https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/46720dc077c4f064a6e35f77b1f7293f.pdf 9c3b3cb23b1752db29b121da6ad705c2 PDF Text Text FRIEND THE 3Ktto Series, #0.7, M2M CONTENTS Far July I. 1879. Consul Morton and Kdltnrlals Kamblea In the Old WorM—No. 30 Editor's Tahle Our Island Girls Abroad Marine Journal. -. 'Abidewith Me," Poetry Endowment of Oahu College Fornander'a Book Again Y .11. C A THE FRIEND, JIM 1. 1 879. y Paos W 63—66 M 67 67 68 -.68 68 ao HONOLULU, JULY 1, 1879. -rr = Has not the time about come, for the Hawaiian Government to take decided action about the introduction of so many Chinese immigrants, unaccompanied by their wives ? Would it not be well to convene the leading and prominent Chinese merchants of Honolulu, and let the subject be fairly discussed ? Does not the magnitude of the subject demand the appointment of a Minister Plenipotentiary who shall visit China and confer with the authorities? If the Hawaiian Government supports a Minister at Washington, ought it not also, to support a Minister or Consul-General at Pekin ? Hawaiian affairs are as deeply involved in what passes in China, as what passes in America? The California watchword may be " The Chinese must go," but that of Hawaii is, " The Chinese must come," to work our cane and rice fields. Now let us treat them fairly, and do all in our power to introduce Chinese families, and diffuse among them Christianity. U. S. Consul.—We welcome with pleasure, the Hon. J. M. Morton, as U. S. Consul. He has been for several years Government Agent, superintending the Fur Seal fishery on the coast of Alaska, and hence is transferred from one department of Government service to another. His father, the late U. S. Senator, from Indiana, was well known throughout the country and during the war rendered his country distinguished service. Mr. Morton, comes accompanied with his family and we trust will find his sojourn most pleasant. Mr. Hastings, who A Step in the Right Direction.—The has so faithfully served, as Vice-Consul, barbers of Honolulu are to be highly comunder Dr. Scott, still retains his position, mended for the movement on their part to and we feel confident a better could not have close their shops on the Sabbath. The been secured. authorities also merit commendation for clearWe read with much gratification the ing our streets on the Sabbath of the " exrecently published instructions given by the press " nuisance. The public welfare does Minister of the Interior to the master of the not demand such an array of running exour streets upon schooner Nettie Merrill, or those engaged presses as has obstructed This upon the Sabstep the Sabbath. to these Islands from in bringing immigrants " in keeping" with the moveis bath question There is stringency necessary, Micronesia. and we sincerely hope they will be strictly ment in the United States, for a most strict observed. Unless great carefulness is ob- observance of Sabbath laws. served and due caution practiced, the whole A Card.—The Religious Tract Society of enterprise will prove an utter failure as has has made a grant of books and tracts London been the case in the transportation of Polylanguages to this Chaplaincy, valvarious in nesian laborers to Tahiti, Fiji and Queensued at £6. This grant Is especially acceptland. able, as our supply was running quite low. The Rev. W. Frear and family spend The package was kindly forwarded, freight this summer at Hilo. free, through the house of Messrs. Houlder The Rev. Dr. Hyde and wife are reported Bros., of Liverpool, and their agent in Honolulu, T. H. Davies, Esq , per GlenifTer. on Maui, at Lahainaluna and Makawao. 53 {©lUSerits,»flL3o. RAMBLES INTHE OLDWORLD-No. 30 A Few Weeks In SeandinaviaNo. 9. OVER THE FILLE FJELD ON FO9T ! As I had tried nearly every otber mode of travel, I was determined to do a little pedestrianism in Norway; and the ascent of the Fille Fjeld on foot was a great temptation, and one to which I yielded, and though it was a long climb I shall never regret it. I never thought of being lonely, the mountains and water-falls kept me company all the way. My attention was first attracted by a great stone which stood by the way-side, covered with quaint runic inscriptions and twisted carvings. It was placed near the entrance to a little church-yard,and the contrast between this sign of the olden time and the Christian church was very sinking. Occasionally I passed little settlements, a few houses grouped together, the roofs, sometimes quite covered with turfand moss. Skulls of bears and spreading deer antlers were now and then to be seen nailed to the walls. At one of the stations where I halted for a little time early in the day, I saw some of the furniture which the peasants take pleasure in painting and ornamenting during the long winter evenings. It is a favorite present from parents to children, and is cherished with care and reverence long after those who have fashioned it are gone. Some of the designs in fruit and flowers are quite artistic. The day was, to me, a most impressive one, being quite alone, I felt brought strangely near to the wonderful, natural world about me. For miles the road lay through splendid valleys formed by lofty mountains, whose sides were adorned with a succession of water-falls, sometimes so light and graceful that they seemed to cling for a moment like a silver veil caught on the cliff, and then borne away by the wind. The valleys were fairly alive with the music of the falls. 1 scarcely lost the murmur of one before that of another broke upon my ear, till my way seemed attended by the music of some mighty harp, from whose silver strings wailed and murmured an infinite melody. Ever higher and higher, sometimes the way formed a zigzag of ascent, and then swept through a spacious and open plain. Nearly all signs of vegetation disappeared. The snow lay in scattered patches on the bleak mountain sides. Far up on �54 THE FRIEND, JULY. the mountain summit 1 found a strange little settlement. During the summer the cattle arc driven up on to the highlands for pasturage, and the people who have charge of them live in little huts or hovels, called They are most miserable look"ingSaeters." affairs. Rough walls of stone supporting roofs of turf. Just out ofcuriosity, I turned 1879. entirely of wood, and ornamented with the most grotesque and unearthly carvings which run up its sides and on to the steep roof, meeting in sharp saw-like edges at the top. The entrance is finished in intricately carved arabesques and rounded pillars. Notwithstanding that it was a Christian temple, and cruciforfe, there was a wild heathenish something about the structure which impressed me strangely. I made me a couch in the summer grass before the door, and with the drifting clouds over my head, and the murmur of the river floating up to me, tried in the shadow of the sombre portal to make acquaintance with this weird little church. There are two old runes on the western portal which hands now long folded quietly away, wrote for us. I give them for the quaint language—'• porir raist runur pixsar pan olau mixso,"—and another, Pittai kirkia a kiekinvilli. All along the wild romantic way on which I journeyed during the day, my thoughts reverted to the little church in the valley, as if a spell of enchantment had been laid on them. But the royal dinner my hostess at Husum spread out before me was more than enough to dispel all the spectres of the morning. The rest of the journey to the Fjord was accomplished in a little carriole, a method of travel peculiar to Norway. These carrioles, or Skyds, are light little breaks, with two huge wheels, and just room enough for one person. They are owned at the different stations, which lie along the route. You take them irom one station to another, and then they are driven back by the little boy who accompanies you. It was a rare afternoon. Our way lay through wild rocky mountain gorges, which gradually gave way to a grand and stately valley lying between splendid mountains, aside from the road to look at one, and in this dingy little interior, to my great surprise, I found a bevy of rosy-cheeked Norwegian maidens, hardy and strong as this wild life could make them, seated about the huge stone fire-place, busily