Friend, 1878-08

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.

• -. · 0 ~ e a r o:r The Islands Discovered l-~ lleln ~erics, tfol. 27, lk R. ! HONOLULU, AUGUST I, 1878. ==================================== CONTE~TS Fo1• A11gm1t 1, 1878. P.AG~ Hon. H. A. Peirce ........ . .................. . .......... 61 Rambles in the Old World-No. 19 .... . ............ 61-63 E ditorials .... . . . ....................................... 64 Semi-centenary of the Ameri can Seamen's Friend) 64-65 !..... Marr~il~~~~·a·1·.:::: : :: : ::: ::::::: :·.:: ::: ·.::: : :: :: 65 L etter from Micronesia ................. . .............. 66 Judge Caton's and Chaplain Rose's Letters ............. 66 Hampton Normal School. ................. . .... . .... . .. H6 Y. M. C. A .............. .. ........ . .. . . . ................ 68 THE FRIEND. AUGUST 1. 1'878. Honorable H. A. Peirce. With the departure of this gentleman for hi s native land, we are reminded of his long and honorable career, connected with the Hawaiian Islands. More than a half century ago (1825) he arrived supercargo of a vessel bound to the N. W., coast. After being engaged there for •three years, he returned to tbe Islands, and became connected with Mr. Hunnewell in mercantile pursuits, they together established the house of C. Brewer & Co .., which is now the oldest established house in the Pacific, for many ye.1rs known under the name of Peirce&Brewer. After the ,dissolution of the firm, Mr. Peirce withdrew, 11.nd for a seore of years successfully engaged in shipping and mercantile business ~ 1 Boston; his ships running to ail parts of the world. In 1848, he visited the islands on board a vessel of which he was the owner, :and invested $5Q,OOO in the L~tme Plantation, unsuccessful for a fe.w years, but now ,one of the most prosperous on the islands. After the close of the civil war in the United .Sta.tes, Mr. Peirce made some unsuc.cessful investments in Southern Plantations. fo 1869 he received the appointment as Minister Resident to the Hawaiian .Government, i0 which highly honorable position he has .rnairnag.ed the American Legation to the mu,tua,l advantage of America and Hawaii, ~s is well known from his earnest and suc,eessful arlvoeacy of the Reciprocity Treaty. We sincerely rejoice there is in contempla- tion some substantial testimonial by the RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 19 planters and merchants, in appreciation of I am half afraid that this heading for my his valuable services. His recent connection with the Hawaiian Governme.nt, as .Minis- letters and sketches is coming to be someter of Foreign Affairs, was brought to a close thing of a misnomer, not that I have given through no fault on his part. Most earnest- up "rambling" altogether, but the limits in which I may ask you to follow me, now ly we hope for him a pleasant voyage and and then, will perhaps be narrower than years of quiet happiness among friends in they have been before. Having entered the his native land. University here, this beautiful city will be my home for some time to come, and I may DEATH OF J. D. DuNCAN.-Almost from • say that of all the cities l have seen abroad, his childhood we have been•vont to meet the ' Berlin is the one I would choose first of all · for my residence; that is looking at the rare deceased in our vi sits to the printing office. opportunities which are here afforded for ac .. He was a most excellent workman, and his quiring a broad ap.d liberal culture--at the genial demeanor endeared him to all in the splendid stimulus and the incitement there office and to those frequenting it. Most seem to be to study and thoughtful research manfully has he refused to yield to disease, and at the interesting opportunity which j;3 given for seeing and studying all ranks and and was found at his post of duty until with- classes ofone of the strongest, most energetic, in a few days of his death. We well re- and vigorous nations of the world. The member when, some twenty years ago. the main building of the University, ot1e of the deceased and his brother entered the Adve1·- largest in the world, numbering between four 1-------- ! 1 0 j~f tiser office, where they have worked, with ~,t!;ed!: !~~!n~:~de1t=~1 occasional interv,:;;= sjnce. FRIEND having received the following, pass:es it along: To the ladies of Honolulu and vicinity: We, the undersigned, hereby most respectfully solicit a continuance of your patronage, herf'tofore so liberally bestowed upon our predecessors. We always add s.upplies of new goods to our present large and wellassorted stock. We also continue the quarterly account system. GRANT & ROBERTSON, (Successors to A. S. Cleghorn & Co.), Corner Fort and Hotel Streets. 'l'HE U Soon afte~ the A. S. F. Society was organised. 1828 - the semi-centenary of which will oe found in our columns-the Seamen's Mission to the Hawaiian ·Islands was undertaken. The Bethel in Honolulu was built in 183:3, under the manaQ"ement of the Rev. John Diell. The paren-t society has not only extended a fostering care over this chaplaincy ever since, but for several years sustained at Lahaina a Bethel, where the Rev. T. K Taylor and Rev, S. E. Bishop officiated as chaplains ... :~~\i:~v:~ sity, which was long ago a palace, is a beautiful grove of trees, just now of the loveliest green. Here we are, right in the center of a great busy city, but the grove is so quiet and beautiful that the old Athenian philosophers would have enjoyed it for their wa !ks and conversations. 1 find one has to put the curb on himself here , there are such splendid lecture courses-such a wealth and variety of subjects, that one could go almost from early morning to evening dusk and find a rich treat awaiting him. I shall not soon forget my first lecture in a German University. It was quite early, from eight to nine. The morning was sweet and rich with all the beauty of the first day of May. The lecture roonf was quite small. The Professor had hair and beard white, with a * GERMAN UNIVERSITIES.-From a late oumb~r of the London Globe the following is copied : "The latest statistics published on the subject ehow that the universities, which number 21 in all, cost t lie Imperial Treasury no less a sum than half a millim a year. This is the exact amount charged for them in the Budget of the Empire, and the money thus spent is divided amongst 1,300 professors. ''.I.'be students for whom their services are thus retained num. ber 20,229, of whom 4,G8i belong to the University of Berlin, which is by far the largest, while Rostock, which is the smallest., contains only 144." THE l!,RIEND, A!JGUS'l\ 62 1878. venerable age. His subject was, " Homer have been most interesting ceremonies in Bedouin or African family mounted on and the Iliad." A great window, at one connection with the Semi-Centennial of the camels approaching a little village lying in end, looked out into the very heart of a clus- Geographical Society of this city, one of the the distaflce. Others were . a Japanese ter of trees fresh with the freshness of the mor- oldest and most honored in the world. I " study" or subject, etc. During the dinner ning and the spring; one of them was a perfect regret that my limited time will not permit the company was treated to instrumental wilderness of white blossoms, and claimed, of my giving any detailed accounts of the music, and to what was far better to some, I am afraid, some of the attention which same, for they were most interesting. I was exquisite vocal music from a company of oucrht to have been given to Homer and his privileged to enjoy and share in them, ladies and gentlemen. Several toasts were crirics. (l confess l am a spring- enthusiast through the kind invitation of Dr. Abbott, given and m0st enthusiastically received, ever since I came to know anything of this an American gentleman who has resided and the whole affair was a most splendid marvellous