Friend, 1879-07

Published by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them.

. _ 1~clFIC Ooe ... ~"O,._,/ 4,4;- Its Shores, its Islands, arid the vast region beyond, will become the chief theatre Jehl Series, ~rr. 7, fol. 2&. l CONTE~TS Fo1• July 1, 1879. HONOLULU~ JULY 1, 1879. Has not the time about come, for the Hawaiian Government to take decided Consul Morton and Editorials .................. '. ••••••••. 63 action about the introduction of so many Rambles in the Old World-No. 30 .••••••••••.••••••• 53-56 Etlitor's Table ••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••. 66 Chinese immigrants, unaccompanied by Our Island Girls Abroad •••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• 57 their wives? Would it not be well to con1\1 arine Journal •••••••••••••• • .••••.••••••••.•••••••••••• 5i •· Abide with Me," Poetry •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 68 vene the leading and prominent Chinese Endowment of Oahu College •••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• 68 merchants of Honolulu, and let the subject l<'ornan·d er's Book Again .•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••• 68 Does not the magniY. M. C. A ••••.••..••..••...•.. .••..••.•••..••..•••.••. 60 b~ fairly discussed? tude of the subject demand the appointment j of a Minister Plenipotentiary who shall and confer with the authori1 visit China JULY 1, l 879. ties? If the Hawaiian Government supports U . S. CoNSUL.-We welcome with pleasa Minister at Washington, ought it not also, ure, the Hon. J. M. Morton, as U. S. Conto supBort a Minister or Consul-General at sul. He has been for several years GovernP,ekin? Hawaiian affairs are as deeply inment Agent, superintending the Fur Seal volvP.d in what passes in China, as what fishery on the coast of Alaska, and hence is passes in America? · The California wat~htransferred from one department of Governword may be "The Chinese must go," but ment service to another. His father, the that of Hawaii is, "The Chinese must late U. S. Senator, from Indiana, was well come," to work our cane and rice fields. known throughout the country and during Now let us treat them fairly, and do all in the war rendered his country distinguished our power to introduce Chinese families, service. Mr. Morton, comes accompanied and diffuse among them Christianity. with his family and we trust will find his s ojourn most pleasant. Mr. Hastings, who A STEP IN THE Rm HT DIRECTION .-The has so faithfully served, as Vice-Consul, · barbers of Honolulu are to be highly comunder Dr. Scott, stiil retains his position, mended for the movement on their part to and we feel confident a better could not have close their shops on the Sabbath. The been secured. authorities also merit commendation for clearID"' We read with much gratification the ing our streets on the Sabbath of the " exrecently published instructions given by the press''· nuisance. The public welfare does Minister of the Interior to the master of the not demand such an array of running exsc~ooner Nettie Merrill, or those engaged presses as has obstructed our streets upon in bringing i~migrants to these Islands from the Sabbath. "This step" upon the Sab. Micronesia. There stringency is necessary, bath question is in keeping with the moveand we sincnely hope they will be strictly ment in the United States, for a most strict observed. Unless great carefulness is ob- observance of Sabbath laws. f:erved and due caution practiced, the whole A CARD.-The Religious Tract Society of . enterprise will prove an utter failure as has London has made a grant of books and tracts been the case in the transportation of Polyin various languages to this Chaplaincy, val. nesian laborers to Tahiti, Fiji and Queensat £6.' This grant is especially acceptued · land. able, as our supply was running quite low. THE REv. W. FREAR and family spend The package was kindly forwarded, freight this summer at Hilo. free, through the house of Messrs. Boulder THE REV. DR. HYDE and wife are reported Bros., of Liverpool, and their agent in Honon Maui, at Lahainaluna and Makawao. olulu, T. H. Davies, ~sq, per Gleniffer. . THE FRIEND. P.AG~ RAMBLES I?, THE OLD WORLD-No. 30 A Few Weeks In Scandina,la-No. 9. OVER THE FILLE FJELD ON F00T ! As I had tried nearly every otber mode of travel, I was determined to do a little pedestrianism in Norway; and the ascent. of the Fille Fjeld on foot was a great temptation, and one to which I yi~lded, and though it was a long climb I shall never regret it. I never thought of being lonely, the mountt1ins anci water-falls kept me company all the way. My attention was first attracted by a, great stone which stood by the way-side, covered with quaint runic inscriptions and twisted carvings. It was pl11ced near the entrance to a little church-yard, and the contrast between this sign of the olden time and the Christian church was very strtking. Occasionally I passed little settlements, a few houses grouped together, the roofs, sometimes quite covered with turf and moss. Sk 11lls of bears and spreading deer antlers were now and then to be seen nailed to the walls. At one of the stations where I halted for a little time early in the day, I saw some of the furniture which the peasants take pleasure in painting and ornamenting during the long winter evenings. It is a favorite present from parents to children, and is cherished with care and reverence long after those who have fashioned it are gone. Some of the designs in fruit and flowers are quite artistic. The day was, to me, a most impressive one, being quite alone, I felt brought strangely near to the wonderful, natural world about me . For miles the road Jay through splendid valleys formed by lofty mountains, whose sides were adorned with a succession of water-falls, sometimes so light and graceful that they seemed to cling for a moment like a silver veil caught on the cliff, and then borne away by the wind. The valleys were fairly alive with the music of the falls. J scarcely lost the murrpur of one before that of another broke upon my ear, till my way seemed attended by the mu~ic of some mighty harp, from whose silver strings wailed and murmured an infinite melody. Ever higher and higher, sometimes the way formed a zigzag of asc<rnt, and then swept through a spacious and open plain. Nearly all signs of vegetation disappeared. The snow lay in scattered patches on the bleak mountain sides. Far up on 54 TUE FRIEND, JULY. 1879. the mountain summit I found a strange little entirely of wood. and ornamented with the is grand beyond all conception, and never settlement. During the summer the cattle most grotesque and unearthly carvings have 1 beheld m any other country sights are driven up on to the highlands for pastur- which run up its sides and on to the steep that so impressed me with the awe-inspiring age, and the people who have charge of roof, meeting in sharp saw-like edges at the majesty of nature as did these on this jourthem live in little huts or hovels, called top. The entrance is finished in intricately ney. We left Satrdalsoren at eight o'clock, " Saeters." They are most miserable look- carved arabesques and rounded pillars. Not• and for four and a half hours were sailing ' ing affairs. Rough walls of stone supporting withstanding that it was a Christian temple, down the sublime Fjord, this part of which roofs of turt. Just out of curiosity, I turned and cruciform, there was a wild heathenish is unquestionably the finest piece of Fjord We passed some aside from the road to look at one, and in something abc,ut the structure which im- scenery in Norway. this dingy little interior, to my great sur- pressed me strangely. I made me a couch thirty water-falls or cascades, falling in an prise, I found a bevy of rosy-cheeked Nor- in the summer grass before the door, and endless variety of graceful shapes from vawegian maidens, hardy and strong as this with the drifting clouds over my head, and rious altitudes down the enormous mounwild life could make them, seated about the the murmur of the river floating up to me, tains which form the sides of this truly huge stone fire-place, busily knitting and tried in the shadow of the sombre portal to grand Fjord. These mountains rise almost making the air ring with their merriment. make acquaintance with this weird little perpendicular 4,000 or 5,000 feet high from There was something indescribably pleasant church. There are two old 1~unes on the the surfa~e of the Fjord, which is the sea in this glimpse of rosy, happy humanity in westei:n portal which bands now long folded level. Their summits were crowned with the infinite loneliness and almost weird quietly away, wrote for us. I give them for snow and ice, and stood out sharp and clear dreariness of the landscape. All through the the quaint language-'' pm·fr mist ntnar against the bright blue sky, and their giganafternoon a storm had been creeping after pissm· pan olau rnissv,"-and another, tic forms from base to peak stood deep reme, and with the coming of the twilight the Pittai lcirkia a !ciekinvilti.