https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/792182c90f5cd3e1d561e4619bbc87b9.pdf 908be52012c99423c3b79ff8b41536e0 PDF Text Text THF E RIEND $& Scries, M. 25, $o. U HONOLULU, JANUARY 1, 1816. 1 1818. W«k of Prayer Hteamer City of San Francisco Poetic Possibilities of the Pacific TheLiving Christ and Dead Oracles Mist Bird's Book on the Islands Cast Thy Bread on theWaters Honolulu Sailors' Home Marine Journal A Hero'sLast Moments Private Secretary of Vice President Wilson The World Going lo School Y.M. C A Pags } 1 I—3 3 *, 3 a » °'' 6 8 » THE FRIEND. JANUARY 1. 1870. New Year, 1876.—To our readers on land and sea, we most heartily wish—A Happy New Year. We opine that it is to be a year of most stirring I'vtDtß in the political and religious world. Prominent among the events of a goneral and worldwide interest will occur the great American Centennial. So far as our narrow limits will allow, we shall notice topics connected with this grand celobration. Much good wo trust will grow out of it, to both America and tbe world. As Qod has made of one blood all nations of men for to "dwell on all the face of tbe earth," wby should they not meet and become acquainted? We are confident it will promote good feeling, and we hope conduce' to the spread of true Christianity. Let us heartily pray for this result, and begin by attending upon the meetings of theweek of prayer in Honolulu, to be held in tbe morning at tbe Bethel and in tbe evening at tbe Fort Street Church. We extend a cordial invitation to all residents, strangers, and seamen. — San Francisco." This is a beautiful sea-going craft, combining all those requisites necessary to fit her for passenger and freight carrying across the broad Pacific. The Webb line of steamers with their cumbrous side-wheels were fitted for passengers, and the English steamers were designed for freight; but now we have really a model steamer combining exactly those qualities required for the route between Sydney and San Francisco. The accommodations and all the " fittings " seemed to be in the highest style of naval architecture and mechanical execution. She has shown that speed is also combined with her other qualities. It was our privilege in 1849 to take passage from Honolulu to Oregon, and from Oregon to San Francisco, on board the steamer Massachusetts, the first propeller built by Ericson, and the first American steamer in the Pacific ; and we cannot but contrast the old Massachusetts of 1849 with the City of San Francisco of 1875. Verily there is progress. It is refreshing to think that hereafter we shall have a line of steamers across the Pacific touching at Honolulu, which must necessarily answer every reasonable wish and expectation of the traveling community and our merchants. Success to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company^ Steamer CONTE&TS For Junisnry 1, "City of A Good Word for Honolulu Mechanics.—We notice in the Gazette of this week, a remark complimentary to the Iron Foundry and the work done at that establishment on the ship Ravenstondale. This reminds " us of the remarks of Capt. Whitney, of the Marianne Nottebohm, now undergoing extensive repairs under the superintendence of Messrs. Sorenson, Tibbets and Emmes. Capt. W., said he never knew ship-carpenThursday, Jan. 6 Prayer for Rulers, Mag- ter-work done better, or men who worked more faithfully. He thought his expenses istrates and Statesmen. Friday, Jaa. 7, Prayer for Christian Mis- would be less than in San Francisco, and sions, and for the conversion of the World the work as well done as in that city or to Christ. 9 York. Such facts as these cannot be Saturday, Jan. 8, Prayer for all Nations. New too known among those having extensively 9, :—The Jan. Sermons ultimate Sunday,' Triumph. Psalm, lxxii:l7. ships disabled in the Pacific. The Week of Prayer, 1876.—The Evan- gelical Alliance suggests the following topics for meditation and prayer on the successive days of the week: Sanday, Jan. 2, Sermons :—The love of God perfected in him who keepeth His word." I John, ii:s. Monday, Jan. 3, Thanksgiving and Con* fession :—A retrospect of the past year. Tuesday, Jan. 4, Prayer for the Church of Christ. Wednesday, Jan. 5, Prayer for families. {©l&Smts, M. 33. [From the Slaile Wreath.] THE POETIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE PACIFIC. The immortality of heroic and poetic deeds and incidents does not depend upon the temporal prosperity of the people or age that gave them birth. The beauty of manly courage and conquest, the divine power of unselfish love, the pathos of life's suffering and pain, as displayed in far off days, still thrill the world; while the poets of our time find their choicest inspiration in lands and scenes of which men have sung and dreamed for three thousand years. Ever loyal to its early classic founts," the world has, " however, found with every advancing phase of history and discovery new themes for song, appearing in varied form and beneath distant skies, mirrored in unfamiliar seas, yet by their very birthright ofpoetic beauty claiming a place among the treasures of the race, Not alone were the shores which skirted the blue waters of the Mediterranean to be the scenes of actions worthy of mention in verse. Even the dwellers there dreamed of a fairer land, nor have their dreams proved false. As has been well said :" To the imagination of the ancient Greek or Roman, the pillars of Hercules formed the entrance into a dark and mysterious sea ; yet, somewhere in its unknown waters toward the setting of the sun, lay, in his belief, the Fortunate Islands, under a clearer sky and in a happier climate than any known in the world of men." Through the centuries as men have sailed out of these dim portals toward the west they have been met by the presence of grander lands, than ever colored the yearning fancy of the Greek; not Elysium, but a new world fitted to be the theater ofmuch of the best history of mankind. The poetry of America has but just begun, but its music of freedom fills the earth. Over its border lies the Pacific. Have we found the Fortunate Islands at last ? The mercilessly practical advance of com- �INK 2 merce and discovery in our ocean has PK I E INID , JANUARY. 1876 , most duction of his muse to the criticism of the j The history of the French (rouble is briefignominiously overthrown many cherished public." Hit son, who is his biographer, ly sketched and with a woman's indignation. ideals of tropic peace nnd beauty. .The dim has in his possession the manuscript and The " Island Queen " is ever prominently uncertain ocean-world far from the noise and quotes briefly from it. One scene represents before the reader in a way to elicit his symbustle of life, with its .fabled calm, its the visit at midnight of " ihe priest of Oro, pathy, though her position and surroundings the Tuhitian fjod of war, to the temple of may be somewhat idealized by the poetess. "sunny skies," where one may hope— that sanguinary deity " as described by the; England is dismissed with no very gentle "To lave tbe weary breast la floods of beauty—and to be ut rest," priest himself, a few lines of which may be touch : is burdened, too, with its cares and not of interest : " With us the shame should rest No human loot That o'er the land, aud through each British breast barred against the approach of grief and Save those of Oro's"priest, e'er trod st night There thrilled no deeper feeling at tbe cry pain. The dwellers in the far off isles have Those paths, and walked again; but spirits stood Of that foul wrong—thnt queen's great sgony. been found to need a more substantial diet Around great Oro, waiting; h?ralde fleet Ours is the shame, that proud enlightened meu With noiseless Htep, along the mazy walks And women too, —uuy even Christians—when than the lotus, and life to be something else Passed to and fro incessant. Mortal sound That ory came o'er the deep with fearful swell. solemn stillness uf that hour— than a vision of moonlight among palms. Broke not thelofty Scarce lent a listening car, but turned to tell trellice-woven roof But from the Their sordid gain?, us if a breeze had pussid. While the darkest forces of sin and error Of branching palms, and fohsge deep of grey Or some fruil leaf had fluttered iv the blast." venerated trees, whose, moss-grown trunks and human passion seem to have gathered And transient Our own islands have not been deemed shown, 13y meteors gleaming appeared and warred most fiercely, where God's hand Fantastic pillars in the sacred pile; wriiers lacking in incidents for poetical by deep mid dark, has rested most lovingly in the outer world. And from (he temple's cavern's thought and expression. The