https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/e083108279f9c8c889b3e00f0c45b43d.pdf ec715bde580d266119bf87189ff93bc0 PDF Text Text 97 F THE RIEND HONOLULU, DECEMBER 4, 1817. Ktto Series, M. 28, $0.12.} CONTENTS Far December 4, 1877. —_ End or Volume XXXIV II awaiian Centennial Ramblea in the Old World, Noll The Rev George Morri A Hither Law New Zealand Correspondence Death of an Early Convert A Lull in Life—Poetry laland of Snwarrow Y. M. C. A Hawaiian Centennial. Paoa 97 VI 97—99 99 WO 100 101 102 102 104 THE FRIEND. DECEMBER 4. 1877. END OF VOLUME XXXIV. With this number closes another year and volume of the Fbiend. We really have no space left for moral reflections on the closing of the year or the flight of time. As we have furnished our subscribers with twelve numbers of our paper, in order that we may pay our printer and discharge all liabilities incurred in its publication, we trust our subscribers and friends will see the importance of making prompt payment when their bills are presented. If any error or mistake appears, the same will be rectified by making it known to the publisher. —As we have not received our usual donations from the whaling fleet, we hope persons favorably disposed to the publication and .gratuitous distribution of the Friend will not forget that five hundred copies of each number are distributed gratuitously. Donations thankfully received. For several months we have been expecting that some of our English residents would take the initiative for a centennial celebration, if the government officials did not move in the matter. It really seems quite too bad, too unpatriotic, too stupid,—to allow so good an opportunity to pass without a respectable demonstration. Less than two months remain,—for January 18th, 1778, is the day when Cook is reported to have discovered these islands. Who will move in this matter? To compare great things with small, the ISth of January is also memorable for another event of minor importance. On the ISth of January, 1843, thirty-five years ago, the first number of the Frienp made its appearance, and has continued its monthly reappearance ever since. Me. Aseu, one of the Chinese merchants of Honolulu, on his voyage to China via San Francisco and Japan, reports under dote of September 17th the following persons as his fellow passengers, on board the City of Peking, from San Francisco to Yokohama: From the American Board for Japan: Key. Isaac Pierson and wife, Miss Lizzie B. Pierson, Miss Julia Wilson, Miss H. F. Parmlee. From the Presbyterian Board: Miss Doctress G. J. Anderson, Miss Mary E. Barr. From the Methodist Episcopal Board: Rev.* H. H. and Mrs. Lowrie, Rpv. W. G. Benton, Bishop J. W. and Mrs. Wiley. Yokoyama, Japanese missionary, educated four years at a mission school in the United States, now returning home to do mission work. Three going to Japan, and the others to China. New Books.—The number of new books seen at Whitney's bookstore, when his invoices are opened is gratifying, but still more gratifying to look in a few days after, and find most of them have disappeared and been Thanksgiving.—The day was observed scattered over the islands. Many of these as in former years, by public religious serbooks are among the best publications of the vices at the Fort Street Church. An admiage,—historical, literary, scientific. Such rable discourse was delivered by Rev. Dr. books would not be ordered and sold, unless Hyde, specially invited by our U. S. Minisreaders were found for them on different ter Resident Mr. Comly. The sermon will be found in this week's Gazette. parts of the islands. {(Dili Series, 001.34. RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No.1 Elberfield, Sept. 19, 1877. Dear Friend.—The French, you know, say, " gui s'excuse s'accuse," so that perhaps it will be wiser for me not to attempt any line of defense for my meagre cpistolatory correspondence this summer but creep instead under the folds of your broad mantle of charity, finding balm for my conscience in the thought that you have found something far better than my rambling and random sketches for your columns. I am afraid that something of the " dolce far niente " of midsummer days must have had its effect upon me, for how otherwise could I have delayed telling you of my drifting from among Swiss scenes, and the presence of its snowy uplands and blue lakes, to this fair and fertile region which cradles the Rhine? And what a summer this has been for this world of ours, which seems *o find wars and rumors of wars its perpetual heritage ! With you, though a little nearer the scene of action, we have been watching the sad, bloody conflict which darkens all the eastern horizon and which seems to grow darker and more bloody as the summer gives place to autumn, and the first frost and chill in the air hint at the added Wretchedness and anguish which must come to those on the wild, bleak battle-fields, unless peace comes with the early snows Then too, how wanly and beseechingly have all those countless famine-stricken faces in India been looking to us out of their dreadful and terrible need ! And it is a pleasure to see how nobly hearts, both in England and the Continent, have been touched by this human agony. We are watching with intenstest interest to see whether them is anything to come of that thunder-cloud which seems to have been gathering over Our next-door neighbors, the French, who are craving far a new sensation and revolution! Perhaps however the political tempest will vanish as the heat and muttering thunder from our autumn skies. What a superb tribute the French paid to the memory of the veteran Theirs, the other day. Rarely does such a tremendous throng follow a man to his tomb. A troublesome and annoying state of affairs also the American people have been meeting with, in their riots and strikes, which I trust have now been quietly adjusted. But really it is hardly my province in yoqr columns, �98 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, to enter into the politics and troubles of the and one earth at laige, and in leaving them I most them to additions to modern travel permit leave at all. One thinks with a sincerely hope that our Hawaiian skies have sigh of these blessed days when Oliver Goldin them only the happiest portents for the smith won his way among the Swiss peafuture. It is pleasant to feel that there is santry with the sweet notes of his flute, one favored nook where the great tide of travelling as he listed. Next to the sight of a grand face or the suffering and famine and bloodshed hasn't found its way. Peace now, and ever to sound of a voice which has thrilled multiyour rustling cane fields, and, to this sunny tudes by the wonder of its melody, that of a Rhine-land where the grapes are purpling for famous river seems to me the most inspiritthe vintage! ing. There is an eloquence in it more powerful than words ; a mysterious, sympthetic OUT OF SWITZERLAND. which seems to have something alI promised to give you a running sketch of quality human most about it. How it links the cenmy trip from Geneva to Elberfeld, which I turies in one continuous chain ! What numdo, so far as outlines the fading will now berless have mirrored themselves tragedies can be re-produced : in its waters ! Men work and fight, chilPerhaps you have gleaned already from dren and play on its banks. Armies something I may have written how 1 found die itslaugh waters red with their blood generamy way hither. Not in a very direct sort tion after castles are built and of a route but wandering and rambling in crumble generation, but still the silent river holds away, this way and that, something as the Rhine its course unshaken, a symbol of eternity. its course. parts to do