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Week of Prayer
Editor's Table, Union Prayer Book
Letter from Aheong
Literary Coeslp
Luther's Hymn
Rev. Dr. Lobschsld's Remarks
Murine Journal,&c
"Dec 80,1020"
Shakers,
Y. M. C. Association
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THE FRIEND.
JANUARY 1, 1878.
Week
1872—From
of Prayer,
January
HONOLULU, JANUARY I, 1872,
Jan. 7th, to
14th.
Sunday, J»n. 7th—Prayer, for the presence of the Holy
Spirit In tho Meetings held In Concert the present week—for
faith In Ood, and a reliance on His exceeding great and
precious promises " to Ills people.
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Jan. Bth—Por all Nations, for Rulers and all in
Authority, for peace among the Nations, for the removal of
hindrances to the circulation of the Bible and the preaching of
the Gospel, for the removal of obstacles in the way of moral
reform.
Tubsday, Jan. 9th—For institutions of learning—Colleges
and Schools, for Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes,and for
the correction of the young.
Wcsnisday, Jan. 10th—For theright improvement by all
classes, of such calamities as Ood In Ills Providence has perand that when
il lille* to come upoa the earth Ihe past year,
Ilia J udgmests are In the earth the inhabitants of the world
may learn righteousness."
Thursday, Jan. 11th—For Missions to pagan and nominally Christian lands lor an Increase of Missionary seal In the
churches *, for as increase of laborers to go to opening fluids
and gather in Ihe ripening harvest.
FaiDAY, Jan. 12th—For the ont.poorlng of tbe Spirit in the
Hawaiian Islands and In other lands; upon Pastors and
Churches and Congregstlons *, that professing Christiana may
be revived and sinners converted onto Ood.
Saturday, Jen. 13th—For a blessing on the labors of Christian laymen ; Young Men's Christian Associations, Blhle end
Tract distribution *, for tbe religious press | for Benevolent
in all the
Associations, and lor a " Higher Christian Life
Churches.
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Monday,
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God's Time Table.—We hear and read
time tables." Agents for
much about
steamboats, manufactories, and schools, arrange time tables. When God created this
world and placed man upon it, He arranged
a time table. Six days for work and the
seventh for rest. On Sinai, God re-enacted
the same time table. Men may break away
from it, and live regardless of it, but if they
would be happy, healthy and prosperous, let
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them conform to God's Time Table, Remembering the Sabbath Day to keep it holy."
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{(Mi Series, MSftEditor's Table.
We were asked, not long since, How is Ths ©won Prayer Book—Sew York—A. S.
Barnes 4* Co., 1872.
the Friend supported 7" Our reply was,
"By giving it away." It has always Between thirty and forty years ago, it
been our practice to distribute gratuitously was our privilege to sojourn for a few months,
in Burlington, N. J., and, occasionally, it
of each number, from 500 to 1,000 copies.
was our praotiee to drop into St. Mary's
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Installation.—The Rev. Mr. Forbes, late
pastor of the second native church in Honolulu, is now Professor in the Lahainaluna
Seminary, on Maui. His successor, the
Rev. G. W. Pilipo, has for several years been
the pastor of the native church at Kailua,
Hawaii. His installation took place on
Sabbath evening, December 31st, according
to the following order :
" Reading of the
scriptures and prayer, by Rev. E. Kekoa;
sermon, by Rev. B. W. Parker; installing
prayer, by Rev. S. Waimaiole; right hand
fellowship, by Rev. H. H. Parker; charge to
pastor, by Rev. J. F. Pogue ; charge to the
church, by Rev. Dr. Smith, first pastor of
the church ; benediction, pastor elect, by Rev.
G. W. PUipo."
Acknowlegement.—We desire to return
our sincere thanks to the Rev. Mr. Coan of
Hilo, who has for a quarter of a century
acted as agent for the Friend in Hilo, not
only paying over in full all he received from
subscaibers, but usually adding a donation.
In sending forward his annual report, he
adds the following : " 1 wish the Friend to
live, for I value it not a little. It is the only
paper I read through. It is a good little
Repository of good words and thoughts.
Though small and. issued monthly, yet I
think it has chronicled more useful matter
during the last twenty-five years than all the
other English papers on tbe islands. I think
it will not die yet." Another subscriber from
Kauai, the Rev. Dr. Smith, thus writes in
sending forward his annual subscription :
"We like the Friend. Always welcome its
arrival, and hope it may continue to be issued 28 years longer at least, nnder its pres
ent editor."
Church, where Bishop Doane officiated.
We seldom heard him make an address or
preach, but in soma way he refered to the
"inimitable prayer book." He would give
his hearers to understand that the " Prayer
Book". was nearly, if not, quite perfect.
One of his parishioners presented us with a
copy, which has been more or less, our companion ever since, and which we have occasionally used at funerals and marriages.
We have found much that was good in the
book but with theRev. Dr. Cheney of Chicago,
the late Rev. F. S. Rising, and many others,
we have thought that there might be an
improved edition, from our congregational
stand-point, we think the new " Union Prayer
Book " is a vast improvement on the old
book of "Common Prayer." We never
could see why eminent divines of the Epis-i
copal Church in England and America were
willing, aye, eager to improve King James*
translation of the Bible, but those «ame
scholarly divines would not allow a word
(even regenerate) in tbe baptismal service to
be altered. The course they pursue gives
the impression that they think far more of
maintaining the integrity of tfce "Prayer
Boole " than they do of the Bible,
This " Union Book" is vastly bttter
arranged and to our taste better suited
to public and private devotion than the old
"
book." We have family prayers for every
morning and evening of the month; then to,
there are a great number of forms of prayers
for special seasons and occasions; including
prayers for Sunday schools, Thanksgiving,
and many other occasions. We know fot
who are the compilers of this new book, but
we honestly thimk they have performed their
delicate and difficult task with much wisdom,
skill, and evangelic good taste.
TOE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1872.
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Letter from
Aheong.
As many of our readers are acquainted
with Aheong, the Chinese missionary, who
labored among his countrymen on the islands,
we think they will be interested in the perusal of the following letter. We would
call attention to that part of the letter which
describes the reports about poisoning. It
will readiiy appear; how easy it is to raise
such reports among an ignorant, superstitious, and prejudiced people. If his health
is restored, we shall hope to welcome his
return to the islands. We value this letter,
because it is the communication of a native
of China, who ncquired a knowledge of the
English language, sufficiently, to enable him
to write with intelligence and accuracy. As
the Chinese are now educated in California,
Honolulu, and elsewhere, we hope many
more will be found of like spirit with
Aheong :
Canton, China, August 10, 1871.
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Rev. C. Damon:
Dear Sir.—Your first welcome letter, I
received last year with one roll newspapers.
Your second letter, of March 3d last, came
to my hands, April sth, with another roll of
newspapers. I do not forget your kindness
to send me them. They help me q great
deal to know something about Hawaii and
other countries.
Since I got home, 56 days after, my grandfather died. He was 83 years of age. So
long as I stay at home with poor health, 1
take the medicine, but still do not get cured
yet. So I did not try any work lor our
God with my countrymen.
My mother and brother are determined to
keep me at home always, but it is not my
mind. I keep the Sabbntji and family prayer
at home with my family. My brother is
almost turn to the true, but my mother is as
hard as ever. I pray God for them, and for
all my countrymen. 1 hope that you and
all the good people at Hawaii do not forget
to ask G«d for me, with my family and my
countrymen. So we do not forget to pray
to God for thee, and all at Hawaii and other
places. My countrymen's hearts are very
hard. I try to explain about the Gospel as
well as I have chance, but thsy are laughing
at me. It seems to them that I am a foolish
man, but I do not feel ashamed for them to
see me so. I shall like to get my health
better, then I will try again to see if I can
do something for our Lord.
About three month* ago, 1 received a letter from Gen. C. H. Howard, of Chicago,
the Secretary of the American Mission Association, he wishes me to go to California
to engage in our great work for the Chinese
there. Jt was a good chance for me to carry
the work of Christ, but 1 was fearful on
account of my poor health, so I did not go
there; also, i did not answer his letter.
The news, at the north of China, between
the Chinese and French, I did not hear very
well. I only learned that tfc people* there
killed some French, by believing that they
Bryant's ' Odyssey ' is out, making every
put some poison in water, and in bread, to
poison the children, and take out the eyes one love the ' blind-bard better but sets you
fer medicine. The matter was settled by to wondering whether after all we haven't
both Governments. I think you may hear the ' sweeter singer ' of the two with us toall the cause now. During these tew weeks, day. To me the success which Bryant has
people of our district raised some story that achieved in his Homeric translation is the
some foreigner and sOme missionary put the most enviable which any American author
poison in bread and cake, and hire some poor has gained in a long long time.
But really I think you are quite too hard
Chinaman to feed it to Chinese, if any person eat that, then will have a kind of bad upon poor ' Tom Brown ' or rather his creasickness. Then go to see the foreigner or tor, Hughes. Of course all good moralists
missionary, they will give them some medi- must needs be troubled over the sad state of
cine to cure the sickness, if that person Oxford morals and the loss of scholarly reculture which one would expromised to join the church of the foreigner; finement and find,
but then in as much as
if not, the person whom took the poison shall | pect there to
soon die. The people of this town are afraid. Mr. Hughes has so vividly portrayed Oxford
Some of them come to me to tell the story. as it is, we should rather admire the clever
I tried a great many ways to explain to bit of realism that 'Tom Brown' is, than
them how untrue the story is ; how kind and find fault with its author. I am sadly afraid
just the foaeigners and missionaries, nnd that a very similar picture might be painted
how careful the church of the Gospel is to of some of our American colleges.
I have been reading Mrs. Stowe's ' My
let any pesion to join in it. Some of them
believes me, and some are still doubting. wife and I,' as a sort of lecreation. Enjoyed
In this, two days, the story seems to die it and yet I was sadly disappointed in it.
out. See how foolish are my countrymen She writes too much—quite too much—there
here, for they do not see the true light of are one or two exquisite touches, here and
there, and the book abounds in the best of
our Christ.
hints, Yet as a work of art the book
moral
not
when
shall
and
1 dq
get better,
know
I
to me a failure. One wearies of all
go to work again. I hope I shall see you seems
soon, if God is willing to let me. Hoping this sentimentalism and ' back-kitchen marthat your work be successful, and your ried experience.
You will see the December monthlies.
church-member be increasing all the time.
The school of the Chinese I hope keeps The Atlantic seems the best. Fields dison, and tries to bring some of the poor courses very pleasantly though affectedly on
Mary Mitford. Have you
Chinese sinners to the Redeemer. I hope Wordsworth andtreat
Howell promises us in
that God soon raise up some preacher for noticed what a
the Atlantic of '72 ? Among Hawthorne's
them.
How pleased that I heard yon have the papers after his death was found a manugreat jubilee last June. No doubt God is script novel, the scene of which is laid in
Concord during the time of the Revolution.
blessing His work.
Please send my love to Hawaii Board, It is of course in Hawthorne's intense spirit
style. The hero—a weird conception
and all the Mission at Hawaii; also, all tbe and
members of the Bethel Church, ask them —is to be a deathless man. All this we
not to forget me and my family in saying shall have next year. It will seem more like
their prayers. Send me often of your kind having Hawthorne back with us again in alt
his wonderful, terrible earnestness.
letters.
But really I must stop seme where for we
with
me
to
My wife and children join
so much in common that I might ramsend our love to thee, and Mrs. D. May liveon
ble to a wearisome length. Yet just anGod be with you.
other word. Have you read Browning's
Your unwortny brother irr the Lord,
new poem ? You will admire it for its minS. P. Aheong.
gled beauty of Browning and Euripides. It
is a transcript form Euripides, and is a revLiterary Gossip.
elation of tne power and sweetness of the
One of our American correspondents thus long ago singer that is exceedingly interestAt quite the other extreme of literaindulges in notices of new books and current ing. notice,
if you have not yet, Meline's
ture
the
a
last
mail
literature. From letter by
the ' History of England' by
attack
upon
we copy as follows :
Froude. It is going to overturn the popularThe holidays are bringing us new books ity which the historian has gained by his
in the most gorgeous of covers. I saw a dramatic power and very deceitful reasoning.
red line edition of Burns last night which There is something almost pathetic in so
was a perfect gem. One's purse never seems great a man's being convicted of such mean
shorter than now-a-days. The books are so faults.
Set the fountain to playing fc* me, and
tempting but so costly. Q banning, the friend
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Hawthorne, Emerson and Thoreau be sure, the spray silvers the very tree tops."
sends out a volume of poems which seem
F. W. D.
quite too sweetly sad and gentle to be rudely
handled by the paper critics. For of course
Mr. Whitney's Book Stork.—Never
they will be, for only ' the few' can love
we seen his counter and shelves so well
have
in
still,
writes
his
them. Joaquin Miller
gay, sensuous, luxuriant style which so supplied with choice books, and such as are
blinded his English friends. 1 have just especially suitable as gifts for the holioays.
finished his volume of poems and feel as We would also call the attention of
our
if I had been looking at some fiery sunset. readers to his advertisement
in another colHe is so tropical and color-mad. Yet after
all it is a ' fine frenzy.'
I n,ofsuhscription-booka.
um
“The Spirit of the Press.”
This is the name of a new paper started
in Galena, Illinois, and edited by H. H.
Houghton, Esq., late United States Consul
at Lahaina. Let it be remembered that this
gentlemnn, is a veteran editor, having edited
and published a newspaper at Galena for
more than thirty years. He was among the
earliest friends of President Grant. Mr.
Houghton is a old neighbor and personal
friend of the President, and was among the
very first to start him on thit line, which
finally elevated him to the Presidency.
In the number of the paper lying on our
tafile, for November 27th, we notice a leading editorial relating to the " Sandwich
Islands." We are glad to learn that Mr.
Houghton carried away with him a pleasant
impression of a residence on the islands, and
the readers of his paper will doubtless derive
much useful information from bis pen, jotting down remifisences of his sojourn at
Lahaina and in Honolulu. The editorial
closes with the following paragraphs :
" Two years ago, there was living at
Lahainaluna (Upper Lahaina), a woman
who accomplished one of the greatest swimming feats on record. She and her husband
were onboard a schooner, which was wrecked
off the shore, some twenty miles or more.
