Friend, 1876-04

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.

Jehl ~cries, iol. 25, ~fo. -4. ! CONTE~TS For April 1, 1876. {@,lb jeries, fol. 33. HONOLULU, APRIL I, 1876. PAGJ;J Dr Taylor's Elijah, the Propht. .......................... 25 " Olivia Raleigh," ...................... . .. . ............. 25 Life on the Deep, Charles March ...................... 26, 27 Samuel Plimsoll, M P ................ ................ .. . 27 Poetry, Prayer ............................. . ............ 28 Our New Sahhath School Library ........................ 28 Chinese Evening School ................................. 28 Squash Power . . •••••••••••••••.•••••••• ·~ ............... 28 Early History and Convict Life in Australia .•••••••••••... 29 Marine Journal ......................................... 29 Editor's Table, Dr 'fo<ld's Life .. . ......................... 30 Letter from Japan ........................ . .............. 30 YMCA ... . .......................................... 32 THE FRIEND. APRILl,1876. V We issne 011r paper a few days in advance of the regular publication day, April 1st, as we expect to embark before that day arrives on board the incoming Australian steamer, bound to San Francisco. During our absence, THE FRIEND will be issued as usual, on the first of each month. We expect to make a flying trip to New England, going and returning- through Philadelphia. We intend our readers shall profit by the view we take of the great Centennial. The Editor's address-95 Summer street, Worcester, Mass. DR. 'f AYLcrn's '' ELIJAH THE PROPHET.""Ouv1A RALEIGH."-Just as our paper About one year ago a friend in New York, is going to press a neighbor has loaned us T. C. Doremus, Esq., sent us by mail, Dr. a volume with the above title, written by W. Taylor's "David," and by the last mail we W. Follett Synge, formerly British Comreceived "Elijah the Prophet," by the same missioner and Consul-General in Honolulu, author, who is Pastor of the Tabernacle who now resides in London. Remembering Church, Broadway, N. Y. The books are, his literary proclivities, we are not surprised we suppose, the substance of the Sabbath to meet with this contribution to the current Day Discourses of Dr. Taylor to thronging literature of the passing age from his pen. crowds surging along that centra! thorough- From our hasty peru!al, we feel confident fare of New York, and gathering to listen , that the volume will find many admiring both morning and evening, to his preaching. readers. We have not forgotten his Reading It is refreshing to know that such whole&ome in the old Court House, when he drew some spiritual food is furnished to those hungering amusing illm:trations froin Charles Lamb. In for the Bread of Life. As Dr. Taylor's glancing through the pages of "Olivi,1 David reminded us of Krummacher's 11 David. Raleigh " we meet with an occasional reKing of Israel," so does this volume, on mark, betokening a close observation of the Elijah, remind us of Krummacher's "Eli- world. The following is an example: 11 Half jah," a volume of rare merit. Such books the unhappiness in the world arises from cannot have too wide a circulation at home, men judging others by their own standard-_,, or abroad. When Christian laymen are We have not time for additional remarks, or thoughtful to scatter such books among min- quotations. BEWARE-oF_Y_o_u_a _A _ s-so_c_IA_T_E_s, both rl'al isters and missionaries, they have ou'r sincere thanks. The "pews" desire eloquent and thoughtful discourses from the " pulpit," then let the Pastor's study and ·library be generously replenished with the fresh and invigorating volumes upon Biblical themes SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE s. F. issuing from the press. CHRONICLE AND OTHER PAPERS.-We have received a ca11 from E. S. Baker, Esq., MAUNALOA.-A recent letter from the special corr.espondent a·nd agent for the S. Rev. Mr. Coan informs us that "the old F . Chronicle and Resources of California, furnace of Mokuaweoweo, on Maunaloa, is also the N. Y. Illustrated Christian Weekly, sending up its red glare upon the heavens; published by the American Tract Society. The scene, when the conditions are favorable, The Ch'ronicle is well known on the islands, is grand. The mountains are covered with but not so well the Illustrated Christian snow, and shine in beauty." We hope the Weekly. We regard this paper as one of numerous tourists on Hawaii will be there the very best wePkly papers, which could in season for the grand display of volcanic make it,i1; visits to the families in the islands, action. and we sincerely hope many subscribers may [ ? According to late New York papers, be obtained. M.essrs. Moody and Sankey were holding A MoNUMENT TO PLIMS0LL.-In. a recent immensely large and attentive audiences in English pa per we noticed that the sailors of New York City. The interest awakened is Liverpool have started the idea of erecting a apparently deep and salutary. monument to Plimsoll, who bas so nobly IJ:? From Capt. Homan , $5 for the FRIEND. stood forth as their friend and defender. ! and imaginary. 1n reading Dr. Todd's life, we met with the incident, that after he had been reading a certarn novel, he remarked that he was not pleased with the book, because he did not delight to associate with bad people, or admit them to his family. Why should a person associate with impure and bad characters }n his imagination any more than in real life? Many persons would shrink from associating in real and social life with such characters as are too often depicted in works of fiction, then should we not beware of even our imaginary associates? Many of the novels and illustrated papers should be kept a'3 far away from our parlor tables and the family cfrcles as impure and profane pe1sons. "Can one go on hot coals and not be burnt?" asks Solomon. It is as impossible as for us to associate familiarlyt or even in imagination with bad people and impure characters, and not receive ,a.taipt. U Our Febrnary number 1 containing " History of Kings of Hawaii," has been in great demand. Copies will be foun~ at Thrum's. THE FRIEND, APRIL, IS76 tent's lips. Writing to a friPnd soon after and his fellow men. The sphere in which his conversion, he says, " We are apt to he earned his daily bread was the sphere of think that God made us merely to enjoy his his Chrjstian activity. We are more than [From Sp_urgeon's S1Vord and Trowel, Dec. 1875.J earthly blessings for a time, and then if we ever convinced that 1f the world is to be won ]ead a moral life we shall reach heaven.'' for Christ it will be by men who, realizing LIFE ON THE DEEP.* This is, doubtless, the creed to which many th·e ir individual responsibility, ]abor for souls Charles March was a Christian of a bold subscribe, but it is altogethrr foreign to the as those who must give an account. When and manly type, and never sacrificed his spirit of Christ. "Faith only, or a steadfast, will our church members learn that they principles. to expediency. " His sunny piety, firm, immovable beliet in Christ," he says . have not discharged their obligations when ripening through a happy, though chequred in the same letter," is the condition of our they have paid their pew-rent an,d subscribed salvation; but let not our faith deceive us, it the conventional guinea to the missionary b · M life of more than three-score years and ten, must be accompanied y good \\-orks or else ~or1ety? inisters may do much when may be instructive to many Chri st ians," for it is dead.'' And then he adds," we have they prove true to their calling, but they the study of the biography of a true man of no more reason to pride ourselves on our cannot overtake the work unless their efforts God affords stunu]us and help to those who good works than the peacock on its beautiful are seconded by their people. The persecu·r plumage." . , tion which scattered the saints of the early hnve just commenced the warfare of l1,e. He resolved not to quit his old calling, but church was the mean& of spreading 'the "What man has done, man can do,'' is a to serve God on the sea as opportunity gospe1, because every individual became a proverb, the wisdom of which is breathed in should offer, and while waiting for an ap- witness for Christ. Since profession of faith, every page of the memoir before us. It is pointment in the merchant service he resided and earnest service for Christ are two of the impossible to read it without being conscious with his brother, a Congregational Minister most important duties which a Christian is of a desire, if not a determination, to do at Bungay, whose influence am) he!p called upon to discharge. strengthened his faith and inflamed his zeal In a most literal way Capt. March "Cast likewise. to do good. 