https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/46ffe9df63da7842fc4529220873ad18.pdf 25a6e324222ad530779beee201278131 PDF Text Text FRIEND THE HONOLULU, JANU.RY 1, 1879. $rto Scries, tJoI. 28, $«.)., CONTENTS For Jnunarr I. 1879. The World's Great Hereafter Poetical Light Ramble, in the Old World, No. 24 Hon. Bayard Taylor's Sicklies, aud Death The Week of Prayer Murder of Capt. Moller An UnsurpassedHymn Marine Journal Editor's Table—Through the Dark Continent Y. M. C. A THE FRIEND, JANUARY 1. 1870. hear much about streets, but there P.O. Edison's electrical light for 1 is something exceedingly poetical about 1 1-4 lighting the streets of Honolulu. The lamps 4 4 are so few that, in Milto»ic phrase, they 4 and these few °•"» make ''darkness visible," 6 lamps are placed at such magnificent dis8 tances, that the dim twinkling rays, a? they go wandering away on their errands of mercy to light the path of the stumbling wayfarer, remind one of those beautiful lines of Shakespeare— The World's Great Hereafter!—As we have great faith that the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands and the surrounding shores of this great ocean, have an important part to play in the world's Great Hereafter, we again hoist this motto at the heading of our sheet. It was omitted during 1878 to make room for The Hawaiian Centennial." Senator Seward, standing on the floor of the United States Senate thirty years ago, was a true prophet. Could he have lived to see what we now see, we think he would have been one of the boldest and strongest advocates of the Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty. Seward, Burlingame and Sumner have now passed away, but their prophetic vision foresaw what we are now witnessing pass before our eyes. The end is not yet; in the future, events still more momentous will be developed, showing that the " Star of Empire" is still moving " Poetical {401* Scries, M.Hi. RTAIMHBONLESWD2 RL-No. 4 Light.— We far that little candle throws bia beams ! " How So shines a good deed in a naughty world." Then, again, in other words of the same author— *' When the moon shone, we did not ace the candle." So very dim burns the street lamps. We do think our City Father, the Minister of the Interior, might give us a little more light! The theory of older cities is, that the better a city is lighted the less of a police force is required. The cost of several street lamps would not exceed the salary of one policeman ! Then, too, a street lamp, if the kerosene is good, will not go out, whereas a policeman might fall asleep. Bishop & Co. keep away the burglars and robbers by opening the shutters and burning a lamp. Why may not others do the same ? It is worth thinking about. Our readers will notice in another column that Edward Willis, of Kingston, Mass., is anxious to obtain information respecting Hawaiian chess, &c. As we must westward. plead ignorance upon topics of this nature, we publish his request, and should any one and Almanac Hawahan Annual Thrum's be inclined to give the desired information, for 1879.—1t is a capital idea of Mr. we will forward the same. Thrum, the stationer, of Honolulu," to gather Our readers will notice that the poem up the events of the fleeting years and register them in his Annuals, which have now of Mr. Bailey is about to be published (see been issued for five years. The information advertisement). Mr. Bailey, we understand, contained in the Annual for '79 is worthy of is also engaged in the publication of a volto Micronesia, having made a preservation. Mr. Gibson and Mr. Dole ume relatingpart of this great ocean on board to that trip contributions to this have also made valuable number. The paper of Mr. Dole upon the the Morning Star. Birds of the Islands forms a most valuable The C. M. Ward sails on or about the contribution to science. The Annuals of Micronesia, and will take a mail Mr. Thrum will essentially aid the future 4th inst. for Islands. the to missionaries. historian of the Hawaiian A Few Weeks in Scandinavia-No. 3. I wrote you last as we were in the midst of the sights and scenes of Copenhagen. This had been the limit which 1 had fixed for my northern rambling. After Riigen I had allowed myself Copenhagen, this glimpse of a new life and people. There had been perhaps a faint thought ofand a strong longing for Stockholm, the fairest of northern cities and capitals, but this had seemed too far away, quite beyond our reach. Yet when I stood looking northward, with only a few hours of sailing on a brilliant summer sea, between the Danish shore where I stood and the mainland of Sweden, and with my fancy quickened by all I had heard of the venetian-like beauty of the Sivedish capital 1 was forced to put the limit of my summer journeying still farther to the north. If you have ever felt the allurement of a similar temptation, you will confess with me that it One could tarry is no easy thing to resist. long with pleasure in Copenhagen. I have but faintly told you of the power of Thorwaldsen's works. It seems as if it must be a constant source ot inspiration to live in the city where they are placed. Copenhagen was also the home of that genial old man, loved of children of all nations, Hans Christian Andersen, that very prince of story tellers, to whom the secrets of fairy-land seem to have been revealed, and with these the faculty of telling them royally again to his eager, wondering audience of little folks. Andersen died only a few years ago, very much loved, very much mourned. To very few is it given to keep on into later life, that tenderness and childlikeness of heart, that subtle sympathy with all that goes to make up the little joys and sorrows of the nurseryworld, as it was to him. These wee sweetvoiced critics have crowned him over and over again, and must mjss him sadly now th»t he is gone. There is a great flowery, shadowy park in Copenhagen where hundreds of little Danish children, under the charge of their nurses, come in summer-time near the old castle of Rosenborg, and here a statue of tbis friend of children is to be erected before very long. One could not wish for a more appropriate place. There is a very charming walk all along the shore by Copenhagen, the favorite promenade of �THE FRIEND, JANUARY. 2 the city. On sunny afternoons 1879. imposing. There is nothing like the grandeur of the Norwegian coast. And yet there is something exceedingly interesting in this low-lying country, with wild wastes of barren land, where grey rocks and heaths face the mist and spray which blow in over the tumbling sea. A few villages and churches we saw on the coast, but for the most part it is a long, dreary, rocky coast. We are told that as soon as we strike inland we shall find fertile farming lands and a beautiful country of lake and the view of it strike me as the harbor with its many ships, the blue water dotted with the white sails of passing boats, is something most inspiring. Not very far away is an iqteresting monument, because of the incident which it recalls. A few yean since a young German, who chanced to be spending a few days in Copenhagen, was walking on thia promenade. A little boy, as he was passing, fell, into the water. Seeing that he was in danger of drowning, the young German bravely leaps in to rescue him. In this he succeeds, but at the sacrifice of his own life. Throughout all Denmark this brave deed awakened the greatest sympathy and admiration. Never in Copenhagen was any one interred with greater honors. The king himself laid "a medal" of honor on the coffin. Sad as was the fate of the young hero, yet in his death he served his Fatherland, for this circumstance led to a kindlier feeling between the forest. As the day was waning, we came into the still water bordering the shore. The land which had lain distant and indistinct on the horizon now grew near and apparent. The still evening air was of a crystalline purity and clearness such as I have rarely ever seen. A strange stillness seem to rest on all the barren waste of land. I was strongly reminded of the wastes which ancient lava Danish and German peoples, whom recent flows have made on Hawaii. There was a war and enmity had so estranged. strange fascination in the infinite loneliness of the scene, which seemed to impress all on SWEDEN-WARD! The traveler can reach Sweden by the board. The sun-set glowed in broad bands short steamer-route to Malmii, or by one of crimson and* gold low in the west, arid some hours longer to Gothenburg. At this the strange fiery fierceness of its light shone point I have recourse to my journal again, in sharp contrast to the passionless