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THE FRIEND.
HONOLULU, 11. 1., DECEMBER, 1885.
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of reading matter in each number, add.
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It does not become us to speak of the
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bricks without straw." But our friends,
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We feel grateful for all such expressions
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Much of the value and Interest of The
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due to the ability with which our assistant
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M. C. A. have filled their pages. We
wish thus specially to express our appreciation of the valuable services rendered
by Messrs. Oleson, Forbes and Fuller,
and the Y. M. C. A. editors who preceded
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think
Number 12.
HONOLULU, H. 1., DECEMBER, 1885.
Volume 43.
that of all undesirable
religious (?) states the consciousness of
having attained unto perfection is the
worst. It cancels one of the beatitudes :
"Blessed are they which do hunger and
thirst after righteousness." Hunger of
soul, the desire for more of God, for holier life, for deeper communion, for fuller
transforming of character, is the only
hopeful state; the want of thete desires
tells of a perilous spiritual state.
Well,
yes, perhaps.
Let us test these assertions a little: Take
the most popular Infidel scientist, or
philosopher, or apostle of the new gospel
of culture: secure for him the largest,
finest and best hall in any large city; announce that he will lecture on his specialty twice every day for three months in
that hall. Over against that hall, and
that apostle of the new dispensation, we
will suppose is built a tabernacle twice
as large; in it Moody and Sankey hold
three Gospel services each day during
the same three months. Which gospel
would draw the largest audiences'.'
Which would he compelled to hold
"over-flow" meetings? Nay, at the end
of one month, would your scientist, talking twice em li day on Ids specialty, have
a "corporal's guard" to listen to him?
Hut Moody's audiences grow with his
stay in every < ity, and the last meetings
are more thiol.:'i'd than the first
Take another practical test: What
science or Infidel philosophy, or new gospel of unbelief, has sufficient hold upon
the hearts of nieli to induce its believers
to organise a society, open then- purees,
and tiuiid a hall or temple, or bend-quarters, Which Would cost, we will lie moderate and say only $100,000. YetOUr
metropolitan churches which cost more
than that are legion in nunihcr. l.ul
suppose tjiat such a temple of the new
di-pensation was hy some hook or crook
to lie built, let us say in Brooklyn :
where is the man who could .stand upon
its platform, and, speaking three times
each week, draw audiences limited only
by the size of his temple ¥ And yet Do
Witt Talmage has dune that in a Christian Church for over ten years, and Mr.
Bcecher for more than a third of a century.
And what apostle of unbelief
standing upon the platform of this temple of the new dispensation of scientific
culture could so grasp the hearts of the
people who listened to him, that they
would put into the hands of their treasurer $20,(11)0 each year to maintain
those services? Richard S. Storrs has
done that for thirty-live years in Brooklyn in a Christian Church ; and Messrs
Beecher and Talmage, and Behrends,
and Cuyler, and l'entecost and many
other christian ministers in that one city
of Brooklyn have accomplished this financial miracle for year-i. Men do not
in this practical age when all things are
tested by the question,
Will it pay ?
put thousands of dollars into the support
of that in which they have no belief, and
no interest
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Dr. Frothinghani, of New York, tried
this very experiment of maintaining a
platform whereon should be proclaimed
a gospel of culture. By the aid of his
pen and his private fortune he was enabled to support himself and keep open
a hull for years. But his audience numbered only a few score, and he at last
confessed the attempt a failure and abandoned it.
Again: During the past seventy-five
years the members of one Church in
America have poured into the treasury of only one of its many Christian
missionary organizations, the A.B.C.F.
M., theenorinous sum of twenty-one millions of dollars, to send the Uospel to
heathen lands ; the Congregationalists,
numbering less than 400,0U0 members,
have given hundreds of their sons to the
service of that Board in self denying
missionary labor in all part.-, of the world.
What power is there in this new dispensation to produce like practical costly
consecration and self denial? Has infidelity, or culture, or Christ-less negation any such hold on the hearts of its
believers as the record of this one Missionary Society shows that Christianity
has?
But there is one more test:
What
leader, or thinker, or founder of tins
new dispensation lias ever given to the
world a book of which millions of copies
were sold? And yet the Loader of the
Christian Church has given the world
book which is now' translated into me
than two hundred and fifty languages, ai.
which sells every year by the million
copies.
There cannot be named ten
scientific,or philosophic books, or twenty
books of unbelief which in the past
twenty-five years have had a combined
sale as huge as that which the Revised
English Bible has had.
Notwithstanding the loud boasts of infidelity there is no one thing in which
men are so interested as in the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Not culture or science, or
philosophy, but the Cross of Jesus Christ
is the strongest magnet.
—Are there two sets of laws In Ha-
waii, one for Chinese Sabbath-breakers,
and another for boat-clubs, rjerchants,
the favored few and white man generalAre our laws local and not general
—operative in Nuuanu and Maunakea
streets, but dead letters in palace-yard
and in high-places generally ? Is there
some official Tetzel who can sell or grant,
indulgences to law-breakers? Who is
the greatest offender, the ignorant, heathen coolie, or the intelligent, educated
civilized gentleman when they each
trample on the laws ?
ly ¥
—The S. S. Times wisely says:
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Give constantly. The irregularity of benefioenoe
is one reason of ita irkaoiueuea
Spasmodic exercise leaves a feeliug of aoreueaa in the nnprao-
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IN HOC SIGNO.
During the past few months the temperance workers in the United States
have been taking account of stink,"
and counting up the gains, and marking
the progress made during the past hundred years by the cause so dear to them.
This review has brought out much to
encourage. The world has moved, and
the cause of temperance has moved with
It during this hundred years. Out of
the experience of the past many valuable
lessons have been learned. But that
lesson which the past century hits
taught most clearly Is this: If ever the
saloons are closX'd and the rum-traffic banished it must be by prevention and not
by reformation. The road to victory over
the great evil of intemperance lies in the
right education and training of the young,
so that they will never come under the
power of this sin, and not by the reformation of the sots now in the saloons. It
is easier to guard and keep safe from destruction the ninety-and-nine in the fold,
than it is to reclaim and restore tho one
■wanderer. Not that we would neglect the
wanderers and make no effort to reclaim
drunkards. God forbid! We would not
have less of such work, but more. Dut
not have this regarded as the
r the most important temperance
It is because it lias been thus re, and because so-called temperork" has so largely begun and
tvitlidrunkardsthat no greater proms been made,
i Honolulu for an example: During
it five years the thought, the time,
ayers, the sympathies, and the
money of Christian people have been
lavished upon drinking men. Some good
has come of it; and we hope such endeavors to win these periled souls will
be increased, not diminished. But suppose the same amount of thought, and
time, and sympathetic endeavor, and
money had been expended in training
and educating the young in Honolulu in
right temperance views and principles.
In ten years which line of endeavor
the richest and largest harThe question answers itself,
we do not see why labor in this
more productive, harvest field of
ting the young from ever drinking
is not just as grand and praiseworthy as the rescue of drunkards—aye,
more so. It is a noble thing for the ship
captain to stand at his post while the
rocks are splintering the ship under him,
and make manly endeavor to save those
in peril. There is just one thing nobler,
and that is to guide the ship so that she
will keep clear of the rocks, and save
those on board from ever coining into
shipwreck and peril. It is a noble thing
to save a drunkard; it is a nobler thing
to save a boy from theruin and the shame
and the disgrace of drunkenness.
The experience of the past hundred
years writes as the watchword of success
in temperance the word "Prevention!"
By that motto is victory. And to us one
of the most hopeful signs of the times is
"
Rjld
Pshow
"
that temperance people are at last awakening to the importance of this line of
preventive work. The systematic effort
of the W. C. T. U. in its work among the
young is full of promise. In no less than
fourteen of the United States temperance
instruction is now obligatory in the public
schools. Such instruction should have a
prominent place in every school In this
Kingdom. The next Legislature should
be asked by petition to give us such a
law. If we could take our choice of laws,
a strict prohibitory law, or a law making
temperance instruction a part of the curriculum of our schools, we would choose
the latter.
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS.
The late meeting of the American
Boud of Foreign Missions was si notable
one in many respects: 1. It waa notable In
that it was the seventy-fifth anniversary
of the organization of that body, ami of
organized missionary effort In the world.
2. It was notable for the emphasis put
upon "Christ the Living Saviour, as the
centre of theology, as the source of all
Church life, as tiie motive for all missionary labor, as the end of till religious
endeavor, and as the Interpretation of
all the involved but harmonious move*
nients of history." :1. It was notable for
the victorious retrospect which the review of seventy-live years showed, —of
difficultiesconquered, of victories gained,
and of power bestowed, 4. It was also
notable for the large concourse of strangers, and the overflowing audiences;
no less than 0,01)0 strangers being furnished entertainment, and Tretnoiit
Temple and Music Hall both proving inadequate to hold the great throngs which
attended the evening sessions.
There was also running through all
the papers and speeches a grand inspiring undertone of faith and expectancy
of the final victorious conquest of the
world by the Nazerene, which was in
marked contrast with the meetings of the
same organization twenty-five or thirty
years ago. Then missionary meetings
appealed to our sympathies rather than
to our hopes.
