Friend, 1946-02

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.

---,.;;,C'N-C_N ---·"'" -•rCITY - -OLULU •• THE FRIEND VOL. CXVI HONOLULU, HAW All, FEBRUARY, 1946 No. 2 The New Day * 1 We have been accustomed to being told that we are entering upon a new day, for by both spoken and written words the statement is reiterated again and again. ~e Hawaiian Bo~ is the Executive Board of Hawaiian Evangelical Assodatio.n. The c:onstituYet for some reason or other we have not uoo o! ~e !tvangel~ca!_ Assodatioa, Atticle VI! establishes this ;.eladonship in the follow~ words.-. 'Tlus Ass«?Ciatton ~ . a.ppomt an ~uve Board, to <leno4iihated the Board of die yet found any significant meaning for the Hawauafl Evangel1c:al A~uoo.'' In that same article the C,Uties of the Hawaiian Board are idea. Every day is a new day in one sense, defined as ••to take charge of the Home ,¥issiotls on these Hawaiian Islands including Christian although it is not at all clear that men are education, pqhlicatioa, and evangelizatioo." ' much impressed by the fact. And when we move from that, which is a naturally Vol. O<VI Honolulu, Hawaii, February, 1946 conditioned element in our experience, and go on to speak of a worldwide movement among men as a new day, then we CONTENTS Page appear to go beyond anything that has ~he New Doy ··································-······-················································· relevance for our daily living. But the ew Leadership at Dindiguf ..................................................................... . phrase persists, so that we ought to come The Christion Year ................................................................................... . to some clear understanding of it, in order that we may either dismiss it as idle ver~~o[ement of Delegation of American Churchmen in Germany............... . biage or adjust our behavior to its reality. rb e Study ....................................................................................... .,....... . We ought, in other words, to know what The Oahu Young People's Conference ...................................................... we mean by a new day. The Fellowship of Those Who Core ........................................................ . It would be best to seek to unravel the Christian Education-Lent and Easter ··············------·································· elements that actually enter in to the Woman's Boord of Missions ...................................................................... . bringing of a new day into being. And to The Liliuokalani Clock .............................................................................. that end we may go back in our minds to Hymn of the Month ·······························r·• . ··••u••········· . ·····················--······ that old familiar story of David and Goliath. Goliath, you will remember, was the American Boord News ·············································-······························· champion soldier of the Philistine army. He was the champion because he was an nm FRIEND excellent representative of the type of Bdilor, J. uslie Dtms11111, Ph.D. Transliltor, RetJ. Simeor, Nau,"" milit_ary man the Philistines had produced . . Assoeuite &lito,, Plornce H. Mtleim,r• lhmluss Office, Theodore l•g He was covered with armour and equipped Published each moo.th by the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Assodation, sso s. Kin St., with a long spear. So were the other Honolulu. Entered October 27, 1902, at ~e .P<)St office, Honolulu, Hawaii, as second class ~tter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, THI FRIEND, 25c per year. Philistine soldiers. And for years they had been unbeatable on the field. If now we may describe that situation in language which will serve our purpose, we may say that for the Philistines such was the day in which they lived, the day of the tall, armoured infantrymen. It is perfectly clear in the Bible record that the Israelites themselves accepted this as their day, also, for their army was equipped in the same way as the Philistine army. But David put off the king's armour when it had been fitted to him and stepp~d out to meet Goliath with only a sling-shot in his hand. And with one twist of his arm David ushered in a new way, for by his act he outmoded the military strategy of the Philistines and forced a rethinking of the art of warfare. Long spears and heavy armour were useless in face of a device that killed before their values could be used. Militarily, men are in much the same position now. The Allied powers began the last war with the concept of trench warfare developed to a high point of efficiency. But that was useless in the face of Panzer units and rapidly flying planes. And now, the invention of the atomic bomb has brought with it the demand for a complete rethinking of military plans and methods. In this area of life a new day has dawned. We have cited these episodes from history solely in order to make clear how a new day comes. It would appear that a new day follows upon the injection into the human scene of something that did not living according exist before. Men go to their accustomed ways, and all is well as long as the elements in the human scene remain the same. Men may act and think according to patterns which they have learned apply to that scene. But then some new element enters, it matters little here where that element comes from, and the well-known patterns must be changed. With that change a new day dawns, a day marked by new forms of thought, and new patterns of action. And unless man makes for himself those new forms and patterns, his existence is doomed, for when he refuses to do so he tries to live in a day that has passed. Nature's new day comes with the rising of the sun, but man's new day demands a painful, creative response to that which is new in his world. It is quite in order to lay stress upon this last noted point. A new day in man's world actually comes just as inexorably as does a new day in nature, for the introduction of some new element in human living makes it come. Once David threw that stone from his sling, the new day was on its way. We might say that its first dim rays had begun to shine. From then, men could not stop its coming. But men could, if they chose, make that new day as they wanted it. And that is the difference between nature's day and man's. As men discern the new elements which appear in their midst and make a creative response to them, managing them and directing them as seems best, they can form the new day. That, I take it, is the point of all the discussion now going on about the bomb. Men are trying to make a plan for living into which that bomb will fit, instead of trying to continue living by the old plan. They are trying to handle creatively a new element that has made its appearance among them. on 2 We started out to try to make the idea of a new day intelligible to us now. Thus far we have but noted in rather general and distant fashion the constituent parts that go to make up a new day. It remains to bring the matter closer home. What are the new elements in man's situation which can properly be thought of as ushering in a new day? There is no need to mention the obvious material inventions and discoveries that have recently been made. Their existence is known to all and that men will have to adjust themselves to them is clear. They make a new day in both thought and action. But we do need to see the tremendous changes that have -been wrought in men's lives, for they are the more important new elements in our world. There is the great upsurge of spirit that has taken place among the masses of humanity. Asscribe it to whatever cause you will, the large, generally inarticulate group of people at the lowest scale of living are now on the move. They are pushing out of the place they have long occupied and are seeking for something-for something they could not define-and are bound to act. The evidences of this are on every hand, in the growth of the labor movement, in t~e shifting of people from one locale to another, in the recent election in Britain, in the revolts in Indonesia and in the dislocations of our employment situation. We read the signs quite wrongly when we see in these events but isolated actions. They are symptoms of a deepseated change in the fundamental structure of humanity; they are signs that a new element has appeared among men that is even now bringing a new day into being. That is only one new element, but suppose we apply to it the general principles we noted above. We then must see, first of all, that this large scale movement among men is bound to bring a new day. No power on earth can now stop that surgmg life, so that if it is not handled ( Continued on Page 31) The Frien"d New Leadership at Dindigul * The last two years have seen a change in our leadership at Dindigul. Early in 1944, Rev. G. P. George asked to be relieved of the task of supervising our work in the four parishes around Dindigul. He is close to the retirement age, and his health is not good enough to stand the strain of managing schools and planning how to finance the Christian work in a hundred villages. Then, late in the same year, Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Martin had to move from Dindigul to Madura so_ that they could be near a Mission physician in case of need. Also, the burden of managing the Boarding School in war days when food and fuel were very hard to obtain, was rather too much for Mr. Martin to carry, along with his work as Chairman of the whole Church Council. In place of the Martins, the new workers at Dindigul are Rev. and Mrs. Eddy Aruliah. Mr. Aruliah is about 35 years old and is the outstanding man among our yo~ng pastors. His -~ather was a_ catechist who worked in a village 16 miles from Dindigul. The son received his first name in honor of Sherwood Eddy, who was the missionary in a nearby village at the time of the child's birth. Eddy Aruliah finished college at our college at Madura, and then worked for a few years a Village Guide. That is, he served as social and agricultural advisor to many small villages of robber-caste people some forty miles south of Dindigul. Rev. R. A. Dudley financed and promoted that work, which gave Aruliah an enduring love for