dullness which I find opens at August 19th, G'dte- of the desolate, forsaken landscape. A few lonely fisher-boats still lingered in the grey borg, Sweden. We had just time this morning to make twilight, on the darkening waters, hinting to a few purchases, settle hotel-bills, say "good us that behind the long stony barriers of the morning" to our very obliging host, and shore lay warmth, and welcome, and human catch the early steamer for Goteborg in life. Goteborg (Gothenburg, as we say) Sweden. Such a medley of people ! How appears to be admirably situated at the could they have all drifted to this steamer! mouth of the River Uota. The passage to There were French nuns or sisters of char- the sea is through a long winding channel, ity, English tourists, some very unmistak- sometimes seeming to be just wide enough able Americans, Swedes, Danes, etc., etc. to permit of the passage of the steamer. The day has been gloriously beautiful on I have been constantly impressed* so far in the water. We steamed along the Danish Sweden, with an activity and life, which I coast for some time, which was charmingly can in no way better characterize than green and inviting. Summer residences, American. There is a bustle and drive watering places, villages peeped out from here, a certain newness, an intense vitality the shrubbery on the shore. We spent the which seems wanting in many parts of whole day on deck. How the waves tum- Europe. Doubtless there is very much of a bled our steamer about! The Kattegat is no " glassy sea" when the wind sweeps future before Scandinavia, if the enerdown from the north. There was an artist gies and impulses which now seem so from Dresden on the steamer with us, a actively at work are rightly guided. All great blonde flaxen haired giant, who was this is most encouraging in the midst of going north to sketch, and bring home the unrest, uncertainty, and perplexity of " studies " from the wild landscapes of Scan- monarchical Europe. Goteborg has a popudinavia, I presume. But what a glory in lation of something like sixty or seventy sea and sky and land there was spread out thousand. It was founded in the year 1619 before him on this mid-summer day. Wind by Gustavus Adolphus, whose great name and rain " squalls " rushed over our sky, or seems thus to welcome us, as we first put gloomed for a moment on the misty northern foot on Swedish soil. The city lies surhorizon. Then clouds swept up from north, rounded by low hills, to whose heather-covand south, from east and west, only to part ered summit we climbed and obtained a like some marvelous curtain, disclosing the view of the city. The streets are broad and dazzling radiance of the summer's sun. The well kept. In the suburbs lie many villas, waves tossed white foam into the sunshine, surrounded by spacious and blooming garand leaped and sported around the path dens, where the rich merchants have their which our steamer sharply cut, in a kind of homes. Here in Goteborg are some of the wonderful glee. I wonder whether after all principal business houses of Sweden, and these centuries Christianity has fully exor- between this city and the neighboring councised the wild wayward spirits which we tries and England there is frequent and exread in the old mythologies peopled the cellent steam communication. Architectwoods and waters of this northern world! urally the city has nothing to boast. Its After we had taken a farewell glance at comfort, and order and moderate prosperity, the old castle of Elsinore, which it was a the contentment which seems to characterize pleasure to see once again, we said good-bye its people, make a most pleasing impression to Denmark, and directed our attention to on the new comer. Sweden, which lay low on the distant horiWe note immediately that in coming to zon. At no point, as we came nearer it, did Sweden, we have not come to a cheap eoun- try. In fact in all Scandinavia, i.e., in its large towns, one finds that he must as a general rule pay more than he would in Germany. 1 have been especially interested in glancing at the book-store windows in passing. They are a reading, thoughtful people. Among other books I noticed was Farrar's "Life of Christ" in Swedish translation, Stanley's last book only just out in English and here in translation, many German books in the original, etc. Our hotel is delightfully comfortable. It is enough to delight the heart of a traveler to see a warm, bright English carpet on the floor, after having perhaps for months been used to slippery waxed floors in Germany, where stray bits of carpet and rugs try in a forlorn way to be cozy and genial. But I fancy this luxury is owing to the fact that many English travelers come this way. The longer I live the more I am convinced that the only people in this world who know how to live really comfortably are those who speak the English language, and especially those who live in America. In this conservative old world they are slowly beginning to learn the meaning of carpets, furnaces, bright open-fires, rocking chairs, etc.! TO STOCKHOLM BY CANAL ! I may run the risk, in these hurrying days, of being considered an incorigibly lazy traveler when I write you that 1 saw fit to go to Stockholm by canal. There is a railway communication between Malmij and the capital, and Goteborg and Stockholm. But I was curious once in my life to take a canal journey, and I must confess that the three or four days thus spent en route to Stockholm were among the pleasantest I have ever enjoyed in traveling in any country. But dismiss from your mind your old conception of canaling, with a flat bottom boat, a worn and weary horse on the towpath, where he has walked eternally, driven by some wild-haired youngster or patient woman. No; certainly these picturesque phases of travel are fast fading away before all conquering steam. At Goteborg you take a comfortable steamer late Tuesday night, and arrive in Stockholm Friday afternoon. You pass thus if you will allow the Hibernianism overland by water, from the west to the east coast of Sweden. You have an opportunity of seeing one of the finest examples of canal-engineering in the world, you sail over the beautiful inland lakes of Southern Sweden, nnd pass through most fine and fertile reaches of country. The scenery does not compare for a moment with the wonderful grandeur of Norway, but there is a constant attraction in the landscape, a gentle beauty which cannot fail to charm and delight every traveler. Whoever visits Sweden should try this route if possible. As I have just said tbe canal is a remarkable piece of engineering. The southern portion of Sweden is intersected by numerous lakes, of which the Wenern and the Wettern are the largest; and it has been by the connection of these through canals, that the water route across Sweden has been rendered possible. For it was the desire of the Swedish kings to open this passage, but it was not completed until some time in this century. One can scarcely appreciate the greatness of the work, until he has personally made this journey, but it may be inter- �. esting for you to glance at the map of Southern Sweden and trace this course. Enormous sums of money have been expended upon the work, and those who undertook to prosecute the construction of the canal have at times met with great opposition. Foremost among these to whom Sweden should be grateful—is the Count Yon Platen, who died in this century. August 21st. —We left Goteborg last evening when the August moon was shining over this Swedish city, and this morning on waking and looking out from my stateroom, I found we were far inland, trees and forests on all sides, the fresh sweet morning calling to us from the heart of the pine forests. Our steamer was lazily taking a morning rest; here came sluices and other stoppages. We are told we have time to strike across country, visit the famous Trolhiita Falls, and that we should find the boat ready for us higher up. In this journey the steamers have a queer way of going up and down hill! The new canal at this point was built by Baron Ericson, brother of John Ericsnn of monitor memory in America. The Trolhata Falls are famous in Sweden, not for their height, for they are rather rapids than falls, but for the grand masses of rushing water which roar and foam over the rocks. It was delightful in the early morning to awake as it were in a new world. The sun was just beginning its course in the east, and the freshness and fairness of the new coming day bathed all the landscape. There are four falls in all, descending lower down in the valley. The last is especially fine; you