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CONTKI.TS
For

September,

REV.

BY

Pans.

SAMUEL

of the Hawaiian Club

Infaii li ma Traffic

85

Edltor'a Notes, Ac

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by

Temple

stream and

over

anocstral

bring

and also

Honolulu,

letter

upon

General

Armstrong

Boston

left

JuneS,

by fog, which

is unusual

in time

Westward with

call

just

Fortress

of the

meeting

the

under

The school

act

now

of the

go

forth

as

Westward

m. at

who
two

visit

Till

Heaven

con-

miles

was

of

are

"

success

forts

which has

of

those

encourage

We

can

all

well

already

who

seeds of flowers,
to

acknowledge

to

and

remember
in

introducing

vegetables ought

continue the

a

changed

the aspect of

our

gardens

and

host

rejoicing

"

how

to

the full

a

indicative

of

a

our

or

an

we

now

Chinese

extent

told

a

a

of

the

or

fellow

Suppose

an

in London,

stir;

"

yet

v.c

wealth
Chinese merchant of great

kidnapped in Macao,
in the

recently

"

or

China, and is

hold of that Coolie

touched at Honolulu.

This is

a

Seeing

God.

the

and in-

again,

What land

question naturally asked.

Surely it

vision ?

prophetic

with

teeming

for the whole
The

ad.

right direction,

national and

be

his

coming ages.

a

must

be

some

countless number of

it would not be taken
inhabitants, otherwise

American merchant in San Francisco,

think there would

the

these from the east, he says,

saying

country

their country-

English merchant was kidnapped

all

consideration
What land merits such marked
in

by their employers

step in the

se-

vivid

the Gentile nations

sees

:—

employ legal

to

learn any of

treated

This is

of

of

these from the land of Sinim."

is that ?

of Sinim came."

some

of

west, he looks

north, the

stead of

!

loud acclaim

with

he

worship

to

now

a most

prophet glances

vista

long

the

!

gladness voicing,

betokens good.
feeling which

was

was

is

they

ill

are

others.

are

now

forth

ransomed

vice and prosecute

there

!

mission

plain—

the sea and

Earth their

merchants have resolved

enterprise.

when

Honolulu, and

scarcely

rose

attended the ef-

have been

trees

The

the ends of the

from the south,
thronging millions coming

Cathay.

These from the land

law, when

school teachers.

Liverpool, England.

of

down

coming up

hailing,

glowing vision

We learn that

of flower seeds from Alexander

Balfour, Esq.,

eye

just

seventy students,

to

The

Wrapt in vision,

to the isles and main

upon

and

O'er the

the

men

case

land,

world's highway—

gateway

prophet's

Breaking

Virginia."

They

the

Burst

of the institu-

Flower Seeds.—We would
small

heathen nations.

the

Hampton

females.

are

a.

the Messiah, of the

conversion

final

the

of

picture

Pilgrim Band,

Onward, still, thy glorious

N. P.

incorporation
of

Fronts the

We

found General

our

numbers

third of whom
to

about 7

the other ocean

Now,

season.

o'er the

Westward

anchor

steamer

trustees

of

passed by the legislature

preparing

this

about

his residence,

The occasion of

distant.

to

Agricultural Institute,

to

us

early Monday

we

superintendent

Normal and

veyed

at

us

where

Monroe,

Armstrong,

a

the

now-

evangelical

portion of the chapter

That

earth.

the ocean.

crossed

is

text

consent of all

far abroad

Christianity

prostrations,

The 49th

gospel.
my

clearly

more

of the wide diffusion of pure
age, and

gospel
wood.

Rocky ramparts swiftly soaling,

evening previous

at

triumphs

of the

commentators, treats of

rites of Boodh.

the faith which

!

Lo

Friday,

on

m.,

take the

to

Jlanks, which landed

one

pagan

or

made known

lected for consideration presents

M.*\ giving

compelled

outside the harbour on the

tion

And the

we

and

and

with Dihighly favored

more

taken—by general

Throbbing with unquenched devotion,

Norfolk

been

having

p.

was

proph-

of the Old Testament

one

chapter—that from which

tomb,

of doom

of

gilded gods

No

vine revelations,

day impending
prophecy

O'er the incense

:—

5

at

and reached

morning,

first

18th,

Virginia,

to

And the

In

and the

Westward crosses now the

We

were

June

F. B.

signed "J.

of his visit

an account

of

prophets

of Sintm."

land

centuries ago lived and

lawn,

altars and oblations

Ovor

young Armstrong.

the Boston Advertiser
a

meetings.

of the

Breathe their

A few

J. F. B. Marshall, Esq., resided in

years ago,

find

Whispers

changes produced by

strange

Twenty-five

worship blending

Round the tablet

those

from tho

the future
With

from
12.—" Behold, these shall come
the west
from the north sad
;

:

and, 10,

esied Isaiah.

of the dawn.

the tokens

:

and these

;

pagoda cresting.

and

Gleam

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SEPTEMBER.

war

night

hill-sides resting.

On the terraced

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darkness of her

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afar

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light;

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The

waiting

of saorod

rays

Ulim'rings from
O'er the

Cruiae of the II. S. 8. "Jamestown"

of Sinim

the land

Touched

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81-84

China viewed in the light of Prophecy

THE

A

WOLCOTT, D.D.

Light of Prophecy.

China Viewed in the

81

The Land of Binim—Poetry

Meeting

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SEPTEMBER I,

HONOLULU,

SJa.M

ship which

translated

iterranean Sea

lies

west

"the

"

and

supposing Sinim

passing

the

over

Gesenius.

all

names

subject

professor,

text

That

There is

no

sea

doubt

meaning of the word translated

to

That lam not

but three

my

specified.

From afar," is

south,"

Africa.
in

here

of Palestine.

about the

north.

is

in

west

We know that the Med-

the sea."

"

means

populous East.

word

supposed

include

assuming

refers

to

to

refer to

Arabia
too

China, I will,

inferior authorities,
as

quote

sanctioning this yiew of
German

The first is the great

Hebrew scholar and

This is

and

much

the

lexicographer,

language

:

■

J

un..

by Sinim the Sinenses—Chinese,

dersland
and

their

name

nese

for

by the other Asiatics,

scholar and

He

means

language
"An

China in the

the claims of

following forcible

and

of the

the

difficul-

and effort

safely regarded

examination

come

this

to

"

the Bible

authority,

standing

the Chinese, when
in crowds

coming

Mt.

down
tian

to

Zion.

He

Christians of
realized.

to

may

Isaiah

should be

they

the Lord

worship

ken reached

prophet's

afar

saw

this

age

off

in

vision

beginning

are

I consider that the Chinese
in

Europe
and

mention,

the

Very

the

included

of the Chinese
does

or

the

the, only
of

only

distinctly

one

term

This is the

distinctly

pointed

the Gentile nations.

specified

in

It is the
the

49th

will be

My object in this discourse
some

merited

so

reasons

distinguished

other nations

First.

China is the

population

or

of China

round numbers

at

China,

position above

Europe.

most

may

be

We

The

estimated

population all the

The

in

China is

separate

na-

nations of

population of

average

over

would contain

over

30,000,000.
the bead of

In

be

over

of

nnd

37,000,000; Kiang-si,
population

popover

China stands

during

subject, there

for their

the

from

than
since

long

from

by

or

among

was

estimated

at

400,000,000,

only

at

I

as

stated.

already
referring

the

to

of the earth, of

of the nations

antiquity

course

China ranks the

form of
is

I do

government.

the best, but it is the
elements of

sesses

profound
ment

high-

the

stable

most

that it

argue

and

stable,

pos-

of

worthy

the

and

statesman

its

as

despotism, and

a

existence

by

the

Other nations have been ruled

main-

as

arbitrary

power.

by

this

passed

despots,

a

Middle
"The

is

Williams,

population.

vast

Kingdom,"

tricts,

Sire,

the

his

every
inmates."
Confucius

patriarchal;

officers

of

government

responsible

founder,

the

not

was

dis-

the Jews;

as

two

over

the

be

a

should

by

Moses

man to

difficult

days

centuries

tions

Christ,

late

a

Chinese

of the

cius died 479, B. C, and
returned

from

and

olil

innnfrv

but
The

even

the

captivity,
Persians

then China

was

ciuestion arises, why

one

embrace

drop precisely

this

Chris-

upon
It is

"

the

cer-

immensely-

them

from

to

which
the

to

up

come

na-

finger of prophecy

upon

mighty East,

should

the

Well may

writer

popular

populous nation, designating
hosts

years
of the

those who

to

of Sinim.

remarkable that the

repre-

teeming

standard of

King Messiah."
HAS THE

FOR

COME

TIME

THE

CHINA

The

CONVERSION OF

?

question arises, why

tion should have been thus

it necessary

was

conversion of such

that the

populous

a

delayed

for

na-

nearly

thousand
This is a very nat?
years
ural and sensible question, but it is akin to
two

question

that

so

often asked

the advent of

to

ing

so

long delayed?

that

sary

so

our

into

*

our

Babylonians,

than

delivery

some remarks

have

the

com-

neces-

nations of

an-

Per

Romans,

and

flourished

and

coming of

This

of this

his
it

was

the Savi-

question

discourse, the

is

more

answered.

satisfactorily

author has

of Mr. Williams, author of

d.uii," confirmatory of the above

reference

was

Assyrians,

Grecians,

should

world ?

asked

Since the

with

Why

those
many of

tiquity—the

easily

with

Christ, Why

passed away before

Confu-

and

Zion,

was

during his life the

Babylonish

invaded Greece, and

conquered Egypt;
nn

Empire.

hundred

Old Testament prophets, exclaim,

the

same

Saviour, and in

the conquests of the

to

Egyptians,

people

the

nearly

our

seven

tianity, from the land
Cowles,

our

to-day—China of

distinctly refers

Mt.

to

It

in

one

looking down through

coming
to

of

of the

history.

marvelous

yet

;

Lord's prophets,

sent

it has

the wis-

one

Saviour's birth, Isaiah,

others,

a con-

It is

China of

century

our

should

centu-

period

of human

most

a

history.

the first

tainly

na-

kept

caused China thus,

for.

account

China in the

before

many

long

the nineteenth century —is
as

a

ancient and

so

utterly beyond

problems

fact, and

world's

have

many

teach-

still the

this

is

perpetuated,

most

as

have

they

fearfully estranged from God.

most

God

sians,

thousand years, have been

most potential
ating the existence

caused the

longer

populous,

any

in maintaining and perpetu-

Xerxes

a

than

the

:

father of a household is of its

influence

more

a

the Emperor

the

are

of the Chinese Empire,

trolling
for

gov-

provinces, departments and

as

means,

author

thus remarks

theory of the Chinese

undoubtedly

is the

a

that has embraced under its rule

ernment

has thus

heathen nation—an idolatrous peo-

dom of

government that

has existed for thousands of years, and

at

was

but here is

away;

a

princi-

be that God—

thus

live

to

all

during

shall flock

Writers denominate the govern-

of China

taining

most

strength

of

study

not

nation

a

while

a.

