https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/fdb26231877b44e70dcd1dab86426532.pdf 294ed3c5cbd5d05842c1c53b270133ea PDF Text Text �July, 1909, THE FRIEND 2 nowmum TRUST C@S & COMPANY, THE FRIEND p ISHOPBANKERS. o LIMITED Is published the first week of each month in Honolulu, T. H., at the Hawaiian Board Book Rooms, cor. Alakea and Merchant Sts. Subscription price, $1.00 per year. IVBKTY ON HON MB A special rate is made to Mission J»la«e 0lo««, Kmploym' Liability, \fg[*~-~l m WBt anil Huralary tniurancc vSkwS^^^mamilißl Churches on Sunday Schools in the Islands. Fort Street, Sale Deposit W Clubs of 25 to one address 25 cents a piece per year. HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. B^ Fire, Marine, Life and Accident Established in 1858. /M^ET™*^^, _ Transact a General Banking and Exchange Business. Loans made on approved security. Bills discounted. Commercial Credits granted. 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Nationol Fire InauMQCCCo worn out by the use of one family, —four ber more. - - - rJTOCKB, BONDS hnlrted Oiloberrf, loot, at Honolulu, Hawaii, as second class mailer, under act of Congress 0/ March ;, I*7o. children one after the other, literally Honolulu, H. T. Oahu College, wearing it to pieces. We have one, and have sent for a numI M. WHITNEY, M. D., D. D. S, fort Strtet. Henry Waterhoiise Trust Co., Ltd. Edward W. Ttrwing, Foreign Correspoudcnt. you tell Bible stories. Fur Catalogues, address JONATHAN i in Friend Building on Bethel Street. out to HAWAIIAN BOARD BOOK ROOMS. Protector Underwriters of the Pheonix of , Haitlord. New Fngliind Mutual Life Insurance ( «. oi Hostt.n GEORGE J. AUGUR, M. D., HOMOEPATHIC PRACTITIONER. Residence, 435 Beretania St.; Office, 431 Beretania St. Tel. 1851 Blue. Office Hours:—lo to 12 a. m., 3 to 4 an* 7 �The Friend OLDEST NEWSPAPER WEST OF THE BOOKIES. HONOLULU, H. T., JULY, 1909 VOL. LXVI Hawaii's Appeal to the Nation. The HwHUiian lizvngelical AssociaMay 15 to June 20. tion, conzxned in its eighty-seventh anReceipts — nual meeting at the city of Honolulu this $ 32.75 A. B. (.'. FM first day of June, 1909, representing one Aniericun Missionary Association... 518.05 hundred churches with a membership of 66.95 Hush Place over seven thousand, and a budget of 234.00 Chinese Work mere than $50,000 annually in aid of 7.50 English and Portuguese Work churches, schools and social settlements, UUW Friend to prohibit 96.30 earnestly petitions Congress Hawaii Oeneral Fund the importation, transportamanufacture, 154.70 Hoaloha tion, giving imuy or furnishing of any 133.50 Invested Funds intoxicating liquors, malt, fermented, 269.00 Japanese Work or spirituous for beverage purvinous 50.00 Japanese Y. M. C. A the Territory of Hawaii, as oriposes, in Kauai (ieneral Fund 293.00 ginally provided for in the Organic Act; 30.00 Kohalu (iirls' School the fact that the liqwr notwithstanding 1.75 Maui (ieneral Fund purposes traffic such is at present perfor Ministerial Relief Fund 154.12 Statutes; for mitted the Territorial by 410.20 Oahu (ieneral Fund the reason that the presence in the 'Terri28.00 Office Expense an alien population of over one 50.00 tory of Palatini Settlement hundred thousand, and of large bodies 20.00 Portuguese Work non-voting soldiers and sailors, makes Palama Milk Depot 15.00 of it impossible for the small body of Preachers' Training Fund 292.00 citizens, not exceed22.5(1 Hawaiian and 'white The Tamo to police a voters, ing adequately 14,500 15.00 Wailuku Mission trade so pernicious in its tendencies and Wailuku Settlement 15.00 incorrigibly la><\'lcss in its character. 200.00 so C. (i. Burnhaiii Thus the colors are nailed to the mast in the new campaign for outlawing the $3,129.22 traffic here. During the summer 'liquor Expenditures— and fall the movement will he pushed. Chinese work $386.00 re826.70 $1,222.70 There is good hope that Congress will Salaries spond. Let all Christian people buttress prayer and active co682.00 the campaign with English Work—Salaries one who knows a operation. Every 32.50 English and Portuguese Work Congressman personally would do well to Friend 73.05 write and enlist his aid and vote. God (Jeneral Fund 524.77 grant that the Nation may free these Hawaiian Work—Salaries 474.50 fair Islands from this devastating curse. Hoalohu 41.00 TREASURER'S STATEMENT. J uvested Funds Japanese Work Salaries 637.00 $308.00 853.50 Kalihi Settlement Office Expense Salaries 1,161.50 43.15 $ 28.49 497.00 Portuguese Work—Salaries The Tomo 525.49 275.00 31.86 $5,724.52 Excess of Expenditures over Re- 2,695.30 ceipts Over draft at Bank $671.96 T. R. Jm Ji J* JV jm The Association. The delegates and ministers of the Island Churches met with Central Union Church from May 29 to June 1 in the eighty-seventh annual meeting of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. For the first time the anniversary was held with a non-native church. The new plan of printing and circulating beforehand the papers to be discussed was tried and unanimously approved by vote. The Association put itself on record as endorsing the National Council's proposed changes in polity so far as they are changes for Hawaii, leaving definite action to await the final decisions of the Council of 1910. No. 7 A Training School for Ministers was favored and the question of how to inaugurate such an undertaking was referred to the Hawaiian Board. The Association also petitioned the Territorial Board of Health to establish a dispensary in North and South Kona, and to provide a district nurse there. The next meeting was fixed at Kailua where the ooth anniversary of the landing of the first missionaries will be commemorated by the placing of a suitable memorial A committee on evangelism stone. was appointed and the Hawaiian Board was requested to take steps to secure titles to all the Church lands now without them. The discussions of the papers were lively and marked a distinct advance upon former years. The Association voted its thanks to Secretary (Meson, Governor Frear, Attorney (ieneral ilemenway and Superintendent of Public Instruction Babbitt for their notable and public-spirited work in securing the passage of a law to grant quit claim deeds to all the historic church lands in the Territory. This deed of justice has been made possible by years of patient investigation and effort on behalf of the Board and the Territorial authorities. Mr. (Meson is to be heartily congratulated that the consummation came during his administration of the Secretaryship. j» j» Jt J» *j» * The Strike. Signs of the end of this long disturbance of local industrial conditions are appearing. Meantime certain conclusions are inevitable. One of these is that the ordinary Japanese laborer is not responsible for the trouble. America has rarely witnessed so tranquil a labor conflict. The Japanese workman is essentially a lover of peace and his behavior thruout this struggle has been beyond praiae. Whatever lawlessness—and it has been practically nil—has occurred has not been chargeable to the rank and file of the laborers. This Territory will never have a better behaved company of workingmen. To lose these kindly, gentle, industrious toilers would be a calamity. The laborer not only did not cause the strike, but he did not want H. If he had had the protection from the authorities that he was entitled to, it would never have occurred. This does not mean pro- �THE FRIEND 4 tection during the inception and progress of the conflict but thru years past. The manner in which the Territory has allowed Japan*** workmen to be fleeced by the gambling fraternity of their own race has been scandalous. Everybody who knows anything about the sugar plantations knows that about pay day the gamblers descend upon tlie camp and begin their nefarious work. In many a camp-house laborers have been terrorized into gaming. A system of bulldozing thus was organized so that when the strike was ordered from Honolulu, the machinery of terror was complete. The men had to stop. The remedy is plain. Get rid of the gamblers. The way to do this was pointed out years ago by Japanese in Japan familiar with conditions here, but the hint, tho communicated to our authorities, was never acted upon. It was suggested that a few Japanese detectives familiar with the criminal class of the Empire be engaged by the Honolulu authorities to scrutinize their immigrating countrymen. Criminals could l>c spotted at once and by the laws of the United States would be deported. If this course had been pursued, Hawaii would have been spared most of its trouble today. A second suggestion was that Japanese detectives be engaged by the plantations to work up evidence against the gambling fraternity and so hunt them out by making Hawaii too hot for them. Almost all the ills suffered by the Japanese laborers in this Territory are due to this lawless element that terrorizes the simple hearted, honest peasants among them. If a determined effort were made to get the evildoers out of the Islands it would be the greatest blessing to the entire community. of the Mid-I'acific Institute he will undoubtedly be of great assistance in his new position, and irom this standpoint his return to China seems providential. Mr. Thwing takes to language acquisition with ease and speaks both Chinese and Japanese, having learned to use the latter lor every day purposes during his sojourns in Hawaii. He will find this accomplishment of great advantage to him now that the Japanese in China are so numerous. During the past year .Mr. Thwing has been gaming experience in reform work. Altlio we have not been able to approve of the method of procedure he followed, his cause was a good one and should have succeeded, i lis persistence, courage, unselfishness and devotion to the highest interests of the community in this crusade were unquestioned. One of the asides of this campaign is well worthy of mention. The writer of an article in the Honolulu press attacking him during his pursuit of Breckons contemptuously asked why Mr. Thwing did not attend to the special work which is supposed to be the care of clergymen, such for instance as the relief of orphans and the like. As a matter of fact at the very time this inquiry was put forth Mr. and Mrs. Thwing were with great generosity and unwearied self-denial taking care of no letl than nine little orphaned Chinese children in their own home. It was characteristic of him to make no reply to this personal attack. Thru all those unpleasant days not a sign of anger or of personal complaint escaped him. All that he did was for the benefit of the Asiatic community here and some day his faithfulness tq duty will be fully honored in this city. Meantime he will find abundant scope for all his patience, perseverance and love of righteousness in battling with the V* J* *J* J* *5* *V* opium curse in the great Empire of China. We with him bon voyage in this A Faithful Servant of the King. Rev. Edward Waite Thwing, with noble enterprise. J* J* *3* »J* %!• i% Mrs. Thwing and their daughter, left Honolulu on June 24 by the steamship Advance for Law and Order. The decision of the Oahu Board of China for Shanghai where he is to he the District Secretary for China and the License Commissioners to refuse to grant Chinese of the International Reform licenses to sell liquors on Sunday and Bureau. Mr. Thwing came to Hawaii after hours is a great step ahead. It is nine years ago to be associated with Mr. the most notable achievement in temperFrank W. Damon as Superintendent of ance reform since the enactment of the the Chinese Department of the Hawaiian present liquor law two years ago and Board. In these years he has seen the shows that the community is responding work broaden out and has been instru- well to the call of the Mainland in its mental in building up the Chinese great march toward prohibition. The Churches thruout the Territory. He best of it all is that the decision came so has been a faithful, unselfish, inde- quietly, without blare of trumpets or fatigable worker and has spent a large noise of combatants. It does not reprepart of his time touring from one end of sent a sudden wave of emotion, was not the group to the other. His acquaint- brought about by an excited campaign ance with Island Chinese has been very and is not likely to give place to a rewide and everywhere he has proved him- action. It bespeaks the sober sense of self their friend. In the future develop- the common man. Already we have three incut July, 1009 prohibition Islands in the group and those who know Lanai and N'iihau where the no saloon policy has prevailed some time report the conditions thereon as ideal. The day is surely coming when the whole Territory will be delivered from the drink curse. There is no need to make haste. The tide is steadily rising. Better to gain slowly but surely. The Friend congratultes the Oahu Board of License Commissioners upon their notable public spirit. Thcv have acted with the undoubted sanction of aroused public opinion, of aroused public opinion. D. S. M 4 jt j* jt : s CHURCH ACTIVITIES IN WAILUKU. During the last two months the Wailuku Union Church has been greatly blessed by increased interest and members. Five have been added by letter and three on the reaffirmation of tin it faith. The new members arc prominent in the business and social life of Wailuku and bring much strength into our Church. A committee acting under the Board of Trustees gave the people of Maui a rare treat by securing Mr. R. K. Bonine, the maker and exhibitor of famous Hawaiian pictures, for two evenings and an afternoon for children. Many people from all over Maui greatly enjoyed the exhibition, while the proceeds equipped