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G. tercourse in the soul is needful for rising Thrum, Honolulu, H. I." to the immortal life of heaven. The Godless man, however virtuous, lacks Editor. the S. E. BISHOP needful element, although purity and sweetness of living can hardly exist Ii What ia a Christian The 8 apart from some inward piety. i-elf Denial Week 83 A cry of Sorrow knows are his. only Lord who Christ 38 Missionaries for Asiatics in Hawaii U has come to lift all men who will, into Report ou uilbe.t Islaud Tour Cunlinmd New Theology jl Dewey for I'resblent 35 communion with God, to assure them of 88 the divine forgiveness of all their sins Inhumation or Incineration • *> Honolulu Y. M. V A 86 upon repentance, however heinous those bow » oiik Charter Refuted dn .8 (ia r Death of Hot. 36 sins may be. One who values himselt n ouolulu Public Library Crimps Exclude i8 To his superior virtue, and declines to 86 upon The i lili i> in.- Commission 88 ask the divine forgiveness, or accept the Dentil ol J nines l milpi nil 8U Territory of Hawaii "1 Redeemer's sacrifice, is not only not a Quarantine Lifted 87 I lnistian believer but lacks the humble. i.ouolulu Mortality for March Plague Combats 87 How Alexandria Biennial Appropriation pious heart that may save multitudes gj Organizing. 8i THE b RIEND is published the first day of each month In Honolulu, H. I. Subscription rate Two Dollars per Year in Advance. - - - - Republican farty The Court of Claims A long Drought 1-.nili-i I TyruleseLaborers Lauded Record of ttveutg Marine Jourua> Marriage aud Heath Hawaiian board K.ual Notes Report of Hie Uilbert Island Tour ' 87 87 37 8i 88 88 8U 8» 8» What is a Christian? There is a broad and general sense in which all persons are reckoned as Christians, whose lives have spent among Christian believers and under Christian influences. They may be persons of thoroughly evil, ungodly and infidel lives, but are reckoned as belonging to Christian, rather than Mohammedan or Pagan populations. Most of such persons possess ethical sentiments as to what is right or wrong that are moulded by (. bristian belief. In the strictly accurate sense, however, a true Christian, one whom Christ owns, is one who obeys and follows the Lord Jesus Christ as Master and Redeemer. He accepts the Lord's teachings to the best of his understanding. He strives to obey the Lord's commands and precepts, and to follow his example as a faithful disciple. He worships and prays. He yields himself to the divine leadings of the Holy Spirit. There are many truly good men who are not Christians, whom we believe that God loves, and will give them eternal life. They may be Jews, or Mohammedans, or Pagans. They are honest, just, merciful, faithful and godly, according to the light they possess. But they are not Christians, because they do not follow Christ, perhaps not having heard of Him. who know not Christ. Especially in Christian lands, many persons may by Christian training and example, become endowed with man) atti active virtues and graces, and yet remain without the Life of God in the soul. Yield then to Christ, and become in his name a true child of God. Self-Denial Week. Passion Week was observed by the Salvation Army as usual, in denying themselves of some of the ordinary comforts of life in order to donate their cost to the work of the Lord in helping and saving nun. In this they find a great joy. One cannot but regard such action with reverence. Most of us Christians live in much comfort, and count ourselves highly benevolent if we give onetenth of our income to the Lord's service. Let the example of these devote.' workers of the Salvation Army, who never enjoy luxury, stir us all to true self-denial, and consecration of our all. A Cry of Sorrow. "We can put Jesus on the Throne if we will. Put most people want the Devil to lead them captive into all sin and crime and drunkenness and prostitution and all other villainy. In fact it is the soul's delight of the ungodly to talk and think and desire all low dirty vulgarity. Sin is insanity; the sinner is insane because he delights in death and destruction."—H. Hansen, Pasadena, Cal. The above comes to "The Friend" on a postal card, and we print it because it seems to he a genuine burden of sorrow and loathing on the soul of one who is conversant with the darkness and foulness which till the souls of multitudes of our lost and fallen brothers. Those whom Christian light and culture have kept out of the mire need to remember the miserable condition of great multitudes of their own people, and to join in winning them to the salvation which the Lord Jesus brings. All sin is pestilence and poison. It is our business to apply sanitation and Dealing to the suffering and dying victims whether on Christian or heathen shores. Christ has come to :tve; and we are his fellow-workers. Missionaries for Asiatics in Hawaii. Ihe Rev. E. W. Thwing, for several a successful missionary in Canton, China, arrived here with his family last month, to be employed by the I [awaiian Board as associate with Mr. 1'". VV. Damon in charge of the Chinese mission years work. Mr. I hwing's ability and exper- ience render him an important addition to our evangelical force. The 1 [awaiian Board also expect to arrive in a few weeks to work with the Rev. ( ). H. Gulick for Japanese in 1 lawaii, the eminent missionary, the Rev. Dr. M. L. Gordon, respecting whom we are glad to give the following from The Pacific. Rev. M. Lafayette Gordon, M. 1)., D. I)., a missionary of the American Board, now on furlough from Kyoto, Japan, has been invited b) the Hawaiian Kvangelical Association to take charge of the work carried on in Honolulu for the more than 50,000 Japanese now in the islands. Dr. (rordon was appointed missionary of the American Hoard in 1872, sailing that same year for Japan. He was the third ordained missionary sent to that land by this Hoard. In Japan he early took a prominent place as a leading missionary. He was associated with Dr. Neesima in founding the Doshisha University at Kyoto, and has since been connected with that institution in its theological department as professor. In all his activities he has never ceased to be a strong evangelistic worker. Dr. Gordon is the author of "An American Mission in Japan," a w< irk which has met with high commendation, and the American Board now has in press from his pen a history of the Japanese mission, which covers largely the Christian history of that country. �[May, 1900. THE FRIEND 34 (Continued from page 40.) much moved by the condition of things, and spoke with the Spirit and with power on the text, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" Toromon, who was to be left to take the place of the teacher who had not proved faithful to the trust reposed in him, also spoke, asking the people not to absent themselves from the services as soon as the Star was out of sight. The young men from the Training School spoke also, seeming to forget themselves in the desire to help the people. The audience was made up, not only of Christians, but the atbut also of dancing tention throughout the service was perfect. There was also an afternoon service held at the prison, consisting mostly of singing hymns by the boys and girls. One of the teachers at Abaian had done good service. Morning Star Kaure, the son of Te Kaure who helped Mr. Bingham translate the Bible, has also helped in the work. At Tarawa we were disappointed to find that the English Commissioner had gone away for a vacation, and so could not be consulted about the different parts of