Why

is

This

years.

but

into

of his commandments '?*

one

But

to

written

by conquest,

abroad,

now

this

ple—and

older

have

thousand

God

not

tion than any other, because

ries, yet

Six hundred years ago the pop-

60,000.000, but

In

long

as

of those

speak

May it

rev-

hearts of that

the

be that

not

ever

This

ancestors.

nations—has

of

nation have

stable nation has existed for

be-

increasing in popula-

the nation

ulation of

which

fall," but China still lives,

been

God

been

was

it

May

be

God

thy

there is the

in

ple deeply embedded

thy

thy days may

degenerated

superstition, still

honored his truth ?

and Koman supremto

and

have

may

involved

Honor

"

their love and

in

parents

me

thoughtful

a

the Lord

or

to

extreme

nation

historians

last

not

wicked

view, China

to

people

No

the

a manner

China

rapidly

has

increase

Jews

all the nations upon the earth.

Taking this view of the

thee."

Chinese

populous

and

away,

has been

tion

In

that

thy mother,

land which
upon the

giveth

by

mere

a

nation may

principle

commandment,

fifth

people.

de-

for

the great

exceeded the Chinese

the

the

to

Both those nations have

con-

20,000,000.
a

the

long

risen, flour-

It mny be

it does appear

accounted

partially

consideration of

peopled

ings of Confucius, which exerted such

5,000,000, while

Oneprovince, that of Hon Kwang, has
ulation of

of Noah

sons

to

one

disclose

accustomed

are

the law-giver of

eighteen prov-

inces, and the smallest of the provinces

the

some

Empire.

nations, but

old

elders of its

The country is divided into

a

began

migrated

not now

their "decline and

populous of all

Europe would only form provinces of China.

tains

which

or

7

cen-

many

while other

have

governments
but

so

years,

perpetuity of the Chinese

that the
be

existed for

passed away

opinion of mine,

erence

after the

days of Grecian

passed

"

modern times.

400,000,000.

nation exceeding in

tions of

a

or

to

of the Gentile world.

nations, in ancient

a

why Sinim,

ished and

but those despots and their governments have

chapter of Isaiah, besides that of the Jews.

give

existed,

Thirdly. China possesses the

included

are

China.

nation

out as one

populous of all

most
ever

soon

great and

a

the

acy.
as

populous

in

nations and

father and

globe.

Shem

Christian.
nation,

eighteen

have

thousands of

turies and

hundred

and there laid the foundations
parts of Asia,

a

unworthy of distinct

north," all the nations of Asia

under that of Sinim,

the

their descendants,

by

have

prophecies of

While

are

are

the opinion

to

est.

Testament.

the Old

see

occupy

to

preparatory work towards

a

and the earth

themselves.

what
to

nations

China is the oldest nation upon

immigration

this view of Isaiah's lan-

Taking

nations of

"

The

prominent place

most

globe.

either.

Sinim,"

the nineteenth century of the Chris-

era.

guage,

the

separated,

fore

feel that he

may

contemplated

the other Gentile

past

exists upon the

became

confidently believe that the Prophet

seen

inclined

the

only

was

years,

history

ground, and when he

these from the land of

to

re-

on

supported by such

render

firm

on

have

I

opinion."

Under such leaders, and

on

to

Isaiah, but in the

on

second edition he remarks,

among all

should China

reverence

this view in the

adopt

not

lirst edition of his Notes

referred

am

during

nations,

scendants of

Mr. Barnes did

name

j

610.

in

Secondly.

the

as

instructed

Gentile

the

the

meets

been

he

of

that the conversion of all

inde-

most

one."

"

I

Christianity.

now

and context, and opens

expectation

be

church, may

all

parties, fully

text

of

glorious field

reads,

conversion

the nations which has

philology and his-

of

suffrages

schools

requisitions

is

J. Addison

which solves

hypothesis

by

the

au-

the conversion of

tory, unites the

true

China

specify

to

Another

:

ties, satisfies

pendent

Prophet

\

the

satisfactory, why

Isaiah should have

the Gentile nations, when

up the evidence that

sums

and

good

very

the Chinese

Dr.

commentator,

Alexander.
Sinim

employ it."

not

reason,

by God

the Chi-

to

is that of the great American Hebrew

thority

the

given

have been

to

themselves do

a

is

country

appears

This

Sina—China.

NGFIENBEK,

FRIEND,

THE
82

statement.

"

met

Middle Kinc-

After referring

to the absence ol human sacrifices, aud the non-deification of
Mr. Williams revice, in the Chinese system of religious belief,
marks, "If there be any connection between the former of
these virtues and the
attached to the fifth command-

promise

That thy
be long In the land which Ihe Lord
days may
thy God giveth thee,' then the long duration of the Chinese
and Empire is a stupendous monument of the good efpeople
ment,

fects

'

of

even a partial

obedience

who only had it IraWTibed

on

to

the law of God, by those

their hearts."

(Vol.

w, pp. ten.

RI X

111 X
Christ is said
of

ness

time

was

Mark
This

have appeared

to

time.

"Bui when
God

come,

the

you

his son."

fullness of time."

"

that Christ

means

full-

the

fullness of

forth

sent

expression,

in

the

exact

the

at

came

time in the world's history, when, all things

considered,

it was

He should

proper

The condition of the Jew-

come.

ish nation and of the Gentile world
for his

There

the Divine

mind

why

why

its present

state

pel

'/'he

There

two

some

but it

it has

labored

cen-

nese.

be said

really

did

they

of

people

among the

pel

because

not

translate and circulate

Sacred
among them the
most

a

marked defect in all Catholic mission-

operations, the Bible is

ary

This is

Scriptures.

I

circulation.

not

am

not

aware

Catholic

as

missionaries in any part of the heathen world
do not beever circulated
the Bible.

They

lieve it

be

to

a

book

proper

circulated among the

among

generally
Not

people.

common

missionaries.

Protestant

with

so

be

to

first labors, viz, the

their very

is

This

trans-

what all Protestant missionaries have united
in

doing

in

think is

China

conversion of that

Empire

foreign

is

now

the

conversion

one

society, but

the

of the

towards the

in

the

time

to

Some

statements

not

are

their contributions

British

the

House

the character

of

of

and conduct of

style

to

ago.

out some counter

place

the

cause

right footing.
in

as

that

The

statements

the

respects

"

Nearly

medicine,

a

their

following

have

subjects,

China

Protestant

works

by

ability,

have been

a

to
are

statement:

works

on

been

composed

in

a

style

in

Chinese,

this

people,

missionaries."

are

an

to

deplore

are

trade.

opium

England

the Prime Minister

that of the rum-seller,
and sell it

will; and

Par-

to

could be

which

only reply

the part of

If

"

was

raise

not

Chinese, somebody

the

to

do

we

see

A strong

been made

already

has

liament, and the
on

in

statesmen

the abominable traffic.

remonstrance

else

the

to

is
beginning deeply
Honorapeople of England.

the

agitate

made

occa-

subject which

a

ble and Christian
and

This is

besides,

into

brings

it

our

Such
about 40,000,000 of dollars."
treasury
will not stand the test of this en-

reasoning

lightened

The

rectly

bring

this

of

the

to

principle

every

Christianity;

I

hence

do

such

are

to

morality
wonder

not

as

all di-

It is

in it.

of

The

it.

shame

of

blush

the gov-

with

traffic

are

traffic

abandon all

to

indirectly engaged

or

posed

compelled
connection

ruinous effects
should

higher, until

and

be

and

complicity

the

feeling against

higher
will

English people

the

and

age,

it.

opand
that

there should exist

anti-missionary

AGITATION

TAI-PING

I desire

has been

to

now

important

call

to

for

ment

in

during

I refer

to

the

last

the great
of

leadership

vast

a

ten or

religious

Tai-Ping.

change

among

correct Bible

the Chinese,
are

China, which

call your attention to this movethe purpose of showing that we

naturally expect

truths

to a

just as soon as
preached and disseminated

among

misin

These
so ac-

The
earliest
to

all

name

converts

readers

Liang

of

to
ol

Liang Afah became
preaching

Afah,

one

Christianity,
missionary
a

convert

of

the

is familiar

intelligence.
through

and labors of the Rev. Dr.

the

Milne,

Bible, many

the

distant

a

thereby led
ions and

though

Christianity,

cial

the 'truth, alA rev-

Armies were marshaled.

to put

down

idolatry throughdemonstrations

These warlike
destructive

From August, 1860,

during

it

The revolutionists undertook

force ofarms

were most

as

book.

thousands and

made known.

imperfectly

China.

this

they commenced preach-

that

War followed.

out

opin-

far

so

in

explained

olution commenced.

by

were

their former

thousands embraced
but

They

cousin.

doctrines, and

new

of

tens

a

renounce

was

school-teacher

a

He read and studied

did

so

to

embrace

the

then

was

unfolded and

was

missionary in Canton

a

province.

the book, and

In 1836, this

Scriptures.

who

Tai-Ping,

to

life

to

and property.