pass on a frail-looking little bridge, strong enough, however, to a little wooded island in the midst of the river. On nil sides are the rapids; your little island is girdled by foam banks where countless rainbows flash and die to live again in a brief and brilliant resurrection—of color. We found a little village not fur away where we were to await the slow approach of the steamer. Near at hand was a busy paper-mill, where large quantities of paper are manufactured from wood, a process to me at least, new. I learned that some one of the London newspapers was supplied from this SwedisL mill. What n journey these sheets, lying so in the mill by these rainbow tinted falls, have before them before their mission is complete! We had our coffee in the inn by a quiet lake, and sunned ourselves in the early morning beams and were in readiness for our steamer. How oddly she looked slowly steaming through the stone borders of the canal, sometimes coming so close together that there is just room for passing. There was something amusingly American about this little town. Our host addressed us in English, with all the manner of an American tavern keeper. He had been years I believe, in the " States." The town looked thrifty, new and " woodeny," like so many one sees in the new lands of the west; and the people, by some resemblance (I can scarcely describe it, but it was none the less real) kept bringing to mind a village of " settlers " There is something delightful to me in these suggestions of the New World in the Old. The informality of this journey is refreshing. We have a very pleasant company of paslengers, and JANUARY. 187 9. as we steam lazily along, stopping now and then by the way, we are already beginning to get acquainted. The steamer table is excellent, and we are becoming acquainted with the mysteries of Swedish cookery. A young Swedish engineer, fresh from a visit to Paris, has been giving me mu:h information about his country. What warm hearted enthusiastic people they are ! I listen with pleasure to the language, though understanding so very little of it. Though so thoroughly different in formation, etc., yet as a spoken language, you are reminded of French. The people speak with great animation, and you can scarcely imagine that a language which on the printed page looks so hard and stiff, can be so musically spoken. We came about noon to-day to the great Lake Ven.er, the largest lake of Sweden and the third largest of Europe. It is a mighty sheet of water and widens like the sea. The banks lie rather low, so that it possesses little of the beauty of the Swiss lakes. A very few little islands lie within it. Our route lies across only a portion of it; as later on in the day we strike through the canal again to reach Lake Wettern. The stoppage? are •harming; at one place I grow interested in a family who join us, saying good-bye to their old home and going farther up country. Stranger as I am I cannot but feel a sympathy with them and all the kind friends who gather to shake hands with them, and wave adieu to them from the busy little wharf. It seemed hard work for some of them to keep the big tears back ; and just at evening we came to another little point, as we were leaving the lake where we had time to visit the busy glass factory of the place, and buy for a mere nothing fresh raspberries from the little Swedish maidens, who flocked down to the steamer to welcome us. The captain told us later on in the evening that we should have time for a brisk walk on the shore. So we gentlemen have just come on board again after a delicious run in the cool evening air. It seemed so strange and weird to be as it were almost alone in the heart of a great Swedish forest. The trees rose shadowy and mysterious out of the night and gloom ; stars gleamed overhead ; the water lay still and motionless in the canal; and as we stood waiting at the end of our walk, some one pointed to the silver light of the moon rising amid the darkness of the clustering firs. August 22nd.—The informality of the journey is fast making us acquainted with one another. There is a pleasant Swedish lady from Stockholm with her daughter. Some young Swedish gentlemen are with us whom every one on board likes, a Wesleyan clergyman from the north of England, American students, a talkative pleasant young German, English ladies and gentlemen, etc., etc. Our captain is a sunny faced, quiet eyed young man who makes it pleasant for every one, and with the charming summer weather, the beautiful and varied landscape, the constant making of new acquaintances, every one is voting this to be the most delightfuTW journeys. We have a long morning's ramble along the green shores, and let the steamer come up to us. Then come some hours on a charming lake, with wooded banks ; then slowly and quietly 3 TBE FRIEND, we steam" through narrow passages where we can almost touch the trees on the banks. A fair and fertile landscape spreads itself before us. We are in one of the most beautiful portions of Sweden. The fields stand golden wiih the wealth of splendid crops. Again we leave the steamer and visit an interesting old church with relics of the past; among them the coffin** in the vault of the Douglas Family, who come long ago from Scotland hither. Then we gather in the early evening, just as the sunset is flushing the waters of beautiful Lake Roxen, on the shores of the lake and await the steamer. Far above us rises the dark body of the steamer ; slowly and surely it descends the many watery steps of the canal to the level of the lake. One gate after another is opened and the water rushes and foams, and the steamer comes to take us over the sunset lighted lake further on our journey. What a new meaning such a journey gives to old terms! I shall never hear or read of locks, of sluices, etc., without thoughts of this August time in Sweden. Lately I came across a little sketch of the poet Longfellow in prose, which seems so full of a gentle quiet beauty that 1 am tempted to copy a few words from it here. Though it was written years ago, and though Sweden's life has oflate lost much ofits former picturesque and primitive character and simplicity, yet 1 think it cannot fail to be interesting in connection with this country, through which we are passing. is something patriarchal still lin" There about rural life in Sweden, which gering renders it a fit theme for song. Almost primeval simplicity reigns over that northern land, —almost primeval solitude and stillness. You pass out from the gate of the city, and, as if by magic, the scene changes to a wild, woodland landscape. Around you are forests of fir. Over head hang the long, fanlike branches, trailing with moss, and heavy with red and blue cones. Under foot is a carpet of yellow leaves; and the air is warm and balmy. Oh a wooden bridge you cross a little silver stream; and anon come forth into a pleasant and sunny land of farms. Wooden fences divide the adjoining fields. Across the road are gates, which are opened by troops of children. The peasants take off their hats as you pass; you sneeze and they cry, ' God bless you.' The houses in the villages and smaller towns are all built of hewn timber, and for the most part painted red. The floors of the taverns are strewn with the fragrant tips of fir boughs. In many villages there are no taverns, and the take turns in receiving travelers, he thrifty house-wife shows you into the best chamber, the walls of which are hung round with rude pictures from the Bible; and brings you her heavy silver spoons,—an heirloom, —to dip the curdled milk from the pan. You have oaten cakes baked some months before; or bread with anise-seed and coriander in it, or perhaps a little pine bark. Meanwhile the sturdy husband has brought his horses from the plough, and harnessed them to your carriage. Solitary travelers come and go in uncouth one-horse chaises. Frequent, too, are the village churches, standing by the road-side, each in its own little garden of Gethsemane. Near the churchyard gate stands a poor-box fastened feasants �4 THE FRIEND, by iron bands and secured by a padlock. If it be Sunday, the peasants sit on the steps and con their l'salm-books. Others are coming down the road with their beloved pastor, who talks to them of holy things, from beneath his broad-brimmed hat. He speaks of fields and harvests, and of the sower that went forth to sow. He leads them to the Good Shepherd. The women carry Psalm-books in their hands wrapped in silk handkerchiefs, and listen devoutly to the good man's words." August 23d.