https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/2b0c9349bb8bc0c629edcf17e5fe38b5.pdf b30d0f6b24a2019561373dba93e3e150 PDF Text Text THF E RIEND HONOLULU, iltm Series, M 21, HfJ. li., CO.VTKMS Ft>r June I. IHTI. The llrunonitn Ramblea In theOld World The Blessing of To-Ity—Poetry The Naullgon San Francisco Sailors' Home Marine Journal l.a Perouse Y. M. C. A JUNE 1. 1817. with has just carried off the $50 prize at the Junior Exhibition at Vale College ; and PaOR himself Al *' W. C. Merritt has just distinguished 41—A3 as the champion debater in the Sophomore class at the same institution. Both of these young men are really Californians, and sons ** **** 46 45 4B 48 of Congregational ministers." In the Scientific American, January 20th, IST7, we notice most honorable mention of young Hillebrand, experimenting with chemicals, in a German University, Heidelberg : JINK 1. IBT7. " The rare metals of the earth, cerium, lanthanum, didymium, have been prepared and "The Brunonian."—This is the title of Hillebrand and Norton." studied by a college monthly, published by the underThe Tidal Wave.—In the dearth of all graduates of Brown University, Rhode editors we recognize of news during the past month, the the list foreign Island. In the name of R. W. Bnrbank, formerly of tidal wave and its effects ha«e furnished an Koloa, Kauai. He is a member of the eyer fruitful topic of conversation. No end graduating class of '78. A brother is also to the number of theories upon the subject, u member of the same University. One of all of which will vanish now that the cause th* articles is written by Burbank, and con- is known. Our neighbors, the Advertiser tains some very discriminating remarks upon and Gazette, have fully published particuthe characters in Dicktn's novels, and en- lars,—suffice it, the water rose and fell in titled " Mark Tapley's Theory of Cheerful- Honolulu ahout five feet; at Kahului, on ness." We intend to keep an eye upon Maui, sixteen feet; at Hilo, thirty-two feet ; our " island boys" who are among the ris- at Kealakekua, thirty feet; at Kau«i, about ing literary celebrities of the passing age, three feet, and (he north side of Oahu, three for should any of them write an " Epic," feet. we wish our islands to have the honor of We are most happy, to acknowledge being his birth-place. History tells us that contributions, in answer, to the appeal of seven cities of Greece contended for the Miss Bird, for the Livingstone Medical honor of having given birth to Homer, now School, from the Hon. Mrs. Bishop, Rev. our Hawaiian Islands may yet be honored Mr. and Mrs. Pogue, Mrs. Daniel Smith, with giving birth lo some genius vicing and the promise of additional aid from others. with Homer.Virgil, Dante, or Milton. There The smallest favors thankfully, received. now lies on our table the N. Y. Galaxy, The " Courier," to sail in about three weeks, with a choice bit of criticism upon Word- for Bremen, will take whatever may be sent worth's Poetry, by Dr. T. M. Coan. We forward. Articles may be sent to our office have good reason to be proud of our island or that of Capt. Daniel Smith. writers abroad in the literary world. The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Since penning the above our attention has been arrested, in reading " our exchanges," Ladies' Stranger's Friend Society will be with the following items. This is from the held at tbe residence of Rev. S. C. Damon, Pacific, claiming a most (promising young on Thursday afternoon and evening, June 7. Vale Collegian, whereas young Beckwith All members and others interested are reis a native of Honolulu " Frank Beck- quested to attend withodlfiirther notice. > , THE FRIEND. : 41 {<£.& Series, M 34. RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD.-No. 5. WHAT IS THE CHARM ? have now been nearly tour months in I Geneva, and am beginning to wish for the commencement of my summer rambles, that 1 may have something new to tell you. But every one says, there is a kind fatality about Geneva. People come here for a few days only, but the days grow into weeks, and in some cases the weeks become months, until finally the dwellers count by years and not by days, and they call this city, by the lake, Botanists and scientists tell us of " Home.'' a time when palms, instead of pines, flourished in the Alps; when the warmth of tropical suns dwelt in region* now grown chill and cold with the br-ath of glaciers, and when rare and graceful ferns grew into* beauty, which still lingers, phantom-like, in the delicate traceries of the frost. May it not be that the fragrance of the Lotus is still to be found in these winter-fastnesses, and that by the shores of Lake Leman men, unconsciously pluck the subtle and magical flower and fruit from " the enchanted stem," and in eating forget that other and distant lands and scenes are calling to them ? Whatever the charm may be, it is fast beginning to act upon me, and the longer I stay, the stronger it grows. I think much of this charm lies in the choice society one meets here. In the cultured and religious and scientific upper circles " of Geneva, there is much earnest and thoughtful life. You would be surprised to see how wide a range of reading many ladies have here. In some of the old houses of the city where the »' Calvinistic Aristocracy " entrench themselves, you would find a pride of family and brains ss strong, I suppose, as in any part of the world. A cultivated Christian Swiss lady is about ss delightful a being as you meet this side of the better land. No city could more quickly and eloquently voice to the new comer the mighty history of the psst, and the' possibilities of the future. And in this, perhaps, is something of the secret of the mysterious charm which Geneva ha* for those who come here, and who find it so hard to leave, yet thousands of visitors come, catch glimpses of the quiet lake and grand old Alps, and then pas* on forgetful or ignorant of the cloud of " �42 THE FRIEND, JUKE, memories which surround Geneva, and give to it a charm such as, perhaps, no other city in the wide world possesses. All those who love to look into the history of grand and momentous achievements, who would see the putting forth of the germs of political and religious freedom, and who would trace their upward and onward growth, who would draw inspiration and enthusiasm from the mission of courageous and heroic souls, should come to this grand old citadel of liberty and reformation, and from its own lips hear its noble history. I find myjielf straying into odd, wandering streets, narrow and dark, to some perhaps, and yet to others bright with gleams of light which grow more and more vivid »s oqe hears the story which they are so willing to tell to him. Then there is the Geneva of to-day, bright, sparkling, beautiful, even in winter, and wonderfully so in summer. Here too, is the fairest lake in all the world, where glorious mountains love to mirror themselves. Its shores are musical with famous names and incidents, and for all who come it has some special mestage. Is there any need to wonder after after all why every one longs once to see Geneva, and, seeing it once to come again ? have been interested lately in glancing some pages in a French book on Lav line, where the efforts of the great Vinet ire so strongly felt, while scientific thought during this century, flowered and bore fruit in Geneva, it is in Lausaune, farther up the Jake, that we find the deep, fervid religious movement of some of the most earnest and gifted men of their time. How one revels in all these thought-associations which girdle the lake. XI BYRON AND THE VILLA DIODATI. Just out of Geneva, on the crest of the hill over-looking the lake, and nestling among the vineyards, is the Villa Diodati, the home of Byron in 1816. The name of Milton is also associated with this picturesque spot, but it is resorted