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CONTENTS.
I'AI.K
The Political Outlook
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The Rel lion* Bet wee 1the Hawaiian Islands and
.span.sh America in Early Times
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The Hawaiian Histnr cat Society
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Spiritual Labors Aaong Sefcineii
Monthly Record of Events
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Main? Journal
Haw iian Bo.trd
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Y. M. C. A
Report of Our OH cate to the London Council
Cover.
DealhofDr. Kobttl W Wood
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Result of Astronomical Work at Waikiki
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The Political Outlook.
I'iie Biennial election is close at hand.
With little taste for the discussion, we
pen a paragraph or two for the information of our readers abroad. There has
been the usual activity in electioneering,
possibly more than the average amount
of acrimony.
Much that has been
spoken may charitably be construed as
Bunkum. No earnest enthusiasm has
been conspicuous upon either side.
The extreme views avowed by the
"Liberal" party, led by Bush, Wilcox
and Ashford. have caused a substantial
union for a time, of the various sections
of more conservative views, in support
of the "National Reform" ticket. Bush
and Wilcox sought to restore by force,
in 1889, the much abused Royal prerogatives exercised under the constitution of
1864. They have now, in anger at the
conservative course of the Queen, inverted their standard, and are clamoring for a Convention to create an entirely new constitution, intended to dethrone
the Cjueen and establish a republic.
This intention was explicitly avowed in
letters of Wilcox to Moreno, prematurely published by the latter in New York.
The alarm created thereby among Ha
waiians who are generally loyal to the
(jueen, has led him to attempt a partial
disavowal of those letters; but the intention is not doubted.
Their second avowed object is to
prevent the ratification of the new treaty
negotiated with the United States as
being damaging to Hawaiian independence, especially in the cession of a
naval station at Pearl Harbor. Mr. C.
W. Ashford who defeated a similar
treaty two years ago, is applying himself
to this end in the interest of his Canadian
employers against the United States,
with an activity and zeal which deserve
their highest appreciation.
Nearly all foreigners, and a majority
of the more intelligent natives, are
strongly opposed to both of these enThe
deavors of the Liberal party.
Convention project is viewed as revolutionary, and subversive of public security
and credit. No tampering of any sort
with the Constitution is much favored
in the present depressed financial outlook.
As to the treaty, both capitalists and
working men see in its full Free Trade
provisions the only relief in sight for
the present depression caused by the
ruinously low price of sugar under the
McKinley tariff. All intelligent citizens
believe it to be of vital importance to
perfect that treaty.
These considerations have rallied so
united an opposition to the common
enemy, that we may hopefully look for
the election of a fairly conservative
majority in the coming Legislature.
The New Church Edifice is assuming imposing form. The steel shingling
of the extensive annexes is nearly finished,
and very becoming. Several large arched windows are conspicuous. This edifice is only befitting to the great pecuniary prosperity of the country in which
members of this church have largely
shared during the past years. It needs,
however, to be borne in mind that Christian ardor and fruitfulness are very apt to
develop in inverse ratio to the costliness
of the house of worship. Holiness and
consecration have in all ages been more
apt to grow in conventicles than in
Cathedrals, in cottages than in palaces.
This need not be so. This favored
church may confidently be expected to
become more and more abounding in all
good works. Else its new and comely
housing would be put to shame.
Rev. R. R. Hoes, Chaplain of U. S.
S. Pensacola, preached January 10th,
at 11a. m. in Central Union Church,
with great acceptance.
Mr. Hoes has
in many ways, made himself favorably
known in Honolulu.
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Number 2.
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS AND SPANISH
AMERICA IN EARLY TIMES.
[Kead before the Hawaiian Historical BuCsety Jan. M, 1801 ]
The whole Pacific Ocean belonged to
Spain by a double title; viz., by the right
of discovery, and by the Bull of Pope
Alexander VI. Certainly the Spaniards
had a long start of other nations in its
exploration. In 1513, only 21 years
after the discovery of the New World by
Columbus, Vasco Nunez dc Balboa beheld the Pacific Ocean from a peak in
Darien, and afterwards wading into the
sea, took possession ot it "and all its
appurtenances," in the name of His
Catholic Majesty, the King of Spain.
Seven years later, Ferdinand dc Magalhaen (or Magellan), a Portuguese navigator in the service of the King of Spain,
sailed through the straits named after
him, and crossed the Pacific Ocean, discovering the" Ladrone and Philippine
Islands, which became Spanish possessions. This new route to the Indies was
claimed by Spain as her exclusive
property.
In addition to this, Pope Alexander
VI in 1493 granted to Spain the property
and dominion of all places either already
discovered, or that should be discovered,
west of a meridian line drawn from the
North to the South Pole, a hundred
leagues to the westward of the Azores
and Cape Verde Islands. Pope Martin
V had already, in 1432, granted to Portugal the same exclusive privilege in respect to all countries beyond Cape Bojador to the eastward.
The line of demarcation was moved
270 leagues further west in 1494, by mutual agreement, in order to give Portugal
a title to Brazil. This famous Bull of
Demarcation did not, however, prevent
the explorers of the two nations from
coming into collision on the other side
of the globe, where they contended for
the possession of the Moluccas or Spice
Islands.
In the latter part of the next century
Spanish expeditions from Peru discovered the Solomon Islands in 1567 and
the Marquesas in 1595. But what is
of more interest to us, is the fact that
Hernando Cortez, immediately after his
conquest of Mexico, fitted out an expedition on the western coast to reinforce
his countrymen at the Moluccas. The
little squadron, consisting of three small
vessels, carrying 110 men, and commanded by Don Alvarado dc Saavedra,
sailed from Zacatula, Mexico, Oct. 31,
1527. The narrative of the voyage is
preserved in Herrera's work and also in
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Burney's "Discoveries in the South
Seas," both of which are in this Library.
When the squadron was about a thousand
leagues from port, it was scattered by a
tempest. The two smaller vessels were
never heard from again, but Saavedra
pursued the voyage alone in theFlorida
to the Moluccas, touching at the Ladrone Islands on the way.
Nbw a well known Hawaiian tradition relates that in the reign of Keliiokaloa, son of Umi, a foreign vessel was
wrecked at Keei, South Kona, Hawaii.
According to the tradition, only the
captain and his sister reached the shore
in safety. From their kneeling on the
beach, and remaining a long time in
that posture, the place was called Kulou,
as it is Unto this day. The natives received them kindly, and placed food before* them. These strangers intermarried with the Hawaiians, and were the
progenitors of certain well known fami
lie's of chiefs, as for instance, that of
Kaikioewa, former governor of Kauai.
IT we reckon by generations, allowing
thirty years on an average to each generation, we find that Keliiokaloa was
probably born about A. D. 1600. and
was' reigning at this very time. This
coincidence was first pointed out by Mr.
H*. R Peirce, in a paper read before the
California Acadamy of Sciences in 1880,
and was' afterwards fully worked out by
Horl. A. Fornander. As the latter has
ahbWn, Saavedra's squadron, at the time
of trie storm, was probably within 200
miles to the south-west of the Hawaiian
Islands. The time was probably near
the' erid of November, and the storm a
regular Kona from the south-west, which
would drive a vessel directly to the western coa** of Hawaii. No white people
e'Kce'pt the Spaniards, were cruising in
thtr Pacific Ocean at that early period,
sftld' there stems to be little room for
doubt tnat the foreign vessel which was
wrecked on the Kona coast about this
frhVe' Wis one of Saavedra's missing
ships. No trace of Spanish influence
on the1ancient Hawaiian arts, religion
Or language has been proved to exist.
Feather helmets were also worn by TaMtiari chiefs, although less artistic than
thtrife' of the Hawaiians. The HawaiisttfWord' potto, right, has been supposed
By Some to be derived from the Spanish
butno, but it is a New Zealand word,
rfleaning straight, or true, in that dialect.
Poto is also a New Zealand word, meaning 1short.
Again in 1542, Don Ruy Lopez dc
Villalobos with Juan Gaetano as pilot,
sailed from NaVidad, near Acapulco, in
Mexico, for the Philippine Islands, the
tfrriperor, Charles V, having sold his
claim to the Spice Islands to Portugal
ih 1839 for 380,y00 ducats.
The narrative of the voyage states
that 30 days tail from the coast, between
9* arid 11* N irth latitude, he discovered
grbup of islands fringed with coral,
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arid abchiriding with cocoanut trees, inhabited by Savages, nearly naked, wear-
Februay, 1892.