All on board were lost, but herself. She
and her husband, in possession of a single
plank, started for Hawaii. They swam for
life. The husband had the plank till by
some accident it was lost. He became exhausted. She took him on her back, and so
carried him for eight hours ; the last part of
the voyage he was an inanimate corpse.
He died from exhaustion, but she clung to
the body till she landed it on shore. She
had strength enough to crawl towards a hut,
where she was discovered and cared for, and
she is probably still alive, though old. They
were twenty-rour hours in ihe water. It is
told by her, that before she lelt the wreck,
they both engaged in prayer for deliverance,
which was answered by saving the life that
we live here, of the one, and of granting a
more speedy entrance on the eternal life to
the other. We spoke of Mrs. Treadway.
When coming to this country with her husband, and when near Aspinwall, on the
blhmus of Panama, in going off shore for
the ship in which ihey were to sail, the boat
in which they were was capsized, and herself, her husband and a passenger were
thrown into the sea. In this case, she not
only saved the life of her husband by taking
him to the shore in an exhausted state, but
she then returned and saved the life of the
passenger."
New Church in Goshen, N. Y.
A copy of the Goshen Democrat lies on
our table, furnishing much agreeable information respecting the'dedication of Presbyterian Church, in which will officiate the venerable father, (the Rev. Dr. Snodgraas) of
our fellow townsman, Mr. Snodgrass. This
new church has been built at a cost of over
1872.
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“Value of Old Newspapers.”
SIOO.OOO. At the dedicatory evercises, it
was gratifying to notice, that the Rev. Dr.
Tyng, the distinguished and venerable Episcopal clergyman of New York city took part.
In the course of his eloquent address he
thus remarks : " The eloquent Whitfield
told the truth when he said that asking
Father Abraham, in heaven, whether there
were Episcopalians there,* he answered,
'No, my son.' 'Are there any Presbyterians?'
' No, my son.' ' Any Quakers?' ' No, my
son.'
Who are there ?' 'All Christians.'
This is the grand essential, and in all the
essentials the differences between Episcopalians and Presbyterians are only microscopic, and can only be with satisfaction by
a microscopic age."
A file of the London Times is reported to
be worth £3,000 and more. A file of the
New York Herald, 55,000 and more. A
file of the Friend, from January IStb, 1843,
to the present time, complete, we will furnish for $50; subscription price, t66, neatly
bound in three volumes, but we have only
one file for sale. A file of the new series
from 1852 to the present time, twenty volumes, we will furnish for $25.
When we spread our little sheet to the
breeze, not another sheet printed in the English language was issued on the western
coast of either North or South America,
frcm Cape Horn to Bherings' Straits, or in
any part of Polynesia. We can with diffiupon
In the April number of the Friend, culty realize this fact, when we reflect
weekly
scores
hundreds
of
daily,
and
for 1871, will be found a translation of one the
of Luther's famous old hymns. The trans and monthly periodicals now issued in Calilation was made by Miss Catharine Wink- fornia and elsewhere.
The following English newspapers had
worth, and will be found, in the Lyra Getbeen published in Honolulu, but
previously
1869.
The
manica, published in London,
out
had
died
before the Friend was started :
the
same
was
hymn
following translation of
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made by the Rev. Dr. Lobsheid, author of
the Chinese Dictionary, on his passage from
Honolulu to Canton, and kindly forwarded
to the editor:
" EIM FISTS BDRO MT CSSEE OOD."
1 A solid fortress is our God,
A trusty shield and weapon ;
A ready help in ev'ry need,
Whate'er to us may hpppen.
The old malicious foe.
Intends us serious woe ;
With might and crafty weiles
TV unweary he beguiles,
On enrth is not his equal.
2 With our own strength wo nothing can,
We were soon lost (some) forever ;
Itut for us fights the proper uiau,
By God sent to deliver.
You ask me, who that is ?
His Dame is Jesus Christ,
Tbe Lord God Sabbaoth
There is no otber God
'Tis He must win the battle.
Death of Mrs. Admiral Pearson.
8 And if the world full devils were,
All e.igcr to devour us ;
We would not yield a single hair,
They cannot overcome us.
Their dreaded prince no more
Can harm us as of yore ;
Look grim as e'er he may,
Doomed is his ancient swsy,
One word can overthrow him.
1 They to this mighty word must yield
And yet no thanks shall merit ;
For He is with them in the field.
With gifts ai.d with his spirit.
E'en should they take our life,
Goods, honor, children, wife—
Let tlietu take all away,
We aboil yet win the day ;
—W. L.
God's kingdom ours abideth.
Pacific, August, 1871.
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Sandwich Island Gazette, published weekly
Honolulu, from 183ti to 1839.—5. D.
Mackintosh, editor. For about twelve months
the Sandwich Island Mirror appeared
monthly in' place of the Gazette, in consequence of the want of printing paper.
The Hawaiian Spectator, published quarterly at Honolulu, from January, 1838, to
October, 1839, conducted by "an association of gentlemen."
The Polynesian, first series, published at
Honolulu, from June 6th, 1840, to December 4th, 1841.— J. J. Jarvis, editor.
The Friend was first issued January 18th,
1843, and has been regularly published ever
since, except from March, 1851, to May,
1852, including the period of the editor's
first visit to the United States.
at
A friend has kindly forwarded a copy of
the Boston Transcript, from which we copy
ihe following notice of Mrs. Pearson's funeral.
Tbe visit and residence of Mrs. Pearson and
her daughter in Honoiulu, will be remembered by many of the families of the foreign
residents. They came hither while the late
Admiral Pearson was in command of the
Pacific Squadron. The happy impression
left by both the Admiral and his most excellent wife, will long be remembered.
" Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 6.—The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Pearson, widow of the
late Admiral George F. Pearson, took place
on Saturday at the Rockingham House in
this city, and waa largely attended by the
relatives and friends of the deceased. Rev.
Dr. Bingham of the Episcopal Church conducted the services. Mrs. Pearson was
much esteemed by all who knew her, and
her sudden death is mourned by a large cir-
Mr. Albert Lyons will receive a letcle of friends."
calling at the office of the Friend.
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THE FRIEND,
JANUARY 1, 1872.
Ethnological and Philological Rotes Respecting
Hawaiians.
During the brief visit of the Rev. Dr.
Lobahied at Honolulu, on his passage from
San Francisco to Hongkong, he became
much interested in observing the Hawaiian*,
— eihnologically and philologically. On his
passage to China he noted down some of
his reflections, which he has forwarded. We
think many of our readers will be interested
in the following:
A FEW MORE SCRAPS.
In the Friend I see that there is a
considerable degree of intercourse between
Chinese and Hawaiian women. Is there no
danger of tbe Christian woman being made
and treated as a concubine by the Chinese
polygamist? A law should be passed for,
the protection of the women. Every Chmaman who is about to leave the islands should
be compelled to report his intended departure
to the local authorities at least a fortnight
before his embarkation. There is a Chinaman here on board who comes from Kauai.
He has a wife in China and has been living
with a Hawaiian woman at Kauai. He
takes about $6,000 home with him. Should
he not leave $1,000 for the woman with
whom he has been living? Let the law be
passed and the people will soon learn to protect themselves and their interest.
Page 50, (June, 1S70) in the jubilee sermon 1 read the casting away of the idols by
the Hawaiian's to be without example in history. It may be of interest to yon and the
Hawaiian* to learn that about 350 years
ago the inhabitants of the Sunda, Spice and
other islands all cast away their idols and
remained for a considerable time without
any religion whatever. Then came the Mahommedans and the people adopted their
religion.
1.—The Hawaiians are evidently a mixed
Their hair, size and complexion as
well as their language point lo a mixture between the superior Hindoo with the lighter
colored Mongolian. Bastards are in general
taller and more corpulent than the races
from whom they descend. The hair of the
Hawaiian is not that of a descendant from
a Mongolian with a negro. (Vide Cafusos
in South America). The Papuaz are likely
to have sprung from an intermixture of
straight-haired blacks with negroes. The
language of the Hawaiians retains some
traces of a Japhetite origin, some of the
forms pointing to an indo-Gennanic-elements,
whilst the absence of flexions indicate a
Harnitic origin. Their course of migration
was certainly not from east to west.
2.—Are the words like mauna (mountain?) ai.aula (aurora?) like (like?) manomano (many?) mana (divine, manes?) and
many others oi prehistoric date? Is Mauna
Loa so designated in Cook's voyage? Are
the many Hawaiianized words reminiscences
of accidental intercourse, of which all traces
are loet,«or is the similarity of sound pure
accident? I think not; for the foreign
race.
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END, JANUARY, 1872.
words in other languages contradict the
you admit a partial descent from Japhet, then you can account for the Greek words in a more rational
hypothesis of accident. If
way than Hopkins.
3.—There are a great many Hawaiianized
words which sound as if they had come
from China. Compare the Chinese koko,
that, those, every one. na, nako, that, those,
mai, do not, with several Hawaiian pronouns. Hawaiian : Pau ke kaua, to cease
fighting, would in ancient colloquial Chinese
be: Pa kau. Add to the many words the
similarity of sound which would arise from
a change of the consonants I, r, v, t and
others, as maka, the eye, Malay mata, ax.,
and you will admit an accidental acquaintance with Asiatic nations. Languages often
undergo rapid changes. The English language has no flexion of nouns and adjectives, no gender, &c., &c, whilst in German
everything is change and gender.
4.—1 have perused wiih much interest
the copy of tbe grammar which you were
kind enough to present to me. I find there
is one great mistake made with reference to
the cases. The different forms under declensions should stand under the heading of
prepositions and the cases they govern. If
you will look at the syntax of a German
grammar all will be clear at a glance, c. g.,
entlang dcs (genit.) weges, along the road ;
van dir (dat.), from or of you; durch dich
(Ace), by you. In a similar manner do our
verbs govern the various cases—c, g.,
Ich gedenke deiner (genit.) I think of you ;
Es yehort mir (dat), it belongs to me;
Ich liebe dich (tic), I love you.
I hope you will pardon my liberty of expressing my ideas unreservedly. Please
mad the preface to my large dictionary and
compare some of the pronouns and their applications with the Hawaiians, alwnys bearing in mind, that nations with imperfect
articulations always transfer these imperfections to the languages they learn, if not
forced to the contrary. All languages tend
towards simplifications with a tendency towards the monosyllabic. Alii, king, ruler,
is the Arabic nli, ruler; the sublime, Sec.
Are the genealogies of their rulers not the
names of contemporaneous chiefs rather
than one successive line of sovereigns? If
you publish any answer to these questions
through the medium of the Friend, will you
please send me one or two copies to China?
Navai—The C. 8. 8. Frigate California, bearing
tbe broad pennant of Admiral Window, of thePacific
Squadron, arrived at this port on Friday morning.
Dee. 22d, after a long and boisterous passage of 24
daya from San Francisco. Tbe following Is a list of
tbe offioers attached to tbe ship:
orncsaa or tub flket.
Commander in t-hirj—John A. Winalow.
Fleet Captain—VtM Shirley.
sTArr orrtcsara.
Fleet Surgeon— John M. Brown.
Fleet Paymaster—(Jasper Schenck.
Fleet Engineer—Montgomery Fletcher.
Fleet Marine Officer —Perclval C. Pope.
Lieut. Commander—Henry GlaM.
Ensian E. T. Arthur.
Secretary—C R. Win-alow.
orrivKfts or thb shif.
Captain—l. M. U. Gills
Lieut. Commandere—John McFarlaod, J. H. Sands, 8. P.
Larnbertou.
Lleutenanle-E T. Strong, R. M. Com, R. B Peck, O. W.
Coalar.
Master—Samuel Ames.
Midshipmen- .1. C. Burnett. D. L. Wilson, A. Ward, T. B.
Plunki'tt, G. D. Galloway, CS. Rlrlituan, W. M. Irwin.
Past Assistant Surgeon—tiea. S. Lulbretts.
Assistant Surgeon—J. W. Rosa.
Assistant Paymaster—J C burn, tt
Engineers—O. E. Tower, Ist; A. F. Diaon, 2d.
Boatswain—ll. E. Barnes.
Gunner—Chas Morau.
Carpenter—LeonardHanscouib.
SMlmaker—Nlclttlaa Lynch.
Captain's Clerk—T. 11. Caswell.
Paymaster's Clerk— E. L. Talbot
*7«el Paymaster's Clerk—J. J. Talbol.
Clerk—Vl. B. Turner.
The California is a fine specimen of naval archi-
—
.
.
tecture, and carries 21 guns. She is of the propeller
class, with engines of 1500 horse-power, nominal.
Through the kindness of Mr. 8. Ames, navigating
officer, we have been furnished with the following
particulars of the weather encountered by tbe ship
on her passage to the islands On tbe morning of
the 16th of Deo., in Lat. 22° 67" N, 161 » 87' W,
the breeze freshened from the B 9 E, shifting to the
westward, and gradually increased tea moderate
gale—force 8. This gale lasted about six hours, and
from the indications the ship was on the eastern edge
of a oyolnne, moving Nlt E and NE. On the 17th
it came on to blow again, but not as strong as on the
16th. Tbe barometer fell from 29.89 to 29.76—
strength of tbe gale about 7, with occasional squalls
of about 10. The direction of tbe wind in both cases
was from the 88 W, veering to the westward. On
the 19th sighted Maui and Molokal, when tbe wind
blew strong, sometimes as high as 10, from Sand E,
shifting to 8 and W. Tbe ship was hove tea part of
tbe time under close reefed main-topsail and spanker.
On tbe 16th a heavy swell was encountered from tbe
N sad W, which continued nntil the arrival here, beng but slightly interrupted by the cjclona.—P.