—Last day of our journey. During the night we have had a little touch of the Baltic, but by morning we were within sheltering shores again. What a glorious morning we had on Lake Miilar, before reaching Stockholm! The day was surpassingly fine. The beautiful banks of this most beautiful lake, rose about us covered with verdant groves. Numerous summer residences looked out at us as we passed. The Swedish gentlemen on board sang some of the sweet old melodious Folk Songs of 1879. The Week of Prayer. to a post the country. Every one seemed filled with the joy and gladness of the morning. Before long the spires and towers of the Swedish capital rose in the distance—growing more and more distinct as our steamer aavanced. We welcomed them, and yet in welcoming them we regretted that we must now say good-bye to friends and scenes which in the past few days had become most pleasant to us. To-night we sleep in Stockholm, of' whose beauty we had henrd much, but which my brief acquaintance of a few hours with the city leads me to believe is worthy of all the praise which has been given it. JANUARY. Theprogramme for the Week of Prayer, prepared by the Evangelical Alliance of Great Britain, has not been received In season for general use in tho rhurchea connected with the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. The Hawaiian Board voted at itn lawt meeting that a Hpeclal programme, In Hawaiian and English, shouldbe prepared for use In our churches, and In accordance with that vote the following liwt of subjects for prayer Is published. C. IM. Hyde, Kec. Bec'y. Honolulu, Dec. 37, 187K. Si*Ni>.\ Jan. 5. The Supreme Obligation of the Rlghtousuess which God requires. Matt. 6: .(.'. Monday, Jan. 6. The Church, its ordinances divinely appointed, its object the conversion of the world, its methods aggressive as well as attrnctive, its membership individually responsible, its purity in social life and its firm adherence to revealed truth essential to its progress, Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Home, the centre of elevating, purifying, hallowing influences to be made a type of heavenly blessedness. Wednesday, Jan. 8. The School,— all under-training for futureusefulness, whether in the Sunday school, the day school, the college and seminary, or taking the first steps in business life. Thursday, Jan. 9. Light for the Uncvangellzed, and all mission work to put the Light of the Gospel into the Lip of the world. I'it in \v, Jan 10. Help for thepoor, the weak, the erring; preparing the way of theLord by removing Intemperance, licentiousness, thrlftlessness and other social evils. Saturday, Jan. 11. The Nations of the Earth to be one UniversalBrotherhood in Christ, the Polynesian and the Asiatics, the European, the African, the American to be no more strangers and foreigners to each other, but fellow citizenswith the saints and of tbe household of God. Sunday, Jan. 12. Jesus Christ, the Divine Redeemer from sin, supremely loved and eternally adored by all. Rev. 5:11-13. v. 13th October, and was buried on shore the same night, in the presence of the ship's company, the burial service being read by the Key. Mr. Whitney." The vessel next sailed for Sydney, and the case was duly reported to the authorities. Gospel-Leaven at Work among the Chinese.—Facts are frequently falling under our notice, which indicate that silently yet surely, the gospel-leaven is at work. The means may be feeble to human view, but God employs at times, " the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." The Key. Mr. Coan thus writes from Hilo, Dec. 26th, Our foreign church in Hilo " voted last evening, to call Wong E. for six months, and see that he is supported. Whether our Chinese will appreciate the efforts made for their good so as to lend a helping hand remains to be seen, or not to be seen. Most of them cleave more to the terrestrial than to the celestial." The Rev. Mr. Rouse, writes from Makawao, Dec. 27th, " Those Christian Chinamen of whom you wrote, 1 will endeavor to care for. They attend my service, quite regularly." Among the Chinese in Honolulu, a contribution of about $200 has been collected towards the new church building of the second native church. In our columns, will be Murder of Captain Moller. seen the notice of an effort to erect a Chithe for In Neic Zealand Herald Decem- nese church edifice in Honolnlu. All'these find of Frank Williams Damon. ber 10, we the sad narration the cir- "straws" point in the right direction inBerlin, Oct. Bth, 1878. cumstances of the murder of the master of dicating that there is a gentle breeze blowing from the " Better Land." Hon. Bayard Taylor's Sickness and Death. the Meg Merri/ies, an English trading one of or schooner, at Butaritari, the Gilbert The Bible in Japan.—In the last report Our Berlin correspondent, after referring Kingsmill Islands. It appears that Captain to the American Thanksgiving and the ad- Moller was ordered to go thither and look of the American Bible Society, we find this dress at the American Chapel by the Rev. after a trading establishment under the interesting statement : Dr. Thompson, thus remarks under date of management of one Thomas Rennels, an " I cannot better close my report than Nov. 29th: "No large and general Ameri- Englishman. Some altercation occurred with the mention of a case at Otsu, on the can dinner was given, owing to the contin- about the settlement of accounts, and Capt. lake Birva, near Kiyoto, which shows how the Scriptures can the heart and reued illness of Mr. Taylor. This serious and Moller began to remove some property, but volutionize the life.open Several copies of the prolonged illness has been most trying for was told if he did so he would be fired upon Japanese Scriptures, and other Christian, his family and friends. Sometimes it seems by Rennels. A shot .was fired, which took books, were some time since given by the as if he would never recover, and then again effect in his elbow. The wounded master Key. Mr. Neesima, of the American Board as yesterday and to-day he appears much goes on board his schooner, when the chief Mission, Kiyoto, to the officer of the prison at Otsu. He passed them over to one of the better. Mrs. Taylor does not receive any officer headed a force, comprising four of his prisoners, a scholar, whose crime was that ol calls, and does not go out at all into society. manslaughter. About six mouths.ago a fire in You may soon see Mr. Taylor's last poem. crew, and arrested Rennels " the Queen's took place in the prison, when the entire It is just out, and is an elaborate philosophi- name." He was taken and confined on of prisoners, numbering nearly 100, body understand for cal one, as I the mission instead of improving something after board. The schooner sailed the opportunity to make the model of 'Faust.'" station of the Hawaiian missionary on Bou- their escape, assisted in putting out the find the the following among We latest taritari, but not being able to obtain medical flames, and remained to a man to be again telegraphic dispatches via San Francisco: aid, the vessel put away for the Marshall imprisoned. Such a remarkable circum]'kri.in, Dec. 19th.—Bayard Taylor, Minister stance occasioned inquiry as to the cause, died at o'clock tbis after- Islands, about four days' sail. Unfortunate4 of the United States, that the scholar among came on suddenly. ly, Dr. Pease, the American missionary when* it appeared noon. The fatal symptoms He had been out uf bed and transacting '>UHinenn physician, was absent, when, remarks the them had been so impressed and convinced of the truth of Christianity that he had with an official of the American Legation- yestereditor of the Herald, ''poor Moller was taught it to his fellow-prisoners, and Chrisday. His death was peaceful and painless. iIKKi.iN, Deo. 20th.—Funeral services over tbe then taken to the house of the American tian principles, combined with his personal remains of the late Bayard Taylor will be held at influence, had such power over them as to the American Legation on Sunday, when tbe missionary, the Rev. Mr. Whitney, who used them from fleeing when the doors of restrain a be taken to and await body will mortuary every effort to relieve the poor fellow, but their prison were opened. The scholar was to On Ameritransportation America. Sunday, oan residents will take action at tbe American lock-jaw and putrefaction supervening, he consequently pardoned, but he remained in died in great pain at 4 p. in. on Sunday, the Otsu to still teach the prisoners. He has Chapel. �5 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1879. opened a Chinese school for young men, where Christianity is taught, and it is said he is now preparing to reprint a Chinese Commentary on the Gospel of John, with Japanese connectives, to render it more readable to Japanese scholars !" MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. Dec 2—Am sh Bullion, Reed, 20 days from Ban Francisco ■J -Hair bk KHlakauM, Jenks, 10 days from San tVran 3—l' M 8 Zealandia. Chevalier, Irom San Francisco 3—Am bk Edward James, O'Brien. 