villagers, and skill in helping them. He next went to Bangalore for his theological course, which is the best offered in India. His first parish was the newly-formed parish of Tallakulam, the part of Madura City which include three of our Mission institutions. There, his work among young February, 1946 people was done especially well. Mr. A~uliah takes a back seat at every meetmg and does not push himself forward, but he is a persistent worker and a thoughtful man. Mrs. Aruliah is also a B .A., and has done graduate work in Education. She is admirably fitted to bear the major responsibility for the Dindigul Boarding School, which has the largest enrollment among our five boarding schools. The Aruliah home was saddened by the death of the elder of their two little sons in September, 1944. But they are the sort of people who can work serenely through such periods of strain. In June, 1945, Miss Bertha K. Smith went to Dindigul to live in the big old bungalow where the Lorbeer family lived in the '20's, the E. G. Nichols family in the '30' s, and the A. A. Martins since 1941. Miss Smith has had long experience as superintendent of l?ible Women in other parts of our Mission area, and now we can expect the women's work in the Dindigul area to increase in efficiency. Last year there were twelve Bible Women in the area which she will supervise. Miss Smith is a person of deep Christian devotion, and her influence will be felt through all the hundred-odd congregations which she will visit from her home at Dindigul. Another new worker who came to Dindigul in 1945 was Rev. S. K. Stevenson. He was formerly a teacher in the Dindigul Boarding School, and now returns to live at Dindigul and work as pastor among the farmers east and north of the city. His interest in personal evangelism makes him a peace-maker wherever he goes, and this sort of work is nowhere more needed than around Dindigul. The statistics show that the churches in ( Continued on Page 28) 3 The Christian Year Federal Council News The Epiphany Season Statement of Delegation of American Churchmen to Germany Issued Upon Their Return to the United States December 10 {Continued) * As we noted last month, the Epiphany season is the time when the attention of Christian people is directed especially to the manifestation of Jesus among men, to the ways in which He showed Himself. The scripture readings are selected for this purpose. February 3-The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 8: 1-13-Cleansing the Leper. Romans 13: 1-10-The Powers that be. February IO-The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 13: 24-30-The Wheat and Tares. Colossians 3 : 1-17-Christian Virtues. This is also known among us as Race Relations Sunday. On this Sunday special emphasis is placed upon the significance of Jesus Christ for the relations which maintain among the different races of the world. Pre-Lent The Epiphany season comes to an end on February 16th. The next day begins what is known as Pre-Lent. This consists of the three Sundays preceding Ash Wednesday. Pre~Lent is provided in order to make the shift in emotion and attitude that is required by the change of attention from Jesus' birth to His Passion. Ever since the beginning of the Advent season there has been an air of joy and thanksgiving among Christian people because of the birth of Christ and His manifestation among men. Soon there must be sadness and sorrow as the remembrance of Christ's sufferings at the hands of men comes more and more to the foreground. Pre-Lent is the time when men are led, by their reading and thought, to make that transition. February 17-The Sunday called Septuagesima Matthew 20: 1-16-Laborers in the Vineyard. I Cor. 9: 16-27-Struggle for Spiritual Life. (The name of this Sunday means 70th, and is a rough indication of its place before Easter.) February 24-The Sunday called Sexagesima Luke 8: 4-15-Parable of the Sower. II Cor. 11: 16-33-Confidence in Righteousness. (The name means 60th, again a rough indication of its position.) 4 The -Friend * I Upon the request and recommendation of the Federal Council of The Churches of Christ in America, President Truman approved a proposal to send a delegation of American churchmen representing united Protestantism to Germany. The purpose of the visitation was to seek to establish fellowship with and to ascertain the present status of the churches in Germany; to discuss with church leaders there the matter of reestablishing relationships with the churches in the United States and the possibility of cooperation between the American churches and the German churches as the latter seek to rehabilitate the spiritual life of their nation; and to discuss problems of relief and reconstruction with the American occupation authorities and the leaders of the German churches. On November 22, 1945, the Federal Council announced that the delegation would be composed of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam of New York, President of The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, Chairman; Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of Boston, Chairman of The General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America, and member of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. The delegation proceeded at once to Germany and traveled extensively, visiting such centers as Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Nuremberg, Nof and Berlin. February, 1946 Among the military and church leaders with whom they conferred were Generals Joseph T. McNarney, L. D. Clay, 0. P. Echols and B. L. Milburn and Bishop Theophil Wurm, Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany and Bishop of Wurttemberg, Pastor Martin Niemoller, Vice Chairman of the Council, Dr. Hans Asmussen, Chancellor, Bishop Hans Neiser, Bishop of Bavaria, Bishop Otto Dibelius of Berlin, and Michael Cardinal Faulhaber of Munich. This delegation is fully aware of the history of this war, of the story of the concentration camps, and of the responsibility of the German leaders and people. Two of its members visited the European and Mediterranean Theaters of War during the war. The sacrifices of the American soldiers and sailors, the homes made desolate by the loss of sons, the incalculable costs borne by the Allies in destroying the totalitarian threat to freedom and in freeing the peoples enslaved by the Nazi invaders, have been present in the thought of the delegation throughout its visitation. Yet, with all this in mind and more, we believe that the aims for which we fought and won the war, the necessity of a peaceful and, in the long run, of a free Germany if we are to have a peaceful world, above all, the very nature of the religion of Christ, demand a wise and understanding approach to the people and more especially to the churches of Germany. II The Protestant churches m Germany, 5 comprising sixty per cent of the population, have experienced a vigorous upsurge of life and activity since the end of the war. This is profoundly gratifying in view of the vicious persecution it suffered under the Nazi regime. The overwhelming majority have banded themselves together in a new nation-wide federation, the Evangelical Church in Germany, which holds a particularly hopeful promise for the future. At its core is the gallant fellowship of sincere pastors who defied National Socialism fearlessly, in many cases at the cost of being imprisoned in concentration camps. Church attendances have increased substantially, far beyond the low standards of the past. This leadership and the remarkable response from the German church people are reassuring in a nation which, it was feared, had been thoroughly poisoned by anti-Christian teaching. The Church is in process of solving difficult and complex problems, such as its complete de- N azification, its relation to the state, the creation of religious literature. and its fellowship with the churches of other lands. III Generalizations concerning hunger, disease, lack of clothing, inadequate housing and widespread physical suffering are apt to be misleading. There is more than one Germany: the Germany of the bombed cities; the Germany of the rural areas largely unscathed by war; the Germany of the refugees composed of perhaps ten million persons evacuated from territory once German and now moving into communities of the present Germany. Then, too, there are the Russian, French, British and American zones. Living conditions differ radically in these different areas. The total destruction of the German economy and the chaos following in the wake of war result in a lowered standard of living in which available food is illbalanced and inadequate. We are gratified to learn that 500,000 tons of food will be 6 shipped from the United States to Germany and made available in the American Zone, thereby insuring for the German population there and the anticipated 3,000,000 forced evacuees who will enter the American Zone a standard of 1550 calories per day. Under these circumstances, there will be no need or opportunity for the churches or individuals to contribute food or money to purchase food ; but on account of the inevitable lack of heat, there is a serious need of clothing. We appeal to the government to grant permits for churches and relief agencies in the United States to provide the same. However, in Germany as a whole, the expulsion of millions from their homes in territory once German is causing unspeakable hardship. These millions have been torn from their homes, their personal property taken from them, and forced to migrate to Germany under conditions that result in starvation and the unnecessary death of tens of thousands. They are without food, medical supplies, adequate clothing, shelter. Children and old people die enroute, many diseases are becoming epidemic, and the cruelty accompanying this evacuation will affect all of Europe and manifest itself in widespread disease in the present and in hatred tomorrow. It is not generally known that UNRRA does not provide food or clothing for Germans. IV The World Church and the Gennan Church The Christian church faces opportunity and responsibility in the situation confronting the German Church. It must reestablish fell ow ship with the new church of Germany, and strengthen the democratic forces now leading the