the work. From all we hear he seems to try to do justice to all and to help the people to a higher standard of living. Here we found Rev. Teraoi, a man of sterling worth, holding the same position in the Gilbert group that Rev. Jeremiah holds in the Marshalls. By a gradual, and often times painful process of sifting, there is coming to the front, in the Gilbert group, a body of men, true and tried, who in time are to be associated with Teraoi as ordained ministers of the gospel. This is the encouraging side of the work. Two newly married couples and a young man were left with Teraoi to be stationed by him at such places as in his judgment were most vital to the work. Besides having charge of the work on Tarawa he also makes visits to Abaian in his boat. He was to visit there in the early part of January, in the interest of the work. At Tarawa as at all the other islands at which we had touched, heathen dancing was the order of the day. The fact that these lewd exhibitions are allowed by the English povernment gives the people a degree of boldness and defiance which could not otherwise exist. The theory is that the people may dance Christmas and New Years, and on the Queen's birthday. As a matter of fact, they dance for weeks ahead of time, and far into the night. In one village we found the whole population, little children included, still dancing at 11 o'clock at night. We found a sick man who formerly had been a teacher off in the woods by himself. He was unable to help himself, and his wife and children were in the dance. I his dancing is one of the greatest evils with which the teachers have to contend. Beginning with Maiana and going south, the work is more encouraging. 1 here is no dancing except a little at Nonouti and Banaoa. The Catholic element is gradually losing ground both at Xonouti and lapiteuea. On all tnese southern islands there has been much suffering from lack of food, the teachers have not fared better than the other people in this respect. On Maiana, Tebaou, one of the teachers had begun a newspaper, two numbers having already been issued. It is modeled after the paper started on Kusaie some time ago, and does great credit to the pupils at Maiana. In his school the singing was exceptionally good. The new hymn and tune books are beginning to show results. At Abemama there was a decided change for the better in the appearance of the people. The men had their hair cut short, and most of the people were clothed. The appearance of the mission yard and houses indicated thrift on the part of the teachers, 'this impression was confirmed by Mr. Murdock, a local official under the English government. He spoke in high praise of Timoara, the teacher, saying among other things, that he was a man who helped the people in all that was good. Timoara and Tain each occupy two different villages, living part of the time in one, and part in the other, in order to be able to reach more people. The population is small and scattered, and it is almost impossible to gather the people for worship in one or two places. Some ol the people tried to start the dances as Christmas time drew near, and failing to draw a crowd to their dancing hall, they went out on the streets and performed, hoping in this way to attract attention; but their efforts were in vain. Instead, there was a Christmas exercise in the church in which Timoara's and Tain's schools took part. Their singing, though not equal to that at Maiana, was a vast improvement on island singing in general. Bauro, the boy-king of Abemama was present at the exercises. Though he is not a Christian, he shows the result of contact with the teachers, and his questions showed that he was beginning to think for himself. In a long walk from Timoara's place to Tain's we passed the remains of the old council house which Ten Binoka, the present king's uncle, had decorated with the skulls of his subjects of high ranks, whom he had put to death according to his own whim. At no great distance away a church was being built. In the king's village we visited the place where this cruel tyrant was buried. The grave was covered with a structure, not unlike a dog kennel. Over this was spread a large piece of white muslin, showing signs of age. Protecting from all the weather was a native house with sides of wicker work through which we could see the clothes of this once greatly feared monarch. The old helmet-hats lay at the head of the grave. These faded garments, once doubtless things of beauty in the eyes of the people, are gradually falling into decay. And just so surely also, is the heathenism and selfishness of which this king was a perfect type gradually yielding to the leaven of the gospel on this island. Itaaka, a young man trained in Timoara's school, and married to a girl trained in Tain's school, is to help in the teaching at Abemama. Aranuka would have been the next isl- and in order, but on account of the great risk to the ship which would have been involved in reaching the island, it was decided to accept the offer of Mr. Murdock to carry to Job, the teacher, his supplies and mail by the next steamer which was expected in the early part of January. The reports from both Aranuka and Kuria were encouraging. All of the people were in school. Mr. Murdock had decided it was not safe for the teacher to go back and forth between Kuria and Aranuka in a boat to do the work. He was anxious that a teacher should be left for Kuria, but there was none ready. At Nonouti the work seems to be gradually improving. A spirit of fellowship seemed to exist among the teachers. We found them all together in one place where they had gathered for Christmas and New Years. The meetings held on Sunday were well attended. The people seemed to feel encouraged and cheered. They needed the assurance which the Morning Star's coming brought them, that they were still held in remembrance by God's people in the homeland, for many false reports had been started to the effect that the mission ships were not to come to 'hem any more. The teachers on this island have carried on a system of visiting all the villages on the island, taking their scholars and families along with them. Some good results have followed this work, the party of opposition seem to be losing power. The prospect seems vastly brighter than in 1895. On Tapiteuea, Tibwere, the most wide-awake of the two teachers there stationed, seems to be very popular. He has done much to win over the people by singing new songs. He had also tried the experiment of a substitute for the dancing at Christmas time and New Years in the way of games. His efforts were successful, and the dances were �THE FRIEND 35 Vol. 58, No. 5.] given up. Here as on Nonouti the teach- oversight, and a more regular, sure and ers have visited the different villages speedy means of communication with doing evangelistic work with good re- the teachers and the people. Kusaie, C. 1., Jan. 24th, 1900. sults. was much the suffering among There people from hunger. The prisoners were in most pitiable condition. Their rations were the third part of a hard cocoanut three times a day. They were mere skeletons, but were obliged still to work under the hot sun, carrying stones at times until they fainted away. Some of the men had attempted to break away to find food, and were wearing heavy chains. In one room a child of about seven years of age, a supposed murderer, and a foolish man were imprisoned. This is the cruelty of heathenism. There is much patient work still to be done here. Tibwere has the largest day school in the group. Our last island was