https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/46ec6eb4d3834dc00e18e2a105d7e1f8.pdf 4c9cc195631a06e1bc3db8be9e5a4c36 PDF Text Text F THE RIEND $tto Set-its, M. 25, 3M.J HONOLULU, MARCH I, 18.6. sionaries, Messrs. Snow, Sturges, Doane, Bingham, Whitney and others, we could Pads m*~ 17 wish we might do for them what the EvanPrlmu Kusaie, Ebon Mission 17—19 Thomas Guthris for Christ and His 19 gelist Luke has done Editor's Table—Dr. Goodell's Memoirs 20 apostles, by writing His gospel and the A Hymn The "Hera" 20 book of Acts." Our American missionaJapanCorrespondence 20 " Marine Journal 21 ries in Micronesia are most worthy succes22 sors Trip of the Morning Star of those first Christian missionaries of V.M. C. A 24 the apostolic age. Small and insignificant as this contribution may appear, we intend that this little book shall, at the Great MARCH 1, 1871. Centennial, represent the Micronesian misPrimu Kusaie—A Buk in Lutlut ke Bid— sionaries. Ebon Mission Press, 1875. The "Morning Star" well Manned.— The Great Centennial will embody the The following is what one of the passenresults of labor, skill, learning, invention, gers of the Morning Star says of her capand genius, on the part of Americans and tain, officers and crew: other nations. We give above the title of a " Captain A. D. Colcord is a tip-top navibook of eighty pages, written and printed gator, a thorough seaman, an excellent disciand an earnest Christian. H. S. under circumstances, difficulties and disad- plinarian the Swinton mate is a good navigator and vantages which can hardly be appreciated. sailor, and was an invaluable pilot, equally Mission labor cannot be fully represented. at home in the surf boat and on board, alBooks are written and printed in Europe ways ready day or night. Mr. Christian, and America with marvelous facility and second mate, is a fine second officer who duty and did it with rapidity, but how wide the contrast in the knows a sailor's wholeand cook were unexa The steward will. that a similar accomplished in result is way No ship could ask for better. ceptionable. Micronesia. This little book is in one ot The Hawaiian crew were as admirable seathe dialects of Micronesia. In 1552 the men as the Morning Star could desire." Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Snow landed on Kusaie, Dr. George B. Bacon, who has for fifteen or Strong's Island; for four years they labored to preach the gospel and teach the years been pastor of the Orange Valley Conpeople in pigeon-English," and discarded gregational church, and whose health has " the vernacular language, but found the effort lately been very bad, offered, on Sunday, his resignation to the church. fruitless. They then cast aside all they had January 16, the church was held to consiof meeting A done, and commencing anew thoroughly der the resignation, and it was voted not to mastered the vernacular of the islanders, and accept it. It was also resolved to give the this little hook is one of the results of their pastor a long leave of absence, to extend to labor. Not only are they missionary lin- June 1, 1877, or longer if his heslth required to continue his salary at half, viz., guists, but printers and book-binders. Such it; 82,000, and to permanently supply his pulresults, combined with the benefits accruing pit during his absence. A thorough unanito commerce and shipping in those remote mity prevailed, and such is the esteem in seas, cannot be fully and fairly represented which Dr. Bacon is held by his people, and all who know him, that after the business of at Philadelphia. the church was concluded over twelve hunof all dred dollars were raised for him as a parting " Having had perfect understanding these things from the very first," (Luke 1:3) testisaonial of affection.—AT Y. Observer, relating to the Micronesinn.mission and mis- Jan. 27. 17 THOMAS CUTHRIE. CONTBftTS Far March 1. 1876. THE FRIEND. ,®lii£mts,ooU3. * From men like these old Scotia's sraDdeur sprints, Thai makes bar lov'd at home, rever'd abroad."—Saras. The name of Thomas Guthrie of the Free Church of Scotland may be familiar to some of us as that of a man of rare eloquence and a leader in many philanthropic undertakings. But to others it may be nothing but a name, if indeed ever heard, yet dimly remembered, since in no way connected with the daily current of their thoughts and lives. To all such we would very heartily commend the recently published memoir and autobiography of Dr. Guthrie, as most delightful reading, from which one would go out into life with a stronger, braver desire to strive for mastery over all things low and ignoble, to lead up into the free heights of their being those who have fallen by the way, and to lift higher than before the banner of Christ's blessed Gospel. To literature of this class, this memoir is a most valuable addition, and we doubt whether in all the range of biographical sketches one could find anything more wonderfully fresh and vigorous and stimulating. In fact it seems to us to form an epoch in biographical history, so in contrast is it with the somewhat too prevalent tone of such writing, so free from all ascetic or morbid tendencies, so illumined by the joyous presence of a'great, sympathetic, brotherly love, which warms and vivifies everything with which it comes in contact. What Guthrie said of Dr. Chalmers, at the time of his death, may be said with singular appropriateness, of Guthrie himself, now that he is gone. " Men of his caliber are like great forest trees; we don't know their size till they are down." Guthrie died in 1873, tbe greatest man after Chalmers in the Scottish Church. Looking through the pages of his memoir, drinking the story and significance of bis life and thus viewing from all sides this forest tree before us, we have Antotaofraphj of Thomaa Galkrie, D D., sad mesaolr. By his sons. Bey. Dsvid K. Galkrie aod Charles 1. Guthrie, M.A. In too volumes.—Robert Carter A Brothers. New York, 1878. �18 been struck by 1 II X its wonderful size and strength, wbicWnabled it to stand unmoved amid the fienaWt storm*, but especially by that firm unerring aim. which must have marked it year after year'as it grew towards the heaven that was over it. The autobiography of Dr. Guthrie was begun but never Completed. The work thus left was taken up in the memoir very lovingly and faithfully by his sons. It must have .been a joy and inspiration to have known nnd seen him in the midst of his labors, it these pages speak but half the truth. Such an ever varying mosaic are they, of anecdote and incident, warm with feeling and stirring with grand purposes! Guthrie was a born and as he sits down in the evenf of his years to tell the story of his life, and his thoughts wander into the past, they come back laden with rarest treasures of fancy and narrative, records of great men with whom he Inbored and of humble men whom he loved, flashes of most genial humor, hearty words of cheer heard by the way. pictures of home-joys and peaae, and shadows from the crowded haunts of sin and vice. He lived a man among men, with a message of hope ever on his lips to those Way-worn snd weary. Bound by no false bands of ecclesiasticism, yet the most valiant son when the Church of Christ called for his aid. In prose a very Burns ; his words fragrant with odors of heather and the Scottish fields he loved so well; now full of the peace of Highland glens and quiet moorlands, and now grand and stormy as if caught amid the spray and tumult of the tumbling German Ocean, beating against its Scottish barriers. All this becomes rest, vivid to you in the recital of one who never in latest manhood lost the buoyancy of boyhood, but rather as the years waned grew into an atmosphere of immortal youth. Dr. Guthrie was born in Brechin in 1803, which carries one back to a period in Scotland, of which but few vestiges now remain, and to customs fast becoming obsolete. Through his pages you look into Scottish hdme-life of well nigh a century ago with a clearness, as if it were being lived about you now. It was a grand spirit, if rightly used, which the Christian Fathers snd Mothers of the olden Scottish time inspired in their children, one which made martyrs of men if need be. On such a foundation Guthrie stood through life, as if planted on granite. His university-life was passed in Edinburgh, and after completing this he spent some time on the continent pursuing his studies. Some years intervened between his return and his entrance upon the active work of the ministry, owing to the cumberous working of the machinery of the estab- Sjry-teller, FRIEND, MARCH. 