September, 1864,

to

or

period of only four years, from offi-

a

it

returns,

2,872,550

that

appears

persons

less

no

killed.

were

than

I refer

to

show how the
bloody picture in order to
seemingly sluggish and unimpassioned myr-

this

iads of the Chinese may be aroused and agitated when a new religious idea takes possession of their minds.

started forth

They
all

idolatry

was

this idea with
and

religious

this

the

account

China

There

things.

was

olution that it would lead

to

of

the

of

Mr.

the

English

All
left

not

The

Empire.

integrity

have

would

Burlingame

served.

of

soon

new

at

these changes

in

order of
time

one

the

grand embassy
has

Empire

the

been

now

pre-

revolutions

and

China where she

was

a

few

in China,

even

thought

and

Tbe gates of China are
and missionaries from all

thrown open,

lands, and

Protestant

are
are

from

Catholic

some

entering that great Em-

now

in motion

setting

a

system of

and revolution, which will undoubt-

edly result

in the

preaching of the gospel

hundreds of

millions

The land of Sinim

China, entitled,

of

the

to

Chinese.

become evangelized.
Speer i» his new work

must

Remarks the Rev. Dr.
on

on

toleration.

religious

the

op-

revoppose
dismembera

years ago.
and it is in the direction of free

changes

were

followed, and

There is progress

now

ex-

would

probably

danger

a

far

ment

The

success

against the
so

lest the

up

political

a

sympathy of the English

thrown

was

mixing

Empire.
time

a

trade, and

opium

that

principle

The revolutionists

the

to

as-

part.

They determined to

that for

result.

posed

the

wrong and sinful,
certain others of

that great

was

pectation

with

his

in

but

truth,

nature.

revolutionize

be the

Tai-Ping and

the

embraced

sociates

pire, and

CHINA.

attention

your

movement

progressing

fifteen years.

IN

en-

chapters of Dr.

whole

given by

was

countries,

This is natural.

spirit.

may

strong

a

them.

published

missionaries.

Protestant

there should be

China.

opposed

universally

science,

history, geography, law, and

cellaneous

to

made

recently

missionaries

literary

hundred

on

a

that the missionaries

by the fact

I desire

missions

why

in

missionaries

statements, which

serve

desirous of

by

elevate

intellectually,

revolution under the

of Protestant

answered in the

will

These remarks have called

England, concerning

China,

the

sioned

most

India missionaries were treated in Parliament

fifty years

be

to

writers

only

that

It is very manifest

the charupon

same

The

and

The

English Protestant mis-

sionaries in China after the

said

in Pekin. is filled

subjects

morally

expense

Protestunt

a

principal ProfessorUniversity which the Chi-

new

Government is

establishing
on

the

at

is

One of the

in the

ships

printed

was

Government,

promoting

in

Lords, disparaging

Protestant missionaries.

Duke of Somerset commented
acter

made

recently

trans-

book

or

Exhorting the Age."

for

translation of

the Sacred

upon
book

ing

the

;

tract

countrymen,

and

The result

missionary

those, merchants and others, engaged
among
the sale of
in
opium in China,

UPON THE CHINESE.

were

a

small
his

texts of Scripture,
essays upon separate
sundry miscellaneous statements founded

Protestant

the Chinese

ernment

and prayers.
MISSIONARY INFLUENCE

Kingdom,'

as

the

Missionary Society.

a

among

contained

Morrison's

the translator of the Chinese Class-

Law, whose work

will rise

labor for

that land, nnd

to

sustaining them there by

taken

on

lator into Chinese of Wheaton's International

di-

missionary societies,

many

;

a

seeing

and

hence

;

is

the

same

among

Europe

in

Chinese

missionaries

sent

to

Christianity.

to

missions

led

am

general impression,

America, that

have

1

step

important step

rection is the
friends of

this

important

a most

Another

and

;

sionary

opium

This is

lation and circulation of the Bible.

of the best works

This book

in

text-book among the student interpreters of
the British Legation, was a Protestant mis-

This is

into

put

acquainted

Protestant missiona-

were

The Middle

'

China,

highly

subject,

become

to

one

Chinese Re-

'

inimical feeling in England and India towards

Empire,

vast

that

Chinese

the author of

;

the work

the conductors of

the

Liang Afah prepared
for circulation

under

missionary,

the London

titled, "Good Words

coun-

mine of information

invaluable

every

with this country,
ries

in

all who wish

prized by

not

made known the gos-

have

to

could

missionaries

an

almost

missionary.

missionaries commenced
tury, that Protestant
the work of evangelization among the Chi-

The Catholic

writers

principal

on

adding

yet made,

are

English

the earliest

auspices of

their

at

few of them, thus

students of Chinese,

English

nese

the Chinese,

the nineteenth

reprinted,

have

Gov-

as

the permanent literatureof the

to

missionary.

For

come.

a

not

be-

men

acting

when

All the Chinese dictionaries

and

of

indi-

manifest

now

among

until this,

not

was

for the

Christian-

to

for

that

learned class,

Viceroys,

expense,

them

ics

centuries Catholic mis-

three

have

sionaries

not come

marked and

are

or

attain

inhabitants.

its

to

Empire

vast

why 1 think

cations

why it should

time had

fullness of

conversion of that

ity.

exceedingly

and condition before the gos-

proclaimed

should be

of the

nations

become

rich, and

and

populous

other

should

it

isolated

comparatively

from the

out

China

for thousands of years,

why it should remain
and shut

a

in

reasons

like

nation

own

the

this class,

and

ernors

pository,'

the heathen world

doubtless

were

perpetuated

should be

earth,

I argue with refer-

so

the conversion of

Christ.

to

Just

coming.

to

ence

longing

to

of Protestant missionaries;

ripe

was

to

try.

the Divine mind

to

ceptable

83

Ib. 0.

SEPTEMBER,

M>,

_

"

The Oldest and Newest

Empire:"
"The

good and

civilization

has

the bad influence of

already

in every portion of
ries and travelers

been

our

powerfully felt
Missiona-

the

Empire.

say

that whatever prov-

they visit they find opium, foreign
goods, Christian books and a surprising general acquaintance with the leading ideas of
inces

Christianity

;

the latter the result of the

distribution of Christian

Scriptures and

vast

tract.*

missionary stations

from the

the

on

and

coast

rebels, and of the curiosity

by the Tai-ping

the
the doctrines o( them created by
The changes
events of recent years.
strange
in China are amazing;
of the generation past
the next
how milch more so will be those of
and of each successive one, as the tide
to

as

one,

of

moral life shall

social and

a new

rise and roll

influences

foreign

brought

thus

are

the Chinese at home, a no less
upon
powerful influence is operating upon the nato

bear

thousands and

tion in consequence of the
of thousands of the Chinese who

are

tens

abroad.

going
but

the

not

will

Many

same

these will

They

The Chinese

ideas.

new

return,

they left.

when

as

with

return

of

in

who have gone abroad and come
with other nations, will necessarily

thoughts,

new

many

Chinese

ideas

who

the

Europe,

Australia and

America,

South

when

same as

at

nutmegs
in Hawaii and

visited

America and

imbibe

principles.

and

Singapore, and sugar-cane
Cuba, worked in the mines of
California,

contact

cultivated

have

North
home

not to return

are

They will

they left.
and

re-

religious
many political
Would that multitudes might
lutionists.
turn as

so

converted and

turn

and fellow-laborer,

operating

effect

to

leaven of the
and

and

can

All the

and

religious—are

some

gospel has also begun

inclined.

so

Europe

political,

some

a

earthly power

no

bad,

some

Just

has

check

extended.

The

in

withdraw their

might

missionaries, and all the Chinese in America
and elsewhere might return, and

China

again

New

Zealand, South

will

having

not cease,

mand

for labor

that labor is

long

there

as

that

supply

is

already
we

soon

may

North

why
and

England
or

power
the labor

the

of

price

gold

go

at a

cheaper

driven which

must

would

only

I

far

should be left

has

it

as

not

am

but

sure

christianized if

become

so

under the

placed

elevate it.

now

work

to

been

A
up the people.
mass which

divide

must

lever has been

has

wedge

out

the

been
its

China

gospel

preached,

natural

and

legitimate results.
GOD'S

a

right

them

wish
to

do,

to

but if

long

so

In
must

estimating

what

remember

that

the world.

God is

Kings,

verse.

the

at

future will

Almighty

an

be,

the head of

we

rules

arm

the uni-

and rulers may have
emperors

impress

to

subject

prises God

regard

the human

to

Edward's
"

"

over

journals

point

to

erned and

controlled human affairs

of all nations for

men

merely agents

were

had been

employed by

plishment of

His

grand

the world and universe.
and
sary
over

the past

purpose
civil

of

correcting

design
It is
we

of the

history

His

hand,

our

in

creating

highly

glance

thoughtful

men to

the

worldly

minded

statesmen

slow

and

of

the

—generals,

citizens—saw

(most

to

it.

iniquitous

rules
Even

soldiers,

this, and
See how

and Abominable

for the purpose of converting

bring

still

acknowledge
derfully God has overruled the slave

_ot

recent

to

earth.

men

to

eye

for the

The

that God

see

nations

necesan

world

views.

and

accom-

in America has done much

war

among

that

important

in

Him for the

were
won-

trade

in itself),

Christianity

China

or

fully discussed,
the

writings
not

of

omit-

the ordi-

even

appear

to

grand result—the

world

Christ, and

to

Suppose

gospel

and fro upon

to

A merchant may plan a voyage
India merely for the acquisition
can

employ

that agency

the

above

CHINESE
a

ship

ship-owner

is

arrives in

for

hither; suppose they

our

bringing

work their

planter pays them
prescribed period,
is accomtheir wages ; suppose everything
is this the
to agreement,
according
plished
and the

end of the transaction ?