church. The Allied Military Government is charged with the difficult task of de-Nazifying Germany and of establishing democracy within Germany. Methods that result in loss of faith in democracy must (Continued on Page 29) The Friend BIBLE STUDY The Book of Exodus Part I: God and History Chapters 1-18 * REVELATION Chapter 3 Introduction: God Speaks of History. In the story told thus far, The children of Israel were enslaved. God has moved in and through his people The burden of Egypt had become un- incognito, as the unseen hand of Provibearable. Human eyes could see nothing dence. It is only now that He becomes but darkness. Yet, in their night God was the known Author of Israel's history, the training his advocate, Moses, in justice, Determiner of her destiny. and maturing him in conviction. Although Now this is what it means for God to his hand was hidden even from Moses' become the God of history: to so enter view, God was preparing Israel's salva- into the life of a people as to change that tion by shaping the events of his life. which was a problem into a story, that Down in the deepest levels of his being, which was a circle into a straight line, unconscious forces were molding Moses' that which was static into movement-a character. And yet what had thus far journey with a beginning and an ending, taken place was without meaning to hu- whose meaning gives conscious direction man ears, without direction to human eyes. to the traveler in the present. And this is The undercurrents of Israel's story of de- what happened when God spoke ~o Moses liverance had not yet come into view out out of the burning bush. In making himof the vast sea of the unknown. God had self known God broke through the circle not spoken! of natural existence, with its treadmillIt was while Moses was tending Jethro's like helplessness, gave meaning to Israel's flock in the wilderness that things became past, conscious direction to her present, known; that the various threads of Is- and expectant hope to her future. A carerael's life were tied into a cord of mean- ful reading of chapter three will reveal the ing, that her deliverance came into view, truth of this; the threads of Israel's past that conscious direction was given to meet here, the Author of history makes Moses' footsteps, that his mission was known his plans here, and future developdecided. God had spoken ! That was the ments are here anticipated. And this bedifference ! What was unknown became cause God has spoken. known ; what was meaningless became 1-3. The Event: Historical meaningful ; what was undecided became Like a diamond has many facets, so also decided. God had spoken ! has the manifestation of God to man in And in so _speaking He became the God revelation. The first facet of revelation February, 1946 7 is this: God always reveals Himself in an historical event. In coming to Moses God entered into the very life and destiny of his people. In order to save Israel God took upon himself the limitations of place and time. He who is infinite became finite. He who is beyond history entered history, and suffered the limitations of history, that He might, in fact, lead his people from slavery to freedom. This is the meaning of the burning bush. It means that the Creator God does not remain aloof from his creation, but enters into the very heart of it in all its concreteness. So concrete, in fact, is God's entrance into the life of his children that this very concreteness becomes a stumbling block to later generations. The ancient manifestations of God have been a constant source of embarrassment to religious apologists, who have "blushed" at the thought, for instance, of a God who would allow himself to get tangled up in a burning bush. And as a consequence of their "blushing," they have tried to skim off the pure, the eternal ideas about God from the residue of primitive history. But this cannot be done! Once this skimming process has been completed they may have created a noble godidea which enjoys a detachment from the vicissitudes of time and space; but godideas, no matter how noble, do not have the power to save man whose salvation must be wrought out of rock-space in which he is encased, and quicksand-time through which he is slipping. Herein lies the understanding of the burning bush: the God and Father of us all did suffer Himself to become just that concrete as to enter rock-space and quicksand-time for man's salvation. "God called unto (Moses) out of the midst of the bush." The fact that God enters our concrete historical life so completely makes him truly God, and not simply an idea in our heads. In this fact lies our Salvation. But as is the case with all truths, corruption is only a hair's-breadth away: concreteness is next to idolatry which corrupts it. 8 God enters the concrete and gives it a new and heightened significance-the burning bush became a "great sight," Moses stood on "holy ground." But the next step is to make absolute the concrete; to worship that which has heightened significance. And this is idolatry. Forging idols by perverting the concrete has always been a real temptation from Bible times down to the present day. For Moses to have remained prostrate before the burning bush would have been to commit idolatry; but he did not so remain. To tear Moses' burning bush experience from its historical roots and hold it up as a model of religious experience, the duplication of which is a sign of religiosity, is to commit idolatry. This attempted duplication of such an experience would be not only idolatry; it would be also a fraud. This experience belongs to Moses who at a certain time and place in history was confronted by God. It is dated. It can never be repeated. It is unique; and for us, unfathomable. We can neither analyze it, nor comprehend it. Nor can we accept part of it and discard the rest into the relic heap of primitive religion. God came to Moses in the limitations of his personality and times. If we venture a criticism on these limitations, we do nothing more than unwittingly confess a preference for our own limitations over those of Moses. On the other hand, if we trust Moses' integrity and accept, as a whole, his experience, taking for granted his historical limitations; we can then trust that God can and will speak to us in the limitations of our personalities and of our times. On the one hand, then, the burning bush must become a thing of the past, in the sense that we ought not to copy or repeat it. (The Bible does not ask us to "go primitive" in order to find God !) But on the other hand, the burning bush is very much a thing of the present, for it is an eternal reminder of the fact that God speaks to us out of the concrete realities ( in our "burning bush") of our day. This ( Continued on Page 23) The Friend The Oahu Young People's Conference * Sixty-six young people from fifteen Oahu churches spent the first few days of the New Year at an island-wide young people's con£ erence held at Kokokahi. In many ways this gathering marked a new beginning in inter-church fellowship among Congregational youth on this island. The theme of "Victorious Christian Living" supplied a frame-work upon which varied experiences were built: worship; inspirational lectures which pointed out ways in which the consecrated young person will try to live in his family, his community, and the larger world; discussions in which the delegates talked over problems of conduct arising in these areas ; recreation and good times ; smaller fellowship groups which provided time for personal discussion and devotion; hymnsings. The general atmosphere was one of friendliness and unity in a Christian fellowship. One interesting note on the delegates is the fact that the student group was equally divided as to boys and girls, and equally divided as to size of rural and city delegations. The faculty, too, contributed its share of inspiration and fun. Mr. Tefft, Mr. Beck and Mr. Carbaugh were particularly on the receiving-end of teasing from the students when it came to such maters as getting up for a morning dip, the amount of food consumed, and so on. Yet these same leaders, together with the rest of the faculty, contributed in large measure to the high spiritual level of the conference. The conference opened on Wednesday, January 2, with a Vesper Service folFebruary, 1946 lowed by evening worship, at which Dr. Dunstan gave the key message, "Not of This World, But In It." He outlined clearly the difference between living in the world as it is, suffering and rejoicing with all that affects humanity, and yet not becoming stereotyped in the secular pattern of life which most people adopt, that of being like everyone else and possessiong no inner life of one's own-the life which God gives through Christ. On Thursday, Mr. Beck spoke on "The Christian Living In His Family" and Rev. Galen Weaver spoke on "The Christian Living in the Community." Both of these messages pointed out specific problems which the young person who would live in the world, yet not be of it, must meet and solve. Smaller discussion groups were held after each of these periods. On Friday morning, Mr. Weaver continued the theme with "The Christian, A World Citizen," stressing particularly the young Christian's responsibility in a world terrified by atomic power. Again, discussion followed. The climax of the Conference came on Friday evening with the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, conducted by Dr. Dunstan. In between these events on the Conference schedule came periods for Bible study, hymn-sing-and-study, hikes to Friendship Gardens, social hours and recreation, a showing of the new kodachrome slides on the Church, an evening sing on the pier, and all the other times for getting acquainted ( and bettering new acquaintances !) which supply the heart of ( Continued on Page 27) 9 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Lent and Easter in the Sunday School * The Fellowship of Those Who Care The world Christian community, at the heart of which is the world church, is based upon the church. The church is based upon the family. Family loyalty has been discovered to be a great factor in most countries working for or against the growth of the younger churches. In Protestantism we believe strongly in individual initiative and in individual responsibility, but we also believe in the fundamental importance of education of which religious education is an integral part. The family is where education of the individual begins. The family therefore, in Christian society and in the world church, is of exceeding importance. There has been great progress in recent years in the way in which the younger churches of many lands have tackled this matter of religious education in the home, within the family. In some areas national Christian councils have set aside full time workers to focus on this aspect of Christian nurture. In some areas there has been a tendency not to accept an individual into the church unless the major part of his family is prepared to come with him. Unfortunately-and this we must confess with deep humiliation-the example of family life set by so"...called Christian countries in Europe and America is increasingly a stumbling block in our contacts with other countries. Does it mean that highly industrialized societies must inevitably witness the disintegration of the family? That is not to be accepted. So the great thing we have to offer is not our example but the teaching of our Lord toward whose ideal all nations, including ourselves, must make renewed efforts to grow. I commend this great concern to your earnest prayer. vVe must begin with ourselves and our own problems but we must remember that-as a world-we are members one of another and hence include in our deepest prayer the welfare of the families of all the world.