knitting and making the air ring with their merriment. There was something indescribably pleasant in this glimpse of rosy, happy humanity in the infinite loneliness and almost weird dreariness of the landscape. All through the afternoon a storm had been creeping after me, and with the coming- of the twilight the rain came in torrents from the clouds. Onward, onward I was forced to walk, beginning to long for the pleasant " station " which 1 knew was awaiting me in the valley below. The snow patches gleamed ghostly through the gathering gloom; the wind moaned sadly down from the mountains; the rain fell pitilessly. The wild spirits of the old Norwegian myths seemed to take form in the sullen, darkening clouds. Soon the white, withered moss gave way to stunted shrubs, then scattered trees, and then splendid avenues of forest-growths, fragrant with moisture, bending over the road. Then far ofF down the dusky vista a wavering gleam, growing brighter and brighter, till it settled into a warm and welcoming glow of yellow light, out of which looked kindly laces, and I knew I was at the little station of Hoeg, in the lovely valley of Borgund; and that my interesting journey over the grand summit of the Fille Fjeld was accom- reaching to the Sogne Fjord. My bronzed and wiry little Norwegian attendant deplished. lighted me immensely. A thousand blessFROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA. ings on your curly-head, little Olaf of Far inland as 1 still was, high up, among Husum. As another travelling companion the mountains, still after the Fille Fjeld for miles I had a riotous, glorious mountain had been passed I seemed almost to hear the stream, revealing now depths of emerald throb of the restless Atlantic on the bleak green, now of deepest blue, through the western coast, and felt eager to hasten inanteling foam. Olaf tells me that in its forward. The mellow golden light which jewelled waters is the home of the finest had guided me through the shadows of the salmon. Now, long avenues of trees in previous night had proved no " will o' the the beauty of summer foliage, farm-houses wisp," but the welcoming lamps ol the cheer- in the midst of spreading, fertile fields, iest of mountain inns, where I found the now clustering fisher-houses, and we are in best of welcomes awaiting me. The storm the little town of Laerdalsiiren and with the of the previous night had died away, and in Greeks of old, after the mountain journey, the early morning hours the sun stood in we shout, The Sea ! The Sea !" " cloudless radiance in the glorious northern ON THE SOGNE FJORD. wild and bleak loneliness of sky. After the You are aware what a strangely serrated yesterday's journey, the returning signs of humanlife which came to me, as I descended coast Norway possesses and in looking at more and more into the valleys, were pecul- the map you will be almost confused by its iarly welcome. During the forenoon I labyrinth of indentations and deep penetrareached one of the little villages, lying along ting inlets. Norway is unique in its glorithe route, where stood an ancient and pecul- ous Fjord scenery. One could with profit iar church, which is one of the most interest- and constantly growing pleasure spend weeks ing relics of the past in Norway. It is no in exploring this wonderful region. The longer used as a place of service, but two most beautiful Fjords of the western stands in the midst of the pleasant Norwe- coast, are Sogne and Hardanger, the former gian valley as a mute reminder of long van- running one hundred and twenty miles inished days. I caught glimpses of it coming land. Lest you should think me too enthudown the valley, and must confess at first siastic let me give you, in the words of this quaint, dark structure produced some- another a description of the journey from thing of an uncanny impression, cen- Landal to Gudvangen the route which our turies old and black with age. It is built steamer took on the first day. The scenery " — is grand beyond all conception, and never have 1 beheld in any other country sights that so impressed me with the awe-inspiring majesty of nature as did these on this journey. We left Saerdalsiiren at eight o'clock, and for four and a half hours were sailing down the sublime Fjord, this part of which is unquestionably the finest piece of Fjord scenery in Norway. We passed some thirty water-falls or cascades, tailing in an endless variety of graceful shapes from various altitudes down the enormous mountains which form the sides of this truly grand Fjord. These mountains rise almost perpendicular 4,000 or 5,000 feet high from the surface of the Fjord, which is the sea level. Their summits were crowned with snow and ice, and stood out sharp and clear against the bright blue sky, and their gigantic forms from base to peak stood deep reflected in the calm, clear fjord water, perfect as a mirror. At the junction of the Aurlands and Noeroens Fjords the scenery defies description. Here an amphitheatre of mighty mountains rises upwards of 4,000 feet sheer from the silent Fjord and the solemn grandeur which this sight imposes is quite overpowering. No storm can enter here; all is still as death ; even the water-falls which here present themselves appear to hang in silence all around. We could think of no place that would compare with this most wonderful sight. We thought of the lakes of Lucerne and Como, but they are weak in their impressiveness compared with this. The mountains and fjord wear a kind of sombre gloom which would depress were it not for their surpassing magnificence. Entering the right arm, or Noervens Fjord as it is called, the mountains increase in height and grandeur as the Fjord narrows up to Gudvangpn. Sunshine only reaches the water here when the sun is nearly vertical, in consequence of the great altitude of the mountain's sides, whose enormous shadows almost perpetually overshadow the narrow fjord. * The wonderful sights had gradually*worked up our feelings so as to produce a state of exciting adoration, such as I had never before experienced, when, just before arriving at Gudvangen the climax was reached. A solitary peak lifts its pointed head 1000 feet clear above the other mountains, and towering like a monarch over all, 5000 ieet in height, it seemed to touch the sky; and scarcely had our admiration of this wonderful sight broke foshi, ere the captain pointed on the opposite side of the Fjord to what appeared to be a strip of silvery fleecy cloud suspended from the mountain. This was the Keel Fos, which falls 2000 feet! "From Gudvangen out is a most interesting route to Hardanger Fjord, and then on to Bergen. The glorious glacier-fields and the beautiful Voring Fos, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in all Europe, and the ever romantic scenery of the coast attract many travelers to Hardanger. From Gudvangen our little steamer passed swiftly out into other winding arms of the Fjord. I was the only passenger, and found the captain a well-informed, agreeable young man, speaking some English. His home is in this region, and he knows every recess and inlet of Sogne. Not far away from Gudvangen, he related to me a tragical incident in the history of �THE FRIEND, JULY, the little settlement. Some ten or twenty its progress even better than at the Wengern years ago, on a winter's day, a young couple Alp. Close to its very border beautiful dressed in all their bridal finery, the bride ferns and wild flowers and rare and exquiadorned with one of those towering crowns site mosses might be gathered. Viewed which every Norwegian peasant bride wears, from all points the Glacier is gi-andily imhad started in their boat, attended by all pressive. We scaled some of its icy heights, their friends and relatives, a little bridal but found the passage across would occupy train, for the church which lay farther up too much time and accordingly were forced to the Fjord. Just as the company were pas- content ourselves with a partial survey. It sing through one of the narrow passes, where was necessary to use great care in climbing the towering cliffs come very near together, and walking on the surface, as on all sides a noise like thunder was heard, and a huge huge rifts in the ice-masses opened about