https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/e6cb6c99509b1eb681a0402414c867e5.pdf 28af7219975f1d05ec8255ac18909593 PDF Text Text �THE FRIEND. 2 & COMPANY, TGTOT CO., THE KRIEKTD I DISHOP IMWAIMfI ■"* LIMITED BANKERS. Bfc* Fire, Marine, Life and Accident *1 111- It ON BONDS Plate Olatt, Employe™' Liability, and llitralary Inmtrance //SK^I^yBV, w "~~ -j.^£r^m W HILLS, CLIMATE, tracr SPI.KNDID ol VIKW The ch»-i»e>t and most desirable lots of fered for sale on the ._>:.". terms: one-third cash, one third in one year, one-third in two years. Interest at 6 per cent. For information as to building require- ments, etc., apply to TRUSTEES OF OAHU COLLEGE, 404 Judd ... Honolulu OAIIU Hawaiian Islands. (Arthur F. Griffiths, A.8., President.) and PUNAHOU PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Samite! Pingree French, A. 8., Principal.) Offer complete College preparatory work, together with special Commercial^ Music, and Art courses. Fur Catalogues, address JONATHAN SHAW, Business Agent, - - Honolulu, H. 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DENTAL ROOMS Fort Street. ~ Again—This Time COLLEGIA. Oahu College, Established in 1858. All business letter should he addressed Transact a General Banking and Exchange Loans made on approved security. Business. should be made O.'sand checks M. Hills discounted. Commercial Credits grantsub out to ed Deposits received on current account Thkooorf. Richards, ,0 W Building. - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Business Manager of The Friend. Regular Savings Bank Department P. O. Box 489. tamed in Bank Building on Merchant The magnificent residence the Oahii College. COOL HONOLULU, TOj V__|pi_________9q__9/ and all lm .23 Fort Street, Safe Deposit COLLEGE Is published the first week of each month in Honolulu, T. H., at the Hawaiian Hoard Book Rooms, Progress Block, 118KFi.it St. Subscription price, $1.50 per year. Boston Building. AND PRAYER BOOKS. We plan to keep a stock of Sunday School materials Quarterlies, Notes and commentaries GEORGE J. AUGUR, M. D., HOMOEPATHIC PRACTITIONER Residence, 435 Beretania St.; Office, 43' Beretania St. Tel. 1851 Blue. Office Hours:—lo to ia a. m., 3to 4 and 7 �The Friend OLDEST NEWSPAPER WEST OF THE ROCKIES. HONOLULU, H. T., MARCH, 1907 VOL. LXIV TREASURER'S STATEMENT. The Johnston Meetings Howard Agncw Johnston, January 20- February 20. D. D., the Commissioner appointed by REIKI ITS. the General Assembly's Evangelistic $ 592oo 26.00 Committee to visit the missions of the 5-5° Presbyterian Hoard throughout the Rev. laliu Maui ( Kauai Hawaii Molokai (ieneral 76.30 1.N5 2,206.00 Fund world, landed in Honolulu February 4. )n the 5th he set out for llilo, where ( No. 3 Dean Bosworth We are glad to be able to give to our friends the likeness of Dr. Bosworth on our cover page. Before this issue will reach them, many to whom he has been "i stranger will have begun to regard him as a friend. The friendship into which Dr. Bosworth binds men is not of the momentary sort. It is his rare privilege to minister to the dee]) things in human nature and whoever enters the circle of those whom be thus touches counts him a comrade of the spirit life, one of the eternal friends of whom Jesus spoke. It is Honolulu's rare privilege to have one week of Dr. Bosworth and this we owe to Japan, where for five years plans to entice him across the ocean have been slowly perfecting. Japan is coming to be one of those parts of the earth that get what ihey set their heart upon. Steadily from the English-speaking world a constantly enlarging stream of men and women of international worth is moving over sea to give of the best for the upbuilding of the new national life. The going of the World's Student Federation to Tokyo is one more testimony to the drawing power of the Little Giant of the Far East. It is also another commentary on Jesus' promise, "To him that hath shall be given." Honolulu being on the road gets much of this inspiration which Japan is securing. There is no reason why every world traveler should not find it impossible to leave out of his itinerary these Islands. To make them the Magnetic Center of the Pacific World, they must become what God intended them for, a Stronghold of His Kingdom. Let us beautify our city, cultivate such blossoms as Floral Paradis and Outdoor Fetes of varied hue, and. better still, let us strengthen every manifestation of the Life of the Spirit, schools, churches, honest government, libraries, social settlements and true brotherhood between all races. lie arrived the 6th. During the two days of his slay in that city he held 94-48 no less than seven services. The at13' -2.5 237.60 tendance was much larger than had 24.00 been dreamed possible and the impres25.00 sion made upon Christians was deep 55-5.0 and abiding. Returning to the capital 105.00 February <), bis campaign opened SunJapanese Work Invested Funds 612.50 day the iolh, and closed Sunday the Merchandise 43'89 17th. During these eight days no Excess of Expenditure- over fewer than twenty addresses were de2.6i<).22 Income Their chief purpose livered by him was to stimulate disciples to do the ag$7.272.39 gressive work incumbent upon followkxi'iahi 11 ki s. ers of Jesus. A course of lectures upon ( $239.63 Knee Expente methods of personal work occupied 4(X).ix> $ 648.63 several week Salaries day afternoons. Here Dr. Johnston is at his best. He is eviMerchandise 132.23 dently a master of tact and his long The Friend ''7 47 experience in meeting men and leading Ka llnalnha 4<>-'5 them to Christ has both enriched his Palama Mission 1700:1 life and furnished him with rare illusRush Place 37-5° trations. Those who attended these General Fund 2.702.15 lectures were profoundly stirred. The Invested Fundi 4-'-5« other services were inspirational in Hawaiian Work .1 $.00 character and calculated to stimulate Salaries .127.50 believers to realize to fuller degree 322-50 their power as coworkers with God. 334-°° Dr. Portuguese Work Johnston's work is not of the $ 30.25 Engiirfi Work showy kind. He plows dee]) in Chris718.V) Salaries 74*75 tian experience. Perhaps the largest service he rendered lay in bringing $242.67 Japanese Work many back to a richer prayer-life. His Salaries 70S.0 > 1.010.07 own experiences in prayer have been remarkable and he realizes that the $104.-5 Chinese Work Church is missing victories every day Salaries 973-50 i.<>77-75 by its failure to pray. Just at this juncture, when observationally ChrisWainee Church 40.50 lian work in Hawaii shows rich Secretaries' Expenses. 2.50 growth, it is significant that a Messenger of the Spirit should have been sent $7,272.39 to direct our energies along the more Carter's Message silent and potent channels of spiritual Governor It a strong state paper. This is $2,345-29 effort. The gratitude of the Christian Overdraft at the Bank and mainright note with the opens extended to Dr. Johnston community is THEODORE RICHARDS, tains it to the end. Hawaii is fortufor his loving, faithful service. Treasurer. 38.30 A. P.. C. F, M The Friend Ka lloal iha I'alania Minion A. M. A ( Mice Rent Push Place .. .... ... ... ... .. �4 THE FRIEND. traffic. The Senate of 1905 passed the 1 budget be enacted on the one hand so-called Dickey Local Option Bill, b_t| and the bete noir of interference with at the last moment it was left uncnact-j our wise leper laws be avoided on the ed by the House. This is a measure I other, this J ear of grace will mark a which is demanded very widely by thel long step forward towards the erecpeople throughout the Territory andi tion of the first Island State of tlrC it should be passed promptly by both j American Union. houses. Last spring, when the well-! known Civic Federation questionnaire on the liquor law was sent to one bun-j dred .and sixty-eight of the leading Police Triumphs men of affairs throughout the Islands, J since Jan72 replies to the question "Do you Hardlv a day has passed Iaukea wdicn Col. became uary 7, locol favor option?" were received. 50 of these were "Yes" and 22 were Sheriff, without added testimony to "No," a majority of more than two- the efficiency, honesty and fearlessness thirds. This was a very fair test of of himself and his Chief of Detectives, For the first time in public opinion. Next to local option Mr. Taylor. Chinese Xew Year's passyears many lite question of high license demands What this gambling. open ed without questionnaire consideration. The race equilibrium be maintained. We showed 57 in favor of this to 17 must have meant for the happiness of want the Asiatic and the white man against and there was a very general many poor families no one but those to merge here into one great self-gov- concensus that the amount should be conversant with the misery, which this erning commonwealth. It can be done $1,000 per year. All the other points vice when unrebuked by the authoriand we have faith to believe it will b_. enumerated in the proposed hill °f the ties has cost, can know. The better Governor Carter is nothing if not a Anti-Saloon League and the Civic side of Chinatown among us has risen business man end the financial section Federation should be embodied in the nobly to the support of our courageof his message always speaks his prac- statute law. Prominent also among the ous police leaders and has heartily tical good sense. The portion devoted good things to be done is the passage thanked them for their splendid public to education is .also unusually thought- of a hill to secure a quieter Sunday. services. One of the most spectacular ful and timely. Not a day should be The Asiatics have, as was feared. bits of successful policing that Hawaii lost in developing our present system abused the provisions of the present has ever known was the sensational of public school training along more law to keep their stores open gener- entrapping of the Chinese gambling practical lines and in restoring the sala- ally. Other legislation of first im- fraternity, in the very act of bribery of ries of the faithful teachers who are our portance is well indicated in Governor authorities, by