Title | Friend, 1882-01 |
Subject | Christians-Hawaii--Newspapers; Missions--Hawaii--Newspapers; Sailors-Hawaii--Newspapers; Temperance--Newspapers |
Description | 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. |
OCR Text | Show • the vast region 'ef> beyond, wUl become the chief theatre Ip of events, . in oltlJYs GREAT~ THE F .RIEND, 1. l882. t.,Ol'li'l'EN'I'S For Ja1111nry 1, J 882. - · /2 HONOLULU, HNU.tRY I, 18~2. ~ctn ~erits, ~crl. 31, jo. 2.} JANU .-l RY ~- '!:q PAGE. i~~t~fE;It\I/t\\\+i/i\I!i\}\i New Year, 1882......... ..... ... ....................................... 9 Rambles in the old world, No 60 ............................ 9-12 THE NEW YEAR 1882. With the new yea1· we commencb another volume of 'rH1~ FRIEND-39th old series and 31th, new series. 'ro all who have aided in its supJiiPrt we return our sincere thanks and pi~sent our congratulations on the· happy com mencemen~ of a ne'Y year.. We shall continue its gratmtous mrculation as in former years, and hope to receive don~tions for that purpose. During the past year our "gratuity" in this line of benevolence, bas been over $200, but contributions for this purpose would not exceed $50. Will not some one come to our aid, as in the days, when whaling Captains. ar:id others contrihuted so generously to aid m the publication of THE FRIEND? Persons preserving files of THE FRIEND for binding will be supplied with back volumes and. title pages, by application to the editor. (iii" Complete files of THE FRIEND for thirty years, or thirty volumes, unbound for $30. ti"' Anyolle wishing for those years, c<?ntaining "Rambles in the Old World,"· mcludin<.r sixty IP-tters, from February, 1877, to Jan~ary, ·1ss2, will be supplied for $5 00 for five years, with tit.le yag:e, unbound. 'l'he lasl letter will appear m .B ebruary, our next number. - - -- - - - - S. C. Gale, Esq., a prominent and enterprising cltizcm of Minneapo.li~, Minnesota, arrived per Zealandia on a v1s1t to the Islands. Mrs. Gale, who accompanies her husband, is the sister of Rev. Dr. Damon. Mr. and Mrs. Gale are the guests of our highly esteemed Chaplain of the Bethel.-Saforday Pre:;s, Dec. 11, 1881. n::7 The work among the Chinese here and in China, havi0g become so intimate, we :Shall be glad to receive any communications relating thereto, by :\!I issionaries in China, under whose notice this No. of our paper and the supplement may fall. INTERNATIONAL PosTAL SYSTEM.--The new RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 60. Postal System goes into operation to-day. WP. trust that hereafter we are not to be EASTWARD, AND HOMEWARD, NO. 9. subjected to the annoya nee of seeing so many of our letters come, and marked •·short A GLANCE AT CHINA AND THE CHINESE. Paid." We feel under very great obligations ••Weare ancients of the Earth." to Mr Dougherty, in the Han Francisco Post Tennyson. Office, for his great kmdness in forwarding The day was breaking as we first sighted ·•short paid'' letters. See rates in ano th er the rugged coast of southern Chma. ln the column. _________ radiant East, clouds were glorified by the . , light and warmth of the coming o{ the sun. EMPLO~MENT W ANTED.-Among th e Chi-! The vast and gloomy shadows of the night nese arr1vrng here. there are some _above the i wavered parted and then faded away before 1 "coolie" ~ade. We hav~ now lyi~g before the adve nt of a superior sway. It was a us, the certificate of Mr. Sm You, Sifnf.d ?Y prophetic suggestion and representation, in t?e Re~. ~rnest Faber ~f Rhenish Mi_s- the natural world, to the inner vision of faith, SI?n. fh1s !Dan was a · ~!htary ~a nd ~rrn of that supreme victory which the glorious with the white button rank, Prermer Lie~- ,, :-;un of Righteousness." is yet to realize in tenant, ~nd acted m~ny .Y~ars as th e Admi- this mighty Empire, which is just now loomr~l's Adjutant. He IS w1lh_ng t~ perfo:m any .ing before us, as some new found world, krnd_ of ho?est work, and 18. slnllf~l m pre- upon the bosom of the sea- God grant th~t serving: obJects o~ natural h1s!ory and.also of the time may speedily come when the twigardenrng. . He IS accompamed by his fan~- light and the night now brooding here shall ly of four. chil.dr~n. We h.ave seen a sp~ci- give place to the clear shining of the perfect men of his skill rn preserving and mountrng d 1 birds _for a Museu~. W, e would be glad to alt was with more than usual interest that see h1m e~ployed rn fittmg. up a Museum ~f I watched the signs of the approaching land. 1:latur~l History of Island birds_. Any addi- Though born in the midst of th~ ocean which ~10nal informa: 10n may be obtamed by apply- beats upon its long line of shore, though its mg to the Editor. people hRd become as it were, a part of the ,, Yale College Runs the Government.,, population of the land of my birth, still China itself, was to me largely an "unknown At a late dinner party in Honolulu, this country," and had all the strange subtle fasremark was made, and an Amherst graduate, cination, which anything of vast proportions starting up with the instant reply, ·' How is but uncertain, mysterious outline is adapted to that?" " Why don't you see Judd and exert upon the imagination. It was still to me McCully are on the Supreme Bench; Bald• the " far Cathay,'' the home of countless milwin is Superintendent of Schools; Arm- lions, a strangej isolated, lo11ely corner of the strong, is Attorney Gei:ieral and Minister of great earth, preservmg in its quaint, peculiar the lnrerior, Alexander at the head of the dress a civilization already nged at the birth of survey, and Bingham is Superintendent of all modern history. And then too, though a Micronesians." All we have to say is land of the past, Jt is preeminently an empire merely this, if there is ever a mistake in of the future, whose extent and power may the Governmental affairs of this little King- yet be the marvel of those who shall come dom,•the only proper method will to r~port · after us. Added to all this interest of a these Alumni of'' Yale'' to President Por• merely tempornl nature, are the vast possiter and we shall trust to his good sense to biities, aye, certainties of conquest and triapply the necessary remedy. umph, which are yet awaiting here the P. S. Since writing the above we lear~ religion of our Divine Redeemer. Such a that the very last steamer brought two add1- perspective irradiated by the light of the uptiooal Yale Graduates, S. C. Gale Esq, lifted cross, is enough to arouse the q.eepes~ from Minneapolis and W. Foster Esq., from emotion of the ChTtStian believer. San Francisco, both lawyers. What, does . Swiftly c!id onr steamer c11t i~s· way this indicate? Has " Yale" any secret de- through the restless waters towarqs the hasigns on the Islands ef the Paci.fie? ven which ,yas a\yaiting 4~. On either side 0 10 THE FRIEND, J!NUARY11 188.2. were rugged and weath~r-beaten islands, this situtiaon must have its inconveniences which seemed like ancient guardians of the still the g;iin in beauty and picturesqueness, Rather than a busy city, this , coast, who had through countless centuries is immens3. stood true to their trust, in the midst of wild seems from · the water, to be a .wonderful storms and tempests. and now. though com- h ,ngi-ng. garden lifted high . into the . air, as pelled to let u:-1 pctss,. scowled gloomily at those of which we read as t4e glory of anus over the sea,-as if unwilling to -acknowl- cient Babylon. Spacious and magnificent edge the 1 • rights" which the Fore1gn Pow- mansions rise from the midst of terraces of ers h,id gained for us years ago, at the mouth luxuriant and semi-tropical foliage. It is of the cannon. Here and there on the grey wonderful how they cling to the steep sides misty waters uncouth and awkward Chinese of the mountain. Above the city rises the junks rose and sank with the swell. The "Pe:-t k," a thousand feet or sp, from which a huge square s,ils, the high and gctily paint- m:-tgnificent view is obtained. Hong Kong, ed sterns, the ancient air about them recall- like most British settlements in the East, deed pictures of mediraval ships as we see serves all praise for its neatness and order. them in the antique -vellum cuts of huge fo- The streets are a marvel of cleanliness. Owlios of early travel. 