by the flames and to think it be profitable to ask, perished. Green Bay has also fallen a prey led In tbe arrival of the sad news of the de- what are some ofmight the lessons of divine wis- to the fire, one hundred and eighty buildings ctive fires in the United States, a meet- dom which we are thereby taught. being consumed, leaving only five houses in of the Chamber of Commerce was held, and that once flourishing town. A considerable of these calamities The magnitude and measures were adopted for soliciting disasters, 1 would fully recognize. The number of the inhabitants were burned to survived are destitute contributions in behalf of the sufferers. Al- amount of property destroyed has been very death, and thosethewho necessaries of life. The and in need of millions, and must be reckoned by great, was at made, the very though this appeal even scores of millions,—many lives have world has seldom witnessed such utter animoment when our merchants and citizens been lost—the amount of actual suffering hilation of wealth, embodied in houses and were most deeply feeling the financial de- has been vast—thousands of families have other property —in so short a space of time. pression occasioned by the loss of the whal- been rendered homeless—the amount of sor- In one short day and night, or in a few short such amount of property vanished ing fleet, yet a generous response has been row, inconvenience, and disappointment,can- hours " of the Arc- into f-moke " as can with difficulty be estimaestimated—the loss not be fully made and sent forward by the last steamer. tic fleet appears as trifling compared with ted. Says the wiseman, " Wilt thou set As chaplain, we were requested by the com- the fire of Chicago, the conflagration of thine eyes upon that which is not? For mittee, to make some allusion to the subject, Wisconsin, or the famine of Persia, in which riches certainly make themselves wings; heaven." in our Subbath morning's discourse, at the 25,000 human beings have perished. While they fly away, as an eagle toward How literally true is this saying of Solomon. to the of these alive and awake magnitude felt that occasion imBethel. We the and wide-spread disasters, the full Millions of property disappeared as in a moperatively called for a distinct recognition terrible of details which our feeble minds cannot ment. It was and it is not. It was seen to of God's afflictive Providence. We felt grasp or comprehend, the question arises, fly away, as the flames mounted towards the t'lat there were lessons of Divine wisdom may not a contemplation of all this fearful heavens. One day riches appeared in long to be thereby taught, and that in these terrible and overwhelming loss of life and property, streets and avenues of handsomebuildings and no sumptuous edifices—lofty store-houses filled calamities their might be blessings, " in dis- be made productive of good ? toAre there derived with costly and valuable merchandise, in lessons of wisdom be Heavenly guise," and that the dark cloud might have therefrom ? or must we look upon the whole all the means and appliances of modern a silver lining. We choose for our text, the complication of misfortunes as a combination civilization and luxury, art and refinement, words of David in 107th Psalm, 43d verse, of calamities without one mitigating feature ? halls of learning and beautiful churches, and upon there no bright shades to the otherwise the next day the beholder might gaze acres. " Whoso is wise and will observe these things, Are ruins over broad smouldering spread is wise and ? will dark Whoso picture " shall understand the loving kindness even they shall under- The contrast was most striking! Turn observe these things, c Lord." stand the loving kindness of the Lord." your eye to another quarter of the globe. wise man will observe and reflect upon These terrible and feaful, destructive and One day a fleet of ships exhibits all the providential government of God over overwhelming disasters must be studied and signs of accumulating wealth, and storing be conveyed to other this world. The number of wise men, how- carefully observed. They ore not to be un- the same away, to the world, but the next parts climes and of at but must be pondered, ever, is few. One of the most difficult things derstood a glance, are not accidents. Not only millions day, that same fleet entirely deserted leaving they in this world, is to induce or persuade men of property are involved, but many millions all that wealth behind. Continually is God to stop amidst their career of worldliness and of people are more or less affected, nearly or impressing upon the minds of men the unbusiness, —the rush and hurry of life—and remotely concerned. Those near at hand certainty of worldly possessions. Men are today, and to-morrow penniless ; to-day reflect upon God's providential government feel the first stroke of the disaster, but ss rich the circles of sufferers are in- living in comfortable dwellings and surtime elapses over mankind. Men find but little time for creased, and so of those who are endeavoring rounded with all that wealth can purchase, meditation and reflection. The watch-words to aid tbe destitute and suffering. or skill invent, or art construct, but to-morrow those same men may be without shelter of life are, "business," "action," "pleasure," now to out of endeavor point some I shall cover them from the pitiless storm. Surely " honor." It is not one man in a thousand, those lessons which are taught by these ca- to God by these disasters would enforce upon : lamities who quietly sits down and calmly reflects our minds, the instructions of the Apostle upon the teachings of Divine Providence, and First, The uncertainty of our worldly Paul to Timothy, "Charge them that those lessons of Heavenly wisdom which possessions, and the possibility that they are rich in this world, that they be not highin one moment be taken away from us. minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in God is ever inculcating. It requires or may How impressively is this lesson taught by the living God, who giveth us richly all demands, the sudden shock of an earth- the fire, reducing a third part of Chicago to things to enjoy." quake, the loss of a fleet of ships, the ashes, and sweeping over the prairies of Second. Another lesson taught by this conflagration of a city, or some vast district Wisconsin in a few short hours consuming disaster at Chicago, relates to the benefit of has been of country, or some other fearful and the wealth of thousands. Fire great loss and property fire insurance companies. The witfc life creating terrible havoc to arrest men their has befallen that city, is shared by the in terrible calamity which in all parts of the country. Next to Chicaeven career of worldliness, and bring them to go the country around Green Bay, Wiscon- people of all the eastern States, and cities London and otherEuropean sober reflection. Multitudes are so thought- sin, has suffered most by the late epidemic Liverpool, bear a part. Estimating the loss at 100,000,less, stupid and indifferent that even such of fire. A few days since a fire broke out in --000, and the insurance at 80,000,000, now overwhelming disasters do not lead them to the northeastern portion of Wisconsin, and by far the larger proportion of this loss falls consideration and reflection, but they rush swept through the heavy pine forests, leav- upon companies situated far away from the forward laying their plans and projecting ing thousands of acres a barren waste, burn- ill-fated