Chief Taylor, acting public servants. If the pension sys- Carter's message. There is good evi- under the advice of Sheriff Iaukea and tem recommended by Mr. Carter be in- dence that the Hawaiian Senators and Editor Smith of the Advertiser. If the stituted it will mark a splendid advance. Representatives are conscious that grand jury act its duty in probing this The plea for a Public Library is especi- they are under trial this year as per- affair to the bottom, the community ally valuable. The Governor has thought haps never before and that if they ac- bids fair to be treated to an exposure out a workable plan and the Legisla- quit themselves honorably the Amer- of crooked practices in the past as ture can do nothing better than to ican Nation will come to repose a con- well as to a punishment of evil doers carry it into effect. Balloting ma- fidence in their race which a few years that will long be remembered. Meanchines, corporate bonding of public ago seemed beyond the possible reach time testimony comes from poor famiservants, a campaign against the of this generation. The Friend be- lies all over the city that the depreda"white plague," the acquirement of the lieves that the Hawaiian citizen and tions of petty thieves, who seem to Kona Orphanage, and despatch in leg- legislator are as capable of the best as have imagined themselves specially islative business are but a few of the those of any race. The last election privileged in times past, have wonderdetails which show the watchful wis- showed what the Hawaiian voter can fully lessened. Liquor laws are no dom of our chief executive. and will do when the issue is clearly longer being wantonly set at nought, understood. We look for a like rec- and a very healthful respect for auord in the new Legislature. We be- thority is everywhere apparent. Holieve that the appeal should he made nolulu is not the same city it was six Legislature of 1907 to the noblest in these our mid-Pacific months ago. It is fitting that the poOnce more the Island Solons have brothers and we trust that the out- lice department know how grateful and gathered to prove the wisdom of the come will be the cleanest, most busi- appreciative the people are for the fine people's choice. The Hawaiian race ness-like and public-spirited company record its members are achieving. The is. as it should be, in full control of of law makers this Territory has ever most notable feature in this reform is both houses. Matters of immense mo- seen. There can be no question that its quietness. The Sheriff and his ment for the Territory are before this early statehood for Hawaii hinges lieutenant are gentlemen. Their work Legislature and a heavy responsibil- largely upon the sort of work done by lis done quietly, with no flourish of ity to maintain the steadily-increasing the Legislature of 1007. If local op- trumpets or advertising. To know the gain in public spirit manifested suc- tion, strict control of the liquor traf- extent of their public service one must cessively by its predecessors rests fic, high license, better Sunday legis- go among the uncomplaining poor upon its shoulders. The matter of lation, adequate compensation and who always suffer from police incomgreatest importance before our law- pensions for teachers, an up-to-date petence and benefit most from faithful makers is the regulation of the liquor primary law, an honest, economical public service. nate in having as its> chief executive one who knows no race prejudice and who believes that, small as it is, this mid-oceanic Territory is sure to bulk large in its contribution to human solidarity. Fortunately he has behind him in the native race a constituency rarely fitted by its nature to contribute towards this destiny, for hospitality always has been a basal quality in the Hawaiian. Meantime there is a breadth and sanity in the plea of this message for securing a larger white immigration. For while Hawaii welcomes the Asiatic, she realizes that her unique mission of demonstrating to the world how naturally brotherhood between East and West can be incarnated in a single community will not be fulfilled unless something like 1 �5 THE FRIEND Record of Progress In another column the story of the emancipation of Hilo Boarding School from debt istold. Every lover of the higher life of Hawaii will rejoice over this achievement. The Friend especially makes merry, congratulates Hilo friends most heartily and trusts that this may be the beginning of great enlargement in the work of this splendid institution. Maui Island, too, is rejoicing. For the same good friend who so generously completed the Hilo School's deliverance has come forward most openhar.dcdly with a gift of $2,200, the purchase price of a fine lot in the very center of Waihiku for our fast-growing Japanese Church and School there. The Sunrise Christiana of the Progressive Island are full of joy and are rallying to the endeavor to collect $4,000 for the new meeting-house and parsonage. Thus month by month this year is justifying its motto "That They Go Forward." More earnest petition centered upon the page in the last annual report entitled "Incentives to Prayer" should see several other of our wants supplied. lags beThe Mid-Pacific cause of a deadlock in the Hoard over the question of site. Put this promises soon to be solved to the satisfaction of all. If some good friend should come to the rescue with a pledge of $50,000 provided $250,000 extra should be promised within, say, a year, this greatest of the Board's endeavors would be well established. Meantime in Kauai the Chinese under the energetic lead of Evangelist Yee Kui have, with the aid of a generous contribution of $50 from Mr. Aubrey Robinson, raised the $300 necessary to secure a parsonage at Waimea. Meantime from Kona a letter comes reporting very substantial advance towards the payment of the debt resting upon Holualoa parsonage. A gift of $50 for this object came from Massachusetts, the donor writing significantly to Mrs. R. P. Baker: "Yesterday evening I read in the January American Missionary Dr. Baker's letter and am glad to send to the treasurer of the A. M. A. $50 to be used for Hawaiian work, preferably Dr. Baker's; and will enclose cheque for same amount to you." It is certainly wise to keep our praying friends on the Mainland well in touch with the Island work. lure. It is the invariable rule of The cessitate the use of the entire building. Friend not to print that which is not As soon as the new wharves of the deemed worthy of signature by the Pacific Mail Company are completed, writer. We welcome contributions, the convenience of the location will be but must know who the author is. Where writers are well known to our readers it is our custom to use initials alone. PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS. The large number of members of the Board privileged to be present at the regular meeting on February) i will not forget the moment when President Jones, calling upon Mr. W. W. Hall to take the chair, announced the decision of Mrs. Jones and himself to present the Board with a fine stone building close to the very business center of Honolulu for a future headquarters and official home. Much of what he said was of a personal nature and gave one more evidence of his dee]) affection for the work to which he has given so much time, thought and money these many years. President Jones was elected a member of the Hawaiian Board June 9, 1871, and has been subsequently chosen without intermission whenever his term of service has expired. On the resignation of President Henry Waterhouse, Mr. Tones was unanimously elected his successor, November, 1903. It is safe to say that no other presiding officer of the Hoard has seen such a large development of the work as Mr. Jones has been privileged to witness and t 1 stimulate. During his administration a new era of cooperation with the Mainland Churches has opened and the consequent growth, has been beyond expectation. This expansion has been accompanied by a (corresponding enlargement in our business department, demanding more room. When the Hoard moved into the spacious apartments in the Progress Block it seemed as though all the needed growth could be accommodated for some years. But the purchase of this building by the Japanese Government set us adrift, and at this opportune moment Mr. and Mrs. Jones came forward with their generous gift. The new permanent home of the Board is a two-story building on the northeast corner of Alakea and Merchant streets. The entire second floor will be utilized for offices and book rooms. Here will also be the meeting room of the Board. The ground Anonymous Contributors floor will be used partly for storage partly for rental. It is possible eviand Recently two short sketches reachthat within a few years the growth of publication intended for dently our publication department may need this office. They bore no signa- all the greater. The property is in the line of the inevitable growth of Honolulu's business section and will be close to the new National building. After Pros. Jones had ended his remarks conveying the gift, a number of members voiced the deep gratitude o ( all present and a committee of seven was appointed to frame an expression of the thanks of the Board for this noble donation. The letter of this committee follows: February 20, Hon. and Mrs. l'eter Cushman 1907. Jones, Honolulu, T. If. Honored and Dear Friends:—At its recent meeting on February first the announcement of your very generous and most timely gift of the business block on the corner of Alakea and Merchant streets, to serve as an offirutl home for work of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, deeply moved the members present, and in thankfully accepting this notable contribution it was voted that we the undersigned present to you in the name of the Board an expression of its gratitude. So far as its meeting place is concerned, the Board has for many years led a wandering life. You doubtless recall the days of its youth when its first home was the Old Bindery on King