the Church with an acetylene lighting plant. The most successful social event in Wailuku for many months was the German Market given at the William and Mary Alexander Parsonage. Several German peasant costumes were in evidence and the house was beautifu'hdecorated with Easter lilies, bamboo, hybiscus. bunting and large German eagles. Nearly one hundred people bought real German food at the lone counter. Some even recalled their German from school days, and those born in the Vaterland felt much at h mie. This was the first supper the ladies of the Church had undertaken. Everyone had such a good time, the experiment may be repeated. The Kaahumanu Church is taking on new life. The work of Rev. L. B. Kaumeheiwa is proving that many nonChurch going Hawaiians can be reached by earnest pastoral calling and faithful ministrations in regular services. Mr. Dodge preaches for Mr. Kaumeheiwa every other Sunday at Wailuku, and the alternate Sunday at Waikapu. In the evening by Mr. Waltrip's friendly arrangement, Mr. Kaumeheiwa preaches to thirty or forty people in the Kahulut Church. Thus he ministers to a large �5 THE FRIEND, July, 1009. LEPER building. He is holding his little daughter's hand in his. There is a total membership of sixtythree in the Kalaupapa Church, which has an "apana" at Kalawao, a little leper village at the foot of the wonderfully beautiful mountains rising abruptly 4000 feet. At Kalawao, too, the new Federal leprosarium has been erected. The picture of the Kalawao mountains gives the reader a good conception of the splendid location of these new buildings. Our leper Church building is in wretched condition, being so thoroughly rotten that in a short time it will tumble down of itself. This is the case, although the few repairs in the way of new shingles, have kept the water out and preserved the shell for the time being. The attempt is now being made to raise enough money to build new within a year or two. The ( luirch enclosure is large and well located, but our present bouse of worship is a disgrace compared with the splendid CHURCH buildings throughout the Settlement. The Church brings to these people their comfort, but it cannot do its greatest and parsonage, together with the school, iodging house, it is planned to equip work without an equipment that is in some proportion at least adequate to its with acetylene lights. needs. R. B. Dodge. number of people during the week. Five new members were received into Kaahumanu Church in May. The evening service, which is a Christian Endeavor prayOften er-meeting, is well attended. seventy-five people will gather. Plans have already been made to install acetyTHE PROTESTANT LEPER lene in Kaahumanu and thoroughly reCHURCH. pair the old building. The Board of Trustees have obtained permission from the General Meeting in Honolulu in June One year more and the Molokai Leper to obtain $800.00 for these much needed Church will have been organized just improvements. forty-five years. It is the oldest religious The death of Mrs. Kuaiwa Kauhimahu work of any kind among the unfortunate removes one of the oldest residents of the people of the Settlement. The Hawaiian island. The year of her birth is not Board during all these years has conknown, but she was baptized among the stantly watched over these people. The first converts by the early missionaries, heaviest donations for homes for the unsoon after their arrival, and the year that fortunates and toward every comfort posChristianity came to these Islands she isble have been given by members of our was married. For many years she has Board or by those Protestants interested lived in Wailuku. She is a member of in the welfare of our missions. This is the Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu. a record to be proud of. Rev. D. Kaai, By far the most important piece of the pastor, ministers to a large proporChurch building during the last six tion of the inmates. He stands at the months is the erection of a $1600.00 Jap- center of the group in front of the Church anese Church in Wailuku. The building is joined upon the Waihee end of the Christian school, and will be so arranged that both school rooms and the Church auditorium can be thrown into one large assembly hall in case of large gatherings, such as this Church invariably has at certain Church festivals in the year. The new building is well proportioned, to be bard finished in the interior, with ample air space and a recessed pulpit platform. The tower is to be used in the lower part as a vestibule, while the second story is to be made into an attractive reading room and study for the young men conKALAUPAPA LANDSCAPE nected with the Church. This building. DAYBREAK IN TURKEY. 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The last half of the book gives a thorough insight into the problems of Turkey's regeneration, the difhcultle» in the way, and the far-sighted, persistent and heroic character of the miss*onary operations which have been carried on in that land. $1.50 net. The Pilgrim Press, Boston. �6 THE FRIEND. Range Lights By JOHN G. WOOLLEY, LL. D. At the time this article is written, the license commissioners of the several islands are busy, checking up the tickctof-leavc "merchants," for another year of suspended sentence. There has not been, of course, in any quarter, any expectation of radical betterment of the saloon situation in the islands at this time. But those who read the high-class papers and magazines, have entertained a hope that some signs of the new era, now at full daybreak on the mainland, might show, however faintly, in the deliberations of the new commissions. That hope turns out to have been not wholly delusive, and that the signs are faint is not discouraging; for while Hawaii is a conservative community, almost to the point of being reactionary, and is situated on the extreme periphery of the Union, it is not un intelligent, nor deaf to the vo; ces of the new politics; and, in the long run, is sure to answer back, in kind, the cheers of human brotherhood from beyond the sea. A study of the personnel of the opening session, in Oahu, presented unusual elements of interest, in view of subsequent proceedings. The commission— so much of it as might be supposed to carry any menace to the evil business that was due, snake-like, to shed its skin and beg for a new covering—was composed of young men in whose hearing, good breeding, liberal culture, and clean living were not more visible, than inexperience in tackling the seasoned and aggressive exploiters of the men and the families that lose. The captains of dissipation were out in force, each, openly or covertly. with his string of saloons, and each wearing the cock-sure expression of the cat that has eaten the canary. The situation certainly did look good to them. And their eyes did not greatly deceive them. The stuff was there, in the men behind the tables; and the law was there; to wipe their wretched occupation off the map of lawful industries, without the quiver of an eyelid, if that uncomplicated question had been up. But the question was not, nor was anything that was up. uncomplicated. The commissioners did not quite understand the law, the quest-on, or themselves. The law had made them, in their organized capacity, the public discretion. They understood that they had only been appointed official guessers at the public sentiment, i.e., the quor sentiment would ratify. So, insftitd of going straight into their own brain* and hearts and knowledge, and siiH Shat asking what would best subserve the safety, happiness, and prosperity of the people, they played ducks and drakes with guesses and surmises. The question was, what number of drink-shops were needed for the wellbeing of the community, and where the permitted ones would better be located ? They only asked themselves what number, how disposed would satisfy the unruly and undesirable part of the community. They were set to do the right thing. They set about finding what would be the easy thing. They got as little grasp on themselves as they did on the law and the question. Nothing imaginable would have induced either of them to keep a saloon, or operate a distillery, or a brewery. But, on the other hand, neither of them could face the thought of being called ''reformer." "agitator." or "missionary," at the club—itself a liquor seller. The whole position, on their side, was saturated with confusion. They found themselves in a sort of moral tide-rip, that suggested rocks and life-preservers, and so, they played safety, and proceeded by the old chart of the license system, pure and simple, and let the twentieth century prohibitory features of their opportunity and duty go overboard. They knew, d'rnly, the basic moral implication of the combination; but they did not quite see where it might carry them. They knew all about the ethics of investment, and, not unnaturally, stuck to what they knew. So. this was the kind of arguments that went: not all of them actually presented, but all understood, and considered, and effective, "I have found a location, in a theater, where more people will be available for exploitation. I desire leave to move." "I have an unexpired lease for a year. Tf you refuse to license a saloon, to take it off my hands, you will cause me to lose money." "If you refuse me a renewal for having violated the law, a Chinaman will pet a monopoly." "Mv stock and fixtures are worth nine thousand dollars." "My corner is disorderly, but my business supports three families; the trouble is caused by a Japanese billiard room." One applicant was vouched for, in these words "The trouble with our neighborhood is not liquor. I wish to pod we had more saloons and fewer churches." The argument that a better location meant more sales and more harm; that an orderly saloon, in a residential dis- July, 1909. trkt occupied by the poor, did not signify peace and order in the homes; that the more prosperous the residential saloon is, the poorer the community is, that wholesale dealers, with strings of tied saloons, were the most dangerous of liquor sellers! None of these things cut any figure. The chief anxiety of the commission was, to be fair, or better, to the men of prey. The men, women and children preyed upon could not present their side in terms of investment, and of course they lost. On the investment basis, the liquor dealers had every advantage. On that level, they have no equals in the world of experts. Other business men have a variety of interests—religion, sport, society. The liquor dealer is absolutely focussed on his one ewe-wolf, selling drink. It is not only his business; it is his sport, his rest, his politics, his meditation. No fishhawk knows its case better, nor drives more accurately to the main chance. Things went so smoothly for the licensees, when the protests were "only on principle," that their spirits soared for a hard fall. There was no reform tendency visible in the commission, but. when that subject was reached, there turned out to be a clear and serious purpose as to violations of law—better than reform, without such a purpose. It was well known that one of the licensed restaurants was a Sunday saloon, in fact, and a chronic lawbreaker. The commission promptly decided to take away its Sunday, and afterhours privilege. The investment argument was, that, without that privilege, the business would not survive, and that, in that case, the widow of a deceased liquor dealer would lose the rental income. It fell flat. Then the g; n generals played the bluff of demanding that innocent restaurants be included in the order, and were promptly "called." The commission had arrived at the age of "discretion," in an hour's time, and all restaurants lost the privilege of selling drinks on Sunday and after-hours. Hotels too. At this writing it is too early to record the exact gain. But there is progress. Niihau is without a drink shop; so is Lanai, and also Molokai. Maui wipes out one liquor house, and closes the hotel bar on Sunday. Oahu will diminish the drink shops ten per cent, or more. Meanwhile, the anxious look has returned to the faces of the alcoholic admirals, and they are ready to promise anything that a gracious commission sees fit to impose, in the way of regulations. The liquor situation here, as on the mainland, is paved with good intentions �THE FRIEND July. 1909 7 would like to have some of our young mathematicians try their hand at a numerical puzzle.. In the diagram below, the figures are arranged in succession from 1-9 in such a way that they may be added in any direction, in the per|XMulicular, horizontal or diagonal column, and the sum will always be 15: This looks a little like jugglery, but, in truth, there is method in the arrange- ment, a method which may be followed out on any scale, provided there is an odd number of squares in the diagram. Try a diagram of 25 squares: THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT IN HONOR OF THE HEROIC DEAD. the economic conditions prevailing at the present time. The ceremonies were observed in accordance with the Shinto rites, this beine- the national ceremonial cult, and were most solemn and impressive. The spirits of the heroic dead were addressed as though present to hear the words of gratitude, reverence and prayer. After various ascriptions and prayers had been intoned by the priests, the white coverings were removed from the offerings, disclosing to view large rice cakes, two pyramids of pink and white confections, a large fish, and several pyramids of golden fruits, while in the centre were two living ducks that kept their heads pointing upwards and their bills in constant action, but never breaking