The Macedonian cry,
"Come over and help us|" was one almost of despair. The Ignorance, the
superstition, and barbarism, and cruelty
of heathenism were the themes of the
orators. Their eloquence consisted in
the vividness witli which they were able
to portray illustrations of the saying,
"The peoplo that sat in darkness:"
the rest of the text was as yet only a
prophecy. But the meeting this year
was a harvest home." They that had
sown in tears came rejoicing bringing
their sheaves with them. These were
only the "first-fruits" it is true; but
they were enough to serve as an earnest
of what is to be. The gathering was a
jubilee. The songs were songs of gladness, and the prayers were praise. The
spies that brought back reports were all
Calebs : much was heard of the grapes
and little of the giants.
And all this rejoicing was warranted
by facts. The Independent well says :
"
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FRIEND.
Think of the growth sinoe L)r. Worcester and
Dr. Splint' rode in the chaise from Andover to
Hi-nlfiii-il, and contrived the plan for getting
some missionaries to the heathen.
During the
three-quarters of a century since that eventful
ride, the American Board has expended twenty ..no
nullum dollars, has sent out l.sf.i; men and wolutin to misnitm work, has g.tttiered .KM) churches,
and received t). >,00() into their membership.
One does not need to go back rtoveiity-nve years
to see the progress made by Christian missions.
During the l.isl I \ inn live years the number of
stations, of schools, anil of preachers and teachers
employed by the American Board has increased
about live fold. In India we see the Christian
population doubling in each decide. Christian
r
iiiisions have m ulo a self-governed Bulgaria possible. The islands of the sea ire mostly converted.
Japan has been opened to Christum oiviltz ition,
and is exncotiug, within a few years, to accept
Christianity as a nation, as did the Unman Kiniiio
under Constantine. Some fifty years ago, Dr. Kay
l'aliuei- (iiniclied and published a missionary tier-
inou, in which he pictured how bis soul, returned
live hundred years later to visit the earth, mitfht
see closed Japan opened to the Gospel, and its
people instructed in Christianity. It will not take
seventy-live years to accomplish that for which
his faith required live hundred.
But these are only the "first-fruits."
Such meetings as this seventy-fifth anniversary of the American Board are but
the beginning. The day eonietli when
the full loads of garnered grain shall be
brought home amid great rejoicing.
COLLEGE EDUCATION.
"How is your son getting on at college?" "Finely. I bad a letter from
him yesterday,and he tells me that be is
training for the ball nine and crew, and
has won several medals for boxing and"
—" But I mean what is lie studying f"
"(), he didn't write anything about that."
The aim of the average young man of
to-day sec-ins to lie mainly the training
of his physical nature, [lie development
of his arms and legs, w ith a manifest indifference to the Improvement of his
mind. This reduces the young man to
tin equality witli the horse, while with
his best efforts lie can never expect to
compete with that animal in strength or
speed.
With reference to the college student,
it Is entirely proper to ask what are his
studies and how is be progressing in
them. Hut most of the Information that
cornea to us from the high seats of learning does not relate to mental acquirements and spiritual culture, but to boxing,
boating and foot-ball contests, and we
read about the muscles of the young men,
their shoulders and fists and shins, the
ideal aim apparently being to graduate in
due time as accomplished athletes. But
is tint demand of tiie world on colleges
is
not for tine animals, but for mentally
equipped men, we would suggest that
there is need of an immediate and radical
change in modern college education.
—The chemists of~the Brooklyn
Health Department have added their
condemnation to the use of beer by
showing that in addition to the deleterious drugs introduced into the beverage itself it receives a poisonous taint passing
through the metal faucets. A Dumber
of samples from different saloons were
analyzed and found to contain quantities of copper Mid zinc in solution. It
is more and more evident that the only
drink that can be taken with perfect assurance of safety is pure water.
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TH E FRIEND.
Deecmlier, 1885.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Bit Thanksgiving Day was also a have left their abode of bliss. A messenMount 6/ Vitton. We stood for a little ger from the skies comes down and anTo the summit of another Thanksgivnounces the birth of Christ as glad tidings
ing Di.v, as to some blue-capped bill, our while fa o lo face with (rod, above earth's
for all nations. Suddenly the valleys of
was
dust,
and
and
turmoil.
"God
pilgrim-feet came at hut. To reach it din,
saw
grow radiant with light from
mount."
And
we
Bethlehem
in
with
us
the
those
many
of
some ol us have pissed
of the on high. The air is filled with singing
walls
farther.
clearer,
truer,
The
mile-stones men call years.
lights of angels, and the melodiousness of heaven's
And with how in my dear association-) Eternal City drew nearer. The
hands," own music falls from the sky overhead
not
with
that
"home
made
home,
Every
year
was the day encompassed.
on mortal ears. These shining hosts asdistinctly
saw
more
brighter.
We
they thicken. From our study window flashed
parts us cribe glory and honor to Cod in their
the vail that
we once watched the wall of a house cov- through
those waiting with their wonderful song, congratulate the earth
ered Willi vines. We saw the little shoot the faces of
The
chorus of harps which witli the Prince of peace and peace
planted. The vine grew anil covered tin? welcome.
us was fuller, sweeter, among men, and chant the good pleadown
to
rolled
climbed
the
second,
first story ; then it
We looked away from sure of the infinite Father, who is
richer,
grander.
wreathing the entire side of the house
on that blessed Thanksgiving D.iy ready to embrace a lost world in the child
earth
One
tajiestry
green.
its
rich
of
shoot
in
born. It is the public announceran up the roof ami flung its banner out and were gratetul for the eternity of that is
ment
God's love to mankind. Jesus
us.
of
just
which
lies
before
over the highest point; and when the praise
Christ
lis royal gift to all lands. From
1
Is
frosts,
with
their
and
the
Autumns came
heaven's side what interest centres in
THE ADVENT.
rich green changed to crimson and gold,
It is not strange that the Christian that babe lying in a manger. And no
noqueen w.isever robed with such beauty
for the concert of the angels reas covered that old house. So around j world commemorates the incarnation of wonder,
to
man's
supreme happiness through
lates
history
no
occurrence
in
this memorial day the associations nave Jesus Christ, for
The effects of that famous
grown and gatheredtill they cover it with | has had such important bearings on the all the ages.
reach from (vole to pole!
will
birth-night
manifestation
|
future
of
mankind
as
the
their beauty and their luxuriance.
have
been brought alsiut
may
Whatever
What lessons ilie day brought to us! j of Christ in the stash ; an event whose
past of greatness or goodness, and
As we stood upon its summit it was a blessed results will be felt till the last in the
though men may have immortalized
JtotuU of Ob.wrra/ion. We looked in two hour of the final century, whose rich and
ripened fruit will be seen when the life themselves, yet the work of no one man,
directions, backward and forward.
not the work of all men combined,
As we looked backward, over what a of immortality shall have dawned upon and
be
can
compared to the super-structuro
lengthening landscape our eyes could see us.
which
Christ alone has reared for the
Judea,
a
small
town
was
In
Bethlehem,
of
the
that
To
some
us
height !
eye
from
abiding
weal of man. All the light ImRuler,
of
great
the
a
destined birth-pUce
rested on a mountainous landscape, a past
parted by the wise and learned of all
regal
to
be
invested
with
auas
who
was
trials.
But
we
nigged
and
with
rough
will not bear comparison
looketl closely, through all the roughness thority and dig lity, who came to be both ages and lands
of
the knowledge which
light
with
the
Prince
Savior.
Bethlehem, in
and a
ami ruggedness, winding through gouge, a
has given to mankind. Ami
was
set
Christ
itself
but
sm
ill
Importance,
of
valley,
canyon,
and
mountain
like
a
and
of Christianity. though changes and revolutions have at
blue river ran the soft-flowing, blight, apart to he the cradle
the
Child is bora, in tines greatly changed the world's map
limpid, life-giving stream of Gad's in m-- There in a manger
angels
prophets
and
and the ages and the history of kingdoms, yet all these
mmy
how
which
F>r
cie-. And we said :
yet
now when pale and fade away in the presence of the
tilings ought we to lie thankful : for have long bad an Interest;
but little wonderful transformations wrought by
event
conies
to
it
causes
pass
the
reason,
friends,
the
Church.
home,
health,
seems lb.- advent and career of Jesus Christ
night
calm,
still
free
commotion.