us avalanche of snow and ice fell with fatal into whose shadowy depths we scarcely force over the terrified peasants below and dared to gaze and yet towards which we buried them in the deep waters of the Fjord. were continually drawn by a strange almost During the winter months the captain tells irresistable attraction. At the lower porme that the steamer does not visit some of the settlements, owing to the fact that the tremendous avalanches render the navigation dangerous. It was so late in the season that our little steamer was visiting some of the villages for the last time, and I thought some of the little groups who stood on the shore and waived adieux to us would find the winter months very long, before the little herald from the outer world came back with the opening spring. From one point o another the little " Oscar " darted, seemng especially privileged and loved among lese solemn mountains and deep blue waters. Cozily and comfortably they tucked le away for the night, and with the grey awn 1 found we had reached one of the rms of the Fjord which 1 had especially esired to visit. FJAEHLAND AND ITS GLACIERS. The rain was pouring in torrents, and yet le intense desire which I felt to visit the >eaiitiful Glacier lying up among the mists : the valley was more than sufficient to md a way out of the difficulty. I had the morning hours and the captain promised to gnal for me in time. Among the fishermen on the shore I found one willing to itce the rain and storm and drive me to the Jlacier. It was a wildly delightful ride, n all sides rose huge mountains with summits lost in grey and solemn banks of mist, oaring mountain torrents, showing tawny nd troubled waters beneath the tossing wreaths of creamy foam, dashed down irough the ravines and across our road, so that at times we seemed almost borne on their surface. At last we were forced to our horse and proceed on foot through c moist fragrant forest to the base of the glacier. The Suphellenbrace is exceedingly interesting, being one of the easiest of access in the world as it descends to about 159 feet above the level of the sea. Few are more strangely impressive than it which a glacier affords. I stood spellund before this glorious frozen-wonder, till my guide called to me to follow him in The storm of the attempting its morning had passed away and the ists had lifted so that the Glacier stood revealed in its splendor before us. From the green-valley where we stood, far of to summit of the mountain rose one enorious mass of ice and snow, glittering and lotionless. The Glacier has already descended some istance into the valley and is slowly, very lowly making its way to the sea. One is fforded here a rare-opportunity of studying «ive Efhts Crly !ie 55 1879. tions of the mass, numerous streams rushed forth into the valley, out of caves, so blue, so cold, so wonderously beautiful they seemed fit for the abode of enchanted spirits of the ice. The longer I gazed, the greater grew the glory of the scene. Never in my life had I seen such a marvelous blue as in these icefissures, and in the pinnacles and battlements which rose into the air. And then the infinite, almost painful stillness, in this desolation, this awfulness of certain irresistible destiny in the onward march of the glacier through the fertile, smiling valley, which no human power can hinder, which, in the darkness and light, through all the changing seasons, must go forward till the end is reached. I thought involuntarily of the great, desolate lava wastes on Hawaii, so strangely different in their sullen blackness to the terrible whiteness of this scene, and yet producing something of the same impression. By neither should I wish too long to stay. To see both is worth very much. All down the valley I kept glancing back through the forest at its white face, lying unmoved in its death likeness, and felt something as if a weight had fallen from me, as I stood once more among the warm-hearted fisher-folk upon the shore. As our little vessel steamed out of the Fjord the sun appeared in all its radiance, and the glaciers ol the valley lifted themselves triumphantly into view. A more splendid sight it would be difficult to conceive of. Among the passengers who had come on board the captain pointed to one who, years before, h»d lost his companion while exploring the icy mysteries of the glaciers, and whose body was never found. Ah ! the beautiful, pitiless glacier! ON THE SOGNE FJORD. Here 1 spent two or three rare days of my life. It was in the little village of Balholmen, close down by the water's edge. My host and hostess and the people about, were kind-hearted, delightful friends, desiring eagerly to show me every kindness in their power. The windows of my room opened upon the glorious tvaters of the Fjord, where the silver light of the moon, and the red of the dawn, are reflected as in a mirror. About us and before us rose stately mountains, and the shores were fresh and beautiful with full-leaved groves. The people of this district are busy workers. Life flows quietly on ; change comes seldom; and the din and confusion of the great world is kept away by the mountain barriers. They seem happy and contented. Near every village rises the spire of a little church, and rosycheeked boys and girls fill the school houses. It is a region poetic in the extreme —the region ola thousand Sngas—from which rises into especial prominence that of Frithyof and Ingeborg, which Tegner has so beautifully rehearsed in his exquisite poem. At another time I may give the out lines of this legendary story, as I read it while here amid the very scenes where the poem is laid, with great interest. Among the groves near where I was staying, tradition says, stood the temple of the God Balder, and opposite at Framnaes is a huge burial mound, where the peasants say the hero Fruhyof and Ingeborg are buried. The murmuring waves and whispering leaves had a thousand tales of the olden time to tell me. And I seemed to catch glimpses in the distance of shadowy companies passing through the groves; or as some near sail shot round the cliff", or swift oar cut the silver Fjord, I glanced up from my dreaming to give Frithyof welcome. The very air seemed filled with the spirits of the grand old Norwegian mythology, and 1 almost felt the presence of Balder, Odin and Thor I * * * But there is more than dreaming on the Sogne Fjord.—The last day of my stay, a Sabbath, near the middle of September, will always have a loving remembrance in my book of memories. As there was no service in the little village, but in the settlement of Framnaes, some miles across the Fjord, my host and his family invited me to row with them over the waters of the Fjord. We started early in the morning. The boat was rowed by bronzefaced Norwegians. It was a stormy passage, and the waves ran high; sharp gusts of wind sweeping down every now and then from the mountains and whitening the waters. We found friends waiting on the opposite shore to receive us, and went with them to the little while church on the hill-side. It was a most interesting sight. Many of the women wore their old-fashioned, picturesque costumes The white caps, with their spreading bands and full stiff borders, filled the church like snowy wings. High up in his pulpit stood the young curate, himself most interesting with his pale, intellectual face, rising from the white ecclesiastical bands and black draperies of his gown. At the close of the service there was a baptism, which was singularly touching, and then the young people placed themselves in two rows, running down the aisle, the girls on one side and the boys on the other, and the Pastor conducted the services in the Catechism. After the service we were entertained at dinner by friends, who spread before us a generous Norwegian repast. Seldom have 1 seen such delicacy of hospitality, such a thoughtfulness for the happiness of others as here, accompanied by a certain childlike simplicity, which is indescribably beautiful. As the afternoon waned, we found our boat waiting for us, and, bidding good-bye to our friends who had accompanied us to the pebbly-strand, and whose kindly wishes, "well over! well over!" came sweet and mellow through the twilight, we shot out over the waters