1t was almost as if some ing to the peculiar situation of the city the · stray galleys from an ancient Spanish ~quad- work of horses and beasts of burden is largeron were waiting to offer us news of a great ly done by coolie-carriers, who are to be discovery. How wonderfully these trained found in great 11umbers. The favorite methand practised sailors manage their ungainly od of conveyance is the •chair,'' suspended on craft ! The fleet treacherous wind sweeps long poles which are borne on the shou·lders down in wild gusts, fills the grPat yellow of chinamen. The way in which they scale sails well nigh to bursting, and you almost the steep lanes and roads leading up the hillclose your eyes, thinking the swift prow of side is . truly surprising. Along the shore your stea r.ner will cut relentlessly through are situated the great business houses or these seemingly unwieldy arks thus thrown Hongs, which are largely in the hands of the across its track. But these queer men of English and where some of the most importhe sea have them in their control, and guide tant commercial transactions of the world these dragon-s;1 ils in- safety -over the waters are carried on. The re5idences of the wealwhich .a.re· their home. As you have watch- . thy merchants and other foreign settlers.are ed them in wonder, the-dim land has grown situated on the slopes back of the city, some into lofty mount,1ins, rising in bold and pre- of them, as we have sc1id above, are of a pal,icipitous outline from the ~ea. The . shores tial character. The G0vernment House is are here and there dotted with dwellings and one of the most prominent edifices, situated now rounding one more point, .a~d passing in the midst of an extensive park-like garden through a narrow entrance where the neigh- and is the home of the Governor of the coloThe gaze is arrrested too by the Engbouring tslands llpproach nearly to each oth- ny. d l bl• b •ld. I . h C h d l at e ra , an ot 1er pu lC Ul rngs. t er, you find yourself facing one of the most ·l IS is a city which furnishes endless delight to beautiful cities in the world. It, seems like -the work of some great magician; only yes- ·the new comer: There is something pecuterday the wide, wide .sea and. the immeasur- liarly pleasant in the way in which city and able arch of the sky, and -now this rare and ~ountry seem .here to µnite. From the busy ·lead off cool, delightful lanes exquisite picture, with a thousand attract_ive Streets, or shady details of form and -color disclosed sud{lenly bordered with private 5"''lfdens · • to · the delighted and astonished gaze. Wi-llks where luxuriant growths of ferns and Hong Kong, or as 1t is officially styled ·tropical plants lead you to feel that you are of some southern forest. One of Victoria, is situated on a large island, near in the heart . I f h . . h b .the month of the Pearl river; about ninety t he espeClll ornaments O t e city IS t e pu • lie garden, kept in the most perfect order and· ·miles from the great city of Canton. It was ceded to the English by the Chinese, by the arranged with very . great taste. Here the . t th d I' ht f th 't 1 treaties of 1841 and 184~. . It is a pince of b:in d pays a t t 1mes o e e 1g O e Cl • great commercial importance and its harbor izens and strangers. . Not less. bea utitul !I re the Cenrnteries, situated in a -pictureE:que .is crowded with vessels of all nationalities. As we entered the harbor our steamer was portion of the island, called the " Happy Valsurrounded by sco~es of Chinese boats called ley'' where a variety of creeds are represented, Sampans, fjlled with noisy Chinese, male even in death, the Roman Catholic, the Moand female, who were anxious to obtain pas- hammedan, Parsee, and Protestant. In the ·e the remains of Gutzlaff one of the .sengers for the shore. We 4ad brought up latter l] with us from Singapore hqndreds of coolie~, ~aintly and devoted pioneers in Protestant mi~who were returniµg ~ome, and it reqired a siqnary service in China. From the heights city may be obtllined . many very regular fleet qf bqats to get them on land. above fhe •t At last, after much shouting and screaming beautiful views . sea-ward. Below you lie the of the c1'ty, the cluster1'ng .from boat-men and boat-women, I was quiet- terraced "!!l'e"'ne1·y ..,., blue waters ly seated in my Sampan, the queerest, masts of the shippin,g, while the . quaintest boat imaginable and was soon of the bay stretch a way, gleaming in the · · C 1 · , h l 'k at my hotel, which was situated near the sun11g t l ea giant mtri:or. OUOt ess tmy water. It wns in no thoughtless way that I boats dot its surface, and .now and then pas~ "sels unde.r full . sa1·1. spoke of Hong Kong as one of the most beau• Stately Steamers Or Ve .,, tiful cities in the world. It was indeed a - Beyond may be seen the mountainous shore •.· ma1'n land. I have dwelt at some revelation of beauty for which I was scarce- of the . length upon the .unique beauty of Hong ly prepared. The city is built for several -Kong, .for ,it·afforded me . rare · pleasure and miles along the shore. and runs back on to . h d 1 I d .t he side of the . mountain which looms ab- de I1g t, an SO compete y surpasse my an,_ ruptly above the harbor. Th.e precipitous ticipatiom,. . ·There are about 100 000 Chinese on the character of the coast at this point renders .' f h . h b' this necessary, and though in point of fact, IS1an d, t he 1arger portion O W Om 1D a It . the native quarter of the city. They are most enterprising and industrious and are advancing rdpidly in commercial und~rtak_The queer jargon called '' Pigeon ings: (busrn~ss) En_glish" is heard here in Hong Kong rn all its absurdly amusing details. The streets of the native quarter are broader ~nd better kept !han in Canton, though great 1mprovement might be made here. There are various missionary societies at work here, the Basle Mission the London Missionary Society, the Rhe~ish Mission and ot?ers. Among the very pleas,nt incidents in my all too brief visit in China was th_e opportµniby whi°' I had here of m~eting with members of the two German Societies above mentioned, to whose faithful and zeal~ ?us labors among the Chinese, we on these ISiands owe such a very large debt of gratitude. * It was worth coming to China to see that veteran Missionary. Mr. Lechler, whose name is now so pleasantly familiar to many of us. For many long years he has laborec;I here, mainly among the .Ha/ifcas, the san:ie people ,yho form the majority of the Chrnese laborrng cl.1ss in the Hawaiian Islands. In the early yea1s of his efforts here he made .his way into the interior, often exposed "to danger from persecution. For a long time he wore the Chinese costume 1 in order to win his way as much ~s poss ible among the people. His home is in HonO' Kong, and here, from both himself and hi~ * AmongS t th e Missionaries who arrived in China in 184~ w:re the first two brethren of the B:~sle Missionary S?ciet.i:; Hamberg and Lechler; and the first Missionary of th e l resbyterian Church in England, the ltev. William Burns._ Each o_f the~e br-,thr_en strenuously eqdeavored to getmtothemter10rawayfrornthevicinityoftheTreaty ports, that they might evangelize the peop.. For this p_urpose_they all assumed the Chinese dress : and the two hght h~ired ~nes dyed th eir hair to the requisite color of the Chmese 1n order to secure greater freedom in their work. Nowwhatwastheexperienceofthesethreemen· th r_ee of th·e moS t deyoted labourers who ever entered ~hma? Right opposite Hong.Kong lies the great provmce ?f K~antung_ or Canton. The Eastern 1·egion of this provi1;1ce i~ occup1~~ by a people called Hoklos from their pecul~ar d1al~ct, 1!1~ Weste_rn part is occupied by a people of an ent_irely diffe~·ent drnlect, the dialect spoken by the pe_ople of Canton City. The middle of thep rovince is occupied bf the Hakkas who reach up through the center of th e provmce_. Mr. Hamberg crossed over into the Hakka country. His-experience WltE< rather J?CCuliar. He was ~ot ~~rsecuted by the authorities; there was no need for it. lhe country ,~as a peculiarly Ir.wless one at that time; and bands of robbers were continually prowling about to seek from such unprotected people as they met the m~ans of their livelihood, or to carry them off as pris: oners m the hope of getting a ransom. Mr. Hamberg was compell_ed to retire to Hong.Kong. There he founded 11, fiourilihmg Hakka Msssion. In 1853 he thought he had secured a mor~ favo.able locality in the interior, about fifte~n hours d1sta1;1t from the coast. opposite flong-Kong • There h_e atteml?te1 to, settle_d?wn with his wife ; but he had agam to retire. So frequent were the attempts made for the purpose of carrying off Mr. and Mrs. Hamberg that they J?reyed _upon his 4ealth, and it gave way. They had ~1e~r;h~:e~am to Hong-Kong, a nd in 1854 Mr. Hamberg Hr. Lechler's experience was different. He proceeded to the East of the province, that is to the Hoklo-speaking country. But whilst he was well treated by the people he was pursued from p~ace to place by the authorities: He attempted ~o settle m no less than six difierent places. b~t a? m~ny_times he ~ound the authorities were afte; b1m,1ssumgproclamat1onswhichforbadetheinhabitants to receive the foreign intruder ; and as many times Mr Lechler had to resume the pilgrim's staff. After having been.there for five ye3:rs. and having been driven out for the sixth time, not without having been able to make some converts arou nd him, one of whom is at this moment a ve.r respected elder in the English Presbyterian Cb1irch lllil!Sl~n. Mr. Lechler found the region was not open and he·ret1red to Hong-Kong in 1853. ' What~asbeentheresultinthoseregionsihavejustbeen spea~mg_ about? Not that theworkisunaccomaniedwith per~~Cll_}IO£!, even to the death; for we llave had a recent ma~1felltai10n of that so lately as two or three months aio ;' nor th at persecution. in ler,iser foJ'mS is notverypreva ent; but just t~is. that the removal of these legal hindr!lnoes has permitted three of the great Missionary Societies to occupy th at Hakka region with its millious in the cen~er o! the province of Oanton, The Basle Missionary ~001 etymonepart;theL?ndo~MissionarySocietyinthe i:iouth of the Hakka-speakmg district. and the Mission ari~s of the English Presbyterian Chu~ch in the Easter~ part, occupy t~atcountry at the pre11ent time. The ag. gre .. ate of their Hakka-speaking converts, of whom threefourths belong totheBasleMissionarySiociety will be no le1is than 1800communicants,..:...Ext1'act from Go~fei·ence on Foi·eign Misswns, Mildmay, 1878, ' - I 'f DE FRl .