one or two of in likes But this is rhapsodizing, and quite unparI wish 1 could tell you of all the places and donable in a letter. But it is a little more months, the few seen past in have people I pardonable perhaps when you stand for the be too much even but this would certainly first time on the Cathedral terrace at Basel for your patience, which, kind and charitable of the splendid as it is, must have its limits. Then too in full view of the Rhine and its waters which make at sweep pale green there keeps creeping in the' thought that you know them just about as well as I do, and' this point. It is really a magnificent sight devoid of all associations,—but with these— that you can point to innumerable people it is a feast for eyes and No where who nave told the same story over and over have 1 seen the River toheart! such good advanthat it seems so faultlessly again, and some as here. It broadens like a lake, fullsacrilege to utter a sound on the same tage sweeping, majestic, as if conscious of the subject. Far back as Johnson's time, you magical spell which seems hidden in its know, that prince of growlers, launched his not clear and blue and crystalline criticisms on those who would enter upon waters, the blue Rhine at Geneva, but even in such a well-worked field as that of continen- like the glory of the full noon blaze of light, tal travel, in a way to frighten any one. keeping the secret of its cool green depths. BERNE. But more of this bye and bye—we shall soon I shall always remember a few hours un- be on it and can look more closely. Stepder a very bright June sun in the old city of ping into the Cathedral near the terrace, we Bert*, its historical scenes ; its " bear-pit" see the stone to the memory of the learned and bears, singularly stupid, but which every- Erasmus, whose learning by the way did not body goes to see; its quaint old fountains render him any more decided a character in and statues and long arcades with their in- Mie matter,of the Reformation, in which he viting scarlet-cushioned seats in the grey played, however, no insignificant a part. stone walls of the houses; the cathedral In one of the rooms pf the Cathedral, are with its splendid views withoutand sculp- fragments of a most famous and peculiar tured Christ within and above all the distant mural painting, entitled the Dance of glimpses of* the Bernese Oberland, veiling JJeuth, formerly I think, on the walls of a its snowy summits in shimmering snowy cemetery. It is rather comforting on the clouds, wafted through the air, heated by the whole that only ragged sections of it remain, early summersun, brought refreshing thoughts for in all truth these are ghastly enough. of those far off retreats, which are full of in- The whole represented a wild carnival of spiration to those who visit them and gaze grinning skeletons, whirling on terrified upon the majesty and purity of the Jung- knights, shrinking girls, mitred Bishops, fratt. Next came Zunich and its lovely (whose mitres and crosiers were of little lake, on whose shores I watched for several avail), wealthy burgers, and others of every weeks the subtle growth of summer beauty, class, to their doom. What uncomfortable in the simple little Swiss village of Manne- imaginations some of those old painters dorf, where is,carried on a most interesting seem to have had. The old house of work founded by the well-known Dorothea Erasmus is not very far away, and a statue Trudell. No where can you find more fra- of CEcolampadius, who, notwithstanding his grant roses in June or kinder hearts the name, did good service among the Reformers. year round than in this lovely little spot, STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL. whose vineyards run down to the clear I watched the fading of the same daylight, waters of Lake Zurich, and over which the which I had seen glittering in Basel on the distant Riyi keeps guard. Then by Zurich again, I rambled on to Basel. We call it Rhine at noontime, at sunset on the tower rambling now-a-days you know, when peo- of Strasbourg Cathedral. ple take a guide-book in band and rush hither The singular roofs of the city, mounting and thither in fear and trembling, that they story above story, the flat far reaching surare going to loose the express" for the rounding country from which the Prussians, " of porters and not so very long since, tossed their uncomnext station, if the crowd hotel keepers arid souvenir-vendors and fortable cannon balls into the terrified town; punctiliousrailway-officials, and the thousand thelines of ramparts fortifications, etc.,alllay 1x77. before us. This wonderful Strasbourg spire! What pigmies seem the men and women below! You feel indeed 'twixt heaven and earth, and yet far above this tower where we are standing there are heights which we have not gained. The round red sun is too near its dipping in the hazy west for us to try them to-night. There is a terrible fascination about the downward look, down, down, down ! And there is only this little stone parapet between us and the fearful leap! Something of the same indescribable spirit which leads you on to the brink at Miagara, and draws you towards its gulfs of snowy foam and shattered rainbows, or holds you spell-bound on the near edge of the fiery, terrible surge of our Kilauea, keeps you here. Would the stone apostles, the winged angels or Gothic sculptures reach out helping hands in the whirling, murderous fall ? One could scarcely find a more fitting spot for the scene of the prologue of Longfellow's "Golaen Legend." Imagine these airy heights, wind-swept and storm-lashed, with Lucifer and his legions in their wild fury, hurrying on to their work. "Haalen! Ilaaten! ye apirita! Kium ita atatlon drag the ponderous I'm." "I ii,-n, that to mock ua li uplifted liian In air! O " But I must be on my way leaving behind the city where Goethe so long studied, where Calvin found his wife, the seat of innumerable important events in history; the capital of those fair provinces which one always thinks of now-a-days in the guise of two sad-eyed peasant girls, whose hearts are still with " la belle France," Alsace and Lorraine. BLACK FOREST. What a world of witchery there is in the very sound of the words " Black Forest." Don't they make you long for the days when you read of dwarfs and giants and spirits, good and evil, of phantom steeds and huntsmen, that some how or other seemed to find a congenial home in these woods which lie so invitingly on the horizon in the gathering, mysterious gloom of the long twilight. It would have been a pleasure to have dived into them, but one can't see every thing, and this was not in my plan just then. 1 wonder if one would be disappointed; I can't think so. There seems too genuine a fragrance in tnese old German legends and fairy stories; you can almost hear the wind in the trees, and scent the perfume of the pines and catch glimpses of cool, shadowy lakes, whose surface the stars pierce with their silver gleams, and where deer stay for a moment their hurried flight. But the train rushes on and night shuts down on the world of spirits and men as we enter Heidel- berg. HEIDELBERG. This place is charmingly situated on the river Neckar, is rich in historical associations, and is attractive to the tourist, chiefly from its university and its castle, which is certainly a roost imposing and magnificent ruin. With the matins of the birds and the early morning walk to the glorious ivygrown pile, which stands still as a sentinel above the city, faithful to its mediaeval .trust—though scared ap4 maimed—came one of those deljght,fuj surprizes which are �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, among the rare and beautiful things of travel. Out of my