of the Fjord. It was a delicious evening, which I shall not soon forget. From our company rose into the quiet air the sweet music of hymns, sung now all . �56 THE FRIEND, JULY. 1879. round the world, and which had an especial various departments, and in this way to gain tenderness amid these grand surroundings a general view, which will be of service in of towering mountains and dnrkening future visits. Everything is represented, On the from heavy machinery to the most remarkawaters, waterfalls and glaciers. other side 1 found the, young Curate, whom ble productions in chocolate and sugar. NothI had heard during the morning, waiting to ing is more beautiful than series of the most give me welcome at the foot of his father's exquisitely and artistically furnished rooms. garden, where flowers almost drop their Those who were in Paris last summer say petals into the waters of the Fjord. Choice that these surpass anything of the kind there. friends had I found in this young man and The colors, and hues, and forms, lights and his father, the Pastor of this district, and in shadows, are studied with the most delicate his cultivated mother and sisters. It was a care, and the result is something most beaubeautiful family picture, and 1 cherish few tiful. I huve such a passion for draperies things more than the memory of this last and hangings, tapestries, carved woods, etc., rare evening on Sogne Fjord. The parson- that these " rooms " have had an effect on age is most beautifully situated at the base me like music or poetry. Then the porceof grand mountains, and commands a superb lains and glass, etc., from the Royal Factoview of the Fjord. Within you find evi- ries, are superb in their way. There are dence of the most perfect culture and refine- restaurants, pavilions and places of amusement. I must confess it seemed almost like ment without end, and Berlin, a city which a dream to me, this revelation of so choice a is fond of its play as well as its work, home in this grand and lonely region. rejoices immensely over this new sensation. I am busily occupied in hearing iectures Books and flowers and music, cultivated ladies stimulating converstion on most inter- having three a day, one on Latin Gramesting themes, and here, ttfo, that same in- mar, another on Sanskrit Grammar, and andescribable charm of simple, noble natures ! other which is most interesting on Latin The grand lessons which these hills and and Greek, with a special reference to mowaters teach are not heard in vain. And dern Greek and the Romanic languages. now, in bidding good-bye to the Fjord There is a pleasant little garden in rear the dwellers on its shores, I do so very of the University, where I enjoy going bevingly, thanking land and people for the tween two of our lectures. The spring is joy and beauty which they have brought daily growing more beautiful, though the air is still fresh and cool. The markets are into my life. F. W. Damon. radiant with flowers, and the flower-stores are my perpetual delight. We have now Berlin, May 20, 1879. forget-me-nots, hyacinths, lilies-of the-valley, etc. I have enjoyed the time of buds, with BERLIN EXPOSITION. us in the tropics the buds are so rarely noP. S —May 6th. The great theme of ticed, we are always in the full enjoyment conversation now in all circles is the " Gu- of perfected leafage, but there is especial verbe Ausstellung," or Industrial Exposition, beauty in these first heralds of awakening which has recently been opened here. As you nature. are aware, Germany has not been considered The debates in Parliament are going on a rival of England or France in the depart- very actively now in reference to the Tariffment of her industries and manufactures, bills which Bismarck proposes, every one but of late there has been very considerable seems much excited about the matter. F. W. D. progress in this direction, as the present very creditable exposition testifies. It was opened on the first of May, and is limited to articles Miss Bird.—Some months ago the papers manufactured in Berlin alone. Every one announced this lady as traveling in Japan. who has seen it is delighted. Dr, CJulick thus writes us from Yokohama. The buildings are in one of the pleasant suburbs of the city, and it will be a favorite " Miss Bird was recently here, and made an place of resort for the Berliners and strangers adventurous journey alone among the naduring the summer. Bands of music are tives of several hundred miles. She is enplaying every evening there. The ground gaged upon a volume on Japan." We covered with buildings, gardens, etc., is, I shall await with much interest this forthunderstand, about one-fifth of that covered coming volume. by the recent Paris Exposition; though of Rev. Henry M. Booth.—Letters were received course there is nothing here to compare with the French arrangements. Speaking of exby the lest steamer intimating that positions, I follow with much interest the this young Presbyterian clergyman and preparations for the Australian Exposition of wife might be expected on the next steamer. the coming year. It marks, I think, a re- He is a son of the well known New York markable epoch in history. Here European merchant and friend of missionaries, W. A. manufacturers and artists are preparing their Booth, Esq. exhibits. The old mode of ballasting ships by 1 have spent some hours at the exhibition, and 1 am speaking with no exaggerated en- fragments of rock, sand, etc , is likely to be thusiasm when I say that it surpasses tny entirely superseded by a new and cheaper most sanguine expectations. The buildings way. Iron tanks are placed on either side of are simple, but most appropriate and tasteful; the keelson, and when the" ship is ready to and when one realizes that the exhibits are leave port these tanks are pumped full of from the industries of one city alone, it sea water by the ship's donkey engine. On seems marvelous. In the four or five hours arriving at her destination the water is which I was able to spend there, I had pumped out into the harbor. Many ships scarcely more than time to walk through the are adopting the new plan. ¥id EDITOR'S TABLE. Lectures on Preaching. Delivered before the Theological Department of Vale College. By Matthew Simpson, D.D. L.L.D., Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York, 1879. We read some of these lectures as they appeared, when reported in the religious newspapers, and were much pleased with their sentiments. Mr. J. T. Waterhouse has kindly sent us from New York a volume containing all the lectures—ten in number. We have carefully read every one of the three hundred and thirty-six pages of the volume. Our admiration for the book increased, as we turned over page after page, to the close. The Bishop shows that he possesses a sanctified common sense, combined with a good theological training, which fits him to give sound advice to young men preparing for the christian ministry. We are surprised to find a " self-made Divine occupying the position of Bishop Simpson, so absolutely free from narrow views and sectarianism. With no apparent display of scholarship and learning- there is a dignified and broad-minded tone running through the whole course of Lectures, which leaves the most favorable impression up«n the reader's mind, and indicates that he is the peer of Beecher, Brooks, Hall and other lecturers, who have been invited to sppak at Vale, on the " Lyman-Beecher Lectureship." " The Land of the Pharaohs. By Key. Samuel Manning, L L.I). The Religious Tract Society, London. This beautifully illustrated volume introduces the reader to Egypt, and its perusal imparts a delight next to a visit to that oldest of all lands. This volume takes us back to that marvellous country, and again we ascend the Pyramid of Ghizeh, and wander through the streets of Cairo. The author. Dr. Manning, has published several books of this character, including one upon Palestine, entitled " Those Holy Fields." If possible let one visit those old countries, but if that cannot be accomplished, then by all means read such books, the titles of which we here mention. Rev. J. W. Smith, of Koloa, Kauai, thus writes under date of June 24th. "If there are 800 Chinese on this Island, it is our duty to do something to Christianize them." We are of the same opinion. Chinese Christian Workers on the Hawaiian Islands.