-DR. FRED FIELD GooDSELL. 10 The Friend Less than two months ago we were speaking bf the unusual spiritual significance of the first peace-time Christmas in five years. Very shortly churches will begin to speak in similar manner about the first peace-time Easter in five years. What will we say about Easter, this year, to our children and young people? What will we do, in class sessions and in worship, to lead them into a deeper experience of the abiding presence of God? Actually, Easter is the beginning of Christianity as a movement, a cause, a Church. Naturally, without His birth, we could not have had an historical Jesus, but without the Resurrection neither would we have had the triumphant Christ which is the heart of Christianity's gospel. Practically everything we possess and use in the Church which is of vital worth, receives much of its value from Easter : the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, worship, the Bible, the hymnal, the Church Sanctuary, the Ministry which preaches God's Word. Without the Christ who triumphed over humanity's evil at its worst, we would not have these. In the words of Paul, "If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." Easter is the climax of the church year. It is the vital point in our faith. But we possess no such wealth of custom in honor of Easter as we do for Christmas. The Christian family makes no such festival, no such distinctive observance, of Easter as it does of Christmas. Yet it would seem that we should make the occasion highly significant. It should, in a different way, be as dramatic as Christmas time. As is February, 1946 the case with every Holy Day, behind Easter lies a Holy experience, that of the coming of new life, new spiritual power, into the lives of all who will give up their old selves and their old ways to God's redeeming power in Christ. It is in this experience that we want our Sunday School pupils to share, each in the particular way that is appropriate to his age level. We will do well to "lead up" to Easter, just as we do to Christmas. The time for so doing is Lent, the forty days ( exclusive of Sundays) before Easter Sunday. This period is a centuries-old tradition in the Christian Church. Among Protestant groups it has been little observed until quite recently. But now we are returning to this period of preparation for the Great Day. And it is good that we do so. Several emphases may be made in the Sunday School during these six weeks, which begin on March 6th ( Ash W eclnesclay) this year. One of these may be the person of Jesus Himself, and what He meant to those who sought to follow Him, and who seek to follow Him now. Another may be the fellowship which springs up among those who are His followers, and the ways in which that fell ow ship is spread. A third emphasis may be that of becoming personally more worthy of belonging to that fellowship. All these will point toward Easter, the time when we receive Him in His glory and His power. Here are a few specific suggestions for building these emphases into the life of the Sunday School. 11 like the ticking of a clock, he is apt to wear out. His ministry becomes ineffective unless he withdraws into the presence of God. When the spirit is renewed, then one's physical being is able to carry on. The story is told of a missionary mother who was frail in health, but strong in her faith in God, that to her was in trusted the r~sponsibilities of a large household ·· consisting of her family and the many servants. At the appointed Jime during the day she withdrew into her room, having given strict orders that she was not to be disturbed. There alone in her sanctuary with her open Bible before her, she communed with God. Thus she obtained wisdom and strength to meet the many problems that daily confronted her. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up · with wings as eagles; they shall nm, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."~Isaiah 40: 31:_.:_KIYO A. MORIMOTO (MRS ._PAUL MORIMOTO). opened your own. We then adjourned 't o the ful and grateful. Mr. Timothy Waiamau, our church hall with the beautifully decorated Christ- organist, also has charge of decorations throughmas tree, the high-light of the decorations. The out the year, ably assisted by members. It seemed friends in Honolulu must have spent a lot of as if they surpassed other years in beauty. time finding such a beauty. The festiv·e ·part of There were strings of colored lights extending the evening was next in order, being fortified by from the four corners of the grounds to the delicious hamburg sandwiches, coffee and choco- church; the "Prince of Peace" had truly come late, prepared by a very active committee. The · to the world, and we no longer live in darkness. love of friends was amply shown by the amount May the "Peace of God which passeth all unof packages under the tree; Santa's assistants derstanding" be with you all, is our prayer. had quite a task. To aU those who contributed· -Sincerely, to .o,u r Christmas, and the loving hands that selected and packed the .gifts, we are truly thankCorresponding Secretary of the Church. Little Bits of News Kauai Christmas at Kalaupapa (Following is the story of the Christmas Celebration at Kanaana Hou Church on Kalaitpa.pa, Molokai, beautifHlly written, in a letter to Mrs. J. F. Morgan, Editor of the Woman's Board Section of the FRIEND.) Kalaupapa, Molokai January 1, 1946 Dear Mrs. Morgan: Greetings ! It is a beautiful, calm, starry night this Christmas Eve of the year 1945, even as the first one of so many years ago. As we walked and entered the door, not of a stable, but Kanaana Hou Church of Kalaupapa, the house of prayer for the "Afflicted," we were entranced by the beauty of it all. Tall palms, the Cross in the center, tall candelabra and maiden hair fern, with potted poinsettias adding their colorful beauty. Never has it seemed so lovely. There is a hushed spiritual expectancy, the "Beauty of Holiness." One can sense the sincere desire of each one present, that in them Christ will be born again and the hope that the whole world will know "Peace and good will to men." The organ ·plays softly and the four leaders take their places and the candlelight services begin. The processional by the vested choir, singing "Come All Ye Faithful," Scripture readings by the leaders, interspersed by the beautiful singing of the choir. The Scripture verses of Christ's birth from the Old and New Testament by each member of the choir, as they lighted their candles from the central one and took their stations around the church. Then the members of the congregation lighted their candles, and made a circle around 14 the church. We sang "Follow the Gleam." To follow those prayers would take you on a tour of the world, as we are of many racial strains, but in Christ we are one. Rev. A. L. Kahokuoluna closed the beautiful service with the benediction. After a short pause, while the congregation again took their seats, the main service began. Rev. Kahokuoluna, "Mother Kahu" as we affectionately call her, opened the services. Dr. Norman Sloan, head doctor of the Settlement, read the Scripture lesson from Micah, and also spoke, using this as his main theme. We have a fine doctor and discovered we have an able speaker too. Mr. Ernest Kala, one of our deacons, sang a solo, "The Holy City" in a beautifully strong and ringing voice. Mr. W. M. Waddoups, our Superintendent of the Settlement, offered the Christmas prayer, putting into words our grateful thanks to God for all His blessings. Rev. Kahokuoluna gave the benediction, bringing to a close the evening of worship, but the effects we know will help us, even when we slip or fall, to climb again, for God's hand is always there. The Kokua Section (Non-Patients) was filled to overflowing which church members and visitors from other denominations. To worship together at times is an assurance that we have won "Freedom of Worship." The White Gift offering amounted to $125.00 and will be sent to the Hawaiian Board of Missions. A grab-bag was enjoyed too. The "Kokuas" had had a grab and then it was brought into our hall. Such fun! You always wait to see what the other fellow has, until reminded you haven't The Friend Mrs. Alfred Akiona has organized her group of women at the Waioli Hawaiian Church. The Officers are as follows : President, Mrs. John Hanohano, Jr.; Vice-President, Mrs. Mary Kawika; Secretary, Mrs. Elsie L. Pauole; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Nancy Kaialoa; Treasurer, Mrs. Dora Hashimoto; and Assistant Treasurer, . Mrs. Rachel Mahuiki. Their first gift was $11.00 for Kalaupapa, which has been forwarded to Rev. Alice Kahokuoluna.