https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/befe602bbfe1a4a2b5f4313384c99f0b.pdf afcdc2fb39615dd16e3b1a9dfa2a5f9a PDF Text Text THEFRIEND #rto £mrs,so. 12.MM.} CONTENTS Far December 5, 1881, Rambles In the Old World, No. 09 Editor* Table Home for the Hoiueleßd, Again Hawaiian I'm try Rev. 11. M. Palmer, of New Orleans Golden and Silver Weddings Marine Journal Y. M. C. A • Pa ok. 101 103,108,104 I"* 104 106 108 106 108 THE FRIEND. DECEMBER 5. 1881. BOUND VOLUMES. With this number closes the XXXth Volume, New Series, from 1852 to 1881 These will be furnished for binding at $1.00 per annum. Now is a rare opportunity to secure the records or the History of affairs in the Pacific, during the past thirty years. END OF VOL. XXX NEW SERIES AND XXXVIII OLD SERIES. We trust our subscribers will kindly settle their bills for the Friend, the reading of which they have enjoyed during 1881. Conversion to Protestantism of a Canon of the Vatican. A strange and noteworthy event has taken place in Rome. Monseignore and Count Enrico Campello, a canon of the Vatican, has left the Catholic Church and joined the Methodists in Rome. He has addressed a letter to Cardinal Borromeo stating his reasons. It appears that he has maturely weighed the matter, and even meditated so doing under the Pontificate of the late Pope, but hoping for reforms under the present Pope which have not come, he says : I issue " from the ranks of the Roman Clergy to fight in that of the pure gospel of Christ, thus remaining true to my vocation and persuaded that 1 shall find peace for my soul." It may readily be imagined this converson to Protestantism will occasion no little discussion in the Convents, Monasteries and countries where the Roman Catholic Church HONOLULU. DECEMBER 5, 1881. 101 f©lDSttifS,M.3g. A new assortment of Bibles direct RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 59 from Bible House, New York has just been received at the Bible Depository. EASTWARD AND HOMEWARD, NO. 8. We desire to call special attention to the statement of the Trustees of the Chioese Church. NOTES OF TRAVEL IN BENARES, INDIA. NO. 3. THE SACKED'CITY OF HINDUISM. A few sets of the "Peep of Day" Jienares is the most revolting and at the series may be found at the Bible Depository. same time the most fascinating city of India. Price $2.50 four volumes, also " Songs for (t is the most sacred spot in the world to all adherents of the Hindu and Brahminical Little Ones at Home." creeds, nnd is the scene of a pagan and A pleasant and successful meeting of superstitious worship, which is one of the the Bethel Social Union was held Friday nightgreatest enormities of the present day—one postponed from Thursday on account of the of the darkest blots upon the light of the stute cf the weather. present century. —A recent writer refernbg Sabbath School Drawings.—Mr. J. D. to this city, says, "When it was first built, Roberts, a young man in Mr. West's employ, and by what prince or patriarch, is altogether unknown of its great antifrom St. Thomas, Canada, has made some quity stretching backBut through the dim ages beautiful chalk sketches on the black-board of early Indian history, far into the clouds for the Bethel Sabbath School. We hope and mists of the Vedic and pre-histurical peour children will not only profit by the riods there is no question. By reason of Scripture lessons, thus illustrated, but take a some subtle and mysterous charm it has linkhint to learn to execute drawings of a similar ed itself with the religious sympathies of the character. Hindus through every century of its existence. For the sanctity of its inhabitants, Debt on Chinese Church. of its temples and reservoirs, of its wells and The following are the Trustees of the streams, of the very soil that is trodden, of the air that is breathed, and of every Chinese Church. Those names in italics thingvery in and around it, Benares has been were present at the meeting on the 2d viz : famed for thousands of years. The Hindu Lew Chong, 000 Kirn, Sit Moon. Chun ever beholds the city in one peculiar aspect, Fook. Aseu, John Waterhome, T. H. Da- as a place of spotless holiness and heavenly vies, S. C. Damon. W. W. Hall, C. M. beauty, where the spiritual eye may be delighted and the heart may be purified, and Hyde, J. B. Atherton : his imagination has been kept fervid from )ebt, Sept. 14 $3,164. generation to generation by the continued .vails of Fair and Donations 1,81l.i presentation ot this glowing picture. BePresent Debt 1,363. he has read or heard concerning There is now the sum of 8450 pledged, to lieving allseat this ideal of blessedness, he has been posbe paid on January 1, 1882, on condition sessed with the same longing to visit it, as that the balance shall be contributed on, the Mohammedan to visit Mecca,or the Chrisor before that date. Who will come forward tian enthusiast to visit Jerusalem ; and havand aid in contributing the sum of 1903.95? ing gratified his desire, has left the memory of his pious enterprise to his children, for Some have practically promised aid ; now their example, to incite them to undertake is the time for immediate action. Donations the same pilgrimage, faithfully transmitting thankfully received by any of the Trustees, to them the high ambition which he himself who have resolved to do all in their power received from his fathers." It is now to this ancient seat of one of the to liquidate this debt of 1903.95. most powerful religious faiths which has evRecent Donations : er ruled a portion of the human race that we $60.00 M Kann come in our rambles. It is coming face to 'udge Austin 36.00 20.00 face with the dark and terrible realities of a jam Long �102 Till; corrupt and loathsome heathenism. Is it possible that those made in the image ot the Divine, could li<ve fallen so low, should even now be groveling i* this darkest of spiritual servitudes ? Let the rapid glance which we now take of a few of its features, fill us withrenewed gratitude for the glorious enlightenment of Christianity and inspire us to new eflT'.rt and more fervent prayer. Benares is magnificently placed on the Ganges, extending along its left bank for three or four miles. It is a city of temples and shrines, the large majority of which are near the sacred waters of the river. Here too are numerous Ghats, or massive stone stair-ways descending to the river, which are thronged, especially in the early morning with countless devotees. The effect produced by the thousands of domes and graceful minarets, the magnificent edifices in mingled Hindu and Saracenic architecture, the animated throngs of worshippers, the stately windings of the famous river, is something which defies description. The traveller should visit this point as the first beams of the new day are beginning to gild the lofty domes and pinnacles of the temples, and to tingp with red the surface of the river. Early as he is, he will find thousands here before him. The waters arc alive with countless human beings. So sacred are these waters considered, that the day is not regarded as being properly begun, unless they have been visited. The very mud of the banks is regarded as holy. The Brahminical or priestly caste, and various orders of the people, d-sfigure their faces with patch eiAof it on the forehead or cheeks, producing the most disagreeable effect. There are thousands of pilgrims here, who have come from distant parts of India, and some of them have come here to die, hoping to gain salvation by this pilgrimage. As we watch the strange scene from our boat, we notice one company arriving. How eagerly and wonderingly they look about! The dream and hope of a, lifetime are realized ; they have seen Benares and the Ganges. Poor deluded creatures, they have come so far, have suffered and denied themselves so much, and and all for w-fcat ? Not only do the living flock to the Ganges but here the dead are brought to be burned and the ashes scattered on the waters. Almost constantly may be seen a column of smoke rising from the " Burning Ghat," where some corpse is being cremated. Every native brings with him a little brazen vessel, which he fills with water from the river and which is used during the day for purposes of worship. By those returning to distant homes it is taken away in sealed bottles. The population of the Holy City is estimated at about 200,000 souls, wjiile the number of pilgrims visiting it annually is very nearly as large. The city seems almost wholly given over to Idolatry." There " thousands of shrines and temples, are here some of the simplest character and others costly in the extreme. Here are congregated some twenty or thirty thousand Brahmins or priests, who fairly prey upon the ignorant ari superstitious pilgrims. A guide is indispensable in the crowded and narrow streets of the city, which fairly swarm with busy and noisy people. The temples are so full that it is difficult at times to make your way FRIKND, DECEMBER, through the throng. One of the strongest places to visit is the temple sacred to Durga. or the Goddess of War, before whose horrid many-h.indcd imnge bloody sacrifices are offered once n week. In the grove near by are hundreds of monkeys. These animals, littitti/ deities, Gods and Goddesses." "areasnever harmed and are treated with pecu- liar reverence. Anything more disgusting than the sight of these creatures, filling the trees, springing from limb to limb, and crowding forward for food, it would be difficult to conceive. They are " supported ' by the gifts of the faithful who visit the temple, though I fancy the Brahmins profit more by this generosity than the monkeys. To spruit of even the most important temples of the sacred city would be impossible in my narrow limits. Every where I whs pained by the sight of the grossest and dorkest heathenism, crowds of fmatics mumbling prayers, and bending before; shrines deluged with Ganges water and covered with wreaths of flowers, were to be seen on every side. Marriage processions were continually passing, with noise of singing and trumpets. Mothers brought their little ones in front of the hideous triple headed idols, and taught them to pray these stone or wooden monsters Now and then in the crowd, a /<akir or wild devotee attracted a company about him, receiving their alms. They looked more like wild blasts than human beings, with long matted hair, and besmeared with mud, emaciated by long fasts and cruel penances. One of the centers of attraction to the pilgrims is the •' Manikarnika," the famous well of Hindu mythology. It is the first place sought after by the thousands of pilgrims flocking yearly to the holy city. " Its tetid water is regarded as a healing balm, which will infallibly wash away all the sins of the soul, and make it pure and holy. There is no sin so heinous or abominable, but, in popular estimation is here instantly effaced. Even for the crime of murder it can, it is said, procure forgiveness " The temple of Bisheshwar in another part of the city, is surmounted by a sumptuoßsdome, covered withthin plates nf gold, which were presented by the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Lahore. Here too is a temp'e where sacred cattle are kept, which are also objects of worship. They are housed in stalls about their temple and are fat and sleek, appearing to find their existence far from disagreeable. Even the beggars have here a temple, and crowds of mendicants besiege the stranger. One of the most disgusting of the Deities is Ganesh, represented with the head and trunk of an elephant and with a human body. Near Benares are the ruins of an ancient monastery built upon the spot where the Founder of Buddhism, Sakya Muni " first began to turn the 'wheel of the law,' in other words to preach the famous doctrines of Dharina and Niwana, which were destined, in later years, to exert such an extraordinary influence over a large portion of the human family." There is here to be seen a large " Stopa " or mound dating from a remote antiquity, which was erected in his honor. The Christian visitor cannot but be strangely moved by these reminders of various < reeds represented on tne banks of the G.nges. Here we view Hitfui.m with its - 1881. gods and disgusting rites ; here is one of the sacred spots of Buddhism, one of the mightiest religious systems the world has ever known, to-day holding millions on millions in the chums of a hopeless atheism ; and here too are hundreds of Mohammedan Mdiques. where the followers of the false Prophet gather to pray, with faces turned toward the distant shrine of Mecca. God grant that the day may soon come, when these benighted nnd deluded multitudes, may with clear vision receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world 1 Benares aside from being the chiefreligious center of India, is a busy mart of commerce and its bazaars are most brilliant and interesting. Here may be seen in all its magnificence