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ing mats, which he named "Islas del History), states that an ancient manu
Rey." It is now generally admitted script chart was found in the archives o'
that these were part of the Caroline Isl- that office, in which this group is laid down
ands or possibly of the Marshall Islands. as in the chart of the Spanish galleon,
After many disasters a remnant of with the name "Islas dc Mesa," and a
his men, after twice endeavoring in vain note declaring that they were discovered
to sail back to Mexico, found their way and named by Juan Gaetano in 1555.
to Europe from the Moluccas in Por- Unfortunately no record of th t voyi ge
tuguese vessels.
Among these may has been found, but it is possiuie that it
have been Gaetano. It was not till 1565 may yet he found in some private or
that the first successful voyage was made public collection.
from the Philippine Islands to the
In the Theatrum Orbit, of Ortelius,
Armerican coast by Padre Urdaneta, by an atlas published in Antwerp in 1570,
first sailing north as far as the 36th de- a group of islands with nearly the same
gree of latitude, and there taking the names as those in the chart of the
westerly winds.
galleon, is said by the Spanish HydroIn a few years after this, regular an- grapher to be laid down between 17J/j°
nual trips began to be made between the and '•20° North latitude, but only 35° east
Philippine Islands and Mexico.
of the Philippine Islands, or SO" degrees
In 1578 Sir Francis Drake discovered too far west.
These islands did not lie in the reguCape Horn, and entered this ocean,
which was then claimed as a Spanish lar track of the Spanish galleons, for on
lake. When he arrived in England af [leaving Acapulco in March, they steered
ter his circumnavigation of the globe, south-westerly, so as to passconsiderabI
the Spanish ambassador, not only de- ly to the south of them, and then ran
manded restitution of the plunder which along the parallel of 13" or 4° to (luam
he had taken, but denied the right of in tilt- Ladrone Islands. On their rethe English to sail in the Pacific Ocean turn voyage from M mila, leaving in
at all, to which claim Queen Elizabeth jnlv, they sailed northwards till they
made a defiant reply.
reached thirty odd degrees of north
During the next century the spirit of latitude, and then ran before the Westermaritime discovery and of individual ly winds till they approached the
When about 1)6 deenterprise among the Spaniards seemed American coast.
to have died out, for after the voyages grees east of Manila the} generally met
of Mendana and (juiros in 1595 and with a kind of floating sea-weed, called
1606 to the Solomon and Santa Cruz porra, upon wich the Tt Dcnin was
Islands, we read of no more exploring chanted, and the galleon's prow turned
expeditions by them. During the 17th to the southward.
The error in the longitude of La Mesa
century, the Pacific Ocean remained
almost unknown, except for the dis- of 100(1 miles is not so surprising when
coveries ofthe Dutch explorer, Tasman. we consider that chronometers were not
The Spaniards were very careful to vet dreamed of, and that Spanish navi
conceal all their discoveries in this part gators depended entirely on dead reckon
of the world.
ing for longitude, and when we take
In June 1743, the British ship of war, into account the effect of the equatorial
"Centurion" under Lord Anson, after a current, which runs from east to west.
bloody engagement, captured the an Thus La Perouse coming from California
nual Spanish galleon from Acapulco, found that the error in his dead
near the Philippine Islands, on her way ing caused by this current, when he arrivto Manila. A manuscript chart was ed off Hawaii, amounted to r >° to the east,
found on board, containing all the dis- and Vancouver, coming from the south,
coveries that had been made in the remarks that his dead reckoning from
navigation between Mexico and the the same cause, placed Hawaii :>° M'°
Philippine Islands. In this chart a too far east.
The latitude could be roughly ascergroup of Islands is laid down in the
same latitude as the Hawaiian Islands, tained from the sun or Pole Star by the
but about 17 degrees too far east, or astrolabe or tiie cross stall, within a denearly one third of the distance from gree. Hadley's quadrant was not irivt ill
here to Acapulco. The southernmost ed till 1730. The use ofthe log formeasur
and largest island was named La Mesa, ing a ship's velocity was not known before
"the table," which seems to point to 16*07, and did not become general for
Hawaii with its high table land, North many \ears after. A sand glass and a
of it were La Desgraciada, "the unfor- practiced eye constituted the only appatunate," perhaps Maui, and three smal ratUS ofColumbus orGaetano. The Spanler islands called " Los Monjes," "the iards were among the poorest navigators
monks," which were probably Kahoo- of the time. For example, after dislawe, Lanai and Molokai. This chart covering the Solomon Islands, they
was published in the narrative of Lord could not find them again, and they
Anson's voyage in 1719, which is in our were lost for 150 years. The water
library.
supply ofthe Spanish galleons was not
An official letter from the Spanish Hy kept in casks, hut in large earthen jars,
drographical Department, dated Madrid. part Of whicn were often hung up all
Feb. 21, 1865, (which was published in around the shrouds and stays. As it
the "Friend" and also in Fornander's was impossible in this way to carry a
'
.
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11
THE FRIEND.
sufficient supply of water for a six ing intercourse between these islands
months voyage with 400 or 500 people and Spanish America, carried on chiefly
on board, they always took to sea a in English or American ships. As long,
great number of mats. Whenever it however, as those countries remained
rained, these mats were spread out under the rule of Spain, all foreign trade
obliquely, so that all the water which was contraband and dangerous. No
fell on them drained off into long splitj foreigners could legally trade there or
bamboos, which in turn conducted it into even enter their ports without a special
jars. The mortality on board ships on license, and even intercolonial commerce
long voyages at that period was fear- was reduced to a minimum. Thus in
ful, the scurvy frequently carrying off the last century, but one or two ships a
half of a crew.
year were allowed to trade between Peru
To return to our subject, while it is and Mexico, and the same between
very unlikely that Capt. Cook had not Mexico and the Philippine Islands.
seen the chart of the galleon captured
Even in later times trade was carried
by Lord Anson, it does not seem to have on with difficulty, by sharing the profits
had anything to do with his discovery with the local officials. Honolulu beof these islands. Sailing, as he did, came an entrepot for cargoes of goods
due north from Bolabola for Alaska, he from Boston and Canton, which were
does not seem to have been looking for intended to be smuggled into Mexico
any islands, and the first sight of Oahu and California in exchange for hides,
took him by surprise.
furs and coin. The export of breeding
The position ofthe La Mesa Islands, animals from California was forbidden.
as laid down on the Spanish chart, was Every few years vessels were seized or
a thousand miles to the east of Hawaii, fired upon for some violation of these
and Cook's successors at first retained absurd and intolerable restrictions. For
both groups on their charts as may be example, Capt. Cleveland was fired
seen in the atlas accompanying the first upon in San Diego in 1803, the Mercury,
editions of Cook's voyagts.
Capt. Ayres, confiscated in 1813, the
Seven years later two of his officers, Pedler seized in 1814,the Lydia in 1816,
and Dixon, on their way to the and in the same year the Albatross had
North-West coast, as their crews were to sail for Honolulu in haste, leaving
suffering from scurvy, headed their ships Capt. Smith in durance vile. Capt.
for the supposed position of La Mesa, Sumner of the Waverly had a similar
sailed over it, and ran down the parallel experience, and Capt. Bradshaw of the
till they arrived at Hawaii. A few days Franklin had a battle with the fort at
later, La Perouse, after searching in San Diego in 1828. In Capt. Alexander
vain for La Mesa, did the same, and be- Adams' journal, kept when in the brig
came convinced of its identity with Ha- Forester, occurs the following passage
waii. Capt. Cook's discovery then ap- under date of Dec. '20, 1815. "Anchored
pears to have been purely accidental, in San Luis Bay near Pt. Conception
and quite independent of that supposed (California). Saw several Spaniards on
to have been made by Juan Gaetano 234 shore driving some cattle towards us.
As we had previously engaged some,
years before.