limited European experience there are very few places on this side the Atlantic better worth seeing. The wings of my rather too exuberant imagination have been clipped more than once during the past few months, but here every realization and anticipation has been more than fulfilled. Some one has written of it " next to the Alhambra of Grenada, the most magnificent ruin of the middle ages." I am afraid I shall never see the Alhambra, or hear the murmur of its fountains, except through the medium of Irving's splendid descriptions, but I shall never, never forget the glory of the old " Heidelberg Schloss," its ruin but adding to its perfect beauty, the remembrance of which, will, I trust, live in my thoughts and heart as greenly as does the ivy on its walls. The castle is situated on a wooded height just above the town, and is centuries old. One elector after another added to it, till it acquired huge dimensions. Long ago, the French General Melac had it blown up. And in 1764 the lightning came to complete the ruin. It would seem as if some curse had rested on its battlements. It would scarcely be possible for me in the compass of this letter to attempt a description of it, and I feel as if 1 should be wholly inadequate to do this as it should be done. The immensity of it at first confused me, as I came out of the narrow foot-path which I had followed up to the avenue which runs in its rear, and wandered about at my own sweet will. This led me under the leafysculptured portal or gateway which the elector Frederick Y. caused to be erected in honor of his English wife, the Princess Elizabeth, and into the tree-shadowed garden beyond, the very perfection of a place for dreaming and love-making, then into the great castle-court and over its heavy drawbridge and under its raised port-cullis, and through its huge and massive gateway. Every step of the way has its peculiar charm, and we would slay the sun in his coursa if we could. Before us is the paved and glistening court. How the horses' hoofs must have rung on it, in the brave old days ! There is the Muprechtn-Bau, and there the granite columns from Ingelheim with their memories of Charlemagne, and there the Friedrichs-Bau and there—but what signify names in the presence of all this color and warmth and beauty? Just see how splendidly the golden sunshine illumines the facades of the palaces which face and encircle us and warm the sculptures and statues in their niches, and seems to find a sort of companionship in their rich and varied adornments. This is a terrestrial paradise for painters. I met one, whose Scottish birth had not checked his artistic spirit, and who was, as perhaps some of his stern countrymen might say, well nigh daft in the midst of all this beauty. For the instant, the dullest and most unimpressible of travellers must feel something of the throb of the poet in him at sight of the Tower which the French so cruelly blasted. It was a wickedly mean thing of them to do, but have we not on the whole gained by it ? It stands like some great stone giant, shorn of his strength! Down" in the ravine below fell huge gigantic masses, and the trees and things leaped up to hide their nakedness. They have crept up its sides, softening, embossing with their tangled and verdant growth its crumbling arches, even penetrating to' its stony heart and in its broken and shattered old age, giving it a tenderness and beauty, which its proud and haughty youth never possessed. One needs an Ariadne in this labyrinth, or her silken-clue! Room after room open before you ; long winding passages ; banqueting halls, whose only frescoes are those of the drifting clouds and silver stars on the heavens above them ; under ground passages where waves of ferns and mosses and trailing vines have swept in with the years. Then up to the battlements where the only pennants that wave in the summer air are those which the kindly hand of nature has unfurled, a symbol of the infinite peace which seems to brood over these walls. There are the chapel, the museum with a thousand interesting relics, and after all this splendid vision which is almost intoxicating in its poetry and beauty, it is well to come down to the earth again and visit the cellar and its famous "Tun," for the people who lived in this enchanted palace were of the earth, earthly. Can you imagine 49,000 gallons of wine ? Then 1877. 99 now absent on a tour to Hawaii and Maui. On his return, he hopes to spend some days in Honolulu. Something may be gathered of the efficiency of the Order from the following extracts from a circular published by the Order: " The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars of the State of California, euborilitmte to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, 1. O. G. T., wan instituted May 29th, 1860, and com- prised at that time eleven subordinate lodges, holding a membership of less than five hundred. Since then by the employment of competent lecturer", printing temperance literature, and other available means, the principles of the Order have extended and been generally embraced, until now the subordinate lodgea within this State oxoeed two hundred in number, and ten thousand in membership. Scarcely a town of importance, or a county within the Suite is without its " Lodge of Good Templars." The Grand Lodge of California has special jurisdiction also over the State of Nevada, and (he Territories of Utah and Arizona, as also the Sandwich Islands, in each of which Lodges of the Order have been established and are now working. JUVENILE TEMPLARS. This is a juvenile institution recently formed lor the benefit of the children of our land, and is directly under the patronage of the Grand Lodge. enclose it all in a cask, which is more like some bloated monster than anything else, and you have the Tun on which everybody mounts by ladder. To obtain an idea of its size, consider its dimensions, 32 feet long, and 22 feet high, holding 800 hogsheads. The circumference around the centre is 231 feet, and the diameter of the head 22 feet. In my delight, lam keeping you very, very long over the castle, but I forget and live my visit over again. But just one moment more for a glimpse from the " Molkenkour," a height just above the castle and I am done. Heidelberg lies at our feet, with its roofs and spires and university, of whose fame you know so well, and beyond the long reach of the Neckar, " the dark green Eden world," the low-lying lands which border on the Rhine, fertile fields, and distant forests, a very quiet beautiful scene. But the morning sun is hurrying on and we must say " good-bye " to the sunny gardens and terraces where the good people of Heidelberg love to come for their beer and music ; and out from the spacious balcony, down a cool and sloping path, into the busy life of travel again. And yet not just as before, for I have left my heart somewhere in your green fastnesses, dear old castle on the banks of the Neckar, and ever more, at mention of your name shall breathe a prayer that you may speak messages of beauty and tenderness td those who shall come after, as you did to me (hat rare morning in June ! Fourteen years ago the Grand Lodge, feeling the necoeasity of a representation in the newspaper world, founded and adopted as its official organ The Weekly Organ. THE GOOD TEMPLARS' HOME FOR ORPHANS. In 1869 a capacious and elegant structure was erected near Vallejo, in Solano County, and in October, 1870,it was dedicated and opeod under the auspices of the Grand Lodge, and entitled the Templars' Home for Orphans." Its title "is Good not meant to convey any idea of delusiveness as to the class admitted to its sheltering offices. On the contrary it is open to all; the only passport required at its portals is to be a homeless orphan child. Children under fourteen years of age are recived and cared for, and over seventy orphaned children are now being cared for within its walls. The buildings are sightly, capacious aud pleasantly located. The Home is under the management of a Board of Trustees, and loard of Lady Managers—the former comprising nine gentlemen of the Order, who have charge of the buildings, grounds, (30 aorea), and financial matters, while the Board of Lady Managers is composed of eight prominent lady members of the Order, selected from various portions of theState, and has charge of the internal and domestic relations of the institution. Within tbe Home a graded school, under the " Publio School System " ol the State, is taught by two competent teachers. Upwards of $10,000 has been expended in the erection, care and maintenance of this institution. The Good Templars of this jurisdiction have accepted the soil-imposed duty of sustaining this Hoine'' gratefully, and the membership is linked together in Its support with unfaltering devotion. The Rev. George Morris.