the silence with a sound. These offerings, displayed in the midst of green branches and floral decorations made a pleasing picture. Following the priestly ceremonial, others, representing the people, advanced toward the monument, paused, and with respectful gesture, offered their expressions of reverence. First in order came Consul Uyeno, and following, in turn, the War Veterans, the Red Cross Society, the Aikoku Fujin Kwai, i.e., Woman's Love of Country Society, and the Shokonsai Committee. The exercises were concluded with a war song rendered by the pupils of the six Japanese schools of the city. In the grounds of the Xuuanu street Japanese School there stands a monoT lith which appeals strongly to the spirit of reverence in the mind of every Japanese man, woman and child that beholds it. On the face of the stone are chiseled three idiographs, Kyo Chu Hi —loyalty revealing memorial—which were penned by the hand of Admiral Togo for this monument, and were enlarged by photograph, and reproduced in the Admiral's own chirography on this stone. This monument was erected in honor of the hrave men who, in war, have laid down their lives on the altar of their Fatherland, and the ceremonies which were observed before it on the 27th day of June may be compared to the ceremonies of our Decoration" Day. In Japanese the day is known as Shokonsai. The battle of the sea of Japan took place on the 9th of May, and that is the day 011 which these exercises would naturally have fallen, but the ceremony was postponed until the arrival of the Japanese squadron, in hopes that the officers and men would be able to join in the celebration. That Admiral Ijichi did not see his wav clear to fall in with these plans was a keen disappointment to many, but others believed his action to THE WITCHERY OF NUMBERS. be a delicate expression of courtesy to the people of these islands in view of Now. that school days are over, we u» tM k* mM tM mM We invite our young people tc try filling out a diagram of 49 squares with the figures from 1-49, inclusive. The test of success will be, as above, that the sum of every column, in any direction, will be the same. We would like to publish in our next issue, the, names of any who will send us the solution of the problem. While there is no jugglery about figures, we can not deny that there is a mystery in the interrelation of numbers. Our minds also seem to have some peculiar affinity for certain numbers, such as 3, 7 and 12. We see trinities everywhere, in God, in Man and in Nature. We resolve man into body, mind and spirit; and his mind into intellect, sensibilities and will. Material things have length breadth and thickness. We sum up Nature under animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. The number 7 runs a close second, and 12 dispute's the right of 7 to preeminence. Seven says he is universally recognized as the perfect number, that the week is divided into seven days, and even man has his seven ages. Twelve says he makes the round of the clock (Continued on page /.v.) �THE FRIEND. 8 July, 1909, than he, in these sentences from his lec- The Scribe's Corner REV. WM. BREWSTER OLESON Corresponding Secretary. UNITY OR COMITY—WHICH? Christian unity aims at organic union, —the merging of all bodies of believers into a single universal Church. Christian comity aims at the cordial and considerate cooperation and fellowship of all bodies of believers while yet retaining each its own separate organism. There are innumerable difficulties in the way of Christian unity, largely due to the individualism of organizations of believers in matters of polity, of doctrine, of historic continuity, of inherited prejudice, and of denominational pride. No body of Christian believers in these retpectl is blameless. Many Churches are prepared to make some concessions in order to promote organic unity with all other Churches; but no Church is as yet prepared to make the necessary and essential concessions, much less all of the Hence the discussion of Churches. Church unity, while promotive of the end sought, must for a long time yet be largeIj academic. When every organization of Christian believers reaches in its polity and belief the simplicity of the primitive Church, then Christian unity will become a realized fact. Until then the foremost duty of every Christian Church and organization is to practice Christian comity. That aims at the cordial and considerate cooperation of all Christian Ixxlies while yet retaining each its own separate organism. Christian comity forbids controversy and unbrotherly criticism. It promotes fraternalism and sympathy. It means the practice Of the mind of Christ on the part of every Christian, and of every Christian Church, toward every other Christian, and every other Christian Church. We believe that a sincere adherence to this spirit will immeasurably promote the cause of Christ in Hawaii, and will contribute more certainly than anything else to the compassing of the great wish and prayer of the Master, that his disciples may all be one. -All men were lovers of Phillips Brooks. His winsome and catholic spirit won men to his type of Christian belief. We must rank him as one of the modern prophets in the commonwealth of Christian Churches; for no one has said a truer word on the spirit that should dominate every Christian communion "Tolerance," addressed to the students of the Divinity Schools of the Protestant Episcopal Church: "So long as any Church is aware that there are Christians to whom she, as she is now constituted, cannot open her doors, she must be more than content—she must be thankful and rejoice—that there arc forms of worship and groups of believers in which those Christians for whom she lias no place may find fellowship with one another and feed their souls with truth. While she is ever trying to make her own embrace more large, to bring herself into a true identity with the absolute Christianity, she will be glad enough that in the mean time the souls for which she has no place are not to go unhoused, that there are other Church homes than her own in which they may live, that she is not the whole Church, that in the largest and truest sense the Church, even today, does embrace all servants of Christ in their innumerable divisions. Such soul* there must be so long as there is no Church in the world which is exactly coincident with essential Christianity, no Church which makes the standards of A. A. EBERSOLE her membership exactly the same, —not one whit more, as well as not one whit less than the standard by which a man The month of June was children's would have a right to count himself, and month. Two occasions of unusual into think that Christ would count him, a terest to them occurred during the true servant of the Lord of Christians." month. jt Jt .< The Annual Picnic. The first was the Annual Picnic on In connection with the communication in another column from Rev. R. B. June ii, Kamehameha Day, on the PuDodge relative to the need of a new nalioti grounds. It was one of the Church building at the leper settlement longest and most successful of these ,it Kalanpapa. it should be stated that at always popular picnic days. the recent session of the Hawaiian EvanFor weeks the various committees gelical Association it was voted to ap- had been busy preparing for the event, prove of the effort to raise $8000 for this and everything was so well systempurpose. In view of the advance that atized that although over a thousand lias recently been made in the building people were fed and furnished with reequipment at Kalaupapa, a neat and taste- freshment in the way of lemonade and ful structure should be erected in place pop, there wasn't a hitch in the proof the present Church edifice which must gram. Everything went off orderly The Hawaiian and without friction. soon be abandoned. Board supports the pastor of the Church, Special cars brought the Sunday and it would be fitting indeed if some of schools from Palama Settlement, Kalithe generous supporters of the Board, hi Branch church and Kakaako Miswho have on other occasions given lib- sion, and several hundred from Central erally in the interest of greater comfort Union. Most of the Central Union, for the unfortunates at the settlement, children went direct to the picnic should send contribution, for the pro- grounds. By 10 o'clock the beautiful posed new building, either to the treas- campus was a lively scene, with scores urer of the Board or to Rev. R. B. of games simultaneously conducted in Dodge at Wailuku. W. B. O. various parts of the grounds, while in the big tent erected for the occasion, the ladies were busy preparing the big THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. lunch. Promptly at 12 o'clock the various schools assembled in separate groups Boy, gun, Joy, fun, about the big tent and the corps of Gun bust, waiters began to distribute the good Boy dust. things that generous friends had protures on Central Union News �July, 1909 THE FRIEND vided. And there was enough for all, and some to spare. But none to waste. That night a dozen poor families in Kakiako were made happy with a generous supply of the good things left over. Tills annual outing of the Sunday schools does much especially for the mission schools, in showing them that we do count them in. That we are in reality all on one level in Christ's work. It is a hie: task to conduct a picnic of tiiis size, but it pays to do it. To bring toge'lur in this happy outdoor social way all the scholars and their parents from the various Sunday schools. CHILDREN'S DAY. The other event in which the children of the church were given recognition was the annual children's day service. Sunday. June 13. Besides the usual participation of the various departments of the Sunday school, there was the graduation of the first minister's class, six boys and girls who had completed the course of studies assigned by the minister, and the recognition on the part of the church of all the children who had been baptized when children and. who, this year are seven years old. It was a pretty sight to see twenty-eight of these previous charges of the church lined up on the platform where they each received a Bible from the minister and a word of recognition from him. In this way they are reminded of their connection with the church and of the church's interest in them. One could not help but be impressed anew with the importance of these various lines of work among the children, and the suggestion naturally arose that there is still one other feature that should receive attention and that is the organization of some club or society among the boys, to hold their interest after they begin to drop out of Sunday school. Some organization that will help them to grow into clean, pure manhood. A. A. E. ORDINATION OF REV. TAKIE OKUMURA. The ordination of Mr. Okumura, who had been in evangelistic work for bis countrymen for nearly fifteen years, was conditionally approved by the Oahu Island Association, at their meeting held in Waikane in April, at which a committee was appointed to examine the candidate, and if satisfactory to arrange for the service of ordination. 9 This most interesting exercise of ( >r sionary effort. The budget of the Maui dination and Installation took place Sab- Aid Association last year amounted to hath evening, May 30th, at the Japanese over $12,000.00 in expenditures for the Church at Makiki, corner of Pensacola salaries and buildings of those pastors and Kinau streets, where were assembled and Churches affiliated with the Hawaian audience of perhaps one hundred and ian Evangelical Association. twenty persons, mostly Japanese young There ij a careful set of rules for the men, largely members of the Japanese payment of all monies that go through Makiki Church. Upon the spacious plat- the treasury of the Maui Aid Associaform were seated Rev. Messrs. Frank tion, and no pastor or Church is assisted Scudder, M. Tsuji, M. K. Saito, John P. unless full reports are presented of the Erdman, Henry K. Poepoe, J. A. Akina, work actually accomplished during the O. H. Gulick, Isaac D. Iaea, L. P.. Ka months, and also unless all money raised umeheiwa and E. W. Timing, who laid by the Church desiring aid for repairs their hands upon the head of the can- or building is turned into the treasury didate at the time of the ordaining prayer. of the Association. The wisdom of After the Invocation, singing and read- such regulation has been amply justified, ing of Scripture, one of the Deacons read for under this system all the Maui and a brief history of the Church; another Molokai pastOTl with one exception have Deacon then read the call of the Church been systematically aided in their otherto Mr. Okumura to become their pastor, wise all too meager salaries, and in the including a proposition to aid in his sup- last three years an average of ten port, followed by the letter of acceptance Churches a year have been built or reby Mr. Okumura. Mr. Okumura then paired. made a statement of his belief and ChrisAfter the granting of the Charter by tian experience. This was followed by the Territory, the incorporators met at the Ordaining prayer, by Rev. Mr. Saito the office of the Maui Agricultural Comwith the laying on of the hands of the pany on June 14th and elected the folclergymen upon the platform. The lowing officers: President, Hon. H. P. Charge to the Pastor was given by Rev. ; Baldwin ; vice-president, Mr. H. A. BaldM. Tsuji. of I.ihue, Kauai; the Charge to ! win secretary and treasurer. Rev. R. B. the People by Rev. D. Scudder, followed I Dodge auditor, Mr. D. C. Lindsay. The b>- a hymn, and prayer by Rev. J. P. financial committee of the Association is as follows: Hon. IT. P. Baldwin, Rev. Prdman. The Benediction by the newly ordained R, 11. Dodge and Mr. I). C. Lindsay. pastor closed this most interesting ser- The object of this committee is to have vice. full charge of the finances of the AssoA few days later the members of the ciation from month to month, and so do Church gave a party of Welcome and 'away with the frequent meetings of the Congratulations at which the members ! full membership of the Association. gave expression of their appreciation of JThis financial committee will save the their beloved pastor, and of gratitude time of some of the busiest men on Maui, that he had accepted their call. Con- who wish to be members of the Assogratulatory remarks were also made bv ciation, and yet feel they cannot devote representatives of other Churches in Ho- too much time to details. A full report nolulu, and Rev. M. Tsuji of Lihue and of the action of the committee is to be recorded in the minutes of the AssociaMr. Inagaki of Waialua. tion upon approval. O. G. H. -• .