~~ND, JAN .U J\ Rf,_ I 8 8 2. II kind wife I rece·ived -~ cordial welcome which tions to be seen. Before reaching Canton J shall not soon forget. Ne1:1r the Mission we pr1ssed some forts · O'U:trdinD" the river alone, would soon lose his way here. The 0 t}ouse is a large _Ch-urch, where I saw-a large Once we stopped to leav~ some of our Chi: best way is to procur,, a ·'chair" and coolies and attentive congregation of Chi~ese converts assembled on the Sunday I spent i_n Hong Kong. The singing of some of the old •' chorals". which I had so recently heard •in the Ger.m an Fatherland, especially touched me. One of the Chinese Christians in the name of the Church sent cordial greetings to their brethren on our Islands. nese passenger~, intrusting them to boats and a guide, and then he will have a fine which push~d off from the land. In sharp opportunity of v ,e"wing the Rt.range sights contrast with the awkward old-f,,Rhioned and scenes of this "niW world '' at his ease. river-craft, ttpp·e ared a trim Chinese Gunboat The population of Canton hc1s been set as which steameJ past us down the river with high as one million, and this s2ems probable the dragon flag floating above it. So pleas- when one has for a short time watched the 1rn.t \\'as the day, and so comfortable our sur- ~usy cro_w ds hurrying through the streets in roundmgs that we would wilhngly have nn endless· stream.· -So narrow are the CANTON. _been longer on the water. EarJy in the af- thoroughfares that ohe seems to be passing ternoon the great city was reached, and we for hours through the interior of some mamTh• large and populous city is one of the fou?d ours~lves 'i n the ~iidst of perfect moth establishment, where in endless succesmost interesting poiuts to visit, in all the flotilla of river boats, which 80 filled the wa- sion wares of all varieties are exposed for ·great .Empire of China. It is easily reach- ter that it w;1s far from easy to tell where sale, and where the manufacturen, and proed by steamer from Hong Kong; and affords the water ended and the land began. lt ducers of the S'lme may be seen at th~ir the stranger, whose time 1s limited, a remark- would be difficult to conceive of two . cities work. Many of the str~ets form Jong arcades, able opportunit;r of seeing many and oharac- more different in external appearance than covered, and but dimly lighted. The temteristic phases of Chinese life and civiliza- Hong ~ong and Canton; the former clings pered und mellow light, the brilliant gold ' tion. Even the exceedingly brief period to the side of a mountain, and -seems as if and vermilion signs. with their quaint Chi , which my programme of travel allowed me suspended in mid air, while ,the latter lies nese _lettering. the color and variety of goods to allot to Southern China, gave me some- on a level plain, along the river, and pre- offered for sale, and the odd faces and cos• thing of an insight into that strange and pe- seats a far from interesting appearance to tumes of the buyers and sellei-s, all combine culiar national life which has until recently the new comer. It is not easy to describe !o form a picture at once strange and pleasbeen almost unknown to the outer world. this city. so that those who have never seen 1~g. For hours 1 journeyed through the The excursion up Peflrl River to this large it ,vill form any just idea of it. It is·_ es- ~-~tf, stop:pihg, nc,w to enter some shop, .or metropolis is d'e lightful. The steamers which sentially different from _ the cities of other visit a temple, or inspect some public buildply daily between the two cities are immense parts of the world. lts streets are mere ing. Here were shops where the most beauriver boats of American build, fitted up in lanes or covered thoroughfares. A large tiful ·silks and crapes and embroidered goods, the most comfortable and elegant manner. number of its inhabitants have no home on vases, countles articles, bearmg the quaint ·The breakfast and lunch which are served the land but form a flo>tting adjunct on the · finish of Chinese art, fans, carven boxes,artiduring ·the day, are bountiful and of the fin- waters of the river. The heat was terrible ficial flo;wers, etc etc , were offned for sale. est quality. Were it not for the . peculiar during the few July d,ys I spent in China. Th~n came furniture establi:shments, where character of the shores which are to be seen It ~eemed to me almost as opp!essive as that handsome chairs atid sofas, of rich woods and on either hand, the traveller might easily be which I had shortly before experienced in variegated marbles were being manufactured. led to believe that he was steaming over the India. So that I was very glad to get away Now passed a marriage or funeral procession waters of,one of our great American rivers. as soon as possible to my hotel, a queer sort and we had to hurry away t\l h'lt them pass. From he spacious and well-sbaded deck of of a place, on the bank of the river, where I Sometimes the air was freighted with in .. his steamer he looks off. h0wever, on the could be shielded from the fierce glare of the cense coming from a neighbouring temple or rice-fields of China, and not upon the green sun. At last from the verandah, overh"ng- ancestral shrine. A thousand little incidents banks bordering the· Hudson. It is a view ing the river, I could at leisure, survey the of'' rnterior" llfe were disclosed, for every nevertheless, possessing a picturesque beauty scene before me. Here, truly, was China. thing seemed opened to the eye of the passof its own. Before him lies the broad sur- L~ seemed as if there was scarcely room on er by. 1'here were shouting and calling, face of the river gleaming in the sunshine. river or shor· for all the people, and that bye laughing and scolding, What a singular This is bounded ,by low_ lying lands, which and bye this inventive people would discover Chinese Babel! My guide con~tantly comseem to be, as it were, a part of the river it- • ome method of existing in the air. The mantled my admiration, he seemed to hold self. Vast spreading fields of rice, of a ten- br?ad surface of the river was fairly alive the " Ariadne thread" of this labyrinth and der delicate green, rise and fall in billowy with boats, darting in all directions, and never went astray. Ile appeared to .know grace as the wind sweeps . over them . larg~ly under the care of strong muscular just what I wanted to see and led me to 1t, Through th-em run long serpentine canals, lookrng women. These ,, river peop le ,, are _ without losing a moment's time. I havP like arms of the river, intersecting_the coun- one of the most ch:uacteristic features of tried "guides" in a good many cities of rhe try far and near, and furnishing outlet from, Canton. They are numbered by thousands. world, but this one of Canton bears off the and inlet to, the inner country. Here and Their home from infancy to old age is upon p;1 lm. There are a large number of temples there a great brown sail rises like the wing these boats. They form as it were a city in in_this city. though the people are not I of some huge water-fowl from thesr verdant itself. The men find work durinO' the ·dav should judge very religious. Here you may rippling fields. · 1nvo!unrarily my though.t s upon the land, rerurnmg at nighf to thefr see remi11ders of the three great religions or ran back to pleal!iant vacation days, spent floating homes. How they manage to exist religious systems of China, Taoism, Confu with the Wendish peasantry in the heart of it is difficult to see, but they appear to in: •cianism, Buddhism. OnP of thP. most interold Prussia, ''poling" my way over just crease and flourish in their odd, contract- esting pl ,ces we visited was the gre ,, t .riosuch "liquid ways ·, as these, and yet hovr ed abodes. They nre despised by the dwell~ narn Temple, founded in ltiOO, wher~ there far apart these places &eemed, as if in differ- ers on the land, who regard themselves as are about one hundred and fifty priests. The ent worlds! Far away on the· horizon were vastly their superiors; yet no class of people grounds are extensive, und I enjoyed espethe diin outlines of hills 1 partly veiled by the in China interested me so much as these at- cially the garden, where some fine specimens ·blue, misty haze · of the noon-time, suggest- _m ost amphibious "Tanka" peopl~, as they ar~ of Chinese horticultural art are to be seen. ing still higher lands beyond. Now · and called. At night when a thousand twink. In this sariie garden the dead bodie::: of the then from more elevated points on the Jing lamps are _lit on the boats and along the Priests are cremated and their nshes preshore arose quaint aori singularly ·picturesque shore, the effect producPd is very pleasing. served. The great temple seemed quite depagodas, . .producing a striking and . most Though less beautiful, there is a certain sim- seted when we visited it and the huge agree~ble effect )n the otherwise somewh,,t ilarity between this scene and that which gilt figur_e s of Buddha were certainly oblimonotonous landscape. They -seemed 'to be the Grand Canal 'at Venice presents ·in the vious to our presence. ·There was a sinof great antiquity and looked down upon us evening. _ ~uJar peaceful calm about the place and the in patriarchal dignity. From one of ·them, To venture out into Canton. without a only sound I heard was the rustling of the by some odd trick of nature, a tree had guide, would be, for ,a stranger, a hopeless leav~s in the old trees. It was a pleasant grown and high up· in the air, -hung· out its - task. This vast city is one labyrinth of, change from the crowded, noisy life of the leafage as a banner against the sky . . Along lanes, bordered by houses and shops, run- streets. There is another singular Budthe shores there were few houses or habita- ning in every direction, and any new-comer dhist ~<:?n~ple . in the heart 'of the city, known 12 as the •'Temple of 500 Genii.'' THE Here are five hundred images of BuJdha representing him in aJl imaginable dignified and undignified attitudes. But the strangest place of all in the city is the' City Temple" or Temple of Horrors-than which nothing could be more horrible. Here are always great crowds of the superstitious and curious to be seen. The Ten Punishments of the wicked 1n Hell are here represented in painting and carving-, on either side of an open court.