descent of Were heard the voices loud or low of gods Hence, for those ol us who are familiar And spirits mingling. Listening unto these Kapiolani into the crater of Kilauea, though lay, till half the reign of night wns past; with the more prosaic side of tropical life, it IWhen 'neiith the power ol sleep by Oro sent often described, yet is so peculiarly adapted may be rather difficult to realize that we live I sank unconscious." to fire the Christian poets imagination that in anything of an atmosphere of poetic senIt is an interesting fact that Mrs. Ellis, '■ it will outlive in verse the race among whom timent. At least the near presence of many who is widely known as the author of it occurred. Of the act itself a recent writer sober realities renders us keenly alive to the Sons of the Soil " and Women of Eng" says " It whs more sublime than Elijah s " shadows rather than the lights in the picture land," has made an effort in the same direc- appeal on the soft green slopes of Carmel." which might be painted of Pacific scenes tion. In 1846 she published "The Island A number of years ago an English clergyand characters. It is not at all true, how- Queen," a poem in nine books, the main man published a poem of considerable length ever, that those who dwell face to lace with theme ol which is the seizure of Tahiti by entitled " Kapiolani," and recently there has scenes which have become interwoven with tbe French and the wrongs of Pomare, the appeared in an English magazine another the practical facts of everyday experience,' queen. The act itself is an ineffaceable poem on the same theme. The writer of which have a value mainly as viewed from ■tain upon French history and diplomacy, the latter (poem), though relying on his ima business stand-point, or at best are so not the less so because it was committed | and the brief statements of history agination familiar as to be unnoticed and unthought against a defenceless people and a native I and narrative, has handled his subject in a of,—it is not at all true, we say, that such I queen in the Pacific. The light which had vigorous and striking manner. persons are the best judges of the poetic pos-1 dawned upon Tahiti, with the advent of: The life and conquest of Kamehameha I sibilities which may lie enfolded in the j Christianity, the exquisite natural beauty of j have in them many elements of poetry. scenes and life about them. Those who this gem of the Southern Ocean, the shame- j Though acting in a limited sphere he manihave found the philosopher's stone of speech, j less and unprovoked violence of one of! fested a genius and enterprise, an indomitathe poets, gather golden themes and inspira- the most 'powerful nations of Europe, the ble will worthy of more than mere historic tion where the multitude would sec nothing apathy of England when implored for aid, mention. His progress from island to island, but the severest prose. in contrast with the nobler spirit and purer the brave and yet vain efforts of his oppoSuch opportunities there are in the Paci- j purpose of a people who stood but on the nents, their defeat and destruction amid surfie, and we claim that it is waiting only for threshold of a new faith, all seem to have roundings of unusual grandeur, the imperial voices, clear and musical enough to sing its inspired the writer to give to the world a determination which fired the chief to unihistory and unsurpassed loveliness, to prove j poem, abounding in passages of more than versal sway, and the golden age of peace that the old world of poetry was richly the ! ordinary merit. Speaking of thenar which which followed after this turmoil and strife, gainer when this new and nnknown ocean j is*the natural outgrowth of heathenism and possess more than a local interest. A poem first flashed upon its discoverers. idolatry, she says : written some years since by a gentleman of There have been a few attempts in pre- j •'Fear of the stormy cloud—the dismal night— Honolulu, purporting to be an address to Of wreck by sea, or war's resistless might. senting some of the incidents of Polynesian Fear Kamehameha I by one of his own race, is of tbe God himself; history in verse, not very ambitious truly Fear of the power that rides upon the deep. well worthy of thoughtful perusal. The but interesting in their applicability to the That wakes the winds, or lulls tbe waves to sleep; lines have a glow and earnestness closing Fear of tbe spirit both of death and life; subject before us. In a recently published I Suoh is idolatry, and on those shores which might find an echo in many a heart memoir of the Rev. Mr. Ellis, famous as a Where floods of beauty nature freely pours. to-day : soft green islands of the Southern Sea, missionary to Madagascar and at one time Those Where Fancy dreamed that paradise might be; " Breathe one draught Of thy old vigor forth over the land. settled on these islands, the fact is stated j Suoh was Ihe worship, ever marked by fear, And pray for it in thy abiding place, breathed its deadly curse from year to year, that " he projected and very nearly finished ;; Whioh Wherever that may be; and pray for me Sweeping its waves of desolation, far That I may govern worthy of my race, an epic poem entitled Mahine, the main As spread the blight, or rolled tbe tide of war." Rouse up my people from their baneful trance. theme of which was the overthrow of idolaIn contrast with this notice the effect of And in the appointed time join unabashed My crowned ancestors." try in the Society Islands." It was read by the new religion : Then the swift from to isle. spread tidings isle Wordsworth, Montgomery and Southey, and From To the beauty of our scenery there has " many a lip bat little used to smile the author was encouraged by them to pub- Words of new rapture woke and knees in prayer been abundant testimony, but none more bent, and hymns were in the air. lish it, but he seems, as his son says, to have Were poetically expressed in prose than Miss Blending sweet music with the sunny calm been too diffident ever to submit this pro- Which fell on hearts long tried, with healing balm." Bird's recent book nor more musically in < : ' • , " — — �JANUARY, IHI 6 . 3 I HE FRIEND. Miss Bird's Book on the Islands. little poem by Stoddard on unto the children of men, of life and hope lives, the still beyond inspires grave, speaks, Lahaina, Testimonials come from various sources and consoles,—now more and more in the the wave tumbles, " Where recent publication of Miss Where the reef rumbles. light of advancing science ; and his spirit regarding the of Where the sea sweeps much reading and culture Bird. lady A moves with triumphant step along with the Under bending palm-branches, thus writes Ohio verse than a Sliding its snow-white : - And swift avalanches; Where shadows falter. Where the mist hoveix Like steam that covers Some ancient altar; Where the dawn struggles With night for un hour. Then breaks like a tropical Bird from its bower — " If we have gleaned anything of interest from what has been said and written, may we not in it find prophecies and promises of a continued poetry for our Ocean? We will not claim for our ihemes any very exalted place, only a right to be heard among the melodies of older and more honored nations. For coming from a common parent-stock in the dim past have these ocean-dwellers found new homes among the countless islands of the Pacific. The mystery which enshrouds their origin is poetry itself, but he who may yet come to sing their birth must chant too the requiem over rices fast fading before the approach of other and stronger peoples. Lowly and unknown as is their history, we shall yet see more clearly their place in the common brotherhood of our humanity, while these foam-girt isles will still remain to be the scene tf some new revelation in the divine and harmonious plan of Him who is God and Father of F. W. D. us all. The Living Christ and Dead Oracles. To the Editor of the Friend: Whilst writing to you on the subject of Hindoo poetry,* and its claim as the sacred writing of a numerous people, 1 was led to reflect upon the deadness of all the past oracles of the world, except the Spirit of Christ, which is now the only living influence to lift up the hearts of men, above this planet, to another and a better life. Those imagined gods of India, Krishna, Vishnu and Indra, are now mere poetic and patriotic traditions, and are no longer as of old, powers with life and death in the voices of their oracles. Confucius is no more than a Chinese classic, and Salivana the founder of the philosophic faith of Asia is but a name for an Indian era. All the gods are indeed gone ; Jupiter and his classic Olympian