—Sit Moon, Acting Pastor of Chinese Church, Honolulu; Wong Ec, Hilo, Hawaii; Kong Tit Yen, Kohala, Hawaii; Sat Fan, Makawao, Maui; Shin Chack, Oahu; Ho Ah Pui. Kauai. �57 THE F RIEND, J U LT. lift. Oahu of the Examining Committee as published in the Gazette and Advertiser, bears the most favorable testimony to the prosperity of our highest seminary of learning. Most heartily we can endorse that testimonial havinc also been present at the examination. We do not imagine that our Island pupils abroad enjoy the advantage of any better teaching, than they would have had, had they remained on the Islands. One fact is patent, our pupils going abroad either to California or further East, are generally found fully up to the standard of scholarship with those pupils educated there. Now what we desire to see is the endowment of Oahu College, then its advantages will fully equal those of similar institutions in the Father Land. Good and rich people have endowed those seminaries of learning, and we confidently hope good and rich people, will erelong be found generously to increase thp endowment of Oahu College. Summary Report of Ladies' S. F. Society. Our Island Girls Abroad.—In years past, we have often referred to the high standard of scholarship attained by " our Island Boys," in the seminaries of learning of the United States. It affords us much gratification that our young lady-pupils abroad are not behind in their scholarship, when brought into competition with their fellow pupils of olden countries. At the late commencement exercises of Mills' Sem- PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I. College.—The report inary we notice, the names of three of " our Island Girls," among the "graduating class," viz: Harriet N.Foster, Julie Jadd and Charlotte A. Carter. The latter bore off the honor of the Valedictory Address. Several others from the Islands have been connected with the school during the past year. Mills' Seminary has acquired a high position as the best Female Seminary this side of the Rocky Mountains. Most heartily we congratulate the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mills upon the success which has attended their effort in the cause of female education. One of the teachers, Miss Goulding is now visiting the Islands, and we learn that before the summer close, the Rev. Mr. Mills and another teacher may arrive. Expended on hehalf of fifteen beneficiaries during the year ending June, 1879 $379 89 RKCKtVKD. Cash on hand June 6,1878 Annual Memberships Donation from Mrs. C. D. OVullivan Dillingham & Co Henry May A. Kelly's expensed refunded Cach Tound anion* of B. Hughe* Donation irom Mr. Smith, Maui Interest on investment Donation from C. Brewer Cash overdrawn on Bank account Total • 9 61 6 20 16 62 11 10 140 60 .*... 6 79 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 $370 89 Mas. 8. E. Bisbop, Treasurer. Golden Wedding of the Emperor of Germany.—Late telegraphic dispatches report that the 11th of June was appropriately celebrated in Berlin. Among other items we notice that six hundred prisoners received pardons, and there was a prospect for more to be pardoned. MARINE JOURNAL. ARRIVALS. June I—Brit ship GlenitTer. Gumming, 133 days fm Liverpool 6—Am bk Anlioch, Weeks, 26 days fm Port Townaend en route to Hongkong, put in for water. 7—Am bktne Jos Perkins, Johnson, 26 days from Port Gamble. B—Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, 17 daya from San Francisco 9—P MS S Zealandia, Chevalier, from Sydney 10—Amship Springfield, Pe-.rt, from Guano Islands 11—Am hk I) C Murray, Norris, 18 days fm San Fran 12—Am bktne Catherine Sudden, legalIn, 47 days from New Castle. N S W 12—Am schr American Girl, Backus, 14 daya from San Frsnciaco 13_Bolivian hk Surprise, Curtis, 71 daya from New Castle, KSW, 13—Haw bgtne Pnmare, Gooding, from Ookala. Hawaii 16—AmhkineKureka, Nordberg, 14 days from 8 F 16—Haw stmr James Makee. Godfrey, 10 daya and 20 hours from San Francisco 15— Am schr Jos Wnot ley. Hempstead, from Guano la 16—PM88City of New York, Cobb, from San Fran 17—Am tern I) S Wifllams, Clement, from San Frsnciaco. via Hilo 18—Am topsail schr Eustace, Boie, from San Francisco via Kahului ]Q_Am bk Rainier. WuliT, fromPort Gamble 21— Kalatea set. Vivid, English. 12 dys fm Farming's Is. 22—Haw hk l.lliu. O'Brien, 28 days from Port Madiaon. 22—Am bk Helena, Snow, 22 daya from Victoria, B C. 24—German stmr Casaandra, Langer, 22 days from Whsmpoa. China. Holmes, 43 days fm Hongkong. 27—Am bktne Ella, Brown. 14 days fm San Francisco. 27—Am schr Glaus Spreckles. Yon Schmidt, from San Francisco, arrived st Kahului, 9 daya 20 hours. July I—Am bk Vigilant, Smithers, 168 days fm New Bedford. lost two men, killed by falling from aloft—both Portuguese. Clean—sawwhalea three times. 26—Am ship Republic, DKPAK'I I KKS. May 31—Am bgtne Josephine, Og-ilvie, fur Port Townaend 31—Ger bk Louise, Meyer, for Royal Koads June 2— Haw hk Kalakaua, Jenks, for San Francisco ivedFrom England 2—Am schr Bonanza, Miller, fi>r San Francisco AND 3—Haw schr Nettie Merrill, Wallace, for South Sea Is 4—Brit bk Lady Lampson. Marston, for San Francisco SALE at COST PRICE 7—Am bk Antloch, Weeks, for Hongkong FOR P M S 3 Zealandia, Chevalier, for San Francisco 10— At the 11—Am bgtne Morning Star. Bray, for Micronesia ahip Springfield, Pearl* for Guano Islands 12—Am BIBLE DEPOSITORY, SAILOR'S 16—Am schr La Gironde, Genereaux. for San Fran copies following of the excellent works: 18—P MS S City of New York, Cobb, for Sydney few A 18—Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, for Ban Fran Daily Dememhrancer, or Morning and Evening Poems for the ship Gen Butler, Kydt-r, for Port Gamble. 21—Am year, by Rev James Smith. 21—Am bk Morro Caalle, Wooda, for San Francisco. First Lore." Christ's Menage to Ephesus, by Rer. Dr. " The Joseph VVoolley, Hempstead, for Guano Is. schr 21—Am Cttlross. 22—Am bk Helena, Snow, for Sydney. Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock." Christ's Message 23—Ralateaschr Vivid. English, for Fanning* Is. to Laodlcea, by Rer. Dr. Culross. 24—Am bktne Discovery, Fuller, forPan Francisco. Grace and Truth, by Dr. W. P. Mackay. Williams, Clement, for San Francisco, D8 24—Am tern Dorothea Trudel, or the Prayer of Faith, tranalated Iroin the 24— Brit bk Lalla Rookh, Gender, fir Portland, O. German. Bird, Jackson, for Sooth Sea Is. bgtne 24—Haw Storm Life ofJoshua Poole. A Remarkable Converaion. The Measage from the Throne, by Mra. Anna Shipton. PASSENGERS. The Lost Blessing, by Mrs. Anna Shipton. ABkert of God, by Mra. Anna Shipton. For Ban Francisco—Per Kalakaua, June 3—Miss Llllie The Watch Tower in the Wilderness, by Mra, Anna Shipton. MissLottie Williams,Miss Ada Williams,Miss Williams, The Child Miolaler, by Mrs Anna Bhiptoo. Datay Williams, JohnLenehao, JWard, JohnHowe. Life Truths, by Rev. J. Denham Smith. For Micronesia—Per Morning Star, June 10—Rev X T Life iv Christ, by Res. J. Denham Smith. Walk and Warlsre, or Wilderness Provision, by Res. J. Den- Doane. For San Francisco—Per Zealandia, June 10—T W Williams, ham Smith. W C Psrke and son, A II Knight and wife. Miss E Piatt, Vsrli.ua Addresses, by Res. J. Denhsin Smith. 8 Sellg. A Maillard, Mra C B Andrews, E O Hall and wife, Various Addresses, by l>. L. Moody. Mrs J 8 McGrew snd 2 children, A W Pierce, Mrs J P Cooke The Tabernacle and the Priesthood, by H. W. Loltau. soo. C X Williams and wife, A Rstin, M Swain, JohnLee, | Female Characters ofthe Bible, by Rev. Dr. Hughes. I snd Wm McElnay, G Murray J C Logan, C B Richards, T Shore, Watchwonl. The lluy's Also, variety olSmaller Books by Broivnlow North, 8. M. ! 