https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/9f98a2748f406a21d60925677939a0f6.pdf 352aed6b7d9087d0a7d76f39eeef18c4 PDF Text Text THEFRIEND 9tou Scric*, uX»of. 33, $10. 4. HONOLULU, APRIL, 1884. -?>ffc <?ctic!», 9Mm«im42 25 The death of the accomplished Gen. 6 C. Armstrong, who is firm Chinese scholar, Dr. Samuel Wells in his belief that people who have Williams, just as he was finishing the money ought to learn what a blessed new edition of his great work, " The thing it is to give it away, has prepared Middle Kingdom," first published in a most seductive appeal to the generous i 848, is the departure to the better American public. He thinks his land of one who has justly earned the Normal School has about attained its regard of scholars and of all interested maximum of growth, but wants to make in Christian missions. Born in 181 2, sure that the equilibrium of the sexes and going at the age of 20 to Canton shall be maintained, He hopes the m 1 printer for the A. B. C. F. M., friends of the Hampton institution will he early began preparing and pub. furnish $16,000 to Iniild a new dormilishing instruction books in Chinese for tory with 37 rooms to accomodate 62 English readers. His early labors cul- girls. Who of our people of wealth is minated, in the Tonic Dictionary of ready to help put up a new building the Canton dialect, published in 1856. for Kawaiahao Seminary ? The He went to the United States in 1545 scholars themselves, crowded so closely to secure a font of Chinese type ; and in their present narrow quarters, proreturned in 1849. In 1850 he accom- pose to give a public- entertainment in panied Commodore Perry's Expedition Kawaiahao Church, April 11, to raise to Japan, and acted as Secretary and some money for the Building Fund. interpreter. He was afterwards atNear Hickory, North Carolima, on tached to the U. S. Embassy in China. 22d, 1884, Rev. Thomas (',. February In 1874 he published bis Syllabic DicThurston, pastor of the Presbyterian tionary, containing 12,527 characters. church in Hickory, was drowned, with In 187,5 he became Professor of Chinese literature in Vale College. In his oldest daughter while crossing a 1882 he had his collar bone broken by ford in a buggy, on the way to a preacha fall, and was disabled by a paralytic ing appointment at a neighboring place. stroke but kept at work till death He was forty-eight years of age, the ended his labors, February 16. only son of the late Rev. Asa and Mrs Oahu College closed a very suc- Lucy G. Thurston, pioneer missionaries cessful Winter term, March 25 with to the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Thurston carefully prepared and highly enjoyable will be recollected by many of our rhetorical exercises. President Merritt readers, as he preached for some years has managed the financial affairs as well as the educational work of the in the Grass Valley and Hayward Coninstitution most admirably. Mrs. Mer- gregational churches. He was a large, ritt has had no superior, if any equal, strong man physically, he was a clear in her special departments of inthinker, a good sermonizer, and earnest struction. in his work for the Master. Whalers are meeting with some Prof. Amasa Pratt sends us the 57th slight success in cruising off these islands. Fast year, off Hawaii, one Annual Report of the Ohio Institution whale, that turned out 146 barrels of oil. was taken off Kealakekua Bay, one for the Deaf and Dumb.' The Instituof the largest taken in these waters for tion seem to have prospered finely many years. This year we hear of one under his charge. He reports an avervessel with 160 barrels, another with age of 420 pupils. He finds time to do some Y. M. C. A. work. 75- and so on. : RAIMBNLES4. CHINA.-o A VoHHii'H KjrcHrglon. In my last letter, I remember I expressed the regret that the present troubled state of politics, and the disturbed condition of the country, prevented my making any excursions in the out-lying districts about Cantos. Since I last wrote, however, I have had the privilege of spending some ten days in the country, and have had an excellent opportunity of seeing some phases of Chinese life and of studying the growth of Christianity among the heathen people. Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the trip ; and I need scarcely say that I found every moment of the time intensely interesting. I trust a few words in reference to the journey may l>e acceptable to you. In order that you may form some idea of the geographical position of the part of China where I am at present, I quote a few words from a valuable article in the Chinese Recorder, of 1880, contributed by the Rev. Mr. Noyes, of Canton City: " The province of Kwangtung is the most southerly of the eighteen provinces of China. The main portion of it lies between no and 117" east longitude, and between 21 30' and 25 30' north lattitude. Beyond these there is at the southwest corner, a projection of the main land owards the south, and also the large island of Hainan. There is also an irregular extension to the west, running through nearly two degrees of longitude. The whole area of the province is estimated at 79,456 square miles; and its imputation, by the last census, at 19,348,896; being an average of 241 to the square mile, an average about the same as that of Enland and Wales, less than that of Ireland, and a little more than that of France. Two-thirds of this area, and �THE FRIEND, APRIL 1884. 26 especially towards the inland boundary, is hilly or mountainous, which causes the population there to be less d«nse, and more crowded on the alluvial plains which lie near the sea, nowhere more crowded than on that great delta, nearly two hundred miles on either side, at the head of which sits enthroned the great city of Canton with its world wide commerce and its busy population of 1,000,000 souls. It would be difficult to find a better center than this for mission work. From the city to the sea, the wide plain is so intersected with a net-work of water courses, that there are few cities or large villages, which do not either lie upon the banks, or within easy distance ot some navigable stream. Eastward and westward through the very heart of the province, stretch the great East and West river, the head waters of the one springing near the headwaters of these rivers that find their way to the ocean on the extreme southeastern coast, while the head waters of the other are hundreds of miles away, beyond the farthest limits of the adjoining province of Kwang Sai. From the