187 6. lished church of that day, so that young ministers waited, as it were, for " dead men's shoes." Or, to use his own words " While matrons turned to the newspaper for the list of births, and spinsters to the list of marriages, it was the list of deaths the poor preacher first scanned on his outlook for va- : cant charges." His first appointment was to the parish of Arbirlot, where he remained some years. This country pastorate was most fruitful in experiences and in the knowledge of human nature it gave the young preacher, and wns a grand preparation for the years of service before him. But more than all else the outer world with its freshness and peace and beauty, furnished him with themes and illustrations which came in other days as a benediction to both speaker and listener, hemmed within the city's limits. In 1837 he entered upon his ministry in Edinburgh, where he spent the best working years of his life. It has been said of him, He was a man who, by sheer force of his emotional eloquence, might have stirred a nation to revolution." Nor does this seem exaggerated when we consider the mighty services he performed and the success he achieved, calling for exertions which would have prostrated an ordinary man. Living so remote as we do from the time and scene of their occurrence, we find it difficult to conceive of the events connected with the revolution in the Scottish Kirk. Into the ecclesiastical questions of his day Guthrie threw himself with an ardor and enthusiasm, characteristic of the man. In crowded assemblies, fired almost to fanatical fury by their views in regard to church legislation, he walked undaunted and while the waves of party feeling surged about him never wavered, waiting his opportunity, and when the " seemed ready to burst calmed it by the magic of his words and presence. He seemed most gleeful where the fight was thickest, and all the grand, old Scottish fire within him leaped into action when the enemies of right and justice arrayed themselves most strongly.* The questions of Church and State, which every nation must meet sooner or later, were grandly met in Scotland. To-day Germany finds that they baffle the wisdom of her profoundest statesmen. In England the day of their solution comes slowly but steadily on. During the ten years from 1833 to 1843, there was waged in Scotland one of the keenest wars any church has ever witnessed. The established church had enjoyed a proud history for centuries. But to those who loved her best, it became at last painfully evident that a further connection with the state was impossible. Above all things and artud all dangers were the brave Sons of the Covenstorm nnters, determined "to maintain the right of Jesus Christ, as King to reign within His own Church." "So we had naught else to do," says Guthrie, but to pluck the old " weapons from the dead men's hands, and when the state came down on us in its pride and power, man once more the moss-grown ramparts where our fathers had bled nnd died." The Disruption of 1843, which was virtually the abandonment of the old established Kirk of Scotland by well nigh five hundred of her clergy, inspired by the highest principles of Christian*duty and heroism, is among the sublime things of history. We know of no grander processional the world has ever seen than that which, bursting " from the doors of St. Andrew's Church with Chalmers at its head, marched out file by file in steady ranks, giving God's people who anxiously thronged the streets occasion to weep tears, not of grief but of joy, as they cried, ' They come ! they come! thank God they come !' We did not come out a small and scattered band ; but, on the day of the Disruption burst out of St. Andrew's Church, as a river bursts from a glacier,—a river at its birth. In numbers, in position, in wealth as well as in piety, our Church, 1 may say, was full grown on the day it was born. Above all and next to the prayers which sanctified our cause, we were followed by ahost of countrymen, whose enthusiasm had been kindled at the ashes of martyrs, and who saw in our movement but another phase of the grand old days that won Scotland her fame, and made her a name and a praise in the whole earth." Such acts of moral heroism nre far from meaningless when we consider the costliness of the sacrifice which they involve. Henceforth those who had thus come forth could look to no state-organization for support. Hundreds of manses were closed forever against those, who had for so long found in them a home and about which clustered the most sacred and tender associations. Sorely was the faith of these brave men tested, but it never failed. Out of the ranks stepped Guthrie with his lion heart and purpose, and took upon himself the burden of procuring new homes for the homeless clergy. Through the length and breadth of Scotland he traveled, warming all hearts by the story of their suffering and destitution. Over half a million of dollars was the result of this single year's effort, while " many a dwelling by seashore and in highland glen will long, long remain his monument." But it was not only in fields of ecclesiastical polemics that he won his laurels, but in the midst of the sin and misery of the crowded city, where man-, has fallen so low that the Divine image seems almost effaced. He �I' II X saw before him the most fearful forms of vice and suffering, and set himself with all his might to tbe righting of these grievous wrongs. Some one has called him " The Apostle of the Ragged School Movement." Instead of delaying his efforts at reformation till manhood, when the seeds of sin and impurity are fully developed, and the man is sent out to work ill for himself and the world at large, Dr. Guthrie aimed to reach in childhood as many as possible of those born amid surroundings of poverty and crime. These schools brought within the range of Christian sympathy and training those who had before received the world's frown and curse, and who in very despair became in turn its natural enemy. It was a very blessed work, yet one which needed almost infinite love and patience But it has been grandly successful, and thousands have been redeemed from a life of sin and shame. The most successful preachers of any time seem to hnve been those who, like our Saviour, employ figures and illustrations to impress the truth upon their hearers' minds. Guthrie early set himself to acquire a style which would most influence.those to whom he would bring the word of life, and this with his God-given talent of vigorous yet aVpoctic utterance made him one of the most powerful speakers of his day. Rarely if ever has he been surpassed in his powers of description and narrative. A little incident may best illustrate this. Some one writing of him says : " During one of Dr. Guthrie's powerful appeals lo the unbeliever to close with the free offer of Salvation through Jesus Christ, he described a shipwreck and the launching of the life boat to save the perishing crew in such vivid colors, that the dreadful scene appeared actually to take place before our eyes. Captain C, a young navnl officer who was sitting in a front seat of the gallery, was so electrified that he seemed to lose all consciousness of what was around him. 1 saw him spring to his feet and begin to take off his coat, when his mother took hold of him and pulled bim down. It was some time before he could realize where he was." This power never failed him. To the " grey capital of the North came men to hear from him the message of the new life. Up into the earnest, glowing, tearful face of the speaker, year after year, looked silent throngs, the rich and the poor, noble and peasant, and heard the pure Gospel of Jesus FRIEND. MARCH, 1876 19 undertakings, speaking to thousands ofread- these elements