street, whence it moved to the Mission Depository near Kawaiahao Church, and then after many years shifted its habitat to the little frame building which until recently stood upon the lot on Beretania avenue close to the home of Secretary O. P. Emerson. The latter proving too far from the business center of town, the Board for a short time met over the Henry Waterhouse Trust Company, on the corner of Merchant and Fort streets. Thereafter two offices were in turn occupied on the fourth floor of the Boston Building, and now during a brief two months we have sojourned in the Progress Block. Driven hence, it was anticipated that it would be no easy task to secure permanent quarters, when, to our great relief and joy, your kindness vouchsafed a commodious, substantial home, close to the center of HonoWe feel as lulu's financial life. though, like Noah's dove, we had reached a haven of rest where we may abide in our future labors. Thus in a �6 THE FRIEND land or prevented from going thither schools. In the United States during from Hawaii. It is good to know that the census year the proportion of chilneither of these impressions is cor- dren enrolled in the common schools rect, that no mention whatever of Ja- to the total number of children, ages pan or Japanese is made in the law, 5-14, was (13.30 pet cent. In Japan and that its provisions bear equally 1903-4 this proportion, ages 6-14, was upon all aliens with the exception of 09.05 per cent. Thus Japan has, in the those from China. Of course, no one sphere of primary popular education, expected any modification of our un- forged ahead of America. How much just attitude to the Chinese just yet. farther in advance is she of these other In time the conscience of America countries and BOW much better prewill prove equal to the task of treat- pared intellectually are the young iming this people on the same brotherly migrants tiiat come to us from her than from the nations of Southern F.urope? basis with all other aliens. Firsthand acquaintance with this imis there no specific While, however, allusion to Japanese laborers, the ef- migration from Japan awakens large fect of the new law will be to prevent expectations of the possibilities of this them from crossing over to the main- people. As a rule the mainland has land from Hawaii if the passports of hitherto gotten a more intelligent and their Government permit emigration educated class of Japanese than Hato this Territory alone. It is well waii so that what is true here should known that Japan does not favor its be more evident there. The extreme laborers going to the mainland. Thus youth of most of those who come to us the President has placated San Fran- is a further striking fact, and the cisco and by securing the consent of younger people have had more schoolthe Pacific Coast authorities to relax ing than their elders because of the their rigor towards Japanese children rapid advances made in popular educahe has soothed the feelings of our tion in Japan. Hawaii's' immigrants are almost Western neighbor. It is a triumph of diplomacy, but hardly one of princi- entirely from the poorer farming class. ple. It can not but leave a bitter after Yet they show a marked tendency to taste throughout Japan. It is a clever rise. Two of the largest wholesale law, but not a righteous one, because Japanese establishments in Honolulu one-half of righteousness consists in are run by men who came here as treating all men as brothers. Japan "coolies."' In fact, outside of the banks does not desire her nationals to go to and some five large mercantile houses the American mainland simply be- which are branches of Japanese firms, cause she fears international compli- practically all the large and small buscations as a result of possible violence iness concerns are captained by extowards them on the part of our peo- "coolies." Outside of Honolulu all over the Islands one meets with prospie. perous Japanese shopkeepers, nearly all If a sympathetic knowledge of Japof whom came over as contract or anese laborers had existed throughout One of the ablest evanother laborers. it is doubtful the United States, very of the Hawaiian Board emigelists whether even the great influence of to Hawaii in the same capacity. grated carPresident Roosevelt could have a Christian, then returned ried this provision in the new law He became to to Japan study and is now a most aimed at them. It is unfortunate that successful, devoted missionary. A phyother of this ignorance, among causes his countryamong sician well known the general application of the epithet in years ago as men this arrived city so "coolie" to Asiatic laborers has a contract "coolie," saved his money, much influence. crossed to San I'rancisco, earned a Those of us who have lived in medical education, returned to the Isthe New England and Middle States lands, passed his examination and is a find no reason why this term should successful practitioner. not apply with equal force to the The same spirit of forging ahead is Association. poor and illiterate class of immigrants from Italy, Greece, Turkey, found in many of these "coolies" as Austria and some other European existed in our "Coolie" Presidents, JAPANESE EXCLUSION. States. The Japanese who goes to Lincoln, Grant and Garfield, who to the America is, as a rule, better educated were sons of poor, hard-working read gratifying It is very Some of these same text of the new Immigration Law en- than the less fortunate of these nation- farmers. "coolies" Japanese occupy honored statistics from the Adveralities. The latest terprisingly printed by the tiser. Cable despatches had led our Sunrise Empire show a shade over 94 positions in the army and navy community to conclude that by its per cent, of children between the ages of Japan. There is good likelihood that terms Japanese laborers were specif- of 6 and 14 either pursuing or having others will climb into exalted stations ically either excluded from the main- finished the course in the primary in the civil service. The characteristic thoughtful manner you have provided the satisfaction of one of the pressing wants of the Board. In this connection it may interest you to note that not a few of our needs recorded upon page 9 of the last Annual Report, and entitled "Incentives to Prayer," have already been supplied. The debt of Makiki Japanese Church has been paid. The incumbrance resting upon Hilo Boarding School has been removed through the generosity of Mr. George N. Wilcox. Mr. Charles M. Cooke has provided a Missionary Memorial and you have given the Headquarters. The special need embodied in the item for the Chinese Hospital is on the road to adequate fulfilment. The closed kindergarten in Hilo is in very process of reopening. If we continue instant in prayer our Father will grant us all the desires of our heart for the enlargement of His work in these Islands. We therefore thank you for your loving thought of the Board, not only as expressed in this generous provision, but as made evident through many years of faithful service, arffl of open-handed benefaction. You have given yourselves, which is of more lasting value than any material donation, and we wish you to know that we appreciate the anxieties, the petitions at the throne of Grace, the many patient hours of attention to details and the abundant love so unselfishly dedicated to the work of the Board. That you may be spared to cooperate in the many enterprises wherein God has called the Board to labor, and may have cause to rejoice year by year in fresh triumphs of the divine Power and in the steady growth of His Kingdom here in these Islands and throughout the world, is our earnest petition. Aloha Nui Oe. Yours in the Comradeship of the Cross, Sereno Edwards Bishop, Orramel Hinckley Gulick, Hiram Bingham, William Dc Witt Alexander, Enoch Semaia Timoteo, William Richards Castle, Doremus Scudder. For the Board of the Hawaiian KvaiiKclical most �7 THE FRIEND, of a true Japanese is the will and the ability to improve his station. This trait is as marked in the "Yankee of the Fast" as in his New England brother. It is doubtful whether any other race immigrating into America can show in the first generation a larger percentage of men who have risen from the poorest estate to large competence than is true of the Japanese of these Islands. A great, generous, over-prosperous giant like the United States ought to be ashamed of itself legislating against such a people. The whole principle of special exclusions is a false one. That our nation should guard against undesirable immigrants is granted by all patriots, but there, is no such thing as racial undcsirability. The undesirableness of evil character or of menace through disease is the only one that can withstand the scrutiny of Christian D. S. principle. ATRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN THEOLOGY. The Twentieth Century, like the last one, has opened as a time of storm and stress. Conspicuous among other features of disturbance, physical, political and social, is this one of serious agitation in the religious world in respect to doctrinal belief, especially among the evangelical churches. The old rallying standards of such belief, notably the doctrinal forms of the Westminster Cathecism, have long been growing unsatisfactory and untenable in the clearer light of the Scriptures. In the efforts to formulate better expressions of belief, great conTendencies have flicts have arisen. appeared of extreme departures from accepted teachings, as well as from clear statements of our Lord and His Apostles. Altogether, it is a time of painful unsettlement and conflict. But we wish to urge that this is also especially a time for the patient exercise of calm courage, of faith in God, of wise forebearancc, of loyalty to the Lord Jesus. It is not a time for bitter and agitating controversy, nor yet for careless swinging away from moorings, and, above all, no time for relaxing prayer or labor or faith. In every night of storm is needed the calm and brave mind, trusting in God, who rules the tempest. There can be no doubt that in