the renowned ''Benares brassware," in goblets, and vases and salvers of exquisite workmanship. Here are beautiful carvings, nnd rich embroideries in gold, to tempt the purse of the traveller. It is a city where English civilization and Christianity are very slowly and yet surely making themselves felt. But here, perhaps longer than nny where else in India heathenism will hold its own, intrenched in the traditions and memories of centuries of proud and cruel rule. monstrous CALCUTTA. to theaeMloni of tweet ull.iit thought •• IWhen ■tiinuion up remembrance of tbluifa pant," especially welcome will be the memories of the diiys spent in Calcutta and its vicinity, in the midsummer of this year. Kind letters of introduction had preceded me and I had others with me, so that from the first day of my arrival, I found myself nmongthe most hospitable of friends, and tint alone in the midst of strangers. This fact contributed largely to enhance the pleasures of my visit, fora stranger left to himself in the lonely vastness of un Indian hotel, with m companions but a retinue of colored servants, might have carried away different impressions of the city and its inhabitants. Calcutta is one of the most familiar names in all Eastern Geography, to Western ears. It was one of the most important centers of activity of the East India Company, and was early settled by the English, and is to-day the virtual capital of the Empire of India. Since the opening of the Suez Canal, Bombay has become its lormidable commercial rival. The city is situated on the Hooghly. one of the branches in the Delta of the Ganges, at some distance from the sea. It is the capital of Bengal, the most populous and the richest province of India. Here for the first time after my arrival in this country, did I see, in its full luxuriance and magnificence the tropical flora and vegetation, for which. India is so famous. In all my travels in the interior I had found the country parched and dried by the frightful heat of the hot season, waiting for the magic touch of the South West Monsoon, to spring into new and verdant life. But in Bengal rain had already begun to fall, and the country was looking most beautifully as I passed through on my way from Benares to Calcutta. AH my dreams of tropical beauty were here fulfilled, and I fairly revelled in the limitless expanse of palms of all varieties, here developed in the fullness and perfection of their exquisite symmetry aud grace, in the tangled and riotous splendor of the wild jungle growths, in the lavish prolusion of gorgeous creepers aod �THE FRIEND, DECEMBKR, fragrant blossoms. Calcutta is a beautiful Eastern city, with magnificent public buildings, broad avenues and public gardens and shops, which compare favorably with those of the principal cities of Europe. As in many Eastern cities there are two quarters, the Foreign and Native, the former finely kept and comfortable, the latter crowded, squalid, noisy, and yet interesting in its exhibition of native habits and characteristics. Calcutta is sometimes called the city of palaces, and there are certainly some noble buildings here, and the residences of many of the merchants and officials are palatial and are surrounded by magnificent gardens. Here is the palace of the Viceroy of India, who spends the winter months here ; the rest of the year he spends with the court at Simla in the Himalayas, in order to escape the heat of the plains. The latter placo at that time becoming the most fashionable place in India. The scenes of Calcutta ate varied ond picturesque. But nothing is more beautiflul then the view offered nearly every evening to the delighted eye of the spectator, on the public drive. The evAiing light brings out in a splendid manner the imposing edifices which have been erected here by the British, the varied beauties of tho Eden Gardens, the statues and monuments, which have been here erected to famous military men and distinguished civilians, in the English service, and the clustered masts of the shipping rising like some leafless forest from the still waters of the Hooghly. Splendid equipages dash along the avenues, some of them attended by the gaily costumed out-riders of some rajah or Indian Prince. Here may be,seen all the wealth and fashion of the Indian Capital. English ladies with their pale children, born in this sickly clime, foreign officials, travellers, wealthy Parsee merchants from Bombay. It is a brilliant and animated spectacle. The strains of the band fill the air and float through the perfumed colonades of the gardens in delicious waves of melody. No where in all my travels have I met with a finer band of missionaries than I was privileged to become acquainted with in Calcutta. Here is one of ihe very earliest scenes of Protestant Missionary activity and the battle here waged between Christianity on one side and a most subtle and tenacious Heathenism on the other, has been a long and severe one, nnd the end is not yet The progress made by Christianity has been more marked in the South of India than it has been in the North Ne'riy every missionary society in Christendom, or certainly a very large proportion of them, h»ve representatives in the Indian Empire. But they have had tremendous difficulties to contend with here, and the results after so many years of labor, are in point of the numbers of converts, not so great as might have been expected. And yet much, very much has been here accomplished, and Christianity has now a foot-hold from which it can never be shaken. As we huve seen in Benares the old creeds among Ihe lower classes have still a singular vitality, but nevertheless hen thenism is doomed in India. It may be many a long day belore this Empire can be styled Christian, but the forces are at work now, which are ultimately to accomplish this result. Already in the upper classes a wide- spread scepticism prevails in reference to the ancient religion. Its enormities can not but be repugnant to all cultivated minds. It is most devoutly to be hoped that the present state of the educated classes may be the occasion for the wider diffusion of Christian knowledge and doctrine. It is painful to see how eagerly the husks of modern English and German Philosophy are being seized upon by a number of those who have found their old faith and traditions unsatisfactory, and yet refuse the only truly satisfying bread of life." "strides in the Education has made great principal cities) of India and especially at Calcutta which may speak with pride of its University and various Colleges. All credit to that noble company of men and women, who have consecrated themselves to the herculean task of lifting the various peoples of India out of the darkness of their abject and degrading beliefs into the bright and glorious liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. On their roll-call are the names of some of the ablest, most devoted, most workers the church has saintly ever known. Most worthily do those of the present day, carry forward the trust committed to them. I saw in Calcutta representatives cif many societies and sects, the Church Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society, Bapt'sts, the Free and Established Churches of Scotland, the Weslyan and Independent Bodies. Here too are found various Women's Missionary Boards actively at work in the '' Zenana Mission.'' one of the most hopeful features in the Missionary work in India. Especially have I reason to recall in grateful remembrance the ladies of the American '■ Zenana Mission," who did so much to make make my stay in Calcutta agreeable, and by their cordial and delightful hospitality, and by their christian, sisterly kindness in numberless ways, rendered the fortnight spent in Calcutta, one of the most charming episodes in all my homeward tour. They are laboring faithfully and successfully here, gaining admittance to hitherto closely barred and jealously guarded houses of the inhabitants, where the wives and mothers and sisters, formerly kept in ignorance and spiritual darkness, are receiving from them words of life and light. What a glorious change India will witness when the mothers of the land rise to the height God intended them to occupy, when they are spiritually clothed with the beauty and grace of the Christian faith ! May God's richest and besi blessing rest upon tho«e noble and devoted ladies in their sublime undertaking. I should never come to an end should I begin to tell you of all the charming visits which were included in the Calcutta visit, of the round of pleasant " tiffins " and dinners where I met the most delightful and cultivated Christian people, than whom the world holds no better or choicer specimens. Here there were schoolsand col leges nnd churches to visit, and religious gatherings of all kinds to attend. But now and then came in something in the way of an excursion, and once it was down the river a mile or so with a pleasant party to visit the Botanical Gardens which are worth coming many a mile to see. Here nature may be studied in her most wonderful forms, here are palms, and ferns and lovely orchids, such as are seen nowhere out of India. But grandest of all 1.881. 103 was a magnificent Banyan tree, one of those singular growths which beside the support of the main central trunk has that of countless others which are formed by the growth downward of its branches, which also take root, se that the tree becomes in time, a vast and wonderful canopy of verdure, resting on myriads of graceful columns. Under this one of which we are speaking a great army might find room, or a vast congregation meet lor prayer arid praise. Truly the cathedrals of natureare more wonderlul than those of art! Then another day came a most agreeable visit to Sf.rampore, a place classic in the annals of missionary effort. Here in the quiet burial place of the Mission lie the bodies of those grand servants of Christ, Messrs. Marshmun, Ward nnd Cary, awaiting the Resurrection Morn, watched over by the palms of the land they loved so well. And here too I found the old Pagoda where Henry Martyn translated the Scriptures. It seemed as if all the leaves on the Pepul trees about it, had a message in their murmur, of other days. What a beautiful view the visitor has from this point of the stately river and its emerald banks, and the white, swallow sails of the passing bouts! Here at Serampore is a Baptist College, ably conducted. Its library is one of the finest in India. FROM INDIA TO CHINA. But 1 must hasten forward, reluctant though 1 am to leave the many kind friends in the " City of Palaces.'' Through all the years of my coming life will the thought of those noble men and women laboring in the grandest of all causes, the upbuilding of the Redeemer's Kingdom in a sin-stricken world, be a source of quickening and inspiration to me. God bless them ! My w»y now led across the broad Bay of Bengal, the home of storms and cyclones. But a kind Providence watched over us and brought us safely on our way. The voyage was br"ken by a brief stay at the beautiful port of Penang and at Singapore, both English settlements, the Utter, one of great commercial importance. These are places of rare natural beauty. The flowers and fruits of the tropics are here to be seen in their most perfect development. Here the traveller is refreshed with that delicious fruit, the MtttKjosteen. Then came a few more days of steaming through peaceful "summer seas." and one bright Sabbath morning I woke to find our steamer entering the beautiful harbor of Hong Kong, my first glimpse of the great land of China ! Fhank Wii.i.ums Damon. Honolulu, Nov. 26th. 18bI. History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy. The granite hips are not so chmgeless and abiding as the restless sea. The world's history is a divine poem of which the history of every nation is ■ canto and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian, philosopher, and historian—the humble listener—there h»s been a divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.