-AII along the I fleeted in the calm, clear fjord water, perfect rain camA in torrents from the clouds. On- wild romantic way on which I journeyed as a mirror. At the junction of the Aurward, onward I was forced to walk, begin- during the day, my thoughts reverted to the lands and Noeroens Fjords the scenery ning to long for the pleasant " station " little church in the valley, as if a spell of defies description. Here an amphitheatre which l knew was awaiting me in the valley enchantment had been laid on them. But of mighty mountains rises upwards of below. The snow patches gleamed ghostly the royal dinner my · hostess at Husurn 4,000 feet sheer from the silent Fjord and through the gathering gloom; the wind spread out before me was more than en.ough the solemn grandeur which this sight immoaned sadly down from the mo.untains; to dispel all the sp_ectres of the morning. poses is quite overpowering. No storm can the rain fell pitilessly. The wild spirits of The rest of the journey to the Fjord was enter here; all is still as death; even the the old Norwegian myths seemed to take accomplished in a little camole, a · metnod water-falls which here present themselves form in the sullen: darkening clo_uds. Soon of travel peculiar to Norway. These carri- appear to hang in silence all around. We the white, withered moss gave way to stunt- oles, or Skyds, are light little breaks, with could think of no place that would ed shrubs, then scattered trees, and then two huge wheels, anc.l just room enoug~ for comp::ire with this most wonderful sight. splendid aver.ues of forest-growths, fragrant one person. They are owned at the differ- We thought of the lakes of Lucerne and with moisture, bending over the road. Then ent stations, which lie along the route. You Como, but they are weak in their impresfar off down the dusky vista a wavering take them trom one station to another, and siveness compared with this. The moungleam, growing brighter and brighter, till it then they are driven back by the little boy tains and fjord wear a kind of sombre gloom which would depress were it not for their settled into a warm and welcoming glow of who accompanies you. It was a rare· afternoon. Our way lay surpassing magnificence. .Entering the right yellow light, out of which looked kindly faces, and I kne,-. I was at the little station through wild rocky mountain gorges, which arm, or Noervens Fjord as it is called, the of Hoeg, in the lovely valley of Borgund; gradually gave way to a grand and stately mountains increase in height and grandeur and that my interesting journey over the valley lying between splendid mountains, as the Fjord narrows up to Gudvangf'n. grand summit of the Fille Fjeld was accom- reaching to the Sogne Fjord. My bronzed Sunshine only reaches the water here when and wiry little Norwegian attendant de- the sun is nearly vertical, in consequence of plished. lighted me immensely. A thousand bless- the great altitude of the mou_n tain 's sides, FROM THE MOl'NTAINS TO THE SEA. ings on your curly-head, little Olaf of whose enormous shadows almost perpetually Far inland as I still was, high up, among Husum. As another travelling companion overshadow the narrow fjord. * * The the mountains, still after the Fille Fjeld for miles I had a riotous, glorious mountain wonderful sights had gradually worked up had been pnssed I seemed almost to hear the stream, revealing now depths of emerald our feelings so as to produce a state of exthrob of the restless Atlantic on the bleak green, now of deepest blue, through the citing adoration, such as I had never before western coast, and felt eager to hasten manteling foam. Olaf tells me tliat in its experienced, when, just before arriving at forward. The mellow golden light which jewelled waters is the home of the finest Gudvangen the climax was reached. A solhad guided me through the shadows of the salmon. Now, long awnues of trees in itary peak lifts its pointed head 1000 feet previous night had proved no "will o' the the beauty of summer foliage, farm-houses clear above the other mountains. and towerwisp," but the welcoming lamps ot the cheer- in the midst of spreading, fertile fields, ing like a monarch over all, 5000 ieet in iest of mountain inn~,. where I found the now clustering fisher-houses, and we are m height, it seemed to touch the sky; ancl best of wel_comes_awaiting r:ne, The stor~ the little town of Laerdalsoren a~d with the •c_ely had our admiration of this wonderof the prev10us_ mght had died away, and ~n Greeks of old, after the mountam journey, f1il sight broke forth, ere the captam pointed the early mo1:nmg ~ours the ~un stood m we shout, "The Sea! The Sea!'' on the opposite side of the Fjor<l to what cloudless radrnnce_m the glor10us n_orthern appeared to be a strip of silvery fleecy cloud ON THE SOGNE FJORD. s k-y. After t he w1 Id an d bl ea k 1onelmess o f suspended from the mountain. This was yesterday's journey, the returning signs of You are aware what a strangely serrated the Keel Fos, which falls 2000 feet! "From human life whic~ came to me, as I descended cqast Norway _possesses and in looking _at I Gudvangen out iis a most interesting route ~ore and more rnto th~ valleys, were pecul- the ~ap you _will be almost confused by Its to Harda?ger Fjord, nnd then on to Bergen. rnrly welcome. Durmg the forenoon I labyrmth of rndentat10ns and deep penetra- The glorious glacier-fields and the beautiful reached one of the little villages, lying along ting inlets. Norway is unique in its glori- Voring Fos, one of the most beautiful waterthe route, where stood an ancient and pecul- ous Fjord scenery. One could with profit falls in a 11 Europe, and the ever romantic iar church, which is one of the most interest- and constantly growing pleasure spend weeks scenery of the coast attract many travelers ing relics of the past in Norway. . It is no in exp~oring th_is wo~derful region. The to Hardanger. From Gudvangen our little longer used as a place of service, but two most beautiful FJords of the western steamer passed swiftly out into other winds~ands in the midst of the. pleasant N orwe- coast_, are Sogne and Hardanger, the _for~er ing arms of the Fjor<l. I was the only pas~pan vatley as a mute rer:nmder of _long v~n- runnmg one hundred and_ twenty miles m- senger, and found the captain a well-inform1shed days. I caught glimpses of 1t commg land. Lest you sqould thmk me too enthu- ed, agreeable young man, speaking some down the valley, and must confess at first siastic let me give you, in the words of English. His horn~ is in this recrion, and this quaint, dark structure produced some- another a de:scription of the journey from he knows every recess and inlet ~f Sogne. thi~g of an uncann_y impression, cen- Landal to Gudvangen the route which our Not far away from Gudvangen, he related tunes old and black with age. It 1s built . steamer took on the first day. "The scenery to me a tragical incident in the history of I THE the little settlement. Some ten or twenty years ago, on a winter's day, a young couple dressed in all their bridai finerv, the bride adorned with one of those towering crowns which every Norwegian peasant bride wears, had started in their boat, attended by all their friends and relatives, a little brida 1 train, for the church which lay farther up the Fjord. Just as the company were passing through one of the narrow passes, where the towering cliffs come very near together, a noise like thunder was heard, and a huge avalanche of snow and ice foll with fatal force over the terrified peasants below and buried them in the deep ~aters of the Fjord. During the winter mon.ths the captain tells me that the steamer does not visit sorrie of the settlements, owing to the fact that the tremendous avalanches render the navigation dangerous. It was so late in the season that our little steamer was visiting some of the villages for the last time, and I thought some of the little groups who stood on the shore and waired adieux to us would find the winter months very long, before the little herald from the outer world came back with the opening spring. From one point to another the little '' Oscar" darted, seeming especially privileged and loved among these solemn mountains and deep blue