By

no means.

hundred Chinamen, born and

island who had

did when Oboo-

He

as

the shores of

from

hence when 1 look

;

landing

of Chinese laborers
1

the

simple,

as

means

sailor-boy

a

an-

and

thither

conveyed

employed

shores,

endeavor

to

raise

my

above the commercial transaction

—

the

of

matter

employment

the

of

so

"God's
laborers upon our plantations.
much above our thoughts
are
as
thoughts
Takabove the earth."

many

as

the heavens

are

the

this view of

ing

1 desire

subject,

im-

to

imminds, my hearers, the
press upon your
instruct and educate
portance of laboring to
these men, and thereby of becoming the in-

conversion
in God's hand of their
with

Christianity—co-workers

world's

honor

bringing

of the truth

knowledge

may be that

saw

to

as

his

eye

line of centuries, and

long

Zion,

saw

crowds

those

led

by

Sabbath-school teacher in Honolulu, or
from the land of the

missionary

privilege

of

the

Men's Christian Association—if you
to

engage

your families,

and wherever you

justly treated
exert

Sure 1
Zion

in

that

above,

meet

our

them.

courts

them

over

am

are

finally

there will

plantations,

of

Let them be

justice.

Christian

a

the

on

be

willthese

Treat them

your

on

our

Young

in the work of teaching

from the land of Sinim.
in

This

west.

God will grant you, teachers in

Sunday-schools—members

to

a

It

crowds from the land of Sinim coining
Mt.

some

ing

to

it is in Jesus.

as

Prophet Isaiah,

the

down the

glanced

land of Sinim

the

a

thereby

instrument of

an

as

you

many from

God in

that
may be

It

conversion.

will

God

lator

IN HONOLULU.

paid

thither from

went

and

company

our

thoughts

Brit-

visit

Try

influence.

heights of Mt

found

multitudes

from the land of Sinim, for saith the Reve-

gospel.

the last week

men

a

upon

to

One tradition is

the

New England

to

am con-

The his-

prisoner to Rome,
(Christian soldiers)

a

salutary

as

goes

Hawaii

people

the

missionary

merchants

natural and
kiah

I

China.

results.

soldiers

God

gospel.

kindly

of

of Sinim. Some two hunport from the land
shores.
dred laborers are landed upon our

those

that

gospel all oyer

ARRIVAL OF

During

you

now

abroad his

spread

RECENT

brought

other

employing the ships
the purpose of conveying

triumph

of wealth, but God
to

and

Read, if

for all

day,

one

the messengers of the
the earth.
to

more

the

employing

general history,

this

God is

globe.

accomplish

and salvation of

History,"

but

been

will

they

It may be

Aheong's footsteps,
to

native of

met a

of those results

which

Christian missionary

a

having

to

of missionaries scattered all

final conquest of

the

regard

trade, science

of the

that

of

our

to

will
preaching of the gospel
subject.

the first

came

struments

the heathen world, and

to

hold

History of Redemption," Reed's
in

How

men

take this view of the

to

us

encourage

enter-

now

No

results

the

others.

for such

of the
past

tory

above

God is

subjects

missionaries

and

to

planters

return

schemes

plan

and

will follow in

and

redemption

nary newspapers
me

will

Bui what I

further his scheme.

Hand of God

the

God

for

over

commerce,

these

see

plans,

race.

of

learning
would

the

honorably,

act

your minds.in

is this, that

the universal

that all

will

surely

will

hundred

two

some

that

upon

Merchants,

responsible.

has his great

to

agencies

they

as

upon

plans and schemes to accomplish, but
finally it will appear that God has so govtheir

Irish, Ger-

so

level.

wrong, then

they do

individually

this

ting

PROVIDENCE.

be

can

price
and mannfacturers will
ship-owners, planters
strive to carry out their plans, which they have

Guizot, nnd in fine,

OVERRULING

can

the labor of those countries.

of labor find its

in

again

entering

no

other
any

labor

finds its level,

water

as

sure

it

than
or

than

rate

can

perform

Christian

legislation

American labor, then it will

or

supplanting

on

of cotton,

hence if Chinese

English

subtle

a

legislation

price of labor
or

see

Old

to

accompanying

human

Human

can

on

There is

which

question

commodity;

man,

may

indefinable influence

control the

more

flow

hoped,

be

to

smallest
Among the

shores.

religious pur-

Christianity.

estimate

to

those

bringing

to

ain in the second century ?

other manufac-

not

Europe.

control.

cannot

reaching

England, and I

of New
it

its

begin

can

fidently looking

has

Mass., and

Adams,

thoroughly converted

and

stream

stream

hear of

to

expect

towns

reason

no

So

China will

The

Lowell, and Fall River, and
turing

China.

the

for

will be the inamtal labor

and

long

so

flow.

de-

world,

demand, and

a

to

reached

in

sea.

a

be

one-seventh

why

apart

Some of them, it is

poses.

man

flowing

such

the

obtained

demand, just

continue

will

there is

as

throughout
be

to

has

An

India,

America,

commenced

once

long

so

all these human

been.

hundreds of thousands

set

Christian land,

a

ask

naturally

time is

part of

have

They

religious subjects.

their first Sabbath in
will

and

in-

essentially

Their ideas will become

spent

Sinim,

to

brought

fluences.

will

They

under Christian

less

more or

modified upon

of Christian misland of

be

been

have

land,

from their homes.

away

been

North America, and the islands of the
The stream

to

brought

idolatrous

and

heathen

com-

has

Chinese have gone abroad

of the

sealed up, and intercourse be cut off, yet
China could never
become what China
be

regard

country

that

visited

have

sionaries

the

if
stop it,

appear

the influence of merchants

opened, and now multitudes

As

work,

to

or

in

operating

been

Through

merce

rev-

The

I think it will

so

and traders, China has been visited and

now

missionary societies

America

that God

China.

procured
influ-

foreign

mighty change
long stationary nation.

olution in that

re-

friend

our

as

Aheong.

commercial,

some

enlightened

good,

ences—some

revo-

appear that

Thus it will

descendants.

Australia,

COUNTRYMEN.

While

thousands and millions of Africans and their

while thousands and

THEIR
CHINESE UPON

OF RETURNING

INFLUENCE

rapidly

"

the land !

over

1870.

SEPTEMBER,

FRIEND,

THE

84

Two

educated in

a

John, "After this

beheld, and 10,

I

a

number,
man can
great multitude which no
of all nations and kindreds and peoples
and tont/ms,

stood

and
before the throne

white robes and
before the lamb, clothed with
with a loud
in their hands, and cried

palms

voice,

saying,

'

Salvation

to our

and
sitteth upon Ihe throne

God

which

the Lamb."

that great multitude will be found, I
confident,some -'from the land of Sinim."

Among
am

unto

Amen.

I

THE

II

MIILNU.

h

It is

FRIEND.

SEPTKMIi_K

Meeting
There

here,

of

about

charming
for

for

even

a

ing their thoughts

resided

they

are ever

hither.

pilgrimages

on

send-

When old visitors and former residents
in

mirage,

and for

sunny

and

again—mountain

all

moment

a

valley,

channels,

ous

specting

28th of

the

Brewer,

July,

only regret

We
four

that

could

vivid

sketch of the

brief

paragraph

trade

"

Soon

they

past few years
been

the

have

not

on

C.

derson,

States

following
in-

Laura

and

Dickson

Hooper,

Thomas

Austin

and

wife,

Mary PitMr.

Frank Damon,
Frank Lyman,
and several
Brigham, Mrs. Kittredge,

tlemen and ladies I did

seemed

know—in all 76,

not
to

speech, and told

put

tea

the

on

Dr. Clark

not

in

veranda.

native.

He

said

may

there

in

to

3—North (Irrinaii sh Solo, Kehse, 46 da fin Hongkong.
7—Nor

and

their

the

United
vessels

wish

to

because he

,

return, but

we

do

pin-head kingdom,"

so

"

and

River.
12—V S ship Jamestown. Truxtuu, From Micronesia.
21—Am stmr
from San Francisco.

AJax. Floyd, »4 days

24—Brit

the

Pacific,

think it

we

25—Am three-ma-ted schr A

to

commerce

Infamous

The SaD Salvador
outside

Sydney, via Auckland,

Traffic.

ship

Dolores

to

It

plant.

was

come

on

Macao, with five hundred

coolies

and

roba seeds

ties, and
the

awake upon this

are

can

falling

now

be

easily

Monkey Pod,"

"

seeds of which

were

to

subject.

in

So with

obtained.

that beautiful tree,

Cleopatra,

26—Am stmr AJax, Floyd, lor San Francisco.

We

his cargo in

squads

of fifty, for tho purpose of re-

cuperating

them.

It

which stopped

This

his

nir

of

for

port and Callao,
sires to

the

here,

and seventy

hundred

ments
ient

men

PASSENGERS.

two

we

this

iv

do-

Captain

Fbom:

Foe Sab Fbancisco—Per

allowed

order

to

all the

has

A

_c.

deck

on

parapher-

two

originally

sent

twentyP. A. Brins-

few

stands in the

premises occupied

by

at

a

time, for

accelerate their

to

at conven-

Fbom

hundredhuman

had
to

the

the main

must

C.

Advertiser

,

poor

for

stand

Wood,

air;

back

A

August 27th.

two

Dr

F

Green,

11th—61

August

13th—O

Mrs

Mrs

Coatcllo and three

W H Garrett and wife, Mrs

D

Young, C

Slioit, Miss Short, Captain

F

A

Schaefur,

11

8. C. Damon, Mr. Behnhabd Bastel

to

by the Rev. 8.

Nohokaha.

R

—L Mori. M
In transitu for New Zealandand Australia
Geo Mcl.esn, Theo F 8 Thine, Mrs M Ilobson,

Buchanan,

Jas Sweatman, R Montorsu, Mrs R Montorau, Rev

Wallace,

August

Stdncy

Auckland

and

—

W.,

Adams,

,

and

years

Bearle,

Peter

San

Islands—Per

Fob Guano

—

At

Makawan,

daughter of David Crowulngberg,

Huntington,

Wonga,

Francisco—62.