—President Garfield. �THE 104 EDITOR'S TABLE. Our Honolulu Boys, a Story of Child Life in t/ie Sandwich Islands, by Mrs. J. A. Owen. The Religious Tract Society, London, 86 Paternoster Row. This is a volume of 123 pages, and affords an apt illustration of a remark of Mrs. Stowe, the authoress of '• Uncle Tom's Cabin." " There is plenty of poetry lying about in the streets of our cities, and the lanes of our country villages, if there is only some one to describe the scenes there to be witnessed." We do not report this, as exactly Mrs Stowe's language, but the idea is patent. Living along Nuuanu Avenue, there are scores of boys and girls, who skip, run, and play, like boys and girls in other parts of the world, and if only we can find a Mrs. Owen, to write about them, and describe their pranks and plays, we should be much interested in them. Mrs. Owen will readily be recalled to mind, and the families and children she so pleasantly describes. We are surely not sorry to see in print, 'Old Oakum's" strange and marvellous stories of gold and diamonds ! Who has not heard the same, that resided a few years sgo in Honolulu ? The book abounds more in truth than fiction. We feel quite sure that many mothers will buy the book, and read it to their children, for it tells all about children whom we have all met, and seen playing along the side-walks of Nuuanu Avenue. It may be purchased at Mr. Waterhouse's store. Our notice is necessarily brief, for the volume was received just as our paper was going to press. "Home for the Homeless" Again. Keaiwa, Kao, Nov. 21st, 18S1. My Dear Dr. Damon —Your proposal for securine fl-p '■'. migration of the wives of married Chinaman now residing here, as sketched in " Homes for the Homeless," in the November Friend, appears to me to be the most sensible and pmctical suggestion yet made towards solving the Chinese problem, and is certainly worth a trial. There are many Chinamen now in tnese islnnds, who would be glad to have their wives and families assisted in coming here; and thenceforward, they would, in most esses, become a permanent element of the population. I have had one such in my employ for three years, who correspoods regularly with his wife, sends her part of his earoings, and would be glad to have her come out, yet thinks it doubtful whether she can be induced to do so. The plan, if tried, may not prove successful at first. One difficulty may be found in the fact that the women are scattered in various provinces of China, and are not in any one locality. Then, FRIEND, DECEMBER, when found they may not be easily persuaded to come, or if persuaded, they may not be readily gathered for embarkation. But all such difficulties, if they prove to exist, can in time be overcome, if the commissioners are resolute and determined on success. Chinese and Portuguese are likely to prove for some years the best laborers that can be obtained. And where they come with their families, both classes will be more likely to remain ns permanent settlers. The question of the monthly wages and term of service of Chinese women, if it is decided that they shall come under contract, should be very clearly defined, stating the kind of service to engage in. / The commissioners should perhaps have discretionary powers, entrusted to them, in settling these terms, so as not to fail, in securing some, 'it may be difficult to get this scheme started, owing to the ancient prejudice against the emigration of Chinese women; but when once the stream of emigrating wives is set in motion, it will be likely to continue, at least to Hawaii. With Chinese families established on every plantation and in every district of the Kingdom, there would be much less fear of riotous disturbances, which some have thought possible. The influence of families especially where settlers locate in a foreign country—has always a peaceful influence;, and it is in the family home that the seeds of religious instruction and truth are more likely to take root and bear fruit, while the Chinese fathers would in many, perhaps in most cases, become subjects of the King, and their children, often numerous, owing native allegiance, would contribute another strengthening element to the Throne of Kalakaua, and to the Independence of Hawaii. As a wise political measure, then, let the government adopt the plan which you have so opportunity suggested, and give it a fair and faithfull trial, with such regulating safe guards as may be deemed expedient. Yours, &c., H. M. Whitney. Whitney & Robertson are opening new, rare and attractive goods, books and articles suitable for holiday presents, as well as adapted to useful purposes. "Mr. George Daly who was killed by the Apaches in New Mexico, Aug. 18th, was a brother of Rev. J. A. Daly, formerly at Stockton. His p-irents, his father a minister, reside in Oregon." With sadness, we copy the above notice. Well do we remember Mr. Daly, when a youth, in Honolulu, and a member of our Bethel Sabbath School. The family arrived in Honolulu, from the, Colonies, in 1851. 1881. He Male Pele no Haili Hilo. Leo— " When Jesus Comes." A VOLCANO BONO FOB HAILI CHUBCH, (THE HAWAIIAN CHOBCH.) HILO. [The following hymn, Father Lyons, of Wai- mea, the Hawaiian hymnist, author, was sung at the Hawaiian Church (Dr. Titus Cnan's), September 19th, one of the days of Thanks- giving observed in the Hilo district, Hawaii, for the cessation of the 1880-1 lava flow from Mauna Loa.l Hamau ! heleo bet 1 He.ahl c l Ala'e ka p-ue nanea t Heabie! Haalutu Mauna Loa; Ho able! Ke kaho wellweli; Pau Ililo c. Chobuu.—E ala na halpule E pule c. Hamau ka poebookuli; He mana c I He matia ko ke Akua Efpale c. Hauoliahoonani, [Translation of this first stanza and the chorus, and the oth-ai* stanzas which are not civen in Hawaiian. The translation is merely literal.] Keep silence! a voice speaks! Lot a fire 1 Awak£, O sleepers; 1,0, a fire! Mauna Loa trembles; Lo, a fire ! A fearful flow: Hilo'sgone. Chobcs.—Awake, ye Saints, And pray. Be silent, ye godless; Wondrous power ! The power of God To avert. Rejoice and Rive praise, It's extinct! But where's his powpr! Things are burning; The flowis on us. Hilo's gone But Where's faith ? Pray. Hold on, hold on to prayer. Believe. O dear ! here's the fire, Run. Bun where ? Bit still; But howabout our-goods? Take them along ? Walt | hold on to prayer That it maybe extinguished, But to whom pray? To Pele? Towhom shall we sacrifice? To Pele? Pray to Jehovah, Onr God ; By bis powerful love Ililo continues. Arise and praise t Rejoice. Earth and heaven Rejoice I Anger haa ceased, And the fire too, Rejoice, Ililo 1 The danger's over. Let Hosannas arlae, And hymns. Praise and adore The King. The Lord of boats Exalt, he omnipotent king Praise. �105 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1881. Rev. B. M. Palmer of New Orleans. A friend has kindly furnished us a copy of the New Orleans Picayune, containing a Sermon upon the death of President Garfield, by Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer. Perhaps from early associations, recalling the fact that DrPalmer was an old College classmate, made ns read the sermon with peculiar interest, but it contains some paragraphs of great beauty and power. When contrasting the secular and political empires of this world with the eternal kingdom of God, he thus speaks: " This topic miy be presented in a light still more impressive, and the cumulative argument rendered more convincing. I refer to the fact that all the secular empires mentioned in the Bible move in their appointed orbits as statellites around the church of God—the only empire that is universal and eternal. Ah, my hearers, the church of the living God ! and, therefore, herself living by a secret life flowing from Him who is the life, and bestowed by the indwelling spirit, who is the quickener. The immortal church of Christ, which survives all change and never knows decay ! Alas, the paths af earth are strewn with the wrecks of broken empires, constructed by human wisdom and shattered through human folly and sin. But this church of the Redeemer "moves through them all upon the grind highway of history, and flourishes in immortal youth." She rode upon the billows of a universal deluge, beneath whose gloomy depths lay a doomed and buried world. Patriarchs gathered beneath her shade in the aged, hoary past. Moses pitched her tents upon the sands of the wilderness, and beneath the frowning brows of Sinai. Prophets pointed out her pathway through the uprolling mists of the distant future. Through the unfolding ages she has moved securely on, while disastrous change has ground to powder and scattered to the winds the proudest dynasties of earth. Kings have bound her with fetters of brass ; but the fair captive has taken again her harp from the willows, and God has made her walls salvation and her gates praise. Amid the fires of martyrdom, she has risen younger from the ashes of her own funeral pile. Wooing the nations with her accents of love, she lengthens her cords to gather them into her broad pavillion. And when the whole frame of nature shall be dissolved, she will stand serene above the burning earth to welcome her descending Lord. Caught up by Him into the heavens, she will gather into her communion there all the elder sons oi God—still the immortal Church of the Redeemer, outliving all time ar,d counting her years upon the dial of eternity. " Whose heurt does not swell under the conception of such an empire ? The kingly dream through all the ages has been the erection of just such a monarchy upon earth. But the pitiful kingdoms conquered by the sword and cemented by human blood, have covered only for a little time a little patch of the earth's surfice ! and then the thin bubble has burst, leaving not a trace behind. It was competent for God alone to conceive of an empirg of love and not of force; of an empire that should gather within itself all nations and kingdoms and tongues and '' tribes amongst men; of an empire that should pass down through the generations which succeed each other like the waves of the ocean; of an empire that should survive the perishing earth, and be transfigured into the kingdom of the glory of its Divine Head through the continuance of His own eternal being. It is fit. therefore, in the outworking of his mighty plan, that God's providence should subordinate the kingdoms of this world to an empire so vast and so enduring as the church. But this, you perceive, places Universal rule directly in the hands and under the mediatorial authority of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not only is it true that the Most High reigns supreme in the heavens, but the Son also sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high, administering all Providence that He may fulfil all grace to the church and the world. Can stronger testimony be desired of the absolute sovereignty of God over the nations, than this alliance of it with His purpose of redemption ? If law and grace are united in the person of the Medwtoi, it is that the former shall be vindicated in the administration of the latter. How little do the statesmen of earth recognize this truth fraught with such consequences to the nations which they seek to govern ! Busy with their schemes of human policy, they overlook the supremacy of Him who is able at any moment to turn their counsels into foolishness and make no account of the nation's dependence upon the power and providence of God." Ice.—The new Ice Factory is about commencing the manufacture of Artisian water into Ice ! As all new enterprises are attended with delays and difficulties, the enterprising firm of Foster & Co. have had their share, but prospects now are, that their Ice Manufactory will prove a grand success. With cold at 20 degrees below JSero, we nev er saw purer or more chrystal-like ice, even in New Eng'and, where it is manufactured on a large scale for the India market. . MEMORANDA. Report of R M. S Australia, Carglll, Commander-, left Ban Francisco on the 2_nd October; dischargedpilot at Itp.ni. Dense fog until midnight, on 23rd experienced moderate HW breeze and cloudy weather 241 b, strong head wlnda and sea; 25th to 27th. light 8W and variable winds with long NW ■well; 28th, lightsoutherly breeze, : and fine weather: 29tb, 430 p.m. arrived at Honolulu. Conveyed Hie Majesty, King Kalakana, from Ban Francisco to Honolulu. Report of the RMS Zealandia, Chevalier, Commander —Nov 3rd. at 3.48 p m discharged pilot off Bydney Heads, arrived at Auckland ou the Btt|. 5.37 a m, and left at 4 pm same date. On the 7th andBth, had very thick weather, with heavy rain and northerly gale, when in the vicinity of theNew Zealand coast; 10th passed X M 8 Australia, 29-22 8, lon 179-2B W, from that date until arrival had strong NX windsand head aea; arrived off Honolulu at Bpm, November _otli. IMNSKNGKKS. From Ban Francisco, per D C Murray, Nov 7—H McDonough, R Levy, W Marshall, M Gorman, F Xravell. J brash, E Short, Joa Andrewa. For San Franclaco, per Ella, Nov 12—C Ofwanhuft, L Preudry and wife. Wm Bran and 0 Chinese. From Sin Francisco, par Discovery, Nov 18—Mrs Ttiacher and child, Mrs Cook. Mrs B C Bumbell, E W Burke, H Netx, J Buckley, N Branded, J Grace, H Loege, H M Shepherd, i Fox. For San Franclaco, per Zealandia, Nov 21—Theo H Davis, i 0 Olade, B R Clnaon, F I Armstrong, J Lyons, Mrs J F Mackar, F R Mollis, Mlsa Mellta, F R Jackson, C H Rockwell, F Duff. Mr and Mrs R R Hindi, Dr Tledale, H Wolf, G II Colby, J Single, H H Cooke, X F Imhuff, W H Seaver, Mrs Grevler, Ade Bretteville, L 1 Low B L Evans, M Monroe, P Forbea, and 10 Chinese. From Auckland and Sydney, per Zealandia, Nov 20— Mrs Kobberds, F W Lage, A F Meaaurle, W Anderaon, J Caatle, T Stewart and 53 passengers In transit for the Coast. From Ban Franclaco per J A Falklnberg, Nov, 25.