waters. Cozily and comfortably they tucked me away for the night, and with the grey dawn l found we had reached one of the arms of the Fjord which l had especially desired to visit. FJAERLAND AND ITS GLACIERS. • The rain was pouring in torrents, and yet the intense desire which I felt to visit the beautiful Glacier lying up among the mists of •the valley was more than sufficient to find a way out of the difficulty. I had the morning hours and the captain promised to signal for me in time. Among the fishermen on the shore I found one willing to face the rain and storm and drive me to the Glacier. It was a wildly delightful ride, on all sides rose huge mountains with summits lost in grey and solemn banks of mist. Roaring mountain torrents, showing tawny and troubled waters beneath the _tossing wreaths of creamy foam, dashed down through the ravines and across our :soad, so that at times we seemed almost borne on their surface. At last we were forced to leave our horse and proceed 011 foot through the moist fragrant forest to the base of the glacier. The Suphellenbrace is exceedingly interesting, being one of the easiest of access in the world as it descends to about 159 feet above the level of the sea. Few sights are more strangely impressive than that which a glacier affords. l stood spellbound before this glorious frozen-wonder, till my guide called to me to ·follow him in attempting its passage. The storm of the early morning had passed away and the mists had lifted so that tbe Glacier stood revealed in its splendor before us. From the green-valley where we stood, far of to the summit of the mountain rose one enormous mass of ice and snow, glittering and motionless. The Glacier has already descended some distance into the valley and is slowly, very slowly making its way to the sea. One is afforded here a rare-opportunity of studying l~RIEND, JULI, 1879. its progress even better than at the W engern Alp. Close to its very border beautiful ferns and wild flowers and rare and exquisite mosses might be gathered. Viewed from all points the Glacier IS grandily Impressive. We scaled some of its icy heights, but found the passage across would occupy too much time and accordingly were forced to content ourselves with a partial survey. lt was necessary to u:;-e great care in climbing and wa'lking on thµ, surface, as on all sides huge rifts in the ire-masses opened about us into whose shadowy depths we scarcely dared to gaze and yet towards which we were continually drawn by a strange almost irresistable attraction. At the lower portions of the mass, numerous streams rushed forth into the valley, out of caves, ~o blue, so cold, so wonderously beautiful they seemed fit for the abode of enchanted spirits of the ice. The longer I gazed, the greater grew the glory of the scene Never in my life had I seen such a marvelous blue as in these icefissures, and in the pinnacles and battlements which rose into the air. And then the infinite, almost painful stillnei-:s, in this desolation, this awfulness of certain irresistible destiny in the onward march of the glacier through the fertile, smiling valley, which no human power can hinder, which, in the darkness and light, through all the changing seasons, must go forward till the end is reached. I thought involuntarily of the great, desolate lava wastes on Hawaii, so strangely different in their sullen blackness to the terrible whiteness of this scene, and yet p ducing something of the same impression. By neither should I wish too long to stay. To see both is worth very much. All down the valley I kept glancing back through the forest at its white face, lying unmoved in its death likeness, and felt something as if a weight had fallen from me, as I stood once more among the warm-hearted fisher-folk upon the shore. • As our little vessel steamed out of the Fjord the sun appeared in all its radiance, and the glaciers ol the valley lifted themselves triumphantly into view. A more splendid sight it would be difficult to conceive of. Amoog the passengers who had con·rn on b0ard the captain pointed to one who, years before, h!id lost bis companion while exploring the icy mysteries of the glaciers, and whose body was never found. Ab! the beautiful, pitiless glacier! ON THE SOGNE FJORD. Here l spe:it two or three rare days of my life. lt was in the little village of Balholmen, close down by the water's edge. My host and hostess and the people about, were kind-hearted, delightful friends. desiriog eagerly to ·show me every kindne·ss in their power. The window's of my room opened upon the glorious waters ·of the Fjord, where the silver light of the moon, and the red of the dawn, are reflected as in a mirror. About us and before us rose stately mount.ains, and the shores were fresh and beautiful with full-leaved groves. The people of this district are busy workers. Life flows quietly on ; change comes seldom; and the din and confusion of the great world is kept away by the mountain barriers. They seem happy and contented. Near every village 55 lises the spire of a little church, and rosycheeked boys and girls fill the school houses. It is a region poetic in the extreme-the region of a thousand Sngas--from which rises into especial prominence that of Frithyof and Ingeborg, which Tegner has so beautifully rehearsed in bis exquisite poem. At another time I may give the out lines of this legendary story, as I read it while here amid the very scenes where the poem is laid, with great interest. · Among the groves near where I was staying, tradition says, stood the t2mple of the God Balder, and opposite at Framnaes is a huge burial mound, where the peasants say the hero Frithyof and Ingeborg are buried. The murmuring waves and whispering leaves had a thousand tales of the olden time to tell me. And I seemed to catch glimpses in the distance of shadowy companie~ passing through the groves; or as some near sail shot round the cliff, or swift onr cut the silver Fjord, I glanced up from my dreaming to give Frithyo( welcome. The very air seemed filled with the spirits of the grand old Norwegian mythology, and l almost felt the presence of Balder, Oclin and Thor! * * * But there is more than dreaming on the Sogne Fjord.-The last day of my stay, a Sabbath, near the middle of September, will always have a loving remembrance in my book of memories. As there was no service in the little village, but in the settlement of Framnaes, some miles across the Fjord, my host and his family invited me to row with them over the waters of the Fjord. We started early in the morning. The boat was rowed by bronzefaced Norwegians. It was a stormy passage, and the waves ran high; sharp gusts of wmd sweeping down every now ond then from the mountains and whitening the waters. We found friends waiting on the opposite shore to receive us, and went with them to the little white church on the hill-side. It was a most interesting sight. Many of the women wore their old-fashioned, picturesque costumes The white caps. with their spreading bands and full stiff borders, filled the church like snowy wings. High up in his pulpit stood the young curate, himself most interesting with his pale, intellectual face, rising from the white ecclesiastical bands and black draperies of his gown. At the close of the service there was a baptism, which was singularly touching, and then the young people placed themselves in two rows, running down the fl isle, the girls on one side and tfle boys on the other, and the Pastor conducttd the services in the Catechism. After the ~ervice we were entertained at dinner by friends, who spread before us a generous Norwegian repast. Seldom have 1 seen such delicacy of hospitality, such a thoughtfulness for the happiness of others as here, accompanied by a certain childlike simplicity, which is indescnbably beautiful. As the afternoon waned, we found our boat waiting for us, and, bidding good-bye to our friends who had accompanied us to the pebbly-strand, and whose kindly wi5hes, "well over! tell over!" came sweet and mellow through the twilight, we shot out over the waters of the Fjord. It was a delicious evening, which I shall not soon forget. From our company rose into the quiet air the sweet music of hymns, sung now all I 56 1' II Jl~ round the world, a.n d which had an especial tenderness amid these grand surroundings of towering mountains and darkening waters, waterfalls and glaciers. On the other side I found the young Curate, whom I had heard during the morning, waiting to give me welcome at the foot of his father's garden, where flowers almost drop their petab into the waters of the Fjord. Choice friends had I found in this young man and his father, the Pastor of this district, and in his cultivated mother and sisters. It was a beautiful family picture, and 1 cherish few things more than the memory of this last rare evening on Sogne Fjord. The parsonage is mo$t beautifully situated at the base of grand mountains, and commands a superb view of the 'Fjord. Within you find evidence ()f the most perfect culture and refinement. I must confess it seemed almost like a dream to me, this revelation of so choice a home in this grand and lonely region. Books and flowers and music, culti \'ated ladies stimulating converstion on most interesting themes, and here, too, that rnme indescribable chatm of simple. noble natures! The grand lessons which these hills and waters teach are not heard in vain. And now, in bi'dding good-bye to the Fjord and the dwellers on its shures, I do so very lovingly, thanking land and people for the joy and beauty which they have brought into my life. F. W. DAMON. Berlin, May 20, 1879. BERLIN EXPOSITION. P. S.