company, along with those bloody imaginations tailed Ashtaroth, Moloch and Baal have been extinguished by the advancing intelligence and awakened common sense of mankind, even as our Hawaiian Lonos and Kanekoas were destroyed. But Christ alone, of all the voices, oracles and powers that ever spoke • Sot Friend, Nov,-uiU-r, 187.V us from march of progress, so that faith in Christ is "My husband finished ' the Bird-book an awakening and consoling influence for lust evening. It has been an evening only the heart of the philosopher as well as the for some weeks his reading to me. I delight little) child of our enlightened age. call it ' the Bird-book,' for the writer seems The skeptic and materialist admit that more bird-like than woman. She sings and human nature craves and needs the consola- soars in her descriptions nnd floats about if she had notion of mercy and love, which its own disap- a.:.ong your island glories, as cannot at all to tire or feel pain ! I body pointing existence can never supply. And understand how she could do all or a tenth what story, myth, oracle or so-called sacred part she did, unless her nature as well as writing has in the slightest degree furnished \ her name be Bird" the idea of such consolation to man except This is only one of many favorable comthe Bible ? There was glory and pleasure ments upon the book. We could wish it promised by various oracles to kings, princes was issued in a cheap form and generally and successful men ; but nowhere else has ■ circulated. If an edition was printed for the the commonalty and mass of mankind found great centennial and offered for sale, we any assurance of a helper here and beyond think many purchasers would be found. It the grave, except in the Story of the Cross. '■ appears to us that the government has taken It is a wonder that this story and its mar-! a step in the right direction in purchasing a velous subject does not arrest and absorb the few hundred copies of both Whitney's " Haattention of every thoughtful man, far more waiian Guide Book " and Thrum's "Almathan any canto of classic war or legend of nac," for gratuitous distribution in PhiladelRunic or Vedic imagination. This story is phia. "But what are they among so beyond all literature, being a power in the many?" What is needed more than all is hearts of men. It is a trumpet-tongued a volume of popular sketches upon these isloracle, and at the same time a still small ands nnd Polynesia generally, which could voice which will speak unto the listening be sold for say one doWtr, and depend upon ears of man with the quickening force of a it thousands of copies would pass out into the living potential voice. And so 1 must con- reading world. Who will undertake the entinue to wonder that philosophic or thought- terprise ? Our friend, Mr. Gibson, we are ful souls shall continue to observe the effect confident, could write just what is needed. and influence of this only one and mightiest We wish he would try his pen. of all oracular utterances, and yet not seek Henry Wilson and Amasa Walker Defor an interpretation of it unto their hearts, as they have sought for an interpretation of bating the Currency Question in 1840.— The first public debate between political opan Iliad or a Mahabarata. ponents in New England that attracted parAs lorged coin proves the value of the ticular attention was in 1840 in Natick, genuine, so do false gods prove in the heart Mass. The disputants were the late Amas« of man the consciousness and need of a true Walker and Henry Wilson, and their talk currency One. And as the true coin stands every was, singularly enough, on the question, which is no more settled now than test, so does the true God respond to every it was at that day. Walker was strong fo appeal of the intelligent soul. The imagin- hard money, and Wilson advocated a ns ation of man in all the classic poetry of tional bank A great crowd of people cam Greek or Hindoo conceived only a heaven ato hear the debate which was conducted in decorous manner and without asperity and a hereafter for prirte ; but Christ alone though the times were hot with political ex has offered a Heaven unto Love, and as love citement. Mr. Walker was then a prom is the supreme power of every soul, and the nent merchant in Boston, and Mr. Wilson entire sum and object of existence, therefore working shoemaker. That the former fe little superior to Mr. Wilson may well be does Christ prove, and they who believe feel abelieved, but, as the latter had the sympa assurance of the proof, that He alone is the thies of the audience in greater measure, h true Oracle; and His story and those that was not disposed to claim any decided victo bear witness of Him are the only sacred ry in the encounter. The combatants shook writings that respond unto the needs of hands at the close of the discussion, and which lasted until the man's existence. W. M. G. formed ofa friendship death Mr. Walker. That Mr. Wilson would obtain a lease of a seat in the United All true Christians must be like Noah's States Senate from Massachusetts for twenark, that was pitched within and without. ty years, and be its presiding officer for four They must have a holy inside, and a holy years, seemed then as unlikely as anything outside ; their profession and practice must one could imagine ; but so it was.—Providence Star. agree together. ' ' ' �TII X 4 THE FRIEND. JAVUAKV I. 1876. Cast Thy Bread upon the Waters, and Thou Shalt find it after Many Days. The following facts afford an apt illustration of these words of Solomon. In 1854, or a quarter of a century ago, the report having reached the islands that Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan was successful, the Hawaiian missionary society immediate-1 ly voted one thousand dollars for a church in Yokohama, and the money was placed in the treasury of the American Board of Missions. As ihe Board had no mission there, the money was not then used ; but on the visit of the U. S. S. Powhattan at Honolulu in March, 1860, Chaplain Wood made an appeal in behalf of Japan, when the following vote of the society was passed : "Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to write to Dr. Anderson on behalf of this Society, rci|iiesting that if the $1,000 remitted by theTreasurer of this Society to Ihe Treasurer of tbe Board, on the 17th of November, 1854, towards the establishment of a Mission in Japan, is still unappropriated, aud its appropriation for that purpose is not contemplated through any agency of the Board, then the Treasurer of the Board be requested to pay the same over to the Rev. Henry Wood, at present Chaplain of the U. 8. steamer Powhatlan. towards tbe ereotion of a missionury obapel, at such place in Japan as shall be deemed expedient by Ihe evangelical missionaries located at Yokohama (fix ) Mr. Brown and bis associates." Years passed on, and no effectual steps were taken by the friends of missions for a church among the inhabitants of Japan, which called for this money, so carefully kept until needed. Mrs. Armstrong has placed at our disposal a letter, recently received from the Rev. Dr. Brown, which explains in a most satisfactory manner the expenditure of the one thousand dollars. Under date of October 26th, 1875, he thus writes: " I send you by this mail steamer a copy of tbe Japan Gazette of the 24th July last, which contains an account of the dedication of our new mission church, for the erection of which the people, or n portion of the people of the Sandwich Islands, gave tbe first $1,000. I wish you would so dispose of that newspaper that those people or their survivors may see and know that at laat a fine substantial brick church, with stone trimmings around the openings, and stained glass windows presented by T. C. Dot-e-mus, Esq., of New York, baa been built, and that this place of worship Is now used every Lord's day by a native church and congregation, at 9 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. m.; in tbe morning for preaching, and in the afternoon for a Sunday school. The paper will show you whsnoe the balance of the funds necessary for the ereotion of the church was received. I want tbe good people who first showed their desire to have a place of worship for Ihe living God, to know that though fourteen or fifteen years have elapsed since they moved in this matter, their effort has not failed; but the end ia accomplished in tbe creation of Ihe largest and finest ohuroh edifice in this oountry. There is nothing to compare with it in architectural beauty and solidity of structure. All the seal* in it are made of a handsome wood called Keaki, a species of elm, the timbers having heen taken from old dilapidated Buddhist