city. This tact still farther shows their schemes as if there was no God, and ing villages, farm houses, and in fact every- us how intimately the cities and nations of no hereafter, as if man was master of his thing in its course. So rapid was the prog- the earth are bound to-getber. It is as true own destiny, and ruler over his own life, ress of the flames, driven on by a heavy of cities and nations, as of Christians. " If forgetting such sentiments of our Saviour as wind, that many of the inhabitants were over- one member sutler, all the members suffer this, " But the very hairs of your head are taken by them and consumed. Most of those with it; and one member be honored all the all numbered, and not a sparrow shall fall who made their escape were unable to save members rejoice with it." Tbe Chicago and on the ground without your Father." This any of their property, and they are now other calamities now under consideration, idea of God's overruling and watchful provi- without shelter and in need of food and will tend to bind remote members of the hudence is most beautifully described by clothing. A late despatch informs us that man family more closely together. Whoso " there has been a fearful loss of life. At the is wise, David in the 139th Psalm. will observe these things." a series of fearful calamities, confla- little town of Peshtigo, one hundred and Thirdly, Another lesson taught by these ions, and disasters has recently visited fifty men, who had taken refuge in a large Chicago fthey Buch and Wicsonsin Coflagration. �THE FRIEND,'DECEMBER, disasters, should be this, our duty to do all in our power to aid the sufferers. A gratifying feature, connected with this series of disasters, is the free, voluntary and spotaneous effort to contribute in behalf of the sufferers. The papers announce that in all parts of the United States the most generous coutributions have been made; and that similar efforts have been made in Europe, but especially in England. London. Oct. 17.—The subscription to the Chicago Relief Fund amounted to £33.600. At a meeting at Bradford, $2,000 were lecelved. At Dublin, $1,200; at Wolverhampton and Glasgow, $1,000 each. Tbla morning the subscriptions at Liverpool, had reached £10,000 : L»ads, £400; Cork £400; Dublin, £1,600; Hartley, £400; Birmingham has already forwarded its Brat installments of £2,000, and further contributions are being made. . It is a source ofmuch joy, that a desire to aid has been awakened in our small community. This is the more commendable from the fact, that our merchants, mechanics, and citizens generally are feeling so deeply the disaster that has befallen the whaling fleet. It is not the amount of the benefaction that I regard of so much importance, or the feeling prompting it. It is a Christian duty to aid those who are in distress. Every effort of this kind, enobles and benefits, the giver as well as the recipient. quality of mercy ia not strained ; " The It droppetb as tbe gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath. It ia twice blessed, It bleaaetb him that gives and bim that takes./ When we contribute for the spiritual or bodily necessities of our fellow-men, we are led to feel an interest in their welfare, we recognize them as our fellowmen, our brothers, as of one blood and fraternity with us. When those of one sect aid those of another j when those of one part of the human race aid those of another, the influence tends to break down and sweep away those barriers which seem to keep men apart and make of them enemies, who ought to be bound together, by the closest bonds ot friendships and fraternity. A calamity like that which has befallen Chicago, or Wisconsin, is terrible and heart rending, but yet terrible as it may be, the same may be overruled for good. Such we honestly believe will be the final result in the present instance. " Whoso is wise will observe these things," may see that great good may be evolved and educed from these and similar calamities. Men everywhere are naturally inclined to be selfish, sectional, clanish, and exclusive. Anything which will tend to counteract this selfish and unfriendly spirit is to be viewed as a blessing, even a calamity may be a blessing in disguise. Knot in itself a blessing, yet involves something which may be overruled for good. It is after this manner that even sin itself may be so overruled as to contribute to the good of the universe ofcreated intelligences and the glory of God. Again, let us repent the text which so aptly applies, Whoso is wise and will observe these "things even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord." This idea of the text, we regard as the announcement of a great truth, and as based upon a fundamental principle underlying the system of God's government of the universe of intelligent and moral creatures. A similar idea, is announced by the prophet Hosea, ;• Who is wise, and win these I 8 7 I things ? Prudent, and he shall know them ? For the days of the Lord are right, and the righteous shall walk in them ; but transgresshall fall therein." In our journey through this world we are continually called upon to meet difficulties and encounter providences which appear dark and mysterious. We are ever called upon to contemplate sorrow, suffering and sin, and the question will arise why was sin allowed to enter our world or why was Satan permitted to exercise so much sway over the minds of men ? Our only proper course is to bow in submission to the declaration of God, by Isaiah, " For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.and my thoughts than your thoughts." Whenever, we are called upon to contemplate wide-spread and devastating conflagrations, like those which have laid a populous city in ruins and swept away the harvest of vast regions in Wisconsin, and destroyed hundreds of human beings, instead of calling in question God's providences and complaining of His dealings with mankind, it is rather becoming in us, to admire that infinite and divine wisdom which can overrule these fearful calamities for the moral and spiritual welfare of man. Earthquakes, for ought we know, contribute to the safety of our globe as an abode for man. Volcanoes are often spoken of as safety, valves! Our atmosphere is purified by the thunderstorm ! The tornado and the whirlwind, the cyclone and the volcanic eruption are parts of the system of nature. They are controlled by laws as certain as those which regulate the growth of plants and the maturing of harvests. Looking at this world as one of discipline and trial, duty and probation, fires and floods, conflagrations and disasters, shipwrecks and disappointments, are to be viewed as important agents in the great economy and system of God's wonder- working and overrulingprovidenr.es, "Whoso is wise and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord." no presnming impious railer tax " Let Creative wisdom, as if ought was lormed In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty Ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part. Erceeds the narrow wiadom of her mind I As if upon atttll proportion'd dome. On swelling columns heaved, the pride of art. Acritic fly, whose feeble ray scarce spreads An inch around, with blind presmnp tion bold. Should dare to lax the structure of tbe whole." As we cannot fully comprehend in their wide-spread greatness, the works of God, and the laws which regulate the universe, it is becoming in us to submit to the teachings of Divine wisdom and wisely to observe the changes nnd