-and are fearful and realistic enough to delight tbe most Dantean imagination. At the shrine of this temple I noticed a Chinese l ady worshiping, elegantly dressed, and attended by a train of servants. The •·Confucian 'l'emple" where "an image of Confucius and tablets of his most distinguished disciples and commentators" may be seen, cannot fail . to strike the visitor,-Most ot the temples are gaudily ornamented with· paintings and carvings and ornaments in porcelain. Though there is much to interest the sight-seer in these various temples, still the Christian cannot fail to be perpetually pained by the exhibitions here made of gross idolatry and blind superstition. How far, rPmoved all this seems from the pure simplicity of the religion of Christ! May the day soon come when the Saviour of mankind shall be acknowledged here as Lord. It was exceedingly pleasant now And then in our rapid [ourn9y through the city to notice here and there little Protestirnt Christian chapels. They seemed to greet us with a welcome of peace. Hastening through the city we came to the great "Examination H1ill'' which lies a little away from the busy whirl. I find a notice of this in the excellent little handbook of my friend Dr. Kerr, which I will insert." '' Here the triennial examin11tions of candidates are held for the Kii Yan or second literary degree. There are 9·,537 stallf, and m the rear of the stalls are rooms for about 3,000 offici,ds, copyists, police and servants The candidates are put in the stalls with only pen, ink nnd paper, and all write essays on texts from the classics. One day and night are allowed for writing. There are three sessions, with an interval of three days between. At the time of this examination many thousands of strangers are in the city. Large sums of money a re staked on the issue of the examin 11tions. Here are the names of some of the "Halls.'' "Ha.11 of Perfect Honesty, where essays are handed in;" "Hall of Restraint, where title pages of the essays are sealed up;" .:Hall of Auspicious Stars, where essr.1ys are examined." This vast examination system is one of the most remarkable features in the curious civilization of the Chinese. While speaking of names, I might mention those of some of the streets of this peculiar city. Tho'u gh just what connection there is between the place and name 1t would be dif. fl.cult to tell. Here are a few, '' Great Peace Street," " Sreet of Benevolence and Love," '' Ascending Dragon Street " '' A venue of a Thousand Beattitudes," •' Street of one thousand Grand-sons! '' We just glahced into one of the prisons, a sad, gfoomy place. Jn one close, disagreeable room, a company of poor, weary looking fellows were crowded together. They all wore the '' Cangue" a large square of wood about their necks, FRIEND, JANUARY~ l 8 8 2. which when long worn must become the most a bit of southern Europe,-ladies with mancruel torture. And yet notwithstanding tillas, and sisters of Charity glided about their miserable condition, they looked up the streets. Priests and churches and bells f'milingly at us, and held out ther hands for recalled the ItRlian towns I had so recently money. One of the most agreeable incidents left. 'l he great charm of the place consisted in this busy day of sight-seeing was our however, in the memories, connected with lunch at the '• Five Story Pagoda," an an- it of the poet Camoens who lived here for cient and picturesqu,e structure, erected on a some time and wrote here a portion of his slight elevation above the city. Here my famous epic poem, '-The Lu~iad.'' The ever thoughtful guide had an excellent re- beautiful, tropical garden, where he loved to past prepared for me. Several students wander and the grotto where he wrote are dropped in for a cup of tea, about the same still shown. Macao is a sleepy, dull P;rtutime, pleasant looking young men, dressed guese settlement, wnich derives on infamous in white, and we bowed, smiled and gesticu- support 11nd revenue from the license# here lated to one another, and became very good sold to_ Gambling Houses, which are largely frtends, without exchanging a word. From patronized by the Chrnese. There is a sinthis p~int_a very c~arming view is obtained. gular picturesque beauty ebout the quiet The city Itself 1s directly at our feet The place. At least it struck me so the evenin!! most_ prominent object_ is the splendid great j 1 sp_ent _there, watchi_ng successively the sun granite_ Cathedral, which t_he French Roman setung: m the rose-tmted west, the twilight Catholics are now completmg here. One or gathering over the old-fashioned roofs of the two pagodas are visible. Towards the East houses and bit ttlements of the town, and the may he seen the White Cloud Hills, which moonlight silvering- the shore and sea while I regretted much l had not time to vis ,t. bells chimed out the hours and. the 'waves Without the walls, and scattered in every btoke softly on the sands. Then I came directio~ were nu°:erous tombs. Some of back to Hong Kong for anotber brief but them bemg made with much care. We re- pleasant visit, and a cheering walk and talk i:urned to the city once more through the with dear Herr Lechler, still so fresh and Tartar quarter. On our way we passed a sweet in my m~mory that it seems as somelofty Pagoda, and visited a •small Govern- thing of yesterdav-and I was once more on ment school, where English is taught. my homeward w;y, How the lights danced ~he mast~r was absen_t, but I ~vas most po- and gleamed like fire-flies in a thicket along htely received by a Chinese assistant and one the shore and high up towards the or two of t~e boys read a little f~r me. and I "Peak" as '1 watched tiong Kon~ from my was espe~ially struck by their excell~nt steamer, the night I left, wondering if I pronunciat1~n. I feel that I am hurry1~g should eve: see it ag•iin. But for you and through this letter very much as I did me one thrng is certain, we have not to through the great city of Canton. As 1 cross the sea to find ,, China'' for we have could have enjoyed a longer stay there, so it in our midst--and the ~ame work is n_ow I could wish that I might_ have mo~e given us to-day here to do as is given those time to tell you of what I saw m even this faithful servants of Christ in the land we bri~f visit. But as then, so now, other have just been visiting. As they have laduties are calling me, and I n~ust ask you bored and are still laboring so let us work, to take these hasty words, hopmg that some l001,incr up to the same Lord and Saviour time you may see the city for yourself. for str;ngth and guidance. But l cannot close, without referring to FRANK W ILLIAl\'IS DAM N the great pleasure l had in meeting a number rr , l l· I) . · · of th e A mencan · p res byten-• .uono u u, ec. 28 ' 1881 . o f M1ss10nanes an Board, who are now laboring here. The CHINESE IN NEw SouTH WALEs,-While Rev. Dr. Happer is the veteran leader of this Mission, having been many years at Legislature of N . .S. W. is imposing a ea phis post of duty and usefulness. It was a itation t ·-ix of £10, on the entrance of a Chigreat privilege to meet with him and . his charming family, and to converse with them naman into that colony, we are glad to learn in reference to Mission work in China, and that christians there are moving in the matespecially in Canton. As l have said ubove, ter ot the evangelization of those now there. of the Rhenish and Basie Missions, so I We copy the tollowing from the Record of would say of this, that we, here in the isof the hue proceedings of the Presbyterian lands, are to-day, reaping the fruits of its efficient and noble labors. May God's rir.h- General Ass3mbly of N. S. W .. held in Sydest and best blessing rest upon thPm all! ney last October : In Canton like wise, I had the privilege of '' After some d iscm:sion the Rev. Dr. Steel becoming acquainted with Dr. and Mrs. Kerr propos;::)d the following motion, which was of the same Mission. The Doctor is at th e carried :-' That the committee be authorizhead of a noble Medical Mission, which is one of the most beneficent institutions in ed to secure a European Mission~ry to proChina. One evening at Dr. Ha pper's ceed to China and acquire a knowledge of house, I met a company of Missionary ladies the Canton dialect, in