due time the Lord will bring His beloved people into clearer and more restful comprehension of His truth, as well as into greater unity and harmony of action, such as has hitherto been sadly by needless controversies. This time of general doctrinal confession and unrest may prove to have been the needed agency and discipline required to bring Christians into harmony and unity. While awaiting clearer light respecting doctrinal beliefs, all earnest followers of Christ are peculiarly called upon to do 11is work in His spirit. His shining example is not one of the things that are obscure. That holy and loving life at least is conspicuously before us. Every Christian must feel called upon to follow his Lord and Master in His work of love and selfsacrifice. The world is full of sorrow, of suffering and of sin. Those evils were never so accessible to us as now, and never so clamoring for our efforts to relieve them. And never was there so much organization of benevolent agencies for relieving and uplifting darkened and suffering mankind. It will be by following our Lord in His life of loving service that we, His people, shall emerge into the full light of His truth. There seems to be no doubt that the largest element of deficiency in the Old Theologies was their failure to recogni/.e the pervading prevalence and power of the Divine Lord. That deficiency has at last come to be keenly felt, and, more than anything else, causes the present dissatisfaction and sense of need for change in statements if belief. The Westminster Catechism in its much-vaunted definition of God does not use the word Love. Nor does it anywhere make that central quality of His character conspicuous. It is His Holiness, Wisdom and Justice that are emphasized. But the churches have learned to recognize His Love, especially as revealed in Jesus, and to understand the need of a warm and great passion of Love in dealing with the sinful and fallen and suffering. It then must be by an ardent and active exercise of this Christlike temper and spirit that His churches will emerge into clearer light and escape from their present perplexities and divisions. Not hot and bitter controversy will bring relief and rest, but united and unselfish Christlike labors of love to remove social evils and crimes, and causes of degradation, to uplift the depressed, and enlighten the ignorant, and to do for the whole world those things which Christ has given His people to do. In such diligent, active and loving work will the Churches of Christ gradually emerge into full and united understanding of His spiritual truths. S. E. B. impeded CAUSES OF CHINA'S FAMINE. So much has been told of China's famme that a brief review of the causes of this great calamity may be of interest. The first and immediate cause of the distress in Central China is the extensive flooding of the land, brought about by unusual heavy rains. All over the country, among the lowlying villages and towns, are found innumerable canals and waterways. Not only did the rains occasion a great local rise of these many streams, but also an immense; amount of water came down from the northern province of Shantung. At the same time the great lakes of the province of Kiangsu rose to an alarming extent, sending floods over the nearby districts. The Grand Canal receives its waters from these lakes,, and it is said that one frightened Chinese official, to save his own neighborhood, opened the sluicegates at the lake and so sent a vast stream of water southward, which added to the already large flood. Many of the houses are made of mud bricks, dried in the sun. These soon melted before the flood. The fields ready for the second crop were soon covered so deeply with water that no planting could be done. Even much of the wheat already gathered from the first crop of the year was ruined Low-lying Country. Near the City of Huaiau is an extensive plain, 30 miles long by about 15 miles wide. Two crops are generally planted here each year. Much of the first crop, just ready to be garnered, was destroyed by the onrushing waters before it could be saved. And nothing could be done towards planting a second crop. Now the cattle which would be needed for the next year's plowing have had to be sold, for almost nothing, to secure food. Many families have sold their all, including the children, and now are facing starvation and death. The entire plain west of the Grand Canal, 200 miles long and 100 miles wide, has been entirely covered with water, and most of the wHeat, under this vast bodyj of water, have become rotten and useless. Many fields have now been covered from one to two months with water. The same story of flood, and fields and villages covered with water, comes from many places. The entire country for many miles around the great hsien or "city" of Antung (with a population of 800,000) is all under water. Here on �8 THE FRIEND the old bed of the Yellow River, just under the city walls, is the great embankment, built to keep back the waters of the river in flood times. Along its top runs the main highway through the country. In a distance of fifteen miles six large washouts can now be seen. Official Corruption. Why are not these dykes repaired? The officials say they have no money to spend for such works. That is why roads are not repaired and the dredging is not done in the Grand Canal. And so the great works built in former years are left to go to ruin because of the corruption and inefficiency of the government of the present day. The people starve and die because the Mandarin is usually looking out for his own pocket, and is no sufticient salary, little can be expected of administration reform, and the public good may be expected to be only a secondary consideration, from their point of view. Few Railroads. The lack of railroads is another important reason why a great famine becomes possible in China. When food supplies are short in one district, prices rise so quickly that the poor are forced to sell everything they, have, at ruinous rates, to get enough to eat. Soon they have nothing, and when food at last is brought from a distance they have absolutely no money to buy, and must starve or be assisted by charity. The few raiiroads in China, the bad public roads, the inferior methods of transportation, all make the distribu- are most industrious and constant in the cultivation of their fields and gardens. Far up on the sides of the hills, terrace upon terrace of cultivated land can be seen. But the numbers of people living in the country are so enormous that a failure of six months to secure a return from the land must lead to great want. China's cities are like great swarming ant-hills, the full of moving, busy, industri- streets ous, working multitudes. Passing in and out at every gate, from early morn until dark, a constant, almost endless stream of these toiling millions can daily be seen. Most of them are poor men, hard workers, earing just enough to give them food; and yet there arc men, like those of any other land, with their little homes, their wives and children, their loves and hates, desires and aspirations, men who wish to live and seek for something out of life. Their lives are valattble, for these countless multitudes are, in (iod's providence, some day to be changed, uplifted, and form a better, higher, happier China. E. W. T. MAUI MOVING ON. COUNTRY VILLAGE NOW UNDER longer "the father of his people." This lack of public spirit and maladminstration on the part of so many of the officials, is one great cause which makes possible such terrible conditions as are found in China today. Very often the official position is bought, with no real salary allowed. The ruling Mandarin, witli the prospect of a change to another post in a few years, in many eases takes little interest in the welfare of his people or the condition of •public works; his chief aim is to sec how much money he can secure during his time of office. Until the government of China is so changed that all officials when appointed to their positions shall be given a good and WATER tion of supplies both slow and costly. So there is little incentive to send to any great distance. There may be plenty and lo spare in one part of the Empire, ami the direst destitution at ••mother place. Great Population. The people are so thickly settled in the central provinces of China that every available part of the land is needed to produce enough food for the inhabitants. Very little of the country is allowed to go uncultivated, except that used for the cities, the houses in the villages and the graveyards, so important to the Chinese. The people A year and three months have passed since the long-closed doors of the Wailuku Union Church were opened for services. The Church had been practically dead for several years. One member—.Mr. Edward 11. Bailey— who had long served the Church as trustee, had kept the Church organisation alive until that happy day in September when five joined on confession of faith and ten by letter. At the November communion two more were :i<UW-i\. On the first Sunday of January, at a business meeting of the Church and congregation, the following officers were elected to serve until June, 190K: Trustees, Manager ("has. B. Wells, l r .dward 11. Bailey, Daniel H. Case; Treasurer. Judge Win. A. Mackay; Financial Committee, Principal C. E. Copeland and Mr. Henry B, Penhallow. The financial year has been a good one, with a considerable balance in the treasury after all bills have been paid. The Church has recently received from Central Union a supply of hymn books, which have been very much appreciated in the services. The ladies have formed themselves into a Woman's Aid Society, whose object it is to assist the Church in every way possible, Their meetings (Continued on Page /./) �THE FRIEND. 9 The Sunday School Association of Hawaii. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. President—¥.. B. Tuknkr. [£ fj '-j"™' Vice-PresidentsAVc. Secretary—E. K. Liukai.ani. Treasurer—G. P. Castle. Opportunities for improving the Sunday schools of Hawaii arc so plentiful that one is bewildered as to where to begin first. It is one thing for the Executive Committee to plan work and another thing for them to do it. It can not be that our Association is not sufficiently organized. With our Departmental Secretaries to make suggestions after studying their different fields, and with our Corresponding Secretaries to project these suggestions into every Sunday school in the Islands, of whatever race or color, much ought to be accomplished. To be sure, we are all busy people and have much to occupy our time and thought. But this work of bettering the Sunday schools is the King's business, and if we do not do it, it will not be done. Organized Sunday School Work. It is well to keep in mind just what the organized Sunday school work proposes to do. The prime conception in the plan of organization is the recognition of the different departments in the work and the appointment of leaders and committees, who will make these particular departments the subject of prayer, thought and work. The following departments arc being worked to great advantage in every State in the Union: I. Primary-Junior, or Elementary. Some of the benefits this department desires to accomplish are: A Cradle Poll in each school. The pupils under thirteen grouped into three departments, the beginners three to six, the primary six to nine, the junior nine to thirteen. A separate room or screens for each of the three departments. Supplemental lessons taught. Each teacher studying some training course. Corresponding Secretaries. English— Miss Edith Perkins. Hawaiian —M. K. Nakuina. Portuguese —Mrs. J. D. Marques. Chinese —E. W. Thwinc. Japanese—T. Okumura. Korean— C. S. Yi:e. Islands. Departmental Secretaries. Primary—Junior—Miss Frances Lawrence. Home —Mrs. O. H. Walker. Teacher Training—A. M. Merrill. Temperance—G. D. Edwards. Missionary —E. W. Tiivving. If this subject were properly organized by the International Associ- brought to the attention of our superin- ation. This department is now studytendents and teachers, it would seem ing this question with all possible earthat many classes could be organized. nestness. There ought to be several teacherMr. W. C. Pearcc, superintendent of training classes in Honolulu and at least one in each of the outlying districts and towns. With the system of examination and graduation with diplomas, used by the International Association, a great incentive should be given to this work. Everyone recognizes the value and necessity of welltrained teachers. It is the greatest factor in efficient Sunday school work. Dr. Hulburt's normal course is one of the best. 3. Home Department. The Sunday school should be carried into every home. There arc many who do not and can not attend the school session. This requires energetic Home Department superintendents and visitors who will secure new members and keep in prayerful touch with the old. There are immense possibilities for good connected with this line of work. Through its agency thousands have been reclaimed to the Christian life and the family altar set up in the home. Now the whole family is studying the Bible lesson, whereas before only the small boy enjoyed this privilege. Several of our Island schools are working this department, though there should be many more. 4. The Adult Department. Does it not seem a travesty upon the Christian religion that we should carefully nurture and train our boys and girls in Scripture truths from the time they are three years old until they are eighteen, and then see them quietly slip out of our hands and away from all Church influences, into the indifference of a worldly life? And yet this very 2. Teacher-Training. thing has been happening in thousands This department should seek the or- of Sunday schools all over the land. ganization of a Training Class in con- The question is: "How stop the leak?" nection with each Sunday school in the The Adult Department has just been the International Teacher-Training Department, has been transferred and made superintendent of the newly-created Adult Department. The most successful features of well-tried Bible classes, such as the Baraca, Philathea, Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, the Yokefellows and others, will be taken and a widespread effort made to organize and promote adult Bible classes in all Sunday schools. 5. Temperance Department. The work of this department is to aid in the teaching of those special Bible truths which "'shall educate the children for total abstinence and for the destruction of the liquor traffic." There are four temperance lessons during this next year—one each quarter. By thoughtful preparation and cooperation these lessons can be made the most attractive and helpful of the year. [Tie temperance lesson of the second quarter is to be used as Anti-Cigarette Day, when the evils and dangers of the cigarette habit shall be taught. Pledgesigning is recommended. The work of this department can be benefited through the employment of such special methods as pledge-signing (much of the oldtime prejudice against pledgesigning is being removed, by having pledges signed which are to be binding only for one year); temperance book? in Sunday school libraries; distribution of up-to-date temperance literature and the holding of temperance rallies. 6. Missionary Department. The missionary spirit must be developed in the Sunday school of today or both the Home and Foreign Missions of tomorrow are doomed. Our Sunday school leaders recognize this fact and in another year there will be one missionary lesson each quarter. �THE FRIEND 10 All .over the United States schools having their ow.n missionary or station. In many places native mission* tries can be supported on $25 a year. This is within the reach of almost any school. Denominational boards are only too eager to cooperate with schools in supplying them with native workers. Miss Martha B. IFxson has just written a remarkably suggestive bookon "Missions in the Sunday School." It is an inspiring manual of methods. With these six departments of work-, vitally affecting the spiritual lives of the boyi of the present rind of the men of the future, possible in every Sunday school in the Islands, what giant strides of progress might be made? Until we can have a superintendent giving much or all of his time to the work of the organized Sunday schools of the Islands, let everyone lend a hand in volunteer service. Annual Convention. Now that the date has been set for our Annual Convention —May 25-June 3 —it was hciped that we might have the presence of a Sunday school expert from the mainland. Unfortunately, the World's Fifth Sunday School Convention will be held in Rome, May 18th to 23rd, and nearly all of the international workers will be there. It would have been a great incentive to belter work here if the Islands could have been represented in this gathering. Very cordial invitations were sent by the Executive Committee of this convention, asking that such a representation be made. Alas, the lack of money and of time forbade the acceptance of the invitation. For this trip two large steamers have been chartered. Stops will be made, en route to Rome, at The Azores, Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Pompeii, Genoa and Pisa. Many of the leading Christian workers in America and in England will be present and there will be twenty-eight days of unbroken fellowship on the steamer with many inspiring people. A side trip could easily be taken to the Holy Land, after the convention. The experience of such a trip would certainly add years to any man's life. E. B. T. tire TIDINGS FROM KAUAI. The Ministers' School met February at Lihue under the leadership of Rev. L M. Lydgate, and was well attended in spite of the fact that it was one of the stormiest days of the seaI The session was devoted maincareful study of the Sunday school lessons for the month of F'ebruiry, together with a sermon criticism and analysis, special attention being ailed to the sermon material in the lessons. While primarily intended for the Hawaiian ministers, other intelligent Hawaiians find these sessions interesting and profitable. Mrs. Lydgate entertained the class at lunch. Owing to the day being so dark and stormy the lamps had to be lighted during lunch, an unusual experience for Hawaii. The Lihue Library has received large accessions of new books during the last month—mostly books newly published. The F.leele Library, founded on the lame lines as that at Lihue, has also received large accessions. son. Iv to a J. A M. L. HISTORY OF THE HILO BOARDING SCHOOL NEW BUILDING. Among the many kind thoughts which last Christmas brought happiness to dwellers on this green earth, none perhaps carried more joy than did a small slip of blue paper. It contained very few words. But it had an air about it that brought cheer with its every crisp crinkle. Three lines told the whole story and those three lines were, "Three thousand dollars, to the Hilo Boarding School," and at the bottom of the slip the all-important signature which converted the simple paper into pure gold was "George N. Wilcox." This paper meant the possibility of wiping out the debt on the schooi building. It meant that the racking worry was now relieved. With the good news of this happy Christmas comes the wish from some kind friends of the school for a few items on the history of the building. In the Christmas holidays of 19x13 the old school house was removed to the rear of its former site to make way for a new building. But the finances of the country tightened about this time, and for the next two years the school assembled in this old building now under the mango trees, while the site cleared for the much-needed new structure lay bare. It was not till April 17th, 1905, that the first load of lumber for the new structure was brought upon the ground*. From this day the work progressed rapidly. The carpenters began the work with a contract signed to build only the main part of the house and one wing. There were not funds in sight for a complete building, hence the north wing was to wait for better times. One