'l'he owner of the vsssel he was his bread upon the waters." A number of " Lives of such men oll remind us appointed to command wished him to sail 011 empty bottles accumulating on board, he put We may make our lives sublime." a Sunday, but he refused to do so, though at a few tracts into E>ach and, corking them True heroism is less likely to be enkindled the risk of disrnission. The first day on tightl~ committed them to the deep. When by abstract laws of right than by their em- board he commenced worship with the crew, a man is really dead set upon serving Christ, bodiment in a concrete form, hence the value and maintained the practice with commenda- his ingenuity in devising methods of usefulble consistency. His courage and presence ness is speedily developed. The scriptural of every true biography. Born at Barnstaple in 1793, and being fa- of mind in the midst of danger were fre- injunction suggests novelty of pror.edure : quently taxed by the vicissitudes of a sea- " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it miliar from his earliest infancy with the faring life. On one occasion his cabin boy with thy might." exciting elements of a seaport town, it is not fell overboard, and, just as he was sinking In answer to the objection that he was not surprising that he became possessed of a for the last time, he plunged into the water an ordained minister, and had no business Jonging desire for the novelties and adven- and rescued him. He then prayed that he to trouble himself about men's souls, he tures of a sea-faring life. At the age of 13 might be " the instrument of saving his soul charged the objectors with being inconsistent, as well as his life." He put off in the jolly for when they suffered from sickness they at he left his home to serve as a volunteer of boat to rescue the crew of a dismasted and once came to him for medicine, althoug·h he the first class on board H. M. S. Hindostan, water-logged brig, but they had all pP-rished. held no diploma. under Capt. Hole; the following year he en- On returning to his ship he gathered his The life of Capt. March affords a strikincr tered another ship as midshipman; four years crew and spoke of their dependence spon illustration of the text, that " The steps of: later he was promoted to act as master's God and the gratitude they should feel to good man are ordered by the Lord." His Hirn for His preserving mercy. Losing a escapes from peril were due to the interposimate on board the Cornwall, and, at the age man in a storm, he prayed that '' the solemn tion of a gracious providence. On a voyage of 20, he was put in charge of a vessel, re- mysterious event might prove a warning and to New York the ship was in the vicinitv of captured from the French, and took her the best of blessings to us all." He then Long Island, and thinking she ought. to safely into Dartmouth. He afterwards served adds, "The wind has risen to a gale, but remain on the same tack for another hour he in t h e A ]gerine expedition, under Lord thank God for sea room and a tight ship." went below to read his favorite commentator, When in the channel a gale, which drove an Matthew Henry. "Overcome by heat ar::id Exmouth, and was wounded in the encoun- East Indiaman on the Goodwin Sands, fatigue, he fell asleep. Suddenly it seemed ter. '' Amidst all the tumult and danger of caused his ship to run out the chain cable, as if a hand touched him. There wa£ no one war, amidst the solemn strife of the ele- whilst he was conducting evening worship near, no unusual sound on deck. Looking ments, there came to this young man's soul with the crew. All hands were soon on deck, at his watch, he found that the hour was the vessel was once more secured more thad expired, and immediately hurried no sense of God, no conviction of sin, no and when · th.e y retµrned to conclude the service, the up the gangway and shouted ''Bout seip ! ' consciousness of a need of forgiveness. It captain "remarking on the connection be- A thick fog had arisen so that no land was was left for the ordinary meaqs Qt grace, as tw~~n praying and working." to be seen. As he was taking the helm from enjoyed in the q4iet of his own natjve Janet, He always had on board a good supply of the man, and putting it a-lee a cry came to touch his heart and Rrobe hi~ conscieqce.'' Bibles and tracts in the ]angul\ge of the from the bows, 'Brea'kers ahead!' He strainThe sovereignty of God receives another il- people where his ship plied, and in spite of ed his eyes and, though he saw nothing ]ustration in the conversion of a yQuQg man opposition and ridicule he was fearless in through the enveloping mist, he could diswho remaineth inseqsible to his lost condi- their distribution. When his vessel was in tinctly hear the sound of the surf on the tion amidst scenes which shqufd h~ve awed port on Sundays he would hoist the Bethel shore. All eyes were fixed on him there was him into penitence. We mu.s t regard the flag and invite the attendance -of the crews a dead &ilence, which he was enabled in anpower of the · human heart to resjst the ap- of other ships at the service. The unofficial other moment to break, by saying• All's right, peals of God as one of the most solemn efforts of Capt. March was a means of blessing the ship's about!' A few minutes more and proofs of the depravity of Ot.J.r natt.J.re. The to many of his crew. Nor do ,ve wonder, the vessel would have struck, and in all probSpirit must give the hearing ear and the re- when we read such a prayer as this recorded ability would have become a total wreck." ceptive heart, or the respon~ive e,ch,q t~ the in his diary : " 0 Lord, grant that I may In seeking a mooring in Broad Sound, in the divine voice, '' Speak, Lord, for tq.y servant not be weary in well doing. May 1 have Scilly Islands, the ship was in danger of being heareth," will never tremble from the peni- more love_ to all the souls that ar~ with me, stranded upon the rocks. He writes, ,1The . and exercise more meekness, patience, and pilot was confused and called out to let go * Life on the Deep: M_emorials of Charles March, forbearance." His devotion to the good of the anchor; but the anchor did not run, for Commander R. N. By his nephew. London: The h' r 11 · 1 d G dh d d· S · h. I h Religious Tract Society, 56 , Paternoster Row. A is __1e ow men was ~ot a_ service reg.u ate o a stoppe 1t.. eemg t 1s, thoug t book which we c:in conscientiously recomm'end, esthe rules of a society; ~t was the generous I understood t~e v01ce; I ran aft and put the pecially to sea-farmg men. 1 1mpulse of a sou] fired with the love of God helm up, which soon brought the vessel Jrimd. ?Y I 'I' H round." How true it is, ·' They that go clown to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep." Deliverance from danger excites our gratitude to God, but are we not quite as much indebted to His grace when we journey so quietly that no danger threatens? To escape unhurt in a railway accident appears to us a great mercy, but 1s it not a greater mercy to travel safely to our destination without alarm ? After nearly twenty-five years of sea-faring life Captain March resolved to spend the remainder of his days on shore. In seeking a means of livelihood his temporal interests were alway-s regarded as secondary to his sense of right. He ultimately entered into partnership with a gentleman at Gloucester, who carried on a general business with the shipping of the port, and afterwards the firm purchased several vessels. He very soon endeavored to establish services in the docks for the benefit of seamen. The dock authorities opposed this, but he secured the nearest chapel and opened it on Sunday afternoons. He ber.ame the superintendent of the girls' division of the Sunday School, and engaged himself in various philanthropic works. He found time also to visit the sick and needy, and, as a deacon of the church, proved