—Mr* Suasn Miller, H N McChesney and wifeand fourchildren H 8 Townaend, L Toulaaent and wife, G 8 Wolr, Mrs Frank Smith, J Burke, W McKlbbln, Clarence Stowell, Frank Stackpole, E Coatee, P Smith, An tune Ferrari, A Sbeppard, W 8 Wllllanik, W c Green, C N Wilson, Joa Davis. From San Franclacoper City of New York, Nov. 28.— Mrs CatherineSears. W G Wood, Mrs i D Downey, Wm Taylor, i Meldram, E M Hanson, C Hogenson and wife, J Morgan, A Perry. B Mason, T Sullivan. R W Andrews, G Sllva. L Manuel. 0 White. A Zoell, F W Marchant, 1 B Khesd. 0 F Boated, JC Rice, E M Anderaon, B Letook, C Fernandez, A Qualea, J Oolea, E Lyons, G Celley, Thoa Manchester. JD Lane, and 22 Chtneae. In transit 74 paasengera. Mrs J Wight. Mrs E P Baker, Mrs Kirkland, MissKlrkland.MlaaCD Edwards, Geo J Roaa, G Boeynaena, Mr Uogert. B Loots, Mr and Mra Il' P Haxtluga. Rev W B Olaen. Mr and Mra 8 C Allen, Mr and Mra W H Bios, Mr and Mra J M Wright, Mies Fredenberg, Mra C Flrneaux, SP Alexander, W R Caatle, A W Beard, A W Beard, jr, w A Boaqui, Mra A P Atkinson and daughter, Miss Smith. Mr and Mra J G Blma, Draud Mra W H Hammond, Capt H vv Nlcholaon, 0 M Forster, Rev J A Cruxan, MrandMrsZS Spauldlng and 2 children, Mlsa Makee, Miss Pindar, 8 Roth, Mr Bandateln, J M Thompson, F Klingner, MARRIED. GRANT—ROBINSON.-At Bt. Andrew's Pro-Cathedral, on November 6, by the Rev. T. ttlaekburn, M.A.. William Forsyth Gbant. Esq., late Captain of 82nd Regiment, 8. W, V., to Misnik, eldest daughter of the Hon. John Robinson, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Canada. FIBHEL— GARTENBERG—On Wednesday, Nov. Kith, ■t the residence of Mr. J. Hyman, Mr. Chas. J. Fishll to Miss Henrietta Gabtenbebq, of San Franclaco. PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I. ROBERTSON—BOYD.-In this city, November 25th, by the Key- A. Macintosh, at the residencee of thebride's mother, Geouqk Humfhrkyb. second eon of the late Hon. ARRIVALS. G. M. Robertson. First Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and Miss Caroline, second daughter of the late Oct 19—Rnsatan corvette, VeatDik, from Hawaii Nov 2--Royal yacbt Wanderer, from Hawaii Hon. E- H. Boyd, all of Honolulu. 4 —Am brig J D Bpreckela.FrieeB.l7 dyu fm P Twnad KENNEDY—KIRKLAND—Msrried In Honolulu, Nov4—Am bk Uaindea, Swantun, 27 dya fm P Townaand ember 29th, by Key. 8. C. Damon. James a. Kennedy, o—Am bk D C Murray. Kavena, from Han Franclaco Esq., of Honolulu, to Miss Minnie C. Kiukland, of Oak10—Am bk Rainer, Wulff, from Port Gamble land, California. 17—Am bk W H Dlmoud, Houdlett, from S F via DEATHS. Kahul-nl BLACK—In San Franclaco, Cal., November sth, 1881, 18—Ambktne Discovery, Perrlman, from 8 F severe lingering after a and illness from malignant can20—R M S Zealandia, Chevalier, from Sydney cerous tumor Habhy M. Black, only son of J. H. and the 20—Am bktne Amelia, from Port Blakely aged late Anna Catherine 20 yeara, 3 months and Black, 20—Hwn achr Jennie Walker, Knacke, fFamitnM" Is 22—Am achr W H Meyer,, Howe, from Ban Franclaco 1 day. 28—Am bktne J FalklnburK. Hubbard, from S F PEEBLES—At Cincinnati, Ohio, October 23rd. 1881, 25 —km bk Catbalrlan, Hopkins, from New Tork Mrs. J. 80OTT Pkkblks, the mother of Wm. Peebles, Esq., formerly U. 8. Vice Consul at the port of Honolulu* 28—P MB 8 City of New York. Cobb, from 8 F Dae I—Am bktne C O Wbltmore, Shillabor, from DeYOUNG At his residence In Psnoa Valley. Honolulu, parture Bity Nov. 30th, 1881, in the 7Mb yearof hisage, Kobcbt Yocno, 2—Am ach Eva, Paul, from Port Townaend a native of Lanarkahlre, Scotland, and father of Alexander Young of thla city. Olaagow papers pleaae copyDEPARTURES. LETIIKNSTKON—A t Queen's Hospital, November 15th, Not 2—Am bk Ceylon, Hallett, for Hong Kong A. F. Lethknstbom, a native of Sweden. He waa under B—KusaUn crvte Afrika, for Sonth Seas the care of theLadies' Stranger'a Friend Society. 4—Bk Lady Lampaou, Maraten, for B*o Francieco MITCHELL At Wallukn, Maul. Aug. 15, 1881, J. t. o—Am bk Lady Lampion. Maraton. for 8 F Mitchill, aged about 70 yeara,cabinet maker by trad*. 7—H IBM corvette Afrika, for Tahiti He waa a native of Louisiana, and flrat came to theae Isl7—ll IBM corvette Veatnlck, for Tahiti ands in 1850 from New Orleans via San Franclaoo, and re10—H IBM Plaatonn,Tahiti aided at Wslluku. 10—Ambk Camden. Hwanton, Fort Gamble 12—Am bktne Ella, for 8 F WHITE.—AI Wslluku, Maul, Oct. 24th, 1881, Thomas 14—Brit yacht Wanderer, for Japan White, a native of Coventry, Rhode Island, aged 87 Chevalier, F yeara, for 8 blacksmith by trade He came to theae Islands Zealandla, 21—R M B about 1840, and baa resided ever alnce hereand at Maka22—Am brig J D ttpreckela, Frelea, for 8 F ' Hurray, C for 8F Ravena, 22—Am bk4> wao. 22—Am bk F 8 Thompson,Potter, for 8 F [Both of theabove havebeen supportedby theCatholic 23—Am bk B W Almy. Freeman, for 8 F Mission for sobs time up their death.] M-P ÜBS City of New York, Cobb, for Australia MARINE JOURNAL. �106 THE FRIEND, Golden Wedding at Hilo. Among the pleasant incidents of the passing autumnal moaths, has been the golden wedding of the Rev. D. B. Lyman and Mrs. Sarah Joiner Lyman, at Hilo. These venerable and excellent missionaries, arrived at the Islands in the spring of 1832, and have never since visited their native land, although the most favorable offers have been extended to them by the Misssionory Board, and their sons now residing in Chicago. The Rev, D. B. Lyman was born at New Hartford, Ct, July 29, 1803, and graduated at Williams College, 1828, and Andover Seminary 1831. He was married to Miss Sarah Joiner (born Roylton, Vt„ Nov 29, 1806.) Nov 2, 1831. They have always resided at Hilo, and been engaged in the Hilo Boarding School for boys, of which he has been Principal. We regret that our information will not allow us to state the number of their childreu and their numerous grand children, now residing on the islands and in Chicago, 111., but they occupy a standing in social and professional life, such as may well make a parent's heart rejoice. The following extract from a correspondent will outline the late most happy gathering : " Mr. and Mrs. Lyman's Golden Wedding passed off very pleasantly indeed. They were taken entirely by surprise. All the pupils who had ever been under Mr. Lyman's teaching, sent money, some more and some lets. It was sent to the native Teacher, who had taken care of it, and on that eventful day presented the purse of money to Mr. Lyman, of $300. Mr. Lyman was so much surprised to receive this unexpected donation from his old pupils, that it was some moments before he could reply, and thank them. Mrs. Kittridge of Hilo, wrote a poem for the occasion. The grand-children presented a gold-beaded cane. Some of the donations did not reach Hilo until after the aSair was over." Most heartily do we congratulate our esteemed missionary associates, on so happy a celebration of their original wedding a half century ago Long may they and their children and grand-children live to enjoy the pleasant interchange of delightful family intercourse and correspondence. Golden Wedding at Wailuku. Some weeks ago we announced this approaching event. (See Friend for August.) This most satisfactory celebration, at the residence of the Rev. Jas. A. Alexander, at Haiku, came off on the 25th of October. Music, original poems, speeches and most generous donations of solid gold rendered the occasion one long to be remembered. Rev. Mr. Alexander and wife, were passeopa DECEMBER, gers to the islands on the Averick, the same vessel that brought hither Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman, whose Golden Wedding is noticed in another column. That was a large re-enforcement, including the Armstrongs, the Hitchcocks, the Forbes, the Emersons, the Spauldings. It was a noble band of Missionaries, which has left its impress upon our island community, and their descendants will go to form a part of future generations as long as there shall be dwellers upon these isles of the seas. That we are correct in our foreshadowing, what shall be the future of the descendants of American Missionaries on the Islands, already, the son of one of the original pioneer Missionaries celebrated his Silver Wedding a few days ago. Silver Wedding in Honolulu. The Key. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham, at their residence near Funahou, celebrated their Silver Wedding on the 18th of November. He was married to Miss Minerva C- Brewster, (born at Northampton Mass.) November 18, 1556. They arrived here in the spring of 1857, on board the Morning Star. Their Missionary and married life is associated with the Mission on the Gilbert Islands, and hence they have called their new and pleasant home " Giibertina." The late gathering of their numerous friends, was exceedingly pleasant. Mr. Bingham's old College friends and youthful associates, Frof. Alexander, the Rev. Mr. Forbes, Judge McCully, and others offered remarks becoming to the occasion, while friends tastefully decorated the house and generously spread the table. The following poem was read, written by Mrs. Dilinghatn, the lady who so often and so successfully awakes the spirit of poesy : 1881. As later years with cares and labors filled, Are hurried down life's stream, 'Midst riper joys, we love to turn to days Of rosebuds and of dreams. We come dear friendato-night to share with you This annlvera'ry dear, Though far from home and friends of early youth. We come with hearts of cheer. We know not what the skies or times, foretold For yon, that autumn day We know, that through long yearsof care and toil, Your faithhas held bright sway. In darkeet lands your noblest strength was spent, Your early prime laid down, A glorious life work, wisely plsnned and wrought, And future crowns well won. Ood's tests were often sharp and hard to bear, And veiled htß smiling face. But midst the gloom, your truaiing hearts could still The stiver lining trace. We call this mile stone, where we pause to-night, Your " Silver Wedding Day." But ahining gifts and glowing hearts, can ne'er Our warmest thoughts convey. What earthly silver can compare with that Which Ood has bid you wear ? Whose loving hand upon yourheads, has placed The Silver in your hair. The seal of toil " well done,"and labor blest. Of neariug hesveuly gates, Wboae portals, as ajar they stand, reflect The glory that awaits. We pray loug years moy yetbo yours, till time Has silver changed for gold ■ That rest andpeace on every side, may greet You, slowly growing old. Ood grant that life with gladness may be tilled As longer here you stay, And sliver star light reign, " till the day break. And shadows flee away." Honolulu, November 18th, 1881. Gospel Temperance Meeting. Monday evening, Nov. 21st, a most in teresting Gospel Temperance Meeting was held in the Bethel Vestry. We think, if Mr. Hallenback had heard the testimony of one and another of the speakers, he would have been gratified to learn that some of the good seed which had been sown in Honolulu, To Mr. and Mrs- Hiram Bingham, had taken root and was bringing forth good ON THE 25th Anniversary of their Wedding Bay. fruit. To this testimony we would add that, reA grand kaleidoscope art thou, O Life, from a late Wednesday service at turning With quick dissolving views, Which flash in beauty, twinkle, shine and break the Bethel, in the darkness, we chanced to Into a thousand hnes. meet a man whom we had long known as Not childhood's eye alone, nor youth'sbright orbs, an intemperate man. In the darkness it Not manhood's eager gaze, was with some difficulty, that we recognized Nor yet the steadfast look oflater yeara, But marks thy changing rays. his countenance; but we soon learned to The rosy tints are mingled with the gray, our great joy thnt for weeks, he had been The somber hues with white. Gospel Temperance practicing He reThe sparkling blue, Its oompement still finds, All shadows have their light. marked " I have not yet testified in any of And when we strive at flmea to reproduce your meetingß, but I am trying to hold on Some gem of wond'roua hue. to the right way. I have commenced The sliding bits, so needful to the scene, Arrange themaelves anew. reading the Bible and praying with my While mein'rleadear,albne repeat thepaat, family, but 1 am so afraid of myself 1 dare And make us smile or weep, not testify, but I may perhaps do so " Dear atrange, sweet comfort we as we A derive, Fond annivera'ries keep. Aa years roll on, and childhood's rosebuds, change To flowers full blown and sweet, Aa youth'sbright dreams, in manhood's prime, become With earnest facts replete. ' fellow! how our heart went forth towards the struggling man ! The world has heroes still! Struggle on, and your efforts. victory shall crown �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, THOS. C. THRUM, STATIONERY NEWS DEPOT, Places of Worship. --- 107 1881. HOME ! SAILORS' AND Seamen's BaVTHicL—-Rev. t. C. Damon, Chaplain, >o. 19 Merekaal Street, lloualula. King street, near the Sailois' Home. Preaching School before the Sabbath Seats free. at 11 a.m. OF READING MATTBB-OI morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday papers and Marssinea, back numbers—put up to order at ly rates for partiea going to »ea. reduced o'clock. at evenings 74 Corner of Fort and Fort Strkkt Cuurch g&V. L t*.U Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays at 11 a. M. and 74 t. u. Sabbath School at 10 a. m. Rt. Rev. AlIMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Thr Axiilican Cbcrcii—Biahop. the fred Willis. D. 1).; Clergy. Rev. Mr. Blackburne, Andrew's Mackintosh, Temporary fit. Rev. Alex. Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotei. at aud 11 A. M.. and services on Sundays <i.J English AGENTS OF aud 74 p.m. Sunday School at the Clergy 24 1IK REGULAR PORTLAND LINK OF House at 10 A. M. S Packets, New Bngland Mutual Life Imurance Company, 1 Kawaiahao Church—Rev. 11. H. Parker, Pastor, The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, King street, above the Palace. Services in HaTheKohala Sugar Company, waiian every Sunday at 11a. m. Sabbath school The Haiku Sugar Company, The IIam skua Sugar Company, at 10 a. M. Evening aervices at 74 o'clock, alterTheWalaiua Sueur Plantation, nating with Kaumakapili. District meetings in TheWheeler Wilson Sewing Machine Company, various chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting ED. DUNSCOMBE, tf Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. Honolulu, January 1, 1875. every Wednesday at 74 P. M. Manager. i. W. KOBUTSO* H. B. WIIITNBT Chukch—-Rev. Kuaea, Pastor, Kaumakapili M. Hanear Nmiaim. Services street, in Beretania BIBHOP & CO., BANKERS, waiian every Sunday at 104 A M Sabbath school (Successors to H. H. Whitney). ■ I<> \(> 1.1 I. t HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. at !)4 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alter1■ DRAW BXOHANOK ON nating with Kawaiahao. Prayer meeting every Books, and Dealers Foreign in Importers THK BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO' Wednesday at 74 P. u. STATIONERY X PERIODICALS* Chinese Chcbch—Mr. Sit Moon, acting pnsASD TBSla AQSBTS IB New York. tor, oil Fort street, above Beretunia. Services OF THE HAWAIIAN GUIDB Bastaa. BOOK, iv Chinese language every Sunday morning, at 11 a. M., and 7% p. m. Sunday School at 9% .tarklsstl, Jarre*' History of the Hawaiian [stands, a. at. every Sabbath morning, and at 2% p. m. Hawaiian Phrase Book* TDK ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LONDON, Hawaiian Grammar, Prayer meeting at 11/,l /, p. m. every Wednesday Andrews1 Hawaiian Grammar, amd thsi a beamoim ii evening. Singing School nt 6% p. m. every Hawaiian Dictionary, PACKAGES — CASTLE & COOKIE GENERAL MERCHANDISE! ~*SSsRS * WHITNEY & ROBERTSON, * — 1 Roman Catholic Churcii-— Under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Rev. Father Hermann ; Fort street, nenr Beretania. Services every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 p. M. o. a. ■oiT. LBwaas. EWERS ■ fc Chart of the Hawaiian Islands. ALSO, OH BAND, OTHER BOOKS ON THE ISLANDS. P. ■ k Dickson.) ■■■off Sb^S^SSh? Auction and Commission Merchant, BY P. Mi IMCII M. CONFECTIONERY. 71, Port street, above Hotel or the best French and Constantly on hand, an 1$ -£<HIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT GOODS FOR TRADE JOHN H. LAWLOR, PROPRIETOR, ALL TUB MODERN IMPROVE- HAS ments requislio for carrying on fc CO.. S. MeGREW, I> M Late Surgeon U. S. Army, Can be war hia residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. consulted at •• irwin fc co.. Commission Merchants, Sell Cheaper than any other House in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM A CO. Merchant Tailoring LIFri°N^pNC?CO. ESTABLISHMENT, Thirty-fourth. Annual Report! NEW Honolulu, Oabu. 11. I. yliid a ftrat-elsee Hotel. TBEGLOAN'H Commission and Shipping Merchants, Io 11 \ No. 87 Fort Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OP »9 daring (he last Hlx Year* can testify from personal experience that the under»ifn«J Keep the beat assortment of street. assortment Californlan Candies, made by the beat confectioner, in the world,and thesehe offers for sale at Trade or Retail Prices. BREWER Mrlksarnr. apl9 80 And Transact a Osnersl Banking Bnalnsss. Goods Suitable for Trade, ADAMS. Fire-Proof Store, In Robinson's Building, Queen Street. fl —- Sydnr-r. and DILLINGHAM & 00., cooks. Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, Fort Street, Honolulu, 8.1. Wj». — Hodklisuk, — THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL, NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. COOKE. (Successors to Lewers 88-^*~r . PUBLISHERS Friday evening. ' elfe-nFil HiV 11 Corner Fort and Hotel Streets. t38.000.00n 8.000.000 ASSETS (Cash) ANNUAL. INCOME THK ATTENTION af the Cltlacas CASH SURPLUS 7.000.000 of Oahnand the other Islands to the tact that I hare H. II ACKFEL.D fc CO., OPENKD a large General Agents. Plantation and Insurance Agenta, Honolulu, H. I. C. O. BEROER. First-Class Establishment. Special Aieot for the Hawaiian Islsnds. Where Gentlemen can find a II OFF M A X N M. I) The only Caaapaay that Issues Taatiae I a rest ■ mritt Paltafea. Being practically Aa Eadsw and Physician Surgeon, Chosen with great care, aa to style, and adapted aaeat Pallcy st the Usaal Rasas. Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Street., near the Post Offloe to this climate. <fee, Having had an extensive experience In connection with 1,. A. tome of the largest importing homes in New York and PhilaONE OAT OR LONGER, I can assure my customeea that they will not only IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, delphia, secure the King's Combination Spectacles, AND MRS. BURR'S, Glass and lated Ware, Very Best Materials 10. 11 a.a IS, (tares Ssjaare, W. C. Sewing Machines, Picture Frames, bnt will also obtain at my place I will mention where yon may get a qniet resting-place in Yasss, Brackeu, etc. etc. In search of that sort of thing I bare Is my lias GARMENTS ■■ondon. BEST The wandered into all sorts at hotels and boarding booses. Bat No. 73, Fort St. [ly] TERMS STRICTLY CABB that can be turned oat ol any establishment in iherattle of the cabs along the pitched.stoned roads has sear (astern cliic. the come between me and ay rest The quietest and nicest pises C fc A W. PEI R CO.. E that I hare ss yet discovered within easy resell of the alfhta (Succesors to 0. L. Richards A Co.) •" sod sound, of London la Mr. Burr Boarding-Bosse. 11 Queen's Square,Bloomsbnry. There to a home holing then, Skip Chandlersand General Commission Mera solid comfortableness, an orderly management, and a aatec chants, at night which an all quite refreshing. Thislatter aaety Honolulu,Oabu, Hawaiian Islands. cotaas from there being no thoroughfare through the sqaan; but theothor good qualities of the establishment are was lo HADE A SPECIALITY. the admirable care and attention ot Mr. sad Mra Berr.— Ageats PaalM Salt Works, Braid's Boaib Uatct, Styles Cl-st-ta."—Cktltinkem Chronicle. May iWa. M7fc—ll Children. Suite, in Aaa Parry Barh' Pais Killer. , ICALL ~ Well-selected Stock of Goods, Board, SitllTliT^ FJTTINC * English Hunting Pantaloons! LADIES' RIDING HABITS Sugars in London, AT MB. " . �Pure religion and undefiled before Ood, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world, THIS PACK l» Edited If a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. The Y. M. C. A. meets the third Thursday of every month, nt the Lyceum, for business and discussion. All interested in Y. M. C. A. work are cordially invited to attend. Young men. and especially those recently arrived in the city, ore affectionately urged to ottend the Sunday evening prayer-meeting, in the vestry of Fort St. Church, at 6:45 P. M. Stakdiko Committses or thi Y. H. C. A. President, Henry Wstsrhouse ; Vl-je President, Thos. O. Thrum i Becretsry, E. Dempsle ; Treasurer, (J. T, Dillingham. Reading Room Committee—A.L.Smith,E.Dunacombe, J. A. Magoou. Editor—Amass Pratt, Editor of the Bth paffe of The Friend for this quarter. Chinese Mission Committee—Rev. B. C. Damon, L. McCully, O. B. Biabop, Rev. C. M. Hyde. Entertainment Committee— W. W. Hall, A. P.'Judd, T. It. Walker, E. Dempsle. Employment Committee—P. C. Jones, J. B. Atherton, B. F. Dlfltugnain. Committee to Visit the Hospital snd Prison. E. C. Damon, 8. B. Dole, Rev. A. O. Forbes, Rev. U, M. Hyde, Q C Lees B M Dow. Committee of Early Meeting at Fort-streeth Curch—Dr. J. M. Whitney, Amasa Pratt, T. J. Lowry, Rev. B. E. List or Omegas aud . Bishop. Invitation Committee—W. R. Castle, W. O. Smith, J. D. Tucker, J. A. Gone. Committee to Visit Shipping and Hotela—A. Y. Cooke, JohnM. Oat, W. A Kinney, J. Shaw, O. B.Thatcher. Young Men Coming to Honolulu Are I avltrdlo ihr. Meeting- null F.I low.hip f ike Viissg Men's Christian Anaelatlau. • The Members of the Association will be glad to show kindness to STRANGERS, to introduce them to the fellowship of Christian Churches, to appropriate Christian work, and to Business Companions. Employment Committee ofthe As- sociation would feel obliged if Planters, Merchants or others desiring employees would notify them of their needs, as there are frequently applications by worthy men for various positions, which it would be a mutual benefit to assist. The monthly meeting of the Association was held at the Lyceum'on Thursday eve- President Waterhouse' in the Chair. There was an attendance of between forty and fifty. Reports from the various Committees were listened to with interest. The Committee on Employment desire to assist worthy young men in securing desirable positions. It is hoped that such young men as they come among us will make themselves known to some member of this Committee or of the Association. It is also deaired that those in want of such men will make their wants known. The Subscription Committee report subscriptions to the amount of $11,500. The large amounts are to be collected when needning Nov. Hth. 108 AsYCMochiaertunH ,'g onolulu. Ed, but the small amounts should be collected with as little delay as possible. This Committee was empowered to select and purchase a lot. After considerable discussion with reference to the best time for holding a pnyer meeting on the Sabbith, it was voted to continue the meetings for the present month at the Lyceum at 3.80. We hear of Mr. Hallenbeck nt Grass Valley, Cal. during the present month. A correspondent of the Pacific says of one of his discourses, for effective power, we have rarely, if ever heard the equal. Many times last fall aud winter we heard Mr. Moody, but never when he excelled the sermon of ast night. When the notice was given for the second meeting, but few retired, leaving the congregation so dense that it was difficult for the workers to get near to all of On the last Thursday in October, was held a reunion of the Oakland and San Francisco Associations. During the evening, says the PaciHc, " an excellent musical aud literary entertainment was given under the direction of Mr. Geo. 11. Little, organist of Bt. John's Church, also exercises in the Gymnasium under the direction of the instructor. Refreshments were served in the upper hall by the Ladies' Central Committee. The affair was an entire success and heartily enjoyed by all. Mr. McCoy has issued a circular containing information relative to the privileges and benefits of the Association, giving all the regular work, such as meetings, circuits, educational classes, medical tables, receptions, library, gymnasium, etc., from Nov. Ist until May Ist, 18S2. At n business meeting last Thursday evening 101 new sustaining members were votthe inquirers." ed in, which makes over 200 who have joinWith reference to the work he says. "We ed since Mr. McCoy's arrival in the city. have been in many great revivals, but never We appeal to the young men of this city before witnessed such power as we now beand especially to those who have recently exhold. The mostremarkable feature of the work a desire to serve the Master, to perpressed has been the suddenness of the descent of mit no engagements of a frivolous nature to the Spirit. Before a tenth part of the chrisinterfere with their attendance on, or suptians were awake the city was full of anxport of the Sunday afternoon meetings held ious inquiring sinners. at the Lyceum. We hope and trust that the We have had evidence enough heretofore part which the new converts can take active that Satan had his sent in our midst, but these services will not be neglected, but in now we believe that Christ is taking the will so improve the opportunity, that they reins of government." that themselves they will also benefitting in The Y. M. C. A.and the entire people of be benefitting others. We are inculcited to Honolulu, will not soon forget his efforts to let our light shine, and we must see to