to especially as a sort of literary Mecca by the admirers of the more modern and erratic bard. Starting from the English Gardens we rambled slowly along the shore of the lake. A fine paved walk stretches off most invitingly before us in the warmth and beauty of this Saturday afternoon in the early spring. Of course the lake goes with us. One never thinks of going anywhere without the companionship of these friendly waters. You may lose the Alps, and be deserted for days by Mount Blanc, but Leman will still remain, each morning and evening bringing some new message, till its fair surface grows strangely familiar, and every ripple is a voice for those who listen. No one ever learned its secret and told it to the world with such perfect truth and grace as did Byron, whose home we are now seeking. Many pleasant homes lie along our way. Here live some of the choicest of the old Genevese families. Noble trees, with their stately and towering branches, seem to watch with a tender guardianship over the quiet chateaux which stand in their midst. We 1817. one ot the DiodJti family, tells us that the villa can not be far away. But here come our guides, the whole village school. How gladly these laughing boys and girls rush from the old school-room, down through the narrow and shadowy alley-way into the beauty of the sunshine, of which they seem a part! Our little company advances in a sort of triumphiil procession, no one can bar the way when we are so gallantly attended. So we go on, and our little Swiss girl guide brings us to the villa-lodge, so buried under the ivy that we might have passed it altogether but for the two tiny windows which looked out at us like friendly eyes from the midst of this wealth of verdure. The family were in the city for the winter, but would we see the little villa for Byron's sake, just the same ? Most gladly, and with the sound of keys and opening of many doors, we are ushered into the presence of old portraits ot the Diodati family and of Byronic memories. Who couldn't have been a poet here ? we all said in a breath. Such mountains, such a lake, such skies ! The afternoon is fast hastening toward the sunset. The long line of the Jura, with its spotless draperies of snow, outlines itself on a soft and warmly tinted sky; the lake, with its blue waters, hushed to perfect calm, lies at the foot of the vine-clad slopes before us; its furthest shores lost in a veil of haze, a boat, with snowy sails, rests like a white winged bird on the mirror-like surface, sporting with its image in thecrystal depths. Is it any wonder that Byron sought, amid this beauty, some balm for those wild and turbid thoughts and fancies which so fiercely ruled him ? But we have almost forgotten the object of our quest, the villa itself. The Diodati family was of Italian origin, and numbered, in different generations, many distinguished names. But they are all eclipsed by that of the young poet whose room still remains as when he wrote Manfred," and the third canto of " Childe Harold here. In the corner stands the old fashioned writing desk, where imaginative relic-hunters search in vain for some .souvenir. But it is locked to all intrusive thoughts and fingers, and if it guards any secrets of poetic inspiration, it guards them well. But the inspiration must be found rather in that glorious world without on which Byron looked with such penetrating glance. There is a little balcony, tangled with vines upon which his chamber opened and we have enjoyed the fancy that here he stood and listened to that still music of the night and stars which he has so exquisitely echoed for us in these verses from Childe " " Harold : It is the huah of night, and all between "Thy margin nod the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and mingling, yet distinctly seen, darken'd Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathe* a living fragrance from tbe shore, Of flower* yet fresh with childhood; on the ear Drops the fight drip of tbe suspended oar. Or chirps tbe grasshopper one good night carol more. Save heaven and eartb are still—though not in from the high road and take this pictur- " Alleleep. path which leads up to tbe little town Bat breathless, as we grow when feeling moat; Cologny, with its quiet street and quaint And sileot, a* we stand in thought* too deep: tses. Its little church, with the tablet to All heaven and earth SJBJSstill: —from tbe high boat i turn Bue Of stars, to the lull'd lake and mountain coast, All is ooncenter'd in a life intense, Where not a beam, dot air, nor leaf is lost, But bath a part of being, and a aenße Of that which ie all of Creator and defence." We came home laden with ivy, which was all we could bring in our hands, but with memories for life of that lair and sunny afternoon amid such beauty ns the greatest of our poets can not put fully in words, only hint at in the most splendid verse. The sun had sunk behind the Jura, and the shadows begun to fall about the homes of the city as we entered Geneva. SPRING DAYS. Our spring began in February, and while from Italy even, came complaints of cold and chilly days, we were sunning ourselves in genial warmth. First the primroses came, hardly daring to lift up their little heads, and now they are making bright every field and every " river brink." While the snow lay about on every hand, they opened their buds and every one knew that though March might bring wind and storm, that after all winter was really gone. Along the path where I take my daily walk, I find that Hie hawthorne hedge is each new morning budding into life ; delicate leaves here and there almost unfolded, but in a timid, half-frightened way. In all the 'hedges there is a growing chorus of bird-voices. At first I only knew they had come back to us by a startled and swift " whirr " of little wings as 1 passed that way, but now there is a twittering which sometimes swells to full, clear notes, and for the last few mornings I have heard them singing with all the force of their glad little hearts and throats. Summer must be a glad time for the trees in Switzerland. They have such a barbarous way here of lopping off the branches and boughs and twigs, till long avenues look like poor scarred veterans. All winter long the willows hold up their maimed bodies to heuven in silent protest. Every inch of superfluous) growth is utilized in this land of thrift and economy, and the neat baskets for the markets and the faggots for the winter fire, are of more value than symmetry snd beauty in the trees by the road side. There is something pathetically heroic in the way some of them have borne, for generations, this mutilation, putting forth a vigorous gtowth of shoots, only to lose them again, never flinching, but always ready when sought again. They are the most ridiculous looking things in the world, all gnarled and twisted, covered with hard, ugly looking scars, mere stumps. But their beauty is coming to them daily. How eager all the -world of trees seems to put on its summer dress ! There are the horse-chestnuts that stretch in long vistas like cathedral aisles, which will, before long, be lost in verdure. Their quaint buds are worth careful study. No mother could more tenderly shield ber little one from the winter cold thandoes thatgummed and folded sheath, and the soft, warm cottony bands protect the tiny germ of life within. I shall miss, amid the summer-green, the tall poplars that have shot up like arrows toward the sky, and have claimed no ornament, but the mistletoe which has found a home in this upper world? The old mossy apple and pear trees, which have stood bare and awkward, in little stiff rows through all ihe long . �winter, are yearning for thejr white, rosy draperies. And the grand old oaks, (whose splendid forms have been revealed, not concealed, by the long wreaths of ivy which have made you forget, however, the absence of leaves,) will join this glad summer company rulers of them all. The suows still lie low on the Alps, but the fields are full of busy workmen, and long furrows lie open to the kindly touch of the sunlight. Daily new faces are to be seen upon the streets, heralds of that company which makes Geneva one of the gayest cities in all Europe—in July and August. in the market. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings one of the principal streets in the city is fairly alive with buyers and sellers, and furnishes a most characteristic and interesting spectacle. Each side of the long winding street is lined with tiny booths, where the sellers shout the praises of their respective goods in the most eloquent French. The market women, with white caps or straw hats, which seem the relics of past generations, are busy with their knitting—and knit and talk and sell all at once. Great baskets of fruits and vegetables; stands of meats and game, of butter and cheese, for which Switzerland is so celebrated, are to be seen in every direction. And of late the flowers have added a new and beautiful feature to the show. You can find everything, from the little bunches of primroses and violets which the girls have gathered in the fields, still fresh and dewy, to the rarest of roses and camelios. To the market come all the house-keepers of Geneva, and it is the most democratic place in the city, every one is brimful of eager talk, and all up and down the street passes and repasses this animated procession, which seems more like a crowd on a fete day than a company of people busy about the most practical employment of the day. Few subjects of public or private interest but are here discussed, and he who would know the hearts of the people should oficn find his way to the market place. watch-making. Geneva is famous all the world over for its watches, and ihe majority of people who have never stopped to think or read about its mountains and lake are fully acquainted with the advantages of a watch from this city, it is said that time-pieces were manufactured here as early as the sixteenth century, and from that time to this it bas been one of the leading trades of Geneva. To a stranger on entering the city, the box-like roofs of glass on many of the houses are very singular and striking Here the busy workmen sit and work at their delicate trade, for which they require the most perfect light. Here you will see men whose fathers and grandfathers before them devoted their lives to the same business and passed it on as a kind of heritage to them. Whole families somefimes occupy themselves in the work and they feel the greatest pride in doing their work in the most perfect and complete manner possible. In this democratic republic many of the best citizens have been identified with the occupation and sometimes they have risen to Here positions of eminence in the State arose the "School of Watch-making" : 1877. which has a world-wide fame and a diploma from which was so highly prized. Its branches of study are worthy of notice, as they embrace mathematics, designing, painting, engraving, polishing and setting of precious stones, enamelling, and chemistry. The trained manufacturer must know the general principles of each. It has resulted Irom this vigorous and exact discipline that the workmanship has been of the highest kind. There are annually manufactured here about one hundred and fifty thousand watches. But of late years the splendid success of the large American manufactories has been a great blow to the industry here. I visited lately the famous establishment of Messrs. Patek, Phillipe & Co., where I had an opportunity of seeing on how extensive a scale the manufacture is conducted by a single house. You go up flight after flight until you are almost dizzy with the windings. On each floor is seen some new and interesting development in the growth of this knowing little article. Few persons realize how much labor is expended on a watch before it is ready for sale. There are fourteen different processes in hinging, orna- menting and burnishing the case, etc. Then come forty-seven more for the skilled work. Then the dial demands ten, and the diamond setting five more. One feels a sort of reverence for his watch every time he glances at it and realizes that it has undergone the deft and patient touch of 76 distinct artists and artisans. Then you are shown how watches are heated and frozen to insure them against oil changes of temperature. And whole trays of glittering watches are spread out before you in such profusion that you are almost confused at the sight. There are round, awkward silver watches, so uncomfortably big and bulky and looking as much out of place amid the glitter and sheen of gold and diamonds as that great, bronzed peasant who is passing would in a French drawing room, and the other extreme is a tiny watch with enamelled case, thut you could hide under your finger. This belongs to a Russian Princess and is valued at five thousand francs. Then follow rich but simple cases in gold ; and then more pretentious ones crusted with diamonds and pearls, with elaborate crests and monograms. There are quaint and tiny watches hidden away under the form of a helmet, or hanging in a pendant ball to a chain and watches in rings, or others that chime the hours most musically or are marvels of skillful and inventive ability, the dial being a perfect maze of little, darting hands and wise figures. You are shown too great booi-* with the history of the making of each watch, and the persons to whom they have been sold. How interesting it would be if we could follow over the wide world the thousands and thousands of watches that 43 THE FRIEND, JUNE, years his chateau. It is a most charming drive or walk from the town, just within the French Frontier. The snowy-line of the Jura faces you as you go, and the grand plain which lies at their base stretches out to right and left dotted with little villages and country seats. I can remember that as a child I felt that there must be some peculiarity to mark the passage from one cduntry to another, that somehow one would instinctively know that he had passed from Switzerland into France ; but the two republics, Protestant and Catholic, lie very peaceably side by side and the "diligence" carries you trom one to #the other in the most matter of fact of manner. Voltaire first lived nearer Geneva at the "Delices," where he opened his theatre and undertook to efface if possible the institutions established by Calvin and to place in their stead a brilliant worldliness. In 1759 he removed lo Fernex which was then a collection of a few houses, but owing to the vast extent of his influence and his almost imperial sway it rapidly grew to be a village of considerable size. A noble avenue leads up from the high road to the chateau which stands a little back. There is nothing at all striking about the building itself, but in the palmy days of its sceptical owner it was the most famous point in Europe, casting Palaces of Kings and Emperors in the shade. There is something marvelous in the way in which be ruled, courted and flattered by the renowned and titled, feeding his prodigious vanity on the fulsome praise of these embasies which gathered at his court, and dazzled the eyes of the simple villages by their brilliant equipages. From this point be darted his satiric shafts at the austerities of Geneva, and strove to lead the youth of the quiet city at his bidding. His bed room and sitting room still remain as he left them, and the visitor is still shown the mausoleum which the Marchioness dc Villette intended lo contain his heart. The garden with its splendid view of Mont Blanc is interesting and here you see the arbour where the tragedy of '• Irene" was composed. Voltaire built a chapel, placing over the entrance " Deo erexit Voltaire," as some one has said "with incredible