himself ready for every good word and work. The loss of his wife and children was a heavy trial to him, but ." precious lessons were learned beneath the solemn shadows that fell from the hand of the Almighty." "He was not all unhappy. The resolve Upbore him, and firm faith, and evermore Pt·ayer from a living source within the will, And beating up thr.ougb all the bitter world, Like' fountains of sweet water in the sea, · Kept him a living soul.'' His wounds were partially healed by a second marriage, but were destined to bleed afresh when he followed his second wife to the grave. Five children in all were summoned to follow their departed mother, and as the ties in heaven grew stronger, there came heart yearnings for the blessed reunion. Who that has thought of the dear ones at rest " over there " has not found some solace for his sorrow in the thought. "We shall meet on that beautiful shore!" lt now became evident that the old weatherbeaten sailor was nearing port, for symptoms of heart disease grew more and more manifest. He writes, "As I have always told peopw during my life that my religion made me a happier man, and had taken away the sting of death, I trust God will not suffer me to falsify the assertion when I come to die. My sins appear immense, like the sands upon the sea-shore, but blessed be God, the blood of Christ can cleanse them all away." Nothing disturbed the serenity of his soul's peace or shook his confidence in the faithfulness of God. The most difficult lesson he had to learn was, that '' They also serve who only stand and wait," and yet had he not often waited for the flood tide or the favoring breeze? .Why should he· not now ,vait for his Master's appointed time? Faithful unto death, he passed away in the early part of the year 1865. It was with him as it is with all the voyagers to the better land, "Then are they glad because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." VERNON J. CHARLESWORTH. ~, R I t~ N D , A P R : L , [Frum "Signs of Our Times.") I 7 6. 27 and has taken part in the house-to-house visitation which those evangelists organized in London. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.--HIS HEAVEN-BORN MISOne of his first public efforts was in conSION OF MERCY ON BEHALF OF BRITISH SEAMEN. nection with the great. Exhibition of 1851, One of the most remarkable incidents as one of its honorary secretaries, acting in that ever took place in the House of Com- Sheffield. In this position Mr. Plimsoll, by mons, occurred on Julv the 22d, 1875, when his earnestness, activity, and ability, _renMr. Plimsoll, in impassioned and burning dered good service, and it was, no doubt, language, protested against the refusal of owing to his activity and influence that Mr. Disraeli to pass a bill this session for Sheffield furnished a larger body of exhibithe protection of seamen from being sent to tors than any other town in the kingdom. sea in unseaworthy vessels. His language When at the close of the Exhibition the was so strong as to be considered unparlia- commissioners offered to compensate him meatary, but it was fully warranted by the for the services he had rendered, he refused to receive any pecuniary reward. facts of the case. There was such a touch of nature in his The next work in which Mr. Plimsoll enfervid earnestness, as has aroused the nation gaged in the interest of the public was to to fresh interest in his mission, and numer- secure for .li,ondon the continuous embankous public meetings of sympathy with his ment of the Thames up to Westminster efforts have been held throughout England Bridge. during the past week. A cotemporary justIn 1865 he offered himself for election in ly says: the Liberal interest as Member of Parliament " We do not see what else can be made for Derby unsuccessfully, but on again standof it but judicial murder if the government, ing in 1868 he was returned by a majority with its eyes open to the facts of the case, of nearly 2,500 as Liberal member. The subject, however, with which Mr. refuses to abrogate the law which makes it penal for a man to withdraw from his con- Plimsoll's name is indissolubly associated is tract to sail in an unworthy ship, or the ]aw that of which permits a shi,-owner to man floating THE SAFETY OF OUR MERCHANT SEAMEN. coffins with living men." In this matter his activity has been so great, The Earl of Shaftesbury, who is chairman and his proceedings so public, by reason of of the Plimsoll Committee, did not lose a the notice they have obtained in the press moment in sending a noble letter to the and Parliament, that very little need be said member for Derby, in which be declares that to bring them fully to the remembrance of no langu_age could be adequa,~e to. d_escribe the British reading public. 'fhe evils he '~ the wickedness an_d folly of gi_vmg the has so eloquently denounced in his very repreference to the Agr1cultu~al Ho~d1~gs Bill_ markable book,· Ow· Sea.rnen, had existed over that for the protect10n of tne lives_ of for years. Men were deliberateiy sent to sea our seamen-tl1e forn:ier measure for which in ships unseaworthy in many respects, and n~ on~ ca_res, and which is really not of the were drowned-not maliciously or spitefully s!1ghtest importance ; the latter affe~t1ng the -but without regret, simply because the lives of so m~~y men, and the happiness of owners of the ri~kety ships were fully inso ma_ny ~amihes. . . sured, and sometimes so over-insured as to This_ widespread feelmg of sympathy with make what was the worst form of calamity Mr. Phmsoll has already told upon the gov- to others a substantial o,ain · nay even a ernment, who gave notice subsequently of comforti~a consolation to them' ' their intention to introduce immediately a Mr. Pli°msoll has made his ~wn way in bill giving further power to _the Board of the world. He knows what the dangers, the Trade to ·stop unseaworthy ships. sufferings, and the anxieties of workingSKETCH OF HIS LIFE. men's hves are ; he has, therefore, sympaSamuel Plimsoll was born at Bristol in thized with them, and labore'd for those who February, 1824. He was for some time are least able to take care of themselves. in clerk to Mr. Birks, Mayor of Sheffield, after fact, he relinqui~hed business in the full tide whose death he came to London, at the age of success in order to do what g-ood he could. of about twenty-six years, and commenced THE D1scovERY OF THE SouRcE OF TitE business as a coal merchant; near King's Cross. It is said that his entire capital con- NrLE.-The New York Tim,es calls attensisted of only one hundred tons of coal. His tion to the fact that Mi-4. Stanley can lay business prospered and increased, and he. ob- ciaim to having won the great pri'ze of Afritained a patent for a new system of loading, can exploration-the tight to be recognized upon which be has a royalty. While at Sheffield he became a member of as the discoverer of the true source of the the Rev. Thomas Smith's Congregational Nile. Says the editor:: Stanley's fame is Church, and his earnest Christian principles safe. He has fo_u nd the true fountain of the have often been manifested in the alleviation Nile in the river Shime'e yn. Livingston'e of distress and promotion of benevolent undert_a kings. In the disastrous flood at Shef- never saw a drop of water that bel'onged to field some years ago, when 4,000 houses the Nile, and the discoveries of Speke and were flooded, he was prominent in the miti- of Baker, important as they were, have been gation of suffering ansing from that: calamity. interpreted and completed by the bold AmerSome years ago Mr. Plimsoll married the ican who as finally grasped the prize which daughter of a coal merchant at Masbro', a member of the Wesleyan Church, who bas has cost so many precious lives, and which recently taken a deep interest in Messrs. has eluded so many gallant and persevering Moody and Sankey's religious movement, efforts. MR. SAMUEL PLIMSOLL, M. ;p. 28 T H It It I E N D , A P R I L , I 7 G. bany, and identified herself with him in ~is Chinese Evening School. revival labors, and was thoroughly appreciaMr. Dunscombe's health requiring a vaca"Lord , what a change within us one shurt hnur ted by his large a nd noble heart. Aunt tion, he left in the last steamer for San FranSpent in Thy presence, will prevail to make! Dinah rollowed him to a number of places, What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What parched grounds refresh, as with a shower! even to New y ork City, where she did ex- cisco, to be absent two or three months. lVe kneel, and all around us seem!! to lowt:r; cellent service for her new master. 