18 days fm Tahiti 6-Am bk Wealthy Pendleton, Hlaiirhard, 37 daya fat Kobe, Japan 6— Am top-wll schr W H Meyer, Williams, 17 dayi from Ban Francisco 6—Britbk Haselhurst, Goudey, 36 days from Victoria, bound for Hongkong 7—Am bktne W. H. Died, Eudicott, 20 dys fm 8 Fran li -Am hk Camden. Kobiuson, 36 dys fm Fort Gamble 11—H 1M 8 Albatross, Corv-Captain Menslog 1, 84 days from Y'okohsma. 12—Am tern Compeer, Uuckholm, 31 dya fm Pt Gamble 13—Am bk Alice Heed, Kelleran, H7 dys fm New York 17—Am achr Robert Emmett, Galloway, 21 days fm 8 F 20—Am bk Frement, Nickerson, from Uahului 24—Btr Australia, 16 days from Auckland 26—Kamaile, 12 days from Fanning* Inland 20—Leo, 17 days from Han Francisco 27—H W A liny, 22 days from San Francisco 27—D C Murray, 20 days from San Francisco 27—Hasard,27 days from Astoria •27—Maltte Macleay. 34 days from Portland 27—llellen Mar, 21 days from Sao Francisco Dec 3—P M 8 Zealandia, Chevalier, for Sydney 6—Am sh Bullion, Reed, for Guano \> Imni*. 6—Am bk Wealthy Pendleton, Blanchaid, lor Royal Roads 6—Haw bk R 0 Wylie. Rakemann, for Bremen B—Brit bk llazelhurst, Goudey, for Honickong 11—Am bktne Ella, Brown, for Nm Francisco 16—Am bk Camden, Robinson, for Port Gamble 19—Ambk T J Bouthard, Handy, for dan Franolsco 19—Am bk Edward James, O'Brien, for San Francisco 24—Sir Australia, for San Francisco 24—Discovery, lor Ban Francisco 24—W H DietE. for Bao Francisco 27—German Corvette Albatross for South Pacific. An Unsurpassed Hymn. fin the New Englandera for August, 1880, Dr. D. F. Bacon pronounces the following exquisite hymn unsurpassed in the English or any other language, and adds that " perhaps it is as near perfection as any uninspired language can be." It is usually ascribed to Hillhouse, the poet, i. ?., James A. Hillhouse; but according to Dr. D. F. Bacon, it was written by his younger brother, Augustus L. Hillhouse, who died near Paris, in March, 1559.] X TrembllnK before thlno awful throne, O Lord ! In dust my ulna I own, Justice and mercy for my life Contend ! Oh t smile snd heal my strife. The Saviour smiles! upon my soul, New tides of hopes tumultuous roll His voice proclaims my pardon found, Beraphlc transport wings the sound. — Earth has a joy unknown in heaven— The new-born peace of sin forgiven ! Tears of such pure and deep delight, Ye angels, never dimmed your sight. Ye «aw, of old, on chaos rise 'I'll'- beauteous pillars of the skies; Ye know where morn exulting springs, And evening folds her drooping wings. Bright heralds of the Eternal Will, Abroad his errand ye fulfill ■ Or throned Iv floods of beamy day, Syiiipliiuiiinir* in his presence play. I.tmd is the song—theheavenly plain Is shaken with the choral strain And dying echoes, floating far. Draw music from each chiming star. — But I amid your choir shall shine. Andall your knowledge shall be mine; Ye on your harps must learn to hear A secret chord that mine will bear. The American exhibit at the Paris exhibition took seventy-five per cent, of the awards in all grades. Information Wanted. When Capt. Cook first viaited the Sandwich Islands, he found the natives playing a game like chess or checkers. There la considerable interest felt as to the origin or antiquity of these games. Please send me a description of the game, of the board and manner of playing. Do they play the game now, and could a board be obtainedby sending a remittance? Respectfully yours, Edward Willib. Kingston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1878. Respecting Geobue S. Bretlin, who is supposed to have come to the Hawaiian Islands about twenty-live yearsago. He has friends residing In Philadelphia anxious to learn something respecting him. Please address Mhb. JamesH. I'iKK, yiiN N. 17 Bt., Philadelphia. DEPARTURES. MEMORANDA. wT" In the June number of the Friend, 1878, there is statement, that Captain Campbell called at Ascension on the (ith of J.unary, .nd ordered wood and took away a Meaning to one John Dc 8ylv«, boat anil whaling gear.Captain had not been heard from. Blnce which time, the belonged to '• boat and gear that said We wtsh to state, Captain C, and Dc Hylva had never advanced any thing Captain We would state that Cla now on for the same. board theNorman boundto Ascension, aud everything will Captaln C has called be put right. Wi- would add that upon us, and we take place In makiug this statement. been most always has kind in Captain C in former times, forwardlug packages aud Microneslan missionaries. Uki'iiut Of Haw Bk Kalakaiia, Jenkb, Master.—Left 8»n Francisco Nov 12th, at 4 p m. First two days calm, on third day took a HK gale, lasting twenty-four hours, and shifting suddenly to NW, and moderating to a light breeze whioh continued the entire passage. Took the trades lv lat 27 long 1.12 o. On tbe w.y down both side lights exploded, but doing no damage. Come to off Diamond Head at midnight of Dec Ist. A full cargo, also four cabin aud flfty-threc steerage passengers. Report of Am Babk Camden, Robinson, Master.— Sailed lnmi Port Gamble Nov 2d. C.me out of the Htr.lt* Nov 4. First 12 d.ys hail H E aud 8 W gales. On 14th of Nov had a very heavy 8 W gale, with tremendous ses running thenlud 8 d.ys of light H W winds. Took the trades lv lat .10.14, loug 133.12. From thence to port light winds and tine \vi-iitln r. Repobt op Am bk Alice Reed, J II Keli.eban, Master. —Left New York June20; had calms and line weather to the equator, 40 d.ys; was lil days from the equator to Cape Horn j passed around the Cape with pleasant weather and fair wind ; was 61 days from the Cape to the equator in the Pacific, experiencing very strong westerly thence to port light winds and Kales to Ist 35 B ; from pleasant weather, making the p.ss.ge iv 174 days. Hpoke, Hept. 13, In lat 41.20 8, loug 57.38 W, ship Columbus, from Bio Janeiro to Calls.. ; Hept 24, off Statin Land, ship America, to Han Francisco. Repobt ok the Schooner Kamaile. B. B. Hempstead. Master.—Hailed from Honolulu ou '.Ith November for Farming's Island. Arrived at the Island on the 18th. Balled from the Island on the l'Jth Dec for Honolulu. Dec 23, at 11 am. made the Island of Oahu, bearing north, distance 40 mileß arrived on the •24th. Sailed from Farming's Island, Nov 23, Tahltlan achr Vivid, Bweet ; Tahiti, Dec 12, English ship Pegasus, Powel, for Hamburg. Left at the Island, French bark " ° , . : , Ocean, loading. PASSENGERS. Fbom Ban Francisci>—Per Zealandia, Dec i—A Mc Wsyne and wife, J I Dowsett, Jr, G W Townsend snd Mlsb Margeret Y. Upp, No. 1104 Post street, San Franwife, Miss Nellie Austin, Col T Crawford McDowell, A Campbell, P M Olldea,Mrs P N Makee,childand servant. cisco, writes to the American Consul at this port requestBrewer, Miss Elixa Brewer, Miss L Roging Information concerning the whereabouts of her father H Ehrllch, Chas ers, T M Percltta, Mrs L McCauley, Mrs E F Taffany, J T Adam Upp, a carpenter by trade, wbo came to Honolulu Waterhouse and wife, B duff, B Alexander and wife, H E Mclntyre, W M Gibson, Mr I'unimlngs.Mr Woolmlngton, in January laat. J I'arrler. O H Higglns, a C 1.e.-s. L W Hand, James Me. To Whom it Mat Concehn.—There now resides in Dade, E McDade, F F Benedict. J E Carroll, J McGinn, P Yokohama Mra. M. J. Olbbs, formerly Mrs. J. Vaughn, of Hon", C EHmlth, J Fisher, W McDonald, D McKeniie, P Honolulu. Any parties wishing for Information will H Vicer, H E Friuk, A J J Phillips, Thos Wall, A Lorrls, Ct vi ■nings, J G I'levlor, T R Muuder, O P Williams, J apply to Hawaiian Consul, L. P. Lilybrldge, Esq., of W A G Jon is, I'has Fisher, J W Manchester, 176 Chinamen, Yokohama. 'J3 ualivj sailors, and SI In transitu for Australia. Fin <M San Fraßi-isco—Per Kslakaua. Dec 2—C C Marlon slid w!fV. Mra M Warrle, 1 V O'Brleu, F Mars.-. W B Wright, J Miller. T Hiirk. J Whldsner JLane, P Dlttner, I'l.iin. Hlii mls,.ii. CBroade, J Swatty, EFConnell, W Henry, J Watt., W Milutyre, A B MsJT.'tt. O B Manvn. W Urarren. F B Crane, F P Lord, A Sli.