-ELSIE H. WILCOX. Oahu The Kaneohe Mothers' Missiornuy Unit held their Christmas meeting at the church on December 5, 1945. Our morning worship, which was very inspiring, was conducted by Mrs. Dorothy P. Chong and assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth Kea, the theme being "And they brought gifts unto Him." Mrs. Chong told the story of Nicholas, and the Three Bags of Gold. The story emphasized the need for giving generously, but in secrecy and without the praise of men. The mothers responded with a bit of Christmas verse for Roll Call. An effective candle lighting ceremony closed the worship service. Various center-pieces made by the mothers were displayed, the best two receiving prizes. A beautifully decorated table, to which all were invited, was laden with food and gifts. We wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hohu for their part in preparing the Christmas dinner, and Mrs. Chong, our leader, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kea, for planning and making our Christmas Service and party a success. -ROSELINE: HoAPILI (Mrs. John Hoapili). 1946 World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer has been held on the first Friday in Lent each year since 1920. It is the day when church women around the world unite heart and spirit in continuous prayer from dawn till dawn again as the day progresses around the world, beginning in the Fiji Islands, just west of the International Date Line. The observance is sponsored by Councils of Church Women in the various communities, under the leadership of The United Council of Church Women. Each year February, 1946 the program is carefully prepared by consecrated women of broad Christian experience and deep spiritual insight. Copies of these programs go out early to the various language areas for translation. Thus the church women of the world unite in a special way in lifting one petition to the Throne of Grace on this special day. This year Friday, March 8th, is the day. The theme is "The Things That Make (Continued on Page 25) 15 The Liliuokalani Clock Simeon K. Nawaa • On Sunday, October 7, 1945, the rededication of the Liliuokalani Clock by the Rev. Samuel Saffery, pastor, took place at the Waialua Congregational Church, whose edifice bears the name of the late Queen and the last Sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Thanks to the ingenuity of Mr. Benjamin Hulu Mahoe, not a clock maker but a retired mechanic of twenty years' experience with the Honolulu Iron Works, the clock is now in running order. The present church was built during the pastorship of the late Rev. Enoch S. Timoteo ( 1880-1896), and dedicated December 7, 1890; but the clock itself has an interesting story, probably dating back to 1887, the jubilee of Queen Victoria of England, to which the Queen, then a princess and heir-apparent, was one of the invited guests. Where the clock was made must remain a mystery and unknown for the present, and the assumption that it was made in England, by order of the Queen when she was there, is substantiated by the story told by Mrs. Rahab Kaalouahi and her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Meyer, daughters of John Kapu Kaianui, janitor at the time the presentation of the clock was made. They agreed that they often heard their father mentioning that the clock was brought from England ( mai Enelani mai); but Mr. S. P. Dayton of Los Angeles, a clockmaker and Horological Editor of the Jeweler's Journal of the Pacific Coast, to whom the clock was left for repair by the Rev. Jerome Holmes when he visited the mainland in 1935, wrote to Mr. George Awai of the Waialua church, saying: "I know by the style of workmanship as a rule where the clock was made and I am sure it was not England nor France, possibly Germany." 16 Presentation of the Clock From the Pacific Advertiser of December 31, 1891, the following story is taken: "The Waialua Church has received a Christmas present from Her Majesty the Queen in the form of a Church Clock. Over the dial figures are letters of the Queen's name-L-I-L-I-U-O-K-A-L-AN-I. A supply of hymn books has also · been presented by Her Majesty to this Waialua Church which bears her name." Another account of this presentation appeared in the N upepa Kuokoa, owned and published by the Hawaiian Gazette Company, of January 9, 1892; the translation of that story from Hawaiian to English is as follows : "The Queen spent her New Year's in Waialua, and on that day gave an audience and presentation of a large house clock to the Waialua Church, named in her honor, and presented on the Queen's behalf by Chamberlain Robertson and received on behalf of the Church by Magistrate S. H. Kalamakee. Her Royal Highness' name, L-I-L-I-U-O-K-A-L-AN-I, representing the hours of the day. The Hon. John Richardson delivered the message of blessing for both the donor and recipient. The Royal Highness returned Tuesday, January 5th, reaching the city in the evening. The clock was placed on the wall back of the pulpit." First Stopped After twenty-nine years of faithful service and hard grinding, the clock just refused to function any more ; the church members went without a time piece, and many years later an ordinary wall clock was used, and about eight years ago Mr. and Mrs. John Kalili presented an electrical clock to the church. For fifteen long years ( 1920-1935) this historical clock reThe Friend mained a mute memorial of t4at beloved Queen. Then came the long journey across the sea under the care of the Rev. Jerome .Holmes, and its repair at Los Angeles by Mr. S. P. Dayton in 1935. It was returned and rededicated, possibly the last Sunday in September. In the December issue of The Friend of the same year (page 623) the picture of the clock and Mr. Holmes' article appeared. Stopped Second Time In 1938 the clock took time out, remaining inactive until the first part of 1945, when it was brought to Kawaiahao Church and placed in the kitchen of the Parish Hall. Why so much time was wasted in putting this clock in shape can only be answered by the fact that no jeweler or clockmaker ever dared to handle such a complicated piece of work. A space in the kitchen was Mr. Mahoe's laboratory and the writer and members of the Kawaiahao Church witnessed the clock mechanism taken apart and laid on the counter. While it looked so simple, I must admit that no one without some knowledge of machinery, like Brother Mahoe, could understand the working order of this clock. In the interior back of the clock, Mr. Dayton's card was found which reads: "Overhauled by S. P. Dayton, Los Angeles, California, July, 1935. Oil upper movement once each year with good clock oil. Do not oil calendar except spring up." The Problem The whole machinery was thoroughly cleaned at Honolulu Iron Works, crotch straightened, suspension spring adjusted, second hand teeth filed to fit, dial plate countersunk and replaced with new brass screws, new key for the door made, added a piece of wood to the bottom frame to which a screw was inserted to keep the clock vertical, . and other minor repairs made. Ben, before taking all parts off, wisely made a diagram of the clock mechanism, noting every piece and its place, and in reassembling had no difficulty, with the clock running smoothly. But here Ben faced a problem. While the hour hands were all right, the other hands were not, February, 1946 and it took him nearly two months to set them as they should be. Mr. Dayton's Description Mr. S. P. Dayton had the following article published in the September, 1935, number of the Jewelers' Journal of the Pacific Coast : "I have a clock brought in for repairs by Rev. Holmes of the Congregational Church, Waialua, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. It is a round wall clock, thirty-two inches in diameter, with a twenty-four inch dial, and around the outside are the figures 1 to 31 to tell the days of the month by the large center hand. Above the center is an eight inch dial with the hours and minutes, and two key holes to wind the double spring, eight-day movement, which has a standard Graham escapement with wood rod and beats seventy-two times per minute. Instead of the usual figures from one to twelve, there are twelve letters-L-I-L-I-U-O-K-AL-A-N-I-in honor of the last Queen of the Hawaiian Islands who presented the clock in 1889, when the present church was built and in whose honor it was named. "Queen Lil, as she was affectionately known, was a colorful and popular international figure and the composer of several songs that have been enjoyed by millions, among them being 'Aloha Oe.' "To the right of the center is a six inch dial giving the phases of the moon, and to the left of center is a six inch dial showing the days of the week. Below the center is a two inch dial showing the years and leap years, and this hand makes one revolution in sixteen years. Below this is another eight inch dial, showing the number of weeks in a year, from one to fiftytwo; also the months and date of the end of each week beginning January 2. "Altogether there are seven hands on the dial and it is a complicated mechanism. However, it is not a perpetual calendar, or in other words, it makes thirty-one days for every month and must be set five times each year. .A strange coincidence is that 17 the calendar movement, which is about sixteen inches wide,· is in the form of a cross and although it cannot be seen on a;ccourit of the dial it must be of interest to the church that owns it. "During the tii:ne it has been here, over fifty jewelers have been in to see it, and none of us has ever seen anything like it." Benjamin Hulu Mahoe Benjamin Huh.1 Mahoe, the sixth of the children of the Rev. 'Joseph H. Mahoe, and Libby· Olivia, his wife, was born ·in Koloa, Island of Kauai, September 30, 1878.