extreme northern boundary, comes the North river, gathering its waters from a hundred streams, and then cutting its way down through " mountain passes, whose beauty and wild grandeur are rarely equalled, until it joins its waters with those of the East and West rivers, and together they find their way through many winding channels to the sea." As, of late, matters have been growing somewhat quieter here, it was deemed prudent to visit some of the stations connected with the field of the American Presbyterian Mission. Rev. Mr. Noyes, from whose article I have quoted above, who has charge of the churches* lying to the southwest of Canton, took me under his charge, and we had as travelling companion Rev. Mr. Fulton, of the same mission. I was most favored in being permitted to go in the society of such genial Christian friends, and their cordial kindness and courtesy added much to the pleasure of the trip. Our course lay in a southerly and southwestern direction from Canton through the districts known, especially in California and Australia as those of the "Three Cities," (Sam Yap) and Four Cities," " 'This missionary has, I think, some eight or nine stations under his charge. There are alto stations of the American Board, Wesleyan and Church of England Missions. fellows, who poled and sculled and hoisted one huge yellow mat-sail, and smoked and chattered at a great rate all the way. but not least, was "Ah Shun," our cook and boy of all work. By the way, he is quite a travelled character, having accompanied the explorer and writer, Mr. Colquhon, in his journey in Southern China, which has from other parts of the province. The made a good deal of talk of late, are and of which he gives an account in his regions which I visited in this trip, the the and among recently published book, "Across richest in province, are densely populated. The people ChryseV' are enterprising, and undoubtedly their Our boat glided quickly away from contact with foreigners has had its ef- Shameen, with its stately homes and fect on them. Still all those who have shaded avenues, and we were soon out gone from this region form a very small of sight of that reminder of the outside fraction of the population. world, and felt that we were indeed As you will have seen from the quo- in China. The foreign gunboats of tation given above, the country is easily different nationalities sent to guard the visited by boat, as rivers and streams American and European residents, and and canals afford the traveller an excel- the great ocean steamers which share lent opportunity of going in all direc- in the commerce of the busy city, gave tions by water. We left Canton one way to purely Chinese rigged craft. sunny noon, in the early days of the We drifted back into the centuries. year, on a most comfortable boat which Here at last we were out of reach of the was to be our home for some ten days. telegraph and railroad and daily papers. China surpasses all other countries, I "We found ourselves in company with fancy, in the variety and quaintness of cumbersome great passenger-boats its means of conveyance by water. A crowded with people returning from book might be written describing all trips of business or pleasure in the the queer creations of this peculiar race metropolis. From the high deck of in this line, from the "Sam Pans," one of these, its gaily painted stern and where the boat people" pass their awkward sail looking like some old lives, from birth to death, to great medieval galleon, a young Chinaman ocean going junk and war vessels. addressed us in fair English, telling us The particular boat which we had, is his school experience in California, and called a Sz-Kong-Shun," and is used of the christian workers there, so that by rather the better class of Chinese for we were after all soon brought back to making trips into the country. It is the 19th century from our dream of the flat-bottomed, with a large central room middle ages. We found the shores at and with an uncovered projection at different points fringed with growths of the front. Along the sides runs a nar- fruit trees, forming a hedge about the row board where the sailors run up and rice fields. Here I noticed home-like down as they pole the boat along with looking guavas and bananas. An ocbamboos over the shallow river courses. casional glimpse of green fields of sugar When a good wind comes up the sail cane reminded me that we were in hoisted, and the boat skips over the about the latitude of Honolulu. With water. Our particular boat was got up the help of a.fresh north wind we go in excellent style. Around the cabin swiftly forward, and as the day comes ran a freize of Chinese paintings, a nd towards its closing, we are well on our the sides of the room were ornamented way. About us stretch far away vast with rich, auspicious and lucky Chinese fields cut by a thousand water-courses, characters, and with quotations from traversed by innumerable boats like our the classics, or something equally an- own or larger, whose hulls are hidden cient and time honored. This airy, from sight and whose yellow sails alone pleasant room made an excellent par- loom above the surface, seeming in the lor, bed-room, or dining-room, as the waning light like the wings of huge occasion demanded. We had a jolly, water fowl, just lifted for flight. The good-natured and sun-bronzed captain, misty blue hills which have been beckwho, with his wife and babies, have a oning to us through the afternoon are little house in the rear of the vessel. not now far away, and the cool breath Besides this, there were four young of the country is wafted to' us over the (Sz Yap). From these districts come the large majority of the Chinese, who emigrate to the two countries just mentioned. There are also representatives of these districts on our own Islands. But the number is not large. Most of our " Punti" Chinese come from Heang Shan (near Macao), a neighboring district, while the Hakkas come • " " I �THE FRIEND, APRIL 1884. fields and out of the clustering groves of banians and bamboos, where the twilight is gathering. Here and there nestle in the shadows of the trees little grey Chinese villages. Our boatmen have moored us along with a number of other boats, so that we are not likely to be attacked by river pirates, who just at this time of the year are said to be very active, and against whose attacks it is well to take considerable precaution. A glorious silver moon floods river and field with its tender light. But we forget even its witchery