-May 6th. The great theme of conversation now in all circles is the "Guverbe Ausstellung,'' or Industrial Exposit10n, which has recently been opened here. As you are aware; Germany has not been coosidered a rival of England or France in the department of her industries and manufactures, but of late there has been very considerable progress in this direction, as the present very creditable exposition testifies. It was opened on the first of May, and is limited to articles manufactured in Berlin alone. Every one who has seen 1t is delighted. The buildings are in one of the pleasant suburbs of the city, and it will be a favorite place of resort for the Berliners and strangers during the summer. Bands of music are playing every evening there. The ground covered with buildings, gardens, etc., is, I understand, about one-fifth of that covered by the recent Paris Exposhion; though of course there is nothing here to compnre w'ith the French arrangements. Speaking of expositions, I follow with much interest the preparations for the Australian Exposition of the coming year. lt marl.'3, I think, a remarkabie epoch in history. Here European manufacturers and artists are preparing their exhibits • . l have ,spent some hours at the exhibition, and I am speaking with rm exaggerated enthusiasm when I say that it surpasses my most sanguine expectations. The buildings are simple, but most appropriate and tasteful; and when one realizes that the exhibits are from the industries of one city a)one, it seems marvelous In the four or five hours which I was abie to spend there, I had scarcely more than time to walk through the I' R I E N D , J U L Y . I S 7 9. various departments, and in this way to gain EDITOR'S TABLE. a general view, which will be of service in LECTURES ON PREACHING. Delivered before future visits. Everything is represented, the Theological Department of Yale Colfrom heavy machinerJ· to the most remarkalege. By Matthew Simpson, D.D. L.L.D., ble productions in chocolate and sugar. Nothing is more beautiful than series of the most Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. exquisitely and artistically furnished rooms. New York, 1879. Those who were in Paris last summer say We read some of these lectures as they that these surpass anything of the kind there. appeared, when reported in the religious The colors, and hues, and forms, lights and shadows, are studied with the most delicate newspapers, and were much pleased witn care, and the result is something most beau- their sentiments. Mr. J. T. Waterhouse has tiful. I have such a pas!'ion for draperies kindly sent us from New York a volume and hangings, tapestries, ~arved woods, E>tc., that these " rooms" have had an effect on containing all the lectures-ten in number. me like music or poetry. Then the porce- We have carefully read every one of the lains and glass, etc., from the Royal Facto- three hundred and thirty-six pages of the ries, are superb in their way. There are volume. Our admiration for the book inrestaurants, pavilions and places of amuse- creased, as we turned over page after page, ment without end, and Berlin, a city which is fond of its play as well as its work, to the close. The Bishop shows that he posrejoices immensely over this new sensation. sesses a sanctified common sense, combined I am busily occupied rn hearing iectures with a good theological training, which fits having three a day, one on Latin Gram- him to give sound advice to young men premar, another on Sanskrit Grammar, and an- paring for the christian ministry. We are other which iB most interesting on Latin and Greek, with a special reference to mo- surprised to find a " self-made " Divine occupying the position of Bishop Simpson, so dern Greek and the Romanic lang-uages. There is a pleasant little garden in rear absolutely free from narrow views and sectaof the University, where I enjoy going be- rianism. With no apparent display of scholtweep. two of our lectures. The spring is arship and learning there is a dignified and <laily growing more beautiful, though the air is stdl fresh and cool. The marliets are broad-minded tone running through the radiant with flowers, and the flower-stores whole course of Lectures, which leaves the are my perpetual delight. We have now I most favorable impression up .. n the reader's forget-me-nots, ~yacinths, l_ilies-of the-vall~y, mind, and indicates that he is the peer of etc.· Ihha-ve enJoyed • h bthed time of b'Uds, ,. _'r., w11h B eec he r , B roo ks, Ha ll an d o th er Iecturers, us rn t e tropics t e u s are so rar~.r no. . ticed, we are always in the full enjoyment who have been mv1ted to speak at Yale, on of perfected leafage, but there is especial the " Lyman-Beecher Lectureship." beauty in these first heralds of awakening nature. THE LAND OF THt P1tAltA0Hs. By Nev. The debates in Parliament are going on Samuel Manning, L.L.D. The Religious very actively now in reference to the TariffTract Society, London. bills which Bismarck proposes, every one This beautifully illustrated volume introseems .much excited about the matter. F. W. D. duces the reader to Egypt, and its perusal imparts a delight next to a visit to that oldMiss .BrnD.-Some months ago the papers est of all lands. This volume takes us bad, announced this lady as traveling in Japan. to that marvellous country, and again we asDr, Gulick thus writes us from Yokohama. cend the Pyramid of Ghizeh, and wander ".Miss Bird was recently here, and made an through the streets of Cairo. The author, adventurous journey alone among the naDr. Manning, has published several books of tives of several hundred miles. She is engaged upon a volume on Japan.'' We this character, including one upon Pulestine. shall await with much interest this forth- entitled "Those Holy Fields." If possible coming volume. let one visit those old countrie~, but if thai cannot be accomplished, then by all means HEv. HENRY M. BooTH .--Leaers were reread such books, the titles of which we here ceived by the last steamer intimating that mention. this young Presbyterian clergyman and wife might be e~pected on the next steamer. REV. J. W. SMITH, of Koloa, Kauai, thus He is a son of the well known New York writes under date of June 24th. "If there merdrant and friend of missionaries, W. A. are 800 Chinese on this Is!and, it is our duty Booth, Esq. to do something to Christianize lhem." We U The old mode of ballasting ships by are of the same opinion. fragments of rock, sand, etc., is likely to be entirely superseded by a new and cheaper way. Iron tanks are placed on either side of CHINESE CHRISTIAN WoRKERS ON THE HAthe keelson, and when the ship is ready to WAIIAN IsLANDs.-S1t Moon, Acting Pastor leave port these tanks are pumped full of of Chinese Church, Honolulu; Wong Ee, sea water by the ship's donkey engine. On arriving at her destination the water is Hilo, Hawaii; Kong Tit Yen, Kohala, Hapumped out into the harbor . .Many ships waii; Sat Fan, Makawao, Maui; Shin Chack, Oahu; Ho Ah Pui. Kauai. are adopting the new plan. TUE OAHU CoLLEGE.--The report of the .Examining Committee as published m the Gazette and Advertiser, bears the most favorable testimony to the pro~perity of our highest seminary of learning. Most heartily we can endorse that testimonial having- also been present at the examination. We do not imagine that our Island pupils ·abroad enjoy the advantage of any better teaching, than they would have had, had they remained on the lslands. One fact is patent, our pupils going abroad either to California or further East, are generally found fully up to the standard of scholarship with those pupils educated there. Now what we desire to see is the endowment of Oahu College, then Jts advantages will fully equal those of similar institutions in the Father Land. Good and rich people have endowed those seminaries of learning, and we confidently hope good and rich people, will erelong be found generously to increase thP endowment of Oahu College. OuR IsLAND GIRLS ABROAD.