-pj.anl, \V Williams, D Walley, Chaa ltrailj, 8 Mi'Clußky, (I Baser, U Cherry, S (lasa, J Mm onsky, 1 ll.rili-, J M Mani-r, J Word, J lll™sun, W Wi-nj, J D Cspeland, B CodUne, (1 Osborn, r M.Lsnn, C Blurtlu. J Trainer, J Barry, E Smith, O .Murray, i Parker, E M K.ls«y, I. Brualey, J Manton, J Glusi-iin, G D I.aiisln, a W Smith, P M Stephens, E M Clark. Fbom Tahiti—Per Edward James, Dec «—Thos Adams, J Fr.r*, c Murray, Tbos Nelson, and 'J Hawaiian seamen. Fbom Han Fbancisco—Per W H Deltz, Dec 7—Charleß M. lull), M C Wilson, St Labo, Jas Howard, Wm Joss, P Deltz. Fbom Port Townbbnd—Per Camden, Dec 9—Mrs W Cox and 2 children, and 4 Chlnunen. Fob San Fbancisco, per ltd James, Dec 19—0 Murray, J J O'Neill, X H O'Brien. Fbom SanFbancisco—Per Fremont,—Dec 21 JE Bynde. Fob San Fbancisco—Per Discovery, Dec 24—8 Norrls. From Australia—PerAustralia, Dec 24—Mr Adelman and wife, J Noack, L Kerr, T X Park, and 42 In transitu for San Francisco. For San Francibco—Per Australia, Dec 24—J W PfluR-er, O W Maikfarlane, A Herbert, A F Graves, It N, J T Hit-sou, Jan Wyht, Capt JasHarr. T 11 Nesmlth. O C Waterhouse, J X Lee, M Boyce, T H McVlcar, and 4 Chinese. From Portland—Per Mattli* Macleay, Dec 27—J X Wlntler, E A Bulck. From San Fbancisco—Per H. W. Almy, Dec 27—J McPmli*. C Coleman, F Nelson, JRothweil, J D Conk, .IS Robertson, O H Frledlander, E W Oude, J A Hevuey, J Hogan. From Farming's Island—Per Kamalle, Dec 24—James m and two natives. "bom Ban Fbancibco—Per D C Murray, Dec 27—H Battey, D K.-iii-iiiv, M J li.l.iii. M McC.rlhv. M Fliiin, C Hancock, F Carp, liter, J 11 Van llandl. W UavL. C Shaw. M II Penry, T Kiley, W Hiley, M Uuiim, M Frank, Ii Quill, M Donlan, P 11..1nn. P Hameo, L M Shaw, V Ixinsm. W Rows, H X Canon, M Hoe, 0 Cain, II Meyer, T W J.rkson. J Beyliol.l. 1> McToes, J Cusey, J Lever, P Sherry, J C.ahniay, J Cornell, W O'Connor, A Toogood. C Kelrnay, W lloslie, D V Leanar, J Eppler, R Boyce, T Opady, T Qulnn, O l.uproil, M Roll., C Leon, X Francis, F Doyle. O Dean, C Harris, J U Logan, T Teale, W Slerryer. GeorgeLuproll, J A Uucunner, J B llen.hsw. C Kttlnger, Miss Lille Deshorn, F C Booth, M Latheiner, J Lennahan, A Stuart, J Itodgers, J White, J W Robertson, II II Smyth, F TowUar, J llyrns, T Lahey, 8 White, T Fsrd, W Scott, P DovaBher, W Cambell, F Laeler, M Wilson, C J Sherwood, C H Hanasey, U Connelly, P Woods, F Peterson, W Arlcin., T (in Ilanerty. MARRIED. Dodd—Booth—December Bth, by Rev. H. H. Pirker, Mm. J amkw Dodd to Mihh Qrack Booth, both of thin city. Weyle—Manuel— Iv this city, Dec 24, by Rev 8 CDtv moo, J H Weyle to Mahy Manuel, both of Honolulu. DIED. Wunoenbero—lnSydney, NSW, Oct 30. Mrs Ann WunHonolulu, aged 04 years. The deceased waa the oldest child of Ike Rev William Henry of Tahiti, one of the original pioneer missionaries of theLondon Missionary Society to the South Seas, sailing from London Aug lU, 1706. She was boru in August, IHI4, on the island of Moorea, one of the Hoclety group, and was the first whitechild born on that island. She came to the Randwlch Islands In 1844, and was married iv December, 1845, at Hanalel, Kauai, to U F Wundenberg. Hhe was at the date of her death, on a visit to her aged mother residing In Sydney. Hhe leaves a family of one son and six daughters to mourn her death and Imitate her many virtues, for in all the relations of life -she was a truly estimableand excellent woman and mother. Adams—At Boston, Mass., November Kth, Ruth Reed, beloved daughter of Edward P. aud Ellen F. Adams. Aged 4 months, 27 days. Welsh—lnKau, Hswali, December 4, James Welsh, a native of Halem, Mbbb, where his parents now reside. He came from Han Franclaco a few months since, tdek with consumption, and nl a beneficiary of the Ladle.' Htraugers' Friend Society. McLean—ln this city, Dec. 10. Oeoboe Christie McLean, a native of Aberdeen. -Scotland, aged 60 years, 6 months aud 21 days. He leaves a widow and six children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father. Lovi—ln this city, Dec. 11, William Love, a native of Bydney, N. H. W., aged So years, 1 month and 6 days. The deceased came to these Islands with his parents when quite a boy, being the youngest of the firm ofLove Bros. Mitchell—Lu thl. city, Dec 17, of aneurism, John Mitchell, a native of London, England, aged SO years. He had resided on these Islands for about 'if, years, aud leaves a widow and two children. He was s good citizen, sober, industrious and honorable. His funeral waa attended by membersof Excelsior Lodge No 1,1 OO F, and Mechanics' Benefit Union, he having been a member of both societies. denhero, of A. NEW jPOEIVf, OF - WAII.I OUR MR. E. BAII.EV. I. snnounced Ihe Publisher, 8. C. Andrew., Ann BT Ibtll or Pacific entitled—Hawaii Arbor, KU, by bjbi, ab ths Mich, wierd tales and Islands. Being fall «f vigorous description, of poetic alloslon. to Ihe traditions snd romance, our beautiful makes Islsnds, it should be read by all our cltiaens. and alsofriend., sn elegant and appropriate present lo seisl to disl.nl bookseller, gent post |*ld by the Publisher or by the taland oo receipt of price. Paper, *0 cls»| C'lslfc, tl .00. �THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 6 187 9. ted to wander in almost certain safety the names of Livingstone, Speke, Burton throughout Uganda, and is hospitably treated and others, who have so nobly toiled amid Throcch the Dark Continent. By Henry M. as the Emperor's guest." the unknown deserts, mountains and rivers Stanley. Harper t Brothers, New York, 1878. of the Dark Continent. At some future This picture of heathenism will aptly cortime we hope to refer to this subject again. This is the record of a grand work, nobly respond with a passage of the Apostle Paul, We would merely add, let due thanks be executed. We do not believe the records of in the first chapter of his epistle to the ever rendered to the Proprietors of the land and maritime discovery in ancient or Romans, verses 21—32. Dark as are its and New York Herald modern times, can produce an instance of outlines, they are not so deeply drawn and London Telegraph for their and generous magnanimous supply foresight, endurance, persistency, or what so fearfully sombre as are those describing of funds to this Anglo-American out carry tribes the Congo, the English would call pluck, to equal this the condition of along Expedition. of Stanley's journey—occupying nine hund- through which he fought his way in thirtyred and ninety-nine days from the shores of three battles. Only imagine the moral We have always taken a peculiar the Jndian to the Atlantic oceans, via '• the character of tribes which would neither sell sources of the Nile, around the great lakes or give food to the strangers, but would fight interest in the future career and success in of equatorial Africa, and down the Living- them with poisoned arrows, and amid their life of those who claim the Hawaiian Islands stone river to the Atlantic ocean." war chants, shout " meat, meat, meat," so as their birth-place. Most vividly and pleaThese volumes are full of instructive in- voracious were their cannibal instincts. To santly we recall the daughters of A. G. formation—geographical, ethnological, botan- escape from such demons of savagery Abell, Esq., formerly U. S. Consul in Honoical, geological and religious. They should and war, Stanley was compelled to contend lulu. The following notice of the marriage be read by both the enemies and friends of in thirty-three engagements, and most of Miss Sarah Abell we copy from a late missions. There is one special class ofread- fortunately, while almost everything else number of the San Francisco Call: ers which, we trust, will not fail to give gave out, his ammunition did not fail. So MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN CARL BAVLEY, IT. S. A., these volumes a thorough perusal. We far as possible, he appears to have conducted AND MISS SARAH ABEL, AT GRACE CHURCH. refer to unbelievers in Divine Revelation his intercourse among the savage Africans A wedding that created some little stir, and the Christian religion. Persons living in upon the most pacific principles. but one divested of ostentatious display, took Christian lands and surrounded by all the Our limits will not allow us to comment place at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the light, knowledge and blessings of gospel, upon many points of startling interest with Grace Church, the contracting parties being Captain Carl Bayley, of the United States and who deny the truth of that same gospel which these volumes abound. Stanley's Army, ih command of the post at Camp and the Divine Mission of our Saviour to ability to meet the difficulties of daily per- Bidwell, in the northern portion of the State, this world, should specially read and ponder plexity, irritation, hunger, care, anxiety, re- and Miss Sarah Abel, second daughter of the weighty statements which Mr. Stanley mind us of Homer's portraiture of