The
salvation,
of Christ, God, and His
over,
the life And no results, however far-reaching and
and His countless blessings !" And we to have thrown its wings
And
the
birth bearing on Hie history of men and times,
why
should
past
all
this
is
ours.
of
this
babe.
remembered that
not ran be compared in extent, duration,
?
create
Did
commotion
Whatever losses may come this is secure. of this child
what Christ has
"It >ugli the Christ make His uppe ir nice as a babe, greatness and value with
And we looked forward.
bis life and deeds eighteen
by
worked
out
a
among
country,
despised
as
an
obscure
well in
mountain ways m ly lie before us,
ago! To-day this religion of
as behind us." Yes, but still sweeping and conquered people and identified with centuries
Christ is interwoven with all the great
Why
circumstances?
saw
those
humble
softly
future
we
that
In
on through the
of (iod; and though silently, for
flowing stream of (foil's mercies, broaden- then should men and women, engaged in plans
it
not by might, nor by power, but by
Is
ing and deepening, till at last the eye of matters of their own, Inquire after this
of Cod," it is ever at work in
the
Spirit
seems
so
blessed
mother
?
river
"clear
as
And
the
child
Faith saw it lost in that
of
men and in the movements
the
lives
and
forsaken
God
by
crystal proceeding out of the throne of as it Were forgotten
may be unseen and unnonations;
it
if
no
accommoda!
man
With
better
nub,"
of
the
and
L
God and
was
the
child in the manger,
ticed,
as
first-h
a
irn
in
than
a
and
her
stable
But we hope Tlwniksgiving Day was tions
but it lives, and its mission will continue
more than a Mount of Observation —that manger, Mary may have doubted whethwork be completed when the
it was a MsMiU of t;onsvcratii>n also. er God was indeed in this tiling. And and the
of earth shall gsive become the
kingdoms
amid
When God led His people out of Egypt as she looked at this helpless Infant
of our God and of His Christ,
they milked their pathway from the laud tnese poor surroundings, may she not kingdomswhose
right it is to reign, shall
He,
and
son
of
the
illusasked,
Is
this
the
of bondage into the promised land by have
Lord
of all.
he
crowned
of
the
building altars, in the wilderness, in trious David and the future King
in the sure and steady prorejoice
We
phe(Jod
as
this
strange
of
Yet
?
rugged
people
shadow
of
the desert, under the
and the pledged final triumph of
Sinai, they piled up their rude mounds of nomenon may seem, it was a part of and gress
cause
of Christ. Should it be said
the
stone, put Upon them their offerings, and interwoven with the Divine government.
be more distinctly visible
that
it
might
greatness
to
sins
the
the
Joseph
pathway
mil For
bowing down confessed their
we reply that the
observation,
to
hum
in
slavery
the
and
pit
renewed their allegiance. Qnl same to of royalty led through
been attended with pomp
work
has
never
of
Angel
the
God
walked
prison.
to
and
The
proma
better
us, pilgrims journeying
outward demonstration, any more than
ised land, and on Thanksgiving Day His not witli the haughty Nebuchadnezzar in or
the
birth and career of its illustrious
word had peculiar emphasis: ".I beseech the hanging gardens, but with the three
And He himself has told us
Founder.
Though
fiery
men
the
furnace.
in
God,
the
mercies
of
young
you, therefore, by
as to its progress and
religion,
that
His
he
may
that ye present your bodies a living sac- ; one may he unnoticed by men,
would
work
like leaven, silently
power,
rifice, holy and acceptable to God, which i be remembered by God. Thus it was
surely, transforming the hearts and
but
flrstChristmas
We
each
the
Christ.
For
the
with
is your reasonable service."
men and assimilating them to
marked its summit, did we not, with an was celebrated in the home of God and lives of
of the gospel; that His
the
requirements
The
rapture.
ahgels
with
consecration
filled
heaven
?
I
altar of
:
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THE FRIEND.
6
kingdom, like the stone cut out without
hands ami then becoming a great mountain, shall fill the earth ; and, as if to quiet
our fears and solicitude as to the success
of His plans, the Christ admitted that the
work had started from a small and humble beginning, and that it was like to a
grain of mustard seed, as insignificant a
seed us Bethlehem, the birth-place, was
a town ; yet that seed, through containing within itself a hidden power of
growth, can put forth a tree in which the
birds may rest and sing, and whose
spreading branches shall fill the earth
with gladness. And if this be so, why
should not the humble birth-night of
Bethlehem in God's time ripen into the
coronation day of Jesus Christ and the
triumphant reign of Truth and Love
throughout the universe ?
The message of the angel comes to us.
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem.
Unto you is bora a Savior, if anyo ne
has a conscious sense of sin and guilt and
consequent alienation from Cod delay
not to go to Him, who became Incarnate,
that lie might bring those, who have
failed and fallen, back to the heart and
favor of God. If we would be saved we
must repent and believe in Him, whose
mansion at His birth was a stable ami
His cradle a manger. Our only hope is
in God manifest in the flesh, —in the
Savior of the angels' anthem, the heir of
earth and the Lord of heaven.
Blessed Babe of Bethlehem,
" Owner
ot earth's diadem,
Claim, and wear the radiant gem.
Babe of Bethlehem, to thee,
Infant of eternity,
Everlasting; glory be 1"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
—Still another definition:
Ckank. A man who is enthusiastic about
thing in which you are not interested.
—He was evidently a pessimist:
some-
A very precine person, remarking upon Shakespeare's line, The good men do is nfien interred
with their bones," careful!) observed that this interment can generally take place without crowding the hones.
it a good place fora humi ?" 'What
—The A. Y. Observer of October 15th Shall we tind
kind nf I place was the last one you lived in?" the
has the following :
would
Major
reply. *• Oh, cbaruiiiii:! the most so-
The Kov. Or. linpper, the veteran missionary to
China, in his recent visit to this city gave an address before the faculty and students of the Union
iiieolouic.il Seminary on the vast portion of E tstern A ia wnich hits been tho -scene of his labors.
The address was full of interest and instruction.
—IN a letter dated October 28th, Mrs.
Rice writes from Lihue, Kauai, to Mrs.
Damon the following: "I must tell you
that Sunday was to me one of the happiest days of my life. Our German church
was dedicated without debt—a very
pretty church, an earnest, faithful pastor,
and a large, attentive congregation.
There were ulso groups of children joining in the service, especially In the
singing."
—Samuki. Towxsend, a Pawnee Indian boy, at the Carlisle School, edits a
little paper called The Indian Jiffper.
This is the way it looks from his point of
view:
Otic hundred yearsago, in Pennsylvania, about
one hundred miles northeast of Carlisle, the Indians in one day killed many white people. It was
called the Wyoming Massacre. Everybody called
the Indians "savage brutes." bast week, in WyomingTerritory, a party of white men kiiletl many
Chinese workmen. Now, boys and girls, it is time
for you lo call those whitepeople "savage brutes."
Not all Indians are savage. Not all white people
are civilized.
—Some one told Lord Erskine that a
"
"
"
"
sick the whole time."
just si in Sniilliville !"
—We
find
"
" Well, you'll
'
find them
the following startling ad-
vertisement in the New York Observer.
It may be classed under the head of "Important if true." We give it for tho
benefit especially of our business [nitrons.
If the "Great financial crisis throughout
the entire world, June, 18S(i," catches
Hawaii unprepared it will not be our
fault.
SATAN IS COMING
TO RULE THE KNTIItK WOULD, JUNE,
1886.
tiri-nt t litist in ii Triumph orrr Sntui, nut! Secnnrl
I'uiniiHj of t'ltrist, tSK .Uniwretl War mi.l limit
Fimiiiciiil CrMs 'I'luniiilioitt the Entire World,
Jiinr, 1888.
For Site—THE HOOK OF KNOWLEDGE—
Contents: Milleuiuui, IM'JO; arrival of the long
.iriiit-ipated Jewish Messiah ; gnat financial crisis,
1888j greit war throughout the entire world, 188b';
Sat in the Chief Anti-Christ, time of his birth, incidents connected with Satan's birth, powers and
advance skirmishers, Satan's Temple, Ten Commandments, Ensign and inscriptions, what Satan
■ i vs regarding his Ensign to all nations, etc. I'rice
L'f><\, stamps. Address, August Kowe, St. Paul,
Minn.
—Thkbeaiu: ways and waysof putting
tilings.
The Episcopal churches of New
certain man was dead, and that he had
left 11,000,000. His lordship replied, York have arranged for special evangel"That's a poor capital to commence the istic work during the coming winter,
Brothnext world with." Has a Christian man, under the leadership of certain
one of God's stewards, a right to leave ers" from Kngl,mil who give themselves
behind him at death any such amount ? wholly to this work. The Brothers have
Is not such money a talent which has arrived in New York, and now it is anbeen hid in the "napkins" which men nounced that
A great revival will take place in this city dur-
"
call banks, stocks, and investments ? ing the Advent, by invitation of nearly all
Would not eternity have a brighter and Kinscipal churches of New York and under
of the bishop. This will continue
richer outlook as viewed by men of direction
tend ty.s.
wealth from the death-bed if they had
Whereon The Advance is moved
wisely administered upon their own escomment as follows:
tates'?
—Mhk. Jackson, "11. II.," wrote many
"
beautiful things, but none more tender,
graceful and comforting than the following,
which we give place especially for
is
said
was
—It
that a minister
once
preaching a long written sermon, and at the comfort of those parents who have
last said, "I have only one word to add," little ones who have been
I.IF I I'l In V Hi.
when a fellow in the gallery responded
As tender mothers, guiding baby steps,
With a good round Hallelujah."