order to labour among and gentlemen, who in point of culture and the Chinese resident in this colony. That refinement, would compare favorably with the special missionary work entrusted to the !he best social circles in Europe or AmerCommittee, with its increased expenditure ica. and responsibilities, be earnestly commended From Canton I went down to Macao, a Portuguese settlement on the _sea coast. It to the increased liberality and intercessory was difficult to realize that I was in China, prayers of the congregations and Sabbath so different was the whole character of the Schools of the Church.'" place from that of Canton. lt seemed like This is a step in the right direction. °· FRIEND, BY AUTHORITY. JANUARY, I 8 8 2. DEPARTURES. Dec 3-Am bktne W H Dimond, Houdlett, for S F 9-Am bktne Discovery, Ferriman, for S F 10-Bk Alden Besse, Noyes, for Hong Kong 11-Am schr Eva, Paul, for Humboldt 12-Am bk CaibHrian, .Hopkins, for .:!an Francisco 14-Am brig W H l\Ieyer, Howe, for San Francisco 19-P MS S City of Sydney, Dearborn, for S F 20-Am bktne J A Falkinburg, Seivert, for SF 26-Am bgtne W G Irwin, Turner, for San Francisco 27-R M .:! S Zealandia, Chevalier, for Australia 2() Am bk C O Whitmore, Shillaber, Departure Bay MEMORANDA. Report of the Sir Lancelot, Shortland, Master-Sailed from the Clyde, July 30th, had fresh SW wind first p11rt of the passage, sighted Madeira 16th August, had light NE trades to 11· North lat, then fresh SW monsoon, crossed the equntor 29· west lon. 38 clays out, then had baffling SE trades to 22· south lat, from thence to Cape Horn had fresh \VN W winds, sighted Cape Horn, Oct 11th, 72 days out, on the 13th fell in with heavy NW and WNW gales up to the 27th Oct, then had strong westerly winds, got the SE trades, 22· S lat had moderate light SE trades, crossed the equator 124· west, 117 days out, got NE trades 11· north lat, had fresh breezes to port. sighted the Island of Hawaii 4 pm on 7th Dec, and reached port on 8th Dec, after a passage of la0 days. In the last part of the· passage from Cape Horn the ship averaged 8 kuots an hour for 42 days. On the 24th Oct the ship was under lower urnintop sail, mizen staysail, main topmast staysail, tremendous heavy seas-ship took on board a heavy sea. ancl washed Alex :3auuders overboard, the weather being so very bad that no boat could be lowred to attempt to rescue him. Report of bk Kalakaua, Jenks, Master-Sailed from San Francisco, Nov 21; first eleven days had very light N to NW winds. Took the NE trades in lat 24·, ion 135· and have continued with us, moderate with rain showers, to port. Dec 13th at 6 am sighted Maui and arrived off Diamon<l9Head 5 pm same date. Took pilot on board at 5.20 and dropped anchor at 6 pm; pilot going on shore. Shortly after departure of the pilot found vessel was drifting and on heaving lead found that we had been left in 40 fathoms water. It took us until midnight to recover chain and make sail again. Arrived in port on the 14th inst, 22 days passage. Report of P J\'I S S City of Sydney, Dearborn, Commander-Left Sydney, Dec lat, at 3.45 p m. Arnved at Honolulu, Dec 19th at 7.30 a m,with 9 steerage passengers and 22 tons of cargo, including 2 bxs treasure, value $47,000. Report of R M S Zealandia, Chevalier Commander. Sailed from San Francisco December 20, at 2 :45 P.M, discharged pilot: First two days experienced fine weather then strong southerly gale with heavy head sea, this weather lasted durin~ the 22d and 23d insts., and in consequence was compelled to reduce engine to half speed during twelve hours. Received Honolulu pilot on board December 27th at 3:35 P. M. -- Notice lo .L\.1ari11e1•111. Notice is hereby given that on and after the FIRST of JANUARY. 1882. there will be exhibited on the extreme Southwest Point of the Island of Molokai (known as Lae o ka Laau) a fixed white Fresnel Light of the Fourth order, showing from all points of the Compass. The Light is 50 fe-et above sea level, and is visible from a vessels' deck in clear weather a distance of 11 miles. 'fhe Tower is painted White; the Lantern Red. Latitude 21· 6 N. Longtitude 157· 18 W. (from Greenwich.) The following are the Magnetic bearings (variation 9· 20 E.,) extreme point of land being taken : South Point of Oahu, N 81· W East Point of Oahu, N ti6· W Mokapu, NE Oahu. N 56• W NW Point of Mvlokai, N 8 E Lahaina Light, S 78· E NE Point.Lanai, S 72· E IS w Point Lanai, S 4!J· E Mariners are 6Specially cautioned against confounding this with tlle N W Point of Molokai bearing as above. distant 9 miles. December, 3rd, 1881 j ::;;_ - - ·-· - - - ·--P,lSSE~GERi-1. For :-an :Francisco, per City of Sydney, Dec 19-Rt Rev Bish<,p Willis, M S Urimbaum and wife, Hon HAP Carter, Capt Hubbard, A l\CcWayne and wife, ll J Agnew, H Mackay, W Hesse, jr, Mrs Morgan, Mrs Gihon.A W .Uush, Mr Hecht, SL Coan and wife, W Messer, J Hirving, J T ·white 11.nd wife, A Singer, ll G JarmHn, •.r Buchanan, E Broad. W D Phillips, T Spearman, W J Peters and wife, J Wilson, J Ashworth, J Burgess, ,J Connor.MP Donnell, J Brown, A Brownson, H Muller,L Christaino J Wilcox, and 7 Chinese. For San Francisco, per .J A Falkinburg, Dec 20-Mrs J Wood and daughter, Mrs W Turner, A ~lcKay. From Sydney and Auckland, per City of Sydney, Dec 19-1\fr and Mrs Huine, Mr and Mrs J Wolter, James O'Neil, Wm Blair, Miss R Hohlk. , From ISa.n Francisco per Anjer Head, Dec. 22,- Mr. Luker and 4ti China.men; 556 in transit tor Hong Kong. From San Francisco, per Eureka, Dec 21-E Albaugh, R W Putnam, Robt Olurs, L Hager. For Fanning's Island, per Jenny Walker, Dec 21-Mr and Mrs J Bicknell and son, GB Gregg, 3 Manahikis and 1 China.man. For San Francisco, per W H Dimond, Dec 3 Mr & Mrs Dillon, JIM Freek and wife, Geo Agnew, TD Morris, G H Kelts, R Simmott, 0 W Brown, G !\'loreno, C Walsh. For San Francisco, per Caibarian, Dec 12-J Charlton. For San Francisco, per W H Meyer, Dec 14-John Knox. From San Francisco, per Anna, Dec 14-F N Wilts. John Pearcy. From San Francisco, per Kalakaua, Dec 14-Mrs J W Robertson, Mrs Horatio Hailey and child, Col Paul Norris, J E Ferrea, J T Brady, Byron Deming, N A Boyle, -•- MAlllNE .JO UllN AL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. A. RRIV A.LS. Dec 5-Am bgtne W G Irwin, Turner, S F via Kahului 8-Br bk Sir Lancelot, Shortland, 131 dys fr Gla!'gow 9-Am bk Alden Bessie, Noyes, from Astoria, bound for Hongkong 13-Hawn bk Kalakaua, .Jenks. from San Francisco 14-Am schr Anna, McCulloch from San Francisco 19-P M S 8 City of Sydney, Dearborn, from Sydney and Auckland 21-Am bgtne, Eureka, Emerson, from S F 21-Gr stmr Anjer Head, Roper, from SF 2::S-Am schr Staghound, Hansen, fm San Francisco 24-Am bktne Ella, Brown, from San Francisco 24-A fi1 bktne Ella, Brown, from San Francisco 25-Am bk Martha Rideout, W ickberg, fro Pt Blakely '.27-R MS S Zealamlia, Chevalier, from SF 13 J?or San Francisco, }JCl' W (:l- Irwin, D ec 21.i-.F E 'l'irrell, J T Brady. G L Wolf, 0 .11 Welsh, 1 consul's man. For Australia, per Zealantl1a, Dec 27-,T Evans, F W Laie, W fdnch, \V'ong Heong See. From San .Francisco per Zealandia. December 27-1\frs J M Oat, jr. Miss King, Miss E Kil-k, Miss Judd, l\Jiss Styan, J\liss A Halstead,A l'armenter, GP Castle and wife, Dr Tisdale, Mrs Mactle, E 1\1. :\1cinerny, l{ R Hind and wife, JC Gale and wife. W l\l Greenwood, Wm Foster, J Brown and wife, Mr Koehlan and wife, Mr Ginbert, Rev A Simpson nnd wife, Mrs .I W Thompson, Dr L S Thompson, E P Adams, .li' H Phelphs, A Nathan, Capt K de Pietrowski, l\lrs Lewis, Miss Brodie. E A l'hillips, M H Hyman, J O Glade, J T Wells, E Ward, Miss J Phillips, W Charles, H Erisch, N Ashby wife and child, BF Ashby.JC Jenkins H Silva, W 1t Johnson, J !H Rosa, T McNulty, Larson, 'rhompsou, Scott, Horine, Hubbard, Slumpy, and 13 Chinest:l. 114 p11ssengers in transit for the Colonies. MARf.UED. EOWARDS-MACHADO-At Palama, Nov. 29, by Rev. H. H. l'arker, JOHN C. EDWARDS to ;\'[rs. JULIA MACHADO. SILVA-DAZAVIDO-In Honolulu, Nov. 30. by Rev. H. H. Parker, JOHN SILVA to VIU'l'OBINA DAZAVID0. COWA~-MOFFIT'l'-At Koh11la, Hawaii, ou the 4th ult., by the Rev. Theodore Lanter, Mr. JAMES Cow AN, of Kipahulu, to .\liss MAltY Mo:FFI1', of Honolulu. AElANA-CElIN.-~I».rried, in Honolulu, Dec. 5th, by the Rev. s. c. D11mon. THADDEUS AHANA and KAN SHIN CHIN, both of Honolulu. D;;;'lA'l"HS. CUMIIUNS.-At Waimanalo, Oahu, December 7th, after long and lingering illness, KAl.i\ULANI, youngest daughter of Hon. Juo A. Cummins. aged Hi years. MAXWELL-At Port11md, Oregon, Dec. 3rd, 1881, of cancer of the stomach, GEORGE W. MAXWELL, aged 39 years, a native of Honolulu; leaving a.widow and one child to mourn their loss. Deceased \\ as the eldest son of the late Wm. E. Maxwell, of this city (familiarly known as "Tim"), and brother of Wm. J. Maxwell, printer. George was noted for energy and industry, aad au amiable disposition. His funeral was largely attended by the Firemen of Portland, he h11ving filled the poisitiou of l!'irst-Assista.nt l!lngineer of the Fire Department of that city. E. CHING SING-On Friday, 30th inst .• at his residence 24 Nuuanu Street, Honolulu, Mr. E. CHING SING. a ,. Horne for the Homeless" again, " Probably every one of the 75,000 Chinamen in California is a man-ied man but has left hi~ wife at home. lt is clear to me. that they would not hesitate to bring them, firstly, 1f they could afford it secondly, if they felt secure of pr')perty and liberty."