• Few givers outside of Maui realize the INCORPORATION OF THE MAUI fact that over one-third of the entire number of Churches under the care of the AID ASSOCIATION. Hawaiian Board are located on Maui, Four years ago this September, when Molokai and I.anai, and th?t these the Board sent the present Agent to Maui. Churches must be aided in all financial Hon. H. P. Baldwin, the Board's gen- projects in a systematic way. or else tumerous supporter of all the Maui work, re- ble-down Churches and pastorless flocks vived the Maui Aid Association. The will be the sad results of neglect. All work of this Association through the of this detail financial work must be lookgifts of Mr. Baldwin and many others ed after by some individual or group of interested in the business enterprises of individuals in close touch with the needs. Maui, so rapidly increased ths»t it was These apparent needs the Maui Aid Asdeemed wise to incorporate the Maui Aid sociation intends to look after and help department of the work of the Hawaiian to supply, and all those interested in the Board. This Association that has been welfare of the Kingdom of God in Haformed is virtually a of waii should rejoice that the Hawaiian the Hawaiian Board, and the two or- Board has such an organized sub-comganizations are working together in tbf mittee for carrying on its work. carrying on of all philanthropic and misR. B. Dodge. :: i» .m .* _« �July, 1009, THE FRIEND. 10 THE PREPARATION OF MEN FOR THE GOSPEL MINISTRY. Men Working for Men John P. PAUL SUPER Transforming Men. The most striking examples of the power of Jesus Christ to save men from deep degrading sin that have come under my personal observation are furnished by the work of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. During the last few clays of May it was my privilege to attend the great convention of Railroad Y. M. C. A. members at St. Ixmis, Mo. Over 1300 men were in attendance at this convention, many of them officials but most of them conductors, engineers, switchmen and other employees. If I needed anything to stiffen my faith in the power of the gospel. I got it. Never in any gathering have I seen sc many men who had been changed from wild drunken railroad men into fine, Christian, faithful employees, testifying to what Jesus had done for them. It was tremendously inspiring, and worth going a long way to experience. There was Conductor jim Burwick. Engineer Tom Kennan, Switchman Lawhead. This last man proved the reality of his conversion by getting to work on Bible study, and he has now enrolled over 400 men in a correspondence scheme of studying the Bible. His own scheme, by the way. Many others there were to whom Jesus has meant everything, and a loyal body of Christians they are. No Wonder. After having seen what the Association has done for these men it is small wonder that an official of the Pennsylvania road says that the Y. M. C. A. is the greatest invention since the Westinghouse air brake, considered simply as a safety appliance. At a great banquet held in the armory, a number of prominent officials spoke. Let me repeat the testimony of a few. Mr. Freeman, receiver for the I. & G. N., said of the Y. M. C. A.: "A necessary and economical investment, an investment paying ten fold." It is on this basis that most of the leading railroads put thousands of dollars into Y. M. C. A. work every year. President Brown of the New York Central told us that his road had put $700,000 into Y. M. C. A. buildings, and added: "No investment can ever pay as large returns." President Stevens of the ChesaA. peake and Ohio said they had Y. buildings at every division point, had spent $300,000 on them, and gave $10,-000.00 annually to carry on the work. Col. John J. McCook told how the Federal courts had ruled that contributions toward the work of the Y. M. C. A. are a legitimate item in the disbursements of a railroad receiver's accounts. But not the least event of the conference was the conversion in a service led by one of the secretaries of Mr. Gary, vice-president of one of the leading roads running into St. Louis. These Two Things. The convention inmressed me, then, in these two points: First, the great power of the gospel of our Lord to make wicked men good men, and second, the remarkable favor in which the Y. M. C. A. is held by railroad corporations. This feature of the workhad done great things, and made a most significant contribution toward the furthering of the interests of the Kingdom in the world of industry. The Omaii v Conference. From the convention of volunteer workers in St. Louis, we went to the conference of employed officers at ()maha. where 447 of us spent five and a half days discussing the work of promoting the Association along several new lines, or new features of old lines. Four commissions appointed a year ago reported, one on work for high school boys, one on work for immigrants, one on cooperation with the Church and Church clubs, and one on work for country men and boys, both in the country and as they come to the city. I have personally given some time to the matter of our new building, and will give a good deal more time to that work later. Dr. Bosworth was at the conference, and others who knew Honolulu people. Many inquired about Mr. Coleman, formerly of our Association. We had secretaries from India, Mexico, South America, China and Japan, but these were in the States on other business, and none had traveled so far for the purpose of the conference as the replesentative from Honolulu. Student Conference. The next thing on my program is a conference of western college men at Cascade, Colorado. From there to Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Texas, to study southern Y. If. C. A. buildings, and then to Los Angeles and Stockton, Cal., for the same purpose. After this we will confer with several architects in San Francisco, and then Hawaii nei, to try to put into operation the things learned on this trip, which is being of so great value to me. Paul Super. Erdman A Plan. It is a fact well known to all the members of the Hawaiian Board that only two young men are at present in training for the Gospel Ministry. Another fact not so well known is that there are at least a dozen Churches in the islands that are pastorless. To supply these Churches a half dozen men more or less advanced in age have been within the past two years ordained. These men, earnest and devoted though they be, have had practically no training for the important work to which they have been appointed. Even in numbers they are not sufficient to meet the needs. Another fact should be kept in mind, namely, many of our present pastors have spent freely their strength and energy in long service of the Church and are now aged and enfeebled. Soon they must lay aside the responsibilities they have faithfully borne: Who will take their places? To meet the pressing present need and the imminent future need, as yet, HO systematic plan has been adopted. The present arrangement by which a few of the better qualified young men arc being trained in the States is a slow and very expensive process, which cannot be sufficiently developed to satisfy all the requirements. The time is past due when some other provision must be made to supply the needed ministers. The suggested plan is simply this: to establish a Bible School where mental and spiritual instruction will be combined with practical training in the preparation of young men for the Gospel Ministry. There is nothing startling or original in the scheme, for similar methods are followed elsewhere and in fact have been used here in days gone by. The aim, however, would be to infuse the standard methods with an up-to-date and lively spirit which would make them more effective. Students. In the first place students should have certain qualifications for entrance. The day has passed when a pastor can fill his position without a knowledge of the English language. Every succeeding year will demand increasing use of English in our Churches so that the coming pastor must be able to speak the language in order to do efficient work. Hence a qualification for students should be, ability to read books �11 THE FRIEND July, 1909. students would be a wonderin English and to speak the language secrated and help to all our inspiration ful more or less correctly. Churches. in itself aid imposwill test of This During the three summer months ing a second qualification, namely, that students would be of great serto a these wise set not be of age. It may fixed limit for the age of entering students, but it is doubtful whether a man above thirty years of age would be qualified to do the work in the school and receive the benefit which he ought. Of course, there are exceptions therefore no fixed limit should be made. The aim should be, however, to admit only young men who would more readily absorb progressive methods. The other usual and necessary qualifications, such as uprightness of character, rectitude of conduct, spirituality, and determination to make the Ministry one's life work, of course, should be required. Studies. The course might cover say two years of nine months each; recitations for 5 being from 9 to 12 each morning hours days of the week, making thus 15 per week. Two hours in the afternoon, say from 1 to 3 o'clock, should be given to study in preparation for the following day. The curriculum should include at least the following subjects: Bible Study, Church History, Biblical DocHomiletics, including sermonizpastoral duties, and S. S. Norand ing mal Study. The fifteen hours each week might be divided among these subjects, say, as follows: Bible Study, 5 hours; Church History, 3; Biblical Doctrine, a; Homiletics, 3; S. S. Normal, 2. Experimental Training. At least three evenings each week should be spent in conducting meetings in the various missions and apana chapels in and about the city, the students going out two by two to carry on these meetings under the supervision of teachers, thus acquiring facility and ease in speaking, learning the best methods of leadership, and developing in themselves a lively desire to save men. In connection with these meetings there would be, of course, house to house visitation, giving training in another practical line. On Sundays the students would have practice in teaching Sunday School classes in the various Churches and where qualified might be sent out to supply some pastorless flock. The blessing which would result from the work of such a band of con- eventually prove a necessary part of the Board's work. There would certainly be a good return on the comparatively small amount put into such an experiment, vice, working under the direction of and yet it would be possible to give up the Board's Agents or of the pastors of the trial later on without feeling that any funds of the Board had been used the larger Churches of the islands. Such a schedule of study and work unwisely. would well fill the student's time and not allow any distracting outside work. THE MEDIATOR. Physical Features. The location of the school should be in Honolulu, and for a beginning the Miller street property, opposite the Portuguese Church, might be inexpensively repaired and refitted for such a school. Living rooms could be partitioned off to accommodate 5 or 6 students with ample space still left for recitation rooms. The expenses incurred for food for the students would not average more than ten dollars ($10.00) a month pel student—suppose 5 students, fifty dollars per month. For a housekeeper, probably the wife of one of the students could fill this position, say, $15.00 per month; extras $10.00 per month making a total expense of $75.00 per month, or for a school year $675.00 ; for two years' course $1350.00. I do not know the exact cost of sending a student to Hartford for 2 years' course, but should estimate that it could not be done for less than $1000. Now with the expenditure of verylittle more, after two years we have five (5) well equipped pastors instead of one (1), and in addition have received meantime the benefit of the large amount of service they render while students. The comparative advantages of the two investments are clear, and all point toward the wisdom of setting up a local school. This school, of course, would be open to all nationalities and it is well to bear in mind that among the best Chinese and Japanese workers of the Board to day are the young men who have grown up in the islands, receiving education in our boarding schools. As to the teaching force, it would seem possible to divide the work among a number of the Board's workers living on Oahu so that no new expense need be incurred in this line. One might be appointed to have charge, and to be with other teachers a faculty for perfecting and administering the affairs of the school. Beginning thus in a small way without a great outlay of money, the experiment could be tried and might ; "Within the Four Seas all are Brothers" The Sons of the Orient say ; And the Occident fervently niters Its longing for brotherhood's sway So God brings our brothers beside us From the uttermost parts of the earth, Where four seas enclose, not divide us, While he opens our eyes to their worth. Are all men the sons of one Father ? Then shall they not henceforth be one In fellowship; dwelling together Inspired by the love of God's Son ? O Paradise of the Pacific Where Orient and Occident meet, Greet all with the sight beatific Of the races in love made complete ! AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Mr. T. Onoda, who toured these islands in behalf of the Okayama Orphanage, sends a statement of his receipts and expenditures: eceipts— Oahu Kauai Hawaii Maui Molokai $1,632.85 1,488.54 2,258.00 1,018.45 27-3° $6;425-i4 .xpenaes— Import duty $ 99.15 Fares and express. 