When places come at whioii the tiny feet
—The heal growth of a Church can- Would -inn, lilt up the linle ones in arms
not lie determined by its numerical in- Of love nnd set them tlowu beyond the harm,
So
our Father watch the precious boy
crease. God loujfs to quality, not quantity. I.iddid
"'ir the atones by me, who stumbled oft
And so does the world.' Sinners are not Myself, but strove to help mv darling on.
saw the sweet limbs talte nig-, and saw
converted by numbers, but by principle ; lie
ltougb ways before us, where my arms would fail ;
not by a large, but by a holy Church.
So reached ii-oui Heaven, and, lifting the dear child,
smiled in leaving me, he pal linn down
—Rev. Mr. Miller, from San Fran- Who
11-iyninl all burl, beyond my sight, and bade
cisco, now on a visit to these Islands, II mi wait for me ! Shall 1 not, then,ba glad,
has made a most favorable impression And, thanking Uod, press on lo overtake',
—So.mk people find "Houolulua very
We wish America
upon our people.
would send us more such genial, witty, unsocial place," and the Churches very
prone to neglect strangers. Other some
live, westernized Yankees.
—Thehe has not been for a long find it a place very much given to gostime in this port the crew of a man-of- sip. May there not be a hint for such in
following:
war which has conducted itself as quiet- the
iv a certain Western town on the edge of the
ly, courteously and soberly as that of the new Northwest, through which the great army
of
Constance. It gives us pleasure to bear new settlers was c.instantly passing, there lived a
man who knew theworldand human nature as only
this witness to the good conduct of these those
can do who have been made wise by eiperiBritish tars." Why should not this be euoeand observation. He was frequently consulted
the places towards which the new diners
That's what puz- about traveling.
true of every crew?
" Vt hat kind ola place is Siuithwere
zles the preacher.
ville, Major Green? Are there uioe people there?
"
cial, pleasant people, so friendly anil kind."
" Well,you'll lindtheiu just so in Smtthville." The
next stranger would make a similar inquiry.
What kind of a place is Smithville? Shall we
find pleasant people there?" M How was it in the
Oh, miserable the
plugs you came from?"
mosl sluck-up, aristocratic folks ; wo were home-
the
the
for
to
We are reminded of the negro preacher who is
the church, "Bredrexi and sistreu, I want you all to be ut the meetThe
be with us in the
will
Sunday.
Lord
in' liex
iiinwnnr and the bishop is cumin' in the evetiiu'.
We hope the Holy Spirit as well as "the
bishop" will bo present and abundantly
bless this evangelistic effort ; and should
the blessed Spirit see fit to continue the
quoted as giving out a noticein
revival longer than "ten days" we hope
"the Bishop" will yield gracefully.
■ —What we say in another column in
regard to the sin of Intemperance is true
of all sin, v.iz: that the way to make a
godly, virtuous community is not by reformation but by prevention. Itis easier
to keep a child pure than it is to make a
prodigal pure: and it is surer a hundred
to one. When will the church and Christian ministers learn this self-evident
truth, and cease making the age-long
mistake of spending their elforts chiefly
for the conversion of sin-hardened adults,
while they make no persistent systematic
endeavor, to convert the children and
train them In Christian graces? it was
u wise man who said, in a discussion
upon the New Departure" in theology,
that The New Departu re most needed
is the conversion of the children as near
to the cradle as possible." Were Christian ministers and churches to become
"
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THE FRIEND.
Deember, 1885.
possessed with the idea of this « New
Departure," and bend their energies to
the conversion and growth In grace of
the children and the young not only would
the quantity but the quality of the harvest reaped be vastly superior.
—ABOUT fairs and festivals to raise
money for church purposes the Christian
Advocate has this to say:
If any are unable to be present they will
please send a brief note to the pastor that
may be read at the meeting.
Prayer meeting topics:
Dec. 2. Roll-call and Experience meeting.
Dec. 9, Our covenant duties as Church
members.
Dec. 16. "Hath," a Bible Reading.
Dec. 28. Bethlehem's Song.
We regard it as an improper and hurtful method
for providing for tho support of tho Gospel, not to
Dec. ;J(). The Did Year, 1885.
done if it can possibly be avoided. We further beSunday, Dee. Bth, will occur the reguby
avoided
most
cases
wilin
lieve that it can be
The orlingness on the part of the people to do their duty, lar communion of the Church.
and that the substitution of fair* and festivals bu- dinance will be administered and new
ttle free gifts of the people in the discharge of
their duty, has a tendency to diminish tho sense members received.
of obligation and a willingness to comuly there-
Oil the same subject the S. &. Times
says:
if you rely on these means to repair yourchurch
or to furnish it, or to obtain needed books for
your Sunday-school library, it would sejtu to be
iqually well to try the same method in order lo
of forpiv your preacher, or to sustain tho cause
eign missions. Just think of this method of aiding this last-named cause, if you really waut light
on the subject. Let the preacher plead the cause
of missions, pressing its claims on all believers;
linn let him announce from the pulpit: "The
deacons will now serve ice-cream to those whose
hearts are moved in this congregation in behalf of
tho perishing souls in heathendom. The ice-cream
is of three tlavors, of good quality, and two spoons
an with each glass. Brethren and sisters, invest
for the blessed cause of missions! take at least
one glass apiece two, if your souls are deeply
stirred." It is quite possible that that method
might induce some persons to show an interest in
;
missions who have hitherto seemed unconcerned
for the world's evangelization; but that that fact
alone would justify such a method of money
raising, we do not believe. Yet, lflho principle of
the thing is tolerable anywhere, why not adhere to
it in such a case as this?
THECHURCHES.
FORT-ST. CHURCH.
Sunday evening, Nov. Bth, we had the
pleasure of uniting with theBethel Union
congregation in a Centennial Temperance
service. With this exception the regular
Sunday services have been uninterrupted
during the past month.
The lecture-room and parlors of the
church have been undergoing extensive
and much needed repairs, which are not
yet completed. When finished these
rooms will present a changed and much
more attractive appearance. Owing to
these repairs the Sabbath School has met
in the audience-room of the church, and
the prayer-meeting In the Y. M. C. Ai
Hall. The lecture-room will be ready for
occupancy this week, ami the prayermeeting will be held there on next
Wednesday evening, and the Sabbath
School the Sunday following.
The Promise meeting led by the pastor
Nov. nth, the Temperance meeting led
by Secretary Fuller Nov. 18th, and the
Church Family Thanksgiving service led
by Mr. Merritt Nov. 25th, were all intensely interesting.
On Wednesday, December 2nd, will
occur the Preparatory meeting. It will
take the form of a Roll-call and Experience meeting. The names of all the
Fort-St. Church members resident in Honolulu will be called, and they are requested to be present autoanswer with a
a few words of testimony, experience,
text of Scripture, or the word present."
"
UHNLIO HURCH.
BETC
NOV EM HER—DECEMBER.
The sacrament of the Lord's supper
was celebrated the first Sabbath of the
month. One person united by letter.
The Teachers' meeting held at Mr. J.
Shaw's residence on the Kith and the
Church Social belli in the Vestry on the
17th were well attended and yielded
both profit and enjoyment.
The subject of the Monthly Concert
A very interesting
was Micronesia.
part of the meeting was the reading by
Mrs. Hiram Bingham of an extract from
the record journal of Rev. R. W. Logan
of Ruk.
On three successive Lord's days in November the Pastor was unable through
illness to occupy his pulpit. We tender
our thanks to Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde,
Revs. A. 0. Forbes ami S. E. Bishop anil
Brother S. 1). Fuller for their kindness
in ministering to the congregation.
On Wednesday evening, preceding
Thanksgiving Day, the Pastor led the
Prayer meeting.
The subject was,
"What have! to praise God for?" The
meeting was well attended, several persons took part and the hour was full of
interest.
The Teachers' meeting will be held
this month on Tuesday evening, the Bth,
at the residence of Air. S. M. Damon,
Nuuanu Avenue.
The children's Social for this quarter
will he held In the Christmas week, the
evening to be appointed by the Commit-
WHERE IS BEULAH LAND?
Where is Hi ulah Land?
I asked the youth of ten—a winsome, joyous boy :
Where is lieulah Land,
That mystic land of s.vent content, of peace and
joy?
A wand'ring look came in his eye, a graceful wave
of hand;
to man's estate have
" WhenlahI Land."
come,
it is my Heu-
Where is Heulah Land,
I asked this winsome youth, arrived to manhood's
years:
Where is Heulah Land?
That land unknown to grief, to sorrow, pain and
teat's.
Adnwn the vista of the years he gazed with manly
pride:
Land will come with wealth, a. name, and
" Heulah
fame," he cried.
Where is lieulah Land?
wealth, of fame, an honored
1 asked the man of
name:
Where is lieulah Land?
That land of perfect peace—no sniffing, sin, nor
shiuue?
When age has conic, and all the busy cares of life
are o'er,
I'll find sweet resignation there on fair Beulah's
shore."
"
Where is lieulah Land?
I asked of hiiu whose tott'ring steps led to the
Where is lieulah Land,
That land from turmoil free—uo donbt, no night,
no gloom?