- Southern Wor·kman August 1881. Thus wrote our Commissioner of Immigration. Mr. Armstrong, after leaving China, and on his arrival at Singapore. und~r date of May 10th. Now the Chinaman is secure of property and liberty on the Hawaiia_n Islands, but he is not able, in many instances, to bring his wife hither. What we advocate is that the Board of Immigration shall adopt more wise judicious plans for bringing hither the wives of the thousands of Chinamen, res1ding on these islands. We believe it to be a feasible and common sense method of improving the population of this kingdom; Hawaiian Board and Chinese Work. One of our correspondents, who contribUtPS largely to mission work, thus writes us; "The Hawaiian Board must arouse to this Chinese work. It is squarely upon us and somebody must take it up. If not, somebody e1se will.'' The incoming of Chinese, Portuguese, Micronesi>1ns, Norwegians and other nationalities, cidls for increased activity on the part of our Missionarv Board, but individual christians should remember that the Board and the Churches are made up of individual christians. It is for individuals to act, labor, contribute, pray, then will the Board and Churches become efficient and aggressive. Never was there a season in the history of our island community when there was more encouragement to labor. 'l'he opening of the new year is a good opportunity for awakened zeal and renewed activity. FRIEND, '11 HE ......·..,. b l 8.. 8 2, ·· · ·· · have found in MT. and M1·s. Du11scOmbe, persons who have thoughtfully provided for their present necessities and t:ient them forward on the journey of life. From not a few of these kind words of The Chinese, their EdU,catfon Philoso., thanksgiving have been returned, like the followphy andLett~;.s, -by W. A. P. Martin, LL. ing, from an English sailor, who thus writes from Portland, Oregon, under date of Nov. 4th last: D.,, President of the Tung Wen Co1lege, Pe"About a month ago, you remember the barque Glengctba coming to Honolulu. I am the apprentice king. Harper and Brothers . . N. Y., 1881. that came to the Reading Room, to whom you The Religions of O!tina, by · James gave tracts; the Bible was brought up from the bottom of my cheat, and I began to think of Legge, Professor of the Chinese Language, 'olden times.' I shall ever bless God that took Oxford, England, C. · Scribner's Sons, New me to Honolulu." Mr. Dunscombe is constantly receiving similar York, 1881. lettets from seamen and laborers, pasl:ling through .Honolulu to · the various plantati,ons on the Isl_·The number of new publ'ications r.e lat'ing to ands. Scarcely a d,ay passes that the keeper of .China, which are now issuing from the .press the" Home" is not assisting some stranger newly arrived, onward to his future home on er Islin · England · and America, are note-worthy ands or distant part of the world. Hen e I am confident in asserting, that the Honolulu Sailors' events in the universal lituature of the passHome, with its "lodgings/' "Reading Room," ing oge. If any one will glance over Trub- lization. This is the true way. Not with "Bible and Tract Depository" and other elements treaties and guns, or guns and treaties-but of moral good, is now accomplishing the grand ner's Month ·y Literary l{ecord, he will learn with child-like love, taken hold of the child- object of its original design unclfilr the reign of Kamehameha III, and which has been continued that new books relating to China are continren; and by such acts 11s this Christm::is tree, under his successors to the present time. 'l'he ually making their appearance. His Cat- eradicating race prejudice out of their "Home" haa been a centre from whence has emanated good to both the bodies and souls ·of alogue of Oriental and Lingui~tic Publica- h ear t ~hundreds and thousands. , There was song and prayer, and the child. fo the management of the estabfo~hment, it has tions, now lies on our table, and we notice ren repe:1ted the Lord's Prayer and recited been.so carefully conducted, that smce _1874, the :six written by the Rev. Dr. Edkins, a Scot. . ' public has not been called upon to contnbute one the -story of the Birth of Christ, as related m dollar for its support. There has been a small ish Missionary re~ident in Peking. Sever- the Gospel. in the English and Chinese lan- balance in the treasury, .at the end of each year as A h h h d follows: $8.00 in 18'/4, $1.81 in 1875, $63.75 in 1876, al, each by Or. Legge, Chalmers, Douglass guage:smo~g t e ~ompany at a $3.31 in 1877, $.59.53 in 1878, $85.82 in 1879, and for Giles and others. That nation, nnneno so assen1bled to witness this 1nterest10i occa- 18~0and1881 itwill appear that the ".liome"is sol';ent. . closely sealed up, is no•,· ,·oming forth to as- ,sion ' H. R. H. Princess . Liliuokalam ' Hon- still The time has come when some important 1·esume .a marked position, not only in the po- ora bles Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, Nlrs. H. A. P. pairs are absolutelyneedtid, and the main building Carter, His Honor Chief Justice Judd, Rev. needs_repainting. It _is to ~e hoped. the Trustees litical and commercial world, but also in hee Drs Damon and Hyde Rev J A and Mrs at this annual mee_tmg will take the necessary · ' .. · · · · steps to carry out this measure. literary world. Cruzan.--P. ·O. .Advertiser, IJec. 24. 'l'he Chairman of the Executive Committee in making this annual 1·eport, desires to express his We have perused with deep interest n nd acknowledgments to all patrons and supporters of Sailors' Home. · profit the two works standing at the head of this establishment, which he has endeavored most to guard and watch over for more than .this article, and most conlially commend The yearly meeting of the Sailort:1' Home So- carefull.v a quarter of a century. I do not think, I could them to the readers of the t•' tu i,; N 11. llr. ciety wa1:1 held at the Home on Wednesday last, have more faithfully looked out for its welfare, or the 21st inst., at 11 A.M., S. N. Castle, President, in guarded its interest, if it had been my own proLegge enjoys a world-wide reputation as a the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer perty from which I was deriving an annual income of substantial pecuniary support, or emolument. Scholar and Missionary, but 110w is Profes· · by the Rev. S. C. Damon. After reading of the s. C. DAMON, Chairman o.f Executive Committee. ~or at Oxford, Englana, , and we esteem it minutes .of the previous meeting, the Treasurer Honolulu, Deo. 23, 1881. among the privileges of our late visit to read the following report, covering a space of two In place of the retiring trustees the following years: England and America, that we were permit, THE s ..uLoRil' HoME IN AccouNT wrT« CH'As. R. B1sHoP, gentlemen were elected by ballot to serve for a term of threeyear~:. E. 0. Hall, S. C. Da1;0on, J. ted to meet him at Oxford, and Dr. S. Wells TREASURER. C. Glade, B. F. Dillmgham, H. May, A. S. ClegCREDIT: horn; to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Williams, in New Haven Ct. 1879-Dec 31-By balance as per ac't ren'd $85.82 J. G. Dickson, U. M. Cooke was duly elected. 15-By 1 month's rem of Cellar. 10.00 After the adjournment of the meeting of the ·The Volume by Dr. Martin, contain~ a 1880-Dec 1881-Dec 15-By 12 month's rent of Office lOU.00 Sailors' Home Society, a meeting of the Board of 3S.14 choice collection of essays and reviews, 1881-Dec 21-By 'balance.................. ---$233.96 •rru.,;tees was called to order by the P1·esident, S. N. Castle. The minutes of the last meeting being DEBTOR: which have appeared during late years in read and approved, the elf,ction of officers of the 1880-Jan 2-Topa1dE. Dunscombe's bill.$ 44.,,0 Board by ballot. was proceeded with which resulted J. II. Black's bill..... 2.00 North American Review, New Englander, "" "•' - "" "" G. Si>gelken & Co hill 1.U0 as follows: S. N. Castle, President; C. R. Bishop, Lewers & Dickson's " l .5!i and other publications. Some of the artiTreasurer; F. A. Schaefer, Secretary; Executive " Dec 21- " •• " " " 5.05 Committee, Rev. S. C. Damon, E. O. Hall, P. C. '' 4fl.40 cles are written with great care, and evince 1881-" " " " B. Dnnscombe's Jones, Jr. " ·- July 15" " N. F. Burgess's " 136.45 The 'l'rustees inspected the entire building and a rare scholarship and literary taste. If any --$233.96 found the same well kept, but needing repairs. 1t 1881-Dec 21-By balance .......•.......... $88.14 one desires to cultivate an acquaintance with was therefore on motion carried that the Execu. E. & 0. E. CHAS. R. BISHOP. tive Committee be authorized to spend a suru not Honolulu, Dec. 21, 1881. Chinese literature, scholar:ship and history, The amount of $100 being due shows a balance to exceed $300, for repairs and to devise ways and means for procuring the necessary funds. No we commend to their careful perusal the of $61.86 to the credit of the Sailors' Home. Rev. S. C. Damon, Ch}tirman of the Executive doubt the community will respond to a call made writings of Legge, Edkins, Martin, Doug- Committee then read the following annual report. on them for as useful an institution as the Sailors' which we commend to the attention of our readers: Home has proved to be for a term of twenty-seven lass, Williams and others. years. - EDITOR'S ·TABLE. ·• · with toys, bon ons, and Chrnese oranges for good .Juck, with the name attached to a ticket surmounting a lot of gifts. Upon the walls wer~ inscriptions in Chinese and English-"lHory to God m the Highest ; " " On Earth, Peace and GoodwiJl to Men." There was a large and interested company of foreign ladies and gentlemen present, besides , •h · d f d d h t h e '--' rnese parents an rien s ; an t e occasion was most interesting and impressive -impressive to any thoughtful mind, to observe the culture and Chri3tian spirit of the Western civilization, thus planning and laboring with all the zeal of true love to harmonize in the spirit of the brotherhood of Christ with the multitudinous Eastern civi- REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE R:Ev. F. A. BECKWITH.