—We are happy to welcome, as a fellow laborer and gospel minister, this gentleman from California. He is the Pastor of a Congregational Church, in South Vallejo, but comes as Agent and Representative of the Good Templars of California. He was formerly a missionary of the London Missionary Society at Tahiti. On his arrival, he preached at shrubbery and thousand green and living the Bethel and Fort Street Churches, but is The cause of temperance has tbus been promoted by all available and honorable means—by an organised association of men and women within tbe Lodge, and the youth and children within tbe Temples. By tbe education of all through tbe press, and from tbe platform and pulpit, and by tenderly caring for tbe children bereft of parents and natural guardians through tbe use of intoxicating drinks and concomitant crime. Thus do we claim ours to be tbe most powerful and complete temperance institution ever organised. An invitation is extended to all to " come and join us " and assist in this grand warfare in behalf of truth, temperance and morality. F. W. Damon. THE WEEKLY RESCUE. feneral " RESULT. �100 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1877. THE FRIEND, O" By the last California mail, we rea letter from one of our old seafaring ceived lIKCEMHER 4. 1871. friends, whom we have known for a score of EDITOR'S TABLE. years. He has settled in Santa Rosa, where, Hawaiian Almanac and Annual roa 1878.—Ha- he writes, are "good schools, eight churches waii's Ontaetoial, it being one hundred years since and two colleges," and where he will be the discovery of these Manila by Capt. Cook. A band book of information uti matters relating lo glad at all times, to give his island friends the Hawaiian, Itlanda, original and selected, of a sailor's welcome." " " I forward you," he value to merohauta, planters, louriata, and others. Carefully oompiled by Tboa. Q. Thrum. Fourth adds, " a local paper with a statement made year of publication. by one of our Ex-city-fathers. I think it is Mr. Thrum deserves much credit for the time such men were shown up to the public care and trouble which he has devoted to the through your island papers." preparation of this publication. No one who It is not ordinarily in accordance with our has not engaged in similar work can fully editorial ideas, to notice the many foolish estimate or appreciate the work, hence we and erroneous statements which float back sincerely hope the public will evince their to the islands from the coast. Many of them appreciation by liberally purchasing the are utterly absurd, and a notice would only Annual. The table of chronological events lift them into importance. It appears that is very valuable. a man by the name of Gable, visited the islands some weeks ago, from Santa Kosa, A Higher Law.—The drift of a discus- and on his return, was interviewed by a resion which has been carried forward of late porter of the Santa Rosa Daily Democrat. in our Honolulu weeklies, would lead the We find the following in his report render to infer that some of the writers and the natives any idea of literature? contributors imagined that if our Sabbath Have The natives are all educated in their own lanLaws and marriage regulations were abro- guage. During my stay I did not find one who gated or annulled, then being brought back could not read and write. Have they any esto Rosseau's state of nature, they might live tablished religion '! None by law, yet nine-tenths of the population belong to some church. Some as they list, and do as they please. No are Catholics, some Protestants and some Mordoubt there are men who would be glad to mons. The Protectants largely predominate. There are missionaries there of denomiwitness such a triumph of sin and immoral- nations, who tax every memberallofthese a family 25 ity, but would it not be well for all sober- cents per month for religions services, and sell minded and. law-abiding people to keep in them Bibles and other books at most exhorbitnnt prices. These missionaries become wealthy from mind, that there is a Higher Law ? We tithes wrung from the poor and laboring classes. do not think that God and God's Law can They are strongly opposed to any white immigrato the country. What are the accomodabe thus summarily voted out of existence. tion tions for travellers? Outaide of the cities no We should not suppose any one required such thing is known as a public bouse. The namore convincing proof of God's government tives live in houses made of grass, the floors are covered with matting. They are very hospitable. over the world than the fearful retribution A stranger may travel all over the country and coming down upon transgressors of God's never be charged for anything he may eat or drink, Moral Laws. Any one partially blind, we yet he will be welcome to the best tbey have. should suppose, might see that the " way of We have a distinct recollection of Mr. the transgressor was hard." The sad vic- Gable. We invited him to our house and tims of intemperance, lust and crime, tell the also met him at our office, taking special story in language sufficiently plain to make pains to furnish him with correct informaa sensible man take warning. To repeal the tion about the islands and the people. He laws relating to thesaleof intoxicating liquors, had very many questions to ask, and to the the Sabbath and certain other practices best of our ability, furnished him with the would tend to foster and educate the Hood- desired information. So far did we become lum element in our community, which ele- interested, that when he expressed the desire ment recently made the San Franciscans for a lucrative office under the government re-organize the Vigilance Committee, as we did what we could for him, by speaking their only safety from anarchy, flames and to two government officials, but' frankly inutter demoralization. We hope His Majesty formed him, that the office he desired reand the authorities will give this subject a quired a knowledge of the native language, careful consideration before breaking away from established law and traditional usage. and unless he acquired the requisite knowlWe trust the Higher Law is not altogether edge, he must not expect the appointment. inoperative in this kingdom. It becomes Perhaps his disappoiniment in not obtaining the duty of every lover of good order, family this office may have rendered him rather purity and morality to uphold the authoritowards the islands. ties and be careful not to trample upon law. disaffected While bearing testimony to the intelliDonation from Capt. Cobb, of P. M. S. gence and hospitality of the Hnwtiiiuns City of