month later the trustees of the school met to discuss the matter and it was decided to go on with the complete plan. On the sth day of May work on the foundation was begun. It was on the .24th of May that the school boys themselves desired to add their mite to the new schoolhouse in labor, as they could not do it with money. Enthusiasm grew so hot that it was deemed best to carry on this work by classes, in order that the schoolroom routine be not too greatly disarranged. Each class volunteered three days per week to the good work. And they did work as only 1 lawaiian can when the heart and soul are in it. The new arrangement of the building had necessitated a change of driveways. The boys undertook to make these driveways. The stone had to be dug and carted from the quarries on the Kaitmana road, and then crushed. While some boys took this for thc;r work, the others were constructing the roadbed or spreading the crushed rock. In this way about 400 feet of roadwaywas constructed, and 40 feet of culverts were walled in. Two other boys undertook the difficult task of digging and walling up a cesspool. Two carpenter boys offered to make a koa table for the new assembly hall, and another boy offered his services to polish it. Little fellows who could not get possession of a wheelbarrow went to the taro fields to keep the food growing while the big boys placed their muscle at the service of the new work. Other boys were tearing down the old dining-hall, as the lumber was to be used in the construction of the new cook-house. Still others were busy laying the foundation for the cement floor in the new dining-hall and in the lavatory. All this was begun and a large part of it was finished by the happy boys as their gift to the new building. As the term neared its close the regular classes went on as usual prepar- ing for the closing examinations and the graduating exercises. With the close of school came an opportunity for the boys to again spend their strength on the good work. Such boys as could be profitably used were hired through the vacation weeks to go on with the work on the basement floor. The hired carpenters were still busy with the house proper. Before vacation closed there was much to speak for their faithful ser- �11 THE FRIEND vice. A new cook-house was completed, containing a kitchen, servingroom and food closets. This was a separate building connected with the dining-hall by a covered veranda. I might add that a large stone and iron range was constructed by the boys likewise. The dining-hall was finished, so was the lavatory, the dispensary and two new rooms for the polishing department. At the same time they completed the plumbing and laying 9,448 square feet of coment flooring. In the first week of September of 1905 the carpenters turned the keys of the new Hilo Boarding School building over to the Principal. The old desks had been cleaned and varnished. Nothing new was bought for furnishing. There was no money to buy anything new. And we were happy to find that sandpaper and varnish had done good work. That is, it was good as far is it went, but alas, it did not go far enough. Each room had just a few desks less than were absolutely needed, and two rooms were left without anything. But there were old tables that were not good enough for the new dining-hall. Could we, would we, dare put those old things up in the pretty schoolrooms? We did dare, and they are there still. And now, with the debt paid off, we shall hope next to work for furniture. And it does not look so hopeless. So much has come to aid us in this work, and we are able to save a little each month from our own workshops, we are sure that we shall in time see our rooms all furnished with all necesMRS. L. C. L. saries. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. Last Half of 1906. Honolulu Japanese Christian Boarding School. In September. 1906, I visited my beloved country Japan. My sick son accompanied me, with the hope that his disease might turn to a favorable condition by the change of climate, also wishing to remove the danger of infection to the children under our care. It was my first vacation after twelve years of work in Honolulu. During the three months of my absence, the school was left entirely to the charge of Mrs. Okumura. On my return, it was a great pleasure to find every wheel turning smoothly. The children, understanding that my hasty trip to Japan was not for my own pleasure, but was partly for their welfare, behaved especially well, and were absolutely obedient to Mrs. Okumura. We feel very grateful for the love and sympathy of these children, and are thankful for the favorable test given to our school. The property on Punchbowl street, used by the school for three .years, was sold. In August, 1906, we moved to a temporary residence on Beretania street. This locality seemed to be unhealthy ten children left on account of ailments and there was a lack of recitation rooms. We are glad that the Hawaiian Board have arranged to move us to a better locality. We hope the coming year will find the school more prosperous. Notwithstanding our effort of exercising the strictest economy, we have more or less deficits. This is accounted for by the fact that the sum paid by each boarder is small, also that the school supports eight children free of charge, some of whom are orphans, while others have only a mother who is unable to render financial aid. We thank our generous, kindhearted friends who have assisted by liberal donations for this work and we hope they will see the fruit from their offerings. : 111. TlTl'S AND FIDET-IA C. COAN. It is not easy to select anything in regard to Titus and Fidelia Coan suitable for this occasion that has not already been in print. These are disjointed memories. Shall we call them "Jottings?" A childhood memory is of my father's faithful daily afternoon visits among his tlock: also the swarms of people who came to see him. In the mornings he busied himself in bis study, hut he never refused a caller, nor looked ruffled at any interruption. I never saw or heard either parent betray any sign of impatience, nor speak in unfavorable criticism of grown people before children. / thought grown people were perfect I During the early days, the untutored Hawaiians were in the habit of coming freely uninvited to any and every room in a house. Like many other families we FINANCIAL REPORT. had a door cut across in half, so that my father could talk across to his people, as Receipts, they sat in a little reception-room outside. Later, as they learned better mandeceived from boarders !.$ 856.80 ners, this was dispensed with. 60.00 lawaiian Board Here they came for such simple medidrs. Castle and Coleman 60.00 cal treatment as a missionary must give dr. and Mrs. W. A. Bowen.. 25.00 where there is no doctor (there was none ,Irs. Mary Castle 150.00 resident till 1849)—tooth-pulling, even Jrs. M. S. Rice 3500 bleeding. (Often they came Sunday drs. A. F. Cooke 5.00 morning; and I have seen them sitting 10.00 *rof. W. D. Alexander in church taking little pinches from a dr. G. P. Castle 25.00 paper of salts, just as if they enjoyed it. Here they brought their contributions of ! $1,226.80 dried fish, goat skins, etc., to be turned Total into cash for the benevolent fund, when my father could dispose of them. Coin Disbursements. was scarce. They came with their offerings and ace, bread and groceries. .$ 856.25 wants, not only from the village, but from all parts of the large parish from seventy uel, kerosene oil and minor 81.30 to eighty miles long, through which the expenses 101.30 pastor walked four times a year, till, at hashing Vages of cook and general about the age of sixty, he sprained an servants 154°° ank'e; after that he used a horse. )eficit of last report 205.80 During the walking tours some food, clothing and bedding were carried for him on shoulder-sticks, a big calabash $1,308.65 Total on one end, and a covered wooden bucket $17185 on the other. He depended a good deal deficit on the hospitality and the culinary skill of his people. One time in Puna, where .. �THE FRIEND 12 fresh water was often scarce, he told his host that he might boil the sea-water 10 cook the eggs in. When the meal was prepared, behold the eggs all broken and stirred into the ocean brine! Scattered through Hilo town and vicinity are the small churches built in t he later 50's or early 60's, for the Sunday afternoon "apana" meetings and Sunday Schools. These same services had already been carried on for many years under the direction of different deacons, or "iunas." Six or more of the buildings still stand in the old spots. These four o'clock services my father visited in turn after the morning Sunday School, two preaching services and the noon lima meeting between them. Father Coan for many years made every babe he baptized who was eligible for "Cousin-ship a life member of this Mission Children's Society. He was a man of marvelous spiritual devotion and mental as well as physical stamina, "striving to do the right as God gave him to see the right." From 1838 to 1846 Mrs. Coan carried on a quiet, simple little boarding school for girls, not more than twenty at a time, in a thatched building in our yard. The people built it—the Hawaiians did such things with cheerful generosity. The beds were in the Hawaiian style and curtained off by mats in little alcoves. The parents brought food for their daughters, and otherwise helped to supply their needs. No aid was asked from the American Board. Sometimes a missionary box arrived around Cape Florn—"common-stock" great excitement among the Lyman, Coan and Wilcox children as to the division! Bonnets, skirts, and aprons could not go to those boy families, nor to the Boys' Boarding School; they stayed with us, and the Coan little girls had much fun "trying on" up garret before they were given to the school girls. Some garments occasionally fell to our share, too. My mother's teaching was of the most practical and simple sort. She aimed to train the girls to be discreet, industrious, orderly honiekeepers. And in the