resurrection iU nature. I have many years in Berlin, and whose name I success. Towards the close of the evenbeen so, from the early Freshman days, in am pleased to mention here as being that of ing, Dr. Nachtigal, the famous African the valley of the Connecticut, till now, and a gentleman who in numberless, thoughtful traveller, made a long and pleasant speech, it is a story that never grows old.) There and courteous ways renders kindness to explaining the many ·' points" in the picwere just nme young men, and I _could not strangers coming to this city, and whose ture of which I have been speaking to you. help thinking there was something rath~r largeness of heart and generous an'tl genial On'another evening of the same week 1 had surraestive in the number. Yet I am afraid character will long be remembered by many the pleasure of attending a regular meeting vo~~ imaginatio~ will fail to follow me in who have had the pleawre and privilege of of the Geographical Society. The main thing of the evening was an address from an picturincr the nine Muses in those nine pro- his acquaintance and friendship. emment and well-known gentleman, a Prosaic yo~ng fellows and the "blind o~d Ba:d" On one evening we attended the opening fessor from Hamburg, I think, on the "Curin the snowy-haired Professor rn vokmg anniversary meeting, held in the large and the same to sincr the "wrath of • Achilles." splendid hall of the Rath-Haus. The meet- rents of the Ocean." I was most pleased to 0 The lectures promise to be very mteresting ing was honored by the presence of the meet Dr. Nachtigal personally, who IS a ~Pnand profitable. I heard Latin spoken for Crown Prince. The as&emblage itself was a tleman of about forty years of age, with an the first time in my life to-day, and it sound- choice one, consisting of many of the leading energetic face and manner. He is busy on some book relative to his travels. Hilleed beautifully. men of the Capjtal. An address was de- brand, another. well-known ·discovetl:!r in My room is nearly opposite ~nd _about livered by the President, followed by reports, two minutes' walk from the U mversity, so etc. The Geographical Society of Paris had Africa, was likewise present. He told a that I get to my lectures without a moment's sent a representative to co_nvey their congratu- friend of mine that he was beginning to loss of time. The public garden directly lations to the sister Society here. This gen- grow " homesick" to be back there again. before my windows is beautifully ke~t, a~d tleman himself is a well-known traveler. He l have alluded in a very brief and running the Linden presents from early morning till addressed . the assemblage in German, and manner to these various meetings of one of far on into the evening a most animated his remarks were followed by enthusiastic the European Societies interested in a subspectacle. I am within almost a stone's applause. It is most gratifying to witness ject and cause vr.:hich in our age is being th row of the Palace and of the Royal such evidences•of a better state of feeling investigated with so much interest and Library, with its nea_rly million . v_ol~mes between these two great nations. Various success, as I wish to allude to and priceless manuscnpts. Truly It IS a congratulatory telegrams were likewise read. A FEW MORE POINTS OF INTEREST ON OUR ROUTE goodly neighborhood. · On the following evening I enjoyed extremeTHROUGH CENTRAL GERMANY. It seems as if in Berlin one thing followed ly a grand dinner given by the Society in another with amazing rapidity: This year honor of their fiftieth anniversary. It was Ooe is inevitably reminded in endeavorhas been one continuous stream of exciting one of the most brilliant events of the sea- ing to describe such an interesting journey, events-from the double rnarri8ges m Feb- son, and participated in by some hundreds of of that game we used to play as children, ruary to the twice-attempted assassination of guests. One of the opera-hou~es of the city when from an intricate and confused mass the Emperor; and now the Congress has, was arranged for the occasion in the most of straws, the players endeavored to dislodge within a few days, begun its sessions, and beautiful manner. The floor was filled with one without disturbing the others. Such an you, with us, will anxiously await the re- tables, which were in turn surroundad by a innumerable and interesting mass of histosult of the same. Of course, not much as very brilliant company. The walls, galleriefl rical facts are associated with these central yet is known of their proceedings, as of ne- and ceiling were decorated in the most beau- German towns, which follow each other so cessity they must remain secret. The tele- tiful and artistic manner with palm-branches, rapidly on the road we have chosen, that graph will give the news of the result before the flags of all nations, furs brought from even with the most skillful management I my letters can reach you: I feel it to different parts of the worid, and various am afraid that if I endeavored to touch upon be a rare opportunity, at the present juncture articles which would serve to remind one of their history, I should find myself immeof affairs, to be in Europe, and especially in the peculiar mission of the Society. 'l'he diately overwhelmed with matter, so it will Berlin, which is the most important city of space usually occupied by the stage of the be wiser to pass rapidly by them to WittenE~rope just now. The year from its very opera was converted into a splendid bower berg w.:.h, ere we shall complete our Lutheran beginning has been crowded with remark- and garden of tropical and other plants, frnm pilgrimages for the present. At Gotha we able events. the center of which rose the giant bust of visited the fine picture gallery and enjoyed the famous Humboldt, who wa5 in his life- for a time watching the skaters at their A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHICAL SO• time a member of this Society. On the sp9rt, a most picturesque winter scene. At CIETY OF BERLIN, sides of the stage were paintings of natives E1furt, where Luther s.tudied for a time This may essentially be called a "geo- of different countries. The effect of these and where he entered the Augustinian congraphical" epoch. The old spirit ,vhich various devices and the brilliant coloring of vent, all relics of the reform " were destroyed animated the adventurous hearts of the the flags was at once unique and beautiful. by fire" in 1872. \Ve spent a Sabbath Spanish and Portuguese se~ms to have At the plate of each guest, in addition to the quietly in Weimar, formerly the Athens of awakened in these later days in many other menu,, was a picture most cleverly and artist- Germany, famous as being the home of so nations. And never was there a time when ically conceived and executed, in which. "Geo- many illustrious literary men, foremost the discoverer was crowned with prouder graphy," under the guise of a majestic female among whom stand Goethe and Schiller. laurels than in our day. Stanley, the hero figure, stood with lighted torch. At her feet At another time I hope to send a descripof Africa, is the " lion" of the hour. And and -side were grouped a motley throng of tion of this still most interesting city and well does he deserve the hearty welcome eminent members of the Society, scholars, hence merely allude to it in passing. Leipwhich has been extended to him since his travelers, etc., in costumes of various lands sic was the next city which claimed our atreturn from his last triumphant efforts in and surrounded by suggestions of torrid and tention, the seat of one of the largest univerthe heart of Africa, a continent which seems arctic climes. The place of each guest was sities of Germany, which numbers on its at last reluctantly to be giving up the designated by a ·card bearing hi& name and catalogue some