with a sprinkling of table* ers through the pages of the " Sunday Mag- talk are combined, after the style of •' Bos azine." His interest in the great questions well's Johnson," we think the acme of bio of the day never flagged, but over them all graphy is attained. Although familiar with rose the grander issues of the Redeemer's the main facts, from' reading missionary peKingdom. The closing scenes ofhis life are riodicals, as detailed in this life of Dr. Goodmost beautiful and touching, and true to the ell, yet it is most agreeable reading to run genius and spirit of the man, who always over with them again. American missionn saw things in pictures. As the symptoms ries in the Turkish Empire have performet of the fatal disease gained on him, he said a noble work during the last forty years, ant with exquisite imagery : "It minds me of they never were more energetic in that work the land-birds lighting on the shrouds, that ili.in at the present time. This volume wil tell the weary mariner he is nearing the de- prove most useful, and already the third cdi sired haven." In 1873, when word went out tion has been called for. It finds extensive that ThomasGuthrie was dead, not only Scot- circulation among theological students. There are special reasons why we have land but the world at large, felt that a brave, read this volume with peculiar interest. In true hearted friend and brother was gone. The lesson of such a life cannot be too the autobiographical portion of the book, Da* Holden, thoughtfully studied. Dr. Guthrie was an Goodell refers to his marriage in 1822. was a native of Mass., Mrs. G. in exponent of the most genial form of Christown. that which is also our native town, tianity. He threw himself into his Master's well remember when, fifty-four years service with all the fervor of his nature, and We can the ago, youthful missionary visited that litwith a song of thanksgiving in his heart. and married Miss A. P. Life here was a joy to him, and he looked tle country place made in forward to another more grand and glorious Davis. Most honorable mention is of woman and this goodly than this could ever be. While here he this volume Israel" She was a grandin "Mother would teach men that the religion of Jesus Davis, the first Christ meant joy even in trial, peace even daughter of the Rev. Joseph of Holden who settled there one minister in the midst of storm, and victory at last. ago. His deHe was the honored guest of the Queen of hundred and thirty-five years scendants long continued to inhabit the " Old England, admired by Thackery and Ruskin the hill! A half century and by leaders in Church and State, and yet Parsonage "on on a foreign mission, was quite a ago, going the friend of the sinful and lowly, one of whom whst it is at present. If has pronounced his most touching eulogy : different affair from not, Mrs. G. was once our teacher "He was the only father I ever knew." we mistake school; most certainly a the village Would that there was more of this joyous, in hers was our teacher in a winterof Christlike living in the world ! Would that brother of our village school, and he called term weall might putinto dailypractice these lines, lad of seven) to carry which Guthrie loved to style his "favorite upon us (then a contribution-box for the missionaaround a motto: " that an old ! ries we also remember And for those that love me. " IForlivethoae lhat know me true. school-mate of ours, now residing at WaiFor the heaven that (miles above me, luku on Maui, dropped into the box "two And wails my coming to; For the osuse that need* aasistance, cents," which make a penny ! For the wrong* that need resistance, These and other incidents of by-gone days For tbe future in the distance, For the good that I can do." are recalled by the perusal of this charming F. W. Damon. memoir. We commend it to the perusal of our readers, for its contents will afford much EDITOR'S TABLE. valuable information upon the internal affairs of the Turkish Empire, as well as upon the Forty Years in the Turkish Empire, or Memoirs of labors of the American missionaries among theRev. William Goodell, D.D., Late Missionary whom Dt. and Mrs. Goodell were pioneers. onstaiple.—By FAotaBh.feMCChis PDErimSone—D ,Glaw. .D. "One of the Six Hundred."—Rev. John Carter & Brothers, N. Y. C. Edgar has lately delivered his lecture on This is the record of a noble life. Dr. the Battle of Balaklava in Chelsea, Jamaica Goodell, ihe well known and justly honored Plain, Charlestown, and elsewhere. He was missionary of the American Board at Con- in the famous " Charge of the Light Brigstantinople, has found in his son-in-law (Dr. ade," came to this country seven years since, Prime) a faithful and skillful biographer, studied at Andover and Bangor Seminaries, Christ from lips which seemed almost divine- who has made his father-in-law write his and is now pastor of the Congregational ly inspired. It was no philosophy of the own memoirs. The two elements of bio- church in Heath, Mass. Mr. Edgar secures the undivided attention of his audience. It schools but the word of life. graphy and autobiography are happily blend- is worth something even to see a man who After retiring from the active service of ed in this volume, as they are in the me- has been through such a fiery ordeal.—Boathe ministry, he busied himself in literary moirs of Dr. Guthrie by his sons. Where ton paper. " �20 THE FRIEND. MARCH I, 187U. A Hymn BY DR. J. M. NEALE. Art thou weary, art thou languid, Art thou sort distreat T •' Com* to Me," *aith One, and coming, Be st rest! " " " Hath He mark* to lead me to Him, If He be my guide T lo His Feet and Handa are wound-printi, Aod Hi* Side." Hath He diadem al Monarch That His Brow adorn*.' in very aurety, " Yea, a Crown, But of tboroa." If I find Him, if I follow, What Hia guerdon here? sorrow, many a labor, " Many aMany a tear." If I atill hold closely to Him, What hath He at last T Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, " Jordan put." " FRIK NO , 111 X If I aak Him to receive me, Will He aay me nay T Not till Earth, and not till Heaven Paaa away." Finding, following, keeping, struggling, Is He sure to bless ' "Angel*. Mirtyra, Prophet*, Virgins Answer, Yes !" The "Hera." This three-masted American schooner, which has recently made Honolulu harbor a visit, it will be remembered, is the vessel from whose deck the young Earl of Aberdeen was washed overboard on the night of the 27th January, 1870, when she was six days from Boston on her voyage to Melbourne. (See Friend, December, 1874). He shipped under the name of George H. Osborne, as first mate. A sailor belonging to his watch, thus describes his fate : " 1 was in the watch of ihe first mate, George H. Osborne. He had the watch from four to eight a. m. We were lowering the mainsail | Osborne and I were side by side hauling on the same rope. The ship gave a heavy roll, and the down-haul get slack; then with the other roll the down-haul got taught. Osborne and 1 were both caught in the bight of the down-haul. The first shock came on him, because be was nearer the sail than I. I had time to lay myself down, and the rope passed over me, while Osborne was dragged across me, and into the sea. I saw him fall into the sea, but I could do nothing to prevent it. It was the work of a second. I saw him come to the surface ; it was a dark night. I threw him a rope as soon as 1 was able." But it waa too late ! Thus sadly perished'the unfortunate Earl, succeeding to In M \K ( II . 