-In years past, we have often referred to the high standard of scholarship attained by "our Island Boys," in the seminaries of learning of the United States. It affords us much gratification that our young lady-pupils abroad are not behind in their scholarship, when brought into competition with their fellow pupils ,of olden countries. At the ]ate commencement exercises of Mills' Seminary we notice, the names of three of" our Island Girls,"· among the "graduating class," viz: Harriet N. Foster, Julie Judd and Charlotte A. Carter. The latter onre off the honor of the Valedictory Address. Several others from the Islands have been connected with the sch?ol du ring the past year. Mills' .Seminary has acquired a high position as the best Female Seminary this side of the Rocky Mountains. Most heartily we congratulate the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mills upon the success which has attended their effort in the cause of female education. One of the teachers, Miss Goulding is now visiting the Islands, and we learn that before the summer close, thP. Rev. Mr. Mills and another teacher may arrive. FRIEND, JUL f • I 8 7 9. Summary Report of Ladies' S. F. Society. Expended on behalf of fifteen beneficiaries during the year e~ding June, 1879 ......................... $379 89 llKCEIVll:D, Cash on hand June 6, 1878 ............... , , ....... .. Annual Memberl!htps .............................. . Donation from Mrs. C. D. O'Sullivan ................ . Dillingham & Co .••.•••.••••••••.••••••••••••••••.• Henry May ................................. , ..... . A. Kelly'n expenset1 refunded ....................... . Ca~h found among of B. Hughes •••••• , ............. . Donation from Mr. !Smith, Maui. ................... . Interest on inve11tment ............................. . Donation from C. Brewer ......................... .. Ca:1h overdrawn on Bank account .••••••••••••••••..• 9 'i9 51 50 5 00 ~(\ 00 15 00 52 00 11 00 10 00 140 00 50 00 6 60 Total .•••••••.••..••••••••.••.•••..••• $370 89 MRS. S. E. B1si;:op, Treasurer. GOLDEN WEDDING OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMA:NY,--Late telegraphic dispatches report that the 11th of June was appropriately celebrated. in Berlin. Among other items we notice that six hundred prisoners received pardons, and there was a prospect for more to be pardoned. MARINE JOURNAJj, PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. June ARRIVALS. 1-Brit ship Glenilfer. Cumminir, 133 days fm Liverpool 6-Am bk AnLioch, Weeks 25 <lays fm Port 'l'ownHend en route to Hongkong, put in for water. 7-Am bktne Jos Perkins, Johnson, 25 days from Port Gamble. 8-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, 17 days from San Francisco 9-P MS S Zealandia, Chevalier, from Sydney 10-Am ship Springfield, Peart, from Guano Islands 11-Am hk DC Mur~ay, Norris, 18 days fm San Fran 12-Am bktne Catherine Sudden, lngalhi, 47 days from New Ca~tlt:. NS W 12-Am schr American Girl, Backus, 14 days from San FrancillCO 13-Bolivian bk 8urprise, Curtis, 71 days from New Castle, N 8 W. 13-Haw bgtne Pomare, Gooding, from Ookala, Hawaii 15 m bktne ~:ureka, Nordberg, 14 days from S F 15-Haw stmr James Makee, Godfrey, 10 days »nd 20 hours from 8an (, raucisco 15-Am schr .Jos Woolley. Hempstead, from Guan'! Is 16-P l\l S S Ci1y of New York, Cobb, from San Fran 17-Am tern D S Wiiliams, (.)lement, from "San Francisco. via Hilo 18-Am topsail schr Eustace, Boie, from San Francisco vi1r Kahului 19-Am bk Hainier. Wulff, from Port Gamble 21-llaiatea sch Vivid, Nnglish. 12 dys fm Fanning's Is. 22-Haw bk Liliu, O'Brien, 28 <lays from Port Madison. i:l-Am bk Helena, Snow, 22 days from Victoria, 8 C. 2!-Gerrnan stmr Cassandra, Lan11er, 22 days from Wllampoa, China. 25-Am ship l:tepublic, Holmes, 43 days fro Hongkong. 27-Am bktne Ella, Brown. 14 da.ys frn San Francisco. :.!7-Am schr Claus Spreckles, Von Schmidt, from San Francisco, a.rrive<I At Kahului, 9 days 20 hours. July 1-Am bk Vigilant, Smithers, 158 days fm Nt>w Bedford, lost two men, killed by falling from aloft--both Portuguese. Clean-saw whales three times. DEPARTURES. l\-Iay 31-Am bgtne Josephine, Ogilvie, for Port Townsend 31-Ger l,k Louise, Meyer, for Royal Hoads June :l- Ho.w hk Kalakaua, Jenks, for :San ~•rancisco 2-Am schr Bonanza, Miller, for San l<'ranci~co 3-llaw scllr Nettie Mtrrill, Wallace, for South Sea Is 4-Brit hk Lady Lampson, Marston, for San Francisco 7-Am bk A11tioch, Weeks, for Hongkong 10-P MS S Zealandia, Chevalier. for San Francisco 11-Am bgtne Morning Star, Bray, for Micronesia l:l-Am ship Spriogfitld, Peart, for Guano [slands 15-Am schr La Giroode, Henereaux. for San Fran 18-P M S S City of New York, Cobh. for Sydney 18-Am bk H W Almy, Frtleman, f.1r :San !<'ran 21-Am 8hip Gi:n Butler, Hyder, for Port Gamble. 21-Am bk Morro Casile, Woods, for S11n Francisco. 21-Am schr .Joseph \\- ooliey, Hempstead, for Guano Is. 22-Am bk Helena, Snow, for Sydney. • 23-Raiatea schr Vivid. English, for ~·annings Is. 24-Am bktne llisc11very, to'uller, for l'an Francisco. 24-Am tern D S Williams, Cle·-cent, for San l<'rnncisco, 24-Brit bk Lalla Rookh, Hender, f.ir Portland, O. 2!-Haw bgtne 8torm Bird, Jackson) for South Sell Is. Just Received from England --AND-- FOR SALE at COST PRICE At lhe :BIBLE DEPOSITORY, SAILOR'S HOME, A fEIW copies of the following excellent works: Daily Dememhrancer, or Morning and Evening Poems for the year, hy Rev James Smith. "Ihe First Love." Vhrist's MeFsa11e to Ephesus, by Rev. Dr. Culross. "Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock." Christ's Message to Laodicea, hy Rev. Dr . Culross. Grace and Truth, hy IJr. W. P. i\lackHy, Doroth~a 'l'rudel, or the l'rayer of Faith, translaled lrom the German. Life of .Joshua Poole. A Remarkable Conversion. The Message from the Throne, by Mrs. Anna Shivton. '.l'he fost Ble1111ing, by Mr8. Anna. Shipton. PASSENGERS. Asked of God, by Mrs. Anna Shipton. For San Francisco-Per Kalaka\.1il., Jttne 1-'--M:iss Lillie Tile Wat.ch Tower in the Wilderness, hy Mrs. Anna Shipton. Williams, Miss Lottie Williams, Miss Ada Williams, Miss The Child Mini~ter. by Mrs Anna Shiµtoa. Daisy Williams, John Lenehan, J Ward, John Howe. Life Truths, by Rev. J. Denham ~111ith. Life in Cllrist, by H.ev ..I. Deuham ::imith. 1''or Micronesia-Per Morning Star, June 10-Rev ET Walk and Wii1·1are, 01· Wilderness Provision, by Re.-. J. Den- Doane. · ham Smith. J,'or San Francisco-Per Zealandia, June 10-T W Williams, Vari, ua Addresses, by Rev. J. Denham Smith. W (.) Parke and son, A H Knight aud wife, Miss E Platt, Variouis Acldresses, by D. f,. Moidv. S Selig. A l\laillard, Mrs(.) B Andrews, E O Hall and wif~, Tlte 1'ahernacle and the Priesthootl .' hy H. W. Loltnn. .Mrs .IS McGrew and 2 chilclren, AW Pierce, Mrs J P Cooke and son, C ~.: Williams and wife, A Ra tin, M Swain, J'ohn Lee, Femflle OJ,aracters of the l.lilJle, by llcv. Dr. Hughes, 'l'l,e Uoy's Watchwor,l . Wm McElnay, G Murray, JC Logan.(.) B ltichards, T Shore, Also a variety of Smaller Bookli by Drowuluw North, S. M. • J Le Donato, J SutherlA.nd, W V Du Bois, Wing Ling, Gum Haughlon, &c. I King, Ah See, Gack lihon.;, Ab ::ia111, I 57 !from San Franci1100-Ptr H W Almy. June 9-T Corr.ell, John Wilcox, .John Crane. C Chisholm, James 'l'atten, R 8 Wiltren, Arthur l'eterson, Mary tliden1, and three Chinese. From Sydney-Per Zealandia, June 9-Mrs C Browne, W Marienens, J Johnston, C E Harbeck, A Crawley, M Fredericks, Mrs Brnns, C Kavanagh. From San Francisco-Per D C Murry, June 12-Mr Flemming, Frank Coll, Jas Bonytbin, 'l' Waddle, Steward Blanc and 10 Chinese. From San Francisco-Per American Girl, June 12-J J Moorelu,ad, J G Kipp, Mr McGinnis, A Onz, 0 Sam and 7 Chinese. From Guano Islands-Per Joseph Woolley, June 15Capt Robert Briggs, Capt Hiram Closson, wife and son, Chas Himes, John Smith, James Gordon, William Jones, antl '.!2 Hitwaiians. From San FranciRco, par ·James Makee, June 16-F P Makenzie, Fred Wagman. From San Francisco, per City of New York, June 17Mrs Gibson, Misses Coney, H A Widemann, Mrs ME Wood, C Lehman and wife, Miss Widemann, Mary Lehman, Henry Lehman, Hanz Lehman, T C and J Lehman, E Bailey, Jas G Fair, Jas Day, JG Fair Jr, Otto Frinsch, Mary Frinsch, E Rehse, Mrs A L Cushing, Mrs C K Goulding, H H Cluff and wife, Mr Hould and wife, C Anderson and wife, Mary Hould, J Knell, Jas Campbell and wife, Mrs H Turton, L Godfried, Col C H Judd, Mrs Alex Campbell, W H Campbell, H Cornwell and wife, Wm Pearson, E Bowles, M .H. Briggs, M Ashley, H WO Melvery, J. Moore. JN Winkotehill, J M Coleman, F Orena, A Unna and wife, Mrs Capt Cobb, CH Eldridge, John M Morton and wife, Mary Morton, Henry Morton, Jane Brown, Mr Anthon, Mary Cornwell, Kate Cornwell, Elizabeth l\il'Cormick, Margaret Sullivan, Mary Smilh, J S Bi~ho1,, Allen Ramsay, Wm Burt, Wm Chassels Elias A Bart, J Brebe, Patrick Egan, C Bingley, Frank 'fihbetts, Antonio George. Otto l<'riedlander, J Blainey, Joo Da.vis, Jas Moore, Wm l\lutch, LA Beawooin Geo Chapman. Matilda Williams, A:,nie t-beppard, Mrr. F Sandman. J Howes, Robt Biggins, M I!' Sullivan, Joo Adams. 