- Mr. and Mrs. Mahoe were the first missionaries to arrive in the Gilbert Islands in 1875 and were stationed at Apaiang. He was wounded in the native uprising of 1869, and returned to Hawaii for treatment. He became .the pastor of the Koloa Hawaiian Congregational Church. In 1889 the elder Mahoe was selected delegate to Micronesia by the Hawaiian Board of Missions. Ben, then eleven years of age, accompanied his parents and for the first time visited the land in which they labored years before. After visiting the Carolines and the Marshalls they returned in 1890, and his father con~ tinued his pastorship for Koloa Church until his death, June 21, 1891. Mother Mahoe moved to Opihali in Kona, where her daughter Abbie was a teacher, and Ben enrolled there and later transferred to Alae School and became a pupil under Mr. Thomas Haae. Leaving the school in 1894, he went to work for the Naalehu Sugar Company, removing to Kauai in 1899, and was employed by L. E. Pinkham, and later with the McBryde Sugar Company. He was with the Nawili wili Garage in 1911, and with the Kauai County as a steam-roller · operator until 1916, when he came to Honolulu and entered the Honolulu Iron Works as a mechanic and continued there until his retirement in 1937. His first experience as a clockmaker came in 1926, when Mr. William Brede, a foreman mechanic with the Honolulu Iron Works, was sent to repair the Ka18 waiahao Church ·-clock ·and . -Ben assisted him. In 1939 the church clock failed to function correctly and the Advertiser publicly criticized it. In the meantime, ·Ben was the trouble-shooter for the Kawaiahao Church water pump which caused a great deal of trouble until a· new pump was installed and the old one repaired and used as an auxiliary pump. Ori May 12, 1939, the Rev: Edward Kahale, on behalf of Miss Ethel Damon; trustee iri t:ha:rge of buildings a:nd grounds, approached Ben about fixing the clock and he said · he would try it. Within a week the clock again was irt running order. When re~ pairs were made to the four faces o{ the clock ( 1943-1944) Ben took all the worn parts and recast them at the .Honolulu Iron Works and had all new arms -made. In replacing the clock instruments, he found the new floor out of level and he had to readjust the footing in order that the clock would function correctly. Since then the Kawaiahao Church clock has been working perfectly, beating time day and night. Mr. George Awai, trustee and treasurer of the Waialua Church, in his conversation with Mrs. Rahab Kaalouahi, a former Waialua resident and a member of the Waialua Church, heard of Ben, and now the Waialua clock is back and I presume that the Rev. Samuel Saffery is wearing a big smile and his congregation is happy as ever. Mr. Dayton's Comments "Give my special regards to Mr. Benjamin Mahoe," Dayton wrote to George Awai, "for his work in getting the clock going and tell him to get Heavy Liquid Petrolatum at a drug store to oil it with and not to put any on the calendar mechanism but plenty on the verge where the ticking takes place and on the pivots of the part of the clock and, if possible, between the coils of the mainsprings." Letter of Thanks A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Waialua Congregational Church was held on Sunday, November HYMN OF THE MONTH In the Cross of Christ I Glory * r There are many walks of life represented among our hymn-writers-bishops, editors, a converted slave-trader, shoemakers, a lawyer, a blind woman, a college professor, and a prisoner. None, however, has achieved as much distinction, nor won the acclaim for public life and service than did Sir John Bowring. He served in the English Parliament, working hard for prison reform, and served as Commissioner to France, as Minister Plenipotentiary to China, and, for a time, as Governor of Hongkong. But back of this brilliant life of public service and influence, was a boyhood that must have been similar to the youth of Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, for they were all born and bred along the Devon shore. Bowring's family was connected with the sea, and in due time John entered the mercantile navy. In preparation for the responsibilities of taking over his father's business, John used his remarkable linguistic talent to gain complete mastery of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and German before he was sixteen. He went on in these literary endeavors, producing such works as "Specimens of Russian Poets," and "Danish and Norwegian Literature." His next efforts included translations from Bohemian, Bulgarian, Slavonic, Servian and Polish tongues. This enormous knowledge of language was extremely helpful in his commerce abr~ad, but when he was about thirty he decided to give up the sea, for there seemed to be limits to his usefulness in helping his fellow men in that profession. His service to mankind through his political endeavors, as well as his writings -thirty-six volumes-on poetry, politics, languages, etc., has been long outlasted in remembrance by three of his hymns, "God is Love, His Mercy Brightens," "Watchman, Tell Us of the Night," and this hymn of the month. This hymn has special meaning for us, as we look into the life of the writer. In a career so varied, the author must have seen much of the evil of life, and he must have seen and experienced the things on earth in which men chose to glory. He had wealth, influence, fame, prestige, honor of men, yet on his tombstone in Exeter, marking his resting place after eighty years of full, rich living, is found the humble paraphrase of Gal. 6: 14, "In the cross of Christ I glory." -ROBJ!RT C. CARBAUGH. ( Continued on Page 29) The Friend February, 1946 19 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ( Continued from Page 12) - soul that the period of Lent was originally instituted, centuries ago. Ash Wednesday, first day of the period, was a time when ashes, symbol of such repentance, were placed in the form of a cross on the forehead of every communicant. For children, the natural accompaniment of a clearer picture of Jesus and a sense of a fellowship-of-followers should be personal effort to live on a higher level. The particular qualities of living to be stressed will again vary with the age group. Little children will think, and act, in terms of Jesus the Friend and Helper, and being such to their own friends. Primary children will think more in terms of simple ethical action, and the feeling of serving the Father God whom Jesus taught. Juniors will be able to deal fairly concretely with actual situations and problems, while Intermediates and older young people may deal with the deeper issues of personal commitment and surrender of self to God's will. Specific goals, such as behavior in family life, may be set up in some cases. In each worship service there should be an element of personal consecration and dedication. Personal devotions, including use of a booklet such as "Thoughts of God for Boys and Girls" or "Lenten Devotions for Young People," should also be encouraged. A copy of these booklets might be given by the Sunday School to each pupil. The Hand book Supplement to be issued late in February will include some sample orders of worship for use during Lent. These will suggest how some of these emphases can be carried out. But above all, Lent should be stressed in the Sunday School as the time of getting ready for Easter: by seeing again, and more clearly, the Jesus about whom the season centers ; by building and taking part in the fellowship of followers ; by seeking to live, in everyday situations, in ways which will bring us closer to the Master. Holy Week should, then, become the 22 climax to Lent and the immediate prelude to the long-anticipated day. Palm Sunday should be a special ocassion, as it frequently is not in many of our churches. The story of the day may be told, but not as just a separate incident. Jerusalem thought a new earthly king had arrived, and celebrated his entry into the city in appropriate fashion-palm branches, hosannas, adoring throngs, and all. The particular point of Palm Sunday story lies in its contrast with the days that follow when the people found that Jesus was not the Messiah in the way they expected. Good Friday is the stark and terrible contrast to Palm Sunday. And Easter Sunday is the even more triumphant and glorious contrast, both to Palm Sunday and Good Friday. In the Sunday School, Easter should be a time of unparalleled joy and gladness. Our Christian hymns in honor of the season are particularly triumphant. Look in the topica lindex of any hymnal for them. "Christ Our Lord Is Risen Today, Alleluia" is perhaps the best known, but "The Day of Resurrection" and "Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain" are equally triumphant and happy. Poetry, samples of which may be found in the forthcoming Handbook Supplement, should also be made use of. Dramatic· reading, by a group of several children, of the Easter story, is always good. Certainly, if a phonograph is available, recordings of the "Hallelujah Chorus" and other Easter music should be used. Again, the Handbook Supplement will have samples of ways in which Sunday Schools have celebrated Easter. As we begin to look toward the coming of Lent and Easter, the important thing is to devise ways in which this season may become as important and as outstanding in the experience of our Sunday School as was Christmas. Easter is the great religious festival of the Christian family, and it should be celebrated in appropriate fashion.