263.15 Boarding 132.95 Cost of entertainments 461.55 Chemicals 127.10 ■ fet income 11.083.90 $5,341.24 We add a few lines from his accompanying letter from the mainland: "I am very happy to tell you that the Lord so much blessed my work there that He gave me over five thousand dollars for the Orphanage. "I hope you will continue to remember me before the Lord that I may do His will wherever I go. "Trusting that He will make your work very prosperous. I remam, "Sincerely yours, in His service, "TESUYA ONODA." �12 THE FRIEND current of young life which flows all about you. It is interesting to see how those annual exhibitions are becoming a training ground for parents as well as children. Here Occident and Orient meet in the common bonds of fatherF. W. DAMON. hood and motherhood and divisions and barriers are taken down by little hands. God grant that the month of June in AN INSPIRING MONTH. Hawaii may ever symbolize not only the Scattered all through the month of joy and hope of childhood and youth, June in Honolulu and up and down the but the growing claims and the righteTerritory closing exercises and exhibi- ousness of a fuller and more perfect tions of many different schools follow union and federation of the races! each other in rapid succession. It is a gala month for the young people and AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. one fraught with varied interest for those of older growth. It would be well We feel sure that all who gathered if more friends of education would en- on the sth of June to join in the exerdeavor to so arrange the engagements cises connected with the placing of a of this month, that they might join in "memorial stone" in the building nowthe interesting festivities, which are so being erected in Manoa valley for the freely and bountifully provided and re- Boys' Department of the Mid-Pacific ceive the inspiration and uplift which Institute, will long remember the occacome from contact with young and sion as most stimulating and inspiring. buoyant life in one of its most joyous Instead of the usual "cornerstone" it moments. and exultant It is a proud was decided to place a stone in on? of and happy time, filled with poetry and the noble arches which form the mainsong, a gathering up of the achieve- entrance to the building. After much ments of months of patient work and a searching an immense stone, weighing presentation of well-earned results anv'd something over a ton. beautiful with a setting often truly and beautifully lichened traceries was found, and on artistic, and always eloquent with the this was cut in bold figures the date of hope and longing of youth. It is good this year of construction. I<XX). Tlvs for older eyes to practise again the formed the "cap" or cover to another vision of these, whose outlook is on- stone in which was placed a varied list dimmed and across whose horizon falls of photographs, and publications, conno shadow. In these June days many a nected with the different departments one "finds himself, or herself." perhaps >f the missionary work of the Hawaifor the first time. If it be true, as has ian Board and especially mdicative of been said, that the greatest fact of hu- the history, growth and development of man history is "the emergence of the the "Mid-Pacific Institute" up to the individual," it is certainly a noteworthy present time. It was»a moment of period when the boy or girl, perhaps for special interest when the great stone the first time, in these time-honored ob- slowly and surely descended to its servances of school-life, realizes to destined resting place, to watch for some degree, his or her relation, to the many a year, we trust over the historic larger world of thought and effort which data intrusted to its keeping and to lies without and beyond. Then in turn stand as a mute though eloquent sign of may the presence and appreciation of the "onward and upward" growth of those of mature experience prove a a work which seeks the uplift of youth, larger incentive and a strengthening regardless of all racial barriers. In fine and helpful assurance. attestation of this dedication of this Truly, here, in our own beautiful city edifice to its Special purpose and use, and territory, just at this season, there four students. Chinese, Japanese, Koreis an "embarrassment of riches." With an and Hawaiian, each in clear and the claims of public and private schools vigorous tones, on behalf of the spepressing upon him. one scarcely knows c'al race which he represented declared how to meet the demand on time and 'he stone to be "duly and truly laid." Tn strength. It is well, however, in arrang- harmonious accord with this there came ing your program, while being loyal to from scores of young voices, the comthose who make special claim upon you, bined chorus of the different schools: to remember that all about you are "Let praise and prayer be offered here, those who are doing equally good work, And service true from year to year; of whose activity you, perhaps know al Let far and wide our efforts flow. most nothing. It is a good time to get That all the world His love may know." A varied program consisting of songs above your denominational or national preferences and plunge into the broader from the students of Kawaiahao Semin- Educational Advance July, 1909 ary. Mills Institute, the Japanese Boarding School, the Korean Mission School, addresses from the Principals of these different institutions, and many other features, proved of much interest to the friends of many different nationalities who gathered to show their interest in and sympathy with the work to be here carried forward. Especially would we refer to the beautiful "welcome" given by Rev. Mr. Nakuina, on behalf of the Hawaiian people, to this educational work. In a most touching and sympathetic spirit he referred to the kindly "aloha" of his people, which the many and varied races here gathered have had abundant reason to remember. It was a joy and inspiration to have with us Rev. Dr. Sheffield. President of Tung Clio College, near Peking, North China, who, for forty years has been engaged in educational work in China. His helpful and sympathetic address was much appreciated and his words of encouragement will ever be a stimulus to go forward with the work of the MidPacific Institute, trusting that it may be a help not only to Hawaii but to the Orient and all the world. The visitors on this occasion were delighted and surprised to sec the advance already made with the work. Already the walls are rising Up into the second story and the splendid proportions of this noble building with frontage of more than two hundred feet, are coming grandly into view. Against the dark background of our picturesque island stone the brilliant flags of many nations shone out in fine contrast, waving a welcome to the youth of all races to find here a home and Christian training. Tn splendid elided characters thequotation from the Sage of the Far East, Confucius,"With■n the four seas all men are brothers," arranged along the front of the growing building seemed to voice the feeling of the day and the spirit of the work, here to be done. A magnificent view is to be obtained from the building. The beautiful valley of Manoa may be seen in all its varied loveliness while a glorious stretch of ocean and coast line, with the full profile of Diamond Head, seem spread out almost at the observer's feet. It is a goodly point on which to rear a noble school and such we trust will prove to be the future of the one now here rising. Some monthswill vetclapse before the building will be completed but by another school year we trust it will be the home of many earnest and ambitious students. The friends of this work will be pleased to know that a loyal and generous supporter of our school who has already done so much for its advancement has just donated a �further splendid gift of land to the institution, which gives now to the school the full ownership of the noble natural terrace upon which it stands. The contents of the box placed in the memorial stone were as follows: Chinese Students Alliance Journal, fifteen copies of The Student, Mid-Pacific Circular, two pictures of buildings, Mills Institute Catalogue, copy "Outlook." January, 1906; two annual reports of Hawaiian Evangelical Association, 1907 and 1908; four copies of Friend, December, 1902; July, 1907; October, 1908; February, 1909; program of the Haof the 87th annual waiian Evangelical Association; copy of Ka Hoaloha, June, 1909; copy of Mr. Wilcox' letter; invitation to Mills Institute annual entertainment; copy of charter granted in 1908; copy of Korean Advocate; copy of Japanese religious paper Tomo; catalogue of Japanese school. The program of the afternoon s exercises was as follows: Opening Prayer- R-v. Mr Gul.c'-. Hymn (general)—"America". No. 276. Address—Rev. Mr. Nakuma. Chorus—"The Volunteers", No. 207. Schools. The Address by the principal of Mills Institute—Mr.'A. M. Merrill. Schools. Responsive Exercises—The Song—Mills Institute Glee Club. Address by the principal of the Japanese School—Rev. Mr. Okumura. Hymn (general) — "The Morning Light is Breaking", No. 257. Address by the principal of the Korean School—Rev. Mr. Wadman. Chant—N XIII Psalm. Kawaiahao Glee Club. , Recitation—"A Song of Today Miss Bosher, principal of Kawaiahao Seminary. . _^ A Greeting from China—Rev. Ur. Sheffield, president Tung-Cho College. Chorus—"We've a Story to Tell to the Nations", The Schools. General Statement—Mr. F. W. Damon, president of the Board of Managers, Mid-Pacific Institute. Placing of memorial stone by four students, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hawaiian. Musical Response—The Schools. ; Prayer—Rev. Dr. Scudder, v ce presi dent of the Board of Managers of the Mid-Pacific Institute. Doxology. Benediction. Rev. Mr. Oleson, general superintendent of the Hawaiian Board. GRADUATING EXERCISES IN ATHERTON HALL, KAWAIAHAO SEMINARY. Though gaththsever been have ereal 13 THE FRIEND July, 1909, erings, more or less formal in Atherton A Luau— Elizabeth Mejdell. Hall, the new home of Kawaiahao Sem- inary, the graduating exercises of the class of '09 held there on Wednesday afternoon, June 5, marked the first real Seminary function to be celebrated there. It was, too, the first time in which the beautiful Assembly Hall has been used in a formal way. This is one of the most carefully planned and suitable school halls in the Territory. On this particular day it was most appropropriatelv decorated and the drooping graceful ferns of Manoa, with groupings of palm fronds, made a lovely setting for the nearly one hundred girls of many nationalities in their white dresses who occupied the seats in the center of the hall. The "Processional" with which the program opened, was strikingly effective and as the senior class entered through the opening ranks of their school-companions and advanced along the way guarded by garlands of white and green, one could not but hope that it might be prophetic of a happy journey through life awaiting them. Nine girls graduated from the eighth grade and received appropriate certificates. ()f these a number are to return to the more advanced work which the Seminary is to offer in the coming year. A number of pleasing songs and choruses were sung showing careful and thorough training. The essays read were extremely interesting and delivered with excellent enunciation. The subjects were well chosen, such as the writers could well grasp from their own knowledge and experience. Miss Bosher and her Faculty are to be most warmly congratulated upon tin- successful dose-of this first year of the life of Kawaiahao Seminary in its new home. Splendid work has been accomplished and the new year, with further advance in the curriculum of studies offered and in the coming of five reinforcements to the already strong Faculty, promises still further progress: Program. Processional —.Warren National Hymn School. Prayer Dr. Doremus Scudder. Smart Dance of the Fairies— Glee Club. Old Kawaiahao— Mary Kauila Apo. Hawaiian Leis— Hannah Dorothea Mejdell. Butterflies Song— Camillia Lies. A Hint— Anna Pratt. Ah Sam McGuire. Primary Glee Club. — — Schubert Glee Club. Two Old Legends Lizzie Kekahiliaulani Goldstein. Pinsuti When Life is Brightest Singing Class. When I First Came to Honolulu—.. Shime Janet llashidate. H. Lane Wilson Carmena Glee Club. Presentation of Certificates Mr. 1". W. Damon. Aye Marie Marchetti Seniors. Serenade — Benediction — Rev. O. H. Gulick. Recessional — Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand School. SWITZERLAND IN HAWAII. Principal Merrill and his Faculty this year to vary the closing of Mills Institute by having their students give a number of scenes from the noble play of "William Tell" by Schiller. It proved to be a notable and splendidly satisfactory performance and reflected great credit upon all who trained the performers and those who look part. 