18 76. father in 1864. In 1866 he sailed for Canada to visit an uncle, and for reasons unknown to the world for several years was a sailor on board several American vessels, making voyages to various parts of the world. From Houston, Texas, he thus wrote to his brother, " There is no better or happier place in the world than a good small American vessel." On the report of his death, a messenger was sent by the family to America to ascertain the facts. One who knew him intimately in the United States writes thus : " None have better cause to mourn hi* early departure than the teamen of this and his ohd country; tor bad be been spared to carry out hi* plana, I think he would have instituted a radioal change in the mercantile marine, and would have been regarded by Bailors almoat with veneration." Now his mother, with a double purpose, that she may carry out his wish to benefit the class of men with whom he companied, and to conserve his memory, has made her gift. It will put a hundred loan libraries for sailors afloat on the sea which covers his remains. Each case that holds the books has on it this inscription, suggested by the Countess : Amsbican Hkambn's Fbiend Socibty, LOAN I.IUHAKV. sea by his mother, Id memory of George, Earl of Aberdeen,himself a Bailor, and lost at sea in January, 1870, aged 28. Uebath made the depths of the sea a vsy for. the ransomed to pais over." sent to * And so, this Scottish Earl's life of mystery, ended when it might seem that its special usefulness was just ready to begin. He being dead yet speaketh to those among whom his last days were so strangely cast. Japan Correspondence. Kobe, Japan, December, 1875. 1 will give you a few particulars of the recent trying but merciful dispensation of Prov- idence toward us. Our daughter-in-law, John's wife, had been with us ten weeks, and was so cheerful, well and active, up to the morn of the 16th inst. and most of that day, that we could hardly realize how near she was to the grave. That night she was taken ill, and although our skillful missionary physician had the advice of several other doctors, they could not save her life. Her time had come. Of her we can say, " Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee," for she gave good evidence that she wns prepared to be forever with the Lord. Brother Doane preached the funeral sermon from the text, 2 Tim., 4.6 : "I am now ready to be offered ;" dwelling chiefly on the word ready. He showed that her hope of salvation rested on the grace of God, through Christ Jesus, to all believers. He also gave a summary of her labors for the Chinese and Mongols ; and especially for four Chinese children, whose parents would have killed them or left them to perish. Three of them they attempted to kill, two infant females by smothering, I think, and one a lad of about three years by poison. He had lost his eyes by small-pox, und his unnatural mother thought he was a useless burden, and so gave him poison (with his food, I think), but having heard an older brother beg her not to do it, he would not swallow it. I think it was a relative of his, and also of one of the girls and the grandmother of the other, that begged E. to take them, and she, knowing her husband's feelings, could not refuse. Another girl, said to be five years old, but so nearly starved that she weighed only 10 or 11 pounds, they were obliged for months to keep her on rice water to save her life. On being asked by a friend why, if she took Chinese children, she did not take likely and promising ones? Emily replied, "The Lord gave me these." The blind boy soon showed that he had a bright intellect. He committed to memory rapidly and correctly by hearing sentences read. By this means he had learned by heart the four gospels and most of the Ist Corinthians, and 50 or 60 hymns, and also with very little aid had learned to play many tunes on the melodeon, and sometimes accompanied ibe tune with an extemporaneous base. And better still he gave good evidence of having a netw heart. Not long since he died of scarlet fever. One of the females also died recently of teething sickness. The two surviving girls speak English well, and have a prospect of being well educated. The one so nearly starved is now in the family of a Mrs. Collins, a dear friend of E.s, and studying with her daughters. A few years since, she was with her foster parents in the United States, and at Boston in Mr. Durant's family, the late Dr. Kirk being present, he being then nearly blind, was led about by her; ;in# hearing her sprightly prattle, on being told she was a Chinese, said : " Now I see hope for China, since education can so quicken their stolid minds." The other girl, a bright five year old, speaks English correctly. These children, except the boy, were supported without drawing on missionary funds. To return to tbe funeral. Some 60 or 70 persons were present at my son's house, about half of them Japanese, to whom brother Atkinson gave the substance of Mr. Doane's discourse. The hymns, beginning as follows, were sung : "We are passing along to our home in the skies," " Safe in the arms of Jesus," and " There's a land that is fairer than this." Six or seven missionaries were here from Osaka. Two Episcopal clergymen from O. (one of them an Englishman), aided by four of our missionary band, bore the body to its last resting place in the lot of the female seminary, about an eighth of a mile distant. After it was lowered into the grave, part of the hymn—"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep," wns sung, and Mr. Atkinson, of our mission, offered a very appropriate prayer. And we left the spot with the joyful hope of meeting the dear departed "In the Sweet By and By." We and John have the sympathy of many friends, beside that of our blessed Saviour. As ever yours, P. J. Gulics. Rev. J. A. Daly, formerly of Honolulu, has again offered his resignation of the pastorate to the church at Painesville, Ohio, and this time so urgently that it has been accepted. He is to remain till the close of April. �THE FKItiND, MARCH, Rev. C. L. McCully.—We observe in late Hollowell papers that a council of churches was lately called to decide whether this gentleman should accept a call to a church at Calais. It was contended by his present church that the interests of the church at Hallowell and the Sabbath school would be injured by his dismissal to the other church according to his desire, but the council decided that the change was desirable. Mr. McC. will therefore settle at Calais, carrying with him the good will and affection of his people who so reluctantly MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. Jan. 28—Tahltiaubk lonia, Uvegrove, 28 days Irom Tahiti. Feb. 4— PM as Mikado, Moore, 20 days Irom Sidney via Auckland 4c Kaodavu. B—Am bk Matlie Mack-ay, Hope, 14 daya fm Portland daya from B—Am brig Morning Star, Al> Colcord, Butaritari. 8—Am schr Fanny llsre, l.i-e, 17 days lor 8 Francisco, bound for Manila. 9—Haw brig W H Allen, Chave, 20 days Irom Tahiti. 10—Am schr Hers, Miller. 14 days from sau Francisco 11—H I J M's steam cor Taukube, T Y Ito, Captain, SO days from San Francisco. 12—Am "bk U C Murray, Fuller, 13J days from San Francisco. 14—Britas City of Melbourne. Brown, 8 days from Sao Francisco. 14—Frenchcorvette Internet, Pierre, Captain, 16 days Irom San Franciaco. 18—Brit bkto Marama,Dominc, 18 days from Tahiti. 18—Brll schr Favorite, McKaye, 24 daya from VictoTiuria, B C. •IS— Am schr C M Ward, Cluney, 27 days from Howport land's Island. She 28— Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, 18 dys fm Humboldt 29—Am stmr City of 8 Francisco, Lachlao, 18 days fm part with him. — Naval—His I. J. Majesty's steam corvette fcttfto, a training ship for cadets, arrived in February 11, and anchored off the esplanade. Sydney. is last from San Franoisco, whioh port abe left Jan. 20, and has come down nnder sail. Her tonnage is DEPARTURES. 1088; horse power 200; and oarrias 12 guns. Her bk cadet*, 16 Jan. 24—Am wh Rainbow. I'ogan, for a cruise. Portland. ship's company consist* of 26 officer*, 86 28— Am bkln Jane A ralkintiuig, lluhbard,for are her following 229 The 28—French bk ratTari'lte, Jean, lor Nicaragua. seamen. marine*, and 28—Am bk Powhatlao, Blackalonc, for Port Gamble. officers: Feb. 4—P Mas Mlkadn, Moore, for rtan Francisco. V 110. Commander—T Y Fukumura. Lieutenant— r"i>ll F Miura. .SecondLieutenant and Navigating Officer—X x amaaunu .Vecond Lieutenants—X. Ogata, X Hori, I Nekamito. Surgeon— T N Sblbaoka. A.nurneen-Y Yangi, T llhaihl. I'aumasltrs—T Hoods, T Eoguchi. Naval Instructor—'t Nagai. .1 W Austin, gunner B N, and two seamen R N, aa Naval Instructors. Two passengers—Mr T Hirano, Mr N Koga, captain— T Japanese Nsvy. The French corvette Infernet arrived at thi* port on Tuesday last, 15 days from Sao Kraucisco. She i* en route for Japan. The following is a list of her officers : Post Captain, Commanding—M. Pierre. Commander—Galactic. Lieutenants— Billarn, Pillol, Angarde. Ensigns Ist class—Uoulard, dc Slot Pern, Maraxaui. Paymaster—Campana. Surgeon Ist class—Serrex. Midshipmen—de Divonne, Mondot, dc I'rcville, Legros, Thlbout. Surgeon 3rd class—Maplioli. 