C. A , Dec. 23.
:
Naval—The U. 8. steam sloop-of-war JVarragansett arrived en Saturday evening last, 26 days from
Sun Francisco, having mode the passage under sail
until within about 150 mites of pert Bbt sailed
with the Flag Ship California, and was in company
with her until tbe fifth day out, after which she experienced southerly squally weather with a great
deal of rniu until uearing tbe islands. Tbe JYarraganseti is a fourth-clans vessel, carrying five guns
and a crew of ninety men, which is not her full
complement. She will remain in port fora few weeks,
after which, we understand, she will proceed on a
cruise among the islands in the South Pacific and
Japan.—Of
The German Language in
thence toward Australia. The following is a list of
the symptoms of vigorous intellectual activity which the contact with European civilization has effected in Japan, one of the most
remarkable is the eagerness with which the
Japanese seem to take up the study of the
German language. About a year ago a
German school was opened at Yeddo, under
the auspices of the Japanese authorities, and
the number of native pupils attending it,
which was four, now actually exceeds one
thousand. The influx of native pupils was
at times, so great that German sailors had
temporarily to be employed to impart to the
eager pupils a knowledge of the German
ABC.
William B. Hallett
with the Chaplain.
the offioers of the .Yarruganmett:
Captain—Richard W. Meade.
Executive Officer—Lieut. Commxnder A. H. Wright.
ISavigating Officer '/.. L. Tanner
Lieutenants— l. Vales, C, J Mitchell, E. D. Tausli
Ensigns—Chss. P. Welch, 11. O. Handy.
First Assistant Engineer—J. B. Carpenter.
Poet Assistant Surgeon—R. C. Ver Jleul.-ti.
Past Assistant Paymaster—Geo. N. Grirßdg.
Midshipmen— (Jeo A. Calhoun, M. F. Wright, W F n.,
F. H.Lefever.
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Captain's Clerk—Geo. B. Relman.
Gunner—J. O. Foster.
Boatswain—Tistn. Savage.
—Oatttte.
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A kind and encouraging word comes,
behalf
of the Friend, from several of our
in
foreign subscribers in America. Would not
some of our residents on,the islands confer a
favor on theirfriends in England and America,
by sending them a copy of the Friendi
Subscription, $2.50 ; including postage, and
will find a letter the papers are sent by every monthly steam-
MEMORANDA.
Information Wanted.
DA. 1872.
Information wanted respecting JtAn Harrm, by Richard
Dellerldge, steward of Royal Naval Hospital, Yokohama,
Japan. Said Harris is thus described ■. He haa a linger abort
en one hand, to ibe best of my kaowladge he settled at Honoluln, about 10 or 12 yeara ago. Me wrote to hit. mother for
aome timeaiuce her death, I have not heard uf him. He waa
and
O" Any pers-on sending newspapers
married to a native woman on Sandwich Inlands, and had two
books for gratuitous distribution among children.
Information wanted respecting fttnjamin Robins, who ta
seamen, and especially illustrated papers, Kuppoatd to have died on the Sandwich Islands, after visiting
Australia. Any Information will be gludly received by U.S.
will have our thanks.
Consul at Honolulu, or by his aoo 1/ouis Robin* i»l North Tc*
peka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, or by the editor.
(loudby
Any of our friendly readers, inclined Information wanted respecting William t'rancis
William Selon Ogden of t'ortland, Oregon. Said Good ia thus
to aid in support of this paper, their dona>- described i A tall, atrong KngMshrhHti from London, who waa
hy turns, sailor, soldier and baker, was married in the Sandtions will be gladly received.
wich Islands alout ]843<-4 ; at any rate a aon named James
Francis Good waa born to them on the is) ods on the tlh of
November, 1846. W'm Francis tame to Oregon and Is reported
Avails of the Bethel Fair.—J. O. te
have left here as steward of some vessel bound to China,
wince when nothing has beenheard from him.
TJatter, Esqv, treasurer, reports as follows:
from New Bedford
Geerye Francis faughon, who
T<*al Receipts
»74»37 In Of1855.
Any in(or met Km concerning him will be spitefully
76 77 received by bis fattier,
fexpenaea
residing in bpringfleld, Maes., or at the
$670«0 office of this paper.
In baatl
Infoimation wanted reslfwctlng John. Harris, formerly a retident of Honolulu, say ten yeara ago- Be was tnarried to a*
Incidental Expenses of the Bethel, 1872. Hawaiian, and hail two children. Any infbrmtftlon wftl be
Expended
received by the Editor, or Mr. Richard RetteVedge,
4214 91 ■gladly Naval
Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
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Chinese School at the Bethel.—Mr.
Dunscombe, reports average attendance during the year, 13 pupils, but during the last
month December 18 have been in attendance.
The school is kept in the Bethel vestry, three
evenings each week-.
“No liquors were furnished at the recent
railway banquets in Maine, The officers of
the North American Railway exact temperance habits from the men they employ, and
it was not consistent for them to set the example of .furnishing wine to their guests."
When shipowners follow railway agents
and directors in Maine, we shall have fewer
wrecks and disasters. The time we hope
will soon come wuen insurance companies
will absolutely refuse to issue a policy covering a vessel and cargo,-on board of which
intoxicating liquors are used either by the
inmates of the cabin or forcastle.
exchange. Arc
ET All freight arvlvinr. at Sua Francisco, by or to tbe 110Rolalw Line of Packets, will be forwarded raaa or oommuwioh.
XT Exchange on Honolulu bought and sold. £0
-RRPRKBKOSB—
Messrs. C L. Richards ft Co
Honolulu
H. Haekfeld ft Co
0. Brewer k Co
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Dec.
“Who'll Now Care for the Little Birds?”
The death of Mr. Moffitt Stoney has been
weekly papers, but
one characteristic of this gentleman has not
been noticed. He was a friend of the little
duly chronicled in the
birds, and would not allow sportsmen—those
savage enemies of the birds—to wander over
his ranch with their fowling pieces. The
little birds showed that they appreciated his
kindness and protection. The plover especially looked up to him as their friend. We
do not think there is any part of the Sandwich Islands which would compare with
Kahuku for such exhibitions of civilization,
in horses, cattle, sheep, fowls and birds!
Ye owner of ranches, "Go and do likewise."
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Bishop it Co
Dr.R. W.Wood
Hon.B. 11. Alleo
D. 0. Waterman, Bsq
da
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I II X FRIEND, JANUARY, 18 72.
4—Haw bk Queen Emma, Hempstead, 16 days from
Ssn Ftanclsco.
4—Am bktit Victor, A B Gove, 28 days from Port
Gamble, W T.
6—Am bktn Jane A Falklnburg, Wm Cattearl, 17
days trom Astoria, O
t—Brit bk Gaucho, J T Hills, 14 days from Baa Francisco.
«-Am schr C M W; rd, G W Rlckman, 24 days from
Holland's Is.
14—Am bk Atalttnta, Chas H Sinclair, 76 daya from
Newcastle, N 8 W.
IG-Am bk D C Murray, P P Shepherd, 19 days from
San Francisco.
17—Am slntr Nebraska. I Harding, 16 days and 12
hours from Auckland.
IS -Brit bk Duke of Edinburgh, II E Mill, 61 daya from
Newcastle, N 8 W.
22-U S 8 frigate California, J M B fills, 24 days from
San Francisco.
23—Am atmr Moses Taylor, N T Bennett, 11 days 6
hours from San Francisco.
23— U 8 S Narraganaetl,R W Mead, 26 days from San
Francisco
27—Nor Gerbk Ingcrtha,RJorstad, 42 days from Amoor
Blur.
ror Baas Coaar—l*l» San Fraurlato October
18lh. Firtt three daya nut experienced calms and light bat
fliug airs around (he compass with oveseast weather. On th*
morning of Hie 2Sd October l<axae<t a package of window
Then the win.l
blinds, evidently only a few daya in lb* water. very
light till In
hauled into north and east, where It contlnned
wllh svtrlatitude 31° no. 111, when we got moderate tracks,
Monday.
NoArrlveil
Honolulu
at
cast and rainy weather.
vemberMh, alter a passage of eighteen da) s.
ThiU. 8, N. Z. & A. Mall eteannhip Nevada, J. 11.
Blethen. eossmander,left aMfer October 28th, and New Zea
land November-3d, arriving if Honolulu November l.Ui at 7
P. M., after a passage of It days, with 42 psasengers, anil
1,680 packages freight for Honoluluand SanFrancisco.
It •■■.port or lUukkntinb Victor, Gould, M»rtlr.—l.*-ft
Port Gamble Nov. 7lh First six days out experienced very
heavy and rough weather. Last six days out was about 40u
miles oIT these islands, during whtoh time had southerly winds
On the paassge up from Honolulu the Victor arrived seven
days ahead of tbe H imrr, while the latter anHcd from Honolulu eight days before the former.
Report of Hark Atalanta.
H.St-rc'LUtt, M *.*-tbr.—Left Newcastle September SOtfa at midnight. Octt*bev
2d expcrleaceS a terrific gale frbrtl south, which tested until
the morning of the4tU •lost sails, stove boat sad aostainc.l
other damsges, after which Had a succession of gales and
calms for several days. Ike 144b-day after leaving passed tbe
Zealand. Had a good
li.nnitu.lc of ihe North Csjpe of New
were pa»H*.l
run from thence to the Touboanl Islands, whichTahiti,
which
November Ist— mem fifteen days from thence to
of
800
(a
passed
tbe
IS*
November
distance
mlles> had
was
continued light bead winds and calms with squalls. Had no
eoutbeast trades. Crossed Ihe Equator In long. IM° wesK,
Novemb r 80th took the northeast trades In 10 ° north, an.l
bad them fresh. Sighted the east point of Hawaii Dece.nl.er
IKb. ('..in.* through the Hawaii channel. Ilave had light
-winds and calms until yesterday.
Ths BT«iM»H ip Moses Taylor, N. T. Bennett, Coaimander,
left San Francisco Dec. 12th at 13 M. Were detained in purt
six days by the non-arrival of Ihe British malls. Had northwest wind first two days. Dec 14th wind heuled to the southwest and gradually increaasd until the 17th 'Hovoto" tor
34 hours, tremendous sea running, and wln.l blowing a gale m
squalls. On ths 10th wind and sea moderate*!, with wln.l
from southwest until reaching port. Sighted Maui Dec. 23(1
at 8 A. M arriving in Honoluluat 6 P. M.
A. X Clark, Purser.
Ih.i
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PASSENGERS.
From San Francisco—Per Queen Emma, Dec 4th—Capt
F A Barker, O S Plnkham and wife, Hon n A Widcmanu,
Miss Emma Widomaun, Miss Hatty Wldemann.
From Portland—Per J. A. Falkinburg, Dec. 6th—George
Reed. George Pauncefort.
For Yokohama—Per Gaucho, Dec. Sth—J A Robertson, II
J Franklin.
From Ooano Is.—Per C. Id. Ward, Dec. 6th—Capt Bnow,
wifeand child, Mr Strachan, Capt Klbling, J Smith, 45 nat.vc
laborers.
From Sak Francisco—rer D. C. Murray, Dec 16th—1>
Mcßryde and wife, 8 N Castle, J C Cluney, L McOrew, G H
Riugold, Geo 8 Burns, Mrs Wundenburg, Miss Lena Wuudenburg, Jaa Sands, P II Tripp,and 3 Chinese.
For Guaho Is.—Per C. M. Ward, Dec. Ifith—Capt Kihllng, Wm Young, G Holmes, W H Foy, Antone Hugo, 46 laborers.
From Alien land—Per Nebraska, Dec. 18th—1 Chinese,
and 75 passengers in transitu for San Francisco.
For Auckland and Bydn«y—Per Nebraska, Dec. SBd—
F A Parker, G L Ringol.l, F A Maynard, T Harrison,8 lleni*,.t.m, and 40 in transitu from Ban Francisco.
From SanFrancisco—Per Moses Taylor, Dec, S3d—H A
P Carter, wife and daughter, Mrs P C Jones and 2 children.
Capt Makee, Mrs P N Makee, Mrs Burnbam, Mra Thomas and
daughter, Dr II C Eckstein, U S N, E May and wife, Mrs
llvitiiin. servant and 2 children, B 11 Lyon, W tlretn, G A.lderson, wife and 3 childreft. A Ifardle, J F Arundel. J Harrison, Mra Billings, R W Andrews, Mrs Hart, and 40 in transitu
for Australia.
foa Ban Francisco—Per Moses Taylor, Dec. 26th—M
Phillips, Mr Slattley and wife, Miss C Baldwin, C A William-*
and son, Mrs (iuthmann, M Louissnu, Capt Snow and wife, D
Palmleri, Jno Cor.ley, Chong Po, F Macfsrlane, C Maclarlane,
L Hoffmann, W Holderegse, I. Dlederittg, Jno Berry and wife,
and 76 in transitu from Australia and New Zealand.
For Portland, O—Per Jane A. Falkluburg, Dec. 27lh—
George Reed.
For San Francibco—Per Queen Emma, Dec. 28tb— H
Hustings, Jno McCeary, J Campbell, Julius Kates, R Ilex Ha
A J Lawrence.
*.-«—■.—»»—■—•»—>—•—•——■.»»»>•>—•—■»-■»—ws**»a
DIED.
.
Ui'ii-Iii this city. December 3d, -*■ R. UhvkiIRI
Desha, a native of Cynthiana, Boooe County, Kentucky, la
the bud year of his age. Hehad reajtlsd on theseIslands since
194ft.
Fisher—In this city, December elh, Tho.na> Kiuhes, a
native of Loudon, England, aged 03. years. Ue hat. resided o*
theseIslands since 1837.
Stosry—In tfijs. oily, December 7lh, Mr L R. MsrwT
DEPARTURES.
Stonky, a native of King's County, Ireland, in the Wd yea/
of bis agt. Hebad resided on these islands since 18U.
Nov. 27—Am bk Comet, Fuller, for San Francisco.
at the U.S Hospital, December 11th.
29-llaw schr Kaiuaile, Bridges, for Jarvis Island.
Mr. A. W. Smith, belonging to Machlaa, Maine. His funeral
Dec. 6—Brit bk Gaucho, Hilts, for Yokohama.
by
attended
the
Order
of Good Templars,
waa
8-t-Brit bk Mary I, Edilh, Littkiater, lor Victoria, B C.
SToasucK—In this city, December 27-h. Charlies Viarv
14—Am bktn Victor, Gove, for Victoria, B C.
taiott riroRBAtR, a native of Bremen, aged 69 yeas*. Be
16—Am schr C M Ward, Rickman, lor Gaanois.
26—Am simr Moses Taylor, Bennett. Ibr San Frsacisco. had resided in Honolulu during the past 24 years, and wa>
highly esteemed by all who knew fcjuv xj" New York and
27—Am bktn J A Falkeuburg, Cslheart, forPortland.