three thousand students, a secrets which she has for centuries been so being in itself a_ pleasant little picture. I city also which is extremely interesting in loath .to yield. Here in Berlin of late there remember that mine represented some connection with the history of German inde • • / • THE pendence at different times, especially in this century in the time of Napoleon. Not far distant from Leipsic is Halle, another umversity town. WITTENBERG, THE HOME OF LUTHER AND ME· LANCTHON. On our route to Berlin, we passed directly through Wittenberg. But during this month I have had the pleasure of visiting somewhat more at my leisure the scenes associated with the life-work of Luther and his helper, assistant and friend .Melancthon. I have before this told you of Worms, the scene of one of the greatest triumphs of the Reformation at the ''Diet" there held; we have together visited the Wartburg, where the castle served as hiding place, till the storm was past for the Reformer, and we alluded to Eisenach and Erfurt, which will ever be connected in history with the name of Martin Luther. It was however in Wittenberg- that the most important working years of his life were spent, here too he is buried. My time does not permit me to paint or you Wittenberg as I would. I do not mean the Wittenberg of to-day, a quiet, unimportant town, but that Wittenberg which once was here, and which with the reminders of olden days on every hand, it is not difficult for the imagination to re-create. Here, as you may remember, one of the Electors of Saxony had founded a U niversity which became one of the most celebrated of that time. Here Luther came as Professor of Philosophy. Our Hotel was situated on the old market place, one of the principal gathering points of modern Wittenberg. ln the center of the square are placed two monuments, one to Luther and one to Melancthon, his fellow laborer. Here rises also the old "Rath-Haus" which is still used by the government. Among its treasures is a great sword used by that great Swedish defender of Protestantism, Gustavus Adolphus. In that corner-house looking into the market lived Lucas Cran<1ch, one of the early German painters, whose portraits of bis friend Luther are most interesting. Following the quiet streets to the old townchllrch, with its lofty tower and ancient carvings and inscriptions, we find ourselves where Luther preached so long ago. The interior has been renewed, but it was in this edifice that in 1522 the holy communion was administered in both kinds. StiL more interesting is the castle-church at the other end of the town. The old doors, to which Luther nailed the " Theses " which were the watch-words of Protestantism were destroyed by fire in 1760. In their place now stand massive " metal doors" inscribed with the" Theses" in Latin. Nothing could be simpler than the last resting place of the two reformers who are buried within the church. ln about the centre of the church are placed 1wo wooden coverings, which being lifted, one sees beneath the metal plates, bearing the names of these great and good men, who are buried beneath. The Church contains other reminders of the glorious days of Germany, but nothing more interesting than that to which 1 have jui-it alluded. The old Electoral P'llace lies just beyond, but is now in a partially ruined condition. The long " Collegien Strasse," the princi- ~"'RIEND, AUGUST, 1878. GS pal street of Wittenberg leads. from this fixion, I think, fashioned bv Frau Luther, church to the farther end of the town, p:1st an accomplishment learned p~obably in those many of the most interesting points in the old convent days when she lived as a nun at town. An amusing tradition has designa- Nimbsche~, little dreaming of the joys which ted one of the houses situated upon it as the were in store for her loving heart, and that "Hamlet .House." which would probably instead of embroidering altar-cloths her have much diverted Shakespeare, who Ith ink fingers would be busy fashioning garments makes his melancholy hero study at Wit- for her own little ones in her great husband's tenberg. "Melanctlwn's House" now be- home. ln this old building, too, is the longs to the government, but is still shown. lecture-room where Luther spoke many of I found the old garden especially interesting, those words which Richter has said were of with its trees and shrubs 3ust budding into themselves "half-battles," so great with sprmg freshness. At one side is an old meaning were they. Here is a portrait by stone-table dating from the days when good Cranach, of him and others whose names Dr. Martin Luther and Dr. P,h illip Melanc- have now become so Wfi'll known through thon may have sat and supped here beueath the part they once had in the work of the the shadow of the old evergreen which looks Reformation. Below is the garden, changed as if it had weathered the storms of many many, many times since Luther !sathered years. In the rear of the garden is a gate his friends about him here and drew such now closed to the world, where we are told countless lessons from the leaves and flowers Melancthon used to pass when he would vis- and buds. And yet after all the same, as it ~is_ friend Luther who lived in thf' old the same beauty which he saw is still with bmldmg, whose roof we can see over the us, standing under the clear blue of the garden wall. The_ little room is shown · heavens and amidst the glorious promise of where Melancthon lived and wrote and died. the cqming summer. I would fain tarry His table faced the north and above the longer here in the midst of th.e reminders of spot where it stood is an inscription to that those happy, peaceful days which came effect. There m the corner was where he with such beauty to Luther in the later di€d, this gentlest and sweetest s~irit of the yea_rs of. his life! it seems li_ke the calm yet Reformation. The beauty of an ineffable r~drnnt light which comes with the sunset at peace seems to have rested on his face after nmes after a day of storm. dea_th, as we may judge from the picture We pass where the old Elsterthor or gate which Cranach has left us, taken after death. of the city once stood, and through which, I The long Infantry Barracks in the near think, they brought the body of the Reneighborhood were once the seat of the Uni- former, who had died in the town where he versity which acquired such a celebrity and was born, Eisleben, to be buried in Wittenwhere gathered students from all parts. berg, honored by a nation. In the little inStill one more spot claims us, to me the closure beyond is "an oak surrounded by a pleasantest of the scenes where we may small garden which i:::i said to mark the spot think of Luther,-his home. Fierce as were where Luther publicly burned the Papal tbe early spiritual struggles of the student Bull the 10th of De_cember, 1520." And and mbnk; hard and trying as were the here we must end our pilgrimages for the l~er contests upon which the leader of Prot- present. We are in the midst of a country estantism was called to ~nter, there were which constantly recalls his name. We are also joys in his inner family life which were just leaving the city where he so long sources of untold happiness a~d inspiration to labored. Not far away is Eisleben, where him. His borne as Professor and as head he lived and died. Still nearer is Torgau, of the new movement, which was thrillincr where his true wife Catherine is buried. all Germany to its inmost heart, was a pa11 We are in Germany, which owes more of the old Augustinian Monastery, where to Martin Luther than to any other man, Luther had once lived as "Brother Augus- whose truest treasure is the legacy which he tine," and where he afterwards brought his has left of his name and work. In closing, good· wife Catharine von Bora, and where his permit me to give the eloquent words in children's voices and innocent laughter which a great