resolutions which are going forward around us. It may be that by careful observation we like the Psalmist shall see " the loving kindness of the Lord." Yes God's loving kindness is most marvelously displayed overcoming evil with good, hatred with love, and sin, by sending His son on a mission of love and mercy to our lost and ruined world. Christ came to seek and save the lost, those who were overwhelmed in aH the ruins of " the vast and fall," and its direful consequences. We never should have witnessed the display of 95 . God's infinite love in the salvation, ofAdam's lost race, had not sin entered our world ; hence 1 would earnestly entreat of you, my hearers, to study and observe "these things," so that you may learn to admire and adore that system of mercy, so nobly unfolded and defended, in the epistle of Paul to the Komans, for " Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound, that as sin reigned unto death, even so might grace reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord." The great and glorious plan of redemption, is the triumph of love over sin, goodness over evil. As ages roll on this grand and sublime truth will be made more and more manifest. He is a wiseman who will observe " these things," and their and unfolded, in a results whether displayed narrow or broad field, in conflagrations and disasters occurring in some limited district of our globe, or made more manifest in the broad history of the human race from tne fall of our first parents to the final consumation of the work of redemption, as it will appear, when that great company, which no man can number shall gather on Mount Zion above, and shall join in singing the Song of Redeeming love, unto Him who hath washed from usoursins in hisWn blood, and made us kings and priests unto God. The Late Alexander Adams. We briefly chronicled last week the death of thia, by far th* oldest resident on the islands. But Captain Adams was a man of mark, whose exit from the stage of Hawaiian life deserves more than a mere Gifted with an iron constitution. tbe foundations of whioh were laid among the heather-clad hills of old Scotland, he was vigorous and strong long after the period when other men succumb to the wear of years, and at ninety his intellect waa unclouded and his memory wonderfully retentive. His waa indeed •' a green old age," and it was exceedingly interesting to hear the oheerful old man, long after tbe light of his eyes had gone ont, describing the scenes through whioh he had passed in hia eventful career, and fighting his battles o'er again." Arriving at these islands in tbe year 1810, he soon attracted the notice of Kamehameha 1., who waa then actively interested in getting together a fleet of Teasels. He became a great favorite with the King, who entrusted him with the command of one of his vessels, in which he performed a voyage to China and back. He waa also appointed by the King aa the first regular pilot for the port of Honolulu, which office he continued to hold for nearly thirty years. Since 1844, however, he has mostly resided at his garden at Kalihi, near the city, where until within the past few years he occupied his time in cultivating fruits. Some twenty-fire or thirty years ago, he waa induced by the solicitations of friends, to reduce to writing the leading incidents of his life, and it waa printed in pamphlet form for private circulation. We hate endeavored in vain to procure one of these pamphlets, though we doubt not a copy could be found in aome library collections— thai of tha late R. C. Wyllie, for instance. Captain Adams waa three times married in these islands, and raised children by each wife. His great grandchildren are namerous, and we have among us the fourth generation, sprung from this hardy Scotch pioneer. Thus baa passed away the last link between the age of Hawaiian barbarism and that of the Fifth Kamehameha.—P. C. A. passing notioe. " Mr. Seward has returned to—or rather arrived at —New York, having completed tbe circuit of tbe globe. He has received tbe moat extraordinary bonora ever accorded to a private citizen, in every country through which be baa passed. At every Court and capital be waa welcomed with marks of tbe most profound respect. The great of all nations have contended with one another for tbe honor of exalting him. �96 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1871. THE FRIEND. DECEMBER t, 1871. "Noble Charity." Both of our Honolulu weeklies have referred to the nid extended to destitute and wrecked seamen, discharged from American whale ships, as a " noble charity on the " part of the United States Government. This is quite a wrong view of the case. Seamen are not pnupers, or indigent persons to whom a charitable contribution is extended. Sailing under the United States flag, they are American citizens, and more than that, ihey are persons who have paid taxes into the treasury of the United States, for the very purpose of meeting just such cases as the wreck of the whaling fleet. The fund now held, in trust, by the United States Government for the support of wrecked and sick seamen, amounts to millions—certainly $5,000,000, and we have heard it stated to be much higher than that sum. At any rate it is a very large amount. This fund is the gradual accumulation of 20 cents per month on all merchant seamen sailing out of the United States. Whalemen are not required to pay this tax, but, all whale ships must pay three months wages, when a seaman is discharged in a foreign port. Had this sum been honestly paid over by former Consuls at Honolulu, it would more than have met all the expenses incurred by the large number of seamen aided by this Consulate during the past season. Hence, we would say that in no proper use of the phrase, " noble charity," should it be applied to the case in hand. The Government acts as saving's bank, holding the seamen's contributions in trust to be used when necessity demands. The Martyr Bishop of Melanesia. By the late steamer from Australia, the sad intelligence was brought, that Bishop Patteson had fallen a martyr among the savage islanders of one of the Solomon groups. It appeurs that he was making his annual cruise among those islands, and doing as he had been doing for ten years, collecting boys to take to Norfolk Island for education, and when so educated returning them as missionaries. From what we can glean from the accounts, among the natives a bitter animosity had arisen, owing to the kidnadping practices of cruisers from Queensland and the Fiji islands. It is supposed that the Bishop was mistaken tor a kidnapper. Report says, that some of the enemies of mankind bad assumed the garb and robes of bishops, in order to successfully carry off the natives. We hope the affair will be thor- oughly investigated, and hereafter kidnappers will be treated as pirates. The Key. Mr. Williamson, preached an excellent sermon before the young people, at the St. Andrew's Cathedral, in Honolulu, in commemoration of the Bishop's death, whose character shines forth so remarkably bright and praiseworihy. Like Williams, he fell in a just cause, and in this instance, we doubt not, as in many others, the blood of a martyr will be found the seed of the church. Mr. Williamson's sermon will be found in the P. C. Advertiser of this week. A Hint to the Benevolent.