Banaba. It furnished a great contrast to Tapiteuea. There has been an abundance of rain for the six months, and the island abounded in food. The change in the appearance of the people was as marked as that of the island. This was the opinion of those who had visited the island before. The people were nearly all dressed, and had lost their old reputation for stealing. The encouraging part of the work was not increase in numbers but in spiritual growth. The teacher's houses and the churches were spotlessly clean and white. A spirit of fellowship and rood-will existed amonc the teachers. The churches were well filled, and the people attentive. The singing is behind that in the other islands. The teachers realize this need and are asking for a teacher to teach music. A number of Banaba people who had lived for years on Kusaie and had become Christians, were returned to their homes on Banaba. We hope their influence may be on the right side. There is no anchorage here, and we were on shore only from morning- until t; o'clock. The people followed us to the shore with m'fts of fruit and flowers, and shouted their good-byes to us until their voices were lost in the distance. We left them, much cheered by what we had seen and heard. And so we sailed away for Kusaie with a prayer to God that He Himself would be near to these teachers, and those whom we had left on other islands, in all their weakness and isolation. We found in the islands more pupils than could be taken into our schools, and the teachers were encouraged to train scholars to make homes in the islands, rather than for these schools, which can take but a limited number. Mrs. Garland was able to meet many of the teachers and to give them much to encourage and cheer them. The general impression which we all carried away with us is one of encouragement. The great need of the work is brighter in the world. Any dimness of faith in some quarters is only a transient fluctuation. The witness of the Holy Ghost in the hearts of Christ's people abides and guides them into the truth, as promised, however some of their human may swerve and stray. teachers New Theology. Meantime let God's prophets declare to men the whole of his revealed truth, telling of his Fatherhood and his Mercy, A recent "Saturday Sermon" from our without minimizing the deadly evil of sin good friend of the Advertiser, indicates or the divine judgment against it. Let a public need of better understanding of them declare the whole counsel of God, present theological unrest. And we pre- and not emasculate the Gospel of Christ. mise by saying that such unrest is no bad symptom. The Theology of Christianity, if the Church be in a healthy state, must Dewey for President. necessarily make progress, and be subject to modifications. While Divine Truth remains the same, the church's It is most painful to observe anything apprehension of it ripens and somewhat that tends to dim the reputation of the of Ancient misunderstandings changes. great Admiral who so neatly and sudGod's revelation to man are dropped. the Spanish Heet at Madenly destroyed as known America tendency, A late in two years ago. Through his new nila "New Theology," is gaining prom- wife's influence, as it is understood, he inence. Some of its positions doubtless is seeking nomination as the candidate contain truth, while others are probably of the Democratic Party for the next erroneous. Dr. McGiffert insists that he Presidency. He is reported, without does not disparage the "sanctity of the to have spoken as follows: Lord's Supper," although he doubts contradiction, American people want me for the "If (most needlessly) the evidence of our only be too willing I will this office high Lord's institution of that Sacrament. is the highest honor to serve It them. Dr. Hillis rejects the old doctrine of in the gift of this nation; what citizen Eternal Torments, whether in favor of it? Conditional Immortality, or of Restora- would refuse "Since the subject I am constudying not not but he has tionism, does appear; that the office of the President is vinced "demitted his ministry," and is nearer very difficult one to fill, his not such a than either of his prethe old orthodoxy duties being mainly to execute the laws decessors Abbott or Beecher. of congress. Should I be chosen for this In the "New Theology," although exalted position I would execute the rather indefinite in its teachings, are two as faithfully as I have laws Congress of plain departures from the doctrines held always executed the laws of my superin common by the Evangelical churches, iors." departures which appear to impair the Such a conception of the functions and efficiency of the Gospel. One is the dislaid upon a President is inadeburdens carding of the Expiation of sin by the to such an amazing degree, as to quate the Christ on Sacrifice of Vicarious a serious mental unfitness for indicate Cross, his death being held to be only is difficult for moral effect, and not as an atonement any high political office. It a man so his own great in that to believe for sin. The rejection of this plain such words. used could have profession Testament, is partly teaching of the New a consequence of the other error of the New Theology, in following the vagaries "I have long since ceased to pray, 'Lord, of the Higher Critics, and discarding the a lost authority of the New Testament as a Jesus, have compassion upon hour the remember the and day world.' I sure guide to belief. Paul especially is the Lord rebuking to hear discredited by them as having little when I seemed such a prayer. He seemed authority. Some of the New Theologi- me for making me: to to have had compassion on T say words of to the only accept ans profess and now it is time for you world, a lost the Master, such as the Sermon on the Gordon. Mount, and even from those words they to have compassion.' "—A. J. pick and cull as they please. The Advertiser is not far wrongin An important thoroughfare is about characterizing Higher Criticism as "an to be opened. The immediate extension effort to discard the supernatural." All Beretania street has been contracted of such; is not Criticism however Higher for from the bridge, along the mauka some is reverential and impartial, and its no of side of Aala Park, to a point in King There is need of value. results are near Liliha. This involves a heavy an enstreet alarm, or of apprehension that through the coral hill near King God cutting faith in progressive lightened and and street. and Christ will fail to grow stronger �[May, 1900, THE FRIEND 36 Inhumation or Incineration. A company has been organized to maintain in Honolulu a Crematory for the incineration of the dead, burning instead of burying. Judging by other cities, this plan will find much support. For ourselves, we prefer to consign the dissolving tenements of our dear ones to the gentle decay of mother Earth, instead of violently destroying them in consuming flame. Such has been the long practice in Christian lands, and in Abraham's day. The alleged contamination of wells by graveyards is impossible, except in overcrowded cemeteries. There is no better disinfectant than dry soil, in abundance. The Roman Catholic Bishop has instructed his flock that cremation is contrary to the law of their Church, unless ordered by the Government. All our recent victims of plague were cremated on Quarantine islet, as a sanitary precaution, quite unnecessary, we believe. But it may have been well to be on the safe side, although it was not done in Alexandria last year, where all the plague victims were buried. Their