Ulysses' Mr. Alexander G. Abel, Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons. makes respecting the condition of heathen character in the Odyssey : The church doors were opened at halfnations dwelling in the interior of Africa, The man, for wisdom's various arts renowned, past twelve, and by one the auditorium con" where no ray of gospel light has penetrated. Long exercised in -woes." tained a large and fashionable assemblage, There is no true conjecture respecting what including a number of officers of the army Stanley, however, was more fortunate and navy, whose uniforms added much io would have been the moral condition of our the wandering, crafty and cunning the attraction of the scene. The decorations than left, had been as globe if all other nations for the latter lost all his compan were simple but unique, consisting of an Ulysses, of tbe tribes have those heathen inhabiting extending over the ions, while the former successfully brought arch of white gauze the banks of the Livingstone or Congo. gates leading to the altar. Suspended from and fifteen of his the arch at spaces of about a foot were large Mr. Stanley has forcibly sketched the safely forth one hundred of the three hundred and bows of white ribbon, which gave a beautifellow out travelers moral status of the subjects of the Emperor with the expedi- ful effect. Mtesa on the banks of the Victoria Nyanza. more, who were connected and in the The bridal parly entered the church shortThe following paragraph we copy from vol- tion. Most honorably, heroically conducted these ly after one o'clock, Mrs. J. E. Tippett playmost manner he fatherly ume 1, page 409: ing the Wedding March on the organ while Zanzibar, their homes at children, to his The moral character of ihe people is far via C»pe of Good Hope. Stanley has re- the procession walked up the centre aisle. '' The party was preceded by the little sister below that of the Emperor. Indeed, if it marked, that to him the unknown regions of and brother of the bride, and then Lieutenwere not for him no stranger would dare to Africa represented by a blank sheet of paper, ant Harry Johnson, U. S. A., and Miss enter Uganda. They have no respect for possessed a peculiar charm and fascination, Maddie Abel, sister of the bride (the groomshuman life or human rights. Among them so the pages of his journals possess to the man and bridesmaid). The groom and Mrs. they recognize only might, and Mtesa might reader a charm and fascination. His honest Charles Tripler, wife of Captain Tripler, sister of the bride, followed, and in the rear even be pardoned for exercising greater and frank earnestness and sincerity so mani- came Mr. Abel and the bride. They took this does, than he for fierce severity people fest on every page, disarm all carping critiup their positions in front of the altar, when requires to be governed with the almost un- cism and fault-finding. Rev. Dr Piatt performed the ceremony acexampled severity of might and power which cording to the rites of the Episcopal Church. The reader of these ponderous but beautiSuna so cruelly employed. They are crafty, After the ceremony had been completed, fraudful, deceiving, lying, thievish knaves, fully printed and illustrated volumes, with the parties entered their carriages and were taken as a whole, and seem to be born with wonder and astonishment, lays them aside, driven to the residence of the bride's father, an uncontrollable love for gaining wealth by exclaiming: " How could the Leader of on the corner of Washington and Mason a wedding breakfast was parviolence and murder, in which they resem- the Expedition ever have accomplished what streets,of,where after taken which Mr. and Mrs. Bayley ble—except that they hive the lawless he has so faithfully, honestly and truthfully left for their new home at Camp Bidwell. instinct to a greater degree—nearly all the sketched." In all coming time the name The journey is a long and tedious one, over African tribes. Owing, however, to their of Stanley will rank among the first of the two hundred miles of the route being traterror of punishment, the stranger is permit- Ik-roes of African Discovery. All honor to versed in stages. EDITOR'S TABLE. �JANUARY, 1879. SAILORS' HOME ! ADVERTISBMEITTS. Places of Worship. 7 TRE FRIEND, BUB*ts*i*^«r**SßßßsUßßßßtW^*k. ■£•-. DR. T. P. TISOALE, Seamen's Bethel—Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, OFFICE AND RES. Preaching street, near the Sailors' Home. King IDENCK, Beretania Street, between fort Street Church at 11 a. at. Seats free. Sabbath School before tbe and Queen Kinina's. OKKICK HOURS—FromB to 10 a.m.; 1 to 3p.m.. and S to morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday mh3o ly 8 ceiling.. evenings at 7J o'clock. .Br-w HOMEOPATHIST. lIANCHETTE, JL. • ' Fort Street Church—Rev. W. Fre«r, Pastor, Plaaa-Ferle Taaer ii Krpalrrr. corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching (For many year, connected with Chickering A Bona.} on Sundays at 11 a. at. and 74 p. u. Sabbath XT Order, left at theBailors' Home or Whitney A Robertson's Bookstore. School at 10 a. M. Ka-waitiun Church—Her. H. H. Parker. Pastor, King Btreet, above the Palace. Servioea in Hawaiian every Sunday at 11 A. M. Sabbath school at 10 i. li. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating with Kaumakapili. District meetings in various chapel* at 3.30 i\ m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 74 P. M. | . M. Atiornry bi Law. ymr ED. DUNSCOMBE, Manager. IRWIN <v CO.. Commission Merchants, G. Honlulu, January 1, 1876. CASTLE *•& COOKE, Fort Street, Honolulu, H. 1. GENERAL MERCHANDISE! . Commission and Shipping Merchants, Honolulu, Oahu, H. I. P. ■71 Chinese Church Building Fund. iv their own in language. io AW . NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM &CO., Ns*. to and 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Goods Suitable for Trade. PEIRCE St CO.. (Succors to C. L. Richard. A Oo.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Merchants, Afttßts Piuloa Salt Usees, Works, Brand's Boats THOS. C. THRUM, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, Ne. 18 Merchant Street. --- Heaelaln. to lj A. L. Nil IT 11. IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, King's Combination Spectacle., SHIP DILLINGHAM St. CO. STATIONERY it PERIODICALS. PUBLISHERS BOOK, OF THE HAWAIIAN QUID* Jarves' History of th. Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Phrase Book, Hawaiian Grammar, Andrew.' Hawaiian Uramm.r, Hawaiian Dictionary, Chart ot the Hawaiian I.land.. OTHER BOOKS ON THE ISLANDS. HAWAIIAN HONOLULU, DRAW CXCHANSB ON Bound Volumes at Redncetl Price ! BOUND VOLUMES WILL FURNISH one dollar per annua of tbe Friend WE fit. lor any number of year, from IU2 to the present at price Ume. u- Adding the cost of binding. (aubsoription ISLANDS. THE BINE OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, — Naw 1 ork. AID TBBIB AUBBT. ■■ Bastea, — Parts, to order al and Plated Wan, Sewing Machines, Picture Frame., Vases, Brackeu, etc. etc. perience that the undersigned keep the beat assortment of TERMS BTRIOTLY CASH [lyl No. 73, Port St. Kingdom. Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books, MATTER-0F OF READING Papers and Mugs-tines, back numbers—put up PACKAGES reduced for parties going sea. rate, »• BOBBSVTSOB BISHOP k 00., BANKERS, And Perry Davis' Pala Killer. Hlasa And BeU Cheaper than any other Souse in the '• ALSO, OB BIBD, MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT darinf the last Six Years can testify from personal ex- GOODS F-01-t TRADE « Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Tbe call for a Church comes from them- the Treasurer, Mr. Gookim, or Mr. Aseu. funds can also be remitted to Bishop <fc Co., Bankers, lor account of Chinese Church Building Fund. JOHN THOMAS WATERHOUBE. January Ist, 187*. d2B flm D., Late Surgeon Y. S. Army, to purchase AlmiKhty Pledges an Invited, to be paid on or before the 10th of January, 1880, whit* will be received by Mr. Joseph fi. Atherton, V MoOREW. Can be consulted at hi. residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARKSOI.ICITKD aid o. Christitn Chinese Und VOLUNTARY God In and build a Church Honolulu worship I.lf* lnsur.no. Company, Compsnjr, Ban Franelaoo, Company, The Kiih.l. Sugar The ll.iku Sugar Company. The Hamakus Sugar Company, Tbe W.i.lus Sugsr Plantsllon, The Wheeler A* Wilson Sewing- Machine Company, Br. Jayne Son. Celebrated Family Medleloei. tf_ Nesr England (Sueceuor. to H. M. Whitney), Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson. Building, Queen Street. * Matu.l Pickets, THE The Union Marine Insurance WHITNEY & ROBERTSON, Auction and Commission Merchant, S. AGENTS OF REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF I. B. WHITBBT ADAMS. ■iIII N DEALERS IK IMPORTERS AND Church—Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor, D., -a.! HOFFMANN, M Beretania street, near Nuuanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 104 a. m. Sabbath school Physician and Surgeon, at 94 a. M. Evening servicer! at 74 o'clock, alter- Corner Merchant snd Ka.hum.nu Streets, near the Poet oBee nating with Kawaiahao. Prayer meeting every sp BRE W E R A. CO.. Wednesday at 74 P. M. 