New York, 17.00for the Honolulu towards missionaries, he appears to have a Sailors' Home. special antipathy. We do not give him : credit for believing what he stated to the reporter of the Democrat, and if he did believe it, and went away from the islands with such a ridiculous and absurd impression, then it does not speak very well for his good sense. The idea that missionaries have become " wealthy " from the sale of Bibles " " and " tithes," and that they are opposed to any " white immigration " is so absolutely absurd, that for a man of Mr. Gable's standing as a "city-father" of Santa Kosa, to believe appears ridiculous. Furthermore for any newspaper to print such foolish nonsense is equally ridiculous. Until Californians have reformed their Hoodlums and refrained from abusing Chinamen, we think they might as well refrain from publishing false and ridiculous reports about our islands. New Zealand Correspondence. Auckland, N. Z., Oct. 22d, 18T7. Editor of the Friend :—I see by your last to hand, by the R. iM. S. S. Zealandia, that you have some notice of a letter written by H. B. Sterndale.and published in the Weekly News of June 2d. You also expressed a wish to have the preceding letters. By the mail leaving here by the City of New York, I send you six papers which contains the whole of the letters and trust that you will receive them safely. By what you say in your notice quoted above a short sketch of Sterndale may not prove uninteresting to you, so I give you all I know of him. He is a short, spare man, very dark and wears a most piratical look, dress and all. He has been for years sailing and residing amongst the Pacific Islands, and has sailed with the " Bully Hayes," of whom he always speaks very highly. He resided on the Island of Suwarrow for some years and claims it as his own property under the'following circumstances : The island was taken possession of by a company formed in Melbourne, who got a title for it from the British Admiralty, and they used it as a trading station for the production of copra and other island produce. There was reports of enormous treasures being buried on the island in the very early days by the " Wild Rovers," who frequented the Pacific, and they prospected for that as well. Sterndale was the manager of the company, and he resided on the island. After working at it for some considerable period, the company got into difficulties and found they could not pay what they owed Sterndale for wages and monies he had expended, and they ceded him the island in payment, and I understand that he got everything arranged with the British Admiralty to acknowledge him as the owner of Suwarrow. After knocking about the islands he came to this place and entered into a partnership with a mercantile linn (Henderson & Mac- �THE FRIEND, farlune) to work the island, and left with a vessel and crew to commence operations. Henderson & Macfarlane sending another vessel down to procure labor from other islands. Things went on smoothly for a time when a quarrel ensued and Sterndale and his wife were made " prisoners of war," by Henderson & Macfarlane's people, and .sent here. Sterndale was to be tried for attempting to murder the Captain of one of but the magistrates here refused to hear the case as they had no jurisdiction. Henderson & Macfarlane then commenced an action against him civilly to compel him to render an account of his receipts and expenditure, and whilst that was going on, a number of persons who were or had been connected with him amongst the islands raised money to buy and equip a vessel for the purpose of going down and taking forcible possession of the island. Henderson & Macfarlane to prevent Sterndale going had him arrested for debt and he was put into Limbo, where he remained until the vessel had gone, and he at once commenced action against Henderson & Macfarlane for (alse imprisonment. The firm got into difficulties, 1 believe, and to prevent himself coming under the composition with the other creditors, as he would have to do, Sterndale leaves the Colony and the action is at once quashed. It is stated that Sterndale has gone to London to get his papers proving the island to be his, which are in the hands of the British Admiralty, so he says, and will commence action against Henderson & Macfarlane on his return. You express some surprise that he has not mentioned the good the missionaries have done at the different islands, but you will not do so when I tell you that he in common with a great many more of his kind hate and detest these brave men who bring the savage out of the darkness in which he is. When the missionaries begin teaching the blacks, these men generally move further away from civilization, as their deeds would probably not bear the light of day. We here in Auckland, have great respect for men who leave home, friends and every comfort to go out amongst savages and face death in its most horrid shapes for the purpose of shedding the light of God's gospel over the souls of the poor natives of the Pacific and other islands. Severel gentlemen born here have gone out as missionaries. Notably the Rev. Mr. Atkins, who was murdered with the good Bishop Patterson, of Milenesia, and the Rev. Geo. Browne, who inaugurated the mission to New Guinea. •» Death of an Early Convert. •• DECEMBER, recorded in the case of a venerable native Hawaiian woman, who departed this life on Nov. 27th, at Nuuanu Valley. Her name was Julia Kealoha ; she had been a widow for tbe last twentyseven years, and she is supposed to have been in the eightieth year of her age at the time of her demise. She was born at Hamakua, on tbe Island of Hawaii, in the year IT'JB, as far as the date can bo ascertained. When thirty years of age, she became a member of the Mission Church of Laliaina, only a few years aftor the arrival of the first christian missionaries at these Islands. During half a century she continued a worthy member or the church ; and she had the special privilege to be engaged for one half of her long life-time, in the same missionary family, that of the |Key. 1). Baldwin. Her love of prayer and her exemplary conduct edified all those who knew her, and lor this reason she was greatly beloved by her pious Hawaiian brethren and sisters. During the whole course of fifty years, from her first admission to church-membership down to her dying hour, never was there beard even one word of accusation or suspicion against her spotless christian reputation. Her death was like her life, holy and peaceful. She has gone to receive her eternal reward with the hope of a true Christian and a good and faithful servant of the Lord. To firm believers in the religion of tbe Christ, it must be both edifying and consoling to read the simple narrative of the earthly career of this poor old Hawaiian woman, a contemporary of the great pagan conqueror Kamehameha, and an eye-witness of tbe arrival of the first Christian Missionaries upon those then heathen shores, who occupied for fifty years tbe very holiest place in the fold of the Church, unnoticed by the multitude blindly bent upon worldly vanities, while she sought alone to lay up treasures incorruptible and eternal. Her edifying life and holy end may well claim a serious thought even from the most frivolous and worldly-minded, and it is a pleasing duty for us to record this bright example of a truly christian and virtuous life—however lowly—amongst the converted women of the once pagan and benighted Hawaii nei. There are but few left of her sort. She "Clung to her faith—'twaa higher than the thought — Thul tiuealioiH.fl other faith." P. C. Advertiser, Dec. 1. Rev. George Prichard.