During the latter part of the last cen- we sent the boat, and to our great chatury the Spanish monopoly of the Pacific grin found it was merely a decoy, as
Ocean was infringed upon, much to the directly the boat landed, twelve soldiers
displeasure of the court of Madrid. rode towards them, and had they not
Both English and American ships ac- been very active in launching the boat,
tively engaged in the fur trade along the they would all have been taken prisNorth-west coast, which the Spanish oners, but fortunately they got safe on
authorities denounced as illegal, but board."
could nat prevent. Their colonial govBut after 1830 a more liberal policy
ernors received orders to capture, if pos- began to prevail, and foreigners were
sible, any of these poachers that should treated with less hostility and suspicion.
put into their harb is. For instance, The idea of colonizing these islands or.
the Commandante of San Francisco was of converting the inhabitants seems
ordered by force or fraud to seize the never to have occurred to the Spaniards,
Columbia, the first ship that carried the which shows how much changed they
American flag around Cape Horn. In were from their forefathers, of the 16th
1789 two Spanish ships of war were century. Still Spanish influence left
sent to Nootka Sound, which seized sev- sensible traces of itself at the Islands,
eral English fur traders, one of which, though slight and superficial in comthe sloop Princess Royal, visited these parison with that emanating from a cerislands under the Spanish flag in March, tain Puritan town on the other side of
1791. These outrages nearly led to war the continent.
between Spain and England, and in
The first cattle were brought here
1790 a treaty was made by which Spain from Santa Barbara in 1794 by Vanacknowledged "an equal right for Eng- couver, and the first horses from Cape
lish subjects with Spaniards to carry on St. Lucas by Capt. Cleveland in June
all branches of commerce" in those 1803. Hence the native breeds of horses
waters, and to restore the buildings and and cattle are descended from the Calil.tnds at Nootka Sound.
fornia mustangs and long-horned cattle
From this time on there was increas- respectively, which in turn were descend-
Ed from the stock brought over from
Spain by the Conquerors of Mexico.
It is worthy of mention here *bat the
first mosquitoes were umnteo»ia«>*tty. introduced at Lahaina by (the ship
ington from San Bias in 1626, an importation which we could well haw •dispensed with.
Of Spanish settlers there werecompartively few. Don Francisco Patale y
Marin, alias "Manini," born at Jer*a in
Andalusia, arrived in 1791, and remained here until his death in 1837, leaving
behind him a large family. Don Marin
was much trusted by Kamehameha I,
acted as interpreter for him while- be
(Kamehameha) resided on Oahu, and attended him during his last illness. A
curious old document exists in ,the
archives, appointing Don Marin captain
in the Hawaiian Army, dated P«c. lQth,
1819, and signed by Boki. The Don
deserves to be remembered for his example of industry and thrift, and his Access in cultivating many useful fruits
and flowers such as oranges, figs, grapes,
roses, &c. As early as 1809 we find him
making butter, salting beef for ships,
manufacturing wine, &c. He is said to
have introduced the prickly pear for
hedges, hence called by the natives
"panini."
The loss of his journal is much to be
deplored. Another old settAsr was one
Don Juan Eliot dc Castro, who was for
a time employed by the Russian* in the
fur trade on the American coaat. Having been imprisoned by the CaJifomian
authorities in 1816, he was released at
Capt. Kotzebue's request, and returned
with him to the Islands, where he became Kamehameha's private secretary.
His subsequent career I have apt been
able to trace.
The story of the Spanish piraXes who
arrived here in 1818, has already haen
my
published in the Frietfd and
"Brief History."
The main points are as follows. -During the Chilian war of independence, the
crew of the "Santa Rosa," a sloop of
war from Buenos Ayres, mutinied and
ran away with the vessel, After pillaging a town on the South American coast,
they arrived at Kealakekua Bay with
their plunder, where they sold the vessel
to Kamehameha, and abandoned themselves to drunkenness and debauchery on
shore. Their orgies were suddenly interrupted by the arrival of the frigate,
"Argentina," Capt. Bouchard, which
had been sent in pursuit of them, and
promptly seized the "Santa Rosa."
Capt. Bouchard having explained to
the King that these men were pirates a°d
robbers of churches, he had them caught
and delivered up to justice. Mostofthe
church plate and ornaments were- also
restored. The ringleader was captured
and shot on the beach at Waimea, Kauai.
Capt. Bouchard afterwards sacked and
burned the town of Monterey, and spread
terror along the Californian coaat.
Another pirate, the Qrocann* from
Well-
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Peru, visited the Islands under a false
name in 1822, and was afterwards captured in the Austral Islands.
The trade between the Hawaiian Islands and Spanish America steadily increased. Horses and cattle were frequently imported from California and
sold at good prices.
For example, in September 1828, a
French ship, he Heros, from San Diego,
brought down 17 horses, which sold for
from $85 to $110 apiece. Flour was
imported from Chili, and superseded the
mouldy article brought around the Horn.
As cattle multiplied and became an
"important
part of the wealth of the country, Californian and Mexican "vaqueros"
or cowboys were imported to manage
the "ranches;" hence the native term
4
'paniolo," a corruption of "Espagnol."
They introduced the Spanish method of
lassoing, breaking and training horses
and cattle, and perhaps the barbarous
method of milking cows formerly practiced here.
The Spanish saddle, stirrup and spurs,
the sombrero or broad-brimmed hat, and
the Mexican poncho were all familiar to
the old residents.
The use of adobe or sun-dried bricks
for building purposes, which was formerly
common here, was no doubt derived from
Spanish America. The only currency
in circulation consisted of Spanish silver
coins and gold doubloons, and it is only
of late years that thereal has been withdrawn from circulation.
On account ofthe lack of good schools
in California, several boys from some of
the best families were sent here about
1840, to be educated at the old "Oahu
Charity School," under the care of good
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnstone. One
of these boys, Romualdo Pacheco, afterwards held the offices of State Senator
and lieutenant governor of the State of
California, after its annexation to the
United States.
This event and the discovery of gold
in '49 ushered in a new era in the history of these islands, and set in motion
a series of changes which have nearly
obliterated the last vestiges of early
Spanish influence.
[February, 1892.
THE FRIEND.
W. D. Alexander.
An "Old Probabilities."—Prof. C.
J. Lyons is running a "Weather Bureau"
at the Survey Office. He is getting to
be an adept. About the 20th ult., he
said to us, "It is going to rain on the
29th." It did, and poured so hard that
we felt it necessary to telephone and ask
him, if he was not overdoing the matter.
Mr. Lyons is working out some most
valuable scientific results from his careful record for many years of barometer
and tide-guage. The peculiar position
of this group in the center of a vast and
exceptionally quiet ocean, makes such
records of peculiar importance.
The Hawaiian Historical Society.
Central Union Church Building.
Chaplain Hoes of U. S. S. Pensacola,
has been rendering a most important
service to our Islands, by lending his
valuable special experience to promote
the organization of this Society. A
leading feature of its work is the collection of all printed and manuscript
documents of every sort, calculated to
throw any light on the past in these Islands. Mr. Hoes is lending his experienced service as the Librarian. He has
already collected and arranged a wonderful amount and variety of material, such
as would otherwise be steadily going to
waste, for lack of such a nucleus as is
now provided. A meeting of the Society
was held at the Public Library on the
evening of the 28th ult., when Prof.
Alexander read the excellent paper printed in this issue of The Friend upon
"The Relations between the Hawaiian
Islands and Spanish America in earlytimes. " Over one hundred new members
were votedin. The admission fee is
five dollars. Considerable funds are
required for binding and other expenses.
To illustrate the importance of this
old document business; few persons
perhaps are aware how much important
information Prof. Alexander, while
writing his new History, has unearthed
from certain old boxes of loose papers
found stowed away in the Government
buildings.
On Wednesday evening, the '27th ult.,
there was a special meeting ofthe church
and congregation to hear a report from
the Building committee. Prom this report it appeared that it was necessary to
make an early provision of additional
funds in order to carry on the work of
building. Such additional supply of
means it had been expected to call for
somewhat later; but owing to the hard
times, there had been some difficulty in
the collection of the old subscriptions,
although it was believed that very nearly
all would ultimately be realized.
About $6000 a month are needed, and
about $40,000 more than are yet provided for, which amount is not very much
above the original estimates. Three
courses were said to be open. First, to
suspend progress on the audience portion
of the building, and finish the School
and other rooms for temporary use.
Second, to issue bonds for $40,000., thus
incurring a heavy debt. This the Committee favored. Third, to raise the
funds by subscription, which in the present financial stringency, they deemed
impracticable.
The congregation rose bravely to the
occasion. A strong determination was
expressed to raise the needed money by
subscription, and a committee for that
purpose was appointed. A general unwillingness to saddle the building with
debt was earnestly expressed, although
that would be better, economically, than
to half finish it. The only demur that
arose from anyone, was from the apprehension that such a severe drain upon
the means ofthe church would paralyze
their contributions to their regular Mission and Educational work, than which
result nothing could be more ..ilamitous,
or more discreditable to the ihurch.