cremation in Bombay did not check the ravages of the plague in the slightest degree. isfied that "the ultimate aim of the Association is politics; moreover a charter is not required for the intellectual and moral work outlined in the application." While the Empress and her Consuls are pleased, no doubt the efforts of the Bow Wongs against the former will continue. Death of Rev. W. A. Gardner. We learn with sorrow of our brother's departure from this life, on April sth. Mr. Gardner labored until lately in Honolulu, with the greatest acceptance lnall Christians, as pastor of the Disciples' Church. He was 54 years of age, had served as a soldier in the Civil War, and for 29 years in the ministry of the Gospel. He was dying of consumption when lie so lately left us, a brother greatly honored and beloved. Honolulu Public Library. debased, how to rule themselves wisely and worthily, must be the labor of many generations, and of many of America's noblest lives. The visit here of these able and excellent men serves afresh to remind us how near to us are the teeming coasts of Asia, and especially Luzon and its sister islands, whicn until latelyhad been terra incognita to us. All enlightened Christians must firmly believe that the success of all civilian labors to elevate and train their peoples into true manhood, must absolutely require the aid of the Gospel of Christ. Unless that diffuses among them the leaven of godly and heavenly lives, they cannot rise into the enlightened liberty of Christian lands. Death of James Campbell. At the age of eighty, has passed on an old neighbor of the editor for forty-seven years. We knew him then as a very cap- Our well-known library became twen- able and industrious mechanic at Lahaty-one years old last month. Besides its ina. By hard work and sound judgment. excellent and popular reading room, it twenty years later he had built up a valucontains about 14,000 volumes of well- able sugar plantation in Lahaina. From selected books, to which some 500 new that beginning of wealth he became the ones are added yearly. There is a reg- possessor of more than three millions of ular income from nearly $50,000 of in- property, all of it, to the best of our vested funds. The average circulation knowledge, honestly gained without deof its books is about thirty-two a day. triment to others. Mr. Campbell was a Honolulu Y. M. C. A. There are over 200 regular members, good citizen, although not a religious and about the same number of transient man. He was remarkable for sound busiAnnual Meeting subscribers. This valued institution un- ness judgment, capacity for hard persistOn the evening of April loth, the doubtedly lias before it a long future of ent effort, and for great personal courYoung Men's Christian Association of enlargement and growing usefulness. age, qualities very commonly accomthis city held their annual meeting in the panying Scotch descent. commodious hall of their building. President, in which was a strong appeal for n new building, corresponding to the needs of the young men of our growing city. "I would have a building that would provide an income from business stores, the lecture hall or assembly room, library, social rooms, To Exclude Crimps. An eloquent and stirring address was delivered by Mr. W. C. Wcedon. the retiring educational class A strong movement has been organized by Mr. George R. Carter and other gentlemen to expel from Honolulu a set of piratical crimps who have been laboring to establish in this seaport their infamous business of capturing and robbing seamen. These men are said to have been very successful in Portland, ' rooms, game room, dining hall, lodging rregon, where they have been a terrible rooms and wheel rooms, not forgetting curse to both captains and men. The rethe gymnasium proper, with its running cent immense increase of shipping in tracks and plunee pools." Honolulu has tempted them to ply their "The Friend" earnestly commends devilish traffic here. Means will no this subject to our Christian public. This doubt be found to frustrate their felonicentral meeting and resting-place of the ous schemes. Pacific should possess for its resident nnd visiting young men a Christian clubhouse as attractive and profiting as can be afforded. An earnest address followed from the new President. Mr. T. Clive Davies, who is the son and business successor of his honored father Theo. H. Davies, long rrtis-c in this Association. . The Philippine Commission. The I T S. Transport Hancock visited Honolulu last week with Judge Taft and bis four distinguished colleagues of the Philippine Commission, with their staff and families. 46 persons in all. They are <"oing to Manila, upon the weighty mission of creating and establishing in those Islands such civil government as shall Bow Wong Charter Refused. best train and educate those varied tribes The Cabinet have declined to grant a into the exercise of liberty and self-govcharter to the Bow Wong Association, ernment. To complete the task of teachon the ground that the Executive is sat- ing those millions, mostly ignorant and Territory of Hawaii. At our latest advices from Washingthe Bill constituting a Government for the Territory of Hawaii was on the point of its final passage by Congress. There is some discrepancy in the accounts given of its precise features as it left the Committee of Conference. Some very absurd amendments had been made by cranky influences in the lower House, and perhaps have not been all eliminated. We shall have to make the best of what Congress gives us. All lovers of Christ's Kingdom should earnestly pray that the Lord may guide and overrule the minds of our people who arc soon to legislate, so that justice, righteousness and purity may be furthered in this Hawaiian group. If we do thus pray, there ran be no doubt but that He who has so marvellously protected and developed his Kingdom in Hawaii for eighty years nast, will not suffer the cause of Purity and Right to be overthrown by any cormnt schemes of base politicians. Ha"■:>ii is now entering upon a new regime. That a great and influential future is immedintelv at hand, is indicated by our central location in the vast and growing commerce of the Pacific. ton, �Quarantine Lifted. The quarantine on account of plague was removed from the city and harbor of Honolulu on the 30th of April. Thirty days had elapsed since the last appearance of the pestilence on the 31st of March. There had been seventy-one cases in this city between December 12th and March 31st, 61 of which died. There were also nine cases at Kahului on Maui, or eighty in all. ()f the cases here, there were: Chinese, 35; Japanese, 13; Hawaiian, 15; White, 7; South Sea Islander, 1. Number of deaths, 61. Recovered, 10. Male cases, 58; female, 13. For some unexplained reason the deaths among Chinese were far beyond proportion to their number. Honolulu Mortality for March. There were 112 deaths in March, which is perhaps not a larger percentage than usual, equal to three per cent a year of the population of the city. Of the deaths forty-seven per cent were Hawaiians. and thirty-seven per cent Asiatics. Five percent were by plague, nineteen per cent by consumption, and seventeen per cent by typhoid fever. Without the strenous war against the plague, that pestilence would have become epidemic, and doubtless have murdered scores daily. This city now needs also to do battle against the infection of typhoid and that of consumption, which rages unrestricted. How Alexandria Combats Plague. In reply questions from the Honolulu Board of Health, the Director-General