28—Haw bk Queen Emma, Ucllcil, tot Sua Francisco. Bremen papeis please copy.
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TiI,FRIEND, JANUARY, 1 Sit.
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The Shakers.
I bare for my design in this article to
bring to your notice one of the most singular of the many religious sects, now possessing considerable power in the United States.
I have often been surp-jlpd at the ease with
which any religious creed, however foolish it
may seem, gains followers. We cannot then
wonder that when, about the year 1770, an
English woman, named Ann Lee, claimed to
have received a divine revelation, commissioning her to establish a new church, she
was readily believed by some. Infatuation
is a strong characteristic of weak minds, and
it was not long before the " United Society
of believers in Christ's second appearing," as
they styled themselves, acquired quite a
number of converts. They early separated
from the Quakers of which sect they at first
formed a branch. The essentials of their
creed, are a belief in an eternal farher and
mother existing in the deity, the parent of
the whole human race; and in the duality of
Christ, Jesus being the one and Ann Lee the
other member of the child of Ood.
Will you now allow me to guide you in
fancy as we visit one of the settlements of
the Shakers. Just west of the line where
Massachusetts joins New York, there lies,
nestled among the hills, a beautiful town,
New Lebanon by name. It consists of two
villages, the one New Lebanon, Spa., a
widely known for the efficacy of its mineral
water and country air as a restorative, as the
other is for being the home of the wealthiest
and most influential family of Shakers. It
is summer, and around us lie beautiful
meadows with their velvet cover, fields of
grain bowing with the fitful breeze, and all
the lowland seems happy; while far aloft
extend the mountains rearing their woodcapped peaks and looking down as if in rare
enjoyment upon the beauty at their feet.
All' around is busy, and even the trees, as if
ashamed to be idle, drowsily nod their
heads. A choice spot this, one of Nature's
own, well chosen to be the house of a community where the world's strifes enter not.
Here all are on a level, and be a man
wealthy or be he poor, it matters not; for all
things are common, all receive their stores
from one treasury, and contribute all their
possessions to the common stock. Elders
are appointed, men eminent for piety, and to
these are allotted the management of their
worldly affairs. Shrewd men they are,
sharp at a bargain, rarely deceived. In such
a quiet nook as this we should expect to find
no such thing aa aristocracy; but shall we
ever realize this dream on earth. They
men may advance in piety and prois accordingly, and tbe Church family,
Bk
so called, is acknowledged as the highest.
The dress of tbe Quakers is retained and
queerly enough it looks to see bright girls
wearing white caps, and little boys running
around with the fatherly broad-brimmed
hats; to say nothing of the general effect
produced by the plainness of drab or brown
unrelieved by any other color. All their
buildings are scrupulously neat, and it seems
a pleasure to step from the white and
scoured floors upon the ground where we
need not fear lest we leave a speck of dirt.
Their stores are stocked with goods choice
and rare, and particularly do we admire the
feather work, and the- baskets made from
the ash and willow. Let no one enter here
whose pocket is empty, for, like the world's
people in this at least, they do know how to
demand large prices. We enter one of their
schools, after a long time spent in coaxing
and in controverting the yea and nay of the
pretty teacher, and find a pleasant room filled
with bright faces. Many of the lessons are
in rhyme, they supposing it easier to commit in this way. Only the rudiments of
an education are taught. School is now
closed and boys and girls are marched in
Indian file to their houses, each sex apart.
Woe to the curious urchin who may chance,
to try to get a peep at the world's people. A
boxed ear rewards the curiosity. The sexes
live entirely apart, and scarce a word passes
between them save upon business matters.
They are .firm adherents to the old maxim
Early to bed," &c., never sleeping later
than half past four in summer. They breakfast at 6, dine at 12 and sup at 6 in the
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afternoon.
Most of them are vegetarians and all food
prohibited by the law of Moses is not used.
Once a year they have a social gathering in
which three families join. Every brother
and sister is expected to furnish some communication, prose or poetry, and the picnic
lasts all day. During the fifteen years of
its obsepance the day appointed has never
been unpleasant and many of them believe
that Elder Evans has a controlling influence
over the elements. We see on every side
abundant evidence of their worldly prosperity and well stored barns prove that want is
foreign to them.
Curiosity prompts us upon a Sabbath
morning to go to Shaker meeting. The
sexes enter at different doors and occupy
separate parts of the room. All ait quietly
for a time. Then the Shakers arise, form a
circle and chant
tions of a life where poverty Is not, where
worldly trials are unknown, where all things
are common. But, alas, the one thing making our lives pleasant is lacking here, and
we can but feel how cold that heart must
become which has nothing on which to
fasten its affections, and we gladly turn our
thoughts toward our homes, where wealth
may not be, but where love reigns supreme.
By the proverbial kindness of the Shakers
toward all, by their strict integrity and industry they draw toward themselves the respect due to a well ordered community.
Thus have we taken a hasty view of the
religious sect called by the world Shakers,
because of their peculiar mode of worshipping. It is not our field to criticise their
creed, but we turn gladly from contemplating
it toward our Bible wherein we learn of the
wonderful love of God, the essence of the
Christian religion, which is so totally absent
W. H. C.
from their belief.
December 20,
1620.
“On the Sabbath we Rested.”
This is the simple and touching record of
the method the Pilgrim Fathers spent the
Holy Sabbath, the day before they landed
upon Plymouth Rock. It will be found in
Governor Bradford's history of Plymouth
Colony. The spot where they rested, was
on Clark's Island. This island is described as situated just within the entrance
of Plymouth Harbor, and so called from the
mate of the Mayflower-, who is said to have
been the first to step on it. It contains about
eight acres. It was neither sold nor allotted
in any of the early divisions of tbe lands,
but was reserved for the benefit of the poor
of the town, to furnish them with wood and
pasture for their cattle.
The Pilgrim Fathers found time amid all
their toils, privations and wanderings, to rest.
upon the Sabbath, and then too, they were
so thoughtful for the poor in their midst.
These two points are worthy of our consideration as we pass along over the anniversary
of their landing on Plymouth Rock. Report
says, that one Edward Watson and others
during the past year have caused the following inscription to be chiseled on a prominent
rock upon Clark's Island :
" December 20, 1620.
On the Sabbath we rested."
There let it remain throughout all coming
generations, as a reminder to the millions of
the descendants of the Pilgrims that it is
their duty to remember the Sabbath Day, and
keep it holy, thus obeying the command -ef
God. When God had finished the work of cre" I lore to Ring, I love to dance,
ation He rested. "And on the seventh day God
I lon lo be a Shaker."
ended the work which he bad made. And
and
Next
feet.
keeping time with the hands
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified
one high in standing exhorts the Shakers to it; because that in it he had rested from all
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YMoeunnH
'gsAChoricatf onolulu.
Edited by a member ofthe Y. M. C. A.
The Old, Old
The Chinese in Hawaiianei.
Taking, it for granted tbst the future population of these islands is to be largely and
even predominantly Chinese, the importance
and necessity of educational and moral influences among them become self-evident.
That the bulk of our population a generation hence is to be made up of immigrants
trom China and Japan, and their descendants, few who intelligently investigate the
subject can doubt.
The work, then, of educating those alrea/Jy
•amongst us, simply our duty in any case, a»ktunes in these probabilities, or rather certainties, an importance no less than national.
It is sowing seed for an hundred fold returns.
It is laying tbe foundation for the intelligence and moral culture of tbe future generations of our country. And yet we are doing little towards taking up this work : in
the meantime these followers of Confucius
or JJudhii ure settling amongst us, marrying among our people, cutting ofT their
hair-tails, and as in no other country out of
China inheriting the land evidently content
to regard it as a home for themselves and
their children. Even their corpses prefer to remain here and to rest in peace
on the quiet hillside with the yearly oblations and festivities given to their spirits
who sit in silent guard on sentry ghost-stones
over the sleeping dust, rather than risk the
typhoons of the China seas for the sake of
the covering mantle of earth of the Celestial
Kingdom. This is a significant fact in itself
and shows on their part a remarkable readiness to regard Our country as theirs also by
adoption.
At present many circumstances Tender
difficult the work of educating the Chinese
already here. A large proportion of them
are ignorant and stupidly superstitious;
corning from the lowest classes of their own
land they present to us the worst possible
specimens of candidates for culture snd form
no criterion of the average capacity of the
race, Plantation conditions are not favorable
to the work. But these difficulties are also
special illustrations of the greater need of
such work,
The night school, conducted by Mr. Dunscombe in this place and under the care of
Her, Mr. Damon, is perhaps the only enterprise of this kind in operation here. This
school is very successful and is to a certain
extwit self supporting. The plan of the Association to conduct a Chinese Sunday
school Sunday sfternoons will, if successfully carried out, offer a good field of inflneoce in this direction and of gaining ground
and experience for future operations. The
Chinese Sunday schools in San Francisco
have been remarkably successful, and have
been the medium of a vast deal of good. We
doubt if there is any better or more available method open to us in which to win an
influence for good among the Chinese
among us.
.,
He whom the Father promised,
So many ages past,
Hud come to save poor sinners
Yes, He had come at last !
Story.
PART I.
He lived a life most holy
, His ever thought was Love,
And every action showed It,
To man, and God ahove*
Till HTOHV WANTID.
Trll me the old, old Story,
Of unseen thinge above,—
Ol Ikm s an.l llii Glory,
Of Jrsuh and His Love.
Ilia path in life was lowly ;
He was a ■ Working-Man ;
Who kuowa the poor man's (rials
So well aa Jksun can ?
"
Tell me the Siory slowly.
Ihtii I may tnkt it m,—
That wonderful Kedemplion,
God's Rrmrdy Ibr sin !
He gave away no money,
For be had none to give;
Rut he had power of healing,
And made dead people live.
THI
me the Story often,
for I forget so soon !
The early dew of morning
*' at noon !
Has passed away
'
He did kind things so kindly
II seemed His heart's delight
To make jioor people happy,
From morning until night !
'
Tell me Ihe same old Story
When you have cause tv fear
That this world's empty glory
la costing me too dear.
Yea, and when that World's Glory
Shall dawn upon my aoul,
Tell vie theold, old tilory,
" CIIhIST Jkmh makrs thee whole
He beard each tale of sorrow
With an attentive erfr,
And took away each burden
Of suffering, sib, or tear.
'
"
"
,
Tilt STOB* TOLD.
And crucified,and slain!
! look ! if you can Iwar itLook at your dying Lord !
Stand near tbe Cross and watch Him
Behold the Lamb of God I*1
Look
"
Listen, and I will sell you ;
God help both you and me,
And make the old, old Story
/its THtisayt unto thee!
"
"
His Handsand Feet are pierced,
He cannot hide His Face ;
And cru I men M stand staring,"
In crowds,about the place.
"
They laugh at Him and mock Him !
They tell Rim to u come down,"
And leave that Cross ol suffering,
And Chang* it for a Crown.
Once, In a pleasant garden
God placed a happypair ■,
Andall within waa peaceful.
Andall around was fair.
'
Rut, oh ! they disobeyed Him
The one thing He denied
They longed for, took, and tasted ;
They ate it, and—ihey died !'
Yet, in His lave and pity.
At once theLobd declared
How man, though lost and ruined.
Might after all be spared !
For one of Eve's descendants,
Not sinful, like the r«st,
Should spoil the work ofSatan,
And man be saved and blest'
Uat, some shepherd-* watching
Beside their flocks, at night,
Were startled In the darkness
By strange and heavenly Light
One of tbe holy Angels
Bad come Trom heaven above.
To tail the true, true Story
Of Jesusand HisLove.
lie came to bring *' glad tidings :
" You need net, oust not, tear i
For Christ, yournew-born Saviour
Lies In the village near !
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'
Hit when he left His people.
He promised them lo send
The Comforter," lo teach tbein,
Apd guide them, to the end.
This is the old, old Story."
Say, do you takeit At,—
This wonderful Redemption,
God's Remedy for sin t
At
that Story
They wool at once to see,
'
"
soakSu of years were over ;
Adam and Eve had died,
The following generation.
And Many more beside.
And found Bis Id a niaager.
And knew that it was lie.
"
And now He has ascended,
Andaits upon the Throne,
"To be a Prince and Saviour,"
And claim aa far His own.
And that same Holy Spirit
Is with us to thia day-,
And ready now to teach ua
The New and Living Way."
Hi
And many other angola
Took up the Story then
To God on High be Glory,
Good-will, and Peace, to men
For our sins He suffered ;
For our aloa He died ;
And " not for ours only,"
But '■ all the world's liesids
"
He should be son of Adam,
But son of Ood as well,
Aral bring a fall Salvation
Prom sin, and death, and hell.
And waa It true
This gentle, holy Jesus,
Without a spot or ataln,
By wicked hands was taken,
Ym want the old, old Story,"
And nothing else will do!
Indeed 1 cannot wonder
It always seems so new !
"
...
Such was "the Man Christ Jests!"
The Friend of sinful man ! ,
.
But hush ! the tale grow* sadder
I'll tell it— If I can/
TART 11.
You ask me for the u Story
Of unseen things above j—
Of Jesus and Ills Glory,
Of JEats and Hl* Lt»e."
"
He was a Man of Sorrows !
And when lie gave relief,
He gave it like a Brother,
"Acquainted with" Ihe "grief."
"
Do youat heart believe It J
Do you believe it's //ue,
And meant for every sjbnss,
And. therefore, meant fou you f
"
Theo takt tikis orkat Salvation ;'»
For Jkuus loves to give
Believe! and you receive It!
Believe ! and you shalllive I
'
And U this simple message
Has now brought peace to you,
Make known " the old, old Story,"
For others need it too.
Let everpbody see It,
That Christhas made you free j
And if It sets them longing,
Say JRevs died for fAce / ■
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soon, our eyes shall ccc Him ;
And, in our Rone above,
We'll sing "-the old, old Story
Of J t sue and Bis Lore
Soon,
"
THE
RIEND
JBfa Series, 001. 21.
10. J.}
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“How is the 'Friend' Supported!”
CONTENTS
Fer Ja.au.rr.
1818.