—This English missionary, formerly residing at Tahiti, we arc gratified to learn, is still living and able to preach. Our informant, Mr. Arundel, says that Mr. Prichard now preaches twice and sometimes thrice upon the Sabbath, be- ing vigorous and hale at the age of four score and more. Mr. Prichard will be remembered as having officiated as British Consul at the Society Islands, at the period of the French troubles, about forty years ago. We would acknowledge, from Mrs. Taylor, of London, copies of Spurgeon's " Sword and Travel " lor July, August and September. From Dr. N. Allen, of Lowell, Mass., a copy of the " Sanitarian," and other publication's. From Prof. Hitchcock, of Amherst College, a copy of his " Hygiene in Amherst College." From Rev. Dr. Grammer, of Baltimore, a copy of '• The Baltimore Pulpit." Tho manifestations of divine mercy are no where more striking than in the lives of the good. When instances occur of a long lile-time of piety, closing with the humble hope of a blessed immortality,—especially when tbe departed have lived in our midst, —it may be useful to bring them to the notice of the community, for tbe edification and encouragement of tbe living. In a country like tbis, so recently redeemed from pagan benightment, all good christians must rejoice to find —Also from the following persons of this city: that there are bright examples of truo christian Mrs. Paty, papers; Castle & Cooke, books; Mrs. life to be met with amongst the native population Hillebrand and Hoy. B. E. Bishop, magazines,— of these Islands. Such a bright example may bo all lor gratuitous distribution. — — — 1877. 101 MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I. ARRIVALS. Nov. 4—Am bk Camden, Robinson, 31 dye fm Port Gamble. o—Am wh bk Rainbow, Cogan. from Arctic. 6—P M 8 City of New York, Cobb, 18 daya *>* W hre from Auckland Haw bk Courier, Ahiborn, 16 tUyi from Han Fran. 9—Haw achr M E foaier,Keari, 18 dye An Port Ludlow lU—Am bk Colombia, Joli-iaon, 27 daya from Tahiti 14—P M IS Australia, Caritlll 7 dya fnn <San rruocieco. 17—Am wh bk Norman, Campbell, from Arctic. 17 Nicaraguaii bktne Christina A P Capra, 60 daya from Hongkong. 18—Ambktne JotPerkini, Johnaon,26 daya from Port ' — Gamble, 21—Am bk 11 W Almy, Wlddeoeon, 22 daya from Baa Francisco. 21—Am bk O C Murray. Puller. 17 daya from San Fran claco. 23—Bolivian bk RemoJlo, Howard, 62 daya from New Cattle, en route for Han Pranciaco. 26—Am achr Caaaie Mayward, Hay ward, fm Lahaina, Maul. 28—(law achr Minnehaha, Freeman, 22 daya from ten Franciaco. DEPARTURES. 2—Am bktn J A Falkinburg, Hubbard, for Portland 0 3—Haw bk R C Wylle, Woltera. for rtan Franclacu. 3—Haw brig Julia M Avery, Avery, lor Tahiti. 7—P M 8 City of New York. Cobb, for dan Pranciaco 12—Am bk Camden, Robinaoa. for Port Gamble. 16—R M H Auatralla, Camilla for Auckland. e> 22—Haw bk Courier, Ahlborn, for San Pranciaco. 22—Am wh bk Milion, Hamblio, to crulee. I*4—Bolivian bk Remt-jio, Howard, for can Pranciaco. 24—Am bktne JoaPerkina, Johnaon, for Port Gamble. 24—Nicaragua bktne Chrlatina A P. Capra, for Callao. 28—Am bk Columbia, Johnaon, for Han Pranciaco. 3u—Am achr Caaaie Hayward, Hay ward, for San Fran Deo I—Am achr Mary Swan, Jacobaou. for Fllut'a I •land 3 —Am wh bk Hunter, lloronn. to crulae Nov. PASSENGERS. Foa Han Fbabcisco—Per llotiaou, Oct 30— Jno T lonian and wife. Foa Abtobia and I'ohtumi-Per J A Falkinburg, Nov 2 —Mlaa Miller. Faoai I'okt Oamblb—Per Camden Not O—J B Kellotg. Fas Sam Fbanciboo—i'er City of New York, Nor s—J M child, O 11111, Dr VI Davlilaon, H Adonta, I. C Owen wife Cheney, Jno Spence, A tlnna, Mia. Uornian St nephew, J H Joaaelyn fc wile. Mra B P Joeeelyn, J Walker, O W Dickie w W Durham a wife, W II Dlmond, Mi.a Ada Van Winkle, Mlaa A lie- Van Winkle. J J Yalea. F R MelUa, J C Glade, wife k children, Mra M Webater, W W Taylor, X Illllman, Mra Sarah Cuahlngham, II Caualand, Ah Bin. Fbom Puoit Bound—Per Mary E Foeter, Nov 9—Can* 1 Ball. Fbom Naw Cabti.s, N S W—Per Columbia, Nov 10—Mr Wretl, wife and daughter. Fna I'obt Townbbnd—Per Camden, Nor 18—Capl I Hall, Mr Wretl, wife and daughter. Fbom Ban Fbanciboo—l'er Auatralia, Nor 14—Mra P P Shepherd, daughter and inlant, F J geott, W P Toler. Mlaa M Connell, H Alexander, Mia. Oolhe. 1 A Arundel!,Mlaa May, II May, C 0 Knowlea. F A Hchaefer, Her Geo Morrla, J R Whitney and daughter, Rer Mr Moncany, Mr* Illrkmoll and daughter. Alex Young. Jacob Miller, Mra Fred Barnard. H A Wiilrmann, J C Merrill, T F Hackfeld, 11 H Jonea, 81l Peek, O H Jonea, Cap! B F Hooian. O Waterhouae, H 0 Meyer., II Monroe, Alex Wallace, Mra F I. Flynn and S children. T W Bartholf. G 0 Beafoot, B W Manahall, Ja> Hanlow. Wm Marriott and 13 Chinamen. Fbom Ba» FaAßClaco—Per D C Murray, Nor 11—Mlaa R l.ackmann. Mr. T C Manila, E N Walker, wifeand 4 ehlldien, Mr Townai-nd, wifeand daughter,J L Rlchardron, J M Bryant, 1} Sell*, w B Dryer, I. II IJchlenaieln, A J Racine, Col Norm. M F Weeka, E A McDuffy, M Edward, L Ureman, 84 Cainm and IS llrwaliao aeainen Fob San Fbanciboo—Per Courier, Nor M—B F Sear.. Foa San Fbancibco—Per Columbia, Nor 27—J U Kallogg, A Bauford. * MARRIED. At Makawao, Maal, Oct 2tlh, by COMMtNoa—Jacibon the Rer J S Green, Mr William II Cumminob to Mlaa Ci.abJackbob. laaA E M Robinbon—CamfbßLL—At St Andrew'a Catliedr.l, Nor SOIh, by the Rer A Mackluioah, Col. Mabb Pacviaa Robinbon, to flopHiA Loulaa, daughter of Alex Campbell. Eaq, all of Honolulu. Pabkbb—Kiboa.— In thia city, Nor 21d, hy Rer M Kaac., Mr Robbnt Pabkbb to Mlaa BababKbkoa, both of llooolulu. Jj- No Carda. DIED. Boaaca—At Liverpool, 21 mile, fro* Sydney, N. 6. W., nn Sept. 20th, ol cooaumplluii, Capt. Bknjahin Bobbbb, agad da year., formerly of Honolulu, where he wa. for many yean engaged in the coasting trade. Kobbbtb—At Kopeke. Molok.l, Oct 27th, of lingeringlllueaa of nearly 2 month, cot.tinu.nce, Mr. Jott* Robbbtb, bo Engliahman by birth ami for Hie laat 10 yeara a rwald.nl of Ibwae lalanda. lie learea a wife to mourn hi. lorn. Letters will be foundat theoffice of the Friend for the John Tobicb, Banubl Fasamb, Kdfollowing peraona-. WABII J HSWHALL, CHABLBbUAVBT. �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1877. 102 A Lull in Life. M Andlie .aid onto tbem, Come ye yourselves apart Into a desert place, and rest swhlle: for there were many coming and going, and thty had no leaiure so much a. to eat."— Mark ri. SI. Oh for "a deeert place" with only the Master', amlle ! Ob for 100 "coming .part" with only Hia "realawhile !" Many are "coming and going" with buey arid rtatleas feet, And the soul la hungering so, with "no leaiure so much aa total." Dear la nir wealthof lore lor many and rained frl-nds, Bast of the earthly gifts thata bounteous Pather aeuda -, Pleasant thecouoeel aweel, and the Interchange of thought, Welcome the twilight hour with musical brightness fraught. Dear la the work He fires in many a rarled way. Little enough in itself, yet something forerery day, Something by pen lor the distant, by hand or rolce for the near, Whether to soothe or uach, whether to aid or cheer. Not that I lightly prise the trearare ofrained friends, Not that I turn aalde from the work the Master sends, Yet I hare longed for a pause in the rush and whirl of time, Longed for .Hence to fall Instead of Its merriest chime. Longed for a hush to group Ihe harmonlea ol thought Round each melodioua atraln that the harp of life hath caught. Anil tAe lor ihe fitful breeae ißollan chorda to bring, Waking Iheinuaic that alept, mute in the tenalonlaaa airing ; Looged for a calm 10 lei tbe circle, dieaw.y That rem We orer ihe heart, breaking the hearenly ray, And lo leave It. wavering mirror true to Ihe Star above, Brightened and stilled lo Ita depht. with the quiet ol " perfect t lore:" longed far a sabbath of life, a lime ofrenewing of youth, For a full-orbed leisure lo chine on the