212 men, 11 guns, 460 horsepower. P. C. Advertiser, Feb. 19. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY! Kill. of tbe T«HB below i — LOWING MAGNIFICENT SHIPS Company will leave Hooolulu as per Time Table 88 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO 88ZIALANDIA SSOITYOrNKW YORK SB AUSTRALIA 88 CITY Of SYDNEY For San Francisco, on or about— March March April May June July August rlepleniber October November December 8400 Tons 3200 Tons 8400 Tons 8280 Tens 8400 Tons I For FIJI, Ports in New •/«land, and Sydney, N 8 W, oo or about— 9 1 March 28 April S 28 May 4 24 Jane 1 21.lime 20 19iJuly 87 18 August 14 13'September 21 lliOrtober 10 8! November 10 0 December 14 try For Passage, Freight and all further information, ap- ply to ■IiMIS H. II A« KFKLIJ A. CO.. AGENT*. 21 1816. o—Am schr Fsnnle Hare, Lee, lor Manila. 10—Am ship Marianne Noitcbohin, Whitney, for Cork. 12—Tahitianbk lonia. Lovegrove, for Tahiti. 14—Brit as City of Melbourne, Brown, for Auckland at Sydney. 16—H BM 8 Myrmidon, Com R llsre, for a cruise. 19—Haw brig W II Allen, Chave, for Tahiti. 19—Am schr Hera, Miller, fur San Franciscc. 20—French corvette Internet, Pierre, Captain, lor Japan 26—Haw bk Matlie Macleay, Pope, for Sao Francisco. MEMORANDA. TO MARINERS. A J Cartwright, Esq, Acting Peruvisn Consul at this port, has received a dispatch from Senor A V dcla Torre, ol Ihe Peruvian Government, dated Lima, Dec 22,1876, which stales that the British bark Professor Airey, from Cardiff,arrived at that port on the 18th, reports that while in Braallian waters, inlat 17 ° 09' 8, long SB 04* W, a distance ol 180 miles off the coast, running al the rate of 2 miles an hour, Ihe bark grounded on a shoal, not down on the charts. Alter sn hour's detention he got off without notable damage. Sounding, he bad only 174 lent of water, and at a litUe distance from ihe ship found no bottom with 30 fathouia. On sounding again, the line was cut, losing thelead, whereby he supposed it to be a coral bank, heretoforeunknown The Peruvian Minister of War and Marine communicates this Intelligence for the beneht of navigator* generally. Rubsbll, Jsn. 7.—The whaling bk Niger, Capt Hallett. of New Bedford, arrived last night. 8 days from Maugea Island. Her takeis 800 bbls B|ienn since May. She reports ihe Coral, Cspt Marvin, st the Marquesas, on the lat November, with 88 bbla sperm,left oo a cruise; also, Ibe Lagoda.Capl Uwia,with 480 bbls iperm, left on a cruise, at the Marquesas on the same dale. Spoke at sea Ihe ship Milton, Capt Fuller, wilh 130 bhls sperm, taken since June.—Sailed: the whaler California, on a cruise. RsroaTor BktnJan* A Falbib*u*u, Hubbabo, Mabtbb.— Left AstoriaDecember 18th. had light southerly winds for two daya, after lhat wiods from SW to VV lor about ten daya, tien had strong trades from NE to E for Aye days lo port. Also reports that the ship Gatherer arrived in Astoria nn the 16lh. eleven daya from land to land, having lost tour days outside through calm* RsrosT or SSGbanada, J M Cavarly, Comxabdbb.— Left San Francisco Jan 9th al 4 16 pm, and pasaed out the beads at 6.16 p in, Ihe Farallones al 780p m. Experienced light weather Aral part of pasaage, with variable windsarid Jan 14th al 0a m took N X trades in lat rough WNWsce 28 ° 20, thence to port strong trades from the east, weather pleaaant. Arrived In Honolulu Jan 17th at 8.20 am, after a Gso McLab*, Purser. passage off daya and 18 hours. Rbpost or Tahitiab bb lobia, Lovbobovb, Mastbb Left Tshltl at noon on Thursday. JanBth, wilh light NNE breese-, sighted Huaheine on the Btb, wind slid hanging 4o northward, moderate breesea sod fine*, sighted Btarhu:k Island on Ihe 14th. at 7 a m; ran round to anchorage; krund all houses shut up and nn one oo tbe island; crossed the equator In long 160°40' W, when we got aSE wind lor two days; from 4° N lat lo port ooe continued steadygale and heavy sea, hwrrß cruder single and doublereefed topsails Hie whole time; sighted Ihe Island of Maui on the 28th, and arrived in port on the 28ih, making a passage of 22 days. RsrosT or 8* Mibado, F Moobb, Cohbabdbb —Experienced continual hesvy weather from Sydney to Auckland; more moderate from thence to Kandavu From Litter port to Honolulu had very strong NF. trades The delay at Kandavu (owing to arrival off there at dark) explains Ihe cause of the pssaage being a little longer than usual. The Clly of Ran Francisco wss the connecting ship at Fiji, and would await the arrival of the Granada from San Francisco then proceed to Ihe next through ship to San Francisco. llunedin. N Z, and beFriday, Feb 4th, at 4 a m. Arrived In tlonolulu Purser Cbaham ° —— — RspoaTor tab wilh Bass Mattib Maclsav, Giobsb Pop*. Mas- over ibe Columbia on Jan 22d —a Proceeded * s mIks Ibe NIC compsny with A men llftil breese (nan In liar at cso ship Gatherer. Experienced light windsand calms until the morning of the J4ih, when a strong N W wind set 10.blowing with great force fur 86 hours, slier which Ii moderated on the Sill. Also experienced a strong current setting to til* BW, carrying the vessel during the three succeedingdays 188 miles to ths westward. The weaiher on the Columbia Biver had been exceedingly bad fur a number of weeks previous to the leaving of thevessel. Arrived In Honolulu al Tarn on Saturday, Feb 6; all well. Rbfobt or Sbio Wm 11 Ai.i.bn, R B Chavb, Mastbb.— Uft Tahiti on Thursday. Jaa SO, al 4 p as, wilh Ikfht brass' fromNK. first nine dsys had light baffling winds vsrying from ENE lo NN W; theremainder of the passage had fresh ESE ami NE winds. Crossed the equator Ihe 11thday cut in long 161°60' W. Struck Ihe NE trades in tat 8 s SO* N. Sis-hied N W point of Hawaii oo Tuesday. Fsb Blh si p m, and arrived in Honoluluat noon nest day, SO dsys from Tahiti. Kbpobt or Babb I) C Mubbat, Fulls*, Mast**—Ult San Francisco on Saturday, JanMill, at I pm, lo low of Ihe lug Neptune. The Aral three days fine breese from NWto N with passing fog squalls; then thewind hsaled to NE aod remained so moderate tb* neat nine days; Fsb Uih, at IS m, made Maul,and next day, at 8 am, Oahu. Bbpobt or ss City or Mblbovbbb, Bbowb, Commabiikb.—l.ffi San Francisco at 11.80a in, on the Sth Feb, and cleared the Golden Gate at noon with a light SW breese snd rIW swell; at 4 p m the wind hauled lo Ibe BSE, and blew a fresh breese which lasted until mldulghl on Ihe 7ih; ihe wind then hsuled loWNW.and blew a strong gale with a heat*/ cross aea and severe squalls, which continued until the Dili, tbewind then veered to SSE with moderate breese and Sue weather until arrival at Honolulu, which was entered at 1 p m oo the Hih, making the passage In 0 daya. Rspobt or Schb C M Wa*d. Clubby, Mastbb.—Ua llowland'i Island JanSBth. Had bad weaUier with heavy sea running from theeastward ; sighted Hawaii on tbe 23d, snd srrlved on the 28th, making the passage lv 17 dsys. • PASSENGERS. Fob Pobtlabd—Per Jane A Falkinburg, Jan 28ih—Jar. i. Ormsby. Fob Sah Fbabcisco—Per Mikado. Feb 4th—Capt A N Tripp, Chas Wall, Max Eckart, Chas laincaater, J 11 Blark, Obr Deliman, S llorloo, C J Murphy, W Pulsipher, H Ksiili Fbom Pobtlabd—Per Mattie Macleay, Feb 6lh—John Dickins. Fbom MicsoßßßiA—Per Morning Star, Feb »'h—Rev J W Kanoa. II Kanoa and child, Key .1 P Kasia aud wile, J I. Chamberlain, II M Haaiu, Capl Wm Hasadager, L Nellaeu, A Neil.en, G Sandstone, Peter Larson, Blribi Rakubo. Fbom Sab Fbabcibco—Per Hera,Feb 10th—Henry Hsyes, C Robloson, R B Baker nnd wife. Fbom Sab Fbabcibco—Per D C Murray. Feb 12th—Mrs A L Stone, Miss Kale B Stone. Ed l.eavell and wife, Chas Stone and wife, Miss Grammer, Thos Menxles and wife, Miss Wayland. Mrs Atlanli, Ml s Atlanil, O M Love, F T Crane, Chas Miller, and 2 Chinamen. Fob Tahiti—Per lonia, Feb 12th—J Sumner and wife. From Sab Frabcisco—Per City of Melbourne, Feb 14tb— Hon VV X Castle, Mrs W M Lambert, M Mnclalr. E VV Hawkina. M Weaselter, Cspt E Smith, Mr May and wife, A Rnkohle. C G Mantixmam, II C Deammort, 8 M Whilmore, A M Hanson, 3 Chinamen and 3 boys. Fo* Auckland—Per City of Melbourne, Feb 14ih —l)r Mohabeer. Fob Tahiti—Per W II Allen,Feb 19th—2 Chinamen. Fo* Bab Fbabcibco—Per Hera, Feb 19th—II H Basin. Fob Pobtlabd—Per Mattie Maelesy. F'eb 26th—J trickles. From Hi ano Islabos—Per C M Ward, Feb 26lh—VVai H Foye, G Holmes,and 20 nslive laborers. MARRIED. Gulicb—THoMrso*—ln this city, at the residence of 8 Wm. Gulick. February sih. by Hie Rev W. Frear. Major ChablbsT. Gi lick, Chief Clerk of Ihe Interior Departmen lo Mrs S. A. THuMrsoß, all of Honolulu. No cards. Lima—Hal.