3 Le Donato, J Sutherland, W <J Dv Bois, Wing Ling, Gum Haubtilon, ac, I I King, Ah See, Qack Chon*, Ah Baoi, RJusetce " HOME. From Sao Franclaco—Per 11 W Almy. JuneO—T Cornell, John Wilcox, John Crane, C Chisholm, James 'fatten, R B Wiltren, Arthur I'eteraoD. Mary Siilers, and three Chinese. from Sydney—Per Zealandia, June 9~Mra C Browne, \V Marienens, J Johnston, C E Harbeck, A Crawley, M Fredericks, Airs Brans, G Kavanagh. From Ban Francisco—Per D C Mnrry, June 12—Mr Flenimtng, Frank Coll, Jaa Bouytblu, T Waddle, Steward Blanc and In Cbiueae. From San Francisco—Per American Girl, June 12—J J Moorehfad, J G Ktpp, Mr MrGlnnla, A One, O Sam and 7 Chinese. From Guano Islands—Per Joseph Woolley, June 18 Capt Robert ltrixgH, ('apt Hiram Closaon, wifeand son, Chan Himes, -li'lui Smith, James Gordon, William Jones, and 22 Hawallans. From San Francisco, par James Makee, June 16—FP Makeuzle, Fred Wagman. From flan Francisco, per City of New York, June 17— Mrs Gibson, Misses Coney, U A Wldemann, Mra M E Wood, C Lehman and wife. Miss Wldemann, Mary Lehman, Henry Lehman,Hauz Lehman,T C and JLehman, £ Bailey, Jas G Fair, Jas Day, J G Fair Jr. Otto Frinsch, Mary Frinsch, £ Rehse, Mrs A L Cushlng, Mrs C X Goulding. H H ClulY and wife, Mr Hould and wife, C Anderson and wife, Mary Hould, J Knell, Jas Campbell and wife, Mrs H Turton, L Godfried, Col C H Judd, Mrs Alex Campbell, W H Campbell, H Cornwall and wife, Wm Pearson, £ Bowles, M H Brings, M Ashley, H W O Melvery, J Moore. J N Wlukotehlll, J M Coleman, F Orena, A Unna and wife, Mrs Capt Cobb, C H Eldrldge, John M Mortou and wife, Mary Morton, Henry Morton, Jane Brown, Mr Antrum, Mary Cornwell, Kate Cornwall, Elizabeth M'Cormlck, Margaret Sullivan, Mary Smith, J 8 Bishop, Allen Ratnaay. Wm Burt, Wm Chassel* Elias A Hurt, J Brehe, Patrick Egan, C Htngley, Frank TthbeUa, Antonio George, Otto Frledlander, J Blalney, Jno Davla, Ja*Moore, Wm Hutch, I. A Beawooln Geo Chapman, Matilda Williams, Annie Kheppard, Mrs F Sandman, J Howes, Robt (ltggina, M F Sullivan. Jno Adams. Barry Friedlander, Jno Clark, Jamea Dailey, James Hogan.Chaa Bonohue, Wm Elliott, Robert Williams, Sarah Williams, Mrs. Eliza Oxley, Mra J Kelahaw, Henry Kelahaw. E Kelshaw, Mra Bella Frasier, Miry Frailer, Helen Frazier, Frank Frazier, Jaa Silva, Thoa Moon, 68 Chinese, and SO passengers In transitu. From San Francisco—Per Eureka, June 16—Chas Kamar, wife and child, Martin Anderson, Henry Forster, Benjamin Wilcox, Henry Goldstein, Join, lioppen, 38 malea, one female and threechildren, Chinese. For Sydney—Per City ot New York. June 17—A Jourinne, F D Walker, wife and 3 children, F Wirth, D Jones, B — Hymanaon. For San Francisco—Per Wll Almy, June 18—G J Lansiog, Geo L Blake, John Wilcox. For San Francisco—Per Morro Castle, June 31—J N Wiskotscmll. From Fanuings Island, per Vivid, June 21—E Prober!, 6 Hawallans and one Chinese. From Victoria, per Helena, June 22—A Relss and wife. From Port Madison, wT, per Liliu, June 24—J H Bean, L P Hanson. For SanFrancisco,perDiscovery, June24—A £ Warrell, H P Chappell, James Quimi, £ M Pauser, A R Sllloway, C Smith, F M Alston, Jas Savldge, W Schmidt, W F Fraga, H Buudy. From Whampoa, China, per Stinr Cassandra, June 28— 492 Chinese. From Hongkong, China, per Republic, June 26—20 Chi, MM, MARRIED. Weight—Blaisdell— In this city, June 3d, at Bt Andrew's Cathedral, by the Rev Mr Mcintosh assisted by the Key T Blackburn, Wm Weight to JennieBlaisdell, both of Honolulu. No cards. Giles—Afono—ln this city June Mb, by His Lordship the Bishop of Honolulu, Mr Henry Giles to Miss Kmmklink Aoatiia Marie, eldest daughter of the Hon C Afong. Walker—Cummins.—ln this city, June 21, by Rev H H Parker, at the residence of the bride's father, Hon J A Cummins, Thomas Walker, formerly of London, England, to Miss Matilda Cumnins. Hinds—Kkomailani.—ln thia city, June 23, by Key. H. Parker, Charlbs Hinds to Annie Kkomailani. DIED. Gay—At Waimea, Hawaii, May 21st, Athol X Gay, second sou of James and Mary Gay. Aged U months and 21 days. Isenberu—At Libue, Kauai, May 29th, Beta Helena Ottoilie, beloved daughter of Otto and Helen Isenberg. Aged 1H monthsand lb days. Jewett—ln this city, June 3d, at the residence of JB Atherton, Esq. of disease of the heart, Captain George W Jewett, a native of Bristol, RI, aged 47 years. He was master of the bark Morro Castle of New York. Peter Morrison—At tbe Queen's Hospital, (suddenly) in Honotaiu, June 11th. Peter Morrison, aged about 24 years, a native of Scotland. Howard—At Walkapu, Maul, June 18, of heart diaease, Charles Howard, a native of Massachuaetta, US, aged about SO years. Parke—ln this city, June 22d. Mary H. Parke, lister of the Hon W C Parke. (Boston papers please copy.] Grieve—ln this city, June 24, after a short Illness, William Grieve, a native of Scotland, aged 76 years. He had resided in Honolulu during the past 12 years, and for a number of years previously in the United States. Ryan—At his residence, Queen street, Honolulu, June 27th, W. P. Ryan, aged 62 years. For many years a resident of this city. Williams—At Halawa, Oahu, June 27, J. R. William.. District Justice of Lwa, aged about 60 years. . �58 THE FRIEND, "Abide With Me." Abide with me," the day is past and gone; lis even tide, and night is coining on; The darkness o'er me creeps, And my sad spirit seeks Tiiy presence, Lord, for I am taint and lono. " The wny is long and dark, and often drear; Tbe thorns are springing up, and clouds appear; And heavy shadows lay Aerosa uiy weary way, And I am sinking last, and tilled with Tear. "Abide with me." The tempter's power is strong, And I am weak; I often dv the wrong 1 would not, iiml I pray That Thou would'st Irom this day Abide with me;" and bear me safe along. " Abide with me ;" 1 cannot let Thee go "Unless Thou dost a blessing, Lord, bestow, I I feel my need of Thee. Savior, abide with me ;" know Thou wilt not, canet not answer, No. " Endowment of Oahu College. some remarks which the Editor offered his sermon on " Home Evangelization," preached by request of H. E. Association, the endowment of Oahu College, found a place. The subject is one of cardinal importance to our Island community. We copy as follows: It is now nearly, if not quite a quarter of a century, since any steps have been taken effectually to increase the endowment of that institution, and to broaden the course of study there taught. To educate and evangelize a people you must have not only Sabbath Schools, Primary Schools and «In Boarding Schools for young children, but schools of a higher grade are needed. Oahu College has, during the last forty years done a good work, and God's blessing has rested upon the institution, but for the Home Evangelization and education of the rising generation, that institution needs a generous endowment. The President's position ought to be made, independent of tuition fees. One or two good Professorships ought to be speedily endowed. A Professorship of languages, including tbe modern languages, ought be established, and another Professorship of Natural History, including the Department of Chemistry. New buildings ought to be erected, and the whole establishment lifted up and made more potent for science, learning and Christianity. One hundred thousand dollars ought to be raised for buildings and Professorships. Such an advanced step would have a most important bearing upon the Home Evangelization of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It would correspond to similar efforts among the American people, in behalf of Harvard, Vale, Dartmouth, Amherst, and other institutions of learning. Some of our rich planters might well afford to endow a Professorship of Chemistry, as a pecuniary venture. Our men of wealth, our mer- JULY. 187 9. chants and planters, should realize, that the highest end of their lives, is not merely to enrich their families, and expend their acquired wealth, in material display. In no way could the Hawaiian and Chinese portions of our population, be more favorably impressed and elevated, than by seeing Americans and Europeans in our midst, coming noble forward and handsomely endowing some institution of learning of a decided Christian type and character. In this way, the gospel leaven would appear to be operative and potential. Our young people ought to be educated, highly educated, and this cannot be accomplished without the endowment of a Christian college. Oahu College made, what it ought to be made, would exert a most powerful influence upon all the other seminaries of learning throughout this kingdom, Micronesia and the world. Home Evangelization implies, not merely distributing tracts and preaching the Gospel in the streets, but a thorough infusion of Gospel ideas and principles into families, and all the avenues of trade and commerce. When the scheme of annexation was