and the fact that we are in the home of the most ancient of races, as we cozily tuck ourselves away in the huge chemise " mintois" (cotton wadded quilts, second only in warmth and magnitude to the gigantic feather beds which good Germans sleep under in the Fatherland), and fall to dreaming of even pleasanter things. From this we wake all too soon—to find the red dawn peeping in the cracks of our boat. We are in the district of Shantack, one of the great silk-growing regions of this part of China. The fields on every side look bare and brown, but under this dismal exterior lies a wealth of verdure ready to burst forth with the spring time. Every year the mulberry bushes, never allowed to become trees, are cut down nearly to the roots, and then the gnarled stumps are covered over with earth, so that they are almost hidden out of sight. In the spring the eager young shoots spring upwards, so that in summer these fields, now so brown and dreary, are covered with a mantle of green, far as the eye can reach. The leaves are fed to those marvelous little silk worms who have helped so potently to increase the wealth of this land for many ages. When our ancestors were " painted savages," these skillful workers were furnishing the materials for those dainty and costly fabrics, which, brought from this distant and mysterious land, were sold for their weight in gold to the Our boat luxury-loving Romans. passes through a village built on both sides of the river bank ; eager, curious faces look out at us as we pass. Now and then comes a cry of "Fan Ku-iu." ("Foreign Devil")—not very complimentary to be sure, but not here given, I think, in any particularly malicious spirit. Later on, we have this epithet showered down upon us in no friendly way. Coming out again into the open country we have a fine chance for a run along the shore. The tow-path is crowded with men and boys, who are busy tracking,' drawing their boats with long ropes through the canals. Groups of country people pass us, many giving us a pleasant smile and word. They all wear the inevitable cue, and dress as their forefathers did, and as their grandchildren will. They are simple-hearted, kindly folks, and compare in many respects favorably with the peasantry of some other countries which have had, perhaps, greater advantages. We come to a halt, for some hours, at a town, with the poetic name of "Golden Bamboos." We must wait here till the water rises, and gives us depth enough to run the rapids. This is a quaint old place, built along the river. Here and there a little canal with ancient bordering houses, a stone bridge, shaded by gnarled and twisted trees, remind me of certain picturesque old-time towns I know of in Holland, though this is only on the surface, for a closer examination shows a sad lack of Dutch matrons. The streets are narrow and dirty. Boys and men crowd around us. There are scarcely any women to be seen. They are kept at home by the strict rules of Chinese etiquette Their poor little maimed feet are not the best for getting around with. So perhaps they submit with better grace to the rules which keep them away from the rest of the world. We carried some books with us—"Gospel of Mark"—which no one, however, seemed inclined to buy. Here they are somewhat accustomed to seeing the missionaries, so that their curiosity is somewhat lessened. Near the village were fine groves ofbamboos and other trees, surrounding the temples where the false gods of the land are worship] >cd. Near the shore we found a withered and grey old woman burning papers and offering various sacrifices for good luck. A crowd here gathered about us and one of the missionaries had an opportunity of saying a few words about the true God, who delights in the worship of the believing heart. Another night brings us well over the rapids; and the next morning we find ourselves skimming over the broad surface of the noble West River, which after its long journey through the distant provinces of Yunnan and 27 watch its splendid flow, that the day may not be far distant when swift steamers shall furrow its waves, and penetrate into the remote regions through which it passes. It seems to speak to us of those teeming millions who dwell upon its banks, who are still bound in the fetters of heathenism. Kevanysi, with its great population, has to-day not one foreign missionary \s ithin its borders. Yunnan waits still for some voice to tell it of the Saviour and His love. Shortly after breakfast we found ourselves at the busy town of Kong Mun, a place of some 100,000 inhabitants. Here all was life and bustle. The river was full of boats, especially noticeable being the great ocean-grey junks, which find their way hither. Here in this prosperous town we found a little neat Presbyterian chapel, set up as a light amidst all the surrounding heathen darkness. The Church Mission have also a foot-hold here. We proceeded hence further into the district of Sau Ni. This is the region from which millions of palm-leaf ferns are exported to all parts of the world. On all sides were plantations of this graceful palm, presenting a most beautiful appearance. The manufacture of these useful fans appears to largely occupy the i>eople. Great attention seems to be paid to the preparation of the leaf. At some places we saw huge piles of the rough leaves in the early stages of drying. Then again we saw hundreds of the leaves laid out in long rows in the sun. These areput out every morning and taken up at evening. The rapidity with which the workmen place them in long even rows is something surprising. Then, when the drying and bleeching is completed, comes the marking out the shape and cutting and the binding or bordering with narrow t strips, a work which seems largely to occupy the women and girls, for we could see them busily at work in their poor hovels. They get a mere pittance for their work, and it is wonderful that they manage to exist at all. I shall always value a palm-leaf fan more than ever before, having seen the process of manufacture. From this centre vast numbers are sent away, and in far off New York, London and Paris the heat of summer is rendered less oppressive by reason of the labors of the fanout Kevangsi. broadens into majestic i makers in this inland district of China. proportions. It is a grand river and I While we have been watching the we cannot but cherish the hope, as we groves of palms and gardens of papayas, " 1 : �28 THE FRIEND, APRIL 1884 here called the "wood-fruit," and the defend Buddhism, which has become hazy blue hills in the distance, we have sadly corrupted here in China, one come to the great provincial city of would judge from the ridiculous stories San Ni, with its population of two or he told of the six precious and true three hundred thousand souls. This divinities: two of them in Canton city, is only one o"f many great towns. In who were like in flesh and blood to between lie scores of villages, with living men. He had himself, I believe, thousands and tens of thousands of seen them, but thought we would not people. Do you wonder that just a be allowed to. The hill sides here, as few want to try their fortunes in foreign near Canton, form a vast terraced city lands ? This city is some ioo or 150 of the dead. The tombs are made in miles away from Canton.