arrogance, by way of informing the world at large, that the creature did the Creator the honor of acknowledging his existence and was finally reconciled to The building is near the chateau but with the lapse of time has been changed into a farm house. The relics are few in number but the greatness of the name which is connected with them draws many to Fernex " the roecca of unbelievers." It is a visit, however, which is full ofreminder* of a life of bitterness, sarcasm, irreverence and disregard of that which in religion is of the highest value to the Christian believer. From Fernex Voltaire removed to Paris have gone out from, this one establishment where he died not long after a prey to the most distressing fears, his death serving as which we have been visiting? the strongest argument against the doctrine* FERNEX, THE HOME OF VOLTAIRE. One cannot picture a greater contrast be- and teachings of his life. Undoubtedly tween two men than between Calvin, the others will arise to mislead and delude the reformer and Voltaire, the scoffer. Yet they generations, but they shall not stay the adhave both rendered the same city famous vance of righteousness and Christianity in and he who visits the Rue dc Chanoines the world, but vanish as Voltaire has done. and the Cathedral of St. Pierre visits generF. W. Damon. Geneva, April 2nd, 1877. ally Fernex where Voltaire had for so many BBWtBBBBBBBBBBBBBwi �44 THE . THE FRIEND. jrNK I. 1»77. THE BLESSING OF TO-DAY. Strange we never p'riie the music Till tbe sweet voiced birds have flown ; Strange tbat we should slight tbe violets Till tbe lovely flowers are gone. Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never seem hull sn fair As when winter's snowy pinions Shake the white down in tbe air! I/ipa from which the seal ol silence None hut God can roll away, Never blossomed of such beauty As adorns the im.iitb In-day : And sweet .words that freight our m"tnory Wilh their beautiful perfume, Come t« ns in sweeter accents Throuulj tbe portals of tbe tomb. Let us gather up the sunbeams Lying all around out path ; Let ub keep tbe wheat and roses Casting out the thorns and chaff Let ua And our sweetest comlort In the blessing of the day. With a patient hand removing All the briers from our way. I till: Mi. JUNE, 1877. Naval.—On Monday afternoon His Imperial Majesty's Corvette Bay an arrived from San Francisco, having made the trip down in 12 days. The Bayan carries 10 guns, and 250 men. The following is her list of officers ; Admiral I'ou/.iun, Captain Boy IP, Jhi. Officer, Bauer, "lid " '' KirsHPiifl. 3rd Rk vonsoA. 4th " Gutht.ii, JVvmanter, I^arlne, Sub-lieuUmants, Welhelms, Hclmholz, KtmlolT, Aim/.a, Cunbe. fchiiilimaiofl, Slav.ansky. Navigating Officers, Durkln, Felizin, Kgerrnanu, jSnglueeifi, LfiMlebeclc, HcterolT, Kandraticff, Artillery Officers, Ivanoff, Doctor, BiHiult, Chaplain, Father Alexander, staff of Admiral. Flag Captain, Boyle, Klag Ofltcera. Tcbervinsky, Charon, Auditor In chief, Baron Kchlippenha'-h. —Hawaiian Gairttt, , May 30th. The Morning Star, is expected to sail about the middle of this month, on her annual visit to all the Micronesian Missionary Stations. Persons wishing to forward letters or packages, should be punctual. We are The Nautigon. specially requested by Capt. Colcord, to call We learn from the Scientific American for newspapers and pamphlets for distribufor February 10, 1877,that the late President tion among foreigners living on remote of Harvard University, the Key. Dr. islands in the Pacific. Thomas Hill, has discovered a new method, or has invented an instrument by which We would acknowledge copies of catnavigation will be essentially improved and alogue of Amherst College for 1877-78; 51st iiided. The instrument is manufactured by annual report of N. Y. Mercantile Library C. H. Farley of Portland, Maine, " It solves Association (163,000 in library); annual instantly by mere inspection, without the report of Athens (in Ohio) hospital for the use of tables, any problem in spherical insane. trigonomitry, with sufficient accuracy for Also papers for gratuitous distribution the principal problems of practical naviga- from Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Dickson, Mrs. tion. It requires no more time and no Parker, Miss Harris, Mrs. Allen, and His more mathematics to work out an observa- Ex. H. A. Peirce, Minister Resident. tion by this instrument than to take the sun Ex-President Grant has sailed for with the sextant. Thus, with a sextant, chronometer and Nautigon, the navigator England. needs no logarithmic tables." Prince Bismarck has been recalled to — We would gratefully acknowledge, the communication from W. M. Gibson, Esq., Upon career the and sad fate of the great French Navigator, La Perouse. It merits special perusal. We were not before aware, that his life was coincident with events of such importance in American annals. The little incident connected with the island of Lanai, is quite noteworthy. The sad fate ol the unfortunate navigator and his brave companions, is most touching and melancholy. By the steamer returned H. Berger, who has visited Europe. He comes Esq., back to become an Hawaiian subject, and resume his position as Band Master, which he formerly occupied with so much delight to the lover* of music. Mr. F. W. Schmidt, who has officiated as Band Master during tle past year, returns to San Francisco His successful carefcr at the islands is highly *rrdiluble to his musical talent his former post. Cordial Welcome.—We are most happy welcome Rev. Dr. Chas. M. Hyde and family and Key. Dr. E. Pease, the former to labor at the Hawaiian Islands, and the latter to be stationed at the Marshall Islands. Mrs. Logan has returned from San Francisco with improved health, and will sail in the Morning Star for Ascension. to Tidal Wave.—News has by the steamer, that the cause Origin of the been received of the disturbance in our waters was the severe earthquake, which took place in South America, destroying- the city of Iquiquc. many of the inhabitants perished, but the shipping was uninjured. Chinese Christians.—The Pacific, of San Francisco, says that the Chinese Chri.stians in that city do more Christian work and pay more money in proportion to their ability, than any other class of Christians there. Good evidence surely of true con- version. Charles Warren Stoddard, so well known at the islands, is now at Constantinople, and his " 153d" letter, for the San Francisco Chronicle, appears in its issue ol the 17th of May. The Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde of Brimfield, and family, will start for the Sandwich Islands about the first of April, where he has an appointment at the head of the theological seminary. His history of Brimfield will be put to press before he leaves. — Springfield Republican. Information Wanted. Respecting Captain GEO HAMILTON, of yacllt Peerless, which vitiled Honolulu about two years ago. and bat since became famous as having been seized by an Engdah man-ofwar at Ihe Samoa Islands. Information sent to ihe editor of the EtIKND, or lo Jdr D Mitel,ell, I'alhhcad, Fileshlre, fcc.ollaml, will he thankfully receivtd. w ;e.'kSb AJS SBkAtkim sea.!anal IIi hMlfi Fo_HHßßßHi3flj ft I SEAMEN'S HOlflE, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ! HARRISON, BETWEEN MAIN AND SPEAR r-TREKTS. THROUGH which of all THE EXERTIONS OF THE LADIES' HKAMKM'S KRIESt) SOCIETY, and Ihe liberality ..t the General Government, a HEAMAN'rt HOME Is now being lilted up on Harrison, between Main and "near ilrerli, lo teamen nations' are invited to make their home while In this port. Thr Bnildiuff it of brick, large and commodioua, frotiting on three ttrcets, coramtnding t fine view of Hit harborand city, conveniently located near the center of tht wtter front, and capable of accomm<idaling about 500 Itrttsrß, wiihg.."