of the Sanitary department of the city of Alexandria in Egypt states their methods of dealing with bubonic plague. Alexandria is about ten times the size of Honolulu: the plague lasted there about six months, during which ninetythree cases of plague were reported, as eighty here in four months The difference seems to have been that here the disease was allowed to get headway and become epidemic before a thorough inspection was established. The sanitary measures there were mainly the same as in Honolulu, except that there was no burning of buildings, which were first disinfected with corrosive sublimate and then thoroughly whitewashed. All goods of value were disinfected by hot air. Old matting and other rubbish was burned. All persons exposed to infection were thoroughly cleansed and quarantined. The city is well sewered. The mortality among plague patients was about one-half of that in Honolulu. No general dependence was made on to 37 THE FRIEND Vol. 58, No. 5-] prophylactic serum. The experience inches a month in Honolulu. Such a winter drought has not been recorded thus reported is highly instructive. here. We have the more reason to be grateful, because such a quantity of rain Biennial Appropriations. in April has not fallen for many years. The Council of State, being given extraordinary powers, has appropriated for Tyrolese Laborers Landed. the present biennial period the sum of $6,124,313.18, as compared with $5,988,Twenty-two Austrian laborers landed -445.97 appropriated by the Legislature here last week, engaged to work on of 1898. Besides the above six millions, sugar plantations on Maui. They arc $700,000.00 has been allowed for expen- from Pova in the Tyrol. One Joseph se's of suppressing the plague, and mainLucca, a townsman of theirs, enlisted taining relief camps, etc. their services, the planters paying their Besides the above, there is certain to expenses hither. They were to receive be a call for perhaps two millions of $15 a month for the first year, $18 for the damages to property destroyed by fire by second, and $20 for the third. Lodgings, the orders of the Hoard of Health. It is fuel, and medical attendance are free. probable that an extra session will be This is several times the wages they rv called of the new Legislature to be electat home, and they are fortunate ed this year. It is to be supposed that ceived as the labor here is not severe. people, they will revise the above appropriations If they should find it so, there is now of the Council of State. nothing to prevent their leaving it. These people were told in San FranRepublican Party Organizing. cisco that they were coming here to be enslaved. Some newspapers made a In expectation of the adoption of a great outcry about it. In consequence, territorial law for Hawaii, active steps eleven of the party deserted. There was are being taken for the organization of no ground whatever for their scare, the Republican Party in the new Terri- which was the work of labor cranks and tory. It will be natural that the Demo"yellow journalists." It is of a piece cratic Party will also organize. I low the with the base and unprincipled row last various elements of our population will year about tbe "(ialicians," who had divide between the two parties is a prob- never been so well off before in their lem yet to be solved. Those experienced lives. The condition of laborers in Hain machine politics can now get in their waii is under government inspection and line work. substantially good. The Friend seems called upon for this testimony as to wellThe Court of Claims. known matters of fact. A Court of five members was appointed by President Dole, by consent of President McKinlcv, to hear and determine the damages to be paid by the Hawaiian Government for fires. The Council of State refused to appropriate for tin expenses of such Court, which has therefore been suspended, The Council took the ground that the Court should consist only of business men to assess the value of the property destroyed. The Executive held that it should consist of lawyers to determine the legal liability of the Government. A Long Drought Ended. April has at last brought the rains for which we had long been suffering. A somewhat liberal rainfall began on the tenth, with copious rain towards the cm\ of the month. About five inches of water have fallen in the city, and two or three times that in the mountains. The drought had lasted five and a half months, since the latter part of October. Since then, until April io. there had been only nine inches of rain, or an average of 1.62 inches a month, and this during that half of the year which averages over 4.5 Record of Events. April 2nd.—Court of Claims appointed. Annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A., reporting favorable progress for the year. Death of D. W. Roach after a short illness. 3rd.—Dr. C. L. Garvin is made executive officer of the Hoard of Health.—The Council of State has a breezy session on financial and Court of Claims questions. 4th. Several Chinese, at Manoa, get into a serious fight over a question of "water rights," one man's head being badly cut with a mattock. —Several prominent -totes burglarized.—Meeting of the promoters of the new Victoria Hospital for incurables and adoption of by-laws for the Association. sth.—A committee of stockholders and — — directors leave for Molokai to investigate question and other conditions of the American Sugar Co. 6th.—Labor troubles reported at Lahaina among the Japanese of both the Pioneer and ( Mowalti plantations. Bth.—Funeral of the late Robert Hoapili I'.aker, who died on the 4th inst. from heart ailment. Deceased was ex-Goverthe water �38 nor of Maui, and claimed direct descent Waterhouse in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Waterhouse, Mr. and Mrs. John from Liloa, an ancient King of Hawaii. yth.—The police capture an old jail bird Waterhouse and Mrs. S. T. Alexander. supposed to be connected with the late 27th. A Chinese contractor, while robberies.—Court of Claims adjourn in- moving a house, is crushed lifeless in the definitely in consequence of Council of effort to adjust some underpinning. Two others also sustained severe injuries. State action. — ioth.—Honolulu rejoices in its first rainy day in a long time.—Prof. Koebele, the entomologist, returns from a successful search through Fiji and in Australia for the benefit of the agricultural and horticultural interests of these islands. nth.—Chief Justice Judd returns from his visit to the States for medical treatment, with little improvement, if any. 12th.—Afternoon wedding at residence of W. R. Castle, Esq.; Mr. S. P. French and Miss F. Kelsey being the contracting parties; Rev. W. M. Kincaid officiating. 13th.—Kauai reports a Japanese murder and suicide case and Hilo bemoans a stabbing affray resulting in the death of (ins Schwarz, a youth of 19 being charged with the crime. 14th.—Deputy Marshal Chillingworth neatly captures two burglars in tbe act of preparing to blow open L. B. Kerr's safe. 15th.—Faster Sunday. Special service? at all the churches, which were largely attended, the music and addresses being very impressive and the floral decorations a fitting tribute to the day commemorated. [6th. —After weeks of consideration the Bow Wong Wui, a Chinese political organization, is refused a charter by the Executive Council.—Honolulu is promised another daily paper, the Morning Republican, a company having formed and taken over the printing establishment of the late Robt. Grieve. 17th.—Departure of the Australia, with some two hundred passengers, for San Francisco.