'fhe Since his departure, we have been looking We rise, and all, the distant and the near, Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear. tidings of the Spirit's pres:nce wa~ the wel- over the catalogue of his Chinese pnpils at ' ;We kneel h01v weak, we rise how full of P?Wer ! come call to ~er_; a nd diS t a.nce, mcl~ment l his evening school, in the Bethel vestry. We Why, therefore, should we do ourselves tlus wroug, weather and p1lgnm-travel were no hmder- . . Or others, that we are not alw3:ys strong; ance to ~he loving disciple. Nor was Aunt learn that the school was commenced m 1'hat ,ve are ever over-bome with care; That we should ever weak or llearlless be, Dinah intellectually an ordinary woman. March, 1869, or seven years ago, and ha5 Anxious or troubled; wh en with us is prayer• And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?" She had a clear, discriminating mind, intui- been kept up to the present time. It has -R. c. Trench. tive knowledge of ch~racter, rare discernment averaged about fifteen, and sometimes con"!\lore things are wrought by prayer . in respect to p~eachrng, and by a th orough tained over twenty. Some of the pupils Than this world dreams of. Wh erefore let thy voice study of the Bible po~sessed an amount of . . Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are m en better tha.n sheep or goats, theolocrical lore which often surpassed the have rema~ned as regula~ attendants f~r two, That nour ish a blind l ife within the bram, skill doctors in divinity. 'But most of three and 10ur years, while others only for a If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer,. Hoth for th ems elves and those who call them fnend .1 all was she distingui5he<l for her humble, few months. The fee of one dollar per For so the whol e round earth is every way Bound by goltl chains about the feet of God." genuine, and glowing piety, for her love month has been charged, although we no-Tennyson. towards all Go~·s creatures, a?d for ~er ab- ticed on the cataloo-ue, "free," opposite , b • sorbing interest m the redempt10n of smners. Our New Sabbath School Library at Her person was not attractive. She was several names. fhe Board of Educat10n the :Bethel. much bent, not by years, but by an injury to appropriates fifty dollars per quarter, or two Children will read, and hence too much her back, caused by a blow from her master;;- hundred dollars per annum, for the support effort cannot be expended in procuring the· her features were strongly ma_rked, sth~r _color of the school. Respecting the usefulness of tha.t of the full-blooded Afn~an, rikmgly the school, there can be no reasonable doubt. best of books to supply the demand. A contrasting with the snow-white head-dr~ss Among the names, we notice some of the few months ago the Bethel Sabbath School she usually v.ore, and her manne~ heartily merchants of Honolulu, and regular attendsent forward its annual contribution for new affectiona~e, blunt, e~r_nest, and_ de,:.ided. Her ants upon the preaching of Sit Moon, while books to Mr. Hoyt, of Boston. This time, conversations on rehgrnus s?bJects, and she some have become connected with the as on former occasions, he has forwarded a talked of little els~, were prize? by ~ll. ~er church of Christ, and others manifest a expositions of ~cnptu~e were _discnmmatmg, friendly spirit. Humble as this effort may choice selection of books. It is a real pleaswit~ Jhe pecuh~r unction which comes from be, to impart knowledge amonis our Chinese ure to witness the eagerness of the young a hvmg expenenc~; her personal appe~l~ population, yet we hope that it may be kept folks to obtain their weekly supply of read- pungent and effective, as. welt as pa th etic' up until some more efficient agency can be and her frequent talks m female l?rayer- introduced and sustained. ing matter. meetings, Sabbath Schools, and occas10nally Among the recent additions to our library ih religious gath~rings. of both sexes, w~re "SQUASH PowER,"-The attention of the we find many suited to the taste ?f children never amiss. She inspired strong affe.ct10n scientific world has been called of late, by of an " older growth." The circulation of in those who knew her; and her circle of President Clark, of Amherst Agricultural these among the families of Honolulu, is friends was not only large, but mcluded some College, to the expanding force of a squash of the prominent citizens, at whose houses most wholesome and salutary. We cannot while growing. The same subject has more she was always welcome. The anecdotes imagine how an equal amount of money about her are numberless, but our limit recently been taken up by the celebrated leccould be more usefully appropriated for the forbids their mention. For the last few turer, (in New York) Prof. Doremus. The enormous weight of 5000 pounds was raised years of her life she occupied a room in the public good. by one :;;quash! From a New York paper We drew from the library, recently, basement of one of the New York churches, we copy as follows : makincr occasional visits to her old friends. "Never before, s:1.id Prof. Doremus, has "Evano-elists in the church, from Philip, A. She died March 20th, 1846, aged seventythe development of a squash been observed D. 3,5, ~o .Moody and Sankey, A . D. 1875," four years. . more critically or by a greater number o[ by R ev. P. C. Headley. We cannot say "At this time there was stopping at the people. Many thousands of men, women that this book fully met our expectations, Astor House the brother of an English offi- and children, from all classes of society and bnt it does contain, however, much useful cer, who preferred the request that Aunt of various natiomlities, visited it. Dinah should be buried in Greenwood CemMr. Penballow watched with it several and entertaining reading. Great is the vaetery by the side of his brother, in accor~riety of consecrated talent which God em- ance with his dying request. It seems this days and nights, making hourly observations. ploys for the building up of His church. In officer was taken sick at a New York hotel, Prnf. Parker was moverl to write a poem and Aunt Dinah, happening to hear of it, reading this volume, we were specially inabout it, and Prof. J. H. Seelye declared terested in the notice of Rev. E. N. Kirk, of sought his room, ministered to his wan_ts, that he positively st()od in awe of it. and began in her usual way to talk with Prof. Doremus closed his discourse by reBoston, and of "Aunt Dinah," one of Dr. him about his soul-interests. He encouraged citing the beautiful lines of John Mason Kirk's helpers : the poor negro's remar~s, for they afforded Good: "Dr. Kirk had a very humble and yet an him relief from the tedlJlm of confinement; Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep efficient co-worker in some of his fields of but, as they were continu~d and_repeated, he Need we to prnve a God is here; beo-an to awake to a higher rnterest, and The daisy, fresh from winter's sleep, spiritual harvest, who was doubtless drawn fin~lly became· a penitent and . believing Tell_s of His band in lines as clear. to him by his anti-slavery position : we refer Christian. His wish was complied with. For who but He that arched the skies to Aunt Dinah, who had been a slave in Twenty•six dollats were found in her roof1!, And pours the day spring's living flood, Wondrous alike in all He tries, Duchess County. N. Y., but who had pur- laid by for her funeral expenses. To this Could rear the daisy's purple bud? chased her own freedom. She was converted more was added. A procession of carriages Mould its green cup, its wiry stell:!, followed her remains to their testing-place. in in a Methodist revival, and learned to read Irs fringed border nicely spin, Greenwood, and a slab of ltalian marble ~vas And cut the gold embossed gem, the Bible after being taught the alphabet by erected above it, which bears an appropriate That, set in silver, gleams within? her master's little daughtN. _She. became inscription.'" Then fling it unrestrained and free, familiar with standard theological works, of i.tJ Jame~s_ A_n_d_e-.rs_o_n_,_E_s_q-.