man of our day, Thomas Carechoed through the cloisters where the lyle, has expressed his admiration of this monks and penitents of old had once "told greatest of German heroes: their beads." The large building in the front " I will call this Luther a trne great man; is now used as a Theological Seminary. In the rear of this is a court surrounded bv an- great in intellect, in courage, affection and cient buildings and an ivy covered wall~ and integrity; one of our most lovable and prejust beyond this, the Luther house. At the cious men. Great, not as a hewn obelisk; entrance are two stone seats, with little can- but as an Alpine mountain-so simple, honopies of stone where we may fancy the good est, spontaneous, not setting up to be great Doctor with the helpful, cheery Frau Luther at all; there for quite another purpose than often sat in the summer twilights when the being great! Ah yes, unsubduable ~ranite, day's work was done and thought of the bet- piercing far and wide into the heavens; yet ter day that had dawned on Germany and in the clefts of it fountains, green beautiful which they were permitted to see. Above valleys with flowers ! A right spiritual hero is the family room, with its antique stove and prophet; once more, a true son of nature· and table. The windows are composed of and fact, for whom these centuries, and bits of circular glass set in frames of metal many that are to come yet, will be thankful or lead, quaint and picturesque in their ef- to heaven." F. DAMON. fect. Beyond are other rooms, with other relics; here a beer-glass of Luther, who was a real Teuton in his liking of beer. and here Hawaiian Legation, 39 Behren Strasse, I notice something in needle work, a cruciBerlin, June 20, 1878. w. • THE FRIEND, !UGUST~ 1878. 64 THE FRIEND. AUG UST 1, 1878. RESTORATION DAY.- Yesterday, July 31st, was the anniversary of the restoration of the Hawaiian flag by Admiral Thomas in 1843. The recognition of this day, by observing it as a national holiday, bas bE>en allowed to pass into oblivion during the last few years. We believe the last observance was in 1865. It was thought, from various reasons, that the day was "more honor'd in the breach than the observance." Among those reasons, it was supposed by some of our English residents that it cast a certain reflection upon the British Government which might as well be annually dispensed with. That, however, depended very much upon the manner the transaction was " put;" as the Country Parson says, much depends upon the way a thing is "put." Now, as we think the restoration of the Hawaiian flag might and should be •' put," it was really one of the most honorable transactions on the part of the British Governm'ent, as carried out by Admiral Thomas, after whom the square on the Plains is named. Lord Paulet had, in the most unauthorised rnannPr, taken away the Hawaiian flag, and for the time being the sovereignty of the K:ingdom was ceded to England. When, however, Rear-Admiral Thomas arrived here from Valparaiso, and learned the state of affairs, in the most speedy and honorable manner he restored the flag to Kamehameha 111, as His .Majesty felt assured would be done, when he gave utterance to that sentiment which has become Hawaii's national motto, •' By righteousness the life of the land is preserved." '' AnvERTISER's'' EuR.oPEAN CoRRESPOND• ENT.-ln the last issue of our neighbor, the Aclvertisei·, we find an interesting letter, dated London, June 10th. The writer certainly is successful in gatheriug many items of interest relating to the Hawaiian Islands. We learn the correspondent to be Frank Birgham, Esq.,who visited our Islands two or three years since, and attributes hi~ cure of consumption to a residence at Kana, Hawaii. He is now a resident of Wiesbaden, Germany. We copy as follows : The Times, of May 25th, has the following: "The Sandwich Isla,nds.-Messrs. Ransome & Rapier have received ?.n order for the full equipment of a railway for the Sandwich Islands, as a beginning of railway work there.'' * * Mrs. Ilrassey has just published " A Voyage in the Sunbeam:" with many illustrations, some of them of Hawaiian scenes, the volcanoes, &c. The number ot the Leipzig Itlust1·ated JYews of April 27 contained well-executed portraits of King Kalakaua, his two sisters and the Queen. The July numbet· of Petermann's Geographical Magazine will publish an excellent map of the leeward group of Kauai, Niihau, Lehua and Kaula, accompanied by a descriptive article by your correspondent. The last Hambu rg Geo.rp·aphical .Monthly contains a graphic description of Kilauea by Dr. Max Buchner, who visited Hawaii in 1876. A recent number of the French magazine Le (/lobe brought ANDREWS' DrcTIONARY, ENLARGED.-Beout an article on " The Volcanoes of the fore the death of Judge Andrews, we recolSandwich Islands," by L. H. de L. A professorship of English ·Language and Litera- lect to have heard him remark that be was ture will be founded next year at the flour- continually discovering new words in the ishing young University of Otago, N. Z." Hawaiian language which he had not embodied in his Dictionary, although he had LoRD BEACONSFIELD.-Mr. Gladstone, in recorded some 16,000 or 17,000 ! We are a recent speech at Oxford, said : "When glad to learn that this work has now been taken up by Rev. L. Lyons! of Waimea, acyou speak of the Government you mean knowledged the best Hawaiian scholar livLord Beaconsfield. (Cheers and laughter.] ing. His success in Hawaiian hymnology There are many men in the Government is something quite remarkable, as he comwh·o will compare very honorably with Lord poses hymns with the ease and facilitv of Beaconsfield in many respects, but there is Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts in English. We trust Mr. Lyons' life may be not one man in the Government that has a spared to complete his additions to the Dictenth part of the tenacity of will and the 'pa- tionary, which we understand are quite extient purpo<.;e which belongs to Lord Beacons- tensive and critical. Surely no one living is field." These remarks of Gladstone are more capable of carrying forward this work. 1 highly honorable, as coming from Lord Beaconsfield's political opponent. As events have recently trant-pired at the Berlin Congress, these remarks of Gladstone are freighted with increasing importance and sign ifica nee. U \f\Te are glad to welcome Mr. Hyde, President of the Bank in Ware, Mass. He com-es from a circle of friends and region of country deeply interested in the welfare and people of the Hawaiian Islands. U WE are requested to give notice that the Children's M.i::isionary Society will hold its next monthly meeting Saturday evening! August 3d, 7~ p. m., at the residence of E. C. Damon, on the Plain. Information Wanted Respecting J.\IIr. CHARLES BROWN, a native of England, but sailing in American whalina vessels. In 1862 be was blacksmith on board the" General Williams," at Honolulu. He is about 65 years of 11ge. He is reported ns working on some of tlle plantations on Maui. :\fary A. Smith thus writes from Newburyport.Mass., ,Tune4,1878: " Please befriend ln"' by finding him. and aclclre11s your lette1·, 15, First Street, Newburyport, Mass." A letter for him will be found at Sailors' Home, Honolulu. KAMEHAMEHA 1.-The memory of this veteran old Warrior King-who has been sty led the Napoleon of the Pacific-. is to be kept fresh by a statue, for the erection of which the Legislature bas appropriated $5,000. Although our sporting gentlemen honor his memory by observing the 11th of June as a holiday devoted to racing at Kapiiolani Park, yet we hardly think an equestrian statue would become his sans-culotte Majesty so much as a seat in a war canoe. FoRNANDER's 2n VoLUME.