The character of this church is too
well established to believe that they will
allow any public claim to take precedence of our outside Christian work, and
of fillingthe already alarmingly depleted
treasury of our our leading agency in
that work, the Hawaiian Board. To
meet this sacred obligation, and at the
same time to carry on our noble building, will call for a degree of effort and
sacrifice, that only a most consecrated
purpose will prove equal to. Such effort
and sacrifice will bring rich spiritual
The Kamehameha Glee Club gave
a concert at the Opera House, on the
22d ult. It was highly praised. Mr.
Theo. Richards conducted. There was
an instrumental quintette of five. Good
for the Kamehameha boys.
A Specialist
for the
Lepers.—The
Board of Health have the definite prospect of very soon securing from England
the services of a suitable expert to locate
at Molokai and treat the disease in the
most scientific manner. Correspondence
to this end has been going on for sev-
eral months between the Foreign Office
and the National Leprosy Fund, of England. While no effectual cure for Leprosy is yet anywhere in sight, very great
relief can be given. The road to discovery of a cure lies through such scientific treatment. A most serious difficulty in such efforts at Molokai, will lie
in securing obedience on the part of
native patients to the prescriptions of the
doctor, against whom the entire force of
the kahunas is arrayed. His success
will largely depend upon his power to
win the confidence of the people, which
will not be easy.
blessing with it.
Annual
Reports of
Central Union
Church.—The usual annual reports were
presented at meetings of January 20th
and 27th. No specially new features
appeared. The various departments of
the church work had been fairly prospered. The reports will as usual, be printed in pamphlet form.
�Volume 50, No. 2.]
Spiritual Labors Among Seamen.
It having transpired that Rev. F. N.
Greely during his late passage around
Cape Horn had been deeply interested
in the crew of the ship, and had been
the means of leading some of them to
the Savior, several gentlemen interested
in seamen frequenting this port have
asked him during his visit here to do
such work among them as his strength
permitted. Mr. Greely has been somewhat actively engaged in visiting and
conversing with the seamen in port, and
having his attention thus directed to
their numbers and their spiritual needs,
he has taken occasion to lay before the
Christian public of Honolulu, some of
those needs as he finds them.
He
says:
"The following facts have been impressed upon me during a single month
of even most superficial effort.
"From two hundred to fifteen hundred men at a time in your harbor; hearty
welcome and gratifying responses, in
manner at least, and words of greeting
and a cordial hand-grasp; a disposition
on the part of some to visit the reading
rooms and attend the services to which
they have been personally invited; the
need of a Home designed and built
with special reference to their entertainment and welfare; and a possibility,
yes, a promise of men led to the truth
and to Christ from efforts attempted in
his name."
The American Seamen's Friend Socie
ty terminated their Chaplaincy here
some seven years ago, when the lamented Father Damon retired from labor
by reason of age and infirmity, Some
colporteur work has since that time
been quite regularly maintained by our
Christian people, and many seamen
have been brought into our religious
meetings, notably those of the V.M.C.A.
In the meantime, the Trustees of the
Sailor's Home have been preparing to
build, and are now well advanced in
their plans.
No doubt the present
financial stringency tends to hinder. It
is to be hoped that Mr. Greely's work
and wisely earnest spirit will contribute
effectively towards a full and early
materialization of those plans; and that
by their means, the moral and social
needs of this most important class of
frequenters of our ports will be provided
for, as they now are not.
Such a Home, as we hope ere long to
see in operation for the cheer and comfort of seamen, will be also a most important auxiliary in promoting their
spiritual advantage. When a sailor becomes a Christian, we know how warmhearted,
zealous, and resolute a
Christian he is apt to make, and what
cheer and stimulus he often brings into
our Christian gatherings. A Sailor's
Home will naturally become a rallying
place for such earnest Christian men.
THE
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FRIEND.
Mr. Shimchi Ando, Ph. 8., is now
assistant chemist at the N. Y. Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y.
He is the adopted son of our greatly esteemed ex-Consul-General, Taro Ando.
After several years of study at Oahu
College, he left in 1888 for Ann Arbor.
He is now under Prof. L. L. Van Slyke,
forrm rly of Oahu College. Another
Punahou boy doing well.
HawB
in oard. -Continued.
the sacraments of Baptism and the
Lord's Supper.
Those whom the Council had approved
rose as their names were called and repeated, after the pastor, the Creed and
the Covenant. They then arranged
themselves in the form of a cross, two
lines leading from the pulpit to the entrance, and two others extending from
the centre aisle to the walls on each side.
The pastor, accompanied by Rev. A. Y.
Soares bearing the baptismal bowl, passed down the lines baptising each individual, and the thirty-three children who
had been brought forward by their parents. Some few did not care to be rebaptised, accepting as valid their baptism while previously connected with
the Romish Church. Then those who
were to partake of the communion took
6eats in the main room and received the
bread and wine in the usual form, the
The Funeral of Maurice Adler
was largely attended. He died on the
10th ult. from lockjaw, ensuing from a
hand wounded by the explosion of a
bomb on New Years' day. The deceased was 21 years old. Capt. Louis Adler
his father is an esteemed citizen, and
member of the G.A.R., and of Central
Union Church. Much sympathy is felt
for Capt. Adler and his family.
two Portuguese ministers officiating at
the table and Messrs. Lyman, and WetSouvenir of Punahou.—We are glad more serving as deacons. All then
to find that the enterprising administra- clasped hands and
joined in singing a
tion of Oahu College have availed them- familiar hymn. The
services closed
selves of the artistic services set at with a prayer of
by the
benediction
work here by others to issue a beautiful pastor.
little pamphlet containing six exquisite
Although the services were five hours
plates of grouped views of the College long, there seemed to be most unwearied
buildings and grounds. They are in and undivided attention
throughout these
the same style as "Vistas of Hawaii," varied and
exercises. It was
interesting
but smaller. Copies may be had of a most memorable
occasion, with not
Prof. T. L. Wood at Punahou, 35 cents one unpleasant
incident to mar in any
each.
way the solemnities and proprieties of
this high day for Hilo; a foretaste of
"The Story of the Creation, as what may be expected and accomplished
illustrated by Assyrian and Babylonian in other communities where the Portudiscoveries, is now seen to be the He- guese constitute a large and growing
brew version of the primitive legends part of our diversified population. H.
common to the Semitic races, as much
on a level with them indeed, in their imMONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
perfect standard of physical science, as
them
in religious
infinitely superior to
Jan. Ist.— Hawaiian neighbors of Mr.
teaching, in purity and holiness, in free- and Mrs. Robt. Lewers, at Waikiki,
dom from the grotesque features which give them a surprise New
Year's hoodisfigures the other versions. The kupu.—New Year's receition to young
teaching is the teaching of the spirit; men and strangers at the Y. M. C. A.,
the narrative a purified form of a Semitic by the W. C. T. U.—Picnic of the
Sons
legend."
of St. George at Remond Grove.—
This is the language of Prof. Ryle be- Twelfth Annual Competitive
Meeting of
fore the Anglican Church Congress, held the Hawaiian Rifle Association ;
W. E.
at Rhyl, North Wales, in October last. Wall captures three prizes, C.
J. Wall
We quote it as being so much in accord two, A. C. Wall, H. W. Peck and
F. S.
with the language of Principal Cave, as Dodge, one each.—Evening reception
the
Friend
of
quoted in
November last. and ball at the residence of W. C.
Wilder.
Thanks-giving means thanks-living.
2nd.—Mortuary report for last month
It is not how long, but how well we shows 54 deaths, divided equally belive.
tween the sexes. In nationality HawaiiCulture cannot destroy sin. It can ans lead the list with 30; in ages, 16
were infants and 15 were between 30
only hide it.
He who knows men is clever; he who and 40 years.—Weather record shows
the average temperature to have been
knows himself is wise.
Without trials, you cannot even guess 73.57, and barometer 30.088, with a total rainfall of 2.44 inches for December.
at your own strength.
4th.—Court term begins with a large
Love labor. If you do not want it calendar.—Political parties considering
for food, you may for physic.
their " slates."
A man stands in his own light who
sth.—Stmr. Australia leaves for San
keeps fighting his own shadow.
Francisco with a smaller passenger list
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than usual. Total loss by file in the
Oahu-Molokai channel of the whaling
bark John P. West; the crew, in foul
boats, were towed to-port by the 11. 0,
Hall -Lewis Cmige wedding at St.
Andrew's Cathedral.