—Owing to the loss of the whaling fleet, we have not received our usual amount for subscriptions and donations for the Frievd, yet we have published and distributed about 600 copies of each number among seamen and strangers. These have cost over $200, but a tenth of that amount has not been received for this particular purpose. Knowing that our paper is prized among seamen, we shall continue its free circulation and gratuitous distribution. The donation of any one esteeming it a privilege to aid in this enterprise will be most thankfully received. Pamphlets " Received.—We would acknowledge from the Bishop of Auckland, Minutes of Meeting of Diocesan Synod," containing interesting information respecting missionary efforts among the Maories. —From the Rev. Dr. Lobscheid, (of Hongkong, authorof the Chinese Dictionary) " The Religion of Dayaks," " Chinese-English Grammar," " Select Phrases in the Canton Dialect," and other pamphlets. —From Agent of L. M. Society in Sydney, " A Missionary Cruise in the South Pacific," on board the John WiUiams, among the Gilbert and Ellice groups of islands. Visitor.—Among the passengers by the last steamer from Australia, was James Bonwick, F. R. G. S.,and author of several works relating to Australia, viz., " Last of the Tasmanians," and " Daily Life of the Tasmanians." These books are beautifully illustrated and published in London, by Sampson, Low, Son & Marton. Also another work entitled " Curious Facts of Old Colonial Days." For many years he has been connected with the government schools in the Colony of Victoria; having prepared and compiled several primary school books. When we find a little leisure we intend noticing some of these books. While at Honolulu, he was the guest of J. T. Waterhouse, Esq., who was an old acquaintance. It is Mr. Bonwick's intention on his journey to England to visit Boston, for the purpose sf examining the public schools. Distinguished A Plea for the Monthly Concert. I am just home from the monthly concert of prayer for missions. It was a good meeting. They always are. Never a meeting in the month like them it seems to me. I have been in the habit of attending them ever since I was a child, and held on to my father's hands going to and coming from the house of the late Dr. A.of this city ; and some of my first deep impressions of the beauties of the stars and thence of Heaven above, were gained in those walks. I thought the meetings interesting then. I think them more so now. Often it seems as if those of us who are there, can say, " Master, it is good to be here." Yes, the Master is never absent, however few come to meet Him. There were only thirty-five present tonight. Sometimes there are fewer than thirty-five, and often there are many more. Why should there not always be a full meeting? Do Christians know what they lose in dropping the monthly concert? Do the young know that it is a place to gain information from all parts of the world ? Nay, more, to draw inspiration and get high aims in life. I have had a thought lately, which I give here as a question. If the monthly concert could be held on the afternoon of the first Sabbath of the month, would not many more be inclined to attend? There are feeble and infirm aged ones, ardent friends of Christ's Kingdom, who would gladly attend a service in the day time. There are living enthusiastic children who would willingly attend their mothers there. And young men could not plead business engagements on that afternoon, while the usual young men's prayer meeting could be merged into this once a month. Can we not do something more in the way of earnest united prayer for the precious souls for whom CHRIST died. One of the Thirty-five. Honolulu, November 6th, 1871. "We Accept the Situation." Mr. Palmer, a writer in the Boston Commercial Bulletin, also visited Honolulu many years ago, thus discourses about the good people of the Hawaiian Islands : " The innocent Hawaiians resemble very much the Chinese in their ideas of locality. 1 Why,' says the Mongolian philosopher, your map cannot be correct; you have put 'China away off to one side, while it really belongs in the middle.' To this day, in the counting rooms of Honolulu may be seen charts of the world on Mercator's projection, with Honolulu perched in the center, like a spider in her web, while the radiating lines of the web are represented by tracks drawn from the little island to the various nations of the Pacific. ' This shows,'as was significantly remarked to me, ' her commanding position ;' and for this reason, the remaining fraction of the world is supposed to be ever considering the feasibility of acquiring such an invaluable piece of property." �97 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 18.1. We hope the members and patrons of the Y. M. C. A. will feel encouraged, in view of the very great benefit, the Reading Room, with its well selected files of newspapers and periodicals, has conferred upon the hundreds of visitors and seamen, who have resorted thither. Hundreds of letters have there been written to friends, which would not have been written, had not " pen, ink and paper " been furnished gratuitously. This may be a small matter in the estimation of some, but it is a most happy and quiet way of doing much good with a little IS—Am bktn Grace Robert., Knacke, for Portland, O. lo Am wh ship Europe, Malien, eruiae and home. IT—Am wh bk Lag ode. Swift, to crulae. 17—Hairwk bk Arctic, Tripp, to crui.e. 20—Am altur Nevada, Blethen. for Auckland. 20—Am wh bk Ml-lav llamtnill, lo crulae. 21—Am ship Ceylon, Wood., for Manila. 21—Brit wh bk Far Away, Herendeen, to crulae. 22—Am .tmr Moeea Taylor, Bennett, for San Fr.nctocn. 26—Daw Brig Kamehameha V, Tengatrecn, for Tahiti, TieKawalhae. - tell you all I could about this queer and interesting little kingdom. Fifty years ago it was wrapped in dense darkness and ignorance. Now it is an orderly realm, with its king, its parliament, its customhouse, post-office, and even its army and its prison. The king lives in a fine house, called his palace, and has a pretty cottage in PASSENGERS. a village by the seaside, in a grove of cocoa Foa Llanos—Per Mauna Loa, Oct. 31ati—S6 Gv.xo palms, which is called his ' country-house.' NativeLaborer*. The land has been Christianized and reFoa Ban Fa.Kci.co—Per D. C. Murray, Nor. 1.1:— Mr formed by the agency of the Congregational N 8 Kills, Wife, Mrs O It Wood, & 3 children Mr. W A Rob'l Wife 4c Infant, A C Weeke, Caul Thomas, missionaries from New England, under the He|iplugstoue 4 Newcomb, Wife, Capt Lewi. A Wile. Mil. Augusts Caul Knowles, Wife Wllr, infant, S lllrkimitt American Board of Foreign Missions. It Jones, Cant E Kelley Sl Wife, Capt Thoa Allporl, Capt D*B Nye, has cost the Board many men and much CaptTurrell, Mr W Ellis, Wm A Wilbur, JohnTinman, Wm Ager, R S lluwlau.l, A Johnson, Paul Jarralt, E 1. Brown, L treasure ; but the work is now done, and the W Blankin.hlp, A C Blanktnsblp, J H Phelps, H A Caldwell, money. in an honorable reward seeing Vi m Wilaon, John Ji.lnison, Capt Sylvia, J llouler. workers reap Foa B.