-We understand that Mr. Fornander is now engaged upon the· preparation of the second volume of his work on the Migrations of the Polynesian Race. It ic exceedingly gratifying that in our Island <'ornmunity we have men like Professor Alexander, Rev. Mr. Lyons, Mr. FornandPr, Mr. Bailey and others, who are turning their attention to literary, linguistic and scientific pursuits. REV. W. FREAR.-Letters from the pastor of Fort Street Church have been received, announcing bis departure East from San Francisco, with health much improveci-:' U IT is a notable fact that most of the recent advances in practical electricity have been effected in America. It is to the United States that we are :i'ndebted, for example,for the introduction, if not for the original invention, of the quadruplex telegraphy and of telephony. The new method of transmitting and magnifying sounds by means of electricity is due to Professor D. E. Hughes, of London, the inventor of the well-known typeprinting telegraph, who is, however, an American citizen long settled in this rountry.-J.1/1e Nineteeutli, Oentw·g, London, June, 1878. Semi-Centenary of the American Seamen's Friend Society. The American Seamen's Friend Society celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the Broadway Tabernacle, on Monday last. The following account of its organization, in 1828, is taken from the Annual report: •' In the month of September, 1825, a communication appeared in the Mariners' Magazine, signed by one hundred and fourteen masters and mates of vessels, expressing a deep interest in the promotion of morality and r~ligion among seamen, and a hope that the project of a National Society, on the principles of the other general institu6ons of benevolE'nce in this country would be carried into effect. The plan having also been recommended by others in various parts of the country, a public meeting was held October 25th. to take action in the premises. "The committee reported at a meeting held 11th January, 1826, but from various causes the projeet was allowed to rest, until Monday, May 5th, 1828, when the American Seamen's Friend Society was organized, with the Hon. Smith Thompson, one of New Y ark's noblest citizens, then holding the high position of Secretary of the Navy, for its President; Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine, D. D., afterwards Bishop of Ohio, for its Corresponding Secretary, and the Rev. Dr. Joshua Leavitt for its General Agent." The records of divine grace in connection 'l'HE I1'RIEND, AUGUST, I 8 7 8. Ga !UAJ_{JN n .JOURNAL. with the work of this Society in behalf of nished to shipwrecked and destitute seamen. 111 \I the men of the sea having been so remark- Many also have found at the Home, not ~VJ_ able, it was deemed by' the officers and only physical comfort, but the forgiveness PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. friends of the Society incumbent on them to of sin, and spiri tual life and peace. A buildmake recognition of God's blessing upon its ing of enlarged capacity aud with increased ARRIVALS. labors by a special celebration of this anni- facilities for carrying out the object of a 29-Am llk W H Almy, J!'reeman, 13 days from San Home is greatly needed, and is June Sailors' versary. Accordingly a number of gentlelfrancisco, men who have been interested in the work hopt·d for as a suitable commemoration of July 1-Am l.lk J,mny Pitts, Ea.ans, 26 days from Port Gamble. were, some time since, invited to prepare our Semi-Centenary . 8-P M 8 S Zcalandi:L, Chevalier, 18 days from Sydney The Society has published during the :wid Auckland. papers on the history and the various aspects IO-Norwegian ~hip Ariel, Niel1rnn, 13 days from San of the cause. The morning and afternoon past year, 80,000 copies of the Sailors' Francisco. 11-Am bgtni: Hesperian, Windiog, 54 days fm Newof Monday were devoted to the reading and 111agazine, and for gratuitous distribution castle discussion of these papers, which were pre- among seamen, in all, 40,000 copies of the 12-Am wh 1.Jk Abram Barker, Smith, from Talcahuano, with 100 bbls sperm oil. pared with great care, and which elicited Seamen's .Friend, and over 300,000 copies 15-P 1\1 S S City of New York, (.;obb, 7 days q- 6 great interest. The variety and importance of the Life Boat, for the use of Sabbath hour11 from San Francisco. 15-Am bk Arkwri~ht, Sears, from Newcastle of the topics discussed may be gathered from schools throughout the land. 18-Am schr ,Joseph Woolley, Ilrig:?8, fm Guano b In the year ending April 1, 1878, the re• 18-Am ship Brnlendi, Bcyd, 100 days fro111 J,ondon the followiug catalogue of the papers: 1 ·The 23-P MS S Wilmington, Fuller, ll tlys fro~ Francisco. Origin and History of the American ::,ea- ceipts of the Society into its Treasury from 24-Am bk Edward .I awes, O'Brien, 17 days fm Tahiti. all sources (including a small previous bamen's Friend Society," by Rev. S. H. Hall, DEPARTURES. U. D.; "The Great Change in Public Senti- lance) have been $85,520.97. Expenditures, ment in regard- to the Co1wersion of Sea- $84,997.91. The local Societies_, anxiliary June 30-Aro bktne Discovery, Winding. for Sa.n Francisco men," by Hev. Chi1 rles J. Jones; "The to this, have in the same time, raised for the July 1-Am bk Christine, for San Francisco. Seamen's Cause, $9:541.23. 6-Hawf;i,~~d~glne Stormbird, Johnson, for South Sea. Hecent Remarkable Revival of God's ·work A sem. entenni 1 h mn wr· tt n r th 6-Am bk .J enny Pitts, Evans, for Port Gamble 1 Among Seamen," by Rev. J. Spaulding, l·C a Y , e o e 9-P MS S Zeala.ndia, Cheva 1ier, for s,,n lfranciisco 12-Ha.w bk Kalakaua, Tr~sk, for San Jf'rancisco D. D.; " Christian Characteristics of Sea- occasion by Rev. Edward Hopper, D. D., 13-Brit hk Madura, Stanton, for .larvie Island 13-Am wh Aleram R:trker. Smith, for the Arctic men," by Rev. Edward Hopper, D. D.; pas tor Of t h e Ch Urc h O f t he Sea an d L an d 1 was sung, and the chairman, after reading a 16-P MS S City of New York, Cobb, for S.vdnev " J:Iarmonious Co-operation of all National 21-Am brg Hespeli>1n, Winding. for Puget Sound. 23-Am hktne J AFalkenberg, Hubhard, fr Portland, 0 and Local institutions in Behalf of Sea- te Iegram fram H On. R • W • Th ompson, S ec• retary of the Navy, stating that he was de24-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, for San Francisco. men," by Rev. J. E. Rockwell, D. D.; MEMORANDA. "Ships' Libraries," by J. S. Pearson, Esq.; tained at Washington by pressing public REPORT oF AM Btc EDwAnD JA~1Es, O'BRrnN, MAsTER.'' Relations of the Wark for Seamen in the duties, called on Rev. Mr. Jones, agent of from Honolulu May 11. On the fourth day out, l\Ir W Pacific to the Evangelization of China," by the Western Seamen's Society, to address Sailed Motfit, owner of the vessel dieil . Preserved the body. Arthe meeting. riveti at Tahiti on the 9th of .June, 23 days passage. SailPd Rev. S. C. Damon, D. D.; '' Relations of the A com1)any of twenty-four sailor lads for B~labola on the ~01h, arriv_ing there on _the following da y. Work to other Forms of Evangelical Effort," ' I 'fook m cargo and sailed f.n· this port, reachrng here on the 23tl by Hev. J . P. Warren, D. D.; "Encourage- from the U. S. steamer .lYlinnesota, here filed r July, atter a passageofli days. REPORT oF PM s s ZruLANDIA, CHEVALIER, co~1MANments to Prayer for Seamen," by Rev. E. in upon the stage and sang a gospel song, DER.-June 20th at 3 pm, left anchorage in Sydney llarbor; that was received with great and well-merit- 4 pm discharged pilot; strong SW gale, experienced for two N. Sawtell, D. D. t f th d · days; reaC'hed Auckland ou the 24th ot 10 38 pro, and left on h · th At the Anniversary in the evening the e d en t usrnsm on e par O · e au ience. the 25th at 4.45 pm. For the first forty-eight hours. strong The Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby was then inSW winds, experienced afterwards E winds and squally chair was taken by the President, Richard 'd M I weather up to ,luly 2d; thence mod@rnte anrl fine to Honolulu, d d d tro uce , an sa1 : " any years ago was sighted west point. 