it here and the marvellous results. that it shines for good and not evil. We hope before many months to again We beg leave to suggest that the welcome him in our midst. we informed of Committee of the Y. M. C A. proThat may keep ourselves other Associations and entertainments once each quarter in is on vide what going pay for our New Hall furnishing of the we have a know when toward fund possibilities, may a building, and as we hope, a Secretary to when completed, or for a library fund theredevote himself to the work, it is our purpos: for. We shall hope to see this latter feature to gather items with reference to the Y. M made attractive, even though it mny not be C. A.of San Francisco under its new Secre- large in its variety. tary. By the mail of Monday, a letter was received During the month of October a meeting from Mr. Austin, of Boston, declining was held every Saturday from \1 to 1 o'clock sell lots on King St. to for the study of the Sabbath school lesson. also were received from the Rev Letters J)r. Beckwith, so well known by all the isand the Secretary of the InSmith, J. land people, was the leader and the meetings W. ternational Committee of the Young Men's " Entertainment were full of interest. Classes have been organized in Vocal Music, Elocution, French, Qerman, Book-keeping and Phonography, Tne members at a cost of only 85.00 per year, can join any or all of these classes, and in addition have the use of the parlors, Keading-room, Library, and Gymnasium. York, giving valuable suggestions with reference to our new buildiug. Plans are pn the way, and the Committee here will push the work wiih all dipatch. Mr. Smith says: "God Mess you all. Push that Building." Christian Association, at New �SUPPLEMENT TOFRIEND.TH 109 $tto Serifs, if. 12, Uol. 10.j HONOLULU, DKCKMBER 5, 1881. run to and fro. and knowledge shall be increased. In no former age of the world were there so many traveling abroad over the DECEMBER 6. 1881. earth, neither at any former period was there such accumulation of knowledge upon every variety of subjects. Legation of the United States. On several former occasions, similar to the Honolulu, Nov. 2«th, 1881. present, have I been called npon to address those willing observe a day of ThanksgivRevkrknd and Dear Sir : Having had | ing appointed to by the President of the T'nited the pleasure of conveying to you tho desire of | States. My last appearance on a similar ocyour colleagues in the Ministry, that you ho jcasion, was only two years ago, and I can now selected to deliver the Thanksgiving Sermon most truly remark that I would much prefer this year, and having made one of the large Ito have been a hearer than a speaker on this occasion. The absence of the pastor-elect of congregation that listened to your able and in- this church and other circumstances impose structive discourse, it now becomes my pleas- upon me the duty of addressing the united now ant duty, on behalf of that congregation, to congregation assembled. "International Reciprocity, its benefits and ask that you furnish a copy of the same to the local press, for publication. This request is | relations to commerce, science, literature and j Christianity," was the theme of my last so general that it would be difficult to gather Thanksgiving discourse. For the present I i all the names in detail, to sign with me. I have chosen Friendship, therefore take the liberty of speaking for all, promoted by"International travel, sympathy, civilias if all had signed this paper. zation AND THE BIBLE." THE FRIEND. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Jamks M. Comly. The Ukveiu'nd Db. Damon. International Friendship. A Thanksgiving Discourse, DELIVERED IN Fort Street Church, Nov. 24, 1881, BYREV. S. C. DAMON, D. D. Daniel, xn; 4th—" Many nhall rnn to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Pbovbbbb, xvin: xiiv.—" A man that hath friends, must show himself friendly." This is an age of great activity and progress. It is a restless age and the inhabitants of various lands are not content to dwell in qnict and inactivity in places where they were born. Multitudes are seeking new homes in remote lands and on remote islands, far away from their early homes, while others, if they do not seek homes elsewhere, yet devote much time to travel and touring over land and sea. The prophetic language of Daniel is abundantly verified in our age : "Many shall ftftsMfcaMsff. ties and negotiating treaties. Since last addressing you on a Thanksgiving occasion, it has been my delightful privilege to be swept along by this strong tide of travel, which bore me safely across two broad oceans, across a broad continent and through scenes of European travel, moat pleasant in their review. It is a great privilege to visit thoae new and old lands and countries ao replete with historic associations and where are gathered so many treasures of art, and where are living and laboring so many noble men and women, distinguished in every department of human science, philosophy and religion. I do not wonder that tourists re-visit the former scenes of their travels. On this occasion, as the subjects of His Majesty, we have great occasion for thanksgiving that the Sovereign of this Island Kingdom hus made a toui around the globe in safety and returns to be cordially welcomed by his subjects. His Majesty has enjoyed a rare opportunity for observing the various nations through which he has passed, in reference to their comparative advance in civilizaIn the minds of unbelievers as well as be- tion. He saw Japan and China awaking from linvers in Christianity, there is a growing the sleep of centuries ; Siam and India ensentiment or a long-cherished feeling that a grafting the improvements of the West upon better time is coming for the inhabitants of the hoary customs of the East; Egypt and our {;lobe. All imbibing the spirit of the Old Turkey amidst the throes of approaching Testament prophets are anxiously looking revolution; Europe and America marching forward to a golden age of millennial peace, abreast in the advance lineof the progressive when the lion and the lamb shall lie down to- civilization of the world. He returns it fergether. But may we not even now discern a vently is to be hoped, so to rule that Hawaii growing friendship among the nations? Are ahall reap the rich and golden fruits of such not members of various nationalities moro rare opportunities for observation and travel. friendly than formerly ? Is there not less of a Great and moat useful are the results of race prejudice ? My object will now be to travel. Money expended in home and foreigj show how certain agencies are operating to travel is not money thrown away. Under promote a growing friendship among the ordinary circumstances, I know not how the nations. the same amount could be more usefully or I. Travel.— Aa I have already remarked, beneficially expended. Travelers worthy of the present is an age given to travel, to tour- j the name, return having their uiitids stored ing upon land and sea. Tourists are not con- I with a far greater amount of knowledge than tent with visits to -ull parts of their own land, tbey carried away. Some go forth like abips but evince an eagerness to travel over foreign in ballust and return with a rich cargo. There lands. Some are satisfied with journeying j is a aaying among tourists, that the more you along the old and beaten tracks of form, r i take with you, the greater amount will you tourists, while others, like Stanley desire to bring home. The good traveler or successful push their way through a dark continent," tourist leads no idle life, be is ever ou the or like Miss Bird, thread their journey along alert. If detained by unpropitious weather he unbeaten tracks. Some are content with fills up his spare moments with reading jourwhat they may be able to see while crossing nals of former travelers and the history of the a continent iv Pullman sleeping cars, while lands through which he is journeying. The others fit out their yachts and sail on their fully equipped traveler needs to go forth like voyages of circumnavigation around the globe. the great Humboldt, "driving all the sciences Some travel for mere pleasure, some iv the abreast." No traveler but feels the uesd of interest of science, some for historical and knowing something about botany, geology, archaeological exploration, some to examine chemistry, languages, history, modern and the moral and spiritual condition of theearth ; ancient, and the vast round of human knowlmultitudes, to promote the intereata of trade edge. There is nothing like travel to inspire and commerce, and not a few in the inter- one with modesty, humility and reapect for ests of governments, adjusting old difficul- others. It requires but a moment's reflection " : " " " > �110 THE ■» » » FRIEND, DECEMBER, to the thoughtful mind that much lasting, the good of the world, we are surely bound good will result to individuals ami nations by to give thanks. Is it not better that all the travel. How much the nations at the earth world should be made to feel akin, than that have been benefitted by reading Una travels of universal enmity aud alienation should prevail? Herodotus, and aa agea roll away his com- When any turn in human events or political adments upon the condition at the old world be- justment occurs to remove bitter animosity and come more and more valuable. Who can es- hatred between nations or individuals, surely timate the benefits resulting to the church and it is a source of genuine thanksgiving in all the world by the travels of Paul through the noble, patriotic and Christian hearts. A few old Roman empire ? Bead the Book of Acts months since I visited the Hotel dc Ville in and Paul's epistles, It is Macaulay. or aome Geneva, where the Alabama Court of Arbitraother eminent writer of modern times, who tion held ita conferences, 'on a fair white haa said that one may learn more aboutancient marble is a statement in reference to the renavigation from reading the story of Paul's sult of the arbitration, which is certainly one voyagea, than by reading the writinga of all of the most interesting events of modern the clasaic authors of antiquity. Thomas Hughes remarks in Harper's Montklu, for this very month, that when Dean Stanley, went to America depressed and dispirited after the death of his beloved wife, he returned to England wonderfully invigorated, "his old, bright buoyant self came back again. It delighted bis friends to hear the vivid dramatic power come out as freshly as ever in his accounts of his visits to sacred places of New England, to Salem on ita 250th anniversary, and to Plymouth Bock." Almost every traveler will be thus refreshed and re-invigorated if he travela aa he should. Not only will his society at large derive a benefit. tions send abroad their Grants, their s, their Kings, their public men and injle benefits will accrue to the nations to they belong and the nations through hey travel. The churchee of America igland would derive untold good by abroad their ministers and pastors to the heathen world, and returning tell y to theirparishioners and the people at In this way young Divinity students i'saroused to go forth obeying the last command, "Go ye into all the nd preach the Gospel." Travel is one most important and influential agencies age, and something more, travel is ly effectual in promoting national lip. The more the citizens of one naomo acquainted with another,the better will be found to prevail. This is emlly trne of the present generation of men and Americans. As the former nerica and the latter visit England and each returns liberalized and enlarged lean. The result is a growing frietidong the nations for those of other noes. There is far less at the present that narrow-iniiKicd, bigoted and carpit than formerly. ympathy.