-,-w-;-.ill fl nd two O'er hill and dale and desert sod, which those of Dr. Jonathan Edwards were That man, wbere' er he walks, may see ,h er favorites. She joined Dr. Kirk at Al- letters at the office of THE FRIEND. In every step the stamp of God." Prayer, ... : ;f I Fl!IEND, APRIL, 'I' H I 8 7 6. U We would acknowledge the regular The Early History and Convict Life of reception of the " Sunday at Home "and Australia. By the mail steamer, says the Weekly Auckland Herald, the Rev. P. P. Agnew will be a passenger. The Rev. gentleman intends doing the grand tour of New Zealand, and delivering a :series of lectures on the early history and convict life of Australia. The Rev. Mr. Agnew, who is one of the few popular lecturers and preachers in Australia, was originally sent out to New Zealand from the University of Oxford to assist and travel with Bishop Selwyn. In 1864 Mr. Agnew, disagreeing with the policy of the present Bishop of Sydney, gave up his emoluments, and during the last nine years has tr&veled the Australian colonies, preaching and lecturing with considerable success. The Rev. gentleman's almost uninterrupted intercourse with the convict and prisoner population for a period of over 30 years, and ·the deep interest he has taken in their early history and ultimate settlement, has put him in possession of some of thP most remarkable and thrillmg histories of the present age. The documents possessed by the government on these matters have appeared so startling and so easily identified with existing persons and circumstances that the authorities considered themselves justified in burning all the criminal records of the colony. l\'lr. Agnew has, however, we are informed, diligently and faithfully, from personal knowledge and intercourse, collected everything of interest which his rare opportunities have offered him; and from these materials has arranged a series of lectures, illustrating the '' Convict and Bushranging History of Australia." The p_ress .has everywhere borne unqualihed tunony of Mr. Agnew's power and excellence as a preacher and lecturer. An Australian cotemporary says : · "The bare relation of this secret portion of our colonial history has thrilled us with a strange sensation, and made us deeply anxious for further revelations. The strange lights so skillfully thrown on the dark pictures called forth bursts of applause, and showed a very rare and extraordinary power of description on the part of the reverend lecturer." Mr. Agnew has, we believe, had very liberal offers made to ~im to lecture in Great Britain and Amenca; and he intends to visit the e countries when he has completed his New Zealand tour. te~- U We would acknowledcre a package of 0 • valuable reports and pamphlets, relatmg to .Massachusetts, from Dr. Nathan Allen, of • f I s Lowell, Mass.-Cop1es O Spurgeon S" word and Trowel ,, have been received from Mrs. J.' rl y of H ono lu ,. T ay l or, of L-on don, bu t 1orme lu.-From G. W. Finch, of West Trinity, Ohio, we would acknowledge an illustrated copy of D. M. Feery & Co.'s Seed Annual, for 1876, of Detroit, Michigan. '!'his is a finely illustrated pamphlet of 250 pages. If any of our island readers wish to order garden or flower seeds, we would be glad to loan to them this catalogue. " Leisure Hour," published by the Religious Tract Society of London. These are most choice monthly periodicals, and we should be glad to extend their circulation over the islands. Either Whitney or Thrum we know, would order them for subscribers. -1VlAlilNE U Papers for distribution have been received from Mrs. Scott, and Mm. Severance. JOUltNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. Feb. 26-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, 18 dys fm Humboldt :.l9-l' M ss City of S Francisco, Lachlan, 18 days from Sydney. , Mar. 1-H BM S Myrmidon, Com Hare, from Hawaii. 2-Haw brig l'omare, English, 24 days from Tahiti. 3-Ger schr Levul1a, Mickleson, 40 days from Apia, Samoan Islands. 4-Am bk Mary Helle Roberts, Gray, 16 days from San Fradcisco. . 8-Am wh bk Corneiius Howland, Homan. fm cruise, with 180 bbls sperm. 9-P M l!S Mikado Moore, 8 days and 15 hours from ~an Francisco. 9-Am wh bk Jame11 Allen, Keenan, from cruise, 13-Am wh bk Onward, Hayes, from cruise. 21-Am bktn J A Falkinburg, Hubbard, 21 days from Astoria. 22-Am wh bk Mt Wollaston, Mitchell, from a cruise. \!3-Java 2d, Fisher, from a cruise, with 370 bbls sperm. 23-Three Brotheri;, Owen, from home, via Hilo, clean. 29 PASSENGERS. FROM SYDNEY & KANDA vu-Per City of San Francisco, Feb 29-:-S D Wright, AH Thomas, E Lardie, F W Reichelt, E Oakley. Fon 8,\N FRANCisco-Per City of San Francisco, March 1 -Z S Spalding, wife and 2 children, RH Spalding and wife, E T Vrane, Miss M B .Jones, Capt Hes,el3ger, H H. Hitchcock, Miss H A and H K Castle, J T Waterhouse.RE Whitney, ::\1 .Jalfe, Capt EE Smith, E Ouascombe, C P Shillaber, J B Selveirn, A Diandrade, l\I V de l\lacecls. • FuoM APIA-Per Levuka, Mar 3d-Frank Platt. Fnonr SAN FnANC1sco-Per Mary Belle Roberts, Mar 4thChas Anderson, Thos Boye, Geo Green. Fon GUANO ISLANDS-Per C M Ward, Mar 6th-l\Irs Cluney, D Kennedy, W H l!'oye, G Holme, and 3a native laborers. FOR TAHITI-Per Marama, March 6th-Chas Stillwell. FOR SYDNEY-Per Mikado, March 9th-I!' E Jackson. FROM SAN FRANCisco-Per Mikado, Mar 9th-Mr Huntley and wife. Mrs C E Williams, Mrs von Pfister, Miss Attwood, E B Lapham, Mr Walker, W .I Macomber, ES Baker, Mr Green, Mrs Rodgers, T 111 Blair, H R Haste and wife, James Wightman and wife, Mrs Denman, G F Long, G Tessier, Mi~s E lngrnham, F W Glade, Jno Miller, S Mitchell. Chas Oester, .I Purvis, Mrs Murphy, W A See, N Reason, Robt Moore, \V A Wilber, E Snyder, J C 'l'ownsend. Fon 8,\N FRANCisco-Per DC ll!urray, Mar 15th:-J W Hanson, .I J Peavey, Geo WoodR, G Tesser, ,J Mitchell, Mrs ,J 0 Carter and 2 children, RP Baker, II Manley, 0 Emerson, Capt Provost, wife and child. MARRIED. On the 24th February, at the residence of the bride's lather, Koloa, Kauai, MEl,ICENT PHILEN A, daughter of the Rev. Dr. J, W. Smith. to WILLIAM, so11 of John Thomas Waterhouse, Esq , of Honolulu. .JunRGENSEN-ROGERS.-ln this city, Mar 9th, at the residence of Dr l!' B Hutchinson, hy lteY H H Parker, Mr E1um ANDUEAS CHRISTOPHt,;P. .Ju ~UOENSEN. of Copenhagen, Denmark, to Mrs REBECCA Ruo1rns, ol 8an Francisco. SMITH-HOBRON-ln this city, March 23d, at the residence of Capt Thomas Hohron, hy ;{ev W Frear, 11ssistc<l hv Rev JJ Dole, WM O SMITH, Esq, to MARY A IIODRON. Both of this city. DEPARTURES. 26-Brit sc'.u Favorite, McKaye, for Victoria, B C. 2ti-Haw wh bk Desmond, Green, for cruise. Mar. 1-P M ss City of San Francisco, Lachlo.n, for San Francisco. 1-H I J i\1 steam car Tsukuba-Kan, TY Ito, Captain, for ,Japan. 6-Brit bktn l\larama, Domine, for Tahiti. ti-Am schr C M Ward, Cluney, for Guano hlai1ds. 7-Ger schr Levuka, Mickleson, for Tahiti. 9-P M ss Mikado, Moore, for Auckland & Syduey. 11-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, for Victoria, II C. 13-Haw brig Giovanni Apiani, Dority, for Arctic. 15-Am wh bk Cornelius Howland, Houwn, for Arctic. 15-Am wh bk ,James Allen, Keenan. for Arctic. 16-Am bk D C Murry, Fuller, for Sau Francisco. 20-Haw wh bk Arctic, Whitney, for the Arctic Ocean. Feb. MEMORANDA. R _EPORT 01' BARK HELEN W ALMY 1 FREEMAN, MASTER.Left Humboldt Bay Feb 8th with strong SE gale IJlowing for about 12 hours, then hauling to the westward with heavy squalls; split upper main topsail and lower fore-topsail. The westerly wind continued for about 15 hours, then moderating and hituling to the SSW with rain, which continued for two days; wind then hauled to NW, from thence to NE an~ ENE with moderate breeze and fine weather. Made east end of Molt,kai at 3 a m ~·eb 26, and arriv_ed in Honolu•l u at 2 p m same day, 18 days passage. REPORT OF SS Cl'l'Y OF SAN FRANCISC0 1 LACHLAN, COM· MANDER.