He sighed, tnen said in trembling tones:
" 'lis not
to mortals given;
Beyond the grave is lieulah Land; lieulah Land
'tis heaven!"
I-O.
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IN YE OLDEN TIME.
Rev. Mit. Edgar, of Mauehline, Scotland, has been writing up the history of
his church, and in his book, "Old Church
Life In Scotland,"gives some interesting
facts. We are told, for instance, how
Town councils and kirk sessions waged war
against the women's practice of keeping their
plaids around their heads, it was held to be a
ileik to theirsleiping in tyuie of sermon." Thig
was a great offense, but not without excuse, when
we consider what Mr. Edgar has to toll us about
the sermons of the time. He finds from a M.S.
volume of sermons in his possession, that the
preacher oocupied the bnndays for a year and
eight months in discoursing on the last eight
verses of the nineteenth Psalm. What time eaoh
sermon occupied we do not precisely know. John
Livingstone described himself as having preached
on one occasion for two hours and a hal f. Spalding
speaks of four hours' doctrine to ilk sarinon.
"Certainly," lie adds, they were 8 re wayreit and
vext;" and Wodrow states that one occasion the
minister of Killelau pleached without break from
eleven to six." Under this regime what were called
tee.
"silent Sabbaths" must have been a relief. When
the mounter was awa there was as often as not
The subjects for the Wednesday even- no
sermon. About the "communion servioes in
ing meeting! this month are as follows : olden times" some curious details are given. One
2.—The Changed Heart. Ezekiel 30: noticeable thing is the enormous quantity of wine
consumed (it was commonly claret or burgundy.)
2b, 27.
At Edinhiiig. in lfiMO, there were used at the first
9. Review of Missions.
communion a puncheon and nine gallons, and at
the second a puncheon and six and a half gallons.
Hi.—Sunday-school Work and ReThe total cost was £102. in 1U56 the Corporation
wards. Gal. <i: <i, 9.
of Glasgow paid for the same purpose as much as
Glad
Good
News.
23.—The
Luke 2 : L'HKI. in these cases we do not know the number
of communicants; in 1687, at St. Cuthbert's, Ediu10, 11.
Imrg, where the congregation is supposed to have
:it).—Preparatory Meeting.
been between two and three hundred, wive wag
supplied
to the amount of twenty-seven dozen
The Standing Committee will meet
bottles. Perhaps the allowance here was more
that evening at 7 o'clock. Persons wish- than
usually liberal, for the beadle who supplied
ing to unite with the Church are re- it was a a publicanby trade. All the obnrch officers
seem
to have been bountifully supplied, the minquested to meet the Committee at that
ister having a dozen for himself, the eldera and
hour.
deacons as much between them, the officers nine
bottles, and the precentor and beadle half a dozen
—A book is a living voice. It is a eaoh
Such things seem impossible to us.
"
"
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>
—
spirit walking upon the face of the earth.
It continues to be the living thought of a
person separated trom us by space and
time. Men pass away ; mountains crumble to dust—what remains aad survives
is human thought.—Smiles.
—This is a capital hit: Dude(posing
as a bold, bad man): 'How does water
taste, Miss Belasys ?' Miss B.: You
don't mean to say they've brought you
up all this time on milk!'"
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ED U CAT lOZL
Wt* invite the c<i oiMrutioii <»r ti'itcliers. hih! of all
friend* of iiliicatifiii,in tin: etVorl to make tbU pftgc
(if I'll X I'IUB.NU rC)lll> Vlllliujjle it nil Mlilllll lull 111/.
ComiiiunicHiioii- »houid b* pant to Rot, William i;
OK-hoii, Mil-), llawuii.
Win. B. Olesm
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Editor.
THE COMING INSTITUTE.
The Importance of the annual meeting
of teachers at Honolulu can hardly beoverrated. The reasons which in general
make it advisable to hold such meetings
elsewhere, have tenfold emphasis here at
the Islands. For with us, teachers' meetings cannot be frequent owing to the
fact that our teachers are widely scattered,
and find tnter-tslaad travel too exjionsive
to be often indulged in. Our annual meeting is thereforeall the more Important inasmuch as many teachers could not easily
be present at any other meeting. But
such a gathering of teachers shoii'd have
a special signill ance owing to the peculiar necessities of Hawaiian schools at the
present time.
It is not supposable that any one teacher has a monopoly of wisdom in the matter of elementary English instruction, or
that all his methods are superior to those
of other teachers. As teachers, we are
grappling with no small difficulties in our
efforts to instruct Hawaiian children in
the English language. A comparison of
method and of experience is what we
want, and it is supposable that every observant teacher can contribute somewhat
from his experience that will inure to the
common advantage. No more timely
topic can come before the approaching
Institute than a thorough presentation of
the methods of teachers who are known
not to be working in the same groove.
It would not be unwise to devote a whole
day's session to this important subject
Papers could be assigned by the Executive Committee on such topics as < Tin?
best method of teaching the English
Verb;" "The use of the auxiliaries be
and have;'''' •< Drill in English idioms ;"
"Acquiringan English Vocabulary," etc.
Such papers could be supplemented by
discussion, and special features could be
still further illustrated through the medium ol normal classes organized on the
spot. Again, since the sessions of the
Institute are limited to a portion of two
days, should not special effort Ix.. made to
secure evening sessions ? This would accommodate friends of education resident
at Honolulu whose occupations would
prevent their attendance through the
day. But the chief advantage would be
that more time could be devoted to the
discussion of specially important subjects.
Very much depends at such meetings
on wise concentration. It is possible lo
dissipate considerable energy by the consideration of questions wholly apart from
the legitimate programme of the InstiIt oiten happens that what is
tute.
said twice on such occasions would be
better said once, and that when the appropriate topic is discussed. Andit often
'■appeus, too, that what needs to be said,
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will look at things just as the growing
them to be all about us.
San Francisco, Sydney, and Hongkong
are real to our school-children ; to many
lof them America, Australia and China
jare not and never will lie except as a sort
of back-ground to the familiar centres of
trade and population. England Is a great
nation to us here in Hawaii because of
in Inconveniencing himself in order to her vast colonial possessions in our part of
be present.
But the teacher should not the world. What we need in the way of
be obliged to put himself at unnecessary maps is a comprehensive view of British
expense, and to this end ii Is to be hoped sway as shown in an effective grouping
that the value of his work will lie so well of colonial possessions on the same scale
appreciated that arrangements may be and on the same page with the map of
consummated for reduced trip tickets on Great Britain.
But island geography involving phythe Inter-island steamers at the time of
sical and historical features is our parathe annual meeting.
mount need. We have the children learn
by rote that the manufacture of brooms
ISLAND TEXT-BOOKS—V.
is one of the chief industries of Ohio (!)
Our insular position and peculiar land and never -ay a word about the probable
structure afford special advantages for ; way in which these Islands were formed,
the intelligent study Of geography. There or
fascinate them with an extremely |>rois hardly a phase of physical, political or
bahte history of a neighboring heiau,ora
historical geography that cannot lie amply piece of lava or coral that they stub their
illustrated out of almost any school win- toes on along the beach. We nee I a book
dow in the Kingdom.
We have our on geography
that shall put Hawaii into
mountains, lakes, rivers, capes, channels, the fore-ground
if rtalneM is any object
Islands, valleys, forests,caue-flelds, man- in teaching. We need to teach the childufactories, railways, harbors, bridges, ren
about the things they see about them
light-houses, sailing vessels, steamboats,
we care to have them understand what
if
wharves, schools, churches, stores, arte- such things are elsewhere.
sian wells, coral reefs, wild animals, maSuch a book could bo prepared here at
rine monsters, useful plants, etc., etc. i the l-lands. It could not very
well be
We have repiesentatives from various prepared anywhere else. It
put a
would
Eastern and Western nations daily pa- new face on
study of geography in all
the
rading the costumes and other peculiarigreatly facilitate
our schools. It
ties of diverse races and languages. We the acquisition ofwould
valuable
information.
have men who fought on both sides in
the Owat Rebellion in the United States,
—It is our purpose to present shortly
who were with Wellington at Waterloo, a series of communications from expe■ad with Yon Moltke in the Franco- rienced island teachers, setting forth
Prussian war. No collision of nations is methods in English langnae instruction
watched with keener interest than by that have proved successful in various
representatives of those nations resident schools.
here. No disturbance of national inter—To complete tho series of editorials
ests anywhere in the world can occur
on Island Text-Books, we propose to disexciting
the
concern
deepest
without
cuss in subsequent issues the need of a
here. We have a cosmopolitan appetite specially prepared language
lesson book ;
for news the whole wdde world around. the practicability of the publication
here
is
an
event
our
in
history when a
it
of
Island
text-books
and
wise
methods
;
Transit of Venus party stops here. l< )nX
the preparation of such hooks.
enough to get their errand fairly before in
are some that wishtoknow
—"Tiikiim
the public mind. It means something to
our school children whan educated men only that they may know, which is base
; and some wish to know o"hly
come from long distances to determine curiosity
thus the distance to the sun. It at least to be known, which is base vanity ; and
only that they may
leaves the Impression that there is a .»ay some wish to know
of ascertaining such facts even though sell their knowledge, which is covetousthey may not quite understand the modal ness. IJut there are some that wish to
operandi. But a Transit of Venus party know that they may be edified, and some
might land almost anywhere in the that they may edify ; and that is heavUnited States and not stir a ripple of ex- enly prudence. —Canon Fakbak.
citement other than that caused by an
—" Education in its highest and
innocent item of two lines in the local truest function is the education of the
spirit; that alone can teach us the only
paper.