—kn eminent English Judge narked that no one thing was so much as the awakening of active sympathy the various ranks and classes in soThe same remarks will equally apply ations of theearth. It is a subject for thanksgiving on this day. set apart for thanksgiving, that the great calamity tas fallen upon the people of America in the assassination of President Garfield, has been roost wonderfully over-ruled and blessed to the awakening of genuine sympathy among all civilized nations. The dark cloud of sorwhich has overspread America has been overed as possessed of a silver lining, in and again have preacheis and orators ten of this awakened sympathy. It has i asserted that no death ever awakened so len, deep and universal sympathy throughout the whole world. Queen Victoria touched the key note in cable messages to Mrs. Garfield and to the mother of the lamented President, and the whole world has prolonged in the aympathetic strain. It is something for which we should give devout thanks to Heaven, that for once on earth, millions symin common. The general effect has an good. While deploring the great calamity, t if ©Veruled by a benignant Providence for but P fthize , IBft 1 ■ times, proving to the world that Christian nations could settle their difficulties without recourse to arms." How much bitter alienation and angry recrimination lie buried beneath that tablet of marble, and how much national sympathy has since flowed forth us the citizens and subjects of the two great nations have met and mingled together on both sides of the Atlantic ! Famines in Ireland, China, India, Persia and elsewhere are great calamities, but when the great and widespread evils call forth universal sympathy among all civilized nations who shall say that God cannot educe good out of evil? Human language is utterly inadequate to depict the evil and scourge of war, and yet even this terrible curse may be overruled to awaken human sympathy. Angels in human form, clothed in the garments of men and women, are seen lifting up the dying on battlefields and administering comfort in hospitals. A Florence Nightingale would never have awakened loving sympathy throughout the world, had it not been for the terrible scenes to bo witnessed in the seige of Sebastopol. Now, as good men and good women aro running to and fro, visiting various lands, now exploring with Livingstone, Stanley and a host of others, the"darkcontinent of Africa;" with Ellis and others visiting Madagascar; with noble English, American and German Missionaries, visiting India, Africa and China, all these unite iv one grand company whose labors serve to awaken genuine sympathy in behalf of the ignorant, enslaved, degraded, out-cast and sorrowing sons and daughters of Adam. As a certain American writer remarks : *' We are not pleading for a mawkish sentimentality ; we are not after crocodile tears. We urge the cultivation of that sympathy which brings with it to each man a feeling of fellowship with every other man because he is a man a sympathy broad and yet particular ; which kindles at the hackneyed story of the universal evils of the race and is not blind to the most minute details of misery—a sympathy which lets us know we have a heart when we see the stranger's funeral winding through the streets, or read in the daily papers the catalogues of deaths—a sympathy which is not destroyed, bat deepened by the wickedness of men—a sympathy, in a word, like that which, welling up through a perfect knowledge of the aggregate of human wretchedness, found its expression when the man of sorrows sighed. The perfection of sympathy is not the least of the perfections lost with Paradise. The restoration of sympathy with God and with our fellowmen is the aim of Christian religion. Christianity is the religion of sympathy. The heart of Christ is a great whispering gallery of the world's sorrow and of its joy. It is large enough for all tho world, and in it, beating in accord with each mighty throb, mast be fouud every soul that would be saved." As our sweet Quaker poet sings, — '* Disseverod from the suffering whole. Love hath no power to save a soul." And again, " The soul is lost, that's saved alone.*' Whatever awakens this genuine sympathy among the inhabitants of our globe living separate and apart from each other and under different forma of government will promote a true international friendship. Was it not something of this enlightened and enlarged . sympathy for our little Island Kingdom which gave to His Majesty so cordial a welcome in his royal | i nuf "Tirniinl the world ? The dwellers on Hawaiian shores have for a century greeted visitors and voyagers with a hearty Aloha as they came from distant shores and remote nations, and now it ia a source for grateful acknowledgement that the nations dwelling on the other side of our globe have reciprocated this kindly feeling of Hawaiians by welcoming Hawaii's King in his tour around the world. This is a marked and much commented-upon event in the hiatory of the passing age, and I shall be much disappointed if one of the good results of His Majesty's tour, shall not be the promotion of friendship among the nations. This waa undoubtedly the effect of the visit of the Emperor of Brazil to Europe and America during centennial year. 111. Civilization. International friendship will be eminently fostered and advanced when civilization —Christian civilization—extends abroad its happy, benign and ameliorating influence among the nations. The reading of Stanley's Crossing the dark continent," and Grant's tour around the world," will set before the mind the strong contrast between civilization and barbarism. Among savage and barbarous tribes and nationa there is literally no international friendliness and friendship, but not so among civilized and refined nations. Now the idea is, that the advancement of Cnriatian civilization will eminently promote friendship among the nations. Civilization," remarks Guizot, "is an improved condition of man resulting from the establishment of social order in the place of Civilithe lawlessness of barbarous life." zation is, as it were, the grand emporium of a people, in which all its wealth, all the elements of its life, all the powers of its existence are stored up." While I hold Christianity to be be the great promoter of friendship among the nations, yet Christianity must necessarily take with it a multitude of the means and appliances of civilized life. I do not hold with some, that civilization is to precede Christianity in its advance among a heathen and barbarous people, but I do maintain that civilization should accompany Christianity. The nations of the earth need to be enlightened inregard to science and the various departments of human knowledge. Through the spread of useful and scientific knowledge, friendship will be promoted among the nations. If iho youth of China, Japan and India, are educated in England and America, they will return to their native lands to spread abroad useful information and advance theirrespective nations in the arts and sciences of civilized nations. In modern times international expositions have become a marked feature in the passing age, I refer to the expositions of London, Paris, Vienna, Sydney and now of Shangnae, in China. It is reported that there have bees 22,000 applications from European and American manufacturers. Who can estimate the mighty impetus which thesevarious expositions of the products of civilized nations, will give to the empire of China ! The prejudices of ages must gradually give way before the advancing tide of modern civilization. Now I maintain, that this grand exposition of the results of mind and skill, of civilized lands, will have a mighty influence for good among the Chinese, as it lias among the Japanese. Friendship will thereby be promoted among the nations. Let now Christianity become a co-operating agency with the arts and contrivances and discoveries of civilized nations, and who shall say, that friendship and amity shall not be thereby promoted ? This brings us to conaider the importance of the representatives of England, America and other civilized and Christian nations, being high-minded and noble " " " " �THE KRIENR, DECEMBER, men—men who shall not represent the low, so many generations and centuries, cherished mercenary and demoralizing elements working anch a spirit of pride, jealouay and suspicion in Chriatian lande.but men representing Chris- that they think it necessary to support their tian civilization in ita higher departments. great, expensive and burdensome standing Ambassadors at foreign conrta should be men armies, but the evil is everywhere deplored, coming of character, integrity and principle, whose and I fully believe a better time is' aim is to promote peace and friendahip, not war when they will bs abolished, except a aafewa hiatory of the foreign police force among the nations. Let and olienation. The diplomacy of Christian nations does not reflect much honor upon many of those who bave negotiated* treaties with weak and defenceless nations. The opium treaty of England with China ia one that admits of no justification on the ground of enlightened Christian statesmanship. It cannot be defended on moral grounde. Ita influence is now engendering enmity and hatred, and the most bitter animosity among the Chinese towards the English people, and is proving one of the most formidable obstacles to international friendship and the spread of the Christian religion. It is a matter for profound thanksgiving that some of England's noblest men are resolved to arrest this opium traffic, an i are now laboring for its suppression as a past generation in England labored tor the suppression of slavery. This, however, is only one instance among many which might be cited to illustrate the sad results of a grasping and unscrupulous tyranny of the powerful over the weak, and hence the importance of public discussion, and its arraignment of nations before the bar of the public sentiment of the world. No nation, for its own credit, can afford to be unjust and unscrupulous in its dealings with the weak and defenseless. The spread of civilization tends to create an enlightened public sentiment; and that public sentiment will favor friendship and amity among nations. That all the nations of the earth form one great family is becoming more and more the public sentimentof the world, and if one member of the great family suffer, all the other members suffer with it. How emphatically this was illustrated in the late civil war in in America. The effects of that war were not only felt in England and Europe generally, but to remote India, Africa and China. IV. The Bible. International friendship is extended, fostered and essentially promoted by the spread of the Bible. Here is a basis upon which the nations can stand, and to which they may make their appeal. It is no random and unfounded assertion that the leading statesmen and diplomatists of the nations of Europe and America, are becoming more and moie convinced, that honesty is the best policy —that truth and honor, based upon right, are the great and fundamental principles, which should influence nations in their intercourse with each other. Injustice and oppression react with tremendouspower. How emphatically the English nation felt this reaction in the late Sepoy rebellion and mutiny in India ! America experienced the same in the late civil war. Underneath these mighty upheavala of the nations, there was discovered a silent, but persistent spread of Bible-truth and Bibleprinciples. National revolutions and righting of wrong can no more be resisted than the precision of the equinoxes, or the revolution of tbe seasons. There will be no permanent rest, peace, and friendship among the nations, until theirintercourse is baaed upon the Bible and its sublime teachings. It is aa important for nations as individuals, to do unto others as they would have others do unto them. Statesmen and diplomatists of the Gladstone school acknowledge thisprinciple and are trying to shape their policy by it, and othe principles of the Christian code of morals. International law ia now studied by the aoundeat legal men of all lauds. Nations in theirintercourse are coming more and more to recognize these principles. They are learning that it is the best policy to do right. It pays best in the long run ! The nationsof Europe havefor more Geneva Arbitrations declare theirawards, and the result will be most destructive and demolishing to fleets of war ships, and land fortifications. Encourage travel, cherish sympathy, advance civilization, spread abroad the Bible, and it will be found that friendship among the nations is thereby promoted. Why should an Englishman look upon other nations with enmity ? Why should Americans cherish un inimical feeling towards other nations? Bet ter, a thousand times, for America to say •' Brother Jonathan lias a farm for all who will come." How ridiculous the Australians are now conducting themselves towards the Chinese, in the imposition of a capitation tax of £10 each, while the British government is sending its war ships to thunder away at the ports of China, and threatening all manner of rrvenge if the Mongolians should repudiate the opium clause in the treaty ! This is not Christian, it is not Bible doctrine, and eventually what is not Christian and according to the Bible will not stand even the public sentiment of the world. Circulate the scriptures far and wide, aud publish them in every language and dialect spoken by the children of men, and-good results will follow. International friendship will eventually be cherished among all the nations of the earth. Let the benevolent designs or the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the similar design and object of the American Bible Society be promoted, then will international friendship bo advanced. Already has the Bible been printed and published in nearly 300 different languages aud dialects. This mighty work has been accomplished during the present century; suppose a similar advance is made for the coming century and a glorious revolution will be effected. The combined energies of Christians in all lands, and parts of the world, are now directed to the spread of Christianity over the earth. The cross is becoming the sacred banner under which tho followers of Christ— the Captain of our salvation—are marching forward to the world's conquest. The Bible is to become the universal text-book of all nations and tribes. A friendship based upon its principles and teachings will prove as enduring as time, and lasting as eternity. In closing ray remarks, I cannot refrain from alluding to the international friendship which has always existed between Hawaiians and the people of the United States. It has been a friendship, with scarcely a ripple upon its smooth surface for a century, aye ever since the inhabitants of the two nations began to hold intercourse together. Individuals may not have alwaye done as they should, but Hawaiians and Americans have always been upon the m«st friendly terms. Thousands of American ahips have visited ports of the Hawaiiau Islands and always been cordially welcomed. Hundreds of thousands ofAmerican seamen and travelers have been cordially welcomed as visitors. When the Hawaiian Government haa been in difficulty ber appeals to the American Government have not been in vain. Travel, sympathy, civilization and the Bible have contributed their combined influence to establish and cement a binding friendship between Hawaii and America. It waa in consequence of this friendship thatthe treaty of reciprocity was secured, and has beenfor five years in snccessful operation. Both nations have been benefitted by this treaty. Granting that pecuniarily the balance may be in favor of the Islands, but taking a broader view the IS 81. 