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Week of Prayer
Editor's Table, Union Prayer Book
Letter from Aheong
Literary Coeslp
Luther's Hymn
Rev. Dr. Lobschsld's Remarks
Murine Journal,&c
"Dec 80,1020"
Shakers,
Y. M. C. Association
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THE FRIEND.
JANUARY 1, 1878.
Week
1872—From
of Prayer,
January
HONOLULU, JANUARY I, 1872,
Jan. 7th, to
14th.
Sunday, J»n. 7th—Prayer, for the presence of the Holy
Spirit In tho Meetings held In Concert the present week—for
faith In Ood, and a reliance on His exceeding great and
precious promises " to Ills people.
"
Jan. Bth—Por all Nations, for Rulers and all in
Authority, for peace among the Nations, for the removal of
hindrances to the circulation of the Bible and the preaching of
the Gospel, for the removal of obstacles in the way of moral
reform.
Tubsday, Jan. 9th—For institutions of learning—Colleges
and Schools, for Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes,and for
the correction of the young.
Wcsnisday, Jan. 10th—For theright improvement by all
classes, of such calamities as Ood In Ills Providence has perand that when
il lille* to come upoa the earth Ihe past year,
Ilia J udgmests are In the earth the inhabitants of the world
may learn righteousness."
Thursday, Jan. 11th—For Missions to pagan and nominally Christian lands lor an Increase of Missionary seal In the
churches *, for as increase of laborers to go to opening fluids
and gather in Ihe ripening harvest.
FaiDAY, Jan. 12th—For the ont.poorlng of tbe Spirit in the
Hawaiian Islands and In other lands; upon Pastors and
Churches and Congregstlons *, that professing Christiana may
be revived and sinners converted onto Ood.
Saturday, Jen. 13th—For a blessing on the labors of Christian laymen ; Young Men's Christian Associations, Blhle end
Tract distribution *, for tbe religious press | for Benevolent
in all the
Associations, and lor a " Higher Christian Life
Churches.
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Monday,
"
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God's Time Table.—We hear and read
time tables." Agents for
much about
steamboats, manufactories, and schools, arrange time tables. When God created this
world and placed man upon it, He arranged
a time table. Six days for work and the
seventh for rest. On Sinai, God re-enacted
the same time table. Men may break away
from it, and live regardless of it, but if they
would be happy, healthy and prosperous, let
"
them conform to God's Time Table, Remembering the Sabbath Day to keep it holy."
"
{(Mi Series, MSftEditor's Table.
We were asked, not long since, How is Ths ©won Prayer Book—Sew York—A. S.
Barnes 4* Co., 1872.
the Friend supported 7" Our reply was,
"By giving it away." It has always Between thirty and forty years ago, it
been our practice to distribute gratuitously was our privilege to sojourn for a few months,
in Burlington, N. J., and, occasionally, it
of each number, from 500 to 1,000 copies.
was our praotiee to drop into St. Mary's
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Installation.—The Rev. Mr. Forbes, late
pastor of the second native church in Honolulu, is now Professor in the Lahainaluna
Seminary, on Maui. His successor, the
Rev. G. W. Pilipo, has for several years been
the pastor of the native church at Kailua,
Hawaii. His installation took place on
Sabbath evening, December 31st, according
to the following order :
" Reading of the
scriptures and prayer, by Rev. E. Kekoa;
sermon, by Rev. B. W. Parker; installing
prayer, by Rev. S. Waimaiole; right hand
fellowship, by Rev. H. H. Parker; charge to
pastor, by Rev. J. F. Pogue ; charge to the
church, by Rev. Dr. Smith, first pastor of
the church ; benediction, pastor elect, by Rev.
G. W. PUipo."
Acknowlegement.—We desire to return
our sincere thanks to the Rev. Mr. Coan of
Hilo, who has for a quarter of a century
acted as agent for the Friend in Hilo, not
only paying over in full all he received from
subscaibers, but usually adding a donation.
In sending forward his annual report, he
adds the following : " 1 wish the Friend to
live, for I value it not a little. It is the only
paper I read through. It is a good little
Repository of good words and thoughts.
Though small and. issued monthly, yet I
think it has chronicled more useful matter
during the last twenty-five years than all the
other English papers on tbe islands. I think
it will not die yet." Another subscriber from
Kauai, the Rev. Dr. Smith, thus writes in
sending forward his annual subscription :
"We like the Friend. Always welcome its
arrival, and hope it may continue to be issued 28 years longer at least, nnder its pres
ent editor."
Church, where Bishop Doane officiated.
We seldom heard him make an address or
preach, but in soma way he refered to the
"inimitable prayer book." He would give
his hearers to understand that the " Prayer
Book". was nearly, if not, quite perfect.
One of his parishioners presented us with a
copy, which has been more or less, our companion ever since, and which we have occasionally used at funerals and marriages.
We have found much that was good in the
book but with theRev. Dr. Cheney of Chicago,
the late Rev. F. S. Rising, and many others,
we have thought that there might be an
improved edition, from our congregational
stand-point, we think the new " Union Prayer
Book " is a vast improvement on the old
book of "Common Prayer." We never
could see why eminent divines of the Epis-i
copal Church in England and America were
willing, aye, eager to improve King James*
translation of the Bible, but those «ame
scholarly divines would not allow a word
(even regenerate) in tbe baptismal service to
be altered. The course they pursue gives
the impression that they think far more of
maintaining the integrity of tfce "Prayer
Boole " than they do of the Bible,
This " Union Book" is vastly bttter
arranged and to our taste better suited
to public and private devotion than the old
"
book." We have family prayers for every
morning and evening of the month; then to,
there are a great number of forms of prayers
for special seasons and occasions; including
prayers for Sunday schools, Thanksgiving,
and many other occasions. We know fot
who are the compilers of this new book, but
we honestly thimk they have performed their
delicate and difficult task with much wisdom,
skill, and evangelic good taste.
TOE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1872.
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lOOEEnroEOEEOE.J
Letter from
Aheong.
As many of our readers are acquainted
with Aheong, the Chinese missionary, who
labored among his countrymen on the islands,
we think they will be interested in the perusal of the following letter. We would
call attention to that part of the letter which
describes the reports about poisoning. It
will readiiy appear; how easy it is to raise
such reports among an ignorant, superstitious, and prejudiced people. If his health
is restored, we shall hope to welcome his
return to the islands. We value this letter,
because it is the communication of a native
of China, who ncquired a knowledge of the
English language, sufficiently, to enable him
to write with intelligence and accuracy. As
the Chinese are now educated in California,
Honolulu, and elsewhere, we hope many
more will be found of like spirit with
Aheong :
Canton, China, August 10, 1871.
■»*
S.
Rev. C. Damon:
Dear Sir.—Your first welcome letter, I
received last year with one roll newspapers.
Your second letter, of March 3d last, came
to my hands, April sth, with another roll of
newspapers. I do not forget your kindness
to send me them. They help me q great
deal to know something about Hawaii and
other countries.
Since I got home, 56 days after, my grandfather died. He was 83 years of age. So
long as I stay at home with poor health, 1
take the medicine, but still do not get cured
yet. So I did not try any work lor our
God with my countrymen.
My mother and brother are determined to
keep me at home always, but it is not my
mind. I keep the Sabbntji and family prayer
at home with my family. My brother is
almost turn to the true, but my mother is as
hard as ever. I pray God for them, and for
all my countrymen. 1 hope that you and
all the good people at Hawaii do not forget
to ask G«d for me, with my family and my
countrymen. So we do not forget to pray
to God for thee, and all at Hawaii and other
places. My countrymen's hearts are very
hard. I try to explain about the Gospel as
well as I have chance, but thsy are laughing
at me. It seems to them that I am a foolish
man, but I do not feel ashamed for them to
see me so. I shall like to get my health
better, then I will try again to see if I can
do something for our Lord.
About three month* ago, 1 received a letter from Gen. C. H. Howard, of Chicago,
the Secretary of the American Mission Association, he wishes me to go to California
to engage in our great work for the Chinese
there. Jt was a good chance for me to carry
the work of Christ, but 1 was fearful on
account of my poor health, so I did not go
there; also, i did not answer his letter.
The news, at the north of China, between
the Chinese and French, I did not hear very
well. I only learned that tfc people* there
killed some French, by believing that they
Bryant's ' Odyssey ' is out, making every
put some poison in water, and in bread, to
poison the children, and take out the eyes one love the ' blind-bard better but sets you
fer medicine. The matter was settled by to wondering whether after all we haven't
both Governments. I think you may hear the ' sweeter singer ' of the two with us toall the cause now. During these tew weeks, day. To me the success which Bryant has
people of our district raised some story that achieved in his Homeric translation is the
some foreigner and sOme missionary put the most enviable which any American author
poison in bread and cake, and hire some poor has gained in a long long time.
But really I think you are quite too hard
Chinaman to feed it to Chinese, if any person eat that, then will have a kind of bad upon poor ' Tom Brown ' or rather his creasickness. Then go to see the foreigner or tor, Hughes. Of course all good moralists
missionary, they will give them some medi- must needs be troubled over the sad state of
cine to cure the sickness, if that person Oxford morals and the loss of scholarly reculture which one would expromised to join the church of the foreigner; finement and find,
but then in as much as
if not, the person whom took the poison shall | pect there to
soon die. The people of this town are afraid. Mr. Hughes has so vividly portrayed Oxford
Some of them come to me to tell the story. as it is, we should rather admire the clever
I tried a great many ways to explain to bit of realism that 'Tom Brown' is, than
them how untrue the story is ; how kind and find fault with its author. I am sadly afraid
just the foaeigners and missionaries, nnd that a very similar picture might be painted
how careful the church of the Gospel is to of some of our American colleges.
I have been reading Mrs. Stowe's ' My
let any pesion to join in it. Some of them
believes me, and some are still doubting. wife and I,' as a sort of lecreation. Enjoyed
In this, two days, the story seems to die it and yet I was sadly disappointed in it.
out. See how foolish are my countrymen She writes too much—quite too much—there
here, for they do not see the true light of are one or two exquisite touches, here and
there, and the book abounds in the best of
our Christ.
hints, Yet as a work of art the book
moral
not
when
shall
and
1 dq
get better,
know
I
to me a failure. One wearies of all
go to work again. I hope I shall see you seems
soon, if God is willing to let me. Hoping this sentimentalism and ' back-kitchen marthat your work be successful, and your ried experience.
You will see the December monthlies.
church-member be increasing all the time.
The school of the Chinese I hope keeps The Atlantic seems the best. Fields dison, and tries to bring some of the poor courses very pleasantly though affectedly on
Mary Mitford. Have you
Chinese sinners to the Redeemer. I hope Wordsworth andtreat
Howell promises us in
that God soon raise up some preacher for noticed what a
the Atlantic of '72 ? Among Hawthorne's
them.
How pleased that I heard yon have the papers after his death was found a manugreat jubilee last June. No doubt God is script novel, the scene of which is laid in
Concord during the time of the Revolution.
blessing His work.
Please send my love to Hawaii Board, It is of course in Hawthorne's intense spirit
style. The hero—a weird conception
and all the Mission at Hawaii; also, all tbe and
members of the Bethel Church, ask them —is to be a deathless man. All this we
not to forget me and my family in saying shall have next year. It will seem more like
their prayers. Send me often of your kind having Hawthorne back with us again in alt
his wonderful, terrible earnestness.
letters.
But really I must stop seme where for we
with
me
to
My wife and children join
so much in common that I might ramsend our love to thee, and Mrs. D. May liveon
ble to a wearisome length. Yet just anGod be with you.
other word. Have you read Browning's
Your unwortny brother irr the Lord,
new poem ? You will admire it for its minS. P. Aheong.
gled beauty of Browning and Euripides. It
is a transcript form Euripides, and is a revLiterary Gossip.
elation of tne power and sweetness of the
One of our American correspondents thus long ago singer that is exceedingly interestAt quite the other extreme of literaindulges in notices of new books and current ing. notice,
if you have not yet, Meline's
ture
the
a
last
literature. From letter by
the ' History of England' by
attack
upon
we copy as follows :
Froude. It is going to overturn the popularThe holidays are bringing us new books ity which the historian has gained by his
in the most gorgeous of covers. I saw a dramatic power and very deceitful reasoning.
red line edition of Burns last night which There is something almost pathetic in so
was a perfect gem. One's purse never seems great a man's being convicted of such mean
shorter than now-a-days. The books are so faults.
Set the fountain to playing fc* me, and
tempting but so costly. Q banning, the friend
'
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of
'
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Hawthorne, Emerson and Thoreau be sure, the spray silvers the very tree tops."
sends out a volume of poems which seem
F. W. D.
quite too sweetly sad and gentle to be rudely
handled by the paper critics. For of course
Mr. Whitney's Book Stork.—Never
they will be, for only ' the few' can love
we seen his counter and shelves so well
have
in
still,
writes
his
them. Joaquin Miller
gay, sensuous, luxuriant style which so supplied with choice books, and such as are
blinded his English friends. 1 have just especially suitable as gifts for the holioays.
finished his volume of poems and feel as We would also call the attention of
our
if I had been looking at some fiery sunset. readers to his advertisement
in another colHe is so tropical and color-mad. Yet after
all it is a ' fine frenzy.'
I n,ofsuhscription-booka.
um
“The Spirit of the Press.”
This is the name of a new paper started
in Galena, Illinois, and edited by H. H.
Houghton, Esq., late United States Consul
at Lahaina. Let it be remembered that this
gentlemnn, is a veteran editor, having edited
and published a newspaper at Galena for
more than thirty years. He was among the
earliest friends of President Grant. Mr.
Houghton is a old neighbor and personal
friend of the President, and was among the
very first to start him on thit line, which
finally elevated him to the Presidency.
In the number of the paper lying on our
tafile, for November 27th, we notice a leading editorial relating to the " Sandwich
Islands." We are glad to learn that Mr.
Houghton carried away with him a pleasant
impression of a residence on the islands, and
the readers of his paper will doubtless derive
much useful information from bis pen, jotting down remifisences of his sojourn at
Lahaina and in Honolulu. The editorial
closes with the following paragraphs :
" Two years ago, there was living at
Lahainaluna (Upper Lahaina), a woman
who accomplished one of the greatest swimming feats on record. She and her husband
were onboard a schooner, which was wrecked
off the shore, some twenty miles or more.