9 am. July 8, received pilot on board Ht P. Buck, Esq. After the devotional exerin a wreck on the Atlanti:::. The night was 1.02 And made fast to wharf al 1.30 pm . .lune 26th, at 8.46 cises an abstract of the Annual Report, as pm, pasised and signr.lled the P M S 8 Australia, bound for • h Id follows, was read by the Secretary, Samuel d ar k an d stormy, an d t he captain e out Auckland, lat 20° 28' s, Jong 1730 27' w. no hope of our reaching land. My mother R J\lcDoNALD, Purser. H. Hall, D. D.: led me into tbe cabin and read to me the DE:n.-Lefr REPonT oF PM s s CrTY oF8,NE w12YoRK, conn, CoMMAN13an Francisco ,July at 111 , di~chii1·ged pilot olf "During the past year, 4S missionaries, 107th Psalm. She put her hand on my Head s, ~t 1.28 pm, have experienced fine weather w11h NE colporteurs, &c., have been employed at va- head, and said, , Howard, never fear,· the wind~. arrived at Honolulu .July 15, at 9 pm, made the passage in 7 days, 6 hours and 28 minutes. rious ports in different parts of the world. God who inspired that psalm is with us now They have preached the gospel in Bethels in this cabin.' The memory of that night, PASSEl\'GE~RS. 1"tto~1 SvDNEv-Per Zeahrntlia, July 8-.T S Harden, CS and on ship-board, ba ve visited sailors in the and-my mother's taith, have been an inspir'.\1ayne, C R Smi,h. Mrs Smith, Mr HO!lgson, W H Mackenzie, forecastle, hospitals, and elsewhere, circulat- ation to me ever since." JR Smart. ing the Scriptures, &c., and in every way oM 8.A.N FRANCISCO-Per City of New York, July ] 5 Bishop Fellowes, of tl-.e Heformed Epi~l~o- MrsJf'nVV B Godfrey, Jas Woorlhea<l, Wm Hy1Je &; <laugh1cr, have befriended them. pal Church, dwelt forcibly on sailors as in- Mi8s Sage. P J\Jclnern:v & wife, A I lerzog, 8 Ilart, W A Bowen. Miss A Boyce & maid, W H Bailey, AW l'eirce, Mr:; During tbe yenr, 883 ships' libraries have struments of mission work, affirming that E .B Durfee, Dr F Hiller. been sent out on ve8sels carrying 11,521 when they are th us employed, and not till fnoM LONDON-Per Ben Ledi, .Jul:, 18-.J Holdsworth. men: making the total number of new libra• then, will the isles of the sea be given to FnoM BAKEn':i Is-Per Jos Woole.v. July 18-H T Reyries sent out since the work was inaugurat- Christ and the uttermost parts of the earth nolds. A (.;avasso, ,I ~milh, a1J d ll n;,tive laborers . . }'no~t ~An FRANCISCO-Per S S Wilminll lOn-. July 23-R t v ed, twenty years ago, 6,2f)2; con aining at for his possession. & l\lrs W L .Jones, Mi ~~ V 1<: ,Jone~. Mr W F .Jones, Mr F 8 least ~22,6-14 volumes, and accessible, by Hon. Stewart L . Woodford, E~q., u. s. r;~~jt~l~:~·~0 oh;~s~~i?~~i:~~~l~II .l\lctcalfe, Mr Ge6 .fl Barber, 5,175 reshipments, to 245,9S!1 men. The District Attorney, fol lowed in an earnest Fo1t PoRTLAND-Per .J A Falkinhc1g, ., uly 23-H o Buckwhole number of libraries shipped in the U. plea for enlarged effort in behalf of the l~n. c Dert;i.y. H e WOU Id give, · he Sal( · l 1 t WO prac t'I· sel,Fno.r.t TAH1.T1.-PerJ M Edward JulyHorn 2!-Capt J RusS. Navy is 886, accessible to 100,548 men. SUl·1 Or. , G Houghtailing. cOar~hy,James, Ilerrnann . The number of hopeful convers ions at sea, cal thoughts: first, that to make sailors previously reported (more than a thousand,) missionaries of the gospel was to follow tb.e MARR.JED. in connection with tbis single agency, has example of Christ, who chose hi~ first workAssEE-WAHE-In this city, August 1st, by Rev. s. c. ers not from the schools of the Rabbis, but ~~:~~~;1! _ssEE (Chinese), to WArrE (Hawaiian), both of of late been largely increased. The Sailors' Horne, 190 Cherry Street, from the ranks of fishermen and sa 1lors ; the DIED. latterly so managed as to return us some- second thought wa s that Chri st reached the H.1.cK~'ELD-ln Bremen, Germ11.ny, l\hy 27, 18i8, Mr ,JOHN thing for charitable purposes, h11 s during the common manhood in men by using common HACKFELD , lormerly a ret1id~nt of Honolulu, aged {i6 years. pa st year accommodated 1,787 boarders. men-workingm en who appreciated the dig1\IOPl' ET-On board the bark Erlwanl James, Lat 12:52 N, Long. 156:41 W, Mr. WALT.ER MOF~'i;;T, a native of EnglAnd , These men temporarily depos ited with the nity of labor, men wh o s uffered and appre- for ma.ny years a resideut in the Unitt'.'d States, and lately of Superintendent, $ 17,107, of which amount, ciated the sufferings of tbe masses to whom Portland, Oregon, where he leaves a. family. Aged 48 years. DUNC AN-In this city, July 26, of consumption , JAl\IE $7,'725 were sent to relatives and friends, they belonged. DOVER DUNCAN, Foreman of the ADVEUTISER printing After the adoption of a series of resolu$1,935 were placed to their credit in the oflke, aged 33 ycn1•g and five months, n native of llouo, lulu. '.l'he fnnernl will tn.ke place to-morrow (Sund ny1 Savings Banks, and th e balance returned to tions, th~ meeting closed with the singing of afternoon, frorn the Cntholic Church, at half-pnst ;} · the deposit01s. The whole number of board- another hymn written for the occasion by o'clock. W !LLIAl\!sIn Honolulu, July 30th. J1mEilUAH WIL, ers sinc e the Horne was established, in 1842, Rev. John Spaulding, D. D. L IAMS , aged -15 years; native of Salem, M:.u;s, He has re. sided on the islands about one year. i:s 93,195. R elief ha8 frequently been fur- -New York Observe·r, May 9, 1878. FRIEND, AUGUST, 'l'DE 66 Letter from Micronesia. EBoN, April 12th, 1878. BROTHER DAMoN:-I embrace the present opportunity which is tolerably direct. . San Francisco is for the first time our P. 0. The ".Maggie Johnston" schooner was in this group last November and in January, but did not come to Ebon. The "Jehn Bright" schooner is now at anchor here and soon to sail for San Francisco. From the former I was able to get some fresh supplies, as also the " Morning Star" was able to get sufficient supplies to go on lVith her western trip. There seems to be considerable stirring in regard to the copra trade and there are a great many new vessels sailing about in search of the <lried cocoanut. We infer that this meanS' a greater demand for the article in civilized countries. The price has advanced here to more than double what it was when I came here in 1871. Our people have become awakened to the evils of drunkenness and have taken active measures for the prohibition of the traffic or manufacture of the poison. The following are the Laws referred to in the foregoing letter: A LAW Forbidding the Sale or Drinking of Intoxicating Liquor on the Island of Ebon. WE the people of Ebon seeing that intoxicating liquor tends to weaken and distress people, and to destroy their property, and that we may protect ourselves from this curse we do make and proclaim : 1. It is unlawful for any person on this island to be drunken or to drink any kind of intoxicating liquor. . . 2. It is unlawful for any person on th1s island to make, to buy, or sell, or give away any kind of intoxicating liquor to a~y nati~e of these islands or the Islands of Micronesia living on Ebon. :3. Those who do not obey these laws, (whether chief or common native) shall be held guilty, and shall pay a fine of not less than ten dollar::;, ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) as the chief judgjog shall say. . . 