-FRANCES EASTMAN. The Fri.end BIBLE STUDY ( Continued from Page 8) is the first facet of Revelation: God always reveals himself in an historical event. There is a time and a place. Moses' time : when he was feeding Jethro's flock. Moses' place: "the backside of the desert, ... out of the midst of a bush." 4-5. The Meeting: Personal The second facet of Revelation is this: God always reveals himself in the meeting of Persons. While feeding his father's-in-law sheep, Moses was drawn to the side of a burning bush. It had caught his attention. It fascinated him. He became inquisitive, and desired to examine it. Said he, "I will turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt." In the mood of discovery he moved toward the bush. But as he approached something happened which arrested his attention. His movement was halted. Out of the unknown came a voice indicating the presence of Another. Moses no longer was concerned with making discoveries. He was thrown back upon himself. The ground upon which he stood became "holy ground": it was the Meeting-ground, the Meetingplace of Person with person, Will with will, Spirit with spirit, Voice with voice. The change in Moses is most significant. Instead of making the intended discovery, he was discovered; instead of seeing, he was seen; instead of speaking, he answered. "What is there?" became "Here am I!" But it is not easy for a man, when he knows what he is saying, to say "Here am I." For to say these words is to lay bare that which was hidden; and to lay bare that which was hidden is to unveil the soul of a man; and to unveil the soul of a man is for a man to stand alone-exposed ! But the soul of a man, the hidden "I of a man" recoils from such aloneness such ' self-exposure ! In his recoil from aloneness the hidden " I of a man" clings in the dark to the February, 1946 breast of the world, afraid to wean himself and to stand alone ; and because he is afraid, he becomes of the substance of the world. But the world shall pass away, and where is the "I of a man" who must stand alone in that day? In his recoil from self-exposure 'the "I of a man" goes forth to expose his world. He examines it, he handles it, he subjects it, and harnesses it to his ego-wagon for driving power. He places the cadaver of the world upon his operating table. And the strength of his legs in his flight from ?imself is the blind zeal of his aggression m the world of things. (Perhaps modern man knows so much about his world, just because he wants to know so little about himself.) But such running from "self" through knowledge of the world will avail a man nothing because it is the "I of a man" and not the "world" who must go to the Final Meeting-ground alone. There is only one thing that is eternal and that is the Meeting: both now and forever. And this Meeting depends upon a man's saying "Here am I." But "Here am I" is a response; it is the answer, not the call of a man. It is the yielding up of that which was hidden; the relaxing of the runner, and the falling away from the breast of the world. "But who shall call?" a man asks in his anxiety; and with this question makes impossible the call for which he hopes. Anxiety, impatience ao-. ' b gress1on-all force the calling into silence the living into death, the person int~ things. In the world where persons meet there is a time for seeking and a time waiting, a time for togetherness and a time for aloneness, a time for takino- and a time for yielding, a time for a m~n to arise and go and a time for a man to sit and be still. That the world around us lives and breathes; that stars wink and blink, that moons smile and frown is known only to those who can wait, and in fo; ( Continued on Page 30) 23 WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS (Continued from Page 15) good intentions are not enough Life is full of uncertainties, but the ultimate fact of death is not one . of them. And your good intentions will be of no help to your family if you have failed to provide for their protection. Even modest deposits on the Lincoln National Life Salary Continuation Plan will assure your wife of a monthly "salary" if you should die. And, sho1,1ld you live to retirement age, this plan will assure you an income for life. If you want to make your good intentions efjective, remember, this splendid Lincoln policy offers protection for every income. Ask your local agent for details of the Salary Continuance Plan. Or write to us. * * * More than one and one half billion dollars of insurance in force * * * The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Fort Wayne, Indiana Its Name Indicates Its Character 24 The Friend is suggested that the church women of every community consider the possibility of presenting this program of prayer, especially where there are two or more churches. Your program will serve more of your own people than could possibly go to a more distance place, and besides, you will be witnessing for Christ before your entire community. In Honolulu, the World Day of Prayer will be given at the First Christian Church, 1516 Kewalo Street, at 2: 00 o'clock in the afternoon. The offerings for the day are devoted to three causes, namely: work for migrants and for American Indian students in America, to provision of Christian literature overseas, and to the Union Christian Colleges for Women in the Orient. Generous giving to these projects of Christian service is surely an effective way to pray for lasting peace, and it is an expression that all may share in the World Day of Prayer.-EDITH M. NOFFSINGER . Why Do Missionaries Go to Africa? Africa is a large continent. It covers 11,600,000 square miles, which is almost four times as large as the United States. The population of Africa is 150,000,000, or 20,000,000 more than the United States. But do you know that most of the African people of that vast continent are not independent, and most of the land is under foreign rule? Why are these startling facts true? For hundreds of years the little boats of the ancient peoples were not large enough to go far out to sea and the sailors were afraid to go into untried waters. Therefore the outside world kept in touch with Egypt and the part of Africa which lies along the Mediterranean Sea, while the rest of Africa was unknown and untouched by changing civilization. Finally, however, bold navigators of Portugal began to sail farther away from home and turned their prows down the unknown coast of Africa. Soon the Portuguese were followed by the Spanish, Dutch, French, English, and German traders. At length the lowest point of the African coast was rounded and the traders sailed off into the Indian Ocean. Something besides adventure lured these traders on, for in their travels they found that Africa possessed great riches: gold, ivory, diamonds, rich soil, valuable trees, and even men and. women whom they could sell as slaves. Soon the countries from which the traders came took possession of the continent of Africa, and they cut it up like a jig-saw puzzle. February, 1946 The new white owners were not interested in the laws, the languages, the stories and songs, and the religion of Africa. They made new laws, introduced their own languages, and shaped everything not for the comfort or convenience of the African, the rightful owner of the land, but just to get as much profit as possible out of Africa. Big rubber and sugar plantations were started and cacao and coconut groves were planted ; mines to extract gold, diamonds, and other minerals were developed ; and factories and refineries were built. The African, instead of being given a proper share of the products of his own land, was forced to work to produce these products at very low wages or for nothing at all. Of course, men were needed to supervise and direct the work of the new industries in Africa. But it was white men who went to live there who trained for the places of leadership, not the African. And with the white traders and managers came many of the voices of western civilization. With the coming of the white man's way of life, the old civilization of the African began to break up and he began to take on some of the ways of living of the white man. But in the beginning there was no one to help him select the best of that civilization, and his condition was often much worse than before the white man came. Finally, the Christians in the lands from which the white traders came wanted to show the Afri25 cans that there are some people in the world who are interested in them, not in what they can produce. Therefore, they decided to share with them the best thing they had, the story of Jesus, and they sent missionaries to live among the Africans as good neighbors. That's why Missionaries go to Africa. The missionaries have done much to help the African and to improve the relations between the whites and blacks. But they have had to do this alone, for most of the colonial governments still do little or nothing to improve the condition., of the Africans. Since, however, African soldiers have fought shoulder to shoulder with their white brothers in the recent great struggle for the freedom of mankind, perhaps the Africans will receive their freedom, too. Let m hope !-From Three Coat Men. The Story of the American Board in Africa Today. Women of Africa "Long ago God created one man and one woman and saw that they were good. To the woman He gave a hoe and a jug, and told her with them she must secure food and water for the man. To the man He gave a mat and told him to rest in the shade until his wife brought nourishment Take a Tip from Your Servel for him." Thus reads an African version of the creation. Unfortunately it is all too realistic, for African women are truly modern Gibeonites, hewers of wood and drawers of water. They are the builders of roads, the cultivators of gardens, and the bearers of babies. They are the centers of controversy, the barter goods of trade and the causes of jealousy. They are the hubs of the wheel around which turns the African machinery of life. Gradual changes came to the African women who met in the village church. There came the day when I entered to find it swept and garnished with wild flowers in a broken bottle. One who had hitherto only begged for salt and flour tins now requested prayer for a sick friend. There were voluntary gifts of chickens and eggs and corn to feed the widows and orphans. Tumble-down huts tilted on the hill slope, with gullies for streets, were slowly replaced by neat homes on the hilltop with gardens and flowers . It was the World Day of Prayer, and they who knew not how to interpret world maps, who had traveled no farther from their native villages than weary bare feet could carry them, met in behalf of world needs. The leader held her Bible upside down in one hand, for she could not read, and with the other balanced her baby on her hip. She repeated the Scripture from memory. She prayed for world peace. She pleaded that her brown, yellow, red and white sisters around the world might also have a personal loyalty to Christ. Simultaneously other African women were meeting in other little open grass sheds to pray for the same heartfelt needs. By such outpouring of regenerated hearts in sanctuaries throughout the world, women of all races became one.-JULIA LAKE KELLERSBERGER, in The Church W onian. Serve in Silence HONOLULU GAS CO. Donate to the Blood Bank Serve in Silence City Transfer Co., Ltd. For Duration 1237 HOPAKA ST. 26 PH. 1281 The Same Family Dr. Mary Cushman, who spent many years among the Umbundu in Angola, Portuguese West Africa, tells of Christian women there who cultivate their own "Lord's field," raising beans, corn and other products. On the World Day of Prayer they assemble their crops in large burlap bags and sell them, donating the proceeds to ·some good cause. One year they voted to give the money to a China Relief Fund. They feel themselves part of the same family of God. When Dr. Cushman left for America these Angola Christians said to her: "Carry our greetings to those of us in the far country overseas."