« F..SCIKO-Per R. W. Wood. Nov. 2d i—Ja. II such satisfttctory results. Several of these Fl.ker, John Kernan, <1 Browned, H Heusner, II Sherman, Passage across the Pacific. old missionaries I met and conversed with, W P Morrill k Wife, C F llovrer, Win Anglani.Geo W Blddle. Fao* Baa F.ancisco—Per Comet, Nov. 6th—Mr Thoa Some months ago the Key. W. R. Fletch- and heard many tales of their early difficulNoble, Wm Noble, Geo Blonnlgs, and 1 Chinaman. er, belonging to Melbourne, visited Honolulu ties and trials." Foa VicTOaia—PerDelaware, Not. Blh—Wm Adam.. Faoai Guam Isi.sdb—Per Kamaile, Nor. Mo—W II on his journey to England. In a copy of of Prayer throughout the Foye, and 2 Hawaiian.. A Week the Roby Magazine, published in ManchesFaoM New Ziuhid-Per Nevada, Not. 17th—A S ClefOtto leenworld is proposed by the English Evangel- horn and wife, Mra W R Seal, MissFanny Spencer, ter, England, we find a letter of Mr. Fletchberg, milage, J Logan, and 35 In tran.Uu for San Francisco. ical Allience, which calls upon Christians of FoaA rAucataao Sidney—Per Nevada,Not. 80th— er describing his trip from Melbourne to all nations throughout the world to make ar- Mrs A Stales, Jaa »»d Keating, T J Hayaelden, Meaara Blsrar. Ceechi, Oloraa, Mlaa Mendevlu>, clante, Orlandmi, Sualnl, He to refor the comexpects week rangements setting apart England, via Honolulu. Capt Edwards, Jno Wilaon, Joo Rohinann, John Mayo, Geo 1872, for 7th, huspecial mencing Lothbury, J January Gordon, Price, A Ferdinand, M Krochler, A W Jerusalem, and and reach turn via Egypt, llagh Ilarley, Wm Scott, Jno Mr-GUI, John Grey, W Hurd, l> and prayer. The Wilkinson, W Lena*, A Price. E Danll., 1) Whyhrow, R Edhome in February, having circumnavigated miliation, thanksgiving necessity for united prayer i» most plain ward., Jo. Royce, P P Feraandlnea, Ed Cooke, E From., and the globe. We copy as follows from his from the fact that while 600,000,000 of the 67 ia transitu from San Francisco. Fbom S.m Moaes Taylor, Not. 20th—Mrs letter : entire population of the world consists of Hasting, and Fa.Noi.co—Per tervant, D Dole and wife, W F Allen and wife. Mccarty. J S Grlnbaum, H Hastings, X Allen, Mr. E II "Tuesday, March Ist, I set sail in the Protestants, Roman Catholics, Greeks, Jews, M Stanley, Mr. Stanley, MiaaMBaldwin, Miss Phillips, J S G Copenhagen, J R Adam., C R Bishop and wife. steamship City of Melbourne, for the other and Mohamedans, the other788,000,000 are McOade, Miss Kennedy, M U Phillips and wife, G.o Klrkliau. Miss side of the world. Five days brought me to entirely pagan. The act of this society has Kirkhaiu, Mr. Davie, R McFarlane, D R Rule, Wm Farley, Snik. DGootAuckland, the capital city of the northern been indorsed by the secretaries of the Amer- Win Brown, Mils Everett, Mra Cartwright, VMr llerlert, H msn, Mrs Gnntuian, J L Uushee, Mrs Bushoe, ican, German, Netherlands, first business Seara, French, of New Zealand. Master Long, My Belgian, island A Kahanu, Wm Pfluger, J Cockman, T B tranallu foe Auckland J Walla, Chineae,and A 1 IT in Mills, home of the Swedish, Turkish and Greek branches of the and Sydney. was to seek out the friendly Rev. W. Davies, M. A. Iv his society I Alliance. 21.1—9 native ÜFaoa Manahixi—Per Lunalllo, Not. borera. spent the few hours I had to spare and we T Taylor, Foa Sa» Fa.Hctaco—Per Moeea Not. 22d—h Card. A made the best of our time. The situation Alexanderand wife, Mary Jane Alexander, Mr. C Erkhardt, Capt Hopken, I)r BcharfTenburg, Rule. Osborne, A F B D X of the city and harbor is exquisite. The E The Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society, of Fal- Dan Whitney, W BUI., John Wood, Ah Tee, Geo Sllra, Ahmountain peaks, the numerona islands, the mouth, Mass., baa forwarded, by H. M. Whitney, man Ahkaun, and 33 in transitu from Auckland and Sydney. or fortyrich foliage, the houses and buildings of the the sum of flilty-iix dollars in currency, Foa B.a Francisco—Per Comet, Not. 27th—Mr J Logan, dollars in gold, for renewing tbe bedding; aad Sir Noble and son, T A Lord, D Sullivan, J H Guiltier, t has suburbs afford endless diversity of scenic nine furniture of "Falmouth Room" in the Sailors' Brooks. T. Rosa, Geo Fane, L Bodecker, E Srhpiidt, J Felt, warehouses Frank Jonea, J Wallace, F T Barnwell. pictures; while the handsome Home, Honolulu. Mauy thanks. S. C. Damon. and the numerous vessels in the harbor, beMARRIED. Chairman of Ex. Committee. speak the existence of a busy and thriving Honolulu. November 25th, 1871. trade. I saw great numbers of the Maories Parminteb—Colbcbn—In this city, November 7ih, by Rev. s. 0. Damon, Mr. (iii.BERT Piisihtis to Miss Sabam idling about the market-place and wharves, M. K Colburn, daughter of the late John F. Colours, both pendant faces and long green whose tattooed of Honolulu. FHlLLtrs— Duncan—At Ilaverill, Mass, October 34, by earrings looked very un-English and strange. the Rev. Dr. Thompson, assisted by two other clergymen, the the South the S. H. Phillips, Attorney General of the Hawaiian was from to Hon. next voyage My Kingdom, to Miss Margaret Duncan, of Haverlll. The I. North Pacific, from Auckland to Honolulu, PORT OF HONOLULU, S. l-ridal party started on the Journey for Honolulu on October tin,and will arrive here per Motet Taylor. the capital of the Sandwich Islands. This ARRIVALS. had I days. seventeen distance occupied DIED. wh hk Chance, Thoa Norton, from Arctic 160 hoped that I might have seen something of Oct. 30—Brit •pin. 160 whale. eRy, this November eth, at Ike U. ■. HosRobinson—in 31—Am ach Sarah, Holcomb, from Ban Franciaco, did those islands in the South Seas, where our pital James W. Robinson, of Boston, Maaa.. II. 8. A., aged not report. Sailed same date. recently carpenter of thebark this was I but deceased was in missionaries are laboring, Not. 6—Am hktn Grace Roberts, G X Knarke, S3 day. Irom 36 y'eara. The Fort Townsend. November disappointed. On the map, the Pacific Ocean 8lh, Victor Cbabcity, this Chanckrel—In 7—Am bk Cornel, A Fuller, 18 day. from San Francbrel. a native of France, aged $6 years. seems covered with islands ; but when sailciaco. Islands for nearly thirty Chancerel had resided on these [M. 9—Haw achr Kamatle, G A Bridftes, 66 day* from years', having arrived about the time of the ocrnpatlonby l.ofl ing over it, the ocean seems boundless, and Baker. Island. native of the Canton De Vaud. on He was a IS—Brit wh hk Far Away, Chaa Edward., OH day. Oeorg'e FaoleL the islands mere specks. The Sandwich the frontiers of France and Switzerland, and had resided in Irom Sydney. are, kept within the and He the •* Hoto previous coining are here. tropics, Islands just 20—Am atmr Moses Taylor, N T Bennett, 10 days and Tahiti some Irme many years, in the premises now occupied tel de France " for 16 hoars from San Francisco in consequence, much more bearuble in heat place of resort which was s favorite government offices, by the 31—Haw ketch Luualilo,II English, 29 day. from HumHe indeed " knew how to keepa hotel," Ibr che old residents phrey. 1.. than the Samoan or Fiji group. We arrived petite dinners and toumen aueuualed breakfaalaand 36—Brit bk Mary A Edith, C H Llnklater, to day. from and ins there on the 24th of March. Nothing can in the days of Kamehameha III. (who often honored the board Newcastle, N S W. by remembered those who genial presence) are well with his exceed in beauty the aspect of the semifor survive of " theold hands." M. Victor was much esteemed KamehaDEPARTURES. their King over which testified assemblage world, many good qualities, large and a his tropic respect hy attending his funeral.—Corns ] it, As we l.land. approached Oct. Sl—Haw wh bk Maunaloa, Brtff., lor Guano meha Y. reigns. Crosten—In this city, at the TJ. 8. Hospital, November I5th, Mr. William B. Ubosten, belonging to Chicago. 