111 United-States is the greater gainer, and there ia truth in tbe words of Mr. Comly, onr Minister, "It seems to me that there are such grand possibilities to the near future of the United States in such a scheme as would make tbe Reciprocity Treaty with theae islands a conapicuous land mark in our commercial history." No one need ask for a more apt and happy illustration of the truth of the principle*, which I have endeavored to advocate in this discourse, than the long continued and cordial friendship which has for so many years existed lietween the people of America and the Hawaiian Islands. Let us add,who would aak for more gratifying and pleasant signs itf international friendship, than those recently exhibited at Yorktown, where by order of the President a grand salute of the army and navy was tired in honor of the British flag, where one hundred years ago, that flag waa surrendered by Lord Cornwallia to General Washington? This graceful interchange of civilities was also repeated in equally becoming manner by the Lord Mayor of London on Lord Mayor's Day. I have now rapidly sketched, in brief outline, the prominent agents and influences which will contribute and form to cement international friendship among the peoples of all landa. What glorious inspiration do we find in this review for sincere thankagiving and hearty praises to Him who is tbe ruler and almighty director of the affairs of this universe! More manifest to-day, than ever before, are the signs of the coming of the Redeemer's Kingdom among all mankind. Those, with clear vision, firm faith, and purified heart, trust on or rest in the promises of inspiration, and look for their fulfilment, see already that glorious brotherhood forming which rises above all distinction of race, or color, or nation. At the head stands the divine Redeemer and founder of Christianity. From land to land the heralds of the cross, bear the glad news of salvation for all who will accept. As we to-day give thanks for individual and private mercies—as hearts rise in thanksgiving for national blessings, let our voices join in lofty and united songs of praise to Him, who is reuniting scattered aud severed nations in the bonds of a Christian alliance, and in a fervent aud believing prayer, when one love, one hope, one faith, may unite the hearts of all the nations of the earth. Waft, waft, ye winds his story, And you, ye waters roll, Till like a sea of glory It spread from pole topole ; Till ocr our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Hedeemer, King, Creator, lteturn in bliss to reign. Singular Discovery of an Old Manuscript.—During the Revolutionary wmr, while the British troops were occupying Boston, and the old South Church was used as a riding school for cavalry practice; the valuable Library of the church was scattered. One valuable manuscript volume of 270 pages, containing the journal of Gov. Bradford of the Plymouth Colony, has been discovered as now in the Fulham Library, belonging to the Bishop of London. The effort is now being made to induce the Guardians of that Library to restore the volume to America. It appears that some years ago, several manuscript volumes of the Privy Council of England, Had found their way into a Public Library at Philadelphia, and when the discovery was made, they were promptly restored. We sincerely hope a similar restoration will now take place. �112 E Samoan Correspondence. Falealili, Upolu. Samoa, July, 1881. My DeavDr Damon —You and I have been working for Christ in parallel lines during nearly four decades. I have all along felt deep sympathy with you, and 1 feel sure that sympathy has been reciprocated. A suggestion of Dr. Turner's has called forth these few lines, when showing hint the accompanying demonstration, he said why not send it to Dr. Damon Taking that hint I place it at your disposal. You will rejoice with our whole mission that the war which has so long been like a dark cloud over our mission, is at an end, through the wise, earnest and prayerful interposition of Captain Gillis, who has secured the good opinion of the natives with whom he has transacted negotiations. You will be glad to know that our mission continues to prosper despite, the war and the intrusion and intrigues of Papists and others. This year the voluntary contributions of our people to the L. M. S., besides the entire support of the native ministry, churches, Sec., amount to about $5,000. We have between 4,000 and 5,000 church members, who have kept aloof from the war and all its abominations, and 150 ordained native pastors and a large band of nnordained assistant preachers. 1 will not enlarge now, but these hints will show that we have reason to tnank God and take courage. With earnest desire for the richest blessings on the Sandwich Islands and upon your own special work. Believe me, faithfully yours, Thos. Powell. A Demonstration from Scripture concerning the Duration of Future Punishment. To the Editor of the Friend. Dear Sir : Since, in the present day, many devout minds have been led to conclude that there really is much uncetainty as to what the Bible teauhes in reference to the Duration of Future Punishment, I trust you may be able so afford space in your valuable journal, for the following suggestions, as not altogether inopportune. The subject appears to me, capable of demonstration in a small compass. I am not aware of any plan in either the premises, or the conclusion, of this demonstration. It is based upon three passages of Scripture which I will designate A. B. and C. In rendering these passages, 1 will attempt no translation of the words usually rendered '' forever" and aion and aionial, but " everlasting," viz : WWsssWm RIEND, ft ECE 81 ER. ISH I • leave their meaning to be deduced f,rom the argument. A., Rev. xx. 10. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for teons of aeons." 8., Rev. v. 13, 14. "Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for aeons of aeons. And the four and twenty elders fell downand wershipped him that liveth for aeons of aeons." C, Matt. xxv. 41. " Depart from me, ye cursed, into the aionial fire prepared for the American Board at St. Louis. Recent American papers contain reports of the 72d Annual meeting of the A. B. C. F. M at St. Louis. The Reports, sermons and addresses as far as reported are intenaly interesting. We copy the following from Secretary Clark's Annual Survey of Missions : CHINA. " The advantage of having christian men bs representatives of our Government in foreign lands has been happily illustrated in China. Through the good offices of Dr, Angell, American Minister, and Mr. Hoi. comb, United States Secretary of Legationwhat is known as the opium clause, fobidding Americans to engage in the opium traffic in the Chinese Empire, was inserted in the late Treaty ; and Protestant Christians have been released from all taxes and contributions for the support of idolatrous worship and ceremonies. The first act, decried in some quarters by interested psrties, was honorable to our country, and called forth from a Chinese official the significant remark that this clause is in keeping with the doctrine of our Jesus. It is to be hoped that this is to be the beginning of the deliverance of the Empire from a most unjust abuse suffered at the hands of so-called Christian nations. The second act, the exemption of Protestant Christians from the cost of, and so from complicity with, idolatry, presents a pleasant instance of toleration and generous consideration on the part of a heathen government. Add to these notable events of the year the beginning, if not the completion, of a telegraph line from Shanghai to Peking, indicating the advance of Western civilization, with all that it signifies in the near future, and we may well say of these three events that they mark a new era in the history of China, and are likely to be of the greatest moment in relation to its evangelization. devil and his angels." A. teaches that the punishment of the devil and his allies will continue through aeons of aeons. B. teaches that God liveth during 330ns of aeons, and that the praises hlso of God and the Lamb will continue during aeons of aeons. C. teaches that at The Last Day the Judge will send away those who are then adjudged worthy of punishment ("cursed,") into the '• aionial fire prepared for the devil and his angels." '• The aionial fire," predicted in C, is one and the same with the fire of aeons of a;ons predicted in A. The duration predicted in A. is equal to the duration speciged in 3. i.e. ceons of aeons A. == aeons of aeons, B. But the duration in C. is equal to that in A.; therefore the duration of the punishment of those who will be adjudged worthy of punishment at the last day, will be equal to the duration of the praises of God and the Lamb which will continue as long as God liveth. This conclusion is confirmed by the unmistakable declaration of our Lord, Mark ix TBSehtolR am.-Trhfe ev. 43, and 4S whose genuineness the Revision Kobert Mackenzie of Sau Francisco, iv a disCommittee has not challenged. He says course on " Science and Religion,'' referred to the expected appearance* of a notable celestial v. 49, " The fire is not quenched." which visitor. As reported iv the Chronicle, he said : means according to v. 4i5, that it is '• un- This is a star which is sometimes called the Btar of Bethlehem, and which, according to some asquenchable." tronomical calculations, is now due, and may at Should any one object to the metaphorical any time blaze forth in all its brilliancy and cenature of these texts upon which the argu- lestial glory. This star was last seen in 1572. It shone out suddenly where no star was visible ment is based, our answer is that that does before, and was so bright that it could be seen not affect the duration predicted. That is ut noonday. It gradually faded, assuming vari- : one and the same in all three. Furthermore it should be carefully observed that C. has special reference to those who are acquainjed with Christ, but who neglect to serve Him. Therefore this demonstration ought to have no other effect than that of inducing hearty service for Christ, and thus insuring a part in the joyful employment of rendering praise to Him and to His Father for aeons of aßons. In the mean time let this solemn subject arouse the children of God to beseech those who do not serve Christ, to flee from the wrath to come, " to be reconciled to God." Samoa, July, 1891. Thos. Powell. rious hues as it did so, until it disappeared. This wonderful star is believed to have been seen in the years 1264 and 942. Its apparent period if extended backward indicates an appearance of this star about the time of the birth of Christ hence its name, Star of Bethlehem. If you wish to know where to watch for it, look some forty degrees to the southwest of Jupit-er, and you will see 11 group of stars arranged thus : : Those are in the constellation. Cussiopea, and the letter O " shows where the great star is expected to appear. 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