- In the the form of a horse-shoe, and are (late, usually of stone. suburbs just outside the The Chinese seek (for this is a walled city) we find the out favorable places on the hill sides to Presbyterian chapel. Its sign with the bury their tlead, having first consulted the priests, or geomancers, as to the characters, "Kill YAM LONG,' most auspicious locality. In front of (Gospel Hall) looks down upon us some of thoscAVe could see the ashes with a pleasant welcome. We find a of the offering of incense here placed preacher and a little company of Chris- in honor of the spirit of the departed. tian brethren, who welcome us most From the summit of the hill the viewHere, where heathenism is most extensive. In the foreground cordially. rules and the idols receive the offerings lies the eitv, with its temples and close!) and prayers of the people, it is no light crowded shops and dwelling houses. thing to confess Christ. Those who Beyond is a vast plain with moves of are called by this name arc drawn trees and well tilled fields, and thic kly closel) together; they are indeed breth- sown with populous settlements. From Very near and dear did they a bill not very far distant a friend of ren. to us as we gathered with them mine counted as many as three hundred stem In all directions wind the the table of our ascended Lord, villages. about and with them recalled His death and rivers and their branches, shining like resurrection. We spent two nights silver bands amid the brown and green here and several services were held ; oi the landscape. We can here overchurch matters talked over; and the look nearly all the region from which business of the little Organization ar- the Chinese emigrate to California. ranged by the missionary who visits What an enterprising, energetic: people ! those portion of his field every quarter. You would think that men reared amid There is also a school attached to this these quiet rural scenes would shrink chapel. One of the bright boys re- from facing the world outside. But we cited to us from the Gospel of Mark, find them read) to cross a great ocean, which he was committing to memory. to seek their fortunes among strangers, One morning I enjoyed a ramble with whose language the) cannot compremy friends back on to the hills. We hend ; overcoming the greatest dirfifirst skirted the wall of the city. Above cutties and hardships, patient, laborious it we could see the glittering roofs of and saving. They may have many two costly temples one with tiles of faults, but they also have certain qualipeacock-green porcelain, the other with ties, which cannot fail to excite one's imperial yellow tiles, shining in the admiration. We made a short tour of inspection sunlight like gold. This latter temple is dedicated to Confucius, the great in the city. I wished for the skill of sage of China, who has exerted so an artist, so that I might take away potent an influence upon this people with me a sketch of the quaint, picturfor so many centuries. After a time, esque gateway leading into the town. passing large vegetable gardens from Long ago some adventurous seed apwhich the workmen looked up to give pears to have found a home amid the us a pleasant nod, we found ourselves stones of the ancient wall, and has fairly out in the country. Part way up from year to year been sending down the highest hill we pass a Buddhist its roots, as it has been growing upmonastery, half hidden among the trees. wards. So to-day the arched gateway Shortly after, two of the monks came is overlaid with a rustic frame of gnarled and chatted with us. They had shaven and twisted roots, most striking and heads and wore the vestments of their picturesque. High above the spreadorder. One of them endeavored to ing branches wave their leafy banners : over the wall. Once inside the gate, we find ourselves in a busy throng The streets, as in nearly all the towns and villages, are narrow and dirty the houses gloomy and poorly ventilated and badly lighted. You wonder that people can live at all amid such surroundings. There is a great deal of gaudy show, but no comfort. We pass gayly painted and gilded temples, and at every turn there are shrines, where at times the object Of worship set up is a hideous idol, or a shapeless stone. It is a city given over to idolatry. I"ne heart grows sad and weary with all these evidences of the moral and religious night which broods here. According to Chinese standards this seems to be a well-to-do provincial town There are busy streets of shops, filled with the wares which most delight the Chinese. Especially now that the New Year, that greatest of festivals here is near at hand, the mere Hants are in I a brilliant show. We have become the objects of a not very polite curiosit) is we have been going about, and at last we find ourselves followed bj a rowd of shouting, noisj boys and idlers, fill the air with shouts of "Foreign Devil" and seem somewhat unfriendly Sp we conclude that it is better to ,et back to our boat before am trouble arises. This we succeed in doing, md we conclude that after all there is some little prejudice yet against the foreigners here in China. I am afraid, however, that the Chinese who return from California have more occasion to complain of the treatment the\ receive at the bands of a so-called enlightened people than an\ representatives of the Great Republic: who come here. Another day on the river brings us through the heart of an agricultural country. There are vast rice fields on either hand. As the farmers here get two crops a year, the) are kept busily at work. I am constantly reminded of the bus)' workers I have seen in the rice-swamps at Hanalei, Punahue or Waihihi on our own Islands. But with us they lack the background of the ; < Chinese landsca|je, the graceful pagodus, the carved temples, the quaintly ornamented ancentral halls which one sees here. They live in villages where their ancestors have lived before them for long generations. A sort of patriarchal rule still exists. The elders of the village exert a great influence. They are divided into powerful clans or families, who glory in their ancient �THE FRIEND, APRIL surnames. Between these clans sometimes arises the most deadly feuds and their difficulties and quarrels lead to bloody contests. In this village are wise-looking old teachers who instruct the boys in the lore of the ancients, and especially the great Confucius and initiate them into the mysteries of those marvelous characters which meet you at every turn in China, in city or country. The houses are all of brick or stone, and generally of one story. The women of the better class are rarely seen, and must find their existence oftentimes monotonous and dreary. We Stopped for the night at a most promising new settlement, which seemed to show the effect of foreign ideas acting Upon Chinese traditional usages. Scattered all about those regions through which we have been passing are men who have returned from California or Australia. A number seeai to have settled at this point. The houses are well built; the streets are broad, and the buildings are arranged in straight lines. Now this is a greal advance; for generally Chinese houses are most unevenK built, every precau- tion being taken to have comeis and an.as made, so as to interfere with the passagt ol evil spirits and influi A number of the shop keepers addressed us in English and seemed very willing to be friendly and told '.is of their experiences abroad They appeared to have- settled down here. But I think, as a general rule, those who have once been abroad are not contented here. 'File life seems narrow and cramped The) rebel, against of the old ways and usages. So, alter the) have spent their money here, very likely in putting up a good house for their old parents or buying a wife, the; find their way back to the "golden" lands beyond the sea. Our last halting place was for the Sabbath at the town of Click Horn in the district of Hoi Peng, where there is a small but flourishing, self-supporting church now started under the auspices of the Presbyterian Mission. It was indeed worth coming all this way to receive the cordial welcome of the Christians. They have a humble little chapel, just off the market place, but 1 believe the glory of the Lord's presence lighted it on that communion Sabbath. Some of the Christians came from a long distance by boat. The female Christians did not join in the service, as the prejudice against their meeting many 1884. 29 with the men in a common gathering teaching of the Saviour and his love. is so strong. There were some twenty Some of his experiences, especially his Christians present: an interesting com- efforts in behalf of the out cast lepers, pany, reverential, earnest and devout. are extremely interesting and touching Truly such a sight as this makes the We passed in this journey several heart leap for joy ! The old elder of of these unfortunate oommunities the church, with his reverend and in living little boats by the river fatherly ways performed his duties in a people, banks. At one we stopped for a point most appropriate manner. Mr. Noyes with a poor few moments converse baptized one new convert, a man who Christian, who is a and now emleper, for some years had heard the doctrine, labor among to Mr. by ployed Jones but had not before decided to take a his countrymen similarly afflicted. He stand publicly. Now on the Sabbath, formerly in California and speaks lived while all the shops on his street are very well. 1 shall not soon English opened and the busy neighbors are buyforget the pathetic figure of this poor ing and selling, his shop will be closed, fellow, marred and disfigured by this a mute but eloquent testimony to his of maladies, as he stood belief in the true Cod. His friends will most terrible bis boat and said to us as we moved in burn incense before the gods, worship tor some little gift: in return the ancestral tablet, go in the opening away our Father reward Heavenly spring to the hills to worship at the " May companions while his sorrowful you," tombs of the departed, but he must tried to smile a farewell to us. Those relinquish all this. He will probably afflicted people live upon the charities be taunted, reviled, jeered, abused, pelof the travellers and others on the passec:u ted. But he has, I trust, counted sage boats which pass up and down the the cost and will stand firm. He was river. The little meet,n of the people. 1 line! that I have been led into inure in, room was plain and bare, but I felt than "a lew words" about this trip, and as it were, in the presence of a hcio as 1 glace over what I have written, yet and in the audience chamber of the find that I 1 have but poorly succeeded .ureal King. A number of miles away the impressions which reproducing in native from here among the hills is the it made me. There is so much upon village of one of the Chinese- colporthat one receives such an excursion in on Islands. I teurs now laboring our is well nigh impossible to put which it friends who have learned from the yet words, into and which is so real and of know him here in China something a recipient. Those what he suffered lor Christ's sake. He valuable gain lo the and bills ofChina. was "cast out," beaten, despised ; and days amid the fields to face with the people of the land, His family face vet he never wavered loaded him with abuse. His younger witnessing their daily toil, their priva brother, a mere lad, wl 0 bad been in- tions, the limitations of their lives fluenced by bis teachings, was tied up above and before all the cruel rule before the idol and then lashed with which false gods and systems of error cruel and savage blows, but he would have here usurped, I trust have not vain. There is much not yield. The age of the martyrs and been spent in here. There is a interesting that is heroesis not yet passed. China has yet about of the anmany dignity hoary to learn the meaning of a day of rest. The and usages. cestral customs th>; Sabbath All through the hours of of the thrift and energy patience, on; men the weary round of work goes admirable, and in many are people the and women labor and traffic; markets are crowded ; life goes on as on things we might well imitate them. other days. Until she has learned this, But these millions of immortal souls Only she can never become truly great, are starving for spiritual food. can make the of Christ religion Jesus gun-boats she foreign though may buy this people truly happy. It should be without number. God will We were joined at Chekhom for a the prayer of us all that when hasten the these day few hours by Rev. Mr. Jones, a mis- speedily to heathen shall temples give place sionary who has been laboring in this churches, when false gods Christian the port of China for several years. He is down, a noble, self-sacrificing worker, and is of wood and stone shall be cast God in the the one true enthroned and doing faithful work here. 