-Left Port Chalmers Feb 9th, at ' 2:45 pm, with mails, passengers and cargo; Feb 10th airrived at Lyttleton; the 11th at Wellington; the 12th at Napier; the 13th at Auckland. Left Auckland Feb 15th, at 12:30 am. and arrived at Kandavu on the 18th, at 8:30 pm;· af that port·connected with the ss Granada, and received the New South Wales mails, passengers. a.ad left on the 19th at 7:30 am; arrived at Honolulu. on the 29th at 10 pm, and all well. The whaling bark Far·a way, Capt .Jos Spencer, touched at _Rarotonga, Jan 6th; and was also spoken at sea, Jan 19th, DIED. GULICK-At Kobe, Japan, on .Janua,y 27th 1876. American Bihle Society fnr Chi1m and Japan, anrl f•l~t 0 r ~on o Rt"v. Orrarnel H. Gulick. m:,;,sionuy of the Am,,rican, lloan f :tt l\obe . .Ja:pan,-agect e•glit years and ten rnollths :0:NELL.-ln this city. l\h,r -1th, of an•mrism. Mr A W i-lNELL, a nalive of the State of ~1aille, a. re~ident of these islands fur the last :50 yE:ant aged 56. MoRGAN-111 thi!! rity, 1\f:H 7th. of comumption, KATIE A, elrlest daughter of I.he late Rohert D Morgan. aged 20 years, 2 months and 7 days. McKIDBIN-ln Honoluln. Mnrch 11th, R 1\1cKinDtN, Rr., M. IJ., a flntive ol County Down, Ireland; in the 81st yea,· of his a!,!'e. Dr. McKibhin had resided here since 1855. anrl was wuch esteemed flS a gent.leman, a philosopher and a Christian. ANDEHSON-ln Bonolil'u, Marrh 14th. of L'oosumption, CHARLES ANDERSON, a rrnfive of Nova ~rotia, ngnl na :v•mrs. IJe,vasamemherof Pncilic Lodge, No.136,F.&A.M.,, ,f :o;an Francisco. His remt\ins were interre1l int.he Mn$onit: iot, _Nuuanu cemetery. t'he funerai heing ~lfendecl by tl1e Craft of th is c'iry. PACIFIC MAit STEAMSHIP COMPANY! 1 ,HE FOLLOWING MAG'.NIFJCENT SHIPS or the Company wi'IT leave Honolulu as per 'l'ime Table below:SS SS SS SS SS llound for !"ydney. REPOR'r OF B.8RK MAllY BELLE ROBERTS, GRAY, MAS• TE1t.-Left8an Fra:neisco Feh 17th. llad light trndes all the passage; made Coco Head Mar 2d, and was two day11 becalmed iu sight of land. Arrived on the morning of the 4th. REPORT OF RS MIKADO, F MOORE, COMMANDEU.-Left 8an Francisco fteb 29th, with the Australian and New Zealaud mails. The first 48 hours experienced fresh gales from SW with high confused sea and light variable winds from S to SR the remain,ler of the pa~sage, with an unpleasant sea throughout. She brings 34 passengers for this port and a ccnsiderable car~o. Measles l1aving developed in several instance!!, the.ship was placed in quarantine during her stay here, but every facility was given comportable with the safety of the inhahiwnts for the dispatch of the vessel. Arrived in port Mar 9th, at 3.45 am. R Y GnAHHI, Purser. ON the passage down lo Honolulu of the >'teamer Granada, in .la.n. last, when ahout 450 miles N. E. of Honolulu. she ran within 20 feet of a wreck, supposed to be the Varuna .' OnnAMEL H. Gu r,IcK: Hon of Rev. Luther Gnlick 1\1 D, ugent ol the CITY OF SL~N l!'~ANCISCO ....... 3400'Tons Zl<JALANDIA ••-...........-....... .-.-3200 Tons CITY OF NEW YORK ............ 8400 Tons AUSTRALIA .................... :3200 Tons CITY OJ? SYDNI<JY, ..............3400 Tons For San Franci~co, .:m or aboutM arch .................... l Marrb .................... 29 April ..................... 26 May ..................... 24 June ...................... 21 ,July ...................... 19 August .................... 16 September ................. 13 October ................... 11 November ................. 8 December ................. 6 For Fiji, Ports in New Zealand, and' Sydney, NS W, on or aboutMa~ch .......................... 9 April .................... 6 May ..................... 4 June .............. , ....... 1 ,June ...................... 29 July .................... 27 August ................... 24 September ••••••••••••••• :21 October .. • .. • • • • ......... Jg November ................. 16 December ......... ·....... 14 I Jl'o1· l'a%age, l!'reight and all further information, apply lo mh18i 6 H. HACii.FELD & co., AGENTS. I 'l'HE FRIEND, APRIL, 1876. 30 EDITOR'S TABLE. JOHN ToDD.-Tbe story of his life told mainly by himself, compiled and edited by John E. Todd, Pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, Conn.-Harper & Bros., New Yol'k, 1876. In our last issue, notices appeared of Dr. Guthrie and Dr. GoodeH-the former, Scotland's favorite preacher; and the latter, a most successful American Missionary in Turkey. The biographical and autobiographical lives of these two men have been admirably presented to the reading public. They were representative men of the passing age. There lie before us the memoirs of another representative man and gospel minister. All three agree in one point, they were noble workers. They did not spend their lives in dreamy inactivity, but putting on the " gospel armor," they went forth as valiant soldiers of the cross and nobly fought under the banner of the Prince of Peacein Scotland, in Turkey, in New England. They were aggressive men. The study of their lives as now wrjtten by their sons nnd son-in-law, are worthy of the careful reading of the Christian community in all parts of · the world. Dr. Todd was a genuine son of New England. We cannot readily conceive of such a character as being produced in any other part of the world. This story of his life is skillf,dly woven by his son, from the letters, memoranda, publications, sermons, and recollections of the father, first as a Pastor, in Groton, Mass. next in Northampton, and subsequently in Philadelphia and in Pittsfield, Mass. He was no less s~cces&ful as a Preacher and Pastor than as an author. His " Lectures to children,'' '' Truth made simple,'' and other books have rendered his name and fame world-wide. We remember when, as a college student, we read on its first publication, Dr. "Todd's Student Manual." This book has had a most happy influence among students in Europe and America. It is a novel idea, that a man should acquire fame and money by publi~hing a Blank Book, yet this was true of Dr. Todd when he published his "Index Rerum." We are reading this story of Dr. Todd's life with much interest, .and can most cordially recommend it to our readers. Its reading recalls to mind many well-nigh forgotten events, with which we were familiar forty years ago. When the silk-worm weaves her curious work, she hides herself under the silk, and is not seen ; so when we have done our best, we must vanish in our own thoughts, and transfer the glory of all to '-C:}od. Japan Correspondence. KoBE, JAPAN, Dec. 10, 1875. JJear .Friend-Let me tell you some of the privileges of the Kobeites : A mild and healthful climate-latitude 34 ° N.-the mercury seldom _below 30 ° or above 90 ° . A traveler said: It basks in a climate almost perfect; on account of its serenity and freedom from extremes, it should be the very paradise of pleasure seekers. The scenery is truly lovely. Lofty mountains bound the landscape. In summer, light fleecy clouds hover about the higher slopes, while through openings, in the stately range of heights, glimpses are caught of still higher peaks beyond, bathed in violet haze, or dissolving into the misty distance. Fronting the water are pine-clad hills, with varied and fantastic outlines, natural to a volcanic region. Their sides are seamed with valleys, in which nestle pleasant villages, half hid m the variegated foliage of shady trees. The great Osaka Bay is usually studded with boats of fishermen, and flecked with the white sails of scores of trading junks. Ships and steamers, of nearly all maritime nations, are constantly coming and going. INTELLIGENCE, We have the Japan Weelcly and Hiogo A semi-monthly mail from California, and weekly from Shanghai. A telegraph, via China, which brings us news in about a week from the great centres of action. JJaily News. RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES, There is a union chapel, a neat brick building, which will seat about 200. It was built chiefly by the efforts of Mr. Green, the first missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., to Japan, but without aid from the Board. It is occupied on alternate Sabbaths by Etrangelical Episcopalians from Osaka, and by the Board's missionaries. There is also a Wednesday evening prayer meeting in English, at my son's house, and on Friday evenings rn Japanese, besides several week-dav public meetings, and two on the Sabbath, i~ the latter. Although I can understand very little Japanese, it is very pleasant to hear them sing the songs of Zion in familiar tunes. For, if they don't sing accurately, no one near them can doubt but that they are seriously, and pretty successfully, bent on making a joyful noise. MEANS OF LIVING. At the risk of repeating