C. M. Ward, August

Dr O W Woods, Mrs

l»th—20

26—Dr F B Saunders,
II A Pcirce and maid,

Meyer,

Allen,
»

Bartlett,

G

Walllott, A D
Woodworth. I

Gossnlts, Geo Charlton, Joseph

yon

Dillon, C We-

Yec, Mother Dcs

Dionthf.
CaowNmuafuo

Wonga

Per

Bcv
Gay,
Cooper Bearle,
G
WlUiums, Joseph Williams,

25lh—U Colycr, P Saraoo, J

F Bearle, Master

M Rowell, Geo Rowell, A T
T D Rossini, Miss
Miss May Severance, Mrs
F W

Sunday evening, July Slit, Caroaged 32

August 26th—P

Johnson—l.

Miss

Ksq

Neville

agent,

Foe San Fbancibco—Per Ajax, Aug.

on

T

and wife, II Farnall and wife, Miss Aunie Casey, Thos D Belief,
and 33
D
I.
Robi
M W Elliot, mail

Hawaiian lalwrers.

a

wife of E. P.

D Foster, G

Prohl, and 16 others.

13th, by Rev.

DIED.

Adams—In Honolulu,

July

17ih,

E

21st—Miss Mary

Blond, Daniel Allen,

transit for
Trimble, and 63 in

Honolulu, August

Jacob

others—B6.

No cards.

I—r

A

Miss C Davis, O II Burgess, Mrs C C Armstrong,
Wetlierble,
C C Perry,
W 11 Davis, Miss B A May, Henry May, A Jaeger,
Jno Gallagher, 11
Wm Mann, John Walls, James McKay,

C

MO,

W

and child,
Asa Thurston,
Miss Mary Austin,
children, Miss Sarah llrown,

Archer, wife

Nelson,

Miss Rachel Milleb,
Lewie, Esq., to

Bastel—Nohokaha—ln

line

0

August

Fbom Sab Fbabcibco—Per Ajax, August

weather

The

hatch gratings

N ...i.tK-In Honolulu, August

Honolulu.

188

I—Amos

Pcrclval—2o.

beings cribbed,

week.

past

W.

R.

Honokono—Per

Brown and

Im-

keep them moving lively.

five

C. Damon, Samuel I.
of

Bell and

litis—Dr

Comet, August

Fob Sab Fbabcibco—Per D. O. Murray,

Alex Campbell,

move-

J.,

Emma

8 month!
Esq., aged

;

only

Geo Walts, Ang
lter, Aug. Cramer,
and 61 in transit from
Miss M Bongham,

Sydney

Angea,

and Auck-

land-74.

surviving child of Mr. and Mr* Crowuioglierg.
Hawaii, July

22.1,

Annie

SpiL(onFiWgarehswtSEerntN.toCol aZ.)
nitcsoe,k

Aseoit

eldest daughter of E. Asegut, aged 10 yean, 11 moutha and 2S

mm

given, that on and alter the 17th June, 1870,

Notice Is hereby

dayi.
flioROE. youngeat
Waimea, Kauai. July 31it,

of Mr. Edmund II. Rogers, aged 5 months and 26 days.

a

liglil

will he exhibited

White—At the Queen's Hospital, Augustl7ih, Alexander
native ofacotland.
aged 44 years, a

from

a

light-house erected

End Point, Farewell Spit, In lat. 40°
1' 46" E.,

White, of Moloaa, Kauai,

the American Minister.

3-Dr

August

Fbom Victobia, Y. 1.-Per A. P. Jordan,

both

Mrs

Chinese.

of the

MARRIED.

Kuoerk—At

original

4—Mr and

August

J Jackson—2.
Bell, A

hatch ways,

grated

:

with cut-o-nine-taiU stand

P.

lly—ntium,

M Ward, August
Loedoe—Per C

New

children,

have

die.—

Victobia—Per

Fbom Hoeobomo—Per Solo,

this

cargo.

strong succeed, the weak

ani

Foe

Perkins and 6 children—B.

Chinese—lB9.

cabinedand confinedbetween decks in such
as

for Auckland,

Btewart,

8 W.

Allen—l.

arc

distances

Wonga,

N Z, and Sydney, N

ship

between

thin

reason

the old timeslaver

exercise, and

last

4th, lost

her chattels

barricades aft, sentries, <fee.,
unfortunates

tho

Henry

like the former,

ship,

nalia of

that

seems

Wonga

stmr

26—Brit

to land

Captain requests permission

Abeout—At Waimea,

three years ago from Mexico by
Esq., to Mrs. Hoffmann. The
now

Alge-

great quanti-

rnade,
tree

learn

for Midway Island.

Bysantlum, Calhoun,

22—Am schr C M Ward, Hatfield, for Guano Islands.

eighty-

the remark

glad

are

Rlewart, 26 days from

18 days.

for San Francisco.
9—Am bk Comet, Fuller,
for San Francisco.
13—Am bk D C Murray, Bennett,
13—Brit barkentinc
Johnson, for Maiden Is.

Wednesday

board, bound for Callao.

on

for refurnishing the

We

islands with forests.
some are

recently from

accompanied by

that the time had

that

I—U 8 8 Saginaw, Bicard,

Aug.

Ugarte, is lying

harbor, having arrived

our

from

last,

the

Algeroba seeds

days

Jordan, Perry, 26 days

I'

Wongs Wonga,

stmr

26—Brit

Fbom

request for

days from

3—Am bark Victor, Walker, for Port Oamble.
for Victoria, VI.

Lewi«

a

3D

Weeks,

Dolores Ugarte, Raul, 72

Salvador ship

humanity.

denominated by

Plant Trees.—We received

Roliert Cowan,

brig

24—San

commission

the late Edward Everett.

Waialua, Oahu,

J Parks, Frtaid, 18 days from Noyo

12—Am schr Ward

DEPARTURES.

not

the

in

from Victoria, V I

wretches crowd

the Islands."

to

sea,

days from Hong-

Victoria, V I.

was

but

from

Pidelitaa, Jesperacn,

bark

kong.

war

and

Africa,

Her

illalress.
11—Haw bk R W Wood, Klencke, 66

brought

was

doing good service

agine reader,

was

he has lost his interest in

imagine that
little

to return

not

coast

cruise

We drank

Hawaiian coffee

Brigham

desire

made

Judge Austin

words.

heretic present, Mr.

one

did

native

Mr.

served!

to

about the Jubilee, and

us

speech

made a short

prepared

come

I have had in America.

in several

withdraw
of

the

would be

gen-

I did luive the best time

enjoy themselves.
a

lie,

ships, has

nineteenth century.

England and

if

should

learn that the

all there—the Athertons,

Webster, Dr.

one

the

New-

Newcas-

days from

43

Boyd,

2—Am ship Marmlou,
N 8 W.

i

man,

and every

of

39 days fm

Cleopatra, Jeanaon,

N 8 W.

castle,

the

during

on

I—Ur barkentlnc

Aug.

from Mar.i...

sent us a

The

meeting

Miss;

Judge

carried

humanity, Christianity,

to

end, and

to an

IS days fm H»n Francisco.

from New
31—Am schr C M Ward, Pcrrlval, 13* days

con-

near

and his mother, Dr. Clark, Mrs. An-

Snow

are

The Coolie

South American

by

the civilization

ARRIVAL-.

30—Am bk Comet, Fuller,

July

re-

private letter will

a

of the

were

and

Mrs.

we

I.

London.

been

disgrace

a

them
us

Katy, Mrs. Dr. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall,

it has

as

An

of

nations,

other

HONOLULU, S.

Boston.

near

one

gathering.

from

nature

Mr., Mrs.

long

PORT OF

engaging

Revolutions go not back-

fident, will follow this example.

four

dicate the

Ere

JOURNAL.

MARINE

the

4—Br brig

guests

score

ward.

t

numer-

residence of

some

in the Coolie trade.

from

reached

the

at

every

a

and peo-

of the Hawaiian Club,

Esq., Jamaica Plains,

to

from

flag

American

It is time this barbarous traffic

back

comes

through

have

reports

meeting

a

meet

rise like

scenes

In various ways, and

ple.

"

isles

"

lands, the

other

the

on

once

under the

ing

short time, take away such

a

recollections that

pleasant

residence

all who have

nearly

rejoicing

of

source

United States has forbidden all vessels sail-

the Hawaiian Club.

something peculiarly pleas-

be

must

and

ant

islands,

1870.

1.

a

American that the Government of

true

85

I 8 7 O

SEPTEMBER,

as

measured from

on the outer

will show all round, except
oft"

deck, It willnot be

Bush-

The light

side of the Spit, where,

when the light

seen

on

S3' 8., and long. 178°

the Admiralty Chart.

is

brought

of E.)S., as it Is shot In by sand hills.
la a eevolvino white lioht of Ike Second

to

bear

eastward
It

MEMORANDA.

An Item

doing of
cessive

for

one
ones,

Thought.—“The wronglives into the suc-

generation
and,

divesting

itself of

irn-e,

tele.

excesses

payable,

of

our

youth

with interest,

are

some

OK

BTEAMEHIr

Woboa WONOA;—The
left Auckland

and

drafts
years

at

Wonga
3 r

M

John Stewart, commander,
from the northward,
7th August, with a fresh breese
which, ou the morning of the Bth, increased to a heavy gale,
the necessity of
acroininnicd with tremendous seas, causing
until the loth, when the
easing ihe engines, which continued
N E, with heavy head seas,
wind hauled to the N N E and E
In longitude
169° 46
till near the equator, which was crossed
At
Jarvis Island on the same day.
west on the Itlth.
Righted
about one
Island,
distant
noon of the 20lh passed Fannlug'a
I' Mof llie 24th, and authored ulf
mile.
Righted Oahu ul 6

Wonga,

every

becomes a pure
temporary advantage,
uncontrollable mischief."—lLtwt/ionte.

The

Dioptric, attaining
ItKPOET

on

the

Honolulu al 10 PM.

Sighted

nu

ships.

its

greatest brilliancy

once a

Order

MIBUTE.

Over the Spit End, (thai Is, between the bearings of N. W.

IN.

to

W. by N.

«N.,)

the light willbe bed, In order

mariners of their approach

to that

to

caution

danger.