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Merchant Sired, Honohtht, H. I. The Kohala Sugar Company, 39 HONGKONG The Hamakua Sugar Company, SYDNEY and Packages of reading matter--of papers and magazines, '1 he Waialua Sugar Plantation. MELBOURNE back numbers- put up to order at reduced rates at '1 he Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. And transact a general Banking; Business Dr. Javne & Son's Celebrated Family Medlines. Agents STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, �MARINJ E OURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU. H. I. ARRIVRt). " W. H. Reed, *tm, fromcruise Sea Breeze, Am wh bk, McDonald, from cruise Abram Barker, Am wh bk, Tobey, from cruise Fleeting, Am wh bk, Nye, from cruise W. H. Dimond, Am bktne, Houdlett, from Salt Francisco Mary and Helen, Am stm wh bk, Hayes, from cruise t Northern Light, Am wh bk, McKenna, from " "" " "" *' 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 Orca, Am stm wh bk, Colson, from cruise.... 6 W. H. Reed, stm, from cruise Mariposa, Am S S, Howard, from San Fran. .March 8 Henrietta, Am sch, Ryder, from San Fran " 8 City of Rio de Janeiro, Searles, from Yukahama, 1 % days 14 16 .Zealandia. Brit ss, Webber, from Sydney...." Atlantic, Am wh bk, Mitchell, from cruise.... " 17 18 Helena, Brit bk, Hanson, from Hongkong— " " 19 Mars, Am wh bk, Allen, from cruise l>gtne. from San Irwin, Turner, Am G W Francisco " 19 20 Hunter, Am wh bk, Brown, from cruise Discovery. Am bktne, Perriman, from San cruise " '' 20 " March 22 Francisco. Alameda, Am stm, Morse, from S F Excelsior, Am tern, Peltz, from New Castle, NSW Australia, stm, Brit, Ghest, from S F Huenenie, Am tern, Elliott, f'm Port Gamble CityofTokio, Am, smt, Maury from Yokohama Birmah, Brit bk. Witt, from Glasgow Dawn, Am, wh bk, Hickmott, fromSanFrancisco and cruise Consuelo, Am bgtne, Cousins, from S F Ella, Am, bktne, Clifford, from San Francisco ■ "" "" " " " 22 24 25 25 26 26 " boldt the highest officer in rank in active duty. William Claude Jones was the very embodiment of the typical down East Yankee in his appearance, yet he was 38 1 4 Caibarien, Am bk, Hubbard, for San Francisco " 7 .Sea Bret/e, Am bk, McDonald, for Arctic.. .March 8 Fleetwinj;. Am bk, Nye, for Arctic " 9 Mary & Helen, Am Stm »h bk, Hayes, fr A'tc 9 Orca, Am stm wh bk, McKenna, for Arctic... 9 C 0 Whitmore, Am bk. Calhoun, for Port Townsend " 10 Henrietta, Am sch, Ryder, for Arctic " 10 D C Murray, Am bk, Berry, for S F n Napoleon, Am wh bk, Jernegan, for Arctic... '* " i» Page, Am wh sch, Witham, tor Arctic 12 Jacob Howland, Am wh bk, Penniman, for Arctic 13 *' City of Rio de Janeiro, Am ss, Searles, for San Francisco March 15 Mariposa, Am ss, Howard, for San Francisco " 15 Zealandia, Brit ss, Webber, for San Francisco 16 W H Dimond, Am bktne, Houdlett, for San Francisco 18 Atlantic, Am wh bk, Mitchell, for cruise and north 20 Kale, Haw bk. Rothfoss, for San Francisco.. 25 Hunter, Am wh bk, for Arctic " 25 City of Tokto, Am S S, Maury, for San FranI cjsco " 25 Amelia, Am bktne, Newhall, for Port Townsend 27 Mars, Am wh bk, Allen, for Arctic 27 W. G. Irwin, Am bgtne, Turner, for San ** Francisco 28 " " " " " "" " " PASSENGERS ARRIVALS. From San Francisco, per W. H. Dimond, March 4— Laine & Co., 540 sacks teed; Lyons & Levey, 124 bales 43 *-~s extracts perfumery; R Gerke, 125 pkgs J>aper, eed; Hackfeld & Co, 160cs bread; Irwin & Co, 800 sacks flour, =656 bndls shingles. 37000 brick, 150 brls Jime; Grinbaum & Co, 62 bndls bags, t c silk, 1 c leather, 1 c binding; Hart Bros, 141 pek groceries; G W Macfarlane & Co, 199bales hay, 11 bags oats, 1 bndl saddlery, 3 bales collars, 2 cs saddlery, 1 wagon, 33 mules, 17 horses, 8 C0W5, 1 bull; T K Foster & Co, 85 pes plank; Wilder & Co, too pks feed, 200 bx> flour, 1 o hams, 24 pks hoes; Mclntyre Bros, 571 pes groceries; Davies &. Co, 3 cs boots, 93 cs groceries, M Mclnemy, 1 c medse; Chinese Firm, 586 pks mdse. From San Francisco, per Mariposa, March 8th—Miss Lowzada, J A Oliver, Miss Oliver, Miss Healy, F Tulman, jr, C W Stoddard, P Butler, wifeand 3 children, A Mack, Miss Mack, C Lennan, W W Farnum and wife, .Miss Cofer, M Scott, M C Monde, Mrs and Mis, Kruger, Misses Murphey, A J Hall, H S Tregloan, ] A Lregloan, Wm Lewis, Mr.> and Miss Lewis, 0 Whitford, C K Spencer, C Morosco, H Morosco, W O'Deill, R Schule, G Thompson, O Gagen, E Smith, Miss Hem Vabinc, J Hill, W Hill, A Rehuoldt, Kd. ward Alalemann, A Kevia, Mrs M B Home, I M Hay, C S Lewis, Tim Murphey, K J Heil, Wm Forester, F Anachte, Eugene Beauharnias, J Smith, J Rogers, Geo Thompson, D Dwede, Joe Calindo. From Australia, per Zealandia, March 16 -P H Henry, F H Macv, G Ryland, W Smith, G Wright, Geo Watson, E Robson, J McLeod, Mrs olin, 134 in From Hongkong, per City of Rio de Janeiro, March 14- 602 Chinese. From China, per Helena, March i3—Athee. {as\oung, DIED. From San Francisco, per Wm G Irwin, March 19— Mr Geo Hoag and daughter, Chas G Hardy, John Winchell. Nuuanu valley, near Honolulu, on From San Francisco, per Discovery, March ?i— SCRIEVER—In Tuesday, March ,th, Mr. Hermann Schrikvbr, in Frank C K«-ntficld, H P Dimond, I t. Puni*. K A the73d year of his age. Deceased was a native of Rrokau and wife, C S Edison, L A Brundage, W Ret (Germany, and had resided on these island* since cliffe. 