! dining room, reading tnd smoking room, chapel, elc. The bullae will be conducted ou sliicl tetupcianc principles, likt tiiailtrhom*e in other parts of this country snd Europe. �Rev. Dr. John Hall taught the people in words of wisdom, last week. To an assembly of working men he laid down such sound principles of the relations of capital and labor as would, if heeded, preserve the kindest of feelings between employed and employer. He showed the folly of making war on capitalists, as every man is a capitalist just so soon as he gets a little money JUNE, 1877. wind, from Ihe Cap. to Juan Fernandez Crossed the Equator April'2'M. Passed Hawaii on Ihe morning of May lUlh| hove to off Dimond Head at midnight. Retort or Am w h rr Thomas Popr, I.avkrr, Ma.tbr. —Left New Bedford Dec 6. 1878; bail light wind. Ihe entire passage; oirCspe Horn h.d light wluds from N to N W; from the Equator lo this port had wlndt Until anjl variable from N to ESE, with occational calms and squalls of rain. Took 200 bbls sperm oil ou the passage. Rifoit of P M S City or Svonbv, De.bbork, Commander.—Left Sydney Rt 3 p m. May 4th. and cleared Sydney Heada al 3 45 p in; arrived al Auckland May 9ih, at IU a m, and left same day al fj 4., p m—did not call at Kandavu May nub, at 11 a. in. Royal, eldest son of J D and Lydla Olmnnd, died of acute enteritis, aged 2 yearsand 2 months, was buried the same day al bp m. Arrived at Honolulu May 23d. 45 THE I RIEND, LA PEROUSE. The name of this distinguished French navigator is enrolled with those of Balboa, Magellan, Mendana, Oxenham, Behring, Cook,and other martyrs to Pacific discovery. They all came to tragic ends, but the fate of the French navigator is perhaps the saddest and most mysterious of all, and surrounded with the most interesting circumstances. Count Francis Galaup dc la Perouse, or was born at Albi, department of Peyrouse, PASSENGERS. Tarn, France,sn the 1741. At the age of From Sar Francisco—Per Mary Belle Roberts. April 29— E X Chapman, G 0 Zeli, li M rt King. Chas J BRgce, Miss fifteen years he was a midshipman in the Elennr Bagge. J H Rsnour, F G Maeder, l> Hollo and wife, F Koyal French Navy, and in 1778 was a II Swain, Jno A Lovelace, Mr Thompson. From San Frarcisco—Per City of New York. Msy 3— distinguished officer, and a zealous chamMrs 8 rttecn and Infant, Mrs Vandeotmrgh and daughter, Mrs pion of American Independence, and renA A and C W Gray, C O Hamblin, Paymaater J R Carraody. services under Admiral wife and i children, W II Bradley and wile, J 11 Paly and dered valuable wife, J W Pfluger, B F Illllincham. VY E Callahan. M .1 d'Estaing in cooperating at sea, with the McLane, Mita E Mount. Miss Rena. Miss M Mitchell, TJ Godfrey, Mrt Jaa Fletcher, F R Mellis. A Palen, H Tyler, W military operations of Washington, LafayE Foater. W X While, Jaa Hermann, O Sheridan, W G Poole, ette and RochambeaU on land. and 3 Chinese. For Svdnky—Per Clly of New York, May 3—A Wood, Jas It is distinctly stated, that it was on acEarle. of his brilliant conduct as a " hero of count For San Francisco—tm Discovery, May 10—T W Sturthe American revolution," that he attracted giss and wife, M Barnes. From San Francisco—Per D U Murray, May 11—Geo H attention at the Court of Louis the SixPayne and wife. Mrs t)r A G Soulc and daughter. J M Flood. J C Wilson, C II Wallace, wifeand 4 children, G M Luke and teenth, and Marie Antoinette. This hapPORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. St son, A Kline. pened at a time in 1784, when the unhappy For Portland—Per Jane A Ealkinburg, May 12—J Bryce, ARRIVALS. royal couple were seeking to assuage the wife and 4 children. J M Chancey, R Hobton, Mrt L Joseph. I—Hawbk Courier, Ahlborn, 148 days from Bremen. May The Fob Tahiti—Per Marama, May I»—R Gourloy, Mrt Stlll- dangerous agitation of their people. ;i_l' m g City of New York, Cobb, 7 days and It hours well, M J Honing. bitterness of France was fermenting frum San Francisco. long From Svdnbv—Per City of Sydney, MRy 23—Mrs Barnard 3—Am wh bk Mercury, Brook*, from New Bedford. to overflow. Calonne and other 4 —Am schr Jos Woolley, Briggs, 13 days from Jarvia and 3 daughters, Signor Bttcaclunli, Fred Barclay and wife, U beginning Puny, F Mossman, Jno Howcroft, M Kaluonda. Ministers of the King urged the necessity of laland, en route tor ssan Francisco. 6— Am wli bk Progress, Uawes, from New Bedford. Fob San Frarcisco—Per City of Sydney, May 23—11 RH measures, that would 9—Brit wh bk Progress, llawes, from New Bedford Princess Ltkelikc Cleghorn.S Parker and wire, Mrs J M Smith, new and enterprising 11—Am lik D 0 Murray, Fuller, W dys from San FranHon £ G Wilder and se vanl. II T B Harris, wife and child, J divert the attention of the people from the cisco, via Hilo, Hawaii. H Black, H F Poor, T It rosier, JaaL Hood, J S Wilson, O H investigation of questions of liberty and ol 11—Am wh ah Milton, Stivers, from New Bedford. Payne snd wife, C N Bartlelt. Capt T Hawes, Mrs <J H Low13—Am hkinc Victor, Bleverl, att days Im Port Gamble ers and b children, H Hausstnan, G W Macfariane, F A A ndergovernment, which had been largely awak16—Am wh bk Thoa Po|»c, I.rivers, 160 daya from New aon, F Silva, Jot George, W Brause, W Cbristmann, Misses J Bedlyrd. and E Warren, Mrs C Dunneand child, X 11 Wild, A Ourant, ened by the revolution in America. The 10—Am bktnc Joa Perkins, Johnson, 17 days from Port J Miller, ti D Nye, J Cotnpton. enlightened Louis, at once planned a naval Uambit;. Foa San Fiancibco—Per D C Murray, May 23—Chat J 19—Am wh bk Pacific, Smithera, from New Bedford via Baggc, Mist Bagge, E X Chapman, Mr King. I. V Fisher, Mrs expedition for circumnavigation and disHilo, Hawaii. he placed under the command Wallace, Mrs Davis, M Mack, A Peterson, Mrs Peterson and 21—Am bk Brontes. Sadler, 27 days from San Francisco daughter, Mrs Williams. Mrs Frear and daughter. Gen Ames, covery, which aa—P Ml4Cily of Sydney, Dearborn, 19 dys fin Sydney Mr l.mdermann and wife, Mias Gower, Mrs Dunn, J S An- of La Perouse. The recent successes of draile, O Walnke, J Bettleatone, M Joseph, Mrs Brooks and the English navigator Cook had drawn atDEPARTURES. child, H Brans. tention to the subject. This good, thoughtWinding, Frynciacofor San May J—Am brig Hesperian, a—P Mft City ol New York. Cobb, fur Sydney. ful, yet unambitious, and impolitic King MARRIED. Woolley, llriggs, for Sao Francisco. 4—Am Schr -los Schmidt—Booth—At Pauoa, near Honolulu, May Ist, by laid aside for a while his mechanical amuse6—Am schr X J McK.lai.on, Kediteld, for Arctic. the Rev. W. Frear, Mr. Fred. W. Schmidt to Miss Clara 6—Am wh bk Mercury, Brooks, forArclic. ment of lock making, and with his own 11. Booth. 7—Am schr i.oleta, Dexter, for Arctic. hands drafted at his palace of Verroyal B—Am wh bk Progress, Kapham, tor Arclic. 10—Am bktnc Discovery, shepherd, fur San Francisco. DIED. sailles, all the details of a plan of voyage in 12—Am bklue Jane A Falkinburg,Hubbard, fr Portland March Oahu, 4th, D E Curtis At Kawaihapai, Waianae. of new lands, and of a new commerce I..—Am wh bk W A Farnsworth, Keenan, for Arctic. Curtis, aged 60 years. An old resident of these Islands. .quest Id—Am wh bk Milton, Hamblin, for Arctic. lor France. Both he and his noble Queen XT Boston papers please copy. 19—Britbk Manuna, Domine, Tor Tamil. Jones—At Uhalna, Maui, May 15th, Mrs Maria I'ati took great interest in this enterprise ; and 19—Am bktne Victor, Slevurt, for Port Gsmble. Jones, aged 40years. 22—A in bk Coringa, Jossclyn, for Hongkong. ■J;.—Am bktne Joa Perkins, Johnson, lor Port Gambit:. it was on this occasion, when concerting Faoan alias Williamson.