The light Is elevated about 190 feet above

the

anlevel,

and

will be visible in clear weather about 17 naullc miles, allowing
16 feet for the height of the observer's eye.
The

tower

Is

an open-framed

alternate bands

of red
to the

trom the ground
Vessels Binst take
red

and

top

structure of

timber, painted in

white, and la 113 feel In

height

of the lantern.

the northern edge of the
open
within lour miles of the light-bouse.
light when

All bearings

arc

care not to

magnetic

Editor's Notes and Reflections while

Passing

rapidly gaining ground
who are

Along through the Old World.

As

THREE

ON

We sailed from

Brindisi

of .December the 14th,
board

the

longing

Italian

to

They

on

lirindisi,

be-

down in five
sage

and

Paxo,
first

day

days.

other

Grecian

proached Ithaca,

mer's
the

evening

We

sought

her hand in

shores

of

classic

Our

and

took

all

were

off Turkish rule,

und

kingdom of Greece.
early

this

what

appeared

fident had

joined

going

be

to

but
was

call

in the

of

our

to-day,

"

was

we saw,
"

no

quiet

swell

or

"

there

what the

only

if it be

and

smooth—

sea," but the surface

we

water

smooth

as

thus beheld

contrast

was

now

pearance

about

Mediterranean

when the
its

the

sea,

between its ap-

and

upon

comfortably quartered

once

dragoman,

a

we were

a

forth

to

his

thousand years
and

the

city

are

lemies, which

and

centuries,

works

more

sallied

more

to

which his

the

body

so

many

contained

probably
authors

than

were

before the Christ-

place

one

Here

library by the Ptofor

"

waters.

great wind into the

But the

was

sea, and

that the

ship

presence
minded

mighty tempest in the

a

of the

us

On

great fish

we

The

saw re-

which swal-

the

among
the

Pillar

the

it

it,

took

A. D.

the Pillar is about

of

name

erected

was

who

Diocletian,

and

the

bearing

that

one

Pompey,
in

The

296.

upon

honor

Alexandria,

besieged

of

height

hundred feet.

Africa

seen—low,

were

the

west

Brindisi,

the

nnd

prepared

a

day after

shores

of

far

We had

a

pleasant company of passengers, but there
was

a

great

them—there
man

variety of nationality among

was

physician,,

Scotchman,

Russian
Swiss,

a

several

lander, besides

two

far off Islands of
via Brindisi

a

and

Count,
an

Englishmen,

Pacific.

a

Ger-

Irishman,

representatives

the

10 feet in diameter.

and

of

block

solid

most

a

The fine

Left

a

a

Hol-

from the

This route,

Alexandria, appears to be

rant

noble

its

feet
of

piece

on

of

in

surface

one

length,

has

although

it

generations

not

yet

are

no

it should be

met

of

Gospel
and

neglected,

grounds devoted

to

great

a

and

of

igno-

shame that

the

adjoining

Mr.

and

the

remained

six

of

Island

Arrived

sailed

Cleopatra's
nument

of

antiquity.

high, and covered

scriptions.
3,300

It

Its

age

with

is

is

and

about seventy

estimated

in-

June

made

11th,

the

;

anchor

Perry

arrived
for the

mail

anchored

in

to

mission,
in the

the

the

here,

Island

and

men and

Benjamin

died

Capt. Coe,

and

burned

Ist.

81° 07'

of

°

53'

Capt. Pease,

and

the

of

4'J'

San Franoisco

for

left her

with

a

North

Bremen,
June

Honolulu

all well.

158°

12°

Int.

July 4th,

August

west,

Etha,n Allen, Capt. Snow,

days,

Ponape.

Morning Star,

east, boarded

May 20th,

north, long.

nolulu, July 27,

at

great

he could not carry away.

Louis, Mauritius,

American bark

in

arrival at

of the

Capt.

station

Marie, Captain Kutcher,

from Port Townsend
Port

our

one

was

agent

for Honolulu.

157

north, long.
bark

tho wreck

what

up

July 2d, sailod

16th, for

before

Porter to

of

trading

the

the

his non-appear-

by

representative

the

weeks

had robbed

as

from

of China-

the Anne

employ

Pease's

provisions,

some few

Pease

and

all in the

supplied

with

boats.

Supplied

a number

Pease, and left destitute

Also

ance.

and sent

Europeans in her,

Shanghae, they being

and

arrived

Shanghnc.

to

provisions,

Ponape;

Malolo from Ponatio

schooner

bound

both

Malolo with

17th,

Remained

launch

Porter

Anne

Dv

or

time circum-

which

in steam

brig

of

mission.

days, during

island

Porter at

June

places

harbor,

12th,

the

on

;

Anne

off Wellington,

American

tho

fifteen

Ponape

navigated
While

for

found

at b»th

quiet

Jamestown

mail

landed
at

; all

Island

E N E to 28
lost them
winds

;

°

of

north

fro»

prevailing

be

Ponape had
168

lat.,

which
from

north,

took the trades.

appeared

the

off the

at anchor

Island

shore,

hove-to

14th,

June

Ishnds

passage

Alexandria

On

lagoon.

vessels

Strong's

with the

communicated

Had

°

point

tho

long.

some

years.

The harbor of

Butaritari,

lagoon.

to lat. 28°
at

of

24th,

the

on

from

the sth

the

German

20th

Mulgrave Islands,

the

on

Island

the

had

;

good

4th

boarded

from

Ho-

been

brecxe

befrom

the south.

mo-

hyeroglyphic

re-

Island

the

and

sailed

at

On

at

for,

2Cth

;

at the

15th.

at anchor in

days

North

From the

much older

kindly

following full

Bingham

Mejuro, landed

two

in

filthy city.
a

suited

she

Truxtun has

May

28th arrived

June, sailed,

of

from a cruise

ult.,

whither

the

30th.

Mrs.

May 23d,

4th

with

group,

Buturitari

on

12th

cruise :

calmed five

the vilest of purposes,

Needle is

succes-

Jamestown. —This

Ship

the

Islands,

Honolulu, April

German

It is

of

was

men.

Captniu

arrived at
and

S.

on

April.

Apaiang.

the rude

remarkable than the fact

more

so

has

Its size and noble appear-

that it still stands.

feet

port

Tarawa, Gilbert

Ponatic

workmanship.

successive

barbarians.

ance

a

U.

the

the Advertiser

of his

It is

shaft is

main

granite, 75

polish

been effaced,
treatment

stretching

of Alexandria.

Its

Old

authority

the

too

holy

of

Micronesinti

30th

furnished

port

02'

of the fourth

morning
from

away

"

Now the Lord

"

embarking

to

be broken."

swallow up Jonah."

to

the

"

to

fish which

great

of that

lowed up Jonah,
great fish

like

was

so

sea,

here

we

the

of

era.

Pompey's Pillar. —An inscription

prophet Jonah of

of

Strong's Island,

indicates

to

erect-

Alexandria,

by the apostles

generations

found

connected with

sustained

ancient

in

than

also

which

of

gathered

ever

we

of unrivalled interest

was

and

Ptolemies,

Arrival

of

ago

founded the famous

was

ser-

by Alexander

associations

historical

fre-

the

Bryant Sturges,

founded

of the

gone

that here the cele-

made under the

was

vessel returned to

interment after his death.

for

brought

much

direction,

city,

view the

the

ascertaining that

who

in

Septuagent Translation

landed

for Mr.

dragoman
Under

soon

at

recommended himself

Americans,

of Boston.

The

how

not

Securing

since

long

course

mind the fact,

early preached,
sive

of antiquity.

wonders

seven

short stay

our

to

Testament
the

the

port.

House

Light

SeHere

place.

recalled

brated

in

were

modern structure has been

a

During

want.

there

war

has of

It

ed in its

Eng-

and

o'clock,

one

by foreigners.

vices of

As

mill-pond.

a

striking,

out a

sent

as

most

launched forth
Lord

the

German, Austrian,

Arabs,

We landed from

d'Europe, which appears

quented

was

car-

in any part of

know

we

but

of

one

ruin, and

on

steamer

two

camels,

Frenchmen,

other nationalities.

Hotel

ian

and

Nubians,

The

filthy,

Turks,

seen

are

was

harbor,

of the

of

vessels

stood the famous

and

assemblage of

motley

Italians,

found ourselves

as

enable

to

and

donkeys,

a

Here

Alexandria

as-

whale." The

a

the

narrow

are

carts,

Greeks,

many

twen-

Needle.

Cleopatra's

such

globe.

Copts,

less than

was

seldom congregates

as

Great,

con-

could

We

very like

very

s.\w

are

language of Shakspcre,
is

deck

passengers

whale, but

not a

oil-fish.

an

whale, it

apparently

one

the

to

we

what

seen

been

upon

We

whale.

a

Nantucketer

a

serted that it

sea,

On

in

throw

to

instantly have exclaimed

she blows ;"

not a

become

The

has

and

lishmen,

the south of

to

us

morning, December 18,

he would

reply,

the

day

inhabitants

the

strong amongst

Italians

people

suitors

eager

to

of various mari-

shipping

French, Italian, and Turkish.

English,
veral

the

principally

time nations,

world.

sufficiently long

of this city

crowded with

ap-

lights

alliance.

marriage

Greece

course

this

by

objects of antiquity—Pom-

Pillar and

far-

Penelope,

Candia, where recently the desire
so

that

saw

faithful

many uncivil

so

sight.

his

of

go

from London

public squares, suburbs,

remarkable

two

riages,

we

but

view its

to

our

Ulysses' wanderings, and

of

long waiting

when

Corfu,

passed

running between

Cephalonia.

account

to

are

shortest

in this city

stay

streets

The sight of Ithaca recalled Ho-

shore.

on

mails

with

crowded

It

ty-four hours,

pey's

the pas-

isles during

Towards

out.

famed isle and

We

Our

us

connecting

steamers

weekly, making

run

the

ALEXANDRIA.

Trieste, Venice, Ancona, Brindisi and Alexandria.

is

Bombay.

halt past four,

at

of

the Indian
It

morning

the

on

steamer,

line

a

pleted,
route.

MEDITTERANEAN.

THE

com-

10.

sent

thou, haply,

object sn thy travels :
rare, notsworihy
Wish me partaker hi thy happiness."— Shakespeare.