The island boy sees the incoming bark end of life, which is always that we shall
bringing a cargo from New York, be faithful to the best we know, —faithful
and a little later sees her sailing bonce jto Ood, faithful to our country, faithful
on her return voyage by way of China, to our fellow-men, and faithful to ourthus to his knowledge completing the ; selves. Our education will never be perj feet, unless, like the ancient temples, itis
circuit of the earth.
We have all the elements of a suitable lighted at the top. It is only a religious
geography In the (acta familiar to our education, which can give us true happiisland boys and girls. Such a geography |Lness, and real permanent success."
and what every one wishes could be said,
goes unspoken because the Institute stints
off on a tangent to consider something
entirely foreign, and never swings round
in its orbit to the same point in tlie discussion.
This gathering of teachers should be
made such a valuable thing that every
wide-aw'iike teacher would feel justified
child-mind finds
�to confess our loss in not experiencing
that sensation in addition to all the rest.
Bui judging from the experience of
HOMOLTJIiU, H. I.
others in that respect, we are not disOFFICERS OF THE BOARD FOR 1885-6. posed to repine at such a loss on ourpart,
inasmuch as it did not seem to be a gain
Hun. A. .-'..ll'im
VV--!!''''*-'!''"!
Vice-President on their part, at least for the time being.
Hum. 11. WATKiuinr.iK
Recording secretary
I) I)
HAWAIIAN BOARD
ll,;v c. M. llviiK.
Kr'v \ 0 Fobbsi
W. W. ilAix
P. C. Jomkh. Jb
UtirreMUondiiiLC Secretary
It is saitl hy some that sea-sickness
does one good—after you (ret over
it—but we are inclined to think that if
it be taken as a remedy for any of the
"ills which flesh is heir to," the remedy
may be worse than the disease.
The Morning Star returned most unexpectedly on the 26th of October. Her
return was caused by the state of health
of the veteran missionary, Uev. A. A.
Sturges, one of the pioneer missionaries
Having been
to the island of l'linajie.
seized by a paralytic stroke in July last,
and there being no physician within
reach, the mission there voted to have
the Star return at once to Honolulu to
bring Mr. Sturges here where medical
aid could be obtained. His health was
much benefited by the voyage, and he
was able, on arrival here, to proceed by
steamer to San Francisco.
The »SV«/- having refitted, started on
the 19th of Xo\cinber to return and
finish her work which had been thus interrupted.
It had originally been planned that she
should proceed on a voyage of missionary
exploration to the westward of Ruk, as
far as Yap, a distance of nearly a thousand miles farther west than bus heretofore been the limit of her missionary
operations. Hut the time occupied and
the additional expense incurred by this
return to Honolulu have rendered a reconsideration of that plan necessary, and
it has been decided under the circumstances to postpone the trip to Yap till
Tni-iii 1 really
Auditor
in '■■ is il.'v.iicil to tin: Interest* «' tin Hawalltn
liy the
Board of Missions, and the Kilitur, appointed
Board, i« responsible for its contents.
TliN
rt. 0. Forbes,
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THE FRIEND.
Deember, 188.r >.
Editor
After an absence of three months the
editor of this page again takes up hispen
with a cordial salutation to the many
friends who are readers of this paper. To
.Messrs. Lowers. & Cooke, of this place, he
hereby tenders his sincere thanks for the
opportunity offered him last June by their
liberality of a free passage to Puget
Sound and back in the good bark Hope,
Capt. L>. P. PenhaUow. And to the
many kind friends whose thoughtful
generosity added SO greatly to the comfort and enjoyment of such a trip, he desires, even at this late date, to return his
grateful acknowledgments. Nor can be
forbear thus publicly to mention his obligations to ('apt. and Mrs. l'onhallow for
their uniform .kindness and warm hearted
courtesy which made the whole trip one
to be long remembered 88 one of the
brightest and most delightful episodes in
his whole life thus far. May Uod reward
you all, dear friends, an hundred fold,
both In this life, and In that which is to
come.
It is but right to add that this tribute
has been delayed ft month because we
found that the historical article on the
Kawaiahao Church, which had already
Tin;
been promised to the readers of
of
full
space
the
occupy
Fkii.ni), would
this page last month.
NOTES BY THE WAY.
It is worth a twenty-seven years steady
application to work 00 these islands to
experience the sensations produced by a
good, old-fashioned trip on a sailing vessel for a voyage of three thousand miles
and hack. The preparation for the voyage itself is it sen.-ation wortli having.
The gathering together of old duds for sou
wear; the many little preparations ; the
various surprises in the way of comforts
provided by the thoughtful kindness oi
friends; the messages intrusted tor conveyance to relatives and acquaintances
abroad ; the whole process ot wrenching
loose from the ruts into which one so insensibly falls in tiie quiet, even life of
these sunny isles ; the half uncertainty
and half anxiety which tills the mind
when, the last farewells uttered, you
stand upon the deck of the vessel as the
hawser Is cast off from the wharf, the
good ship gathers headway, and you are
borne out upon the broad ocean's bosom ;
all these together, we say, constitute a
.series of sensations worth years of life to
experience.
Not being ourself subject to that terror
of most landsmen, sea-sickness, we have
She will therefore return
at once to the Marshall Islands, finish up
t he visitation of the stations in that group,
then proceed to Tonape, the Mortlock
Islands, nnd Kuk, doing a similar work
throughout those groups, and returning
another year.
and the Star left direct for Kusaie on
Monday last, Nov. :l()th.
We are satisfied that Capt. Hray acted
wisely in returning to port under the
circumstances.
For the information of many readers
of this paper who may not otherwise see
it, we Insert the following extract from
the Annual Report of tOTgdMl S. Ward,
Treasurer of the American Hoard of
Commissioners f>r Foreign Missions, presented at the annual meeting of that
hody in Barton in October.
NEW MORNING STAR.
RECEIPTS.
;iistnunct!
of the vessel wrecked
$12 816 80
H. M
fiotit Sublimit Srhnols
and individuals, acknowledged In
NUatontry ilerald as received
47,:*4H (X)
[trior to August 31
Kebrimrv
)(>iij(iit)iih
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*
$60,165 70
PAYMENTS.
Prima cost of construction of the
steam barUeiiline Morning Star.. .$38,000 (»0
ttO 00
clasbiticution certificate
Kxtru iron tank*, extra its* cuboode,
large awning and fitting same,
necessary for the peculiar work
388 19
of the vessel
Duplicate pail? and spars, boards,
672 91
medicinechest and towage bill
i'eiilrcboard Dtfftt
1&0 00
.'ulkin-, painting, plumbing and
additional machinery, forgo, urate
bars, boilrr tubes ami engineer's
lathe and tool outlit nvitli duplicates) ftu repairing machinery ;
also burgee, uc.ldiuir oni ill, cookin/ ntttDtiU.ublfl w.iiv, iuap«,«fte. 2,i»85 73
Expense* or C*pt. Brav while raising fund*, cost of certificates tind
lithographs, printing and distiiJ,420 HO
bullog information
Lloyd's
....
...
$44,286 68
Balance held for a fund for repairs, and in$15,871*07
vented
The New Testament in the Marshall
Islands language is now at last completed,
and the American Bible .Society lias
printed the Hist edition under the supervision of Rev. E. M. Pease. A good
supply of this book is expeeted out in
time for next year's voyage of the Star.
By the Martha Davis, the Hawaiian.
Board have received from the American
Bible Society, New York, :>\Z Gilbert
Island New Testaments. A further supply of 1,000 more has been ordered,
direct to Honolulu from link. She will olio of which are to be sent across land
lie tlue here about the last of March or so as to arrive here in time to be sent
forward by the Morning Star next year,
early part of April, 1880.
By request of the Hawaiian Board, Dr. and MM to be sent around Cape Horn.
('. 11. YVctinore of llilo has consented
The translation of the New Testament
to go on a visit to the missionaries located
into
the I'onape language has been comon those islands, and by invitation of the
Hymn Book In that lanWomen's Board of Missions of the l'aei- pteted. The
has
also
been revised, and both
guage
iic, his daughter, Miss hucy Wetmore,
been sent on for publication in the
will accompany him to bear messages of have
United States. Rev. A. A. Sturges and
cheer to the ladies of those missions.
Mrs. Sturges will supervise the publicaThe Morning Star left port bound for tion.