generation now nearly passed away, any traveler across country, noticing the neatest home (grass houses they were), the most civilized appearing household, the most modest interior arrangements, the prettiest garden, would be told, "That is the home of one of Coana Wahine's girls." Mrs. Coan's family cares and delicate health prevented her going on more than eight years with the school, but everywhere and always her quiet, gentle, refining influence impressed itself and bless- — Ed the women and helped mould their lives. Her memory is blessed. Two saints lay one day in 1872, awaiting the heavenly call: one, old Kaliloa, the other Fidelia Coan. The former heard the call first; her parting words asked about the other one. "Tell her we shall soon meet in the home-lani," she said. That same day they did, indeed meet. Their earthly resting places lie near together, the first two on the green hill slope that is named "Homelani'' from that day. Harriet Coan. IV. ClIARLES H. AND I.UCY T. WeTMORE. On a May day, in 1849, arrived in Hilo from "around the Cape" (via Honolulu) a tall, blue-eyed young man, with a wee little wife who could almost stand under his arm. This was the doctor for the outstation village, which had never yet had a doctor, and in which the early missionaries had formerly dealt out "by the book" the salts, sulphur, castor oil, and used the forceps at the teeth, and the lancet at the vein. The bride and groom took the house built by Father Lyman, vacant then, that had echoed with the romps of Wilcoxes and Parises, and would echo again with the voices of children and grandchildren. It was close neighbor to the Coans, whose young brood at once claimed friendship through the fence and cross-cut over the veranda, where the doctor was very likely to be waiting in ambush for a pounce upon the little friends, and a merry frolic. For oh, joy! he loved children, and found leisure for them. His kind face and smiling eyes beamed on them to his old age: and often has he been seen, beyond his seventieth year, in high frolic with his grandsons, dashing through passages and even under tables, to escape "the sudden rush from the stairway, the sudden raid from the hall." Of course, they were malihinis when they came here, and it was fun to the young fry to watch the initiation to the place, the people, the language. But the very funniest thing of all was that the little lady was afraid of spiders! She— why she was even detected by open-eyed children on their knees at prayers herself open-eyed on her knees, cringing away from one that was running across the floor to clamber up her gown! Spiders just loved to chase her. Presently the attraction of the house was the babies and their pretty ways and dainty clothes. All hand sewing then— not till years afterwards did sewing machines come, and then this young mother had the first one in Hilo. The babies grew up. The only son, a manly, helpful lad, died at about thirteen, the three daughters are living—one in the old home. The house was altered, enlarged and improved, from time to time, so that it now hardly seems the same place. But the "cubby holes" under the roof remain, such as are probably to be found in any story-and-a-half house. Perhaps, long, dark, mysterious, into which a child creeps with a thrill, and wonders when he shall ever again find daylight. Nc doubt in this day, trunks and household lumber occupy the spaces once allotted to coffee and pia bags, stores of Hawaiian curios, anil a collection of beautiful Micronesian corals and shells. These came in later years when the doctor or himself went in 1885 with a daughter as a delegate from Hawaii to Micronesia, and have now found places in cabinets, etc. Mrs. Wetmore in early years was slight and in delicate health, but she was ever strong in every good work. In her parlor she gathered a little singing schoo'; in another room taught for several years a small school of part-Hawaiian children. Only two years ago, one or two of those bright girls, now grown old, looked in with affectionate remembrance upon the little room where "Kauka wahine" helped them towards the usefulness and honor that have marked their adult years. Dr. Wetmore was an ardent admirer of natural beauty, and even in latest years a student in some branch or other of THE GROWING FAMILY NEEDS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA The cost hitherto lias been so peal that although CHILDREN ARK FOREVER WANTING to consult one _1 llieir School work, leu can afford a set. NOW THE BEST YET Thos. Nelson & Sons, the great Bible Publisher has produced the most complete at the least cost; |U2.00 will buy set in cloth. Better binding up to $72.00. Bright boyi and girls as ASENTS wanted in every town. Write to the HAWAIIAN BOARD BOOK ROOMS �THE FRIEND natural science. Botany was a favorite pastime, and took him and many a friend, or frietid's friend, long tramps, rides, or drives into the wilderness of our tropical woods and ravines. All these listeners must know that he m.-is aiso a man of abounding hospitality and Renercahy, identified with every benevolent and progressive movement in Hilo, even long after the active missionary work of the American Board was A collection of postage laid aside. stamps made by Mrs. Wetmore was sold by her family, after her death in and the proceeds donated to furnish the tower of the new church with a large, four-faced striking clock. Twice in times of sore sickness has that clock been asked to hush its \oice: the first time was when the dear doctor lay on his dying bed, in 1808. MISSION CHILDREN'S SOCIETY. 13 a visit here, who was with us as our It is a large photograph of the Dole pastor when her eldest daughter was family. In the center of the picture buried, kindly led in the closing sit Mr. and Mrs. George 11. Dole, hale, prayer. hearty and happy, apparently in the very vigor of manhood and womanTHE iriLO BOAHOtHG SCHOOL. hood. Around them arc clusteredi a All friends of the Hilo Boarding School will rejoice that the remainder grotif) of ten }-oung men and five fair (if the so to women, their own twelve children and debt they had worked hard eliminate, and which rested so heavily Upon them, was wiped out shortly before Christmas by a gift from G. N. Wilcox. Now they hope to work for the class-room furniture, so much needed. The trustees appointed a committee of Rev. W. D. Westervelt, Rev. C. M. Hill and L. C. Lyman to canvass for the school and bring in new boys. Mr. Westervelt will take Ids lantern and some good pictures of the school, and they hope it will result in filling the school. This is a part of the working out of their overflowing gratitude. ITEMS. three adopted by marriage. About their feet also are gathered four grandchildren and the fifth and youngest is held high in the arms of the proud grandmother. Death has never entered this happy family. If treasure may be reckoned in "olive plants," Mr. Dole may be called the wealthiest man in the society, M. A. C. A CLEVELAND LETTER. 33 Welleslcv Street, East Cleveland, ()., Jan. ioth, 1907. Dear Friend and Cousin: My daughter. Miss Bertha Condc, Geo. College Secretary on the National Board of Young Women's Christian Associations, expects to sail from San Francisco Feb. 21 st on the Siberia on her wav to Japan and China to attend a World's Conference at Tokio and a Missionary Confer- The former secretary of the H. M. C. Society, Miss M. A. Chamberlain, IN MK.MOKIAM received a New Year's present of a Mrs. Celia W. Chamberlain, who fine picture which she expects to befinished her earthly career on Febru- queath to the society and which will ary ist. was a very modest, unassum- one day adorn the walls of their head ing Christian, never placing herself in quarters. ,->nv position of prominence, yet taking her share of some public duties, am! always ready for home duties; and was highly esteemed by those who knew her best and regarded her as fulfilling her responsibilities beautifully. She took a partial course at Mount Holyoke Seminary and was under the personal care of Miss Mary Lyon, its beloved founder. After some time occupied in school teaching she came to HONOLULU'S CHOICEST SUBURB these Islands in the ship Ocean Pearl, that reached Honolulu April ist, 1854, and was married 1 to Mr. Warren Chamberlain on her arrival, she having made his acquaintance when he Unsurpassed Marine and Mountain Views, Rapid was living with his grandparents in Transit. No Pake Stores, no Japanese Shacks, Easthampton, Mass. For twelve years her residence was at Waialua, Oahu, no Saloons. :::::::: and after a visit to her early homeland she returned to Hawaii nei, where for thirty-six years to the time of her decease her home was in Honolulu. MONEY AT 6% TO HELP BUILD She was the mother of five children, Horace APPLY TO of whom three survive—Rev. Wright Chamberlain; Mrs. Helen C. Ives, who with four children and her husband, Charles G. Ives, M. D., reside in Pecatonica, Illinois; and the youngest son, Mr. William Warren Chamberlain. She was laid to rest in the Mission lot in Kawaiahao cemetery, and there Rev. Walter Frear of Oakland, now on COLLEGE-HILLS City Streets, City Water, City Lights A FEW CHOICE LOTS FOR SALE �THE FRIEND 14 ence at Shanghai. It is her intention to stop over at Honolulu until the next steamer, which I think will be about a week or ten days. She wants to make a flying trip to Wailuku, Maui, to see her father's old home and also visit her grandmother's grave at that place. She would also be glad to meet you and other kind friends among the Cousins while in Honolulu. I would be very glad if there should be a "Cousins'" gathering while she is there, which she could attend as I am sure the my representative. "Cousins" would be glad to hear her speak. She has been actively connected with the National Y. W. C. A. for nearly ten years and has developed much power as a speaker to women all over this country. lam sure you will be qrlad to know her. As she will be a total stranger at the Islands I would he very grateful to you and others who would show her any kindness within your power. Any word for her may