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AND EDITED BT Marine Bod General Intelllpaos Temperance, PUBLISHED SAMUEL O. DAJkION. TERMS: One Oopy per annum Two Copies per annum Foreigu Subscriber., including postage ..|SOO *0O 1. 60 �YMoeunnH A'sgCochiartf onolulu. 8 Pure religion and undrflle.d before God, the. Father, is this: To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world. Edited by a Comnvittee of the Y. M. C. A, |From Key. Jostipti Conk's licture, Nov. 11, IH7M.| ander and the Crusaders marched to the Regeneration of Asia. victories in the East, are ilenr to American Opium Smuggling. The regeneration of Asia is a colossal sympathies. event yet afar off", but approaching us wilh America gave to Syria the first scientific Recent developments in regard to smug- an assured and of late accelerated step. teacher, the first translation of the Bible into gling suggest several thoughts. For the Great Britain is now an essentially Asiatic Arabic, the first printing press, the first modsake of gain, or rather with the hope that power. This, indeed, is the claim of the ern church, the first college. In 1874 Amermoney may be made, there are men in our leader of the present administration in the icans printed at Beirut 30,000 volumes and community who are willing to run every United Kingdom ; and Lord Salisbury has 9,791,910 prayers in Arabic. hazard of detection, although knowing fully said that the boundaries of Turkey are in When Cyros Hamlin, who in many parthat detection will bring severe punishment. some sense the boundaries of England. It ticulars deserves to be called the father of There are men here who would scorn to is very interesting for Americans to notice education in Turkey in Europe, went abroad steal or to deliberately give poison to a how several dazzling illusions concerning the there was not a school book in the language neighbor that will likely ruin his health, and English occupation of Cyprus and the re- spoken by the people of Turkey. Now we yet they are willing to violate a law that form of the Turkish Empire under British have a long list, not only of text books on several successive Legislatures have thought political pressure have been dissipated by the grammar, rhetoric, logic, chemistry, surveya wise one in the interests of the Chinese progress of events and how the present atti- ing, history, zoology, mental and moral philand natives in this country. For the sole tude sober thought appears to be repre- osophy, political economy, anatomy, physiolhope of gain they introduce opium among sentedof the cool by proposition, long ago ad- ogy and medicine, but also of the best English the people, a drug which brings nothing but vocated by this Statesman on my left (turning works on distinctively Christian truth, nnd ruin to body and soul of its victims. toward the venerable Dr. Kufus Anderson, these in the Armenian, the Turkish and the How strong a hold the desire for money for many years Secretary of the American Asiatic tongues. There are 11,000 pupils must have upon such men! It outweighs of Foreign Missions), that religious in Turkish common schools which owe their Board not only the fear of the punishment of the rather than political causes must be relied origin to American influence. In the high law, surely to be inflicted upon them if deupon to regenerate Asia Minor. Sir, Lord schools founded by Americans for young tected, but the equal certainty of loss of women thousands are already Beaconslield is the left hand of reform in men and But character and reputation in the community. the facts which strike public, gathered. but the work you have been doing attention most at a distance nre the steady If undetected, and the great gain realised, Turkey; is the right hand! The left needs the right, shining of Robert College, at Constantinople, think of the anxiety and the nervous fears and the right the left; but the left needs its since 1552,—a beacon light on that stormy likely to be started at every moment while brother more than the right does. God grant coast between Asia and Europe; the steady the nefarious business is going on, in getting Protestant College at that the two may be clasped in sympathy— flame of the Syrian the goods in which the drug is concealed at Beirut, since IS6s—the gleaming of the British political influence opening the way Central Turkey College at Aintab, behind past all danger of the Customs officers, and for American religious effort in Turkey, and the hills; and the attempt to light another finally into the hands of the purchaser! American religious effort opening the way torch at Harput, on the flashing waters of Even when danger is supposed to be passed, those reforms which Great Britain would the upper Euphrates. These are American for the smuggler has an unquiet conscience and force upon the Sultan. * * * When I lighthouses on a dark Mohammedan coast, a pulse oft quickened at the mere thought where a very hungry surf wars yet and the look toward that portion of Asia which now beaches have been strewn with wrecks for that something at last may be found out. draws the attention of the whole world, the six hundred years. His Majesty, by his Royal veto, volunmost hopeful signs of progress are not, in tarily relinqished a large annual revenue my judgment, to be found in the British ocThe recent visit of Dr. A. P. Stanley, obtained by licensing the sale of opium, in cupation of Cyprus; nor in the project of a Dean of Westminister to the United States, the hope that with a stringent law opium from the Syrian coast to the heart has been attended with good results in the might become an unknown thing in Hawaii railwayPersian Gulf, although such a road cultivation of a greater catholicity of spirit, the nei, and many useful lives thus saved. The of be built before must many years. between Christians of all denominations. He, petitions that were addressed to the King on for Asia Minor is in a series of a dean of the established church of Enghope My this subject were signed by the Chinese facts illustrating the usefulness of American land, was the recipient of courtesies themselves in large numbers, and in a spirit teachers, physicians nnd missionaries there. by organized bodies of Baptists, Methoof loyalty, the thought of which ought to Indeed, Lord Stratford dc Kedcliffe used to dists, Presbyterians, etc. Such a man, bring a blush of shame to many who consay that the future of the East depended scholarly, devout, earnest and eminently sider themselves better than the Chinese, upon those >nen; and Lord Beaconsfield Christian cannot be made to be the excluthey have been true to the prayer of their himself has lately been drawing his best in- sive property of any one class of Christ's petitions. None of tbe recent developments formation from the reports of these Amerifollowers. Dr. Stanley preached many times in regard to opium smuggling implicate the cans. I undertake to affirm that in the Mis- during his short stay in America, and his Chinese, though undoubtedly there are many sion houses of Boston and New York more sermons reported in full by the religious who can be found to buy the opium when complete and authentic information concern- press we recommend as good reading. His presented to them for sale. condition and possible future address to the students of Union Theolothe ing present We hope and expect that public sentiin New York, was a eulogy gical of Turkey can be found than in the archives on theSeminary late Dr. Robinson, a Professor in that ment will sustain the authorities in ferreting out every case to the utmost, and in dealing of the Turkish Empire itself. institution whose work on Biblical revigorously and severely with the violators of The pleasant lands through which Xeno- searches in the Holy Land, had afforded the the law. phon led the retreat of the Greeks, and Alex- dean much pleasure and instruction. � 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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