'I he students seemed to enter with unusual spirit and enthusiasm into the lite of the play. It was the voice ot the great human heart crying out eloquently for liberty and freedom from the oppressor's yoke. 1 hough before you were Chinese, Japanese and Korean boys, speaking in English, a translation of the noble and immortal lines of a German poet, in a setting of the tropics rather than of the Alps, yet there seemed to be nothing incongruous and unfitting. Perhaps the growing sense of the glory and beauty of human liberty as it is beginning to dawn on these lads from the Orient gave a color and earnestness to their performance, which you felt came from the heart. The noble and spreading trees in the Institute grounds made a beautiful background on the great and touching play. The costumes and different scenes were most skilfully arranged. Those who were privileged to be present will not soon forget the play of the fine lipht, the dusky shadows out of which emerged the forms of friend and foe, the earnest and hearty spirit of the voting actors. It was indeed a fine ending to a school year which has been one of the best and most successful in the history of this institution. decided �THE FRIEND 14 July, 1909 Daily Bible Readings.—Aug. 9, Monday, Acts 18:23-19:22—"The way of God." Aug. 10, Tuesday, Acts 16:14-18—"The way of salvation." Aug. 11, Wednesday, Acts 24:1-16—"The waycalled heresy." Aug. 12, Thursday, 1 Cor. 10:1-13—The way of escape. Aug. 13,Eridav.2 Peter 2:1-22 —"The way of the truth." Aug. 14, Saturday, Matt. 3:1-12—The way of the Lord. Aug. 15, Sunday, Matt. 7:7-14 —Tiio narrow vs. the broad way. Our Young People HENRY P. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS. Third Quarter, 1909 Lesson 5. Close of Paul's Second Missionary Journey. Aug. 1. Acts 18:1-22. Golden Text—ln the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.—John 16:33. Time—A. D. 52. Place—Corinth. The lesson teaching—God is with His faithful workers. Outline of the Lesson—Paul's first experiences in Corinth —vs. 1-4. His later work with Jews and Gentiles—vs. 5-1 1. A crisis and triumph—vs. 12-17. Reporting to headquarters in Antioch. —vs. 18-22. Daily Bible Readings—July 26, Monday. Acts 18:1-22—Strengthened by the Lord. July 27, Tuesday, Acts 23:1-11 —encouraged by the Lord. July 28, Wednesday, Eph. 6:10-20 — Being strong in the Lord. July 29, Thursday, 1 Thess. 2:1-12—Waxing bold in God. July 30, Friday, Col. 1 :o-20— Strengthened with all power. July 31, Saturday, Phil. 4:8-13—The secret of strength. August I, Sunday, 2 Cor. 12:1-10—Christ's grace sufficient. Lesson 6. Paul's Instructions to the Thessalonians. August 8. i Thess. 5:12-24. Golden Text—See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good.—l Thess. 5:15. Time—A. D. 52. Place—Corinth. The lesson teaching—The Christian life should be a growing one. Outline of the Lesson—Why Paul wrote to the Thessalonians: I. He wanted to tell them how glad he was to learn that they were faithful to his teaching. 2. He wanted to defend himself and his teaching from the slanders of his enemies. 3. He wanted to give them some practical counsel for their daily living. The inner life— 1. Thess. 4:1-8: 1. The Christian should be constantly growing more and more like Christ. 2. The body is "a temple of the Holy Spirit" to be kept pure and sacred for God's service. JUDD Relations with others, should be those of a Christian gentleman in the highest and best sense. The future life—4:13, 5:11: Paul taught that fellowship with God was eternal and the dead as well as those left alive would together share in the Kingdom. The ideal life—5:16-24: The development of body, mind and spirit was Paul's ideal and the true ideal for today. Daily Bible Readings.—Aug. 2, Monday, 1 Thess. 5:12-24—Instructions to a Christian Church. Aug. 3, Tuesday, Rom. 15:1-14—Christians should edify one another. Aug. 4, Wednesday, Phil. 2:1-11 —Christians should be of one accord. Aug. 5, Thursday, Gal. 6:1-10— Christians should bear one another's burdens. Aug. 6, Friday, Rom. 14:1-23—Christians should not judge one another. Aug. 7, Saturday, Rom. 15: 1-9—Christians should bear infirmities of the weak. Aug. 8, Sunday, 1 Cor. 10:23-33—Christians should give no occasion for stumbling. Paul's Third Missionary Journey. Aug. 15. Acts Lesson 7. 18:23-19:22. Golden Text—The name of the Lord was magnified.—Acts 19:17. Time—Paul's third missionary journey began in A. D. 53 or 54 and lasted three years. Place —Ephesus, the capital, of the Roman province of Asia. Paul had gone through Asia Minor, visiting the Churches in the region of Galatia before arriving at Ephesus. The Lesson Teaching—The power of the gospel overcomes superstition and sin. Outline of the Lesson-—Paul's work in Ephesus 19:8, 9. Note three phases of his work. I. Preaching in the Jewish synagogue. 2. Preaching in the school of Tyrannus. 3. House-to-house visitation. The power of the gospel in Asia—vs. 10-20. Two agencies were effective in extending its influence: 1. The people who came from all over Asia on business or to worship at the temple of Diana heard Paul's preaching and told others about it on their way home. 2. Paul's converts became evangelists and went out to preach the gospel in new centers. ' 1 Lesson 8. Paul's Third Missionary Journey—The Riot in Ephesus. Aug. 21. Acts 19:23-20:1. Golden Text—He hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: tot my power is made perfect in weakness.— 2 Cor. 12 :o. Time—A. D. 56 or 57; the close of Paul's work in Elphesus, and near the end of his third missionary journey. Place—Ephesus. The Lesson Teaching.—"Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Outline of the Lesson. —The assostart a not—vs. 23-28. i ciated craftsmen Note the two motives to which Demetrius appealed: 1. Business depression and consequent loss of wealth. It is like the modern slogan, "Let us alone" that lawbreakers in high finance raise when they are being prosecuted in the courts. 2. The other.motive was the religious one—the temple would no longer be respected or its goddess venerated. The scene in the theatre—vs. 29-34. The mob quieted—vs. 35-41. The town clerk or secretary of the city by skilful arguments and persuasion induced the mob to disperse. 1. He declared that the position of Diana was perfectly safe. 2. He reminded the people that no charge had been brought against the Christians. 3. He said that disputed questions must be settled fairly in the courts which were maintained for that purpose. 4. He protested against such a senseless riot because of the bad reputation it would give their city among the Roman rulers. Daily Bible Readings.—Aug. 16, Monday, Acts 19:23-20:1—Fearing loss of wealth. Aug. 17, Tuesday, Acts 16: 16-23—Angered at loss of gain. Aug. 18, Wednesday, John 15:14-27—Hated for Christ's sake. Aug. 19, Thursday, Matt. 10:16-23—Sheep among wolves. Aug. 20, Friday, Luke 12:49-53—Causing division. Aug. 21, Saturday, Luke 6:20-38—The blessedness of persecution. Aug. 22, Sunday, 1 Peter 4:12-19—Rejoicing in trial. �July,. 1909. THE FRIEND THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF bents will be conscious of their duties and opportunities for improving the THE HAWAIIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. Sunday Schools. A proposition was discussed at the The Hawaiian Sunday School Asso- meeting, that these superintendents ciation met for its annual meeting at should receive more than their exthe Central Union Church, Honolulu, penses for their services. The proposifrom May 29 to June 7, in connection tion met with decided opposition from with the annual meeting of the Ha- quite a number who quoted the recent waiian Evangelical Association and the ruling of the C. E. Society to the effect annual convention of the Christian En- that no salaries were to be paid, ano deavor Societies of the Territory. the opposition defeated the proposed There were about 85 delegates in at- plan. Hon. W. H. Rice of Lihue, Kauai, tendance at the various meetings and a great deal of interest was taken in presided at the meetings with his.usual all the proceedings. As usual the read- grace and tact and the meetings were ing of the reports from the various conducted smoothly. It is fortunate superintendents and delegates and the that he was again chosen to head the district superintendent occupied a large Association, and the Association is to part of the time. These reports for the be congratulated that he is still so most part showed an increase in the deeply interested in the welfare of the Sunday Schools in attendance and in Sunday Schools of Hawaii nei. The business meetings were not all efficiency. Some schools have made a and past year, the there was to the Sunday School part of during great gain very few have gone backwards. the annual meeting. Saturday and After the routine business was dis- Sunday were set apart as Sunday posed of, there was the election of offi- School days, and the program was arcers for the year 1909-1910. The old ranged with a view to making a place officers were re-elected, and Hon. John for a public parade, a hoike, a luau, an L. Kaulukou of Kailua, Hawaii, was open air song service and a mass meetelected to the office of second vice- ing in the interests of the Sunday president. Among the items of new Schools. Saturday morning, June sth, business that came up for consideration was the time for the parade and it was was a plan for the increase of the participated in by the delegates from number of district superintendents for the other islands as well as by the delethe island of Hawaii from four to six. gates from Oahu and representatives After a spirited debate, the proposition from the schools of Oahu. Headed by was deferred until the next meecting of the Hawaiian band, the procession the Association at Kailua in May, 1910, marched from Central Union Church to and due notice was given of an inten- Kawaiahao Church where they were tion to amend the constitution, increas- received by Hon. W. H. Rice and the ing the number to six. The old officers district superintendents in review. were re-elected, and it seems likely that The hoike began ahead of the schedultheir work will be lightened by the ad- ed time, a very unusual occurrence, and dition of two new men next year. It it was completed before the hour of is the opinion of the writer that the noon. The old historic Church was number might easily be increased to filled with the Sunday Schools and eight or even nine, thereby decreasing their friends, and the program was carthe length of territory that must be ried out in an expeditious manner. The covered by each superintendent. Dis- schools were given ten minutes apiece, tances are long on Hawaii, and it is too but it was noticed that the Honolulu much to expect one man to cover ade- schools were much shorter than the quately the districts of Kau, South Ko- time allotted while the country schools na and North Kona. On Maui there alone used all the time that was perare at present five of these superin- mitted them. Comparisons are not in tendents and it is proposed to increase good form, it is true, but one cannot the number to nine. Surely Hawaii help remarking upon the splendid singthen should have at least as many as ing of the Waikane and Kaneohe schools, and the fact that they alone of Maui. It would appear from reports that all the schools carried banners in have come to the Superintendent re- parade, as all the schools were requestcently, that some of these district sup- ed to do. erintendents have been neglecting their The singing of the Ewa.Waialua and duties. An effort is to be made during Waianae schools was good, though the the coming year to make this office of latter school had but five representadistrict superintendent count for more tives. The delegates from Hawaii, than it has in the past. It is possible Maui, Molokai and Kauai were given to make it of real value if the incunt- a chance to sing and recite verses, and 15 this part of the program was much appreciated. After the schools had done their parts, there were short addresses from Hon. J. W. Moanauli of Hamakua, Hawaii; Mr. Peter N. Kahokuoluna, of Paia, Maui; Mr. J. H. S. Kaleo, of Honolulu, and Hon. W. H. Rice, of Lihue, Kauai, the president of the Association. At the conclusion of the addresses, the meeting was dismissed and the great majority of the audience went up to the Mid-Pacific Institute in Manoa Valley in cars that had been generously provided by Mr. Rice. A bountiful luau had been arranged by the committee, consisting of Messrs. Archer, Kanakanui and Nahalau, and the hungry multitude found a delightful assortment of Hawaiian dishes, well cooked. Capt. Berger's band played for the people for a while after the luau, and then the crowd adjourned, a part at least, to the new building of the Mid-Pacific that is to be called "Mill's School." The laying of a memorial stone was a very interesting and happy occasion and called forth expressions of appreciation and good wishes from representatives of several nations. Sunday morning there was nothing on the program for the especial benefit of the Sunday School Association, and in consequence many of the delegates were able to visit the city schools and see how they