All on board were lost, but herself. She
and her husband, in possession of a single
plank, started for Hawaii. They swam for
life. The husband had the plank till by
some accident it was lost. He became exhausted. She took him on her back, and so
carried him for eight hours ; the last part of
the voyage he was an inanimate corpse.
He died from exhaustion, but she clung to
the body till she landed it on shore. She
had strength enough to crawl towards a hut,
where she was discovered and cared for, and
she is probably still alive, though old. They
were twenty-rour hours in ihe water. It is
told by her, that before she lelt the wreck,
they both engaged in prayer for deliverance,
which was answered by saving the life that
we live here, of the one, and of granting a
more speedy entrance on the eternal life to
the other. We spoke of Mrs. Treadway.
When coming to this country with her husband, and when near Aspinwall, on the
blhmus of Panama, in going off shore for
the ship in which ihey were to sail, the boat
in which they were was capsized, and herself, her husband and a passenger were
thrown into the sea. In this case, she not
only saved the life of her husband by taking
him to the shore in an exhausted state, but
she then returned and saved the life of the
passenger."
New Church in Goshen, N. Y.
A copy of the Goshen Democrat lies on
our table, furnishing much agreeable information respecting the'dedication of Presbyterian Church, in which will officiate the venerable father, (the Rev. Dr. Snodgraas) of
our fellow townsman, Mr. Snodgrass. This
new church has been built at a cost of over
1872.
3
rII X KRIEND, JANUARY,
“Value of Old Newspapers.”
SIOO.OOO. At the dedicatory evercises, it
was gratifying to notice, that the Rev. Dr.
Tyng, the distinguished and venerable Episcopal clergyman of New York city took part.
In the course of his eloquent address he
thus remarks : " The eloquent Whitfield
told the truth when he said that asking
Father Abraham, in heaven, whether there
were Episcopalians there,* he answered,
'No, my son.' 'Are there any Presbyterians?'
' No, my son.' ' Any Quakers?' ' No, my
son.'
Who are there ?' 'All Christians.'
This is the grand essential, and in all the
essentials the differences between Episcopalians and Presbyterians are only microscopic, and can only be with satisfaction by
a microscopic age."
A file of the London Times is reported to
be worth £3,000 and more. A file of the
New York Herald, 55,000 and more. A
file of the Friend, from January IStb, 1843,
to the present time, complete, we will furnish for $50; subscription price, t66, neatly
bound in three volumes, but we have only
one file for sale. A file of the new series
from 1852 to the present time, twenty volumes, we will furnish for $25.
When we spread our little sheet to the
breeze, not another sheet printed in the English language was issued on the western
coast of either North or South America,
frcm Cape Horn to Bherings' Straits, or in
any part of Polynesia. We can with diffiupon
In the April number of the Friend, culty realize this fact, when we reflect
weekly
scores
hundreds
of
daily,
and
for 1871, will be found a translation of one the
of Luther's famous old hymns. The trans and monthly periodicals now issued in Calilation was made by Miss Catharine Wink- fornia and elsewhere.
The following English newspapers had
worth, and will be found, in the Lyra Getbeen published in Honolulu, but
previously
1869.
The
manica, published in London,
out
had
died
before the Friend was started :
the
same
was
hymn
following translation of
'
made by the Rev. Dr. Lobsheid, author of
the Chinese Dictionary, on his passage from
Honolulu to Canton, and kindly forwarded
to the editor:
" EIM FISTS BDRO MT CSSEE OOD."
1 A solid fortress is our God,
A trusty shield and weapon ;
A ready help in ev'ry need,
Whate'er to us may hpppen.
The old malicious foe.
Intends us serious woe ;
With might and crafty weiles
TV unweary he beguiles,
On enrth is not his equal.
2 With our own strength wo nothing can,
We were soon lost (some) forever ;
Itut for us fights the proper uiau,
By God sent to deliver.
You ask me, who that is ?
His Dame is Jesus Christ,
Tbe Lord God Sabbaoth
There is no otber God
'Tis He must win the battle.
Death of Mrs. Admiral Pearson.
8 And if the world full devils were,
All e.igcr to devour us ;
We would not yield a single hair,
They cannot overcome us.
Their dreaded prince no more
Can harm us as of yore ;
Look grim as e'er he may,
Doomed is his ancient swsy,
One word can overthrow him.
1 They to this mighty word must yield
And yet no thanks shall merit ;
For He is with them in the field.
With gifts ai.d with his spirit.
E'en should they take our life,
Goods, honor, children, wife—
Let tlietu take all away,
We aboil yet win the day ;
—W. L.
God's kingdom ours abideth.
Pacific, August, 1871.
}
ter by
Sandwich Island Gazette, published weekly
Honolulu, from 183ti to 1839.—5. D.
Mackintosh, editor. For about twelve months
the Sandwich Island Mirror appeared
monthly in' place of the Gazette, in consequence of the want of printing paper.
The Hawaiian Spectator, published quarterly at Honolulu, from January, 1838, to
October, 1839, conducted by "an association of gentlemen."
The Polynesian, first series, published at
Honolulu, from June 6th, 1840, to December 4th, 1841.— J. J. Jarvis, editor.
The Friend was first issued January 18th,
1843, and has been regularly published ever
since, except from March, 1851, to May,
1852, including the period of the editor's
first visit to the United States.
at
A friend has kindly forwarded a copy of
the Boston Transcript, from which we copy
ihe following notice of Mrs. Pearson's funeral.
Tbe visit and residence of Mrs. Pearson and
her daughter in Honoiulu, will be remembered by many of the families of the foreign
residents. They came hither while the late
Admiral Pearson was in command of the
Pacific Squadron. The happy impression
left by both the Admiral and his most excellent wife, will long be remembered.
" Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 6.—The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Pearson, widow of the
late Admiral George F. Pearson, took place
on Saturday at the Rockingham House in
this city, and waa largely attended by the
relatives and friends of the deceased. Rev.
Dr. Bingham of the Episcopal Church conducted the services. Mrs. Pearson was
much esteemed by all who knew her, and
her sudden death is mourned by a large cir-
Mr. Albert Lyons will receive a letcle of friends."
calling at the office of the Friend.
TUB
4
THE FRIEND,
JANUARY 1, 1872.
Ethnological and Philological Rotes Respecting
Hawaiians.
During the brief visit of the Rev. Dr.
Lobahied at Honolulu, on his passage from
San Francisco to Hongkong, he became
much interested in observing the Hawaiian*,
— eihnologically and philologically. On his
passage to China he noted down some of
his reflections, which he has forwarded. We
think many of our readers will be interested
in the following:
A FEW MORE SCRAPS.
In the Friend I see that there is a
considerable degree of intercourse between
Chinese and Hawaiian women. Is there no
danger of tbe Christian woman being made
and treated as a concubine by the Chinese
polygamist? A law should be passed for,
the protection of the women. Every Chmaman who is about to leave the islands should
be compelled to report his intended departure
to the local authorities at least a fortnight
before his embarkation. There is a Chinaman here on board who comes from Kauai.
He has a wife in China and has been living
with a Hawaiian woman at Kauai. He
takes about $6,000 home with him. Should
he not leave $1,000 for the woman with
whom he has been living? Let the law be
passed and the people will soon learn to protect themselves and their interest.
Page 50, (June, 1S70) in the jubilee sermon 1 read the casting away of the idols by
the Hawaiian's to be without example in history. It may be of interest to yon and the
Hawaiian* to learn that about 350 years
ago the inhabitants of the Sunda, Spice and
other islands all cast away their idols and
remained for a considerable time without
any religion whatever. Then came the Mahommedans and the people adopted their
religion.
1.—The Hawaiians are evidently a mixed
Their hair, size and complexion as
well as their language point lo a mixture between the superior Hindoo with the lighter
colored Mongolian. Bastards are in general
taller and more corpulent than the races
from whom they descend. The hair of the
Hawaiian is not that of a descendant from
a Mongolian with a negro. (Vide Cafusos
in South America). The Papuaz are likely
to have sprung from an intermixture of
straight-haired blacks with negroes. The
language of the Hawaiians retains some
traces of a Japhetite origin, some of the
forms pointing to an indo-Gennanic-elements,
whilst the absence of flexions indicate a
Harnitic origin. Their course of migration
was certainly not from east to west.
2.—Are the words like mauna (mountain?) ai.aula (aurora?) like (like?) manomano (many?) mana (divine, manes?) and
many others oi prehistoric date? Is Mauna
Loa so designated in Cook's voyage? Are
the many Hawaiianized words reminiscences
of accidental intercourse, of which all traces
are loet,«or is the similarity of sound pure
accident? I think not; for the foreign
race.
KJJ
END, JANUARY, 1872.
words in other languages contradict the
you admit a partial descent from Japhet, then you can account for the Greek words in a more rational
hypothesis of accident. If
way than Hopkins.
3.—There are a great many Hawaiianized
words which sound as if they had come
from China. Compare the Chinese koko,
that, those, every one. na, nako, that, those,
mai, do not, with several Hawaiian pronouns. Hawaiian : Pau ke kaua, to cease
fighting, would in ancient colloquial Chinese
be: Pa kau. Add to the many words the
similarity of sound which would arise from
a change of the consonants I, r, v, t and
others, as maka, the eye, Malay mata, ax.,
and you will admit an accidental acquaintance with Asiatic nations. Languages often
undergo rapid changes. The English language has no flexion of nouns and adjectives, no gender, &c., &c, whilst in German
everything is change and gender.
4.—1 have perused wiih much interest
the copy of tbe grammar which you were
kind enough to present to me. I find there
is one great mistake made with reference to
the cases. The different forms under declensions should stand under the heading of
prepositions and the cases they govern. If
you will look at the syntax of a German
grammar all will be clear at a glance, c. g.,
entlang dcs (genit.) weges, along the road ;
van dir (dat.), from or of you; durch dich
(Ace), by you. In a similar manner do our
verbs govern the various cases—c, g.,
Ich gedenke deiner (genit.) I think of you ;
Es yehort mir (dat), it belongs to me;
Ich liebe dich (tic), I love you.
I hope you will pardon my liberty of expressing my ideas unreservedly. Please
mad the preface to my large dictionary and
compare some of the pronouns and their applications with the Hawaiians, alwnys bearing in mind, that nations with imperfect
articulations always transfer these imperfections to the languages they learn, if not
forced to the contrary. All languages tend
towards simplifications with a tendency towards the monosyllabic. Alii, king, ruler,
is the Arabic nli, ruler; the sublime, Sec.
Are the genealogies of their rulers not the
names of contemporaneous chiefs rather
than one successive line of sovereigns? If
you publish any answer to these questions
through the medium of the Friend, will you
please send me one or two copies to China?
Navai—The C. 8. 8. Frigate California, bearing
tbe broad pennant of Admiral Window, of thePacific
Squadron, arrived at this port on Friday morning.
Dee. 22d, after a long and boisterous passage of 24
daya from San Francisco. Tbe following Is a list of
tbe offioers attached to tbe ship:
orncsaa or tub flket.
Commander in t-hirj—John A. Winalow.
Fleet Captain—VtM Shirley.
sTArr orrtcsara.
Fleet Surgeon— John M. Brown.
Fleet Paymaster—(Jasper Schenck.
Fleet Engineer—Montgomery Fletcher.
Fleet Marine Officer —Perclval C. Pope.
Lieut. Commander—Henry GlaM.
Ensian E. T. Arthur.
Secretary—C R. Win-alow.
orrivKfts or thb shif.
Captain—l. M. U. Gills
Lieut. Commandere—John McFarlaod, J. H. Sands, 8. P.
Larnbertou.
Lleutenanle-E T. Strong, R. M. Com, R. B Peck, O. W.
Coalar.
Master—Samuel Ames.
Midshipmen- .1. C. Burnett. D. L. Wilson, A. Ward, T. B.
Plunki'tt, G. D. Galloway, CS. Rlrlituan, W. M. Irwin.
Past Assistant Surgeon—tiea. S. Lulbretts.
Assistant Surgeon—J. W. Rosa.
Assistant Paymaster—J C burn, tt
Engineers—O. E. Tower, Ist; A. F. Diaon, 2d.
Boatswain—ll. E. Barnes.
Gunner—Chas Morau.
Carpenter—LeonardHanscouib.
SMlmaker—Nlclttlaa Lynch.
Captain's Clerk—T. 11. Caswell.
Paymaster's Clerk— E. L. Talbot
*7«el Paymaster's Clerk—J. J. Talbol.
Clerk—Vl. B. Turner.
The California is a fine specimen of naval archi-
—
.
.
tecture, and carries 21 guns. She is of the propeller
class, with engines of 1500 horse-power, nominal.
Through the kindness of Mr. 8. Ames, navigating
officer, we have been furnished with the following
particulars of the weather encountered by tbe ship
on her passage to the islands On tbe morning of
the 16th of Deo., in Lat. 22° 67" N, 161 » 87' W,
the breeze freshened from the B 9 E, shifting to the
westward, and gradually increased tea moderate
gale—force 8. This gale lasted about six hours, and
from the indications the ship was on the eastern edge
of a oyolnne, moving Nlt E and NE. On the 17th
it came on to blow again, but not as strong as on the
16th. Tbe barometer fell from 29.89 to 29.76—
strength of tbe gale about 7, with occasional squalls
of about 10. The direction of tbe wind in both cases
was from the 88 W, veering to the westward. On
the 19th sighted Maui and Molokal, when tbe wind
blew strong, sometimes as high as 10, from Sand E,
shifting to 8 and W. Tbe ship was hove tea part of
tbe time under close reefed main-topsail and spanker.
On tbe 16th a heavy swell was encountered from tbe
N sad W, which continued nntil the arrival here, beng but slightly interrupted by the cjclona.—P.