-The Missionary Monthly, United Church of Canada. The Friend YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 9) conference life. Needless to say, mealtimes were one of the most popular scheduled events. Each delegate, and the faculty, had his or her chance at K. P. duty too! On Saturday morning, a committee of seven young people was elected which will work on inter-church Congregational youth events for Oahu during the coming year. Churches which sent delegations were: Waialua Pilgrim, W aialua Filipino, Waianae Hawaiian, Ewa Union, Waipahu Community, Waipahu Filipino, Kaneohe, Kalihi Union, Church of the Crossroads, Nuuanu Congregational, Central Union, Community Church of Honolulu, and Kamehameha Boys School and the H. B. T. S. Choir. Faculty leaders included Miss Frances Eastman, Dr. Dunstan, Rev. Galen Weaver, Rev. John Beck, Rev. Brandt Tefft, Rev. Harold Jow, Miss Genevieve Hinote, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carbaugh, Rev. Paul Miho, Rev. and Mrs. George Garcia, Rev. Mineo Katagiri, Rev. Chet Terpstra, Rev. Robert Wood, and Mrs. Smith and Miss Eldredge of the Ewa Church. Young Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Ltd. * 184 S. King St. Phone [phone] Kapiolani Blvd. - Phone 4538 UNITING all HAWAII *INTER-ISLAND Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. 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Good Neighbors FOR NEARLY A CENTURY In this busy wartime you will find an extra convenience in our COMPLETE BANKING FACILITIES. 20 locations to serve our "good neighbors" BISHOP NATIONAL BANK OF HAWAII AT HONOLULU More magazines needed by service men. After you read them, take them to Motor Corps Headquarters. CITY 72 S. King St. 28 * GRILL Phone 4290 NOW THAT I HAVE SEEN ( Continued from Page 21) many miles from home-through the contribution of Granddad's pennies and the work and faith of missionaries of our church. I know we did not help out much with the missionary group at our church, but I wish you would go to them and tell them their work does pay off .... " Two Who Knew Christ Very few stories like the following have come through, but it is hoped that many more will be told later on. For this we are indebted to the Lutheran News Bulletin: An American soldier who lost a leg in the South Pacific •tells how it happened. At the end of a single file platoon patrolling a jungle pathway he was caught below the knee with a shrapnel burst. He sank silently to earth. He did not wish to call his comrades for fear of giving away the presence of his patrol. Soon two Japanese with upraised bayonets approached and hovered near him. The soldier prayed audibly. One Japanese soldier bent down and in a stage whisper asked "You Christian?" The American nodded. The J apanese replied, "Okay! We Christian, too!" Whereupon the two soldiers made a crude bandage for the injured leg and carried the American lad to a parallel path where they expected the American patrol to pass -and disappeared. The young soldier, recovering in an army hospital in America; is still giving thanks to God for the work of Christian missionaries in Japan. DELEGATION TO GERMANY ( Continued from Page 6) be eliminated. The German people must be shown that while considerations of security are at present paramount, and while the German war potential must be destroyed, nevertheless the policy in this period of transition is one that looks to a free and democratic Germany. It is thus that hope will be kept alive, cooperation will be forthcoming, and Europe saved from revolution and further war. The churches must support such policies and give assurance to political leaders who desire a wise and constructive approach to the whole question of a peaceful Europe. Above all, the Church must proclaim and practice those great principles of her Lord upon which enduring peace alone can rest and through which humanity may be saved. LILIUOKALANI CLOCK ( Continued from Page 18) 25, 1945, to hear the final report of the Committee on Clock Repairs, unanimously adopted the committee's recommendation that a letter -of thanks be drafted and forwarded to Mr. Benjamin H. Mahoe, on behalf of the church, enclosing a check of $100.00 as their token of appreciation and aloha for service rendered. Mr. C. M. Aika, janitor at Kawaiahao Church who assisted Mr. Mahoe in some ways, was not forgotten, for he also received a Christmas present of five dollars. I The only bank in Hawaii with this protection is AMERICAN SECURITY BANK King and Nuuanu Sts. Honolulu, T. H. It's worth going back for a second helping! That's why Love's Crispy Crackers are a . saving grace in ev~ry house- · hol<J. They· are also ideal with cheese, or ·condiments, for ~nexpected guest~. • CRISPY CRACKERS DINDIGUL ( Continued from Page 3) the Dindigul area made, in 1944, a larger gain in numbers than those in any other portion of the Madura field. This gain followed a stationary period of about seven years. The numerical gain is only an index of steady, prayerful work which he hope will continue in the churches and schools.-EDWARD G. NICHOLS (formerly of Dindigul) . The Friend • February, 1946 • 29 A service ever in keeping with requirements of dignity, and in accord with the inherent nobility of the human spirit. WILLIAMS MORTUARY LIMITED Honolulu 1076 S. Beretania St. Phone 3524 46 years of Service to the people of Hawaii with widely diversified lines of merchandise * BIBLE STUDY THE NEW DAY ( Continued from Page 23) ( Continued from Page 2) wa1tmg give ear to the Other around them. If perchance by some strange courage a man tears himself loose from his clinging to the world, and ventures forth into the cold of aloneness, and moving, moves toward the "backside of the desert" ; the light may encircle the ground upon which he stands, and from out of the light a Voice may call to a new destiny the man who was hidden and becomes revealed. This Meeting of persons-this dialogue, this calling, this answering, wherein God speaks to man and man dares to speak with God-this is the heart of revelation. Out of the unknown a Voice called, "Moses, Moses." Out of his hidden depths Moses answered, "Here am I." That the heart of revelation is in the · personal Meeting of God and man is the testimony of the Bible ( see Isaiah 6 : 1-8, Jeremiah 1: 4-19, Acts 9: 1-8). What takes place in this Meeting will be the subject of our next study, when we shall consider the other facets of revelation. creatively, it will through itself produce a revolution. Then next, it also means that we do nut now possess the methods and techniques to deal with this new element. We still think and act in terms of our well-known capitalist order. But such thinking and such action will avail little now. They are outmoded by the coming to life of the people. New ways of running our economic order has to be made so that life may go forward. And finally, as we think out new ways of action, we must have the courage to apply them. And this upsurge of the lower class is only one new element in our world today. Beside it one must put the new life that is appearing in the countries of the Orient and the one world which has forced itself ·upon us. The new day has dawned, surely and certainly. It remains to be seen whether men will meet that day, determined to make of it a world they want, or whether they try to remain where they are and be lost as the new day takes control. -GEORGE The Von Hamm-Young Co., Ltd. King and Bishop Sueets Honolulu, T. H. E. SEALE. Mind, it is our best work that He wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think He must prefer quality to quantity.GEORGE MACDONALD. * * BUY BONDS * Territorial Distributor of Sheaff er Pens and Pencils HONOLULU PAPER CO., LTD. THE PIONEER PAPER HOUSE Ala Moana at South St. * Ph. 2371 Dependable Trust Service for All Hawaii But what of the church in all this? We may note two things. First, the same forms that are bringing a new day to the world as a whole are bringing it to the church. 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Doomed it is in any case, for the new elements in humanity will see to that. The church must, then, do as must the world, make the new day to suit its high spiritual message which is eternal. The times are a challenge to the church, a challenge that it become new so as to fit a new day. Then, second, the church has a higher and more important task than simply to change itself. The creation of a new day is a spiritual act, something which has its origin deep within men. Yet just because it is spiritual, it is bound to have reference to some power or end beyond man. A certain act is man's, to be sure, but it is always drawn out of man by that which he worships and serves. Man has life through his god, be that wealth, or position, or power. Because this is so the church must speak, with a voice louder than it has used for a long time, of the God who is Lord of all. The church has the message which the world needs now as it struggles forward to its new day. The church must proclaim that message, with its words of judgment and its words of mercy, so that men may hear it. Only as the church does this to the very fullest extent of its power, can it meet the demands the time places upon it. - J. LESLIE DuNST AN. Buy United States War Bonds and Stamps The B. F. Dillingham Co., Ltd. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Dillingham Transportation Building The Friend LUMBER & BUILDING MATERIALS * HOME BUILDING SPBCIAUSTS Since 1852 T HONOWW CO-OPERATION IS A WONDERFUL THING ITS ~Jing to how Honolwaos, and especially the housewives, haft in the matter of travelling. note Honolulu shop~ have done much to relieve an almost impossible aituatiQll by scheduling their. trips to. and from town during the bOllrs when a pat majority of the wodteri are on their jobs. We just bate to think of what this dt(s bus service wwld be like if " didn't get this coopentioa. MRS. RICHA~D COOKE P. 0. 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