—Drowned in the harbor of Ho23—P M S City of Sydney, Dearborn, for San Francisco nolulu on the night of the llih of May, Peter Faoan alias with his minister of marine respecting wh bk Thomas Pope, Adams, for Arctic. Frank Williamson, blacksmith of the Am bk Thoa Pope. .A—AM bk D C Murray, Fuller, for Sau Francisco, He Is reported 23 years old, and belonging to Brooklyn, N V, vessels for the enterprise, that King Louis as—am wh bk Pacific, Smithers, for Arctic. where Ilia parents reside, In Fulton Avenue. His remains refused to purchase the celebrated and fatal were interred in the Nuusnu Cemetery. XT New York padiamond necklace for his' Queen, remarking pers please copy. MEMORANDA. Smith.—ln this city. May 19th, at the Queen's Hospital, at the time; ll* p«»rt or British bk W a Fa ait swob th, C lUmii.i., " j'ai plus besom dun vaisseau Lariiie Smith, from Babylon, Looi Island, V S, lately on Master.—Sailed from New Bedford Dec 14th, 1876; 33 da* s board Thomae Pope, from New Bedford. XT New que dun bijou." 1 have more need of a the hark to Equator, long daya crossed it 29 31 lat 50 In the W; to ° ° copy. .South Atlantic; 24 days to lat 60° South Pacific; experienced Bedford papers please ship than of a gem. Baker.—ln this city, May 23d. at the Queen's Hospital, the usual weather oft" Cape Horn, with an unusual quantity of The enlightened King after tracing out discharged whaling 26 irom hark years, oE trades to lat 4° Georoe Baker, aged raioi touchedat Juan Fernindex, thence W A Farnswnrlh; has friends residing at No 26, 18thslreet, the line of navigation in quest of discovery tS, crossed the Equator iv the Pacific April 13tb,thence calms Brooklyn papera and li*lit airs until the 24th, in lat 6° N, long 118° W, Brooklyn, N V—Mr Morris Keenan. XT to the eastward and southward of the great then light NE trades; sighted Maul May Bth. Took 300 bbls please copy. ofoil and 1200 lb« bone on the passage. Spoke the following Weatherrik—ln this city, May 2*lh.GßoaOE W Weath- island of Papua, laid stress in his instruc30' 68 W, long MarSdth.lat 61° S. bark Pacific, vessels; ° bbbib, a native of Jolleltc, 111,aged about 46 years. tions upon the importance of gaining inwiih 70 bid* ot speira and 3 right whales; lat 37° G, long 77° Fine.—ln this city. May 24th, Fsane Fire, a native nf VV, bark Thomas Pope, with Vo bbls of sperm,and her mainof the many beneficiary He had been for months a formation about the whale fishery in Pacific Canada. mast head badly sprung; off Juan Fernandez, bark Napoleon Ladies' Stranger's friend Society. and Arctic waters, and about the trade in oil not repored. Ships are doing well on Chit*. Report or Ah ik D C Murray, A Fuller, Master*— peltries in the northern seas, and with the Lett San Francisco April 18th, at 6 p in, in low of tug Joe A. L. SMITH, peoples of China and Japan. As a humane Redmond; first 3 daysout strongbreeze from N and W, which afterwards hauled lo N and E, and continued ao the balance IMPORTER A DEALER IN JEWELRY, Prince and a sagacious counseller he gave 3rd; May discharged arrived Hilo about 160 al ton, of paaage; the most precise instructions to the comcargo, and took In 170bbls sperm oil from bark Pacific, Capt King. Combination Spectacles. Smithera. Left Hilo on Wednesday the 9th, in tow of stmr Qlrbb tnd lated Ware, mander of the expedition to treat all unKilauea, and arrived at Honolulu on tbe I lth. Sewing, Machines, Picture Frames, Vttet, Brsckeu, etc. Me. civilized or savage people, encountered in Report or Ah wh sh Milton, Htivers, Master.—Sailed from New' Bedford Dec Jbth, 1870, for Honolulu and the No. 73, Fort St. llyl TERMS BTKICTI.V CAHH. the course of the voyage with every possible Arctic; second flay out had heavy SF. and NX gales, and veered around to Sw and W.and blowed with great violence for 14 kindness and courtesy, and to never resort ■ M. DAVIDSON. days, had all the boats atove on the crane*. Jao Ist, running to force against' Ihem, except only in cases aiii]i|icd heavy carrya sea Alltrnr; al lstiw. under lower-fo,*sail» snd foresail. ing awa) starboard boat and davit, mid wilh her the carpenof absolute self defence. And the patriot Office over Mr. Whilne/'t Book-store, formerlyoccupied by tat Noraian J Kelly, and was lost. Passed through IhcMrails ■ monarch concludes his instructions in these dc-117* al Le Mane Mar oth,and by Cape Horn on the 7th. Had light Jadge Autnn. Iluiiululu, B 1. ahead of his expenses. At the funeral of a rich man, who died by his own hand while insane, Dr. Hall urged upon men of business moderation in the pursuit of riches, to study the laws of health, and, above all, to set their affections supremely on things above. Blessed are the children of faithful Christian parents, whose lips are taught to lisp the Saviour's name, whose little feet are turned early toward the Cross of Jesus and the throne of God. ' MARINE JOURNAL. . �46 THE FRIEND, JUNE, words. " Sa Majette regarderait commc dcs succes les plus heureux dc I'expedition qu'elle put etre terminec sans qu'il en rut coute la vie a un seul linminc." His Majesty will look upon it, as one of the happiest issuei of the expedition, that it may be accomplished,"without costing the life of one man. How sadly affecting and interesting are un these words, when we recall to mind that every man of the expedition perished,—not one returning to tell a word of its fate, and that the good and*patriotic. King who planned it for the welfare of his people, was harried by a mob in his palace, caßt along with his Queen and children into a dungeon, —stripped and spat upon,—nnd then underwent for himself and family the direst crucifixion of soul and body at the hands of the infuriate savagery of his own city of I'uris about the time that his gallant navigator La Perouse, and his companions were devoured by the savnges of Vunikoro. But this noble Frenchman is to be remembered for what he did, rather than ou account of his sad fate. He was of the race of protestant Albigenses, who at one time waged a bitter war with the partisans of the Pope. He was an accomplished and courteous gentleman,—marked with favor at the court of the illustrious and unfortunate Marie Antoinette; and bore an unstained character like a pure and upright Huguenot noble. His valor was conspicuous under Admiral Conflnns, and when this commander was defeated bp the English in 1759, La Perouse, then a youth of 18 years of age, was wounded and taken a prisoner. Hut after gaining his liberty he commands an expedition to destroy the factories and other establishments of the English in Hudson's Bay; and afterwards, from 1778 to 1780, we find him in command of a linf-of-battleship, cruising against the English in the West Indies, and along the coasts of Maryland, — Virginia and the Carolinas. And now having won the favor of his Sovereign and of the distinguished men of his country, La Perouse is placed in com", mand of two first-class frigatps, L'Astrolabe and La Boussole,—well provided Bnd appointed for a scientific expedition, that was a hope for the peace and the glory of his nation. The prayers of distracted patriots went with the noble seaman. And he, ac- companied with many blessings and with royal gifts from the fair hands of Queen Marie Antoinette, set sail from Brest on the Ist of August, 1786, on a voyage of discovery and to divert unruly France. The French navigator made many observations of value along the western coast of America, to the 60° north latitude. He visited, in 1783, the Hawaiian Islands, and anchored his two frigates off" a point on the coast of the island of Maui, now known as Makena. He then observed a numerous and a hospitable race on this croup. The recent tragic fate of Captain Cook had left no sinister impressions, and as La Perouse was earnest in carrying out the humane instructions of hi* sovereign in his dealing with the natives, he passed through this Archipelago without any loss or unpleasant encounter. There is a tradition among the natives of Lanai, which would lead to the supposition 187 7. that one of the frigates of La Perouse may have visited that island. A venerable native of Lanui, whom 1 knew well was named Hopuparani, or Caught-the-Frenchiaan. At ihe