—The Triangle Club begins a series of weekly lectures on Municipal Government at the Y. M. C. A. hall. 19th.—Celebration of the Y. M. C. As. thirty-one rears of successful labor in this city by a literary, musical and athletic entertainment at their hall. 20th.—Meeting of the Research Club resolves in the formation of a Municipal League for studying city government forms.—Crematory corporation projected with promise of early establishment, with a capital of $20,000. 21st.—Death of James Campbell, awe.! known early resident and retired planter, at his Emma street residence. 23rd.—Sudden death of J. W. Winter, of apoplexy.—Funeral of the late Jas. Campbell, largely attended.—Council of State adjourns sine die. 24th.—Arrival of the Hancock en route for Manila, with the Commissioners to establish a government in the Philippines. 26th.—Odd Fellows celebrate the eighty-first anniversary of the Order by an entertainment and ball at Proeress Hall.— Reception at the residence of Mrs. E. B. [Miay, qooI THE FRIEND. 28th.—The Philippine Commissioners, after an enjoyed brief stay in this city, depart for the scene of their labors. 30th. —()fficial declaration of the end of quarantine, thirty days having passed since the last case of plague. The water front early presented a scene of bustling activity, departing island vessels being taxed for freight and passenger capacity. —Movement for the organization of a Young Women's Christian Association has its first meeting at the residence of B. F. Dillingham. Marine Journal. PORT OF HONOLULU.—APRIL. ARRIVALS I—Am bk Mohican, Kelly, from San Francisco. 2—Am schr Alice Cooke, Penhallow, from San Francisco. Am schr Transit, Jorgensen, from San Francisco. Am bk Alden Besse, Potter, rrom San Francisco. Haw bk Diamond Head, Morehouse, from San Francisco. 3—Am schr Bertie Minor, Ravens, from Eureka. 4—Am schr Maria X Smith, Nilsen, from Port Townsend. Am bk Addenda, Delano, from Iquique. s—Am schr Helene, Christiansen, from Port Bliikeley. Br bk City of Adelaide, Greenwood, from Newcastle. Am bktn Robt. Sudden, Klllman, fTom New- castle. 25—Br ss Moana, Carey, from San Francisco. Nor ss Urn-da, Svenson, from Kaunakakal. 26—Br ss Coptic, Rlnder, from Japan. 27—Am schr Mary E. Foster, Thompson, from San Francisco. Am ss Alameda, Van Ortendorp, from the Colonies. Am schr Okanogan, Reusch, from Port Townsend. Am bk C. D. Bryant, Colley, from San Francisco. 2*i—Am sp I. F. Chapman, Carter, from San Francisco. DEPARTURES. Tor Guam. I—Am brgtn Jno. D. Spreckels, 2—Am sh Chas. E. Moody, Anderson, for Tacoma. Hr bk Highlands, Smith, for the Sound. s—Br bk Aldebaran, Douglas, for Baker's Island. Br bk Helen Denny, Mahon, for Humboldt. Am bk Seminole, Taylor, for the Sound. Am sh Cyrus Wakefield, Macloon, for San Francisco. 6—Am schr Prosper, Johannsen, for the Sound. Am bk Albert, Griffiths, for San Francisco. 7—Jap ss Hongkong Maru, Filmer, for Japan. Br bk East African, Decent, for the Sound. 10—Jap ss Nippon Maru, Allen, for San Francisco. 11—17 S transpt Grant, Buford, for Manila. 13—Am schr Allen A., Iverson, for Eureka. 14—Am schr Bertie Minor, Raven, for Port Town- send. 15—Br ss Warrimoo, Phillips, for the Colonies. Am ss China, Seabury, for Japan. U S ss Port Stephens. Whitehead, for Manila. 16—Am bk Pactolus, Watts, for New York. 17—Am bk Palmyra, Keller, for the Sound. Am bk Echo, Bellesen, for the Sound. Am ss Australia, Lawless, for San Francisco. Am schr Maria K. Smith, Smith, for the Sound. 18—Am ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, for San Francisco. Br sh Hllston, Joslln, for the Sound. 20— Nor sb Thyra, Kdwardsen, for San Diego. Am sh Dashing Wave, Lancaster, for the Sound. 21—Am bk S. C. Allen, Johnson, for San Francisco. 23—Am schr Lottie Bennett, Rasmussen, for the 6—Nor bk Fortuna, Miklesen, from Newcastle. Sound. Am sh Jabez Howes, Clapp, from Taioma. Haw bk Star of Bengal, Henderson, for San Jap ss Hongkong Maru, Filmer, from San Francisco. Francisco. 24—Am schr Pioneer, Mikklesen, for the Sound. 7—Am schr Chas. R. Wilson, Jonnson, from AbBr ss Doric, Smith, for Japan. erdeen. Am siiir Pioneer, Klkklesen, from Aberdeen. 25— Br ss Moana, Carey, for the Colonies. from San FranCzarina, Seaman, Am ss Am schr Chas. R. Wilson, Johnson, for the Sound. cisco, from Port Smith, Smith, B—Am schr W. 11. 26—Nor bk Fortuna, Mikklesen, for the Sound. Townsend. 27—Br sh Grenada, Putt, for the Sound. 9— Y. S. transpt Grant, Buford, from San FranHr ss Coptic, Hinder, for San Francisco. cisco. Am ss Czarina, Seaman, for San Francisco. Am bk Rufus K. Wood. Mcl.eod, from NewAm ss Alameda, Van Ortendorp, for San castle. Francisco. 10—Jap ss Nippon Maru, Allen, from Japan. Am schr Compeer. Larsen, for the Sound. 11—Am ss Australia, Lawless, from San FranAm bk Addenda, Delano, for the Sound. cisco. 28—17. 8. transpt Hancock, Strube, for Manila. Am schr Compeer, Larsen, from Port TownAm bk St. Katherlne, Saunders, for San send. Francisco. Hr as Miowera. Hcmmlnir. from the Colon'es. from Am sh Tlllle E. Starbuck, Curtis, for New Eclipse. Henningson, schr San Am Francisco. York. from Tacoma. 12—Am bktn Newßboy, 13—Am bktn Kllkltat, Cutler, from Tacoma. frcm San Am bktn W. H. Dlmond, Francisco. MARRIAGES Stephens, Port from Whitehead, r S stmr Hilo. MIT<"HEf,L-THOMPSON Pfluger, Liverpool. from ('. Hoever, In Eleele. Kauai. tprl' OCT bk J. Bth, by Rev W M Vf.iaaie. Mrs A'lce Tliomnaon n" 14—BT ss Warrimoo, Ph'lllps, from Victoria. hell of Yew York Ity T Seabury, from San Honolulu to Alb«rt Mlt China, Am ss Francisco. Am schr Robt. Lewers, Goodman, from San S> HNEI"EK-MOEI L-At the rcdrleiio- of th- brld.-. Furt Rev O Pearson. Mr John T hv L. afreet, Francisco. Schneider and Mra Erne L Moell 15—Am sh A. G. Ropes, Chapman, from San Francisco. FPENOH-KF.LSEY—At thereri-'coeof W R. c satle. Am sh Charmer, Davis, from Tacoma. Esq, thla cl«v. Aerll 12th, by th- R-v W M. K|..16—Haw sh Fort George, Morse, from San Fran-i-ald, «* P. French to Miaa F Kelsey, both of cisco. Honolulu. Himalaya, bk NewDearburn, 17—Haw from - castle. DEATHS Am bk Sonoma, Matson, from Newcastle. IS—Am ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, from Japan. city, April 211000 at hts resi19—Nor ss Thyra, Edwardsen, from CAMPPELL-In thla dence oti Emma street, .lames Camph.-M, a na'lve Am. bktn Skagit, Robinson, from Port Townsend. cf Londonderry Ireland. Afred 74 years 20—Am bk M. P. Grace, Grant, from Sydney. thla city. April 21. KOO of •.n»umoi.la, 21—Am bktn J. M. Grlffltii, Arcy, from Port ROrtBRTS—In H nr< D Roberta, a native of San Franolsoo Ca< Townsend. «gerl 42 years. 