111. with its lofty volcanic crags wrapt in clouds, Not. I—AmandbkctI).alee. C. Murray, Bhephord, for San Franciaco. Deceased Waa a aail-niaker, and had worked at the Navy *—Haw bk R. W. Wood, Week., for San Franoiaee. its fair little city surrounding the spires and Yard, st Mare Island, Cal. A letter was found among his wn bk Oak, Russell, lo cruise, o—Am churches, papers. Intimating and its of thatBis family resided at 133 Hurlbsrt ftt., fringe towers of its ft—Am hk Camden,Robinson, forPort Townaend. Chicago. B—Am bk Delaware, KolUna. for Victoria, aO. England, October T61h, of eonsomp graceful palm trees lining the shores, it London, Clarke—In 11—Hawbk lolani, Ropes, for Newcastle, N 8 W. Uoo, Captain Jorn Claree, of Cape Clear,Ireland, aged M 11—Brit wh bk Chance, Norton, to cruise. seemed verily an ideal world to our wearied wen and favorably known In theot Captain Clarke was IS—Am wh .hip Daniel Webster, Marrin, cruise and years. having had command of tke schooners Jlberniand Islands, eyes, which had been looking for so long a home. Boasting the wade. Helen in IS—Am wh bk Profress, Dowden, to crtuee. time on ocean waves alone. It would take too long to * * • MARINE JOURNAL. , �98 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1871. Editor’s Table. "The Life of Jesus—The Christ." Eost heartily can we congratulate the itian and reading public that " The Life esus " has been written in a style both attractive and instructive. A single copy of the Rev. H. W. Beecher's Life of Jesus has reached the islands, and we were so fortunate as to obtain the first reading. We consider ourself highly favored, for ever since it was announced that Mr. Beecher was preparing this work, we have felt exceedingly anxious to read whatever he might write upon this subject. Volumes purporting to be Lives of Christ, have never been favorites with us. We have tried to read several selected from the " one hundred and fifty," but for some reason, we very soon became weary and laid them aside, turning to the four Evangelists, and from thence derived our knowledge of Christ's Life. Before seeing this volume we wondered if the result would be the same. Most agreeably have we been disappointed. Rarely have we perused a volume with such intense interest and delight, increasing as we advanced in the book. Our object will be to notice some of tne more salient points in the volume. This is the first impression made upon our mind. Mr. Beecher has treated the Bible as an inspired volume of Divine truth. He does not by any nice and doubtful method of reasoning, endeavor to unsettle the mind, respecting the Divine inspiration of the sacred scriptures, but on page 9th, of the introduction, thus remarks'. "We shall take our stand with those who accept the New Testament as a collection of veritable historical documents, with the record of miracles, and with the train of spiritual phenomena, as of absolute and literal truth. The miraculous element constitutes the very nerve-system of the Gospel. To withdraw it from credence is to leave the Gospel histories a mere shapeless mass of pulp." It was a great relief to our mind when we read this paragraph, because we have become heartily disgusted with that class of writers and commentators, who would excoriate the New Testament of its Divine element, and not leave us a book of any higher authority than the writings of Confucius, or a Hindoo Brahmin. Another impression which this book makes upon the mind, or rather another power which it has over the reader's mind, we are taken back to the very days of our Saviour. All the mists and fancies of the middle ages are swept away, and we are enabled to see our Saviour as be lived and moved about among tbe inhabitants of the world, eighteen hundred years ago. No writer has the power of reproducing the past, equal to Mr. Beecher. No Italian Painter—no one of the Old Masters ever sketched upon the canvas more vivid pictures of a by-gone age than has Mr. Beecher, the scenes of Nazareth, the interview of our Saviour with the woman at Jacob's well, and Mount Hattin, upon which Christ preached His sermon. Two yean ago, this month, we visited Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Bethany and the Mount of Olives, and we are sure that Mr. Beecher has described natural scenery in Palestine, tially completed his proposed undertaking, as it actually appears to the tourist's eye, and that in due time another similar volume will be published. Most sincerely we hope although he has never visited he may be spared to complete this great Those holy fields " acres walked those blessed feet, work, and if tbe second volume shall be Over whose Which, eighteen hundred years ago, were nailed executed in a manner corresponding with For our advantage to the bitter cross." the first, it will prove the " chef d'asuvre " Many writers, in treating upon the life the masterpiece of Mr. Beecher's numerous and teachings of our Saviour, go about their writings. undertaking very much after the manner of The book is published by J. B. Ford 6c a Professor of Anatomy in a Medical Col- Co., of New York. The printing, binding, lege. They pursue the style of a dissector. and general mechanical execution of the We " have not so learned Christ," and Mr. work are excellent. It is sold by subscripBeecher has not after this manner treated tion, and we learn that Mr. Whitney has the Saviour of Mankind, but we are intro- been appointed Agent for the Hawaiian dued to a living, breathing, hopeful, sympa- islands. We sincerely hope there may be thetic and true man, who moved as a man found many subscribers in Honolulu and among men, and yet one who could and did upon the other islands. say to the woman at Jacob's well, when she Since the above observations were noted remarked : " I know that Messias cometh." thee am Mr. Whitney has shown us specimens down, that unto he." speak I We think one good result which will fol- of this important work in its various styles low from the perusal of this volume will be, of printing and binding. It appears that an that it will incline the reader to turn with a loving, longing, and fond desire to the writ- Imperial edition has been published and ings of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. bound in the most costly and sumptuous We shall be inclined to place a far higher style. The lowest price is $4.50, and the value upon their inspired teachings, and the highest, $18.00. Intermediate prices vary effect has also been to lead us to read a new to the style of binding. The enRobinson, Kitto, and other writers who have according and illustrations of the Imperial gravings treated, learnedly and instructively upon edition are exquisitely beautiful and truly Bible topics. The style of this volume is admirable. Mr. grand. Printers, binders, artists and enBeecher in writing must have held " a gravers appear to have done their best in taught rein " upon his fancy, otherwise his getting up these costly volumes. steed would have occasionally run away, as All this is well, and publishers must be it sometimes does, in his sermons and editallowed to exercise their own judgment orials. His pen moves with a severe precision, and quite in contrast with its occasional about such matters as printing and binding, antics in some of his writings. We have but we are confident the public will call for noticed some paragraphs and passages in a "people's edition." Comparatively few this volume which are marvellously smooth, read, and when fall upon will feel able to purchase these expensive very beautiful, The common people," the ear like the sound of the gurgling rivulet and costly books. lunning among the stones and shrubbery of who would so gladly rush to hear our Savior the cool mountain glen. Read the follow- preach were he again to visit our world, ing from"The Overture of Angels" In want a cheap edition. Unless we are much chapter 2d:— It is not to be supposed that the earth mistaken, the publishers would find that a and its dull inhabitants knew what was ap- people's edition would " pay " the best. The proaching. But heavenly spirits knew it. poor read more than the rich. What good There was movement and holy ecstasy in would Uncle Tom's Cabin have done, if " the Upper Air, and angels seem, as birds only printed in costly style! We are surwhen new-come in spring, to have flown as that Mr. Beecher's sympathies are hither and thither in songful mood, dipping prised with the common people, he did our so strongly atmosphere, their white wings into just touching the earth or glancing along its not insist that his publishers should have issurface, as sea-birds skim the surface of the sued a cheap edition. sea. And yet birds are far too rude, and wings too burdensome to express adequately Polygamy in Utah is Doomed.