4. Alr foreigners who come to this island, Ebon, are hereby notified of these ]awe and that tbey are not to break them. H a trader on Ebon, or a foreigner on any vessel, or captain and ship's company on any for. eign vessel fr?m what~ver ~ou?try, ~hall sell or give any krnd of rntox1catrng liquor to any of the natives of the lslands of Micronesia living on Ebon, they shall be he]d guilty and shall pay a fine of two hundred dollars ($200 00) for every time they sell it or give it away. Made and proclaimed this twenty-eighth day of February, in the yea~ one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, at Rube, Ebon. KAIBOKE, [Signed] · LEJEBRm. [SignedJ [Signed] LornuJ, I enclose·a copy of this law and also a 1878. copy of a temperance hymn which we printed last summer. Of our own work I can not say much. School is in session, and we have quite an intelligent number of young men in the work .of getting an education. Some of the younger boys are much more rapid learners than the older ones. There is no special religious interest among us, but there has been a manifest growth on the part of many of our Christians. Quite a number of our church members have been set aside from church fellowship during the year past. Our mission band are in usual health. Thanks for the FRIEND which reached us Jan. 18th per "Lotus" yatht of Capelle & Co. The'" Norman" calling at Jaluij only about New Years. Truly yours, J. F.'WHITNEY. Judge Caton's and Chaplain Rose's Letters. We would acknowledge copies of the "Prairie Farmer" and the "Chicago Medical Journal & Examiner," containing letters by Judge Caton and written while at the Islands. It is gratifying to find a new class of correspondents, writing from the Islands and about the inhabitants. We hope the age of "carpers," " growler~," 11 cynics " and " cavillers" has come to an end. What we desire is fair and honest observers. For them there is plenty of room:-In a late number of the '' Naticnal Baptist," published in Philadelphia, we find a most sensible letter from the pen of Chaplain Hose, of the U. ;3. S. 11 Pensacola," whose visit will be remembered and whose sermons in the "Bethel " and 1 ' F ort street" churches will not be forgotten. He writes as follows : - the islands was mostly confined to Cook's voyages and the death of the great navigator! ! We are glad to see Judge Caton's letters republished in the " Gazette." Our limited space ~ill not allow us to copy them. Hampton Normal School. General Armstrong, Principal of this Institution, concludes a Report, occupying eight columns, in " Southern Workman", with the following paragraph:· "The plan of the Hampton School was suggested by the educational system of the Sandwich Islands, introduced by American missionaries and built up chiefly by the labors of the Rev. Richard Armstrong, D. D., Minister of Public Instruction. The twenty years' personal observation . of the Principal, and of the Treasurer, Gen. J. F. B. Marshall, of the civilizing work in that country has been an important element in the direction and result of the efforts at this institution.'' It is surely something of an honor that an effort to educate Hawaiians, should rve suggested the founding and establishment of the most successful institute in the United States, for educating the colored race. We find the foliowing note in Harper's Weekly, July 13th : " The good work which General Armstrong has been carrying forward in the education of freedmen at Hampton, Virginia, still prospers. During the past school year 332 pupils have been in attendance. The graduating class numbered fifty-seven. In the year the students earned by their own labor on the farm and in shop $12,236. The printing-office shows a cash balance of $326. The farm has all the necessary appurtenances -stables, a large barn, smith-shop, etc. The young men are taught the lesson_s of i~dustry and self-reliance. The lnstJtute 1s under the care of the American Missionary Association, but owes its prosperity largely to the enthusiasm and tact of General Armstrono-, the principal. His manliness and his entir: self-abnegation have won for him the esteem of the people of East Virginia, and as a consequence " Hampton " is popular in all the surrounding region." " A century is a short period in the world's history, but it embraces all of importance that is known of these Islands. lVlany a volu·me has been devoted to the elucidation of their history and their problem:-i, and yet there are few places upon the globe A scH00LMASTER, who bad an inveterate of which. the mass of Christian people are habit of talking to himself, was asked what more absolutely ignorant, than of these very motive he could have in so doing. He revolcanic isles." pherl that he bad two good an<l substantial reasons. In the first place he liked to talk Judge Caton an<l Chaplain Rose have to a sensible man ; in the next place he liked adopted a very good tnethod for enlightening to hear a sensible man talk. the benighted people of the United States, MR. BRET HARTE, the author, who has and as the people of the mother country are still more benighted, we hope, more candid been an applicant for office under the pre~ent Administration, has at last been promised correspondents will write for the English the commercial agency at Crefeld,Germany, papers. We had a call from an English which pa}S about $3!000 a ~ea_r. He was a passenger some weeks sinre, passing around candidate for the Chrnese m1ss10n. the world from England, by the way of A NOVEL feature of the Yale Law School Australia. He was a gentleman of refinegraduation was a Master's oration by a Jament and intelligence, but candidly conpanese student on "The J~pa~ese as comfessed, that he was astonished to find a re- pared with the Ro~an_ F,amily, by K~zou spectable, intelligent and orderly community Miura, LL. B., of fok10, Japan. Mr. Mrnra in Honolulu, for hitherto bis knowledge of is a graduatE: of Columbia College. I I 8 7 8. '1' H E fi' R I E N D ,. A V G U S T , Places of Worship. ADVERTISEMENTS. I 67 HOME! SAILORS' SEAMEN'S BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, DRS, T, P, & C. L, TISDALE, King i,treet, near the Sailors; Home. Preaching OMEOPATHISTS. OFFICE AND RES• at 11 A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the !DENCE Beretania Street, betweeu Fort Street Church morning service. Prayer meeting on W ~dnesday and Queen Emma's. evenings at 7½o'clock. ID" One of the Doctors may be found in the office at all times. i>rofessional calls will receive prompt attention both night FoRT STREET CHURCH--Rev. W. Frea,r, Pastor, mh30 corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching and day. on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Sabbath L. HANCHETTE, School at 10 A. 1,r. • Piauo•fi..,orte Tuner & Repairer, (For many years connected with Chickering & Sons .J KAWAIAHAO CHURCH--Rev. I-I. H. Parker, Pastor, It]" Orders left ll.t the Sailors' Home or Whitney .ii; Robtirtson's King street, above the Palace. Services in HaBookstore. waiian every Sunday at 91 A. M. and 3 r. M. ROMAN CATHOLIC CauRCH--U • der the charge of M. DAVIDSON, Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret. assisted by Rev. Father ·A Uo1•11ey at Law. Hermann ; Fort street. neat· Bereta• ia. Services every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. <Jffice over Mr. Whitney's Book-store, formerly occupied by de-1876 KAUMAIUPILI CHURCH--Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor, Judge Austin. Honolulu, H. I. · Beretania street, near Nuuanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 21 P. M. G. IRWIN & CO.• THE ANGLICAN CHURCH--Bishop. the Rt. Rev. Al· Oommission Merchants, Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, $6 fred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dnnn, M.A., Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. Seamen's do. do. do. 5 Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary Cathedral, Beretauia street, opposite the Hotel. Shower Baths on the Premises. LEWERS &, DICKSON, English services on Sundays at 61 and 11 A. M., and 2½ and 71 P. M. Sunday School at the Clergy ED. DUNSCOllIBE. Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, House at 10 A. M. Honlulu, January 1, 1875. Manager. II J J• -w-. Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. NSTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. E. DILLINGHAM & 00., C. GOODSFORTRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other House in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. CASTLE & COOKE~ D •, Physician and Surgeon, HIPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! BREW .E R & co •• -A.GENTS OF- Commission and Shipping Merchants, Goods Suitab1e for Trade. E. 