somewhat, that I have written, l will name some of our daily comforts. From our own garden ~e have first rate tomatoes, beets, sweet corn and strawberries. All but the last, several months in succession, and pretty fair peas and cabbage, and inferior beans. In the market we find apples, pears and quinces, which, when stewed, are quite palatable; first rate grapes, second rate peaches, oranges and plums; medium beef and mutton, but poor pork; second rate sweet and Irish potatoes, and turnips; poultt·y, but higher than at the islands; eggs and strawberries about half as high. Fine flour, butter, and a few other groceries, we get from San Francisco. Tolerable fish are cheap and abundant; but I must stop, lest you think me to be "Man given to appetite." IN REGARD TO HEALTH, Kobe has been called a sanitarium for China, and such I think it would be, if board could be had at a reasonable rate, say $1.25 or $1.50; (it is now $3.00) still many come, and often spend a short time in mission families. In the thirteen months that we have been here seventy-five missionaries, chiefly from China, have called on us here; many staying only twenty or twenty-four hours. The last two months my son, from North China, has been with us for the benefit of his health, his wife and adopted daughter being with him. His nervous system is seriously impaired, and the extreme cold at Kalgan, ( occasionally 15 ° below zero) seemed likely to be fatal to him. He had leave to come here for six months. He has recruited a little, and Dr. Berry, our physician, thinks he may quite regain his health. On the 29th of November I fell from our veranda, about two feet, and struck heavily on my left shoulder, bruising it seri~usly and slightly injuring the collar bone, Though not quite well, I am fa8t recovering. With kind salutations to all my friends, I am, as ever, yours, P. J. G. DR. McGrnBoN: OF SYDNEY.-'fhis gentleman, who is Pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Sydney, and editor of the "Protestant Standard," passed on his way to London as Delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Assembly, to convene at London, in July. Be re leaving the city, where he has· been a laboring Pastor for a quarter of a century, he received a handsome testimonial at a gathering of his friends, including many of his hrother ministers of Sydney. The testimonial was a purse of 700 guineas, or $3,500. The people of Sydney indicate their appreciation of earnest ministerial labors in a substantial manner. It was only a few months ago that the Rev. Mr. Curnow, a Methodist Clergyman, passed through Honolulu on his way to England, and before leaving Sydney his friends presented him with a purse of 400 guineas, or $2,000. Such generous testimonials bespeak ministerial fidelity, and an appreciative Christian community. - FRIEND, THE Places of Worship. ADVERTISEMENTS. SEA'MEN's BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain. I<fog 1.-treet, near the Sailot·s: Home. Preaching at 11 .A.. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the DR-]:<"'. 31 I 8 7 6. B. HUTCHINSON, SAILORS' HOME! Phy1dcian and Surgeon, morning service. Prayel' meeting on W~dnesday Office at Drug Store, corner of Fort and Merchant Streets; evenings at 7½o'clock. Residence, Nuuanu Avenue, near School Street. FoR1' STRb:l!:T CrruRCH- -Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. 1\1. f'el '7d corner of Fort and Bert>tania strePts. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Sabbath IRWIN & CO•• G. School at 10 A. M. • KAW.UAHrn CHURCH--Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor, Commission Merchants, King stret>t, above the Pal1tct>. Services in HaPlantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. 1. waiian every Sunday at 9½ A. M. and 3 P. r.r. ROMAN CA:rHOLIC OuuRcH- -Under the c:barge of LEWER.S &, DICKSON, Rt. Rev. Bishop l\faigret, assisted by Rev. F'ather Hermann ; Fort street. nPar Beretania. Services Dealers in Lumber and Building 1llaterials, every Sunday at 10 A. i\L and 2 P. M. Fort Street, llonolulu, H. I. KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH-- Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor, Beretania street. near Nuuanu. Services in HaH O F F M _\. N N , M. D., waiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2½ P. M. Physician and Surgeon, Tm: ANHI,ICAN CauRcrr--Bishop. the Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M.A., Corner Merchant and Kaahuwonu Streets, near the Post Office Hcv. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. BREWER & co .. Seamen's do. do. do. EnglislJ services on Sundays at ti½ and 11 A, M., and an<l 7½ P. M. Sunday School at the Clergy Shower Baths on the Premises. Commission and Shipping Merchants, House at 10 A. M. Honolulu, Oanu. H. I. w. E. C. E. THOS. G. THRUM, STATIONER, NEWS AGllilT AND BOOK BINDER, P. AD.AMS. .11.uction and Commission Merchant, Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. MERCHANT STREET, HONOLULU. MOTT ON HAND THE FOLLOWING K EEPS Wol'ks pertaining to the Hawaiian Island~: SM I 'I' HI .Dentist, Jarvis' History of the Sandwich Islands ••••.••••• Price, $2 50 Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E Bennett's Historical Sketch of the Ilawaiian Islands," 1 50 Strehz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fo1·t and Hotel sts. llawaiian Club Papers, 1868................. • • • • " 1 50 Hawa1ia.n Almanac and Annual for 1875 and 1876, 50 cts each JOHN S, McGREW, M. D., 1'he Second Interregnum, with cabinet photograph of His Majesty Kalakaua, c mtaining an account of all the events in• Late Surgeon D. S. Army, cident to his election to the 'fhrone .••.•••••• Price, $1 50 Hassinger's Hawaiian Tariff and Digest of Laws and Regula-. Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between tions of the Customs, &c, in paper & boards, price $1 &. 1.2& Alakea and Fort streets. Andrews' Plawa1ian Dictionary, sheep •• .'••••••••• Price $5 00 Ila.waiian Phrase Book.......................... " 60 '\-VEST, Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar.................. " 75 Jarvis' Kiana, A Romance c,f the Sandwich Islands, " 1 50 Wagon and Carriage Builde1·, Clrarts of the Hawaiian Islands, $1,50 each, and Letter Sheet 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. Maps of same, $1.00 per quire. (O" Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates Sets of Hawaiian Postage Stgmps, with specimen Hawaiian Flag, price $1.00. w. PIERCE &, CO •• Photograph View or Honolulu, 9x24 inches, mounted or unmounted, price $2.00 and $2.50. (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) The above will be mailed to any part of the world on receipt Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer of price an,I postage. Any Books published pertaining to the chants, Islands will be pl'ocured to order. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. G. A. THtlS. G. THRUltl'S STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Merclaant St1•eet, • P • • Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at educed rates for parties going to sea. ly THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! ED. DUNSCOMBE. :Manage,·. Honlnlu, January 1, 1875. Carriage Making and '!'rimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLYINFORMYOUTHAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Making, Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, &:c., . On the Hawaii,m Group ; and it is a well esta.bhshed fa.ct that oar Caniage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is as well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that we can ma.nufRoture as good a class of work in Honolulu as oan be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. M. 