The translation has been dove
Ililo to take on board Dr. (J. 11. Wetmore partly by Rev. E. T. Doane and partly
and Miss Lucy Wetiuore en route for by Rev. Mr. Sturges. As soon therefore
Micronesia, but met the severe gale which as these can be put through the
has been blowing for the past two weeks, press we shall have the pleasure of anand after struggling against it for seventy- nouncing that the whole New Testament
one hours and sustaining damage to the is accessable to the Gilbert Islanders, the
sails and rigging, without being able to Marshall islanders, the Ponapeans, and
get through the Hawaii channel, she re- the Mortlock Islanders, each in their
turned to port, arriving here at half-past own language.
twelve on Monday morning the 23rd
instant.
An old maxim Christian should
Dr. and Miss Wetmore were sent for never forget: "Get thy Spindle and disby the Kinau, arriving here on Saturday taff ready and God w«u provide the flax."
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THE FRIEND.
10
A.,
Til E
Y. M. C.
I.
HONOLULU,
JL
to Ihe interests of the llonoiulu
This pace I" devoted
VonnJ Men 1! Christian tswiclatlon, and the Hoard
Of Directors sre responsible for its eonients.
S. (D. Fuller,
Editor.
RECEPTION.
Another reception of English sailors
was given on Tuesday evening, Nov. 24.
This time to the crew of 11. B. M. S.
Quittance, who remained In port a week.
These receptions are becoming a popular
feature in our work, and their moral and
social Influence must be a power for good
in the hearts and lives of all participants,
especially the men who sail the seas.
The talented friends of the Associstion
very kindly contribute to the musical
und literary needs of the occasion. The
ladies provide an abundant supply of
cake, some of the wealthy members
generously exchange their coin for ice
cream, and the result is un evening of
delightful entertainment and sociability,
and a hall full of |icople go nway to be
better for it all the balance of life. The
last was perhaps the most succes.-ful because the largest. Part second, the rejoinder of the sailors was vigorous and
thoroughly enjoyable.
NOTES.
CONVENTION
There were 126 delegates present, it
larger number than at any previous year.
1,500dollars were raised for State work.
They expect to put a State Secretary in
the field soon. The State Committee,
consisting of .'ill members, has been incorporated. The General Secretary of
the Honolulu Association was added as
a Corresponding Member.
A goodly number of delegates remained on Monday and visited in a body the
Napa College, and the Insane Asylum ;
the latter lacks but a few rods of a mile
in circumference and contains 1,100 in-
mates.
At 4 p. m. a large company gathered
at the depot to bid us good-bye, as we
took a regretful departure from the pleasant city, but still more pleasant people
of Napa. On Tuesday evening, the 27th,
the Wan Francisco Y. M. ('. A. gave a
reception to the delegates from Southern
California and Honolulu. Brief but
very excellent reports of the local work,
short speeches, and plentiful refreshments
combined to make a very enjoyable evening. The merchant delegate from Honolulu contributed a specimen Kanaka greeting (o the amusement of the company.
During the intervening week we gladly
shared the old-time hospitality of .Mr.
McCoy's pleasant home. The days were
so tilled with busy work and the evenings
so happily spent with little gatherings of
friends, that before we were hardly aware
of the fact, our allotted time had slipped
away. November 2nd had arrived, und
we were shaking hands with the dear
friends who came to bid U a hearty Godspeed on our homeward voyage to this
beautiful island city of the sea, where we
arrived on the Oth, tolerably convalescent
after the more than usual nauutical experience peculiar ton lands-man,but profoundly thankful to God and the members
of the Y. M. ('. A., for the privilege of
enjoying such a precious, helpful, soulinspiring seasofi.
REMEMBER AND TRUST.
We were once coming around the Capo
of (iood Hope. There were quite a number of other ships in company. The appearance of the weather at this time was
very threatening, and every other ship
in sight was under close reefed topsails,
waiting for an expected gale while the
wind was yet moderate and fair.
We hud kept an abstract log of all our
past voyages. This enabled us to refer
back, and to know just what the weather
had been while in the same position
several times before, and what the Indications of the Bar. and Ther. were on
those occasions. Referring to the past,
we found that each time we bad been in
that latitude anil longitude, the indications had been nearly the same as at
present, and yet under .such indications,
we had never had a gale,
With the experience of the past, we
kejit all sails set, and passed vessel after
vessel all through that day and were
brought far on our way towards home,
without any danger or gale, while the
other ships were waiting and worrying
about something that never took plate.
No doubt there were old captains in
some of those ships who bad passed that
way many more times than we, but yet,
they ditl not benefit by their past experience.
It reminded us of the majority of
Christians. Whenever anything threatening appears in life, bow we begin lo
fear anil to take in sail, as if all depended
on ourselves, forgetting how many times
\\c have been brought .safely through
just such dangers by our Heavenly Father, in times past. How much better
to refer to the log of memory, anil thus
bring again to mind that God lias in
irrri/ instance brought ns safely through
every trouble and danger that ever presented itself. This would lead us to
trust Him in the present, and instead of
"heaving to" in fear, we should go
sailing on our way towards our Heavenly
home, anil do it to the glory of our (ileal
I. B.
Captain.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
The growing demand for lay-workers
during the past few years has brought a
large number of young men into more or
less prominence in Christian work who
have felt they have failed of highest
usefulness for hick of more thorough
training for the definite work in which
they were engaged. 'Ibis need has been
met in a limited way by the est.iblisb-1 ment of a training school for Christian
in Springfield, Miss.
I workers
At its ret cut opening there were students from all parts of the United States
and'Canada One department of the
School gives special attention to training
I young men for secretaries in Y. M. C. A.
I work.
GROWTH.
During the List two years tho growth
in the Y. M. C. A. work has not been so
much in the multiplication of organisations as in the development and increased
efficiency of those already existing. Yet
the reports at the Napa Convention showed that four new Associations had been
added during the year, making a total ;>f
li) in the State, employing nine General
Secretaries and assistants.
!
ITEMS.
li., Nov. 16, the General Secretary presented the international
work, anil a collection of $17.70 was
taken for the Committee. This would
have been done one week earlier, on the
Day of Prayer, only for his absence.
The Reeeptlon Committee la improving in faithfulness to duty. This is one
of the most Important ('ommlttees of the
Association and the hardest to keep in
running order.
The class for social Bible study conducted by (he General Secretary meets in
the parlor every Sunday morning at precisely 0.46. Young men and strangers
are very cordially invited to come in.
The Reading and Social rooms have
been well patronised by seamen of late,
(specially by the officers anil crews of tho
English war-ships recently in port.
On Sunday I'.
Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION.
The recent State Convention of tho
Young Men's Christian Associations of
California, held in Napa, Oct. 22-26, demonstrated that a goi.d work is going on
in the interest of young men on the l'acilir
(
oast.
FAITH AND WORKS.
Through the kindness of the Honolulu
The glorious results from the union of Y. M. C. A. we were privileged to repstrong faith ami earnest consecrated resent them in the above convention,
effort is well illustrated in the history of being the first
accredited delegate ever
the Napa Association,
sent from Ibis association.
One year ago, when at Oakland, Mr.
We left here Oct. 11th; made San
Norton ami hi- fellow delegate invited Francisco port Oct. 22d, precisely in time
(lie Convention to meet with the Napa
to join the delegates from central and
Y. M. C A. in 1880 : tiny had no Assosouthern California, on the 4 i\ m. train
ciation in that city. But they believed to Napa, where we arrived just in time
it was their mission to plant one by the to show our appreciation of one of the
help of the Master, and they did it. best collations it has ever been our priviOrganized the 2nd of January la-t with lege to enjoy, which had been spread
in
71 chartered members, they have pleathe vestry of the Methodist church hy
sant rooms and are doing a good work.
the ladies of Napa.
�Deember, 1885.
For further particulars of this interesting part of the Convention wo would refer
the reader to our appreciative friend and
associate delegate Mr. Henry Waterhouse
of Honolulu.
Immediately after the collation we repaired to the Presbyterian church for the
welcome meeting.
The three addresses of welcome: On
behalf of the Napa Association, by S. E,
llolden, its President, on behalf of the
churches, by Rev. R. Wylie, on behalf
of the Citizens, by C. It. Gritman, all
geii'lemeii of Napa, were excellent, brief
11
THE FRIEND.
It was the most impressive scripture
recital I ever witnessed, the stillness
throughout the entire audience, many of
whom were standing, was like the
silence of death.
A half hour was allowed delegates to
speak from the Hoor. Then ten short
addresses were delivered front the platform, followed by the closing exercises
which consisted in all the Christian
young men joining bands in an unbroken
circle that reached the entire length of
both aisles over the platform and across
both ends of the church.
In this position all joined in singing
withspiritualfervoronever.se of "The
Sweet Bye and Bye," and the hymn
» Blest be the Tie that Binds."
President McCoy offered prayer. Dr.
Coyle pronounced the benediction and
the best convention that ever convened
on the I'acitlc Coast was declared adjourned to meet one year hence in Los
well Hall to listen to this eloquent Englishman expound the Gospel. Are not
the cases exactly parallel ?