6th. -Mrs Florence Williams inaug
urated her series of morning lectures for
ladies. Mechanic's Union and Hui Kalaiaina unite on a ticket for Nobles, iepresentatives and road board. The liberals make public their nominations
also.
7th.—Liberals meet at the armory and
ratify their nominations. Mechanic's
Union do likewise at the Robinson's
Hall ; nd adopt a platform. Chief In
gineer elect, Asche, of the hire Department, takes office.
9th.—Stmr. Yamasluro M iru, with
1,095 Japanese immigrants, arrives, importing all in good health; on removal
to quarantine station, two of the crew
were found down with the small-pox.
Native Sons of Hawaii agree upon a
Noble, representative anil mad board
ticket.—The Liberals hold forth in mass
meeting at Emma Square,
10th.—Young Maurice Adler dies of
lockjaw from injuries sustained by the
explosion of a Chinese bomb in bis hand
on New Year's day.
11th—Stmr. Rio dc Janeiro from
China and Japan, en route to San Francisco, touches off port to land freight and
passengers, but small pox developing
among the Chinese for this port, the
simply lands them for hospital care and
continues on her voyage, rather than be
delayed here for an eighteen days quarantine.— Hawaiian Historical Society
organizes.
ISth.—Closing of the Union Iron
Works. Arrival of the Alameda from
the Colonies er. route to San Francisco.
Thunder and lightning with heavy
rain spoil several programs for evening.
Nth.-Registration for voting at the
coming election is now in ordei
throughout the city.—Departure of the
Yamashiro Maru for Japan. W. C.
Wilder, on petition of many first ward
voters, decides to stand as an independent candidate for representative from
that ward.—The Custom House tables
for last quarter show total domestic exports as valued at $508,198.69, Sugar,
bananas and guano only show an increase over the amount exported in 1890,
All other products show a decline. Total value of exports for the year will be
given later.
16th.—Messrs. W. O. Smith, W. F.
Allen and A. J. Cartwright, appointed
receivers of the Union Iron Works, expect to continue the concern on a smaller
scale.—Nightly gatherings by the several factions in various parts of the city
are indicative of the warmth ofthe campaign.—Prof. Anderson,magician, opens
at the Music Hall.
17th.—An exceedingly cold day for
Honolulu with much rain.
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—
Februay, 1892.
THE FRIEND.
—
18th. IV ith of a native Bailor on the Marine Journal.
Mikahala from supposed poisoning.
POHRTF ONOLULU.—DECEMBER.
19th. Aniv.il of the Monowai t n
route for the Colonies, having been d<
layed five days, awaiting Ihi
ARRIVALS,
mail. Fire in warehouse on t! <! i 1... i Am 111 I us rO, Schmidt, 12-, dayt fin S»«
0,
planade; early extinguished, fortunate
to days fa New Cattle.
lh,v,r,
A.ii ii U i I ■. M,t m1,.i11, la's, ilayt fni San
iy, with but litlle damage.
ii
20th. Mrs. !•'. vVilliama gave an
ml ill,i ihi., Sunt, tb% dsys fill I'urllsnd
i Alien I'honipton, tt% ,l.i>s fin lleparlure
evening entertainment for thi benefil of
1
the V's at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, which il Jap S-. in1.1 ,hi i M.vii. Young, US days fin Yokowas fairly attended an '. greatly enjoyed.
'■i
.1 thel /mi I'etemon* returned leaking,
II An. ,i h ki, dc Janeiro,
111 itn)H fill Viikllhsstt
-Ist.— Kamehameha (Hue Club Con
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V
Viol c. In, Ih. I ,'.i.,inrs.
Mon
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,i.'\,
cert at the Music Hall; well patronized
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v.ii. '.i■
iiii s.ui Francisco,
il 1 ,1.,, H.i '..n hi.
and well received. 'I he Japanese in
vYii keloti
days Ini San
quarantine become nr»i v and demon
'!'. days (ni San Fran
strative, but the timely arrival of the
HI
n.,
!*\s tin Sun Francisco.
Km 1
I
Ii
squad of police induces them to behave ;'• Ajll
hk Sonom Let, ■•■li. lr in New Cattle.
and f;o to bed.
pj ,".1 /,'/'(■ A'A.'.S.
22nd, Dead body oi i Chint si infanl "-I '.'
Sotted
I
Am I' i M I il ■ 11.I'm I
found anchored in a kerosene tin in a
in I I'ihiovi y. Mi-N> til, fur San I ran* wo.
\n Sri A su-.i
li ■> ~.. i,, :,.,,, | nuidaco
stream at Waikiki.
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<il> ,ii.l, for ban Krancssca,
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of the new chemical fire engine. A I
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Miss N McLeuna,
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lon, hi.l i \ Kartaao.
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'_'7th. The constitutional question in
the i ase of Ahlo, as to Chin' Be voting,
was argued before the full bench and
taken tindtr advisement.
28th. Ahlo mandamus case settled,
contrary to his expectations; Chinese
can't vote. Meeting of the Hawaiian
1 listorical Society; Prof, Alt xander give ■
a very appropriate paper as the firal
contribution to its annals. 106 members
added to the Society.—Organ recital at
Kaumskapili, a successful affair, artistically and financially.- Strong effort
made to concentrate forces upon a Noble ticket for Oahu that will "win the
day;" in consequence, Mr. Emnieluth,
Independent, withdraws.
29th.—Firstanniversary ofthe Queen's
accession. The day came in with he,ivy
rain, lasting till near noon. The ri cep
tions at the Palace were, nevertheless,
maintained in their order, followed by a
royal luau at 3 p.m., which was largely
attended.
Men are bad enough with religion—
what would they be without it ?—li.
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MARRIAGES.
BROWN Ii Honolulu, Dec 81,1891 stthe
Kawaahaol hurch, hy ths Krv II 11 Parker, Alakema
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HOI I -SIEINEt.K In Honolulu, Dec 31, 1081, at the
Ii tth lie < ..ill-il' .1 by the llishop of Olba, James
I..iw.cn. ■■ Holl ~»l.c i.i S.c.n. ck.
LEWIS i K.ilill. Al si A.i.lm v's I ihedral, Jan 6th,
\ the Isev Alex Mackintosh, Mr Harry F Lewis
1,. Mr. Ilal garel M i I.e. .1 1 Iraige.
loVll.l. In ths ,-itv. J.'nu, 189!, by Re»
ATWAI'ER
Anratarta Mrs Ida B Loeell.
X o Beckwith
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SMITH kl .sl.l A In this city, Jan 20, 1892, at the
residence or the bride, bj tbt Bishop ofO'ba, Mrs A M
L Kiogtley i" Mr W H Smith, li"iii of Honolulu.
DEATHS.
ADLER—In Honolulu, Jan 10, fl, aflstaaus, Maurice
Adler, ape.l 22 years .unl Inm tlit. ton of Luis Adler.
ER.V-1 I HLKtil'.ft- At Kawaiahao, Honolulu, Jan SO,
l.vis, beloved rhild il Mr and Mrt J N Krnßberger,
tgcd 1 year,
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THE FRIEND.
Judge Lyman
Tins ami remained in charge ofthe the Japanese Church.
meetings. A great desire was manifest- was chosen Clerk of the Council. The
ed to have a church organization and a paper! presented we;e examined, amend
Tins p.inc it devoted to the interil the llawailttn church building of their own. Collect- id, and approved by the Council Friday
llu.llj t.t Ml, i.:i-,, .m I tin' | ..[,..,, ,t| pi | ,! ~\ l|,c
ions win taken, contributions solicited afternoon. In the evening fifteen candirift*,,
H >;ml is re p m ttTjlcj FOf ii>
and the local committee ofthe Hawaiian date* were examined as to their personal
Hoard, Key. E. I'. Baker, Judge I-'. S. trust in Christ and their new lite in Him.
AY; 1 O. P. Emerson,
Editor* [,yman
and Dr. C. 11. Wetroore, advis- Saturday evening men were examined.