Some

DATS

Mt. Cenis Tunnel is

the

as

English,

returning from India.

and

to

the

among

8.

Nns»SM-r

" When

going

soon

18

I). SEPTEMBER,

X \

FRI

THE

86

the trades

east
had

long.,

southward

164

and

calms

weat,

and

we

light

eastward,

where

much fine weather

about

where

wo

again

during the

bock.

Left the

missionaries

at all

points

visited

in

good

IHE

spirits, feeling perfectly
much

encouraged in

making

arc

in their

secure

their labors
the

among

natives.

troubles between the natives of
also

all

Tarawa

the

for mission
The
town

property destroyed

following

is

a

and

Apiang

to pay

agreement

an

ADVERTISEMENTS.

officers

87

ADVBRTIS_._I_.KrTS.

the

North Pacific

Transportation Company.

SAILOR'S

HOME!

Tarawa,
rebels

of

50 casks of

San Francisco

Honolulu

and

The 4 ompiiuj•�■

of the

Routes

oil

Apiang.

on

list of the

all

Settled

difficulties—the

missionary

signing

and

persons,

1870.

SEPTEMBER,

progress they

the

by

FRIEND,

A

Splendid

1

James-

:

Commander.—Win. Truxtun, Commsndiiig.
Officer.
Lieut. Com.—C. L. Huntington, Executive
Master—Asa Walker, Navigating Officer,
W. M. Cowgill, J. I).

irmlmii

Adams, W.

sntMl Dunlnii,

WILL Itl'N

MctlechanD. Payne.
Hurgeons.—W. M. Woods, E.
Anst.

Surgeon—

'AJAX'

STEAMSHIP

Master.—William Welsh.

IClil.l

1.UC1..

Between Honolulu and San Francisco.

E. C. Thatcher.

P. A. Paymaster.—Geo. R. Watklns.
C. Cochrane.

Lieut. Marines.—H.

LfnrcM San

FraaclMC*.

Iloalswaln.—Andrew Milne.
On

Gunner.—E. A. McDonald.

Caipenter.—6. N.

or

about

September 10th

Whlteliouse.
l.«

.Vai7m_.tr.—Gilbert D. Macy.
C. W. Bincl»ir.
Captain's Clerk.—

I'aymaster's

On

or

ii».

Honolulu,

«•

about

September __d

Clerk.—l.. A. Morris.

Mates.—F. C. Elliot, C. G. Nolton, 8. Millard, W. Dougherty.

LIBERAL

ADVANCES

MADE

ALL

o\

PER

Attorney

No charge for Storage

at

Fire risks in Warehouse

Fort Street, three doors

1..1..W

the

or

nottaken

all time*

name

S.

1

Insurance guaranteed at low rates than by sailing Teasels.
care taken of shipments of Fruit.

Merchant Street, Honolulu,

All orders for Goods,

BARTOW,
lie

purchased

to lie

received and filled by

6

the

on

Premises.

Mrs. CRABB.
1868.

Honolulu, April 1,

Manager.

CASTLE

COOKE,

*

San Francisco, will

in

return ofSteamer.

AGENTS FOR

XT Shipments from Europe and the United States, intended

Auctioneer.

Baths

96

do.

the Company.

Particular
sf

do.

In tbe

given by the

Cartage.

by

lodging, per week,.

do.

do.

Shower

Cargo Tor San Francisco will lx> nxcived

undersigned.

Law,

at

with

Officers' table,

STEADIER.

Steamer's Warehouse anil receipts for

and Counsellor

SBIPMKNTS

Seamens'

ADVERTISEMENTS.

for these Islands, will be received by the Company In San Franhalt's Room

on Queen

Street,

one

door from Kaahumanu Street.

U Passengers
o'clock

Dentist.

on

K.irt

corner of

are

and Hotel

Streets, Honolulu.

the

on

requested

the day

return or

the Steamer

of sailing,

or

HOJTMASS,

M.

D.,

Wheeler &

outlay.

take their Tickets before 12
to

Wilson's

procure their Passports.

must

be

presented

they will have

to

lay

before
over

2

till

the Steamer for settlement.
11.

*j\

to

the date of sailing, and

All Bills against
o'clock

Office

them, and be forwarded by theirSteamers

to Honolulu, free of charge, except actual

RIWCOMIi

»VMr M.

to

cisco, it consigned

HACKFBLD &

SEWING MACHINES!

CO., Agents.
ALL THE LATEST

IS MACHINE HAS

Physician and Surgeon,
Corner Merchant snd Kaahumsnu Streets,

BREWER

spl

STEAM

near the

Post Office.

addition
and, in

swarded

prise

the highest

Ls

M\

•tA/^Ji i JU

Shipping Merchants,

Honolulu,

Osbu.

11. I.

BICH

A R

D

Ttte

AiBLJU.^"

ml

t nlif.-rn.ri,

Au-lralian

m\uKn\mmisirs\tn

9

New

Znilnnd

Mail

Line

and Dealers in General

mt

Keep constantly

on

hand a full assortment of merchandise, for

J. H. Singer t, Co., New York,
Flnkle k

S.

Si.

ADAMS

O.

II

i)

\

J. Stewart, Com'r.

CITY of

T.

Will run

M.

regularly between

I>

Office corner of Fort and Hotel Streets (Drug Store of B. Sires*

10 A.

H~!

jFi

_~

and from 3

to

a

_T

GEORGE

AT—

Hoboldlo

11. HACKFBLD

AbCELABD

CKUICKSIIANK, SMART

BVDEET

J.

H. 11.
HALL,

O.

J.

€.

MERRILL &

Commission

THE

__EN

A

_

at

CO.
CO.

-

U. 8. Consul.

direct

Ing

or

no

at

indirect,

debts

to

his

Office.

_T 00—

Having

the above

as

Jas. Robinson

he has In the pass.

a

H,

-V INT

Hnad.jt—

ALSO,

TROCHES,

A _reat Assortment of Essential

HAM>_n_.

Oils,

**

Brrgamai, Stes., St.es.
Breast Pumps, Nursing
Olycerine, Syringes a variety.
Bottles,
Sack

n»

Oil K«r, Oil

Cocoa Butter, White Wax, Yellow Wax,
Trasses, &c,
maoetti, While Castile Soap, Pain Killer. Ac, fee.
FOR BALK AT
991

3a

to the

TT

new
now

ORDER

OP

Sky-light, and mads
to be able to suit the

from

a

to a Mammoth,

Crystal

taken in

Style of the AH,
of ths

terms.
ALSO, for sale Views
Islands, Portraits of the Kings, Queens, and otbar Notables, _c.
688
H. L. OHABB, fort Btrsst.
ly

sale and purchase

Bxcl—nge

on

or

PUBLISHED

to tbe Ho-

Xt

"

A MONTHLY

"

H.Hacknld-Co
C. Brewer 4 Oo

BlshopsCo

JOU-__L, DEVOTED TO TEMMARINE

AND

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,

"

"

TEEMS:

"

"

Hon. E.

"

11. Alien

BY

DAMON.

PERANCE, SEAMEN,

Honolulu

Dr.R. W. Wood

D. C. Watenaan,
Hag
704

EDITED

AND

SAMUEL C.

> beeor comaubbiob.

Honolulubought and Bold.

FRIEND:

THE

ol mar

whalcships, negotiating

—BESKEBEOBB—

"

1.. CM ASK, Fori Si.

Site,

the best

*-

Messrs. C. L.
Richards fe Co

Sper

LOWKBT PRICES BY
11.

a

___--n__n_---n__Mn_n________nn_______Bn__n____Bn__Pn_nß-n____n--

■7 Alt freight arriving at Baa Francisco, by

BURQ Tea, Seldlita Powders,

•**

any

Street,

AGENTS Of THE

ooluluLine of Packets, willbeforwarded

BROWN'S

8

3m

San Francisco and Honolulu Packet*.

**sr>. snare

—*

THE

And on most reasonable

ehanulse, ships' business, supplr ing

Florida Water of the best Qualih.
wy

the IT

F-XOtOfl—?«—____.

_-.

Of

Fn_.NO IS 00.

Particularattention(riven
an

near

fastidious with

er»_,

busi-

where

Flrew—B-

Wharf,

64x5

IMPROVEMENT
the day.
Having constructed
most

204 and 206 California
S

Merchandise and Shipping

reasonable terras.

XT

Co.'s

_?h©togr_-_pliy.

merchants

Auetione

they are prepared to furnish the
at
port,
celebrated Kawathae Potatoes, and such other recruits as
justly
at
the shortest notice, and on the
are required by whaleships,
most

on

either

connection,

the

Kawaihae, Hawaii,

ness

no

establishment, and allow
any outfitting
collected at his
be hopes to give be
office,

be

on

OLD

Seamen immediately

with

food satisfaction tn the future

Co.,

—AND—
at

S«s>r«.

C H I __I NG W ORT

Will continue the IJeneral

11 tl

BUSINESS ON HIS

COXTIMES
Plan of settling with Officers and

various other Improvements, I hope

Hilo, Hawaii, 8.1.

HIU Drag

Brian

period.

/OBE H OBAOKEB

MBEBILL,

D.,

Surgeon,

N. B.—Medicine Chests carefully replenished
etf

same

WILLIAMS.

IS

and

Physician

Company, at

Wilson

LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT.

their Shipping
—AGENTS

6 P. M.

E,

Wheeler

Consulate.

Street,
Office Hours—From Bto

WETM O R

toe

full nnd Kiuuslnr.

ports,

North Pacific Transportation

between Nuuanu

Residence—Chaplain

and Fort Streets.

E,

Com'r,

Ornlnger,

Compaay's Steamers.

Physician and Surgeon.
Co.)

It \

Honolulu and the above

connecting at Honolulu with the

,

—

sold 18,660, whilst

I—TPlenae

JII_LBOI

l.gOOTnne

Merchants,

McGREW,

S.

Co., Cincinnati, 0.,
Norwalk, 0.,

WILDEE.

Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street.

I

_

port, made and sold 19,726 daring the

WILDER.