are conducted. In the afternoon a song service at Thomas Square called out a large number who were not afraid of the showers that were coming down from Manoa and Punchbowl. The Hawaiian band had offered their services for the occasion and they were accepted. After a few selections from the band, the various delegates grouped themselves according to islands, and songs were sung by these groups. The town people that were present seemed to be impressed by the interest that was shown by the delegates from the other islands and also by their knowledge of the Hawaiian hymns, so that they were able to sing without using any books. At Kawaiahao Church that evening there was a meeting in the interests of the Sunday Schools and addresses were made by Rev. Amos A. Ebersole, Mrs". May Wilcox and Rev. Edward B. Turner of Paia, Maui. Mr. Ebersole's theme was, "The Adult Bible Class." Mrs. Wilcox told of the organization of the Kawaiahao Sunday School and the advantages of the system of study used there, and Mr. Turner spoke on "Teacher Training." These addresses were admirable and it is unfortunate that a larger audience did not avail themselves of the opportunity to receive ideas on the Sunday School that �16 were helpful and of real value to all workers among the young people. Monday was the day upon which a large part of the business, aside from the reading of reports, was transacted, and the docket was cleared up before the afternoon was over. The Association adjourned to meet again at Kailua, North Kona, in the latter part of May, 1910. July1, 909. THE FRIEND. An account of this tour will be given and the C. E. societies will receive a in the next issue of The Friend. direct benefit from their trip. WORTH HAVING. SUMMER BIBLE INSTITUTE. Plans are now being made for a Bible Institute to be held in Honolulu from July 12 to July 31. Provision is being made for a course of six lectures in Sunday-school methods and general principles. This course will be given THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR'S by the S. S. Superintendent for the Territory and is intended to be of some PART IN THE ANNUAL service to Sunday-school teachers and MEETING. superintendents as well as to the young men who may be in attendance with a It seems fitting that some mention view to entering the ministry or some should be made in these columns of the phase of Christian work. part that the C. E. played in the annual meeting recently held. This de- CHILDREN'S DAYS AND HOIKES. partment of "The Friend" now includes the C. E. part as well as the Sunday June is the time of the year when School. The C. E. interest was seen Children's Day is generally observed, on all sides and it is safe to say that with the custom in the conformity in a considerable part of the success of States, though our balmy island the entire meetings was due to the de- climate will permit of the day being votional meetings conducted by the observed at almost any time of the C. E. These sunrise meetings began year. Reports come to us that the obthe day in the right way and it was servances this year in several schools felt by quite a number that they were were very successful. Why should not the most valuable feature of the con- this delightful custom spread everyvention. Besides the usual routine where? It is worthy of consideration business, there was the discussion of by all workers in the Sunday-schools. topics that pertain to the life of the The children are entitled to at least one Christian Endeavor Societies. For the day of the year for their special use. adequate presentation of these themes, In the Hawaiian schools the children a day was set apart in the program, take a prominent part in the hoike procalled "C. E. Day," and considerable grams, and although they do not have success attended the day's proceedings. the day for their own service, nevertheThe C. E. part of the annual meeting less they have such services four times was not as spectacular as the events a year, as the hoikes are quarterly afof the Sunday School days, but it is fairs. certain that considerable good will reThe hoike plays an important part sult from the discussions that were in the life of our Hawaiian Sundayconducted by Rev. Moses K. Nakuina, schools and they should therefore be Rev. A. A. Ebersole, Rev. E. B. Tur- made as effective as possible. They ner and Miss Yarrow. should be made more than a social reRight here it may be fitting to state union or a dramatic performance. Prethat the four delegates from Hawaii senting a great chance for the impartnei to the C. E. Convention at St. Paul, ing of much helpful advice from the Minn., have departed for the conven- district superintendents, much spiritual tion city and by the time this will be benefit should result from these popuread they will be far from their homes. lar gatherings. It will be a source of It is the first time that a delegation of gratification to the leaders of Sundaymore than one has been sent. This school work in these islands if these year the attempt to enlarge the size of hoikes could be more of a spiritual up"Hawaii's representation has been suc- lift. cessful and it is certain that these islands will be well represented this year. VISITS TO LANAI AND MOLOKAI. The delegates are: Judge William Werner of Hanalei, Kauai; Judge Archie Mahaulu of Waialua, Oahu; The superintendent departed .from Peter N. Kahokuoluna of Paia, Maui; Honolulu on June 22 and planned to Rev. M. K. Nakuina of Honolulu. We make tours of the islands of Lanai and feel that this experience will be of great Molokai before returning to Honolulu benefit, not only to these, our delegates, on July 18. It was his intention to be but that through them many will be present at the Sunday-school rally and strengthened in their Christian lives hoike at Kaunakakai on July 4. Miss Florence Y. Palmer, well known lovers of children by her widely used One Year of Sunday School Lessons for Young Children, has just issued a second volume* to supplement the first. It is a model book for primary work in a twentieth century Bible School and should be known by every wide awake Christian mother. Gradually, every year of the up-to-date graded Bible School is being supplied with worthy text books. It will not be long before the reproach of old time Sunday School methods will have been removed. Miss Palmer promises a third volume which, with the two now issued, will cover the three primary years. to * A Second Year of Sunday School Lessons for. Young Children by Florence Y. Palmer. $1.25 net. pany. Now York; The Jlacmillan Com- Once more a son of Hawaii has placed all lovers of the Pacific world in debt to his painstaking care. Rev. James M. Alexander's second edition of The Islands of the Pacific* lies before us. It is beautifully gotten up and the illustrations are especially valuable. The amount of information packed into the eighteen chapters is amazing. Inasmuch as the story of the Pacific Islands forms one of the noblest chapters of Christian conquest, this book is a mine of good It things for the lover of missions. should find its place in the missionary library of every church or young people's society. Mr. Alexander has the happy faculty of telling a story well and he knows how to vary his narrative with incidents that throw a flood of light upon native customs and upon the progress of the people from barbarism to Christian civilization. The story of the intercourse of the white race with the Polynesian abounds in lights and shades. The author is especially skilful in his selection of the abundant materials at his disposal so as to bring out most strikingly these contrasts of good and evil influence. Tho called a second edition there are so many changes and additions that it might almost be termed a new work. We miss an index, a very serious omission in a book of this character. We know of no other publication than this covering exactly what every intelligent person wants to know and ought to know about the Pacific Islands. It deserves the widest circulation. • The Islands of the Pacific by James M. Alexander. American Tract Society, New York. �July, 1909 17 THE FRIEND Hawaii Cousins Ransacking old trunks and boxes may bring to light unexpected treasures. It was in this way that an en- graving of Lahainaluna Seminary in the early thirties was found. A little pocket diary, also, from November, 1827, to March, 1828, written on the "Parthean" when coming around The Horn, was found. The pencil marks are almost illegible, but what can be deciphered is very interesting. A picture of the Waialua Church, painted on a koa board by one of the teachers in Waialua Seminary has also been resurrected. News has been received of the death of Mrs. Caroline (Rogers) Deming over a year and a half ago; of the removal of Mrs. Waters to 113 West 43 St., New York City; that Mrs. Sara 1 ving) Roberts is living in Iloilo, Panav, P. I.; and that the present residence of Liram Bingham, Ph.D., is 367 Prospect street, New Haven, Conn. Miss Dora Simpson, M.D., from "Good Samaritan Hospital," Jhelum, asks that the Hindus and Mohammedan's of India may be remembered in prayer, as they are so bound by custom and superstition that their hearts open to the light of Christ very slowly. Rev. E'rank Thompson, of Valparaiso, Chili, writes "Compelled by illhealth I was obliged to retire from active service a little over two years since and am just biding my call. I beg to assure you that our love for Hawaii has never abated one jot. The people, our Cousins, still possess our whole heart." Miss Helen S. Norton writes from E!ustis, Florida, "I am deeply interested in all your doings as reported in The Friend, and hope the Society maysecure the Old Mission Home and the Chamberlain property for the purposes proposed. I wish a tablet might be erected or placed on the Kawaiahao grounds to mark the site of the old printing establishment, bindery, residence of the missionary physician and of the Seminary. You are doing such a splendid work for the various races that I wish this land where race hatred is growing more and more intense might learn a lesson from you, but the curse of slavery rests upon all, and they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind." From one of Lucia Lyon's vacation letters from Peitaiho we quote this description of a river ride: "I know you will rejoice to see the heading of this letter and know that I am here at last. Let me see, I left off where we had just been at Tsang Chou, didn't I? Well, the last two days on the river were not quite so comfortable as those before, because it was warmer and there were a great many flies. However, we had a big mosquito net, so that we were not troubled when we wanted to sleep, and we had a grand chase before each meal. "Monday evening we wanted to get as far along as possible, so we kept on going until about 9 o'clock, and Miss Peel and I sat on deck and recited poetry. We tied up for the night at a much smaller place than any we had stopped at before, and it was very quiet. The next day about the middle of the morning we reached the outer barrier, where there is an official who examines the boat's papers. From there it is quite a long way to the real custom house, but we got there along in the afternoon some time, and after that we were fairly in the city. I have never stayed on the boat so far up into the city before, and it was very interesting. There were ever so many boats lying You can Eat your cake and have it 9' in a very real sense. , You can give away your property and have it, —really enjoy it, as long as you live. You could'nt have it longer than that anyway. This is the idea of "The Conditional Gift Plan"'Your money,—property, or whatever can be converted into money,—pays you a good steady income during your life and goes on working for you and for humanity after you are gone. So you ' 'make friends (by) the mammon of unrighteousness So also, you "lay up for yourself treasures etc." This is no cant. It is Christian stewardship and sound business sense combined. The Finance Committee makes you an offer of one whole per cent better than before. You can hardly invest much better elsewhere and the amount you invest with the Hawaiian Board in your life time will not be wrangled for after you are gone. you are 20 years or over your money will earn 5 per If II rrt II II II < I*l (I II II II 11 '. II f-r yr I It II || y- II II II II II II II j. .1 II II II l| II II q II cent. ti II 11- II II See the Treasurer of the Board and talk over the security, the form of gift etc. IVI AKF — make your mone y make friends. Make it work. BOARD OF THE HAWAIIAN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. ' �18 at July1, 909. THE FRIEND anchor, with families living upon general audience. The graduating class A good many of them had broueht cargoes of watermelons from Shantung, and the banks were just lined with them, and the river was full of the rinds. There were a good many fishing boats with nets suspended from poles, which were lowered into the water like dredges, and crowds of children on the bank watched when they came up, and shouted and cheered over a good haul. We saw a few Japanese in foreign clothes going up or down the river in small boats, or crossing bridges, but we did not see a single European or American. Finally, we reached what they call the iron bridge just as we were eating our supper. It was just closing as we came around the bend, and was not to open until the next morning, so we settled down to spend the night there. When we had finished our supper, Miss Peel and I went out for a little walk along the big road which runs beside the river. We could not go very far for fear it would get dark, and we had to get on to our boat by going across three others, by means of boards stretched across. It was a queer place to sleep, in the midst of a jam of boats in a great city, with boatmen veiling back and forth as they brought their boats into position and, stranger still, the rumble of electric cars going over the bridge." them. We wish we could place in the hands of every parent a booklet called "How to Tell Children the Origin of Life." The delicacy of the subject and the difficulty of presenting it to children leads many parents to keep silence on this question which is of such vital importance to every boy and girl, and children are too often left to gather their information as to life's most holy relations from ignorant and corrupt acquaintances. This little pamphlet sets forth in a pure and interesting manner the sacredness of life's origin and is calculated to awaken in every boy or girl a feeling of reverence for the life of purity. It will be sent upon request of parents, pastors or teachers if accom panied by a return envelope, stamped and addressed. The Vir Publishing Co., 208 North 15th St., Phila., Pa. The Commencement exercises at the Punahou Preparatory Department called forth expressions of well-merited pra; se. The musical portions of the the program, under the splendid leadership of Miss Rogers, were worthy of a place in any concert, and the painstaking work done on the essays made them instructive as well as interesting to the numbered forty-eight. Mr. John Burroughs, noted natural- ist, arrived today for a short visit. May 14.