be left with the secretary of the Y. W. C. A. in Honolulu. I hope I am not trespassing on your good will in making these request! in behalf of my dear daughter. I want her to see something of my old Hawaiian home and kind friends. Cordially your "Cousin," S. E. CONDE. (Continued from are held every two Pn.ee $), weeks at the Wil- liam and Maty Alexander Parsonage. Under the able direction of Mrs. C. B. Wells an excellent literary and educational study is zealously undertaken. "The Parly Days of French History" is the subject for the next few months. The Churches of the Maui Association have been generous in their gifts to missions this past month. Over one hundred dollars have been paid the agent to divide between the American and Hawaiian Boards. Churches that have made no contribution foi years have at the last Christinas season given generously for the extension of the Kingdom in Hawaii and the world. In the last few months the Hawaiians in the region of Haiku, under the leadership of Rev. Isaac D. laea, have moved their Church building from Hauku to Pattwela, at a cost of about $400. Offers of financial aid from large givers have been repeatedly refused by the pastor and his Church until the members themselves sball have raised as much as possible. The Maui Aid Association issued ten subscription papers, the money from which is paid the agent who settles the accounts of the Church. This some what novel arrangement of the sub■ scription papers seems to please both Hawaiians and English-speaking people, for every subscription paper is quickly filled. Every few weeks these papers arc returned to the Treasurer of the Maui Aid Association with the whole amount of the cash that has been collected. The papers are then checked up, and receipts sent through the mail for amounts of one dollar and over upon postal cards printed for the purpose. This system trebles the amounts that were previously given on subscription papers. The lluclo Church recently voted to deed its properly to the Hawaiian Board, with the immediate result that a friend of the Church gave $150 toward the repair of the building, which was added to a neat sum the Church had already collected. The Chinese Parsonage in Wailukti was completed last month, costing about $650, nearly all of which was There raised by the Chinese of is now a debt of about fifty dollars, which we hope some friend of our Chinese work will raise for us. The debt to Rev. John Nua of Wailukti Native Church, amounting to almost $400, has been largely raised, and the building of the Sunday schoolroom for the Church nearly paid for. This extra room will greatly facilitate the carrying on of a lareer native Sunday school in this Hawaiian center. The repairs of the historic Pookela Church, so dear to many former students of the present Maunaolu Seminary, and so closely associated with the life and work of the splendid missionary family, the Greens, are now begun in earnest. The Board, to which this property was deeded about a year ago, departed from its usual custom of not aiding Hawaiian and Union churches in their repair, and gave a handsome sum for this old Church. The action of the Poard was based upon two facts: the scattered membership of the Church and the historical associations of the old building, which was fast tumbling to ruins. Maui's generous giver offered his help, and the handful of attendants at the old Church have received new courage for their task of keeping up the services. Pastor Santos has bravely faced the situation and is doing his best to gather together the scattered members of his flock. At the monthly ministers' meeting, Rev. P. Y. Bazata has begun a very valuable course of lectures upon the subject. "How We Got Our Bible." Such advanced studies the Maui ministers greatly enjoy. R. R. D. Wailuku. FA. • SCHAEFER & CO., Importers and COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Honolulu, T. H. IJOPP& COMPANY, Importers and Manufacturers of FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY. CHAIRS TO RENT. Nos. 1053-1059 Bishop St. Honolulu. ■ ■ - - A LEXANDER & BALDWIN, Ltd. OFFICERS—H. P. Baldwin, Pres't; J. B. W. M. Alexander, ad Vice-Pres't; J. P. Cooke, Treas.; W. O. Smith, Secy; George R. Carter, Auditor. Castle, ist Vice-Pres't; SUGAR FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. AGENTS FOR—Hawaiian Commercial A Sugar Co., Haiku Sugar Co., Paia Plantation Kihei Plantation Co., Hawaiian Sugar Co., Co., Kahului R. R. Co., and Kahuku Plantation. C. H. Hf._i.ina, M_n Tfx. Main 109 CLUB STABL.ES FORT ST., AIKITK HOTKI. 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Jan. 19th—Steamers Kinau and Manna , BREWER & CO., Limited, General Msrcantile Commission Agents. Queen St., Honolulu, T H. Loa sail on a special trip to Kau lava-i excursionists. AGENTS FOR—Hawaiian Agricultural Co.. Hows with some 21st—Excursionists return after a. Onomea Sugar Co., Honomu Sugar Co., Wailuku Sugar Co., Makee Sugar Co., Haleakala grand trip of 48 hours. Ranch Co., Kapapala Ranch. 25th—Hon. Charles R. Rishop's 85th Planters' Line Shipping Co., Agents Boston Board of Underwriters. birthday observed in Pattahi Hall. 26th.—Lava in three days has risen Agents Philadelphia Board of Underwriter*. 150 feet in Ilaleaniauniau Lake. LIST OF OFFICERS—CharIes M. Cooke, 27th—Schooner Luka makes Waima- President; Geo. H. Robertson, Vice-President nalo, after eighteen days drifting, dis- and Manager; E. Faxon Bishop, Treasurer and abled, and search by Cutter Manning. Secretary; F. W. Macfdrlane. Auditor; P. C. 3 1 st.— Rev. James C. Peissel has oc-' Jones, C. H. Cooke, J. R. (lalt, Directors. copied three columns of the Advertiser for a week with a defense of the IToly | HEAVER LUNCH ROOM. , Inquisition. to the — I'. C.theJones donates on j* I'll), ist. J* block cast cor-1 COFFEE HOUSE. iter Merchant and Alakea streets, for \TEMPERANCE j» j* their permanent rooms. T. H. St., Honolulu, Fort 3rd. —Deluging rain of three inches in two hours alter midnight tears up EWERS & COOKE, Ltd., some streets badly. Damage to River Dealers in _*_^*^^w street from Xtiuanit Stream. Ilth —Chinese New Year begins. I^th.—Police Detective Taylor is tendered a bribe of Sl4OO a week to secure protected monopoly of gambling LUM HER. BUILDING Y. to Lee Let. Hawaiian E. O. HALL OH. SON In addition to Hardware and General Merchandise have now a complete assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS, including Crockcy, Glassware, Stoves, Kitchen Furniture, Refrigerators and Ice Chests, Etc. ANo Garden Tools of all kinds, Rubber I lose. Lawn Mowers. Call and examine our stock at Board L JJ Ihc Hall Building. DIED. C. I DAY d. CO. FINE QROCERICS OLD Kona Coffe a Specialty U7 Hawaii, Jan. GREENFIELD—At 2"), Dr. ('. B. Green-eld, of England, ageSi. DIITRO—At Honolulu, .lan. 87, Mike Itntro, _ B. F. Ehlers & Co. P. O. BOX 716 aged 58 The Leading Dry Goods House in the Territory. Especial attention given to Mail Orders. Agents for the Oceanic Steamship Co. \\T. w College, Feb. s, William _"erP, o. aged 31 years. BRASH—In Honolulu, Feb. IS, Susan Brash, 62 KiiiK Street aged oT> years. CLOTHES CLEANED AND REPAIRED DICKENSON—At Wailuku, Feb. 10, Miss Rosa Dickenson, aged <52 years. DICKENSON—At Lahainn,' Feb. IS, Henry FTSBNANDEZ—In Hilo, HENRY H. WILLIAMS FUNEKAL DIRECTOR Graduate of Dr. Rodger* Perfect Embalmlng School of San Francisco, Cal., also of The Renouard Training School for Embalmers of New York. And a .. •'• California Rose... OREAMBRY BUTTER Guaranteed the Best and full 16 ouiicec. HENRY MT6r CO. 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FURNISHED. .ICDD-McCARTHY—At Martinez, Cal., Feb. 7, Allen Wilkes .lucid of Honolulu, to ElizaChairs to Rent. beth Anna McCarthy of Watsonville, Cal. 1142, 1144 FORT ST. DAMON—GRAY—At Albany, N. V., Feb. 7, L.OVE BUILDING Maurice Sherman Damon, late of Honolulu, Telephones: Office Main Res. cor. to Miss Cornelia E. D. Gray, daughter of ran I 64. Richards and Beretania, Blue 3561. �j{ \\C NOT "MANY at the BUT NEW AND GOOD HAWAIIAN BOARD ROOMS CORNER OF ALAKEA AND MERCHANT STREETS Chalk Helpful readlriQ for CHILDREN—good; i For Christian Endeavors 75 for Instane* for Sunday Reading C E Calendar for '07 25 child Life in Many Lands 1.00 „ A number of fine stories including Romance of Miss'nary Heroism 1.50 School ,• c , c„ 50 in the Home Jt\ This is for You 1.00 "Laddie," "J. 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It seems as though the ideal encyclopaedia had been found for readers of English. Hi A V ]_ ; BROKEN! -?1 r~i____.~ } NELSONS ENCYCLOPAEDIA Everybody's Book of Reference FRANK MOORE COLBY, M. A., New York, American Editor. OEOROE SANDEMAN, M. A., Edinburg, European Editor. With over 600 contributors, each the authority in his field. To have collected and arranged in 12 full volumes the endeavors and achievements of the human race up to the present time—to have at hand the knowledge of the world sifted, certified and presented in one great working library for quick and easy reference; all done effectualy and completely. This of itself has been cause for wonderment, but that the entire set should be offered to the public at the amazingly low price of $42.00 for the set, marks the undertaking as the wonder in this day of wonders in the realm of book publishing. Imagine its price four times what it is, put it to the severest encyclopaedia tests you know, either as to comprehensiveness, accuracy, reliability, newness, clearness and charm of expression, profusion and character of illustration, character of paper, binding—examine it from every standpoint and you will finding nothing lacking. We might write pages about its 60,000 subjects, its 7,500 three-column pages, its 6.000 illustrations, the color plates, the full-page plates, the perfect cross-reference system and the many other advantages. But we won't. We will do better than that. They can be seen at the Hawaiian Board Book Rooms. � 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 (1907) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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