agitated, twenty and more years ago, and it was stipulated that the United States would pay one million of dollars and more, one-tenth part of this amount was to be devoted to the higher purposes of education, and Oahu College was to have been handsomely endowed. I have regretted that when Reciprocity was initiated and secured, in tome way, the cause of higher education, wns not to receive a generous portion of the duties remitted on sugar, and other island exports to the United States. One-tenth of the duties remitted during "these seven years of plenty," would have been a handsome contribution to the higher purposes of education. Something ought to be done. Fornander's Book Again. Dr. Gulick thus writes us from Yokohama, Japan, under date of April 22d : " Mr. Fornander's first volume has thrown much light on the past. Whether we accept or not his theory of the Aryan (and Cushite) origin of the Polynesians, 1 shall watch for his second volume with impa- tience." We received a note from Mr. Fornander a few days since, in which we find an allusion to the second volume, and some of our readers, we feel confident, will be much interested to learn that it is nearly ready for publication. If I can now have a month's uninterrupted "time to myself, 1 think I can finish the second volume. I mean to stop at the time of the conquest and consolidation of the islands under Kamehameha I„ at the battle of Nuu- anu, 1796, with perhaps a short reference to the cession of Kauai in 1809. The acces- sion to supreme power of Kamehameha 1. closes the old regime, the really ancient history of the Hawaiian people, with which alone I have been concerned. Since these new systems of government, new political relations, new social customs, new religious ideas have gradually, or "per saltum," worked themselves up to the surface, I think it as well, or rather better to commence the Hawaiian Modern History at the battle of Nuuanu, as at the arrival of Capt. Cook or the arrival of the missionaries, forty years later. The former prepared the way for the unification of the islands; the latter put the seal of Christianity on that unification; another border line between darkness and light, between the old and the new, may as well be drawn where 1 intend to draw it, as at any other intermediate period. Without unification these islands might to-day be what the Samoan and Marquesas still are; with unification they have become what they are, a marvel in history, a crown of glory to their civilizers, and a puzzle to the sceptics. With modern Hawaiian history, 1 do not think that I shall occupy myself. That is a matter of documentary evidence, to be gathered from book-stores and archives accessible to any diligent inquirer ; that is a question of the present, its diversified beginnings and its tortuous but ever upward development; a period of broad daylight, historically speaking, during which a careful and candid investigator cannot possibly go wrong. For my part, I have chosen to describe the past, whose only lights were the scattered stars of legend and myth. Let others bask in the. sunshine ; God's world is beautiful, even when seen by starlight." Fate of the Shenandoah —Everybody has heard of the Shenandoah, the notorious privateer of the Southerners of the American civil war; but I do not suppose that many know what was the ultimate fate of the ship when the war ended. Of all the places in the world she now lies ' fathoms deep " o the Island ol Socotra, in the Arabian gul Her story is a strange one. She was bus burning whalers in Behring Straits, whe Waddell, her commander, the " mildes mannered man who ever scuttled ship or cv a throat," heard of the collapse of the south His occupation being gone, and being with out home or harbor to which he durst, wit safety, return, he ran the Shenandoah t Liverpool, and immediately surrendered he to her Majesty's ship Donegul, in the Mer sey, She was handed over to the America Consul, and afterVvards bought at auction b Nicol, Fleming k Co.—a firm that ha earned a notoriety in connection with th failure of the City of Glasgow Bank—fo the Sultan 6f Zanzibar. After remaining idly at Zanzibar for some years, she was sent to Bombay for repairs, but foundered off Socotra, all hands being lost except one Englishman and a few Lascars. �59 THE FRIEND, JULY, 1879. ADVERTISEMENTS. Places of Worship. Seamen's Betiiei,—Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, near tbe Sailors' Home. Preaching %Mr at 11 a. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday IRWIN It. G. SAILORS' HOME! CO.. Commission Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. 1. o'clock. Fokt Street Church— Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, las lIANCHBTTE. I'iiiiia-luilr Tuner A. K<-B>niri-r. corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching (For many yrara connected with .V Sona.) on Sundays at 11 a. m. and "\ P. x. Sahbalb U" Orders leiI at the Sailor,' Home or Whitney as HobertSchool at 10 a. h. i i Bookatore. Kawaiaiiao Church—Rev. H. H. Parker, Pastor, \\ PEIRCE ti. CO.. A King street, above tbe Palace. Services in Ha(Buoceaors to C. L. Richards & Co.) waiian every Sunday at 11a.m. Sabbath school *™ nt 10 a. m. Evening am-vices at 74 o'clock, alterand General Commission Mernating with Kautnakiipili. District meetings in Ship Chandlers chants, various chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 74 p. 11. Honolulu, Oahu, HawaiianIslands. Roman Catholic Church—Under the charge of Rt. Rev. liishop MaigfM, assisted by Rev. father Agents Pailoi Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Services Anal Perry Onria' Pain Killer. every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 i'. M. ti. DICKSON, Kaumakapii.i Ciicrcii—-Rev. M. Kuaea. Pastor, | EWERS Beretania street, near Ntitianu. Services in HaDealers in Lumber and Building Materials, waiian every Sunday at 104 A. M. Sabbath school Fort Street, ilonolulu.il. I. at 94 A. M. Kveniii|r services at 74 o'clock, alterratitig with Kawuiahao. Prayer meeting every ■V*. HOFFMANN, M D., eveuings at 74 J• . M. Physician and Surgeon, The Axtii.KAN Church—Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. I). ; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A.. Corner Mercbautand Kaabumsnu Streets, near the Post Office Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary BREWER k CO.. Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. d 1 P.nglish services on Sundays at 04 and 11a. m., and Commission and Shipping Merchants, 24 and 74 p. M. Sunday School at the Clergy linns.' at 10 a. M. Honolulu, Oahu, 11. I. ' TREGLOAN'S ■,' P. Merchant Tailoring ESTABLISHMENT, Corner Fort and Hotel Streets. I CALL THE ATTENTION of.he Citizens ofOahu and the other lalanda to the fact that 1 have OI'ENKI) a large First-Class Establishment, Where Gentlemen can find a of Goods, Well-selected Stock aod Chosen care, as with great to style, adapted to this climate. Having had an extensive experience In connection with *onii* of the largest impnrting houses in New York and Philadelphia, I can assure my customers that they will not only secure the Very Best Materials but will also obtain at my place The BEST FITTINC CARMENTS that can be turned out ol any establishment in the Kasit-ru cities. ADAMS. Auction and Commission Merchant, NKW Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. 1 II II \ S. McGREW, M. 1) , Late Surgeon Y. S. Army, THOS. C. THRUM, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, Net. 19 Merchant Street, --- Honolulu. to rates LADIES' RIDING HABITS MA 1)1: A'SPKCIALITY. Children's Suits, in Eastern Styles. W. TREQLOAN, Honolulu. at to NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & 00., No. 37 Fort Street, • KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from personal exSHIP of perience that the undersigned keep the best assortment GOODS FOR TRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Kingdom. THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL. ■rjjgSjjajy..- -=- DILLINGHAM & CO. <mt| BISHOP k CO., BANKERS, HAWAIIAN HONOLULU, IIKAW RXCHANGC ON ISLANDS. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, — New York. AMU TBBIB AOBBTS IB Beaten, — Paris, Aurkliausl, THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LONDON, 11.1.r.N HERBERT, PROPBIETOR, 41.1. THE MODERN IMPROVE- HASmenu requisite for carrying on a first-class Hotel. — ABbTHBIB BBABOMBSII Hengknnaj, — ED. DUNSCOMBE, Manager. 1, 1875. 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IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, King's Combination Spectacles, Glaaaand I lated Ware, Sewing Machines, Picture Frames, Vases, Brackets, etc. etc. (tyl TERMB STRICTLY CASH No. 78, Fort St. Bound Volumes at Reduced Price ! WE WILL, FURNISH BOUND VOLUMES of the Friend at one dollar per annum (subscription Melbnnrat), price $2), for any number of years from 1863 to tbe prssaut aplV 79 time. ]_r Adding the coat of binding. And Transact a GeneralBanking Business. Sydney, and �Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and tokeep one's self unspottedfrom the world. Edited by a Committee of the T. M. C. A. Organization of the Chinese Church. The Honolulu Y. M. C. A. have been actively engaged for several years in carrying forward evangelistic work among the Chinese, it is with unfeigned delight that we are able to report that our efforts, combined with those of other Christian workers, have finally culminated in the organization of the firstChinese Church on the Hawaiian Islands. It is a marked and signal event in our religious history. Below we present the official Report of the Ecclesiastical Council which was convened on Sabbath afternoon, June Bth, for the organization of this Church : Honolulu, June Bth, 1879. Pursuant to letters missive an Ecclesiastical Council convened at the Lyceum, Sunday, June Bth, at 2 p. m., to consider the expediency of organizing a Chinese Church, as voted by the persons sending the letters missive ; and if thought advisable, to take part in public exercises appropriate to the organization of such church. Rev. S. C. Damon, D. D., read the letter missive. All the parties invited were present, as follows : From the Bethel Church, Rev. S. C. Damon, D. D., Pastor; Rev. S. E. Bishop, Delegate. Fort Street Church, Rev. W. Frear, Pastor; Brother J. B. Atherton, Delegate. Kawaiahao Church, Key. H. H. Parker, Pastor; Brother Lapaki, Delegate. Kauroakapili Church, Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor; Deacon E. S. Kalauao, Delegate. Rev. H. Bingham, Secretary Hawaiian Board. Rev. C. M. Hyde, President North Pacific Mission institute. The Council was organized by the choice of Rev. Dr. Damon as Moderator, and Rev. Dr. Hyde as Scribe. The Moderator led in prayer. A list of those proposing to unite from other churches was shown, and their certificates of membership. Also, the names of those proposing to unite by profession of faith. The Council voted that they were so far satisfied with the proceedings that they would join in public services of recognition. Accordingly, as previously arranged, Rev. M. Kuaea led in prayer; the hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee," was sung in Chinese and English; the names of those presenting certificates, and of those uniting on profession, were read, and the parties named arose in response; the Creed and Covenants were read; the six uniting by profession were baptized by Rev. Dr. Damon; an infant child, Charles Keai En, son of Joseph Yap Tin Scow, was baptized; Rev. Dr. Damon made a brief address; Rev. W. Frear led in prayer; and the exercises were closed by singing the hymn, " Rock of Ages," in Chinese and English; and the benediction was pronounced by the Moderator. The members of the new church were invited to attend the Communion with the 60 ChYHAMrsiooetucann'gf onolulu. An Extraordinary Sentence. The following extract is taken from a sentence recently pronounced by Judge Reading, of Morris, 111., upon the liquor dealers who had violated the law by selling liquor to minors : "By the law you may sell to men and women, ifthey will buy. You have given your bond and paid yourlicense to sell to them, and no man has a right to molest you in your Evangelical Association at Kaumakapili; legal business. No matter what families are and according to vote, the Council was then distracted and rendered miserable; no matter dissolved. what children starve or mourn over the degA true copy. Attest: radation of a parent, your business is legalS. C. Damon, Moderator. ized and no one may interfere with you in it. C. M. Hyde, Scribe. No matter what mother may agonize over the loss of a son, or a sister blush at the The Y. M. C. A. held a meeting at shame of a brother, you have a right to disthe Lyceum on Friday evening,-the *27th regard them all and pursue your legal callult., at which Dr. Kinney presided. After ing—you are licensed. You may fit up your the Reports of Committees, the topic of the lawful place of business in the most enticing evening was discussed, viz: The Book of and captivating form. You may furnish it Job. Mr. Bowen read an admirable essay with the most costly and elegant equipments upon the point, "whether Job's vindication for your own lawful profit; you may fill it was correct." Mr. Kinney read another with allurements of amusement; you may essay on The argument of Job and his use all the arts to induce visitors; you may friends." Mr Lyons offered remarks upon skillfully arrange and expose to view your the question, " What had Satan to do with choicest wines and most captivating beverthe afflictions of Job?" Dr. Whitney read ages; you may then induce thirst by all conan essay upon the Plan of the Book. Dr. trivances to produce a raging appetite for Damon and Rev. S. E. Bishop offered re- drink, and then you may supply that appemarks upon the Time and Place, When and tite to the full, because it is lawful; you have Where the Book was Written. So much paid for it—you have a license. You may interest was awakened by the discussion allow boys, almost children, to frequent your that a similar programme was sketched out saloon; they may witness the apparent satisfor the next meeting, when Homer and the faction with which their seniors quaff the " " and Book sparkling gUssj you may be schooling training tbem for the period of 21, when they, too, can participate, for this is lawful. You may hold the cup to their lips, you Hon. William E. Dodge says: "The must not let them drink—that is unlawful. statesmen of Europe are beginning to look For while you have all these privileges for to the enormous amounts worse than wasted the money you pay, this poor privilege of in drink as one of the great causes of the selling to children is denied you. Their have the right to say, « Leave my increase of distress and misery in those parents son to me until the law gives you the privicountries across the water. The amount ac- lege to destroy him. Do not anticipate that tually spent is not all. The pauperism and terrible moment when I can assert for him misery directly resulting from the effect of no further rights of protection. That will be soon enough for me, for the liquor thus consumed may safely be said his"mother, for his sister, for his friends and to amount in dollars and cents to as much for this community to see him take his road more. This is rendered certain by the to death. Give him to us in his childhood amounts which are known to be spent in at least. Let us have a few hours of his charity and the administration of justice youth, in which we can enjoy his innocence, consequent upon the effect of the liquor traf- to repay us in a small degree for the care and love we lavished upon him.' This fic. In England, as he said, the interest in is somethinghave which you who now stand the economical aspect of this question is be- prisioners at the bar have not paid for; this coming very intense, and the very ablest is not embraced in your license. For this men—men of wealth, men of position, men offense the court sentences you to ten days' who had not hitherto ranked themselves imprisonment in the county jail, and that among the class of total abstainers—are you pay a fine of $75 and costs; and that earnestly bestowing their best thoughts on you stand committed until the fine and costs the subject." of this prosecution are paid." Iliad " would take the place of of Job." " The � 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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