Sunday morning came bright and
ed and urged the underl king and prose•
Rev. M. Lutera has under his spiritual cution of the project. '1 be Hawaiian clear. At BtSO o'clock the Council recare some fifty G Iberl [slanders. He Board accordingly so voted, purchased assembled m the new Portuguese Church,
and bis people occupy wli.it are called
i .Mills lot loi sl lb i, the adjoining heard the testimony of about forty-five
the South Sea Quarters on the Pahala lYarei. 1 it I'm a pal sonage at $800, and men and women and approved in all
Plantation, Kau, Hawaii.
engaged Mr. C. IS. Ripley to prepare a eighty-one. Some who were deemed
Mr. Fuller, the manager of the plan pi.in tor a Buitublt church building. The 100 young and immature weie advised
tation, speaks well ol these people us plan, as amended, has resulted in a most to unite iii ;i pastor's class for further
laborers. They are especially valuable, tasteful and commodious bouse ol wor- instruction and advancement. The acas are the Hawaiians, in handling thi ship. In the square tower with steeple counts given of personal Christian exHI feel high, besides the high belfry, perience were very clear and convincing.
stock. They are good teamsti rs,
Mr. Il'idler has seen that Mr. Lutera there La i 1 rge porch lor the accommo- A small proportion only could read either
is comfortably housed.
dation of tl.i ,:. ihering worshippers, A Portuguese or English. Children, taught
1(1x16, mi the front, opening out of in the public schools; had been the helpThegVahala Plantation is the only urn
in the region thai makes a point ol' em .in: ;.ul': of t!ie p. lib. gives ample ac- ers of their parents in reading to them
ploying Gilberl [slander, only lix being co'.nmod tti< n In >*n Sunday school room, the Word tGh d. Ii is n. t till 11 a.m.
employed by the Hilea I'lantation, [*hej oi for social religious meetings. Wide di.it the examination was complete. The
seem to be a roving people. One wo- doors thai hit op to th< ceiling give en- names were then called one by one, and
man who was met at the pastor's house trance and outloi I into tbe mi.in loom, all, by a standing vote, expressed iheir
had been twice to Samoa, once to Ji luit, which is also ef.tered from the porch. adoption of the papers read and acceptand now she nod her husband are here. 11... ■; miiH) ipi ■ i il.' entrance is the ance ofthe arrangements proposed. Mr.
it pi
nmi .oi.l sin ;i is' seats, in a Hoshina, the Japanese preacher, then
During flei rovings
Ii d ni pia\ ci.
twice lo her nat ivi i I.;. I
run.i ii !i from iln main room, projecting from it, and Mil nd also by a door Dr. Wetmore began the service of
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Spi, ii jail;'. Hi'
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on the outsidi
'i'ln main room, 3 Ix.'ll, dedication by giving* statement ofthe
community.
i, seated u iih 1': i une seat chairs ar history, progress and completion ofthe
diagonally across the mom. The work, and, on behalf of the Hawaiian
The even! "I this iasue which we havt
..nti icl
as taken by Mi ■ Andei son, Hoard, offered the building for the use of
to citron ii le is the formal ii of a Pol in
guese Eva ngi lical Chu h in II :io. ~.. i ii.i ii. .-nil i' s,, itisfactoi ily com the Portuguese Church.
The whole
1 he congregation rose and repeated after Mr.
Pleading .is is the church
whit !i pit ted the i nion Bvht ol housei
80 i, hut altei ..turns Soares, in Portuguese, a formal act of
has been etc le 1 foi the ii
lodal
ital cost to :.i".".'.'.si. dedication, after which' the prayer of
up tl
of the I.ii i.o
n a pi rsonal consecration Was offereL by the Moderaspn itii.il hoi; it: win
hmtl I'lie Poriugi i
and
with the tor ol the council. This was followed
scenes to ii i jet
and
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ice ci earn by the usual exen isei of Sabbath morncomeh
cleaned, and graded ing worship, the singing being led by a
It was cX -li. ated to a bibli il I lith, t.. ;, ,i ival ii.' i■ n
the pi i iiiisi-s male quartette, Miss Hitchcock playing
a faith in whii Ii Chi ii i shall i" the cen
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ti soil attractive ihan the organ and Rev. A. Y. Snares preachter, and bis choral t.i 11" n
i I eign Churches, and ol irtg the senium from I. Peter, 2:!),; Mr.
of its growth. 1
1 !,i ,\,.; ii: Chui h on lie- same baptist reading an appropriate O. T.
dedicated to Chi istian
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si i ipture Ii sso:i.
brethren u en
how tin
Mr. Baptist with the aid ofthe local |udge Lyman gave a brief statement
able to gov. m thenisi Ives, and be help
ful as a Chi i ,ti n felh iw.nhip, h Ip il n u
i itei drew up a call for a council, of the calling of the council and the aconly to their people but also to
covenant, rub a ol order, and tion taken. To this Mr. Baptist respondbroad work, so tins- shall show
list ol officers for a proposed Portuguest nl on behalf of the Portuguese, whom
!.', angelical Chur. h.
they have a right ii be. Som of tl
To these papers he represented. Then the moderator
be sei i:i. ,1 th< n .rri' h ol mnet] nine declared them a duly organized Church
people have h,nl leanings towards
evangelical Christianity from tht timi
men, women, nd children,
I'bt ooncil of Christ and assured them ofthe syma,is in\ itr»d to mi el !■ i
their coming among us. Oth' rs Ii
idu) [une 1 Ith, patliy and fellowship of all other Evanmore lately come to the li;;iit.
he 1 laili Church to exa mine these gelical churches on the islan 'i. Rev.
m
The following, taken from the P. ('. documents, decide a i to the advii abilit) (.). P. Emerson gave an address to the
Advertiser, is republished here as .i bit i I org ni/iin; a church and take charge newly-formed Church and Rev. S. L.
of history worthy to be pr< erved in th< of appropi i in i.'. I.i ...•-, ol di dicr.tion
Mile.mied them wilh Iraternal
annals of the Hawaiian Churchi.ii n cognition.
Ri v. Dr. 1 n dc, who greeting from ihe Native Hawaiian
a.is s. I.i
as delegate from the Central churches.
It was suggested at this point that a
The New Portuguese Church in Hilo. Union < hurch, wa i cho an Moderator ol
the Council, Rev. <>. P. Emerson re thankoffering be presented, A collection
liver since the visit ol Rev. E. N.I
nted '. he H b\v liian Board, and Rev, was taken winch amounted to $60. It
A. r
Pires, of Jacksonville, Illinois, to
the Portuguese Mission in bad evidently been expected by the peoPortuguese community in Ililo. Di
Honolulu. Besides the local committee plt and it was interesting to see the
ber, 1890, and the interest awaki n 1 bj .tin m\ named, th« othei members of the children untying their handkerchief cornthe religions meetings which he held, Council From Hilo were Judge S. L, ers to give the coins they had kept for
there has been a constant Rttepdan <: ni Austin and 11. Porter of the Foreign this gift lo the Lord. The L. M. Doxa good Portuguese aud
the Sab Church, X iv. S. 1.. 1), tha and B. H. ology closed this part of the services,
bath morning service conducted by Rev. Brown, from the Haili (Hawaiian Evan- and preparation was made at once for
R. K. Baptist, who accompanied Mr. gelical) Church and T. Heshina from
IJOAI.H.
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THEHONOLULU,
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devoted to the interest* of the Honolulu
Christian Association, and the BoArd of
Directors are*responsible for its contents.
This
[February. 1892.
THE FRIEND.
16
page is
Young Men
H. W. Peck,
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Committee on DevotionalWork.
Sunday Evening Meeting held in Y.
M. C. A Hall, 1690-91: 2 Dec, 72; 28
Dec, 79; I Jan., 70; It Jan., 160; 18
191—48:1; average 97. 1891-92,
Jan.Dec,
87; 27 Dec, 94; 3 Jan., 114;
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10 Jan., IGS; 17 Jan., 69—529; average
10ft 4-5.
Friday Evening Prayer Meeting, Y.
M. C. A. Hall, 18 Dec, 19; 25 Dec, 15;
1 Jan., 33; 8 Jan., 28; 15 Jan., 44—139;
average 27 4-5.
Extra Prayer Meeting, 7 to 7:30 p. m.
during week of prayer in Central Union
Church, 6 Jan., 15; 7 Jan., 15; 13 Jan.,
14 44. At the three meetings 41 of
the 44 persons took some part in the
meetings.
Bethel Hall Meetings, 19 Dec, 36;
20 Dei.., 51; 26 Dec, 31, 27 Dec, 41;
3 Jan., S6j 3 Jan., 60; 9 Jan., 55; 10
Jan., 84; 16 Jan., 80; 17 Jan., 66; 18
Jan., 87; 19 Jan., 66: 20 Jan., 56—749,
or average 57 8-13. Chairman of this
sub committee reports upwards of 15
persons signified, by standing up, that
with God's help they would lead a
Christian life. Of these eight have
testified that they knew that God has
forgiven them and accepted them as
sons of His.