In regard to the change In her religious
views from a rather uustere type of orthodoxy to radical disbelief, Mr. Whipple
says:
All ber old theological opinion* were oaat aside
by ber understanding, while, tbey still held a
strange influence over ber beart and aoal. It is oo-
tbnt ber greatest efforts in characterization
are those wbicti embody men or women of religions
genius. Ah far as we remember, Ibere is not a single character in any of In r novel* who attracts
our sympathies liv Ins skepticism, 't'be intense
experience through which sbe passed as an unquestioning Christian animates all ber uovela. lv ber
and to the point.
life abe never swerved from religion, as sbe underreRev. J. K. McLean, of
stood ii. In all her published letters sbe expresjes
something like horror at vulgar irreliginn. No
sponded on behalf of the Delegates in
novelist or dramatist baa approached ber in ber
his usual apt and pleasant style.
singular power of emtrodyiiig religious charmorning the Convention
On
acter; and the reason is that sbe had "experienced
religion"
vitally. All after-addition of skepticism
met for organization.
added not any element to ber power. To the last
Mr. J. 11. McCoy, General Secretary
she made religion ibe central part of life, tor in
religion she found ber deepest belief that self-saoof the San Francisco Y. M. C. A. was
rilice
for others was tbe fnnilaineiit.il base of all
elected President. His thorough knowlelliics, and that lo give humanity what a Yankee
edge of the work, pleasant manner and Angeles.
might call "a above forwards" was the greatest
thing that the best and noblest men and women
earnest spirit made him a good presiding
PRIVATE
LIFE.
GEORGE
ELIOT'S
could hope, ill ibis imperfect world, to do.
Officer, and Was an Important element in
One of tbe puzzles of ber lite is that, ill matters
We wonder if we stand alone in having regarding
the success of the convention.
religion, sbe allowed ber understanding
been
our
reason and
unjust in
unquali- to adopt npinioiia v.lnch ber deepest
While the addresses delivered and for years
repudiated. Her beart ever gave tbe lie
iiffecliiins
the papers read on different phases of the fied condemnation ol George Eliot in lo ber bead:
work wen all unusually good, I here were regard to ber relations with Mr. Lewes V
"The best good Christian sho.
Allhinigh she knew it not."
three addresses which deserve special How many otherwise well-informed peomention. Thoy were on subjects of vital ple could state the exact facts of this lint the fact remains that in ber published works
would search in vain for any iudioation
Interest to the church and association, "celebrated case" f From an intensely the reader
of ber private skeptical tendencies.
but in Honolulu
at
Edwin P.
Friday
not only in California,
as well, and were as follows :
I."The Alarming Increase of Sabbath
Desecration on the part of the Young
Men of California. What Attitude shall
the Association take for ils .suppression?"
Rev. s. I'. Sprecher, !).!)., otS. F.
11. "Is the Bible Adapted to the
Young Men of ibis Age ?" Rev. Geo.
W. l/.er, D.D., of S. F.
111. "The Relation of the Church and
Association to the Young Men of the
Community." Rev. J. Coyle, of Oakland.
We can only say of them that they
were masterly efforts, characteristic addresses of the men who gave them. Wo
expect to have a limited number of the
printed reports in which they will appear in full, together with the entire
doings of the Convention.
The business sessions closed on Satururday night, and Sunday was given entirely to religious work, and was well
filled with various services, as follows:
At t):20 A. M. Consecration meeting;
11 A. M., Church services conducted by
delegates, .1 P. M., services for young
men only, at which six requested prayers
and consecrated theinselve to the Master.
At the same hour a service for women
only which was addressed by delegates;
at 4:15, open air meeting at which there
must have been nearly 1200 people present.
The farewell meeting at 7:30 was a
blessed season. It opened with a praise
service in which the Y. M. C. A. male
choirs of S. F. and Napa joined. Later
the 23rd Psalm was repeated in the sign
language by Theo. Grady, President of
the Deaf Mute Branch of the S. F. Y.
M. 0. A.
riniis
Interesting tide by
Whipple,
in the Octob. r number of The North
American Review, entitled "George
for Foriiqn Missions.
Eliot's Private Life," we quote the fol- lleceived
fun MiiTi Church
lowing :
mat '•ilium Iriaatfa
$ IS7 40
Killlllli' linnet!. killllilkiihlkl
IllllkU I lllllth, Kr ll|Hltli
Avail* ot lluilH, (iilbeM l.-luml*
llciiiiiiula. W. P. Kulnilu
Wuililkll I'lninli. J llauli'
KmIihiii ukikii l hurdi. II. I' Wood
l.Hliirl li-luiuli r» at l.iliui'
What suiue liberr.l critics would call the great
mistake n. tier liio, 11 not, as both English and
All..'l'lcall llhlllOhbiaid assert, tbe great blot on
ber ctiar.tcler, was her inatiiage to (Jeorge H.
Lewes. Aco.-irding to English law tbe marriage
was lllegitl. I in- wife of Air. Lewes abandoned
t.nu alter coiiiuiilliiig adultery; she tell, or pm
lauded to teel, I'uinoisu tor her conduct, and w is
icccivt-d back into the household she bad dishonored. Then som. new sedui el' tein,.u-d her lolly
1 be burntagain from ber burib.uiit and Children.
liei'.Olle lioli.eie-.M- ll> ati enli.ill1> of the Kllgllsh
law, l.ewen bad lorleiled lib right to be dlvorcm
Iroiu In* f.inbless partner, bee.iuhu, in a iiioinent
ot compassion, lie bad received ber back as Ins
"i.iwluil.y" wedded wile. In Ibis condition, as a
REOPFRTMBOEHARSWUDFINEN OV.,1835.
For Home Mixtions.
Keuiiae Clinrcli. Kn ma I. ahi U
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I Ion mum. <'lunch. W. I'. Kahale
W. I'. Kabale, Wailuku
on no
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1100
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111(10
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Ainoiiiii received linen the Gilbert
4 56
Inland* for ttcrlptarne eoM
For QUbtri /*• o»d I'ubtifations.
184 00
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tiur Hevriul Fund
100 00
holialtt t'iiuuh. K. Uotid
81 75
W'aihee church, O. Nawaibine
IB 75
Chinese
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WM. W. HALL.
dishonored husband, be met wub All**
Ev.iiis. lie wits f.iciliated by ber, and she gradu
ally became fascinated by him. Tbere was no
outer be.iuty on t-itber stile; Lewes was one of the
boauiett men in Ureat Britain, and Miss Evan*
bad no personal attractions, if we except the
sweetness of her voice and the singular beauty of
exprebsiou in ber eyes. Eaoh saw the visage of
MONTHLY RECORD.
Hi,- mini' "in the mind."
Miss Evans, repudiating
the teclin.ilily of the English law, consented to be
MARRIAGES.
united to Mr. Lewes, went abroad with bun, was
married to him, we think, in some foreign KIRKBRIDE—SEVERAI^CE—In San Francisco, on
England
to
a
kind
of
social
city, and returned
October SWIh. ISBS, at Iheresidence of the bride's parrebel, frowned upon by all women except tbose cels, byltiv. E. (i. lleekwllh, (llimiil BiciiH KIKIinliiiiate friends who knew their motives and never
Hiiina aim Ai.ii'B Mar. daughter of llun. 11. W. Severfaltered in tbeir friendship. As sbe never sought ance, ex Consul of Hawaii.
bore
exMILI.KII— HART—At Walkiki.Oahn. on November
and
rather
disliked
she
with
it,
ininntj,"
i>l Mrs. J. Lcmnu, Mr. i'. K.
emplary patience all the social disadvantages of 2d IHB.'>, at the residence
of San Krauclsco, to Miss Minnie E. Uaht, of
Mii.i.ku.
ber illegal ra. her Hi in nn nor.ll ooflduot.
ihis cily.
While we may regret the technical ilLUCAS— BANNISTER- At Palama, Oahu. on Novlegality of her marriage was she u '< sin- ember Bd. 1885. at the residence or William Auld, Esq.,
I »ici
'
Mr.
Lucas to Miss Mabt Hannister.
.
Charles
ner aliove all Galileans ?" The great JOHNSTONE- AFONU.-l.ti this city, November
A. Crnzan, pastor of Kort-Sl, Church, Mb.
Morley
minister,
William
Wesleyan
Hlh. by J.
Aktiicr Johnstons and Miss .Jci.ie 11.AroNQ, both of
Punshon, after the death of his first wife, llllliolulll.
HE VI'ON-LEW IK.-November 3Uth, IMS.',, at the
wished ts marry her sister ; but tiie Engof J, A. Hopper. Esq , llimo ulu. 11. I Mb
lish law forbade such marriage. Mr. resident*
Okoikik I i'i.i.khton Kknton "( llninskua. Hawaii, to
Kats Lewis of Honolulu, the Rev. EC. Oggel
Punshon and the lady went to Canada Miss
ofllciatiiig.
and were married, and who condemned
them ? On the contrary, while on his
DEATHS.
wedding trip, we formed one of eager PECK—At sea. on Friday. November 6th, 1885, on
board 8. S. Mariposa, eu route from San Francisco,
thousands in Chicago who thronged Far- Lieut.
B. lliaos Hsc*. U. 8. N, aged xears.
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