18,9. From San Franeiscy, per Consuclo, March 27 —J H HARDEY—At Honokaa Hawaii, March 7th, John Babcock, H Blankman, C A Doody, F A Stratton. L Hardbv, only son of Mr. Hardey, aged 30 years. G Bingham, J Burke, J Mcintosh. BARNES—At Waikiki, March 7th, at theresidence of Hon. A S. Clcghorn, of pneumonia, Marion From San Francisco, per Alameda, March 22— J J Barn.s, daughter of Mr. Barnes, Melbourne. Aged Owen, Mrs J J Owen, W Woon, Kd J Spalding, Mrs M R McKinnon, Miss B McKinnon, Mrs de Souza 24 yeais. Cassavaso, PC Jones, Jr, Mrs S W I-ederer, daughter MATTOON— In this city, March 6th, Mary, wife o and infant, Mr-. Jas McCord Miss L McCord, Mis-- I J Mattoon, aged 24 years McCord, Mrs D W Harrier, Miss Harrier, E L Harvey, JOANNA--In this city, March 7th, at the sisterhood Mrs S R Blake, F. S Kendall, C W Mott, Julius H of the Sacred.Hearts, of consumption, Sister Makv Smith, Mrs J H Smith, G W Sherwood, John White. Joanna, a native of France, aged 33 years. E J Nichols, J H Collamore, Miss M L Collamore, Miss EW Dyer, Miss H P Dyer, Wallace Freeman, Our newsoapers have chronicled the Mrs W Freeman, Thurlow Mi Mullen, Mrs Milton S Latham, Mrs J H Pratt, Miss E Pratt, Mrs J H Fletcher, Wm D Heath, P H Bordeu, Mrs P H Bordeu, recent deaths of two well-known HonoC C Harmon, Mrs C C Harmon, Horace North, Mrs Lieut. Col. David H North, H L Hutchinson, Mrs H L Hutchinson, lulu notabilities. Miss C Waudsworth, Mrs B F Dunham, Miss A J Hatchens, J D Rice, A R Vail, Miss M I. Jacobs, W Kinimaka ofheart disease while visiting H Feruson, Miss C Howe, A B Hull, Miss f M Marr, with the King in North Kona. He Miss C Anderson, Or J W Anderson, R W Bush, Miss N F Roue. Alfred Tyson, J E Gale, Mrs J E Gale, was a remarkably fine looking man, Master Gale, Miss P Gale, J A Whitman and wife, Mrs E P Whitman. Master Whitman, Miss Whitman, even among our many fine looking Miss S E Jones, J K Porter, Mrs J A Smith, Mis, F Smith, Frank Gertz, W B Morion, R Villafranca, Hawaiians. He achieved an honorable C V Everett, A Geering, Ed CaIame,Leon Bland, Miss M Hughes, Mrs CTracy, E J Lendstrom, J D Martin, reputation for personal bravery at the C J Nimmius, C Nolmann, C Nolmann, James R Robinson, C H Dexter, H W Morse, Chas Walsh, Wm riots in the barracks in 1873, and had Rockwell, W Conway, H E Lee, L M Everett; 19 been promoted on his merits till he was steerage and 1 Chinamen. 27 UUPAKTBU. Alameda, Am S S, Morse, for San Francisco. March D. S. Williams, Am tern, Williams, for Hum- 31 THE ERIEND, APRIL 1884. MnuTvm For San Francisco, per Alameda, March 1 —Dr A W Saxe, A Merry, Mrs S C Whally. 1 child, Capt J F Wright and wife, Mr and Mrs A A Spcrke, child and nurse. S J Shaw, W F Williams, C M Kenny, S B Slight, M P Jones and wife, Miss G Jones, Miss M born at Mobile, Alabama ; served durJ D Snyder, H Turton. Jr,S Way, C Mangles, and Mexican wars K Porter, H B Hasbrouck, John t'offe, John Cars- ing the Seminole tie; C E Williams and daughter. Miss Andrew, Wm was at one time Attorney General of B Hamilton, Jas Grant, Mr A Grant, Capt J C Ainsworth, wife and 2 daughters, R H Morrow, M P Missouri. Coming to the Islands in Robinson and wife, J W Fisher, Mrs M V B Milliard, 1866 his physiognomy and style of P C Jones, Jr, J D Ramsey, E C Macfarlane, F Gowden, C Anderson, C Johnson, J Miller, F Lippe, oratory quickly gained from the epithet Jas Kent, G Volkers, J Falkers, wife and 4 children, loving Hawaiians the sobriquet of I Keller, Chas Hoy, J Cabrai, wife and 1 child, C A He was Doodv, Ira Bradshaw, Ah Sing, M Madigam, A "Aeto," Spread-eagle Jones, Thurston, J S Santos, W Ordway, H M Shepperd, A Cauarau, A Gibson* Mrs Ro Moy, W Meyrs, H at one time Police Justice, and for a Williams. brief period one of the Moreno cabinet. For Royal Roads, per C O Whitmore, March nth— F Erlausen, M Knudtsen, J W Alexa, W H Finck, Rev. W. C. Davidson and wife of Mike Conley. the Methodist Episcopal Mission in For San Francisco, per D C Murray, March nth— Mrs Hermanand child, W Riely, Mrs S P Smith, Col Japan, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Samuel Norris, E Bong, O Christensen, H Halversen, of the Baptist Mission in Shanghai, Miss Katie Humphrey. China, on their way to the States on For San Francisco, per W H Dimond, March 18 S J Symmes and child, D T Smith, W Heguhart, D board the Rio spent a few Holmes. hours ashore, and called upon Rev. For San Francisco, per Zealundia. March 16—F W Mr. Bingham's family to whom they Lome, W J Shaw, Robert Grieve, wife and daughter, J Meuke, J J Dukey, wife, mother and sister, Miss had letters of introduction from Rev. Dickey, MissThears, A Herbert. L. H. Gulick. For San Francisco, per Mariposa, March 15 Mrs J F Smith, Rev W J Smith, Gen H A Adams, G S Hudrhill, maid, M and H Dutton, Master Dutton, O H Taylor and wife, Mrs H D Colson, F Norwood, F A M. M E L L 1 S. H Ringe, Mary Lousadox, I Wilson, A J Hall, Dr r H Stallard, S Bisagno, S W Sanborn, L Sanborn, Dr Chas Ford, H Dutton, Jr and wife, C Brown and serIMOKT.K AM) IttAl.Kk IN vant, E H Ellis, A Turton, W A Herrion, H E Insell, »*r AND FANCT GOOD*. F B Jameson, J J Cairnes, Ny A S Bender, K A Hall, Mrs Penneman and daughter, A Amara, wife and 4 children, Sachu, H Anderson, H Anderson, 3 children, LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS Smith, Mr M Quinn, Mr K Simmons, P Milliken, Agent for Baker, Minkin, H N Smith, F Clarke, M J F Anderson, Ah Hong, N P Neilson, Yu THE "DUJAY ANU MARTPLL" KID i,I"VK, Wa Chin, Chun F'oi, H Stein, | Connors, S Lucas, G dressmaking establishment attached to the premises. Smythi, F Ahrens, M W Louell, W O Walker, Mrs H A Feet. 104, FORT STREET, HONOLULU. : ilarbol, — Janeiro, {L MARRIED. XJOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS HOLMES— WILLFONG.—At the residence of the bride's parents, Honokaa, Hawaii, February 28, by Rev. E. B. Tuthill, Walter H. Holmes to Miss Ivy B. F. DILLINGHAM & Co., J, youngest daughter of Captain Willfong. No. 37 FORT STREET. SHERWOOD— MAHELONA— In this city, March Keep a fine assortment of Goods suitable for Trade. 2, at the residence of the bride's parents, by S. Desha, Isaac Quincy Sherwood to Emma Victoria Mahelona. SHIPMASTERS TAYLOR-De COSTA.-At the Lidgate Plantation, Visiting this port during the last ten years, caa Hawaii, February 3, 1884, by the Rev. Father Bontestify from person experience that the underaventura, Mr. Wm. H. H. Taylor to Miss Antoneta signed keep the best assortment of goods for Dc Costa. Both of Hawaii sale and SK.LL CHEAPER than any other HARVEY.—In Honolulu, March iq, Mary, infant house in the Kingdom. daughter of Mr. and Mr, M Harvey,aged, months. Dillingham ft Co. �MChYeronu'nHgAsciat, onolulu. : This Page is Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A President-A. /■: JiidJ. | TreaCer-T. C. Thrum. Ytit-Pm.