fountains of holy truth) And to 811 my chalice aoew with Us waters fresh and sweet. Whileresting In silent lore at the Master', glorious feet. There are songs which only flow in the loneliest .hade, of night. There are flower, which cannot grow in a blaae of tropical light There are crystal* which cannot form till Ihe vessel be cooled and stilled | Crystal, and flower, and song, given as God hath willed. There la work which cannot be done in the awell of a ing tide, hurry- ; But my hand ia not on the helm to turn my bark aside Yet I cast a longing eye on the hidden and w.rele.. pool, Under Ihe shadowingrock, curreutless clear,and cool. Well i I will wail in ihe crowd till He ahall call me apart, Till the alienee fell which ahall waken Ihe oiuaic of mind and heart; Patiently wait till He glee thework ofmy secret choice, Blending the song of Ufa with the thrillof the Master'srolce. FBABCSS BIDLBY HAVtOAL. IsS laondf uwarrow. the hollows of rocks or in the boles of trees. There are cocoanut trees in all stages of growth, but not more than 100 in full bearing. The soil of the larger islets is extremely fertile and of great depth. The entrance channel is wide and deep, opening straight down from north to south (without an angle or bend of any kind), the most suitable direction with regard to the prevailing wind, which blows steadily from the eastward during the greater part of the year. Marines acquainted with this place (of which there are not many) do not hesitate to go in or out on a clear night without apprehension, as there are no hidden dangers or rocks below the surface above the level bottom, which carries 5 fathoms of water at the lowest tides. Within the harbor are all depths from 30 fathoms, shoaling to the beach, with a fine sandy bottom, white as snow. Beyond the outer reef are no outlying dangers, either in the shape of promontories or detached rocks,' neither is there any land within 160 miles of it in any direction. The shallow portions of the vast lagoon which forms the harbor produce great quantities of oysters of a superior kind, as likewise bechtde-rner of the largest and most valuable species. The existence of this islnnd was first reported about 50 years ago, by one Lieutenant LazarelT, a Russian, who named it after the famous Muscovite, General Suwarrow, whom Byron describes, in his " Don Juan," as conducting the siege of Ismael. Lazareff landed upon it, but, by his own account, found no living creatures save only birds, crabs, and rats. He does not appear to have found any entrance, for he makes no mention thereof, neither to have noticed any cocoa palms, although there must have been many in existence at the time of his visit. In fact he seems to have mistaken it for a mere bank of coral gravel, washed up by the sea, and overgrown with forest and scrub, upon which no subsistence could be found for man. islet, and the form and bearings of the tree, which leaned over to the eastward in a peculiar manner. None of the coin was of this century : some of it was very old and black, and of a date coincident with the era of Commodore Anson. The finder possessed still further information (which he imparted to me very minutely) of other similar but more valuable deposits, but fate did not afford him an opportunity to profit by his knowledge, for he died uyon the island of Manihiki, where he went to visit his wife, very shortly thereofter. The stripping and burning of the wreck having been completed, the Caroline Hort, the vessel employed on that service, took her departure, and the island was left to its primeval solitude. A. 1,. SMITH, IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY. Klng'a Combination Spectacle., Qlaa. and lated Ware, Sewing Machines, Picture Frames, Vase., Brackets, etc. etc. [lyl No. 73, Fort 81. TERMS STRICTLY CASH Nothing more appears to have been known of this island until 1855, when an THOB. C. THRUM. American whale-ship called the Gem ran STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, ashore upon it. She was full of oil, and No, Honolulu. 10 Merchant Street* being copper-fastened throughout, offered a to wreckers any adventurous greut prize OF KKAIMXG MATTER—OF Papers and Mafrmfnea. back numbers—pat up to order at who might undertake the breaking up of PACKAGES rates far parties going to »eu. ly redaoed her. She was driven far up on the flat reef, Reference to this island will be found in so that at low tide the water was not more our New Zealand Correspondence. This than knee deep alongside of her. A hole island is thus described by H. B. Sterndale, was stove in her bilge, out of which rolled three casks of oil, which were carried away in the Weekly News of March 10, 1877 : by the sea ; they were picked up soon after, In a direct line between Auckland and floating side by side, ofl Faleslupo, in Savaii, Honolulu, and nearly about half way, is sit- 600 miles due west of the scene of the uated the island of Suwarrow, an immense wreck, which will give an idea of the unitriangular atoll, about 50 miles in circuit, form direction of the current in this locality. enclosing a land-locked harbor, 10 miles by The captain an crew made their way to the 7 in diameter, with a convenient entrance Navigators Islands in their boats, and afterfor the largest class of vessels, upon the en- wards went to Tahiti. There the wreck closing coral reef of which a man may trav- was sold to Messers. Hort Brothers, mererse at low tide the whole extent with the chants of that place, who despatched one of exception of the one channel. There are 12 their vessels with a supercago in search of islets or cays, ranging fram about 20 to 200 it. It was in company with this gentleman aores in extent. Some of these are coveted that I first visited the island of Suwarrow. with tall forest, others with good grass, He superintended the breaking up of the while the rest are mere barren rocks clothed wreck, which turned out immensely profitawith ironwood scrub. No fresh water has ble ; discovered the pearl fishery, and after been discovered upon any of them except six weeks of unsuccessful search, dug up a such as after rains may have been found in box of specie, which from its dimensions - could not have contained much less than 15, 000 dollars. Whether he had dreamed of its existence, or upon what mysterious information he acted, was known to himself only. One fact is very remarkable, —that he was acquainted from the day of his first landing, with the precise spot, within a few rods, where this treasure had been concealed. Some years after this occurrence, another associate of mine unearthed, apon a detached islet, about a mile distant from the locality of the former deposit, 2400 dollars, which had been buried at the root of an old ironwood tree. He declared he had been informed of this many years before, by a stranger, whose acquaintance he had made in a grog-shop of Tahiti. This man professed never to have been at this island, but nevertheless was able to describe very circumstantially the place of concealment of the hidden treasure, the aspect of the --- Just Received from Boston! AND FOR. DALE AT COST PRICE AT the Bible Depository, Sailors Heme, a lew coulee of the following .Billable books I by br. W. P. 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Building is of brick, large and commodious, per annum city oaareaiently located near the center of the water f™nt. and capable of accommodating about 600 lodgers, with good One Copy dining room, reading and smoking room, chspel, eto. The house will be conducted on strict temperance principle, like Two Copies par annum Foreign Including postage Subscribers, Europe. similar nf country boanes la otherparts this and $9 00 2.10 3 00 �YACMshooeriucnatnH 'gf onolulu. 