temples. Thas heathenism contributed to the house of God. A congregation of 160 or so regularly meets there for worship. Tbe church of Yokohama, called simply 'he Church of Christ, numbers now, after sending I XIX V . .. J \ I) \ I I X 18 76. oil" one colony to Yedo and aome of its members to the north end of Ibis island, about 130 or 40,1 believe. There are now ten Protestant oburches among tbe natives of Japan. The Yedu church numbers about 80. I have but a few moments in whioh to write now, and you must excuse my haste. I have had to slop ill the midst of this letter lo hear two Japanese young nieu, who wish to become ministers of the gospel, recite a lesson in Greek grammar. Tbey want to be able to read tbe New Testament in the original, aud they have made such progress in English and English studies that I have undertaken to instruct them in Greek. "To resume the subject of the churches. There must be as many ss 600 members in sll the ten churches. A spirit of earnest inquiry respecting Christianity prevails in this and other parts of Ihe country. While I was out in the mountains of Hakone the lost summer, I administered the Lord's supper to nine native Christians who happened to be there, and found the people on beyond the mountains waking up to ask what Christianity is—tired of their old idolatry and afraid of Romanism. On the whole. I regard this as one of the most promising fields of missionary ctlort in the world. The government will not venture again lo punish men for becoming Christians. The director of the government press at Yedo is willing to publish the Scriptures as fast as we translate them ! That is a token of liberty. The native converts are preaching in many places here and at Yedo, and a month does not pass without additions to the churches by confession. Enemies write against Christianity, and yet even this is an evidence that mind is not torpid or indifjerent, a fact that is in itself encouraging. Please remember me lo Dr. Damon, and tell him that seamen are turning to the Lord frequently at this port. A good colporteur, partly supported by the Seamen's Friend Society and partly by Christians here, is faithfully aud successfully laboring among the ships' crews in port. A temperance ball is opened for seamen to frequent for board and lodging, aud pretty well patronized by them. A daily prayer meeting is kept up here, and the gospel is preached by missionaries or ministers passing through the " and the expenditures, is 82,532 49. This difference, however, has been made up in the management of the funds that have been in the hands of the Trustees from time to time, since 1861. It has been their aim to finish the work as soon as it could be done without incurring a dollar of debt. Ordination of Two Hawaiian Missionaries at Gilbert Islands. Mr. Chamberlain, delegate of the Hawaiian Board, thus writes under date of July 24th, thirty-three days from Honolulu, on board the Morning Star: "Lono and Kanoho have been ordained to-day; sermon by Leleo, who is quite up to— if not ahead in spirituality and far more eloquent; ordaining prayer by Kanoa; right hand of fellowship by Maka ; and charge by Kapu. These exercises managed entirely by our Hawaiians were most interesting and touching,—the cool church, roughly matted with braided cocoanut leaves, rudely seated with lauhala framed settees, church members all reasonably clad. We have seen more civilization here on Butaritari than in all the islands beside, and there is u greater progress on the part of the people. Afler " these exercises the communion was dispensed by the two new pastors, assisted by two deacons (one a brother of the king), splendid men, clad and in their right minds. Then followed the Sabbath school; the scholars were mostly adults, and recited well. When the general questions were asked, in presence of the mission, they answered clearly and place." was good. 1 have distinctly. The We clip the following paragraphs from no doubt God hassinging a people here. I believe the Japan Gazette, as alluding to the new the Holy Spirit has been present in every church building meeting. I feel there is great reason for The next contribution received was from hope, trust, courage and confidence. In the Hon. R. H. Pruyn, the successor of Mr. some islands the feather-gods are being abanHarris as Minister of the United States at doned, and there is a demand for the Holy Yedo. On his departure for home, he left Scriptures. Twice the number received from with me five hundred dollars to be appro- Honolulu could have been distributed." priated to the building of the church. SubMr. Chamberlain refers in his correspondsequently, a donation of 850 was received ence to a brutal murder committed by a from seamen on board H. B. M.'s ship pagan on an Englishman by the name of Ocean. The_ Rev. C H. H. Wolff contributed St. John Keyse, whose sisters (say the Rev. 815.77, which he received from Japanese Mr. Taylor and Capt. Randolph) arc marpupils, in tuition fees. $559 were contrib- ried to a dean, a bishop, and an army colonel uted by the Rev. J. H. Ballagh, the same in England. He adds :" We shall probabeing the pay he received ns a teacher in bly get up the facts for the British CommisTakashimaya's school for three months. Besides the above donations, all of which were sioner in Honolulu." free and unsolicited, Mr. Ballagh received from friends in America, during his visit Twenty-First Annual Report of the Honolulu there in 1868-9, the sum of 82,373.83 in U. Sailors' Home Society. S. currency. The total of these various conOur Sailors' Home has been open to visittributions amounted to 85.445.4S in gold, ors and boarders during another year. The not including the cost of the stained glass windows, which is unknown to me. In ad- executive committee can report that the indition to these donations, a lady of Yoko- stitution stands forth with a character estabhama has given to the church a communion passed through table and table linen; and a lady in Albany, lished, paving successfully and of period youth, and now the infancy New York, has presented to the native church a handsome communion service. has attained its majority. During this long The whole amount expended on the church period of twenty-one years, its usefulness building and the Sunday school room attach- has never been questioned, and its success ed to it is about 87,977 97. The final set- has surpassed the sanguine expectation tlement with the builder having not yet been of itsfar We have perhaps had fewer founders. made, it is impossible to give the exact cost to encounter difficulties and overcome than of the whole. The diflerence between the money receipts the friends of such institutions arc called to : �J I.\ I Alt .. 1876. MARINE JOURNAL. encounter in other and larger sea-ports. Reports come to us from Europe and Amer- ica, that sailors' homes are sustained, but not without many severe trials and difficulties which demand a strong faith and much benevolence on the part of the friends of such institutions. We are now, as we have i been in former years, peculiarly fortunate in securing the services of efficient and trust- PORT ARRIVALS. Dec. McMurlry, 169 days from Liverpool I-Brit bk WAglaia. Frost, 34 days from Portland. It Bessie, 4—Am bk 9—Am Schr C M Ward, Lambert, 26 dys fm Guam. Is 10—Affibk Bucna Vista. Lu'irln, 49 dys hn Port Gamble 11—Am ichr Bonanza, Brown, 21 daya fm S Francisco 12—P MCo ss Vaaco dc aims. Rice, 21 days fm Sydney Id—Am bk Clara Bell, P P Shepherd, 21 days from Sau Francisco. 16—Haw wli bk Desmond, Smith, from Arctic, with 560 wh. (100 wal, 9000 hone, 6000 Ivory. 17—Haw brig Pomarr, Hatfield, 38 days from llolabola. 17—Brit stmr Mikado. Moore, 7 days and 17 hours from rian Francisco. 18—P MCo ss City of San Fraoclsco, Lachlan, 7 days and 11 hours from San Francisco. 18—Am bk D C Murray. Fuller, 18 days fmS Frand.co 20—Haw brig Giovanni Aplani, Dorlty, 2D days from Tahili. 29—Am schr Panonis, Kustel, 17 days from Humboldt. I worthy managers. Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe have most faithfully and successfully discharged their duties during the past year. We have not only heard no complaints, but many expressions of commendation from boarders and visitors at the Home. With the funds derived from rent and the concert of Philip Phillips, the executive committee were enabled to paint the building thoroughly and make other necessary repairs, and without incurring any debt or calling upon the public for additional aid. The report of the treasurer will show that the of the society is good, or at leSPwe have no debt to retard our progress. Mr. Dunscombe reports that 8 captains, 22 officers, 55 seamen, and 200 men-of-wars-men have been lodged and boarded at the Home, besides numerous transient travelers and strangers. As a society we feel under special obligation to the Y. M. C. A. for sustaining their excellent reading room, which is becoming more and more a place of resort for seamen, strangers and residents. It could not be discontinued without serious inconvenience and injury to the public. Our society can enter upon its labors for another year fully confident of continued usefulness. S. C. Damon, Chairman Executive Committee. OF HONOLULU, S. I. $ rash on hand at date of last report aceelved from proceeds of concerts given by Philip Phillips •■ lionsiion by F. T O'llalloran, Esq From rent of corner office » 8 <X> J* •*6 00 100 00 'JW Total avails Thera has been paid E. Dunscombe sundry accounts *2* 86 39 To Dillingham Co., hill of paints M SO To Ohas. Smith, paintinn the Home «» JJJ * ■ -- p stlO 00 - ..... I »M a balanceof LeaTlnf •.-■—..balance, but quite In the hands of your Treasurer, a small satisfactory In vlsw of the fact that the building has been thoroughly painted on the outside,and the cost of same fully paid without a call for subscriptions. Respectfully submitted, Chas R. Bishop, Treasurer, By Jobu Jl. Taty. Honolulu, Dec 27,1876. — Gaulle of bulwarks aprumr Jibhoom, started ship aleak In upper work*. From thence to lat 28 bail strong 8 E winds, and from thence to port light and variable winds and calms. Has 1,160 bbls oil, 10.000 lbs bone, 7,000 lbs Ivory, and 1 cask furs. RaroßT or 8S Mieado, Moose, Conbubdeb.—Weigh, d anchor at Ban Francisco at 13 12am on th« 10th Dec, discharging pilot at 1 a in. and ahortly alterwarda had lo stop the engines for fully two hours to repair machinery, and Anally made a fair start at 3a in During the night of the lath, the main yard was carried away in Ihe slings, thus rendering the squaresails on ths ni-in mast perfectly useless tor the rest of ihe passage Weather on ihe whole fine, wind southerly southerly. No NE tradea. It Y Übamib, Purser Rspobt or SS City or Bab Fbabcibco, I M I.achi.ax. Commabbeb.—LedSan Francisco December 10th,at 1 o'clock Experienced moderate weather till Wednesday, Ihe pin 16th,then had strong head winds ami heavy squalls, also vivid lightning; thence to port moderate easterly and SB wind... Fridsy ihe 17lh. at noon, passed a bark supposed lo be the D C Murray. Arrived at Honolulu December ISth. at 380a m. Refort or Bask D C Mubbay, A Fuller. Mabtsb.— Left San Francisco Nov SOlh, at 11a m. In tow of Sol Thomas. First three days out weather very unsettled, with plenty rain and fresh winds Irom 8 with very heavy SW aea. The next Aye days line weather and with light winds from N and working to the E. Next seven days wind moderate between E and SE with line weather and occasional rain squalls, and then it hauled to SW light ami liallling. Dec 17th, at noon, was passed by a steamer supposed to be Ihe City of Ban Francisco bound Ihe same wsy. DEPARTURES. Dec. 4-llaw hrig Wm II Allen. Chavc, for Tahiti. 4—ll BUS Pcterel, Captain Cookson, for Tahili. 6—U S S Tuscarora, CommanderJ N Miller, cruise. S—Am bk W U Heasie, Frost, for Hongkong. 6—Tahitian bk lonia, l.ovegrove, lor Tahiti. 7—Am bk Mattle Macleay, Walter, for Portland, O. B—Am schr Fanny, Worth, for SanFrancisco. 9—Am ship Syren, Newell, for New Bedford, Mass. 9—Am wh bk Cornelius Howland, lloman, lo cruise. 9—Am wh hk James Allen, Keenan, to cruise. 10—Am wh bk Java2d, Fisher, lo cruise. 11—(Serinan bark Ceder, Rohlfa, for Corinto. Nicaragua 12—P M Co ss Vaaco dc Guns, Rice, for ban Francisco IS—Am bk 11 W Almy, Freeman, for San Francisco. IS—Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, for theColonies. 18—F M Co ss City of San Francisco, lachlan, for Auckland and Sydney 18—Brit bk Aglaia, McMoilry, for Portland. 22—Am bk Buena Vista, Hardies, forPort Gamble. 22—Am wh bark Triton, llrpplngalone, for N Bedlord. £I—Am schr Bonanza. Brown, for San Francisco. 23—Am ship Emerald, Lolgrin, for Port Gamble. 31—Haw brig I'omare, English, for Tahili. MEMORANDA. Collision.—A letter received here dated London, Nor IS, auyi: "The Haw bk Ka Moi, Capt Haltermann, left Bremen for Honolulu Nov Ist. During the night of the 9th, when off lleachy Head, she came inlo collision with Ihe ship Superb, Capt Low. of and from London for Port Phillip. The latter Sailannual of the meeting Home.—The Bailors' put back to the Downs and anchored, with mizzen royal mast away and other damage, while Ka Moi lost her bowors' Home Association was held at the depository of carried sprit, *c, and proceeded Sir the river (Deal) in low. Two of the Home on Mondsy, Deo. 27th, at 11 a. m. The the crew of Ka Moi Jumped on board ihe Superb during ihe Fbancib Uiboiiah. collision and remained. Treasurer stated a balance of $1 81 to be on band, Refobt or Schoobbb C M Wabd, W Lambert, Masteb. Left Honolulu October 13th,and arrived at Jarvls Island after all liabilities are paid. The following gentleihe 26th. Left Jarvls Nov 3d and arrived at Enderbury men were elected as Trustees for the coming three on Island on theBth. Left there next day for Baker's Island, arriving on the lllh. Nov 12th aslled for Howland's Island, years: arriving on the 13th. Left there for Honolulu same day. Has Mr. J. H. Paty, Hon. 8. N. Castle, had light winds theentire trip. Arrived in Honolulu Dec 9th. 0. Wilder, lion. S. Schaefer, —The 0 M Ward reports: Sailed from Jarvls lslsnd Sept Mr. F. A. ship Mount Washington, 1600 tons guano) Nov 2, bark Dole. H. 0. 30. Sheldon, Mr. Mr. H. L. Jalawar.834 tons. The report of the Executive Committee commendFrom Enderbury Island, Oct 6, ship Lady Blessingloo, 1600 ed the management of the Home, by Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe, and gave a satisfactory and hopeful account of tbe condition and usefulness if the Sailors' Home, speaking also in high terms of the assistance rendered by tbe Young Men's Christian Association and tbe benefit derived from tbe Reading Room by strangers and residents. The following is the Treasurer's report: 5 NUKMi, INK tons. From Baker's Island, Oct », bark Emma 0 Beal, 760 tans- — Repobtof 88 Vasco d»Gama,J F Bice, Commander Left Sydney Nov 19th at 8 p m, aud arrived at Auckland on the 24th at 10a m—4 days and 14 hours, said lo be the quickest passage ever made from Sydney to Auckland. Left Auckland Nov 25th at 1 p m for Kandavu, and arrived there on Ihe ■29th at 8 |i m. Received passengers and freight Iron 88 Cyphrenes snd left Nov 30th at 6 30 p m for Honolulu. Parsed the Islandof r>aval (Samoan group) Dec 2d at 9 a m, and arrived at Honolulu Dec lllh at 11.30 p m. Report or Babe Claba Bell, P P BHEPHian, Mabtsb. —Left San Francisco on Thursday, Nov 261h, with light wind froai the W which lasted 24 hours, then hauled lo Ihe BE and 8 with rain, suddenly hauling to NW and very light lor another 24 hours; then calm, and wind from SSW very strong with heavy cross sea. For the next six dnys did not make any progress toward the islsnds. Then the wind healed to the N w, round to N At N E and E, and settled in the BE, and very light until sighting Hawaii on Sunday. Dec 12th, SO miles distant. Have had light banting winds until arrival-, have bean live days around these island*. Ripobt or Bate Pomabe. J H IUTriELn. Masteb.— Ufl Borahora Nov 14th with wind light from NNW and rain. On the 2*l in lat 11 ° 20" S long 149 «• 80" W encountered strong gale from NNW with heavy squalls and rain, which lasted SS hours, thence to equator which was dossed Dec 3d in long 148°36' W with light winds f.om NNB. Dec 12th south end of Hawaii bore N W, thence lo port had calms and llghl westerly winds. RaroaTor Haw Wh Be Desmond, Smith, Mabtbb— l«ft HeraldIslandOct 9, had heavy N E galea down lo BherIng Straits, which passed through Oct 18, and went into Plover Bay on Ihe 10th. Left on the 31st and passed through Fox Islands Nov. o. Aboutihe middle of November, near lat 4« N, encountered a heavy N E gale, which lasted nine long 170 days. Shlpiß-d »oiHe heavy seas, stove Wo boats, loat a part «. PASSENGERS. Fob Bbebeb—Per R C Wylle. Nov 27th-T Q Wabsr. Fob Tahiti—Per WII Allen, Dec 4lh—Ed Wilkies, Mr Ahkim. Fob PoBTLABO-Per Matlie Mack-ay, Dec 6th—A X Philbrook and wife, J H Connerley. Fbob Ouabo IsLAßns-Pcr C M Ward, Dec 9th—Capt R Brlggs and wife, and 21 natives. Fbom Sab Fbabcisco—Per Bonanza, Dec lllh—C PMillIslier, T Buiter. Fbob Austbalia—Per Vasco dc (lama, Dec 12th—Rev J II Ethcridge, snd 39 In transitu for San Francisco. Fob Sab FaASCisco--Per Vasco deGama, Dec 12th—Mrs C F Mills, Mix H Raymond. E 8 Tlhby. Capt Bairnson, Mrs E Smith. W G Poole, Msjor Geo W Macfarlane, Mrs MactarIsne, Mrs Farewell, 1) Msnaon. Mrs Wells and 4 children, F Ellis, W r allien, J