—C. M. Cooi\: I A'«. Secy—F. J. Lenny. OFFICERS OF THE HONOLULU Y. M. C. A. r.NTF.KTAI.NMF.NTS I W. W. Hall, W. O. Smith, C. M. Cooke, Dr. Emerson. T. 11. Davies, \V. K. Castle. Employment I'. C. Jones, B. K. Dillingham, Dr. C. T. Koilgers, N. Y. Burgess, J. A. Kennedy. Reading Room T. G. Thrum, J. S. Emerson, \V. ('lark. Public Prkaching i Rev. S. C. Damon, Capt. I. Bray, P. C Jones. : i Invitations: W. A. Bowen, E. A. Jones, J. M. Oat, J. G. Garrett. Shipping AMD Hotels: D. P. Peterson, A. K. Cooke, Capt. Babcock, J. Monsarrat, J. S. Webb, J. A. Dower. Visiting Sick and Destitute Robert Lewers, C. W. Gray, J. I). Tucker. Temperance: Rev. A. O. Forbes, Dr. J. M. Whitney, J. Cassitly, W. A. Kinney, Rev. S. A. Cruzan. Chinese: K. W. Damon, J. B. Atherton, Rev. C. M. Hyde. I'kison and Hospital: Capt. Lees, E. C. Damon, \V. L. Lowric, J. Cassidy, George Koch. <;. C Kenyon. Y. M. C. A. Prayed MEETING: Rev. S. E. Bishop, E. C. Damon, J. S. Emerson, John : Oat. The regular monthly meeting was held March 20th. The business of most importance was- making arrangements for the annual meeting to be held April 17th. The business meeting will be held in the lower hall, the voting members assembling there for the election of officers, and the usual routine. After this at 7:30 p. m. in the large hall will t>e given the retiring president's address, and it was also voted to invite Rev. Mr. Wallace and Rev. Mr. Merritt to make brief addresses. The committee of arrangements were instructed to provide some light refreshment for the occasion. Letters were read in regard to a gentleman, whose name had been proposed, as one eminently creditable for the position of general secretary. It was voted that the special committee having this matter in charge be given full authority to act as they may judge lest in regard to offering any definite amount for salary, and for travelling expenses. Mrs. Hampton, who has had remarkifott success in Gos])el Meetings in the Colonies, led the services in the Fort Street Church Sunday evening, March 24. The house was well filled and a impression was made by her ntation of the gospel message. Mcd 32 " Pure religion and undefined before God and the Father is this To visit the fatherless and widows in theiraffliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. There is food for thought in President Andrew White's address at the reunion of his College Class of '53 at Vale College. It is a stirring appeal to young men not to be deluded by the mercantile spirit of the age, however strong and even triumphant it may seem now. He calls attention to the fact brought out in Guizot's History of Civilization that the decline and fall of the various nations of antiquity may be attributed to the predominance of some single element, a want of the checks and balances afforded by the variety to be found in our modern civilization. But consider wh t the patriotic spirit is in its present manifestations, what educational progress is, what we see in the department of the fine arts, what in religious circles, and even in the business and commercial world : and see how young men are being drawn into this whirling maelstrom of mercantilism who ought to devote their powers to higher aims in life than the accumulation of dollars. Is not the business enterprise of this country, which is lauded so highly as one of the marvels of the nineteenth century, really endangering that very material prosperity in which it prides itself. Our mercantile marine has steadily declined, our — Sacred Scripture sets before us sympathy and fellowship with the Eternal Father, the Heloved Son, the In-dwelling Spirit of Holiness, Truth and l.ove. Who of the young men of the Honolulu of to-day will devote himself to the work of making the Honolulu of the future what this lovely city might be and ought to be, if only high ideals are held up and followed out ? In connection with the effort being made by the Y. M. C. A. to establish evening schools for the benefit of young men. it is interesting to notice how prominent has become this topic of in dustrial education among those inter ested in the welfare of the young. The Oakland Board of Education propose to start four classes, two classes of boys to be instructed in the use of tools, two (lasses of girls in cooking and sewing. A wealthy gentleman of public spirit has built what he calls Trade Schools in First avenue between 67th and OSth streets N. Y. Here young men of good character and ability from 19 to 25 years of age, for $3 a month, receive three lessons a week from 7 p.m. to 9:30 P.M., in plumbing, brick laying, plastering, stone cutting, pattern making, carving and fresco painting. manufactories have killed their own Opened in 1881 with an attendance of market by the very plethora of goods 33, in 1882 there were 80 at the openthey have been able to turn out, our ing, in 1883 there were 207. business men with all their enterprise The San Francisco Y. M. C. A. is are beginning to see what a cut-throat reported as prospering in its various policy the great business of merchants departments of Christian work, nooneverywhere now is, trying to undersell day meetings young men's Sunday afterone another. A most laudable ambi- noon meetings, Friday evening Bible tion, is it ? or is it not ? Must our school, and so on, through the list. An young men all be drawn into certain average of 75 per month have joined occupations simply because they are during the last five months. Dr. N. lucrative ? What is needed is that all W. Lane, formerly of Wailuku, has who have any influence to wield with been engaged as Secretary of the Y. voice or pen, should seek to introduce M. C. A. State Committee of Calihigher, counter-poising, modifying ele- fornia, and will visit the different towns ments. Our "young men must form and cities for special evangelizing work. an ideal of religion higher than that of The British government has done a a life devoted to grasping and grinding, very graceful and kindly act in offering for at the end of with a whine it. mercy the of the steamer Alert for the use must form an ideal of They science, Arctic for the relief of Lieut. expedition increasing than that of the higher production of iron or cotton. They must Greely's party. The vessel was speciform an ideal of literature and of art ally built for Arctic service, and is higher than that of pandering to the twice as large as either the Hear or the latest prejudice, or inventing a new Thetis, the vessels which the governfashion. And they must form an ideal ment has already bought. The whole of man himself worthy of the end which party will consist of about women. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1884) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1884.04 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1884.04