time of tiis death, which occurred about six years ago, he was evidently past 80 years of uge, as stated by himself and friends, and it appeared likely that he might have been a baby in 1786. Now the tradition is that at the time of his birth, a man of war said to be from Purani, or France appeared off the island near Mancle bay, and sent a boat ashore. Un this occasion one of the foreign seamen absconded and secreted himself in the interior of the island. A reward was offered for the man's capture by the officer in command of the boat. A konohiki or sub-chief restored the runaway to his vessel, and as the arrest occurred on the day that the native man's wife gave birth to a son, the baby was named " Hopuparani" or Caught-the- Frenchman. La Perouse made many important observations and some new discoveries in the North Pacific, of which he sent home full and valuable particulars by every opportunity. At the Ministry of the murine in Paris, there is a large docket ot his despatches and charts. His last dispatch,— the last received in France, was sent from Botany bay, and dated February 7, 1788. After this a long dead silence. The anxious King and Queen of Versailles looked many a day ior a message from their lost navigator. Even the turbulent people of France looked and hoped for the return of the brave mariner and his comrades, even as we English speaking people looked and longed awhile ago for the recovery and-return of Livingstone. And furthermore the constituent Assembly of France, which was cynically and ruthlessly trampling under loot the authority, and all the personal privileges of the royal patrons of La Perouse, and was preparing the way for the agrarian horrors of 1793, yet shared so much the public anxiety in behalf of the long absent navigator,—that it voted funds for.the publication of his despatches, and for the fitting out of another expedition to go in quest of him ; and fanhermorc passed resolutions in the form of an appeal to all civilized stales to aid in succoring La Perouse, who had been sent out on a mission of peace and in behalf of humanity. The expedition sent in quest, ended disastrously. Two frigates, numed " L'Esperance" and " La Recherche " cruised in vain in 1791 to get some tidings of the lost La Perouse. Both Commanders of these two ships—Bruni d'Entrecastenux, and his lieutenant commander died at sea, near where La Perouse perished,—and both ships were captured by the Dutch of Batavia. The reign of terror came for France. The royal sufferers looked to the last for some word from La Perouse. But no word came, and Kings and Emperors had passed away, till in 1827, when Charles X, brother of Louis XVI, was King, there came news of the fate of La Perouse. The discovery was made by Capt. Dillon an English trader cruising among the groups of islands to the eastward of Australia. He found a sword hilt in the hands of a native at Tucopia or Tikopia, an* island lying between the Solomon and New.Hebrides Archipelagoes, nnd was told that more such articles could be found nmong islands lying farther north. As he was bound for India, he reported on arrival the interesting relic to the Governor of Bengal. The evidences of a monogram and crest satisfied both Governor and Captain that this sword hilt had belonged to La Perouse. The intelligent and enlightened Governor remembering the appeal of the Assembly of France, and the long anxiety of her people, nt once fitted out a vessel at his own expense, which he named the "HeResearch," and placed Dillon in command. returned to the points indicated, and whilst examining the coral reefs that line the shores of Vanikoro, one of the islands of the group named Santa Cruz, he observed in the translucent waters as he boated along numerous articles of iron and brass, rings, bars, bolts, cannon, and a bell with the name of the foundry at Brest plainly legible. Here were unmistakeiibly the relics of the wreck of "L'Astrolnbe"and "La Boussole." A few particulars were reluctantly obtained from (earful old savages of tho island. They said that both ships had struck at once. That the chief of the whites stayed with his people some time on the island, and after many had died, a portion of the strangers sailed away in a boat of their own construction. But the opinion of Captain Dillon was that La Prouse and his men had been destroyed by the savages. There was no trace ol any foreign work or residence on shore. It was evident that the ships must have speedily gone to pieces on a far outlaying reef, and that the shipwrecked people, could rmt have passed through a long line of dangerous surf ami reached the shore with any means of subsistence or defence in their hands. And as these savages of Vanikoro had been in the habit of destroying castaways, it is not likely that they would spare the brave navigator who was at one time the hope of France, any more than any other sailor. The observations of Capt. Dillon were fully confirmed shortly afterwards by Capt. Dumont d'Urville, who in another Frenchsliip of war named " L'Astrolabe," visited Vanikoro in 1828. He erected a stone obelisk near the scene of the wreck, anil placed on it this inscription, inscribed on a metal tablet: "A la memoire dc La Perouse et dc ses compngnons. • — L'Astrolabe 14 Mars, 1828." The relics of the lost frigates were transported to France. They were arranged in the form of an obelisk, with the bronze bell of La Perouse's ship on top, and placed at the entrance of the Marine Museum of the Louvre, in Pans. There I saw them in 1854, but the communists and the petroleuses disturbed them during the latest furies of a mob, whose fathers martyrized the good King Louis, and who perhaps would not have spared,—had he returned home alive when looked for,—the aristocratic, though famous navigator, Count Galium dc la Perouse. W. M. G. �ADVERTISEMENTS. Places of Worship. Seamen's Hktiiki.—Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, near tbe Sailors' Home, Preaching, at 11 a. M. Seat* free. Sabbatb School before tbe morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7g o'clock. l'"otiT Stkkkt Ciiiikoii—Rev. W. Krear. raator, corner of Kort and Heivtuniu BtreeU. I'reacliiiig Sabbath on Sundays ut 11 a. m. and <4 r. St. School al IU A. M. Kawaiaiiao Church--Kev. 11. 11. Parker. Pastor, King street, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at S| a. m. and 3 r. s. Uoman Catholic Chuiiiiii—Under the charge of Kt. lii-v. Bishop MateM, assisted by Rev. Father llermitnn ; Kort street, near IJeretunia. Services every Sunday at 10 a. m. und 2 I'. M. Kaimakai'li.i Ciii'kcii Rev. M. Kuaea. Pastor, lieietiiiiiu Hiieet. iienr Nuiiaini. Services ill HaY. at. waiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and Tiik Aniii.ii'an OsTJSOS Btohnp. tlm Rt. Rev. AlIred Willis. I). D.; Clergy. Rev. Kob't Uiinn, M. A., Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary Cathedral, lieretiiniii street, opposite the lIiH.I. English services on Sundays ut lid und 11 A. m., and H4 unilut"ii.a.m.M. Sunday School ut the Clergy lions.10 11 It . 47 18.7. THE FRIEND, JUNE, SAILORS' HOME! LATH HOP. Having returned to Honolulu to reilils, hat retumtd tht practice of hit profession. Any ont desiring hit service, either Medlcil or Surgical, can And him at the Capt. Snow Cottage, dt-1870 adjoining the llawsiian Hotel. Ik" K. B. HUTCHINSON. I'hi.u inn Hint Surgeon, Office at I>rug Store, curlier of Fort and Merchant Street.} Residence, Nuuanu Avenue, near School Street. fel '7d Office Hourt, 9 to 11 A. M. iir u. ikwin <v co.. .. Cbmin.tv.vion Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, 11. 1. w i: IV Klt s Si DICKSON. Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, Kort Street, Honolulu, 11. HOFFMANN, ■.I IS • , 1. M . D., ~ Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant and Kmiliumsnu Streets, near the Pott Office | BKEWEK 1 St CO.. Commission and Shipping Merchants, TO THE PUBLIC! Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, do. do. Seumen's do. Shower Baths on the Premise*. ... $6 6 ED. 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A. ciples,—prejudices, if you will,—in favor of what they believe to be the word of God ? we, under the pretence of permitting Shall (Proai Ihe Wslrhman | our sons and daughters to form unbiased "He Shall Sit as a Refiner and Purifier judgments and acquire independent and of Silver." original convictions, yield up their susceptible young minds to the prepossossion of all BY A. J. H. falsehood and folly, rather than endeavor to In thy crucible, O Lord, hand down to them the faith and hope in me word; Try by thy perfect which we have found peace and comfort? Kindle thou the flaming fire. Feed it with thy righteous ire;" Seven timet bolter than of yore Tby tbiee ancient worthies bore. " Let tbe sordid dross of Fear, Doubt and Envy disappear; Buse alloy of worldly Fame, Melt it in tbe cleansing flame; Sit thou,.Lord, upon my heart, Act tbou the refiner's part. Healing still tbe moulten cup. Till tby face it mirrors up) Thine own spirit witb me stay. And be in me day by day. Till I praise with heart nod lyre Thee and thy refining tire. Muriton's Mills, Mass. Is Faith Inherited? BY WM. R. TF.RRF.TT. Infidels are very fond of saying scornfully that Christians inherit their faith from their ancestors, just as they receive their properties and their names. The inference Irom such statements evidently is that the fact .that Christians receive in childhood from the instruction and example of their parents and teachers predispositions in favor of certain doctrines, —that this fact ts in itself a reason why they should suspect the truth of these doctrines. As sneers are usually more powerful than arguments, 1 am not surprised to find that this assumption has influence enough to disturb the convictions of many minds. Yet a moment's serious thought will show how groundless is the sceptic's scoff. The believers in nil religions alike accept the doctrines held by their ancestors, and, at first, because they are held by their ancestors; therefore all religions are alike false. This is a fair statement of the view ot which I am speaking for the sake of argument, let us suppose that any system of religious doctrine should be discovered or revealed whose proofs were so absolutely conclusive and demonstrative that they excluded the possibility of doubt, would there be any other way of propagating and preserving such undoubted truth, and of giving it full and controling sway over the minds of succeeding generations than that of implanting it firmly by early instruction in the opening intellects of the young? And would the fact that age after age received it thus " by inheritance," be any reason why its sure evidences should be distrusted ? Christian* believe, many Christians know, that the faith they cherish is God's eternal truth. Would they not then be guilty of great oruelty if they permitted their children to grow up around them without making an effort to inspire them with preferences, prin- Sit Moon.—We ate happy to welcome back our Colporteur after his missionary visits among his countrymen on the Island of Hawaii. He was well received by them. He was at Hilo* on the day—May 10th— when the tidal wave visited that harbor, and gives a most vivid account of the sad destruction of lives and property. At the Sabbath evening service, after his return to Honolulu, he preached upon the closing verses of our Savior's sermon upon the Mount, and improved the opportunity to impress upon his hearets the importance of building their hopes for eternity upon the " Kock," and not upon the " Sand." Our faithful and efficient Secretary, Geo. P. Castle, Esq., reports that owing to the inclemency of the weather the regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was not held last month. 48 Young Men's Christian AssociationHonlu.f " He is My Minister." Some of the people didn't like him. They were free to express their dislikes. Nor were they careful where they did it, and to whom. Some did it in the sewing circle. As one young lady did so to another, and asked her opinion, her reply was: He is my Minister. She did not regard him as perfect. A better minister would have pleased her. But he was her minister, and she did not feel at liberty to set herself against him, and to join with others, and members of the church too, in backbiting him. It had been written: " Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people ;" and would it bp any less sinful to speak evil of the minister who had been set over her in the Lord ? Ministers are but men. They have their failings. None of them are perfect. They are not above the need of charity. And if we would not impair their influence, and stand in the way of their usefulness, wo must be careful how we handle their reputation. When that is gone, all is gone with a minister. His capital for doing good is lost. Whether he be a bad man or not, when his people come to think him so, or to suspect that he is so, whatever his other qualifications may be, he can accomplish but little for their spiritual benefit. Like Caesar's wife, he must be so, he must guard well his own reputation ; and all who. would desire and seek his well-being and usefulness, must consider well what they may say conS. cerning him. A great, a good, and a right mind is a A Testimony.—"I know very little about kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may Mr. Moody," said a gentleman in a horse be the blessing of a slave as well as of a car the other day, " but 1 do know that prince. It came from heaven, and to since he has been here my son has conheaven it must return ; and it is a kind of stantly attended the meetings, has kept good heavenly felicity which a pure and virtuous company, aim has shown more interest in mind enjoys in some degree even upon the welfare of his fellow-men than ever before ; and for this I am grateful." earth.— Seneca. Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is richer, or happier, or wiser for it. It commends no one to society ; it is disgusting to the refined, and abominable to the good. It is good to be kin to the noble and great, It is good to be heir to a vast estate, But 'tis better yet, I think,—don't you ?— To be able to " paddle your own canoe." So smile on the humble as well as the great; For dead men's shoes never care to wait; The law is not now a covenant, still it is But strive to be useful and brave and true, a rule. Though we cannot, be justified, we And be proud to " paddle your own canoe.'' must be guided, by it.— 1 Tim. i. 8; Rom. A schoolmaster who had an inveterate vii. 7. habit of talking to himself, was asked what What Christ procured at the expense of motive he could have in so doing. He death, and we are in- replied that he had two good and substanhis labors, sufferings vited to come and receive, " without money, tial reasons, in the first place he liked to and without price." talk to a sensible man; in the next place Hope is like the wing of an angel soaring he liked to hear a sensible man talk. up to heaven, and bears our prayers to the When a man spends three millions of throne of God.— Jeremy Taylor. dollars on a private house to reside in we One great cause of our insensibility to begin to think there is something wrong in the goodness of our Creator, is the very his finances. Extravagance is a sign of weakness always. extensiveness of his bounty.—Paley. The finest church in New England is in Saying it is so, does not make it so. Phillips Brooks'—and cost Believing it to be right, does not make it Boston—Key. $750,000. right. � 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 (1877) 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 - 1877.06.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877.06.01