Carley, F Eastwood, and 1 Chinaman. Fob San Fbabcisco—Per H W Almy, Dec l»th—J C Temple. Fbom Sab Fbabcisco—Per Clsra Bell, Dec loth—ll Hawaiian seamen. Fbom Bobaboba—Per Poraare. Dec 17lh—1 Chinaman. Fbom Bab Fbabcibco—Per Mikado,Dee 17th—Mrs Stoddard. Mrs Makeesnd child, O Davles, J W Glrrtn. T Ellwood, T U Rercli, A McF Davis, II McOrew, 13 in the steerage, and 141 for the Colonies. Fbom Bab Fbabcibco—Per City of San Francisco, Dec lllh —Misses C and M Richards, Miss A J Alllster, Miss 8 II Burhaua, W W Hall, R Schmidt, A W Lesler, R J Shirley, Chsa West, Mrs Leadbeiter and Infant, Mrs Carson, Mrs Ilea*, Paul Maury, 1 A Collins, II Thompson. Fbom Sab Fbabcibco—Per D C Murray, Dec lllh—lion R P Spalding and wife, Mrs Tucker. Miss 8 Campbell. RM Fuller, II Werllts, J W Klrkley, T W Davis, W Fransen, Wm Gens. Fob Sydbit—Per City ol Ban Francisco, Dec IIIB—Thos Dunham. Fbobj Tahiti—Per Giovanni Aplanl. Dec 20lh—Cap* J C Cook, Jno Best, Chas Boyle, Thos Boyle. Fob Bab Fbabcisco—Per Bonanza, Dec 23d—B L Boley, E M O'Sallivati. MARRIED. Masob -Bolbtib —At St. David's Church. Sydney, N. S. W., Sept. 80th, by the Rev. J D. Langtey, Aqee, third son of the law Mr. Charles Mason, of Queensland, to Miss Isabella, oldest daughter ol Mr. Alexander Bolster, formerly of Honolulu, and grand-daughter of Mr. A. 8. Bolster, of this city. An Poo—Kaapvole—ln this city, December 14th,hy Rev. B.C. Damon, Joseph Am Poo, aChinaman, to Loss Kaaplole, both of Honolulu. Gbben—Cloustos—ln this city, December 20th. at Ihe residence or Capt Babcock, by Rev 8 C Damon, Mr FaSDEbice Martin Gbeen to Miss Annie Ci.oubtor, both of Honolulu. DIED. Thompson—ln Parle. France, at the convent of the Sisters Bth, of cancer In the stomach. Mabia or Hope, November of Tebeba Thompson, San Francisco and lately of Henololu, aged 64 years. BicxißTO×ln this city, December Bih, after an Illness of a few hours, Maby Madolibe Colleoe, the beloved wile of Mr R. F. Biekerlon, Jr., aged 26 yean, 3 months and 11 days. XT English and Australian papers please copy. Cbowbinqbkbo—At Makawao, Maul. December 17th,the Infant daughter of David and Emma Crownlngburg, aged 1 year and 6 mouths. Information Wanted respecting Mr JAMES NORTON, (colored) who sailed from New Bedford Nov.is 19, ISM. The last lime heard from, be was in Honolulu. He between 32 and 33 >ears of «|e, la nearly six feet high', has gray eyes, lie has piupeny Ml him i.rown hair, and la of a stout build by his mother, whois dead. �THE tKIE N D 6 SF eamn's riend. A Hero's Last Moments. SOME PARTICULARS THE DEATU OF COMMODORE OF GOODENOUGH. Bie circumstances of the treacherous killing of modore Goodenough or tho British navy, two of his ufficers, by savages of the Solomon Islands with poisoned arrows, wore contained in our columns at tho time of the occurrence. Of hit lost momenta tho London correi-pondent of tbe Pittsburg Gazette thus writes : We have just received particulars, and while they make us mourn thai such a man should have been lost to the world, they are u refreshing contrast to the sickening catalogues of bliinilerß mid accidents and crimes of which wo usually read. It seems that tho Commodore was 0110 of thoee grand men, such ns liavelock, Pattiaon ami Sclwyn, who seem to lie created to render faith the early Christian heroes easier for us in these degenerate days. Kvory one loved him, ami his secretary, Air. Perry, like a second Queen Eleanor, sucked the poisoned wound, although ho had a sore mouth at the lime, in hopes of extracting tho poison. For this he has received tho rank of Paymaster in tho royal navy. One of the officers of tho Commodore's ship, in a.private letter, has recounted some particulars of the good man's last hours, that I have copied here, at the risk of seeming tedious Everything was wonderfully culm yesterday, and all on board tho ship quiet; but for the noise of the engines. Shortly before 4 o'clock these were stopped, and the Commodore sent for nil the officers to bid good-by to thorn. He spoke calmly of his approaching death, and begged theiu to remember his earnest advice to them to trust in the infinite love and wisdom of God, and to find happiness in doing that which they knew to bo right, and abstaining from evil. He then bade each one good-bye, each one kissing him at his request. He then, although much too weak to stand, and although every movement gave him pain, had himself carried out on lo the quarter-deck, where all bands assembled to meet Into. He was laid on a bed on the deck, his first words to the men being, Don't look frightened—smile." When laid down, he said, It the men will sit down, 1 can see their faces. I want to see all your faces to bid you good-bye." after he called Then, out, a considerable pause, ho being almost the only man not in tears My men, 1 have come out on to the in :" " " * • • • • • :" * * *to say good-bye to you * quarter-deck because I am going to die. Dr. Mcssor tells me* 1 am going to die, and, as we all know, he is the best judge. God is vory good to mo ; everything is made easy to 1 have many kind, faithful friends around me. The reason why I havo come out on tbe quarter-deck to bid you good-bye before I die, besides good fellowship, is to impress upon you tbe love and goodness of God for you, his infinite love, his infinite wisdom." He repeated this moro than once about the goodness and love of God. He then adjured the men to remember these, his last words, when tempted to commit sin, that they would think of him and what he was saying to them, and put the temptation from them. His voice grew weak as he Mid, " I love you all. 1 have always loved my men. There is a foolish weakness in my voice which makes it sound as if 1 was crying. But I atn not crying, and I want you all to hear me. i hope you all can hear what 1 say to you." He went on to address the commander as a young • me: . JINIi A I ¥ . 1876. what their reason, their object was, I don't know; lof a recurrence of another attack. There no one knows. They muy have been injured by j are about twenty more to be written chapters some other ship, at some time; we don't know. It's mi good talking about it. I hope at some ,of the book, and I do not expect much more luturo timo, it may be twenty or thirty years ] help from him." hence, some good Christian man will go among Some two years ago Mr. Hunt writing, them, and find out what in all means. 1 iovu you all. 1 have always loved you all, but in respecting their joint labors, pays the followcarrying ou duty we sometimes niuke mistakes ; ing tribute to Mr. Wilson's acquaintance and if any of you think 0( anything where 1 i have been wrong I want you to forgive me. Don't with American history " There are some ask how much 1 was wrong, how much you were departments of the work, on which we ore wrong, but just forgive me." He asked them to join in saying, God bless him, and then said he engaged, in which Mr. Wilson is peerless, would like to shake hands with the petty officers, at least I have never met his equal. In nearly all middle-aged men, who came to him eventuality nnd the personnel of American sobbing. 1 don't know how it is with other people, but history 1 don't think he is often surpassed. to me such a death as that seems worth living What occurred and when, who lived and for. Tho man that could die that way must have where, and what he said, or did, are points won his way in the world honestly. I don't believe that he hud many dealings with rings and on which he is wonderfully posted. But corners, bribes and embezzlements. Ho was not when you come to the philosophy of history, modem enough for that. its lessons, &c, he is not particularly strong." ' I The Private Secretary of Vice President Wilson. " The selection of Mr. Wilson's biographer is yet lo be considered, but in regard to the completion and carrying through the press of the third and last volume of his " History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America," left nearly completed, it is expected that it will be attended to by Rev. Samuel Hunt, a lifelong friend and associate, his former pastor, for seven years, his private secretary, and who, more than all others, has assisted him in the preparation of the work." We clip the above item from a late copy of the Massachusetts Spy. It is exceedingly gratifying lo notice this most just and modest tribute to the Key. Samuel Hunt, Mr. Wilson's private secretary. It is well known that this gentleman has long been assisting on the important historical work which bears on its title page only the name of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Hunt is a gentleman of fine scholarship—a graduate of Amherst College and Princton Theological Seminary, where we