—At Moioksi, Feb 13th, by the Rev Pere Amir Mr JosirH Lima to Miss Zblib Bal. DIED. Rosbibs—In Marliiea, Maine, oa Taesatsy, Dreetaker 14| 1876. Mrs. I.auia Dailbv Rosbibs, sisterof Mrs. C 11. Km rrey of Honolulu, and wife of Dr. James 11. Robhtns,of OsBM ■Sine. Biiißs—At Walkaptt, Maal, Dee Slsi, 1876, Cviablbb Hubs a. In tbe 81st year of his age. He was born In Montrose Scotland, and cams to these Islands in 18*8. Jssus.—ln Hilo, Hawaii. Jar, i 1.1, of typhod fever, guess Jssus, sged 18 years. YotißosHßOßO.—ln this city, Feb 14th.of consumption, M Younoshbobo, sged 61 years, for many years a promlnen Chinese asercbaot and resident of this city. Information Wanted. Bennett BotMla*. New York, Jan. 96,1876. MR. EaWTOßi—Corael.ua J. Redilau, voder Ihe mast of NEAL J. REDDAN, Mailed In the berk Pn+nn from New Bed***-.., Mim., in Oclolwr, 1870, anil deeerted that rtmH in Honolulu in tbe till of 1871. Hint"** then nothing ha a been heard of or from him. If alive he ia about 26 yeara of age, by birth an Iri-hman and by creed a Roman Calhotlc. Ilia par mila are an xlone to learn something oftheir lo*>t boy, aod beooe thla letter. Will you pteaae make inquiry about him, and adviat' Be of Ibe reatilt, and thereby oblige a heart-brobea mother,aod ptare umlt-r laalinff '-hiigattoui, �22 THE FRIEND, BSTROARCFHE EPORT WORK DONE. after an absence of 230 days, and after 45 days of head winds and calms on a stormy homeward passage. The delegate spoke 47 tfrne* to 5143 persons ; of whom 796 were in the Gilbert Islands ; 1320 in the Marshall Islands ; 1342 in Bonabe, including Pingalap and Mokil; and 1685 in the Mortlocks. Namarick alone %ras not visited, because of lack of strength. To do this work 160 mites were traversed in open canoes and boats. MORTLOCKS. Reversing the usual order (his abstract shall begin at the most remote station in Micronesia, which is noteworthy as the seat of a wonderful work, remarkable in the history of missions. In January, 1874, three Bonabe teachers and their wives were stationed on the islands of Lufconor and Satawan, whose chiefs and people guaranteed them support and protection. Early in 1875 Father Sturges of Bonabe received such a report of progress that he determined to organize one or more churches and ordain one of the teachers as its pastor; on his visit on the Morning Star the good news was confirmed by actual contact with the people and missionaries. The number of the inhabitants of the Mortlocks ii about :UW). BORN IN A DAY. In October, 1875, Father Sturges organized a church on Lukonor of fourteen, seven men and their wives. On Satawan he organized two churches, that of islet Ta with sixteen, and that on islet Satawan of eight members. These are the first fruits of less lhan two years' labor by Bonabian converts, " grandchildren of the American Board as Father S. quaintly calls them. The delegate ofthe Hawaiian Board took part in the examination of candidates and assisted in church organization ; and though the scien- " tific theological attainments were near a minimum the converts possessed the element of simple faith in so great measure that it was impossible to refuse baptism. Under the direction and supervision of their teachers, the people bad erected churches superior to any building previously existing on their islands, had neat pulpits, platforms and minister's seats, and the floors were planks four inches or more thick adzed from the trunks of large trees. One pulpit platform was feet by ten, a plank cut with infinite 1876. labor from an immense tree trunk stranded NURSING MOTHERS." prominent, because of mental moral power and character, missionary people had unanimously and is the Bonabian princess " Obedinia," wife abandoned the religion of the past, whatever of Obediah, himself a chief ot a rank two or it was, and turned to that of the future, so three degrees below. This true woman that commodious churches were too small to stands high up among the aristocracy of her contain those who thronged to greet the native land by the right of ancient and noble She has given up her lands, missionary and delegate. At Lukonor 200 her descent. titles, her rank, her honors, her home, to or more were out at the doors and windows be a humble missionary of the cross. This while 500 and upwards were packed within princess, so recently herself a heathen in the church. In every station the people half clad Bonabe, appears now a Christian On this eventful Sabbath she acted brought to the Morning Star gifts of cocoa- lady. as Sabbath school superintendant and chornuts and food. The people supply their ister. Without foreign aid Obedinia has led teachers with a large abundance of the best and directed the translation from the Bonathey have, build better dwellings for their bian language into the Mortlock of the residence than their own, listen readily to primer, parts of the catechism, the commandtheir teaching and heed their advice. One ments and a few simple Bible stories. This manuscript has been brought to Honolulu to old head chief, to a question answered somebe printed. The Sabbath school hymns thing as follows : "We are glad to have were sung in our hearing by the voices of our teachers, and do not want them to go eight hundred men, women and children from us. We will continue to support them that welcomed the Morning Star's boat ot as we have done." During our meetings, " Lukonor,"—were repeated in joyous strains from hundreds of glad voices at " Satathat were prolonged in some instances more wan," and were repeated in the church ut than four hours, the constant attendance and "Ta until the rafters rang. All of the " attention was passing strange ; and the uni- credit does not belong to Obedinia for this versal homage manifested during prayer was wonderful translation, but her's is the movfamine of 1874 starvextraordinary, beyond expectation and chal- ing mind. When the ed thirty persons, and perishing mothers lenging belief. threw away their infants to die, Obedinia A MEMORABLE SABBATH. found a starving baby which she restored Sunday, October 17, 1875, will be memo- with drops of diluted breadfruit. To the rable in the history of the Mortlock mission, credit of this people let it be told that in the of greatest scarcity, the missionaries of for the baptism of 16 converts, and the for- time the cross were not permitted to suffer. mation of the church of "Ta"; for the orOrdination of Obediah. dination of Obediah and his installment as The last service of this Sabbath whose pastor of the Mortlock churches ; for the record is made with the pen of iron and first celebration of the Lord's Supper at this point of a diamond, was the ordination of a islet of Satawan, and for a most interesting pastor for Mortlock's three churches. Quesreligious meeting at which the people of the tions in English were answered in Bonuhian islet seemed all present; not even the frac- by Obediah, nnd were perfectly satifactory to tion of timid women who hid away at other Father Sturges. In the absence of Father stations being absent. Coan or other missionary the right hand of A SCENE IN CHURCH. fellowship was given by Mr. Chamberlain, Near the close of the morning services the while the charge and consecrating prayer duty of these infant Christians to carry the and remaining services fell to Father Sturglad tidings of a risen Saviour to the inhos- ges. The interest of the people was mainpitable heathen land of Hogolu, where in- tained throughout. Obediah is a simple truding " strangers are fastened to a conve- Christian more alter the style of Nathaniel nient tree and their heads mashed with a and Bartholomew