—The test that feeling of unlabored angelic motion which the nnrrative produces upon the im- case just tried, in which one Hawkins, havagination. Their airy and gentle coming ing three wives, was indicted at the instance would perhaps be better compared to the of the first wife on the charge of adultery, glow of colors flung by the sun upon mov- has resulted in a verdict against the defending clouds that seem to be born just where ant. The penalty prescribed by the Utah they appear. Like a beam of light striking statute for the crime of adultery is imprisonthrough an orifice, they shine upon Zacharias ment for not over twenty years nor less than in the Temple. As the morning light finds three, or a fine of not over $1,000, or both the flowers, so find they the mother of Jesus. fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of To the shepherds' eyes they filled the mid- the court. Under this decision every first night arch like auroral beams of light; but wife in Utah has it in her power to bring lenot as silently, for they sang and more gal proceedings against her husband for marvellously than when ' the morning stars adultery, in case he practices pologamy, and sang together and all the sons of God shouted many have already applied to the prosecuting attorney to commence criminal proceedfor joy.' " It appears that Mr. Beecher hat but par- ings against their husbands. — " " " " �99 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1 87 1. ADVEHTI3EMIINTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. Rare Subscription Books! CASTLE & COOKE, ADVERTISEMENTS. 8. dM BARTOW, Auctioneer. Bale. Room on Queen Street, one door from Kaahumanu Street. 1.1 at the the D., M. HOFFMANN, Physician and Surgeon, BREWER CO.. k Commission and Shipping Merchants, Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. mp P. ADAMS. Auction and Commission Merchant, Fire-Proof Store, In Koblnson'. Buildlnt, Queen Street. 8. JOHN M. McGREW. I)-, Late Surgeon Y. S. 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L ntt Carriage Making and Trimming! now I WOULD RESPECTFULLYINFORM YOU THAT AGENTS FOR WHEELER ft WILSON'S FAMILY SEWING MACHIENS, WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTSI The HIGHEST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL Over all Others I AWARDED AT THE GREAT WORLD'S EXPOSITION A.T I»A.H.IH. 18671 AGENTS, ALSO, FOX THE HALL TREADLE! A LABOR-SAVING AND HEALTH-PEEBERVING INVENTION! Cue. be etlarbrd te all Sewlag Marhlar. I RECOMMENDED BY THE LADIES On account of the perfect ease with which It operates, the eery slight pressure of the foot that sets It In motion, Its simplicity of construction and action, IU practical durability. Dent ferget to Call aid Exbjblbs for Yanrstlvts I GEORGE WILLIAMS, LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT. dMONTINI'ES THE BUSINESS ON HIS OLD %J Plan of Milling with Ofucors and Beemen immediately on their Shipping at hi. Offloe. Having no connection, either direct or Indirect, with any outfitting establishment, and allow Ing no debts to be collected at hia offloe. he hope, to give aa good satisfaction in the future as he ha. in the past. XT Offloe on J aa. Eobtnaoo A Co.'. Wharf, near the C B. 100 fa Cnosulate. /oil at oa.gaa i. o. asaaiLL. J. C. MERRILL & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneers, 204 and 208 California Stmt, Han Francisco. ALSO, AOBNIB OF TH« San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. employ ths bast Meohanioa in ths lino of Particularittentlon glren to the aale and purshaae ot saer Carriage Making, •hsndiss, ships' buslnes., .upplrlng whaleshlpa, n.gottealng exchange, etc. J. IVloCrtalieiii «5c Co., Carriage and Central Blacksmithing, XT All freight arrlTlng at Baa Fraaelsoo, by or to ths Ho FORWARDING AND Painting, Repairing, dtc, nolulu Line of Paclt.u, will be forwarJed raaa or ooManaaioa. «-fi.nniNNiora it-kirn hai\ts, On tba Hawaiian Group ; and it ia a well established XT Bxcheuf c on Honololu bought and sold. XI BBlaßßaßlaS I»ortla.r»<l, Oregon. faot that our Carriage Trimming, by Mr. B Whit- Messrs. 0. L. Richard, k Co Hooolole •' Co man, Is as wall executed as any in New York City or Hackfeldst H. " BEEN ENGAGED IN OCR PRE. elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saving that C.BrewerkOo " ■ent builneu lor upward, of seven year., and being x " Bishop Oo si " located In a fire proof brlok building, we are prepared to receive we oan manufacture ag good a olaaa of work in Ho- Dr.aW. Wood « and di.poMof Island ataplea, .uch a. Sugar,Rice,Syrup.,Pulu, nololu aa oan bo found in any part of the world. I H00.1.H. Allen Ooßee, Ac, to adrantage. Consignments especially aoUoiled will also SUM bore that wa tally intend to work at D. 0. Waterman, Bsq "" for the Oregon market, to which personal attention will be paid, tha lowest possible ly n!7 M. BENFIELD. advance, rates. cash made when will be required. and upon whioh Honolulu, Nov. 20th, 1871. Sin Faaaotaoo Rsrsasscs.: I HATING Jss. P.trlek ACo Fred. Iken, W. I. Coleman A Co., Bt.ven., Baker A Co. Pobtlabd RaraaaßOßß: Allan A LewU. Ladd A Tllton. Leonard A Ureea Badger A Lludenberger, wa Hoiolclo Raraaaaoaat Walker A alien. ly Bouud Volumes at Reduced Price ! FURNISH BOUND VOLUMES JTrimd on. dollar per annum WEoflortheWILL any number of yean from IMS to the preaeat at price tt)> time. XT Adding the ocet of binding. '.übeerlption Photography. TF THE ORDER. OP IMPROVEMENT ths day. Baring constructed a new Sky-light, and mads variousother ImproTemenls,I hope now to be able to suit the with AtL a?JUoto,sraßvr>l3>., a Crystal to a Mammoth, taken in Of any Site,from thebest Style of the AH, most fastidious And on most rsasenabl. terms. ALSO, for aale Views of the lalaada, Portraits of the BUngs, Hasans,and other Msaanles, Ac SSS ly H. L. CHABB, Fort Street. THE FRIEND : PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TIM. PJCBANCE, BRAHSN, MARINE AND GKNEBAL INTELUajNCB. TERMS; On* copy, per annum, Two ■nstsß. Kvooopioa. . fZOO BXO 6.00 �100 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 18.1. YMoeunnC’ghsH Ariotcaf onolulu. The Robin. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. My old Wel.h neighbor over Ihe way Crept .lowly out in the fun of Spring, Pushed from her ears the locks ol gray, And listened to hear the rnbin .ing. Her grandson, playing at marbles, stopped, And cruel in .port, as boys will be. Tossed a atone .1 the bird, who hopped From bough to bough In the sppie-tree. " Nay," said the grandmother ; " here you sot heard, My poor, had boy, of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, thia merciful bird, Carries tbe water that quenches it' - "He brings cool dew in hia little bill, And let. It fall on Ihe souls of .In ; You can see themark on hia red breast still Of fires that scorch a. he drop, it in. "My pee. Bron rhuddyn ! mybreast-burned l.uu. Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to Ihe heart of Our Lord Is he who pities ths lost like Him !" "Amen !" I .aid to the beautiful myth ; cling, bird of God, la my heart aa well; Each good thought la a drop wherewith To cool and lessen Ihe fires of hell. •• " Prayer, of love like rain-drop, fall, Teara of pity are cooling dew, And dear to the heart of OurLord are all Who Buffer like Hun in the good they do!" "Go Thou and Do Likewise." Imitate the Samaritan who was neighbor So to him who fell among the robbers. said the Saviour to him who inquired, "Who is my neighbor ? " A neighbor is one, who, from compassion and sympathy, ministers to the necessities of suffering fellow creatures. At the great fire at Chicago there were many who took the opportunity to plunder and steal; many draymen and hackmen who demanded fifty or one hundred dollars to take what some poor man hud saved from his burning dwelling, to a place of safety. Such were not neighbors. There are those who will pass by a vessel disabled at sea, without making any effort to ascertain if any of the crew are perishing on board. Such are not neighbors. There are those who invite and urge young men, perhaps young women also, to drink wine and other intoxicating drinks, thus bringing them within the outer circle of tbe maelstrom, with the probability that they will he draw n nearer and nearer the terrible Such center, and sink down' to perdition. are the opposite ofneighbors.. And those who. manufacture and deal in intoxicating drinks, must be plaoid in the same category. For the sake of mammon they minister to the depraved tastes and habits of their fellowmen, and thus help in making drunkards; and, as a consequence, make themselves responsible, in part, for all, - the woes that follow in the wake of drunkenness. At the Chicsgo fire there were many, whose hearts prompted tbem to act the neighbor's part. They were angels of mercy bearing away from the flames the feeble and disheartened, and doing all in their power to provide for those who had lost their all. And there are those among ship captains who do not listen to the suggestion that probably there is no one on board that disabled vessel. The possibility that there may be such decides them to send onboard nnd see; and the saving of the sole survivor in the last stages of starvation is the rich reward. Those who persuade the young never to taste that which intoxicates, or who influence moderate drinkers to become tee-totalcrs, perform a neighborly act, and their reward is sure. And how worthy the name of neighbor would he be, who persuades a manufacturer or dealer in inebriating drinks to give up his accursed business. He would be truly a friend to the man himself, and to thousands of others, who would in consequence escape manifold miseries. Young Men’s Christian Convention at Northampton, Massachusetts. From arprivate letter, we arc permitted to copy the following paragraphs, descriptive of this interesting gathering in the early part of October: The Massachusetts Young Men's Christian Convention held its annual meeting this year in Northampton. So much do we hear of the practical workings of this body in the State, that it was exceedingly gratifying to meet with some of the workers. If any of those engaged in the young men's work in Honolulu, have been discouraged in their undertaking, and the unsatisfactory results (because you know one always finds just snch people everywhere), I would they might have been present at this most enthusiastic gathering. We hear so much with regard to New England ice, and conservatism, that it does one's heart good to see such a hearty enthusiastic gathering as was this at Northampton. Delegates were sent from all parts of the State, bringing with them the record of their past year's work. The work was reported as most prosperous throughout the State, and as promising well for the future. The session lasted for two djryi, and was extremely interesting. Many new and novel features were introduced to render the exercises entertaining. Mr. Kowland, President of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association,' was as Usual very energetic and earnest—a really fine fellow. The afternoon service, which I attended, was opened with a Bible reading, by a Rev. Mr. parsons. He took several chapters in the Gospels, giving a running commentary upon them, in an exceedingly simple but very telling way. Dr. Webb, of Boston, delivered an elaborate address on the Sabbath question, showing the need of the present effort in this direction. No greater difficulty do the associations find in their difficult work than in opposing the increasing tendency in our great cities to the nonobservance of the Sabbath. By far the most interesting service I was able to attend was the open-air prayer meeting on the steps of the town-hall. Such a motley crowd as gathered round to hear the speakers and the sweet music of the hymns. There was something singularly impressive in the groups of rough men listening intently to this good news, so new to many of them. And as each speaker told tbe same sweet story, ever old yet ever new, of the love of Jesus and the notes of the old familiar hymns rang out with a strangely beautiful melody in the night air—it seemed as if indeed the Master stood there, and it was then as centuries ago, when he said " come unto me." So full of song are these Conventions that a praise-meeting seemed bat a fitting out growth of the general feeling. It was conducted by Professor Jourjei of Boston, a very hearty merry little man who counseled every one to sing mqst lustily. And they did so for an hour and more. With all the hundreds of voices and the aid of the organ— the music was wonderful in its power. The address of the evening was made by Rev. Thane Miller, the blind preacher. There was a singular pathos in his blindness which seemed to touch deeply his audience. He spoke most beautifully for an hour; a simple eloquence which was truly powerful. There was nothing slow and wearisome about the meetings, no hesitancy, none of that chilliness which prevails in so many gatherings of Christians. One came away with a heartier feeling oflove for God and men, and a firmer belief in this practical work for Christ. Here a Little, There a Little. There are 5,000,000 Sunday Bchool scholars in the United States, taught by 500,000 teachers. One teacher to ten scholars, which is about the proportion in oar Sunday schools. Vice Versa.—The present wide spread admit women as students in American colleges, is consistently recognized by an anxious father of a promising son, who offers §100,000 to Mt. Hoiyoke Seminary if it will open its doors to young men. The regular meeting of the Association for November was well attended. Discussions took place in regard to the literary supply of the Reading Room for the coming year ; to a change in the method of collecting subscriptions; to public literary entertainments; and to Sunday school work among the Chinese. Committees were pointed to report oa the) different items. It was decided to adopt the plan of subscribing by the members to the amount which they would contribute for a year or other definite movement tp time. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1871) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1871.12.02 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871.12.02