became acquainted with him, as a fellow student, in 1837-8. He was Mr. "Wilson's pastor for several years in Natick, and subsequently Pastpr of the Congregational Church in Franklin, Mass., where formerly preached the celebrated Divine Dr. Emmons. Mr. Hunt's literary attainments, logical mind and rare ability to sift historical evidence have peculiarly fitted him to assist in a work of this nature. We are gratified to learn, from a letter recently received from him, that only twenty chapters remain unfinished. He is peculiarly qualified to complete the work. Under date of Oct. 3d, only a few days after, Mr. Wilson presided over and addressed the Republican Convention in Worcester,—Mr. Hunt thus man advanced to command, and begged of him writes us : and all others who were in any way leaders to The Republican State Convention met never hesitate in their daily life to step forward and say, This is right," or " This ia wrong." at Worcester last week. Mr. Wilson is not •' Will you do this? It will be very kind of you well, he has been a good deal imprudent if you will." As ior«jhe poor fellows who gave me this wound, of late, and I live in constant apprehension " " • • • • • : The World Going to School. The Great Exhibitions and Hfposilions at London, Paris and Vienna, held during the last quarter of the century, have been schools for educating the world. In our estimation, their usefulness and importance cannot be over-valued. The inhabitants of remote lands are thereby brought together and become acquainted with each other in u manner that could not otherwise take place. The forthcoming Centennial in America is another vast movement on a gigantic scale, in the same direction. Everything which nations or individuals can do, ought to be done to render it a grand success. We are glad to learn that Prof. Alexander, with his associates in the office of the Surveyor General, is preparing a good map of the Islands. Depend upon it, persons beholding that map will need a good compendium of our Island History and Resources. We hope the Government Commissioners will not only provide the Hawaiian Department with a good supply of Whitney's Guide Book, and Thrum's Almanac, but somewhere there should be a stall where every book published relating to the Islands may be offered for sale—including Jarves' History, Anderson's Hawaiian Missions, Andrews' Dictionary, Miss Bird's Book, —and somebody ought to be ready, who wields a pliant and nimble pen, to prepare sketches for the papers; editors in the United States will be only too glad to publish well written articles relating to the Islands. We hope Professor Alexander and his Assistant, C. J. Lyons, Esq.; will not allow their pens to remain idle. The world is going to school, and will read, now supply that demand. A person who objects to tell a friend of his faults, because he has faults of his own, acts as n surgeon would who should refuse another person's wound because he to dress , dangerous A I ■ ir • one chimself. hid a �THE lIiI X \ I), JANUARY, ADVERTISEMENTS. Places of Worship. 7 1876. SAILORS' y HOME! C. IRWIN Si CO.. Skambn's Bethki.—Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, Va King street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching Commission Merchants, at 11 A. M. Seals free. Sabbath School before the -ij" ':~L"«"»6-Plantationand Insurance Agents, Honolulu, 11. I. morninc servioe. Prayer meeting on Wednesday PJsbbleibibW * evenings at 7J o'clock. Noonday prayer meeting Ay DICKSON. EWERS | every day from hall-past 12 to 1. Fort Street Chciicii—Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, coiner ol Fort and Ueretania streets. Preaching Fort Ftreet, Honolulu, 11. I. p.m. Sabbath on Sundays at 11 a. m. and 74 ■, 3—Jjl-§R> --Will' *■;—JRi. f'sj '_H School at 10 a. m. I> ~ A N N# M HOFFM Kawaiahao Church—Rev. B. H. Parker. Pastor. ■/ King street, above the Palace. Services in HaPhysician and Surgeon, waiian every Sunday at 94 a. m. and :i P. M. Corner Merchant snd Kiiahuumnu Btreets. near the PostOflloe Roman Catholic Church—-Under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by Rev. Father BREWER A; CO.. Hermann ; Fori street, near Beretania. Services every Sunday at 10 A. M. and a r. M. Commission and Shipping Merchants, Kaumakai'H.i Church—Rev. M. Knaea. Pastor. Honolulu, Oaliu. 11. I. Iler.-iiinia street, near Nuiiatiii. Services ill Huwaiiun every .Sunday at 10 a. m. and i' 4 P. M. P. ADAMS. Tim Amii.icax Church—Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Al- |7I 18 Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, lied Willis. 1). D.; Clergy. Rev. Rub't Dunn, M. A.. Auction and Commission Merchant, do. f» Seamen's do. do. Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary Fire-Proof Store, In Robinson's Uulldlng, Queen Street. Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. the Premises. Shower Baths on English services on Sundays at (>4 and 11 a. m.. and ED. DUNSCOMBE, 24 and 7410P. M. Sunday School ut the Clergy || X MUTT SMITH. House at Au at. Manager. Honlnln. January 1. 1876. -• . .. Wem\r I fl ... . Dentist, I>. \. Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E Slreln fc Co.'s Drug Store, corner of*r orl and Hotel sts. (iiiui:. OLD BUSINESS IN Til K > UltK-I'KDIIKlIIN building, Kiialiumanu Street. Cbbobombtkbs rated by observations of Hie sun and stars with a transitinstrument accurately adjusted to ihe meridian of Honolulu, CIONTINUES J'artic.idarattention fteen lo fine Watch Repairing Sextant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts ami inimical instruments constantly on baud and for sale, fel 0. BBBBILL. J. JOBB M'OBABBB. J. C MERRILL & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneer! 204 and 206 California Street, ALSO. AOKNTS OF TUB San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. Particular attention given to Ihe aals and purchase of mere'landlse, ships' business,supplying whalethlps, negotiating exchange, ate. 1 r All freight arriving at Saa Francisco, by or to the Hobeforwarjed vast or ooamiaatoß. XT Exchange oo Honolulu bought and sold.XX nolulu Line of Packets, will Honolulu * " "" "" " ■>~ THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! '' Kawaihae, Hawaii, A W. PIERCE A. CO.. •*"• * Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer (Succesort to O. L. Richards fc Co.) chants, Honolulu,Oahu, HawaiianIslands. Agents Pnnloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, --- STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, Ne. 19 Merchant Street, HHr Honolulu. OF READING MATTER—OF Papers and Magssines, back numbers—put up order PACKAGES ly ed need rates for parties going sea. at to 11HE pains to make this BajEGANT lIOTBIj Nob. 96 and 97 King Street, Goods Suitable for Trade. with or withoutboard. A CHOICE ASSORTSTUCK, A LWA HAND j\ MKNT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ITS ON A Large Collection of Beautiful Viewi of Hawaiian Scenery, &c, &c CURIOSITY HUNTERS will And at this establishment a BPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Specimens, Corals, Shells. Wnr Implements. Ferns. Mats, Kapaa. And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian, and Ml- PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY! Jsl 1874 CASTLE & COOKE, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Or REGULAR PORTLAND LINE Mutual Insurance Packets, New 11HE Francisco. The Union Marios Insurance England Company, Lit; Company, Ban The Kohala Sugar Company, TheHaiku Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Sugar Mill. W. B. Bailey, ThsIlamakua Sugar Company, Ths Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler fc Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne fc Sons Celebrated Family Msdlcioos. tf THE FRIEND," MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT DEVOTED TO " JOURNAL MONTHLY during the last Six Yean can testify from personal exSHIP Marine and General InteUlfeam. perience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of A Temperance, Seamen, First-Class in Every Particular ! GOODS FOR TRADE rooms cam be hid by the night or week i HALL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR ly «M PUBLIC MBBTINGB, OR SOCIaTIW. 