1:larry Friedlander, Joo Clark, James Dailey, James Bogan, Chas Donohue, Wm Elliott, Robert Williams, Sarah Williams, Mrs. Eliza Oxley, Mr,i J Kelshaw, Henry Kelshaw, E Kelshaw, l\1rs Delia l<'razier, Mary Frazier, llelen Frazier. Frank l<'razier, Jas Silva, Thos Moon, 58 Chinese, and 89 passengers in transitu. From !San Francisco-Per Eureka, June 16-Chas Kamar, wife and child, Martin Anderson, Henry Forster, Benjamin • Wilcox, Henry Goldstein, John Hoppen, 38 males, one fomale and three children, Chinese. For Sydney-Per City or New York, June 17-A .louvinne, F D Walker, wife and 3 children, F Wirth, D Jones, B Hymanson. For San Franci~co-Per W II Almy, June 18-G J Lansing, Geo L Blake, .John Wilcox. For San l<'rancisco-1:'er Morro Castle, June 21-J N Wiskotschill. From Fannings Island, per Vivid, June 21-E Probert, 6 Hawaii1ms and one Chinese. · From Victoria, per Helena, June 22-A Reiss and wife. From Port Madison, w T, per Liliu, June 24-J R Bean, LP Hunson. For SanFrancilco, per Discovery, June 24-A E Warrell, HP Chappell, James Quinn, EM Panser, AR Silloway, C Smith, F M Alston, Jas Savidge, W Schmidt, W F Fraga, H Bundy. From Whampoa, China, per Stmr Cassandra, June 25492 Chinese. From Hongkong, China, per Republic, June 26-20 Chi, nese. MARRIED. WEIGHT-BLAISDELL-In this city, June 3d, at St Andrew's Cathedral, by the R ev Mr McIntosh assisted by the Rev T Blackburn, WM WEIGHT to JENNIE BLAISDELL, both of Honolulu. No cards. GILES-Al<'ONG-In this city June 5th, by His Lordship the Bishop of Honolulu, Mr HENRY GILES to Miss EMMELINE AGATHA MARIE, eldest daughter of' the Hon u Afong. WA'LKER-CUl\UIINS.-ln this city, June 21, by Rev H H Parker, at the residence of the bride's father, Hon J A Cummins, THOMAS WALKER, formerly of London, Eng. land, to Miss MATILDA CUMNINS. HtNDS-KEo~AILANI.-In this city, June 2!3, by Rev. H. Parker, CHARLES HINDS to ANNIE Ki,;oMAILANt. DIED. GAY-At Waimea, Hawa.ii, May 21st, ATHOL K GAY, second son of James and Mary Gay. Aged 9 months and 21 days. ISENBERG-At Lihue, Kauai, May 29th, BETA HELENA0TTOILIE, beloved daughter of Otto and Helen Isenberg. Aged 18 months ancl 1(j days. JEWETT-In this city, June 3d, at the residence of J B Atherton, Esq, of disease of' the heart, Captain GEORGJ.~ W JEWETT, a native of Bristol, RI, aged 47 years. He was master of' the bark Morro Castle of New York. PJ<~TER MORRISON-At the Queen's Hospital, (suddenly) in Honolulu, June 11th, PETER l\'loRlUSON, aged about 24 years, a native of Scotland. HowARD-At Waikapu, Maui, June 18, of' heart disease, CHARLES How ARD, a native of' Massachusetts, US, aged about 50 years. PARKE-In this city, June 22d, MARY H. PARKE, sister of the Hon W C Parke. [Boston papers please copy.] GRIEVE-In this city, June 24, after a short illness, WILLIAM GRIEYE, a native of Scotland, aged 76 years. He had resided in Honolulu during the past 12 years , and for a number of years previously in the United States. RYAN-At his residence, Queen street, Honolulu, June 27th, W. P. RYAN, agecl 62 years. For many years a resi dent of this city. WILLIAMS-At Halawa, Oahu, June 27, J. R. WILLIAMS , Dii;trict Justice of Bwa, aged about 60 years. ' THE 58 "Abide With :Me." " Abide with me," the day is past and gone; 'Tis even tide, and night is corning on; The darkoetis o'er me creeps, And my 1,ud spirit 1,eeks Thy presence, Lord, for I am faint and lone. The way is long and dark, and often drear; The thorns are 1,pringing up, and cloud8 appear; And heavy t1hadows lay Acr0ss my weary wny, And I am sinking fa1,t, aud filled with fear. "Abide with me." The tempter·fl power js strong, And I am weak; I often do the wrong l wuuld not, and [ pray 'l'ha~ Tl1ou would 'st lrnm this day " Abide witb we;" and bear me safe along. ·" Abide with me;" l cannot, let Thee go Unless Thou dost a blest>ini, Lu I'd, bestow, I feel my need of Tliee. 8avior, "abide with me;'' I know Thou wilt not, canst not answer, No. Endowment of Oahu College. 1n some remarks which the Editor offered in his sermon on " Home Evangelization," preached by request of H. E. Association, the endowment of 'Oahu College, found a place. The subject is one of cardinal 1mportance to our Island community. We copy as follows : It is now nearly, if not quite a quarter of a century, since any steps have been taken effectually to increase the endowment of that institution, and to broaden the course of &tudy there taug:h't. To educate and evangelize a people you must have not only Sabbath Schools, Primary •Schools and Boarding Schools for young children, but schools of a higher grade are needed. Oahu College has, during ·the last forty years done a good work, and God's blessing has rested upon the institution, but for the Home Evange !ization arid education of the rising generation, that institution needs a generous endowment. The 'P resident's position ought to be made, independent of tuition fees. One or two good Professorships ought to be speedil'y endowed. A Professorship of languages, including the modern languages, ought b<:> estaolished, ancl another Professorship of Natural History, including the Department of Chemistry. New buildings ought to 4e erected, and the whole establishment lifted up and made more potent for science, learning and Christianity. One hundred ·thousand dollars ought to be raised for buildings and Professorships. Such an advanced step would have a most important bearing upon the Home Evangelization of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It would correspond to similar efforts among the American people, in behalf of Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, and other institutions of learning. Some of our rich planters might well afford to endow a Professorship of Chemistry, as a pecuniary venture • . Our men of wealth, our mer- l~RIEND, JULY_ 1879. chants and planters, should realize, that the highest end of their lives, is not merely to enrit:h their families, and expend their acquired wealth, in material display. In no way could the Hawaiian and Chinese portions of our population, be more favorably impressed and elevated, than by seeing Americans and ·Eurnpeans in our midst, coming noble forward and handsomely endowing some institution of learning of a decided Christian type and character. In this way, the gospel leaven would appear to be operative and potential. Our young people ought to be educated, highly educated, and this cannot be accomplished without the endowment of a Christian college. Oahu College made, what it ought to be made, would exert a most powerful influence upon all the other seminaries of learning throughout this kingdom, Micronesia and the world. Home Evangelization implies, not merely distributing tracts and preaching the Gospe I in the streets, but a thorough infusion of Gospel ideas and principles into families, and all the avenues of trade and commerce. \Vhen the scheme of annexation was agitated, twenty and more years ago, and it was stipulated that the United States would pay one million of dollars and more, one-tenth part of this amount was to be devoted to the higher purposes of education, and Oahu College was to have been handsomely"'endowed. I have regretted that when Reciprocity was initiatep and secured, in t-ome way, the cause of higher education, w11s not to receive a generous portion of the duties remitted on suga'r, and other island exports to the United States. One-tenth ·of the duties remitted during "these seven years of pleuty," would have been a handsome contribution to the higher purposes of education. Something ought to be done. Fornander' s Book Again. Dr. Gulick thus writes us from Yokoha ma, Japan, under date of A pri I 22d : "Mr. Fornander's first volume has thrown much light on the past. Whether we accept or not his theory of the Aryan (and Cushite) origin of the Polynesians, l shrJll watch for his second volume with impatience." We received a note from Mr. Fornander a few days since, in which we find an allusion to the second volume, and some of our readers, we feel confident, will be much interested to)eafo ;that .it is nearly ready for publication. '' If I can now have a month's uninterrupted time to myself, 1 think I can finish the second volume. I mean to stop at the time of the conquest and consolidation of the islands under Kamehameh~ l,, at the battle of Nuu- -======================================= anu, 1796, with perhaps a short reference to the cession of Kauai in 1809. The accession to supreme power of Kamehameha 1. closes the old regime, the really ancient history of the Hawaiian people, with which alone I have been concerned. Since these new systems of government, new political relations, n~w social customs, new religious ideas have gradually. or "per saltum," worked themselves up to the surface, I think it as well, or rather better to commence the Hawaiian Modern History at the battle of Nuuanu, as at the arrival of Capt. Cook or the arrival of the missionaries, forty years later. The former prepared the way for the unification of the islands; the latter put the se!