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Pure religion and imdefiled befo1·e God, the Father, is this: To visit the Jatherless and widows in their ajJ-Uction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world. Edited by a CommittBB of tlrn Y. M. C. A. U THE following hymn was composed by T. C. MacDowell, Esq., editor of the Hawaiian Gazette. It was originally printed, with appropriate music, by H. C. Orth, and published in Philadelphia. The publication was dedicated to Messrs . Moody and Sankey, and repeateply sung by them in their Revival meetings : CLING TO 'l'HE CROSS, SINNER. Cling to the cross, sinner, cling to the c1·oss, It must be a benefit,-can't be a loss While Jesus, your Captain, whose voice still'd the wave, Is ready and willing the sinner to save. 'Tis Jesus invites you to come and be clean, To wash in his blood,-a sweet Lethean stream, Iu which all who wash are fully set free ; 0, come to the fountain; 'tis open for thee. Bring all your burdens, no matter how great ; Come now, he invites you, 'tis fatal to wait; The season may pass, and the night with its gloom May crush your last hope in the pitiless tomb. This earth, with its treasures, can never suffice The souls of immortals ; then pause and be wise, While angels are singing sweet anthems of praise In coronal chant to the Ancient of Days . " Immanuel-God with us,"-ever the same, A life-giving Saviour,-how precious the name To those who in faith can look upward, :md prove The power and the pathos of Infinite love! Then cling to the cross, sinner, cling to the cross, It must be a benefit,-can't be a loss, While Jesus, your Captain, whose voice still'cl the wave, Is reacly and willing the sinner to save. Hawaiians Abroad, CHINESE C6RRESPONDENCE . - For some months there have been repeated allusions in our Island weeklies to unfavorable reports which have gone to China, and which have led the Chinese authorities to forbid the emigration of Chinese laborers to these Islands. The question is asked, " Who could have sent these letters ?" The point to which we would call attention is th •s : The English reading public, perhaps, would be surprised to learn the amount of correspondence and interchange of letters which is now carried forward betwePn the Hawaiian Islands and China. The Chinese are a reading and writing people. From some facts which have come to our knowledge, we are confident that the people of China are much better informed respecting our Islands than we imagine. Most cew,inly those Chinese residing here keep their friends fully informed respecting the treatment which their countrymen are receiving here and in California-:-both good and had. We think from most of the plantations the most favorable reports go to China; but where the treatment is not good, depend upon it the most full reports are made in China. This is a point to which the Bo~rd of Immigration would do well to direct attention. If the Board or the Government is made acquainted with the fact that laborers are not pro- Among our islanders abroad, we reJOice that Professor Alexander and his brother ha ve started upon their trip around the world. While absent, we trust the Professor may enjoy the opportunity of meeting some of the eminent European scholars who are interested in the study of the dial~cts of the great and widespread Polynesian Ianguage. Professor Alexander is the highest authority on linguistic questions. We doubt perly treated on any particular plantation, then the matter should be thoroughly investigated. It will readily appear how important it is that our Islands should keep untarnished and unsullied their good name. ,, A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." We must keep our good name. The Chin_ese know when they are well treated, and if they are not so treated it is very certain they will inform their ·11 · C · T · L friends in China. not h e w1 meet aptam upman m on-------don, who visited our Islands at the time of U " Kou AKAU," writes the Rev. Mr. the transit of Venus. We have good authority for stating that Bond, of Kohala, under date of July 26th, the labor of Professor Alexander and his "is doing well, and I like him much, so far, associates, Mr. Lyons and others, in their and the spirit he manifests. But we are far trigonometrical survey of these Islands, is a apart as to commll"rlication in any degree How I long to see somebody work of the highest value and importance, satisfactory. and is now being executed in a manner most who can act as a medium for a thorough talk creditable to their ability as mathematicians bP-tween us. From 40 to 50, I think, is the number of his Sabbath service. On W ednesand scholar&. On board the next steamer, we learn that day we meet together; 20 to 30 Chrnese E. Bailey, Esq., will sail for the United usually attend." States, haviRg in mind to publish a work on the Micronesian Islands. It is certainlv most gratifying that we _have gentlemen scientific and literary ability who are thus looking forward to authorship. ;f [These rPmarks of the Rev. Mr. Bond indicate just what is now much needed on the Hawaiian Islands-an American or German missionary who can communicate with the Chinese in their own languagA. We speak of a German missionary, because so many of the Christian Chinese were instructed by the Basle missionaries in China. Report says the Christian Chinese hold religious services among themselves on the Haiku plantation.-En. FRIEND.] U' FoR PAPERS sent for distribution, Chaplain Rose, of U. S. S. Pensacola, writes us to thank Mrs. H. A. P. Carter for her contribution of files of newspapers for the reading on shipboard. This reminds us that Mr. Dunscombe's supply of good reading matter for seamen and strangers visiting Honolulu is getting rather low. Copies and files of Independent, Clwistian Union, Advance, Evangelist, Hmym·'s Monthly,. and' other standard periodicals are always welcome for distribution. .J 0..7 We clip the following from the Advance, of July 4: "Rev. W. B. Oleson, late of Gambier, bas accepted an invitation to take charge of the academy at Hilo, Sandwich Islands, wh1ch was formerly under the care of the American Board. His health has improved rnatenally during his rest from pastoral labor, and he starts for his new post after a few weelis' visit with friends in New England." U 'fHE American papers publish exultingly the honors conferred upon the American exhibitors at the Paris Exposition : but, according to our way of thinking, the following paragraph from the London Nineteenth Centu1·y for June, 1878, places a wreath upon the brow of the educators in America, which is a compliment of the very highest description. It is a complimentary admission which we should have hardly expected from the pen of a Germon, published in an English periodical. Dr. Charles w-aldstein thus writes : - " In German schools great attention is given to the education of the intellect but the forming of the character is sorely neglected. Nay, it is not only neglected,much is done positively to spoil the character. Entire submission, as well in thouabt as action, is exacted. Hence springs° a habit of dissimulation, trickery, or tale-telling while in the master's presence, ridicule and bravado behind his back. The idea of 'gentleman,' which has worked so well with the little boys in American public schools, is totally unknown. Much has been Raid as to German schools, and ·they have been constantly held up to the world as models ; but though this high opinion is no doubt justifiecl in the department of learning, yet we cannot hold it as regards the formation of character. In this respect the system of American public schools is certainJy better."