Jail services held at Oahu Prison, 20
Dec, 63; 27 Dec, 74; 6 Jan., 80; 10
Jan., 79; 17 Jan. 74 = 370; average 74.
Total of persons at all meetings 1831.
While your Committee feel in a measure there is much cause for joy and congratulation in the above report, yet there
is so much still untouched in the work
about us, that it behooves us to urge
forward to greater endeavor; especially
do we refer to the necessity of a SubCommittee on Harbor Work. A grand
field lies open in this direction and our
Association should embrace this opportunity for furthering the interests of the
Master's cause and sending good cheer
and the gospel over the seas.
With an additional suggestion we
close. Reference is occassionally made
in our meetings to the limited number
who take part. We suggest that in no
case should the leader occupy more than
10 minutes or so in opening, and others
be urged promptly to respond and with
a careful stimulus soon would come the
time to 30 seconds limit.
W. C. Weedon,
Chairman Committee.
small to hold the increasing members
attending, and so the International Hall
was secured. This building was fitted
up by the association, its name changed
to Bethel Hall and services began in it
on December 26.
Prom the very beginning these meet
ings have not only been well attended
but also of great interest.
Men have been inquiring the way to
God. A score or more have expressed
their determination, with God's help to
lead a Christian life. Of these quite a
number have come out very clearly as
to their knowledge of their acceptance by
and sonship with Jesus Christ. The work
has been of great benefit to some of
those, who although Christians had
allowed themselves to sleep while on
duty. Work for God biings its blessing
not only to those for whom we labor
but also to the laborers. When the
Divine life in the soul is quickened then
men respond to the pleadings and leadings ofthe Holy Spirit.
The work is still going forward; work
for God once started never stops. The
meetings in Bethel Hall will continue, if
not every night at least thiee or four
nights in the week. The members of
the Y. M. C. A. cannot afford to allow
a few to carry on this work. Let us
put some of our prayers into actions,
some of our aspiring thoughts into
loving deeds. "For not the hearers of
the law are just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be justified.
We often pray that God's kingdom
may come; do we mean it; or is il a
mere form of words ? Our actions and
life tell to others as well as to ourselves
how much we are in earnest.
Reading Room.
By the contributions of a few of our
members the reading room committee
will he able this month, to add to the
attractions ofthe reading room by placing half a dozen large photogravures
with handsome koa frames upon its
walls. These will not only add to the
attractiveness of the room but also give
visitors some idea of the loveliness of
this Hawaiian paradise.
Monthly
Meeting Y.M.C.A., held January21, 1892.
There were 19 members present.
President G. P. Castle in the chair.
The Treasurer's report showed Receipts lor the month $655.81. Dis
bursements $389 56, leaving balance on
hand $266.25.
The Gen. Secy Mr. Peck reports progress all along the line. He says "God's
spirit has been with us in power; and
men have been seeking, finding, and
bearing testimony to the new life."
Mr. English has started a class in
music for boys.
Mr. Ripley reports the Committee in
Temperance work held no public meeting
this month owing to Week of Prayer
and other public meetings.
The Visitation Committee reports the
16 calls at the Hospital, 5 religious services at the Jail and 35 visits to ships in
the harbor.
The Invitation Committee report the
Y. M. C. A. placards placed in suitably
conspicuous places.
The Entertainment Committee report
partial arrangements made withthe Camera Club for an Exhibition next month.
The Employment and Reading room
Commitlees have both been busy. A
collection of $ I.Oft was taken up.
The Board of Directors were instructed to rent Bethel Hall for special Gospel
services.
The following persons pere elected
members: Keamalu, voting member; E.
A. Reinholdt, Alfred C. Wall, Arthur Y.
Wall, Geo. H. Angus, David P. Thrum,
W. G. Shannon associate members; 7
in all.
J. Barm- i,
Rec. Secretary,
Y. M. C. A. MEETINGS.
Men's Prayer Meeting, Friday 7:30p.M.
Evangelistic Services, Bethel Hall,
Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 r.M.
Meeting at Oahu Jail, Sunday, 11-12
A.M.
Gospel Praise Service, Y. M. C. A.
Hall, Sunday, 6:30 7:15 p.m.
Monthly Business Meeting, Third
Thursday of each month.
SUNDAY EVENING TOPICS.
A check for $100.00 accompanied the
Febri'Akv 7. The Daily Walk; Eph.
following kindly note:
5:1 21.
Honolulu, Jan. 19, IM< '.
—Does Death End All? Luke 16:
14.
of
To the President
the Y. M. C. A. of
19-31.
Honolulu:
*|, —Workers; Gal. 6:1-10.
Dear Sir:
28-The Test of Salvation; John. 8:24:
Gustav Edmund Schaeler, 4 years old
|ohn 17:20, 21; Acts 8:37.
to-day, desires to be remembered by your
Association on his birthday, and to send There is talk among the younger memyou the accompanying donation, with bers, of starting a
Literary Branch in
his best wishes for your continued suc- connection with the
V.M.C.A.
cess in the good work you have underan
to
earnest appeal from
In response
taken. Very Truly Yours.
the General Secretary, a special collecP, A. ScHAKFKK.
The evangelistic work of the Y. M.
C. A. has been greatly blessed during
tion was taken up for the purchase of
The cordial thanks of the V.M.C.A. meal tickets to be used in cases of actua
the past month.
need "The poor ye have with ye always.
Queen Emma Hall was found too were conveyed to the donor.
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THE FRIEND.
Report of our Delegate to the London one of the highest character. Coming
at a period when the hostility of the
foreigners to the missionaries was perA large audience assembled on Sun- haps at the height of its bitterness, he
day evening, January 3d, at Central was to them a prudent and stedfast
Union Church, to htar the informal re- friend, as he ever continued to be. His
Council.
port made by Justice L. McCully, as
Delegate from the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, to the International
Council of Congregational Churches,
held in London during July, 1891.
Our Delegate began by thanking the
churches for having added to his European tour such an unusual social and
religious enjoyment, as was experienced
at this Council. It was opened at
Memorial Hall on July 12th, and continued ten days. Mr. and Mrs. McCully were made the guests of Mr. A.
Spicer, at his palatial home in the
suburbs, where they were brought into
intimate intercourse with many prominent delegates.
The speaker noted the great variety
and interest of the many papers read,
and of the addresses made, extended
reports of which have appeared in the
American religious journals. He was
especially impressed with the advanced
theological views of the English divines,
as contrasted with the conservative
opinions of many Americans.
Our Delegate twice embraced opportunities given him for brief speeches at
the Council, in which he took occasion
to correct some mistaken impressions
current in Faigland respecting social
and political affairs at these Islands.
FVom printed reports of those remarks
of Judge McCully, as well as from his
own statements, we judge his statements to have been made with excellent
judgment, and likely to be useful.
The hospitalities and entertainments
at the Council were abundant and
varied, and were greatly enjoyed.
Among them were trips to John Bun
yan's Bedford home, also to Scroobywhere the Plymouth Pilgrims originated-
unusual business capacity was proved by
his success in the then difficult business
of sugar planting. Practically, he was
the father of successful sugar industry
here. Dr. Wood was one of the very
last links connecting us with the days
of the old chiefs and people who had
known and feared Kamehameha, and
the old gods and sacrifices. In 1839
when he came here, Honolulu was a
town mainly of thatched huts, with
wheeled vehicles almost unknown.
Results
of Astronomical Work at
Waikiki.
Nature, of Dec. 3rd, reports Sir William Thompson as saying:
"Prof. Eoerster of Berlin tells me
that he has already received from Honolulu a first instalment of several
hundred determinations of latitude,
made during a first three months of the
proposed year of observations; and that,
comparing these results with the corresponding results of the Berlin Observatory, he finds beyond doubt that in these
three months the latitude increased in
Berlin by one-third of a second, and
decreased in Honolulu by almost exactly the same amount. Thus we have
decisive demonstration, that motion relatively to the earth, of the earth's instantaneous axis of rotation, is the
cause of the variations of latitude which
had been observed in Berlin, Greenwich, and other observatories, and
which could not be wholly attributed to
errors of observation."
"These irregular movements of the
earth's axis are believed to be produced
by temporary changes of sea-level due
to meteorological causes."
A "Cold Wave."—Sunday, January
17th, was distinguished by the very un-
Death of Dr. Robert W. Wood.