}l of Christianity on that unification; another border line between darkness and light, between the old and the new, may as well be drawn where l intend to draw it, as at any other intermediate period. Without unification these islands might to-day be what the Samoan and Marquesas still are; with unification they have become what they are, a marvel in history, a crown of glory to their civilizers, and a puzzle to the sceptics. With modern Hawaiian history, I do not think that l shall occupy myself. That 1s a matter of documentary evidence, to be gathered from book-stores and archives accessible to any diligent inquirer; that is a question of the present, its diversified beginnings and its tortuous but ever upward development; a period of broad dayHght, historically speaking, during which a careful and candid inwstigator cannot possibly go wrong. For my part, l have chosen to describe the past, whose only lights were the scattered stars of legend and myth. Let others bask in the sunshine ; God's world is beautiful, even when seen by starlight." FATE OF THE SHENANDOAH -Everybody has heard of the Shenandoah, the notorious privateer of the Southerners of the American civil war; but I do not suppose that many know what was the ultimate fate of the ship when the war ended. Of all the places in the world she now lies 'fathoms deep '' off the Lsland ot Socotra, in the Arabian gulf. Her story is a strange one. She was busv burning- whalers in Behring Straits, wher1 Waddell, her commander, the "mildest mannered man who ever scuttled ship or cut a throat," heard of the coli<1 pse of the south. His ocrupation being gone, and being without home or harbor to which he durst, with safety, return, he ran the Shenandoah to Liverpool, and immediately surrendered her to her Majesty's ship Donegal, in ihe Mersey, She was handed over to the American Consul, and afterwards bought at auction by Nicol, Fleming & Co.-a firm that has earned a notoriety in connection with the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank-for the Sultan of Zanzibar. After remaining idly at Zanzibu .for some years, she was sent to Bombay for repairs, but found<:>red off Socotra, all hands being lost except one Englishman and a few Lascars. 'f HE Places of Worship. SEAMEN'S BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching at 11 A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before tbe morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenrngs at 7½o'clock. FORT STREE'L' Csunc1:1--Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, cornl:'r of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. l\l, Sabbath School at 10 A. M. KAWAIAHAO CeuRcH--Rev.. H. H. Parker, Pastor, King street, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 11 A. M. Sabbath school at 10 A. M. Evening services at 7~ o'clock. alternating with Kaumakapili. District meetings in various chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednt'sday at 7½ P. M. Roi\U.N CATHOLTC CHURCH--Under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by Rev. Father Hermann; Fort street. nPar Beretania. Services every Sunday at 10 A. M. and :l P. M. KAUMAKAPILI Cmmcrr--Rev. M. Knaea. Pastor, Beretania strePt, near Nnnanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 10½ A. 1\1. Sabbath school at 9½ A. M. Evt>niug services at 7~ o'clock. alternating with Kawaiahao. Prnyel' meeting every W ednesllay at 7 P. M. THE ANGLICAN Cmmcrr--Bisbop. tbe Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dnnn, M.A .. Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary Cathedral, Beretau ia. street, opposite the Hotel. English serviCl:'S on Sundays at U½ aud 11 A. M.. and 2½ aud 7½ P. M. Sunday School at the Clergy House at 10 A. M. vv. J• Jlercl1ant 'failo1·ing ESTABLISHME~T, Corner Fort and Hotel Streets. I C;,M~~ ?;:~t~ ~t!e~fra!!?}~~h~ff~~it~;/;z::v: OPEN l!:D a large First-Class Establishment. Where Gentlemen can find a Well-selected Stock of Goods, Chosen with great care, as to style, and adapted to this climate. Having had an extensive experience in connection with som e of the largest importing houses in New York and Philadelrhi a, I can assure my customers that they will not only secure the Very Best Materials but will also obtain at my place The BEST FITTINC CARMENTS that can be turne,l ont ol any establiohment in the Eastern cities. English Hunting Pantaloons ! -AND- LADIES' RIDING HABITS l\IADE A SPJ<:CIALITY. Children's Suits, in Eastern Styles. W. TREGLOAN, Honolulu. THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL, IR \VIN & HOME! SAILORS' ADVERTISEMENTS. G. 59 I 8 7 9. CO.• Commission Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. J.,. HA NCHETTE. Pia110-1<'01·te Tuner & Repairer. (For many yea.rs connected with Chickering & Sons.) 11:7 Orders Jett at the s~~~~o~~o~:t~:e.or Whitney & Robert- A. "\,V. PEIRU.E & CO •• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and G_eneral Commission Merckan,ts, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Pnnloa Salt Works, Brand's Bo01b Lances, And Ptn•1•y Davis' Pain Killer. & LEWERS ED. DUNSCOMBE, Ma,iw1 er. DICKSON. Honlnlu, Jan11a1·y 1, 18i5. Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, E. CASTLE & COOKE, Fort Street, llonolulu, H. 1. H O F M _\. N N , jj., M • DIPOR'Q:RS AND DEALERS IN D •, Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant 11nd Kaabumanu Strtlets, near the Post Office C. BRE\V .ER & CO.• E. Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. P. ADAMS. .11.uction and Commission Merchant, J Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. O H N S. M e G R E \.V , M . GENERAL MERCHANDISE -.tWENTSOF- , . .. HE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF I Packets, New England Mutual Lif~ Insurance Company, The Union Marine Iusurance Company, San Francisco, The Kobala Sugar Company, The Baiku Sugar Uompany, The Hamakua Sugar Company, 'l'be Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Oompany, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. tf Commission and Skipping Merchants, --NEW-- I JUL I, ~~RIEND, J. W, ROBERTSON H, E, WHU'NEY WHITNEY & ROB.ERTSON, D ., Late Surgeon U. S. Army, (Successors to H. M. Whitney), Oan be evusulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books, THOS. C. THRUM, STATIONERY &; PERIODICALS. STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Me1•chaut Sn•cet, • • • Ho11ol11lu. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at P Papers reduced rates for parties goiug to sea. ly .. lSHERS OF THE HAWAIIAN BOOK, P UBf Jarves' History of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Phrase Book, Hawaiian Grammar, Andrews' Hawaiian Grammar, Hawaiian Dictionary, Chart of the IJawaiian Islands. NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & CO., No. 37 J!'ort Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF ALSO, ON IIAND, OTHER BOOKS ON THE ISLANDS. SPECIAL NOTICE. Goods Suitable for Trade.· To the Planters and MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from personal exS HIP perience tbat the undersigned keep the best assortment of GOODSFORTRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other Rouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. BISHOP & CO., BANKERS, HONOLULU. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. DRA w EXCHANGE ON GUIDE Foreign Residents Chinese Church Building Fund. V O LUNT A RY. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE SO• LlCl'rl!lD in aid of Christian Chinese to purchase land and build a Uhurcb in Honolulu to worship Almighty God in tbeir own language. The call for a Church comes from themselves. Pledges are invited, to be paid on or before the 10th of January, 1880, wb1ch will be received by Mr. Joseph B. Atherton, the 'freaimrer, Mr. Gookim, or Mr. Aseu. Funds can also t,e remitted to Bishop & Co., Bankers, tor account of Chinese Church Building Fund. JOHN THOMAS WATERHOUSE. January 1st, 1879, d28 6m A.. ·"· SMITII, IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, King's combination Spectacles, - Ntnv l' 01•k, AJD THEIR AGENTS IN - Bowton, Parii1, Aueldaud, TUE ORIENTAL BANK coRPORA1'ION, LONDON, - H ALLEN HERBERT, PROPRIETOR, AS ALL THE MODERN IMPROVE• ments requisite for carrying on a first-class Hotel: · .ND THEIR BRANCHES IN - Hon1il,on1h Sydney, and Melbourne, And Transact a General Banking Dusine11s. ap19 79 Glass and t lated Ware, Sewing Machines, Picture Frames, Vases, Brackets, etc. etc. No. 73, Fort St. (lyl Bound Volumes TERMS STRICTLY OARH at Reduced Price ! 1[J.lTE WILL FURNJSH BOUND VOLUMES • of the Friend at one dollar per annum (subscription price $2), for any number of years from 1852 to the present time. ID" Adding the cost of binding. ~oun~ l):m's otYristian ~ssotiation of Jjonolulu. • PU're reUgion and undefiled befo1·e God, the Father, is this: To v'isU the Jathm·les.s and widows in their ajfiiction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world. Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. baptized by . Rev. Dr. Damon; an infant child, Charles Keai En, son of Joseph Yap Tin Seow, was baptized; .Rev. Dr. Damon made a brief address; Rev W. Frear led in prayer; and the exercises were closed by singing the hymn, "Rock of Ages," in Chinese and English; and the benediction was pronounced by the Moderator. The members of the new church were invited to attend the UoP1munion with the Evangelical Association at Kaumakapili; and according to vote, the Council was then dissolved . A true copy. Attest: An Extraordinary Sentence. The following extract is taken from a senOrganization of the Chinese Church. tence recently pronounced by Judge Reading, of Morris, Ill., upon the liquor dealers who The Honolulu Y. M. C. A. have been had violated the law by selling liquor to actively engaged for several years in carryminors : h1g fo:avard evangelistic work among the " By the law you may sell to men and Chinese, it is with unfeigned delight that we women, if they will buy. You have given your are able to report that our efforts, combined bond and paid your license to ~ell to them, and with those of other Christian workers, have no man has a right to molest you in your finallv culminated in the organization of the legal business. No matter what families are first Chinese Church on the Hawaiian Islands. distracted and rende~ed miserable; no matter It is a marked and signal event in our religwhat children starve or mourn over the deg. ious history. Below we present the official radation of a parent, your business is legalReport of the Ecclesiastical Council which ~- C. DAMON, Moderator. ized and no one may interfere with you in it. ·was convened on Sabbath afternoon, June C. M. HYDE, Scribe. No matter what mother may agonize over 8th, for the organization of•this Church: the loss of a rnn, or a sister blush at the HoNoLULU, June 8th, 1879. U The Y. M. C. A. held a meeting at shame of a brother, you have a right to disPursuant to letters missive an Ecclesiastithe Lyceum on Friday evening, the 27th regard them all and pursue your legal callcal Council convened at thP Lyceum, Sunult., at which Dr. Kinney presided. After ing-you are licensed. You may fit up your day, June 8th, at 2 P. M., to consider the the Reports of Committees, the topic of the lawful place of business in the most enticing expediency of organizing a Chinese Church, evening was discussed, viz: The Boole o.f and captivating form. You may furnish it as voted by the persons sending the letters Job. Mr. Bowen read an admirable essay with the most costly and elegant equipments missive ; and if thought advisable, to take for your own lawful profit; you may fill it part in public exercises appropriate to the upon the point, "whether Job's vindication with allurements of amusement; you may was correct.'' Mr. Kinney re~d another organization of such church. use all the arts to induce visitors; ,you may essay on "The argument of Job and his Rev. S. C. Damon, D. D., read the letter skillfully arrange and expose to view your Mr Lyons offered re.marks upon friends." missive. the question, " What had Satan to '-do with choicest wines and most captivating beverAll the parties invited were present, as the afflictions of Job?" Dr. Whitney read ~ges; you may then induce thirst by all confollows: From the Bethel Church, Rev. S. an essay upon the Plan of the BoolL D_r. trivances to produce a raging appetite for C. Damon, D. D., Pastor; Rev. S. E. Bishop, Damon and Rev. S. E. Bishop offered.. re- drink, and then you may supply that appeDelegate. Fort Street Church, Rev. W. marks upon the Time and Place, When and tite to the full, because it is lawful; you have Frear, Pastor; Brotber J. B. Atherton, DeleWhere the Book was Written. So much paid for it-you have a license. You may gate. Kawaiahao Church, l{ev. H. H. Parker, interest was a wakened by the discussion allow boys, almost children, to frequent your Pastor; Brother Lapaki, Delegate. Kaumath.a t a similar programme was sketched out saloon; they may witness the apparent satiskapili Ohurch, Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor; Deafor the next meeting, when " Horner and the faction with which their seniors quaff the con E. S. Kalauao, Delegate. Rev. H. Iliad" would take the place of "The Book sparkling glt,ss; y.ou may be schoolmg and training them for the period of 21, when Bingham, Secretary Hawaiian Board. Rev. of Job." they, too, can participate, for this is lawful. C. M. Hyde, President North Pacific MisYou may hold the cup to their lips. yo11 sion Institute. Hon. Willinrn E. Dodge says: '''fhe must not let them drink-that is unlawful. The Council was organized hy the choice statesmen of Europe are beginni_ng to look For while you have all these privileges for of Rev. Dr. Damon as Moderator, and Rev. to the enormous amounts worse than wasted the money yon pay, th~s poor _privilege of Dr. Hyde as Scribe. The Moderator led in in drink as one of the great causes of the selling to children is denied you. Their pHents have the right to say, 'Leave my prayer. increase of distress and misery in those son to me until the law gives you the priviA list of those proposing to unite from countries across the water. The amount ac- lege to destroy him. Do not anticipate that other churches was shown, and their certifi- tually spent is not all. The pauperism and terrible moment when I can assert for him cates of membership. Also, the names of misery directly resulting from the effect of no further rights of protection. "That will be soon enough for me, for those proposing to unite by profession of the liquor tbus consumed may safely be said his mother, for his sister, for his friends and faith. to amount in dollars and cents to as much for this community to see him take his road The Council voted that they were so far more. This is rendered certain by the to death. Give him to us in his childhood satisfied with the proceedings that they amounts which are known to be spent in at least. Let us have a .few hours of his would join in public services of recognition. charity and the administration of justice youth, in which we can enjoy his innocence, Accordingly, as previously arranged, Rev. consequent upon the effect of the liquor traf- to repay us in a small degree for the care M. Kuaea led in prayer; the hymn, "Nearer fic. In England, as he said, the interest in and love we have lavished upon him.' This is something which you who now stand My God to Thee," was sung in Chinese and the economical aspect of this question is be- prisioners at the bar have not paid for; this English; the names of those presenting cer- coming very intense, and the very ablest is not embraced in your license. For this tificates, and of those uniting on profession, men-men of wealth, men of position, men offense the court sentences you to ten days' who had not hitherto ranked ·themselves imprisonment in the county jail, and that . were read, and the parties named arose in among the class of total abstainers-are you pay a fine of $75 and costs; and that response; the Creed and Covenants were earnestly bestowing their best thoughts on you stand committed until the fine and costs read; the six uniting by profession were the subject." of this prosecution are paid."