61 Fort Street, llonolnln, MERCHANDISE! NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS'. GENERAL AQKHTSOF KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PROPRIETOR WILL SPARE NO M. DICKSON, Photographer, cronesian Curiosities. THOS. G. THRUM'S DILLINGHAM & CO., H WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ tbe beat Meobauioa in the Bus of ('arriage. Making, Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, etc., On the Hawaiian Group ; and it is a well established WEST, fsot that our Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R Whit|-1 man, Is as well exeoated as any in New York City or and Wagon Carriage Builder, elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. we can manufacture as good a olass of work in Hoat rates ptoinptly Island orders executed lowest XT nolulu as cm be found iv any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at Si. CHILLING 11, WORT ALLEN G. WEST. the lowest possible rates. to - I Can be consulted at his residenoe on lintel street, between Alakea and Fort street*. And Perry llavl.' Pain Killer. ly_ 'vJsiMflLr M. McGREW. Late Surgeon U. S. Army, —BBFBBBBOKS— Messrs. A. W. Peireeft Co 11. Haekfeld Co C. Brewer ft Oo Bishop Co ft " Dr. H. W. Wood Hon. K. H. Allen 948 S. II N Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the above port, where they are prepared to lurnish the justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such otherrecruits as are required by whaleships, at tbe shortest notice, and on tbe molt reasonable terms. XT Firewood on Hnnd Jl Francisco. rSan |O Carriage Making and Trimming. And StU Cheaper than any other House in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM 4 CO. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per annum Two Copies per annum Foreign Subscribers, Including postage .«,...AIM I.M i.60 �YMoeunnC'gshH Ariotcaf onolulu. 8 Pure religion arid undeftled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world. Edited by a Committee of tie Y. M. C. A. Christmas Hymn of the Olden Time. BT JOHH TAULFK, A GERMAN, THERE COMES A WHO DIED 1301. GALLEY LADEN. There comes n galley laden, A heavenly freight on board; It bears God's Son, the Saviour, The great Undying Word And proudly floats that galley. From troubled const to ooast Its sail it love and mercy; Its most, Ibe Holy Ghost. : Now earth hath caught tbe anchor. The ship hath touched the strand; God's Word, in fleshly garment,— Tbe Son,—steps out on land. Thou Bethlehem the lowly Reoeiv'st Him in thy stall; Tbou giv'st Him rest and shelter. Who comes to save us all. Oh ! haste, my brothers, quickly To kin this little Child, Who dies a glorious Martyr For souls with sin defiled. And he who dies with Jesus, With Jesus be shall rise, And love eternal waft him With Christ beyond the skies. Death of Vice-President Wilson. Not only has the nation lost one of its noblest and purest statesmen and public officers, but the Young Men of America have lost one of their best counsellors and advisers. Mr. Wilson has always been recognized as one who cherished a warm, loving and abiding sympathy towards young men, and especially those who, like himself, were called in early life to struggle with poverty and the " hard things " of humble life. In addressing young men (and Y. M. C. A.), frequently has he made allusions to his own struggles, in order to inspire hope and ambition in their hearts. Wealth, social surroundings and learning smiled not upon his pathway in early life, but most manfully he breasted the adverse waves until he could raise his head proudly among the intellectual magnates of the nation and the world. His name, like that of Lincoln, was not born " to die." It was the privilege of the writer to hare become acquainted with the lamented statesman in the autumn of 1840, when he first commenced lecturing in Natick and the surrounding towns; hence we have followed his successive steps of advancement with mingled emotions of wonder and admiration. No man, remarks a writer in the N. Y. Herald, since the days of Jackson, so well understood the "pulse" of the nation. All honor to his memory, and the nation which can bring forth from the ranks of the people such noble specimens of humanity and Christianity. Remember, young men, that Mr. Wilson was a strictly moral aud temperate man, and more than all was not ashamed of the "Cross of Christ." S. C. D. the temptation. Keep busy ; idleness is the strength of bad habit:. Do not give up the struggle when you have broken your resolution once, twice, a thousand times. That only shows how much need there is for you to strive. When you have broken your resolution, just think the matter over, and endeavor to understand why it is you failed, so that you may be on your guard against a recurrence of the same circumstances. Do not think it is an easy thing that you have undertaken. It is folly to expect to break off a habit in a day which may have been gathering strength in you for years. Our New Attorney General.—It is plcusimt to think of welcoming to one of the highest offices of the Government, and to Honolulu Society, W. K. Castle, Esq., a Hint to Passengers for the Eastern former member of the Y. M. C. A., and a native of our Islands. We have not forgot- States and Europe.—They will find it ten his earnest labors in the temperance much to their pecuniary advantap and concause, and every other good Christian work. venience, to purchase through tickets of the Five years of professional legal study and P. M. S. S. Co.'s agents in Honolulu. Nearly 20 per cent will be deducted, and an practice, amid the sharp conflicts of Ameri- extra weight of baggage allowed. Different can Society and American minds, must have railroad routes may be chosen after reaching well qualified him for the important position Omaha, and almost any line of steamers on which he is called to occupy. His welcome the Atlantic. will be cordial, but from none more so, than j The facts now published relating to the the members of the Y. M. C. A.of Hono- progress of tho gospel in Japan, are most aptly lulu, with whom he was formerly associated, j illustrative of the ideas set forth in another col- Sit Moon.—Our Chinese Colporteur has returned from his trip to Hilo, where he has been laboring for several weeks among his countrymen. He has held meetings at Hilo, and visited the plantations in the neighborhood. He reports having met some two hundred of his countrymen, and distributed tracts and Bibles among them. Several have offered themselves as candidates for Christian Baptism. Religious services on Sabbath evenings have been resumed at the Bethel, and during the week Sit Moon is laboring among the Chinese in Honolulu and its vicinity. In the Spiceland Reporter, published in Indiana, we find a very touching obituary notice of Miss Mary E. Torbert, who went to America for her education, and had entered Earldham College, under President Moore, but was compelled to return to the Islands on account of ill health, and died respected and beloved at Waialua, Oahu. The length of the '' obituary " prevents its publication in our columns. How to Break off Bad Habits. Understand the reason, and all the reasons, why the habit is injurious. Study the subject till there is no lingering doubt in your mind. Avoid -the places, persons and thoughts that lead to the temptation. Frequent the places, associate with the persons, indulge the thoughts that lead away from umn under the heading. "A Living Christ and Dead Oracles." The old heathen "oracles" of Japan are dying, if not already dead, while a " living Christ " is now presented. The Ninety and Nine. Various accounts of the origin and authorship of the hymn with the above title, sung by Mr. Sankey have been given. The following is given by Mr Sankey. Some time in 1873, Mr. Sankey being then in England with Mr. Moody for the first time, bought a copy of the Christian Age, a London religious paper publishing Dr. Talmage's sermons, and in one corner found this hymn. He had never seen or heard of it before. It pleased him, and seemed adapted to religious work. He cut it out of the paper, and three days afterward he sung it at a meeting in Free Assembly Hall in Edinburgh, having composed the music himself. A short time after, he received a letter from a lady thanking him for having sung the hymn, and stating that the author was her sister, Miss Eliza C. Claphane of Melrose, Scotland. She had written the hymn in 1868 and shortly after died. She and her whole family were members of the Church of Scotland. Mr. Sankey replied to the lady's letter, asking if her sister had ever written any other hymns, and was told that she had written several others which were sent to the Family Treasury, a religious paper of which the late Dr. Arnot was the editor, but only " TheMr.Ninety and Nine " was ever published. Sankey communicated with him, and received several pieces of manuscript. The only other hymn by the same author in Mr. Sankey's collection is the 43d : " Beneath the Cross of Jesus." � 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 (1876) 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/. 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