22—Am bktn John Smith, Anderson, from Seattle. M, IDOO, at h'«realdenoe WINTER In tbla city, April 23— Br ss Doric, Smith from San Francisco. on Kluar stree', .lo'm W. Winter, a native of Knox24—U 8 transpt Hancock, Strube, from San Franaged 44. vllle, Term., cisco. , �THE FRIEND Vol. 58, No. 5.] HAWAIIAN BOARD. HONOLULU, H. I. This page Is devoted to the Interests of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Editor, ap- pointed by the Board, is responsible for its conUnt», Rev! 6. P. EMERSON - - Editor. Anniversary week begins June 3rd and lasts through the 10th. The sessions of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association commence on the sth. School has practically absorbed the Hawaiian Sunday School. It will be but a step farther when the time comes for the Foreign Church to absorb the shrinking Hawaiian Church. In the line of such a merging of interests and as an education for it Lihue is having frequent Union services, which take the place of the regular separate services, and which meet with favor on all hands. On Sunday evening March 25, thanks to the kindness and co-operation of Rev. W. Massie, such an union service was held in Waimea in the spacious and comfortable Foreign church there, which was largely attended and was a decided suc- Rev. S. Kodama arrived, April 23rd, by the Doric. He leaves mission work among his people in San Francisco to take it up in these islands. He will prob- cess. ably be stationed on Maui. Rev. J. M. Lydgate, in conjunction the local pastor, Rev. (i. L. Kopa, and with The Japanese Boarding School under a band of trained singers, has been holdthe care of Mr. Okumura is being refitted ing a series of Evangelistic services in with single beds. Heretofore the child- Waimea which were well attended and ren have been closely packed in double awakened a good deal of interest. The beds; now, by the kindness of a friend, meetings being held in the evening the each child has a bed to itself. There are days were spent in pastoral visitation, and in all 36 children in the school; they come personal persuasion and solicitation. from the vicinity of Honolulu, from Aiea, Breaches were healed and allegiances refrom Ewa, from Waialua and a few from newed. It is proposed to make these the other islands. special evangelistic campaigns one of the features of the work in the future, and The late missionary ship Morning Star valuable results are hoped for. was recently sold in San Francisco for $10,500, and is to go to Cape Nome. She Report of the Gilbert Island Tour. had become too unseaworthy for the mission work. There are plans forming, but By Miss Jessie R. Hoppin. not yet reported here, for a new vessel to take her place in Micronesia. The Gilbert tour for 1890. was made under peculiar conditons. Three differKauai Notes. ent persons shared the responsibility which would have devolved upon Mr. The March session of the Kauai Min- Channon had it been possible for him to isters' school was well attended and de- have made the tour. All three were new veloped a good deal of interest. In the to this special form of service, and some study of Corinthians the subjects taken mistakes were made. It would, however, up were "The responsibility of the Church have been better to have made the tour for the" Moral Lapses of its Members," under even less favorable circumstances "Going to Law for Christians,'' and than to have given it up altogether. The "Things lawful but unprofitable or dang- calamity which follows the omission, or erous." The first of these subjects in par- even the delay, of one of these tours is ticular elicited an animated discussion. not easily estimated. The English ComPapers were read on"The Future of the missioner was moved by the realization of Hawaiian Church," "The Condition," and the awful needs of the work as he saw it, "The Remedy." rather than by a spirit of faultfinding, The sermon outlines contributed and when he left word for us at Butaritari to criticised showed ingenuity rather than the intent that he most earnestly desired depth or force. that the Morning Star attend to her work In the evening the ministers and some regularly and systematically. The stand of their friends were entertained by Mr. which he takes as a friend to our interand Mrs. Lydgate at their home by a lan- ests, gives force to his request. tern exhibition. "The Dore Bible" picCaptain Garland paid the teachers. This tures, followed by refreshments and in itself was almost a heartbreaking task. games. The fine pictures awakened a For some reason the regular order for great deal of admiration, and such simple teachers' goods had been decreased by games as "Fruit Basket" filled them with half, so that even by making use of the delight. The oldest entered into it with ship's trade goods there was not enough all the zest, agility and laughter of the calico and cotton goods to supply the youngest. meager wants of the teachers. On the We find in Waimea a suggestive indi- other hand, it had been a year of famine cation for the future in the fact that the on a number of the islands, and the people large and flourishing Foreign Sunday found the limited number of cocoanuts 39 scarcely sufficient for food to maintain their existence. The haggard faces of the people told us this more plainly than anything which the people said. The cocoanuts are all the wealth of the people, and so the contributions from which the teachers' salaries are paid were very small this year. These two considerations made the Captain's task no enviable one. The second person who shared the work of the tour was Mote T. Tira, the assistant teacher in Mr. Channon's school. He took up the contributions, attended to the sale of books, and aided in a hundred different directions of which there is scarcely time to speak. He took charge of the evangelistic meetings, which were held at all the islands, with the exception of Makin. He spoke with great feeling and power, and held the attention of his audiences well. The young men of the Training School also rendered good service in this direction, as well as in personal work, going from house to house, and meeting the people in the streets. The girls also shared in this personal work. There is much gained by the people in meeting with this body of Christian boys and girls, with their hearts afire with the love of Christ. To some fainting ones it meant renewed courage, and to others, we hope, a start in the better life. This is one reason why the scholars should visit their homes. The statistical report fell to my share. The figures obtained are probably much lower, in some cases at least, than they should be. With the exception of one or two cases, there was no written record to consult. Except in the matter of church membership and contribution, nearly all the figures were given from memory. Mr. Walkup knew the people by name, also their villages and their conditions, and was probably able to obtain a more accurate report himself than teachers could give him. This may be why it happens that on Maiana, Abemama, Tarawa, Nonouti, Tapiteuea and Banaba where the work, as reported by the teachers and as it appears, has improved, the figures indicate the opposite. There are some other reasons why the figures have been reduced. One has already been mentioned as affecting the contributions, that is the famine on some of the islands, such as Tapiteuea. Again, the schools have been reduced by a law passed by the Government which requires those above a certain age to work on public roads, and in other ways; thus making it necessary for them to leave school. The commissioner has also, in several instances, given instructions to the teachers that only those girls who are below a certain age, may live within the mission yard. This has also its bright side in the fact that by the return of these Christians to their homes the light has been carried into a number of new villages. Christmas Eve, on Abemama, an old man arose in �THE FRIEND. 