104 Pure religion and undeflled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world. Elite, toy a Committee of tbe Y. I. C. A. The Belfry Pigeon. On tbe oroaa-beam under the Old South bell The neat of a pigeon is bnilded well. In summer and winter that bird la there. Out and in with the morning air ; I love to see him track tbe street With hia wavy eyes and active feet. And I often watch him as he springs, Ciroling the eteeplo with easy wings Till across the dial his shade has passed, And the belfry edge is gained at last, "fis a bird I love, with its brooding note And the trembling throb of its mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast And the gentle ourve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel— He runt so close lo the rapid wheel. Whatever is wrung on the noisy bell— Chime or the hour or funeral knell. The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When tbe tongue swings out to tbe midnight moon— When tbe aexton cheerily rings for noon— When tbe dock strikes clear at tbe morning lightWhen the ohild is waked with nine at night" When the chimes play soft in the Sabbath air, Filling the spirit with tones of prayer— Whatever tale in the bell is heard. He broods on his folded feet unstirred Or rising half in his rounded nest He takes the time to smooth his breast Then drops again with filmed eyes And sleeps aa tbe last bibration dies. " "Sweet bird ! I would that I could be A hermit in tbe crowd, like tbee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen Thy lot, like mine, is oast with men ; And daily with unwilling feet, I tread, like thee, the crowded street ; But, unlike me, when day is o'er, Thou oanat dismiss tbe world, and soar. Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth the feathers on thy breast And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. : I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold And, while the world throngs on beneath. Smooth down my cares and calmly breathe ; And only sad with other's sadness And only glad with other's gladness Listen, unstirred, to knell or chime, And, lapt in quiet, bida my time. N. P. Willis. the presence and nddresses of Rev. Joseph Coolt, Rev. L. T. Townsend, D. D , Rev. L. W. Munhall, of Indiana, Rev. A. J. Gordon, and Mr. L. P. Rowland, of Philadelphia, who respectively addressed the sessions on the topics appointed for consideration. Among these topics were the following: The Power of Personal Effort; Association Work in Colleges ; Christian Workers—the qualifications necessary to success ; Present condition of Associations in the State ; and Bible Instructions in the Light of Science. The latter theme was expounded by Prof. Townsend who made this point among others : " The teacher must be prepared to answer the honest doubts of inquirers who find in this scientigc theories of Darwin Huxley and other modern investigators' stumbling blocks to their faith. Instead of inaktng the sweeping statement that Darwinism and like theories are atheism the teacher should show what is true, that these modern scientists have a profound reverence for God and that there are numbers of devout Christians who are Evolutionists and who look on Evolution as God's method in creation. The result would be a new and strengthened faith in the truth of the Scriptures. So with respect to other questions of science, the brightest intellects will not accept for an answer to their queries a sweeping condemnation of these theories." Mr. Cook in his address upon Christian association work in its relations to and claims upon the Church was effective as usual, commending tbe associations in the strongest terms, and arguing that the day was past when any justification of their existence was called for. To the Young Men's Christian Association idea he accordded the revival movements of the past year. Incidental to the regular meetings of the Convention were the usual devotional exercices, including an open air. meeting on the common, on Wednesday evening, at half-past six, and a "gospel meeting" later in the Hall. The attendance throughout the two days was excellent, including two hundred and forty-five delegates. The hospitality of the Natick brathren was generous; and a generally good time was enjoyed. Among the resolutions passed was one inviting Moody and Sankey to continue their work the present winter.— Congregation- Y. M. C. A. Notes. The State Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations of Massachusetts was held in N stick, on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 10th and 11th, at Clark's Hall, Russell Sturgess, Esq., of Boston, presided, assisted by a large staff of vice-presidents and secretaries. Foaty-two associations were alist. represented in tbe state report, embracing At a recent meeting of the Honolulu Y. four thousand members, and verbal accounts M. C. A., it was voted that the regular of more than half were rendered to the Con. meetings of the Association be held herevention. after on the second Friday before the full The interest of the exercise centered in moon, in the second month of each quarter. At a recent Y. M. C. A Convention at Cambridge, Vt., it was stated by the held Sec- retary of the State Executive Committeee, that during the past year, sixty-nine places were visited ; among them, four where there were no churches, and ninety-nine gospel meetings were held. Thirty-six of the churches report eight hundred and thirty-five conversions ; thirty-five report an aggregate of three hundred and ninety-nine additions. The State is divided into four districts and each district is in charge of a srcretary. There is also a general secretary for the State. At a recent reunion.of the Y. M. C. A.of Bordeaux, France, the very zealous and efficient General Secretary bade the Association farewell to enter the evangelical ministry, to which he goes with many prayers. The Y. M. C. A.of Binghampton, N. V., holds a gospel meeting every Sunday afternoon at five o'clock at the Erie depot for railroad men. At the same time a Bible class is held at the rooms, preceded by a service of song. On Sunday morning a prayer and praise meeting is held especially for young men. A series of interesting meetings have been held the past season under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.of Providence, R. I. Mr, E. D. Ingersoll, the agent of the executive committee railroad men, held meetings recently at Providence in behalf of this class. It is probable that steps will be taken to organize a railroad branch. The revision of the Bible now in progress is being conducted in such a conservative spirit that ninety-five per cent, of fIR people will not know the new Bible from the present revision. Among the changes that have been agreed upon are the following: The fourth verse of John v. will be excluded; the passage in John i. concerning the three heavenly witnesses will be omitted; straining at a gnat" will be translated " straining a gnat." Other changes will be these: Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? " will be translated, " Did ye re- " " ceive the Holy Ghost when ye believed ? " Baptizing in the name " will be translated, " Baptizing into the name"; the passage in " Peter, chapter ii. verses 1-5, "Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge," will be changed to read, " In your faith minister virtue, and in your virtue knowledge") the reference in John, chapter x., verse 16, "One fold, one shepherd." will be corrected to "One flock, one shepherd"; "The love of money is the roof of all evil," will be changed to "Th,c Ipve pf money is a root of all evil." � 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/. 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