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AT THE Monthly Concert for March, the doubtless astonished · at the number and va- i and drawing order out of it. We are touchsubject of Christian labors among the Chi- riety of appliances render~d necessary by ed and cheered by every such exam pie. We nese was prominent. It is customary w, th life in a northern climate, and after swelter- hke to see the inexhaustible riches of nature, some to sneer at work among this . people. ing in a degree of summer heat unknown to and the acces~ of every soul to her maga~ 11 Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?'' us in these islands, or shivering in the chill zines. These examples wake an infinite We might here present a number of in- blasts of a northern winter, will return to hope and call every man to emulation. A stances showing the genuineness of conver- their embowen-d homes content with the fate low hopeless spirit puts out the eyes; skepsions among the Chinese here and in Cali- that cast their lot in Hawaii nei. To all who\ ticism is slow suicide. A philosophy which fornia, but this is not to the purpose. Our are favored with opportunities of travel this sees.only the worst l>elieves neither in virtue duty is to do what we can for this people, year we extend our best wishes for pleasant or in genius; which says 'tis all of no use, now placed within reach of our influence, journeyings, and heart and mind enriching life is eating us up, 'tis only a question who shall be last devoured-disspirits us; the and leave the results with that Power which experiences. . sky shuts down before us. A Schoppenis so surely effecting the conquest of the hauer, with logic and learning and wit, world to Christ. "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead." teaching pessimism-teaching that this is ·Many of the Chiinese re~iding here have 'Christ, the loving Christ, said these words, the worst of all possible worlds, and inferHawaiian wives, and their homes are neat and creditable. They guard their homes and joined with them the injunction, " fol- ring that sleep is better than waking, and from vice and immorality with jealousy. es- low me." What meaning had that ~trange death than sleep-all the talent in the world cannot save him from being odious. But if pecially those who have come under Chris- and seemingly harsh command? There was the sacred duty of burying instead of the~e negatives you give me tian influences. They have a great influence among the Hawaiians for good or evil, and with due respect the father of this disciple. affirmatives-if you tell me that there is altho1-e who would labor for the preservation Yet Christ tells him there is even a higher ways life for the· living; that what man has of tne Hawaiians cannot he unmindful of duty for him, and that those who are not done man can do; that this world belongs to prepared for this higher duty-who are, as the energetic; that there is always a way to this influence. If anything would have a rrcuperative he terms them, as yet '.' dead " in regard to everything desirable ; that every man is proeffect upon the native race, it would be to the higher life, are nevertheless fully ready vided, in the new bias of his faculty, with a check the immorality and licentiousness so and competent to perform the other tender key to nature, and that man only rightly knows himself as far as he has experimented fearfully prevalent among them. With the and necessary duty to the departed. ls this not so with respect to much of the on things,-1 am invigorated, put into genial care and nurture of home~ in the true sense of the word, the children would multiply strictly Christian work before us ? There is and working temper; the horizon opens and and families increase. Among the Chinese that in the ]ine of charity and of benevo- we are full of good will and gratitude to the who have shown a disposition to learn and lence which is HUMAN. lt commands and Cause of Causes.-R. TV. Em.erson on R r;put themselves under good influences a large demands indeed our sympathy and atten- sou1·ces. proportion are those who are married to tion, and yet it will be done by those who native wives. In view of these relations, it h!ive not yet risen into the Christian life. A HUMAN LIFE, 1 think, st.iould be well is more than ever our duty to multiply the Meanwhile the sacrifice and labor requisite rooted in some spot of a native land, where means of moral culture among the Chinese for the purely Christian and evangelical it may get the love of tender kinship for the and thus make them, so far as possible, a work can only be given by disciples of the face of earth, for the labors men go forth to, blessing, rather than a blight' upon this peo- Savior. While enterprises, good in them- for the sounds and accents that haunt it, for ple. No one who watches the labors of Mr. selves, are going on by the efforts of thosP whatever will give that early home a famil Sit Moon, the Chinese colporteur of the Y. able and willing to undertake them, is it not iar, unmistakable difference amidst the future lVL. C. A., and attends the meetings he holds, expected of the Christian that he will hus- widening of knowledge : A spot where the can fail to doubt the value of his labors to band his strength for what he has more es- definiteness of early memories may be pecially pledged himself to do? We cannnot, this community. inwrought with affection, and kindly acthe most ot us, do everything. quaintance with all neighbors, even to the This view of the case applies to the Y. dogs and donkeys, may spread, not by sen'fms is a traveling community. By the M. C. A. work. It is, or should be, a purely timental effort and reflection, but as a sweet ,next steamer for San Francisco will comChristian enterprise ;-evangelical, 1. e., habit of the blood. At five yeius old, mormence the annual hegira. The number of gospel-carrying. Those engaged in it may tals are not prepared to be citizens of the migrating birds this year will be greater than well keep in mind the meaning of the words . world. to be stimulated by abstra~t nouns, to usual. Many natives of the United StateR "singleness of heart." C. J. L. soar above preference into impartiality; arid and children of household, where sentiments that prejudice iu favor of milk with which of revenues for the Great Republic have MEN ARE made up of potences. We are we blindly begin, is a type of the way body been cherished as household words will go to join in the rejoicing incident to the Cen- magnets in an iron globe. We have keys and soul must get nourished, at least for a tennial celebration. It has been said that to all doors. We are all inventors, each time. The best intmduction to astronomy is traveling always improves the head, but not 5ailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided to think of the nightly heavens as a little lot always the heart; but we think the moral each by a private chart of which there is no of stars belonging to one's own homestead. lessons of the great centennial will be full of duplicate. The world is all gates, all opporculture for the heart. The observant visitor tunities, strings of tension waiting to be GooDNESS isa large, often a prospective word ; will see much that will encourage him with struck; the earth sensitive as iodine to light; like harvest, which at one stage when we refe.1ence to the progress• and elevation of the most plastic and impressionable medium, talk of it lies all underground, with an mde. man. There will probanly be few, if any, alive to every touch, and, whether searched terminate future : Is the germ pros:pering in crowned heads there, but there will be gath- by the plough of Adam, the sword of Cresar, the darkness 1 At another, it llas put forth ered the trophies of the kings of art and of the boat of Columbus, the telescope of Gali~ delicate green blaqes, ~nq by and by ~he mechanical science. Methods of education leo, or the surv~yqr's ~ha~n Qf Picard. or the trembling b1Qs~Oµl$ ~fe ready to be dashecl and much that will illustrate the advance of submarine telegraph, tq every oqe of these off by an h~ur. of 11ough wind or rain. Each. the last century will attract attention. experiment~ it ma,kes a gracious response. ~t~ge ha~ its peculiar blight, and may have Pondering upon this great gathering of man 1 am benefitted by every observation of a fhe.• healtby life choked out of Jt by a particand his achievements, the mind will be ex- victory of man over natur~-by seeing that ular action of the foul land which rears or wisdom is better than strength ; by seeing neighbors it, or by damage brought from panded and the heart quickened tothat every healthy and resolute man is an foulness afar.-.Fhmi Georqe Elliot , 'i n " Praise Him from whom a.11 blessings flow." Our friends from our sunny clime will be @rganizer, a met.hod coming into a confusion JJaniel JJeronda. ' I I