40 evening service, and confessed Christ for the first time. He had been converted by the return to his village of a Christian couple, from Taia's school. On one island, at least, church attendance has been decreased by the repealing of a law requiring every one to attend church. While under this law the churches had been filled the -people had attended on compulsion, and made constant disturbance. The law was repealed at the earnest request of the teachers and to their satisfaction. The short time allotted to the Gilbert tour, only forty-five days, was a matter of deep regret. Had we not been blessed with unusually good winds and currents some of the islands must needs have been omitted. As it was, only one was left unvisited and this was because there was stormy weather at the time, and a call there would have been made with risk to the ship, and with such delay as to makeit uncertain that we would be able to call at all the remaining islands. This will hementioned again in another connection. The visits at the different stations were longer than we bad thought possible, except at Makin. We left Kusaie on December Ist, and reached Kusaie again on January 15th, exactly on the forty-fifth day. The passenger list included Miss Wilson and myself, and our Gilbert Girls, Mote and his wife, the married couples to be left as teachers, and the unmarried boys. We reached Makin on the 11 th day of December in the early part of the afternoon. Only about an hour was spent on shore, and the teachers were requested to accompany us to Butaritari to receive their pay and so save time to the ship. This hurry seemed almost cruel. Therewas no time to gather the people for meeting, not even time for shaking hands and speaking a word of cheer to them. They had not seen the Star for two years, and now to make this kind oi a visit! So far as we could learn Timau and Miriam had been doing good work, though just at this time, near Christmas, the heathen dances allowed under the English government, were injuring the work seriously. The appearance of their home indicated thrift. One of Timau's out-stations has been Kiebu, an islet on the same reef, a good distance away. There were four Christians there, and they had begun to build a church, and were anxious to have a teacher. One of their deacons walked down to the mission station, Timau's place, as soon as the Star came in sight, to ask for a teacher. As this was exactly in accordance with Mr. Channon's plan, Karaiti with his wife, Tebora, a young couple but recently graduated from the schools at Kusaie, were named for the place. Taking Timau and two of the deacons, from his station, we landed at Kiebu, and obtained a promise from the IiMay, pool. king to build a house at once for the who have graduated at Kusaie, were left teacher, and to give him all needed pro- in this place. Tiotaki belongs to this isltection and help. The landing at this and, and his people were delighted to place is very difficult. On returning to have him return to them as their teacher the ship, in the transit from the reef and leader. As far as we can judge, litwhere the tide was low and the waves is one of those rare Christian men who were breaking, to the deep water be- are found even in the Gilbert Islands, yond, some of the young men who were and in whose stable Christian character in the water helping to take the boat out, lies the assurance that the Kingdom of wen- caught and held between the heavy (iod is at hand. boat and the rocks. One of them seemThe work at Abaian seemed at first ed at the time to be seriously injured, but sight very discouraging. A most absurd recovered in a few days. We were espc- and degenerate form of Roman Catholicdally thankful, as we learned later that a ism has sprung up here. Its foundations man had been killed not long before n are falsehood, bribery, (mostly in the form of tobacco) and promises of salvathe same place ami way. There is not a very encouraging re- tion without renunciation of sin. It is port t'> be given of the work on Butari- not greatly to be feared, bearing as it tari. Catholicism has run its course here, does the seal of death stamped on its and has left the ground fallow. For some- very heart. Its danger li'-s in the fact time to come, the work will probably be that after it has run its course it will more discouraging than in a new field. leave the people in a more pitiable con'Ihe schools are small and the people in- dition than that of the most rank heathdifferent. The attendance in the king's en. As usual, their converts are all from village had dwindled down to the num- among the nominal Christians. To gain ber of the king's followers. At the other their ends, they had spread reports i > twt> stations the report is a little better. the effect that Mr. Walkup had left the There were five teachers to be paid here; work, having become rich in trading. Taokai, Tatona and Itianan who came Dr. Bingham had agreed to work for on hoard at Butaritari, Tinrtu from Ma- them, and that the Morning Star had kin, and Karaiti for Kiebu. We left Bu- given up the work and would not appear taritari for Marakei after a stay of a day again. Though the people did not feel and a half. Before we left, the deacon sure of this, their faith was much shaken who had walked to Makin in search of a by the long delay of the Star. teacher, appeared again at Butaritari in If there was a family resident in the a boat to take Karaiti ami his wife back- Gilbert Islands, or even if there were to Kiebu in the boat, lest by any chance sure and systematic communication, or a regular island tour, with an abundance he might lose them. Sailing from Butaritari at noon, we of time at each island, these evil influwere at day dawn close to Marakei. This ences and reports could never gain such was a most happy circumstances, as the power as they do. These white men takeisland has no anchorage, and it is not advantage of tbe ignorance of the people. desirable to be there over night. The The people were surprised to know that Captain kindly allowed all the scholars they need not be ashamed of Luther's to go ashore. This is a privilege not of- name, that Jerusalem was not in France, ten granted at those islands where there and that they need not kneel down and is no anchorage, there being too much kiss the ring of the so-called Bishop in order to receive forgiveness of sins. We risk connected with it. spent two sleepless nights on shore, anIn spite of the fact that the people swering questions of this character. were dancing, a goodly number of ChrisThere are a certain number of Christian people, including the king, met us tian men at Abaian whose genuine worth at the shore, with a hearty welcome. A is conspicuous once, which was Their class is in this timeby of testing. meeting was called at represented Ten Tira, not so largely attended as it would have Tokinteatibu, the brother Mate's father. been, had it been possible to give the of a former king, and Xci Abaua, one of people Itmger notice. After services, the the Christian women converted in Mrs. boys and girls went out in groups, to meet those who had not appeared in church. They held a large audience of "publicans and sinners" for about two hours, singing the gospel to them in such songs as "Alas, And Did My Saviour Bleed," and 'Just As 1 Am," in their own language. Two of the teachers had still very promising schools. One teacher had yielded to temptation. The Star arrived just in time to save his work Bingham's day at Abaian. We spent three busy days at Abaian, being there on Sunday. A large part of Saturday was spent by the boys and girls going from village to village and from house to house, calling upon the people, and inviting them to the services on Sunday. The result was a congregation of about 350 in the morning, and nearly as many in the evening. 'This is Mote's home, and he was very Tiotaki and his wife utter wreck. from minded Tibora, two of the most spiritual (Continued on page 35.) and promising of all the young people � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1900) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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