than the Boanerges. The hard cocoanut," led to a strange exciting Holy Spirit has blessed already and 1 bescene that may prodqee important Tesults. lieve will continue to recognize and bless his The chiefs of Mortlocks and Hogolu are con- labors as a minister of Christ. nected by ties of affinity and consanguinity PINGALAP. and visit fearlessly in the trade wind season During the past year God's work has One of the chiefs present was going to sail made rapid advance. One hundred and six when the winds favored, and to him by a converts were baptized by Father Sturges unanimous show of hands was committed and admitted to church fellowship. Twentythe good news of Jesus and the " ka bong " five couples were married. Barnabas was (aloha) of Mortlock churches. Mr. Chris- ordained pastor. The people have erected a tian, in the absence of Capt. Colcord and the large commodious stone church 70 by 45 mate, shook hands for the Morning Star feet, with solid cornl walls four feet thick and gave the love of its army of builders and and fourteen feet high. The roof is lofty, owners. Father Sturges gave the cordial closely resembling the magnificent old grasp of Bonabe and its " ran a mau." churches of former missionary days on HaWhile the Marshall Islands, through the del- waii nei. The whole people were well cl»d egate, sent their " yokwe yuk —the Gilbert and are pressing on to the.school and into Islands sent their " kona maud," the Ameri- the church. A most striking contrast to can Board its paternal " love," nnd the Ha- theircondition three years ago when Rev. waiian Board its " aloha, aloha, aloha," with W. H. Alexander, delegate, wrote of them, the promise of teachers and books as soon " They are as rude and wild as Gilbert Islas the doors of Hogolu should be open. anders." Of J. E. Chamberlain, Delegate for the Hawaiian on the reef, having Board to Micronesia, 1875-6. America. The Tbe Morning Star sighted 27 islands, anchored 30 times, did missionary work on 20 islands during 171 days, remaining at anchor 02 days; she sailed 11,200 miles, boated 630 miles and returned to Honolulu M I lit 11. floated from distant " "QUEENS THY The most �1876. ADVERTISEMENTS. Places of Worship. 23 THE FRIEND, MARCH, SAILORS' HOME! Seamen's Bethel—Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, P. B. HUTCHINSON. King street, near the Sailors7 Home. Preaching |~}R. Physician nnrl Surgeon, at 11 a. ii. Seats free. Sabbath School before tbe morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday Office st Drug Store, corner of Fort arid Merchant BtreeU; evenings at 7J o'clock. Residence, Nuuanu Avenue, near School Street. Fort Street Church—Uev. W. Frear, Pastor, Offlco Hours, t toll A.M. fcl "M corner of Fort and Beretania Btreets. Preaching .SVuiioirswiutTsH CTL' on Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7J p. M. Sabbath • irwin a co.. School at 10 a. m. t^^B^__aL_^Hi__^H^B Baa^^Laaaa^^E_laa t9 BssTraivi Kawaiahao Church—Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor, Commission Merchants, King street, above the Palace. Services in HaPlantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. ut :s u. waiian every Sunday 94 a. m. and P. Roman Catholic Church—Under the charge of EYVKRS At DICKSON. Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by Rev. Father | Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Servin-s Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, every Sunday at IU a. m. anil 2 p. v. Fort Street, Honolulu, 11.I. Kaumakapii.i Church —Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor. Beretania street, near Nuuanu. Services in HaD,, v A N N M HOPPM a, waiian every Sunday at IU a. m. and 2<} P. M. Key. AlThe Aniilu-an Church—Bisbop. the Rt. Physician and Surgeon, fred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A., Corner Merchantand Kaahumanu Streets, nesr thePoit Office Rev. Alex. 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Any Books published pertaining to the Inlands will lie procured to order. "" " ADAMS. Auction and Commission Merchant, STATIONER, NEWS AGFaiVT AND BOOR BI!*I)KR, MERCHANT STUKET, HONOLULU. P. TO Honlnlii, January 1, 1675. Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, vlueen Street. || X . MO T T SMITH, 19 Merchant Street, • -- PACKAGR9 Honolulu. OF READING MATTER-OP Papers and Magazines, back numbers—put up to order at ed need rates for parties going to sea. ly • THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ th* best Mechanic* in the line of Carriage Making. Carriage and General Blacksikithing, Painting. Repairing, <£c, Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over ■ th* Hawaiian Group ; and it is a well established i In Strehs Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort sod Hotel stl. that faot oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. WhitS. McOREW. M. 0., man, ia us well executed a* any in New York City or ■ ii II X elsewhere. I therefore feel w»rr»nted in laying that Late Surgeon U. S. Army, we oan manufaotora a* good a class of work in HoCan be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between nolulu aa oan be found in any part of tbe world. I will also (tat* here that we fully intend to work at Alakea and Fort itreeti. th* loweat possible rate*. 0. WIST. * ATI WEST, Wagon and Carriage Builder, 74 and 18King Street, Honolulu. IT Islandorders piomptly executed at lowest rstes A ** • W. PIERCE CO.. sV (Succesors to 0. L. Richards * Co.) ShipChandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Agents rnaloa Salt Works, Brand's ltomb Lances, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, Nat. Carriage Making and Trimming! Dentist, Honolulu, Oshu, Hawaiian Islands. TIIOS. G. THRUM'S Manager. And Parry Darts' Pain Killer. D. IV. FLITiHEK, HIS OLD BUSINESS IN THS FIRS-PROOF Building, Kaahumanu CONTINUES Street. Chboboubtbbs rited by obserrstlons of tbe sun and stars with s transit instrument accurately adjusted to Ihe meridian of Honolulu. Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repairing • Sextant and quadrantglisses silvered and adjusted. Charts andnautical instruments constantly on hand and for sale, lei M. DICKSON, Photographer, •1 Fort Street, Hodolblo, HAND A CHOICE ASNORTMKNT Or I'HOTUUKAPIiIC STOCK, ALWATSON A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c, &c. CURIOSITY IU'NTKHS will flnil at Ihls Mtsbliihnient SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Specimens. t'srals, Sheila. War laaplraarula. Ferns. Mala. Kasiaa. And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and cronesian Curiosities. * Mi- PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY 2 Jal 1818 CASTLE & COOKE, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE! AGENTS OF NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OP insurance Company, Packets, New KnglarMl Mutual IMIE The Union Marine Insurance Company, Ban Frauelsco, DILLINGHAM & CO., The Kohala Sugar Company, a Lit-* Noa. 88 and VT King Street, KEEP riIHK PROPRIETOR WILL SPARE NO A PINE ASSORTMENT OP Goods Suitable for Trade. palm to make this BIaBGA.jVT FirBt-Cla*afln ECOTBXj Every Particular ! BOOHS CAN BE Sail ST THE NIGHT OS WEEK ! wit a or « withoatboard. 1.1. AND LARGE ROOMS TO I.XT Mill ■m Ir PHBLIC MKETINOS, OR SOCIETIES. II SHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during Ibe last Six Years can testify from personal experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of GOODS FOR TRAI>E And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM ft CO. Ths Hslka Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Sugar Mill. W. 11. Bailej, Ths Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua sugar Plantatiou, Tbe Wheeler k Wilson Sawing Machine Company, Dr. Jaypa at tops Celebrated family Msdloines. if « THE FRIEND," MONTHLY A Temperance, JOURNAL DEVOTED TO Seamen, Matins aod General Intelligence. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMTTEL C DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per annum Two Copies per annum Foreign Subscribers, including posts** $2.00 8.00 a.BO �Association of Honolulu. Pure religion and undefiled before Ood, the Father, is this: To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world. /The national vice of the foreign born residents of these islands is indulgence in gosA Leaf from the Maile Wreath.