—Judge W. L. Whitney began his new duties as Circuit Judge. May 16.— Peace Day was generally observed throughout the Territory. (Continuedfrom page 7) May 19.—England seems to be showtwice a day and there couldn't be any ing signs of great unrest at the growyear without its 12 months. He says ing power of Germany. "the man with an eye to convenience May 19.—Mrs. Susan T. Mills, for 25 would like to rule me out, because I years the head of Mills College, has rewon't fit into the decimal system, and tired at the age of 86. For many years the man with an eye to gain would like she was a teacher at Oahu College, to introduce the baker's dozen, but in while her husband was its President. spite of my unpopularity, I'm necesMay 25. —George Ade, famous ausary, and men take me by the dozen, thor, passed through here today on his the gross and the great gross." way home from his trip around the These numbers, 3, 7 and 12 have held world. sway, way back from the beginnings of Understanding that George W. history. "Why?" The diagrams sug- Woodruff's name would be withdrawn gest the same question, Why? Is there as Second Federal Judge, the bar assosome mysterious relation which one ciation today recommended A. G. M. number bears to another? has any one Robertson. F.S.S. an explanation to offer? May 29-June 7.—Annual Convention of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. The meetings are held in Central EVENTS. Union ChurcTi. May 30.—The dedication services of May I.—Otto Wix, whose paintings the Theophilus Harris Davies Meof Kauai scenes are so famous, has re- morial Hall, addition to St. Andrew's turned from Germany and is again at Cathedral, were held today. his easel on Kauai. May 31.—Memorial Day exercises Paul dc Longpre, eminent painter of held today. Professor John W. Gilflowers, arrived yesterday. more delivered the address to the VetMay 3.—Associate Justice Ballon, of erans. the Supreme Bench, retires today to reJune I.—Charles L. Rhodes, Secresume private practice. tary to Mayor Fern, has resigned to acMay 5.—Paul Super, General Secre- cept a fine position in San E"rancisco. tary of the Young Mens Christian AsJune 5.—A memorial stone was laid sociation, left today for the mainland in the partially completed building at for a two months' trip, chiefly to study the Mid-Pacific Institute. The buildplans for the new proposed $150,000 ing will be occupied by the Boys of the building. Institution. Lloyd Childs and Charles E. King, June 7.—The Executive Committee in charge of the Hawaiian Exhibit at of the Civic Federation today cabled Seattle, left today. President Taft and others at WashingMay B.—The University Club enter- ton, urging the confirming of Woodtained ex-Vice President Fairbanks at ruff as Federal Judge. dinner tonight. June B.—The Hawaiian exhibit for May 10.—Strike of Japanese laborers the Alaska-Yukon Exposition opened on Aiea Plantation. 1500 laborers go today. The delay was caused by the out. tardy sailing of the Dix from Honolulu. Ex-Vice President and Mrs. FairJune 10.—Bertram G. Riverburgh, of banks, Mrs. Timmons, Governor and Waialua, appointed Secretary to the Mrs. Frear, guests of the Men's League Mayor. of Central Union Church at a supper Professor T. A. Jaggar, Jr., of Massaat the Royal Hawaiian. chusetts Institute of Technology, spoke May 11.—The Japanese laborers at before the Chamber of Commerce urgWaipahu plantation go out on strike ing an Observatory at Kilauea for the today. During this month of May sev- study of volcanoes. eral of the plantations suffer from Eleven strike leaders arrested and strikers, although strikebreakers are spent night in jail. Many of the strikers have returned to the plantations. employed to carry on the work. Dr. W. C. Hobdy took charge of the June 11—Damaging evidence against strike leaders seized. new local Marine Hospital. Judge Antonio Perry took his seat June 15. — Rev. Moses Nakuina, as Associate Justice of the Supreme President of the Christian Endeavorers Court. of the Territory, Judge William Wer- THE WITCHERY OF NUMBERS. �July, 1909, 19 THE FRIEND Mis. .1. K. Berry of Honolulu, n member of IMS, Mrs. .J. OswaM Lotted, ago SO years. ncr of Kauai, Judge Archie Mahaulu Excelsior Circle No. 2, V .0. A., and ManWilton, New Hampshire, of Oahu, ex-Judge Peter Kahokuoluna SYLVESTER—At zanito Council No. 49, D. of P. May Hi, 1909, Key. J. Walter Sylvester, as to delegates of Maui, left the ChrisD.D., a former pastor of Central I'nion MAILK—In Honolulu, June 9, 1909, Michael tian Endeavor Convention at St. Paul. Church. George, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Maile, Pacific Grove, Cal., May 2ti, 1909, age 3 years 9 months. June 17.—The Senate confirmed Geo. SMITH—At Mrs. E. A. Smith, mother of Mr. George W. BELLINA -la Honolulu, June 12, 1909, W. Woodruff as Second Federal Judge Smith. Stanley Bellina, age 17, son of W. E. Bellina of Hawaii. NICHOLS—In Honolulu, May 29, 1909, Starr of Club Stables. reNichols indictments of New York 18.—Fifty-five Jloyt City, aged 74 JORGKNSEN—In Honolulu, June 12, 1909, June years. turned against strike leaders. The Captain Olaf H. Jorgensen, a native of Norstrike leaders have been released on MARSDKN—At Berkeley, Cal., May 30, 1909, way, age 47 years 6 months. Joseph Marsden, age 59, once prominent in EVERETT—In Honolulu, June 13, 1909, bail. The Japanese government will local affairs. Chnrles Hitchcock Everett, age 45. not interfere in the strike movement. (IKIHBIiK— In Oakland, Cal., on May 31, MLIKALAN'I—In Honolulu, June 10, 1909, June 19.—William Alanson Bryan, 1909, John (ilanville Gribble, only son of Mrs. Hannah Kaleialoha l.ilikalaui, age President of the Trustees of the Pacific .lohn and Annie Gribble of Honolulu. 49, wife of Hon. E. K. l.ilikalaui. She died Scientific Institution, is appointed Pro- WINTKKSTKIN —In Honolulu, June 4, 1909, on the 22ud anniversary of her welding Augustus Winterstein, age 52, in the emday. fessor of Zoology at the College of Haploy of the Pacific Cable Co. HANSEN—In Honolulu, June 17, 1909, Possy waii. Berkeley, Cal., Juno 5, 1909, Hansen, ago 5 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. June 22.—Governor Erear commuted KKMBLK—In Mrs. Evangeline Kemblo, aged 42, niece of Hansen. death sentence of George Kaleikini to imprisonment for life. Seventy-five Porto Rican laborers are reported as landed at New Orleans en route to Hawaii. More are to follow. Developing' A royal daughter born to the King Carbon Prints and Queen of Spain. Photogravures Printing June 23.—George Rodiek named as Enlarging Fac. similes acting Norwegian and German Consul during absence of Consul H. IJackfeld. AT June 24.—Japanese squadron, the cruisers Aso and Soya under command of Admiral Ijichi arrived this morning. I KODAKS PICTURES GURREY'S 932-38 Fort St. MARRIED. BALDWIN SMITH—In Honolulu, May 10, 19119, liy Key. Doremus Scudder, D.D., Samuel Baldwin an<l Miss Catherine Smith. BAU'IISKELLY—In San Franctiaco, May 13. LIMITED 1909, John A. Balch of Honolulu and Miss Helen Skelly of Butte, Mont. SMITH-GIRVIN—At Kohala, Hawaii, May L'(i. 1909, Dr. Wayne P. Smith of Los AnAi.akea Street geles, Cal., and Miss Ivy .1. Girvin. WRIGHTSON -HARDAWAV In Honolulu, The only store in Honolulu where you June 2, 1909, First Lieutenant Philip Wrightson, 20th Infantry, Y. S. A., and can get anything in Wearing Apparel for Miss Juanita Hardaway. MEN l. b. kerr & CO., — DIED. GRAU—At Singapore, May 5, IMS, Miss Lulu Grau, formerly a teacher at Punahou. QUINN—In Honolulu, May 6, 1909, Mrs. James Quinn, wife of Supervisor Quinn. GREGORY—In Mexico, May 10, 1909, Mrs. B. S. Gregory, age 35 years. LITTTED—In Baa Francisco, Cal., May 12, THE BALDWIN NATIONAL BANK OF KAHULUI KAHULUI, MAUI, T. H. BANKING, EXCHANGE, INSURANCE Savings Bank Department Interest on Terms Deposits Safe Deposit Vaults (or Rent WOMEN or CHILDREN Goon Goons and Reasonable Prices Agents for Walkover and Sorosis Shoes Allen & Robinson, LIMITED. Lumber and Building Material Builders' Hardware ' Pa,nts 55 Queen Street .. . ° • lls EtC- ' Honolulu The First, National BdnK of Hawaii CAPITAL 500,000. Cecil Brown, W. R. Casti.e, Pres. AT HONOLULU DIRECTORS: M. P. Robinson, Vice-Pres. (;. N. Wilcox. SURPLUS 125,000. L. T. Peck, Cashier. G. P. Castle. United States Government Depository General Banking—lssues Drafts, Money Orders, Letters of Credit and Cable. Transfers available in all parts of the world. ACCOUNTS INVITED. �20 THE FRIEND July, 1909. SCHAEFER & CO., The Bank ofHawati, Ltd FA. Importers and • JT" Incorporated Under the Laws of the Territory General Mercantile Commission Agents. Queen St., Honolulu, T. H. of Hawaii. $600,000.00 PAID-UP CAPITAL SURPLUS 300,000.00 107,846.65 UNDIVIDED PROFITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. President Charles M. Cooke Vice-President 2nd Vice-President P. C. Jones F. W. Macfarlane C. H. Cooke Chas. Hustace, Jr F. B. Damon Cashier Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier E. F. Bishop, E. D. Tenney, J. A. McCandless, C. H. Atherton and F. C. Atherton. COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPART- MENT. Strict Attention Given to. all Branches of Banking. JUDD BUILDING. FORT BTREET. E. O. HALL CIL SON HAVE A FULLY EQUIPPED HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT including, Garland Stoves and Ranges, Aluminum Ware, Enameled Ware, Kitchen Furnishings Refrigerators, Garden Tools, Rubber Hose, &c Second floor, take the Elevator. C. J. DAY & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Honolulu, T. H. AGENTS FOR—Hawaiian Agricultural Co., Onomea Sugar Co., Honomu Sugar Co., Wailuku Sugar Co., Makee Sugar Co., Haleakala Ranch Co., Kapapala Ranch. Planters' Line Shipping Co., OFFICERS—H. P. Baldwin, Pres't; J. B. Agents Boston Board of Underwriters. Castle, Ist Vice-Pres't; W. M. Alexander, ad Agents Philadelphia Board of Underwriters. Vice-Pres't; J. P. Cooke, Treat.; W. O. Smith, Secy; George R. Carter, Auditor. LIST OF OFFICERS—CharIes M. Cooke, President; Geo. H. Robertson, Vice-President SUGAR FACTORS AND COMMISSION 1and Manager; E. Faxon Bishop, Treasurer and MERCHANTS. Secretary; F. W. Macfarlane, Auditor; P. C. Jones, C. H Cooe, J. R. Gait, Directors. AGENTS FOR—Hawaiian Commercial 4 Sugar Co., Haiku Sugar Co., Paia Plantation Kihei Plantation Co., Hawaiian Sugar 0., Co., Kahului R. R. Co., and Kahuku PlantaEWERS & COOKE, Ltd., tion. LUMBER A LEXANDER & BALDWIN, Ltd. L 1_ Tel. Main 109 C. H. Bellina, Mf?r CLUB STABLES rOBT ST., MIXED PAINTS, Etc. CLAUS SPRECKELS & CO., BANKERS. Draw Exchange on the principal ports of the banking business. VTT AND COMMISSION AGENTS. world and transact a general Honolulu : : J< : * Hawaiian Islands.. A BIBLE WITH COMMENTARIES ALL <>N THE SAME PAGE Goods House in the Territory. Especial REVERENT, SCHOLARLY AND FULL OF INSPIRING SUGGES- attention given to Mail Orders. TION.—IT IS ALWAYS USE California Rose... OMASfIRY BOTTHE Guaranteed the Best and full 16 ounces. HENRTnfITfirCO. Ltd. 22 tmjbfhohm 32 SCOFIELDS We have many other kinds too. HAWAIIAN BOARD BOOK ROOMS Merchant and Alakea Streets, Honolulu. G. IRWIN & CO., Fort Street, Honolulu SUGAR FACTORS Agents for the Oceanic Steamship Co. \\T. P.O. BOX 716 The Leading Dry- J) AMOVE HOTEL OLD Kona Coffee a Specialty HONOLULU, T. H. V RIGS OF ALL KINDS GOOD HORSES CAREFUL DRIVERS riliC GROCERIES B. F. Ehlers & Co. BREWER & CO., Limited, P. (). W. AHANA & CO., LTD. MERCHANT TAILORS. Hex 956. Telephone Blue 2741 62 King Street CLOTHES CLEANED AND REPAIRED. HENRY H. WILLIAMS FUNERAL DIRECTOR Graduate of Dr. Rodgers Perfect Embalming School of Ssui Francisco, Cal., also of The Renouard Training School for Embalmers of New York. And a Licensed Embalmer for the State of New Tork, also a member of the State Funeral Directors Association of Cali- fornia. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES FURNISHED. Chairs to Rent. LOVE BUILDING 1142. 1144 FORT ST. Telephones: Office Main 64. Res. cor. Richards and Beretania, Blue 3561 � 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 (1909) 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 - 1909.07 - Newspaper