Dr. Robert W. Wood, who died in usual circumstance of a considerable
of temperature during the forenoon,
Jamaica Plain, Monday, January 4th, fall
from
65 degrees at 7 a.m., to 61 degrees
(now
from
Waterville
graduated
College
Colby University) in 1892, and from the at noon, during an active rainfall from
Medical School of Bowdoin College in west and south-west. We once knew a
1832. He sailed from Boston (for the very similar case at Hana, Maui, when
Hawaiian Islands October, I*3B, where the wind was blowing direct from Mauhe arrived April, 18W, and by appoint- iiitkea, which had just received a heavy
ment of the American Consul was ten snow fall, reaching far down its flanks.
years physician of the Hospital for Sea- The mercury then suddenly fell about
men ai Honolulu,—from 1839 to ISI9. ten degrees in the middle of the day.
For twenty yean subsequently he was Honolulu is, however, more than twice
engaged in the growing and manufacture as distant from Maunakea as Hana; It
of sugar, a pioneer, and the 4irst finan- has also been learned that the mountain
cially successful one, in the introduction had snow only near the summit on the
of this industry into the Hawaiian Isi 17th, although heavily mantled a few
ands in 18(ili, and withdrew his business days before.
The position of this group, in the
therefrom, and from all business in 1»78.
Since 1872 his home had been in Jama- middle of a vast ocean expanse ol comica Plain. Di. Wood leaves a widow paratively uniform temperature, is very
unfavorable to sudden changes, or "cold
and one son.— Huston Journal.
waves,"
but perhaps does not entirely
was,
Wood
for
Dr.
nearly thirty years
one of our most esteemed citizens, and forbid something of the sort.
-
Union Iron Works Closed.—We
deeply regret to notice that this large
and important establishment has been
compelled to suspend, throwing out of
work nearly sixty employees. These
works had only recently completed their
great contract for the Ewa Mill, for
over $200,000. Meantime the older establishment, the Honolulu Iron Works,
continues to supply the needs of the
country, as to machinery.
The immense depreciation of sugar
values consequent on the McKinley
Tariff Act will undoubtedly cause the
suspension of the weaker class of sugar
plantations to a considerable extent, and
a general shrinkage of values in all of
them. Hawaii has enjoyed fifteen "fat
years;" we will hope that the coming
years will not be distressingly lean,
although "hard times" are evidently
entered upon.
Here is an eloquent citation from Sir
Bartle Frere's article on the adaptation
of Christianity to all forms of civilization, in the "Missionary Intelligencer"
(linglish): "I speak simply as to matters of experience and observation, and
not of opinion; just as a Roman prefect
might have reported to Trajan or the
Antonines; and I assure you that, whatever you may be told to the contrary,
the teaching of Christianity among 160,-000,000 of civilized, industrious Hindus
and Mohammedans in India is effecting
changes, moral, social, and political,
which for extent and rapidity of effect
are far more extraordinary than anything you or your fathers have witnessed in modern Europe. Presented for
the first time to most of the teeming
Indian communities within the memory
of men yet alive—preached by only a
few scores of Europeans, who, with rare
exceptions, had not previous!' been remarkable among thi ii own people in
Europe for intellectual power or cultivation, who had little of worldly power
or sagacity, and none of the worldly
motives which usually carry men onward
to success—Christianity has nevertheless, in the course of fifty years, made
its way to every part ofthe vast mass of
Indian civilized humanity, and is now an
active, operative, aggressive power in
every branch of social and political life
on that continent."
Doing wrong always poisons something good in your own soul.
The man who conquers himself fights
a battle that the angels exult in.
There are no disappointments to those
whose wills are buried deep in the will
of God.
No man is really a large man who
does not feel that his duty is larger than
himself.
Holiness does not consist in doing
uncommon things, but in doing everything with purity of heart.
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THE FRIEND.
CASTLE & COOKE,
HARDWARE,
Inootpontteed
ihmo.
Oahu Railway and Land
Skipping and Commission Merchants
TTTILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
....
W. C. Wii.iißk,
Hackkei.ii,
S. B. Rose,
\V. E. Allen.
CAPT. J. A Kirn;,
J. K.
-
President.
- Vice-President.
Secretary and Treasurer.
•
-
Amlitor.
Superintendent.
- -
The Popular Route to the
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
r
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Depot and Offices,
- - King Street.
Mutual Telephone 247.
Bell Telephone 349.
PLANTATION
AN 11
INSURANCE AGENTS.
Honolulu H. I.
HOBRON.NEWMAN&CO..LD.
Train Runs Between
Honolulu and Ewa
Plantaton.
The Road skirts the shores of the famed
PEABL HARBOR,
Importing, Jobbing and Retail
Druggists.
(The proposed United States coaling station,) the grandeur of scenery of
which, together with the adjacent country,is conceded
by all the visitors, and
A OLCANO
IS
Wilder's Steamship Company'sste a me a' "kina [/,"
Via Hilo.
Tickets
CORNER FORT AND KING STREETS,
HONOLULU.
decgi
VIENNA MODEL BAKERY.,
Cream Parlors,
IMb andIce Candy
Factory.
<f
c
m]
\KAXT
\ uovoii . I _g5 HoTEL street—
M
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The rolling stock of the koad is all of the very
latest designs and patents, conducive
to safety and comfort.
Remond Grove,
WII'H THE
11
Delicious Ice Cream, Cakes ;uu!
Families, Kalis and Wki.ii
INC.s Surl'LlKD.
p
O. HALL & SON, (Limited)
Dancing Pavilion,
Thoroughly lighted with Ki.lil'Rlc Lii'.hts,
always at the disposal of
SHIP CHANDLERY,
HARDWARE
AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
F<y Full
Particulars apply to
B. K. DILMNGIIAM,
IRON WORKS CO.
mm
Engineers & Iron Founders,
OtTOO
Queen
—
W- O. ABHLEY,
Superintendent.
CO., LIMITED,
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE
Opp. Spreckei.s'
Bank.
Importers*
Fort Street, Honolulu.
ami X>«Msl*>ra in
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Chandeliers, Electoliers, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures, House Furnishing Goods, Monroe's Refrigerators, Ice Chests
Water Coolers, Agate Iron Ware, Paints, Oils and Varnishes, I ard Oil, Cylinder Oil, Powder, Shot and taps,
Machine-loaded Cartridges, Silver-plated Ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plows, Planters' Steel Hoes,
and other Agricultural Implements, Handles of allkinds.
Plantation Supplies of every Description.
Hart's patent "Duplex" Die Stock for Pipe and Bolt Cutting, Manila and Sisal Rope, Rubber Hose, Steam
Hose, Wire-bound Rubber Hose, Spincter-grip, Sprinklers and Sprinkler Stands.
AGENTS FOR
Carriage Paints, William G
Aermotors (Steel Windmills), Hartman's Steel-wire Fence and Steel-wire Mats, Neal'sTwist
Drills,
Fisher's Wrought Steel Ranges, Gate City Stone Filter, "New Process
Hart's patent "Duplex" Die Stocks, Bluebeard Plows, Moline Plow Works..
ami Works:
- -
Street,
P.
O.
Esplanade
BOX 380.
Ijanlyrl
VJM G. IRWIN & CO.,
FORT STUKIT, HONOLULU.
Sugar
Factors & Commission Agents.
Agents for the
Oceanic
Steamship Comp'y.
j:mB7yr
T EWERS & COOKE,
Dsatlsss in
Lumber and Building Material.
Office—B2 Fort St. Yard—COT. Kinn and Merchant Sts.
F. |. Lowmy,
Cmai. M. Cookk.
Kiisekt Lnrns,
janB7yr
■jITETROPOLI'IAN
MEAT CO.,
No. 81 King St., Honolulu, H.I.
G. J. Waller, Manager.
SHIPPING AND FAMILY
Butchers
General Manager,
—OR
$50.
the Round Trip,
AMI ELKI'.ANT
Pleasure Parties.
pMHiKIKKs AND DEALERS IN
ian&jyr
LABGI
for
jitngi
tourists to he un-
surpassed.
11V
and
Navy
Contractors.
Purveyors to Oceanic and Pacific Mail Steamship
Companies.
U 3 o^!
"
PACIFIC
HARDWARE CO., L'd.
Port Street, Honolulu.
Ironmongers,
House Furnishing Cowls, Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Cutlery,
SUAER-PLATED WARE,
Chandeliers, Art C.oods,
ARTISTS' MATERIALS,
Picture Frames & Mouldings,
KEROSENE OIL
of the Best Quality.
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