-This genWe have assembied to recognize the 27th AnniChristmas Tree at the Chinese Church, versa.ry of an Institution, which was established more than a quarter of a century a~o, for the tleman is a Sl)n of Hev. Dr. Beckwith of San Yesterday evening Young China had a benefit of seamen. It is confidently asserted that the original design of the Society and the "Home" has not been departed from, although other Prof. Frank W. Damon assisted by Miss classes in the community have enjoyed its benePay~on, and many kind Christian ladies, fits. With the change in the business and comaffairs of Honolulu, a change has taken devised and constructed an· elaborate Christ- mercial place among those resorting to the " Home." mas tree. It presented a pyramidal mass of The " Home" naturally comes to be a resort for foliage, intersflersed with stars, fruits, flowers, strangers, of various nationalities, passmg through Honolulu. It is now "The SLrangers' Rest," a and bonbons; and with numerous wax lights name given to a class of "homes" established in was brilliantly 1lluminatetl. It was the won- Liverpool, London and other European cities. While seamen have resorted hither as in former der and delight of about sixty Jittle Celes- years, (of their own free will, or sent hither by tiah assembled there, and for whose enter- Consuls,) strangers - Norwegians, Portuguese, tainment and instruction it was devised. South Sea Islanders and other nationalities have here found a temporary home. These representaAnd. bQsides .there were tables spread out tives of a dozen different nationalities and races, gala at the pretty new·church on Fort Street. Francisco. He is a graduate of Yale College, studied theology at New York Theological Seminary, and in Europe. He was ordained on the 4.th of last month, at Santa Barbara, southern Catifornia; Sermon, -by Hev. Dr. :W arren. The other parts were as follows : Ordaining prayer, Rev. Geo. B. Tolman ; Right hand of Fellowship, Rev. S. R. Weldon; Charge to the Pastor, Rev. E.G. Beckwith, D. D.; Address to the People, Rev. C. .J. Hutchins. THE ,; ft' R J E N D , I 8 8 ·2 . ll. E. W.HITNJ<;Y Places of Worship. · J. W. ROBERTSO)I WHITNEY & ROBERTSON, 15 ' SAILORS' • SEAMEN'S BETHEL-:-R;;- f. C. Damon; Chapl~in, (Successors to H. M. Whitney), J{.ing · street, near the Sailols: Home. Pr~achrng ·at 11 A. l\i. Seats free. Sabbath Sch_ool before t_he Importers and Dealers in Foreign Books, morninfr se1·vice. Prayer meeting on Wtid • esday STATIONERY & PElUODIU,fLS. evenings at 7~ o'clock. Foa·r STREl!:T CB.URCJ;l -- Corner of Fort and UBf~ISHERS OF THE HAWA[[AN GUIDE Beretania streets: Preaching on Sundays at 11 . BOOK, A. M. and-7~ P. M. Sabbath ~chool at 10 A. M. Jarves' History of the Hawaiian Islands, 'I'HE A::-.GLICAN Caurrcu--B1shop. the Rt. Rev. AlHawaiian .Phrase Book, -Hawaiian Grammar, fred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Mr. Blackburne, Andrews' Hawaiian Gra!llmar, Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's 'l'emporary llaw,aiian Dictionary, Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. Cha1·t of the Hawaiian Islands. English services on Sundays at 6~ and 11 .A.."~·· and ALSO, ON l!AND, . 2~ ·a.nd .7~ 11. M. Sunday School at the Clergy OTHER BOOKS ON THE ISLANDS. Hon~e at 10 A.. 111. . KAWA.IA.HAO CumtCH--Rev. H. H. Parl~er. ~astor, For Sale at Sailors' Home Depository. Kinrr street above ti.le Palace. . Sei;v1ces m Hal\GLISH AND CHIN~SE LESSONS. By waihm ever'v Sunday at l l A. M. Sabbath scllool Rev. A. W. Loomis. Published by American Tract at 10 A. M. ·EvPninl! services at 7~ o'clock_. alte_r- Society. Price 75c. $8.00 per Dozen. natinrr with Kaumakapili. Dist,rict meetmg~ m vario~s chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer roeetmg ED. DUNSCOlUBE. every Wedtwsday at 7½ P. i\1. . • • Honolulu, January 1, 18i5. Manager. · K.AUMAKAPIU CHURC11--Rev. M. Knaea. _Pasto1, Beretania: street, ne,u· Nuuanu. Services m HaBISHOP &. CO,, BANKERS, , waiian eve, y Sunday ut l 0~ .A. M. Sabbath school No. 37 l!'ort Street, ·at !J'~ A. M. EvPniug SPrvices . at 7 o?clo?k, alterONOLULU, HAW.AIJAN ISLANDS. KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF ·nating with Kawaiahao. Prayer meetmg every DRAW EXCHANGE ON WednPsday at 7~ '.P. M. • , • THE BA.NK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO' P E NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & CO., Goods Suitable for Trade. H CHINESE CHURCH-Mr. Sit Moon, actmg _pas- AND THEIR AGENTS IN tor, on Fort street, above Beretauia. S~rvices New l'ork, in Chinese language every Sunday m.ornmg, ~t -sHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT Bo11ton, during the last Six Years can testify from personal exPa1·i• • 11 A.. M., and 7½ P, M. Sunday School at 9½ •.\ uekln11d, .A. M. every Sabbath morning, and at 2½ P. M. perience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of THE ORIENTAL BA.NK CORPORATION, LONDON, Prayer meeting at 7½ P. M. every Wednesday - AND TllEIR BRANCHl!S IN evening. Singing School at 6½ ~- M. every GOODSFORTRADE ·uo11;rkong, Friday evening. . And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Sych1ey, and · ROM.AN C.ATHOLTC CIIURCH--Under the charge of Kingdorn . .Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by_ Rev. :B'at_her ._ Hermann; Fort street. near Beretanrn. Services every Sunday at 10 A. llI. and 2 P. M. ROBT. LEWEltS. L~W.l!.:RS DILLINGHAM & CO . THE HAWAIIAN C, M. COOKE. COOKE. & HOT~L, · ADAMS. .11.uction ·and Commission Merchant, C. 5€<:li;f°a&:t.7 "'-· - :in Californian ·candies, made hy the best confectio~ers in the world, and the11e he offers for sale at Trade or Retail Prices. ly B R E : \,V E R,. &. C _0 • • . Commission and Shipping J.Vlerchants, J O H Y ..... S. M c G R E _,v , M . D., Late Surgeo'/1, U. S . .A.rmy, Can be consulted at his residence on ·Hotel' street, between Alakea and Fort stree~s. ' '-IT 1 R '\VIN G. &. E .• Commission Merchants, H O F F M _\. N N, M • D •, Pltysician and Surgeon, •. Corner Merchant sod Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office A.. '"• Sill.lTII, IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, King's Combination Spectacles, GlaijB and lated Ware, Sewing Machines, Picture Frames, Vases, Brackets, etc. etc. No. 73, Fort St. -·--· A. --· - - - w. (ly] ..• ' General Agents. RERGER.. meats requisite for carrying on a first-clal!ls Hotel. TREGLOAN~s The only Company that issues 'To11tine Inve • t me11t Policieit. Being practically A II Endow• 1uenl Policy at the U8ual Ruae11. Board, &c., in London, ONE DAY OR LONGER, .A:T MR. AND MRS. BURR'S, 1 O. 11 u11cl 12, Q.11eeu Sq'nare, W. c: "I will mention where you . may g,e t a quiet resting-place in London. -In search of that 11ort of thing I have in my time wandered into all 11orts of hotels and boarding-houses. But \he rattle of the cabs a.long the pitched-stoned roads has ever come between me and my l'est. The quietest and nicest place that I have as yet discovered within easy reac,:h of the sig;ht8 ESTABLISHMENT, and sounds of London is Mr. Burr's Boarding-House. 11 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury. There is a home f,eelil)g there, a solid comfortableness, an ordel'ly management, and a quiet night which are all quite refreshing. This latter quality CA LL TUE ATTENTION oflhe Citize11 • at ·or Oahu and the othei- hlaudli to the fact that I have comes from there being no thoroughfare throu~h the sqqare ; but the othor good qualities of the· establidhment are due to OPENJ<:D ·a large the admirable ca.re end attention oi Mr. and Mrs. Burr.Ci.et-la."-Cltellenham Chroniel~, May 30th, lSW,-11 First-Class Establis,h ment, Quet!n's ::Iqua.re, W. C. London. ' fDay or longer.~ au2 Where Gentlemen can find a Me1•chant Tai101·i11g Corner Fort and Hotel Streets. I CO•• Plantation and Insurance Ageqts, Honolulu, II. I. . H JOHN M. LAWLOR., PROPRIETOR., AS ALL THE MODERN lMPROVE• --NEW-- Honolulu, Oabu. H. I. o. Special Agent for the Hawaiian Islands. ONFEC'l'IO~ERY. BY P. MclNERNY, 71. l!'<>rt street, above Hotel st1·eet. CConstantlv oo hand, assflrtment of the best French and · LIFE INSURANCE F!re-i>roof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. .C • co. N'"e~-Y-Ork ASSETS (Cn8h) .. ..... ·......... .... $38.000,00o ANNUAL INCOME.............. S.000,000 UASH SURPLUS .................. . '7.000.000 H. HACKFELD & CO., Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. p. ·ap19 80 Thirty-fourth Annual Report ! (Successors to Lewers & Dickson,) Dealers in Lumber and Building 111.aterials, E. Melbourne. A ad Tr11.nsact a General Banking Business. TERMS STRICTLY CASH ·~- - --------- P E I R U, E ·. &. CO•• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Merchants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. .Agents Pnilloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Laneest And Pet•ry DaTill' Pain Killer. Well-selected ·Stock . of Goods, THOS. ~- l°"HRUM, STATION·E RY A.J~ +iEWS DEBOT~ Chosen with great ca.re, as to style, and adapted No. 19 Me1·claa11l Stree~, • Honolu'~• to this climate, · IIavin" had an extensive experience in connection with ACKAG~S, OF tl,EADING MATTER-OF some ofethe largest importing houses in New York aod Phila.• Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to orde,; at. deli>hta, I can assure my customers that they will not only red_uced rates for pat•1e.~ going to see.. · ly l!lecure the · · • P Very Best Matenals but will also obtain at my place CAS.TLE & OOOKE, that can be turned out of any establishment in the Eastern cities. GENEB,.A~ · MERCHANDISE ! The .BEST FITTINC CARME,NTS English Hunting Pantaloons ! -AND- LADIES' RIDING HABITS MADE A. SPF.CIA.LITY. Children's Suits, in Eastern Styles. W . TREGLOAN, Honolulu. JMPOR'fERS AND D,E~LERS IN -. -AGENTS OF- '1 ,1:'(~ _N!)'Y' England Mutual Lif~ Insurance Companr, 'fM Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco. '-1:'1.~ Kobala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Company, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The' Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Me.chine Company, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines, tr -~ _loung ~m's OLYristian issoriation of Jljonolulu. Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this:· To vis·i fthefatherless and widows in their ajfiiction, and to keep one's seljunspottedjrom the world. THIS PAG14~ IS C. A. Edl.tBd bv aCo1nm1'ttBB of thB Y. u. 1U The· Association held its monthly meeting at the Lyceum on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, Vice-President Thrum in the Chair: The attendance was goo& and indicated a -· growing interest in our work. Mr. Frank Damon gave a very encouraging report of the work among the Chinese. He is devoting much ·0 f his time to acquiring the language. having as teacher, a colporter employed by the Association. Upon recommendation of the Committee on Prayer Meetings it was unanimously voted to return to the old hour-Sabbath evening at 6:45 at the vestry of Fort Street Church. The Employment Committee has secured, as far 11s possible, situations for those who have applied. . The Committee appointed at the last meeting have purchased a lot on the corner of Hotel and Alakea streets. They hope to begin the new building at . an early date. 'fhe amount subscribed to date amounts to $12,935 and subscribers are requested to pay in one-half of their subscriptions within the next thirty days. The Chairm~n of the Committee on Charter, Judge A. Judd, submitted a charter which with slight altert·' b · . · . 'd atlons as 1t was rea sec 10n y section, was approved by the Society and will be brought before the Privy Council at its first meeting. The Committee on revision of the Con- that members of these opposite types of c1vilization should understand each other. We believe the method of intercourse should be based upon the principles of christian love. We could wish our readers had been present, as we were, last Sabbath afternoon at the Chinese Church, and witnessed more than 100 Chinese taught by 40 and more ladies, gentlemen and children, the rudiments of the English language, and the simple principles of chnstian1ty. The recitations, readings and singing indicated progress in the right direction. We believe this is the proper method of solving the muchd'1scus sed an d vexe d Ch'mese ques t 10n. It·1s the way to avoid or overcome the sharp antagonism of race-prejudice, so alarmingly apparent in California. Thi:; method is precisely carrying out the principle, that General Armstrong is endeavoring to practice and develop upon a larger and broader scale in the United States between those of African, Indian and AngloSaxon origin . The Geueral has ever acknowledged that he acquired his first lessons in this grand undertaking while witnessing the labors of his f ,ther and other Missionarjes in their treatment of Hawaiians. Now the Chinese form another element in the problem of r~ces being worked out on the Hawaiian Islands. Hereafter we shall have more to offer upon this-vital question in the harmonizfltion of conflicting races and nationalities . We would merely add, that this method, if successful, is to contribute most essentially I to the upbuilding and supporting the Ha waiian Government in its rule over S&l many nat'10na .ltles, • h omes on t hese 1s1 . now see 1nng lands of the sea. stit•1tion was prepared to report, but it was deemed expedient to hold a special meeting on Thursday evening, Dec. 29th, for its consideration. At the special meeting on Thursday evening Dec. 29th, a majority and minority report of the Committee on revision of the Constitution was presen•sd. A lengthy discussion followed, and it being manifest that no decision could be reached in the matter, both reports were placed in the hands of a new Committee consisting of Messrs. Pratt, Judd and Atherton, to revise and report at the meeting in January:. U We issue, with this Month's FRIEND, a Chinese Supplement, the first of our quarterly Supplements for '82, Our desire is to spread before our readers a candid and fair exhibit of the Evangelistic work now in progress among the Chinese on these Islands, and in their native country. The indications are unmistakable that the inhabitants of China and those of European origin, are to be brought into more and more intimate relationship. This mingling cannot be avoided, and hence it is of immense importance Week Of Prayer: 1882. The .Executive Committee of the Evangelical Alliance recommend the followinO' 0 programma for the several days of the Annual Week of Prayn : Sunday, Jan. 1.-Subject for discourse : "Renewed Consecration." M_onday, Jan. 2.-Thanksgiving for the blessrngs, temporal and spiritual, of the past year, and prayer for their continuance. Tuesday, Jan . :1.- Humiliation and confession on account of individual social and national &ins. ' l~ednesclay. J cm, 4.-Prayer for the blessrng of God on His Church and His Word. Thursday, Jan. 5.-Prayer for the young and all agencies for Christian training. Friday, Jan. 6 .--Prayer for the universal prevalence of peace and righteousness. Saturday• Jcm. 7.-Prayer for Christian Missions, the outpouring o( the Holy Spirit and the conversion of the world. ' MR. HALLENBECK.-Intelligence of the Evangelist's labours have been reported at various places on the Coast and at Cedar Rapids 10 Iowa. By the steamer's Mail, it was the privilege of the Editor, to receive a letter from him, dated in Brooklyn N. Y. where he had safely arrived, and was spending a few days among his family friends in his early home, to which he so frequently referred in his addresses. From his letter we quote as follows: '· It does my heart good to hear that the work is still going forMy prayer is that it r, The Chinaman is the New Englander of ward in Honolulu. the Pacific" may go forward until it shall permeate those "ln his energy and pluck. The China- Islands, and all from the least unto the greatman of the Northern part of the Empire does est, have formed relationships with our Blessnot emigrate. Though he is poor, he prefers ed Redeemer, and knowledge of his loving his mud hut and bis asssociations, to foreign power. God gave us the blessing last sumlands; no inducements so far, have brought mer, which I believe was the results of the him out of his horne. The 8outhern Chinese, living along the coast, in the vicinity of Can- labor of those dear old fathers and mothers ton, are the people who emigrate. .All who in Israel, who went to those islands many have left are, however but a fraction of the long years ago, and carried the gospel to people in one province. California holds that people. ln all those years they have 75,000 of these people, Australia. perhaps, as many more . What are these numbers to been sowing and reaping, and last summer the 40,00Q,000 of one province alone in He gave them a· general harvest-time and days of rejoicing. We have a great God South China ? " " The father, while living, is the head of and he is able to do great things. Have the family, and the profoundest respect is been hard at work since I left the Islands paid to him till he dies. lf a Chinaman and shall return next week to Sacramento ' has money, he would starve himself just as quickly as he would allow his father to go and join Messrs. Whittle and McGanahan' without support. Of the thousands of poor and work with them on the Coast this win" coolies " or laborers, who have gone from ter, as 1 did with Me~srs. Moody and SanChina to the Hawaiian Islands, to work on sugar plantations at eight dollars per month, key last winter. I may be called to Eno-o the majority remit moneyto their parents; so land, but 1 prefer to remain on this side. a missionary in Hong Kong told me; much They have more workers there than we have of it went through his hands."-Southern here, I thi_nk of you all and pray .for you ofW01·kman. W. N. Armstrong E sq. etn, especially the young disciples.'' |
Contributors | Damon, Samuel Chenery, 1815-1885 |
Date | 1882-01 |
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