C. A , Dec. 23.
:
Naval—The U. 8. steam sloop-of-war JVarragansett arrived en Saturday evening last, 26 days from
Sun Francisco, having mode the passage under sail
until within about 150 mites of pert Bbt sailed
with the Flag Ship California, and was in company
with her until tbe fifth day out, after which she experienced southerly squally weather with a great
deal of rniu until uearing tbe islands. Tbe JYarraganseti is a fourth-clans vessel, carrying five guns
and a crew of ninety men, which is not her full
complement. She will remain in port fora few weeks,
after which, we understand, she will proceed on a
cruise among the islands in the South Pacific and
Japan.—Of
The German Language in
thence toward Australia. The following is a list of
the symptoms of vigorous intellectual activity which the contact with European civilization has effected in Japan, one of the most
remarkable is the eagerness with which the
Japanese seem to take up the study of the
German language. About a year ago a
German school was opened at Yeddo, under
the auspices of the Japanese authorities, and
the number of native pupils attending it,
which was four, now actually exceeds one
thousand. The influx of native pupils was
at times, so great that German sailors had
temporarily to be employed to impart to the
eager pupils a knowledge of the German
ABC.
William B. Hallett
with the Chaplain.
the offioers of the .Yarruganmett:
Captain—Richard W. Meade.
Executive Officer—Lieut. Commxnder A. H. Wright.
ISavigating Officer '/.. L. Tanner
Lieutenants— l. Vales, C, J Mitchell, E. D. Tausli
Ensigns—Chss. P. Welch, 11. O. Handy.
First Assistant Engineer—J. B. Carpenter.
Poet Assistant Surgeon—R. C. Ver Jleul.-ti.
Past Assistant Paymaster—Geo. N. Grirßdg.
Midshipmen— (Jeo A. Calhoun, M. F. Wright, W F n.,
F. H.Lefever.
'•
Captain's Clerk—Geo. B. Relman.
Gunner—J. O. Foster.
Boatswain—Tistn. Savage.
—Oatttte.
—
A kind and encouraging word comes,
behalf
of the Friend, from several of our
in
foreign subscribers in America. Would not
some of our residents on,the islands confer a
favor on theirfriends in England and America,
by sending them a copy of the Friendi
Subscription, $2.50 ; including postage, and
will find a letter the papers are sent by every monthly steam-
MEMORANDA.
Information Wanted.
DA. 1872.
Information wanted respecting JtAn Harrm, by Richard
Dellerldge, steward of Royal Naval Hospital, Yokohama,
Japan. Said Harris is thus described ■. He haa a linger abort
en one hand, to ibe best of my kaowladge he settled at Honoluln, about 10 or 12 yeara ago. Me wrote to hit. mother for
aome timeaiuce her death, I have not heard uf him. He waa
and
O" Any pers-on sending newspapers
married to a native woman on Sandwich Inlands, and had two
books for gratuitous distribution among children.
Information wanted respecting fttnjamin Robins, who ta
seamen, and especially illustrated papers, Kuppoatd to have died on the Sandwich Islands, after visiting
Australia. Any Information will be gludly received by U.S.
will have our thanks.
Consul at Honolulu, or by his aoo 1/ouis Robin* i»l North Tc*
peka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, or by the editor.
(loudby
Any of our friendly readers, inclined Information wanted respecting William t'rancis
William Selon Ogden of t'ortland, Oregon. Said Good ia thus
to aid in support of this paper, their dona>- described i A tall, atrong KngMshrhHti from London, who waa
hy turns, sailor, soldier and baker, was married in the Sandtions will be gladly received.
wich Islands alout ]843<-4 ; at any rate a aon named James
Francis Good waa born to them on the is) ods on the tlh of
November, 1846. W'm Francis tame to Oregon and Is reported
Avails of the Bethel Fair.—J. O. te
have left here as steward of some vessel bound to China,
wince when nothing has beenheard from him.
TJatter, Esqv, treasurer, reports as follows:
from New Bedford
Geerye Francis faughon, who
T<*al Receipts
»74»37 In Of1855.
Any in(or met Km concerning him will be spitefully
76 77 received by bis fattier,
fexpenaea
residing in bpringfleld, Maes., or at the
$670«0 office of this paper.
In baatl
Infoimation wanted reslfwctlng John. Harris, formerly a retident of Honolulu, say ten yeara ago- Be was tnarried to a*
Incidental Expenses of the Bethel, 1872. Hawaiian, and hail two children. Any infbrmtftlon wftl be
Expended
received by the Editor, or Mr. Richard RetteVedge,
4214 91 ■gladly Naval
Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
»"> Keyal
*c«4»e«
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friends and patrons, a Happy New Year.
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-
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4 00
ParticularAtteßKen given to the sale and purchase of mar
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10 00 ehandlse, ships' business, supplying whaleahlpa, negotlaUng
Chinese School at the Bethel.—Mr.
Dunscombe, reports average attendance during the year, 13 pupils, but during the last
month December 18 have been in attendance.
The school is kept in the Bethel vestry, three
evenings each week-.
“No liquors were furnished at the recent
railway banquets in Maine, The officers of
the North American Railway exact temperance habits from the men they employ, and
it was not consistent for them to set the example of .furnishing wine to their guests."
When shipowners follow railway agents
and directors in Maine, we shall have fewer
wrecks and disasters. The time we hope
will soon come wuen insurance companies
will absolutely refuse to issue a policy covering a vessel and cargo,-on board of which
intoxicating liquors are used either by the
inmates of the cabin or forcastle.
exchange. Arc
ET All freight arvlvinr. at Sua Francisco, by or to tbe 110Rolalw Line of Packets, will be forwarded raaa or oommuwioh.
XT Exchange on Honolulu bought and sold. £0
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Messrs. C L. Richards ft Co
Honolulu
H. Haekfeld ft Co
0. Brewer k Co
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Dec.
“Who'll Now Care for the Little Birds?”
The death of Mr. Moffitt Stoney has been
weekly papers, but
one characteristic of this gentleman has not
been noticed. He was a friend of the little
duly chronicled in the
birds, and would not allow sportsmen—those
savage enemies of the birds—to wander over
his ranch with their fowling pieces. The
little birds showed that they appreciated his
kindness and protection. The plover especially looked up to him as their friend. We
do not think there is any part of the Sandwich Islands which would compare with
Kahuku for such exhibitions of civilization,
in horses, cattle, sheep, fowls and birds!
Ye owner of ranches, "Go and do likewise."
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Hon.B. 11. Alleo
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I II X FRIEND, JANUARY, 18 72.
4—Haw bk Queen Emma, Hempstead, 16 days from
Ssn Ftanclsco.
4—Am bktit Victor, A B Gove, 28 days from Port
Gamble, W T.
6—Am bktn Jane A Falklnburg, Wm Cattearl, 17
days trom Astoria, O
t—Brit bk Gaucho, J T Hills, 14 days from Baa Francisco.
«-Am schr C M W; rd, G W Rlckman, 24 days from
Holland's Is.
14—Am bk Atalttnta, Chas H Sinclair, 76 daya from
Newcastle, N 8 W.
IG-Am bk D C Murray, P P Shepherd, 19 days from
San Francisco.
17—Am slntr Nebraska. I Harding, 16 days and 12
hours from Auckland.
IS -Brit bk Duke of Edinburgh, II E Mill, 61 daya from
Newcastle, N 8 W.
22-U S 8 frigate California, J M B fills, 24 days from
San Francisco.
23—Am atmr Moses Taylor, N T Bennett, 11 days 6
hours from San Francisco.
23— U 8 S Narraganaetl,R W Mead, 26 days from San
Francisco
27—Nor Gerbk Ingcrtha,RJorstad, 42 days from Amoor
Blur.
ror Baas Coaar—l*l» San Fraurlato October
18lh. Firtt three daya nut experienced calms and light bat
fliug airs around (he compass with oveseast weather. On th*
morning of Hie 2Sd October l<axae<t a package of window
Then the win.l
blinds, evidently only a few daya in lb* water. very
light till In
hauled into north and east, where It contlnned
wllh svtrlatitude 31° no. 111, when we got moderate tracks,
Monday.
NoArrlveil
Honolulu
at
cast and rainy weather.
vemberMh, alter a passage of eighteen da) s.
ThiU. 8, N. Z. & A. Mall eteannhip Nevada, J. 11.
Blethen. eossmander,left aMfer October 28th, and New Zea
land November-3d, arriving if Honolulu November l.Ui at 7
P. M., after a passage of It days, with 42 psasengers, anil
1,680 packages freight for Honoluluand SanFrancisco.
It •■■.port or lUukkntinb Victor, Gould, M»rtlr.—l.*-ft
Port Gamble Nov. 7lh First six days out experienced very
heavy and rough weather. Last six days out was about 40u
miles oIT these islands, during whtoh time had southerly winds
On the paassge up from Honolulu the Victor arrived seven
days ahead of tbe H imrr, while the latter anHcd from Honolulu eight days before the former.
Report of Hark Atalanta.
H.St-rc'LUtt, M *.*-tbr.—Left Newcastle September SOtfa at midnight. Octt*bev
2d expcrleaceS a terrific gale frbrtl south, which tested until
the morning of the4tU •lost sails, stove boat sad aostainc.l
other damsges, after which Had a succession of gales and
calms for several days. Ike 144b-day after leaving passed tbe
Zealand. Had a good
li.nnitu.lc of ihe North Csjpe of New
were pa»H*.l
run from thence to the Touboanl Islands, whichTahiti,
which
November Ist— mem fifteen days from thence to
of
800
(a
passed
tbe
IS*
November
distance
mlles> had
was
continued light bead winds and calms with squalls. Had no
eoutbeast trades. Crossed Ihe Equator In long. IM° wesK,
Novemb r 80th took the northeast trades In 10 ° north, an.l
bad them fresh. Sighted the east point of Hawaii Dece.nl.er
IKb. ('..in.* through the Hawaii channel. Ilave had light
-winds and calms until yesterday.
Ths BT«iM»H ip Moses Taylor, N. T. Bennett, Coaimander,
left San Francisco Dec. 12th at 13 M. Were detained in purt
six days by the non-arrival of Ihe British malls. Had northwest wind first two days. Dec 14th wind heuled to the southwest and gradually increaasd until the 17th 'Hovoto" tor
34 hours, tremendous sea running, and wln.l blowing a gale m
squalls. On ths 10th wind and sea moderate*!, with wln.l
from southwest until reaching port. Sighted Maui Dec. 23(1
at 8 A. M arriving in Honoluluat 6 P. M.
A. X Clark, Purser.
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PASSENGERS.
From San Francisco—Per Queen Emma, Dec 4th—Capt
F A Barker, O S Plnkham and wife, Hon n A Widcmanu,
Miss Emma Widomaun, Miss Hatty Wldemann.
From Portland—Per J. A. Falkinburg, Dec. 6th—George
Reed. George Pauncefort.
For Yokohama—Per Gaucho, Dec. Sth—J A Robertson, II
J Franklin.
From Ooano Is.—Per C. Id. Ward, Dec. 6th—Capt Bnow,
wifeand child, Mr Strachan, Capt Klbling, J Smith, 45 nat.vc
laborers.
From Sak Francisco—rer D. C. Murray, Dec 16th—1>
Mcßryde and wife, 8 N Castle, J C Cluney, L McOrew, G H
Riugold, Geo 8 Burns, Mrs Wundenburg, Miss Lena Wuudenburg, Jaa Sands, P II Tripp,and 3 Chinese.
For Guaho Is.—Per C. M. Ward, Dec. Ifith—Capt Kihllng, Wm Young, G Holmes, W H Foy, Antone Hugo, 46 laborers.
From Alien land—Per Nebraska, Dec. 18th—1 Chinese,
and 75 passengers in transitu for San Francisco.
For Auckland and Bydn«y—Per Nebraska, Dec. SBd—
F A Parker, G L Ringol.l, F A Maynard, T Harrison,8 lleni*,.t.m, and 40 in transitu from Ban Francisco.
From SanFrancisco—Per Moses Taylor, Dec, S3d—H A
P Carter, wife and daughter, Mrs P C Jones and 2 children.
Capt Makee, Mrs P N Makee, Mrs Burnbam, Mra Thomas and
daughter, Dr II C Eckstein, U S N, E May and wife, Mrs
llvitiiin. servant and 2 children, B 11 Lyon, W tlretn, G A.lderson, wife and 3 childreft. A Ifardle, J F Arundel. J Harrison, Mra Billings, R W Andrews, Mrs Hart, and 40 in transitu
for Australia.
foa Ban Francisco—Per Moses Taylor, Dec. 26th—M
Phillips, Mr Slattley and wife, Miss C Baldwin, C A William-*
and son, Mrs (iuthmann, M Louissnu, Capt Snow and wife, D
Palmleri, Jno Cor.ley, Chong Po, F Macfsrlane, C Maclarlane,
L Hoffmann, W Holderegse, I. Dlederittg, Jno Berry and wife,
and 76 in transitu from Australia and New Zealand.
For Portland, O—Per Jane A. Falkluburg, Dec. 27lh—
George Reed.
For San Francibco—Per Queen Emma, Dec. 28tb— H
Hustings, Jno McCeary, J Campbell, Julius Kates, R Ilex Ha
A J Lawrence.
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DIED.
.
Ui'ii-Iii this city. December 3d, -*■ R. UhvkiIRI
Desha, a native of Cynthiana, Boooe County, Kentucky, la
the bud year of his age. Hehad reajtlsd on theseIslands since
194ft.
Fisher—In this city, December elh, Tho.na> Kiuhes, a
native of Loudon, England, aged 03. years. Ue hat. resided o*
theseIslands since 1837.
Stosry—In tfijs. oily, December 7lh, Mr L R. MsrwT
DEPARTURES.
Stonky, a native of King's County, Ireland, in the Wd yea/
of bis agt. Hebad resided on these islands since 18U.
Nov. 27—Am bk Comet, Fuller, for San Francisco.
at the U.S Hospital, December 11th.
29-llaw schr Kaiuaile, Bridges, for Jarvis Island.
Mr. A. W. Smith, belonging to Machlaa, Maine. His funeral
Dec. 6—Brit bk Gaucho, Hilts, for Yokohama.
by
attended
the
Order
of Good Templars,
waa
8-t-Brit bk Mary I, Edilh, Littkiater, lor Victoria, B C.
SToasucK—In this city, December 27-h. Charlies Viarv
14—Am bktn Victor, Gove, for Victoria, B C.
taiott riroRBAtR, a native of Bremen, aged 69 yeas*. Be
16—Am schr C M Ward, Rickman, lor Gaanois.