Auction and Commission

"

Wilson 11. Smith, Connecticut,

-AND—
ADAMS.

Qreenwood

N. 8. C. Perkins,

the supply of Whalers and Merchant vessels.

B. P.

"

Lyon,

Cliaa. W. Howland, Delaware,

WOIVGA,

1,460 Tons

In 1861—

The Parker Company, Connecticut,

STEAMSHIPS

M.

WOIVOA

Merchandise,

PARIS in 1881,

The Grover A Baker Company, Boston,

Chandlers and Commission Merchants,

_Aip

was

and American

The Florence Company. Massachusetts

Packets.

THE SPLENDID

premiums,

The evidence ol the superiority of this Machine Is found in the

CO..

_

to former

European

and at the Exhibition in London In 1862.

record of Its sales.

Commission and

above alt

sewing Machines at the World's Exhibition in

To Australia and New Zealand.

CO..

„

TMi imptovt'ineuu,

"

ly

One copy, par •___»,

Two copies,
Five

oopiea.

$2

,

••
...

00

J.OO
6.00

_EPI E I I I It,

FRIEND,

IU X

88

Ib.

0.

ACYshoMriuceatngf' onolulu.
H
"The
"And tbe

tlie

ore

reapers
oonflle- of

And tbe

the

is

Field

Where tbe
Crnsheth

crumbling

human

Father

Holy

to

the

equilibrium—to

ashes,

to

fury.

both, social

To the

are

Where the

drooping sheaves

only

gathered,

nre

Cheer the soulb

Longing for

of lonely

the lost

waiting.

In tbe hearts all

again the

bloom of lilies

less

is

one

seeker after

of tbe promise.

Lift tbe rainbow
Rear

No

seems

!

to

;

the

;

plexing question
Recreation

The vexed

and

Amusement.

and

of amusements

question

seems

world

much

as

to-day

bugbear

a

generations

as

explored region,

kind of

a

religious

It is an

ago.

terra

of unknown wild beasts, and
known laws.

the

to

un-

incognita, full

governed by

Now and then

no

shepherd

some

duty delivers
discourse

carefully prepared
as

a

code

of

difficult

to

It is
is

in

amusement

thinking exactly alike
unable

prejudices
point

to

to

any

we

for

so

may

and

himself it

is

to

particular

some

hardly any

give any

two

in de-

subject

for their

reason

which

by

they

things, and which they

recommend

want

our

anarchy

of

to

refuse

any

we

are

in

left

we

a

accept arbitrary

or

that amusement, is

and un-

of

conclusions.

the

true

that there

connected with the
amusement

distinct; if
same

ous

thing,

are

we

ing

plan,

Recreation and

make them

step is
to

gained.

one

It is

and th«

danger-

ignore the importance

this branch of Christian economy, and

ot

avoid its

discussion.

conscientious
ments

his
his

of

own

to

men

society,

is

to

For

to

the Church and

influence the
take

from

amuse-

the Devil

weapons,

and

the

and

to

armory of
turn

them

against himself.

one set

something that recreates.

of faculties become tired and

wasted
the

through close application, the balance
system

is

disturbed,

and it is

neces-

bowling,
be

can

foreign

the

to

of the

car-

But few

few

And

to

a

in

and

was

business

regular

don't revive

in

proposal

The

to

prevail-

appeared
only

not

the

on

to

ac-

as

Sailor's Home,

the

a

greater part

management of

the

and

objects

No action

on

taken

was

as

end of
on

Sunday-schools

the

their wants, and the

Association towards

very

scarce

some

and

of

a

of

were

was

of
re-

Sunday-schools

difficult

obtain, and

to

are

want.

decreasing in
The import-

well conducted Bible-class of young
much

strongly urged

needed, and
corps

position
It

them.

of the schools

numbers from this very
ance

as

forming

instruction,

as

a

from
time

being very
kind

of

which
to

time

reserve

teachers
as

they

were

"

social"

days and nights
The

supported.

three

twelve

to

same

churches,

the Christian Association.

Yes,

"

more

Ask them if

for

way

reaching

Men's

Askmen

than

any

think of

they

them than

Christian

is

no,"

the

any

through

Association,

made in regard

to

the

new

I have

want

I'll

in

put

much

so

a

and

forward,

go

with

do,

to

Let

failure.

to see a

interested

are

it succeeds,

"

reply,

and then 1 don't

and if

This I

you."

often hear, and it

always reminds me of what
Henry Ward Beecher said to Mr. Moody,

when

at

church
a

young

in

an

examination of

man

who

he

hoped

your meeting to-night,
church next
Sabbath,

him

"

him ?

"

Yes,"

the

was

if I

rested, should

hear

opening
well, it

its worth

night

;

live

come

and
to

made

remember God

is

"

door, and

my

born

new

a

nice

take

any

our

it

help,

we've

failure."

of

me

baby—
in

to-

in ?"

if the Association

without

good, but

a

trie

won't

us

two

It's

Why
getting

morning I'll take it

tell

or

eye
would attempt an

humble,

not?

a

let

gave

reasonable for
like

appears

men

year

a

at

find

or

saving, but I

help it then.
once,

cry

right

if it lives till

Yet these
can

a

it, should

child, would it be
"

Why

If

join

to

you

from here home, and after

went

say

would

reply, "if he

evidence of conversion !"

"

:

converted

was

should ask

the

to

candidates for

membership, Mr. M. asked

we'll

tried

it

If these lines
who

young man
in his town,

organization
on

your

side,

and

three

persistent young men are a
Association.
Therefore, go for-

earnest,

Christian

needed.

Remarks

well

church ?

your

those who

the

length.

marked that teachers for the
are

to 250

These
grog shops.
upon the best corners of

are

have from

towns

from 50

to

towns

or

rum,

are

refuse

All such

organization.

let it

they

now

the

the Association

to

in

Discussion followed

the

of energy, and

streets, open six

principal

seven,

Association, and those

an

Association, but

an

inviting places
the

upon

place,

had

once

through all other class."

subject.

of the

and cities in Massachusetts

towns

without

now

in seven, and two or three
plan open one day
evenings each week, at the most. But they

influence

an

finished,

professed

the Association.
the

Excuse.

Association they reply "no, if the Society is well worked."
Friday of the Will they themselves take hold of it ? "Oh

on

regarding

could be drawn from
of

billiards and

those present

institution

an

men was

Recreation means
When

such

to

C ° mm'«ee.

associations of any of the brethren, do you need young

and

proposition,
as

Poor

Very

handsomely

possess

was

of the work involved

that

chiefest citadel

brightest

as

A

called

reading-room, and

at some

also

we

increase

to

r

[

Dole,

places,

in

con-

of the difficulties in the way of such
but

B.

support

principle

After the

the

against

difficulties

generally regarded

too

for Christians

great

subject.

can

one

are

the

sentiment of

the

received,

always be glad

purpose.
W. Hall, )

associations

the management of the Sailor's Home

discussed

was

count

It is

to

which has been made
assume

shall

new

regular meeting of

evening

been

anxious

are

try for

only be determined

August took place

well attended.

Thanking

for the

S.

Young

at

we

the collection, and
receive books

better

The

that

state

gradually being

the future.

twenty-sixth,

kind of

donors for what has

have

subjects,

the shelves.

on

want

which will affect their characters

can

may

kind

would

of

have amusement; there

surroundings

for

which

guiding principle

a

must

placed

W.

the church

modification of this truth.

no

control the

be

satisfactory

be

but the

;

Men

right.

a

good begin-

number of books,

a

large vatiety

a

been

are

exercises,

can

embracing

within that

How far this idea

places

collect

they

their buildings

for athletic

by experience

or

else.

one

the influence of which

conduct,

to

ried in such

are

acknowledge and accept religiously,

under

mold

or

men's
in

has been made, and

ning

appointed

to

A

reading-room.

die from

amusement —for

veniences for
other

is

the

on

rule of life

these

intelligently
And

what,

objections, except education,

or

guided in

to

Young

for the

library

Association

by the

per-

advanced view of this ques-

plnces provide

a

and

by the addition

have been

undersigned

committee

This

in the

that

A healthier doctrine is

games,
down and so forth.

lays

on

more

satiated

where

is

developed.

can

regard

amusements,

or

a

subject,

a

increased

was

making

organ,

member.

one new

amusements.

point

encouraging sign

an

taking

tion.

Individuals have conscien-

guess.

scruples

tail, and

founded

by whom, beyond

his flock

the

and

telescope,

regulations,

authorized

tious

his

through

seen

to

on

the

be

some

from motives of

in

indulgence

beyond

recreation
to
wrong;
limit it is safe and beneficial.

cease

almost

of

extent

Indulgence

in

their

proper character

the

to

as

for

to amuse.

snke.

guide

unfailing

an

amuse-

than ■ the
own

of

theory

means

amusement;

for its

of

Friend

one

is the

sleep

true

recreate, ceases

amused

pleasure

give

to

of

theory

true

ceases to

whatever

and war-strewn,

stricken,

sorrow

the

ment,

departed.

On the fields all wrecked

if recreation

recreation, and

Heal the scars of war's disaster
;

the

in favor of it.

The Society

a

activity

to

weary,

This is

strongly

The

man-

•

recreation.

the

Association

of

man

study

and

while

pleasures;

the

portion

by the cir-

and

reading

to

of

enterprise

another.

to

determined

all of whose faculties

flower !

the

Thus what

is work

man,

the student, muscular exertion

of battle

and leaf and tender

to one

ual laborer, it may be

! guard thy children.

tin-

rest, thus

t,o

re-create

of each individual.

cumstances

vintage.

use

to

perfect, rested condition.

his

What is recreation is

Empires

occupation,

faculties which have been lying

of

allowing the tired ones

restore

winrows.

of

change

a

is recreation

Bends alike before its
Grain

set

of the

of the

Where the hurricane

by

of nations,

lives like

wine-press

sary,

other
idle,

the reapers

withered

battle-ground

On tbe

Is tbe

in

grain

angels ;"

tbe races

Are tbe harvests, where
Cast tbe

World,"

ward.—Association

Monthly.