—A sip, and we fear it is often intensified into detestable scandal; so common is the vice few evenings since, at the residence of P. C. among even those nominally respectable, Jones, Esq.. wns convened what was styled that even a " Boston Tea Party." A poetical effusion and so little pains taken to hide it temporary sojourner is impressed with the suggested by that and n somewhat noted its prevalence. From comparative stmngers " tea " party in Boston harbor one hundred i most persons care to hide their vices, but so years ago, appeared in the Maile " at the last meeting of the Children's Missionary jstrong a hold has this habit that its indulSociety. We would only add thnt it was I gence is not checked by any sense of delicacy before visitors, and thus most writers on written by a Boston lady the islands h*ve pointed this out as our naTwenty men in Ihe waning light tional vice. March from God's bouse to th* winter night. Kegret it as we may, and we trust most Twenty men in a atrnnge disguise, of our readers have refinement enough to reBut with steadfast purpose in their eye*. gret it, we fear we may not pronounce the On they march, and the gathering orowd charge unfounded. And we suggest that if Join them and cheer them with voices loud. it were more common to resist the habit of Cheer them and join them, one by one thinking evil, or listening to evil of others, And work wilh a will till the work is done. the prevalence of this evil would be lessened. For they've marched to the wharf,—they've entered The good king taught his knights of the the ships,— Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. I " : Table Round Ob, their load i* fit for the daintiest lip*,— — For tbe costly tea ia stored in tbe hold; Will they carry it forth,—these marauders bold? Are they robber*,—these men in strange diiguite, With tbe true, itrong light within their eye* T No ! another purpose fires their hearts. "To speak no slander, no; nor listen lo it." We do not think this evil is confined to any class or locality. Any one visiting the other islands must be struck with amazethe quantity of senseless gossip and wicked scandal written in business and friendly letters from week to week from Homent at And strength to each ilalwart arm impart*. They daah in the chests, and each blow of the axe I* aimed at the heart of tbe unjust tax; — " — — — A mightier tribute of glorious praise, For their courage true, and for our happy day*. Honolulu, Feb. 12, 1876. Scribner's for January has the following on Gossip and its Cure : - Tbe very simple reason why the world is lull of gossip is, that those who indulge iv it have nothing else in them. They muat interest them- selves in something. They know nothing but what tliey learn from dity to day, in the intercourse with, and observation of their neighbors. What these neighbors do—what they say—what happens to them in their aociul and business »l fairs, what they wear—these become the ques- tions of eupreme interest. The personal umi social life around them—this ia the book under constant perusal, and out of this comes that pestiferous conversation which we call gossip. The world in full of it; and in ft million house*, all over this country, nothing in talked of but the personal affairs of neighbors. All personal and social movements and concerns are arraigned before this high court of gossip, are retailed at every fireside, are sweetened with approval or embittered by spite, and are gathered up ns the common stock of conversation by the bankrupt brains that have nothing to busy themselves with but tittle-tattle. The moral aspects of gossip are bad enough. It is u constant infraction of the golden rule; it isfull of all unoharitableness. No man or woman of sensibility likes to have his or her personal concerns hawked aboutand talked about; and those who engage in this work are meddlers and busy-bodies who are not only doing damage to others—are not only engaged in u most unneighhorly office—but are inflicting a great damage upon themselves. They sow the seeds ot anger and animosity and social discord. Not one good moral result ever comes out of it. It is a thoroughly immoral practice, and what is worst and most hopeless about it is, that those who are engaged in it do not see that it is immoral and detestable. To go into a man's bouse ateathily, when he is away from home, and overhaul his papers, or into a lady's wardrope and examine her dresses, would be deemed a very dishonorable thing; but to take up a man'a or a woman's name, and sinurtoh it all over with gossip—to handle the private affairs of a neighbor around a hundred fireside*—why, this is nothing! It makes conversation, ft furnishes a topic. It keeps the wheels of society going, What is the cure for gossip? Simply culture. Thi* is a great deal of gossip that has no malignity in it. Goodnatured people talk about their neighbors because and only because, they have nothing else to talk about. We believe that the cure for all this is for each person to resolve that for themselves they will take a knightfey's vow, " To speak no slander, no; nor listen to it;" to keep letters and communications pure from such defilement, and in conversation to introduce and keep prominent otljer subjects than the vhes or affairs of neighbors. Perhaps some would be aided by remembering that they are not responsible for the sins of others except so far as they are caused by their own influence and example ; but with the great majority thoughtlessness lies at the root of the evil. Another social reform which would result well would be to refrain from ascribing bad motives to others where, in a majority of cases, we are not called upon to enquire into the matter at all. In fact to practice minding our own business nnd let- in these subjects is growing in our community, and doubtless in these all important subjects there lies a grand opportunity for the exhibition of practical statesmanship. Increased prosperity should not lead statesmen to regard these questions simply in the light of money making—increasing exports are good and are generally evidence uf wise government, but a decreasing population is a shame which no list of exports can palliate. The preservation of this kingdom depends upon enlightened action on these subjects. Let tbe King and Ministers dedicate all the good which the nation afM out of Reciprocity to the repeopling ofrSe country. To do this labor is first required to make the benefits of Reciprocity available—then carefully considered efforts for the immigration of a resident population. When we, in thi* lovely Pacific itle. Have a Boston party in different style. No winter* night ia about ua now,— .No ooming war doth our spirit* bow, But beauty aud Sower* are 'round v* here And within js tbe voice of bappy cheer. Our genial host and our boates* kind. For all, aweet pleasure and gladness find, And the evening speeds, in merry flight. That shall live in our mem'riea, in circlet bright. And now let a* oast back a grateful thought, To those whose true courage our freedom wrought;— To tbote dauotless men, whose bravery strong, Released our loved Und from mighty wrong. And let v* send up to our Father above. Whose power ia about ua,—Whose "banner is Love," " ting our neighbors' alone Dr. Holland in nolulu, and also with the readiness with which the most improbable stories are believed, and the avidity with which they are received to be retailed to others with a thoughtless indifference to the wrong committed, it is true that to some extent so common is this vice that it works its own cure in so far that few believe anything they hear in regard to others, except those who wild find a secret pleasure in thinking ev\\jj And tbia tea shall be brewed in tbe briny wave, Tbe tea that their proud hearta will not save. And Boston Harbor and Boaton Bay May keep thi* story for many a day; For 'ti*, fseedom'* protest 'gainst tyranny's might, And this daring deed is a deed of right. A hundred yeara in their rapid flight. 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