26—Am simr Moses Taylor, Bennett. Ibr San Frsacisco. had resided in Honolulu during the past 24 years, and wa>
highly esteemed by all who knew fcjuv xj" New York and
27—Am bktn J A Falkeuburg, Cslheart, forPortland.
28—Haw bk Queen Emma, Ucllcil, tot Sua Francisco. Bremen papeis please copy.
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TiI,FRIEND, JANUARY, 1 Sit.
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The Shakers.
I bare for my design in this article to
bring to your notice one of the most singular of the many religious sects, now possessing considerable power in the United States.
I have often been surp-jlpd at the ease with
which any religious creed, however foolish it
may seem, gains followers. We cannot then
wonder that when, about the year 1770, an
English woman, named Ann Lee, claimed to
have received a divine revelation, commissioning her to establish a new church, she
was readily believed by some. Infatuation
is a strong characteristic of weak minds, and
it was not long before the " United Society
of believers in Christ's second appearing," as
they styled themselves, acquired quite a
number of converts. They early separated
from the Quakers of which sect they at first
formed a branch. The essentials of their
creed, are a belief in an eternal farher and
mother existing in the deity, the parent of
the whole human race; and in the duality of
Christ, Jesus being the one and Ann Lee the
other member of the child of Ood.
Will you now allow me to guide you in
fancy as we visit one of the settlements of
the Shakers. Just west of the line where
Massachusetts joins New York, there lies,
nestled among the hills, a beautiful town,
New Lebanon by name. It consists of two
villages, the one New Lebanon, Spa., a
widely known for the efficacy of its mineral
water and country air as a restorative, as the
other is for being the home of the wealthiest
and most influential family of Shakers. It
is summer, and around us lie beautiful
meadows with their velvet cover, fields of
grain bowing with the fitful breeze, and all
the lowland seems happy; while far aloft
extend the mountains rearing their woodcapped peaks and looking down as if in rare
enjoyment upon the beauty at their feet.
All' around is busy, and even the trees, as if
ashamed to be idle, drowsily nod their
heads. A choice spot this, one of Nature's
own, well chosen to be the house of a community where the world's strifes enter not.
Here all are on a level, and be a man
wealthy or be he poor, it matters not; for all
things are common, all receive their stores
from one treasury, and contribute all their
possessions to the common stock. Elders
are appointed, men eminent for piety, and to
these are allotted the management of their
worldly affairs. Shrewd men they are,
sharp at a bargain, rarely deceived. In such
a quiet nook as this we should expect to find
no such thing aa aristocracy; but shall we
ever realize this dream on earth. They
men may advance in piety and prois accordingly, and tbe Church family,
Bk
so called, is acknowledged as the highest.
The dress of tbe Quakers is retained and
queerly enough it looks to see bright girls
wearing white caps, and little boys running
around with the fatherly broad-brimmed
hats; to say nothing of the general effect
produced by the plainness of drab or brown
unrelieved by any other color. All their
buildings are scrupulously neat, and it seems
a pleasure to step from the white and
scoured floors upon the ground where we
need not fear lest we leave a speck of dirt.
Their stores are stocked with goods choice
and rare, and particularly do we admire the
feather work, and the- baskets made from
the ash and willow. Let no one enter here
whose pocket is empty, for, like the world's
people in this at least, they do know how to
demand large prices. We enter one of their
schools, after a long time spent in coaxing
and in controverting the yea and nay of the
pretty teacher, and find a pleasant room filled
with bright faces. Many of the lessons are
in rhyme, they supposing it easier to commit in this way. Only the rudiments of
an education are taught. School is now
closed and boys and girls are marched in
Indian file to their houses, each sex apart.
Woe to the curious urchin who may chance,
to try to get a peep at the world's people. A
boxed ear rewards the curiosity. The sexes
live entirely apart, and scarce a word passes
between them save upon business matters.
They are .firm adherents to the old maxim
Early to bed," &c., never sleeping later
than half past four in summer. They breakfast at 6, dine at 12 and sup at 6 in the
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afternoon.
Most of them are vegetarians and all food
prohibited by the law of Moses is not used.
Once a year they have a social gathering in
which three families join. Every brother
and sister is expected to furnish some communication, prose or poetry, and the picnic
lasts all day. During the fifteen years of
its obsepance the day appointed has never
been unpleasant and many of them believe
that Elder Evans has a controlling influence
over the elements. We see on every side
abundant evidence of their worldly prosperity and well stored barns prove that want is
foreign to them.
Curiosity prompts us upon a Sabbath
morning to go to Shaker meeting. The
sexes enter at different doors and occupy
separate parts of the room. All ait quietly
for a time. Then the Shakers arise, form a
circle and chant
tions of a life where poverty Is not, where
worldly trials are unknown, where all things
are common. But, alas, the one thing making our lives pleasant is lacking here, and
we can but feel how cold that heart must
become which has nothing on which to
fasten its affections, and we gladly turn our
thoughts toward our homes, where wealth
may not be, but where love reigns supreme.
By the proverbial kindness of the Shakers
toward all, by their strict integrity and industry they draw toward themselves the respect due to a well ordered community.
Thus have we taken a hasty view of the
religious sect called by the world Shakers,
because of their peculiar mode of worshipping. It is not our field to criticise their
creed, but we turn gladly from contemplating
it toward our Bible wherein we learn of the
wonderful love of God, the essence of the
Christian religion, which is so totally absent
W. H. C.
from their belief.
December 20,
1620.
“On the Sabbath we Rested.”
This is the simple and touching record of
the method the Pilgrim Fathers spent the
Holy Sabbath, the day before they landed
upon Plymouth Rock. It will be found in
Governor Bradford's history of Plymouth
Colony. The spot where they rested, was
on Clark's Island. This island is described as situated just within the entrance
of Plymouth Harbor, and so called from the
mate of the Mayflower-, who is said to have
been the first to step on it. It contains about
eight acres. It was neither sold nor allotted
in any of the early divisions of tbe lands,
but was reserved for the benefit of the poor
of the town, to furnish them with wood and
pasture for their cattle.
The Pilgrim Fathers found time amid all
their toils, privations and wanderings, to rest.
upon the Sabbath, and then too, they were
so thoughtful for the poor in their midst.
These two points are worthy of our consideration as we pass along over the anniversary
of their landing on Plymouth Rock. Report
says, that one Edward Watson and others
during the past year have caused the following inscription to be chiseled on a prominent
rock upon Clark's Island :
" December 20, 1620.
On the Sabbath we rested."
There let it remain throughout all coming
generations, as a reminder to the millions of
the descendants of the Pilgrims that it is
their duty to remember the Sabbath Day, and
keep it holy, thus obeying the command -ef
God. When God had finished the work of cre" I lore to Ring, I love to dance,
ation He rested. "And on the seventh day God
I lon lo be a Shaker."
ended the work which he bad made. And
and
Next
feet.
keeping time with the hands
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified
one high in standing exhorts the Shakers to it; because that in it he had rested from all
stand firm in the faith, and shows or endeav- his work, which He had created and made."
ors to show to the world's people the attrac-
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WHITIJBT.
Honolulu, H.I.
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TIIK FRIEND, JANUARY, 1872.
YMoeunnH
'gsAChoricatf onolulu.
Edited by a member ofthe Y. M. C. A.
The Old, Old
The Chinese in Hawaiianei.
Taking, it for granted tbst the future population of these islands is to be largely and
even predominantly Chinese, the importance
and necessity of educational and moral influences among them become self-evident.
That the bulk of our population a generation hence is to be made up of immigrants
trom China and Japan, and their descendants, few who intelligently investigate the
subject can doubt.
The work, then, of educating those alrea/Jy
•amongst us, simply our duty in any case, a»ktunes in these probabilities, or rather certainties, an importance no less than national.
It is sowing seed for an hundred fold returns.
It is laying tbe foundation for the intelligence and moral culture of tbe future generations of our country. And yet we are doing little towards taking up this work : in
the meantime these followers of Confucius
or JJudhii ure settling amongst us, marrying among our people, cutting ofT their
hair-tails, and as in no other country out of
China inheriting the land evidently content
to regard it as a home for themselves and
their children. Even their corpses prefer to remain here and to rest in peace
on the quiet hillside with the yearly oblations and festivities given to their spirits
who sit in silent guard on sentry ghost-stones
over the sleeping dust, rather than risk the
typhoons of the China seas for the sake of
the covering mantle of earth of the Celestial
Kingdom. This is a significant fact in itself
and shows on their part a remarkable readiness to regard Our country as theirs also by
adoption.
At present many circumstances Tender
difficult the work of educating the Chinese
already here. A large proportion of them
are ignorant and stupidly superstitious;
corning from the lowest classes of their own
land they present to us the worst possible
specimens of candidates for culture snd form
no criterion of the average capacity of the
race, Plantation conditions are not favorable
to the work. But these difficulties are also
special illustrations of the greater need of
such work,
The night school, conducted by Mr. Dunscombe in this place and under the care of
Her, Mr. Damon, is perhaps the only enterprise of this kind in operation here. This
school is very successful and is to a certain
extwit self supporting. The plan of the Association to conduct a Chinese Sunday
school Sunday sfternoons will, if successfully carried out, offer a good field of inflneoce in this direction and of gaining ground
and experience for future operations. The
Chinese Sunday schools in San Francisco
have been remarkably successful, and have
been the medium of a vast deal of good. We
doubt if there is any better or more available method open to us in which to win an
influence for good among the Chinese
among us.
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He whom the Father promised,
So many ages past,
Hud come to save poor sinners
Yes, He had come at last !
Story.
PART I.
He lived a life most holy
, His ever thought was Love,
And every action showed It,
To man, and God ahove*
Till HTOHV WANTID.
Trll me the old, old Story,
Of unseen thinge above,—
Ol Ikm s an.l llii Glory,
Of Jrsuh and His Love.
Ilia path in life was lowly ;
He was a ■ Working-Man ;
Who kuowa the poor man's (rials
So well aa Jksun can ?
"
Tell me the Siory slowly.
Ihtii I may tnkt it m,—
That wonderful Kedemplion,
God's Rrmrdy Ibr sin !
He gave away no money,
For be had none to give;
Rut he had power of healing,
And made dead people live.
THI
me the Story often,
for I forget so soon !
The early dew of morning
*' at noon !
Has passed away
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He did kind things so kindly
II seemed His heart's delight
To make jioor people happy,
From morning until night !
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Tell me Ihe same old Story
When you have cause tv fear
That this world's empty glory
la costing me too dear.
Yea, and when that World's Glory
Shall dawn upon my aoul,
Tell vie theold, old tilory,
" CIIhIST Jkmh makrs thee whole
He beard each tale of sorrow
With an attentive erfr,
And took away each burden
Of suffering, sib, or tear.
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Tilt STOB* TOLD.
And crucified,and slain!
! look ! if you can Iwar itLook at your dying Lord !
Stand near tbe Cross and watch Him
Behold the Lamb of God I*1
Look
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Listen, and I will sell you ;
God help both you and me,
And make the old, old Story
/its THtisayt unto thee!
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His Handsand Feet are pierced,
He cannot hide His Face ;
And cru I men M stand staring,"
In crowds,about the place.
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They laugh at Him and mock Him !
They tell Rim to u come down,"
And leave that Cross ol suffering,
And Chang* it for a Crown.
Once, In a pleasant garden
God placed a happypair ■,
Andall within waa peaceful.
Andall around was fair.
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Rut, oh ! they disobeyed Him
The one thing He denied
They longed for, took, and tasted ;
They ate it, and—ihey died !'
Yet, in His lave and pity.
At once theLobd declared
How man, though lost and ruined.
Might after all be spared !
For one of Eve's descendants,
Not sinful, like the r«st,
Should spoil the work ofSatan,
And man be saved and blest'
Uat, some shepherd-* watching
Beside their flocks, at night,
Were startled In the darkness
By strange and heavenly Light
One of tbe holy Angels
Bad come Trom heaven above.
To tail the true, true Story
Of Jesusand HisLove.
lie came to bring *' glad tidings :
" You need net, oust not, tear i
For Christ, yournew-born Saviour
Lies In the village near !
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Hit when he left His people.
He promised them lo send
The Comforter," lo teach tbein,
Apd guide them, to the end.
This is the old, old Story."
Say, do you takeit At,—
This wonderful Redemption,
God's Remedy for sin t
At
that Story
They wool at once to see,
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soakSu of years were over ;
Adam and Eve had died,
The following generation.
And Many more beside.
And found Bis Id a niaager.
And knew that it was lie.
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And now He has ascended,
Andaits upon the Throne,
"To be a Prince and Saviour,"
And claim aa far His own.
And that same Holy Spirit
Is with us to thia day-,
And ready now to teach ua
The New and Living Way."
Hi
And many other angola
Took up the Story then
To God on High be Glory,
Good-will, and Peace, to men
For our sins He suffered ;
For our aloa He died ;
And " not for ours only,"
But '■ all the world's liesids
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He should be son of Adam,
But son of Ood as well,
Aral bring a fall Salvation
Prom sin, and death, and hell.
And waa It true
This gentle, holy Jesus,
Without a spot or ataln,
By wicked hands was taken,
Ym want the old, old Story,"
And nothing else will do!
Indeed 1 cannot wonder
It always seems so new !
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Such was "the Man Christ Jests!"
The Friend of sinful man ! ,
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But hush ! the tale grow* sadder
I'll tell it— If I can/
TART 11.
You ask me for the u Story
Of unseen things above j—
Of Jesus and Ills Glory,
Of JEats and Hl* Lt»e."
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He was a Man of Sorrows !
And when lie gave relief,
He gave it like a Brother,
"Acquainted with" Ihe "grief."
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Do youat heart believe It J
Do you believe it's //ue,
And meant for every sjbnss,
And. therefore, meant fou you f
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Theo takt tikis orkat Salvation ;'»
For Jkuus loves to give
Believe! and you receive It!
Believe ! and you shalllive I
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And U this simple message
Has now brought peace to you,
Make known " the old, old Story,"
For others need it too.
Let everpbody see It,
That Christhas made you free j
And if It sets them longing,
Say JRevs died for fAce / ■
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soon, our eyes shall ccc Him ;
And, in our Rone above,
We'll sing "-the old, old Story
Of J t sue and Bis Lore
Soon,
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